Guild Wars 2

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We need it. You need it.

https://www.guildwars2.com/de/the-game/releases/feature-packs/

Let’s see what we get this time… :P

1. Competitive Week
2. A Fresh Start
3. Collecting and Trading

While the first week covers PvP/WvW, I’m not sure what “A Fresh Start” will be… Any ideas?

Btw, check http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=34887 for more details

The current lag threads in the german support forums have more than 4700 replies with ~ 160000 views altogether, more than 1000 replies have been created in the last 9 days.

Hey there!

I’ve stumbled across a thread in the forums of a quite popular MMO. The story you can read there is both heartbraking and encouraging, but also one that affects us all, even here in GW2. Because oneself was either the “noob” or the “pro”.

Applied to GW, there are several aspects that can be discussed.

• One might be: Would this poor old guy have the same problems in GW2 as in WoW? How much help would he get 1. from the game 2. from the players? In other words: How friendly is this game towards beginners?

• Another aspect might be, how far the “pros” can lift up as compared to the rest of the players. Means, how much more skill can one acquire in this game and is there a limit?

• Or you could also simply ask yourself: How many people have you helped and how many helped you?

etc.

My opinion:
Considering how young GW2 still is, I don’t think it would escalate that much as it happened to the guy (server-wide known “noob” and hated by many). However, you can see tendencies that this might become more real in the future. Not talking about that guys in front of a dungeon looking for “lvl 80 exotic only”, “ZERK WARRIORS ONLY” etc (although their number increases).

It is more about the prejudices people have against “randoms” and “PUGS”. Yes, prejudices. Of course you might get a group member who only trolls, insults and quits during a dungeon or whatever. But they are a minority. Report them.
Most people play MMOs like GW2 to have fun with others. They even paid money to do that Give them a chance, you won’t regret it.

On the other hand, ArenaNet might also consider improvements. Starting with a better introduction to the game itself (at least tell people to use /wiki because it is a great help) to a better “We achieved this goal together” feeling (defeating a dragon champion doesn’t feel like that at all). A group finder is fortunately to be expected in the near future.

There’s also a Reddit post with some quite good statements: http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/186apk/with_all_the_80s_only_or_full_exo_set_only_being/

Thanks for reading

Tl;dr: Don’t see the noob, see the guy behind his monitor.

Xenlai.8694:

@Body.7834 How can you be defeated by an enemy that doesn’s inflict any kind of damage? The spectral weapons just lie there doing nothing. I was defeated by a veteran undead right next to the bugged spectral weapon in the maze of Cursed Shore but it didn’t reset the SP. Please enough with the misleading solutions

I provided a solution for a specific bug. If it doesn’t help you, fine. My problem? No. There may be others who can benefit from it. Since an official has responded to this issue, a fix can be expected in the near future. Some say patience is a virtue…

In case the spectral guard is hostile, invincible (0% health) and doesn’t trigger the event, one player needs to be defeated by it. After that and no other players in range, it will reset. Revive the player and get your skill point.

Worked for the spectral guard located south west in Straits of Devastation.