Guild Wars 2

HI all

tl:dr at the bottom

first a bit of preface, I have recently managed to get raiding (loving it) which has pushed my ability to it’s limits and forced me to improve. a lot. however one thing is wrecking me, bad connection, where I live my ping is passable to crappy at the best of times.

in regards to the below part of the 2nd collection, in terms of players with bad pings the it is very easy to sometimes miss the shorter telegraph for spatial manipulation.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Jade_Heart

my suggestion is to remove the not getting hit part but keep the survive part for the fight not to completely face roll it and as a concession to players that have already finished the collection and/or got lege armor give them say a 1000 gems or some sort of bonus as not to devalue the fact that they had to do it the old way.

tl;dr
remove one part of collection 2 for lege armor, give players who have done it the old way some reward as to not devalue the fact that they did it the old way

thoughts?

Having finally managed to get some order in my life to try raids i can say this. The difficulty is fine. It’s a good challenge that has pushed me to improve my play style immensely. So far i have managed Mo, Samarog, VG and Gorseval. Escort is faceroll.

A story mode with no rewards and the mastery unlock for folks who do not want to do it passed that could be cool though.

people keep glossing over and forgetting that there is another subset of players, who with responsibilities like children and the like, would love to able to raid and get the rewards but due to said circumstances cannot do the raids. these are the folks that would like to get the armor and do the content but cannot. sorting out your “personal issues” takes 18 years in that regard. but that said even another method of acquisition through 30 or so additional collection acheivements will take a heck of a long time but with planning could still be done by them, but currently the system is kinda exclusionary, all other legendary items, yes take long but are still attainable, even the pvp back piece can be done like that. but the armor is a no go. it’s the one reward that one and only one group of players can get and that sucks.

so if by chance the devs are do somehow read this post please, reconsider the stance on raids only, some of us would love to do the content but due to other commitments can’t so please allow us a chance, even if it costs more and takes a heck of a lot longer the chance to get legendary armor because a lot of us love the skins, not all but a lot.

xikira.3264:

There are plenty of reasons on not doing raids one the person may have a busy life with work, family or college. This will cut into their time to be able to find a raid to take part in. On top of this due to the meta for raids if the class you normally play is taken then you have to play another class meta thst is not taken. That means to open up your chance to take part in the raids you need multiple armor sets as well as classes that you are skilled at. If you have a pretty busy life outside of guild wars this is hard to do.
Another reason is anxiety some people may be comfortable with doing things with a select few people but may get overwhelmed and not be able to do the raids due to new people new requirements as well as social communication.
Social communication leads to another thing alot of people require some form of vocal communication while doing raids. In alot of groups of you cant be in chat you cant be in the group. There is a huge group of mute and deaf people playing guild wars so for them to be able to find a raiding group to work with them is hard.
Let’s add the fact about how it’s hard to find a decent raid group that raids constantly. To top it off usually they want you to be apart of that guild. Plenty of people have full guilds forcing them to look to lfg for a group. Alot of the groups you find are pretty toxic making it none enjoyable.
On top of all of theese reasons you play guild wars to do things you enjoy you shouldn’t be forced to do something you hate giving up what little time you may have to enjoy yourself. For a set of armor they can easily put in all game modes.

I fall into the category of busy life, i’d personally love to the raids and get the armor, but rl commitments kinda preclude me from trying, I would not mind a hellishly long collection achievement type thing to go through, that I can plan out and do on my time when available. but anymore than that unfortunately, no.

that said though love the heavy legendary armor, indifferent on the light and medium

i’d love to try for the heavy armor set, but rl commitments and a janky connection at the best of times kinda precludes from even attempting raids. that’s the disappointment for me, doing fractals for Ad Infinitum was doable enough thank goodness with pugs, due to their short nature, so yeah it feels a bit exclusionary but I suppose they needed something to sell with raids. too bad it’s content I cannot experience.

I made predator because the precursor dropped for me and i wasn’t exactly going to make one at that point as i was busy with Ad Infintum. But thanks, yeah i also don’t really think thief rifle will happen as it will need some serious gimps to the mobility to make it viable and not op. Gonna give it some thought as i still need to grind out some ecto to finish the gift of fortune. Once that’s done i’ll probably have it sorted in my head.

good day fellow players.

I am on the cusp of finishing off legendary number 4, The Predator but I hit a bit of dilemma, rifle I can currently use on only 2 of my 7 characters and it really does not fit their looks in any way. my idea is to sell it then buy The Juggernaut.

