Guild Wars 2

I also feel that the birthday presents should have been handled the same way as GW1 – a small series in which you got one random mini from your present. That gave an element of surprise and fun. I never minded if I got the blue or green rarity vs. the yellow rarity – it was free, it was fun, and I had the option to buy/trade my mini with other players or friends to try and complete my collection. Yes, some got to being grossly expensive and I could not afford them… but I still prefer that over everyone getting multiples of the exact same account bound mini that cannot even be thrown into the mystic forge.

The scroll and booster were a nice addition, but the scroll needs to be a straight +20 levels rather than the 1st 20 levels. This is a gift for veteran players! Hoping for a new race or profession so that I get a chance to use it… but otherwise it’s rotting in my bank. It would have been so much more useful the other way as I could either level a character OR use it for skill points toward making my legendary weapon.

I do hope that Anet is listening to the players on this. I have seen multiple threads about this since they announced it on the Queen’s Speech release page and they ALL express the same sentiments about the birthday presents. It needs to change Anet!

Even if it is allowable, I don’t believe you can get credit that way as you have to ‘participate’ on the map during the event. This would mean that you need to actually kill some of the event mobs and such to get credit and therefore running in a circle won’t help you.

As a HUGE fan of all things Asura I will be greatly disappointed if I am unable to get a Mr. Sparkles mini. =(

You know… when you buy a video game console and a new one comes out – you are not entitled to the new one for free.

I own a PS3… but I am not expecting a PS4 for free.

It works the same with everything. When a new model of anything comes out – you are not entitled to the goodies just because you bought the older version. Times change, companies come out with new offerings, you buy the new or stick with your old.

I actually bought the CE of GW2 for $150… and this heroic edition doesn’t make me feel cheated in the least. My collector’s edition had all of the items the Digital Deluxe version had and I think it’s ludicrous to expect that I would suddenly get new free stuff because they changed what packages they offer. I can buy the legacy armor skins on the gem store if I want them.

This thread is a lot of whining and entitlement. Let the new players have something nice would you? Simply purchase the legacy armor you like and move on.

My little Daevinity <3 One tough guardian… who will blind you from a mile away. Can’t wait till I have Sunrise on her!

I don’t see why having a female version of armor on Asura is so bad. If they took the time to craft it so that it is not sexual then why not allow a little more femininity among the Asura? The hair ribbons show me clearly that at least to some extent they care about what gender they are.

My Asura wears the Wintersday skirt and ornate ruched shirt for her town clothes and it is VERY feminine and looks great! Yes it’s a deep V-neck… but it doesn’t looks sexual in any way. This shows me that they could make feminine armor for female Asura.

One thought – the new Phoenix set. Instead of a long, see through, feathered skirt like the human female wears – why not make it an ankle length skirt that has feathers on the bottom hem? Simple change, yet makes a big difference on such a small character model. Also, instead of the sweetheart neckline that accentuates cleavage – change it to a straight across neckline for the Asuran lack of cleavage. This keeps it looking good, yet feminine.

There would definitely be more work involved… but they SHOULD be tailoring the armor to the race/gender that wears it. Small tweaks to make it look awesome on all races and match all genders. Not to mention it would be fun to be like “oh hey, I wonder what this set looks like on _”. It would make it so that there is more variation in the game and people can feel even more unique based on their race and gender choices.

I put in a suggestion topic about female armor on female Asura… but it got few replies so I don’t know if I was heard or not. Maybe I should just grab a protest sign and hop a flight to Seattle to get my voice heard =p

Hule.8794:

I dont have this yet so it say combat transformation. You can be watchknight in combat?

Yes you get to be a watchknight in combat and you get to use your skills.

I have mine set on low because it helps my system handle the bigger fights…. but not when you add in the sea of names >.<

My husband and I have the same issue. I hope they fix it – that should NOT be the intended function.

I also wanted to include a screenshot of how I see things in game.

Notice how only my group member’s name shows within a radius of my character (the little Asura with bunny ears on a broom there) and everything in the distance has a name.

Near the bank is horrible =(

Ever since you guys turned off culling in PVE I have had a sea of names across my screen at all times. It makes the game run poorly for me and makes it ugly too.

Yes, I have the names turned off in the settings. The names ARE off within roughly a 1200 radius, anything outside that radius still shows names – NPCs, Players, everything is named outside the radius. As I run up to the names they disappear.

So obviously something is not working properly. I do hope you can get this fixed soon as it hurts my gaming experience considerably.

