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Having the same issue, idk what is happening tho i'm logging in the game just fine. Something must've been broken i guess.

[Renegade, Herald or Vindicator?]

Since it's OW and assuming occasionally Frac I would say get yourself a Cele set with whatever runes you prefer but i would go with Leadership, with this setup you can freely switch between Alac and Quick and ofc both with very high boons uptime and versatile at the cost of dps, basically one set for 2 builds and i don't think it's that bad.

You can also use Zerker + Diviner for full Quick Herald meta if you like on the second gear slot or just straight up making another Cele with DPS runes/sigils for WvW and lazy OW while still being tanky and useful with tons of boon.

I'm a big fan of Cele because how rev currently plays and design, Cele makes me feel useful anywhere in the game rather than just mindlessly DPS. Another reason why i recommend Cele is because guard can also benefits greatly from Cele if you are on Asc gears, switching between two classes for a bit of fresh air never hurts once in a while.

Note : I don't like Vindicator so i'm better not put any thought on this.

[Best race for a Revenant]

Norn, nothing is more satisfying than a BIG norn vindi dropping from above, the impact feels real.

[Warrior Changes.]

• Picking up a banner no longer reduces the recharge time of the skill. Instead, they can be carried around and dropped to reposition them. Picking up a banner does not grant the warrior additional skills, but they will continue to pulse their associated boons when picked up. The delay before you can pick up a dropped banner has been increased from 1 second to 3 seconds.

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This !!! This is what makes us become the "Bannerslave" in it truest sense.

Now in big scale WvW fight we can truely deliver the cheer and encouragement to the brave souls on the frontline "FROM THE BACKLINE 💩".

But wait....only us who summoned the banners can pick it up right ? The legend said that in the old days where mighty warriors roamed Tyria they can picked up banner from each others in turn given them ultimate power to smack the kitten out of everything 🤪.

['Fog of War' still over places visited]

I'm a little confused because map exploration is not account-wide so if you already visited one map on your main and completed the map, you have to do it again on your alts there is no other way around. But if you visited a place and the FoW is still there the next time you revisit then that means you've encountered a bug.

If you just aim for HPs then i recommend run around and remove all FoW on the map with your fastest mount or if you don't have one, well take a walk, then open the map and hover your mouse over "map completion", keeps dragging it up and down the HPs section if there is one you haven't unlocked yet it will flashs.

[Echovald, why? Why do this?]

I love this map because it has gothic theme vibe and i'm a big fan of Gothic style arts. But the map has 2 problems, first is it is a decent big map, but at the same time it feels caged, high walls, narrow paths, the exploring potential is there but most main roads, villageds are connected so just take a path and go from A to B isn't fun. The second problem is that the map expands vertically but most of the events, stuffs happening are on the ground level which make mid and upper level feels so empty. I climbed to the top level and was amazed how great the map is but at the same time feel sad because nothing going on up there beside a few mobs and npcs, just by standing on the ground looking up gave you the vibe and expectation of what can be going on up there but until you climb up, there is nothing.

[Too much to do; can't decide which character to use or where to start]

Yes i have the same problem sometimes and there were time that i didn't even bother to login due to how overwhelmed i am with all the stuffs ahead, it felt chaotic, but this is what i usually do to get through it.

- I pick a class that i know it could handle most situations well in my case it was Rev , gear it up with 2 specific builds, one for solo because most of the time while doing all that stuffs you will be alone mostly and the other for group content, i tend to go with support build rather than dps, this way i can actually be helpful in most group situations.

- Pick up any mastery lines that could imrpove QoL and max it out first such as Jade Bot, Pact Commander, Gliding etc. While doing so you also have to find achievments that rewared with mastery points.

The two above are the foundation to prepare you for a further journey ahead.

- When i'm bored or don't know what to do, i just head to the contents that most familiar to me. Play it for awhile, my case are open world Meta, Exploring and WvW, Fashion Wars, ease up my mind then continue the work.

- Set a goal for myself, i'm a skin collector, some take a really long time to get or just straightup being expensive so if i spotted something i like i set my eyes on it, do whatever it take to get the skin.

- Set a backup goal just in case you hit a wall on your first, usually i set crafting Legendaries as my back up because each of them take really long to craft and a journey on their own, keeping myself occupied.

- Shortcut is good but don't overdo it. For example, when you lack gold you can turn real money to gems then to gold, its good to skip ahead two or 3 times but if you continue to do so when you look back there were just hollow memories and there is no fun in it and when there isn't fun you will start to feel like everything is just a chore which ultimately leading to even more boredom.

Enjoy your time, its been 9 years and there is a reason why i only have 1 legendary, the first goal i made is just keep going on and on.

