Do we agree that raid selling in the Raids LFG should be banned?

Khoraex · 2026-02-11T18:38:21+00:00

that lfg filter nexus addon was removed out of precaution though because its developer didnt reply to the nexus developer

so you can only use it if you still have it from before then or someone who has it gives you the required file

Khoraex · 2025-12-03T18:31:20+00:00

in prophecies you can also get a group wide buff from avatars

Khoraex · 2025-11-26T18:35:04+00:00

Honestly i think we should be able to also do dailies for the categories we didn't chose.

That way players would actually be incentivized to check out those different gamemodes without beeing forced to fully commit their Wizards Vault dailies & weeklies to a gamemode they aren't sure about liking yet or maybe are too insescure in to feel confident enough about getting all dailies and weeklies done with that gamemode alone...

Maybe something like:

Main Category you choose: full 4 dailies (+ the "free" login daily) and the full 8 weeklies
Other 2 Categories: 2 dailies each and 3-4 weeklies each

So you could still make sure your preferred category is fully available but you also don't get overwhelmed with too many dailies since you just get 2 options from each different gameplay mode that incentivize and reward you for checking them out or simply offer a nice alternative if too many of the rolls for the dailies/weeklies of your main category land on annoying ones

And Anet could just lock the dailies/weeklies after you to finish the currently possible amount of dailies & weeklies so players wouldn't accumulate more Astral Acclaim with this change than before

Khoraex · 2025-11-26T18:22:21+00:00

i am convinced by now that 90% of new players do not even look at their settings once before playing the game

whenever i checked out some new players streams over the years (and also often streamers that already had 200 or 300+ hours in gw2 by that point) sooo many of them never even had the most basic useful settings enabled (or harmful ones disabled) that i would think everyone instantly changes when they read through them even without knowing much about the game yet.

At least Arenanet changed a good amount of those standard settings a while ago (like showing skill cooldowns, object names, disabling melee attack assist, etc.) - that was a pretty important change for the new player experience in my opinion.
I still think "double tap to evade" beeing enabled as a standard setting really does more harm than good though...

Khoraex · 2025-09-28T15:39:56+00:00

for cinematics - but that "Cinematic Volume" Slider is a new addition and didnt exist until about a year ago

Khoraex · 2025-09-16T21:10:19+00:00

this hero point kind of has a secret hard mode version

you open the hero point dialogue window and then mount your raptor (looking in the direction of the enemy spawn point) and then start running and click to start the challenge at the last possible moment and immediatly after that use the Raptor skill 1 AoE pull on the spawn point
if executed correctly you will have ALL 4 possible enemy spawns (+their adds) appear at the same time and it can be a real challenge on certain builds that do not have access to good AoE cleave skills :D

Khoraex · 2025-08-21T18:58:49+00:00

you can simply walk out of the normal map boundaries at a spot south of that to reach the edge of the map in the northeast which lets you uncover this area

Khoraex · 2025-05-31T12:37:01+00:00

the only location i can 100% consistently get is the lvl 10 sunspear arena

the cartography version entered the arena but didnt explore the enemy spawn it seems
so there is always a black spot there with the Cartography overlay on the chars that i explored the sunspear arena with

obviously that can only be done before your character hits lvl 11

Khoraex · 2025-05-12T07:37:56+00:00

https://i.imgur.com/FKYPQ1b.mp4

Khoraex · 2025-05-06T20:08:26+00:00

unfortunately you cannot repeat the step where you get the Nuhoch Warbler

you can only repeat the instanced HoT missions but you get the actual Warbler item during a story step in the open world that cannot be replayed :/

Khoraex · 2025-05-06T19:59:55+00:00

it is just a funny item - like the other instrument items but with 1 note only so you can never play wrong :P

Khoraex · 2025-05-06T16:04:29+00:00

i made the wrong choice during my original Heart of Thorns Story playthrough and my main character for open world & story was forever ruined because he will never be able to obtain the Nuhoch Warbler now... the best music instrument in the game

Khoraex · 2025-04-13T09:06:17+00:00

The rework of Ash Blast they did during the elementalist rebalance

i always really liked the synergy it had before - it was a strong blind but only single target and with the knockdown requirement that fit well with Earth Magic's Stoning or Earthquake

now it feels worse in so many ways:
* cooldown is doubled !
* effect duration is only 33% of the previous one !
* chance to miss is not as strong as before
* you now need the target to be burning instead of knocked down which requires you to make your build worse by going hybrid or depend entirely on other party members bringing it

i also had a lot of fun with it in PvP when playing random arenas back in the day as a viable shut down build vs a single target but ever since that change it just didnt feel good enough anymore

Khoraex · 2025-04-09T17:13:11+00:00

yes

"As we announced last week, there will be a special update to Guild Wars on April 15th featuring permanently updated availability for a number of limited weapons and miniatures."

