Guild Wars 2

or just stop hoarding loot?

Tekey.7946:

Nah, I meant the stress test will definitely be tomorrow, today is still 30th like Dethl said

oh i see :>

Tekey.7946:

I thought it was August 31st, not today but tomorrow?

yeah i don’t know either.. i’m confused is it august 30th at 11pm or 31st?

Tyche.4072:

Shouldn’t we be able to make chars now?

chill bruh.. it’ll be active any minute now :>

hugo.4705:

So Europe… 11pm O_o ok so I will miss it…. Can’t play at night, too tired… And When I will wake up the stress test should ended some hours before….

yep.. that’s basically it.. for us in Europe starts 1 hour before midnight and end the next day before we wake up.

No chance to play unless we wait until 11pm.. :< i would.. but tommorow is work day for me T_T

Nightgunner.2896:

Will demo accounts get reset before the stress test, or will it be the same demo account as the PvP demo?

Demo accounts get reset after each demo weekened is over.

ChrisX.8671:

Will we be able to explore the full crystal oasis map, or will it be like the beta where we’ll only have a part of the map open to the players?

it will be the same portion of the map we got fro the demo weekends.

Fridgemomo.3750:

How much of the maps are we getting for the stress test? Is it the same as the beta weekend? or is it the whole first map? or even more?

it’s going to be the same as the demo weekend :> there’s no need to spoil the game now so close to launch.

Menadena.7482:

Hopefully restoring our beta characters or whatever? That way we can get right to stressing the new stuff and not just the story instance.

No, all progress was not saved the last 2 demo weekends so your demo characters for the stress test will be completely new ones excluding the stuff you earned from previous demos.

SappFire.5793:

Im signing for length question. In my timezone it will be midnight :<

thats too sad :< for me it’s also almost midnight..

Tekey.7946:

Gaile Gray.6029:

and head into the Crystal Oasis.

So it will probably be the same part of the map as in the demo? Or is it the full map this time?

small part of the map like it was in the first PoF demo.

Yargesh.4965:

AncientYs.8613:

Yargesh.4965:

AncientYs.8613:

what time is this stress test going to be in germany? sorry i’m bad at converting timezones.

21:00

thanks =)

Sorry 23:00 14 plus 9 hour difference

ahh.. ok :/ that’s too late for me.. i have work the next day T__T thanks anyway :>

Yargesh.4965:

AncientYs.8613:

what time is this stress test going to be in germany? sorry i’m bad at converting timezones.

21:00

thanks =)

what time is this stress test going to be in germany? sorry i’m bad at converting timezones.

ElectricGoat.8253:

I fully expect that the devs will finish out the entire world.

to achieve that it would take ALOT of expansions :> i’m not against it but at this point it seems a bit far-fetched

Corax.7381:

I agree that there should be some alternative way to obtain HoT stat combos. While getting a crafting profession to 400 isn’t hard or costly (depending on how fast you want it), it can certainly be boring and monotonous. If someone prefers to spend their game time doing open world PvE, why not let them work their way towards obtaining HoT stat combos while they’re at it?

If you’re going to throw them on a vendor, I’d say make that vendor fairly exclusive. HoT stat combos are meant to perform better at their intended role than CT ones (e.g., Viper’s is supposed to be better for offensive Condi damage than anything CT offers), or to provide a bit of flexibility where there was none before (e.g., Marauder’s being decently offensive while padding that health orb). Allowing people to buy them from the first NPC they find in Verdant Brink wouldn’t be appropriate. Lock the vendor behind Masteries, achievements, or zone-specific currency. Maybe tokens as well, like how Chak Eggs are required to buy Chak weapons.

Alternatively, remove the account-bound restriction and allow people to put HoT stat items on the TP. Of course, put a note in the tooltip (or, even better, an automatic search filter) that says, “You must own the Heart of Thorns expansion to use this item”.

On a separate but related note, I’d love if tooltips included the prefix name (even on trinkets) just below the rarity.

+1

good ideas overall :> anything to make HoT stats available to PvE players without the need to craft.

