Guild Wars 2

Probably you are right. Ready my addendum. I loved chrono and it was a lot of fun to keep up quickness eternity during stationary boss fights. But I am glad not being only support in the future.

I came a long road and despite being a rather dedicated player and a GW player since over 10 years now, I must admit that some people are just so DETERMINED with dedication that my comment seems so utterly superficial and casual that it hurts. That’s it, it really came down to this. I don’t really go so much into detail.

I just copy the PvE meta on my characters and that’s it. I am not that much into theory and synergies, so maybe I just don’t see it. I just checked all the traits and built my own idea of what I wanna do on build constructor and it seemed fine. I don’t had the feeling it was so different from other new specs.

In this sense: chill guys, it’s a game and in the end you should have fun to play it and in the end it comes mainly down to your own skills to win (yes, I am aware of tier lists in a lot of games).

Oh that said: I really only played it in PvE for like one hour, so of course I’ll have a more detailed opinion after PoF release. further notice: people are creatures of habits, meaning we are so used to dodge that we think it is better than something else. Give it time, I am sure we get used to it. It’s a rather deep going change to the mechanics we know since 5 years.

What exactly is the problem. We get a powerful dodge replacement where you can use casts and aren’t vulnerable, the lack of dispalcement is made up by the buffs you get like superspeed. We also get new ambush skills and there is with axe 3 and one other skill I think the option to finally make your illusions targeting a different target. Also you can boost your clones with this trait: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Infinite_Horizon Which makes your illusions make using ambushes (by gaining mirage cloak).

Also the idea of not dodging is that in PvP other enemies won’t see you dodge to further confuse your enemy. It was pretty easy in PvP to see the real Mesmer when s/he dodged.

I play Mirage, I had a lot of fun playing it. Watch WPs video, it really shows a lot of synergies etc. I don’t know why Mirage has such a negative backlash. If I never was in the forums, I though everyone is excited about it. I first planned to max out scourge but I think I go with Mirage be cause it was so much fun.

What is this post supposed to tell us? Legendaries get done daily by the community.

I agree that it is marketing wise a bad idea to let you pay 50-90€ and then they ask again for money. At least you have the option to use in game gold to turn to gems.

theodor.3480:

Is it only me that always crashes in dragon’s stand or are there other people. Usualy when doing the ds meta i put everything on the lowest setting but still crashing quite frequently. Any advices? Thanks

I think I crashed once or not at all, and I did about 50 runs in DS.

I see the complains now and remember the TEMPEST being one shamed class before release. Only to be one of the most popular and powerful specs this game ever saw after the HoT release. Remember my words. Mirage will be back to full POWER (of love and passion).

People are just acting immature towards the fact that the mirage didn’t have any new F-skill and/or other mechanics.

I did it and it took me about 3-4 weeks to complete. If you haven’t done any achievements it will take you a vast amount of time. First to unlock the trinket collection itself and then all the living story 3 associated achievements for the items you want (though you can get those form PvP or WvW rewards, which I only did for the Bitterfrost Achievements since the boss achievements are really annoying if you play solo). Other than that it’s not hard and you will roughly need around zero to 1000g depending of how many mats you already collected.

Oh and there is one thing: Start with this as soon as possible, be cause it is used in one of the collections and it’s time gated (you need at least 16 days to complete):

http://dulfy.net/2017/05/04/gw2-druid-stone-achievements-guide/

Bio Flame.4276:

What do we care about mounts in the old maps anyway? We have waypoints.

…waypoints that are sometimes far away, and then – like all – you will use speed buff items which use up trait or utility slots. Finally we can get rid of it due to mounts.

Do I get that right? We only get greeen unidentified gear and this may contain everything from green to exotic? It is not rarity specified? Please tell me there are rare and exotic unidentified gear. Otherwise we will miss out a ton of ectos? Aside from that, it is a huuuuuge convenience as it won’t clutter your inventory with a kittenton of useless sigils and runes.

VanHalenRules.5243:

The more different things you do in the game, the more enjoyable the game can be imo. As someone who is not in a guild, and HATES pug grouping for small group things (can’t stand seeing elitist kittens insult others over skill level and what not)… I miss out on fractals, dungeons, raids, pvp, and even more organized wvw play. Yet, I still find gw2 has more to offer than any other game I’ve played. And we have PoF coming out.

