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These rewards are just a stepping stone for what is to come in the feature build. Try not to overanalyze these current rewards and sit tight. Unfortunately we cannot grant retroactive rewards with this type of change but just wait to see how we deal with this come the feature build! I can’t say anything further regarding that because it’s just way too big of a spoiler, but information is coming soon.

DiogoSilva.7089:

Will there be any difference if we start opening our chests now, or should we hold for the maintenance patch next week before doing that?

There’s no real difference if you just wait. Just be aware you won’t be able to earn more glory if you are short on anything.

Thanks for clearing that up, Tyler!

moolie.5927:

Tyler Chapman.1832:

I suggest to open all your chests, don’t just leave them unopened as they will be deleted.

Deleted on the March 18th patch or in the feature patch after?

Feature build is when that stuff will happen. This patch is primarily just to stop allowing glory to be earned… along with the other vital implementations/changes we are making to how rewards are earned and which rewards those will be.

Greetings all. Since the thread has more comments about non-GW2 games and has generated some inflammatory commentary, we have decided to close this thread. If you wish to start a new thread to discuss and even debate, you are welcome to do so. If you do, please keep it respectful and on-topic to Guild Wars 2 only. Thank you.

Sup Luke,

This is generally a case that can happen when you have other DirectX applications opened. Try turning those off and see if this ever happens again!

Thanks!

I do believe you need to contact Support at this point. You can do that by clicking “Support” at the top of this page, then clicking “Submit a request” in the upper right-hand section of that linked page. The team should be able to answer your questions.

DiogoSilva.7089:

Okay, new question!

Will large reward boxes still offer crafting materials? If not, it seems like some players would prefer the medium over the large, depending on their preferences.

EDIT: Wait, I believe champion’s bags already have high level crafting materials in, right? If so, a different question: will players be able to get lower tier materials at higher ranks?

Tier 5 crafting mats are included in champion bags. Additionally ascended dust tier 5 is included. That being said, no, lower tier materials won’t be granted in large chests… But…sit tight for the feature build if you are worried regarding that.

This build is so fun, it should certainly shake things up a bit.

Crazy changes are crazy:P

#elepocalype

Let the elements guide you

Angela Ranna.5638:

RoyHarmon.5398:

I think what he meant was that if you gave the ranger an appropriate stat boost only while the pet was stowed, then there would be no need to rebalance in the first place.

No, I think she got it. What she was saying was a straight stat boost would be hard to balance between pet vs non-pet vs other classes. On the other hand unique effects for stowing the pets (ie aspects) is more lateral power and thus easier to make competitive, each having its own niche.

And yeah, this ^

RoyHarmon.5398:

Allie Murdock.8152:

Thighum.7295:

Allie Murdock.8152:

Ok guys, just wanted to clarify a few things.

Permastow is not impossible. I never meant to give that impression, so I apologize if I did. However, as far as priorities go for the Ranger, it is not high on the list. Why? Because it would require an entire re-balance of Ranger, but if we re-balanced, then the players that do play with the pet would be OP. See the dilemma there?

Thank goodness. I am confused about something though, why would perma stow make pets op? I figured that something like a damage boost would only occur while the pet was stowed. I don’t think that the skills themselves would need to be changed, just a %stat boost that would give the approximate damage that the pet gave.

Allie Murdock.8152:

The reason why I latched onto the aspect idea was because it was an option that seemed we could maybe work around. Rather than having to rebalance the whole class, we’d just have to balance the aspects to be similar to what the pet does damage-wise. That seemed a little more viable.

I thought that aspects was basically the equivalent of perma-stowing with a stat boost, an F2 skill by family and glowing particles to show which aspect you were in. I don’t really understand how this is dramatically different from perma stowing with a damage boost while stowed.

Perma stow wouldn’t make pets OP. In rebalancing for permastow, it would make those that still want to play with the pet op. THAT IS, unless we design something that gives the player a boost to balance it out.

The aspects I think were a little different. They talked about having specific bonuses based on the pet that the player was using. That is different from just giving a damage boost, which could end up being difficult to balance.

I think what he meant was that if you gave the ranger an appropriate stat boost only while the pet was stowed, then there would be no need to rebalance in the first place.

