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I carry one invisible bag for my various weapons, salvage kits etc. It's handy having the stuff I intend to keep never show up on vendor lists, easier to filter what I want to sell.
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I carry one invisible bag for my various weapons, salvage kits etc. It's handy having the stuff I intend to keep never show up on vendor lists, easier to filter what I want to sell.
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As a tailor on my main I can attest that invisible bags are both awesome and annoying. 
Just got up to making 18 slot bags now, but the runes are way out of my price range. I went broke making up 15 slotters for myself at 52 silver per rune, and the 18's use ones that are 2g each I believe. Bleh.
Just got up to making 18 slot bags now, but the runes are way out of my price range. I went broke making up 15 slotters for myself at 52 silver per rune, and the 18's use ones that are 2g each I believe. Bleh.
I, on the other hand, was curious enough to buy this game because of the lack of monthly fee. My first MMO and holy crap the only thing this game continues to do is confuse me. The wiki and tutorials do nothing for me. I shall press on!
Ocellaris
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This is the downside of no Holy Trinity and not having a lot of class specific buffs. Playing Devil's Advocate here... Warriors and Guardians appear to be crazy tough while smashing out huge chunks of enemy health bars. Plus they don't have to be a liability dodging around constantly running. Elementalists drop AOE nukes that seems to never end. Then maybe you have some Thieves that annihilate mobs in very few hits and have the most escape options. So what do other classes bring to the table aside from a few buffs?
I play a Mesmer. There have been plenty of times when I am having trouble, only to see a Warrior casually walk through and effortlessly smash everything in a few seconds
Then some ranged mobs respawn immediately seconds and kill me in seconds I wish I had FRAPS running while playing this, the number of bullshit deaths for a squishy caster make Dark Souls look like Hello Kitty Adventure Island.
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Just out of curiosity, what parts in particular?
Character creation was a cinch, pretty straight forward. Really what it comes down to is that you are immediately immersed into a sea of other players and/or NPC's. I look at the map and there are a myriad of icons and symbols that I have zero clue what they represent. Do I need to go to the little double triangles? What do the hearts mean? Alright, wander towards those and see what happens. This plays out and sure enough, the hearts are a good thing. Mini missions or whatever you want to call them get you some points or karma and off you go. So that this doesn't go to long I am about 10 hours into it and I am trying what I believe to be the main story line, running through spontaneous events, and keeping up with my friends who seemingly mastered the game within 10 levels.
Loot system, crafting, skills, and everything else are just killing me. It is a beautiful game and I really, really want to "get it" but so far I guess I am trying to see the forest through the trees.
That's funny that you say that...as a warrior, I find myself occasionally being like, "really? that was bullshit!" myself. There's only so much you can do when the game decides to spawn 8 or 9 mobs on you all at once (hello story missions!) and it gets ridiculous sometimes. The difficulty feels inconsistent. Sometimes I'll be in a fight and I'll take a huge chunk of my life for no discernable reason. The game just isn't tuned all that well to be honest. If the core game wasn't as good as it is...I'd probably not bother.
Well, you figured out the hearts. Also, you can expand the map by dragging the corner, so you don't have it as a little tiny rectangle. That might help you head towards dynamic event zones (outlined in orange circles.)
The double triangles are vistas - look for a way to climb/jump up and you'll be able to "view" the vista when you get to the glowing map icon there. That'll give you some XP and a panoramic shot of the surrounding area.
Tiny black squares on the map are just points of interest. Go up near them to explore them and you'll get some XP and credit towards map completion.
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I just wish I could get a digital copy for cheap... The day I decided to get it was the day they started selling out of the normal versions...
Ah well.
Ah well.
Ocellaris
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I would be happy if this crap only happened to me in story missions!
