Guild Wars 2

Day 3. still stuck

My situation:
-i did fractals the 1st time yesterday[i’m lv1]
-finished the story TWICE
-joined a l6 6 group and finished all the matched [killed maw]
-i got 6/7 for monthly fractal
but…
-i’m still lv 1
-the game forces me to do the story!
-i am still 0/1 for daily fractal

BUMP. Need solution!

the daily isn’t a big issue with me because the day is almost up anyways [my timezone]

The problem now is that i am stuck with “story” regardless how many times i complete it[i even have the achievement]; and worst of all, i cant increase my fractal level.

@dalent, today is my first experience with fractal and i only have one same character doing it the whole day. i relogged and replayed quite a few times.

finished story 2nd time, still stuck with story when i try to enter fractals. which means i cant increase my fractal lvl as well???

so kittened up

My situation:
-i did fractals the 1st time today [i’m lv1]
-finished the story
-joined a l6 6 group and finished all the matched [killed maw]
-i got 5/7 for monthly fractal

but…
-i’m still lv 1
-the game forces me to do the story!
-i am still 0/1 for daily fractal

What am i doing wrong? Or is this a bug?

arjun.9025:

Glad you brought that up Orion. In my time playing, I’ve yet to come across a single bot. So kudos to Anet for taking care of that problem so thoroughly.

Imagine back then when i saw 20 rangers mirroring each other or a group of naked players. ;D

Cooking is way more complicated than ascended crafting.

Ascended crafting is also not the main content. SAB is.

Oh, and in the beginning (GW2) there were a lots of bots.

Edit:
my mistake ^^"

Vayne.8563:

stof.9341:

One thing for sure, the Dark Matters are NOT something I’d get naturally over time as people play the game. Those you need to get out of you way to grind.

You can do anything to make money, buy cheap exotics off the TP (there are plenty now) and salvage them to get the dark matter.

You can salvage those CoF and Karma lvl 80’s as well if 1.5g is too rich for your blood. Don’t forget you also get ecto and crafting materials.

arjun.9025:

Vayne.8563:

Great post, OP and a much needed change from the normal forum infighting. Glad you’re enjoying the game and good luck in sticking with a profession in the future (says the guy with four mains and 6 80s. lol).

You’re my hero Vayne.

Will definitely post a follow up once I get to lvl 80 and start Dungeoning.

On another note, I’d love to hear some stories from the veterans about their beginner days. What was GWII like when it was a wee little baby?

Do you mean GW1?

Basically lost of trash talking between luxons and kurzicks.

Battles were smaller scaled, so less lag and interrupts were used to counter spells and attacks. Assassin are discriminated against in PvE while everyone wants 2 monk party members.

Heh, i would have preferred ascended weapons to not be account bound though. Having 8 avatars means i have to “discover” i ton of exotics

Did the hard Southsun one and got 3, then Cof path 1 got me 20+1.

Here OP, good luck

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Empyreal_Fragment

We only do it for the achievement.

No, they are all equally useless. Weaponsmith, artificer, and huntsman might be usefull now because ascended gear are account bound but you are probably very far from that.

The price of T2-T4 wood and ore will probably rise soon so you might want to sell them instead of crafting.

daros.3407:

I am done with you. You are pure demagog (this is not offence) and it is imposible to do constructive debate with you. You take every my word that everyone else uderstand how it is and put to form as you need for you arguments.
,,Now you say…..Now you claim….now you forgot to mention…..
I am only repeating to you what i said already 100 times. That you need Ascended weapons for fractal. Everyone know why. Only you need more and more explanation to use them for more and more demagogy.
You reminds me terminator…….You cant kill people! Why? Becouse of…..! Why? Becouse of this! Why? I already told you becou of….Why?
I am not going to react on any other of your posts.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/demagogue

Its probably for the best bec*a*use it is impos*s*ible to u*n*derstand what you are trying to convey.

daros.3407:

Orion the Cursed.1206:

daros.3407:

Every fractal player runnin regulary 30+to 40+ fractals wanted to do 50+ even fractal but they could not. Now they can but they are forced to farm for it. Yeas they are forced becouse without those weapons they have no chance killing Jade maw on 50+.

The amount of stupid here is pure gold…

You: “I am forced to grind so that i can grind but i cant grind without grinding first. I don’t want to grind to grind but the game forces me to grind. Please let me grind without grinding because i wont grind for it.”

