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So I glanced over a conversation where two people talked in map chat. One was very excited for the griffon but too broke to afford it yet. I sent them 200g and insisted they keep it, get the griffon and have fun with it. I do this from time to time. Reading chats and sometimes doing what I can to help players that genuinely seem excited.
And then I got this message in my inbox and I was really really touched by it, especially considering my real life is not easy right now.

But it's true: World can be a shitty place, but some people really make it better.

I hate it, I wish it could be turned off or refunded. You hit something when having to switch mounts and now you can't because you're in combat. It's so badly designed for the overall game, it's whatever even in the metas where you need it. I also don't like it thematically. I don't like that I can't traverse Tyria quietly without having to stamede some poor creature or constantly pay attention when I dash. Aren't cats supposed to be quiet, graceful and careful in their movement? It sucks because other than this warclaw is the best mount for overall traversal and is cool as heck. I do try to use jackal but sometimes you just gotta mount in combat.

Look details: https://uaot.art/fashion-gallery/posts/1477

Witch, Gothic, Beetlejuice

Saw a tree on a spit of jade a few years ago and recorded it for a vertical edit. Worked a screenshot of that into glitched digital art. Tools used were OBS and Clipchamp for video recording and original edit, with Snapseed and Glitch Lab for digital and glitch editing.

Reference of my character: https://uaot.art/fashion-gallery/posts/1444

Wanted to make Steve, but somehow ended up making his younger brother, Cleve. Apparently, violence runs in the family.

Head: Gaze of the Lich
Shoulders: Rot Stalker Shoulders
Chest: Seven Reapers Breastplate
Gloves: Wrappings of the Lich
Legs: Seven Reapers Legguards
Boots: Exuberant Sandals

Weapon: Greatsaw

On a related note, i attempted to solo Steve - that was a mistake lol

Wardrobe: https://uaot.art/fashion-gallery/posts/1478

i never attempted gw2 raids before cause i was thinking there re dedicated gw2 university programs for it so it must be really really difficult. maybe sole wipe mechs where i could ruin the whole raid. also because of a kid i cant join a raid for hours and hours to prog. so all i did was the raid matchmaking.

today i heard in mapchat some random stranger seeking actively for newbies to join a w4 raid. he explicitly said he is looking for newbs that dont need to know anything, the whole thing is gonna take 3 min only etc..

we got in he wrote 4 easy to understand short sentences.

1. stack on green. 2. red circle move to highlighted areas. 3. use special key to move faster.

then we started. it looked chaotic as the raid had like 4-5 newbs like me with 0 clue. newbs didnt move their red circle to dedicated areas but stacked it sometimes onto use. But healer stillt kept everbody at full health.

boss died after couple of min. top 4 dps all did 20-30k i did only 10k. haha. But damn that was actuallly not so scary after all and really simple.

i ve always wanted to do w1-wx to unlock my legendary armor crafting route but never attempted out of fear. now i dont know if all early raids are like this and granted not all raids have a setup to carry newbs, but maybe i could apply for some w1-w4 raids if they re that short?

I love that we have a reason to get people to visit our homesteads beyond just daily gathering. This daily haunted bell achievement really inspired me to decorate for the holiday. Please give me seasonal reasons to redecorate, Anet.

(Come visit my homestead when you see me in lfg festivals 👻)

Happy spooky season!

Edit: Mind the dragons, they're off their cycle

I'm geniunly confused as to why mirrors are being left to fester in the economy. The rewards of the the rest of the game are going down and down. Why?

Please Revitalize Core Tyria Dungeons

Dungeons need to be revisited to not feel like abandoned content.

• Make the Entrance NPC's also dungeon vendors so that new players can see exactly what their incentives are for doing those dungeons.
• Add revitalized dungeons as party of the daily achievement rewards.

Story Mode that is re-scaled to be Solo Personal Story instance and have Party Mode to be for up to 5 players still at minimum story level. Remove the cut scenes for in world dialogue, just reuse the same audio and use speech bubbles.

• Solo Mode - For Personal Story Progression
  • Just for getting the story done without requiring other players, with buffs and abilities to accompanying story NPC's; Like raising fallen players out of combat. The Destiny's Edge side story shouldn't have to be skipped or feel pressured to rush just because it's group content. This acts like a preview for the dungeon as group content, much like how new Strikes(Raids) are now introduced into the story.
• Party Mode as an encouraged repeatable leveling option for lower level players.
  • Bump up the XP rewards for lower levels. Diminishing returns once you reach level for the next dungeon.
  • At level rare drops for gear of that dungeon level to make Story mode more rewarding as a leveling option. Make the gear skins match from those of that dungeon.
  • Include Rare Trinkets and Back pieces as new rewards

