Gilled Horse Chew
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@ben_lubar said in Gilled Horse Chew:
Level 35 is the lowest you can get rares for
Yes and I'm sure those'll be useful to the guy 4 levels too low to wear them, or can you wear armor higher than your own level?
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@blakeyrat said in Gilled Horse Chew:
I made Drozahn.
You say that like I have some kind of telepathy and would know if that means anything.
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@FrostCat you are aware that it's possible to level up, right?
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@FrostCat Yup.
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@ben_lubar said in Gilled Horse Chew:
you are aware that it's possible to level up, right?
So why didn't you wait to give it to him until he'd hit that level?
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@FrostCat Why do you give a shit what he does with his own time and money? Fuck off.
Maybe the answer is: because he didn't realize FrostCat was LORD AND MASTER of all crafting activities on GW2, bow before HIS HOLYSHIP.
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@blakeyrat said in Gilled Horse Chew:
Why do you give a shit what he does with his own time and money?
Sorry, I was practicing acting like you. I guess I'm not as good at being an asshole as you are.
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@FrostCat Riiiiight.
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So I'm The Sunbringer now.
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@ben_lubar Congrats!
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Guild Wars 2’s Living World Returns on July 26 – GuildWars2.com
Learn more about Living World Season 3 and catch up to the story so far!
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@ben_lubar Oh good, this will be the first of these major updates that have new stories that I'll be around for.
Also, at lunch time I made the penultimate deldrimor steel ingot for Spark Experiment, meaning the last thing I need are two elonian leather squares.
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@FrostCat if you haven't already, I suggest purchasing season 2 of living world while it's on sale.
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RATA NOVUS LOG—ENTRY #08
This is bliss! I have to admit, when the commander left with the others, I was a tiny bit nervous about staying here by myself, but what a dream this turned out to be! I haven’t slept in a week, and I don’t want to sleep for at least another two! Or three. Maybe four. (Note: Look into alternative to sleep.) There’s so much data here, this place should have been called Data Novus! (Note: Does lack of sleep make you smart and hilarious? I think so.) It feels like it’ll be almost impossible to go through it all by myself… But the last thing I want is some other nosy researcher horning in on my work. So many theories are swirling around in my brain; I know I’m on the verge of something big. I just need time to draw some solid conclusions.
One of the more remarkable things I discovered here is a replication (or maybe the original prototype?) of the ley-line map we found just outside of Tarir. The magical network of ley energy is alive! It goes this way, and then that way. One minute it’s here, and then the next it’s over there! I had no idea it was in constant flux. Although I’ve had a little contact with friends on the outside, I wouldn’t need their input to tell you definitively that the commander’s mission was successful! Mordremoth is no more! There was an intense light coming from that part of the jungle, and then one morning I woke up and it had dimmed, and the rest of the map was lit up like a Lunar New Year fireworks show!
I’m developing a system to track and log the flow of magic. I hope to find some sort of pattern. I mean, it can’t just be completely chaotic, can it? Or maybe it can… Maybe it has to be! But at the same time, maybe it can’t be! Both arguments make an equal amount of sense to me right now… (Note: Investigate impact of sleep deprivation on rational thought.)
I’ve observed that the egg chamber is definitely brighter than it was. Caithe told me she was going to check on the egg and make sure it was okay. (Note: Of course she is.) I have a hypothesis about her Wyld Hunt, but I’ll keep that to myself in case this journal ever gets away from me. (If it does and you’re reading it, Caithe: Hi, friend! You’re the greatest and you always make the best decisions!) (Commander, if you’re reading this: wink, wink.)
Okay, I just reread those last few sentences and it’s possible—though not very plausible—I’m cracking up. Maybe I could use someone to talk to… But not a real someone. They’d just slow me down or worse. Oh! I almost forgot about Scruffy! He’s not a real someone! I miss the big guy. I’ll have to formulate a new design for him… But do I have time to get sidetracked? No. I can’t. Not now at least. Anyway, I’m getting along just fine! Besides, I can always talk to my new friend, Plant! She’s a beautiful little fern who sprouted from one of the cracks in the floor of the dragon lab. She’s pretty cool, but quiet and green. Kinda like a shy Sylvari. (Note: Does the number of sleepless nights correlate to the amount of new flora friendships? Conclusion: Highly probable, but who cares? New friends!)
