Guild Wars 2

I’m stucked in a colliseum map

Get me out pls

(Jade Arkadian.9280)

Quick sumarize

- Thief was buffed… in the wrong way. “Moar damage” wasnt the way to go. Still useless since they are one hit killed, don’t provide any support to party and stealth is completely useless in raid. You should raise thief base vitality or something.

- Mesmer was overnerfed. You killed almost any meta build for this profesion leaving shatter mesmer as the only decent choice in PvP

- Overall DPS nerf because of PvP. Raids are harder for parties that barely made it making them even more closed

- Druids are still tanky and deadlier… New Pets are not in line with the old one since they deal crazy damage.

- Necro seems more competent now at buff removal.

- Changes to guardian are pretty much unnoticeable IMO.

- Changes to warrior are ok. Burnzerker had to be nerfed (25k burn damage is way too much)

- Overall DPS has lowered, making Raid slightly harder and making party composition more strict in order to overcome the DPS check.

Hi there, I’ve got stucked in a match before the recent patch landed.

Now I’m out of PvP, but i can’t join unranked games anymore since the game thinks I’m still playing or something.

Anyway, right now I’m in bloodtide coast waiting for TT to spawn.

Jade Arkadian.9280 is the name :P

This new league system is disgusting.

Even the leaderboards that awarded grind above win ratio were better than this.

First off, it doesn’t matter if you lose 400-500 or 0-500 or you were facing a full prematched team. You lose 1 pipe for sure.

Then this system only allows you to progress if you have a winning streak. That’s it, if you alternativelly win/lose games, you won’t advance further after amber league resulting in a frustating experience.

Matchups are made only according to MMR, so actual league rank is meaningless. If you want to progress through ranks, the best method is to lose several games on purposes so you are matched against unskilled opponents and then have easy wins.

And Everything is mixed, solo and premade teams, conquest and fortress, it doesnt matter…

Above that, the current meta hasn’t been adjusted prior the start of the league season resulting in a PvP environtment overpopulated by Dragonhunter trappers, chronomancer tanks, almost invunerable elementalists, Shiro-Glint revenants (or should I say heralds?) and immortal druids.

And finally, if you are playing solo, your chances to have some toxic player in your team are really high since Anet doesnt do a thing to prevent this kind of people ruining PvP.

Worst of all, is that this systems is going to stay for a long time since its main problem comes from design and hence, correcting it would result in another revamp.

Imagine stepping up in a McDonalds and order some fries…and then they tell you that you have to buy the whole menu (Burger,drink and fries) if you really want the fries, forcing you to pay for something that you don’t want at all…

Sorry Anet… I’m not spending 25 € in gems to get that bundle just to get an individual item from it.

Remember, Greed is a sin.

This event is way too unrewarding even after the patch fix.

It only gives you blossoms according to the stack buff which encourages selfish farm event (You kill a couple of mordrem, then run to the next crawler…).
Theses invasions should reward the collective effort of the players…

Stacks buff should only be used to distinct the slackers who came in the last minute to get the final reward from the ones who have been fighting since the very begining of the invasion!

No karma, no gold, no loot, no XP, no champion bags…just the final loot which turns to be a grind farm to get whatever you want from the merchant.

Above that, it only lasts 4 days. If it lasted 2 weeks like the other events, then it would be ok since everybode would be able to farm their blossoms at a more relaxed pace.

Well, here is my feedback as a fellow thief player:

Staff

Weakening Charge should autoaim your target if you have the option enabled. It’s quite difficult to land it on my foes and since it’s a charge attack, you can end having some “accidents”.

The staff animations are disapointing. Most of them are recycled from other existing attacks and it doesnt feel you are playing a martial arts fighter at all.
I was expecting my character to move the way you move when you use the King Monkey tonic.

Traits

Traits are ok. They are usefull and they suit perfectly both DPS and condition playstyle.

Dodges

The new dodges are cool in theory, but they feel clunky and disfunctional in reality, even whithout lag.
Animations are, simply recycled from others skill attacks and is very noticeable. They feel specially wierd when you perform a dodge-jump.

In combat they feel less reliable than regular dodge and it should be the oposite since you are improving your dodge.

Utilities

The new utilities are mostly ok. They are not spectacular, but they achieve what they offer. Maybe physical skill combo should do something more besides pure damage.

I don’t think “Moar damage” it’s the correct answer to player’s BWE1 feedback :/

As a thief, I know why you decided that… I actually can’t make a build without the Trickery traitline :S

Irenio CalmonHuang.2048:

Hail, all!
[…]
The longbow skills were generally well received, but Symbol of Energy felt on the weak side compared to the rest of the weapon skills.
[…]

Well..I disagree with that statement.

