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Guild Wars 2 - Bastion of the Penitent Kill Thread!

Bastion of the Penitent Kill Thread!

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 09:55 AM PST

Share your boss kills here! Spoilers in the comments.

Banned guilds from the race:

  • [Att] Attuned

  • [LNR] Latte Night Raiders

World First

You may make a separate post in the subreddit if you're the world's first kill for boss #1 (don't mention the boss' name in the title). Comment here for your other kills (boss 2-3). Boss 4's world first clear thread can stay up since it's the hardest.

First boss | Challenge mote

Second boss | Challenge mote

Third boss | Challenge mote

Fourth boss | Challenge mote

Other Important Links (You can also click on the trumpet icon under the subreddit header)

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“The Head of the Snake” devs here – ask us anything!

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 02:00 PM PST

Hi all,

Greetings from Seattle, where Jormag is now active. He knocked out our power and corrupted our data. Humans rallied together and fought back, through the dark night, and by dawn this morning we emerged victorious. ;)

Today we're happy to launch the new Living World episode "The Head of the Snake" with its new open-world zone, plus the new raid wing "Bastion of the Penitent", new legendary rifle "The HMS Divinity", the Thaumanova Fractal rework and more.

We're shipping on Wednesday, a day off our usual schedule, but still have devs from most of the shipping teams with us today to chat about all this new content. Here's who's with us.

From the Living World team – Andrew Gray, Andy McLeod, Heather Conover, Joe Kimmes, Kirk Williford, Morgan Brown, Matt Pennebaker

From the Fractals team – Benjamin Arnold, Cameron Rich

From the Raids team – Bobby Stein, Byron Miller, Crystal Reid, Paul Ella

From the PvP team – Ben Phongluangtham, Grant Gertz

From the WvW team – McKenna Berdrow

From the engine team – Ester Sauter, Jon Olson

From the UI team – Duncan Kay

From the comms team – Elisabeth Kerstein, Gaile Gray

As always, we're here to enjoy this release with you and chat about all this new content, but not to reveal future story or development directions.

And with that, let's get started!

Mo

Edit: Thank you everyone for joining us today! We have some devs still answering but I'm going to officially wrap up the AMA. We'll see you back in the game.

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New build in 10mins!

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 09:15 AM PST

[Spoiler] Bastion of the Penitent - Final Cinematic

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 05:22 PM PST

Snow Crows [SC] W4 down

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 02:46 PM PST

Game Update Notes February 7 2017

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 09:40 AM PST

New exclusive hair accessory colours

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 09:41 AM PST

There's A Secret Achievement!

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 02:41 PM PST

Did you also notice the ancient chest behind a waterfall in Lake Doric?

I'll give you a few hints: it's a puzzle, not an event. It involves a ghost and a blue fire. Look to the south.

Not all who wander are lost.

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ArenaNet's official stance on 3rd party DPS meters

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 03:04 PM PST

Since the clear answer we were looking for is buried in 3 seperate responses in the AMA, I figure I would put it all in one place for people to see.

From /u/ChrisCleary:

We have no problems with players using a 3rd party tool whose scope is only to collect and visualize combat data gathered directly from the game client. Anything beyond that scope is still considered a violation of the User Agreement.

Source

You are correct (that memory reading DPS readers are OK as long as they are only parsing combat data). Combat data is defined as any information that is created due to the usage of skills or impact on players due to skill usage (by the player/s or an outside source).

Source

We engaged in significant internal discussion about DPS meters even before we launched raids. Our discussions initially revolved around what we were going to do, but ultimately we wanted to see where the community was going.

We were not absolutely clear on our stance in relation to DPS meters because the ways they would be used (or potentially abused) was still evolving. In such a case, where we have not made a definitive statement yet are continuing to discuss internally, we did not want to take action against players until we have made our stance clear.

Now that we have set the bar and tool creators know what is acceptable, we are hoping that tool creators will make adjustments to their tools to make them compliant with our requirements and more accessible to a wider audience.

We will give our community plenty of time to make this adjustment before considering any action directly against tools or players that use them.

Source

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[Data-Mining] Upcoming features from the February 8 patch

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 10:19 AM PST

Hello everybody!

Today's patch was huge (about 1400 new lines) so it took a bit longer to sift through everything. I've made sure I've left out a couple of mini-pets and items that could be considered story spoilers so you don't have to worry about those.

I'll update this post over time, enjoy!

