Don't go for a Legendary immediately hitting your first 80. You'll easily burn out on the game fast.
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Don't go for a Legendary immediately hitting your first 80. You'll easily burn out on the game fast.
Bl4ckSunsh1n3
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I've been enjoying the story content this season a good bit. I liked this episode from a game play perspective, especially the section where there are groups doing stuff in the world to accomplish story goals.
Agreed . it blows my mind when people argue that all of LS should be instanced and experienced alone .
Don't get me wrong , not all of it has to be but only when it is Apropriate .
For example , when Belinda dies , would the scene then have the same impact if 50 people where running around shooting firework and whatnot ? no . so yes instance that part .
However when you had to collect the samples and free people from Mordremoth's corruption in iron marches and destroy the totem in frostgorge it felt normal to be done with multiple people .
Hell , i stormed that Svanir camp with a massive zerg and it was Glorious .
Of course this comes with a few draw backs :
-Since the event is not activated by the player you can arrive at set event at any time and might even have to wait until it reset's itself .
- The idea of "you are the hero of the story" get's diminished by a lot when there are 50-100 other heroes running along with you .
-And of course , making it a place where lots of people come toghether , those with not as stong PC's will encounter big Framedrops in the area .
So yes it has it's drawbacks , but i wouldn't have it any other way .
To give another example : I was not arounds at the time during LS 1 but i have manny times heard about how great the Marionette world event fight was and i have to ask : would that event have left such good memory's of it if you had to do it in a closed instance ? i doubt it
TL.DR : allow world event's to happen in the LS but only when appropriate .
Great, so as soon as I leave Scarlett decides to do something.
Thanks for the info! Anyone have any experience at playing with a low-level buddy using a high level character but not making it easy? My gf is going to start playing but I don't want to remake any of my characters though I'm worried I'll either make it too easy (wearing all but my accessories) or too difficult (wearing nothing but my weapons) if I play with a lvl 80.
Edit: Also did they add skills? I saw some skills not purchased including a few heals for 25 skill points.
They added 2 new heal spells, 1 per class and 1 as part of an event.
You can just wear lower lvl equipment or less equipment if it's too easy, but the lvl scaling should make it not such a cakewalk.
I'm worried that when Zeroth and Ike get involved with spvp they're going to take it to another level. Hopefully they'll drag us all behind them like fractals.
I've confirmed that tpvp is now basically yoloq with better rewards. Only compared to yoloq, we would come in with a huge, quantifiable advantage! If I seem like I'm overly animated about this, that's the reason. Not because I'm dieing for rewards or can't get a pvp fix, but because this gigantic market inefficiency is staring us all in the face. I wouldn't be surprised if they patched this and forced people back to yoloq in the future.
In other news I think I'm picking up the workings of thief in pvp. I love using Hidden Thief over Mug. Blind field on down may be the most deliciously broken of all thief tricks. And thief allows you to be creative on the battlefield in ways other classes I've played can't even contemplate.
I'm worried that when Zeroth and Ike get involved with spvp they're going to take it to another level. Hopefully they'll drag us all behind them like fractals.
I've confirmed that tpvp is now basically yoloq with better rewards. Only compared to tpvp, we would come in with a huge, quantifiable advantage! If I seem like I'm overly animated about this, that's the reason. Not because I'm dieing for rewards or can't get a pvp fix, but because this gigantic market inefficiency is staring us all in the face. I wouldn't be surprised if they patched this and forced people back to yoloq in the future.
In other news I think I'm picking up the workings of thief in pvp. I love using Hidden Thief over Mug. Blind field on down may be the most deliciously broken of all thief tricks. And thief allows you to be creative on the battlefield in ways other classes I've played can't even contemplate.
I wouldn't mind jumping in a match when i can .
Anyway , i Just tested my connection with Ping plotter because Anet Requested it i did it and send the file back to them .
i surprisingly did not encounter any disconnects this time .
However looking at the graph results something is still not right .
what you can do once she gets to level 20ish is go into areas that are a bit on the high side for her, like 5-7 levels too high, and see how the challenge is. It's tons of XP
Time to install the gw2 client
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Is Antitoxin heal even that useful?
I think that's why I might just do, especially since when solo'ing that's what I would do.
But she might want to stick to the path her personal story takes her. She looked at me with disgust when I said I hadn't finished my personal story on any of my 10 characters.
This episode seemed pretty wonky to me. I'm under the impression that there were supposed to be a bunch of events when
collecting the crown pieces.
