Guild Wars 2

For people who don’t know, here’s a full break down of WHY lore lovers, story buffs and general players of GW2 hate Scarlett.

1. We have no personal connection with her in our ‘personal’ story. We as a player just get to watch her muck things up and clean up her mess but nothing ever directly affects the world for more than two weeks. She’s an annoyance more than a villain. Bad guys of other games are busy raising elder gods of destruction, overthrowing kingdoms, dooming the planet and otherwise killing off large populations of people while Scarlett is doing a little jig and summoning creatures that get their metal butts dismantled before they do any real harm. The only reason we as the player stop her is for the sweet loots.

2. She’s very VERY poorly written. From any stand point. 1302 AE is the first appearance of the first born Sylvari, we are not told but are pretty sure she’s not a firstborn as most of them seem highly regarded as plant people royalty. This puts her to be at most 20 years old. Not only does no one know anything about her, even the pale tree herself the ‘mother’ of all Sylvari never mentions this possible threat at any time. Seems like something an all knowing mother tree would give a hint about. That also means in only 20 years time Scarlett managed to graduate from all 3 asura colleges, travel to the home cities of all the other races, become accepted and lean all of their trade secrets (warband leadership for Charr, great hunt for norn, her own Wyld hunt, and whatever it is humans do…join the army?). As an example Asura are put into pre-classes for their colleges as prodigy (children) so young that one class is ‘nap time’ Asura train their whole lives to be part of a single college. The greatest mind of their race, Snaff only graduated from one. And what’s even a worse kick in the teeth to the pre-set lore is that she ‘saw’ the eternal alchemy? That god like magic to the Asura, the thing they have been trying to understand since their creation? Yea she just kinda saw it for funsies. I would complain even if it WAS an asura who managed it in such a cheap way.

3. Going along with everything stated above she is NEVER mentioned before the Queens event. Not a single bit of info is given by any NPC of this grand master of all races. No matter what town you go to they say and do nothing to tell you that anything in her story ever took place. You would think SOMEONE would know something. If anything a pretty prominent Asura died and even he’s never mentioned. It was only less the 20 years ago.

4. Her existence removes all threat and care from the dragons. It seems that Anet staff care more about her story than the DRAGONS that have been awoken and now seek to suck all the magic from the world. I haven’t heard a thing about them since the whole sunless re-boot and that lasted less than anything Scarlett has done. They write her to overshadow everything and everyone in the game, yet nothing in the game after these events ever represent that.

5. Her mechanics are tired. She summons things for…some reason? We fight them, they die and she laughs. Every time they have the chance to make her likable, relatable or even remotely interesting they just put a holo of her somewhere and a voice over saying creepy rhymes and then poof. ‘Scarlett did it’ is all we get. Leaving us asking ever time. “WHY?”

6. In many instances there are much better, pre established character villains that could be used to great advantage. Speaking on the new frac, Kudu. The Asuran ‘leader’ of the inquest would have pages of reasons to cause this type of mayhem. He’s done it before and always has a good if not evil reason to do so. He is loved as a villain by so many has a believable and at times emotional backstory and best of all his anger is at times relatable. Who here hasn’t been ignored or pushed aside even though you’ve had great ideas and wanted to throw that anger it peoples faces? While people will say ‘oh he died’ that’s not confirmed and would be even cooler with a great ’this is who I escaped! story to go along with a run.

7. Unless she has some mind blower ending to all this nonsense it will have been months of pointless patches and story that went nowhere. I know some people like her and that’s fine. I liked her at first to removing the horrible writing of her backstory and the copout plot. But over time we just keep getting the ‘wait and see’ build up for things that make no sense and no one wanted to begin with.

If you like her that’s fine, but this has gone on long enough. I would love it Anet listened to it’s players because it’s scary to see posts on tumblr of people down right quitting the game and just giving up.

Berelious.3290:

Once a server reads a “full” server population it does lock down, so you wouldn’t be able to transfer to it. The best you can do is keep an eye on it and once it changes to “high” try and move over.

