Guild Wars 2

For my monthly competition, i thought i’d be nice to see what questions people still have about Heart of Thorns since there is so much ArenaNet haven’t explained. What 1 question would you like ArenaNet to answer (that they can!) prior to launch? That means no questions like:

When will the release date be?

Will we kill Modremoth?

But answerable questions like: – Will doing dungeons give us XP for mastery points?

Will there be New PVP reward tracks?

Are there going to be new Guild missions?

I feel ArenaNet have so much information that they haven’t yet given us, and hopefully they’ll realise some important areas to players that they haven’t really touched on.

I decided to create a “hidden Gems” of Guild wars 2 series, so far looking at some skills and animations that might not get attention. But i’m also doing a beautiful sights of Tyria video, and thought i could use some help. So on my channel i’m running a competition till the 7th April. All people have to do is link in the comments section of my video, a screenshot (2 entries allowed – 1st person and 3rd person) of something they feel is beautiful in GW2 and deserves some attention.

The top 3 screenshots will win prizes including Ectos, Charged Lodestones, and Bolts of DAMASK! My video also includes how to take a screenshot and where’s best to upload it to. At the end of the week, i’ll collate the most beautiful pictures into a montage to show the beauty of Guild Wars 2!

I decided to create a “hidden Gems” of Guild wars 2 series, so far looking at some skills and animations that might not get attention. But i’m also doing a beautiful sights of Tyria video, and thought i could use some help. So on my channel i’m running a competition till the 7th April. All people have to do is link in the comments section of my video, a screenshot (2 entries allowed – 1st person and 3rd person) of something they feel is beautiful in GW2 and deserves some attention.

The top 3 screenshots will win prizes including Ectos, Charged Lodestones, and Bolts of DAMASK! My video also includes how to take a screenshot and where’s best to upload it to. At the end of the week, i’ll collate the most beautiful pictures into a montage to show the beauty of Guild Wars 2!

I finally reached the end of the long winding road that is “Legendary Lane” and managed to get my 3rd legendary. Hope people who watched my little series enjoyed it!

A big thanks to everyone at ArenaNet for making my visit to Rezzed a day to remember. I turned up to play the demo, and ended up interviewing some of the people at ArenaNet!!

First here are my thoughts regarding the demo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjIqggyB-I0&list=UU-7nZVV0tgqUbWhN0YLtNaA

Then i got the chance to talk to Isaiah Cartright and John Corpening who were really knowledgeable and was great to speak to them on a 1 to 1 basis. No doubt over the 3 days they will have said the things over and over again!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGG-69jSqUM&list=UU-7nZVV0tgqUbWhN0YLtNaA&index=4

Afterwards, i managed to grab a chat with Mr Ready Up himself Joshua Davis where we discussed Stronghold and some of the features of the map, how its going to affect PvP and the opportunities it’ll bring for players, new and experienced.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxIVZ3-kg_E&index=3&list=UU-7nZVV0tgqUbWhN0YLtNaA

Also at the event doing some online streaming was Jebro. Really appreciated the fact that he took the time to chat to me for such a while even when i had issues recorded our conversation!! If your interested on finding out how Jebro thinks the HoT expansion and new PvP game type will affect shoutcasting and PvP in general along with the introduction of the Revenant and Specializations, this is the video for you!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1Ynw3FI61g&index=2&list=UU-7nZVV0tgqUbWhN0YLtNaA

And finally, i got a terrific opportunity to talk to the wonderful Gaile Gray. Was able to hear her thoughts on dealing with the GW2 community, her different roles throughout Guild Wars, and just a general chat. She was active throughout the day i was there, being the person responsible for the GW Trivia contests (those Charr Plushies are awesome… not as impressive as the HoT Toaster though!). Please have a listen as it was a great chance to meet someone who is extremely active on the forums and enjoys dealing with the player/fan base.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddqm1tjgEQE&list=UU-7nZVV0tgqUbWhN0YLtNaA&index=1

Considering i turned up on the day and had no plans to speak to anyone, i was thrilled to get the chance! If you can ever get to one of these events, i’d highly recommend it (just for the chance at a Charr Plushie!)