I believe the worst of Dragonhunter is the bow itself. Slow and klunky as hell…slowmo projectiles…Rooting skills…

runeblade.7514:

ronpierce.2760:

Roy Cronacher.1576:

BlitzX.4039:

Roy, please, give us clarification on sword skill 3 if it has evade/invulnerability.

Currently Unrelenting Assault does not evade or make you invulnerable.

Lets do it, with that and Hammer #3! Make us proud, friend! (Evade, no invuln. Please no invuln.)

If you really must, add 2 more seconds of CD to both to balance it out, but it’d be incredibly more valuable as a skill if it was the Revenant’s version of blurred Frenzy, which they could use right now!

Why no Invuln? There is no difference between evades and invuln.

I dont think the Revs needs more damage avoidance. It’s already quite tanky even without Jalis and can regen endurance/dodge with Shiro’s heal.

Now you are telling us that:

- Revenant can do great DPS with swords and Shiro..
- Revenant can do AOE petrification without CD while the thief only can petrify one foe through Basilisk Venom
- Revenant is able to shadowstep and attack
- Revenant is able regen endurance and dodge more than a thief… and above that they got heavy armor
- And now Revenant can switch weapons too…

I dont like the idea of the Revenant being able to do Thief stuff better (and fancier) than a Thief.

It’s a relief they don’t have access to stealth…

I only pray for a nice thief elite spec that will turn the class in the true (and rightfull) king glass canon/mobility class because right now, it seems we are going to be replaced by some Revs that can do better than us.

lol, experienced the same glitch right now. It must be a placeholder since Ventari doesnt have yet it’s switching special FX done

The boxed prepurchase sold by retailers is suposed to grant the same features as the standard edition sold through buy.guildwars2.com, and hence there should be no problem getting that extra character slot if you had a GW2 account prior to Jan 23rd 2015.

Also it’s not the same preorder the game than getting a prepurchase.

Jordo.5913:

My bad

I just read the FAQ.

Can I pre-purchase through my favorite retailer?

Yes. Starting on June 23, 2015, you’ll be able to pre-purchase boxed and digital editions of Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns from our official retail partners. You may also be able to pre-order through retailers, but there is no official pre-order program and pre-purchasing is the only way to receive the benefits of our pre-purchase program, including access to all of the Beta Weekend Events.
Note that the Ultimate edition is only available for purchase in-game and via buy.guildwars2.com. Additionally, there won’t be an option to upgrade to the Ultimate edition later if you decide to purchase the Standard or Deluxe edition.

So it does look like you’ll be able to pre-purchase a boxed version from the official retailers of Arenanet which is Best Buy, Gamestop, and Newegg. This does mean you will have to pay in full, and you should recieve your code to upgrade on the receipt, or if through newegg, it will likely be in an e-mail. You also need to do this before HoT launch.

Hmm, when I bought my boxed Guild Wars 2 Pre-purchase 3 years ago (just a code inside an empty DVD box), I obtained all the bonus including access to the beta weekend and 3 days headstart.

Why should it be different this time?

DirtyDan.4759:

Was about to ask the same question

It says that anyone with an older account that upgrades (with no deadline to upgrade) will get the slot. Presumably you could upgrade months after HoT releases from any vendor and still get the slot.

You read that wrong. It says:
For all players who registered the core Guild Wars 2® game prior to January 23, 2015 and who upgrade their account by prepurchasing and registering any Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns edition before Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns‘ launch, we will add one additional character slot to your Guild Wars 2 account.

So, I understand that includes boxed editions as long the upgrade is made before the official launch. Is that right?

Hi there!

I’ve just read the blog entry about the pre-purchase matter and learn about your resolution on gifting veteran players a character slot if they upgraded to any HoT Pre-purchase.

My question is: Will this also apply to veteran players who will buy the pre-purchase boxed edition from any retailer and upgrade their accounts?

Some retailers are starting to allow the prepurchase of the prepurchase (a prepurchase inside a prepurchase! Prepurception!).

Thoses prepurchase should be delivered to you home after the 23th june.

They should address the issue ASAP and if not. Every single blog entry since the prepurchase is being overshadowed by comments related to this.

What’s the point on telling how cool guild halls are if you have users everywhere leaving comments about the pricing?

