Guild Wars 2

Yes Charr. (Makes no sense, needs 6 cups or no cups at all.)
No Asura. (About kittening time we had Asura female armour that wasn’t literally the exact same male version… I mean I get it, people like fantasizing about playing a gender neutral race, but enough is enough.)

I can just see the meeting that took place in order to okay this.

Anet: “What the heck Todd, nobody is buying keys.”

Todd: “Y-you think it’s because we have only been releasing ugly gliders, reskins of gliders and glider accessories? Or wing reskins for days? I mean there’s absolutely nothing interesting whatsoever in the gem store despite tons upon tons of player suggestion and feeback. Maybe we shou-”

Anet: -Icy glare- “What the kitten Todd. Don’t you ever talk to me or my son again. We’re making them account bound. Gliders, wings and gathering tools for everyone. Not free, of course. Also you can kittening forget about those swimsuit costumes you wanted this summer, Todd. And you know that school uniform people have been begging us for? Whoopsie. …Look at that Todd, we lost the code. Just like the revenant weapons. Go kitten off Todd.”

And GW2 died a slow and painful death because ever year, Anet just kept refusing to listen to Todd.

Shiyo.3578:

I like it how it is and want more revealing female armors.

This.

Now to move on to things that actually matter.

Agreed on all points. GW2 essentially went from MMO of infinite potential, to MMO purgatory, where people are just waiting for the next best thing to come out.

Lord Kuru.3685:

Getting rid of Colin was the right thing to do: he was doing a terrible job. But let’s not be so foolish to make him into a scapegoat. Anet’s problem is still there.

^ This.

Looks “okay” on females, really stupid looking shoulder plate though.
Looks downright comical on males as the posts here show.

Overall it’s like anet wanted to make an ironman outfit but picked the fat version where he battles Hulk instead of the actual proper one. Cool in movies, downright idiotic in fashion wars 2.

Sports sunglasses, Aviator glasses left to go and you guys got just about everything that was released once.

For the life of me I can’t figure out why you guys never release the college uniform. Pair that with cat ears or whatever. People would break the bank for that as a costume. There’s so many things people will throw money at, yet we get our daily new glider nobody really wants or cares about. Meanwhile, 5000 flame skins later….
It’s like anet hates money or something. There needs to be a dev initiated thread where they just ask the community for ideas on what they’d like to see in the gem store. Not even free!
You’d hit 5000 posts in like a day.

I think the hope that with the sales of these which will no doubt be large, anet will be more motivated to introduce more character accessories and less gliders and gathering items.

Here’s pics of the uniform:

I think even the naysayers who rabidly defend every blatantly obvious marketing decision bent on milking the player base anet makes can see this isn’t how you treat customers. Sure, it’s a business first, but let’s get real here. This game went from excellent to revolving completely around the gem store for “content.” I didn’t buy the first appearance pack because $25 for an outfit and some gimmicks is a joke, and I won’t be buying any of these either, no matter how much I want them. A line was crossed here, and if this is the new outfit package model, sayonara GW2, it’s been fun. First it’s $50 DLC (that I paid $100 for as a leap of faith in a company I loved) and now it’s $25 per outfit. I was more than happy to spend my money on this when that_shaman data-mined it, but not like this. Enough is enough.

Preserver.8457:

CuteLilKittenHugz.2064:

I really think you guys are so grateful for a change – any change – that you’re missing a few things that point to this not being much of a compromise.

1) Hero points are still account bound.
2) They are still gated behind some masteries.
3) You are still forced to spend Hero Points on ALL your skills and utilities before you can even unlock the elite spec.
4) The elite specs are all earned in a linear fashion – which means you MUST spend your hero points on traits AND SKILLS that you may never even use.

As it is, 250 HP is easier to swallow versus 400 HP, true…if you only have 1 or 2 alts to grind. But once you hit 4-5 alts and up… this is still a HUGE amount of grind.

