Big thanks to Levyne and Anno for their help in WvW. Its been fun grouping with you two. Liking WvW more and more each time I play. Also drinks help ;) Very fun...If you haven't tried WvW I would encourage to do so!
Glad you enjoyed it! There's certainly a handful of us that enjoy WvW and spend some time there, and anyone who's interested is always welcomed along.A couple of good TA runs, some WvW roaming and tips from Anno, and got the colossus kite I needed because a friendly Gafer gave up his spot so I could join. Pretty typical night in GafGuild. Great help. Thanks everyone.
Looking forward to Saturday night missions!
I need to watch the new wpoes when I get back.After considering the lore stuff ANet posted, and the descriptions by WoodenPotatoes and others and poking Colin a lil' bit, I predict that shit is gonna get real.
I'm super excited about this...feel like ill never finish Last of Us...at 46% right now.
This is awesome! I step closer to GW1 armour skins. Just because. :DOriginally Posted by Jest Chillin
Wooden Potatoes eating some crow in his newest GW2 video EDIT: Warning! This video contains spoilers for the Destiny's Edge novel!
Retro, could you possibly work on what we talked about yesterday?
http://www.gw2spidy.com/item/19702
I can understand July because of the zephyrite chest.
That was painful. And I had literally no idea why I was collecting these things the entire time.
Really nice OT, by the way. Perhaps Dulfy's site would be worth adding as a useful link? Personally, I consider it GW2's much more useful MMO-Champion.
Sorry, I meant the Sky Crystal scavenger hunt. Definitely useful info, though, as I also didn't really know what I was doing the one time I tried the mini-game. :p Thanks.Originally Posted by Jest Chillin
Red ones are passive speed burst. Normal ones regen your energy faster allowing you to speed burst more often.
ahh my mistake. Glad the info helps though! lol. But yeah the Sky Crystals were just a cool little scavenger hunt that used the Aspects a bit more. Some of them were definitely a pain but overall it was fun for me.Sorry, I meant the Sky Crystal scavenger hunt. Definitely useful info, though, as I also didn't really know what I was doing the one time I tried the mini-game. :p Thanks.
I don't know if it's just the way I approached it, but I managed to die probably hundreds of times (or at least close to 20) before I finally finished the achievement. It was fun, though, overall.Originally Posted by Jest Chillin
ahh my mistake. Glad the info helps though! lol. But yeah the Sky Crystals were just a cool little scavenger hunt that used the Aspects a bit more. Some of them were definitely a pain but overall it was fun for me.
And it sounds like you guys definitely had a far more productive GW2 hour than me.
Awesome guild mission night as usual. None left behind on any of them I don't think.
This was the first time I have participated in the Guild Mission night. It was awesome guys! Definitely need to partake in these more often :)On Bounty and Puzzle everybody definitely got through, didn't see anyone left for Rush. :) Great job.
Edit: thanks for all the help everyone too!! Had a few noob mistakes
Well I wasn't on for the Guild Missions tonight but Saturday Night Fever's do usually go well. And Yeah, I died quite a bit myself. It's pretty much impossible not to.I don't know if it's just the way I approached it, but I managed to die probably hundreds of times (or at least close to 20) before I finally finished the achievement. It was fun, though, overall.
And it sounds like you guys definitely had a far more productive GW2 hour than me.
Honorable Officer by Many Names is right. SBI has a lot of talented players and Gaf certainly has fun when we move out in numbers (albeit small ones) but we're still a mid-T4 server overall. If you get more enjoyment from winning rather than just fighting, you're probably better served staying where you are. We probably lose just a slight bit more than we win and we have very weak overnight numbers but we have great fights during NA primetime.Hearing about you guys' WvW shenanigans, I think I'm going to move back to SBI next time I get a gems card. I jumped ship at the end of free transfers in order to stay in the tier 1/2 WvW brackets, but it sounds like the SBI server has brought itself back to a respectable level. I think it'll be nice to play with some laid back guidies again.
As usual, great dungeon runs of SE1 and SE3 with the guild. Always enjoy running them with people who haven't done them. It increases the pool.
It made super adventure box unplayable to me, and it made even getting to the stupid floating ship a chore...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Q9J...ature=youtu.be
The second part of the bridge bit shows in general what you have to put up with, the moment there are any normal amount of people about, plus the australian latency, and things become awful.
