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Inzombiac
Mar 19, 2007

PARTY ALL NIGHT

EAT BRAINS ALL DAY


Meskhenet posted:

Im sure it was said above, but no. you can skip t3.

Hang in t2 to get your ar up, go to t4.

Sometimes, very rarely, is t3 fun

Yeah my AR is already over 150, I just don't always have access to T4 groups. Lots of groups pop right after reset but I'm usually not available until later or way earlier.

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Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

Same problem i have :/. Which is a shame because ive always liked fractals

eonwe
Aug 11, 2008



Lipstick Apathy

Grizzled Patriarch posted:

If you're dead set on doing it in order it shouldn't be too big of a deal - the elite specs didn't even exist when the first two Living World seasons came out, so it's balanced around your core specs anyway. Just make sure your gear and build is in order - you should be in full exotics and have something approximating a "real" build with strong complementary traits and utility choices if you don't want it to feel like an uphill battle.

On the other hand, if you just want to get your elite spec finished so you don't have to think about it, dipping into an expansion real quick will get it out of the way. I would say if you go that route, hop into PoF instead of HoT, because the maps are much easier and less annoying to navigate and you'll also get a raptor right away that makes zooming around the maps much less of a hassle. They are also mostly doable solo, versus HoT where a lot of skill points are champion enemies that will flatten you on your own. You'd only have to do the first story mission and then you could just grab hero points from the open world - wouldn't take very long to max out one elite spec and while you'd get a bit of story spoilers from that first mission, it's probably far enough away from your current point in the story that it will mostly just seem confusing.

What I did, which is probably stupid but I'm new too, is play WvW and get those jade tokens. I'm running over with the drat things and I just bought skill points with them. You get 10 skill points per buy so I just bought out my whole elite spec trait.

about fractals:

ill soon have a weapon, rings, amulet, and accessories that are all ascended. What are the recommend ARs for T2, 3, and 4?

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

150 AR is for t4, but you can get away with less if you arent doing 100

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Fractals_of_the_Mists


near the bottom has what you are after

Pseudoscorpion
Jul 26, 2011


Also, just a reminder that you don't need to do the first PoF mission to get the raptor anymore - it's unlocked automatically at level 10 now!

Ra Ra Rasputin
Apr 2, 2011

On top of having the best core and HoT backstory and the most varied character appearances they also have the best both female and male voice acting with the least grating repeated voice lines unlike some other choices (I COULD OUTRUN A CENTAUR)

It also makes it both hilarious that the player character is leading factions and killing elder dragons while around a week old and also infuriating that Scarlet has trained under every major lore character and surpassed them and single handedly created globe spanning alliances of groups that should hate eachother, all while like 2 weeks old.

Inzombiac posted:

Yeah my AR is already over 150, I just don't always have access to T4 groups. Lots of groups pop right after reset but I'm usually not available until later or way earlier.

You could always just check lfg or create your own lfg? you just need 3 dps and 1 quick and 1 alac, one of which heals, usually the firebrand.

Ra Ra Rasputin fucked around with this message at 22:21 on Sep 19, 2022

jokes
Dec 20, 2012

Uh... Kupo?

I really like the Sylvari cultural armor.

Ra Ra Rasputin
Apr 2, 2011

jokes posted:

I really like the Sylvari cultural armor.

It's criminal that since release there hasn't been much if any new plant armor released, they could of had some sylvari armorsmiths growing armors for sale based on the season.

jokes
Dec 20, 2012

Uh... Kupo?

People say that basically the elfs of Guild Wars 2 are the humans, but it's absolutely the Sylvari (except they're not ancient). Hard to justify an engineer or a necromancer Sylvari though.

Sylvari are where it's at I might re-make some of my earlier characters and use my *checks notes* 200 tomes of experience (along with a shitload of level skip scrolls) to just skip them to 80. Thanks birthday gifts!