Just wanted to add in as well my husband has the same issue so I know it is not just my PC/game client doing it.

Mine also missing!

Please fix the NAMES.The player names are off within what used to be normal culling radius… beyond that radius ALL THE NAMES ARE ON! >.<

This is really bad and needs to be fixed.

Because of this glitch I haven’t gotten ‘Portal Invasion Closer’ finished, I did not get credit for doing Fireheart Rise, and of course it sucked up 2 hours of my life for nothing… which I will now have to repeat at a later time to catch up to my husband who did get the credit playing alongside me.

I received the rewards each time… and every time except once (the last one I did) I actually took part in killing her at the end.

I have been playing with my husband and we have been doing the same events together all day.

We have been going to each map that Scarlet attacks and sticking with it all the way to completion on every map.

He now has 5 invasions stopped while I only have 3 invasions stopped. Why did I stop receiving credit for the events? Now he can go to the funhouse and I cannot.

I cannot find another thread explaining this so I am starting this one. Please help, I really don’t want hours upon hours of my play time simply wasted.

Well… it hasn’t been confirmed… but that is the general consensus of speculation.

You can see her face a little in the pavillion cut scene – it’s green.

Aradusm.6420:

I got to admit, the Asura females’ armor need major overhaul so they look more girlish in my opinion. There isn’t much to distinguish a male from an female. I tend to make male’s ears long and females ears short, also adding different markings as an indicator of being a female.

I did the same… but put a helm on and suddenly no one can tell what gender you are anymore. Pink dye isn’t a great indicator because plenty of male characters have pink dye on

Just as a loose example of how such a thing (lolita cute style) could be done while still adhering to the Asuran aesthetic I found this design on DeviantArt.

Not designed by myself or anyone I know, I take no credit for the design. I am just sharing it here.

http://craftywingy.deviantart.com/art/Future-Cyber-Lolita-116494228

SURELY the designers over at ANet can come up with similar things or even better ones? Please Anet – new interesting FEMININE Asura designs!!!

Louveepine.7630:

Small girly accessories can do the trick without too human. a belt decorated with a more feminine shirt … or other …. not obliged to skirt.

I would love to see accessories as well…. but I really want feminine skirts!

Anime lolita ruffles and ribbons and bows and mini tophats might be asking a bit much…. but it sure would be adorable lol.

loving the theories going on here…. but I’m going mildly off topic and going to throw in that I want more plant armor!

The only plant armor in the entire game is either cultural or from TA… that is a fraction of the total armor in the game. Sylvari need more love in the armor department.

Yes of course they can wear the other armor in the game… but I know many others who feel the way I do. I am playing a Sylvari BECAUSE they are unique plant people – therefore I want to dress them in plant clothing!

Darkbattlemage.9612:

KingClash.3186:

WP’s theory might just cause a few to be disappointed with what actually happens, I don’t mean to say what Anet does will suck or anything – I’m just saying that if it does we all know how much better it could have been.

Actually his hypothesis isn’t really better. If it were to happen it would simply open the flood gate for time travel abuse which will then ruin the story in a matter of a few updates. I’m surprise people are actually finding this theory appealing given how time travel has really crushed other game stories in the past.

It would really depend on how much they leaned on time travel for storytelling afterward. If they use it for one plot device and then find a way to smoosh it out for other plots then it could be AMAZING. Sci-fi fans everywhere will rejoice as they get the best of both worlds – fantasy and sci-fi all in one game lol.

I agree though, it is a complex ‘can of worms’ to open and if they later lean on it to explain anything and everything away then it will be trivial and pathetic.

I loved WP’s theories and hope at least a few of them are found to be true… but if they manage an equally interesting story I won’t be let down by that either.

Darkbattlemage.9612:

Zayd Akira.1942:

Darkbattlemage.9612:

Zayd Akira.1942:

Shiren.9532:

People have taken that “WoodenPotatoes” theory too far. Occam’s razor: among competing hypotheses, the hypothesis with the fewest assumptions should be selected. The “WoodenPotatoes” theory is great and all, but it leaps all over the place.

WoodenPotatoes’ theories jump all over the place because that’s how meta-stories work in guildwars, its been that way since the first guild wars, guild wars prophecies being the best example of stories within stories within stories that interconnect and weave very long and confusing webs that in the end change the entire history of Tyria.
I’ve played guildwars since the first, and I STILL have issues following what happened in Prophecies.