Perhaps, but what people were suggesting was a rebalance of the class to make up for the current state of pet AI. In essence, that would mean tweaking the numbers of all Ranger traits and skills to account for the lack of pet. However, that would not be fair to the players that still want to play pets, as we would essentially be talking about completely removing the pet at that point.

What we won’t do is remove the pet from the class completely.

Does that make sense or is it still confusing?

Here’s a bit more information to clear the air on this stuff coming in for this next patch:

What will be in the rank chests?
We are exchanging out the old rank up reward chests with three new rewards chests based on the level you are.

Here are the thresholds:

• Ranks 1-9: Players will earn 1 Small Reward Box each time they level in this tier
• Ranks 10-29: Players will earn 1 Medium Reward Box each time they level in this tier
• Ranks 30-80: Players will earn 1 Large Reward Box each time they level up in this tier

Loot table for rank up reward boxes:

• Small reward boxes will contain random crafting materials and stardard loot
• Medium reward boxes will contain 1 scroll of knowledge(skill point) and rewards similar to the small chest but in the next tier loot table above it.
• Large reward boxes will contain a tome of knowledge(1 PvE level/skillpoint), 5 champion bags, and 5 scrolls of knowledge (5 skillpoints) each. Tier 5 crafting mats included.

What are these guild tabards?
Sorry for the confusion but these are just the same items that were on the rank vendors. Tabards, banners, back pieces, regardless the name, they are NOT capes. The “back banners” will still be there until the feature build but the reason we put them on the glory vendor was because we planned to previously remove the rank vendors entirely for this build, meaning they would no longer be available. Having these vendors should give you all some more time to get anything you don’t have yet and help with inventory management. Both the rank vendors and glory vendor will be removed upon the feature build so make sure you do this. I suggest to open all your chests, don’t just leave them unopened as they will be deleted. Either way, don’t be too alarmed because tons of new rewards are coming. Even PvP specific ones!

What about salvage kits?
The salvage kits on the glory vendor have been changed to cost a small amount of copper instead of being sold for 100 glory. The salvage kits on the rank vendors will remain 100 glory until the vendors are removed themselves.

Hope that clears some questions up!

-Tyler

KingdomLenoil.1526:

Hello Support staff, Gaile Gray,

My account name is Sexyboy.6274.
It has past 4 days, I barely got a proper reply..
I’ve sent tickets:
434963: Guild wars 2 account terminated
442664: Still no reply after 48 hours &
441033: Account compromised

I’ve explained that I’ve not violated any User Agreement and Rules of conduct and also showed some evidence that my authorization email is stating other country when I was trying to log in. Here’s another the issue, I received an “Authorize log-in attempt” from China. A friend of mine informed me that my character is logged on as online. This is really strange, as my account is terminated yet someone is still able to log in.
I tried being patient, but this is getting out of hand. It is frustrating as I cannot do anything about it. I really hope this can all be resolved as it is clearly not me at all!

I would appreciate it if any, help could be consolidated in this particular area. Thank you for the time and kind understanding.

Regards,

Kitson

Please, we say so many times: Do NOT submit duplicate tickets. Doing so slows our ability to answer you and delays responses to other players. Please allow the team time to close the duplicates, merge the input, and respond to your initial ticket. This is a complicated issue and it will need time to get resolved. Thank you.

You know its a good update when after playing internally, you go home to play the ‘older’ game on live and wish you were back at the office.

Will it have every feature you guys want? No patch ever will. It’s still an awesome patch for the entire game.

Thighum.7295:

Allie Murdock.8152:

Ok guys, just wanted to clarify a few things.

Permastow is not impossible. I never meant to give that impression, so I apologize if I did. However, as far as priorities go for the Ranger, it is not high on the list. Why? Because it would require an entire re-balance of Ranger, but if we re-balanced, then the players that do play with the pet would be OP. See the dilemma there?

Thank goodness. I am confused about something though, why would perma stow make pets op? I figured that something like a damage boost would only occur while the pet was stowed. I don’t think that the skills themselves would need to be changed, just a %stat boost that would give the approximate damage that the pet gave.

Allie Murdock.8152:

The reason why I latched onto the aspect idea was because it was an option that seemed we could maybe work around. Rather than having to rebalance the whole class, we’d just have to balance the aspects to be similar to what the pet does damage-wise. That seemed a little more viable.

