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

I raided for the first time :toot:

And I was so bad it pushed the raid leader to drink shots :toot:

notes up

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07/25/2017 � July 25th Release Notes
Living World Season Finale- �One Path Ends�

Balthazar has disappeared again, and it�s top priority to find him�especially if what he�s planning could bring disaster to Tyria. And if one thing�s for sure, it�s that he�s gearing up for something big. He�s already managed to collect magical power from a bloodstone, and now he�s set his sights on an Elder Dragon. With Taimi�s device broken, you�re on your own�for now.

New Legendary Sword
A new legendary weapon is now available. Speak to Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs in Lion�s Arch to learn how to craft the new sword precursor, Save the Queen, and forge the new legendary sword.

New Legendary Hammer
A new legendary weapon is now available. Speak to Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs in Lion�s Arch to learn how to craft the new hammer precursor, Might of Arah, and forge the new legendary hammer.

World Polish

General
Players can now turn in midair while jumping.
The event �Kill the Risen before they reactivate the Statue of Lyssa� now rewards players with the same chest as the event �Kill the Corrupted High Priestess.�
The skeleton and his treasure hoard have been located and returned to their ship in the Gilded Hollow.
Blazeridge Steppes
Fixed an issue in which the Shatterer event failed to start when both prerequisite events were completed.
Prerequisite events for the Shatterer will now automatically fail if they are not completed within the time limit to lure out the Shatterer.

Fractals
New Fractal: Shattered Observatory
A new fractal is accessible through the Mistlock Observatory.
Added a new Shattered Observatory fractal achievement category under Fractals of the Mists on the Achievements tab of the Hero panel.
New rewards are available from BLING-9009 in the Mistlock Observatory.
The continued perseverance of adventurers has again caught the eye of the Harbinger.
Molten Furnace
Fixed a bug in which wiping during the final fight with the Weapons Test Engineer could cause the instance to stall on retry.
Molten Boss
Falling from the platform during the battle against the Molten Berserker and Molten Firestorm will now result in death.
Nightmare
Fixed a bug in which completing the fractal would not award some daily achievement progress.
The Nightmare fractal is now accessible at scales 24, 49, 74, and 99, replacing the fractals previously at those scales.

Mistlock Instabilities
Adrenaline Rush now permanently enrages enemies and applies a 150% damage increase instead of a 200% damage increase.

Miscellaneous
The glider animation for Ad Infinitum has been updated to be more suitable for a legendary glider.
Fixed a bug in which Fractal Avengers were prevented from finishing players.
Mist-potion boon icons are now invisible outside of fractal maps.
Reduced the gold cost of medium and heavy ascended chest pieces by 1 gold to match the WvW ascended armor cost.

Raids
Added a new achievement for acquiring legendary armor pieces.
Bastion of the Penitent
Fixed a bug in which safe zones in the Cairn the Indomitable encounter became out of sync with certain attacks.
Adjusted the initial impact arc of Orbital Sweep during the Cairn the Indomitable encounter.
Fixed a bug in which players took multiple instances of damage from Cairn the Indomitable�s Energy Surge attack.
Fixed a bug in which Rigom behaved erratically when stunned and brought to 0 health at nearly the same time.
Fixed a bug in which Samarog abandoned the fight when pushed past certain health thresholds too quickly.

Personal Story

Items
Exotic backpacks acquired from the Druid Stone collections in the �Flashpoint� release now have an upgrade slot.
Fixed a bug in which killing the Eye of Zhaitan in the Promenade of the Gods in Cursed Shore would not progress the Flameseeker Prophecies III collection.
The Jade Maw Lens is now required to test items at the Metal Forest for the Bifrost III collection.
Players who have deleted the Humming Krait Crystal without crafting the Krait Focusing Crystal for the Kraitkin III collection can now purchase a replacement from Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs.
Players who have misplaced components for the Incinerator III collection can now purchase replacements from Grandmaster Craftsman Hobbs.
Fixed various legendary journey text bugs.
Two sets of Heirloom Seed Pouches have been renamed to avoid champion loot bag confusion.
Fixed a bug in which certain weapons prevented progression of the Twice-Told Legend achievement.
The Charged Quartz Orichalcum Amulet now has a chance to drop from grand exalted chests in Auric Basin.

