Guild Wars 2

Thank you for your replies.

Hi guys,
I have a burning question I am a veteran player way back from GW1 Alpha & Betas as well as GW2 Betas, I have already purchased HoT on my account but have setup a F2P account for my grandson. Recently I saw a post regarding a bundle deal of $59.99 for both HoT & PoF expansions (for the life of me with soooo many posts recently I can’t locate the original post) anyway, my question is if I were to purchase this bundle (assuming it is available – who can tell these days on facebook hehe) is it possible for me to apply the PoF key to my account, as I have HoT already, and apply the HoT key to my grandsons account. We plan to get him PoF for his birthday later in the year?

Many thanks for the efforts of the team you have excelled yourselves yet again, looking forward with great anticipation of the actual release.

Regards,
DKz Pixel

Give us a switch to turn on PvP mode map-wide

This is exactly the problem with and for smaller guilds. Many can’t do the missions regularly or at all and therefore no favor earned. One aspect of the old influence system that should have been retained is the guild party boost of influence (now favor) for participating in PvE map events as a guild party or group.

Added to this is the requirement for us to use Soulbound or Accountbound items to an unreasonable degree. This leaves smaller guilds in this position of being scammed. We only have two actually active enough to build our hall (omg the hours of farming so far) but we’re lucky enough to have friends in other guilds we can trust so haven’t been scammed yet. Shovels are one item only, add to this list the PvP Progress Reward Orbs along with a few other items (Celestial Imbued shiny soulbound thing of Oricalchum garbage for example), just make it so we use stuff that’s found on the maps, we’re not overly keen on the amount of mats needed but we live with it and struggle on (almost at level 16 with just the two of us) but a method of accruing favor OTHER THAN just doing Guild Missions needs to be implemented especially seeing as the gating doesn’t seem to be working quite as planned and big guilds are still able to grow a lot faster than expected (more power to them I say) but smaller guilds are suffering the wrath of the grind whereas party favor bonuses would help smaller guilds.

I’m not recommending for a second that it be as high an amount as it was for influence but at least earning a small amount of favor through partying up with a couple of guildies in Pve or other maps will assist the smaller guilds immeasurably. Just to qualify the "smaller guild" I’m talking about guilds with 10-50 members (many of which will be inactive currently) leaving perhaps 3-5 members to carry out the hall upgrades, we have 87 members many of whom will return at some point (due to work commitments etc (some are on deployment ergo we won’t kick them)) but for the smaller groups we still need another method of earning favor (maybe even do the Letters thing like we could buy influence before the changes).

Dunno what the solution is but I really hope they come up with a resolution soon or there isn’t any real reason now to party up as guildies (no benefits at all now) which will make recruiting to smaller guilds even harder than it is now.

PS: Any smaller guilds that need an extra hand or two can feel free to message me, if we’re able to help we’re only too happy to do so.

Check at your Tavern Propietor, second row of upgrades at the right? You need to build that first

Hope that helps.

So ANet??? Any update??? Smaller guilds spread over various timezones are struggling to get Guild Missions done for various reasons, we NEED a way to buy Influence to convert to favor OR we need another way to earn it... Many smaller guilds are folding up because they cannot progress after spending a buttload of time, an inordinate amount of materials and gold just to get part-way and stall, leaving the few doing all the work broke and exhausted. Another way of earning Favor is tantamount to the survival of smaller guilds. Come on we all got screwed now fix it!!!

Possibly been answered prior but I can’t find anything

Will there be any requirements of Guildies to take part in the Hall Claiming event? For example, I’m assuming a level 6 nublet would only be of use as Trebuchet Ammo but can non-HoT purchasers take part (if they have a lvl80), same for F2play if they have some level can they come along? I would like to see the chance to get as many Guild Members invested in the Hall as possible (their investment also means they may more interested in purchasing HoT).

If only HoT owners can attend that’s going to make it hard for guilds that might only have 2 members with HoT (the rest still maybe considering it).

Any chance of a detailed set of release notes – especially regarding the Halls?

The Order of Digital Knightz [DKz] are based on the NA server Borlis Pass many of our crew are also inactive, hoping more will come back with HoT release. However that aside we’re arguably one of the oldest online guilds (yes even older than The Syndicate) and have been involved with GW1 alpha & betas as well as the betas for GW2. We have European, US and Aussie members. We’re mostly PvE players with some WvW and we want to look into the PvP aspect eventually too. We’re a friendly relaxed crew and we are only too happy to help new players too. Feel free to pop me a message if you’re interested.

