Guild Wars 2

Ok so the new patch brought some awesome things to it but I hve to outline the bad and the new…
This time n bullet form so the mods don’t think I am a “non-constructive post” .
NEW GUILD MISSIONS
Pros
• Merit system is more content for the guild with new banners
• Make a guild more cohesive since they have to strive to do something as a guild
Cons
• Time restraints
• People now have to be in at a certain time to get the guild commendations
• Need guild commendations to get the latest ascended gear
• Requires guild influence to start the event which is only attainable by a designated official of the guild
• The guild commendations cannot be earned by helping other guilds out.
There is a bunch more but I would like the community to contribute to the pros and cons.
Thanks for any constructive input

Good point.. I will visit it afterward but the whole reason why people buy the chests are for the limited rare skins. That is why it would be in the best interest of arena net to post the actual rng factor for a rare item in a chest. Or they could change the generic items in the chest so more people would want to buy the keys.

Looking at that graph I notice that it did not show the limited item rare skins. They need to put that in. Given the fact that there is still no permanent vendors that have been accounted for just shows that some items are a one in million chance.

So all the evidence points to if there isn’t exclusive content with those chests then it is pointless to even buy the keys.

I think they have enough currency already, and they need to start shedding some of this currency add on that’s been going on. I love the game but between tokens, gold, gems, fractals, karma, pristine fractals, and now guild commendations … I am second thinking it, I appreciate the no gear grind after ascension gear but every new piece of ascension is a new currency, looking at it, game has been out 7 months and we have more currency types then how many months the game has been out……

Need to rethink this

Should compile this better. Your results are confusing

I am all for the putting unique items in black lion chests but there should be some standard since its essentially gambling. Some statistics or odds should be revealed. Even Vegas shows you the odds.

gold standard (gold, silver, copper)
karma
dungeun tokens
(lionheart commendations for donations that didnt work to well so its gone now)
fractal tokens
pristine fractal tokens
laurels

I probably forgot some but since there is so much currency for a game that has been out for barely six months it is getting ridiculous.

Just stop

Sauzo.6821:

Hellzfire.7105:

I have a lvl 80 necro named hellzfire and i am pretty sure we do ok as long as you are resigned to the roll of support. I can cure condtions, convert them to boons, live forever, heal decently, ….. I know the “holy trinity” is not supposed to be in this game but gear your char up to one of those classes and you will see…. rangers and thieves…. I only come across some 1 out of every 20 pug groups that are good and I friend em immediately.

Sure they need some love, I have a warrior which is op to the fullest extent but I understand some classes are more delicate to learn.

Every class can be desirable barring the flavor of the past 5 month classes… sure you can beat everything with 5 warriors or 5 gaurdians easily …… but think of the game cause the devs arent’t.

The main reason you see so few good rangers and thieves is because those 2 classes need higher skill cap to play well.

And i disagree that necros should only be support. A dot based necro can do good dmg on bosses with maintaining a 20 stack of bleeds on it not to mention for AOE, BIP+staff 2+3+epidemic on a group of mobs. You will see numbers flying everywhere quickly followed byt a bunch of kitten off mobs chasing a screamin necro

Every MMO will its “golden child” class and in the case of GW2, it’s warriors.

My necro is a condiion necro to a point, its the traits that lead to protection and regen and the rest any good necro should know… True I could make a killer necro with better dps then a warrior but the viability because of the limited trait skill is not there. The trait skills I think are the issue here, not the char or class to play.

Also the warrior is a well dps group but I run a shout warrior with full health gear and soldier runes and I can tell you its heaven for groups…..

Quick Mouse.7635:

Hellzfire.7105:

MattCoy.3098:

You know, guild quests = PvE content

from what i see its 5 quests in the Southsun Cove that will kill about a day.. and they will be revamping AC bosses.. after 5 months if you have not beat this dungeun with every explorable path then you dont really need a update for content.

how do you know this? they havent released ANYTHING about guild quests.

