Allona is all alone … or is she!? Wait! Is that a super handsome special mystery guest? Is it … is it Hunter!? It is! Hunter joins Allona to talk about game updates, the Stronghold beta (which Hunter loves) and the Maguuma Hylek!
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What We Did This Week
 

Hunter

If you check the LFG tool you can often find shovel parties being advertised. I went through the silverwastes chest farm where you find chests with shovels and open them with bandit keys. I ended up with about 80 champion bags, untold loots, and 18 obsidian shards. The best way to get obsidian shards without karma.
Romo took me into his home instance which had every last damn thing.
Made a couple ambrite weapons.
Raided temples of Orr with my temple raiding guild.
Zone completion with Allona
Fungeons. slurms, kal, allona me and… celeste and M (Allona: and Rune Lockhart)
Guild Missions. I’m typically very quiet during Maven’s Guild missions due to being recorded and wanting to avoid being last in Guild Rush. Have to concentrate. Plus those guys talk. A lot.

Allona

Fungeons and Fractals with MoCK! Got a couple fractals we haven’t got in a while … or possibly ever. :)
As Hunter mentioned, some map completion … nice and relaxing!
Finished the toy tonic collection … I can turn into a gift!
Guild missions with Maven. 4th pace in the rush! Movin’ on up!
Stronghold! I played several games on Tuesday. Once with Celeste! Then I played three with Aurora Peachy during her GW2 stream. We won two of those, so that was fun! I have a bit more to talk about with this, but I want to leave it for the show proper.
Got T3 armour for my norn warrior
15K CHEST!!!!!

 

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Report from Lion’s Arch
 
Patch notes!
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Game_updates/2015-04-14

Balance, Bug-Fixing, Polish

Updated the way that crafting-discipline tooltips display on materials and recipe-unlock items.

Active disciplines will be displayed in white, while inactive disciplines will be grayed out.
For each discipline, the required rating number will be displayed in green if the player's crafting skill meets that rating or in red if the player's skill is below the required rating.

Fixed a bug in which the Mad Scientist's Harvesting Tool caused a frost effect behind players.
Fixed a bug with Ranger pet passive states.

Black Lion Trading Company Gem Store

A new Rainbow Unicorn Finisher is available for a limited time in the Upgrades category of the Gem Store for 700 gems.

A: Have you seen this yet?! It’s pretty great!

The Living World Season 2 Complete Pack is available in the Upgrades category of the Gem Store. Purchasing this package will unlock any Living World Season 2 episodes you do not currently have unlocked. Each episode is unlocked at a 20% discount compared to purchasing individually. The price for this item is automatically adjusted based on the number of episodes being unlocked. Check the item description for details.

A: Yay!

Each race and gender now has three new hairstyles found exclusively inside Self-Style Hair Kits and Total Makeover Kits, available in the Services category of the Gem Store.

A: I really like a lot of these … although the one charr lady oe looks like a choking hazard. :)

 
Itzel Hylek have perma “side eye†and Allona loves it!
http://massivelyop.net/2015/04/15/flameseeker-chronicles-exclusive-guild-wars-2-maguuma-hylek-interview/
Be warned: There ARE some slight spoilers to the personal story of the core game.

H: When I first saw the title Maguuma Hylek Interview, I thought it was some role play interview with a Hylek villager or something. Anyway, McGough talks about Hylek, the new tribes, their mentality.