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Posted by: Stelli.3607

Stelli.3607

Seeing this release and the other ones we got till now it seems kinda small :o

We get:

1 new dungeon path – surely not bad but it seriously cant take THAT long to complete
1 new weapon set – that contains recoloured and reskinned weapons …well
1 new back item – looks nice but also can’t take that long to create
Aether Chests – A part of the new dungeon path, but you have to get the key parts in the open world.

I am somehow underwhelmed by the size of the upcoming patch. I know that they release one now every 2 weeks, but still they got 8? teams working on content, so they all have plenty of time for their stuff, and creating a new dungeon with some reskinned weapons is not much compared to like a whole new map like Zephyr Sanctum with 2 minigames, events all over the place etc.

What is your opinion on that?

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Posted by: Verow.6904

Verow.6904

I think its kinda small compared to older updates, at least we know they are going to release a new balance patch in mid octomber.

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Posted by: Palador.2170

Palador.2170

I think that, as someone that doesn’t really do dungeons in this game, the next patch is pretty much non-existent for me. Pity that Pokemon X/Y doesn’t come out until a couple of days before the patch after this one.

It’s also bad that it sounds as if the new weapons are just recolored versions of old ones, and STILL they’ll be locked behind RNG. It seems that the only thing you can be sure to earn with effort is the back item … again.

Complaints aside, though, I do like the idea of adding new paths to the dungeons with new stories in them. They need to keep it though, no removing it after 4 weeks. And with any luck, this will be the end of Scarlet so we can move on to a more enjoyable villain.

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delicate, brick-like subtlety.

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Posted by: Charak.9761

Charak.9761

I think the design team got burnout on those last updates for the pass couple months and realize its all the same to drop 1 thing every 2 weeks and generate the numbers.

Could you imagine if AP chests didn’t exist? The game would of been killed, the extrinsic values are largely gone

TO many of us have become more and more invested, that people just kind of accept garbage content as new and innovative, and really that boils down to player loyalty. I’m invested, my hours and purchases make me invested in this game but these small updates and no extrinsic value outside of RNG for me to work towards makes the game fall flat.

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Posted by: frostyraziel.1854

frostyraziel.1854

This and the Tequatl update have been pretty underwhelming. If this is what he 4 teams cycle means then i’m worried. They should drop the spoon feeding. I would prefer to wait 2 months per update if we get content updates equal to that of “The Lost Shores”.

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Posted by: anzenketh.3759

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I think they are holding off the big patches until they make a way for us to track the living story as it progresses.

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Posted by: lordkrall.7241

lordkrall.7241

You guys know that Halloween happens in October, right?

And that it is quite likely that they have pulled quite a bit of resources on that one, and most likely also choose to make the updates before it smaller, just so that people would be able to “complete” them without rushing it before Halloween.

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Posted by: dekou.6012

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A new dungeon path is great news. It would be called a new dungeon in any other MMORPG.

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Posted by: frostyraziel.1854

frostyraziel.1854

You guys know that Halloween happens in October, right?

And that it is quite likely that they have pulled quite a bit of resources on that one, and most likely also choose to make the updates before it smaller, just so that people would be able to “complete” them without rushing it before Halloween.

Do you actually think they will redesign the whole Halloween event? It’s going to be the same as last year, but with a few extra things.
They’ve already said festivals are there so they don’t have to build new content from the ground up.

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Posted by: Kite.2510

Kite.2510

For someone who doesn’t do dungeons, the next patch doesn’t exist.
For someone who’ll won’t be in the game for the next month, this patch will also not exist, since it will most likely removed in a month…

I would rather have them re-work all the existing dungeons to:

  • Fix exploits.
  • Fix skips.
  • Punish sellers.
  • Encourage non DPS stat-combination diversity.
  • Enhance rewards.
  • Give different skins, and Graphics to the different paths to make them more diverse.
  • Make them more fun.
…and don’t be toxic!

