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Celebrate the Birthday of Reaper of Souls

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Diablo III: Reaper of Souls on Battlenet

It's the birthday of Reaper of Souls and Blizzard is celebrating with an in-game event! For this week, players are granted a +100% bonus for gold and EXP. Feel free to join me (GregoPeck#1971)! I've created a new character, a Demon Hunter, for this event.

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GregoPeck Super Member Post Author wrote on 03/24/2015 at 02:06am

Thanks for joining my first event, Jon! It made me feel so good to create it! =)

That said, I just found out about some scheduled maintenance. The news from Blizzard is as follows:

"We will be performing maintenance beginning on Tuesday, March 24, at 3:00 AM PDT and we expect it to be complete at approximately 11:00 AM PDT. During this time the game and many web services will be unavailable. Thank you for your patience."

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/16716772081

Travis Admin wrote on 03/24/2015 at 12:52pm

Diablo III goes into maintenance mode every Tuesday morning. It's their weekly downtime. It's annoying but necessary, I suppose!

GregoPeck Super Member Post Author wrote on 03/25/2015 at 04:03am

I'm so glad Blizzard created the in-game birthday event for Reaper of Souls, it gave me a reason to play the game again. I was waiting for the new patch to be released, but I decided not to sit out until then. I'm glad for that because I had gotten in to a phase I hated where I didn't know what I wanted to play. I did briefly play Terraria on the PS3 with my son since I bought it so that he and his friend could play together. I also played a bit more of the mobile version on my Kindle Fire.

I'm not sure when the patch will be released. I'm also not sure how far I'll get with this week's in-game birthday event. I think my Demon Hunter is now about level 40 and I'm still in Act II. It is my guess that I will finish the game before the in-game event is over and will, therefore, create another new character and play through it again. My only problem is that I don't know what to name the other characters I know I'm going to create, although I have some ideas.

One thing I'd like us to do here is discuss the game (I guess that's a given). I thought about some things I'm interested in knowing about how you play the game. Do you have a favorite class? Also, if you have a Demon Hunter, do you dual-wield bows? I haven't played all the classes yet, so I think it's too early for me to pick a favorite. I did spend a lot of time with my Barbarian, so that's probably my favorite so far, however I think they're all pretty good. I am not dual-wielding with my Demon Hunter. I have a really awesome bow (or crossbow) equipped with a good quiver.

Another thing I'm interested in knowing is how you decide which skills to equip. While I am leveling, I tend to switch to whatever is new. So, if I unlock a new rune for one skill, that's what I switch to. It gives me some variety and helps me learn and experience all of them. At first, with my Barbarian, I did not use any of the special skills (that are set 1-4). I did, finally, start using them and found them to be helpful. However, as I'm playing with my Demon Hunter I've gone back to not using them. Although I mentioned that I switch to new skills (or runes) unlocked by leveling, I have decided to keep the Companion skill with my Demon Hunter. I like it because it's more like a passive skill that I don't have to activate.

Also, I've noticed that from time to time, I like to increase the difficulty level. I always start out on "Normal," but after a while of not really taking any damage, I decide to increase it. This is good because that helps me get more gold and EXP. Do you do the same or stick with a level?

Anyway, feel free to fill me in on your thoughts and game play. Do you play similarly or differently?

jdodson Admin wrote on 03/26/2015 at 02:41am

So it's hard to say what my favorite class is because I typically play a class until I burn out on it. It's not a good strategy and I might consider stopping before I get sick on it. But if I had to say, to date, my favorite class is the Crusader. I also quite enjoy the Barbarian but haven't made it too far with one.

I equip skills based on what I want to accomplish and for my Crusader it's dealing damage. Some people have some really unique builds and I consider mine pretty average. I don't have much epic gear and don't hit very hard so I tend to pick stills which help me take things down. After that I pick skills that can get me out of a tough spot or run away, like steed charge.

I usually play at Torment 1. It's pretty hard but the loot is good and it's not boringly easy.

GregoPeck Super Member Post Author wrote on 03/26/2015 at 03:17am

Thanks for the input, Jon! So, you purposefully choose certain skills instead of randomly choosing what you just got by leveling up as I seem to do? Or do you try to learn the skills, play with them all for a bit and then choose? Also, do you use your 1-4 skills often? I still haven't used those skills with my Demon Hunter yet and I'm still choosing whatever is new when I level up. Recently, I selected one of those secondary skills (right-click) I got from leveling up and noticed how great it was at clearing out groups of enemies. I don't know what the name of it is though. I think how I've been playing (when it comes to new characters) is just me learning, even if I don't experiment with everything at first.

Also, I wonder how you and others manage gems. I tend to pretty much stick a really good ruby wherever I can, which almost always increases my strength. I'm also curious as to what followers you and others choose. I pretty much tend to stick with the Templar, although during a time of running through the game with my Barbarian, I decided to switch followers to add a little "spice" to the game.

I was also thinking of seeing the differences between character genders. I think that might be an interesting part of the game to explore. As of now, I've been choosing male characters, but I think it might be interesting to try some females.

Do you start a character on Torment 1 or do you gradually increase the difficulty and get there? I do the gradual increase because, I agree with you, it can get boringly easy and the loot (along with gold and EXP) is good.

Travis Admin wrote on 03/27/2015 at 03:56am

Strength is only really relevant on Strength-based characters. With Monks and Demon Hunters for example, dexterity increases your damage, not strength. So it all depends on what character you're playing.

With difficulty level, once you hit level 80 Torment 1 is pretty taxing. I play on the one below that, I can't remember which. But on the grind to 80 I frequently switch between that and Torment 1.

GregoPeck Super Member Post Author wrote on 03/27/2015 at 04:14am

Thanks for the tip, Travis. I haven't been paying attention to my Demon Hunter's dexterity and I now see that I should have. I have been applying Marquise Rubies to whatever items have gem slots. Most often this gives me +62 strength since that applies when put on something other than a helm or weapon. So, I'll have to get back in the game with my Demon Hunter and change those out to emeralds, which give + dexterity when applied to something other than a helm or weapon.

Master is the level below Torment 1, which is what I'm currently playing on. My Demon Hunter is now above level 60 and I just beat Diablo. During that battle, I finally tried out my 1-4 skills. Although I don't recall what the first two do, the latter two seemed pretty helpful. One of the latter two seems to freeze enemies, while the other of the latter two did some kind of attack, which was awesome.

Travis Admin wrote on 03/27/2015 at 10:09pm

"During that battle, I finally tried out my 1-4 skills."

I'm not entirely sure what this means. You were only using autoattack on your way up to level 60? If so, WOW. I didn't know you could get that far only using the basic attack.

GregoPeck Super Member Post Author wrote on 03/27/2015 at 11:04pm

Yeah, I only used my primary and secondary attacks until then. I started out on Normal difficulty and gradually increased it to Master, where it is now. I still use those two skills mostly, but when I fight the harder monsters (blue, yellows, and bosses), I use my other (3 and 4) skills. 1 makes me invisible or something and I never use it. 2 is my companion, which is passive and automatic, so it doesn't need to be activated.

I am getting poor again. I had over 11 million gold, but I finally decided to upgrade my emeralds and rubies. I put the highest emerald in a slot on something for my Demon Hunter. Oh and my DH is now level 70 and my Paragon level is almost to 70 as well. It was only maybe 63 before.

Travis Admin wrote on 03/28/2015 at 02:47am

Damn, that's impressive with only using a very small subset of skills.

GregoPeck Super Member Post Author wrote on 03/28/2015 at 04:21am

Thanks! I finished RoS. My Demon Hunter was level 70, Paragon level 71. I some how managed not to get killed by Malthael. I didn't increase the difficulty above Master because I knew he'd be difficult. So, I created a new character, a Monk, and I named him "Adama." =) My Monk is so awesome he found a Black Mushroom in the Cathedral. When I tried to get that item months ago, it took a few attempts at the Cathedral to find it. Oh and I changed the difficulty to Hard sooner than usual. Normal difficulty should really be called Easy and Hard should be called Normal. Haha.

