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Fractals have changed. poo poo xp, drops are better. Arch diviner has better tells, two chanters on each arm replaced with single vet so must be done legit now. Swamp wisp timers have changed massively - start when wisps spawn and count down, then cycle wisps automatically. Ascalon frac has a red iris flower. Harpies in uncat frac have been repositioned for maximum player tears. Fire shaman in grawl frac is much harder to pin down now because of new defiance bar - can't pre-chill him, the chill just greys out and he moves at full speed.
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So I have begun my crafting of my Quip precursor, stage one involves three different kinds of tasks: -Throwing harpy pheromones on things, including enemies like the molten firestorm -Picking on (/laugh) at various NPCs in the game -Eating too much candy and vomiting in inappropriate places Heart of Thorn is a 10/10
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Oct 23, 2015 12:57
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Heavy Lobster posted:I can safely say that we vastly underestimated how difficult it would be to get the new hero challenges done. Rate the difficulty on a scale of 1 to 10 poopsocks.
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Oct 23, 2015 12:57
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Kessel posted:Fractals have changed. poo poo xp, drops are better. Arch diviner has better tells, two chanters on each arm replaced with single vet so must be done legit now. Swamp wisp timers have changed massively - start when wisps spawn and count down, then cycle wisps automatically. Ascalon frac has a red iris flower. Harpies in uncat frac have been repositioned for maximum player tears. Fire shaman in grawl frac is much harder to pin down now because of new defiance bar - can't pre-chill him, the chill just greys out and he moves at full speed. Challenging group content!
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Oct 23, 2015 12:59
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NapoleonAtWaterloo posted:Everyone should remember to bind the action cam stuff. It's really loving great and I can't imagine playing without it now. I want to try it out, but I'm guessing it's not going to play well with Chronomancer. It's one thing when all of your AoEs should go under your target, and another when you might want to throw a ground target AoE under some allies or under yourself. If it works like the old action camera mod, that means swinging your camera around wildly to aim at the ground and is awkward. That said, left-click-to-swing-sword is always nice.
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Oct 23, 2015 13:05
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teagone posted:Rate the difficulty on a scale of 1 to 10 poopsocks. Do you like champs? Do you like killing champs? Do you like skill points being camped by champs that you have to kill?
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Brain In A Jar posted:Do you like champs? Do you like killing champs? Do you like skill points being camped by champs that you have to kill? So they copied the best parts of Orr? Color me surprised.
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Oct 23, 2015 13:18
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Harrow posted:It's one thing when all of your AoEs should go under your target, and another when you might want to throw a ground target AoE under some allies or under yourself. If it works like the old action camera mod, that means swinging your camera around wildly to aim at the ground and is awkward. What about toggling off/on the action cam when needed?
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Oct 23, 2015 13:35
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So I managed to get a couple of hours play time in before work. Everything in the new zones is very pretty. Now I'm at work where everything is not very pretty.
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Oct 23, 2015 13:39
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orcane posted:So they copied the best parts of Orr? Color me surprised. Except now instead of being just camped by a champ that you can pull away or stealth past, the champ is actually the hero challenge, and also summons its own trash mobs, and in addition to being a mordrem champ, is also on a timer, so no matter how good you are at dodging you wont have the dps to whittle down the whole hp sponge alone. Plus, many of these are mastery-gated, for extra challenge.
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Oct 23, 2015 13:48
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That sounds like a lot of fun and will not at all be annoying once the zone gets less populated over time. HoT is shaping up to be everything I've been hoping for.
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Oct 23, 2015 14:09
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Heavy Lobster posted:I can safely say that we vastly underestimated how difficult it would be to get the new hero challenges done. lol
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Oct 23, 2015 14:13
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Today's goal: don't watch streams at work so I can avoid getting overly jealous that other people are playing and I'm not. I've been at work 15 minutes. So far, so good.
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Oct 23, 2015 14:16
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Its 925 est and im at work. Make sure the bugs are fixed by the time I get home.
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Oct 23, 2015 14:26
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I did decide to go read about how Mesmers are liking release-version Chronomancer. Apparently it has somehow made shatters the new best form of PvE DPS? Sword/shield + staff, then shatters (including Continuum Split) + wells + All's Well That Ends Well apparently out-damages phantasms and looks absolutely insane while you do it. You're basically just a pink blur the whole time, which sounds pretty fun.
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Oct 23, 2015 14:37
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Don't plan to finish the story quickly, it's gated hard by mastery. Also hope you liked overly long and tedious boss fight group events with crap rewards because it wasn't just the Wyvern fight in HoT.
