Guild Wars 2

Erukk.1408:

Ascimator.6735:

Besides, gay pairings are a minority and I see no reason for them to not be a minority in Tyria.

You mean other than the fact that Tyria is a fictional fantasy universe who’s culture and history is completely different than our own?

Earth =/= Tyria. The ratio of straight to gay relationships is whatever the writers decide is appropriate.

This fact means only that the ratio MAY be different, and provides no specific examples of why it is so (except sylvari).

It would be fine as long as it doesn’t look forced and token. If the relationship is not relevant to the story, it should not be “OH BTW WE ARE GAY” spotlighted. Yes, I’m aware that hetero pairings do that a lot, but it’s not an excuse to repeat their fault.
Besides, gay pairings are a minority and I see no reason for them to not be a minority in Tyria.

dekou.6012:

Andred.1087:

dekou.6012:

The big problem are Mordrem themselves: they’re beyond boring lore wise. They look nicer that the undead, but they’re still a bunch of evil things that want to kill you. They don’t talk, they don’t have conflicting thoughts, they just whack stuff until it stops whacking them back. This forces the Pact into being a bunch of generic good guys, because when things try to kill you you can only kill them back, with little in-between. I suppose now we’ve got corrupted Sylvari to kill, as well, but brainwashed puppets don’t make for particularly interesting antagonists, either.

Lol, if you’re looking for a compelling story in a T-rated MMO, you’re going to be looking for a long, long time.

M rating is all about sex, drugs and brutal violence. That’s it. Sex, drugs and brutal violence aren’t required to make a villain interesting.

They are aspects of the real world, though, and omitting them implies either that it’s forced because of the rating (preventing us from exploring the influence of these aspects on Tyria) or that these problems have been, somehow, solved (and we don’t know how).

Asura, because I’m allergic to Charr models.

I believe that only the following stuff will get pay-locked:
*Revenant class
*Specializations (?)
*New areas
*Masteries (from what I gained they’re only unlocked by playing the new areas anyway)

Pay-locking things like the precursors would impact the economy since not everyone would have the same access to the supply, for example.

From the description it looks like an elementalist with a different scheme.

Mordremoth. Mordremoth rhymes with Sid the prehistoric sloth.
Sid has 3 letters.
A triangle has 3 sides.
Illuminati’s logo is a triangle.
Still don’t believe me?
Mordremoth has 10 letters.
What else has 10 letters?
That’s right. Illuminati.
Still don’t believe me?
Mordremoth is the second dragon we fight.
One dragon is currently dead.
2+1 is 3 illuminati has 3 sides.
3 out of 3 Mordremoth is Illuminati confirmed.

Erukk.1408:

But if Taimi’s theory turns out to be true, the one where all the vines we’ve seen taking over zones and areas are just extensions of Mordremoth itself, I think it could be safe to assume that it’s possibly going to be the largest creature Tyria will ever see.

To think of it, that reminds of a fungus colony somewhere that spans an entire forest and is technically the same organism.

Underdark.3726:

The thing I don’t understand about the Vinewrath is why if we kill the champions it dies.

My PoV is that it doesn’t actually die, but makes you think it can be killed by killing some champions.

CureForLiving.5360:

Ascimator.6735:

In my point of view, tainted by such masterpieces as HPMoR

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality?

This exactly.

Astralporing.1957:

Ticare.3948:

Basically people these days feel that they are entitled to everything

Yes, for example there are people that think they are entitled to exclusive rewards or content aimed only at the small minority they are part of.
Funny how that argument works both ways, right?

Except it doesn’t, because it requires effort in the first place to be a part of said minority. People are not born with computer games skills.

I believe that certain items should have pseudo-RNG instead. For every time a reward does not drop, the chance increases slightly until it does. Of course, this would not apply to every RNG drop in the game. It would, however, reduce the Carapace Coat frustration and the like. It would be most fitting for account bound items, I believe, since there is no alternative way to get them.

DaShi.1368:

Takes what away?

The potential to waste my nerve cells, apparently.

The achievement is a challenge. Having to carry the fight through after I fail it is not challenging, but irritating. Ergo: I should be able to restart it to get back to the “challenge” thing immediately.

