Guild Wars 2

Since I’m not perfect, just human and I might have missed a post/tread/tweet/whatever that might has answered one of my questions, please post a link.
First, when the Fractals of the Mist where introduced, i was amazed,. The idea about a scaling dungeon, that gets tougher and tougher, is great.
But since the last patch, we have to grind for infusions, there is no other way (without this). Why?

Something in general about the ascendant equipment. That agony and infusions are a way to scale the first difficulties and make it easier for many, is a solution. But: Why has ascendant equipment higher stats than exotic?. Just add a “infused” to an exotic item, and everything is fine (guess like some said it was in Guild Wars (1) ). You promised, even before pre-selling the game, that there will be no grind, that always your skill decides how good and strong you are. And not how much time you spend, grinding for the best equipment. Doing Fractals of the Mist again and again seems (to me) to be grinding.

Are there people testing your patches? Especially the last one 28.01.13. If only one party would have encountered the Ice-Elemental (Dredge fractal) they would have noticed: Instant agony? Something must be wrong… If not every other MMO i know (admit i have not played that many) had a test-server where somebody, either employed or just playing the game, could search for bugs, without affecting anyone who just wants to play a good game. Is there a test-server? And why not?

And last but not least: When the Fractals of the Mist were introduced there was no (real) cap. Some made it to 80, and asked if that is an intended cap. This was about a month ago, no answer. They made it this far, by using their brain and the game mechanics, 99% ress, ress orb, Rangers SaR, there were various ways. Is proceeding to higher level fractals an exploit/bug or is it intended to be able to find a way?

Feel free to add more questions, I’m sure they won’t get answered either.

fotm is a skill based dungeon before the patch. Your level show your dedication to level 80 max. Must level 1 fotm pugs do like swamp which shows their skills and ability.

The problem is that anet now fixed an exploit for maw and it now officially gear gated in the newest patch.

Btw, all bosses agony are dodge able except maw. I wonder if there are players running fract 30 with 0 ar.

Yeah, you can progress pretty far w/o AR. This would be the skill-based that you’re referring to. Gotta dodge. Even at higher levels, max AR will not save you. You have to Dodge.

loseridoit.2756:

Btw, all bosses agony are dodge able except maw. I wonder if there are players running fract 30 with 0 ar.

why do more work than you have too? I could technically, but why would i

a. want to never melee since if you melee, you probaly wont dodge agony on bosses
b. take more damage, almost dying if i misdodge

games should be fun, and i cant imagine how doing all this extra stuff, with lesser stat gear (non-ascended) would be considered fun or a thrill. sure maybe one or two times to see what its like but imo, id say dying every time i got agony on 30 with 0 ar would not be fun

I formally request a test server that allows players to insta make any character to 80, with any gear, with full unlocked map etc.. Obviously this server would not “Save” any data, it would just be a one time thing you could do to test stuffs out and play with other players who dont want to grind to have fun. Since loot does not carry over or store, no problems. Just purely for fun. Bump if interested

JJBigs.8456:

loseridoit.2756:

Btw, all bosses agony are dodge able except maw. I wonder if there are players running fract 30 with 0 ar.

why do more work than you have too? I could technically, but why would i

a. want to never melee since if you melee, you probaly wont dodge agony on bosses
b. take more damage, almost dying if i misdodge

games should be fun, and i cant imagine how doing all this extra stuff, with lesser stat gear (non-ascended) would be considered fun or a thrill. sure maybe one or two times to see what its like but imo, id say dying every time i got agony on 30 with 0 ar would not be fun

I have a mesmer and I dont need to dodge agony since sword #2 makes me invulnerable. It takes skill to dodge and melee, but it is worth it because it is fun.

Ascended items are such a minimal upgrade from exotics that I don’t see TOO much of a problem. The only problem I have is the invalidation of jewelcrafting. It’s the only craft that is now unable to make the highest tier of gear available for players.

Amulets and rings are covered. All jewelcrafting supplies are accessories.

JJBigs.8456:

I formally request a test server that allows players to insta make any character to 80, with any gear, with full unlocked map etc.. Obviously this server would not “Save” any data, it would just be a one time thing you could do to test stuffs out and play with other players who dont want to grind to have fun. Since loot does not carry over or store, no problems. Just purely for fun. Bump if interested

They probably already have this. It is called a ‘Candidate’ or ‘Stage’ server. I have tested other games this way, so I’m sure this game has it too. It’s basically a standalone server that possibly a few hundred people have access to. It gets content updates early for players to test. There are probably hotkey and debug cheats to easily simulate various situations that will come up. Candidate content will often be patched dozens of times before it goes live. Yes, some bugs will make it through, it is inevitable. There are also deadlines, whereas known bugs will make it through, this will happen too. However, you would be surprised how many bugs are caught in this process. There are hundreds of bugs caught by these testing teams, who are often regular players who have signed an NDA and do not get paid, that you and I will never see.