Guild Wars 2

Title says it all. Since HoT, I’ve had to login to view the forums and look at patch notes. Is this going to revert back to how it used to be?

There are a lot of items in this game that are bind on acquire (BoA). Now, I understand the reasoning behind making some items BoA, like quest items for hearts and dynamic events. However, there are many BoA items in the game that restrict players and are more of an annoyance than an they should be.

For example, every mystic item Myani sells is BoA. What’s the point? As soon as you use those items in the forge to create something, whatever you created is either Bind on Use (BoU), account bound, or not bound at all (with the exception of siege weapon blueprints, which will become account bound in an upcoming patch).

Another example is the Letter of Commendation. All it does is give influence to the guild you are currently representing. Is there really a reason for it to be soulbound? If put it in the bank to use it later, do I really need to log on to the character that obtained it just to use it?

When looking at your items in your bank, if something is soulbound to another character, that’s all you are told. It would be nice to know which character an item is soulbound to so we aren’t forced to figure it out through trial and error.

You could say that this is an almost trivial problem, if it’s even a problem at all. It’s more of a nuisance and in a game like Guild Wars 2 where so many things are done exceptionally well, there are still a lot small things that need to be fixed; this is just one of them.

Forging the Pact/A Light in the Darkness is still bugged.

I completed a Light in the Darkness this afternoon with my girlfriend. We both choose the same fear (it was her story instance and I accepted the reward and advanced my progress to Under Seige).

A few minutes ago we completed Forging the Pact (this time it was my instance). After it ended, my story progressed incorrectly to Striking off the Chains and her’s correctly progressed to Tower Down.

This has been bugged since launch. My girlfriend and I have now completed the personal story together on three sets of characters. We chose the same fear every time. The first time we chose the fear that should have lead to Shell Shock. Somehow, after completing Forging the Pact neither of us ended up with the correct story path. She progressed to Tower Down while I progressed to Striking off the Chains. The second time we both chose the fear for Shell Shock again, but that time we correctly progressed.

The more I play this game the more upset I get. I wish more focus were placed on fixing the current content then pushing out new content.