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[Boss Doggie]

Hmm I wonder if Tree of Savior will pull me away from GW2

 

[Wanderer5]

Eh. They'll go down in price (until near event ends). You have lots of time.

Alternatively

The recipes are already around 8-10g.

 

[appletoasty]

Hmm I wonder if Tree of Savior will pull me away from GW2

I'm definitely going to check it out, but I'm pretty invested in GW2 at this point... probably not going to make a full switch until I run out of stuff to do =P

 

[UltimateIke]

Best in slot, bitches.

Nothing stops this frosty train.

 

[appletoasty]

So far we've got 9 people in for the Secret Santa exchange:

appletoasty (me!)
Kos Luftar
Miktar
pickles (Callunah)
retro
TechWolf
Dosuchin (Mecca Lecca Hi)
Frecklestein (Rufus)
Hawkian

I'll be bugging people about it a bit more in game before and during guild missions, if you already gave me your account name and email but you're not on the list there, let me know =)

 

[Moondrop]

How do you run spirit ranger anyway?

Settler amulet, sword/torch & shortbow, stone/sun/elite spirits. That's my version, not the meta.

Missle block works fine though. Took down bearbows using d/d cele with ring of earth and interrupts.

Yeah interrupts occurred to me, but I usually have just the one on my warrior. I may shake up my warrior though now that they say shouts are viable again.

 

[Mxrz]

Zerk ranger gets surprisingly easy wins in unranked. I'm only in the wolf-ranks, so probably not playing the best players or anything. But longbow has pretty much everything on it, poke, burst, escape, knockback, aoe. Metabattle guardians don't bother with WoR, and most people don't bother dodging through rapid fire. Hrm.

Thinking I'll save my Ultimate Reward thingy till towards the end. See if I can get a breather out of a wintersday gift first.

 

[Levyne]

I ain't opening any more of those except four daily. So messy.

 

[Moondrop]

And when you guys say bear bow ranger, are pvp rangers really using bears?

I refer to all longbow rangers as bearbows out of principle.

 

[UltimateIke]

I ain't opening any more of those except four daily. So messy.

I opened close to 7000 gifts. And then I had to open the unsafe/clothes/bottle boxes, sigil/rune bags, throw away worthless recipes and harvesting tools, salvage the beautiful clothes into ugly, and use all the luck. There's probably more I'm forgetting.

I only spent 45g in the end, and I got the breather, all of the endless tonic recipes, the random infinite tonic, Ho-Ho Tron, the normal and red unbreakable bell instruments, and enough luck to go from 174% MF to 181%. I got lucky with extra recipe, Ho-Ho Tron, and instrument drops, so I got to sell those back on the TP. Got lots of silk, linen, and cotton to sell too, along with tons of snowflakes.

 

[Minamu]

bought a copy of the game for my girl today, Gamestop had it for a bit less than what the digital heroic version is available for. Seemed risky to wait for an online deal so close to Xmas and me going away over the holidays.

 

[Wanderer5]

Think I join in on the secret santa event. I made a space in the guild list so I can get invited to the gaf guild too in order to do this I guess.

Grimm Steelclock - lordphantomhive.1256

 

[Retro]

bought a copy of the game for my girl today, Gamestop had it for a bit less than what the digital heroic version is available for. Seemed risky to wait for an online deal so close to Xmas and me going away over the holidays.

Pretty sure Gamestop had it for $20, which is about as low as GW2 has ever gotten. I don't think it'll go much lower than that, so you're good.

Think I join in on the secret santa event. I made a space in the guild list so I can get invited to the gaf guild too in order to do this I guess.

Grimm Steelclock - lordphantomhive.1256

Done, welcome to GAFGuild.

 

[shysaursoft]

Best in slot, bitches.

How did you get that?

 

[UltimateIke]

How did you get that?

Completion of the Wintersday PvP reward track gives you one, but I tried my luck buying thousands of Giant Wintersday Gifts from the TP until it dropped.

