Guild Wars 2

Yeah I miss dropping flame ram prints in the well area to cloud those noobs’ vision, or spamming molotov kittentails and golem robot arm bombs. Enemy has arrow carts covering the battle-pit exit of dark room?? No prob, because my friends and i Know all the port spots (not just the sneezelol standard one up front)

Honestly I love the thought of consumables working on this map… although I can understand why anet has a problem with me trebbing the spawn from wayyy up on the top area. Let alone the omegas…

I would be satisfied if i could open the chest with all of my characters in a single day. Tricky mesmer-related metas ensued… sometimes whole squads would do battle for control of the top.. crazy insane platforming battles that makes the current boring stale gvg meta look like its the year 2004.

Bring back the JP glory! #stilltrollin

[edit] PS, Anet USED to have love for the EBJP crowd… hence the Mad Memories. Why have we been forsaken??

Would it be too much to ask of arenanet to simply refund current commanders their commander compendium back? This way those of us who’ve had our commander badges since launch when 100g could buy many many precursors/supported the game in early development could simply choose whichever colour we wanted for our account?

Having the commander tag ONLY visible to guildies would be so nice… kitten rallybot pugs.

While ive never noticed queue times to be an issue on T1 (aside from week 1 of seasons) to say my ONLY option for a wvw map was edge map, I must say edge map is nice way to take a day off from real wvw in a way that doesnt involve grinding pve kitten AI.
Without calling them out specifically on the forums here, there is definitely a particular eotm-based guild that is making eotm THE JOKE IT IS among more serious wvw guilds/groups. Its particularly annoying when commanding and hunting down enemy zergs while educating new players the basics of zerg on zerg fighting and fighting alongside talented players from low-tier servers looking for bigger fights , to have some of these punks begin trolling in the true sense of the word. Some of us do not need karma or wxp anymore… if i want to rip entire karma train to shreds with sup ac and full masteries as a solo defender; or lead 50 on 50 battle in the expertly crafted terrain and tilesets (imo), that does not make me a bannable/reportable troll offender. These kids rage, its pathetic. Burning oil master = precursors, baby. I have killed EVERY SINGLE PERSON that is in said guild. As far as the map itself, my only suggestion would be to revamp the green keep buff or create another platform above the aetherblades with no buffs… would help with GvG scene to find a spot when obsidian sanctum is in use and windmill is queued/bloodlusted. GvG scene can also meet up with various servers for better overall player interaction.

Ok, that is a good point I overlooked China& concerning the living story rewards. Fair is fair, I suppose.

Jade Weapons returning is still disappointing and makes me feel ANet is getting lazy. Again, a reskin to Amber would have at least fit in with the current LS. Sigh..

Whats up with all the rehashing of old skins? Basically the only EXCLUSIVE skin left in the game is the Mad King’s Memories. Seriously, you guys couldnt even recolour them to be amber weapons or something?? As (a former) collector of skins, Im really starting to wonder if you guys have any fresh ideas. Bringing back limited-time skins like Fused Gauntlet etc was a slap in the face to those of us that actually put in the time to get them when they had a glimmer of prestige attached to them. Its seriously sad to think that people are going to be dropping money to get these third-time’s-a-charm jade skins.

The RGB split ala eotm would most likely be looked at as the best possibility for the GvG scene… only 33% chance to be unable to fight your chosen opponent guild.

My personal recommendation in this matter is keep it how it is, as far as servers go, but allow the chest to be looted by all of my characters. This would preserve a sense of ‘server-identity’ or whatever the word would be, and at the same time breathe life back into those dreary halls.

Back at launch there was not only awesome pvp combat but also the whole portal/camping meta. You portal all 8 of my toons, I portal of yours in return, all the while trying to keep your portaller safe from the enemies. Or, best of all, kill the enemy mesmer and ‘retake control’ of the EBJP. This made people actually want to spend time there beyond a single quick personal chest loot for a pittance of badges and maybe a ballista or some green item. Ill never forget some of the devious and genius camping battles with TC and FA back in the day. You were able to build siege (removed because ppl would ‘steal’ supply from the actual wvw match in progress, understandable i GUESS, but holy kitten the battles!) Mesmers would call in eb map chat for players to brings supply if they wanted ports for building siege at the top of the spiral well or battle pit. (hence EBJP becomes its own map, and this was awesome to those of us well versed in camping/jumping/portalling)

Bring back multiple character chest looting, and bring back the real beauty of the place. I honestly dont even care if the loot stays junk, so long as people will spend more time there and the portalling games of old can resume.

ps No one out-camps PDoX of Crystal Desert in the Obsidian Sanctum! #shotsfired
pps Puzzle only takes 5min to complete, nooobs!

