Guild Wars 2

Can I just bump this? I know minis can be hidden…the game does it automatically when a map is full. I cannot fully express how much I hate the sound effects from the Mini Super Banana, and I really don’t like having to move the effects volume slider all the way down to not hear it.

Seriously, with the stupid banana. I despise it.

I’d be willing to bet they’ll drop from chests and champ bags just like ascended weapons.

The problem is, traits and gear are completely secondary to player skill. If you give poor players an armory to guide them to a decent build, there’s no incentive to learn the game for themselves…that was the case in GW1 and in countless other MMO’s. Some people have the mindset of “I have my gear and my build, now I can faceroll to victory!” and frankly, I’d rather not see that. I’m all for discussion of builds etc. because generally the community around here is civil and people don’t mind explaining the logic behind their trait and gear choices.

I see the evolution of a “good” player like this:
-New player picks a class they like, which they know nothing about.
-New player levels to 50-60 ish, playing with skills and builds, finding what works for them and what doesn’t.
-70-80, a player has a decent understanding of their class mechanics, and begins crafting a final (subject to change) build to suit their play style.

If you have a site where new players can go to grab an “Übermensch” build, there’s no incentive to learn their class since they already “know” they’re building towards the “best” build.

Are you referring to ascended items? There’s already a method in place for getting them aside from crafting. Trinkets can be had from laurel vendors and guild commendation vendors. Weapons can be obtained through drops anywhere you can get ascended materials (fractal daily chests, world boss chests and champ boxes) And yes they are rare, but those who do craft them have likely spent hundreds of gold or countless hours leveling up their crafting professions and acquiring materials.

OP said: “Rare drops from world bosses? You can find me waiting for Jormag.”

That mechanic is already in place, problem solved

Just what the title says. I’d like to be able to join a party when I right click on a Guildie’s name in the roster, or a friend’s name on my friends list. Alternatively, maybe “invite to party” could default to join party if the other player is already grouped? This is just a bit okittenwardness it seems like it would be easy to fix, and would be greatly appreciated.

They could redeem Scarlet Briar, and make her less lame. I’m thinking something like…poor young newly born Scarlet became a vessel for the essence of Lazarus the Dire, whose ancient and awesome power broke her mind. Lazarus used this new vessel to acquire the knowledge he’d missed out on during his self imposed exile, and is now using Scarlet to prepare the world for a return of his full power, whereupon he shall wreak vengeance upon “countless generations” as promised at the end of the quest “The Justiciar’s End”. Now we have a Scarlet that isn’t all powerful because of her thooper thmarth, but rather because she’s a puppet for an ancient and absurdly powerful entity. Her inherent nuttiness is due to her brain not being able to contain said essence, and her peek into the eternal alchemy further broke her mind, sheering away even the veneer of sanity.

Now, instead of an annoying mary sue villain, we have a villain that is in fact a victim, and thus, we can feel sympathy for, which makes her more interesting. And as a bonus, we have a return of one of the classic villains from GW1 lore (The Mursaat…what’s left of them, anyway. Which may in fact be just Lazarus, but perhaps not). Tie ins with current content are obvious, really, and easy to expand upon. (all the references to the Mursaat, the Seers, and the Forgotten are already there with Fractal gear…infusion, ascension, [spectral] agony, etc…)

I’m to the point that I only play the new LS content to get the achievements, then I go back to doing things that are fun and have no tedious and annoying Mary Sue megavillain behind (or at least involved in) everything bad that happens.

No more scarlet. Please. She’s just lame. I’ll post a rant by one of my guildies:

In my opinion, they need to end the Scarlet story. This is becoming a total joke. Really? We get a new fractal about how the reactor blew and they stick Scarlet into it??? So if Evon had won and we got the Abaddon fractal, would they have stuck Scarlet into that, too? What’s next, the Centaur/Bandit alliance? Or maybe the Quaggan/Frostbrood alliance? This is just getting sad, these writers are nothing like the writers that made the Guild Wars universe so wonderful in the first place. Every.Freaking.Thing. Scarlet’s behind it. What, will it end that Scarlet is the one who created the Elder Dragons and is controlling them? Obviously fighting the Elder Dragons has been of no importance for a full year since we’ve been dealing with Scarlet the whole time.

So, so, so sad. If anything happens, Scarlet is behind it. If there is some kind of totally and completely unlikely alliance between two races or factions, Scarlet is behind it. It’s never explained how she is so all powerful to convince all these races/factions to do this, but she just keeps doing it and these races/factions keep falling right into her hands. With her little story line they have managed to break established lore multiple times. The most blatant of all dealing with the Krait. How so? Here’s what the Wiki states about the Krait:

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Originally from the Unending Ocean, the krait rival even the charr for viciousness and cruel ingenuity. These intelligent creatures are vicious and xenophobic, attacking and enslaving all other species on sight.

Xenophobic, attacking and enslaving ALL other species on sight. Yet, out of the blue, they accept Scarlet and join up with the Nightmare Court.

I…just…ugh. This is getting terrible, and so far there hasn’t been much of any hint that there is any hope in sight with the direction they’re going.

Lately I’ve become annoyed with mobs in dungeons…specifically, why do crowd control skills almost never work? And why don’t some utility skills work consistently?

Primarily I think it’s silly that so many CC effects work on regular solo PvE mobs, where they die with a few auto attacks, but tougher mobs (like elites in dungeons) frequently ignore stuns, dazes, roots, etc. I can see having the durations shortened so players can’t chain stun a boss to death, but having them ignored does not make one feel heroic.

Even more frustration is watching them walk through a ward, or blast through reflects (The prototype golems in SE1 can’t shoot you though wall of reflection, but Sure-Shot Seamus can.)

I’m not complaining that dungeons are too difficult, and in fact I find them quite enjoyable, and usually run 5-7 different explorable paths every day. I just think there’s got to be a more effective way to make them appropriately difficult without rendering such a significant portion of a player’s skills useless. Players in an MMO want to be heroic, this sort of thing makes them feel anything but.

An invite would be much appreciated!