Guild Wars 2

disagree, have u tried farming pre-nerf? with or without MF% is a big and noticeable difference as much to be said; MF% affects your standing on the loot table
killing a mob much quicker does not resonate to you being on the upper end of these thable it just re-balances u on “random”

end his life for good then usurp his position as king of the pact

Aericth may i ask how do u make money a.k.a gold in game?

Can someone enlighten me as to why nothing was said about these nerfs…. if it was a technical error i could accept such an explaination with a follow up patch but the devs they didnt or havent said a thing in regards to this matter im amazed

Did i mention that i hate trahe because hes gotten a free legendary weapon without grinding for resources gift etc?

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/11/28/arenanet-guild-wars-2-gear-debate/

First time seeing this article i hope i am not over/double/triple posting

Why isnt that wonderful?

Pvp in fractals, WvsW in fractals, Live eat sleep party in fractals all the fun in a box aren’t you thankful?

No of course see fractals for more information

From dark ages online
Shattered galaxy online —→ abomination units?

“NCsoft is realigning internal publishing resources to better suit the needs of our game development studios,” i would like more info;

is NCsoft losing market share ? or are they just profit oriented? because when a realignment is in place people will lose their jobs

mavet.3047:

SHM.7628:

mavet.3047:

The whole point of these nerfs, which are intentional without a doubt, is that you spend more rl money on their piece of crap gem store. No subs so they have to sucker you in some how.

Very transparent, but not very smart. People don’t spend money on a game they don’t enjoy.

I agree with you 120% on this but I’m just saying what their sick mind state is. The “devs” have taken a game with such great potential and turned it into a piece of stinking crap.

u gotta edit ur post mate, u havent seen the worst of games and fortunately gw2 isnt one of them

Because Trahearne is NATO No.Action.Talk.Only

Knote.2904:

Lol well technically it does make sense.

“We don’t want you to grind”

~Nerfs farmable thingy~

“There, now you won’t grind.” =p

True very very true
See GW2 wasn’t supposed to be a game where u guys grind so please stop farming for things as farming means grinding this nerf is free rehabilitation

Look, for this i would support anet, magic boosters xp boosters arent pay to win, cosmetics simply do not affect the game at all.
Black lion Salvage kits doesn’t make a difference since the drop rates sucked
Gems on the other hard…. well convert it to gold still doesnt make anyone a winner

who said its pay to win?

Snores.7806:

Galen Grey.4709:

Snores.7806:

I’m am worried about the direction of GW2.

Over the 3 months since release I have seen a steady stream of patches and updates that do little to nothing for the long term development of the game and it’s community. This has me worried that what we’re seeing is a “Churn and Burn” policy from our game developers.
The constant content push, month after month, for new content instead of a focus on game stability and playability. The steady nerfs to the economy, drop rates and general wealth generation. The lack of genuine communication and any real QA from the development team.
All these issues are leading me to believe the the games designers are pushing for higher profits rather then the vibrant, progressive community all the current customers were hoping for when they purchased the game.

But these are just my observations. As erroneous as they may seem, I’m happy to discuss so…

Fire away

I disagree for starters such a practice wouldnt work in a buy to play business model! the cash shop sales is a fraction of the box sales so the primary business motivator is customer retintion and making customers happy in order to convince them to buy the expansion when it comes out primarily.

That being said you’re also contradicting yourself. nerfing isnt done for some sadisitic purpose, its done to ensure the health of the economy in the long run! Lost shores was also geared at the long term improvement of the game! the new southern cove is a canvas where more events can be added and more so in the fractal of the mists!

Not sure where you got the idea of lack of communication! they’re actually quite communicative in my opinion not that common that developers get this involved with the community in my experiance!

What makes you think you’re still playing in a B2P game? Because you bought the box set?
I bought the box set too and judging by the game developments over the last 3 months I’m believing I’ve opted into some strange F2P model where they charge you an entry fee

Hi,
i understand where you are coming from; like 2 different editions of the game and its barely even 4months.
where as the supposed “subscription” are meant to least for about a year

Snores i used to be a 3-4yrs LOTRO player and stopped right after warner bros took over and wrecked the game the reason is obvious
1. Cash shop
2. profit only
3. Gear-Checks in dungeons

Why do people whine then? ever ask yourself this question?

well, yes i love new content but, hateful to say, every-time u guys make something, u break tons of other things. and its demoralizing, for supporters.

Tosha apart from the Call of duty series, there are games such as Football Manager that utilizes such a policy

phaneo.4597:

Until a month ago I used to preach to all the haters over guru forums that Anet does listen and is community friendly. I stopped doing it since Last Shores happened. First I’m treated like a 3rd class person as I don’t play during PST, and come from Asia. Then they mess up drop rates and don’t even fix it after ages of outrage. Like many haters usually say, maybe it’s true… maybe its just that “they got your money and they don’t care anymore”.

Typical MNC mentality, and im talking about blizzard by the way

Sorry but i hate to put this up but i really do have alot to say about this as well

Q: When most people hear “MMO” they think “grind”. You need to grind your to the levels by killing monsters and it’s boring. So, how do you plan to avoid this boring grind in GW2?

