Guild Wars 2

Please! Move both your hot fix window and the reset back by an hour. 10 pm eastern can be way too late. 7-8 pm eastern would be ideal

Is the Ghost build still viable or is the Hidden Cat better now?

DevonCarver.5370:

How would people feel if, instead, there were some additional unlocks you could get as a guild commander that only displayed to people in your guild? Maybe if you are in guild only mode on your tag you have some additional tools?

Please please please! This would be amazing! This would help our guild immensely

One thing about TV Shows: when it is a show my friends or family love, I enjoy the excitement gathering around and waiting for the show to begin.

Maybe hyping up each “episode” by delaying the actual story progression until a specific time (5pm pacific or something), so people can gather and form the groups with their friends to begin the story.

I also enjoy more serious shows, so I agree that the writing can be a little silly at times in the story

I want some kind of fern style hair

I think making it ground targeted would open up a lot more tactics and position awareness.

I mainly play WvW, and I tend to cast my abilities in places where I THINK the enemy player will go. WvW players tend to move around a lot and I try to use AoE to either round them up better or to get the most damage out of the ability as possible.

When you cast AoE, the enemy can generally react quick enough to get out of it, but if you cast it just in front of where they are running, it is much harder to react and get out of it quickly.

I will also sometimes blink in front of where I cast it so I can illusionary wave them back into it.

Feedback to me is kind of on training wheels and I wish it behaved similar to other AoE skills. I would like to use it like I use other AoE: to preemptively target an area that I think will give me an advantage if I cast it there.

I will say, the ability to turn off the right click to target binding fixed a lot of issues with Feedback. Nothing was worse than thinking you have an enemy targeted only to lose that target and have Feedback cast somewhere off screen.

I also like casting Feedback on gates in WvW, but sometimes it goes bonkers and is cast in weird spots. Ground targeting would make this more predictable

But either way, I have adapted to how it works. It would be nice to have a little more freedom and let me choose where to place it for better field tactics

Killer Rhino.6794:

Taleria.7810:

I tried following the instructions you added but I’m still nowhere. I can’t import <GW2kit/GW2kit.h>. If I copy one of the test app’s settings it works.

nvm changed some files in the Header Search path and it worked.

Awesome! Mind if I asked what you changed?

Usually you add $(SRCROOT) to Header Search Paths and set it as recursive. You can make it more specific by adding folder paths to $(SRCROOT)

link.4615:

One minor API suggestion; a lot of libraries use ‘completionBlock:’ rather than ‘completion:’. While your library is still new, you might want to considering using completionBlock: as your argument name, rather than just ‘completion:’.

See a generic github code search for ‘completionBlock:’ 20,000 results :-) https://github.com/search?l=Objective-C&q=completionBlock%3A&ref=advsearch&type=Code

Not to be nitpicky, but the preferred naming convention is actually ‘completionHandler:’

:)

@edit
Is there a reason why you are not using [NSURLConnection sendAsynchronousRequest…]?

silvermember.8941:

BlahTeeb.3254:

Branskins.9752:

BlahTeeb.3254:

Who will be here when all is done and said? The PvPers… so you should probably start catering to them… as in implementing features that existed in GW1 years ago.

I don’t necessarily think that is true at all. I think right now more people are still PvEing than PvPing 8 months after release. Also PvE is still more popular in GW1.

Instead, they should strike a balance between the two, not cater to one or the other

Obviously, look at the mess that PvP is. You think people Will go to conventions, swarm by the thousands, to watch someone do a dungeon run? Me neither.
PvP tends to outlast PvE… that’s the general idea.

Even at the height of gw1 popularity, PvE was what kept the game running. After prophecies they became shifting focus to PvE.

Exactly. PvP was the endgame up until guilds started leaving because of the skill capture system and other issues. PvE quickly began to become more popular.

But, can we all agree this is one GIANT step forward for PvP? Surely the foundation is laid that can be expanded upon. I have a feeling they will be adding spectators to their own pool by next month after taking everyone’s feedback and complaints

BlahTeeb.3254:

Who will be here when all is done and said? The PvPers… so you should probably start catering to them… as in implementing features that existed in GW1 years ago.

I don’t necessarily think that is true at all. I think right now more people are still PvEing than PvPing 8 months after release. Also PvE is still more popular in GW1.

