Guild Wars 2

Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582:

These are totally effeminate and I’m not a fan, but the concept is ok. Certainly a step up from the Chaos re-skins.

Can we maybe get some cool skins that look like actual weapons without crazy effects? Perhaps just a shiny chrome like the Guild Defender for metal ones and detailed wood bows etc?

I’m just over weapons that have pieces floating around or leave effects everywhere or look nothing like a weapon you would actually use, ie metaphysical, I just want something that looks cool but realistic.

Then you’re playing the wrong game…

Uninstall GW2 and re-install. I don’t have Chrome or any problems.

This makes me sad. I’m just finishing up my Wupwup set… Only need the gloves now, and this wasn’t at all encouraging. I knew that it had been nerfed, and lost popularity, but I was hoping it might still be viable.

silvermember.8941:

sorudo.9054:

games like rift, lotro, perfect world and such don’t have problems like that, there is a wardrobe system superior to that of GW2.
all you have to do is slot the skin in a separated slot and it will mask the armor with that of the skin, the original armor will still stay the same but you just don’t see it.
http://riftwardrobe.wikia.com/wiki/Wardrobe
read and judge for your self, i know rift doesn’t allow weapon skins that way but it can always be made that way in GW2.

Cool story brah, now if everything else in rift wasn’t so turrible. I like to think it is a fair trade off, great wardrobe system but turrible game.

it’s those dang bugs isn’t it

I’m not saying GW2 is the only game with bugs, I’m saying Anet doesn’t prioritize fixing bugs, just adding more content. This isn’t entirely their fault, I know that ncsoft (anet’s publisher) has been raking in the cash from GW2 and putting towards OTHER games, like Wildstar.

Korossive.7085:

Why is it Celestial dye comes out dark grey in game? I wanted white. This is the story with almost all colors but black. They all become dark grey in game.

I think you’re high… or colour-blind. This isn’t accurate at all.

I can’t imagine Anet putting the work into animal mounts… too many moving parts. The broom is just a few polygons and simple coding, same as the tunneling tool (which I love.) As far as FIXING the broom or any other clipping errors: never gonna happen. They can’t be bothered to even fix actual gameplay bugs.

I don’t think this would be as big of a seller as you think… Make an alt that’s the race you wanna be…

lol only 100 keys? cheapskate.

Who DIDN’T see this one coming? I just wish they had released it like Mr Sparkles, where it was a ‘reward’ for buying gems, rather than just being open to everyone…. Exclusivity sells ;D

ArchieD.6972:

Aidan Savage.2078:

ArchieD.6972:

Am I the only one wondering why we haven’t heard more about it? I figured with such a big update, there’d be tons of information.

All we’ve gotten, and don’t take this wrong because I’m grateful that they’ve given us this much, is some concept art, a trailer, and some snippets of dialogue.

What kind of information am I looking for? Are we getting new zones and which ones/how many? Any major changes to the classes or working systems? Any new dungeons?

I’ve got deadlines to meet and may not be able to play tomorrow or the next day. I’m excited for the update tomorrow, just hoping for some more information.

Read the patch notes tomorrow. That’ll give you all the info you need.

I definitely will, but was hoping for more of a “here are some awesome things to look forward to tomorrow and we think you’ll be excited about this” announcement.

Or maybe it really is just another LS update like the other updates. Nothing big, maybe not even a new zone just yet. Maybe that comes later in the LS. Just a lack of information that I wish we had.

Curtis Johnson.8456:

They no longer drop from BLC.

They still maintain their original value for the next 3 weeks. I’d recommend using them before then.

So any of them that dropped from BLTC chests that I don’t use by then are just trash? There is no way to get refunded for those…?

But the ones I have sitting in my bank from BLTC chests are just trash now…?

nope

once you chose PvP or PvE, its forever…

Thank you Gaile, I understand T__T

i thought they were trying to snag tickets out of circulation before a new set released… not the case, it seems.

So are we talking minutes? hours? DAYS???

I NEED MY BLTC CHEST FIX! IM GOING THROUGH WITHDRAWL!!!!

Hope this get fixed soon T__T

Just use focus…

Thats cool!! I love the teeth!

I really like that bio you created for your character. And yeah, the ‘make some choices that don’t affect anything’ options in the PS make it not-so-worthwhile, in my opinion…

YES. I vaguely remember having to choose between saving a hospital or an orphanage, and the other was gonna burn, but that seems to be the ‘darkest’ choice to be made… The Personal Story does seem to be your character’s path to becoming a hero, and most heroes aren’t villains, but even the choices you make in your PS don’t really have a big impact on latter PS missions…

10/10 I like the alliteration and the use of the y.

Mesmer named Gemeinshaft (msp Gemeins*c*haft, cuz it was taken)

German for community, society, or the company of another.

I’ll go 7/10 cuz you got a legit ‘wtf lol’ outta me.

Mesmer named Spirit And The Wind

My second Mesmer (I literally can’t get enough.)

