Guild Wars 2

Wouldnt hold your breath, just go to sleep and check it out in the morning :P

That would be awesome.

I believe the reason Anet has these drop rates so incredibly low is to compensate for the fact that there is not enough gear in the game yet to give you something cooler looking/better every single fractal level. If you could get a new reward cooler and better looking, every level, or even every 5 levels. Anet would need to come up with a lot more items to give you that dont exist in the game yet.

There are only so many items in the game, which is where i believe this game lacks compared to other mmos.

Berserker gear is like the only option to get, and even if you decide not to get a berserker piece, it looks exactly the same. The game needs more different looking gear.

So if there are more items in the game as a total, the drop rate will increase, because there will be more “eligible” items in the drop rate pool.

Wow you have a lot, i dont even have ONE.

Send me one lmao.

I like to look demonic, and kitten! But i also like to GLOW. And leave awesome particle effects. The twilight legendary is the coolest thing ever with that effect it leaves under your feet when you walk.

Game needs more legendary items, and ascended/legendary armor and ill be content with all the content in the game.

When? On the 30th?

Would be nice if this window was a little bigger, or adjustable. A lot of the weapons i preview all get cut off because the window is too small.

Would be awesome.

Balls. Ill have to have him come here then

Well, its kind of a weird situation. But i have no credit or debit card, so i cant order stuff off the internet, i usually just buy prepaid visa gift cards and use those, but i dont have enough money for one of those.

So im just going to give my buddy the cash, and hes gunna let me use his debit card to buy the gems.

But one problem, he doesnt have the game on his computer, so is there any other way to buy gems while not in game?

When going to vendors AS WELL AS the Black Lion Trading Post, I think they should have a drop down menu of some sort, that allows you to view by armor type.

Light armor only, or medium armor only. And have this option available to you, regardless of what you’re searching for.

So if i want to search just light shoulderpads. I can. Or if i want to look at just medium helms, I can.

Not only is it confusing but it is also misleading when you see all these different things you can buy, then you realize that you can only use 7 or 8 of the 36 items there because they show you the other armor types too.

Would be a great addition to the game.

It wouldnt be “unique” if you could have more than one.

u·nique

Adjective
Being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else

Noun
A unique person or thing.

Synonyms
singular – single – only – sole – unparalleled

So, no, dont change the limit, just make the unique items track if you purchased it before, and if you try to purchase it a second time, a window pops up that tells you that you are not allowed you to purchase it, with a message stating you already bought this item, and that you cannot equip more than one of the same unique item per character.

yea you dont have to use way the waypoints, you can walk wherever you want to go. And stack speed increase stuff to go faster while you run instead of a mount.

Go read my first post, on the first page of this thread. </thread> Its over.

Anet already said the story of Orr isnt over yet. So there will be changes in the future.

Nathiest.5413:

Level 22 and I just feel like I’m stuck in a rut. (rut? thats correct right?) Yea.. The gear all looks the same, have the same abilities since level 1. Also Centaurs, Centaurs, Centaurs, Centaurs, Centaurs, AAAUUUGHHHH!!!

I had the same thing around that level, go to a different area, go on google and look up an interactive map so you can see what ones you can do events at and stuff.

Not really, because

1. It makes lower level content playable all the time. Which made sense to me the other day when my friend bought the game, and i could do events with him, without taking away his XP, and still gaining a fairly reasonable amount of it for myself because of the downscaling.

2. You do get more powerful, because as you level up, it allows you to wear better gear with higher stats and more stats at that. So when youre level 60 and get scaled to level 10, youl be much more powerful than a level 20 scaled down to level 10. Your armor and all your stats are your power when you are downscaled. As far as i know, the only thing they downscale is how much health you have, and the raw damage is scaled, so you still get extra damage from your stats while being downscaled.

ScottBroChill.3254:

Maybe if they made rare skins and stuff drop from regular mob areas we would start to see more life in the pve side of things, which would definitely increase the amount of DE’s that could happen and people could participate in. Sometimes you don’t have time to complete a dungeon over and over, sometimes you like to just take 10 minutes to go kills some mobs and have that hope something nice will drop.

I agree totally, said it over and over. The fact that it’s not already like that is ridiculous, it wouldnt hurt the game in any way at all. Id have more of a reason to play if it was.

