Guild Wars 2

NeotericNexus.6407:

Yeah I provided serial number

Contact Supportl and let them know what happened. They can assist you in trying to secure your account.

Lord Erik.6903:

It’s a GM! Get em! kiss his feet, and tell him your not worthy!

Oh no please!

It’s actually very useful, you just need to apply a little work.
Think of what you know. You know that many, many people play the content, which means you know the distribution is dense.
Knowing the general shapes of dense distributions, apply a tail to each side, but I told you I eliminated one tail.
Now you have several possible models of total wealth gain for the content that you can get pretty accurate with only the one number. The individual isn’t important for what you’re attempting to learn, only the aggregate.

Equinox.4195:

So, in regards to GvG and openfield, I don’t see a lot of “rampant speculation” going on. If nothing else, you chose your words poorly. The complaints about this new system potentially killing the GvG scene is entirely grounded.

This forum and this topic in particular are about WvW. WvW is about sieging and controlling objectives and about open field combat. All our changes are with that totality in mind and will continue to be.

Johje Holan.4607:

I was actually depressed by that response. He said when/if. That means they defintely haven’t started on new maps. And they may never.

Don’t read too much into that type of wording. I’m just hedging because there are a lot of things we don’t talk about until they are close to release. We want to work on new maps and those maps are going to be awesome.

Urrid.4593:

DevonCarver.5370:

The idea is that all of our players create an ecosystem that is interdependent.

Nope.

PvE’ers get badges for their legendary weapons from achievement chests. Oh PvE’ers get more achievement points than a WvW focused player could ever dream of acquiring.

Just the facts.

1) Achievements will be getting better for WvW in the next few builds and I totally agree with that point.
2) What I said had literally nothing to do with how you get items in the game and had everything to do with the fact that the game is just better when there are other players around. Empty maps are less fun than maps with people on them. If we didn’t encourage people to play multiple game types there would be many more empty maps.

Update: 15 August 2013

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130811-001999 Research concluded and response sent yeseterday
ImagoX.4718 I cannot find a ticket from you since 2012. Please have your wife submit a ticket from the email account associated with her GW2 account and the team will be able to help her.

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Update: 15 August 2013

130815-002367 Resolved
130807-001101 Under review today
130812-001305 Under review today
130811-001999 Research concluded and response sent yeseterday
ImagoX.4718 I cannot find a ticket from you since 2012. Please have your wife submit a ticket from the email account associated with her GW2 account and the team will be able to help her.

Ok I Did It.2854:

DevonCarver.5370:

Ok I Did It.2854:

I personally would love to see WvW maps made for the zone they are from,

Yaks Bend for example is in the Northern Shiverpeaks, the map should be mountains/snow etc etc, the garrison should be extremely hard to cap/control, whereas camps further out should be easier to take unless protected etc,

Sorrows Furance, was in the Southern Shiverpeaks, yet was underground, a map for this should say have the garrison underground, again difficult to attack, yet supply camps outside on the surface as less difficult.

Crystal Desert, clue is in the name I guess, you see where im going with this,

Personally each world should be different, and the envading world should have to really battle hard for control, something like this would be game changing, and I personally wouldn’t care if it took them 2-3 years to achieve this, but its a time investment problem I guess, as im sure its been looked at.

That is really awesome, but with 51 total servers, that would require more maps than we currently have in the game. Which wouldn’t be feasible in anything shorter than years, several in fact. I’m hoping we can at least start introducing some variety, maybe even different home maps, sometime relatively soon, but this version is essentially unworkable.

I hear what your saying, so instead could, ( 6 different maps ) and each week, in the 3 server matchup each server is handed a random map, ( all different ) and its changed weekly, this would mean mass tactics on a weekly basis,

Week 1
Team A – Map 4
Team B – Map 2
Team C – Map 1

Week 2
Team A – Map 6
Team B – Map 4
Team C – Map 3

Hope that makes sense.

Map 1 – Northern Shiverpeaks ( garrison on a mountain )
Map 2 – Crystal Desert
Map 3 – Ascalon
Map 4 – Fire Islands/Orr
Map 5 – Magumma Jungle
Map 6 – Southern Shiverpeaks ( garrison underground )

I also realise there are servers that do not follow the names of the areas from Guild Wars, but you seen where I was going with it.

Again I know it would require a huge investment on time, and its something that should probably have been done before release etc, but sometimes great ideas don’t show up until after, for the time I play GW2 I hope to see something like this.

Thanks

That does seem more reasonable. When/if we start on additional home maps, we will very much be looking to vary the gameplay and feel of them. It’s my hope that each new borderland will improve upon the previous and if we do well enough we might be able to have enough to build a rotation. That is a long way off, if ever, though. We will definitely be looking for ways to make new maps unique, no matter how many we make.

