Tanner Blackfeather.6509

> @"Sileeent.5861" said:

> I'm generally for it. But I think they shouldn't allow it for groups as there is no leader in a group and it would be chaotic. Instead, they should allow groups within a squad to be real groups if there are only 5 players in it. So you would have all the advantages of a squad, but you could also enter dungeons, fractals or any other group instance together as group within a squad. This would also be helpful for some guild special events, so many things could be managed more easily.

+1

Runes are how GW2 handled the concept of set bonuses.

> @"Inculpatus cedo.9234" said:

> > @"Kulvar.1239" said:

> > > @"lokh.2695" said:

> > > An increase of max daily AP would be apreciated by everyone who's done it and most likely despised by anyone else. As an AP hunter myself, I'd just go for whatever you seem "worth it". Some of the AP stuff can get really grindy, f.e. monster kills, weapon kills, collections, icebrood saga stuff where you need to press f on 1000 thingies for 5 AP(exagerating, I know, but you get the gist if you look at the achievements of the saga). Don't burn yourself out and don't expect to be done with it in a week. Do what's fun for you.

> >

> > I would still like that daily AP limit included LWS1 AP so new players can catch up on AP.

>

> How will a raise in the limit let 'new players' catch up? Won't everyone, 'new' or not be able to acquire the new Daily AP?

> If not, do 'new' players get easy Daily AP, when other players had to participate in more difficult content for the same AP?

A suggestion that's been put forth is this:

Make the current "Daily+Monthly" cap instead be "Daily+Monthly+Historical", and make the cap 15k+however much is in Historical. This would mean that anyone who's both capped and did *every* historical achievement is still capped, but someone capped but missing 5k from Historical suddenly gets 5k points worth of dailies available.

> @"Blude.6812" said:

> When I solo PVE and say holy kaka I didn't know my effects looked that neat. Yep need an option to turn off other players effects.

So true! Each individual effect is usually gorgeous, but with even 5+ players it just gets completely blurred so nothing is clearly visible!

Never use the 10-at-a-time recipe unless crafting literally hundreds of clovers. Having 5 tries out of 6 fall to the ~66% probability of *not* getting a clover is actually pretty likely. Having 50 out of 60 tries do the same is drastically less likely!

> @"Super Hayes.6890" said:

> I hate that it has to be in the specific character's inventory to enter if you are already in the map. Really annoying being knocked back because I forgot to transfer it to the character I was on.

That's the same with all passes. They work from Shared Inventory too - place it there and every character has access.

Have you done DS? There are MPs to get just from contributing to various events there.

Also, as said above, the adventures. Some will be essentially impossible with high ping, but some should be manageable.

Alternatively, you can get Funerary Incences faster by spending more Trade Contracts, or by paying in Elegy Mosaics, at the Tomb of the Primeval Kings.

Or head left of the ramp up into CoR, that way also leads to the same cave.

> @"MartinTinTin.4370" said:

> > @"Linken.6345" said:

> > > @"MartinTinTin.4370" said:

> > > Im still stucking at 100% world completion 652/653

> > > as i checked all the map all are in 100% completion

> > > Divinity's Reach 100%

> > > Queensdale 100%

> > > Brisban Widlands 100%

> > > Metrica Province 100%

> > > Rata Sum 100%

> > > Kessex Hills 100%

> > > Harathi Hinterlands 100%

> > > Gendarran Fields 100%

> > > Lion's Arch 100%

> > > Snowden Drifts 100%

> > > Frostgorge Sound 100%

> > > Hoelbrak 100%

> > > Wayfarer Foothills 100%

> > > Lornar's Pass 100%

> > > Dredgehaunt Cliffs 100%

> > > Fireheart Rise 100%

> > > Diessa Plateau 100%

> > > Iron Marches 100%

> > > Black Citadel 100%

> > > Plains of Ashford 100%

> > > Blazeridge Steppes 100%

> > > Fields of Ruin 100%

> > > Timberline Falls 100%

> > > Mount Maelstrom 100%

> > > Sparkfly Fen 100%

> > > Straits of Devastation 100%

> > > Malchor's Leap 100%

> > > Cursed Shore 100%

> > > Southsun Cove 100%

> > > The Grove 100%

> > >

> > > I had also completed the Story mode.

> > > I have no idea what should i do now to find the last POI

> > >

> >

> > Have you gone inside the order of whisper base and grabed the one in there it dont show up on the outside in Bloodtide Coast

> > https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Chantry_of_Secrets

> > [&BMYEAAA=]

> > copy paste that into your game to check,

>

> done for the deadend cave POI already and the Bloodtide Coast 100% also

> thanks anyways

Remember to actually **enter** the Chantry of Secrets, not just go into the cave where the entrance is! It has a PoI that is *not* part of Bloodtide Coast.

Is it always synced up? If the bubble is moving around but the tag is stationary, I can see it being pretty anoying, but if the bubble always is around the tag I kind of like it actually!

I feel 110% confident we will **not** see actual PvP on this map - they're borrowing *mechanics* like area control and upgrading from WvW, not forcing PvP on PvE players.

> @"Pifil.5193" said:

> > @"Tanner Blackfeather.6509" said:

> > > @"Inculpatus cedo.9234" said:

> > > You will swap back to your original choice when the current Story Arc ends; unless you, again, choose to accept someone else's progress at that time.

> > > It works this way so that you and the other person can continue to play together.

> >

> > No, this is a *bug*. I've had it happen. My Order of Whispers Norn is basically Priory too after joining my partner's instance.

>

> Sssh, your norn is just deep, deep, deep undercover.

Oh, exactly how I've treated it ever since! She even has access to member-exclusive vendors in both order HQs!

