Celeste and Allona discuss the Revenant's underwater skills, teaser news from Anet for PAX Prime, some other stuff, and go berserk for the Berserker (That warrior is on FIRE)! Ultra's teacher-mode is engaged with the return of Surviving the Mists ... happy day!
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What We Did This Week
 

Allona

Got my 16.5K achievement chest … it’s one of the ‘meh’ ones but still … CHEEVOS!
Five away from finishing the Godskull weapon cheevo!
Did Teq on the weekend and mentioned I still needed Tail Flail. Decided to run to the back to see if I could get it. GOT IT FIRST TRY!
Fractals and fungeons on Saturday with MoCK
And a few more fractal and Arah runs with Relics and Spirit the Sherpa.
Related #1: Came in towards the middle of the swamp fractal and lucked into the ‘fancy footwork’ achievement! (You have to not hit any traps, which are all at the start of that fractal)
Related #2: Now at lvl 19 in Fractals!
Took some time to gear up thief, noticed her aqua breather was level 40 or something. Ran her down to Cursed Shore to pick up the level 80 breather. Hunter joined me along the way.
And then we ended up doing Cursed Shore zone completion.
Discovered that my thief is the one with the RNG luck. Out of 6 keys, I got both the omnomberry AND ghost pepper home instance nodes!

Celeste

I don’t remember anything, no wait…
I went into Allona’s instance last night to get some materials.
I found a cave in Straits of Devastation and had to look up a youtube guide on how to get to the vista… Surprisingly difficult.
Yep, that’s it. Yes seriously. Yes, I know I should be in game more often but I’ve been busy. Mostly with videos….

Story Instance Comparisons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld4PCnUO1mg
Elite Specializations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDB7JiTY690

 

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Report from Lion’s Arch
 
Points of Interest 29
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/the-herald-on-points-of-interest-a-summary/
http://dulfy.net/2015/08/14/gw2-revenant-herald-elite-specialization-livestream-notes/

Beta testing feedback has led to big changes for the revenant profession. Skills that cause a character to enter into the Mists have been updated to provide evasion so that characters don’t get killed while locked into the animations, and sword damage will be boosted. Some skills have been tweaked to better fit the legend they correspond to.
Revenant underwater weapon skills are:

Skills 1 AND 2 autoattack: Spear of Anguish/Rapid Assault. First is a ranged projectile that applies more torment the further the target is from you. The second is a physical flurry that is longer ranged than typical melee and applies vulnerability.
Skill 3: Venomous Sphere/Frigid Discharge. Venomous Sphere sends out a poisonous orb to attack enemies along a path while applying AOE poison. Flip over to Frigid Discharge to detonate the sphere and deal burst damage and inflict chill.
Skill 4: Igniting Brand/Devour Brand. Throw and embed your spear in the enemy where it will pulsate burning damage. Flip to Devour Brand to teleport to your enemy for a burst AoE.
Skill 5: Rift Containment. Create two rifts above and below to trap your enemy and pulsate damage.

Mallyx/Shiro will work underwater in BWE2, other Legends will be come later.
The herald specializes in support through boons and enhancements and is designed to complement any of the other legends. Pairing the herald with the Ventari legend helps bolster support, while using it alongside the somewhat fragile Shiro legend lends it some handy survivability.
Shield skills

Envoy of Exuberance - Send energy of Glint towards the target area granting protection to allies before releasing a burst of energy,