So yeah, I’d say the game is worth trying again 100%.

Seems rather your perspective. Elitist != being adaptable to overcome harder content. If your really miss out even lowest level fractals start to work on your playstyle (if you wish to do this content) given you are only missing it out be cause you feel everyone else in a group is elitist.

My opinion to OP’s question: After I burned out with HoT (maxed out and did a legendary after a couple of months) I mostly quit playing and only played sporadically. Though I always logged in for the new story chapters. I also finishded the new legendary trinket Aurora yesterday and for me it was rather fun to do (expect that timegated druid backpack from Draconis Mons…).

The new expansion looks promising and I like mounts so in my opinion they learned from the mistakes with HoT – especially content wise.

I only played the following in PvE (which I mainly play):

- Scourge: 9/10 fun lore and interesting mechanics. Fun to play. I plan to max this out at first. It felt a bit squishy though and the barrier cooldown is way too fast. I seldom could make great use for it.

- Mirage: 8/10 fun lore and interesting new twist with the dodge mechanic. I also never felt underwhelming damage wise. Since it lacks dodges there are a lot of skills to teleport with new utilities.

Further I played the following during the class beta:

- Spellbreaker: 5/10 rather underwhelming though I like the animations, but can’t say too much

- Firebrand: 8/10 nice animations and lore. I like this one so far.

- Soulbeast: 7/10 looks strong, but somehow I don’t like running around with a constant stench cloud around me and it feels a bit off.

- Weaver: 6/10 I am sure it is fun to play, but its overwhelming amount of skills and complexity may turn off some players. Also sword feels a bit weak.

- Deadeye: 7/10 looks and feels fun to play. Not sure how it works out in PvE though.

I play both – male and female characters. I only had an open mind for different things – different than I am. That’s why I also like to take the opposition in like Horde in Warcraft or make a female charr. It’s called ‘role play’ and to play a female doesn’t make me uncofortable (I am male). It’s a point of aesthetics. Like you like to watch a kitten female ninja fighting off some thugs etc.

Jade Shards drop very good imho, also there is the priestess thingy during the night and the mini dungeon where you can get another 8 or so.

Fire Orchid Seeds dropped good for me, had more than enough during the henge backpack thingy. The real problem are only the Bloodstone Rubies. I am glad I finally finished Aurora and don’t have to go through this ordeal again

Nice thread, most of my chars are non flashy, but I use a lot of legendary weapons, though not all.

Sly.9518:

Offair.2563:

Get some boosters and you are done in 6-7-8hours top. Try to complete as many dailies as possible and consume the potions. A full track is roughly 75 of those.

Edit; Horrible typos.

It’s 6-8 hrs without boosters, with Boosters it’s between 3-4 hrs to complete.

Also there is a way to get the GoB without ever doing any WvW besides going into Spawn and purchasing an item for WvW Big Spender it’s Called Karmic and Ley Line Converters.

So either do 3-8 hrs of WvW or due the Converter method that requires zero WvW.

3-4 hours? I want to see that. I use boosters and it takes 7-8 hours easily and I am mostly on tier 6.

You are too late. Got killed regularly when HoT was fresh two years ago. But check LFG, maybe you find something.

Damage and completely OP bosses is something I wonder in GW2 since years. The developers still think, if they absurdly overtune the damage output of bosses this is fun and challenging. But it’s not.

The whining again. This forum’s community is so predictable, now I am biased and when I start to play Mirage I wonder what the whining was here. Remember the Tempest before HoT release? Same whining etc. and it became one of the most popular classes…

Who the kitten cares what some dudes want. It’s their guild, they can accept whatever they want.

Use WvW reward track booster from guild hall and the XP booster, so you get 316 every five minutes on Tier 6. It takes about 8 hours to do so. No big deal. I usually do that in 2-3 sessions.

Menadena.7482:

ProtoGunner.4953:

I am European and I tested it for like 1.5 hours. No problems, only 5.5 hours of sleep though

I had a blast to finally try the Scourge in PvE environment, was a lot of fun!

Was it just me or did the scourge seem awfully squishy in PVE? Maybe it was just my build but I am now rethinking rolling one in 3 weeks.

