Most Disappointing Spec Award Edition

>Resources and FAQs
https://pastebin.com/ZU4uUREV

>Guilds
https://pastebin.com/zCUYwWF0

>Am poor! What do?
DO THE WIZARD VAULT WEEKLIES
Daily Checklist - https://fast.farming-community.eu/farming/daily
Currencies - https://fast.farming-community.eu/conversions/overview
OW Farming - https://fast.farming-community.eu/open-world/overview
Salvaging - https://fast.farming-community.eu/salvaging/overview
https://gw2efficiency.com/
Alternatively, get a fucking job and swipe.

>My build is absolute shit! What do?
https://gw2mists.com/
https://metabattle.com/
https://snowcrows.com/
https://discretize.eu/
https://guildjen.com/gw2-builds/
https://en.gw2skills.net/

>Events and Gem Store sales
https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/events/

>Latest
JW finale
New Fractal CM
Legendary backpack
/mu/faggot, Lightbulb and Bowmancer showcase
Skritthusband, Pairofgays and Ritualist showcase

>Soon™
Visions Of Eternity expac (release in October)
Elite specs open beta (20-27 August)
GW3 (never ever)
Anniversary sale (late August, maybe)

>Now
Festival of the Four Winds
All new elite spec reveals and speculation (no new weapons but a lotta whole kits)
Visions of Eternity expac Preorder (fugly skimmer included!)

>Latest Patch
https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/topic/160848-game-update-notes-august-5-2025/

>Latest news
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/celebrate-the-festival-of-the-four-winds-today/
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/speed-through-tyria-with-the-explosive-turbo-greaves/
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/elite-specialization-reveal-thief-necromancer-and-warrior/


>Speed Relics for Turbogays
https://www.elitepvpers.com/forum/gw2-hacks-bots-cheats-exploits/

Previous Wipe: >>534103573

Look at it this way, you're just learning not to gamble in real life.

CAAAWW CAAAWWWW CAAAAAAWWWWWWWWW

Luv me some 'suras. Simple as

why is everyone except femsylvaris ugly

>>534369073
sylvaris are bri' ish

Why is it so hard to find a chill non-crazy person to enjoy Sylvari Futa ERP where I can suck their juicy cock all day?

>Prepare for festival in advance
>Make 5000 gold on first day
>Feel extremely accomplished
>the high crashes and now I feel no drive to do anything in the game

Nothing feels rewarding anymore. Anyone experience something like this?

>>534374916
how'd you make so much gold from this festival?

>>534375218
Preparing for shifts in the market with stockpiles of mats and selectively flipping expensive items

Wow... these Leviathan weapons look like absolute shit

mfw when the zergling leaves his blob to be a hero and kill the annoying spear ele but dies instead

Does pistol weaver suck shit?

>>534376762

>>534377423
Thats not bad actually

>>534370091
some guy with an interesting (uninteresting) persona, shame because his chars are fuckable
at least if the few pixels allow me to identify him

mukluk and ayin maiden linked up...
need it or sneed it?

>>534378726
only two I recognised or find tolerable

Weaver or vindicator?

>>534376207
I like them. They're simple and their lore is sufficiently rad.
>This came from a fuck huge monster from the deepest abyss of the ocean
>I took its bones and made its strength my own
>>534376762
Its a top tier condition weapon edging out scepter but you have to actually know how to play the game to make it work better. Most people should stick to scepter. Or dont because mage gun is a pretty cool concept. Maybe you'll get better at the game in the process. Or you'll be dogshit and pick something else.

>>534379643
I already suck shit at weaver because I just press the big buttons and then swap elements, in no particular order

>>534368317
I love all the pictures where they milk charr or use magical sex toys on them

>>534379492
Do you want squishy piano simulator or ez mode chud stomper?

>>534380258
Well when you put it like that
I just kinda dislike the legend system, thats the only thing that irks me about rev

skritt happens!!!1

>>534379883
You could probably do okay with it on Tempest or Catalyst then. You wont hit those super high peaks but it'll be much more respectable and consistent damage than flubbing the Weaver rotations and both of those offer strong group boons. But if this is for open world and not raids or some shit who fucking cares just bee yourself. Weaver adds a few bonus skills to thee kit like an extra dodge, an extra daze, and an extra rapid fire. Its fun.

>Want to start playing my Thief
>Remember the new spec coming
Nevermind.

what spec doesnt swap weapons?

post msuras

>>534376207
Watch it chrissy

>>534384439
engineer (they're called kits)

>>534384439
Engi and elementalist, but you swap bunch of other shit even more. Deadeye thief, you are spamming 1 button. Majority of professions have some kind of swap related mechanic somewhere in rotation, just the nature of combat.

>>534378726
I refuse to believe anybody can recognize anybody in that pic. Tag every single one of them with their avatar if its as real as anon claimed

>>534384439
Power Rev, usually Herald, can get away with mostly not swapping weapons if your other set is a staff and you only switch to it for CC.
Thief weaponskills don't have cooldowns so you tend to just stay in whatever weapon is best.
You can play kitless Engineer or fire-camping Inferno Tempest.
Autoattack Hammer Guardian or Unload Deadeye if you don't even want to swap which button you press on the same weapon.
There are some builds where you technically swap but you have the same weapon equipped in both slots so it's just a button to proc your sigils. I don't know which ones are decent.

dumb question but how the fuck a core necro can reflect back this
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Thump_(untamed)

If fashion templates are coming to the game, then how will it work with the tranmutation system? Are you automatically charged for the trans charges every time you switch? sounds like itd be shit if true

>>534386584
Thief might be the play then, I was looking into spectre but got kinda disappointed when you just pop 2 skills in shadow form and pop back out apparently

>>534386996
You'll want deadeye, if you want to stick to a single weaponset.

>>534386993
No one knows yet unfortunately. I'd love it if it would allow you to wear different headgear with outfits or something, but I'm not very optimistic about it actually doing anything new or interesting.

>>534387305
daredevil apparently also just wants to stick to staff, so thats an option too

>>534386993
It'll probably work like the FF14 equivalent where it costs a transmutation charge to register things to the template but then you can switch templates freely afterward, but that's just a guess.
>>534387406
I think they're teasing that it lets you do exactly that considering the Antiquary from the trailer is using a hat that doesn't go with the Outfit he's wearing.

>>534388363
>it costs a transmutation charge to register things to the template but then you can switch templates freely afterward
Thats what im expecting as well

>>534388958
duhh what
that's dumb
obviously it will just tally a trans cost to extract when you press "apply" based on how many non-leg pieces you have equipped

>>534388253
All of them use one weapon set or duplicate sets. You place your mainhand weap in set 1 (scepter) and the off-hand weap in set 2 (dagger). This allows you to weild both at the same time. You use sigils that activate on weapon swap and when you swap, you just stay in the same set but the sigls activate.

Anyone know the name of the island tune music that always played during the fishing tournament around janthir map? I was high as fuck and that song was trippy as hell. I kinda want to listen to it again.

so
let's say so many gamers came back to the game today, and they already bought hot & pof, and they had an opportunity to get ONE expansion for gems instead of a $ purchase out of pocket...
if anet allowed ONE of these (eod/soto/woj), which would ((you)) choose for let's say 1000 gems? even though i'm not a fan of social politics and waaaahmen gaygay, i'd have to go with eod, as it has a unique mount, fishing, elite specs, gen 3 leggy variants, and a useful jade bot for passive little things. o
i'd be able to wait out the skyscale without soto-ing shit like a zoomie, don't need more warclaw shit when it was already gotten with pof, and let's face it, spear is poopoo.

>>534386993
If true probably another kind of armor slot that will be buggy af at first

>>534388363
On FF14 sounds like a terrible system unless its account wise

>>534384439
All of them. I swear, people mindlessly copy off snowcrows without a single thought. Every build in the game can be modified to camp one weapon if you prefer. Auto attacks are strong as hell and most people are dropping their damage by mashing their keyboard. Just play reaper with the dagger and press F1 every now and again for 35k dps.

>>534400576
EoD for sure for the reasons you covered, plus having pretty good Strikes and map metas. SotO isn't that far behind in second-place depending on whether open-world Legendary armor is valuable to you, whether you want the easy Skyscale, whether you play builds that benefit from Weaponmaster, etc.

Janthir is an incredibly distant third. It's unquestionably the worst expansion, even if there are some things in it that I like.

>>534400576
soto is nothing but weapon mastery and skyscale shortcut

>>534401716
What is it like having such absolutely moronically bad taste?

Are any of the extra End of Dragons zones worth finishing out? I just entered Gyala and this place sucks!

>>534406805
>he doesn't know
fucking lmao

>>534407394
Oh
Oh no

>>534406805
>i just entered a zone i know nothing about
>it sucks!
I'm glad I was born with a prefrontal cortex.

Tangled depths is the worst map thoughbeitfully

>>534406805
Gyala made me uninstall and stop playing for a whole year

>>534406805
Gaymers yearn for the mines.

>>534406805
No. Also don't do gay le delves unless you want a bunch of green unids.

>>534406805
fuck that nigger map.

>>534411041
it's like a fruity tropical mix popsicle

dragondaughter is for lewds
waterMILF is for breeding

>>534411041
kekw where is this

>>534411470
>waterMILF is for breeding
We should have raped her with our aurene-powered healing coomander cum, she'd be cured of sad void magic intoxication in a week or two of breeding. Imagine the cute incest dragon babies

>>534411041
I knew it, it's a tranny dragon.

threadly reminder if you're playing this game you're a zesty one

>>534413653
What do you find so sexual about this bear? Can you recommend any good bear porn on e6?

>1 year sober from this game
>come back to see that they're finally releasing new elite specs again
>look inside
>low-effort dogshit with reused assets and mocap (assuming they're even using mocap) that looks like it was done by the arenanet forum moderators
>le "so randum xddd" 2009 reddit humor thief spec with an electric guitar
I hate MMOs so much

>>534413993
I really wanted to get back into MMO's recently and burned out within 2 weeks of playing GW2. It does more things right than other MMO's but its not enough.

>>534413993
What an interesting post. I'm sorry this game that you don't play anymore upset you so badly. Thank you for sharing your trauma.

>>534414293
Agreed, it was either this or BDO for me, which is even worse.
>>534414394
You're quite welcome, Anet's most avid (unpaid) defender.

>>534384439
look baka, pressing the swap button every 10 seconds or so really is not that hard

>>534410060
Literally me, but it may have been more because I didn't come back until SOTO just released Inner Nayos. I probably would have never come back if I didn't see an ad for it on a youtube video lmao.
>>534413993
It's borderline maintenance mode nigga, they got their whole crew working on the GW3 gacha which will bury GW2 once and for all thanks to NCSOFT's gook-eyed greed. In the meantime they have like 5 interns and 200 jeets working remotely on GW2 content. Either way the expansions are $25 a year what sort of quality do you expect for that price? FFXIV trannies really be paying $180 a year to chase around Wuk LaTranny while doing dated as fuck rigid old MMO gameplay, it could always be worse.

>>534415692
kek if only you knew how bad the stars really stand for xiv at the moment

>>534378726
based

>>534386194
I only recognize one other character besides muk and ayin, and only because I used her guides sometimes for EoD back when it was released. MissTiffyWiffy or something? Dunno she (possibly male) has a fairly calming voice compared to ayin's "i'm a 40 year old granny talking like a baby :3"

But ultimately all of these people are nobodies. Looking at the partnership list and clicking their twitch icon, you'll see that most have like 50-100 views per clip. Who the fuck watches their streams? Grandma and her friends? Like jesus christ. Meanwhile you got people like Lord Hizen making top tier content but never being offered shit probably, or GuildJen/Vallun arguably the best build crafters being dropped for saying the gamer word, or even that tranny Noxxi and his meme videos has never been a partner. Either way, I'm all for it because streamers tend to be cancer for MMO communities and I really like that GW2 is the least lucrative choice out there when it comes to streaming MMOs as a career.