Kaltyn of Torbins Deep.2946:

AncientYs.8613:

yeah i feel kinda the same way… i play casually and don’t craft at all and now 2 expacs deep into gw2 it seems more and more specs will be going the condi route..

which is a shame because i like power.

I feel like i am being punished for not crafting(which i totally hate tbh it’s such a chore) so i bought my gear using karma from temple vendors.
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AncientYs: Take a look at gw2crafts.net. If you don’t like crafting, this site has guides to level crafting professions the fastest, and cheapest. You level it once and only go back to crafting when you want to do something specific – like change stats on your ascended armor to something new. Once you have all the mats, should take you less than an hour to go from 0 to 400 for any of the professions. Should be less than that to go from 400 to 500, but it really is not that bad. With a little bit of thought and research, crafting can make a decent amount of money as well.

As a scribe…believe me, I can understand your point about crafting complexity and being a chore, but the core crafting disciplines aren’t really that bad – though cooking CAN be an annoying pain sometimes…

i did use gw2crafts.net to initially level up my jeweler discipline just so i can quickly level up my character.

But i’m not looking to crafting because it’s boring.. and i hate to level up my crafts just to craft an armor with the stat i want/need.

plus i would need to go out in the world and farm materials which is a major downer for me..

I just wish Anet would finally make HoT available to acess through karma vendors or the TP.

I seriously don’t like that they are gated behind crafting and WvW/PvP.

Crinn.7864:

The first time I ever died in this game was to a herd of cows in Queensdale.

LOL!!!

gambling at the mystic toilet…

Raven.1524:

I wanted to buy the expansion… but ended up buying t-shirts and plushies instead o-o
Now I got some money back…. And I’m trying to get the kitten quaggan mug instead -.-
Smart move Anet…. Smart move…. [Cries in the corner waiting for a quaggan mug]

yeah… poor sap i’m sure his impatience is killing him.. slowly… i wish i could help him. But he is beyond my help.

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xD lol

Raven.1524:

Not sure if it’s the hype or the current generation… [Insert a thinking Fry]

AncientYs.8613:

Nury.3062:

Give me the PATH OF FIRE NOW!!!!! Can’t wait …really…I can’t! I want it!! My precious!!!

Whenever I play GW2 with my cousin,one of us has to say after a few minutes “Can’t wait for PoF to be realeased!”

Still better than HoT release since we had to wait a lot but the waiting is killing me…

bro… please relax or you’ll pop an artery! =/ PoF is coming okay? :> just be patient!

yeah… poor sap i’m sure his impatience is killing him.. slowly… i wish i could help him. But he is beyond my help.

Leo Schrodingers Cat.2497:

More than likely through the story, which I really don’t have a problem with.

ikr? finally something good that is not gated behind mastery points and stuff :> i am content with getting the other 3 mounts by just playing the story ^^

Hesacon.8735:

AncientYs.8613:

Hesacon.8735:

They recently made all stat types selectable on glorious and triumphant armors from pvp and wvw. You would have to complete the rewards tracks 6 times for a full set, but you can select any stat type in the game.

ohh.. oh no.. :< PvP T__T .. this sounds enticing that as a reward i get a full set with selectable stats but i’m no good at WvW i’m a casual PvE’r. Thanks for pointing this out for me but it’s not an option.

Edit: i found out that those PvP sets mantioned don’t include HoT stats. I went on Wiki and it only shows core tyria stats.

The wiki may be outdated, it should be in the patch notes in the last two months.

oh ok.. thanks anyhow. Anet if you are reading this thread.. please take into consideration the ideas i have mentioned.

Hesacon.8735:

They recently made all stat types selectable on glorious and triumphant armors from pvp and wvw. You would have to complete the rewards tracks 6 times for a full set, but you can select any stat type in the game.

ohh.. oh no.. :< PvP T__T .. this sounds enticing that as a reward i get a full set with selectable stats but i’m no good at WvW i’m a casual PvE’r. Thanks for pointing this out for me but it’s not an option.

Edit: i found out that those PvP sets mantioned don’t include HoT stats. I went on Wiki and it only shows core tyria stats.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Ashen.2907:

Ive been hoping that ANet would consider delaying PoF’s release by a month or two (at least) to iron out some of the elite spec concerns. Perhaps a January 2018 release?