I thought that aspects was basically the equivalent of perma-stowing with a stat boost, an F2 skill by family and glowing particles to show which aspect you were in. I don’t really understand how this is dramatically different from perma stowing with a damage boost while stowed.

Perma stow wouldn’t make pets OP. In rebalancing for permastow, it would make those that still want to play with the pet op. THAT IS, unless we design something that gives the player a boost to balance it out.

The aspects I think were a little different. They talked about having specific bonuses based on the pet that the player was using. That is different from just giving a damage boost, which could end up being difficult to balance.

clone wars.9568:

412734 – Resolved. Final answer sent in ticket.?

Gaile I’ve not received anything in the mail from Anet, apart from a survey.

“This survey e-mail is intended only to provide feedback on your customer support experience. A response here will not update your ticket.”

Is this the final response or am i missing something? Also i checked spam folder etc and theres nothing there from support as well.

Thanks.

I’m confused, because you answered responses, so clearly you received them. To explain directly, however: The account was closed for game exploitation, as was explained in the ticket in comments to which you responded.

A thread on this topic already exists. You can add your comments here: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/escape/What-Scarlet-Saw-Assumption/

Yes fifteen times.

daniel.5146:

I have the same problem as “otherworld.4012”. Deleting the users/myusername/library/guildwars2 folder does not work. Neither using the terminal to repair.

Have you submitted a ticket to our Technical Support Team? They may have a solution or may be able to offer some trouble-shooting steps. I sure don’t think it would hurt! You can do that by clicking “Support” at the top of this page, then clicking “Submit a request” in the upper right-hand section of that linked page. The team should be able to answer your questions.

Do you think you’ve found a correction to the issue? It sounds like a work-around rather than a fix, if you’re having to initiate a different log-in process to accomplish it.

Can you update to let us know if the issue went away or if you’re changing process to log in?

Thanks.

This still a problem? I haven’t heard any complaints since I increased the tension on 9/27/2012.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

I think that only applies to IPs blocked from posting on the Wiki. It’s a guide for the Sysop.

If you can’t remove the blocked IP from your Account Page, I think you will have to contact CS, and explain the issue there. After answering security questions, most likely, they will assist you. Good luck.

I feel sure that the CS Team can help you — I’m sure you’re not the first person to do this. You can submit a ticket that by clicking “Support” at the top of this page, then clicking “Submit a request” in the upper right-hand section of that linked page.

timmyf.1490:

dutchiez.7502:

Please remember everyone, that fractals is supposed to be the place where the top of the PvE community can come to test their skill. Lore/puzzle mechanics can work in the background, but they need to make way for skill-based encounters.

I’m curious for some dev feedback on this. Here’s what I see on the release pages…

Lost Shores – Original Release

“New Dungeon! Enter the Fractals of the Mists
Introducing a dungeon experience like no other—Fractals of the Mists! You’ll be pitted against a series of unique “fractal” mini-dungeons that get harder and harder as you progress, giving you unlimited levels of challenge! With great risk comes great reward, including new weapon sets, a back-slot item, new Ascended loot, and much more!”

Fractured Update

“Delve Into the Fractals of the Mists
Explore great moments from Tyria’s past and test your battle skills in this never-ending chain of dungeons that become more and more challenging the farther you go! Begin your battle through time and space in this infinitely challenging series of dungeons!”

Mistlock Blog – https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/upcoming-changes-for-the-fractals-of-the-mists/

“For those not familiar with the current structure of the Fractals of the Mists, they’re like mini-dungeons which string together and present more of a challenge as you progress. On average, a single fractal should take 20-30 minutes to complete, depending on your group and difficulty scale.”

I don’t have a ton of time to dig up more quotes, but I get the feeling the point of Fractals is that they get harder as you progress, not that they are for elite players only. There are – and should be – lots of reasons to play Fractals. There’s nothing wrong with creating content that might appeal to a wider player-base, though I agree that it needs to be done carefully. (For example, there’s no reason to force people to watch cutscenes.) Perhaps some of the alternative paths disappear in higher levels?

If you want Fractals to get more development attention, maybe a good start would be making them accessible to more players? If content is designed for 1% or less of the player-base, doesn’t that mean it will be mostly ignored by the devs?

Just a few thoughts.

