Guild Wars 2

I was #1 on the fractal leaderboards today at noon. Am I still #1?

To clarify about missions:

We split them up so you don’t have to be on 1 night to get them all:
Monday (930 PM ET): All Easy/Medium and PVE Opportunity
Tuesday (9 PM ET): All Easy
Wednesday (10 PM ET): WvW Missions done during weekly WvW run

Keeping it short and sweet.
4 Years in GW2

Mostly based on Darkhaven, been around for 10+ years dating back to GW1.
- ~300 members (90-100 logins a day)
- Weekly Guild Missions, Raids, WvW
- Daily Fractals, dungeons, etc.
- Welcoming to newer and returning folks
- Multi rep is OK but we do demote those that don’t show us much love. This rank is limited to 30 members.

PM me with any questions.

IGN: Hilko The Pale
Website: guildpenguinsquad.com

Testudo.4620:

Hilko.1760:

As the #1 player on the recently added fractal leader boards I’d like to chime in and ask if we could change the new shortbow to shoot donkey’s with the ANUT symbol on their rear that fly out on cool glider skins and leave a trail of gems.

excuse me

Oops sorry! I’ll settle for number 2

:)

As the #1 player on the recently added fractal leader boards I’d like to chime in and ask if we could change the new shortbow to shoot donkey’s with the ANUT symbol on their rear that fly out on cool glider skins and leave a trail of gems.

Check us out on:
Our Website
Youtube

Quick Perk List:
Guild TS Server
Guild Custom Arena
Guild Hall LvL 50
Max Guild Buffs, Arena in Guild Hall, etc.
Website, Youtube, Facebook
Daily Fractals, Dungeons, Small Meta Groups
Weekly WvW
Weekly Guild Missions
3 dedicated Guild Raid times
Monthly Guild Events, Contests
Bi-Monthly Guild Raffle (100g)

About Us:
Penguin Squad will turn 10 years old in March. We have been around since GW1 and have been active every day since the launch of GW2. We are based on Darkhaven (80-85% of our members) but welcome anyone.

We currently keep our roster at ~300 members with 100+ logins a day and always take recruitment approaches that allow us to chat with members before inviting. We aren’t picking up the randos in Lion’s Arch and we don’t have some lame recruitment spam.

We participate in the 3 areas of GW2 but favor PvE. We do have weekly scheduled WvW guild runs and have participated in pvp flings as well as two Tournaments of Legends. Interest in PvE is always steady but WvW and PvP interest fluctuate and spike when events such as WvW Seasons or PvP leagues get thrown into the mix.

As a guild we have times set aside weekly for guild missions, WvW, Raiding, and sprinkle in guild events such as our Tyrian Half Marathon, Costume Contests, Scavenger Hunts, PvP matches, etc.

Player Base Overview:
Prime Time is 7PM – Midnight ET
~300 Members/100+ logins a day
~60 over 10k Ach Points
~30 fractal lvl 50+
~ Lots WvW rank 1k+
~15-20 Members with Ruby Rank or higher in last pvp league
~30-35 members with multiple kills on the current raid bosses

PvE Overview:

We tend to have our own style in PvE content. We full clear content and frown upon corner stacking and skipping mobs. For this reason you will more than likly find yourself 3-4 manning content instead of finding a puggy from LFG.

Missions:
We run all 10 guild missions weekly and spread them out over Monday and Tuesday nights. We normally have 25-30 members participating in missions and have a very strong base who are familiar with them all. It’s a one and done, no rerolling bounties or challenges because we failed

Raiding:
We have 2 dedicated raid times but do not use “Raid Teams”. If you express interest you will get in on runs. Each time slot has a leader that works on putting the group together so we make sure folks get in or get kills of bosses they need.
We offer a training session on Thursdays that is lead by an officer on a specific section/boss of the raid. This timeslot is geared for anyone new, shy, or those that aren’t sure if it is for them. It is the perfect time to ask questiosn, try builds, and learn mechanics without any pressure to kill a boss.

Fractals/Dungeons/Metas:
Fractals are ran pretty much daily but due to the recent change in dungeons there are not alot of them being ran unless people speak up about specific needs.

We do not do large metas alone (Teq, Worm) but you can always find small-medium groups participating in metas together.

