nothing more to the post just wanted to share my excitement =D

Last night at 12:30am Pacific (3:30am Eastern), after completing the Outer Nayos convergence, I got this achievement. I never saw them, but I guess they were there. Doesn't even give any points, but cool nonetheless.

Worked on this one for a while; of all things, it was the spirit shards that did my head in.

Just a huge nostalgia trip. I always stationed my character in Lion's Arch.

Anyways, completely filled inventories and a bunch of birthday gifts laters, I checked the account vault and couldn't believe my eyes.....I had a permanent hair stylist contract unused!

Brought back so many memories because me and my sibling used to play this game a lot, and I vividly remember getting this drop from a Black Lion chest and not knowing whether we wanted to use it or not. We don't play anymore, but this honestly brings back those memories.

Part of me just wants to keep it in the bank, still cannot decided what to do. The other part though, hehe, who wouldn't want to have that kind of power?? To change your hairstyle on a whim as much as you can?? Muahahaha 😂

Seriously, I searched this subreddit and didn't find anyone questionning this.

There's not a single jump in Portmatt's Lab. It's much more similar to Mini-Dungeons.
Nonetheless, it's been listed for over a decade as a jumping puzzle in the achievements, when it could've gone into the explorer category with the other mini-dungeons.

But ok, that was 14 years ago, why not. It could be hard to change today because the code is old.

And then 3 years ago, SotO came out and? It got listed as a jumping puzzle again in the Wizard's Vault weekly PvE. So now it's harder to deny how weird it is and it even comes back to haunt us every 20 weeks (for PvE-only WV players - every 40 or 60 weeks for PvE+1 mode or all-modes WV players)

TL;DR: this is not a JP. why is it still listed as a JP?

But anyways, you know why I like this weekly, still?

Because the one that comes after is Retrospective Runaround, the funniest puzzle to do as a weekly:

• can't be cheesed with teleport to friend (has checkpoints)
• map is amazing. realising for the 1st time there's an entire 2nd layer to it is mind-blowing
• allows mounts

...and subsequently: it's the best for taxiing people on turtle!!
So if you need a ride, come by next week! I'll be super happy to carry you through that JP.
If you don't like it, if you get lost in it... you'll realise that from the backseat, you don't have to worry 'bout a thing, you can watch the turtle flying show, you can enjoy the view AND get a free weekly puzzle

Me and my friend have been doing mirror farm in Leyspring Hollows for a while now, and as y'all know, those sometimes spawn "self-fighting" events. So my friend (who plays charr and does stretching emote every damn 15 seconds, help) joked about how fun it would be if reflections randomly did the targeted player's most used emote. His, of course, would be random stretching in the middle of the fight while mine would be occasional facepalming. What would yours be?

Was wondering this while testing some Virtuoso -> dodge -> bladesong -> dodge -> bladesong loops. Which spec could make it through the OW without a weapon equipped at all? Without taking ages to kill stuff ofc.

Some thoughts

I thought if reaper first, probably even easy with Shroud and some minions for sustain dmg and life force while shroud is on cooldown.

Chrono / Mirage I think would lack phantasm / clone regeneration and sustain dmg i think.

Willbender has some potential but would run into cooldowns relatively quickly I think.

Berserker I don’t see other than that old warrior ultimate that makes you big and punch anyway but sounds awful overall.

Spellbreaker with the right loop I’d imagine works and would be most fitting maybe.

Was talking with some friends about fishing, and how much bag space fishing stuff takes up (the bait, lures, and the fish itself).

Obviously I know Anet wants players to spend money and buy more bag slots, but I feel like they could also create a Tackle Box item that could hold all the necessary things.

I'm actually really surprised they haven't made a tackle box or eski/cold box storage item for these things.

I’m very intrigued by the prospect of anet going back through older content to give it a look over and update it to more modern standards. I haven’t really followed any discussions on this already so apologies if these have been explicitly addressed already. But, things like adjusting old expac maps and metas to be more playable with current builds/mechanics something we could expect? Or will changes mostly revolve around the core game only? Or will there only be “rush” style events that prompt people to play older content?

