Guild Wars 2 - my colon was impacted because we were raiding for so long

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Video Games > The MMO HMO > Guild Wars 2 - my colon was impacted because we were raiding for so long

«‹›522 »

Roc: Nov 8, 2010

Patch notes are out
https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/info/updates/Game-Update-Notes-1-June-2016

# ? Jun 1, 2016 17:11

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ? May 10, 2024 19:49

DISASTER DOVE: Dec 13, 2015; D̷O̶N̴'̴T̷ ̸T̷O̷U̵C̷H̶ ̶M̷E̸

HoT is on sale on Amazon for $35, in case any of the people that are considering returning are interested in picking it up now

https://www.amazon.com/Guild-Wars-Heart-Thorns-Online/dp/B00ZSF6ZAG/

# ? Jun 1, 2016 17:23

Johnny Joestar: Oct 21, 2010; Don't shoot him?

...
...

designing a third wvw map so that they can rotate them around the borderlands every round would be pretty cool

# ? Jun 1, 2016 18:08

Eltoasto: Aug 26, 2002; We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.

Omg I can now disable I CAN RUN AS FAST AS A CENTUAR!

# ? Jun 1, 2016 18:26

Illuyankas: Oct 22, 2010

Terrible three-choice vote for an official Destiny's Ehhhhh name

# ? Jun 1, 2016 19:02

Generic Octopus: Mar 27, 2010

Illuyankas posted:

Terrible three-choice vote for an official Destiny's Ehhhhh name

No Destiny's Derps option, 0/10.

# ? Jun 1, 2016 19:20

MacBook Air Gamer: May 6, 2007; Here I go, deep type flow.
Jacques Cousteau could never get this low.

quote:

Scorched Earth: Fixed a bug that caused Cleansing Ire to activate more than once.

Well it was nice while it lasted.

# ? Jun 1, 2016 19:38

Schpyder: Jun 13, 2002; Attackle Grackle

Illuyankas posted:

Terrible three-choice vote for an official Destiny's Ehhhhh name

Oh my god those are bad.

I literally rolled my eyes so hard that it actually hurt when I read them. The last two of them sound like generic POI/WP names, and the first one sounds like some kind of title you get for grinding a terrible meta achievement.

# ? Jun 1, 2016 19:41

Magres: Jul 14, 2011

MacBook Air Gamer posted:

Well it was nice while it lasted.

Macebow is probably still going to be monstrously good cause it vomits tons and tons of condi damage and can readily be invulnerable for like 15 seconds straight

Even without the ultra-cleanse from Scorched Earth it still packs a lot of good anti-condi tech though

# ? Jun 1, 2016 19:42

Kerrzhe: Nov 5, 2008

Schpyder posted:

Oh my god those are bad.

I literally rolled my eyes so hard that it actually hurt when I read them. The last two of them sound like generic POI/WP names, and the first one sounds like some kind of title you get for grinding a terrible meta achievement.

What are the names? I might not be able to see whatever website yall are looking at cause I'm at work.

# ? Jun 1, 2016 19:48

Roc: Nov 8, 2010

The Unbroken

Dragon�s Watch

Eternity�s Guard

# ? Jun 1, 2016 19:52

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

Someone paste the patch notes here for work krew tyvm

# ? Jun 1, 2016 19:53

Johnny Joestar: Oct 21, 2010; Don't shoot him?

...
...

The Unbroken (Except for Eir)

Dragons Watch (As Eir is Eaten)

Eternity's Guard (Eir Not Included in Eternity)

# ? Jun 1, 2016 19:56

Pseudoscorpion: Jul 26, 2011

CLAM DOWN posted:

Someone paste the patch notes here for work krew tyvm

quote:

WORLD POLISH
Cursed Shore
Fixed a bug that would sometimes stall the Path to Arah meta-event before the Pact could secure Shank Anchorage.
Shored up Warmaster Chan�s scripting at Meddler�s Summit to prevent a blocker at the beginning of the �Get Warmaster Chan to Shank Anchorage before the troops� morale breaks� event.
Measures were taken to prevent the prototype golem from teleporting during the Path to Arah meta-event.
Fixed a bug that caused Magister Izzmek to stay in Gavbeorn�s Landing instead of starting the assault in the Temple of Melandru meta-event.
Fixed a bug that caused Pilot Ripsky to count twice on the revival counter in the �See the Pact crash survivors safely to Meddler�s Summit� event.
The stall on repeat runs of the �Help Crusader Angaria signal reinforcements for the assault on Arah� event is now fixed.
Dredgehaunt Cliffs
Fixed a bug that caused the �Retrieve containment crystals from the skritt and return them to Scholar Dane� event to get stuck in preparation.
Fixed the markers, unlurks, and event objective text in the �Defeat the stone guardian and its minions� event.
Malchor�s Leap
Fixed a display issue that caused the Bashing Bauxite Alchemicals meta-event information to incorrectly inform players that NPCs were dead.
Tangled Depths
Fixed an issue that caused the Against the Chak Gerent meta-event to award the end chest twice per run.
Removed a nameless effect from the Gravid Battle Beetle in Tangled Depths.