EDIT: Ha, Chris responded while I was typing all this out. Thanks for preempting me, Chris…

Correct:

‘I don’t have a ton of time to dig up more quotes, but I get the feeling the point of Fractals is that they get harder as you progress, not that they are for elite players only. There are – and should be – lots of reasons to play Fractals. There’s nothing wrong with creating content that might appeal to a wider player-base, though I agree that it needs to be done carefully. (For example, there’s no reason to force people to watch cutscenes.) Perhaps some of the alternative paths disappear in higher levels?’

Chris

dutchiez.7502:

I have to say, I think what most high-level fractal regulars came here to do is complain about rewards, gear-gating and dredge and suggest higher difficulties, new interesting encounteres and revisions to old ones. But what it has come to is a lot of people, who I imagine don’t do the highest levels very often, suggesting things that don’t have a place in fractals at all or are directly against the wishes of the regulars and will only make things more tedious and uninteresting.

Please remember everyone, that fractals is supposed to be the place where the top of the PvE community can come to test their skill. Lore/puzzle mechanics can work in the background, but they need to make way for skill-based encounters.

Here is the design pillar for Fractals:

‘To provide a highly repeatable 5 man strategic instance experience that scales in difficultly as you progress in fractal levels whilst providing the opportunity to tell old and new stories from within the Guild Wars Universe.’

Fractals are designed to be accessible to all and to offer a wide variety of different emotions and experiences regardless of ‘Skill’ level.

No one category of gamer owns the Fractals.

The CDI is a ‘Community’ Design tool that allows like minded individuals to brain storm and discuss areas of the game they are passionate about.

If you want to make a valuable contribution you would do well to understand both of the above concepts.

Meanwhile please understand that none of the ideas put forward infringe on ‘your’ space.

Chris

Phoenixlin.8624:

Has anyone said “remove dredge fractal” yet?

Many have given constructive criticism around how to improve the fractal.

Chris

Iason Evan.3806:

Chris Whiteside.6102:

Iason Evan.3806:

Guys,

Did the Fractal weapon boxes ever get added? If not, I think those should get added before any CDI stuff is implemented. If they did get added, then cool deal

We re looking at rewards now. Thanks for the reminder. I will check on this aspect of them again when I return to work on Thursday.

Which by the way will be when i summarize and close the thread )-: But then we will do a process evolution topic and then move onto our next CDI (-:

Chris

Thanks for the heads up Chris. I hope you are feeling better. Would you kindly let us know too if they are not in? Friends and I have been pushing into the 40’s (level wise in the Fractals in hopes of getting a box). Would be a shame to keep pushing for something that we don’t have a chance of getting because it isn’t in the game. Anyways, thanks!

I will get an update for sure.

Chris

Pie Flavor.1647:

And why do they have more disposable income? I thought the entire concept of First World meant that people on the First World would have more disposable income, yet again, a “statistic” not backed by any source

Economic Sidebar: While I don’t know about “First World” as a concept, there are several official ways in which economic development is measured.

continue on.

spouki.4609:

3 week later … no Gift of Exploration !! Oo Yeah !
Can i made something for recieve my Exploration Gift ??

Character name: Löreline
Account Name: Spouki.4609
Demande n° : #446484

If you have a ticket in the queues, that’s great. These individual cases will be investigated one by one, and I feel sure you’ll get an answer soon. However, I’ll follow up, since it’s been so long.

UPDATE: I see this was resolved a few hours ago, so I believe you’re good to go.

TORATH.2431:

Thx again Gaile I have not sent a ticket coming to the conclusion I am lacking a lot of account proof I just want to come with everything I can to fix this issue I think I my have made a mistake or 2 while trying to link. So am currently recovering the old email password and try to login gw1 a couple more times.

I apologize to anet for making my lack of account proof and lack really knowing how to take care of this the right way out to be their fault when it is not at all.

I am going to the library tomarrow to submit the ticket and wait XD

Thanks for your note, Torvath. I am glad that progress is happening, and I know we’ll do our best to help you!

I do think that thread will be helpful to you, as a kind player has posted some troubleshooting steps that are proving helpful to many players who are experiencing the same situation.

You also might check the Technical Support forums, but the Bug Forum is the best place to start, since this is a known issue.

