Eraden.8740

Griffon is pricey but it's not out of reach of most players. I am a casual player and I have both a griffon and a skyscale.

The ONLY location that I can think of where the skyscale is clearly at an advantage over all of the other mounts is Dragonfall. Not surprising as it is the location where you start your skyscale quest. Everywhere else, there is at least one or two mounts that can do as well if not better than a skyscale at getting around. I don't even count Verdant Brink as such a location as a combination of bunny, gliding and just plain knowing how the zone works, will get you the same or better results.

You seem to have missed the "casual pace" part of my sentence. I was doing other things besides the skyscale quest during that time. Additionally, I wasn't playing 24/7 during that period either. I was playing CASUALLY and still managed to get my skyscale.

While I must admit that acquiring my skyscale was somewhat grindy, it did not require trading my soul to get one. Additionally, it only took me a few weeks to acquire one at a casual pace. On top of all of that, there were parts of the quest chain, like playing with my skyscale, that were absolutely a treat to do. I personally think the quest chain is fine as it is. Having a skyscale is definitely a QoL bonus but it is by no means mandatory to complete most content in the game.

I quite agree. It almost seems like the developers are somehow afraid of giving elementalists a good long range spec. I still think a hammer is esthetically unpleasing for elementalists. As you say, we are mages, scholars and the squishiest of the squishies.

I don't mind the mount skins being priced high. There are quite a few of them that are absolutely amazing to look at. You get good fashion value for the money you pay.

I do both. Once I get above 1000 of a mat (one slot in my storage) I start selling off the excess.

I won't really stop doing anything to fish. I'll just simply add it to my list of things to do. It may, however, finally get me moving on working up my cooking skills.

With my elementalist I try to do a bit of planning before a boss fight to figure out whether ranged or melee is best. Some of the bosses in HoT for example, absolutely suck for melee and knowing that, I switch to scepter before the fight begins. It sucks not being able to switch mid fight but then that would give elementalists too many options.

I'm not sure there is much room left for new mount designs. The current mounts will cover just about anything solo. The two new mounts (turtle and skiff) will cover multi-occupant. It would be a hard effort to try and design anything else that isn't already covered by the aforementioned mounts and doesn't supersede them.

Hey, we're just being silly here. I really don't think anyone who can run GW2 now, has anything to worry about when EoD goes live. Thus, we are just goofing off. I like Dawdler's comment. Almost tempted.......LOL!

I don't really expect EoD to ramp requirements up too much from what is already needed, but I think I should already be ready for it. ROG STRIX Z490-E motherboard, i9-10900K CPU, ROG STRIX Geforce RTX 3090 video card, two 2TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSDs, 64GB Trident Z RGB DDR4 RAM, ROG Chakram mouse, ROG STRIX Scope RX keyboard, 43 inch ROG STRIX XG438 4K monitor, one additional internal 10TB normal hard drive and one external 10TB normal hard drive. Case with glass windows is by Fractal and the water cooling unit is also by Fractal. Had it built back in February specifically to play this game. Has made this game so much fun.

Sigh, I still don't like it. Hammers are brutish weapons. To me, it just doesn't seem to fit with elementalists. And before anyone dredges up Thor's hammer again, I would like to remind folks that he is an Asgardian WARRIOR. I don't remember seeing any iconic wizards wielding hammers. I may be wrong on that one and would be very much interested in seeing any pictures of one actually wielding a hammer. Swinging a hammer to knock balls of elemental energy around just looks....utterly ridiculous as I try to picture it. For me to even consider this as a viable option, there would have to be obscene amounts of damage or very long ranges involved. For now, until I actually see the details, I will just consider the new expansion to have little specifically for my elementalist. At least there will be a new place to explore and new masteries to play with.

It's an interesting bit of fashion. Picked it up for 60 Black Lion Statuettes a while back. Tried it for a few days and then stopped using it. Made my character look like it belonged in "City of Heroes" rather than "Guild Wars 2". I think I prefer the more traditional fantasy garb. However, for folks who like the superhero look, it's not bad. It should eventually make the rounds back to the Black Lion merchant again.

I did all of those missions with the treats. Mostly because I can't really do jumping puzzles anymore because of my health. I consider that option to be amazingly well thought out by the developers as it allows everyone to get skyscales.