Gonna make some mushroom-head men

AmbientParadox
Mar 2, 2005
The Sylvari personal story and later, in LWS2 where you learn about Inquest experiments do a great job of setting up Asurans to be villains. Like, Asurans straight up tortured Sylvari for weeks, it’s okay to murder every mouse you see. If you have 10 asurans at a table and an Inquest sits down and they eat together, you have 11 inquest.

jokes
Dec 20, 2012

Uh... Kupo?

Pumped to see how in the world Charr are going to be framed as the good guys.

Actuarial Fables
Jul 29, 2014

Taco Defender

Ra Ra Rasputin posted:

You could always just check lfg or create your own lfg? you just need 3 dps and 1 quick and 1 alac, one of which heals, usually the firebrand.

Your personal fractal level determines what LFG tiers you're allowed to access. Their level isn't high enough to even click on the t4 lfg, let alone make/join a group.

gandlethorpe
Aug 16, 2008

:gowron::m10:

jokes posted:

Hard to justify an engineer or a necromancer Sylvari though.

My necro is a sylvari. All things have a right to grow, including animated horrors :unsmigghh:

Gaukler
Oct 9, 2012


Actuarial Fables posted:

Your personal fractal level determines what LFG tiers you're allowed to access. Their level isn't high enough to even click on the t4 lfg, let alone make/join a group.

Guilds really help in this regard because you can group with guildies that can do t4s and the LFG tool can’t stop you. Also if you’re in SFD I’m always on around 21:30 CST and also recently geared myself to t4s and I’m sure we could con some others in as well.

whydirt
Apr 18, 2001


Gaz Posting Brigade :c00lbert:

jokes posted:

Pumped to see how in the world Charr are going to be framed as the good guys.

Humans are Russia and Charr are Ukraine

jokes
Dec 20, 2012

Uh... Kupo?

The charr are not environmentally friendly at all and have an extremely tenuous grasp on OSHA regulations so its hard to vibe with them.

AmbientParadox
Mar 2, 2005
Tribune is just fantasy Mumbo jumbo for forklift certified

Tambaloneus
Feb 5, 2007

I miss my cat someone buy me a kitten.

So after scraping together every single last coin I could to get the final materials I needed for Kudzu, I finally crafted it and went about putting it on all the alts I had who had the longbow equipped. I figured I'd dump the soulbound exotics in the toilet to get a sell-able thing to get even enough money to waypoint places again. It dropped Spark. I couldn't afford to sell it.

I cannot with the bonkers luck whiplash in this game sometimes. I had to use the world boss portal for like hours to grind even enough stuff to sell the bugger. Geesh.

Guildenstern Mother
Mar 31, 2010

Why walk when you can ride?

jokes posted:

Hard to justify an engineer or a necromancer Sylvari though.

I mean, I'm made of meat and raise plants, don't see why the reverse doesn't seem natural.

whydirt
Apr 18, 2001


Gaz Posting Brigade :c00lbert:
You should meet my mechanist: Roses and Guns (and her mech Slash)

pointlessone
Aug 6, 2001

The Triad Frog is pleased with this custom title purchase.
Don't subject yourself to dagger, just go Staff + Axe/Warhorn

Staff isn't the most engaging, but it hits hard now. You can stay at range instead of needing to jump into melee for feeble damage, and dagger just way more work to do less.

CODChimera
Jan 29, 2009

gandlethorpe posted:

My necro is a sylvari. All things have a right to grow, including animated horrors :unsmigghh:

same, its my WvW toon

Luggage
Aug 29, 2009

jokes posted:

People say that basically the elfs of Guild Wars 2 are the humans, but it's absolutely the Sylvari (except they're not ancient). Hard to justify an engineer or a necromancer Sylvari though.
On of the main characters of the core story is a Sylvari Necromancer and the villain of LW season 1 is a Sylvari Engineer. xD

But I agree, the are the most interesting race aesthetically and lore-wise.

jokes
Dec 20, 2012

Uh... Kupo?

Sword and shield warrior really should be revamped or something because it’s pretty dang basic/not great. I’m gonna always use it, but I hope it’ll be touched in this profession balance update because yikes.

At least make warrior shield 4 quick and instant instead of whatever it is.

Tambaloneus
Feb 5, 2007

I miss my cat someone buy me a kitten.

