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sms authentication for Holland

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Hi, I want to set up sms authentication for my Dutch cell Phone number. When I go to the authentication page the country code is already filled in (31).

Question: Do I have to enter my Dutch number, starting with 06, or leave the zero out and start with the 6, or do I have to enter the international code starting with 316…?

Story missions too unfair for solo players

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I never finished one of the Living World series because after a while players who completed them leave. So when I finally get to higher level content, there are not enough players around for a party. Can’t tell the names of the bosses, but yes, it’s too hard for solo players like me who are used to do Tequatl with a lot of players and do some farming…

Snowy maps = least interesting

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Lol, we do snowy maps with friends every year around Christmas. About 1 or 2 months. Love it!

After two demo weekends what do we think?

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I found it hard to practice the Elite skills in PvP or WvW, because I hardly play these modes. Would have loved to try them in PvE. I only played Ranger and like the skillset more than the Druid set which I only use for more runspeed since I like to play an Amazone, and not a healer. Don’t like the dagger skills: feels like an Assessin. Rangers should be experts in bows. Also as a Ranger I find it a must to be able to switch pets all the time. The Elite skillset should allow that.
So as a Ranger: please a bow expertise instead of daggers, switching pets Always possible, and oh, get us some nice skinny gear

[Feedback]Path of Fire Preview - August 11 - 13

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Pro’s:
1. Mounts
2. Nice map with a lot of events
3. Beautiful map layout
4. Message board (though I would like it for solo play too)
Cons:
1. Casino (I don’t like gambling at all, not in real life, nor in games)
2. Gear identification (just a gold sink)
3. The Sous Chef mastery (please no mini games for masteries)
4. Rewards were poor

Unidentified gear

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But on highest level you know so much that items identify automatically.

So you have to mastery-up that you get gear exactly the same way as before?

Indeed This game is all about skills remember? Taking away convenience and than offer a gem store item to improve convinience… Ehm nah, not how it should be. But skills? Yes, that would be in the spirit of this game.

Unidentified gear

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It would be ok to me if players get a Identify skill they can develop. Like on low level you know not enough about lore and items, so you have to identify a lot. But on highest level you know so much that items identify automatically.

Request: Allow us to use ladders

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Haha, you could not do that vista, could you?

Really Devs, One against 20 in the story mode

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I had the same problem with my Ranger until I used my Druid build. I think Anet should provide the demo-ranger with 2 pets instead of 1. Not being able to switch pets and revive them quickly makes it very hard to play.

Major Concern- Mounts and "motion sickness"

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Most of you will know, but to be sure: don’t steer with your keyboard but use your mouse (right button pressed and move the mouse to go left or right).

How finish intro PoF (storyline)?

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Alright, the teleportation to the crystal desert after dying seems to be a bug. Looks like you should get the option to continue at the same location (I did get it after restarting). I now finished it without dying by copying my Druid HoT build.

How finish intro PoF (storyline)?

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So I created a ranger and a flying vehicle brings me to the Crystal desert. Than I have to slay hordes of enemies, damage some kind of high level monster, persue it and…. well I don’t know. Every time I’m getting killed somewhere and teleported to a small town where everyone plays. But than I don’t have access to mounts because I did not end the intro/storyline?? So how finish it without party?

Preview is now live.

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Do we have to create a new chr? I don’t see any option to join with my existing chr’s.

How to turn off lens flares?

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No, its neither of them. The weird thing is that I never noticed it before. It’s Huge! a circle in the middle of the screen, filling half of it.

How to turn off lens flares?

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For the last couple of days I’m seeing a lens flare when looking into the sunlight on Ember Bay. Did not see it before, and I would like to turn this effect off (sorry, but its ugly). Is there a way to turn it off?

Path of fire anouncment - Feedback

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I seem to be missing something: When HoT came out, Anet announced that every new expansion would include ALL earlier content… For free! It was mentioned somewhere in the discussion about why new players got the core game for free when buying HoT, and those allready owning the core game got nothing extra. I don’t see this promise being honored now, since those who don’t have HoT are offered to buy it in a bundle with PoF… confused

PoF alone is sold at a lower price point than HoT was. The PoF plus HoT bundle costs $50, the same as HoT standard was sold at release. So if you look at it that way you are getting PoF + HoT at the same price as most people paid for HoT alone 2 years ago. So they could have sold PoF for $50 and included HoT for those that don’t have it (and dealt with all the complaints of “veterans” feeling ripped off because they “are paying twice for something they already have”, see old threads in HoT forum) or gone with the current model.

Basically it all comes out in the wash and I prefer the current model which allows those without HoT and new customers to buy PoF at the lower price point if they are not interested in HoT. It also allows those of us that already have HoT to pay less for PoF without feeling like,“we are paying twice for something we already bought,” as some have stated in the past. Not me personally but there is a mega thread devoted to that very topic.