>>534415692
>Either way the expansions are $25 a year what sort of quality do you expect for that price?
Agree, its the same moronic complain copypasted slightly different, just look at gachas where people pay about 1k each two weeks for a character that will be useless in less than a year but they have different events each two weeks or less. You pay for what you get and gw2 is good enough for its real low price

Reading end credits has been a new kind of entertainment for me because of all the cyborg tranny sensitivity consultant, hundreds of outsource jeets and gook coder.

>>534421852
Woke sisters... they fired the sensitivity consultant...

>>534413791
he didn't say sexual, he said gay, retard

>>534413993
mmos are good when you don't play the bottom 3 mmos

>>534415692
>>534421704
You definitely have a point, but I'd rather they charge a bit more money and have nicer looking animations, particle effects, new assets, etc.
Because now my eyes will be attacked by more ugly animations and glowing colored fart cloud effects, which isn't exactly nice for immersion.

>>534386194
I took the pic straight from the GW2 official shitter page so it's real alright https://x.com/GuildWars2/status/1953517089479925784

>>534428770
>they posted on x instead of bluesky
What. The. Le. Fuck.

>>534429938
GW3 is gonna be the chudzone

>>534429938
they use both
https://bsky.app/profile/guildwars2.com/post/3lvtd57rwf726

>>534423257
It's over...

whats the ETA on the livestream?

>>534431963
6 hours

>>534423257

ayo did they forget to release the first look of the last three specs?

>>534432478
>he missed the cumshots

Exordium or twilight for rev?

>>534432579
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YYUpuPeR8Gw

>>534433658
Exordium, twilight is cringe. Exo>Aurene>twilight, shrimple as.

>>534425147
>this bear is ZESTY
>totally not sexual btw
you wouldnt feel the need to tell everyone how gay you are for the bear if it wasnt sexual you boy molesting fruit

>>534433658
Make twilight and sunrise, combine into eternity and then sell it. Any orher option is literally retarded.

Newfag here, torment need what stat? condi?

>>534428770
>"okay everyone... do the /bless animation!"
>ayin and muk refuse to move from their poses
.... hell yeah.

>>534436934
yes, all dots (damage over time) conditions like torment scale damage with condition stat
and scale duration with expertise

>>534437209
Allright, ty anon.

>>534437098
Realistically they probably just fucked up the screencap timing

>>534437098
shiet they all look so fucking generic

>>534436837
Considering you failed to understand the assignment, I think the only retard here is you.

>>534437098
Who is this lol

>>534437753
not one sane person will think trannydium is better than twilight/other leggy gs unless they ghey.

>>534437753
I know you're a fucking nigger newfag so let me break it down for you. When you craft eternity you get both the sub weapon skins indefinitely. Then make all the money back for crafting it and can then buy a third. Hope your IQ rises above room temp one day.

>>534437098
>rats in the front
>white guys in the middle
>cats in the back
No one really stands out either lol

>>534438307
>which one looks cooler for rev
>akshually if you complete this completely unrelated step you can make all your money back
>>534438201
I like the idea of it swapping form, mostly the shield, scythe and twinblade shit, but twilight does look more fitting for rev so I guess ill go for that

>>534437098
Should've asked cococharr for coordination tips.

1k gold and 2k ectos later, i didn't get shit from festival

i'll see you next year

>>534438307
pearls before swine never talk money to these fags even if they were smart enough to do it oversharing just ruins it for everyone

can someone mail me glob of dragonvoid? i'll kiss you

>>534438925
This you?
See you soon ;)

>>534439576
>all that disposable virtual income and you choose to look like THAT
Probably infused the fuck out of, huh? Probably got voidwalkers and shit, that's the only explanation for those bizarro colors.

>>534438914
>"bro just multibox and put * at the end of your emote" - choco probably
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_risnIS-IE

Best legendary to chase as an Engi?
I finally feel comfortable going for one now that I got full Ascended armor. I mostly play Hammer Mechanist and Sword/Shield Holosmith.

>>534440441
Sword pistol or spear. They have the most use cases for engineer metawise and the most use outside of the class if you ever expand. Shining Blade, either gen1 or 2 pistol is good depending on taste but having 1 of each is ideal, then Klob for spear because the shark one is dogshit. If you're deadset on hammer just wait for the xpac reveal because there might be a new one added.

>Want to use a Greatsword
>Best class for it is a clothie

Stinky game.

I used to be a cool engi/necrocel back in heart of thorns and I remember how cool revenant and dragonhunter huardian looked
Wonder if I should try them. Do u guys have many characters?

>>534440372
If you jump around near them, they will invite you to dance along. They use how to dance volume 1.

>>534440802
Not Bolt? I like the effects more.

>>534439576
yeah, don't see me i hate life
>>534440023
im lazy

>>534441226
one for each class and now started second engi to groom into my main

>>534441128
Define best because power reaper is dogshit and so is power virt. Cloth classes are the best but the most realistic use cases for a GS are on rev in pve/pvp or on guardian for pvp.

>>534441592
I mean it's all subjective but bolt feels dated to me. Most gen1 leggys do if you like bolt more than make it.

Do I have time to be a gymbro before the coomengi stream?

>>534368317
What's not to loce from them?
Specially those two.

>>534442409
Love*

>>534442298
deja vu
it's in ~4 hours
drink your protein shake to cum lots during coomengi presentation, you aren't allowed to stop until he does

>>534442129
My definition would be actually used in various content and feels good.

>>534437098
Cause they think they're special.

I wish mech Engi was an actual mech that you pilot. That would be cool.

>>534442739
tbf being the only non-trans anet partners is pretty special

>>534442615
Awright ty anon, I promise I will drink a lot of brotein.

Is there a BlishHUD module/pathing that marks all possible resource nodes, not only rich?
I want to chill gather while talking with bros.

>>534438201
Twilight/Sunrise/Eternity has been the basic bitch of legendaries for the past 10 years. By the time the game became 3 years old, the three greatswords were the most common of leggies shown. Nowadays you rarely see them because they are simply not special.

Is horn used on ranger these days
I loved summoning swarms of ravenous birds

>>534445416
yes usually paired with axe mainhand

bros what if ooze crawls up my dickhole, I'm not sure anet thought this through

>>534445820
Sick

>>534446036
You made the choice to mance sentient cum. Now you must deal with your sentient cum diddling your urethra.

>>534446985
my oozes pronouns are she/her

anyone got a spare glob of dragonvoid/nayos infusion?

What do warrior's elites even do

Is it just me of does the rev jump have a bigger evade window than regular rolls?

>>534448142
yeah totally, your entire vindi spec revolves around dodge button

>>534445189
>you rarely see them
just follow random world boss train and see how many twilight is in the vicinity. Newfag will always dig that shit

Is there armor cooler than the store coat with a skull shoulderpad yet

Confess

>>534448686
I mean, for the damage and the traits it procs yeah, but i didnt figure they essentially get a better dodge packaged in there, I thought it was just an animation change at first like the daredevil jump

>>534436771
gays aren't sexual, they're degenerate pederasts, retard

Where the fuck is snargle porn stash? I've been circling the labyrinth for the last 30 minutes trying to find it.

>>534449571
I only like big hairy men though.

>>534449709
unc molest you huh

>>534449453
Built for my human male

>>534445416
only if you're gay and retarded (100% of gw2 playerbase)

Hot damn farming plants and shit manually for orrax is pretty much impossible. You harvest like 10-15 herbs needed per map while the goal is 300+ and more for most recipes. Can't believe getting poultry is faster fml

>>534449803
>literally cannot stop fantasizing about little boys being molested

>>534450059
>nobody said anything about little boys
projecting much eh

>>534450037
Use booster, mf food and bounty glyph combo

Can someone explain to me how a dude with 46k AP and like 175 AR manages this? I thought maybe he was heal scrapping as a joke but I have no idea, bro's numbers were actually insanely bad through the entirety of t4 dailies. The healer was out dpsing him at points.

>>534450734
its almost like ap and ar numbers don't mean anything when you can get most of it through solo play or casual long-term build up of rewards. has nothing to do with how you play your class

>>534450734
>46k AP
That's your answer right there.

>>534450734
That's less DPS than you do auto-attacking.
He was literally just not pressing buttons.

>>534450734

>>534450037
>meanwhile me with warbringer just enjoying my game mode not worrying about mats or costs or nothin just playin the game while anon cuck farms materials and does all other sorts of stupid shit to get a fuzzy backtail
i will never understand pveasiers

>>534450734
Probably an AP hunter grandma or something.

>>534451136
wvw chads keep winning

>>534451043
graphs don't work like that

>>534451740
umm do you have a source for that?

>>534451740
It does for that graph.

>>534451740
It's a bell curve

>>534449453
I routinely bend over cute FHDs like (you)

Just a poor Sylvari girl looking for a hung futa with a fat cock to suck on. Charr need not apply, nor Asura.

>>534454208
bark-like splinter-filled tongue, DO NOT engage

>>534438734
Welcome to the rev twilight club.

>>534454663
That is simply untrue. My tongue is soft and my mouth is warm.

What compels grown ass men to roleplay out degenerate fantasy shit as a female character, even ironically? Shit's so fucking weird how do you guys function as real human beings

>>534455898
Normal human beans do things to get off, it's that simple
No different from "dirty talk" during sex or whatever, if a bit (a lot actually) more cringeworthy

>>534450734
>t4 dailies
That's your issue. Only casual niggers do T4 dailies and you shouldn't have your DPS meter open if you're a casual too. Do ALL cms or stop bitching. My groups pump put 40-70k depending on the fight to me you all look like shit.

>"pveasy" nigger makes a retarded post
>ignored so he embarassingly replies to himself
Kek enough entertainment for the morning I guess.

i like "pveasy"
i'm gonna steal this and use it
i'm thinking "pvpussy" for it's counterpart

just remind pvpussies that their game mode of choice is a minigame

>My group takes the crayons and colors almost completely inside the lines

>>534458081
>My group takes the crayons
i was going to eat those...

So how's crafting in this, I never got too far into it when I played
Does it even like, do anything
Is there a point to it
Gear means dick all, right?

>>534450734
Its common knowledge that players get progressively worse the more AP past 25k they have.

>>534457120
>look at me im a hardcore guild wars 2 raider

>>534458306
The idea behind the crafting system is fun. It's fun to play around in blind if you don't mind losing money. Crafting things like rare rift essense, certain foods, imperial favor shit etc is a huge money save/ profit depending on what you do. Crafting asenced gear is for cuckholds and masochistic retards. Only buy ascended gear or get it as drops, then stat swap it.

my life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mRPpIvDG-g

>>534458681
Yes I am. I do speedruns and sales for all end game content. Faggots shouldn't be shaming casual players in casual content when they're casual themselves. Simple as.

stream in 36 minutes

>>534458306
Crafting is:
80% turning soulbound materials into salable output
10% crafting Legendary equipment for money
9% crafting your own ascended equipment, armor, and food
1% achievement shit

>>534459008
decent bait to be honest

>>534459362
People buy them at least? That's good enough for me I guess
I love being a craftcel making potions and gizmos and shit

are they ever going to put GOOD legendaries in the starter pack thing? like nevermore and binding of ipos

Just started playing this how to get good at elementalist?

>>534458306
There are lots of ways to make gold just buying mats, crafting shit, and selling the result. Anet keeps adding stuff that's only obtainable through crafting, so it's basically guaranteed to remain profitable in the long run.

Just don't try it right now - mat prices are super inflated due to the festival

>>534450734
>30k AP
>quick t1 for a step in gen 2 leggo
>30k AP? "you are trolling, go raid or something!"
>kicked for too many AP joining a t1 just to get a simple item for my gen 2 leggo
i just needed the end item from cliffside, you pieces of god damn shit.

>>534455898
not as degenerate as an asuran or salad players

>>534459696
Gen2 is off limit, especially the one that tied to random retard quest.

