Guild Wars 2

Anet needs to split up the test junk from the rest of the game play. It’s very disruptive and in WvW constantly being kicked out for updates? Seriously… This one reason is enough for me to hold off on buying the 8 copies of the expansion already.

It is fine for people to glide away from combat. But if that player initiated the combat, that player should not be allowed to glide away until it is over. It ia lame for those to start a fight first and fly away when they are losing and you can’t give chase.

Not a very good season 1 memory box when some items are missing. Either all or nothing is my preference.

Junkpile.7439:

Why i can’t get more tickets? I surely didn’t get that 360 yet.

Unfortunately, I don’t think Anet cares about being fair… Those who finished ahead of the patch schedule are and will remain shortchanged. And there will be those who will chime in and say it’s only a week. But a week more of this boring grind to get more tickets? Whatever happened to GW2 not being a grindfest? That seems to never materialize.

Thanks Anet. You just helped me quit WvW after completing diamond. There’s no incentives and no reasons to do it after diamond completion. Now on to some other games until reset…

These changes to WvW just got me to realized how pitiful and unrewarding WvW is and was… My biggest mistake was to be doing WvW since release and ANet just reinforced that view. At first, the Legendary back piece and WvW armor brought me back into WvW after boycotting and avoiding it for months. But the changes today made me realize how much more fun Lion’s Arch chit chat, fractals, etc is the better part of the game. Did anyone even thought this out before implementation? From the looks of it, it was like a quick fix hoping that everyone will like it. Ack.. Failed. What else is new about the team working on WvW???

Vinceman.4572:

Seems like you haven’t understood or read the following part over:

“As for Ascended, there was a bug released with HoT which caused the drop rate to plummet. We fixed that and brought it back to pre-HoT levels, but felt that still wasn’t good enough, so we updated them again with this patch.”

I prefer it when the drop rate plummet cuz that’s when I actually average at least a chest or more per week. The most recent patch which supposedly made it easier to get them dropped my chances. I get more of the other random trash like ascended mats, gold frac wep, etc. I don’t need any of that. Wish those gold fractal wep can be traded into an NPC for something else. Completed set and not much use.

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

Where do you go where you think the drop rates are better? (And at what tier do you do them? Tier 4 has much better odds than T3.)

I don’t even waste my time with T3. T4 is easy enough if you get a competent group. I’m still getting trash like everlasting tonics, rings, etc. No ascended chests these past 2-3 months.

Vinceman.4572:

Nope, we actually want to make it easier to get Ascended gear from Fractals

Lol. I agreed with this part of the statement… They make it easier because you can actually buy it in fractals from those vendors inside. The drop rates for ascended chests seems to be horrible now. That’s my reason why I don’t even bother to do fractals.

Desert BL is no different than Obsidian Sanctum/Edge of the Mists. Can we treat it the same? It does have a few people on it just like Obsidian Sanctum. It definitely not as popular as Edge of the Mists. There’s always going to be some people who likes it, just like how they like doing JP at Obsidian or k-training at Edge of the Mists. Let it stay in WvW but move them to leisure time maps like Obsidian Sanctum or Edge of the Mists.

Why not just offer those heavily populated servers free transfers out? That way, it’ll allow servers to re balance itself.

Icethorn.6570:

Just wanted to get everyone’s feelings about the latest changes to Fractals.

I ran Uncategorized today and had Flux on. It make it extremely annoying because you constantly had to hop to platforms on top of the harpies instant knocking you off.

Also in Swampland the mistlocks were Flux and Random condition. I would often get the flux bomb and torment at the same time. So no matter what, you get hurt.

While these were intended to add to enjoying, I feel like they have deterred people from wanting to do fractals. As they have now become more of an annoyance than enjoyable.

Quite honestly I liked the old way alot more. Am I alone in feeling this way about them?

No, you’re not alone. You know the game is going the wrong direction if you’re waiting for someone in party to leave or hoping to see the weakest link(s) leave the party so you have a better chance of getting thru the stage. I am guilty of such and I hate having that feeling. Didn’t have that mentality before. The normal party I tend to do it, most don’t want to do fractals anymore. Saw the changes and decided it’s not worth the time and went with the Living Story instead. New fractal changes = 5 necs now?

