Guild Wars 2

I don’t mind Sab but I agree… Zero new dungeon content with the expac and the first dungeon they might add is rehashed content. Maybe something different first before sab makes a return?

Nah, the gemstore is always hungry.

I wanted a game where the in-game economy and the real world economy were kept separate.

I did not get that game.

Just crafted Juggernaut the old fashioned way (not with Legendary Mastery) on my revenant. When I unsheathe it my armor just turns dark. I tried it with various dyes and armor skins – all the same. I ran around the wilderness and noticed that the chromatic effect kicked in when i got hit by a mob while running past it, so it’s sort of working, although even then it looks the same after trying various dyes, armor skins.

I just spent a LOT of money and time on this, and not a+ super happy satisfied customer.

It’s only been happening since like release. I know it doesn’t have any bearing on the precious gem store but seriously.

Thanks! It is a great game, which makes things like this all the more disappointing.

Wow – Ships of the Line is a hot mess of broken too.

Story mode is snipped, which is nice, but still a miserable experience – especially the Orr quests.

Suggestion: if you’re going to arbitrarily throw waves of trash mobs at us with useless npc’s and painful mechanics (I’m looking at you, Starving the Beast quest) have the decency to not remove loot drops.

Here’s to hoping whatever is in store for the personal story in HoT is improved.

It’s not you – just minutes after people in chat were talking about a bad link or something that could take down a server, this happened.

I smell perma-bans coming….

… terrible context. I reeeealy like the idea, but there’s just too many synergized mechanics to manage for a dynamic event that is basically a huge pug. Should have left dragons alone and made a new Squad-based event like this one.

Prediction: the real battle will be between players trying to win and people showing up to fail for the chests.

And again.

No responses. Thanks Anet.

Lost connection 5 times since I posted this. Disabled AV, checked router settings, ports – this is not on my end. Something is happening that is bouncing me off.

This is not acceptable.

my game crashes intermittently between around 9 pm and 11 EST. This has been happening for a couple of weeks now and it’s getting to the point that I don’t want to even bother doing my nightly fractal runs. Daytime – no prob. Late night – no prob. 9-11 pm or so – ridiculous.

The game client was unable to connect to the login server. Yada yada.
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Dredge Fractal (especially after level 20) is the worst thing in the game.

Not even just that there are too many – Anet seems to have serious mommy issues with their little baby dungeon trash. Every nerf seems to be less about balance and more about us not being able to avoid trash without being severely punished.

Replace the word “update” from the title with “design” and it all becomes crystal clear.

Agreed – just made a similar post. Glad to see I’m not alone.

Sarcasmic.6741:

Mesmer weapon skills have lower damage coefficients to account for supplemental damage from either shatters or phantasms. To remove those sources is a detrimental bug that needs corrected. It does the same to Ranger pets and Necro minions.

Being able to support during boss fights (and dropping Time Warp I don’t consider being supportive) doesn’t justify having a class mechanic completely broken for a “mini-boss”.

You also don’t seem to realize that damage output from Guardian scepter is higher than the other options save greatsword. Pvp, it’s ineffective and easily strafed. However, pve mobs aren’t nearly as bright.

I think what you are not grasping here is that my post had nothing to do with saying that scepter doesn’t have decent weapon damage, or that evolverzillas point that shatters are in integral point of mesmer damage. Both cases are true.

However, there are certain places in dungeons where the mechanics dictate that the damage mainstay of a class’ build are either not viable or not recommended, and even some situations where you can only defeat a boss using non-conventional attacks, such as the Legendary Jotun Stargazer.

Point is, these are not bugs, they are encounters which are designed to have players think and react differently.

Sarcasmic.6741:

I’m going to chalk the above post to not understanding either of the professions mentioned.

You do realize I didn’t say “all” of our damage, right?

SteepledHat.1345:

evolverzilla.2359:

Only AA players use AA. Good players swap to melee in TA bubbles. And then do a lot of damage using other skills and not only ilusion bomb.

You are neglecting the fact that the majority of mesmer dps comes from phantasams or shattering.

In these cases, the majority of mesmer damage comes from Feedback and other players by way our Time Warp.

