Guild Wars 2

Reihert.1509:

Why not make a very hard boss that requires COORDINATION and learning a fight that rewards you those items? You know, loot table?

oh this one is easy.

its because people come straigt to the forums and pretend to be “the voice of the community” after they die just once with a random group in a dungeon they entered for the first time…
and “the voice of the community” knows exactly what the community wants…

this is why they cant make any hard bosses… unfortunately

phanmc.6759:

One of major selling point about the game was the lack of emphasis of gear progression, it was mentioned multiple times and by no less than the president or ArenaNet. It was a major selling point for me and apparently many others as well.

I totaly agree but lets try some different theories
lets say the game sold 2.5mill times and now we have a playerbase of 750.000 people
thats a massive decrese in just a short time
I would say that too many players hit lvl 80 and did not know what to do other than getting better gear (im reffering to all the pandas out there)
and I also I do believe that way to many players did not know about the “lack of emphasis of gear progression”… I know, who wants them anyway? well.. looks like ANet does

phanmc.6759:

By reneging on the core philosophy of the game, they have invalidated a major reason I play this game. In my eyes, their actions will slowly destroy what the game stood for and therefore no longer worth my time. I don’t pretend to be anymore important than anyone else, I simply speak for myself.

again i agree whit you
but in the last 10 years, I dont remeber one game out there that did not got destroyed either by the fanbase (because the devs did what the “loudest” players wanted and not what they have thought would be the best for the game itself) or the publisher who tried to milk the kitten out of it

phanmc.6759:

Yes, the game could have failed to be a success had they stuck with the original manifesto. But I would rather they and gave their all and stuck with the original plan (and show some integrity by not keeping critical information from their userbase or intentionally mislead them) than turn the game into a “me too” grind fest, none of which are able to compare to WoW because who wants to play a copy-cat game?

as we dont have to pay fpr anything (just the game of course) they are related on a way higher number of players than games where you have to pay monthly
it makes a big difference if there are 750k or 1.5mill people playing
lets say that 1/4 of them use to buy gems worth 10€ thats 187.500 x10
and now do the same with 1.5mill….

in the end its just about the numbers
we could say that they do face the same problems as we do…. somehow… ^^

put yourself in their position… youre looking at the ANet bank account and see a fast decrease in payments… you are automatically looking for a solution to stop this fluctuation. to find a solution you only have to find out why all the people have left…
its kinda a cycle because from here we are going back to where this discussion has started from…

something happened otherwise they would not had to come up with new gear this soon

the most obvious is a significant decrease of players…

the devs acutally live from money and not from a dedicated fanbase

why do people always tend to shout out loud or repeat what other people are complaining about, bevor even start thinking about the why!?

just stop those suggestive threats
and please stop pretending like youre the most important person in the world
if you pay ANet enough money to live from then they may design the game as you want it to be…

till then its just all about to keep the numbers of players increasing
because that means money to keep this game/project alive

and no, they are not selling themselves, they just want to keep this game running and come up with new content and im sure that not all of them are happy with this decision

Eurosdown.6072:

That is an insane amount of time to grind FotM for tokens. Not happening for me. But hey I heard that Star Wars mmo just went f2p…

lol you dont like it that they will bring new items with better stats but refer to swtor?

ive played swtor for a while.. its quite the same as wow just with star wars skins
and its aaaall about stats…..

Krustydog.1043:

[…] I bet they had hoped to wait longer to release it but for who knows what reason they are releasing it now. […]

they’ve already said it (more or less)
its because people obtained the legendaries sooner as the dev’s had thought, so its time to give " us* " something new to obtain

there are plenty of players who had left the game because there is no progression in stats and i guess this is the main reason why they’ve rushed, or lets just say launched this earlier as they may have intended to do
just dont forget that not every player comes here to the forums to disclose their opinion!

there is one thing i would really like to see
a monitoring of the actual numbers of the players that are online (in total, not only “my” server)

a little counter somewhere in the menu:
players online / actual registered accounts
780.000/2.150.000 (<- only fictitious numbers)
and mybe the highest # of players online at the same time

one more thing to think about is, that decreasing numbers is not good at all
because in the end it affects everyone

