Guild Wars 2

Errr…you might want more challenging content…me…I will be happy with content I am skilled enough to do. No way do I want the new expansion to have the difficulty level of HoT as it was when it was first released.

My wishlist is simple.

I am a solo player. When HoT came out, even though I had prebought the game, there was nothing in it for me except the REV.

I had to wait until they reduced the difficulty before I was able to not only play in the jungle, but enjoy the jungle.

My sole wish is this time they take all their players abilities under consideration when assigning a starting difficulty level.

HoT was for the Elite when it came out. This expansion, I would like to play it when it releases, and not have to wait for months as I did last time.

Lisa-Feeling wistful

BLIKSEM DOOD.2176:

3x tomes of knowledge — really?? this should be looked at and better rewards given

You must be a PVP player. The only Tomes Of Knowledge I get are those from the rewards I get every morning when I turn the game on…and when I buy Black Lion keys. I appreciate getting these Tomes Of Knowledge very, very, very much.

Lisa-Had to throw in my view of things.

STRKON.4269:

Also please don’t give temp fixes, because you can have people try and mess up their systems if they don’t do it right.

OMG, I am finally going to say it “kitten you ANET” never thought I would use it

And I am one of those who might mess up my system, so I am going to wait it out. Make breakfast and do some house cleaning until it comes back on…or make breakfast and read a book…this is my day off of work.

Sigh. I live in College Station, Texas and I still cannot log in. Oh well, I will toddle off into the kitchen and whip up some breakfast…maybe a breakfast casserole…hmm..

Hi all.
I am hesitant to write this because I do not want to come off as a whiner, but I am curious about something.

Every Halloween I have had good luck with getting things from the Tot Bags..I do get everything offered, but enough to make me happy.

This Halloween I have opened a kitten ton of bags and gotten absolutely nothing of interest. No Minis, no Infusions, and none of the new weapons..actually had to buy the weapons on the TP

On the bright side, I did get enough Candy Corn to buy several bags

Is this just the RNG Gods getting back at me for the all the nice Halloweens I have had, or is there a problem with the drop rate?

Has anyone else opened lots of ToT bags and have not gotten any of the new stuffs?

Thank you.

Lisa-Feeling glum.

I know they can undelete a character deleted a year ago…I deleted my only Mesmer whom I had crafted to 80 and couldn’t figure out how to play.

I had read a thread on Reddit which stated that if you sent in a ticket with your deleted character’s name, race, and profession that there was a shot at getting it back…a shot, not a definite promise of success.

So, I bought a character slot, sent in a ticket with the required info, crossed my fingers, and I got her back!!!!! She even had her third birthday gift waiting for me in her mail box

Only fly in the ointment is I still do not know how to play a Mesmer

Lisa-Happy Camper

I would like a plain white shirt for Heavy, Medium, and light users.

To me, a plain white shirt is a staple, one of those wardrobe must haves.

Lisa.

Hello all.
A real quick question before I hurry off to work.

I find that using a glass build in HoT is for me is a sure fire recipe for lots of dying.

So I wanted to interlace some Knights or Valkyrie armor with my Berserker armour.

Getting the required armor is easy, what is not easy is knowing where to put them on my character…for example, should my Shoulders be Knight’s or Berserkers? I know there is only one right answer to this question, but, I have no idea how to find the answer…and I have looked.

To prove I have done some hunting….here is the way I think things should be arranged

I should always use Berserker’s weapons

Earrings and Amulet are always Ruby

Rings are Emerald/Beryl/Other

Helm, Pants, and Chest should be Knight/Valkyrie/Other

Shoulder, Boots, and Gloves are always Berserker.

Do I have this right???

I have been toying around with stats to make HoT more doable and fun, but I really do not know what I am doing…sigh…I am math challenged.

So, if someone will tell me if I am on the right track with the above, I will be so grateful, and, equally, if I am totally on the wrong track I will be even more full of gratitude if someone will tell me so and steer me to the right arrangements of clothing, stats, and trinkets

Thank you so very much.

