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rap music posted:I don't know too much about your specific build but if you aren't running targeted wells, I really like Hydromancy on both weapon sets and chill duration runes on the armor (+60% duration total). My wells are ground targetable because I prefer to keep my distance, but that gives me some ideas. Maybe stick a sigil for chilling on my staff and cripple on axe/scepter to make it a little easier to plant wells.
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For not dying, I'd actually recommend zerker gear on ele over anything with toughness. Toughness, for some reason, makes mobs hate you and target you first. You're better off being more fragile, but less likely to be targeted.
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gandlethorpe posted:For not dying, I'd actually recommend zerker gear on ele over anything with toughness. Toughness, for some reason, makes mobs hate you and target you first. You're better off being more fragile, but less likely to be targeted. Disagree. As Word Eater saw yesterday in the tower when we were duoing it, I was basically invincible, we would have wiped repeatedly and had to restart at the bottom. I couldn't have pulled that poo poo with zerker gear. You guys laugh at soldier gear but the survivability it gives you is insane.
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Post from Devon Carter today regarding WXP: I’m going to lock this post for 2 reasons. 1) This topic has been discussed ad infinitum and we have given our reasons for the system as it currently exists. 2) There will be more information about changes to the Wxp system in the next few weeks. We appreciate the passion you all have for WvW and GW2 and we are doing what we can to align the systems in the game with our core philosophy. We completely agree that there is an inherent lack of alt-friendliness with the system as it is currently set up, which is why we are working on making changes to it. As we have more information to announce about those changes, we will share it with you all. Tl;dr: We are working on making the Wxp system more alt-friendly and we will have more to share in the coming weeks.
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Nov 15, 2013 19:50
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Account-bound drops of liquid WXP incoming. Edit: Is that already a thing?
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Nov 15, 2013 19:52
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Godddammit Anet just make WvW ranks account-wide. It's not loving rocket science. Make ranks take longer to get or something.
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Nov 15, 2013 19:53
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ItBurns posted:Account-bound drops of liquid WXP incoming. Yes but i don't believe it has anything to do with the liquid drops. Most are thinking that if you get a level on one toon, you get partial on your alts. Really who knows though. As Arus said its not rocket science.
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Nov 15, 2013 19:58
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The wallet was one of the best things they ever did and they should implement similar ideas everywhere. If they made the infinite use gathering tools not just account-wide but also automatically available to every character, they'd be no-brainer purchases for a ton of people.
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Nov 15, 2013 20:02
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Lazy Programming posted:Use hydromancy instead of ice for your sigil. It has a shorter cooldown, longer duration, and on swap sigils proc on kit/attunement swaps for classes that only have 1 weapon. With my playstyle you'd miss a lot of ice procs. I dropped bomb kit, so I'm never in the poo poo if I don't want to be (often). For icing people all up in my poo poo, the aoe chill on heal/ice nades have me covered. But I guess it just depends on how you roll. As a note, I wouldn't use it for WvW. Perplexity is the obvious hoice there, but unavailable in spvp.
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Nov 15, 2013 20:03
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So I just got the game this week on sale, any tips for starting out? How's crafting like? Mandatory for getting decent gear or can you just buy what you need? And I understand most of the gear grinding is for cosmetics and not for getting stats?
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Nov 15, 2013 20:48
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sound_again posted:The wallet was one of the best things they ever did and they should implement similar ideas everywhere. I've already purchased a single one of the picks, and if a less awful axe/sickle comes out I'll buy a single one of them too. All in the hopes that they someday get made account-wide.
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Nov 15, 2013 20:51
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bamhand posted:So I just got the game this week on sale, any tips for starting out? How's crafting like? Mandatory for getting decent gear or can you just buy what you need? And I understand most of the gear grinding is for cosmetics and not for getting stats? Really, crafting is just a way of turning gold / materials into exp and perhaps an occasional bit of convenience. Aside from that, get into one of the goon guilds for company and don't worry about spending skill points or trait points: you'll get more skill points than you'll ever know what to do with and trait points are a trivial cost to reset (scaling with level until 80, where it's a mere 3.5 silver).
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SeaTard posted:I've already purchased a single one of the picks, and if a less awful axe/sickle comes out I'll buy a single one of them too. All in the hopes that they someday get made account-wide. I've bought the pick and sickle now, but it's the new ones so they look stupid. But I don't really care, I just wanted the infinite use. I used gold to buy gems for them, so they're ridiculously overpriced and I'll have to use each one a few billion times to break even. They need to release another infinite axe already. I thought they were doing some Halloween theme so I figured they'd have an axe out before the end of last month, but that sure didn't happen.
