Post reset
#Guild Wars
willow mist
unique herald
I would but mtg night
willow mist
Dam
glacial locust
i need more practice first, otherwise i would
crystal cave
reset is 3.5 hours from now right?
glacial locust
yea
crystal cave
thats an early invite :v
willow mist
its scheduled in advance, like a youtube video
cloud narwhal
I've binged enough of those cave diving gone wrong videos at 4am to want nothing to do with it
crystal cave
Wildin
fickle barn
https://bsky.app/profile/guildwars2.com/post/3lzqtrnhwol25 Hairs hairs hairs!!! New haaaaaaairs
The post says three more still to be revealed at lunch, which will probably be the charr saving the best for last
fickle barn
this is 7 out of 10 styles (rest expected to be 2 for charr and 1 other human hair) will be shown at launch
unique herald
not bad options
sylvari wise imma stick to mine but
humans got some solid options
fickle barn
I hope norn and humans share styles like before
unique herald
Its the anduin
cloud narwhal
Is it better to play harbinger as strike or condi for pve?
glacial locust
the benchmarks are pretty close so probably depends what you like better / what content you're doing, condi builds usually struggle on short phases (some exceptions exist)
crystal cave
do you have specific content in mind?
willow mist
is there anything i should save karma for, or am i good blasting it all on obsidian shards lol
glacial locust
there are a few fun novelties and maybe some skins you might like / want to get before burning guaranteed wardrobe unlocks i guess
but that's also the best thing to spend for obs shards afaik
willow mist
yeah i got 500 shards for 1 mil karma, its really cheap
it'll probably take me a while to use those up
crystal cave
Blast it on obsidian shards
By the time you realise there's something you want you'll probably have made it back
I think the legendary trinkets collections also use it
glacial locust
the wintersday event will be here soon and you'll be able to make a ton of karma during that
tardy ore
does the wizard vault sell legendary starter kits each season ?
crystal cave
Yep
So far
tardy ore
did they ever mention plans for gen2 starter kits ?
fickle barn
if u mean legendary gen 2 they are special and unsellable can only be made in heart of thorns and path of fire
glacial locust
i really doubt they'll do gen 2 starter kits
i think gen 2 is too wrapped in their achievement/quest chains for it, whereas gen 1 only had that stuff added after they added the gen 2 quests
plus discounting gen 1s forces core map completion and keeps those maps active
bright stump
I don't think I've bought obby shards since vanilla
But yeah not much you can do with karma, it was original to help gear out and such through leveling
And then getting food buffs and other consumables
unique herald
gratz
willow mist
bigly
limber tangle
is that your 2nd one?
shadow loom
1st
limber tangle
👏
tardy ore
i slipped and accidently started crafting another legendary weapon
now im poor again and need to farm clovers to finish it
pale flint
congrats!!
i need more clovers for the other 2 too. but that can wait. i dont even have medium or heavy classes to worry about yet.
tardy ore
did they update something recently ?
i keep getting disconnects
with mods active its every 5 minutes, without mods its ever 20 minutes
willow mist
im looking at the requirements for conflux and is it just a shit ton of gold and skirmish tickets to craft
rancid musk
is that with buying the band?
rancid musk
willow mist
that thumbnail made me think you were able to mix the colors together
damn that wouldve been so cool
crystal cave
[p a r t n e r]
willow mist
does it not reset with the new weekly match
do i have to wait for the normal weekly reset
glacial locust
i'm not even sure if it makes sense to try until... a lot later
when it becomes more reasonable to join that one guild's runs
willow mist
i think WHAM run at 12 am ET if you can make that
theyre really solid, explain everything and comm well
signal oracle
just as a heads up for TT, cobalt doesn't need a whole lot of players to be present, if you're ever forced into a leadership position
this is from ages ago before modern balance and power creep
this is either 10 or 13ish players present
yeah, 11 in voice chat, 2 randoms, so it was basically using the 15 player scaling for the boss health
tardy ore
does it not reset with the new weekly match
resets on friday with the matchup
did you complete all wooden chests or only 1 ?
willow mist
i was up to mithril
tardy ore
thats odd then
or i missunderstood your question ?
you get +1 pib if you got a chest the previous week
doesent matter how far you go beyond that its always the same +1 buff
cloud narwhal
I think I've asked this before but; where has all the power creep come from? What have they added/changed to the game to make alot of older content a picnic instead of a panic?
glacial locust
especs and boons
cloud narwhal
is the dps of elite spec THAT much higher?
cloud narwhal
I think I've asked this before but; where has all the power creep come from? Wha...
When I say older content I'm talking about HoT meta events
glacial locust
compared to what there was in the past yes, compared to current not-elite specs some are competitive
like pof-era meta dps specs were doing like 35-40k
and most were in the 30-35k range
i missed hot but i think back then there were fewer builds that provided boons and they were generally harder, nowadays there are some low apm builds that spam boons and make it a lot easier to stack boons in open world content even in unorganized groups
cloud narwhal
From what I remember Chronomancer was like the main boon support I would see in Tarir
teal vault
I am now in the +2 pip club! Woohoo! Now just gotta all that 3 more times-ish and I can get THREE pips!
tardy ore
especs and boons
i heard estimates that boons alone give a 30% dps increase, before taking talents that profit of boons into account
you feel that very strongly in wvw with protection and resolution
signal oracle
yeah, basically quickness and alacrity were added to each class as buffs that could be maintained, and balance philosophy shifted a little bit over the years
it's power creep, but it's power creep that every class has access to beyond core, but older encounters have largely not been tweaked to accomodate to modern balance
tardy ore
but who thought it would be fun to give mobs boons ?
