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Guild Wars 2 - Heart of Thorns |OT| Welcome to the Jungle...
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Yeah, I saw someone mentioning you needed Itzel lvl 4 for a story mission. That means that I can no longer do the story with my sister, unless she spends a whole lot of time in the open world map first. Plus whatever else masteries are needed before that. I honestly think that is dense. I was hoping at least that the story could have been held free of that time-sink, so busy players had some meaningful content to do. Now we can't play the story together, because she only has maybe 2-3 hours a week to play with me - and that has to go to running around VB.
This.. makes me more than sad.
Ugh that's disappointing to hear. That was one of the things that put me off GW1 Nightfall, the game would straight up tell you to gain a bunch of levels to continue the story.Yeah, I saw someone mentioning you needed Itzel lvl 4 for a story mission. That means that I can no longer do the story with my sister, unless she spends a whole lot of time in the open world map first. Plus whatever else masteries are needed before that. I honestly think that is dense. I was hoping at least that the story could have been held free of that time-sink, so busy players had some meaningful content to do. Now we can't play the story together, because she only has maybe 2-3 hours a week to play with me - and that has to go to running around VB.
This.. makes me more than sad.
Nemesis121
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And it doesn't matter if you have Mastery Points, you have to earn that level of Mastery, so i had to run around VB do events, kill mobs, to get Gliding Basic, also for Mushroom jumping, and each time the XP needed increases, I am at 1 million XP needed for whatever the next basic mastery is, starting to feel like a grind IMO..
It wouldn't be as punishing, if I could choose to train them in tyria. It sounds good on paper - spend time in the jungle to get better at traversing it! But it fails as a mechanic when it is also a story gating mechanic. If I don't enjoy/don't have time to spend an ungodly amount of time in the new maps, I'm also locked out of pure story content.
I also can't just train them when I'm playing the stuff that I do have time for, because you have to be in the jungle.
I spent three hours getting 1 and a half mastery bar. I don't want to spend 10-15 hours just unlocking the potential to do the story. Not to mention the people who only have a few hours, and only wants to play the story.
Keep the gating out of the story, since you're so proud that the raids are "gate-free".
KiteGr
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I think they get harder each time you advance further into a Mastery topic.
Reaching Gliding 2 required twice the time it took to reach Gliding 1.
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Queen of Hunting
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kinder funny how you have to basically nearlly finish the hot pve content before you can play your elite spec. like that doesnt make sense from a fun gameplay point,
surely the better scenrio would be, this spec comes unlocked sometime near the begining of hot which if you so chose you use that spec and get use to it to take over into other content like fractals pvp raids etc etc.
instead at moment its like well done you finished hot now go learn your new spec in either content you just currently finished or go get ur ass kicked in pvp or other content.
surely the better scenrio would be, this spec comes unlocked sometime near the begining of hot which if you so chose you use that spec and get use to it to take over into other content like fractals pvp raids etc etc.
instead at moment its like well done you finished hot now go learn your new spec in either content you just currently finished or go get ur ass kicked in pvp or other content.
The most heartwarming part of that thread was how quickly someone responded without hate but with understanding, and on the gw2 official forums to boot.
I'm 50/50. I've played in Verdant Brink for 4-5 hours now, and considering the need for hero points just for elite specializations, I feel like I need to do most of the area before going for the story anyway. But I can understand how annoying it is if you were much quicker than me or played at a time where the map was progressing quicker and you saw enough things by then.
Also, the most consistent experience boost comes from the map progression awarding you bonus chests with XP, so if the map you're on isn't moving quickly it can take some time.
Might not be terrible. Go all the way instead of just half way. Maybe even use HoT/Jungle colors to show we've got jungle fever for the time being.
I was listening to this mini soundtrack on the way home yesterday: https://soundcloud.com/arenanet/sets/gw2-heart-of-thorns-ost
I like the current emblem but if we're gonna change I'd like to suggest this one:
But we'd be stealing!
Edit: I forgot to ask, when are we doing guild hall claiming? In replacement of guild missions tonight? (Especially since Ashodin got them all completed last night).
Durrzerker
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I'm trying to get into this but I can't make a character I like. :c Norns seem cool, but I plan to play Revenant and it's weird to imagine a 9 foot dude teleporting around everywhere.
Humans would suit that better, but they have no good beard options.
Humans would suit that better, but they have no good beard options.
My rev is a norn. ;_;
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Queen of Hunting
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Characters that don't suit class archetypes are the best.
Stealing?
Durrzerker
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It's not so much archetypes as believability, I have a hard time seeing how a norn would physically handle moving at the speeds I do under the Assassin legend.
Just wanted to say that is a fantastic OP.
I had stopped playing shortly after I got Incinerator, which was not too long before season 2 started. I just got busy with other stuff.
Read the synopsis of the story, I see shit has very much hit the fan with Mordremoth and the Sylvari.
Had no idea there were going to be profession specializations.
I had stopped playing shortly after I got Incinerator, which was not too long before season 2 started. I just got busy with other stuff.
Read the synopsis of the story, I see shit has very much hit the fan with Mordremoth and the Sylvari.
Had no idea there were going to be profession specializations.
Also lol at
DEAD
GAME
in the word search. Always makes me laugh.
DEAD
GAME
in the word search. Always makes me laugh.
Also, I actually read the Message of the Day and now know we are doing guild claiming at 9pm EDT tonight, in place of regular guild missions. But which guild hall are we going for?
I'm guessing that's an emblem you saw from another guild?
