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In addition to what i’ve just posted- i’ve already heard/and seen Afkers.
People that gain a little bit of xp- wait 9 or so minutes…Kill something else- Wait again.
It’s becoming progressively more common.
I find it funny how WvWer’s are over here with grins on there faces thinking this is a positive thing- or that it’s actually good for your community.
Here- let me put into perspective for ya-
1.) You now have PvEers filling up your ranks- Whom you now how to carry-who don’t know the maps, or wth is going on- In zerk gear! Grats! Best be getting your healing hands ready!
2.) You now have afkers filling up your que spots at night! How does that feel! Must feel great, knowing that each night while your in que- there is someone like me tagging a mob and than chilling at the keep every 9 minutes not doing squat.
It feels soo good right! What a fantastic change!
I am so dissapointed with this change.
I am on Ehmry Bay- and as such, i’ve been merged into HoD for WvW.
No sense of community. No communication. I asked the commander for their TS information to try and org with them- Notta, no response what-so-ever.
and why should they? HoD isn’t Ebay. If anything they have been our competitor for years. Why would they be decent or inclusive to me?
We we’re getting stomped. Of course. So after about a 30 minute que and wiping to the same the large zerg 4 times- cause ya know- Why try to actually contribute by taking something else, or being defensive when we can just run up and face roll into a massive zerg… I deiced to go into EoTM.
Well- EoTM isn’t any better- in terms of progression for the tracks. I stayed a full 4 hours and only got to the Champ Hound box- 3 in.
I heard it takes EIGHT hours of in game time to finish the track. And much higher than that in EoTM.
For 1 track. 8 hours.
I just- can’t. I have had the precurser to Flameseeker prophises in my bank for a while now, but i’m just going to let it rot and uninstall. I’ve spent enough money on this game- I’m not going to spend even more to server change and go full range and zerg around on BG or whatever.
Nothing more that i hate than getting streamlined and forced into content.
I want to choose what i do. – these tracks were intended for pvpers and wvwers to avoid PvE.
I’m done.
Dulfy has one for every map.
The description lists each one.
Shows what waypoints to use and where to go.
GL
I think it’s ridiculous that bag/bank space is unlock-able ONLY thro the game shop. I’ve always felt that inventory space should be obtained in game.
That was the main reason why my other gaming friends didn’t stay with this game shortly after launch.
I spend 10 or 20 dollars each month on this game- and i still haven’t obtained all the unlockers. I’m close- But still- It’s been a few years.
Lack of visual information?
Really?
Because the timers on the right side of your UI- Specifically COUNTING down when something is going to go down isn’t enough?
The mega-server- Is awesome. Any flaw was fixed when they finally updated the LFG tool. Ya gotta taxi people.
If anyone remembers the game prior to it’s introduction- It was terrible finding people to do events with if you were on a low-pop server…So they introduced guesting- You’d guest to like JQ or BG and have to show up HOURS before an event spawned to not get into an overflow.
You think taxing over to Teq 30 minutes before reset is bad? Try hoping to find a map a 3 hours before Teq- and still be stuck an overflow.
Literally everything is provided for you. I don’t camp events- i don’t do anything. I check the LFG 10 minutes before any HoT meta- get a taxi. Boom, easy.
IMO : Anet tried to destroy the solo (casual) player but it backfired on them and everyone walked away. You can’t please everyone all the time but you can’t design your game for only one playstyle and expect everyone to like it.
Vertical maps seem like they have a lot of depth, but create unneeded confusion and frustration. To push this game further Anet needs to put the Fun back into the game.
They are the only publisher to put in tiered maps.
It’s incredibly innovative and awesome. First of it’s kind.
Oy- The map. And this is me projecting- So a bit of a rant. Why does everyone want their hand to be held while exploring?
I like not knowing where i am or where i am going. TD was the first map i actually memorized because for once i had to pay attention to where i actually was in the world. It felt so much more immersive.