Malediktus.3740:

This only works for the weapons which are easy enough to do the normal way.

There is also a mission for the sylvari involving the mirror where u get teleported to Orr which also allows a similar ability to cleave lots of spiders. Will try and upload a video some time in the future.

Also u can do this on other weapons which aren’t easy enough the usual way. For me i’ve only got Greatsword and Staff to Max, and only got the sword to max because it counted arcane skill kills on the elementalist. But for shield, focus, Warhorn, etc (generally off hand weps) this is a viable method.

During a personal story, i noticed a handy way to get a lot of kills on a particular weapon, I managed over 1000kills in 10 minutes!!

Admittedly it does come in Orr so would require a char without the Personal story completed, but it is very handy to breeze through many tough weps like shields, or foci

Hope this is of some help to people

Yeah i know u can switch character at dungeons, and you can use crafting, the point is that this is a CHALLENGE. Not to use “cheats”. I’ve got 19 chars and have always done crafting or using some of the 500 tomes of knowledge i have.

This time its gonna be through the world!

Yeah your right, i do have the account bonuses, which i’ve mentioned in my video description so i’ll level that bit faster. And your right, maybe i will be a bit biased, but i’m approaching it from a players point of view that experienced the old system, and now comparing it to the new system. Also for new players, i’ll try to explain what i’m doing and why! Thanks for the feedback and wishes!

Having been an experienced player since launch, one thing that struck me recently was new players and how they level up.

Currently, i have a number of alts and i leveled them up either through EotM, Crafting, or tomes of knowledge.

But what if you were new to the game? Had no knowledge or skills or bank items? Well after being asked by a number of people, i decided to create a little series. I’m going to level up one of each race, without using tomes of knowledge, PvP, WvW, Crafting, the Trading post, or any other ways to level up. Only through the world and personal story will i level up. I’m hoping it’ll show how different leveling up is, compared to launch, as this is a new experience for me!

Any tips or suggestions would be appreciated!

P.S. I haven’t chosen the professions!

a secret arrow?

We just saw a golem army invasion in Heart of the Mists!

Was funny though lol

Hi all,

I thought i’d share my experiences with skill points. I have almost 600 in my bank and thought i’d find a way to make money from them. This Video explains the different ways you can earn gold from those every increasing still points on your characters.

Hope you find it useful!

Hi all, i’m putting out there my build of necromancer, having been fed up of playing many boon heavy specs, went with a necro build specific to take out boons…

Would anyone recommend anything better at boon removal?

ChoChoBo.6503:

In the event of a tie, the winner is decided by the team with that scored more Personal Points (Its the only time Personal Score is used to determine anything in a PvP match, ignore it all other times)

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Structured_PvP

The ruling is in the “Notes” section of the wiki page

Thanks! As i said, this is approx 1 in a 3000 chance of happening, so wasn’t sure why my team won! (p.s. to see how close it is, notice several of my team were downed… was an epic match!)

Ranking pts is something i’d not even considered!

I’ve played over 3100 pvp matches… and just got my first draw… both reached 500. Sadly the other team d/c before i could ask if they got reward – Such a rare occurance! Anyone else had a Tie match?

I literally just got mine…. ahhh it took a while.

The order i did this (and found most enjoyable) was
Engineer, Guardian, Necro, Ele, Ranger, Warrior, Mesmer, and now Thief.

Have to say, doing this has given me a real appreciation for other classes and i can sort of work out what others will play and how to counter. Not to say that makes me perfect… just a jack of all trades!

Damsel Delilah.9084:

Justin ODell.9517:

We don’t show MMR for the same reason.

Could you possibly make mmr visible to us? Like in the pvp panel or something, just us and nobody else would be fine I would think.

So this would be like seeing your rank? Rank = 80, MMR = ?? whatever the system used.