[What is next ? (Story)]

It has been  9 years since i started my journey on gw2 and the very first thing i'm curious about was the big wall in Caledon Forest, LA, Kessex Hill.

There is also a small conversation at Arborstone about a tengu wants to visit his long lost cousins in Dominion of Winds so i firmly believe we will get there and cure my curiosity.

That said, with the dragon cycle and Soo-Won end, there is still a small connection between the Largos and "Scions" so it wouldn't be strange if anet decide to touch on Largos community anytime soon. Dominion of Winds and Largos, either one of the two would be fantastic.

[Do you use your Turtle?]

Its a great tool for taking someone new through a tour, HP train, a few MP train if you are not a mesmer or don't have watchwork portal, surprise them here and there let them have fun shooting the cannons while i cry from the inside cuz i never get to shoot it myself, i don't even have access to the speedboost utility.

The turtle is a complete trash when i'm alone but if i have a friend with me its really fun so its a plus to some extent.

[Siege Turtle - Open Access [Merged]]

Ok this really sucks, i main rev and this is really annoying.

[Best armor dye to match the mech]

Since not all armor dye channels work the same in term of saturation, material texture i can only suggest you the dyes based on the CJ-1 Command Sleeves, this also applies to most (not all due to a few has different saturation) metal, glowing looking armors as well as fit perfectly if using with Jade Tech Weapons.

Metal parts (pick one of 4) : Gold Fusion, Matriarch Brass, Golden Sheen, Sarcophagus.

Glowing parts (pick one of 4) : Nightmare, Growth, Underworld, Canopy.

These are the go to dyes if i want to go Jade Tech theme.

[SPOON's school for commie on DE's meta]

Hey all i just want to shout out that i encountered a group using this system last night when i was on engi doing story. The com was a nice guy, no demanding beside politely asking if there are any Alac/Quick within the group they are very welcome, Nicely gave out instructions which made alot of us in group, including me and my friends felt comfortable, everyone gladly helped out, absolute no yelling in an entire run. The map was 1hr and 20m til meta and few of us weren't able to get in but everyone on the map still keep a friendly enviroment kindly asked if there are anyone isn't doing the meta please switch map so we can get our members in, it worked. To be clear this is a pug with no discord and only with organized sub setup with everyone being friendly and to my surprise it was the first time i beat soo-won with 4m timer left. 

I've said in many of my comments before that i will not go back to DE but after this i actually want to do more as long as this type of friendly behavior is around i'm happy to spend my little time to play after work done, its a good way to end a tiresome day.

 

[EoD's HP's]

HoT still hold the tittle but some Elites in EoD has very high attack/skill/Stun/Daze rate which make a few of them even more dangerous than HoT Champions in term of locking and bursting you down (i had alot of fun fighting those version of the guard than HoT champions) . You might have a difficult fight if you don't bring proper stunbreak/CC or being a glass cannon because the guard changes everytime someone killed them, you might encounter a few deadly one like i mentioned, the rest elite guards outside of those are just piece of cake.

[Did you mastered (achievement) all maps of EOD ?]

Well i'm nowhere close to 1/4 of all EoD achievements, keep heading back to PoF and LW for the fun, i've found no fun doing EoD currently beside exploring, i do admit EoD exploring potential is higher than any other zones of gw2 but that alone can't keep me engaging due to no challenge at all beside main metas, occasional champs pop up for no reason is like a downgrade version of bounty, no actual event leading up to beside Fort Aspenwood chain (i love this event alot so far) other than that nothing in particular. One more thing i've found challenging is the new Unchained Risen mob, i thought the branded griffons are kitten enough but Anet acutally decided to increase the difficulty of certain mobs by just putting "auto dodge" on them, gotta give it 10/10.

If you guys know where i could find interesting events in EoD please do tell me.

[How would you rate EoD compared to HoT and PoF?]

General : PoF > HoT > EoD

Story : EoD > PoF > HoT

HoT - I feel alive, events happen all around the map and slowly build up to the grand final and even tho its been 7 years ppl still doing it, the HPs are challenging and a way to test your personal limitation or helping others doing it, it feels engaging overall.

PoF - I feel freedom, the map layout is vast with open fields giving me the joy to travel around, the metas are decent but fun along with many mini dynamic chain events leading to challenging foe. The bounty system is also a way to test your personal limitation and its also fun helping others doing bounties. Again overall engaging but with alot more freedom to do so than HoT and i personally like the freedom.

EoD - I feel caged, the maps are pretty no doubt but at the same time i feel like i'm being locked in a cage especially in Echovald, even walking around feels tedious. The metas are decent from Seitung to Echovald (lets not talk about DE here because we all know how it goes rn) but outside of that there isn't much going on around, the HP isn't a slight bit challenging, no bounty, nothing is keeping me engaging. Everytime i'm in Cantha the first word pops in my head is "Fish" and nothing else.