Lisa-The much confused.

IndigoSundown, I was a “complaining casual” because I bought the expansion only to find out it was too hard for me. A whole new beautiful jungle and I could not participate in it because I am a clutz.

When they made the Jungle easier, I was finally, finally, able to play it and marvel at all the work the artists put into it.

If they had not made the Jungle easier I would not have my elite specs , (happy grin, I have added a Tempest and a Scrapper to my stable of Elites now ) nor would I have my advanced gliding…let me tell you, to me, the ability to be able to glide through the Jungle without worrying about endurance is totally worth the required number of mastery points.

Not all of us casuals who cried about the difficulty of HOT have turned their back on it..some of us are deeply appreciative for this gift.

Lisa-Hoping that the next Living World story thingy has this level of difficulty.

Krogan Battlemaster.9634:

Sorry, but I don’t think the “average” player has stacks upon stacks upon stacks of these, and thousands of Spirit Shards from these. When they were first introduced into the Black Lion Chests, they were a godsend for alt-a-holics like myself and others. But, I can see the problems people today have with getting them since you get 3 just for doing a higher level fractal these days. I think they might need to drop them or introduce an item in the Black Lion chests that let you redeem for a Tome Of Knowledge or a few other things, for newer players who needs the Tomes or alt-a-holics like myself [though my use for them was dried up now that I have 15 80’s lol].

I think I may have 40 level 80s, and I am sadly quite sure I will make another alt someday in the far future. When I do, I would like to have a healthy supply of tomes. Hmm..if Anet could introduce a way for open world players to have Tomes drop then yes, they could take the tombs out of the table.

Lisa.

Shaaba.5672:

Considering that the only reliable way to gain multiple Black Lion Keys is through gems, which mean RL money (on someone’s part) the tome is total junk. More junk than the rest of the usual junk in the chests. At least the boosts are unobtainable through regular play.

I buy Black Lion Chests with real life money, and I don’t consider an occasional tomb of knowledge to be junk..far from it.

I would be crushed if they were taken out.

Lisa.

Depraved Ambience.7942:

Tomes of Knowledge are so ubiquitous, so easily accumulated that most players have multiple stacks of Tomes in their banks or multiple thousands of spirit shards from consuming them. These are NOT an item that a player wants to get out of a Black Lion chest – they are not worth the money or the gold needed for the cost of a key! If you insist on having these in the godkittened loot table for Black Lion chests, bring back key farming.

I happen to like getting a tomb of knowledge from the Black Lion Chests. I do not PVP, from which game mode I hear they fall like snowflakes and I am in the need of laurels, so I welcome an additional Tome or two.

Lisa.

I am the worst player in this whole game, truly, and guess what!!!!! I now have some elites!!!!! I have two Dragon Hunters, a Reaper, a Berserker, and am very close to a Druid.

I think the original difficulty put a bad taste in people’s mouths..first impressions are so very strong..

To combat a lousy first impression, people have to get, in this order,
(1) a nice cold glass of ice tea,
(2) a positive attitude,
(3) Dulfy’s amazing list of solo hero point locations, and her videos bookmarked for quick reference,

With these three items you are all set to sally forth into the Jungle. If you are adventuring by yourself nobody is going to jeer at you if you die, and if you are with friends, they will not jeer either. Just get up, heal your armor, and try again

I have very poor hand eye coordination. I die in HoT yes, probably more than the normal player, but I keep on keeping on

Devs, thank you for reducing the difficulty level to the point where, and those like me, can play HoT. Thanks for having a lot of solo Hero Points in the first map, and thank you for getting rid of the 400 needed Hero points, and giving us a more manageable number.

Devs, Remember this difficulty level when you do the next expansion…I think my fellow clutzes in this game are many in number, and are probably the ones who buy stuff from the Gemstore with real money

Lisa.

Electromagnetic glider…I did not buy because I felt I would never be good enough to glide. How things change…currently, I am at Gliding 3 and am very mad at myself for not buying the wings on the off chance that a miracle would happen and I could use them.