Now alot of this is because the new Doom has a compass- and i’m salty. But i just don’t understand- why people want to be told where to go, whether it be guided towards certain content, or pushed into certain content.
What’s so wrong about not knowing where your going? Or forming your own goals based on your personal bias instead of having devs push you into streamlined content-
Can i get a flow chart? Can someone break it down.
No. I actually liked alot of the new content.
However i haven’t logged into the game and played in a few weeks.
The quality of life patch brought me back for a bit, but i lost interest again.
I don’t feel like i have any real incentive to play. Capped out on Masterys, Have multiple toons geared fully in ascended.
Yea i guess i could work on all those collections- But i don’t like any of the skins- and the few i like i already obtained, and i don’t care about AP.
The main reason i played gw2 was for Legendarys. That’s what kept me running fracs, and farming events.
Without that incentive- Like why farm for mats? What’s the point if your not using them to create anything?
I made hope, and have all the leg 1 weapons i wanted.
The only thing i’ve struggled with HoT, is how frequently we are getting BLC weapons, and gemstore skins now- Which is clearly there to sustain their shinny PvP project.
I feel everyone plays a game for diffrent reasons- I like long term goals, and now there isn’t anything that supports that.
Anet dosen’t need to respond to it. They could say they are against it…
But- How do you begin to start issuing suspensions against these accounts which have no traces of 3rd party software. Everything they are doing fits within the current design and mechanics.
The only thing they could change is how the afk system functions. You have to use an actual ability- Not a trait/Not a pet within a slotted amount of time before being booted to character select. That’s my only suggestion.
This issue has been gaining more momentum for several months now. These threads are good because not only do they showcase that- But the reality is- Anyone of us could easily use our billions of tomes to level up a necro/guard/ranger and do the same exact thing- Without any consequences.
That’s the biggest thing to be taken away from these threads. Loot while you sleep, no means of tracking = No consequences.
You got some work ahead of you Anet.
What got out of the quoted conversation from the Dev is that allowing your pet to kill a mob without assistance from you while you’re playing is fine. For example, my ranger can be out playing. I sic it on a mob while I harvest a node, it kills the mob and I get the loot from the kill. This is an example of the allowed mechanics in the game. What is not allowed mechanics is being afk and letting the professional mechanics kill mobs while the computer runs unattended.
The Devs response was trying to differentiate between allowed mechanics and afk farming using allowed mechanics, but unfortunately not saying it well.
Then clearly this needs clarification.
All it’s done is propelled afk farming.
He’s saying that they’re not saying “yes you can bot” but he’s also saying that if you’re only using the in-game mechanics, they’re not going to stop you. I remember back at launch when they simply considered it botting and people would come here and whine about being banned for it. I doubt they’ve banned anyone for doing it since then.
Exactly. Thank you.
If you trait your guardian to inflict burn damage to anything that hits you- and your auto loot mastery picks that up for you. Your good.
If your Ranger pet/ Or necro minions hit something for you that attacks you- Your good.
No consequences.
These are not bots. They are afkers, functioning on a bad..current design.
Also- The difference between now and then is that you needed to use some sort of outside program to pick the loot up for you. It was a huge issue at the launch of the game. Tons of ranger/bear farming for days- Alot diffrent now.
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It is allowed.
Show me the post that’s not 3 years old where it says it’s not allowed.
Tell me why the same person who has been reported by numerous people for 5-6 months is probley in game right now afk farming red in Silverwastes. Tell me why i personally know several people who afk farm requarlary without any consequence.
More importantly- tell me why there are far more people doing it today, then there ever have been.
What’s the answer?
Here:
Tl;dr intentional mechanics that allow pet kills to give experience and loot =/= permission to afk farm.
This is absolutely correct.
If your pets are doing the killing and your mastery is doing the looting; you’re okay as far as GMs are concerned. This does not mean design can’t/won’t/should/shouldn’t update the system as it works today.