What I mean by ‘lock’ is does it stay at full even if it’s not.
But this still does answer my question so thanks ^^

The Mist Wolf is great low level because he hit’s lower level mobs hard enough to make a difference, can at times summon babies (dawwww) to do AOE damage. And it’s the first one you get which is super helpful so you don’t have to save up for another elite (free is good!) But later on it’s just far too weak to be of any use and the other skills will scale far better. And the Sylvari Wolf seems to be the same way, alright low level but no one really uses it for a reason. Moa seems to be the top of the pick.

I’m trying to get onto TC to do WvW with friends, I have more than enough gems and am able to transfer to other non-full servers but even at non peek hours (3-5am EST) It still seems like it’s full. Though it goes back and forth from the bottom of the list to second to last.

Are their good times to try and get on?
I know they up the server population around events but it doesn’t seem like it went up this time.
Do they lock down after a while and never change from full?

Okhu.7948:

Did you stop and think, maybe I should report this guy instead of posting their name on the forums?

I was not the one who found the screen it was a friend of mine who did indeed report them.

I wasn’t clear on the rule and if it needs to be taken down or the names blurred so be it I’m fine with that. Sorry about posting the names. Didn’t really mean to shame just one person.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

You can transfer to any server you like, NA or EU. There are no region restrictions except when first authenticating your account.

Thank you very much, my friend must have been bugged for a bit.

I was able to do this before the payment was put in place and very simply too. I don’t ever remember having an issue transferring in the past but I’ve been told that you can not transfer from an EU server to an NA.

I live in the NA and moved to a EU server (piken square) to play with many of my EU friends who have since left the game. Now I’ve made a few new friends but they are all on Na servers which I am unable to guest to, is it possible for me to transfer servers over region? I check the FAQ section and I believe it said you could but I’m not sure how dated that is.

I’m fine with paying and have the money to do so, I just hope this is an option for me otherwise I would need to delete my account or simply buy a new one and lose all the progress I have to be able to play with my new friends.

Someone told me they attempted it but were unable to move. It may be a bug or the fact that they don’t live in NA but I do so I don’t know if that matters. I just really don’t want to lose everything…..

Any help would be great thanks!

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And while asura do see relationships as a mind to mind ideal. You’re smart and I’m smart screw gender. They do also romance each other and speak about appearance. A great example during the Dynamics asura story line Kazz and Doxa are a very tight couple. This is complete with Kazz ‘pitching woh’ and his lover and stating about how pretty she. The two do focus mainly on the intelligence of the other but the small attractive inputs are there.

And the mother of all is that Anet is not only lazy but is heavy handed with gifting humans the best most attractive armor that fit in with their story and lore above all other races. Human females that is.

This is very easy to see in Charr: See this wonderful example
http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1isd48/i_want_to_share_the_agony_of_charr_armor_and_how/

If we go by race what would work best for Asura?
Very VERy functional gear. This means things that play to the asura’s physical capabilities over gender. Things like robes and hoods are exceptional as we see MOST asura wearing long robes to help movability of such small legs, and the hoods covering ears or keeping them tucked away safely. And as we see clearly tier armor shows best what asura would find highly functional and desirable in their clothing. Things that use alchemy and their advanced tech in everyday wear as to help productivity during work.

And the very least issue is, just STOP making every female armor in the game sexual and we won’t have to worry about NOT skinning some races and classes with others because it would be ‘odd’ or weird. My dress should have a front to it, explain the point of ARMOR that doesn’t cover my groin? Why are my boobs about to pop out of this heavy set? How come my leather armor looks like bondage gear? Why does that guy have the same set as me yet his is a jacket and mines…a bra? THIS has been an issue for years and I was hoping that GW and Anet would be a bit above it all but apparently not.

That was long winded but I think I covered each issue to the fullest. Please feel free to add to this if you like.

