Guild Wars 2

Yes, change it please, it’s ridiculous, female charr and asura are not humans.

People don’t seem to understand the concept of a middle ground lol

It’s always all or nothing for a lot of you.

Whenever this topic comes up, it looks like people feel attacked for preferring skimpy or realistic armor, so they just devolve into defensive “but I like it so DON’T CHANGE IT I SWEAR TO GAWD” bs. Always on the defensive.

It’s like you think that if they start adding more non revealing female/more revealing male armor that they’re gonna go and change all existing armor. Nobody is gonna secretly nerf your human female meta if they ad more equal armor sets christ’s sake…

I love the LS and I can’t wait for the updates to play the story. But the last two updates had only 3 story instances, and both ended up on a really unnecessary and frustrating cliffhanger.

So my plea to Anet is – make them longer please! Waiting two weeks for such a teeny story snippets that progress the plot at a snails pace has become rather frustrating
Not to mention that we still didn’t get an answer to those teaser pictures you posted, the ones about Rytlock, “They belong to the dragon now”, etc.

I know you have your limits but can we somehow hope to have bigger, juicier story updates like “Echoes from the past”, maybe?

I haven’t played the update yet, but can anyone confirm if the awesome dungeon Ascent to Madness available?

That was by far my most favorite thing about Halloween update, and I spent hours playing it. Can somebody tell me if it’s still available and how do we access it?

Brother Grimm.5176:

Hamfast.8719:

….. This needs a HotFix ASAP.
……

Oh yes….this is absolutely game breaking and must be fixed IMMEDIATELY!!!!

(that was extreme sarcasm if you can’t tell….)

I hate to break it to you BLINGers but game performance trumps cutesy pets EVERY time…..as it should.

Oh please. I know some friends who spent over 1000g on mini pets to get them and now they can’t even see them. I never saw them more kittened then that. They have every right to kitten about it.

And considering some minis cost almost like a precursor, and all the gem store ones, yea, it’s kinda a big deal. Kinda like buying a high-end weapon skin and not being able to see it because of “rising player population”. You simply don’t care about minis, but that doesn’t give you the right to de-value other people’s concerns, because it’s in different taste then yours.

And hiding an item you bought with your money should NOT be working as intended. Don’t tell me you know much about how this game’s performance works, because it’s highly un-optimized and it’s over-using systems in your computer most games don’t. I’m talking about CPU, the main processor, and it’s not using enough of GPU, the graphics processor to its fullest. I can play other games, more new, and much more graphically demanding then GW2 and my computer won’t suffer one bit. And I’m playing on a high-end system.

Mini pets should not have any kind of affect on performance whatsoever. They should be a minor nuisance to the system.

If they wan’t to increase/fix the performance they should be fixing it in other ways.

So wait. They give us an awesome new minipet system, by which you can basically turn on any mini you want at any times, only so you can see them in main cities and dungeons?

Anet, I can’t even see my kitten mini pets in STARTER zones. What’s the point of mini pets now if I can’t see them, and they dissapear quickly?

No, this doesn’t need “tweaking”, you need to remove this stupid system. I’m sorry but you are you introducing such obviously contradictory changes, and not even addressing them before hand? Got us all hyped up for the new mini pet system with the blog post, update rolls out – oh look! Can’t even see my own kitten mini pets anymore!

Tell me why should I buy a mini pet from your gem store if I can’t see it? It feels like a scam. Enough with these stupid inconvenient changes please.

Apparently they removed that animation with stretching your hands above your shoulders for human females.

Too confusing for new players? C’mon Anet that ain’t funny, I really liked that animation on my elementalist :/ (mine is fully clothed and I have no clipping issues)

Another 2 months of waiting? How many months has it been since last LS episode? What are you gonna work on for the next 2 months then? Maybe you can take your time and collect the (overwhelmingly negative) feedback about “new player experience” and change it actually, hmm?

But seriously, when the LS resumes, it better be a blast. It needs to be even better then the last episodes, These breaking are taking way too long.

Hi, I was just wondering.

Is there an achievement category for collecting ascended weapons? I can’t seem to find one. Logically I would assume that since there are achievements for every weapon skin in the game including the BLC ones, and ascended armor skins, that we would have a set for ascended weapons?

I made about 4 weapons for now, and it’s not really easy to make. Takes about a week, not counting all the mats you have to buy etc.

So, if it’s not there, can we also please get that?