WvW Overview:

We represent Darkhaven in WvW and have a set guild WvW run on Wednesday nights. We normally draw anywhere from 10-20 for the guild run. Apart from season play groups of 10 or more are not common but you can expect to find smaller groups out doing dailies, roaming, or running with the zerg.

PvP Overview:

We have a much smaller player base that is interested in PvP. We do have a custom arena for random event and have had flings of weekly match meetings. Interest peaks during league play and we had multiple members get into diamond and 1 reach legendary rank.

We have participated in the past 2 tournament of legends winning ourselves a few llamas and finishers but don’t expect to slaughter any of the more serious competetion.

Interested? Questions? Drop me a message here or find me in game:

IGN: Hilko The Pale

That screenshot puts you in the right place and their are 2 events that give credit. One where you are and one to the POI to the SE.

I’ve been waiting for some time too and haven’t seen either.

Is this still “bugged” for you?

Unloveableone.6082:

Guild Missions are literally easier than they have ever been. If you get a bug, restart it and fix it. Also, the PvP one wouldn’t give credit to the other team. You do realize this, right?
Are you just doing them wrong?

No as in we had like 3-4 teams Q. Teams A and B won but team C gets the credit. We started it again later with just 1 team. That team lost but got the reward anyway,

O-o

BrettM.9062:

Hilko.1760:

Bounty
Why are we blacking out the bounties if it is just going to be the same one every time? Everyone and their mother has “Poobadoo” this week so one random person in a 1 person guild walks up and starts it while we are waiting for people to show up for credit.

I guess I’m neither everyone or their mother, since I got Brekkabrekk.

Who knows. I rerolled it like 7 times to see and it was Poobadoo everytime O_o

These observations are over the last 3 weeks of running missions. Some are humorous but man o man…

TL:DR:
Guild missions have gone from something simple to a complete nightmare. I spend more time explaining bugs to people than what we will actually be doing.

Multiple instances of the guild hall? 40-50 people should be able to easily form in the GH. It shouldn’t cause confusion when there is 4 instances and no one can taxi.

The Asurans that built our guild portal seem to have misconfigured it as it just spits us out on X number of instances. Why don’t we just get put into an instance.

What is going on with rewards. Missions should also list the criteria for getting credit.

In Depth:

Race
First off what was wrong with Rush? Second off why does being able to finish mean you have to bounce around as a wolf for 5 minutes before it decides to transform you. It is a nightmare to find a map that doesn’t already have the Rush up. Today we where doing the Ghost Wolf Run at at 7 minutes remaining we all got credit. Leaving a few late folks the inability to get credit.

Why isn’t this instanced….

Bounty
Why are we blacking out the bounties if it is just going to be the same one every time? Everyone and their mother has “Poobadoo” this week so one random person in a 1 person guild walks up and starts it while we are waiting for people to show up for credit.

Challenge
Hey guys let’s use the portal!
Where did everyone go….why are we on 6 different maps…why are some people in an instance with the challenge active….O we have to interact gain to be sent into an instance….

Puzzle
Did Langmars today. I guess rewards are just RNG and we only give out 10. Why is the chest gone and why is the little chest at the end in the water gone!

PvP
Good luck getting someone credit. We did the pvp one…the losing team got the chests. The teams that won didn’t get anything. Later 1 group redoes it. This group loses and they get the chest. WHaaahhhtttt!!?

Trek
This one actually kind of works….. Can we get 8 of these next week

TL:DR = GW1 and GW2 Guild offering perma buffs that focuses on PvE/Some WvW.

We are based on Darkhaven with ~300 Members/80-90 logins a day. Weekly missions, WvW, events and sporadic contests.

Guild Name/Tag = Penguin Squad [PS]
Influence = ~2.5 Mill
Perma Buffs = Magic Find and Karma
Weekend Buffs = 2 or 3 extras (Gold, WP, etc.)
Prime Time = 7-Midnight EST
Server = 85% Darkhaven
VoIP = Vent
Website = allthingsps.com/penguinsquad
Youtube = youtube.com/guildpenguinsquad
Facebook = Yes
Guild Type = PvE with WvW (Weekly Guild run, random roaming groups)

History:
9 year old guild first formed in Guild Wars 1. Been in GW2 since launch. We have ~300 members with 80-90 logins a day (100+ on weekends).

