Guild Wars 2

several days later and im still getting a network error when i fail a mission more then once. some help would be appreciated

basically the title. if i fail like 2 to 3 times in a story mission of the new story content i end up getting a disconnected error and have relog into my character to restart the mission. has happened at least once in every story mission and i dont understand it.

Lost my adoptive uncle of around 10ish years this February on his wives birthday then lost my cat ive owned since 4th grade a month and a half later due to a massively aggressive gum cancer so I know the feels.

Tengu (most likely to be added)
Rebel Palawa Undead of some sort (huge customization potential and would be very different).
Largos (all around cool race that seems to already have some depth added to their society)

Hello there, ive been playing this game off and in since the second beta weekend and there are two things that ive always wanted to be changed in-game for people who have already played through the majority of the in-game open world content. 1. Scale map completion rewards by your current level. Currently if you only complete say only half the maps while leveling up to 80 and later decide to finish them, the rewards (especially in the lower zones) are not worth the time it takes to finish them, especially when compared to Orr which doesn’t include heart quests. And speaking of heart quests….. 2. Remove heart quest requirements for people who have done world completion at least once. After doing every heart quest for the 2nd or 3rd or if youre especially bored easily after the first time, they become very tedious to frustrating after repeating them for too many times and what helps make them so frustrating is the fact that they are required for map completions, which in turn is required for world completion, which finally is required for crafting legendary weapons. I myself, cannot make myself do map completion more then once and only redo the higher level completions and a few lower level zones to help with leveling. This also goes along with how heart quests were never in the original plan and were added to help newer players have a sense of direction and veterans do not need that sense of direction later on. So thats my two most wanted changes that would really personal help. Hopefully other people will agree. P.S. sorry for any typos in advanced. Using a tablet for this.

I looked briefly and didn’t see much on this so I figured I’d ask so forgive me if I’m blind and missed a topic on this that is already going but is Anet going to have any sort of presence at PAX East? I remember before launch they would only ever attend conventions where they could interact with players and obviously PAX is one of those.

Something is still missing from this theory. There have been very heavy hints that either something is possessing Scarlet or she saw something during Omadds test that she is now trying to hunt down and stop out of fear. And I highly doubt that the ley lines are the cause of that. The Asuran council member, Vorpp that we have seen twice in the past two releases even stated something about a possible mental barrier that is meant to protect silvari from something that was perhaps broken for scarlet when she was in omadds machine. While it is all fine and dandy that she is looking for the Ley Lines in Lions Arch that does not explain what entity or creature she is trying to stop. There were even recorded lines of Scarlet seemingly talking to herself about her own plans being her own which suggests she is insane from whatever she saw. And ending the current season without a conclusion as to what she saw or what is possessing her would be honestly frustrating as she is likely going to die or something as the devs have said this is the ending of her story ark. I honestly think she is digging for something rather then just magical ley lines as she is trying to stop whatever scared her to death. Whether this is a dragon or something else, I highly doubt the ley lines are her true target as that wouldn’t make sense. The only thing that would make sense is that she is looking for a physical being of some sort to stop it based on the info of the past few releases. And that would also give Anet a way of explaining that Scarlet is more then just a joker type character doing all of this for no reason which had been a very common complaint.

There is something else that was said during the evidence instance that makes me wonder about the Mordremoth thing. One of the characters (don’t remember which) was talking about what happened to scarlet during Omadds experiment and was asking about what scarlet saw during her vision. The Asura who was there said something about a possible mental barrier that might exist to block whatever had driven scarlet crazy but it would be impossible to know for sure without experimenting on sylvari more. If the sylvari had some connection to Mordremoth and the Pale Tree knew about it but didn’t want it known to any of the other Sylvari, wouldn’t it make sense for her to add such a mental barrier simply to protect her children? The Pale Tree was almost begging Scarlet to not go farther into her vision during the experiment and now the more recently added dialog to the Avatar of the Tree has her basically calling Scarlet a lost cause and stating that she is on her own and much be stopped (paraphrased of course). Sorry for my lack of memory of names and such, has been a long week and haven’t played much. I just have not seen anyone else mention what that Asura said and to me, what he said was a big clue.

