Guild Wars 2

Super Hayes.6890:

Honestly I would have liked a long bow version of the storm bow for a legendary.

Imo storm bow looks….kitteny…I wouldn’t want that as a legendary.

I just had this crazy idea.I don’t like that much the minis but this idea can make minis amazing!
So why not releasing real sized MINI Human children,Norn children,Charr cubs , Sylvari mini-sallads and Asura “progenies” ?

Imagine how awesome would that be ,you can have “Take-your-child-elder dragon-killing Day!” It would be so immersive and I am sure it’s easy to implement,assests are already there and marketable as well.
You can have kids with normal clothes, armored,fully equipped and ready for battle,chef kids,pirate kids ,a bucket as helm and a wooden sword.

And you can give them some lines of dialogue like the Job-o-Tron backpack some animations and you create an amazing profitable “feature”. (if adding voice is out of question,i am happy with voiceless kids)

This would be amazing for RP(even if I don’t RP I can see the potential.)

What do you guys think? Maybe someone from Anet can share his/her personal opinion about it as well.

How am I supposed to level my alts if I have everything unlocked? Having to explore once more the maps ,for me , is one of the best things about creating alts.

Ranger here,almost since launch…guild leader….nobody cares if I stay at range or stack…because…guild leader.

Coming back with a new one.

Tenrai Senshi.2017:

My guardian. I kinda went for a bit of a Spartan Warrior type theme.

Spartan with a cold ?

Chicksboy.8734:

Hi all I recently levelled to lvl 80 warrior

I was wondering how do I make 1 gold a day effortless? I only have 45 minutes a day to play and I want to make the most of it and eventually save up for a makeover kit!

Thank you

Ronald

Tell me that you are on the EU server and that you need a guild ! If you do,let me know.

Arimas.3492:

Guild halls are pretty sweet but for small guilds they are very hard to level up. Any chance there will be smaller guild halls that cost less materials in the future? Or maybe make material cost scale with guild size? For a <10 person guild that’s WvW focused its a daunting task to level these halls.

All that can be exploited…

aniesia.4823:

flashy or not..
here’s my ranger and engineer :-)

They look so much alike.

Tengu and Largos my fav races.

hugo.4705:

I aggree could be awesome, actually the transmutation system is a real mess… need to transmute armors but no charge required for gliders… it makes no-sense, changing our appearance should be free. It’s just a PROFIT question to sell their crappy transmutation charges…

Gliders are from gem store only,wouldn’t be fair to charge another “tax” to use gem store items. Armors can be from the game.

DearlyMe.5320:

Like my norn ranger?

Welcome to the non-flashy group! Looks nice.

TheSlothArmada.6709:

My charr guardian in sentinel’s armor. . .
Not very original but that’s what happens when you are poor in this game ;-;
Weapon is Cobalt.

That’s a bit flashy…

I don’t like lights,particles,trails and all that comes with flashy items so my character looks…different.
If you like to dress for the job and not for the carnaval,let’s see your character!

Really? HA HA. I’ve always been a ranger ,almost since launch,even when the rangers were really hated and never had a problem doing any type of content and I even play “lazy ranger” build…signets and all. But in the same time..i am a guild leader…I create the groups.

I play whatever I want…I have females and males but I like to be immersed and my character to represent me so my main is a human male.

Ashen.2907:

Ive been hoping that ANet would consider delaying PoF’s release by a month or two (at least) to iron out some of the elite spec concerns. Perhaps a January 2018 release?

Dude dude duuuude….I might take assassination classes just for you…I really don’t want to…but I will have to.

Give me the PATH OF FIRE NOW!!!!! Can’t wait …really…I can’t! I want it!! My precious!!!

Whenever I play GW2 with my cousin,one of us has to say after a few minutes “Can’t wait for PoF to be realeased!”

Still better than HoT release since we had to wait a lot but the waiting is killing me…

In Balthazar Order we always do whatever,whenever.We have a schedule and everyone can join if they want.Everything is optional and not forced upon. But if you are sociable you will always find someone to chat with.In the almost 4 years of having the guild I met amazing people and we are a community but that doesn’t mean we have to spend the entire time together. The guilds are more relaxed than in other games.

4 years and 8 months in GW2 and still playing…it’s natural to buy it,i can’t think why not to buy it..