In my point of view, tainted by such masterpieces as HPMoR, Vinewrath’s flower is actually a fairly unimportant extension of itself. It retreats simply to maintain the illusion of being easily defeatable.

Ayrilana.1396:

It’s a 5-min fight at most.

It is, but the downside it that every try, failed or not, will take 5 mins. That’s frustrating enough for me, and I normally spend hours of time on games. I don’t even want to see the rage of those who only play for 1 hour.

It’s only hard if you want the achievements, in my PoV. You can walk out of arm swats and the head chomp if you’re out of combat (did this on my mesmer, no swiftness, no passive speed increase). The best timing to start lighting the fire is right after dodging the chomp, because the chomp interrupts you through the shield and the swats don’t. You can get rid of the bombs by walking right in between of them. This boss, unlike others, actually did not one-shot my full zerk mesmer, so I don’t think it’s about damage.

I know that there is a group of players who just can’t be bothered to learn as they have no time to spend on games. With all due respect, please deal with it.

kokiman.2364:

Why?
It was literally do thing x to to force boss into state a, do thing y to make boss attackable, attack boss until 50% repeat thing x with 1 small additional “mechanic” (2 waves falling stones) to force him into state a again and after that you do y again with a small additional mechanic you can attack him and then you are done.

I’m pretty sure that’s how 95% of all bossfights in the history of videogames go. Press buttons in a sequence to defeat a harder enemy. That does not mean that all of them are good or that all of them are bad, though.

Ayrilana.1396:

Um…you can. Click on the challenge emote.

I am sorry for the bad wording in the title (45 char limit). I mean to restart the fight while it’s still in progress. If I spectacularly fail the achievements in the first phase, I don’t really want to complete the whole fight again and again.

The last two achievements I have yet to complete (Shrubsplosives and Rock Dodger) are annoying enough. I would deal with it, if not for the fact that I have to complete the entire fight just to try again. It’s not hard, but it does waste my time. These achievements, of the “misstep-and-fail” kind, need better retryability (retriability? retriablebility?), in my opinion.

Junkpile.7439:

Maybe anet could fix accounts that have broken rng. This is precursor all over again. Maybe some accounts can’t never get these boxes.

Maybe some people should realize that the “unlucky accounts” conspiracy is not only ridiculous but has no logical basis.

The salt is real, my friends.
The only thing I actively dislike are the dodge-all-rocks and the destroy-all-bombs achievements. The crappy zoom doesn’t let me see the whole arena clearly, and I blow up on a bomb eventually because of various reasons (the knockback usually tossing me into a fissure).

darkace.8925:

Orpheal.8263:

Then they let get the whole pact fleet get literally get slaughtered and shreddered into thousands of pieces, basically standing absolutely no chance against these huge vines, for those are even the biggest air ships in that scene like freaking tiny TOYS to play with…. and kill off basically in that scene everyone including Logan, Eir, Zojja and Trahearne… – come on, be real, as if anyone of them could have survived that, when Mordremoth destroyed their air ships high in the sky right under their feets away in an blink of an eye…
They all would have to be supernatural beings, if anyone of them would have actually survived that mass slaughter.

You’re grossly underestimating the protective properties of Plot Armor.

I’d say they lost all benefits of plot armor when they went “alright son, I’ll spend some time with you later” and “oh hey, I’m a sarcastic asura mostly bitter about everything but you’re cool” and “well PC, we’re not gonna wait until you return from your sidequest, it’s not like we are useless without you”.

kokiman.2364:

Chrispy.5641:

kokiman.2364:

I played through the story and I’m not sure what to make of it. It was, again, too short. We learned too little and you used way too many cliffhangers again. On top of that, there was barely any gameplay what so ever, it was boring, it was not how I want to enjoy a videogame. This felt more like a “kill monster to unlock next cutscene” thing, and I totally dislike that.

Kill these monsters and go here to continue the story…..

Isn’t that 99% of all RPGs though, including MMO’s?

(Yeah, cliffhanger was disappointing, they always are.)

We had nice mechanics in other release, the stealth part with caithe or the glints lair section.