i didnt like soto where it felt like half the mobs had constant protection up
signal oracle
I do like regular mobs having more access to boons, but yeah, enemies having high protection uptime definitely hurts classes without access to boon rip/corruption
crystal cave
Boons have existed since HoT
I'd say stuff like relics
And the fact that they never nerf builds,
They mostly buff others around them so that they're all op
signal oracle
they sometimes do, looking at some of the warrior nerfs in the past
though they did end up buffing a bunch of warrior stuff too
crystal cave
They also famously don't have a like set bar of expected damage output for anything
That they can balance around
It just depends on the whims of the current balance lead
signal oracle
at the moment they seem to be trying to keep things around 40-43k dps for non-support DPS builds
crystal cave
If they say "I think a good dps has to do 45k damage" then that's what you're going to get
signal oracle
or 40-45k, yeah
crystal cave
This bar used to be at 35k
But they've been really bad at just keeping it in one spot
A more meta reason is like they need to sell expac, so the new expac stuff always drops with some hilariously broken shit
And since they hate doing blanket nerfs, they just buff the other classes later
It hard to call it a trend since we've only been getting regular expacs ™ since soto
But hey it happened twice so far
No vertical progression™
But having the latest expac is always almost required for top dps parsing
potent crow
i heard estimates that boons alone give a 30% dps increase, before taking talent...
Way more than that
Unless youre talking about each individual boon
Then yeah around that
Might is the most impactful at around 40% when 25 stacks, and alacrity is the least at around 20% unless youre a class that doesnt care much about cooldowns like thief
bright stump
- There are a lot more access to boons
- Alacrity and Quickness is a problem for balance, double dipped with the fact that they also blanket universally reduced cd's across the board for utilities/weapons
- everything has a boon or condition attached to it now, you used to have to work to get your boons up at specific times or prebuff more meaningfully
- it's not just boons, it's vulnerability, and classes that amplify might or put out so much condi that 25 vuln is normal. Again, not something that was normal
- ascended food + infusions = makes all utility wrenches stronger
E specs used to not necssarily bench higher than core classes
Especs comes with utility bloat. and not every espec comes with stronger modifier (though some do), Power creep is mostly due to anet's philosphy of not spreading modifiers, and bloating abilities
Most of the Spear weapon interactions are so overloaded because they needed a selling point.
cloud narwhal
Thanks for all the answers. I only came back around 2 months ago since pre EoD so I've been wondering where all this discussion came from.
Even back then I exclusively played condi ranger/soulbeast so my view of balance was very narrow.
crystal cave
i think when I'm talking about power creep I'm specifically talking about endgame pve. stuff like might fury 25 vuln alac quickness have been generally expected in every raid/fractal group since hot, alongside occasional bonus stuff like spotter, empower allies, pin point precision, asassins presence, banners, glyph of empowerment, none of which exist anymore but anet gave "compensatory buffs" to classes that relied on these, that ended up giving way more than most classes lost. They just straight up cranked the %damage modifiers on a LOT of classes. They also went around giving every class supporting abilities so that people wouldn't have to swap off their favourite class to provide the buffs that every raid wants (see alac,quickness might..) . When doing so they overloaded the kits of some classes that were already fantastic for defensive utility, so now necromancers and rangers have access to aegis and reliable stability alongside their already impressive toolkits . I'm sure theres also power creep in a way for pvp/wvw content I'm just not sure what it entails.
cloud narwhal
I seem to remember some boons like alacrity use to be exclusive to chrono or something is that true?
glacial locust
alac used to be chrono's thing a long time ago, i think quick had a few other sources though
rancid musk
i think when I'm talking about power creep I'm specifically talking about endgam...
theres power creep in wvw 2
glacial locust
i wish they would go back and rebalance things instead of just hp bloating new content
cloud narwhal
Yeah I remember one of the selling points of gw2 raiding was 1 of every class was standard since they all brought something the other classes cant
crystal cave
na
gw2 raid was basically 2 chr 2 druid 2 warr for so long
cuz alac was chrono only
and everyone wanted alac
glacial locust
yea i think the "every class has unique buffs" design has more pitfalls than the "no class has unique buffs" design
unique herald
With how many classes and specs there are now it would be bad if some were too unique
crystal cave
even when rev got alac, chrono giving both alac and quickness meant it was basically mandatory every fight
unique herald
In a smaller class system it would be good
And with the chill vibe of gw2 i think its better the way they have it
crystal cave
i think the balance in general is more casual friendly nowadays
cloud narwhal
tbf I do also like every class being able to fit any role (or so I've been told)
crystal cave
i think the power creep isnt necessarily a bad thing in PvE, they just need to shove a bit more hp onto some of the older bosses so that they dont fold like cardboard without having a single mechanic
like i dont think 1 cannon sabetha should be possible in a random pug where alacdps is in the top 5 on the damage charts
glacial locust
i'd rather they nerf things to match old content better, the disparity between skill floor and ceiling makes newer content a slog with pugs and it'd be better not to extend that to more content
cloud narwhal
It's generally better the buff rather than nerf
In this case buff encounters to not melt instantly
crystal cave
i think eventually the new content will be puggable
cloud narwhal
I haven't done any Soto or Jw content yet. Do they melt as easily as old HoT content?
crystal cave
no they have the reputation of taking a lot of time to die
cloud narwhal
so yeah nerfing classes now would make them even worse
crystal cave
i think im kinda happy with the overall difficulty of the raids and cms it feels like a proper fight for normal raiders to chew on
and the cms are like for more advanced groups
i think thats where the level should be
glacial locust
In this case buff encounters to not melt instantly
i think that works better when the difference between DPS skill floor and ceiling isn't a factor of 10
crystal cave
i think people at the skill floor arent doing any raids
cloud narwhal
For the record my main focus is open world content like Tarir
glacial locust
i think if we want more raids overall, we need a route that gets more people into them
crystal cave
its a balance between quality and quantity right
glacial locust
i mean i remember doing my first raids back around EoD's release with learner groups and they felt about right, with the expectation that CMs would be taking them a step further
crystal cave
if every raid is balanced so that the avg non raider without full set of gear can complete it then they wont be fun for raiders
balance around eod launch was kinda wack tbh
evryone and their mum was praying to their mech overlords
glacial locust
i mean i'm sure for good teams it was, but i was with other first time raiders and a few experienced leaders and things took a few tries but we eventually got them
although i did use a mech for a couple of them lol
crystal cave
hammer cata was nearing 50k while providing some group quickness
glacial locust
mostly i think it's better for the game's health to nerf builds at this point, given the majority of the content is balanced around an older set of benchmarks, rather than change the majority of the game, though i guess we'll see what VoE does and where the benchmarks for easy builds land, they might be high enough that we can get away with buffing old content and raising the floor
crystal cave
i think balancing a bajillion classes to an older benchmark might be a lot harder than you think
cloud narwhal
As oppose to mainly just increasing the health of encounters?
