Guild Wars 2

DeathMethanol.6358:

I am not saying take it away totally.

I’ll say it.

Do the thing.

You know the thing.

Legendary sound effect volume slider. K, thx, bai.

…So I’m … Okay, look, I’m intoxicated, and trying to send gold to random guildies, because it seems like an awesome idea at the moment.

I open up ze mailbox, attempt to send gold, fill in the little monetary form goodness…

And my gold doesn’t decrease.

What’s up with that? Amidoingitrong?

I mean, I’m probably doing it wrong. But it doesn’t seem to be intuitive, to be sure. What’s up with that? Do I need to sacrifice the glorious turkeys living in AC?

Duke Blackrose.4981:

One is an annoyance, not only because of its frequency, but also because it is an immersion breaker (the golem). The regular character dialogues are simply overused – not immersion breaking and not intentionally annoying.

Verily, a stereotypical golem voice on a piece of equipment that clearly involves Asuran technology is immersion breaking.

Annoying? Certainly. Along with cries about Grape Justice, Grenth’s Spicy Embrace, and Summoning the Wins.

But immersion breaking, it is not.

Make sure your people (eg, Rox) are actually with you.

Have noticed a tendency for Scrubmaster Caithe and the Scrubconics to squirrel like a bunch of uplevels in greens chasing after an Ori node.

Thanks for killing that tendril six miles away from here, Rox. It’s cool I’ll just wait here for five min… OH LOOK ANOTHER TENDRIL NOWHERE NEAR US GAIZ GO GET IT

Firelysm.4967:

B) Drop loot in your inventory, not on the ground.

Why is this not a thing in all facets of the game?

If someone tells you they don’t want loot, they’re lying through their teeth.

nopenopenopenopenopenopenope

Tacos is good, but that’s only the “mainhand” option.

Taco sauce wrench as well, kplzthx.

Serophous.9085:

I’m tired of hearing “for great justice!” all the time. Can you imagine a whole group doing it at once? Its so annoying. I should have to turn off dialog to not hear it.

How can you be so cruel? Grape Justice sacrificed his life for Tyria. The least we can do is honor him as we wade into the field of battle.

Archy.1045:

Would love to see that kind of stuff in WvW too. Cuz sometimes I miss these tiny loot bags and it is very annoying.

“MY PRECURSOR!” cried every wvwer ever, as they laid fully dead on the floor, watching their fellows being wiped.

In the grim darkness of Tyria’s far future, there is only…

Quaggans.

maplesop.7206:

I haven’t played the game in a long time (pre lions arch changes) so I am pretty out of the loop.

Welcome to m’boat.

maplesop.7206:

I am looking for a profession that most resembles traditional mage/caster gameplay. My first round on gw2 I tried out the ele but the d/d playstyle was just never very fun for me. What profession would you suggest for someone who traditionally plays casters (ex mage/spriest in wow, sorc in aion, bright wizard warhammer).

I’m not going to ask why, even though I really want to. Instead:

Staff ele. Make bad gear choices and fail to dodge, for the full traditional “caster” feel.

But it won’t be the same, because GW2 really doesn’t work that way. Still, you’ll be able to sit in the backline dropping fire on people if you really want to.

maplesop.7206:

Is it something you can spend a moderate amount of time on or one of those things you might play for a while then wait for new content to be released?

In spite of not being a “sandbox” style game, GW2 has a bit of sandboxiness about it. If you find something to do/something you want to work toward, you can spend forever and several weeks playing GW2. If you don’t… You’ll get bored. On the plus side, with no subscription, you can leave and come back whenever.

One interesting change – the new season of Living Story has the installments replayable at any time. Only thing is, you need to log in and click a button to unlock them during the timeframe of their release. (Otherwise, you’ve got to pay gems to unlock the episodes.) So… If you do get bored, just swing by once every few weeks or so.

Job-o-Trons are taking err jerbs.

This is why LA hasn’t been rebuilt. Nothing but job-performing golems that don’t pay taxes.

nicknamenick.2437:

AND MORE EQUAL SHOULDERS

Commands the Pact; slew Zhaitan; saved the entire world.

Can’t afford to buy matching pauldrons.

For shame, Tyria, for shame.

I’m for this.

I’m also for:

• Spawning Champions in the middle of PvP matches.

• Tequatl-style bosses wrecking your Garrison.

Fair’s fair, heuheuheuheu.

I demand rideable golems.

The rest of you bookahs can walk.

