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ruffz posted:They seriously want $50 for the expansion coming out this month? Yea. Well, it's 50 for the core+ HoT if you didn't have any GW2 already. Wait for it to go on sale if, like me, you don't think it's worth.
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If you're looking for the endgame PvE content, it's world bosses/events, fractals, and dungeons. Soon there'll be a raid. Besides that, it's looking at poo poo in the wardrobe and using the wiki to figure out how to get it.
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Oct 8, 2015 03:51
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ijyt posted:Woah what. One of their trait overhauls involved changing from buying whole tiers of traits to instead buying each individual trait. But, you could also do little side-quests/pseudo-achievements to unlock them as well (i.e. 100% a certain zone, kill a certain boss, etc). It was kinda bad.
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Oct 8, 2015 16:38
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I can't wait for a few xpacs from now, when it's revealed that all this dragon stuff is actually part of Abaddon's double deluxe ulra-secret plan to rule the world. The entirety of GW1 is retconned to be a ruse so he could possess Kormir, rejoin the human god pantheon, and destroy it from within.
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Oct 8, 2015 17:16
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Go RV! posted:I pitched a plausible scenario in GOON few days ago. I figured everyone already feared this.
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Oct 8, 2015 18:12
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trunkh posted:So as someone who missed the living story stuff, whats involved if I were to purchase it? Is it something you can do on your own or do you need a group? I've accumulated so much Bloodstone dust I want to look at crafting Mawdrey and apparently I need a chapter from the living story to do it? You can do it yourself; it's like personal story.
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Oct 10, 2015 01:04
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Vermain posted:If they're hellbent on shuttling dungeons into the corner like an embarrassing amateur painting, never meant to see the light of day again, then they really ought to just take the current dungeon paths, revamp them a little, and turn them into Fractals. That sounds like work though. Also the consolidation of all the dungeon vendors into a single generic npc literally shoved into a corner should've been all anyone needed to know anet's thoughts on dungeons and where they were headed (the dumpster). Lyer posted:I dunno man, you can't really say people ran dungeons because they were fun. Ideally dungeons would get a revamp, but I'm not going to miss them as they are. I mean aside from fractals and world boss events, they're kinda the only other thing to do in pve once you've done world completion as many times as your sanity will allow.
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Oct 12, 2015 21:58
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AzureSkye posted:They've said absolutely nothing about increasing token drops, just that they're moving the "liquid reward" elsewhere. All of the grind, none of the gold. Even if they fixed the grind a bit, without the gold the only reason left to do them really is get the skins. And then never bother again unless you find them really super fun on their own merit.
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Oct 12, 2015 22:34
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Sprite141 posted:Guys, let's be honest. Each dungeon path is akin to a fractal path, many a bit longer then what should have been. How would you guys feel if Anet tunes the dungeon rewards to be similar to a fractal path, and maybe updating the amount of effort per path to be similar to a mid level fractal? That would be neat, but also require enough effort that they won't bother. Sweeping them under the rug is a lot less work. Sprite141 posted:And building up AR via +1 AR resists at a time. Dude, versatile infusions. I had enough ar for 49 fractals before I was past reward level 10. Like, the main gating component of fractals is Ascended armor/weapons/accessories. AR is effortless to get.
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Oct 13, 2015 14:48
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Sprite141 posted:isn't it such that the ar infusion in your gear can't be used in the creation of a higher level infusion? Like a +5 takes 2 +4's, but you can't use the +4 in your gear? If you don't have much ascended stuff, getting higher ar might be a bit of a pain considering how you increase infusions. That's how the +1 infusions work, yea, but trying to fuse up the +1's to a level that matters is more of a money/time sink than just crafting ascended and slotting in +5 versatile infusions from the relic vendor. Generic Octopus fucked around with this message at 17:02 on Oct 13, 2015 |
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Oct 13, 2015 16:58
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Kessel posted:nobody is actually using those +10 infusions to run fractals The fractal hate makes more sense if people actually think you're supposed to.
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Oct 13, 2015 19:28
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Hefty posted:So do you normally just go in with no AR and do level 9 (?) fractals until you have enough tokens for the AR infusions? Doing three in a row always seemed like such a big commitment, but I've got some ascended stuff from pvp chests and now that you can do them one at a time I'll probably try them. How it works right now: you have a Personal Reward Level that starts at 1 and goes up as you do fractals of your level or higher (so tagging along on higher level fractals is fine). The relics/pristine relics you get for completing fractals & fractal dailies will let you get oodles of AR via Versatile Simple Infusions from the fractal shop bot. It's so trivial that you can't even call it a barrier to entry; the only real limiting factor is how much armor/weapons/accessories you have to slot AR into. The wiki is your friend, give it a quick read.
