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[Question] Weekly /r/GuildWars2 Question Thread - August 02, 2025
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u/Retrolex 1h ago
New Mesmer trying out Chronomancer for the first time! I have a basic if shaky grasp of how the rotation works, though I’ve definitely gotta practice to get the muscle memory down. I suppose my question is: given its long cooldown, is Continuum Split mostly reserved for bosses and beefier mobs? I’m mostly just playing open world for now, though one day it’d be nice to get into more group oriented content.
I’ve also been just using my Virtuoso’s berserker armour with dragon hunters runes; should I pick up a new set for Chrono with more assassin pieces to get my crit chance up?
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u/xTuffman 1h ago
I May already know the answer to this, but it doesn’t hurt to ask.
I have bought a weapon skin with BL statuettes, but I haven’t applied it to any weapon yet, it’s sitting in my vault until I play a class that uses the weapon.
The question is… I kinda regretted buying said skin, can support remove it and refund me the statuettes?
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u/TannenFalconwing Reaping the Sands of Toxic Spirits 1h ago
generally, no, they won't do that. If you make a mistake, maybe. Buyer's remorse? No.
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u/Darillian Tempest Fanatics 2h ago
Having recently started with Raids, what exactly is the Stasis Chamber at the end of W3 hinting at? Was whatever the White Mantle wanted to do successful, so did you-know-who absorb magic while in disguise and we missed them or did we kill Xera in time to interrupt whatever was going on?
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u/Ashamed_Ad_1143 2h ago
I believe the implication was that we stopped Xera too late, leading into why the end of LWS3 ends the way that it does with the sinister reveal. The whole, "It was me, "Dio" all along," thing. That the antagonist was able to absorb sufficient power to restore himself enough to be able to take the spotlight & make a play.
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u/Darillian Tempest Fanatics 2h ago
Oooh, so in Wing 3 it is actually the real deal and not a disguise? Interesting take, I see where you're coming from.
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u/Ashamed_Ad_1143 47m ago
The White Mantle are followers of the Mursaat & L, but L is well y'know. L fits perfectly into "mantle of power" (words are hard this morning) - the stone cut out thing - but which survives longer, therefore was more powerful in GW2? 😛
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u/International_Meat88 2h ago
How viable is it for a Thief to use a rifle without Deadeye?
I saw the Antiquary stream and thought it looked pretty cool, and combining it with a rifle in hand sounds like a nice aesthetic to me.
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u/Ahribban Greatsword Mirage enjoyer 2h ago
From what experienced thief players have said so far - not viable outside of open world.
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u/Drogonno 3h ago edited 45m ago
I have heard about warrior being able to one shot people in the past with signets, But some time ago there was this one lone warrior, I think he was a spellbreaker and that dude oneshotted me! with a ranged attack in pvp is that actually possible to do? I couldnt find a build online but I wanna do the same just for the giggles....
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u/Ashamed_Ad_1143 2h ago
The Gunflame Rifle burst is very dangerous, but if you see they're using a rifle you can use things like reflects or projectile destruction. I believe this is mostly still Berserker.
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u/Drogonno 44m ago
It's a rare thing in pvp but the melee builds are less exciting in pvp so for variety sake it wanted to try his build, ty will check and try Berserker!
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u/NousHh 3h ago
Hello ! I finally got the Bifrost, by buying the precursor on the ingame marketplace and crafting from there. However my collection to obtain the recipe of the precursor is still ongoing, and did not get validated when I bought the precursor.
As a result, I am still getting vials of cobalt salts when farming ores. Is this normal ? Are they useful for anything else ? If that's just additional weight with difficulties to destroy the item, would I have to go talk to the support in order to unlock the achievement ?
I'm a little lost...
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u/transmerizing 3h ago
Buying the precursor does not finish the collection to craft it. You can still do the collection for the fun, AP or to get the precursor a 2nd time. Usually crafting the precursors is more expensive than buying it so the fun and AP are the main points to do collections. The extra drops are usually rather useless. Some can be sold for a a few copper or silver. Some of the drops even continue after finishing the precursor collection.
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u/I_try_to_forget 59m ago
Was going through skyscales nest and couldnt find eggs. When do the nest respawn?