GENERAL
Characters launching to a point using objects like bouncing mushroom or jump pads will now orient to face the direction they�re going.
White wolf pups will now summon other white wolves rather than normal wolves for aid.
Fixed an issue in which the content guide caused periodic frame hitches for some players while in a squad.
Fixed a bug that prevented Ad Infinitum from being added to the Legendary Collector achievement.
Fixed a bug that prevented the Ascension from being added to the Legendary Collector achievement.
The inactivity timer is no longer impacted by autoloot.
Added an option called Disable Player Chatter to the Sound Options tab. Enabling this option will disable all player chatter VO, such as boon and condition gain, mantra and shout lines, reward acquisition commentary, and low-endurance notifications.
New parties are becoming interested in ley-line energy.

GUILDS
Fixed a bug in which mesmer portals allowed players to enter the arena without passing through the various team coordinators. Players attempting to access the arena using portals will be booted out.
Fixed a bug in which players outside the arena saw players within the arena as enemies.
Fixed a bug that prevented the Guild Weaponsmith from selling the Guild Speargun.
Fixed a bug that locked players in the secret room in the Guild Initiative Headquarters.
Fixed a bug that prevented players from interacting with the Assembly Device unless they were standing on top of it.
The Aetherium Production Boost items purchased from Akeetha Stonesunder near guild mines now have descriptions.
Decorations in the Storage tab of the Guild panel now have descriptions.
The Guild Hall Swiftness boon will no longer be applied to players within the arena.

PERSONAL STORY
Hearts and Minds
Changed the way all fights reset to prevent bugs that occur in repeated attempts.
Changed the final phase of Canach�s encounter to guarantee Canach can always give up his shield and Blighted Canach does not remain determined indefinitely.
Blighted Eir now uses a teleport skill to reach Garm to revive him.
All blighted bosses are now immune to life-steal effects while vulnerable to the Reality Rift.
Canach is no longer affected by the Reality Rift when using it against Blighted Canach.
Changed how the final Reality Rift activates to ensure it always activates when ready.
Fixed the timing of Trahearne�s dialog lines in the �A Light in the Darkness� story step to prevent overlapping in some languages.
Removed an incorrect creature description from Inquisitor Dabb in the �Digging Up Answers� story step.

ITEMS
The tool tips of the following items have been updated to correctly indicate the food�s day and night effects:
Can of Spicy Veggie Chili
Fancy Bean Chili
Bowl of Zucchini Chili
Bowl of Spiced Veggie Chili
Bowl of Spicy Veggie Chili
Bowl of Fire Veggie Chili

PROFESSION SKILLS
Warrior
Scorched Earth: Fixed a bug that caused Cleansing Ire to activate more than once.
Head Butt: Fixed a bug that allowed this ability to go on interrupt cooldown after breaking a stun. This ability will now go on full recharge if interrupted.
STRUCTURED PLAYER VS. PLAYER
Added a Free Camera view for spectating in PvP Custom Arenas. The default key binding to enter this mode is Ctrl+Shift+F.
Added a movement delay to the camera when spectators are following players in PvP Custom Arenas.

WORLD VS. WORLD
General
Reduced the nonsiege weapon damage reduction granted by Hardened Gates from 100% to 50%.
Reduced the nonsiege weapon damage reduction granted by Hardened Siege from 75% to 50%.
Updated the Mist War Summons effect to no longer list that it grants bonus experience, since gaining experience is disabled in WvW.
All guild siege-weapon scribe recipes have had their Badge of Tribute cost reduced to 1.
Fixed a bug in the Alpine borderlands that caused the �A shipment of supply has arrived from the Edge of the Mists� event to occur for the incorrect team.
Guild Upgrade Banners: Dragon, Turtle, and Centaur banners can no longer be picked up while players are transformed.
Fixed a bug that caused waypoints or emergency waypoints to be useable by the incorrect team.
Fixed a bug that prevented excess Notarized Scrolls of Heroics from refunding Proofs of Heroics.
Eternal Battlegrounds
Increased the detection range for towers with the Watchtower upgrade.
Alpine Borderlands
The area around the citadel in Alpine borderlands has had the Siege Deployment Blocked area extended so that siege weapons cannot be placed in areas that all players cannot reach.
Siege weapons cannot be built as long as the Siege Deployment Blocked effect is applied.
Northeast Tower: Lowered the detection range of the Watchtower upgrade. This tower�s range was larger than that of the other towers.
Edge of the Mists
The missing Overgrowth team Siege Merchant has found his way back to the airship.
Obsidian Sanctum
The spawn locations for the three teams have been moved farther apart. This was done to reduce kill trading and spawn camping.

BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE
New Items and Promotions
For a limited time, every Black Lion Chest contains an additional Crystallized Magic item. These can be turned in to Priory or Consortium researchers for a reward. Players can choose which.
For a limited time, all super rare Contract items in the Black Lion Chest have three times the chance to drop. Please note: they are still very rare.
The new Electromagnetic Ascender toy is available in the Toys category of the Gem Store for 250 gems.
The Electromagnetic-Descender Glider is available in the Upgrades category of the Gem Store for 400 gems.
Improvements
Players who have an automatic equip effect related to any travel toy will now equip that toy immediately upon landing their glider. Canceling the glider in the air will not activate the travel toy.
All musical instruments have undergone audio rework to improve the latency of audio-sample playback.
Musical instruments that are tempo locked (Musical Frame Drum, and certain modes of the Musical Lute and Musical Bass Guitar) should now have consistent tempo.

# ? Jun 1, 2016 19:56

Kerrzhe: Nov 5, 2008

Roc posted:

The Unbroken

Dragon�s Watch

Eternity�s Guard

wow they really captured the essence of the generic fantasy guild name made up by a 14 year old didn't they

what are they renaming exactly? the leftovers of destiny's edge? is canach in it now? that's the only thing that would make me care at all

# ? Jun 1, 2016 19:58

Generic Octopus: Mar 27, 2010

Kerrrrrrr posted:

what are they renaming exactly?

Not renaming, giving a name to Marjory et al.

# ? Jun 1, 2016 20:19

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

Pseudoscorpion posted:

Guild Upgrade Banners: Dragon, Turtle, and Centaur banners can no longer be picked up while players are transformed.

noooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Pseudoscorpion posted:

Increased the detection range for towers with the Watchtower upgrade.

yesssssssssssssssssssssssss

Pseudoscorpion posted:

The Electromagnetic-Descender Glider

I demand pictures

# ? Jun 1, 2016 20:21

Baron Snow: Feb 8, 2007

Isn't that just the lightning one we had before?

fakeedit: Yes, it is.

# ? Jun 1, 2016 20:30

ceaselessfuture: Apr 9, 2005; "I'm thirty," I said. "I'm five years too old to lie to myself and call it honor."

I'm glad I can finally buy that one. The Ascender is a cute gimmick too.

Why did they even make a new team? I'd much rather fart around with Eir et al than this new team of random boring lumps. I was excited when I bought LS2, but man it's kind of a slog trying to get story when your NPCs are the embodiment of milquetoast.

Marjory is okay I guess.

# ? Jun 1, 2016 20:36

check out my Youtube: May 26, 2006; Satan's on my side
and you wanna brawl?
When the Devil comes
you better heed his Quall

Well Destiny's Edge is voiced by a lot of big name voice talent so they probably weren't all available or anet wasn't willing to keep paying them for living story junk.

I mean obviously Destiny's Edge made small appearances occasionally but it seems pretty clear that voice acting was the reason they made a new team.

check out my Youtube fucked around with this message at 20:43 on Jun 1, 2016

# ? Jun 1, 2016 20:40

ApeHawk: Jun 6, 2010; All the NPCs will look up and shout, "Do this quest!"
and I'll whisper, "Sure, why not."

I'm glad Canach and Caithe, the two cool people who just wanna chill and kill, aren't associated with Destiny's Orphans.

# ? Jun 1, 2016 20:49

Trebuchet King: Jul 5, 2005; This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!

ApeHawk posted:

I'm glad Canach and Caithe, the two cool people who just wanna chill and kill, aren't associated with Destiny's Orphans.

yet

# ? Jun 1, 2016 21:03

Sprite141: Feb 7, 2009; I should really just
learn to stop talking.

Oh no, canach won't be in the group anymore? He and taimi are the only good ones, and taimi's character badly needs someone else to bounce off of. Canach was a good improvement over braham in that regard.

# ? Jun 1, 2016 21:10

Thyrork: Apr 21, 2010; "COME PLAY MECHS M'LANCER."

Or at least use Retrograde Mini's to make cool mechs and fantasy stuff.; Slippery Tilde

Eh, I dont mind "Dragons Watch."

Sprite141 posted:

Oh no, canach won't be in the group anymore? He and taimi are the only good ones, and taimi's character badly needs someone else to bounce off of. Canach was a good improvement over braham in that regard.

Say it ain't so!

# ? Jun 1, 2016 21:12

Generic Octopus: Mar 27, 2010

Sprite141 posted:

taimi...good one

Incorrect. None of these characters are good.

