Guild Wars 2

@OP I have a very easy solution for you …

Join the mini race and if you see something you don’t like … LEAVE!

Join a different instance maybe there people have your view and want to “compete” and flatter their ego …

Coming on the forums to vent out and calling people (which I view as kind) cheaters is just ridiculous!

And if you still haven’t noticed and from reading this post you still don’t get is that so far you are the only one with that view and all the rest disagree with your attitude … Maybe it’s time for “you” to step back and take a second look on your approach to this.

I used to have your opinion about this fractal at the beginning until after a few times and with good teamwork you actually learn that this is one of the easiest fractals. All I can say is : practice makes perfect. I even did it many times with teams of randoms and we were successful every time and for the most part on the first try it not then second one in the worst cases. I love it as it is all about pure teamwork and proper coordination.

Well the easiest way i found is that once he is invisible to take a look at the mini map and keep as far off distance from him as possible until he becomes visible.

agreed
it all depends on what fractals you get and how good / fast you team is on completing them. and yes the time range is about an hour if you get stuck with the long fractals.

I agree on some points with you blue but not of the short hand meaning of AR. I myself was baffled the first time people told me it was not what it meant, in the previous MMO I played where AR = Attack Rating. Yes he should have done his research more on how fractals are but lets be real most people don’t and just learn on the fly / in game.

yes i do see both your points but some ppl do tend to have different perception of the meaning of some terms used in game.

i get his point of not knowing what AR means (maybe he just didn’t know the short hand for it) just an assumption

Or as you said he probably didn’t educate himself on the differences of 10+ and might have thought it was like 9- second assumption

no way of really knowing which one fits other than getting in his head but just like a coin everything has 2 sides …

well to sum it up his “experience” might not account for lvl 10+ as from what i’m reading between the lines is that it is his first time doing 10+

maybe that can shed some light ?

and those who haven’t done 10+ might not know about it etc … its then not a case of experience in fractals just no experience in 10+ fractals which to say the least are another lvl then under 10 …

you get my point ?

I seriously don’t understand why they would kick you just because your an ele …

In our guild we always run FOTM and/or dungeons with our team that consists of the following : ele, ele, mez, ranger and either guardian or warrior … and we tend to always go like this as we work great together and have yet to fail any dungeon we have done together even if it was our first ever run at it …

These guys that kicked you must have something seriously wrong with them period.

Snaetch.8612:

I like the other ideas you’ve posted, and my friend just had another good one – Make only the first waypoint accessible for dead party members during combat. You can continue to play the game, but it’s impossible to rush anything.

On this part it will not change much as all people will do is the following :
- all 5 go in and spam brainless attacks, 2 or 3 die and run from the farthest WP back to boss while the others just run around him just to stay alive … this is exactly the principal of rez rushing and is not what they are looking into re implementing.

- and now that you have explained it more I do like that rez cooldown idea on your first idea …

I only have one comment / idea that should have been implemented from the start for dungeons :
- If lets say your going in for CM which is lvl 45 suggested why would they make it that if your not lvl 80 with good gear hard ? Isn’t it as described supposed to be easy enough for a lvl 45 ?
My point being is that the dungeon should scale down or up depending on the party that enters not just a “oh its lvl 30 and i’m 80 this will be easy as heck” or “ kitten I’m just 45 i’ll get killed for sure” …
And I love that idea of speeding up the time it takes to rez someone down (maybe cut the time in half ?)

cesmode.4257:

@gamelord…good info. so I guess if you are the high level guy and not going in at the fractal level you are, you are…SoL… Kharma in exchange for increase in level.

Did the 21+ get a pristine?

yes he did as it was 10+ (lvl14) and we had the 4th bonus round so mechanics stay the same in this but seeing as we did a fractal level lower than his there is by no chance or logic him going up in level

I find that the mechanics they used is quite logical and easy to comprehend

Also as a side note we did enjoy the fact that the following happened last night (part of the fotm updates) :
We were fighting a boss and went at it all wrong (we kinda knew it) and 2 of us were downed. the other 3 stepped out of the combat area of the boss and the 2 players that were downed were able to click “restart from checkpoint” … quite nice instead of the previous “all jump to your death” so we can chose that option :P

I can’t answer all your questions but I can answer a few as we did try fotm last night with the following group : 9, 11, 11, 14, 21+
We chose to enter : 14
All received the bonus 4th round with a pristine and the 21+ gained some karma as well
We all raised in level according to what level we were initially except for the 21+ that he didn’t gain level but got karma in exchange.
Seeing as we did a lvl 10+ fractal and even number we got the bonus round as it always happens and the pristine as its 10+
If you go in with lower levels and do under 10+ I doubt you will be getting a pristine but I have yet to try this and confirm the results.

Hope this helps

Nuka Cola.8520:

haviz.1340:

Nuka Cola.8520:

can we get a devs answer to why we can’t trade Prestine Relics for ascended amulets? What’s the reason behind this!? Ascended gear was ‘born’ in fotm, every ascended gear should be available there.

Ascended gear is just a part of gear progression, it shouldn’t be available only in fractals meaning it doesn’t have to be available there as well. People were moaning about lack of options beside fractals, you can do it now ;p

i’m not saying ascended gear shouldn’t be elsewhere but all ascended gear should be available in fotm. I have 57 prestine relics right now and would like to use them instead of waiting a month to get a freaking 1 amulet with Laurels. I need multiple amulets for multiple builds do i want to wait months? Hell no… Its not like i want amulets to be easily awarded but for someone who does 2 dailies each day we shouldn’t be waiting months but trade our prestine relics that are collecting dust right now

I don’t normally post on forums but what you stated here is a double standard …

You say they shouldn’t be awarded easily but yet you jump and say I don’t want to wait and want them now …

So which one is it ? now and easy or wait like everyone else at the same stating point and get them with the same means ?

I understand your frustration of having lingering (useless pristines) right now but that does not mean they will be eternally … With every new game and new updates comes some patience and wanting everything fast and easy does not make any MMO worth while imo.

just my 2 cents on this fact

On another hand I do believe to create many ways of achieving acquisition of items as ANET seems to want they should by all means add the option to purchase these amulets in FOTM in a month or so as to give those who “dislike” doing dailies as the only way to achieve them and have the pristines sitting in their bank etc can be at par with the rest of those willing to do dailies for a month …

does that sound logical ?

I myself would just like to see the existing client improved and fine tuned ….

I know we won’t get a native client but at least some sort of updates and glitch changes to the existing one is not too much to ask.

I used to run this game on PC and hated it to death as my PC for the lack of words is crap compared to my MAC and having a client for it that runs is much appreciated. But seriously seeing “BETA” as its name forever is not something that appreciate seeing (needs to step out of the beta stage at the least) …
Ok enough rambling :P

Thanks a bunch!
Tried it tonight and all works fantastic now

Not too sure if this is a MAC issue or something else.

Since I switched from my Windows PC to my MacBook Pro I no longer see the NPCs marked with a broken red shield icon or any others (like TP NPC, etc…) but sometimes see regular sellers like the gold icon in the mini map or full map even if I’m standing right next to them which makes it quite hard to look for a repair

I tried changing every single graphics option and turning things on and off to no avail …

I am at a loss and have no idea what could be wrong or it is just a “MAC” issue.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

BTW game runs super smooth on my Mac compared to my PC (I get an average of well over 40FPS) so I am sure it is not a graphics issue.

Just for knowledge if this helps :
MacBook Pro 2.3 Ghz Intel Core i7 (Quad core dual thread)
8 GB 1333 MHz DDR
AMD Radeon HD 6750M 1024 MB

Thank you