Guild Wars 2

I’m sure this has been said before, but the Staff holding and Idle animation needs to be changed.

Currently it looks like we’re awkwardly holding a hammer. Why do we not hold staffs like every other class does? It looks horrible in its current state.

So, please just change Staff Idle to the correct animation.

Thanks!

I’d prefer to not have only 5 or 6 viable pets to choose from before we get new ones.

Fix the current pets for god’s sake.

Majic.4801:

I’m all for fractals being more rewarding to play, but have no interest in them personally, and would prefer they not displace other PvE daily options, like world bosses and map events.

I’m all for world bosses and map events being more rewarding to play, but have no interesting them personally, and would prefer they not displace other PvE daily options, like fractals and dungeons.

Huge fan of the fractal weapon box. Nothing worse then FINALLY seeing a skin pop up, only for it to be one you already have.

One day, Fractal Greatsword….one day.

Can we not have half our current pets be useless first before we talk about new pets?

Hey, so there has been mention from ANet employees in the Echoes of the Past forum that this is not working as intended. Just wanted to put something here.

The achievement is near impossible, even as a group. Caithe’s group wipes consistently before anyone can have a chance to get near them. I’m losing the achievement 3-4 wolfpacks in without any of my men dying.

Thanks.

Is there any update on this since the hotfix? I’m still not getting anywhere near Caithe’s squad before I lose the achievement, and none of my squad is dying.

Hey all,

When ANet made changes to legendaries about a month back, they added in a bowstring for Kudzu. Not a legendary bowstring, not a cool bowstring…just..a bowstring. And it looks horrible.

I’m posting this here because I figure more Rangers have Kudzu than any other class, and I know you all are feeling the same pain I am looking at the eyesore that is the bowstring on Kudzu. Devs, PLEASE make a simple change to this, either get rid of this ugly bowstring or make it mesh with Kudzu as a whole. Because right now, it’s awful, and it takes away from the legendary feel of Kudzu.

Start Running fractals as soon as you can to get your fractal level up. Once you get 10+ you can start getting Ascended Rings (Big Stat increases as well as offensive infusion slots). They’re also a great way to make money.

Do your dailies as much as you can to get a steady stream of Laurels in—they’re helpful. Infusions, Boosters, etc.

ALWAYS get your Monthly done.

Also they just released crafting to 500 to allow for Ascended Weapons (slight increase over Exotic). So if you get a chance to level your crafting, do that. But it will be expensive.

Good luck!

Also, I love the simple fix you added RoyalPredator.

Thanks for the support. It’s just so distasteful to me.

Two weeks ago, when the legendaries were updated with new animations, messed with, etc, Kudzu had a bowstring added. It’s not a nature-y bowstring, or a special Kudzu bowstring. No, it’s just…a bowstring—attached to nothing.

Could the devs PLEASE either get rid of the bowstring or make something that doesn’t completely take away from great look of Kudzu originally.

For those of you that have completed a legendary from scratch like me, you know that Legendaries are not GENERALLY gained though one character alone. You might run dungeons with different characters for money, or WvW on another character for your badges since your main (hah Im a ranger) isn’t extremely viable in a group setting like that.

Legendaries are an account thing. You use all aspects of the game and different characters with different strengths for different things.

Yeah, most of it’s money, but you get what I’m saying.

I think by allowing legendaries to be account bound it adds a whole new level to their availability and allure. I would say that they HAVE to be restricted to level 80’s. That would be my only condition. But I think it would be cool to use them over different characters because if you have a new character that you’re trying to gear up you can still show off your legendary that you obtained early on.

Just an idea!

The added Kudzu bowstring looks HORRIBLE. I loved all the other changes, but adding a bowstring just takes away from the nature feel of the bow. Not to mention that the bowstring doesn’t connect to anything on the bow, just to air.

So Yes. Now Kudzu has a bowstring attached to thin air.

Anybody else agree?

I see what you mean.

