Guild Wars 2

Laurie.1698:

Saying it doesn’t happen, never did I say that, saying that for each and every person that plays there is a perspective that is different than yours, an experience different than yours, is true. There is a problem that needs to be addressed and has been stated by many people. However, I do not believe it will be addressed any time soon. To dismiss an experience as a lie does not contribute to helping the real issue that is there.

I do not lie. And this is the last I will speak on this topic in this thread or any other. I have had my say, said my experience as have others. Its being read by those who need to see it. Good day.

Nice, can’t argue this.

Is there a guild on this server that participates in WvW?
I’d like to find a guild that has people that can help me learn a little about it.
Also pve a lot too so, dungeons, farming, fractals etc.

Yep, pretty much.
I come back to forums to see if any improvements have bee made. (so far no)
I still notice the same select few on many posts trying to trivialize PAYING customers complaints.
If you notice, its the same dudes!
Havent played in a month now, was my favorite game. Played all the time on my days off and now can’t stand the game for what they did to it.
Totally changing the fundementals of the game, and forcing you to play idiotic mini games and grind grind grind to no end.
I just wonder what these guys get out of this?
Just watch…it’ll be the saaaaame guys chiming in once someone says anything negative about this game. Take notes, watch posts that get “moderated”.
Look at the WvW forum (truth be told there)

So funny, most games just have this stuff in them (from launch).
Anet will try to sell them as QoL “improvements”
lolololol…just you wait.

Me.
Can’t stand it now, I have totally left for other ventures.
This game was amazing before HoT, now it pretty much stinks to holy hell. (grind, grind , grind for no skins, no new weapons (worth getting anyway), dungeons…nothing, waste of money)
All they needed to do was add things to the game, they couldnt even do that properly. They took away so much, filling the gaps with gimmicks.
Showing desperation in adding gliding to tyria, the gem store riddled with new additions, (shared inventory slot…price gouging)
Who wants to “support” a company like this?
Just log in get daily bag, log out…. check forums once in a while to see is this company decided to pull it head from is “kitten” (haha)

I’m all for the gliding in tyria.
But NOT before they fix the glaring issues in this DLC they are trying to sell to more people! What, do they want more kittened off customers?
(You know adding this will just break more stuff, then push back content additions that would hold weight for H.O.T)

- people are already needing more from the hot zones they added… with all the downtime in them. (or for people who dont have 5 hours to play, what do they do for 20 mins in hot zones?)

-Too many issues I think to try and add on top of what is already crumbling.

So…what you are saying is to wait to not get ripped off?
Wait till they make all the expansions (dlc…lol)
Pay 50 for the COMPLETE game…then maybe…just maybe…you won’t be “kittened” off by the current dlc…. i mean expansion. for 50$ mind you…. i was hyped and fully anticipating as this was my favorite game.
I feel TOTALLY ripped off and slapped in the face!
Save your money…this game is sinking fast.
All they keep doing is adding more paid cash shop crap…gating the fun stuff (since the content in hot is totally lacking)
I find myself in tyria more than the hot zones (only 3 real maps – small too)
-I have to convince myself to go back to hot zones… just for mats, and a meta…but really should i have to “make” myself go to the new zones?
- After a couple weeks the hot zone will be a chore to you…trust me.
-you’ll be back in tyria in no time…where it was originally about fun all around

Swagger.1459:

I really hate to say this, but this is the money gouging at its finest. This is an extremely low thing to do and shows again the true face.

Considering how bombarded players are by inventory junk by design, this is a tasteless thing to do.

They better up these to like 20 shared slots each. Not kidding either. Or 1 shared bag slot for each purchased

^Aaaaand this. Nuff said anet…

Lyenyo.2891:

I’m scared that this addition reflects the state of the game, desperate to grab as much cash now while the ship sinks.

^This

Just wondering if people though it would be better to have these out of the maps.
I think they just take up space. Where they should have actual content that has to do with the map you are in!!??
Don’t you feel these are an annoyance and in the way?
Why cant they be put in a menu for people that actually want to do them?
Why cant they be replaced with actual content that has something to do with the lore in our new maps. (which is lacking already)
They are an obvious waste of space, a quick gimmick to make up for lack of content.
No reason why they can be put in a menu to que up for. Take them out of the maps and add REAL content please.
My kids play the Wii U…(mario, smash bro’s mario kart) so I’m fully aware of these types of games. But the Wii U DOES IT BETTER….dont kids yourself into thinking these are acceptable.
More like a slap in the face to someone anticipating real mmo style gaming on a PC not a WII U!!??

