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Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

And to add to add to that.

If you do WvW

you get the EoD mastery point thingys too

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Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

Luggage posted:

So what's the deal/meme regarding Lord Faren? There are like half a dozen silly minis for him, but I've never encountered him as an in-game character. I get why you would want half-naked Kasmeer, but who is that dude?

Lord Faren is probably the best NPC in the game (after joko)
You have to do his meta in Verdant Brink at least once

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

explosivo posted:

Is the Skyscale obtainable without having to buy access to a previous season's content? Is it something I can/should go out of my way to stop what I'm doing in HoT now and go do asap?


No Skyscale needs LWS4

its worth buying,

Story is GOOD
Skyscale is a 'must have'

Maps often have LWS4 meta trains because they are good money.

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

bagrada posted:

I finished Chalice of Tears last night, something I was worried about doing for the Return achievements I'm finishing up. I tried doing it all myself* but ended up using 2 mesmer ports. One to recover from a short drop in a moment of frustration, and one up the final spire because I had company coming over and didn't want to restart from scratch next time. I had a bit more time than I thought so I dropped back down to where I took the port and made it to the very last jump before forgetting to set my rewinder and accidentally flinging myself off the mountain somehow. My love for jump puzzles is only exceeded by how randomly terrible at them I am. It's common that I get stuck for ages on a part I'd smoothly negotiated the previous few times, or my character decides to leap to certain death rather than hopping up a simple ledge.

I was surprised at how many people there were. That zone was the daily a couple of days ago but there were still at least two dozen people crawling and dying around the inside of that volcano, and I saw 2 people advertising help in chat. I turned away a few offers to port me through to the end, and saw lots of people assisting in various ways. One mesmer was saying they run it daily for fun and to help people out.

I'm sure I missed some collectibles in there, had someone point me to one of them, so I'll be back in someday. Maybe they'll do a return to return to living world.

*doing it myself, but with a video guide and a position rewinder. I got "blind explorations of mmos" out of my system ages ago, too many invisible walls, and too much impassable terrain that looks passable and vice versa. This game gets credit for having checkpoints on some of them at least.

If you can, use the prototype rewinder

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Prototype_Position_Rewinder

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

Inzombiac posted:

I finally broke in to T3 fractals and people are such poo poo.
T1 and 2 were great but not it's a ton of primadonnas doing gear checks and leaving at the slightest issue.

I need to just tough this out until T4, which will hopefully be soon. I have the gear for it, just not the frac level.


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

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

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

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

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

Kris xK posted:

Random questions

How bad of an idea is it for me to buy a glyph of leatherworker for my unbreakable pickaxe?

Should I have tipped the person who allowed me into their home instance? If so, sorry Decx owes Haranga some money.

Why are silverwastes so popular it has a 24/7 squad? I get Riba and the entire event seems decent but I don't get its popularity.

Leatherworker is apparently a good glyph (i dont have it, but people really need leather)

Nope, no need to tip for home instance stuff. Maybe if someone mes ports you to the end of a stupidly hard jp that not on the daily, yeah. (I typically just return any tips if ive done something to help someone out...)

RIBA is a fun map. There is no forced play. you do what you want when you want (other than maybe the end) you can drop in and drop out as you want.
Loot is good, (open bags on a 45-50 toon for iron ore)

Only maps that are similar would be Dragonfall or Drizzlewood coast. But both of those you are stuck to the zerg, doing what the zerg does, when the zerg does it.

End of map loot is pretty chill too. You arent in any rush to tag a mob (dragonfall) (Drizzle doesnt have an end of map loot)

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

I still think the mystoc stones should be able to be used the same as coins

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/List_of_karma_merchant_items/Salvage_Kits

quite a few, but youll have to jump around a bit

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

Alts are totally unneeded, yet done really well as you said.

I remember at launch when dyes were character bound. lol. Now of course youll go broke trying to get the 500 shades of black, but every character can use them.

The armoury just made alts so much easier. And even the shared inventory slots are amazing.

Its funny to read about new mmos releasing that dont have a fraction of the QoL stuff GW2 has.

It wants you to play the game because its a good game (and dress up your dolls)

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

Ra Ra Rasputin posted:

It was a 50+ queue on EBG and 10+ on 2 out of 3 BG's on maguuma side too.

As for Maguuma itself, I was gone awhile but it does seem to have a reputation and many people are very vocal about their...strong feelings... regarding Maguuma as a server.

Because they are super highly organised and often lose to a bunch of randoms with no commander.

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

Mag uses seige? (i mean to take down a wall when needed, but for anything else?)