TL;DR
Easy fix for uneasy sexual depictions- Cover with cloth texture in future gear
Documented accounts of female asura and gender differences are evident
Anet has been lazy and ignores its own lore in gear design.
And best of all, stop making porn star outfits to begin with and we would have this problem! Did we learn nothing from the huge blow up years ago in WoW?

Here’s a full break down of most peoples complaints and ‘fixes’ to the whole asura issue.

I understand where many are coming from when you look at asuras as a race. Mostly the females can be taken as child like creatures with flat chests and stubby legs. Though the human females DO have hips and are curved with female features unlike the males who if you pick that option can be rather buff for such a small creature with bulky upper bodies, large shoulders and large upper arms. If you look at the nake body of a female asura or male with the armor glitch you can see that their bodies are pretty far from a human beings.

There are a few ways Anet can fix this issue however. Adding a Bandoo like strap over a female asuras chest to hide what could or would be perhaps nipples or small breasts is a simple one. Or if they way filling in the holes where skin would be showing with a color option or cloth texture. This can all be done on upcoming armors rather then going back and fixing old ones.

Now here is the thing that I find a bit funny. People are up in arms about the idea of ‘asura looks like children its sick to put them in such sexual armors and outfits’ when other games much like Tera online can get away with making outlandishly sexual outfits and putting them on REAL adolescent bodies. To the point that it was ‘censored’ (I use that term lightly) in the US. Replacing panties with ‘shorties’ and using thin see through cloth rather than showing full bellies. Example bellow.
http://www.gamebeholder.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Elin.png

So that whole issue is a bit out to sea since there are simple fixes that have been done in other games to remove sexuallity. If not the idea ignored all together.

" Asura don’t really care about sexuality. " This is understandable as we do not see much mention in sexual attraction from one asura to the next. But the big deciding factor in this is indeed the hairstyles themselves. Unlike the Charr who do have different hair for male and female, BUT the differences are so multi gender that you could put a female hair style on a a male charr and have little difference. Asura females however sport things like clips, ribbons, braids and buns. While male tend to go for a more functional look, less flashy and depended on accessories. Context wise this would lean into the idea that female ausra do indeed take the time out to look like females vs male. And male go out of their way to look more male. With the exception the shared 3 pony tail and bald. The wrap hairstyle is also different from male to female. Female has thicker hair and the wrap around the forehead has small ornaments and beads rather than simple cloth.

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Let’s not forget that Anet was being praised for removing that grind, or the anger that came from other mmo’s.

Because they force it on you in other ways. I understand they need to make money but if records show plenty of people where throwing money at them for skins, dyes and boosts.

What they are doing now is just crappy.

I’m honestly pretty disgusted with Anet right now and these tickets. It’s gotten to the point where I’m angry with the company itself for the low brow tactics they are trying to pull to bring in more money. Where once I was happy to spend 15 bucks when ever I had it to help out Anet and get some cool (yet pretty useless) things now I’m hesitant to even bother helping them at all if they are going to try to suck money out of people this way.

For an example:

I first tried getting boxes by farming. After at least 2 nights with only 2 boxes to show for it I had no ticket. So I dropped 15 bucks on a card, bought 5 boxes..nothing.

I was annoyed but figured soon I would get one. So traded some gold for gems, to boxes. Nothing.

True…I am that person who can’t help themselves and I ended up spending 20 bucks on gems and buying packs of 10. And I STILL do not have a ticket. But the fact that they are playing off those weak people such as myself who really want a pointless skin for their wep is, as I said before, a pretty shameful and crappy thing to do to your fans.

“I think you’re severely underestimating the amount of gullible people who will spend (or already have spent) $200+ on chests just so they can get the skin.
I’m pretty confident that making the skins available only through a small chance on a very rare but purchasable chest is making ANet way more money than if they just sold the skins directly.” <<< That is a crappy thing to do to people. And they know it is.

Having at least 1 ticket in a set of 10 many? Or giving you one when you finish all 25 quests along with the backpack?