>>534459756
I got kicked trying to grab nevermore bullshit from the swamp

>>534459746
Just get a good build and press your buttons. You don't need to memorize the long-ass rotations. For open world, against normal and veteran enemies you can run a full glass cannon power build and just kill them fast before they can kill you. For elites and champions, it's better to run a condi build with trailblazer gear. For legendary bounties, look up whatever Hizen's doing these days

>>534451136
the easiest way to understand pveasiers is to take a normal person and remove heterosexuality and all sense of logic or reason, and voila, you have a 1:1 model of a pveasier's brain

>>534459696
the welfare leggy boxes will only rotate gen1s

>>534459630
Mostly what people buy are items crafted using materials that can't be traded, effectively selling your time.
Spirit Shards, Rift Essence, Canthan Writs, Gifts of Exploration, Charged Quartz Crystals, Research Notes, timegated daily materials, etc.

Not leveling crafting locks you out of huge portions of the more effective ways to convert bound materials into money.

>>534455898
Used to go find trannies ERPing in certain tavern beds and basements years ago then spam them with my pony bow till they get mad and leave. Probably partially why most roleplay is done in guild halls now.

>>534450037
Put herbalist glyph on your axe and pick and you'll get a bunch of ingredients for free while you're collecting mursaat obsidian and such. Trees/ore in low-level zones also give good stuff IIRC (check the wiki for details)

>>534461347
You can absolutely make good profits using nothing but gold as input. There are plenty of items that you can only get from crafting or TP, and even more that drop at such a low rate that there's effectively no competition aside from other crafters

Is stream today?

>>534464289
In 50 minutes

>>534464384
Thanks

Is this game any good? I dropped WoW like ten years ago. Now i want to play a MMO again but FF14 looks too much like anime. What is the GW2 version of the wow warlock? Is there a Death knight?

>>534464550
Reaper spec is functionally DK, other necro specs are warlock more or less

You guys weren't kidding about reaper being obnoxious in pvp. Jesus this is frustrating to fight against

>>534465274
reeeeeeeeeeeeper

>>534457683
they're pvpoors

Tengus lays eggs

>>534465274
be mesmer, force them to shroud, elite moa tf. they die

Femgu egg slut

I got moa'd once and successfully escaped
Bird supremacy

>>534464550
>warlock
minion master necro, however the best "evil caster" shroud is the original but every elite spec replaces it and you NEED an elite spec
>DK
reaper necro, you cause chill by doing anything and get a shitton of bonuses for hitting a chilled guy

Once again I return to this game after purchasing the latest expansion, even though I'm still not even past Icebrood in terms of played content. I really need to knuckle down, but I've never had enough hooks to keep me in.

It's that time again.

Do mesmerchuds still explode clones and make you die
That was cool back in the day (for me)

>>534469414
Chronomancer and Mirage do.
Virtuoso and Troubadour don't.

5 min
https://www.twitch.tv/guildwars2

time for disappointment

>>534469967
The bladeguy seems cool desu
Same for the axe thief thing
Floating blades are swell

All I want is for Goomancer to have alacrity

>>534467314
>evil caster
warlocks in WoW are NOT "evil"
they are more about power and attaining power through messing with dark magic that the rest of society is afraid of
that's why I never liked necro in GW2 because it's pretty much just
>I'm so heckin evil I'm gonna kill everyone bwahahaha everyone must suffer !!

>>534470030
do a tl;dr; when it end pls

in the trash it goes

>>534471331
what happened? another mechanic on top of mechanic?

>>534471331
WHY IS IT SO TINY
AGAIN

>>534471331
yet you pathetic paypiggies will still pay for the privilege to fed this p2w cashgrab furfag tranny gacha garbage

>>534471331
What's the problem?

>razrev can just shadowstep infinitely as long as there are enemies
ebin

>>534471979
nevermind, they can only do it 2 more times

>>534471549
making a cool indicator above health pool costs money, it all went to galeshot arrows

>>534471979
what change you can spam phase traversal if you just sb1111

Holy moly

so you camp raza and your other legend slot is just stat stick

>>534472562
The nature of energy recovery on legend swap means that you still want to swap.

Legendary Dagda Stance

SHARP BLADE SHARP MIND
NOT HAPPENING

>>534471770
have you tried not being poor?

>>534473707
don't reply to pajeet schizo

>>534473707
Don't engage him

goon time

>>534472562
whats the deal with retards not wanting to press button? swapping attunements/kits/legends is not hard, just go to the dumb delegated class (mech)if you dont want to play the game

>7 cum skills
Nice, I didn't expect that many

Anyone else notice a lack of combat identity in some of these specs? The luminary uses all the weapons and you will use every weapon in your rotation. The skrittmancer uses random meme weapons and you spam them as much as possible. Now the conduit's identity is that you can use ALL the legends, wow!
It feels lazy and uninspired. Makes me not want to try them. This isn't the case with the other specs but they have issues of their own.

>>534470662
You enslave demons and suck out souls to fuel them and your funny fireballs
How is that not evil?

FUCK BARRIERS

Barrier break on cumgineer sounds kinda sick.

>barrier break
>built in quick and alac
>most new skills out of all specs
>its not even over yet
okay engi won

EngiGAWDS

>brap state

GASSY FEMSURAS

goonbros.... I'm thinking we won

Ok bros just need Ele to round out the tierlist. Bad classfags BTFO everyone else is winning.

Please, let me be an Ice Mage. Just make the bow full DPS and no duration on conjures!

help me think of a dan schneider joke to name my new engi

Holy shit they fucking cooked

picking mid grandmaster and COOOMINg all over my fellas

engi fucking won

I actually think it's too good, I'm afraid it's gonna get nerfed into the ground

I like the unique support effects on different specs.

>barrier breaker
>spams poison super hard
Zerg killer spec.

>>534476825
at least one thing that break shit in wvw is required or wvw players wont buy the expack

>1s cd to go back to your main element
This might get me to finally play something other than weaver

Me when Evoker.

hey newfag here
recommend me non piano class please
from what ive seen i like
>mechanist
>reaper
>firebrand
i like big swords and guns
also what would be the equivalent to a ret paladin from WoW?

>>534477654
Power Rifle Mech with the mines is as slow as you can get. If you're feeling extra lazy put the mech skills on autocast too but that's not recommended.

won so hard

>>534473707
>if you don't eat jewish shitslop then you're poor
shalom, hymie

mom spec

>complains about other people spending money
>somehow everyone else is jewish
Shalom indeed.

>>534472371
>seeing dervish moves getting doled out with no hope of an actual Dervish
I'm crying a little inside.

>>534450674
>>534461895
Thnx, I'm super drunk rn but I'll appreciate your useful replies tomorrow.
>>534451136
sound like your are a boring useless niiga kys and thx in advance

Say it with me now bros
>ConduSHIT Lost
>Cumbender WON
>Evoker is for eGirls.

>>534479513
Don't bother replying to the "pveasies" retard. Ignore him like everyone else and watch him seethe more when he has to samefag reply to himself

no fucking way...

>>534472371
can't these chucklefucks use multi-page tooltips instead of filling up the screen with this nonsense?

bro wat

the madman actually did it...

It's button mashing time.

Evoker 100% locked in as the shitter girlfriend spec

>entire arcanist line is useless now

>>534479819
Conduit gets a lot of flat stats

>>534481378
wtf is an arcanist line

>lava font
>meteor shower
>flame burst
>f5
>repeat
MAKE IT RAIN
NO WALL WILL BE SAFE
FUCK YOU SIEGE HUMPERS

TEAPOT REACTED YET?

>>534481378
You still get every attunement swap effect whenever you no-swap attunements.

>>534481592
it will be garbage because the fox only gives condi damage, also i think F5 only gives 10 sec cooldown reduction

>>534482045
nope, the buttons are locked

>>534482159
It actually looks a little weak as shown since you have to use 2 weapon cds to use a pet skill then you have to use the pet skill 3 times to get the 10s refresh. That's on top of losing every other element. Maybe it should have something like enabling weapon swap in combat when using that trait.

>>534482464
They quite literally said and showed that you can still swap attunements while keeping the same element skills.

>>534481003
>>534481017
they should do it like the torch in frostfire frontier or whatever it's called

So assuming you can cobble together some kind of goofy Alacrity Otter Condi DPS and a Hare Quickness Healing build, Evoker can fill literally every PvE role in one spec.

>>534480982
>>534481003
>>534481017
What's the gimmick exactly. A grandmaster trait removes all attunements you didn't specialize in? Does it lower your weapon skill cooldowns or let you weapon swap or something?

Have they dropped the link to the trait lineup they said they made?

>>534483108
>You cannot leave your current attunement (based on selected familiar).
>Your familiar basic attack charges quicker (2 instead of 6)
>Activating the empowered F5 recharges weapon skills by 10 seconds and triggers attunement swap traits.

>>534482905
heal hare quickness might be a little too goofy

>>534483349
https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/gallery/category/14-visions-of-eternity-elite-specialization-skills-evoker-amalgam-and-conduit/

Okay now make it so conduit doesnt have to legend swap and im in

>down one
>im killed by whole zerg
>down another
>2 shotted by thief
>down another
>check around
>no one, not even mobs
>press F
>he rally 2shot me in 0.5s

What gear should I prepare if I want to be an amalgam main?

>>534487330
cele

>>534487410
how about wvw

>engineer becomes cum
>slips under the door
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I DONT WANT TO SEAL THE CRACKS

So Amalgam can provide 6 seconds of both Quick and Alacrity every 16 seconds, but not either one at 100% uptime.
Triple Amalgam confirmed for new meta.

>>534488830
Before or after calculating alac cooldowns + boon duration stats?

>>534488969
during.

what are the bis builds for wvw zerging?

>>534488969
Silver Lining + Contagious Mutation *seems* like it should give Defensive Protocol: Cleanse and Offensive Protocol: Shred a base 3 second group Alacrity and Quickness respectively.
So 6 seconds at 100% boon duration with a 16 second CD.

>>534489414
/pol/ troon down kek

>>534489574
So it's more like 12s with alac so 2 should be enough to cover a sub? Seems like that's what they would want

>>534489798
No, 16 seconds after Alac, they have 20 second base CDs.

cumbender and frogmancer look cancer (fun) as fuck in PvP

>>534489904
Damn that's so dogshit. 2 boon DPS will definitely be worse than 1 dps 1 boon dps. The trait is pointless if it requires 3

>>534488145
>Psychopathic cummancer-engi femsura
Legitimately frightening

I just show my best friend my 9 mcharrs and told their backstories. He didn't even knew I played GW2 before.
What does that mean, am I gay furrfag?

>>534491037
If their backstories are not harrowing tales from the lfg, I'm afraid you are bucko

>>534491037
I feel like after 6+ mcharrs you're probably a gay furfag. It's alright though me too.

My mcharr's backstory is that they were secretly a member of the Frost Legion, but they were too mentally powerful for Jormag to mind control, and that's why I need you to send me 250g so I can buy a Winter's Heart infusion

What server are you on? NA or EU I'll trade you my winters heart infusion for a +11 i bought a bunch of random infusions and honestly I don't like my character being blue.

>>534489414
beaten the bigot

engi won
ele won
everyone else LOST

I WILL NOT play the cum Engi.

ranger bros won...
they fucking won...

>>534492540
Meant for>>534491641

>>534492842
EVERYONE
CUM

I would've liked an actual pet spec instead of the pokémon master but, considering what thief, necro and every heavy class got, I probably shouldn't complain.

>>534489414
Serves them right for being a faggot.

uhm, skyscale quest didnt start altough i played whole lw4 while only ep4+6 was necessary and still nothing

I would like to blog that I finally got my Skyscale through SotO. But I quit while halfway through obtaining it through LW4 3 years ago so maybe I bricked myself.

>>534491037
Nah, charrs are cool.

>>534494485
nevermind, apparently i am already on it

>>534491641
>joined the frost legion before it existed
>actively worked against said frost legion when it was dominion, committing war crimes and murdering the top ranking guys
>arrested literally hitler of the frost legion and killed jormag and rommel
>mfw
I suppose with fractals, anything is possible. Dont let you dreams be dreams

>like ele the best so far, its cute
>remember my ele is a fucking DUDE and its gonna look GAY AS FUCK with the cute little pokemans flying around him

>>534496104
It's okay to be gay

ngl every new elite is gay and retarded as fuck

>>534496986
when the least gay class option literally cooms and busts on people you know you got issues

Are the guild leaders for the EU guild still active?

