Guild Wars 2

This is really silly and leaving a bad taste in my mouth. Why can’t the skins be for purchase in the gem store also? That’s what irks me. I would pay a higher price for the knowing I would get it than having to gamble.. and I spent 80gold on key plus 20 dollars and got zero tickets.. i mean RNG needs to have some fail safe in there…

It’s just really disappointing is all, especially since it’s just a skin, it’s not like it’s a legendary. But when some people will just simply never get it… that’s really lame.

That’s my two cents anyway.

I don’t understand.. i think A.Net would make more money if they just made the skins available in the gem store. I would pay like 20 dollars for a skin or two, but I’m not going to gamble when I had no luck with skins in chests during any of the other holiday/events. :\

Please consider putting these skins in the gem store, even if it’s a high cost, thanks!

Two things.. one you could make it one boss per account which I would be fine with and thus people with only one character wouldn’t be “punished”

Or two, make the drops and rewards from mobs and events higher as well.. you updated the drops from chests (which is good! because before they weren’t even worth doing imo) but you didn’t update loot in the rest of the world it seems, which is the main problem. Rares should drop, at least slightly more often from mobs.. I’ve maybe gotten a rare once or twice from a mob since the game launched..

Sorry I don’t like that idea. I shouldn’t be able to get an armor set from a dungeon I never ran.

It’s a bummer right now that almost everyone just floods queensdale when there is so much other content out there. I would like to suggest that 5 daily rotate to each starting zone to encourage players to to quests in different zones. The norn area in particular is a wasteland, at least on my server.

I was also thinking of how you could bring higher level players to different zones through out the game. Perhaps a special daily that could be completed for higher levels for some bonus karma/gold or laurel or laurel fragment… maybe four laurel fragments could be thrown in the mystic forge for a laurel. So that players would have to complete events in mid range zones.

The point is to get players into other zones throughout the game. This is one mmo where its a real bummer to not see other players around. So I hope you’ll look at this suggestion and think of ways to get other players to go back to other starting zones and mid level zones.

Thanks.

I would like to suggestion and additional bonus laurel even if it doubles the cost of everything, and here’s why.

We really need dailies that take players to mid level zones. They’re waste lands and it’s really sad because you guys spent so much time on the content ect. So at the end of the daily you could have an optional bonus laurel that would be “Complete 5 events in Sparkfly Fen” or something along those lines and change the zone each day. This would bring more players around the map which would be a very good thing, not just for the old players but new players who don’t have to be in an empty zone.

Anyway, it’s just a suggestion that, could be modified but in the end would be a great addition and benefit the longevity of the game.

Go back and help others get up there. Then you’ll have less trouble…

With patches, comes issues. This is common (at least with this game.) I’m not complaining but rather saying you should expect it and not cry bloody murder. Just bring it to their attention and they will fix it.

They were ugly, I’m happy for this change and will now do PvP. I know it was a stupid reason not to, but well, it did keep me from doing it. xp

One of the major draws of GW2 was that there wouldn’t be this gear requirements to do things like dungeons. I think that’s the issue.

Nymphetamine Ovrdse.7513:

Has anyone came across this?

A person in the group dc’s, then when they come back and enter the fractal, the rest of the groups gets kicked out and looses all the progress.

Happened to my group today, we were on the lvl 10 for the first time (i know that’s not very high, but it’s the first time we encountered agony with no resists), so it took us a while to clear first 3 levels and then the dc happened on the bonus(chest) level, and well needless to say it was a bit frustrating having spent all that time just to be kicked out of the dungeon due to the dc’ed person

Yes, so very upset! Right at the end.

A.net tried to fix the fractal it appears but now when the person reconnects the entire party gets kicked! We couldn’t believe it after we had worked so hard.

Enfrayia.8179:

Please, no ‘LFG tools’. It would kill the social aspect as it did in WoW.

There is nothing social about spamming “LFG” while being frustrated and bored.

Favorite: Swamp.. quick, easy, and requires at least 3 party members to put in some effort.

Least: The dredge one… long and annoying, especially the final boss.

The swamp has become very easy for a lot of groups and if you have a decent group it’s actually the fastest and easiest one. Personally I’m happy when I get that one because the dungeon takes about 20min less then.

After being out for a week or so people are getting the hang of it and it goes really fast. So yeah, I like it… certainly not a final straw for anything.

I honestly have this and have serious trouble with this especial that asura fractal.. my mind gets all scrambled and i get all shaky as i try to jump and yeah it’s bad … and I’m way behind everyone else who just hops on up. It’s silly but most phobias are I guess… I can’t help it.

I think your chances should increase based on dailies for stuff like that I mean in RNG means that someone just utterly will never get it no matter how many times they do it. I don’t know the code but I hope there is something in there to prevent that from happening.

Did anyone get a fractal weapon yet? I’m curious as to what level of difficultly they start dropping at. Thanks!