Who said i want to grind? I want to enjoy hard contend that 50+ fractals with maw can give me. Like i said Fractals are only progresive PVE content in game. I would be farmer if i would like to run regular dungens all over again but fractals are different. And i want to enjoy its progres without farming. That is what they promised us. ,,No doing boring farming to get to fun staff".

Spoiler, lvl 50+ fractals wont be offering anything new. If you REALLY want to SKIP the content so much, just SELL your CORES and BUY A LEGENDARY.

Problem solved. You are wellcome.

Dude, don’t get so hung up on what they “promised”. I have some misgivings as well but either enjoy what you have or do something else you like better.

daros.3407:

First of all everyone who needs those weapons for fractals needs it becouse he has already full ascended trinkets……This is simple logic.
And second of all you could do even 81 fractal even if you never did a single fractal it is enought to have one player who have that lvl in group.
Your arguments changes nothing. At some point every fractal runer is forced to grind and farm ascended weapons. It is unavoidable for everyone who is runing fractals. And becouse fractals are only progresive PVE content in game, almost every PVE player is forced to farm it.

Lol, now you claim everyone who needs the weapons already has full ascended trinkets. What happened to not being able to play the game? Sorry but just like you dont need Ascended weapons for fractals, you dont need fractals for Ascended weapons. All Ascended weapons do is make it a little easier.

So you are angry that you cant just jump to the hardest content? And you claim you aren’t acting entitled? Haha, not surprising.

Finally for “And becAuse fractals are only progresSive PVE content in game, almost every PVE player is forced to farm it.”, you would be surprised to know that only about 10-20% of players bother to farm fractals.

daros.3407:

Every fractal player runnin regulary 30+to 40+ fractals wanted to do 50+ even fractal but they could not. Now they can but they are forced to farm for it. Yeas they are forced becouse without those weapons they have no chance killing Jade maw on 50+.

The amount of stupid here is pure gold…

You: “I am forced to grind so that i can grind but i cant grind without grinding first. I don’t want to grind to grind but the game forces me to grind. Please let me grind without grinding because i wont grind for it.”

Orion the Cursed.1206:

And in MANY other posts i explained to you that YOU DONT START AT HIGH LEVEL FRACTALS.

You get 15 AR for FREE.

YOU CANT DO HIGH LEVEL WITHOUT DOING LOW LEVELS FIRST

I’m sorry if the game doesn’t address your special needs

… such as spelling, grammar, and the ability to start counting at 1 instead of 45.

And in MANY other posts i explained to you that YOU DONT START AT HIGH LEVEL FRACTALS.

You get 15 AR for FREE.

YOU CANT DO HIGH LEVEL WITHOUT DOING LOW LEVELS FIRST

I’m sorry if the game doesn’t address your special needs

daros.3407:

danielrjones.8759:

sounds very much like someone who never had to “earn” something on their own, been handed w/e they want/need and now something comes along which requires effort and time. As someone said, time is money. If those who do not wish to invest their time as other do, to acquire something, simple put. They do NOT deserve it. Still amazed at how many people abound in entitlement.

There is difference between farming and earning somethin you just want becouse of its nice look and something you have to have if you want to participate in future content.
They dont give us possibility to not farm, that precursor like chance of ascended drop is nothing. They force us to gring our gear that we need now to do even fractals or be stronger in WvW and in future they will surely add more content that will require ascended gear.
I have no problem for farming on my own choice. It is my probblem if i want that skin. But i am not willing to farm for gear to be able to fully participate in game.

Not enough? For you maybe, since skill and tactics mean nothing to you.

You claim it’s not enough yet when they give you 2 additional infusion slots which nobody needed before, you rage about how they are forcing you to grind.

In conclusion there’s no pleasing you.

daros.3407:

Orion the Cursed.1206:

You are the one that has never done fractals. Perhaps if you try listening and learning… Maybe if i use caps…

You start with LOW LEVEL FRACTALS and you can use masterwork gear to beat them. 1-10 LEVEL FRACTALS DONT HAVE AGONY.

AFTER THAT, YOU GET DROPS THAT GIVE YOU AGONY RESISTANCE.

FOR FREE! FREE! FREE! FREE!…

And to what lvl? 45. Is that enought to do high lvl fractals (50 and more)? No it is not!
I will gladly look how you will try to kill maw on 50 lvl with 45 AR without any bug and exploit.

Don’t think i didn’t notice you avoided your mistake by saying all fractals need AR gear.