Even if they sold Pof including HoT at the $30 there would most likely be yet another mega thread of people complaining, “Why do new customers get HoT with PoF for $30 when I had to pay $50 for HoT alone 2 years ago?” So what it comes down to is would you rather have PoF cost $50 and include HoT for free even if you already have HoT or would you rather pay $30 for PoF and have HoT an optional $20 add on?

I know, it was an endless discussion and your reasoning is flawless Was just wondering why this change was not mentioned by Anet.

Path of fire anouncment - Feedback

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I seem to be missing something: When HoT came out, Anet announced that every new expansion would include ALL earlier content… For free! It was mentioned somewhere in the discussion about why new players got the core game for free when buying HoT, and those allready owning the core game got nothing extra. I don’t see this promise being honored now, since those who don’t have HoT are offered to buy it in a bundle with PoF… confused

Guild Halls, and the One-Man Guild.

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It’s an old thread indeed, but still a valid one. Many players only play with a small group of friends, unable to start a guild of their own. And Anet has never made clear if the current policy to only encourage guilds with many players is made with a reason and if its a permanent choice.

Feedback: Improvements to the Gem Store

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The mouse-over technology to show popups with the several choices seems to be outdated: it has the same problem that made modern websites stop doing this – the popups are blocking other content and either move away too fast when you move the mouse, or stay on too long when you want to see something below.

Random Black Screen

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Yes, I’m having this issue too. Please fix!

Jumping Puzzles Suck in GW2

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Jumping puzzles could have some improvement. 2 Things especially:
1. When close to an object camera zooms in and I’m unable to see the environment and where to jump at all. And yes, I tried all camera settings.
2. Add more ‘saveguard’ spots when proceeding: when you missjump continue at the latest ‘saveguard’ spot. It’s soo annoying to have to start over from the beginning…

25% Movement Enrichment

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I’d rather vote for an overall speed increase of 10% for everything in the game.

TP Errors: there is an error [merged]

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Same here: can’t sell anything :/

useless xp

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My main issue is about the Central Tyria mastery points: you can’t obtain enough by only playing adventerous PvE. So yes, it would be great if experience could be used to unlock missing mastery points

[Suggestions] Gemstore Items

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Please add the basic guild hall so small guilds can start a GH too.

Curious why more people don't PvP or WvW

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I don’t like PvP, but tried WvW a few times and found it confusing. Getting started on an empty map section, hard to detect which color is yours, silence, no one chats in general, so no way to find out where your supposed team mates are… Am I missing something??

Enable Outfit Creation from Unlocked Skins

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Good idea! Make it so

[Suggestions] Gemstore Items

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Much more fashionable armor and outfits. And why are we still missing stilletto pumps for female char’s?

Stuck forever in Camp Resolve

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Mind that in the first intance (mission) to get access to the HoT content you don’t have to kill all mobs, but just need to get to the end (where your mission marker is). You can run around mobs.

Transfer guild ownership?

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Thanks for the info

Transfer guild ownership?

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I don’t own HoT, but I do have a small guild with friends. Now some of them own HoT and I wonder if I can transfer guild OWNERSHIP to one of them, so they can benefit all we have unlocked and start expanding the guild with HoT features.

Black screen problem since update.

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Seems this old problem has returned, now also in 64 bit version. Please fix.

Guild wars 2 vs Black desert

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Comparing BD with GW has no meaning at all. The games are totally different.

BD is typically a game for those who like to PK and brag about how nice they look with outfits bought for real money. You can’t get nice looking gear at all by playing, it has to be bought.
Also, you are not safe after lvl. 50: everyone can fight everyone than, and you lose exp for every death.
Than chat channels are spammed with gold sellers. Dispite the fact that you can’t even trade with other players ingame.

Discussing Mystic Coins

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Endlevel content is not supposed to be accessed fast. So there are mechanics that prevent players (who play a lot) to get what they want too soon; for what else would there be to gain if you already own everything? Mystic coin distribution is one of those mechanics. Allowing only 1 specific material to be crafted per day is another. There are more. Just accept it as a way to keep looking foreward to something.

How would you play if death was permanent?

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I like to play a relaxed game, so with perma death I would not play at all.

Is GW2 the best MMO?

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A good MMO offers pretty straightforwarth PvE gameplay on a world map, eventually combined with PvP. Players level and find gear by exploring. In GW2 it’s more about aestetics and grinding materials for nice looking gear. GW2 also uses a lot of ‘non MMO’ content to keep players busy: jumping puzzles, super adventure box, fractals, gliders… It’s like a christmas tree with a lot of beautiful balls. A good MMO does not need that.

