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23 Jan

Drew my Asura riding on her Skimmer !

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Originally posted by Nosch_

Is it actually called hover pancake internally :D That would be awesome !

Well, mostly just by me, admittedly — after the 'manta pancake' art showed up just about the same time as PoF was showing off mounts, it was hard to resist. I've mentioned this before, but I'm super-biased — I did the physics for the skimmer's movement so it's my baby; and I'm kind of terrible at GW2 combat, so being able to just skim past (or hover over) large swaths of enemies when I just want to get from A to B is really appealing to me. :-)


22 Jan

Drew my Asura riding on her Skimmer !

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I am always down for skimmer art. :-) This is so fantastic! It captures the doofy, weird, adorable feeling of the hover pancake perfectly. Thank you for sharing this!

ArenaNet internship application experiences

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I went from programming intern to gameplay programmer at ArenaNet. My application consisted of my college projects and the tutoring that I did in college for CS. What I would suggest is applying to a lot of different places. Going through multiple interviews with different companies to learn the interviewing process can be more helpful than you'd initially think, and you might find that you'd prefer to work with a different company. What you want for the programming intern position is experience in design patterns, mathematics, debugging skills, as well as knowledge about programming fundamentals.

I recommend programming in your off-time and building small projects that do small things. Make sure you're able to explain what you write, how it works, and why you choose to approach problems the way you do. These portfolio pieces show what you are actually able to do, not just what you know about, and are essential for showing that you're good for the position.


19 Jan

THANK YOU, ANET!

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Congratulations! New life is certainly the most precious gift in the world.

Best to you and your new little family. :)


18 Jan

ArenaNET gives player amazing gift after tragedy.

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Originally posted by Spartan05089234

Beautiful story. Wishing all the best to you.

I can't help but be reminded just how garbage anet's PR team is. This would've made a better story than ' "AHHHHHHHHHH" - randomuser' on their Facebook ads.

1) You're talking about marketing, not PR. They're not the same. 2) That "garbage" team is the same team that saw Sia's tweet and decided to donate enough so Sia could reach the funding goal.


11 Jan

Patch Bug Thread - 9 January 2018

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Originally posted by Xanadias

Are gadgets here general doodads, all your triggers and objects, or just specifically the larger structures? If it's the latter, my guess/tip was right and I win a bet! giggles

Also, it's really great that this is finally fixed. Thanks to both you and /u/Anet_Raymond =)

what was your guess/tip?

Some questions about the Mac client

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Originally posted by Quarks10

I'm not 100% sure on these, but figured I'd put my thoughts in lieu of nothing else.

  1. 32 bit Mac client is retired, 64 bit client is in beta (launched June 2017 or something), but from experience the 64 bit mac client runs decently well.
  2. OpenGL wrapper for DirectX, I think. I did see one crash that mentioned Metal drivers in the dump - it's possible that you can change which driver your OS tries to use, but keep in mind it needs to wrap DirectX in some way. Because of that, your performance is going to be inferior to DirectX regardless.
  3. Game is only built on DirectX. You can't natively use OpenGL

The 64-bit Mac client doesn’t use a DirectX wrapper.


09 Jan

Game Release Notes - January 9, 2018

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Originally posted by JusticiaDIGT

You can now zoom out very very very far in the Dhuum chamber, maybe also in other raids or bosses.

Can you link a screenshot of the abnormal camera zoom?


07 Jan

Sooooo cuuuuute *-*

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Cooooo!

Anet, give whoever created Derelict Delve a raise, and put him in charge of future zones.

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i registered a reddit account just to correct you on this: "put her in charge of future zones"


23 Dec

How do some people ride on dinosaurs?

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Welcome to the game!! =)


19 Dec

Legendary Ring(Coalescence I: Unbridled), need more help!(2nd post)

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Originally posted by LucidSeraph

edit Besides Malchor, I think you guys should be looking for NPCs either in central Tyria or in the Crystal Desert who are 1. On or near the edges of things (buildings, cliffs, etc) and who are 2. In a pretty bad emotional state / contemplating jumping / who have lost things. This NPC is almost certainly NOT in a story instance that you can only access once (eg, NOT the Domain of the Lost), NOT in Heart of Thorns or related maps (since this is a PoF specific thing).

