Guild Wars 2

to those saying i want them to stop doing the expansion and go fix the sotry: I’m NOT SAYING THAT. i’m saying they need to make sure they fix this as well as do the expansion. preferably, they would have fixed the PS by now, but since they haven’t they should fix it along with releasing the expansion.
@grayskull: i am not ungrateful, and im not trolling, they took a piece of the game that i enjoyed, the personal story, and took a cleaver to it and rearranged it so it makes no sense. i’m not asking for more, i’m asking for a return of something that already existed.
@chemiclord: i never begged or pleaded for an expansion, i was happy with the base game in fact, so don’t fit in your little idea
@zeefa: yes, thats exactly what i’m hoping for at this point, that they have people working on both. i understand that an expansion is wanted by most of the player base, i’m not saying drop the expansion in favor of fixing the old story, just do em both at the same time.
@hollow: yes, its f2p, yes, im free to move on and leave if i don’t like it. however, i’m staying in the hopes that things will get better in this game. also, this isn’t some baseless QQ, they tore apart the story, and even new players are going “wtf?” at the order of things.

Pandaman.4758:

To be fair, from your perspective their fixes may be five months overdue, but there are also people who feel that an expansion has been overdue for more than a year. If we weigh both issues as equally important, I’d argue the people who have been waiting longer could do with some love first.

yes, this is true. however, if they hadn’t touched the story in the first place, this issue wouldn’t have shown up to begin with. i am not saying they shouldn’t be having an expansion, i’m saying they need to make sure the core story is fixed before they give us a new one.

@loam.2786: i am making such a fuss about it because its one of the things i enjoyed about the game. i enjoyed playing the story, i enjoyed fighting through the conflicts, through orr, hell i enjoyed fighting zhaitain. content does not equal enjoyment for everybody, some of us would rather a good story than sheer amount of stuff to do

BigWhiteShogun.2591:

JusticarArkiel.1564:

seriously anet, 5 months and we still have nothing. a fix to the story isn’t this hard to implement, especially since all you have to do is put all the story steps back in the order they were in already. just put it all back the way it was, and just make the orr arc longer, the story wasn’t broken in the first place, so why “fix” it?

seriously dude, 2 and half year after release and final boss is still unfinished and glitchy as hell, and no one seems to care to much. They promised back then that zhaitan fight will be epic and will be carved deeply in our memory. Yeah it is carved but as quiet huge opposite of what they promised me to deliver. I don’t think they will ever fix it, neither zhaitan or this missing chapter thing, which is really sad to me cause I really care about this kind of stuff.

kittenmit final bosses need to be a freaking kitten epic fights which u should want to replay with your friends every time for a while. I kicked Zhaitan once and I don’t feel like I wont to try again in this around half hour long, boring unfinished and buged as hell dungeon. I can only hope they want screw up fight with Mordremoth in upcoming expansion.

PS Tequatl showed us that if Arena wants to deliver an epic boss battle, they can do it.

i’m mostly concerned with the plot holes, and rearranging of the story. yes, zhaitain was anticlimatic, but hey, there aren’t alot of ways to fight a giant dragon with a small team in a dungeon. hell, i’d be happy if the mission at the source of orr were the only thing put back where it was before, i can maybe ignore the other issues if i have the epic fight before fighting a dragon, instead of an epic fight 3 years before i go fight a dragon.

Seera.5916:

And who’s to say they won’t have it fixed before the expansion pack is released?

It’s not like the expansion pack is out to tomorrow.

i realize it could be fixed before it releases, in fact that’s my hope. i’m just trying to make my voice heard, and didn’t see a thread that i wouldn’t get infracted on for “derailing”. hopefully yes, they fix it before the expansion. however, 5 months should have been enough time to begin with, so i’m not too hopeful.

agree 100% on all this, ESPECIALLY the fixing of the original personal story. put it back in original order, and yeah, since you have time now, make the cutscenes fancier. do this, and i will throw my money at my screen.