Its generally agreed upon by friends that each BL should look like a different dragon dry humped it.

People just like to cut corners. Rank 30 is NOTHING. Maybe just buy gems if its such a huge deal to you.

Old wvw maps… they’re boring. No one is forcing you to go here, or there. “Hardcore Players” on dying servers complaining because they lose some of their zerg… lol.

To me, this is a step toward what World Vs World Vs World can really be. Haters gonna hate.

Nothing gives me more pleasure in this game than unstealthing, activating FEAR ME, and watching some enemy invader splat along the backside of Obsidian Sanctum’s final staircase. I’ve done this while repping CULT, PDoX, and KoME for anyone interested in what the number of the truck that hit you there… whether my allies approve of my actions or not. You guys know that I dont even get a kill credit for it that way, no xp or drop if all i do is fear you off th eside? Likewise, there have been many other enemy guilds, such as DFND or Crimethink, to which I have massive amounts of love and loathing for being the only opponents to give me a run for my money. Ive been camping the puzzle for Crystal Desert since launch and the number of ppl griefed HARDCORE are probably in the quadruple digits by now.

SWIM had OVER 20 THOUSAND Badges of Honor by the time the Wallet was introduced… and he doesnt zerg at all. All of it just running the puzzle on all 8 characters once per day (8×6:00 = almost an hour a day not counting the time spent camping when necessary.) Since the change to the chest, we only run one character per day… if that gives the softies any comfort! <3

IF there is no room to grief enemies, I’ll be extremely disappointed. You come to the Obsidian Sanctum, you’d better be prepared for a challenge. Hopefully starting soon these types of mindgames, duels, ambushes, etc will be revitalized.

Edge of the Mists? Bring it on. Ill still be rocking my Fire Dragon Sword and Mad Memories: Complete Edition… Lets have some fun!

destroyers in the eternal battleground drop t6 desteroyer lode

geez someone’s feathers sure seem ruffled… It is a fact that ive spent more time in EB than 90% of gw2 player base has hours totaled on account; ive tried it all. in truth, my screenshot is not the best… but luckily my allies were much quicker to get them. And yes, it is sad that a small number of people can make an otherwise respectable server look so trashy.

#lolplz

Nice zoom hacks bp, very professional. So good at this game.

honestly, your character looks good with Vision… seems like lots of ppl go for volcanus. I finally got around to crafting my Volcanus (carried the dang vial around for like 9 months, and had to make an ascended gs obviously for the stats to work)

I have destroyer everything, and the Molten Alliance armbands, and not fond of Destroyer Greatsword… so there wasnt really much decision-making to it… its like it was made for me… or me for it.

One thing I cant help wonder, is if they will make Gift-Forged weapons (volcanus, mjolnir, foefire series, etc) either Ascended or at least Pick-Ur-Own-Stat Exotic at the very least in the future…. Bottom line is, stick with your Vision IMO mist weapons are a little more rare – I see volcani everywhere… =\

GW1- Destroyer Shield fits the natural bend in the arm, looks awesome!

GW2- Destroyer Shield sits sideways on the arm, and is crooked and looks like a tiny potato chip which may poke the users eyes out!

Please, whomever is in charge of this sort of thing: Adjust the angle and size to match the classic GW1 Destroyer Shield. The reason why NO ONE uses this shield, is that it LOOKS TERRIBLE. As a supporter of this company for almost 10 years and fan of all things destroyer-related, Im insulted by this!

Sorry, this has been on my mind for QUITE some time… Recently reinstalled GW1 to take screenies.. Thanks for your time!