As it stands right now, I won’t be spending any more money on Anet for a while. They just left a sour taste in my mouth…

I’ve had a few problems with this myself. Everyone who is having trouble send a ticket in so they can fix this. Tell your friends to do it as well.

>I join a party and start the dungeon just fine
>Halfway through a fight I am kicked into the areas load screen and dumped outside the dungeon gate
> I enter again thinking I lagged out, the run has restarted itself and my party is not inside.
> I leave and re-enter to the same thing
> I leave party and rejoin with no icons on the left of the screen but able to see party chat
> Enter again, lost the loot and chest from the boss I had been fighting
> Keep going only to get kicked again
> This happens in random spots and times not just during boss fights.
> Happens in all run’s not just one.

Though the last time it told me the party I was in is full, and I am still in the party, though I can not use party chat and it says I am not in a current party though other members say my icon is still present.

It seems the problems started with the new content was put up. Or shortly there after.

This is a huge problem that needs to be fixed ASAP. It’s making dungeon runs pointless.

My own ticket number just to be safe
#130521-002171

After spending almost 30+ bucks on gem cards I walked away with one sellable mini pet. (because I didn’t feel like hording a tiny woman in a bikini thank you). All other drops from the box are things I can just gather while running around.

If I spend money on a game I don’t have to I like to be rewarded… there should be at least 1 ticket in each set of 10x boxes you buy.

If you want to farm that’s fine but since I opened at least 30 crates I have had no luck and it get’s annoying over time really. Even with magic find boons.

Oh I see….they made the shoulders the same for male AND female asura so we don’t get the pretty angel ones. Thanks Anet….thanks….

Mostly just the shoulders. I think the boots and gloves are dungeon gear. But the wings look amazing! Perhaps also the helm and pants…maybe the staff too.

Props to this player. You look great!

Somehow this turned into a thread bashing Anet for trying to make money. Crafting is VERY optional in the game and I’ve nearly made it to end game content (75+) with only 3 gold to my name at any one time. Then with time I play the market a bit. Maybe craft or do a few runs a few times to get the costly loot and cash that in. I’ve honestly Soloed up to this point and only grouped with people if I run into them by accident which has MAYBE been 4 times tops, or simply to do runs and people are lined up outside dungeon entrances and all I have to do is throw up a LFG in map and I’m in. Even living in the US on an EU server.

Could the grouping system be fixed? Yes, perhaps a ‘find group’ option that throws you in with a group that is short someone. Much like WoW had.

Maybe a bit more gold should drop from mobs, sure it could happen. But have you seen the marketplaces in some other games. One stack of a simple herb goes for +3g because people have nothing better to do then farm after endgame.

And Anet is trying to make money. But they also put a pretty free game out for everyone to enjoy and people call them ‘Money grabby greedsters’ Many people in my guild have spent NO money besides buying the game and have a good amount of wealth and great armor, and are doing well with their crafting.

It’s not impossible. And it’s extremely disrespectful to stay on a forum simply to trash talk on topics and subjects you THINK you know about. The fact that it takes no monthly fee to play a game as big as GW2 is is pretty damn amazing. Maybe you need find some time and learn some respect. If you don’t like it the door is always open for you to waltz on out. Remember you’re not tied down by monthly payments.

Hellmood.2097:

Can’t have, because cash shop.

Yeah, it’s sad that we’re still getting milked although we paid 50$/€

Dye is not something you NEED to play the game. It will not help you in any way shape or form to be a better player then someone else. All and all dyes are a very nice luxury that you can do without. No one is forcing you to buy dyes and you are capable of finding them on your own . So in turn no one is ‘milking’ you for your money in that regard. Not really fair to say at all.

CapN Biku.6024:

Bensozia.8071:

While we are on the subject of costumes , please change your designer, winters day costume is hideous. Ive only seen one player with it.

Really? All my closest friends bought that outfit and we all love it. It’s the only outfit that has actually made me run around in town clothes. Sure they could have added different versions for the different races or made the female Asura and Charr wear the male version like with every armour in the game since they would probably look better in that.

