Guild Wars 2

deSade.9437:

Awwww. /pat
It was worth it, man.

Glad folks enjoyed it :-D

Lesson learned, clipboard wall-of-text snark posts before hitting submit!

dlonie.6547:

deSade.9437:

Awwww. /pat
It was worth it, man.

Glad folks enjoyed it :-D

Lesson learned, clipboard wall-of-text snark posts before hitting submit!

I have to do this with all posts on my phone because if it takes more than 30 seconds to type, the page won’t load to reply and I have to refresh. Sometimes it saves the text but usually it loses it

dlonie.6547:

NCSoft got DDoS’d last night, and it looks like they were still having some problems off and on this morning.

Wildstar server status page is a good indicator for GW2, too.

I suspected something like that, but wasn’t sure. Thanks for the information.

Not dungeon related but made me laugh a lot.
“Big Changes are Coming to the Commander System”

BIG CHANGES
BIG CHANGES

lol, they add’ed 3 colors and made it account bound XD #commanderhype

Trice.4598:

Not dungeon related but made me laugh a lot.
“Big Changes are Coming to the Commander System”

BIG CHANGES
BIG CHANGES

lol, they add’ed 3 colors and made it account bound XD #commanderhype

And then we wonder why we don’t get new dungeons.

I wonder how many minutes of programming that took them. Anyone wanna take an educated guess?

Probably 30 mins of programming but 2weeks of meetings to decide

JasmineLong.6514:

Probably 30 mins of programming but 2weeks of meetings to decide

If anet is anything like my company it’s more literally 3 months of meetings and 5 failed programming tries.

Lilith Ajit.6173:

JasmineLong.6514:

Probably 30 mins of programming but 2weeks of meetings to decide

If anet is anything like my company it’s more literally 3 months of meetings and 5 failed programming tries.

Seems very possible to me
I imagine being an avid wvw player, maybe even a commander and reading “BIG CHANGES TO COMMANDERS”…
/excitement
Then…. reading the blog…
“Ah. Well.”

Lilith Ajit.6173:

JasmineLong.6514:

Probably 30 mins of programming but 2weeks of meetings to decide

If anet is anything like my company it’s more literally 3 months of meetings and 5 failed programming tries.

Actually that sounds about right now that you mentioned it. I was being optimistic.

Let me give you perspective…. 2 months on a document on a procedure on how to write a different document on how to test a script.

Make me think, some dude commented on the fact that arenanet only has 300+ employees, he said out of those probably only 100-125 or so of them work on the game, the rest are pr, marketing, community manager, etc. Made me realize, we live in a time where image of the games is more important that the quality of the game itself

Trice.4598:

Make me think, some dude commented on the fact that arenanet only has 300+ employees, he said out of those probably only 100-125 or so of them work on the game, the rest are pr, marketing, community manager, etc. Made me realize, we live in a time where image of the games is more important that the quality of the game itself

That’s true. Any tech company is so run by who funds them it’s hard to just roll with talent and good ideas.

Lilith Ajit.6173:

Let me give you perspective…. 2 months on a document on a procedure on how to write a different document on how to test a script.

Yeah it’s like that where I work as well but I tend to wish that my company is the only one that is that kittened up. I forget most companies are as kittened up as mine.

JasmineLong.6514:

Lilith Ajit.6173:

Let me give you perspective…. 2 months on a document on a procedure on how to write a different document on how to test a script.

Yeah it’s like that where I work as well but I tend to wish that my company is the only one that is that kittened up. I forget most companies are as kittened up as mine.

Well… I work in Redacted

Lilith Ajit.6173:

JasmineLong.6514:

Lilith Ajit.6173:

Let me give you perspective…. 2 months on a document on a procedure on how to write a different document on how to test a script.

Yeah it’s like that where I work as well but I tend to wish that my company is the only one that is that kittened up. I forget most companies are as kittened up as mine.

Well… I work in Redacted

May the Eternal Alchemy have mercy on your little Asura soul.

I’m currently laughing very hard and shaking my head at the same time. A friend wanted to duo CM/teach me how to solo p3, so we did p1 and p3.
Then we did an experiment wether we could speed it up with a different class composition.
After that my friend wanted to sell. I had no problem with that so he posted a lfg entry.
Result: We got two of those people who apparently belief dungeon selling is evil. I see the kick window at my friends character and half a second later the Queensdale loading screen.
The very first time I’m involved into selling and this happens. Must be a sign.
To add insult to injury, I read almost everyday about fillers and this particular problem here on the forum, but I forgot to remind my friend about it.