I very much agree with this. I feel like the number 250 was chosen as a trap, such that Anet can say they “compromised” and anyone who is still unhappy must be “unreasonable.” However, I have yet to hear anyone satisfactorily explain why providing an instant elite unlock (e.g. via a Story quest) would be detrimental to players. Concerns about “progression” are disingenuous because the mastery system is still there.

Perhaps Anet is telling me (and those like me) that their game really isn’t for me. That would make me sad, because I felt GW2 really was for me compared to the other MMOs I’ve played.

Exactly this.

CuteLilKittenHugz.2064:

I really think you guys are so grateful for a change – any change – that you’re missing a few things that point to this not being much of a compromise.

1) Hero points are still account bound.
2) They are still gated behind some masteries.
3) You are still forced to spend Hero Points on ALL your skills and utilities before you can even unlock the elite spec.
4) The elite specs are all earned in a linear fashion – which means you MUST spend your hero points on traits AND SKILLS that you may never even use.

As it is, 250 HP is easier to swallow versus 400 HP, true…if you only have 1 or 2 alts to grind. But once you hit 4-5 alts and up… this is still a HUGE amount of grind.

100% agree with this.

This works for a few characters, but when it comes down to it, it’s still 25 HP locations. I’m sorry, but the thought of grinding these out on my alts is completely offputting. I have 28 fully geared, functional level 80s that I made to add flavour to my playing experience. I mean, there is NO way I’m going to do it on all of them, but even considering every profession grinding 25 of these gated, unsoloable points makes me not want to play. Of course, nobody should change things just because of one person(arguably the majority), but bear with me here. They only cut it down by 15. And this is not factoring the amount of HPs per map, nor does it factor that many of these HPs cannot be solo’d and are mastery gated. So you STILL have to pretty much do most of the maps, just not 100%. People are so happy they were noticed, that they aren’t recognizing what they actually got. I’m not saying I don’t welcome lessening the burden, it’s just that it changes very little to the overall issue people were upset about; people waited 3 years using the same old boring builds with the same old boring skills and wanted to play the new content with the new spec. It defeats the entire purpose if you STILL have to do most all the content just to be able to unlock it, right? Am I missing something here?

CuteLilKittenHugz.2064:

Lynce.9560:

250 points is still a bit much if you consider alts, manageable for 1-2 characters, more than that and is still too daunting. ..

That’s exactly what I just posted on the thread Gaile started.

People are just so happy that they got a piece of cake, they haven’t noticed it really amounts to nothing more than a few crumbs of “compromise”.

Pretty much this. It’s almost insulting. This works for a few characters, but when it comes down to it, it’s still 25 HP locations. They only cut it down by 15. And this is not factoring the amount of HPs per map, nor does it factor that many of these HPs cannot be solo’d and are mastery gated. You STILL have to pretty much do most of the maps, just not 100%. Ridiculous.

Human male sounds different. Surprisingly better than before. Could just be better recording. Slightly off-topic, but it seems like almost every NPC has the same VA though. There’s very little variety. I don’t think there’s been a moment where I’ve been wandering around and haven’t heard that Priory Charr’s voice (from where you choose to side with her or Lyranthir at the very beginning) just about everywhere. Same with Taimi’s VA. It’s not particularly important, but you figure they could have at least done slight variations, or at the very least not put NPCs with the same VA so close to each other.

The backlash for this is massive. Both on the forums and the general attitude from most people I run across in-game. Yet anet doesn’t respond. 65 pages. Over 3k+ posts. Most people are too lazy to get on the forums and voice their opinions in the hope that they might make a difference. When you have this much response, that should be a red flag. But no, just keep quiet, maybe it’ll go away. This is a PR disaster with an easy fix. It’s beyond baffling why it isn’t addressed. It’s not like it’s an unpopular majority. Fixing this will make most everyone happy.

Shen Slayer.3058:

Soon.5240:

I’m glad I spent my “pre-order” money on Fallout 4 and not HoT….

I should of done that too…stupid me.