The bossfight was likely the best one we have seen lately.

Anyandrell.6238:

MatthewMedina.5419:

whitz.7246:

Anyandrell.6238:

I must have glitched as I was inside the wall and all the NPCs were outside and there was no way for me to get the flame.

Same here problem here. Couldn’t get the flame, NPCs were behind the wall and I was inside running for my life….

Rox throws the Divine Fire into the battlefield from outside. Look for the glowing whitish circles.

Oh, I saw those white circles after a while and noticed that I can light a fire on the cogs even if I do not see a torch equipped – after I had died a bazillion times. The problem is that it is impossible to light the fire. I get hit every 3-4 seconds by something so I get interrupted all the time. I had to take a break due to frustration.

You should wait for Braham to put a shield on one of the interaction points. It prevents the arm attacks from knocking you down (but not the burrow attack).

Made my own one. Pardon the unimaginative Dota 2 references.

I don’t think they would remove waypoints. A lot of people already regard the game as a grind, why would they make it a grind where you have to run to places on top of that? Not to mention the ensuing outcry for mounts.

Rednik.3809:

Ascimator.6735:

it still does prove that the asura warrior could reasonably disable the norn warrior’s asuratech weapons/armor.

Disabling a golem and disabling a weapon are different things. We cant see any examples of that in game.

We can’t see the asura mind-controlling an Elder Dragon in-game. That does not mean it’s impossible.

As for the Inquest+dredge dilemma, I’d say that:
1. Inquest might be too arrogant to be worried that these primitive mole-commies can copy their tech.
2. Killswitches.

Rednik.3809:

Ascimator.6735:

That didn’t stop Kudu from casually instakilling Mr. Sparkles in the personal story.

While being helpless during all other techno encounters. Like being unable to destroy protection in Toxic Waste room.

You mean CoE story? I’m not sure he was personally present in the room. Even if the device was only used once, it still does prove that the asura warrior could reasonably disable the norn warrior’s asuratech weapons/armor.

I suck at Guitar Hero, yet was able to complete the achievements with little effort in 4-5 full playthroughs. No bugs encountered, either.

My theory would be that these would be available after a few more episodes, similar to the Mordrem part extractors.

Rednik.3809:

draxynnic.3719:

Regarding asura tech and gadgets specifically – asura are notorious for keeping their technology secret, from a paradoxical mix of paranoia about others stealing their inventions and an arrogant belief that no non-asura could understand how it works. Even when the asura are providing their tech to someone else, such as to the Pact or one of the nations, they also provide asura technicians so that it’s never operated by non-asura.

Selling ready-to-use weapons and selling technology is different things. As example, we can see SE, where Inquest have no problems with selling their tech to dredge.

Also for killer-switch commentary above – it’s very unlikely that one asura will know security secrets of another. They not trusting each other.

That didn’t stop Kudu from casually instakilling Mr. Sparkles in the personal story.

Rednik.3809:

There is a reason why almost no one heard IRL legends about mighty midget warriors.

That reason would be that IRL dwarfism is a genetic condition, not the natural state of the race, derived from millenia of evolution and all.
Besides, “What if their weapons were equally strong and they fought 1vs1 on a flat plateau without any fancy stuff like ambushes and adapting their tactics against one another” is one thing and real combat is another. One solution to “what if the norn got some weapons from asura” scenario would be for the asura opponent to use some sort of a killswitch to disable the tech.

Rednik.3809:

Ascimator.6735:

I don’t remember any fighting sports that would include lethal weapons which may or may not be enhanced by magic/technoaether/spirits.

And what exactly will stop norn/charr warrior from getting same enhancements (buy from asuran lab as example) and maintain their superiority over asura warrior?

Let’s assume that there are enough strength enhancements provided to both of them that they are roughly equal. The asura still is a smaller target.

Etien.4601:

Ascimator.6735:

Etien.4601:

Hi,
I was wondering, are there other ways to acquire these? 1 per day isn’t enough for me. Wiki says there is a chance they may drop from wintersday and trick-o-treat bags. I already tried by opening few stacks x250 but nothing came out. Is it possible the info from wiki to be incorrect? Mining my home quartz node ain’t an option as well. Any other ways that I’m missing?

