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Droppin' in to say the game is getting better every patch ever since the change in management and it is quite literally the best time to start playing or return!
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where the red fern gropes posted:a builds section in the OP would be neat with some starter builds like rifle mechanist or power reaper I don't do a whole lot of instanced content so I usually just grab whatever is popular on metabattle for open world builds: https://metabattle.com/wiki/Open_World#General_Builds. They probably get you to a good combination of traits/weapons/gear stats since some are better than others. The builds often skip out on hard crowd control (so push/pull/knockdown etc) so I'd try adding one if possible as it's good for bosses. You can also try mixing in a stun break or condition cleanse. They've got a build for each class that uses the core/free to play traits and skills, and also a few "low-intensity" builds that emphasize passive healing/survival and weapons not needing much rotation. For newer players getting set up at level 80, it can be advantageous to choose a power-based build to start which typically use Berserker stat gear. The level-80 exotic Berserker armor is cheap, just buy a set of "Devona's" armor on the trading post for <1 gold a piece. Weapons can be more, just set up a filter on the Trading Post (level 80, exotic, containing power, precision, and ferocity stats) and look for the cheapest option. Usually the cheapest is a named variant (for example, https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Bonetti%27s_Rapier for sword). And for getting gold, you can get 2 gold for completing 3 of the daily achievements and it's usually pretty quick.
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I came back a couple months ago and it’s been good. I still hop around max level alts constantly meaning that my gearing is all over the place and I have no focus for getting AR, but I’ve been having a ton of fun. Currently playing a bunch of Rev in fractals, strikes, and WvW and enjoying the hell out of it. I was hoping that the 10th anniversary would come with a discount on the living world stuff because I’m still missing all of LS3 and IBS but no dice yet 
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Started playing this again a few days before the steam release, having fun but did some WvW last night and poo poo the pace of combat in WvW is on steroids from what I remember. It was always faster paced compared to other MMO's but now everyone zips around teleporting with star trek shields on Also GW2 won't connect for me if I use my VPN and I am not sure why, any thoughts? BadLlama fucked around with this message at 18:25 on Aug 24, 2022 |
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Hey OP just FYI you linked Vindicator instead of Willbender in the guardian section of the OP. Also you missed this from the sPvP bit which is understandable but also it deserved to be preserved for another thread. PvP is my favourite gamemode so it's important it's properly represented. A 50S RAYGUN posted:so you've decided to try pvp
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Aug 24, 2022 18:31
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gw2 is still good thanks for reading
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Deformed Church posted:Hey OP just FYI you linked Vindicator instead of Willbender in the guardian section of the OP. Thanks for catching that. The sPvP write up is very good, yes.
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Oh good, a new thread to mostly lurk in. I need to fire this back up soon. I miss my tree lady and large lady   I also miss how GW2 is, of all things, the best-feeling MMO to just move around in. Mazed fucked around with this message at 19:16 on Aug 24, 2022 |
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GW2 has simultaneously some of the best looking scenes still in an MMO and also the worst, it is very weird. I'll look left and be like drat that is a nice looking view, then look right and be disgusted at what appears to be a 1996 N64 art asset.
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BadLlama posted:GW2 has simultaneously some of the best looking scenes still in an MMO and also the worst, it is very weird. I'll look left and be like drat that is a nice looking view, then look right and be disgusted at what appears to be a 1996 N64 art asset. Did the DX11 update ever happen, and if so, did it fix some of the draw distance issues? The environmental art direction in itself is just phenomenal. I love how well it conveys the temperature of a scene.    Full disclosure, I have yet to even try expansion areas. Though I've heard some are frustratingly designed, I kind of like it when it feels dangerous to wander off, so maybe that won't be an issue.
