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    August 04, 2021

    Guild Wars 2 The Good Collections Guide - hidden quests that are worth your time

    The Good Collections Guide - hidden quests that are worth your time

    Posted: 04 Aug 2021 02:35 AM PDT

    With EoD six months away, I thought I'd do a run down of the cooler, somewhat hidden collection quests in the game. None of them are "complete the set by spending all your gold" collections - all are "go somewhere, do something" quests chosen for the specific purpose of being interesting to actually do. Some act as content guides, some are scavenger hunts and some are games-within-a-game.

    Note: Particularly for the LS3 and LS4 ones (including the skyscale), there is an element of timegating where you do a bit each day and then a bit more the next day. It sucks if you can only play once a week so I've gone back through making timegates clearer.

    If you get stuck on anything, always slap it on the LFG. People will come. I'm Gulbasaur.1865 on EU if anyone gets desperate enough to need my help.

    The Gobblers

    These convert bag pollutants like dragonite ore, emypyreal stars and bloodstone dust into, well, spare change basically.

    Lion's Arch Exterminator has a fun target shooting quest around Lion's Arch. It gives you a tour of the city, including up one of the jumping puzzles, and rewards you with Princess, who eats dragonite ore and poops out crafting stuff. ~1 hour

    A Study in Gold starts a scavenger hunt around Auric Basin's city of Tarir that leads you to Herta who gobbles up bloodstone dust at an alarming rate in return for crafting materials and a very low chance at a rare infusion. ~1 hour

    Mawdrey II is quite expensive and not enormously interesting, but I do like the backpiece from it. Anyway, completing the Mawdrey collection gives you an ascended backpiece and a bloodstone dust gobbler. ~Takes a while, can be sped up by throwing money at it

    The Gleam of Sentience is the end result of four separate collections, each worth doing in their own right as they each drop a separate gobbler: Token Collector in Ember Bay, Conspiracy of Dunces in Bloodstone Fen, Cin Business in Lake Doric and Lessons Learnt in Draconis Mons. Once you've got the Sentient gobbler items, chuck all four into the Mystic Forge and you've got one that does the same thing for less inventory space! It also unlocks Aurora's collection sets, but is worth doing even if you never plan on touching Aurora. ~1-2 hours each.

    Free or Cheap Bags

    Bandit Weapon Specialist is almost trivial to complete and gives you a 20-slot bag as a reward. Run around the Silverwastes a bit and it'll basically complete itself, alternatively you can buy the items off the trading post or from a WvW karma vendor. Under an hour, minutes if you throw money at it

    Uncanny Canner is also extremely cheap and quite easy - thanks to /u/Rubb3rDuckyy for this one. Under an hour

    The Lasting Bonds achievement set in the Sandswept Isles rewards you with the Reinforced Olmakhan Bandolier, a 32-slot bag for what amounts to spending a few hours doing events on the island and comforting a grieving charr cub. A few hours

    Weapons and Armour

    Knight of the Thorn is an achievement category under Side Stories that rewards you with the ascended weapon set Caladbolg. Once you've finished Heart of Thorns, talk to Ridhais in your home instance. ~1-2 hours

    The Specialisation Collections are worth doing - they act as a sort of content guide to expansion events. Will take a bit of time

    The Design-a-Weapon contest winner collections are short and sweet and unlock the torch Favour of the Colossus, the greatsword Eclipse and the short sword Scion's Claw. All three are stat-selectable exotics. About an hour each if you don't rush, much less if you cheat and use a guide

    The Wayfarer's Henge will give some people traumatic flashbacks because it's very repetitive, but you get three exotic backpieces and an ascended one out of it and it's needed for Aurora, so it's here all the same. Start with the Druid Stone collection and work along the achievement chain. Takes a minumum of sixteen days at probably 10-20 minutes a day plus time spent waiting for certain events plus farming time. You'll basically be repeating each heart quest daily, so it can be a slog.

    The Mark Y Golem is another ascended backpiece with a cute story. Thanks to u/originalSpacePirate for this one. About 10-30 minutes a day for 7 days for each part, plus occasionally waiting for an event.

    Brandstone Research and Astral Purification in Istan are a pair of collections that lead you to the Stellar and Astral weapon skins by doing daily tasks around Istan. It partly serves as a content guide achievement, but I think it's extremely well done and worth working through. About 10-30 minutes a day for 7 days for each part, plus some crafting and occasionally waiting for an event. Can be a bit grindy.

