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Have fun in Lion's Arch.
Short Version:
A Crazy Sylvari named Scarlet gathered a bunch of enemy factions together, made a big ass drill and tore Lion's Arch a new asshole. This particular location in which she drilled caused the natural, flowing magic of the world to be redirected towards Maguuma and a slumbering Elder Dragon named Mordremoth, awakening him. We've since found the machine that made Scarlet crazy, gathered the various good races of the world to work together, fought off Mordremoth's champion when it attacked the Pale Tree and... that brings us to date. There's a lot more details, obviously, but those are the broad strokes. Oh yeah, Rytlock tried to dispel the Foefire but ended up trapped in the Mists.
Correct.
Haven't had any wvw luck in a while. Tried to pop in for some quick action and its been pretty dead lately. Not sure if its the server or the game at this point, even EotM was really dead on red/blue.
Falling damage traits are the most entertaining thing in the game. If combat is ever expanded, be nice to have more things like this. Give me a vertical dungeon where the only way to kill enemies is by dropping on their heads.
Falling damage traits are the most entertaining thing in the game. If combat is ever expanded, be nice to have more things like this. Give me a vertical dungeon where the only way to kill enemies is by dropping on their heads.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Demolisher spawned right at the moment the Breach started.
I am starting to hate this map.
I am starting to hate this map.
don't the legendaries just spawn randomly at any time? the breach isn't on any kind of timer, it's completely driven by our event completions
Thanks! I think I stopped after lost shore. Are most of past living world stuff soloable? I might go back and do them all.
Most of if not all of it is soloable eventhough some stuff is harder for one class then the other .
If you need help with any story chapters feel free to give a shout in guild chat and well come and help .
Kos Luftar
Member
Looks like hythloday invited you. Welcome back.
Yikes, you've been away for two years, basically, which means you've basically missed... well... everything. There have been 34 Living Story updates and 2 Feature Packs (they've started separating major mechanic changes from content updates) in the interim. Basically, everything on this list after the first two items, and this is an absurdly abbreviated list;
Season One's storyline isn't completely replayable (yet; they've said it's something they'd like to make happen), though you can still see the aftermath of those events (namely Lion's Arch, but also Kessex Hills and a few other spots around the world).
Season Two is when they overhauled the Story Journal, which allows each episode to be replayed. Each episode is free if you log in while it is active or can be purchased later for slightly less than a large fry at McDonalds. I believe you can also tag along with someone who has it unlocked, but you won't be able to earn any rewards or make any progress from those chapters. If you do decide to pick them up, they're definitely soloable.
Beyond that, it might be best to join / re-join GAFGuild, so we can answer any questions directly in-game. Just post your account name (name.####) or a character name and we'll get you in asap.
Cool, thanks.
Coriolanus
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Costume brawl.
Oh retro.
Costume brawl.
Oh retro.
Almost fell out of my chair when we saw EG at the Skritt Challenge
As soon as they rolled in my first reaction was to keep Kos from getting himself banned. My second was to start the Challenge as soon as possible so we could just get it over and done with; they get to do their whole crazy stacking thing sooner, and we don't have to deal with their... crazy.. stacking.. thing. Yeah.
Grabbed the bullet points off the wiki page and trimmed the fat. Like it or not, it's a post-launch addition to the game around which a not insubstantial number of items revolves.
Holy crap. Didn't know that. Should of just log on just to get it while it was free.
I cant play during the weekday. Maybe I'll ask someone to add me next week.
Thanks for the info tho
Holy crap. Didn't know that. Should of just log on just to get it while it was free.
I cant play during the weekday. Maybe I'll ask someone to add me next week.
Thanks for the info tho
Yeah, when Season 2 started we made a thread over on Gaming Side about it and tried to tell folks that logging in, even if they don't want to play now, they'd at least have it unlocked for later. Like I said though, it's pretty cheap to pick an episode or two up if you want.
As for the guild, we don't have any requirements or anything on play time. Play when you want, if you want, or not at all. We do occasionally remove people from the guild when we get near the 500 player cap (I think we're around 450 right now), but it's just to free up space for new / returning players and is welcome back any time.
Complistic
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by far the best minipet.
Agreed .
BTW , since for me it is already monday does that mean i can start posting spoiler pics yet here and elsewhere ?