Naus the Gobbo.5172:

JusticarArkiel.1564:

But I see one problem: your base game is STILL broken.

real funny, but it’s true. the story is torn to shreds, there are glaring plot holes, it is no longer the story many know and enjoyed. instead of throwing an expansion at us and hoping we forget, why can’t they do a simply fix and put it all back in order?

seriously anet, 5 months and we still have nothing. a fix to the story isn’t this hard to implement, especially since all you have to do is put all the story steps back in the order they were in already. just put it all back the way it was, and just make the orr arc longer, the story wasn’t broken in the first place, so why “fix” it?

question i want answered: are you going to fix the current story as well when releasing this? and by fix mean put everything back where it was. and mods, i’m not derailing, it’s a legitamate question about the expansion, i figure a big release is a perfect time to release the fix

So you announce a new expansion anet, and it looks great, I’ll give you that. But I see one problem: your base game is STILL broken. Why release a new story for us to play through, when the old story, the original story, is still in shambles? And don’t even give me “We’re trying to figure out how to fix it”. It’s been 5 months now since you changed things, you’ve said many times you have plans for it, yet now instead “Her’s an expansion!”. I will not be buying the expansion with the current story in the state it’s in, as how can I trust you’ll make the expansion have a good story when you’re so willing to let your orginal story be torn to shreds? Please, PLEASE, fix your base game before you throw an expansion at us.

i still want one thing anet: the story to be returned to the way it was. keep the levelgating, thats ok, can live with that. but the mutilation of the orr arcs, removal of the greatest fear arc? hell no. bring that back the way it was. nobody complained about it, so why “fix” it? it’s been 5 months now since the NPE was released and the story mutilated, and you still haven’t fixed it? i have multiple friends who are new and won’t even do the story because they want to experience it the way it was originally, and i certainly refuse to do it on any of my toons as well. at this point i just come on to get my daily logon reward and dailies, its the story that kept me coming back. so please, PLEASE, bring back the story we loved, it wasn’t broken.

Zera Allimatti.2541:

Branden Gee.2150:

I just wanted to let you know that your feedback on this is really appreciated. I understand how this immersion breaking bug is severely detracting from your enjoyment of Guild Wars 2. I assure you, Radiobiology, Bluefox. We have Top Men working on it right now. As always it will be fixed When It’s Ready™.

So let me get this straight: you would put Top Men to work on a minor issue like this (you could have just easily said it was a decorative jewel instead of a window), but wont put them to work to fix legitimate gameplay bugs that have been around since the alphas?

Walking down a slope and dying of falling damage for walking is detracting from my enjoyment of GW2 (which reminds me that it’s just a game after the immersion factor is destroyed).

Using warrior greatsword skill 5 “Rush” on a target and running THROUGH that target and hitting the air behind it is detracting from my enjoyment of GW2 (which reminds me that it’s just a game after the immersion factor is destroyed).

Using warrior rifle burst skill “Kill Shot” on a target fails half the time as the shot goes off in some random direction away from the selected target is detracting from my enjoyment of GW2 (which reminds me that it’s just a game after the immersion factor is destroyed).

Many of your players have connection errors and the only fix seems to be to open up ‘ports’ that will require the purchase of third party software as per the links you provide in your support section for common errors seen here:

https://help.guildwars2.com/entries/38813526-Common-Error-Codes

Really, Branden?

uhm, mate? the entire thread, hate to break it to you, is one big joke. even the reply is meant as a joke.

Rasimir.6239:

Taku.6352:

Aah this is why I love reading the forums.

passes some popcorn to Taku

Personally, I guess I’m just too old for the kind of language on display here … good thing I’ve never encountered anything like it while pugging.

i’ll take some popcorn too, this is starting to get interesting

seas of blood with a cackling necro standing there, i can see it now……..though if they do this i want em to bring back belinda’s greatsword, my necro wants elegant weapons, not a blue flaming GS :P

One Prarie Outpost.4860:

The new back piece will pierce the back and explode out of your toon’s chest…
Oh, wait. Wrong movie.

funnily enough, i would totally grind for that, i could finally make a Chaos themed toon

turns out i just needed to go for attempt #15, i now thouroughly wish i could burn down the entire blasted tree, silverwastes, and anyplace else this LS will take us

i don’t know if anyone else has this issue, but every time i try to start the first instance in the new LS episode, i end up being booted from the server right before the meeting. this has now occurred 12 times, every time right before i go to the meeting. this is extremely annoying and frustrating, as once again the dialogue and cutscenes are unskippable. i know for a fact it’s not my internet breaking on me, as my internet is stable through the entire instance, and i’m just kicked automatically with no freeze or warning. i do not want to talk to the pale tree, marjory, etc for the 13th time just to have it boot me again.

Edit: it also isn’t my graphics screwing me over, as i intentionally reduce the game to lowest possible settings everytime i do LS to prevent exactly that from happening

Dante.8456:

Glaustian

They were born from the essence of Glint when she was killed.
They are largely humanoid in form but have crystalline scars over their skin and glowing eyes. Their bodies have slight deformities in the shape of crystal structures but these vary from Glaustian to Glaustian. They each have a small part of Glint within them and this gives them their life force.
Their cultural home would be in the Crystal Desert. I envisage an underground crystalline cave, much like glints lair except less bright and colourful. Their structures made from rock and crystal hybrid. At the centre would lie a giant crystal formation where Glaustians would meet and make important decisions for their race.

10/10, would buy, always wanted to play as a “corrupted” race. maybe if they have a “dragon corruption can be cured” thing happen, we can play as icebrood too, think icebrood norn looked pretty kitten

i do not want to go to LA to go do fotm and get murdered by a few people who decided to make it their pvp stomping ground, so no, no pvp in a pve zone

got the chosen (precursor for flameseeker prophecies) as a drop in AC explore mode…………….promptly salvaged it when i wasn’t paying attention, lost out on a ton of gold

i’m a pve player, and i only demand 1 thing: fixing the PS. sure, there’s alot of pve players who demand alot (raids, more dungeons, new classes, expansion, blahblah), but just because some are, doesn’t mean we all are. my 2 cents

Gaile Gray.6029:

I believe I understand you’d like to know if the Personal Story can be “reset” to a previous state. I have sent an email to ask about that and will let you know when I get some info for you.

i think i might tear up a little, hope is restored somewhat. to be clear though gaile, i think it’s almost unanimous amongst players that we would very much like the PS to be put back the way it was, not just temporarily, but permanently. keep the every-10-level block if it’s felt as necessary, just make the orr related arcs longer. while the change was supposed to make them shorter to begin with, as it was felt the orr arc was too long by whoever is in charge of such things, i think most players can probably say the length is worth it if we can have the story back to the way we liked it most. i also think most would certainly prefer the team not spend a massive amount of time just trying to patch the plot holes with changes to dialogue, cutscenes, etc. It would be much easier and much more appreciated if it could just be reverted back the way it was, order and length wise. i don’t claim to know how to code things, but i don’t see it being very difficult to just put code back in and rearrange code that actively exists. but still, it’s good to see a red post in this thread that is giving us some information, even if it is “we’ve heard you all Q_Q’ing, so we’ll try to fix it” :P
thanks gaile

P.S. my whole “i think all players” and “most players” things are mostly drawn from what i’ve seen here and in-game, so please no “you don’t speak for all players” or “stop showing your opinions as facts agreed on by everyone” replies. these are just my opinions based on what i have seen both in the forums and ingame, so please no hate my fellow players.

OtakuModeEngage.8679:

JusticarArkiel.1564:

i only have one problem with this: they said they’re aware of the problem…………..2 months ago. by all means, we should make it known to anet whenever possible, but i’m starting to lose hope in them ever going and fixing any of the PS, they’re too busy locking things behind pay/grind walls and adding to their precious (and now going downhill story-wise) living story.