I would love to see “Teleport To Friend” buyable in the Gem Store. I would buy a ton for both my better half and myself.

Lisa.

Lisa bounces into forum. First of all I want to say thank you Devs for reducing the difficulty levels in the Jungle. I have been having a ball running my four Rangers through it looking for pets.

Just running through the jungle, killing things, joining in on the orange circle stuff, and doing map completion has netted me a fair amount of Mastery Points..already far more than I have in Core Tyria.

My question about Masteries is on the upper right of my mastery page says I have six mastery points to spend but it will not let me spend any of them..and earlier, I could not spend mastery points on anything but level 3 of gliding. I wanted to put those points elsewhere, but oh no, it would not let me. Level 3 Gliding was the only option. I guess I am doing something wrong. Can someone shed some light on how I can spend Mastery points where I want to spend them, and, why can I not spend the 6 that it says I still have?

Now about the elusive Juvenile Electric Wyvern. I know where the spawn point is, and two of my rangers have managed to charm one. But, I can’t seem to be in the right place, at the right time because I am having a kitten time trying to get this pet for my other Rangers. Is there a particular time I should perch there or is it just plain luck????

My first Wyvern, I was actually in the event and followed everyone to the nest.

My second Wyvern popped up while I was waiting for it.

I have had no luck since.

Anyways, I am finally enjoying the Jungle

I would enjoy it more if I could solo the Hero Points though. Still have zero specializations

Lisa-Headed back to the Jungle to see if an Electric Wyvern has spawned

Palador.2170:

There will be new elite specs, naturally. And, I think they’ll break down and give us Tengu, because this is a “go big or go home” moment for them. If all the work for the future they supposedly did in HoT doesn’t pay off, then people will pretty much give up hope on them.

As to what else I expect? Well, looking at HoT, I think they’ve learned that requiring people to work together is NOT the way to go. So, I expect to see some of the same stuff as HoT, but broken down for individual players.

Personal Housing: This will be a personal version of the Guild Halls system. You pay to claim it, then you have to go in and kick out whatever’s living in there currently. A couple NPCs will show up to help you to upgrade things. Karma is the best bet for a replacement for Favor in the personal version.

6+ Zones: Most of these will be normal zones. One will be a city zone for Tengu to start in. And one will be an event zone, most likely the last zone you reach. Even there, picture something more like the retaking of LA, rather than Dragon’s Stand. Lots of little events going on that anyone can jump in and do, as well as some big events.

40 Hero Points: Like HoT, they will be worth 10 points each. Unlike HoT, they’ll all be made to take on solo. This will actually become a selling point for any that want to unlock the HoT elites without dealing with HoT.

More Masteries: I expect some for the expansion area, as well as some for Central Tyria. I’m not sure if the Mastery Point COST is going to continue, however. The points may be dropped, and I forsee some actual problems if they try to continue with them when it comes time for the CT masteries.

Raids/Dungeons: I expect to see one actual dungeon put into the game, with ONE path but some optional side-fights. No more raids after HoT, they’ll go back to testing a new take on dungeons and see if people like that more.

Currencies & Keys: There will be ONE new currency for the new areas. Just one. I think they realized at some point that they made a mistake by having basically a currency for each zone in HoT. I don’t think the same will hold for keys, instead you’ll just carry the entire chest back to someone that can open that kind of chest. With no ways to earn keys for them, opening chests becomes a confirmed gold sink. It also means that anyone farming those chests will eventually HAVE to stop and go get them opened when their inventory fills up. (Or just sell the chest on the marketplace, maybe?)

I like the way you think. Devs..listen to this person

Agemnon.4608:

This is all hopes (as opposed to what I think will happen)

• Metas similar to Orr in that they have no fixed time for spawning and creeps themselves actually drop loot.

• A desert setting influenced from the Outback and Southwestern America with maybe some sandy ones without all the shrubs, bushes, and cacti.