Qelris.6901:

Tom Gore.4035:

Thanks for the “/kneel” tip. Didn’t know that

I’ll add my own.

39. You can set any of your abilities to auto-activate whenever the cooldown is done by CTRL-Clicking on them. Most useful on the standard “1” attack.

40. If you’re being left behind in levels, try crafting. It gives massive XP.

You can only have 1 skill auto though.. having your spammable attack as auto is wiser than having a long cd skill auto, unless you’re willing to spam that hotkey, which I personally wouldn’t want.

Also, anyone knows what sPvP and Fumble means?
For sPvP, I’m assuming server PvP, but just want to be sure. If it’s server PvP, that’s WvW or what? o.o

Possibly answered already but I believe it’s Structured PvP – no doubt will get corrected if I’m wrong :p

Sorry if this has been beaten to death already but there’s a lot of previous posts to go through * I haven’t seen this question posed so far?

Will owners of ONLY the core game have access to the Halls also will lowbie toons also have access to the Halls?

I am assuming that they will (but won’t be able to use jump pads etc) but it is a question I have been asked to clarify whilst some of our members aren’t in a position to buy HoT as yet (possibly getting for Xmas etc), please tell me they aren’t being left out in the cold and that they can enter the Halls as a Full Guilded Member etc?

Many thanks in advance.

Pixel

Name: The Order of Digital Knightz [DKz]
Gameplay Choice: PVE and WvW, with a bit of PVP
Server: Borlis Pass (Required to join)
Contact info: DKzPixel.3792

The DKz are arguably the Oldest Online Gaming Guild/Clan (Guiness Record pending) having played online games since 1994. We were active during the Alpha & Beta testing phases of GW1 and during the Betas of GW2. Many players now inactive are planning to return soon and we have all current upgrades available. Website is at www.digitalknightz.com, we also have a dedicated TeamSpeak server and Facebook group for those that want to use that forum. We’re a very relaxed guild that’s in it for the fun of it, therefore no ‘major requirements’ that are needed by new players just the will to fight alongside fellow guildies and have a whale of a time. We have been extremely active in WvW in the past and will strive to continue, however we are also interested in Fractals, Dungeons etc etc.

PM myself or DKz Angelfire for an invite. We’re not real strict on representing however if you plan on advancing up the ranks then Representation is required moreso, -ie- to become Officer rank you will need to rep 95-100% of the time (we understand players will want to create their own guild even if for nothing more than extra storage).

Welcome to Guild Wars 2 all the new players, and welcome back all you veterans

:D

Yeh this is stupid, I got HoT anyways as I need to support my Guild but it ended up costing me $100 AUS just for the Premium. I do not need another Core Game, if this is the case then I should at least be able to invite my missus to come play on the – extra core game – account.

Come on ANet this is why so many left GW1 you kept screwing us, this is just nutz…

Many have given up hoping for this GvG type of battling sadly... along with Halls too.

Hiyas,

Been away for a bit now, tried searching for the answer to this old but goldie…

Will we have GvG (also Guild Halls) anytime soon? One of the things many feel is missing from the game overall is the ability to play GvG matchups therefore also beggars the question whether we will ever see Guild Halls. This aspect of GW1 is sorely missed and having the ability to “chill” in peace within the confines of our own Guild Halls and NOT have to load into LA or some other random map. Halls served as a great place to meet up with Guildies and plan battles against other Guilds (whether on our server or mixed servers). I know this is an aspect that MANY of our older crew miss as the Halls in GW1 were magnificent and they kinda gave us the feeling that we really belonged to the game.

Not everyone is into WvW and some can easily get overwhelmed by the number of Living Story type updates etc due to their inability to play every day… GvG would be a great way to ease some of those tensions imho.

Thanks for any useful news here
Pixel

Clearly you have your Cox!!!

For the Love of Grenth, are the trolls in here all 12-14?

Sorry if this isn’t the correct place but I tried to submit ingame via /support.

This screeny shows a Treb on our Spawn Walls which are “Seige Blocked” with the Treb hanging out over the walls edge. I questioned the player & the Guild Leader but got no reply so I am assuming they plan to continue using it? Unfortunately most of that guild left BP for DB mid-week so I expect it will be also used against us in future, even though we tried to stop them using it while they were on Borlis Pass.

Would this be considered a Bug or an Exploit?