Utter waste of time. All the efforts put into lost shores should have been put into fixing more bugs and adding content to already established zones.

The Fractal of the Mists was cool, but the monthly event… totally unnecessary. At least now we know that if it isn’t a holiday we can just skip them.

Yeah.. I kinda agree, except they dungeon is a great addition.. but that didn’t need to be part of some lost shore event.

Yeah.. I kinda agree, except they dungeon is a great addition.. but that didn’t need to be part of some lost shore event.I personally think a.net is on the wrong path with these monthly events yet ignoring the rest of the game. I would much rather have a bunch of a new content added to existing zones in terms of dynamic events and hearts and so on.. (I know they are adding dynamic events but it still seems like manpower wasted with lost shores.)

Yeah.. I kinda agree, except they dungeon is a great addition.. but that didn’t need to be part of some lost shore event.I personally think a.net is on the wrong path with these monthly events yet ignoring the rest of the game. I would much rather have a bunch of a new content added to existing zones in terms of dynamic events and hearts and so on.. (I know they are adding dynamic events but it still seems like manpower wasted with lost shores.)As it is now, so many players go away because there isn’t enough to do.. then come back for the event of the month.. then go away again… surely A.Net would rather they stick around?

Yeah.. I kinda agree, except they dungeon is a great addition.. but that didn’t need to be part of some lost shore event.I personally think a.net is on the wrong path with these monthly events yet ignoring the rest of the game. I would much rather have a bunch of a new content added to existing zones in terms of dynamic events and hearts and so on.. (I know they are adding dynamic events but it still seems like manpower wasted with lost shores.)As it is now, so many players go away because there isn’t enough to do.. then come back for the event of the month.. then go away again… surely A.Net would rather they stick around?(And I don’t know why it’s posting the same thing three times. o_O I didn’t do that…)

Yeah.. I kinda agree, except they dungeon is a great addition.. but that didn’t need to be part of some lost shore event.I personally think a.net is on the wrong path with these monthly events yet ignoring the rest of the game. I would much rather have a bunch of a new content added to existing zones in terms of dynamic events and hearts and so on.. (I know they are adding dynamic events but it still seems like manpower wasted with lost shores.)As it is now, so many players go away because there isn’t enough to do.. then come back for the event of the month.. then go away again… surely A.Net would rather they stick around?(And I don’t know why it’s posting the same thing three times. o_O I didn’t do that…)

I have no issues with this though it is a bit difficult in some pugs… not sure why though.. and it certainly isn’t based on luck.. but yes you do have to depend on others, which is not a bad thing imo.

Can we get an idea as to what “higher level” means please! I’d REALLY appreciate it so I know what lvls to start farming. Thanks!

(Personally I like dungeon drops like this, I think it’s needed to keep the longevity of the game going strong.)

I think it’s really good too so far. I’m pretty happy with it, and it’s fun and random enough that I don’t mind grinding it a little to get the items i want..

Yeah as it goes up the reward increases so it’s not really that much of a grind. I really enjoy this new dungeon so far…

He’s bugged on Ehmry Bay also (not overflow)

It was a cool statute but it would be cool if it came back in pieces or partly built (which I think could be the same animation as the half destroyed (without the glows)

The doors are all over you will see pumpkins on your min map, those are the locations that will take you to the mad king realm. The door is now here the meta event ends.

I don’t know what people would expect. This is pretty much what I figured it would be. Something with the fountain changing. It was pretty cool because we got to see the Mad King for the first time and also I would like to point out… there would be even MORE complaining if they didn’t announce this 5 second cutscene, so they did the right thing.

It’s over the internet. Make the video full screen and it’s just like you were there. Problem solved. To people disappointed that the event wasn’t bigger, keep in mind there is a big Halloween even that’s been going on for days and will continue for days after. This was only a piece of that.

Also it appears that a cooler version happens every now and then when you’re in Lion’s Arch… so you still get to see the action. shrug

Love this change, this is an obvious keep.. just the little change made a huge difference in how I saw the world. I actually see and take in the beautiful design now. I think it makes the world feel all the more grander

I don’t think this is how Holiday events should be. Feel free to put this in the game permanently but for a holiday event I just want to have fun. It should be about the experience and holiday loot, not challenging with rare loot in chests ect. I really hope A.Net takes a hard look at how the event went over and learns something about it.

No reason to have people not enjoying events.

I think the Clock Tower is a little too difficult to be considered a Holiday event for fun, but other than that I enjoy the second act a lot. Pretty cool.

Hopefully this is a learning experience to see what the majority of players want and are happy with. Afterall holiday events should be about fun!

I’m sure the crafting mats will return since the holiday craftable items are permanent. I’d assume we’d have new costumes and weapons skins though. I doubt we’ll get an official answer though as I know they don’t like to talk about things that aren’t 100%

I would buy it, I’d also buy t-shirts ect… chop chop A.Net! my money is waiting :p In fact I rather spend money in a real store and have a higher drop rate of things like holiday skins in chests.