I will copy/paste part of my post about the camera from a thread I made on Reddit about the first person view a week ago:

Reason why we want a first person view (and other camera improvements) is to:
- Appreciate the artwork of your game and surroundings you so love to praise (and with full rights, GW2 is a beautiful game)

- View other character models better, so I don’t have to get behind them and try to sloppily zoom in so see their faces/armor models

- Jumping puzzles. Nuff said – the camera is horribly glitchy, and if you play a Charr like me, that can be quite the issue, because of all the random zooming in and bouncing off objects. For a game that relies heavily on jumping puzzles and vertical exploring (Dry Top), the camera aspect is simply bad.

Arena Net, we have asked for a first person view since the release. As a former GW1 player I miss this feature, and I was baffled that you still haven’t implemented it. If you ever add it to the game, that will be the single best thing you have done for this game. Please listen to us, and try to put some reason behind it.

Nobody wants to use it in combat, we should be given an option. Or just make it so that it automatically zooms out of first person view whenever your character enters combat.

Arena Net, you have created a game with beautiful surroundings and art style.
Let us appreciate it and experience it the way it was intended.

Regarding the whole “E” thing, it could stand for Master Exemplar which is the highest rank in Shining Blade a.k.a currently that being Anise, or maybe Livia is still the exemplar, above Anise. Or Anise simply is Livia.

Either ways I will be dissapointed if E turns out to be a new/uninteresting character. I almost want it to be Livia now.

Trixie.7614:

I’m not ok with uniting with the Charr, but I guess we don’t get to choose.

Yeh, kill all charrs, traitors to all Tyria etc.

I haven’t played the update yet, but I heard from bf that they used old events that already exist in maps to progress the story. Is this true? :/

Are we going to see whole Maguuma jungle open by the end of Season 2, or only Dry Top?

Purely speculation. I suspect there will be few more maps, though I’d really like to explore the whole thing

Thoughts?

No, no no I don’t want a break :c It’s becoming really good!

Well, while I do agree that even Scarlet mentioned the Eternal Alchemy and she was a Sylvari, I cant help but feel weirded out by it. I understand its not a religion, but more of a universal pseudo-scientific fact, just like in our world, however it still feels odd for a Charr to say it. You don’t think if you went back to Black Citadel and started raving about what you saw in some crazy Asuran machine that they wouldn’t think you went bonkers? Even use of magic is frowned upon in Charr society, let alone a whole Asuran ideology.

I think its not unreasonable to be offered multiple dialogue options, even if they lead to same conclusions. It ads more juice and personality to your character. I dont like when the game makes me feel that maybe I should have play with a Sylvari or Asura instead for this story.

It bothers me a little bit, but not the fact that they call it Eternal Alchemy (which is really what they call the Universe imo) but the fact that every character who isn’t asura claims he/she saw it.

My Charr claims she saw eternal alchemy. A Charr. A race that believes in no higher power and has little worship for magic. We should be given an option in the conversations.

Standing there and reading my Charr blabbing about eternal alchemy like an asura felt weird as hell and totally out of character.

You know, I played all ME games and I never once thought about it. Nor do I care. If you feel it rips off certain story elements just remember that it’s extremely difficult to create something 100% original and unique these days, and it does not automatically mean that it’s ripping something off.

Please…

I also agree that with each passing addition, hairstyles for Charr look more and more ridiculous. It’s ok to include anime hairstyles but that doesn’t mean they automatically have to look ridiculous, like those in DBZ or Yu-Gi-Oh…They’re cringe worthy. Sorry Anet, just being honest here.

They should also stop with all the additional metal parts that come with the hairstyle. I think they should be optional.

Well, the ruler of the Shining Blade is called the Exemplar if I’m not mistaken, so it’s not entirely far-fetched that it could be Anise/Livia.

The ONLY thing that makes me not believe it may be her is Marjory’s side story, where it was briefly described of E having a deep voice. Unless we assume that it was a deeper female voice. Could explain Marjory’s mocking remark that went something like “that’s not how you start a relationship” or some kitten.

So yeah, we won’t know if they don’t show us for sure.

I agree, but I think that Kasmeer had a custom animation when she was confronting Marjory when her sis died. Like she was in shock, with both hands over her mouth. So that’s a step in the right direction, I guess?

I must say I’m quite pleased with how you implemented the new weapon set.

Instead of just being the usual gem store-bound skins, you’re required to play through the new map in the fun events to get it. Something I think we all wanted for a long time.

Sure, some RNG is involved with fossils but they literally cost you nothing. It’s nice to get some new skins I didn’t have to give 100 gold for.

Here is my Coleoptera

Can somebody confirm if the fossils can be found only in chests in the new area of Dry Top or in the old one as well?