I will try to keep it short and on point.
I have played the demo extensively enough ,I think .
There are things that I like,things that I love and some things I can’t say I am a fan ok.
The things that I love are:
-The Mount –
The Raptor is probably the best animated mount I have ever seen and the movement feels so natural,even now if someone mentions the word “mounts” , I get overhyped.The mount doesn’t need strife or any movement tweaks and we do not need gathering while mounted,that’s immersion breaking. Great,great job animation team.
-The City-
So many npcs and it feels organic and lively.The funny dialog between the Awakened merchant and I think is a Priory member,the band singing,the dancing npcs,fighting red vs green Cactus Melons (forgot the actual name of the race).
-The Race-
I hope we will have many races because that’s really fun and actually it works well technically.

The things I like:
-The mobs-
The hydra mob,now that’s a challenging fight even if I am a ranger and everything seems easier for us,the sand sharks,melon cactus ,great models, great animations.
-The Dessert-
The desert feels like a desert but in the same time feels populated enough not to feel empty,the pyramids,i had fun climbing to the big chest and I wanted to climb even the bigger pyramid but I don’t think that is possible at the moment
-The Bounties-
The bounties are nice,makes you feel like you are killing them because of something not only to go around killing bosses just because.
-The Music-
Great music as always
There are a lot more things that I like but if I continue I will never stop.

What I didn’t like:
-The unidentified gear-
It is a great idea for the inventory space but you have to separate exotics and maybe rares from it,let the exotics and rares drop normally.
-The Fire-
The fire at the raptor mount where you have to do the event to get the raptor,now that’s a low quality fire,maybe it was intentionally made like that so the FPS doesn’t drop much,i don’t know.
-Raptor bugs-
I found several bugs with the raptor.One of them I call it “chimera”,the ranger pet and the raptor fuse with one another and you get a raptor with the pet stuck inside the raptor,it can be fixed by mounting the raptor.
Raptor getting blocked by stairs,raptor getting blocked between stairs and some other

Overall this was a good demo and since it is a demo I guess there will be more events on the map when it will be fully released so I can’t say anything about the lack of events.
Even if I like HoT,this has the potential to be 100x better.

Mounts are awesome! The motion sickness group is a minuscule minority don’t make it look like is a majority or even a significant minority.I totally agree to add a slider or an option but not to change it!

Sikil.9817:

I’d like to add my voice to those asking: dear ANet, please, please don’t nerf the raptor animations for everyone.

It’s quite simply the most beautiful animation I’ve seen in a videogame. I must have spent at least half an hour just jumping up and down and chasing my own raptors tail in Amnoon. Whilst giggling.

I’m sure a solution can be worked out, maybe a cut-down animation could be placed behind a “reduced mount motion” check box? (Or the full animations placed behind a “full mount motion” check box? Us players are happy with lots of configuration options by now, right…?)

Last night I was on Skype with my cousin,he saw and used the mount for the first time…we both had a nerdgasm on how amazing the mount animations are. If they change it,not only there will be a huge backlash but the work of the people who developed the mounts would be pointless. I can’t say I agree with the fact that it shouldn’t be added something to help the ones with the problem but in the end if it can’t be done without modifying the mount ,it should be left the way it is.The majority should not suffer for a minuscule minority.I know it sounds bad…but I think is the right thing.

Another ss.Come on,looks nice,don’t you think?

I have never seen a better animated mount in my years of gaming. I LOVE IT!

What I see here is people not being able to do it because of their personal problem(latency or lack of skill/patience) not the issue with the actual point.
I love it and it took me 5-6 tries.
I hope they will implement mastery points like this more often where you have to do something for them not “commune with this…”

SirDrygan.1823:

Already did. Still have motion sickness.

Has the issue been researched before enough to know how to fix it and what sliders to implement and since the motion sickness seems to not be triggered by the same thing for everyone,can the issue be fixed for everyone? Because if there isn’t a “common” fix for it,how can ANET even implement it?

SirDrygan.1823:

LolinaOtone.4196:

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I like the mounts, but it is causing me motion sickness every time my character mounted when trying to turn, the screen moves too fast and when the mount stopped, it caused something that caused the dizziness.
But you clearly are downplaying an issue and still downplaying it now. You only want it as is because you are not affected by it. But many are affected by it. Some people here clearly have slight motion sickness, they just aren’t affected much by it. however, if this issue is not fix, it could affect them too in the long run. Sliders and options are only good if people knows where to find them or even know there is a problem with it.

