Guild Wars 2

I don’t think that most siphon based builds will be running tons of shouts, with the possible exception of the heal, and then maybe 1 of the utility slots for a shout that fits the situation. I think with the whirls and leaps and siphoning we’ll end up benefiting more from wells especially with the ground targeting. This is specific to maximizing the siphon, though.

Josh Foreman.8250:

MagnusLL.8473:

Congrats on designing one of the most blatantly obvious (but still devious) money grabs I’ve ever seen implemented in an MMO cash shop.

Cranking the difficulty all the way up to “insane” for world 2 NORMAL mode, implementing an hard mode based on trial and error, reducing lives from 5 to 1, brutally reducing the amount of baubles with which you used to be able to buy continue coins, AND introducing the infinite continue coin which can only be purchased from the shop.

I’m assuming you already have the “real” world 2 normal mode ready to go live as soon as the bean counters think they’ve gotten enough money off all of this.

You’re brilliant, Josh. In a different way from what most of the people here are meaning it, but still brilliant

Josh, this guy is a kitten. Moving past the complaints which are BS in my opinion, I did buy an infinite continue coin. I paid 30 gold for gems. I don’t understand why people can’t make themselves do that: at the moment that’s basically the cost for one of the previous super weapon skins. Or, it’s like 4 hours of dedicated farming. Maybe not even, I don’t know. But it’s really not that big a deal. So the whole money-making argument is stupid and dumb and I still support your game-making decisions.

PS: In this case, kitten rhymes with lick.

I’ve done this once already and I’m doing it again: Josh, I couldn’t be happier with SAB. I loved the challenge and length of World 2, and am apprehensive but super excited about TM for world 2. I found World 2 Zone 3 long but fun and pretty straightforward with a friend (after we’d gotten the torch – again, no issues with hitting that wall. It’s right at the beginning). We spent the entire time trying to predict how TM would be. And the Storm Wizard was a very fun fight. Seriously Josh, it seems you’re down on yourself for making content too long and challenging, but myself and my guildmates do not think it is. Keep up all the good work!

EDIT: People also complained about some progression, and that there were mechanics introduced without warning and such. Maybe it’s because I hadn’t hit SAB the first time around, but when I went straight through NM World 1 and World 2, the progression was clear. I didn’t feel like anything was sprung upon me.

I just wanted to come in with some positivity. I missed SAB the first time around. I’m loving it this time around. And yeah, it’s kinda hard, but Josh I love the difficulty and the trial and error and the absurdity and I can’t wait to get to TM once I completely finish normal mode stuff. There’s plenty that is straightforward and easy (or at least easily learned) in this game. I love that this can be a bigger challenge. Thanks Josh, and keep it up. Couldn’t be better in my book.