Guild Wars 2

I DO hope they will release hairs for the other races that are just as awesome.
If it takes them a bit longer to do it and if it is individual releases as the OP suggested- then that is fine with me so long as the quality is as good for the time it took.
Thank you anet!
Can finally have a legit Vivienne character now!

So – im one of those who look forward to a small niche in the game – new hairstyles and faces – not repeats and reskins. Call me ungrateful – but I’ve been waiting since before HoT for something new.
Once again a huge letdown. and I still want to buy makeover kits and buy gems -but I have no reason to yet.
Just how I feel.
super disappointed.

I don’t care about the white mantle either – or babysitting more incompetent NPC’s.

Also, are norn spirits ever going to mean anything? Or the gods that humans choose have any impact on them personally?
Same with the rest of the races.
Wish those things could be expanded on.
Norn spirits were a big deal in EotN and they are practically an afterthought for norn in this game.

So I destroyed all the little beams that keep her in the bubble however- she won’t come out of the magic bubble. I threw the bloodstone at the protective shield that she’s cowarding behind and nothing.

So the dragons are kinda like bees and sharks? ppl don’t like them but we need them to keep life as we know it and stop killing them out of fear.
I’m just glad that we get to expand on Orr – because it felt so unfinished for so long- hopefully this will help.

I don’t think mounts should be any faster than a slight increase in speed – maybe 10%
I don’t like the idea of mounts in this game – but they need to adapt and evolve to keep it going – but that doesn’t mean adding mounts – but I mean they did add stupid back wings and ridiculous hair colors and style – so why not.
I wish they’d cater to ppl who want more practical non lore breaking items for once.

I feel like at some point housing may be introduced in the future – maybe in a 3rd expansion if things persist.
The only thing I’d be worried about is that all of the housing looks exactly alike and items are only added through achievements or completing an event but you can’t actually customize anything- like the personal home instance is now – but hopefully that won’t be the case. Not something like Skyrim either, where the equipment is there and set up with limited customization and you just have to buy it and the rest acts as storage.
I’m kind of hoping for something with much more personalized customization similar to how Wildstar’s homes work.
Actually I would love for something like that – especially with all of the potential that GW can run with.
With Several ways to acquire items through a housing vendor the currency would be with coin, gems, karma, LS currencies like unbound magic etc. HoT currencies like Airship parts.
Ahh the possibilities would be epic
that is IF we ever get personal housing with core customization.

So What I mean by different sides is, why do we have to be inherently good?
There are two sides to each race that are against one another
What would it mean if we got the choice to choose our path in a more in depth way? Maybe to try and destroy something from within, feeling helpless or mislead, seeking another path through different means. So many different options as to why our heroes would take a turn. Here’s more of an example- Just hear me out
-Sylvari walking away from the dream and joining the nightmare? Our hero finds themselves without a purpose and feels abandoned by the Pale Tree but hears a whisper in the wind – following the “voice” they are led through dark terrain and comforted by the voice – finding another “pale tree” who welcomes them with open arms and convincing our hero to join the Nightmare Court.
-Our Norn becomes an outcast due to a horrific event that where the blame is solely theirs. The Norn wanders aimlessly until through some event becomes involved with helping Svanir, however they get a taste of the power and twisting their mind as their friends from Dragon’s watch witness their commander seek a darker path. (maybe even more expansion on Norn Spirits/animal form and guidance.)
-Asura searching for greater knowledge through the Inquest. Knowing their methods are unorthadox – but when push comes to shove, there is no limit to knowledge gained and the Inquest have their perks.
And so on.
Maybe even introduce specialized vendors for this adaptation for both sides. ex) The dream/The Nightmare. A point system similar to karma or unbound magic used to purchase special items from these vendors to represent what side you’re on.
It’s just an idea!

What would be ways to expand upon this? I think it would make living story interesting instead of always following someone else and dealing with having to clean up after another character.

Ele has seen it’s ups and downs- the worst being pre April 15th patch 2015
and then came the celestial era which ascended ele into godhood essentially – but when it comes to build diversity the only viable one they have is a heal bot.
Some like being a healing tool but it’s not my cup of tea.
Why is ele being pushed into a corner with only 1 useful build.
It’s like you have no damage, but you can last in a 1v2 until a team mate comes to join. and you better hope your team is good enough to last without you.