    A Good Defence and The Best Offence in Jahai Bluffs unlock the Elegy and Requiem armour sets. Similar to the Istan collection, you'll be chipping away at this daily for a short while. This collection sequence actually has little "cutscenes" that play out at certain milestones, which I appreciated. About 10-20 minutes a day each day for 7 days for each part, plus some crafting and occasionally waiting for an event, plus map currency farming

    The Hunger has a good story to it and adds a vendor option for a cheap ascended amulet. ~ an hour or so

    Olaf Olafson's Secret and Treasure Sleuth open up the Significant Otter achievement, which is itself quite grindy but you'll be rewarded with a nice infusion and an ascended amulet. ~1 hour for the first bit, then a long while for the second, sped up a bit by salvaging Volcanic Stormcaller weapons bought with currency from daily Dragonstorm

    Mounts

    Okay, this might seem obvious but the Griffon, Roller Beetle, Skyscale and Warclaw mounts are all unlocked through achievement collections. The Griffon requires you to complete Path of Fire, the Skyscale needs access to every Living World Season 4 map and the Roller Beetle starts in the Domain of Kourna. The Warclaw acts as a content guide to WvW gameplay. 3-8 hours each, realistically. The Skyscale has some short daily activities, several scavenger hunts and fairly high map currency requirements, as well as several timegates - I'd put it on a par with the Gen 1 legendary weapons.

    The Skimmer can also go underwater if you work through the Finding Sabiha achievement collection. ~1 hour, depending on events

    Roller Beetle Racing has a bunch of achievements attached to it, offering you a couple of racing scarfs for your trouble.

    The Legendary Journey

    Gen 1 and four of the Gen 2 legendary weapons are unlocked by collections. You can buy Gen 1 legendaries off the trading post, but in my opinion that's boring. They all act as achievement guides, leading you through a couple of fractals, several open world events and maybe a couple of dungeons. Takes some time, enjoy the ride.

    The PvE legendary armour - the Perfected Envoy armour is unlocked by first working through one collection, which gives you a free ascended armour set, and then working through another, which gives you the actual armour precursors. There are a few specific challenges but beyond that it's basically "do lots of raiding". If you get stuck on a particular achievement, list it specifically on the LFG - I had real trouble with the Cairn crystalline heart achievement and we got a squad together and all agreed that if two people fail, we all restart. Within an hour, about 10 people got the achievement (gotta make sure those two people get it next time) and it was a lot of fun. Takes some time, particularly building up LI and provisioner tokens.

    The WvW and PvP equivalents are basically "play a lot of WvW and PvP then buy the precursor". However, both gameplay modes can drop a lot of mystic clovers, so I'd advise investing some time into at least one of them and working down the reward tracks that drop the most clovers. PvP is also fairly decent gold for the time and provides you with a lot of dyes, if that's your thing.

    The PvE legendary backpiece, Ad Infinitum, has four collections to work down. They're not particularly hard and fractals are quite lucrative anyway, as well as being another source of mystic clovers. Again, if you're having trouble then list it on the LFG - others who need it will join, and probably one or two people will come along just to help out. You could probably do it in a day if you have the materials ready, but for most people it'll take a few weeks, a little bit a day

    Aurora and Vision each require mastery of several LS3 and LS4 achievements and then charging Xunlai Electrum Ingots at certain locations. You start Aurora by doing the above Gleam of Sentience collection and you can start Vision by just buying a Trance Stone, but you do need the Skyscale to complete it. Takes some time, enjoy the ride.

    Coalescence, the raid ring, has a three-part collection chain that has surprisingly little to do with raiding and is largely a scavenger hunt. Takes some time, enjoy the ride.

    Prismatic Champion's Regalia is as-yet unreleased, but it's the reward for completing the Seasons of the Dragons achievements, most of which are fairly easy.

    A note on Legendary Crafting

    You need 77 mystic clovers to make a weapon or accessory and 15 for an armour piece.

    • You can get 7 a month from the 28th login reward.
    • PvP and WvW reward tracks are a good source of clovers. Many give you 7 on completion (the first time you do them, decreases to 2 afterwards) but they go as high as 14. It's worth at least doing the dailies to work towards them.
    • The Glory To repeatable achievements in Drizzlewood Coast give you 2 in the final reward.
    • One of the Fractal vendors lets you buy 2 a day.
    • You can gamble for them in the mystic forge - with 1 obsidian shard, 1 mystic coin, 1 glob of ectoplasm and 6 philosopher's stone give you around a 31% chance for 1 mystic clover <- not recommended unless you're rich.

    Check to see if you need Provisioner Tokens, Charged Quartz, Funerary Incense or ascended crafting materials as they are all timegated to a degree. Gifts of Battle, Exploration etc are things you'll have to check as well.

    You also need a lot of materials to throw into the mystic toilet. Generally, the earlier legendaries are cheaper than the later ones, sometimes by a large amount.

    Miscellaneous

    In your achievements panel, there is a Side Stories sections. They're all worth doing, honestly. Think of them (mostly) like worldwide meta events. Some have their own mechanics, some are boss rushes and the above-mentioned Roller Beetle Racing can be fun.

