Update - Friday, May 14, 2010

FengShuiDove

FengShuiDove

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2007

Trinity of the Ascended [ToA]

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Well, I did all the WiK stuff we have so far. Took me an evening. Meanwhile my Mesmer is still sitting idle after a few years. I've got a new Mesmer on my second account, and hope that by the time I get her out of pre, she'll be worthwhile.

FoxBat

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

Amazon Basin [AB]

Mo/Me

I'm personally doubting we will need to do all this crap to launch the main quest, but we will see.

A11Eur0

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

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Originally Posted by Chronos the Defiler View Post
At least everytime they update these proph areas for the WiK stuff, they update all the textures and shaders....new Divinity looks nice and grim in the swamp :P

EDit: the peacekeeps also use a skill (with the Charm Animal icon) with no animals nearby, and is named "..." as well

It seems the farthest we can go (right now) is to the gate at Shaemore, the guards are hostile and we cannot enter, but there are enemies inside
Were you wearing a white mantle disguise?

On that note: If they make it so you need to buy these stupid fkn costumes to do all the quests I'm going to flip.

Scarlett Romanov

Scarlett Romanov

Guest

Join Date: Jul 2005

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Quote:
Originally Posted by A11Eur0 View Post
Were you wearing a white mantle disguise?

On that note: If they make it so you need to buy these stupid fkn costumes to do all the quests I'm going to flip.
Regina said you wouldnt need the costumes to participate in the WiK stuff.

A11Eur0

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

W/

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Originally Posted by Scarlett Romanov View Post
Regina said you wouldnt need the costumes to participate in the WiK stuff.
That leans slightly in the good direction but Anet's said things that weren't true in the past. I don't think they will, but track records mean something.

Morgoth the dark

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

[CDEX]

R/

how the hell you get past tohe barricades?

Nerel

Nerel

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2008

Australia, what you want my home address?

[CAT]

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by A11Eur0 View Post
On that note: If they make it so you need to buy these stupid fkn costumes to do all the quests I'm going to flip.
You won't be alone on that one, I'll be flipping off Anet if they tie the new content to those damn costumes...

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Originally Posted by Scarlett Romanov View Post
Regina said you wouldnt need the costumes to participate in the WiK stuff.
Yes, but Regina's idea of new content probably includes the Obey/Dismantle facebook entries, Twitter and other such garbage... did she give a clear and concise "No new content will be dependent upon having the costumes"?

Hells Fury

Hells Fury

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2009

W/D

Quote:
Originally Posted by Morgoth the dark View Post
how the hell you get past tohe barricades?
To sum it up :

Take Strike as One (take hero if u can't go R/A or A/R) and recall (on you). Cast a recall on pet at very beginning (at crevasse with no loose magic effect). Then keep using SaO on villager near barricade until pet warps to other side. Then just cancel recall. It can be used to get to the chamber where seer is also.

-Another way is to just bring full h/h party. Cast recall on any of them. Go near barricades. Keep flagging heroes/henchie repeatedly behind barricade (on north side, on various spots , just before tengu boss. You'll see commotion when they try to get past it. Eventually some of them will pass. When the hero with recall on him passes cancel recall. Then go up/left until names of other henchies are grayed out. Release flag and all of them will magically warp past barricades. Kill, explore, hf.


To access explorable LA area you need to :

-Have Prophecies and/or Eotn completed
-Watch all dialogs between Trackey and Gwen in Hall of Monuments
-Give items Trackey wants (he's outside eotn) and watch the dialog (after you've fed him) in Hom
-Watch 3 dialogs in Dakutu village (zone in and out nearest portal, tears of forgotten area, just make sure you watch all of the dialog)
-Watch Zinns Trial (outside Rata Sum)
-Watch the dialog in dakutu village (again) where Evenia and Livia discuss possible new allies
-Go outside of the eotn (ice cliff chasm) and watch dialog between Evenia and Vanguard
-Go back to dakutu where livia should show up with 2 asura and watch dialog
-Go to LA , speak to Lionguard at gate and he should let you in
Enjoy nice new LA view

Morgoth the dark

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

[CDEX]

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That was bothering me, how to cast recall if magic fails...
Thanks

Coverticus

Coverticus

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2006

The Zodiac Elites [TZE]

Mo/

The boss "..." has Elemental Attunement as the elite, didn't see much else apart from Searing Heat.

