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Bl4ckSunsh1n3
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I still like not stacking and killing everything sometimes. I like to experience the dungeon. Unless it's COF1, that one I speed run for gold.
I imagine that's almost everyone who has never done it before. Or on the attempts they have tried via LFG were rushed through and didn't learn much. My gf was scared to do any dungeon for the first time without me out of fear of being ridiculed, etc. Which I thought was funny because after a long break from the game I didn't remember anything but AC, CoF and SE. Heck, I still don't know where the graveling scepter pieces are in that one AC room because someone else always solos it. She later got over that fear and probably knows TA better than I do.
But like in the 4 warrior group I was in last night, I noticed everyone else had achievement points of 1.5k or less. Regardless of what personal philosophies are, it is a good measure to see how long someone has been playing and I'm sure it works the opposite way and that's why they silently volunteered me for the gate. Almost every PUG I've been in recently has had players who I imagine joined the last time the game was on sale. I say this because these PUGs sport people who either don't know what they're doing or insist we stack for almost every fight, even when it doesn't make sense.
What I'm ultimately trying to say here is - everyone who hasn't done a dungeon before should share that info so the rest of the group can help or should do a dungeon with Hawkian.
I prefer disorganized / gaf groups. Stacking makes it seem like a job where as a shit show run is far more fun. But CoF1 is business time.
hockeypuck
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At this point in the game's life I feel like PUG runs have matured to the point that I can reliably find good speedruns of AC1/2/3 (oftentimes the same party for all 3 paths), CoF1, SE1, TA up and literally be finished with all 6 dungeons within 90 minutes, including the time in between dungeons.
It's an interesting change compared to early on in the game's life when we would joke on gchat about how unreliable PUG groups are in dungeons. Understandably back then we had a higher proportion of hardcore dungeon runners whose representation in the guild has slowly withered since it's rational to do different things.
Unfortunately this comes at the expense of new [GAF] members who want to try dungeons with a full [GAF] party since it's much more difficult nowadays to achieve that. It pretty much requires pre-planning on a forum to get such a group. I can't remember the last time another GW2 vet and I took 2 or 3 newer members through a run. The last time I went through a crazy/chaotic [GAF] run was that AC bearbow run months ago, a party full of dungeon vets.
irfaanator
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i didn't know what they did till I did the other part in that room. it's hard to know when you only see that room and not the room that 1 guy went into
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
tbqh even with people not knowing the braziers it usually takes a minute for them to get their stuff together
What's the secret to killing it fast anyway?
Why you gotta be spreading my business on the streets?
Long bow 5, longbow 2, axe 4
This calls for a GAF cof1 run, kill everything including bridge run!~~~~~
UltimateIke
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Kill everything means you have to do the ooze royalty too. Doesn't count if you skip them.
now I want to time how fast I can kill the gate controller
The Ooze Royalty are actually the only thing that really matter in CoF, everything else is just bonus content
I can't imagine Longbow 5 is that useful, but I haven't really tried that.
I jungle stalker roar, swap to drake, Rampage (this is for pet might since fury is no good), basically stack up QZ, Wild Signet, and Sic Em, so basically after getting 10 might from the longbow 2 the pet is a fucking beast. Target the thingy, longbow 2, drake f2 (I'm not sure if there is a best drake to use here, normally I use Ice) then they should immediately follow up with the tail swipe. More reliable than hoping a cat will do maul, plus a more useful f2 for damage. Swap to sword/axe, axe 4, sword 1111.
Swap spotter for eagle eye. I guess dropping skirmishing and nature magic traits for dumping into WS for peak strength or something would be to truly min-max it, but too lazy to worry about that generally to shave a fraction of a second.
Edit: I had forgotten that Sic Em cancels if you use f2. That's really annoying. I guess you'd have to time it late.
I jungle stalker roar, swap to drake, Rampage (this is for pet might since fury is no good), basically stack up QZ, Wild Signet, and Sic Em, so basically after getting 10 might from the longbow 2 the pet is a fucking beast. Target the thingy, longbow 2, drake f2 (I'm not sure if there is a best drake to use here, normally I use Ice) then they should immediately follow up with the tail swipe. More reliable than hoping a cat will do maul, plus a more useful f2 for damage. Swap to sword/axe, axe 4, sword 1111.
Swap spotter for eagle eye. I guess dropping skirmishing and nature magic traits for dumping into WS for peak strength or something would be to truly min-max it, but too lazy to worry about that generally to shave a fraction of a second.
Edit: I had forgotten that Sic Em cancels if you use f2. That's really annoying. I guess you'd have to time it late.