GregoPeck Super Member Post Author wrote on 03/28/2015 at 07:24pm

Travis, you once told me about your favorite class. I think you mentioned the Monk or Wizard, am I correct?

The Monk is pretty cool, I was sure I wouldn't be disappointed. Some of his skills are really good like the one where he heals himself and allies. I also like the "bell" one, it seems pretty powerful.

One of the things I didn't like about my play through with the Demon Hunter was that a few Treasure Goblins got away. I really enjoyed his Companion skill. I also equipped two rings, which were pieces of a green set. Since I had two of the set, a skeleton archer summoned when I attacked. That and my Companion skill were very helpful as they created extra allies for me, which would often become enemy targets, saving me from taking damage. I enjoyed that freezing skill of his, as I also enjoy the Monk's skill that freezes enemies when he attacks. I also enjoyed the Demon Hunter's Vengeance skill.

I am now playing my Monk a bit differently than when I had started other new characters. While I am still selecting new skills as they unlock by leveling, I'm using my 1-4 skills more often, which is quite helpful. His 1 skill is a healing one, so I've been keeping that one.

Travis Admin wrote on 03/28/2015 at 08:56pm

It's probably Monk, yeah. I like all the classes though, they're all really well done.

GregoPeck Super Member Post Author wrote on 03/29/2015 at 12:10am

I like that the Monk also has a "companion" skill. It's a spirit, but it's pretty much the same thing.

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Games Club: Guild Wars 2

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Guild Wars 2 on Steam

Since it looks like many of us have taken advantage of the awesome Guild Wars 2 sale this weekend, let's play together!

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Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 03/09/2015 at 02:43am

I'm Namwen.9075!

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 03/09/2015 at 07:24pm

OK all, I've raised enough money to create the guild. It's called Cheerful Ghost and the tag is [CG].

Just as a reminder, if you bought the collectors edition, you get some items that let you increase guild influence. You certainly don't *have* to spend those on the Cheerful Ghost guild, but it will help us create the guild stash and treasure halls, and all the other awesome stuff we can build to give us more storage, magic find, luck, combat skill increases, etc.

The guild stuff seems pretty deep. Go figure, it's in the title, right? But this seems much more useful than guilds in other games.

jdodson Admin wrote on 03/09/2015 at 07:34pm

Joined the Guild, thanks Travis. I'll apply my Guild exp boosts to it.

If anyone wants to add me my account is "jdodson.5831"

Timogorgon Member wrote on 03/09/2015 at 08:51pm

Looks like I'm Taion.4056. If there's any way to send me an invite to the guild feel free to do so. I will probably be on later tonight around 8 or 9 pm PDT.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 03/10/2015 at 01:18am

Yep, I already invited you before even updating the post. Assuming you didn't change your name since last year.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 03/10/2015 at 05:08pm

Logged in for a little while last night. I'm now a level 7 warrior, woo! I gotta say that starting armor I got as part of the digital version looks pretty damn awesome. I'm going to be very sad when I eventually have to retire it. It looks like there's a way to change the appearance of your gear but it costs some kind of special currency.

I forgot about the random real world events that happen. Those are a lot more fun to use for leveling up than the usual fetch quests. :)

Something cool I noticed is that my level scaled to whatever area I was in. After hitting level 7 I back tracked to the farm area outside the town to make sure I didn't miss any quests, and my level was automatically adjusted to a lower level. That's awesome! Too many MMO's make it a pain in the ass to try and play with friends if you're different levels. This game seems like they have that figured out.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 03/10/2015 at 09:24pm

That's one of my favorite things. Even in Final Fantasy XI, where you had level sync, it was a pain to use it because you wouldn't skill up properly. In GW2 it's easy peasy to knock your level down and play with whomever you want.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 03/10/2015 at 11:22pm

I remember when Level sync came out and it was awesome for any jobs that had already hit the cap of 75 (if that dates when I quit the game, heh heh) and didn't need to skill up anything. You could earn merit points while helping new players and friends level their jobs! But it definitely was not great. Not only would you not skill up your weapons but if your equipped gear didn't match your capped level it got nerfed BAD. Still, at least FFXI tried. :)

Anyone think they'll be on GW2 tonight? I'd love to meet up with some other peeps.

Oh and I used my guild influence boost thingy for our guild. So, you know, YOU'RE WELCOME. Gimmie a guild vault now. :P

jdodson Admin wrote on 03/11/2015 at 01:49am

I'll be on tonight. Like 9pm or will you be on earlier?

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 03/11/2015 at 03:24am

The problem is the three hour difference here. You guys sign on right as I'm leaving. We always have weekends!

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 03/11/2015 at 03:36am

Just to add-- I love that this game rewards exploration. I find myself just wandering around cities to see everything and complete the map.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 03/11/2015 at 04:03am

Yeah, this time difference thing just isn't working out. We're really gonna need you to move to move to the west coast. That'd be great...

http://memecrunch.com/meme/2U9U5/that-d-be-great/image.jpg?w=526&c=1

jdodson Admin wrote on 03/14/2015 at 02:23am

The only other MMO i've ever played I can really compare this to is Lord of the Rings Online and the very small bit of WoW i've played. I finally made it to a bigger town and learned two professions Tailoring and Cooking. Not really sure what cooking gives you but I have started collecting some supplies to craft a nice pair of shoes.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 03/14/2015 at 05:55am

I don't see the comparison to WoW. I was bored with WoW after a couple of hours, but this has had me hooked from the beginning. I was somewhat impressed with LotR Online but never enough to stick with it.

I love the impromptu parties. Earlier today I ran through a few areas with a group of two other people and myself, and there was no official party ever formed, we just happened to be running the same stuff. It's incredibly verstatile.

jdodson Admin wrote on 03/14/2015 at 03:15pm

I was just mentioning the only other MMOs I've played. I never really went deep with WOW starter either.

I've only teamed up with people during random encounters. A few times people's buffed me, but due to the extra stuff I got when Instarted I've been OP since the start.

jdodson Admin wrote on 03/20/2015 at 05:30am

Played a bit more tonight and I am now a level 14 Necromancer and I just sunk a few skill points into pets. So far the game blends a nice balance of not too hard yet challenging enough. With that, there are(at this point) a ton of things to do. Unlock skill points, discover Vistas, explore areas, unlock new waypoints and complete the story line.

The Storyline took me to this huge hub town inside a Cube I don't quite remember the name of. I can gate there easily enough and to other areas. I imagine you all can too and we might be able to group up that way? I am in Metrica Providence because that's where my race is out of. Where are you all from?

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 03/20/2015 at 09:38pm

That cube town is Rata Sum, the home city for the Asura. That's where your "home" instance is that you can tinker with. Metrica Province is the starter area for the Asura, you'll barely go there after a bit. My main character is an Asura Elementalist, I've got him up to level 53.

I also have a Human Ranger, that's the one I'm playing with Katie. We're level 27 I think.

Here's the thing. There's a Trading Post in the game where you can buy and sell stuff with other players. I haven't had the need to do that except once when I accidentally salvaged my main kickass weapon. For a free-to-play game, the incentive to purchase items is pretty low.

The content is staggering. I love that you get experience for every little thing you do in this game. It encourages you to play how you want to play. I haven't even touched crafting, for example, but that's a good way to churn through a few levels.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 03/21/2015 at 12:28am

Oh BTW, the guild bank is up. The patch a few days ago screwed up a ton of stuff, including build progress, so it stalled for a few days. 50 slots of sharable space so far. It will take quite some time to build up enough rep to upgrade it.

jdodson Admin wrote on 03/21/2015 at 02:17am

Nice. If you want to ditch any Chef materials feel free. I am building up stock so I can max level. I am going to make so many balls of dough.

jdodson Admin wrote on 03/21/2015 at 02:22am

The game seems to be very Trading Company focused. At least if you want to craft you do. I am rising in the ranks of Tailoring and I needed to buy a ton of the gear to level up for it. It's not so bad as you can buy items through the trading company but if you wanted to farm mats its way more difficult than in other MMOs. At least certain mats for Tailor like the base mats you need to build everything with. For instance I tried to farm Jute Scraps from areas where the Wiki said you could farm them and I found 2 in a few hours. You need 126 to level up Novice Tailoring. You can buy them through the Trading Company but right now they are a silver and a few copper!