@Robert Hrouda.1327:

Did you skim past my post or do you realize that I’m right and have nothing to say? This is the most frustrating game-related issue I have ever faced. SOME feedback would be appreciated.

Robert Hrouda.1327:

@KuishenThanks for the feedback. I noticed however you mention that your necro minions were causing ectoplasms. I built it specifically so that only players can draw ectoplasms off – that way rangers, mesmers, and necros wouldn’t enrage their party just by playing. I think someone in your party may have been attacking when they shouldn’t have been.

Three GREAT posts on AC and all you can respond to is a simple aggro issue…? Let’s have you sit down, read through this thread, and actually come up with a real solution here. Despite your intentions with this dungeon, you have ruined it. I really hope that you listen TO THE PLAYERS instead of just your QA team. THE PLAYERS are the ones who should be enjoying the game.

All new stuff in dungeons is going to be hard for the first few days. We see it all the time with new content – people fail and get knocked down when they aren’t used to that sort of thing, and they claim it is too difficult.Give it a week or so for everyone to develop strategies, learn encounters, and build fundamentals, and they will claim it is too easy. Trust me when I say this, the numbers are punishing (but less than they were before), but knowing the mechanics will greatly mitigate the danger.

Right. Well I guess I will just have to learn how to not get perma-knockdown from knockdown-spamming hordes. Or just quit running AC. Since I can’e stand ppl’s attitudes in WvW and AC has been ruined, I guess I’ll be playing less GW2 now, since all that’s left for me is farming in Orr… Whoo. Might even go back to GW1. At least you’re not bungling that anymore…
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Robert Hrouda.1327:

I’ve said it before, and I will say it again: Our QA teams test the dungeons at the dungeon level, and at 80. They test it with different ranges of gear, and different people. I’ve watched non-QA groups do similar things, under various conditions. We have a review process.Will 80’s have an easier time? Sure. They have more tools to use and more experience with the class. Our side-kicking system is something we are working on too, to ensure that things remain challenging for those folks and that their gear doesn’t make all the difference. Will we ever release a video of our internal testing process? Highly doubtful. Just as I doubt we will ever post the builds, classes, and gear our testers test with. One thing we see frequently with at-level people going into dungeons, is that while their character is the right level, their gear is often 10+ levels behind them. When you combine a low average gear level, not having all your skills/tools available, and not being as experienced with the class, it’s going to be significantly more difficult than what an 80 makes it look like. We build dungeons for at-level players, and then reduce the strength of higher level players to bring them more in line with the players at that level. We do not balance for 80’s sidekicked down to at-level.

QA teams are great, except that I’m 100% certain that they are made up of VERY experienced players, and you probably have more-or-less the same QA team that you did in early development. The unfortunate thing is that most of the people playing your game are NOT as experienced as your QA team. And how is a QA team running all 80s going to tell you that a dungeon is suitable for lvl 35 toons? Regardless of your methods, the changes you made to AC are exasperating to say the least.

To me, these changes are unwelcome and annoying. It makes no sense to make a lvl 40 dungeon off limits to level 40 players

Join a team of REAL players on 35s in lvl35 gear with lvl 35 traits/skills instead of your QA geniuses and tell me that your mechanics are working properly. I think you will find that 2-3hrs for 1 dungeon path is ABSURD.

Set up a PTR, throw all your changes to dungeons on it at once, and try listening. There are literally thousands of people who are all making the exact same suggestions to your team and giving you the same criticisms – your design philosophy seems to be “more hp, more damage, more adds, more CC” and while I don’t know if most people are unhappy with that I do know that a lot are.

Getting hit with 1 knockdown in AC means 3-5 knockdown. Spamming Mantra of Concentration PLUS Mirror Images PLUS Blink PLUS stealth PLUS swiftness isn’t enough to escape the knockdown/knockback. Whn you’re playing an MMO, your toon in supposed to be a hero, but AC makes you a pinball instead. Is that fun? Not for me. I’ve tried AC p1 twice since the patch. P1 was my favourite thing to do IN THE ENTIRE GAME. What WAS a 10-20 minute jaunt through what is, in my opinion, the best-looking dungeon in the game. The last two nights, its taken me 2+ hours just to get to the boss, and I’ve had to log out WITHOUT the rewards for finishing because I have to go to bed for work in the morning. This patch has taken the ONE thing that I really loved about GW2.
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MLieBennett.9031:

Only a Mesmer can take one screenshot showing 4 different outfits at once without editing.

THAT. IS. AWESOME!!!!!!!!

Hammerguard.9834:

Staff: Decent damage but too defensive. Skill 2 forces player to port away and skill 1 projectile speed is too slow.

