Guild Wars 2

Hey guys, I just recently learned Gw2 went F2P so I got a few of my friends to start playing. Today I finally read the post on the site and while I agree with most of the points there are a few that really bother me. The fact that F2P players cant buy/sell anything that’s not common or trade via mail with each other, and the chat restrictions. I agree that with going F2P there is the issue of botters, etc etc. But why not make the trading post level gated like WvW, PvP customs, and Exploring.

In MMOs a big part of the game is the community and the ability to participate in it. While its nice that they get access to all the gameplay related things eventually, it just feels like Anet is creating 2 separate groups. The people who have paid for the game, who get the full game with all its perks, and a F2P player base that are very limited in the grand scheme of things that for them it becomes “pay to win”. Think about it, because they cant trade gold in any meaningful way, most players will probably have more than what we (the veterans) did at certain stages of our gw2 lives. Yet they cant do anything with that gold, if they want to get a certain skin in the game, they would either have to grind for it, or pay for the full game to be able to buy it. They literally have to pay in order to skip the unnecessary grind within the game. Ofcourse there are many skins that they can get but again ultimately they are limited unless they pay.

As for chat, it makes sense for new accounts to be restricted, but if someone has the dedication to reach level 80 or spend a certain amount of time on a character, why cant they participate in the map chat. Why cant they be a part of the amazing discussion, map strategies, asking for help and many of the other benefits of free chat. Honestly it just feels like part of the whole “gw2 experience” is cut from them. I can imagine that from their perspective once they really get into the game it’s going to feel like a playing a game of soccer/basketball/football where no one ever passes them the ball. Sure we’re all playing together working towards the same goal, but you’re not really part of the team and will never reap the benefits of being on a team.

Anet says “We’re making the core game experience free because we’re confident that anyone who loves Guild Wars 2 will buy Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns.” Its a legitimate claim, but for alot of people they simply wont reach that hurdle for a long time. GW2 itself is a massive game, just look at the amount of things everyone has done and how long this community has been running before an expansion was even officially announced. Buying HoT should be a line the player decides to cross when they feel theyre ready for it. They shouldnt have to buy it just to unlock all of the base game.

Sorry if this post seems a little ranty, but after reading the post these things just didnt seem right. Im not hating on Anet by any means, and I think they have done many good things time and time again (as well as some mistakes but they managed to fix in some way). But the points I mentioned just rub me the wrong way completely.

-Will you recommend Guild Wars 2 to a friend during the “Migration” period?

No.

-Why or why not?

I dont like the direction the game is going wise with regards to content. We have not gotten any good permanent content since the game came out in my opinion. And although new fractals and new dungeon paths are all good, they do not take very long to complete and be done with.

-What do you like about the current Living Story content?

The chance to do new activities, and new skins to get.

-What do you dislike?

It’s temporary, rushed and thus very buggy, and at times grindy when it comes to certain achievements. Although I am a fan of gear that is limited, the fact that every 2 weeks introduce gear that I cant get unless I play is kind of ridiculous. Limited gear should be limited to big events, it kinda feels like arenanet is “forcing my addiction” even though I am very unsatisfied with the game currently.

-In your opinion, do you like the direction of this game?

No.

What would you like to see?

A questing-esque system. Right now all the weapons skins and legendaries are farming goals. I feel like I should be going on an epic quest in order to get them instead of buying them from a seller. Same with other skins, even though i put in the effort to farm for them money to buy them, it doesnt feel like i deserve it.

-Am I being fair in my observation?

Yes.

Invite please! I would love to be a part of this

Alot of weapons currently have particle effects, but would it not be cool if certain weapons had sound effects instead or a mix of both?

The first one that comes to mind is the lion guard warhorn. Despite it being shaped like a LION, and belonging to the LIONGUARD, there is still a wolf howl and and wolf animation.

So why cant some weapons or select weapons have different sounds?

So the Cachistic Gloves, which have the same model as the Tarstar Gloves from Fireheart Rise, are not able to be dyed after using a Fine Transmutation Stone.

All the other pieces of armor from Fireheart can be dyed and I had no problem with dying prior to transmutation.

PS: This is ruining my look of ultimate doom warrior

I decided to make a Corrupted Great bow for my ranger, hoping to replace my Winters Reach skin from the holiday, however i was far more disappointed with the skin than i could ever imagine. I dont want the gold back in game but i would like to have my paid skin back.