Or just have the commander tag BE your guild logo in some way (for some logos this may not work, i honestly havent looked at the logo customization menu in over a year…)

They need to give us back a reason to bring more than one character a day.

There used to be a meta for this.

To the wvw players who look down on this: get over yourself, you dont have to participate. They removed siege placement and shared mapchat. If you dont like it, dont acknowledge its presence. This is not a pve achievement. This is a jump puzzle on a pvp map. Oh wait, I forgot… Zergs do not require you to have pvp skills :O

To the pve players who cry about campers: get good. This is a pvp map. Unlike other pvp maps, this one has 1 goal: a chest. It also has plenty of traps and camping spots to get rid of people u are unable to defeat in normal combat. You dont need to be a pvp-superstar to complete this or defeat your enemies… you only need to outwit them.

The fact that the FDS and Mad Memories allow you to see in the darkroom is proof that this place is working as intended.

Thank you ArenaNet for the obsidian sanctum. It is my favorite map in the entire Guild Wars universe. My suggestion would be to allow badge/siege aquisition for multiple characters a day. Bring back the portal meta. You killed this place allowing us to only run it once a day. Get rid of the normal loot if it would unbalance the economy… we all know its quicker to get badges flipping camps and surfing throngs anyways.

Both factions of QQrs are scrubs and ANet, youve gone soft on us.

Edit: Aaron is spot on in his suggestion above. The only thing that it would lack is that as it is now, you need to control a Keep on your server if you would like to access this bonus level.. I love wvw, whether i am roaming or zerging, commanding or following. I feel this is an important aspect and gives a small number of people the drive to take back their keep even in the most dire of circumstances.

Thank you all for reading, Ill see you at the Champ Arboreal :P

Ehmry Bay BL North Camp battle about an hour or so ago.
This CD’r respects what u bring to the table. Best ZvZ ive been part of this week… good loots for all in attendance

Oh YB and FA… tsk tsk tsk How many times do we need to go over this?

You know PDoX owns the Obsidian Sanctum; quit trying & get back to your zergs.

This has been an inspiring match for sure. Btw, NSP and IOJ im coming to your bl’s right now to do your jump puzzles for title. Im the one with the fused warhorn.

Yeah OS as a bad reputation of being a ‘pve achieve in a wvw map’ when in fact it caters to people who enjoy dueling or just straight up pvp on platforming.

Please do not take away our ability to troll noobs and faijumpers…. camping the puzzle has a meta of its own, which sadly has become a forgotten art as of late… I doubt anyone even knows how to stealth port these days. I am totally in favor of any additions to the map (and more temporary draws such as the aetherblade cache/kite box) which bring people back to the map. So maybe have the gvg area, keep (enhance) the current traps and troll rooms (dark room <3), and perhaps take a hint from southsun survival and add in more environmental bundles..

PS you stop getting wxp for repeatedly killed players… is this working as intended?

Guys you are being to harsh on the OP…

I didnt read it either, for all the same reasons… but come on the guy is clurrly passionate in his opinions and that has to count for something!

ANet, Hire This Man!!!!

Pardon my troll, but Stomp is a warrior skill.
Finishing someone who is downed does not require feet.

Anyways..
Whats the deal with the borderland mercs now? Is that a wxp ability only in EB now?

Ive never stepped in so many Frost Traps and Seed Turrets…

[DFND] is pretty good at camping puzzle, we love to hate them. [ct] and some other YB may still remember the time we jacked their siege a few months ago, and we have much respect for their griefing prowess. But CD says bring it on and watch your back, we welcome a good fight in our sanctum!
CD vs MAG vs YB = taking eb jp to the next level.

I agree with the OP.

Recently my server has been invaded by some blackgate flunkies. In their eyes they will be heroes of crystal desert. They ball up and buff themselves in a very respectable and effecient manner…. and then they sit there. I gave them an honest chance, zerged around with them, and it was the most pointless and unproductive thing i have ever done. Even when we get enough on the map to make a queue their zergball kitten s around, yelling at the people on the map who are not with them, telling ppl to join them on ts yet try to dictate what can or cannot be said on map/team chat. And it sucks for those of us who have our own eyes and our own brains because nothing gets done. So we gained a whole guild of ‘hardcore wvw’ players, but our server is actually doing WORSE now. THey look cool running around with their massively sync’d lightning fields, but they are terrible at managing where to put their people and more importantly, terrible at communicating information and capping objectives in general.

i agree that some of the higher wvw tiers should give more achievement points. however, in the case of newer players vs older players and dailies, i think the system is perfect.