It’s everywhere…facebook, twitter, reddit, theses forums, the game itself… and it’’s perfectly normal. People is concerned and wants you to change your mind about that mad pricing tag.
Come on Anet, I know things are not done instantly but you must react before it is too late.

Actually there is a thread in reddit with 2013+ upvotes (84% positive) about NOT buying HoT.

I think that means a lot, and they should do/say something before the rage grows even more.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/3a4ktf/dont_prepurchase_heart_of_thorns/

No www.change.org petition? Even if it does nothing I would gladly sign one asking for a more apropiate deal.

deathfragger.6791:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV69DyOuzbE

that sums ANET For us all

Lol, so true. You made my day

Lol… not a chance. Im not rich and standard edition is already overpriced

Castaliea.3156:

Jaymee.1560:

Ya know, I get why the prices are set in this way, I truly do, but, and I’m guessing this was brought up already so sorry I am repeating, but… if the Core game in included with the expansion purchase, hence the price of it entirely… what… happens to those of us who… already obviously have the Core, and all we bought was the expansion? My husband and I both paid for our own expansions and we’re… just look at each other in… shock. We OWN the Core, okay? We just bought a Core game we can’t actually do anything with because… we’re already running the core game? I-I’m just… Oy….

Therefore, I hope that HoT’s contents is well worth the money spent to have it. Heck, even Eye of the North wasn’t that pricy at it’s release. I-I…I… (sighs) I’m confused.

My wife and I are in the same boat. That’s 100$ for us just for a standard edition! I think it’s super cool they decided to ship the expansion with a core game bundle for all those people that will be purchasing GW2 for the first time but for the love of the six gods…

WHY DO I HAVE TO PAY FOR A CORE GAME I ALREADY OWN. YOU DIDN’T EVEN BOTHER MAKING A PURCHASABLE COPY IN THE GEM STORE FOR THOSE ALREADY PLAYING YOUR GAME?!

Like….I can’t even…that is just….i don’t know… its so disgustingly underhanded and down right ….greediest thing I’ve ever seem from a huge, formerly respectable, game company. I literally can not even form a coherent post I’m so infuriated….
WHAT
THE
KITTENS
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Seriously.

I share that kitten feeling bro.

Sorean.5379:

You guys are forgeting one thing.
This is a PRE PURCHASE,you are basically paying to get free beta keys. You are playing before other people do.

Of course when the expansion is released they will release a upgrade option for way less than 50$ lol.

Pre purchases are always a bit expensive than the game itself after being released.

Funny, i though prepurchased games were slighty cheaper because you are still founding its development. Last time i prepurchased a game, i was offered a 17% discount…and yes im talking about Witcher 3

Just a flesh wound.3589:

The pricing is crazy.

New player: for $50 you get the base game with all the old maps and its events, hearts, skins etc, 5 character slots and the expansion.
Old player: for $50 you get the expansion.

Somehow it doesn’t feel like a bargain for the old player. >.>

Agreed, and I hope they realise how awfull that deal is intead of celebrating it. And if they dont change their minds for whatever reason, well, simply dont buy it.

Im wont buy it…several reasons on the table:

- No physical stuff this time…
- Im not pre-paying twice the core game I already own. Sorry but here you are just including the core game to price it as a standalone game. Its an unfair deal for all the players who stick with you. Now you want to make unfair profit from our fidelity
- No release date. Not even a hint.
- We still know very little about the content… If it is really worth that price, then prove .
- Not preview pictures of the bonus of the “Im rich” edition…are we suposed to hand you 99$ blindly? Sorry but i dont want to be scammed.

If the expansion costed 30$ then i would gladly prepurchase it, and of course, not posting here my concern ,sadly its not the case and i feel very ofended because you want us to pay for the full game again just to get the new stuff.

You did this in the know that fans will buy the expansions regardless its price or the content that will introduce just to stay uptodate in the game…. I feel truely dissapointed.

I hope you will consider improving your deal

Altosk.8492:

THIS MIGHT BE A UNPOPULAR IDEA AND I SPEAK FOR NO ONE BUT MYSELF. This is just a idea of how to balance out high and low mobile professions along with chill and cripple being ignored by mobility skills so please keep a open mind.

I personally think gw2 mobility is a little over the top in terms of how much ground certain professions can cover vs others. It’s nice to have the high mobility when running around maps and open PVE but when it comes down to PvP and W3 I don’t think any profession should be able to significantly outrun any other profession. Reducing the ability for a class to go from melee range to 1200+ units away from you in a second or two might make combat more engaging, challenging especially for low/non mobile classes who can’t chase after them and especially now that chill and cripple will be ignored. Also I think bringing the higher mobile professions down and more in line with the least mobile professions might also reduce some of the lower mobile professions needs for more mobility skills. This is just a example of what time talking about, the number I supplied are just off the top of my head and again it’s just an idea.