Disconnection issues

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Anet needs to implement a return to previous map instance option, and reserve a player’s spot in that map for like 5 minutes upon disconnect.

Anet also needs to get rid of that insanely fast “no longer participating in event due to inactivity”, unless they implement a rally at event mechanic. Heck, it was so poorly coded that it still goes off even if the event was completed and everyone got their loot and left.

Quoted for truth!

How do i validate my account?

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Ok, sounds reasonable.

How do i validate my account?

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Hmmm, a friend of mine is trying the free account. We assumed that it was a 1 of 2 statement (HoT OR 4 days wait), but by reading here I get the feeling that a free account never can use TP?

[Suggestion] Focus on Solo-play Experience

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It’s an illusion to think that MMO’s are played only by those who like multiplayer games. In fact a lot of people buy them because of the bigger maps than their solo games, with an extra opportunity to trade with other players. So yes, it would be wise if maps were scaled up and down according to the number of players in the map (just like GW1).

Shared Inventory Slot Feedback [merged]

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I’m still happy with my slots and I hope we will be allowed to buy more than the 5 we can use now. And I won’t complain if we than get a bargain if we buy 10 at once (since I already bought some I wont get that deal) simply because I buy stuff on the moment its useful to me, no matter if other deals later may profide a better opportunity. Same for my duplicate home stones. Too bad, they served me well, but this bag slot is an improvement and thats the only thing that counts.

when new armor skins coming to gem store?

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Well… In that case we need an item to convert personal armor sets into sellable outfits. Gogogo gemstore!

Game gets too hard at 80

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From what I hear the problem is not ‘too hard’ but ‘too long’. Meaning that you have to be online for at least 2 hours if you want to complete something. One solution would be to split up big events into smaller parts and get rid if the ‘you may stay up to x minutes on this map after completing’ requirment. Make it so that players can quit any time they want and continue anytime they like without restrictions.

Shared Inventory Slot Feedback [merged]

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I have fifty character slots, ArenaNet. Fifty. Five-oh. A number that will increase, because I like making characters and I like making a variety of builds and generally I like your game. These shared inventory slots are designed for people like me, who have a minor army of characters at our disposal.

And speaking as a very clear target of your marketing, I have to make a request: please pass the illegal substances you’re smoking over to me so I can get high with you. I might actually see some imaginary value in your newest shared inventory slot if you did that.

Why would I spend 700 gems on one slot when, for only 100 gems more, I can buy a whole new character and start with twenty free slots, discounting the additional 4 I get from the early level bag and also discounting the easily spammable free 5 slot bags from easy champions on low level 1-15 maps. I can make a mule for only 100 gems more and they have twenty times the space this slot does, as well as give me a new character to play with in my spare time.

Why should I spend 700 gems on one shared inventory slot when I can just buy an extra bank tab for less than that, and then use one not shared inventory slot on all my characters for consumable bank merchants? Which, I might add, are easy to get for free when you have the vast amount of characters I do. I’m drowning in the consumable bank merchants and they sure don’t cost me 700 gems even if I did purchase them.

You’re mad.

The person who saw this item and said “Yeah, 700 gems is definitely a reasonable price for one slot” is mad.

Is it convenient? Definitely. Is it ultimately practical or as convenient? No, not by a long shot.

50 Chr. slots… So you bought 45, that is 36.000 gems. And you are complaining about 700 gems? Duh…

Shared Inventory Slot Feedback [merged]

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So many people bought a lot of convenience items and are now complaining because they bought more than necessary. Why? Convenience items are not for profit. They cost you gems you were willing to pay in the past. This slot does not change that: it only makes your items more convenient. For players who spent so much earlier, this is just another convenience item in a long row. One that makes it possible to buy less in future. So don’t throw away your old items, one day you may find out that 5 slots easily can be occupied by newer stuff.

Shared Inventory Slot Feedback [merged]

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Great item! Use it for my Royal Terrace pass, but I can imagine more useful items to share. Yes, too bad for those who already bought duplicate items for different chr’s. But that’s the same witch discounts and e.g. other mining picks when the watchwork came out. Sometimes you’r Lucky with purchases and sometimes not.

You DO NOT want gliding in main tyria [Merged]

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I wish they introduced guns to shoot gliders lol!

Are they really planning a Guild Wars 3?

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A weird article, especially the part where he is saying that they used their experiences to create HoT – given the amount of critics about how it differs from the main game. One would almost believe he is talking about a completely different game in future. Not GW3 though…

What would you like to see in next expansion?

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A huge, soloable map with solo dungeons and no, not any, none jp’s or jumping levels. And of course tons of new items to drop (NOT to craft!)…

You DO NOT want gliding in main tyria [Merged]

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Right… Mounts, Gliders, what will be next? Riding a dragon?