Thank you guys very much for a great game and community and for taking the time to read this.

currently with the ranger 5 skill, it still shows a wolf and you hear a howl. How cool would it be if the lion guard warhorn does that but for a freeking lioN!?!?!?

I know many non legendaries have some pretty good particles and effects. And i was genuinely surprised when i found out this warhorn doesnt doesnt have at least a different sound.

Me and a friend (both 20s) came from the same guild in a different game and we are used to a community that is

- mature (between 15-30 years in age)
- friendly
- uses voice comms frequently (vent, teamspeak, mumble)
- relatively small (our peak was around 50 players or so, but never below 30)

we do not want to be a part of a guild where we are simply 1 name out of 500 and no one actually knows each other very well. We come from pretty tight knit guilds and we would like to find a guild that we can stick with for a long time in other games as well as gw2.

Likewise we also do not want to join a guild that is full of 12 year olds, who complain about every little imbalance constantly.

We love all aspects of gw2, be it WvW, PvE, Dungeoning, Legendary grinding, sPvP, tPvP and watever else Anet decides to make.

We simply want to be in a guild that actually wants to play together and not have an empty guild chat….or the fact there out of 75 ppl online only like 5 ppl representing…

send me a pm with you server and name if you are one such guild we promise we dont bite

yet WvW is entirely based on PvE gear. if a person is wearing lvl 10 armour, even if theyre scaled up to lvl 80 theyre not gonna be doing that much damage, they also wont have the traits available etc etc. so someone who happens to be a low level naturally, and helps kill a mob of player enemies should be rewarded

the contribution system is pretty nice in PvE, why not bring that over for PvP? look at a player, look at how many sources of damage that player took and how many sources for conditions and crowd control. then evaluate how much damage each of those sources do to them. If it was only damage and conditions from 1 person then they just got soloed

theres 2 kinds of end game gear, those that look good and those that are good. both of them should take a fair amount of time to save up for. Personally i think the actually good gear is way too cheap and easy to get. upon reaching lvl 80 and only having 12 gold to my name i was able to buy all the mats for my exotic crafted armour set.

- Please add a button that instantly skips to an anet post in a thread. You guys dont post much but when you do people will want to see what you say, you guys already indicate which threads have an anet response so why not?

- please enable duels anytime and anywhere, and when people die they dont have to go to a waypoint. I want to be able to show off my awesome gear!!

- For looting during WvW, the more you contribute to the death of someone then the higher chance you should have of getting a good item. The rarity of the loot should be based on how much you contributed and what your true level (your pve level) is compared to the other person. the ability to loot should also disappear after maybe 20-45 seconds based on some data collecting of what gives player the most difficult decision of when to loot and when to fight/run. That way a guardian or warrior who just jumps into the fray and hits 20 ppl cant just pick up potentially 20 exotics rite after, theyre gonna have to keep fighting until its over and get reduced loot or else they’ll die and all chances of loot will be gone. For example if 2 lvl 80s fight eachother in a 1v1, then whoever wins will most likely get a green, but if a lvl 10 kills a lvl 80 and has gold contribution statis, then he should have a solid chance of getting a rare or exotic item (4-9% chance). However the chance of getting an exotic off a lvl 80 while being level 80 is the same chance of getting an exotic off a lvl 10 while being level 10.

Those are my 2 cents

during WvW if you contribute to the death of someone then you have a a chance to be able to loot them, much like PvE. The loot will consist of random items whos rarity is based on how much you contributed and what your true level (your pve level) is compared to the other person. the ability to loot would also disappear after maybe 20-45 seconds based on some data collecting of what gives player the most difficult decision of when to loot and when to fight/run. That way a guardian or warrior who just jumps into the fray and hits 20 ppl cant just pick up potentially 20 exotics rite after, theyre gonna have to keep fighting until its over or else they’ll die and all chances of loot will be gone.

Keep in mind contributing to a kill, doesnt garantee that you can loot, it just increases the chances for you to have that option.

So I just spent about 8 gold on a set of lvl 80 crafted exotics. Thing is even tho the stats are nice, there was no resource for what the armour look like before I had to craft it and I was thoroughly disappointed with the look

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