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I fully support this petition. Pugs are fine, but we also should have the choice of running with pre-made groups. Although Jericho’s suggestion is pretty nice, there is more than one way of making that possible.
The stupid part isn’t making it so pugs can’t run with you (that could be solved my making Squads into a proper Raid system), it’s giving people the ability to randomly attack people on your server IN WVW. I’m sorry, but that’s just completely idiotic. There would literally be no point to WvW if this was a thing.
So, this is either the single funniest troll post I’ve seen in a while, a stab about blaming other guilds/pugs about losses in WvW, or the dumbest idea anyone has put to text. Judging by his past posts in mostly GvG threads, I’m leaning towards one or three.
Edit: So, now that I’m done laughing, I figure I’ll just poke holes in the logic just in case it’s serious.
There are tons of problems with implementing this. Yes, as I saw by the aforementioned history, your guild does a good deal of GvG, but GvG and plan ol’ open world are two completely different things.
1. Griefing. Until now, most of the big servers have had to contend with the occasional spy or siege wrecker, but now you give these individuals the ability to attack their own team? They’ll be at every defense, every GvG, every Commander Zerg, causing much more havoc then previously. You’ll have dudes with Arrow Carts waiting at areas where Guilds fight, Thieves ready to backstab people on siege, Engineers making liberal use of Grenade kits…The trolls will win WvW.
2. GvG will be a thing of the past. Or rather, it’ll take on a new horrible dynamic. There will be guilds dedicated simply to PKing their own server. Have fun setting up guild fights when you can get ganked on a massive scale just getting to the arena.
3. It won’t be Guild Wars 2, it’ll be DayZ: Fantasy Edition. It’ll reach a point where you can’t even trust guildies. You’ll be heading to your next fight when half your zerg reps a rival and tears Agg’s collective rears a new hole. “But Locney, you handsome rogue!” You might say, “Agg has higher standards of recruiting then Urist McEveryguild!” Yep, I’ll reply, and now the more random bandit-esque guilds will outnumber you two or even three to one. Heck, those trolls I mentioned earlier might form a guild of their own and hop from World to World, ruining days and crushing dreams of guild conquests.
4. Lastly, you’ll be famous for this idea! And that’s not good! Everyone, if the love the change or hate it, will be out for your head! “That PredatoR was a genius!” One group will say. “I’ll bet he’s super good at this! I want to hunt him down and PK the living daylights out of him to see if he’s all that!” “That PredatoR fellow ruined WvW!” The other side will howl. “This is all his fault! I want to hunt him down and PK the living daylights out of him in revenge for messing up a perfectly good three way murderfest!” Good luck trying to WvW when people see the Agg tag and start looking to see if you’re around for a shot at ya!
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So, I’d like to open this with just saying I love this event. I didn’t really feel any emotional involvement in the LS until I saw that cutscene of Scarlet torching everything! This isn’t an LS rant, no….this is a player rant.
It could be just me, but I’ve never seen as many people refusing to WP in any event to date then this one. Worse yet, there seems to be a growing trend of people spamming ‘Res pls’ over and over. Now, I get that some places are a bit far from a WP to run back to, but I’ve had it so bad that I’ve not been able to read any other chat in my main tab just because of the 5-10 people spamming some form of ‘res’ over and over from fully defeated….in Fort Marriner.
People, if you get defeated, run back. Laying there doesn’t help anyone, spamming is a great way to end up on a block list. Heck, if I see someone doing that, I deliberately AVOID rezing them. If you’re just downed, say so, don’t spam. If you drop all the way, run back. People are already struggling just to get credit for the events, so stopping to revive an all-the-way defeated person isn’t high up on anyone’s list.
I have to say, there are many, MANY problems with open world GvG. Firstly, after a month or so, GvG will be sequestered to just a few small areas like everything else, so there goes the whole ‘lively world’ boost to it. Second, look at the problems that could arise. Oh, I’m in a WvW guild that one day decided to have a GvG battle with someone. And since like most WvW guilds, I’m not required to rep outside WvW. Suddenly, some guy’s murdering me over and over when I’m trying to gather mats because I happen to be part of a guild that started a battle without me knowing! Or, maybe we have the ‘have to be repping to fight’ rule. Hello system abuse! Anet puts that patch to prevent switching. What’s that, Dungeonning guild? I miss out on the weekly Arah run because I’m not allowed to rep during! No, PvP guild! Why can’t I tourney with you? Because I’m stuck repping a guild for the GvG battle!
Thing is, with the multi guild system, Open World GvG just isn’t a possibility. It could be set aside in another area, like a Mists location for large guild battles that prevent you from switching guilds while within them, but Open World would be nothing but problems. There’s virtually no way this would work out without a lot of broken mechanics, patches that make Scarlet Briar seem popular by comparison or just trading blows in some forgotten corner of a map.
I still can’t use it. I’ve been trying all day, tried nearly every fix known to Asura, and am tempted to just re-install the whole thing…
Same here, Wayne.