glacial locust
i don't necessarily thing anet knows enough to do it, i know some raiders have been confused by some recent balancing choices
crystal cave
yea
glacial locust
As oppose to mainly just increasing the health of encounters?
i'm just remembering t1 kanaxai with people who must not have practiced their build before
crystal cave
kanaxai doesnt fit in the list of encounters that need more health
it needs to be deleted from the game but thats a different issue
im talking more about stuff like nightmare and everything older than that
glacial locust
no he doesn't need more health, i'm thinking of other encounters getting that hp bloat, and running that content with people who haven't practiced on the golem
cloud narwhal
again I'm referring to stuff like Tarir
crystal cave
i think theres a fair ground between "basically dhuum cm" and siax
yea so all hot and older openworld bosses
glacial locust
oh, yea open world might be different, i'm thinking instanced stuff that requires more coordination
crystal cave
dragons end desperately needs more health
no wait
dragons stand
the hot one
or at least a forced transition to the miniboss phase
glacial locust
hmm how is dragon's end these days anyway? haven't done it since eod launch
crystal cave
i dont do it often but i havent failed it yet
i think the last time i did it it was like 3 minutes left
but i dont think its uncommon for it to go down the wire to the last 30 seconds
i think its fine where its at honestly
glacial locust
yea once they fixed the bugs it seemed fine
crystal cave
i failed it once on launch then waited till the "fractal party subs" meta took over
since then 0 fails
i will say people are a lot less pressed to get all 10 stacks of dragons end contributor for the dps buff nowadays
but i think thats a good thing overall
glacial locust
yea that was how i did it, the first couple times in disorganized groups i got close but there were some stupid bugs that wasted a bunch of time and made it clear you couldn't rely on the timer
glacial locust
idk i was afk through hot and a lot of pof
crystal cave
for fractals i think shattered and everything after has enough health to still have interesting dps checks
cloud narwhal
From my limited fractal experience yeah the mechanics make up for it
crystal cave
except kanaxai which is just a dps golem that has no business being a fractal fight cuz its 5 straight minutes of hitting the boss and occasionally staring at the wall
breathes
less i talk about kanaxai the better
cloud narwhal
Hot take: mounts should be disabled in the HoT maps.
cloud narwhal
hence why I said hot take
rancid musk
oct 7th apperently
glacial locust
makes sense, it's when the event ends after all
fickle barn
mhm next tuesday and 3 weeks after next DLC launch
fickle barn
just a reminder also DLC's up to the 5th on sale!
glacial locust
as far as i can tell, the commander's choice just lets you mass redeem
potent crow
Might just be for people with stacks of them. Much easier to use it as currency and buy what you want than to open each chest one by one
cloud narwhal
Weird question but are there any builds for any class that use axe/axe for a condi build?
Emphasis on double axe.
I have this ascended viper axe which I haven't used since I got frostfang, as well as an ascended berserker axe so no need to transform my viper axe into that.
left phoenix
Even if there isn't any right now, there might be some in a month. Cuz expansion.
tardy ore
Weird question but are there any builds for any class that use axe/axe for a con...
none that i know of
axe/axe is limited to warrior/ranger
none of their axe weapon kits are condi focused
imo axes are underrated and i wish there were more classes that can use axe/axe
tardy ore
Even if there isn't any right now, there might be some in a month. Cuz expansion...
no new weapons for classes in VoE
left phoenix
That doesnt mean there wont be any builds that doesnt want to use axes for condi though!
tardy ore
there are axe condi builds for axe mainhand + other offhand, but i dont see dual wield axe ( axe/axe ) condi builds happening unless they rework the weaponskills on ranger/warrior
crystal cave
mirage is like the only condi axe i can think of
other than the ele conjure but i dont think that counts
oh guardian i guess
completely outclassed by pistol
necro warrior ranger all use axe for power skills
rev uses offhand axe for condi
the other classes dont use axe so sadly no axe axe
tardy ore
ive seen condi axedevil builds but those are very nieche even in pvp/wvw
crystal cave
oh yea axe is sorta a hybrid weapon for thief so they use it too
tardy ore
hear me out: dual axe engineer that uses magnetic power to shoot out and retract axes for long range combat
rancid musk
Quickplay mode to assist players in finding a group for easier raid encounters.
