Guild Wars 2 DevilDragons: 2012

Σάββατο 22 Σεπτεμβρίου 2012

Legendary Sword Twilight Visual Guide

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Legendary Sword Twilight Visual Guide

BY: ECHELON | GW2 NEWS

COMMENTS

Player Keyraa Ashborn, of Blackgate US, has put together a great visual guide for all mats needed to create the legendary sword Twilight. Anyone who is on their way to crafting a legendary can appreciate this guide, as the amount of mats and time it takes to get everything together is quite a monumental task.

Thanks for sharing this Keyraa! View the guide here.

SEP
2012

Lock & Key: Traiting At 80

BY: WORMWOOD | PROFESSIONS,THIEF

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So, thanks to some judicious use of [Orange Sauce], I was able to hit 80 on my Thief a short time ago. Not a massive achievement, but still a significant step on any Thief’s journey through Tyria. This week, I’ll continue in the same style as my previous guide to the first 40 levels of your experience in Tyria.

At 40, you have many of your traits unlocked and most of the skills you’ll end up using, and you probably feel like you are starting to get a handle on things, gameplay-wise. So what happens next? Well, my friend, now we get into the good stuff. I realize many of you have likely hit 80 a while ago, but I know from my own experience that there are still a few people climbing that ladder. This is for those of you just reaching 80, and for those looking for a slightly different build.

As I noted in my 1 to 40 guide, I see the Thief as falling into three basic leveling styles, which I based on the three personal biography choices available to thieves. The Anonymity-minded thief will focus on Stealth and perhaps condition-based damage. A thief looking for Determination will focus on straight damage, and the Subterfuge thief plays the role of support. I can’t really continue the same way as last time, though. At Level 80, it all comes down to traits. I’m going to offer a trait build for each of these leveling builds for you to build toward.

Also, unlike last time, I’m going to assume you have, or will buy, all training manuals. The markets are starting to stabilize, and I think money is starting to become less of an issue in the game as a whole. Also, it’d make this a much harder article to write if you didn’t have that training manual…

Anonymity:

Your Traits are here to make stealth your super-weapon, as well as focusing on critical hits. There’s a good number of Major Traits that affect stealth, but I think that the collection I have chosen is a good mix. This build is 0/30/30/10/0:

- Critical Strikes: Side Strike – Stealth provides you the best means of getting into the perfect position. Your Dagger Stealth skill should be enough to get you to use this. Combo Critical Chance: It’s brilliant. Any dual skill you use will benefit from this. Hidden Killer – The lynchpin. Being able to count on a critical from stealth makes every point, be it from traits, equipment or sigils, into Critical Damage more valuable.

- Shadow Arts: Shadow’s Embrace – Plays into the idea of stealth being your refuge. Removing conditions can be incredibly useful in the right situations, and is never a bad idea. Patience – Your initiative regen trait. Every build should address the Thief’s need for initiative, and this is yours. Shadow Rejuvenation – Makes stealth even more of a safe haven for you, as you effectively now have a slew of healing skills.

- Acrobatics: Fleet Shadow – Seems obvious. Since you’ll be in stealth for a good part of your gameplay, moving faster while in stealth makes a lot of sense.

Determination:

Focus on Damage and Survivability. Though the best way to do this in my opinion is to dodge roll often, and use dodge skills like Withdraw, I’ve gone for a less mobile form of survivability in this build, which is 10/30/0/30/0:

- Deadly Arts: Sundering Strikes – Vulnerability is one of the best ways to bring an enemy down fast. A 40% chance for 5 seconds of vulnerability is nothing to scoff at. Nor is the extra power you’ll get from investing in this trait line.

- Critical Strikes: Furious Retaliation – Fury for 10 seconds? I almost don’t care what the prerequisites are. It is also a great bit of surviviability, as you can use every benefit you can get. Combo Critical Chance – I think this is a superb trait to take in almost any build. Combo skills tend to involve a flurry of attacks, from Unload to Pistol Whip. So, for each of those to have a better chance of being a critical hit? Sound like a good plan to me . Executioner - More damage to the injured? This is this build’s perfect skill. Focus on those enemies at low health and watch them drop.

- Acrobatics: Power of Inertia – If you are a thief, you should be dodge rolling often. This trait will make sure that those dodges can be translated into more killing power. Assassins Reward – If you are going to be in close combat, you are likely going to be taking damage. Signet of Malice will help mitigate this, but this skill can also help. Quick Pockets – perhaps an odd choice, but I can imagine switching quickly between a sword and dual daggers. You initiative woes are managed, and you get to be a flurry of blades. Win-win, in my mind!

