Guild Wars 2

So GW has a special place in my heart, for a number of reasons, and one day I chose to get some related Ink (Cantha and my GW Ele in particular, as you can see!).

I’m curious if anyone else has anything similar

alcarver.5403:

They HELP me on my daily run when they kill the annoying spiders. It’s not a big help (I wish they would kill or help killing those big annoying mobs that frost me every 2 minutes).

Weirdly, THIS might be why they take action, if they do…

Sort of a bump. Definitely not a necro, given all of the feedback in this thread…

I know I would like to know, and many other players who’ve posted here would, too…

What’s the latest position about Cantha from ArenaNet? Has it changed? Not changed?

Any chance we could get a representative from ArenaNet to comment again about whether or not we might see a Canthan expansion?

For what it’s worth: I’d buy that. Very, very excitedly I’d buy that…

So in her simulation, the destroyers are not immune to burning…

A fault in her simulation that may be indicative of future errors on her part?

Or something else?

Chuo.4238:

Some options to turn on/off the different parts of the UI, and perhaps (gasp!) the ability to actually MOVE things around would be a very good start in the right direction!

Alternatively, you could let us use addons to do this. If it saves on developmental effort. Just a thought.

SlippyCheeze.5483:

You can get rid of the double pointer there by setting the “content guide” in general options to “disable personal story”, which at least restores the arrow pointing to the nearest dynamic event.

Not a fix, but better than nothing. I gotta run through LS2 on one of my characters for just this reason, and I keep putting it off because “too soon”.

Yea it’s annoying.

I love you ArenaNet, I’ve been running around Tyria for over 10 years…but man, the GW2 UI is the worst of any game I’ve ever played, and definitely a big, big step backwards from the far superior GW1 UI. I don’t know why it’s so bad, what the developmental reasoning behind it was, but it feels very, very cheap and lazy.

Some options to turn on/off the different parts of the UI, and perhaps (gasp!) the ability to actually MOVE things around would be a very good start in the right direction!

How do I turn this off? I’ve done it on several toons, not interested in doing on my new toon, but every time I click “Quit this Episode”, it pops back up again as soon as I zone.

I don’t want to see it on my UI at all. Anyone know?

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

I don’t know. Hashtags took off in 2007, and became even more popular starting in 2009; Dismantle was 2010.

If that’s so, then I’m way behind.

Danikat.8537:

Time to bring back #Dismantle?

Wasn’t such a thing as a hashtag back then…but we could bring back the posters!

Agree with OP….but…if I had to choose:

I’d rather have the festival announcement removed from my UI – it’s cluttersome.

Once I see it, and maybe clicked it, can it go away? I now know there’s a festival on – no need to have it constantly on my screen anymore.

dronikal.8150:

Can we see some numbers ?I’m just curious about it since today I saw something that has not happened in maybe 4-6 months I was able to see the bank NPC in LA without turning character models displayed to low.It feels bad.

I have, on one very strange occasion, zoned into my very own instance of LA. Kind of creepy.

So hard to say anything about server population.

Hate to say it, but GW2 PvP is boring.

Why? Same thing over and over and over and over.

HA was fun because you could get to the HoH and try to defend it from all comers. And then have your name announced as the winner across the entire game.

GvG and the Guild Ladder were a monthly showcase of fun that anyone interested could watch ingame (or bet some Z-keys on!). And that gold cape trim. That was exclusive, and really cool.

I kinda see where WvW was supposed to be a bigger, better version of AB, but yea, it missed the point and doesn’t really seem to have much to do with the rest of the game. You can’t own a town, for example, or move the front lines for your alliance across the map. I get there are WvW bonuses and stuff but they’re not really noticeable. Having a piece of the map that your guild owns, has their name on it, and a special area only your alliance could go to was pretty cool.

And let’s face it: all WvW is is who can bring the biggest zerg at any given time. Not very interesting for very long, that.

Overall GW2 PvP feels like a very lazy, watered-down version of GW PvP. The things that were interesting about GW PvP don’t really exist in GW2 PvP.

Just my opinion. I was bored of GW2 PvP within a month after launch. Just no hook there to keep my interest. I hate to be so harsh, but ArenaNet did a much better job of it in Guild Wars, and seemed to have missed the point in GW2.

keenedge.9675:

They could associate the weapons sounds with player instruments. We DID get a control for that.

