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Guild Wars Reporter Episode 113 - The Maguuma Hangover Show

July 04, 2014



Celeste and Allona make it through the sandstorms of Dry Top, and sleepily (but with subtle enthusiasm) chat about the Gates of Maguuma episode one!


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What We Did This Week

 


Allona



  • Marathoned Key’s last few personal story chapters and finished the Arah story fungeon, pre-LW season two extravaganza
  • While waiting for Arah to start ran through Malchor’s Leap with Hunter and RAN IN TO ASTARLYN DURING AN IN GAME EVENT! I was pretty excited.
  • Got my ranger to 80 … at four now!
  • Did a ton of JPs with Mock
  • Did a few more Boss Blitz’s trying to gold … got a couple silvers
  • Got the new assassins outfit … it’s purty
  • ~whispers~finishedthestoryofthefirstepisodeinoneday

Celeste



  • Tried to finish my monthly, failed by a couple of hours
  • did some jumping puzzles with MoCK
  • Turned in all my tokens and got my mini panda
  • Messed around in Dry Top with Allona
  • Played on my Engi with Benj in Metrica, where I had lots of artifacting and crashes
  • Mini Frostbite!

 


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Report from Lion’s Arch

 


Gates of Maguuma patch notes

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/july-01-2014/

https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/info/updates/Game-Update-Notes-July-1-2014



  • Story Journal! Works exactly like they had said it would.
  • “There’s a strange disturbance in the tangled western reaches of the Brisban Wildlands, and it’s up to you to find out what’s afoot! Meet up with Seraph forces in Brisban and get to the root of the problem.â€

    • C: Ha! Root!


  • “You’ll need to find the ship and its inhabitants and figure out what went wrong…  Meet up with Marjory, Kasmeer, Braham, Rox, and Taimi and Scruffy to investigate what’s causing such a commotion and how it’s connected to the fallen Zephyr Sanctum.â€
  • “As you venture through Dry Top, keep an eye out for Inquest devices and operatives. They’ll stop at nothing to reach their nefarious goals, so you’d best be prepared for a fight!â€
  • “Completing the story of a Living World episode will unlock skill-based achievements with unique rewards that can be earned when replaying the episode.â€
  • “This release brings in a whole passel of new rewards, including new crafting materials. Refine Ambrite into sheets to be used in crafting gear with bonuses to Toughness, Healing, and Vitality, or harvest cacti to create delicious new dishes! You’ll also have a chance to find the new Adventurer’s Spectacles and Adventurer’s Scarf, which can be combined to create the stylish and functional Adventurer’s Mantle!â€

    • These items are from the chests that appear during the storms, RNG based.


  • “‘Kick from Guild’ will no longer appear in user context menus outside of the guild roster.â€

    • A: BEST PART OF THE PATCH! (not really, but I AM super happy about this)


  • “Inquest engineers no longer create flame turrets under water.â€
  • “Characters that logged out while in the Mad King’s Labyrinth will be rerouted to Lion’s Arch.â€

    • C: Umm, where were they going before? Back to the labyrinth?


  • “Mai Trin and First Mate Horrik should now scale appropriately with fractal levels.â€
  • Lots of profession skill changes

    • A: Most importantly the update to Blurred Inscriptions! ~bias~


  • Finished the story already? Guess what? “Even if all of this new content is not to your taste, I suggest you take one moment to log into your account in the next 13 days. This is free content, and we want it to be accessible to our players forever, still free. So we’ve created the story journal to make that happen.†(source) Next Story starts in (roughly) 2 weeks.

 


FINALLY. Some respect.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/29kyhb/commander_of_the_pact_acknowledged/



  • C: I’m over the moon to see this in-game. Seriously.
  • A: This was a super nice nod to the personal story.

 


Shadow Assassin outfit and Mini Frostbite

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/mini-frostbite-and-shadow-assassin-outfit-in-the-gem-store/



  • Notice how we’ve been getting a lot more Canthan flair lately? Thanks China launch!
  • A: I love that the lady version uses the cherry blossom fabric that is on the town clothes top (now tonic)

 


Who is this saboteur?

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/29mrm5/a_little_background_on_a_certain_saboteur/ (http://hyacinth-vale.tumblr.com/post/90532935832/spoilers-for-season-2-chapter-1-who-was-aerin)



  • A: Holy crap! This is an amazing collection!

 


Taimi recognizes your race and profession

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/29ltdu/spoilers_taimi_recognizes_your_characters_race/



  • A: Slightly related: apparently your conversation with Belinda is different depending on your race, and — if human — which background you chose!

 


Season 1 rewards available at laurel merchants

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/29lake/if_you_missed_out_on_season_1_rewards_you_can_get/



  • A: I think, until they figure out how to add season one to the story journal, this is a really good stop gap solution.

 


Ask An Asura

 


Allona’s Tip: I know what I’m going to cover next week: Combos. Mmmm… combos. http://gasstationgourmet.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo-27.jpg


Celeste’s Tip: Doing a keyfarm? Go around and finish off DR once you’re done with getting the key, know why? Transmutation charges. Yes it takes a little bit longer but you’ll be getting something that you can’t get without paying gems. Same as a key.


 


Listener/MoCK guildie, Dread Panther’s tip (with follow-up by one of his many, many, many Asura)


18 slot cloth bags are more expensive to craft than the other 18 slot containers.



  • A: According to GW2spidy’s ‘sell price’ as of this afternoon 10 Cured Thick Leather Squares will cost you 4 silver/3 copper; 10 Mithril Ingots are 14 silver; and 10 Bolts of Silk are 71 silver. You have to add 2 gold for the rune, but you’re still saving quite a bit of coin not making the silk bags!


  • “Also I think that although the data shows that 18 slot thick leather packs are less expensive to manufacture, you have to take into account whether you will be buying the material from the Trading Post or if you will be salvaging/mining it yourself (or if you are really good, you would have an underling, I mean apprentice, obtain the material for you).

    Lastly, if I wanted to be thoroughly thorough I would include the cost of mining picks versus salvage kits. But alas, I have much more important pursuits to …. pursue.”

 


dibstaru on twitter asks “with GW1 in maintenance mode, is it too late to do Hall of Monuments for AP in GW2?â€

https://twitter.com/dibstaru/status/483993955915542528



  • C: Absolutely not, there’s still plenty of reasons to jump back in to GW1 (HAHA cause you can’t jump). They still have bonus and festival events happening on a set rotation so it might take you a little while to get moving on some of the more illusive “achievementsâ€/ title tracks. When it comes to some of the PvP title tracks you may find yourself pitted against the same people day in, day out so I’m sure that could get tedious.

    If you’re new to the game or just really rusty, we’ve done previous guides on how to play the game like a pro http://mmoreporter.com/tag/mastering-guild-wars/ Or you could just rely on the checklist from the hall of monuments site and the amazing wiki.

 


Tales of Tyria

 


Harp Music videos

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFS-MUip4PdlfsfLUJugMLg/videos


 


Oh, that silky sand

https://twitter.com/kayseecot/status/484214156019499008



  • I can just imagine my character’s face when a zephyrite hands her some sand as a thanks for her help. “no really, it’s silkier than normal”

 


meyer’s briggs type silliness

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/28tkc1/mbti_which_guild_wars_2_character_are_you/



  • A: I am Taimi! Woot! Everyone else can go home…
  • C: I’m… I’m… I’m SCARLET!

 


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