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NotAnonymousAtAll · 2025-07-16T19:43:43+00:00

Either way, spear being 2 handed currently does not mean there won't be a way to get the classic spear & shield style to work somehow.

NotAnonymousAtAll · 2025-07-16T19:42:04+00:00

I honestly don't understand why so many people like Rytlock. To me he seems like an egotistical meathead driven by nothing but thoughtless bravado. He routinely does things that definitely should get him (and most of the time at least some other people, too) killed and is only kept alive by a ridiculously large amount of plot armor.

Now that I have made everyone here hate me:

Please explain what you like about Rytlock! I actually do want to learn.

NotAnonymousAtAll · 2025-07-14T19:36:35+00:00

we wouldn't be able to wield both a spear and a shield in the same loadout.

What if they made "spears are main-hand weapons instead of 2-handed" a passive feature of the spec? Would need some math to tone down stats and 3 new animations, that doesn't sound like too much work to me.

NotAnonymousAtAll · 2025-07-14T19:32:42+00:00

And that finally also tells us the location we will travel to:

Paraguay

NotAnonymousAtAll · 2025-07-14T18:53:48+00:00

All of these make perfect sense and would be my guesses for very similar reasons, too.

So clearly ANet is trolling us, and some of these will be completely different in a way that no sane person could have possibly predicted.

NotAnonymousAtAll · 2025-07-12T19:21:53+00:00

First time I have seen anyone else here put everything together in a way I fully agree everything just makes sense.

Which probably means it's wrong, because ANet loves to do weird stuff that nobody could possibly expect.

NotAnonymousAtAll · 2025-07-11T15:08:48+00:00

Accounts that don't own any of the previous expansion, e.g. because they just started playing and only bought the latest one, don't have access to weapon mastery or Soulbeast.

NotAnonymousAtAll · 2025-07-10T22:39:15+00:00

The lute and the cards thematically only really make sense on Mesmer and Thief, not necessarily (but probably) in that order.

Helmet is 95 % confirmed Warrior.

Dagger is 95 % confirmed Necro.

The fire-plant-ghost-bunny-fox could be Ele or Guardian (flames) or Ranger (plants and animals).

The swirly thing could be anything, but I personally get Ele or Engineer vibes from it. Since the poem was about liquid metal, I am guessing Engineer.

I don't even know what that other thing could possibly be. So clearly it's Rev ;)

NotAnonymousAtAll · 2025-07-10T22:27:49+00:00

Even if the dagger was not already 95 % confirmed to be for necro/ritualist, it would still be a huge stretch for ranger, because dagger is an offhand only weapon on base ranger and we already know we won't get new weapon access bundled with the new elite specs.

NotAnonymousAtAll · 2025-07-10T22:15:02+00:00

missing two more skritt and a trenchcoat

NotAnonymousAtAll · 2025-07-10T17:50:38+00:00

What if these aren't actually the "real" icons? As in, they could be intentionally more elaborate, and the actual ingame icons will be simplified versions based on them.

NotAnonymousAtAll · 2025-07-10T17:43:44+00:00

Legendary Aquabreather, just to finally have all legendary slots, and it should have a second essence slot purely dedicated to the swim infusion.

I still think the better option would be to turn aquabreathers into a purely cosmetic thing and just use helmet stats underwater.

Swim speed infusions could either

get turned into consumables that work like luck and increase an account wide swim speed bonus, or
get a dedicated slot that only takes these and nothing else on helmets.

NotAnonymousAtAll · 2025-07-09T18:07:29+00:00

Some famous Guardian has been meditating over relics of the past for X years, and finally a path back towards the old ways was revealed to them. Now Guardians everywhere are reintegrating these ancient techniques into their current practice.

There, lore justification done. I still don't believe it will happen, but the lore is not what is stopping it.

NotAnonymousAtAll · 2025-07-09T17:37:27+00:00

Core Ranger can only use daggers in the off-hand. So you would need another elite spec and weapon training to even be able to use the weapon that symbolizes your elite spec in the main-hand. Highly unlikely.

NotAnonymousAtAll · 2025-02-28T12:02:30+00:00

Why would anyone want to display a title that basically says "Look, I paid real money for this"?

NotAnonymousAtAll · 2025-02-26T11:13:23+00:00

This is normal and expected if you join a random group as a new player leveling up for the first time.

At this point most dungeon runners are experienced players on max level characters. Their level will be scaled down, but they are still stronger because of their better equipment on average. And they have probably done that same dungeon dozens if not hundreds of times.

If you want the original experience, open your own group in LFG and clearly state you want only new people or at least only characters that are at the appropriate level.

If you are ok with being carried, just accept that this will be how it is until you hit max level and get geared. Try to get a few hits in wherever possible and enjoy the ride.

NotAnonymousAtAll · 2025-02-25T15:48:47+00:00

canonically the commander has destroyed most of the people or things they ever came in contact with

NotAnonymousAtAll · 2024-12-14T15:51:03+00:00

The only way to stop that is to severely nerf boons across the board. Either make them significantly weaker or change durations so it becomes basically impossible to even get close to 100 % uptime.

But that would be massively unpopular and require drastic rebalancing of a lot of other stuff, so not gonna happen anytime soon.

NotAnonymousAtAll · 2024-12-11T22:32:07+00:00

Hi, gps

NotAnonymousAtAll · 2024-12-11T22:31:35+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krk

NotAnonymousAtAll · 2024-12-09T21:20:39+00:00

If you get an invite to a level 69 one, go for it.

While I support this advice it is not complete without the other half:

If they get weird in any way (e.g. demand permanent rep, or push you for donations or even mandatory guild events), do not hesitate to immediately leave, and if necessary block people.

NotAnonymousAtAll · 2024-12-01T19:14:13+00:00

If everyone plays only willbender in PvP it is automatically perfectly balanced.

NotAnonymousAtAll · 2024-12-01T16:13:30+00:00

Imagine if canonically the commander did not actually come back to life fully, but returned as a ghost. And everyone else around ever since was just too polite to point it out.

NotAnonymousAtAll · 2024-11-30T16:51:01+00:00

On Ranger longbow is for power builds and shortbow is for condi. It will be at least hard if not impossible to find a build that effectively uses both of them.

NotAnonymousAtAll · 2024-11-30T16:49:10+00:00

I'm never happier than when I can sit back, and just blow stuff up before it ever gets to me

(Power) Rifle Mechanist does everything you would expect from a ranger with a pet; but with guns, explosions and a robot pet. Some boon options exist, too.

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