Blasphemy! Utter and total blasphemy! Bite your tongue!

yeah i’ll have to agree with cedo here.. what you are suggesting will incur the anger of ALOT of us who pre-purchased… alot of us indeed..

FogLeg.9354:

AncientYs.8613:

Not all of us like crafting or doing WvW for these stats.

So, you want to have these stats sold from NPC and do not want to raise crafting?

In that case I misunderstood you and my last reply was probably way off, sorry about that.

As about maxing crafting, I dunno, it never felt too overwhelming to me. Maybe because it took me over an year to get one maxed. Sure it’s boring and fairly pointless timewaste. I also think raising crafting profession is major goldsink in the game, draining out all those materials and gold players waste.

Yes i want the stats to be sold by NPC’s wether it be karma or gold, i mean it could be a goldsink as well right? not being locked behind crafting..

I also have tried to raise my crafting discipline in the past but i found out it was draining all of my gold too quickly and had little reward by doing so.

In fact i found it easier(cheaper) to buy the armor stat right from the TP.

The problem is that the newer stats from HoT do require crafting to be at least at 400 or 500 in order for it to be crafted. I don’t have the patience nor the gold necessary to bring up my crafting discipline that high and i don’t want to tbh.

I would rather spend my gold buying the complete gear set outright from an NPC like it was with karma merchants at the temples in orr.

In my opinion there’s too little meaningful gold sinks that currently exist not counting crafting and they are a gamble, i’m speaking about the mystic forge.

So i propose we add the HoT directly to HoT merchants, maybe spend HoT currency to buy those HoT stat gear(Viper,Maurader etc..) or gold as an alternative. Make us WANT to actually spend our gold and be satisfied with what we have bought.

So in conclusion make other options available to get the newer gear stats. For those of us who don’t craft.

Ayrilana.1396:

Asur.9178:

They are locked behind mastery, after your first encounter using one.

What I’m referring to is the unlocking of the other mounts to your account so that you can freely ride them just like the raptor.

any further mounts will also be unlocked throughout the story just like it did with the raptor mount.

FogLeg.9354:

AncientYs.8613:

yeah from the looks of it they definately are creating a gear treadmill not with the rarity but with the stat combos.

Yes but core Tyria is free. New stats are one (not only) reason for players to pay for the game.

Consider this – suppose new expansions that you bought for the real money would have WEAKER stat combinations then those you can find for free. How long you think it would take for forum to be filled with complaints from angry players?

It is not the situation where you get 0 stats for free. For some builds core tyria stat combos are playable even today, for some HoT stats are slightly better, and surely for some whatever PoF brings in will be best. Yet, the difference is not huuuuuuge…

yeah i did buy the game but i’m still not able to get anywhere close to the new stats that HoT and soon PoF will offer.

Just because i don’t level up my crafting disciplines i therefore am unable to get the stats other than the Core Tyria ones that are available through the TP Karma merchants and even as loot.

This is what i think is unfair because the HoT stats aren’t as widely available as the core tyria stats.

If i want sinister or viper etc i must craft or go to silverwastes and get bandit crests or whatever.

Core tyria stats didn’t do this, they were easy to acquire.

So please.. consider changing the way we can get stats.

Even if giving the HoT stats to karma vendors so we can buy them with karma that would be fine too!

Not all of us like crafting or doing WvW for these stats.

Take into consideration the PvE players.

Ashen.2907:

Ive been hoping that ANet would consider delaying PoF’s release by a month or two (at least) to iron out some of the elite spec concerns. Perhaps a January 2018 release?

No. Kitten no! the devs had enough feedback from the elite spec demo weekend

and if not then they will announce another demo weekend!

but i doubt they will push back the release that far!

yeah from the looks of it they definately are creating a gear treadmill not with the rarity but with the stat combos.

