Season 2 of the living story starts July first! A teaser trailer has just been released. Are you ready for the chaos? 's about to hit the fan again. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-WUW_hPwcI
Log In Today for the Gates of Maguuma Release! The Fall of the Zephyrites The Zephyrites are in need of your aid! After they departed from the Labyrinthine Cliffs and the festivities there, the Zephyrites met with trouble in the air. You’ll need to find the ship and its inhabitants and figure out what went wrong. Digging Deeper Meet up with Marjory, Kasmeer, Braham, Rox, and Taimi and Scruffy to investigate what’s causing such a commotion and how it’s connected to the fallen Zephyr Sanctum. It’ll take courage and no small amount of teamwork to get to the bottom of things! Against the Inquest The commotion in the Maguuma region has garnered the attention of the notorious Inquest. As you venture through Dry Top, keep an eye out for Inquest devices and operatives. They’ll stop at nothing to reach their nefarious goals, so you’d best be prepared for a fight! Elite Achievements Beginning with season 2, all Living World Release content is permanent and re-playable thanks to the Journal! Once you complete this release's story steps, you'll unlock access to especially challenging achievements meant to push you to your limits! Read more about the Journal. Rich Rewards This release brings in a whole passel of new rewards, including new crafting materials. Refine Ambrite into sheets to be used in crafting gear with bonuses to Toughness, Healing, and Vitality, or harvest cacti to create delicious new dishes! You’ll also have a chance to find the new Adventurer’s Spectacles and Adventurer’s Scarf, which can be combined to create the stylish and functional Adventurer’s Mantle! Log In Today! While Living World and Journal content is only playable for level 80 characters, you can unlock permanent access to this content by simply logging in while the release is live - no matter what level your characters are! Log in today to unlock the Gates of Maguuma story content in your Journal! Gates of Maguuma Over the smoldering fires of Lion’s Arch, a roar echoes from the west. Now, mysterious incursions into Brisban Wildlands have alerted Tyria’s heroes to a threat reaching across its frontiers to tear at its foundations. Mystery and adventure await those who go forth into long forgotten territory. Achievements After completing the Gates of Maguuma episode, players can showcase their tactical mastery as a hero of Tyria by completing challenging, episode-related achievements. Introducing the Story Journal Located inside the Hero panel, the Story Journal gives level 80 players the ability to play and replay unlocked episodes of the Living World, starting with Season 2. Additionally, it allows players to easily switch between Living World episodes and the Personal Story. Episodes of the Living World are permanently unlocked when players log in when an episode is the current live release. If players happen to miss this free period for an episode, it can be unlocked later for a small gem fee via the Story Journal section of the Hero panel. Completing the story of a Living World episode will unlock skill-based achievements with unique rewards that can be earned when replaying the episode. Read full release HERE Read Patchnotes HERE
Key Points They fixed the Megadestroyer that always bugged! Now I will finally be able to try to take out the only world boss I haven't tried yet. "Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented the key NPCs from spawning in the “Protect the asura and their technology while they quell the unstable volcano” event in the Battle for Mount Maelstrom meta-event." Mai Trin Fractal Fixed "Mai Trin and First Mate Horrik should now scale appropriately with fractal levels." My endgame rune set, Rune of Strength, has been nerfed "Rune of Strength: The 4-piece bonus has had its might duration reduced from 10 seconds to 5 seconds for both the Major and Superior versions. The 6-piece bonus has had its damage bonus reduced from 7% to 5% while under the effect of might." New Items and Promotions In Black Lion Gem Store Mini Frostbite has been added to the Toys category for 400 gems. Find the new Shadow Assassin Outfit in the Style category for 700 gems.
Are the Living Story quests per account (log in with just one character on account to gain access) or is it per character?
It sound's like only level 80's can "unlock" an episode, as the Living Story is no longer something that appears to be randomly happening around you, but instead is trying to be seen as a "continuation" of your characters storyline. One level 80 can complete an episode. Once completed it becomes unlocked for all characters on your account, so other characters can work towards a new set of achievements for replaying the episode. " Once one character on your account has completed an episode in their story journal, every character on your account will have access to a set of challenging achievements. At any time once unlocked, you can return and attempt to replay that episode in order to complete the achievements." -https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/introducing-the-story-journal/
I think I'm going to have a rage break. The new skill point thingy has kinda killed my passion. sent through the air using science
I got to level 30 and realised I can't just spend my skill points. I have to specifically go do "side missions/quests" to unlock each one - or buy each one from a vendor. It's just added another barrier to actually trying out a class/build that I can't be bothered with it.
Yeah they did that on purpose. So you have to actually play the game to get what you want for your character. You know, like actually doing your quests and story as they were intended. And they are called trait points. Skill points are different and you also have to earn those by playing as well. FYI you can try out any build or gear FOR FREE in PVP starting at level 0. Great way to see if you will like a new character as well as experiment with new builds and gear/rune/sigil sets at no expense.