PvE:
25+ Dungeon Masters and 20+ members with LvL 50 Fractals. Veteran players are helpful and encourage newer people to get with an officer instead of PUGing tougher content.
PvE is focused on clearing content. No PUG stacks, no cheap tricks, and everything that can be aggroed is normally killed.
Yes this means no Hundred Blading in a corner in full zerker…..
Yes this means letting Miss Kiel live in the Mai Trin Fractal so we don’t to baby up and go to character select in order to finish a fractal.
We run weekly missions on a set schedule. Makeup Bounties, Rushes and Challenges are available to people who don’t make the main nights. They are stapled into the schedule as well so they always happen at the same time.

WvW:
Weekly WvW guild runs on Wednesday nights. Sporadic roaming groups sometimes form but are not stapled to a schedule.
Give me a yell here or in game if you want to get some more info!
Later!
-Hilko
IGN = Hilko The Pale

I was the guy you talked to earlier. Feel free to message me later on!

See ya!

TL:DR = GW1 and GW2 Guild offering perma buffs that focuses on PvE/Some WvW. We are based on Darkhaven with ~300 Members/80-90 logins a day. Weekly missions, WvW, events and sporadic contests.

Guild Name/Tag = Penguin Squad [PS]
Influence = ~2.5 Mill
Perma Buffs = Magic Find and Karma
Weekend Buffs = 2 or 3 extras (Gold, WP, etc.)
Prime Time = 7-Midnight EST
Server = 85% Darkhaven
VoIP = Vent
Website = allthingsps.com/penguinsquad
Youtube = youtube.com/guildpenguinsquad
Facebook = Yes
Guild Type = PvE with WvW (Weekly Guild run, random roaming groups)

History:
9 year old guild first formed in Guild Wars 1. Been in GW2 since launch. We have ~300 members with 80-90 logins a day (100+ on weekends).

PvE:
25+ Dungeon Masters and 20+ members with LvL 50 Fractals. Veteran players are helpful and encourage newer people to get with an officer instead of PUGing tougher content.

PvE is focused on clearing content. No PUG stacks, no cheap tricks, and everything that can be aggroed is normally killed.

Yes this means no Hundred Blading in a corner in full zerker…..
Yes this means letting Miss Kiel live in the Mai Trin Fractal so we don’t to baby up and go to character select in order to finish a fractal.

We run weekly missions on a set schedule. Makeup Bounties, Rushes and Challenges are available to people who don’t make the main nights. They are stapled into the schedule as well so they always happen at the same time.

WvW:
Weekly WvW guild runs on Wednesday nights. Sporadic roaming groups sometimes form but are not stapled to a schedule.

Give me a yell here or in game if you want to get some more info!

Later!
-Hilko

IGN = Hilko The Pale

Guildie has a ticket open for a suspended account. Not sure how or why it was locked but I am following up for him.
Ticket #1383561.

Going on 2 weeks.

Guildie has a ticket open for a suspended account. Not sure how or why it was locked but I am following up for him.

Ticket #1383561.

Where did it go!?

-Concerned player

Finally found a thread that I can post in and hopefully not get strangled.

After reading the notes over the last few days I am seeing the GW1 light shining through. Account binding items, allowing a whole account to access max gear, FREAKING LAST LOGIN STATUS, “Hunting” for traits all sounds great. The ideas are not perfect but I am very very grateful for a step in the right direction.

Don’t you let me see some Orange gear tier in the future or you will be dead to me

O yeah and if you have the time please add another of the trolling AC Trolls on CoF P1 that comes out of the wall at the bridge and fears the Raging Elitist Zerkfest off the bridge so that they might actually have to do a dungeon

Shootsfoot.9276:

When they are so hard to kill that the obvious choice is to just run past them and keep trying until you finally make it, it indicates there’s something wrong with the mechanics of the dungeon as a whole.

The idea of mindlessly blowing through junk to get to a boss seems blah and over done. The idea that certain mobs in a dungeon pose a threat is awesome in itself. Some mobs are tough but I am having tough time thinking of one that cannot be handled in at least 2 tries.

That group in TA Up path comes to mind…the 4 Nightmare Court people close to the final fight. O look its just some nightmare court. Then you get smashed in the face by the knight and his nasty KD.

However most people don’t know because they just run by all the fun. Yes if you tend to skip content it will come back around and smack you in the face later O-o

Nilkemia.8507:

And, finally Subject Alpha. Only attack I could clearly see through the whole fight was the fire spikes he kept dropping. And they hurt (over 2/3rd’s of my HP), partly because my armor was damaged quite a bit from everything else.

