Guild Wars 2

Using Polymorph Moa on … a Moa

hey at least it changed its color

i just hope they reduce the T6 mat gain for Trade Contracts

that was just insane how much T6 you could farm even with just casual play in the Beta Weekend…

RoseofGilead.8907:

Orangensaft.7139:

He didnt say that there currently ARE people with 40.000+ AP
He just said that he has seen people with 40.000+ AP

And that is very well possible since the salvage acheivement used to have no cap and some wealthy players abused it to get insane amounts of AP from it back then
Not sure if someone reached 40.000 back then but i have seen a screenshot fo 34.000 so maybe someone with even more money & dedication reached 40.000 AP ^^

That also doesn’t seem likely. No one in the game has ever reached 40k AP.

And, as we already said above, there are people who have over 35k AP right now, so, of course you’ve seen people with 34k or more. :p

I wrote i have seen a screenshot of someone with 34.000 AP back then
I know for sure that i was possible and has happened

But ofc this doesnt really help with the problem of reachign 39.000 AP since its a thing of the past and already fixed.
But on topic: I think it is good to have some true long term goals and like people mentioned we already have people at 35k ap and PoF coming up so it wont take too long until the first players get it probably

Bad enough that Anet completely ruined the PvP rank long term goals by making the previous rank 80 to rank 55 even though players already were at rank 72
That was one of the worst decisions of anet ever in my opinion…

So at least AP long term goals should stay as they are

Randulf.7614:

RoseofGilead.8907:

Doombringer BG.3740:

I’ve seen people with 40000+ AP :P

Seems unlikely, since the #1 spots on the NA and EU leaderboards are at 35000.

And to back this up, here is the link

https://leaderboards.guildwars2.com/en/eu/achievements

Disappointed in Malediktus though, letting NA be ahead of us by 8 points

He didnt say that there currently ARE people with 40.000+ AP
He just said that he has seen people with 40.000+ AP

And that is very well possible since the salvage acheivement used to have no cap and some wealthy players abused it to get insane amounts of AP from it back then
Not sure if someone reached 40.000 but i have seen a screenshot of 34.000 back then so maybe someone with even more money & dedication reached 40.000 AP ^^

releasing HoT stats to dungeons would have been such a nice thing

Perfect would have been 1 new dungeon with HoT
and 1 new dungeon with PoF
so casual players can get the exotic versions of the new stats in a good way

Still hoping anet reconsiders introducing new dungeons one day ^^

I get your point and agree with what you mean

but they should tweak some things … the bugged ones
I hope they can fix the problem of mounts getting stuck on so many parts of terrain :/
Like it is shown here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/6t7ltd/as_much_as_i_love_the_raptor_there_is_one_thing/

Ya after just a little casual play (spent most of my time climbing and glitching around)
i got ~150 T6 Mats

like WTF
Those trade contracts drop everywhere. .. Chests, Bones, Events, random Enemies
And you get tons of T6 mats for spending them at the Heart Merchants

Im sure i could farm 1000 T6 mats per day (or more depending on the time you can invest per day) without a problem if i was actually effectively farming those contracts!
Thats just insane

Wat

just keep on farming tickets… You still want the backpiece too or not?
Just because you want the legendary armorpieces even more now is no good enough reason for a refund

And just remember that you can farm tickets more than twice as fast now!

So just keep on playing the gamemode you enjoy and soon you will be able to buy the armorpieces too

It was just a display bug

when they changed the amount of pips you get from being 1st, 2nd or 3rd place
(+2 pips on each) the display adjusted but you didnt actually gain those pips

Yeh can’t wait to hear the Nightfallish but also new Gw2 soundtracks

Is there any way to buy the GW2 Core Soundtrack now?
Since Jeremy Soul is not delivering even when you paid him….

Or do i have to download it for “free” without supporting the game even if i want to?

