Guild Wars 2

So I bought a superior shield generator with proof of heroics and when I went to use it it said that i require the HoT expansion to use the blueprint. Wtf, is this a bug or a joke? I then tried to buy a regular one from the Trading Post and same thing happened. If this is for real then Anet please don’t let players buy it and waste their proofs of heroic or money on the trading post. If possible please fix this, i have been playing for over 3 years and since new HoT it seems you have just been screwing over the veteran players that have not bought HoT expansion. Also in addition I better not get them as a drop or a chest please or ill rage QQ and lastly we can still use them if they are built which makes no sense. Im dissapointed and I haven’t really said that even after all the lame things like how the new classes are way better than the old version or when you added more condi(cheese).

TL;DR Players without HoT expansion cannot use Shield Generator blueprints but can still but them with proof of heroics and from Trading Post aswell as use ones that are already built. Poorly implemented.

That is actually kinda funny in a very cruel way.
Though i agree with you. To even go further i think that anyone should be able to use the new siege that gets added with expansions as they are crucial to the gamemode. Not being able to use elite specs and new stats is enough of a disadvantage imo.

Shield generators were part of the expansion, if you don’t have it, you can’t use them even if they’re already built. I’m pretty sure you can sell them on the TP still though.

Josh XT.6053:

Shield generators were part of the expansion, if you don’t have it, you can’t use them even if they’re already built. I’m pretty sure you can sell them on the TP still though.

I used one yesterday. Unless it was an extremely vivid dream or I was drugged or drunk without knowing.

Kano.3720:

Josh XT.6053:

Shield generators were part of the expansion, if you don’t have it, you can’t use them even if they’re already built. I’m pretty sure you can sell them on the TP still though.

I used one yesterday. Unless it was an extremely vivid dream or I was drugged or drunk without knowing.

On my alt account before I got the expansion on it, I couldn’t even use one. Try it out, maybe they made it to where you can – I am not sure. A lot of changes have happened recently so it wouldn’t surprise me.

The “funny” thing is… there was a patch some months ago which now lets you utilise the shield generator (when it’s already built), but not its skills.

Ychiju.7960:

The “funny” thing is… there was a patch some months ago which now lets you utilise the shield generator (when it’s already built), but not its skills.

That must have been what I done. I got on it but don’t recall if used skills or not. Will try to find one later (since Anet won’t let me build one) and test it. I honestly don’t understand what is the point in this.

Kano.3720:

So I bought a superior shield generator with proof of heroics and when I went to use it it said that i require the HoT expansion to use the blueprint. Wtf, is this a bug or a joke? I then tried to buy a regular one from the Trading Post and same thing happened. If this is for real then Anet please don’t let players buy it and waste their proofs of heroic or money on the trading post. If possible please fix this, i have been playing for over 3 years and since new HoT it seems you have just been screwing over the veteran players that have not bought HoT expansion. Also in addition I better not get them as a drop or a chest please or ill rage QQ and lastly we can still use them if they are built which makes no sense. Im dissapointed and I haven’t really said that even after all the lame things like how the new classes are way better than the old version or when you added more condi(cheese).

TL;DR Players without HoT expansion cannot use Shield Generator blueprints but can still but them with proof of heroics and from Trading Post aswell as use ones that are already built. Poorly implemented.

I’ve mentioned this before in a previous post [you can dig from my past posts]. So to sum it up:
- You can buy both shield gen blueprints but cannot use them
- You cannot even deploy them
- You have to send them to someone with HoT to deploy and then be able to build.
- If you try to interact with shield gens, you get the skills options and cannot use them of course, but when you move from the shield the skills are still there until you use swap weapon button which could be potentially deadly lol since you don’t have any of your 1-0 weapon skills
In a way I understand why you can buy them so you can send them to teammates for use but still it’s kinda kittenty we can’t use something useful like that. I suppose we better be prepared for other things that might be coming up that will be like this.

Non-HoT accounts can interact with a built shield generator but instead of manning it, their skills are replaced as if they picked up a bundle. As a result, you can walk around and your skills are replaced by the shield generator skills. However, you cannot use any of the skills on this “bundle” that you picked up so it serves no purpose.

Well im glad mostly everyone here agreed. I am just very disappointed at arena net. If a Dev reads this please give me a response that justifies this move/ the reasoning behind this kitten move.

It needs to be able to be used by non-HoT players.

Infusion.7149:

It needs to be able to be used by non-HoT players.

Agreed. At the very least this should be it. Not using the blueprints I can sort of live with it but not being able to use is just insane.