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 03/21/2015 at 02:32am

Yeah I've sold a lot of jute scraps :)

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 03/21/2015 at 03:38am

I don't know how neither Jon nor I had mentioned the amazing score yet. Jeremy Soule is one of the best game composers practicing right now.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 03/21/2015 at 04:59am

I deposited some cooking supplies for you. :D

jdodson Admin wrote on 03/22/2015 at 05:58pm

Thanks, that helps. The hardest thing I am trying to find is peppercorn, that stuff sells for 5 silver a piece!

Anyways, I just unlocked everything in Metrica Providence and I am on my way to the next area Brisbane Wildlands. You can go east to the Caledon Forest but it's the same level as Metrica and I am a higher level than that. Unless there is some compelling reason why I should go there beyond just unlocking everything, which is pretty darn fun.

I am now a level 20 Necromancer and the game is getting pretty enjoyable. Curious what levels y'all are, what areas and what you are focusing on?

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 03/22/2015 at 06:07pm

I'm 58 or 59 on my Elementalist, and you can't really focus on one area at that point because you don't level with the content the way you do in earlier areas, so I'm jumping around a few of the 50's areas.

And yeah, Caledon Forest is the starter area outside the Sylvari's home city. Caledon and Metrica both spill into Brisbane for level 15 or 20. Maybe 15-25?

Dungeons unlock at level 30 I think, but so far I haven't touched them. I did start crafting a bit though. Do you get anything useful doing novice cooking? As a jeweler and artificer you don't get anything useful at all until later on. I'll probably do cooking on my ranger, it seems like it would fit.

jdodson Admin wrote on 03/22/2015 at 06:10pm

I haven't started the grind process for cooking yet because I don't have all the supplies to max level it yet. I know that's odd but then i'd have to figure out what I unlocked and keep track and that seems like a waste.

Tailoring doesn't seem as useful as it seemed BUT I did get a few upgrades from it. I imagine at the absolute max level you can get some cool stuff from it but so far, not much more than you can find by fighting stuff.

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 03/25/2015 at 03:47am

I have a question for you! In Guild Wars 2, are you battling against other guilds? Is that optional? I remember when I played Ragnorak Online with local friends, we had our own guild and we did fight other guilds at times. I think that was at least once a week.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 03/25/2015 at 06:19pm

I'm not even sure you *can* battle other guilds. I mean I guess you could get a PvP group together within your guild, but I haven't come across it.

jdodson Admin wrote on 03/26/2015 at 02:37am

I haven't seen anything about that yet. If it's possible we'd have to be a higher guild level.

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 03/26/2015 at 02:39am

That's cool. The name of the game seems to make my question irrelevant, but I thought I'd still ask. This also leads me to what I'm seriously considering posting in the forums. =)

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 03/31/2015 at 03:09pm

Is anyone else who's playing this at or near level 40, about to start their chosen order's questline, and chose the Vigil?

Katie and I did this together, I chose the Vigil, and she chose the Priory. I did the start of her order's questline with her and it has bugged mine out so that now I'm stuck with the Priory. I already did the Priory on my other character and would prefer not to do it again!

From what I've read, if I join someone who's in the Vigil for their first couple of quests it will get mine back on track.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 03/31/2015 at 05:20pm

I'm nowhere near that level, I'm still romping around at level 14. :P

I played for a bit last night, but I spent most of that time tweaking the controls. I'm not sure why, but the controls for this game bug me. They're standard MMO controls, but this game feels like it wants to be played more like an Action RPG than a standard MMO, and the default controls are terrible for that. Still, this is just a minor complaint and I am still really enjoying the game.

Speaking of which, anyone think they'll be on tonight? I would love to hop and and play with some peeps.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 03/31/2015 at 10:09pm

Depends on what you mean by "tonight." My tonight and you west coasters' nights seem to be very different :)

Timogorgon Member wrote on 03/31/2015 at 10:23pm

Fair enough. :P

It'll be after 8pm PDT. Probably closer to 8:30 or 9.

jdodson Admin wrote on 04/01/2015 at 02:03am

I'd love to join you all but I am very sick.

Hopefully catch you all again sometime. :sleep:

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 04/01/2015 at 02:35am

Feel better Jon!

jdodson Admin wrote on 04/01/2015 at 03:03am

Drugs help.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 04/10/2015 at 04:36pm

AreaNet name: Scrypt.5270

Let's get it ooon....~

scrypt Supporter wrote on 04/10/2015 at 04:41pm

How large is the download? I'll make sure to friend everyone as soon as it's installed.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 04/10/2015 at 05:52pm

It's pretty big. 30ish gigs? I can't remember exactly. It's no GTA V but it's big.

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 04/10/2015 at 06:21pm

75% off! $15 for the Collector's Edition! Whoa!!! Anyway, I'm GregoPeck.6304 and I'm downloading now.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 04/10/2015 at 07:38pm

Nice! I'm Taion.4056 on there. I'll try and log on later tonight and see if you guys are on. :D

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 04/10/2015 at 09:07pm

I agree with Jon, Travis, we need to move to the West Coast, we don't belong here. Jake's already trying to get me to move to California. So, Jon, find us some housing! Hahaha.

That's cool Tim, it's going to take some time to download, so it might be a day or two until I'm there. I'm hoping it will be easy to find you and the others and join the guild. I'm sure at least one of you can add us easily and make that process easier for us. I'm looking forward to playing because of how many of us are going to be there (even if we're not all there at the same time).

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 04/10/2015 at 10:01pm

I added you both. It'll show up as me "following" you until you also add me. See you inside!

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 04/11/2015 at 05:17am

Added all of you except for Tim, it said you didn't exist.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 04/11/2015 at 08:19am

"...it said you didn't exist."

Well, I didn't see that one coming. To be honest, though, "Tim" always seemed a little too good to be true.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 04/11/2015 at 06:14pm

Are you guys running GW2 through the Steam interface? If not, are you using something else for in-game chat, or just sticking with text chat?

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 04/11/2015 at 06:38pm

I didn't even think about it on Steam. I just went from the website and got it from there, so it has it's own client. I only used chat once to say "welcome" to someone, so I guess it was just text chat.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 04/11/2015 at 06:48pm

Guild Wars 2 isn't available through Steam, but you can add it to your Steam library as a non-Steam game, and utilize the Steam overly while you're playing. I do this with all of my games, mostly just to keep them organized in one place.

jdodson Admin wrote on 04/11/2015 at 08:33pm

When I play GW2 I try and run it through Steam for the overlay.

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 04/11/2015 at 08:49pm

Cool, I knew you could add non-Steam games to it, so I added GW2. =)

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 04/11/2015 at 10:24pm

I hadn't bothered, just use the in-game /whisper

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 04/12/2015 at 03:53am

WBS, you said hello and then immediately signed off apparently. lol

Anyway, hi!

Timogorgon Member wrote on 04/12/2015 at 06:39am

It was not immediately. I waited an appropriately long time before going and watching Daredevil instead, lol.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 04/13/2015 at 07:54am

Daredevil is so GOOD! I'm really hoping for an Age of Ultron cameo of some sort, even if it's just a mention from one of the Avengers about "that lawyer in Hell's Kitchen."

I have three characters up to level 10 - Guardian, Ranger, and Thief - and I can't decide which one to continue leveling as a primary. Is there a class in particular that would better benefit our group? I would be glad to start another class if we are already full up on the three I've mentioned.

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 04/13/2015 at 10:10am

That's awesome, scrypt! I'm juggling games at the moment. I'm trying to finish Diablo III: Reaper of Souls Campaign Mode with my Wizard (currently in Act V). GTAV (I pre-ordered) is going to be available tonight at 7PM (EST). Anyway, back to GW2, I created a Guardian, I think I'm just under or around level 10 and I'm currently at a story point. I have to deliver medical supplies to the bar tender. I'm still wondering when and how to join the guild.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 04/13/2015 at 09:19pm

Scrypt, why not all three? :)

I don't think you really need to balance a party the way you do in some games, so really it's just whatever you like.

