Randulf.7614

Yeah, I'd like to see them build on things rather than started than moved onto the next thing. Lotro did that and it just became a mess of systems with half finished progressions that in the end never carried over as the game expanded.

I'm not against more new ones, but GW2 has plenty of end game systems it can expand upon that I'd rather not see abandoned

I enjoy underwater stuff, so more emphasis/tweaks/improvemnts are welcomed by me

You can also hold down either CTRL (items) or ALT (NPCS) to pull up the name of everything around you. You can also target an object by selecting it and pressing CTRL-T (like you would with an enemy). That will put a crosshair over it

Not sure if that helps with what you are asking though

> @"Daniel Handler.4816" said:

> > @"draxynnic.3719" said:

> > > @"Konig Des Todes.2086" said:

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> > > This would make it harder (or outright impossible) for destroyers to damage. Primordus, however, should have an easier time of it - same with something made out of a higher quantity of Primordus magic than the current destroyers at least.

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> > So something like the primordial fire in Edge of Destiny (which could burn even Destroyers, which in the book were presented as completely immune to Sohothin's fire) would probably be able to do it.

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> Curiously we can burn destroyers now. That may be just to balance the gameplay for guardians playing the story. But perhaps it's related to us being a champion of Aurene.

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> Fury contains sun magic, perhaps our fire is now hot enough to melt rock.

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> And ice is crystalline. I'm guessing we could shatter the ice surrounding the Frozen with the wings we've manifested before to shatter crystal in the Descent. Though that might kill the people inside.

The fairness of gameplay for guardians, eles, berserkers etc will be the overriding reason. But, the explanation in lore can pretty go in a few directions. For me, I've put it down to the explanation that Primordus' adapting the magic he absorbed from other Dragons has has the side effect of remaining susceptible to our burning (as per LS3) even though he isn't directly utilising their magic anymore. Combine that with the idea of Aurene's influence/your idea above alteriung our burning spells and it seems to hold together enough for gameplay purposes

I like the idea in principle, but they'd have to fix the potential for abuse

> @"mindcircus.1506" said:

> > @"Randulf.7614" said:

> > > @"mindcircus.1506" said:

> > > > @"Randulf.7614" said:

> > > > > @"mindcircus.1506" said:

> > > > > > @"Randulf.7614" said:

> > > > > > - The final boss of S4 E1 is a ridiculous amount of fireworks.

> > > > > The intended mechanic in this fight is to jump off the platform when the "fireworks" start and glide to the stairs then re-engage after they have eased off.

> > > > > There is no reason to stay on the platform and attempt to mitigate/dodge this.

> > > > > It's a very simple fight as long as you do this and work the other mechanics.

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> > > > I do apologise, wrong boss. I mean Amala - she's Ep 2 right?

> > > Also Ep1, it has two instances with story bosses. The Amala fight and the Scruffy 2.0 fight. Scruffy is the final boss of the ep.

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> >

> > I've looked up the boss now since I keep typing the wrong one. It's Lonai - the end boss from Ep2. Which mechanically is an OK fight through different backgrounds, but is too heavy on the visual noise

> I don't even remember this fight. I will have to check it out at some point.

>

You start off I think in Divinitys Reach, and there's meteors flying everywhere and awakened whilst the boss attacks. Then you move to Megadestroyer, dodging both her and more meteors from the Megadestroyers and some shades. Then you off to Frostgorge with the Claw of Jormag and Lonai and all sorts of ice attacks, boss attacks and environment stuff going on. Eventually you beat her and end up alone in space on a rock with Braham.

It's a cool fight and I love the background stuff, it's just messy. Very, very, very messy

Yes, that has caught a few people out sadly. Been reported since PoF came along, but it's still occasionally catching the odd player

> @"mindcircus.1506" said:

> > @"Randulf.7614" said:

> > > @"mindcircus.1506" said:

> > > > @"Randulf.7614" said:

> > > > - The final boss of S4 E1 is a ridiculous amount of fireworks.

> > > The intended mechanic in this fight is to jump off the platform when the "fireworks" start and glide to the stairs then re-engage after they have eased off.

> > > There is no reason to stay on the platform and attempt to mitigate/dodge this.

> > > It's a very simple fight as long as you do this and work the other mechanics.

> > >

> > >

> >

> > I do apologise, wrong boss. I mean Amala - she's Ep 2 right?

> Also Ep1, it has two instances with story bosses. The Amala fight and the Scruffy 2.0 fight. Scruffy is the final boss of the ep.

>

I've looked up the boss now since I keep typing the wrong one. It's Lonai - the end boss from Ep2. Which mechanically is an OK fight through different backgrounds, but is too heavy on the visual noise

> @"mindcircus.1506" said:

> > @"Randulf.7614" said:

> > - The final boss of S4 E1 is a ridiculous amount of fireworks.

> The intended mechanic in this fight is to jump off the platform when the "fireworks" start and glide to the stairs then re-engage after they have eased off.

> There is no reason to stay on the platform and attempt to mitigate/dodge this.

> It's a very simple fight as long as you do this and work the other mechanics.

>

>

I do apologise, wrong boss. I mean ~~Amala~~ Lonai - she's Ep 2 right?

The Golem fight is not one I have an issue with

> @"Bast.7253" said:

> When does the Exalted thing end?

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> I've been waiting for the seals vendor to update to try to convert the exalted marks I have into seals so I can buy the Deldrimor Infusion.