glacial locust
"merged reward system" how could they leave out whether that includes LI or not
rancid musk
there it is
unique herald
Im curious on quickplay raids cause of how well i can do knowing little etc
glacial locust
sounds like they're going to make 3 difficulty levels, so maybe they'll nerf them a bit for the lowest one
or maybe they're only going to allow some of the encounters
idk how you'd manage HK or roles for dhuum
...might help if i remembered the roles for dhuum
crystal cave
li is already merged
i think theyre just merging prophet shards and mag shards
i dont think theyre putting any raid boss that has roles on qp
just cairn +ibs5 since they're raid bosses now
and gate i guess
glacial locust
i mean atm you only get LI from strikes if they're the CM strikes, which makes me wonder if it'll be in the QP raids/strikes
...at least i think you need to do cm strikes
crystal cave
strikes are cancelled
jsut raid encounter™ now
you either do cm strikes or all 4 eod strikes in a week
i think that'll remain the same
unless it doesnt who knows
anet works in mysterious ways
i think soto strikes also give you an li for doing both in a week
but they need sinks for li more than new sources at this point
glacial locust
yea that's why i wonder about LI, if i do whisper of jormag normal mode will i get a LI
crystal cave
that would be adding more sources
glacial locust
that was in reference to "everything is raids now" and "we're unifying the rewards," separate from the sources/sinks aspect
should be pretty straightforward to add sinks if they're cognizant of it, given that raids are already not as rewarding as they should be outside gating some legendaries
glacial locust
congrats 
, nice 
, happy for you 
tardy ore
gotta find a way to sell it tho
dont have enough money to put it on the market board which caps out at 10k anyway
cloud narwhal
glacial locust
i don't know them, but there are discord servers that are supposedly reputable where you can find middle men for the trades
cloud narwhal
Suffering from success
glacial locust
never been relevant for me though lol
those are probably also going to have a description of what currency to use, since i don't think they use gold
iirc it's MC and maybe legendaries
rancid musk
leme get that
crystal cave
never been relevant for me though lol
you should join overflow discord anyways
if for nothing else than to make slightly more money selling stuff
like unidentified gear, t6 mats, stabilising matrices, any legendaries you make
glacial locust
i guess i might as well, i already have a folder of gw2 discords i don't look at to keep it company
fickle barn
tardy ore
cant do shit with it tho
the tradingpost fees are fucked up
fickle barn
yeah the higher the price the higher the fee
tardy ore
5% upfront for listing and another 10% once its sold
even if you insta sell it takes a listing fee
glacial locust
yea, the IRS wants its pound of flesh
potent crow
Grats
There's discord servers that bypass trading post
You just post a WTS listing, wait for a buyer, and use in game mail system with one of the server's middlemen
Some make you record the transaction to ensure security
Or the middleman streams
tardy ore
im not sure if i trust people enough for that
potent crow
Yeah, always heart pumping
But those middlemen are usually way richer than us
And those rich guys care about their notoriety more since they do a lot of dealings with other rich people
tardy ore
i might have to do some research
crystal cave
im not sure if i trust people enough for that
you can use a middle man, that turns out to be the same as paying tp tax but it doesnt ahve to be upfront
but generally just if people with blue names + are the people looking to buy its safe
cuz they've been trading on the discord without scamming for huge amounts of time
and generally tend to have more to gain from not being blacklisted from the server than from scamming one (1) chak infusion
like the trade ranks for gold
very useful
you can also ask people to send first if they're grey names
tardy ore
i kind of can understand some of the design choices regarding trade/gold transfer by arenanet
but damn does that complicate things by a lot
might also have to wait a bit until prices go up again after the four winds event
teal vault
Yeah idk why don’t increase tp limit to at least gold cap.
bright stump
Going for about 8k
they don't want items to be worth more than 10k
it turns out that the more you keep things easily obtainable in game, the less likely someone is going to RMT it
and in general it's overall healthier for the game economy
tardy ore
its harder to clean out somebodies account if its limited to 500g per week
bright stump
like most of overflow is not traded in gold anyhow
it's just all transfer of wealth via legendaries or MC, other infusions
tardy ore
i might gonna go with materials to craft my legendaries anyway
bright stump
in the form of T6?
I'll be frank I don't think chak's are gonna get more expensive.
I could be wrong, but the sheer amount of them generated from just looking at gw2efficiency, it's... a lot.
tardy ore
there was a 1k pricedrop after the four winds event because people gambled their savings away
i will wait until november and then check again
glacial locust
do they bind on use? you could be shiny for a couple months
bright stump
I'd argue that price drop is more likely due to the sheer quantity that has entered the market, not necessarily the case of less money chasing the same amount of goods. I'd point out that in aggregate, festival of 4 winds increased wealth this year, not reduced it like all the other years
at least, that's my read, could be other stuff at play but i'm not sure
crystal cave
Apparently four winds gambling was profitable
But the demand for chaks are probably going to increase a lot slower specifically because four winds gambling was profitable
The more reliable source of demand for chak infusions probably giga multi account farmers like guildMM who just always want more ways to compress their near infinite wealth
And they probably maximised gamba
tardy ore
some people are probably already stocking up again for next year
fickle barn
cloud narwhal
What should I name my pet shark? I usually name my pets after food but I'm drawing a blank on this one.
shadow loom
baby shark
knotty temple
What should I name my pet shark? I usually name my pets after food but I'm drawi...
tralalero tralala
cloud narwhal
potent crow
Finn
tardy ore
friendly reminder that the fractal event is ending soon in case you havnt gotten your free legendary starter yet
teal vault
I make one typo in teamchat and get this exchange lol
cloud narwhal
it's time
teal vault
o7
cloud narwhal
Obdisan shards are always good to have on hand imo
glacial locust
what if i have 2 stacks of shards
...i'm also running out of things to spend AA on
signal oracle
shards... I'd say prioritize other things first, like heavy crafting bags
if only because shards can be bought in bulk with karma
digital bronze
okie
signal oracle
also, on the sea raider gem store decoration pack...
floors, walls and door seen here make that pack do some heavy lifting for homestead structures
potent crow
I would say t6 bags, or save till capped
But idk how hard to get obsidian shards are for newer players
rocky sparrow
Bl salvage kit and upgrade extractor
But I'm assuming you've already gotten plenty of the bl salvage kit from the gamba chest
Everything else you can get in many other ways
signal oracle
BL salvage kit is a solid choice if you have inventory slots to put them in
crystal cave
I just buy the gold at that point
rancid musk
fickle barn
"I think our feedback thread on the forums was like about half of it was before the beta even started," says Cohen. "I think it was more than any of the other specs." Why is this? In part it's because Thief players are the most likely to be the edgelord PvP crowd—cool stealth assassins who have no time for a silly little rat pal. (I'm a Thief main, I'm allowed to say this.)