Daddicus.6128:

ANet simply didn’t learn the number one lesson from HoT. I don’t understand; after admitting their mistake, and trying to correct some of the overpowering changes in HoT, they turn around and apply them to fractals instead.

ANet, you need MORE of the reductions in grossly-overpowering content, not less.

ANet listens too much to the minority in forums and will keep making their game lose players, then they’ll do these massive sale for $10 or something like bring out another expansion and throw in the other 2 games for free to new players. They’ll just lose existing players thanks to those vocals who supported making the game more restrictive (difficult) to the masses and tailored it to their needs of the few who likes seeing the masses unable to play the areas they are in. There will be a point where there’s not enough new players to pull into this game and then they might realize what just happened.

daw.4923:

its annoing at first,but after few weeks no1 even notice….

Of course it’ll be that case because many players who aren’t posting on forums decided the game isn’t worth playing and decided to go elsewhere. No one will notice except them crickets when you’re waiting in LFG.

Thank you Anet for the nice update. It allowed me to get rid of 3 fractal tonics for something useful…

Now for the negative comment. Please fix this update to the stages. I don’t want to see Mossman looking for a home everywhere. I got enough of the worm from Jade Maw. They are not worth putting into every stage. It’s pointless and creates a ugly taste for the stage. They do no damage and makes no difference other than making this game more lame.

What the heck is that poison trail thing? It’s another kittened swamp attempt to make it challenging but instead becomes a turn off for the game. I had to wait for people to leave the party so we can get a all necro group to get through this. This again makes PUG not too ideal. Let’s not introduced changes that detracts from the game. Chaos and the updates to Snowblind are great changes. Make changes similar to Snowblind. Long boring fights into shorter more challenging fights is what is preferred…

Phoebe Ascension.8437:

… (snip)
I wonder why that would be ArenaneT? Why people don’t do 77 bloomhunger while being actually capable level to do it?

HINT: fun factor.

I agreed with you. I just completed my fractal dailies excluding “swamp”. It made the avoid list. There is only 1 fractal on that list so far. And yes, I have completed it a number of times even with just 4 people instead a full party of 5. However, the time spent and rewards for that isn’t worth the time or chance if you are PUG’ing. I know some people love it and think it’s fun. Old swamp wasn’t better, but I would still do it just because it’s easy to PUG for it. New swamp is better in that it’s more challenging, but it’s a bit overdone. I’m tired of wasting my time doing more rezzing than actual playing.

apharma.3741:

Simple make it a collection requiring the following:
Ad Infinatum
All fractal weapons
All golden fractal weapons
Old Tom
Completed all fractal achievements

If that doesn’t prove your fractal prowess I guess adding some more challenge motes or requiring you to beat level 100 mai trin several times. Sure she’s not that hard, just annoying.

Umm… No. This is too easy to obtain. That means I’ll end up with 3. I don’t need a 3rd tonic that is account bound. Please just make it tradable and those who wants it can get it easily and those who has too many can just sell or give it away.

This tonic is super easy to get. I got 2 in 2 days back to back. In fact, I would rather have an ascended chest. Why can’t Anet make this tradeable? My kid wants it and I can’t even give it away…

You will get it if you aren’t trying to grind for it. Tried it and got tired of the horrendous RNG. Randomly just kill a smokescale while walking about for a HP on another character and it drops…

So much complaints… Somebody already mentioned this before. Wouldn’t getting these skins be cheap and easy if you go buy enough of the skins to complete a set? You will unlock one BL weapons set and get 7 keys. You can spend gold to complete the set. You will end up spending less RL cash to buy gems to convert to gold instead of gambling on those chests.

Rednik.3809:

Khyan.7039:

My solo Mai Trin scale 100 as condi necromancer say hello gracefully to you.

Problem is – outside of Trin reaper is not that useful.