Same..

warbignime.4610:

Geneticide.6987:

I think it says volumes that even with the gating, the story was this small that people have already beaten it. I hope it’s at least impactful as you suggest it is.

What? How much story do you want? Tell me any any mmo with story that you can’t beat longer than this, oh wait, other mmorpg don’t even have personal story.

Back to the topic, I’m currently on act 12. Not sure how far that is in the story but I am having a blast, the story was one of the best I have played in video games.

This might be the silliest response I’ve seen. You’re essentially saying that it’s wrong to expect a story you can’t finish in half a day in an expansion that is COMPLETELY FOCUSED on living story. Hello? Mordemoth hype for months? You further make an absolutely ludicrous claim that other MMOs don’t have a story. I challenge you to find any big title MMO that doesn’t have one. You’d be hard pressed to find it. Even f2p cheap aeria game clones have plenty of story. You then go on to say this was one of the best stories you’ve ever played in a video game. I think there’s a limit to how much of an apologist you can be, and you went way over it. I also find the number of games you’ve actually played to be highly suspect if this is how you feel. But hey, opinions.

Lastly, the size of the story was secondary to me. Had you been less reactive, and actually read what I said and not what you wanted to hear, you’d have realized that I wasn’t as concerned about how short it appeared to be, and was simply more interested in that it was as impactful as the OP said.

Take a step back to realize that even on day 1, people are already realizing the game for what it is. That’s bad news from a development perspective. Your point comes with its own built in counterargument, you know. If on day 1 we should accept that it’s too early to call it grind, then conversely, on day 1 it should certainly not feel like grind, and unfortunately, to many of us, it does. Take another step back to realize what it’d be like to unlock something as basic as a spec on multiple alts. Now take another step back when you realize that even with all this grind, you are still expected to find a large group of people that happen to want to kill the champion mob that is required in order for you to get 10 measly little hero points out of a pool of 400 in order to unlock the elite spec for a single character.

David.5974:

400hp is not horrible… problem is if you have alts. After 6 hours playing I unlock 7 skills. (And I also focus masteries). So, if i image my 6 alts.. 6×400= 2400hp… phew.. Please nerf elite hp req for alts.

You’re telling me. I have 27 characters, all geared, all level 80. If I wanted the option of giving them all their elite spec so I can play whichever char I want for added flavour? I’m looking at 10,800 hero points worth of grind. It won’t happen, I can guarantee that. So I’ll have to grind for my favourite chars, and even then it’s too much.

Nexterror.7180:

Just remove the elite gating already. Make it baseline at lvl 80 and get over with obviously fail ideas, before more people progress it.

So much this. You have such an easy fix ahead of you, anet. This is the majority of people’s troubles. The grind that prevents any fun to be had and causes you to exit the game on release weekend of all times, play another game, and rage on the forums like I did.

Short answer: no.
Complex answer: maybe.

As it is now, it’s nothing but a grind fest with gating after gating after gating. You can’t even play the new spec without beating most all of HoT’s maps. Wait and see if anet gets their kitten together, as it is right now I feel like a complete and utter idiot for putting my trust in them and buying Ultimate $100 version. At this point I wouldn’t even buy the basic $50 one. Never again. I like GW2, but HoT is anything but fun. I understand how opinions work, but unless people have a fetish for grind and a hatred for actual content, I’d be really suspicious of people who have rave reviews about this.

HoT hero points are faster as they each count as 10 points. However, you need to grind masteries in order to grind hero points. And some hero points require you to have a large group of people, for example to kill a champion that spawns. So arguably, it’s likely slower at first, but after you get the masteries, probably faster in the long run.

That said, the entire thing is a bit ridiculous. 400 points is overkill and just blatant grind. It’s doable on a few characters, but grinding 3,200 hero points just to unlock all the elite specs that, really, you should be using while you play HoT, not after you play it, is a bit ludicrous. Heaven help you if you have more than 8 characters you want to unlock as well.

