Guild Wars 2

My thoughts:

>Quickness nerf will mean a hard hit to Mesmers and Rangers. A bit sad to see in the PvE aspect since Rangers sorely need that bonus.

> Free server transfers to HoD, ET, and FC in the American Servers will flip WvW upside down (which will be the next Kaineng?). I’m not sure how that will project in the EU with vastly more Medium population servers.

> Living story finally looks like it’s getting interesting. That’s good to see. (I expected it may take time for it to “lift off,” hopefully this is finally interesting content).

> Engineer changes…I think I have to play my engineer and find out for myself. This looks like it could be good, it also looks like it could destroy my (and many other) builds.

I said this on Reddit, but I feel it fits this thread as well (if not even better than reddit)

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Around launch, Arena Net said they were splitting their dev team between steaming updates and boxed expansions. Does this mean that the team working on expansions is gone or merged with the other team? No.

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Look at this from a business prospective.

If they came out and said “we are currently working on an expansion, but it’s not ready yet,” that means that it’s far enough along that they feel comfortable telling people that it’s coming their way which sets expectations.

Setting expectations too early puts pressure for things to be hastily released instead of time taken on them, something I’m sure ArenaNet is heavily looking to avoid. ANet would get a lot more bad press if they said it was coming, then changed their answer to NOT coming any time soon than the other way around.

The other aspect is that they likely chose to keep focus on the current updates instead of dissolving interest into what might be coming later. Keep the hype on what’s coming soon, not what’s coming in the distant future…that’s basic business. ANet doesn’t want us to get this mindset: “Oh cool, more Flame and Frost TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE EXPANSION.” They want us to stay thrilled about what might be in the final two parts of Flame and Frost

If a new expansion is on its way, I highly doubt we’ll hear ANYTHING about it until the Flame and Frost series is over with. And to be honest, I think an expansion is already in the works.

Osric Rhys Dafyyd.1354:

If you think Striking off the Chains is bad, don’t try Liberating Apatia, if you made a choice that got you that one. That boss appear to be un-interruptable, and I die every time. Bug, or just L2P? I know in Striking off the Chains it was L2P for me, not sure yet about Liberating Apatia yet.

It’s definitely not L2P, it’s bugging out. This is my 4th toon going through this same quest and I’ve never had problems with it. This time (I’m on a guradian) and it’s ball to the wall difficult and the NPC is always dead on the off chance I’m able to stop the princess from spawning 12-15 allies that drop caltrops on the entire platform. and win the fight. I don’t even remember it spawning adds (it probably did, they just weren’t an issue), that’s how forgettably easy this quest was in the past.

“Why not just fight OFF the platform?” Princess resets in a horrendously small range.

This is a bit of a bump of this thread with my own idea for the revamp that NEEDS to be done. This is coming from a primarily PvE based person who is tired of hearing about people complaining about the commander system.
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Current Commanders
-Make it a “Merchant” title That doesn’t show up on PvE or WvW maps
- Give current commanders the ability to refund their money
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Changes to the New Commander settings itself
It’s NOT a PvE title, it should not show up in PvE maps. I would love a “PvE Helper” title that DOES show up in PvE maps to help beginners (for instance, requiring the completion of the world, all dungeon runs, and the capping of somewhere between 3-8 professions) but I digress, that’s irrelevant to the current discussion.
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Requirements for the “Commander Title”
I am in no way a WvW expert, so this is simply a rough idea. I just felt that I shouldn’t complain about it without at least an IDEA for a solution. It may not be liked, but I’m just throwing this out there. I don’t like the idea of the vote system, but that’s a personal dislike.

(X is some arbitrary amount that can be edited as the game progresses)

Some or all of the following conditions met:
-Participation in X number of defensive events.
-X Yaks defended/attacked.
-X number of siege weapons built
-X number of supply used
-X number of enemy players killed.
-Other important things I’m probably forgetting because I don’t WvW religiously.

EDIT: Yes, I realize you could just “farm” commander title requirements. But at least that increases your experience in WvW and makes you more knowledgeable and skilled at it. You will never find a “perfect” system when you’re dealing with choosing leaders of large social groups that directly impacts the entire game.

Simply put, the current system is flawed. Not only does it require no WvW skill to be a COMMANDER of WvW, but WvWing isn’t even the most efficient way to get it. It’s absolutely ridiculous how stupid some of the people gloating about how they’re a WvW commander are.

I may not be presenting the BEST alternative in many opinions, but I don’t like voting. It’s just a breeding ground for exploits, trolling, fighting, divisions over “WHY IS THAT PERSON A COMMANDER?” and possible alienation of smaller guilds (but that’s not necessarily going to happen). That said, even the voting system would be better than the BS we have now.

Since the update; this error message is so severe that I can’t even complete a personal story quest. I did not have it AT ALL before the update.

-No
-Florida (USA)
-EST, It happens at all times of day; it gets worse at evening.