Guild Wars 2

Yep, there were infinite use passes for a limited time.

ColinJohanson.2394:

Romo.3709:

stuff about trainers

I think this could have a lot of potential as well, depending on the ability it could even change up the game-play/experience.

The next challenge: We want to put as much content in the open world as possible, so you’re constantly running into other players and having great social experiences. This is one of the pillars of Gw2, and why we try and avoid instances as much as possible. How would you modify this system to work in the open world? (I see a lot of easy ways – skill point challenges are very similar to this, but it’s fun to ask you!)

Interesting question.

The obivous answers that immediate spring to mind:

• Tie skills to world bosses, maybe you have to use the skill against a specific world boss, or in a certain way. etc (might be trickier for people who are on outside of peak times, but I really like this idea)
• Pit players against eachother in some sort of battle to the death (probably a bad idea in this case, but an interesting thought)
• Shared Instance ala GW2’s tutorial quests (boooring)
• Spectator Sport ala Queen’s Pavilion (but that had the problem of spectating not being fun)
• Or like you said, skill point or DE style.
• Maybe even a dynamic event where the person(s) trying to learn the skill play a special role, with other players backing them up. (I like this idea too!)

Crazy / absurd / impractical thoughts:

• Have arenas in the open world filled with death-traps, traps that can be triggered by other players via evil control panels. Special achievements and titles for thwarting your fellow players quest for elnightenment. My laugh is an evil laugh. I know you won’t do this one, but you should totally do this one.
• Have some sort of arena slam down on top of anyone in the area, trapping them inside, like the game zones from the TV series reboot. Works well with the previous idea…
• Require some huge number of players (say, 100) and send them all off on some epic zergy quest of enlightenment at once (no way this would work… but it would be awesome)

Rather than use the HoM it would make more sense to overhaul the disparate current skin lockers (HoM, PvP, Achievements) into one single skin locker.

Ideally similar to the PvP locker interface where you can search skins by name.

Though statues from both games would be neat, as long as my Rainbow Phoenix gets to come too dang it ;D

Honestly I’ve never seen the point of heavy chat suppression anyway.

If someone is annoying me then I can /ignore them, if someone is spamming then I can /report them.

That said a commander message only channel would be ok, but it would be nice if there was a way to interleave the messages with my main chat window, so I don’t have to switch tabs all the time.

Master Yi.6129:

John Smith.4610:

Changes to the game’s economic systems are often made for various and complex reasons. It’s not so simple as to say “we did A due to B”. What you’re asking for would be very hard to do, though we do encourage discussion over on the BLTC forum area.

If you say changes are done only for complex reasons, then why did you nerf champ loot? That had an extreme effect on the economy, but the change took little to no effort to do. Seems you contradicted yourself.

Complex Reason or result not equal complex change.

As you’ve noted simple changes can have wide reaching consequences.

So it’s sometimes best to make small controlled changes instead of huge changes, so that the effects can be predicted easier, and so the economy doesn’t feel unstable.

If you remember, champ loot originally came with the QJ update, part of that was setting the stage for an economy upheaval that was 500 level crafting.

As that change was pretty sizeable, it’s not surprising that they’ve had to tweak it a few times.

I’m at 89% right now, but I absolutely plan to salvage everything until I get to 300%. Sure it’ll take a heck of a lot time to get there, but once I’m there it’ll be more fun to run around and kill mobs than if I stopped at 150% or something.

Note that some enemies are quite difficult to kill with one or two people. Especially if you’re new to the game or your equipment or traits aren’t quite up to snuff.

Don’t be surprised if anything marked “Champion” (such as the Champion Spider Queen in Metrica Province…) or with a fancy border around it’s portrait brutally murders you.

Veterans can be a bit dicey too, especially if you’re up with more than one at a time.

At the bottom of all pages on the GW2 website are a collection of links divided into Game, Media, Community, Services, Shop (look down if you don’t believe me!).

One of these links says “Hall of Monuments”. This link will either work or not work depending on what page you are on when you click it.

When it doesn’t work the browser (Firefox in my case) says something like “The connection to hom.guildwars2.com was interrupted while the page was loading.”

