Guild Wars 2

Cmon Anet, Tis a simple task to add them to a vendor somewhere, The community wants it! THE THREAD SHALL NOT DIE

insanemaniac.2456:

Carpboy.7145:

Well since youre the only red that responded to badges for tomes we better get crackin again. Gonna have to be 8+ pages now before another one decides to read it

o. m. g.

we has work to do guise, allies gone. now the devs dont know about the thread. and its on page 2!!

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Jayden Ennok.3687:

Would be really awesome to be able to exchange badges for tomes of knowledge but not under the current karma train system.

So many people/commanders don’t defend anything because it’s more profitable to let enemies cap and then take it back.

WvW is now pretty much about ignoring enemies and capping empty structures, badges for tomes would just add to this.

True and look at Edge, so many badges there without fighting enemies.

let’s make sure this stays on the front page

Maybe for badges and skill points. I think my first character has a couple of hundred skill points to spare.

Melfice.5091:

I swear to god if it would be Laurel + Badges again (which means Laurels is the only thing you basicly need for it) I’m going to punch a basket of puppies

Agree. Once you have another 80 you need a lot of laurels to gear them up, you don’t want to have spent them all getting there.

I’ve been playing since headstart, since betas even but they don’t count. Avid WvWer and got my 4th level 80 about a month back. Seriously we need this; furthermore crafting, an incredibly boring and irksome task that has nevertheless been involved in every single one of my 80’s levelling, has been nerfed. Hence 0-400 only gives 7 levels now and still costs the same if not more than previously, and you have to spend about 100g and many days more to get the full 10 levels as that’s what 0-500 is now, and mats are time gates unless you want to buy it all. Hence I’m adding 7s together and the few tomes of knowledge I could get from some early game sPvPing and a couple achieving chests to get to 80 on my warrior.

Deliver levels unto us ANet, you know you want to! I could be complaining about damage being nerfed and condi staying the same, or the state of condi in general, but I’m not, I’m appealing to you here. I could make some kind of statement about not being able to get on in the game playing the game mode that I want to, WvW, and am forced to do other stuff, but I won’t. Not just because I’m lazy or anything.

Badges →Tomes of knowledge is very much needed, Anet please deliver.

Can we have badges for <80 Transmutation Stones?

i understand if they refuse to implement this.

when you do spvp, you make no progression in pve exp directly. therefore they rewarded pvp player with glory that you can use to purchase Tome of Knowledge (ToK).

when people play WvW, they at the same time get progression in pve exp whenever they cap objectives. therefore ANET reckon there is no need to double reward the players progression by making ToK available through BoH vendor.

akanibbles.6237:

Can we have badges for <80 Transmutation Stones?

those will not exist next week…

insanemaniac.2456:

atheria.2837:

Being alone on a map should not stop game progression but it does.

only if you refuse to solo camps… (which, admittedly, most roamers wont threaten a map. easiest way to find fights is to tell people where you are.)

And how is a solo player supposed to solo a guarded camp?

Solo… as in alone against not many.

Geeze, what about this do many of you not get?

Alone means alone – 1v1 – 1v2 maybe even 1v3 for some really good players could win a camp (and more I’ve seen a few) but most players will not be able to solo camps that are well guarded not only with NPCs, but real live people.

atheria.2837:

insanemaniac.2456:

atheria.2837:

Being alone on a map should not stop game progression but it does.

only if you refuse to solo camps… (which, admittedly, most roamers wont threaten a map. easiest way to find fights is to tell people where you are.)

And how is a solo player supposed to solo a guarded camp?

Solo… as in alone against not many.

Geeze, what about this do many of you not get?

Alone means alone – 1v1 – 1v2 maybe even 1v3 for some really good players could win a camp (and more I’ve seen a few) but most players will not be able to solo camps that are well guarded not only with NPCs, but real live people.

if you find a camp is guarded, bait the person out of it or try a different one. you either get the fights youre looking for, or you get the karma youre looking for. he cant be everywhere and you get to make the first move.

ive catapulted a wall down while a guardian defended solo. he died about 2x before the wall came down, and then i tried to bait him by engaging the lord (he was zerg build). it went on for like 15 mins before he finally got his reinforcements and pushed me off. unfortunately my friendly neighborhood commander didnt show his zerg in all that time so i couldnt grab the tower.

its a lot easier to gauge when the time to get out is against low dps people like that, but as long as you know when to disengage youll see its easy to find fights that present a challenge. even when youre alone on a map.

but make sure youve got a roaming build and none of that pvt crap you need for zerging.

azizul.8469:

i understand if they refuse to implement this.

when you do spvp, you make no progression in pve exp directly. therefore they rewarded pvp player with glory that you can use to purchase Tome of Knowledge (ToK).

when people play WvW, they at the same time get progression in pve exp whenever they cap objectives. therefore ANET reckon there is no need to double reward the players progression by making ToK available through BoH vendor.

And what about the tome gotten during scarlet in lion’s arch?
Zerging for one hour gave players one level, then loots allowed to buy a level (meaning every 50 minutes in LA was worth one level).

The fact it is possible to level-up shouldn’t mean badges for levels are a bad idea.