Stealing?
I'm guessing that's an emblem you saw from another guild?
about the same for you, maybe a bit shorter. accounts that have been playing for a while have access to a variety of different items that speed up the process for alts now.
No I made it specifically for us just before I posted
It's on a banner because you can preview on weapons and banners in the "Emblemer" and the banner has a white background instead of the grey one ifd you pick emblem only.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Why they removed the halloween pvp that makes finishers easy to get ;_;
silvermember
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I remember some people here a few days ago defending the 400 hp requirement because it wasn't a big deal. You could just get all of in the jungle. Since all hp were 10.
I wonder what changed in just 2 days. I mean it is not a big deal, right?
shysaursoft
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Adventures give a lot of XP, so do the ones you like every day, and Masteries go quicker than you think. Also, XP boosts.
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Queen of Hunting
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People realised skill challenges requires more than 1 person.
What happebs in 6 months when ur getting ur alt elite spec ur locked out of story n cant get further cos no one is in zone.
Yea it dont take many points but if no one is there to help in 6 months ur fucked.
Content is hot right now (pun lol) but wait a year and come back to me
The requirement isnt the problem its the fact ur locked out of class aspect till late game n can be locked further when the vets have moved on from the latest shiney
silvermember
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Thanks for arguing my points for me. I really appreciate your kindness and sincerity.
Yeah, I saw someone mentioning you needed Itzel lvl 4 for a story mission. That means that I can no longer do the story with my sister, unless she spends a whole lot of time in the open world map first. Plus whatever else masteries are needed before that. I honestly think that is dense. I was hoping at least that the story could have been held free of that time-sink, so busy players had some meaningful content to do. Now we can't play the story together, because she only has maybe 2-3 hours a week to play with me - and that has to go to running around VB.
This.. makes me more than sad.
Yeah uh- anyone find a reasonable way to level those masteries in no time at all?
The XP requirements for Masteries seem kind of off, yeah. I figured XP would be the low barrier and actually finding the Mastery points would be the throttle, but it's quite the other way around. I'm only on the second map and I've stockpiled 25 spare Mastery points.
Edit - That seems like a side effect of making the Mastery system account-based rather than character-based, but I think given what Mastery gates off the latter seems like it might have been preferable. This way will allow a different experience on your second character and beyond, but it doesn't feel great for your first character, which seems counter-intuitive to wanting the initial experience that tends to define perception to be stronger.
Edit - That seems like a side effect of making the Mastery system account-based rather than character-based, but I think given what Mastery gates off the latter seems like it might have been preferable. This way will allow a different experience on your second character and beyond, but it doesn't feel great for your first character, which seems counter-intuitive to wanting the initial experience that tends to define perception to be stronger.
Adventures require certain events to unlock. I've yet to come across a single unlocked, so I have no idea how much they give.
shysaursoft
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Lots, and since the maps are full of people since they're hot content now, the events are usually close to being finished, or finished. Not sure why you're not getting them unlocked, I've yet to come across a locked one that stayed locked for more than 15 minutes.
After playing the game for three years, I can honestly say it won't be a problem. Anet have done a good job of avoiding the issue of maps becoming empty due to population shifts, things like megaserver, map rewards, and other designed systems keep a healthy amount of players going through almost all maps, even Southsun.
Don't make too many snap judgements yet, the game can surprise you.
Guild Wars 2 doesn't even require you to do that, you can join multiple guilds and just represent whichever one you want (which allows you to switch back and forth between both guild chats whichever you choose to represent at any given time).
Just post your in-game account handle (if you bring up your social panel in-game it'll be at the top, along the lines of JeffGreen.1234) and someone who has the ability to invite will get one out.
shysaursoft
Member
Really dig the night time horde mode thing in Verdant. It's fun upgrading your little camp and holding out against the nighttime enemies.
Holy crap--that is amazing! Level 72 and I had no idea. Suddenly "represent" makes sense.
Doofaeus.3742 if someone can invite me!
Holy crap--that is amazing! Level 72 and I had no idea. Suddenly "represent" makes sense.
Doofaeus.3742 if someone can invite me!
Yeah it's pretty sweet. You can even have the chat on for all five guilds so you don't even have to miss out on talking to people.
Is that an event? Could you technically bunker down near that and just do a tower defense type thing for hours?
So uhm. The only comment I got on my emblem design was a person thinking I had stolen it from another guild so I'll post it again with some explanation I guess.
This is an emblem I created this morning when I saw the discussion about changing to something else. I thought I got the sun thing discussed before, the colors of GAF and still something that looks pretty good on its own too.
It's on a banner because I prefer previewing it that way in the Emblemer.
This is an emblem I created this morning when I saw the discussion about changing to something else. I thought I got the sun thing discussed before, the colors of GAF and still something that looks pretty good on its own too.
It's on a banner because I prefer previewing it that way in the Emblemer.
shysaursoft
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It's part of the day/night cycle of the map. The day lasts an hour, so does the night. And yeah, you can bunker down in a rally point, upgrade it using scattered supplies, and try to hold it until the end of night (when the bosses show up, like the big dragon thing).
Right. Neat. My experience in VB was just hours chasing after tags because I couldn't find anyone. If I ever visit again, maybe I'll try that. Could be fun. If it's solo/duo able.
Pretty much my thoughts, stay away from the tacky tribal stuff, the Gameboy SP was years ago and it looked bad then as well.
If it has to change (and I'd rather it didn't) Spyware's effort is my choice.
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