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

ptroll posted:

I never understand the complaints from other servers about Maguuma. They don't have to be subjected to Mag team chat, they don't understand.

omg, yeah. that is a truth


Edit- Finally pulled my finger out and finished the return to stuff.

Had to run the stupid tank one twice, and both times i was the only one (out of 2-3) that had done it before.

Best one was the one where i spoke to someone and it gave me the return achieve as being done.

So now all i need are my 2 rings

chest and legs in light.

(Everything in medium and heavy :/)

Then i can make some space in my WH by getting rid of all the pink gear i will never use, but refuse to salvage until.....

Meskhenet fucked around with this message at 11:34 on Oct 3, 2022

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

You will get the core game, which is pretty good.

You get what ever living world you log in for.

You wont get mounts (PoF expax)
You wont get fishing (EoD expax)
You wont get gliding (HoT expax)

You only have access to core builds, some of which are still totally viable.

Give it a go. Its free isnt it? if you like the core game, the expansions add to it, but its still pretty much the core game.

Edit- pvp is seperate from wvw and pve.

mettabattle and snowcrows websites will have builds.

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

HoT is a big learning curve.

Most of those maps i will only do in a train.

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

I just started the season 1 stuff.

omg i forgot how much i miss the original lions Arch. Its a cliche by now, but jes, that was a real city.

AND it only just dawned on me the Marg's lineage is from Cantha because she is asian >< for some reason that has never clicked until now..


So dont worry about playing things out of order

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

queeb posted:

help me decide the best use of my time. i love this game so any time playing it is dope. I can either do the return achievements which i have 0 of, and by chance im also on the step of the skyscale to get 250 of each currency, so i'd be able to get both those out of the way, or i go into EoD which i havent done yet, and get the skiff/jadebot and whatnot.

Currency for sky scale

You get ALL of that from doing the RETURN TO achievements.

Failing that, bjora marches can net you like 2k ice a day in an hour, which you then trade for lws4 currency.

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

I just used my last exploration thingy ><. so now ill need to do anotehr 1-3 characters map completion.

holy hell is this mechanist broken. Im not even in propper gear (using svaads and not zerker) with a sunless rifle (rabid) and it just melts whatever is in front of it

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

So i discovered that when you make 250 mith earrings for the purpose of making research notes.

you dont have to buy a research kit to salvage them. You just tick the box at the bottom that gives the notes. I sort of expected you would need a research salvage kit in your inventory, but you dont.

(i ended up with 3 before i realised i wasnt using them up....)

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

pointlessone posted:

Christmas one isn't that bad even though it's basically the same because you can just restart hen you fall instead of needing to wait for the one person in the group to either finish, or you're the one in the group making everyone else wait. Tried for over an hour last night with a TacO helper, still never made it.

But once you make it, you'll be able to do it more than not.

Worst part is the end when you forget to wait for the window to smash open so you can jump in.

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

where the red fern gropes posted:



what do your bindings look like? i don't know how ghub does it

if you go to settings, and hit default.... yeah thats what mine look like.


EXCEPT, i bound the special thing that pops up, like the IBS blast thingy, and the EMP to my thumb mouse button. (i might even have bound one of my mounts to the button behind that button. jes, i need to try it next time i log in.)

And i dont believe the keyboard to turn is real. They making GBS threads everyone with that. There is no way this game is playable with keyboard to turn.


Edit - Leather talk.

Ive just swapped out my silvers bot for leather salvage. Ive nearly got a stack of 250 ill open to see if it is worth it. Would love to rank that up like the other chips, so im getting a pouch ever 20s or so.

Meskhenet fucked around with this message at 11:26 on Oct 20, 2022

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

Ive been running at the back on my mechanist, only killing stuff left behind and at doors. Im hitting about 500 in an hour. got nothing good so far as i cant do more than an hour before im over it.

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

Lol. i dont sell. i open.

So im running way less than 15g an hour.

But it is brain dead. i can do it while im doing other stuff. Its pretty chill.


The worst part of gw2 halloween

i vote

the player base - at king thorn's Mad king Says.

how i wish i could just ban about 30% of the people that show up.

Your joke wasnt funny the first time you said it, the 10th.....

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

I havent had many of those.

Just Steeeeeve, when ever he shows up, which isnt nearly as bad at the 'Thorn daddy' bullshit in LA every 2 hours

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

The sky scale is like 6 mamoth unfun things train carted together and then driven off a cliff in mexico, with a few time gates because you need to have even more unfun!


but it is the best mount.

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

Skyscale is worth it.

But ONLY once you have completed its mastery. So be saving casino coins and have your mastery points ready, otherwise prepare for a little more disappointment.