Hah! One poor update (and it wasn’t horrible, just depressingly short), doesn’t mean they are going down hill, it appears lacking due to how amazing their previous update was, but that doesn’t mean it serves as a turning point, for all we know the next could be their best yet; its too soon to judge.

And if they have said as much, it wasn’t on this thread. I know they have regarded the confusion caused by mixing up chapters 7 and 8, as an error they intend to fix, but to my knowledge, they have said nothing in regard to the loss of the ‘my greatest fear’ arc.

it was mentioned on the forum thread about the “possible NPE bugs”, which included the mixup and removal of the greatest fear arc, it’s pretty buried now and i can’t find the link, but it was started by the devs. as for the going downhill, i should’ve been more exact – to me personally, this doesn’t seem to be capable of going anywhere good in sense of story after the latest update, just a personal opinion on the going down-hill thing.

edwardroyce.5289:

While we are at it….

1. Bag of Popcorn. Either as a new chef recipe or something from the gem store. If from the gem store then it should also have an eating animation. Heck make it so you can equip it with skill 1= Eat, skill 2= Throw popcorn, etc. Because sometimes you’re seeing stuff so odd that a bag of popcorn is a necessity.

2. A pvp arena in each of the racial cities with seating. Sometimes I just like to hang out and this would be pretty interesting and likely improve the odds of people trying out pvp. People could have challenges, random assigned opponents, guild vs guild competitions, etc. You could even charge a nominal spectator fee and/or participant fee.

3. I’m not a big roleplayer in mmo games but I do remember with some fondness some of those more “useless” things from past mmo games such as fishing. Including them would add some more depth to the overall game.

+1 for bag of popcorn and fishing, hopefully at the same time as introducing player housing so i can have a house by a river/lake *hint hint anet >_>

witcher.3197:

Zoso.8279:

People please. Skyhammer is not foefire or forest. You have to learn to play it properly it has its own strategy. At first I raged when I was feared etc… on hammer but with time after learning how to play it….. somewhat lol. I feared etc… ppl. Its frustrating to be winning and then (because you are in a wrong position) get knocked back or feared to your death but thats on you as a player not being aware of your surrounding not the map. Hammer was the biggest issue before not being able to dodge roll but now its playable.

Edit – Don’t pretend when you all fear someone off the map you don’t lol a bit :P

I think there are 2 types of players in PvP. Player A is still below r40, thinks positioning means standing in a corner, and loves Skyhammer because he can finally kill opponents who are better than him. Obviously, player A at this point thinks he’s “good” and tries to convince others about it (and then gets destroyed on other maps by those guys). Player B spent enough time in PvP to realize winning by bypassing combat is not good design and understands why Skyhammer has no place in the rated rotation.

don’t forget Player C, hasn’t played pvp as often as other game modes, pretty much knows he/she isn’t great at it, goes on skyhammer, and STILL thinks its a cheap design that needs removed………those players exist too, i should know, i’m one of em XD

OtakuModeEngage.8679:

Okay, I’m done sitting here waiting for the ice to thaw in Greenland, its time to do something about this, and so I’ve resolved to unite the player base in a peaceful protest.

On every thread in which the topic is not an important issue, and yet ANet employees reply there while neglecting the real problems (you know the ones I’m talking about: the, ‘thank you ANet for being awesome’, or ’how many damage points can you get from jumping to your death?" type of threads; ie any thread that does not discuss core game mechanics, story and character development, features, or bugs), we will simply post this:

—While we enjoy seeing you post here, please reply to important issues too ANet.