I think it says volumes that even with the gating, the story was this small that people have already beaten it. I hope it’s at least impactful as you suggest it is.

Thank God.. story gates are a pacing nightmare.

Endless Soul.5178:

Thanks Matt.

Now here come the complaints that the masteries gating was removed.

The only people who will complain are people who already grinded out the mastery. I think the rest of us will be celebrating.

Kalan.9705:

Loki.4139:

Fix the Elite Specialization . I want to play my class not PvE for it.

Totally this. I bought the expac for new elite specs. Instead I got enforced BS pve grinds again and again and again for every single character.

Also +1, having to grind for the new spec is a chore and not fun. We should be playing the new spec while we adventure in HoT. At this point, we have to explore nearly all of HoT and finish most of the content just in order to play the spec. It should never work like that.

2/10 at best.

At this point I have to grind (masteries) in order to grind (hero points) in order to enjoy a spec I should be playing while I play the new content which I have to grind (more masteries) just to continue because anet gated the personal story based on the masteries. With the clusterkitten maps, and mandatory group content (many hero points spawn champion mobs in a zone designed to be harder than any other zone) it’s become a complete joke and far deviated from what GW2 advertised itself to be. Disappointed doesn’t even scratch the surface of how I feel about this expansion.

Lesson learned from me as well. This is the last time I trust anet with my money.

AzureSky.3175:

DarkMagister.7429:

A player had to consider paying 300g for the tag, which makes it less possible an ignorant player is carrying it, breaking the fun for the whole map.

I absolutely disagree. I’ve seen too many ignorant, useless or trolling people with commander tags.
Half of the playerbase and their kittens already have a commander tag anyway, they bought it back then right before the price was changed from 100g to 300g, just because it was still cheap.
The number of mentors ‘misusing’ their tags is probably not even the slightest bit higher than the number of commanders ‘misusing’ their tags.

Poor point, as HoT is brand new. With a bit of time, “half the playerbase and their kittens” will be trolling around the exact same way with their new FREE commander tag.

Agree with the overwhelming majority. This is a ridiculous amount of grind, which is further compounded by the gated story(really anet? you were that insecure about how short the story content would be?), clusterkitten maps, and other pure grind elements. GW2 was supposed to stand out as a game that is accessible and “my pace”, and many if not most people play the game because it doesn’t feel like a part time job. You could go in, enjoy the story, and if you wanted to, you could optionally grind for cosmetic skins and other prestiges. But overall, most all content was available for you to enjoy. I’m sorry, but this isn’t fun. At all. I only got 50 of the hero points (5 locations) because the other areas apparently require certain masteries just to get them (further hours of event grinding) and I already want to quit the game. I’m not saying everything should be spoonfed to us, but this is blatant grind in order to make the game feel longer. If this is supposed to be a “journey”, it’s almost certainly one through hell. It just isn’t fun at all.

I literally have to grind in order to be able to grind. Think about that for a second.

At this point, I have to beat most of HoT just to enjoy the new HoT spec line. If that doesn’t scream “ridiculous”, it’s made worse 100 fold when you have to do it on multiple characters. I have 30 character slots, 27 of which are level 80 and fully geared. You could say it’s first world problems when I now have to pick and choose who I make an elite spec, but when you don’t even want to finish the first character, you know something is wrong. When you exit GW2 to play some single player game like Mad Max on the weekend of release, you know something is wrong.

And that’s not even the bigger issue here. For those that can’t sit around and grind for ages, they cannot access the elite spec line that in many classes gives an advantage over other players. This isn’t something you make difficult to get. Cosmetics are understandable. Optional titles and prestige are understandable. But this is a bit much. You are asking people to grind in order to grind in order to enjoy a new spec you SHOULD be playing WHILE you play HoT. What’s worse? You can’t even solo the hero points! That’s right folks, in addition to grinding these bad boys out, you are REQUIRED to do a number of them with a group of people. Some with even more people (champion spawns). Yup, a champion in a zone that’s supposed to be significantly harder than all other zones spawns in order for you to get 10 measly little points out of 400. There’s no excuse for that. The mastery grind made sense, though grinding the same events over and over is still a pain, but it still made sense. The masteries were optional perks that made the game more exciting and would unlock certain lore related content. That was the impression many of us were under. Gated personal story and gated spec, however, is another story altogether. There’s a simple fix here. It simply involves HP and story gates. That’s it. Most people would be happy if all we had to grind were the cosmetic/lore based content.