Try him in Path 2 he can be nasty.

IMO Alpha is one of my favorite boss fights in the game. I did path 2 recently and we killed him without doing the “push him into a corner” technique. Not evens sure if that is possible on 2 since his new found AoE needs to be dodge rolled.

Nilkemia.8507:

Fighting regular enemies with near champion level HP requiring all 5 players to focus fire for 3 to 5 minutes isn’t fun.

Exaggeration. Dungeon shouldn’t have super weak enemies like in the overworld anyway. There are cases where some things do have too much health. IMO at least its not “I’ll get aggro, everyone nuke, and make sure you heal me!”

Nilkemia.8507:

Getting killed in 5 hits at best and 2 at worst isn’t fun.

Dungeons should not be easy. Most of the stuff that can wipe you super fast can be dodged. Sure it takes time to learn the animation or the exact time to dodge but that is part of the fun. Being able to mindlessly run every instance in the game takes the challenge and fun away from the game. Tackling something that previously smashed your face in should make you feel great. Raging because of difficulty means find a different niche in the game.

Nilkemia.8507:

Having to sit there dead because I can’t just waypoint and run back until everyone’s dead or the others retreat isn’t fun.

?? And graveyard zerging is fun? That is the most idiotic thing ever and I am so glad they removed it. If you wiped in certain end-game instances in GW1….you got teleported back to town. Having the ability to leave dungeon, change characters, reorder skills and traits makes everything possible. There is even a repair booth in dungeon O-o

Nilkemia.8507:

Getting rewards that aren’t worth the time isn’t fun.

That is a matter of opinion. Doing something you hate is not going to be fun.

Nilkemia.8507:

All the other times, it just got so frustrating that we’d just give up.

Guild runs! I tend to avoid runs unless I can get at least 3-4 guildies to go with me
PUGs skip everything and rage on anything and everything.

Nilkemia.8507:

So, what do any of you see in these dungeons that I’m not seeing? Because right now I can’t imagine anyone wanting to do these the 50 or so times each it takes to get the gear from those vendors.

I see the challenge
I see a fun way to get “free” gear for my characters.
Tackling enemy AI is something I have been doing a long time. The thrill of owning some digital monster makes me smile

FYI: I am on Darkhaven

Before the last patch. (The one with Guild Missions, Living Story update, etc) I would have the occasional DC. No big deal.

Since the path I receive horrible lag spikes. All chat options continue to work, I do not get dropped from Vent, everyone else still runs around around me.

This isn’t the kind of lag you see when at the dragon events. But something that completely locks me up. I can however dodge roll without losing endurance O-o. I am sure it is only happening on my screen but its still cool

I have experienced at least 1-2 times a day and it usually results in a DC (after 1-2 minutes)
– In Dungeons
– In main cities
– In the PvE Overworld
– While on Vent, and while not on vent
– In areas that aren’t even crowded.

Just wanted to bring it up

haviz.1340:

What could dps war do if you had encountered that bug?

The mass amount of DPS can get her under 50% and easily keep her there if the 4-1 orb trick still works. The way the mechanic should work(from what I understand) is she stealths at 50% then every minute after.

But if you get her to 40% health and she gets 11% back before you put the orbs in place she is going to restealth as soon as you do 1% damage to her.

Skill 1: If it stopped your degen that’d be OP. The idea that you can slow down this process is cool.
Skill 2: Getting stuffed in WvW/PvP..Fear!..by the time they get back chances are you have your 3 skill ready to go. Maybe not as useful in PvE but that is why you don’t do dungeons alone.
Skill 3: It really does do a nice chunk of damage if you can get it off in the right spot. Especially if you fire it off as soon as your team finishes getting you up.

I agree it could use some small adjustments but nothing major.

Help the Engy first…..I mean don’t they have a skill that pulls enemies TOWARD them?

Lightsbane.9012:

apparently fighting a risen with no real intelligence is more fun.

I’ve ran into some pretty dumb real players in WvW….I will go as far as to say they were dumber than a Risen.

A few Fridays ago I spent an hour+ on Simian and assumed we just couldn’t hack it. When we were perfect with sparks she would heal for exactly the amount we did…

The next night we tried again and after another hour+ on Simian we realized the bug. The 50% heal regardless was frustrating and we called it a night again.