I’m really not sure what to do, as I really like the look of it and with no idea what the next thief elite spec will be, maybe it’s rifle and a sniper rifle will be a kitten accompaniment to that. but like I said, we don’t know, The Juggernaut on the other hand will look absolutely Awesome! like over 9000! on my guard that is fully kitted in luminescent armor.

what say you fellow players?

so currently i’m using a heavily modified variant of the of the medi trapper build from pvp. going to see how it goes using hammer and longbow, as I stated in the first post this is purely for normal pve and open world stuff, nothing meta related and it’s going fun

Lucia Spiritstorm on Piken Square
Title: light in the darkness
armor skin is full luminescent

so as a update, thanks to all that replied, I spent that last month or so farming the new living story areas, bloodstone fen, bitter frost frontier and lake doric for currencies and have managed to swap out all my trinkets for marauder stats. the increased HP has really helped with squish factor and I am happy to say I love how the guardian is going now

next up, getting a hammer and redoing the armor and runes

thanks again for everything

As the title states this is a thank you to all the people i pugged with on the journey to complete ad inifinitum. I managed to complete all collections with a max fractal level reached of 80.

It stands as a testament of how cool this games community is.

Once again thanks a ton to everyone i wish i could remember names but my happiness is fuzzying my thoughts right now

It’s nice if you want to burn stuff but you can probably get more mileage going for viper stats as burning does not last very long. I went for sinister as when i crafted it back when silverwastes was released it was the cheapest condi ascended set to go for. That said though as of right now my venomshare thief with full viper gear is a condi power house.

Next order of business finishing off ad infinitum and the predator then probably look at doing a revenant and necro.

Once again thanks for the tips folks. It really helped.

thanks for all the info folks, just the minor tweak of taking dragon hunter has re-invigorated my want to play the class. still tweaking the stuff to not spend a fortune on rejigging gear so I am working with my sinister stuff but so far it is awesome, just need to get a long bow as when I tested stuff by using my rangers ascended zerker bow and everything else from my ps warrior this has been a good thing.

love this community

thanks looks good.

Hi guys I need some help, I have run into a problem where the build I am using for Guard is no longer fun, burning everything is great but my personal up time is not so great, the squish factor is so great I may aswell be playing on my elementalist.

build is below
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vVEQNArfRlsAhyhYzQwSIQQEHxDVNA2y6NPGt4MaDhX4RB-Thh0wABeCg+gyKBLo+zBlfx2fAwpAAA-e

please help me with a new build I can try, not too fussed on Meta stuff, for that I have a PS warrior

while not exactly a armor/outfit, but I want a luminescent back piece to go with my luminescent armor. as well as weapon skins

Hi Guys

I searched but could not find the answer.

I am currently working my way towards ad infinitum, if for some insane reason (and with me this is a great possibility) I want to make another, will it be possible or can you only get one gift of infinity, there for making it possible to only make one ad infinitum

managed to fix my issue!

deleted the local.dat file, the game redownloaded some stuff and it’s working again!

this can be closed now moderators, thank you

My pc updated to the new windows 10 update recently. I logged off last night and shut down my pc. I tried to login today, the launcher loads up fine but the game crashes before it reaches the character select screen, tried both the 32 and 64 bit clients.

I also tried running check disk on my hard drives, no errors found.

reloaded older gpu drivers after running DDU (display driver uninstaller) no luck

used the new drivers following the same process

removed and tried different combinations of ram modules, no luck

ran the gw2 repair. no luck

I also tried disabling my av software, added exceptions for GW2. nada.

all other games work perfectly fine.

I have run out of ideas of what else to try

pc specs:
Asus M5A99FX Pro mother board
Gigabyte R9 280X windforce 3gb
16gb ram
Kingston Hyper-X 120gb ssd
250gb Seagate Barracuda
1tb Western Digital Caviar blue

Display driver version:
Radeon-Crimson-16.7.3-Win10-64Bit

windows event log below

Faulting application name: Gw2-64.exe, version: 1.0.0.1, time stamp: 0×579fbebb
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0×00000000
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0×0000000000000000
Faulting process id: 0×2338
Faulting application start time: 0×01d1f09b4d056389
Faulting application path: E:\Guild Wars 2\Gw2-64.exe
Faulting module path: unknown
Report Id: 9b2594d8-4936-4a83-9856-3fd3978f35fb
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

Got my ascended sinister, soldier and zerk stuff in and ready to go along with sunrise.

Want to see how soldier stats hold up in HoT. I already know sinister and zerk are gonna kiel over rather quickly

it’s almost like they don’t want us to play…

I smell conspiracy!