This was the final elite spec live. What's everyone's tier list now?
For me,
>looks interesting tier
Cumgineer, some degree of creativity was involved and they actually put some effort in the spec!
Evoker is the meme single attunement spec, it's worth checking out at least.
>where have I seen this before? tier
Troonbadour is support Virtuoso.
Galeshot is Bladesworn with weapon swap.
Ritualist is green Mesmer, and the fucking spirits look nothing like in GW1 despite the obvious nostalgia bait.
They/Themvenant is a jack of fuck-all trades and a waste of a cool legend.
>complete nonsense tier
Redditary creates a problem with the backfiring skills and then "fixes" it by making them not backfire via traits. Thanks? Other than that, it's core Thief but you get 2–3 stolen skills instead of one.
>not even an elite spec tier
Paragon is core Warrior with AoE buffs, only instead of a banner slave it's a chant slave.
Poominary is core Guardian with an added F4 to equip a spirit weapon, press a button to get a buff, unequip the weapon and go back to the core Guardian rotation.

DO NOT REDEEM

>>534497891
Engineer is cool, I don't care about the rest at all

>>534498186
Classic whisper into block combo. Anet should add a CD on blocking people you just whispered so they can't pussy out

>>534498186
Making jeets mad is the duty of every White man. Excellent work.

>>534498186
thats a chink not a jeet

>>534498509
This. 2 hour limit before you can block.

>>534497891
>Evoker
I owe an apology, I was not familiar with their game.
The GM that gives one-attunement all the time has wide fucking implications beyond firewuzzard. Camping water will likely be shit but Lightning and Earth might have some easily abusable shit.
Pet mechanic I was expecting ranger spirits but instead this seems neat. Elite ability seems actually good for once.
9/10, gonna be a solid 6 once they nerf it into the ground along weaver at launch.

>sucking your own cock like an ouroboros
is this achievable natty?

>>534497891
>S-Tier
Coomgineer- Actually looks unique and fun.
Galeshot - Finally a badass archer spec with good effects and abilities
>Decent tier
Troubadour - Has good effects and trait lines but the instruments and roleplay are lacking
Evoker - Degenerate ez mode shit. Looks absolutely overpowered. Still has good effects and more potential than most other specs.
Ritualist - Spirit design is shit but the class has interesting features. All of Necro specs are good.
>Undercooked tier
Paragon-No effort put into the traitlines but it's good that Warriors get some support. Needs to be buffed and thought through more.
Luminary- Ok for PVP, and the dmg sharing is nice, but the everything and the kitchen sink class design needs to stop. The obsession with making core "good" with elite specs needs to die.
>Delete for game tier
Themvenant - Dogshit core rev. No boons, no support, no aesthetics, no creativity. Effects look like literal shit on screen.
Skrittfucker- Literally just delete this shit. Total dogshit. Fire whoever came up with it.

so is evoker the braindead spec for mentalist?

>be washed up trash
>queue ranked ladder
>run own build for sweet mobility
>watch 2 dudes die against a deadeye while not fighting on point
>they tell me that i suck
>wonder why they don't understand that we are equally matched
>run circles around their roamers
>buy seconds here and there for the team
>still lose
>'our theaf bad'

i like this game, just like LoL

>all mats are expensive as fuck
I know ectos are mooning because of the festival, but what about karma mats? Is it because people are stockpiling for the upcoming expac? Its a great time to be selling your inventory desu

I've been told GW2 had some crazy resurgence yet this thread is snail pace. What gives?

>>534500549
>360+ posts in 24 hours is slow
Thats faster than a centaur in gw2g's case

>>534421464
>Meanwhile you got people like Lord Hizen making top tier content but never being offered shit probably, or GuildJen/Vallun arguably the best build crafters being dropped for saying the gamer word, or even that tranny Noxxi and his meme videos has never been a partner.
The wojak guy who lambasted every release since SotO, called the new expansions battle passes, called ArenaNet incompetent and threw shit at the elite spec teasers was made a partner, I find it absolutely hilarious that Hizen is still being snubbed despite making solid content for years.
Was he caught calling someone a niggerfaggot on stream or something?

>>534500475
Buy Gold now!

Mechanist is waaaaaaay too boring. Scrapper or Holosmith: which is simpler to learn and play?

>>534473707
Sry man but you ate the bait and are right now digesting it.

>>534500549
Slow threads are good threads.

I cant play vindicator
No not because its hard
No not because the jump is shit
Its because the sound of the 2 on teh GS is delayed to play after the explosion has finished
Literally fucking unplayable
Alright, what do I play instead

Why not unlock weapon swap with the last evoker trait? They had to make it so boring and braindead.

>>534501898
>Slow threads are good threads.
that means this thread is shit

after playing d/d daredevil i dont think that i can play the game without 3 invul frame dashes

is the new ranger pet AI applied to mechs as well or is anet retarded?

!!

>>534504916
grats anon!

Place your bets now

>>534505354
its rigged so crap

>>534505354
A really expensive shield skin

I dont even know what that is

i will never buy cosmetics from arena net, no matter how many visual effects you stack on them

>>534505760
That might be the most Guaranteed Wardrobe Unlock shit I've ever seen

>never played thief
>so excited to play thief now, skritt rule
These dumbasses realize an antiquary is still a thief? They'll try it for an hour, die when an enemy sneezes in their general direction, then log off and never play thief again. It's because of these morons we're gonna be stuck with an underperforming meme spec for years.

>>534491037
Maybe. I play female characters, I don*t even know why.
Do you like cats?

If I'm a straight male, can I play Necromancer

>>534508584
Only Guardian, only class color scheme that has blues.

>>534508584
reaper is the only straight spec I'm afraid, even core necro is a little "light in the poulaines"

>>534508905
I thought Harbinger looks cool...

>>534477979
based

>>534489414
what a faggot

>>534490462
>>534489798

That would be retarded. Nobody is going to camp discord or lfg saying lf 2 boondps amalgams

>>534498848
No it's not lmfao it's a frenchie, mdr is french slang.

I like the concept of reaper but the scythe looks so fucking goofy
Why is it so fucking long

Through some extensive testing, I have determined GS mesmer is really fun, and also the only prof i dont get instagibbed on in nam
currently mirage, virt looks really cool too, no interest in chrono or the new bard spec
How is virt?

>10 man sqad vs a thief + spellbreaker
>all dead
>all leave
>eb empty

you feel like a god pwning noobs on thief but then you encounter someone who knows what they're doing and it feels impossible to beat them

>>534514335
that's because stealth hardcounters shitters

>>534514975
I'm playing s/d daredevil in preparation for antiquary
I dueled a core warrior and lost like 15 times and won once
I'm not good but maybe it's a counter, he always dodged after my sword 2 immobilize so I couldn't 5

>>534513487
>refuses to play chrono
>interested in gay purple daggers virt

>>534515234
Listen until they make the final spec jester i just have to make do
I dont care for time shit but snapping your fingers and having magic swords stab shit is cool

>>534513487
>has a big move where a blade pops up from the ground
of course its fun

>>534516503
I also really like the laser beam, feels satisfying, which i cant say for like 90% of the auto attacks in this game
seriously, most sounds are delayed and every melee attack feels wimpy, across all profs, its insane

>wvw queue bug that shows you at position 1 infinitely
>wvw queue bug that puts you back in queue when you get the queue pop
they should be getting fined by the EU for this kafkaesque torture

any way to turn bundles of loot from the treasure hunt into gold or are they just solely used for vendor skins and minis?

>>534517150
Fair enough but there are a lot of cool moves, just not on your 1 key, IMO

>>534517985
Embroidered coin purses I guess, but the rewards are pretty minimal.

Do I make a human male or keep her?

>>534520096
Are you a woman?

>>534520096
Make a human male

>>534520118
No, nor do I desire to be one
>>534520284
Ogeeeeeey, will have to delete a char to make room but out of everything I have I only really want to play mesmer anyway

>>534519059
yeah, theres always so many people doing it and I dont see the pay off

>>534517150
Dont let that chrono anon bring you down, virt can be super fun with gs. I dunno if this build is still relevant but gs/spear was fucking dope like a year ago or so.

I wish I could remember how I timed every dodge and block to take literally 0 damage but I think I just got lucky.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNwnoYofQBQ

>>534497891
>specs I'm interested in
Amalgam: Best looking spec by far. I love how customizable it is as well as the symbiote theme. Juggernaut was my first legendary weapon, I will try this class out no matter what.
Evoker: The element specialization is interesting, I'm curious how stuff like air hare/Inferno/Fresh Air would perform and how well sword works with it, the magic swordsman fantasy and frequent attunement swapping is the main reason I play weaver.
>spec that look cool but I probably won't play
Galeshot: This looks like a less clunky bladesworn with lots of hits instead of big numbers, but I don't particularly like ranger/pets.
>specs I dislike
Luminary: Shroud seems like it would be very annoying to use in PvE.
Conduit: Really boring. The blog made it sound like Razah would change significantly depending on your second legend, but it barely changes and the profession mechanic is a just stat buff. I hope conduit gets majorly improved after the beta because it sounds pretty cool on paper.
>specs of classes I don't play
Troubadour
Ritualist
Paragon I play warrior but have no interest in anything that isn't bladesworn
>specs that are called antiquary and are so terrible they deserve an extra category of their own
Antiquary: Jesus fucking christ did they drop the ball. Not only is the theme closer to being a junkyard hobo than a treasure hunter, the RNG effects also aren't RNG enough to be exciting. The stolen skill pool is too small and the backfire effects are hardly even worth mentioning. Biggest disappointment by far because I was excited for either a gambling spec or Indy and ended up getting neither.

>that frantic button mashing
ah yes, this is totally how the game was designed to be played!

>>534525096
>mashes A frantically
based guardian hammer enjoyer

>>534525096
>be me in squad full nomad + buffs + karka potion
>get 2shot by 15k hits aoe
how the hell ppl in zerk dont die with 1 hit

>>534526487
speed runes :^)

>>534525395
whoosh your conditions are gone
>>534520452
make a cool royal one not a faggy one
go with the knife or time wizard spec
but hurry because they might be nerfing the time wizard one for the new lute one

>>534502672
You are complaining the ele mechanist is boring

Incredible

>>534501795
Scrapper

Holo requires skill and has failstates

>>534500549
because it hasn't had some crazy resurgence, that's just gaynet shills shilling to try and drum up interest in the newest cashgrabspansion

>>534491037
is water wet?

>accidentally join spvp game with wrong build cause was trying out elite specs
AIIEEEEE, atleast its unrated

muckluck said VoE is awesome

>>534526487
have you tried really staying on top of the colored triangle?
these blobs heal the damage you deal to them INSTANTLY and I really mean in less than 1 second, you barely see the healthbar move
it's absolutely disgusting

>>534529001
>make his shekel to feed his family by simping off of anet
no shit

>>534529001
>man with child has to pay bills
shocking news at 11

>>534530558
>>534530886
stfu nike army

>>534531225
nike is a kike, kys gaynet shilling retard

>>534497891
>Looks good as-is, I want to play it
Galeshot: pew pew pew
Antiquary: I like card-draw mechanics, the traits look pretty fun, GW2 has mostly had the tone of a children's cartoon so the silliness doesn't bother me
Evoker: I didn't think it would be good, but bringing the Fresh Air gameplay style to every element is very cool
Amalgam: Probably the best overall, just a huge amount of options and most seem really good
>Looks good but I'm not really interested personally
Troubadour: I just think Chrono is a more fun idea even if the nerfs make Troubadour the king
Ritualist: I can't point to anything specific that I don't like, but I'm just not excited about it
>I want to play it but it really needs some minor work
Conduit: I like Core Rev, so Core Rev + Stats is cool to me. But the traits are bad. 5 Affinity should be baseline, the bottom Adept needs a new effect to compensate that, and they need to separate the GM trait so that you can get Energy from swapping with Affinity without turning it into an upkeep toggle
Luminary: I actually like all the skills, both in the shroud and the utility/heal/elite. But the traits are pretty boring.
>Needs a big rework
Paragon: Kind of like Luminary, I think the class mechanic and the skills are actually pretty cool. But the traits on it aren't just boring; they're boring AND they're really week. They pretty much have to redo those from the ground up.