So there is an area above the open PvP where you can land and shoot ppl dueling down below – I think it needs to be taken away!
it takes the fun out of it – it’s kind of exploiting from a broken vantage point.

Spirit build was a great build – and not used often, I think buffing the spirits to move ONCE AGAIN would be a great way to reintroduce some build diversity among rangers.

vier.1327:

I have been playing healbot elementalist since season 1, so i am tired of it.

In the last season i changed my build for Fresh Air, and practise in the off season time and WvW roam.

Yesterday i did my 10 clasification arenas, 7/3, and placed my in Gold3.

Today i played 3 more arenas, 3 loses, it does not matter to me, i do not want to obtain money for sPvP, or be the god of pvp.

But when i said to my team; i do not have the support build, they started the harrasment. Useless ele, play the proper build, learn to play, kill yourself, etc.

So, i reported the player that insulted me, i keep going, playing and trying to have fun. But i found him/her again in the next arena, an the cicle started all over again.

I understand this is a competitve mode, but that is not an excuse to be a complete toxic player. It is just a game, after all.

Does the report option means something? Or, if i ignore one player, the system can put us together in the same team?

:/
that’s ridiculous. Sorry that happened to you.
the sad part is, is that ele is backed into a corner with only being viable on a heal bot in PvP – play what you want.

Chasind.3128:

I have lost a multitude of ranked games this season, things I’ve experienced so far:
People who have map chat/team chat turned off
AFKs
My team zerging, then complaining that the 1 person isn’t capping
1 or 2 people telling everyone not to worry about home, and the team listens
Not targeting
Did I mention AFKs?
Throwers – admitting to throwing
Players admitting to not having a clue, they just want the ascended tickets.
It makes me so toxic & hate your pvp.

So, please anet. Allow ascended rewards in unranked as well.

I was low platinum last season, I had started silver & worked my way up
This season I ranked low gold with a thief for placings; Now that I play to win, it’s loss after loss & I’m now mid silver. It’s not about the rewards, I Play for competition.
& my sr keeps jumping from 1000 to 1500. It’s currently 1099.
I’m sorry if this is ranty.

NOPE!
Ranked is for more serious PvPers. Or at least what’s left of them.
Unranked is for testing builds.
Get a team who knows how to rotate and knows their class.
Personally I think they need to take them away all together.
Leave them in ranked.
I lose over and over because new players are doing ranked and they have 0 concept of staying on point to cap, don’t chase off points just for 1 kill, rotation. they do all of those things – OH and won’t stomp and instead press 1 or waste the big skills on a downed enemy player instead of ressing.

A good thief will never just waste initiative. – Thief main.
Also! What’s with this use of Shadow Refuge now? it’s freaking hilarious because it’s sooooo noobish.
Like oh, Before I enter this fight let me Shadow Refuge right in front of the enemy! they’ll never expect it! Which is right because I was surprised when I saw a thief use it over and over during a match- to which that SR using thief died relentlessly.
There are better utilities than SR in PvP.

What I don’t get is why can’t ppl be forced to be rank 80 in pvp in order to do ranked. it means they at least have a grasp of things.
But no- ANET wants noobs and idiots who think they know best to run the show while real PvPers give up or find teams that steam roll the people Anet wants in PvP and then they go cry about it and then here comes a nerf.

Tomiyou.3790:

Ask people you were playing with for their rating. Would be good to know the rating to see against which tier you are up against.

Also, my experience with ele is the exact opposite. Healer ele is pretty strong if you know how to use it :>

Healer is strong UNLESS you’re spammed with a full condi team.

jojorne.2175:

What will happen if ANet increases the reward from the Dungeon Bag of Coins to 25~30 silver per bag? I’m think about this cuz in fractals we have the “box” that can give some nice silvers.

it used to be 1g 25s per dungeon except for Arah paths certain ones gave 3-5g
but anet said nope – that’s way too much compensation for a long dungeon run, nerf it! and do nothing to fix dungeons all together.

I want bathing suits! Lore friendly ones.
it’d be super cute
id spend gems on it.

VAHNeunzehnsechundsiebzig.3618:

Takashiro.8701:

They could atleast implement something like a couple-system.