Subterfuge:

You’re building your traits for others in this build. You want to focus on granting boons to your allies or help them in some other fashion. Though there are many ways this can be done, I’ve opted for a 0/0/20/20/30 build:

- Shadow Arts: Master of Deception – It’s all about Shadow Refuge. The more often you can use this, the better off your group will be. Shadow Protector – Makes Shadow Refugee all the more powerful. I call it my “healing nuke.”

- Acrobatics: Nothing in the Adept traits is all that amazing for this build, but I’ll suggest Descent of Shadows. I’ve had great success with it in WvW as a support Thief. Quick Recovery – Your answer to any Initiative woes you may have.

- Trickery: Thrill of the Crim e- Buff those allies!. Bountiful Thef t- again… BUFF THOSE ALLIES! Sleight of Hand – Super helpful to have a daze available for use.

So, there is my take on the journey to 80. There are, of course, many ways to accomplish this. Going into WvW, spending your time crafting, it all works, and I’d say you should diversify. It is the spice of the game. Now that you are a level 80 Thief, find a goal or a passion. If you want to craft a legendary weapon, start working towards that. Hoping to lead your server to victory in WvW? You should start saving for that Commander upgrade. Hell, if you even want to play the market game, you can do that too! This game is all about finding a goal and working towards it. Do that, and I think you’ll be playing for a long time to come…

Τρίτη 18 Σεπτεμβρίου 2012

The Skill Points Guide

What It Takes To Make A Legendary

In an effort to help players understand the process that is required to make a legendary weapon, Reddit user Kurunir created a handy infographic.

The process is intense and will take a good amount of time to create, but in the end you’ll have a legendary weapon all your own.

Κυριακή 16 Σεπτεμβρίου 2012

The Recipe for Crafting Your Legendary [Including Screenshots]

With great thanks to the Guild Wars 2 community, we now have the formula for crafting legendary weapons. Below is the Master Recipe for legendary weapons and all the sub-components required to craft them:

Base Exotic Weapon
Base Gift
Gift of Mastery: Bloodstone Shard + 250x Obsidian Shard + Gift of Exploration + Gift of Battle
Gift of Fortune: 77x Mystic Clover + 250x Glob of Ectoplasm + Gift of Magic + Gift of Might

Base Exotic Weapon
They can be obtained by throwing 4 rare/exotic weapons above level 76 (research ongoing) of the type you want to obtain into the Mystic Forge (4x Greatsword for Dusk or Dawn) and getting lucky. Or you might be able to obtain them as loot from events or enemies while being out in the world.

Staff - The Legend of Rage - Used for: Bifrost
Sword - Zap of Rage - Used for: Bolt
Torch - Dragons Claw of Rage/Rodgort's Claw of Rage - Used for: Dragons Maw/Rodgort
Shortbow - The Lover of Rage - Used for: The Dreamer
Shield - The Seeker of Rage - Used for: Flameseeker Prophecies
Speargun - Rage of Rage - Used for: Frenzy
Axe - Tooth of Frostfang of Rage - Used for: Frostfang
Warhorn - Howl of Rage - Used for: Howler
Dagger - Spark of Rage - Used for: Incinerator
Hammer - The Colossus of Rage - Used for: Juggernaut
Longbow - Leaf of Kudzu of Rage - Used for: Kudzu
Trident - Venom of Rage - Used for: Kraitkin
Spear - Maw of Rage - Used for: Maw of the Deep
Scepter - Storm of Rage - Used for: Meteorlogicus
Focus - The Bard of Rage - Used for: Ministrel
Mace - The Energizer of Rage - Used for: Moot
Rifle - The Hunter of Rage - Used for: The Predator
Pistol - Chaos Gun of Rage - Used for: Quip
Greatsword - Dawn of Rage - Used for: Sunrise
Greatsword - Dusk of Rage - Used for: Twilight

Base Gift
You need a specific Superior Sigil depending on what you want to craft, but they are most likely themed. Also the Mystic Forge won't accept any other sigils than the one that works with the specific components you threw into it (as far as we know).