>>534526487
because stacking with 49 other people gives you 90% avoiding chance
it's a fun and engaging mechanic that lead to that epic gameplay featured in that clip

so which light armor profession is the best overall? i kinda like mesmer with the clones but pink gay

>>534532953
Mesmer > Ele > > > > > > > > > > N*cro

>being in a thread about a game you hate

>>534533003
ah sweet, from what i saw the dagger spec for mesmer is the best one but that also gts rid of the clones, can i use mirage?

>>534533124
>Healer
Chrono quick/alac
Mirage Alac
>DPS
Condi Mirage
Power/condi virt
Power/condi chrono(worse than virt in most situations)
>Boon DPS
Alac Mirage
Power/Condi Chrono quick or alac.

Mirage benches highest in the game right now, Virtuoso is the easiest to play with consistent damage. Chrono is the best all rounder to carry PvE content.

>PvP
Support chrono
Burst Chrono
Condi Virt
Power Virt
Power Mirage(usually very ranged high burst)

>>534532953
Really just depends on personal preference. They all have a lot of cool builds and can fill a lot of roles. Mesmer has a lot of cool utilities like portals, teleports, mass stealth, etc.
>>534533124
Mirage is pretty good right now, I like it's dodge mechanic. With energy sigils, vigor boon, and the mirage mirror skills you dodge so much shit basically just passively. I personally like staff/staff mirage a lot but I think there are technically better weapon combos.
Mesmer has some cool takes on weapons too. Like your greatsword? 1200 range laserbeams. Rifle? Heals.

>>534533337
>>534533480
thanks for the input, guess i'm making me a mesmer

asura

Hey so I'm a boomer MMO refugee that is looking for something to play. I asked /xivg/ if their game ever starts to feel like a 'traditional MMORPG' where you interact with the open world zones and they said no and they sent me here.

I used to play GW2 and stopped during HoT but bought Path of Fire but never really played it. I bounced off because the writing got really annoying and gay. Also the Asura's neon aesthetic got really obnoxious after HoT.

How's the writing these days? I loved Guild Wars 1 but 2 feels like it was written by Joss Whedon/Marvel fans. TYVM.

>>534533912
The story is not very good. The only parts that people think are good are Heart of Thorns to Path of Fire or Living World Season 4, and maybe the first half of Icebrood Saga. I think the world is cool but yeah the actual writing and characters are garbage.
As far as open world stuff.. I don't play a lot of MMO's but I feel like GW2 has the best open world content by a mile. Lots of events popping off all over the place, big zone wide meta-events (basically event chains that end in big spectacle world bosses). They've done a great job keeping all the old expansions' content valuable and active too. If you need help on an event or anything just saying something in map chat will usually have people coming to help etc. The exploration in the open world is great too, lots of cool stuff to see, jumping puzzles, fun terrain to whip around on on your mounts. Open world content is generally pretty easy/casual, with a couple exceptions where you want somewhat coordinated 50-man squads.

>>534533912
I mean this in nthe nicest way possible, but why do you even want a well written story inside of an MMO. the whole point is to interact with the players and world, stories in MMO by default will pretty much always be written like shit, yea GW2 is worse than a lot, but in general MMOs have no good stories to be found. We have tons of good story based games coming out yearly, just play those and use MMOs for the social/grind aspect like everyone else.

>>534533912
>How's the writing these days?
Gay ass woke marvelslop. If you have particular aversion to gays or womens I suggest pressing skip dialogue button very actively.

Open world content is fun and active, less lucrative zones might be dead, but overall you'll always have a couple players around you doing same shit as you do.

>>534533912
It stays on roughly the same level from HoT until middle of Icebrood Saga. Nosedives hard during End of Dragons then recovers a bit in last too expansions. Sadly production quality steadily declines after EoD, so it does feel extra bad these days.
That said if you approach story and characters as a theme backdrop, GW2 has the best feeling mmo world. You meet players constantly in majority of the maps, it's easy to spontaneously coop, navigating terrain and running around is fun, fight system is loose and dynamic like an action game. It's a rare mmo that feels like an mmo, most other games are isolating and you meet up with others only when doing instanced content. Since game is very casual and boomer-full, people don't take everything as competitively as in wow for example. Overall it's a very relaxed experience full of collecting shit and doing whatever you want without pressure.

>>534533912
The writing, just like any other game, got invaded by woke DEI agenda with their stonk female, troons, lesbians and fags clogging up the story. If you want story with old MMO feels, play original guild wars.

>>534535462
>Overall it's a very relaxed experience full of collecting shit and doing whatever you want without pressure.
Great description, just feel like adding on for new anons that getting to 80 and finishing the story often leaves you without an explicit goal, there's not really any standard content progression or gear score treadmill or anything laid out for you after you complete the story. You just do what's fun, or find something to grind for, like legendary equipment, titles, fashion, performing well in PvP/WvW/raids/whatever, etc. You have to find your goals and motivation yourself.

>>534533912
The opening of the latest expansion can be named the ovarian alliance for all I care.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLQMqYojdVk

>>534535293
Ideally it'd be a good MMO with good writing. Hard to invest yourself in a story when everyone's quipping like it's a Marvel movie.
TESO writing with Guild Wars 2 gameplay would be the ultimate MMORPG.
>>534534416
I'll give it a shot, I tried End of Dragons for like 45 minutes and I uninstalled but maybe I should just skip that one.
>>534535763
Is it still pozzed or is it getting better?
nvm answered >>534536286 this sucks
Guild Wars 1 had such a cool world. The fuck happened?

>>534536286
>Sylvari represented by male in alliance but lead by female Pale Tree
>Charr represented by female
>Asura represented by female
>Norn represented by male
>Cantha represented by female
>Kryta represented by female
>Tengu represented by female
>Elona represented by female
Christ Almighty.

Wonder what I'll play tomorrow after I download the game
I remember soifacing mega hard at warrior whenever I saw one running around, their rifle skills seemed so cool
How's deadeye? Fun? Any other nigga make use of rifles or pistols?

>>534536846
I don't even know why they add Dagonet into the story. Maybe just yo rub salt into the wound by telling everyone that he's a male nurse... probably. kek

>>534537190
rifle is ass on warrior, better play mech if you want big pew

How's Guardian doing these days? That was my main in 2012. I have a Revenant from HoT too.

a bird cant even fly in peace without someone trying to shoot it ç_ç

will I be considered trolling if I hop into ranked as a core ele. I think I was contributing ok in unranked (except when the enemy team realizes how quickly they can delete me if they all click me at once then I was clearly a liability)

>>534536846 (Me)
There is another male at the podium between Sylvari and Charr but I honestly don't know remember who they represent, maybe Lion's Arch but then that's basically a city mayor at a meeting of country leaders. So 3 men, 6 women... but one of the men is just filling in for a woman and another is not really at the same level of authority as the rest. Basically 1 man to 7 woman for Tyrian world leaders.
>>534537789
Guardian has long been regarded as ArenaNet's favorite class. Some of the best defensive support and utility in the game, plenty of great damage builds.

>>534536846
And I cant think of one quality I like in any of them.

>>534536478
>Is it still pozzed or is it getting better?
You tell me. Pic rel is one of the story NPC.

>>534538212
I regret installing. What the fuck.
I'm not even someone into identity politic shit flinging but this is dumb and gay.

>>534537868
who cares, appear offline and game away.

>>534538212
>>534538286
I had to look that up because I have no idea who the hell that is. He's apparently some side NPC that was present at the end of one story instance for like 2 pieces of optional dialogue. There's plenty of woke shit to complain about in the story but picking this and framing it like he's some NPC central to the story you spend any time with is weird. You could have just posted Dagda.

>>534538528
>He rose through the ranks over the years, eventually becoming a member of the Collective's inner council. When Bengt's recruiter revealed his true self and identity as Mabon to the Collective, Bengt stood by him as a close friend and pupil
>Bengt did not exist in the original Sky Pirates release; he was retroactively written in for the 2022 re-release of Sky Pirates.
It's worse than that. It's intentional faggotry.

>>534538212
Bait, these are random venders that you'll never see behind gorrilion half naked FHD satnding ifron of them.
Majority of Secrets of Obscure characters look like pic rel

>>534537664
Warrior has one of the best rifles in the game lol

>>534538528
You are right, there's plenty of woke main characters that anon will have a chance to experience it first hand. I don't need to point that one out. The fact that they even put an effort to a literal who character just to show how faggy he looked like is actually kinda funny.

And this is what you usually see loading in major hubs

>>534536846
>>534537993
>both male and female representatives
The Grove (Dagonet and Caithe)
Lion's Arch (Commodore Marriner and Ellen Kiel)
Vigil (Jora and Laranthir)
Elona (Zaeim and that councilor chick whose name I forgot of the Free City of Amnoon)
>male
Norn
Durmand Priory
Wizard's Court
>female
Kryta
Charr High Legions
Rata Sum
Order of Whispers
Dominion of Winds
Cantha

As for the Pale Tree, she doesn't really do external politics so wouldn't have represented the Grove even if she wasn't still incapacitated. It was actually weird that she participated in the LW1 summit instead of letting the Firstborns handle things.

>>534539084
nad that's a good thing

>>534539618
>It was actually weird that she participated in the LW1 summit instead of letting the Firstborns handle things
Gee anon, I wonder why. She and Her children, including the firstborn literally dragon minions, and she knows about the truth.

Today I shall Isekai Anon's charrs on my rat

>>534539618
I honestly appreciate the correction, I was kinda curious to take a closer look at everyone there but basically called it after scrubbing through 2 small sections.
Would be kinda funny and wild if Waiting Sorrow really did end up usurping Isgarren like some shitpost about.

>>534540446
She didn't actually say anything relevant about Mordremoth or the Sylvari connection at that summit, that came later. In fact, she didn't do anything at all in that story instance besides greeting the leaders and then getting BTFO'd by the shadow of the dragon.

>>534540731
Everyone in-universe treats Isgarren like trash, and yet Anet keeps using him as a major NPC. I am really curious what they're going to do with him in VoE

>>534536846
Feminism was a mistake. All of them (including the males) should be pregnant with my cubs and making me dinner.

>>534541361
Yup they really write him like everyone hates him and you're supposed to too. I like him and think he's a good character to have around.. honestly I think it doesn't make sense to have the Astral Ward without Isgarren or someone of similar age and wisdom. But I can't say I'd be surprised at all if they did get rid of him in some asspull.
As for Waiting Sorrow though I think they're gonna ultimately have her stay with Stoic Alder and the lowland kodan.

>summer
>not a single swimsuit in the store
>instead there is a snowman head and santa hat
am I retarded to expect summer skins in summer or anet is retarded?

>>534541880
Yes.

>>534541880
you just missed bro

>>534539084
glazing all over with my shared coomboons

>>534539084

god DAMNIT why is medium armor so janked in torso/legs compared to light/heavy?
why are the "dangly bits" (skirts, etc) always tied to the TORSO only of medium, when on light and heavy it's the legs? I fucking hate this so much, it screws up potential outfit designs
can't do a cool bottomheavy dress or sash with bikini top on medium

>>534543468
Medium gear is so trash I don't even mind when people use outfits on them instead.

bow before me

>>534541061
Mordy sent shadow of the dragon to fucked her in the ass so she won't be able to snitch was based as hell

>>534543950
So you went God of Arena and Mists and then trooned out?
You do you, I guess.

how do people skip DS cinematics?

>>534541361
guarantee he will die in the most embarrassing way possible on the next xpac

>>534541880
It's winter for bogans

>>534415692
>the expansions are $25 a year what sort of quality do you expect for that price?
This is a pretty disingenuous statement.
ANet are the ones setting the price, and they decided to go for $5 less than EoD.
Neither SotO nor JW feel "$5 short of EoD" in value, in fact JW has less content than a living world season and that little content is much worse, too.
Basically, ANet lowered the price by a negligible amount and felt that was enough to justify dropping the ball so hard it ended up in Australia.
As for the
>$25 is pocket change
argument, do keep in mind that expansions are now essentially releasing in early access, and I've seen early access games on Steam launch for $20 or less, have more consistent updates and put way more effort than The Midnight King or anything since Godspawn.