You get a hearty-buff when you and your partner are on the same map, which gives you something like +10% EXP/Karma and get a teleport-to-your-partner-item which is basically a teleport-to-friend but with unlimited use and instead 30-60 minutes cooldown.

that is an awfully bad idea.

People would start ‘marrying’ just to get the buffs/teleport.

And seriously, why should such a thing rewarded anyway? Either those two really like each other – than they don’t need any rewards, or they don’t and then the ‘marriage’ would be just a joke/scam – and does not deserve any rewards

that is a bad idea bc it would be exploited like crazy- instead ppl who get married the first time get AP like 1-5 AP and an experience tome.

i want to marry an NPC like Logan Thackeray or Braham Eirrson

Anet doesn’t understand what build diversity means- but they want us to find what works – which right now with the condi meta is really only heal bot.
I wish celestial would make a comeback bc man- ele was actually useful and could dish out direct damage while sustaining themselves and being a threat. Now they hit like a wet noodle and absolutely have to be with a team.
Wow build diversity.

You can go condi ele – but that requires that your team can handle themselves otherwise youll all get steamrolled.

necro corruption and condi transfers then staff 4 and then f1 -theyll usually crack – also a mesmer with nullfield/shatter condi clears

dlshcbmuipmam.3467:

Sometimes, Necro in pvp would need to face thief alone. Do you guys got any tips on the situation?
Some of the post said core Necro is better to fight thief, could core Necro really beat thief?
I guess it is a pretty bad idea to use core Necro merely because of its ability to duel thief, is it possible for a reaper Necro kite thief for a certain distance in order to meet your teamate?

A good thief will always counter a necro. Always. However condi is a thief’s bane that’s it – CC, wells large swings – will usually get the best of them – especially since there is a surge of horrible players trying out p/p thief and trying to facetank it.
gl to you

It is a joke- it’s literally NO challenge now. Except trying to find logical team mates.
Ehhh what you say is a little ranty – and immature.
But I do agree to some degree- I don’t think anyone needs to be fired.
I had a thief face tank at mid all game and die over and over and then get mad at me because i suggested she decap instead of dying @ mid. Like i said in the nicest possible way “Hey, maybe go decap and float around? Mid is super hot and you’ll die over and over.”
Noone knows rotation. Noone knows how to stomp. Noone knows how to play their builds or class. I am being punished because of this. I do my best constantly decapping, stomping and actually killing 1v3 because they stand their like ‘duh duh duh’- but it doesn’t matter because my team is so incompetent that they throw the match practically because they have no idea what their skills do.
but anymore i just want my tickets. because that’s what it has been reduced too.
I joined a pvp team who assured me “yea we got this don’t worry.” Well at the end of the match and a catastrophic loss 2 of them go “Well, thanks for not getting mad since I’m new at this.”
They’ve got to be joking.

I’m not mad at all- but I am giving my PoV and firsthand accounts.
i feel that the more experience players like ones who have pvp’d since the beginning – when we could swim underwater at capricorn – should be in our own league or at least have a level cap or something so that i won’t be on a team of lvl 20 players who are kitten ing around.

I just hope it’s not going to force us to be support in pvp. I hope it will open doors for new build diversity and not strictly healing/support.

Healing Ele is META in PvP Right now even though it sucks. IT’s the only build they can run in PvP and be sort of effective with their mediocre heals and auras. however anything can burst them down- anything even if youre tough.
ANet doesn’t want ele to be DPS in PvP and with this condition meta – they like to keep ele backed into a corner with only one ‘sort of viable’ build. This isn’t the first time anet did this to ele builds – this is the 3rd. At one point ele was never even used in pvp because how useless they were.

In WvW however it’s a different story, Healing ele is in demand with organized wvw guilds and zergs. You are a huge asset to your zerg/team with your boons, auras, etc – especially if you have warhorn. Minstrel set is the preferred but it’s stupid expensive – 1 piece of minstrels can cost upwards of 200g.
PvE wise – no, healing ele is kind of pointless when stacked up against the damage output that they can do. But play your way!
and Raids – I believe it’s leaned towards burn ele.
Fractal ele can do bit of both – but boons preferred which usually means warhorn! or focus

3 weeks. so essentially, a month.
OR a week. idk im kinda confused tbh.

No. The rank should stay. However the rate of rewards should be upped by a little. The math is off by a bit – but otherwise no, the rewards for those who have dedicated their time into wvw should be earned and not decreased for pvers.