EoD story is good, i enjoy it alot but idk why Anet put elite specs collection behind the story so i have to do it 9 times, its not joy anymore but simply a chore, the fishing rng is stupidly high but i can live with that. I can only hope they do better in the next Living World season.

[Dragon's End Meta become dead dead soon]

I tried DE again today and this is what i experienced.

I work as a chef from 7AM to 9PM, driving home take me an hour so 10PM i was able to hop on and play the game. Due to work circumstance i can't stay too long into the night for work in the morning so the best i could do is stacking as many DE map buff as i can, in the end i only managed to stack up to 6 b4 the meta tho there were many groups running DE at the same time i only made it into one due others being full. 

Idk if this happens often but because its been a week since my last DE i got called out personally by the commander asking why i did not have 10 stacks of DE buff even though i explained to him/her nicely, linked my build and stuffs i still ended up being kicked out of the squad. I too asked the tag what is the point of doing that when someone already in the map but got no answer back. I decided to just screw all that and stay until the end and it was a fail they didn't even made it to 10%. I know i can just stacking the buff and leave it there then come back tomorrow for another try but to me this is a very bitter experience so far, i've never encoutered something like this in all my previous runs.

The Stone is nice but the price will continue dropping and with all the troubles, random bad behaviors, low win rate with nothing if i fail, i really don't think this meta or the stone worth a penny to me anymore.

 

 

[Which class better suits this RPG character?]

It's good to see someone still remember and play Chaos Legion, it was my very first game.

Yes as you said, the most fit in this is Renegade but meh, Sieg wearing mostly medium

But the most fit imo would be Mechanist although its just one summon and you can also rename the mech.

. With condi traited the mech hands turn into blades - Flawed

. With full support traited the mech can pumps out a lot of barrier - Arrogance (this one is OP af in Chaos Legion, same here as well)

. With full power you got Thanatos himself.

. With range traited the mech hands turn into guns - Malice

Unfortunately there are no fit for Hatred and Gult Legion.

Although Holosmith has no summon but you can be Guilt yourself aka The Sword Legion.

If only the mech can perform smackdown moves...

This is my personal request but i wanna see how you cosplay into Sieg 😆.

[Do I need mastery to catch a unicorn fish?]

I'm at 3/5 Fishing Mastery and a step away from Fishing Party, my fishing power is at 260 currently and i spent 4 days irl to catch the Blue Dorado for Harbinger collection. I've heard folks said that with higher fishing power have better chance to catch unique fishs but none have confirmed this fact so far because my friend who is at 200 catch the fish for his Vindicator today and it only took him 4 hours. Also a guild mate of mine who is a fishing maniac and only fishing since EoD released still hasn't catch all the fish required for each classes as well.

Since the RNG is so bizarre it depends on lady luck at this point but i pretty sure if you have higher fishing power then you definitely have a higher chance catching what you want.

[Turtle Strike Mission, end of the line]

To OP, i'm not here to cheer you up but i will share my experience so far and hope you will re think.

I am too is a casual to the core, i never done any strike, frac nor raid. All i ever done and still do in 7 years of gw2 is OW/WvW and guess what i suck at WvW as well, never actually win a 1v1 fight but i'm fine with it because it's fun.

Back to DE first week pre-nerf or fix, i was extremely lucky to get in a nice squad but everyone just tired after 12 hrs of failing and they attempted the last run, nobody really want to talk in chat and the map was silent beside commander giving direction and leading in discord but amazingly with good RNG we finally did it at 30s timer.

After that i found out that the nightmare wasn't end just yet, i need to do the strike...yeah my frustration was at the limit. Just so you know around the first week there were very few groups running Kaineng Overlook due to not many players have the egg and those who got the egg around that time frame were mostly try hard/raider so they just went on and did the strike with the try hard team. But since i wanted the turtle so bad and after many hours checking LFG my luck once again struck me with a "first time...." group. Everybody was so nice, really no one asking much from others, we went in blind although it took like 2 hrs because we were so bad we won and due to a stupid bug i did not get the thruster...i was raging and almost wanna quit. I pushed myself too far at this point so i don't care anymore and made my own group the next day and all i did was putting "Blind first time...." on the LFG, everybody joined in like 10s. I did not asked them to do anything beside asking if there were any Alac/Heal in the group, though at the end we're missing Alac and wiped a few times but everything went smoothly, no pressure at all, i was so happy that the nightmare is gone.