It’d be good because you could see how you were improving or slipping. Currently, a lot of algorithms are hidden, and so matchmaking APPEARS to be random. If we were able to see how our match ups were being derived – i.e. our MMR compared to previously when the rank was largely determining who we played, i think seeing our own personal MMR would be beneficial. I can guess why ANet would say no. If people were forming parties, they’d do something similar to dungeons – instead of AP over 4K, it has to be MMR at this level or something. Personally i think thats highly unlikley to happen.

I also think leaderboards should be shown in game, much like how the TP works, use an outside site to link into the game. That might make viewing leaderboards easier.

But i like the idea of seeing a mean MMR – or a “Team MMR”, a total of the 5 players on the team. I know prior to the update, i knew certain players as i played them often. You became familiar with the good players in Soloq. I remember seeing Magic Toker on the opposite side and you knew it was going to be a tough fight.

Until the MMR balances out, we won’t know how good or bad our performance was. I would like to learn from defeats!

Fistandanthilus.6824:

Justin ODell.9517:

We removed seeing other player’s rank to prevent harassment and the shaming of new players.

We don’t show MMR for the same reason.

We don’t need to see other player’s MMR, we just need to see our own MMR in the PvP statistics tab, as well as we can see now the amount of games played, our own PvP Rank, our favourite map, etc.

To see the Odds of Victory at the end of each Ranked match would be a very nice Feature too. That way we could know how many Ladder points did we lose or win on each game based on the Odds of Victory matrix.
I remark it again: Show Odds of Victory AFTER each game is finished.

And finally, it would be great if Standard Models as well as same Map Rotation could be implemented in Unranked queue, and not only in Ranked queue.
Unranked should be a training queue to prepare for Ranked, and it should have exactly the same Features as Ranked, except for the Ladder points gain or loss.

What do you guys think?

I don’t really care about other people’s MMR. As long as i know how i did and the effect my match had on ME i guess thats what i’d like.

It could be interesting to show the odds after the match, imagine beating a sides 500-450 and then realising they were way better than u – u’d feel so much more satisfied!

My (poor) attempt at making some GW1 heroes in GW2 – had to make Mhenlo a Norn for the tattoos lol, and Cynn is kinda difficult to recreate

Anyone do better?

Dwaynas Avatar.1562:

Justin ODell.9517:

We removed seeing other player’s rank to prevent harassment and the shaming of new players.

We don’t show MMR for the same reason.

And you think you will ever get esports with doing this?
Sry, but this is ridiculous, I can’t stop laughing and crying.
Every esport’s game shows how good someone is throug rank/mmr/whatever during/after the match.
If anything this would only increase competition not harassment.

But surely this should only apply to ranked matches rather than practice or unranked?
I do believe ranked matches are there for experienced players, and showing the MMR wouldn’t make that much difference. Out of the 3 games modes available, it doesn’t make sense for someone with low PvP experience to start doing Ranked PvP matches.

Mysticjedi.6053:

Justin ODell.9517:

uberkingkong.8041:

But the community must like seeing less information so it got removed.

We removed seeing other player’s rank to prevent harassment and the shaming of new players.

We don’t show MMR for the same reason.

I feel like harassment and shaming happen already. At least with the information present, in some cases, the people doing the harassing and shaming can be shown to be idiots.

With the new matchmaking system, after a while I really shouldn’t be going against newbies. Because I’m an optimist I believe that if people knew a player was new or just starting out they might be more willing to offer tips and advice. Right now, some assume that if you’re doing ranked queue you know what you’re doing and that simply isn’t true. I want the pvp community to grow. Showing us as much information as possible could help us know who needs help, who is having a bad day (it happens), and who is just a jerk (yes, I can be an optimist and a realistic at the same time).

I would agree on that, if i saw a person was a newbie, i would be more inclined to explain strategies. However, as an experienced PvP player, I think MMR could be shown in Ranked area only. Practice and unranked should be there to learn. When i first started to play PvP, i played almost 100 matches in hotjoin before playing soloq. This game me valuable experience and practice before progressing against more experienced players.