On the pages where it works the link points to http://hom.guildwars2.com/

On the pages where it doesn’t work the URL points to https://hom.guildwars2.com/ (note the https)

One example of a page with a working link is https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/

One example of a page with a broken link is any forum page (such as the one you are reading now)

Seconded on wanting to know more about Thorn’s wives!

Why did he burn Zola alive? What gruesome deaths did his other wives meet (and what were their names)? Who was the Bloody Prince’s mother?

Ashabhi.1365:

It’s simple math. When you can kill a champ with a group in 30 seconds with the chance at high-level gear, why would you want to go to a zone where it takes 10 minutes to kill one with the same (relative) rewards.

In the Frostgorge farm champs die quickly. I haven’t timed it but it couldn’t be more than around 30 seconds or so.

Yeah I’ve gotten through Wurm on my second try. Later tries failed due to lag deaths.

I follow the dev-tracker pretty close but if someone said it wasn’t supposed to work I completely missed it.

I guess that means the Shortcut Worm doesn’t have a strong sense of justice. Only a strong sense of indigestion.

There are some pretty gnarly jumps so dodge jumps help a lot. Even if they’re not required.

So far I’ve had the most luck dodge-jumping from the first stepping stone to it. But it still squishes me sometimes.

Edit: after a bad streak now I’m just trying to dodge jump forward off it when I land on it, so it doesn’t get me either way, it’s a tricky part

Riselight.3695:

There is some kind of house in Zone 2 World 2 with a million of those insta kill shooting blades. They are invisible and have range of 8500 miles I suppose.
Already lost 30 lives there and then I quitted.

You mean the room filled with frogs and wall traps? Bomb the frogs from a distance so you don’t get pulled to your death. Then if you’re on baby mode the arrows will guide you through, and on normal mode you can check the walls for thin little devices.

Plains of Ashford, The Toppled Wall.

There is a small invisible lump that can be stood on or that you can run into and stop moving.

Attached screenshots show a side and top view of the location:

Fox Soul.4809:

Crovax.7854:

I’d love to know wher this ominous “luck” comes into play that all the bad players are reffering to, when trying to justify why they couldn’t beat her….

I’m not trying to justify why i cant beat her. I say that with 12 FPS in low setting is IMPOSSIBLE to beat her.

I beat her with 10-15 FPS. It did make significantly harder than it should have been (and I certainly don’t begrudge anyone for complaining about it), but it didn’t make it impossible. Just needed lots of practice, a moderate amount of luck, and a good build for phase 2.

Boss isn’t really that random. Apart from the kitten pull from those kitten orbs it’s pretty much entirely predictable.

Also the miniscule amount of bonus stats you get from achievement points from beating Liadri is so small as to not be worth mentioning. Just do a couple extra dailies or something.

But really I don’t see anything wrong with content that not everyone can do. If there’s no challenge then all rewards are meaningless.

Would definitely like a more prominent effect, just without any purple

Evans.6347:

It’s too much. But then again, these achievements are clearly made so you have to pick on candidate or the other if you have below average game time.

I’d say the only really time intensive parts that are necessary to get both minis are playing each minigame 15 times and doing 6 dailies, and that’s not too bad. You certainly don’t need to farm 25,000 points.

Brother Grimm.5176:

I’m going to guess MF on equipment becomes +GOLD drop as that is the closest thing they can replace it with and not create a balance debate.

I think this is unlikely.

They’ve expressed that one of the reasons they’re removing MF from loot is that they don’t want to force players to choose between stats and loot on gear. Replacing MF with GF wouldn’t really solve this problem, especially in dungeons.

This is a known issue that will be fixed in an upcoming patch. https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Exit-Instance-Widget-Blocked-by-Loot/2478573

Adding increased rewards to first place could motivate people to be more competitive.

Apart from that just keep the system as is, the people who really earned the title will know it, and everyone else will be slowly eaten away on the inside by all-consuming guilt.

Mystic.5934:

what was even required to get HoM achievements in GW1? is there any reason that same thing couldn’t be done in GW2? play GW1, get them when you start. if not, get them after doing them in GW2.
Or why not have these HoM rewards have associated titles or unique item skins? something cosmetic.

It could not be done in GW2.