I'm not sure what level you first unlock the guild stuff, but I've sent you both an invite. You can chat to anyone online with /guild

Timogorgon Member wrote on 04/13/2015 at 11:05pm

I'm still very much a n00b in this game, but so far there does not seem to be a usual tank/healer/DPS party dynamic in GW2. So I think you should be able to pick any class you want and be fine. :)

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 04/14/2015 at 12:05am

I'm level 12. I'm also noting that for the very first time (that I've noticed), this game puts my PC to work. When I play, I notice that the internal fans are running much more than usual, it's usually quite quiet. I played this morning and noticed it, so I checked my Alienware Thermal Controller and the fans were indeed running faster than usual, although not at full strength. My internal PC temp was 37 degrees Celsius, which is about 98 degrees Fahrenheit. Still, that seems much cooler than my old PC use to run. Right now (after playing Diablo 3) the temperature is 33 degress Celcius my fans are running minimally, the hard drive is the fastest one running and that's only at 33%. Where as in GW2, my hard drive fan was running just above 50%. My PCI fan is at 18% now, this morning with GW2, it was closer to 50%.

As for the guild, I assumed that once you got passed a certain point in your character's story, the game would tell you about guilds. I wish I had more inventory space as I'm often filling it up. I seem to have equipped all the bags it will let me. I've sold some things on the market, but need to go collect the coins from that. Also, with the "junk" stuff, I see that collecting pieces works towards an achievement, but do we need to keep them in order to complete that? I'm also wondering if I should destroy some of the items I got that I can't use on my character like Primeval armor.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 04/14/2015 at 01:55am

You'll get bigger bags later. Don't forget that you have a bank you can store stuff in.

You don't need to keep the junk for the achievement, just sell them to a vendor.

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 04/14/2015 at 11:18am

Thanks for the invite, Travis. I used the guild influence item I had from buying the collector's edition. I also got another similar item (for a smaller amount of influence) that I also used. So, I believe I added 4,300 to our guild influence. I also used my bank for storage, thanks for the tip.

Jon, I sent you some food crafting materials, berries and butter, I believe. I would have had more for you, but I ended up selling them previously since I ran out of inventory space and didn't realize I could use my bank to store items.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 04/14/2015 at 01:41pm

Hmmm... That kind of sucks that there isn't an emphasis on class dynamics. I enjoy playing support/healer or DPS roles. I'm sure it all works out. I just notice that combat in certain situations, even early on, can be spontaneously overwhelming and chaotic, and as a result, I've died more than I expected. Playing more and becoming familiar with the rhythm of things will help to fix that, I hope.

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 04/14/2015 at 02:43pm

I died a few times as well. There was an area I was supposed to go to and I thought it was through a bandit lair and they ended up killing me a few times. I finally looked at the map and realized I could go around it and up a hill. I have a healing ability now that I can use. I also once mistakenly took on a larger boar. I usually choose warrior classes and I almost did for this character, but a guardian looked similar and there were a couple of reasons why I went with it instead. My name, "Gregory," supposedly means "guardian" and also, the description mentioned a "fierce loyalty to allies," so I thought it fit.

jdodson Admin wrote on 04/14/2015 at 03:45pm

Thanks Greg, that will help quite a bit!

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 04/14/2015 at 07:17pm

I think there are some intentionally overwhelming areas to start with, to get you into the swing of things. Even when you're leveled higher than the enemies, they can sometimes swarm you. Bandit hideouts are notorious for this!

jdodson Admin wrote on 04/15/2015 at 03:46am

As a Necromancer I don't get swarmed much as I focus on pets and can summon 4 right now. If enemies get close I always back off and have my minions take them on as I pick them off from the edges. It's a fun class but doesn't do much damage with attacks.

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 04/15/2015 at 03:55am

That sounds like my Witch Doctor on Diablo 3, Jon. I have 3 or 4 Zombie Dogs and a Gargantuan Zombie. I got so used to having them that I felt kind of lonely without them when I played next as a Wizard.

Anyway, if you're still working on Cooking, then I'll be glad to send you any related materials I find. I'm not sure about crafting yet nor what I may end up getting into. I've already mined some ore because I found some picks and an ore deposit. I can also harvest things, I think. I have a few tools, actually.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 04/15/2015 at 09:43pm

Crafting, if you follow a guide, is pretty easy and cheap to level up so you can start actually making money with it. Apparently the only one you can really make money from is cooking, so good choice on that Jon!

jdodson Admin wrote on 04/15/2015 at 11:39pm

Yeah, it looks like cooking is one of the more interesting because food gives you status effects that last for a time. Seems pretty useful to cook up some stuff for your team that could really help you out.

I am also a Tailor and that's pretty good too BUT not quite as useful as cooking as the gear you find replaces what you make pretty quickly.

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 04/16/2015 at 12:39am

I've been playing more in the mornings before my son goes to school. Right now I'm in Divinity's Reach and exploring the city since my marker keeps changing to either an unexplored vista or some other local place. That's also a good way to get some EXP.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 04/19/2015 at 05:50pm

One thing I'm not liking, is the platforming. Seriously, it sucks. I like exploring in massive worlds just as much as the next wood-elf-plant-creature thief, but if you're going to put platforming in the game, especially as a means of completing certain tasks, then, by all means, polish it up a bit. It's a minor complaint, since it hasn't really happened too often, yet.

It's a nice big beautiful world, though, and for the cost of entry, it's a satisfying experience. However, it does make me want to go back to WoW. I won't do that (although, if I could afford it, I might), but it makes me want to.

jdodson Admin wrote on 04/19/2015 at 07:23pm

WoW is the best MMO of all time right(Everquest)? At least it's the reigning champ so yeah, makes sense it's might be better for that. I like the classes and abilities better in WoW. Plus I have more attachment to Warcraft than the stuff in GW2.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 04/19/2015 at 09:12pm

What I played of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn was really impressive, and might be a contender for my time, but again with the subscription... The fact that I paid $15 for an MMO of this caliber, and am not required to pay anything else, is pretty damn cool.

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 04/20/2015 at 01:18am

Scrypt, you mean having to jump from one place or platform to another? I ran into that in Divinity's Reach trying to reach some vistas. There were a couple or a few of them that I didn't figure out on my own and instead referred to a YouTube video.

I've never played WoW, but I know I could play for free up to level 20. I've played FFXI, but not XIV: A Real Reborn. I wish FFXI would go Free To Play so I can actually use the expansions I have (I won Wings of the Goddess from the wiki). I was tempted to play XIV: ARR, one of my friends plays it, but I haven't yet. I can afford to pay the subscription, but I knew that there would be a month or two I was sure I wasn't going to be playing it. That is June and maybe July as Terraria is expected to be updated to 1.3 in June.

I haven't played GW2 very much. It's ok, but definitely a steal at $15 for the Collector's Edition (the sale we participated in). One thing I wish for in the game is being able to automatically target an enemy. Sometimes I seem to have trouble selecting one to perform an attack on it. That may be an aspect of the game I don't know about and my targeting skills (IRL, "In Real Life") may get better with a bit more practice.

In contrast to FFXI, I like the easier co-op play, how every fight or battle can be joined by other players who also can get EXP and loot. That is, without having to form a party and also without others stealing your loot, the latter an issue I had with Ragnarok Online.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 04/20/2015 at 01:58am

I agree the platforming is a little sub-par. The controls in general I feel could use some tweaking.

I love that anyone can participate in events on the fly. It makes it a lot more fun than repeating "Kill 10 rats" style quests over and over again, even if the basic mechanics are the same. :)

scrypt Supporter wrote on 04/20/2015 at 03:06am

You definitely get a lot more experience from doing the events, which, as you say, Tim, is a refreshing change from the norm. At some points, though, I've noticed that it just leads to waypoint spamming. By that, I mean, someone from the chat will call out an event near a waypoint, everyone teleports to that waypoint, rushes the event, then waits for the next event call-out in the chat. Rinse, repeat. It got to the point that I was bouncing all over the map in a matter of minutes, chasing down events. Even though it costs 8 copper, or whatever the fee is for teleporting, that's not significant when it comes to amassing experience. However, it felt like I was cheating the game somehow. You would think they would have implemented some sort of "teleport sickness" to prevent frequent map hopping.