The Asura females look rather cute in the female wintersday outfit thank you. I’m a girl and though I don’t want to run around in an asuran battle thong I do like a pretty dress.

Humans, norn and Sylvari shouldn’t be the only one’s allowed to look pretty and girly when they want to. Moreso when it comes to costumes because we are so limited when it comes to real armors.

Now onto guild castles. The same idea applies here as with the houses but on a much larger scale. You have two options with this. Well 3 really. GW1 already had guild ‘castles’ remember? A pretty nifty idea but nothing really came from it. Shame..great dance parties though!

1. A guild comes together to buy a guild castle for themselves using gems. Giving them something to work for if they need to raise the gold first to convert.

2. A guild must buy using gold. Perhaps a much larger amount then with gems. (Also works for karma)

3. A guild must gather mats and recipes to BUILD the castle themselves so to speak. Having x amount of wood + x amount of iron or copper to craft the building itself. The recipe can grant the players in that guild access to the castle as long as they are indued still in the guild. (They can’t just leave and use the castle any time they feel like it) Same idea applies. by guesting people through parties.

Now what do you DO in a guild castle you might ask? Well it’s simple. Players can build/buy items that help with their crafting or perhaps help with buffs and stat upgrades. Building a study maybe grands anyone who spends time in it and extra buff for magic, or a work field gives out buffs of vitality. Again all these things can be crafted or for the quick route maybe in the gem store?

Same idea applies. All buffs are null and void when in PvP or WvW making sure no one server or player has the advantage over another due to gem items. But if you want to avoid this altogether, perhaps some crafting professions can build these things!?

On top of that, like the houses players can just go all out and decorate their castle with cool objects that just look cool. The true reason for the gem shop, ascetically pleasing! And maybe new castles come out every so often in the gem store. Limited time ‘glass castle’ or Easter event bunny field castle! (….Yea I’m not getting a job on the idea team any time soon…) (Same with the personal houses, use the gems to upgrade the size of your house and how much you can put in it.

Guilds can hang out together. Help new players, battle each other just for fun. And hold meeting in these castles. Giving a new twist to the old idea.

This has been done in the past in different ways many times. From the idea of ‘families’ (guilds) having a farm and able to grow mats and livestock to kids games having their own little place to decorate. It’s becoming a pretty common thing in MMO’s or just online games.

Who might you reel in with this feature?
-People who enjoy games like ‘The Sims’
-Role Players, giving them a space away from ‘bullies’
-AFK players, the one’s who enjoy the smaller things like crafting to fill most of their play time.
-Designers who love messing with floor plans!

Also helps to give another thing to do while waiting for event’s. At end game your able to start building for the future. Giving a player more things to craft and do after the have finished all they can think of on one character.

One more added bonus? While players are in their house they are not on the made map. Freeing up queue for other people.

Ah. Done….that’s my idea. And I will proclaim it’s not my original idea since it;s been done in many games before. But with the team on Anet I think a great new spin and some awesome idea’s could come from it! I’ve seen how the feature hooks players and keeps them interested no matter how small it may seem.

Now this may be extremely difficult but hear me out now Anet. This is a wonderful way to make even more money in the gem shop, allow for more crafting, and possibly more guild options as well!

I came across this feature in another game and it was a great add on to an otherwise slightly dull RPG. The idea is that each character has their own housing instance so to speak. A small area that they can furnish with items and perhaps crafting tables to allow a small, personal space with less lag and peace and quiet. All races already have a ‘home’ instance and it would keep the general idea. The area is only assessable to the player unless others are in a party or the house name/number is given out. Much like a gamer tag. How does this possibly help Anet?

- Players can buy furniture from the gem store that can possibly grant buffs depending on the amount of time spent in the house. A special chair gives vitality as long as you spend 10 minuets in your house instance.

- Crafting tables as stated before can be placed in the house, perhaps only 1-2 at a time for personal crafting. Getting away from that horrible lag in some areas and keeping away from map chat if you are talking to friends via whisper. This works out well since I and many other players craft for each other.