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Posted by: lordkrall.7241

lordkrall.7241

Do you actually think they will redesign the whole Halloween event? It’s going to be the same as last year, but with a few extra things.
They’ve already said festivals are there so they don’t have to build new content from the ground up.

Of course not.
But they have HUGE amount of new mechanics and such available to them now, and it is very unlikely that they will just rerun the same event as last year (they said last year that the event itself would repeat every year, but not in the same way).

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Posted by: lordkrall.7241

lordkrall.7241

For someone who doesn’t do dungeons, the next patch doesn’t exist.
For someone who’ll won’t be in the game for the next month, this patch will also not exist, since it will most likely removed in a month…

I would rather have them re-work all the existing dungeons to:

  • Fix exploits.
  • Fix skips.
  • Punish sellers.
  • Encourage non DPS stat-combination diversity.
  • Enhance rewards.
  • Give different skins, and Graphics to the different paths to make them more diverse.
  • Make them more fun.

Incorrect.
The dungeon path is permanent.

It is also possible that they ARE reworking the other paths in the dungeon with the patch.

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Posted by: Player Character.9467

Player Character.9467

For someone who doesn’t do dungeons, the next patch doesn’t exist.
For someone who’ll won’t be in the game for the next month, this patch will also not exist, since it will most likely removed in a month…

I would rather have them re-work all the existing dungeons to:

  • Fix exploits.
  • Fix skips.
  • Punish sellers.
  • Encourage non DPS stat-combination diversity.
  • Enhance rewards.
  • Give different skins, and Graphics to the different paths to make them more diverse.
  • Make them more fun.

Different teams, and selling is completely legitimate.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Please-fix-people-selling-dungeon-slots/page/5#post1162080

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Posted by: Lucky.9421

Lucky.9421

A new dungeon path, if done well, would be awesome.

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Posted by: CuRtoKy.8576

CuRtoKy.8576

For someone who doesn’t do dungeons, the next patch doesn’t exist.
For someone who’ll won’t be in the game for the next month, this patch will also not exist, since it will most likely removed in a month…

I would rather have them re-work all the existing dungeons to:

  • Fix exploits.
  • Fix skips.
  • Punish sellers.
  • Encourage non DPS stat-combination diversity.
  • Enhance rewards.
  • Give different skins, and Graphics to the different paths to make them more diverse.
  • Make them more fun.

You won’t fix exploits overnight. One may be patch but the same people will try to find another one. Case study: Fractals of the Mist.

The content in this patch isn’t temporary nor was the previous. LFG tool, WvW bloodlust, World Boss and now TA new patch, some WvW (hinted), and I’m sure a few more things that aren’t listed on the release page.

Nothing wrong with skips. It requires skill to skip stuff (if you look at Arah). Better thing to suggest is to make trash more enjoyable. Nobody wants to pound silver mobs for a few minutes it gets boring. Instead have like 100 low hp mobs or something.

Sellers are punished if they kick people near the end. If someone happens to solo/duo a dungeon and they sell 3 dungeon slots that is legit. Big difference.

The most they can do is to require more support like condi removal like they did in the AR dungeon. As for condition damage that is a bigger change since it affects not only PvE but sPvP and WvW.

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Posted by: RagingDragon.9475

RagingDragon.9475

The forum post you listed is 8 months old, not sure what changed but Anet recently tweeted that Dungeon selling was a reportable offence.

https://twitter.com/GuildWars2/status/380793184047366144

I will be waiting on confirmation from Anet before I do anymore selling.

As for the next patch it is supposed to be for the WvW Seasons event (starts Oct 4), plus this new dungeon path. And I think they are overhauling all of TA with this patch. So no this patch will not be small, but it will not be as large as other patches. I think they are relaxing on the content a bit for this update, as they want us in WvW for the event, as well as Halloween is just around the corner.

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Posted by: Gabby.3205

Gabby.3205

Every new LW sub-forum has a thread like this, and the update always end up being bigger than what people thought initially.