I wanted to enjoy this, I really, really did. But at this point it really just isn’t fun. If this is the direction GW2 is taking, then there’s little reason for me to stay. I’ve been with this game since beta of GW1, and HoT was sort of my “last chance” in-faith purchase for what I’d hoped would turn the sequel around. I had low expectations for HoT, because it’s been something of a norm with GW2 content and it’s much nicer to be pleasantly surprised than disappointed, but I really didn’t expect this. I think it’s time I finally grew up and moved on. The magic of GW1 is long gone, and if this is the direction GW2 is headed, I can’t see any reason not to adopt other, more polished games that also include grind elements, such as Black Desert which was in most ways a much more enjoyable experience (maxed out in the korean beta, it was a lot of fun). What a shame.

By removing what set this game apart from the common rabble, you’ve entered it into the playing field. A field in which alternatives exist.

I’ll have to echo what most people on the threads are saying. Revenant just didn’t feel very dynamic.

Not sure if this is what you think it is. This is a stress test that lasts 4 hours, with a break in between on a single day. It’s not the actual beta. Nonetheless, I’m pretty stoked to mess around on a revenant for a couple hours and get a feel for it.

50% signed.

I VERY strongly disagree with GW2 needing to be realistic. Legendaries are meant to feel legendary. Please don’t make some boring realistic item a legendary just to appease the idea that things need to “make sense” in a game with heavy fantasy. In fact, please make MORE over the top gear, I eat that up real quick. I love shiny. I love over the top. I love big kitten weapons that look powerful and far from reality. I love beautifully intricate armour that doesn’t make sense. If I wanted realism, I’d walk outside. This is a fantasy game with strong fantasy vibes. I don’t want to hear the argument that everything should be realistic in a game that has mesmers shooting laser beams from their floating twirling greatsword.

What I do agree with, is to stop the “le funny funnies” aspects to where legendaries are an actual joke. Disco Ball? Confetti gun? Pony bow? I mean okay I get it, you guys thought it was cute. But it’s a legendary item. It doesn’t have to be all jokes man. It could be an epic item. Still, it’s all subjective, maybe the my little pony bow is “epic” to some people.

If you’re like me, you probably have a number of solo guilds you made for any number of reasons and represent 90% of the time. For example, I have a solo guild I’ve managed to upgrade a few bits and pieces very slowly with the small amount of influence one player can rack up without spending gold on it. In GW1, you could pay a small fee of 10 platinum, or 20? I don’t remember, it’s been so long. I had my own guild hall in GW1 in my solo guild. Please tell me it’s not too difficult to obtain one without having to have a ton of people giving you influence.

Confirmed working fix, thanks OP and Spydor.

ProtoGunner.4953:

Generally, I think people overact about those small clipping issues. GW is really the only community so sensitive toward clipping. You can find this in almost every game because it is very hard to fix. Anyway, I don’t even see clipping as a problem, I just ignore it and think it’s a part of games since the first games with polygons appeared.

Also the stuff like the ‘new human female walking animation’ – I watched a video and haven’t even noticed a differfence, even after watching it several times and reading a description.

Really, just stop with all the complaining and enjoy the awesome armor skins we receive from Anet.

Complaining? Is that a joke? It’s almost like you read the first few lines of my post, and ignored the couple paragraphs praising the new outfit. And where, anywhere, did I mention anything regarding female walking animations. Perhaps instead of urging others not to “complain”, you should not be so overly defensive.

