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Visidan posted:Probably not. Yeah probably. I'm not great at getting together with a group in wvw. Sadly I tend to end up roaming alone, enjoying the neat map and then dying to a zerg and having to spend 15 minutes walking back. Wvw is just better in a group. You know what else is better in a group?  SPvP!What with the new season going down and the spvp reward bonuses alight, I'm sure you all are super interested in trying out some good old fashioned pvp. Well sadly many of us are not the kind of person who feels like they can just jump into pvp. And if I'm wrong, prove me wrong! If I'm right, I'll prove myself wrong! There is no reason to be shy, and if you're thinking you aren't good enough to do competitive spvp well then neither am I  Ok so in short I've been put in charge of UNTZ team red, which is the color of love, go faster stripes and ketchup. This tourney, UNTZ is doing something cool for getting dudes together for spvp. Dorkopotamis posted:THE NEW PVP SEASON IS UPON US! If you are interested in having a good time in ranked arena this spvp season, or hell if you're interested in actually trying out spvp for the first time, team go faster stripes is for you. For the official tourney stuff, you need to be spvp rank 20 to join ranked arena. I don't care about that. I don't care if we get anywhere in terms of qualifications for anet. I want to have fun with goons, and chances are so do you (If you secretly want to be good/get good and win, so does everyone else so that's cool too). There is no scheduled times as of yet, as I need to see what people are interested and what times they want to set aside to spvp. If everyone who is interested is at least rank 20, we will do ranked arena. If you aren't rank 20, don't be shy. You shouldn't be left out, and there is no reason why we can't forgo trying to win when honestly getting new people into spvp is really the better choice. Think of it as extended practice. If you aren't rank 20 and want to be rank 20, well we'll get there. Send a mail ingame to "Diego Shamiano" if you're interested.
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So they're just changing the grouping of wvw, not how much hp the gates can sometimes have? Last night I was in a zerg of 100 people that still took a few minutes to break some gates, and in off-peak hours it'd be nice if structure/npc health scaled down if there are only a couple people in the area
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Kessel posted:The leaker who's gotten everything right so far strikes again with info about the WvW overhaul: Holy poo poo I take back everything bad I've said about wvw if this is the case. Mainly for alliances. What sucks is only 100 people from each alliance. Do they mean at any time, or is it that in the end each season will only have 300 people per alliance gaining the new rewards. I mean it's bad for wvw as a whole as people without a guild or in small guilds can't really do poo poo. Maybe layering this over the current wvw would be better. Still! Alliances? I actually think the leak is fake because of that.
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effectual posted:So they're just changing the grouping of wvw, not how much hp the gates can sometimes have? Last night I was in a zerg of 100 people that still took a few minutes to break some gates, and in off-peak hours it'd be nice if structure/npc health scaled down if there are only a couple people in the area What, did you try to auto the door down? 100 people autoing a door is going to do about as much as 1 guy operating a superior ram, your numbers ain't going to bring the door down faster unless you build more rams.
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You know who this has to suck for? Really big wvw guilds in the top servers and stuff. They field more than 100 people a week so they'd have to split their guild up into two or three just so all their members can play.
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I used to have an account for this a long time ago but I can't remember my password and I don't have the physical game on me so I can't look up my code or whatever. I only had the base game, though. If I make a new account and buy HoT will it make me up to date or will I have to somehow buy the base game too?
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Most of my time in GW2 is spent playing WvW casually in T1. The reason I like it is because its very easy to just go into WvW, join a group doing stuff, and then do stuff. That change completely removes that as an option for me, so its kind of a game breaker for me. I hope its not true, but if it is, I'll probably quit the game. Not going to melt down about it, though. I enjoyed my time in GW2 and had a lot of fun. But those changes are just not for me.
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Thumbtacks posted:I used to have an account for this a long time ago but I can't remember my password and I don't have the physical game on me so I can't look up my code or whatever. I only had the base game, though. Yeah, it'll include the base game. But seriously, anet is good about account recovery so don't worry about it.