Edit3. Thanks to Faerla's reply... I'm going to personally wager that since all the other pieces of this collection were PoF related, and in the central PoF maps, the relevant central NPC is likely in a main PoF map, NOT in Central Tyria. And still absolutely not in an instance.

I think you guys should be looking for NPCs either in central Tyria or in the Crystal Desert who are 1. On or near the edges of things (buildings, cliffs, etc) and who are 2. In a pretty bad emotional state / contemplating jumping / who have lost things. This NPC is almost certainly NOT in a story instance that you can only access once (eg, NOT the Domain of the Lost), NOT in Heart of Thorns or related maps (since this is a PoF specific thing).

https://imgur.com/NUh6I4W


18 Dec

Legendary Ring(Coalescence I: Unbridled), need more help!(2nd post)

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Originally posted by Deroir

A literal physical edge or a mental edge? :P

Yes.

Legendary Ring(Coalescence I: Unbridled), need more help!(2nd post)

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Originally posted by Bogyesz

My 2 cents:

We may have to talk to an npc, who is on the edge and maybe lost something. The Domain of the Lost is full of npc's named Lost Spirit, also you defeat yourself to get back your name (the npc becomes a lost spirit aswell), also you get a "journey" of your story so far, then at the end you climb up a tower, there is a cliff (with Balthazar)(who you lost against in battle and died -> you are a lost spirit).

This would be nice and all, but I am not really sure you need to do be in an instance for it. Also it does not match with all the meditation and abaddon stuff.

We may have to talk to an npc, who is on the edge and maybe lost something.

The person you seek is, in fact, both.


17 Dec

Need community help with the ring collection!

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Y'all seem to be pretty close to the edge on this one.


15 Dec

Need community help with the ring collection!

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Originally posted by MooNtHeStaR

Seeing that the last one has a different icon etc.

I think it may be related to handing in your completed log to someone/somewhere... instead of /sitting somewhere.

I like the way you think.

I'm at a loss for what I could say that wouldn't outright give it away.

Anet looking into pip AFKers, T3 structures, tactics, and GvGs

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Originally posted by kbn_

How about a UI change to OS and a very slight bump in the rewards for cashing out there? Leave the pips that of a normal map, but give marginally more reward track progress with some sort of clear UI indicator that you're doing it. Carrot people out of the queued maps, basically, without actually providing that much stronger of an incentive. Could apply a slight nerf to the rewards when ticking down on a non-OS map to balance out the economic impact if necessary.

I'd like to get the UI displaying correctly in OS so at least its clearer that you get rewards there.

Anet looking into pip AFKers, T3 structures, tactics, and GvGs

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Originally posted by morroIan

One black mark against Raymond is that he was excited for those obsidian weapon skins, looking at them I can't fathom why.

I dunno options differ I guess I really like the torch and the dagger.

Anet looking into pip AFKers, T3 structures, tactics, and GvGs

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Originally posted by [deleted]

[deleted]

We've looked into cashing out and it's not the solution to reward AFKers. We detail some of that in the FAQ. Some people who AFK might use a system that gets them out of the game for slightly less rewards but we'd still have AFK people trying to maximize rewards. We'd need to do something else to solve that problem. The pie in the sky idea is to find something that works for all of the parties involved. Maybe there isn't one but we have ideas that hit a larger portion of the issue and we're looking into those more since they solve more of the problem. One thing I'm looking into again is the idea of keeping participation from decaying outside of a WvW map. I've looked into this in the past and it's not a straightforward change.

Anet looking into pip AFKers, T3 structures, tactics, and GvGs

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Originally posted by Hiraldo

Shoutouts to /u/anet_raymond

Hey that's me!




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