I’m thanking anet for making everybody buy up runes of Snowfall.
I was buying them at 7 copper and intending to sell them at 26 copper before this even hit. A stack now goes for 50 silver… Turning 18 silver to 125 gold! And even though I unloaded most of my 10-15 stacks at 10 silver, I’ve still got 2 stacks left.
7 copper to 50 silver is an impressive return.
PS
Buying up your Wintersday shoulders with karma isn’t that expensive, so you may get your shoulders too by avoiding the initial rush.
I destroyed pretty much an entire stack i had kept from last season about 2 weeks before this event, i feel like hanging myself.
If my 10 year old brother who never touched GW2 before managed to beat it, you can too.
…Which really should tell you how little the twitch-fest timed JP’s have to do with 99% of Guildwars 2 gameplay.
What does pressing your space properly has to do with Guild wars 2 gameplay? Jumping puzzles in any game have nothing to do with ingame gameplay unless it allows you using your own class skills, in which case a thief and mesmer get it even more easy.
What are you talking about, the JP is what bothers you, Not the drinks? The JP is one of he easiest ones in the game. It takes you about 3 minutes to finish each run. It just takes a a bit of practice. If this JP is bothering you they you clearly haven’t tried out the actual ones in the game.
I’d probably say it’s actually kinda tough because of the time limits. Most of the JPs in the game give you time to look where you’re going but this one puts you on a time limit.
Not that that makes it actually hard. It’s just harder.
30 minutes timer for a jumping puzzle that requires 3 minutes to finish is ‘harder’? Are you mad. Even the first jump quest in Queensdale is more tasking than this.
What are you talking about, the JP is what bothers you, Not the drinks? The JP is one of he easiest ones in the game. It takes you about 3 minutes to finish each run. It just takes a a bit of practice. If this JP is bothering you they you clearly haven’t tried out the actual ones in the game.
The drinks one bothers you? The drinks is one of the easiest ones in the game. It takes you about 3 minutes to buy them from the TP. It just takes a bit of time. If this drinks one is bothering you then you clearly haven’t tried out any actually hard content in the game.
Best. Community. Ever.
Id say spending 900Gold on drinks is much harder than pressing space properly.
What are you talking about, the JP is what bothers you, Not the drinks? The JP is one of he easiest ones in the game. It takes you about 3 minutes to finish each run. It just takes a a bit of practice. If this JP is bothering you they you clearly haven’t tried out the actual ones in the game.
I love my warrior to death, my first character and my one and only main.
Yet in this current state warriors are unplayable and underpowered.
Every class is the game got majorly upgraded/buffed.
While warriors remained at the same spot and got arguably weaker if you use the elite spec.
i’m torn between continuing to suffer or simply make a guard and move all my gear there..
So is ANET actually working on fixing this bug yet?
Every time, i waste my spare time on going to do ulgoth,only to see the collection item is still bugged.
For those of you who don’t know.
For the first collection for Twillight, there’s 2 Centaurs you need to kill.
The Overload at Kessex hills, and Ulgoth.
Only problem is, the current bug is that Ulgoth, drops the same collection item that the Overload does instead of his own item, so you can’t finish the collection.
Though i have noticed some people were lucky and did get it sometimes.
It’s kinda ironic that the route to crafting a Precursor comes down to RNG again thanks to a bug. 10/10
The guild and i have spent so much time gold and resources on unlocking a couple of guild buffs, and it turns out you can only use ONE at a time.
What’s the point of unlocking them then? Hundreds of gold just to pick ONE 4% buff to use?
What reason is there not to let them stack?
So right now my guild memebers are completely demotivated to continue spending their efforts on these upgrades, when they are forced to choose between 4% Karma to 4% EXP gain.
Some of us have been fighting this battle since the Guild Hall CDI, and continue to fight. However, given that Colin has flat out stated that they don’t consider “guilds” less than 5 people to be guilds, I think we’re pretty much kittened.
And any person that isn’t part of these 5 man “guilds” would agree with him
Of course they would, because they aren’t in those people shoes, and don’t care to put themselves there, because it’s all about “me me me” these days.
