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I've started recording our own runs. Each time we're doing everything "right" and still falling short because of mechanics. I do'nt have the energy or willpower to sit through them all and count how many skills she does in a period of time, after my 12th failure in a row. But something has to change at this point. We're all running meta builds, we have our group set up split between 3 commander squads and subgroups of 5 with everything right. We have plenty of CC, mechanics are done well, and we're still failing short. Anywhere from 5% or less left. Most of the time with only one single CC phase in the beginning too. Waste of time at the moment. And I'm someone who loves meta events and primarily only does open world content too. (As of time of posting, 4th video is still uploading)

Failing the meta 10 times or so completely mastered my jade bot mastery track.

Just sat through two very organized groups describing and commanding everything through voice call and map chat. Second one was flawless. Greens went perfect, CC was perfect, portals up from mesmers to portal people back and forth from head to tail...everything was flawless. At 2% remaining she switched sides, tail came up, bubbled + whirlpool. Failed with 1 second remaining at 1% left. This was raid-level group strategizing and to come so close and still fail sucks a bit. The targeting is really hard with all the adds, then constant back and forth, the whirlpools where you can't even help your teammates.. Just a *little* too overtuned.

I have no idea what sound effect you're talking about, as i've never heard of it. I've heard A sound which sounds like the dragon just making a noise but it isn't high pitched or any sort of "boo beep" sound. Have you tried to reinstall?

Understanding doesn't mean it's going to happen though. It goes against what the developers want, it goes against what the game is about. It's like saying "I wish Mcdonalds fries were more like burger king's" - they are two different things and they won't change to be like the other.

With all that said - you can still very much enjoy guild wars with the limitations in mind. We'll never have free flying, but the Skyscale is pretty good at horizontal movement and precision landing. Especially in comparison to the griffon - the griffon has speed, which the skyscale doesn't. Skyscale can land on tiny branches and ledges that e ven the springer can't manage to grab onto easily. Gliding works fairly well in some of the HoT/Ls3 maps and when you combine them with mounts, you get a lot of fun terrain scaling and figuring out different ways of making the land more fun to navigate.

Again, yet another response of -- If you don't like that game,pick your bat, ball, and gloves,and go somewhere else. Brilliant.Just Brilliant. Since you seem hung up on wanting to argue any piece of information given to you as to why GW2 will not implement free flying omnidirectional flying mounts, yes, I'm going to say that if you don't like the way mounts are handled here this isn't going to be what you like. Guild Wars 2 will not implement free flying mounts, no matter what people say or argue about. They don't want that in their game. Their reasoning is very clear - it would break a lot of content and invalidate the other mounts. They want mounts to be based on player skill and manipulation, which is exactly what you described you didn't like in your first post. You didn't like the idea of utilizing two or even three different mounts and masteries just to get somewhere - that's what guild wars DOES like. That's what they want in their game.

Before mounts were introduced, the game had a set traveling mechanic: waypoints, plus by foot. If you could fly over everything just like that, not only would old means of traveling become obsolete, new maps would also no longer pose a challenge at all when it comes to map completion (as verticality would no longer matter). The point of map completion is to thoroughly explore a new map. I would like to ask you one simple question ---How is it that so many other MMOshave implemented flying creatures into their games,without completely destroying their creations? Is this not possible within the GW2 environment?OR is GW2 the great exception to the rule? Propose a flying mount in Guild Wars 2, and there’s an obvious challenge in that its content to date has been designed with players’ feet firmly on the ground.“We knew we had to be careful with how we went about tackling ‘flying’ in the game,” says Cronacher. “If we did free flight it would break a lot of content and invalidate the other mounts, which we didn’t want to do. We had to find a balance of feeling like the flight was natural and fun, but focused on player skill and manipulation, rather than free omnidirectional flight.” They dont WANT omnidirectional free flight. This is what they have chosen for their game. If you don't like it, this game is not for you.

It's not a matter of lore. It's a matter of logistics. Gw2 is not WoW. If you want flying mounts with no restraints, go there. If you want to have SOME semblance of skill and mastery required to fully get the most out of every mount, and every mount that comes out after the initial ones not making the previous ones worthless, then you stick with what we got. https://www.pcgamesn.com/guild-wars-2/gw2-griffon-path-of-fire-secret-design

People are forgetting that the skyscale's hover is more than just people showing off. I use it ALL the time as a "stay out of combat when looking around or waiting" feature. If I'm up high enough, mobs can't reach me and annoy me when I'm trying to do something. Even if that means waiting on a boss or something to spawn.

