Trailer: Seeds of Truth Begins December 2

[Karizee]

Trailer: Seeds of Truth Begins December 2



Next Tuesday, December 2, the story of Living World season 2 continues in the Seeds of Truth release!



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https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/t...ns-december-2/

PATCH NOTES: https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/foru...ecember-2-2014

[lawow74]

Hmm. Caithe, Faolain, the Nightmare Court and the Inquest? Could get interesting.

[Deleted]

Nothing too exciting to bring me to play. Sigh...

[Deleted]

I like how the game seems to have a bit of a 'dark' turn. People being hung by vines, *spoiler* the sun aspect master woman being impaled (I honestly didn't see that coming) and now sylvari being brutally experimented on.

[Meledelion]

to make a spoiler use the spoiler tag like this [ spoiler][ /spoiler]

[Svifnymr]

I'm sure someone can and will rip the trailer apart for every little detail, but otherwise it's not a very coherent thing...

[Exroyal]

We knew that Asura experimented on Sylvari when Sylvari first came to Tyria.

Looks like we'll play as Caithe and 'go back' in time and play her past. The cave part and the symbols on the doors could be the cave where the Sylvari seed? Maybe som Ventari etc?

[Deleted]

I'm sure someone can and will rip the trailer apart for every little detail, but otherwise it's not a very coherent thing...

There is a lot of talk about it and a wooden potatoes video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9rH1e8RcWQ

I had totally forgotten what the asura did to the sylvari when they first saw them

[Rivellana]

Well, that story was a lot of fun. I didn't realize that you'd get the leg from finishing the story and have no choice but to grind out bandit crests to buy the boots, though. Had to go back and look at them and for cloth I'm not even sure it's worth my time.

Is there no other way to get the boots? Will we at least get the chest from the next story?

[Vizardlorde]

I have a bad feeling those dam boots are going to cost me 3k bandit crests. Luckily it seems that well get to have the complete set in 2 weeks so I'll get my "free" ascended armor chest to complete the ascended collection to complete the exotic collection to get the karmic converter thingy. YAY Collections!

[Karizee]

PATCH NOTES: https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/foru...ecember-2-2014

12/02/14 – December 2 Release Notes
Release Notes:

LIVING WORLD
Seeds of Truth
The death of the Zephyrite Master of Peace and Caithe’s hasty exit with Glint’s egg have left more questions than answers. Why did Caithe take the egg? And, more importantly, how do you catch a thief?
Achievements
After completing Seeds of Truth, showcase your tactical mastery as a hero of Tyria by completing challenging, episode-related achievements.
Rewards

• Continue collecting Carapace and Luminescent armor with the addition of heavy, medium, and light boots and leg armor.
• Earn pieces of Carapace leg armor by completing the Seeds of Truth storyline. Extra pieces can also be purchased for bandit crests.
• Carapace boots can be found in Lost Bandit Chests. Additionally, players who receive the Boot Requisition Order will be able to purchase boot pieces for bandit crests.
• Recipes to craft ascended Sinister armor and weapons are now available.
• Named for the fabled necromancer Verata, the inscription and insignia recipes can be purchased for bandit crests.
• Recipes for weapons and armor can be found in recipe books in Lost Bandit Chests throughout the Silverwastes.
• New and exciting treasures can be found in Lost Bandit Chests.
• Players who find the Essence of Time will be able to create the new focus, Eternal Sands, in the Mystic Forge.
• Mini Mordrem Thrashers and Endless Mordrem Thrasher Tonics may be found.
• Bandit crest collectors have several new offerings.
• Endless Mordrem Husk Tonic
• Mini Mordrem Husk
• Mordrem Fang Extraction Device
• Bag of Rare Gear
• Complete the Drydock Scratch jumping puzzle to find a Magnificent Chest that contains masterwork and rare gear, empyreal fragments, patchwork knapsacks, jewels, and a chance to find the new welding torch.