The definition of a “guild” cites no body requirement. It is simply defined as “an association of people for mutual aid or the pursuit of a common goal.”
An “association” also defines no necessary number of bodies, only " a group of people organized for a joint purpose."
Last time I checked, a “group” could consist of as few as two people, at least that’s what our education system teaches. So obviously our education system is wrong?
Hell, getting guilds of 5 recognized as guilds was an uphill battle, and that is even supported by the game’s own lore!
Why would i put myself into the shoes of anti socialization? The whole point of guilds and MMO’s to begin with is the Massive amount of players you can interact with. MASSIVE MULTIPLAYER ONLINE . Not COOP online.
Some of us have been fighting this battle since the Guild Hall CDI, and continue to fight. However, given that Colin has flat out stated that they don’t consider “guilds” less than 5 people to be guilds, I think we’re pretty much kittened.
And any person that isn’t part of these 5 man “guilds” would agree with him
Don’t get me wrong. I hate the time gated autherium and bring forced to spend so many mats and gold to progress. But im happy big guilds are rewarded for being big.
I don’t want to sound mean but two people don’t make a guild. There’s nothing stopping you from just always being ina party toghether. The entire point of being in a guild is to join a group of people. Wether it’s a group of 10 people or more than 100 isn’t the issue. But two people don’t make a guild. And there is no justified reason to give two people a whole hall instance. So many people complaing about small guilds being unable to shine, but that’s the point. Guilds need to be massive and powerful. A group of 5 or less isn’t a guild, it’s a party. And even if you had the hall. Every upgrade costs about 300G minimum. You really won’t be able to advance much,rendering the hall useless for you.
Except two people DID make a guild and had access to things in the game, such as the ability to make banners and other consumables, which Anet ripped away and put behind a paywall and a big/gold materials sink. For three years, small guilds of less than 10 were able to keep progressing toward goals. Now, they have to go through all sorts of hoops, money, and materials just to get back what they had before.
I don’t mean to sound mean, but I hope you can understand why this is irritating.
To the poster who said there should be some kind of reward for being bigger, I don’t disagree. However, why should small guilds lose the ability to do the things they were able to do before HoT?
I have 5 people (6 accounts) in my guild, for the record. After three years, to be told we don’t really constitute a guild because we aren’t all ever on at the same time and to have things taken away leaves a bad feeling.
Good job, for 3 years you enjoyed and experienced a featurethat doesn’t exist in a SINGLE MMO. At-least now bigger=better. As it should be.
Also the things you’ve done in the pasr aren’t wasted. Banners you previously unlocked are already learnt in the tavern for you. So you won’t be spending extra on that.
There is no justified reason letting a guild of 2 people achieve the same as a guild of 200 or more. What would be the point of even joining a big guild then? You’re just complaining because you can’t get over your anti-social behavior.
Not everyone is fixated on ‘achievements’ as you seem to be, some people od things for the fun not for the supposed kudos they [vainly] think it gives them.
Get over your elitist attitude.
You’re avoiding the question. What would be the point in joining big guilds if you could do everything already as two people.
The elitist argument is dumb. Wanting to be rewarded for bigger effort is sheer logic.
You could always team up with another small guild and take turns helping each other out with guild missions. Ultimately though if you choose to keep such a tiny guild, you really just have to accept that you’ve also chosen to take much longer to earn things in your guild hall in comparison to a 250+ mega guild.
It takes 3 people longer to build a house than it would take for an entire construction company.
100% rep guilds are the only real guilds tbh.
I don’t care about joining a guild for some bonuses or other crap. I want to be part of a community that is close.
kitten near impossibly to find that in GW2 thanks to multi-guild system though.
Exactly. People who are against 100% represent,simply aren’t loyal to their said guild. You are either one of us or not. There is no in between. You cant have the best of both worlds. Or more accurately to this situation ‘best of 5 worlds’
I see nothing wrong with this. I can now take part in both my Roleplay guilds at the same time and coordinate events through guild chat, while at the same time talking to my family guild who dont understand roleplay at all and thus have no interest in it. I can also talk to my dungeon guild and arrange dungeon and or fractal runs while talking to everyone else in my other guilds, without missing out on any conversations..