• Alternatively, a tropical archipelago setting with a Caribbean 16th century pirate theme where you have either boating or surfing masteries for exploration and surfing minigames. Not necessarily heavy on underwater combat.

• If it’s a cold area theme then a snowboarding minigame perhaps with iceskating masteries.

• Just as many masteries but fewer of them gating exploration and travel.

• Slightly tougher mobs than HoT.

• New elite specs that give something up in the base class but does something else even better. Increases diversity and keeps power creep reigned in.

Slightly tougher mobs than HoT?? Oh my. I would not buy the new expansion if that is the case….

Sad smile. My wish for the Xpac is something that will never be. I would like content that I can actually solo. The ability to be able to get the next batch of Elites via soloing…wow.

How fun.

Gameplay: All Hero Points in HoT are soloable.

I would love this to be true.

Lisa.

Hello all.
So sorry about starting a thread about this and in all caps….but….I am so happy.

Yesterday, my bulging disc was letting itself be known again, and I was feeling very grumpy about it . Since I knew I was going to be unhappy about every little thing anyway, I loaded up my second favorite Necro, an Asura, and headed to Heart Of Thorns.

My fav necro had already done the first story and I had done some exploring, but I was going to start all over again…if I died as much as I did the first time…oh well…my mood was sour anyways.

I did the story, and to my shock found myself enjoying it. I then started exploring, killing everything that crossed my path and did not die. I found myself, after dark, fighting with a group, and again I did not die…came close to it, but my time in Orr taught me to back away when my health was down and trust in my minions handle it.

End result of my time in HoT….I can Glide. I now have basic Gliding

I need to learn how to steer..but oh my goodness, I did it!!!!!!!!

Thank you everyone, who was nice to me and did not flame me.

Another thing, I never did all of Living World2, so I have a lot of new content to do

Wish me luck

Lisa.

" What happened was the fan base wasn’t happy with the living story so we switched to an expansion model and the expansion didn’t do well. That’s what happened. If the expansion had done better, we wouldn’t be having this conversation."

Exactly Vayne. If they had made HoT soloable I bet my precious Bunny Ears that they would have sold more copies of the expansion…never underestimate the numbers of soloists….we are more in number than people think.

I for sure do not want legendaries, nor, as I am the biggest clutz in all Tyria, do I personally care about SAB…but..you can speak for me, as others do want them, some rabidly foaming at the mouth….

Hmmm….I can’t play it as I keep getting killed as soon as I poke my nose in there..If this difficulty level was for something special like a raid, or a HoT frac/Dungeon I could understand the reasoning for the difficulty and be completely cool with it, but this is a whole new map. The Devs created a whole expansion geared towards only the Elite players…and then they wonder why HoT did not sell as well as they thought it could. Sad.

Welllll….If the new expansion is like HoT in difficulty, then no way in H_ _ _will I buy it… However..if the freebie/special deal you get with the presell is worth it to me, then I will pre-purchase.

Anet, think of the solo players of this game. HoT and Raids gave hard content to the elite young whippersnappers, now it is our turn to get some new content..

Lisa.

A big thank you from me too for the Wizard’kitten release.

I knew my Asura would be in hog heaven, but, surprisingly, it was my female Human warrior, who was the most thrilled with it. She has real pale skin, and wears long pants (Heavy Plate leggins that looks like baggy pants on her from behind) and long a long sleeved top (Worn Chain Coat that looks like a sweater with a white shirt underneath.)

She took one look at the hat, grabbed it,scrunched all her hair up into the hat, and is very happy that her head is now also protected from the harsh sun.

I love that it dips lower in the back. It brings the look together

So thank you Anet for protecting my warrior from skin cancer
Lisa.

Lisa scowls at the computer screen…I never know what to write on cards, digital and the real life kind…so…here goes…Colin, I wish you a ton of good luck with your new job and with your family…unless you are the one who made HoT as hard as the kittens, then I wish, oh heck, I still wish you good luck Colin. Your wide happy smile will be missed.