As a Mesmer, I have plenty of tools for dealing with one or two mobs. I can take down veteran mobs pretty easily if I have space to work with. Unfortunately once shit starts respawning and getting aggro, things fall apart very quickly. And it is not like I am dodging back and running like crazy either, I always stay within a small area to avoid other mobs. I have a bitch of a time working through many areas because I can't kill mobs faster than they respawn. Or I just hit one mobs and then three more come running over 5 seconds later. Some areas are fine for this, others make me want to smash my keyboard in frustration.Just wait til you get later on in the game.
Around lv 50 up almost ALL mobs have some form of knockdown/root, etc.
Also, is anyone else wanting to like underwater but finding it annoying? It seems that they REALLy populated the fuck out of it with enemies, I mean you can't swim anywhere without having 10 things trailing behind you on aggro, especially in area's where there are krait (Most hated enemy in teh game, SO ANNOYING).
This the one thing that GW2 and most mmo's dot hat I hate, having enemies so over-populated in the world that it makes exploring it not as fun as it should be.
A game like TES and what not knows how to do it well and mmo's could learn a lesson or two. Exploring the open world you shouldn't have aggro enemies every 10 feet.
I also wish the animals and creatures had real AI, and didn't just "sit there" waiting for someone to attack, rather that they actually had routines and wandered around.
That was something that games like Gothic and Stalker knew how to do well.
Just a little annoying pet peeve of mine and mmo's.
Around lv 50 up almost ALL mobs have some form of knockdown/root, etc.
Also, is anyone else wanting to like underwater but finding it annoying? It seems that they REALLy populated the fuck out of it with enemies, I mean you can't swim anywhere without having 10 things trailing behind you on aggro, especially in area's where there are krait (Most hated enemy in teh game, SO ANNOYING).
This the one thing that GW2 and most mmo's dot hat I hate, having enemies so over-populated in the world that it makes exploring it not as fun as it should be.
A game like TES and what not knows how to do it well and mmo's could learn a lesson or two. Exploring the open world you shouldn't have aggro enemies every 10 feet.
I also wish the animals and creatures had real AI, and didn't just "sit there" waiting for someone to attack, rather that they actually had routines and wandered around.
That was something that games like Gothic and Stalker knew how to do well.
Just a little annoying pet peeve of mine and mmo's.
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Those AI animals just sit the because there are so many other animals around they are afraid to move
I am around L50. The mobs would be less annoying if damage would slow the cast times... I guess I am supposed to see them casting a big spell, but i dont have an interrupt anyway.
And screw some of the underwater areas. The underwater Mesmer weapons do close to zero damage, no idea wtf they were thinking. It just doesn't work when you have four Krait witches eating your face.
I am around L50. The mobs would be less annoying if damage would slow the cast times... I guess I am supposed to see them casting a big spell, but i dont have an interrupt anyway.
And screw some of the underwater areas. The underwater Mesmer weapons do close to zero damage, no idea wtf they were thinking. It just doesn't work when you have four Krait witches eating your face.
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Certainly lower, but I gave up using a rifle a long time ago because single target dps being lower is a small price to pay when you're clearing huge groups of mobs with the longbow AoE.
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As a level 35 elementalist, Im wondering at what point do I feel powerful? Even being downtuned to level 28 I still get my shit pushed in hard. Running scepter/dagger, and if I get caught between more than 2 mobs I am boned.
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Lots of bitching on the official forums about the Elementalist and how underpowered they are. I'd play another class until they buff them in a patch.
I was liking it as an Ele, but then I wasn't really clicking with that class on land so I switched to my old standard Warrior, and now it's the other way round, he feels pitifully underpowered underwater. But mostly it's those god DAMN barracuda that annoy me the most. One or two are ok, but then they summon others and before you know it you've got half a dozen or more taking sizeable chunks out of you.
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I've been seeing that alot, too. I figured maybe I was just playing wrong, but even after changing my traits up, and gearing, Im thinking they're right.
What should I roll in the meantime? I hear ranger is good for PVE and soloing, which is what I do a majority of the time.
