What gets me is that I'm a huge proponent of this map because I believe it will make new strategies and plays emerge, and might actually be FUN to watch being streamed, etc.
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What gets me is that I'm a huge proponent of this map because I believe it will make new strategies and plays emerge, and might actually be FUN to watch being streamed, etc.
Flying Toaster
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um... thats the starter right? You have more? You need more!
Well unfortunately ,this is all i have at home right now .
I could go and raid my Neighbors wine cellar I suppose , but to disturb him at this hour ....
You need the bear backpack as well.
human onion
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Well I got World Completion yesterday... the same day as the announcement to change World Completion.
It gives me such an empty feeling.
It gives me such an empty feeling.
Flying Toaster
Member
And this reason to drink a lot tonight while playing
I'll probably bail :/ Hungover-GAF tomorrow
It's how we cope with your absence.
So, over the last 3 months, I've been working toward this:
And today I finally got it.
During the time it took to get, I
I'm proud that I hardly ever pugged for this one. Did mostly just chill and fast GAF runs with appletoasty, Zeroth, UltimateIke, Cathcart/Zyra, and Eeble. I got to know this crew pretty well. Also some with other friends, and only pugs if everyone was asleep.
We had a lot of fun along the way, and there were a few speedbumps but nothing we couldn't put behind us.
Time to quit the game forever, bye.
And today I finally got it.
During the time it took to get, I
- Got 3 legendaries
- Gained something like 40 pvp ranks
- Along with Champion Hunter title
- Duod Arah a few times
- Soloed Lupi Once
- Got my last 3 classes to 80
- Met Colin
I'm proud that I hardly ever pugged for this one. Did mostly just chill and fast GAF runs with appletoasty, Zeroth, UltimateIke, Cathcart/Zyra, and Eeble. I got to know this crew pretty well. Also some with other friends, and only pugs if everyone was asleep.
We had a lot of fun along the way, and there were a few speedbumps but nothing we couldn't put behind us.
Time to quit the game forever, bye.
NormalFish
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Congrats!So, over the last 3 months, I've been working toward this:
And today I finally got it.
During the time it took to get, I
- Got 3 legendaries
- Gained something like 40 pvp ranks
- Along with Champion Hunter title
- Duod Arah a few times
- Soloed Lupi Once
- Got my last 3 classes to 80
- Met Colin
I'm proud that I hardly ever pugged for this one. Did mostly just chill and fast GAF runs with appletoasty, Zeroth, UltimateIke, Cathcart/Zyra, and Eeble. I got to know this crew pretty well. Also some with other friends, and only pugs if everyone was asleep.
We had a lot of fun along the way, and there were a few speedbumps but nothing we couldn't put behind us.
Time to quit the game forever, bye.
I couldn't find the audio file by itself.
appletoasty
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Excellent missions tonight, everyone, only had a few people get caught by the Langmar Estate poison bug and a few people unable to complete the Bear Rush.
Make-up missions are tomorrow at 3pm Eastern, please remember to adjust for Daylight Savings as needed.
You'll be back.
They always come back.
Make-up missions are tomorrow at 3pm Eastern, please remember to adjust for Daylight Savings as needed.
You'll be back.
They always come back.
human onion
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Flying Toaster
Member
It was fun, but mentally taxing.
Not sure I can handle such intense strats.
Thanks Obama...
off hand dagger ranger is fucking fun as hell to use
Flying Toaster
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I am probably a newb but double dagger thief is amazing.
When you are a huge Charr and you slide forward to stab backwards with your dagger into someone, it feels good
I blame myself for bailing. Otherwise you'd have OP bear.
First step is admitting it.
appletoasty
Member
Permanent swiftness and max might stacks, what could possibly go wrong
VINDICATED
Vigilant Walrus
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Who peed in your toilet mate?=(
It gives a mental sense of a subclass though, doesn't it!? People have been asking for deeper seated specialization of their characters, but we all know what happens when you balance your game around digging very deep into talent or trait systems.
I think specializations have the potential to be a really great way to make your character differ, but it's one of those things that will probably not be really felt before expansion 2 or 3, when you really have some different specializations within your base profession to choose from!
The biggest thing is the mechanical class changes that change "how they fundamentally play". It's really not far removed from the thinking of the GW1 dual class system when you really think about it
They already have the ability to change classes drastically by just fixing up the traits a bit and weapons.
It's lame.
Specialisations will just further remove experimentation and custom styles.
One of the biggest mistakes wow made was essentially remove choice from builds.
Specialisation will just mark even less variety in builds and styles.
The problem is that there are so many traits that no one uses. Ever. Because they're crap.
It's lame.
Specialisations will just further remove experimentation and custom styles.
One of the biggest mistakes wow made was essentially remove choice from builds.
Specialisation will just mark even less variety in builds and styles.
The problem is that there are so many traits that no one uses. Ever. Because they're crap.
Hrm. Interesting. Reading up on all the stuff that's been posted during the night on all the sites I frequent. Here it's a little discussion about most traits sucking (again) and on tumblr it's for example this post, from a person being shamed and harassed for playing something other than zerk. It even leads to:
Having 5 of each class makes me different from most players but it gives me a huuuuge reason to not play only zerk. Why have 5 identical characters? I play really "crappy" stuff that would probably kick me out of PuGs in a second, but I'm not joining groups so I don't have to care. I'm just playing with Cresc and having a blast whatever character I'm on. We don't kill things as quickly as the zerks do but nothing beats coming to someone's rescue with the Raxtwins (celestial healer shout warrior and healy condi removal guardian) and saving them from downed state or helping with something they couldn't kill by themselves due to dying from one hit.