Just to clarify, =/= means does not equal to.
If anything that supports exactly what i had stated.
Where in that post does it say it’s wrong?
For clarification-
What is NOT allowed- 3rd party tools that provide automation which allows your toon to move/attack while your away from the computer.
What IS allowed- Ranger/Necros/Guards, allowing pets or traits to damage the attacker while mastery’s auto loot.
They are aware this is a major flaw, but they haven’t done anything to fix it, and haven’t implemented any suspensions to those that are doing it.
I think you are unqualified to give an absolute answer, as you are not a Red Name. You are giving a mistaken opinion.
The mechanics are allowed. Using them to AFK farm is not.
Do you think this is the first thread to come out on this topic over the past few months. Afk farming has been gaining more momentum over the past few months with mastery’s.
Where is the red name saying it’s wrong? All these threads about this- always with Screenshots! and no one is saying that in it’s current form it violates the terms/conditions
Because the post from years ago was referencing 3rd party software that automates ability’s for you.
It is much different now.
I’m not advocating this. I hate it. I actually left the guild i was in because half the roster was afking silverwates- and i had been in that guild since nearly launch of the game.
My intent posting here is quite the opposite. I want Anet to do something before it gets out of hand. But as it stands now, they haven’t done anything, and the only RECENT comment made about it implies that in it’s current form- it’s okay.
It is allowed.
Show me the post that’s not 3 years old where it says it’s not allowed.
Tell me why the same person who has been reported by numerous people for 5-6 months is probley in game right now afk farming red in Silverwastes. Tell me why i personally know several people who afk farm requarlary without any consequence.
More importantly- tell me why there are far more people doing it today, then there ever have been.
What’s the answer?
For clarification-
What is NOT allowed- 3rd party tools that provide automation which allows your toon to move/attack while your away from the computer.
What IS allowed- Ranger/Necros/Guards, allowing pets or traits to damage the attacker while mastery’s auto loot.
They are aware this is a major flaw, but they haven’t done anything to fix it, and haven’t implemented any suspensions to those that are doing it.
And apologies for making another thread for already existing topic, clearly I didn’t search well enough.
Not your fault, broken search system on these forums.
Another thread on the same topic just means that the AFK-Farming situation that some people think is allowed is getting more problematic.
Because it is allowed.
GM says:
“If your pets are doing the killing and your mastery is doing the looting; you’re okay as far as GMs are concerned. This does not mean design can’t/won’t/should/shouldn’t update the system as it works today.”
Playing unattended is not allowed, and this was settled years ago
from Regina.
“Anything that automates game play to the point where you are able to not actually play the game as-intended (example: you can walk away from it) is considered a breach of the User Agreement.”
That was from years ago.
By automated she is referring to a 3rd party program
The reality is- With mastery’s as they are – Any Necro/Guard/Ranger can afk loot farm. Without any automation on the players end.
I’ve reported the same person for afk farming since before Christmas. Nothing has ever been done. The person is still in game, and still using the same spot to afk farm.
So i finally decided to do these for Hope last night.
I mystic forged 6 full stacks of T5 gems and got 20 gemstones from it.
Then doing the new Ecto recipe i got the random 25, 3 times.
I only had a little over half of the needed t6 gems for the old recipe- about 2k.
It was more than enough- i sold the remainder of my gems to help the gem economy netting me over 90 gold.
I would say to anticipate prices to go down and fluctuate some more over the next few days if you still need to buy.
I’ve been gaming now for many moons and i never knew games could be “refunded”
You bought it, you played it- It’s yours. That’s the policy i’ve always known.
So considering they atleast did that for you is shocking.
Do you have experience returning games? You use the word offensive as tho you have something to compare it to? i’m really curious, spill the beans.
Also here is the opinion from Brazil (another respected) youtuber. Enjoy.
Thanks for linking that one aswell.
