2019

GW2 Goals

I have a few goals I’m working on in GW2 now that I have my ascended weapon completed. I want to finally finish the Heart of Thorns story line – I’m very close, and I’m also close to map completion which really pleases me. I’ve been fitting in some time between doing everything else life requires to get hero points, experience, and all that good stuff. I was lucky enough to tag along a few trains over the weekend to get things I was missing, and while I couldn’t stay for an entire train on any occasion I was able to re-join during the portions that I needed next time around.

I have a necromancer sitting at level 67, so another goal is to reach 80 on that character. I also need to level a few crafts up to max level – in my case that means leatherworking, artificer, and huntsman. None of them are cheap, which is why I’ve been holding off. It will cost me a bit over 200 gold. Thankfully I do already have the others maxed out.

Once I’ve completed HoT I want to move on to the living world stories that I’ve neglected, starting with season three. Then progress through Path of Fire, and Living World Season 4. I’m sure all of it will take some time, but it’s nice to have goals to work towards.

I’m also working towards ascended gear on the guardian (my main) and map completion because she’s still not quite there yet. I’m inching towards 3500 achievement points which means another nice reward from ANet. I love going after achievements, and while it’s slow going, it is rewarding.

What is everyone else up to? Let me know in comments! As always, happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself.

Super Adventure Box Festival!

It’s here it’s here it’s finally here!

Super adventure box is a retro style area in guild wars 2 with confusing puzzles and levels that you need to solve while trying to stay alive. I love it. It’s cute and a huge difficult pain in the arse.

The zone was packed, I am not the only asura who made her way there as soon as the zone became active, that’s for sure.

Are you checking it out? Let me know in comments!

An Ascended Weapon (finally)

I finally crafted my first ascended weapon – old weapon on the left, new one on the right (yeah I need to upgrade it and add those infusion slots) – I love it! It’s about time my little guardian had an upgrade. She’s been using the same weapon for a few years now.

I’ve been following a guide on how to gear up my character, focusing on accessories and weapons before any gear. There isn’t a huge difference between ascended gear and exotic gear, and I’m not doing anything fancy these days (not even fractals) so exotic should suit me just fine.

I did also swap some pieces around. As a friend said, I was a ‘glass cannon’ – able to do a lot of dmg but not take any hits, and it was affecting my solo PVE. Now I’m a bit hardier. I spent a few days hanging around Silverwastes getting the bits and bobs I needed, but I’m so glad that I did!

As always, happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself.

Lets Track All the Things

I’ve been trying to complete achievements and other bits and bobs in GW2 since my return, and so far it’s going quite well. I’m working on upgrading to an ascended weapon (long term I’d like a legendary weapon, but that will take some time), ascended accessories, and maybe ascended crafted gear but I’m in no rush for that. One of my absolute favourite sites to use is GW2Efficiency, where you can put in the GW2 api for your account and instantly track all sorts of neat things. I use it to mark off which world bosses I’ve completed for the day, along with general account interests.

One of the other main things I use it for is for tracking crafting. It will take into account your stored craft goods, and tell you the steps to craft each item. I HIGHLY suggest checking it out if you haven’t yet, and if you use the site as much as I do, maybe consider tossing them a bit of a donation, they do have a few perks for those who help them out.

Have a GW2 site that you simply can’t live without? Let me know below in comments! As always, happy gaming, no matter where you find yourself.

Nomadic Gamer