> @"Inculpatus cedo.9234" said:

> It's not a bug, but a feature, so players can play together.

>

> Jeffrey Vaughn

>

> Content Designer

>

>

> _Did you play any of the steps with another player? If you play co-op and choose to accept story progress at the end of the story step, it will put you on the same storyline as the other player, even if it doesn’t match your own._

>

I read that as "my active story is PoF, I join a buddy in LS2, after accepting progress that same LS2 step is now my active story".

I can't imagine it's designed to *overwrite* decision you've made yourself. **That** seems pretty clearly a bug.

> @"Inculpatus cedo.9234" said:

> You will swap back to your original choice when the current Story Arc ends; unless you, again, choose to accept someone else's progress at that time.

> It works this way so that you and the other person can continue to play together.

No, this is a *bug*. I've had it happen. My Order of Whispers Norn is basically Priory too after joining my partner's instance.

Her level 50 storyline (racial affinity) became a fascinating jumble of alternately having Sieran and Tybalt join her.

> @"Lan Deathrider.5910" said:

> I find it telling that they gave weapons with 'different' key attributes, like Hammer for Divine Favor, and Daggers for Leadership, and Spear for Strength. Perhaps there are clues in there about possible weapons for the new E-Specs?

All the new weapons and skills are more references toward the *existing* GW2 professions and elite specs. Look at Mesmer: *very* Chronomancer-themed, or Necro: just as Reaper-y. Warrior got a skill to be proficient in *every* martial weapon.

> @"Aridon.8362" said:

> > @"kharmin.7683" said:

> > Look, just because I disagree with your premise and ask you to back up your claims doesn't mean that you can personally attack me. You know nothing about me, so please stop.

> >

> > You have outright dismissed any discussion of your own topic by claiming that your position is valid and then attack anyone who disagrees with you.. I never once advocated the position against your claim; rather, I only asked you to prove yours. Which you can't. Because you don't have the data. Only Anet has the data.

> >

> >

>

> I can too personally attack when you're trying to make me appear as if I'm being foolish. And with all due respect, your opinion, and all the data can never actually replace experience.

Firstly, someone "making you appear foolish" is **not** a justification for personal attacks.

Besides, you manage looking foolish perfectly fine on your own.

You make a claim, back it up with anecdotal evidence (remember: *everything* that isn't actual verifiable data is anecdotal), then get pissy when called on it. Making a claim regarding objective states (group X is a majority i.e. >50%) and then saying "data can not replace experience" is fundamentally foolish.

The number of people queing means *absolutely nothing* for you argument without a total number of players to compare it to. Since you don't have that, you can't actually supply data supporting a claim to majority. **Don't make claims you can't support - they make you look foolish.**

On top of this, we have clear statements from ANet that no more than 10% play raids. That another 40% of the playerbase would be active enough in Fractals, PvP and WvW to consider themselvs non-casuals *and still not do raids* seems a bit of a stretch. There are *absolutely* players in that category, but 40% of the population? Seems unlikely. (Note how I'm not *claiming* that your statement is incorrect, just that it is unsupported and that I find it improbable. See bolded above re: making claims)

Or.... you could play Chrono?

I *think* they made them trigger when attacking a mob with a breakbar too, but I'm not 100% sure.

The primary advice I'd give is *don't rush*.

By that, I **do not** mean "don't bother with gearing" but instead "set relaxed goals". Mostly, don't aim for Ascended right away - the gain over exotic is nowhere *near* worth the huge amount of gold/work they take for a new player. Get those later, as you go.

To get Exotic gear, doing the dailies while leveling will easily cover a full set of exotics at 80.

During leveling - don't actually bother all that much. Equip what you get from story (assuming you're doing that) and leveling. Fill out/replace if you feel weak. However, on my leveling characters I often forget even to get trinkets despite those being ~half of your available stats.

> @"aspirine.6852" said:

> I dont quite understand why gift of maguma is impossible in your case? Or perhaps i just misunderstood .

I *think* OP refers to not having maxed out the HoT masteries. In that case, Desert Mastery might very well be simpler/faster to get. *Why* hardly matter now though, just how to do it in a realistic timeframe.

Legendary Bounties and the Legendary bosses at the end of map metas.

Catch as many map metas as you can - the amalgamated gemstone will help fund your last 100 shards as well!

> @"kharmin.7683" said:

> AFAIK they don't go on sale?

They do, occasionally.

> @"Pirogen.9561" said:

> Hero panel, build tab(second), you pick 3 specializations. Elite spec, like Dragonhunter can only go in the last, 3rd, line.

@"Ardyth.9286" Addendum, since it wasn't *explicitly* stated: the Elite Spec **must** be slotted to enable use of the related weapon.

> @"Raizel.1839" said:

> I'm pretty sure tomorrow's Vision of the Past release counts as a normal episode.

It does *not*. It's a release, but not an episode.

@"Pax.8692" We don't have a fixed date, but ep3 will be the next thing after SAB, so likely mid (possibly late) april.

The major release following Super Adventure Festival is the third episode of The Icebrood Saga, in which we’ll get some respite from the bitter cold.

Source: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/looking-ahead-to-spring-summer-and-the-future/ - under Living World

> @"Nick.5276" said:

> So the new "Saga" is

> 20 new skins for weapons

> 1 personal hub/guild hall

> 4 story missions

> Aside from the story missions which are revamped re-released content, it all seems against the grain of the idea of an mmorpg.

> No joining new maps to explore, take part in events, expand the world and environment or progress the story.

> Am I missing some big reveal?

This _non-episode release_ of the saga.

New maps, new events, new environments - that all comes in the episodes. Next episode is likely in April ("next major release after SAB").