Thank you!
Who ever fixed what ever was fixed. I’m back to my regular ping now.

I have never had a problem on this game until recently (2 days ago)
Now I have terrible lag, with a 2-3 second delay in my actions.

- I payed good money for this dlc!
-Fix your crap or refund my 100 dollars!
-Can’t even play with this lag.

I’m in WA also. But dont care what the problem is, YOU need to fix it.
I’m a paying customer, if you can’t fix the problem…REFUND MY MONEY!

-No problems in ESO, BF4, GTA5, all my other games work fine!

UPDATE

-Got my Dark Harvest about a week ago.
-I will Never touch a mini game AGAIN!
-Is this what they consider content???
- No replay value, (thats what you want from your game, players to say…“my god I’m finally done with that garbage…. I WILL NEVER do that again.”)
-I’d even advise anyone with red blood to forgo them, only reason I dealt with it was because it was the last thing needed for dark harvest.
-ANET seriously….i loved this game before hot, bragged about how cool it was to anyone and everyone.
YOU HAVE CHANGED THE FUNDEMENTALS OF THIS GAME FOR THE WORSE.

-What happend to play your way??? Before anyone could have fun and had their flavor of content to enjoy. Now you have no choice in the matter.

Why do I have to play against premades every round?
This is completely bogus, just giving them an advantage!

-Premades should go against premades.
-Solo queres against solo queres.

-Oh and a lil balance would be nice, setting someone in who just wants to have fun….against the guy who studied all last night about some meta build and plays the game non-stop.
-Very discouraging to those who just want to have fun and farm the reward tracks.

I understand that…my point is I have to stop to kill them.
Wait, for them cloak to be done with for him to move… ummmmm no.
Why doesn’t aoe placed under it’s feet do anything? (trying to negate it cheap tactic)
Is there a way to just negate the cloak so there isn’t so much time spent on a mob….or am i forced to skip them everytime?
I like killing stuff, not if “ok i’ll wait here till you’re done doing whatever you’re doing in that red circle.” backing up outta range doesnt make them charge you…. a huge waiting game…lol. (so I skip)

Just wondering if anyone else finds them just an annoyance.
I killed a few, now realize how much more time they take than other mobs.
It’s not like you get better rewarded for your kill….so now I just skip every smokescale.
How do you feel about smokescales?
-Do you think you should be able to place an aoe under its feet? (inside its cloaked area)
-Placing aoe under their feet (with the mastery to see cloaked mobs even) does nothing….why?

Just tried this mushroom runner adventure (mini-game).
How can people stand this?
Just awful! Jump on your head to super jump….buuuuut it doesn’t work properly.
Got half way through and decided ONCE AGAIN….I feel stupid for even playing this GARBAGE.
PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD TAKE THIS CRAP OUT! MAKE IT OPTIONAL!
I would like to continue masteries and collections….but NOT like this!
Luckily I found a mastery point in a chest in there so I felt ok leaving right away.
Why dont you do that for all of them? Put my unlocks in a chest for trying your garbage at least….so If and WHEN I decide “hey this isn’t for me” I don’t feel “kittened on” for paying you for this mini game crap …which should be a holiday or special occasion type of thing OR totally out of the normal game… maybe somewhere else where people can just play these games if they want….I KNOW make a friggin Tyrian County Fair…players pay fees to play these and win a prize. At least those who want to play them still can and it doesn’t impede progress for anyone else who doesn’t want to play them.

Nope, no way.
They will totally try to reinvent the wheel again.
Change everything that made this game so popular.

NOT A PENNY FROM ME EVER AGAIN ANET!
FIX THIS GARBAGE!
kitten Adventures!
kitten gated content
kitten Forced adventure (mastery points and collections in them!)
kitten not having a choice anymore on how to get things!

Halan.7931:

Tyria on release – 25 maps + 5 race cities + LA
HoT on release – 4 maps, one of which isn’t even playable outside of event.