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Posted by: Hule.8794

Hule.8794

Because there will be WvW Leagues starting 4th of October. So devs are focusing on Leagues.

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Posted by: Puddles.6385

Puddles.6385

TBH, it’s not any smaller than the current one:

We got 1 reworked dragon fight, with the rest minorly modified to have a timer & more health, and an LFG tool that, as of the last time I looked, it seems a few more people are using than the old tool. (To be fair, I haven’t looked since it’s been announced that it’s available to everyone, though myself & all of my guildies all got access on the second day. But it’s looked pretty empty in there most of the time)

A new explorable path, if it’s done well, is worth the wait. I just hope the rest of the dungeon can have bugs fixed (those blossoms that don’t die!), without sucking all of the fun out of the dungeon, like was done with AC when they “fixed” that one.

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Posted by: Player Character.9467

Player Character.9467

The forum post you listed is 8 months old, not sure what changed but Anet recently tweeted that Dungeon selling was a reportable offence.

https://twitter.com/GuildWars2/status/380793184047366144

I will be waiting on confirmation from Anet before I do anymore selling.

As for the next patch it is supposed to be for the WvW Seasons event (starts Oct 4), plus this new dungeon path. And I think they are overhauling all of TA with this patch. So no this patch will not be small, but it will not be as large as other patches. I think they are relaxing on the content a bit for this update, as they want us in WvW for the event, as well as Halloween is just around the corner.

And taking the word of PR on a social media site over the post of an actual representative on the official site that hasn’t since been edited makes sense because?…

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Posted by: LeDuc.1436

LeDuc.1436

That friday also includes the WvW league starting up; so theirs that. I imagine they wanted a smaller update here so that we can focus on the league for the first week.

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Posted by: Amok Threeohthree.8501

Amok Threeohthree.8501

They don’t always announce all changes anyway…

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Posted by: Taku.6352

Taku.6352

First people complain that they get too much content and now they complain that they get too little.

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Posted by: zeromius.1604

zeromius.1604

First people complain that they get too much content and now they complain that they get too little.

If it’s not the content they specifically want then they will complain.

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Posted by: Asudementio.8526

Asudementio.8526

It looks small on paper and so did tequatl. Anet seems to not space out content evenly which is fine because sometimes it is just better to do occasional big releases and pacing releases afterwards.

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Posted by: KeybladeMaster.3148

KeybladeMaster.3148

I think its kinda small compared to older updates, at least we know they are going to release a new balance patch in mid octomber.

source?

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Posted by: Breaking Bad.6241

Breaking Bad.6241

Haha, please don’t make me dig the piles of threads complaining that the two week cycle is too much and too quick. Now the “it’s not enough” threads arrive to fight them. Poor Anet can never win.

I personally think that an additional permanent dungeon path is good enough. Especially if it is as awesome as the Molten Facility and the Aetherblade Retreat.

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Posted by: Pifil.5193

Pifil.5193

I think its kinda small compared to older updates, at least we know they are going to release a new balance patch in mid octomber.

source?

It was said on these forums somewhere, in the PVP subforum, on the Dev Tracker somewhere earlier this month but the search engine is broken so google might be a better bet.

Actually hang on… “gw2 mid-october balance patch”

Here ya go:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/October-15th-balance-skills-updates-preview/first

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Posted by: Brizna.5612

Brizna.5612

So finally we dungeon crawlers get something that is aparently a true new dungeon and not an scalable piece of cake pseudo instance and some people complain? I say it was about time.