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

Ra Ra Rasputin posted:

#1 QoL update I'd like to see would be having a singular dedicated rune slot instead of slotting them into armor+breather, just add a way to combine 6 runes into a single one.
I bet it would be a sobering statistic to find out how many regular players run around with less then 6 of the same superior rune.

not all sets the 6th is any good though? arent there a few sets that mix and matching are better than eithers full set?

And who cares what other peopel are wearing? unless your in a raid you're better off having fun than worrying if the player next to you has a full set of runes.



My mechanist, still has her lvl 7 water breather, as im sure lots of other players do

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

That is the best shield.

Im tempted to make it even though i have nothing that uses a shield

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

only thing you can gently caress up in Gw2 is your race!

but all that takes is another character slot to fix

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

I really like boat gun.

But for some reason i went predator..... i cant remember why now either (and im almost at crafting the pre for pred.)

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

Hmm, i hear rumors you get the mount at lvl 10 now. so you might have the raptor.

Do the xpacs come with an 80 boost?

(used to just use that do the first part of PoF in order to open the raptor on all characters)

do my difinitive answer is.... no idea, let us know when you do it :O

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

My favourite mag story is during the 1st? wvw change thingy i was on the desert map and there was a boon ball that was green, that was up against a boon ball that was red, and then there were at most 4 mag nobodys floating around doing the cloud thing.

When we were helping the green boon ball was winning. Pulling someone out of the ball, it was fun.

So the commander of our green ball tells us (maguuma) to go away, we ruin pvp...

so the 4 of us sat on the sidelines and watched as our green ball got steamrolled 4 times before porting away.

Then we fought with the other ball for like half an hour as it would kill 1 of us, chase the others, we'd get a res, and it too ported away..



and where you buying this must have piece of clothing >< i dont see it in the gem shop

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

fast cars loose anus posted:

So, gearing at 80. In WoW the gear path is the only thing going for you once you hit max level, whereas I have the stories from living world 1-4 and two expansions to do. My understanding is those will give gear good enough to finish them without me trying to do things like craft legendary weapons, or gear up in dungeons and/or raids. Is that right?

1) lol, wear what ever you want. seriously, if you are in a group in open world, noone will care (and you shouldnt either)

2) if you are doing fractals, you will want ascendant gear, and probably a 'proper' build'

3) if you are really wanting to gear, use exotics, and choose something. It used to be either power or conditions, these days celestial is pretty propular too because its not exactly wrong. You can buy off name stuff for a few gold to fully kit yourself out.


Stories can usually be done in greens and blues as long as you know the mechanics and can do them. id even say 9/10 times its your build that needs tweeking and not your gear for stories.

legendary stuff is SUPER QoL and on par (as in exactly the same stats) as ascendant. just, so much easier for multiple toons.

Ask people to ping their underwater helm. and dont laugh when its their lvl 7 one they got 5 years ago and completely forgot about.

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

T3 'can' be ok.

But you are better off going from T2 to T4.

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

T3 is fine until its not.

Youll know when that is.

feel free to bail at any time

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

El Fideo posted:

For me it was the guy writing "150 AR and no brains" in the chat.

Though to be fair, the rest of the group also voted to kick him.

Thats pretty tame for a T3 melt down.
Sometimes you just have to accept that the party doesnt have the right mix to get past a certain point

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

Fractals are good for story too.

Your missing a bit there.

Its nice to be carried. Your first entry into T4's will often be part of a group where you get to where you need to be just in time to loot the dead mob.

i CAN NOT do the thaum reactor reactor room bit for the life of me.

Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

Hyperlynx posted:

No, it's not anything like elemental damage resistance.

It's literally just that you can't play higher level fractals without socketing "agony resistance" items into your equipment, they only go in special slots for agony resistance, and ascended tier equipment have these special slots in addition to the standard upgrade slots.

Without enough agony resistance, you take constant damage while you're in the fractal. That's it. No resisting fire/ice/poison attacks from fire/ice/poison monsters or whatever.

And this mechanism is only for doing fractals, which are kind of a certain kind of dungeon or small party raid. If you don't do fractals (and in years and years of playing, I've hardly ever) then you don't need to bother with agony resistance at all.

To be quite honest, I don't actually know why it's in the game, from a gameplay mechanics point of view. It's very "find red key for red door, find blue key for blue door, these keys are otherwise useless", not organic at all...

At the begining, agony was additional damage done through certain attacks. It also was a check point for Maw. IM pretty sure that even now its certain attacks that add agony and not a constant effect?

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Meskhenet
Apr 26, 2010

Im going to say

Fractals are fun.
They have a good overarching story (and its kinda neat that EoD is based on fractals)

Its a pity they are really good gold and i think mystic coins. Because you can end up in a group more interested in farming than having fun.

But def try out fractals

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