XD
potent crow
Anet devs always seemed so relatable since a lot of them actively play the game
I rmb some of them were upset like us when they fixed a bug that prevented you from skipping some mechanics
crystal cave
i dont think thats a dev thats the writer of the article
fickle barn
mhm
teal vault
I just took off work for the tuesday of VoE release thru the following Monday 
fickle barn
nice xD
crystal cave
Everything in quotes is cmc
The discussion about thief players being edgelords I'm not sure
rancid musk
it wasnt, the fractal 1 was up still
fickle barn
Patches are 12 pst
rancid musk
ends in 3 hours
fickle barn
Hmm
rancid musk
maybe i missed it by like a min
just logged out
Starting today until November 4, at noon Pacific Time (UTC-7),
3h
fickle barn
Mm late start kk
fickle barn
Event I think
cloud narwhal
So I haven't done the halloween event in like a decade, what should I work on in it?
fickle barn
Always the annual for the yearly new skin
Then as many candy corn on the cob or whatever it’s called it get past cosmetics
fickle barn
yeah its already started i knew it was at 12 est
willow mist
in the video description it says "starting today until november 4, at noon paacific time"
i think they just worded it really weirdly and 12 pacific is the time it ends LOL (on november 4th)
crystal cave
this used to be on the black lion store right?
i remember getting all 4 but ive never interacted with stinky halloween event ever
pale flint
i did a little of all of the events and it seems decent. jumping puzzle is th ebest one easily
signal oracle
this used to be on the black lion store right?
it was in the game's data for years and was originally intended to be a 4 pack on the gem store, but never released
until they added it as a halloween reward
also, halloween, so halloween skins for ideas
oh
elder dragon backpack skins incoming
only one with a model and obtainable in halloween, the rest have placeholders
glacial locust
the achievement for the scarf is bugged
cloud narwhal
what do I do with these?
glacial locust
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Gharr_Leadclaw/Daily_Exchanges sell or trade to this guy
glass sigil
cloud narwhal
which one should I get?
glacial locust
just preview and pick what you like, or if they're not account bound somehow whatever sells for the most if you don't like any
if they are sellable, you could also hold onto it and prices might go up after a few months
tardy ore
LWS4 has the most annoying stealth mission ive ever seen in a videogame
cloud narwhal
My main problem with the stealth is the inconsistency. || In episode 2 the vision lines are very well defined but in episode 3 it's all over the place.||
fickle barn
btw the last few days gw2 has been adding teasers of the location of the new expansion vauge stuff but ye
fickle barn
nah its posts on thier twitter
rancid musk
neat
cloud narwhal
Having trouble deciding what to spend my candy corn on
signal oracle
Oxidecimus 
I'd say the pumpkin crown if you want to be able to turn any character festive
glacial locust
i'd say the lunatic armor recipes, but obsidian armor is easy enough they might not be so useful anymore
signal oracle
I think it's the light lunatic armor that gives you glowing red eyes, so that's a thing
like not particle effect glowy
glacial locust
oh if you want glowing eyes there's the bloodstone collection
lunatic armor is just nice because it's craftable/buyable stat-selectable armor
and all the pieces stay account-bound
signal oracle
oh wait, not glowing eyes
turns the sclera of the eyes black
also has a bloodstained variant that adds blood around your character's mouth
signal oracle
crystal cave
LWS4 has the most annoying stealth mission ive ever seen in a videogame
Everyone who's played the game knows exactly which story step you're talking about
It was NOT anets best xD
fickle barn
While lws4 was peak story yeah they struggle landing things sometimes
fickle barn
She’s definitely top 3 character of the whole series
crystal cave
she carrys the whole story on her back
cloud narwhal
I will fight anyone who says they don't like Taimi.
unique herald
also context of what i mean
literally same msg
LOL
i realize i typod that msg
digital bronze
LMFAO
unique herald
i will admit tho i forgot to post to gw2 as well
dats my b
i was already thinking im spamming msgs
so i stopped after osrs
rancid musk
i will dm u some turkeys that were outside my house
because u dont deservbe 2 be treated this way
rancid musk
or... maybe u r
unique herald
also take in gw2 players
she posted that here
and not in osrs
as she didnt know i posted it there
you know what that means gw2 ppls
she likes u more
rocky sparrow
glacial locust
https://x.com/TiffanyMayCry/status/1977179581233729740
how could you scare me like that
for a sec i was worried i'd typo some gibberish and get banned
also i like the implication that "ligma" and "sugon" are appropriate for games that aren't rated T or higher
crystal cave
There's a guy called sugondese who's in my blocklist for being bad at the game
Hope he gets banned 
teal vault
I am so close to finishing conflux but I forgot it requires five total Gifts of Battle...not one. Darn
cloud narwhal
FIVE!?
glacial locust
it is the wvw ring
cloud narwhal
ok that makes it a bit better
glacial locust
also needs many weeks worth of skirmish tickets, so if you don't forget the GoBs you'll probably have plenty of time to get them
teal vault
also needs many weeks worth of skirmish tickets, so if you don't forget the GoBs...
I already had the skirmish tickets. I was just on other reward tracks after one GoB lol
glacial locust
i figured, just telling Max it's not as bad as it seems if you're starting from zero
teal vault
ohhhh I misread the order of messages there my bad
glacial locust
maybe i should have said "the GoB are normally the easy part" lol
tardy ore
whats "extra life" ?
crystal cave
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/team-arenanet-for-extra-life-2025/
^
its like a yearly charity thing anet do
fickle barn
i knew ||She ||would return at some point.
potent crow
I dont recognize
fickle barn
I dont recognize
||(In season 4 episode 2 she has a lab where you see her as a hologram and makes you fight 2 elder dragon minion bosses as a event it’s one of the 2 main events of the map.||)
potent crow
That sandswept isles?
fickle barn
Mhm
potent crow
Gotcha
fickle barn
The inquest map
potent crow
My fave ls map
cloud narwhal
What should I save my black lion statuettes for?
