Man, this is a sad OP. They want experienced players, and as far as I can tell you have zero knowledge about raids, and the fact that you just started dungeons (all of them are easy) doesn’t help. They probably found a better druid within minutes if not less. Try joining a learning run for raids instead since you really need to learn the mechanics before doing any of the raids.You wefe. wrong here, he was right. It’s the truth, and it hurts.
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
They should already be in the game, especially inspection.
Inspection would help many raid leaders, and the community as a whole, they could form pugs easier and give hints to people if they see something wrong with their builds for the comp they’re building.
Asking 9 people to link their gear/builds in /tell sounds better to some people I guess, they don’t form raids I bet.
You do realize the amount of elitism this would cause, right? It’s completely against the game’s philosophy.
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
I don’t mind the Duel idea, but the inspect gear idea? No thank you.
“If anyone else has other great ideas”? These ideas have been suggested countless times, and although some are in favor of duels, NOBODY wants the gear inspect. If that’s your cup of tea, this isn’t the MMO for you. At all.
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
I feel like all the suggestions, if implemented, would kill the longevity of the game by FAR. What you are suggesting is wanting everything handed to you by putting zero effort in. Even casual players do more work than what you’re suggesting. You aren’t catering to casuals in this post – just bad players, who don’t wanna get better, aka lazy players.
I really hope ANet doesn’t decide to go down this road as it seems as though you believe more rewards for less work = better. If people go through content too fast they’ll eventually be nothing to do, and nothing to look forward to/be working on. These ideas don’t “fix” the game, they ruin it.
Casual does NOT mean easy.
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
I can’t wait till in can stop using D/P and maybe join the condi meta, but that’s not gonna happen. ANet doesn’t read the Thief forums vs the others at all.
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
Improve sorting
Most people don’t have separate oiled, equipment and etc inventory bags, if that’s what you mean. I personally, just have a bunch of 20-slot bags from random events (eg the Karka and Halloween 20-slots), and some fractal 20-slots. This change would only benefit a tiny percent of the playerbase that actually use different bags for their “intended” purpose.
I agree with all your suggestions besides the one mentioned above and the “More display options” idra, because frankly, to me, it seems useless.
Good ideas overall though!
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
The thing is, this is me on coming BACK after several weeks off.
Oh, thats unfortunate… sometimes when I get bored I also get a new character slot and create a themed charcter and try to max them out (stat-wise) fully. For example a female sylvari necro that has a black/green theme with appropriate skins and ascended. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea but I enjoy it. This way I created a full roster of well-geared toons to kick some kitten
Like I said, not everyone enjoys it, but I do, as an altaholic.
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
You didn’t specify what you find fun. Everyone goes through phases with many games. Take a break for a coul weeks? It’s worked for me on multiple occasions.
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
Do you have anything in mind? In my opinion maps like Dragons Stand and Tangled Depths were pretty new concepts, and raids have taken the community by storm. To me, HoT didn’t feel like reskinned content but I definitely wish there was more in terms of content in general, mostly in terms of actual maps though. Luckily we get new ones with the LS now, along with more story. However I can’t think of a entirely “New” concept to be added, so I’m interested.
Although I’ve been playing since launch, GW2 is my first MMO so maybe I have less ideas for new content as opposed to people who have been playing MMOs for much longer.
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
You know that would be a very good idea, but it would have to be an enormous amount of karma since old world map completion takes a long time. Something like +500k karma to purchase only available if you have map completion done on your character and only for old world maps. Doing HoT map completion again was very fast.
I feel that 500k is a bit too low, and something in the ballpark of 2 or 3 million karma makes more sense. Most people I know sit between 5 to 10 million, with nothing to spend it on, so idk, 500k isn’t really a sacrifice.
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
I want to bump this back up because this actually helped me (finally) get into raids. I’ve been waiting for them since launch but I often dont have the time to sit there on resets and grind raids for hours or whatever, dealing with the salt that comes with. (I moved from fractals to raids, more strats and more fun!)
Thanks!
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
I do have to say that while my first day spent in the Bloodstone Fen P/P sure works well there.
I think he means in stuff like PvP and (maybe) WvW. It’s a difficult set to use against player characters, so I rarely ever use it, definitely not now.
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
I would just like to know (respectfully) why you guys think Thieves are in a state to be nerfed instead of HEAVILY buffed.
I understand the thief subforum is Salt City but to be honest there is good reason. It’s incredibly difficult to get in to a raid group, and when we do, we are outdone by most people, if not all. In PvP, it’s stupid to run anything outside of Dagger/Pistol anymore and that makes me sad. I honestly really don’t see how Thieves are in a position to get nerfed at all? The buffs I was waiting for these last months were nowhere to be found, and I don’t think us Thief mains can enjoy any content that is team driven for much much longer if we don’t get a buff asap :/
Here’s hoping!