>>534544505
That's the neat part. They don't.

>>534541815
>everyone hates him and you're supposed to too
he dared cut off Queen Kamala and Countess AOC and then mansplain in the JW intro, of course you're supposed to hate him
what are you, a chud??

>>534536846
Caithe need to wilt already. Her wyld hunt is already over. Stupid old salad.

>open BL chest
>elder wood node
cool 75 gold

>>534545370
how do they dps during the cinematic then?

>>534545865
waypoint

I have a very bad feeling that VoE regions will be filled by quaggans tending some giant mommy leviathan or some shit.

>>534546391
I'm more concerned that there will be one good map and all the others will suck.

>>534545832
63 god there is the tiptax

>>534539618
It feels like all female lead because only female yapping most of the time while the male just stand there like a beta cuck

>>534546670
That's more like a feature at this point

>thought I hate boost scrolls
>didnt
surely 20-80 isnt so bad...
...
Do I just buy janthir and get a free boost from that?

>>534547790
If you follow the adventure guide, you can get to lvl 80 in 3 days. Each task nets you half to whole levels worth of xp.

>>534547790
Not sure I'd recommend Janthir, it's by far the worst expansion at this point.

>>534547790
since day one of this game you could get to 80 in 15 minutes of crafting
scrolls+tomes are just cheaper

>>534547991
>it's by far the worst expansion at this point.
?
what a retarded thing to say

i dont get it. they cooked really hard with engi espec being very flexible in roles to fulfill and gameplay style, giving unique buffs to the party if specialized to do so (which they wanted to remove btw) and even giving 2 unique effects with barrier break and glancing and then ele's biggest "feature" is abbandoning all other attunements with nearly no benefit at all. the fuck were they thinking?

>>534548489
He's not wrong though? EoD was a mess and the most insulting story wise, but it gave three elite specs, turtle mount, jade bots, etc. SOTO was kinda mediocre but gave weapon mastery, alternate skyscale, and pveasy leggy armor.

Janthir gave spears and... new abilities for Warclaw. It had ONE good map.

>>534548682
>the fuck were they thinking?
"Jesus christ everyone hated JW and a huge chunk of our player base is saying they won't buy the next expansion at launch. Quick: make some elite specs!"

>>534548891
>Janthir gave spears and... new abilities for Warclaw.
Both of which are extremely good.

>It had ONE good map.
Two. Syntri haters can keep walking. And Lowlands is so good, as much as you want to stamp your feet at anet fucking up the last two, it makes up for it. Janthir is good overall, calling it "le worst expansion" is just disingenuous.

>>534548682
Cumgineer looks extremely bad. What a joke, it's as if they wanted to make something as stupid as possible just to get people to stop talking about Antiquary.

>>534549115
>Syntri haters can keep walking
Lmao what a fucking retard. Broken ass map at launch that remains the most retarded design of a map ever: "let's have specific events going on at the SAME time as the actual world bosses, who are hp bloated as fuck and require precision timing to beat. should we have said events occur outside of the world boss? nahhhh, split the entire map that's a good trick."

You're right about Lowlands being great: it's one of my favorite maps. You know what would make it even better? Having any reason at all to show up there. No meta, no rewards worth a damn... nothing. But I know you're probably arguing that SOTO is the worst expansion and that's fine, it's not particularly good either. But pretending Janthir is good overall is peak retardation.

>>534549212
4/10, got me to reply. cumgineer is easily the most interesting.

Which nodes should I go after next?

>playing through Icebrood Saga for the first time
>every map keeps trying to lowpop push me to new instances
I didn't notice this during LW4 content. I guess nobody likes the Icebrood Saga zones or something.

when is the beta for the new elite spec?

>>534549453
Oh look, the drone has shit taste.

>"let's have specific events going on at the SAME time as the actual world bosse
So what? Boo hoo, you have to pick one or the other, and it only ever matters once.

>who are hp bloated as fuck
Not anymore.

>and require precision timing to beat.
Holy fuck, you're literally this bad at the game? Fucking lmao, keep walking loser.

The rest of your post is pissy whiny entitled foot-stamping garbage, as predicted. Even my captcha predicted you have a vagina.

>>534549494
>literal degen faggot who doesn't play the game gets excited for the retard meme class
let's see your quagguan shield and unicorn bow bro

did the new ele spec turn out to be the braindead ez mode spec people thought?
I haven't seen anyone talking about it

>>534547790
Stack xp bonuses and you can get to 80 blasting yellow mobs in like 6 hours, boosts are nice though it's true.

>>534549719
There is an extremely popular daily ice shards farm in Bjora Marches, so people tend to log in/out a lot with multiple characters, confusing the map instance system. Plus Drakkar meta event on the left side of the map. Grothmar Valley has 4 main timed mini metas that rotate, this leads to dips in population too.

Is PoF still the best expansion?

>>534551940
If it had at least 2 interesting map metas which utilize mounts in a unique way, then it'd be up there on par with HoT.

>>534551940
HoT mogs it by a lot by actually having content people go back to play, meanwhile pof is both literal and figurative wasteland

>>534551709
I guess I'm still not invested enough to consider those things. It's just kinda a pain in the butt when the personal story stuff forces you to do events but there's nobody about to do them with. Fuck that Wolverine Shrine.

>>534551940
Only for the mounts

What would he think about GW2 in its current state?

I don't want to do this Skyscale grind. It's so boring.

>>534554976
If it's the Living World one, I understand. The moment I looked in and saw all the steps just for the first part, I checked out instantly. Apparently I'll just get one for easier in a later expansion anyway.

>>534554976
I enjoyed it, especially the jumping puzzles. :^)

>>534533912
>I bounced off because the writing got really annoying and gay
then i have bad news for you

>>534538286
i warned you that you would, and you of course didn't listen

>>534547790
meanwhile, if you played wvw, you would never have to level another character in yiur life because you'd be absolutely DROWNING in tomes of knowledge
pveasiers are the dumbest retards on earth

>>534548682
>the fuck were they thinking?
they were thinking "ncsoft's quarterly financial report is in a week and we're in trouble, better make some gay and retardedslop for these retards to lap up"

>>534551292
this guy plays wvw or maybe shitpvp

>>534521595
I run greatsword/spear on my virt and chrono builds and I’m clearing raids just fine contrary to what snowcrows might say.

>>534553964
He would die from cancer after playing it for a couple hours.

>>534558347

from a few days of unranked pvp what I gather is the team with more necros wins

>>534554976
Same but griffon grind.

>>534555104
what I'm unclear on is some guides I saw say you have to do both methods anyway since they give separate masteries

>>534561224
I recommend checking wiki before guides first, it's almost always better.
So yes, if you do SotO skyscale first you won't have a LW4 mastery track and won't be able to get on dragon midair or walljump, both are very useful

>Ragebait a third worlder into sending me death threats
>Report him and get him banned
No need to thank me anons, I'm just doing what's right.

get off my iron ore you dumb cat, I can't harvest it, reeee

>>534566304
How the fuck, they levitate too now?!
Fuck Catscalon, this place truly is cursed, I'm outta here

>>534539084
it's great
i love loading in and getting bricked up and milked in seconds

>>534561884
I cant in good faith spend weeks doing all the crap they expect you to do for the LW4 Skyscale, especially since I haven't levelled a single crafting profession.

>>534571000
Same. It's such a a mind numbing grind just to use a damn mount.

i havent played GW2 since path of fire came out and already have heart of thorns, what expansion should i prioritse buying next?

When do I get to fight something that isn't centaurs?

What's the D in FHD mean?

Is the EU guild still active?

Anons is it worth dropping 25 american rupees on housing expac? I stopped playing back in EoD and missed all the expansions afterwards.
I don't much care about >content but I'm curious about GW's hosing implementation.

>Everyone in this general shitting on the game while new players are trying to see if it’s worth getting into
>always loved this game over the years but never stuck with it long term
>Finally join a friendly guild that runs raids, T4 fractals, and WvW
>Game is amazing and everyone is so excited just to play it.
What happened to you all? Was it the Charr Furry takeover?

Damn playing gookmmos has inured me to grind hell I guess. Coming from black desert where building that gay ass boat that isn't even relevant anymore took at minimum 4 months of grind a couple weeks to get some actually useful flying mount functionality doesn't sound that bad

>>534572763
this IS a gookmmo, retard

>>534572661
it sucks, so no

>>534572941
I thought anet was 'murican blizzard dropouts

>>534572667
Same thing that happens to every mmo - if you're a returning player you have years of content to grind, but if you've been playing all this time all you have is crumbs of currently released content so you become jaded hateful fuck.

>>534572763
It's not even that bad, I had a bunch of shit stashed away and it took me about 7-10 days to get it. Most of it was due to forced timegating I think.

>>534573174
>'murican
owned by Gook conglomerate
>blizzard dropouts
not since 2006

>>534572086
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHO84rOp8FQ

>9/10 bridge events done for the mist shard gloves for the vision achievement
>Do western bridge defense event
>It's bugged and doesn't give credit
This fucking dogshit achievement

>>534573778
female human dick?

>>534572667
It's hip to be square.
Last two map patches were rough, boring, unfinished and derivative. All story instances consist of slowly walking while half the characters aren't voice, yet talk for minutes. This was stretched across months of slow releases. Plus there are multiple schizo trying to stir shit about dumb opinions. Big GW2 streamer were branching out for a while too, so it seems that even most dedicated people are semi-done with the game. You just came back during cool new announcement and a wave of players getting into it so it seems like things should be up-beat.

>>534574010
YOu'll finna know it!

>>534572667
Y'ask honest questions in this general and you're generally ignored, unless you shitpost or throw an arbitrary image in, then you might get some (you)'s but you'll never get a straight answer.

>>534572526
no but their discord is :)

>>534572661
Biggest problem is that it's extremely grindy and time-gated. You need tons of resources, gold and making shit weekly. And you can only show them to max 4 people at a time, since it counts as an dungeon group that needs to be posted in LFG or directly invited in. So just for housing it's not worth to buy.
If you want to build personal houses and show them to everyone play ESO. It's way better implemented, you feel like a proper adventurer decorating with cool loot and furniture you found during travels.

>>534571810
Go to your human capital city and teleport to Lion's Arch, then other cities and their zones and play there. Humans have the most bland shit.

>>534574494
That sucks. I need a guild to actually feel more invested in the game beyond just pushing through personal story and WvW, then burning out.

>>534571630
HAve you completed those? I yes, wait for Living World sales in gem store and get them or wait for big game sale that should happen soon and buy expansions then. It's honestly better to play chronologically, mb skipping LW2 since it's the most expensive yet least amount of cool unlocks and content out of them all. LW4 is very good and has lots of useful stuff. End of Dragons is also solid from gameplay perspective. Obscure is also good as a standalone, Janthir is only better in tandem with that.

>>534573289
That makes sense and what my first assumption would be. Plus GW2 doesn’t put out content as fast as WoW or FFXIV. But I applaud the attempts to keep all content relevant. I guess when I get burned out or bored, I just go do something else for a year or two.
>>534574095
Has the story ever actually been good? I enjoyed the pacing of LWS4, but I can’t say I’ve ever seen the story as anything more than serviceable for expanding the world. Even GW1 I didn’t think the story was good, but the world building and lore was the strong part. GW2 I think is worse on that latter part but not why I’m here.

That being said, I stopped last time right before these two patches to wait for the dialogue audio to be added in. Voice acting at least makes things bearable.

>>534549921
Next week

>>534572667
I try to answer questions when people ask. I'll never understand why people want to always be cynical over this game to new people who are interested. Yea it's pozzed but the gameplay loops are genuinely fun. Yea I'm in guilds and made friends I play in public servers I can't call people niggers or faggots or retards like I do in my friend groups and honestly it's a bit of a struggle to be fully censored all the time, but the community is nice, people there are cringe they have reddit tier humor but they're genuinely enjoying the game which is something a lot of anons cannot do and admit. It's sad. I play with my cringe friends and they're dear to me even if I'm the monotone cynical one they still love and accept me. At it's core that's the point of an MMO.