Personally loving the changes. My warrior build using strength, defense and tactics became a lot more fun now

As a veteran player myself i thought about this myself.

First off yes the price sucks mainly because i get no character slot but hear me out.

How many hours of enjoyment have you gotten out of the game already?

Me personally 2111 hours since i started playing again last year after a mmo hiatus due to burnout.

That’s alot of time spent on one game. Plus i got all of LS2 for free as i logged in during the respective launch dates for them.

Reading through all the blurb the gw2 base game new playera get when buying HoT will not be getting that. They’ll need to fork out the gems for it.

Yes it’s not the whole game but it contains alot of story needed to understand the direction of the story from the end of the base campaigns personal story.

That said, is all this rage justified? In some respects yes due to the lack of a character slot on the base title for HoT but the rest? I am not so sure.

We got alot more out of this game and will get more out of it than newer players will.

Besides without them, we the veterans will not have this game we play right now.

Neither will we have gotten this expansion.

My 2c worth on this whole issue

my original post is a bit of a knee jerk. we simply do not have enough info to say too much but if it turns out to be a steaming pile you heard it here among a lot of the players first folks

Diversity is confusing to new players therefore it needs to be removed…

day one purchase

TAKE MY MONEY!

I was hoping for atleast 2 per class to start with.

split between some options

offense/defense

support/conditions

stuff like that, some options to weigh before you choose.

meh. won’t be doing it then, will wait for more options. not a damper though still fully excited for the rest of the expansion

new precursor system.

called it

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Suggestion-Precursor-hunt/first#post4562836

assault rifle for warriors and rangers.

that is all

Nightmare court was just the start…

It is complete

I’d like to thank my guildies and everyone else that helped and the person that listed dawn for 950

like I said it’s a suggestion.

I am nearly finished with mine. I actually got a precursor drop in game.

but hey everyone is entitled to an opinion

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

I’m confused…what does 21 accounts have to do with the discussion? I would assume most players don’t have multiple accounts, and if they do, it isn’t anywhere near 21.

Hmm…a removed post…oh, well

ja sorry didn’t read your previous reply properly

folks with multiple accounts can use this but heck that’s a lot of passwords to remember

also 20 accounts seeing as eternity is a no go as you need to legendaries to make it

if everyone has access to easy (and I use the term easy loosely) legendaries you lop a significant amount of time and gold sinks out of the game.

currently a lot of people are hedging on selling pre-cursors and legendaries to buy the one they need or other stuff they or to get gems, once you remove that you will wreck it in that regard as one of the things that keep folks going is the chase for that nice vanity item.

so the idea with this is to give them a taste and still keep the old system intact aswell.

hence why the whole suggestion also still uses the the mechanics from the existing method so as not to go create entirely new systems but rather use existing systems in game.

so as not to destroy the economy in the game. yes there are players with more than one account but a lot don’t.

Proposal Overview:

Been thinking about this one for a while and think I got the issues out of the way in regards to safe guarding economy in terms of it being flooded with cheap legendaries and pre-cursors.

so let’s get going

Proposal Functionality:

Using the collections achievement system you get a once off achievement track to a legendary of your choice.

to get started on it you speak to Historian Dozza in Divinity’s Reach, then choose the track for the legendary you want.

then once started you go through the usual motions to get the gifts and each gift is a step on the way to completing the track.

once done the reward is a pre-cursor for the legendary you chose.

Proposal safe guards

Both the pre-cursor and legendary are account bound upon completion so they cannot be sold for a quick buck.

Also the achievement track is a once off so it cannot be repeated as to prevent further inflation or deflation of current weapons on the trade post and to prevent the market from being flooded with pre’s and legendaries.

Edit
Eternity is still exempt as it needs both sunrise and twilight to complete

Associated risks

Massive QQ from some players

so that’s it in a nutshell folks. let me know what you think.

elaborate or add ideas to it.

this is purely a suggestion.

gonna chime in here on the RNG bit. started playing when the game launched, dropped off playing due to issues with my pc. been away for a sometime started playing again in march, currently on 1,4k hours and got a pre drop from tequatl.

so yeah Rng is rng, I struck it super lucky, folks with a lot more time in game not so much, based on that experience itself people who sunk more time into the game deserve a better shot getting them.

