Guild Wars 2

people dont like change but complain about the same old thing all the time. This can be shown with any subject. It is a lose lose for Anet, so i think they did a good job and should continue to update and develop

I like this idea A LOT and have tried to be vocal about it recent weeks. But there are a lot of challanges that go along with this.

What if they took this new desert maps and made EotM as large as those maps. but kept the same gernal principle

This whole thread makes the sutuation seem like an instance where people want new things, but refuse change. no one is ever satisfied with that.

On a more relevant note, if the maps have increased in size, adn the player limit has not been increased, maybe they are tryin to change it to a more small group aproach. They want these smaller PvE objectives to be for smalll groups while the zerg takes major castles. Adding more PvE content also allows for players to be present in the map and do things to help their server while still being potentially vulnerable to an ambush.

As an optimist I am always looking for silver linings, but the pecimism and lack of popularity make lose interest in WvW in general. ill stick with EotM where all servers can participte, even if it is zerg central.

I was really hoping that EotM would be that. or maybe something like obsidian sanctuaty (lol).

I am personally looking forward to the updates to WvW, becuase i think they they are going to change the server vs server aspect and potentially change everything to a broader aproach. But we shall see what happens.

I was hoping to generate convo about roaming. it seems like eotm has GREAT roaming potential, but it is ovwewhlemed by zergs. regular wvw maps can work if i move to a low population server. right now i am in JQ and it is ok but still feels crowded.

i was hoping to have a map that felt like its purpose was minor objectives with small groups being favored. like a lot of camps that dont require seige.

as i write this it sounds like pvp, but the bigest differnce is that i want my death to be VERY significant. in pvp you respawn and jump back into the action, while in wvw you have to run back to the objective. fights are more decisive.

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its boring, but run eotm.

many badges very fast

by reducing the flat gold income and placing intended value on the sell-able items they are making it more important to interact with the trading post. They could keep giving us more and more gold until this turns into a blizzard game where gold doesnt matter but that is a silly solution and short minded.

My suggestion, take a economics course and learn to make profit from arbitrage on the market. I prefer to think when i play, not mindlessly run around farming. My Skin or legendary should be earned through work, not through grinding. Also I assume you realize that the less gold there is in the Tyria, the higher value it has. When people realise their good arent selling for 100g they prices will fall. A simple example is the price of gas (petrol) in the United States. Its up one month, then drops, then sky rockets, then falls back down.

With all that said, the nerfs to the dungeons do seem like a cheap shot to push people to by HoT, and to discourage people from playing unsupported content. I dont mind this change though, dungeons were incrediabl dull and fighting the same bosses over and over, regardless of the rewards. was getting tiresome.

There could also be a new undiscovered method for easy wealth somewhere out there. Aspects of the expansion and ALL of its properties are still unknown. Give it a few weeks and I am sure that someone will come up with another brainless method to farm.

—Source: work for a big bank and currently taking an Options pricing class

Another thing to do is ask the players around you. When I don’t know something but I am curious about it I ask some one who might know more information.

There will always be the person who calls you a noob or what ever, but i find that most people are helpful and will answer your questions as much as possible.

I play on Jade Quarry and have been enjoying the Mega server system. I don’t know if its the most popular or most crowded. but i seems to always see friendly faces around the Tyria.

I think PvP should have better rewards overall. It is more difficult to be good at pvp then pve, and this shouldn’t go unnoticed.

Mrbig.8019:

Do you know what i like to do ?

I like to PvP ( with my friends or alone) against people of my same skill level. I also like to compete for the best ( Leaderboard rank) and maybe earn something.

This cannot be achieved because:

Leaderboard is broken
No rewards for playing at high level
No rewards for keeping on playing at that level

Sum these 3 and you understand why no one wants to form teams and truing playing competitively.

This brings to no competition.

this brings to me having no fun.

This is aNet fault.

And this patch made things even worse, reason why i rage.

yeah right now it has flaws. everyone akownledges that. If however, the new system gets put in place and exponentially increases the popularity and competition of sPvP. would the wait time be worth it?

The removal of glory was happening.. everyone was told and should have been aware if it mattered to them, it wasnt a secret. the changing of gold earned from a win is also skewed, but it is much easier to get gear in pvp than pve. making the gold you would have earned obselete.

I agree with meichor.7809 about just enjoying the game.

also if you are worried about getting steam rolled make a team of half decent players and join team Q. You will win matches and make friends in the proccess. which would be good prep for the new updates coming out that we all hope will boost the popularity of PvP

Ugruk.4069:

But there isnt anything competitive in getting steamrolled by mouthbreathers playing overpowered classes…. there is nothing even close to balance in pvp, and now you can even entertain yourself by fetching new skins so…

Haha mouth breathers.

Im not here to discuss balance because im still new to the meta. But I do know that I am going to learn an OP class (if they are truly OP) and steamroll everyone else. If I can get destroyed, then I can also do equal destroying.

people will always be playing. I prefer the competition not the rank up. my character doesnt get any stronger or better the higher rank I am.

Competative play is in a bad state right now but the more people involved in it the more attention anet will give. WvW is the ideal example. They tried something relatively new, and it was successfull… SO THEY ADDED A WHOLE NEW AREA.

meichor.7809:

That an adjustment ANET has to make to increase the reward for it to attract more players to PvP and play to win! Once GOLD is involved, people start trying harder. Because GOLD can get MORE than just PvP rewards.

They have to raise the gold per game or PvP is dead. Im sure they will notice, or have thought about this already. I am not a dev and this thought already went trough my head as a no-brainer. They must be planning something else.

Maybe the fact that its easier to get gear in pvp means that the gold you would normally get is decreased for increase drop rate of rare gear.

If a ladder or teir system were to arise, this might also be ensentive for players as well as an opurtinity to dsribute rewards in a certain way. Being a higher teir gets you better gear and more gold (I think this is unfair and should not happen, but might be in the works)… or some kind of trade off.

hey Boaz, I Dont have a guild to offer, but i am in a similar boat. I play casually because as a student, my schedule is very varied. But I wouldnt mind having some one to team up with and do team queue for sPvP

Thank you for fast reply i look foward to the update

When ever I try to run through this mission it glitches.
I see the first cut scene when traherne says that the eye of zhiatan in upon us. then i get 2 missions, kill the eye and take cover until traherne gives the order. the only green marker on my map is one over tegwin’s student ( i forget her name). nothing happens when I talk to any of the NPCs. so with this i decided to run towards the mirror, again nothing happens. i run opposite the mirror towards the back of the map to the North and when i approach a group of risen it triggers a “cut scene” where tegwin’s student is talking to the risen. saying she isnt afraid. How ever in most of these cut scences that do not have two people facing each other to talk there are no models. im not sure if there is supposed to be models or not but nothing loads.

also when i trigger the second cut scene a green circle appears on my map. I run to it but nothing happens. so i ventured further eventually rescuing the frog people and them joining my party. but i randomly beat a mission a did not have at that point. which was to rescue those frogs. so now i have 2 things crossed out on my quest list and two other things not crossed off. the things not crossed off are take cover and wait for the signal, and defeat the eye. there is a green marker by traherne and his group (who has not been following me) and another green circle where i mentioned before. at this point I can not advance any further.

please help