Primal Burst Skills should count as lvl 2 Burst

… lvl 1 burst is just too little considering how many traits depend on it

Would still be a 33% nerf without completely destroying the old Warrior sustain from Adrenal Health & Cleansing Ire in PvP/WvW

you can still do it on Thief or Mesmer if you use the 1200 range blink as soon as you are on the big platform on top and then immediatly jump down again

Works as a way around for players who have a Mesmer/Thief and want it now

you get 20/month for free
you get another 6/week (24/month) from WvW if you play it actively
you get another 0-18 per day !!! from doing the 99 and 100 fractal cms depending on what drops you get from each boss (its likely to get at least 1 coin per day on average)

I think it is definitly enough and there are tons of players who dont desire the legendaries and sell mystic coins

The Weapons will most likely be the base version that allows you to get the nicer looking upgrade

So its not the final version that you see there

I dont know who it was but someone mentioned a Staff in the Trailer video that looks very similar to the Staff you can chose out of the Weapon Box when you preorder but it looks better…
So it will probably work like Machined Weapons for HoT
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The outfit on the otherhand … yeh .. meh
I too am disappointed with that one :/

Yup noticed many spots recently in WvW and a few in PvE that i could use before

It seems to be also happening in PvE and causing NPCs to take weird routes and pathing being problematic

Yeh but problem OP mentions is:

In the current Living Story we often have story parts that dont take place in the actual HoT or Living Story Maps but instead lead us to core zones for example because it fits thematically

Anet will never be able to make future Living World Story Instances in a HoT or one of the old 6 Living Story Maps because that would force people to buy HoT
Could be bad for the Story if there is no free choice for the story writers….

I guess maybe they can make instances that you get just directly teleported to from out of Lions Arch but that sort of feels like a bad way tbh

the best things you can buy:

• Bank Slots
• Shared Inventory Slots
• Copper-Fed-Salvage-o-Matic (put it in your shared inventory slot)

Apart from that i guess Inventory Bag Slots, Character Slots, Storage Expander (at least 1x) are nice things to have
The QoL improvements from buying all the things i mentioned is really nice

Yes there have been A LOT of areas in the game that suddenly became non-valid areas

Many port spots that always used to work suddenly say "no valid path*
in WvW, in PvP, even noticed it on my standard PvE bitterfrost route

At around the same time when all this started the WvW Desert Borderland Northwest camp got bugged too
The WHOLE area of the camp and around it had no valid path so noone could port there and also no NPCs could spawn there so the camp couldnt be capped either
That one got fixed rather fast because it was so obvious to have that white camp in WvW that noone could cap

But everywhere in the whole game world many other areas/spots became non-valid too suddenly and i think Anet cant possibly fix every single spot that they might have bugged with whatever they changed in that recent time
They would probably have to find out what did it and find a general fix

Please Anet take a look into it
I can maybe make a list with screenshots of all the new no-valid-path-areas i found if that helps

I have another Question:

When upgrading from the Ascended Version to the Legendary Version
Will any Runes inside the armor get destroyed?
Or do we get them back?

Guys

Why dont you all just let us see how it play out 2 weeks
and THEN make a constructive comment about it
Anet wrote that this will just be a test phase for now!

no sense talking too much about it before we actually know how it will be

Just 1 Dungeon per expansion would already be so epic

I can just hope Anet reconsiders it one day
Maybe if enough people show that they would like to have it

I know an Anet dev stated that its not easy for them to make backpacks dyable….

But there is a very easy solution to the problem:

Anet could introduce a new NPC that offers you to unlock the same backpiece in different colors vs a small price (could be gems too!)
So Anet themselves could just create multiple versions of each new backpiece they release
(Was thinking of : Red, Yellow ,Blue, Green, Purple, Orange, Black and White)

The gemshop wouldnt be cluttered with too many versions of each item since they are only shown at that new npc
Those other colored versions could have the tag to not be shown in wardrobe until unlocked so the Wardrobe would not be cluttered with it either

yeh i have had the same problem

Got kicked out of WvW for an update
And now it says i can’t access WvW, i can’t access Guild Hall, i can’t access PvP Queue
because a new Build is available but it doesnt seem to be actually available to us :/

Worked for me now after i closed the client again to test if i was able to patch

yeh noticed it too

i think the RI is actually 5 minutes but the timer for the info when hovering over the camp icon starts at ~4:30 already when the camp is flipped

Just a flesh wound.3589:

Normally I can see the upside for a company for a decision but this cuts the value of Black Lion chest keys. Getting tickets is a major motivation for buying keys and halving the value of the tickets means keys are that much less desirable as the buyer needs twice as many to get the same number of new weapons.