Explorable Mode being re-scaled for level 80 Content with better reward rate. 26 Explorable Dungeon Options

• The Armor and weapons are already level 80 anyway. Make gear stat-selectable (to core Tyria stat sets) exotics. Dungeon tokens are already universal, there is no longer a reason to restrict dungeon gear to specific stat types. Explorable Dungeons should be a proper avenue for getting level 80 soul-bound Exotic Gear for Tyria PvE.
• The content difficulty is severely outdated and power creep-ed. Re-increase the difficulty and introduce more mechanics. Make the Dungeon paths select-able before entering the dungeon instead of voting in dungeon to help make it feel more fluid.
• Dungeon relevant armor/weapon chest drop and daily reward chests for completion.
• Include core Tyria Stat-Selectable Exotic Trinkets and Back pieces as new rewards
• Bring back Twilight Arbor (explorable)/Fyonna's Path/Fyonna%27s_Path)
• Quickplay Explorable Dungeons
• Weekly 10 Mystic Coins for Currency + Tokens of Dungeon Delving

Just finished Visions of Eternity and I can't help but feel bad for Vloxx. So many good intentions and generally a good guy who got a touch overambitious. You can see how pained he was dealing with the situations that caused him to do what the did. I think he needs a hug and to become the commander's friend.

Edit: I still think he needs to be punished for what he did. I am just acknowledging that he was driven by pain and trauma and genuinely wanted to help even though he chose terrible methods. And by the end he seemed remorseful.

Also it’s worth noting the commander has probably murdered far more people than Vloxx by far but because they were “bad guys” it was ok.

I think mine's gotta be Decima.

Got around 400h in GW2, mostly on Mesmer which I never really enjoyed lol. Spent another 100h trying to find my class and I think Deadeye is finally it.
Been running rifle + dual daggers for a bit and honestly love how it looks and plays. Just wanna make sure I’m not gonna struggle too much playing solo open world, especially against tougher mobs and groups.
Any decent builds or tips? Open to changing the second weapon too. Got all expansions but no Weaponmaster Training yet.

I play Deadeye, and am currently playing through the PoF story. And I notice, I’m dying constantly. I have full exotic gear, the right one for my build, sigils, etc. I have my fair share of time in the game, just put off the PoF story for a while. I’m at a level 80 proper build, going after a Deadeye guide. Now playing the story however, for once I get absolutely smashed. Many attacks take a massive chunk of HP immediately. Right now in Chapter 11, the big war, my HP drops by at least a quarter very regularly. With the amount of enemies for example, sure I have my evades, and some dashes, but once that’s used, then what? And then, there’s not even much to heal up as Thief, no? So how exactly does this class play? Survive? Also, these issues also translate into general open world, however not as dramatic. Still to a degree though.

For a while I've been working through a series of reviews on each of the raid wings, really taking my time to think about the encounters in-depth and making a tier list of them as I go. Today I finished the addition of wing 5 to this list.

For those interested, there are five main criteria I considered with each encounter to try and get a somewhat objective ranking:

1. Is it fun? Are the mechanics fun to solve, or are they annoying? Is there enough going on to fill the time, or do you have lots of downtime/time spent just mindlessly doing your rotation?
2. Does it have a mechanical identity? Are the mechanics unique, or have we seen it all before? Do they actually work together well, or is it a hodgepodge of random stuff?
3. Is there strategic variety? Is the fight complex enough for multiple strats, or is it too simple? Are there cool strats for beginners or hardcore players to use?
4. Is the encounter fun as a new player? Can you jump in and have fun, or does the fight only become fun after you've beaten it enough to understand it fully? For super hard ones, are they fun to prog? Are the mechanics intuitive?
5. Does the encounter stay fun in high-end groups? Can you trivialize or ignore most mechanics? Does powercreep make it too short or easy? Does playing the fight optimally make it more or less fun?

I'd be more than happy to discuss my more detailed thoughts if anyone has any questions regarding my placements.

Here's my attempt on the baby yoda cosplay.

Link to the wardrobe: https://uaot.art/fashion-gallery/posts/1476

Ho iniziato da poco sono al 60,il gioco mi sta piacendo molto amo esplorare e ripulire la mappa ma ho provato un paio di dungeon e mi sembrano sempre vuoti e le ricompense non mi sembrano così grandi,vale la pena di giocarli?negli altri mmo l’end game spesso è ripetere dungeon per droppare roba invece qui su gw 2 come funziona

I've looked across reddit and online and there's been different answers over the years. What's the most current best use of each ascended gear type (Weapon, armor, ring, amulet, etc.)? I've seen research vs. sell vs. salvage. There's also back and forth about what to do with rings to make it the best use. Thank you!