>>534571000
>>534571204
The most annoying parts are redoing dragonfall collecting multiple times. Blishhud with path finding module speeds that up. Crafting isn't necessary, you can keep playing the game, get 100+ gold, which isn't that long to acquire and buy every item from TP. There are only 3-4 somewhat demanding events to complete.
Sure, this isn't the most exciting stuff, but it's not as crazy demanding or long to get. Just don't rush it. It's like making your first mini-legendary.

>>534439576
lost even more

>>534375491
Teach me oh great master

>>534459008
how much you charge for all wings?

>>534549115
>Two. Syntri haters can keep walking.
But Syntri IS the one good JW map.

>>534482464
lmao you dumb fucking idiot

>>534574010
only when I'm in divinity's reach

I'm gonna make an Elementalist and play the new evoker cause the familiars are cute.

>>534544492
kek

>>534549676
LWs4 and LWs3 ones are probably the best. There's still stuff you can do with passive Volatile/Unbound Magic from them

>>534544492
kek'd you friend that tranny it's over for xim

>>534572661
What do you want from housing?
The feature itself is extremely limited, you can invite people to visit and harvest your resources like in a home instance but, aside from that, all you can do is furnish the place.
Some things are set in stone and you can't tamper with them, for example you can't move your mount stables or the crafting shed, you can't decide what NPCs are there and you have to manually set the time to day or night every time you enter. Your alts are visible if you left them at the homestead, but they're not fully rendered (no back items or weapons) and you can't interact with them aside from getting them to follow you. You can't even get them to emote or pose for some group picture.
As if that wasn't bad enough, decorations cost a lot of materials to craft and some have arbitrary limits in how many you can make.

>>534538950
smash. next

>>534572667
>shitting on the game
Just telling the truth. If anon asked if the story is posed, then I will answer yes it's posed as fuck.The game play fun? Heck yeah it's fun. Is it grindy? Absolutely. Go to redit if you want to praise the game 100%, there's plenty of normies there with that kind of attitude.

>>534572086
dick dong

ok NA bros It's Saturday what we doing? Strikes? Raids?

>>534580665
please be my gf

My alt account just hit 5k AP thx to the festival, that means free 400 gems. What should get to be sent to my main acc?

is there a way to make it so that characters always appear even in low resolution?
I never want it to hide players that shit is horrible in wvw

>for the first time in 300 hours played i'm finally caught up with the story
>no idea what to do now

just like... complete collections or? I just feel aimless now without the green star to go back to.

>>534585121
pick a long term goal(legendaries), learn raids, strikes, fractals, and their CMs to add to weekly money farm, learn event metas and do achivements you like on maps, learn to play PvP or WvW

>>534584226
LW if you own then all then wait for cosmetics you want to go on sale unless you really need characters/bank tabs or material storage

>>534585104
Character model limit and character model quality

>>534585121
option 1 is to go wvw and live there
option 2 is to start pushing your fagtal level
option 3 is to spam ranked pvp
option 4, the least popular one according to devs themself mind you, is to try and get to the gated raiding community

>>534585121
press H, select achievement and choose what you want to do. game is 13 yrs old, yes it's overwhelming for newfags

>>534585916
>gated
how many years since you last played. There's rarely ever KP requirements for anything now, and brand new players join raids all the time and just go with the flow. There's like 3+ discords to teach you the content if you wanted to learn. The only thing stopping you from raiding is your own personal insecurities, and this retarded stigma people try to push. same as most people.

>>534586268
liar

>>534572667
>new players are trying to see if it’s worth getting into
niggers have been feigning to be new just to bump the thread

>>534586443
So then why has the thread been speeding up lately? At some point you'll have to accept some posts are organic.

>>534586414
How so? The only time I see KP req in LFG is on Sunday at reset for groups that want to speedrun 7wings before going to bed. 90% of other NON CM groups will let anyone come. I literally pug dozens of raids a week and I always see new/bad players tagging along with pretty much 0 complaints.

did you know that the head turning when targetting something is only client side?
I always avoided targetting people because of this
in WoW people always avoid targetting each other because there's target of target

>>534578873
I don't think I could endure it even with gameplay aids, not unless I had a guild to share my agony with.

ejacing all over my fellas

Should I do the expansion in release order?

>>534588214
If you care about the story yes, if not then do HoT unlock glider -> PoF grab some mounts -> Soto unlock weapon mastery -> JW unlock spear -> Soto unlock skyscale -> else

>>534585121
Get all your mounts and their masteries if you don't have them already. Skyscale is the longest to unlock, also technically the most useful but it makes you gay if you use it too much.
Big thing for most people is to start working on legendaries, namely the free amulet from the Seasons of the Dragons meta-achievement. This is made up of a bunch of "Return to [x Living World map] achievements which are made up of smaller tasks in the respective maps. It's a lot of work but there's a ton of great rewards in it even before you get the free legendary amulet, gets you a lot of the map materials you need for LW4 skyscale collection too if you haven't done that yet.
Before you get going on Seasons of the Dragons I suggest starting the achievements for the Vision and Aurora legendary accessories because they'll have you do some of the same things as Seasons of the Dragons. To start Vision you just need to buy a Trance Stone from volatile magic vendors in LW4 maps. To start Aurora you need to do 4 collection achievements in LW3 maps (Conspiracy of Dunces, Cin Business, Lessons Learned, and Token Collector). Note that Token Collector has some of its tokens in a notoriously difficult jumping puzzle, but there are Blish HUD marker paths to make it easy or sometimes there are mesmers around that will port you through the jumping puzzle. Some parts of getting legendaries and stuff like these can be really frustrating and they take a long time to do but they're worth it.

>having to hear Felicia Camelface's voice again in secrets of the obscure
Kill me

>>534582942
he's just a retarded gaynet shill, don't take anything he says seriously, he's just desperately trying to save his shitty job

>>534573174
owned and operated by the gooks at ncshit, always has been always will be, unless ncgook decides to sell them off instead of just shut them down

I hate Marjory and Kasmeer so much it's unreal.

>>534572667
>telling the truth is shitting on the game
that's the most telling takeaway from this

>>534586443
Funny to see same schizo paranoia between different mmo generals.

>>534590331
I really hate that they made them the focus of the last scene of End of Dragons

>>534586443
Nta but I used to play WoW. I gave up back in BFA and haven't touched mmos until a week ago when I reinstalled this game because I remember it being pretty fun. I'm enjoying my time so far, even if Im not a fan of my chosen class anymore. I'd start a new one but I'm autistic about completion and would feel compelled to redo the map enploratio shit again and I just don't have the time anymore

>>534590581
>>534590331
>LOOK AT OUR HECKIN WHOLESOME CHUNGUS LESBIANS

I generally like to play warrior in almost every game I play, but I don't know why GW2 Warrior just can't click for me. Berserker is cool but kind of hurts my hands.

EUGHHHH

>>534591582
try ranger soulbeast/untamed, all weapons feel nice and effective

>>534591582
>hurts my hands
you sound too much of a little bitch to play warrior in video games, buddy

>>534592147
he said, fatly

thanks for the gathering glyph advice, anons, you get waaay more stuff like that
drizzlewood salvage piles giving bags too is huge

I strongly believe that all femsuras should wear this outfit

dear blog
i just woke up on the floor near the toilet
i think i passed out around 2h ago for the heat and the shit blood pressure
last thing i remember is watching 15 ppl trying to kill one [poor] catalyst on eb

I don't know if I can hold out until the 28th I might cave and get atleast the pof+hot bundle now.... this game is surprisingly fun I don't know why it didn't click the last couple times I tried it

>>534593690
hello this iis your personal blog here

Bro you gotta get that shit together crank another 4loko and rape that Catanigger

>>534590331
All of Diversity's Edge had overstayed their welcome by the end of the LS2.
A good chunk of them never got any development, either, with the exception of
>Braham
who became a dick and then learned to not be a dick over four years of content (2015–2020) which took way too long and had no payoff
>Rox
who was completely useless since the end of the LS1 and only fulfilled the role of Braham's tard wrangler, until she decided to join the hippy cats village because her irl voice actress got exposed to furries and wanted out
>Rytlock
who suddenly had a young adult son that he had completely disregarded and decided to start caring about, Eir style, only to murder him to save his wife who, in turn, sent him to the cuck shed while she became the President of the United Furries

>>534590809
>I'm autistic about completion and would feel compelled to redo the map enploratio shit again
Iktf bro

>>534590809
>I'd start a new one but I'm autistic about completion and would feel compelled to redo the map enploratio shit again
Good lord i feel that. it's the number 1 reason i havent committed to an alt.

>>534574680
>it's extremely grindy and time-gated. You need tons of resources, gold and making shit weekly.
Sounds like gw2 gameplay feature alright.

>>534582314
Honestly just a customizable casual long term goal, since I don't care much about doing mists or crafting glowies. I also hate Norn home instance, so having something that doesn't look like communal nord lodge would be nice.

I glanced at the recipes and they do cost a lot. Do you need to craft multiple of items or if you made like one box you can duplicate it as much as game allows?

>>534593886
good mate go for it
t. not a shill I just like the game

>>534590809
>>534594371
>>534594605
unlock roller beetle, skyscale, mastery for skimmer, and open blish, map completion speedrun is like 6h for someone like ya'll who don't spam it more like 8-10 which is like a weekend or two

>>534590331
I took a massive dump during their wedding. Not going to subject myself to forced faggotry.

Are Teq and Anomaly still the most profitable and also low effort thing to do these days if I haven’t finished Icebrood Saga

>>534593337
god I hate the FOMO fortnite gem store

>>534595418
yezh

>>534595650
no such thing as Fomo for the gem store, every Christmas every single cosmetic is back in. and usually on sale don't fall for it bro

>>534595418
I'd add Octovine and Chak Gerent especially if you go a little early to get a good map with lots of chests to open while you wait. If you're already at or past Bjora Marches in IBS both meta-events and even just gathering eternal ice are easy and profitable. Then Drizzlewood Coast is a bit higher effort but one of the best open world farms in the game, kinda similar to Dragonfall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKYtap9okJU
>interviewing gw2 bot maker
>it's ranjeet
kekw

>>534595049
You need to craft multiples of everything sadly. If you want to place trinkets here and there it's fine, but making complex structures with repeating items gets supper annoying, fast.
There used to be green wizard anon blog posting here about his palace project. Hopefully he'll come back one day and gives an update. It seemed rather big and time consuming.

>>534595418
Finish your brood, do daily dragonstorm for another easy gold

omw to eat subspace star and you can't stop me

>>534590809
Those Gifts of Exploration won't farm themselves

>>534597069
fatty

>>534587709
Go in FPS and stand right in their face, taking screenshots, I always do. Don't want to be jerked off to, don't dress like a slut, simple as.
Wonder if fat fags playing FHDs in bikini get same sort of embarrassment as irl women, when they notice men ogling their boobs and asses.

>>534596395
uh oh, guildsaars...DO NOT REDEEM LIKE THIS BLOODY BITCH BENCHODE LASAGNA I RAPE YOU BLOODY

>>534598351
>embarrassment
you know irl women love being stared at, right?

>>534599048
>love being stared at
*as long as you're handsome yourself

>>534599646
of course and ugly women don't get stared at, get jealous and come up with male gaze memes

Now that the dust has settled, which spec are you betatesting first?

>>534600048
i'd rather literally beat the meat right off my fucking cock

>>534597348
Now that was "umami", as they say!
I'm all skin and big bones actually.

>>534600374
goofy ahh

>>534600048
Galeshot, coomengi, evoker, antiquary and ritualist in order. Maybe try luminary and bard if i'll have time and energy left. Also will keep an eye on funny broken shit people will discover and give them a go.

>>534600048
Antiquary (for burning capabilities only), Cumgineer and then Conduit.

>>534600048
Conduit. It probably needs new traits like all the other Heavy armor specs, though.

>>534600048
Evoker and Conduit, Amalgam if I have some more time

Not gonna lie, i kind of want to have sexual intercourse with Eir.

>sawncamped in eb with queue
>anything hit 13-15k
y-yesh

Necromancer, sneed it or keep it?