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Overall, its still an MMO expansion. Instead of having an extra 10 levels to grind through like in a game like WoW, content is gated behind masteries. So you still need to do content to level to be able to do more content. There just isn't a gear reset like in WoW. I'm kinda ok with that.
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Yeah, I'm cool with masteries being the new progression. It definitely beats a level cap increase. Maybe with the next expansion, they'll just remove levels entirely (didn't they consider this early in GW2's development?) and just have everything be hero points and masteries. 80 is a weird level number to sit at forever anyway.
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Heavy Lobster posted:I can safely say that we vastly underestimated how difficult it would be to get the new hero challenges done. Pretend I empty quoted this with a hundred smuggo emoticons.
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Oct 23, 2015 14:54
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I don't know if anyone else mentioned it, but it looks like pve/wvw got more stat sets? https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/3pwdzu/new_stats_and_specialization_runes/ I could see Maurader being decent if you want a little extra Survivability. I know Guardian would feel a little more safe with that extra Vit.
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I want those Chronomancer runes. I know, I know, Scholar is still probably the best, but the more Quickness I can throw around the happier I am. And yeah, Marauder seems cool. I wouldn't want it on my Mesmer--we've got enough invulns that I don't feel like I need more Vitality, though maybe that'll change in HoT--but it'd be great on some of my other characters to cover for my poor dodging 
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Totbot posted:There just isn't a gear reset like in WoW. Totbot posted:I don't know if anyone else mentioned it, but it looks like pve/wvw got more stat sets? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Slipknot Hoagie posted:Its 925 est and im at work. Make sure the bugs are fixed by the time I get home. There aren't really that many major bugs. This is regrettable, because it really lets the design decisions in the spotlight.
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Dreggon posted:hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm That's not really a gear reset. Not like the old stat combos are useless. Zerk will still be the best for direct damage for most classes.
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Oct 23, 2015 15:05
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Weeeeelp, queued up and stocked up a ton of guild catas before the xpac hit, and they nerfed them. Prices down from 1.5g to 70s already. 
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Baron Von Pigeon posted:So I have begun my crafting of my Quip precursor, stage one involves three different kinds of tasks: So the precursor 'scavenge hunts' are unique and involved quests? I really like that
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Oct 23, 2015 15:31
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I really haven't been keeping up with most of the xpac stuff. How does one acquire specialization runes? I eventually want those berserker runes for the sinister armor on my sub-optimal pve condi warrior.
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teagone posted:I really haven't been keeping up with most of the xpac stuff. How does one acquire specialization runes? I eventually want those berserker runes for the sinister armor on my sub-optimal pve condi warrior. I'm pretty sure you get them as part of unlocking your elite spec, just like the unique weapon/armor skin.
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Oct 23, 2015 15:46
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Can I get a rundown on what I should be doing for the Halloween stuff? It's my first one. So far I've ran that Labyrinth a bunch and got candy corns, but it seems super grindy to get anything worthwhile.
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Oct 23, 2015 15:51
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UNATCO Telephone posted:it seems super grindy to get anything worthwhile. Welcome to Halloween. For real though if you have gold you can buy cobs on the tp if you're not into the games/grind.
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Generic Octopus posted:Welcome to GW2. Changed your post to be more appropriate. Welcome to MMO seasonal events might also work.
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Harrow posted:How do you get the Halloween bags? Is there a full-on event going alongside HoT's launch? Go into the Mad King's labryinth and farm farm farm!
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Totbot posted:I don't know if anyone else mentioned it, but it looks like pve/wvw got more stat sets? Viper's might be good, and Marauder. Most of the rune sets seem cool, too. I said earlier I want the Chronomancer runes, and I do, but weirdly enough I think they might actually be better on Necromancer, since Chronomancer can give out a good amount of Quickness as it is. teagone posted:Go into the Mad King's labryinth and farm farm farm! Welp. I actually don't want Nightwing that much, but that karka helm is hilarious. Harrow fucked around with this message at 16:13 on Oct 23, 2015 |
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PsychicToaster posted:Has anyone played around with the Reaper spec yet? Get the chill pull, add some wells, kill everything! 
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I'm a poor at the moment so I haven't got the expansion so a ran about in the Halloween event area and harvested some corn.
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I'm a sucker and so I am definitely going to buy the Crystal Arbiter thing from the gem store, but I can't decide which weapon skin to pick. I kind of want the greatsword, because it's big and colorful and I don't have a good greatsword skin for my Mesmer yet, but at the same time, the shield would be great for Chronomancin'. And the scepter looks fantastic, even though I never use scepter on any profession.
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