Guild Wars 2

I see absolutely no issues with dueling. I think it’s always healthy to gauge your abilities against friends before being tested on a larger scale. It’s also fun. The good thing about dueling is it’s initiated and accepted by invitation only. You can’t just randomly go up to someone and smack them with your mace.

Now, for gear check evaluations like Gear Score. I absolutely despise that system. I remember those toxic days in WoW and I don’t ever want that to come back. However, I don’t mind sanctioned gear inspection. By this I mean, if this feature can be toggled off/on in settings, it would allow for sanctioned gear inspection rather than an kitten Gear Score#. Sometimes I do want to know what FOTM specs or runes/sigils are trending. Sure, you could just chat-link items but who’s to say that item is what’s really equipped and not just in their bag-of-swag. Plus chat-linking is time consuming and spammy. I know most gear and build information can be found on the web but it’d nice to see it in game without being hidden behind skins.

So in conclusion for the TLDR peeps:
-Dueling: Yes plz
-GearScore: NO
-“Sanctioned” Gear Inspection: Yes plz

Call him META so every time u die in pvp its that much closer to abolishing that word.

TLDR most of the responses. It may have been mentioned already but I think the best way to implement mounts would be to make them consume resources. Basically you have to feed your mount for it to move. Similar to FFXI did with chocobos. This way it isn’t totally game breaking because you have to farm or craft the vital materials.

Not everything in the world can be META. I know the use of the word is not new but never before has it been used so frivolously. Everybody in chat equates everything they have or do as META lately. I wish that word would just die already. The word is entirely overused, like SWAG, TWERK, and YOLO.

So there’s my rant, I hope it was META enough for you.

I’m so sad right now

It’s confirmed! Anet sold out to NCSoft’s demands and shut down the game! dun dun duuuuun!

Rift’s first expansion releases on November 13 and with Trion’s (the devs) track record I can only assume it will be awesome. The reason I bring this up now is that it seems GW2 is having early trouble with approval rating. I just wonder how many of us Rifter’s (those who have already invested in vanilla Rift) will leave once the Storm Legion expansion is out.

I personally like GW2’s fresh approach to the mmo genre and its alot of fun to play. However, with the current bugs and negative feedback its getting on the interwebs I just wonder if its worth playing when it cannot possibly compete with Rift’s dungeons, raids, battlegrounds/warfronts (debatable), armor design, boss/mob design, addons, mounts, gear stats, holy trinity (yes, I said it), dynamic events on a much larger scale, character spec flexibility, pve and pvp factions, ENDGAME, and much more…. The most appreciated thing about the game has got to be Trion. They just rock and with Storm Legion we will see player housing, more class types, more raids, and a world that is triple the size of what it is currently.

To be fair I realize GW2 is new and hasnt been expanded yet so I will point out some advantages of GW2 over the current version of Rift. I really believe GW2 has better music and sound fx (debatable), questing is very “convenient”, better exploration, character model design (un-geared/naked), mob AI (artificial intelligence), travel system (debatable), slightly better crafting system, better dye system, crafting mats collection, and I’d have to say I really like the cities especially Divinity’s Reach. The only non-debatable advantage is the Sub vs. F2P model. I know, I know; apples and oranges but free is always good

As far as GW2’s WvW, I think that’s where GW2 can thrive. Rift pvp is great and with the recent addition of Conquest (3 faction open world-like pvp) some love it, some hate it but Trion has captured the feel of massive pvp. If and when the ques are more manageable I believe that WvW pvp will be potentially better than Conquest and will continue to create and maintain a fanbase. This month will be the true determining factor for me whether to continue playing or shelve it right beside Swtor and Tera.

I just logged out of the game just now while in combat because I just cant take it anymore (at least for tonight). Just a bunch of hax warping around the map pew pew’n everything. I know this topic is so worn out but the game just feels cheap now. Its on auto-pilot with all the bots completing everything before I can even get there so why stay logged in? Even if I reach the event before its ended I find myself assisting the bots to complete the event. That’s just wrong and very awkward. I used to stay logged in to wow and rift for hours and hours until the morning even. I just cant do that with GW2.

the bots are recharging their batteries

amen brutha! I feel the same way

I dont think these folks even care about getting banned so why not be named Wangiiii. I thought Aion was bad with botting until I started playing this game. Reporting exploits in Aion gave no results but that game is almost 5 yrs old now so who cares. Its almost 2013 and its now obvious that reporting exploits is as useless as me reporting my car stolen to a police officer. Sure they may find my car a month later but in that time 1000 other people’s cars have been stolen. I see no way for Anet to fix the botting issue without somehow invading the privacy of each and every account to sort out real from fake. Maybe during logins and periodically during gameplay they will have us complete a complex math equation to prove we have organic brains LOL.

I love underwater exploration but i H8 the constant aggro (especially in hi-lvl waters). The invulnerable thing is just insane and the uber-fast respawns are annoying, etc… All this has been said but I must really express the point that if there were a bit less aggroing mobs swarming and more passive ones the combat would be tolerable. Add more challenging exploration with unique puzzles that produce hidden treasures or rewards. Underwater karma quests are the ultimate nightmare omg. I think the underwater skills are innovative but only work well 50% of the time lol. Placing underwater skillpoints right beside vets and champs is just evil for light and medium armor and requires grouping sometimes which isn’t always doable (maybe with a LFG system it would be). Maybe mark the champ/vet skillpoints on the map so we can prepare. Off topic but what is the purpose of the commune skillpoints anyway? I assume its just lore.