@GregoPeck, you can target the closest enemy by hitting the Tab key. This is how I usually initiate a fight. I thought I remember seeing something in the settings menu that allowed for automatic target on attack, or something to that effect. I'll have to check it out when I'm back online.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 04/20/2015 at 03:35am

I can't imagine ever preferring WoW to anything, but it's obviously popular for a reason. Every now and then I'll play a few hours of WoW to see what all the fuss is about and never care anything about my character or the gameplay. It just feels like a major chore, and having played a ton of Final Fantasy XI, if I think something feels like more of a chore than that game, I must *really* mean it, lol

As for the platforming, holding in right-click allows you to free-look, then it just controls like a third person shooter. It only took about the amount of time that it takes to finish up the vistas in the home area (Divinity's Reach, The Grove, Rata Sum, etc) and the level 1-15 zone to really get the hang of it. I still get frustrated with the more advanced jumping puzzles but they're meant to be tricky.

As for waypoint spamming (you probably saw me doing some of that earlier in Caledon) you only ever really see that happening when that area's events are one of the daily achievements. "Caledon Forest Event Completer" was one of today's, so you saw a ton, but if you went to Queensdale you would have barely seen any of it unless one of the world bosses was about to spawn. Since everyone is trying to get those events for the daily it can be tricky to get to any before they're already over, so waypoint spamming in the chat is a helpful way for everyone to get a chance at the events.

Autotargeting: I just hit 1, and it targets the closest enemy. I must have that setting ticked. You can then tab through them or just double click them to switch.

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 04/20/2015 at 04:03am

Thanks for the tips, Travis, and Scrypt. I haven't looked at the control configuration and I don't recall the game telling me about Tab. I'll give those things a try. I know 1 is the first skill/ability, which is my primary attack. I just got used to clicking or holding down the left mouse to attack an enemy.

I noticed the daily achievements listed, but I haven't tried to accomplish them. I've been in Queensdale this whole time pretty much and what you said, Travis, makes sense because I don't think I've seen any teleport spamming. I also don't pay much attention to the chat.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 04/20/2015 at 05:00am

WoW was my first MMO experience, so it holds a special place for me. It might not be the be-all, end-all of that genre, but it does a much better job of engaging the player than GW2, and I find it more aesthetically pleasing. The environments in GW2 have a tendency to look chaotic and the levels poorly designed, whereas WoW is almost meticulous in both regards. Lore is a big part of it, too. Blizzard has a ton of it with Warcraft. Guild Wars will get there, I'm sure.

And the platforming: it's not that I can't or don't know how to do it (I've completely cleared the Caledon Forest), I just feel like the mechanics make it so the platforming seems tacked on and unpolished. The difficulty of the platform puzzle isn't because it's "tricky" per se, rather because the mechanics are not designed for it. Playing tennis with fish instead of rackets might also be tricky, but it's probably not as fun. Not without some form of drug, at least ;).

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 04/20/2015 at 02:30pm

Ah yeah, I see what you mean about the platforming mechanics, but I feel like I might be the only person who doesn't have any issues with them or the controls in general. It seems like it should be a mess but it just kinda makes sense to me, somehow. Lol.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 04/20/2015 at 02:31pm

Oh and the reason I mentioned holding in right click as you are platforming is that I didn't realize that for a long time. After starting to hold in right click the platforming mechanics just feel like a basic platformer to me.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 04/20/2015 at 06:12pm

Like I said, it's a minor complaint. Thankfully (for me), the platforming stuff isn't a big part of the game.

I've been critiquing the negatives, so I'll mention some of the things I love about this game. The event system is really good. I'm not aware of too many other games that do this, with the exception of Destiny, and I'm now feeling that Bungie totally got the idea from Guild Wars 2, which would make me even more sad about Destiny. Seeing everyone come in on an event and act as an instant PUG (pick up group), allowing you develop a strategy based on the moment, adding buffs to your allies, using crowd control effects... it's a lot of fun!

I'm loving the Thief class, especially with weapon swapping from sword and dagger to bow and arrow. There are still some things that the game should be explaining better (Traits, for one, and when they become relevant, before purchasing more than a handful from your trainer...), but overall I feel it working out for me. Allowing color customization of armor is really awesome, something that I wish were available in every game that uses armor.

The fact that there are no mounts in this game kinda bummed me out at first, but I've grown used to the teleport system. Having both wouldn't make sense. I'm hoping there are better ways of acquiring pets/toys? besides paying cash money for them. One of the things I loved about WoW was the luck of farming for a pet. I love random epic drops!

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 04/20/2015 at 08:28pm

Oh don't purchase traits from the trainer until late game. You can find them in the world by completing certain events or visiting certain places, so you'll be wasting skill points buying traits early on.

And (I think) most mini's can be found in black lion chests if nowhere else. I know I've gotten a few at random, not sure where.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 04/20/2015 at 10:49pm

Speaking of Black Lion Chests, where does one find keys to open? I looked on the black market, or whatever, and couldn't find any there.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 04/21/2015 at 12:14am

You get keys as rewards for various things, story quests (which start at level 10 I think), map completion, etc.

You can also buy them on the gem store but screw that.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 04/21/2015 at 01:41am

Ahh. I've been ignoring my story quest. Should probably get on that!

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 04/21/2015 at 03:56am

The story quest is one of my favorite parts of the game actually. The first 30 levels are race specific, and the questions you answer during character creation shape the story. Then you pick your order, and 40 and 50 are about your order and which lesser race you choose to help. Then level 60 shit goes down and you start working toward the culmination of things that I won't mention in case of spoilers, but it's pretty awesome. The level 80 story quests are my favorite, culminating in a dungeon.

Speaking of Black Lion chest keys -- Some people have perfected the quickest way to level 10 so they can do the story quest and get black lion chest keys. New character -> race to level 10 -> quickest path through level 10 story quests -> black lion chest key GET -> delete character -> repeat.

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 05/12/2015 at 10:04pm

There were a few things I learned in my game play this morning that I thought I'd share. I found out that the Golem Banker is only available for two weeks of game play and afterwards is safe to destroy. That helped me save some inventory space. I also found out that you can click on options in the inventory screen and use "compact" to move everything together starting from the top. This helped me empty one of my leather bags. I was then able to drag a larger leather bag to one of the tabs on the left of a leather bag that I emptied. This helped increase my inventory space a bit.

I made it to a new area in the game, after Queensdale. I may be getting used to the controls. My problem has been that I often click on enemies to fight them, which isn't always effective when other players are fighting those enemies, too. Today I tried simply pressing the 1 key instead of clicking when other characters were near. I think I've tried the Tab key, but haven't really spent much time playing with that.

One of the reasons why I'm glad I reached a new area was because Trading Post merchants and other merchants were nearby. This made it easy for me to collect the money I received from all of the stuff I've sold so far. It also helped me sell my junk items.

I've been giving Jon my cooking materials since he said he's working on that type of crafting. I haven't started crafting yet and I'm thinking of selling the crafting materials I've been obtaining. If any of you want some crafting materials let me know what kind you want and I will gladly send them to you.

jdodson Admin wrote on 05/14/2015 at 01:18am

"I've been giving Jon my cooking materials since he said he's working on that type of crafting."

Thanks for that Greg. I haven't been playing much of GW2 lately due to being busy so I mostly have time for Hearthstone.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 05/31/2015 at 09:47pm

This officially ended today, but I just expanded it for a couple of days for closing comments about the game.

As I'm sure you can tell, I love this game :)

Currently I have a level 80 elementalist and ranger, a level 33 guardian, a level 29 mesmer, and a level 11 engineer. When I decided to start crafting everything I made more characters (that I will definitely play, they aren't just crafting alts) so I could get all the professions. I've gotten all 8 crafting professions to master (level 400), and two to 500. Six of them can go to 500, all but jeweler and chef-- basically the ones you can make ascended gear with. Most of the experience on my mesmer and engineer come from crafting-- on a fresh character, mastering two crafts gets you 25 levels of experience. The trip from 400-500 gets you another three.

