You should NOT be able to run through packs of mobs period. I am fairly new player to the game and my ‘few’ attempts at trying to dungeons with the speed run experts in this game completely puts me off playing it. The community in this game expect (demand) that you skip as much as you can and you’re supposed to know precisely where to go and how to do it. The generally elitist community in this game really surprises me.
Have fun playing by yourself, all that ‘work’ you put in getting items is for what exactly if nobody bothers playing it? Think about how you treat others OP.
I’m honestly not being rude but what on earth is ‘living’ about it? Its stagnant from what I have seen. Banging signs into the ground, then they disappear so you do it all again the next day? Following a zerg train around a map over and over and over and over and over while auto attacking some random boss or champion you can’t really make out in a sea of players to open some ridiculous chest with Random gear in it is what I have come to expect from Guild Wars 2. It is boring! I think ArenaNet really to to rethink the entire premise and put some more thought into an actual ‘living’ world if they want to call it that and give us some actual class roles to play thanks! God I miss the trinity after playing this game.
Theres also the western release of Blade and Soul….. if anyone is still interested in that game. Yeah.
I’m quite sure Wildstar won’t be too successful. Its got nothing to really sell itself on, its a nice traditional MMO but, its pretty much WoW-in-space, down to the graphics. Its competing right on WoW’s own turf, which never ends well.
ESO is a bit iffy. Its certainly unique, but we don’t really know what the endgame’s going to be like.
EQN is promising a lot. If it can deliver on that, we got a hell of a MMO.
Well Zenimax Online aren’t going to have a lot of work to do with ESO beating the end game of GW2 that’s for sure.
I am extremely offended and disappointed with what I am seeing here. My friend, who happens to have a female Asura, put on their new armor set. I viewed the set on the Asura and my Norn was nothing but ashamed. There is BLATANT NUDITY with this armor set and most likely some others due to negligence on Arena Net’s part. Last I checked, there was no full on nudity warnings with Guild War 2’s ESRB rating and I demand that something be done. Not for my sake, but for the community. This could also be considered degrading to females because it forces female Asura to wear male Asura clothing, as to say that they have no choice in the matter, even if it does cause nudity. I’m disappointed Arena Net, I had more faith in you. You had my trust, but it’s starting to slip. I think it’s time to step up your game.
Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I do not play an Asura so I wasn’t aware of this blatant and vile smear against female Asuran’s and players of Guild Wars 2 in general.
I am done with this game until this is fixed or at the very least floral tassles are applied.
That income stream is quite low for an MMO. Come March 2014 with 3 huge online RPG titles set to release; Arenanet better have a Hail Mary.
what 3 huge titles is that?
1. Wildstar
2. EQ Next
3. ESO
EQN is probably a little further off, but the other two are both set to launch by spring 2014.
EQ Next may be late 2014 perhaps early 2015 but EQN Landmark will likely be here before both Wildstar and ESO. In fact you could add EQ Next Landmark to the 3 listed to make it 4. ArenaNet better have a Hail Mary set up for 2014, that’s for sure.
Yes. Add a really in depth Housing / Home instance system to the game with plenty of collectables (trophies, achievement statues and items, crafting items, etc) The grind to get a legendary is huge, armor collection is pointless because you can simply buy a skin that you’re happy with and that’s game over in that department (with cash shop items giving absolutely zero satisfaction because you don’t actually have to play the game at all). So basically once you’ve bought your skins what exactly is there to do? I’m at a loss.
Yes, I like this idea. EQ2 I believe has it. If not, I’d like to see a small consumable UI bar on screen somewhere that you could fill with whatever and just click it.
There are literally hundreds of ranked computer games that shows player behaviour. Yet developer STILL implement leaderboards without taking into consideration of players that will abuse mechanics.
It completely amazes me that professional developers cannot see the problems before they arise, players can but developers can’t. Really? sPvP just becomes yet another game system that I won’t bother participating in.
Bring on Elder Scrolls Online and hope that their developers have some sort of clue.
Haha. That’s actually why I quit WoW, I got very mad at how much of my limited time and effort had gone down the drain after all the expansions. Was maybe thinking GW2 would be different.
You’re looking at gaming, yes ‘gaming’ in general completely wrong. Its a source of entertainment, nothing more. Sorry to break the news but no matter which game you play or how ever many hours you put into it, it will come to an end at some point. Never mind about expansions, you will come to a point where you will stop playing GW2 altogether and move on to something else. So whats the difference?
As long as you are enjoying the experience while you are playing and are entertained then thats all you need to worry yourself about. This isn’t an opinion, its a fact.
Without question. Guild Wars 2 greatest feat is its art, animations and stunning scenery, there is no debate there. Its the rest of the game play and game design that’s the problem and unfortunately for ArenaNet that’s a pretty big problem to have.