Hopefully they got a jump start so that we get it earlier. I’m ready for phase 2!

Well they let us trade in BLC items for Mad King chests to get more Halloween stuff. Now they just need to let us turn in all the Halloween stuff to get a cool skin.

Or maybe they can add a new weapon that comes in via the mail called the Mad King Sword or something like that. And they can pretend it was in all along. That would make a lot of people happy. ^^

Well different players have different opinions, but lets put i this way.

If Guild Wars 2 had you starting in tier 3 racial armor or epic dungeon armor and as you leveled up the armor got more and more basic like starting gear then what would you care about more? The stats of plain armor of the look of the starting armor? OR would you keep both so that when you were in town you would wear the better looking gear

Would you even have any motivation to play the game if you started out with your favorite looking gear?

No right or wrong answer, just some food for thought.

I understand it’s a lotto and I finally got the ghastly shield skin BUT I do think there should be some sort of code where if you open something like 25 chests your chances will increase for getting a weapon skin or something… In fact I think A.Net could make MORE money by doing it this way. Especially after this event.

@Giles, yes I considered that however some people have 1 achievement and others have 2 for that achievement. Also some people have said that they had two and then it went back to zero so….

Hopefully someone from a.net can shed some insight.

Hm hopefully we can get an answer on this. Also, I have done way more than 1 of the trick-or-treat doors that spawn a bunch of enemies, so it can’t be that either.

I like it how it is to be honest. I don’t want everyone running dungeons with pumpkin heads in the middle of July.

I think this is just what the town clothes needed. Now I will actually switch to my town clothes when in town. So yeah, I like it how it is. And the costume battles give the clothes more purpose, even if it’s just for fun.

Hope they leave it as is on this one.

Keep in mind with other updates/expansions new armor will be added, so don’t act like there will never be any more cool armor.

Love the official forums. I was wondering this, and now I know ^^

I got mine also, but was kinda bummed I didn’t get anything other than the title. i was under the impression that the NPC talking about it would give me something. Oh well, it was still cool I guess… and yeah overflow helped.

Great new Regina thank you. I still can’t believe I spent 50 dollars on gems for keys and got nothing. I know it was my choice so I’m not complaining but I will be happy if I can turn in all this stuff for a halloween item or two.

I’ve been working on my Halloween achievements and I’ve completed 3 of them. However the first achievement is based on how many you have completed (isn’t it?) and it says I’ve only done 1. I’ve included a picture to show what I’m talking about.

Is this a bug or am I misunderstanding the first achievement? (Note that next to the Halloween Achievements completed it says 1.)

@thrdeye lets hope so, but then think of how upset people who actually spent all those mats to craft it would be.

I just feel like this is the wrong path for holiday events. leave the grind to the rest of the year, just let us do some events like journals and doors and have a good time. please.

A.net can do whatever they want but it does truly feel like they’ve gone against their entire philosophy that they were bolstering for years. “All about fun.” “No grind.” ect

Wow, that’s a bummer. I mean, why make holiday events such a grind to get something fun? Very saddened by A.Net and the amount of mats for some of that stuff.

~Peace

I spent $50 dollars on 4000 gems and used them all for keys and got nothing. It was much choice, but still sucks…

They do have a 4hr timer on the preview from PC gamers. This doesn’t make any sense to me. If it’s transmutable why only 4hr to do it?

If you can’t and it expires in 4hrs then what’s the point of getting one in the first place? They should at least last until Halloween.

The only thing I can think of is maybe you have to do something with it, like use it as a recipe for the mystic forge to get the permanent version. (Hopefully this is the case or hopefully it was just a timer so the people previewing the event couldn’t keep the items.)

Looks great though!

Just throwing this out there to all the “be creative” people. It sounds a little funny when you need to be creative due to bizarre restrictions and not because you choose to be. Why do people need to pick a creative name just because an innocent word they want to use is blocked? Seems a little backward to me. And frankly, some people just aren’t creative. So it sucks to be them? Nah, that’s not right.

I do understand and agree that there are plenty of available names. But I also think there are some strange restrictions.

1) Finding my parents home.
2) What happens to Tibalt on Claw Island.
3) The Ascalonian Wall skill point jumping challenge.
4) The first time I face planted off a ledge.

Honestly, the first time I faced him, I came on here and ranted and raved on how ridiculous he was. But after doing this several times a day for over a week, it’s really not that bad and kinda cool.

The key thing I tell every group is, you don’t need to dodge out of circles in order to evade attacks, only dodge a second or two after the rings appear on the ground. You can also stand in the center of the rings if it’s an earth ring spike attack.

The biggest problem, is not Alpha, but rather the players and whether or not you get a group of people that can process what’s happening and adapt to what needs to be done. Sadly, unless it’s guildies, you really have no way of knowing this.

But I’ve learned from running this so much, there isn’t one way to do it. It’s more about everyone’s play style and how you can best work together to do what needs to be done.