I only WvW when I can get in a zerg or when my guild is doing it together because I run full zerker with 6/6 Sup. Runes of Ranger with Longbow and Axe/Horn

I hit like a truck at max longbow distance and my barrage is able to keep enemies off the wall. Add Quickening Zephyr to barrage and you can knock out 10 people’s health to half and keep them off walls for a good while.

Edit: Nevermind, found my answer.

They’re actually being renamed to “Badges of Jumping”

Just do the jump puzzles once a day and you’ll get them in no time at all.

nerva.7940:

Klazmaunt.2591:

nerva.7940:

Klazmaunt.2591:

As a ranger, we aren’t labeled as beastmasters.

my beastmaster would like to disagree with you. 30 in BM is ridiculously good.

Did you read my post at all?

Move along.

maybe i did and i found it so ridiculous that i decided to ignore most of the information in it?

Except that you Disagreed with me by agreeing with me.

Continue with your ignorance.

nerva.7940:

Klazmaunt.2591:

As a ranger, we aren’t labeled as beastmasters.

my beastmaster would like to disagree with you. 30 in BM is ridiculously good.

Did you read my post at all?

Move along.

This won’t be a very long read, nor very detailed—it’s simply what I think the solution to the problem should be.

As a ranger, we aren’t labeled as beastmasters. Rangers are men who fight in groups, usually in the woods. Masters of survival, strategy, and ambush. Nowhere in any description of ranger is there a “master of beasts”.

The Ranger that was used as a base for all others, the one from Dungeon and Dragons, is based off Aragorn from LoTR. Aragorn has no crazy awesome bear to fight alongside him. He has himself, and his friends.

The Pet is broken right now. It’s been broken for a long time. They die almost instantaneously in any sort of dungeon environment, and they don’t fare well much better in PvP.

ONE thing I have noticed is that in my Beastmaster build, my pet is solid. He has great survivability as well as damage and balances me out well. I quite enjoy my BeastMaster build, actually. With the new tracking fix Beastmaster was working perfectly. However, in all other builds pets are demoted to decoys and “F2” slaves.

So…Is there a way we could eliminate the pet, save for a beastmaster build? I know many have called for their complete destruction, and others say they’re working just fine. But eliminating the pet completely goes away from the class they’ve built. However, relegating them to a specific tree allows them to remain relevant, even wanted in certain situations, while still allowing the player to perform and function without a broken limb.

Maybe Upping the damage by a certain % while your pet is stored (AND MAKING A PERMANENT STORE PLEASE) , or making pets an “automatic 25” trait saying “You have the beasts of Tyria at your command.”

I don’t have all the answers, but these are just my two cents.

You’re better off farming fractals honestly. You can buy 1 Obsidian shard for 15 shards—which is one complete fractal run.
I’m currently doing the same thing and would love to run fractals with you if you need a group. Add me.

With the way Orr is these days, it’s hit or miss.

I’m currently working on my legendary pre-reqs—world completion, t6 mats, etc. etc. and I’ve noticed that Leaf of Kudzu has doubled in price in a week…It’s headed in the same direction as the rest of the precursors and I’m wondering at this point—is it more cost efficient to buy exotic bows and forge them instead of one large chunk for kudzu?

Anyone had any luck with this or in the same situation?

If Tokens were available on the TP, the price of exotic gear would plummit. Tremendously. AC tokens would be insanely cheap. Ectoplasm supply would go up immensely, dropping their prices. t6 mats would also get cheap-er. Precursors would be more widely available and cheaper. Buying AC Tokens→buying exotic weapons → forge.

It would be chaos. Utter and complete chaos….

My Bear is Brutus, Hyena is Shenzi, Ice Wolf is Curtis ( I don’t know why ), Armored Fish is Nemo…

Mine usually aren’t funny, name them after someone I know or something I like

Let’s keep this goin!

I’d love to see some of these implemented in the next major patch.

Ahahahahaha…hahaha…hahaha breath hahaha….

