Danikat.8537

What is that setting? We might be able to tell you how to do the same thing here.

I finally got time to check and you can see the same blocks, with the writing, on the platform for the Inquest Golem world boss (obviously best to go when the boss isn't there), all around the Crucible of Eternity (outside, but I think it's inside the dungeon too), the Inquest Hexfoundary jumping puzzle, and I think other big Inquest bases. The art asset seems to be associated with the Inquest specifically but I'm not sure if the writing on it is anything to do with them or if someone just designed black stone blocks with asuran writing on them and then it mainly got used for Inquest bases instead of in Rata Sum. It's specifically tied to the Textures setting. On low it's not there at all, on medium you can see fragments but it looks much more faded and worn and on high it's fully visible, but even then it depends on the angle of the light and the camera.

Yes you'll be able to play it whenever you want to. I'm guessing by "seasons" you mean the free update which came out recently (and the ones that are coming out next year). Those used to be called the Living World and divided into 'seasons' but they stopped doing that after End of Dragons, now they're just part of the expansion and there's no extra steps (or cost) to unlock them, if you have the relevant expansion you can play them whenever you want to. Nayos is the same BTW, that map wasn't available when Secrets of the Obscure first released, it was added gradually in the follow-up updates, but as you can see it wasn't removed and can be played just like any other part of the expansion.

Have you been gone since before Heart of Thorns came out? If so then a lot of things have changed. You can and should train all the specialisations. If you're manually levelling a character it's a good idea to think about which ones to train first but by the time you get to level 80 you'll have enough hero points for all the core specialisations and all the skills, and you need to train all of them before you can start on elite specialisations from the expansions. Equipping them has also changed. (I'm just talking about level 80 here, because otherwise it takes forever to cover all the details, just know that you'll unlock specialisations gradually as you level up.) You've only got 3 slots for active specialisations but those 3 will be fully active - there are no main and secondary specialisations any more. If you're using an elite spec then it has to go in the 3rd slot but other than that all 3 are identical, it doesn't matter what order you put them in. Skills are also less closely tied to specialisations than they used to be, some traits will boost some weapon or utility skills, but it might actually be better to use something else, depending on the overall build you want. The Honour specialisations has the Pure of Voice trait which means your shouts will convert conditions on allies into boons, but other than that I don't think traits affect them. It's like that for a lot of skill types. So the important thing is whether shouts work for your build and you like using them.

Very early on you'll level quickly, it does slow down later. You'll also get equipment as drops and if you do the story you'll get equipment as rewards as well, although it's levelled to the story step not the character, so it might be below your current level. I don't normally worry about keeping my characters equipment up to date while they're levelling. If they get something better than what they're using I'll swap it out, but if not I won't worry about it. (The exception is when I'm doing some kind of challenge which makes that impractical, like a perma-death character where under-levelled gear is too much of a liability.)

I often ride my skyscale for fun. I've never looked to see if there's a community for it because I don't want to have to schedule it, I like doing it as and when I feel like it. But almost any time I'm not in a hurry I'll glide across maps on my skyscale instead of using a waypoint. I really like getting to just the right angle where she keeps her wings out but isn't losing much altitude, so I can just glide, then I'll hide the UI and watch the landscape going past. I like using the griffon too and it's still my default mount for a quick escape, but I definitely don't see the skyscale as strictly functional. I do think there's a lot more discussion about the utility of the skyscale, but that's because it's not immediately obvious, especially if you've already got the griffon and especially if you're used to games like the OP wants where flying mounts are all interchangable because they have the same basic controls and functions. I think a lot of people's first impression of the skyscale is that it's a slower griffon which can gain a bit more height on take-off but also loses it quickly and it takes a bit of time to get used to how and why it's useful. But needing to discuss something more doesn't mean it's what people prefer.

It's always been there, but how noticable it is depends on the lighting, your graphics settings, where you're standing and the camera angles. You can see the same blocks with the same writing in several other asuran constructions too. I'm not sure what it says, but I don't think it's anything specific.

I do not want them to remove anything that's already in the game. I still play the core game regularly (as recently as last night) and I'd hate to lose access to it just because someone decided they're bored with it. It wasn't that long ago we finally got (most of) Season 1 back after years of a huge chunk of the story being missing, I don't see breaking it again, and even more drastically from the sounds of it, as a good thing. Also I don't think it would be much of an expansion if it removed just as much as it added. We have had things added to core game maps which relate to later storylines and are mainly aimed at level 80 characters, like the Legendary Bandit Executioner, the Ley Anomaly and the Bloodstone Enraged Creatures. If they wanted to do something more drastic than that I think they should do it by making a new, alternate version of the map, not by removing what's already in the game.

Either that or they're one of the people who don't think their topics need any follow-up because they have told Anet what they require and assume that's the end of the conversation.

I'm not sure what would be best, but it will depend on the specific build rather than just the profession. For example I think a mesmer with a sword and pistol is less flashy than a mesmer with a greatsword, because they shoot big pink beams everywhere. And obviously avoid things like weapon skins with extra effects. I think Warrior would have some good options, although I'd have to double check because it's not something I've paid much attention to before. Oh, depending on the specifics of what affects you necromancer might be an option too. If you use a minion build you only need to summon them and then they're just additional creatures following you around, and a lot of the necromancer's effects are black or dark green. I'd say avoid elementalist and probably engineer too. I also agree with @Nash.2681 that it would be useful to review your graphics settings, and your monitor's settings, if you haven't already. Even if you minimise your own effects you can't stop other people using flashy effects near you (sometimes on top of you) so it's probably more effective to minimise how bright and flashy they look on your screen rather than trying to avoid activating them. I have this conversation all the time at work, because for some reason my employer gives out laptops where the default brightness is 100% and so many people never think to check the settings. Then they're editing Word documents and other things with a white screen and end up with headaches. Every time I'm using a new desk in the office I have to turn the monitor brightness down too, because they're often so bright it's uncomfortable to look at. (It's not just brightness though, adjusting the contrast and colour balance can make a big difference too.)

You can buy and play the expansions in any order. The only reastriction (which doesn't matter for you) is you can't buy Heart of Thorns or Path of Fire on it's own, they're always sold together (basically you buy PoF and get HoT for free). Just checking though: If you have Path of Fire and all the LW Season 4 episodes you can get the Skyscale without spending any real money. It costs more gold and other currencies and it's likely to take longer, but it might be a better option if you only want a flying mount and don't want the whole expansion.

I've been playing GW2 since the betas (and played GW1 since around the time Factions came out) and I agree with a lot of the things people have said about why the game is good, but I also think it helps that I never feel like I have to play it. I only do things I feel like doing, when I feel like doing them and if not I'll play a different game, or do something else entirely. I don't really think of it as taking breaks, it's not something I plan, I just decide in the moment what I feel like doing. If I felt like I had to play it I'd definitely enjoy it less.

If I remember right it was after they'd done the first few profession reveals. They did trailers for each one showing off some skills and each one ended with the enemy or enemies dying, so each one got people complaining the profession was over-powered. So they made that 'reveal' trailer in response. The best part was actually having them in a quest in GW1 though.

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