Guild Wars 2

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

It’s about the same drop rate as for all the other ones. There’s always one item that stalls all of us.

For me, it was aged ectoplasm, also. I ran through 5 full kills of Hablion, no luck. Finally, what I did was swap to a foe-tagging build on another toon. Even if that didn’t work, I was already less frustrated simply by changing characters, because it felt like a fresh start.

tl;dr don’t rush it; it will drop eventually

Tthank you so much for this suggestion. Would you believe the very first ghost mob I killed on an alt character dropped the Ecto? That’s just how RNGsus goes I guess lol

EDIT: Also like the 12th Elemental I killed dropped the other item on the alt toon. This suggestion has seriously saved my sanity. Thanks a bunch!

I’ve been killing mobs in Bloodstone Fen specifically for the Aged Ectoplasm and Living Bloodstone. I farmed ghosts for 2h+, hundreds of mobs and not a drop, so I decide to farm for the Bloodstone. Again, 2h+ and hundreds of mobs killed and I still don’t get the drop.

I see other people get it on less than 10 mobs, and then I hear about a lot of players who have a similar issue to me, still nothing after hundreds. Some I heard have been farming for days on end and still don’t get the drop.

I would absolutely love to make Aurora, but this is driving me mental. Can we either up the drop rate or make these a guaranteed drop?

If your only response is “I didn’t have that problem” then good for you. I – and a lot of others – are having this issue. That sort of comment doesn’t help anyone.

Djinn.9245:

Miss Lana.5276:

I’m an animal lover and you have no support from me whatsoever. As stated above, cats attack each other as a form of play. Not only that, but no health is being lost by them either (even if it is supposed to be a PvP match). You said it yourself, this is overkill and an absolutely trivial request.

As a cat lover, have you actually seen these cats fight? The cats that fight each other, not the snowball cats? They hit each other hard enough to make a noise. The “victim” often goes flying. This is not how any cats “play” that I have ever seen. The fact that no health is being lost isn’t the issue – it is the noise and visual of the cats hitting and going flying as a result.

Yes, “as a cat lover” I have seen it (dunno why you had to quote that lol), and I think it’s endearing. They’re cats we’ve collected from the wild (as someone else has said), so why expect them to behave like domestic cats?

What it comes down to is this: if you get triggered by cats formed by pixels fighting in an imaginary game world then you’ve lived a very sheltered life and need a bigger issue to focus on. This is a complete non-issue. You don’t like it then don’t go into your home instance, and don’t collect any more cats. Problem solved.

Good luck.

Gomoratoad.9867:

Here’s a cool story, during Halloween 2012 a dev was hanging out in LA. When asked why there was no Trahearne mini, they said “Why would you want one, so you can murder it?” .

That’s the only reason I’d want one.

I agree that the Mordrem Blooms should become obtainable again (someone mentioned a map reward, which I think is a pretty good idea!), or putting them in the laurel vendor. I’ve got a handful sitting in my bank that I’ve been holding on to in the hopes that they are made obtainable again.

I was able to play when the events were up, but the lag was so absolutely horrid that I barely got credit for half of the events I participated in.

I’m an animal lover and you have no support from me whatsoever. As stated above, cats attack each other as a form of play. Not only that, but no health is being lost by them either (even if it is supposed to be a PvP match). You said it yourself, this is overkill and an absolutely trivial request.

Pic for reference. Not all of the other’s pedestals were lighting up when they had top stats either. Only two others lit up in this game.

When I’ve won a ranked PvP match, the top stats that I get aren’t being lit up on the pedestals. This has happened a few times. A minor bug, but one I thought worth noting.

I didn’t realise this was a bug, as I haven’t played that much engy in sPvP, but I have had this as well. Telling my gyro to stomp an enemy or revive a player when the prompt comes up, but the appropriate time passes and the gyro hasn’t done what I’ve told it to.

The ancestral outfit is showing in the guaranteed wardrobe unlock as a possible unlock, but not only is it under the incorrect tab (equipment tab instead of the outfit tab where it should be), but it’s showing up for those of us who have the outfit already unlocked. This has been reported before (as of the first patch that messed it up) and I hope it gets seen to very shortly.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Well, the OP wasn’t clear about what issue the Ancestral Armor had. I’m not sure there is an issue with having all 3 armor weights for Glint’s Gaze, so…

So…you ignore the other posts where people describe the issue? Cool cool

On-topic, they’ve removed the Hellfire chest (as was written in the patch notes), but that Ancestral Outfit is still in the wrong panel, and is still showing up for me when I have it unlocked already.

