Lo and behold we have entered 2019, and within the breadth of the new year resides a new chapter of Guild Wars 2, adorned with the promise of new adventures in Tyria. After 6 years of Dragons, Golems and Gods, much has changed in the evolving world ArenaNet has created, and yet, despite a very lively and passionate essence still thriving amidst the perpetual chaos, it’s not hard to see that Guild Wars 2 Is starting to show its age. Come along with me as I make a case for a blissful sunset on Guild Wars 2, with an eye towards a raging inferno that could be Guild Wars 3. What Are We Even Doing?In my previous articles, I’ve helped new players get back into Guild Wars 2 with articles explaining some of the mechanics of the game in a solemn attempt to preclude the dreaded MMO Return Burn that happens when players come back to a game and have no idea what is going on.
Unfortunately for a lot of Guild Wars 2 players, this is common place. So much has changed from the initial launch, ranging from the way damage is dealt, to the way enemies are killed, and especially the way classes are built. Inventory management has been heaved out the window with reckless abandon as nearly every new update inundates players with stacks of “new” items that are often reskinned loot boxes that house different versions of the same items’ players have been earning all along.Sure, items may seem like a minor annoyance to new players trying to find their place, but this cascades across the entirety of the community, and it’s symptomatic of a host of problems that Guild Wars 2 has. Simply put, the game that has been building for over half a decade has had so many updates, changes, and additions, but they have been made in ways to show players that they could do them, without little thought on whether they should do them.For example, long ago, the entire class system was changed from allowing bits and pieces of different trait lines to be utilized for a single overarching build, to a system that pigeon holes you into 3 specific trait lines.
This was compounded when new specializations were created in lieu of introducing new classes. Those specializations would eventually lock a player into a sub class, taking the place of an entire trait line. While some arguments could be made that the streamlining of these classes and specializations was for ease of use and balance, from my estimation, the prevalent train of thought by many is that these classes have obscured the balance entirely, and every change to right the ship has done as much harm as it has good.Could you imagine what ArenaNet could do if they didn’t have to continue trying to fix a mess of their own design and start fresh with a system that doesn’t try to wedge new subclasses into already established classes with fleshed out trait lines? As people continue to clamor for Dervishes and Monks from Guild Wars 1, with each new attempt at creating a specialization, they are forced to go back and rebalance the underlying profession, which many times doesn’t happen, and leads to severe imbalances. Wouldn’t it be great to log in to a world where itemization could be streamlined so players aren’t swarmed with globs and baubles and tokens that are thrown at you under the suspicion that they should somehow matter in some way? This future could happen in Guild Wars 3.But Wait, There’s MoreIt is much more than just some of these confusing systems that ArenaNet has put in place, that, as current and continuing player, isn’t as hard to grasp if you have consistently stuck with the game, but it’s even the game itself that has begun to show its age. Despite using an old engine, running DX9, the game still looks pretty good, but to be honest, with several other iterations already available and with a very low likelihood that they’ll make changes of that magnitude, one such as I can only hope to see Guild Wars 3 enhanced with an updated DirectX API.Dungeons and Stories have been largely forgotten.
If you recall back when ArenaNet was developing Guild Wars 2, we heard a lot about the story aspects, how we would be taken through our own personal epic journey. Not too long after that, and up to now, we see a story unfolding of a commander, fallen gods and dragon allies, but I feel the personalization of the events have been largely left out of what was promised. It feels as though we’re playing through a story, not our story. Our characters may all look different, but so much of what we experience is shared.
In Guild Wars 3, I’d prefer to see a similar story unfold without some undercurrent of every single player in the game forced into being a chosen commander.With the expansion on the way, and the amazing job ArenaNet has done with their living world updates, I can’t help but feel like ArenaNet has pursued their promise of a growing, changing, dynamic world, even if they didn’t always hit the mark on every single update. Where will the next expansion take us? Will we see new mounts? Will we see old regions in a new light? There is still endless adventure out there to be had, and while my musings on some of my personal shortcomings may reveal a modicum of disenchantment, make no mistake, I wait with bated breath for what is next. Whether you have been playing since launch, or you have lost interested in entering the world of Tyria, speak out, is it time to see Guild Wars 2 wind down for Guild Wars 3, or is there still a lot of life left in this sleeping dragon?
The account bound Selfless Potion is among the most sought after tonics. Until recently, however, it was practically impossible to get. In this short GW2 guide, we'll go over the origin of the Selfless Potion, and how you can acquire it in-game today. The Original Selfless PotionThe Selfless Potion, which gives characters a halo upon use, was introduced during a special weekend event way back in September 2015. The event was tied to the ongoing Living World story at the time, and centered on minions of the Elder Dragon Mordremoth invading various zones of the game leading up to the release of Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns the following month.From September 10-14 of 2015, players that battled these invasions were awarded a type of currency called Mordrem Blooms. These could be traded in at a Mordrem Researcher NPC for various items, including the Selfless Potion.While the Mordrem Researcher at the Durmand Priory is still present in game, the Mordrem Blooms are account bound. This means that only players who were present for the original event and did not spend their Mordrem Blooms can acquire the Selfless Potion from this vendor.