This is a good thing. Sorry you dont like it, but its about time this was done, now i can feel like a part of all my guilds. Not everyone i play with is interested in the same thing, and to get them all in a guild together wouldnt work, theyd never rep it.
The point flew so far above you that even airplanes are closer.
My guild got 5 members and we are all real live friends.
We made the same guild/clan over in every online game we’ve played.
Due to real life issues, getting married, having baby, looking for better jobs etc.
We are now down to 2 active members, and looks like we will never have our own guild hall. We don’t ask for being a powerful guild, we just want to enjoy every guild functions like other big guild.
The core of being a guild is to grow in size. Two members isn’t a guild. It’s barely even a party. You’re complaing about something that exists in any mmo.There should be some kind of a reward for being bigger. If two people could achieve the same as 200 people, then what is the point of even joining a big guild?
I don’t want to sound mean but two people don’t make a guild. There’s nothing stopping you from just always being ina party toghether. The entire point of being in a guild is to join a group of people. Wether it’s a group of 10 people or more than 100 isn’t the issue. But two people don’t make a guild. And there is no justified reason to give two people a whole hall instance. So many people complaing about small guilds being unable to shine, but that’s the point. Guilds need to be massive and powerful. A group of 5 or less isn’t a guild, it’s a party. And even if you had the hall. Every upgrade costs about 300G minimum. You really won’t be able to advance much,rendering the hall useless for you.
The new guild system hinders small guilds rather then helps them. Each upgrade has a minimum price of 300G to make.
The missions aren’t the issue, they required the same amount of people before HoT. But now the upgrades are impossible unless every guild memeber showers the storage with 100G each.
The Bereserker is the worst HoT elite spec hands down. There is no possible way to defend it or argue against that fact.
The berserker spec trait like actually DOWNGRADES the warrior and makes him weaker, you won’t see a single Warrior grind for the hero points nor bother to get the elite spec. And in PVP they prefer remaining as a warrior.
Compared to the Necros,guards,rangers and thieves for example. Who have elite skills that nearly double their strengths, and no life the game for 10 hours a day in the jungle just to get those powerful Elite specs.
Months of balancing and ideas and yet Arena net somehow managed to find a way to make Warriors WEAKER with the elite spec. My mind is blown.
berserker as of right now could be the highest dps spec. need to test more, but its up there
Warrior is fine. If you don’t restrict yourself to Berserker only there are still decent builds that works finely in pvp, such as ShoutBow, Banner Shout or GreatAxe.
Sounds like you are wvw user, then why not go GreatAxe?
If you think berserk is bad, just don’t use it. Rather, please stick to working build -.-
“Strict myself to berserker” It was released to be used, Just like ALL other classes only use their elite specs because they improve on their characters, so should the warrior. A warrior is the only class that is actually avoiding his own elite spec.It’s like every class in the game was buffed while warriors were left exactly where they are.
lol ok. So you need berserker buff.
Aw look, he DOES capable of logically thinking!
Personally i dont that much need berserker buff, but nerf on those other classes’s new stuffs. Especially Dragonhunter. These guys are so OP.
If anet nerf everything of new stuffs except berserker, it will be also fine i guess.
nah, whatever.
nerf all others new stuffs. Vs buff only berserker.
What wins? Lol
Nerf 8 classes to make 1 class more playable vs Buffing 1 class to make him in the same level as the other 8. What’s easier?
You only feel as if they are all SOOOO op, because your character is so weak. Berserker warrior is a complete joke compared to Dragon hunter. Not only because Dragon hunter is OP, but because Berserker is freaking trash.
The Bereserker is the worst HoT elite spec hands down. There is no possible way to defend it or argue against that fact.
The berserker spec trait like actually DOWNGRADES the warrior and makes him weaker, you won’t see a single Warrior grind for the hero points nor bother to get the elite spec. And in PVP they prefer remaining as a warrior.
Compared to the Necros,guards,rangers and thieves for example. Who have elite skills that nearly double their strengths, and no life the game for 10 hours a day in the jungle just to get those powerful Elite specs.
