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My current norn dragonhunter! ;) The "Prize of the Boneskinner Skin" backpiece clips too much when using 2h weapons so I bought the new cloak from the store instead. They finally added a cloak(backpiece) in GW2 and it is dyeable too! :)

I have had this problem myself once... In my case it was file corruption during a patch so some textures was missing. All I had to do was "Repair" my game. Instructions on how to repair you game client: https://help.guildwars2.com/hc/en-us/articles/201863008-Repairing-the-Game-Client If this doesn't work try to uninstall and then reinstall the game again.

The new "Whisper in the Dark" backpiece, helmet and weapons... :)

My Ranger! ;) In the game... Character selection screen.

I choose to open the Kralkatorrik dye kit as I was missing the "Arcane" dye from the set. :) I never got it until now because it is one of the most expensive dyes at BLTC at nearly 500 gold... And thank you for everything else as well. It was really nice! ;)

I would like to visit the tengu homeland! :) But that is more than likely not. ;) I will just sit tight and see what they release...

A much better match wouldn't you say? ;) I switched out the orchestral weapon skins for the luminous ones... Wielding two Luminous Labrys. :) Really huge axes! :p I have the mace Luminous Flange as well and it's also huge. ^^

Nice match with Exordium! ;) :)

Couldn't resist the new back piece! ;) I changed the entire looks again...

so you wrote me a full book, to then end with the line i said "it does not matter" Yes I know you did. ^^ Then write it doesn't matter to "you" specifically or use the word "it's just my opinion" or so... Lots of people have different opinions and in my opinion it does matter and it does too for others excluding yourself. Some may think same as you ofcourse. You wrote in a way that it sounded like it's the final. That it is so for everyone. You allready made your mind up and it doesn't matter what other thinks. But in real life it doesn't work like that. You have to respect others opinions even though you don't always agree with it. Not everyone thinks as you do. Please nexttime use common sense before writing. ^^ Keep it more diplomatic if you are able to. ;) I have done it too lol! :p A lot of people have. Writing without thinking. But we all learn from our misstakes hopefully.

Yes it actually does lol. ^^ Just my personal oppinion. Everyone thinks different. If a player have been around for long like since beta 1 of GW2 then that person is a dedicated player. But it could also be a player who acts and behaves in a certain way about the game. Has nothing to do with playtime. Not bragging but players with experience who knows how to play their character do that no matter game mode. Let's say you are playing only WvW and have done so for a long time and are good at it. Then one day you decide to go for PvE. Would you just run straight in completely blind with any random build just for the sake of it? Or do you do extensive research and find out about specific builds etc... Even better develop your own build with what you have in game to suit your playstyle! ;) No offense but if you play like a pro then you do that no matter game mode. Not that PvE is any difficult but it's a matter of priciple. Doesn't matter if you are casual or elitist. Anyone would benefit from a build that you can actually play and know how to use and even better if it's easy to use. In the long run, knowledge, persistence and some common sense leads to victory. Yeah I know It's just a game but what most players tend to forget is that it's not just charcacters and enemies while playing. Behind every player character is a real person. It's anonymous in the game because we are all hiding behind our computers, I admit it. You get stuck sometimes. :p Real life rules, regulations and laws still apply in game. Atleast I try to behave myself as I would for real. You can get far with respect and morals even in a game. Respect though is something you have to earn. It's not gained through fear and vilolence. That sort of respect is the wrong kind... A bit off topic now. :p To get back into the topic and discussion: What I am trying to say is that in the end it doesn't matter what build or character you play as long as you enjoy it! :) But if a player like myself decides to take characters and builds seriously even in PvE then it's their god given right to do so. ^^ Best regards...