Sellers are truly evil. I was kicked once because I asked is the boss really at 1% like advertised and not at 2%.

ermagherd people exploiting the game and farming, ANET NERF DEES PLZ. IT UPSETS ME.

Did they change cliffside or is this the first time I’m ever getting the path to the first seal to look like that?

winterchillz.2564:

Did they change cliffside or is this the first time I’m ever getting the path to the first seal to look like that?

It’s because it’s fractal scale 1.

It changes when it gets higher. Probably at 10, been a while so not sure.

RemiRome.8495:

winterchillz.2564:

Did they change cliffside or is this the first time I’m ever getting the path to the first seal to look like that?

It’s because it’s fractal scale 1.

It changes when it gets higher. Probably at 10, been a while so not sure.

Exactly! For level 1-9, it’s this way to go to the first seal.

Whoa, it’s been forever since I’ve done 1-9 then o: Thanks guys!

guys I have found a video on youtube from a pug’s view in dungeons and they go into detail on how they play

I lost so many braincells I turned into a sylvari.

Given how you think about vegetables, that is probably one of the most dire predicaments ever.

Yeah, it’s a terrible fate for me. Worse than having to eat sliced cucumbers and lettuce tonight…
/throws up

I surface from Pokemon Azeroth and smutty TV to check out the forums and GW2 and man, they are just trying to kill my desire to log on. Anet I don’t even know anymore.

P.S everyone watch this.

Laar.5476:

I surface from Pokemon Azeroth and smutty TV to check out the forums and GW2 and man, they are just trying to kill my desire to log on. Anet I don’t even know anymore.

P.S everyone watch this.

Hmmm. She’s trying too hard to sound intense and emotional. That chest.
I liked the images, though. And the bagpipes (such a stupid name) are kewl.
/summons adam and his kilt to the thread

Reading responses to the communication post…It never fails to amaze me how so many people can fail to put a complete sentence together, or feel that 12 lines of text with no punctuation is perfectly readable.

BRB, gotta go take an aspirin and scrub my eyeballs.

I hate the negativity and cryhards.

Ugh.

deSade.9437:

Laar.5476:

I surface from Pokemon Azeroth and smutty TV to check out the forums and GW2 and man, they are just trying to kill my desire to log on. Anet I don’t even know anymore.

P.S everyone watch this.

Hmmm. She’s trying too hard to sound intense and emotional. That chest.
I liked the images, though. And the bagpipes (such a stupid name) are kewl.
/summons adam and his kilt to the thread

I think the other end of her is more shapely, but the show is just shot beautifully in general; I am a sucker for historical themed shows. Also summer is the season of kilts here, so many guys wear them, unironically, probably the whole New Scotland thing.

On another note are the quality of the forums deteriorating in general? We used to play spot the stupid post, but now it’s more spot the coherent post.

Maybe it’s all the farmers coming to Q_Q about Blix getting shut down.

deSade.9437:

Yeah, it’s a terrible fate for me. Worse than having to eat sliced cucumbers and lettuce tonight…
/throws up

It’s good for you. No kvetching.

Good evening ladies and gents.

Good evening dear.

Guys, I’ve been practicing the dungeon paths I don’t know and I realised how much I suck. I died at Aldus, I died at Ginva, I died everywhere and I didn’t even attempt aetherpath (done once). I’m so amazed at my badness I’m almost in tears.
What shall I do other than get gud?

deSade.9437:

Good evening dear.

Guys, I’ve been practicing the dungeon paths I don’t know and I realised how much I suck. I died at Aldus, I died at Ginva, I died everywhere and I didn’t even attempt aetherpath (done once). I’m so amazed at my badness I’m almost in tears.
What shall I do other than get gud?

Sucking at paths you don’t know (well) is pretty normal because you need to get used to the bosses first. So basically your only option is to get gud by doing the paths more often.

u.u
But… but I suck. I dunno. I just suck. I can’t do things right.
/sobs
It’s the rng of my panicky personality that kills me. If I’m relaxed I rarely make (huge) mistakes, but if I start panicking I fail even the simplest things, like placing a wall. And I can’t predict when I’ll freak out!
kitten RNGesus.
Oh, I also forget the subtle and delicate strategies of a speedrun.
“Wait, did I have to sr here? No, smokescreen? Uhhhh…”

deSade.9437:

u.u
But… but I suck. I dunno. I just suck. I can’t do things right.
/sobs
It’s the rng of my panicky personality that kills me. If I’m relaxed I rarely make (huge) mistakes, but if I start panicking I fail even the simplest things, like placing a wall. And I can’t predict when I’ll freak out!
kitten RNGesus.
Oh, I also forget the subtle and delicate strategies of a speedrun.
“Wait, did I have to sr here? No, smokescreen? Uhhhh…”

That sounds like me, though instead of forgetting to do things I hit the wrong keys even more often than usually (kitten you, crappy motor skills). Just keep practicing, it’ll get better. Also, be glad you never panic like the attached kitty.