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Oct 13, 2015 20:17
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CLAM DOWN posted:I won't, because it's way too wordy, but I will link to it. Someone remind me in 2 weeks. Alternately link the Fractal page on the wiki. It'd be nice and complementary: a link to the wiki no one reads from the op no one reads.
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Oct 14, 2015 21:26
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I mean after a while, what else are you using your gold/mats for?
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Oct 15, 2015 01:22
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TipsyMcStagger posted:Ok, so are those armors good? chances are i'm going to be doing some pve with mostly pvp unless I stop playing. currently, i've found leveling to be the easiest when you do all the newbie zones and then story quest and then next newbie zones/etc. That's basically the crap grind i'm doing at the moment. Ascended/Legendary stats are marginally better than Exotic so generally not worth it mechanically speaking, unless you're bored with nothing else to do or really really care about a ~5% boost. Mostly people craft the backpieces & legendaries for looks. PvP your gear doesn't matter anyway. You can start doing that right now if you get bored of pve shenanigans.
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Oct 15, 2015 04:36
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malhavok posted:So that blog they posted today says "overcoming challenges in the jungle to unlock your elite specialization", which sorta implies hero points won't be the only way to unlock them right? Reminder: the things which yield hero points are called Hero Challenges.
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Oct 15, 2015 21:02
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Riftling posted:Nobody runs the content as-is; we find ways to glitch them and break them over our knees to min/max our liquid currency gain. This is different in fractals/raids?
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Oct 15, 2015 22:52
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mmmmm yes dungeon gold was totally destroying the gw2 economy...Slipknot Hoagie posted:maybe they should tax people on their wealth, hell its not a bad idea, lol
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Oct 16, 2015 15:17
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Chomposaur posted:good moba
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Oct 19, 2015 20:05
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AzureSkye posted:I wonder how deep in the grandmasters are? This might mean daredevils won't get their new dodge stuff for a while, which is pretty lol considering everyone else will get their gimmick immediately. Nah, that 3rd dodge is totally their game-changing gimmick!  Kinda sucks really hard for revenants too. Generic Octopus fucked around with this message at 16:43 on Oct 20, 2015 |
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Oct 20, 2015 16:41
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Farbror posted:I keep dying in boss fights as a thief. I'm level 80 with exotic berserker gear, using daggers and shortbow. Some of the damage seems completely impossible to avoid and comes out of nowhere, and all the spell effects make it hard to see if there are telegraphs. There are plenty of guides on what skills and gear to use, but I think I'm clearly missing something when it comes to surviving. Be generous with your dodges; between Signet of Agility, shortbow 3, Withdraw, and Death Blossom (if you're really desperate), there's enough there that even you just think something might maybe hit you, dodge.
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Oct 20, 2015 19:40
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Tears of disappointment.
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Oct 21, 2015 17:35
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Honestly my favorite fight in GW2 has been the Windmane fight as solo Caithe. The other living story fights were neat, but once the gimmick is understood they're kinda trivial. Windmane can still smack your rear end down if you're not paying attention.
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Oct 21, 2015 19:53
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Your Computer posted:I have a couple of questions; is the personal story in any way continued in HoT? I've completed it on my main but I dread doing it on my alts.. which brings me to my second question. I created a thief in anticipation of the Daredevil specialization but I'm struggling to do stuff solo, as I feel about as sturdy as wet paper. What's a good compromise between survivability and damage? I never really got into the itemization in this game so I just went with the usual advice of "everything Berserker every time", but as soon as I encounter more than 2 mobs at a time I'm struggling to stay alive (which makes the personal story even more fun). I would try experimenting, but I don't really have the funds Daggerstorm elite + Signet of Malice passive = massive healing when fighting groups, a good panic button if you're getting overwhelmed. Pmuch your default strategy is to kill things one at a time while dodging attacks (you have to dodge things, because as you've discovered, you're not sturdy). If you're in D/D, Cloak & Dagger into Backstab into Heartseeker kills things pretty well. Keep shortbow on swap for kiting, the 3 skill is a dodge + cripple and the auto attack bounces between enemies for murder on the move. I wouldn't swap out of Zerker; if you utilize the wealth of dodges you have at your disposal you should be able to disengage & survive easily enough. Withdraw is a low cooldown heal + evade if you don't use the Malice signet (the Invigorating Precision trait is a good alternative), Infiltration signet restores all your endurance, sb & d/d 3 are both evades.