Exactly where I was going with this. Tie the weapons into the instrument slider, or make a separate weapon slider.

The ability to mute player chatter was very, very much appreciated. Same with instruments. I think muting the weapons would pretty much cover all of the really obnoxious player noises.

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

Chuo.4238:

…someone with The Dreamer turning up.

“Nothing breaks immersion quite like… "

The Dreamer is consistent with the wings and auras and quaggan caps, plus SAB weapons and so on.

Well, yes. Except for that horrific noise. Basically my speakers are overtaken by screeching ponies.

I think I’d prefer a quieter variety of very immersive rainbow pony.

(Nothing breaks immersion like)…someone with The Dreamer turning up.

Man that thing makes some seriously obnoxious noise. Might we please have a way to mute it, without having to turn down the entire “effects” spectrum?

Two minutes with the Dreamer is worse than 20 hours of listening to small children play an old NES. Seriously.

Awesome job on the game, otherwise

Love,
Me.

Djinn.9245:

There should be a separate volume slider for cosmetic effects so you don’t have to turn down actual gameplay effects.

That would be perfect.

So…

I know I bring this up periodically…but I guess it keeps getting forgotten about so why not again?

Can the sounds associated with the Legendary bow The Dreamer be added to Player Instrument Volume or given some other separate volume/muting control outside of “effects,” please?

It’s easily the most annoying sound in the entire game, but I don’t want to have to mute all the cool stuff to make it go away.

Please?

“You must have an enemy targeted to use that skill.”

Ever get this? When you thought you actually had an enemy targeted? In fact, you know you did, because you’ve been beating on it a little while?

But then suddenly, you are targeting nothing. What’s going on here? This is driving me nuts.

Before you ask:
I did not press TAB in the middle of the fight (and if I did, it wouldn’t clear my target – it would just choose a different one, I do believe).

My targeting-related settings (under F11) are:
Ground Targeting: Normal
Double-Click to Attack/Interact: checked
Right-Click to Attack/Interact: not checked
Stop Autoattacking on Target Change: checked
Autotargeting: not checked
Promote Skill Target: checked
Allow Skill Retargeting: checked

Anyone know why I keep dropping targets mid-combat?

Just a flesh wound.3589:

Tanith.5264:

Right now a pair of Anet peeps are probably looking at this thread:

“What else have you found so far?”
“What haven’t I found? This thread is amazing!!!”

And then they repeat it every 30 seconds until the other people in the office run out screaming.

lol! If working at ANet could only be like playing GW2 sometimes…

I’m imagining some hilarious possibilities already…starting with trying to find someone to taxi on that has some empty spaces in the parking lot…then ‘crafting’ the morning pot of coffee…near the incessantly chattering npc…having the door to the restroom get stuck…having a sign up in your face, that you can’t take down, telling you to do your tasks for the day…

Does “violets, not violence” make you really wish you could punch that npc in the face?

See, video games DO promote violence!

The “Veteran Novice” mobs of FotM…

/facepalm

I would LOVE to be able to turn off all the silly one-liners that characters and NPCs say all the time, without having to ALSO turn down “Dialogue Volume”. I keep Dialogue Volume turned all the way down because the one-liners are sooooo annoying after awhile

It’s a shame, because I wind up missing out on storyline and event dialogue that would be interesting – but the one-liners and player shout skills and all the other noise going on just make it not worth it.

If you guys (ANet) bring back more elite armor skins from GW, can we please, please, please make them fun to obtain, as they were in GW? Perhaps random drops from dungeon end chests plus some crafting, etc.? Something creative?

Those Chaos Gloves in GW meant a lot to me. All they mean now is I have five bucks to spend. :/

I guess that gets you 5 bucks, which is probably why online games will never be as fun as they used to be…

I’d like to politely oppose the OP.

IMHO, we’ve not got too many dailies. The game is starting to get very repetitive. It’s hard to organize group stuff because many of my guildies don’t have time for anything but dailies any more.

They’re taking the fun from the game. Please, if anything, remove them…

OR

How about an option where we can just hide the list of dailies on the UI? I don’t want to do them, I don’t want to ever see them.

Please!

Same. Every time I get into a meta event everyone on the map crashes.

Not just WVW….its everywhere large groups get together. Me and many others crashing frequently during world bosses.