AsmallChicken.9634:

Better use of the map imo

If you can get LeBron on board I am in! Or if you can get the Sonics back to Seattle. Either one of those.

Knightmare.8634:

DevonCarver.5370:

mjharrison.3209:

WVW needs a Darkness Falls. That is all.

But why?

It doesn’t have to be Darkness Falls exactly, but a “mechanic” needs to be introduced to the stale state of WvW. I’m not saying it isn’t fun it can be, but I think it could be a whole lot more than one blob fighting the other spamming 1.

That’s more the crux of my question. I totally agree that we can and should add more to this part of the game, but I’m not convinced that Darkness Falls would do it. As a WvW player would you really be excited about a map that takes you out of WvW and does something else? Or would you rather have changes to WvW proper? I know how I feel.

Gadzooks.4687:

This is how I translate this most of this response:

My statement doesn’t require translation. WvW is a part of GW2, it is not its own game, it is not a standalone product and it is not separate from the game. Your characters from WvW are usable in PvE and vice-versa for a reason. I love WvW and prefer it to the rest of our game, but I still go and run Living World content when I feel like it. The idea is that all of our players create an ecosystem that is interdependent. If players only played one or the other, each area would be less compelling and less fun. Sure, there are some number of people who only play WvW, but more people play the rest of the game as well. If people had to pick which to play WvW would have fewer people playing it, period. Don’t confuse my belief that our game is better the more people you find around you with some sort of slighting of WvW or a statement that WvW is second best. I focus my efforts entirely on WvW every day of the week and I will continue to do so. We want everyone who buys our game to play as much of all the parts of the game they enjoy because that is what we do.

Ok I Did It.2854:

I personally would love to see WvW maps made for the zone they are from,

Yaks Bend for example is in the Northern Shiverpeaks, the map should be mountains/snow etc etc, the garrison should be extremely hard to cap/control, whereas camps further out should be easier to take unless protected etc,

Sorrows Furance, was in the Southern Shiverpeaks, yet was underground, a map for this should say have the garrison underground, again difficult to attack, yet supply camps outside on the surface as less difficult.

Crystal Desert, clue is in the name I guess, you see where im going with this,

Personally each world should be different, and the envading world should have to really battle hard for control, something like this would be game changing, and I personally wouldn’t care if it took them 2-3 years to achieve this, but its a time investment problem I guess, as im sure its been looked at.

That is really awesome, but with 51 total servers, that would require more maps than we currently have in the game. Which wouldn’t be feasible in anything shorter than years, several in fact. I’m hoping we can at least start introducing some variety, maybe even different home maps, sometime relatively soon, but this version is essentially unworkable.

Nikkinella.8254:

^And ascended gear. Why can’t we get ascended back items for badges? What about when ascended armor and weapons come out? Will WvW players get shafted again? I don’t want to craft or run fractals. I’d rather kill people and use my badges to buy better gear so I can kill more people.

The back items will be coming, and any and all future ascended gear will not be excluded from WvW if I have anything to say about it, and I do.

SomeoneElse.3685:

I really wish a developer would say something on this post so we knew that we aren’t just talking to thin air

You aren’t talking to thin air. However, keep in mind that the more you all speculate about something with essentially 0 information, the less inclined we are to constantly pop in and correct you. We will release more info about the changes coming when we are ready to do so. I’m teasing some stuff and trying to be clear about some things, but I can’t tell you all everything for a variety of reasons. Suffice to say, rampant speculation is very unlikely to see many, if any, dev responses.

Krait, eh? Oh, they’ll get theirs! As for the skritt and the centaurs, I agree that they feel extremely out of place in WvW. Replacing them is not a simple matter, however. As we continue to improve on WvW we’ll be taking another look at the borderlands generally and what we think needs to be made mo’ better. It’s a safe bet the centaurs and skritt will not escape notice.

mjharrison.3209:

WVW needs a Darkness Falls. That is all.

But why?

Hugh Norfolk.2798:

DevonCarver.5370:

You’ve made a classic mistake in not rolling an Ele. So, my advice is delete your other, clearly worthless characters and roll up a real winning class, elementalist. Then we’ll see you on the battlefield. :P

See obviously Devon doesn’t know about the “Ultimate” Class aka Warriors. We all know Warriors are the obvious choice when you want to Main a specific class. Great in PvE content, amazing armor choices, and well I main one so that should sway your choice.

Pick Warrior!

Sure, if you want to look like a Hug(h)e sucker you could pick Warrior. I’m sticking with my Ele.