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Oct 22, 2015 19:34
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^^ rip my fragile memory Your Computer posted:I'm going to start using a staff ASAP because of the cleave. Dagger cleaves though?
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Oct 22, 2015 19:37
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PseudoFaux posted:Didn't Anet say that Revs are disallowed from using anything but boosters for the first few months? This was a joke people threw around, like "wouldn't it be funny if..." sort of thing. And then somehow people started thinking it was real.
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Oct 23, 2015 05:58
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xgalaxy posted:Is there a WP video or something that recaps what happened in season two for those of us who didn't do it? You found an egg from Glint. Caithe stole the egg. Anet took a giant poo poo on Caithe in flashback missions. Mordremoth destroyed the pact fleet and started taking control of the sylvari. The End.
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Oct 23, 2015 06:06
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quote:Black Feather Wings Backpack and White Feather Wings Backpack owners can receive a free matching glider by equipping the backpack and talking to any map scout in Verdant Brink. e: beat like a red-headed anime
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Oct 23, 2015 07:28
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Burning ~200 points on the elite spec only gets you as far as the second minor trait. Enjoy the staff and 3rd dodge, daredevils.
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Oct 23, 2015 08:17
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UNATCO Telephone posted:it seems super grindy to get anything worthwhile. Welcome to Halloween. For real though if you have gold you can buy cobs on the tp if you're not into the games/grind.
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Oct 23, 2015 15:57
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Kessel posted:fractal mastery unlocks a teleport to a special island in the fractal lobby, where you can buy things to make your pink rings even pinker. the upgrade itself is dirt cheap, and the special vendor also sells extractors for 24s so you don't have to gem store to get your poo poo out of your rings Wish this and the fractal backpack weren't locked behind masteries, and therefore inaccessible to anyone without HoT.
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Oct 24, 2015 00:35
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OzFactor posted:Elite specs are unlocked in PvP, right? Right? Yea. Assuming you have HoT, of course.
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Oct 24, 2015 00:48
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Grizzled Patriarch posted:Ah, I guess that pricing makes slightly more sense, though it's kind of a kick in the nuts for anyone that actually had to buy the base game. You'd think they could whip up some easy "veteran" upgrade where if you bought / played it before it went F2P, you could get the expansion at a discount or something. Yea this was a whole big "thing" back when they put HoT up for sale. Their compromise was giving you an extra character slot if you bought Core before a certain date.
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Oct 24, 2015 18:05
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Trujillo posted:Haven't played in a while so sorry if this is a dumb question but am I only supposed to be able to get 1/3rd of the way through reaper training when I've already done every single hero challenge in the game? How do you get more hero points? Yes that's intended; you have to go get the hero challenges in the xpac zones.
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Oct 24, 2015 20:02
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So, I guess the fractals past level 50 require more AR? So if I want to do those I need to start fusing the +1s or buy HoT to get to that special island?
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Oct 24, 2015 23:10
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Ciaphas posted:When last I played, ANet had an absurd hard-on for Warriors and Engineers were shat upon from on high with bugs and bad design decisions (like... runes? or something? not working when you had grenades out or something). Is that still the case? Everything is good and fun as far as the base classes go now. The elite specs vary a bit but engineers (Scrappers) seem to be happy with theirs.
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Oct 25, 2015 21:43
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LordAdakos posted:My impression of HoT is that it's a dumb buggy grindfest and it's really turned me off GW2 as a game. Yea I'm just gonna keep waiting for a sale, the stuff I've seen hasn't enticed me. I'll keep doing occasional fractals til thing to build up AR I guess. Cyron posted:cool the goons are attacking devs now. lol
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Oct 26, 2015 18:08
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Ciaphas posted:Thanks, sounds interesting. I guess legends aren't really far from engineer kits, then. Conditions are stuff like bleeds, poison, agony, etc. Power is direct damage. So yea, you got it. Generally Power (and thus, Berserker gear) has been dominant, idk how much if at all HoT changed this.
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Oct 26, 2015 18:12
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Ciaphas posted:Thank you both. I guess deciding on builds and gearing and such is something you don't really do until 80, right? I'm still just kind of picking whatever gear seems to have bigger numbers, whatever those numbers actually are Yea, don't worry about gear until 80. Thief is fun & slick but it's not for everyone.
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brennon posted:I seriously can't settle between Warrior and Guardian and I might need to be put on suicide watch over it, which do people here personally prefer? Both.
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