I’m not to familiar with Brazil- But from what i remember, and someone may need to correct me? Wasn’t he one of the front-runners in really introducing the zerk meta to the game?
I could see a more “endgame” or “hardcore” player being more upset about this news.
That’s why i found Woodenpotatos video to be so surprising. Most of his videos are soloy based on the lore of Tyria. It’s easy to suspect he would be happy about this considering those people are being moved to living world content- and in watching both those videos- It seems WP is far more upset- i guess he even mentioned something about quiting aswell?
This to me really shows how invested a large range of players are, in obtaining new legendary weapons. I really wish they would reconsider going in this route.
I know many people are upset because they feel the expansion was falsey advertised- but for me it’s the over abundance of gem store items, and full black lion sets since hot released- it’s like rubbing salt in an open wound, when i think about the cancellation of legendarys.
It makes me feel like they are far more concerned with squeezing every nickel and dime out of the player base to help fund there new MLG pvp shinny (which is a massive fail), and new xpac. It just makes you feel used, and not want to play the game.
Great thread idea!
You can always tell who just got their legendary- just from the constant unsheathing and running around in circles!
My first was bolt- I linked it in LA before i forged it. I equipped it and looked next to me- there was 2 or 3 people next to me with bolt challenging me to a sword fight- So i spent the first 5 minutes or so after making it circling around the mystic forge, sword fighting these people lol.
The esport thing is just silly.
The last tournament they held i checked it out- barley anyone watching on twitch. Went to a few peoples personal twitchs/youtubes. maybe 100 subs.
200k prize for something no one is watching, and clearly almost no one cares about.
Is that really why they keep pushing out outfits and black lion skins super fast? To support that?
This has to be some sort of joke.
Another sad thing is that since Heart of Thorns was released, there have been 112 gem store skins added to the game (Dominator, Soaring, Timekeeper, Merciless, Plasma, Immortal, Improvised). No problem allocating resources to that, was there?
^^ A million times this
Ya know, We get new black lion weapon skins nearly every month. Some of which are way cooler than legendarys and have sound effects like the Timekeeper skins.
How can they push out new black lion weapons nearly every month- a FULL set mind you! Yet 300 people can’t design new legendarys in over 3 years? Weapons that were promised to us for years, and then given a PAY wall to get it with HoT.
Where is the logic in this?
Mike? Anyone? Someone needs to explain that to me.
You guys have been promising us new Legendarys for years. Literally years.
Then you announced we would finally get it with the expansion- not only weapons- but armor- and the fractal backpiece- Which was the biggest reason i bought the xpac.
To say i’m upset is an understatement. I’ve never played a game where i was advertised something by the developer to have it not be in game- Or if it is delayed- your atleast given a window of when it will be delivered.
You don’t put up a $60.00 dollar paywall- advertising content, then months later be like “na, where just not gonna do it” Really? What kind of company are you running over there?
Considering that Legendarys are our end game and Considering the breakdown on Reddit- you have 300 people on your team. 300! In over 3 years noone was capable to design new legendarys?
Really not cool.
If it is an actual expansion, and not just end-game meta maps, I might consider it.
Otherwise, no.
Exactly, and ditto.
Right. Time based metas- I mean dry top was such a success it made total sense!
No. This time i’ll wait.
Far more than 3 legendarys were advertised with the xpac, aswell as the Fractal back piece- Which months later is still not in game. I was also anticipating living world updates- for a few more years- Like the base game offered. Since then the only thing i’ve heard about them talking about is a new expansion.
It wasn’t until recently they commented- From reddit, more information on what is planned, but it’s months down on the line…from things i was expecting to get with Hot.
So, considering i haven’t been playing much- No. I will wait this time.
So you guys do realize that the meta events were always completed before the squad feature was ever introduced right?
Points like Madrabbits are simply void, and wrong. It isn’t your fault. Even if your new to the maps people are still communicating that stuff in map chat.