- Other objects like extra storage chests can be purchased with gems. Those items are safe and stored only in the house chest giving players that extra space they may want. Or perhaps it is also linked to the bank, or only the collectables can be accessed though the chest. With only a handful of slots left over for skins and other odds and ends.

- Other objects can only be used in the house, such as exp givers. An item that can only be used in the house. Perhaps slowly building XP over time while a character is idle. (Not the best idea for GW… but still throwing it out there)

-Have your pets out at all times. Perhaps there is a way allow your mini’s to roam around the house just to see how cute they are! Because why not!

Someone might say ’that’s not fair, they get to have buffs and advantages, bought through the gem store when that’s not the point of GW2!’ and you would be right! That’s why it’s only a buff to be used during PVE. It turns off during PVP and WvW where it really counts. No harm in giving a player an extra boost like the consumables in the shop already right?

Next post, guild castles.

There are tons of ways to make Asura armor fit their body type and also look just as cool and flashy as the other races armor. True since they are smaller they can’t really have long flowing skirts like female humans, but they can still have cool headgear, shoulders and boots! And the skirts can still have those pretty, layered looks to them. But for some reason when I put a skirt on my Asura it turns into a crappy, paper thin…sheet.

I mean look at this!
To just kinda…this….

While the detail is nice the cloth and trail itself just looks like paper. The human one though look beautiful and layered and all kinds of 3d, like it really has a texture and base to it. Seems like less work to cut the bottom a bit and shrink down the model then to completely remake each outfit just so it looks less…sexy? on the asura. Cover the front? Give her small shorts or something? Tons of options really.

Let’s also not forget that they just expose the chest on some female character armors! Giving them no shirt at all! I mean come on! I get that the race doesn’t really care for the difference between male and female but really? The girls are just not going to wear a top? Maybe I’m just a little creeped out by the fact that my girl asura is running around topless :/ the Charr look like animals and they don’t even do it! Slyvari are plant people and still know the importance of a shirt! It comes off as looking lazy honestly.

This is the same armor set…

That’s just slightly sad. I can make all the adjustments needed to make sure the Asura female doesn’t look ‘sexy’.
1.Rather then the middle of the skirt coming into a bikini like bottom, have it come down to the knee. 2. Pull the middle of the top around to make it a full top. 3. Flaten the chest into just a shirt or leave it as is, just for a flat chested character. Done. Your asura female is no longer sexy, but also doesn’t look like her dress was made for Ellen.

And if you really want to go with the ‘Oh well they don’t do the whole gender thing’ then get rid of the bows, bun pigtails, ribbons, hair clips, and headbands because if the females don’t want to look girly they aren’t about to spend time doing their hair all nice and pretty.

And it would really be nice if I could see my weapons I A. spent money for a skin on. or B. Spent hours crafting..

PS: To those who say they CAN’T make pretty dresses on asura; the fancy winter dress outfit proves that they can. It’s very nice.

I’ve noticed that all the available servers that pop up for me are hitting if not already at the very high levels. Over half are now full and don’t really move from that for weeks if at all.

I’m attempting to get into a full server with my school mates which is proving to be overly annoying if not impossible. Any chance we can raise the caps bit or are we implementing the ‘transfer friend’ idea?

Alright I’m going to go with this.
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Gamer_Xtreme_2000
I upgraded a few different features and went a bit outside what I wanted to spend BUT I’m pretty sure it’s doable.

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Gamer_Xtreme_2000
That seems doable, I don’t have anywhere close to the amount of money I will need for the 1k+ one. Though if I can play pretty flawlessly on my 4 year old PC laptop with mid settings I still can’t figure out why I need a super 1k+ computer to play on ultra. While the graphics card in the first one you mentioned seems alright. Would this one at least play on higher settings?

So I want a new computer for christmas, my budget is around $800, I can’t really go other that. I’m looking more into 400-500 range, maybe into 600.