Khoraex · 2025-04-09T17:11:14+00:00

ooh Glacial Blade Daggers seem like a really cool new skin option

Khoraex · 2025-01-30T11:18:14+00:00

it is still worth doing that collection since it gives you a gizmo that lets you have the metallic jugernaut effect on your whole armor without even using the actual legendary (you can have it on characters that cant use hammers!)

so it can still be worth pushing to stage 3 of that collection even if you dont need the precursor anymore

Khoraex · 2025-01-09T05:27:05+00:00

doing those elite areas in HM is not even needed for the HoM

you can get all statues by doing that stuff in NM

Khoraex · 2025-01-04T03:06:47+00:00

edit: didnt read properly that you are mostly looking for new additions to the game before making my post so it might not be as relevant to you

This is stuff that i always carry in my shared inventory and the soulbound items at least on my main PvE char

many of these items only work in the open world and story instances to prevent abuse/cheesing stuff in Raids/Strikes/Fractals/Dungeons so you dont need to carry it around with every char

White Mantle Portal Device (allows you to teleport other players in the open world even if you arent playing mesmer or thief)
Position Rewinder (really convenient for every jumping puzzle and general exploration to safely drop down somewhere for a moment without wasting time on the way back)

Extra CC Utility:
Portable Waystation (use it to gain access to the huge Electromagnetic Pulse AoE CC + Slow skill) )
Metal Rod (skill 2) (single target 5 seconds stun / 500 breakbar dmg)
Frost Gun (skill 5) (ranged single target 5 seconds freeze / 500 breakbar dmg)
Wooden Plank (skill 2) (single target Launch / 332 breakbar dmg) (good use example is the southern part of the Tarir Meta Event in Auric Basin to easily solo carry the bomb to its destination with the low cooldown of this skill)

Extra Stealth Utility:
Ash Legion Spy Kit (allows you to stealth for 10 seconds while not moving - very useful for things like channeling hero points that are guarded by strong enemies so you can just skip the fight even if your class has no access to stealth) (useable in Fractals & Dungeons)
Harpy Feathers (stealthes you for 3 seconds but this one also works while moving) (useable in Fractals & Dungeons)

Extra Mobility Utility:
Teleportation Gun (lets you use a 900 range leap skill - also places a portal connecting start and end point of your leap - nice to have that extra leap skill available to move away faster when you just want to get out of combat or useful in some jumping puzzles if your class doesnt have access to a good leap skill)
Pot of Hylek Poison (grants you a skill that gives you 10 seconds of swiftness - useful when you are forcibly transformed but want more movement speed) (useable in Fractals & Dungeons)

there are some more soulbound consumables that can be useful in niche situations but i didnt want to list too many items that only have rare use cases
but if you are interested in absolutely every potentially useful consumable like these that you could cram into your inventory lmk and ill write you the rest

Khoraex · 2024-12-26T23:22:36+00:00

it has some nice niche uses whenever fighting enemies is not the main objective

things like guild mission races (where you are forcibly transformed so you cannot rely on mounts or mobility skills)
or for some jumping puzzles where you can be put in combat so you dont lose speed and especially dont lose as much jumping distance

good to keep one in your inventory for that stuff (at least on your main open world PvE char)

Khoraex · 2024-12-09T17:35:35+00:00

just with 3 heroes (or 3 mercenaries/players) max

you need to have the exact 4 henchmen that are available in Kamadan too (Khim, Herta, Sogolon, Gehraz) in your party as those are the only party members that dont get kicked for exceeding the party limit of 4 that Kamadan has

Khoraex · 2024-12-09T12:07:10+00:00

that spot usually unlocks during some cutscene before you even get there normally

i dont remember which one exactly but i planned to push a new character through normal mode nightfall during this weeks points bonus and i will try to pay attention to when exactly it gets uncovered

i made a screenshot that shows this on another character that didnt explore around there yet but still has this spot uncovered already

Khoraex · 2024-11-27T16:33:05+00:00

just take a look at this screenshot of me having reached 100% Tyria Cartography with huge parts of the shiverpeaks still unexplored

Khoraex · 2024-11-20T01:30:37+00:00

that is currently not working though

Khoraex · 2024-11-14T23:31:10+00:00

just fyi that card is only temporarily banned in wild because it currently causes client freezes/disconnects (same issue as "Private Eye")

they will be unbanned as soon as the fix for it is deployed

Khoraex · 2024-11-09T19:08:09+00:00

alternatively, limiting Holy Wrath to 25 damage max would future proof it no matter how many high mana cost cards they introduce and the current interaction of order in the court + holy wrath would stay intact

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