My Greatest Fear, is that ANet doesn’t care.—

But for this to work, we must be civil, respectful, and friendly; remember, this is a PEACEFUL PROTEST, so I will outline a list of rules that will serve to guide you in that endeavor.
1. Each player in accord with our protest may ONLY post this message ONCE per thread (and only on mundane threads that ANet replies to), but ALL are encouraged to post on EACH THREAD THAT APPLIES, even if another player has already done so; for the more voices that resound, the more our cause will grow in strength.
2. You are to type no more and no less than the above stated entry, nor are you to add another post regarding our protest. (Explaining it, Encouraging it, and Justifying it, is NOT permitted)
3. If another player jumps in to argue with, or attack you for posting this statement, you will NOT respond. To do so would send the thread spiraling off-topic, which MAY result in the thread getting locked, and perhaps corrective action on the part of ANet’s staff; and WILL result in a negative regard for our movement from both the patrons of the thread in question, and ANet.
4. We are not here to to dissuade ANet from replying to such topics, or to suggest that these threads are ‘stupid’ or ‘not worth our time’, we only wish for them to reply to our more… sensitive… threads too.
5. We do not wish to come off as ‘whiners who only complain’, but rather, to present ourselves as players who truly love and care about this game, and thus cannot bare to see it destroyed. To those ends, after leaving the the post of protest, you are encouraged to take an active and positive roll in the actual topic of the thread.
6. We will not actively look for such threads, but will act upon them as we see them; we are not trolls.
7. This protest will continue until ANet leaves a statement on this thread; we’re not looking for anything specific, a simple “we are aware of the problem” would suffice if nothing else.

i only have one problem with this: they said they’re aware of the problem…………..2 months ago. by all means, we should make it known to anet whenever possible, but i’m starting to lose hope in them ever going and fixing any of the PS, they’re too busy locking things behind pay/grind walls and adding to their precious (and now going downhill story-wise) living story.

sounds alot like battleship, cept with only one player trying to sink ships XD

um…………for all that talk about it being unlikely for someone to get more than one skin, i know someone who got 12 skins from this thing, and they only submitted 13 tickets. methinks someone needs to look at the “pull a name out of a hat” program

Chrono.6928:

Please bring this back and fix this anet. The removal of these quests don’t make any sense at all. You paid programmers, artists, designers, sound and music programmers etc to make these stories and now get rid of them… for what reason? Things don’t even make sense now. Characters are dead for the final stories then alive again b/c the order of the stories are now messed up. If you swap the order ie: killing zhaiten then cleansing orr, at least edit the videos, cinema, dialogue etc so it makes sense, you can’t just swap things and not change them when it messes up the lore and story that much.

This is your own game, your baby. Your product that fans have enjoyed for 8 years. Your legacy to changing the mmo generation. Please don’t pull a WoW and kill it yourself.

they don’t need to edit the videos, cinema, dialogue, etc, they just need to put it all back the way it was. it made sense then. and it costs MUCH less to just reset it than to alter it further

FlamingFoxx.1305:

They mean that the GW2 patches usually don’t come until later in the day (depending on what time zone you live in anyway). Also how fast they patch absolutely depends on your internet, and if you look at the average speeds in most countries that play on the NA and EU servers it’s going to take the majority of people a bit longer than 5 minutes.

yep, he’s right. unless you pick it up just as the patch hits, you should be able to clock a couple of hours into DA:I before you jump on gw2. he’s also correct about patch times, im in NA, on a NA server, with so-so net, takes me 30 min to an hour to patch a big patch (like LW). even 5 mins you can at least make a quick character

Tachenon.5270:

JusticarArkiel.1564:

Alga.6498:

kitten , we’re getting so much Chinese aka Cantha content and stuff like that AND STILL NOTHING NEW OF CANTHA MAP!
Anndd, ohhh, Rytlock looks really interesting! I do hope Ascalonian Ghosts will have a bigger story.
Ritualist professions, please. And while you’re adding professions, add Paragons too! <3

they can’t add paragons, they’re considered to be part of the guardian profession now, the monk and paragon training methods merged together and produced the guardian.