*us, as players of gw2, here I’m including myself – I dont have a legendary (…yet) and actually it doesnt bother me that I’ve maxed out the main stats already
there are plenty of different builds, skills, runes, sigills I want to try in different combinations so I dont see any need of a gear with higher stats
(maybe at some time in the future, who knows)
but thats just my opinion

funny how people use to freak out about stuff that will happen in the future… like everyone already knows what will happen !?!

do you guys have a fortune-teller-sphere or something?

come on, just wait till the content is out and if it acutally is like you all are afraid of that it will be, then come here and give some constructive feedback
because until then its not usefull at all to argue about theories…

its just not possibile to give them constructive feedback to something that we heavnt tested yet..

dont panic!

Noppy.1348:

i have no idea how fast you an do a lvl 80, but i would like to recommend that you take your time and enjoy the game all the way.
as many have pointed out in a lot off threads, this game is not about the rush to lvl 80 but about the journey to lvl 80.
so take your time, explore a bit and have fun while doing that and don’t rush to lvl 80 and then have the feeling that you have bought the wrong game.
just my idea offcourse, feel free to ignore me

this is so true!

exploring this game while leveling up to 80 was pretty awesome
I cant count how many times I was thinking something like “wow this is just beautiful” or “I’m impressed”…

if youre running around completing all the zones, it will take you something about 1 hour for 1 lvl but i guess if you want to do it faster then maybe you can find a speedlevel-guide on youtube

just farm all the mats you find and harvest them… wait till youre lvl 60 than master two professions (from lvl 0 to lvl 400) and you will make at least 20 level
this is way faster than “normal” leveling

its just all about the e-kitten
thats why so many people want dmg meters or the possibility to check the gear from another player…

why not just play the game and have fun instead of bragging with numbers!?

those events are all about farming and when it comes down to this one word “farming” Anet gets pretty buttoned up

you can easily tell by the things they have patched already

but as this is more about balance i really think they should do something
i myself have a ranger – condition build – and i know exactly what you all are talking about… its pretty hard to do enough dmg to get loot from the mobs
especially plinx or grenth

a friend of mine got that helm from completing cursed shore. its an exotic but i dont remember the name of the helm and it had the superior rune of divinity inside so he disassembled it… but the set is in the game… sry that i cant tell you more about it…

someone stated that every armor/weapon you see in game on npc’s is actually part of the game and everyone can have it

Waar Kijk Je Naar.8713:

Best fix: maximum price of any item at 100g.

Force people to sell at reasonable prices.

would rather force people to sell things outside the tp….

Oh Snapalope.1378:

Just let us check other players’ gear.

so you can judge other players by their gear?

do you think you actually can tell if the player knows how to play his char only by looking at his gear?

just another question

but what do you guys expect from this update/ranger buff?

move and dodge thats mainly what you have to do

survive till the enemy goes down

learn how to move, just dont stay in one position

regardless of the class youre going to choose

i like this game because its not “ALL about the numbers” like all the other MMO’s and i hope that anet keeps it that way

actually if you have had an awesome run who cares who has made the most dmg or whatsoever…. a “meter” would only divide the players into their roles and it would not be a success of the whole group anymore

a “meter” would only lead to, all the people wanting that ONE class thats above all others and it would also lead to the typical classification of the classes like youre a better healer or tank and so on…

Humposaurus.5764:

If they are speculating? Why not buy all precursors and sell them for much larger prices. Thats what I should do lol. Buy all precursor and sell them for 1k-2k gold each.

i guess thats way to expensive… and it would take waaay to loong to sell them all again
and what if someone gets a precursor out of the mystic forge and sells it at the TP at the “regular” price (400g or something)?

its pretty dangerous to try to get a monopole on such a popular item
there may be others holding back some precursors waiting for the price to rise up
if you try to sell them with 1k maybe some others will try to sell them only with 800
now one knows… so its safer to just store gold and speculate on different items… pretty much like in real life

no for duelling from my side

sorry guys but i just think that GW2 should keep different to other MMO’s and duelling is just like every other MMO

sitting around waiting for an event to happen would be totally different if people start jumping around like crazy, headless chicken while they are fighting each other…

just think back at all the duelling in LA at the mystic forge during the helloween event
…this was more than just annoying

just my opinion

Xarog.3172:

ANet has expressed “concern” with regard to the cost of precursors. So while I’m not sure what solution they will think of, I’m pretty sure if things get out of hand that Anet will do something to make precursor weapons less costly.

the only thing anet is doing atm is trying to keep the gem price up….

anyone else noticed a higher drop rate with black lion trading chests?

on topic
what ive heard is that there are some people with way to much gold and they are speculating with the prices of the precursors…
as long as people keep on hoarding gold, prices will rise further and further… thats economy

the only thing OP can do is actually keep an eye on the orders.. maybe the price is more stable in this section!?
i wouldnt go with the sellprice in the TP

SamTheGuardian.2938:

All they have to do is increase the drop rate and then let everyone know they are increasing the drop rate.

they just have decreased the droprate for the mats you need to create the gifts.
i dont think that they will ever increase any droprate…. not even for rare drops….

Ethics.4519:

Probably because CoF is one of the easiest dungeons (except path 3, but still easy with coordination).

I think theif tends to be a bit more oriented towards PvP, but that’s not to say it doesn’t come in handy in dungeons. The group stealths and aoe blinds, poison, and bleeds still apply to dungeons. Just don’t build backstab and you’re okay.

CoF was just an example… pretty sure we can do any dungeon without a warrior or guardian…

didnt Anet say something about that there is no need for a determined group compilation like tank, dd and healer? and that you can do any dungeon with any type of classes you want?

synk.6907:

Alternatively, if the preview window would just adopt your current color scheme, like a new piece of armor does when you swap it in to wear it, that would be enough in my opinion.

In any case, you /can/ drag dye to the preview window to see what different colors my look like, but as far as I am aware that requires you to have the dye bottles in your inventory rather than just unlocked.

that actually would be a possibilty, although you would have to change the colours of your equipped set to see the outcome on the set youre previewing, but yeah actually better than nothing

i guess none of us wants to have 5 different dyes in his bags (mainly rares) just so we could change the colour from the preview….

hi everyone

i apologize if this had been suggested already
im at work right now and there are just too many threads in here to check them all….

my suggestion
it would be very helpfull if we could change the colours while previewing any armor, because many dungeon-sets do look kinda weird with the “wrong” colours selected

thats why everyone is going mainly for the CoF set…. and of course because of the fire-particle-effect, but also its pretty easy to imagine the set with black or red and if your imagination isnt that pronounced then just look around in LA…

dont get me wrong, i couldnt care less what everyone is wearing. it just depends so much on the colours how the dungeon-sets do look like and thats why i would suggest to make it possibile to change the colours in the preview-window

thanks for taking the time to read this and i really appreciate it
sincerely
Lly

Eviator.9746:

I very rarely hear or see in chat “Boy I wish this dungeon group had a thief.” The opposite is true of guardians. Apparently tanks are still very much a part of this game.

i wouldnt generalize that
yesterday we have cleared CoF (all 3 paths) without a tank in our group
it all went pretty good, you just have to do things a little different

and to reply to OP
you should not think about playing a guardian because everyone needs a tank or whatever
if the class is interessting to you then try it… you will see if you like it or not
there are many nice builds for the guardian but dont think of playing a class because of statements like, “yeah there is always a need for a guardian” or “the guardians never go down in pvp” and so on…

the guardian is not the “uber-class” that so many people think

if you dont like it then just go and play a game you like! easy as that

its incredibile how many people have the mentality that they kinda are the most important person in the world so everything that exists has to be like they want it to be…

wake up and take a look around, in real life there is next to NOTHING like you want it to be

gaming should be fun and a place where you can escape from the bullkitten that surrounds you so if you dont feel comfortable with it, then do something different or play an other game

and the most important thing you should think about is that no one gives a kitten about how many games youve played and how experienced you are…
with statements like this you only make yourself look like a spoiled brat

AngryYoda.1345:

@Safari,

225% extra mf:
6 pieces exotic explorers 6×3% =18%
5x Pirate runes 50%
1x Travellers rune 10%
5x exotic accessories = 5×7% =35%
1x exquisite gem in back slot = 4%
travellers weapon 3%
25x stack of luck 15%
guild boost 10%
omnom/lotus fries 30%
mf booster 50%

Correct me if im wrong but with a superior sigil, its 6% per kill at a max of 25 stacks which would mean 150% ? not 15%?
And if thats true, that would put ur total mf at like 360 ? something is wrong here.

its 0.6% per kill not 6%

hmmmm

1lvl = approximately 1 hour
500 skillpoints = 500 hours → 2x exotics
600 hours playtime = 600 skillpoints → 2x exotics

but with MF gear you should have gotten more if MF works the way i think it works… ^^

but nonetheless, if the droprate of exotics really works that way im kinda dissapointed because you just have to watch the clock and then you can tell -more or less- when youll get the next one!?
hmmm kinda weird…..

Nymph of Meliai.6739:

…I find I get more cash drop, and often more stuff from gathering but not that much difference in terms of high end items.

i had exactly the same impression…

it would be very interessting to know how MF affects the droprate

in some other thread I’ve read that it has to be something like this:
100% MF doubles the dropchance of an item
for example: if the droprate is .30%, it will be .60% with 100% MF equiped

but im not sure about that….

so its kinda like exotics will drop more often in dungeons and it doesnt matter how much mf one has because its more about luck than mf…

nevertheless i want to try to farm some events in orr with more than 200% mf…. just need to figur out how to get that much^^

@otaur
there are many exotics with specific names… im not sure if they drop or you can get i out of the mystic forge, but appartently the pre-cursors can drop at any event in orr -at least, this is what i heard- so i was thinking that other exotics may drop there aswell….!?

@zamrai
DR gives me headache….
farming is no fun at all but getting nice drop from mobs actually is :P

Hey folks,

fist of all i want to apologize for my bad english. its not my native language… :/

back on topic:
I really dont know what to do to get some exotics to drop in this game…

I have the full explorer set with something about 110% MF unbuffed.

I have farmed Orr so many times – till i hit DR – but the best things that have dropped was only some rare stuff

Since I use the MF set i get a lot of green and blue things while doing events in Orr for example. Sometimes i also get rares but never ever exotics…

Do I need more magic find? Is there something like a “magical-boundry” you have to pass, like 100% MF and you sometimes will get rare loot and then 200% MF and youll sometimes get exotics?

I’ve also done many dungeons, with and without the MF-set but only had the impression that in dungeons the MF set doesnt help to get better loot…

what do you guys think?
is it only luck or do you really need a lot of MF to get some exotic loot?
and what’s with the dragons (jormag, tequatl,…) do you think that MF has any effect on the chests content?

would really love to hear what you think!

sincerely lly

do you need a party of 5 people to do the story run?

thank you very much, really appreciate it!

looks like we have to invite some random guy…

what do you guys think?

is it possibile to do a dungeon run through the citadel of flame with a party of only 4 players?

unfotunately one of our, lets call it home group has left so now we are only 4…

i know we could take a random with us but thats an other story…

so what do you think?
is it possibile or not?

i have to mention that we’ve never done the CoF befor but we are all a bunch of tryhards and are willing to never give up… more or less

the only medium armor i like is the one from the citadel of flame

but it kinda looks like im not the only one with this. so now i have to decide if i wanna be a stereotypical mainstream ranger or a super cool hipster and take a nother set….

do you think that it is intended to “lose” the stats from the main weapons (rifle, pistols,..) while swaping to a kit (flamethrower, elixir gun, etc.)?

for example i have +3% MF on one of my pistols
once i switch to a kit ill lose the stats from my pistols

im using the flamethrower pretty much and noticed some of the things youve mentioned

i found out that when the flamethrower is aligned with the target but your body is turned to the side you will miss the enemy most of the time

also with static targets like siege weapons or different crates you have to destroy for some quest, you have to be veeery close otherwhise youll miss continuously

im not sure but i guss that missing the target while youre trying to spin and move around is intended. just take a look at how far and how many ohter targets you hit while just aiming at the target which is the closest to you
i guess this is all just about to balance the dmg of the flamethrower