I use this as my secondary weapon, and purely as a defensive weapon. Kiting is made made easy with skill 2, skill 5 in conjunction with skill 2 gives you a chaos armor ON TOP of skill 4. And chaos armor can be really useful. If you can time skill 3 right, you can get some good damage. This weapon gives the mesmer incredible mobility, even though getting used to the teleport took a good minute lol. And as for the auto-attack travelling too slowly, it hasn’t been an issue for me, especially since I don’t use the weapon as my primary damamge dealer.

Hammerguard.9834:

Sword: Forces player to get up close to do any damage. Skill 2 is too slow and the range is pathetic.

It’s the mesmer’s only melee option, and it’s actually pretty OP. Skill 2 grants you blur for 2 seconds. Timing that properly with a three-clone f4 pop, PLUS the option of having your signets grant distortion and the traits that make distortion even more OP. Again, proper timing can result in decent damage to your target, while taking none yourself. I primarily use the sword/focus combo. Yes skill 2 has a minuscule range, but is awesomely OP. and skill 3 is awesome for SO many reasons. You can immediately jump in, you can use that clone to pop your f3 and then jump in, wait for the daze to subside and pop your skill 2. Plus in PvE and WvW, the skill 3 is a great way to force players to dodge [as they want to avoid you immediately jumping in.] When anet says that mesmers are the masters of illusion and confusion, it doesn’t just mean in-game. The wilier you are, the more psyched out your opponent will become, and their decision-making will be compromised.

Hammerguard.9834:

Focus: Skill 4 is only good for PvP and skill 5 is only good for PvE. It’s a horrible weapon. I feel the only reason people use it is for the swiftness because that’s the only mobility mesmers have besides blink. Mesmers who don’t want to use focus – I don’t blame them – are forced to get rune of the centaur.

Skill 4 is AWESOME in PvE. Kiting 101: drop your skill 4, run through it, wait for your taget[s] to pass through it, toss em backwards, possibly with in added interrupt! [still not worth spec-ing your traits for interrupt bonuses though…] With sword or swapping to staff, you can kite like a MAD fool.

Hammerguard.9834:

I think mesmers need some serious changes to their weapons.

I think you need to spend more time playing your mesmer and finding all the amazing things that you can do with them! A GOOD mesmer has nothing to fear but a better mesmer. Don’t give up, though! Mesmers have the most rewarding play in the game. As you figure out more ways to trip out your enemies, the funner it gets!!

Haldir Black Demon.9846:

10/10 for all those!
Mines a female guardian: Aellandria.

Aellendria is a great name! sounds very regal. id give it 7/10.

My human mesmer is Gemeinshaft. Misspelled Gemeinschaft, cuz it was taken :P

It’s the german word for society, community, or company (as in the company of another.)

Seems fitting for a sociable guildmaster, i thought C:

Only a Mesmer can get confused by their own skills [Phase Retreat]

Only a Mesmer knows how to make his party go “what the….. ooohhhhh, ok cool!!”

Kira.2903:

Only a mesmer can make me love this game as much as I do.

+1 lol

elderan.2638:

Or they’ve killed the same boss a million times and just want to afk auto-attack and go make a sandwich? People are going to take the path of least resistance, it’s human nature.

my answer C:

Hello, my main is a lvl 80 human mes. I use the sword/focus combo with a staff for defense. Im looking at getting my toon geared up, and began to wonder about vulnerability: is the % of damage caused by vulnerability considered condition damage? Right now Im using the Seraph sword, which made me wonder if the condition damage it grants me is wasted… I found Whisperblade, and it seems like the perfect sword for a mesmer, but will I need a Fine Transmutation Stone as well? [would get power/ precision/ crit % or dmg, to go with my Adam C:]

if anyone can help me out with this, i would really appreciate it!!

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Ventari Circle [XXX] is now up and recruiting! Based on the Henge of Denravi world-server. We will be maintaining a friendly, helpful PvX roster. Aiming for a good mix of casual and semi-hardcore players would be preferable. No set age limit, though a level of maturity would be appreciated. Trolls will be kicked. Will be investing in guild infrastructure and bonuses, as well as Mumble and/or Ventrilo [not required]. All-in-all just building a long-term guild to grow with and make friends and allies ‘in the world.’ Representation will not be requisite for any characters at this point in time, though having at least one representing character may be required in the future.

To receive a Guild invitation, send mail to: Gemeinshaft

Hoping you will consider joining!
—Saint

Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit is the best version of Windows I’ve ever encountered. That’s the one I would go for, and you can usually find it relatively cheap. Quick Google Shopping search just showed $60.

thanks for the replies guys, very helpful info!!

Hey all,

Right now I just have an Acer Apire One laptop that I’ve been using for GW. Clearly, it can’t even imagine running GW2. I’ve been shopping around online for something within my budget but good enough for other games, will components I can upgrade at a later date. I have this setup in mind, it beats the min specs and the little research I’ve done says it should work fine for medium/high settings, but wanted to see if it met Forums-Standards lol…

AMD FX-8120
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 2GB
4 X 2GB RAM
Win 7 Home Premium 64-Bit

should work, right?
—Saint