Let’s say a new player comes in playing PoF….. he/she doesn’t know about this motion sickness thing. They played for 5 minutes and gets a case of motion sickness. They stop playing take a rest and come back again. Played another 5 minutes, gets another case of motion sickness…….
what do you think their impression of the game will be?
Are you going to blame them for not looking at the options first before playing?
So yeah, having sliders and options is not the best solution. It is a solution, but not the best. There has to be a solution where people don’t need to go through the forums and wiki’s to find out that there is an option to make mounts less motion sickness……..
Tell me how does that work in the long run of things?
Everytime a new player with motion sickness due to mounts gives feedback at the forum, you and the other 1001 forumers who thinks ANET can do no wrong will tell them “Check the options, there is a sliders/option there to make it less motion sickness.”
You tell me.

Sry but I haven’t checked your posts,have you tried fixing it by changing stuff around ,sliders etc?

Nyraxx The Necromancer.1728:

Hello, I am asking Anet for a form of mounted combat that is weaker than dismounted combat.

We know that this is already the case since mounts have less health. Perhaps it might be worth it to allow us to cast our weapon skills while mounted, or let us sue our underwater weapons while mounted, but block our utility skills. Or give our mount combat options while remaining mounted. The reason I ask this is because it is quite annoying to have to dismount to deal with weak mobs. I don’t this would be a game changing function because of the mention points, where unmounted combat is far stronger than mounted combat.

Finally, For those who are thinking about this, please keep the PoF loading screen, with the armor character riding a raptor while wielding a spear. in mind. Thanks again.

It takes less than a second to dismount…not a real issue.
Mounted combat is one of the things I don’t like…

Looks cool!

This should be an optional feature!
It is more immersive and it looks cool!

SirDrygan.1823:

LolinaOtone.4196:

It would be really sad to see this organic and realistic expirience gone, because of a few People with motion sickness. That said, there should be an option for the ones with MS, so they can enjoy the game too. For me even imagening the raptor moving like it does and then coming to an instant stop just makes me a bit nauseous. That wouldn’t be the solution. There should be sliders or options for those affacted, but please don’t break the mounts. It truly felt wonderful.

FEW PEOPLE?
People are giving feedback about it left and right, and you are saying “FEW”?

It’s a big issue. Even some say they are feeling slight dizzy but no motion sickness.

Are you trying to downplay it? The whole point of this preview weekend it to let people try it out and also see what other bugs and problems before the actual launch.

Not many have the problem if you consider the community size and you can’t have something removed because 1-5% of community is bothered by it but if there is an option that can minimize the motion sickness I am here to support it but if something has to be removed for a small percent to be able to play properly I think that would be simply selfish…

The bounty system is just a side thing,once everything will be released it won’t feel so important and tbh I like it to be little disorganized because it will feel just like any world boss if we get a timer.
Meta event…it’s a demo.
Raptor….hmmm I got stuck once only just because I jumped there…if I would have jumped better….

Xuro.5861:

I want to begin with saying that I enjoyed the new content but I do feel there is room for a few improvements to make it even more enjoyable.

The good:
- Mounts and their animations are very well done.
- The story instance felt already better than LS3 instances even though it was relatively short.
- Very easy to navigate on the map, found everything within minutes.
- Always active events which will make sure the map won’t feel ‘dead.’
- Amazing visuals all around, especially the water seems to be improved a lot.
- No technical issues or bugs, very smooth experience.

Room for improvement:
- The bounty system seems solid although sometimes a bounty is pretty much over by the time you get there. A spawn window/timer where we can gather before the event would help I think.
- The raptor ends up stuck on a lot of slopes and small objects, feels very awkward when running long distances.
- There doesn’t seem to be a meta event which I personally dislike as I believe that the only reason that HoT maps are still this much played is due to their meta events.

I want to address one concern separately. The size of the new map. In 1.5 hours I finished 67% of the map (the full demo I think) without extreme rushing. The first map doesn’t seem to be much bigger than the previous maps. I hope the other maps are larger than the current one.

