Summary: Chris and Celeste speed through the Tower of Nightmares and Wuv Wuv to bring you all the juicy tidbits from the patch notes, what a new player should do on Day 1 and how to level through the cunning use of gold. Listen now: What We Did This Week Celeste: Krait-tastic! Chris: WuvWuv - Rank 20 and Level 32 Report from Lion’s Arch Tower of Nightmares Release Notes https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/release-notes-for-tower-of-nightmares/ “Track down Marjory Delaqua and Lady Kasmeer Meade in Kessex Hills, and help them investigate the sinister nature of the massive “Tower of Nightmares” in the waters of Viathan Lake.” “The Toxic Offshoots aren’t just limited to Kessex Hills. The wind has carried these vile blooms into the neighboring zones of Caledon Forest, Metrica Province, Brisban Wildlands, Queensdale, and Gendarran Fields. They have even been spotted in the Eternal Battlegrounds!” “The Durmand Priory has been investigating the involvement of the krait, a normally xenophobic and hostile force. They are convinced that the krait have been gifted with something very important to their culture: shards of one of their great obelisks. Krait obelisks factor heavily into the krait religion, so Priory Arcanist Dolja will task players to find and transcribe the energy signatures of 24 of these obelisk shards across Tyria.” http://www.guildwars2hub.com/guides/exploration/toxic-krait-historian-achievement-guide “Finishing the Tower of Nightmares meta-achievement will reward the player with a personal Krait Obelisk Shard, a place of power for their home instance. It can be used to obtain a skill point and to charge Quartz Crystals once per day.” “Finishing the Toxic Krait Historian achievement will reward players with a Scroll of Knowledge, which allows them to obtain five skill points.” “Marjory Delaqua will accept extra Pristine Toxic Spore Samples as trade for various new crafting recipes and a new heal skill at the Thunder Ridge Camp in Kessex Hills.” “Antitoxin Spray: This new heal skill is usable by all professions in PvE and WvW. Players can use the antitoxin to heal themselves and nearby allies while also removing toxic pollen, poison, torment, and confusion.” (find it in your slot skills healing area for 25 skill points) “PvP Glory and Rank rewards have been revised. Personal score no longer grants rank. Instead, there are now flat bonuses for playing and winning games. Games lasting less than 7 minutes will have proportionally downscaled rewards.” “The Special Event UI has been updated to help direct players through Living World releases.” “Some sylvari cultural armors have been upgraded to glow as was originally intended and has been highly requested. To give the most flexibility in the armor design, the dye masks have also been altered so that players will have more control over the results of the armor glow. This currently affects Medium Tier 2 (legs will be re-addressed for glow and dye alignment) and Tier 3, Light Tier 1 (female only), and Light Tier 3. The other weights and tiers will be assessed for a similar pass to give glow or upgrade glow results when possible. “ “So. What this means for you is, to add your glow, I reworked the dye channels to give you the largest choice and control possible over the glow. The areas that glow are now selectable for you. Some of the textures are also better balanced to give you more consistent results… you won’t have to guess what color you need to find to make the red feel red, for example. It will just work.” https://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/races/sylvari/Cultural-Armour-Glow-Compendium-Completed/first#post3114277 Ask An Asuran “Dear Guild Wars Reporter, Thanks to a tip from the twitter feed of my favorite Canadian multi-MMO podcasting syndicate, I now own a copy of GW2 ($30 in a recent one-day sale),
