Guild Wars 2 - Always bet on the Commander

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• Always bet on the Commander
• Sense of Pride and Accomplishment
• Critical Role reference in the Latest LW episode
• gw2efficiency advent calendar / christmas giveaway (9035g prize pool)
• LS4 leak (spoilers)
• Getting a little tired of NPC's looking better than us
• Comparison of Living Story Map Sizes
• Anet, we realy need to go back!
• How to mine Brandstone
• Introducing Domain of Istan Multiloot Farm
• Horrible FPS drop near Champions Dawn
• Seeing how much the Domain of Istan has changed..
• The brandstone falling from the sky could use to happen a little more often or stay around a little bit longer
• Chest-exclusive items for Black Lion Claim Tickets?
• Wishlist PVE [2018]
• The Commander Has Connections
• Friendly reminder: Don't get yourself banned by exploiting obvious bug.
• Fractal Console Guild Decoration
• [Raid Spoiler] Sitting in a bugged instance of W5, stuff is happening
• Gw2 Launchbuddy 1.5.2 - Antivirus false positives!
• Favorite Profession now that PoF has set in.
• If you're new to wvw, check out this guide on siege
• [SPOILERS] Dear Arenanet, i'd like to discuss something regarding a new character that made an appearance in the game
• PSA: You can get Branded Residue from other PoF maps

Always bet on the Commander Posted: 30 Nov 2017 12:52 PM PST submitted by /u/Arvinthir [link] [comments]

Sense of Pride and Accomplishment Posted: 30 Nov 2017 06:15 PM PST submitted by /u/DragonReid [link] [comments]

Critical Role reference in the Latest LW episode Posted: 30 Nov 2017 02:46 PM PST submitted by /u/Truth343 [link] [comments]

gw2efficiency advent calendar / christmas giveaway (9035g prize pool) Posted: 30 Nov 2017 04:44 PM PST Hey everyone! Starting as of right now, our yearly advent calendar / christmas giveaway is open: https://gw2efficiency.com/community/lottery Everyone can enter just with their account name, no API key / gw2efficiency account needed. Make sure to check back every day to enter for the daily prize! Enter for the big prizes (Fused Greatsword Skin, Dusk, Zap, The Legend, The Bifrost) at the very bottom. They will be drawn on Christmas day. The lottery was generously sponsored by Guild Mm [Fame]. The lottery is for both EU and US servers since there is no trade restriction. Winners get chosen randomly. We will reroll if you don't answer (via whisper or in-game mail) within 72 hours of winning or are not in the holiday spirit (= impolite when receiving your prize). As always, I am up for suggestions and critique regarding gw2efficiency. You can find everything that is planned here and everything that has happened recently here. Keep in mind that right now the API is missing some content, but ArenaNet is working on it. Good luck and most importantly... have a splendid holiday season! :) If you can't see the lottery make sure to hard refresh (CTRL + SHIFT + F5) submitted by /u/queicherius [link] [comments]

LS4 leak (spoilers) Posted: 30 Nov 2017 11:55 AM PST [link] [comments]

Getting a little tired of NPC's looking better than us Posted: 30 Nov 2017 02:58 PM PST Anet, please release outfits or armor pieces that the NPC's have. As time goes on, the NPC's are looking better and better. Kito for example, looks amazing. I love his stealthy robes and how wonderfully designed they are. Many of the Elonian guards, important NPC's and even civilians have really nice looking designs to them that I, and I'm sure many others, would like to get their hands on. Though I appreciate wild fantasy type armors as much as the next person, sometimes it's nice to have some less flashy but still stylish options. So please consider releasing these styles to the player base. (Also I know that this is Reddit and not the official forums, but I figured I'd address it to ANet anyway since they visit here often). submitted by /u/CoconutRacecar [link] [comments]

Comparison of Living Story Map Sizes Posted: 30 Nov 2017 04:46 AM PST submitted by /u/ArleiG [link] [comments]

Anet, we realy need to go back! Posted: 30 Nov 2017 01:37 PM PST Spoilers from episode 1 below We realy need to go back to Farahnur OUTSIDE of the story! This map is gorgeous, my prince of Persia vibes just exploded. make it a guild hall (lore wise maybe complicated but idk) , make it a ressource map to gather plants and wood, , I don't realy care but those assets must be reused! Plus AFAIK, it's the first time an instance is on the world map and we can't get back to it. The city is gorgeous, for the love of Palawa, please allow us to go back to it! Edit : and add claw Island while you're at it thank you. submitted by /u/Demeth54000 [link] [comments]