Same price ( I even got GW for 25$ during sale).

I came to this game for exploration and solo open world content, not for timed events or raids – sorry, but WoW does raiding much better and I still have the account.

Thank you, someone who understands.

Ashen.2907:

Not commenting on the rest of the post but is it fair to compare the cost of the highest priced bonus version of HOT to the lowest priced base version of the original game ?

Wasn’t the most expensive version of GW2 originally something like $150?

kitten , right it is! When the base version has so much content you can never run out of things to do.
The expansion (DLC I call it) is laughable in comparison.
NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE SAME AMOUNT OF CONTENT.

I did a jumping puzzle here or there. When I was bored and wanted to try something new. I tried a few and figured it’s not my thing.
I’m glad they have a different flavor for everyone though.
Sad to see collections and masterys behind all this mini game garbage that has NOTHING to do with the war going on around you in HOT.
Don’t worry Mordy, I’ll be back after this round of shooting gallery….hahaha laughable.
In tyria it was an option, in hot..there is collections and mastery points behind this garbage. TRY AGAIN ANET!

I second this!
Please stop forcing this jumping garbage on those who want nothing to do with it!
-DON’T put mastery points behind them.
-DON’T hide the fact there is very little content in HOT vs TYRIA
-DON’T place collection parts IN MINI GAMES (WTF where they thinking?)

Here what they where thinking…“Hmmmm, there isn’t really much to do after the events in H.O.T.” “The original players will feel cheated paying for this, since there is 200 times more things to enjoy for every player in Tyria.” "How do we make it “feel” like a lot of content?" "Oh, I know… let’s add timers to everything, add an actual point you have to get to even use your mastery experience. Then we’ll place mini games everywhere, that have nothing to do with the war going on. Except the Adventures, whoops I mean mini-game will have collections placed behind them. So there is no way anyone will be able to complete all this. SEE now it “feels” like an expansion not a short DLC (which it really is).
-Living story in tyria…amazing. so much dialouge you actually start to like the lore in this game.
-Living story H.O.T Short cutscenes, took only a couple hours. BUT WAIT THERES MORE. You can’t even do parts of the story without doing masterys!

Two totally different approaches…IN THE SAME GAME.
WISH I WOULD’VE SAVED MY MONEY.
I WAS ENJOYING GW2 BEFORE HOT.

Yep, and the funny part about it is H.O.T costs more than Tyria.
Tyria you get waaaaaaay more to do.

I don’t remember the price but it was resonable for what you get with the original GW2.
All the content you could imagine, hearts, skill points, meta events, events, jumping puzzles, crafting. ALL progressed your character. AND it wasnt more that 50 bucks.
TONS OF CONTENT, TONS OF OPTIONS TO PLAY (anyone can find their flavor).

HOT – I payed 100… the content doesnt exist.
-They tried to make up for the fact there is actually VERY LITTLE content, by making timed, and gated content. (Meta events where you have to wait hours before the next, Mastery points, where you must complete annoying mini games (where you must do them if you want a shot at collections))
-After 4 weeks, there is nothing left to do but spam lfg to try and find an organized group to do the metas. If you dont get in one… wait a few more hours.

TOTAL LACK OF CONTENT on H.O.T

The original GW2 is cheaper, more content, and no forced…gated…grindy crapola.

We are NOT Idiots! If you have time to make all this stuff for the trading company for gems…1st week of release of H.O.T. It’s obvious where you priorities are going forward.

I payed to play a game like GW2. H.O.T is nothing like tyria.
Tyria has things to do for every spectrum of gamer.
H.O.T – Not so much.
I wish I could ask for a refund but am stuck with this…knowing there is WAAAAY more to do in the NOW FREE original version.
WHY ISNT HOT anywhere near the same amount of content as the original.
-It costs more to purchase it.
-There is no content (no added dungeons, fractals, a terrible pvp map)
-TELL ME WHY YOU HAVE WAY MORE TO DO IN THE FREE VERSION? THAT I PAYED FOR?
-WHY IS HOT A TOTAL SLAP IN THE FACE TO ANYONE WHO PURCHASED?
-HOT is NOT an “Expansion”. should have been 20$ or less with the amount of garbage we get compared to tyria.
-IT’s NOT an expansion…more like a dlc pack.
-Watch them try to make us PAY for more of this garbage down the road.
-If anything for H.O.T costs more money. HAHAHA NO WAY
free unlimited content> a few hours of expensive gaming. where everything is gated behind mastery points and mini games (terrible mini games too)