>

> Is there a way we can just convert marks of existing factions into seals, while they're active, if we're not interested in making the weapon sets or spending the marks on lootboxes?

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> I think I unlocked some discounted seals vendor so I can check them if I ever get around to leveling the mastery to use the vendor.

The NPC usually goes 2 weeks after the event started and 1 week after the actual event finishes. That means next Tuesday in theory

I think some of them are excellent.

- Shadow of the Dragon

- Hounds of Balthazar

- Caduceus

- Kralkatorrik

- Joko

Those are amongst my favourite instanced boss fights and flashing effects don’t really interfere and the mechanics are interesting and fun to me

In terms of open world

- Marionette/Vinewrath

- Gerent

- Tequatl

Because the mechanics are all undisturbed by flashing effects by spreading players about

Some bosses are just ruined by the excess of effects.

- The final boss of S4 E2 is a ridiculous amount of fireworks. _*edited due to wrong ep mentioned_

- Death Branded Shatterer is shrouded in too many effects. Which is a shame because Shatterer is well animated like most bosses

- I don’t think I’ve even seen the in game model of the hydra queen pirate boss because Taidra is so covered in players and effects

I can’t comment on raids

> @"AgentMoore.9453" said:

> Then again, I'm always pretty disappointed when we get a skin of a creature that's seen nowhere else in Tyria with little or no explanation of where it came from.

There was I'm sure a reference many, many years ago that black lion skins are exactly that in lore - skins or holograms you place over the top of the mount. If that remains true or I haven't misrememebered the context, then some of these random ones can be explained away as Evon just making them up as original designs.

It’s a reported issue likely to do with champions being one episode split into multi release chunks and so leaving during a chapter - even when the next bit isn’t released - triggers a partial reset. It’s been happening since Chapter one

I’d have thought they’d have acknowledged and fixed this by now.

Not sure if a bug, but perhaps an oversight

> @"mindcircus.1506" said:

> > @"MokahTGS.7850" said:

> > Can people please start listing music suggestions for the OP. I think we all need a good laugh.

> >

> > Here's mine:

>

For those lost on the WvW Battlefield

> @"Fire Attunement.9835" said:

> > @"rrusse.7058" said:

> > While I am on the same page as @"Tony.8659" , the main concern here is why isn't Arenanet drawing more attention to the current update?

> >

> I want to touch on this note quickly to say that you're absolutely right. That's on us, and you're going to start seeing communication about these faction updates on our channels in all of our supported languages.

>

>

All communication is welcomed. You're normally pretty good with updates on twitter so I was surprised to see nothing this time around and was partly why I only remembered an hour or so before reset.

Second gen ones can't be (the ones with collections attached), but I believe there has been discussion before about the 2.5 gen legendaries

Someone else asked last year. I'm not sure how conclusive it was, but there was implication it could be done

https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/109887/twice-told-legend-with-newer-legendaries

> @"Solanum.6983" said:

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> It's a good skin, My only issues are that the top of the wings clip slightly when grounded and the feathers at this part also look a bit off. The markings around the eyes have an odd red outline that cant be dyed which I'm not sure is intended. but overall It's a solid skin just wish those issues were seen before it got released.

This looks pretty cool.

Yeah I meant the community as a whole

I score you 10/10 for not mentioning Lyssa and for making more Zelda references than Nintendo did for the anniversary

This is the public info - a trailer, a release year and some concept pics

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/your-first-look-at-guild-wars-2-end-of-dragons/

_In March, we let you know that development is underway on a third Guild Wars 2 expansion. To celebrate the game’s eighth anniversary, we’ve prepared a special surprise: a first look at what lies ahead in 2021, when we’ll release Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons._

_In the land of Cantha, ancient voices reflect on Tyria’s history—and its future._

I think my switch would explode lol

Ls4 ep4 is one of my top 2 episodes of the Season (not that what comes after is any competiton apart from a single instance which I wont spoil in Ep5 and the Ep6 map). It had a small map, but really crammed with storytelling, atmosphere and things to do. Even though Suns Refuge was a huge missed opportunity, it was still fun to do all the related tasks and collections.

The only real downside to Ep4 is how badly it has dated. There was so much group based content, it is hard to really keep it going as an active map at this point. Which is a shame, because it was really fun to play. during those initial months

Ep3 has been well documented in opinions. The map as far as I am concerned is one of the biggest let downs and the story was killed off at the end right as it was getting exteremely interesting and engaging with one of the most painfully bad scenes in all of the franchise. Even the devs indicated some regret for what happened. The Scarab Plague was the basis for a decent, world threatening arc which didn't involve the dragons and could have kept going whilst keeping Kralk in the background for some time. But, the killing off dragons and the Aurene push derailed what was for me, the more interesting story to tell.

It is however a divisive episode. It does have a fair number of people who like it - esp the ending. The map simply needed more time. It was hurt by the demands of what was a pretty hectic and punishing release schedule in terms of development

They are protected by the moisturisers that make their fur soooooo soft

A toggle or better filtering for flashy effects has been asked a thousand times for years. It's either something Anet can't add in or feel is detriment to further gem sales.

I don't think we'll ever get anything close to the level of detail you are requesting, but for me, the game's over the top flashing effects detract from the game world they have made

> @"Gotejjeken.1267" said:

> They need to just get rid of Lunar New Year and bring back Dragon Bash instead

Dragon Bash has been back for a couple of years now, just in a new city and with new features. It's the established midsummer festival before the Queen's Jubilee/Festival of the Four Winds starts