Instead I just walked up to each piece and took it. No fighting, no enemies around, nothing. I just clicked the spot and waypointed to the next location. It was incredibly boring.
The only event I saw was the ghost machine for the first one.
Instead I just walked up to each piece and took it. No fighting, no enemies around, nothing. I just clicked the spot and waypointed to the next location. It was incredibly boring.
The only event I saw was the ghost machine for the first one.
II wonder if they should have just implemented those items via a UI chest after quest completion.
Bl4ckSunsh1n3
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rytlock kills dumbledore
with rosebud
I'd consider this if I had a more concealed monitor position. But when I'm the only one there I just leave.
No, in the sense it's not very useful outside its intended event. Still there are surely conditions where it would outheal profession-specific heals, but the only one I can think of is if you keep running into a pack of WvW roamers consisting of a perplexity engi and a condi thief.
Spehornoob
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Well, my show wrapped up this weekend so I can finally get back into this game in earnest. I want to start building up my defensive/support character, but I don't really feel like grinding dungeons like crazy. There any good place for some somewhat cheap exotic armor? Or maybe I'll just level up armorsmithing and make my own. Haha.
I'm also levelling a Human Female Thief. It's the first alt I've had that I'm really gonna try and get to 80.
I'm also levelling a Human Female Thief. It's the first alt I've had that I'm really gonna try and get to 80.
which is his father
Temples give you exos for karma. Grenth now has zerk armors, which is pretty much all you need in PvE. Also, if you have Badges of Honor, you can trade them in for exos too. Just remember that you can't salvage any of these armors, so if you want to upgrade you'll have to get new runes or an Upgrade Extractor.
The WvW armor duder has a lot of the armor prefixes available; a full set for ~5 gold and ~1000 badges if you've got some around from achievement chests or such.
The Orr temples were also reorganized to each carry an armor set for ~250k karma
Interesting. I just got a fatal error when launching gw2. First time for everything.
Thankfully I will have my new laptop on Wed, and hopefully I won't have to deal with issues like this.
You have to be joking. That is insane luck!
Thankfully I will have my new laptop on Wed, and hopefully I won't have to deal with issues like this.
crossing fingers
You have to be joking. That is insane luck!
Noisy Ninj4
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Ok. Pics or it didn't happen.
You have a thousand legendaries
theMrCravens
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Salvage it for the sigil!
shysaursoft
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Wow I forgot what it looks like when you don't hide your bags.
Tell me about it. That screenshot made me want to rearrange their inventory. Such messy.
i didnt feel the need to clean out my bags for a screen shot. I hadnt sold off OR sorted. Shessh..
That is pretty clean, mine is like 10 times worse than that....
Holy bagspace batman!!
I keep my bags un-hidden like that, does that make me a bad?
One of my only cash purchases was for bank tabs and bag slots on my main, so terrible, it still troubles me at night.
One of my only cash purchases was for bank tabs and bag slots on my main, so terrible, it still troubles me at night.
shysaursoft
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It's not about the contents, it's about the methodology
GW2 has so many nice auto-sorting mechanics to keep things tidy, I can't imagine not using them.It's not about the contents, it's about the methodology
Which ones ?
It only makes it bad if you don't have it filled with mad loot.
shysaursoft
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Here's my setup: All 20 slotters, with the window scaled so each row is 10 blocks, so I know that each two rows is a bag. This helps with mentally separating which rows are what, since I have 'show bags' off. Obviously, how a person manages their inventory is idiosyncratic, I'm not trying to claim my way is best, or someone else's way isn't what suits them.
20 Slot Starter: First few slots are utility/food, the rest ends up being the unsorted junk you get from playing, usually Living Story crap.
20 Slot Ancient Karka: Overflow bag for stuff that isn't sorted, or if autosort bags are full.
20 Slot Fractal Exotic AutoSorter: Exotic items picked up are automatically sorted into here, currently contains my spare set of armour just in case.
20 Slot Fractal Rare AutoSorter: Rare items picked up are automatically sorted into here. The first few slots contain salvage tools, since I salvage rares and the Uncommon stuff below it.
20 Slot Fractal Uncommon AutoSorter: Blues and Greens automatically get sorted into here, making salvaging them fast easy.
20 Slot Craftsman AutoSorter: All crafting materials gathered go here automatically, including Agony Infusions.
20 Slot Oiled AutoSorter: All trophy (junk) items, things that sell when you click 'sell junk' at a vendor, automatically goes in here.