    Cultural Attaché has you help a young dragon understand the world around her. It's fairly easy and has a nice little narrative to it. If that's your thing, you'll probably enjoy the Gift of Aurene, although it's a bit of a craftathon.

    The Diving Goggles and Jumping Puzzle achievements are enjoyable if you don't mind a bit of trial and error. The Dungeon Master achievement is worth doing and will give you a fair bit of gold through the repeating Dungeon Frequenter achievement. A lot of the dungeon skins are pretty decent and several legendaries require items bought with dungeon currency.

    Sun's Refuge has a lot of collections attached to it, under the Full House meta-achievement. Thanks to u/liddlebitchboy for that one!

    Not a collection, but

    The Prototype Position Rewinder is 500% worth your time as it lets you set a temporary waypoint then snap back to it, allowing you to cheat at jumping puzzles, which are an integral part of other collections. You can buy it from Hafren in Sandswept Isles.

    But wait, there's more!

    Honestly, I haven't listen everything. A few people have pointed out some grievous omissions in the comments below and it'd be a good idea to give them a look. I've you think I've missed something, please let people know!

    So... yeah...

    Go, collect.

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    New elite spec teaser

    Posted: 04 Aug 2021 08:17 AM PDT

    For every new player who wants to boost their first character. Let that be a warning:

    Posted: 03 Aug 2021 10:30 PM PDT

    I did it for me... But most of all, I did it for you!

    Posted: 03 Aug 2021 06:06 PM PDT

    With EOD guild hall, please deliver Aetherblade decorations: Force field doors, airships, pipes, gears, metal grid floor and ramp tiles, red neons walls etc

    Posted: 04 Aug 2021 04:14 AM PDT

    I needed something to hold my hype over - This game still offers some cool views for its age

    Posted: 03 Aug 2021 10:00 PM PDT

    GUILD WARS 2 is the AWESOME mmo NO ONE talks about

    Posted: 03 Aug 2021 08:27 AM PDT

    So many fresh lvl 80 at one place :)

    Posted: 03 Aug 2021 02:15 PM PDT

    According to IGN, expect regular Friday livestreams for End of Dragons updates

    Posted: 03 Aug 2021 10:22 AM PDT

    Hair styles should be Unisex

    Posted: 03 Aug 2021 07:14 PM PDT

    Really annoying that most hair styles are gender locked, not sure if it's cause of the gender models or what but it would be nice to have more unisex hairs. Hoping we might get this in EoD or just less gender locked hair styles. I want one of my female asura to have one of the male hair style options, plus it's just more options in general.

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    Enjoy this weeks ls3 chapter. Long live the queen

    Posted: 04 Aug 2021 01:53 AM PDT

    Does anyone else think the new boots are oddly...thick?

    Posted: 04 Aug 2021 04:25 AM PDT

    Here's a few examples of what I'm talking about with a comparably designed boot.

    Back: https://i.gyazo.com/6854d7173305dca16750a28d7661365f.png

    Side: https://i.gyazo.com/fc745bb859dec4576f61a701f31a2e6f.png

    Front: https://i.gyazo.com/a6c166dfccc14cb929e2be34065777d7.png

    Like, I know the jokes about how thin female human legs are, but these things look more like plastic toy boots. I'd prefer if they actually made them follow the shape of the leg.

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    Finally. It is done.

    Posted: 04 Aug 2021 12:08 AM PDT

    Played with the brightness on the new spec teaser

    Posted: 04 Aug 2021 08:28 AM PDT

    Living World Season 3 Guides

    Posted: 03 Aug 2021 11:10 AM PDT

    Hello Reddit!

    Today we are completing the Return to Living World Season 3, and I wanted to share with you all the guides I made to help with the achievements. Of course the Seasons of the Dragons guide updated as well for the Legendary Amulet!

    Episode 1: Out of the Shadows Achievements Guide
    Episode 2: Rising Flames Achievements Guide
    Episode 3: A Crack in the Ice Achievements Guide
    Episode 4: The Head of the Snake Achievements Guide
    Episode 5: Flashpoint Achievements Guide
    Episode 6: One Path Ends Achievements Guide

    Seasons of the Dragons – Legendary Amulet Achievements Guide

    Season 2 Guides

    The next step is Return to Living World Season 4 starting in August 24, check out the Calendar to not miss anything!

    Hope it helps!

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    A new elite spec teaser was posted on Twitter!

    Posted: 04 Aug 2021 08:18 AM PDT

    [Art] I modeled a Necromancer Elite Tome.

    Posted: 04 Aug 2021 08:19 AM PDT

    Game Update Notes: "Fixed an issue with the Level-80 Boost."

    Posted: 03 Aug 2021 02:10 PM PDT

    In case anyone missed the followup from ANet, regular friday livestreams about EoD are NOT happening.