I understand atm with the reset that experienced players are getting mixed with various ranked players, If you feel newb bashing still is likely to happen, may i suggest an Overall MMR for each team. I just want to know overall, how experienced my team is compared to those, and how likely i am to win. Ok, i get that if i see a low MMR on my team then i’m with new players, i might moan a little, but after a few weeks this shouldn’t be happening.

I started this topic because i have no idea whats happening to my ladder ranking unless i constantly look at the leaderboard.

My example is this… If my team is winning… GREAT! However, if my team gets down 300-100 on Battle of Khylo for example, i know winning is pretty slim and i don’t really care so don’t fight that much. However, if i knew that i was playing a team that i was expected to beat, and that a crushing defeat would mean -3 pts to my ladder ranking, i’d be fighting hard to try and minimise the defeat.
I don’t mind if MMR isn’t shown, thats not what i’m asking for – just the odds on us winning… maybe in the form of a bar _____I____] like this show that one team is more likely to win.
Then at the end of the match, when u get a score breakdown, perhaps have a ladder ranking change number added – so when it says:
Mikei the Mighty 120
now add in the ladder change. For example, a small win would be +2, whereas a big defeat would be -3
Mikei the Mighty 120 +2

Just clarity on what our position is – like how our pvp reward track progresses

Laserbolt.6731:

Just tell us how many points we need to score I order to get at least 1 ladder point for the match.

Maybe the other team is just too strong to beat. But we can still work hard, for the point.

Yeah i agree with that – if you know your playing a team way more experienced, if u know this at the start, and know that u only need say, 350 to score a point or 250 not to lose any pts, you will be more determined to fight to the last and not afk

With the new ladders, and new matchmaking system, i have no idea if i’m doing well or lost against a bunch of noobs. Can Anet implement a stat whereby at the start or end of the game, we can see our odds of winning. I’m guessing if u show us before, people may get demotivated if they see they are fighting exp team.

Also can we see how our ladder ranking improved because of the end match? i have no clue if i won, how much i go up the leaderboard by

Shiren.9532:

I thought they were intentionally kept to a minimum in the GW2 history because it would creep in on the achievements of the GW1 hero. While they had their own story and they were around for each campaign, they were never central figures during any of the stories (except for Factions and Mhenlo).

The GW1 PC has to remain nameless for obvious reasons and too much recognition given to Devonna and co would give the impression that they were the big heroes during the time of GW1. Kinda like how new players during the Festival of the Four Winds this year are told the biconics were the ones that defeated Scarlet. When you can’t name the player, any NPC you do name suddenly becomes the most important character.

Heroes get more of a mention but they were tied into campaign stories more deeply than the henchmen.

I get what your saying, but what i meant was, after the events of EotN and the Civil War update, what happened to them? They obviously were important part of the GW1 story since they were in every campaign, i just think they need a bit more recognition in GW2. Its also we don’t know what happened to them? Some characters like Gwen we know all about, Livia we have hints that she’s still alive.

Yeah i guess, the mostly likely way will be the gem store. I’d love a mini Cynn, and have her talk all her kitteny lines "The next person to call me “hot lips” gets scorched."
Mini Mhenlo does have a nice ring to it though !

We never did see the original 5 actually meet though did we? We know Eve meet the other 4 in the graveyard, but what about the 4? how did they all meet?

Very true, which is why although the original 5 i mentioned were all human, they could then have a racial group for the 5 playable races.

For Charr think Pyre Fierceshot and his warband he rescues from the Cathedral of Flame in GW1
For Norn, think Jora, Olaf – the founder of Olafstead, Sif Shadowhunter, Magni the Bison
For Asura, you have Vekk, Oola, Blimm, Zinn – and maybe an old golem friend like R.O.X or M.O.X. :P

Only Sylvari have no direct ancestors… although maybe there is some relationship between them and the wardens in Cantha of the Echovald Forest?

And if we do go to Cantha…. i hope we find the Mhenlo monastery!