Hes saying, yes it works. But it shouldn’t. So i assume it will be fixed.

xarallei.4279:

Absolutely NOT. They already added Ascended gear and that was terrible enough. Did you actually see the forums when that was announced? The amount of outrage was amazing. You need to understand GW1/GW2 fans are extremely anti-gear treadmill. It goes against everything the games are about. That’s why so many felt betrayed when Anet released Ascended gear. They promised us that they would not be putting out any more tiers of gear this year and they better kitten stick to that promise or there will be hell to pay.

I, personally am still really angry about the addition of Ascended. At the very least they are adding more ways of getting the gear but they are going a bit slow. And ascended backpieces are STILL tied to fractals. They need to add more ways asap (like a way to get ascended through WvW).

Read the rest of the thread, there has been a whole entire conversation since my post. So your post is irrelevant now. They already added ascended rings accessories, backpacks, necklaces. Just give us ascended armor sets and its done. I wouldnt wanna work past that anyway. Atlest not for a looong time considering how long it would take to have a full set of ascended gear. As long as the stat differences arent TOO major, then it really wouldnt be a problem, because player skill comes in to play as well. Regardless if someone does 200 more damage in a shot or not. To me, then the game would be perfect.

Arena net said there is no plans for an expansions as of now. All of these things you mention, if ever added into the game, would be added through an update, not an expansion.

I all for not being left behind by not playing for a while, but im also not in favor of there not being anything new to do after a while either. It would add more flavor to the game if once you left for 6 months, you could come back and have more goals, just like you did the entire game until you hit 80. But once you hit 80, it just stops.

I feel like, having certain skins that are more difficult to obtain than other ones would be nice. This way, getting a skin that doesnt look so good ( like the regular stick staff with a kittenty stone on top ) is very easy. And something that is awesome looking ( say a double ended staff, with decent dized floating crystals with a particle effect ) would be much harder to obtain. Also, make these skins have an extremely rare chance to drop, this way, the whole " end game " idea of getting skins, feels present no matter what youre doing.

I feel like the way it works now kind of takes the fun and excitement out of it. Because all you have to do is go to the vendor, and see what dungeon it is, and run that dungeon till you have the tokens. Im not saying make the drops like WoW because i dont like WoWs loot system.

But having a small rare chance to obtain these items without HAVING to pick a dungeon token to collect would be nice.

Mosharn.8357:

what endgame do you speak of?

The one that exists on the way to the end of the game, but doesnt actually exist at the end of the game.

if you read the rest of the thread, were past the gear treadmill, im talking about skins, more skins to choose from

I dont like ANY of the staff skins, they all just look like a skinny metal pole with some crappy shape on top. Give me a staff with glowing floating crystals on both ends with hand grips that looks awesome. Not a level 80 exotic that is literally a stick with a light on top.

just add like 10 more weapon skins to every weapon to start, and like 10 more armor skins to each piece of armor to start that all look awesome and kitten, that dont have rainbows or ponys. And over time, maybe every month, add another 5 skins or something. And release all the ascended armor, with a whole plethora of skins for it.

Of course they could start small, and every month, add two skins or something, but they would take heat if they didnt look cool and no one wanted them.

im sure theyre are plenty of artists and 3d modellers at Anet that would love to design some new skins.

Also it would be extremely cool if there was a dye that let you change the material of your gear. Rather than the color.

So if i wanted my cloth shoulders to look like metal, glass, leather, cloth etc i could. Ive seen light armor sometimes that would look so cool if it was shiny like heavy armor is.

I would be perfectly fine with the whole no new stats, just skins thing, if there were more to chose from. Theres so little per armor type. And most of it looks very basic and dont look very unique or different from each other. At least for me as an asura elementalist, anyway. The only ones that really stand out are the CoF CoE and Arah ones. And everyone has them.

Demented Sheep.1642:

Leetimus.5786:

Nappychappy.7046:

Demented Sheep.1642:

The game dose not need a gear treadmill. You want to feel like your getting stronger? how about actually getting better at playing the game.

L2P reply is insulting…

I wouldn’t say that the game needs a gear treadmill for power, but it definitely needs something that you can build from.

Yes, im not saying that my suggestion has to be implemented that EXACT way, but just something along these lines to give you that progressing feeling in some way other than looks

You can’t really just have stronger gear as optional extra unless the difference is miniscule, especially not with WvWvW.