What is the sigil For the weapons? especially the mace? Depends on the encounter. I have several sets depending on what I am fighting. Example-1: If it's condition heavy I use Superior Sigil of Cleasnsing on my mace. Example-2: If I have trouble keeping might up, for instance if I am soloing then I use Superior Sigil of Battle. I mostly play in open world PvE and I often attend large scale events, so I usually have cleansing sigil on my mace as conditions tends to get out of hand there. ^^ On my main axe I have Superior Sigil of Accuracy or Superior Sigil of Force depending on build I am running. On my offhand axe it's usually Superior Sigil of Strength as I am using scholar runes on armor. Pretty much glass cannon build just some small adjustments to fit my playstyle but other than that it's a rinse and repeat playstyle. Dish out as much DPS as I can before I die and then come back. At the moment though I am not running berserker. I went back to core warrior because it is easier to stay alive longer. The longer you stay alive before you die the more DPS you gonna dish out...

I think they hurried the release of Legendary Runes/sigils. Maby they should have thought it over more and also introduced ascended runes/sigils as well as the legendary ones? I don't know how they would solve the functionality of the ascended version but it's up to them to design it. ;) Ascended ones would have to give lesser advantage compared to legendary ones by less convenience. Armor, weapons and trinkets as of now have both versions. Runes and sigils do not. For me it's a bit wierd that they would skipp a whole category when they have not done so before. Why break the tradition of exotic, ascended, legendary? :o If ascended runes and sigils where introduced, there would be less fuss about legendary ones as it would cost less by a lot. Legendary is not a must nor is ascended in reality. You can go far with exotic's. I am myself fully ascended with +5 stats infusions. Even underwater gear is ascended by maxing out my crafting disciplines. But all that is not necessary to enjoy the game. :) I just did it because I had nothing better to do. ^^ It's more about how one plays their character which is far more important. Atleast give the players that option so they can choose...

I changed some few stuff on my warrior... ^^ Without the crystal infusion I just don't like the "Blossoming Mist Shard" helmet and gloves (personal opinion). I added Confessor Caudecus's Mask and Storm Gloves, then dyed it accordingly. Looks different but I like it better! :) Close-up shot of the mask! ;) A battle pose... :p Close-up shot of the gloves! Appearance is very different from the standard Storm Gloves as parts of it is transparent and you can see the celestial infusion through it when combined. Then I just dyed it to my personal taste and it really fits well together I think. :)

Edited: Oops! I didn't read thoroughly enough at you comment. :/ I see now that you use AMD. What CPU and which GPU are you running? I have had both full AMD and Intel+Nvidia PC/laptop with Guildwars 2 but at the moment I run the latter... If your laptop is on Nvidia GPU try setting "Threaded Optimization" to "ON" state in control panel. It helps spread the workload over the CPU cores. Here is a good YouTube video of someone explaining how to setup in control panel for maximum performance. :) I follow this guide every time I have a new update for my GTX1060 and it works great! ;)

+1I'd like to see the wild magic backpack/gilder comb back in the game Wild Magick Backpack/Glider combo is a BLC only skin. It has never been up for sale so you can buy it directly with gems. If they put it in the chest sometime in the future again the only way would be to buy keys and gamble for it. I hope you get lucky with RNG... ^^ I would though like to see the Branded Mounts Pack back up for sale again and if they ever will make a Branded Roller Beetle it would be a warm welcome! :)

My asuran engineer! ;)

I decided to get the tonic today because I thought it was cool but then I discovered it was bugged. :/ If you jump off from a higher point to glide while transformed and land on water surface it continues to glide along the surface at extreme speeds! :o Also if you dive down while gliding on the surface it continues to glide under water but at slower speeds but much higher than swimming speeds. Please fix this when you are able to. :) It is clearly not working as intended. I hope it is ok if I put up a video of me showing how I do it so you can see exactly how it is done so you can fix it. Not exactly difficult to do. ^^ I will remove the clip if you want me to from YouTube afterwards...