Pix

The majority of BP are working hard to mitigate any damage and these threads do no favours for anyone on any of the servers. Best keeping opinions to ones self and just getting on with the business at hand. That is to say, IT’S A GAME PEEPS! Get over yourselves (All of you) get back to your guilds and pick up the pieces and get back to having some fun. These posts do nothing to help our other players to feel confident that thay have made the right choice of servers.

In the end, the greater majority of BP is getting on with business, this week is a wash and we all know it and that was mainly due to the holidays decimating server populations which puts pressure on the remaining players which cause frustrations like we’re seeing currently.

DKz is hard working with what we have left to help them realise that a Guild leaving is no big deal and we on BP will not miss KREW at all, Db will also get over their migrations and move on. Personally I’m really surprised this thread wasn’t closed a long time ago.

People grow up and get on with the game. This animosity isn’t good for anyone and is NOT even close to "competitive behaviours" that should be exhibited by "adults" of which I am sure most of you are supposed to be?

[EDIT] Paragraph removed as agreed.

To those on all three server that are able to play - Keep up the Good Fight!!! and teach them PuG’s as best you can, overall have fun (it’s not a job ya know) and overall don’t get too down on yourselves if its not going so well it will get better after the holidays.

To those that can’t play due to family commitments I say have fun and enjoy the lurv they bring you all, rest up and be ready for a kickb_utt week next week.

The state of the game leaves many of us wondering if we wasted our money but I still hold on to the hope that they will fix the issues plaguing WvW, it’s still only a short time since the game was released. Six months from now things will be very different, a year from now will be even more so. Most of us bought into this game knowing full-well the balance issues, bugs etc etc that plague most MMO’s and we should all take a step back and remember, the Devs have a devil of a job getting all this code to run, the players make the community what it is and sometimes we have to stop and remember that it IS still ONLY a Game!

@Lightning Strikes Thrice: Not only Daiosho is shaking his head, most of BP are atm, this type of in-fighting can be resolved very easily, why open it up to the public in general, I feel it’s highly inappropriate...

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I feel like there is so much more that could/should be said at this point but I too am tired & beaten. Guys ALL of you have a great holiday (no matter your faith) enjoy the company of Family & Friends and get rested up for the next few weeks ahead as we will have some ground to make up. And above all else PLEASE TRAVEL SAFELY! We want you all back here for the caning you so royally deserve

At this point in time the mechanics are very basic & simplistic. WvW is simply a numbers game, cap this for points then cap it back the next day for more points. it needs a lot more inside this engine to make WvW enticing. The mechanics for this low level entertainment might be relatively solid but it needs a LOT more objective-wise.

Granted the Culling & server transfers are major issues that we can & will have to live with till they find a solution. This new Breakout event to me seems like a poorly thought out bandaid fix and it wasn’t executed very well by ANets devs.

You asked if I thought the base mechanics were broken? The base mechanics resemble that of a push-bike in comparison to what it should be, and whilst the mechanics of cap this then recap it tomorrow is working it is also becoming really stale for a majority of players and needs to be addressed (which I’m not confident of them doing that on the basis of that interview). I understand the time constraints of making new maps etc, that’s not what I’m talking about. Some additional mechanics to make WvW more challenging than ’join the zerg for points in a hurry’ needs implementing and soon. Personally I would hate to see any more players opt out of WvW for either Pve or a new game, but unless they change their tact we could all be sitting on dead servers...

Not looking for reactions or flames, just my opinion...
I’ve been a dedicated GW player (we played the Alpha & Beta tests for GW1) all I want is for this game to succeed and to meet & play with or against as many of the players as I can. So ANet PLEASE listen to your player-base, we only want whats best for the game.

hmm, I smell Troll.

Read between the lines, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that’s exactly what they are saying. Yes might be an inference, but an incorrect one... I doubt it.

Geez, this alone is going to kill off WvW, players need something to hope for there and you’re just telling us we aren’t important enough in the ’grand scheme of things’. From what I see most players playing are in WvW most of the time., this is going to change if players don’t get some news soon about how ANet plans to fix what is quickly becoming a farcicle aspect of the game (stop these free transfers!!! how they can say they have little or no impact suggests they are completely out of touch!!!).

I agree with Pinkus, ANet should have kept their mouth shut at this point as it’s NOT good news at all...

How d_am hard is it to have a mod pump out an ingame message 30 minutes beforehand, come on ANet you’re better than this and you’re letting the side down with all these ridiculous recipe patches for Wintersday when most of us couldn’t give a rats patootie about Wintersday... Stop ignoring the WvW population and get on to this asap as we’re sick of spending our gold on siege that vanishes and plans that dissipate because you want to patchup a bleeding recipe for ’whoever you worships’ sake!!!