Thank Dwayna, finally a legendary shortbow that’s not The Dreamer. Hopefully they don’t make obnoxious noises.

I’ve asked before, may as well again. Can we have a way to mute nearby Dreamer sounds?

The Dreamer is like the Jar Jar Binks of GW2…

So I’m having a heck of a time trying to figure out exactly which dye matches the glowy blue in these weapons.

Morning Sea is very, very close, but not quite.

Anyone been able to figure it out?

80 levels was a dumb idea to begin with.

Hello all,

On most of my toons, I’ve got precisely zero interest in finishing personal story, LS2, or any of that green text that shows up on the side of my screen.

I also have no interest in dailies, so I don’t want to see any of that text, either, ever.

I’ve been going nuts trying to figure out how to permanently turn that stuff off and declutter my screen, and I can’t. All I ever want to see are local events. Nothing else. Does someone know?

I’ve tried quitting story episodes. The text reappears with a map change.

I’ve tried clicking the tracking toggle (eye symbol) for dailies – always “Daily Completionist” is there, no matter what.

I’ve tried every option in the “Content Guide” pulldown menu on the Options (F11) panel.

Any ideas, anyone?

Mike O Brien.4613:

Hi all,

As game director I have to make tough trade-offs. One thing I believe is that we have to focus on the core game first before taking on additional responsibilities. I wrote in the Guild Wars 2 Design Manifesto in 2010 that our vision was to create a living, dynamic world, where there’s always something to do. Let’s ensure we succeed on that front.

Mo

Ain’t gonna lie, I’m a bit shocked to see you bring this up. I sorta thought the Manifesto got beaten completely to death in the first year after release.

But hey, we can go there again. For reference:

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/guild-wars-2-design-manifesto/

Spira.4578:

H.O.P.E and Nevermore.. Someone was giving us hints all along..

lol!

A tinfoil hat I’ll wear with pride!

After 3 1/2 years, is anyone really surprised at any of this?

Just asking. ArenaNet have been operating in panic mode since beta.

Everything has always felt rushed,

There’s very little overall attention to detail (except for very specific things you can tell a specific dev put some specific love into, all by her/himself),

Every fix breaks something else, and every content delivery is (somehow) just not what we were led to believe was coming.

All I can say is enjoy the game as you can, or don’t and do something else. High expectations from ArenaNet have only led to disappointment for a long time now. They’re obviously perpetually flailing.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

I’m afraid the Content Guide has nothing to do with Dailies.

You can, however, change which/how many Dailies you see in the Hero/Achievement Panel.

Good luck.

Then what does it do? I can’t see that it does anything at all, and I’d love to be able to turn off all that text on my screen…

Press F11

The 5th dropdown menu from the top is “Content Guide”.

Changing the selection in the dropdown menu has exactly zero effect on what I see on my UI.

Please fix this – believe it or not, I don’t care to see unfinished story items and daily items on my screen. It takes away from the beauty of the world – most of the time I don’t want to see it.

Thanks

Chuo

Nah it wouldn’t be a godsend. It’s nice to have a game without one.

If you really want a DPS meter in your MMO, there are lots of other games out there that have them. Go play one of those, instead

I am glad this decision was made. More playable content is far more exciting and interesting than a legendary grind. I just want to play. So thank you, Mike and ANet, for this announcement. I’m also hoping (fingers crossed!) that any new legendary armor never happens, too!

That said, before you stop working on Legendaries altogether…would you mind removing the obnoxious sound from The Dreamer, please?

Hello all,

I’m a player who plays the non-peak times – looking for a guild that’s nice and active during the North American mornings/afternoons (afternoons/evenings Server time).

I’m particularly interested in 5-10 man content – dungeons and raids.

I can bring a fully Ascended Chronomancer to the table, and a mostly Ascended Guardian.

Happy to open a dialogue and get to know one another, to save a wall-of-text from going here!

Gaile Gray.6029:

I sounds to me as if this isn’t specifically a Shatterer program, but one related to launchers. Would you agree? If so, you and we can change the title and I’ll be happy to pass this concern along, as well.

You’re right, this could happen anywhere the toys could be placed to interfere with interactive objects.

Hello,

Not sure where to put this – not technically a bug or exploit, but is is a problem that can prevent completion of The Shatterer event.