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If you want aoe as a warrior the long bow still sucks outside of PvP. Greatsword > longbow.
I don't play PvP so an engineers that "destroy" ranged players means nothing to me. I find the class boring but if you like it that's great. I'm sure many people do.
Was trying to get the digital edition so I wouldn't have to wait for shipping
Well Amazon 2 day isn't bad at all man or just pony up a few more bucks for overnight shippin from Amazon, its cheaper than anywhere else you'll get it with overnight shipping.
Oh God yes. I finished D3 in less than 20 hours and while it was a fun ride, I didn't have much desire to replay it again. I've got 110 hours logged in GW 2 already and I haven't finished the main story yet and I'm nowhere near close to maxing out my characters. The original GW had enough content to keep you playing for 3-5 years for most people. This one is about 3x larger from what I've seen so far, not only map area but also content. I've never had a game that has given me more bang for the buck than the original GW and GW 2 has even more, its almost a crime to pay $50-60 for a game like this.
If it was an exploit, why was it shitty?
Necro is pretty lame right now though in PvE. The Necro from the original GW that everyone loved is gone now. I have one of each class and I struggle to find the motivation to play my Engineer and Necro. All other classes are quite fun and viable.
I seriously doubt its broken, the chances of finding magical items is simply going to be low, period otherwise it would ruin the game if it were common. You will find a lot more magical items as you go up in levels and the areas that match your level.
If you found a bug, report it. The in game report feature works great. Use it.
Its just part of the design of combat. Its really not that bad.
It wasn't an exploit.
Though I think it's a bad idea, cooking is already a pain to level because of all the ingredients required.
This game is polished as a diamond, not sure what you're talking about. If its not your cup of tea, move on. There are other games out there and this one is going to be big for years and years for most people.
They countered the monster population/exploration problems quite well though. If you played the original GW, running to high level areas was next to impossible because aggro would get your killed almost every time. I've run to level 50+ areas with a level 20 characters and just about anywhere in GW2 without being killed because monsters don't always chase you. Some seem to be more aggressive than others, some will let you walk right by without attacking, some come right after you. However, many of them don't hit you with anything to stop you so you can explore quite a bit actually above your level without too much issue as long as you don't stop and stand around all the time in those areas you aren't supposed to be in.
The longbow wasn't meant to be a high DPS weapon for the warrior. I would think that just makes sense to most people. The longbow is for pulling, and for ranged attacks. The warrior's meat and potatoes is melee combat. If the warrior had high DPS with a longbow, what would be the purpose of a Ranger?
Not true.
Most class can do good dps range and melee.
A warrior with a rifle can do some impressive single target dps.
The longbow is mostly AoE so obviously single will suffer.
There's options and that's what makes this game great.
You got years and years to play this game, with no subscription fees might I add. Everyone wants to complete 100% of the game in the first 2 weeks, then they would be complaining there's nothing to do. You can't please everyone it seems.
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This isn't true starting in the 70-75 zone just outside of Orr and in the Orr zones. Every mob has a snare / pull / immobilize / some sort of CC. Getting full completion in those zones by myself (literally no one else was in those zones with me at the time) was a huge PITA. Killing mobs becomes much slower at higher levels and the solo respawn rate is ridiculously high.
Warrior Longbow is an AOE weapon. Yes it's designed that way and no you can't treat it like a single target dps ranged weapon (that's what a rifle is). That said, I think they made a huge mistake with weaponization. You now choose your weapon based on what skills have been pre-defined for each one rather than choosing skills for your weapon. They could have made the game much deeper if they allowed more skill options per weapon.
You do realize butter is dirt cheap on the TP? I got 30 stacks of that stuff from a single CM run. I'm surprised Tyrians aren't ridiculously fat. They're oozing butter from the surface of the land.
I felt this way too on my 32 elementalist, dagger/dagger or staff. I started an engineer this weekend and love it. Not looking back, as it definitely more my play style...woot
Was true, as I stated, its balanced as it should be.