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Dang this plays surprisingly well on the Steam Deck after switching to community binding
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I've been playing on and off for the whole 10 years (and GW1 & LotrO before that), seems crazy. Last few years have not been as active and I've mainly been just logging in to do the story, really. The 10 year achievements for the armor & stuff are easy enough, but it kinda hammers home the point that I may be past the world boss trains and doing mindless events mashing buttons for hours on end. The armor is dope, though, and it looks great on my sylvari mesmer (virtuoso) who was my first character and who I picked up at EoD to complete the story with, to close the circle. (too bad the leggings make your waist super wide as usual and don't look like they fit with the chestpiece) Welcome to new players though! Don't get overwhelmed with all the stuff that's available to you. (also I wish we could've had a raptor to start out with back in the day!) Mazed posted:Full disclosure, I have yet to even try expansion areas. Though I've heard some are frustratingly designed, I kind of like it when it feels dangerous to wander off, so maybe that won't be an issue. First expansion HoT areas are the toughest, and even they have been nerfed down. But it really feels like a hostile, maze-like environment, which may or not be incredibly frustrating and fun at the same time. The name of the game is verticality. Later PoF they toned it down a lot and the maps are super open and wide and generally a lot easier to travel.  Here's my sylvari glowy lady, Aurys of Dusk. TeaJay fucked around with this message at 19:40 on Aug 24, 2022 |
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Mazed posted:Did the DX11 update ever happen, and if so, did it fix some of the draw distance issues? It did and it should be the default setting when you log in, now. I don't think there's any specific benefits besides general performance increases, though
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I rolled a new toon and am having a really good time, a bit bummed that most builds (at least the better necro builds in the link Deformed Church posted) require expansions. Not sure if I'm going to be getting into this so much that I'll be buying the expansions but we'll see!
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explosivo posted:I rolled a new toon and am having a really good time, a bit bummed that most builds (at least the better necro builds in the link Deformed Church posted) require expansions. Not sure if I'm going to be getting into this so much that I'll be buying the expansions but we'll see! You can probably clear the whole game as a necro minionmaster with ease. Some of the more OP builds require expansion elite specs, yea, but necro has a lot of good core options.
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TeaJay posted:You can probably clear the whole game as a necro minionmaster with ease. I think I did, lol. My necro is my level 80 but it's been so goddamn long since I played so I was looking for something new. I just said gently caress it and started over anyway as something new but that's good to know the necro minions are still pretty viable.
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TeaJay posted:
It's amazing how much difference just getting the first two PoF mounts makes in terms of quality of life. HoT is what made me quit playing for like 5 years - everything felt overtuned, you couldn't walk 5 steps or even pause to look at your surroundings without being aggroed by some annoying-rear end trash mob, and the sheer verticality of the maps made the minimap all but useless. Seeing a spot you want to get to above you and just being able to use a springer to say "nope, not dealing with this bullshit" and jump up to it instead of navigating ten miles of twisting vines and gliding through the canopy is a huge quality of life upgrade. They still never really fixed how obnoxious the mastery grind is, but mounts made it mostly a non-issue. Not being able to use any of the actual mobility mechanics in the HoT maps until you've basically cleared the entire expansion multiple times over was an incredibly poor design decision.
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I am finding PoF more of a slog, I cannot get the second mount because I do not have enough mastery points. Anywhere to get the points requires that mount so... yeah and after typing that I found a whole area unexplored in crystal desert with the mastery point I needed. BadLlama fucked around with this message at 23:32 on Aug 24, 2022 |
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I'm in the same position as others in that I played a while ago (I think when HoT released), just came back, and I'm lost looking at my characters with all of their rankings and inventories full of crap. It looks like I have 1200 gems I didn't spend which is nice. Are inventory upgrades character specific? I have an 80 engineer and 80 mesmer and I remember I used to enjoy running around with the WvW zerg. Looks like at some point I bought tools that don't wear out, a raven glider, and a copper fed salvage thingee which I don't remember what it does. I assume I should look into using gems for the story? The shop is a little disorientating. Also, I don't have any non-HoT expansions since I was kind of hoping for a sale.
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drat Dirty Ape posted:I'm in the same position as others in that I played a while ago (I think when HoT released), just came back, and I'm lost looking at my characters with all of their rankings and inventories full of crap. It looks like I have 1200 gems I didn't spend which is nice. Are inventory upgrades character specific? I have an 80 engineer and 80 mesmer and I remember I used to enjoy running around with the WvW zerg. Looks like at some point I bought tools that don't wear out, a raven glider, and a copper fed salvage thingee which I don't remember what it does. I assume I should look into using gems for the story? The shop is a little disorientating. Also, I don't have any non-HoT expansions since I was kind of hoping for a sale. There are going to be daily sales at some point during the 10 year anniversary stuff, and utility items will go on sale, so save your gems untill what you want goes on sale in the next few weeks. Bag slots are character specific, bank slots and shared inventory are account wide. I have one character I spend more time on than any other, so I don't mind spending money on bag slots for that character, but if you split your play time between multiple characters, you might be better off with bank slots or shared inventory, I would be very tempted to buy a shared slot at least for that copper fed salvager, and maybe for the tools, although that would require unequipping them every time you swap a character. Shared slots are also good for stuff like stacks of unid gear, because you can split stacks and whatever you leave in the shared slot won't be salvaged.