They mentioned in the last patch they fixed “her healing ability” but I did not see anything about the 50% bug. Thanks for the post now I know not to try again until it is fixed or I build a complete DPS Warr.

It’s a loong way to Simian to chance it any other way.

Kholer is back to the way he should be fought and changed because ANET wanted you to fight his adds. Man up! All this garbage of letting the troll kill him or pulling him away from his perch was lame. The fight is awesome and a lot of fun….it’s the blitzing PUGs that just skip everything that makes it boring.

There are multiple ways to do hodgins. Depending on how much DPS you can sacrifice you can:
– 2 Killing center Burrow and Kiting adds away from Hodgins and 3 Killing other burrows in order so they don’t double spawn till the end.
– 1 Kiting around Hodgins, 2 on either side killing burrows.

I have yet to do P3 since the patch but look forward to giving it a whirl soo.

I don’t mean to come across the wrong way but in my opinion AC was changed for the better.

Guild Wars 1 hit the nail on the head. Guild Wars 1 destroyed the nail.

I picked up GW1 as an impulse buy in 2006 expecting to play for a few months, hit
level 20 and then move onto other things. Man was I wrong.

Months(wait, years) passed and I didn’t even bother looking into other games
to play. I had found my niche. The level playing field, the choice to grind
for prestige, the awesome events, the lore, the story, the PvP, the PvE, GWEN!,
the list goes on and on.

I expected Guild Wars 2 to be one in the same. I expected the game to stick to
its guns and introduce the same kind of game that I had been attached
to for thousands of hours. (Sure Treeman wasn’t as cool as Gwen but o well.)
Until the Lost Shores it lived up to the hype.

The Lost Shores would have been great. I was imagining a Sorrow’s Furnace type
update as in GW1. New items, large area, awesome skins, go grind them if you want.
Will they be any stronger than what you have? Of course not!

Instead the Lost Shores update did some great things. It added incentive
to run dungeons, it modified rewards, it introduced new items, it added
a dungeon. It failed to live up to what Guild Wars was about.

Yes I am biased so I would be making my points from a GW1 players/I want something
different players mindset. To avoid the troll bile that would insue my points have
already been made countless times over the last few days.

Now I’m not sure if the jumping puzzle “Under New Management” says anything,
but whatever the case is Guild wars is no longer Guild Wars.

PS. If you find this to be QQ and respond to tell me such. Thanks for the free bump!

Ditton.3149:

Why do you even play man? Im having a blast with my guild and even pugs in this dungeon. This is not GW and they are not going to cater to GW fans, they’ve proven that. So if you dont like it, Im not sure what to tell you.

He prolly played for the same reason I did. Get your gear and locust off somewhere else. Many people got GW2 since the design was that of GW1….

Ascended gear…

You guys were better than this….

Columba.9730:

Hilko.1760:

Columba.9730:

I just did three of these dungeons. didn’t finish one. I hate this garbage. Hate it with a passion. I can’t believe I am being forced to do this stuff that I loathe just to be competitive in wvwvw.

You best get em now. In 4 months you’ll have to come back for your ascended britches.

I’m with you…screw this garbage..

I will uninstall before I put myself through that garbage again. Some of us dont find dungeon raids fun. Why isn’t this crap available in wvwvw?

It will be..so they say….at an undisclosed time. Prolly the same time your britches become available for grind.

MistaMike.7356:

Pino.5209:

MistaMike.7356:

I really don’t understand what the big deal is? They’re giving us more game to play, what’s wrong with that? If you hate progressing your character then why don’t you just sit at level 1?

You people complain about anything. If Anet bumped max level up to 85, you’d complain then too about “hey you said no grind!” Seriously they’re giving us new content, totally for free, and you complain? What the hell is wrong with you.

Have a look @ GW2 manifesto, the core principle of the game. We bought the game for what it was.
Aanet is putting in a content that is a complete 180 degree backflip from their original design of the game.
Free, yah. But it’s a whole different game now, ala World of Warcraft alike.
If u liked grinding ala WoW, why on earth were you playing GW2 (referring to prepatch)?

But the entire game is a progression of your character. You climb 80 levels then work on maxing slots and legendaries. Did you seriously think Anet was just gonna leave it at that and let the game end after that? What developer would put millions of dollars into building an MMO and then not expand it? What do you have against them adding new stuff anyway? Haven’t you seen all the old content yet?