Instead, they should strike a balance between the two, not cater to one or the other

Evan Lesh.3295:

This is intentional for performance reasons. We’ve been very clear on the limitations of the in-game spectator mode and how it is not a global observer mode. An observer mode that allows thousands of live viewers is much more difficult and complicated technology. What we have will still go a long way in fostering community building, learning, and shoutcasting.

I just want to point out that the current implementation might impede that a little. I am already seeing people getting mad at the observers taking up spots in a game.

So we have people trying to learn by spectating and people getting mad at those trying to learn. I don’t know how much of a community that can foster.

You should really create a separate pool of people for spectating and give them their own /spectator chat. That would go a long way in fostering a community. People could help each other and discuss things without impeding those actually playing

I like it, but they need to make some improvements:
- More visible link to find leaderboards
- Visual distinction between tiers
- current score in tier and PPT updated every so often
- Server page that shows highest tier, graph of stats from previous matches, etc

Does anyone else feel this way? Often in WvW I can’t get enough attacks off with my staff #1 to tag enemies (this is when chaos storm is on cooldown). I often have to use my GS to tag people.

Would increasing the attack speed really make it too powerful or something? I love staff, but it just feels like #1 takes its sweet time

ColinJohanson.2394:

Max Lexandre.6279:

Hello.

I just saw the great news for WvW.

But since January Patch that I started to have Culling in PVE for the first times, mainly in Meta Events where even Mobs are Invisible sometimes!

Then, does the end of Culling affects also PVE? Or do we need to get used to “Invisible Events” in PVE?

I would like only to say, that I know Culling is also also about our Computer… but, the game must think in every kind of PCs, not only with high-end Ones.

The initial release of this system will be for WvW only. There are additional complications we need to solve with PvE due to the number and variety of creatures on screen that WvW doesn’t need to account for. Later this year, we’ll be expanding as much of the changes to the PvE open world as we can as well.

Give everyone that worked on this a BIG kiss for me Colin. This is a huge deal!!!!!!!!!

-Looted? Off what mob in what area?
-Mystic Forge? Rates or Exotics? How many?
-World Chest? What temple or dragon?

I haven’t seen much drop research around The Legend, and I’m curious if it drops more in specific areas.

It also seems like one of the priciest precursors on the TP so I’m wondering if people are looking in the wrong areas

Rhaps.8540:

I really don’t understand people who don’t have alts. I mean why play a game that gives you 5 char slots to begin with and only play 1/8th of the character content? Madness.

I love my mesmer too much to devote time to other characters!

Would it be weird to make a mesmer for each race to play different stories?

@MikeFerguson
Have you all been able to achieve being able to see people “across the map”? If on a mountain looking out, can we see the enemy as little ants moving in a Zerg?

This intrigues me because of the strategic implications.

I’m asking because Habib mentioned within range of the player. Does this mean a radius around the player or anything that the player can see (aka an enemy standing on a hill in the distance)

Maybe there will be an option to load nameplates before lagging you down loading player assets for slower PCs?

WvW has gotten the short end every single patch. No one will disagree with this.

I will stand by my belief that WvW is in a fragile state and if you create a division with players in PvE, WvW will have a slow death.

I know many PvE players who want to love WvW but the progression is not there so they PvE. .

I feel like this progression system is important to start off on equal footing with everyone for this very reason: hook PvE players and then keep them in WvW because it’s fun and rewarding

All I am saying is that people have been watching WvW and waiting for that one patch that allows them to jump in and enjoy it. A lot of WvWers have also taken breaks because of a lack of new content

IF it is not retroactive, they are playing it safe by allowing people to jump back into WvW and FEEL that they are not behind.

Everyone wants less damage from siege or being able to grab more supply. While not strictly an advantage, people may feel behind as everyone running around has these cool bonuses.

Also progression usually involves… progressing. If after the patch we have unlocked all the passive abilities and all the cool things because we completed WvW titles that were made before this progression system…you aren’t really progressing anything.

I feel like they need to play it safe with this because some tiers are at risk of falling apart or losing more people

EDIT:
I understand it may not be fair. But WvW relies on the community. It needs fresh players to constantly come in and out to keep it stable. Now is not the time to become entitled/elitist because if you push away those players, kiss WvW goodbye.

There will come a time when WvW is truly it’s own thing and doesn’t need to play it safe with new content to get fringe-WvWers to jump in full time. However, I believe this is not the time. I’ve witness lots of DB players doing PvE because WvW is not as rewarding.

The progression system needs to be rewarding and will be important in keeping players in WvW. But we need all those players to come back first too :P

Also: it’s a Daily Achievement. It is not just a daily reward you get for logging in.