In terms of getting an overall head count- Again- You guys do realize you can just stack on the commander and it will tell them how many people he has. That’s been in game now since launch.
Ever since the feature was introduced- ANY of the new maps- A commander will auto invite you- and if you decline- They will constantly keep inviting you. I just leave it up now. There is no sense in declining anymore knowing they will just keep doing it.
I always start with a stack of 250 clovers/Globs/Mystic Coins
I do the 10 recipe- i have always finished with about 30-40 of each mats left, and around 80 clovers.
But it says- “When you swap to this weapon in combat”
How would it proc then, if it’s never being swapped?
How do you use these?
Meta battle suggests putting it on your Main hand sword- But if your using offhand sword and focus, how would it proc if it’s never swapped?
Would it still proc? Am i thinking to hard?
Thanx in advance!
no one is shoving anything down your throat, they’re mostly npc’s and you can choose to talk to them or not, you can also choose to read this topic or not.
Just showing a homosexual couple is not shoving down their sexuality on our faces, the same way as showing a straight couple is not shoving it either. It’s just showing a specific relationship between 2 npc’s.
Could you imagine if we gays complained about “straight propaganda”everytime a straight couple is shown in a videogame or a movie or a series? it would be pretty ridiculous right? because that’s how ridiculous some people look to us when they claim than just showing a homosexual couple of npc’s is “homosesxual propaganda” or “shoving their sexuality down out throat”
please remember that everyone is different, there are many things I don’t like, but I won’t complain when I see them because the world is not all about me. there are different people everywhere.
No, some of the dialogue the npcs just say without you even talking to them.
Seriously- wait for a group for fracs sometime. Every 10 seconds- “I used to be a dude, but now i’m a chick”
Not to imply that that’s wrong- but what you said is wrong.
Is guild wars 2 that devoid of content that Charr sexuality is actually at the tops of the forums…..Not only that- but whether or not they do butt stuff.
Like really?
SMH.
I don’t care about Scepter, and whether or not it gets buffed. The auto stinks. The block is buggy as all crude and doesn’t work in most pve scenerios- plus that delay on the block- for the clone summoning is laughable, considering it’s instant on our shield block- Oh and scepter 3- Which i am assuming is what they would be buffing- Since this is a pvp balance after all- Dosen’t really affect me as i just pve.
In regards to the alacrity nerf- As a pve player- where does this leave me? Exactly where i was before. A utility class offering less utility than the strongest dps classes, while pushing out the lowest dps in game. Awesome.
I really disliked the story. Which is interesting- considering i never paid much attention to the lore or story in other games.
I guess what makes this game different is the overall lack of story, and the overall lack of dialogue.
I’ve noticed myself doing events without knowing how these events or bosses are even relevant to anything.
Nothing is connected, nothing is expanded on. You just sort of feel dropped somewhere with one objective- Kill the dragon! There is no depth, no structure…nothing..
Open world, and instanced lore- just- stunk.
From fractals.
Clearly it’s in game. Why isn’t it obtainable?
I understand time gated content- but it’s been a few months, and we already had that fractal update.
So yea- Does anyone know anything about it?
Dang missed all this drama because video is private :C RIP 2 minutes too late !
OH BOY THERE’S A VIDEO MIRROR
https://vid.me/ngMX
The level of passive aggresiveness is on point. Made me giggle :p
“Hey guys, we spent our entire Christmas writing a Mesmer and Warrior song! To bad we can’t record it for you!”
Gotta love people who use manipulation tactics to rile up their fan bases. Pretty much explains why this thread was created.
You done good Anet.
Blaming the ban on Wintersday is just silly.
This game has seen many exploits. Some people getting banned, some manage to slip through the cracks.
It’s not the content that causes people to exploit. People make choices. Clearly they made some bad ones.
You can auto consume the drinks by clicking on the stacks. Also it’s like 700 gold which is a drop in a hat considering most people straight up bought their legendary after 2 weeks of farming in sw.