And sorry, but the clipping is in fact an issue. Most female human characters I’ve seen have longer hair. The collar looks absolutely ridiculous with it. You say it’s not easy to “fix”, but that’s just it. It should have been thought of during design. Weapon clipping is understandable. But the hair among other things is extremely blatant and should have been addressed during design, as I said, because unlike weapons, creating an armour set that doesn’t clip with already existing character models should have been looked at, as that’s part of the job. It’s absolutely not difficult to have made that collar design work with pretty much every longer hairstyle simply by not poofing out the back side. Many variations could have been done. Easily. I believe it was just overlooked. Furthermore, if nobody “complained”, as you put it, then anet wouldn’t be aware that everyone finds it to be an issue. Do you think a company bases it’s design decisions based of 2 or 3 posts? Of course not. More people discussing it means more weight. More people talking about it means anet artists design items with this in mind BEFORE they get released.

Clipping. So much clipping. It’s a kitten shame because I LOVE this set. Come on guys, not all of us want to wear a helmet.

To date, not a single one of anets armour sets or outfit sets struck me as a solid effort. Every single one of them looked thrown together, kitten, etc. I’m not saying they were terrible, they just didn’t feel inspired. Of course, this is my opinion, but nothing felt like it had any soul to it. It all felt machined out to sell on the gem store. This set however reminds me of some of the beautiful armour sets you’ll find in some Korean games, and that’s a very positive thing for me. I’m probably in the minority, but I love over the top. I love actual fantasy items. Things that are awe inspiring. Things like giant swords larger than life that are so intricate and make no sense. They look like they can break apart with one swing, but it’s a game, and they’re beautiful, so that’s okay.

The thing with Korean games is the grind. GW2 has some of the most fluid combat, and least amt of grind I’ve experienced compared to asian MMOs, but the items in it just don’t wow me like they do in asian MMO’s. This set wow’d me. I stared at my character for quite a while, admiring it. Please guys, more like this. More beautiful items that show they were actually worked on. At this point, most everything about GW2 is aesthetics. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Just make things like this, and people like me will go broke from throwing money at you.

However… it’s an outfit. What a shame. Anet, please take heed: If you guys kept whoever it was that designed this outfit, and gave them just a little more time to work on all 3 weights for armour sets, (I imagine this is why it’s an outfit, so you didn’t have to make light and medium sets, etc) then I would have spent 800 gems on ALL 3, because I’m positive they would have been great. Whatever team designed this set, commend them. If it’s the same team, tell them they’re on the right track and that whatever inspired them should keep inspiring them.

Looking forward to more like this.

Jessica Boettiger.2563:

We have identified the issue and are working on a solution to distribute the proper tournament chests to all who should have earned them. We appreciate your patience while we work to resolve this.

Thank you.

Inb4 people who already got a chest get 2x chests and double the tickets and the whole kittenfest starts all over again.

Didn’t get anything here either. I think that guy who mentioned it was bad coding was correct, as mostly people who did their achieves “early” were screwed over. Normally I’d wave it off as a few lost greens as the typical RNG goes, and the typical way support goes, but this time skins are involved and in Skin Wars 2, it’s kind of a big deal.

-Tarnished Coast, been on it for over a year.
-Switched WvW maps over and over.
-10/10 achieves

This has STILL not been fixed.

So.. Taimi’s (fantastic character) theory: Scarlet building an army against the Dragons, or something similar. Is this anets way of trying to get us to like Scarlet? Is this even possible? Well considering she’s been shoehorned into everything so far, I can’t see why not. She’ll probably get “that” treatment. You know, the villain who did the wrong things for the right reasons?

They just can’t accept how many people hate her, huh.

She needs to die already. And why build an army to fight off dragons? She’s already more powerful than Zhaitan by a long shot. All we needed was a tricked out blimp for him.

