Lamont.5973

It's been hitting me constantly today on both warrior and guardian. The warrior was in the Khan Ur jumping puzzle and, as far as I know, had not been in combat. It made the puzzle very difficult, especially the part with the tree as my warrior was tipping back and forth like a drunken weeble.

I would like the eyes to turn to stone too. Looks kind of weird with the whites of the eyes peering out of a stone face. I would also say it looks better on textured armor than on smooth.

> @"Fueki.4753" said:

> You get 1 for each of the 7 DRM you do.

> You get 10 for the daily achievements.

> You get 5 by trading in material.

>

> That amounts to 22 marks a day.

I don't think you get one per DRM per day. Just the 10 dailies and 5 trading materials. Still that is plenty to get the infusion, especially since there is not much else to buy with them.

There is no denying the whole decorating system is really wonky.

I find two particular issues:

1) refresh time of the guild hall. Removing a decoration does not automatically set the decoration count back. As cloudsareyum mentioned, sometimes logging in and out will reset the count and sometimes it will not. I have sometimes had to leave the game completely and come back several hours later. I have also had this be an issue the other way, adding a decoration did not increase the count and so I have put more than the allowed number in an area with the result that when I did need to remove one I could not replace it. There does not seem to be any consistent way to refresh the count which is really frustrating when you are working right up to the allowable limit.

2) the placement point of a decoration. Sometimes it is the anchor point. For instance, pirate flags count from the center of the base which means you can sometimes put things at the top of the flag and not have the two objects count as in the same "area." On the other hand, it seems long pieces of race track have the anchor point at one end but the count point at the other. So sometimes I have been able to game the system by turning the track around. For Ominous walls the anchor point is in the center but I have never figured out where the count point is located - sometimes turning them around allows me to add more decorations and sometimes it does not. And don't get me started on ice walls. I may be placing something on one level and an ice wall 3 levels above me will turn red, meaning it is in the count zone when it should be quite a distance outside.

The only work around I can suggest is logging in and out, try turning large items around and, if you can, get 5 other guildies to log into your guild hall to force a new guild hall instance and refreshed count. And if the place you are decorating is near an entry point sometimes you can log in and quickly sneak in a decoration before other decorations in the area have loaded.

I noticed this as well. Also a return of a bug that washes out the colors on characters on the character select screen

Not till the 19th. sigh, was hoping for it to be released today. I am not particularly excited about it - just excruciatingly bored with the current DRMs. Don't see much in this trailer to excite me but at least it would be something a tiny bit different to do. I do hope there will not be quite so much NPC yaking in this one. Getting really tired of frosty char dude telling me I should be interested in his salient parts.

> @"Linken.6345" said:

> > @"Heisen.7248" said:

> > Ive done the achievement and the otter isnt there!

>

> Exactly u have finished achievement so dont need otters anymore they hid them so you dont accidently take something thats worthless to u.

Not entirely worthless. Any otters you get after the achieve can be used to trigger the visual effect on any character - whether or not that character has the infusion. So some might want the otters for that reason (although you can get more faster by doing the north meta in drizzlewood)

Hmmm not a bug - it just seems the one with more points should be the embellished one.

I am not sure but I think the icon and name of the wintersday star is switched with that of the embellished star

1: strings of Christmas lights

2: longer ice walls. The problem with the current ones is that they too quickly fill the local limit for decorations, making it hard to build structures

3: gingerbread houses

4: ice sculptures that load in the "on" state rather than off.

I'm kind of betting, based on the fact we do not have any other set of weapons anyone has yet datamined and that the dragon slayer weapons recipes were so easy to buy, that on Tuesday when we get the vanguard event we will see recipes at the vendors for the volcanic weapons and dragon slayer weapons boxes will start dropping from missions. Of course, who knows, it would make sense to rotate them like that but not a lot about this release has been logical.

> @"Jilora.9524" said:

> It's not like Teq tho as you can buy these

Indeed, and if they drop down to 10g or less each I will probably do so. But what I WON'T do is play the DRMs over and over hoping for one to drop - that's what I mean by "debacle." I won't waste my time trying to get something and only getting junk I don't want or need. So, sure, I will pay a little gold if they come down in price but what I won't do is waste my time playing the "content."

> @"Randulf.7614" said:

> This is only the first part of the first chapter

Yeah and I'll do the rest of the DRMs once each. But no more than that unless there are some major changes in the reward. Thing is, if it had been the crafted weapons that had given the mastery I would cheerfully keep doing them like I did the strikes because it would have meant gradually working toward a goal. But another teq debacle? no thanks.