People have been doing it BEFORE ASCENDED WEAPONS. kitten all you want, but all we need are normal exotics and fractal drops. Perhaps the problem is with you.

You are the one that has never done fractals. Perhaps if you try listening and learning… Maybe if i use caps…

You start with LOW LEVEL FRACTALS and you can use masterwork gear to beat them. 1-10 LEVEL FRACTALS DONT HAVE AGONY.

AFTER THAT, YOU GET DROPS THAT GIVE YOU AGONY RESISTANCE.

FOR FREE! FREE! FREE! FREE!…

daros.3407:

Orion the Cursed.1206:

daros.3407:

But i am not willing to farm for gear to be able to fully participate in game.

Wait! You mean we cant participate in the game without Legendaries or Ascendeds equiped? What have we been doing for the last year???

Hight lvl even fractals maybe?……..

You start with low level fractals and you can use masterwork gear to beat them. By the time you reach “high” level fractals, you can at least afford exotic gear (2g per piece). Think about that.

As for your other concerns, all new Living Story content are do-able with low level characters. Harder content are always optional.

daros.3407:

But i am not willing to farm for gear to be able to fully participate in game.

Wait! You mean we cant participate in the game without Legendaries or Ascendeds equiped? What have we been doing for the last year???

Pwnzor.5682:

Why should that be so expensive? i know its a legendary, but why are all the precursors so high in price? all of them went up with 200-300g on 1 week time :o

Because its a gold sink. If you cant afford a luxury item, don’t buy it.

Uther Deathhand.1570:

Tiger Ashante.1792:

Well thanks all for replies, i guess it’s as i feared that after 300% they’ll be useless unless they bring something out to use them in the near future.

And yea i didn’t u know you can upgrade them, that is good to know.

Well not many of us really salvaged blues and greens before this anyway. Also as someone else said unless you specifically buy blues and greens you will not max out any time soon.

i bet the amount of points you need to up a single level between 200-300 will be ridiculous. Perhaps millions for that 1%.

“Or you can just buy it from the trading post.”

^ i did this for Settler’s as well.

Please share with everyone anyone that can post which color corresponse to which preffix.

I know berserker is red and celestial is opal but thats it. I am specifically interested in toughness, condition damage and healing(white?) but it might be helpfull for other ascended crafters to have the info for their as well.

Thanks.

Both account bound on acquire (craft) and soul bound on equip.

mine was still there yesterday after the patch.

I voted for Evon because Kiel is boring. Evon lost, I got over it. The end.

Congrats to the people who voted for Kiel.

Zaxares.5419:

Still better than smashing pinatas. XD

Better than 50 sonic device as well.

Living story are meant for people who can devote their time to it. Missing a few isn’t the end of the world.

The schedule isn’t great for me either. i play 1 hour per day, and finish the living story on the weekend (1 day). Some people have already finished all the new events and i haven’t even started but it doesn’t bother me. Don’t do it if you don’t think its fun.

DPS warriors are good for the majority of the PvE content and farming because most of it is easy. Once you play harder content or PvP, you will need survivability and cc.

anzenketh.3759:

A little more direction would have been nice on where to go however.

Sorry, can you let me know where to go? I was at the CP and i cant get the opening ceremony and visit CP achievement.

I doubt they will have a use after the 5th. The whole point of vote tickets is to vote, not saving them.

Dawdler.8521:

Orion the Cursed.1206:

@dawdler

PERMANENT cripple.

Yes, and? Its still removed by condition removal.

It’s unfair? It’s broken? If you want to argue that conditions should be permanent than go argue that fear, stun, daze and knockdown should be permanent as well.

Buy amulets first.

Rings and back are cheaper with fractals. (i use laurels because i dont do fractals)

Accessories are cheaper with guild missions. (i use laurels because i dont bother with guilds)

You still will have to work for the new ascendeds so it makes no difference.

@LordKuru

Marnik never said to keep adding skills after the first increase. After adding new skills naturally they will balance it accordingly. The second set of new skills shouldn’t occur till 2015 or beyond.

k thanks, cause i noticed it 1 or 2 weeks ago and it was still there yesterday.

Wait, its on purpose? I just posted about it in the bugs section….

Edit: nvm. its confirmed as a bug. OP, you know the previous complaint was that GW2 endgame was event farming Orr and other areas were empty, right? So, now they use dailies and Living Story to direct us elsewhere. 2 months ago, Southsun was full, now….
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@dawdler

PERMANENT cripple.