 

[Thorgal]

Judging from the way you announced it in guild chat , i got the feeling a bit of sanity went along with it

 

[shysaursoft]

Damn, because of Wintersday my Royal Terrace Pass is no longer the quick load into a services area it used to be. Might have to switch to going to Rata Sum instead.

1000 Giant Wintersday Gifts later:

1 x Mini Ho Ho Tron

Derp.

2000 gifts later, still nothing. Bleh.

 

[spiritfox]

And when you guys say bear bow ranger, are pvp rangers really using bears?

Oh no, I see more canines than bears, if I even see any bears at all. It's just fun to say bearbow.

Bearbow.

 

[Moondrop]

2000 gifts later, still nothing. Bleh.

Just grind earn it in PvP like the rest of us. I'm 80% after 24 hours. And I've gained an appreciation for the appeal of turret engis.

Also Ninja I had no idea ele dagger has a projectile block on a 6 second CD. Given that it's on their condi attunement as well, I can imagine that would give bearbows fits.

 

[shysaursoft]

Just grind earn it in PvP like the rest of us.

Not in the mood for PvP. I'd rather spend 100g and click open boxes, than play PvP right now. That's just how I am - I'm either into it, or not.

 

[Moondrop]

Not in the mood for PvP. I'd rather spend 100g and click open boxes, than play PvP right now. That's just how I am - I'm either into it, or not.

I totally hear you, PvP is completely different from PvE in that way. Either you're of a mind to crack skulls or not. I haven't been recently, but it appears my bloodlust is back. Unfortunately I'm going away from my GW2 PC for the holidays. Perhaps I'll push more guild PvP stuff in 2015. Gotta love voting on the map, even if no one else votes for Kyhlo. QQ

 

[shysaursoft]

I totally hear you, PvP is completely different from PvE in that way. Either you're of a mind to crack skulls or not. I haven't been recently, but it appears my bloodlust is back. Unfortunately I'm going away from my GW2 PC for the holidays. Perhaps I'll push more guild PvP stuff in 2015. Gotta love voting on the map, even if no one else votes for Kyhlo. QQ

Ironic: When I play and Courtyard and Kyhlo appear, Kyhlo wins 99% of the time. :/

 

[Hawkian]

Soo I'm at a Christmas party and there's just absolutely no chance I make it back in time for missions. Sorry! Hope a couple of officers are on hand.

Attendees can still buy lotto tickets tonight after missions as always, but let's do the drawing at makeups tomorrow.

 

[Moondrop]

Ironic: When I play and Courtyard and Kyhlo appear, Kyhlo wins 99% of the time. :/

Oh, I'm mostly referring to Ranked. In Unranked, Kyhlo should win 99-1 over Courtyard. Courtyard is better than Spirit Watch though. *shudder

 

[Ashodin]

Soo I'm at a Christmas party and there's just absolutely no chance I make it back in time for missions. Sorry! Hope a couple of officers are on hand.

Attendees can still buy lotto tickets tonight after missions as always, but let's do the drawing at makeups tomorrow.

Or guild leaders!

 

[shysaursoft]

Oh, I'm mostly referring to Ranked. In Unranked, Kyhlo should win 99-1 over Courtyard. Courtyard is better than Spirit Watch though. *shudder

I like Spirit Watch.

This is why I don't play PvP. I'm just totally not with the "meta".

 

[Moondrop]

I like Spirit Watch.

It's a broken mechanic. It's rather arbitrary which skills work and don't whilst carrying the orb, leading to insane class imbalances for orb running. That's why it's out of the Ranked rotation.

But the real problem is that strategy is divisive, leading too often to dropouts and terrible matches. If we were voting just on topography, Spirit Watch would be top tier.

 

[Wanderer5]

XD

 

[appletoasty]

Last call for Secret Santa entries! Send me a message with your in game name and preferably email, if you're not comfortable with that no problem just let me know! I'll be doing the matching tomorrow whenever I wake up (~9 hours from this post).

EDIT: Current list of people participating:

appletoasty (me!)
Kos
Miktar
Callunah
Retro
TechWolf
Dosuchin
Rufus
Hawkian
lordphantomhive
DrAvvoh

If you think you entered but your name is not on this list please let me know!