I have done the 3 DRMs every night since release but I suspect I am done with them. I don't mind that the three are very similar. What I mind is that there is no real point to them. You get two different currencies which buy the same stuff and, once you get everything they can buy you can get materials to turn in for more of one of the currencies to get more materials for more of the the same currency? What's the point. The craftable weapon set has no mastery but the rare drop one needs 15 for a mastery and you can't collect any kind of currency to get them like you could with runic armor. I fought teq every night for 2 years and got one teq weapon in all that time. I don't think I want to repeat that experience for 15 weapons. So I'll probably play each DRM as they come out once or twice. Other than that I think I have done all I want of this new episode.

I have to admit I was not terribly impressed by this chapter. It feels kind of unfinished. I can understand wanting to add more content in the coming chapters but too much was left unexplained. One of the achievements is to buy vigil supply boxes at eye of the north. but there is no vendor. I assume it will be added later? but there is no explanation. You can't get enough masteries for the new line. I assume that will be added later? but there is no explanation. You can't do the currently last part of the story and we assume it will be added later in some way. But there is no explanation that this is the case. I get that they were going for an gradually unfolding episode but not giving us a bit of information on whether something is upcoming or just plain overlooked and missing makes it feel, well, very underwhelming.

Congrats to all the winners. Well done.

Oh, and....


After 80 you xp goes to the experience bar for whichever map you are in: core, HOT or POF. Your bar of POF xp is about 2/3 full (the yellow xp bar). You will need to fill it with POF xp before you can assign the points.

I hope you will accept in game artwork. I don't like just putting decorations around in my guild hall. I like building structures and scenery with just a bit of a story line behind them.

Anyway, here is my entry:

We find ourselves in a mysterious, misty woods. Through the fog we see a portal.


Q: What do you do?

A: Enter the portal.

Passing through the portal we discover ourselves in the Vestibule of Elements. A hot, dry wind blows from the south and from the north a cool breeze with a hint of early snow.


Q: What do you do?

A: Take the South route.

You are met by a mysterious and dark queen. Behind her looms a Bastion of Fire.



Fire is an element of earth, consuming coal, sulfur and wood. It is is deadly and kills quickly. But it is also an element of renewal; removing the old and dry to make way for newness and vitality.



The dark queen invites you inside.

Q: What do you do?

A: Enter the tower.

Fire is the element of invention and industry, of crystal and copper and iron and steel. It looks at what is and asks “what is possible?”




Leaving the dark queen to gaze upon the realm that might yet be hers and consider the future, we return to the vestibule.

Q: What do you do?

A Take the North route

A Prince of Ice and Snow greets us. In the distance we behold a Cathedral of Frost.



Cold is an element of air. It appears more delicate than fire as a snow flake is more delicate than flame. Though it kills slowly, however, it is no less a power to be feared.



Cold, is the element of nature and the untamed. Like fire, it too, is an element of renewal; giving the world a chance to sleep, to rest and to contemplate between the frantic battles for survival against man and nature, old age and hunger.


In the end, as planets cool and suns burn out, Cold shall conquer all and shall reign supreme.


It is time to go.

Q: What do you do?

A: Leave the Stratosphere of the Elements.

And here is the architect of those edifices, Boris the Elf, in his hidden lair. (A guildy has been unsuccessfully trying to find the entrance to this hidden place for over a year in order to deface it with a portrait of Logan Thackery.) Here Boris plans his next great project and, perhaps, plots his conquest over the world.....Bwahahahaha!


Thank you for traveling with us.


P.S. In case anyone is curious - 140 ominous/corrupted walls, 172 ice walls, 108 Ice floors and 55 large cuboids of snow. I think that comes to 167,000 snowflakes and 140,000 candy corns.

OK, weird, just had this happen 4 times in a row to me this morning. Never happened before. It's like I hit the clock face and slid right down into the mist

I agree with many other posters here. Raptor is the most efficient way to get around on flat ground, especially in the core maps. I do use skyscale in the more vertical maps of the living story but most of the core game and a lot of POF are easiest on raptor

I, also, would like to turn off the infusions of other players

I tried both ascenders (already added to novelties) and the miniature tonic (also in novelties). As long as you use the ascender first, yes they do work with the mini tonic. I find the electromagnetic ascender to be a little less distracting

> @"Donari.5237" said:

>.... I do like the infusion, it's my first, and will have to pick which alt to put it on since it's not quite Donari-the-character's style ...

Don't have to pick you can get more at the laurel vendor for 25 laurels and 5 gold if you want to

Aaaaaand - you can get more from the laurel vendor. Holy Cow!

I really like the infusion - it's nicely understated. I hate the ones that make you look like a light bulb. All the other stuff is nice to have, especially the dye, of course. Thank you ANet.