So I'm having great fun with ALL my characters! Yes, even those with traits that "suck".
Because 80 % of the traits don't suck. They are just not the mega meta that everyone is saying is the only way to play. I do think they need to balance them up even more (or remake the whole system like Retro keeps saying) but Anet have (iirc) said that they want to make zerk less of "the ultimate way to play" so I guess they are working on it?
Tragic
Having 5 of each class makes me different from most players but it gives me a huuuuge reason to not play only zerk. Why have 5 identical characters? I play really "crappy" stuff that would probably kick me out of PuGs in a second, but I'm not joining groups so I don't have to care. I'm just playing with Cresc and having a blast whatever character I'm on. We don't kill things as quickly as the zerks do but nothing beats coming to someone's rescue with the Raxtwins (celestial healer shout warrior and healy condi removal guardian) and saving them from downed state or helping with something they couldn't kill by themselves due to dying from one hit.
So I'm having great fun with ALL my characters! Yes, even those with traits that "suck".
Because 80 % of the traits don't suck. They are just not the mega meta that everyone is saying is the only way to play. I do think they need to balance them up even more (or remake the whole system like Retro keeps saying) but Anet have (iirc) said that they want to make zerk less of "the ultimate way to play" so I guess they are working on it?
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Deleted member 325805
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So I just impulse bought 800 gems, and now I realise I can't really get much with it. I originally wanted some bank and bag space but that's 1000 gems. Do these things ever go on sale? Also, do you get an extra bag slot for all characters, or just the one you use it on?
One day soon
In my experience, they only reliably go on sale during the Anniversary (August) and Black Friday (November)
They go on sale sometimes. You only get a bag slot on a single character. I've never bought one since I find even 15 slot bags are good enough on every characters (and there are bigger bags to get). I do have a great amount of bank expansions tho since those are for the whole account.
You could convert some gold so you have 1000 gems and get one of those infinite salvagers or tree cutters for example.
shysaursoft
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I am finally back home and able to check NeoGAF again. Haven't read back yet, will catch up on the last two weeks now.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I'll try to join make-ups later since I missed the first three missions.
How different is make ups vs. "original"?
How different is make ups vs. "original"?
Makeups are more intimate. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
shysaursoft
Member
Isn't that the point then of POI and Ready Up? To give people who have not the means to get to PAX East and such, the cool info a bit ahead of time? I mean, ArenaNet could just not do POI and Ready Up, and leave it to the media, but I think they're better off doing it in-house, truth be told. It's worked extremely well for Nintendo, with their Nintendo Direct.
What I *did* see a hell of a lot of at PAX East, was people going "holy crap that game looks awesome what is it I've only heard of GW1 and never played it". And that's no strawman, I heard that literally and figuratively several times. It was pretty awesome. I didn't even get to play HoT at PAX because of how many people were in line for it.
A friend at Anet even tried to get my compatriot and I on the two press machines, but they had already repurposed it to try and get more people through the line. I was really impressed by the interest in HoT at PAX. I was at PAX last year (or was it the year before) where WildStar had a booth, and while it was pretty busy, they also did a lot of "who wants a shirt!" shouting on megaphones. #StampedesForSwag
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
shysaursoft
Member
I second this movement. I used to bring tons of reddit drama here, but I'm done with that crap.
Stranger danger!
It's just a much smaller group and as result everyone's effort is more important so it's harder to just autopilot it. Though I don't think I've seen a mission fail in makeups in a long time.
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Deleted member 325805
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Hmm, not worth it then if it's only single character. I might opt for a bank slot and convert the rest into gold, that seems like my best option.
There's less people, so it can be slightly more challenging (depending on what missions we draw, we can fail stuff easily). However, it also means that everyone really has to work together, whereas Saturday nights can be a little... zergy (you know who you are, standing at the door for the Langmar Gallery waiting!).
Sundays feel more like the quiet chance to actually experience missions without everything being a blur. I always feel bad when new players get on Saturday Night and we just whip through everything without them getting a chance to see what's going on, Sundays are much more laid back and I feel like I can actually explain / teach things.
I'm pretty sure we failed a challenge last week or the week before. If we get Save our Supplies, it's pretty much a wash unless another guild is there / shows up.
If you're going to convert it to gold, you should wait until something stupid shows up for a one day sale like I don't know black Sephiroth wings or something which makes idiots spend tons of gold on gems.
Kos Luftar
Member
All I was saying I hope there was more info they could share during this event for people like me who follow all the news as it comes out. Since I watced poi and ready up, these events had nothing for me to be excited about besides pics of Colin.
Isn't it bad on ANET and thier marketi that 2.5 years in and people still haven't heard of Guild Wars 2...
Flying Toaster
Member
It is bad. But how would you market this game to the masses? Honest question.
I played this game two years ago and it honestly blew my mind but then I put it aside and ignored it. The $10 deal and GAF having a guild got me to bite and I am enjoying it so far. But from what I can tell where does this game fall exactly in the MMO scape?
I would love to see a growth of players jump on but what exactly are they jumping on to?
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