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GW2 – Feature Pack Survived

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I took the plunge and jumped into GW2, post-Feature Pack. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. The meaning of the traits came back to me as I was looking over them, and I dumped points into things that sounded familiar. I haven’t done anything even remotely close to min-maxing in GW2 so it probably doesn’t matter. Also I don’t do dungeons or anything competitive, so my lack of optimization won’t affect anyone but me.

I know that the new wardrobe thing is supposed to be easier, but I still don’t understand it. I have never been into skins, and honestly I don’t think I’ve done a single transmutation in the entire time I’ve had the game. Anyway it looks like it costs Transmutation Charges to change your wardrobe, which I don’t have and don’t know where to find (other than buying them with real money). Basically I got confuzzled and left the wardrobe for another time.

Then I wandered around killing mobs for a little while to see if anything was different. It seemed like the number 1 Necro Axe skill (“Rending Claws”) got weaker while the number 2 Necro Axe skill (“Ghastly Claws”) got a lot more powerful. Other than that I didn’t notice much difference, so I feel like I got my character back to a point where he can tour the landscape and see whatever new Living Story things might pop up in the future.

Overall, I averted the need to uninstall. On the other hand I didn’t see much to get excited about, either. Perhaps leveling another character would make the changes more obvious.

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Crell 2014-04-23T16:52:46Z The most effective but equally annoying way to earn transmutation charges is via most of the ’even’ portions of the sPvP reward tracks.

ultrviolet 2014-04-23T17:46:15Z Ugh. Sounds like I won’t be changing my wardrobe any time soon.

Jeromai 2014-04-24T05:40:50Z

You might have some old Transmutation Crystals or Stones in the bank that can be converted to charges, if you’re not a fan of PVP.

Map completion also awards one charge.

There’s nothing majorly obvious about the Feature Pack in terms of change for a casual player except that you may notice more players around making the world a little more lively via the megaserver, which should be an overall positive in atmosphere.

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