New players, and those that did not participate in the event, were unfortunately left out. But now, there's another way to acquire this halo-granting tonic.How to Get the New Selfless Potion in GW2Enter the Season 1 Memory Boxes introduced in the Gem Store. These blind boxes are purchased using the paid currency of Guild Wars 2 - gems. 200 gems gets one box, with a bundle of ten boxes available for 1,500 gems. 800 gems cost $10, but gems can also be purchased using in-game gold at a rate determined by the current market.At the time of writing, it would cost about 65 gold to purchase one Memory Box. The box does offer a way to get a number of older armor and weapon skins or special items directly. However, the Selfless Potion is not one of them.
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Getting that requires an extra step.One possible reward from the Memory Box is a type of item called Black Lion Commemorative Sprockets. These are common drops for the box, appearing in quantities of one to four. Double-clicking them on the inventory screen will open a window allowing players to exchange sprockets for items with varying costs.
The Selfless Potion requires ten sprockets to purchase. The item itself is still account bound, which means it cannot be sold on the in-game trading post. Players that want the potion can only get it from the new box.-Good luck on your rolls with the Memory Box!
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Quick disclaimer, this is all about the story and lore of Guild Wars 2 starting with the books before the game came up. So, if you are not up on the story, both past and present, there will be spoilers.The final episode of Living Story season 5 has come and gone, and at this point, it’s worth looking back at where we are and how everything has unfolded. But, as the trailer pointed out, this episode is just the end of the beginning in the story ArenaNet has been telling in Guild Wars 2 for ten years.
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Yep, I know GW2 has only been out since 2012, and we are just a few months shy of it being seven years since then. However, the first tendrils of the GW2 story came with the release of Ghosts of Ascalon in 2009 and then continued in earnest with Edge of Destiny in 2010. There’s also some threads and questions which have only gotten the answers to recently, while others we sort of have an answer to? Let’s take a closer look at the long winding story of GW2 so far. Taking place just one year before the start of the game, the primary purpose of Ghosts of Ascalon was to explain how there was peace between humans and the Charr.
In the original Guild Wars game, everything was from the Human perspective, and the Charr were often portrayed as if they were mindless monsters. However, in Guild Wars 2, one of the central and reoccurring themes has been the importance of the various races to work together to save the world.
Although there are mentions of members of Destiny’s Edge, the focus of Ghosts of Ascalon was to explain how the Charr and Humans laid down their spears. Otherwise going directly from GW to GW2 would have been incredibly jarring.Having already established Destiny’s Edge as a renowned group which existed, Edge of Destiny was able to pick up the reigns and make some significant revelations. One of the major revelations of Edge of Destiny, aside from revealing Queen Jenna is terrible because she put a compulsion on Logan and it’s her fault Snaff and Glint died, was the fact not only could Elder Dragon Champions be killed but also the Elder Dragons themselves might be killable as well.
Until Destiny’s Edge killed the no one, as far as the world at large knew, had killed a dragon champion before. In a way, this knowledge changed everything for Tyria.Of course, the failure of Destiny’s Edge when it came to Kralkatorrik not only severely fractured the group, but it also played into people’s feelings of helplessness when it came to fighting the Elder Dragons. This despair, not only from Destiny’s Edge but the rest of the world, is what the (eventual) Commander found themselves against when Guild Wars 2 launched in 2012. The Personal Story might have started small and focused on whatever race the player had chosen, but by the end, we were rallying an army to take on Zhaitan. Along the way, we also reconciled what was left of Destiny’s Edge.Zhaitan became our main focus after his champion made a surprise attack on Claw Island and established himself as the most urgent threat. From that point forward, the Personal Story takes on a much broader scope than it had previously. Until the attack on Claw Island, we had been concerned with issues of our own races, and then had expanded a bit more to the problems facing each of the Orders.
The attack on Claw island made it very clear what we were facing was a threat to everyone, and only by banding together could we hope to defeat it. It took some time to get everyone willing to fight together, but we managed it and killed Zhaitan.This first enormous victory was also a big step into trouble. At this point, we didn’t know when an Elder Dragon dies it releases its magic/energy back into the world. For us, it was more about “hey, we killed this thing which has been plaguing everyone for so long.” There was even a huge party afterward. The relief didn’t last long.
The other dragons seemed to have gained strength somehow, and even though at this point we didn’t know about the ley lines and how they carried magic in a web around Tyria, we knew something was going on. That knowledge would come later, after dealing with Scarlet.She came at us from the side initially. There were hints something was going wrong, but it was a while before we even had a face or a name to put with the strange things which had been happening. We encountered the, then the, and finally, the, but most of our thoughts were, “why would any of these people ever work together?!” After Scarlet revealed herself at the Queen’s Jubilee, we finally knew who was being the scenes pulling strings. Though, even at that point, she seemed fairly unhinged.The short story “” was our first real hint about what was going on with her. While in Omadd’s Machine, the Pale Tree said to her, “Please: go no further. In seeking to comprehend the forces that shape us, you will unleash them.