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Sprite141 posted:Yeah, it'll include the base game. But seriously, anet is good about account recovery so don't worry about it. I sent them a ticket saying I don't remember my password or game ID but I gave them a few character names of characters on the account and said I wanted to buy the expansion but wouldn't unless I could play it on my same characters, that might do it. Honestly I don't care THAT much but I did have a bunch of good character names I want to keep playing with. Moo Out the Way, Drunk White Girl, Gay Falcor, Uncle Touchy. I must have them back.
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I really like the principle of those changes. Anything that makes wvw in some way consequential is alright in my book. But yes, they would utterly gently caress over some people. Particularly casual players. Again.
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I suspect if they would do those changes as written there, it would probably just be the 300 vs 300 alliance in the 3 borderlands, with eternal battlegrounds being left the same, but who knows what they changed compared to the leak.
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If these changes are true, that blows. I wonder what the thought process behind it was.  Many servers have population issues. How can we ensure more people are in WvW during a match up? I know, let's make them create teams with a fixed number of players! Then when they sign in, they will feel obligated to play only WvW during the matchup, ensuring there are bodies in every map! But what about the casuals? Surely, they still want to experience WvW. If WvW doesn't matter to them enough to play it exclusively, they can go where the objectives don't matter either. 24/7 EoTM!
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12/01/15 – December 1 Release Notes BALANCE, BUG-FIXING, POLISH World Polish Verdant Brink Fixed a bug that could prevent “Help Faren train to be a swordsmaster” from ending. Auric Basin Fixed a bug in which Sage Volaar’s head would talk over Dawkkurra’s voice in a cinematic. Tangled Depths Fixed a rare bug that would prevent the egg barrel from spawning during “Collect chak eggs so the ogres can research them,” blocking event progress. Reduced the difficulty scaling for “Collect chak eggs so the ogres can research them,” lowering the time it takes to complete with large groups of players. Fixed a bug that would create too many veteran cave spiders during “Escort Nokta into the Great Tree as he looks for potential pets.” Fixed a bug that would cause Nokta the Tracker to exhibit strange movement patterns during “Kill the champion bat so Nokta can return his pets to camp.” Increased the time delay on a chak lurker ambush that would frequently disrupt events just outside of Rata Novus. Fixed a bug that caused the event radius of “Kill nearby mushrooms to provide the Nuhoch’s beetles with food” to be smaller than the area of the event. Dragon’s Stand Fixed a bug in which the northern lane events might continue to cycle even after the Northern Barbed Gate had opened. General Fixed a bug in the Underground Facility Fractal that could block progression in the fractal when using teleport skills just before reaching the reinforced door. Heavy supply bags now have a chance to drop in WvW maps. Fixed a bug in which players were able to spend items that had been soulbound to another character at vendors. Items The Gift of Fortune can now be salvaged into its base materials. Superior Rune of Thorns: Updated the text for the effect this rune set applies for when the wearer is struck by a poisoned enemy. Players are more likely to get the invisible mushroom spore for the profession they are playing as. Loot bags received in Magus Falls now indicate if they are affected by magic find. Fighting the chak gerent in Tangled Depths now has a chance to give chak eggs even if the event fails. Night bosses in Verdant Brink have had their rewards updated. Several boss events in Tangled Depths have had their rewards improved, and they now have a chance to give chak eggs. Updated the map completion rewards for Southsun Cove to better reflect the effort required. Profession Skills Elementalist Rebound: Fixed a bug that allowed elementalists to revive when Vapor Form ends. Lucid Singularity: Fixed an issue that caused this trait to not reduce crippled and chilled durations by 100%. Fixed a bug that