Hi, I don’t post terribly often (I do read around quite a bit though) but I just wanted to get on here say that I was blown away by the living story content of this release. There wasn’t a crazy amount of it (which you guys already said anyways) but this is the first release of the living story where I actually got goosebumps from. I loved the instance where you were examining the evidence about what Scarlet is up too. It defidently added to the mystery and I can honestly say that I am curious enough that I don’t even wanna guess what is up. The new revelations about Taimi were awesome as well. I thought the bit about her disability honestly really added to her personality. It was a small touch that really helped the character. And as the title says I just wanted to say awesome job to the Anet team as I really enjoyed the story additions this update. Even though there wasn’t a huge amount but it was very high quality and I am psyched about whatever is coming.

P.S. Edge of the Mists is awesome from the small amount that I played. When I first got there I just kinda sat and stared for a bit in awe. Awesome job esthetically. Especially loved that the desert area gets sandstorms at times.

Dont think it will be 4 months. Anet is on a bi weekly schedule will be closer to two months. and that end of the year article mentions that a feature only release is due out in march after the finale. And other then the poor implimentation which I didnt think was terrible due to how anet seems to be trying to learn from their mistakes. Scarlet isn’t great but she isn’t the horrible character she is made out to be.

Ah ok lol I be blind. I am very curious about the finale though and am honestly am kinda looking forward to the upcoming news and teasers on it.

Huh. The article is gone. O.o Perhaps I was wrong but I wonder why it is gone.

Hey I dont post often but tend to read around a lot and I was curious if we are gonna be getting a preview image soon on the release page or any other details soon about the upcoming LS finale. I alway loved preview images for an upcoming release as they tend to get speculation going and I am very curious about the upcoming 4 finale releases. Have rather enjoyed the LW updates and am really looking forward to the finale of the current story arc. thanks in advanced!

I just realized after playing todays release that Scarlet very openly mentioned Malyck. She said something about how she found our your secret about Malyck. Given that Malyck doesn’t have the dream, I think that this does very possibly have something to do with destroying the dream/nightmare. I have not read too much into the current theories regarding her master plan but I think this is a large hint.

So after playing around with todays update I am kind of conflicted. Now mind you, I voted for Kiel but not for her promise on what fractal she will add but because I like her as a character more. However, I feel like I am stabbing myself in the back by not voting for Evon simply because Abbadon was my favorite antagaist lorewise in GW1. And while we all know the general story of how he got banished by the other gods, I cannot help but hope that he wins just so I can see the event first hand and in the updated gw2 engine. I do not like his character much either and I feel like he has a hidden agenda. Anyone else feeling this way?

I am going to start off by saying that I love this game and am happy that I own it but there are a few things that drive me crazy.

1: Temporary content. Let me say that for the most part, I have loved every bit of the LS content but it does kind of make me sad that I can never do it again on another character. I mean, if you had kept all the LS content in the game rather then just dumping it after 2 weeks, the game would have so much more content for people to do with both alts and for newcomers who want more story later on especially with the consistincy that you have been adding the LS content.

