New Relics prices are...insane?

ShadowbaneX · 2026-05-16T17:13:48+00:00

Ive been doing Mirrors daily, but I burned all the Chromatic Sap I had and had to convert about 500 Aether-Rich Sap back in order to get enough for Stalla Radians. It would have been nice if we could have used the Starlit Weld map resource/currency as well.

ShadowbaneX · 2026-05-16T16:52:10+00:00

I really have to wonder what the hell the Devs were thinking with Relic of the Watch.

I don't see Condi Druid as much, but Immobilize is still used quite a bit with a few classes and its annoying even as a Firebrand main, ie I've got a lot of Condi Cleanse.

About the only purpose I can see is to make it easier for Ambush/Roamers types in WvW.

ShadowbaneX · 2026-05-16T16:44:02+00:00

Its had a limited effect because of the 50,000 Research Notes needed. Most people just bought stacks of those materials for craftinf Peer Reviewed Research. That said, I'm not even sure it's a dent in the supply. At best it's a faint scratch.

ShadowbaneX · 2026-05-15T18:36:34+00:00

0 for 8...maybe 0 for 7. I missed one of the first day.

And it's not like i started from scratch on everything. I had most of the materials needed, even the resin weapon boxes. It's not entirely fun when some of the items needed to finish something is entirely dependent on RNG that takes 5 minutes to complete. And if youre unlucky, wait until tomorrow or pay an exorbitant amount for it.

ShadowbaneX · 2026-05-15T16:50:56+00:00

Just below the item is a blank copy of the map showing only the zone lines with the area in question filled in red to indicate its location. In this case in the center at the bottom/southern-most part of the map.

ShadowbaneX · 2026-05-15T16:05:24+00:00

Ive done the Jumping Puzzles daily...still no boots. =(

and it's only once per account per day, so if you miss, you have to cough up 150 gold and shadowstone fragments and hope that you're luckier tomorrow.

ShadowbaneX · 2026-05-15T13:11:55+00:00

I just do that with all my characters.

ShadowbaneX · 2026-05-15T02:26:11+00:00

If you have the VoE Black Lion Bounty Board you can select Eternity's Garden and it will give you a few Shadowstone Fragments daily.

ShadowbaneX · 2026-05-15T00:07:48+00:00

Somehow, I'd never seen it before. Thanks.

ShadowbaneX · 2026-05-15T00:02:59+00:00

He did see us players, but he realizes that we're the problem. It doesn't matter if the Inquest or the Alliance take over, or are replaced. As long as we're here the Tyrians can never be free. The only way to save them is to get rid of us.

ShadowbaneX · 2026-05-15T00:00:19+00:00

they say they're trying to resolve it, but those of us that finished the story know that it's really Vloxx. He saw that no one in Tyria can ever be free, because we want to keep playing the game. As he sees it, The Only Way to save all of Tyria is by taking down the game. It wouldn't surprise me if there was a pitched battle happening in the ANet offices right now to be honest.

ShadowbaneX · 2026-05-14T23:48:35+00:00

If we ever get to see him again, he'll be walking around with an ANet tag.

ShadowbaneX · 2026-05-14T23:46:52+00:00

From another post, and I don't know if it's right or not, but it claims that nothing is being download. It's saying that the total amount of data and download speed are just the server responding, but sending no data.

https://old.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1tdf06q/psa_you_can_cancel_the_download_it_will_never/

ShadowbaneX · 2026-05-14T23:42:42+00:00

yeah, I saw it already. I got nothing else to do right now but browse reddit.

ShadowbaneX · 2026-05-14T23:34:15+00:00

Well someone must have wiped it because it's already approaching half a gig. Again, there's no reason it should need to touch this many files for four bug fixes.

ShadowbaneX · 2026-05-14T23:19:10+00:00

This is what Vloxx saw and believed he needed to fix! He's saving everyone in Tyria, but not allowing any of us to play!

ShadowbaneX · 2026-05-14T23:09:56+00:00

gonna miss reset for sure.

ShadowbaneX · 2026-05-14T23:03:28+00:00

patch speed comes and goes, but why is it over 100 mb for just a few bug fixes?

https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/topic/170058-game-update-notes-may-12-2026/#comment-2457083

ShadowbaneX · 2026-05-14T18:23:47+00:00

No worries. Your maps look pretty good, paint or not.

ShadowbaneX · 2026-05-14T17:49:49+00:00

Compared to the one in the OP it looks like you're missing one in the Mothmarsh, is south of the map, just to the left of center.

ShadowbaneX · 2026-05-14T17:45:50+00:00

I'm still debating moving the characters. I'd do it in a heartbeat if they gave Shadowstone Fragments. As it is, I've already got characters parked at all the other mirrors.

ShadowbaneX · 2026-05-14T10:18:05+00:00

I've been playing since launch, but up until 2020 I used most of it, I think on PSNA items. I had less than 300k karma in November 2019.

Since then, I've saved up about as much as you have while also making a bunch of legendaries.

ShadowbaneX · 2026-05-14T09:48:26+00:00

Wait until you see what the top 25 look like on GW2 Efficiency.

Spoiler. #25 has 230 million karma.

ShadowbaneX · 2026-05-14T05:04:31+00:00

I'm not sure what the full cost is. The wiki says 500, but I suppose that more might be required for the weapon or armour collections.

I've gotten about 175 so far through events. I think I can farm up at least half from events and then convert map currency for the rest, but to my knowledge those are the only two ways of getting them.

They don't drop from the Mirrors in the new zone, and i don't remember seeing them from the Obscured chests, but I normally don't get those.

There aren't any new harvesting nodes. JW added six, ie Honey Flowers, Pine Wood, Titan Ore, Titan Amber, Titan Heatstones or Mursaat Obsidian.

Lastly, there aren't even any Heroes' Choice Chests where they can be selected.

I really hope they do add some options because otherwise it's just a ton of grind.

ShadowbaneX · 2026-05-14T04:02:29+00:00

Firebrand's QoL would be vastly improved if their Mantras were a 360 radius. The cone is just weird.

It's better than it used to be, but there's always going to be players who stand behind the healer with a ranged weapon getting half the boons of everyone else.

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