Mine is not so dark skinned but i made it to look a bit more elonian.

I am the arm of justice ! I will purge and cleanse the corruption !Fear me as I am the clock ticking your life away!

I have to give it to you ANET,the mount animations are one of the best mount animations I have ever seen,so fluid and natural! Thank you and congrats,you outdid yourselves.

I have 3 Rangers
3 Warriors
2 Guardians
2 Thieves
2 Engineers
1 Mesmer
1 Elementalist
1 Revenant
1 Necro.
And my main human ranger is the only played,the rest are manequins.

Balthazar Order [Gods] is back from the Mists.

Some details about the guild:
-New players are always welcome.
-Created on November 14th 2013.
-Half a year with minimal activity.
-Knowledgeable Guild Master(have to get up to date with some builds etc.).
-Taking the game seriously but in a fun and relaxing way.
-Friendly towards any gender,religion,nationality (we are all Tyrians).
-Drama and negativity towards others is forbidden.

Requirements to “apply”:
-Active
Being active doesn’t mean you have to play until your face melts,it means to be sociable with the other members,be helfulpful and interact with the others and play at least more than 10 min a day.
-Mature
When I say mature I don’t talk about the age,mature means to think in a mature way but in the same time you can be childish when appropriate.
-Devoted
Devoted means that I would prefer and like for the members to be devoted to this guild and have this guild as their main guild.

We focus mostly on PvE but planning on having a PvP team as well.

A guild with history, had our highs and lows and there is no better time for Balthazar Order to come back when Balthazar himself threatens our home.

1st I want to be able to have any asura player as a minion…then we can talk about Charr mounts.

ImLegion.4018:

I understand now why the release can be this fast.. No new WvW map, No new PvP, No Dungeons, No Raids, No new class, No new Race. Just a new PVE map, mounts, new class specification and that’s basicly it and that small thing for the same price. This expansion is just a big money grab for giving nothing.

It’s just a big bucket of air.

It’s nice to see that you’ve played and finished the content delivered with this expansion. That was a “sneak-peek” not a release note trailer.

You made a mistake in the topic title…what’s with that “Not”….?!

They had a different game director then (if I am not mistaken). I think the expansion price it’s ok without including HoT and I totally agree with the changes and hot can be found pretty cheap.

I really like the idea of buying waypoints,it’s already easy to go around just by walking and for people who like immersion,like myself, having one waypoint just let’s me explore the map and go “on the journey” without having the shortcuts(if I choose not to buy them).
I would love to have only 1 waypoint on every map,it is more immersive,at least for me.

I love it,the new map looks nice and it’s nice to go back to Orr! I can’t say I liked the dialogue that much and the story was kinda short.

Do you need skins to access content or do more dmg? I see no problem for the price change,Anet has to make money and you are not forced to buy those skins…why do you even care if you say “They look ok I guess but they don’t look THAT good”?

BTW…it’s kinda clear that some of you are just cheap…

So where is the problem? Anet has to make money and it’s not like you are forced to pay for that..and if you say “They look ok I guess but they don’t look THAT good” why do you even care?

I’m all for new races and I love Tengu! What’s else to argue about ,you either want it or don’t! Don’t come with ridiculous arguments or even good ones against it because it’s not like us(the Tengu lovers) will be convinced!

Zedek.8932:

Excelsior.

I often would turn off the PC, lights, put my pyjama shirt on and brush my teeth to go to bed – and read in the Wiki of both GW1 and GW2. When I heard some FF14 guy talking about “great storytelling” I almost chocked on my own laughter when I compare it to all the background in GW and its universe.

This game has a great set of races to play with and a bunch of great writers and well-executed ingame scenery makes this game so awesome. I am tired of this JRR Tolkien bullcrap of WoW or Sci-Fi stuff. The Final Fantasy series is just repeating itself and calls it “fan service” and turns into some ridiculous TV show-esque opera soap, I mean, Jesus Christ.

Guild Wars is great in that department.

I played some of GW1 been playing GW2 for almost 5 years and a few months ago I started playing FF14 and I can tell you that FF14 story is amazing. GW2 and FF14 for me are the best mmorpgs story wise and I can say that FF14 story is kinda better than GW2 but GW2 story is more unique.

I was just watching the movie and saw GW2 product placement at the beginning…made me smile a bit.