2: Loot drops. Yes, I am sure you hear it 999999 times a day but I have recently been getting curious/bored and have decided to start buying Heavy Loot Bags off of the TS in amounts of 100 at a time to see how often I can make back the money I spent or even get lucky and make a tad bit more. Now, I have done this 3-4 times now and have had almost the exact same result every time and each time I have bought about 500 bags. For about the first 200 bags I open, I generally remake the money I spent and after that I will generally get around 2-5 rare drops from the next 200 or so generally in the form of cores and lodestones. Now mind you, I have only gotten 1 of each of the rarest lodestones out of over 1000 bags and the rest were the rather cheap ones like crystal cores. After I got a couple of rares, my luck from the said bags tanks and I start losing money rapidly. Now while I pre ordered this game back in May, 2012, I have only gotten maybe 500 hours into the game as things like loot drops and RNG always drive me away. I have yet to ever get any sort of exotic drops from any of the content minus one time I got a worthless exotic item from getting lucky on the mystic forge (and a couple of karma and dungeon items that are unsellable). And while dungeons can be profitable, I have lost interest in them due to the elitism that has gotten worse and worse overtime. If you read over the group listings on the gw2lfg website, more then 3/4ths of them are elitist people who have zero patience for people who want to learn. There NEEDS to be either a loosened policy on loot drops (yes, that means that the market will need time to sort itself out but that isn’t a bad thing) or like 3-4 different ways ingame for being able to get expensive stuff for your character, whether it be lodestones, ectos, exotics and ascended gear, even rare skinned items that take time to get, and yes percursers.

3: The Personal Story. This is really my biggest sore spot in GW2 as the biggest selling point that GW2 had for me was the story, however the more I do it on alts and the more I remember it from my main, the more I feel let down from it. Ignoring the fact that there has been zero updates to the PS since launch minus bugfixes and balances, not only does the voice acting feel off in it (in a lot of cases it feels kind of forced and corny), but characters die so fast, and events happen so fast that I generally just lose interest. While I applaud you for doing something different than everyone else as far as the PS conversation cutscenes, I will be very blunt here and say that I cannot stand them for the life of me. They do not feel natural and they just feel off. I am in the process of trying to finish up an alt and I am simply skipping all the conversation cutscenes. I am really only doing it so I can get whatever rewards that come from finishing it.

In closing, I love what is being done with the new LS content and I hope that whenever the PS gets picked up from where it left off that you take what has been learned from the launch of the base game and numerous content updates and do what needs to be done with the PS (PLEASE, NO MORE CONVERSATION CUTSCENES). Mind you, I REALLY want to see the PS picked up again and I want to see how it all goes just please, learn from the mistakes of the launch PS. And PLEASE, do something fast about the loot issues. eventually you will be losing players faster then you get them because of the lack of good loot drops that keep people playing the game.

Hey all. I have not posted on these forums in quite a bit but I have a question for both the playerbase and the devs if possible. I was wondering if ArenaNet is going to be at E3 that just started today at all. Whether to just hang out and talk to fans or to perhaps announce something new. I know that ArenaNet had an anti E3 stance during game development but I am not sure if they are still feeling that way or not. Forgive me if this is a dumb question but I have not read anything on it and just thought I would ask. Thanks in advance.

I don’t understand how all the Mursaat could have all died. What happened to that entire Mursaat city that Saul D’Alessio saw when he was in the jungle and first saw the Mursaat? I mean I highly doubt that every single Mursaat was sent to battle the Shining Blade. Realistically they should have left others behind to keep their race alive. Even if only women and children were left behind with no guards. I’m willing to bet they are still out there somewhere. I seem to vaguely remember ArenaNet saying that they actually have plans for the Mursaat for future content however I don’t remember where I read it.

“Alone, broke, and lost, Saul wandered through a dense forest for several days, surviving on only roots and berries. On the fourth day, delirious with hunger, Saul emerged from the trees to see what he thought was a hallucination—a city of massive towers reaching into the heavens. The architecture was astounding, and the creatures who lived here were unlike any he had ever seen. Walking down into their city, Saul got a closer look at the denizens of this place. They were tall and thin with strange wing-like appendages that waved about in the slightest breeze. When they walked, their feet seemed not to touch the ground, and when they spoke, it was the most melodious sound he had ever heard. Surely these creatures were the stuff of divinity. Hungry and exhausted, his clothes ragged and dirty, Saul dropped to his knees and touched his forehead to the ground. He had found his gods, and they in turn had found their most devoted disciple.” -http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Saul_D%27Alessio

As the person above me said the Sylvari were made as an imitation to humans. Also the wiki states that “while sylvari can and do have sex, it is not for reproduction as sylvari can only be born from the Pale Tree.” http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Sylvari

So if the Dream is connected to the Mists could perhaps the Gods themselves be directing the Sylvari with both their Wyld and Dark Hunts?