Edit: After going through about 600+ chat codes I think this is about it.. the legendary armor links currently shows the Refined Envoy skins and I couldn't find links for 2 of the pieces.

Images

Items

Item Description
Glider
1635736_0112 Necrotic Glider [»]
Tonics
[&AgEsOQEA] Endless Miniature Tonic
Back Pack
[&AgHxOQEA] Seraph Backpack
[&CrEbAAA=] White Mantle Scroll
[&CsobAAA=] Burden
Mini Pets
[&AgFgOQEA] Mini Mursaat Overseer
[&AgGyOgEA] Mini Cairn the Indomitable
[&AgHHOQEA] Mini Ragged White Mantle Figurehead
[&AgGhOgEA] Mini White Mantle Figurehead
[&AgFaOQEA] Mini Samarog
[&AgFsOgEA] Mini White Mantle Battle Mage
[&AgHIOgEA] Mini Ghostly Cat
[&AgGQOgEA] Mini Fire Tornado
[&AgHwOQEA] Mini Convalescent Logan
[&AgEUOQEA] Mini Lady Valette Wi
[&AgHzOQEA] Mini Demmi Beetlestone
1635735_0737 Mini Demmi Beetlestone Available!
Legendary
1504232_0213 Tribute to the Man o' War
1494772_0258 Shard o' War
1504231_0893 Recipe: Frigate
1504234_0745 Recipe: Schooner
1504235_0032 Recipe: Man o' War
[&Cs0bAAA=] Frigate
[&CqgbAAA=] Man o' War
[&Cq4bAAA=] Schooner
[&CqYbAAA=] The HMS Divinity
Skins
1635736_0493 Fancy Greatsword
[&CsAbAAA=] Prisoner's Treasured Bough
[&Cs4bAAA=] Bloodstone Savant's Staff
[&CskbAAA=] Spire of Samarog
[&CrkbAAA=] Arbiter Greatbow
[&Cr0bAAA=] Indomitable Pistol
[&CtUbAAA=] Indomitable Gladius
[&Cu8bAAA=] The Gavel
[&CqQbAAA=] The Virge
[&CusbAAA=] Watchkeeper Trophy Warhorn
[&CvMbAAA=] Watchkeeper Trophy Bow
[&CqcbAAA=] Sword
Devoted Skins
1624079_0622 Devoted Scepter
1624079_0653 Devoted Torch
1635734_0120 Devoted Mace
1635734_0403 Devoted Focus
1635734_0529 Devoted Greatsword
1635735_0042 Devoted Pistol
1635735_0100 Devoted Axe
1635735_0128 Devoted Longbow
1635735_0666 Devoted Rifle
1635736_0263 Devoted Shield
1635736_0744 Devoted Dagger
1635736_0889 Devoted Hammer
1635737_0317 Devoted Warhorn
1635737_0382 Devoted Sword
1635738_0089 Devoted Short Bow
1635738_0811 Devoted Staff
Obedient Gloves
[&CqUbAAA=] Gages of the Obedient
[&CssbAAA=] Gloves of the Obedient
[&CtEbAAA=] Gauntlets of the Obedient
Caudecus's Mask
1635738_0762 Caudecus's Mask Box
1635736_0249 Open to choose a Confessor Caudecus's Mask.
[&CuMbAAA=] Confessor Caudecus's Mask (light)
[&CqIbAAA=] Confessor Caudecus's Mask (medium)
[&Cs8bAAA=] Confessor Caudecus's Mask (heavy)
White Mantle Elite Guard Mask
1635736_0525 White Mantle Elite Guard Mask Box
[&CqEbAAA=] White Mantle Elite Guard Mask (light)
[&CsIbAAA=] White Mantle Elite Guard Mask (medium)
[&Cr4bAAA=] White Mantle Elite Guard Mask (heavy)
1614968_0825 This mask is worn by elite members of Confessor Beetlestone's guard. Equipping does not guarantee acceptance in White Mantle cliques.
Axe of the Unseen
[&CrMbAAA=] Axe of the Unseen
1519331_0649 Assaulter's Axe of the Unseen
1519332_0637 Malicious Axe of the Unseen
1519332_0809 Healer's Axe of the Unseen
1519333_0564 Defender's Axe of the Unseen
Stats