caused this trait to heal in a radius when completing an overload. Speedy Conduit: Fixed an issue that caused this trait to apply 5 seconds of swiftness instead of the intended 8. Overload Fire: Fixed an issue that caused the effects of this ability to scale with the character’s size. Overload Water: Fixed an issue that caused the effects of this ability to scale with the character’s size. “Wash the Pain Away!”: Reduced the visual noise on the effects associated with this skill. “Flash-Freeze!”: Reduced the visual noise on the effects associated with this skill. “Feel the Burn!”: Reduced the visual noise on the effects associated with this skill. The following skills have had their effects replaced with a new version to reduce visual noise: Frost Aura, Magnetic Aura, Shocking Aura, and Fire Shield. Tempest: Updated overload-readied voice-over to not play as frequently when moving in and out of water. Engineer Detection Pulse: Fixed a bug so that the radius of 600 is correctly displayed. Guardian Shield of Courage: The text of this ability has been updated to indicate that it blocks all attacks for allies in the area (and the guardian from the front) while leaving the guardian vulnerable from the flanks. Mesmer Chronomancer—Well of Eternity: Increased the level multiplier for the initial healing on this skill by 25% to match the intended value shown in the skill facts. Illusionary Wave: Fixed a bug that caused the knockback from this skill to occasionally fail when the trait Imagined Burden was equipped. Chaos Armor: The visual effects have been replaced with a new version to reduce visual noise. Necromancer Reaper—Relentless Pursuit: Fixed a bug that caused the decreased condition reduction to not function correctly while in Reaper’s Shroud. Executioner’s Scythe: Reduced the visual noise on the effects associated with this skill. Ranger Ancestral Grace: Fixed a bug that caused this skill to place the player in combat upon completion. Invigorating Bond: Fixed a bug with this trait that was preventing some pet F2 skills from displaying the updated skill facts. Wilting Strike: Fixed a bug with this trait that was preventing some pet F2 skills from displaying the updated skill facts. Go for the Eyes: Fixed an issue that allowed this ability to trigger blindness at an incredibly fast rate. This trait now has a 12-second internal cooldown. Grace of the Land: Updated the skill facts from the effect granted by this trait to correctly reflect that each stack grants 3% damage instead of 2%. Electric Wyvern—Lightning Assault: Updated skill facts to reflect the launch being performed. Bristleback: Fixed a bug causing this pet’s effective health to be greater than intended. Revenant Assassin’s Annihilation: Fixed an issue that prevented this trait from showing up in the combat log. Coalescence of Ruin: Fixed an issue that prevented this ability from dealing damage at the very edge of its range. Updated the effects to portray its combat regions more accurately. Thief Weakening Strikes: Updated the trait facts to include the damage reduction from weakened enemies (10%). Structured Player vs. Player Added game history to the PvP panel’s home tab. Added game history to the guild panel’s guild-team tab. Added an admin list to custom-arena customization. Removed rank restriction from Conquest game mode. Added a dismiss button to the match-ready prompt. Forest of Niflhel Removed the rocks at the top of the columns at the Henge capture point. PvP League Season Begins! For info on leagues and the PvP Legendary Journey, visit: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/the-pvp-league-begins-on-december-1/ Play in Ranked Arena to compete in the PvP League season. Climb tiers and divisions to prove your worth in the PvP leagues. Upon entering a division, players are rewarded with unique nameplate badges and PvP League tickets. Guild Challenger League Play in Ranked Arena as a guild team to participate in the Guild Challenger League. Guild Challenger League is based off the ELO rating type. The top 250 teams will receive a trophy based on their placement for their guild hall. The top 1,000 teams receive some materials to help restore their guild arena. PvP Legendary Journey—The Ascension Participating in Ranked Arena advances the journey for the Ascension. The Ascension is created from: Gift of the Competitor: Obtained by combining the 4 pieces in the Mystic Forge. Each piece is awarded from completing each of the 4 meta-achievements. Gift of Skirmishing: Obtained by combining various items into the Mystic Forge. 