Yes you can, its been like that since level 1. If A level 20 joins wvw, they are scaled to 80, but are at a huge disadvantage because of their gear, now if you’re at a gear disadvantage the entire time from 1-80. Why would it matter if some level 80s are at a gear disadvantage as well.

You don’t play WvWvW at level 20 if you want to be competitive at it. You add in extra gear and now not only do you have to get to 80 and get your exotics to be competitive you now have to re-gear again and again every time they release a new gear teir and forget having multiple build and alts because you have spend so much time getting gear.

Isnt that already what everyones doing? With the release of ascended items?

I dont know guys, you guys might think my idea is stupid, but anet already heard other peoples idea of gear progression. So they anet added the ascended items. Once everyone has those, the sense of gear progression is going to be gone again and anet will then again add stronger items. Its inevitable if they want people to continue playing the game.

Nappychappy.7046:

Demented Sheep.1642:

The game dose not need a gear treadmill. You want to feel like your getting stronger? how about actually getting better at playing the game.

L2P reply is insulting…

I wouldn’t say that the game needs a gear treadmill for power, but it definitely needs something that you can build from.

Yes, im not saying that my suggestion has to be implemented that EXACT way, but just something along these lines to give you that progressing feeling in some way other than looks

You can’t really just have stronger gear as optional extra unless the difference is miniscule, especially not with WvWvW.

Yes you can, its been like that since level 1. If A level 20 joins wvw, they are scaled to 80, but are at a huge disadvantage because of their gear, now if you’re at a gear disadvantage the entire time from 1-80. Why would it matter if some level 80s are at a gear disadvantage as well.

But okay, say the whole gear progression thing is dumb, what else can you build on, or progress if not your character?

And if you really think about it, the whole entire game is a gear treadmill, then once you hit 80, they shut the treadmill off, and you can no longer run.

I agree, i am not saying it needs a gear treadmill, i dont believe it would be a gear treadmill since these things would be optional to obtain to you. You cant kill another player while exploring and doing events and stuff, so it wouldnt matter. The gear doesnt give you an advantage in W3 or Spvp anyway.

And for the record, before people say go back to wow. I’m not saying thats what i want this game to be, because i know its not, but there are ways to implement these things without being WoW and without upsetting both sides.

Before i start i want to say i absolutely LOVED my journey to 80 and i think this game is the best mmo i have ever played, by far the most fun, but now i have gotten to a certain point on my character where i can no longer progress or continue playing. Atleast in PvE anyway ( my favorite part ) Let me explain.

I just hit level 80 two days ago, i was loving the way to 80, but i feel like once i got there that i had beat the game or maxed my character out, and that there isn’t much left to do. I don’t feel the need to get different gear, simply because all the stats are the same across all the gear, and i’m already happy with the way i look. If you know which piece you want, its not very hard to obtain, and then you’re left with nothing else to get.

All the things you’re “progressing” or working for at level 80 are just for looks, but during the whole entire way to 80 you’re progressing through the game while getting stronger and stronger. Making the entire leveling experience to 80 about two things, getting stronger ( you need to be stronger to beat the next area, duh ) and looking cooler. But once you get level 80, the getting stronger aspect of the game is removed. Due to everything being cosmetic and not actually being different progress wise, that “progression” that you feel, every single kill, every single time you level on your journey from 1-80 no longer feels relevant. Because it simply does not exist.

Which brings me to Anet saying they want to make the whole game the “end game”, so that the game doesn’t “start” at level 80. They are doing great with this, i believe level 1-80 was awesome, they accomplished what they wanted, and it works well. , doesn’t mean that the other aspects of the game from 1-80 has to end at 80 either.

I think this could be fixed and appeal to all players in a positive way by releasing a few ascended armor sets. ( like helm, shoulders etc. but not just one set per armor type, per class ). Would be awesome to have a whole bunch of different stat combos to pick from and a whole bunch of different looking items.

And with the items, try and make them look so awesome, that you look at every single choice, and you’re like kitten they all look awesome, what one do i get?! Or " I want to get them all!

I love the game, and ill probably start leveling an alt, but i’m hoping by the time hes level 80, there will be more things to work towards after you hit 80 that aren’t simply skins. Its like the appearance of your gear or weapon is the outside, and its stats are the inside, doesn’t the inside count too Anet? Doesn’t it?

I understand this game is still young, and a lot more stuff will be added in the future, i just wanted to put my opinion out there about the game and see what other people think.