Nope. Don’t lower. For those who have dedicated their time into wvw, they deserve it. Those who want it to be easier- well- go back to pve or stop complaining.

I agree to this.
Casuals need to git gud

I want new hairstyles – and not just any
I’m ready for some racially diverse ones that stick to the lore. NO anime hairstyles- I feel those were just for trolling and that’s the only reason they were implemented.
I would spend money in a heartbeat if they released some black hairstyles instead of all of these straightened perfect do’s we need some beards, scars, tattoos. etc. in the mix as well.
I know that they want to do the actual game content first and so the people like me are always left disappointed every Tuesday, or at least every update.
My favorite part is completely refreshing my look.

They suck ass in pvp. Ele seriously lacks build diversity and I think anet likes it that way.
We have 1 build that works, and it’s bunker/auramancer and I am 100% sick of it. – and it barely holds up against the condition wave if any at all.

So Im a little confused as to what lasers it’s talking about since the only one that I can find are the homing missles that fire at you as you’re jumping around the JP
(Spekk’s Lab JP)
I coat myself with the ooze and let myself get hit by the lasers but nothing.
This is for the Juggernaut Legendary.

No anime hairstyles

More practical hair and manes for Charr!!! NO MORE GOOFYNESS
Black and natural hairstyles- seriously they are overdue
More celtic braids/hairdo’s for norn.
Long hairstyles for all the other races.
I didn’t like the fact they switched the human and norn.

More Facial hair options for men. Scars, tattoos!

Ok so, it’s been on my mind a little while and what I’m talking about is how Braham acted at the end of “A Crack in the Ice.” when he stormed off in an emotional tirade to avenge his estranged mother after he accuses your character as being indifferent and disrespecting his late mother; Eir Stegalkin, whom he had no emotional attachment to- but all of a sudden he cares like she was mother of the year to him. If they bonded behind the scenes then there is hardly any indication of that.
Am I wrong in thinking this?

some art i did of my norn warrior not too long ago.
Astralaria is my favorite legendary next to Bifrost which was my first.
anyways i was also just experimenting with different brushes in the program.

The event where you spawn the lava boss (stop the mercenaries from fusing bloodstone magic into the lava) is bugged, has been bugged. It usually stops around 50% or 10% and then the enemies just refuse to spawn beyond that point no matter how many stupid circles I run in.

New hair and faces that arent kittening reskins? Yea thanks.
stop with the kittenty gliders and ugly outfits that you pump out at the speed of light
and give us some NEW SKINS AND HAIRS and tattoos and scars.

The last hair update was July of last year I think?
and it was a lazy effort since it just switched some of the hairs between races
so technically it wasn’t anything new except for sylvari, charr (which is always a joke) and Asura

I only hop on every other Tuesday to see if any interesting updates have occurred (but I really just want to know if Anet has released any new hair or faces that aren’t reskins)
I’m always a sucker for pretty things and I enjoy making my characters over – that is where I would usually lay most of my money if I were to spend it on anything in this game.
At the rate you pump out silly looking gliders and horrendous butt-capes , this should be no problem to squeeze out some hairs and faces with a patch for once.
Also can we get Caithe’s face already? We don’t have it yet, and a few NPCS do.

It’s the Verdant Executioner

most hammer guards i have run into and I counted 3 are extremely slow, they don’t utilize themselves to move.
i used to run hammer/gs with sigils of intelligence on hammer+fire with air w/ blood on GS and pack runes zerk amulet or marauder – zerk hits way harder but you’ll die in 2 hits.
I usually engage with GS and when they used most of their utils i bursted them away with hammer 4 then followed up. it’s a huge surpriser
however I don’t think it works now- but it’s worth a shot in unranked or duel servers. maybe

Yea I’d marry one

Tengu!!!
Tengu have been since Gw1 and would be the most logical.

So up near the mastery point in The Bitter cold area, you can thaw out a mother and her cubs for a snow leopard in your instance, but only one cub is appearing and I’ve checked and unfroze them on and off for the past 2 days now and still nothing.

So I don’t know for sure how it would pan out but, what would it be like if we could marry NPC’s? I’d thought about it and player marriage is not something I’d want to do since if I remember correctly they were costly in some MMO’s
and there are some ways that an NPC could make things interesting, imo. Also it wouldn’t be required to do this but obtainable at any time, and no cost to players.