For the 992349 time no one is against new stuff. Yes ANET should have left it at that. Guild Wars 1 had no problem expanding and growing. But you wouldn’t know that. And don’t try to feed me your GW1 stories cause clearly you have none.

It’s a shame that ANET and the pandas have become friends.\

Columba.9730:

I just did three of these dungeons. didn’t finish one. I hate this garbage. Hate it with a passion. I can’t believe I am being forced to do this stuff that I loathe just to be competitive in wvwvw.

You best get em now. In 4 months you’ll have to come back for your ascended britches.

I’m with you…screw this garbage..

MistaMike.7356:

I really don’t understand what the big deal is? They’re giving us more game to play, what’s wrong with that? If you hate progressing your character then why don’t you just sit at level 1?

You people complain about anything. If Anet bumped max level up to 85, you’d complain then too about “hey you said no grind!” Seriously they’re giving us new content, totally for free, and you complain? What the hell is wrong with you.

Not a thing wrong with content. If you think that is what the big deal is about go join the other “players” in game. Leave the real players here to sulk on the forums.

Kelvingts.2035:

Skins alone cannot keep most of us playing the game for longer and longer.

You got the wrong game then. New skins, content, areas, dungeons, items, rares, prestige titles, competitive play, the inability to out gear content, etc, etc. Those are the things that kept the players in Guild Wars. The set of “players” your kind fall under have a billion other choices.

Not once in my entire life have I needed to spew rage all over a forum.

This new gear tier that fills a made up gap between exotics and the legendary items is insane. The increase of stats on weapons that need to be grinded is mad. The unbalance this presents to WvW players is idiotic.

The dungeons are great and I welcome the change to the dungeons that include new loot, new boss drops etc. I welcome skill changes. I welcome changes that allow me to adapt to the game while still being on a level playing field.

When you choose to make me adapt to a gear change I draw the line. I played GW1 religiously and had nothing but great things to say about the game. There were constant patchs, additions, and expansions but not once was this garbage pulled….

If you had asked me a week ago what I’d be doing this weekend. I’d have said “Ill be in GW2, there’s an awesome update hitting on Friday”.

Instead…sadly…I have logged into the forums twice to expel my seeping rage O-o. I have logged into the game 0 times. Guild Wars was my jam!….Until today.

LuckyLuke.9046:

" this is a MMORPG if you dont give a lilte gear progresion or somthing similar not to farming for nothing at 80lvl!Tell me a good reason to play the game .For fun ok for fun but farming for what? you take your exotics make crafting at 400 then just farming the oor this is the fun for u?

This was suppose to break the MMORPG mold….Yet you are arguing for somethign that puts it right back in the mold.

If you thought hitting 80 only opened up farmin orr you need to look more into the game.

MissClara.6847:

Thank you Ostra.3927, Hilko.1760, Zaxares.5419, and Sirge.8934 . It’s been so easy to find photos of gear, but a lot harder to come across solid information.

I guess this doesn’t really affect me personally as a player too much (not a big fan of WvW), except that I really like to craft things, so it’s too bad they can’t be crafted right now (hope to see that changed!).

Sirge – I can see how this gear may make one player slightly stronger in WvW, and frustrate people as a result since it is competitive, but my question is why do you (and many others who share your opinion) find it concerning that a player may have a few extra stats in PvE? It’s not like anyone is ever rooting for the E to beat the P (okay, maybe with a few exceptions for the especially annoying people out there). Just playing. Also, thank you for your very informative response (and please don’t misconstrue this as trolling or baiting, I guess I just don’t see why people are too upset outside of the effects this may have in WvW).

A few extra stats (i’d say more than a few according to the screens) and a few more stats to come with newer gear items is the beginning of a rift between the “elite” and the players. It’s all about being on a level playing field as everyone else in the game. PvE, WvW, sPvP, it doen’t matter but a stat increase is a stat increase.

Guild Wars was a game that once you hit that max gear ceiling the only thing stopping you from succeeding was your noobness or lack of knowledge/skill.

Shiren.9532:

I find the comparison of the GW1 addition of additional stat bonuses comparable to this to be an insulting lie. Addition upgrades in GW1 (of which there were very few) are comparable to… aditional upgrades in GW2, such as a new rune. Something which doesn’t do something completely new, just adds variety to what was already done, like the Mad King Runes. There was very little (if any) outcry over those because they were like the GW1 runes.