    Posted: 03 Aug 2021 06:42 PM PDT

    If they can create so engaging/challenging fractal CMs, they can definitely do the same with strikes CMs.

    Posted: 03 Aug 2021 02:47 PM PDT

    Last fractal "Sunqua Peak" CM (100) is one of the most epic boss fight, really engaging and fun to do. It also has strike vibes (get in and go directly to boss fight). If they can create that for fractals, strikes are safe to assume will be the same.

    Have faith. (fingers crossed)

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    [NA] Monthly Heart of Thorns Map Completion Train

    Posted: 03 Aug 2021 01:55 PM PDT

    Hello GW2 and WoW refugees! I am back from almost a year long hiatus, and I'm excited to start doing the monthly map completion trains again.

    On Saturday, August 7 at 9:00 AM PDT (UTC-7), I will be leading a map completion train through all of Heart of Thorns on the NA megaserver. No waypoints, mounts, or masteries are needed aside from the ones listed below. We will be covering the entirety of base Heart of Thorns, including hero points, mastery points, strongboxes, waypoints, points of interest, vistas, jumping puzzles, and hidden achievements. Yes, you read that right. EVERYTHING >:D

    For the train, please make sure you have:

    • Shipwreck Peak Waypoint, [&BN4HAAA=]

    • Basic gliding (will get you 95% of map completion)

    • The ability to read

    • A pleasant attitude!

    Tentative Itinerary for the Day (in PDT time)

    • 9:00 - 9:30 AM . Preparation and introduction to the train [Giveaway]

    • 9:30 - 11:30 AM . Verdant Brink map completion + night bosses.

    • 11:30 - 12:00 PM . Break time, preparation for Auric Basin [Giveaway]

    • 12:00 - 2:00 PM . Auric Basin map completion.

    • 2:00 - 2:30 PM . Break time, preparation for Tangled Depths. [Giveaway]

    • 230 - 4:30 PM . Tangled Depths map completion.

    • 4:30 - 5:00 PM . Break time, preparation for Dragon's Stand. [Giveaway]

    • 5:00 - 5:30 PM . Dragon's Stand map completion (unlocked portion of the map).

    • 5:30 - 6:00 PM . Event wrap-up and final giveaway of Community Chest codes.[Giveaway]

    This will be a full day event, so you are welcome to hop in and out. I will be trying to keep the map as full as possible with overflow squads, but I can't guarantee you a spot if everything fills. This event will also be live-streamed at https://www.twitch.tv/emidotexe. Swing by, say hi even if you're not on the train! I'll be answering most questions there; plus, it might be helpful to have it on in the background since I tend to give warnings/information during the train itself.

    I will be playing on my Chrono 'Emi Nyaa'. Squad will be up at 9 PDT exact. The first 10 minutes will be reserved for whisper invites only. Once it hits XX:10, the squad will be up in LFG → Heart of Thorns → Verdant Brink. Everything is on a first-come-first-serve basis, so please don't spam my chat if the squads are full!

    Feel free to add me on Emikadon.8542 in game or Emi#6622 on Discord. If you have any questions, you're welcome to whisper, mail, or private message me at any time, and I'll do my best to respond. Keep in mind that once the train starts, it'll be hard to respond to individual people, so please be understanding if I don't reply.

    [Giveaway Information]

    Courtesy of my partnership with ArenaNet, Guild MM's Trading Company [TP], and Karma [KA] I have lots of things that will be given away over the course of the event.

    Everything will be done using a giveaway extension on my stream. This means that you do not have to be in the physical train in order to be eligible! Anyone on any server from anywhere in the world can participate, so long as they're present at the time of the drawing and are able to type in chat. Note: You cannot win more than one code.

    Thank you, and I hope to see you there!

    Small screenshot collection from many previous trains.

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    Guild Wars 2 always brings me back

    Posted: 03 Aug 2021 03:43 PM PDT

    I played shortly after release then jumped off for WoW then back on when that got boring then jumped off again for FFXIV then back again when I didn't want to pay for game time. Then I found PoE and played it like mad. But now I don't have the time I used to have. So here I come, ready to jump back into the game that always feels like home and always has welcoming players. I've been thinking about the exploration and the leveling system and even looking up beginner videos just to make sure I remember everything I should. I'm so hyped to get back in.

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    How competitive is, or can the PVE be?

    Posted: 03 Aug 2021 10:20 PM PDT

    I've kind of been looking for a game to switch off of WoW with because it's been starting to feel like a chore for me (and along with all the activision stuff) and the main thing that kept me wanting to play WoW was how competitive it could be in both dungeons and raids with using raider.io and www.warcraftlogs.com/ where it will either show you how you parse compared to other people in the world and your percentile for fights, or like raider.io where it has a scoring system and would show you who is better than you and how far ahead they are from you as well so just wondering if I can find the same level of competitiveness as I felt using those here.

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