Lately I've really enjoyed the world boss train. Every few minutes a new major boss event spawns in the world, and you get killer loot and experience if you need that. Tequatl the Sunless is the best. It actually requires strategy and isn't just cheaply hard.

So yeah, I love this game. I definitely got my $15 worth. What do you all think?

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 06/01/2015 at 01:22am

I haven't played as much as you have. I can't remember, at the moment, what level my character is. I was playing in the mornings before Vinny went to school, but I think it's been a while since I last played. I think I like it. It's an ok game. There are things about it I like and many things that I haven't explored yet, like crafting. I think I'd play it more, but I've been doing some serious Diablo III gaming lately. That will end soon though, at least by time Terraria updates!

I'm thinking we can continue to comment on this event even after it's "over." I'd certainly like to continue talking about it as I play more. So, I definitely want and need a place for that.

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 06/05/2015 at 08:56pm

Comment #92 Wow! Anyway, I just thought I'd suggest extending this event until the end of the month. I've finished my Diablo goal, which was to get through campaign mode with each class and each gender. So, I need something to fill in the time until Terraria 1.3. So, I might start playing GW2 more soon.

scrypt Supporter wrote on 06/06/2015 at 02:12am

I haven't been able to play for the past month or so, but what I did play, I really enjoyed. The last thing I was doing before I stopped was trying to just explore everywhere, unlocking as many teleport points as possible. The environments are beautiful! My favorite thing about Guild Wars 2, so far, has to be the public event system (they do it so much better than Destiny), and the fact that you can play without a subscription. I've gotten well over $15 worth of fun out of this game, and I'm looking forward to playing more, whenever I get to see my computer again :).

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 06/06/2015 at 05:17am

Yeah sure, I'll extend it if people are interested :)

Scrypt, when do you get back to your PC again anyway?

scrypt Supporter wrote on 06/06/2015 at 03:20pm

I should be back "home" by July 16th. I'm trying to plan a little trip into New York before I leave, but I don't know if that will happen. I guess I'm prolonging my exodus in hopes that it will ;).

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 06/07/2015 at 08:47pm

Sorry, Jon, but you've got plenty of in-game mail from me. The good news is that I've begun to sell a bunch of my stuff, like crafting materials I can't use. So, hopefully I can manage my inventory better. I don't know anything about crafting, but I still gather ingredients. I may have to figure that out. I'm constantly seeing things in the world to harvest like plants, trees, or rocks to mine.

A few notes: I found out how to repair gear. Those merchants are kind of hard to find sometimes. I don't often use waypoints, I tend to travel on foot mostly. I usually use them when I die and need to revive some where. Some times the game is really calm and peaceful. I like that other players can join together and battle enemies, helping each other, without having to form a party.

Sometimes this game reminds me of Oblivion, Final Fantasy X, and FFXIII. One voice actor sounds like the guy who played Ject in FFX, but I don't see his name in the GW2 credits. A female centaur also sounded like a female in Oblivion.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 06/08/2015 at 02:59am

You can stash crafting ingredients in your material storage, you don't have to keep them in your bank. Just click the gear at the top of your inventory and click "deposit materials."

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 06/08/2015 at 03:01am

You can't do that from your bank though, you have to have the materials in your main inventory.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 06/08/2015 at 03:04am

To FURTHER clarify, you can right click any material, wherever you have it, and choose to deposit that particular material. In order to deposit all that you have, you have to have them in your inventory.

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 06/08/2015 at 03:21am

Ah yeah, I keep forgetting about that bank. I'm not sure how to access it either.

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 06/08/2015 at 03:29am

I found out how to access it: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Account_vault

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 06/08/2015 at 05:04pm

How did you get to level 20 with the basic bags you get and without using your bank or material storage? Your inventory must be a mess! lol

jdodson Admin wrote on 06/09/2015 at 02:36am

"Sorry, Jon, but you've got plenty of in-game mail from me."

Thanks, just picked it up today!

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 06/09/2015 at 04:48am

It was a mess, but I've sold, salvaged, and sent Jon things.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 06/09/2015 at 12:13pm

Yeah depositing those materials will help :)

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 06/09/2015 at 06:59pm

You're welcome, Jon. Now that I have my inventory management under control for the moment, I'll probably send you less frequent messages. I'll save what I find and hold on to it for a time so that I don't send you as many messages. So they might come in less frequency, but might contain more. =) The game said you hadn't been on in a few weeks, so I thought I'd send you that previous warning.

I'm still getting used to combat and using my skills.

jdodson Admin wrote on 06/10/2015 at 02:41am

WHATEVER YOU DO GREG DON'T STOP SENDING ME FREE SHIT!

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 06/10/2015 at 02:54am

Once you get to level 30 or 40 and can handle more world bosses than the few you can get in the starter areas you can start churning gold fast. It gets even better when you're getting level 80 gear from them. Katie and I got about 5 gold each for maybe 45 minutes of playing tonight. At that point, you can buy all the materials you want!

So you could get all the money you need to level up Tailoring, for instance, in about 4 days. If you want to go this route. It's the cheapest way to level it but doesn't give much return.

http://gw2crafts.net/tailor.html

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 06/10/2015 at 02:57am

I sent you some more! Haha One of the things seems to be special, it's a dye.

I found a banker, as I journey on foot between my current quest places. I used the skins I had stored and stored more of the original equipment that I can't seem to salvage (yet?) or sell. There are a couple of other random boosts and things in there now.

I like that you can quickly and easily sell items using the Trading Post. Sure, you have to find a Black Lion Trading Post merchant to collect your earnings, but I still often sell items quickly using the TP. I haven't bought any items from them, though. I have bought some harvesting materials and need to buy more. That's one way I keep coming up with good to send to Jon.

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 06/10/2015 at 02:59am

I figured that other guild member was Katie! Anyway, I haven't been paying attention to currency. I haven't really used it very much yet and I'm still earning by selling with the TP. I am level 30 now, I'm currently working on a character story quest.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 06/10/2015 at 03:54am

Finding a TP or bank is easy. Each are available by fast-traveling back to the closest city, and the teleport costs are negligible. There's a waypoint to teleport to close to the bank/TP in every city, and Lion's Arch has quite a few waypoints next to the various banks/TPs spread about the city.

Alternatively, even if you aren't interested in PvP, if you click the PvP icon in the top left row of icons (it's the one with two swords I think) and go to the PvP lobby, after a brief training intro (on your first time only, of course) you are put into the lobby. There's a merchant, Trading Post, and bank very close to where you enter.

You can then exit the PvP lobby and get back to right where you were in normal mode. That's better than just using waypoints in many ways since it puts you back *exactly* where you were.

There's also a handy gate to Lion's Arch straight from the PvP lobby, so that's a free teleport to Lion's Arch basically, with one more loading screen.

And if you're worried that people can fight you in the lobby-- they can't. You have to go through other menus or other locations for actual combat.

Off the topic of currency and trading for a sec-- not sure how much everyone keeps up with news on GW2 but in the next content update (soon) Lion's Arch is getting rebuilt! You may have noticed that it's kinda destroyed. The first season of the living story (before our time in the game) destroyed the city, leaving it in rubble in many places. You may have *also* noticed that with a patch about three weeks ago, there's a lot of new construction going on. They're finally fixing it! In the next content patch everything will be fixed, and many areas will be significantly changed and some are being added.

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Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/15/2014 at 03:06am

BTW, I totally claimed the area under the lake :)

Timogorgon Member wrote on 08/15/2014 at 10:54pm

Since you're going under the lake, I guess I'll go next to it. :)

I built my base a little wider than I usually do, so to kind of off set that I built it a little further away from the starting area than usual as well. Should be plenty of room for everyone else.

Two quick suggestions though: Can we get a piggy bank in the starting house? I tried to place one earlier, but it disappeared and told me the region is locked. >.> Second, when we start building NPC housing, let's built up this time. On our last server once we turned on hard mode wraiths and similar mobs kept killing off NPC's by passing through the ground.

jdodson Admin wrote on 08/15/2014 at 11:28pm

Hey guys just wanted you to know, I might not have a ton of time to play this. I wish I did, but I don't think I do.