Wait, what was that? Hmmm…if I didn’t know better, I’d say it sounded like the gate powering up. Curious. Plant, keep an eye on my journal, I’ll be right back!
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@ben_lubar Yeah, I thought of that, and now that I'm home I'll do it tonight.
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RATA NOVUS LOG—ENTRY #09
They trampled Plant! Those monsters!
I knew my days of solitude were numbered here, but I didn’t think they were this numbered. Word of Rata Novus’s discovery must have hit Rata Sum. Asura are pouring in like migrating dolyaks, although most dolyaks I know have better manners! How many times can a girl get bumped by someone setting up a research station before she snaps?
The answer is six, and then you scream, “STOP BUMPING INTO ME WHILE YOU’RE SETTING UP YOUR RESEARCH STATION, WINDALL!” at which point everyone looks at you like you’re crazy for some reason!
Thankfully, when the interlopers arrived, I had a chance to shut the door to the dragon research area before they got too deep into the lab, so no one knows about the really juicy stuff. I need to keep that as my surreptitious sanctuary. The question is how to get in and out of there unnoticed… Oh! Maybe…yes! No, that’ll never— Well…yes! Okay, secret plan number 72—let’s call it: Granted Access Teleport Expressway! (Wink, wink.)
I’d been very careful about what I powered up to keep the chak numbers down, but these mindless numskulls are flipping switches left and right! History is bound to repeat itself at this rate! At least we know the causality of the chak and their appetite for ley energy. I think the Rata Novans figured that out a little too late. The chak are already popping up more often, so not only do I have to deal with Windall and his abnormally intrusive elbows, but now there are bug pieces everywhere! Have you ever stepped ankle deep into a pile of spiracles? It’ll ruin your day. Granted, with me, it doesn’t take much to be ankle deep, but still! On the plus side, I’m getting quite familiar with chak anatomy. Which will come in handy on our next chak-anatomy trivia night! (Note: Organize a chak-anatomy trivia night.)
The only other benefit to come out of this influx of dolyaks is that news from the outside world is flowing in more regularly. I heard Braham is back in Hoelbrak. Breaks my heart to think what he’s going through. I should make my way up there to pay my respects soon. I’ve been working on a remote communicator based off some research here that uses the ley-line network to transmit your voice—maybe I can hide it in the lab and talk into my end every once in a while so people think they hear me buzzing around. I’ve worked too hard to lose my alpha status here. On the other hand, I could also use it to make them think this place is haunted. That’s a good option too! We’ll see!
Speaking of ghosts that need to be laid to rest, a lot of these new incomers still harbor a healthy amount of distrust where the sylvari are concerned. I mean, Mordremoth was dispatched—what more do they want? How can you be told what to do when there’s no one to tell you what to do? At least, I think that’s the way it works? When Caithe was here, she said the call was gone, and she had even heard of new sylvari being born after Mordremoth’s death! Which means the Dream is alive and—
Oh, for the love of the Eternal Alchemy! Windall just bumped me again! I gotta take a dolyak to manners school—be back soon!
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@Karla is this your pet? She has your name on her:
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@ben_lubar Since I have no idea what that is...I'm going with:
No, it is not.
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@Karla It's hilarious because the monster is named "karka" and you are named "Karla". Haha. Ha.
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@blakeyrat Sarcasm detector says: Not sure. Could be.
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COME BACK @DHROMED
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@ben_lubar Did you see the conversation after that tweet? It was pretty amazing.
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@blakeyrat tigers weren't in the game until like 3 years after it was released, so maybe lions are coming in 6 years or something.
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@ben_lubar said in Gilled Horse Chew:
so maybe lions are coming in 6 years or something.
@blakeyrat apparently there are lions in the GW world, just not in Tyria:
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RATA NOVUS LOG—ENTRY #17
You know what, journal? These Rata Novans might have been onto something.
There’s a primal pleasantness I’m feeling about living underground. Being constantly surrounded by soil and sediment and geological history—it’s like Tyria itself is giving you a dirt hug from all angles!
Being born in Rata Sum, I only really knew about surface life (except for that one time I fell into a deep ditch), but I get it now. Primordus forced us above ground, and the Rata Novans said, “No.” I’d like to think if I were alive back then, I’d have made a similar stand (and then realized the chak problem ahead of time, naturally).
