Original Article by Evon Gnashblade on November 16, 2012 Here
Strange things are happening all over Tyria, and the Black Lion Trading Company is no exception. We’ve received a shipment of mysterious, slightly waterlogged Consortium Chests that may or may not have been salvaged from the wreck of a monster-ravaged ship—I’m not sayin’.
No one knows for sure what’s inside each chest, but now you can purchase the new Consortium Chest in the Gem Store and find out for yourself! Each Consortium Chest is guaranteed to hold items never before seen in Tyria, like brand new armor skins, weapon skins, and exclusive Lost Shores minis.
I’ve pried open a few of these Consortium Chests and have figured out which items you can find inside. Take a look.
Find Out What’s Inside the Consortium Chest in the Gem Store Now!
New Southsun Mask
You’ll turn heads in Lion’s Arch when you show up wearing your new Southsun Mask! You’ll only find this new town clothes hat in the Consortium Chest. Fits everyone from an asura to a charr.
New Weapon Skins
We’ve uncovered brand new weapon skins so you can give your gear that Lost Shores look. These skins include a new sword, a new shield, a Consortium Clipper focus, and my favorite, an axe.
New Minis
Introducing three new minis which are only available in the Consortium Chest. These tiny creatures have never been seen on mainland Tyria until now!
by Chris Whiteside on November 21, 2012 Here
Greetings Heroes of Tyria,
Last weekend we released our free Lost Shores mini-expansion, which
introduced a new level 80 map, a brand new PvP map, over 400 new items
and rewards, as well as The Fractals of the Mists—an infinite dungeon that
increases in difficulty the deeper you progress. We’re very excited about
the new content, and from the reactions we have seen, so are many of you.
Players have already spent an incredible amount of time in the new Fractals
dungeon, and their reaction to it has been phenomenal. A lot of players really
enjoyed the trailblazing aspect of unveiling the new Southsun Cove map, specifically the feeling of discovery and being part of the land grab.
Having said that, we’re also aware that there were certain aspects of the event that could have worked better than they did, and thanks to your excellent feedback we’ll be working toward strengthening this type of content moving forward. At ArenaNet, we always try to push the boundaries of how we build online worlds, and we thank you for your patience and collaboration as we pioneer into unknown territories. We’ve seen people saying that they really liked the principle of using events to unveil new content, but we need to tighten up the methods by which they are deployed. We take these comments to heart, as it is our goal to always deliver content of the highest quality. We want to extend a huge “thank you” to all of the players who attended the Lost Shores
event over the weekend. We really enjoyed playing with you all and we learned a great deal about the broad spectrum of content we offered. Our sincere thanks for all your feedback and for being part of the journey as we continue to build upon the world of Guild Wars 2.
We also want take the opportunity to talk a little bit about what we have coming into the game soon from a high-level standpoint, an aperitif if you like before our Thanksgiving celebrations. After the holiday we’ll be doing a number of community Q&As and live community conferences where you can ask us
questions and get the down-low on how we are evolving the world of Tyria. Here’s a general rundown of what we are working towards over the upcoming months: Revamping all of our existing dungeons (Story and Explorable versions) through rebalance and overhauled encounters. Adding new dungeons to the Fractal of the Mists. Adding more variation to creatures, enhancing our open world scaling system, as well as evolving many events and experiences across Tyria. Fixing and improving existing content throughout the game, and better tying it into the overall sense of player progression within Guild Wars 2. Building on the Southsun Cove’s persistent content. Adding new Guild content and Guild progression features. Continuing to evolve PvP into an E-sport as outlined here: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/structured-pvp-iceberg/ Adding brand new content to World vs. World as well as adding new reward progression. Continuing to build upon the story and adventures of Guild Wars 2. So from all of us here at ArenaNet, we hope you have a fantastic holiday and we look forward to seeing and speaking to you all next week—that is if we don’t see you in-game first!
-Chris Whiteside, Studio Design Director
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Fractals of the Mists dungeon is getting improvements. If you haven't heard yet, the new dungeon on the block is getting fixes for a lot of the complaints that have been circling around the Lion's Arch "water coolers." The first problem being that if someone is kicked while in a fractal party, they can't rejoin. This has been fixed and your teammate should be able to rejoin you in the fractal. Secondly, the problem with not being able to go into your friends fractals because he/she is on a later fractal than you, that problem is taken care of by allowing people to go to the highest fractal in the group. Of course there are limitations to this, you
won't get full credit if you aren't up to that high of a lvl although you will still gain one lvl to
your fractal lvl.
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Other than WintersDay, things have been pretty quiet over at ArenaNet. The latest news that can be found on the Guild Wars 2 Website is a very hopeful update on the botting that has been plaguing our beloved game. There have been a massive 34,000 account that have been shut down due to botting. This is great news for us honest players. If you want to read the rest head on over to the Guild Wars 2 Site Here.
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