Society cannot withstand that.” Then after emerging Scarlet also said, “An insurmountable challenge is rising, and my people have been called to meet. We are compelled by our creator to do so. But I reject that call.” The Pale Tree wanted her to stop, and when she pushed on, she felt the call of her Creator at that time all we knew about the origins of the Sylvari was the seed was stolen from some dark and foreboding place. This was the big question, who or what created the Sylvari?It’s also interesting to consider she wasn’t completely crazy at this point. She was still thinking clearly, and she wasn’t being controlled by Morderemoth because she rejected his call. Her initial plan was apparently to pit him against everyone else. However, we also know from reading her journals, during Season 2, sometime after emerging from the machine she started dreaming about him, and his call was driving her insane.
She may have resisted him at first, but he did get to her and as season 1 progressed she seemed to be more and more insane. Though her plan appears to have been to wake him up and pit us against him. So, mission accomplished, I guess.One thing I’m still curious about though is on the spinal blade blueprint there’s an inscription of “Caithe, one day you’ll see Tyria needed me.” I’m still not sure what she meant by this. Assuming she wrote this sometime after going into the machine because she doesn’t seem to have had plans of changing the world until after that event, I think it would have been before she entirely lost her mind. So there had to be some at least partially coherent meaning behind it. It’s also interesting she directs this at Caithe who was charged with protecting Aurene’s egg.One theory I have is if Scarlet hadn’t awoken Mordremoth when she did, maybe he would have just stayed there gathering extra power until he was too strong to do anything about because we weren’t at all aware of his existence. Aurene may never have been hatched either.
Who knows if we would have ever figured out the Elder Dragons needed to be replaced not killed? But is any of this what Scarlet intended? There’s just no way to know for sure, but I like to think she wasn’t totally evil at least at first.This is only the first glance at Scarlet though, everything she did reverberated across Tyria and even into the realms of the gods. So next time I’ll pick back up there and look more deeply at how everything progressed from this point forward.
GuardianGuardian is 'boon-centric'. They are intended to be intentionally slow, with one or two abilities that bring them into the battle, but nothing to escape it. There aren't any immediate changes for them planned in the future, Arenanet feels the class is in a decent place with a variety of builds ranging from a group-boon bunkering build to a shadow-stepping aggressive damage dealing build. None of the players had any real issues with the class either.MesmerArenanet is currently testing certain abilities being able to hit targets along the way to their intended target.
This will instantly give certain skills some new applications and efficiencies by allowing them to multiply their effects in team battles. These beams will pierce targets, making it implausible to try and block them with a tankier teammate or with summoned minions.Xeph asks if that doesn't seem too strong, but the devs all assure him that they are going to be testing the numbers extensively to find a good medium where the beams gain new play options without becoming too powerful to counter.
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One way they mentioned being able to help balance it is to give this beam ability to other classes as well, such as the elementalist air affinity scepter and the Guardian's downed-state ability 'Wrath'.Nero asks if more thought is being given to the possibility of players wanting to use mantras. Karl likes the abilities, but finds them too weak and too often relegated to being readied and then never used for the passive benefits of the traits associated with them.Grouch mentions that the Mesmer utility skills are very limited in what is viable, naming Illusion of Life, Portal, and Clones/Blink. The devs agree that they dislike how dominant the effects of those specific utilities are over the other possibilities while also mentioning that Mesmer is not the only class that is limited in that fashion and that they hope to correct the issue in more classes.Xeph expresses fears that the combination of beam AoE with the raw power and utility of shatter skills will grant Mesmers too much long-range effect, both in terms of damage and in terms of boon removal and condition application. Jon acknowledged that as they implement the beam effects to Mesmer that they may need to lower the shatter damage. NecromancerGrouch starts by noting the class still has a lot of bugs, but Karl counters that Arenanet has fixed a great many of them while opening up many new builds to viability.
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He acknowledges that the profession is slow, but that once they arrive at their preferred range they can dominate many builds by stripping or converting the boons many classes rely on.Jon expounds by pointing out that Necromancer has lots of build options, to the extent that they hope to see other classes get to the same number of options. RangerRangers are the long-range masters and potent skirmishers. The devs feel that Longbow needs work because it can be extremely damaging but has no ability to protect itself, which may also be a way in which the utility skills for the class need work.The greatsword is also getting some love, in cooldowns and actual damage numbers both being tweaked.
ThiefThief is intended to be super-mobile and elusive. Grouch notes that much of that mobility is dependent upon the shortbow skills, but that some of the shadow-step skills also help double as mobility even if that mobility is limited. One issue they are planning to implement is to help limit the class's ability to leave stealth and then immediately re-enter stealth before being a possible target.More than anything they want to spread the class's mobility among more weapon skills than the shortbow alone to make other builds more viable without sacrificing that essential and characterful mobility.Xeph points out that some of what the Thief does is so instantaneous as to become impossible for players to learn to counter it by encountering it. Jon suggests that they might give the class more abilities to deal with boons to enable them to reduce the total damage.Nero also brings up that the class is very limited on builds, which Arenanet confirms they are looking at trying to increase the viability of different builds.Part 4 below.Part 3.