Friday now so hopefully you Europeans can get some extra sleep today!

You are right, had the same feeling, something was off. I felt much more tanky in HoT. Everything else was good though.

I am European and I tested it for like 1.5 hours. No problems, only 5.5 hours of sleep though

I had a blast to finally try the Scourge in PvE environment, was a lot of fun!

I disliked the fact they put down the mursaat threat so easily. They finally made a reappearance in episode 1 and 5 episodes later they’re dead and gone for good.

Do escort, it’s easy.

I never understood why people are willing to pay so much for a stupid aura. They look kittenty and stupid and are in the line with all those ridiculous crappy wings people running around.

My 5 year old PC has 16GB RAM, how do you even want to try this today with 4GB? Don’t you have a friend who is giving away a better PC for free? We do this here often.

You can perfectly/easily solo the story. If you have problems I suggest you gear up properly and learn the game mechanics.

Yeah, this is so frustrating, I just did the WvW reward track for the gloves to get the Aurora stuff. Of course I wasted first time to get all the other achievements…

No, they are really not hard. Hard is Demon’s Souls, Devil May Cry where you lose your progress or you have to redo the whole boss fight. You even can return to battle in GW2. What the heck you doing wrong if you even can’t do it?

Not that much stuff actually, but at least we know we get LS4 pretty soon after release. Anyway, I am still on that Aurora Trinket, so I don’t need that many features. Still wish we had some more accessible 5man content than fractals.

I wouldn’t pay more than 100g for a dye. That’s ridiculous. Check some that are cheaper. You can do that if you have lots of gold to waste, but you are are a new player and you will eventually get the buyer’s remorse.

VampyreSix.8316:

This thread is a reminder that not everyone can afford some gems and are mad at other peoples toys. Nothing really to see here.

An option to turn off other people’s backpacks? Why dont we just have an option that makes everyone but you into a basic npc so you can feel like a real hero.

EDIT: Also, I will make sure to wear wings all the time now.

That’s BS. I spent a ton of money on this game, but not on those ridiculous wings. They look silly and out of place. Besides, you can easily turn gold to gems to buy the wings. Not that expensive.

Go play Super Mario Galaxy to learn how to orient in a 3D environment and then play Bloodborne or Dark Souls to learn how to die and overcome challenges. Then play GW2 and you notice how easy this game is. Players these days… deconstructing the gaming industry since 10 years. I remember the 90ies where there weren’t any masses who complained about the games. Instead you contemplated and asked yourself: what can I do to get better? Stop the whiny kittening and entitlement and overcome the ‘challenge’.

Silver Moons.1372:

Reasons why I haven’t bought the new expansion:

- I have only recently come back to GW2 after 3 years. I’m pretty much clueless about what has happened story wise. I’m pretty surprised that the majority of content is untouched from when I left and it seems whatever is new is in the xpac.

- I originally bought GW2 for around(probably a bit more) $20AUD (Physical Copy) when it was first released.
The price for HOT alone is around $37.82AUD and the upcoming expansion is bundled with HOT for $63.04AUD. For me it’s just a turn off for these expansions to be over the base game cost. But now the base game value is suddenly 0. I feel like Anet should at least give some sort of trial period to their expansion to see if it’s actually worth getting.

- From brief research I found out that there was some sort of outrage with HOT release for existing players because around the time GW2 was going F2P. If I’m not mistaken there was a possibility for existing players to “refund” their game and basically get a free upgrade to HOT. And this is only for digital purchases. I assume this was a limited time thing and again – I feel somewhat cheated. I bought the game like others a physical copy which I’m pretty sure I still have yet I’m not entitled to the same. It’s just somewhat unfair.

What I find bad about the expansions:

- Class skills/specializations : I dislike that it’s ONLY available for HOT users. It’d be nice if it was the new class was for the HOT expansion and the specialization update was available for all; else allow it to be unlocked for those who had existing accounts prior the game turning F2P.

- Gliders : I thought this was just odd seeing in GW2 very odd. I still don’t know what to think of it. I’ve only seen it’s use in a jumping puzzle in Lions arch that required the use of the glider. Why that JP is in a “F2P” map I don’t know. But thank gosh there are HOT Mesmer that are willing to cheat us through <3.