Let me first start off by saying this is nothing more then a theory and I have no proof whatsoever on this.

I have been thinking for the past few days about the Sylvari Wylde Hunts and how many Sylvari get some sort of calling regarding usually (from what I have seen) the Elder Dragons whether it is about killing minions, champions, or even more difficult ones like healing Orr or killing Zhaitan. Now my theory is (And I have heard this one before and don’t remember if it was shot down for being wrong or not) that Sylvari are a sort of “white blood cell” sort of thing. As in the Sylvari are Tyria’s way of fighing the ED’s.

Now my reasoning for this theory is that first off the Sylvari are (so far at least) are 100% immune to being corrupted by any Dragon. Second off the Sylvari are the only race that get a Wylde Hunt or a calling to destroy or help weaken the ED’s. Every other race fights by choice, not by having a calling to do so. I also do not think it is a coincidence that the Sylvari immediately start off by fighting Zhaitan’s minions about 20-25 levels before everyone else.

Any thoughts or comments on this theory? Did I forget anything major in my reasoning? Discuss!

I just completed the Personal Story mission The Ghost Rite and encountered a possible bug. When I got turned into the Balthazar fighter my camera comepletly messed up. It went way overhead and it was like playing a game like Diablo when zoomed out and I could only see above my character when zoomed in. And it went away after I transformed into my regular character. Forgive me if that was not a bug but I just thought I would post it just in case as it was very weird.

What about armor that changes based on what zone you’re in? So if you’re near a volcano it would you turn into a molten, burning heap of stone, or in Orr where it would turn you into a zombie with like flies buzzing around and maybe some groaning sound effects, or in a place like the Grove where it would turn into an awesome plant based armor with vines and thorns, or even lets say the Crystal Desert opens up and it turns you into a glowing crystaline creature.

Tengu

Largos

Kodan

I vote for this guy.
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Vael
He always was very mysterious.

-POSSIBLE SPOILERS- YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

During the play through of GW2 you successfully kill what I believe is the leader of the Centaurs (I could be wrong on this so please correct me if I am) in the Harathi Hinterlands Meta Event and the leader of the Flame Legion, Gaheron Baelfire in the Citadel of Flame dungeon story mode. Now I have NOT done the actual dungeon in story mode, I just read up on it on the Wiki and the wiki says:
“The Flame Legion has splintered into rival factions in the wake of Gaheron’s death, and each has its own plan to regain the upper hand in the battle against the other legions of the charr. Representatives of the Pact must now scramble on multiple fronts to deal with the remains of the Flame Legion.”
Now I have not done the explorable mode dungeon either but this is because of the fact of I do not want to have to go to gw2lfg.com to find a group for a dungeon as I would rather find someone in-game to actually go with. So I am going to assume that you defeat each of these Flame Legion splinter factions.
Now finally my question is does this mean that both the Charr and the Humans are free to focus their attention on other things such as the ED’s or whatever is starting up with F&F or even things like the Inquest or the Nightmare Court? Or am I mistaken in my assumptions?

So I have been curious… Will the only part of this first phase of F&F be helping the refugees? Will more of it unlock over time? Or will we need to wait for the next major patch? I’m asking because of 2 reasons.
1: This patch is probably the biggest patch I can remember coming out so far. It was around 1.1 gigs which is huge considering that this is considered to be a very small patch because of how big it has been said that the next 2 content updates will be.

2: I was just on a lowbie on Hoelbrak and I decided to check the herald and I was suprised to see that it had different text then the one in Lions Arch. It has said something about storms appearing in the Wayfarer Foothills and Diessa Plateau so I immediatly jumped onto my main and check the Lions Arch herald just to find out that the text was the same as it has been which was that refugees had started appearing in the Charr and Norn starting areas. I then went to the Wayfarer Foothills and asked if anything new was going on and got several simply put no’s.