Every class has certain challenges in dungeons that force them from their usual dps dumps. Ask any good Guardian when he’s forced to switch to scepter or staff if all he does is Pew-n-Q about not being his usual spinny self and he’ll tell you he’s using his support utilities to their fullest and enjoying every minute of it.

We (mesmers) aren’t always on top of the dps charts but we sure can help the group be incredibly more efficient at boss encounters in most situations.

Just have to say what a great experience being a part of this is. A million thanks to everyone who made (and continues to make) this a game-elevating experience.

Cheers!

Had a chat with someone earlier who said they tried waiting it out and resetting a bunch of times and it didn’t work either.

Really hope this gets addressed.

Last night my usual dungeon group tried Arah Path 4. Everything was smooth as silk until we reached Simin. Started the event, got her down to around 50%, then she stealthed. We kited the sparks back in a very short amount if time, and she reappeared at around 55%. Dropped a Time Warp and started to fight her again – only to have her stealth like 5 seconds later at 50%. This repeated like 6 or 7 times, until we decided to reset the event. Same thing happened another 5 times until we finally quit. It seems there is something that borks her stealth timer and instead forces a reset at 50%, meaning she is basically invincible. We even tried the 4-1 method, leaving one spark and allowing her to heal to 100%, then dps’ing her until stealth, immediately having one person kite the remaining spark within seconds, only to have her stealth after 1 or 2 seconds of fighting – oddly enough when she was at 50%.

I looked on the dungeon forums and, although it’s not something that happens 100% of the time, we are not the only ones experiencing this issue. I really hope you find the time to fix this soon – the fact that it takes so long just to get to this boss makes even taking the chance that it won’t bug out and trying to do Path 4 prohibitive. Nobody in the group wants anything to do with it until there is an official confirmation that the issue has been addressed, regardless of how much we otherwise love the dungeon.

Thank you for taking the time to read this, and thanks in advance for any attempts to rectify the issue.

Orion the Cursed.1206:

Jammypack.3018:

Orion the Cursed.1206:

Jammypack.3018:

All i can say is the OP just pulled off a 4 – page troll INCLUDING an Anet person who actually told people to get back on topic.

enthusiastic golf clap

So people who post here are stupid?

At least they have something interesting to say on the topic. Violence in all computergames is a popular debatable subject and what is being discussed is its appropriateness in GW2 in the form of the Ambient Killer.

But according to you all that is not important because “OP is a troll”. enthusiastic golf clap back at you

/facepalm

Nobody said anyone was stupid. Also THE AMBIENT KILLER sounds like a serial murderer you’re giving life to before our very eyes.

But this sounds ok with you? hypocrite

-Indiscriminate Slayer-
If small things were meant to live, they’d have bigger teeth or faster feet.

Go look up the definition of ambient. At best THE AMBIENT KILLER can be used to describe an annoying person.

:)

Orion the Cursed.1206:

Jammypack.3018:

All i can say is the OP just pulled off a 4 – page troll INCLUDING an Anet person who actually told people to get back on topic.

enthusiastic golf clap

So people who post here are stupid?

At least they have something interesting to say on the topic. Violence in all computergames is a popular debatable subject and what is being discussed is its appropriateness in GW2 in the form of the Ambient Killer.

But according to you all that is not important because “OP is a troll”. enthusiastic golf clap back at you

/facepalm

Nobody said anyone was stupid. Also THE AMBIENT KILLER sounds like a serial murderer you’re giving life to before our very eyes.

All i can say is the OP just pulled off a 4 – page troll INCLUDING an Anet person who actually told people to get back on topic.

enthusiastic golf clap

So in there there’s a statue of Lyssa, which when contested has that ridiculous perma-stun chaos storm going on.

Fun.

Also, there are a LOT LOT more fun risen in there, particularly the Guardian Bow dudes that immobilize you and the new Super Fun Time nobles that have those really fun and challenging wells with the super incredibly ungodly fun amounts of damage.

Add to that a respawn rate that funly (I made up a word, deal) negates any reason at all to even attempt to fight things since you are having way too much fun already standing there dazed and contemplating how much fun you’re having.

And this is all without Mister Fun Eyeball of Fun even showing up, which I can’t even imagine how fun that would be. It would probably break the fun-o-meter.

Needless to say, after my buddy and I were trying to do that exploration map-completion thing (you know, the one you guys always say you are so hip to) and wiped 7 times in a row, the fun became overwhelming and we had to stop for the night.