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
Yes, I can save up gold to buy some of the Black Lion weapons. But grinding for potentially thousands of gold for most people is not as entertaining as earning rewards from playing content, either from map currencies or collections. There are also some weapon skins that can’t be purchased off the TP simply because there aren’t any on there at the moment.
I personally feel that the way you currently get BL skins are fine, and maybe the ones that haven’t seen the light of day for a few years are either: Supposed to be extremely valuable or should come into rotation at some point (soon?). I just can’t see a good reason for ANet to mix these skins as rewards through collections, map currencies or the LS. This would undermine the value of the skins a lot, which nobody wants!
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
As mentioned above, profession lore is extremely limited in this game. I would also say that going for guardian/dragonhunter is your best bet since there was some backstory on them from a long deleted interview. iirc it was about a correlation between paladins and guardians. Also, bearshaman made a good point, where the player character is supposed to be the hero/guardian of Kryta in a way, making Guardian/DH fit well again as well.
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
Obviously, I would love to see these being added to the game, but in all reality this means less money for ANet when people buy the kits from the gem store.
Separate kits: currently, if you want to change something like your eye color you spend the 400 gems (I forgot the actual price in gems of the kits oops) to change just that one thing. With your suggestion, the same person would spend 150 gems to do the same thing. Less money for ANet there.
Reusable Kits: Love this idea as well, but again, this means people would buy less kits, and that’s better for us as players but not for ANet.
Again: great ideas, but not sure if they would add them, and honestly, I doubt most people rely on BL chests for their kits, so the only other option where ANet doesn’t get money is gold to gems.
Still, we can hope!
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
The way I see it – if you really want one of those old black lion skins, save up and buy it. Honestly, it’s like getting a legendary. It IS obtainable for the majority players rather easily if they are willing to put the time into it. Mind you, I’m all for better rewards, but I’d like to see new weapon skins added to the game. No offense, but it seems like you want a specific black lion weapon skin set that is a few thousand gold on the tp and don’t want to save for it.
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
I really love the Ascended pistol skins; Verata’s Revolver [&CksQAAA=] or Theodosus’s Revolver [&ClUQAAA=] .
But you will need huntsman lvl 500 and +- 80gold/weapon.
Stats don’t matter as you can change them in the forge
I already have the ascended pistol skin, thanks though!
I’m probably gonna go for the Chaos pistol, I forgot that skin event existed, and it looks soooo shiny! Thanks for the suggestions all!
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
Hi all,
Although I’ve been playing since launch, I only now started to really care about weapon skins all that much. Basically, I have Incinerator and I’m looking for a offhand pistol skin (that isn’t a legendary lol) that would fit well with the weapon. Currently my Chak pistol isn’t really cutting it imo. I’ve looked into the Lyss pistol, but does anyone have any other suggestions? (I prefer flashier more noticeable weapons, and I know that isn’t some people’s cup of tea, but it’s definitely mine!)
Thanks!
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
I’ve been maining my thief, and now daredevil, since launch. So far as a datedevil climbing to diamond has been alright (no, I didn’t get carried), and raids and fractals are fine too. So I was wondering – is all the hate just for stock thieves? I even see requests by raid groups FOR a Daredevil, and it also has a couple of meta builds over at MetaBattle. So my question again – are the original Thieves the bad ones here?
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
[NA] I guys! I just finished crafting Spark, and I have EVERYTHING else I need for my Incinerator! Except for one thing. The T6 Mats for the Gift of Fortune. I basically just need T6 mats or gold. (I need 150g in total, but every piece of gold helps!) Thanks!!
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
Hi all,
For those who needed to do this event for their Precursor Collection, how exactly did you get through this event? I’ve tried playing at common hours, late nights, everything, but for some reason the event is 24/7 bugged at the Control Panel which doesn’t work when you interact with it, stopping event progress, and stopping me from finishing the precursor collection that I, as well as many others, have spent 100s of gold one. It’s extremely frustrating and I can’t see any ANet statement on the issue. Really ANet?
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
I, as well as many others, have encountered an issue in out legendary collections. In my case, the Bashing Buaxite Alchemicals event is constantly bugged, where the initial stage of the event fails and I get “ACCESS DENIED” when I try to interact with the console. This is the only thing stopping me from getting Spark, and after spending 100s of gold, I think everyone would agree that it is unreasonable for me to just go and buy the weapon off the TP now. It feels quite frustrating as someone that can practically “taste” their legendary, and I’m merely posting this as a reminder sine I’m sure ANet knows about this bug, and similar collection-related bugs already. I also think it’s really unacceptable that ANet doesn’t respond to any of the threads I’ve seen on this topic so far and they should really do something about changing this part of the collection or fixing the event, since its barring most people from ever finishing the crafting of Spark. Dissapointing, really.
Thanks for taking the time to readmy rant of sorts, since I don’t post of the forums often!
