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tyblazitar posted:The new fractal instabilities are pretty interesting. The one that spawns random bosses is great, but I'm not sure about the other ones. Both the improved social awkwardness and the poison trails seem to disproportionately punish melee classes, and the latter one favors just bringing the old 4 necro comp. I found the new instabilities in the T4s tonight to be very fun, mostly from stuff spawning from other fractals. The rabbit was hilarious, skyhammer cannon was really cool, and we had a couple of hilarious tentacle spawns on cliffside. We had multiple melee characters and social awkwardness and the poison trail didn't really seem to be a hindrance. The toughness changes and lack of boon thieves made the runs much more smooth and satisfying.
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The new zone is interesting, although it kinda lacks the impending doom of the GW1 Ring of Fire zones. The travel assistance with the ley lines and volcano cannons probably help a lot with that. It's kinda how the whole mood of the game is though, the dialogue is snappy, full of witty comebacks and retorts, with a lack of urgency or gravitas. But I will say that the story is interesting this time around.
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Warning: Don't talk to the Skritt second mate before you befriend the first mate, or you break him entirely and won't be able to buy from him until the Admins fix it. In other words, don't get cute with teleport stones- just do the story quests to unlock the zone normally.
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Sep 21, 2016 08:27
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For once, I have no complaints with this update. Fun patch is fun. Even the story was decent.
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TeaJay posted:the dialogue is snappy, full of witty comebacks and retorts, with a lack of urgency or gravitas.  **seriously, they're amazing
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Sep 21, 2016 08:48
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I actually liked the writing in this episode quite a lot
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Sep 21, 2016 10:12
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This season has only had two episodes so far, which have been released two months apart, and they are already moving at a much faster pace than both seasons one and two combined.
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Best new character. (storyline spoilers!) e: He kinda looks as if Glint got some side business with Mordremoth, if you know what I mean, nudge nudge TeaJay fucked around with this message at 14:09 on Sep 21, 2016 |
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kiffkin posted:The male sylvari voice actor absolutely nails "I am 100% done with this poo poo." and I don't know how the Mordremoth story is supposed to work without his and Canach's "we are so hosed"* vignettes Yeah, I really like his voice acting overall. He really understood my feelings for a certain character in this last one when he was just like "Oh... it's you again". He is so very done with this poo poo.
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Focacciasaurus_Rex posted:Warning: Don't talk to the Skritt second mate before you befriend the first mate, or you break him entirely and won't be able to buy from him until the Admins fix it. Oops, I totally did this and now my game is broken.
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John Lightning posted:Oops, I totally did this and now my game is broken. It should work fine if you just do the heart again tomorrow. I broke him yesterday, did it again today and now it works fine.
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CLAM DOWN posted:Hi thread I still haven't had a chance to play, I bet all my money on black as suggested and lost everything so I'm stranded in the bowels of america.
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neongrey posted:Yeah, I really like his voice acting overall. He really understood my feelings for a certain character in this last one when he was just like "Oh... it's you again". He is so very done with this poo poo. I liked how after being railroaded into doing the hearts twice when you get to what looks like the third round of bear rear end collection your character almost literally goes 'I haven't got time for this poo poo' and the story keeps moving instead.
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I can't believe none of you mentioned that the Super Adventure Box is back.
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Kassad posted:I can't believe none of you mentioned that the Super Adventure Box is back. don't toy with me
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gandlethorpe posted:For once, I have no complaints with this update. Fun patch is fun. Even the story was decent. Actually, I have one autistic complaint. And that's how the layout of the new zone doesn't match up at all with the uncovered map.
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I didn't think it was that bad, actually - sure, it's so they could build a map however they liked without having to stick to a pre-ordained layout, but what with the changes over time and the tectonic movement from Primmy digging under along with how dangerous it is I could easily buy the reason that it's not been visited or mapped for decades.
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Yeah, I'm actually more willing to accept inconsistencies with the RoF because they're so volatile in nature. Though looking at the HoT map since release, it seems like they're just stuffing random zones where they can fit them.
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the new living story chapter definitely feels like a 'middle' bit, which isn't really bad in itself. it flows well enough and the new zone is cool, so overall i'd say the update is good.
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I like the new zone I like this game
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TeaJay posted:Best new character. (storyline spoilers!) I was thinking Godzilla hosed Earl Sinclair's wife. I've found some of the terrain to be frustrating to deal with, but I suspect that's mainly because it's vertical and I'm just not familiar with it yet. Otherwise, a good episode.
