Combatter.5123

Am I the only one that thinks making so many "PvP only" changes could be a problem for the game as it may discourage PvE players from giving PvP a decent try?

No, They are 3 separate items with unique skins I expect they will be bound in the same way that legendary armour would be on the same character, giving you a choice of which one you prefer based on appearance. If this is true, and I guess it is as I'm pretty sure that more than 0.008% of the player population own more than one legendary back item with different skins, I think this is a bummer. They've specified that legendary gear will be transmutable for free and that appearances will be storable within gear templates. So, if that's true, it's like they are saying... "Paul made 2 Ad Infinitums? ok we'll store one of them in the armory for him and reach out to him in the days following the release with information about how to resolve the issue" "Hannah made 1 Ad Infinitum and 1 Warbringer? ok we'll store both in the armory for her and she can swap between back item skins for free." But she will be able to swap skins for free with just one legendary back item anyway ... so the acquisition of her second legendary back item was actually effectively just a skin unlock when she probably intended it to be so that she could (pre-legendary armory) use a legendary back item on 2 characters at the same time (without transferring one back and forth). Yes, those with multiple legendary back items will still get to use those skins with the legendary amory but, given that most people probably acquired more than one so that they didn't have to swap the one back item between multiple characters, I think they should give some kind of credit/bonus.

A lot of the time when I play GW2, I like to play my own music on Spotify and therefore I set the "Music Volume" slider in the settings down to zero. However, when I do this, I don't get to hear the short guild anthem play when my guild captures an objective in WvW, completes a Guild Mission, etc. Is there any chance that the Guild Anthem could use a different slider to "Music Volume." I guess it could use an existing slider such as "Player Instrument Volume" or "UI volume" or maybe it could even have it's own unque volume slider? Thanks for the consideration!Ben

Why no bank, Jennah? Why no bank?

Sounds like a great idea for a week experiment to me

Perhaps admitting they made a mistake and apologising would be a step in the right direction.

Am I incorrect here or am I the only person to notice it?

I timed how long it took my merged Soulbeast to run from one point directly to another, with and without using "Sic 'Em!" at the start and with no other movement speed buffs/debuffs. It took about the same amount of time in both cases. The latest balance update claims to have...

Are we to assume that this bug will not be fixed? It'd be nice to get some closure either way with a post from ArenaNet

Bugs in the game should be fixed. If they mean that some players have an advantage over others, I would expect fixes would be considered a priority.

Can we please get another update from ArenaNet to try to clarify the situation better? Like @Faux.4907, I now have characters in limbo while I wait for their gear to be reset as it apparently should have been.

@Stephane Lo Presti.7258 : Could you confirm whether or not ascended back items created in the Mystic Forge (such as Mawdrey and Tempered Spinal Blades) should have had their stats reset? Apparently @"Kuulpb.5412" had their Mawdrey reset but I didn't. I know in the original blog post it was stated "Crafted backpacks" would not be reset but I'm not sure whether mystic forging counts as 'crafting' in this case.

@Joey.4369 - that's good to know. Can the devs confirm whether or not they will be resetting the stats on these items? If not, I will consider infusing the back item but I don't really want to do that unless I really have to.

I'm saddened that "crafted" back items seems to include ascended ones made in the mystic forge, such as Mawdrey and the Tempered Spinal Blades - I have both items and neither have had their stats reset. If I made Mawdrey now, I would be able to choose from all available stat combos but, because I made it a while back, I am stuck with the stat combo I chose back then when I had a more limited choice.