Zindrix.1750:

Minos.3450:

marnick.4305:

Minos.3450:

Or simply revamp some mobs my reducing their health bar and increasing their toughness so they are more vulnerable to condition damage instead of direct damage.

makes sense. And remove defiant.

Though I agree they should do something to make cc more viable, they simply can’t remove defiant because boss would simply be chain cced to death without any chance to do something.

Actually…..that might require a little more effort than a zerker build spamming 1 with their face on the keyboard.

Seriously, you guys know they can only do that in CoF 1 right?

ocfallwind.4821:

I’m just concerned about the dungeon armor sets. Will they practically become “skins” after ascended armor is out? Or will we get a way to upgrade them into ascended.

Probably skins. If you want to retain them, just transmute the look into ascended armor stats.

No different from the cultural armor now.

if they just upgrade them, who is going to work towards Ascended gear. Ascended gear should also take longer to acquire compared to exotics.

bri.2359:

Orion the Cursed.1206:

We dont know that but we know one thing, having a choice is better than none. More skills = more builds for both PvE and PvP.

IMO, a choice between bad, worse and terrible is not a choice …

I never played GW1, but have played GW2 since launch. There is nothing over the past 11 months that tells me more skills will be ‘better’, particularly for rangers and engineers.

If you think more skills will be a magic bullet that fixes the balance issues, then I am afraid you will be very disappointed …

because you know the new skills will be worst? You have played gw2 since launch and every time they added new skills it got worst huh? You mean that one time that they added Mistfire Wolf and no new skills since then?

also you didnt read past that part did you? Please quote where i said it will fix everything? i specifically said the OPPOSITE thing!

Empressium.5482:

hey guys where’s teh negative or downvote button?

Heh. Only moderators have them.

Lord Kuru.3685:

Latorn.4209:

Lord Kuru.3685:

That’s why Anet should follow the Magic: the Gathering model (Type II/Standard) where skills expire as new ones are added. Thus there is always the same number of skills in the game making it easier to balance while the game stays fresh as new skills are routinely added.

Moreover, this system allows Anet to be more bold in introducing new and interesting mechanics since they’ll all expire in time anyway so damage to the game from such experimentation is limited.

As it is, Anet already can’t handle balance with the traits and skills we have now, there’s no way they’ll be able to balance with more traits and more skills. It seems Anet learned absolutely nothing from their experience with GW1.

You want SKILLS to be temporary content now? We’re talking about SKILLSSSSS a core feature of the game? Could it get more controversial than this? Just wait ‘til all the players come whining to the forums about being upset that they couldn’t play when skill “so and so” was active and their class was OP. >.<

LOL… good point. If this had been implemented in game when it first came out there would be less resistance. Nevertheless, despite the inevitable rage, I feel it’s still the way to go; adding more and more skills is just asking for an unbalanceable situation no matter how skilled Anet is at balancing.

All i can say is thakittens a very ambitious plan. They would have to come up with a whole set (hundreds) every change and we would have to adapt every time.

In mtg, we have to buy (pay for) our cards every time often but in rpg, this will mean we have to somehow re-aquire our skills every change. Not to mention change our builds. Mtg didnt start rotating standard until they hav too many cards they wanted to ban from tourneys suck as black lotus, Mox, and dual lands.

Just a suggestion since i don’t have legendaries yet.

The people with legendaries when the patch gets implemented should get 1 free (account bound) change item per legendary

or

Make all items with legendary skin have purple stats when the patch gets implemented

Of course it will carry forward. Expect to know the results next month but don’t expect it to have an effect on the other living story so soon.

People are having fun campaigning for their candidates.

Evans.6347:

Orion the Cursed.1206:

but GW2 doesn’t have enough skills to begin with. Incase you haven’t noticed, GW1 is not the same as GW2. playstyle and even the development team is different.

Guardians have 4 shouts, 3 of them defensive. Warriors cant kite. Thieves have next to no support, etc..

Half of the builds, and 1/3 elites dont work underwater.

Saying no to new skills doesn’t guarantee that they will focus on the current ones. It just means they should stop working on improving the game.

That’s what we need, underwater only utilities and elites!
Seriously, somehow I can see this happening =/

I didnt say “underwater only”. How about some wells and traps that work for both land and underwater huh? I can’t swap my traits everytime i jump into the water.