Perhaps that’s the reason why I am seeing an increased amount of reapers in T4 fractals? Being not useful gets more usage. Sounds strange…

STIHL.2489:

Back to Advice:

24) Take Everything someone says with a grain of salt.

• Everyone has an Opinion and it’s often wrong
• Everyone thinks they Know Everything
• /Wiki /Dulfy /Guild anything that someone says that could prove helpful before you just try to do it.

Best advice so far… that includes what you probably see here.

Got 2 within the same week. Can’t sell or even give away. Seems too common for me.

Nightshade.2570:

Somehow, people are really convinced that the ABL were full prior to the expansion. Like… they somehow missed the idea that it was in a steady decline.

The issue is that the HOT expansion took a large chunk of those that normally WvW and redirected them away for a time.

The game was slowly bleeding players, but DBL came and I play WvW 99% less. I find doing repetitive metas in HOT more fun. DBL only good for guild missions since you can claim something and nobody will bother you. It’s a beautiful cemetery for WvW.

As for redirecting them away… Truth is that it redirected a number of players away until they remove the BL completely. It’s a good map for a quick jump to do your gather resources at your home borderland and perhaps use the mystic toilet and crafting stations.

You do know if this contest appears, the first person to turn in the original borderland maps with minor changes probably will win right? People would vote for it and ask for it to replace these large complex maps that is better for fighting veteran NPC’s than other players.

Seriously people… These new borderland maps are good for something. WvW related guild missions. Nobody will bother you and you can cap the camp, tower, etc with just 3. EBG has a que of over 40+. Not with these outmanned borderlands. The new maps are pretty. You can stare at the tranquil environment while holding that capture.

I support that Diku is requesting changes to see if it helps WvW. But a simple fix in my opinion would be since these new maps are so large, why not add “gliding” into it? Only the borderland maps should have gliding. Look at the terrain and the size of these maps and tell me it wouldn’t promote quicker fights? Glide right into battle… Yes, you’ll need “HoT” to be able to glide. It’s not needed to play, but for gliding purposes it will be needed. It’ll maybe help sales of HoT for those who don’t already have it.

Seriously, I thought the new maps are great… only if you are doing guild missions. Even in T1, no zergs at borderlands. Hardly anyone to fight against 3 people doing guild missions. Isn’t that amazing enough?

Diku.2546:

They didn’t make a mistake.

The New Desert Borderland was stress tested in WvW & is now ready to be re-deployed for use in an EotM Map rotation schedule.

Umm.. was the new maps deployed under the influence?

New borderland maps were probably accidentally put into WvW. They probably intended it for silverwaste or was that supposed to be an extension of EOTM? I wonder when will this bug get fixed and maps fixed properly. These joke of a map are only good for guild missions since most won’t bother bother you if you are in the borderlands.

Zephyra.4709:

If I can offer any suggestions to null the pain, as I too, have asked the same thing before going out and trying things my own way it’s a combination of:

- going around on alts and communing/focusing on acquiring HPs (this nets you XP + anything you explore along the way = more XP)
- simply do events or anything meta event
- Dragons Stand event
- Spider farm when you are every close around 80% done and just wanna grind it out

Anything else I haven’t found any farms save for some weird LFG stating “vet tengu mastery farm” so I’m assuming someone found something to farm in AB as those were the only tengus I saw in these new maps.

Hope that helps.

Spider farm has been severely nerfed. Them vet spiders aren’t vets anymore… Anet will find ways to make you do more grinding to prolong this expansion as a game that is isn’t short… Extra grinding and lack of contents makes this game a bored fest. I have already given up on grinding and just doing my daily fractals only.

JaddynnStarr.5201:

spider farm still nets over a million xp per hour… twice as fast as any meta… If they are gonna nerf it, it will have to be less then 350k per hour in order for Metas to be a comparable alternative. People pushin Metas as the fastest are just white knighting, and trying to get their own maps full so they can get the rewards they are after for that map. 90% of the people I see fighting the farms are the ones after their bladed chest box is all… when they finally get it, I bet you wont see very many complaints about it at all.