They are completely different games (there aren’t even analogues for hero armor and most of the titles), the rewards were already advertised as exclusive,

And it would be next to impossible to balance in such a way that there was comparable difficulty in both games. For instance food and drink titles in GW1 are some of the most expensive titles in the game, whereas in GW2 food and drink is much much cheaper.

Not to mention they’ve already advertised the rewards as exclusive.

HoM rewards already have unique item skins and titles. It’s exceedingly unlikely they’ll add any more to this in the future as it makes more sense to focus on GW2 players.

I Am Overrated.3812:

I don’t have Guild Wars installed on this computer because I didn’t see a reason to since Guild Wars 2 came out.

You’ll probably need to install it to get your rewards. Whether or not you actually try it is up to you.

Edit: to elaborate, Inculpatus cedo’s steps work for most people. So it’s worth a try.

I think Yoshi is OP, but that doesn’t mean I can’t engage in senseless destruction!

Obviously I can’t destroy all my weapons at once! You all could be pulling the wool over my eyes!

But to facilitate mutual goodwill and cooperation I have started by destroying 250 of my 750. See attachments.

Isle Of Janthir.

I’m in a guild from GW1, and while I’m American most of us are Australian. So when GW2 came out we arbitrarily chose one of the more Australian servers.

As a guild we’re certainly capable of farming enough gold to have everyone switch servers should the need ever arise, but it’s never come up.

I bought the axe on the premise that all this “wrong” stuff was what I was getting!

If they “fix” it I will have to demand a refund, ragequit, and cry myself to sleep.

In GW1 Blimm complains about not receiving Asuracake last time Oola had a party.

Here I am complaining that GW2 does not have an Asuracake cooking recipe.

Please add Asuracake, for Blimm, for Asura, for the world.

Blimm

Last time Oola had a party, I did not receive a piece of Asuracake, even though I was told I would receive a piece.

Blimm

Have I told you about the time I did not receive a piece of Asuracake? This time…this time I will be sure to get some cake, even if it is bookahcake. They…they told me I would receive a piece. You don’t think that…that the cake is a lie do you? If it is a lie again…I’ll…I’ll burn it all down.

If Asuracake is not added I’ll burn it all down, just like Blimm said.

Gaile Gray.6028:

Robles.7458:

I understand that this problems can happen, but banned people in game shouldn´t be banned at acount issues forum because it is hard that they tell their problem if they can´t write here.

They always can use other webs like reddit, but I think that if they have bought the game, they should have the right to write here without ask for help to a friend.

I appreciate your position. I used to feel the same way, but since we all do have other means to get help, I’m not sure that having 100 people posting “I was unjustly banned,” when maybe only 1 was really involved in an error — is quite a risk and it will cloud the forums.

I totally agree with this.

That said, I’ve seen complaints elsewhere on the internet about closed accounts and feeling like they’ve run out of options. Sometimes with (excuse me) pretty terrible English which I’m sure doesn’t help things.

I recognize that it’s possible that some or most of these posters could be trolls who hacked and got banned.

But I also feel like it would be helpful to make the appeal process more explicit and less informal, so everyone knows how to access it and what a truly final decision looks like. Someone shouldn’t get a mail saying “the decision is final” when they still have a route to appeal.

Anyway that’s just my two cents to be honest none of this effects me in the slightest one wya or another >_>;

Thanks for all your hard-work managing the sometimes tumultuous GW community!

You sure that place is for cow racing instead of just the dynamic event that’s already there?

I miss the title for number of titles maxed. It just couldn’t be matched for bragging potential.

mikefang.4182:

I’m pretty sure they’ll release an unlimited logging axe, and I will indeed buy it when it becomes available. However, I’m hoping there will be a fourth tool available as well; I’d like to see an unlimited salvage kit, too. Hell, since it can be used to get multiple kinds of materials, I’d be willing to pay extra for it (extra compared to the pick and sickle so far, that is.)

I personally can’t see an unlimited salvage kit ever happening.

• There’s not really any fancy animation to show while salvaging.
• It’s much less annoying to run out of salvage kits in the field because you can salvage items at your convenience.
• There would be significant implications for the economy. Even an infinite use crude salvage kit might have economic implications.

I’ve never set foot in a dungeon or researched hardcore farming methods. And while dozens of gold for a mini is a bit much for me I can still make pricy purchases now and again.

