Guild Wars 2

News communicated so far is:
Trait stats removed
Base-line stats increased (roughly by 100)
Armor stas increased to make up missing numbers
But…. Celestial Armor numbers will be slightly decreased to balance the fact that all base stats have already been increased.
Although i think this is wrong and will void celestial armor, the news communicated is still not set in stone and may change so fingers crossed..

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Managed to update fine (had to delete Sweetfx bin folder though) played for about 1hr then lost connection. Now when i try and log in, i get:
Connection Error.. been like that for last few hours now
Guess i’ll leave it n try tomorrow

very true, but by doing the armor change the “weapon/stat/rune combo thats better” would be much wider spread and not the same for every proffession or skill setup.

At the moment its as follows, Dungeons, General PvE, Fractals, LS, PS – its all Zerk
no diversity or no customisation..
by tweaking the numbers associated with “Armor stat” the above changes creating diversity and customisation with a wider use of different skill/stat/rune combos being used

i think what they need to do is is address the stat “Armor”, at present the armor stats means little allowing even low armor classes to ignore it n load up on power buffs (zerk)
By making the stat “Armor” affect your life span in dealing with damage mitigation more appropriatly it woul make people think twice about just ignoring it.
All low armor classes have good armor boosting skills, traits ect which would also come more into play with this and would also allow more character customisation too..

At present you can play through the game naked with little consequence, adding armor just makes it easier, damaged armor means nothing more than will nolonger see an armor skin soon (too damaged) and so on…
i beleive playing the game with no armor should be near impossible (3 or 4 hits = death), adding armor makes it playable and adding runes = customisation ie:
Playable + armor runes = Longer fights due to lack of power (dmg) but harder to die.
Playable + damage runes = Shorter fights but need to utilise skills n heals more to stay alive.
and so on…

Anet really needs to lower the effectivness of armor damage mitigation to make the number next to the stat “armor” actually mean something..
By doing this, zerk will no longer be the “goto” set but instead you would start to see, condition’s, soldier’s, boon’s & cooking itself for food buffs playing more of a role in the game – as it should.

phys:
yeah, but the reason there is no risk is because anet didnt want to design it so people might fail. In order to have risk, you need to have a chance of failure. This most likely means that something can kill you if you play wrong. Which means there has to be patterns or things you can react to, which means a more challenging fight, which is what people in here are asking for.

and unfortunately, if they made it challenging, it would need to pay more, or people would skip it. because it doesnt give them as much gold/drops as eotm, or failing some event somewhere else.

The reward structure is screwed, really bad, its not just screwed in terms of difficulty, but also in terms of game design. and nerfing isnt really the answer, the real answer is to properly encourage good play (not just difficult) through rewards.

i mean they can nerf events people fail repeatedly, but winning the event barely gives anything, so why would people want to win?

I kinda agree..
Some content needs to be difficult for the challenge while others requires rewards to ofset it..

Example:
Fractals.. the higher you go the tougher the enemy which makes it harder to win, but to go higher, you will need ascended gear to apply AR infusions.. Yet the silk reward & ascended drops at lower levels is poor from 0-10 scraps + possibly a ring only discouraging some players from continuing further as they will need over 3000 scraps + earings, amlets etc.. yet once you get your ascended gear & continue, the rewards are the same as before, what motivates ppl to continue is the challenge itself.. can we beat it @ lvlxx

So yes i agree rewards are screwed, but not fully.. as you said it just needs tweeking in places.
The

the real answer is to properly encourage good play (not just difficult) through rewards

is a great idea eg: zero deaths = higher reward – also encourages better teamplay.
but you also still need that challenging content for small teams of 5 but as you said the rewards need to reflect its difficulty vs time..
High Difficulty + Quick rewards needs to match that of : Easy + Long
but High Difficulty + Long should be given a higher reward
aswell as Easy + Quick given a lower reward
No matter what path you take, you will get your reward, but its scaled upon what you put in.. teamplay, time, effort, or little of everything..

what have you done anet!!
I just played your new system to experience it how you wanted ppl to experience it.. from lvl1 to lvl80 with a team mate only using skill 1.. we managed to:
Do all of the Personal Story as a duo spamming 1
Get 100% map complete as a duo spamming 1
Leveled from 1 to 80 as a duo spamming 1
Completed all dungeon story paths as a duo spamming 1
Completed 2 paths in each dungeon as a duo spamming 1

WTF!!

If that wasnt enough, when we completed the PS we recieved loot with a req lvl18!
You honestly think im eager to do that again? hell no!
I play to have fun..
Whats fun about auto win?
Whats fun about auto playing a game that offers ZERO difficulty?

Dont get me wrong, i can understand your thinking behind what u did but talk about how to screw up the implimentation of an idea..
Does the new system teach “NEW” players anything? yes it teaches them to spam 1 to kill something, it then teaches you about the compass just as the compass guides you into higher level areas to get 1 shot’d! & Everything in your H panel is locked which is a great help to new players.. =/

Implimenting this on its own is going to lead to the death of the game, implimenting this as you ALSO have either:
Expansion for vet players / Higher level content for vet players
also on its way makes better sence.. but considering its now taking months to release content that used to take weeks to release i can only hope and prey on that one…
but not for much longer.. i have already watched 5 large guilds walk away from the game and to be honest.. this keep em in the dark tactic is getting beyond a joke now..
i aswell as others know, SO MANY PPL will return if the content is there.. challenging content that is.. not this sesame street style of gameplay.. im suprised u didnt turn Trahearne into big bird, n Zhaitan into the cookie monster to match the new game introduction stlye…

I cant help but rewatch the video you guys made were the following was said:

• GW2 is our oppotunity to question everything, to innovate.
  Traditional Quests removed, Repeatitive content removed etc. NOT DELIVERED!
• GW2 takes everything you love about GW1 and puts it into a persistent world.
  UW, FOW, Challenging Content, Hard Mode, Theory Crafting ect… NOT DELIVERED!
• GW2 is stylised, painted and artistic even the environments feel like characters.
  Congratulations, GW2 is everything you promised here!
• Most games you go out & have fun tasks occassionaly, i swung a sword, i swung a sword again we just dont want players to grind in GW2 its not fun.
  If you dont grind for legendary or ascended etc.. there is no other content once youve completed your PS.. NOT DELIVERED!
• The most important thing in a game should be the player, we built a game for them.
  You built a game for the players of GW1 then slowly downgraded it and downgraded until its nolonger a game for them but a game for those who are new to mmo’s.. NOT DELIVERED!

