Guild Wars 2

Didn’t play this weekend due to family matters, and didn’t miss the game at all. Been reading the forums to see how the event went and I’ve decided that the game is no longer for me. So I just uninstalled. Loved the game until now though and easily got my money’s worth out of it. Anet had just decided to go in another direction than I wanted and if that is what makes them money, then more power to them.

I played GW1 on and off for a few years, but I don’t think I’ll be going back. I’m done with MMOs at least until Elder Scrolls Online hits (although I’m giving it a few months before I jump in, won’t make that mistake again). I’ve got a large Steam backlog that I need to get through anyway.

JonPeters.5630:

Fast hands only is broken on the very first swap after you turn it on our load a map. After that it works. Fixing that first time bug is extraordinarily difficult, but we think it is worth it to keep the trait.

Sir, you have just proven to me that you do not actually play this game. I logged in, changed my traits to get Fast Hands. Went into combat. With 20 in combat swaps I got the full 10 second CD on 19 of them. With 20 out of combat swaps I got a 5 second CD on 18 of them.

I’ll have to trait it again, but that wasn’t the way it worked at the start of the month. I rarely got the in combat reduction (1 in 5 maybe), and always got a 10 second out of combat CD. Had nothing to do with whether it was the first swap or not.

Still no fix for Fast Hands?! Anet, if you can’t fix it just remove it. It is actually a hindrance to have it in its current state.

Nice to have some combo finishers though.

KasNova.8936:

How exactly is forcing players into instanced dungeons to progress going to help keep people around for dynamic events?

Exactly. Same thing happened with Rift. Everybody was too busy gearing up in the dungeons/raids to bother doing the rift events/invasions.

No, since I’ll be missing the Saturday and Sunday events anyway due to early Thanksgiving family gatherings.

Terkov.4138:

Hi. This topic is a kind of my answer to all cry on forums (ppl always cry, but now they are united :P ).

As we know, legendary weapons will scale to best possible stats. We also know there will be legendary armor some day. What does it mean? It means, no matter how much new tiers they add, when we get legendary armor it will be always the top one.

That’s it. I don’t like to write long posts

This is the thing that makes so little sense to me. If Legendary items will always have their stats changed to be the best, then what would be the point of adding anything below them?

Anet claims they are adding new gear for the people who already have a Legendary and no longer have a carrot to chase. But if the Legendary items will automatically become the best, then they still have no carrot to chase. And the people without Legendary items will see them getting further and further away. So I still don’t see how this is supposed to please anyone.

If I wanted to play for constantly increasing numbers, then I would have played any one of the hundreds of other MMORPGs out there. So no, this won’t make me play more than I already do.

And if anyone honestly thinks one new tier will be enough for that type of player, then they haven’t played any of those other games. Whether Anet intended this to be the start of a treadmill or not, now that they have given in, they have no choice but to make it one. The second Anet releases the full Ascended set, someone will have it and start whining that they have finished the game and have nothing else to do.

I’ll keep playing (no sub, why not), but like others I’ll no longer purchase anything from the store.

I’m betting the uber dungeon will drop a whole lot of uber Black Lion chests that need new more expensive keys. There will also be boosters than reduce the effect of Agony.

Been playing since day 1 of head start. I have 8 characters. 2 80s, rest are 30-40. Highest map completion is around 40%. There are still zones I haven’t even stepped foot in yet. I haven’t had to worry about “replay”, because I’m still “playing” the game.

+100 to Flying Mounts, so I can fly straight to the uber dungeon while inspecting everyone’s gear.

Honestly my real problem with the whole situation right now, is they have spent time and resources on a new mechanic and dungeon system, when there are still very major bugs in the game.

Every class has bugged skills/traits that need to be fixed. DEs are still breaking. There are dungeon paths that are basically unplayable. Get this stuff fixed first, then worry about the <1% that rushed their legendaries and are whining there is nothing to do.

Now I’m glad I’ve been leveling alts instead of wasting time gearing my 80s.

I’m willing to wait and see what this is all really about, but if it does signal the start of a gear treadmill, then it is probably my time to leave.

And Anet doesn’t need to complain about the player reaction since it is completely their fault. They really need to get better on the communication side of things. This kind of stuff shouldn’t be announced on third party news sites with vague statements detailing how they think the new stuff may or may not work. Especially since it seems to be going against everything that the game was supposed to be about.