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What should I do? A part of me wants to start a new character and level up like normal, but that doesn't seem right. On the other hand, nobody can tell me what to do and I am my own person. On the other hand, I bet new content is good and better than slaying centaurs alone or whatever.
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jokes posted:What should I do? How far did you get before
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jokes posted:On the other hand, I bet new content is good and better than slaying centaurs alone or whatever. Not sure it'll be alone, noob zones seem to be packed full of people with mentor tags absolutely frothing at the mouth to find a newbie to be nice and helpful to.
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BadLlama posted:I am finding PoF more of a slog, I cannot get the second mount because I do not have enough mastery points. Anywhere to get the points requires that mount so... yeah I think story missions get you mastery points, too
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Pesterchum posted:How far did you get before I have like 10 80s from just randomly logging on and collecting birthdays and scrolls and poo poo. I also have one ascended weapon that I have from doing a GoomTEQ. I also played most of HoT and PoF and, apparently I killed Zhaiten. I have a roller beetle!!!!!! I have never done a fractal, a strike, a raid, or anything that isn't a map meta or the story, really. I think I did WvWvWvWvW many years ago, and some sPvP grinding to get trans charges. I think I'll make a new character.
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jokes posted:I have like 10 80s from just randomly logging on and collecting birthdays and scrolls and poo poo. I also have one ascended weapon that I have from doing a GoomTEQ. I also played most of HoT and PoF and, apparently I killed Zhaiten. I have a roller beetle!!!!!! Just don't delete your old ones, so you continue to get your birthday presents!
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Mesmer supremacy! Axe Mirage is still the funnest build of any class in any mmo I’ve ever played.
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I'm just hoping they bring volatile tools back for the sale. Let me give you my money Anet.
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Minion Necro is still a thing for sure. Take death and blood specs and just hang out passively healing and spamming marks randomly. If an enemy has the audacity to engage you personally as an equal go into death shroud. Works for most open world. Not fast but you could almost akf it.
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Lordshmee posted:Mesmer supremacy! Axe Mirage is still the funnest build of any class in any mmo I’ve ever played. good taste detected 
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Wanna buy that roadrunner mount and turn it into a chocobo
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    A decade of WvWvWednesday went swimmingly! 45 minuites of singlehandedly holding SMC then taking it back singlehandedly after those perfidious pubbies lost it. Reminder that if you like WvW SFD runs it at least once a week on Wednesday! https://discord.gg/starfleetdental!
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BadLlama posted:GW2 has simultaneously some of the best looking scenes still in an MMO and also the worst, it is very weird. I'll look left and be like drat that is a nice looking view, then look right and be disgusted at what appears to be a 1996 N64 art asset. That's a good way of putting it. 
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BadLlama posted:I am finding PoF more of a slog, I cannot get the second mount because I do not have enough mastery points. Anywhere to get the points requires that mount so... yeah Getting enough masteries in pre-expansion or HoT was an actual concern (Before they added a few more Tyria masteries around PoF and LW3 episodes) but PoF masteries are plentiful. Did you check the Mastery Insight category in achievements? That lists all the mastery points that you can just go and grab without having to clear a story mission. There are only a couple that are difficult and just a single one that outright requires a specific game feature (you NEED the griffon/skyscale for one of them)
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The PoF masteries were by far the least painful to me. I returned to the game while LS4 was running and just went through the PoF story first and did map completion and almost always was ahead with points vs. mastery XP to use them. The story mission achievements give a bunch, and the mastery insights are fairly easy to find and pick up. Many of the "core" PoF quest/achievement mastery points are also not a big hassle but you might have to spend some time or /wiki them. I thought it was a decent progression speed when I did it, and that's good because you unlock cool new mounts and useful abilities for them - and it's nowhere near as bad as core tyria if you're starting fresh, let alone HoT/LS3 (hope you like adventures!). And the LS5/IBS masteries start easy, but then they ramp up and require a bunch of bullshit grinds to finish. However: the later, expensive IBS mastery levels aren't nearly as useful so while it feels bad(TM) to not have them yet or seeing your XP bar stuck, you're not missing out on much in terms of mechanics/benefits.
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By the way, they are now selling the First Gen mount skins with a mount select license - something that was told years ago was "impossible" by the devs and basically said "it will never happen". So now I am incredibly tempted to finally get that Starbound griffon skin with the gems I have saved up over a few years. (I dig the starbound mount skins, haven't bought any other ones than those). I have no idea how long this has been a thing but it certainly wasn't last time I played actively.
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So I started a new character as the thread suggested and man I’m leveling at twice the speed as before. I’m not even out of the starter human zone and I’m already level 23. Just turbo speed leveling.
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