The following jewels can be converted into infusions in the Mystic Forge:
Preserved Queen Bee
Chak Egg Sac
Poly-luminescent Undulating Refractor: Black, Green, Orange, and Teal
Vial of Liquid Aurillium

The following legendary weapons now have custom projectile effects:
The Juggernaut
The Moot
Bolt
Meteorlogicus

Structured Player vs. Player
PvP Lobby
Cautrell the Traitor has returned from his exile and is back to vending in the new lobby.

World vs. World

General
Made the following adjustments to participation grace times:
Defending caravans has been changed from 2 minutes to 5 minutes.
Hitting a player/objective with a siege weapon has been changed from 1 minute to 2 minutes.
Capturing a shrine has been changed from 2 minutes to 5 minutes.

BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE
New Items and Promotions
For a limited time, a new set of Abaddon weapon skins are available from Black Lion Weapons Specialists for 2 Black Lion Claim Tickets. Keys can be found in the Special category of the Gem Store for 125 gems each.
The Shield of the Goddess has returned for a limited time and can be found in the Style category of the Gem Store for 600 gems.
Introducing the Mistlock Sanctuary�the most elaborate Black Lion lounge to date. In addition to a full suite of general services and amenities, the Sanctuary also contains everything a fractal explorer could need. For easy access, pick up the lifetime pass in the Utility category of the Gem Store for 1,000 gems, or check out some of the Mistlock Sanctuary�s unique features with a two-week pass for 150 gems.

Improvements
The Black Lion Chest has been updated to the Return to Orr Chest and can be previewed for a full list of its contents.
The Black Lion Material Bag has been added as the new guaranteed item. It contains a collection of high-quality crafting materials, special Living World Season 3 materials, and a few surprises.
The Unidentified Dye and Tome of Knowledge have been removed, and the Mystic Forge Stone and the new Black Lion Booster have been added as common drops.
The Communal Boost Bonfire has been added as an uncommon drop.
The new Mini Dwayna�s Messenger is available as an uncommon drop for the duration of the Return to Orr Chest.
The new Feathers of the Zephyr Package with the Golden Zephyr Backpiece and Feathers of the Zephyr Glider is available as an uncommon drop for the duration of the Return to Orr Chest.
The new Advanced Leather Rack and Advanced Cloth Rack are available as rare drops.
The Daydreamer�s Weapon Collection is now available as a rare drop for the duration of the Return to Orr Chest.
The Dwayna�s Weapon Collection is now available as a super rare drop for the duration of the Return to Orr Chest.
Mac Client
Fixed an issue in which the command-key symbol was not shown in some contexts.
Enabled use of the minimize button in windowed mode.
Fixed keyboard navigation behavior in text boxes.
Improved the support for non-US keyboard layouts.
Improved the rendering of some visual effects.

Eltoasto fucked around with this message at 17:05 on Jul 25, 2017

# ? Jul 25, 2017 16:45

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# ? May 28, 2024 03:24

where the red fern gropes: Aug 24, 2011

patch notes said polyluminescent gems can be turned into infusions so i bought a bunch

i am going to be so loving beautiful

e: dataminers have found the end of story cutscene revealing the name of the xpac :siren:

do not click if you do not want spoilers :siren:

e2: new legendary sword

new legendary hammer

where the red fern gropes fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Jul 25, 2017

# ? Jul 25, 2017 17:04

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

Required shield skins shot for Arus

# ? Jul 25, 2017 17:21

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

^^^ first one looks rad, 2nd one looks like tentacle porn

Eltoasto posted:

Players can now turn in midair while jumping.

what in the everloving gently caress

e: MOOT BUFFS
e2: new 1% lounge omfg

CLAM DOWN fucked around with this message at 17:47 on Jul 25, 2017

# ? Jul 25, 2017 17:24

lucifirius: Mar 7, 2016

Oh god.

# ? Jul 25, 2017 17:34

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

Oh jesus christ what on earth would a legendary trinket look like? They're not even visible on your character! Anet!

# ? Jul 25, 2017 17:37

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

Easy stat swapping on trinkets would own, but let's see how hard those collections are :ohdear:

# ? Jul 25, 2017 17:38

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

Also it just occurred to me how many gems I'm going to buy tonight

# ? Jul 25, 2017 17:47

lucifirius: Mar 7, 2016

It looks like the trinkets will require the Sentient X's from each of the zones. So the aids to get ones (looking at you jumping puzzle) will be aids.