Hugs, hugs, and more hugs.

Lisa.

Yay!!! I am so happy your friend was taken care of!!! I too have had nothing but good luck with customer support….grin…and like you and your friend I too am up there in age, and, like your friend, I too just bought my first set of ascended trinkets..and I too messed up, though in a different way…I am too embarrassed to say what I did

The brightside, and what kept me from contacting support, is those ascended trinkets are account bound and not soul bound

Two of my alts are happy campers right now..and I shall amass more laurels

Warm Texas hugs to you and your friend.
Lisa.

OMG!!!! Hop, Hop, OMG!!!! Hop, Hop, Hop…….

Bunny Ears!!!! I would love those to come back. Never saw the use of them as Town Clothes, but now!!!!! Now, I would buy!!!!!

Pleeeessssseeeee….

Lisa-Eyes closed and praying…

Eyes pop open… Oh, and another thing, go back through that wonderful thread where people were showcasing their creativity with the town clothes and turn some of these simply wonderful combinations into outfits….I say outfits, and not armor, because I know better. You guys would probably make bank…

Lisa-Closes eyes again, and goes back to praying.

Wow, thanks everyone for all your tips and offers to help.

As soon as I read the builds suggested, I logged into the game to see how my build compared.

I run:

Blood Magic: 2-2-1 Because I run Dagger/Warhorn as one of my weapon changes, and I also use Well Of Suffering

Death Magic: 1,1,1 Need to take care of my minions

Spite: 2-3-3 because Axe/Warhorn is my second weapon swap…I know I am using Warhorn twice, but i love it..especially in Orr.

In my Utilities I have Summon Shadow Fiend, Summon Bone Minion, Well Of Suffering, and Summon Flesh Golem. My Superior Runes of Speed grants me speedy travel time so I can use Well Of Suffering instead of the travel signet.

Ohhhhh, I almost forgot…I have a question. I have Superior Sigil Of Force on my main hands, but on the off hands instead of my usual sigil of Accuracy, I have Superior Sigil Of Bursting.

Sigil Of Force adds 5% Damage,

Sigil Of Bursting adds 6% to current condition damage.

Can these two be used together? I am using them together, and they seem to be working well together..but are they?

I decided upon Bursting over Accuracy because my Stats are all Berserker and wanted a boost to condition damage no matter how small…sort of covering all bases.

And grinding at first in HoT sounds good…it’s like getting my feet wet before taking the plunge…and if I see any events starting I can go ahead and join.

I have to go make breakfast and run errands but I will be back

Lisa-Very inquisitive

Oh my Gosh… wasn’t expecting all the verd kind responses. I logged into this thread before dashing off to work to ask which character I should concentrate on first and it seems my Necromancer is a good choice.

This is the necromancer who got stomped..but before he got totally discouraged and went to Orr to do map completion there, he did open up quite a few waypoints.

He is Berserker traited..including the trinkets. I am not sure why, but in open world I do a lot better with glass cannon traits than I do with some defense. I die less, and my health seems to regenerate faster.

My Superior Runes are Superior Runes Of Speed..the vitality it gives is my only defensive stat..well, my Aquabreather has Soldier’s stats.

I use Superior Sigil Of Force, and, except for my guardians who get Superior Rune Of fire, I use Superior Sigil Of Accuracy in my weapons. I have all professions at 80, and they all follow this formula…and in open world they are all tail kickers.

I guess I need to change things up for HoT. Which stats should I go for to survive HoT on my Necro?? Which Runes and Sigils??

And now I have to scoot my boots to work….thank you all. I will come back to this thread when I get home from work.

Lisa-Full of Gratitude.

How do you know when daybreak is?? Is it on a set schedule?

TheMSR, thank you. I don’t join teams because I tend to drag down the other four, and when you don’t team, you don’t make friends.

Last time I did an event in HoT I got squashed.

