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Concept: fern hound puppies that are “born” all fluffy like dandelions

#aaaaaaa i love this idea

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What do y'all call these? astral acclaim? acclaim? aa?

Because my fiancé and I call them "wizard points" and let me tell you we're not about to change

#i think i just refer to them as 'the hot new currency' #honestly a bit confusing of me what with HoT and all #wizard points flows better so. they're now wizard points in this household too

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yeah rytlock im sure none of you would ever have an estranged child or several that youve failed to ever mention to each other or to me right im sure that could never happen right. rytlock look me in the eyes. right? that wouldnt happen right? huh? shoves him. shoves him. huh? is that so? sure man, whatever.

#SHOVES HIM #10/10 classic rytlock

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y’know, charr asura and norn should all have reflective eyes. not just bc charr n norn are basically animal people and asura come from underground, but can you imagine coming downstairs in the middle of the night n seeing your asura buddy sitting alone in the dark like

#saeren seeing azzami at night for the first time: what the FUCK #my previous tag still hits #and now that two of my friends have restarted as asura #it's just saeren and a gang of glowy-eyed gremlins. he's got them on leashes but they're all pulling different directions on purpose

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#GUESS! WHO! HAS BEEN UNLEASHED! INTO THE SILVERWASTES!!! #saeren walking into amber sandfall with a birthday cupcake in one hand and a charrbucks frappucino in the other #dodges the line from a vile thrasher somehow without spilling anything and it's real impressive til a teragriff bodies him

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Did silverwastes (red rock bastion in particular) and BOY DO I MISS IT. I spent probably 100 hours there alone in it's heyday, countless base defenses and boss kills under my belt.

I have to say, though, that for the first time I was made keenly aware of how much the introduction of mounts ruined maps not originally designed for them. Say what you want about convenience, but Silverwastes had a distinct feeling when you had to run everywhere that is now entirely gone. I'm not even covering how many overworld events get missed because the bulk of the group hopped onto griffons and skyscales and is halfway across the (smaller, meant for foot travel) map before you're even out of combat. I'm only talking about the vibes of the map, the way I felt as a character playing through it, and my immersion in their world.

Silverwastes was my favorite map bar none. I loved the event cycle, and more than that, I loved how it made me actually feel like a commander in the Pact. The constant flipflop of defending/rebuilding was such a tight game play loop, and you even had built-in ways to help while you're getting there because of the caravan routes. And for the final event, Vinewrath had some really good design principles (was just re-marveling over how they prevent lane spillage post-boss defeat with a single status, the other lanes still being relevant even after their boss is dead, etc).

And when I was fighting those bosses and the Vinewrath trio, it feels like you're really dealing a blow to Mordremoth. And that!! Was how it was meant to feel!!! The all-time high of the Silverwastes assault followed by the absolutely crushing loss in Verdant Brink was so masterful that I still think about it nearly a decade later.

When you would look up and see one of the copters, you would feel like you had artillery backup. Like the weight of the Pact was fully behind you while you marched into hell. Now I look up, and I see a skyscale dyed like Spyro the dragon. And it suddenly feels so cheap. I don't mind transmogs that are "lore breaking", but I do kind of mind this. Maybe because I remember how it felt before.

It felt so much better.

#gw2 #some silverwastes thoughts this morn #real talk they should never have made mounts retroactive. i get where they were coming from #but now new players are given a mount because of how unplayable the overworld has become without one #and that!!!!!! is a problem!!!! #it's not a problem they can solve mind you. box is already open. #they didn't have a similar situation with gliding because it's simply less disruptive than mounts #and while I'm sure it was player demand that pushed the final button I'm sure the success of retro gliders made them confident #wrongfully so but the client wants what they want so even had they been reticent it still would have happened. #feeling very old man yells at cloud about this but what can ya do #the mun speaks

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bro for some reason the hyenas don't fuckin attack tavin??? HYENA CODED???

#assigned hyena by arenanet #conga line :) #other peoples characters

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guild wars over, guild world peace begins

#finally we are all free

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big fan of engineer skills. why do you have that

#don't worry about it! :)

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im desperately trying to find male fashion i like......... so enjoy Salad Bard

#this look is to die for! such a good bard #these screens are amazing too! love the posing and dof blur

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MinSec really doesn't want you to know this, but you can just get on top of the jade Soo-won statue. they legally can't stop you.

#new goal found

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Yeah the system we have now is objectively better, but I do miss the sheer comedy of your character’s armour breaking when you died enough times and didn’t repair it. There was nothing like fooling around in dungeons with friends, dying in stupid ways, and then you respawn to find your pants have been forcibly taken from you.

#WAR FLASHBACKS #so when i first started playing thief on saeren this was in effect #and i got to one of the like. sub 10 story missions and i just. could not beat it? i died a thousand times (embarassing) #when i finally beat it he was 100% naked but like. i didnt want to go Out Like That #so i killed the ambient boars in the instance for over an hour until one coughed up pants #miss u armor break system <3

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Hey anet, I would really like more plant mounts. My leafy boi needs his plant horror mounts. Pls and thank you.

#every day i psychically plead with anet to make this happen

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I drew a bunch of Sylvaris! Thank you to everyone who sent me theirs!

In order of submission: Oenwyr @kilosophy The Solemn Hunter @el-is-away Elandrin @i-mybrunettelady Nebula @rostomanologist Gwynne @awerzo Maelgwyn @creativebrainrot Oloïsse @instantdepresso Rui @sleidog Eirin @averagebreadslice Marwyd @kralkatorrik Contrabs @genedar Lusus @likemesomesalads Deveter @king-there0f

#oo this art style is really cool! #love these salads! #other peoples characters

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click, click boom

#these are AWESOME!! #so badass #other peoples characters

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#see u space cowboy

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Had a spider incident in fractals :{

#everybody's here!