I hope there are some things that we of the top 1000 will still need to save for.

Only getting 5 achievement points per day? Im pretty sure lots of ppl do the bare minimum, neglecting the pvp dailies or pve dailies that they dont feel like finishing up.

What is the actual potential per day? 14-16ish?

Since when does Tyria have horses?

Risen Gorillas were bad enough (they had a different name in gw:nightfall, and were not quite gorillas as we know them in our world)…

Why would they add horses to a game where there have never been any?

Oh haha yeah they call them Tengu in this world. They are more like the Kenku tho i believe (as Tengu = heavenly dog), and yes i was referring to the real ones not the restless spirits in orr (although that may be proof they are NOT immune to Dragon Corruption =p). My friend also said there was a storymode part with Branded Grawl, and due to their nature it makes the most sense there would be some.

I have seen the concept art for the corrupted centaurs, however saying it is geographical limitations to the dragon corruption doesnt work for me, as its only a couple of miles…

Perhaps once we get more content near Elona we will see the corrupted centaurs… in gw1 there were undead centaurs, so unless Joko is more powerful than a dragon, Id like to see some Corrupted Centaur enemies! If not, Ive been hoping they would be a playable race… however immunity to dragon corruption does not a playable race make, as we all know ;p

@BhuddaKes- Why would you think I have never heard of Primordus? I used to solo him in gw1 you know ;p

Unless I missed something somewhere when i got my map completion. Indr seeing any branded centaurs, risen centaurs, etc etc.

Any other races immune to dragon corruption? I know there are spirit Kenku (possibly wrong name…. the bird-ppl) but those seem to be more of restless spirits and not actually dragon minions. Im sure there had to have been corrupted grawl somewhere but i cant think of any in particular either. (Fractal Shaman doesnt count obviously ;P)

Centaurs, kenku, and grawl immune? Is this right?

Only a WvW player would think Dredge are any good.

Crystal Desert is my server. Ive been here since the 3day head start & I havent been on any others. My one friend spent a long time trying to get on. Our population has been FULL pretty much from the start. Sadly, such a large guild as yours might find themselves waiting a long time to actually have everyone successfully come through.

Ive been looking for ways to increase the amount of achievement points i get. Im also a Deer in sPvp, and i have 2 lvl 80s…. and im barely over 3.4 or 3.5k at the moment. Would be cool if i could get achievment points for all the destroyer weapons ive crafted… or the amount of times ive run CoE… or all the time ive spent camping the EB jump puzzle…

I personally think its really cool, and offer my congrats and respect. /inb4everyonecopiesyou

If you want to show off your pve achievements stay in pve.

If u want a purple item in pvp get steady item.

Nothing legendary about a rank 1 rabbit, sorry friend.

PS Get owned by engineers.

Crystal Desert FTW

FotM is the worst thing to happen to this wonderful game.

The Steeleye Span is my favorite area to grind out xp while levelling characters from lvl 35+.
Its not quite as good as the Modniir chain in Harathi, however it is much more relaxed… and the loot is different too. Its actually my favorite (visually speaking) area of the game, IDK i just love it there. You will aquire salvagable/stackable metal things (forget the name), dust, crystal shards, and i seemed to get more unid dye there than anywhere else (maybe just my luck).
[spoiler=Steeleye Chain]For those who do not know, it is a small 2-3 stage event chain that repeats itself 10minutes after the last chain has ended. In between event chain, I run NorthWest to the battle arena and fight against Branded, which takes a few minutes. You can also get to Shatterer quite easily once you get high enough in level.