Braindestroy.3264:

I have already created a ticket. But support do not respond to my ticket. Decided to try here.

It’s not possible for our agents to respond instantly, but you should have received an automatic response when you submitted your ticket, and an agent will respond as soon as possible.

If you did not get an auto response, please see if you might have an issue where your e-mail provider is blocking our mails. This post may be helpful: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/account/Not-Getting-Our-Mails-Yahoo-Gmail-Hotmail-and-more/first#post2924424

Torath, I think the best source of answers for you, if the KB Article is not detailed enough, is a ticket which an agent can answer personally. Accounts and their linking properties can be a little different in some cases, so it’s best to submit a ticket and you can ask the questions as they relate to your account, and not accounts in general.

You can submit a ticket by clicking “Support” at the top of this page, then clicking “Submit a request” in the upper right-hand section of that linked page. The team should be able to answer your questions and get this all settled for you.

Lishtenbird.2814:

Nature Anthem.1852:

What is the feature build “logged”?

It means it will be fixed in the next release the skills and balance is directed to ship, barring any issues that prop up and push it back.

Added #28:
28. Illusion of Life. Separate thread.
Those affected by Illusion of Life will instantly become downed after killing something, instead of staying alive. Only applies to PvE.

Fixed in feature build

As a follow-up to Scott and Angel’s posts, you can read the letter that Christina sent us here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/arenanet/13108558023/

Thanks a lot Christina!

Hi Undrhil,

This sounds to me that either your system does not meet the minimum requirements, or may be simply missing video card drivers. What kind of hardware are you working with?

Please note that we do not allow Match-up threads on the Guild Wars 2 forum. You can read about our forum changes here:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Guild-Wars-2-Forum-Moderation-Updates
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/wuv/wuv/Upcoming-Forum-Changes-to-WvW-Match-ups-Sub-forum

This is not a known issue. There’s a number of different reasons why you may be crashing and so in order for us to better assist you one on one, I highly recommend creating a support ticket in regards to this issue.

Hi Inferno Bartron,

More than likely the issue is with your ISP as you’ve guessed since this issue only started occurring after your move, but it definitely wouldn’t hurt to get in contact with them to see if there’s anything that they could do for you.

Beyond this, if your ISP is not willing to help you out or doesn’t think there’s an issue on their end, you could always try a VPN as this alters the route your connection takes to reach the game servers, and it may help. Obviously it’s not the most ideal solution though I highly encourage you to get in contact with your ISP.

If you create a shortcut to Guild Wars 2, right-click the shortcut and select “Properties,” if you add the “-diag” (without the quotes) to the end of the Target line, you should be able to generate a network diagnostic report upon starting the client. This report should give you a couple of traceroutes which should show you a couple of traceroutes and that should show you where you’re getting packet loss in your connection, if any.

Because this thread has been off topic since the last page, it is now closed.

For those of you guys getting this error, please try the following:

1. MSCONFIG

2. Google DNS

3. Router bypass

Beyond this, as mentioned previously, please submit a support ticket. If you would like to know the steps for using the Google Public DNS or Msconfig, please let me know (along with your OS!).

So simply put we own the visual imagery as it is from our game and therefore protected under copyright law.

Below is our stance on the use of our content on YouTube (for example):

To use assets from our games, you need to comply with the following Terms of Use: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/legal/guild-wars-2-content-terms-of-use/. You need in particular to display appropriate trademark designations as indicated in this document. Please note that you cannot use our assets in any commercial product and that we do not deliver individual permissions.

Technically, it’s against the current Guild Wars 2 Content Terms of Use for people to make money through such things as monetizing a Guild Wars 2 video. However, we support people sharing their experiences with our game. So while we want to do the right thing and accurately relay what the Terms of Use says, we do not take action when fan sites support themselves via ads, and we don’t take action when the creators of fan videos place ads.

Although we’ve published a lot of Guild Wars 2 assets in different places, we’ve gathered a few where you may find resources that you are looking for: the two Asset Kits, which contain logos, concept art, screenshots, an FAQ, and high-resolution, multi-layered PSD files, are available on the following page: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/media/asset-kit/; there are other visual assets in the “Media” section of our official website: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/media/; and some Guild Wars 2 sound files can be found on our soundcloud page: https://soundcloud.com/arenanet

I hope this clears it up a little

Hi Hyacithe,

What specs are you working with? Specifically, CPU, GPU, RAM, and OS version?

