It's been another awesome month in the development of INSPIRE. Some major improvements and cool additions have been added to the game. Let's start with the 1 I like the most.
1- Weapon Modding Weapon Modding is now fully working and the player can now switch out the Transformer(which transforms the projectile behavior) and the Modifier(which changes the stats of the Weapon).
The following projectiles are now in place: Regular, Homing, Freeze, Burn, Ricochet, Explosion, and Pierce. Always open to new suggestions so keep them coming!
I've also done a neat little update to the shooting. Now, using the right mouse button, the player can look ahead a few meters which is helpful when using weapons with a slow fire rate like a sniper rifle. Furthermore, there's now a UI element above the player showing the reload time remaining.
2- UI Talking about UI, I've done a major revamp on all UI in-game, it now has a bit more color and has also a cleaner look.
3- Player Home Next to the updated UI, I've also reworked quite a bit of the player's home. It's your home after all! There's now a kitchen, a place to work out, and a few interactable objects like a radio, fridge, and toaster.
4- Story & Questing Another thing that has seen a big rework is the starting experience, The story is now also told through fully voiced news broadcasts, that play in your home and the city of Realle. Next to story updates, I've also streamlined the quest flow of the first starting quests.
I can't wait to share a new playtest with you all, the aim is to get one out next month so you can test out all the new additions to the game!
The Elder Dragon saga concluded with Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons™, and we're ready to turn the page to the next chapter of the Guild Wars 2 story: "What Lies Beneath"! Rejoin your Friends' Detective Agency allies—Detective Rama, his hat, and Gorrik—along with Xunlai Jade engineer Yao to investigate the dangers lurking deep in the Jade Sea and find the source of the jade mine workers' corruption. In the brand-new map, Gyala Delve, you'll discover a dark side of Cantha that you haven't seen before!
This chapter is free to all owners of Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons forever. Unlike previous Living World releases, it can be unlocked at any time at no gem cost. You can learn more about this change in the latest studio update.
To begin this content, navigate to the story journal in your Hero panel, select "What Lies Beneath," then click "Play This Episode." You will receive a letter from Rama requesting your presence at the Red Duck Tea House.
Chapter Rewards
"What Lies Beneath" is jam-packed with Cantha-themed rewards! And there's something for everyone. Take a look at some of the rewards in the list below:
Weapons
Luxon Hunter's Weapon Set
Tahkayun's Edge (Sword)
Tahkayun's Reverse-Grip Edge (Dagger)
Tahkayun's Armor Piercer (Dagger)
Unique Armor Skins
Grinning Tahkayun Mask
Processing-Line Control Bracer Skin
Replica Oni Arms
Jade Bot Module: Turtle Pilot Booster with 3 Upgrade Tiers
Miniatures
Materialized Shrine Guardian Infant
Void Vinetooth
Void Emberknight
Void Brandbeast
Jade Miner's Chair
Finally, you can access a new PvP and WvW reward track in this chapter of Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons!
Soo-Won Legendary Variant Skin Collection
The final set of Aurene-based legendary weapon variant skins captures the beauty and power of the Elder Dragon Soo-Won. Speak with Leivas (located in Seitung Province, the Hall of Monuments, and Arborstone) after unlocking an Aurene-based legendary weapon to begin this collection! For more information, check out this blog post with details about the previous legendary variant skin collections.
World vs. World Objective Scaling Rewards
We released World vs. World Objective Scaling Rewards two weeks ago, and we're continuing to roll out updates to those rewards. When you're done saving Cantha (again), make sure to help your fellow world defenders on the battlefield!
And More!
We're adding a much-requested quality-of-life feature in the options menu that will allow you to adjust the intensity of map-based environmental visual effects in your game client. If you set the Environment Zone Intensity value below the maximum, it will diminish certain types of effects in various areas throughout Tyria. For example, the visual impact of the Void particles in Dragon's End can be reduced by lowering the slider.
Lastly, we're celebrating the new chapter of Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons with our annual March sales in the Gem Store! Check out this month's lineup of fantastic offers—including the new Black Lion Requisition Missions and improvements to the sales item availability —in this blog post.
Read this week's Gem Store blog to learn all about Black Lion Exclusives joining the Black Lion Statuette vendor's selection of permanently available goods.
We're kicking off this month with extraordinary spring sales! But before we give you the scoop, we want to tell you about some of the changes we're making to our sales schedule. You can read about additional Gem Store improvements in the weekly Gem Store blog post.
March Sales Item Availability
We've heard the community's feedback that the previous 24-hour Gem Store sales format made it too easy to miss the items you're most interested in. This year, sale items will be available for several days, and some sale items will be offered for up to a full week. Barring a few exceptions, we will also be putting categories of items on sale together, including older items.
Black Lion Requisition Missions
Evon Gnashblade employs some of Tyria's finest crafters, and demand for their work is exploding! The Black Lion Trading Company has an immediate need for raw materials to keep up with product orders. You can help—and collect valuable Black Lion goods as your fee.
