Guild Wars 2

[Empress Mother Jin]

That... would make him hard to replicate... but I can see why he had it rough in the legions. You think he'd of joined the Olmakhan if he'd lived? Yeah he had the whispers but still

Oh, I would just think it's a bug, nothing to do with the lore. It's just a miniature version of him, after all. I believe he left the legions because of an explosive accident that nearly killed all his warband and left his right hand mangled.

As for him joining Olmakhan... I think, 50/50. He seems the type to want to travel and see the world, so if he survives Claw Island, I think he'll set off and explore, while dealing with the dragons first.

At the same time, I don't think he'll be curious enough to seek out the whole Wizard Tower (SOTO). By that point he'll have accomplished the goals he set for himself, fighting off the dragons ; perhaps he'll settle down by then.

I have a feeling he is not going to like dealing with Smodur...

 

[Icepaw]

Yeah I'd imagine he'd maybe avoid Smodur as joining an order may count as treason for all I know. Smodur was a fool given power and he got what was coming to him in the end. Bangar meanwhile supposedly gets really torn up when Jormag's power left him and has to I think spend prison time till his sentence is decided. Would not be surprised if the torment of dragon magic withdrawal gets him first though. On another note my revenant may need to tread maguuma to get the herald shoulder

 

[Empress Mother Jin]

Oh no, you don't need to go to Maguuma. As long as you fully unlock everything in the Herald specialization, you get the armor piece. A good number of my characters avoid HoT like a plague and get the hero points from PoF and EoD instead, still get the armor pieces when their elite specializations are fully unlocked.

 

[Icepaw]

I need over 130-140 hero points after I hunt down all the hero points left in cantha. It's either I scour central tyria or I toss myself into those accursed woods. Only..plus side to maguuma is I can maybe upgrade my gliding skill some to not have an energy bar anymore...maybe. I avoid it like the plague too but it's that or hunt through dozens of centlral tyria for hero points

 

[Empress Mother Jin]

Well you have Path of Fire too, which are quite easy to do. Full Tyria map, full Crystal Desert, and full Cantha, and you'll have enough points for all 3 elite specializations. Though, the gliding skill is also useful when mount is disabled.

 

[Icepaw]

Already got all the Path of Fire ones sad to say, but we'll see I might start leveling some of the other characters I got while I think things over

 

[Empress Mother Jin]

Aye well, I'm doing full central Tyria map with my Mesmer. It can be pretty tedious, but I'd rather be safe than dealing with HoT, no thanks.

On a side note, I really wish a lot of the armor skins are for full outfits, especially those that don't cover too much of the charr's tail. Really hard to find any that looks good, meh.

 

[Icepaw]

I kinda wish we had pants that at least for charr makes our tail look fiery or the like in ways that certain outfits do. I mean hey I love how the sentinel armor gives me a flaming tail but the bird theme of it not so much. Then the Balthazar armor outfit and the flaming tail but you can't control the color of the flames. Also wish i could dye backpacks so dragon wings backpack and glider would match and I'd be able to show it more often than hide it. Lot of stuff they can do, I'm also quietly hoping the new Janthir content coming out I think next week includes missing voice lines as I feel so guilty denying my mechanist their right to finish the story because she's been rendered mute.

 

[Empress Mother Jin]

wish i could dye backpacks so dragon wings backpack and glider would match and I'd be able to show it more often than hide it

There is a backpack and glider skin that look like dragon wings, and you can dye it.

Draconic Wings Backpack - Guild Wars 2 Wiki (GW2W)

wiki.guildwars2.com

Draconic Wings Glider - Guild Wars 2 Wiki (GW2W)

wiki.guildwars2.com

I kinda wish we had pants that at least for charr makes our tail look fiery or the like in ways that certain outfits do

I just wish I can look like the flame or lava shaman, without wearing pants (lol)

 

[Empress Mother Jin]

I did the Amnytas meta event again tonight. Though, instead of stealng Lyhr's line like usual, I just said it in the chat in the most bored way possible (lol) :

"Yes, yes, Amnytas is ours... yada yada yada... old news."

And Lyhr didn't say anything afterwards.

I like to think he is so fed up with me he just gave up tonight, haha...

 

[Empress Mother Jin]

Trying out and loving Willbender so far. Condition damage with axe/torch and dual-pistol, is amazing. I have a lot of fun with Almorra just burning and bleeding everything in her path.

Getting back to Thief as well, after so long... still getting the hang of it, but Deadeye is still my go-to when I need burst of damage to quickly clear out mobs. The trait 'Collateral Damage' really adds to that, making the marked target explodes and causes AOE damage, which is a nice bonus.

However, I am having issues with the achievements in EoD...

 

[Icepaw]

Trying out dual pistols on willbender myself, they're fun but I was I suppose more annoyed by the story I went through. You're not missing anything with Janthir, first half is nice but the last two chapters are kinda meh. Wanting to burn down the sylvari town as instead of getting the female charr voice lines they got the dang plant people... I hope that protest ends soon as I want to resume my mechanist's run through things. Hoping they never use or have used Ai for anything and that they never deny us voice lines again as my god it's like talking to ghosts when key people don't say anything and you're forced to read several paragraphs of text. Not saying who but the patch notes sadly tell you real quick...in other news my ranger charr is using knives and may go soulbeast but we'll see as all I know for my ranger is I've got a ascended longbow waiting for him now as my guardian swapped away from it to pistols and dual swords. I will say I met the new Iron legion Imperator and she's nice, decent gal and admits Smodur was a moron who kept sticking his paws in everything giving her more work lol

 

[Empress Mother Jin]

Well I'm not touching Janthir until it's on sales... and I still have EoD to explore anyway, so I can wait.

Guardian pistol is great for cond damage, with a lot of bleeding and burning, so I pair them with axe and torch. Willbender's Flame (F1, F2 and F3) can all cause burning damage, so I go all-in with as much damage as I can. If I feel like going raw strike damage, though, then it's Dragonhunter for me.

I realized that, from now on, if I play cond damage, then my equipment is always power / cond damage / vitality, regardless of class or elite specializations. Power / cond damage / precision is horribly expensive to gear up, and too weak in terms of defense for me.

 

[Icepaw]

Yeah a nice amount of burn and bleed and they're actually firing faster than long bow which saved my hide a few times. I sadly had to change the willbender heal back to the signet as it was like every time I activate the willbender heal nobody touches me or it barely heals me that much and that was killing me. End of the day my guardian gets to enjoy a nice vacation for a bit while I work on everyone else. Also looked up what you said about the warband mates and what became of them... sad to see they let Bangar poison their minds but your sparring buddy survives and that's what matters for me. Had to change up the personal story I had for my ranger though, thought he recruited that one heavy armor female charr for his blood legion warband but..nope he recruited the other option so maybe I'll have him and his sparring buddy as a couple if I ever write his story... Reeva is a cool gal and I'm so happy she lives

As for my other characters I've got a good few who need to kill Zhaitan still or well get to that point and press on from there so I may just spend some time slaughtering a zombie dragon. Taking it slow with my revenant in EoD as if I finish that too quick that jumps into secrets of the Obscure and that pushes me towards Janthir and I'm not going to throw my people into Janthir till the voice lines are finally there at least. I might mess around with my homestead some but we'll see as idk what I'd add if I did or not. Maybe change the dining room table and chairs up...expand the kitchen more...maybe do something with the cellar idk. Lot of land I got no clue what to do with just like when I played animal crossing lol