Sometimes the limited feedback we get from the community managers seems more like it’s to antagonise and argue with their manipulative selection of “facts” which don’t line up, rather than the concerns being accurately understood and considered. It seems like they are forcing the point, saying “don’t worry, you’ll like it once we do it to you,” rather than listening to what people are saying now.

To increase the power of a legendary in GW2 would be like increasing the armor of FoW armor in GW1. Both are items attained through acquiring multiple rare materials. The difference is now 1 is required to be top geared.

at least group the stats….why do we have to read 16 lines of stats..

I got a ring today guys its has.
+1 Power
+2 Power
-3 Power
+4 1/2 Power
+1 Power
+1/2 Power
-2 Power

A free cookie to whoever solves my math problem!

Ultima Thule.3950:

Cyanous.4597:

To be honest, I rarely bother to write on forums, but this is just ridiculous.

I can’t understand the amount of anger or distrust that the simple addition of new optional content to the game is creating. No one is or will ever force you to go to the new dungeon or get the new gear, nor you need the new gear to be competitive at any other aspect of the game. The supposed 8% increase to your stats will mean next to nothing in most aspects of the game.

This dungeon seems to be for people that want to try their hand at something that gets progressively harder, both for bragging rights and for the possible rewards that this will yield. If you enjoy this kind of test, now you should be happy. If you don’t, you can still skip the dungeon without being penalized in any way.

This is not the beginning of a gear treadmill, nor it is the end of GW as it stands. If you think it is, maybe you are missing the point that ArenaNet has been trying to adhere to much more than other company: play the game however you want it and have fun.

You enjoy crafting? Go ahead. Dungeons? Sure. Hate those but enjoy trying PvP? Do some WvWvW or tournaments or what have you. Just enjoy the game.

If none of these aspects really interests you, then take a break and stop playing. Being a free to play game, you can always come back whenever you feel like it and dive back into it without having to worry or pay for checking things out to see if things changed to your liking.

They can’t please everybody, but they are doing quite a good job in giving most people a good variety of options to deal with so that they can play however they like.

I will definitely give the new dungeon a shot. If it is not something I enjoy doing, I won’t do it and move to something else. It’s that simple.

This is nothing like 8%

http://i.imgur.com/BeyFB.png

The infusion slot also have stats.

And be sure to check this http://www.gw2db.com/items?filter-item-rarity=8

Where it is the “slight” change from exotics? I am serious, check it, you are going to be amazed.

But don’t jump too high, it takes hundreds of runs. Perhaps the grinders aren’t going to be as elated either.

Holy kitten. What the hell is with that ring. Even crap in Diablo doesn’t have that many stats on it….

Oooo account bound too. But don’t worry guys in 4 months you can grind out Helm and ammy. So make sure to come back and do it!….</sarcasm>

good freakin game ANUT….good freakin game..

MissClara.6847:

Hi – this is my first forum post – I’m trying to find out more about ascended gear (and I really don’t want to search the last 187 pages of raging) so if anyone out there knows, here are my questions:

Can ascended gear be crafted?
If ascended gear cannot be crafted, then how does one acquire it?
What are infusions? Can you “infuse” gear that isn’t ascended?

If anyone knows anything or a site with “recipes” on ascended gear or items used to create it, I would really appreciate it. My head is spinning with everything that’s going on

Thank you in advance for anyone who replies!

I think they said you could eventually acquire it by other means. As of launch of this event it backpieces are forged and rings are acquired at the new content. I’m 85% sure on this so you may want someone to second me.

Yesterday I logged on for fun. To run some dungeons with my guild, participate in WvW, do some dailies, some events, blow some gold to craft. I was maxed out. Just by playing the game farming a few gold and crafting some stuff. My legendary was going to be awesome when I got it. Kinda had the same feeling of working toward FoW Armor in GW1. I was on to do what I wanted, when I wanted, with whoever I wanted. I’d group with people and not bother asking if they had lvl 80 gear.

Today I logged on and something wasn’t right. There was worry that I “needed” a legendary now. That my exotics were going to become dated. I tried to play an Alt but wait….why work on him when in 6-12 months all Ascended pieces will be out and he will need to be re-specced.

I logged on today and Guild Wars did not feel like Guild Wars.

