Guild Wars 2

Yup, I think the only complaint I have about Reaper is the GS. Buff that a bit, and I think you’d be good!

I noticed this, too. The AI seems to be very random as to whether or not the NPCs will fight. It doesn’t seem to be proximity based, as with the fight in the first story when you come back to the Pact camp and have to defend against the various minions, I backed all the way into the camp and only a few NPCs actually did anything. It’s frustrating, especially as I found it pretty tough (although I’m willing to attribute at least part of it to testing the Revevant and Reaper, instead of a build I’m very familiar with), and really could have used the NPC support.

But more than that, it… well, it doesn’t quite break immersion for me, but it affects it. It feels weird for the NPCs to be announcing incoming and danger and all that but not move at all. If they don’t want to fight, they could at least cower. :P

While I haven’t personally been playing on a single character long enough to see this (although, having been mucking around with Reaper, wow, I’m impressed at soloing a champ to 5%), I do want to add that if this is a day/night cycle issue and not a champion-specific bug, there should probably be a grace period. I like the idea of the day/night cycle, but I’d be pretty annoyed if the boss I was fighting disappeared instantly because of a cycle change. Maybe allow a few minutes, or code it so that if you’re actively engaged in a fight, the cycle doesn’t trigger the mob disappearing?

Yeah, I haven’t played as much to notice the day/night cycle in terms of events (I’ve mostly been mucking around with Revenant and new specs, and the glimpse of the new storyline, which so far is awesomesauce), but I have noticed that I can’t tell if it’s day or night by visuals. I can only tell if I’m near an NPC that announces a day/night event or if I happen to notice it mentioned on the events sidebar.

I get not wanting to make it too dark. I’ve played other games where it’s really difficult to see in nighttime, and it’s not fun to have to squint at my screen or bump up the gamma temporarily -shudder-. But maybe making it a touch darker? Perhaps moonlight, though I understand that might be graphically difficult. I like Fay’s idea of fireflies or more random conversations. Maybe adding some other critters themed to the area that only show up at night?

I also like the other event suggestions that have been mentioned. If there are night-specific critters, those could also be used for events. There’s always the mad scientist asura who’s been waiting for the perfect time to test this new potion that she just so happened to be carrying… oops! That’s one big, angry firefly ready to attack an outpost and eat your face. Or maybe there’s a corrupted Pact member who’s smart enough to be sneaky and infiltrate an outpost in an attempt to take it for Mordremath from the inside. Give it a twist and make it not a sylvari; they’re especially vulnerable, but we’ve seen the other Elder Dragons corrupt lots of races. And, at least from what I’ve seen so far, the remaining Pact members seem to be hyperfocused on the sylvari and not looking so hard at the other races, so a charr or norn, etc, would have a greater chance of passing unnoticed to sabotage something. Lots of possibilities!

This is also a concern I had, because when I logged in and there weren’t a lot of people around in the beta, I was getting my butt kicked. It’s not just an issue for the first zerg; it’s also an issue for those of us who play at odd hours when there might not be many other players around. Scaling would be awesome, IMO.

Yes! I really loved that now our characters get to talk, too. Squee!

I agree that the volume is inconsistent. Sometimes, I can hear fine, but other times, it’s really quiet. The first cut scene when you enter was especially hard for me to hear, and I think I’ve only managed to hear about half of it. There weren’t any captions, either (I’m acting under the assumption this will be added later), so I couldn’t just read, like I usually do. I have auditory processing issues, which means I turn captioning on whenever I can, but that’s usually a matter of too much stimulus and losing bits, but this wasn’t that; it was just super quiet.

FWIW, I have my volume cranked pretty high and dialogue is ALWAYS turned to the max, and I still have trouble sometimes because of volume inconsistency.

Otherwise, agreed on all points. (Wait, they’re doing away with the personal storyline-like dialogue? That sucks. I liked that method, but if it means more spoken dialogue overall… okay. But if so then the issues you mention need fixed. I’m curious though, does anyone have a link to where they said they’d be moving away from the personal storyline style and why? TY to anyone who’s able to either link me or just explain.

I would LOVE another Legend; I agree that two seems a bit off. A Charr themed one would be great… but, currently, the available Legends are men. I actually really like your suggestions for abilities, and if there’s a woman who would be appropriate for a Legend, that would be even more awesome. I’m trying to figure out how Kalla Scorchrazor might fit here. It might need to be a different flavor of abilities, but I’ve always adored her story, and I would love to see her as one of the Legends.

I’m also having this problem. Very disappointed, too, because I pushed through a bunch of the story at once and was really revved up to complete it, but twas not to be. sadface My necromancer chef wishes to offer bribery in the form of cookies. I’m not quite sure what necromancer cookies would be … but they’d be interesting!

I was wondering this too. I really liked the dialogue from Caithe, and missed it when I went through again on my fresh 80.

So, I’m doing map completion on my Norn Guardian. I had apparently missed a POI in Wayfarer Foothills, so I went back to get it. My map says I am 100% complete but I did not get a map completion chest, as I normally do. My character is level 80, if that makes any difference, and I am running on Windows 7 SP1. Halp?

So, I’ve done this quest before, and when I perform the actions to get the Sons of Svanir drunk and away into their tent, the green swirly toggle doesn’t change from the beer cart to the minotaur cage. I have no way to open the cage and free the minotaurs, and thus, no way to complete the quest.

I’ve tried a few things. I’ve tried restarting. I’ve tried reversing the order in which I serve the ale to the Svanir, I’ve joined in the brawl that happens, but nothing seems to work. It seems bugged to me, unless I’m doing something seriously wrong and missing it entirely.

Sooo… any idea where you get these?

How do you get them? Are they from Black Lion chests?

I noticed these, too! I would love to know where/how you get them. I know there are some time-limited items, and I hope this isn’t the case here, because I have no idea… if anybody happens to know, do tell!