This is a topic i have already covered in my previous guides, but i wanted to make a seperate video focussing on it as i still see a lot of people struggle getting the initial height. being able to use Skyscale x Griffon properly makes travelling a lot more fun, and its also usefull and fast! my recommended methods are between 00:27 and 01:17. Using skyscale, or skyscale with gliding booster is simply one of the better ways to get yourself going. an alternative method is with the bunny , but i dont recommend starting from completely flat ground as its easy to fail it 01:56 Now the soto mastery buff is ofcourse only for people who have gotten their skyscales the old way+ have the new masteries, so if you only have soto skyscale , this wont apply to you. you can combine the buff with the previously shown methods to get a little more height with the dashes! and ofc leylines and updrafts help, but they are situational. now there are more ways to start from low grounds, ( like turtle x gliding booster) i personally dont find those methods really usefull, so i focussed on only including methods that are nice and not too hard in use rather than the very niche ones.
Really useful video! I love using the griffon for map traversal because it's so speedy and fun to use, but on the flatter maps it can be a pain to gain the proper height. And that's where this comes in very handy!
🤍🧡❤ glad its helpfull! :D griffon is such fun in use, its why i love using it everywhere myself, and i hope this will help many people enjoy griffon more aswell
Now a little fun thing: i have a giveaway running for the supporters/ subscribers! as a little thank you for the subs AND a little extra thing ;) here is a link: www.tropee.com/t/kprPc0XR also- sorry for the voiceover XD i do always struggle with such + i was getting bullied by a tiny bird. i might do an outtake vid sometime as well, little bird was very naughty XD
a little extra note, you want to be relatively fast with pressing bond of vigor/ spacebar if you are using the 4 dash method to gain as much height as possible, if you are waiting too long you wont get enough height to start from flat ground: ruclips.net/video/n8g1M_RPXCE/видео.htmlsi=Taanabg0C-xVSROh i am placing this here to avoid any misinformation ;) but you can infact get a lot of extra height with the 4 dashies
Wait how did you got the extra bond of vigor if you started from the ground. From my understanding youll only get it if you mount your skyscale from the air.
02:02 wait, how do you switch mounts so quickly? I know griffon mastery 1 lets you mount mid air, but I gotta have the griffon already selected as my mount....
I wish they'd just uncap the altitude system, so there was a direct relationship between speed and climb distance... so you could jump off a small hill, swoop, gain a bit of height, swoop, gain a bit of height etc.
there is a little bit- can climb to a bunny height above the starting height, but sadly its hard capped there.. i would love it aswell if they would return it to old griffon before the height cap nerf
@@ThyWeepingWillow Yeah I read about that nerf, and it rather annoyed me. Started playing the game just over a year ago... recently me and the fiance got our griffons, loving it. Spent like 5 hours zooming around Mount Maelstrom. I'm assuming the developer logic was - if we don't nerf griffons, they'll out-perform skyscales... but I don't think that's true at all. Most people would still use the skyscale, because it's a helicopter, and has no learning curve.
Not sure what im doing wrong, but i am trying the first method with 4 bond of vigor, on a flat surface. But i dont get enough altitude to finish the dive and go up again…
Likely a problem with the timing! First, when you are about to start the first dash, make sure that your skyscale is pointing upwards while it still has some of its green bar. Then during the second dash you already want to press bond of vigor and spam the dash upwards. Since your skyscale will be in the red with the heightbar, if you are waiting too long with bond of vigor, your skyscale will start dragging itself downwards unable to get more upwards, so you want to be really fast and already press bond of vigor/ spam dash during the second dash due to it It is a bit of a method youd have to get used to. Once you got the timing right its doable but it can be funky the first few times you try it
nope! just a diff mic, but also the difference between casual me vs voiceover is def there. i guess i try pressure my voice a bit much to try and speak words more clear- but im not a pro at it so it sounds a bit awkward
step 2: watch for the part about the bunny trick / glidebooster :P getting skyscale nowadays luckily isnt so hard anymore tho, theyve made it much easier
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This is a topic i have already covered in my previous guides, but i wanted to make a seperate video focussing on it as i still see a lot of people struggle getting the initial height.
being able to use Skyscale x Griffon properly makes travelling a lot more fun, and its also usefull and fast!
my recommended methods are between 00:27 and 01:17. Using skyscale, or skyscale with gliding booster is simply one of the better ways to get yourself going.
an alternative method is with the bunny , but i dont recommend starting from completely flat ground as its easy to fail it 01:56
Now the soto mastery buff is ofcourse only for people who have gotten their skyscales the old way+ have the new masteries, so if you only have soto skyscale , this wont apply to you. you can combine the buff with the previously shown methods to get a little more height with the dashes!
and ofc leylines and updrafts help, but they are situational.
now there are more ways to start from low grounds, ( like turtle x gliding booster) i personally dont find those methods really usefull, so i focussed on only including methods that are nice and not too hard in use rather than the very niche ones.
you could atlist put the name of the game for starters
@@caluttitbontoc4616guild wars 2
Really useful video! I love using the griffon for map traversal because it's so speedy and fun to use, but on the flatter maps it can be a pain to gain the proper height. And that's where this comes in very handy!