Where there’s a will, there’s a way! There’s no reason Paragons couldn’t make a comeback, perhaps with a focus on anthems and songs — ooh! Advanced arcane application of acoustics, using their shields as amplifiers! It could work! Ahem. GW2 paragons might not be as versatile as the Guild Wars version — but then, what other profession is? See, especially, GW2 mesmers and rangers.

With them could come dry land spears, which other professions could use as well, of course, but the paragon would (surely) have the coolest dry land spear skills of all and wouldn’t be overshadowed at all by warriors.

Anyway I am SO ready for something new — even if it’s something old!

PS: dervishes, rits and monks, oh my!

waitwaitwait………..you want a bard? regardless, paragons can’t make a comeback, as 1) think elona has some sort of crazy necromancer lording over them now keeping everyone from leaving? might be wrong, 2) paragon is part of guardian now, monk and paragon teachings became guardian, a guardian is a paragon in essence, and 3) it’ll still be overshadowed by warriors because zerk warrior is always the meta sadly

robertul.3679:

Why does it matter if its gemstore? Just use gold and convert it to gems. The drama about gemstore is so unfunded. What difference does it make if you have to gather a bunch of materials that end up costing a comparable price to the gold to gem thing?
While also wasting more time running around.
Also most gemstore backpieces are actually tradable via TP with some very low prices like a few golds.

spinal blades (all versions of it), mawdrey (and its other versions), karka shell, koss on koss (and those other books), slickpack, crafting backpacks (ugh but w/e), the balth pvp track back item, the other god back items, quivers………need i go on? THAT’S why opposed to gem store back skins being the only skins to negate kit backpacks. gem store skins are either fluffy backpacks, or the guild banner, and i for one do not want a fluffy quaggan on my back all the time, and while i have the guild banner, i don’t need it on every toon. and as basalt said, do other classes have to pay gems to look how they want (short of needing a gem store skin in the first place)? they do not. and also as lakdav said, its also a matter of principle, you work for these ingame obtainable backpacks, and now they’re saying we can’t use them if we want to use kits, we have to use gemstore only skins? no bloody thank you. as to the gathering materials and such, you worked for it. it became an achievment of sorts, something you could be proud of and say “i did this”. i was estatic when i made the ascended spinal blades, not because i could be a special snowflake, not because i could kill scarlet earlier, but because I made it through my effort. whereas gemstore there’s no effort for you to be proud of.

Tanith.5264:

JusticarArkiel.1564:

I did say it was an idea of mine.

But where do you get time travel? The egg’s been in stasis according to Ogden, and Rytlock did his disappearing act shortly after the MoP did his. From a chronological standpoint, it makes enough sense to me.

From a storytelling standpoint, it doesn’t. Rytlock has his own quest, retrieving his sword and ending the Ascalonian curse, which really doesn’t connect to the MoP and Glint’s egg directly. Unless it went like this:

Rytlock: “You! Human god of war and fire and yelling! That’s my sword! I need it back to end the curse on Ascalon!”

Balthazar: “Okay, fuzz-face, but first take this dragon egg and give it to that guy wandering the desert. You’ll know him, there’s a kitten-ton of plant monsters raised by Mordremoth chasing him. Tell him he must promise to protect it with his life.”

Rytlock: “(grumble) Agreed. Why are all those spirits screaming and running? Is there another dragon attacking?”

Balthazar: “No, it’s something leaking through from the other side of the world, something about a Kardashian donkey.”

Rytlock: “Really. I’ve never seen such a creature, I wonder what they look li—-AAAAIIIIGGGHHH!!!”