I can only say this – Thank you developers for the super fun changes you made in this last patch – the risen, the krait, the annihlation of a perfectly good skill that was in use since release, the guesting-chesting… and kudos to the the courage to adhere to the old addage “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it – unless it’s more fun!”. I wish I could only somehow grant you as much fun you as we had this evening so you would really understand just how much fun it was.

Good point…sometimes my frustration puts the logic blinders on.

Lost in the wall again, I suppose.

Thanks for monkeying around with stealth and pies when there’s still so much to fix that’s actually broken.

LOCO.1785:

Jammypack.3018:

Know what’s fun now? Using Cloak and Dagger on a mob, then positioning for a side strike and getting clubbed in the face and knocked down before you get your stealth attack in. This could be the worst “rebalancing” I’ve ever seen in a game that nobody even asked for. Good thing they buffed Krait though – that was a real eff’ing issue right there.

How am I meant to interpret this bolded part?

Because what you’ve said right here is not true. Mobs do not attack you while you’re in stealth. So you can still use C&D and backstab as per usual.

My reading comprehension is fine, you need to explain yourself better.

And for the record I’m not happy with the change either, thieves need buffs in PvE, not nerfs. All I originally said is it’s not the end of the world, I know I’ll be able to adapt fine.

My bad – I guess the “before you get your stealth attack in” was a bit confusing. What i meant to say was “then positioning for a side strike and getting clubbed in the face and knocked down before you get a chance to attack because you unstealth right when you’re about to attack and the mob immediately hits you at the same time you hit it”.

LOCO.1785:

Jammypack.3018:

LOCO.1785:

Lol, I prefer to see a variety of builds rather than just one standard that everyone uses.

Anyway, I agree with the majority here that this change wasn’t needed, but in saying that I don’t think it’s that drastic. Sure PvE is a little harder for us now, but I like the extra challenge and it makes me a better player in the long run now that I can’t just drop stealth and reset aggro all the time.

Time to adapt guys!

Actually no, it’s pretty freaking drastic. You’re basically saying that removing the main mechanic that makes a class that class (other than aesthetics) isn’t drastic. If you want the extra challenge of not using stealth try rolling a different class.

Know what’s fun now? Using Cloak and Dagger on a mob, then positioning for a side strike and getting clubbed in the face and knocked down before you get your stealth attack in. This could be the worst “rebalancing” I’ve ever seen in a game that nobody even asked for. Good thing they buffed Krait though – that was a real eff’ing issue right there.

What the hell are you talking about?

They haven’t removed stealth, one of the main mechanics of the thief. They simply modified it so you don’t drop off the aggro table of NPCs. So you can still stealth, then backstab, whatever, but upon reappearing, the NPC will still remember you did damage to it. Previously when you used stealth, you’d lose all aggro altogether.

Sounds like you haven’t even played the game since they patched it.

Sounds like your reading comprehension is stunted.

They arbitrarily removed a mechanic that has been there from the start that basically was the centerpoint of most of it’s utility [b] and kind of the reason to use the skill itself. Did you read the title of this thread? Not only do enemies not de-aggro (i.e. walk away and begin to recover hip’s) but they are immediately aware of your position and resume attacking.

Also, Mesmer veil? Mass invis? Mostly used to de-aggro when avoiding things. Useless otherwise. And don’t start in with “oh its a pvp skill as well and yada” because the nerf had nothing to do with rebalancing pvp and all to do with Anets obsession over having its PVE player base be forced into not being able to bypass ANYTHING.

Jammypack.3018

Mesmer / Warrior / Guardian / Thief

All in exotics
Looking to learn arah as best i can – have completed path 3 with the Mesmer. Hoping to eventually be able to lead expeditions with the people left in my guild as well as anyone else who wants to try it

Time available – pretty much whenever as my schedule is free atm.

Thanks!

LOCO.1785:

Lol, I prefer to see a variety of builds rather than just one standard that everyone uses.

Anyway, I agree with the majority here that this change wasn’t needed, but in saying that I don’t think it’s that drastic. Sure PvE is a little harder for us now, but I like the extra challenge and it makes me a better player in the long run now that I can’t just drop stealth and reset aggro all the time.

Time to adapt guys!