glacial locust
i'm not 100% but i don't think the vendor cycles stuff out, they just occasionally add things to it... so just buy whatever it has that you like
just don't trade them for gold because it's a huge waste
signal oracle
I'd say to save them for exclusive skins/chairs that you like, all of the high cost things from recent tabs will eventually reduce in price over time
homestead nodes available through it are arguably a waste of statuettes, since those can be bought with gold at much less of an overall technical cost
especially considering that during normal times, 100 statuettes is potentially 100 chests opened assuming there's no bonus statuettes as a guaranteed pull, and that you roll really poorly and fail to get any as a random pull
and for the current record for the value of 100 statuettes at the assumed price of 1 key per statuette, it's 2,319g in total value
signal oracle
and for additional perspective on the nodes that can drop from the chests: a lot of them are hovering between 80g and 120g
so yeah, definitely take a look at the skins available through that and see if there are any you like
and if it's a newly-added skin, consider waiting a year or so if you want the price to dip down to being around 20 statuettes each
teal vault
Most lopsided skirmish Points per tick I've seen yet
crystal cave
i think one key per statuette is a very very low roll estimate
teal vault
My first crafted legendary 😄
teal vault
The fractal backpack does look nice
pale flint
its so nice having the backpack sorted for every character now
glacial locust
yea, also nice because it actually has some fashion swap potential
signal oracle
i think one key per statuette is a very very low roll estimate
true, statistically speaking, you have a decent shot at getting the bonus 2 statuettes, though there's always that oddball chance at rolling a bunch of transmutation charges, revive orbs and commemorative coins
fickle barn
Oh think it’s a troll post from that shaman since it’s what anets doing for some characters like this new one
digital bronze
fickle barn
hope it doesnt take another 3 years for more hairs
fickle barn
Images of the male versions
potent crow
Nice
That for the expac launch?
Will have to check the new stuff out on all my characters
fickle barn
Mhm
fickle barn
Tomorrow starts the last week of Halloween festival and last week until VoE launch on the 28th
digital bronze
i wont be here for launch but i hope u guys have a good time 
crystal cave
Are you gonna miss all of Halloween :×
tardy ore
did some wvw today and locked in
had some nice duels that got my heart actually pumping
except that one daredevil with a cheesy oneshot build that ganked me
fuck that guy
crystal cave
All my buddies hate daredevils in wvw
teal vault
Thiefs are super annoying in WvW. When I am in a zerg they can follow trying to snipe stragglers and get away from everyone so easily.
I like running a trap build on dragonhunter and trying to catch a thief following the zerg. It doesn’t work very consistently and is countered easily if expected, but it always funny when it does.
tardy ore
i play spearbreaker and take them on a leash
fickle barn
oh looks like halloween extened a week into the expansion, so it ends in 15 days while the expansion launches in 8.
bright stump
Thief at least wont one shot you unless you're full glass-glass
and they're just as squishy
tardy ore
i accidently bought the exotic wvw chestpiece instead of the ascended precursor one 
now im 150 memories of battle short again
glacial locust
at least you can just get those with gold
tardy ore
not gonna waste 18 gold on that
luckily the gift of battle reward track gives you 25 each time
teal vault
Some guy just gave me 62g (which he says is "all his gold") for a jumping puzzle port because anet is about to ban him? Odd, and he was sure about it too.
cloud narwhal
At least you got proof that you aint part of some goldfarming operation.
unless...
glacial locust
who's out there buying 62 gold?
"hey i want to get banned over the gold i could get from running dailies+recs twice"
teal vault
Yeah IDK. his mail said it was all his gold so I thought it was just some very new player who literally only had 62g and made some goofy choice to give me all of it. Was not expecting that response . Maybe he bought more and that was the last of it? or he was doing some other nefarious nonsense? lol
tardy ore
i would not touch that for now
glacial locust
https://massivelyop.com/2025/10/21/flameseeker-chronicles-hands-on-with-guild-wars-2s-visions-of-eternity/
bunch of maybe spoilery stuff in here, but it has confirmation the legendary aquabreather will be 1 unlock for all weights
teal vault
Cynical part of me is thinking that they tripled the crafting cost due to that lol
glacial locust
would make them about the same as the trinkets so... i wouldn't be too surprised
cloud narwhal
I've never really looked into it but what legendarys require the most investment?
glacial locust
gold-wise? pretty sure orrax and klobjarne
in general iirc it's roughly armor/runes/sigils are ~500g each and trinkets/weapons/relic are ~1500g+ each, gw2 efficiency has them all for precise numbers (ignoring account bound stuff etc.)
cloud narwhal
i heard something about ad infinitum being alot cheaper (or less time investment) is that true?
glacial locust
it's not really cheaper, gw2eff shows it at ~1800g (orrax ~3500), but you can do the fractal stuff pretty quickly and fractals themselves are very good gold/hr
the gold prices are kind of misleading, since a lot of it is going to be from mystic coins which you might already have lying around
iirc it took maybe a month for me to do ad infinitum, but i had a small head start on some of the fractal currencies
tardy ore
love how everybody got the legendary relic for free by crafting a legendary sigil/rune? but people that didnt are getting fucked over by the insane crafting costs
25 facets for the gift of relics
thats 75 stacks of lucent crystal piles
rocky sparrow
I see nothing wrong with it
Since they've split the 6th rune bonus into another "item" to equip
Anet is being generous to those who have already had legendary rune
It's the same for people who bought a commander tag before they made it account bound and jack up the price appropriately
tardy ore
you only needed to craft a single rune to get the relic for free iirc
in todays value thats a free 1800g item for a 600g investment
rocky sparrow
The early bird gets the legendary relic, with anet being generous about it
They could of not give them the legendary relic
But they did
pale flint
ad infnitum didnt cost me nealy that much
i wouldnt have put the cost over like 500-600 gold, and that includes getting 2 crafts 1-400 for the gifts
i didnt strat from nothing, but i also wasnt flush with anything
ad infinitum is evry easy to get as a first one if you plan on progressing your fractals
every stage was just do a bunch of fractals in low-mid tiers to get an item/hand something in/do a challenge mote, and a couple achievements of doing something in the open world, spending fractal relics, and crafting something
very ez to prog and finish alongside progging your fractals
glacial locust
another spear, interesting
fickle barn
its both a spear and staff
glacial locust
oh, hmm, didn't they say they are going to be 3 weapons? i wonder if the other(s?) are going to work like that
glacial locust
i guess i might have to add that weapon to my list... that fits in a lot of builds
unique herald
tardy ore
crystal cave
in todays value thats a free 1800g item for a 600g investment
in pre inflation value its 2400 gold for 300 investment, when you add relic+rune value :^
but hardly anyone made exactly 1 rune before the relic announce
glacial locust
i think my runes were ~300g each, circa EoD release-ish
they should have just made it a reward for collecting 6 or 7 legendary runes, that would have still accomplished their goal of sinking lucent motes and avoided most of the foreseeable issues with their chosen implementation. especially since they decided to solve their biggest problem with legendary runes by gating the relic unlocks behind achievements
tardy ore
they should have just made it a reward for collecting 6 or 7 legendary runes, th...