The gate to Fields of Ruin isn’t really that obvious. I had to look it up to figure out how to get there. Really wish they marked where the gates go on the map.

If it is anything like the Mad King “surprise” then it will just bug out anyway. I was there and still had to watch it on Youtube to actually see what was supposed to happen. So I’ll try to be there, but I’m not going to get upset if I miss it.

While it may not be against the letter of the rules, I’d say you’re opening yourself up to a ban for scamming. Once you release the name, you really have no way to guarantee that a certain person gets it.

Anet loves DR systems so much, I’m surprised that the one area of the game that needs one doesn’t have it. Constant CC doesn’t make for a harder fight, it just makes it more annoying.

I actually walked away from the computer in one of the personal story fights, because the champ boss mob was spamming AOE stuns. I watched a little TV while the NPCs killed him. My character didn’t even die, since the boss did basically no damage, just constant annoying stuns. They could have removed the stuns and upped his damage and the fight would have been more fun.

Yeah, I had this issue Tuesday night. Logging out and back in fixed it. Haven’t seen it again, but I didn’t play much last night.

Makes sense. Would seem kind of silly to have it explode every year.

Book X is in Harathi Highlands near the Seraphs Landing waypoint.

The only thing I really made a point of doing was getting the 2 books. I did get the pumpkin carver title without really trying for it.

Korrigan.4837:

Am I the only one who likes the original (intended) Guild Wars 2 look better?
Except for the better antialiasing, all the color modifications and supposed “enhancements” make it way too flashy – like turning Clint Eastwood in some sort of carnival Las Vegas cow boy…

Yeah, I’m only running it for the AA. It looks better and runs faster than the in-game setting. But I have all the color mods turned off. I really didn’t like the LumaSharpen, just makes the game look odd (even made my eyes hurt a bit).

I was disappointed with it because the scene bugged and I didn’t see the Mad King, just the camera swinging around a big hole. My wife happened to be in the room and when it was over she asked what it was all about. I told her I didn’t have the slightest idea. Had to find it on Youtube to see what was actually supposed to happen.

Some kind of actual event would have been nice though. Kill some Mad King minions or something.

Been playing with this for a couple of days and I’m impressed. I had been running with all setting maxed and getting FPS in the high 30s in crowded areas like the LA TP or big fights. Now I have in game FXAA turned off and supersample reduced to normal. The game looks better and I’ve rarely seen my FPS drop below 50. Whatever this does, Anet needs to add it directly into the game.

I would buy every skin if they were up for sale. I will never buy keys.

With leveling alts, the daily just does itself. I never have to think about it.

Downscaling is one of the things that keeps me playing. I will never play another MMORPG that doesn’t have this feature. Going into low levels zones and fighting everything without even taking a point of damage has always been a very stupid game design.

I’ve been getting this for a while. Around the fifth item I list, I’ll start getting the error. Have to wait about 20 seconds between each item for it to work. Even closing the TP doesn’t help. Really annoying when I have a lot of mats to put up.

Anet really needs to set up a test server and let us do their testing, since their internal testers seem to be having issues. You would think the mistake of just doing a couple of limited beta weekends would have taught them something.

Also they need to take a page out of Trion’s book and release patches quicker. If you have the issue fixed release the patch. This sitting on fixes for 1 or 2 weeks is getting old. And Anet has even less of an excuse, since they don’t have to bring down the servers to patch.

Yeah almost as soon as the hylek one in Metrica Province started working again, this guy bugs out. Considering it took about 3 weeks to reset the hylek, don’t hold your breath on this one.

They would make a lot more by just putting the items up for purchase. Leave the gambling in for people that think they are lucky and let the rest of us just buy the items. I’d pay a decent amount of money for the rare chest drops. But I’m not buying the keys for a small chance at them.

At least the chests are selling for a little more than 1 copper now, so I don’t have to destroy them when I find them.

Had this happen yesterday on a drake boss in Metrica Province. No animations, it just glided around the room.

Yeah, as a PvE player, I’ve given up on 100% map and the monthly. Sure I could add to the queue, and then AFK until I can get what I need, but I’d feel bad doing it.

“Legendary weapons no longer an option for most players?”

Were they ever an option for most players? No. When I first started looking at what was needed to make one, I got about half way through the list and after I was done laughing, I knew they weren’t something I was worried about. They were never meant for the casual player (and shouldn’t be).