Each week in March, Black Lion Requisition Officers will accept deliveries of various raw materials and reward you with goods like boosters and Black Lion Statuettes. Help meet the demand for multiple weeks to receive greater rewards, including a Black Lion Claim Ticket—and more!
Black Lion Requisition Officers will be stationed near Black Lion Traders in all major cities. Seek them out for instructions on how to get in on this deal.
March Sales
Read on to see what's hot at the Black Lion Trading Company! Every week there's something new at fantastic discounts. Enhance your adventures in Tyria with cosmetic skins for your wardrobe, convenient account upgrades, and more!
Log in and visit the Guild Wars 2 Gem Store during the sale to see the available items in each category.
Week 1
February 28–March 6: 30% Off All Gliders and Backpack and Glider Combos
February 28–March 2: 20% Off Black Lion Chest Keys
March 3–9: 30% Off Shared Inventory Slots
Week 2
March 7–March 13: 30% Off All Unique Weapon Skins
March 10–16: 25% Off Bag Slot Expansions
Week 3
March 14–20: 30% Off All Standalone Unique Mount Skins
March 17–23: 30% Off Bank Slot Expansions and Storage Expanders
Week 4
March 21–27: 30% Off Outfits
March 24–30: 25% Off Character Slots Expansions and Equipment and Build Template Expansions
Before we cover this week's new additions to the Gem Store, we want to take a minute to present some improvements we're introducing.
Gem Store Structure
Over the last year, we've altered how we approach Gem Store item availability and sales schedules. We changed our Friday "Seasonal Swap" store updates, bringing a large selection of older items back to the store and putting popular items on sale more often on a seasonal rotation. We want to balance having as many items in the store as possible while also ensuring the store stays functional and navigable. We're slowly working on increasing the number of available items.
Changes to Black Lion Statuettes
We're starting this March by adding all existing Black Lion Exclusive items as permanent options from the Black Lion Statuette vendor. We've adjusted the number of statuettes required to purchase items across the board and will continue to update prices as we go.
When you open the Black Lion Statuette exchange interface, you'll find three new tabs:
New Black Lion Chest Exclusives: Items in this category cost 60 statuettes.
Recent Black Lion Chest Exclusives: Items in this category cost 45 statuettes.
Vintage Black Lion Chest Exclusives: Items in this tab are priced according to their category. For example, weapon skins cost 25 statuettes.
Exclusive items will move down the lists of available stock and into the next tab as new items are introduced over time.
Fluffy Samoyed Jackal Skin
All your adventures are going to be sweeter when you're riding a fluffy dog! This gentle Samoyed looks just like cotton candy. Bring many treats!
Eternal Fate Chest
Inside each Black Lion Chest, you're guaranteed to find a Fine Black Lion Dye Canister—Green, a redeemable Black Lion Statuette, and two common items. You might also find something rarer in the fifth slot, like exclusive items, home instance nodes, and skins from the Draconic Weapon Collection and Endless Ocean Weapon Collection.
Exclusive Item: Fate Unraveling Sword Skin
Cut the thread that holds you back with a fate-blessed sword. Your time is now.
What's in Stock
We're refreshing our seasonal selection of finishers this week with a 20% discount.
Returning This Week
Gliders and backpack and glider combos are 30% off through March 6, Black Lion Keys are 20% off through March 2, and Shared Inventory Slots are 30% off from March 3 to 9. Grab these deals while they last!
Available Now in the Gem Store!
Log into Guild Wars 2 and press 'O' to access the Black Lion Trading Company for these great offers and more!
You have already had a small glimpse on our YouTube channel of what this new Patch #1.7.0.9 was going to contain but today it's time to discover everything in details!
Enjoy your reading!
New Adalar Units!
We added 4 new playable Adalar units for free! They are not with their final 3D models but it will allow you to test new strategies and deck compositions! Let's introduce them:
Barada
Passive - Sadism: Barada is healed every time he deals effects damage (like poison) to a visible unit.
Q - Toxic arrows: Inflicts elemental damage as well as poison to the affected unit.
E - Tranquilizing arrow: On himself: Barada becomes immune to crowd control effects. On ennemies: If thrown at a target, it puts it to sleep which prevents it from performing actions. The unit wakes up if it takes damage.
R - Lethal Gas: Sends a gas bomb into the area that ignite all effects of the affected units and they instantly take damage.
Trixie
Passive - Revenge: When Trixie dies, her mount avenges her and deals damage to the unit that killed her.
Q - Bloody whip: Inflicts elemental damage as well as bleeding to the affected unit. If the unit is bleeding, Trixie jumps on it and inflicts damage and bleeding to the adjacent units.
E - Strangulation: Inflicts elemental damage, immobilizes the target, and reduces the damage dealt.
R - Wild Charm: Charms the targeted unit. The target unit follows Trixie for the duration of the charm, or until it takes damage.
Maoro
Passive - Webbed prey: Maoro deals additional damage to units affected by a control effect.
Q - Sledgehammer blow: Inflicts physical damage and pushes the unit 3 tiles back.
E - Caught: Throws his web in one direction and brings back the first unit hit. It can send the unit back to a tile and inflict physical damage.