# ? Jul 25, 2017 17:51

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

CLAM DOWN posted:

Also it just occurred to me how many gems I'm going to buy tonight

I am way ahead of you.

Also apparently that storage update side project went live with nothing mentioned in the patch notes.

# ? Jul 25, 2017 17:57

Kessel: Mar 6, 2007

CLAM DOWN posted:

Also it just occurred to me how many gems I'm going to buy tonight

the new 1% area has low gravity, unique music, all merchants including fractal merchants, and a direct gate to fractals. it's so much better than the old ones it's not even funny

# ? Jul 25, 2017 18:16

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

Oooh, poo poo these updates look sweet.

lucifirius posted:

It looks like the trinkets will require the Sentient X's from each of the zones. So the aids to get ones (looking at you jumping puzzle) will be aids.

What is a sentient X? Did I miss an update? :psyduck:

Legendary trinkets would be super rad for a few of my classes, though ultimately I'd want duplicates for other characters. It'll cost too much though, but it might be the first legendary equipment I actually try to get.

Sprite141 fucked around with this message at 18:25 on Jul 25, 2017

# ? Jul 25, 2017 18:23

Baron Snow: Feb 8, 2007

Sprite141 posted:

Oooh, poo poo these updates look sweet.

What is a sentient X? Did I miss an update?

There's a collection in each of the new zones that gave a Sentient whatever that was another bloodstone, empyreal, dragonite eater. It's kinda cool knowing they had a bigger end goal for them.

# ? Jul 25, 2017 18:33

U.T. Raptor: May 11, 2010; Are you a pack of imbeciles!?

But they didn't move the Mursaat tokens out of the jumping puzzle :argh:

(or that one item from Cin's collection out of the centaur murder zone, for that matter).

# ? Jul 25, 2017 18:38

dad on the rag: Apr 25, 2010

August 1, expansion announcement.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/expansion/

E: check Dreggon's post for the end scenes pic

dad on the rag fucked around with this message at 18:54 on Jul 25, 2017

# ? Jul 25, 2017 18:50

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

Kessel posted:

the new 1% area has low gravity, unique music, all merchants including fractal merchants, and a direct gate to fractals. it's so much better than the old ones it's not even funny

gently caress my rear end and call me dreggon

# ? Jul 25, 2017 18:56

xthnru: Apr 6, 2007; FUCK YOU GUYS. I'm out.

Eltoasto posted:

I raided for the first time

And I was so bad it pushed the raid leader to drink shots

notes up

No, that's this game and my life doing that, you're all awesome.

# ? Jul 25, 2017 19:19

Blasphemeral: Jul 26, 2012; Three mongrel men in exchange for a party member? I found that one in the Faustian Bargain Bin.

where the red fern gropes posted:

patch notes said polyluminescent gems can be turned into infusions so i bought a bunch...

Are we ever going to get a red aura? There's like 3 or 4 different blue/green ones, but no red.

# ? Jul 25, 2017 19:35

malhavok: Jan 18, 2013

drat, why are the abaddon weapons two tickets instead of one?

# ? Jul 25, 2017 20:00

Illuyankas: Oct 22, 2010

malhavok posted:

drat, why are the abaddon weapons two tickets instead of one?

The collection reward for collecting all sixteen is still 7 tickets

# ? Jul 25, 2017 20:15

Forsythia: Jan 28, 2007; You want bad advice?

Anything is okay if you don't get caught!

... I hope this helps!

malhavok posted:

drat, why are the abaddon weapons two tickets instead of one?

Greed.

# ? Jul 25, 2017 20:17

UchihaHirou: Mar 8, 2007; Active Skill:
Solves all problems.

Anyone have previews of the new legendaries?

Also, haha gently caress yeah, I already have the Mursaat Token collection done. Those two hours doing that stupid JP was not in vain!

Edit: Low gravity lounge, we going Aion now boys!

UchihaHirou fucked around with this message at 20:34 on Jul 25, 2017

# ? Jul 25, 2017 20:29

Illuyankas: Oct 22, 2010

new 1% space zone owns

# ? Jul 25, 2017 20:36

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

oh my loving god is THAT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE?!?!?!?!?

# ? Jul 25, 2017 20:46

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

There is at least one dude that has 7 mesmer accounts and will take people up the ember isle JP while collecting all tokens, you barely have to move. I came upon it on mapchat one day so I assume he does it often.