- Story restrictions : Literally am restricted to getting story content. What if I just paid for the episodes can I just get into the relevant map instances for the story? No. I HAVE to have HOT. To me it’s just a turn off to returning to the game and being excluded to such an important aspect to the game.

Sorry for any errors or if some parts make no sense; somewhat tired but was looking for threads related to HOT.

Er, dude… you clearly never played an MMO. It’s totally normal, that’s why it’s called an expansion.

I remember the outrage when they announced tempest before HoT release and then it quickly gained attention and people loved it. Later the same people complain now if it gets nerfed. Just jump the predictable and contemplate a bit. They just bring it in line with the rest. Ele was OP all the past 2 years, everyone and your mother knew it.

It’s always the same: class is op, it gets nerfed, people complain, they get used to it, they even forget it, they adapt. Next change: rinse and repeat.

I understand that they probably want to go for condi damage with the weaver. At least it looks like this if you see the middle trait line which focuses on damage.

Still – in my opinion Ele should always be a direct damage dealer. Not only I think this is a typical role a classic RPG mage should work but also that I have to – again – make another set of ascended armor which a) clutters my inventory and b) takes time and effort to make.

What about raids and fractals introduced with HoT? Anyway, I think 20€ more is really not much. I really would buy it.

Some convenience stuff everyone would like and has been asked tons of times since the beginning:

- optional side bars for food, utilities, gizmos etc. No one likes to open the item panel to find the right food all the time. It’s just a lot of convenience. Nearly every MMO I played had this. Why not GW2?

This has to come. It is annoying and ancient. Even GW1 had build templates. Same with UI – let us change the UI and add additional side bars for food, gizmos, minis etc. (I bring this topic every couple of months).

Race would be nice but it is simply cosmetic (racial skills are a joke) and flavour. Compare this to the huge amount of work (adding all armor skins etc.). Maybe next exp. But I still wonder why they haven’t added any new dungeons. Why are they denying them so much? I loved them back them and I know a lot of people who want them. To me dungeons were always a highlight in MMOs…

Also… not any additional new weapon? Hm probably a feature for next exp. I see where this is going

@Dashingsteel, I understand your point but imo it is a bit ridiculous to complain about something that you don’t need anyway. It’s like you complain about a bad airline you heard about but you never used it.

Anet is not that amoral. They had time constraints with the original style of generation two legendaries; they were just too complex, so they made them easier, without the ultra long collection quests and left us with exactly four legendaries which have them (nevermore, astralaria, hope, chuka and champawat). MO told us in a long post, they will put them on hold until they re-introduced the new ‘style’ of legendaries with much less complex inter-world connected collections.

I am not sure weather they haven’t finished the designs of all of them or they now release them in small parts even after the new expansion – which isn’t the best move imho, because peculiar people like Dashingsteel who sees a conspiracy and cashgrab behind every corner are kittened.

Another vague complaint in which the OP will likely never mention the true meaning of his complaint.

I second this. I appreciate the idea that they want to challenge themselves and introduce new mechanics with every new map. But it’s just too much. I just want to do my hearts and get along with the mechanics we have.

I assume OP has a bad internet connection and it took some time to download for the new content. I can’t complain; it took like 30s to get the ‘playable’ and another 2-3mins to download it completely.

Join a training group. Experienced groups want to do the content and not try the same boss over and over.

I don’t like the Disney’esque childlike characters in LS3. They should stick to more mature content. If you played The Witcher you know what I mean. Even GW1 had more mature story although the voice acting (Shiro…) and movements of the NPCs in the cut scenes are beyond ridiculous.

It would be great. Not that I would play an MMO on console, but it would make a lot more sales. But anet is famous for not having the manpower and the ability to make such changes: we basically still play on a modified GW1 engine with DX9 which is more than 10 years old. Imagine that, it’s beyond ridiculous. Even the forums here are ancient and they can’t/won’t update it, be cause the developer doesn’t exist anymore. So we are still stuck with the well known forum bug and the not working search function… simply beyond ridiculous and absolutely incomprehensible for a company that produces ‘AAA’ games.

I assume they won’t release infos or at least not all the infos be cause the HoT expansion underperformed and the actual playerbase is pretty low. Typical company policy. Look at WoW: after the population fell drastically, they just removed the ‘active player’ news completely.