I hope I’m wrong…

So I’m sure plenty of people have dealt with groups that kick you from their group once you’re at boss and try to sell your spot or just because they’re trolls. As I understand it, anet added the LFG abuse report system for that. (If I’m correct), what I don’t understand is after you actually are kicked, every bit of chat history from your team, etc, is completely wiped, making it unable to reference the names. Unless we’re supposed to memorize each name the moment we join a group just in case this might happen, I’m not sure what the point is. Am I missing something here? Is there some option to keep that history recorded?

You know it’s getting out of hand when our Mary Sue shoehorned queen Scarlet is to be more feared and having a much greater impact than an Elder Dragon. Terrible, terrible writing.

You know, I’ve gotten used to anets laziness regarding what they use to milk cash from the player-base, and I’ve made plenty of illogical excuses for it. “They’re just trying to survive as a business.”, etc.

But this… takes it to a new level. Cultural armour..? For every race? Like I get it, you guys are reskinning armour because you’re lazy. Fine. You added some generic flame particle effects. Again. Well, alright. You jipped every human of their 100g they spent just to get cultural armour, many making a human character only for that set. Cool.

But you’re telling me after making it clear cultural armour was race specific, your team satt here and thought: “WAUW DIS A GUD IDEA!” and greenlit it? I.. I mean.. I’m just..

Wow.

This needs more publicity. It almost feels like we’re being punished for our achievement. I mean, it’s like a tease… who designs something like that? You can be a bloody pig for an infinite ammt of time, but after spending how many hours on these mandatory invasions, you get 5 minutes? With a 30m CD? Extremely disappointing.

Yeah… every single other item is there. But no rapier.. instead we get some suggestive looking garbage sword. Why anet? It’s the only weapon I wanted. Why? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?!?!?!

The title probably sounds pretentious, but I’m being honest here. Every monthly “content” update we’ve had had no sense of wonder or discovery. (imo, mind you) It felt like nothing but a poorly made area/story just created to sell some RNG chests. But this.. this is beautiful. I haven’t even done any of the event, but I’m absorbed in the area which feels like a true “living story”, a real village/merch port. It might just be my adoration for cantha, but the landscape, NPCs, villages, stalls, everything feels crafted. It feels like they actually put effort with this one. And for that, I’m glad to be satisfied for the first time with one of their content updates. Thank you, Anet, and please stick with the team who designed this (if it’s any different), and if they’re the same, give them a big pat on the back for making some real progress in this whole “living story” thing.

Well, unsurprisingly, they still haven’t fixed the animation for these wings and I guess the only way for that to happen is to make some noise about it. If you can copy the code of the molten picaxe to the sickle, you might as well use the holo wings on these shattered ones.

It’s precisely because of this bad business practice that GW2 is now my purgatory game while I wait for something else to come out. I used to respect Anet coming from over 7 years of GW1, but this is just ridiculous. I haven’t purchased a single chest across all these “content” updates, and I never will. This is 100% pure greed, as there would be no harm in increasing the drop rate. What’s wrong with people getting more than one weapon ticket? Many people use more than one weapon. Literally every bit of “content” that has been released has revolved around this RNG scam for chests. My friend spent $200 on chests and got 1 ticket. Looks like even the wealthy are gibbed in this. You have talented artists that make interesting items only for them to be handed out to whoever has the biggest wallet while the rest of the playerbase is too afraid to purchase in fear of what both OP and my friend went through. Here’s to hoping Anet makes content with the players in mind again.

Anyone know why I can’t craft the recipe for these anymore? When I try to discover the listed recipe it says it doesn’t exist. Coincidentally, the price for these in TP spiked by like 600%. If this is yet another nerf to cooking… Idk what they want anymore.

So let’s see, We wait the entire day for the patch. (Honestly it would have been better to just say it would start on the 15th if you needed this much time), and now that’s it’s out.. you’re telling us you’re having issues with connection because everyone is downloading at once?

What is it with Anet and being completely unprepared? I can’t wait to finish DL’ing this patch only to find every event is bugged just like the karka event.