Pretty sure it’s either small chance from the node or conversion once a day. You don’t need a lot, anyway, unless I’m missing something.

It’s just that I’m crafting some items that need cqc. So you’re saying that the wiki info is incorrect?

No, my wording was bad. I was saying I don’t know any ways other that you’d mentioned.

What’s your opinion about that? I think the cities/towns/buildings are at least 5 times bigger than in-game, not sure about the terrain and distances though. Anyone knows how long would it take to run from one side of the world map to another without speed buffs?

Etien.4601:

Hi,
I was wondering, are there other ways to acquire these? 1 per day isn’t enough for me. Wiki says there is a chance they may drop from wintersday and trick-o-treat bags. I already tried by opening few stacks x250 but nothing came out. Is it possible the info from wiki to be incorrect? Mining my home quartz node ain’t an option as well. Any other ways that I’m missing?

Pretty sure it’s either small chance from the node or conversion once a day. You don’t need a lot, anyway, unless I’m missing something.

Tom Gore.4035:

Diovid.9506:

Zaxares.5419:

In “reality” though, between two equally skilled Warriors, an Asura would have zero chance of defeating a Norn in combat unless the Asura had some kind of extra advantage such as a Power Suit to make up for the Norn’s much greater size and strength.

Intelligent and agile fighting also counts for something you know.

Is that why all fighting sports are dividing contestants by IQ and not weight?

I don’t remember any fighting sports that would include lethal weapons which may or may not be enhanced by magic/technoaether/spirits.

As it was already said numerous times, what we have now and what OP is proposing is not the same. Yes, we can already buy precursors with credit card => gems => gold. However, right now the price of the precursors is controlled by the flow of the market. If they were put in the gem store, either the price would be more or less fixed, or the gem exchange would crash. And if the price is fixed, this means prices of other things will change drastically.
As far as I know, right now the only options on the gem store are:
– Buy an item that is not dropped elsewhere
– Buy an item you can’t trade to anyone
– Buy gold

That means that currently, there’s no way to simply generate a new item in the economy. All items you can buy with gold have either dropped to someone else, entering the economy legitimately, or cannot drop at all and have been bought by someone else. I an no economist, but I believe there is a very good reason for that.

stale.9785:

It would be simple, honestly.

1) Queensdale and equivalent areas are the tutorial areas. Each would need hearts, vistas, a JP, some dynamic events and a world boss.

2) The remaining areas progress in terms of difficulty – as you progress through the world, mobs have build/ai that are gradually better – with proper use of traits, weapon swap, dodging, etc as you advance. Queensdale would have it’s current bandits, with their limited kitten nal. Orr would have meta-build enemies, patrolling in groups. You either get good, get a party, or get dead. The zones in-between would have appropriate levels of difficulty. You could colour code the zones – white, blue, green, yellow, gold.

3) Traits – the current trait system sucks and blows, but could be fixed simply by placing traits in their respective zones. All adept traits would come from the current 15-25 zones. Master traits the current 25-55 zones. Grandmaster traits would come from Orr and FGS/Southsun. You would unlock each tier as you enter into a zone of the respective difficulty. (Perhaps as you completed mapping of a zone of the previous difficulty level?)

4) Keep the current gear setup – white, blue, green, yellow, gold, pink, purple. Crafting/gear becomes the major form of progression, and for the vast majority, once you’ve gotten exotics, you’re set for anything.

This all presumes that the NPE is essentially done away with, in favour of a proper tutorial in the starter zones.

That would be a game that is a proper sequel to GW1, and one I would gladly support.

I doubt this would actually solve the problem of dead maps. Most people would gather in either the hardest or the most profitable maps, with just a trickle of newbies populating Queensdale and even less in the areas directly after.

Favorite:
The Predator – it’s a sniper rifle that looks awesome and still fits the theme.
Bolt – it’s electric.
Kamohoa’li Kotaki – shark theme, nice look, spirit sharks.

Meh-tier:
Greatswords – too common, the effect doesn’t always look good.
Incinerator – only fitting for a fire-focused elementalist, because seriously, what kind of a stealthy fighter like a thief would want a blowtorch as their weapon?
Flameseeker Prophecies – looks blocky, blocking with a book doesn’t feel right.