dint remind me of relic unlocks
but funny enough, i got 25 relic chests when i returned to gw2 after a 10 year break
its realy just the 75 stacks of the lucent piles that hold me back
right now i got exactly 4
fickle barn
glacial locust
when does that start?
fickle barn
when the expansion drops
glacial locust
ah ok
lament kayak
when the expansion drops
28 Oct - 2 Nov
alpine wave
does the wizard tower get updated with the expansion release?
alpine wave
hanging onto 1200 points atm
glacial locust
did they talk about optimization at all? is there a cpu that can handle enough single core load for ultra shadows?
pretty sure i'm still cpu throttled even after getting one of the better cpus from the last couple gens
fickle barn
unique herald
Dear stal, i will not be able to make it to stream sorry. Please see my doctors note from my local hospital
I'm calling in sick
digital bronze
no
rancid musk
Dear stal:
Same PTO request as keld sent in. Ty
digital bronze
approve
glacial locust
you're approving paid time off?!
rancid musk
ty boss lady, means a lot
fickle barn
i was look thats a cool skin, then i saw the mane i was like ah yah can't wait to rock that
fickle barn
rancid musk
VoE quarterly update schedule.
glacial locust
i suppose it was optimistic to hope for raid quickplay so soon after the first tests
shadow loom
welp
time to update gw2
wont be playing the new expansion just yet
since im waiting on a friend
shadow loom
yea updating now
rancid musk
wait wtf
shadow loom
hmm?
rancid musk
i didnt have an update
shadow loom
i didnt login since awhile ago
rancid musk
oh ok
shadow loom
i love it when
i login
all plogon is disabled
damnnnnn
im still in lion arch outside of fractal
rancid musk
api is disabled
digital bronze
have fun everyone!!
crystal cave
patch is here pogging
glacial locust
the launcher is so... orange
rocky sparrow
a /drink emote
unique herald
have fun everyone!!
OH YEAH 
glacial locust
twitch drops are up btw
shadow loom
with my body condition right now
trying to do content
i be fed up too
imma proceed my msq with druid as usual
and then maybe play around with... elementalist
@rancid musk this looks so scary
rancid musk
u want it?
unique herald
fickle barn
stay hydrated
rancid musk
is that 1 of the new emotes?
glacial locust
it's the vault emote
fickle barn
mhm thiers 5 new emotes including that
fickle barn
love the paragon wings
cloud narwhal
What are the legendaries in the new starter key?
rancid musk
sunrise
rod
flame
w/e gen 1 poker
cloud narwhal
flameseeker?
rancid musk
the shield
cloud narwhal
SICK
cloud narwhal
digital bronze
TYY
cloud narwhal
do I have enough luck for lunar new year? (srs)
glacial locust
rip mission to get to the new area bugging out
oh thank god weapon swapping fixed it
fickle barn
posted it on reddit alot of people happy about it haha xD
glacial locust
did anyone get the last twitch drop? mine seems to have bugged
rancid musk
i did not
fickle barn
Wow that blew up overnight xD
pale flint
i love my ritualist. not looked at my numbers yet but idc
almost got all the gear i need for healing, so for now im just q/dps
unique herald
the game is supposed to work rn right
or is like a server down
wont even let me login
rancid musk
i was just in wvw
rancid musk
i just logged back out, i logged back in no issue when u mentioned it
logging back in, again, again
worked perfectly fine for me again
u mite be cursed
fickle barn
pale flint
yeah its bene fine for me
glacial locust
anyone get far enough to see if there was a tp to get alts to the new zone?
unique herald
Ok its fked ticket time
fickle barn
Big news with new world ending production we’re about to get a lot of refugees
In gw2
unique herald
gw questing
is so shit
sldnglsdkgndsfl;kg
im about to crash this boat into an iceberg
rancid musk
i heard the story is buggy af
unique herald
HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW
WHERE TO GO
IM JUST FKING GUESSING
"CPT DO U SEE THAT"
FK NO
rancid musk
jump
unique herald
still fog
no different
ok raising graphics helped a little
i can atleast see the edge
ok yeah
cant play this shit level on low graphics
i see what i was supposed to be seeing now
glacial locust
yea that blue sonar ping is very subtle
really hoping i don't have to redo that mission on every character
fickle barn
Your settings might me messing with it idk it worked fine for me you see a sonar firing off in the direction
rancid musk
i think its shaders
but i also think the pattern is the same every time
according 2 people
rancid musk
||left, left, right, center||
glacial locust
i did not
the gw2 account website has a "check for undelivered twitch drops" under the twitch link that got the missing drop sent to me
i relinked my accounts before i found that button but that might not have been needed
unique herald
oh right drops
glacial locust
rats, post on gw2 forum saying the new homestead doesn't have a door out to castora... that boat trip is going to go from old to geriatric fast
signal oracle
||Wavehawk Pete's|| obsession is completely understandable
fickle barn
be prepared thiers 2 collections tied to the story oof
crystal cave
pete is my second char
ptm is my fave
if somethign happens to either of them im yelling
3 collections :>
honestly kinda a fun way to replace "do random events to fill bar"
cuz you wanna explore the map anyways
glacial locust
hopefully the next 2 don't bug for me
...but first i gotta get my ele to castora for easy hp
cloud narwhal
Anyone know of a good Torch skin to go with my "Knight of the Thorn" loadout?