Morsus.5106:

Please no. That would be the point where I leave the game.

I must decline to improve on this statement.

Superior Arrowcarts – Superior Arrowcarts everywhere.

• I secretly hate people who have Bifrost, because they’re making my Bifrost less special.
• I feel bad for over-serious commanders, because siege being thrown in front of a door is confusing for new players.
• I squirrel because verdant herbs is verdant herbs, yo.
• I always watch the ledges.

Drarnor Kunoram.5180:

I will buy gems ASAP if ANet at least has someone in-game calling the Deep Sea Dragon “Bubbles”. I will buy lots of them if it’s a recurring thing among DE 2.0

This, so much this.

LumAnth.5124:

I had to kill Tybalt on my mesmer

This is where I’d be, “NOPE” and wipe.

:(

clint.5681:

I dont even know whats happening in this thread anymore

I find it’s easy to keep up, if you translate it to quaggan, first:

Abloobloo.

That’s it. Quaggan is a rather succinct language.

Can’t tell if Lavos, or if Sansha Kuvakei is behind Scarlet. o.o

DH peeps who let my hilariously uplevelled (look, I’ve been drinking heavily and it seemed like a good idea to yakslap with a level 20) thief run off:

<3

Kaedus.8051:

EEveryone is kinda helpful ,much more than other games,as opposed to just a few people trying to help out a newb.(me not being one of them :P )Not sure what the reason for this is but it is pleasant to observe.

Actually, this is something that deserves to be pointed out:

If you see someone fighting something, feel free to run up and start smacking it around as well. There’s no kill stealing/diminished experience/only-one-person-gets-the-loot nonsense here!

The entire game is pretty much set up to reward you for helping others.

LordEnki.9283:

Elementalist: I’d like to see elementalist have the same starting health pool as other cloth classes before stats.

Came here for this.

Also, Engineer: Mortar is completely useless. I can stand on a garrison wall and not be able to hit anything. Fix this. I like siege. I like being responsible instead of running straight to it and sitting there for hours. This generally leaves me with no siege to occupy, which is where a personal mortar would really be nice to have.

RainbowSyrup.4130:

Why do people even pay so much attention to what other ppl does…

Jealousy.

Lexandro.1456:

Hey why dont we just remove ALL stats/buffs/gear/skills/traits/class mechanics from WvW and have everyone run around in underwear with a 1dps dagger and nothing else. I mean it would be balanced right?

Freakin’ bookahs have better underwear. NERF HUMANS.

1. More titles. Title hunting is what kept me playing GW1 for so long.

2. More armor. By and large, I hated GW1’s armor. By and large, GW2’s armor is far, far worse – probably because of the multiple classes sharing armor thing. The same bland stuff is spread around even more widely, leading to even less variety. At least – for all love – do something about medium armor. It’s pretty much the worst of the lot.

3. Airships in WvW. It needs to happen. I don’t even care if it’s a special map whereby I can’t drop troops directly into the courtyard of Stonemist.

4. Cantha.

5. Any future Elder Dragon fight to be similar (but mechanically improved, of course – more action, less clinging to a tower) to the Zhaitan fight. They’re freaking Elder Dragons. What are you going to do? Run up to them and poke them with your overpriced sparkly stick +1? And you’re not going to be instantly transmuted to a stain on the ground by way of being stepped on?

No, it should and did take a first-rate airship loaded stem to stern with overpowered mechanomagical cannons to destroy such a beast. Now prep the depth charges and man the submarines, it’s time to take out Bubbles already.

Galtrix.7369:

So I just bought a Turtle Beach headset for 60 dollars and I can gladly say that it was well worth it. I plugged them into my computer and started up Guild Wars, and oh. my. gosh. The sound was so amazing that I sat there stunned for a minute or two just listening to the sounds of the forest and the sound of the attacks/skills. This was a huge increase from my logitech headset that cost 45 dollars. What about you guys? What headsets do you prefer to use while playing Guild Wars 2 and why are they different from other headsets?

Audio-Technica ATH-AD700s, paired with an embarrassingly inexpensive Xonar DSX. Relatively inexpensive (as far as headphones approaching actual quality go); absurdly comfortable (I’ve worn them for twelve hours at a time before, barring bathroom breaks) and they completely slaughter the kitten that tends to get passed off as gaming headsets in the equivalent price range. (I’m in it for music more than gaming, anyhow.)

Seriously, though, hearing “The Seraph” through reasonably decent headphones made me fall in love with GW2 all over again.