But spider farming is so boring… Already got all the bladed chest boxes unlocked for the 3 armor types. I haven’t gotten back to the new expansion area for a week now. Game got boring too fast. XP rewards are so pitiful and grindy…

Wish this mastery exp point would’ve been fixed by now. It’s a mindless grind of farming spiders which is semi nerfed or repeating the same events again and again… Still thinks this “HoT” expansion is a HOT mess right now. Just doing the daily chest login and sometimes casual daily fractals and logging off.

You do know you can get a mentor tag too. Just do some PVE in original content and or grind for that level 1 mastery and get your free tag. You can then be a “Mentor Commander”.

The new borderlands are beautifully designed and looks great. Unfortunately, if you are looking for any real battles, these maps aren’t really for you. If you were a fan of EOTM, then consider this EOTM Enhanced. Only playable map for most WvWers are EB now. People on these empty borderlands are there to gather the resources. It’s not even useful enough to use for dailies.

So far I couldn’t even spend more than 1 hour without falling asleep. It was so bad, I kept falling off the cliff in the new areas every 5 seconds. Went to sleep early since GW2 failed to live up to the hype. WvW with the exception of Eternal Battlegrounds, the other maps are just horrible reincarnation of silverWASTE and drytop. The best part of GW2 is the mad king events… That didn’t require me to waste money on these new contents that feels more like heavy grind. Smart way to make the game long… Limited contents, but forced grindfest to unlock everything… The free living stories was more fun. No offense to the developers. I know they tried, but can’t please everyone. I’m now waiting for the next sale for Diablo 3 and try that out for a bit. Probably take a break until these excessive grinds gets fixed. Mastery and elite specialization is more grind than anyone can imagine… I’m glad I only bought 2 copies. Don’t need to get the other copies for other family members , at least not yet.

Simple answer is this… If you feel that flipping is violating your game mode, then don’t do it and avoid the trading post if you can. I sometimes feel the pain cause by the flipping, but I admire it and think of it as reality. Supply and demand will always dictate the prices. Those who chose to flip are taking a risk as well. Not every buy or sell makes money. Anet charges a 5% listing fee and 10% sales fee, so some people who failed math flips the item for a loss and didn’t notice it. And by saying every item should be account bound is being a bit ignorant. There are many times I buy items for others and send it to them. By making it account bound, it’ll kill this game and make it pointless.

Knighthonor.4061:

SleepingDragon.1596:

Windsagio.1340:

echo.2053:

Windsagio.1340:

Sena.2761:

Reminder: Factions and NF came with TWO slots and it just so happens those games also added two classes.

But now? 2015 ANet? They make one class and give 0 slots. This just perfectly frames ANet in my eyes as having lost any heart and integrity they once had.

Do we get tired of going in circles with this? They were stand alone games that were compatible with Prophecies. If they had come with no character slots they’d be unplayable.

I do wonder at the time if the question was, “Prophecies came with 4 slots, but factions only comes with 2!”

Every account has 2 complimentary character slots. Each of the three campaigns adds 2 slots to the account.

failing to do simple research when you haven’t played the previous game makes it trolly.

Ironically those expansions were stand alone expansions at a value of a stand alone game, here we have a few maps plus rebuying the core at a standalone price.

You missed the point entirely in your desire for pedantry.

Nightfall and Factions had to come with character slots because they were standalone products. It’s an invalid comparison based on an essential lack of understanding of the GW1 business model.

Not to mention not understanding that the GW1 business model and the GW2 business model are massively different, so that’s at least 2 reasons it’s an invalid comparison.

Nightfall and Factions are not standalone products. You need the original Guild Wars Prophecy to play them. Have you even played the original Guild Wars to be saying misleading things like that?

Wow you are a big deceptive liar…

Those were standalones. I never owned GW1P…. I had both Factions and Nightfall as well as EoTN,,,,

Sorry, my bad… I always had Prophecies so I didn’t ever just installed just 1 without already having Prophecies. However, they all had character slots added to what you already have.

