@Facepunch
It’s more about what you don’t feel at times.
It helps to think of endogenous gameplay elements as natural products of a living system; I made the initial comparison for that purpose, after all. These elements come naturally from the game’s themes and lore without contrivance.
As mentioned by a previous poster, prominent gameplay elements such as dailies simply don’t fit in. I’d argue that endgame goals such as legendaries are just as contrived. This is probably why these system get so much hate.
I think part of it is that when you boil it down, there really isn’t that much to do in the game world that’s engaging. When something like the redone achievement system pops up it kind of breaks people out of the little rhythm they’ve gotten into.
In a way it feels like the game was built with stuff like activities in mind to take the edge off a bit but they overextended themselves (I think they said they wanted something like thirty on launch and it launched with one) and we’ve only just started to see indication of a second of the launch “built into the main cities” activities might be coming “soon”.
It also probably doesn’t help that the world is so predictable, with sites set up to predict exactly when world bosses will spawn and so on. It makes it seems artificial, like the Shatterer has a 9-5 job and he has set times he can attend to the world.
Leveling in GW2 after a few times just feels dull, With some of the professions, you just feel like you’re doing the MMO equivalent of sitting there eating toast for hours at a time, promising yourself you’ll be able to eat something tasty soon.
WoW does do some things way better than GW2, making the leveling process engaging even for the fifth or so time is pretty much a necessity for how they keep subscribers.
Also they do crafting better, which actually seems relevant to have at max level in that game while in GW2 it’s more like hit 400 and forget about it.
skyrim is a masterpiece.
a rpg changer.
everybody knows that, to say otherwise is to be part of the minority.
A minority who knows that Skyrim really didn’t change that much, lost quite a bit and gave an experience on par with what people had managed with tweaking it’s predecessors years before.
The one really new thing Skyrim did was apply massive marketing.
Guild missions should at least have it’s own tab on the guild menu instead of hidden at the bottom of guild upgrades, a place which most members will never look because they don’t get access rights to upgrades.
The survivability of the Bounty Hunt targets is a massive problem, especially on the lower tiers where a huge portion of the starting guild will likely never even see them let alone do enough damage to get credit for the event.
Overall it has the all too familiar air of content that has been rushed out to be fixed at a later date. In the process draining the enjoyment out of something that by all rights should have been fun.
I don’t really understand what Arenanet are doing. You’ve given us a free to play game, and you expect to get income from microtransactions. Why are they so rubbish?
It’s not a free to play game, they’re making money off box sales with the gem shop as supplemental income.
Contrary to popular belief, the game doesn’t even need the shop for continued existence. They made more than enough with box sales to keep the relatively low server upkeep costs going forever if they wanted to.
Yes, I’ve been experiencing similar issues for roughly a week now with heavy lags during peak hours.
Things are fine during the day and late at night but 7PM to roughly 10PM is virtually unplayable.
Reminds me a bit of September when the game was newly launched as I had similar issues.
You might want to check the tech-support forums.
It’s probably to do with massive amounts of people logging on around the time the first part of the not so living story was added, hoping for the next part.
There are hints of things to come already in the game.
The playable Living Story content will start appearing tomorrow (January 29) at around noon Pacific Time in Wayfarer Foothills. You will see refugees requiring your assistance along the path, around Breakneck Pass.
Later on that day, there will be events in Diessa Plateau. You’ll be sent an in-game mail letting you know about the events in Diessa Plateau. If you’re already logged in when that happens, you need to change maps to receive that message.
In Diessa Plateau, you will see refugees just north of the Black Citadel, and along the path north towards Wayfarer Foothills. You will see signs along some of the paths in the area.
EDIT: I apologize for the lack of clarity. I have updated the information above.
Also she edited that about three minutes ago, a post made nineteen hours ago. There’s probably something to make of that.
The old part of the post was:
Check in with the heralds for updates. There are hints of things to come already in the game.
The playable Living Story content will start appearing tomorrow (January 29) at around noon Pacific Time in Wayfarer Foothills and Diessa Plateau. When the events start in Diessa Plateau, you’ll be sent an in-game mail letting you know about it. However, if you’re already logged in when that happens, you need to change maps to receive it.
What most ppl are forgetting (or just dont know) is that GW1 was also divided in the beginning. They opend crossed servers much later then most ppl know.
And there it was not just NA & EU, but it was more like "America, Europe, Asia, International "
Eventualy Cross servers will come. its something that happens with most MMO’s. Although i hope for the ppl that really want it, that its not far away.
You could transfer from release, you just were limited to five transfers before you got locked.
isnt that kinda the same now? only now you had time from release till jan 28th
(ok new players after jan 28th wont have that option though)
No, it was a constant feature right up until they changed how favor of the gods worked. The only way to get more transfers was to ask support for them.
Also there were the international districts that reduced the need to transfer, a server which I believe is hosted in the same building as the American server.
What most ppl are forgetting (or just dont know) is that GW1 was also divided in the beginning. They opend crossed servers much later then most ppl know.
And there it was not just NA & EU, but it was more like "America, Europe, Asia, International "
Eventualy Cross servers will come. its something that happens with most MMO’s. Although i hope for the ppl that really want it, that its not far away.
You could transfer from release, you just were limited to five transfers before you got locked.