Also not sure if the SAB helicopter glider is meant to be excluded, given that the description says “prior to May 2017” and they’ve added the SAB gemstore minis.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Just an FYI: The Ancestral Outfit is not a newly-added unlock. It’s been available since inception as an unlock.

Yes, I think most of us here recognise that – but I already have it unlocked in my account and it’s still showing up as a possible unlock (which is redundant considering I already have it unlocked). Not only that, but it’s in the “Equipment” panel, not in the “Outfits” panel where it should be.

Glad other people have caught this. I have the ancestral outfit unlocked, and it’s showing up in the “Equipment Skin Unlocks” section, as well as the Intricate Scribe’s backpack – and ONLY that tier of the scribe backpack shows up for me. The Brewmaster’s pack also shouldn’t be in the unlocks, nor should the Hellfire Cuirass (the Radiant isn’t in there though). I’m uneasy with the Chak and Plated weapons being in there. On the one hand, there are a lot of skins already in there that you can get through PvE, but on the other hand those guys take a notable amount of effort to get.

I would suggest if you guys end up getting one of these to hold on to it until it’s been fixed.

I’m not so much into watching other people gain loot. I’m glad for you with whatever you have/will get, but watching it? Nah.

Amaimon.7823:

anet wants money: add it to the gem store for 500-600 gems
anet doesn’t want money: make it rng in black lion chests

That’s how I feel. If it was in the store I would have bought it in a heartbeat. There’s no way I’d be able to get enough keys to unlock the thing :c

With the re-release of SAB this year I thought I’d come on here and post about why I love SAB so much. I don’t see the same enthusiasm in friends or guildies that I have for it, so I did some self-reflection and found out why.

I’m not good at PvP. I’m not good at WvW. I’m only decent in PvE. I’m no good at optimising my builds and my gameplay for different encounters or bosses or whatever. I’m an accuracy freak. I’m good at jumping puzzles. I’m not usually one to brag, but I’m kitten great at them. This time of year is MY time of year. This is the time of year that I am actually rewarded for being good at something so niche that not many people even think about it, except when Empyreal Fragments are needed.

I understand that for a lot of people it’s a bit of a nostalgia trip. I wasn’t well-off growing up, and didn’t even get my first computer til I was 12, and it was a very low-end one. Consoles – to me – were for the insanely rich. I can totally understand and respect the nostalgia that people have because of SAB, but that’s not why I love it.

When SAB came out in 2013 I was having a hard time at home and it was a distraction. I had almost lost interest in the game entirely when it came out, so it kept me here. The graphics were something I’d never seen before, the music was amazing and I loved the typical “save the princess” storyline, and all the tropes that came with it.

Come last year’s re-release I was in tears because I was so happy. It had been 3 years since I felt like there was something I wanted to do in the game besides grind for skins. SAB is actual content I want to play for the content itself, not just for the reward it gives me. I don’t feel that in any other area of the game.

When I heard about tribulation mode I was a little skeptical of how I would cope, but with a lot of practice I was doing it with ease. I love the difficulty in trib, and I love that I can overcome it. Yes there are still parts where having 250 ping average blocks progress (I’m looking at you, trampoline area in w2z2), but I’ve made it through and was able to unlock all King Toad and Storm Wizard skins completely solo.

This is why I love SAB, especially tribulation mode. It gives me a chance to really refine my accuracy in jumping puzzles, while creating an entirely new environment to experience it in. Only in SAB do I enjoy the journey towards the reward. It’s also the only content that actually rewards me at what I’m good at.

So thank you, devs, so so much for bringing SAB back and making it a yearly festival. This means the absolute world to me.

Share your reasons below why you love SAB!

bambuuPANDA.5037:

I know a bug exists where it will end if the hammers hit an object (rock, wall, slope of a hill).

So if you’re killing an enemy against an object or stacked in a corner, it will end on its own.

This might be what you’re experiencing?

