Guild Wars 2

The living story was indeed the focus of my post because it is the only updated content lately. However transient.

My concern is for the game itself but the way updates are seemingly repeated with a different coat of paint via living story was a good demonstration of that concern. Grinding could also be demonstrated via the dungeon reward tokens for a set and weapons, just off the top of my head, and not just the tedious living story achievements. No doubt there are countless other examples.

General discussion was my preference because we are concerned about the game as a whole. Living Story is perhaps just a symptom. Moderation can put it wherever they want it to go.

I simply want the developers to know that many players, clearly, had high hopes for Guild Wars 2 and the current direction does not seem to be meeting those hopes.

I am deeply regretful that it has gotten to a point where truely enjoyable content and story along with the world at large seems ignored.

The best example of that is that it seems to be the Scarlet show. The update content comes across as lazy (same tasks, different skin) and EVERYTHING is Scarlet. That’s not very deep. She is feeling like a retroactively added deus ex machina character.

An update schedule of every two weeks may be the reason that it seems to many of us that corners are being cut. While I cannot speak to the actual design team’s methods the underwhelming and un-engaging content that results speaks for itself.

As Jaymee pointed out, we have seen so much more from the ANet team. I held them in the highest regard. Palawa Joko and our former selves having released him on the world is a treasure trove of story but for a future time.

This thread was meant as constructive criticism and I appreciate that a lot of the posts here have echoed concern and similar reactions to recent content in a generally positive way.

This thread got far more response than I expected. I never intended any, actually, just a note that the way things are going now is not cutting it for some of us.

Thank you all for caring about the game. It is a good community and it was a great game. I long to feel that love again.

The content is so very temporary. Though I applaud the effort to provide new content it generally is not feeling fresh or original. It feels forced. I feel like I’m visiting a tourist attraction rather than a participant in the world.

Lasting effects are cosmetic changes to weapons and perhaps armour but nothing lore wise.

The exception: The lead-up to the tower of nightmares was well done. Changes to the world. Kasmede and Marjory investigating. Mystery. Then Kessex Hills changed significantly. This has been only an exception. I hope this does mean that things are changing.

The tidbit in the fractal story that Scarlet mentions is nice. A glimmer of hope but I know players that didn’t notice because I have heard them say they feel that the writing is no longer worth paying any attention to.

My deepest regret is that this game and world that I love feels neglected and uninteresting and I actually cringe when the weekend arrives and I feel obligated to log in for a guild event. I then leave as quickly as possible.

There was a time when I was in GW2 as much as possible. Breathing in the richness of the world. Exploring and feeling that the world was alive. I no longer feel that.

This makes me incredibly sad. To feel that GW2 is dying and that my interest started waning before even a single year was done.

There is no hatred in this post. Only concern. I was deeply in love with GW2 and eagerly anticipated its launch. I had been anticipating seven years of fun with it just like I had in GW1. Alas, my interest is already fading.

Playing GW2 is becoming a chore more than a fun experience. The stories make me roll my eyes rather than perk up in interest. This makes me very sad.

It was with great joy that I awaited GW2. With Tyria’s rich lore and the new races.

The dragons were a threat and we dealt a blow but the threat isn’t over.

I do appreciate that there are other things going on in Tyria, I do but with such a rich world it seems a bit of a cop out to have EVERYTHING be scarlet.

I would be just as discouraged if ALL we heard about were the dragons. Variety is the spice of life.

Now, I acknowledge that perhaps all this slow reveal of Scarlet being behind everything (and that’s not a spoiler because it’s so bloody obvious based on history) may be leading up to some big revelation and great story point but the path there is repetitive and dull.

As an aside, the living story updates became so frequent that they provided new content very often but for someone with not a lot of play time it became a bit like ADD. Here’s new content, no wait go look at this, quick something else!

And I missed out on completing achievements for some living story components as they seem to close upon every second piece of content.

The living story events up until the Nightmare Tower are generally grind fests. I find this discouraging.

I have actually given up on trying to do them. It’s just tedious and dull for me. Each living story seemed like just a reskin of the previous. The krait and toxic are molten alliance with a new coat of paint.