Gosh, where is my fighting spirit….I need to go to this HoT again and give it another whirl…on my day off I will do just that

Thanks for the encouragement.

Lisa.

I never played Guildwars 1 but I hear there were something called “Heroes” NPC’s who

would fight with you.

I would pay good money for help in HoT….put “Heroes” in the Gem store and I would buy .

Ohhhh…yessss…bring back bunny ears!!!!!!!! I failed to buy them because they were town clothes and I did not see a need for them then…but now…oh my gosh…my Asuras will be stylin’

Or, they could make Baseball caps with the number of years a player has played as a logo.

They could be given out at the anniversary of account creation…tshirts too

Lisa

Hi all. This is a sad post because I am feeling sad. Guildwars2 became my MMO after City Of Heroes was killed. I loved this game because, even though I am the biggest clutz of them all, I could still happily dash about doing map completion, and I did get my map completion..don’t ask me though about how many times I fell off of Viser’s Tower

I do not do Dungeons, or Fracs because that would be punishment to four other players, but I was gleefully happy in the open World because I could do it.

Then came the new areas which were harder….and then came the beast, HoT.

I…get killed there. For sure I cannot get gliding mastery there, nor can I get the Reaper or the Dragon Hunter, or the Berserker…

My fault for not being a young whippersnapper with young whippersnapper reflexes…and I suffered a bit of brain damage which is why my hand eye coordination is not up to Jumping Puzzle specs

So, I continued to play open world PVE, and tried not to think about my not being able to get the elites….I know there is a Hero Point train in HoT but one of the requirements to go along on this train is gliding..which I cannot get.

This evening my world crumbled.

I was trying to get to the Demon’s Maw Vista, slipping and sliding, and trying over and over again….when it happened.

Two girls, girl characters at least, glided over the part which was giving me problems.

It was as easy as peach pie for them.

I did finally make it…but after seeing how easily these girls glided over the hard part, I did not feel very happy about it…it was a hollow victory.

Anet, please, please, please give us players who play solo open world a way of earning gliding in the open world. Restrict the ability to gain mastery points for open world gliding to the owners of HoT, but, please, think about it.

I love this game and do not want to quit.

Lisa.

Lisa stares at the screen with hope in her eyes. I am too unskilled for HOT and so am shut out of gliding. Oh please, please make the ability to Glide in core Tyria something you can achieve in Core Tyria. Make it attainable, and the people who held out on buying the expansion might buy it for this alone.

Something to hope for….

Lisa.

Mee too..oops…connected as I type this. Yay!

Darn…all they are doing is letting the newbies know, if they didn’t already know, that you can exchange real money for gold..a thing I do more than I probably should.

Hmmm…with this advertisment and the bundles, I wonder if the solo playing people are upset with HoT, and are expressing their feelings with their gem buying habits.

Selling one expensive bundle makes up for the loss of a few folks who would buy an outfit if they were still playing to buy it.

Remember-gold to gems does not provide the Devs with a paycheck. Gems to gold does.

Lisa.

Blood Red Arachnid.2493:

Its really not that hard. You just have to be competent.

The base game is designed very plainly. After a couple of NPE updates, it became so easy that you win by default. No, really, try it. Go to Cursed Shore, walk up to any mob, and only use auto attacks. Don’t even move. You’ll win, no matter what gear you are wearing. Add on all the various abilities that come with the class, and the enemies aren’t even remotely close to a threat.

In HoT, that is only true sometimes. There are enemies who will beat you if they ambush you, or simply outright. Because of this, you need to take advantage of all of the little goodies that your class comes with. Things ranged weapons, CC, situational awareness, and defensive utilities/traits.

Mordrem snipers get a lot of flak for being OP, but they’re actually pretty easy.
-They’re utter glass, and die very quickly to counterburst
-You can juke their regular attacks
-Their damaging attack has a gigantic windup with a target over your head followed by a gigantic bright glowing trail on the ground. You can CC them, kill them first, juke the hit, walk sideways and wait it out.
-Reflection shreds them.