In addition to this, I would like for you to delete the Guild Wars 2 folder located within your Users library folder. You can do this by following the instructions below:

1 Click on the “Finder” icon located in your dock or the desktop of your computer to make “Finder” the active program in the Finder menu bar.
2 Hold down the “Option” key on your keyboard while clicking “Go” in the Finder menu bar. A dropdown will appear.
3 While still holding down the “Option” key, click on “Library” in the “Go” dropdown.
4 Once in the Library folder click on Application Support > Guild Wars 2
5 Move the entire Guild Wars 2 folder to the trash and then empty the trash.

The next time you launch Guild Wars 2 it will create a new version of the folder that you deleted.

Hope this helps!

Hi there!

I would like you to try a command line argument we have seen resolve this type of issue.

Please go to your shortcut for Guild Wars 2 and right click it and choose properties.

In the line that says Target, add a space at the end of whats there and then -prefreset

It should look something like this: “C:\Games\Guild Wars 2\Gw2.exe” -prefreset

Click apply and then ok.

Once the above is done, try launching the game and logging into the character you are having issues with. If this resolves the issue, go back into your shortcut again and remove the -prefreset line.

Hope this helps!

Kraag Deadsoul.2789:

DevonCarver.5370:

It ultimately comes down to a similar issue to that with the dolyaks, which is that the game isn’t able to track who is escorting a dolyak unless they do something like kill another player which doesn’t usually happen. Until we fix that gap in the game’s knowledge of what is going on, we can’t accurately reward players.

This statement is confusing. At launch, an “Escort the Dolyak” event existed which rewarded karma on successful completion. That reward/event was removed from the game because bots were scripted to farm the event by following the yaks. The bots received the reward without having to engage in combat.

It was great fun while it lasted because real players could farm the farmers who either didn’t fight back or fought poorly. Was hilarious to watch 12 bots slowly walking along beside a yak only to be mowed down by real players.

Of course, this had to be removed from the game. However, historically, it appears the game is capable of tracking who is escorting a dolyak.

I think if you examine more closely what you just said, you can see the problem. The progress was being given to anyone standing around near the dolyak when it ended its path. That is hardly accurately tracking who helped it out. Without a good way to know who actually helped, we can’t provide adequate rewards.

Lilith Ajit.6173:

Chris Whiteside.6102:

Lilith Ajit.6173:

Mad Queen Malafide.7512:

Lilith Ajit.6173:

I’m fine with that, then. I have always enjoyed uncategorized, and Maw. I just thought you meant SAB platforming.

I enjoy all three varieties of platforming, but I think simple and forgiving platforming is more suitable in Fractals. When I play something like the Snowblind Fractal, it bores me because there’s not that many height differences. Apart from the initial descend, there is not a single moment when you have to jump on to something. Same for Urban Battleground, not a single jump. Not even an easy one.

Thaumanova at least goes up and down a bit. And Cliffside is almost entirely vertical, which is also great.

Well, there’s no real reason for every fractal to feature the same platforming jump mechanic, that would get pretty stale for most people fairly quick. I honestly like Urban the way it is, apart from desperately wanting to build my own siege to take over Ascalon. I mean, I summon my golem suit just to pretend I’m doing it. Urban is my second favorite fractal, because it’s so vivid, and we know where it comes from so well.

I like Urban to. It is probably my favorite because it has great lore executed very well, and a sandbox style approach to path and combat.

I to would love to be able to have siege in this fractal (-:

Chris

We deserve arrow carts. And we deserve them now.

Trebs FTW!

Chris

darkfiremew.5937:

Hopefully you’ll get well SOON Chris. We want you at 100% when you implement those new fractals/fractal changes .

Agreed (-:

Heading back to bed soon.

Chris

Lilith Ajit.6173:

Mad Queen Malafide.7512:

Lilith Ajit.6173:

I’m fine with that, then. I have always enjoyed uncategorized, and Maw. I just thought you meant SAB platforming.

I enjoy all three varieties of platforming, but I think simple and forgiving platforming is more suitable in Fractals. When I play something like the Snowblind Fractal, it bores me because there’s not that many height differences. Apart from the initial descend, there is not a single moment when you have to jump on to something. Same for Urban Battleground, not a single jump. Not even an easy one.