I will take your one point please.. :]

I have a lvl 80 necro named hellzfire and i am pretty sure we do ok as long as you are resigned to the roll of support. I can cure condtions, convert them to boons, live forever, heal decently, ….. I know the “holy trinity” is not supposed to be in this game but gear your char up to one of those classes and you will see…. rangers and thieves…. I only come across some 1 out of every 20 pug groups that are good and I friend em immediately.

Sure they need some love, I have a warrior which is op to the fullest extent but I understand some classes are more delicate to learn.

Every class can be desirable barring the flavor of the past 5 month classes… sure you can beat everything with 5 warriors or 5 gaurdians easily …… but think of the game cause the devs arent’t.

Quick Mouse.7635:

so some of guild quests are going to take place in southun cove…great! This area needs more activity. Obviously this won’t be the only area they take place.

We hope not but if it is any indication i bet it is a zone wide multiple event quest.. and please next time you doubt someone check some internet chatter… colin speaks on many forums… this is usually the last stop for information. And can you give me that plus 1 you have cause it was probably earned in error.

Thanks!!!!

Quick Mouse.7635:

Hellzfire.7105:

MattCoy.3098:

You know, guild quests = PvE content

from what i see its 5 quests in the Southsun Cove that will kill about a day.. and they will be revamping AC bosses.. after 5 months if you have not beat this dungeun with every explorable path then you dont really need a update for content.

how do you know this? they havent released ANYTHING about guild quests.

I ready alot.. gw2 dulfy had this where colin had a talk with another site and did not bother to promote it here for some reason. This is dulfys quick notes.

Dragonseason.com had a lunch today with Colin Johanson and asked some questions. Here are some of the details about the upcoming February update revealed through their twitter update.
Guild Missions
• 5 types of guild missions built with influence. Bounty is one of them.
• Guild Missions will be taking place in Southsun Cove
WvW (coming March?)
• WvW updates will not introduce new skills but will bring passive abilities aimed towards group play (i.e. extra supply)
• Changes to Commander book incoming, with more features but will remain character bound
• Orange crossed swords in WvW won’t show if there are less than 25 people after February update
Dungeon revamp
• All the bosses in Ascalon Catacombs (AC) completely rebuilt for February release along with some open world champions.
• Not making them easier but more interesting (i.e. more fractal boss like)
Legendary
• Possibility of new legendary types (not weapons) and combinations
• There will be other legendaries in the future. Priority is resolving ways to get precursors, including the scavenger hunt

All links go to http://dulfy.net/2013/02/20/dragon-season-lunch-with-colin-johanson-and-feburary-update-details/

MattCoy.3098:

You know, guild quests = PvE content

from what i see its 5 quests in the Southsun Cove that will kill about a day.. and they will be revamping AC bosses.. after 5 months if you have not beat this dungeun with every explorable path then you dont really need a update for content.

I have been playing this game for quite a while and am wondering where the fun went. All I do now is log in to do my daily and dont log in anymore. The big update that was promised… February was a bust… the new one for the end of February seems like it has nothing for a pve person all i see is the wvw and a guild quests.

So for the single pve and the person who pugs groups alot is their any incentive to play or just wait until the precursor patch comes out. I am not a legendary kitten I have yet to see a precursor drop in any group for five monthes and i am on fractal level 25 up to 200 fractals now.

I completed the Flame and Frost event just like other players in under a couple of hours… now sit for 3 weeks…… I enjoyed the halloween event, Lost shores.. could of been handled better, christmas event (wow that was a long event).. but now nothing. I really hope your next patch is worth the “expansion quality” that Colin said it would be.

Any thoughts on this topic.. please post.. just keep it civil.

I have a question maybe someone can answer,

Does the doing all paths in a Dungeun is that char specific or account specific?

Like can I do path 1 and 2 on one char then do story and 3 on another char to get this achievement?

Also please ANET let people see what paths they have done for this achievement.

Thanks for any info you can give.