If you think back to GW1, and look at the historical figures that game mentioned, a few did become playable in the bonus missions:
Master Togo (Cantha)
Turai Ossa (Elona)
Gwen (EotN)
Saul D’Lessio (Kryta)

I might be an idea if they did something similar, play people in the past. Even our heroes from GW1 – and this time i’m talking about Jora ( who has a statue ), Zhed, Koss (has a book), Vekk etc.

I think due to the success of a recent LS patch and the Durmond Priory with all the books, Anet should let us know what happened to our former friends. I know they’ll probably just say… its better for players to use their imagination and not for Anet to say what happened. But i think it’d be cool.

P.S…. Liviaaaaaaaa!!!

Randulf.7614:

A fractal with them would be extremely cool.

Would you choose a moment in time? If so, we would have to play as one of them to not interfere with the lore.

Or we could play a lost scene maybe?

Well if you think what happened within the 15 years after the Krytan Civil war:
- Ebonhawke got built – might be cool to escort humans from one point to another whilst under attack by charr
- The Foefire – What if they were turned to ghosts by Adelbern – considering they are all Ascalonian!
- The Beginning of the Durmand Priory – imagine if some lost secret of the DP is found in the fractal

Of course, there could be some other instance, but thats for the writers to determine!

Yeah cos i think all 4 of them have gravestones in GW2 – i think either outside Divinity’s reach or in Ebonhawke

I think they could make the Hall of Monuments to do with it? Maybe have the group of 5 went off on a final adventure that no one ever heard from them again. Then in Gw2, we retrace their steps… and thats season 3 :P

Maybe even acknowlegement if you linked your account, they could reference for example:
“An ancestor or yours was involved in the first dragon rising….” or for a new account
“An unknown hero lead a group to rival Destiny’s Edge and was a key figure in the events of that era”.

But considering they were the equivalent of Rytlock, Logan, Caithe, Zoija and Eir or Taimi, Rox, Brahme, Marjory and Kasmeer for GW1.

I miss them and Mhenlo’s bald head but strangely muscular frame lol – plus who can forget Devona and her Smash smash hammer!

Hi, i was wondering what people think has happened to the original heroes companions:
Devonna
Cynn
Mhenlo
Aidan
Eve
None of them have graves like Gwen.

I think it’d be cool if we saw them in a fractal from the past! Either that, or a novel detailing what happened to them? Maybe they got stuck in Elona or Cantha? Maybe a descendant of Mhenlo and Cynn is alive like Logan Thackerey for Gwen and Kieran.

Personally i’d love to find the 5 trapped in some kind of temporal field and the’re still alive and are legends of Tyria.

WEXXES.2378:

Danikat.8537:

Mikei The Mighty.8690:

- Turn the Sanctum Harbor WP around
Ok i’ve made a post about this before but it really does annoy the hell out of me. Every time i WP in to use the mystic Forge, i’n facing the WRONG WAY! Can Anet just turn us around …. PLEASE!!!

This one I agree with. I think it’s simply an artefact of LA being destroyed and (partially) rebuilt – originally it was quite likely anyone using that way point would be heading out to the harbour so it made sense to point them in that direction. Now it’s exactly the wrong way for most people. So it would be really helpful if it could be changed.

The rest of the list, even though it probably wouldn’t take much time, I feel like it would be a waste for devs to do them. Especially the new slayer titles. Unless they have reason to believe that there is a lack of players in these areas and that 16AP (from a fairly grindy achievement if you actually focus on it) is an effective incentive for the people who currently aren’t doing it then there’s not much point.

1) Open Program

2) Locate WP

3) Rotate 180

Done…?

I said this was for small things that annoy people. You don’t think i do that already??? Jeez man, this topic was for small little grievances that Anet could easier fix. If you don’t have a gripe, don’t comment. Simples

Ahh yes, i forgot doubloons weren’t in the material bank tab! Strange really…

I would also like to add an extra annoyance.

- Make unfinished achievements be at the top of the list
Its so annoying to keep looking for an achivement – particularly the collections (read the new luminscence armour). I’ve completed almost all of the basic collections, and when i was trying to see which modrem champion part i needed, i kept having to go into collections, scroll to the bottom, make sure i click on the correct collection. With this update we were giving 2 armour parts, so that meant going in and checking to see which champions i needed to defeat! sooooo much clicking and scrolling and clicking.