Tharjax.9068:

Odjin.8530:

Tharjax.9068:

Odjin.8530:

Yes it is possible to still love a game with bugs. Its not the bugs that’s killing it but the lack of attention in a timely fashion to the bugs that’s killing it. I’m sure they will be fixed but in today’s standards for mmo gamers time is everything.

Fixing things takes time, haven’t you ever fixed something in your life? Have you ever worked on a car and something that should take 2 hrs ends up taking about 4?

There are a lot of people who have unrealistic time frames for the devs to make these fixes and don’t understand how difficult it can be to do these things.

ever played Rift? no? ok, no worries. The reason that game is so great is not just because its a quality mmo. No, its because of Trion; the hardest dev team I’ve ever seen. Time is everything and they realize that. They jump on bugs like Raid and thats why I still play it.

I understand that but you cannot compare and apple to a watermelon, Trion may be able to fix a bug in “Rift” quicker, but it also could mean that ANets programming is more complex.

I understand the complexity issue but since we are using analogies; why build a ship with no sails? A huge undertaking should not live beyond its means. Remember this is Guild Wars “2” therefore they have had plenty of time to strategize, prepare, and add sails to the ship before it sets sail.

Tharjax.9068:

Odjin.8530:

Yes it is possible to still love a game with bugs. Its not the bugs that’s killing it but the lack of attention in a timely fashion to the bugs that’s killing it. I’m sure they will be fixed but in today’s standards for mmo gamers time is everything.

Fixing things takes time, haven’t you ever fixed something in your life? Have you ever worked on a car and something that should take 2 hrs ends up taking about 4?

There are a lot of people who have unrealistic time frames for the devs to make these fixes and don’t understand how difficult it can be to do these things.

ever played Rift? no? ok, no worries. The reason that game is so great is not just because its a quality mmo. No, its because of Trion; the hardest dev team I’ve ever seen. Time is everything and they realize that. They jump on bugs like Raid and thats why I still play it.

Yes it is possible to still love a game with bugs. Its not the bugs that’s killing it but the lack of attention in a timely fashion to the bugs that’s killing it. I’m sure they will be fixed but in today’s standards for mmo gamers time is everything.

Soulwatcher.2604:

You got it all wrong bots are hard to spot which is why they hired a team of experts to solve the problem. I would say there doing a heck of a job so far wouldn’t you?

NO

These bot accounts could be a bit more creative dont you think? I mean really, if you see players named “Jkjkjkjkj” or “Nklhnbggohh” 9 times outta 10 they’re bots. GW2 gives the most freedom of any mmo on name creation and these bot account derps are still relying on auto generated gibberish making it so obvious of their intentions. Sorry if you are a real player with the name “Jkjkjkjkj”. In your case you are just a bad player for choosing that name on purpose. The sad thing is no matter how obvious the name, the attack repetition, or camped position, or the emotionless stare they give lol, they are still swarming this game like a disease. I would say just look for these dumb names and start reporting but honestly you cant stop a roach infestation by just killing the roach.

This is a great game and its a lot of fun to play but bugs are running rampant right now. I completed the story questline a couple weeks ago and received lvl 20ish gear rewards for killing Zhaitan. Thanks lol!! This is the true test of a game’s longevity. Even though this is a F2P game lets be honest; most of us have purchased something from the cash shop so the old excuse “its free, don’t complain” just doesn’t apply here. Anet has done a wonderful job creating this game and I just don’t wanna see it fall into that familiar death trap other recent mmos have been victim to.

Trion (Rift) has the best bug response team in the biz so far. I wish other mmos would follow that trend.

Soooo many bugs right now its not even worth listing them one by one but here’s a few; Skill points down in many zones (Vigil Keep, Beetletun, Brigantine Isle, and more), many escort events paralyzed, missing npcs (Lion’s Arch), constant “this content server has been temporarily disabled” message when killing in Lawen Ponds, etc…

I don’t know the server reset schedule but I can only assume it hasn’t been done in a while or maybe that’s not even the solution. I just wanna play some GW2 guys.

oh yeah, is it even worth reporting bots anymore? The problem is only getting worse.

Please excuse my sarcasm, just a bit frustrated is all

Don’t you just love getting that Champion down to 10% and then….“Invulnerable” right before it resets to do it all over again? I know some of this is caused by kiting mobs close to leash points or bugging mobs out by attacking from unattainable positions. However, I find that certain attack chains and underwater battles are the more common situations for this to happen. It’s frustrating not because it happens but because it happens a lot. I hope this buzzes the devs to improve this.

The botting and exploiting is out of control in this game. I have reported many bots and characters exploiting dynamic events and auto-pathers farming materials. I’m not sure if those characters have been banned or any action has been taken yet but the problem is only getting worse. Today I saw the most obvious bot/exploit in the game thus far; approximately 5 or 6 characters all stacked on top of each other in Stonesledge Draft auto-attacking with class combo skillchains at anything that moved. I mean C’MON ARENANET!! Its killing the game!! BAN THESE BOTS NOW!