Your also not farming the JP- you do it 3 times. It’s guild wars 2- welcome to jumping puzzles. Jumping puzzles are one of the major fundamentals of this game ever since release. Every new map has introduced new JP’s- The new legendary collections even require them for you to progress. So complaining about those- It’s like why do you even play this game considering they are a foundation of this game.
Also- suggesting anyone to convert money into gold via the gem store- the exchange rate is so low- Why would anyone ever do that? Just play the game- all the new HoT zones are super profitable- just sell everything- Frac dailys take maybe 30-45 minutes tops and you make tons of raw gold, and you can just sell everything else.
If these shoulders are something that you want, it’s very obtainable. It’s not like you won’t have the time to buy the drinks after wintersday ends.
I think the problem here is you guys are farming these holiday events for presents. Do other things- far more profitable things as i suggested- and just buy the presents. It’s not worth the time outside of the achievements.
Meh- it’s been Harvest Wars 2 for me since the xpac came out and they made ascended mats more in demand.
log in- Do Fracs dailys.
Then i harvest using all my 80’s- i have 7- Flax-Iron-Plat- chopping down trees on my way around.
Do all the pvp dailys
Log back into my main- Do the gathering daily. Harvest quartz crystal in Drytop. Use the daily merchant in my GH, and my personal merchant. hit up the supply network agents for the Pact Scout’s Mapping Materials.
At this point i pretty much hate myself, and the game. If i have time- ill do one of the metas at one of the new maps.
So yea- pretty much it
To all the people asking- Yea save your drinks to sell AFTER Wintersday.
I got my shoulders within two days after Wintersdays day was released.
I never really participated in Wintersday, so getting the shoulders gave me incentive to do the xmas events- plus Jormag which i haven’t done him in like two years.
I still don’t understand why people are complaining. Nightfury didn’t get this much hate and that was FAR more expensive to make, and grind- /fistbump to the flax farmers.
I liked this- Yea it’s going to cost you “some” gold. But i like how it included all the actual wintersday events.
All skins in this game cost gold. Why these shoulders would be any different baffles me. It’s a game- you play the game- you get gold/or you get the items you want. Most of the complaints here sound like you just want to RP in divinity’s reach and get everything mailed to you. It’s a game guys, you have to actually play it. Sorry.
Dulfy has a guide- and they soloed them
I think i ran with a few guildies for some- others i soled. It’s def doable.
Another option is LFG- People do sell them, so if your still struggling you could always offer up some gold to stand in a corner and let people do them for you :p
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Posted by: Dahmerkitten.1385
This isn’t the first thread i’ve seen about this.
Man, it’s just a video game. Relax.
Everyone wants to act like PC principal these days. Force these wacked out perspectives on people over small things. It’s just a game. Fantasy. If you can’t distinguish what’s Real Life, and what’s a game- You shouldn’t be playing.
For some reason the game is installing in downloads. I noticed that when i upgraded to the 64 bit. I had to stop the download, create a new folder in program files, and copy the download to that.
Btw- Have they commented or even responded to some of these bugs? Anywhere?
/sigh
For me- what i’m most upset about, it the fractal weapon collection.
Have the entire set, yet it’s still not applying to the collection.
Then of course- the map completion bug… 3 of the 4 maps completed- no shakey chest to advance yet another collection as i already had world completion.
In both circumstances i feel as tho i’m being punished for playing the game before the xpac. and that’s a really lame feeling.
Then of course- The crashes. Really nice to see the community come together on this one and offer “safe guard” partys- in case someone crashes out. Dosen’t work all the time, but when it does- it’s great.
Also sharing the same issue as you.
I figured after i got my Fractual Masterys the ones in my closet would unlock it- but they didn’t.
Then i thought after doing a 50 they would unlock- They didn’t
Also ran a 60 – Notta
So not sure what to do at this point…