Relogging works... ;) I logged out and then logged in again and the T5 reward was there! :)

I just couldn't resist posting theese images of me using tonics! :p Looks like a mother Sand Shark with it's baby shark! :) Using the Endless Desert Mystery Tonic + Mini Sand Shark. The sand shark transformation is at full size. Same size as the medium sized sand sharks. One of the largest transformation in-game. ^^ If you like huge sizes then it would have been awsome if there was a tonic that transformed you into different champions/legendary or bosses. ;) Well maby transforming into bosses will get out of hand but why not into champion/legendary mobs? I don't think it is unreasonable size wise. Atleast those with appropriate sizes unless you can zoom out more, temporarily while transformed. Imagine an Endless Champion/Legendary Combat Tonic! B) While retaining your combat abilities the movement animations and attack effects looks like that of the real mob. Or just a non combat tonic will suffice as well if the former is too much. Would be awsome! B) Celestial + Ghostly infusion still applies to Endless Fury Combat Tonic while transformed! :p Maby other similar infusions do as well... Adding a video to this post! ^^ I noticed that if you press down left mouse button while using A or D on keyboard you spin around and around while transformed. Also noticed that the mini pet spins around and around when you do this! =) It's a shame though because it spins too close to yourself. :o They should change it so that this mini pet is a bit further away so you can see it clearly side by side spinning around. :) Look for yourselves and here you can also see the size against NPC's...

Thank you! :) Then I guess it's a portal for future use leading to a new map or maby they planned something for it but in the last minute they scrapped the idea but left the portal behind... ^^

I don't know where it leads. ^^ There is a huge invisible wall on the other side of the broken bridge so going there with a mount is out of question. :p Anyone know? I have searched but couldn't find any information about it. ^^

Yeah it's a bit shame really. It could be mitigated if you play in a team and if someone else have skill/spell that grants stability to allies, but it would have to be used the moment you loose your stability making it more difficult. I do believe the skill removes the targets stability when you connect causing an increase in damage as well as stripping all their stacks. I have tested it and it was my stability that got removed when I used Head Butt. But atleast you can bring down the break-bar of a champion level mob on your own by using mace in offhand and using skill 5+Head Butt+Wild Blow in one go. Works well in team or large scale open world PvE events. I have not tested it against every champion in the game so I am not sure it will work on all of them but it will atleast bring it down significantly... Primary: Axe/AxeSecondary: None/Mace(When you swapp weapons during battle it will become Axe/Mace) Solo playing is another story. My oppinion is that it's still easier to survive as core warrior in PvE. Not as much damage but there still are enough to kill things rather quickly.

Well the post might not have a purpose but looking at the video, it's clear that the cast time on the axe primal burst is awful. I like axe because it's usually a quick weapon but this primal burst... It's so slow... It hurt my mind just seeing it. Even the axe's burst on core warrior feels kind of slow. They should put the animation and cast time like the dagger's burst. This one feels smooth, fast and nice.Well, come to think of it, I'd like every weapon's burst to have a smoother animation and cast time now. Axe primal burst on berserker is affected by quickness. The guy doesnt have any boons up and only quickness he gets is from axe 4 for a few secondsYou are correct I don't have much boons up except for 25 stacks of might. It takes a while to build it up against a dummy for me. Halfway at the end of this clip I have 25 stacks. In open world with massive amount of players like a boss run, it builds up almost instantly. It's a glass cannon build so you deal as much damage as you can, then die and come back. Rinse and repeat type of playstyle. In fact you should not care much if you die a lot if you are running a glass cannon as long as you are dealing enough damage every time each round. This build was made for open world PvE boss runs to fit my playstyle. Mostly relying on other players buffs. There I have 25 stacks up constantly. It almost never dips down + loads of other buffs. So many that it lags horribly from all the VFX effects. 100k total damage with whirling axe is not a problem depending on boss. It has to be in a lvl 80 area though for it to do that much. I did notice that when it hits 100k it is exactly at 100000. I don't know but maby that is the hard cap? I am not 100% sure but it never seems to go over that number...

Added celestial infusion on top of ghostly infusion. :) I guess it will suffice for now until I can get my hands on the crystal infusion. ^^ I am aiming for the full branded looks with my warrior. 9000+ gold for crystal infusion on the TP? No way I'm getting that! :s Maby I should start farming for gold in game instead because I can't afford to recharge that much diamonds just to convert it to gold, or I could do the "Death Branded Shatterer" over and over and again and again in hopes for getting lucky with RNG. :p Compare the two images below. The bottom one looks the most branded. Crystal infusion would really complete the looks! Using the "Pulsating Crystal" tonic. It has the exact same effect as the crystal infusion. Just to show you all temporarily... ^^