R - Weaving spider: Place an invisible weaving spider. When a unit steps on it, it is trapped and suffers elemental damage.
Adnar
Passive - Striking speed: Adnar's damage is increased by his extra velocity.
Q - Ambidextrous strike: Strikes the target twice, dealing physical damage and reducing his healing. If Adnar is invisible, it also applies bleeding.
E - Infectious Poison: Inflicts physical damage and poison for each bleed on the target. If Adnar is invisible, he can charge at the target or at an empty tile.
R - Perfect camouflage: Passive: If Adnar is invisible, he retains his camouflage even if he leaves the square where he became invisible. When he is not invisible, he gains velocity. Active: Sends a smoke to the area around him, All affected units become invisible and incapacitated as long as they remain in the smoke.
New assets
New boosters have also been added to allow you to explore new strategies and thus diversify your games. There are :
Item Horn - The cooldown of your items is reduced to 0 and you gain a charge on each consumable.
Investor - When you have less Khinas than your opponent, the chests give you extra Khinas.
Bloodthirster - When one of your units kills an opponent unit, it recovers health points.
Preparation - When you have less Khinas than your opponent, you get a consumable item each offensive turn.
Protected opening - When one of your units captures a chest, it gets a shielded.
Maxmimum Health III - Your units gain extra life. They regain a small number of health points each turn.
Shield of Prince Lothys - You get the mythical item, the Shield of Prince Lothys. It reduces the damage taken by units around the wearer. If you use the item, the wearer gets a shield that can block heavy damage.
Sword of Amanaka - You get the mythical item, the Sword of Amanaka. Grants physical mastery, hit points and piercing resistance to the wearer. When used, inflicts damage to affected units. If these units die from the blow, the wearer obtains permanent physical mastery.
New features
Some gameplay features have been changed as well. We hope you will like this upgrades, do not hesitate to give us your feedback about those on our Discord server.
Unlimited inventory - The loot window has been removed in favor of an unlimited inventory that you can expand when you want to see and equip your extra items.
Blocking - Chest channeling can no longer be interrupted if damage is absorbed by a block. If the damage exceeds the remaining shield, the unit will still be interrupted.
Duration effect calculations - The calculation of duration effect control ratios has been revised to be more accurate.
Interface window status - The "Bonus/Malus" and "Statistics" blocks of the units during a game will keep their open or closed status between games.
Sentinel Luxiole (Adalar) - The Sentinel Passive Luxiole has a new 3D model.
Draft - Unit Tooltip on Hover: Hovering over units during the draft phase will now display their skill details.
Bugfixes
And finally, as always, we have fixed various bugs you may have reported to us via on our Discord server.
Traps - Ground objects such as Luxiole (Sentinel) or Chests will destroy the traps they are placed on.
Blocking - Shields will no longer absorb damage from effects over time on the turn after the blocking ends.
Tile Conflicts - Units now suffer the strength of the unit that pushed them, not their own strength, in case of a tile conflict.
Akuyandi E - "Heave Ho!" Now inflicts the intended damage of the skill, not the strength of the unit being pushed.
Mastok E - Mighty Slow: Now deals the intended damage of the skill, not Mastok's strength.
Chaksa R - A Lothys Retaliation: Rooting can now be purged.
Irisha E - Toxic Surprise: Landing on an anemone after a jump or push will no longer send the unit into slide past the battlefield.
Kaya E - Glue: Fixed a bug that prevented the "Flammable" state from spreading burns properly on targets that were wet.
Sinna R - Barf: Fixed a visual bug that constantly displayed the R "Herb Feed" icon even when R "Fish Feed" was active.
Movement - Fixed several bugs with move skills and moves that could result in units not being playable or being saved on the wrong tile.
Options - Closing options on a tab other than "Graphics" no longer displays an empty page when the options are reopened.
Thanks again for your support and feedback, we hope you like what you've just read! In the meantime, we'll see you on Noara's land.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl - [GSC]Super_PropheT
Bright Emission illuminates the sky. Seems the Noosphere is proceeding that stalkers from Awaken Realms have discovered — something that will forever go down in the history of the Zone. Rumors say that these explorers are true masters of their craft and are ready to share some fruits of the expedition!
Clues we've got: you'll need a squad of stalker mates, a safe shelter with one evening supply stock, and… a table. Perhaps a campfire for complete immersion. We guess the best chance to clear it out is on their stream that’s start right now.
The peach trees lining the streets of Ul'dah are in full bloom, as beneath their vibrant boughs walk ladies from around the realm, their faces full of cheer. Little Ladies' Day has come─and this year, one young maiden in particular appears to require the aid of a charitable adventurer...
Event Duration From Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 12:00 a.m. (PST) / 8:00 (GMT) / 19:00 (AEDT) to Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 7:59 a.m. (PDT) / 14:59 (GMT) / Thursday, March 16 at 1:59 (AEDT)
How to Participate
Begin the quest "Inheritance" by speaking to the Royal Seneschal in Ul'dah – Steps of Nald (X:10.5 Y:8.6).
*Players must be level 15 and above to start the quest.