In fact, they have probably spoiled us by making these achievements too easy to get

Starting at square one allows those players who are becoming interested in WvW to join without feeling behind.

This is good for WvW overall. Get new players in and make them not feel behind. Something tells me if you have the kill title, getting the new titles should be pretty easy

Toxyn.9608:

Add amulets and accessories to the Fractal vendor for Pristine Relics.

Add all ascended gear to a WvW vendor for Badges of Honor.

This is the only thing I cannot figure out. I have accumulated so many badges and have nothing to spend them on. And lots of WvWers dislike PvE so forcing them to PvE is odd.

It seems like this will be fixed in the March update. Ascended gear will be added to WvW at some point. I hope it’s soon because many WvWers are getting restless waiting for them to be added

Resets at 7 PM eastern

It’s not required. My guild is a WvW guild and many of our top players have 0 ascended armor because they have no interest in PvE.

I have yet to hear them complain that they are at a huge disadvantage.

The game still rewards skill. Ascended gear may be required for fractals, but no other content requires it

Dailies are grind now? They are so easy to complete now…

This is amazing. Too much content? Just pick something to do and do it.

I don’t understand why ANet must spell out for people what they should be doing.

Go play WvW or something for a change of scenery. One goal: kill the enemy.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE when people complain about their farming spots being nerfed.

That’s so completely selfish it’s funny. These events had almost no chance of failing because of how trivial and camped they are. I’ve already seen shelters fail twice, which is refreshing.

It looked like a circus with all the people running back and forth between Penitent and Shelter.

I actually think they should increase mob HP when the event scales along spawning vets and champs. Mobs still die way too easily to all the mass AoE

I love the new scaling. In fact, I wish regular mobs had more HP when the event scales

Currently it’s too easy to be selfish to just run around and try to tag as many mobs as possible because they die so easily. Raise the HP too please.

Also, loot was increased across the board meaning they want to spread us out instead of farming -_-

I only said Abaddon because his temple is currently in the Straights underwater, so it’s already built in. Komir wasn’t around before Orr sunk (unless someone can correct me)

I started talking in Map chat about this the other day and I think it would be awesome.

I wanted to solve two problems:
1. What’s the incentive to hold all five temples in Orr?
2. Why isn’t there an underwater temple?

So this led to me this idea:
Holding all five temples should active Abaddon’s temple in the Straights of Devastation.

Then when you defeat the Priest of Abaddon, a sea monster/dragon should spawn (he broke through the rift the Priest was trying to make or something) somewhere in the Straights or anywhere in Orr and be like any normal Dragon event except underwater!

These spawns should be Abaddon themed monsters (like from GW1)

Because this temple only activates after holding the other five temples, I think it should be a difficult chain. It would be the ultimate end game content. And with it being underwater, there is lots of space for big battles and lots of people

BobbyStein.2315:

BuddhaKeks.4857:

What do you guys think about the incredible negative feedback you got for Trahearne?

Narrative Designer Scott McGough and I talked about this very topic some time ago. In short, Trahearne was intended to fill a very specific role that, in terms of both gameplay and story, the PC could not fill—an order-neutral character with extensive knowledge about Orr and the magic of undeath who could coordinate a global war effort and make the necessary plans, thus leaving the actual gameplay up to the player. Further, Trahearne’s character design was intentional in that he would be a reluctant hero who, through interacting with the player, evolved into someone who could step up to lead the Pact.

This didn’t resonate well with some players for a variety of reasons. We’re comparing external feedback with our own, since we have plans for Trahearne and other existing characters in future live updates and expansion content. We won’t spoil what we’re discussing, other than to say we’re looking at many different options for his current implementation and beyond.

BuddhaKeks.4857:

Do you use the feedback you got to try improving the writing for future storylines and their characters?

Of course. We want to improve our storytelling and characterization so that it complements the great gameplay that our designers work hard to create.

Did you notice if fan feedback varied by the race they played? For example, I played as a sylvari and I loved Trahearne in my story.

To me it seems that the people that did not like him were not playing as sylvari, meaning they didn’t get to see his character grow and develop as they went along their story.

So I hope Trahearne does come back! I think he was misunderstood by a lot of players. Maybe a retelling of his backstory or something could help players understand him more

That’s bizarre. I thought it was suppose to pick the higher rarity of the two? It depends on the stats you pick?