1624079_0532 Thackeray's Armor Recipe Book
[&AgHuOAEA] Thackeray's Weapon Recipe Book
1635734_0303 A recipe to make an ascended heavy coat with Seraph (+Condition Damage, +Precision, +Concentration, and +Healing Power) stats.
1635734_0980 Visionary Inscription
Gear
[&AgHaOAEA] Unknown Ring (ascended with yellow name?)
[&AgEbOQEA] Unknown Amulet
[&AgFxOQEA] Jade Pendant
Envoy Armor
1624073_0429 Refined Envoy Boots
1624075_0420 Refined Envoy Breastplate
1624074_0486 Refined Envoy Cowl
1624073_0846 Refined Envoy Gauntlets
1624075_0155 Refined Envoy Gloves
1624075_0813 Refined Envoy Greaves
1624075_0037 Refined Envoy Helmet
1624074_1006 Refined Envoy Jerkin
1624076_0051 Refined Envoy Leggings
1620517_0387 Refined Envoy Mantle
1620517_0428 Refined Envoy Mask
1624078_0383 Refined Envoy Pants
1624075_0964 Refined Envoy Pauldrons
1624076_0155 Refined Envoy Shoes
1624076_0527 Refined Envoy Shoulderpads
1624075_0370 Refined Envoy Tassets
1624077_1007 Refined Envoy Vambraces
1624075_0520 Refined Envoy Vestments
Perfected Envoy Armor (light)
[&AgF4OQEA] Perfected Envoy Mask
[&AgEDOQEA] Perfected Envoy Shoulderpads
[&AgHvOAEA] Perfected Envoy Vambraces
1624074_0494 Perfected Envoy Jerkin
[&AgF8OQEA] Perfected Envoy Leggings
[&AgEPOgEA] Perfected Envoy Boots
Perfected Envoy Armor (medium)
[&AgGoOQEA] Perfected Envoy Mask
[&AgEROQEA] Perfected Envoy Shoulderpads
[&AgEhOQEA] Perfected Envoy Vambraces
[&AgHCOgEA] Perfected Envoy Jerkin
[&AgGVOQEA] Perfected Envoy Leggings
[&AgGZOQEA] Perfected Envoy Boots
Perfected Envoy Armor (heavy)
[&AgEAOgEA] Perfected Envoy Mask
[&AgEzOgEA] Perfected Envoy Shoulderpads
[&AgFNOQEA] Perfected Envoy Vambraces
1624077_0504 Perfected Envoy Jerkin
[&AgHkOQEA] Perfected Envoy Leggings
[&AgGtOgEA] Perfected Envoy Boots
Lake Doric
[&AgFCOgEA] Jade Fragment Node
[&AgEQOQEA] Sentient Odity
[&AgHhOAEA] Lake Doric Cache
[&AgFuOQEA] Lake Doric Portal Scroll
1624079_0178 Double-click to teleport to Doric's Landing in Lake Doric. This item cannot be used while in combat.
[&AgFKOQEA] Noran's Safe Room Pass and Key
1635737_0392 A package containing Noran's Safe Room Pass and a Key to Noran's Secret Chest. Requires The Head of the Snake.
1635738_0684 Travel to Noran's "Safe Room." Built to keep out his enemies and guard his valuables.
Miscellaneous and Decorations
[&AgH1OQEA] Food
1485750_1017 Claim a tile for your team.
1624073_0558 You cannot use the Crystalline Heart while in combat.
1624074_0334 Bundle of Jade Shards
1624076_0753 Magic-Imbued Peach Core
1624079_0263 Chandelier
[&AgFWOQEA] Plush Rug
1624079_0527 Warm Animal Pelt
1624079_0550 Mounted Dolyak Head
1635736_0066 Lynx Statue
1635738_0478 Portrait of Logan Thackeray
1635734_0680 Portrait of Caudecus
1635734_0478 Letters from E
1494770_0791 Game Over
[&Cu0bAAA=] Next Legendary Weapon
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Looks like they had an unexpected guest last night and the reason for the delay...