Second. Mind if I share this with some local game groups to see if others are interested in joining in?

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/16/2014 at 12:14am

I've approved everyone. See you in game!

And WBS, I was thinking the same, like next to the starter hut or something.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/16/2014 at 02:49am

As requested, piggy bank and safe added to the starter hut.

Also, I've added everyone who's started so far as users. When you sign in, go into chat and type /login terraria2014

Yes, everyone's password is terraria2014. You can change that when you sign in with /password

If you see that you can't do some things that you would like to do, let me know.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/16/2014 at 03:18am

I should also add, it's not only allowed, but suggested, that you have another world to pillage while playing on the server. There's no way we're all going to be able to find a red balloon in the floating islands, for example.

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 08/16/2014 at 08:53pm

Hopefully, I'll join soon. I'm sorry I haven't started yet. I've been playing Red Alert 3 and am trying to finish up the Empire's missions. I think there are a few missions left, I might be done with the game soon, although these missions don't seem to be getting any easier.

What kind of pillaging do you refer to, Travis? Chests and pots? I remember the other CG worlds had unbroken pots by the time I downloaded them, do you guys leave pots unbroken?

Timogorgon Member wrote on 08/16/2014 at 11:16pm

Pots regenerate randomly, so pots aren't the problem. The problem is with the really rare loot, like floating island items. I've also found looting our old CG server worlds is a pretty easy way to get some stuff. :)

I started a rough outline of the new NPC housing, but would love to hear everyone's thoughts/input before going forward. here's what i have so far: http://imgur.com/QgIhIh5.
Currently, the stairs are set up so as not to interfere while running in either direction. I may have to take out the bottom set of stairs though to keep mobs out. Zombies were jumping up to the top level while I was working on it. :\
I didn't count how wide the structure is but it is an even number so dividing up the living areas should be easy.

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 08/17/2014 at 12:12am

Ok, I got in, but briefly. It said something about the area being locked and I'd have to login to make changes. It also said to type /help for a list of commands, but I was able to do that once, but not sure how. Sorry, I'm new to Terraria multiplayer, I don't know how to chat or use commands, I'm trying to look up that info. I've created a character called "CG GregoPeck."

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/17/2014 at 02:31am

Read my comment earlier about logging in. You shouldn't be restricted from anything but modifying the starter hut. I did that just so that exploding things couldn't take it out. But logging in gets you a few cool things that the TShock mod adds, like teleporting, sending fireworks to people, and other fun/useful things.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/17/2014 at 02:42am

Also, WBS, I think the zombies will stay out in general. One other thing that may help, zombies don't use ropes. If it becomes a problem we can use those.

I like what you've started, I'll help build it in that direction as well. Full disclosure, I'll probably grab a ton of stuff from other worlds/characters to build the NPC housing, but nothing non-aesthetic that would give us any edge over where we currently are.

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 08/17/2014 at 02:53am

Travis, I'm sorry that I forgot about that comment you wrote with the necessary information. Thanks for reminding me.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/17/2014 at 02:46pm

No sweat :)

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/17/2014 at 09:32pm

Hey, just so you all know, earlier I found two goblin tinkerers tied up. They both showed up at home. I rebooted the server, and then there were three in town. I killed off two of them by spawning zombies on them, but you may find more of them and they may duplicate themselves.

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 08/20/2014 at 02:57am

http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/572275839879185027/D010E696968DCF43B6B669AA3DFED1D5445003EF/
Take a look of my screenshot I took tonight as Travis was riding a big bunny!

Timogorgon Member wrote on 08/20/2014 at 05:25pm

That's quite the fish costume he has also. The balloon he's holding is a nice touch too.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 08/20/2014 at 05:34pm

http://art.penny-arcade.com/photos/i-VjNBJwp/0/1050x10000/i-VjNBJwp-1050x10000.jpg

It's Minecraft, but I figured y'all would get a kick out of it :)

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/20/2014 at 06:53pm

The balloon is the cloud in a balloon. Accessories are now visible, if you want them to be. But yeah, a sad looking fish holding a balloon is pretty amusinc.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/24/2014 at 10:32pm

When do you guys want to pop open hardmode?

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 08/24/2014 at 11:44pm

Well, I'm ready! I've been feeling like there's not much for me to do other than the fishing quests. Aside from that, I made a long path along the lava at the bottom to the left. Characters can get all the way to the left side without falling into lava, until the very edge where a pool is open. I did something like this in my own world the first time I played the game, except that I had both sides covered, with a minor exception at the ends to drop in a Voodoo Doll. This way, you have plenty of room to fight the Wall without falling into lava. I'd like to complete my work on the right side, but I've run out of materials, so I'll have to get more dirt, stone, mud, ash, etc. to continue.

I did go to my own world to grab a Murasama (for Night's Edge) and an Enchanted Boomerang (for Flamarang). One or two of us could take out the Wall. There are plenty of Voodoo Doll's in Tim's Hell house.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/25/2014 at 01:47am

Uhm... Tim and I did the path to the right for fighting the wall. We didn't see a path either way so we did that. You can run the whole way with no worry about jumping so you don't get stuck. I know that's killed me a few times.

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 08/25/2014 at 02:05am

Cool, I noticed the beginnings of a path to the right when I created the one to the left. I worked on it and then noticed that someone else did, too.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/25/2014 at 02:58am

I finally started playing with mine carts. I don't know why it took me this long, they're super fun. We now have a quick way back to the sacrificial altar after fighting the wall of flesh. :)

Timogorgon Member wrote on 08/25/2014 at 04:49pm

I'm good for hardmode. Do you guys think you'll be on tonight?

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 08/25/2014 at 08:14pm

What time do you think you'll be on?

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/25/2014 at 09:16pm

Yeah if we get started by 10 Eastern/ 7 Central I'm game. Made us a bunch of potions! We'll be well-buffed. I was out sick today so I've been fishing lava for the fish needed for inferno potions. Didn't quite get three full stacks. I also made ironskin, regeneration, and bowl of soup. They're all in the chest in the hell house.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/25/2014 at 09:20pm

Oh also, Greg, I found a Muramasa in the dungeon. There were still quite a few locked chests in there.

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 08/25/2014 at 09:55pm

Cool, perhaps Jon can use that one.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 08/25/2014 at 10:14pm

There were more locked chests? Man, that was a really rich dungeon this time around. I probably unlocked a good dozen or more chests when I explored it (I left a lot of the chests un-looted, because I either didn't need or already had the item) and there were a lot of chests already opened by the time I got there.

As far as tonight goes, I probably won't be able to get on before 8pm pacific, and even then I might be a little late depending on how quickly I get some errands done earlier today. So if you want to do the WoF tonight you can start without me I'm if you need to. I'm OK with that. :)

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 08/26/2014 at 03:16am

We defeated the WoF quite a few times together. We stored some loot in a new box at "home." I'll probably play more, just going to look up stuff to get and make. I'll keep an eye open for you and, if you want, we can go up against the WoF.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/26/2014 at 03:23am

I came here to saw what Greg said. If you need a pwnhammer we got you covered. Take 10!

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 08/26/2014 at 04:03am

Oh and I believe Travis only destroyed one demon altar. So, that would mean we can/should destroy two more if I am correct.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/26/2014 at 01:01pm

No, we should destroy many more. There are three tiers of hardmode ore that altars/hearts will seed the world with, so if you destroy three you get some of all three, BUT the more we destroy the more there will be to mine.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 08/26/2014 at 04:17pm

I destroyed five last night, so including the one you destroyed that should be six total so far. It shouldn't be hard to find more though.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/26/2014 at 08:44pm

I've destroyed probably 8 or 9 today. The more the merrier!

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/26/2014 at 08:45pm

Also, after going around looking for altars, I mined up enough for what I need and built a mechanical boss arena to the right of town. /warp arena

Tested it out, it works well. I confess to stealing heart/star statues from our previous world.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 08/26/2014 at 10:07pm

HOW DARE YOU BRING ITEMS FROM PREVIOUS WORLDS no actually I think we all have brought some stuff over. I brought over a few ease-of-use things and some appropriate leveled gear. I am also going to warn you that I plan to bring over my ankh shield now that we're in hardmode, 'cause I have no interest in harvesting all those items again, lol.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/26/2014 at 10:25pm

Yes, I'll agree with that. That thing is a pain to put together.