I cant play any melee class at all in wvwvw, I cant play anthing but a ranged elementalist, I cant do the lightning flash move cause of the insane porting that happens to my characters... its so annoying >.>
I couldnt do the adventure box at all, the lag was atrocious, I couldnt hurt the enemies and would die so much.
whenver movement + a skill comes into play, and if its ever a movement skill, im boned.
I cant play my warrior as melee in wvw in any scenario, I cant use melee packs for my engineer... its so frustrating >_<;
In this case, when the 'dolyak delivery' starts in this zone, the vertical jump bit is literally impossible if more then 5 people are doing the same. I couldnt get a good vid of that though >.<
That's kind of strange. I play EU -> US and while there's noticeable lag, I'm usually able to get by just fine except for the most demanding stuff (I'll probably never win the race, for example).If the devs dont recognise that they sell this game in Australia, with built in latency to deal with, im gonna go mental >_<;
It made super adventure box unplayable to me, and it made even getting to the stupid floating ship a chore...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Q9J...ature=youtu.be
The second part of the bridge bit shows in general what you have to put up with, the moment there are any normal amount of people about, plus the australian latency, and things become awful.
I cant play any melee class at all in wvwvw, I cant play anthing but a ranged elementalist, I cant do the lightning flash move cause of the insane porting that happens to my characters... its so annoying >.>
I couldnt do the adventure box at all, the lag was atrocious, I couldnt hurt the enemies and would die so much.
whenver movement + a skill comes into play, and if its ever a movement skill, im boned.
I cant play my warrior as melee in wvw in any scenario, I cant use melee packs for my engineer... its so frustrating >_<;
In this case, when the 'dolyak delivery' starts in this zone, the vertical jump bit is literally impossible if more then 5 people are doing the same. I couldnt get a good vid of that though >.<
Is there any way to measure latency in this game? I don't think it has a ping counter like WoW does, which is kind of bad.
The only way I know of is to use the Resource Monitor built into Windows (right-click Taskbar -> Start Task Manager -> Resource Monitor button). Go to the Network tab, put a tick next to Gw2.exe under 'Processes with Network Activity' then scroll down a bit to 'TCP Conenctions'.Originally Posted by Weltall Zero
That's kind of strange. I play EU -> US and while there's noticeable lag, I'm usually able to get by just fine except for the most demanding stuff (I'll probably never win the race, for example).
Is there any way to measure latency in this game? I don't think it has a ping counter like WoW does, which is kind of bad.
This is my connection from EU -> US (SBI). I too get quite a few issues on the new island, particularly with the race and the lightning leap ability. Now I'm not sure how accurate this is, or which value to look at (it feels more like 290ms to me), but I guess it gives a fairly close reading:
Nice tip! It's on 200 and 270 respectively for me, which isn't too bad all things considered.The only way I know of is to use the Resource Monitor built into Windows (right-click Taskbar -> Start Task Manager -> Resource Monitor button). Go to the Network tab, put a tick next to Gw2.exe under 'Processes with Network Activity' then scroll down a bit to 'TCP Conenctions'.
This is my connection from EU -> US (SBI). I too get quite a few issues on the new island, particularly with the race and the lightning leap ability. Now I'm not sure how accurate this is, or which value to look at (it feels more like 290ms to me), but I guess it gives a fairly close reading:
Markot, want to try it and see what your ping is? Perhaps also compare it with some fellow Australians?
Use the promocode Gooncave and you can get GW2 for $28. NA only.
General consensus is that Mesmer is rough and takes a while to get good, while Elementalist has a lot of cooldown juggling and can be a bit overwhelming.Originally Posted by Beowulf28
So I want to do one of the mage classes but I can't decide. So elementalist or mesmer?
You didn't mention Necromancers, but they seem to be in a good place with the recent changes and worth looking at again.
Mesmers don't get good until level 60 or so. Then they're pretty good. Don't play ele unless you think you can play them well. Eles are underpowered in the hands of the normal player. Though, they can be excellent in the hands of a really good player. IMO it's one of the few classes that really punishes your every mistake (usually with death because they're so damn squishy).
I'm also eu> us but I won the race like 10 times, as long as lightening jump doesn't bug out.
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