Think: Cloud Atlas

I watched the entire video and his theory is nothing more than a hypothesis, or basically grasping at straws in basic terms. Yes the Thaumanova reactor explosion did cause bizarre magical phenomena but it doesn’t mean it interconnected with the Personal Story in any manner. There are countless alternative realities simply because one alternative reality has been seen. The Steam Creatures could come from anywhere, even from our reality just a different world. It was said humans were brought to Tyria by the gods along with the Forgotten. We haven’t heard the Forgotten for sometime now perhaps they the real builders of the Steam creatures and the Asura in the Infinity Cube personal story is just a “What if an Asura built them first.” scenario. Or it could be the Mursaat utilizing the budding technology of the Charr and Dredge with their own magitech to create new armies to finally get their revenge on the humans. Perhaps Scarlet is their new “Saul D’Alessio” and the Aetherblades the prototype White Mantle 2.0?

Such is the nature of theories though. People keep thinking that people whom mention Potatoes’ theories are taking them as proven fact, but this isn’t the case. We’re just presenting Potatoes’ speculation on his behalf, essentially.

I don’t assume everyone who mentions his name fanatically believes his theories or even remotely find them plausible. However a few have made me wonder. While his other hypotheses and theories do appear to be more thoroughly constructed, this hypothesis sadly can’t even hold jello. It basically a small scrap of tinfoil that made in the shape of a bucket. It looks useable but poor a drop of water and its now ruined.

The major contributor to this hypothesis inability to hold even jello is that the Living Story will not impact the Personal Stories, simply because it would be confusing to the new players. The dungeons someone mentioned, I think in another thread, aren’t an exception as they are intended to be done at certain levels. Once you obtain a certain level you receive a letter from someone claiming to be your herald informing you of the actions of whomever your Destiny’s Edge companion is. A Living Story however seems to permanently change world itself in some manner. Another reason is that those players who didn’t choose the Infinity Ball or whatever it called as their Asura’s first invention would feel like their choice meant nothing in the long run. We already seeing people complaining about the human focus of the Living Story, which I find their arguments agreeable but mostly I’m confused how they connect together but willing to stick with it to find out then make my final decision.

Is there some written rule I am unaware of that states living story cannot be built upon or influenced by the personal stories in some way?

Perhaps ANet actually included MANY stories that would somehow intermingle with various personal stories and we simply haven’t seen them come to fruition yet. Personally, I think it’s an amazing concept and I hope they do run with that. It would make it so that your personal story has more impact on the world around you and feel a little more realistic in that people don’t “grow up” in a bubble. I would love it if information from the personal story found its way into the rest of the story – even if it were very minor… or major hehe.

I was totally ‘blah’ about this upcoming update until I looked at the Internet today and saw the poem, wind-up watch, and webpage defacement. It really has me thinking… and that is getting me excited!

Oh please ANet… deliver something Earth-shattering, something amazing and awesome that will change the game forever. Something that will make jaws drop and possibly hearts break. I need a REALLY good story! =)

and to Scarlet…. I’m gonna kick your butt!

There will be be control settings so that you can customize what you see in accordance to what your PC can handle

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/speech/The-End-of-Culling

I thought that the dwarves were all turned to stone and still underground fighting Primordus? Since the Asura came to the surface I guess I had the feeling that they were done with that.

Enundr.9305:

Daevinity Inspirata.2508:

Eh, I commented because while I haven’t actually minded this story I do want more focus on the other races.

I say this with an understanding of my own personal bias against humans in fantasy MMOs though. I just find humans fairly boring in fantasy MMOs. Here’s hoping the speech Jennah gives leads to exciting new things.

well its not like all of the LS has been focused on humans , infact flame and frost wasnt focused on them at all , its unfair to not include humans in the story , they do exist as well. if im not mistaken F&F involved norn and charr. after this one we should see something with Asura perhaps? might be a link with the tech the aetherblades have?

Oh I know the story hasn’t been entirely human-centric, and you’re right in that they should be included. It might just be that this stuff from the Queen coming right after an election is all just a bit political for my tastes. I’m not entirely sure. I am not 100% against humans by any means… I simply favor the other races (primarily Asura, Sylvari, and Norn… I dislike the Charr even more than I do humans).

In all honesty, I HAVE enjoyed the Crown Pavillion and the Gauntlet as well. It was more the stuff out in the world (mostly the balloons) that I disliked. I do like my little balloon though hehe. The Pavillion has been a great place to level and get loot lol.