Balthazar: “(sigh) Kormir, we’re going to need one of your blindfolds…”

mostly meant the sarcasm as a joke, but by ogden’s speech, and the fact that it’s a recording of the MoP getting the egg, this is supposed to have happened in the past, like before the zephyrite ships went kablooey. MoP’s backpack was glowy in the first episode of season 2, thanks to this episode its been confirmed that glint’s egg was in it. rytlock didn’t go to the mists until episode…….4 i think. thats where i got time travel from

Zhaneel.9208:

Wasn’t it just the master of peace talking? I’ll have to play through that again (yikes) but weren’t they just recordings of him passing through each puzzle?

iirc, the first 2 “recordings” have no voice, while the final one has someone speaking to the MoP, and the MoP saying that he will, or something along those lines. since its a major plot thing (or at least thought to be for now), the cutscene might get put on youtube at some point so you wouldn’t have to play through again.

Exxcalibur.6203:

OMG i love you both! May you have many happy precursors drops!

i blame you if i logon and have nothing but trophies drop for a week straight :P

Edit: meant as a joke…….though if i do get pre drops after this i may have to hug you XD

Tao.5096:

JusticarArkiel.1564:

no mounts, they have better things to spend their time and effort on, like fixing the story, clipping issues, tweaking the trait system, etc. i’m not against mounts entirely, if they’re 100% cosmetic, no speed boost, no effects, i’m fine with it, but they just have more important things they need to work on.

Mounts in games are mainly used as primary traveling tool.
They’re good in there, because there are not so many quick-access tools available in game to reach certain destinations.

GW2 maps are filled with waypoints which allow people travel in the blink of an eye from one map to another, or within one map whenever people need.

i know all that, just some people want to collect all the shinies, well this could be another shiny for them. just do it after they fix or add everything else that’s more important. like the carpet, broom, and tunneling tool are the start of those shinies

greatsword or scythe for necro, i will be a happy man if either of these happen. all other classes can rot >:)

SpellOfIniquity.1780:

Welcome to the darkest side of the dark side, my friend. May the blood of your enemies flow thick and free.

when i saw this i could only think “pull up a chair, the advertised cookies are on the table over there. don’t mind the bloo………err, red food coloring” XD

Mazdan.2071:

Just lock Consume Conditions on your bar and never look back. It’s the best heal in class and one of the best in game. PVE, PVP, WvW—doesn’t make any difference.

this to the millionth power, sig of vamp is a waste of a healing skill slot

more than one dev post in a single year, make that about a month’s span? lets all die of shock. but seriously, holsters sound good (don’t care if it clips with my pistol, it doesn’t cover my hard-earned backpack anymore, besides i prefer to see my pistol out and shooting at things anyway), but the idea of just making it the gem store backpacks that override the kit backpacks is a horrible idea. as lakdav said much earlier, alot, and we all mean ALOT, of the living world rewards have been back items. again, as lakdav said, it would seem like a horrible money grab, especially since most of the backpacks everyone wants to see instead of their kit backpacks are the LW backpieces.

Edit: and zaced is right, nobody looks at your backpack to see what kit you have, they pay attention to the grenades you’re hurling, bombs you’re dropping, or the jet of flame coming outta the flamethrower-y looking gun you just pulled out of your pocket. if you can’t tell what kit they’re using with those indicators, well, the backpack won’t be much help with figuring that out either. Gotta love a wall of text, apologies >_>

imma sucker for a minigun, and if it was a kit i might actually use kits, but it would have to be pretty toned down if it was a kit. if it was as powerful as other elites (like lich form, FGS, etc) but able to be equipped forever, it would be utterly broken and nerfed to high hell in a day. but i do support the idea of a minigun that i can carry, maybe just a normal utility kit, so grenades and bombs aren’t the only kits considered “optimal” anymore?

based on the quote, i’m thinking maybe we have to start protecting the egg, maybe MoP will die like konig said, and we inherit the job of keeping the egg safe until it hatches? idk, wild theory, i for one would kinda like to become the custodian of a dragon egg. glowy dragon egg-holding backpack anyone? :P

supvil.3470:

uberkingkong.8041:

If good players get 1 shotted on Skyhammer, than they are not good.

You look at good players, Euratien and Stunningstyles. They are not getting 1 shotted. They are the ones doing the 1 shots.