I’ve been rolling a idea around since the collections came out, will be posting it soon once I can get my head around the economy issue.

it won’t be perfect but it won’t be exploitable either

well my legendary hunt just got a heck of a lot easier thanks to tequatlol!

already cried blood when the 100 runestones were used and the others for the gift of magic.

my progress thus far is the gift of sunrise, gift of mastery, 77 clovers and the gift of magic. still short the ecto but the stuff for the gift of might is my main concern right now

Hello fellow GW2 players.

currently working on my legendary after I made ascended armor, which ironically bankrupt me :p

currently I have only 2 things left to get.

the precursor and some t6 mats for the gift of might. this post is for the t6 mats.

which are the best spots to go and harass the locals for armored scales (need 150), the claws (need 150) and fangs (need 150) already got 250 bone.

after that i’ll take a look at the elephant in the room.

thanks in advance

Quick shout out to Gaile.

thanks a bunch for getting back into comms with the community.

it certainly helps to know that there are truly people still working at anet!

and to the people who keep telling us to stop complaining. working in the customer service sector i’ll tell you this much. Complaining customers are actually a good thing, it shows they are still invested in your brand and product. if they weren’t they’d play, leave and not say a thing as to why.

we complain because we care, we can do it a lot better in 90% of the time, but you have to take the good with the bad

i’m curious to see where this goes.

Proposal Overview
Guild Name changes and associated costs

Goal of Proposal
The ability to change guild names in game for a nominal fee of in game gold

Proposal Functionality
As part of a guild that started in GW1 the guild name made sense there but now in GW2 less so, so what I am proposing is updating the guild registrar with the ability to change a Guilds name and tag for a fee of between 150-300 gold with a lockout on changing it again for a minimum of atleast 1 to 2 months to prevent possible abuse. the lockout period could be extended or only 1 guild name change allowed in total.

Associated Risks
Possible abuse if lockout is too short.

oh well, if it’s that bad then i’ll go enjoy what’s left of the game before ncsoft kills it then. won’t be the first time they killed a game I enjoyed, if true then it’s a third round knockout for me.

edit (please note the obvious sarcasm)

As a vet player myself, yes I do see some problems with the latest patch.

but explain this to me guys. how is making the game more appealing to newer players a bad thing?

yes some choices seem bad. I do not like the trait system a lot but I get around it.

at the end of the day more new players means more money for development.

content does not grow on trees. it’s made with hard work, yes there are missteps from the devs but this wholesale torch and pitchforks approach seems a bit 1800’s to me.

I have yet to see one thing in the gem store that 100% screams you need this, until now I’ve seen a lot of nice to haves but not needed items and skins that are nice but once again not needed.

call me once they go all in on the p2w stuff then we’ll talk again, but until then calm down and enjoy the game or wait and see what happens.

screaming at the sky is not going to help and it sure as heck will not change the game.

if the system is really as bad as a lot of folks are making it out to be i’m sure the (eventual) drop in new players will spur them to change it.

that is all

Thanks on my warrior i went with full soldier stats and a valkyrie stat gs. As i value surviveability over dps

Hi folks

Going to attempt wvw seeing as the living story only starts in november again.

Need tips to start of with doing wvw.

Got 6 80’s. Warrior, mesmer, thief, guardian, elementalist and ranger.

Not looking for the most op or faceroll class just which one will be most fun. In pve i lile them all to bits but wvw i only did for exploration and the gift of battle for my in progress legendary hunt

Any info would be great

To the person that helped pdavis out.

Give that man/gal a bells!

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lwO3GQVAcwM

having done and succeeded/failed tequatl and three headed enough times to earn proper drops I can say YES! up the stakes for Shaterrer, awesome looking boss but the fact that he just stands there for us to beat the smoke out of him makes it unappealing. harder yes but not teq level and certainly not three headed wurm level…

but also please when the challenge goes up please up the rewards aswell.

the siege weapons could add the megalaser/batteries dynamic to shatterer.

make the pre-event mean something aswell. have participation in the pre-event mean something, a bonus reward of karma, empyral fragments around 50 odd (as for me atleast they do not drop enough) and assorted rares and a possibility of exotics.

keep the fight balanced, fun and challenging without ruining the experience for newer folks.

as for anything, make it so the players can atleast still do the boss sans over use of siege or something like that. siege makes it easier but not the alpha/omega of the fight like the laser/batteries at teq.

and there we have it.

look I understand this is for QoL stuff and features and not content. the name Feature pack explains that quite well enough but after today? eish I don’t know about that one.

one week to go. and I am not feeling the love here as it were.

like I said in the OP I appreciate the coming performance upgrades, crafting ui changes and the mega server improvements heck even the commander title stuff but as a pve only player and 6 80’s I can’t say that i’m exactly feeling the love here as it were.

atleast I got some goals I set for myself in game. i’ll get back to those. atleast the game is still fun and at the end of the day that is what matters I suppose