How to mine Brandstone Posted: 30 Nov 2017 07:54 AM PST I've been seeing a lot of people not knowing how to mine the brandstone meteors so I figured I'd make a quick guide.   Step 1: Goto the Astralarium Volatile Magic Collector and get the multitool. Step 2: Wait for a brandstone meteor to land (the Astralarium Volatile Magic Collector will mention when this happens) Step 3: Use your multitool to find where the impact site is (Either special action key while on mount or 1 skill on the multitool while on foot) Step 4: You will either encounter a glowing crater surrounded by branded elementals or a giant crystal Step 4.5: If the impact site is a giant crystal just smash it and collect the materials from the inner chunk of brandstone Step 5: If the impact site is a glowing crater use your 1 skill on the multitool to find the location of a buried brandstone chunk around the glowing crater (do not use the dig skill IN the crater) Step 6: Look for the beam of light caused by the 1 skill and use the 2 skill near it, wait for it to surface then collect your materials from it Step 7: Rinse & repeat steps 5 and 6 until it says there are no more brandstone deposits   Tips: The Astralarium Volatile Magic Collector sells upgrades for the brandstone multitool. Always use the 3 skill on the brandstone chunks if you have it (Extractor upgrade) Make sure to mark the glowing crater with the 5 skill before mining the brandstone chunks if you have it (Marker upgrade) This concludes how to mine the brandstone. submitted by /u/Shrouded_Guise [link] [comments]

Introducing Domain of Istan Multiloot Farm Posted: 30 Nov 2017 07:41 AM PST Please could someone from ArenaNet contact me to confirm if this is intended or not and is an exploit, please do so I can unpublish the guides / tell my commanders and friends to stop using this farming method. (explained why I thought it wasn't an exploit below in FAQ). Hey there, our community discovered that the new LW map Domain of Istan can be farmed like a multimap, we gathered some data and put together a 'mini guide' so people understand what to do. Event information: Greathall seems to be like Vinewrath, an event will trigger and you need to kill mobs to clear the bar. Palawadan starts every 2h on the xx:45 marker. The goal: You want to have as many maps open as possible within 1 squad. How [GC] Runs the Multimap / Rules: 1. Squad 1 = lobby, do not camp it. 2. Move to lobby BEFORE you swap maps then move to correct subgroup - otherwise you get kicked. 3. You need to call if your map is finished: failed or completed. 4. Commanders keep the squads locked after Meta starts - until people say their Meta is completed. 5. Promote 1 person in each squad to lieutenant so late arrivals can be moved to squads. Data [GC] collected: Volatile Magic: if you have 6+ maps in your squad - you can harvest an average of: 5,500-6,500 from Palawadan Meta: https://i.imgur.com/9pYgYvc.png (4,514 from 1 ML meta, poor co-ordination and efficiency from myself.) 2,000-3,000 from Great Hall Meta Chest Numbers / Locations: Palawadan has 30 chest locations: https://i.imgur.com/StERsHX.jpg < 1 marker is missing Great Hall has 12 chest locations: https://i.imgur.com/10oBLpg.png The Spawn locations are fixed. Chest Contents: 25-50 Volatile Magic. Exotic drops 1 in 80-120 chests (We are unsure at this time if MF affects it.) 1-2 Blue/Green (most common) unid gear, with the chance of a rare unid. Less than common chance at 1-2 Kralkatite Ore Spending Volatile Magic: Trophy Crate is the best to buy for now.; it gives x5 T6 (Guaranteed) + some T5 materials. Tips / Hints: If chests disappear whilst looting = swap characters. (it appears) 50 chests per account per 30 minutes (we think it could be DR on chests). There is also a smaller character-cap per chest, swapping characters allows you to loot. To maximise efficiency, have 2 alt characters parked in Greathall and in Palawadan. Yes our tag was changed from CG to GC. We will post further guide updates / loot updates / times on our Discord: https://discord.gg/grindcoven F.A.Q: (Answers will go here) Q: Where do we spend Volatile Magic (VM)? A: https://i.imgur.com/aKk4IOs.png <- the NPC here you can buy packets from. Q: Is this an exploit? A: We don't believe it is, because there are account hardcaps in place to prevent the same lootstyle that AB had. Someone physically sat down at ArenaNet HQ and made code preventing this farm from being floodgated like AB-ML, and I concluded that this circumstance is not the same as AB-ML. submitted by /u/DakotaCoty [link] [comments]