EgonVenkman.1907:

Gaile Gray.6028:

I just updated, and will post that here for you:

Update: Top programmers are looking at this, and this is a priority for us. I’m sorry for the delay, but wanted you to be sure to know it’s definitely known, and definitely being examined and worked on!

While it is likely it is being looked at, the way it is phrased “Top Programmers”.. makes me think of the end of Indiana Jones, and the way some other fun issues have been stuck in development limbo forever.

I do SO love Indiana Jones! I think that was in the back of my mind: “We have the top brains in the company working on this!” However, when I heard who was actively looking at this problem, I became aware that really and truly, top guys are in the mix.

I understand that frustration, too. I am currently fighting with a situation on a different service where whatever I use gets rejected, but because I tried to use it, I can’t use it again. I swear, I’m almost to the point of giving up!

I try to look at it like this: No one’s out to get me, or cause me extra stress. They really are acting in my best interests. BUT… I still dislike the set of hoops I’m having to jump through.

Hey, if your friend is having issues and wants some direct assistance, he should contact Support by filing a ticket through the “Ask a Question” tab on that linked page. I really believe they will will be able to assist him.

Atherakhia.4086:

The future should be now though…. this has been complained about for 9 months (I’ve only played for that long. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was a day 1 issue). I realize things move slowly, but you’ve been here for 5 months you said? And all we have to show for it is WXP chests and a poorly implemented WXP skill system.

At some point things need to happen now instead of constantly using Blizzard’s ’SOON’tm where soon is any period from 3 months from now to never, but certainly never now..

There are some big things we will be talking about in the next few weeks that should hopefully help you to understand what we’ve been working on. If that doesn’t satisfy you, well… “I’ve got a ball, perhaps you would like to bounce it.”

Please have your friend contact Support by filing a ticket through the “Ask a Question” tab on that linked page. They will be able to assist him. For tips on what information to provide in a ticket — mostly intended for security reasons to establish that you own the account — please read this post and provide as many suggested details as possible to expedite the ticket.

Atherakhia.4086:

The drop rate must be insanely low for precursors and rings. Someone on my server is like rank 350+ or some crazy nonsense. He said he has gotten a single ring so far. That’s insane. why isn’t the drop rate the same as with Fractal chests?

While we never discuss exact rates, that is not out of character with what we would expect at all. Some things are intended to be hard to get with random luck. However, you can buy Ascended gear by acquiring laurels and badges.

DevonCarver.5370:

You’ve made a classic mistake in not rolling an Ele. So, my advice is delete your other, clearly worthless characters and roll up a real winning class, elementalist. Then we’ll see you on the battlefield. :P

See obviously Devon doesn’t know about the “Ultimate” Class aka Warriors. We all know Warriors are the obvious choice when you want to Main a specific class. Great in PvE content, amazing armor choices, and well I main one so that should sway your choice.

Pick Warrior!

The team will most likely be able to help you with this. Do keep in mind that if you used the Tome of Influence, they cannot give you a new one because it’s a one-use item. However, do discuss the other things with them.

We take allegations of cheating very seriously, but we also have a responsibility to our players to not take precipitous action. We are always working to improve our cheat-detection, but no system is perfect. Please continue to report any and all suspicious activity you see and we will do our utmost to chase down and verify what is happening.

Please head to the Wiki for info on this:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/World

Note the section on Transferring.

We will not be changing WvW ranks or WxP to be account bound. However, we are going to be implementing a host of changes that should make this seem less like some sort of punishment(a categorization I disagree with entirely) and more of a character progression system. The first step is the liquid WXP that is being added to the rank up chests which is account-bound. We are planning additional systems as well. Hopefully, as we continue to announce some of those changes, you will be happier with the system.

Clear out your mailbox. It has a limit on how many letters it can hold, and past that it will keep new mail on hold until it has room.

selan.8354:

well im sure the patch after the 20th is gonna be the new golemmastery.XD i see the disaster already happening

Shows what you know. The next line is Mastery Mastery. 5 pips, each one makes all the other lines more Masterful.

Seriously, there is a glut of golems right now for a few different reasons, which should start to balance out over time. The price on the TP has started to rise again and likely enough they will be much less plentiful as they continue to be used. We are definitely aware of the change to the game that making golems tradeable has had and we’ll keep looking for ways to adjust the balance of the game, but for now stop those golems!

Using banners to rez is absolutely okay with us. That said, we have looked into and will continue to look into ways to make it a little less zany. But the reality is, you should kill the warriors.

The commander system is only the barest hint of what we would like it to be in the long term. There are a lot of things that should be better, including the visibility of squads, and we’ll make sure to not only incorporate feedback we see on the boards but also actively seek out feedback as we flesh the system out in the future.