Right now I have 3 tickets that used to be worth 3 new weapons, and now are only worth one weapon and maybe another in some unknown future time. That’s a pretty hefty devaluation.

i have exactly this view

I guess Anet is hoping for people to buy even more keys now but as i see it you would have even less incentive to buy any keys now since they are worth only half of what they used to be…

Just a flesh wound.3589:

Yeah. I’ve been using a teleport-to-a-friend to get to the new maps and wait till the guides come out to do the story since for me, figuring out all those little tricks is more aggravating than fun.

why do you even play the game if its all not fun to you
That 1 puzzle is just a tiny part of the instances and you arent under pressure while solving it…. you dont even have to understand it you can most likely solve it just by trying

And why do you do the achievements if you dont actually do them but just use 100% guides so you dont actually achieve anything yourself…

I understand if some people use dulfy for tedious achievements if they tried and cant do it themselves or cant find the last hidden items
But people who dont even bother at all to achieve anything and just instantly go to dulfy
I dont even understand what they play the game for anymore

No fun if there is no challenge

Vinceman.4572:

I agree, although I’m a big fan of raids and clear them every week + having done the CMs with different groups this new fractal is more a “mini raid” than a fractal and it’s very sad to see content turning into the same pattern with boss – boss – boss and focus on the mechanics instead of bringing back a little bit of dungeon or at least old fractal feeling.

i think its ok like that

but i too wished for some dungeon like content…
But in an actual dungeon

So we can have the 5man raid like hard fractals
but also the more relaxed dungeon endgame content that you could repeat over and over

yeh not really sure what is meant by this as if dont notice any difference?

It has always been possible or not?

yeh like some people already mentioned:
Path of Fire/Flames
seems like a good possiblity with next episode being named “one path ends”
And the current story evolving to have something to do with Balthazar and Primordus…

Or at least something with “Path of …”

you can just craft the precursor like anyone else

And if you already have the juggernaut then you can just sell that precursor when done instead of using it yourself while still being able to keep the gizmo item
So you even get a nice amount of gold back

CptAurellian.9537:

I agree with Sublimatio, the avengers were a pointless mechanic anyway. There were just three ways to die to an avenger:

1. be a mesmer
2. be asleep
3. get stomped by someone else’s avenger

uhm….

How would being a mesmer make you die vs the avenger?

I thought on mesmer it is even easier to survive first stomp than on
Warrior, Necro, Engi, Ranger, Guardian or Revenant
Because all their interrupts can be blinded if unlucky (apart from the new signet)

But Mesmer has a safe 100% stomp prevention though (+ the signet on top)

I think the new system is not bad tbh

Just in the case of players not being able to get to the next objective because they get caught by too many enemy players on the way then it can be annoying

But there would be an easy and good solution for that:
If you get killed by an enemy player you get +30 seconds on the decay timer

That allows people to keep trying to push a close camp for example without sacrificing all their participation for it even if enemies defend it or spawncamp them

And i think it cannot be exploited because it just lasts 30 seconds and you need to actually respawn or get rezzed which again requires being active
It would just serve as a safety decay prevention if you are heavily outmanned and/or just get ganked continually

I guess the changes are oke… mostly just need to get used to the new navigation

But one thing really annoys me:
The hover-over popups … it is covering the page when i dont want it and blocking the things that i actuall want to click or i accidently go to the wrong page then

Please Anet just make a full mouseclick the requirement for those to show up

maybe it was a skill animation like the Elementalist Wateroverload that lets Asuras stay in the air for a while?
Or the Mesmer or Guardian Sword 2 Animation for Asuras?

Or did they stay in the air for a longer time?