I am just a bit confused and am hoping someone can shed some light on how the new Living Story will be progressing. I am very anxious to see how it will unfold.

I personally wanna see ArenaNet’s take on a Shadowknight type class.

Nemui.6753:

BobbyStein.2315:

Lead Writer – responsible for overall quality and direction of:

• Narrative Design (formerly Lore & Continuity Design)

wait, so what are Jeff Grubb and Ree Soesbee doing now? working on the expansion?

Well they have said that they are working on an expansion currently.

http://gamingbolt.com/guild-wars-2-interview-we-talk-to-areanet-about-how-the-mmorpg-has-been-doing-post-launch

“Yeah, yeah, we are actively working on a bigger expansion as well. But that’s something we don’t have a real timetable set on yet. Our major focus now, like most of the companies, is live updates. But we do have a small group of people that is working on expansions and stuff down the road as well. But our big goal, what we wanted to do, is really kind of do something that no one’s ever done before in an MMO after it came out.” It is probably a bit far out though.

I have had a theory about the Sylvari and the possible 6th ED. After you create your character and go through the cinematic you go and talk to Caithe who says that something is corrupting the dream. When I first went through this I had simply assumed that this had something to do with the Nightmare Court, but after thinking about it you do not fight any Nightmare Court in the dream. Just their corrupted Fern Hounds and the plant dragon at the end. Also when you actually get to doing the story for about 10-15 levels or even before that you also find out that the Nightmare Court has had no luck with actually finding a way of corrupting the dream (well they find ways but always get stopped at the last second by your character).
This had lead me to believe that perhaps the corruption that you were fighting in your dream before you awake could have perhaps been the 6th ED attempting to awaken but that awakening gets put off until later due to you getting rid of the corruption. Does anyone agree with this?

I recently went through the Fields of Ruin and the following zone that has the name I cannot remember. I first went through these zones a few weeks after launch and almost all of the content in them was broken. Going through them now is amazingly smooth and bug free and now remember how easy it is to forget how much work ArenaNet has put into this game. I want to say a HUGE thank you to everyone on the ArenaNet team and say that I am looking forward to whatever content is on its way!

I was playing through the zone that has the Shatterer in it (I forget the name of the zone) and I realized that the Ascalonian ghosts that were located in the area where Kralkatorrik flew over were still normal ghosts, not branded ghosts of Ascalon. This also means that the power that Adleberns sword gave off during the Foefire was greater then the power of Kralkatorrik when he first woke up and flew over the area of Ascalon. Could this mean that Rytlocks sword (the sister-sword to Adleberns sword) could be one of the main keys to destroying the Elder Dragons once and for all? Thoughts?

Martacus.4085:

How do you think the Order of Whispers move around Elona?

I’m not saying it’s Margonites, but it’s Margonites.

This would actually be very interesting. What if the Order of Whispers uses the Realm of Torment to get to Elona.

I know that an actual expansion is more then likely a bit far off but I would like to say a bit of what I would like to see in a new expansion. I would personally say that I do not want any new classes, at least not yet. I would rather Arenanet fully refines the current classes with more weapons and skills first. As for new races I think that I would be perfectly fine if they just add the Tengu for a start just because they were originally going to be added anyways. Now for the possible addition of the Tengu it would be pretty cool if they added some Asian themed weapons to the game such as a Katana or Nunchuks.

Katana: I know the game already has 2 sword types but I think that adding a Katana as a different weapon then a basic sword would both make sense and be cool. What makes a Katana different first off is how much stronger and sharper it is then a basic sword. Lets say you slash someone with a sword in the arm, not only are you gashing their arm but you probably also shattered their arm due to the brute force of the swing. When doing the same with a Katana it will generally cut cleanly through. Also a Katana requires a lot more finess due to being mostly a slashing weapon.

Nunchuks: Who can honestly say they don’t wanna make a theif and beat the living crap out of anything they come accross with Nunckuks.

Polearms: Anything from a quarterstaff to a spear or even a nagatina(may have spelt that wrong). Pole arms of any kind seem like they should have been in game from the start and would make an awesome addition to the game.