Example of Mobility Changes

[…bla bla bla…]

Thoughts?

Thats pretty much rendering useless any movement, blink and shadowstep skill and way worse that whats been planned for the update.

Completely out of the table.

DarkOcean.8746:

Jade Arkadian.9280:

DarkOcean.8746:

Why were posts that expressed concern for these changes merged into the “I really like the dash/leap changes. [merged]” thread?

That’s pretty one-sided, isn’t_it? If we’re going to merge these discussions, shouldn’t there just be one topic with a more neutral name? Rather than an “I like” topic (with posts merged into it that dislike the changes?) and a handful of “I don’t like it” topics floating around?

There are plenty of opinions against dash changes in this thread… This is not a “Wow, Thx Arenanet for this feature” thread, its a discussion to talk about how wrong/right are the upcoming changes related to leap skills, and that title hides that in a pretty convenient way -__-

Yes, that’s why I recommended that the thread title change. And, look, (as if by some sort of magic) it is now changed!

Yep, someone is watching us from the shadows… Kinda creepy :S

TexZero.7910:

Jerus.4350:

TexZero.7910:

Normalizing system allows them to do proper balance on skills and traits.

So put me in the OP is wrong about everybody not liking it.
I like it.

How far do you go on normalizing? Where is that line? Where do you stop before you have a bunch of people running around hitting each other with the same 1 skill because it was too hard to balance variety?

Are we really going to go down the slippery slope line of logical fallacy to make your post appear correct or is this just a string of rhetorical questions for the sake of appearing intelligent when the answer is right in front of you ?

Lol, this meme just poped in my head. I’m ok (but not agree) with people who likes and supports the movement skill nerf, but at least care to elaborate some argument when posting in a discussion thread.

DarkOcean.8746:

Why were posts that expressed concern for these changes merged into the “I really like the dash/leap changes. [merged]” thread?

That’s pretty one-sided, isn’t_it? If we’re going to merge these discussions, shouldn’t there just be one topic with a more neutral name? Rather than an “I like” topic (with posts merged into it that dislike the changes?) and a handful of “I don’t like it” topics floating around?

There are plenty of opinions against dash changes in this thread… This is not a “Wow, Thx Arenanet for this feature” thread, its a discussion to talk about how wrong/right are the upcoming changes related to leap skills, and that title hides that in a pretty convenient way -__-

I want to think it is just a mistake from the forum mod who did the merge…

BTW, there is a similar thread on reddit. You guys should check it too:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/39ceo6/i_hope_anet_reconsiders_the_change_to_movement/

I’m eager to know more in depth whats the full story behind nerfing movement skills. (yeah, we can theorize in the meaning time on what were they thinking)
What’s been said in the blog sounds more like a cheap excuse to me (reliable skills? Come on! That way you are making chill/cripple unreliable), and i hope there is some sensible reasoning for that change that’s not been told.

If not…well…as I said some posts ago, it would be a very poor choice which aims to nothing but unnecesarily mess the game mechanics.

I also don’t like it at all. It makes chill/cripple pretty useless.

Whats the point of fully slowing a thief if he can happily flee from combat spaming dagger 2? You are supposed to counter conditions with conditions cleanse, swiftness/alacracity or that new buff that allows you ignore condition effects, not using leap skills.

On the other hand, i don’t know how did they concluded that combining swiftness with movement skills is a bad thing.
Leap skills were never meant for precision jumping.

IMO, it’s a poor choice

Yet another week comes and still nothing new to do in Guild Wars 2 while waiting for HoT….
Probably, this afternoon the game will patch itself to include more crap in the gemstore, 2 fixes and 20 unintended bugs such breaking the TP for 3 hours or awarding undeserved achievements and titles.
I’m bored to death of playing over and over the same dungeons, the same PvP maps, grinding SW till I get sick..

How long this content harvest will last?

Grinded SW and Dry top for hours, and still nothing. Even after the RNG (slight) buff, this is really frustating for thoses who are really willing to participate in the beta.
You can’t even get it by spending gold or tokens…just pure RNG based on how much you grind.

Anyway, Anet will play RNG too on their side since from the lucky ones who got their portal, only a percentage of them will be fully available to test their beta (you know, you are not going to leave your job for a beta access)… and from thoses who try the beta, only a few will leave usefull feedback.