My Mawdrey backpack didn't reset.

Yeah the confusing thing is how some of the trinkets at least, which were stat selectable and Caladbolg and my mistward set (all selectable) weren't reset. Except for the Ls3 trinkets on one alt which were worn were reset while the others weren't.

I feel like there's no pattern to the gear got resetA black ice band I had in my inventory got reset.My mirage's LS3 trinkets all got reset. The stuff that was worn that did not reset:Full assassins exalted armor (exotic)Full beserker's mistward set (exotic)(Beserkers) Caladbolg greatsword (ascended)Claymore of the sunless (greatsword) (ascended)Stonecleaver's reaver (ascended)Assassin's focus and sword (craftable ones/ the pearl sabre etc)My chrono's worn trinkets:This: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Call_of_the_Wild_(Amulet)Or this: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Crystalline_BandOr my LS3 trinkets (Black ice band, black ice earring)Nor this: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Althea%27s_Ashes Kinda frustrating, I was hoping to redo my build with more stats available to me now. Oh well.

It's far from being punished. It's not a time-sensitive or restricted thing. It's not like the mount is locked behind this quest which you can ONLY do this week or something.Take your time with it and do it at your own pace. Just because you have to wait until reset to do the different parts of it after a certain point, and then have to wait for the reset to feed it again, doesn't mean you have to rush it. In fact, that encourages you to take your time even more. Split the lists up into bite-sized chunks and it's a lot more fun that way, I think. ... Also the longer you take the cheaper the materials become, whether because you have your own materials (more charged quartz) or because supply/demand changed and made things cheaper on TP.

Day 3-7Skyscale CareFood:Combine 25 Bloodstone Dust, 5 Globs of Ectoplasm, 2 Slabs of Red Meat, and 1 Charged Quartz Crystal to make 1 Skyscale Food.You'll need 12 of these — you can buy from the TP or get the total 300 Bloodstone, 60 Ecto, 24 Red Meat, and 12 Charged Quartz. Take the food to Sun's Refuge to feed the hatchling. Feed the hatchling 3 times. (3/12). Takes 4 days. Progress is tracked as an event bar while inside Sunspear's Refuge.TIP: Stand back a few inches away from the hatchling and your skills bar will turn to an action bar where you can feed, play with, or give treats to the hatchling. TreatsKill any of these creatures for a chance (not guaranteed, but around 20%) drop. Champion versions have higher drop rates. Acquire the treat then return it to Sun's Refuge. Treats do NOT have a daily limit. Spoil that thing rotten on the first day if you want to.You can get most of these in Desert Highlands. You might have better luck in other maps though. Karka - Southsun CoveSand Lion - Desert Highlands (Also crystal oasis - https://i.imgur.com/gmJK07Q.jpg )Iboga - Desert HighlandsDesert Insects (Scarabs) - Desert HighlandsJacaranda - Desert Highlands Note: Up on the cliffsSand Eels - Desert Highlands | Crystal OasisRock Gazelles - Desert HighlandsSand Sharks - Desert Highlands | Crystal OasisBats - My preference: Ascalon ([&BIUBAAA=])Skale - Desert HighlandsSkelk - Desert HighlandsSpiders - Desert Highlands\ Dwarven RuinsMinotaur - Desert Highlands (Highland Jump - west of)Wyvern - Elon Riverlands | Note: If you have HoT, just do Matriarch in VB or find the Wyvern Cliffs. There might be more in Elon but they're a pain to get to. Skyscale ToysBuy these items then return to Sun's Refuge:Hardy Ball - 1 Gold, bottom-ish level of Vehtendi Academy. Look for the collection icon on the map.Bird Whistle - 2 Gold, just across the bridge of the Gladefall Waypoint in Northern Iron Marches. ([&BNsBAAA=])Heavy-Duty Dolyak Blanket - 3 G, Heart vendor to the west of Afgar's Waypoint in Central Lornar's Pass.Used Grow Lamp - Craft it with 400 Jewel + unlock recipe from Dry Top or buy it from TP.If crafting: requires 10 charged quartz crystals , 10 Orichalcum Setting, 25 Sunstone Lump, 25 Watchwork Sprocket Repeat the feeding after reset for 4 days in a row.Most of this info has come from reddit, but I've tweaked it and added notes and such as I went along and did it myself.