# ? Jul 25, 2017 21:09

Baron Snow: Feb 8, 2007

UchihaHirou posted:

Anyone have previews of the new legendaries?

And how it pops open and closed
https://gfycat.com/FelineInsecureGallowaycow

# ? Jul 25, 2017 21:24

Rakeris: Jul 20, 2014

That is like the best looking legendary yet.

# ? Jul 25, 2017 21:27

Inzombiac: Mar 19, 2007; PARTY ALL NIGHT

EAT BRAINS ALL DAY

Baron Snow posted:

And how it pops open and closed
https://gfycat.com/FelineInsecureGallowaycow

That is some really glorious anime

# ? Jul 25, 2017 21:37

Humerus: Jul 7, 2009; Rule of acquisition #111:
Treat people in your debt like family...exploit them.

RIP Divinity's Reach 1% zone, hello Fractal zone.

If Ele is really getting swords with this xpac I might actually start working on that new legendary sword.....

I'm 99% done with the Bifrost, all I need to do is get a Jade Maw lens and finish the Legend Collection. I have all the gifts ready to go. Staff ele will always be good right?

Right?

# ? Jul 25, 2017 21:42

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

That sword looks really nice, way better than bolt. Someone post the hammer!

God I want to go home early and play in the 1% zone

# ? Jul 25, 2017 21:54

Bieeanshee: Aug 21, 2000; Not keen on keening.; Grimey Drawer

Servers are swamped. I can hear the gnashblading of teeth from the people who foolishly took the day off to play.

# ? Jul 25, 2017 22:49

Forsythia: Jan 28, 2007; You want bad advice?

Anything is okay if you don't get caught!

... I hope this helps!

So it's confirmed that Dwayna uses these things as her servants:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1wYhxTIpNs

Majestic.

# ? Jul 25, 2017 22:51

UchihaHirou: Mar 8, 2007; Active Skill:
Solves all problems.

Btw has anyone seen the new Moot projectile effects? I can't even think of any mace projectiles other than warrior offhand Tremor.

# ? Jul 25, 2017 22:52

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

UchihaHirou posted:

Btw has anyone seen the new Moot projectile effects? I can't even think of any mace projectiles other than warrior offhand Tremor.

Yeah, wtf is a mace projectile effect supposed to be

# ? Jul 25, 2017 22:56

Bieeanshee: Aug 21, 2000; Not keen on keening.; Grimey Drawer

Bowling balls.

# ? Jul 25, 2017 23:17

Baron Snow: Feb 8, 2007

UchihaHirou posted:

Btw has anyone seen the new Moot projectile effects? I can't even think of any mace projectiles other than warrior offhand Tremor.

Yeah, I think that's it. Instead of the shock-wave effect you just kinda throw it and it spins in a circle now.

# ? Jul 25, 2017 23:24

Redmanred: Aug 29, 2005; My hometown japan

New 1% zone rules and I'm just going to bank my old humie town pass until the end of time.

# ? Jul 25, 2017 23:31

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

...
...

even if we didn't already know for a fact, that announcement page is pretty blatant about the second expansion being around elona

# ? Jul 25, 2017 23:35

TeaJay: Oct 9, 2012

Johnny Joestar posted:

even if we didn't already know for a fact, that announcement page is pretty blatant about the second expansion being around elona

Your characters last line of the story is "Looks like I'm going to the Crystal Desert"

Also wtf was going on in the cinematic. Balthazar killed Primordus and drained his power off-screen? I didn't know he can do that. Can he do that?

e: Apparently that's supposed to be a vision of Kralkatorrik getting owned.

In other news, I'm pretty happy I was able to complete the new Jumping Puzzle. Not super hard but challenging. After the previous shitfest JP's this one had the difficulty right, you won't even need a guide, but just an eye for your surroundings.

TeaJay fucked around with this message at 23:59 on Jul 25, 2017

# ? Jul 25, 2017 23:45

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# ? May 28, 2024 03:24

Erdricks: Sep 8, 2005; There's nothing refreshing like a sauna!

New sword looks good (best of the new legendaries), although I think I still prefer bolt in terms of the actual design of the sword. But its a close second.

What are the foot falls/auras/sound effects with the new sword?

New hammer looks like a flop unless I am missing something

# ? Jul 26, 2017 00:19

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