Would make life MUCH easier, if the unfinished achivements were at the top (beginning of the tab).

Karka slayer is a good one! Do u mean add Foxfire clusters to the Wallet? I would concur with you on that, just recently over the last few LS updates, a lot of new items are in game that are taking up storage – Bandit Crests, Foxfire clusters, Geodes, Piles of silky sand. I think Anet had to agree that there are too many trophies and players are getting stacks (ok with sand u can double click to remove 10.. but still) or these. Like with bandit crests, u need 1000 to get many of the items, thats 4 slots in your inventory.

Whether or not they can add these to the wallet with minimum fuss is a debateable issue. I don’t think it would take them that long to simply add an extra column to the wallet with these items in

Danikat.8537:

Mikei The Mighty.8690:

- Turn the Sanctum Harbor WP around
Ok i’ve made a post about this before but it really does annoy the hell out of me. Every time i WP in to use the mystic Forge, i’n facing the WRONG WAY! Can Anet just turn us around …. PLEASE!!!

This one I agree with. I think it’s simply an artefact of LA being destroyed and (partially) rebuilt – originally it was quite likely anyone using that way point would be heading out to the harbour so it made sense to point them in that direction. Now it’s exactly the wrong way for most people. So it would be really helpful if it could be changed.

The rest of the list, even though it probably wouldn’t take much time, I feel like it would be a waste for devs to do them. Especially the new slayer titles. Unless they have reason to believe that there is a lack of players in these areas and that 16AP (from a fairly grindy achievement if you actually focus on it) is an effective incentive for the people who currently aren’t doing it then there’s not much point.

I just thought it might be useful to drive people to areas that the LS changes in the world. Also since i’ve almost completed the Slayer titles, and they’ve not added any since launch, it might be nice to see an update. I do agree it would be a grind (not as much as giant slayer!!) it was so i could use some potions and go bk and be concerned with kessex hills toxic alliance events (now i just ignore them).

Also your probably right about the original idea of that WP, but i wonder how long it will be till LA is rebuilt. Just as a side point, during a LS update when one of the Forts got attacked, a bug occured whereby the WP was being “poked” by a tendril. When played WP’d in, they’d end up stuck inside the tendril and couldn’t move. This got fixed within a day or so. Showing the devs can alter a WP easily. So they could change it, then if LA gets rebuilt, change it back. However, i doubt LA will go bk to its original incarnation.

Hi, i wanted to create a topic to small, very minor annoyances that irritate people in game that would be easily fixed by Anet. That means a fix that takes something less than an hour for a dev to do.

A few suggestions….

- Add a new symbol for the Black Lion Weapons Traders.
How many times have you seen people in LA asking “where is the BLT?” (not a bacon, lettuce and tomato pun!). I do think it would be nice for Anet to use the Lion symbol on the BL store main page and use it as a map symbol – like a trader has coin, the Black Lion store has the scales. Would just be so much easier to find as they aren’t the most visited of mercs, and might encourage more people to visit the gem store

- Turn the Sanctum Harbor WP around
Ok i’ve made a post about this before but it really does annoy the hell out of me. Every time i WP in to use the mystic Forge, i’n facing the WRONG WAY! Can Anet just turn us around …. PLEASE!!!

- Mystic Forge in Heart of the Mists
I know this was originally in HotM, but was removed when Glory was removed from PvP and the Wardrobe came into effect. However, with the excellent addition of a BLT, Bank and laurel vendor, i do think the MF should be placed back in HotM. With all the boxes i get, its fair easier to just add a MF in to HotM.

- Move Compact from the Inventory to lower down
Ok this might only affect a small amount, but the way i have my inventory set up, is all the regular potions and cons at the bottom, with a salvage kit at the top. With “compact” everything goes straight to the top and i have to reorganise everything again! The only reason i accidently click on this, is because i’m trying to deposit mats. Have this at the bottom of the menu bar below “hide Bags” would be extremely helpful!