Actually no, it’s pretty freaking drastic. You’re basically saying that removing the main mechanic that makes a class that class (other than aesthetics) isn’t drastic. If you want the extra challenge of not using stealth try rolling a different class.

Know what’s fun now? Using Cloak and Dagger on a mob, then positioning for a side strike and getting clubbed in the face and knocked down before you get your stealth attack in. This could be the worst “rebalancing” I’ve ever seen in a game that nobody even asked for. Good thing they buffed Krait though – that was a real eff’ing issue right there.

Restarted again just to see if it’s the same – it is. Oh, and the blue level 48 shoe reward for a level 50 quest is hilarious.

By the way – the part where you have to “hold out with the legion against the undead” – is that some sort of joke? You should rename that part “just run around and kite a buttload of respawning risen for a while and try not to die but you probably will”. Could we get maybe a timer on that? Of course not. But by all means – keep making sure food doesn’t give anyone an unfair advantage over trash mobs.

So I’m doing the Battle of Claw Island – Mira used to be in a somewhat safe zone to be rezzed. Now she’s in the middle of a never-ending respawning zerg of risen, complete with poop-cannon fodder exploding everywhere. I even restarted the mission (thanks to being dc’ed during a 2 minute break) – same deal. So now my thief (who cannot utilize his one get-out-of-jail-free card anymore THANKS FOR THAT AS WELL) is stuck in the freaking beach dying to try to res this idiot.

…hop on a character and head over to see Brina the Tanner in Snowden Drifts. You can then grab a bow from her pile o’ bows and engage in one of the most baffling MMO experiences ever – the “shoot the crazygonuts rabbit with the tiny-to-the-point-of-being-invisible target reticle so Brina can retrieve its pelt all for a sliver of the quest complete bar” heart quest.

Then, when the sun has gone down and there’s not enough booze in the world to stop the tears, perhaps you can relay the answers to a few questions I had as I lolwtf’ed my way through maybe 2 minutes of it (before I finished the quest doing something else):

1 – who hunts rabbits with a bow?

2 – who hunts moving rabbits with a bow?

3 – why would magic or other weapons ruin the fur yet a poisoned arrow is ok?

4 – wouldn’t my big kitten AOE shortbow poison bloom be a better option than that contraption we have to use?

5 – is this quest some sort of practical joke?

Jeffrey Vaughn.1793:

…I’ve managed to beat this with a L10 thief, elementalist, and engineer, so I don’t think it’s “impossible.” To be fair, I’ve obviously played this game a lot, but I really don’t use any crazy dev tricks or cheats when I test for difficulty. I found Elixer B to be quite helpful for taking Howler down, since it boosts your damage and hurts her every time she hits you.

You “managed”, eh?

Well, according to YouTube, soloing Lupi is not “impossible” either. However, we’re talking a level 10 quest here, of which no other equivalent level 10 quest boss is even remotely this difficult. Making a fight that makes people want to break things in real life at level 10 is not exactly a smooth learning curve.

Not trying to be a jerk, but I don’t think I’m the only person who ever came across this fight and thought “never again”.

Is there a reason that you can’t get a reward from them while some event out in the middle of nowhere is active?

Currently did a quest in East Jibroo – err, Iron Marches – and apparently I can’t get any rewards for my efforts until I solo some event that has probably still been active since launch. I mean, it’s not like the quest giver is even actively part of the event.

Is this intended? Not like it’s a huge deal or anything, but it seems a bit arbitrary.

Erebus.7568:

Instead of adding options to people with the removal of the trinity you are directly hurting the options and forcing everyone into the same exact play style… how the devs did not see this is just amazing and it makes one wonder if they EVER actually played any other game then their own?!

There is a small, yet annoying vocal minority that throws the L2P card every time someone says “wow this is really hard”. Conversely, there is also a small and slightly less annoying vocal minority that complains every time they are confronted with something that mashing the “1” button cannot overcome. This has been the case since video games were created, which is why you don’t ever see either Anet or the bulk of the game community involved in these conversations.

. With that said, you seem to fall into the third camp which has the ridiculous and anachronistic notion that a defining mechanic that the vast majority of players are using and actually enjoying on a daily basis is actually broken. And not just broken, but to the point that the only possible explanation is that the developers just don’t know it exists, as if the dog pooped on the carpet behind the couch right before Christmas dinner and Sweet Jesus can’t you smell it? Christmas is ruined forever.