I’d rather prefer the newsletter subscription method for player invitation..at least people wouldnt get so sick of SW and DT.

Well, I can’t really complain, since I’ve got lots of T6 mats, exotics,rares and tons of geodes from this grinding.

Version: 47.232 (Live)
Server: Baruch Bay (Spanish server)
Account: Jade Arkadian.9280
Character used: Jade Arkadian
Type: Minor bug

Title: Some items of the same type can’t stack together
Steps:

• 1- Log in with a character with some Super Adventure Box baubles stored in its bank account
• 2- Go to a city or outpost and withdraw the baubles from your bank
• 3- Split the bauble stack by alt+left clicking drag & dropping
  Result:
  Observe that both stacks can’t be merged again. Also note that the new stack is flagged as “Account Bound on Acquire” while the other is “Account Bound”.

Notes: Please, note that this bug can also be reproduced with some other Account Bound/Account Bound on Acquire items such Blade shards (from aetherblade pirates), Found Belongings (from the Attack to Lion’s Arch event) and Continue Coin (from Super Aventure Box previous events)

Version: 47.232 (Live)
Server: Baruch Bay (Spanish server)
Account: Jade Arkadian.9280
Character used: Jade Arkadian
Type: Minor bug

Title: Missing text strings in PvP summary windows
Steps:

• 1- Log in with a character
• 2- Open the PvP panel by clicking its icon on top left menu
• 3- Check the stat summary in the home panel

Result:
Observe there are a couple of missing text string ((531267)) and ((424762))

Notes: Please see attached screenshot for details.

Version: 47.232 (Live)
Server: Baruch Bay (Spanish server)
Account: Jade Arkadian.9280
Character used: Jade Arkadian
Type: Minor bug

Title: Missing text strings in Caithe’s Home
Steps:

• 1- Log in with a character and go to “The Grove”
• 2- Look for “The House of Caithe” in the lower level of the zone and enter the instance

Result:
Observe in the instance there is an interactive placeable object. Its name seems to be missing ((534672)) and when interacting with it, it gives the player an account bound item named ((463874))

Notes: Please see attached screenshot for details.

I wasn’t able to assist the event, but anyway, was there any video or streaming record of it? I would like to see it

I’d rather it stays on Guild Wars 2… One of the funny things of SAB is the contrast between the crappy old pixelated world and your own character which is rendered the same way as any part of the game.

Also I want to play it with my char, not having a game starred by some random character.

By now, Arena.net should be aware of the situation since this is a pretty hot thread and about the shatered expectations of their SAB fans.
If they don’t say nothing by now it is probably because they don’t have anything worth to say, or maybe they are still evaluating the situation…or simply, they are on holydays :P

Just for the record:
Ratasum, Yesterday at 2:00 after the daily reset and the (troll ¬¬) hot fix patch.

Time to sleep. Had enough riot for today.
Tomorrow I will definetively raise a ticket requesting for a gem refund on my infinite continue coin….

Psdt: That teasing regarding the SAB minipets in the patch notes was rather nasty from you T_T

The SAB is a lie!
The SAB is a lie!
The SAB is a lie!

Why? We just wanted back our dear SAB T_T.

7 mins to rage again! #SABorRiot !

(though there are more chances that Half Life 3 is announced…)

Come on GW2! Give your players what they want!

Until then…let’s burn Rata Sum over and over and hang Moto for his lazyness ò_ó

SakuraJD.4720:

we didnt have it at all in 2014. its last release was september of 2013… can you believe that? unless my math is wrong, its been almost 18 months… come on guys, some of us kept our infinite coin.

Give us SAB back or refund our gems!! ò_ó

I don’t think this will solve anything…futhermore I think you are punishing legit players.

First off, as it happened with GW1 before, people (and chineese gold sellers) will start trading/sending objects instead of gold (Ectoplasm globs as an alternate currency??) to bypass that gold cap.

Also I think this is will hurt community driven events. How the hell can you organize a raffle, a contest or whatever with a gold prize if you can’t gift more that 500 gold per week?

How people is supposed to lend money to a friend who urgently needs to buy gems because he want to get something that is available for only 24h if they are tied to that 500 gold restriction?

Also you are messing with people who own a personal guild for storage and banking purposes… In my case I was storing my extra gold in my guild bank to buy my legendary weapon…now my money will be trapped there for 2 weeks.

As usually, some players (goldsellers, account thieves, spammers…) abuse the system…then everyone gets punished…

Eexcelsior! (In a very….impresionist way!)