GW2 had and still has tbh the potential to be a great game.. it just needs tougher content, fractals is a good example of what this game needs more of. sure fractals at lvl 1-10 is easy.. it was designed to be to introduce players to it, but when you reach 45+ its tough.. & in a fun way… but its also the ONLY tough content the game currently offers..

Just Add HARDMODE again with rewards to suit and the ranting will stop… we dont need NEW content (although nice) we just need hard content to challenge us, thats the FUN in MMO’s.. you create a character, you learn the game, you develope and build your character, you then play the real content everything else tryed to prepare you for.. and at present the only real content is:
Legendary = Small Grind
Ascended Gear = Small Grind
High level fractals = Actual Content
Is this what anet was preparing us for? small grind or 1 area… thats the choice?

Come on Anet…. pull it together, we may moan & rant but its only because we care..

wow, 4 pages of complaints and still no fix…

What game client are you using? Windows
What are your current graphics settings? Max
Are you playing in full screen or windowed mode? Both
Is your inventory full or maxed out? No
Do you play with bags displayed or hidden? Hidden

My Inventory is set to display in the middle of the screen, not over any other UI, after about 30mins of playing it will default to a 4 row window upon opening, i resize the window and then close again.. about 30 mins later.. 4 rows again.. wtf!

For me the latest patch has made this worse.. alot worse.

same here, even pressing o now causes a crash

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My impressions of the vision were:

The autumn forest turning to winter shows the life force of the pale tree draining away..
The dragon flying around was the dragon we fought..
The pillars of light revealing/lifting a ruined city/castle was the original “ratasum”..
The egg/jewel shaped item was Glint’s egg..

Now this is where speculation takes over… i beleive:
One of Glint’s eggs was being held by the Zephyrites and the Master of peace was incharge of its safe keeping, this led to the Zephyrites being attacked…
The most powerful magical race in GW are the Mursaat.. who have the power to shift from this world to the mists when they please.. This is due to the fact they did not put there power into the bloodstones.
I beleive the ruined city/castle was the original Ratasum (Mursaat anagram) where it then entered oris pulled into a portal taking it out of reach of the dragon and into the mists.. the current home of the mursaat (purple crystals) – having drawn enough magical energy to itself, it hatches…
This makes Mordramoth angry as the camera switches to mordramoths vines tightening its grip in anger..

But like i said… we all see our own versions of the vision.. hence vision.

But then again, the crystals could be the Chaos Crystal Caverns… at the end of the day, if you track the vines that are attached to waypoints its almost a straight line to that location and they have just released chaos weapons too…

you can now also visit our forum @ http://aura.forumotion.co.uk/
and apply online.

We maybe small but we are all active most days.
We are also located on the Gandara Server (in terms of influence gained)

Our guild is 90% unlocked and 1k Influence away from guild missions, as mentioned, small but active and fun.

that would be Niteviper.9652

as of 31/07 the bug is still there…

Alts do NOT get all the intended items to make a back peice.

Mission complete = No PR
Spoke to Rox @ end = No PR
Spoke to all NPC’s @ end = No PR

ye i aimed for the pool.. just missed but aimed for it..

I asume you need to land in it then?

Very annoying…

After spending ages trying to get onto the platform for the diving goggles and frequently falling to my death i finally made it!!.. Yay!

Put the goggles on, leaped off…. splat!

Releasing a sigh of relief knowing i can now carry on with the game, i looked at my achievement list to see whats next and noticed.. I still dont have the Diving Achievement… wtf!

sounds like a software conflict..

check drivers, virus, adware, 3rd party progs running etc..
inc: msi afterburner, evga fan controller ect.. as all known to cause issues

tbh it could be anything as all i know ifs you have an Nvida card, no idea on cpu, ram, hdd/sdd ect ect.. more infor please

hi ya,
I hope you can help.
Ever since the lost coast event i keep getting the following error code:
code=42:1000:9001:4081:101

This is also accompanied with:

• Not representing a guild – i am currently the guild leader
• Chat Lags – my chat takes anything upto 15mins to be displayed and every now n then i get a chat bomb! where my chat panel just instantly updates with the previous 30mins worth of chat..

I have re-downloaded the client several times but nothing changes.
I have also disabled all firewalls inc the router firewall, but nothing changes.
I have also set router for port forwarding, but nothing changes.

My router & router settings have not changed & my pc has not changed yet prior to the lost shores event i had no issues which makes me think its a gw2 glitch.

Please help me resolve this as its killing my guild and enjoyment of the game, not being able to chat, give advice ect is a major blow to my experience of GW2.

Tech Details:
Router Specs:
BT Homehub3 (uk – BTHub3-748P)
Ports forwarded are: TCP80, TCP443, TCP6112 & TCP6600

PC Specs:
Intel i5 2400
16GB Ram
2 x Geforce GTX 550T
1 × 250Gb SSD
2 × 2TB HDD
Win 7 64bit

if you need any other info, please ask and i will supply it
Niteviper