So now I carry on their work. I feel…obligated to them in a weird way. They knew running from the dragons wasn’t a permanent solution. We have to turn and face and vanquish. That was the brave philosophy they put forth (which is kind of ironic considering how living underground could be misconstrued as burying your head in the sand!). I owe it to them to finish what they started—and this time, it’s personal. Ha! I actually meant that, but then realized how cliché it is… But it’s apt! So very apt! I guess this is how the cliché started in the first place!
Anyway, Primordus is first on my list because the bulk of the research here is focused on that dragon, but I recently hit upon a few nuggets of information on the beast in the Crystal Desert. The Exalted and the Novans shared a lot of tech, and I guess some dragon data as well. They were as concerned with Kralkatorrik as we were with Primordus. That’s because they were constructed by the Forgotten. Now, the Forgotten were dedicated to Glint. And Glint was a former Kralkatorrik…um…chief baddy? Champion? Yes. A champion who went rogue and tried to protect all peoples from the dragons (my type of lady!). After her death, they went to great efforts to ensure the safety of her legacy. And you know what a big piece of that legacy is? The egg!
I wonder if the commander would mind if I borrowed it from Tarir for a little testing here in the lab…
Wow, I gotta get ahold of myself. I bet that’s how Caithe’s logic worked when she took off with the egg in the first place! Okay, so maybe I can’t (or shouldn’t) physically get it here…but if there was some way to keep an eye on it… Hmmmm. This bears investigating.
Another gift from the Exalted is the ley map I mentioned earlier. Now that the fireworks show has slowed a little, I think I’ve noticed quite a bit of Mordremoth’s old energy sliding in one particular direction. I say “I think” because honestly the magic’s movement is still erratic enough that I can’t tell if it’s a pattern or not. Also, I don’t even know how reliable and accurate the map is. The evidence flowing in could be misleading… Once I get it dialed in, I think it might be time to craft a letter to the best dragon slayer I know. Hopefully, my research will do right by the Novans, and the commander and I will soon be able to turn and face and vanquish…
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An Interview with Queen Jennah
The White Mantle’s activities of late are putting the populace on edge. What does the Crown plan to do about them?
First, let me be clear: denizens of Divinity’s Reach have nothing to fear. We are taking steps to bolster security in and around Divinity’s Reach to ensure the safety of our citizens. The Shining Blade is keeping a close eye on the Mantle’s movements and activities, most of which are localized to mere raids in northern Maguuma. These aren’t the calculated motions of an organized group—these are the isolated activities of a handful of conflicted and deeply disturbed people. Nothing more.
What sort of security steps are you taking?
The Seraph are stepping up their patrols in Shaemoor. What’s more, we’ve tapped the best engineering teams in the Reach to bolster the city walls and shore up any weaknesses in our defenses. In the event of a crisis, my advisors have developed plans to evacuate the townships surrounding Divinity’s Reach and house civilians within the safety of the city walls. But I must stress that these preparations are focused toward true crises—natural disasters, dragon sightings, and the like.
Seraph Captain Logan Thackeray has not been seen in some time. Can you speak to his status?
Captain Thackeray suffered heavy injuries in the fight against the jungle dragon Mordremoth and is currently recuperating. One of my aides checks in on him regularly and says that he’s coming along well. Knowing the captain, I imagine he’ll resume his duties as soon as he’s physically able and cleared to do so, and not a moment longer—there’s not a force in Tyria that can stand between Logan and his charge.
Have you gone to see the captain yourself?
I have not. Sadly, ruling a kingdom has a way of occupying one’s time, particularly with the troubles we’ve seen of late. But my aides are keeping me well apprised of his progress, and I have the highest hopes for his quick recovery. He is ever in my thoughts and prayers. May Dwayna watch over him.
What news of the Pact? What measures are the Crown taking to support it?
Regrettably, the Pact’s campaign in the Maguuma Jungle cost many lives, and allied forces are still regrouping following the assault on the jungle dragon. General Almorra Soulkeeper is working tirelessly to support these efforts, and in turn, we will give whatever support we can to the general. I’m confident that the Pact will persevere under her leadership and guidance.
Beyond the Pact’s casualties, many Krytans perished in the assault on Mordremoth. Do you have any words to share with your people regarding the fallen?