There are no other Traveling items apart from the electromagnetic and the bloodstone ascender that just levitate you without having an item under you (like riding broom or carpet)
So it must have been one of those 2 or a skill animation

For PvP “melee tough guy” sounds exactly like Warrior
You can sustain yourself extremely well with Healing Signet + Adrenal Health (and regen food if you want) and you have access to Damage Immunity, Condition Immunity, Stability and Blocks while still being able to deal good damage in melee

All that with highest possible Max Base Life and Max Base Armor

For PvE it would be Warrior too i would say … even people usually aim for a more offensive builds for PvE.
But since you have that max base health & Armor you already are quite tanky

Guardian is another possibility but is not the “tough guy type” but more of a Paladin like defensive spell caster
Guardian has high armor but lowest possible base life!
They have access to heals, Blocks & defensive boons and can do very well in PvP and good in PvE
But i would suggest Warrior to you from how i understood your post
(fits the “melee tough guy” the best i think)

The race doesnt really matter at all tbh
There are a few racial skills for each race but they arent really powerful and only exist for lore & immersion reasons … take it as a nice addition

Some people feel like Norn & Charr are too big and slow and think Human, Sylvari & Asura feel more fluid and are also easier to play in jumping puzzles for example but apart from that personal opinion there is no direct advantage for any race
So just go for the Race that you want to try out the most

Yeh

Ascalonian Catacombs Weapon Skins are one of the best sets ingame
Too bad i cannot use it on sooo many chars where it would fit perfectly
because at night the weapon turns 100% blue and gets particle effects
(that may definitly look nice on some looks but just destroy the realistic look possiblities)

I wish we could have AC weapons without the glow too
And like OP suggeted a few more nice but realistic weapon skins
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They even designed realistic armor recently too… The Braham Outfit
But they released only the shoulder skin separately
the one piece which is the worst because it just looks good on the 1 shoulder…. other shoulder side has mega oversized wolfhead instead of a realistic cool armorpiece

Braham Outfit Gloves, Braham Outfit Boots would make epic Armorpieces that are already designed!
We dont even need 100% developed Armorsets
Just many more pieces that look good release and leave it to the players to mix and match without clipping which is barely ever a problem

Vova.2640:

Pretty much all they need to do is:

1. remove/lower pips from outnumbered buff.

2. give +1 pip per rank and make it so that those who are not even bronze yet can gain at least that 1 extra pip.
no rank = 1 pip
bronze = 2 pips
silver = 3 pips
gold = 4 pips
plat = 5 pips etc.

3. Improve loyalty/commitment. Those who are more committed to the mode should get more.
finished wood/bronze/silver last week = +1 pip.
finished gold/plat/mithril last week = +2 pips.
finished diamond last week +3 pips.

DONE. This way even zero rank players on dead servers (rip sos) can still gain like 3 pips (5 if they play enough).

also it is actually annoying how people come here now only to cry about getting rewards slower than those who played for years without any rewards…

This

And real WvW veterans still get enough more rewards from their extra rank pips

soooo If you manage to get every keep and tower in a map..

Then you just need to spam as much siege as you can at unreachable places within those towers and keep to prevent any enemy from building siege on that map anymore ???

Hey you had 4 years to practice and that dev most likely didnt practice equally in that time

I met that dev group too today and had 2 fun fights against them
1x won and 1x lost
Didnt even know there is an achievement to beat a dev in a PvP Mode

But i almost felt a bit bad for the devs when they get focused so hard while not having the chance to play all day and practice their PvP skills
Yes, they develop the game but that doesnt mean they have/can play it equally often & get as good as players can
So dont be so harsh on them if they run when they know that they will probably lose that fight… They just wanted some fun in WvW i bet and i guess 1vs1 duels arent fun to everyone (especially if you are not a top PvP player)

But they can always decide not to show their tags though to prevent drawing all the attention on them so i always appreciate it if they still decide to show themselves
especially on EU servers^^

“kitten your underwater legendaries because next expansion is going to be a desert”