Horrible FPS drop near Champions Dawn Posted: 30 Nov 2017 06:17 AM PST I have a 3-monitor-setup with Radeon RX480 and normally run around 35 fps. In Champions Dawn (and only there) I drop to 13 (!!!!), only "shaders off" helps. As soon as I get out of this area everything's fine. Anyone else? PS: I have no add-ons or stuff, just pure GW2 (x64 of course), PC has lots of RAM and Task-Manager shows no CPU load, only GPU 100% submitted by /u/wolfgangbures [link] [comments]

Seeing how much the Domain of Istan has changed.. Posted: 30 Nov 2017 06:20 AM PST Makes me really excited for when we finally go to Cantha and see how much has changed over there. With love, a Cantha enthusiast submitted by /u/jamison__ [link] [comments]

The brandstone falling from the sky could use to happen a little more often or stay around a little bit longer Posted: 30 Nov 2017 07:09 AM PST Anyone else having trouble getting to the site, clearing the mobs, then getting the node before it despawns consistently? submitted by /u/Cheatnhax [link] [comments]

Chest-exclusive items for Black Lion Claim Tickets? Posted: 30 Nov 2017 05:55 PM PST Let's get one thing out of the way; people who go for the chest-exclusive items for the entirety of their availability, wasting hundreds of keys with no success, are soured to the chest-and-key system the instant the item is retired from the drop charts, if not before that. It's infuriating to put so much into trying to get those blasted things, only to end up with a hair kit at best. Something does drop with relative consistency, however... The Black Lion Claim Ticket Scrap. It's something that you will accumulate as you desperately try to acquire the drop that you're actually after. What if chest-exclusive items were to be added to Black Lion Claim Ticket merchants, so that even if you don't luck into the item you want, you can at least know that you're making progress towards it? Personally, I'm done with keys in their current state. Even chasing the free ones from personal story and map completion has lost any appeal, because I know I don't have the luck to have any sort of chance at what I'm after. If I could be guaranteed that I'd eventually get what I'm trying to get, however, I'd be FAR more inclined to grab up keys from time to time. How about the rest of you? Would you like to see chest-exclusive items available for purchase via Black Lion Claim Tickets? submitted by /u/ToolboxMotley [link] [comments]

Wishlist PVE [2018] Posted: 30 Nov 2017 06:13 AM PST Guild Wars 2 is heading in the right direction, lets continue with that with some new awesome stuff in 2018 Double XX weekends | Double XP, Magic find, Dungeon gold, Fractals, Unbound magic, Karma, W vs W, PvP, Volatile Magic etc Build Templates Hard mode maps. A new 5 man content to clear old maps as a group ( would deserve a own thread tbh) Weekly resetting raid challenge modes A new hard open world boss New guild rewards and missions Overhaul of current lfg ui The return of the festival "crown pavilion" Extra Festival adventures with leader boards and awesome rewards for being top 10-5-1. Take as example the roller Beatles race in gw1, where the top 3 won a rare minipet New long term achievements with cool rewards New super rare drops in older content. Good looking stuff will bring people back to some old well designed content Bounty reward adjustment And a new Easter egg, implement a single spot in a new map where u can break out of the map which leads to a gigant lupicus Boss event submitted by /u/kobiqq [link] [comments]

The Commander Has Connections Posted: 30 Nov 2017 12:05 AM PST submitted by /u/Monstrum27 [link] [comments]

Friendly reminder: Don't get yourself banned by exploiting obvious bug. Posted: 30 Nov 2017 05:17 PM PST Just reminder to people - if the game gives you an item with NPC merchant sell value for free with no work involved, infinite number of times, then SOMETHING went wrong, and you will be banned if you exploit such obvious bug. Hopefully bugfix will be in place before more people gain access to it. submitted by /u/ChaliElle [link] [comments]

Fractal Console Guild Decoration Posted: 30 Nov 2017 08:49 AM PST One of the best Guild Decorations so far imo! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z0EgU-wK58 submitted by /u/Doncpauli [link] [comments]