# ? Jun 1, 2016 21:20

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

Sprite141 posted:

Oh no, canach won't be in the group anymore? He and taimi are the only good ones, and taimi's character badly needs someone else to bounce off of. Canach was a good improvement over braham in that regard.

Lmao did you actually just say that you think Taimi is a good character.......

# ? Jun 1, 2016 21:22

knowonecanknow: Apr 19, 2009; Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.

CLAM DOWN posted:

Lmao did you actually just say that you think Taimi is a good character.......

She's an Asura so obviously she's the best character.

# ? Jun 1, 2016 21:32

Kerrzhe: Nov 5, 2008

Canach is the only good character in gw2

# ? Jun 1, 2016 21:42

Sprite141: Feb 7, 2009; I should really just
learn to stop talking.

CLAM DOWN posted:

Lmao did you actually just say that you think Taimi is a good character.......

An annoying know-it-all teenager of an annoying know-it-all race is played rather well. So in those regards, yes, the character of taimi is actually good. This is why I say she needs someone to bounce off of, cause otherwise she'll end up insufferable.

I won't say she doesn't have her faults, as that is immediately obvious. But as she is supposed to be a teenager these faults kinda make perfect sense to me. I've yet to see anything that makes her character jump out as "hey real people don't work that way." But then again I am also extraordinarily inattentive as my meds are always worn out when I get time to play.

# ? Jun 1, 2016 22:03

check out my Youtube: May 26, 2006; Satan's on my side
and you wanna brawl?
When the Devil comes
you better heed his Quall

Generic Octopus posted:

Incorrect. None of these characters are good.

# ? Jun 1, 2016 22:39

Lonk: Jan 26, 2012; LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOO

I still think they should be called The Breakfast Club. Also can I just be in a group with only Canach and Rytlock?

# ? Jun 1, 2016 22:39

check out my Youtube: May 26, 2006; Satan's on my side
and you wanna brawl?
When the Devil comes
you better heed his Quall

I don't feel like any teammates have added much of anything to the story except extra dialogue. How about we go a season more or less solo and it's just the player character and no Burger King Kid's Club of tag alongs?

# ? Jun 1, 2016 22:44

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

Sprite141 posted:

This is why I say she needs someone to bounce off of, cause otherwise she'll end up insufferable.

Taimi was already insufferable as all gently caress though.

# ? Jun 1, 2016 22:45

Magres: Jul 14, 2011

Trapper Rune Druids are possibly the most aggressively frustrating build to fight I have seen in GW2. They can't hold points because they rely too much on invis but they can sit on far and force you to 2v1 them all game because they're nigh impossible to kill and deal enough damage to chisel you down over time.

# ? Jun 1, 2016 23:09

Thyrork: Apr 21, 2010; "COME PLAY MECHS M'LANCER."

Or at least use Retrograde Mini's to make cool mechs and fantasy stuff.; Slippery Tilde

Sprite141 posted:

An annoying know-it-all teenager of an annoying know-it-all race is played rather well. So in those regards, yes, the character of taimi is actually good. This is why I say she needs someone to bounce off of, cause otherwise she'll end up insufferable.

For what it's worth, I totally agree with you and find her to be infinitely improved by having sassy characters to call her out (directly or otherwise!) on her poo poo.

This isn't to say GW2 suddenly becomes A Good Story, but thats another matter entirely.

# ? Jun 1, 2016 23:12

Reclines Obesily: Jul 24, 2000; Hey Moona!; Slippery Tilde

PSA for the cheap fuckers who have 1 weapon in each swap https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/4m4h8p/psa_dont_equip_2_onehanded_weapons_in_different/

You are literally losing money the longer you ignore this article

# ? Jun 2, 2016 03:15

where the red fern gropes: Aug 24, 2011

canach recognises that hes in a poo poo group and has no way to leave

# ? Jun 2, 2016 03:23

Sprite141: Feb 7, 2009; I should really just
learn to stop talking.

Dreggon posted:

canach recognises that hes in a poo poo group and has no way to leave

Just like the player character, unfortunately.

# ? Jun 2, 2016 04:40

lucifirius: Mar 7, 2016

I wish Taimi would shut the gently caress up.

# ? Jun 2, 2016 07:39

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ? May 10, 2024 19:49

TeaJay: Oct 9, 2012

This group of mooks is probably the biggest reason I have bad memories of the Living story. Well, that and bad writing in general. None of these characters is an interesting person except for Canach, who apparently has done the right choice and left them.

Here's a list of good NPC's I want in my in-game team, ANet. Make it happen.

- Canach
- Zombie Tybalt
- That lovely asura female who's still salty about her husband getting killed (it would make for good dialogue)
- Evon Gnashblade
- A tengu
- Poobadoo

# ? Jun 2, 2016 08:25

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Video Games > The MMO HMO > Guild Wars 2 - my colon was impacted because we were raiding for so long

«‹›522 »