This conflict was by all accounts one of the truest tests of resilience and resolve that Kryta has ever faced, and though we claimed victory in the end, that victory came at a heavy price. I’ve heard the cries of anguish of our people in the wake of these losses; we extend our deepest condolences and our unending gratitude to the families of the fallen, for all that they’ve sacrificed in the name of our brave nation. It is now incumbent upon all of us to never forget the courage and valor of those we’ve lost and to ensure that their great sacrifice was not in vain.
And what of the Seraph’s casualties? How depleted are their ranks?
A small detachment of elite Seraph forces was dispatched to join the Pact fleet on their ill-fated incursion into the Maguuma Jungle, where they were set upon by Mordrem. While we have yet to receive a full report on the casualties, several Seraph have been recovered from the jungle—and we hope to find more as our search parties continue to scour the region for survivors. I ask that all citizens of Divinity’s Reach keep our brave soldiers in their thoughts and prayers to Melandru.
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@ben_lubar Are you on the payroll? Why do you post these here?
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@blakeyrat I thought it'd be a nice change from just having posts about me and @FrostCat earning meaningless virtual awards.
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@ben_lubar I guess so. But that's one softball interview.
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@blakeyrat "hey, about the whole 'you might be a hologram' thing..."
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@ben_lubar said in Gilled Horse Chew:
"hey, about the whole 'you might be a hologram' thing..."
How about: "when will Krytans get a democratic vote?"
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@blakeyrat said in Gilled Horse Chew:
that's one softball interview.
Aren't they usually?
If you'd like some variety, I can give you a running commentary on my efforts to craft The Incinerator. Sample: I've created 150 out of 250 Basic Mithril Daggers that a master weaponsmith wants before she'll tell me the next thing she wants me to make. Eventually this will enable me to buy the recipe for the 3rd of 4 stages.
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@FrostCat You know at this point just toss $10 into the gem store.
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@blakeyrat said in Gilled Horse Chew:
You know at this point just toss $10 into the gem store.
I have had that thought. I worked out at one point that it would actually cost more like $100, but I must have misplaced a decimal point somewhere.
I hope.
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@blakeyrat I'm not sure how that'll help because incinerator costs about $300 USD.
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I have a GW2 related thing to relay. It's boring as shit!
A week ago or so I was looking through the online store and I saw this pair of wings that looked like a magical quadcopter. The next day I said something to Ben L about it and he was like, "whaaa? No such thing" and then I checked the wiki and shit and there was indeed no such thing. I thought I was going crazy.
Then a couple days ago Ben L IMs me and he's like, "looks like you weren't crazy, they just screwed up their store listing" with a link to an article about new store items-- one of which was the magical quadcopter wings.
TRUE STORY.
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@ben_lubar You should calculate your "salary" for getting one, since it has a dollar value.
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@blakeyrat said in Gilled Horse Chew:
TRUE STORY.
As far as I can tell, there's about a dozen or so purchase-for-real-money glider skins, and every week or so they change which one you can buy. Ditto for a lot of the vanity armor skins, backpacks, and whatnot.
I saw someone last night flying with the quadcopter, it looks kind of neat. But I've already bought a different glider.
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@FrostCat Well duh.
The point of the story is they'd screwed up and showed that one to me before it was supposed to be shown, then when I described it to Ben L I sounded like a raving mad man.
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@blakeyrat said in Gilled Horse Chew:
I sounded like a raving mad man.
The other way to prevent that is to not rave.
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So I wanted to find out how much it would cost me to unlock the tier 2 collection achievements for the legendary precursors.
That's $359 for materials, plus 234 days of crafting cooldowns. Probably not going to happen any time soon.
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@ben_lubar If you're going to do that, just by the dailies, duh. Deldrimor steel ingots are only like 8G, maybe lower on days I haven't looked.
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@ben_lubar said in Gilled Horse Chew:
Ok, that only raises the price to $520.
Once you're talking $360, $520's not much farther off.
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@FrostCat or I could just not, because it'd cost me $3645 for the full set.
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@ben_lubar Why would you want ALL of them anyway?
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@FrostCat said in Gilled Horse Chew:
@ben_lubar Why would you want ALL of them anyway?
Gotta catch 'em all.
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