Mic for Mumble/TS/etc. is provided by my trusty ol’ Logitech C910 webcam. :x

LumAnth.5124:

Pre Searing Ascalon is probably the most beautiful thing my eyes have ever seen.

It was a perfect color blend of blue, yellow, orange and green (with the occasional marble color for buildings)

Not only was it that bright and shiny scene, but it had it’s smudges. The Catacombs is a big example. Another is the Wizard’s Folly mountain, with the mysterious tower. And it’s those smudges that made Pre Searing Ascalon perfect

I have never, ever seen such a place (in a game) in my life as beautiful as that.

Sadly, they tried to recreate the same setting in the Charr Homelands in EoTN, but it wasn’t as good (I thought it was a pretty bad extension, actually)

Came here to post pretty much this, exactly.

While I believe the Charr homelands weren’t without charm, they simply can’t compare. Still, I find it enchanting that if you tilt your head correctly, and let your eyes space out for a bit, certain parts of GW2’s Ascalonian lands rekindle the magic that was GW1.

….Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go log into GW1 and die horribly because I’m going to be mashing a non-existent dodge key. ;_;

Nikkinella.8254:

There is a counter to this. There is no counter for stealth.

10 supply trap to prevent door ingress.

There, I solved the “problem”. Thread’s over, guys.

Lokki.1092:

To range is the act of wandering or roaming over a large area. Fantasy rangers are calls so because of their roaming and vagabond nature not because they use a ranged weapon. The most famous (and perhaps first) ranger wielded a greatsword. Perhaps the second most famous ranger wields 2 scimitars (though he sometimes has a bow)

As GW2 is a game with firearms, I submit to you that the second most famous ranger used pistols. The most famous ranger is clearly Chuck Norris.

spconder.2489:

Goonswarm has discovered transdimentional travel. Gods help us all.

Warping golems in at 10; primary is Mittens.

sostronk.8167:

For me personally, my main thiefs build was nerfed because the one change that effects me is Shadow step no longer breaks stun, which is just about enough to make me completely rethink my build.

I feel your pain, and am already shaking my fist at ANet’s change to Cleansing Fire.

gaspara.4079:

People also need to learn to swap weapons/traits if they are going to be running alone back to the zerg or to an objective. A Staff Ele should never bee running around alone… switch to D/D or Sc/F to run Edit: then put your fist through your monitor instead of switching back to staff, because apparently not taking damage and not using skills for well over a minute means you’re in combat, trolololo.

FTFY.

’sides, staff elementalists can travel alone perfectly fine, assuming they have contemplated the mysteries of static field and frozen ground.

ProtoGunner.4953:

There was one quote on the 1st page, that really annoys me. Represents the casual, I-want-it-all-but-don’t-like-to-work-for-it-attitude:
Not really. I just want new armor skins. I don’t feel like treadmilling I just wanna collect.

Why do you play games then anyway? Don’t you want a feel of achievement?

And you might be asked the same. If a feeling of achievement is what you’re after – why do you need improved stats? Or any reward at all when completing content, for that matter?

xCrusadentx.2784:

How many do you need? 100?

Yes.

Moar titles. Nao.

Titles gave me something to actually do in GW1, and GW2 could always do with more activities to pursue at level 80.

kishter.9578:

commander is for WvW

nope.jpg

kishter.9578:

Give me a breack and please stop calling yourself PVE Commander, such thing is just a lame excuse to NOT be in WvW and have the icon spot light in mini map.

I debate throwing down 100G so I can run a dorito whilst harvesting nodes.

Because jimmies.

Rustle, rustle.

But seriously, it’s cool that you apparently have no interest in Orr, Southsun, Guild Bounties, or any of the many other places/events where a commander icon is absurdly useful if not necessary. However, the narrow slice of the game that you enjoy is not the entirety of GW2.

Esprit Dumort.3109:

I’m pretty sure the takeaway from OP’s post is Anet giving us:

WvW Trebuchet Skill: Launch Asura

Excuse me, I need to go sharpen the horns on my dragon helmet.

I brake for T6 wood and ore. T5 ore, I’ll snag if it’s in my path. T5 wood, I’ll snag only if it’s right there and I haven’t completed my gathering daily. Everything else, meh.

Herbs, however, are where it’s at. A bit of luck and you’re snagging 10 to 17 silver for some plant-based material.

penatbater.4710:

@Kyven

Why is your boyfriend worth waiting for and not a Juggernaut/infinite lights/etc?