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gandlethorpe posted:Actually, I have one autistic complaint. And that's how the layout of the new zone doesn't match up at all with the uncovered map. Apparently they are going to deal with that and the current handwave is that 'well, probably no one's been by to map it in a very long time'. But apparently the map's getting fixed. Gato posted:I liked how after being railroaded into doing the hearts twice when you get to what looks like the third round of bear rear end collection your character almost literally goes 'I haven't got time for this poo poo' and the story keeps moving instead. The way that conversation is structured, though, it felt a lot more like they were actually going to make you do it. Then wisely changed their mind.
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Bieeardo posted:I was thinking Godzilla hosed Earl Sinclair's wife. e: I think I'm gonna give this a shot again, I haven't played since before HoT, and never ever did get my hands on a legendary. e2: oh god trapper keepers Propagandist fucked around with this message at 18:43 on Sep 21, 2016 |
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Propagandist posted:Oh god, memories of the 90s are coming back in waves now. Not the Pale Mama!
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the repeatable hearts are actually a pretty neat idea and the watered-down versions of them that you do for the living story don't take long at all, so between this and the bloodstone area it actually kind of feels like a-net is...learning, i guess? with what they gathered from the expansion and what they're showing with the new living story i can only hope a new expansion would improve on matters.
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I hope each new release doesn't bring along additional daily quests to complete in each new zone. I like feeling like it only takes a little more than an hour to get my dailies done, and this new zone doesn't fit as well into that timeline.
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I heard that there are also some new skins that you can get in game and not through the gem shop? That's pretty cool.
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Propagandist posted:Oh god, memories of the 90s are coming back in waves now. My Trapper Keeper looked like Gonk the Lardian if he got run over by a steam roller.
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Aleph Null posted:My Trapper Keeper looked like Gonk the Lardian if he got run over by a steam roller.  edit: sometimes things are just too perfect  Thanks, SA Lonk fucked around with this message at 23:44 on Sep 21, 2016 |
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Another few things that I liked about the new map: the group bosses respawn frequently, there's usually more than one going on at once, and most can be done with a handful of people rather than needing the entire map to pile in. All of which adds up to a much more flexible experience than, say, Bloodstone Fen - you can wander around, picking up collectibles and doing events as they come rather than following the eternal zerg cycle of ghosts-hablion-jades-elemental etc and having to wait for half an hour if you miss something. I'm sure people will have calculated the optimal route for events down to the second in a day or two but for now I've been enjoying a less structured, more spontaneous experience.
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Gato posted:Another few things that I liked about the new map: the group bosses respawn frequently, there's usually more than one going on at once, and most can be done with a handful of people rather than needing the entire map to pile in. All of which adds up to a much more flexible experience than, say, Bloodstone Fen - you can wander around, picking up collectibles and doing events as they come rather than following the eternal zerg cycle of ghosts-hablion-jades-elemental etc and having to wait for half an hour if you miss something. It also helps that there's a lot more variety in the events in this newest zone. Bloodstone Fen had only a limited selection and it got old, fast. I wasn't sure about repeatable hearts, but I think they actually work well. It's a permanent event that naturally draws in players while conveniently guiding them near cycling events. Also, the karma rewards are not terrible, and that adds an extra incentive.
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Yeah, the hearts are surprisingly worthwhile, with good rewards from the vendors and a variety of things to do. Throwing poo poo at floating gadgets while gliding, in particular, is pretty novel. It's highly unlikely, but I would kill for them to retrofit the old hearts with a similar system. The game could always use low-key repeatable content.
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Eltoasto posted:I heard that there are also some new skins that you can get in game and not through the gem shop? That's pretty cool. New carnival weapon skins for the low low price of 50 100 or 150 gold each.
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I thought I was brilliant by trying to make a blue Sylvari Mesmer named "Mr Meeseeks" but OF COURSE it is taken.
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I have been saving my rear end-ended armor/weapon boxes and rubies in the hopes of gearing a condi necromancer for fractals, but the most recent changes make me think that's not as necessary now. Maybe hammer guard will once again reign surpreme.
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Now that the Boon Thieves instability is dead and gone and rotting in the ground, Guardians are no longer persona non grata for Fractaling. Light Fields are still irritating because they're terrible, but are probably worth how good it is to have Protection up nonstop.
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How are Revs doing these days? I don't see many around and they've had a bunch of adjustments since their release. Can they hold their own for damage output along with the buffs?
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