Word of caution on the SoO method - make sure the pet gets far enough away from the Villager or you can get stuck and have to start again.

own age myname

own age myname

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2007

Minnesota

[TAS]

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Posted this over on GW2G. There are some pic and tells how to get into the area:

http://www.guildwars2guru.com/forum/...postcount=6360

Painbringer

Painbringer

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jun 2006

Minnesota

Black Widows of Death

W/Mo

So is this portion true?

Fast Casting decreases the activation time of your Spells and Signets. (No effect for non-Mesmer skills with an activation time less than 2 seconds.) In PvE, each rank of Fast Casting decreases the recharge time for your Mesmer Spells by 3%.

If so I feel a some build possibilities brewing

Skyy High

Skyy High

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2006

R/

Possibly. Probably. We'll know soon enough, I imagine.

Raven Wing

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

The Imperial Guards of Istan [TIGI]

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LOL Im in the keep right now, watching Langmar and Thackeray. They finished the dialogue with Selma and I guess they were supposed to leave, but my heroes and myself appear to be bodyblocking them. They are just walking 2 steps and forth in a neverending cycle...

Mintha Syl

Mintha Syl

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2010

I finally went to the "new" version of divinity coast...eww I was expecting something more. Only 3 groups of mantles, and also low level. It's nice to see they got new names and styles (but no new drops for the moment, from what I've read and experienced - got a scroll from ... boss and random crap from teh others), but I hope it's only a step and not the definitive ending.
Also, the "castle" gives not much for cartography, I was at almost 99,9 before and diddn't reach it, so it's like 0,000something.

BrettM

BrettM

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2008

Fuzzy Physics Institute

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mintha Syl View Post
I finally went to the "new" version of divinity coast...eww I was expecting something more. Only 3 groups of mantles, and also low level.
This is like sneaking into an amusement park while they're still pouring the foundations for the roller coaster and complaining that you were expecting more than a ticket booth. Since most of Divinity Coast is currently supposed to be blocked off, it is quite possible that the full setup for the area isn't completed yet. Even the boss has not yet been named, so how do you know there won't be any more than what you've seen? How can you be sure that there won't be many foes that you didn't see because they will be dynamically generated in waves? How do you know there aren't Mursaat essences hiding inside the low levels?

Mintha Syl

Mintha Syl

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2010

Quote:
Originally Posted by BrettM View Post
it is quite possible that the full setup for the area isn't completed yet.
That's why I said "I hope it's only a step". I'm only comped to what I had read from others, I figured there were a lot of enemies. Not complaining anyway, just a statement.

A11Eur0

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2005

W/

There actually are a lot of enemies...you went the wrong way.

Chronos the Defiler

Chronos the Defiler

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2005

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by A11Eur0 View Post
There actually are a lot of enemies...you went the wrong way.
Correct, there are also mantle enemies on the bridge to Shaemore, as well as mantle inside shaemore (and possibly beyond)

I would prefer they remade Riverside Province instead of Divinity Coast though

BrettM

BrettM

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2008

Fuzzy Physics Institute

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Chronos the Defiler View Post
I would prefer they remade Riverside Province instead of Divinity Coast though
I wouldn't rule this out. The real fighting hasn't even begun yet, much less reached the stage where the Mantle have been pushed back to a final defense in their ultimate stronghold. I would not be surprised if this happens late in the war and we get a Riverside explorable. But, for now, we will probably have enough to do fighting around LA, fighting on the Watchtower and Divinity coasts, and fending off assaults on ToA and perhaps other locations.

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chronos the Defiler View Post
Correct, there are also mantle enemies on the bridge to Shaemore, as well as mantle inside shaemore (and possibly beyond)

I would prefer they remade Riverside Province instead of Divinity Coast though
Isn't the White Mantle Capital around there? That would make A LOT of sense.
And we could walk around more calmly. The are is rather nice, and you don't get to see many parts in it if you just follow the mission.

Infanta

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2010

anyone think there will be an update tomorrow?

Chocobo1

Chocobo1

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2007

New Zealand

CoA

N/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Infanta View Post
anyone think there will be an update tomorrow?
I try not to get my hopes up anymore : <

Ariovist Lynxkind

Ariovist Lynxkind

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2006

Lynxkind Atrium, Echovald Forest, Cantha

Death Bringers Union [DBU]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Chronos the Defiler View Post
I would prefer they remade Riverside Province instead of Divinity Coast though
Divinity Coast probably make more sense given that is where everyone evacuates to when Zhaitan rises (even though it isnt for at least 60 years... just remembering off the top of my head)

Karate Jesus

Karate Jesus

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2008

Texas

Reign of Judgment [RoJ]

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Infanta View Post
anyone think there will be an update tomorrow?
People have been saying we'd get a content/skill update the last 5 Thursdays. I've given up.