Thank you for this entertainment.

Do want.

What are some pets you wish were tameable in game?

My #1 is the Moose.

Attended and Looted

Personally, I’ve never seen any type of caster/mage class as male in my mind. All of my favorite characters that have been spellcasting types have been female. I prefer for my male characters to be Gruff warrior types, while my female characters are generally my spellcasters. It’s just how I see it.

Dash.8027:

I’ve spent well over $700.00 in Gems now.

Wait what

Nope. Digital Deluxe is not worth it at all.

I’ve been experiencing it on logins since last tuesday. (October 9) It’s everything from skill delay, movement delay, choppy movement, objects not rendering. I’ve never experienced chat delay.

FPS Drops to 5-11 and I normally run at 40-50 FPS.
Just happened again when I logged in for the first time today.

I posted another thread earlier but I’m running on an Alienware M17X Laptop. I never have issues with ANY other games, from Borderlands 2 to Skyrim. I always log in and test them when this happens to be sure it isn’t on my end system-wise and…I can assure you..it isn’t. I also try and go online with some games to test Ping and latency—not the issue. It is on ArenNet’s and we haven’t received word for about 2 weeks now.

It’s everything from skill delay, movement delay, choppy movement, objects not rendering. I’ve never experienced chat delay.

FPS Drops to 5-11 and I normally run at 40-50 FPS.

Just happened again when I logged in for the first time today.

I posted another thread earlier but I’m running on an Alienware M17X Laptop. I never have issues with ANY other games, from Borderlands 2 to Skyrim. I always log in and test them when this happens to be sure it isn’t on my end system-wise and…I can assure you..it isn’t. I also try and go online with some games to test Ping and latency—not the issue. It is on ArenNet’s and we haven’t received word for about 2 weeks now.

Also: Thank you for the responses.

(If this is in the wrong subforum forgive me, it can be moved, but I thought General was a fitting spot.)

ALRIGHT. So as everyone knows the only way to rock your guild’s emblem is by buying “gear” that takes the stats of your current armor. So, the only way to rock your guild’s emblem is by sacrificing the cool armor you’ve gotten up until this point? What if I want to look good while rocking an emblem as well? (Because in my opinion the emblem armor is atrocious.)

The answer? Guild Capes. They were in GW1 and allowed you to show your guild pride without sacrificing whatever armor you already had. They should be statless, only being cosmetic pieces.

People have been wondering where the capes are in this game—they are a huge part of the experience in my opinion. They add a lot of character and finesse to a player. Having a nice cape that you CAN DYE with the guild emblem in the middle is something I would GLADLY drop one gold on. I mean let’s be honest…the backpacks look out of place and silly in this world. They clip terribly with weapons and are downright comical on a norn.

Links Below

Sign this or weigh in if you would like to see Capes in the game or not in the game and why?

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Cape

No.

/15characters

I’ve yet to receive any word on this issue and I’ve posted two topics…

Seriously? Anyone else?

17 and like it. Not leaving anytime soon, unless they don’t fix the Ranger, then I might just stop for a while.

If he bought it all, it’s plausible. Depending on how much he spent with gems.

But aside from that, his points are still pretty valid. There’s definitely a wall you hit once you achieve the gear and stuff that you like. But I think that I’ll go back to my illustration that I like to use with this game.

Take Battlefield 3 or Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3. 60 bucks right? And it really takes about 20 hours (if even) of playtime until you unlock all the weapons you can use with their attachements. From that point on, you’re simply playing for enjoyment and fun, or maybe for a new skin in Call of Duty or for Assignments in BF3.

I look at Guild Wars 2 the exact same way. I paid 60 bucks for this game, and no, it doesn’t take long to get the gear/dyes that you want. But at that point, play whenever you feel like playing. If you’re bored of it and tired of WvW, walk away for a while. Go do something else. There’s no pressure to play this game 24/7 because of a subscription fee. And because there’s no subscription fee, it’s not ArenaNets job to shove gear treadmills and loads of new content down your throat that you HAVE to play. It was ArenaNet’s job to create a game that has hours of enjoyment for a cool $60, and I believe they achieved that.