The only way to die to a sniper is if you just sit there and take it. This is an enemy you can defeat by walking.

Lisa’s eyebrows go flying into her scalp.

I just read this part——snip——-

Go to Cursed Shore, walk up to any mob, and only use auto attacks. Don’t even move. You’ll win, no matter what gear you are wearing. Add on all the various abilities that come with the class, and the enemies aren’t even remotely close to a threat.——-

What part of Cursed Shore is this????

Almost every time I go to Cursed Shore I find myself rezzing folks….

Lisa sighs a mighty sigh.

I have not read any of the answers yet but I can guess…..

The young whippersnappers with young whippersnapper reflexes and who were raised on video games from the cradle will give it a triple AAA rating.

Those with not so good reflexes but have a ton of friends /guildies to shepherd them through will give it a handful of gold stars.

The solo players, (Me), who are not blessed to be in the first group, will give it a big fat zero.

Lisa-sad.

I agree wholeheartedly. Vanilla World Tyria needs some love in the Mastery department.

I perfectly understand that Arena Net needs to funnel people into HoT, but as long as HoT is so very much solo unfriendly, the solo players (me) cannot play it (I tried), leaving them (Meee) with only Vanilla Open World Tyria.

Some old wise person once said a chain is only as strong as it’s weakest link.

Give us ‘weakest links’ (solo players) (me) some new realistic ways to earn Mastery Points in our beloved vanilla open world Tyria, and I will wriggle over in happiness and buy more gems than I do already

Thanks Menadena for starting this thread.

Lisa.

You rang?
I am complaining about HoT difficulty. I honestly tried to do it on my Necro. I am not wearing Zerker, and play pretty well on my Necro in open world..I know what my powers do, and do not mash 1,1,1.

Due to being a clutz, I feel like a bad player, but I do try to improve.

Anyway, I did the beginning story with only one death, which to be honest was caused by me not paying the strictest attention.

Then I sallied forth into the Jungle….OMG.

The graphics showed that a lot of quality time was spent on this expansion. I was filled with awe at what I was seeing….but all the critters hated my guts to me, and seemed to laugh at my attempts at killing them…no matter what I tried…I ended up on the Hospital list.

I left the Jungle and went back to Core Tyria very upset and depressed because I will not be able to play the expansion.

Why, oh why, did Anet put heart and soul into something that only the young whippersnapper, played video games from the crib, elite gamers could do????

I read the advertisment for HoT as being the Raids were the Hard core content..not the actual expansion.

Well, I have lots of stuff still to do in Core Tyria, so that is where I will hang my hat.

Next expansion Anet, the next expansion, is for those of us who cannot cut the mustard in the Jungle…only fair.

Lisa.

Hi all.
I was slurping down my morning coffee and reading the comic section of the local newspaper when I read the Comic Curtis and nearly fell out of my chair.

If someone can find it and provide a link or attachment or something I thank you.

It is sooo HoT related.

Have to dash off to work…read this comic…the Homeless guys are us players and the Potato stands for the champ guarded Hero Points.

Lisa.

smekras.8203:

Just a question… what happens with the rest of us that sit somewhere in the middle of your two groups, enjoy the expansion and like to hone our reflexes and mmo skills (this extends to social stuff, people, don’t be kittens to your fellow players) despite being technically in the second group (as far as rl status goes) and spend money on gems?

You are in the third group I wrote about. It overlaps both groups, but because this third group like to do both, team and solo, I think if I had to assign it to one of the two groups I would put them in the second group. I do this because the first group wants content the harder the better, which means no soloing/duoing.

And thank you for reading

Lisa-Glad I checked my thread before leaving.

Hello everyone.
I have been playing more than being on the forums, but when I am on the forums reading all these threads about HoT, I want to reach out through the monitor and either shake some people, or give out large Texas hugs.

I can see where everyone is coming from. There are two groups of players here in Tyria and because Anet has starved both groups for new content, both groups are growling like starved dogs after the same dish of dogfood.