I have used 20 keys and gotten 1 fossil in this update. Some guy in the map bragged today that he got 3 fossils from 10 keys but that seems far-fetched.

When in doubt, always check the torso. If they’re wearing more clothes and have their chests covered usually they’re female – same goes for all races apparently.

That being said, yup there are female centaur and if I’m not mistaken the shaman in the oasis is a female.

And I like these ones better. The other centaur females we’ve seen so far look like complete different species, I don’t think they even have fur.

Jordo.5913:

Rognik.2579:

If Livia is still alive in GW2 time, then she truly found a way to cheat death, even better than the Lich from Prophesies. Whatever happened to her and the staff of Orr, it’s probably hidden somewhere, or will be discovered a little later.

Livia is alive and well, supposdely she learned how to give herself immortality through studying Orr magic and possibly through the scepter of Orr itself!

Most people think that she is the mysterious E character

Sorry to disappoint but E is a male. I remember reading the side story for Marjory and it was mentioned that this E had a deep voice. I think it’s an unknown character, but we yet have to see.

Tickleman.1069:

The tiger has also seen the Eternal Alchemy.

(Unfortunately, most of the kitties are too small to be seen in the second shot.)

The kitties have spoken.

Well Taimi said she was gonna fix it with higher frequency or something. So no I don’t think we will loose waypoints.

I can’t be the only one that noticed? In the new map, there seems to be only night time, at least in the Upland Oasis region. Weird much? I really don’t like it, since there is no actual night time in this game so colors and everything looks washed out :/

Maybe I’m wrong but that’s the impression I get.

Nilkemia.8507:

Tobias Trueflight.8350:

darkace.8925:

CharrGirl.7896:

You obviously don’t read the dialogue because it ends up with us discussing how we should talk to the Pale Tree.

One of the last things said in this chapter is, and I quote Kasmeer here, “if only I still had my family’s wealth, I could take her away from all this. Keep her safe. Give her the things she deserves.”

Alas, only we can give her the things she deserves.

. . . better armor skins, and the chance to teach us how in the bleeding abyss she made that bone bridge.

Don’t forget those deluxe-sized bone minions. While we’re at it, we’d better question Kasmeer about how she drastically reduced the cooldown for her Time Warp.

She either had barely any cooldown for hers or none at all, she actually overlapped two of them during the fight on the walls!

I loved her Time Warp. Probably the most useful NPC in the game currently, and they actually revive you when you’re downed (for the most part).

darkace.8925:

CharrGirl.7896:

You obviously don’t read the dialogue because it ends up with us discussing how we should talk to the Pale Tree.

One of the last things said in this chapter is, and I quote Kasmeer here, “if only I still had my family’s wealth, I could take her away from all this. Keep her safe. Give her the things she deserves.”

Ok. So you went through the trouble of quoting exactly what was said. My point still stands though. This is just plain nitpicking.

darkace.8925:

The worst part about it is it doesn’t even stop there. After the final cut scene, after a great revelation, and after the formation of a plan of action we don’t close with discussion of any of that. Oh no…God no! Why the hell would we close Chapter 2 discussing Mordromoth, The Eternal Alchemy, or the leaders we’re going to visit when we can discuss Kasmeer and Jory some more? We close, unsurprisingly, with Kasmeer again prattling on about how she wishes she could be with and protect Jory. Because we didn’t get enough of that in the previous instance, apparently.

You obviously don’t read the dialogue because it ends up with us discussing how we should talk to the Pale Tree.

bokkieskitten.8023:

CharrGirl.7896:

Supermagnum.3458:

They should hide a stick somewhere every time they have their drama, so that when you find it, you can go around poking dead bodies till the dialogue is over. Add an achievement to poke all the dead bodies and I won’t even care that the dialogue and voice acting for these scenes is bad.

In all seriousness, they could’ve cut a minute out by ditching most of Kasmeer wanting to stay with Jory.

I can understand if you don’t like the theme, but calling their voice acting bad? Are we seriously playing the same game? Especially VA of Kasmeer, it’s outstanding.

You must have the Chinese version of the game.
How much is Anet paying you?

I seriously have no clue what are you on about, nor do I care. Keep trolling.

Supermagnum.3458:

They should hide a stick somewhere every time they have their drama, so that when you find it, you can go around poking dead bodies till the dialogue is over. Add an achievement to poke all the dead bodies and I won’t even care that the dialogue and voice acting for these scenes is bad.

In all seriousness, they could’ve cut a minute out by ditching most of Kasmeer wanting to stay with Jory.