I totally agree. I am sick of jumping around every nook and cranny!
Leave the jumping crap alone. This is getting annoying to traverse the map. It shouldnt be a chore to get from one side of the map to the other. (Tangled Depths!!!)
Stop making everything about this awkward jumping….oooops fall off start over, or you shoulda brought a (cheat code) mesmer to portal you to the top of the jumping puzzle….all this is terrible.

I’m not sure about all of them, but I know for certain Dark Harvest for the reaper for example. You MUST finish silver in Fallen Masks adventure, So i tried it last night.
Mind you…
-You have to wait for the meta to complete. (so, there is no guarantee you’ll even get in the room. Plus you have 15 mins to “try” it and get kicked out.)
- Why is a piece for collection gated behind this? No choice in the matter!
-ALL THIS JUMPING PUZZLE GARBAGE NEED TO STOP.
-I’m not going to spend my time “learning” this when I could be having fun…deciding what I want to do with my time while logged in.
-GET RID OF ADVENTURES OR MAKE THEM OPTIONAL (NOT for masteries, NOT for collections….for fun IF YOU WANT TO DO IT.

Not to mention collections being hidden behind them.
Seriously!?
Anet says “can’t have your weapon unless you play pin the tail on the donkey. Can’t have your mastery point unless you make a ring around the bottle.”

This is not what i signed up for….lol.
Makes me feel as if I’m at an amusement park throwing pennies in a pool. Terrible, I’m not 5. They are not entertaining! The ONLY reason people would WASTE time to do these is for the simple fact you are FORCING them with mastery points. Otherwise NOBODY would do them. GET IT THEY ARE TERRIBLE!
Either take em out fully and put real mmo content, or tear the mastery points out of the clutches of this garbage. Not creating fans by forcing them to play something they dont want. (Obviously we want the mastery points)
-Give another option to attain said points.
-If these are what stops me from getting mastery points, they way you changed this game is becoming obvious. I won’t be buying another expansion or game.
I always had FUN on this game…DECIDING to do as i please.
-Decisions are now being made for you…. with mastery points (forced content) and these terrible adventures.

I am writing this because for me it is an issue.
I love this game, play it the majority of my free time.
I am blind in one eye and sometimes in a big boss battles its tough trying to keep track of my pointer. I will lose it and then have to figure out where it is by moving my mouse around.
This can be a lucrative opportunity for you ANet!
-Adding different pointers (hello cod fans!, how about a skull or star for your pointer….a green triangle…hell a pink one? And the ability to make it a bit larger or more noticeable over all the spells and stuff going on.)
I think this is a win win for the developers since it can be purchased by gems to unlock. Annnnnd you can make different reticles for those who want to add style!
This further adds more customization to a game that from my play experience is all about options.
Please ANet make this happen, it would help for me….im sure for others too. There has to be people out there with vision problems who adore this game. I would pay to have it on my account.

I am writing this because for me it is an issue.
I love this game, play it the majority of my free time.
I am blind in one eye and sometimes in a big boss battles its tough trying to keep track of my pointer. I will lose it and then have to figure out where it is by moving my mouse around.
This can be a lucrative opportunity for you ANet!
-Adding different pointers (hello cod fans!, how about a skull or star for your pointer….a green triangle…hell a pink one? And the ability to make it a bit larger or more noticeable over all the spells and stuff going on.)
I think this is a win win for the developers since it can be purchased by gems to unlock. Annnnnd you can make different reticles for those who want to add style!
This further adds more customization to a game that from my play experience is all about options.
Please ANet make this happen, it would help for me….im sure for others too. There has to be people out there with vision problems who adore this game. I would pay to have it on my account.

Also, the quest where you collect the wyvern eggs with the frog dude. ( on the hill top where the wyverns are)
Anyway, after getting a silve reward. (it may have been a fail for us) The reward box on the right of the screen cannot be opened. Anytime you click on it the game crashes.