Precursors do drop from the chests, but very rarely. I’d love to say you should be able to get everything ever from just playing WvW, but not only is that not going to happen, it’s not good for the game as a whole. We will continue to do what we can to improve the rewards available from WvW and there are some developments specifically relating to skill points that are coming soon to the game as a whole, but honestly if you want to get all the things in the game, you have to play all the game. Branch out, I suspect you’ll enjoy it. And WvW will still be there when you want to play it.

You’ve made a classic mistake in not rolling an Ele. So, my advice is delete your other, clearly worthless characters and roll up a real winning class, elementalist. Then we’ll see you on the battlefield. :P

We believe in WvW both as a game type and as a source of revenue. Perceived lack of resources devoted to WvW should be balanced against reasonable expectations of what can be achieved by any resources. It takes a lot less time to build new ability lines than it does to, say, build a new home map. We are working on some things that won’t see the light of day for a long time and we are also working on things that you will see very soon. Believe me, WvW is important to us as a company and we will continue to improve on it.

No worries. It’s in another subforum, so I can’t blame you for missing it.

We appreciate that very much! Thank you for your consideration on the matter of giving proper credit to our creative folks.

We’re fair and consistent in how we handle such issues, and that means that those who earn a “time out” need to serve the full amount of the suspension. Thanks for understanding.

I just updated, and will post that here for you:

Update: Top programmers are looking at this, and this is a priority for us. I’m sorry for the delay, but wanted you to be sure to know it’s definitely known, and definitely being examined and worked on!

Turkledon.4156:

My friend is trying to register an account (have the serial key) but every time he puts in the password it just says it needs to be 8 long and unique which it is. Does anyone know what is going on?

Hmmm… I’m not exactly sure what’s going on. What exactly happens? Nothing? Does he get an error message? Is he trying to use unusual characters? Have him try again with basic characters (uppercase and lowercase) and numbers, and see if that works. And of course, he’s welcome to contact Support for more assistance — we’ll be happy to try to help.

Continue to discuss this with Support. The team has experts in this sort of situation, and they will be more than happy to help you.

A lot of people are getting those emails, including people who have never played Guild Wars 2. The would-be phishers are casting a w-i-d-e met, so getting such a mail doesn’t mean they know your credentials, or even that they know you have a GW2 account!

What I am concerned about is the emails that say “Someone is trying to access your account from [insert someplace not yours, usually Asia].” That usually indicates that the would-be account thief does know your credentials and is only being stopped by your having used e-mail authentication. (Good call on using that, btw!)

So phishing? Delete, but definitely it’s not a bad idea to change credentials. Authentication email from Outer Mongolia? Change your credentials, do not verify the remote IP (of course), and contact Support if you have continuing concerns.

Yes, the original ticket number, please. (Don’t submit a new one, that just slows things.) I actually have been reviewing a ticket, but I’m not sure if it’s yours. Don’t worry, we will get this sorted out for you!

Update: Top programmers are looking at this, and this is a priority for us. I’m sorry for the delay, but wanted you to be sure to know it’s definitely known, and definitely being examined and worked on!

And don’t worry, if the suggestions above (or in the linked thread) don’t work, we can still help you. Just contact Support by filing a ticket through the “Ask a Question” tab on that linked page. They will be able to assist you.

For tips on what information to provide in a ticket — mostly intended for security reasons to establish that you own the account — please read this post and provide as many suggested details as possible to expedite the ticket.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/story/Critical-blowback-Admiral-Feiste-Bakk/2629972

Ace.1726:

Ember farming is exactly what GW2 needed, it promotes getting a group together to do events. What Arenanet need to do now is tweak it so that it’s more beneficial to complete the event.

Co-ordinating an event chain is way better than waypointing from champ to champ, if you removed the incentives for doing events like ember then all you are left with are waypoint farming.

I’d much rather do event chains than farming a champ rotation.

I just want to point out, we agree. The game is more fun and exciting when defeating things and working together with other players is rewarding. Champions have always been an issue in this area, and it’s why we addressed it, we’re continuing to pursue other areas in the game in upcoming releases as well.

That being said: the behavior we want is people join up together to play events, but they want to succeed those events and win them, we never want to be in a state where intentionally failing an event is more rewarding or better for players. We’re not going to take a giant hammer to champion loot, we love it and love seeing people joining together to do events. We do want to make succeeding events what the game is about. We also do want to make some events in the future even more challenging, and in return more rewarding for succeeding.

You will see changes over time to help directly encourage players to always want to try and succeed events, we don’t ever want to create conflict between players who want to progress an event chain, and those who want to fail it. It’s bad for the game and not what Gw2 is all about.