Thaumanova at least goes up and down a bit. And Cliffside is almost entirely vertical, which is also great.

Well, there’s no real reason for every fractal to feature the same platforming jump mechanic, that would get pretty stale for most people fairly quick. I honestly like Urban the way it is, apart from desperately wanting to build my own siege to take over Ascalon. I mean, I summon my golem suit just to pretend I’m doing it. Urban is my second favorite fractal, because it’s so vivid, and we know where it comes from so well.

I like Urban to. It is probably my favorite because it has great lore executed very well, and a sandbox style approach to path and combat.

I to would love to be able to have siege in this fractal (-:

Chris

Lilith Ajit.6173:

Underwater is largely a puzzle fractal, along with swamp. I find Underwater lacking entirely of interesting mechanics. Even the final boss is basically harmless. I would like to see an additional underwater fractal, but one that doesn’t have the gimmicky feel of, say, the dolphins, but one that entices exploration and interesting combat. The plants, I think, would be cool if they had some sort of relevance to the boss (like cliffside and seals). I dislike the “fractured” (pun intended and now i’m sad) nature of many fractals. I personally don’t care for puzzles, because they basically reward nothing, and whether players are in it for the rewards or not, I would rather be rewarded through the fractal with bonus objectives rather than unscaleable path puzzles that lead you to an unrelated boss.

Personally I feel the environmental puzzle aspects of Underwater are a little to much. The fractal itself adds variety in regard to the mix overall but I think it is better to get the balance right with any given fractal than have fractals themselves swing to far in any given direction.

I would prefer the Jellyfish to be more challenging also.

Chris

Dommmmmmmmmm.6984:

Chris Whiteside.6102:

Nike.2631:

I get it the audience is primarily smash and grab. That’s why when I initially suggested them, failure would quickly move you into another fractal at that tier. Puzzles and other far off the beaten path challenges could be introduced in a way that if you suck at jumping/hate puzzles/just wanna kill they wouldn’t bar your progress more than a couple minutes tops.

The other option remains to incorporate them as short cuts within traditional challenge structures. Imagine an update to the Snowblind fractal when upon approaching the Ice Elemental there is an alternative to harvest X trees, and a crafting station when a player with Huntsman or Artificer of at least 300 can process them and you throw the results at the elemental starting a bonfire that kills it instantly. You can fight or you can chop some lumber if there’s a suitable crafter present.

We basically already have jumping puzzles to skip parts of the Underground Facility fractal, with all the ways people work around the first two gates . Instead of putting up invisible walls in every corner, you could actually formalize it as an acceptable alternative…

Another good paradigm for us to think about when we work on Fractals. Thanks.

Chris

Apparently you did not read his post at all. Because if you did you would realize he is talking about cutting down trees in what is supposed to ‘challenging’ content. Also, the last thing we need is more GW2 endgame that consists of us staring at the crafting menu.

Incorrect Dommmmmmmmmm.

I did in fact read it and personally i like it, specifically:

‘We basically already have jumping puzzles to skip parts of the Underground Facility fractal, with all the ways people work around the first two gates . Instead of putting up invisible walls in every corner, you could actually formalize it as an acceptable alternative…’

Please try to respect the opinion of others.

Chris

Nike.2631:

I get it the audience is primarily smash and grab. That’s why when I initially suggested them, failure would quickly move you into another fractal at that tier. Puzzles and other far off the beaten path challenges could be introduced in a way that if you suck at jumping/hate puzzles/just wanna kill they wouldn’t bar your progress more than a couple minutes tops.

The other option remains to incorporate them as short cuts within traditional challenge structures. Imagine an update to the Snowblind fractal when upon approaching the Ice Elemental there is an alternative to harvest X trees, and a crafting station when a player with Huntsman or Artificer of at least 300 can process them and you throw the results at the elemental starting a bonfire that kills it instantly. You can fight or you can chop some lumber if there’s a suitable crafter present.

We basically already have jumping puzzles to skip parts of the Underground Facility fractal, with all the ways people work around the first two gates . Instead of putting up invisible walls in every corner, you could actually formalize it as an acceptable alternative…

Another good paradigm for us to think about when we work on Fractals. Thanks.

Chris