Many of you will be travelling over the next few days for the Holidays, PLEASE be carefull out there & drive safely! Aside from that let’s hope everyone has a great time with their families & friends and let’s all hope for a Great New Year, subject to the world NOT ending on the 21st hehe

Skapocalypse.5236:

I found the most perfect picture to explain commanding in WvW today. Start with 6 or 7 people following you end up with one at the objective.

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w182/Wrangler_05/sdfsdf.jpg

D_am those random drains that pop up in game lolz

Greens Daily Ritual.9025:

Sounds like a great idea to me. As long as we can keep our mates from getting drunk and starting a brawl. But seriously, if we could do this, it would probably be a first in the WvW community.

Maybe some Duelling even would be fun. It lasts an hour and gives Commanders the chance to talk pre-war tactics for 30 mins prior to reset so as not to interfere with that process

I’m not sure but yeh it would be a WvW ‘first’ I guess, maybe some of the other server are considering it too I’m not sure. The way I see it we spend a bucketload of time fighting each other & with each other, would an hour just ‘messing about’ amicably kill us (most likely heheh) but yeh I’m kinda looking forward to it myself.

I could only stack two Banquets to cover different timezones hence the second banquet 12 hrs later. I would have liked to have more but thats the way it is atm (hint hint ANet let us have/build more banquets than two please). (Looking forward also to the Feb upgrade to WvW and hopes it brings us new objectives & purpose).

Pix.

Hi Guys n Gals

Digital Knightz will be holding two Guild Banquets in the Hallowed Halls of Citadel on our Home Borderlands 1.5hrs before the Next Reset for the first and 12hrs later for the second (Timezone Aware). All are welcome to come and enjoy the Festivities, there will be Ale, Food, Fireworks and more. So come to Borlis Pass Borderlands Citadel 1.5 hours before the next Reset (leaves 30mins to discus War Effort!!!)

This is just a small way the DKz can gather you all up and in some way say Thank You all for an great start to the new GW2 and a LOT of FUN has been had by all and in some small way Celebrate the upcoming Festivities.

If possible can we arrange for our Opposition to join us? If so we can have the Banquet setup just outside of Citadel to Accomodate our Worthy Opponents as well. WOW that would be just like in that old war movie were the guns fell silent for Christmas Day heheh. Some replies from Dh & Db would be both welcomed & appreciated.

Seasons Greeting to One & All from The Order of Digital Knightz

Pix.

Leave Mesmers alone! Nerf the NooB!!!

Fix renderring before you look at any more Nerfs for characters...

/signed
A lot of good ideas and some that are not sustainable, however it’s time Anet Dev’s came back with some feedback. You’ve had plenty of time for meetings & decisions, you removed the Orbs and gave us less incentive to WvW, capping camps/towers in a zerg is not fun (fast but not fun). I think it’s time for Devs to let us know we’re being ’listened’to and that improvements are on the horizon. We at the DKz are dedicated WvW’ers and we don’t want any more of our Server or our Opposition servers to quit due to lack of content/objectives. The ball is squarely in the hands of Anet & they need to do something fast, and let us know that we’re not wasting our time in hoping for improvements. Give us what you promised at launch guys we all had such ’great expectations’ only to have them dashed yet again...

Don’t want to enter into a long discussion about numbers this that & the other. As Leader of the DKz in general I am astounded how this week panned out. Borlis players have really come together & formed a cohesive ’nation’. Given the politics of population etc I can only tip my hat to the few guys on HoD that are still giving us a great fight we have the utmost respect for you guys atm kudos. SF kinda had a lesson in humility this week as we will probably suffer if our guys get too c_ocky You too have at times given us some great fights this week.

All I want to say in general is a great Thank You to ALL of our Commanders for an excellent week and Thank You to HoD & SF for a fun week of WvW. Still a few days of this mayhem to go yet but compared to AR you guys Roxxor!

From all at The Order of Digital Knightz [DKz] keep it up guys and salute!

Pixel

Makes it awful hard to post Guild Recruitment messages too. (without spamming it I mean

Our work-around for now is to simply AoE the living daylights out of the zone, eventually they have to show themselves, especially with condition damage so rangers pepper that zone

Yeah, we had the same issue at Dreaming Bay (Borliss Pass) it quickly became clear why our waypoint was ’contested’ so frequently, Bug Report with screeny was submitted.