Having to redo a meaningless trash pull to reset your title eligibility feels bad.

Having to stand there doing nothing while waiting for mechanics to resolve feels bad.

Not being able to use my dodge to mitigate damage feels bad.

Seeing my friends gear and learn builds they don't actually want to play just to pull a reasonable numbers feels bad.

This encounter feels like it was designed for a different MMO. I think it would make a great mythic+ boss.

I'll add gw2mists to the sidebar, as that's a more feature-complete website with the same functionality. That URL is using a free website host, so I'm a bit skeptical of its trustworthiness.

Edit: it's already there. Reading is hard XD

I would recommend replacing the Silver-Fed with Mystic Salvage Kits if you have stones to spare. It's less gold per salvage :)

gw2updates@botsin.space is available as an unofficial fedi alternative for critical game news if you're looking for something to follow.

Thanks for helping the fediverse, CosmicSploogeDrizzle.

@Ravi @Leiesoldat A lot of the power users who submitted the bulk of the content have stopped posting. Casual lurkers will follow eventually.

I remember when all of my gaming friends were on Skype and Teamspeak. It took some time, but now we all use Discord. Someday, Discord will die too and we'll move on to Revolt or something else.

It'll take time for reddit to die and habits to break. But we'll be here once folks are ready. https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys

@dominoko Yep. Search on federated social media doesn't actually search text, only hashtags. This makes it so only people who want their post to be found can make it easily findable; cuts down on the quote retweet dunk kinda stuff.

Hopefully it's actual gameplay and not RP that makes it long. I much prefer faster fractals, but I'll take what I can get.

It's slow going for now. I'm just glad we have a reddit-like place to go in case reddit collapses further.

Anet does seem to be keeping things fairly close to the chest nowadays. They're only giving details on the next update and keeping any future plans vague at best.

TY, try it now.

There is an app on the way. @artemisapp

iirc that was happening for kbin.social for a while during a ddos attack. cloudflare does mess with federation quite a bit.

Both of those links lead to 404s.

I'll make a Lemmy account later tonight and see if I can figure it out. Thanks!

As much as I'd like that to happen, this part of the fediverse is definitely not ready for a mass migration of users. For now, it's only longtime users and early adopters. The average user probably wouldn't be okay with downtime, and the average moderator would be woefully underequipped to manage the community.

The beauty of federated social media is that it doesn't matter which one "wins". Once bugs are sorted out, Kbin can see Lemmy's content and Lemmy can see Kbin's.

Everything here is connected, so it ultimately won't matter which platform or server you choose. Obviously there are levers for admins to defederate (or, refuse to communicate with) from servers who host illegal content or enable spammers. This is generally a last resort though; most admins believe strongly in keeping everything connected.

@ernest hey sorry to ping you, but could you look into this?

Do dailies on red BL if you hate running into people. Or just learn how to fight. I chose the latter as a PvE player and it's been a lot more fun.

I think any channel that's able to get away with crowdfunded monetization like Ko-Fi or Patreon would be able to make the switch comfortably.

People are still using YouTube because it still works for them. Once Google ships something that changes that, folks will start looking for alternatives. Same goes for Owncast and Twitch.

Thanks, sent you a PM.

holy cow, 53 minutes. be right back

Yep, for some reason that one is not working. Not sure why.

@necropola
@a_cat

Yep, that seems to be another issue that needs to be worked out. Similarly, I see the admin of my instance as the mod of any lemmy community.

(and yes, that randomm. nothing concrete on that front yet but i'd like to harness existing channels to bring more people onto federated social media :D)

All of them can and should co-exist. The whole point of federated social media is that there's no centralized power. More on that here: https://kbin.social/m/guildwars2/p/437854/Hi-folks-I-m-adding-a-new-rule-under-Allowed-Content

Thank you for posting these by the way; it's important that folks are aware of other instances.

I'm not much of a mesmer player, but I do have some insight that might help you out.

I'm worried I'll get yelled at if I'm not optimized

As long as you're upfront that you're a newer player and want to learn how stuff works, most players in-game will help you. Just ask!

Broad strokes on elite specs in PvE (note that there is a balance patch soon):

• Chronomancers get access to Continuum Split. Using it captures your position and skill cooldowns, and using it again moves you back to that point. You'll most commonly see them playing boon support on quickness and alacrity, giving important boons to players that increase their damage. Shield is generally only taken as a boon support; if you're playing DPS then you'll be using sword/sword+greatsword.
• Mirages have a modified dodge and play heavily into deception and juking. In PvE, they're commonly played as DPS (with axe) and alacrity boon support (with staff). Unfortunately, the upcoming balance patch is going to make them noticeably weaker than they should be, so I wouldn't recommend mirage right now.
• Virtuosos are able to attack at range and do solid damage as both power and condi (damage over time) DPS. Most mesmer players today are playing virtuoso. The dagger is a really strong damage weapon that frees up your offhand for some useful utility like torch, pistol or focus.

Having a sensible build will make the game quite a bit easier. I would recommend MetaBattle for open world and Hardstuck for group PvE like dungeons, fractals, strikes, and raids. Speaking to your point on how guides tend to be lists of abilities, Hardstuck does explain ability usage and what the build does reasonably well.

Every build in the game should be played melee whenever possible, even if they're ranged. Most boons are generated in a short radius around the support players, so staying tight is important.

Hopefully that answers some of your questions :D

@a_cat Ok, so it looks like there's no functionality to get the rules in a sidebar on a Lemmy server. I do know that the description will federate, so I'll make a post with the text and link it in the description as a workaround.

Hopefully a standard for sidebars and pinned posts can be agreed upon between Kbin and Lemmy devs in the future :)

@a_cat Not sure, I'll look into it. Thanks for letting me know!

Nice guide. Having everything on one webpage with waypoint links is good for newbies who aren't familiar with the wiki yet :)

Seasons of the Dragons achievements for LS4 eventually reward 250 of their Volatile Magic mat. Might be worth mentioning that as a potential source, as it's a great long-term goal for new players.

The Comfy Cat Chair is absolutely fantastic. I love finding odd places to fall asleep and watching the chair slide into place on weird terrain.

@Rayspekt THERE'S DOZENS OF US

I really liked the subreddit, so I'm hoping this space eventually becomes a similarly great place to discuss the game. Bring your guildies if you want :)

Infusion stacking was a mistake 🤣