Possibly, I might have to check again. I think I can recall a time where I was out in the open and it happened, but I’m not entirely sure.

notebene.3190:

Kinda related, but…

Today one of the things I can do is a Jumping Puzzle in Southsun Cove called ‘Under New Management’. I seem to recall there were two there, one was easy by where you ported in, and the other was that ‘timey-jumpy’ one.

How do I know which is which? I don’t recall jumping puzzles having names (3 weeks into not having played for 15 months before that)?

Every single jumping puzzle has a name, ever since the game was released (and even before that iirc). They’re in the hero panel, found under General > Jumping Puzzles.

If you don’t know the names of the puzzles, you can always “/wiki Under New Management” while in-game to open the wiki page on it. Or google it. Both are legitimate tactics to quickly and easily find what JP it is.

Khisanth.2948:

Male ogre hunters spam weakness on you constantly. Basically staff ele sitting in earth. Trying to remove weakness while fighting those is futile.

I don’t bother using it while in combat (unless absolutely necessary), so this is after all the mobs are already dead. If they can still put weakness on me while they’re dead then they deserve a medal!

@Pifil, I’m aware of all of that, just the way you phrased it sounded like “there are no mods full stop end of story”. I’m sure what you meant to say was “there are no supported mods”. I’m also well aware of the ToS and their stance of mods/addons, which is why I added that second paragraph.

@OP, if you haven’t checked that link I posted yet, what you’re probably after is ICM (Immersive Combat Mode). Lots of players use it to remove aspects of the UI, while keeping the skill and health bars on at a minimum (there are settings that allow you to change what you want left alone). Again, just be aware that if you use it and your account becomes compromised, that support may not be able to help you out.

I submitted this as a bug report a little while back, but not sure where that lies, so I’ll post here. Also hoping it’s not just me.

Revenant’s skill Vengeful Hammers (when using Legendary Dwarf Stance) will often prematurely end, even if I have max energy left. I’m not entirely sure, but there seems to be some sort of connection between it ending prematurely and what enemy I have targeted when it ends, as switching targets will sometimes fix the problem.

I’m not sure what it is, or when it started, but I’ve noticed that the NPCs in any PS instance don’t attack enemies – unless the enemy gets a hit on an NPC first. Very irritating.

I don’t play warrior often, but when I was grinding out my last handful of kills for Ogre Slayer, I had noticed that “Shake it Off” wasn’t removing weakness.

I made sure that weakness was the only condition I had, used sio, and the weakness was still there. I had no other conditions, nor was I stunned at the time. It did remove the cripple every single time without fail, but when it came to weakness , it only removed it around 80% of the time.

Pifil.5193:

There are no mods for GW2.

Yes there are. Just because they’re not supported by the devs doesn’t mean mods don’t exist.

Just note OP, that if you use a third party program to alter your game, if your account is compromised the support team may not be able to help you.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Suggestion-Auto-hide-UI/first#post6453731

Mea.5491:

That would be nice. Also, we should be able to turn off parts of the UI. I have to use “Immersive Combat Mode” to hide the bright, distracting exp bar because it hurts my eyes.

That one!

The only issue I’ve had with it is every so often whenever I press any particular button, ICM decides that that key is now my dodge key. It’s not a problem when I’m out and about, killing stuff all the time, but when I’m in cities with vendors and such. Restarting it fixes it, and I don’t mind that trade-off for a cleaner screen.

Kantid.3571:

And how about Eye of Zhaitan?
When i fight him first time 2 years ago it takes me about 10-15 minutes to take him down.
But after this mission become lvl 80 he dying in 5 seconds with no chance to teleport or finish his speech (if you are in full bers). Even if you have trash equpment he able to teleport only once.

in oposite knight champions at the enter can easy oneshoot you

I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make. I’m talking about the rewards, not the enemies themselves.

If you’re arguing that he’s so easy we don’t deserve level 80 gear from him then I’d say most of the story is so easy we don’t deserve level 80 gear from it. Even with Zhaitan I can run through on full whites and not even break a sweat, and that’s on a profession that I’m not comfortable with.

What you’re looking for is Immersive Combat UI. It’s easy to install and has a bunch of support. I got sick of having the entire right hand side of my screen filled with event rubbish so I installed it, and boy oh boy was that the best Halloween of my life.