Let us choose out of several marriable NPC’s of either gender but of your own character’s race, each with their own unique acquisition.
Sort of how the cats worked around Halloween, but you won’t be feeding them food if you know what I’m sayin’? wink wink just kidding.
Maybe introduce it as a mini quest/trials that are partially time gated without an actual timer, so that it’s not like (meets first time, within five minutes they’re ready to get hitched.) give it some time in between. Gift giving/retrieving, etkittenil you meet all the requirements.

Some ideas off the top of my head-
You meet again some dialogue here and there you get their backstory more so and you connect. eventually something happens to put the romance on a brief hiatus because reasons of-
they have been kidnapped/ put in jail/love triangle/settle an old score etc. You go to find them, pull them out of trouble to which they are endlessly grateful.
Eventually they say they will meet you in your home instance with an offer of marriage/partnership depending on how the story goes. A short ceremony cut scene in your home instance maybe!?

How you know/and or met them-
teenage crush.
used to be involved with each other but you/they up and left one day and answers are sought after.
longtime friend with unrequited feelings of love.
love at first sight/starstruck because you are the one who killed Mordremoth.
wants you to run away with them/forget all responsibilities.
their parents seek you out for an arranged marriage with their daughter/son.
im sure there are a bunch more ideas and possibilities so that it sticks with the lore of your race but my brain is blah right now

side note- Maybe they would grant you daily soul bound gifts like food, rare items, some silver coin, semi permanent boon of marriage that works in cities.

it just seems like it would be a quirky idea that would be neat if ever implemented.

It’s ADJUST not AJUST.

These vids come off more trollish and not so much as a play style.
I really don’t think the majority of the downed players are that experienced.
What leads me to believe that is how gullible they are and how dumbfounded they seem just standing around.

alain.1659:

I think there should be some changes made with the entire profession.

1- Remove heartseeker from dagger 2
2-No stealth + traps cheese
3- Add an f3 button for stealth (as it is the bloody trademark of the profession) with an adjusted amount of duration/cd.
4-Remove too much invis stacking from mesmer. Thief should be the best one in stealth-ing.
5- Adjust the other utilities and damages accordingly, no power or condi creep.

Ta daaaa. No more problem. Now apply this kind of attitude to every other profession.

You can’t just remove a dire skill from thief weapon without breaking the weapon and build entirely. HS is a great way to gain stealth and escape, not just gank a low health player. I agree thief should be the masters of stealth but a while back thief was the problem with permanent stealth with no consequence of being revealed.

I main a zerk thief and BP+HS is how I and many other thieves survive in WvW. It is the quickest stealth gain besides blinding powder. Dropping an SR in the middle of a duel is an instant DUH moment and reveals my location- I can only hope to walk to the edge of SR and hope I don’t get AoE bombed.
HS is vital to thief stealth play /escapes.
[I don’t know of an anet staffer that plays thief as a main, so they only read the complaints and compile them together match up the most alike ones and decide from there, is what it seems like ]- such as putting a CD on Backstab…. which is freaking stupid imo and was completely pointless and more of a punishment.

Just a suggestion for gemstore ideas.

Jetpack glider with a GW2 flair. that sort of steampunk look to it- but with the jet boost.

More hair texture/hairstyles- I would love to see hairstyles that showed off more textures for humans- who seems to all have Caucasian based smooth silky hair. I know it’s Kryta and lore based is European, but the lore has already been broken with the ridiculous back wings, and goku hair with crazy colors. So, I don’t think it’s too much to ask for.

on wiki it says 70 minutes for day with 5 minute intervals of dawn and dusk, and 40 mins at night- but it certain maps it always looks night time.
and what exactly does 01:45 UTC-4 mean?

Are they still active? I’ve lingered around Orr temples for a week now to get a chance at completing Astralaria IV collection – and no dice! The temples stay protected and no boss appears. Am I missing the timer? Last time I did anything Orr related was when Arah was the big cheese way before HoT. I’ve asked map several times and either A: no answer or B: no one is sure anymore. the only boss timers I find anymore are the World Bosses such as Jormag, Jungle Wurm etc.
Sorry if I come off stupid or clueless, I just want to know if there is a way to catch an Orr temple boss so I can move on.