Guild Wars 2
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Fractals are bite-sized dungeons specifically designed for the system, with a finite amount of difficulty tiers, require a specific unique stat and armour rarity to progress through the tiers.
Mythic dungeons are repurposed basic dungeons, with a soft-infinite amount of difficulty tiers, a focus on speedruns, and require a specific tiered key to access.
The only thing that Fractals added after their release that might have come from mythics was the fractal instabilities which could have been aped from mythic affixes, but that's hardly a new mechanic in gaming so even that's iffy.
And again: Fractals came 4 years before mythics, so if anyone is copying anyone then it's mythics that are a ripoff.
Mythic dungeons are repurposed basic dungeons, with a soft-infinite amount of difficulty tiers, a focus on speedruns, and require a specific tiered key to access.
The only thing that Fractals added after their release that might have come from mythics was the fractal instabilities which could have been aped from mythic affixes, but that's hardly a new mechanic in gaming so even that's iffy.
And again: Fractals came 4 years before mythics, so if anyone is copying anyone then it's mythics that are a ripoff.
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ShakyJake
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The game has always been pretty smooth for me except when there are a bajillion players in an event.
The average FPS is often pretty fine, but it has severe spikes in many situations that makes for a stuttery mess. One prime example is being anywhere near the The city of Amnoon and just turning your camera around. The frametiming bounces around between your max all the way down to 26ms.
DX9 is just damn old, unable to utilize modern components, and doesn't handle draw calls at all which is why players and quick changes (like camera movement) tank fps. It was already a decade old when GW2 was released.
Hekotat
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I'd suggest one of the quality of life things you can buy, like a copper fed salvage device (and a shared inventory slot if you plan on alts) or some bank storage. The living season packs are good value if you are interested in story stuff or the rewards they unlock.
Valderen
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Yep that's actually it.
Judging by some googling, it seems like hitting up the LFG tool might be the best option. The wiki is a bit confusing on the public mode part of them, and it almost sounds like it's only available for the latest one or something.
Valderen
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Yeah, I saw that. You get 2 options when you are given a strike mission. Public or Squad, I selected Public since I didn’t have a group...but apparently no plays that mode, so I ended up with a few people who left before the end. I’ll give it a shot tomorrow with LFG, hopefully that works better since it’s part of the story so it’s needed to advance.
Skinner
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The story mission strike can be easily solo'd and scales down to one player.
Edit: I assume we're talking about Forging Steel, as that's the only story instance that takes place in a strike mission. Just select "Squad" and continue to solo it. If you do public and others join and leave it'll scale up and remain scaled.
Edit: I assume we're talking about Forging Steel, as that's the only story instance that takes place in a strike mission. Just select "Squad" and continue to solo it. If you do public and others join and leave it'll scale up and remain scaled.
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Couple extremely useful links for people returning
gw2efficiency
Hook your API to that (ArenaNet) and you'll find a ridiculous amount of useful tools and easily accessible account info
wiki.guildwars2.com
Easy to view event timers
Site to help speed up the main daily
Really useful program to help keep track of where your mouse cursor is as the game has a shitload of visual noise. Also works for other programs/windows.
gw2efficiency
Hook your API to that (ArenaNet) and you'll find a ridiculous amount of useful tools and easily accessible account info
Event timers - Guild Wars 2 Wiki (GW2W)
Easy to view event timers
Dailies @ gw2.tools
gw2tools.gitlab.io
Site to help speed up the main daily
Really useful program to help keep track of where your mouse cursor is as the game has a shitload of visual noise. Also works for other programs/windows.
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Tuco
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I've returned to quite a few games after years of not playing and GW2 is no different. You load in and there is all this bullshit you kinda remember, and a lot more bullshit you don't.
Game still looks beautiful though, and the controls feel good. I can't believe how broke I left my character. Then again I probably gave all my $$$ to my friends when I quit.
Game still looks beautiful though, and the controls feel good. I can't believe how broke I left my character. Then again I probably gave all my $$$ to my friends when I quit.
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There's a chance you have some shit in your material storage worth some coin. That gw2efficiency site I linked will tell you exactly what and how much if you hook up your api.I've returned to quite a few games after years of not playing and GW2 is no different. You load in and there is all this bullshit you kinda remember, and a lot more bullshit you don't.
Game still looks beautiful though, and the controls feel good. I can't believe how broke I left my character. Then again I probably gave all my $$$ to my friends when I quit.