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 04:35 AM PST

NEW LEGENDARY RIFLE! HMS DIVINITY!

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 09:48 AM PST

[Spoiler] Galleries of new Minis, Weapons and Backpacks of Episode 4 and Raidwing 4

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 10:40 AM PST

Story Spoilers: New Cat

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 12:23 PM PST

Lady Wisteria Wiskington can be found in the last instance, accepts bloodstone bisque (from raids) or Complete Bloodstone Breakfasts.

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"This Is My Story" art by Changinghand (Audio Warning)

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 06:20 AM PST

Patch Hype! (Fun)

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 08:12 AM PST

Necrotic Glider (500 gems)

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 09:39 AM PST

Late patch, sure, but in the end i do feel we have a lovely dev team, and they deserve to know that.

Posted: 07 Feb 2017 08:57 PM PST

I feel like they deserve some support at this point.

Sure, i have my gripes with the game from time to time, but the Anet team are lovely people. They talk to us way more than many other dev teams, and to me it really comes across how these are real people, passionate about their game.

Yes, the patch may be late, but one can hardly take the unpredictability of storms into account when setting a timeframe. Working through the night to get a release out after the place they work got hit by a huge snowstorm is very much commendable dedication, i feel.

Thus, here's to all the lovely people out there at Anet. May our energy be with you \o/

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08/02 Patch notes

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 09:20 AM PST

SPOILER. The easter egg of the very last room of this episode:

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 04:17 PM PST

It was a hidden room back in the day, which was glitched but still accessible at that time through some work.

Videoproof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNn8Zuur940

So its really neat to see that little secret room that scared the shit out of me back in the day to be implemented like this. :D

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Watchwork Tonics now works like Kodan

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 09:41 AM PST

The Watchknight Tonic has been added to the Nightmare Rewards tab on BLING-9009 for a discount. It has been improved to function like the Kodan Tonic.

So pumped!

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Character Creation Default Looks of all races

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 07:30 AM PST

I wanted to be able to see these without having to keep an empty character slot, so I screenshotted all the default looks of the race/sex/profession combinations during character creation. And since I have them I might as well share them :D

Asura
Charr
Human
Norn
Sylvari

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WvW - Some problems/ideas

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 06:52 AM PST

As had been a common theme for WvW there are still a lot of issues that need addressing, so here is my attempt at a few of them.

1.Balance - Arguably the most important thing in the game mode as no matter what you do you are fighting. Currently WvW has the "Melee Ball" meta particularly for guild fights, this and the "Boon share" meta are the first that have precluded both caster and focus party play. This has been generally seen as one of the least fun meta's for guild play, with many guilds disbanding or players quitting the game, guild fights frequently lasting 3+ minutes frequently more and individuals impact been visually lessened. Also balance patches bring with it new challenges for guilds with theory crafting, builds party comps and overall tactics. This brings old players back into the game and gives new challenges to existing players.

The two main things that need addressing in this meta is the Boon up time and damage mitigation. With permanent: Protection,regen,vigor,swiftness,fury and might easily achievable it diminishes the value of the boon if everyone can always have it. Whilst Boon ripping can be used to counter this it still removes a level of skill from fights, from protection and defensive skills to might and offensive boons. Many of the issues with boon up time comes from: Superior Rune of Durability and the Plate of Mussels Gnashblade, both of which are out of balance with other options in WvW.

The amount stack able damage reductions in WvW with: protection 33%, food 10%, frost armour 10% and Rite of the Great Dwarf 50% this means most wvw groups sit on 43% damage reduction without been boon ripped. The main issue with this is that it forces groups to play of boon ripping and limits play style. Whilst what would need to be changed in a balance patch does vary on opinion, historically balance patches do renew interest and encourage players to try out something new. It is very much the case of a change is as good a break. Like with PvP its important that WvW is balanced desperately, for instance the Nerf to Fire trait line on Ele whilst making sense in PvE did not for WvW.

2.Rewards - Whilst WvW has gained reward tracks which have helped with this, there are still some issues.Mainly are no goals for experienced players in WvW, there are no late game items or prestige items of any sort. Whilst it doesn't have to be the most rewarding game mode some long term goals would be a great addition. Some solutions to this could be;

  • Legendary back piece

  • A lootable weapon set from enemies (Easy way of making this go further would be having the same looking

  • Weapons but a different colour depending on borderland) and could use a similar system to golden fractal weapons to unlock with currency if you got the same drop twice *Ascended Armour

  • Achievement points for reaching Bronze/Silver/Gold etc (Or some extra reward reaching each milestone)

  • Permanent Potion of Ascalonian Mages(Actually this can just be on the gem store and i'd still be happy)

3.Ascended armour- Been able to buy some with Memories of Battle/Badges of honour/Proof of heroics. (Really should be in as PvP has one now) Depending on if Pug Zerging,Roaming,Commanding or in guild raids can all require different gear combinations. For example whilst my Ele/Tempest has only needed berserker and scholar runes since ascended came out in PvE, in WvW my ele has used Berzerker, Valkyrie, Marauder and Minstrel. This is also especially important for WvW because unlike PvP where its free to swap runes and sigils, or PvE where you just don't have to, WvW often requires runes changes sigil changes and has consistently used the most expensive food. All of that on top of now having Tactivators and Siege to buy makes WvW an expensive game mode where you can't buy Ascended armour, which doesn't really add up.