This has got to change or else those who can afford for example marauders will always be more powerful and less likely to die than someone with berserkers.

or perhaps Soldiers versus commanders or sentinels?

the hoT and PoF stat gears just overpower the core Tyria stats by so much it is really not an option to switch to those stats but rather a necessity!

and that is the real treadmill! not the rarity of weapons rare exotics ascended and so on are not the problem here! the stat combos are the main issue!

Nury.3062:

Give me the PATH OF FIRE NOW!!!!! Can’t wait …really…I can’t! I want it!! My precious!!!

Whenever I play GW2 with my cousin,one of us has to say after a few minutes “Can’t wait for PoF to be realeased!”

Still better than HoT release since we had to wait a lot but the waiting is killing me…

bro… please relax or you’ll pop an artery! =/ PoF is coming okay? :> just be patient!

Orangensaft.7139:

releasing HoT stats to dungeons would have been such a nice thing

Perfect would have been 1 new dungeon with HoT
and 1 new dungeon with PoF
so casual players can get the exotic versions of the new stats in a good way

Still hoping anet reconsiders introducing new dungeons one day ^^

yep i hope so too :>

adding these new dungeons with a HoT and PoF theme would be reason enough to have HoT and PoF stats as token rewards.

But… i read somewhere that Anet will not add dungeons or change the current ones.

in other words they are finished with dungeons :<

yeah i feel kinda the same way… i play casually and don’t craft at all and now 2 expacs deep into gw2 it seems more and more specs will be going the condi route..

which is a shame because i like power.

I feel like i am being punished for not crafting(which i totally hate tbh it’s such a chore) so i bought my gear using karma from temple vendors.

Sometimes though i also bought them from the TP, please at least make hoT and poF stat gear tradeable so i can buy them? or at least some other option like karma.

Unless the new elite specs can also be played with power based gear stats as well as condi then i’m fine with it.

If this is not the case then please don’t lock it all behind crafting, make it available through the TP or karma vendors.

As of right now i feel like only the ones with crafting disciplines up to their 400-500’s have the right to craft and use them.

It feels very VIP to me .. =/ and it puts those that cannot or do not want to craft at a severe disadvantage against enemies because they cannot wear the latest stats.

Berserkers as it seems isn’t as optimal as it used to be either, with most recommending other stat combinations or going condi entirely. But how to change from berserkers gear stats when all other stats are gated behind crafting?

i never had a main :> i play all 9 of my characters on and off ^^

Shirlias.8104:

You can’t go wrong if you go with thief.
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nice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuVmvUJLhG8 reference ;>

Torvic.8256:

Now that we know PoF’s launch date, would this launch party (if there is one) be held all throughout Thursday, September 21st and into Friday, September 22nd?

bro relax.. there’s no need to triple post =/ there’s an edit button for a reason,

and to answer your question, yes there most probably will be one :>

since there was one for HoT i see no reason why there wouldn’t be one for PoF.

Nardak.9875:

Hi everyone,
I’m a returning player and im not sure what to main in PoF (i also have a 80 boost to use). Note that i have an 80 necro and an 80 ele. I am lookimg for advice. Im looking for a mobile bruiser or DPS, oreferably melee ( but im open to ranged options as well) Here is , in order of priority what i like in a profession:
-engaging playstyle
-Mobility
-cool animations/flavor
-survivability
-not too complex (throw engi out already).

Here is a list of classes i mained and loved in other mmos:
-Slayer,Archer (Tera)
-Bruiser templar (ESO)
-Fury/glad warrior, Frost mage (WoW)
- Warrior (BDO)

Give me your recommendations

too soon bruh.. =/

TheRandomGuy.7246:

Probably no new professions in the near future because it is a lot more work than making elite specs.
This is what mo said about races. 3rd point
https://www.facebook.com/BlackLionDailyHerald/posts/716478175217597

here is the text form of what is in that link;

hey have even considered adding a new race for PoF.

Mike said that no and then added that new races in GW2 are “not impossible but very unlikely” to appear in the future.

Implementing them would require a lot of resources that can be spent better on creating new content relevant for all players.

While this might sound disappointing to a lot of Tengu fans like me, I totally get where he’s coming from.