NEW FEATURES AND CONTENT
Arenas

• Team and Solo Arena have been merged into Ranked Arena.
• A party of any size can queue, including solo players.
• Player statistics from Team Arena and Solo Arena have been combined to create Ranked Arena stats.
• Legacy Team and Solo Arena stats can be viewed in the PvP panel.
• Rewards are unchanged.
• Unranked Arena has been added.
• A party of any size can queue, including solo players.
• Rewards are now the same as Ranked Arena.
• All maps are available for play in Ranked Arena and Unranked Arena.
• During the leaderboard test season, ranked play will have a limited set of maps.

Matchmaking and Leaderboards

• Matchmaking will take into account other parameters in addition to matchmaking rating (MMR), such as largest group size and team composition.
• Leaderboards will no longer use MMR as a basis. Instead, players will earn ladder points based on the quality of the matches they participate in.

Match Accept

• Ranked Arena and Unranked Arena matches will now prompt players to accept the match before it can start.
• The client will flash and play an alert sound when matches are ready.
• Declining or failing to accept a match prompt within the time limit will cause players to accumulate dishonor and be prevented from queuing for a short period of time.

Map Selection

• Players can now vote for the map they would like to play after accepting a match prompt.
• The list of selectable maps is randomly generated.
• The final map is picked via weighted roll. The more a map is picked by players, the higher the chance that map will be chosen.

Dishonor

• Declining or not accepting a match prompt for Ranked Arena or Unranked Arena will result in dishonor and a timeout.
• Disconnecting at any time during a running Ranked Arena or Unranked Arena game will result in dishonor and a timeout.
• Players must continue playing the game on reconnect.
• When dishonor is given, an immediate timeout is also applied. During a timeout, Ranked Arena and Unranked Arena are unavailable.
• Timeout duration increases as dishonor accumulates on an account.

General

• Rosters have been removed. Players will now queue with their party.
• Banker, trading post, and laurel vendor NPCs have been added to the Heart of the Mists.

BALANCE, BUG-FIXING, POLISH
General

• Megaserver: Joining a party member while playing on a map in which your guild has an active mission with an ongoing reservation in place will no longer silently fail.

Items

• Gastronom Plikk in Rata Sum now sells the Vintner’s Guide used to unlock the Fine Wining item-collection achievement.
• The Observational Zymology Manual used to unlock the Brewmaster item collection is now available for purchase from many bartenders around Tyria.

Structured Player vs. Player

• The PvP panel stats tab has been reskinned.
• Scoreboard UI has been reskinned.
• Ready Button UI has been reskinned.
• Autobalance UI has been reskinned.

World vs. World

• Fixed an issue that prevented player pets from attacking gates in Edge of the Mists.
• Reduced the radius of the Siege Disabler trick from 450 to 300.
• Increased the skill recharge of the Siege Disabler from 5 seconds to 45 seconds.
• Decreased the duration of the Siege Disabler trick from 45 seconds to 35 seconds. The duration on Siege Golems remains unchanged.

BLACK LION TRADING COMPANY GEM STORE
New Items and Promotions

• Glint’s Winter Dye Kit is now available in the Special category of the Gem Store for 125 gems.
• The Black Lion Chest drops have been updated. Keys are available in the Special category of the Gem Store for 125 gems each.
• Added a new Teleport to Friend consumable as an uncommon drop. This consumable will take you directly to a party member in PvE.
• Home instance unlocks for orichalcum ore, elder wood logs, omnomberries, snow truffles, and lotuses have been added as very rare drops.
• Winter’s weapons have returned to the Black Lion Weapon Specialists for the price of 2 Black Lion Claim Tickets each.
• The Wintersday Minis 3-Pack, Toy Golem, Toy Soldier, Plush Griffon, Princess Doll, Toy Ventari, and Fancy Winter Outfit have all returned to the Gem Store this year.

Mail Carrier Customization in the Wardrobe

• Mail carriers have been added to the Equipment section of the Hero panel for accounts with a character higher than level 71.
• Once unlocked, players can select the default mail carrier for every character on their account to receive mail from the game or send their mail to other players.
• When sending mail, a one-time mail carrier can be selected from the Compose mail dialog, affecting only the current mail being sent.
• The currently selected mail carrier and additional options can be previewed in the Hero panel.
• A new Griffon Mail Carrier is available in the Upgrades category of the Gem Store for 500 gems.