I have to chime in here. (WARNING – Wall of Text)

Anet had a prelude for flame and frost…. Jan 28th to Feb 4th.. The prelude was rather lame in my opinion took a hour or two to complete. They introduced laurels with items that were obscure to most except for the massive 30 laurels for a amulet for agony resist. The other items were ranger boxes that didnt even give ranger equipment and the others are not worth the time (barring the mystic binding agents but reading so far they are not worth the investment. google it.)

Now we are looking at the next part of the event is Feb 28th so in essence this prelude is over a month long with one event that lasted a couple of hours, no new gear except a amulet for fractals. The only cosmetic upgrade in this prelude was one you had to buy from the cash shop. The new daily achievement does have me moving to new areas and wasting money only so i can find the 5 vets ya want me to kill, or looking for npcs that are dead, or my favorite the underwater combat that is by far the worst thing in this game but you force me to do it.

But yet Colin wants to let us know the WvW update will be postponed until then. I dont mind the WvW it is a good time, but lets be honest its a zerg fest. How can you beat a Zerg.. maybe postpone it for a little bit but with the current game mechanics it is not possible. (I know you are working on it)

I dont play this game for the PvP, its there for an addition to the overall gameplay but the current trend is that you are working on Spvp new maps(play this specific map only for this patch)… no one plays Spvp get over it, why would someone “grind” for gear to only have all of it taken away. So any newbie can all of a sudden be a god at level 1 and play the “Flavor of the Month” play class. I applaud your enthusiam but giving a player free roam without anytime invested in the game to pick out any stat equipment and slot skills and then wanting people to enter a paid tournament with these players is absolutely asinine. I played a Spvp a few times and no one in my guild with over 500 members play them…. the reason why is no incentive. Also a easy way to faceroll someone is do the FOTM class since all you need is a class 1.

I will give ya some time to work out what you want to do, But as of late as far as the PvE aspect of the game , fractals great, all other events up until this one was great, WvW needs some help but not at the expense of the overall PvE community which is your backbone. Spvp, scrap it. It should be a level 80 game with the equipment and traits they worked for.

P.S – are jewelers just pointless now since all the acension gear is jewelry? Also Devs if you want a quick lesson in Spvp with no restraints I am sure my guild will fight ya with all level 1’s. :P Working as intended.

Just my two cents.

Using a profanity that would imply a sexual or racial slur should get you a ban.

On the other hand a word is a word and using it in some type of context is viable and protected by the United States Constitution. Below is a excerpt from wiki but i verified its contents,

In 1971, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that the mere public display of kitten is protected under the First and Fourteenth Amendments and cannot be made a criminal offense. In 1968, Paul Robert Cohen had been convicted of “disturbing the peace” for wearing a jacket with “kitten THE DRAFT” on it (in reference to conscription in the Vietnam War). The conviction was upheld by the Court of Appeals and overturned by the Supreme Court. Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15 (1971).

However this is a private game so the company can dictate the rules about what can and cannot be said. But given that if what you say is a mere word and not meant in a bias or racist manner, then I would assume that the profanity filter should set the precedence for people who do not wish to hear or see such terms.

Profanity in itself is pointless because to some people a word may be belittling in one context but in another context it is meant to be empowering. All depends on the group of people.

Should ANET get involved with profanity and be the moral police…

They have to in a racist or sexist argument. …………. The rest should be fair game when a profanity filter is in place.

I am no computer programmer but letting the client side show server side things based on time of the computer is surely letting itself open to hacks and/ or exploits. Not going into detail about the hacks that may be involved I will give you a simple exploit that people could use if they chose to do it and given that an update would not happen in a given month.
Say April – (well after patches no planned expansions for a month… hypothetical)
Achievements in April:
Complete all 1-15 zones
Defeat all Ascalonian Catacombs
Make a character of every race
Get 50 kills with a level 1 weapon
Knowing that I would sell every low level crafting mat I own in March since I know in April the players will be concentrated on that zone/level and supply would rise and prices would drop.
Considering how keen you guys are to keeping patch notes secret so it doesn’t affect the market, a major change needs to be put in place. And I really hope that the information that is getting pulled is all client side. If its server to client where this information is getting kicked back and forth then I hope my credit card is on a different server.