Meh, I couldn’t even smile looking at a cute kitty. What the hell is wrong with me.
I might not start jumping around, but I totally start squeaking on ts. Or shouting
“OhmygodohmygodOhhhhhMyyyyGoooooood”
/red lights off
There’s the rest of the script:
“Ohgod we’re so dead ohh I’m so dead ohhh I shouldn’t have done this and OHCHRISTWALLIMISPLACEDWALLL AHHHHHHHH”
/soft sobs in the background
Yeah now it’s like we’ve been knowing each other for a few years.
:3

Yay! Another student got his Lupi solo done tonight!! Gratz Grump!!

deSade.9437:

Guys, I’ve been practicing the dungeon paths I don’t know and I realised how much I suck.

Do you honestly think anybody else feels different when they do paths they don’t know (well)? How do you think I felt going through Arah with you a couple of days ago? Even in fractals I had a lot of “oh no, why did I do that” moments, and I felt a lot more comfortable in there than in Arah.

There’s really no way around doing the paths again and again and again, and even then there’ll be days when things just don’t work out, you hit the wrong keys at the wrong moment or whatever. Dump a totally useless feedback into the ground in the middle of an Arah skip because I messed up my utilities … placed the portal right below the flaming balls in CoF p1 instead of behind them … it happens. Do I feel lousy when it happens? Of course I do, but there’s no way around it other than trying again and again until it works (most of the time ).

Baaa baaaa baaa

I’m confused. I actually sort of “ragequit” a group yesterday.

Friend of mine and I decided to get AC story for some alts. We flag us simply as “story” and get 2 level 80 (one me, my necro never ventured much into dungeons before) and a few lowlevel ranging from 30 to 33.
Looks good enough.
Then someone initiates a kick for one of the lowlevels. And apparently the second pug agreed.
After a chat inquiry what the hell that was about gave no immedeate answer, my friend just reups the old lfg.
The same player joins us. 10 seconds later, our 2 “friends” kick him again.

Then the other level 80 pipes up in chat “we need better team”. “wee need one god player”. Yes he wrote “god”, but I presumed that was a typo.
Anyway at that point my friend and I left. It was a frickin’ storymode. AC no less. What in all that is unholy do you need a “better team” for in that case?
Not even counting that he apparently dismissed my level 80 as “not good” for whatever reason, possibly being a necro. That I could have taken that as a personal insult just came to me later.

Anyway we posted a new lfg. got the twice kicked player again and two others and proceeded to do the instance without a hitch.

Silberfisch.3046:

I’m confused. I actually sort of “ragequit” a group yesterday.

Friend of mine and I decided to get AC story for some alts. We flag us simply as “story” and get 2 level 80 (one me, my necro never ventured much into dungeons before) and a few lowlevel ranging from 30 to 33.
Looks good enough.
Then someone initiates a kick for one of the lowlevels. And apparently the second pug agreed.
After a chat inquiry what the hell that was about gave no immedeate answer, my friend just reups the old lfg.
The same player joins us. 10 seconds later, our 2 “friends” kick him again.

Then the other level 80 pipes up in chat “we need better team”. “wee need one god player”. Yes he wrote “god”, but I presumed that was a typo.
Anyway at that point my friend and I left. It was a frickin’ storymode. AC no less. What in all that is unholy do you need a “better team” for in that case?
Not even counting that he apparently dismissed my level 80 as “not good” for whatever reason, possibly being a necro. That I could have taken that as a personal insult just came to me later.

Anyway we posted a new lfg. got the twice kicked player again and two others and proceeded to do the instance without a hitch.

Sadly, a lot of those people are out there…

I ask for experienced berserkers and get THREE godkitten rifle-warriors.

I got this.

/cries

Wow, Martin Kerstein also stopped working at ArenaNet.

http://mkerstein.tumblr.com/post/95577009319/onwards-to-new-adventures

What the heck is going on?

Something. Probably similar to Danicia leaving.

Maybe an implosion. Maybe I need to apply to some more anet positions.

Yes, Kate Welch is leaving as well (it’s on reddit).

Kate leaving probably for career opportunities. Martin just sounds like he had a falling out where the upper management didn’t listen to his advice and he didn’t like that (previous tweets). Either he quit or got term’ed, but oh well none of our business.