glacial locust
off the top of my head no, the wiki has gallery of [weapon] skins and those are what i usually check when i'm looking for a new skin
tardy ore
could path of fire expansion
fickle barn
I need to save 1.2 million karma for the 4 new emotes in the new maps
Gonna be probably sandswept isle farming if any wanna join later
tardy ore
dont forget to use the karma infusion if you have one
signal oracle
I need to save 1.2 million karma for the 4 new emotes in the new maps
the good news is that Wintersday is coming soon, and that means the orphan karma train will be up
fickle barn
The sandswept farm can get you like 100k or more a hour of farmed well till then do that what I doing
fickle barn
glacial locust
i can finally get a jackal skin... not much reason to use a jackal anymore but i'll at least have dye channels
fickle barn
Till next expansion they make the jackal able to climb walls be a big reason to use
Would be a good thing for them
glacial locust
but a spider would be so much cooler for most of us
fickle barn
Mm true I would love a new mount
glacial locust
yea... but i guess giving niches for the existing ones is probably better
also the inverse kinematics or w/e for a spider are probably more work than it's worth
glacial locust
damn i don't have any fashion for my "afk on the beach while working" build
teal vault
We just need this as a skin for the jackal lol https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/qii9cf/someone_bought_this_costume_for_their_dog_and_let/
left phoenix
lament kayak
tardy ore
pale flint
whats a good alternative for relic of the claw on power rit? i havent got that unlocked yet since its jw.
Maybe thief instead??
rancid musk
firework?
glacial locust
whats a good alternative for relic of the claw on power rit? i havent got that u...
thief eagle or firework are the usual substitutes i see for when claw isn't an option
pale flint
firework wouldnt work cause my cds arent long enough, so yeah ill take thief then
rancid musk
nightmare wep is 20 splinter wep is 20
nightfall is 20
spear w/e is 20
same as reaper
rancid musk
it should
pale flint
ok then if thats the case i think either thief or firework is about equal
still, getting claw would be nice ingeneral tho
glacial locust
do they count as 20 even wiht alacrity putting them under tho?
according to the page it counts if traits reduce the cd to less than 20 so i think it just goes off the base cd
rancid musk
still, getting claw would be nice ingeneral tho
wvw time, jw reward track
i assume its jw
pale flint
yeha it is
last couple times i came into ebg my team only had their starting zone so i havent bothered 
pale flint
i dont think the guild picked one. i just went on another team so i could play
cathedral of blood
pale flint
yeah
glacial locust
hm that relic unlock is just 5 achievements in lowland shore, should be quick if you have jw
pale flint
LMAO
pale flint
yeha i went in twice this week and both times we were totally dominated
pale flint
yeha ill bet
rancid musk
630-8 est, or air runs at some time around noon est
next week, even tho its super short
we wont be t1
unless they fucked up vp
mag just is not fun
weird how the team with anet devs always has the most coverage
and stacked team
whats up with that
fickle barn
so i think somethings wrong with the new crab dance emote for charr, ill leave this cursed image here.
glacial locust
after 1 convergence as a fire wizard i understand why people want familiar skills to be auto-cast lol
unique herald
whom ever designs gw2 questing
im actually getting so tilted at how vague this shit is
rocky sparrow
scavenging part
rocky sparrow
ah those side quest stuff
unique herald
stupid as fk
glacial locust
could be worse, could be https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Achievement_Eligibility:_Juke_Jimmy
wind tendon
interesting bug in my game, i now have the default legendary shoulder and armor skins clipped inrto the luminous and holographic armor skins for a brand new double layered armor skin look.
rocky sparrow
crystal cave
I did most of lost loved ones by accident
Except like two of them
I think the floatsam hint is completely nonsensical compared to where the actual location is
glacial locust
it would be nice if the collection map icons showed from further out, some of the objectives you have to be practically on top of the location for them to even show
glacial locust
I think the floatsam hint is completely nonsensical compared to where the actual...
yea, i had to look this one up because of that
and the "go back to the step you did 3 days ago" objective
crystal cave
I think the cat one was cool tho
Got a kitty cat
Got a book about kitty cats
Great content overall
glacial locust
oh i'm still working on that one, it's been better about actually pointing out when a step is nearby
glacial locust
i tp skipped one 
fickle barn
Theirs a achievement on one for not using any teleports
tardy ore
im only one trinket away from having my wvw warrior in full ascended gear
glacial locust
Theirs a achievement on one for not using any teleports
yea, i was mostly just using one of the "tp to me for jp" commanders to get my alts to castora without going through the boat trip 9 times
void barn
Got a worm inside this crystal :3
crystal cave
yea, i was mostly just using one of the "tp to me for jp" commanders to get my a...
There's a portal in la, might be bugged tho
glacial locust
it only shows up if you do the boat part
at least for now
it... says it's there on other characters, but doesn't render and isn't interactable
crystal cave
Scamd
tardy ore
im replaying the basegame story and the final chapter is very underwhelming quality wise
fickle barn
yeah the "2012" base game is dated and rushed at the end they wanted to launch the game so final boss is a disapointment
tardy ore
the voice acting of saladboy is very wooden
glacial locust
i've done almost all the story on my necro but core story is one of the things i'd have to redo on him and i'm not looking forward to it
i should, just to make it easier to keep track of what i've done and to have the achievement skips on him
rocky sparrow
glacial locust
looks like they finally fixed the portal to castora in LA
glacial locust
no, DRMs died pretty much immediately
they shouldn't be too hard to solo, just boring
tardy ore
the things i do for the legendary necklace 
glacial locust
worth it though, you get a bunch of resources for the accessories or the pof skyscale unlock plus MC alongside the bling