[Raid Spoiler] Sitting in a bugged instance of W5, stuff is happening Posted: 30 Nov 2017 05:37 AM PST Our group somehow managed to make the River of Souls encounter happen after getting up to Dhuum, and now one of the Spirit Horde enemies from that encounter is attacking the Reaper's sitting in front of the entrance to Dhuum's throne. Will update as stuff happens. (Note: the spirit horde attacks the Reaper every 1.5 seconds or so, and takes 0.045% of the Reaper's health per strike, so it's been a while...) Reaper HP 90%: Started the timer for the Dhumm fight, and the Reaper started a channeling animation Reaper HP 80%: stopped and started it's channel again (this happens every 10% hp it seems Reaper at 25% hp: based on calculations a Sprit Horde takes 57.2 minutes to kill a Reaper Reaper at 20% hp: as an aside, the Reaper being attacked is the Reaper of the Chaos Planes. What's interesting is that a copy of the Reaper of the Forgotten Vale appeared inside the boss area at its normal spot, bt hasn't done anything so far (it appeared at about 90% hp). Reaper at 10% hp: Once again stopped and restarted its channel, we're guessing it'll do a "you failed the ritual thing" once it dies Reaper at 5% hp: FIVE PERCENT HYPE Reaper at 0% hp: The Reaper of the Chaos Planes died, and respawned in its appointed position in the fighting area with max hp. Welp. 2nd Reaper at 93% hp: We tried to re aggro the Horde on to Desmina, but the new Reaper follows the horde where we push it. 3rd Reaper (of the Bone pits) at 90%: We pushed the horde back into the arena when the 2nd Reaper started channeling, and now an extra Reaper of the Twin Serpent Mountains has spawned. Reaper of Twin Serpent mountains at 92%: We tried to push it over toward Dhuum to see if we could get an extra Reaper to spawn, the Reapers have a "thether" range it seems and it walked back to where it started. The horde then ran around hitting random spirits and has now caused an extra Reaper of the Spawning Pools to spawn. Update again: We now have an extra Reaper of the Labyrinth, brinign us to a total of 13 Reapers, with 5 duplicates. Update still with 5 duplicates: Currently trying to see if we can spawn all 7 extra duplicate Reapers to see what happens. Another update with 5 duplicates: can't get any more to spawn it seems, so we may try to start the fight and see what happens Final(?) update: Started the Dhumm fight, results are here: link Actual final update: We don't know how, but something killed mini steve bro. RIP little guy submitted by /u/Amerika-jinn [link] [comments]

Gw2 Launchbuddy 1.5.2 - Antivirus false positives! Posted: 30 Nov 2017 01:56 PM PST Hi reddit! I don't want to spam reddit with my release posts but this topic seemed to be worth a quick update as many people contacted me about this! What happened: Some antivirus softwares (mainly Avast and Avira) seemed to flag Gw2 Launchbuddy V 1.5.1 and V 1.5 as a Virus/Malware! Therefore downloading or running Launchbuddy caused these softwares to delete Gw2 Launchbuddy automatically and some serious confusion among the users.(and some not so nice personal messages...)   What did cause this false positive?: The main error was the new Updating feature which basically at some point deletes the old .exe file and the Updater .exe which actually deletes itself after a successfull update. This caused some antivirus softwares to believe that Launchbuddy is actually a Virus/Malware!   How to fix it: Simply update to version 1.5.2 or download it manually here   Here is a overview of the current Version 1.5.2 on VirusTotal I hope i resolved this issue with this patch. If your antivirus still flags Launchbuddy please write me asap or post it here!     WTF is this all about?: Link to Gw2 Launchbuddy 1.5 Post submitted by /u/TheCheatsrichter [link] [comments]

Favorite Profession now that PoF has set in. Posted: 30 Nov 2017 07:43 AM PST https://strawpoll.com/2sazbhas Go ahead and take a vote. Please leave a comment on which specialization you play and what activities you do with it such as WvW or PVE mainly. Be as detailed as you wish to help new players :D submitted by /u/Vuduhigh [link] [comments]

If you're new to wvw, check out this guide on siege Posted: 30 Nov 2017 10:29 AM PST submitted by /u/MalignantMike [link] [comments]

[SPOILERS] Dear Arenanet, i'd like to discuss something regarding a new character that made an appearance in the game Posted: 30 Nov 2017 02:32 PM PST PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PRETTY PLEASE make Koss Dejarin's armor available in game to wear It's singel handedly the most badass heavy armor i've seen in game., i know things are subjective but i can't be the only one who thinks this, you have the model and i'd love you forever Not as an outfit though, gemstore if you have to but i wanna be able to mix and match, my avenger's shoulderpads would look GREAT on it :D submitted by /u/RedN0va [link] [comments]

PSA: You can get Branded Residue from other PoF maps Posted: 30 Nov 2017 10:45 AM PST I got 10 Branded Residue for the 2nd day of the Branded Research Achievement from Branded in the Crystal Oasis by the Teratohedron. submitted by /u/SlugMan99 [link] [comments]