250 Shards of Glory Obtained from reward tracks and PvP League. 1 Perfect Mist Core Obtained by combining 4 mist core fragments in the Mystic Forge. 1 – 2 mist core fragments are obtained by finishing the Glorious Reward Track. 5 Certificate[s] of Support Purchased from the League Vendor. 2 Vision Crystals Gift of Fortune: Not yet available at this time. Precursor: Obtained by combining all 4 tiers of Glorious Wings in the Mystic Forge. The 4 tiers of Glorious Wings can be purchased from the League Vendor. World vs. World Chests of the Mists will no longer be available from bonus rank-up chests, but they can still be obtained from standard rank-up chests. Significantly increased the number of Proofs of Heroics awarded from Chests of the Mists. Slightly increased the number of Memories of Battle awarded from Chests of the Mists. Any new Chests of the Mists dropped are now soulbound on acquire, as well as stackable. Fixed a few ambient creatures to prevent players from rallying off their deaths. The Auto Turret upgrade now correctly activates turrets at Stonemist Castle. Fixed keep and castle walls such that there are no longer a few odd ranged attacks that pass through them. Catapult boulders are now effective against barricades. Fixed experience rewards for repairing metal walls using characters with a level 2 or higher Repair Master ability. Jerrifer and Ogrewatch guards will no longer engage ambient critters in combat. Fixed a bug in which wood, stone, and metal walls would be visible, stacked on top of each other, right after a new build or reset. Fixed a bug that allowed contestable keep waypoints to be available for a few seconds in between repel events. Guild An NPC has been added to the end of guild rushes that allows guild members, with permission, to end the mission early, and grants them favor before the timer runs out. Fixed a bug on the Quaggan Paddle guild mission. Guilds that did not place the banner to start the race now can receive credit. The guild hall market’s Guild Trader now always sells resonating slivers for 1 commendation each. Crystalline ore has been removed from the cost of basic decorations. BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE New Items and Promotions A new Slayer’s Outfit is available in the Style category of the Gem Store for 700 gems. A new set of Merciless weapon skins is available at Black Lion Weapons Specialists for 1 ticket for a limited time. The new Winter Chimes Dye Kit brings new variety and depth to metallic colors, found in the Special category of the Gem Store. Wintersday finishers have returned to the Upgrades category. Finalize your opponents with a snowman, a stack of gifts, or a random snow globe. Winter’s Bite and Wintersday weapons are available again at Black Lion Weapons Specialists for 2 tickets during the Wintersday season. Bug Fixes Gifting from the Gem Store now requires a full account without economy restrictions.
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Also fix the goddamned Verdant Brink tendrils quest bug that consistently prevents Daytime Tier 4 VB It's really annoying to spend an hour and a half chewing through daytime bugs to have one of the last Pact Encampment quests bug out and kill your push for T4
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Liu posted:reminds me of dota's "literally nothing" patches Actually there is some good stuff in there.
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AmericanGeeksta posted:So there is no punishment for losing ranked sPVP? You probably lose points/tiers on The League e: Kessel posted:Gift of Fortune: Not yet available at this time. ??? grancheater fucked around with this message at 18:30 on Dec 1, 2015 |
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Kessel posted:for those of you running the 64-bit beta client, it's not updating Thank you.
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Glad to see some fixes in Tangled Depths and rewards even if the meta event fails. That event is still a loving nightmare and I've yet to see it completed, even after joining a guild specifically for organizing the event. At this point it's really beyond Dragons Stand in terms of difficulty and that's kind of weird.
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Kessel posted:Crystalline ore has been removed from the cost of basic decorations. Nice!