:D

staff could maybe use a buff in PvE
but it is mostly just not viable for PvE because of the way it works since it is just a ranged burst weapon with little to do once you dropped the 4 marks…

And in WvW/PvP it is already in a very good spot and doesnt need to be more powerful
It was buffed enough when the cooldown reduction trait was made baseline i think

i actually recommend you to level your first char the normal way from 1-80

You can use the lvl 80 boost to get a feel of each class in the silverwaste testing area without permanently using the boost yet
Use it to decide for a class to play first
But then go and play that class the normal way so you dont skip the whole learning process of the class & the game

I imagine you could also be a bit lost at what to do when lvl 80 but still having no map exploration done
And doing lvl 80 content with absolutely no game experience can be rather demotivating too

• Player needs to be on the Server for 3 Months
• Player needs WvW Level 150+
• Keep & Stone Mist tactivators can only be activated when under attack

Wouldnt make sense for invulnerable dolyak to only be useable while the camp is under attack though for example
so that rule should really only apply to Keep & SM Tactivators

Go to the Dye Window
→ show locked colors
→ sort colors by hue

Then go to the Red/Blue colors and check every color that could fit in preview
It doesnt take too long, it is free and you can easily test every possible color that could fit like this
Just write down every colors that could fit while you preview and then chose the ones of those who cost less than 40g

I do think they should extend the training areas

The golems and Lord and all other training npcs standing around at the edges is just annoying sometimes
As it is now you cannot easily test high mobility skills (Warrior Whirlwind for example) without taking extra care not to rush over the edge and fall down

Overall i really like the new PvP Lobby but i too wish for a bit more space around & between the training npcs & golems

PvP dailies became better

But i agree that the PvE dailies could be reworked or there could be more than 4
Maybe a guaranteed Fractal/Dungeon daily every day… since that is what actual PvE Players do …
I guess there could also be 6 PvE dailies to make up for the all the different content in PvE since not everyone likes everything

you can finish the daily by doing the other 3 so i think it is okay

Just 2 things became better:

• Daily Farm custom arenas became useless and now you need to actually play PvP to get the PvP daily done
• You aren’t forced to play a class that you dont play well just to do the daily

It should be more prestige only stuff
(The current gold + other valuable stuff rewards can stay ofc but not more of those should be added and instead more immaterial prestige stuff)

Maybe things like:

• Special Emotes (like AdH / Zaishen in GW1) for 1 month
• Unique Auras for 1 month
• Make the Glorious Hero’s Armor that you get there more distinguishable from the Ardent Glorious Armor and the Glorious Armor Sets (maybe add a special effect like they did with the T3 WvW Armor) so players can show their prestigious piece of Gear

yeh it should definitly require only a 30 second dc to make lost games not count as a defeat

except for the players who dc so they learn to not play ranked with unstable internet
(and if it would have been an exception and they usually dont dc then it wont hurt them much)

ImdA.4701:

fishball.7204:

Monthly AT = where the pros tryhard

El famoso tryhard for 500 golds LUL
Noone will tryhard for this trust me

Its more like 1200g if you consider the 100g worth of mystic coins
+ three free choice Ascended Armor pieces
+ the other non gold values

And this is just on top of the already existing rewards in PvP so i dont really understand why you would see it as such a bad reward…
And now, since those tournments are every month instead of organized tournaments half a year like it used to be when Anet still did those, they are ofc not rewarding 10.000g every month
and those ~1200g value items are a good amount i think tbh

Maybe Anet could add something more prestigious to it since PvP players often dont even care that much for gold but instead more for something unique to show their achievements in PvP
For example:

• access to special Emotes like the GW1 AdH or Zaishen emotes for 1 month
• or maybe a unique Aura for 1 month
• or Anet could make that Glorious Hero Armor skin actually a bit more different than the other versions (maybe more similar to the new WvW T3 Armor with a special effect)

Or what exactly would you have in mind as a good reward?

Edit:
I guess Anet should probably increase the rewards for the daily tournaments since you need to invest so much time to finish one
Monthly Rewards seem fine to me though