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Nov 15, 2013 21:01
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Ghostpilot posted:(scaling with level until 80, where it's a mere 3.5 silver). Which to put in perspective, is about what you'd get from 2 events or from selling a few pieces of junk level 80 greens to a vendor. Early on 3.5 silver seems huge, but later on it is pretty much ignorable.
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bamhand posted:So I just got the game this week on sale, any tips for starting out? How's crafting like? Mandatory for getting decent gear or can you just buy what you need? And I understand most of the gear grinding is for cosmetics and not for getting stats? What's your character name? I'll help get you started when I get on in a bit.
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Nov 15, 2013 21:04
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rap music posted:What's your character name? I'll help get you started when I get on in a bit. Won't be on until tonight I think, I just finished downloading the game a few days ago and I haven't had a chance to play yet. My user name is bamhand. Is that different from individual character names?
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bamhand posted:So I just got the game this week on sale, any tips for starting out? How's crafting like? Mandatory for getting decent gear or can you just buy what you need? And I understand most of the gear grinding is for cosmetics and not for getting stats? Crafting is a lovely way of turning money into Exp/Just stuff for Legendary weapons nowadays. They cost way too much to level to and are not really worth it. With Ascended gear it's a little of a grind to get ~The Best Possible Stats~ but that's entirely optional unless you want to do high level Fractals. If you ever want to upgrade your gear while leveling your best bets to just look on the Trading Post for whatever green/yellow your level is cheap.
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Nov 15, 2013 21:08
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So what's the end game PvE like? The only MMO I've played is WoW like 5 years ago and that was all about killing dragons to get loot.
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bamhand posted:So what's the end game PvE like? The only MMO I've played is WoW like 5 years ago and that was all about killing dragons to get loot. There is no end-game PvE really... no raids at least. Most people at 80 do daily runs of some of the dungeons, play WvW, do world events (killing dragons being one of them) or run around in circles in Lion's Arch all day. Endgame gear in this game is mostly purchased or crafted with the stats you want, then transmuted to whatever skin you want. So while you will get loot from killing stuff and doing world events, it's mostly just to salvage or sell so you can save towards what you really want to buy. weinus fucked around with this message at 21:16 on Nov 15, 2013 |
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I meant does that get you loot? Cosmetics? What's the incentive (other than being fun obviously) for playing when you hit the level cap. Like WoW was very clearly based on constantly upgrading your gear with tier after tier of dungeons and armor sets. Does GW require the same amount of grinding to get the high end stuff? Or do you just level up a bunch of alts and do battlegrounds? I hear both the PvP and single player content is really good.
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Cosmetics mostly, the end game is making the perfect outfit to show how anime you are, it's more addicting than it sounds. The spvp is awesome because the gear is normalized with a whole bunch of options and you are auto leveled to 80 with all your class abilities so you can pvp on any class after doing the tutorial level.
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bamhand posted:I meant does that get you loot? Cosmetics? What's the incentive (other than being fun obviously) for playing when you hit the level cap. Like WoW was very clearly based on constantly upgrading your gear with tier after tier of dungeons and armor sets. Does GW require the same amount of grinding to get the high end stuff? Or do you just level up a bunch of alts and do battlegrounds? I hear both the PvP and single player content is really good. It's not about hitting and playing at cap, really. You can do a lot of stuff the 80s are doing while you are leveling so just have fun doing whatever interests you.
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rap music posted:It's not about hitting and playing at cap, really. You can do a lot of stuff the 80s are doing while you are leveling so just have fun doing whatever interests you. WvW is great for leveling alts, too. It's really the best "endgame" in this game.
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malhavok posted:I'm up to 39750 hardened leather and no place to stash more, drat ascended armor needs to come out soon. And here I thought I was being ready with my 1000+ gossamer scraps. Why hardened leather?
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Sprite141 posted:And here I thought I was being ready with my 1000+ gossamer scraps. Why hardened leather? Because it is cheaper. And all those thieves need new pants and trenchcoats.
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malhavok posted:I'm up to 39750 hardened leather and no place to stash more, drat ascended armor needs to come out soon. I hope you invested in quartz crystals when I mentioned it last time we were talking about this stuff! It's up from 1s to almost 4s now. I think I finally made a good investment :3 Hopefully it doesn't crash before I decide to sell it http://www.gw2spidy.com/item/43773
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weinus posted:I hope you invested in quartz crystals when I mentioned it last time we were talking about this stuff! It's up from 1s to almost 4s now. I think I finally made a good investment :3 Hopefully it doesn't crash before I decide to sell it I did not, i've been throwing every cent i made into leather. I do expect it to go up more than that though. Sprite141 posted:And here I thought I was being ready with my 1000+ gossamer scraps. Why hardened leather? Because gossamer was already over 4s when i started and ori 5-6s, if leather goes to 5s gossamer would have to go to 20s to match the profit and ori to 25-30s. I imagine leather might go up to somewhere around 8-10s, at least during the first day, and there is no way the profit from gossamer, ori, or quartz crystals can match that.