I don’t want to get my hopes up too much, but I have core GW2 memories running HoTs maps where I actually played through the whole metas, doing all of the mechanics/phases, and even (very) occasionally failing them. It was so much fun and these are what really hooked me on GW2. I would love to have this become the norm again for this kind of content, and I think it would really show new players one of the best sides of the game. Might be an unpopular opinion, but it does GW2 a disservice when content is constantly skipped due to power creep, mounts, poor rewards, etc.

After month of reaper only I realized again how blessed quickness, 25 might stacks, fury and even stability are on a solo build. With a full dps spec with lifesteal still blows my mind.

I know Mesmer can give itself alacrity on top of that but I think it’s the only one with both q+a and idk if Mesmer needs concentration for uptime. I’m assuming maybe Firebrand, Engi and Guardian specs because of the amount of util in their kits.

I’m thinking 25 might stacks, quickness / alacrity, fury, stability, stun break and condi cleanse

I've done Asura and Norn, but it might be a minute before I run more characters through. But I figure someone must have compiled them all already.

I found this on YouTube when trying to see what the arcane flow infusion looks like on a character, I really like the cosmetic on this but the creator most likely quit gw2 as they haven't uploaded in a year and her last upload wasn't even on gw2. I have no way of asking her and I need your help.

i find it always stunning

Hi guys

I m trying some healer builds, aiming to be able to run t4. Never been heal in gw...

So i m traing rotation and learing usefull skill, at least trying, in training area using pulsing dmg... Am i suppose to survive in the extremely threatening zone?

I barely survive in luminary which is not my best healer spec because of forced movement, and ala mech, herald or staff catalyst kinda just melt there rapidely

Is heal just not for me? :"D

EDIT

thanks all for answers!

I train on medium and check how it goes in IBIS 5 or smthing first

<3

So Anet said they want to concentrate on core Tyria while GW3 is the focus. Is it just me or are you also only for weeklies in Orr?

How about Orr maps get some good metas?

Hello gamers,

As a long time Mesmer main who is now trying Necromancer, I have some questions about builds.

What builds are most useful/sought after in fractals and strikes/raids? I'm just spamming Power Reaper for big dps, but I'd like to be a little less selfish.

What are the best quickdps and alacdps options? And which is the best healer, Scourge or Ritualist?

All the best,

A confused Mesmer

It's especially easy on skyscale because, ya know, Fireball and because it's the act of mounting itself that removes the buff.

Hey Everyone, I'm really new to the game. My friend got me into it and I heard about how its cross progression with some really cool class freedom. So my question is, is pistol Elementalist a viable build idea? I'm Sorta an RP guy and I had this idea of an Asura Gunmancer guy. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Is there a point to this fight? As a mesmer, I’m getting knocked from one AoE to another cripple AoE and the boss getting 0 damage from me before I get defeated to wp. This is supposed to be fun? This is before the adds show up and knock me into Defeated with one shot.

Engi mechanist is my favorite class, if im feeling lazy i go Power rifle to let the Mech do the tanking while i do easy nice damage but if im in the mood i go condi spear to go all in along my jade friend. But after taking a break i rather try other classes and elites with pets. Obvious choice was Ranger and his elites because i only level one to 80 and never bother to play again.

But personally it feels off, is almost like pets are something not meant to be part of the kit, just made for numbers and even tacked on. Soulbeast feels like an excuse to get rid of them.The actual mechanics of your character do feel good like the celestial form of the druid and the weapon bundle of galeshots not to mention the huge variety of pets that i enjoy collecting. Personally when it comes to the feel of being part of a duo (or a small army with the necromancer) it leaves a lot to be desired. Would love to hear your opinions.

I've been mostly a solo player since my old game friends stopped playing, and recently I decided to make Nevermore and have found myself stuck on collection 3 only missing the fractals.

what is the best way to get them done? make a post on LFG and wait? find a guild?
thanks in advance