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Deleted member 325805
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So I'm trying out PvP, and you can set up your PvP gear etc and I'm wondering why I need to carry around a mace to use one in PvP if the stats are normalised anyway? Wouldn't it be a great QoL change if you could just select the weapon type you wish to use in that slot?
Well, you can buy any weapon type with vendors on the Heart of the Mists for like 5s. The system exists the way it does in order to allow people to use custom skins on their stuff.
Flying Toaster
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If this was posted outside of a video game thread I would have seriously begun to be creeped out.
Necros: Creeping your life since 2012.
River drake's lightning breath is best in this circumstance.
All this sounds like a great plan for tomorrow
Need more dungeons and guild stuff to do ^^Sidenote: Wasn't there talk of Anet releasing some kind of API for something a while back? Could that mean a TP app on an IPhone down the road by any chance?
All this sounds like a great plan for tomorrow
Those two story mode runs a couple weeks ago were fun. I'd be down for some dungeons with you this weekend.
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Deleted member 325805
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I'm level 60 and I got a level 80 Berserkers exotic axe from PvP, is that normal or did I get lucky? That'll save me some gold at 80.
Depends. Is it from a champion bag? PvP reward tracks give exotic weapons after a certain % is hit on the reward track.
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Deleted member 325805
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It was from a bag or box from the track, yeah. It took like an hour only so I was really shocked.
PvP is really good to get exotic weapons from dungeon tracks. Pretty fast to do plus plenty of fun too!
Also st3ev3, were you added to the guild?
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Deleted member 325805
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Nah, I'm on EU with some friends. And if that's the case I'll be doing some more PvP for weapons before 80 for sure.
Can't you like hide them man? I mean seriously.
Kos Luftar
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Should use the money you skim from the lottery pool to buy a new one.
For sure, looking forward to it
He wants to protect you from the evil strangers on the Internet :3
Such as yourself
How does that GW2 shirt fit? Im bidding on a large and a medium on ebay at the moment, not sure which to go for
appletoasty
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It's a pretty standard shirt afaik. I am a tiny person and wear XS but the smallest they had was S =( It's gonna end up being a pyjama shirt for me but if you're a normal-sized person it'll probably be fine in whatever size you normally wear.
I'm not evillll
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
at this rate I'll end up with only ARAH and HotW needing to complete
I really wish that you can earn points in PvP even if you don't win
I really wish that you can earn points in PvP even if you don't win
You do. 500 for a rated loss compared to 1500 for the win.
Tonight, a friend of mine mentioned that her fractal buddy, after wiping at grawl for the tenth time, claimed their problem was DPS. She then said that next time I have 4 gaffers together we should invite him to show how a group cooperates. I think that conveys why GAFractal runs are so interesting and yet never a slouch: we are a group that understands each other, and thanks to that we can do many impressive feats. To hear that from someone who has run with us 3-4 times was flattering.
So thank you to all gaffers who make our nightly scale 50 runs so cool. We wouldn't have such a good time if it wasn't for each of you, each with your own playstyle but that when combined, prove to be an incredible and talented team.
So thank you to all gaffers who make our nightly scale 50 runs so cool. We wouldn't have such a good time if it wasn't for each of you, each with your own playstyle but that when combined, prove to be an incredible and talented team.
UltimateIke
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http://gw2dungeons.net/Arah2
Levyne and I can duo it in 35 minutes, taking our time and not rushing, so how does a full party only manage to beat it 5 minutes faster?
Doesn't sound efficient to me.
Levyne and I can duo it in 35 minutes, taking our time and not rushing, so how does a full party only manage to beat it 5 minutes faster?
Doesn't sound efficient to me.
NormalFish
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I find "efficient" in an MMO setting (when addressing the general audience) is synonymous with "competently". Not really a strong word.
Damn, I'm in a bidding war on the medium. Was hoping they were small like the Witcher shirts. Thanks for the help!
Edit: Holy shit while i was in a playtest the price jumped to 46$ plus shipping, I mean I want a GW2 shirt but not for 50$
Flying Toaster
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Sacrifices must be made.
Oh so I have a thief. What is the most wanted class for dungeons? That's what I like to do in mmo's group play pve.
Warriors, Elementalists, Guardians.
UltimateIke
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Warrior, Guardian, Elementalist (x2), and Thief is the dungeon party build.
I usually find myself wishing I could play Warrior and Thief at the same time.
I usually find myself wishing I could play Warrior and Thief at the same time.
Unless you find yourself a regular group that is heavily into speed-clearing dungeons in the fastest most efficient way possible : none
Lanrutcon
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