I only like toy/robot/hologram/stuff and baby minis. Everything else look a bit silly to me. Why is this otherwise perfectly normal looking human/animal/monster so small? What is it? Creepy!
They should have made baby llamas and baby teqs!
100% agree. It just comes of lazy to me. Of the MMOs i'm playing FF14 easily has the best looking pets. Worst goes to GW2.
I only like toy/robot/hologram/stuff and baby minis. Everything else look a bit silly to me. Why is this otherwise perfectly normal looking human/animal/monster so small? What is it? Creepy!
They should have made baby llamas and baby teqs!
All the mini humanoids are terrible that's for sure. Some of the minis are way too fucking big also. ArenaNet really lack any consistency or logic to half the stuff they put in the game I'm afraid.
I find it funny how you managed to pretty much sum a year worth of story telling content in 3 sentences. There are a lot more details to it, but it kinda shows how slow the story/world evolved in a year or so...
Truth is this last episode really do hyped me and I'm eagerly waiting for tomorrow's reveal of the next episode. Not expecting new professions, weapons or anything of that sort, but I'm excited to see Rytlock's story.
I only like toy/robot/hologram/stuff and baby minis. Everything else look a bit silly to me. Why is this otherwise perfectly normal looking human/animal/monster so small? What is it? Creepy!
They should have made baby llamas and baby teqs!
The minis are pretty lazy IMO. I rather have more stuff that looks like it can exist in world rather than shrunk down NPCs or enemies.
Kos Luftar
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I hope Rytlock doesn't act like a douchd and tell us we would not be able to understand what he saw because it would make us blind as well.
Stop stealing my complaint.
He meets Kormir, eats her to mess with humanity, absorbs her powers, goes blind because Gods aren't good for your stomach.
Rytlock wreaks havoc in Tyria. Expansion to drain Rytlock with bloodstones.
New class introduced: Rytlock.
Coriolanus
Banned
Kos Luftar
Member
Why would he have to go to the mists to meet the Forgotten? They live in the Crystal Desert.
Thanks for showing up to the event that you made a poster for.
TRAILER tomorrow.
Also a chance that GW2 China will update their website with new screenshots today.
Looks like Mordremoth's vines are sprouting out east.
I think the vines moving east is going to make it difficult for us to just move west and we will have to move underground to go west. Imagine the Silverwastes descending down similar to how Dry Top is very vertical.
flyinpiranha
Member
So, quick question about the "Living Story". When I go to my quest log/menu it shows the previous steps "Unlock at 80" but they are 200 gems each, while the new ones just released don't have a price tag on them, just the "Unlock at 80" thing.
Am I going to have to pay cash to see the previous parts of this?
Am I going to have to pay cash to see the previous parts of this?
Kos Luftar
Member
Yeah you unlock each episode just by log-ing in when they are active (2 week period). If you did not log-in at all during an episode then whenever you decide to play you have to pay 200gems to unlock it. If you only care about the story but not the rewards you could try running those missions with people who have it unlocked already just so you can see the story.
flyinpiranha
Member
So I'll have the current ones unlocked even though I may not get to them in the next two weeks?
Kind of a bummer about having to pay for them, but I guess they are pretty cheap and I can just pretend they are expansions. The shitty part is that I play with my fiance and I'll probably pay for hers to be unlocked too!
Kos Luftar
Member
Yes. As long as you logged in this week, you can play Echos of the Past whenever you want.
I think with current exchange rate of gold to gems, you might be able to pick up an episode for about 30gold.
LumpOfCole
Member
What if Rytlock didn't jump into the Mists, but the hole was actually a portal into the past? I would love to go back in time to find Rytlock. It would open up the narrative in such great ways, like meeting Livia or interacting with other GW1 characters, or even going to Pre-Searing again. It would kind of make sense for the curse to try and repair a past moment in history too, to try and prevent Ascalon falling in the first place.
I... err... why do you want to see that... not that I'm interested... maybe...
Coriolanus
Banned
Cuz that Abaddon, he a dancer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jozvyKAKgfQ
Best Abaddon, however, is a fighter and a lover.
"hey guys, we just got a writer that isn't completely horrible!"
*great! have him do a time-traveling plot!*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jozvyKAKgfQ
Best Abaddon, however, is a fighter and a lover.
"hey guys, we just got a writer that isn't completely horrible!"
*great! have him do a time-traveling plot!*
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