While personally I haven’t heard of anyone having issues with this mod, just take note that if you do use a third party program to mod gw2, support cannot help you if your account becomes compromised.

Khisanth.2948:

lokoma.9756:

yeah wee got Firey weapons but they pail in comparison to the 1000 degree knife
and i wouldn’t call it stupidity gw2 has many odd weapons just look at the Improvised weapons

The improvised weapons makes more sense than most other sets.

The warhorn and sword are the only ones that look like they won’t work.

Can confirm that I feel hella safe behind that broken chair shield lol!

@OP no. Clickbait videos don’t deserve their own weapons. You want to get some YouTube/Gw2 crossover weapons happening, then how about starting with something thought-provoking, like a Game Theory tribute wep?

So it’s been a while. The whole PS has been revamped and I’m back at it, churning out yet another PS completion. I get through The Source of Orr, all’s fine and dandy. I get to Fort Trinity and I find that I’m being handed a pair of shoes that are level 70.

Usually I don’t take note of what rewards I’m given, as I have ascended armor up the wazoo so I don’t really need it. For this toon I’ve been taking note, keeping and using every useful piece of armor I’m given. So far it’s been great, I’ve almost got that full set of level 80 rare armor going, except for the shoes. I was expecting to have the full rare set by the time I go to kill that big undead pushover.

I haven’t received a pair of rare level 80 shoes. Yet I’ve been given two pairs of rare level 80 shoulders.

This isn’t so much for me personally, as I have enough gold to afford kitting out another character, but if the devs could replace one of those shoulders with a pair of rare level 80 shoes as a reward I’m sure there’d be a whole bunch of players who appreciate it.

Uhh is the Tarnished Coast link a joke? Would love to see this updated with actual, useful info.

Yeah, maybe I can farm my way to r10 deldrimor in gw2 too!

Just logged in and am missing all 500 gems I had.

EDIT: Didn’t take very long for them to be returned. Glad everything’s working as intended now ^^

Oh good, thanks for that info, I had no idea.

I had just finished mapping Diessa Plateau on my Guardian when I went to my guild hall to grab a karma boost so I get that little extra bit when claiming the hearts. I had at least 9 hearts completed – as well as the area completion chest – that SHOULD have been on backlog for collection, but I zoned to my ghall and could only claim 5 hearts – no map reward or any other hearts were there.

I’ve tried zoning, relogging, restarting the game and none of this has fixed the issue. I feel quite ripped off.

Since Sanctum Sprint was introduced into the daily rotation I’ve been having issues with the Lightning Pull where I always overshoot the crystals that I’m supposed to be transported to.

If someone could please have a look at this it would be great. I’m literally unable to finish the race because there are places where combining skills 1 and 2 doesn’t work to bypass these crystals. It’s enraging.

Malediktus.9250:

I dont think the ocassional gold seller whispers are worth the dev time to implement this.

Occasional? Did you see the first post? Read it, and check out the picture.

That is NOT “occasional”.

Ardenwolfe.8590:

I’ve found the basic ones sold from the laurel merchant to be more than enough.

Pretty much this, or if you’re doing high-end fractals, the +5 AR (agony resist) ones from BUY-4373 in the fractal lobby are pretty cheap. I’m doing level 50 fractals, and most of my AR comes from these beauties, til I can get something better.

usernameisapain.7163:

Miss Lana.5276:

Envy.1679:

I love gendarren fields and love doing the nebu terrace event, but It’d be nice if I actually got something worth while. I think there should be a level 80 currency that you can get from any event in the world.

What about Spirit Shards? That’s the first thing that came to mind when you mentioned a level 80 currency.

If not then I’d be interested to see what suggestions people have for this.

Spirit shards are great, however personally I’d prefer to see a region token system, allowing for regional rewards that have something to do with said region

I believe this idea has been talked about and will be implemented in HoT – much like the currencies in DT and SW.

Blaine Tog.8304:

Are there other multi-use items which can stack with each other? I’m struggling to think of any. cue someone instantly thinking of a dozen

I don’t think there are any, bar one-time consumable items, which I don’t think really count here.

Gathering tools don’t stack either, which was the very first thing I thought of.

CandyHearts.6025:

sephiroth.4217:

I bought gems yesterday hoping I could get this, if it wasn’t a bug that is.