Close the portals, kill the blooms.

The gauntlet of the tower is a nice change though I find it also repetitive to get to the end point being stuck in those long champion battles.

My major concern is that it feels as though the rich lore of the world is being ignored and GW2 has simply become Scarlet’s playground.

If it needs to be Scarlet, so be it, but I wish that the story had more depth. That there was more link to the existing world. It all feels very self-contained and that nothing we do matters right now.

The fights are also falling back on old habits. The anomaly in the Thaumanova fractal story instance had SO much health. The fight mechanics started out interesting but quickly became tedious and boring.

I was logging in every day. Now I am lucky to feel the desire once per week.

Please don’t let GW2 become mediocre.

I am not unappreciative of the work you all do. I also know that I could definitely not do it better. But I do know that I am not finding this game fun anymore and I hope that can change.

Unlike last year, if an expansion were released tomorrow I fear that I would not be inclined to buy it.

Finding even five people online in my guild to do a dungeon or more interesting content is nearly impossible right now so I suspect I am not alone.

But if I am, then the problem is mine. But if it am not, I could not forgive myself for staying silent while the world withers.

Thanks to you both. Ghostly look is cool. Although, I’d really like even just the armour without the ghostly glow. It looks very cool.

Hi everyone.

I recently played Collosus Rumblus path in AC for the first time and the NPC turned the party into ghosts for a part of it.

My character’s disguise was very unique and appealing in appearance and I wondered if any other players may have seen this outfit in the real world. I’d love to collect the pieces for another armour set. Chances are it does exist out there and I just haven’t seen it on vendors or for crafting.

It’s not often an armour set makes me exclaim aloud in appreciation.

Screenshot of my transformation armour from the path:

Any help would be appreciated.

I have had trouble with it if the foe darts past me, even if I turn to follow it generally stops applying damage and conditions. I resent it but if they stay in front of you the whole time I haven’t had any problems.

WonderfuCT, you made my day. I got a good laugh out of that.

Probably not technically a bug but I don’t know where else to submit this:

I stumbled across a WONDERFUL area in Brisban Wildlands, Aurora’s Remains.

Fantastic work to all the team for this little hidden gem. I was very excited to see what I saw there and do what I did. Some bad memories resurfaced but nostalgia smoothed the edges.

However, in doing so I came across a young woman who told me she’d been chosen by the Eye of Zanthir. I’m fairly certain it should be Janthir. Not game breaking by any means, but a typo that contradicts lore.

Thought I’d mention it. Screenshot attached.

Squall Leonhart, I am going to kiss you.
That worked. Sylvari may not have them, but you are my god for the next 24 hours.

I’m on the third last file too and it keeps failing. Quite frustrating.

That’s a shame. I was very eager to see the end of Miyani’s chain and discovering more about the karka.

I guess I can destroy the items I acquired for it, now. It is disappointing that I only had one step left but Fahd refused to budge.

Thanks for at least extending what parts you could, I was able to finish the Investigation tasks today.

Hi. Wanted to get an idea of everyone’s perspective on this.

Given dungeons are not the same as regular PvE areas, I keep hoping to see a trait reset for the dungeon so I can change my traits in preparation for the roads ahead.

I realise I could talk to the profession trainer prior to dungeoneering (or possibly even leave the dungeon and then return) but then everyone has to wait for me to travel there and back on top of allocating the trait points.

There’s also cost involved and, while it is generally small, I’ve run a few dungeons recently and a couple had some bugs in them that prevented us from completing them. From what I’ve seen it may have been a one-off as I can’t see any reference to our bug on the web (dredge constantly respawning in Sorrow’s Embrace Story Mode prior to the golem summoning asura boss) so a few have had high repair bills and no reward to make up for it so the least expense, the better.

I’m not sure how viable this is that your traits would return as they were prior to entering once you leave the dungeon (so as not to become a free trait reset source for regular PvE).

Thanks, both of you!
I neglected to realise that I hadn’t checked out the Orr vendors yet as, even at level 80, slowly exploring the areas in the game.