🤍🧡❤ glad its helpfull! :D griffon is such fun in use, its why i love using it everywhere myself, and i hope this will help many people enjoy griffon more aswell
I suggest getting the beetle then it's super fast on flat land
While I think that GW2 is a great mmorpg, getting the 2 coolest and most convient mounts is a pain in the ass.
Its def some work, but if you want you can always poke me for help. I can run you through getting the griffon in no-time🤍🧡❤️
@@ThyWeepingWillow sounds good
@@ThyWeepingWillow hi! can u help me too?
Just unlocked my Griffom yesterday. I still have to work through its masteries and the Skyscale though. I am excited and scared at the same time 😂
Graaaats! Its very fun in use. Not easy, but once you learn it its so nice!
Great idea to give these methods even more visibility, I love seeing people learning how to get the most out of their griff!
Now a little fun thing: i have a giveaway running for the supporters/ subscribers! as a little thank you for the subs AND a little extra thing ;) here is a link: www.tropee.com/t/kprPc0XR
also- sorry for the voiceover XD i do always struggle with such + i was getting bullied by a tiny bird. i might do an outtake vid sometime as well, little bird was very naughty XD
I was grinding skyscale using SoTO method just for the sake of riding griffon better haha
its what i did it for XD
the quaggy just got the griffon yesterday! and now is time to learn!
Graaaaaats💙🧡💙🧡
oh my god, this is so awesome! Thank you!
hope it helps
a little extra note, you want to be relatively fast with pressing bond of vigor/ spacebar if you are using the 4 dash method to gain as much height as possible, if you are waiting too long you wont get enough height to start from flat ground: ruclips.net/video/n8g1M_RPXCE/видео.htmlsi=Taanabg0C-xVSROh
i am placing this here to avoid any misinformation ;) but you can infact get a lot of extra height with the 4 dashies
imma come to you to teach me some griffon stuff xD but after i finish my legendary trinkets
blessed us with your cute voice
Wait how did you got the extra bond of vigor if you started from the ground. From my understanding youll only get it if you mount your skyscale from the air.
you simply do a tiny jump, then mount skyscale while you jump. it easily becomes muscle memory if you do it enough haha
02:02 wait, how do you switch mounts so quickly? I know griffon mastery 1 lets you mount mid air, but I gotta have the griffon already selected as my mount....
You can keybind your mounts! It makes switching between them a lot easier :D i have my griffon bound to my mouse and my skyscale to my numpad 0
I wish they'd just uncap the altitude system, so there was a direct relationship between speed and climb distance... so you could jump off a small hill, swoop, gain a bit of height, swoop, gain a bit of height etc.
there is a little bit- can climb to a bunny height above the starting height, but sadly its hard capped there.. i would love it aswell if they would return it to old griffon before the height cap nerf
@@ThyWeepingWillow Yeah I read about that nerf, and it rather annoyed me. Started playing the game just over a year ago... recently me and the fiance got our griffons, loving it. Spent like 5 hours zooming around Mount Maelstrom.
I'm assuming the developer logic was - if we don't nerf griffons, they'll out-perform skyscales... but I don't think that's true at all. Most people would still use the skyscale, because it's a helicopter, and has no learning curve.
Not sure what im doing wrong, but i am trying the first method with 4 bond of vigor, on a flat surface. But i dont get enough altitude to finish the dive and go up again…
Likely a problem with the timing!
First, when you are about to start the first dash, make sure that your skyscale is pointing upwards while it still has some of its green bar. Then during the second dash you already want to press bond of vigor and spam the dash upwards. Since your skyscale will be in the red with the heightbar, if you are waiting too long with bond of vigor, your skyscale will start dragging itself downwards unable to get more upwards, so you want to be really fast and already press bond of vigor/ spam dash during the second dash due to it
It is a bit of a method youd have to get used to. Once you got the timing right its doable but it can be funky the first few times you try it
@@ThyWeepingWillow Okay thanks for the brief explanation! I'm gonna practise this
Idk why I just expected you to go "press the kickflip 360 gain height button on your griffon 👍" xDDDDDDDD
Very cool vid as always O.O
thanks for this video!
Your instructional narrating voice is charming - feels like I could be watching an old BBC informational documentary but set in Northern Europe
Thank you a lot!
epic video giving the method like this
okay, I got a really good gaming PC and my Guild Wars does not look like this How did you get your gw2 to look so good?
i use reshade to make the visuals a little sharper/ prettier :D
Hey what should i focus on to make enough gold to get the griffon? Dying to get this mount!
Wizards vault dailies/ weeklies really help! And check your material storage for stuff to sell, sometimes you have more gold than you'd think
Are you using a voice changer in this video?
nope! just a diff mic, but also the difference between casual me vs voiceover is def there. i guess i try pressure my voice a bit much to try and speak words more clear- but im not a pro at it so it sounds a bit awkward
Step one: own a skyscale. Yes very useful video indeed
step 2: watch for the part about the bunny trick / glidebooster :P
getting skyscale nowadays luckily isnt so hard anymore tho, theyve made it much easier