Honestly want I want is to play GW2 on the ultra settings. My mac right now plays it at low smoothly and somewhere in the middle is alright but I run into issues when it comes to PvP and WvW.

I know nothing about computer. So shopping around for me doesn’t really help, if anything I’m more confused. And when ever I ask computer sites they point to the most expensive though the computer has mixed reviews. AGH!

Anyway I found this one, http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/Gamer_Mage_D245 , Yes or No? Any other in the price range that you know will work well?

Thanks in advance!

I’m at a loss. I’ve been farming mats and trying to sell them. Vendering every bit of armor that doesn’t up to par with my level and I’m still just barely hanging onto 1g and a few silver. And even then I tend to drop so much on armor repair.

I need a new lvl 50 armor set but it’s 20+ silver per piece. Any idea how to get a nice chunk of gold that doesn’t involve farming mobs, for a lvl 50 ele?

I honestly don’t really mind some of the story voice overs. But I can’t stand having the same voice as the Asura next to me. While the other NPC’s have different vices I would like a bit of a switch up at least when it comes to classes. Hearing the same voice in a group of the same race/gender makes it sound old and…overused.

Bot’s are very tricky, as someone said they are fueled by the money they make off players. If no one in the GW2 community bought from them the amount of time they spend making the programs and recoding would be useless and in the long run lose money for them. If we are lucky they will move on, which will end up happening when a bigger game comes out. WoW had a few bots but nothing like they used to at the start of the game, less people buying since older members knew the scam. With Mist out they are back in larger numbers.

The most we can do is give it some time and hope Anet can figure their program out and truth be told there would be far more around if they did nothing. Some bots are simple and just annoying, standing in one place and spamming chat. But others do effect the world and it stinks. Those are the ones I think they go after first.

I still don’t understand why people believe Ele’s are so underpowered. For once the mage class isn’t over OP and people go nuts over it. They are a little bugged yes but so are other classes. It for chain and stack right you’ll be just fine. Let’s not forget there is a dodge in this game too don’t just stand and try and smack things….dodge spells for a reason! They are great team/party players with pretty nifty heals. Just play around with different spells and find what works best for you. Try and unlock all the spells for all the sets and you’ll have a good time.

Eicherjw.3926:

Tip- Reroll thief

Why…would you come into a class forum just to tell someone to re-roll a different class?

I just keep making them! I like trying different races for what ever reason but I’m so used to my Ele that playing anything else just annoys me. I’ll get over it of course when I reach end game stuff and I’ll start mayve a Necro or Thief but for the time being I’m kinda stuck on Asura/Ele

At times when going through the personal story; more so with the Asura, the NPC’s who should be helping you fight do nothing but stand around. Enemies also seem to ignore them as well. While this isn’t to much of a problem it does make it a bit hard to finish or beat chapters when all the enemies come at you at once rather then taking time with each NPC too.

I find Mr.Sparky seem to be the most inactive in Asura’s story during most scenes

The only time I have a bit of trouble underwater is how different it is to move and dodge. At low level you are pretty squishy and thing’s hit hard. If you stay away from everything can chain well enough water can do amazing amounts of damage.

But the hit issue is the trouble with all casters, being very powerful by weak bodied. Just happens. The wall is amazing when used correctly. I find it best to pop it off to dodge while an enemy is rearing back for a powerful attack then locking them down with a bubble or sink and then setting it off. Timing is everything with all the spells.

Much of this could be avoided if they simply added a small strip of cloth wear the breasts should be on the females. Giving it a slightly different look from the males, covering any idea of nudity and even going you something else to color. If you go with the whole idea of Asura wanting function over fashion then having the leather or cloth adds a slight bit of protection. Open skin is not very functional (getting way to deep into things)

It’s just odd to see a female character running around with one breast exposed; even if they don’t have them to begin with. I play casters so this hardly effects me…still.

The sexiest idea can go both ways too, yes females should be able to wear male armor and no have their bodies exposed but at the same time they should also be allowed to look girly or at least female if they so chose without dying their armor hot pink.