Least favorite (Anet-please-create-some-alternatives tier):
Quip – ok, so my towering Norn Engineer finally gets his ultimate weapon with no equal… it’s a party pistol. Hmmmmmkay.
The Moot – ditto.
The Dreamer, Frenzy – no comments.

Leveling in EotM is very effective if you just want levels/karma/bags, yet equally as effective in killing your leveling experience. I advise against that.
I suggest that you start 100% exploring the map, from your starting areas to midgame to Orr/Frostgorge, depending on your preferences. This is the best way to see everything the devs made for you. In my opinion, it would be a waste of money to have a world full of landscapes, activities and people and run around the same map as a part of a mindless blob instead of exploring everything.
40 gold is a nice amount, probably enough to help you level your crafting and purchase the stuff you want for your thief and then some.

I think Mesmer would be fitting. There’s no need to use the high-skill builds – the default phantasm build is quite effective in PvE and easy as the phantasms are as fire-and-forget as it gets. You don’t need to shatter them, too, which simplifies the gameplay more. If she wants to try something more interesting later, mesmer can provide it as well.

There are no factions that directly oppose each other.
There is no division between pvp and pve gear. You wear your usual gear in WvW and you have a separate “virtual” set of gear for structured PvP.
Thief might be the best for soloing because of stealth.

1. I don’t know why people say there is any gemstore-locked content. The living story episodes you missed is the only think I can think of, and since gems can be purchased with gold you don’t even need to spend real money.
2. I don’t see how you could have missed the crafting system since one of the first items you would loot would be a crafting material that basically screams “crafting”. There’s also this “Hero” window with a tab called “Crafting”, but I guess you don’t really like to explore what’s given to you without a prompt, which leads us to point 3.
3. Judging from your general attitude, this doesn’t seem like the game you would enjoy, especially in the current state of the NPE. Still, if you’re willing to plow through your first 20-30 levels, you get dungeons, which are arguably more interesting than overworld PvE.

I’d say they would be useful in the same situation fall traits are useful – defending a keep/tower and jumping into the zerg from the walls. I don’t remember what’s the amount of targets right now, but I believe it should be buffed to affect at least 20, so the runes/traits are more viable. If they’re niche, let them be powerful in their narrow area of expertise.

I believe the NPE should be gradually explaining the game to the new players. It, however, should not be locking them out of 80% of the game for 10-20 levels. Most essential functions should also be compressed into the first 5-10 levels – I mean, before he got a trident from a reward, my friend assumed he was defenseless underwater.

Right:
“Hmmm, there’s that weapon I don’t seem to be able to use that dropped from a lvl 2 mob. Oh, a lake! Let’s dive! …OMFG UNDERWATER COMBAT”

Wrong:
“Ok, let’s just stay away from water cause I can’t do crap in there… ding, a new level! …WHAT? I COULD DO THAT ALL ALONG IF I KNEW?”

Olvendred.3027:

Novuake.2691:

“any other dragon” We have only encountered 1 dragon so far to compare.

Zhaitan, Tequatl, The Shatterer, The Claw of Jormag, Blightghast the Plaguebringer, Ogravros the Moondeath, Fafnarin the Heartslayer, Horrogos the Soulbreaker, and The Shadow of the Dragon. Also Glint, if you want to count GW1.

I believe “dragon” is not a proper term for dragon champions in-universe.

I doubt it will take exactly the same time to kill a dragon every time. There have been hints they become stronger each time one dies, and I doubt they would give us new continents AFTER all the dragons are dead, as there’s pretty much no foe that can keep the scale up on the level of “casually blowing up forces of nature”.

I don’t see why people want the most “special” items in the game to be trivially obtainable. Legendaries are already common enough.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Doesn’t the placement algorithms already try to place you in the fullest maps (somewhat taking into account your preferences [Guild/Friend list, etc.])? Else why would we get the mandatory (after some time) movement pop-up?

It seems they don’t, as in that case no one would need to taxi as they would already be in the fullest map. The popup only appears once your map is close to deserted.