The Asura have a lot to do with the Aetherblades being as how it was the Inquest (dark side of the Asura) that gave them the tech they have. The Asura are my absolute favorite race and I would never object to getting content that included them and/or focused on them hehe

WaterWalker.3920:

HUMAN SUPERIORITY…. Death to the vegetables, kitties, and sentient dolls

rofl “sentient dolls”

I actually want female model armor on female Asura so I can make them look MORE like little dollies! They need adorable lolita clothes for them… that would be so cute!

Long live the dolls! =p

Eh, I commented because while I haven’t actually minded this story I do want more focus on the other races.

I say this with an understanding of my own personal bias against humans in fantasy MMOs though. I just find humans fairly boring in fantasy MMOs. Here’s hoping the speech Jennah gives leads to exciting new things.

TehPwnerer.7215:

Daevinity Inspirata.2508:

I also want to see a giant Asuran experiment go terribly wrong

……You haven’t seen 1000 of these already? Ok, well one more is on the way it’s called the Thumanova Reactor Fractal.

I did mention that fractal… you just failed to quote that.

Yes, we have seen it on small scale and some in personal story… I just really like the idea and it is a central quality to the experimental nature of the Asura.

I have reallllly wanted a Nightmare Court story line outside of TA since launch actually. That would be amazing!

I also want to see a giant Asuran experiment go terribly wrong to the point of all races needing to help contain it for fear of collapsing all of Tyria or something along those lines. The closest we will get to that though is likely going to be in the Thaumanova Reactor fractal… which I will be checking out once it’s in game.

LONG LIVE THE ASURA! hehehe (can you tell they are my fave race?)

Speaking of the crafting/TP/bank type areas… why not have an exclusive one in Fort Trinity that ONLY those who have completed the personal story can access? Why not make that personal story WORTH something after completing that final mission?

That’s true, I didn’t consider the SAB because it was more of a mini game than actual story content for the Asura.

Flame and Frost definitely gave us some Norn and Charr things to do as well… they just weren’t made into city-hub like stories.

We need more Sylvari stuff and actual story content for Asura! hehe

Hopefully it’s the start of a rotating trend where we get content for each race.

I do worry about the blind causing a seizure in some players – there isn’t even a warning for them!

Yep, I also agree.

Give it a show/hide option – done! Almost all other MMO games I have played have the option to see your own name/title/etc. if you want to… why not GW2?

I would love to see my own 100% map completion star… I worked so hard for that.

Nice idea =)

/fifteen characters

Please, no new crafting professions until they make the current ones more useful. (for more than just yourself and your other characters). There isn’t anything truly exclusively awesome for crafting yet (especially not that you can make much profit off of).

I love the idea of finally crafting back pieces and aqua breathers. I also think that there should be skins that are ONLY available through crafting – that are not account bound – and require a 400 rating to create. This way crafters might actually make some money off of their crafts. Currently, the most you make off crafting is a few silver for most items… the only thing I have seen better are the destroyer weapons.

I would love a way to play with guild mates/friends as well.

Even with different lighting in different zones… I think night time could use a bit of darkening globally. Sometimes I can’t even tell the little lanterns are on at night because it’s still so bright.

Night time needs to be a bit darker.

edit: also YES – more night time only stuff!

No.

Professions (armor-wise) are not supposed to be equal in defense. Someone wearing a cloth robe should not get the same protection as someone wearing a plate armor set – plain and simple. This is how it is in almost every game out there.

When you choose your profession you also choose how vulnerable you plan to be. If you want to be a necro, mesmer, or elementalist then you should expect to be ‘squishy’ and need to compensate for that. That does not mean your profession should automatically get double the dodge ability. (plenty of stuff can one-shot a plate wearer in this game too when they fail to dodge/run out of endurance and cannot dodge).

Nor should this mean that all professions should get the option to wear all levels of armor. The amount of defense you have from your armor class is part of what makes a profession – it should remain the way it is.

If not a buff of some kind, then make them into some kind of temporary trade-in currency that you can buy stuff with. Perhaps things like T6 mat bags, obsidian shards, potions, weapon skins, etc. Make it so that there are items that cost very little (1 badge) and items that cost a lot (150 badges) so that you can use up ALL of the badges for something that is of more value to you after the election votes have been tallied. That way they don’t just rot in your inventory or get deleted entirely.

I have thought about this off and on for awhile now. ANet already stated that they did not want to have two classes that were too much alike – and that is where the issue with a 3rd plate wearing class comes in.

Like others, I cannot figure out a class that would be different enough from warrior and guardian to count as worthy of being a new and separate class.

I also love the idea of polearms and other two handed large weapons though… so that’s a start perhaps.