Months of balancing and ideas and yet Arena net somehow managed to find a way to make Warriors WEAKER with the elite spec. My mind is blown.
The Bereserker is the worst HoT elite spec hands down. There is no possible way to defend it or argue against that fact.
The berserker spec trait like actually DOWNGRADES the warrior and makes him weaker, you won’t see a single Warrior grind for the hero points nor bother to get the elite spec. And in PVP they prefer remaining as a warrior.
Compared to the Necros,guards,rangers and thieves for example. Who have elite skills that nearly double their strengths, and no life the game for 10 hours a day in the jungle just to get those powerful Elite specs.
Months of balancing and ideas and yet Arena net somehow managed to find a way to make Warriors WEAKER with the elite spec. My mind is blown.
Warrior is fine. If you don’t restrict yourself to Berserker only there are still decent builds that works finely in pvp, such as ShoutBow, Banner Shout or GreatAxe.
Sounds like you are wvw user, then why not go GreatAxe?
If you think berserk is bad, just don’t use it. Rather, please stick to working build -.-
“Strict myself to berserker” It was released to be used, Just like ALL other classes only use their elite specs because they improve on their characters, so should the warrior. A warrior is the only class that is actually avoiding his own elite spec.It’s like every class in the game was buffed while warriors were left exactly where they are.
In other MMOs, guilds are generally character based. You can join as many different guilds as you have characters. My main character is going to be in guild X, but this alt I only intend to play with IRL friends is going to be in guild Y. I personally prefer this system because guild X won’t know of and bother my alt.
GW1 forced you into a single guild account wide. GW2 was an improvement on that.
I see guilds as something akin to teams in sports.
You can play multiple sports with different teams. Guild 1 is for PvE, 2 is for WvW, 3 is for PvP, etc. Not all guilds are going to specialize in everything and guilds can double as teams (as in a set PvP team).
Too many people really shouldn’t be an issue, especially considering the cap is 500. If you don’t know everyone in your guild, you’re not a real guild, you’re a group of randoms.
You are part of the problem. I completely agree with the op.
Why join a guild if you’re only going to be part of it for 15 minutes per week? You waste a slot that a more dedicated person could have.
You can’t have the cake, and eat everything around it too.
You like to do WvW? join a WvW.
You can’t freaking represent your PVE guild to leech off some guild comis once a week and then leave.
It doesn’t work like that.
In any other MMO there isn’t even such a thing as “Represent” you join and you are a full member. Why the heck would you accept a guild invite just to take up space as a freaking person who isn’t fully joined.
Warrior is fine. If you don’t restrict yourself to Berserker only there are still decent builds that works finely in pvp, such as ShoutBow, Banner Shout or GreatAxe.
Sounds like you are wvw user, then why not go GreatAxe?
If you think berserk is bad, just don’t use it. Rather, please stick to working build -.-
“Strict myself to berserker” It was released to be used, Just like ALL other classes only use their elite specs because they improve on their characters, so should the warrior. A warrior is the only class that is actually avoiding his own elite spec.It’s like every class in the game was buffed while warriors were left exactly where they are.
I like my mentor title, It’s pretty & apples are healthy. I also give out advice to new & veteran players on HoT events. Yes, I get harassed when I wear it- people blocking me just because I have it, but people are always trying to find something to hate against, it’s the world we live in.
I also think the WvW commander tags need an upgrade!
You can chat with any of your Guilds, whether you are representing or not. Nothing is really gained by representing, other than bonuses, as stated above. Unless you are doing some Guild-related activity, or visiting the Guild Hall, perhaps.
So once again, you only activate your represent to leech of guild activities and bonus’s not to be actually part of a thing called a “guild”. Pathetic. why the heck would you join one to begin with?
The Bereserker is the worst HoT elite spec hands down. There is no possible way to defend it or argue against that fact.
The berserker spec trait like actually DOWNGRADES the warrior and makes him weaker, you won’t see a single Warrior grind for the hero points nor bother to get the elite spec. And in PVP they prefer remaining as a warrior.
Compared to the Necros,guards,rangers and thieves for example. Who have elite skills that nearly double their strengths, and no life the game for 10 hours a day in the jungle just to get those powerful Elite specs.
Months of balancing and ideas and yet Arena net somehow managed to find a way to make Warriors WEAKER with the elite spec. My mind is blown.
The Bereserker is the worst HoT elite spec hands down. There is no possible way to defend it or argue against that fact.
The berserker spec trait like actually DOWNGRADES the warrior and makes him weaker, you won’t see a single Warrior grind for the hero points nor bother to get the elite spec. And in PVP they prefer remaining as a warrior.
Compared to the Necros,guards,rangers and thieves for example. Who have elite skills that nearly double their strengths, and no life the game for 10 hours a day in the jungle just to get those powerful Elite specs.
Months of balancing and ideas and yet Arena net somehow managed to find a way to make Warriors WEAKER with the elite spec. My mind is blown.
The Bereserker is the worst HoT elite spec hands down. There is no possible way to defend it or argue against that fact.
The berserker spec trait like actually DOWNGRADES the warrior and makes him weaker, you won’t see a single Warrior grind for the hero points nor bother to get the elite spec. And in PVP they prefer remaining as a warrior.
Compared to the Necros,guards,rangers and thieves for example. Who have elite skills that nearly double their strengths, and no life the game for 10 hours a day in the jungle just to get those powerful Elite specs.
Months of balancing and ideas and yet Arena net somehow managed to find a way to make Warriors WEAKER with the elite spec. My mind is blown.
Casual and lazy has nothing to do with it, at least for me. I simply wanted to have things to do in the worlds so I could enjoy the specialization. I would have no issue getting 400, I just see no merit in it given that the elite specializations are only moderately better than standard skills.
The Berserker elite skills is actually a downgrade from the regular warrior specs.
PvE Party:
I understand that PVP and WVW size is important, but friends and I are really rather incensed that PvE party is still only 5, where as in gw1 the party size was 6 plus. I wonder if there is any thought to making the party size bigger in PvE.
Guild Hall. I think it really is a shame that you have to have such a hard fight to get a guild hall. I leave smaller guild out of luck to have a place to gather. I think it is unfair where as in GW1 we were given a Hall to gather in. Smaller guild should not be just brushed aside for the bigger guilds.
The fight for the guild hall itself isn’t even a fraction of the issue. If you’re a small guild even if you did get the guild hall, it would take you like weeks just to finish the first upgrade.
It takes like 300G minimum per guild upgrade, along side the gated time waiting Clash of clans styled guild currency(Autherhium). You want to upgrade this feature and have all the mats? Too bad, wait 50 hours for the gated guild only currency to generate.
I hope there isn’t so all these 100% rep guilds get phased out lol
There will continue to be reasons for 100% rep guilds as long as guilds exist in the game; it was never just about chat or influence.
However, on the topic: I can’t see any value to the guild for me to rep; the value to me is whether the guild is offering bonuses or not (and how much chat is going on — easier to rep the guild that chats the most so I have to type the least).
Why in the hell would you join a guild and not represent it? Is it somehow diminishing you to have a your Guild tag next to you? Is it a disadvantage to locate your guildies easier? Is having the ability to chat with them a bad thing? What the heck did you even join the guild? To sometimes represent for 15 minutes to leech some Guild commis? Pathetic.
In any other MMO there isn’t even such a thing as “Represent” you join and you are a full member. Why the heck would you accept a guild invite just to take up space as a freaking person who isn’t fully joined.
What if i originally got my Tag for the same use’s a mentor tag gives out now? What if i don’t Go into WvW leading a 250 player zerg? There was no mentor tag for 3 Years. The commander served more than one purpose and therefor people got the tag for different reasons. Now 90% of the uses can be done for free with the mentor tag.
Of course i’d feel cheated. At-least make them harder to get, make them the last pact mastery not the first. Make them only appear at low level zones if you trully need to help “new players”. Make it take more than a 15 minutes event chain with 0 payment.
Something.
So what is the actual solution here? Would people who just wanted vanity tags be happy(or less unhappy) with a refund of their 100 or 300 gold?
What if the Mentor Tag and overhead icon were simpler? I’d prefer if the Mentor icon was a simple white/transparent circle with a lowercase “i” in it. Or just the lowercase “i”, if the circle/“i” combo is too complex for map icon display. And Mentor Tags should definitely not be in a color that Commander Tags can use. Would that make the Mentor Tag/Icon “uncool” enough for you to justify the 100 or 300 gold spent on what amounts to an over-priced vanity tag? I’m seriously asking.
I’d prefer if they made a free vanity tag, which you got after completion of the level 10 block of Personal Story, or for some other early goal in PvP or WvW. But all tags would have check boxes in the options menu, so each player would be able to see or hide any of the tag types at their option.
There is no excuse to make the Free version better designed than the original payed version. You can sugar coat it all you want and try to switch into different arguments, but that point still stands.
Vanity is a factor, There is no logical reason to give the free version that EVERYONE can get within 15 minutes better design.
Either make the Mentor tag small/uglier. Or actually make the commanders more impressive.
When you’re a new player and walk into a map that has one mentor and one red commander tag. You’d most likely assume the ‘Original/Better’ one would be the mentor.
It’s much easier to notice. bigger in size, and arguably better designed.
Also, a guy talking next to you having a chat title,A feature NOBODY has aside from devs. REALLY?
And again, The Squad upgrades are AMAZING, and a happy addition. But don’t benefit PVE commanders one bit.You simply don’t use Squad chat for anything aside from Triple trouble.
The guy in charge of Warrior took one look at this forum and thought: kitten that!
Then the rest of Anet looked at the rest of the forum and the Elite spec gating mess they’ve created and thought: kitten ALL that!
Seriously, they’re probably all taking a holiday right now to recover from pre-release crunch time. Expect a minor balance update in about 2 months to reduce Torch skill recharge by 3/4 second or some other nonsense.
Hasn’t that been the case with warriors the past year either way? Increase rifle knock back distance once in 5 months = balance buffs.
While I haven’t played berserker enough to comment on their state, I’d like to point out that the idea about elite spec is NOT to make it mandatory to use. You say you prefer using a regular spec rather than the elite – that is fine. Some people will prefer the regular trait lines.
Again, I cannot tell if berserker is useful for some place in the game yet, but I’m glad they don’t seem to be the only way to play. Elite specs should be a way to get new builds, not a way to get the best builds
You are missing the point.
The other elite specs are big upgrades for those classes. Dare devil,Dragon hunter,Reaper those are really strong specs. The berserker pretty much DOWNGrades the warrior, and having it in your specs makes you weaker.
That’s not how it was supposed to work.
You see reapers nolifing the game just to rush the hero points quickly to unlock it.
There isn’t a single warrior that even cares about the elite because of how bad it is.
like it or not, bragging rights do exist. There is no justified reason to give the FREE tag better design(bigger scale,nicer tag,chat title)
Bragging Right? Nw you are over your head mister. After 3 Years almost everyone has a Comm TAG? Do you think you are special because you farmed cute 300 gold? Seriously?
I would like to have a report option for Commanders too. There are so many uncapable Players with Tags out there it hurts to watch them command. Most of the time they use the zerg to self profit anyway.
So you’re complaining about incapable commanders. At-least getting the tag doesn’t take an instant.300G isn’t a walk in the park for casual play and isn’t worth your money if you just want to buy it for the bragging rights.
The mentor tag is free and takes you 15 minutes to get, so if incapable commanders are your issue, the mentor system only makes it worse.
The elite spec is practically horrible compared to the Guardian and Reaper one.
Heck even in PVP I’ve gotten to a point where i prefer using an regular spec rather than including the elite one.
Not to mention the two practically non existent abilities the torch gives you out compared to ANY other elite skill abilities?
Months of balancing were taking into account, and you ended up releasing an elite spec that is worse than the original class. Good job.
Such a stupid freaking system. in 30 days you’re going to see like 20 mentor tags in any map. There is no justfied reason to make this new free tag better than the original tag and so easy to get.
