Guild Wars 2

Didn’t get my chests either, twice in a row.

Hello citizens of Tyria,

We the people have organized ourselves as best as we can to start a initiative to better help those of us undergoig hardship in Lion’s Arch.

This guild aims to save as many citizens as possible through targeted rescue of isolated pockets of citizens. We are currently looking for more members to join this guild, if you want to join contact SleepingSloth.8340 or Alawara.9217.

Im not even getting to the trebuchets by the way, the party departs for the trebuchets and immediatelly dies at the door of Fort Trinity because of an ambush of 10+ risen mobs including veterans.

I’m not dying, the problem is I can’t protect the NPCs im supposed to protect because while I kill 5 mobs the rest of them kill the NPCs. Its not hard its litterally impossible now, not because I die, but because there are to many mobs and they attack the npcs, not me, so nothing I can do about that.

All events in all areas except extremely low ones are completely off the charts for one player to do. I just had to single handedly defend a group of npcs against 4 veterans and 30+ mobs. I want to know who thought this was a good idea, I’m about to quit this game.

Yup, dead game, even forums are dead

So I’m trying to do the trebuchet event at fort trinity, (alone, cause its really fun to level in a MMORPG where the only time I ever have seen another player is when I visit Lion’s Arch) and 20+ mobs immediatelly spawn and one-shot the NPCs Im supposed to protect alone. If your game is dead at low level areas at least make it possible for the only player playing there to do the events or something. This is simply terrible, I can’t get my warrior past level 73 -.-

Haishao.6851:

Might as well play nude.
White is only slightly better than without armor anyway.

Thats uncalled for. While you can’t effectively play the game nude, the game gives you very easy access to better gear. Masterwork costs like half a gold for a full set and rares cost like 2 and a few gold. The game gives this to players without much grind and this allows for effectively playing the game and having fun doing it (I completed the entirety of Orr in green non-80 gear). If you play a bit more you’ll eventually be able to afford Exotics. NOt much grind required, just a semi-decent time of gameplay.

IndigoSundown.5419:

I do want Ascended gear. No, I don’t need it, but I do want it. Why? Because when I reach a goal (like finishing a zone) there is a feeling of accomplishment that is satisfying. It makes the fun of trying to reach the goal even more fun. I’m quite happy to do random stuff just for fun, although I prefer some aspects of game play over others. It’s just a nice little add-on to get pixelated rewards as well.

Exactly why I want to get world completion. It is fun, feels satisfying and gives an awesome reward. Does everyone need to do it in order to enjoy the game? Absolutely not. BUt if you do you get a cool, non-essential reward that makes you feel awesome and doesn’t make everyone else feel bad. Much like the minimal increase in stats Ascended gear gives, except I personally loathe grinding, and Ascended is a reward for grind. That’s ok with me.

I think some people are very attached to the concept of no grinding for anything whatsoever and I can see their point. I personally think that is too extreme a position to take. I dont think its wrong to reward people who dedicate a large portion of their time to playing the game with very minimal stat increases such as ascended gear. It doesn’t bother me at all that I can’t get it, because its addition doesn’t actually represent a power decrease or enjoyment decrease for me.

Additionally if they add other ways of getting that gear that I find enjoyable, it has the potential to be very cool.

So the community has been quite enraged over the addition of ascended gear to the game.

Let me start by saying I despise grind. I got all my exotics through crafting from materials I collected playing the game or bought with gold I earned playing the game the way I liked. Absolutely no tiring form of grind, though arguably I did still grind for my gear. Point is, I enjoyed playing the game up to that point.

Lost Shores patch hits, I simply continue playing the game the way I had been, maybe with the exception of exploring a fresh new area (not that great, but better than nothing). I looked into ascended gear and saw that I was still very far off from getting it, so I ignored it.

My enjoyment remains the same. It is as if Ascended gear has never been added to the game. My power level relative to all PvE content remains the same, ankittenep enjoying the game the same as I did before, currently working on going through all the dungeon paths. For fun. That’s it. I still do stuff I find fun, and I didn’t get a single bit less effective at doing it because Ascended got added. Some people got slightly better and if for them grinding for that gear is fun, so be it, I’m glad for them.

The point some people are missing is that if you don’t like the idea of grinding for Ascended gear you can still play just as effectively as before with your regular gear.

People who like grinding for better stats get new gameplay. People who like me despise grinding can still keep enjoying the game as they did before. Am I missing something?

I’m not lagging and I have tried logging out.

The buy button is greyed out even though I have the money to pay for the item I want to buy (it only costs a few coppers and I have more than one gold). I have now tested and I can’t buy any item even though I have the funds. Additionally the spot where my money should appear on the right bottom corner shows nothing. Not 0 money it simply isn’t there.

Bump for arenanet answer

A friend of mine had it’s story skipped to level 48. We were playing through it together and can’t continue playing if it isn’t fixed on his account. Should he send a support ticket?