- New slayer titles
Ok this may be a tad more ambitious, but surely it doesn’t take that long for a dev to do! I think adding 2 new titles to the slayer tab could be done – Modrem Slayer, and Scarlet’s minions Slayer. First one pretty straightforward, but then the 2nd could be Molten Alliance, Aetherblades, Toxic Alliance. The reason for this, to get the slayer title, u might have to revisit areas such as Kessex Hills, or do TA Aether path, or even more fractals. It would help drive population to these areas. You could even have seperate slayer titles, but considering i have a stack of potions for Scarlets minions, i could do with a slayer title for them!

There are other things i would like to happen, but trying to make sure that if you would like something changed, it has to take a dev less than an hour to do, for example, adding new tabs to the Wallet for all the tokens, bandit crests etc, would take more than an hour to change and wouldn’t qualify (i admit i pushed it with the slayer request!).

But would love to see what other small things annoy people that could be easily fixed by Anet!

I am now starting to throw away mats as i simply cannot store them. I’m also not sure whether to hold onto ascended rings. I have over 20 stored on 1 char with every other of my alts with ascended rings. It would be nice if Anet made a MF recipe so that by throwing in 4 rings u could get an armour piece or something

Mystic.5934:

Jana.6831:

I have 15 stacks of blade shards

at best, they will bring back that blade shard vendor and those will be worth 1 green item per 100 blade shards = 37 green items for 15 stacks. Just laying that out for you to decide if that bank space is worth ~74s.

ascended mats, on the other hand, have no known value. Some uses of it make it very valuable.

the annoying part is that they will keep using the “but there are massive amounts in people’s banks” as a reason not to add something to do with it, but it’s not going anywhere and will only get bigger. They should of had something more from the start, and adding it now would have the same affect as if they had it to begin with. Stop stalling!

It could even be something as simple as an achievement for donations, then open a vendor on wintersday where you can donate stuff to count towards that achievement. ascended mats, blade shards, queen’s gauntlet tickets, all other past LS currencies, other mats, junk, items, etc. could all be donated and count toward the achievement. You could complete the achievement 100 times (like that entropy achievement) and every 1000 value donated gives 1 AP. after the 100 tiers, you get a title: ‘Generous’. you just adjust the value of each thing donated (ascended mats would be 1, blade shard would be 5, an exotic trinket would be 200, jute scrap would be 10, etc.)

I think this is a great idea, theres so much of past mats and items i’ve got that i don’t know if its worthwhile holding on to!

Having a donation of asc mats/ previous instead of gold for wintersday would really clear up people’s inventory and banks. Imagine a stack of dragonite ore being the equivalent of a 50s donation like we had to do last year to heal-o-tron.

And this is why i’ve asked if a dev or Anet person could give us some guidance. I know they don’t design mats that are to be dumped, and there is a huge surplus of asc mats in the game. Mawdrey helped with the bloodstone dust, but then Silverwastes comes along and events and chests galore.

I would hope they will have a sink, maybe for wintersday, all i would like from a dev is a line saying “Within a month or 2, your surplus asc materials will become useful”, or “Currently there are no plans to create additional uses for Dragonite ore or Emp Fragments”

That way at least i can start dumping stock!

Yeah i extended mine to 500. I did start making bricks, and used alot of them to craft ascended items, but i still keep getting more than i can use!

I hope the idea about using bloodstone dust in a food happens, and even dragonite ore (i doubt it considering its an Ore lol). I think it’d be nice if u needed 250 Bricks to craft something.

All i want from Anet is some guidance about currently is it worth holding on to, as in they have plans to introduce a sink. Or not until after the new year, in which case i’ll be dumping stacks to free up space.

Hi,

I would just like to ask ArenaNet what a player should do with all these ascended materials: Bloodstone Dust, Dragonite Ore and Emp fragments. I know you are able to refine it into bricks and stars etc, but i already have over 20 bricks of each, and have almost 10000 of each asc material.