A: One thing we are fighting hardest against is grind. We don’t want the player to ever have to grind and do something they don’t want to do to progress in the game. As mentioned before, we have a wide variety of things we can do. If you are really in story then you can follow your personal story. If you want to experience events with all the people you have the DE, you can do PvP all the way through the game. At any point of the game you will have a choice of picking whatever you want to do and that’s how we fight grind.
(sourced from gw2guru)

1. they didn’t exactly mention WvsW being a grind for what it is; what i meant to reflect is that, Fractal = Ascension = partially a “Need” to outshine others in combat if you’d all agree (PVE based pvp).
so theoretically, anet seems to be well defended on this
2. personally i feel that, the message across the board is “if you are unhappy with an aspect in-game, move along do something else that u deem enjoyable”

jairon commendable effort, everyone should read this and be real honest about the situation

i strongly believe that people are migratory ! and a full server does not constitute to population increment

good on you guess what i didn’t realize the bug is on so i went ahead and bought the precursors now i am truly at a loss

logically; if drop rates are messed-up, people are all fractaling as an alternative, money doesn’t flow, then may i ask whats the point & wheres the motivation? even if u did get the money for a precursor, its seemingly impossible to get the materials T6 in this case for a legendary.

i think this thread has lots of material relevant to the future development of this game

Why can we not demand things?

Hi ANET un-nerf the drop rate

its thrilling to kill mobs that dont drop a single item not even crap

fix for drop rate please

yes at least the precursors

nach how would you know if your friend liked grinding or not?

u pee in snow = yellow snowball?

i will be liberal and say; “if you want to grind pick GW2 wont go wrong with that,
if u wanna enjoy the game for the graphics vista etc pick gw2 as well,
for pvp well maybe
for an easy-climb-to-the-top experience ….guess not”

erm wheres the name changing item?

this is so pokemonish

i don’t event know if i’m allowed to use the word “incompetent”

Hope they were’t waiting for the rage to die down …and that people wouldnt forget the issue and move on just they promised a fixed for the lost CE‘s mini-rytlock for that they mentioned a surefire retrieval method so what now?

may i ask how ^ is that the current state in gw2

same as well waiting for them to do something right about the ascended and reverting back to their initial ideals, pleas remove the Diminishing Returns

why cant arenanet aim to work like runic games then?

Well, i have to agree on what the OP said, i’ve seen the npcs as well or rather the hints GW1 has been a really rewarding gaming experience for me even thought some or 70% of the original creators left for another firm but nontheless this is arenanet.
if its under new management and where nexon comes into play i’d say scr*w this not arenaN’s fault; money is the root to all evil so what now?

Natural selection 2 & Skyrim …there are dragons in there too

GW2 doesn’t fall into the traps of traditional MMORPGs. It doesn’t suck your life away and force you onto a grinding treadmill; it doesn’t make you spend hours preparing to have fun rather than just having fun

^^ so please have fun

correct me if im wrong…in the lore mursaats were the only race with spectral agony isn’t it? gw2 twisted/swayed from the one true lore?

Columba.9730:

Fundayz.6185:

Lothair.8942:

Eder.9120:

Wow it keeps getting better… I just found out that because I couldn’t log in 7 hours ago for the final event, I missed out on a free, one-time uber accessory which will cost 1000 shells or about 20 gold (based on current trading post prices) otherwise.

So now, you not only have to be a “dedicated player” running FotM 24×7, you need to log in at specific times too? Seriously… what the hell happened.

Wow. Just wow, I have no words anymore for the amount of fail I’m seeing from this company.

The over-reaction to this gear is hilarious. The stat difference between Exotics and Ascended is pretty darn small and will make next to no difference in regards to WvW or content already released.

The big thing here is the Infusion Slots, which are not so much gear progression as they are an additional mechanic being implemented into PvE. While these can act as a gear gate, it seems that Anet realizes that Ascended gear need to come from all types of gameplay in order to avoid the “gear-treadmill”.

The difference is 20+%!!!! not small, lol. if it’s so “small” why have it at all? lol

20% is a pretty huge amount; most players here probably couldn’t be bothered with numbers but honestly imo, in wvsw 20% is close to nothing just get used to the zerg parties

Crater.1625:

Wiping out people’s progress isn’t a solution to anything. The proper way to solve the problem is to make the dungeon inclusive (ie: All players can join at any level as long as one of them has reached that level before) instead of exclusive (where All players need to have completed every previous level before any of them can join).

This still leaves Ascended gear and Infusions as an artificial gating mechanic that holds players back based on time spent instead of skill or ability, and those things should be removed or heavily overhauled as well, but at least it means that nobody is forcibly moved backward in progression through the dungeon

I see what you mean and yes i think this seems like the best solution, furthermore to add; if a lower scaled player were to party up with say… a FOTM 10+ player perhaps grant a little boost or resistance against agony

Actually my point is that eventually everyone should or at least desire the best/optimal gear in game, be it if its purely for aesthetics or for that miniscular 8% difference in performance

Well if it isn’t obvious, people are being picky on groups and those who do not have sufficient play time gets isolated. as mentioned in another post our community is currently divided no one get to play on equal grounds when it come to fractal of the mists due to a difficulty scaling

some might disagree with this post either by saying:
1. spend real money on the cash shops to get better gears
2. FOTM / ascended armors are not an essential part of the game
3. do something else; gw2 has everything in it, and there must be or will be, should be something fun for everyone to do.

i beg to differ, i strongly believe that everyone is gaming for fun, however sooner or later, there will be progression, in this case exotic>ascended. so technically i believe that there must be some or at least a minority group here that would feel the same as well.

therefore i recommend to impose a weekly reset for the fractal dungeon or basically reinforce strategies to inculcate equality within the community.