Was there some command or something you could type or some option where you could see what the song was that's currently playing or am I going mad? (or maybe thinking of another game entirely).

Mr. Neutron
Sep 15, 2012

~I'M THE BEST~
I think you are thinking of this.

..which is frankly insane to me since the GW2 soundtrack is amazing. But to each it's own I guess.

Tambaloneus
Feb 5, 2007

I miss my cat someone buy me a kitten.

Could be, I could have sworn there was some way to see but entirely possible Im thinking of another game. Someone was asking about it in map chat earlier and I could have sworn there was somewhere you could see what song was playing on the map.

Truga
May 4, 2014
Lipstick Apathy
yeah you can't just find out what song is playing AFAIK, short of just going to their soundcloud and playing all the songs to find out.

however, they're listed here by patch, which helps narrow it down a lot: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Soundtrack

Demon_Corsair
Mar 22, 2004

Goodbye stealing souls, hello stealing booty.

jokes posted:

People say that basically the elfs of Guild Wars 2 are the humans, but it's absolutely the Sylvari (except they're not ancient). Hard to justify an engineer or a necromancer Sylvari though.

How dare you besmirch my burnt tree engineer. Just because using a flamethrower when you are a plant is a bad idea….

Inzombiac
Mar 19, 2007

PARTY ALL NIGHT

EAT BRAINS ALL DAY


I really regret making my Necro just some dude.

Are character slots still on sale?

jokes
Dec 20, 2012

Uh... Kupo?

Inzombiac posted:

I really regret making my Necro just some dude.

Are character slots still on sale?

I can't imagine playing a necromancer and not giving them the Reaper's Hood.

Malpais Legate
Oct 1, 2014

My necromancer is an asura and I've got him all up in Inquest red of the Asura cultural armor and the Inquest Mark II weapons. If the Asura are amoral little monsters, might as well lean into it!

Kept my necromancer face paint, though. Even if you've got a doctorate in necrobiology you've gotta keep something of the necromancer basics.

hexal
Sep 7, 2011

Demon_Corsair posted:

How dare you besmirch my burnt tree engineer. Just because using a flamethrower when you are a plant is a bad idea….

Unlike those fire resistant mammals.

Guildenstern Mother
Mar 31, 2010

Why walk when you can ride?

jokes posted:

I can't imagine playing a necromancer and not giving them the Reaper's Hood.

My reaper is all set up to match my sunrise. Gotta take advantage of all the weird dye effects on the carapace pants/slyvari armor

LordAdakos
Sep 1, 2009

Inzombiac posted:

I really regret making my Necro just some dude.

Are character slots still on sale?

You can sometimes get total makeover kits cheap. Might be easier than rolling a new character, unless you want to change race, in which case yeah you'll need a new slot

pointlessone
Aug 6, 2001

The Triad Frog is pleased with this custom title purchase.

jokes posted:

I can't imagine playing a necromancer and not giving them the Reaper's Hood.

I had the hood until Grenth's Regalia came with the 10th anniversary gifts. Four color channels including the eyes.

Inzombiac
Mar 19, 2007

PARTY ALL NIGHT

EAT BRAINS ALL DAY


jokes posted:

I can't imagine playing a necromancer and not giving them the Reaper's Hood.

Wtf no, no nonoooooo
I would never cover the face of one of my perfect little angels.

It's a cool hood but I'm all about that glitter life.

jokes
Dec 20, 2012

Uh... Kupo?

The farther along I get into the 1-80 story as a Sylvari, the more I realize that Sylvari is the correct and intended race for the player. Human personal story is stupid bullshit comparatively.

Looking forward to (re-doing) Heart of Thorns, and definitely 100% am going to do the caladbolg collection afterwards.

jokes
Dec 20, 2012

Uh... Kupo?

Also GW2Efficiency has race/profession/gender statistics in case anyone else is curious about that kind of data. Sylvari warrior is shockingly rare.

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orcane
Jun 13, 2012

Fun Shoe
I have a billion characters and only three of them are sylvari, but at least one is a warrior :getin:

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