I cannot log in past my character screen.
Since the new update around 2:00pm PST. I select my character and it gives me a connection error message.
I will try again and screenshot the error code if that helps.

I don’t understand why everyone is getting so angry at ADDING new content and the word RAID.
I’m fully aware of the setup of this game. Why is everything considered a raid? WvW is not raiding, events, fractals none are raiding.
In raiding you have to first GET to the boss. With stronger and more mechanically demanding mobs. Don’t act like you don’t know what a raid is.
If you want to defend your game that’s one thing, I agreed with everyone on the content is great and they need to add more of it.
I just feel that this is a missing piece to the gw2 puzzle.
Hey, some will raid some wont. No one said anything about gear, faction rep or mentioned anything grindy.
It was an addition to a great game, but personally would like some form of validation… I mean why master your character….for a set of gear? Then once you get it what do you use it on? To me I want better gear so I can tackle a more formidable foe. take my best weapons and challenge the toughest creature with hard mechanics to boot.
Again, I don’t want anything changed, just an addition for others and there’s obviously many.
Stop getting angry at each other…….nuff said.

Lian Olsam.9541:

i agree with notrigger posts
i really doesent understood why some ppl are scared about instanced raid… one of the best things of gw2 is you aren’t forced to do anything u want… i dont like www i will dont play it, i will enjoy other stuff.. if someone dont like fractal, agony and ascended grind stuff he can avoid it and enjoy all the rest of the game, if u dont like dungeon u can still play pve etc etc

gw2 key is dont force anyone to do anything, so if some players dont like raid just keep calm and play your favourite open zerg…

CDI and devs work should be make this game much complete as possible to make happy all kind of players, and i also have idea for make happy casual players and hardcore players but i will explain my ideas during the CDI, here is not the right place

Finally, someone who understands what I’m saying. This game would have EVERYTHING FOR ALL if they added a few small things.

I guess no one understands what I’m saying…. ADD in game content. In no way am I saying TAKE AWAY what guild wars 2 is. I like the questing, the events that happen. I believe there should be more of it, some tougher but more rewarding. Keep everything…just add some things for a different crowd then literally EVERYTHING is covered. (everyone has their flavor basically)
No matter how you slice it MMO’S ARE REPETITIVE, is this not so?

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

SirBlunticus.4258:

Shpongle.6025:

SirBlunticus.4258:

I’m sorry but this game is too amazing to not have any endgame content.
Fractals and playing dress up isnt end game content.
The game was great, until I hit 80….now its boring, nothing to do.
I love crafting in any mmo, I usually horde mats and such. GW2 theres no reason to, why waste my time when all crafting is for is the nicest gear, but there is no reason to have it unless you want to run a 5-man fractal (5 MAN!?, might as well call it an expert dungeon)
There are too many games out there that have everything gw2 has and much more.
Devs need to figure out a way to keep people engaged at 80, fractals and playing barbie dress up is not it.
WE NEED RAIDS!

There already are raids like triple wurm, tequatl, jormag etc.

But yeah there’s no 20 man dungeons, although I think that would be fun. But not 20 man, more like 10 man or 15 man, that’s enough or it stops feeling like a dungeon.

I really, really hope we will get to see Underworld in GW2 some day.

I am terribly sorry sir but these examples are perfect for my original post. How are these considered raids??? They are more like dynamic events or something. Not a raid, no way. I tried teq once….made it all the way to the end….didn’t know mechanics or anything for that matter and it was simple. What raid have you ever played where its that easy. Raids are supposed to punish you for not knowing mechanics, be tough for people who want it easy.
These so called “raids” are not even close…go play RIFT and they have these events all day long! (tougher than teq though mind you which if I’m not mistaken is once a day)
If you like these type of “EVENTS” go play rift…you will be satisfied.

There are no raids in GW2 sorry folks. If you think there is go play an mmo with “real” raids. Then tell me how simple teq or your GW2 (raids…lol) are.
I just don’t understand I guess…lmao

Perhaps you should take your own advice…. and go play Rift instead. There are a lot of other games that offer precisely what you want.

However, I don’t think anet wants to be “just like everyone else.” If they did, GW2 would not be what it is currently. We’d have traditional static quests. A heck of a lot more gear treadmill. And things like Teq would be instanced.