Bringing in Mawdrey was great, but i still build up over 2 stacks of bloodstone dust a day. Running dungeons and killing world bosses really racks up the other mats too.

So what are the choices? refine into bricks? or dump? Now i’ve never dumped materials before, but i need to ask Anet, is something likely to use these mats in the near future? i’ve been buying invisible 20 slot bags to store on my alts but they are all full. My bank is almost full. Please advise, as i imagine u never intended for players to dump materials.

Secondly, Having ran Fractals plenty of times, all my 18 alts have ascended rings. I now have an alt who is storing rings because i have no use for them. Does Anet have plans to be able to MF your rings for something? or should i just sell them for 5s?

I know its the age old question, do i hang on in case they become valuable, or do i dump/ sell them?

Is it just me, or does this annoy the hell out of anyone else the fact that when u WP in, your always facing the wrong way to the MF?

whats the best thing to do with all the ascended rings u get? i’ve got all 14 of my chars with ascended rings…

Overall it seems alot of interesting comments. Anet doesn’t seem to have learned about their communication issues…

I think alot of gameplay changes were needed, e.g. the nerf to FGS, reducing warrior’s effectiveness, etc. This was showcased well in the videos Anet made on youtube – Skillbar – which i think was a really smart way to show the changes. However, making Ranger extremely OP in PvP now.

I understand changes are neccessary, the trading post for example. I like the new TP, however i don’t think its an AMAZING development. Its quicker, easier to search, and appreciate alot of work has gone into it. But there are so many changes in the feature pack that they haven’t even mentioned of given hints to.

All it would have taken was for a month ago, a post on the upcoming changes – stating a new TP had been in development and should hopefully be ready for the feature patch. I again appreciate things may go wrong and it may be delayed, but i would rather know what Anet is working on, than have no clue. The combat log for example… who asked for the changes to this???? Yet obviously someone has been working on it. Mini’s being moved… i can see its a good change yet not asked for! I would rather Anet focus on what the community’s main issues – end game, Zhaitan fight etc.

I think collections are good, encouraging more exploration. But the lack of discussion and openess at Anet is appalling. The community of GW2 is great, as show by the amazing WvW videos, so why don’t u take our enthusiasm and help u make this game ever better! You did a great job with GW1, its a shame that the overall progress compared to that game is so unsatisfactory

Hi Chris, firstly just wanted to say much appreciated that your replying to many comments on this post, much more than has been done previously.

Its clear that you’ve finally recognised we don’t feel Anet have replied and responded to requests and suggestions from players enough. I would be keen to ask, what do Anet think the player base has issues with?

As someone with over 2k hours of gameplay, i have a decent overview, and would agree with the majority of comments on here. However, i never remember GW1 experiencing this kind of negativity. In many ways GW2 is far superior to GW1. Both to me are brilliant games, and have given great pleasure to myself and many others. However, GW2 isn’t perfect. But if we take how far the game as come in many aspects, it has changed vastly. Yet certain elements still have yet to be corrected and modified (think Zhaitan end fight – press 2)

My question would be do you feel the difference between GW1, an expansion based MMO which evolved drastically (think heroes, number of Elite skills, weapons, professions) and GW2, a more events driven game, living world (no henchmen, 5 man limits, WvW) has influenced the strong opinions regarding the game at this time? Do you believe that the success of GW1 has actually led to problems with GW2 due to the high expectations despite the fact both are different games?

Many thanks and appreciate the responses you’ve given so far

Having come bk from holiday to play a few sPvP matches again, it made me realise after 9 games that you do tend to come up against the same people time and again. I think it’d be interesting to have a list of players you’ve played against. For example, Imagine seeing a list of 5 players who when u play with them, u win 90% of the time. Or a list of 5 players that you play most – like 24 games against them. Imagine seeing the opponents, knowing you’ve played them 16 times, and that you’ve lost 70% of the matches, makes it almost a grudge match! You’d fight that bit harder!

You could even get a bonus 5 pts if u beat someone on your “most lost to” list at the end of the match.