Boogiepop Void.6473:

I don’t have a problem with there being an extra cost beyond 10 guild commendations. But that cost should absolutely NOT be Crystalline Ore in any quantity. At least not unless they put in way more ways to get Ore, and make that group content you can do with guildies.

Yes, this would be a welcome change.

Tekey.7946:

Shirlias.8104:

Guess no.

3 heavy
3 medium
3 Light

Now only élite specs.

Since when is the magical number “3” considered to be a real reason for not releasing new professions? If they started somewhere, we could have 4 of each type after a few expansions. Or 5.

No, even if new professions did slowly roll in with new expansions,

the devs have clearly stated they wish to keep the 9 professions as they are

with no new additions and instead the elite specializations would be the progression.

Boogiepop Void.6473:

AncientYs.8613:

the way of aqcuireing this armor is in the name itself…

Ornate “Guild” Armor, now where do you think one can get guild armor from?

it’s obvious is it not?

And you get it from the guild hall. The guild commendations make sense. The Crystalline Ore does not. What does running Dragon Stand hundreds of times have to do with the guild?

i see your point, this added material necessary to craft the armor itself is indeed troublesome to get.

I also don’t understand what this ore has to do with the crafting of “Guild” armor :> hopefully it can be changed?

because in all honesty the ore should be for something with prestige.. legendary armor or ascendend perhaps?

but not a simple guild armor :>

the way of aqcuireing this armor is in the name itself…

Ornate “Guild” Armor, now where do you think one can get guild armor from?

it’s obvious is it not?

VAHNeunzehnsechundsiebzig.3618:

Hi, can we have the title ‘Mulch Maker’ added to the game? For, i don’t know, killing 10 000 undead or something like that? Or doing Tequatl 35 times?

It is funny and stupid and I would love to be a mulch maker.

wth is even a “mulch maker” ? it sounds very archaic..

Makai.3429:

AncientYs.8613:

Makai.3429:

AncientYs.8613:

don’t update pvE enemies!!! HoT enemies are hard enough as it is!!

PoF enemies are similar to core tyria enemy and that’s fine!

we don’t need more of HoT enemies that one shot us!!

How did you like Season 3’s enemies? I found them to be a good balance between the two.

yeah those were good :> (but the ones in lake doric were a bit difficult to solo, the white mantle enemies felt more like veterans with their big aoe attacks) enemies in sirens landing were just fine ^^

Hopefully PoF stays about the same. Season 3 enemies could be punishing if you slipped up, but not like HoT where you die instantly because your foot is off by a pixel.

i agree :>

Makai.3429:

AncientYs.8613:

don’t update pvE enemies!!! HoT enemies are hard enough as it is!!

PoF enemies are similar to core tyria enemy and that’s fine!

we don’t need more of HoT enemies that one shot us!!

How did you like Season 3’s enemies? I found them to be a good balance between the two.

yeah those were good :> (but the ones in lake doric were a bit difficult to solo, the white mantle enemies felt more like veterans with their big aoe attacks) enemies in sirens landing were just fine ^^

don’t update pvE enemies!!! HoT enemies are hard enough as it is!!

PoF enemies are similar to core tyria enemy and that’s fine!

we don’t need more of HoT enemies that one shot us!!

mazut.4296:

Why not make easy change and add boons to most foes around Tyria, especially core maps. Maybe from lvl30 and above. This way everything will get a little bit harder and balance the slow but steady power creep.
Start with few buffs and the higher the level area the more buffs and stacks foes can apply to themselves and their allies. Make some foes to be enchanters and buff their surrounding allies.

what about we don’t?

Palm Tiger.8275:

Dear Anet,

What happened to the housing promised just after launch?

get that kitten out of here man, this isn’t Sims.. -_- … guildhall and personal home instance isn’t enough?

Palador.2170:

Aurene is like a living bloodstone. And we know how well those go with food. (Hint: They don’t.)

But if she starts to breathe fire, then we can introduce her to hot dogs and marshmallows and campout cooking!

yay for campout cooking

Psientist.6437:

“What goes well with Aurene?”

Friendship!
Adventure!
Hugs!
Mentoring!

now THAT’s the kind of post i want to see! not all these barbarians trying to eat poor little Aurene :<