Well it was partly what she had said on a blog (not in game), but her opponent basically said that since she was a gamer she was lazy and immature.

“Certainly the fact that she spends so much time on a video game says something about her work ethic and, again, her immaturity.”

This is definitely one of those fights you don’t try without a group of 8 or more. And 2 should be on revive duty.

I remember the first time I encounter this event was on my ranger at lvl 8. There were 2 people fighting and 8 on the ground dead or downed. Sent my pet in to fight and then I went around rezzing people and taking shots at the witch when I could. It was a tough fight but we managed to kill her.

Never had a problem with it since, as long as the group was big enough and people were willing to revive as soon as someone went down.

Probably one of the better encounters in the game.

The is Anet we’re talking about, just playing the game is considered an exploit.

Anyway, why would you consider it an exploit? If you were actually doing enough to earn a reward, then you deserve to get it. Doesn’t matter if you leave early or not. It may not be good manners, but it isn’t an exploit.

I had about 12g on my first lvl 60 after buying the manual.

I gave up on crafting during the first day. After that I just sold everything I found to a vendor or on the TP.

Basically don’t craft until your 80 and have already bought everything you want.

Anyone who thought GW2 (or any other game) was going to kill WoW, was living in a dream world. The only thing that will kill WoW is when Blizz turns off the servers.

For me the game has been a success. There are some things Anet is doing that I don’t agree with and there is still a lot of work that needs to be done, but I’m still having fun.

And if Anet is making money, then it was a success for them. Whether they beat another game or not is totally unimportant.

Wow, so now having alts is an exploit. I really thought I’d seen it all with this bizarre attitude Anet has about labeling everything an exploit, but this really is beyond belief. I’m waiting for moving your character to become an exploit.

Seeing the same on the few events I’ve run. And the dungeon rewards are still screwed up.

Anet please just turn this PoS code off. It is hurting the game way more than it is helping.

Same here. Doubt this is isolated to a few people.

3 day ban for Anet.

Apparently people were farming risen grubs at one of the events, so Anet in their typical over-reaction disabled loot for ALL risen grubs. So now anytime you kill one you get that nice annoying message.

Sounds like it isn’t really underwater combat that is the issue, just the usual bugs. Mob respawns need to toned down gamewide. Mobs bugging and instahealing happens everywhere, not just underwater.

When it works, I actually like underwater combat. I wish they had actually done more with it. More weapons, and more skills that can actually be used underwater.

Voqar.2349:

Thanks for the info.

I do think it’s stupid to punish players for actually playing. To me unless players are doing something exploitive, then why care? Fix content that’s broken, fix design that’s broken, and let players play.

This. ANet fix the game and stop worrying about someone grinding for something they want.

I logged in tonight for the first time in a week. I went through 6 different zones and saw that ever single DE/heart/skill challenge I had reported weeks ago was still bugged and that a whole lot more were now messed up. ANet can shot a half-baked and over-reactive hot-fix out the second they think someone is doing something they don’t like, but apparently they can’t fix stuff that has been broken since launch.

I like the game. I really want to play the game. But when ANet seems more worried about knee-jerk reactions to someone getting a little extra gold/karma/tokens than actually fixing the game, I just can’t see myself wasting anymore time on it.

I remember EVE had a feature where you could make it so people who weren’t on your friends list would have to pay a fee to send you mail and you could set it as high as you wanted. I had mine at something like a million. Never got any spam.

If running the servers too long is what is causing the issues, then they need to do what EVE did and just do daily restarts.

Anet made it pretty clear that people would be able to buy the upgrade items in the gem store at least a couple of weeks before launch. And the items were pretty clearly detailed (even the 5 day limit on the banker). You didn’t do your research. Not really sure what you’re upset about.

I paid for the DDE knowing it would be available in the gem store. The amount of time it would take me to farm gold for the gems would be way more time than what it took me to earn $20 working at my job.

Just off the top of my head.

Fields of Ruin:
– Escort the messenger. Messenger just stands there and does nothing.
- The build a bonfire to attract a griffon (or something) is stuck.

Iron Marches:
- Return the logger’s spirits to their bodies. Spirits just stand there. Ghost spiders don’t spawn.
- Save the cubs from the witch. The witch is stuck in the house and you can’t get to her.

Blazeridge Steppes:
- There is an attack the ogre’s base event that doesn’t start.

I’ve reported a whole lot more in game.