I play BF3 when I get bored of GW2, usually at night before I head to sleep. When I get tired of playing BF3, I jump back into GW2 for a while. It’s a good system, and I haven’t gotten burned out on it yet. I have an 80 ranger that I quit because they killed rangers and then threw them under a bus for overkill. I have a 50 Elementalist that I quit because they did the same to them. I’m currently leveling a Guardian and I’m enjoying it. I feel no rush. I do whatever I like, when I like, and I’m comfortable knowing that ArenaNet doesn’t OWE me any incentive to keep me playing, if I want to keep playing, I will.

I solo champions and group events with Scepter/Shield and Hammer.

Pretty easily, actually.

Every day since Tuesday this has occured. Each time I load up GW2 there is terrible, unplayable lag. I redownload my graphics driver update every time and it works SOMETIMES after that. Other times I just have to wait for a few hours..I’ll go play something else without any issues and come back and the lag will be gone. It’s definitely not an internet connection issue. Not sure why it’s doing this but it’s been consistent every single day.

Anyone having this issue?

I solo champions with my Scepter/Shield///Hammer Build.

Scepter ftw.

Thank you for changing the title, whoever that was. I realized it once I posted it but couldn’t figure out how to edit the title.

Sorry, all.

So…like I said. Killing off the three “mentors” for each Order is one of the worst decisions ever. They were the one character throughout our personal stories that we were able to get to know, understand, and bond with.

Tybalt is the most beloved character in the game if I do say so myself…why kill him? You force Traeherne on us (Who we don’t even know if you aren’t Sylvari). By Killing off our Partners/Mentors you take away the one part of our characters lives that had become a constant. We’re sent into Orr completely “naked” so to say, and forced to listen to this random sylvari we know NOTHING about, who hasn’t earned our respect, much less our devotion.

Just my two cents. Because Tybalt just died. And it made me sad and frustrated.

I run with Staff in Solo currently because it’s the best weapon that I have. My daggers are still low level and I’m cheap so not worried about buying more.

Staff is GREAT for solo if you know what you’re doing. I can take on 4-5 guys at a time with no problem. You just have to be sure you’re taking full advantage of CC’s, AoE effects, and your 6-8 skills.

When I was running Scepter/Dagger or Dagger/Dagger I couldn’t take on near the amount of mobs I can now since I had to be close range and could get taken down quick.

I mean it’s unplayable. I can’t do anything. But I updated the game last night and played fine…it’s weird

So I log in today looking to play some…and I’m greeted by lag that’s just unplayable. It’s not due to my internet connection, and there’s nothing running in the background.

I had no problem last night, and nothing has changed since then with the setup/CPU/Internet.

Edit: I’m running Windows 7 on an Alienware M17x Laptop. Specs below
Intel Core i7-2670QM CPU @ 2.20 Ghz
8 GB RAM
64 bit OS
Graphics Card is a Nvidia GeForce GTX 680M

Could it be a graphics driver update?

Anyone else having this issue?

I’m playing Elementalist. It’s just my luck that at the start of this game I pick the two classes that are the most underpowered and get nerfed the most.

Kitten.

Westley.4716:

This is a problem. Having a really tough time right now thinking of any weapon combination on any other class that isn’t viable 1v1 if used skillfully enough.

Ranger — Sword/Axe, Sword/Dagger, Sword/Axe. Pretty much doomed because of the #1 skill.

So…yeah.

Uhh..honestly…it doesn’t. Leveling is pretty straightforward with shortbow/axewarhorn for speed boosts and conditions. It’s pretty vanilla…spam 1 and use your other abilities when needed (which is almost never if you run with two bears)

I’m leveling an elementalist as well now and it’s so much more for me.

If you are in a group and all of you are targetting different mobs…you will die. And you will fail miserably.