4.Bugs - Getting stuck in walls(whilst entertaining annoying) Waypointing to spawn from hills and ending upon another map (this can make you be stuck in a queue for over an hour and can ruin an evening gaming) You can still hit both gates of Green side EB keep with 1ram

5- Quality of life stuff

  • Make Squads sort people in class order so we can make parties more easily.(So we can check 2guards for stablity etc)

  • Quentin lake hasn't had a bridge for 2years now :P (if you look at map still has a bridge with water under)

  • Siege Bag slot on gem store ? :3

  • Be able to Queue reward tracks so we don't waste participation on tracks we don't want (would be nice in pvp also)

  • Skill lag ( I know its not an easy fix but i can hope)

Just a few idea's i had, im not really sure what would be a good change to the balance in WvW Nerf boon duration maybe, i do think a change in the meta would be one of the healthiest things of the game mode.

EDIT 1(Population): Someone mentioned population balancing personally i think its a hard one to fix by relinking servers and whatever you do its going to annoy some people. What would be the best way of sorting it imo would be remove all current servers create say 12news ones in EU and only allow a server to go above X population when all the other servers are above that population so each has to go medium-high-veryhigh etc. It would be best to make it so you pick a server upon entering WvW so the more active players get balanced first however this has issues with guilds not ending up together etc. (i mainly didn't mention this because i didn't have any ideas =)

EDIT 2 (Balance): Can't say i worded this bit the best myself or that its a good example, but was more aiming for the point that a change in meta would be good for the community rather than what that change should be =)

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Patch is Now Live

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 09:18 AM PST

Suggestion: With Tarrktun Portal etc usable while moving, maybe the bank access as well?

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 10:45 AM PST

Pretty much the title. I greatly appreciate the QoL changes to the other merchant items!

I know it's different, but I wonder if it would be possible to have the same thing with the bank access?

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[Spoiler] Let's talk lore: season 3, episode 4.

Posted: 08 Feb 2017 02:38 PM PST

So, Caudecus is dead and got more unhinged the more bloodstone he consumed(?)/the more time he spent in his crazy room. Explains his descend from smart schemer to cartoon villain.

Demmi is dead, sadly after three sentences it was back to buisness. At least she's with Tybalt now. (ಥ‸ಥ)
F

Everyone can mesmer portal across the fucking globe.

I'm obviously the worst mesmer on the planet.

Jennah however kicks seventeen kinds of arse for breakfast.

She also increased Logan's friendzone to the size of a small planet.

Everyone is having a good laugh at the pact commander in the meanwhile. While I do enjoy the change in tone compared to THE COMMANDER settling stuff, it's kinda weird that my years of military commandeering haven't left any more authority than "Uh, yeah. Sure. I understand."

While we're at it, Dragon's Watch is NOT selling itself. Also refreshing, also weird to watch after years of badassery indoctrination. Literally no one wants to be in my cool kids club. WTF.

Taimi is going to mindfuck herself with Omadd's Dildotron9000 [black], wich is going to turn out just fine.

Anet did plan all of that shit for years now. Or they just remembered they got that psycho room and wanted to use it. I'm going with the first one. Kudos to that.

Clearing Caudecus' Manor from the other side in was interesting, funny ("I thought they'd have repaired it by now.", lulz) and triggered my Dungeoneer PTSD.

ALL THE LORE. That was great.

Lazarus is a fake. And Majory is fucked. DUN DUN DUNNN.

All in all, I do think that episode did tie quite a bunch of threads quiet nicely down while teasing us with some new stuff.

Last but not least: I'm never going to fight Caudecus without a class that can't maintain at least 20 stacks of stability.

...did I miss anything?

Oh, yeah. The EYE OF JANTHIR, SAUL HIMSELF AND THE ENTIRE RAID STORY. WoodenPotatoes is going to need new pants. Either because of that or because of the naked Lord Faren posing for that Veteran White Mantle Mesmer. Can't unsee.

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