Coltz.5617:

That is a bit much lol. Why not just take a break from it O_o?

i would rather spent my time browsing through the auction house than playing doodle jump while im waiting for something

seems like i am alone whit this one…

well thats a bummer

i have to say that this is one of the best features ive seen in a looong while!

thank you Anet for this!

but one little thing would make it even better
just give the players in the party different colours

imo it would be easier to keep an overview even if there are more people drawing their ideas of possibile routes at the same time

what do you guys think?

hi everyone,

imo it would be really really awesome if i could use the black lion trading company through a webbrowser or some kind of smartphone app
not only to take a look at the prices, but also to have the possibility to sell the stuff out of my bags

what do you guys think about this?

how can you make 10 – 20g per day? o.O

for european players ive found this
http://www.gw2events.de/

i guess DR is not only to stop farmbots

its also somehow a “slow down method” to keep some achievements very hard to achieve… i guess^^

Replect.3407:

Well, I won’t applause before I experienced that changed bridge repair event by myself, but it sounds like it’s moving in the right direction.

Events really need a boost, especially with many players around… They bring really no challenge at the moment! At least 95% of them…

the only challange you get is to hit every mob befor they get downed….

do you think they let you change the race aswell?

feldspar.8345:

Jestunhi.7429:

So… 10 levels from getting from 1 – 400?

Are there 8 craft skills, and if so (and assuming I had the funds) could I level from 1 to 80 without ever leaving my home city?

Yes, actually the devs have explicitly stated this is possible, and people have done it. You would need to have other characters to feed you the materials, however, or at least have the funds to purchase the materials.

Edit: on my second 80 I took this route, partially, and specifically leveled two craftskills to 400 before hitting the level cap. Between all the materials I had gathered on that and other characters, there was little I had to purchase, and I vendored almost everything I crafted (trading post values being so low). I can’t say I came out ahead in that regard, but probably was down less than 1g in the end.

do you know how many level youve made through crafting two profession to skill 400?
im courious because ill do the same with my second character

Jestunhi.7429:

So… 10 levels from getting from 1 – 400?

Are there 8 craft skills, and if so (and assuming I had the funds) could I level from 1 to 80 without ever leaving my home city?

thats a good question^^

i guess one could do that but whats with all the mats you need for this?

i really like that you get rewarded for pretty much everything youre doing in this game
and that you actually still need the exp points after youre 80 already

on my alt ill make the first 10 or 20 lvl just by skilling my profession… i guess i start with cooking because ive farmend maaaany many mats already

moiraine.2753:

That is what i really love in GW2 crafting too.The leveling from it is insane and i think it’s awesome:)

totally ! i kinda just have skipped over 9 lvl….

hi everyone,

yesterday ive decided to increas my leather crafting skill by… of course crafting^^
i was level 70 with a skill of 40 (somewhat) and some hours later i was level 79 with a skill of 300

in total ive spent approximate 2.50 gold on different mats but i also selled many things ive created and with this i actually spent something about 1g and 20s…

it was pretty funny watching the exp-bar rising higher and higher!
somehow it felt kinda like cheating but hey its part of the game so what!? :P

so, if some of you still think that waiting till max lvl to skill the professions is way better because you have more time or whatever, then i have to tell you that you will lose a huuuuuuge bonus they’ve implemented to reward your crafting experience!!!

have fun!

im lvl 55 now and still trying to find the right… connection… to my ranger.
most of the time im asking myself what i should try next (weapon, skill, weapon combination, etc.) i just dont know if i should use traps or elementals or just seals to buff my pet

in dungeons, i always change my abilities, weapons and skills to fit the right strategy but most of the time it feels like im just a support class
and this is why i started to use mainly healing and support abilities
i like to keep some distance between me and the boss so i use a shortbow and a longbow awell
i use the fern hound as my main pet (in group/dungeons of course) and keep it on passiv (dont know the exact english term on this “skill”) so i can send it to revive someone or just heal the group a bit

this way, as a support it is pretty much fun doing some dungeons or group events

but honestly, this is not how i imagined the ranger to be