Improvements

• The Replica Job-o-Tron Backpack will stop talking when the Hide/Unhide check box is unchecked.

[Exroyal]

Fencers is gonna HATE this patch. Apart from the story i cant imagine her liking this thing.

[Valeron]

well Fencers hates everything..except POE

well hate is a strong word, dislike is more like it

[lawow74]

Interesting story bits, and I was okay with the departure to using Caithe's abilities since some of them were refreshing variations. The stealth-game stuff was bullshit, but at least they gave you the option to just fight and bull your way through. Boss fights weren't too bad this time around, my biggest complaint was having to see it all in that horribad washed-out color filter to make it more 'dreamy' *blech* and feeling more like it was a teaser than actually revealing anything worthwhile. Though I was left thinking just one word: Forgotten.

[Valeron]

anyone else get the feeling that this Living Story is leading up to an expansion? It just feels like it to me (or maybe it is just me hoping so)

[lawow74]

Not right now it doesn't. We see another Elder Dragon pop up before this season ends, I might think it's the case.

[Maarius]

my biggest complaint was having to see it all in that horribad washed-out color filter to make it more 'dreamy' *blech* and feeling more like it was a teaser than actually revealing anything worthwhile. Though I was left thinking just one word: Forgotten.

Someone on reddit mentioned that you can get around the glow by disabling something in the graphic options (I think it was post processing, not sure, can't find the post anymore).

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anyone else get the feeling that this Living Story is leading up to an expansion? It just feels like it to me (or maybe it is just me hoping so)

well, compared with the first season this season feels a bit short, but it also has more permanent content and deeper zones than we had in season 1. The storytelling has improved considerably imho, but the new season lacks the variety of season 1 (no world boss rework like Tequatl, no new dungeon, no new world boss like Marionette). I really appreciate the story though, I know that a lot of you don't care about it but it's just REALLY satisfying for me being able to play as Caith and relive her past. Having said this it makes me curious what they will add in the few episodes we have got left in S2.

Imho the storytelling is leagues better than it was ever before, played GW1 not too long ago and I enjoy GW2 much more.

It could be a bit more though, so I would very much love to see a new expansion soon. I just can't imagine where a new expansion might lead us, with the current story-development in mind. No idea. Crystal dessert, Elona or Cantha makes not much sense to me now. Further into the west perhaps?!

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Not right now it doesn't. We see another Elder Dragon pop up before this season ends, I might think it's the case.

hmm another one? This makes no sense to me. It looks quite straight-forward to me: Mordremoth all the way.

[Deleted]

anyone else get the feeling that this Living Story is leading up to an expansion? It just feels like it to me (or maybe it is just me hoping so)

Well they did say that expansion is in works in not too distant future... So I hope so But I'm trying not to expect anything

I really am enjoying the new LS story's even if they might be a bit short but they are really well made. I LOVE the new maps they looks simply amazing. Never been much of a desert map fan - But these are stunning.

Since I do enjoy the story and I am interested in the lore generally - Playing Caithes past get big thumbs up from me. I even like the gloomy filter thing. Haven't finished the whole story yet tho. '

Pretty interesting that they put in that Rox is giving greatsword lessons to Jory in the dialogue... dum dum dumm.

Side note
Things that I remember positively in LS1 could be summed up to Southshun cove, The molten instance, Marionette event - The whole LA destruction story from beginning to start. Upgraded Tequatl. Ow and the new JP's we got ofc ^^

[Wryn]

I really like the story, but... what's with all this grind again for the luminescent armor? x_X
Seriously Anet, stop it.

[lawow74]

hmm another one? This makes no sense to me. It looks quite straight-forward to me: Mordremoth all the way.

All the way right into the jaws of a second dragon. Kralkatorrik would seem likely to me, though Primordus would be good, too.

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I really like the story, but... what's with all this grind again for the luminescent armor? x_X
Seriously Anet, stop it.

People complained about a lack of 'I EEEEEEEEEAAAAAARRRRRRNNNNEEEEEEED THIS' rewards in PvE. ANet responded happily. Just like they did for custom delivery birds in the Gem Store...