Some of us do consider Teq and Wurm to be “raid like” in their requirements. If you don’t have people that know how to do the assorted part of Teq you will fail. I’ve seen it fail more times than not due to lack of understanding and coordination. Wurm, well I’ve never seen Wurm succeed, but admittedly I don’t do it often.

Unless Anet has changed their stance on desiring to add more instances (and Chris can correct me if I’m wrong), I think we’d be more likely to see more open world raids like Teq and Wurm, than something like WoW’s 40 man heroics. I honestly don’t think there is a place for that type of raid (40 man heroic) in GW2, although elite ‘zones’ like from GW1 would fit quite nicely.

I actually do play rift, that’s why I can make the comparison. Like I said at the beginning, this game is amazing in its own way. I just wish they’d add more demanding end game content. Imagine having to know your spec (I love having to switch stances to accommodate different targets.) but if gw2 had (instances that require 10 or more…lol) with mobs that require cc or interrupts (making people have know all the moves they have)
Having to dodge and switch stances for different situations. OMG no game really has that….. they have all the parts to probably the most amazing raiding in history.
Make it demanding and people will flock to this game. I know it and so do you.
Keep everything… the leveling was great (not so linear on the quests for me was a new take at first I was confused but after figuring it all out I have to say was pretty darn impressive…. although I think you level way too fast with all the gathering and pvp combined), the story line superb, once I figured out the “discovery” for crafting I loved it (You’d still have everything the casuals want). Once I hit 80 I fell asleep.
Developers – you have started a new way to play mmo’s. Now finish it! I’m telling you people will LOVE IT!

Shpongle.6025:

SirBlunticus.4258:

I’m sorry but this game is too amazing to not have any endgame content.
Fractals and playing dress up isnt end game content.
The game was great, until I hit 80….now its boring, nothing to do.
I love crafting in any mmo, I usually horde mats and such. GW2 theres no reason to, why waste my time when all crafting is for is the nicest gear, but there is no reason to have it unless you want to run a 5-man fractal (5 MAN!?, might as well call it an expert dungeon)
There are too many games out there that have everything gw2 has and much more.
Devs need to figure out a way to keep people engaged at 80, fractals and playing barbie dress up is not it.
WE NEED RAIDS!

There already are raids like triple wurm, tequatl, jormag etc.

But yeah there’s no 20 man dungeons, although I think that would be fun. But not 20 man, more like 10 man or 15 man, that’s enough or it stops feeling like a dungeon.

I really, really hope we will get to see Underworld in GW2 some day.

I am terribly sorry sir but these examples are perfect for my original post. How are these considered raids??? They are more like dynamic events or something. Not a raid, no way. I tried teq once….made it all the way to the end….didn’t know mechanics or anything for that matter and it was simple. What raid have you ever played where its that easy. Raids are supposed to punish you for not knowing mechanics, be tough for people who want it easy.
These so called “raids” are not even close…go play RIFT and they have these events all day long! (tougher than teq though mind you which if I’m not mistaken is once a day)
If you like these type of “EVENTS” go play rift…you will be satisfied.

There are no raids in GW2 sorry folks. If you think there is go play an mmo with “real” raids. Then tell me how simple teq or your GW2 (raids…lol) are.
I just don’t understand I guess…lmao

Either way, however you feel this game lacks endgame content. It would make this game the best but now it falls short.
Get bored at 80, uninstall, check forum to see if devs make progress…. or wait another year for a halloween mask…lmao.

So lets talk about “end game”.
All I know is everything in this game can be done pre 80.
Besides 2 dungeons and fractals.
So what does end game mean to you….sitting around the portal telling jokes about bacon and chuck norris on chat?

I’m sorry but this game is too amazing to not have any endgame content.
Fractals and playing dress up isnt end game content.
The game was great, until I hit 80....now its boring, nothing to do.
I love crafting in any mmo, I usually horde mats and such. GW2 theres no reason to, why waste my time when all crafting is for is the nicest gear, but there is no reason to have it unless you want to run a 5-man fractal (5 MAN!?, might as well call it an expert dungeon)
There are too many games out there that have everything gw2 has and much more.
Devs need to figure out a way to keep people engaged at 80, fractals and playing barbie dress up is not it.
WE NEED RAIDS!