Kaliwenda.3428

GW2 is my main MMO that I'm currently playing like a side MMO in that I log in to do dailies every day and a key run once a week but right now I don't have any other major goals I'm working towards. So my play time is a lot less that it has been in the past. The best thing about it to me is that I don't have to worry about my gear going out of date when I take it easy, that's no small thing in MMO-land. I love this game for many things, but that is one of the top three reasons for me. :)

The concert and the /rockout emote are some of my favorite things in the game recently. Sometimes out on the landscape you can hear NPCs talking about the band too. :)

I mainly play alone b/c no one I know IRL is into MMOs, and while I am perfectly fine with that, I'm always happy to join up when I can. I've met lots of nice people that way. The positives far outweigh any negatives in my experience. Once in a while I've had a bad experience but I am quick to leave the situation in that case.

I said PoF difficulty, b/c I definitely didn't want HoT difficulty, but now I'm remembering some of the places in PoF where I died repeatedly and I feel maybe that was the wrong choice. I was thinking that coming in to a new expansion at release time instead of years later might be better for me since there would be more people around to hang out and run thru the maps with. Now that I'm all caught up I'm hoping to be able to keep up :)

I loved it at the start, especially Grothmar. The Metal Legion concert was the high point for me for sure! :) BJora was OK I guess but felt a lot more tedious to work thru. Drizzlewood part 2 took just way way way too long to complete the full meta but I wanted the Otter so I stuck it out. I was able to cut the time sink down a bit by crafting the weapon set to break down for otter parts. I haven't been back there since. Champions chapters I only do once to advance the story(*) and get the mastery points. I hop on a different character who is further behind in the Saga to earn the mastery XP so I don't have to do the DRM's more than once. * I find it really hard to get the story particulars in the Chapters since so much of it happens in the middle of the DRMs and if you're not at the right location, or in the middle of clearing objectives, the dialog is easy to miss. I really have no idea what the story is at this point so I'll have to look for some walk-through videos to catch up.

I really like the way the game encourages a cooperative spirit. People learn that helping is a good thing for everyone, you don't have to compete for mobs or nodes. Lots of times I've had people jump in when I'm having trouble, and I tend to do the same for others. And I also do love that there's no gear grind, that's no small thing!

I just watched a video of that story step to refresh my memory. I remember being frustrated by it too. Hearing the commander say that the egg skills are like the Zephyrite crystals made a lot more sense to me now...I'm not sure I really understood that at the time I went through the story. I can't really say that I *enjoyed* HoT, but I did get through it. I think Ashantara gave you good advice. Practice and getting better gear (via crafting, in my case) made a lot of difference for me.

Yes, thank you! I have a nice new weapon to use after I put away my winter-themed ones. :)

Hats tend to be problematic for asura ears too. But I would love a top hat that dealt with them properly :)

> @"Randulf.7614" said: > > @"Kaliwenda.3428" said: > > Just double-checking here...so it's normal right now for me to be stuck at Calm in the Storm with no way to advance it? I wasn't able to do the Crystal Bloom community event, but I did participate in the Ebon Vanguard one. > > Correct, yes. The Community events are unrelated to the story Calm in the Storm- they are just something extra to encourage repeat participation. It should advance with Chapter 2 in January Thanks! :)

Just double-checking here...so it's normal right now for me to be stuck at Calm in the Storm with no way to advance it? I wasn't able to do the Crystal Bloom community event, but I did participate in the Ebon Vanguard one.

I didn't participate in the global event this time around only because I was too busy IRL to take the time. Today is the first day I was able to do any of the Dragon Strike Missions at all. For me it was just a timing issue, not any kind of disappointment with the event.