 

[appletoasty]

XD

My chest lookin real good there... I was half expecting it to pan to your mini's stupid grin after that lmao.

 

[Wanderer5]

The hell, I don't know why I can't do crap in the bell choir now. I can't seem to hit the notes most of the time.:/ Feel like there some slight lag input or something.

Edit: well somehow did it right after that lol. Finished the meta now, so Wintersday is done.

 

[shysaursoft]

Someone asked for shots of the Wintersday DR at night: not sure if this is what they had in mind:

Bonus shot of The Grove.

 

[Ashodin]

I also got the meta as well, lots of fun this year!

 

[Thorgal]

Is the torch still op as this or did that also get nerfed ?

 

[UltimateIke]

What did torch do special? It was Wall of Reflection that put in all the work.

 

[Thorgal]

What did torch do special? It was Wall of Reflection that put in all the work.

yeah i got confused by the video's description .

 

[appletoasty]

Secret Santa emails have just been sent! Check the emails you gave to me for your recipient

If you did not receive an email and you are part of the exchange, please let me know!

 

[Hawkian]

Well, I got mine XD

 

[shysaursoft]

Got my email. Will likely send my gifts out sooner rather than later, as I don't know if I'll make guild missions on the 27th.

 

[Kos Luftar]

Well, I got mine XD

I want something nice.

Got my email. Will likely send my gifts out sooner rather than later, as I don't know if I'll make guild missions on the 27th.

Likewise. Probably 26th.

Waiting for Guild Mission Make-ups to start.

 

[Retro]

Yeah, I got mine too. Hard part now is trying to think of something to get that person when I have no idea what they might have already. Hmmm...

 

[shysaursoft]

Yeah, I got mine too. Hard part now is trying to think of something to get that person when I have no idea what they might have already. Hmmm...

I find it helps to be prudent: get something that, if they do already have it, they can still just sell it for the gold.

 

[Mxrz]

3 matches. 3 minute que. Same exact premade team each time. Crap like that kills any interest I have in the mode.

 

[Retro]

Nice Makeup missions, folks. This is our last mission before Christmas, so happy holidays to everyone!

I find it helps to be prudent: get something that, if they do already have it, they can still just sell it for the gold.

Yep, I'm leaning toward a few of the various rarer dyes, which would be something they could resell, but... in the spirit of the season I'd rather it be something they really enjoy and want to use rather than something they basically return for cash.

Oh well, thought that counts, right?

 

[Noisy Ninj4]

Miniatures and dyes are basically perfect for secret Santa stuff.

 

[Retro]

Remember: makeover Kits make a wonderful gift too, as they are always welcome and are a polite way of saying "your character is really fucking ugly."

 

[xeris]

Nice Makeup missions, folks. This is our last mission before Christmas, so happy holidays to everyone!



Yep, I'm leaning toward a few of the various rarer dyes, which would be something they could resell, but... in the spirit of the season I'd rather it be something they really enjoy and want to use rather than something they basically return for cash.

Oh well, thought that counts, right?

I thought returning stuff for cash WAS the spirit of the season.

 

[Thorgal]

One thing that always amazed me with this game is how much work was put in the underwater scenery .

Usually underwater areas are the same copy pasted terrain all over the place , but guild wars lake and seafloor's are unique everywhere you look .

 

[Retro]

I feel like Underwater combat is really only 'there' for a few classes (Warrior, Engineer, Thief) and really hit or miss with the others. That's really the only thing keeping me from wishing we'd get full or predominantly underwater zones.

 

[shysaursoft]

I feel like Underwater combat is really only 'there' for a few classes (Warrior, Engineer, Thief) and really hit or miss with the others. That's really the only thing keeping me from wishing we'd get full or predominantly underwater zones.

Agreed, and it's a pity. There are areas, like the massive ocean section of Straights of Devestation, that is amazing - but the combination of weak underwater professions + Risen crowd control stuff, makes it so people avoid the area generally.