I can understand if you don’t like the theme, but calling their voice acting bad? Are we seriously playing the same game? Especially VA of Kasmeer, it’s outstanding.

Manasa Devi.7958:

Apparently Taimi wanted me to have a big bunch of green slime. What the hell?

Her buggers?

Farzo.8410:

Finally some kittenty Quaggan gets in trouble. Boring that he didn’t die, they could at least made him a hanging loot piñata that drop gold if you bash it enough times.

You monster!!

Do the achievements, each gives a chest.

Omar Aschi Popp.7496:

ThiBash.5634:

To be honest, I did get attached to Belinda (more than Kasmeer en Marjory anyway)…

Yeah, she was way hotter.

Majory is ugly.
Annoying.
Pretentious.
Needy.
Weak.
A loser.

Tell me, what’s there to like in a woman like that?

Bellinda is attractive.
Has a real job with actual payroll.
Is a soldier, slugging it out for her nation.
Clearly takes care of the irresponsible careless mutt of the family.
Takes care of her mom.
Wears armor.
Has Canthan sword.
Strong.
10/10 would collect 250 Superb Charr Idols for

Yep, a character should be judged on her looks alright. And not to mention a character’s worth is measured by hotness level.

Give them a kittening break.

I loved it! But my character looked soooo kitten y. probably because I play a Charr :P

Males and females are easily told apart. If not by voice, it’s the armor, females have shirts, males dont

With the addition of the new beautiful music of Dry Top (kudos on that, really refreshing), can we expect new battle music as well?

It’s really tiresome to hear 2-3 same battle tracks thorough the game.

maha.7902:

Dry top and all of the other loading screens in the new style look like trash. Kessex hills loading screen was forever ruined by whoever this guy is.

I still feel sad whenever I load in Kessex hills that this art isn’t there anymore :

http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd518/drosera123/KessexHills.jpg

:(

Thobek.1730:

CharrGirl.7896:

The only thing more annoying then anything they say to each other are people who can’t stop kittening about it on the forums.

difference is you choose to read the posts about them and even comment on it. I can’t skip the horrible dribble they spew out, or choose not to play the living story without them. You have a choice and still come in here complaining about complaints.

To be completely honest, I’m not seeing what some of you are seeing here. Have you been in a relationship before? Referring to your significant other as “dear” is a completely, 100% normal thing to do. It’s not forced or over the top, it’s how normal couples interact with each-other. That’s this “horrible dribble” you described. You’re overreacting.

And tbh no 2, if you think that is “forcing something on you” it’ complete bull, because it’s only what you choose to see. Reading some of these posts of how they’re “all over each other all the time” makes me realize that if people dislike something they’re going to over-exaggerate it, and stretch it beyond what’s actually being said.

And I’m not saying that because it’s purely out of homophobia (though there have been such posts in the past).

That one piece of dialogue where Kasmeer has been worrying over Marjory’s injuries is again, normal – and the latter gave a proper response “stop worrying so much” – again a situation I can relate to, and many of us surely can, when people who care about you sometimes go over the board from worry if something is wrong with you.

What do you think Rox does to Braham? She obsesses over his leg all the time.

I’m not saying that their relationship is perfect, or written in a progressive manner but the strong matter of fact is that people like to see more then there is to it, and let the fact that any kind of romantic subplot in any form of media annoys them makes them write things that are blown out of proportion.

Just saying. Feel free to hate as much as you want really.

The only thing more annoying then anything they say to each other are people who can’t stop kittening about it on the forums.

GuzziHero.5104:

Now I know that Debi Derryberry voiced Belinda, it reinforces my point:

Great voice actor, wrong character.

They’re reusing a lot of these new voice actors for random NPC-s :P It’s quite noticeable. Ah well.

Carighan.6758:

And you are indeed correct. Both are voiced by Debi Derryberry !

Ha, I knew it. It’s a bit distracting but no biggie, she isn’t with them now

Who voices Marjory’s sister? She sounds exactly like Taimi

shadow.6174:

What about rating it? Hehe

http://strawpoll.me/2068042

Hey, good idea I will put it in my post.

For anyone who is interested, you can talk to a hylek in Dry Top and she will tell you a story about a tribe that was depending on a water stream that went dry, because of a large monster that sat on top and drank all the water.

I knew it sounded familiar because I read about it before.This is actually a very nice native american mythology story about a man named Glooskap who also slayed a water monster who dried up all the water from the stream.

Pretty neat that they’re using a mythical story as an inspiration

http://stuweb.iszl.ch/resources/external/grade_6/creation/csmytgl.html