Summary: Chris and Celeste wonder which player-base ArenaNet is catering to with the two week releases cadence. We also fit in all the patch notes for Cutthroat Politics and our first impressions of it. Listen now: What We Did This Week Celeste: Kites with Ben - got killed in the arena and got rezzed by a lovely PHZE person personal story instan--WHAT?! http://youtu.be/Zbfy8aleMSo?t=2m5s candidate trials dreamdark enclave/dark reverie jumping puzzle Chris: Snowden Drift - Still working on it. WuvWuv with my engineer. HORRIBLE night. Went from owning our borderlands, plus some of the middle section to owning only one keep in our borderlands. Soooo frustrating. SUPER organized zerg on the other side with tons of siege weapons and a golem. Our side just never got enough of a group together to even put a dent in them! Report from Lion’s Arch Cutthroat Politics Patch Notes https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/july-23-content-release-notes/ https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/cutthroat-politics-campaign-guide/ bazaar of the four winds continues support the candidate of your choosing and change the world of tyria - this means: tokens, badges, open world pve tasks, achievements solo or group candidate trials - hold out against aetherblade pirates to earn loot or a rare aetherized weapon (choose evon or kiel based on which starburst you enter) southsun survival - scavenge supplies, eat a lot, kill other players, last one standing wins, takes place on southsun map with karka, desert rose back item aspect arena - choose an aspect, collect the most crystals to win, zephyr rucksack back item audience with the master - observer the interaction between evon, ellen and the head of the zephyrites belcher’s bluff - permanent addition, “Make sure you don’t miss your chance to face Poyaqui, the Grandmaster of Om, before he moves to Lion’s Arch!” how is this significant? I think it’s not. fortune scraps and kite fortunes continue as per the BoTFW continuation, http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1j1t27/psa_desert_rose_and_zephyr_rucksack_available_for/ if you’re unable/unwilling to do the activities well you can always trade in fortune scraps for them instead BoTFW ends on August 6. spend tokens on the zephyr sanctum Support Token voting ends on August 5th at 11am PST flute - updated to allow players to manually stop a note that is currently playing, https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/support/bugs/Flute-broken-due-to-note-interruption-changes/first#post2472938 marriner’s horn - updated to prevent two notes from playing simultaneously some minor class updates black lion claim tickets/black lion ticket scraps for aetherblade weapon skins election support bundles - buff that doubles votes value for 30 min, five campaign banners, 125 gems or 5/500gems BL Chest Keys are now RARE and ticket scraps are more common. “This guarantees progress toward a reward rather than a simple retry.” new weapon skins are tradeable until used (if purchased using a BL claim ticket) Q&A with Ree Soesbee https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/cutthroat-politics-qa-with-ree-soesbee/ a lot of basics about the captain’s council “As the city evolved, the custom became that you had to possess a ship capable of defending the city, and you had to be invested in Lion’s Arch. That ‘investment’ usually meant a massive monetary bribe to the Captain’s Council, which was used for the betterment of the city as a whole.” hence the repeat voting option, it’s a pirate election after all. obvious sea of sorrows plug. GuildMag’s Latest Issue http://www.guildmag.com/magazine/issue9/interview.htm massive lore interview no secrets about the zephyrite-brotherhood relationship in the first question but a lead that it will be explained over the next few months,