Apok

Apok

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2010

Quote:
Originally Posted by Karate Jesus View Post
People have been saying we'd get a content/skill update the last 5 Thursdays. I've given up.
I have to agree with this one. It might be the fact that I have to work today, or because we haven't heard from them in a while (responding to GW2 threads doesn't count), but I've got a feeling this is gonna be another "Thursday before mAT" skill update.

instanceskiller

instanceskiller

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2008

Myst

A/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Infanta View Post
anyone think there will be an update tomorrow?
Actually contrary to most...it may happen tomorrow. I mean, they are 3 weeks late on their so called 'bi-monthly' schedule for skill updates.
To be honest, that schedule doesn't exist. They have not once kept to it since they supposedly moved to it from the monthly skill updates.

I was excited when they mentioned the update was being worked on a month or so ago as that was when it was due, and said they would prepare a preview soon. I thought they were going to release it that month. I was wrong.

Anyways I would however suggest, in a similar tone to the above posters, not to get your hopes up on Anet keeping to schedule anything that is not automated, e.g skill updates.

cosyfiep

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

anet cries wolf so often that we no longer believe.
Well they still have some time left today---though I am not holding my breathe on that.

Sankt Hallvard

Guest

Join Date: Dec 2006

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miriforst

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2009

Avalons Wraiths

R/Rt

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drunknzelda

drunknzelda

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

Time For Plan B [RUN]

E/Me

Last update was in February wasn't it? With Seeping Wound and hammer skills?

Sankt Hallvard

Guest

Join Date: Dec 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by drunknzelda View Post
Last update was in February wasn't it? With Seeping Wound and hammer skills?
I don't know when it happened tbh, the only thing I can tell you for sure is that ever since they went from "monthly update" to "bimonthly update" it has never been released on time.

It is probably closer to biyearly updates.

Reverend Dr

Reverend Dr

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

Super Fans Of Gaile [ban]

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toon-a-loon

toon-a-loon

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Belton, Missouri

W/R

I'm stuck on meeting out the eotn (ice cliff chasm) between Evenia and Vanguard. They don't appear for me :/ but i've done the rest of the stuff

own age myname

own age myname

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2007

Minnesota

[TAS]

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by toon-a-loon View Post
I'm stuck on meeting out the eotn (ice cliff chasm) between Evenia and Vanguard. They don't appear for me :/ but i've done the rest of the stuff
You do the scavenger hunt and then go back into the HoM after that and see the dialogue where Thackery and Gwen get into a fight?

Karate Jesus

Karate Jesus

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2008

Texas

Reign of Judgment [RoJ]

Me/

Quote:
Originally Posted by toon-a-loon View Post
I'm stuck on meeting out the eotn (ice cliff chasm) between Evenia and Vanguard. They don't appear for me :/ but i've done the rest of the stuff
In my opinion, don't waste your time. It's just dialogue, like everything else.

BrettM

BrettM

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2008

Fuzzy Physics Institute

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Karate Jesus View Post
In my opinion, don't waste your time. It's just dialogue, like everything else.
Yeah, and we will never, ever, under any circumstances, get anything more than dialogs between now and doomsday. No way. And there is absolutely no possible way that future content (which will only be waste-of-time dialogs anyway, because they have still added nothing else like an explorable instance of some mission) could be accessible only to those who had seen the previous dialogs. So, just don't bother. Nobody reads these dialogs or enjoys them in any way. No sirree. And there's absolutely no reason to think that any new areas (which don't exist, because everything else is also dialogs) would ever be used for any type of gameplay.

-Makai-

-Makai-

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2007

WA

DH

Rt/

Didn't the last skill update pop in right before a 2x allegiance weekend? Ah, for wishful thinking...

Anyhow, this gives a friend and I another week to vanquish Pockmarks and Verdant Cascades, so I ain't too worried.

toon-a-loon

toon-a-loon

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2005

Belton, Missouri

W/R

Quote:
Originally Posted by own age myname View Post
You do the scavenger hunt and then go back into the HoM after that and see the dialogue where Thackery and Gwen get into a fight?
I've went everywhere and double checked everything. I got all the random dialogues. So something else should trigger but it hasn't. I'll try the HOM again

Infanta

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2010

no update...ugh what a joke. I'm starting to just not give a crap about GW or GW2.