Base Gift Recipe: Crafting Gift A + Crafting Gift B + 100x Icy Runestones + Superior Sigil of X

Base Gift Sub-Gifts

Staff - Bifrost = Gift of Color & Gift of Energy
Sword - Bolt = Gift of Metal & Gift of Lightning
Torch - Dragons Maw/Rodgort = Gift of Wood & [Not found in-game]
Shortbow - The Dreamer = Gift of Wood & Unicorn Statue
Shield - Flameseeker Prophecies = Gift of Metal & Gift of History
Speargun - Frenzy = Gift of Wood & Gift of Water
Axe - Frostfang = Gift of Metal & Gift of Ice
Warhorn - Howler = Gift of Wood & Wolf Statue
Dagger - Incinerator = Gift of Metal & Vial of Liquid Flame
Hammer - Juggernaut = Gift of Metal & Vial of Qucksilver
Longbow - Kudzu = Gift of Wood & Gift of Nature
Trident - Kraitkin = Gift of Energy & Eel Statue
Spear - Maw of the Deep = Gift of Metal & Shark Statue
Scepter - Meteorlogicus = Gift of Energy & Gift of Weather
Focus - Ministrel = Gift of Energy & Gift of Music
Mace - Moot = Gift of Metal & Gift of Entertainment
Rifle - The Predator = Gift of Wood & Gift of Stealth
Pistol - Quip = Gift of Wood & Gift of Entertainment
Greatsword - Sunrise = Gift of Metal & Gift of Light
Greatsword - Twilight = Gift of Metal & Gift of Darkness

Base Gift Sub-Components

Lodestones used for crafting weapon-specific Gifts drop from the following Dungeons as far as we know:
- Twilight Arbor - Onyx Lodestone
- Citadel of Flame - Molten Lodestone
- Honor of the Waves - Glacial Lodestone
- Crucible of Eternity - Charged Lodestone
- Arah - Corrupted Lodestone
- Unknown Locations
  - Destroyer Lodestone - Drops off Destroyers in Mount Maelstrom
  - Crystal Lodestone

You can also make Lodestones in the Mystic Forge if you have the core equivalent (one tier below lodestones): 2x Core Type + 1x Crystal + 1x Bottle of Elonian Wine + 1x Pile of Crystalline Dust

Dungeon Gifts: obtained at the vendors in LA that also sell dungeon armor. Each costs 500 Tokens from their respective dungeons.
Icy Runestones are obtained after defeating the Claw of Jormag in Frostgorge Sound for 1 gold each.

Sigils

Staff - Bifrost = Superior Sigil of Nullification
Sword - Bolt = Superior Sigil of Air
Torch - Dragons Maw/Rodgort = Superior Sigil of Fire
Shortbow - The Dreamer = Superior Sigil of Purity
Shield - Flameseeker Prophecies = Superior Sigil of Battle
Speargun - Frenzy = Superior Sigil of Rage
Axe - Frostfang = Superior Sigil of Ice
Warhorn - Howler = Superior Sigil of Accuracy
Dagger - Incinerator = Superior Sigil of Fire
Hammer - Juggernaut = Superior Sigil of Sanctuary
Longbow - Kudzu = Superior Sigil of Conjuration
Trident - Kraitkin = Superior Sigil of Venom
Spear - Maw of the Deep = Superior Sigil of Agony
Scepter - Meteorlogicus = Superior Sigil of Air
Focus - Ministrel = Superior Sigil of Energy
Mace - Moot = Superior Sigil of Energy
Rifle - The Predator = Superior Sigil of Force
Pistol - Quip = Superior Sigil of Stamnia
Greatsword - Sunrise = Superior Sigil of Strength
Greatsword - Twilight = Superior Sigil of Leeching

Gift of Mastery and Gift of Fortune Sub-Components

Obsidian Shard: obtained from Tactician Deathstrider at the Temple of Balthazar in Straits of Devastation for 2100 karma each.
Gift of Exploration (x2): obtained by reaching 100% World Completion
Gift of Battle: obtained from any weaponsmith in the WvW area for 500 Badges of Honor
Mystic Clover: rarely obtained in the Mystic Forge with this recipe: 10 Obsidian Shards + 10 Mystic Coins + 10 Glob of Ectoplasm + 10 Crystals
Gift of Magic: 250x Vicious Fang + 250x Armored Scale + 250x Vicious Claw+ 250x Ancient Bone
Gift of Might:250x Vial of Powerful Blood + 250x Powerful Venom Sac + 250x Elaborate Totem + 250x Pile of Crystalline Dust
Mystic Coin: rewards for daily/monthly achievements (also available on the Trading Post)
Glob of Ectoplasm: obtained from salvaging 70+ rare/exotic items with at least a Master's Salvage Kit
Crystal: obtained from Miyani for 3 skill points per 5 crystals

Image Gallery
Unfortunately we were not able to get screenshots of all the legendaries, but here are the ones we did manage to find:

Maw of the Deep

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