And so the people who are going to say " i dont want to have to work that long for the best stuff " you dont have to, because its optional.

EDIT: Just realized i posted this in discussion, i suppose it should be in suggestions if a mod could please move it that would be great Thank you.

Just did a run of CoF story for the first time, and it was far from goofy if you ask me.

They’re are goofy things but whatever, the game was made by people like you and me, and they made the game they want, and im sure they had fun making those goofy parts, so more power to them, the game is fun, and thats all that matters.

I would like to see more monster types, and more kitten looking gear, i think that would give it the little serious edge it needs

Im not talking about the dots on the map to show me where they are. Im talking about when you press “G” and open your guild window and can see your roster and where everyone is at.

Its not that big of a deal, but when looking at my guild and who is online and what everyone is doing. I see it tells me that my guild mates are in World vs World, but doesnt say specifically what part. Would be nice to know if my guild mates are in eternal battlegrounds or some other place without having to ask. Would allow you to hop into the battle with guild makes much quicker.

Yea, im still a long way from actually getting any of that gear, ( i think ). I was just curious as to what i was in for once i hit 80. Because to me, making my character look cool is my favorite part of any mmo. Or any game where you level up and get new gear at that matter.

Brewbeer.8239:

http://argos-soft.net/GW2ArmorGallery/

Take a look. Armor in this game is varied. Just because you haven’t been finding sets, don’t mean they don’t exist.

Wow there are a lot of cool ones now that i look, seen some that look really cool. Just wish they were different so its not the same heavy medium or light armor for all races just scaled up or down accordingly.

I picked asura because i liked their culture and how they use intelligence and science to solve their problems rather than just be tough like the charr. Their inventions intrigued me, the fact that i could create an infinity ball was awesome. I love my asura

Same happens for me, never happened before, took a break for a month and just came back 2 days ago and it was happening. I have an open hood and you can see most of my face and neck. It looks hilarious, please anet, leave this one broken lol.

Even at level 80 the skins arent that great, theyres like 4 different ones that everyone has. And they all look similar too. Game definitely needs more gear diversity. Thats my only complaint with this game.

As far as your post goes, dont worry about getting cool skins while leveling, it wont matter anyway cause youl zoom past the beginning levels and replace stuff so fast anyway.

Would love to get an official statement from Anet on this since i haven’t seen anything about it on the forums.

All i ever find is hoods, everywhere, either that, or that pendant thing that goes on your forehead.

And yes it is 7 months old, that is what excites me so much about this game, its still young, and theres so much potential to make it such a perfect mmo, while still staying true to the guild wars development idea that Anet has. Would just be cool to see an update that added new complete armor sets, rather than just a simple staff skin.

I believe the reason for the cap is because of how large the battles are. Might have been too performance costly to calculate your AoE attack hitting 200 people at the same time . Not only that, but calculating everyone else doing the same thing as well. Im no Anet employee but there’s a lot that goes into something like this.

Okay so let me start off by saying that Guild Wars 2 is my favorite MMO ever, ive played just about every single one worth playing, and this one is the only one that feels EPIC, massive battles on a huge scale is awesome. The combat is great, the graphics are great for an mmo ( best looking mmo out there ). WvWvW is a blast. Im having some trouble really getting into S-PvP. I think if there was PvP that used your PvE character and stats that it would be more enjoyable. But thats not why i made this thread.

My issue with the game is the gear(armor/weapons etc.). When i played other MMO games like WoW, Tera, Age of conan, etc when i saw a character with awesome armor, i would walk up to him and think “Wow that armor looks AWESOME”.

But in guild wars 2, all of the armor seems so colorful and bright, and none of it really looks diverse except a couple sets, a level 30 doesn’t look any more bad kitten than a level 75, for example, on my level 75 elementalist, through the whole games ive seen only 3 different looking helmet models. And they all looks stupid cause theyre just hoods. I see like 3-4 different sets that people have that look awesome. But everyone has it. I understand there cant be a unique set for every single player in the game. But i rarely have had that feeling of seeing an awesome piece of armor and thinking " what is THAT?! " Does anyone else agree with me.?

Please don’t flame and tell me go to back to those other MMO’s because i’m not bashing Guild Wars 2, i love it. Its just this one thing that seems to be off about the game.

Does Anet plan on adding more gear to the game to make characters look more unique, or is it always going to be focused around those few specific cool looking sets of gear?