Cooler particle effects?

Valanga.5942:

Anyway, as far as i’m concerned, that 200% MF buff is just another prove of how useless is that stat, i get the same amount of rare drops in Orr as i do in Karkaland, and i almost always run without MF food o gear.

You too? I stopped bothering with it. If for some reason I’m in Southsun and not doing the hilarious endless chest circuit, the gold buff is where it’s at.

Pryda.8257:

Remove all Arrow Carts that deal damage to 50 guys! Problem solved

This.

How is it that a dozen arrow carts hitting everyone and their mother every few seconds isn’t a problem, but my lava font is?

Is it because I’m awesome? It is, isn’t it?

What if I promise to be 25% less awesome? Will that help out the poor, struggling cores in their quest to calculate damage? It’d be a terrible burden, but I’d be willing to give it a go.

Maybe if other races weren’t so dumb, we wouldn’t have to be so racist.

…sigh… Bookahs.

vanensang.1389:

DAoC was more focused on PvP in RvR. ArenaNet does not support PvP in WvW – It seems they think doing PvE and PvGates should be the most funny activity you can do.

I, too, wish for the awesome PVP that was buffbots idling in complete safety at the border keep.

It just makes too much sense.

I like my Pact underwater weapon skins. They’re cool enough to say, “Sometimes I accidentally fall into the water and need to stab things, and look okay while doing it.”

darkace.8925:

I don’t know exactly what you wanted for an interlude that closes one chapter of a story before another is opened? Did you want Blue Angels to fly overhead, doing aerial-acrobatics to the guitar riffs from Crazy Train?

Yes. Yes, I did.

o.o

Chrispytoast.3698:

1) It is a PvP area
2) There is no way to walk into WvW from other zones. You must use an Asura Gate.
3) All PvE exploration can be completed solo while WvW requires groups to take points.
4) If one team remains first for weeks, other teams will have a hard time taking their points to get the exploration.
5) WvW is separated from PvE just like PvP is but we are not required to get PoI in PvP

This is in no way me crying that it is to hard to get these points. I just think that having WvW required for a PvE achievement seems flawed.

1. No, it’s a series of WvW areas. If we make the ‘PvP’ distinction here, we also need to look at making all materials involved account bound – because at that level of technicality, the trading post falls under ‘PvP’. Undercutting? You’re in conflict with another player. Overcutting? The same.

2. Not sure how this is relevant. The better argument is listed below your post – the WvW zones are part of the Mists, and theoretically, not part of the actual world.

3. Visit scenic Orr on an elementalist during off-peak hours on a non-high-pve population server and tell me PvE exploration can be soloed. This is a lame duck argument; one can just as easily say, “Well, you can build your own siege and treb a wall – all of WvW exploration can be soloed.”

4. Yes. More on this later.

5. WvW is not separated from PvE in the same manner as sPvP and tPvP are.

Simply put, Legendaries are in no way, shape or form a ‘PvE achievement’.

That said, my own server was stuck in the Glicko ghetto not more than a few short weeks ago. Thankfully, we ruled the tier and I had no problems map completing WvW in a single evening. I have no doubt, however, that when we finally got moved up a tier, our noble opponents cut short their farewell celebrations and hopped into an EB that was finally not entirely green to do some long-awaited map completin’.

That’s terrible, and despite the fact that manual intervention from ANet unjammed the logs in our case, I’ve little doubt there are people who are still in a terrible situation, be it from static tiers, or individual playing times being non-conducive to WvW completion.

What’d replace map completion and badges of honor, though? Dungeon POIs seem like an obvious solution for map completion, but it’d be potentially a lot more painful for a lot more players, and certainly doesn’t follow the notion of soloing your way to success – which I don’t understand, because dungeon tokens are already a requirement, and you aren’t soloing those.

Dungeon tokens are the only thing I can think of for replacing the badges – but they’re already a requirement. There’s fractal stuff, I suppose, but arguments against that can be made just as easily as arguments against WvW involvement. Laurels? Precursor nonsense timegates us enough, IMO.

Edit: I should note I’m not necessarily against removal of the WvW component. The less people who are only in the borderlands only for map completion, especially during peak hours, the better. :p

AirWick.1769:

Players say that stealth is not a problem but really they are just stealth users themselves.

Elementalist here. Stealth is not a problem.

Unless I’m watching Netflix and thus not paying attention.

Nerf Netflix.