I remember GW1 used more than one server, pretty sure they were (and probably still are) in the same locations as the GW2 servers.
The least they could do is set up some kind of mid-way international server instead of wacking a coat of paint on the old joining overflow system, giving it some restrictions and calling it progress.
Those would also be terrible gifts to have us excited for. I wouldn’t mind if those were Toypocalypse rewards but I’m skeptical that those are even authentic items.
Now the question is, can we get a second one somehow, so we can make the endless tonics?
I don’t think so. As they said you’d only be able to make 2 minis if you did all the dungeons. You don’t get the first-time-finished reward anymore, even after the daily reset.
That is true, but we still don’t know the rewards for Toypocalype, or if they could still give us another frame somehow when Tixx gets to LA. I hope they do, but I’m not sure. The make 2 minis could also be in reference to the cogs, thus we could also still get more frames, somehow.
I suggest a Festive Trio Mini’s Box be released at the cost of 800 gems. Most people wanting the mini pets would very likely fork over 1600 gems total to obtain Festive Golem, Snowman, Infinirarium, and Foostivoo the Merry. They’d also more likely fork over the 1050 gems for the 3 mini pets that they couldn’t get from doing the Wintersday Events. This roughly translates to $35 in the pocket of ArenaNet per player wanting to collect all the holiday mini pets.
You’ll be glad to know that the Miniature Wintersday Trio exists and has existed since the 14th, they’ve just yet to add it to the store.
Yeah I’ll let you come to your conclusions about them silently letting people burn their gems while holding this back. Surely it’s not a cynical way to increase gem sales.
That skin for it looks like the same as Halloween trio.
That was my thought also which seems to indicate that this information may not be entirely true.
My guess is someone put it up just to annoy paying people and cause more problems.
Try looking at this, they would have had to have amazing foresight to fake up an item when the update went through.
Besides which, it’s in with other codes for other items with this update and sat right next to the Mini Infinirarium, on the tail end of the codes for the whole lot of “festive” non-toy pets.
Better communication is need about this then. I think that is what most everyone is trying to get at.
Better communication is all I’m aiming for really, not expecting to get it though.
If it’s going to be added to the shop, people deserve to know about it before they go nuts on the chests.
I suggest a Festive Trio Mini’s Box be released at the cost of 800 gems. Most people wanting the mini pets would very likely fork over 1600 gems total to obtain Festive Golem, Snowman, Infinirarium, and Foostivoo the Merry. They’d also more likely fork over the 1050 gems for the 3 mini pets that they couldn’t get from doing the Wintersday Events. This roughly translates to $35 in the pocket of ArenaNet per player wanting to collect all the holiday mini pets.
You’ll be glad to know that the Miniature Wintersday Trio exists and has existed since the 14th, they’ve just yet to add it to the store.
Yeah I’ll let you come to your conclusions about them silently letting people burn their gems while holding this back. Surely it’s not a cynical way to increase gem sales.
That skin for it looks like the same as Halloween trio.
That was my thought also which seems to indicate that this information may not be entirely true.
My guess is someone put it up just to annoy paying people and cause more problems.
Try looking at this, they would have had to have amazing foresight to fake up an item when the update went through.
Besides which, it’s in with other codes for other items with this update and sat right next to the Mini Infinirarium, on the tail end of the codes for the whole lot of “festive” non-toy pets.
I suggest a Festive Trio Mini’s Box be released at the cost of 800 gems. Most people wanting the mini pets would very likely fork over 1600 gems total to obtain Festive Golem, Snowman, Infinirarium, and Foostivoo the Merry. They’d also more likely fork over the 1050 gems for the 3 mini pets that they couldn’t get from doing the Wintersday Events. This roughly translates to $35 in the pocket of ArenaNet per player wanting to collect all the holiday mini pets.
You’ll be glad to know that the Miniature Wintersday Trio exists and has existed since the 14th, they’ve just yet to add it to the store.
Yeah I’ll let you come to your conclusions about them silently letting people burn their gems while holding this back. Surely it’s not a cynical way to increase gem sales.
No matter how the minis are aquired, they should ALWAYS be tradable.
This is a moronic fumble on Anet’s behalf.
Actually I think it’s intentional, they’re getting people to burn out all their gems trying to get the miniatures through the boxes then they pull this out.
I like to keep this link handy for reminding myself what activities were going to be for the game.
For something that was “built into the game”, “part of the cities” and was “in the game already” way back in 2010, they seem very absent from the world.
Uh… the people who are saying it is easy by far out number those who are saying it’s hard.
The majority are the people who aren’t saying anything. How do you know what they think ?
Go look in the other threads about the puzzle. Most people are saying it’s far easier than the clock tower.
When you say ‘most’ do you mean 51%, 99%, or something else ?
Not that the number would be useful. People posting on the forums are only a minority of the GW2 player base. The majority of players are silent. How do you know what they think ?
It’s the old “they say nothing therefore they implicitly agree with me” excuse. It’s an easy way to convince yourself of all kinds of things.
The only people with a decent guess would be a.net and they’re not likely to say.
Thankyou. Im guessing we will need the stuffing for the other minis we have to make? Will it be possible to make all 5 event minis without a lot of grinding?
I’m guessing stuffing will be 100-150, same for the magic glue, cogs we know for definite are 250 and the frames are probably just one per forge.
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