20 Slot Invisible Pack: Items in here don't show up on sell/buy, and don't get sent to Collections when you 'Deposit All Collectables'. The first three slots are my teleport stones (Hall of Monuments, Home, Royal Plaza', while the rest of the row being random consumables/boosters like Guild Flags. The second row is all the personal boosters and utility, like repair cannisters. I try to keep 10 of each, but I seem to have built up a few while I wasn't looking. The final slot is for dancing.
Everything automatically ends up where it needs to be, which makes knowing what to salvage/sell at a glance quite easy. It also saves on a lot of screen real estate, since the inventory window only takes up half the screen, so I can have it up while fighting, if I need to do stuff in it while in combat. Screenshot was taken in windowed mode with GW2 snapped to half my screen size, because I was looking at it while typing.
EDIT: For some reason, Foxfire does not go into the crafting mats bag. I think Anet forgot to set a flag on it, or something.
20 Slot Starter: First few slots are utility/food, the rest ends up being the unsorted junk you get from playing, usually Living Story crap.
20 Slot Ancient Karka: Overflow bag for stuff that isn't sorted, or if autosort bags are full.
20 Slot Fractal Exotic AutoSorter: Exotic items picked up are automatically sorted into here, currently contains my spare set of armour just in case.
20 Slot Fractal Rare AutoSorter: Rare items picked up are automatically sorted into here. The first few slots contain salvage tools, since I salvage rares and the Uncommon stuff below it.
20 Slot Fractal Uncommon AutoSorter: Blues and Greens automatically get sorted into here, making salvaging them fast easy.
20 Slot Craftsman AutoSorter: All crafting materials gathered go here automatically, including Agony Infusions.
20 Slot Oiled AutoSorter: All trophy (junk) items, things that sell when you click 'sell junk' at a vendor, automatically goes in here.
20 Slot Invisible Pack: Items in here don't show up on sell/buy, and don't get sent to Collections when you 'Deposit All Collectables'. The first three slots are my teleport stones (Hall of Monuments, Home, Royal Plaza', while the rest of the row being random consumables/boosters like Guild Flags. The second row is all the personal boosters and utility, like repair cannisters. I try to keep 10 of each, but I seem to have built up a few while I wasn't looking. The final slot is for dancing.
Everything automatically ends up where it needs to be, which makes knowing what to salvage/sell at a glance quite easy. It also saves on a lot of screen real estate, since the inventory window only takes up half the screen, so I can have it up while fighting, if I need to do stuff in it while in combat. Screenshot was taken in windowed mode with GW2 snapped to half my screen size, because I was looking at it while typing.
EDIT: For some reason, Foxfire does not go into the crafting mats bag. I think Anet forgot to set a flag on it, or something.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Speaking of healing, what's a good heal for a phantasm mesmer? Ether Feast doesn't feel... beefy for me.
shysaursoft
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I did some testing, and GW2 seems to check from the last slot to the first in terms of where to store things. So when you pick up an exotic, it goes from the last bag to the first, and if it doesn't find a good place to put it, it puts it in the first available slot starting from the first slot. I don't know if it's changed at all since launch, but since everything still sorts to where it's supposed to, I'm assuming not. Not sure if I'm explaining it right - but if you use autosort bags and find things aren't ending up where they're supposed to, like I did, just change the order in which you have the bags.
GW2 does not get enough credit for how easy it is to manage your inventory, swap out bags, etc, without having to install extra mods and stuff.
GW2 does not get enough credit for how easy it is to manage your inventory, swap out bags, etc, without having to install extra mods and stuff.
UltimateIke
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Invisible Bags/Safe Boxes are cool.
That's basically my set up. 5x20 random, 3x20 safe box
Saved .
shysaursoft
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Your screenshot reminds me, I need to start stocking up on important potions. I recognize the Scarlet Slayer and Toxic Oil in your shot, but what are the others?
Edit: Dredge, Elemental, Graal and Outlaw?
No Dolyak Tonic though.
shysaursoft
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I won't show what my bank looks like though. It's a gorram mess, and I can't find a good way to sort stuff. Stupid ascended rings and various currencies that may or may not be used again in the future...
UltimateIke
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That row of potions from left to right is Dredge, Elemental, Grawl, Outlaw, Scarlet, and Sons of Svanir. Basically the most useful ones for Fractals.
After that is Maintenance Oil, Sharpening Stones, Omnomberry Ghosts, and Orrian Steak Frittes.
I never had any other Dolyaks to play with, so I stopped carrying it.
shysaursoft
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Ah, thanks. If I'm going to run more Fractals, I should get these.
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