I'm a dedicated OW scrub so all my gears are for that purpose alone, i was playing necro wearing full celestial i know my limit, my dps is bad so i picked all quickness traits and literally spam every buttons that off cooldown with the boon duration on cele i managed to maintain perma quickness for the group so nobody complained and thanks to my personal survival gear as a scrub in OW i'm one of 4 last standing in that strike while 6 were dead and as they said "dead player deal no damage", that's literally the case in this Strike as long as you survive, even 2 players can carry the whole team.

After March 15 when everyone guarantee to get the Egg there will be a very high demand for Kaineng Overlook Strike so may be there will be a lot casual players out there try to do this mission. Join them or host your own group but remember, always be nice to each others. 

I too as a casual agree with you OP but we already got what we want with DE meta, asking for more is a bit too much at this point but this is just my personal opinion so don't quote me on this. Right now i'm more pissed off about the the turtle, after all i went through i realized its just a toy, i don't have control over 50% of the turtle when i'm alone and the back seat are mostly trolls that dump all the ammos on the WRONG TARGET then left.

[[Suggestions]QoL (Quality of Life) Ideas [Merged]]

I said it before way back on HoT, PoF launch but i'll suggest it again.

Please give us the option on character selection screen to switch between the newest EoD theme/music and old expansions like PoF/HoT as well as pre-HoT. Don't get me wrong, i like the new one a lot but also miss the old ones even more.

This will be a small but a very nice touch to the game and nostalgic as well.

[Siege Turtle, Swap seats]

My problem is when i'm in squad, random player just hops in and dump all the ammo/skills on random mobs then left aka a troll, most of them just want to shoot the cannon and doesn't really care about the main target like the shield or rubbles despite the communication i tried to make within the squad.

I don't really mind not being able to use my cannon but why does the back seat has access to two major skills and the driver has like nothing beside the slam ?. Atleast give me the speed boost, its like i have no control over 50% of my turtle when i'm alone and this makes the turle like a walking toy car.

During DE meta i know there are atleast 10+ ppl already have the turtle because most of them are on my friend list with successful runs before but when i asked they having the same problem as me and don't really bother using it anymore.

 

[Upcoming Changes to "The Battle For The Jade Sea"]

In all seriousness just make the meta feels more rewarding and i mean it, since there will be an alternative way to get the egg i don't mind the difficulty but give us something that worth the effort of 2 hours at the very least. If the reward stays the same or "a bit" better then i think ppl just won't bother going through this meta again i myself included, as you said this supposed to be the end-game meta event then please make it WORTH.

[Why can't we access this small island in the new Isle of Reflection Guild Hall?]

My guild has the expansion upgrade but still can't get to this island. I love this guild hall but it rather feel unfinished in some areas, i can't even explore the outer water premiter surrounding southest and southwest of the isle, the entire north outer water body feels kinda empty as well, i mean they could place  wild life or aquatic plants over there to make it more immersive. 

One more thing is the arena placement is kinda odd, in other three guild halls the arena was placed either on higher ground with structures surround the arena or isolated with the map and have a portal lead up to it with invisible wall indicate the entire area is the arena, on Isle of Reflection its just an inbisible wall and rather empty as well tho i know this is an asian theme arena but still.

Overall i still like the isle best among the four we have, i just hope they will improve it in someways soon.

[Did you like the story?]

Well i like the story, the only saving grace of all the mess going on around 7/10 for me. Although i feel like it a bit rushed but that's ok the quality is there and for some reason i really can't get the epilogue out of my head....nice touch even though its not my favor.

[If you beat the Dragon's End meta for the Turtle mount - your headache isn't over just yet.]

So i have a few thoughts on my mind

 I got my turtle today, mainly because my friend keeps nagging me saying that she want me to carry her around the world on the turtle and part of me want to make her happy so i went and try hard. Did it on my 17th run, now i can have fun with my friend but then i realized, when i'm alone what is the purpose of having the turtle beside carrying ppl around ? Did i went through all that hard work just for this "Toy" ? I don't even get to shoot the cannons. There are some just stay on their turtle all time and spam #1 during metas, i get that ppl want to show their hard work to others but it is not helping like at all, why would you do that ? If i can mount the turtle during combat with a cooldown on mount up button then this could be considered useful in some ways, other than that its just a meme mount to me at least.

Anet you said if this keeps on failing you will give us an alternative way to get the turtle but that brings me another question what is the purpose of doing this meta if that happen ? Correct me if i'm wrong because except from one single win i failed like 16 times, a few collections and some mats for legendaries ?. Yeah i can live without it, the puny gold as reward isn't worth mentioning for all that works. So in the end i made up my mind, i will never coming back to this meta ever again and no reason to.

This should be the grand final for our 10 years of the story, if we elmiminate all the annoying stuffs happen during the meta then this would be fantastic experience. If you can't solve the problems then this grand final is a massive failure, the biggest in 10 years.