Nouithil, you’ve saved me hours of comparing armour pieces, my thanks for giving the specific sources and types.

I’m off to get myself some armour!!

If you happen to visit Tarnished Coast, I owe you a drink.

The question is whether I can do this and if so, how.

I’m really not sure where to post this.

During character creation, after selecting your race, you select your profession and there is a very impressive piece of armour put on your character to represent that profession (until you go to the next screen and you get to see and modify the starter armour).

I had assumed that representative armour at profession selection was something you could work towards and I fell in love with the Sylvari Mesmer’s “demo” armour (for lack of a better word) when I saw it. I note that the mesmer trainer in The Grove is wearing that armour but I have yet to find anywhere to purchase or create that specific look.

Perhaps it is a combination of various sets and I’m working on experimenting with that but in the mean time I thought I’d ask if anyone else has had any luck in getting those appearances.

Thanks for any hints.

I actually thought Caithe and Faolin’s relationship was danced around a bit in my playing. I didn’t hammer through the story, though, so that may be what leads me to feel a different pacing.

My own story, based on character choices, included a male and female couple (as hinted earlier in this thread) but I wouldn’t say the unbiased love has been thrown at me at all. In fact, my own experience has been more on the overly subtle side.

I keep expecting some external race to bring it up so they can explain love is love but it never happens and I applaud this. It is a non-event; not worth noting or pointing out and I think that was the best way to go about this. I’d say there’s no bias (for or against) for this topic from ArenaNet’s point of view.

I vaguely recall Ree saying something like that in an interview, actually. That you encounter a pairing but nothing is made of it, it’s just matter-of-fact and not highlighted.

I adored the fact you could do that. It made the area feel very rich.

You’re right. The language is “New Krytan” and was established as the official language in 1105AE which is 220 years ago from our characters’ points of view. As an aside, it was established by the Durmond Priory (one of the three orders your character may join during their personal story to battle the Elder Dragons) and they were founded in the Shiverpeaks in the same year.

They mean something all right. They are four words. You can find the alphabet (it’s a simple letter-letter substitution) on the wiki.

Given artistic flair, sometimes the letters looks slightly different, I’ve found. If you want to translate it yourself then stop reading right now.

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Otherwise, the translation is: “From Ruin We Prosper”

You will notice the Moram Memorial near the Sanctum Harbor waypoint in Lion’s Arch is a statue with many of the same symbols on it. One is a plaque of a sort that I took great delight in translating.The rest are names of NPCs.

I have to agree. This is a clever use.

Mesmers really don’t have a lot of speed and, as previously mentioned, need to be in each location to place the portal. The portal also times out after a short duration (both once placed and prior to placing the second half). As such, I’d recommend lots of crowd control on the mesmer/s placing the portals.

They need to run from one location to the next in order to place the second portal to link so if you slow them down or stop them moving it would severely hinder this tactic. Especially if you can delay them long enough for the skill to time out before placing the exit portal.

I believe it is done differently in GW2 but I cannot give any specifics. It’s a bit of a puzzle.

One minute I’m completely ignored and the next I’m the only thing the Troll wants to hit. I do not believe it’s as simple as damage inflicted but a combination of factors. I suspect inflicting conditions has some role in it as well.

Still working on figuring it out.

I would love to be able to wear the mesmer outfit for the Sylvari Mesmer Trainer within The Grove but I’d have no idea where to start looking, if it’s even available.

I considered myself a competent mesmer in PvE and have been putting off trait experimentation, having found a few I like.

Mr Prometheus’ videos have prompted me to step up my trait testing time table. I’m very excited to try his suggestions and see how things go.

I’ll definitely be keeping an eye out for more videos.

As an aside, Feedback is one of my favourite skills and I am relieved to see it is still useful, even in Arah.

I have a similar problem. I get “network error” when I place my order. My money vanishes but no items show up in the pick-up tab.

Probably over 2 gold worth at this point. I did read that transactions have been recorded and this may be fixed but it won’t hurt to report that it’s still going on.