GW2: Update Notes Thread

**solracht** · 2013-07-23 08:38

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/j...release-notes/

**Takiwaki** · 2013-07-23 10:56

Guardian buffs yay

**Day** · 2013-07-23 11:05

yay i play gaurdian right now

**Corrderio** · 2013-07-23 11:26

Zephyr Sanctum will be leaving when the Bazaar of the Four Winds ends on August 6.

Damn it!!

A Player Instrument Volume slider has been added to the Sound Options panel.

Thank god...

**Ambrosia** · 2013-07-23 12:21

NO! They are taking out the funsies by adding that silly slider.

Happy that Guardians are getting some love.

But why add that slider? WHY!?

**Corrderio** · 2013-07-23 12:48

That horn is pretty much the Vuvuzella of GW2

**Franzer** · 2013-07-23 13:48

I have to admit, last night some guy was sitting outside a contested tower in wvw, playing the star wars theme... i smiled a little bit.

**Corrderio** · 2013-07-23 16:21

My friend wants to do that with the Flute during an actual fight.

**Celeras** · 2013-07-23 17:40

Dats reveal tons more as per usual: http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/c...and_much_more/

Perma-PvP finishers, dishonorable, player event treasure hunts, PvE culling settings, MOTD, etc

**Kiarax** · 2013-07-23 17:54

Oh God why are they buffing necro again LOL

**Celeras** · 2013-07-23 18:11

Originally Posted by Kiarax

Oh God why are they buffing necro again LOL

...they pushed Greater Marks further into the tree, and adjusted base size to compensate. Instead of easily getting 120>240 sized aoe with a trait they will now get 180 base with a more difficult path to 240. That's a nerf since everyone already used greater marks.

They also put an internal cool down on LD generation and flat out nerfed Terror

Where do you see buffs?

**arus2001** · 2013-07-23 18:30

As someone who played a warrior at launch, got it to 80, then dropped maybe 3 months later, has the class changed in any dramatic manner? I was generally one of those derpy 5 signet people for basic PvE with greatsword and rifle in full zerker gear. When I'd occasionally run dungeons, I'd hammer it up with the stomp move, too.

**Kuya** · 2013-07-23 22:15

Anyone here manage to finish tier 4? That shit is assrape

**Kiarax** · 2013-07-23 22:52

Originally Posted by Celeras

...they pushed Greater Marks further into the tree, and adjusted base size to compensate. Instead of easily getting 120>240 sized aoe with a trait they will now get 180 base with a more difficult path to 240. That's a nerf since everyone already used greater marks.

They also put an internal cool down on LD generation and flat out nerfed Terror

Where do you see buffs?

I was considering dropping Greater Marks since it has a much more workable base size now, but I guess you'd still want the unblockable buff for dealing with Guards, for PvE/WvW it doesn't feel like a requirement anymore. Life Force was buffed in a few ways, I guess Spectral Armor is worse if you're getting zerged but the 3% -> 8% per hit more than makes up for the ICD for me in sPvP. Probably inferior for WvW for sure though. Terror damage reduction is kinda crappy but not a big hit. I overlooked death shroud spillover damage, thats a pretty big hit for sure but I think it was necessary.

**solracht** · 2013-07-23 22:54

Originally Posted by Kuya

Anyone here manage to finish tier 4? That shit is assrape

Can solo it with ranged weapons as long as you have a cripple and/or immobilizes. Stay near the rocks with the mortars and keep on resetting the couple veterans that will pop. Alternatively, do this in a group and actually kill those 2 veterans.

This was the Gnash one, about to try Kiel. No idea if it'll be any different.

EDIT: Just did Kiel too. It felt harder but I think I was just unlucky with the spawns...

**Aevis** · 2013-07-24 01:19

Game optimization 109841_0005 Limit detail of particle effects. 109841_0006 Effect LOD

Finally. No more clusterfuck of effects in WvW once you encounter 10+.

**Ambrosia** · 2013-07-25 15:43

Originally Posted by Kuya

Anyone here manage to finish tier 4? That shit is assrape

It is pretty easy with Necros and Thieves due to the the pull back/stuns/cripple... especially the pull back. It seems from the official GW2 thread that Rangers have a pretty easy time as well with the pet placed in passive mode. Guardians and Engineers seem doable, but I haven't seen any videos yet. I'm not sure how well Mesmers and Elementalists will do in this fight unless they get in some quick kills.

Try to stay behind the rocks (both the left and right side) at all times if you can. Looters will start on the left hand side. Don't kill them right away. Just stun/pull them back till they have like 10% life... let them go... allow them to collect the loot, and when they come back just finish them off. Start killing them off quickly once the other side starts to pop.

Did Kiel tier 4 on my first try with 1500 points left.

Spoiler: show

Did Gnash tier 4 on my second try with 1000 points left.

Spoiler: show

If you manage to not get any aggro, the mobs will slowly walk towards the center of the camp, I think by the 1:30 minute mark you no longer have to worry about any vets popping. One last thing, the thief stun is pretty awesome. I wait till they start the animation of throwing the loot overboard... and I stun them... it resets every time forcing them to do the animation all over again. I only used skill 4 and 7 for both fights... nothing else.

Oh and my gear for Thief is crap (just an alt)... nothing exotic... nothing socketed... just plain old rare zerkers across the board.

**Kuya** · 2013-07-25 20:48

I just soloed it on my guard. Fuck doing it in a group.

**Kuya** · 2013-07-25 20:50

first time i ever used signets for anything.

**Celeras** · 2013-07-26 17:25

" Early exit polls show that currently Ellen Kiel leads with 52%, while Evon Gnashblade has 48% of the support out of 2,402,278 tokens cast. "

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