Guild Wars 2

Since I no longer plan to get HoT at this point in time, I see no reason for me to continue to play GW2 at the moment. I stuck by you guys for a ton of years, while all of my friends bounced and went to other games. None understood why I kept playing GW1 at that time. I kept the faith even after my original account was hacked and I had to buy the trilogy again while everyone was telling me to join them in the various games they were playing at that time. I stuck by you guys through a ton of gripes that I won’t list here (I’m trying to keep this short).

I’m not saying I’m gone for good, but it’ll be a cold day down under before I pay 50 bucks for that expansion as is. And until I buy HoT, I see no reason to continue playing this game. I’ll holla when HoT no longer looks like a horrible purchase to me. I’m not paying 100 bucks just to feel like I’m actually getting my money’s worth and the base pre-order package ain’t worth 50 bucks in its current iteration. So… peace out for now.

I have one question for you ArenaNet:

HAVE YOU LOST YOUR VULCAN MIND?!?!?!?

You’re charging 50 bucks for HoT and including the original game in that price? No option for us vets to just grab HoT at like 20-30 bucks? No offense, but screw new players. They haven’t gone through what we’ve gone through to get to where we are in that freaking game! If they want both, them make them pay the 30-40 bucks it costs to buy the original game and charge everyone a flat 20-30 bucks for the expansion.

This ain’t a GW Factions or Nightfall level expansion like in the original game. They both added tons of story, tons of content, 2 new classes each (4 total), etc. This adds nowhere near that level of content, so charging 50 bucks for it is outrageous!

If you came out and charged the vets 30 bucks, I’d probably whine a little bit, but I’d be cool with it overall, especially because I think this xpac is worth only about 20 bucks. Or better yet, give us a character slot and the ability to give that free base game to a friend and I bet everyone would be cool with that price tag.

Awesome! Thanks for the suggestions guys. You’ve been a big help! I’ll probably run with drakes. Ultimately I’ll probably go with Sinister armor, but until I can get the recipes I’m not sure what I’ll run between Rabid or Dire. Luckily I have a few days to decide. Again, thanks for the help! If you guys have anything to add, let me know. I’ll probably check back in here tomorrow.

Jim Hunter.6821:

For open world PvE? Equip 2 bears, stand behind them and pew pew to your hearts content. As far as gear goes, you can be completely naked and you’ll be fine.

I get that most people feel that anything works out in open world PvE, but like I’ve mentioned in my original post, I’d still prefer to optimize. I’m not trying to sound rude, but if you’re not going to actually help me, can you please not bother posting?

I’m returning to GW2 after being away from the game for a long time. I plan to run with my Ranger. Problem is, I hate longbow (feels too slow to me). I’d love to run a Shortbow + Axe/x build, but I’m unsure how to build it. It’s for open world PvE (map completion & living story mainly). I’ve heard numerous times that it doesn’t matter what I run, but that doesn’t mean I can’t optimize as much as possible. With that said, I’d love to get some help on a decent SB + Axe build and gear tips. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

Man… would love for some devs to check this out and implement at least some of this! VERY well done sir!

Lol… Warrior is next on my list to get to 80 once I’m finished with my Thief. Then Guardian, Engineer and Mesmer to have all maxed professions. Problem is, I found each of those classes boring when I tried them. I’ve taken an Engi and a Mes to around 50 and deleted them (Did that twice with Mesmer!).

I’ll play around with these builds and go from there. Thanks guys. You’ve been a tremendous help.

I’ve recently returned to GW2 and I plan to roll a thief. From what I’ve seen so far, everyone is suggesting Berserker gear, D/D + S/P with a SB in reserve, but I’m REALLY bad at dodging (worst dodger I know of). Is there something that can survive a bit better than running all Berserker gear yet still do a good amount of damage? What’s a good build (armor, trinkets, weapons, traits, runes, skills) to start with?

What I’d like to do on my Thief is:
1. Open world PvE (map completion, world bosses and farming mats)
2. WvW (I’d like to learn to roam/scout, but I can always zerg if necessary)
3. Might jump in some dungeons every once in a while (not sure about this one though)

I agree. I don’t find it very fun to have to fight FA, SBI and YB when they all should have obviously been in Gold. Changing it to 9/9/6 would be better than the current model as well. Just move the top three Silver worlds and top three Bronze worlds up a tier. Or better yet, start looking into merging a few of those worlds in Bronze (Kaineng, DR, ET and AR) into other worlds and going with a 6/7/7 setup in Season 2 would probably be ideal.

Many people in Silver won’t bother with WvW simply due to the fact that our worlds got shafted in the matchups. Who wants to join up only to get overwhelmed by superior numbers on a constant basis? Most people show up on reset night and don’t show up again until the next reset night unless it’s a matchup that doesn’t involve FA, YB or SBI. I mean… look at this:

http://mos.millenium.org/na

That’s what we see day in and day out in Silver when matched up against one of the “Big Three”. I’m pretty sure TC, SoS and Maguuma would enjoy having these guys up there to share the beatdowns Blackgate, JQ and SoR are putting down.

How would you set this build up without Ascended items (I’m still working towards a full set atm)? Would it be the same setup with just exotic items or would you change things up at all?

Same here. Skill Challenge at Ashford Forum. NPC Won’t spawn. Server: US Ehmry Bay.