What i typically will do is this:
Event starts-> Branded Attack the walls. You will want to lure the non-event Branded Minions (typically a devourer or the occasional ogre/charr that is close enough) too the defending NPC Charrs, so that the NPC Charr die.
—If you succeed, the Repair event will start. Thus, restoring Steeleye Span Waypoint to player control for 10 minutes while the event restarts.
—If the event fails (you want this), you get to fight wave after wave of invading Branded Minions as you defend the Tribune. After successfully thwarting the mob, the Repair event starts.
—After Repair Event succeeds you have 10 minutes to go fight in the Arena, although you can also do the Grawl to the northeast, or perhaps the Ghosts at Serentiy which is north. The Ogre Chain is also close by. [/spoiler]

Now when i ask for a Buff to this quest, what I am asking for is a Buff to the Branded Minions. Even without player intervention the Defend aspect of the chain will succeed almost every single time. Even if the event does somehow fail on its own, the Defend Tribune section of the chain is almost impossible for the Branded Minions to ever complete, due to the Charr NPCs rez actions. This is why when most people run past the area, they see the Repair Event up (which may be more trouble than its worth to the passerby, as rezzing the NPC Charr Fixerguyperson can be difficult with the swarming Branded Minions. Leaving the Charr Fixerguyperson dead allows a constant stream of Braned minions to farm, however we know that events will level you much faster than just killing creeps. The rez action of the NPC Charr does not go far enough to rez the Fixerguy, which I think is just fine.

What i propose is this: Increase the mob size for the intial section of the chain. With one or two more creeps in each mob the event can actually fail without player intervention. Even with the extra creeps in the mob, it would still be quite humble by comparison to other creep grinding areas most players currently farm. Secondly, remove the ability for the Steeleye Clan to rez each other during the Defend Tribune Steeleye part. I have actually tried to get this part of the event to fail by bringing in outside creeps, however in ~30h of farming only this quest I have seen it fail but once. Or maybe add in a Veteran Branded somethingorother (howabout a Branded Grawl Shaman!?=D) to increase the pressure on the Steeleye Span.

Make it a little harder! Its easy to complete this quest solo as a lvl 35 (the map is lvl 40-50) And in its current state (possibly intended), its more worthwhile to purposely fail the initial event to get better overall XP.

Steeleye Span is the COOLEST place, imho, in the GW2 map currently… Lets beef up the creeps there! Score one for the bad guys!? Thanks for reading!

Some pretty epic stands holding klovan, much respect to DH and Mag.

It would be nice to have some encouragement for the process. I was reporting everything that looked like a bot up until just a couple weeks ago… no im slacking on my duties… =[

/inb4 ciannait is banned for abusing report feature =D

Title pretty much says it. This is not a thread for opinions on whether its a cool idea or not, Im looking for verification that I am allowed to auction off a name for little more than gold pieces (i.e. not selling intellectual property on ebay for example).

My plan as of now would be to auction the name, recieve payment in gold pieces, after which i delete the placeholder lvl 1 toon that holds my old name from Gw1, and within (an hour?) the person who bought the Name could roll a toon with it.

If this is in violation of ToS I will remove this post and never speak of it again… (seems all fair to me, but what do i know>?)

Thanks for your time everyone.

i transmuted my gw2 baseball cap with the witch hat and now i cant dye it different colours… not sure if that means anything. i love transmuting; i trolled ppl very hard with my rare mad memories last week.

I tried to do it with the witch hat,
i think it would be great to do; ( hint hint anet: allow it for like 1 day secretly )

cool idea, just dont add the crappy shortbow with it (omg im kidding u know i love u)

Wait, so you cant have a Pure PvP Guild in GW2????

Dang…. Im mostly a pve player who does pvp maybe 10% of the time or less and did not notice this grave difference between this game and its predecessor. I know lots of people do PURE PVP…. i would have expected ANet to cater to both crowds not just mine.

It coulda been worse.

I detest the actual full-on jumping puzzles, but the vistas arent quite so bad (with a couple exceptions that i loathe like you)

I wouldnt mind if the Vistas were dropped from completion, however in fairness I dont think they should be (and this is coming from one of the worst puzzle-jumpers in the game i assure you). Mostly, because endgame levels do not have Renown Hearts; and need the content.

Adding a Map’s Events to completion would make sense to me, and would aslo promote co-op play…. but, that detracts from the essence of this thread. So ill leave it like this… =]