Oops – just started a thread about this as well….

As a melee class I can’t even get close to anything without being golfed around the room by those juggernauts, then poison globbed, then fireblasted, etc etc.

I could jam a spoon up my whizz-hole and it would be about as entertaining.

Well, grinding in the sense of legendaries is an apt term, seeing that there are so many different things needed to be done repeatedly, not just killing one type of monster over and over again.

“Grinding” usually meant “killing stuff for XP” whereas “farming” usually just means "killing a type of mob for a specific loot drop ",

…mats to make/level my own crafting stuff. DR is an insulting mechanic. An hour of trying to get enough mats to finish a tier of crafting and then “sorry please call back at a later time”. So as a customer who has spent real money in their gem store to get doodly-doots and support an otherwise excellent game experience I will say only this:

Love the game, folks – but not another dime from me until you dump DR.

Seriously? After the horrible, exasperatingly drawn out chili-rhea that was Forging the Pact, we have to deal with one-shot mines?

What’s next – a monster that deletes your account when it explodes?

Jungle Grub with 100% Magic Find.

Seriously, unless you’re talking about running fractals, this issue is just a strawman drummed up by cranky WoW players who are stuck on the rotten old idea of “gear score” (which was sort of understandable in high level raiding) in a situation that doesn’t call for it and then using the (insert biased media outlet) tactic of spinning it to be “unfair” and “greedy”, which of course pulls on our heart-strings as we’re a generally helpful and friendly bunch.

What’s next? Telling some dude he can’t come to your AC story run because he’s only level 30 and wearing blues? As long as he’s not wearing MF!

Lighten up.

Ugh – my bad – i double posted

If you guys are talking about running mid-to high level fractals, whatever.

If not…

Fart noises. Seriously.

I understand that the developers decided not to implement mounts in the game, and i’m totally OK with that. But from just a game-environment perspective, seriously – where are all the horses?

I honestly don’t remember seeing one horse in the whole world. There’s a bajillion centaurs running around – where did they come from if horses don’t exist? There’s also carts everywhere in most cities, towns and garrisons, but not one horse. Did the humans hunt them to extinction? Did the centaurs?

And on the topic of mounts – and again i’m not talking about player-mounts – the Dredge have troop transports and the Azura have submarines and airships and tanks and whatnot. Didn’t any of them ever say to themselves Hey what if I put this tank engine on a cart I bet it would be faster than running to the lab?

Don’t get me wrong, it makes for a very cardio-vascular-ly healthy Tyria, but there had to be some lazy person like me wondering what the point of all this walking was and strapped some wheels and an engine or a saddle on something at some time or another.

Majora.6028:

How about you watch your tone?
They created this game, so what if there are a few hard parts?
If you don’t have the capacity to get through them, tough kitten.
I absolutely love this game, and I look forward to difficult parts.
Ever play games like Legend of Zelda? kitten, puzzles are a HUGE part of the game, are you going to write Nintendo a letter about how kitten you are because you couldn’t solve something?

I really think people need to watch what they say to the Devs. They spent a lot of time and effort into this game. Hell, they’ve put more effort into one map then you’ve done in your life. Be respectful and thankful or go find another game to play, might I suggest Hello Kitty Online? That seems more your level.

Above average troll. The USA judges give you a 7.

Just finished some low-level Norn quest (forgot the name of it) and had to go retrieve some Kodan’s SUPER FAVORITE RIFLE, which after having to auto-equip upon said retrieval (with no option to switch to my normal weapons) got me shot to pieces by dredge. What the hell was that thing? A whoopie cushion with a rifle stock? Did you guys forget to put actual weapon damage mechanics on it? Why did the guy want it back so badly? Was he trolling me? MAN THIS RIFLE IS REALLY AWESOME AND UH HEY (SNICKER) COULD YOU GO GRAB IT IT MEANS A LOT TO ME (SNORT) THANKS A BUNCH PUMPKIN

Other than the push-back option, the thing was worse than useless. It literally did nothing as far as damage went. I would have fared better by slap-fighting my way out of there.

Not the end of the world, and i’m not saying it’s a game breaker by any stretch, but it’s either broken or just designed to be a nuisance.