The young whippersnapper with young whippersnapper reflexes, and keyboarding skills to match, want the hard content. This is the first group.

The second group is composed of the casuals and people who like to solo/duo.

“Why do you solo? This is an MMO” the first group shrieks.

Well, I will tell you.

This second group is a mixed bag of nuts..nuts as in a real nut such as a pecan or walnut…not nuts as in crazy…the reasons are all different.

First of all there are differences between single player games and an MMO.

(1) MMOs are alive, you can see, and talk, with other players. (2) MMO’s have new content added. (3) MMOs have replayability…when you finish a single player game you are done.

This is why people making up the second group come to MMOs for entertainment purposes as opposed to single player games.

Group two people have a real life and are balancing job, family, and “Me” time. They do not have a lot of playtime and want to make it count..they do not waste their precious time looking for a group.

This group also consists of people who have all spectrums of physical problems, and are either (1) afraid of others in a group jeering at them because of said problems, or (2) they don’t want to be a hindrance to the group.

There are parents who have to drop things right then and there to attend to the needs of a child, and thus shy away from groups.

There is Husband aggro, Wife aggro, Cat Aggro, Significant other aggro, Cat Aggro.

Some players deal with people all day long in their jobs, and just want to unwind and not have to deal with people in their play time.

Hmm, to be honest, there is a third group. This group is composed of people who do have the time to group with others, and want to group with others, but also want to be able to solo when they don’t feel like dealing with other players.

Be honest, there are times when everyone just wants to wing it by themselves.

Trouble is, with a game created with the first group, the young whippersnappers in mind, there will be no winging it solo…too hard to do.

Now for the problem we are seeing today.

Instead of making HoT content for both groups, The devs made HoT for the first group of players, the young whippersnappers, and nothing for the second group, the mixed bag of nuts.

So both groups come to the forums.

Group 2 is upset because there is nothing for them in this expansion, and feel like they should have been warned before buying the presell. They feel betrayed and feel like Anet does not value them.

The Young Whippersnappers, for whom this content was apparently made, are afraid the Devs might listen to group two and “dumb” down the content..thus taking their special snowflake expansion away from them.

They are calling group two crybabies, and a whole host of negative things to convince the Devs to keep their special snowflake content intact.

The Devs now have to decide what to do.

Problem with siding with the young whippersnappers is group two, the mixed bag of nuts, may very well may leave and find another MMO to play.

“Yay” says young whippersnappers. “May we have your stuff.”

Bad response from Group one.

I suspect the Young Whippersnappers do not spend much in Gem Store.
I suspect Group 2 does.

If folks do not spend real life money in Gem Store, Anet will soon be broke.

Sooooo, whether or not group one likes it or not, they need group two’s spending power.

Group two will not buy Gem Store goodies if they have left the game due to no content for them.

Group 1 needs to help group 2 find a way to play..but they won’t because they are special snowflakes who can handle this new hard expansion, and they want people to know they are special snowflakes who can handle this new hard expansion

Oh well, time will tell.

Lisa-going to grab a cup of coffee and head on to work.

I got Gwynn, I forgot when, but I was opening TOT bags trying to increase my luck when out she popped…and it was not after a million bags, more like one stack.

I am thrilled that she is affordable for everyone

I felt like I had to use her as my only mini as she was so rare.

Now, I can run about with my Orange Fox, and Candy Corn Skritt, and all my favorites again.

Lisa-Going to bash wolves with her new Pumpkin Hammer..I hate Wolves.

Sorean.5379:

You only need 60 points to play the Specialization,is that too much ?

Hi Sorean.

About the question you posed…

For young whippersnappers who have young whippersnapper coordination and have been playing computer games since infancy…no, that is not too much.

If you are old enough to be a granny with terrabad hand eye coordination, then going into the HoT jungle for Hero Points is akin to going to Orr at level 2 to do the Winterknell Maze by oneself…in this case, yes, the 60 Heropoints is indeed too much.

It depends on who you are asking