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So no actual change to the Gerent event, ok anet.America Rocks posted:Glad to see some fixes in Tangled Depths and rewards even if the meta event fails. That event is still a loving nightmare and I've yet to see it completed, even after joining a guild specifically for organizing the event. At this point it's really beyond Dragons Stand in terms of difficulty and that's kind of weird. I had to try at it for a week before finally lucking into a map that succeeded. I have since had more fun running around doing random poo poo on a free WoW trial. Generic Octopus fucked around with this message at 18:36 on Dec 1, 2015 |
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Is it just me or can Tempest keep something like an 60% up time on Magnetic Aura without even trying? Fire tree trait for 33% longer auras, Tempest tree trait for a 5 second Magnetic Aura every time you get hit under 90% HP, with a ten second cooldown. Every 10 seconds, next time you get hit you apply a 6.6s Magnetic Aura (that also gives swiftness, vigor, regen, might, and fury, if you do a Fire+Air auramancer approach). Also what are people's thoughts on the last Fire trait? Longer Fire Fields and fury on blast+fire, might on fire skill, and blind on burn are all really good. I've been using Might on fire skill to stack might to pass with the Warhorn Fire 4, but Blind on burn sounds really nice with Fire Overload, particularly for Fractals and such where damage mitigation is important. Also with 33% burn on crit, with 70% crit chance or so with Fury, that's like a solid one in four chance to blind someone on any attack, which seems pretty slick, especially with the Dagger multi-hit basic attacks. E: vvvv drat. Still! Magnetic Aura Spam is pretty sweet Magres fucked around with this message at 18:43 on Dec 1, 2015 |
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^^^^ Fire trait only applies to fire auras, but you can use runes of radiance for longer duration of all auras ^^^^Magical Zero posted:They made Auras look like eggs Light (still the same)  Shocking  Frost  Fire  Magnetic 
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so you can buy essences from the pvp vendor to make components of the legendary pvp backpack when you combine the essences, they create a Vial of Salt. I'm not kidding
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Kessel posted:Ranger RIP Parker.
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America Rocks posted:Glad to see some fixes in Tangled Depths and rewards even if the meta event fails. That event is still a loving nightmare and I've yet to see it completed, even after joining a guild specifically for organizing the event. At this point it's really beyond Dragons Stand in terms of difficulty and that's kind of weird. It's not fixed and still a garbage waste of time.
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Yeah there's no point in doing Tangled Depths. Like literally none, you're never going to actually win the drat meta event until they change how it scales If you want Fulgurite you're better off doing Dragon's Stand because it's actually a map that can be won.
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Magres posted:Tempest tree trait for a 5 second Magnetic Aura every time you get hit under 90% HP, with a ten second cooldown. Every 10 seconds, next time you get hit you apply a 6.6s Magnetic Aura (that also gives swiftness, vigor, regen, might, and fury, if you do a Fire+Air auramancer approach). The sand squall is actually a 30 second cooldown, the 10s listing is from when the trait was a stunbreak on using horn abilities, and never got removed.
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Baron Snow posted:Nice! I'm gonna buy so many decorations.
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America Rocks posted:Glad to see some fixes in Tangled Depths and rewards even if the meta event fails. That event is still a loving nightmare and I've yet to see it completed, even after joining a guild specifically for organizing the event. At this point it's really beyond Dragons Stand in terms of difficulty and that's kind of weird. I suppose it was always a pipe dream that they would actually lower the cycle to 1.5 hours or something, 2 hours is a joke. the map reaches t4 in like 30 mins then its an hour and a half of nothing. Although after having beaten it I'm slowly losing interest in it, especially when the pubs keep failing the easy lanes like nuhoch and rata. Last time the event was going really well and the loving SCAR lane failed to get the gerent to emerge, like how does that even happen? Yeah TD has a lot of stupid poo poo in it but it's more than winnable, it's just that gw players are garbage.
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Liu posted:I suppose it was always a pipe dream that they would actually lower the cycle to 1.5 hours or something, 2 hours is a joke. the map reaches t4 in like 30 mins then its an hour and a half of nothing. Although after having beaten it I'm slowly losing interest in it, especially when the pubs keep failing the easy lanes like nuhoch and rata. Last time the event was going really well and the loving SCAR lane failed to get the gerent to emerge, like how does that even happen? Yeah TD has a lot of stupid poo poo in it but it's more than winnable, it's just that gw players are garbage. It's next to impossible to win, because you will never ever be able to avoid those garbage players. Anet has to account for that when designing events, this isn't anything shocking or new or revolutionary. They can make things difficult and precise in raids when you control your group, but not for world meta events.
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