>>534605586
perfect easy alt class

>>534600048
I'll start with the ones I know are dogshit, so Luminary, Conduit or Paragon.

>>534605586
it's the 2nd strongest class in wvw aka the actual game right now
that's necromancer by the way, not reapoor, not scurge, and especially not garbinger

>>534600048
I'm taking moldy cum guy and frog hugger to make megacancer bunkers in PvP

>>534608520
>damage reductions from frog buff, earth traits and 1 evoker trait
>barriers from frog skill and earth traits
>stunbreak block
>near permanent stone heart
>stability from earth trait
>all this while using d/d so you still move like greased lightning and hit decently hard
Earth evoker will be the most absurd bunker ever seen.

>>534610236
oh yes, it will be glorious for one short beta and then nerfed to the ground

>>534610805
but enough about antiquary

the OP spec will be the one nobody expect

>>534611923
The cum will drown all

I want to see Antiquary's 149.5% damage burst window make it into competitive in the beta.

We don't need therapy when we have rats!

I will NOT be a spoony bard

TURN ON JNN
THEY HIT THE FUCKING BONE PALACE

I VILL be a skritt slavemaster.

I masturbate to every charr posted in these threads, if you don't want me to goon to your charr then don't post them.

>>534619965
My mcharr are too pure.

>>534620156
Your mcharr are not safe from my gaze.

Made me laugh

i just bought my lesser essences of gold find from the astral shop

>>534600048
>Ele spec to know if I can finally play something that is not tempest but doesn't feel like shit
>Moneyshot (ranger not engi) since its the only other serious one
>Guard to see how oopsy all broken it is
genuinely don't care about the rest its all huehue nostalgia bait or zero effort recycled shit they pretend wasn't cut budget
except the thief one, they showed just enough of the tarot card reading theme that I'm forever butthurt they replaced it with fucking skrittshit instead for lmao so random points

Alright, got enough hero points to get either mirage or virtuoso
Which one?

>>534619965
>>534620663
Come on anon give us the tribute>>534623203

>>534623203
get more points and get both.

>Have all the gifts for Bolt
>decide to start on Zap
>just to start part 1 i need to do 3 fractals that have no groups
welp.

>>534623314
Well yeah, but which one first while I make my way through the jungle and the desert after

>>534623381
make the group yourself
alternatively just buy zap straight up and skip the shitty extra craft grind

>>534623381
If you're on NA I'll come carry you

>>534623381
they're all soloable

>>534623381

>>534625395
not that anon, but even the underwater one?

>>534625629
why wouldn't it be? i can't think of a single forced multiple person mechanic there

>>534625883
Because underwater combat is garbage with several skills and traits and most weapons not working underwater?

>>534625883
although now that i think about it, deepstone has that gay retarded pressure plate mechanic that requires like at least one other player to progress past, so that one isn't soloable
cliffside should be soloable, just not fun, unless you like challenge runs, which is 0% of the playerbase
either way you can work at them while having an lfg up and if no one shows up by the time you solo it then at least you got it done

>>534626051
that doesn't prevent it from being soloable

>>534626387
I'll believe it when I see it.

>>534626231
So I hate to tell you this but that anon was correct. all fractals are soloable, for deepstone you just portal from one button to another and it counts as you hitting both. There isn't a single fractal that can't be solo'd especially when counting in skips.

>>534628441
>just portal from one button to another and it counts as you hitting both.

Master races

>>534628441
well sheeeit, i never tried that because i assumed gaynet was competent enough to program it correctly

I made a Charr Guardian max height and max thickness. This feels so badass

>>534635292
I can never play larger than human characters, the standard walk is too slow for their gait and armor is always stretched in ugly ways to fit non-humanoids

>>534630183
>>534634964
Xera portal works too, once you get into the deeper shit you watch fractals fall apart because they're coded like ass.

>>534635292
use the embiggening tonic from LWS3 for extra thiccness.
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Endless_Embiggening_Tonic

>amalgam reveal
>haha semen
toilet humor is low iq which is why its popular with literal children and I fully expect this post to receive flak from the low iq posters/literal children itt

>>534593337
That's really cute.

>>534637509
Ah (charr, charr, charr)
Ah
Do you like my charr? (My charr, my charr)

Gonna take my charr, gonna sit in
Gonna drive along 'til I get you
'Cause I'm crazy, hot and ready
But you'll like it
I wanna sex for you
Shall I go now?

Charr, charr, charr
I'm gonna step on the gas
Tonight I'll fly
And be your lover
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I'll be so quick as a flash
And I'll be your hero
Charr, charr, charr
I'm gonna run as a flash
Tonight I'll fight
To be the winner
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm gonna step on the gas
And you'll see the big show

>>534623381
Anon crafting gen 1 precursors is just never worth it in current year. You can just buy them.
I say this as someone who has crafted all gen 1 precursors for AP/fun.

Yeah I gave up on the Zap crafting line and just bought it off the tp.. Ain't no one got time to craft 50 fucking deldrimor bars and then go farm a fuck ton of different currencies across the entire game world. What kind of autistic even thought this shit up? Fuck off.

>play wvw all day
>get poorer
do pvpoors really?

>>534642834
Its there so you have the choice to grind for it instead of sucking off RNGsus.

So is gambling the best way to get Clovers if you also need the T6 trophies?

>>534643446
I know, but Jesus the investment is just way too steep. The gifts alone were already pretty fucking grindy but the precursor is on a whole nother, Korean level of grind.

>>534644436
no, playing wvw will always be the best way to get clovers

>>534644487
The good thing about gen 1 and 3 legendaries is that you can complete them all in a day with gold, minus the map completion. Gen 2 legendaries, you have to do the retarded precursor grind AND they are 3 times as expensive with the materials you have to buy.

>>534642875
I used the farming feature on gw2efficiency to check how much gold I make an hour in WvW
it's about 9 gold per hour (value, not raw gold)
I'm not optimizing anything and I basically just roam and do whatever comes up

WvW used to not be that profitable earlier in the game's life. Anet tried making it more appealing by upping the rewards, but that didn't really help its dead gamemode status.

>>534650903
Is that so? Very interesting, thanks for sharing this piece of history with us! Wow!

>>534652235
Yup, and WvW Rush was another attempt to get the playerbase to join. However, they made the mistake of making reward track potions buyable through black lion chests. While it was probably lucrative as fuck ($50 for one GoB (imagine how many fuckers dumped their savings for them)) it did not entice players enough to actually WvW. And I believe they increased the rewards of WvW Rush again, to a point you barely have to do shit for a GoB, while getting rid of the wvw BLC. But alas, didn't work.

>>534591773
The hardest part was figuring out which achievements to do, because UI sucks balls

What's the most profitable bag to grab from laurel vendor?

>>534644436
you can buy from miyani 10 of those each week

they should require passing an iq test and getting at least 110 to be able to tag in WvW

>>534653975
Were you using the filter to only show achievements with mastery points for IBS? If you didn't know that was a thing it's in the cog wheel next to the search bar.

>>534654218
I didn't not know this...
Well, at least I'll use filters to get last EoD points now, thanks.

WvW is extremely profitable and has always been a popular game mode even before they made it profitable

>>534654020
Medium Crafting Bag
https://gw2efficiency.com/currencies/laurels

speaking of, what the fuck happened I remember it was well over 1g per laurel

I can't bring myself to make an asura they're so ugly. I want one of every race but I get 20 minutes into levelling an asura and their animations put me off so bad I drop it

how long does it take for black lion statuette item to drop it's price from 60 to 25/30?

>>534665238
Around 4-6 month for mid and a year for the lowest price drop.

It's sunday post salads

How is the Luminary supposed to be "the charr elite spec"?
It's a joint effort between Iron and Flame legions, yet there's absolutely nothing pointing to the Iron Legion: none of the weapons are firearms, the only technology involved might as well be the floating lantern... Which is a magic lantern anyway. Then for the Flame legion part, the fiery aura used while in "shroud" looks nothing like the usual Flame magic, which either engulfs you in flames like an effigy, or lights some parts of your body on fire like most Flame NPCs. You quite simply turn extremely bright and blue instead.
None of the utility skills look anything like charr tech or magic, either: they're just extremely bright fields with recycled spirit weapon assets. Speaking of which, why reuse the damn spirit weapon skins, and not the legionnaire, flame or molten weapon skins? You know, the ones actually associated with the charr.

>>534669579
Here you go, my first salad, freshly grown.

Which spec is best for braindead retards like me struggling with long rotations without griefing in group content too much? i assume something like mech right?

>>534670646
yes, power mechanist and reaper

>>534474532
>the conduit's identity is that you can use ALL the legends
It's much worse, the whole thing with the Conduit is that you get a flat stat increase and that's it.
There are some skills that get a boost based on your legend, but for the most part the whole spec boils down to "pick a legend, your relevant stats are increased" and that's not just a lack of identity, it's essentially a stronger core Revenant.

>>534669579

Half the specs revealed were wearing outfits, how fucking boring is that?

>>534593337
what outfit is this?

>>534671681
Nevermind. I found it. It doesn't really cover very much.

>>534638273
Those aren't charr

>>534672041
Ouch, I cut myself on those jaggies.

>>534673954
Oh yeah, it's just a screen clip through the windows thing. Wasn't going to be very high quality.

>>534670034
wdym? they fuel it with souls of agonized asscalonians hahaahhaha shitting in asscalon

>>534669579
sry cant do, its not salad saturday anymore

>>534673794
Shit, you are right. I wanted to make a funny so much I got lost in the sauce.

the ettin burning to death scream makes me feel bad

Wait, sylvari are resistant against dragon corruption unless it's Mordremoth?
Sylvari starter quests are kind of great, you get a strong connection towards main plot, Nightmare Court and main sylvari NPCs. Can't wait to check out HoT.

>>534675689
HoT is the best expansion with the best maps by a long margin, you gonna enjoy

>>534675689
sylvari are immune to dragon corruption because they are made of dragon corruption
the classic one curse limit trope

>>534675689
up until post-hot dragon minions can't be corrupted by another dragon. then mordy gets got and shit goes haywire because anet needed more trash mobs

>>534677248
This is really where I felt it became irredeemably lazy
>le genius taimi teaches us all about death-touched vineflayer destroyers
>dude dragon magic is just skittles you can just mix them all up it's fine we don't need any kind of narratively satisfying lore or coherent worldbuilding or anything anymore

>>534678052
I dont mind the idea of othe Dragon Minions getting dead dragon's magic attributes
My problem was that after that chapter it basically never happened/gets followed up upon again

>>534678140
its pretty big in eod with the void

What are some builds for easy out-of-combat quickness generation (for node farms)? Herald is one obviously. Firebrand has some quickness mantras, and Warrior has warhorn 4+frenzy. Any other notables?

>>534678407
The void isnt exactly just Dragon magic melding together though. Its also an externalized force that takes on the traits of those magics

I mean, if we had shit like Jormag also using Mordrem-Icebrood or Primordus turning Destroyers into molten Obsidian with Kralkatorrik's crystals...shit like that

I'm not making a new thread ever, fuck rats

>>534678486
Harby if you butcher your trait for the lifeforce reload one
Chrono If you don't care about perma

>>534679807
>fuck rats
Gladly.

>>534680181
How to get quickness as chrono when there's no targets to attack? I don't understand mesmer at all

hey guys

>>534680973
>Press shatters

>>534679807
fuck rats? on my way

SOMEONE BAKE

>>534682360
sex

aaah sweet release of death...
goodbye, cruel thread...

are trophy shipments still the best eternal ice shard dump?
>>534685009
gn

>>534677248
>>534678052
Wasnt that just primordus absorbing mordremoths and zhaitans aspects and then transferring that power to its minions rather than the destroyers being corrupted by another dragon.

>>534685009
cute

>>534686241
that turns it into a discussion of 'is it still counted as the previous dragon's magic when it is dead and gone, and the magic is absorbed by a living dragon, or is it now purely the new dragon's magic with a new flavor and no trace of the previous dragon"
which unfortunately turns it into whatever anet writers decide to go with and make that the canon way