It would be really cool if they could combine the ritualist from GW1 into being some kind of heavy class instead. Not sure how that would work… but summoning spirits (not spirit weapons like the guardian, something closer to the pet mechanic maybe? Or if nothing else make them minions like they were in GW1) and wearing heavy armor while using giant two handed weapons sounds pretty amazing to me. Might be tough to implement in a balanced way though.

They are actually already working on re-working the way dungeon loot works entirely. There was a blog post about the future of the game where they mentioned a different loot system in dungeons.

No… just NO.

Guardians are not overpowered at all. They are crafted well for both support, dps, and healing – depending on how you spec them out. Yes, even while specced for dps they can still do a bit of the other things as well – but that is how the GUARDIAN was intended to function. They are called a guardian for a reason – they help their party with all of their buffs – invaluable in dungeons – and they also help heal along with others since there are no dedicated healers. Those two things should NOT mean that they cannot kill mobs.

No nerf.

YES KATANA!!!

In addition to the Katana… we should get more daggers of Asian style as well! We have a sai as it stands, and I love that, but I want daggers. The ceremonial ones come pretty close too.

Nice thread!

Loving the ideas already listed – especially the light, medium, heavy filter options on the TP… and please add a filter for finding BACK ITEMS (most people don’t know to type in ‘spineguard’ or whatever other keywords make them magically appear).

Also, we need a dungeon token bank where each slot allows up to 500 tokens rather than the usual 250 (legendary gifts require 500 tokens after all). Heck… I would love to see many slots increased to 500 such as globs of ectoplasm (need those for a lot of things in game), mystic coins, obsidian shards….. yeah just make it all allow for 500 to be stored.

While on the topic of bank storage… allow us to purchase more tabs! I have all the tabs I can buy and I am quickly running out of room from all the costumes, skins, tokens, boosts, excess crafting materials, etc. If I want to be a hoarder – let me be one.

Guild bank – allow me to stack items that match without first pulling the item out of the guild bank into my own bag, stacking, then replacing. That is annoying. If the item matches I should be able to double click and have it automatically stack into the item in the bank.

The option to buy multiple (as already mentioned) PLEASE!!!!! Don’t know if you have sat around spending hundreds of thousands of karma on drinks for the thirst slayer achievement there ANet… but carpel tunnel is most certainly your reward. (Let’s not forget all the clicks you then have to continue doing to DRINK it all after you manage to buy it).

Really hate having to un-stack medallions in my bags before I can throw them into the mystic forge too.

That’s all I can think of at this particular point in time, I will return when I think up more ideas. =)

I can’t stand that it causes you to stop attacking… it’s a small peeve for sure, but I hate constantly having to re-click my autoattack after using it.

Also, while in PvE I have found that even if I go stealth… the mob that was previously hitting me instead of my pet… STILL attacks me. It’s useless! Please change it back to the way it was or switch it to an immobilize as someone above suggested.

Astral Projections.7320:

I found this reasoning by someone on why female Asura get male armor.

Poster: Myramar
yeah, asura females use the male armor models. Also the charr females. Why?
Basically because those armors were designed for male and female humans first, so the male/female version of armors does only make sense for having different female/male appearances (means: different anatomy). Female Charr and Asura do not have a different anatomy (charr females have a different tail, different head-options, but no different body build, asura females do only have different hairstyles and face options).
And because the armors were designed for human models first (except racial armor), they are designed for characters with human anatomy differences between genders. If you have now an armor model designed to show breasts, and give it to an asura or charr, it would look absolutely silly. This is why they wear male armor models, what is completely fine.

To some extent I could go along with that reasoning, except that some of the armor sets created for female humans ARE female on Asura as well – like the feathered and winged sets. Also the TA set has a female option on the Asura. The feathered and TA sets even expose the chest skin where it would normally have supported breasts/cleavage on human and norn characters.

It would only take some minor tweaking/reworking to get the armor to appear nicely on an Asura female vs. Asura male. Yes, it might have to look slightly different than it does on a human – but it could still be a female/feminine variant. I see this as perhaps laziness on the designers part for not crafting up an Asura (and Charr) feminine variant of each armor set. If you create the race – you ought to be prepared to have to dress them too.

As far as the lack of bodily characteristics – that’s crap! Just because they share the same form does not mean they share the same taste/style/gender mindset. Not every Asura female born is a tomboy who prefers to dress as a guy I would think. Although their research is paramount, I am sure they might give a small nod to their personal style occasionally too.