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bamhand posted:I meant does that get you loot? Cosmetics? What's the incentive (other than being fun obviously) for playing when you hit the level cap. Like WoW was very clearly based on constantly upgrading your gear with tier after tier of dungeons and armor sets. Does GW require the same amount of grinding to get the high end stuff? Or do you just level up a bunch of alts and do battlegrounds? I hear both the PvP and single player content is really good. The most important thing: don't rush. Just run around, see new places, and never be afraid to leave one zone to go to another. If you find one section of the game boring try something else. Don't worry about gear there is not that much of a difference between quality levels. If you have too just grab blues off the trade post every 5 levels but never be afraid to spend karma NEVER GRIND.
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For anyone trying to go to the SFD forums linked in the OP who doesn't follow our other avenues of communication, our site is currently totally down because Swiss Knight sold it to a hobo last night for a spot in line at the PS4 launch. We're not able to reach him currently because he's literally inside his PS4 with a large cache of soda water, so please use our IRC (#sfdental on irc.synirc.net) and keep up with our SA thread for announcements. Sorry!
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bamhand posted:I meant does that get you loot? Cosmetics? What's the incentive (other than being fun obviously) for playing when you hit the level cap. Like WoW was very clearly based on constantly upgrading your gear with tier after tier of dungeons and armor sets. Does GW require the same amount of grinding to get the high end stuff? Or do you just level up a bunch of alts and do battlegrounds? I hear both the PvP and single player content is really good. The best thing about hitting the level cap is you finally have access to all your traits, and gear that doesn't feel like a waste to buy. You can also now go anywhere in the game without worrying about being too low of a level, although some areas are still bullshit at 80 (Orr).
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Does anyone remember the goon who made such classic Guild Wars 2 comedy videos such as the extreme Stag action 360 noscope and the one using the dialogue from a porn clip where they stick their balls into someone's vagina? I can't find him on Youtube, so I thought he might have had his account terminated or something.
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pandaK posted:Does anyone remember the goon who made such classic Guild Wars 2 comedy videos such as the extreme Stag action 360 noscope and the one using the dialogue from a porn clip where they stick their balls into someone's vagina? I can't find him on Youtube, so I thought he might have had his account terminated or something. Wouldn't putting your balls into a vagina hurt?
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CLAM DOWN posted:Wouldn't putting your balls into a vagina hurt? Are you really asking this question? Some men like to be hung from the rafters by their balls. Only their balls.
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bamhand posted:So I just got the game this week on sale, any tips for starting out? How's crafting like? Mandatory for getting decent gear or can you just buy what you need? And I understand most of the gear grinding is for cosmetics and not for getting stats? Here's a little tip that every new person should be told. Say you're out in the open world having adventures and killing stuff but you realize you need a merchant or your bank, and neither one is close. Press B, this brings up the WvW menu. Select your home server and enter, as long as there's no queue you will get in right away. You are now in WvW, in your home world's Citadel, which is 100% safe from the enemy. Here you will find merchants and crafting stations, which give you access to your bank. Take care of whatever you need. Once you are ready to go back, press F12 and select Log Out. This takes you to the character select screen, so pick your character again and hit Play. You will reappear back in the open world exactly where you left off. The point of all this is, you can have immediate access to your bank or a merchant at any time in the open world. Just don't do this with any loot bags laying around on the ground or you will lose them.
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HaroldofTheRock posted:Once you are ready to go back, press F12 and select Log Out. This takes you to the character select screen, so pick your character again and hit Play. You will reappear back in the open world exactly where you left off. The point of all this is, you can have immediate access to your bank or a merchant at any time in the open world. Just don't do this with any loot bags laying around on the ground or you will lose them. Much quicker: Go to the heart of the mists, leave the heart of the mists.
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The heart of the mists free Lions Arch trip is the only reason I go there.
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HaroldofTheRock posted:Here's a little tip that every new person should be told. Awesome, that's exactly the kind of stuff I wanted to know! There aren't the standard tank/dps/healer classes right? I think I heard that you do dungeons by just kiting stuff until your personal heal comes off cool down? bamhand fucked around with this message at 03:01 on Nov 16, 2013 |
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bamhand posted:There aren't the standard tank/dps/healer classes right? I think I heard that you do dungeons by just kiting stuff until your personal heal comes off cool down? Basically, yeah. No stupid trinity of jobs.
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bamhand posted:Awesome, that's exactly the kind of stuff I wanted to know! More accurately you do dungeons by running past large groups of trash and pulling single strong monsters out of groups to fight them individually around corners.
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