Greataxe: I know, not asian but would still be awesome to be a warrior and run around with a giant greataxe over your head saving Tyria.

Those are just a few weapons that I think would make awesome additions to the game. Now as a first expansion I personally would like Anet to just add the rest of Tyria including the last several Elder Dragons so we can move on and go to Elona which is still my favorite continent from the original and Cantha which we still don’t know if Bubbles if causing havoc there and even any other continent that was never seen in the orignal game. Now this is what I would like to see in the first expansion, now what do you want too see?

Aproposs Of Fire.4056:

And you are not finding what you need from the trading post?

I currently do not have a good way of making money. As such I am usually around 2 gold on my main. I have no luck with drops either so I am kind of at a loss. I am even using full Pirate runes on my armor for the extra magic find. Plus omnomberry bars for even more magic find.

I’m am not here to complain or whine about anything. I’m simply curious about how exotic level weapons/armor are easy to get because I am always hearing it from everyone both ingame and out how easy it is to get myself equiped with exotics but to be honest have never seen an exotic drop off of a mob and have found that dungeons are the easiest way of making money though not from drops, from the daily reward. Dungeons however rarely get advertized ingame anymore and I really do not want to go to gw2lfg.com as I should not have to do that to find a group and would much rather communicate directly to the person who is openly advertizing the dungeon in chat. Am I missing something with making money/equiping myself decently?

So my question is if/when new races are added such as the Tengu, the Kodan, or even the Largos which seem to be the most likely races that may become playable, will one of the members of that race join Destiny’s Edge? One of the big things about Destiny’s Edge is that there is pretty much a person of each of the major races representing their whole race. Plus each of the members of Destiny’s Edge acts as a hero for each one of the playable races. I think that when another playablr race is added, one member of the said race should join Destiny’s Edge. Any thoughts on this?

I was reading the timeline for what has happened in the passed several hundread years in GW2 Lore and I came accross this : Gargoyles mysteriously vanish from Ascalon. I remember seeing Gargoyles throughout the original game and it seems weird that they would just disappear like that out of no where. Could this be because of the awakening of Kralkatorrik or even a sign of what something else that may or may not happen in the Ascalon area.

Now I know that this happened a good amount of time before the current events of the game but it has had my thinking. Anyone have any thoughts on this?

Will the personal story ever be expanded with content updates or will that be an expansion only thing?

Lucas Ashrock.8675:

Sure, snow at LA, wintersday monthly stuff to do. Various exploits, maybe a giveaway of precursors again for a few lucky grinders of the boss’ chest until nerfed etc. Did you log during halloween?
No, nothing about what you asked, except maybe loottable added with stuff to collect for the monthly achievement.

Hey, guess what? The Halloween update included new content in addition to the actual update…. I do not think that this update will be exclusively a festival. If you actually looked at the wiki or some of the forum posts you would realize that there are several dungeon changes on the way… I was simply asking if the devs were willing to spill any details of anything else coming with this update.

Lucas Ashrock.8675:

Upgrades? changes? Like what.

Thats what I want to know. :P If there are any changes coming this update.

Are we going to be getting any dungeon changes/upgrades in next weeks content update with the launch of Wintersday?

I’ve been thinking about a few ideas that I think would be a good addition to the game.

Class Themed Armor: I think it would be cool to have armor or even weapons that are themed after a class. Like having a Guardian with heavy plate armor with the monk symbol like the fanatics shoulder piece that you can get from character creation, or a gear based armor set for the Engineer, or even elemental armor for an Elementalist that sparks with lightning or burns with fire.

A rare crafting material vendor for dungeon tokens: This would add another reason to do dungeons and would help people want to do dungeons for something other the armor/weapons.

A dungeon vendor that has miscellaneous items: I felt that the Fractals dungeon vendor was a step in the right direction as it has stuff like bags. Now if you could take that a step farther and add dungeon specific recipes, jewelry, black lion keys, or even add something like a random loot bag.