I’ve heard that Moa Racing will be a permanent addition (can anyone confirm or deny?). So I could definitely see myself putting down 50-100 silver every week or so if I was in the mood to work towards a mini.

Of course the best solution would be to make the players themselves race but that’s neither here nor there.

It’s also important to remember that absurd gold sinks are absolutely required to keep inflation in check in an MMORPG (see Kingdom of Loathing ’s response to hyperinflation caused by exploits).

Charismatic Harm.9683:

Theoretically???? (because I’m not sure it’s “legal”)

The “rules” against botting state that (as far as I’m aware) you can perform a single action with the use of a macro as long as it requires human interaction to do so. You can’t program a macro to perform multiple actions with the press of a single button.

Keeping that “loose definition” in mind…..

You should be able to program a macro to click continuously while you hold a button down. It performs a single action and requires you to be present to perform said action. Meaning….you can’t just push a button once and walk away from the PC.

I’ve thought about doing this….but I’m unsure if it violates the rules. I think those rules are more to prevent players from completely automating the performance of multiple actions with little to no input from the player. With what I’ve described, you’d have to hold down the button in order for the action to be performed.

shrug If you’re worried about it….don’t do it.

Gaile Gray has already weighed in on autoclickers in general here: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/account/Is-a-mechanical-autoclicker-bannable/2086475

TL;DR: She says that they can’t give specifics but that she personally sees auto clickers as suspect because they’re usually used to give an advantage over other players.

Despite what it may look like on the worldmap, I’m pretty sure Southsun Cove is a tiny island in a large sea. It’s possible the Risen just missed it completely…

OK, in that cave dead end there should be some rocks you can jump up on to get to an upper level. This is where the skillpoint is.

Screenshots:

There only skill point I see around there is Razorwing’s Nest, which is easily accessible on the other side of the hill to the east.

If that’s not the skill-point you are talking about, could you take a screenshot of the skillpoint you need on your map?

You shouldn’t post alleged cheater’s names on the forum.

What you can do is add the name to your friends list and then right-click → report from there

and/or email exploits@arena.net

Are you sure you didn’t hit the “deposit collectables” button after completing your daily?

Paulytnz.7619:

I kind of agree with you that it needs an update or something done about it but just remember it’s only 1 achievement and I think only 10 Achievement points. It’s not really needed to get the 2 items from southcove or any of the other achievements.

Only thing you really miss out on getting for not doing this achievement is the title and really, that’s not so great…..

What title? o_o I thought the only titles were Crab Toss Champion and Crabgrabber.

I believe he’s requesting that the wiki page just include a note that the official license terms are here https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/community/api/API-Documentation/first#post2028044, along with a link. Not that there not be a wiki page at all.

The recently released JSON APIs for GW2 are awesome (thanks! <3), but I noticed while we have access to the UUID of guilds holding certain objectives in WvW (for instance https://api.guildwars2.com/v1/wvw/match_details.json?match_id=2-3 ), there doesn’t appear to be any way to get the names of these guilds.

A way to retrieve the guild names would be much appreciated.

Aria.5940:

There’s 8 ppl in a match, which means assuming no lag and equal skill 1/8th chance of a win for each match. A match takes about 6 minutes average. So based on that, how many matches for a 90% chance of a win?

Now add in lag to the point of freezing up every 10-15s. There seems to just be no possible way to win when playing the game this way.

I think the answer is 18, I love math <3

Working as intended: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/southsun/Omelette-Achievememnt/2046513

Note that you should be able to buy an omelette now and eat it once you reach level 75, even if that’s after the event has ended.

If you’re really out the ~500 gold you should definitely contact support as well as this is a (weird) account issue. Sadly I’m not sure how productive that will be, as you need a TP transaction to be reversed or items or gold to be moved around, but it’s worth a shot.

I’m also curious how much gold you paid, and if you have a screenshot of your “items bought” tab?

I agree that would be convenient, but in the meanwhile you can buy:

• Larger bags, bag slots, and character slots for mules
• A personal guild bank, treasure trove, deep cave (for non-account bound items)

But that’s the thing, you can’t (it says “Unit price must be higher than vendor value”), but even if you could I didn’t place a buy order, I bought out someone elses sell order.

Still confused