No luck on my end, Sarah. I even cleared the cashe again.
I cleared my cashe with no luck….
Same exact problem myself. I’m waiting to use my Gem Card, have tried clearing cashe, restarting…nothing.
Alright, I have to open with…I love the idea of this season thing. Keeps things more balanced, makes it so we aren’t stuck fighting the same 2-4 servers over and over and over again…But, the achievement thing has left one painfully glaring problem: No one defends anymore. Now, I know that constant offense has always been a problem, but with the inclusion of these new achievements, the servers (or at least the three in my current week) have been basically trading off Stonemist as well as keeps and towers all week. No one attempts to actually hold territories anymore, just take them and leave them to take again later. Before anyone bites my head off or declares me just complaining in the wrong forum, I have a couple of solutions…
Defensive season achievements!
AND
More defense rewards!
Now, for the first one, it should be easy enough. Protect the keeps/towers/camps/Mist enough and get your achievement and progression toward the meta. Make it close to or on par with the amount of captures one needs, as well as rewarding a chest for doing so!
The second, you might be saying ’Didn’t they already try that?’ Well, Billy, They could make it so you get rewarded for a defense event, so long as you contributed to the defense, even if the attack isn’t over, instead of having to hold for the whole timer (possibly multiple times) as well as the attack just to get rewarded once. It’ll cause someone to have to plan attacks better as well as give people reasons to hold the territory instead of just deliberately waiting to take it back.
SPOILER WARNING
I have to disagree on the player being a immune to failure. In fact, a few of the plotlines ,including an Asura one, seem to be about you making mistakes/cleaning up after your failures. Take the Infinity Ball plot for the asura. The whole thing is about you not listening to the advice of someone wiser and going ahead with a crazy plan for your own glory. And how does that end?
You summon an evil version of yourself, tearing a hole in space and time to which the effects can be felt throughout a few of the zones, namely the steamcreatures.
Seems the character is only as infallible as you make ‘em. Not a fault on the player’s part, though, since there’s not a lot of good ways they can warn us without ruining the story
No, I’d rather see in-game vendors offering town clothing items that are buyable with in-game gold, especially the clothes that are already being worn by NPCs. As it is, the town clothes function is underdeveloped and at the moment, a missed opportunity especially as you have no real way of storing your overpriced gem purchases anyway.
That’s a good point. Either way, I’d just plain like to see more town clothes. My Sylvari male town clothes look…odd, to say the least. Another nice thing would be more town clothes slots and a Wardrobe storage…
So, I was rather impressed with those new shirts we have in the Gem Store…but I’ve found a problem…We only have a couple pairs of pants! Other then a couple of full sets with pants (which look rather odd outside their set), we have the Riding Pants…not much for selection. Sure a couple races have decent default pants and accessories, but…well, those shirts look really odd with a Sylvari’s bottom town clothes! So, I suggest this: More style clothes! Some pants, shoes, gloves….Give us the ability to design a nice town outfit! I, for one, would likely collect some nice clothes from the Gem Store, and I’m sure there are a few more out there who feel similarly!
So, it looks like the mumble overlay is considered acceptable. Awesome! Now to figure out how to get it working…
So, I was considering using the Mumble overlay (yes, I know it’s a pain to get working) but before I even attempt it, does it count as breaking the third party software rules? I’ve seen a few threads in that regard and didn’t wanna end up getting in trouble for trying.
multiple threads are necessary because it is such a popular idea, it is ridiculous that dueling was not available from start. Best way to improve one skills is to test vs another. But of course anet caters towards those who’s feelings are easily hurt, and too lazy to improve their skill but instead whine about how much other classes are more op.
No, multiple threads aren’t needed, regardless if the idea is popular. Devs are more likely to notices one topic with a hundred posts then a fifty with two posts.
My only problem with this is, I believe WvW is NOT the place for duel arenas. It would not only take up space, but defeats the whole purpose of WvW. Instead, I think a small arena in somewhere, say Lion’s Arch, would suffice. In fact, there are even a couple of areas that seem to be set up for the whole thing, they just need to implement it.
More game modes would be AWESOME! +1 from me!
This suggestion makes absolutely no sense to me what so ever.
1. If you don’t like WvW, it’s deliberately set up so you never have to go there if you don’t want to.
2. Guesting is coming soon and that allows you to visit servers with no problem.
3. What would be the point of having ‘free transfer servers’? Best case scenario, you’d have three or four full (due to people transferring there not being able to get back out again) servers with a chunk of content missing.
I have to disagree here. A good portion of the game is about exploration, and having the players stick to the beaten path would greatly take away from not only that, but the game as whole. As it stands now, GW2 encourages you to search and wander. If you want to just find the leveling areas, the Scouts are there.
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Alright, alright….I’ll come clean….I’m everyone’s herald. And I gotta tell you, it’s hard work! Slow down with the leveling and take some time to stop and enjoy things! Then maybe I’ll get a moment’s rest….