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Posted by: Fafnir.5124

Fafnir.5124

For someone who doesn’t do dungeons, the next patch doesn’t exist.
For someone who’ll won’t be in the game for the next month, this patch will also not exist, since it will most likely removed in a month…

I would rather have them re-work all the existing dungeons to:

  • Fix exploits.
  • Fix skips.
  • Punish sellers.
  • Encourage non DPS stat-combination diversity.
  • Enhance rewards.
  • Give different skins, and Graphics to the different paths to make them more diverse.
  • Make them more fun.

you do know the new dugion path is perm content and new dugion<-which is what people been asking most for from living story. 2nd WvW season starts October 1st also so if you don’t do dugions there is a lot of new stuff happening right now so don’t complain about free patchs please other then content and lack of lore which we don’t know yet one way or the other how good/bad it is. So stop speculating

And as far as size it is about same as aitherblade dugion and most other patches. If you would believe what others say this month has 3 updates if effort is spaced out between them it should be understandable. +Mad king return should have most effort put for it.

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Posted by: Ardenwolfe.8590

Ardenwolfe.8590

I’m hoping to God it means the Halloween event will be epic, and they’re putting most of their time into that instead.

Gone to Reddit.

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Posted by: Belenwyn.8674

Belenwyn.8674

I assume that a different team worked on Halloween event.

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Posted by: Flash.6912

Flash.6912

I wonder when they going to release ascended armors, new fractals, and new legendaries weapons/ new legendary type gear.

R.I.P Kumu <3

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Posted by: Morsus.5106

Morsus.5106

Considering that we get updates every 2 weeks for free, I can’t complain

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Posted by: Veltoss.9135

Veltoss.9135

The dev already said that there’s a reason the dungeon path has been their main focus and taken so much of their resources. Here’s his exact quote:

Hey guys I was getting ready to post some info for you, but saw this thread and thought it would be the most fitting place. I’ve been reading through the threads so far and wanted to write on a few points brought up.

Our team’s put a great deal of effort into getting this new dungeon path right, so that it is both challenging and fun. We’re comprised of folks that worked on the Aetherblade Retreat, as well as myself from Molten Facility, so we’ve been putting everything we’ve learned from the past months’ development into what we think is a pretty exciting experience.

There’s a whole lot to do in this dungeon, even after the final boss is downed. Expect some nods to the existing TA paths, as well as a few to previous Living World dungeons. You’ve probably already seen some in the screenshots & trailer released so far.
Our hope is that once you get in there, you’ll see why this is the primary thing we’ve been working on. That said, Halloween is just around the corner, and you won’t be waiting too long after Twilight Assault to see what we’ve got in store for you with this year’s Mad King shindig.

-LeifChappelle

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Posted by: Teege.4623

Teege.4623

Because there will be WvW Leagues starting 4th of October. So devs are focusing on Leagues.

Didn’t the e-sport/sPvP event thing turn out to be a little clusterF, I wonder if this league thing will as well.

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Posted by: Charak.9761

Charak.9761

Because there will be WvW Leagues starting 4th of October. So devs are focusing on Leagues.

Didn’t the e-sport/sPvP event thing turn out to be a little clusterF, I wonder if this league thing will as well.

its not an esport league, it just gives the server better rewards for actively winning. However, bad matchups will sour this design quickly

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Posted by: MithranArkanere.8957

MithranArkanere.8957

I prefer this size of content. It leaves more room to do other stuff.

I could not get to WvW or PvP the whole month while I was trying to get enough baubles for all the weapons I wanted.

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Posted by: fictitiousacct.1782

fictitiousacct.1782

I’m kinda glad to have a breather from a lot of living story content. School started once again and it’s a good chance to focus on other things than gw2 living story content. Also, I’m glad they’re starting to fix all the small bugs and problems players have instead of making new content right now.

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Posted by: Lucky.9421

Lucky.9421

I would rather their updates be smaller and less often but more polished.

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Posted by: Aktarus.5612

Aktarus.5612

kitten when will we have real new permanent content, with tokens to exchange vs ascended stuff, and new armor skins ? I don’t want to play same things and save money for months only to pay them in gemstore,or in laurels.Where is fun,diversity and originality ?

The LS reward are useless most of the time, boring as the LS content…