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Seeing as I haven't pre-ordered, and will certainly be waiting to see how it all pans out before I even consider purchasing SotO, well ... I guess nothing as yet

Man. no doubt! A move I made some time ago.

$25 is nothing if the entire thing dropped at once upon initial release. $25 for Anet "promises" for features that may - or may not - actually come to fruition on a haphazard schedule that has obviously not been hammered out as yet? It's not an unreasonable ask, it's just B.S.

So I just left my first confused emoji. Because I'm certain I have no idea what point you're trying to make here

I'm likely way off, but I'm remembering a charr and chili being part of something in Diessa Plateau. Or perhaps I'm confusing something that has to do with Meatoberfest.

As less than stellar writing and pacing can be found in various spots throughout all the game's story, I'm just going with the bugged mission that plagued me the longest and all but drove me mad (not that that'd take much at times). A Kindness Repaid. It sounds so pleasant, like a break from the usual life and death struggle. Of course, that brief illusion disappears quickly. But that's ok, I like combat. And then ... the first bug hits. Several hours and many restarts later I get passed the bug, and soldier onward. In less than a couple of minutes bug #2 rears its head. /Sigh. It will take almost a week to dodge this bug. Bugs 3 through 6 will play out in turn, and in total it will take almost 3 weeks to complete a 10-minute story mission. I really loved LWS4, but A Kindness Repaid almost ruined it for me.

Earlier in this thread I commented that from the blog post description, it seemed that Anet was heavily borrowing from a feature of Trion's Rift MMO. After watching the rift trailer released on Twitter/X, I take it all back. What Anet is serving up doesn't even qualify as a pale reflection of Trion's effort. The non-hype is oh so very real for me.

Yeah, I can only imagine. But I quit giving Blizz money not long after the release of BfA, and haven't played -or paid attention to - anything from them since.

In game, I still believe GW2 to have one of the best communities of any MMO I've played. On the forums, however ... Yeah, not so much. To my thinking, one of the worst forum communities.

This is along the same lines I was thinking as I read the blog post. Or were as close to outright copying that formula as possible without being accused of plagiarism. I'll admit to being a bit gobsmacked over how blatant this seems, at least with what they are revealing so far.

Really need that "Who the hell knows?" option. Other than the very few examples Anet has shown, the only thing we know for sure is that 60% - nearly 2/3 of available effects - are going bye-bye. Perhaps your Golemancer 6-piece bonus will remain in the game, but it is one very safe bet that bonuses important to other players, for whatever reason. are going to disappear.

My hatred of the over saturation of "visual effects" in this game must have caused temporary blindness, and I missed this in whatever notes they were included. Another reason to be less than happy with the new relics

Speaking for myself, there isn't really anything I like about Zoija. As for Ms. Day, voicing a character I don't like in GW2 is all I know of her; not that that is any fault of hers. I just know Zoija hasn't created any interest to check out her other work.

So much this ... I'd be more than surprised should such info come out any sooner than a week before SotO launch. If not simply at launch so they can avoid the all but assured uproar pre-launch.

Thanks Jhule. I'm outside the UK, but it seems from my brief visit to their site that they may have recommendations for other regions. I'll certainly open a line with them. Again, thanks

Though there are actually 4 I'm at least somewhat concerned with, there is one, Tormenting, whose loss will likely be very difficult to recover from on one build. And will literally gut and destroy the other build I use this rune set on. While it is not the sustain monster it once was, coupled with the right traits and skills it's still very strong. I'll even admit on my axe Mirage build that rune set carries me; with my disability I couldn't even play the spec otherwise.

I believe I know exactly where you're coming from, OP, and can certainly empathize with your concerns about the upcoming changes. About a year and a half ago I suffered 2 strokes that heavily impacted my left side, with less severe issues on the right. Playing this action-combat MMO became problematic at best. I tried more MMO mice than I care to remember, and even after becoming fairly happy with one, that did nothing for the loss of the ability to strafe. I've spent a great deal of time creating & testing spec and equipment loadouts that would allow me to continue, and of the 3 characters I play the most, each build is very much tied to a rune set bonus that may end up changed or outright removed. Though mine aren't Vampirism (I do, however, completely understand that choice), their loss would/will be devastating. Like you, I too may make the choice to move on. Best of luck to both of us, and all others sailing on our particular journey

The ONLY reason sword is seeing increased use is the buffed damage (which who the hell knows how long that'll last); Ranger now has a MH power weapon. In the weapon's history, the Ranger player base has always had a love/hate affair with sword's skill mechanics. Some things, as it's said, never change.

Good god, man, do not put such ideas in their heads!

Looks like something out of an Avenger's movie

Thanks for the info. Though I'd note that it seems to be rather limited in how widespread it is, and as you can see from the responses to this thread, only one poster has experienced this. And there isn't even a mention of said bug anywhere else in this subforum until now. It certainly wasn't presented as a bug. My Mirage certainly isn't experiencing this bug. And again, no mention of it in the Mesmer forums; why would I have gone looking in the bug forums - and all the way back to page 4? Not that it doesn't need fixing, but that I should have just gone on over to the bug threads when a "new normal" was presented? Yeah, no. Again, thanks for the info, however.

You know, I can easily turn that around and say that making unsubstantiated claims (and note, you would appear to be the only player making such a claim in or out of game) with a flat out refusal to back them up with any evidence would seem immature, insulting to your fellow players, and simply uncalled for. With that in mind, perhaps give a second thought to making that video; or at the very least posting that build of yours that is allowing you to do what no other Mirage can. The ball really is in your court.

Mostly, but I remember a period of time when it was just as likely to be some GS wielding Mesmer spec using Illusionary Wave. Get some mobs grouped up, only to have said Mesmer knock them all away. Of course, these days it's not unusual in my experience to go through a play session without seeing any Mesmers, excepting cities and hubs perhaps.

Funny how I just logged on to my Mirage - giving you the benefit of the doubt - and no, one does not roll out of harm's way. Is it fun in some odd way to make such posts? 'Cuz I gotta say, I don't get it.

Speaking only for myself: just like 90+% of EoD, a not-needed waste of time. Guess it's nice for those that feel they need it. /shrug