I don’t want it.

I NEED IT.

And please Devs! Give us a response on the Anni. Can we have a fun event for it too?!

If they clean up the low resolution on it then I’d want it too! :O

Sevans.4619:

Better yet, make it a big electric guitar that you hold by the neck and bonk people with.

WTB this as a hammer skin! Call it the “Punk Rocker” or something along those lines.

Aleksandr.8634:

In the most situations, ofc. It’s not fun, but it could give more realistic feelings. What if add to slow move on ice —> sliding (if you have swiftness) with 30% chance to fall (for 1sec)

I don’t think realism is what the go is. I think balance is. If things were implemented for every type of environment like you’re suggesting, honestly I would quit the game. How would one stay out of combat with those affects constantly lingering? There’d be no more use of waypoints at all, among many other issues.

If you want realism then go camping. I’m not looking for that in my living room.

Please don’t try to change the game just for the sake of changing it. Try to change it because it would improve the QoL for players. If you dislike it the way it is then I suggest finding another game to play.

snowgim.6327:

+1 for Anet to at least look at reworking the system in some way.
I just realised, I’m not sure I’ve ever applied a rune to my breather. It never occurred to me that I needed to!

Also I love that GW2 has underwater stuff, +1 for more underwater content. Don’t let it die.

I’d like to not see it die, but I’d LOVE to see it be fixed.

Aetrion.8295:

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Ascended armor offers a 5% stat boost over exotic armor (which you can buy off the TP or get from drops fairly easily).

It’s the infusion slots that matter, not the stats. If you have no interest in doing fractals ascended armor is nice, but not necessary, because the ability to carry Agony Resist is the one thing that makes ascended armor a big deal.

Pretty much this. If you’re not interested in making ascended armor or weapons, OP, then there’s no real reason to craft up to 500.

Depending on the legendary weapon, you may need to level some crafting disciplines up to 400 if you want to make one. It’s also very nice to be able to craft what you need instead of having to buy your new gear off the tp or dungeon/PvP farm for it. I enjoy making gear for my alts once they’ve hit level 80.

Coffietire.2783:

C’mon guys, are skelemen really the best you can think of?! Here is a skin pack I would pay for.

Band of nightmares
-blood fiend has a keytar
-flesh golem has drums
-shadow fiend has a bass
-bone fiend has a sythesizer strapped to its back (his rear tendrils operate it)
-bone minions and jagged horrors get a kazoo
-flesh wurm looks like a gross looking amp
-when you’re in death shroud, you wield a sick as hell guitar

I guess if they were implemented this would actually make the minions useful, as we all know their AI is so badly broken after all.

Lana says to her minions “Well if you can’t attack something, then at least play some Slipknot kittenit!”

Aleksandr.8634:

Ok. But what do you think about my another topic? https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Environment-effects-in-PVE/first#post5399108

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No more in base game, but I’m sure there’ll be something like this in HoT.

But I agree with Paulytnz. Slower is not more fun. A massive AoE of damage that you cannot avoid is in no way fun at all.

mtpelion.4562:

All content is already viable.

Not all content is as efficient as other types of content.

But where players were originally encouraged to play open-world with the dynamic (read: scripted) events and discouraged from spending most of their time in instances, the rewards are very unappealing for that type of play, unless you’re farming boss events. I doubt that this was the devs’ intention, but with the pitiful rewards for dynamic events as it is now they’re encouraging us to go into instances rather than play open world.

Hell, even if I’ve finished all my fractal tiers for a day, I can farm a fractal level 1-10 and still get around 8k karma + loot every 15 minutes. And that’s without any type of booster or doing other dungeons or events.

Edit: Nowadays all I do in PvE is dailies, which takes maybe 20 mins at most, then fractals. The rest of the time I spend in PvP because I feel that the rewards are actually worth my time (plus I have a lot of characters to level up. The tomes help a lot).

HaxTester.9816:

…Magic can neither be destroyed or created…

Just thought I’d add in a little something interesting here. In the Asura storyline, as you’re meeting the Order mentors (for the first time I believe), you’re meant to have watched an Asura give a presentation, saying he could prove that the Elder Dragons are actually consuming the world’s magic, and that given enough time, the magic supply would actually dry out.

But, tragically, he was murdered before he could give the presentation.