Seems people are finding it fun to put interactable toys (Aviator’s Fun Boxes, Jars of Bees, etc.) on top of the launchers at the Shatterer events, making it very difficult if not impossible to use the launchers, thereby making the event itself more difficult or impossible.

I was afraid to post this for fear other such people would get ideas, but here it is, and here’s hoping ArenaNet look into it

Hello all,

Been trying to get my raid fix on with my current guild all this time, and just can’t manage it because I live on a different continent than the rest of them!

So, I figure it’s time for me to look elsewhere – I can raid most days, starting the raid between 9am and 9pm server time. I’m a bit flexible either way. We can iron out details once we talk.

I can bring a fully ascended Chrono, or a Guardian/DH with Ascended weapons, accessories, rings, and amulet.

I am also very friendly, quite experienced raiding in other MMOs, prefer calm and fun to raging, and can be kitten helpful. Yes, I will use TS, Mumble, whatever you have.

Best I’ve done in GW2 so far is with pugs, about a 5% wipe on VG, and a couple pulls of Gors.

Happy to learn your strat, and I do know how to use Google and YouTube

Well how about making it so only the person wielding the Dreamer can hear the screeching? That way they can enjoy it without bothering anyone else with it

Anyway, the point would be to give people a way to choose whether or not to hear it without having to turn down every other sound. Not trying to take it away, just want a way to avoid it if I want.

Suggestion:

Can the sound effects caused by The Dreamer (that very high-pitched screech) be turned down somehow without turning down every effect?

I don’t own a Dreamer, but I find it very obnoxious when anyone who does have one is near me.

I don’t want to have to lose out on enjoying so many other effects because that one drives me bonkers – it is so very immersion breaking, annoying, and just takes away from the experience of everything else going on when there’s a Dreamer around…it’s seriously the most annoying video game sound effect I’ve ever experienced…and that’s considering I’ve been subjected to endless hours of kids on an NES…it’s that obnoxious

I don’t want to be a Debbie Downer…not trying to complain or gripe too much…I generally want to enjoy the game…just please…that sound is…yea

Can that particular sound be given its own volume slider, or mute button, or added to the “Player Instrument Volume” volume slider?

Ragfell.7594:

Agemnon.4608:

Maybe a new WvW map that takes place in Cantha can be introduced?

There’s an idea. How about it, ANet?

Or…how about…Alliance Battles? o.O

Zaoda.1653:

Is it sad to say that I actually find the Timekeeper Sword a hell of a lot nicer looking than Bolt itself? A LEGENDARY weapon.

I honestly don’t like any of the legendaries very much. With the possible exception of Bifrost, any legendary I get will be reskinned. They’re just way to over-the-top tacky.

Pure Heart.1456:

I welcome more ‘modest’ weapons like this, across the board.

This. Very tired of oversized and flashy. How about more classy and elegant?

Those are categories of hairstyle? I had no idea…

I like having more options for hair, too, ArenaNet, thank you. My main feedback would be coordinate the names of your hair colors with dye names. It can be a real pain to try and match them, because often the same apparent color has a different name between hair and dye.

Thanks, Solomon, for pointing that out. Was driving me nuts.

ArenaNet, why do I have ((641149)) bound to my ALT key by you, when:

1 – you’re clearly not done with whatever you’re doing with these Commander skills and
2 – Me and every other GW player since 2005 have been using the ALT key for something else?

There are so many forums already out there that actually work well. If they can’t make these better, why not change to something else.

Not gonna lie, these forums are the most clunky and useless of any I’ve ever seen. It would be nice to have something that works.

Then again, as with the game, everything basically works, it just has annoying little ‘features’. Probably wouldn’t be an ArenaNet product without those…

Chiccotot.7296:

Chris Cleary.8017:

This issue should now be resolved. Please restart your launcher.

Sorry the issue is FAR from resolved…
Why bother making your forums if you guys will post in reddit first and disregard people in here? Should we delete our forum accounts and just go do reddit then? Please tell us if there is a move on communications so we are not kept outside of the loop.

I am not a redditer…
i find the reply
….to a reply
……….of a reply
………………to the reply
………………………..of the reply lay out of it, quite annoying. to say the least.

/end of rant/

You’ve got a point, but I’d be willing to bet nobody at ArenaNet read it. Or if they did, understood the significance of it.