A Reputation system: Similar to what Guild Wars 1 had but add new rewards at every tier with the coolest stuff being at the last tier of reputation with the specific faction instead of the last tier only adding a title. This could include armor, weapons, crafting materials, food, jewelry, recipes, and bags at every tier or even adding only somethings per tier but at the same time still adding something for everyone to work up towards.

I think stuff like this could really add some interesting stuff to work towards and give people more of a reason to log on every day. I hope you like the suggestions!

Yzen.1256:

I opened this hoping it would be about the Everquest guild of the same name on Xegony.

No avail.

Sorry about the confusion :O

So after doing the bonus Fractal on the new dungeon based on the Jade Sea, anyone think a Jade based Dragon would be rather cool?

Diviner.7405:

People complain about everything…

Actually I wasn’t complaining. Just trying to give some feedback on the new zone. In many ways the new zone is a bit too difficult, but I’m not saying in any way that they should dumb it down to the other zones. Rather I’m saying that they need to balance out the damage and defense pools that the Karka have. It is an endgame zone it SHOULD be hard, but not to this extent.

Hexgame.4802:

I think they are fine. Just dodge or reflect their initial range attack and you will be fine.

The issue is that the Karka volleys for example I dodged twice and still got hit inbetween dodges due to how long the volleys last. I got hit before the volley, inbetween the dodges, and once or twice after. Plus the hits cripple you. So dodging barely helps especially when your fighting (or running) from more then one.

The new zone is HARD! I just logged on after missing the main event and decided to check out the new zone. So I got to the new zone saw a Karka and said “Hey! Lets kill that to see what kind of loot I get!”. Needless to say one volley from that young Karka took off half my health and I have like 26k health. Mind you I didn’t die but it caught me off guard lol.

Also the most basic mobs seem to have ALOT of health. In Orr I can take on 3-4 mobs by myself with no issues but in the new zone I get destroyed by trying to take on 2 mobs by myself. I’m finding myself running away from everything in Southsun Cove unless I’m I’m doing an event with a decent amount of people.

Now, I’m not trying to sound negative but I’ve been seeing people everywhere in the zone dying like crazy. Also, I understand that this is only the 2nd level 80 only zone to be added to the game but it just seems like a very large jump to go from Orr difficulty to Southsun Cove difficulty which is a very large increase of difficulty. Some people may disagree with my take on the new zone but please understand this is just my opinion/ feedback on the zone.

On a side note, I LOVE the artwork in the new zone! Looks awesome in every way!

I gotta say… Wow just wow that new dungeon just blew me away. I just joined a pug for it and did 3 fractals and I that was the most amazing dungeon I’ve ever done! Grats to ArenaNet for making such an amazing dungeon! I loved every second of it!

aocypher.9172:

Skykiller.3160:

aocypher.9172:

Skykiller.3160:

fixit.7189:

They uh back tracked on their Manifesto and all the things they said for the past 5 years so what makes you think they won’t back track again? Whatever things they say now can be changed at a whim later on. They already did it once; so what’s to stop them from doing it again and again?

How did they go back on their manifesto? They are NOT adding a gear grind… they are adding a new tier nothing more…. whats more is that you can only get that new gear from that new dungeon…. Also what if the game had launched with Ascended Gear? would they still “be going against their manifesto” as you say? No they would not be… your only complaining because they are adding it post launch. So your argument is invalid.

No. They are going back on their manifesto. I have full exotics (other than the backpiece) on 3 of my characters. Now I have to grind to get full ascended.

And yes. I would be still be complaining if the game was launced with rares being the top tier and they added exotics. Why? Simply because they are forcing me to grind to keep up.

No one is forcing you to grind at all…. you get the new items from the new dungeon… which means doing the new content to get the new stuff. Holy crap lol do your research before complaining…

the point is NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO DO DUNGEONS. Some of us just want to WvW. And now we have to grind a PvE dungeon to remain competitive.

So by “having to grind to remain competitive” you mean that a tiny +2-5 stats per item is going to help?