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 08/27/2014 at 12:06am

Ha, I've been storing items for that shield. Oh, I haz Rainbow Brick, so I'm expanding my home by adding an additional floor. I have found some Chlorophyte, but I need some Hallowed Bars for a Drax. I'm not sure I'm ready to fight the new bosses alone, presently. I do have the new pink armor set and am looking for Titanium. I'm also look for Life Fruit, and am thinking of collecting those in my own world. I'm not sure if they respawn. The only things I really got from that one and brought to this one were the Murasama and Enchanted Boomerang. I have stored some sets or pieces crafted with most of the new ore, so feel free to pick some of those up if you want them.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/27/2014 at 01:49am

They do respawn. Plus, I found enough to fill me up to 500 in a pretty small range. There are plenty of them.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/28/2014 at 09:21pm

When I'm on lately, Greg and I are the only ones around so I'm not sure what all you guys have seen. I have popped open the Lihzhard Temple and cleaned out all the traps. There's a chest next to the Golem altar thingie with power cells to summon him. I'm planning on making an arena for him as well, but nothing so cheap as the last one (where basically you just watch him die). Then I might also make an arena for moon events with traps and such. I still haven't seen the end of the frost moon. You can set holidays with Tshock, so I can force it to be halloween or Christmas when we're ready to start farming up stuff for the moon events.

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 08/28/2014 at 11:36pm

I have my Turtle Armor and with it I defeated Plantera and the Temple boss. I have also crafted a Golden Shower. =) I pretty much finished my additional floor with rainbow brick and block. I got some more, so I may expand later. I need to go to the Dungeon and fight the Paladin so I can get his shield. I'm also farming Ankh Shield materials.

I liked the arena you guys set up on one of the old CG worlds for the Frost and Pumpkin moon events. I thought it was helpful, even though I didn't manage to complete it. I'm sure with two or three of us, it'll be sweet.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 08/29/2014 at 02:37am

I haven't been getting on until late because apparently my 1 year old hates sleep lately. I actually haven't done too much since we popped hardmode. I've upgraded to the middle tier hardmode armor (the pink ore, I forget what it's called) and that's about it. I started to dig out a tunnel to the temple, only to realize you had set a warp point there (DOH). I explored the temple for awhile and managed to get two power cells as drops, but I'm not really equipped for fighting in there yet, and died right as I reached the golem room.

I'm very much looking forward to trying out the frost/pumpkin moon events with you guys, but i definitely need to improve my gear before I'll be ready for that.

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 08/29/2014 at 03:13am

There's a new "home" chest that has some of the latest gear and ore that I've stored. Help yourself to what you find there. I noticed that someone dug a tunnel to the temple. I've found all the Chlorophyte I need for now and the jungle is huge, so it shouldn't be too hard to get more. I've also stored some Ectoplasm, which I haven't used yet. Again, help yourself. There are also random things I've stored in chests in the jungle, so feel free to check those if you need some Life Fruit.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/29/2014 at 03:30am

I think we could clean those chests out a bit. Nobody will ever need a shackle. And if you do need one, just play at night for five minutes :)

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 08/29/2014 at 06:04am

Yeah, I've done some cleaning, maybe not much.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 08/29/2014 at 04:51pm

I raided the chests last night, so thanks for leaving me nice gear upgrades. :P
Paired with a particularly bountiful Solar Eclipse I now have a Terra blade and possibly arthritis in my right index finger (so... much... clicking...)
I still gotta craft up some better accessories and I'd like to upgrade my armor another tier or two before doing any kind of special moon events, but now that it's the weekend I should be able to play some more and should get caught up pretty quick. :)

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 08/29/2014 at 07:08pm

You're very welcome. I'm always glad when someone can use something I've stored in those chests. I think I forgot about the Terra Blade, so thanks for reminding me. I'm using a Godly Possessed Hatchet now. I still have my True Night's Edge. I've picked up a couple of other weapons and spells I've held on to.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/30/2014 at 02:12pm

Kudos to whomever wired up my teleporter to the goldfish, king, piranha, and bird statues. I was so confused as to why a random NPC was showing up whenever I teleported in.

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 08/30/2014 at 06:45pm

It wasn't me.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 08/30/2014 at 07:30pm

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 08/31/2014 at 02:07am

What did we wire up in Jon's house last time? I can't remember.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 08/31/2014 at 03:29am

It was his bunny statue. During a blood moon I flooded his house with corrupted bunnies, but he never came up to the surface to see it. :P

jdodson Admin wrote on 08/31/2014 at 06:17pm

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 09/04/2014 at 01:15am

Hey Travis, I wanted to let you know that I believe I accidentally got a lever from your home. WBS & I were fighting The Destroyer. We didn't see the souls drop and thought it was underground, beneath the arena, and therefore in or around your manor. As I went down to investigate, I noticed you put up a lever on one of your bottom doors to the right. I activated it, but it seems it got in my inventory. So, I have stored it in a chest for you. Warp to the arena. It's in the first chest to the left.

I haven't done much on our server lately. I'm at a point to where I'm not sure what to do other than reforging my accessories and fishing. I decided to create yet another new world and another new character. I think your manor inspired me a bit to work on something similar on my own. I've already built a large shelter for me and NPCs. I've also created a trophy room to store my trophies, banners, armors, etc. I found out how you created the CG4 letters and number. I had never crafted the thing that lets you make them before. Now I'm thinking of moving it away from my main crafting area so I don't have to scroll through a bunch of letters and numbers.

Anyway, I just wanted to let you know about the lever.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 09/05/2014 at 01:07am

HOW DARE YOU STEAL MY LEVER nah that's ok. Thanks for storing it.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 09/05/2014 at 01:11am

Also, if you did get it from my house, I can't find where it came from. So no harm done! :)

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 09/05/2014 at 01:57am

You're welcome. I believe it was attached to a door on the bottom right side of your manor. If you go above ground, above your house, go to the right, and then follow the mine cart rail down and to the left, you'll come across a door that has a lever on the inside, but not the outside. The one I found was on the outside. I don't even know how to use levers or wiring, but it's something I might so experiment with in my own new world since my huge building is sitting between two pools of water. I intend to make a bridge so that most enemies can't get near my building. I had placed the outside doors on the second level of my building, but had to add platforms so that I could jump up there and get it. Unfortunately, zombies were able to do the same, so I removed them. Luckily, I have a grappling hook now, so I can get up there and they can't get it.

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 09/07/2014 at 08:10pm

Greg and Tim, if you could pop in to the server at some point and do one of the various things that froze you for no apparent reason, I might finally be able to get to the bottom of it. I talked to the clanforge support team, awesome support by the way, and had then add the freezecheck plugin to their tshock arsenal. It should now tell you why you're getting frozen and that might help to figure out exactly what was going on. Greg, I don't think you've had this issue for a while, but Tim you mentioned it was happening last night so there's obviously something still going on.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 09/14/2014 at 01:31am

I played for awhile today and froze once while fighting duke fishron (and a TERRIBLE time I might add). Not sure why. I was using a Flairon and it happened when I tried to switch to my Golden Shower to debuff him again. Otherwise I can't seem to trigger a freeze effect reliably.

I did get frozen several times later while doing a Frost Moon event, but uhhh... there's a good chance that was happening because of the ice queen. :P

Travis Admin Post Author wrote on 10/17/2014 at 07:31pm

Hey folks, I've saved the world file from the server and I'm now sharing it with you so you can play it whenever you want, and loot the everyone else's stuff. :)

https://mega.co.nz/#!vRoTwLKB!AGNT60Kr0JUoDbTUsUWy0OZdRXUpE5MbhUN-Dhhm_Dg

GregoPeck Super Member wrote on 10/17/2014 at 08:36pm

Awesome! Thanks, Travis! I miss gaming with you guys!

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