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Guild Wars Reporter Episode 156 – Ultra’s Tonic Game Takes Over

July 13, 2015

Celeste and Allona ramble about basic GW2 news: Mist Champions, the admittedly awesome PoI, etc. before getting to the meat of the matter with Ultra … TONIC SUGGESTIONS!
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What We Did This Week
 

Allona

Finished the LA Karka Exterminator all on my own! It was wonderful having Hunter guide me for the first 30ish, but completing it solo without any assistance felt pretty damn good. Found the super duper hard one even!
I did the new LA jumping puzzle finally! With help from Hunter and Celeste.
Broke 500 gold! Then spent a bunch of it on T3 cultural armour.
Some zone completions on alts. No keys gorram it!
Fungeons and Fractals with MoCK … we even did fractals with agony! Ooooh. Aaaah.
Kitted out my Ranger with a new look. Which I love and may submit to GW2 Style.
PvP … have news, which I will talk about in Surviving the Mists. Hint: Eye of the (blank) - rhymes with Liger.
Oh! And completed one set of cheevos from LS: Season 2 last week when we streamed instead of having a show!

Celeste

Leveled my necro up to 80 (through the cunning use of tomes)
finishing achievements for season 2 for the sinister jewelry/accessories
Monk outfit and the mini pet rock, yes I know I’m a sellout but I really freaking loved that armor in gw1 and with the partially shaved head it was TOO GOOD for my mesmer
uhhhhh some other crap that I totally don’t remember… I think some pve stuff? I crafted on my engi but I know there’s more.

 

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Report from Lion’s Arch
 
Mist Champions
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/meet-the-mist-champions/
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/check-out-mist-champions-on-the-next-points-of-interest/

“Mist Champions replace heroes in Stronghold as the super weapons that help you punch through tough enemy defenses to push the game forward and secure victory for your team. In this update, each player now has a choice of which Mist Champion they will bring with them into the match. If you are the one to succeed at channeling the mist essence, your Mist Champion will join the fray.”
Nika is the only mist champion so far that is exclusive to Heart of Thorns
Turai Ossa - The savior of Elona

War Cry - Shield of Elona - summons a protective shield that blocks incoming attacks on allies and the lord
Passive - Desert Carapace - pulses aegis to himself and surrounding allies
Elite - Bane of Joko - taunts all enemies in the opposing lord’s room, grants turai retaliation

Grymm Svaard - Sailor and Sword-For-Hire aboard the Nomad II

War Cry - Cannon Barrage - fires a cannonball at all enemies on the map, cannonballs knock down and burn enemies
Passive - Steel and Fury - pulses fury, when an ally player crits there’s a chance for a cannonball to be called down
Elite - Nomad II Broadside - Grymm’s ship will fire all cannons into the lord’s room

Nika - Obsidian Flame Assassin, Avenger of Vizu

War Cry - Furtive Glance - Stealths allies (including lord) If you attack from the stealth you will blind enemies
Passive - Smoke and Daggers - pulses stealth, if you attack out of stealth you will blind your target
Elite - Fade to Black - Nika stealths and damages the enemies with a blind and daze periodically

You’ll be able to choose between 3 queues, conquest, stronghold, or both.

A: Oooh! I want Pyre Fierceshot at some point! Or Vekk!

C: CYNN AND MHENLO!

A: yussssssssssssssssss. Flirt/fight!

 
Lion’s Arch PoI Summary
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/points-of-interest-livestream-summary-lions-arch/

It was delightful, shenanigans ensued, and Josh Foreman broke my heart by calling the bottles at the consortium cubicle farm “water bottles.” go watch it.
A: My personal favourite highlights were from Peter: