Guild Wars 2

Seveleniumus.5973:

I liked new instances, though they were kinda redundant, expected a little more challenge. On the other hand – the had only a month to work on this, so having that in mind – job well done

Some people are forgetting that this is basically a free content.

It isn’t free content, it is a way of keeping players… well playing. Thus making the game look attractive to new users and keep people buying.

I say this as I find the grind of the living story mind numbing to the extreme… the hunt 2 items for hours part to hand in to a underwhelming result in Lions Arch was dire.

I really do not see the point of the Living Story at all. Perhaps someone could educate me… why should I do the grind aspects of this chain to ultimately receive very little reward?

I agree with some here… there should be a reward.

The story is dry and boring with some obscenely mind numbing parts to it. The item find part was utter dribble, I spent forever looking for them, to hand them in in Lions Arch to perhaps the most underwhelming conclusion possible.

If you want me to grind achievements then make this worthwhile. At 80 I don’t need XP or Karma either!

I’m bored to the back teeth with GW2 right now and was hoping this would be some kind of renewal. Yawn.

Ooshi.8607:

1. Press M
2. Find Ascalon
3. Select way point
4. Travel
5. Proceed to kill 40 somethings
6. Press M
7. Find Hoelbrak
8. Select way point
9. Travel
10. Proceed to kill 40 something
11 . Daily done!

No matter how many choices you actually have, you’ll never be happy. There will always be something to kitten about.
Here’s a hint. If you know that dailies are easier done on the starting areas and are that cheap that you don’t want to travel from Orr with your main, park a alt in one of them. You get to level it a bit each day and complete the daily in the process.

Great creative content (note some sarcasm)… force players to rush 40 kills in two zones and move on… bored me senseless. Total waste of time.

The Gates Assassin.9827:

But that’s just it. This is an MMO and EVERYTHING should be pushing teamwork and team play. Heros were a terrible idea in GW1 because it removed any need for experienced players to need other people. I’ll admit, I enjoyed it, but if I sucked, I know it would make the game really bad. Even jumping puzzles, a solo activity, are better with other people. If you die, you can be ressed by an ally.

In fact, team play is the best part of this game. The more it is encouraged, the better the game is.

I beg to differ… team play is not the best part of the game for me. I have teamed on occasion where it was needed. I played 1 to 80 twice, and was happy with the story line and exploration. I was happy doing it solo, being in a guild with friends I know personally and simply chatting to them.

Team play is there, in dungeons, fractuals and champion events if you want it.

Anyway the point is rather moot, the better half now has sole use of my account to go along with her account. A shame as I have invested in buying gems, and was thinking of doing so again. Honestly it is not a biggie for me, I’ll go back to Lotro for a while and wait for another MMO.

If you want to pigeon hole my style of play, it is the extreme end of casual playing. I had something to work towards in karma pots… having 20 to 30 mins a day to play during the week and a few hours at the weekend… I’m now looking at maybe 1 or 2 pots a week. With Karma boost I’m looking at maybe at one piece of Karma armour a month I guess.

Sure I could get on with something else… but on a certain level it is the principle that directs me to jump through certain hoops and seek help on occasion to do so that irks me.

If I wanted to be some elite fractual player then I would have no argument.

If I just want to get some half decent karma armour casually then I think I have an argument.

Hey thanks critickitten and the others who also feel a bit like I do. And those too who don’t agree. The world would be boring if we all agreed.

Some sites work… so I assume it is a DNS resolving issue.

Boatdrinks.2546:

Eldric.8524:

Well most of the game is solo, 1 to 80 abut you are automatically grouped.
Events… automatically grouped.
WvW is usually just zerging, automatically grouped.
I am in a big guild of 200ish players. From my observations I am not alone, in that 95% of the players I see and talk to are running around doing there own thing and automatically grouped.

Fixed a few of those for you.

Pretty poor style to quote me, edit it and keep my name as the poster.

Anyway you are wrong, I don’t need to ask to join a zerg or an event. I can do events solo. I have no requirement of begging folk to join me or spamming LFG like an idiot 1 to 80.

Jovel.5706:

Yeah OP that’s right, the previous daily achievements could be done without breaking a sweat, you didn’t even noticed them while playing the game.

They rewarded you some EXP, Karma, Coin, and a potential item from the gemstore. Amazing right? They might as well throw Legendary weapons around for sitting in town and /dancing all day long.

Reviving dead NPC’s and players, harvesting nodes, doing events with other people causing your attacks to combo with eachother, crafting 10 items, killing different types of enemies.. oh wow soo hard and different than the previous requirements.

I think you are a little over the top… 5 silver, 4k karma and a very infrequent bonus drop is about right for the daily as it was. You need a little perspective.

Erasculio.2914:

1) The current dailies do not require you to cooperate with another player. You can revive dead NPCs, and the combo daily has been removed due to being buggy, but people reported getting it without being in a party with other players.

2) You are not forced to do dailies. Dailies are trying to reward all playstyles in the game once in a while, so it’s obvious that one day the daily will be about doing something you don’t enjoy, just as one day it will be about something I don’t enjoy, and so on. It’s the same thing as this month’s monthly achievements: if you don’t like to play in a party, did you feel “forced” to PUG Fractals to get the monthly achievement?

1) You don’t know what the other daily tasks will be. I am sure they will involve other hand holding tasks.

2) I’ve never completed a monthly achievement, never done a fractual and only been to two dungeons and never felt forced… not fussed by it. It involved a investment of time outside my reach. Dailies did not require assistance before… now they do (as I am sure other unknown tasks will demonstrate).

The Gates Assassin.9827:

This title makes no sense. Why would grouping in an MMO not be fun? How are you even avoiding that? Walk around and what do you see? People. Revive them from time to time. Dailies and monthlies are trying to get you to experience different parts of the game. I personally don’t like crafting, but in the end, is it really a big deal that I missed a single daily? It’s not real money you know. It’s not like your mortgage is going to fall through if you don’t get it. Breathe.

You missed the point completely!

It isn’t about crafting, and I never said grouping wasn’t enjoyable. It is about using the short time I have to play to now arrange someone to complete the tasks with.

The system was fine as it was! And I’m also happy to have dailies rotated… they should not need any reliance on other players though, in my opinion.

So I am not welcome to voice my concerns? Also that you have a crystal ball and know that all future rotated daily tasks won’t be ‘hoop jumping’ diversions that need assistance on one level or another?

Well most of the game is solo, 1 to 80 and there is no need to group.
Events… no need to group.
WvW is usually just zerging, no need to group.

MMO’s cater for about 99% of the time being solo style of play IMHO.

I will log on, have fun doing my own thing and chat to folk… is that such a crime? Is it something that should not be catered for in an MMO. Because it is all I have been doing in playing various MMO’s for 8 or so years.

I am in a big guild of 200ish players. From my observations I am not alone, in that 95% of the players I see and talk to are running around doing there own thing and not grouped.

Anyone posting from Australia, maybe North Queensland?

Amos.8760:

Why is encouraging people to change their playstyles a bad thing?

I understand what you are saying… but this isn’t about changing playstyle (that I don’t want to change anyway) but it is now a task that now forces me to co-operate when I don’t wish to. I don’t have time to or inclination to do so.

If it stays like this, I will move on… another game perhaps. I don’t do dungeons or fractuals for the same reason. I don’t have time. The mechanic for accumulating a reward of say Karma based armour has now been put outside the realms of the time I am prepared to invest in playing.

To clarify, I am now expected to perform certain tasks that I would rather not do every day rather than achieve them via just playing which I can do each day for 30 minutes.

Tried to logon on this morning, but am stuck at 0% downloading on the startup screen.

So a heads up as I think the problem is possibly due to the recent Telstra Telco outage… I believe this as I am able to surf a few websites that are live but are not being connected to from here.

www.abc.net.au and www.bbc.co.uk for example.

Used this site before… http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ and the two sites listed above are live but not available in FNQ. Assuming that the IP range or packet route is out for us here.

Would like to make a first post. Alas it is a moan.

The new daily format, in my opinion, is no good at all.

I am not keen on being forced to hold someones hand whilst completing the daily tasks. Whilst I appreciate it will suit many players I am fairly sure that many will also feel the same way I do to one extent or another.

Through the week I will often log on for 30 minutes to an hour, say hello to guildies and play however I see fit. This is due to work and life in general. Weekends are better for extended times for a bit of GW2. Up until now I have been able to accomplish the dailies whilst playing the game and not being diverted to this sole task. For me, that was the beauty of the dailies as they were, it was done in the background if you will.

Now the task involves looking for someone to hold my hand, or me theirs to complete what I think are annoying tasks. Combo deaths and looking for dead allies to revive… who knows what else is in the pipeworks? Hit 12 Dragons in their voonerables (Pratchett) whilst completing a combo and simultaneously looking in the other direction?

Point is I’d like to amass some more karma for armour sets etc… but I’m not remotely interested in grouping for dailies or even making them an event… I just want them to run as a background to what I normally do.

Kill aquatic mobs or craft items… yeah, pointless but I’ll partake, please just don’t make me have to hold hands.

Agree if you will and say so please. If you feel like I do, then maybe some change will come about if you voice your opinion too.