I love new skins. Torment weps, rare drops, WiK skins, FoW armor…I don’t remember these weps/armor having stat boosts or some gimmick infusion slot. Anyone?

But wait that was GW1…here we are getting a “Item progression”. Stop feeding me BS. Stop dressing up your press release comments. Get us back to Guild Wars…

The updates awesome, new content, dungeon, increased rewards from dungeons, skill updates. New skins, recipes, etc etc. But 500 rights can’t correct this wrong ANUT.

Clearly I should have come to the forums months ago and voiced my opinion on how much I enjoyed the game. From other posters it seems all the exiles from other MMOs have been upset because they aren’t getting what they want.

Sorry ANUT…I was to busy playing the game I enjoy and to see a complete turnaround on what I though the goals were for this game has had me coming here to spew my rage instead of logging into the game.

We can disect the PR statements, we can dissect the videos from 2011, we can say what we think thye meant or what we think they didn’t mean. It’s dropping tomorrow and after this weekend if I no longer feel like I am playing Guild Wars…..:(

Maybe its the GW1 vet in me, it showed you could have grind IF the player chose too. Look at titles, EOTN ranks, FoW Armor…

In my opinion (The unintellingent can rip it apart if they want)
Guild Wars 1 had FoW armor. Guild Wars 2 has legendary items. The gap in aquiring FOW armor was insane compared to the other max armor that you could get for a few plat at the end of story town.

Just saying…

I’m still trusting you to keep me in my niche and not send me down a slippery slope of garbage.

Loosifah.4739:

Have you been in the game lately? Have you seen how much of the map isn’t open yet? Or how many bugs are in the game still? You don’t really think this game is completely coded and finished yet; do you? So why would you think that all the gear was ready to go straight from the start?

Yes I’ve ben in the game…
I was also in GW1 and I also understood ANUTs vision. Yet here we are on the eve of a gear increase….

Im going to say this again (I know its been mentioned 100 times)
Guild Wars 1…3 add-ons, 1 expansion, 7 years…..ZERO stat increases(armor, weps, atts, etc, etc, etc.)

There is no reason for Ascended items besides the fact they think Exotic level power is too easy to obtain and Legendary is too hard, thus they decided, or maybe it was even in their original plans, to put something in-between.

The level power is the same. Legendaries just look cooler

It doesn’t matter how slow or how fast you release it…its a treadmill…
It doesn’t matter if it is a minor increase…..its an increase…
Since when is there a gap between exotics and legendaries….The colors are different….so you address this by MAKING a gap?
We know you wont be adding a new tier every 3 months…because instead you just add new pieces every 3 months…
“It’s item progression”……no its not…
“So it’s important for us to be able to add an expansion pack’s worth of progression and rewards to support that content.”….There were 4 add-ons/expansions to GW1..you never pulled this garbage..

Keep trying to dress this idea up…you’ve got a long way to go to sell it to us smart folk.

ARggghhhh the AGONY!!!!

chronus.1326:

Erebus Delirium.4892:

This added layer of gear allows you to keep doing the things you have been doing and loved since launch.

Ellaborate. I don’t know how it has anything to do with things like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5IUm-Dt60U
This is what we were doing in Guild Wars.

This is what you are doing in WoW:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pceMK9Fxz3U

I don’t see the connection.
I think you were misinterpreting Guild Wars.
Guild Wars was a game about several different levels of fun. Not illusionarry carrot progress.

Love it

From https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/linsey-murdock-unveils-new-high-end-ascended-gear/

" Eventually, you’ll be able to kit yourself out with a full set of Ascended gear and high end Infusions to help give you the edge in end game content."

An edge..where’s my level playing field…

“players were achieving their set of Exotic gear and hitting “the Legendary wall.””

The response should not be..“Ok they need more gear!”

After reading the new dungeon write up on the main page I have also come to these conclusions..

The dungeon gets harder the more you do it…..Brilliant…
Gear helps make this easier….Idiotic

From the article…
“After a certain point, our new Ascended items and Infusions become crucial tools for survival”

Crucial as in “We hope you have this or you are screwed!”

This is my final rant on this….for now…
Maybe I was spoiled since Guild Wars 1 catered to the Guild Wars mentality….3 months in and we are at the top of a very slippery slope…..you best not trip up ANUT…

Bak.9843:

So are pets going to get infusion? Or will rangers become even more useless?

You just need to tame the new ascended pets.