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
I have just encountered an issue in my Spark precursor journey process. I’m working on the Vol. 2 collection and I can’t seem to hand in the items required for The Art of Forging: Dagger Blade Edition. I have all the required mats in all the right quantities, as far as I can tell. Am I missing something here? Same issue with all Master Weaponsmith NPCs. I’ve attached a screenshot to show what I’m seeing in game.
Items required according to the Wiki and In Game:
10 Bronze Dagger Blades
10 Iron Dagger Blades
10 Steel Dagger Blades
10 Darksteel Dagger Blades
10 Mithril Dagger Blades
10 Orichalcum Dagger Blades
5 Deldrimor Steel Ingots
(All of which I have)
Side note: I’ve also done the previous step (Mithril Dagger Blade Requisition) which is needed to start The Art of Forging: Dagger Blade Edition.
Any ideas on what I should do? Is this a known issue or am I missing something here?
Thanks!
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Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
This is ranked, and so far (On Sapphire atm) my Daredevil hasn’t been getting flamed on like a lot of people are saying… Is this just a thing that always happens on the forum? As a player since launch I’ve been playing thief mainly, and people have actually wanted to party up with me because they thought I did well. I’m just using the Metabattle Daredevil D/P and no professions seem to be that much of a hassle to kill besides random DH traps, but even those are possible to 1v1, and I know I’m not the only one? Wtf is going on with the people flaming on the forums?
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
I would like Map completion to be account bound after doing it 2 or 3 times… and that’s a stretch. I got bored after the first time.
And even more now that half of the Hero Point required for the elite spec are in the completion of the map (my 8 alts are in pain).
So what would be your solution if people want to get more tier one legendaries? 3 map completion = 6 legendaries, and there’s a decent number of people who want more than 6 tier ones, forget about tier twos.
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
You can use the immersive combat mod. Some popular GW2 YouTubers that ArenaNet know of, and have even called to their offices, use the mod, and haven’t gotten banned for it. I guess it’s still potentially “dangerous” since it’s not officially supported, though.
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
This UI is significantly cleaner than many other MMO UIs. If you want to get rid of it very badly, you can use the action combat mod to get rid of parts of it. Popular YouTubers (that ArenaNet staff watch), use this. (WoodePotatoes). He hasn’t gotten banned because of it.
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
To people saying this won’t be possible to change, I picked the wrong ascended weapon from a chest, and they switched that, even though it was an hour after choosing it and I changed my mind. I made it clear that I had changed my mind in the support ticket, yet Anet still swapped the ascended weap. This case was an accident. I’m sure they’ll swap it. Looking at you, Sidenti.
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
There are 2 scenario’s which allowed you to cap mf to 300%
You are filthy rich and bought your way to 300% mf through ToT bags or whatever means
You salvage items bought from the TP to resale the broken down materials for a profit
There is zero reason to give people gold (because that is what this sink is about, turning something you have no use for into something profitable) for essence of luck, non.
But here is an idea:
Turn in a stack of exotic essence of luck for a stack of bloodstone dust/dragonite ore/empyreal fragments
First off, I got 300% without really spending all that much gold, probably around 80g to finish it off. Second, a stack of exotic essences of luck (before 300% MF) is wayyy more valuable that a stack of bloodstone dust, dragonite ore, or empyreal fragments. After 300% MF, the last thing you want to get is even MORE ascended mats, since yes, there are sinks, (Mawdrey, Princess, etc), but they can only consume a certain amount of mats per day.
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
I have 9 chars. Three map completes and the rest are slowly progressing. It is content and something to work towards between wvw and pvp that I mostly play.
As a side note I would prefer wvw exp not to be account bound.
I’m curious to know as to why you want WvW exp to not be account bound? I actually like it that way.
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
Why would you ever do that? That’s crazy. Some people want more than 2 tier 1 legendaries, you know.
And what if it’s optional on a character by character basis?
I’m not sure I get what you mean. Are you saying that you can chose whether map completion is account bound or not?
I think he wants, like, a checkbox to unlock the map on a given character to your most completed status.
I feel like that’s maybe a bit too much of having one’s cake and eating it too >.>
That’s definitely too much. I would rather have them not touch the system, since it isn’t broken. Also, having the option to have map completion is just kinda stupid and doesn’t fit with the game. What, you want half the people to be doing map comp. for their legendaries and the other half having the entire map unlocked on their lvl 2 alts? The logic is really flawed here.
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
I’m not a FAN of this specialization either, but I don’t main ranger, so I don’t really mind a new playstyle all that much. Maybe it’s time for you to move on from ranger? My friend who has been maining ranger since launch is planning to switch to thief, which I’ve been playing since launch. You do have a valid point about healing not being related to ranger, but some people do really like the new playstyle.
Thief main since launch! – Ded Pixel – Maguuma – [SAS]