I just bought my armor and weapon skins from the cash shop, I’m happy with them and won’t be replacing them so therefore I have won the game as there is nothing else to do. Thankyou cash shop! No I’ll patiently wait for a real MMO, ESO or EQ Next.
I find I go past the target and hit nothing even if the target is stationary when I rush. I play in Australia so the latency must obviously be a factor but still, I have played WoW for a long time and my warriors rush always connects and does damage.
Unfortunately I choose to buy Mists of Pandaria and will continue to play WoW. I say unfortuantely because I, like many other players that have played WoW, was looking to move on.
The biggest let down for me is the lack of any structure to playing classes. Having a defined role in an MMO allows easier design and most importantly interesting mechanics. No threat control and every class basically doing the same thing, Dodge, DPS and Heal yourself, gets old really quickly. There really is little difference to classes, they’re either basically melee or ranged, thats it.
It is a shame because ArenaNet have put a lot of work into the game and it shows. Unfortunately losing the Trinity wasn’t as good as it appeared to be on paper.
Absolutely agree. Lets face it, the MMO community is big on competitiveness, they love seeing their names up in lights and why shouldn’t they? The players that aren’t interested in this won’t have to even look at it but I’d imagine those that are will strike a nice little rivalry with each other. Benefits for ArenaNet is that it will draw a good portion of players back to the game and keep them there.
Personally I’d like to see this and some other ‘pve’ leaderboards. As for me, I wouldn’t even rate in the top 500,000 let alone 1,000 so its not as though I’d benefit at all, I just like seeing the rivalry and seeing some of the numbers that people hit.
$60, for the game itself. I have proudly not used a single dollar to buy gems, and I don’t intend ever to do so.
I’ve paid my money for this game, stop telling me to “support it”, defending crappy RNG practices and overpriced goods.
I’m not criticizing GW2 itself, this game is AWESOME! But the monetization….
Unless anything has changed since they introduced Black Lion Ticket Scraps, they are one of the most unethical business practices I’ve ever seen in the gemstore. Their drop rate are so low, the intention isn’t to give us a fair chance, but rather their sheer existence is to trap people into opening more chests, pressuring them to gamble even more with hopes of collecting 10 scraps.
And then they actually expect some people to collect 7 Black Lion Tickets? For a single weapon skin? Really? How much does that equate in USD? Seriously, I’m asking the question. Someone calculate how much USD on average it costs to collect 7 tickets, then tell me if you’re willing to spend that much money.
Look, the GW2 playerbase could spend their money on whatever they want, but I don’t intend to do so because the monetization is absolutely horrendous. Even if we could play the game without this gemstore crud, it’s still like taking a dump on someone’s birthday cake. Sure, they could try to eat the pieces of the cake without feces on it, but who would want to eat such a thing?
Placing an ugly person next to a nice person doesn’t make the nice person look better by contrast. It just makes both of them look ugly.
I really wish the monetization would stop killing GW2’s reputation.
I can tell you one thing. Paying $10-$15 per month for a subscription fee and earning every armor set and weapon skin that exists in the game by actually playing the game is far, far cheaper than the system that these cash shop games employ. Even if you can straight up purchase the armor skin or weapon skin without gambling your money, where is the sense of accomplishment? I am personally looking forward to Elder Scrolls Online and the fact that it is a subscription game with no cash shop (outside of game services, ie NOT gear) is one reason I am really looking forward to it.
Greatsword skill number 5 is so bad. I can rush towards a stationary target in front of me. Overshoot and miss the attack/swing at air behind the enemy.
THIS! So much this.
My character does an airswing and hits nothing about 8 times out of 10, with the other 2 actually working as intended. I lodged a ticket regarding this in the first two weeks of the games release. I haven’t played for months and recently returned and was surprised and annoyed that this had not been addressed. Really ArenaNet? Really?
I love GS on my Warrior but she only has 4 skills instead of 5. What would it take to get this fixed?
No zerg to hide behind which is the usual gameplay style in GW2, 20 deaths with repairs mainly due to some lone guy running past with a train of mobs and 20 waypoint return costs and that’s it for me. Game is uninstalled and completely removed for good. This content was the final nail in a coffin that should have been nailed shut months ago (but I kept giving it a chance). The absolute worst game design I have experienced in what really is an average game at best anyway while I wait for another MMO. Kiss my kitten ArenaNet.
Each dungeon has an armor/weapon set specific to that dungeon, explorable zones should too.
Discuss.
Sorry but armor sets are only purchased through the cash shops, well any that are remotely good that is. Surely you don’t expect to be rewarded with the best gear in game by actually playing it?