Uplevels are bad for the team. Their DPS is low, their survivability too. An organised 15 men group would wipe a 40 men uplevels zerg without breaking a sweat.

We ask for better way to level-up without being a liability for our team and without having to play game modes we don’t like.

I don’t think it is unreasonable.

It might actually stop upscales from coming to wvw rallybotting everything if they know they can come on there level 80s and buy tomes.. Implement this NOAAWWWW

DonEllz.6312:

It might actually stop upscales from coming to wvw rallybotting everything if they know they can come on there level 80s and buy tomes.. Implement this NOAAWWWW

Oh, gosh, yes! I try to use my upscale only when our server is already dominating at that current moment. But it would be great to not even worry about it.

I only have 4 levels left on my last level 80 and I still feel this is needed.

Either tomes for badges or better loot on lower lvls because it’s more profitable to farm with 80th lvl and buy tomes.

remove normal xp from wvw, add tome and scroll of knowledge vendor for badge. problem solved

Oh man this would be awesome.

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Great idea.
I grew tired of PvE and have levelled 4-5 alts in WvW only so far (I was lucky to be on a server that didn’t care too much for upscales). But it sure as hell isn’t any fun, getting ran over constantly and being more of a pain than any help. It gets demotivating but I for one didn’t care.

This badge → tome system would make it easier for WvW’ers to get up to speed and aid their server ASAP (with a new character). Account bound WxP and this would make me create more classes since it’s easy to level up + well shared WxP (because atm I’m mostly playing my highest WvW ranked char while the rest is just rotting there). But that’s just my view on it.

Overall it’d make life on the battleground a tad easier!

This would make the game a lot more fun for me and all those who don’t really enjoy PvE that much.
I don’t think it would make the game less fun for anyone else as it won’t really siphon players from PvE or create Ghostyards (you can level easily on your own).
I suspect it would result in greater gem purchases (as you really don’t purchase gems while leveling up a character I find).

How is this not a win-win-win scenario?

Really hoping to be pleasantly surprised tomorrow an have this added, but I’m not gonna hold onto that idea too much— if it does pop in tomorrow I’ll be buying a character slot ;p

McWolfy.5924:

remove normal xp from wvw, add tome and scroll of knowledge vendor for badge. problem solved

And how should we get the skill points needed to craft superior siege?

Dropping a warbanner on this thread.

+1 would be amazing..

+1 would love to see this happen. I too cant stand lvling. I end up using tons of gold to craft my ways to lvl 80.. its expensive

Allie Murdock.8152:

sPvP players don’t get experience by playing in it. In WvW, players gain experience from events and killing things.

I’m not saying it’s a bad idea, just pointing out that the two don’t really compare.

Surely now that SPvP players get Tomes of Knowledge passively via the added reward tracks this issue can be reconsidered.

Battle standard. Revive that lord!

I’ll try something different but still used on occasion, Signet res! Gogo Guardian, saves objectives oftentimes via Signet even if unwieldy compared to a banner.

This idea and no hard rez unless out of battle. Lets see this done 2014.

Jocksy.3415:

McWolfy.5924:

remove normal xp from wvw, add tome and scroll of knowledge vendor for badge. problem solved

And how should we get the skill points needed to craft superior siege?

through the scrolls. they give a level, which adds a skill point.

I think that really is the optimal solution. In fact, I’d like to extend it to gold as well. 100 badges would equal 1 gold, as per the prices from the siege vendor. I don’t know how well it would go over, but I think it would be better than seeing people use WvW like an queensdale champ train.

+1 great idea!!

WvW is not allowed to have nice things. That’s why we’re the red-headed gametype which has no access to dungeon skins.

This needs to happen. Sat on around 20k badges right now, would be a great update.

Logged in just to +1 this! I love the idea, and since EotM I have been playing more WvW (also map completion) and having a way to get more levels would be sweet since even as a mostly PvE and sPvP player, i have gotten around 2.5k badges with very little effort. Bought Gift of Battle just for the lulz even though I wont be going after a legendary anytime soon.

+1 Make it happen asap

With the new trait changes, we need this more than ever in WvW.

Being an up-level just doesn’t cut it anymore.

Svarty.8019:

WvW is not allowed to have nice things. That’s why we’re the red-headed gametype which has no access to dungeon skins.

No kidding.

I thought pvp was going downhill when the gave us a map that makes many players sick to their stomachs….

But WvW never, ever gets the fixes and gearing that PvE’ers have easy access to.

I don’t PvE any longer. It’s not fun without people I have a chance to know well.

YES!Hell yeah!Please make this happen!

absolutely, this needs to be done. ArenaNet make this happen!

I’m glad to see that this is still on the first page cause it is a fabulous idea. Going to hit 250 responses soon, I wonder how high it will have to get before another red coat appears.

Count me in too. +1000

Give me tomes for badges or give me death!

Also.. WvW salvage kits, which remove Sigils/Runes from WvW purchased gear (which can not be salvaged or even transmuted with the new wardrobe system), should be implemented. These kits could be purchased with Badges of Honor, creating a potential spending sink for excess badges.