To be honest, I don’t want the character slot as much anymore. I want the same what other new buyers are getting. A key for the core game. I could use it. I will have 5 slots and also give me chance to get the daily chest to recoup any costs for character slots. Yes, that’s what I want now. I want to get what I paid for. I shouldn’t be denied what I’ve paid for even if I already gotten it. If that’s the case, then everyone should only have 1 of everything. Such as a computer since paying for a 2nd is meaningless since you should only have 1. Same goes for tv, cars, etc.

Remember folks… The developers and most of ANet isn’t at fault for this fiasco that created a mob of rage. It’s the one or few individuals who made the poor decisions and created this mess. I asked them to come out and admit it, but nobody did. We had pies waiting, but nobody to toss them at…

Raziel.4216:

2 people walk into a bar.
Customer A bought a beer earlier, he’s bringing his friend customer B to try it out.
They only offer 1 package, it’s worth 50$, for a beer and a whisky.
Both customers pay their 50$, Customer A only gets the whisky because he bought the beer b4 and Customer B gets a beer and a whisky.
Customer A complains.
Tell me now, is Customer A entitled?
No, and that bar would be closed soon.

Guess what? Your argument just did the opposite of what your intentions are… Customer A bought a beer for $50 a while back. Now there’s whiskey that became available for sale but it includes beer. Customer B bought the whiskey and beer for $50. Customer A wants the whiskey so Customer A bought that same whiskey that Customer B just bought. Are you saying that Customer A isn’t entitled to another beer because he bought one for $50 before? You’re saying that Customer A should spend $110 to enjoy his whiskey only? Most of you would understand where I got $110 since Customer A now needs to spend $60 for part of the order that Customer B gets in full.

Now a business like that would definitely draw a lot of attention… consumer advocates, lawmakers, etc would definitely jump all over this as Customer A is deprived of what he/she paid for. I’m sure that bar would have customers fighting and it’ll be shutdown in no time.

First time in history of GW that I’ve failed to get a head start… and I’m not going to regret anything since I’ll be on the sidelines until ANet/NCSoft figures out how to treat all players equally. It makes no difference if I’m new or existing players. If the company you’re supporting only cares for one type of customers, then why should you support them?

Let’s cut to the chase and stop wasting time with this nonsense. If you paid $50, everyone is entitled to the same the exact same thing. You are paying for 2 games that are in this hidden bundle. The core game along with the expansion. Give everyone 2 keys. One for core and one for expansion. Doesn’t matter if you are veteran or new. It’s what you’re paying for. You are paying for 5 new character slots and 2 parts of the game. It should not matter if you have already have the core game or not.

Grimm.2685:

Thank you Biobasher for the support. Arena Net has put out a quality product at a very reasonable price and they do not deserve the hatred that they have been getting since the pre-purchase.

It’s not hatred. If I remember correctly, the best customers are ones that complains or one who tells the business what is wrong with their product. Customers that provide phony support even knowingly how bad it is, does not make the business do better. Longer term, that business goes out of business. So all those who’s making valid complaints are indeed NCSoft and ANet’s best customers!

If it’s free, why can’t we get another code for just the core? I want another core account and it’ll justify the price and reasoning behind all this madness…

Can the person at fault come out and take the pie?

A lot of unhappy fans are waiting…

Lumpy.8760:

loud minority

playing since beta, and i’m happy

… then I’ll be the loud majority

playing since GW1, and was happy till now…

I agree it’s not all the staff who was at fault and I do think we all should thank the staff overall. The one who came up with this idea of including the core that should’ve been split out into another code so everyone will get the expansion along with another core that they can share is the person at fault. Maybe he/she should’ve been fired?

sevenDEADLY.5281:

Actually you’re not. But by all means, get a lawyer and take them to court if you truly believe you are. Let me know how that goes.

Don’t waste money on lawyers and such. It’s not worth it. Just vote with your wallet.

I agree with what you said. I’m “Entitled” to what new players get. 2 games for the price of 1. Split the codes up and give us the free core and HoT expansion for that $50 price tag. I’ll be fine with that option as well. I can always use another account for storage.