Vision of the Mists has a generic sword/greatsword icon. It is a beautiful sword and the icon does not do it justice!

Cactus.2710:

I’ve said several times before here in these forums that it seems obvious to me that ANet has some of the worst internal communication/coordination of any software company out there, and in my opinion this is simply another example. Things that should and could easily work the same across the game simply don’t. I still remember the time that they threw down a non-critical PvE patch just two hours after the Friday reset for WvW, and there have been lots of examples of similar disconnects. Just look at the ridiculous differences in IQ level of the various race implementations (storyline, emotes, etc). Let’s face it … ANet may have some really strong talent but it is not a very well run company.

I don’t want to turn this into a hate-on-ANet thread. I don’t feel that would accomplish anything.

Most things have simple explanations for why things are the way they are.

The only thing I can think of is WvW uses some different login server or transfers your account to a different server, maybe explaining why it works in LA and not in WvW.

But who knows. I was hoping to see a response at some point about the status of this bug

It might be easy to reform the part if there are only 3 people and one logs off, but if you have a full party and someone does it, you need to stop what you’re doing, tell everyone to leave the party, and then remember who to invite. On top of this, you cannot even right click them in the old party chat to invite them to the party because the option doesn’t show up.

Being in a large guild, a lot of people are looking for groups to WvW and I always try to invite them if we have room in our party. The fact that I cannot right click them to send an invite as well as not being able to kick people from the party if they have logged off makes this not very intuitive and convenient!

fivekiller.1432:

Its not just kicking people from a party.

Its the entire functionality of right clicking someone’s name beyond reporting them.

Here is a screenshot of me right clicking a guild member’s name in LA vs. in WvW.

That is an awesome graphic! Thanks for that! Might help them understand our issue.

I’ve started just sending mail to the person to tell them, but a lot of people just forget every now and then. Mailing them works the best because they will get it the next time they log in

It’s not the worst thing, but having to leave to go to LA with that long load time can be annoying

I am more curious why this is happening

I have tried to wrap my head around this:

• Someone logs off without leaving the party: right clicking their portrait only gives “Report” option and not the expected “Kick from the party”
• Traveling to Lion’s Arch allows you to kick them

This must be some architectural issue as I feel it would have been fixed a long time ago.

Can we have an update on this? Is it being worked on or is there some bigger issue?

Thanks!

That fight in Hills on DB with all three servers was a blast last night! Good job everyone and here’s to an awesome week of WvW for everyone!

I keep hearing this, but I have yet to see proof that this is true. Where did you hear this?

Can it be an option that if the authenticator is active we don’t have to change our password?

I feel like having the authenticator enabled should be good enough instead of having to think of another password

Join an active WvW guild and you will have A LOT of fun. Some of my best moments are fighting along with guild mates to take keeps. Otherwise you will just run around without coordination

In big fights when people are spamming lots of conditions and bosses and mobs are putting up boons, it is very difficult to put your cursor on the icons under their names to see what they have on them. With conditions and boons expiring and being applied rapidly, the tooltip just flickers making it very difficult to read.

Freezing the tooltip until you move your mouse out of a small area would be nice and make it much easier to read them!

I agree! Especially when you are racing to put in the code before the next code appears! A few times I have been typing the code in without having clicked the box first

I think this is awesome, and a good sign going forward OS X will get more love, but I am curious: is this a stepping stone while you work on a native version built for OS X, or is this your answer for the foreseeable future (aka for a few years)?

Thank you ANet, this is fantastic

Perfect timing :p

I got this while on Borlis Pass doing Ship on the Lines (something like that) personal story in Orr

The mission says “Regroup with the team and assess the situation” and when I go in the circle nothing happens.

Has anyone had this happen and fixed it?

What sucks is when the personal story makes you go back to your home city (AKA the grove) to talk to the Pale Tree or some NPC. So you pay to travel there, and then your story takes you somewhere else and you have to travel back.

I at least think the story should subsidize the cost when it is hard to walk there.

Also currently, if you go to WvW from a zone, you have to log out of your character and log back in to return to your previous zone instead of Lion’s Arch. Just give us a “Leave WvW” button so people aren’t doing weird roundabout tricks to get somewhere!

But other events outside this chain aren’t being affected? I am asking these questions because I am curious about what their rational for this is. If they only punish you for these events you have done 3-4 times and not the others, it is clear to me what they are doing.

Try not touching those event chains for a while, like a few hours, and then going back and doing it. I am certain there is a timer that will begin returning karma rewards to you