Why? Because they know how to make builds, the people being 1 shotted are bad players who are using meta builds that aren’t meta on skyhammer which allows them to be 1 shotted by good players who know how to play the game and change there builds so they can skillfully play on a map like Skyhammer and skillfully 1 shot newbs into ragemode.

Why does Skyhammer need to be on WTS? So newbs can copy meta Skyhammer builds, which today there are none in existence, but if they see what the best use on Skyhammer, they’ll do a lot better copying there builds.

You need to get your facts straight.

You dont seem to get it.

1 shots are never good.

I dominate on skyhammer….i dont hate it because i die on it. I hate it because one shotting ppl isnt a fun way to kill someone. It doest feel like you achieved something when u pull someone down during a clusterkitten.

so much this, it doesn’t feel like you actually accomplished anything when you pull, launch, or fear someone to their deaths. its not even skillful really.

Edit: and for the record, i roll a rifle engi in pvp- and i knock people away from the edge on purpose because i believe the one-shot kills are utter trash. my kill count ain’t high, but at least i know i played fair in my mind.

so much support for bagpipes, and also maybe a fiddle

Olvendred.3027:

General Morgahn Rum

my never-sober norn engineer would love this

no mounts, they have better things to spend their time and effort on, like fixing the story, clipping issues, tweaking the trait system, etc. i’m not against mounts entirely, if they’re 100% cosmetic, no speed boost, no effects, i’m fine with it, but they just have more important things they need to work on.

the vendor for them is around now actually, they brought the vendor back after some annoyed people complained i think, but iirc, the vendors are at the crown pavilion wp in DR.
disclaimer: might be wrong that the sov weapon vendor is there, but theres 2 vendors, and one is the lab cliffs vendor who sells the LS season 1 stuff, assuming the second is the sov weapon vendor
Edit: and ohoni is correct, the vendors are also in LA, in the plaza with the blown up lion statue (seriously builders of LA, make that thing outta metal or something)

Alga.6498:

kitten , we’re getting so much Chinese aka Cantha content and stuff like that AND STILL NOTHING NEW OF CANTHA MAP!
Anndd, ohhh, Rytlock looks really interesting! I do hope Ascalonian Ghosts will have a bigger story.
Ritualist professions, please. And while you’re adding professions, add Paragons too! <3

they can’t add paragons, they’re considered to be part of the guardian profession now, the monk and paragon training methods merged together and produced the guardian.

i got DA:I, shadows of mordor, AND this game to worry about on the 18th…….suck it up :P

but really, dante has the best solution, play DA:I while GW2 patches, play GW2 and do the new stuff, then back to thedas you go

digiowl.9620:

Supposedly the issue stems from trying to avoid clipping during /dance. For me that seems silly, as dance seems like such a frivolous thing to worry about when it makes whole armor sets look silly for the rest of the game.

ironically, there’s still clipping when using /dance, so……….yeah, anet, just get rid of floating armor and wierd gaps in armor

Tanith.5264:

neilug hyuga.5634:

I don’ t think it could be one of the Edge of destiny. WP (wooden potatoes) speculated it could be Snaff, and somes of you guys speculated Logan, or others members of the destiny member. But to me, again, the voice clearly looked like “mess up”, “no emotion”. It was more like a really really “wise” and “old”(in the sense, who saw a lot of things during the years person.)

Or someone who traveled…to the Mists, say. Chasing after a mystical sword at the start, but once he got there he saw that things were far more complex than he knew. Saw so much, in fact, that he’s now sporting a blindfold.

Also, he has a deep voice.

Now, why he’d be randomly handing off dragon eggs to people is more than I can figure out, but it’s just an idea of mine.

so rytlock time-traveled? well there we go, its rytlock, case solved and closed /sarcasm ends

personally think i’d have to go along with the idea that it’s one of the gods, they seem the most likely to create a sort of long-term plan like glint’s egg