The map is gorgeous;
Mounts are pretty fun. I wasn’t very excited about them and I ended up loving it (wish we could have more dye channels);
New enemies are fun and strong, also I love the different mechanics for many of them (I LOVE sand sharks and the choyas. And the hydras too! Also, the guy on the fire-flying-board);
Bounty system is nice and challenging;
Unidentified gear is a no go. It wasn’t explained to players, and honestly doesn’t add anything interesting to the gameplay, feels unfair with loot and everyone noticed that it is just a plain gold sink;
I like that this map is not meta-driven (so far), but it could use some event chains, similar to what we currently have on core tyria maps;
The gameplay was immersive;
I don’t like that we have to repeat the first heart after doing it for the story instance;
My overall experience was good.
P.S.: I think it was an excellent decision to not include elite specs in this preview, since people wouldn’t pay attention to the map, which is one of the best ever released.
What server are you playing? I never saw anything like that happening. I find the GW2 community one of the best I ever had the pleasure to participate. Maybe you are just… unlucky? xD IDK what to say because that’s not my daily experience at all. Is your opinion based on a one-time thing?
I would like to see the Mini Avatar of the Tree back in the store. I was not playing when it was for sale so I couldn’t buy it. I wish I had a chance to do so, I find that mini so nice.
If you and your friends never trash talk each other in real life, then that’s your prerogative but I find it funny and enjoyable to do so when competing.
So, when someone say to you in a game: “choke in your blood and die”, is funny and enjoyable? Well, I guess I am out of here. And if you never heard things like that in a game I am pretty sure you have’nt played enough of them, hahahaha (I would be jealous if that’s the case).
On the guild side of the discussion, I do agree that they could implement something to do with them (after all the game is called GUILD wars), since there’s no real reason to be in a guild except to talk with people.
EDIT: though since HoT is to be released and there’s promising content coming I think we should just wait a bit to see how things go.
I would never say something like that to a friend. However did you report his person? did you block him? did you kick him out of the dungeon (if you where in one) ? You have options, I don’t think that kind of talk is ok but personally I understand the internet and the mentality since I pretty much grew up in it. I know that person is simply saying the most outrageous thing he/she can because well it’s the internet. Question is how much should I allow this person to affect my day? Reporting and blocking takes maybe a minute..
And not reporting and not blocking because that never happened and there’s no need to do that takes no time at all. That’s what ANET managed in this game. That’s why people like it.
If you and your friends never trash talk each other in real life, then that’s your prerogative but I find it funny and enjoyable to do so when competing.
So, when someone say to you in a game: “choke in your blood and die”, is funny and enjoyable? Well, I guess I am out of here. And if you never heard things like that in a game I am pretty sure you have’nt played enough of them, hahahaha (I would be jealous if that’s the case).
On the guild side of the discussion, I do agree that they could implement something to do with them (after all the game is called GUILD wars), since there’s no real reason to be in a guild except to talk with people.
EDIT: though since HoT is to be released and there’s promising content coming I think we should just wait a bit to see how things go.
Oh, ty <3. But I am not mad, I am actually trying to understand what they like so much about games that allow the toxic attitude. I see many companys dying to get rid of behaviors like that and they want to bring it here. I just don’t get it.
The problem of the internet is that sometimes what you write doesn’t show what you are really feeling in the moment. Nvm though.
You do realize that trash talking is a normal thing. You see it when sports fans of differing teams talk, you see it when ppl play board games. It’s not a new thing an adult is someone who has the capacity to handle a situation a child wouldn’t. An adult should understand that these situations happen, exists and are normal human behavior and instead of standing there shutting your eyes and covering your ears like a child you can, a choose ignore it, not participate or leave the area of the conversation. To answer your question, the way you just phrased it is basically dismissive of a differing opinion, your response is simply “go away and play another game” if this community is so “inclusive” this shouldn’t be an issue. Unlike you I believe there is a place for both Casual player and Hardcore players to coexist and have fun because I believe in “inclusiveness” not creating a polar opposite game.
I don’t get your point of “hardcore” player. So a hardcore player is the one that talk trash in open world after something he doesn’t like happens? And that is not childish? Or is the one who runs multiple dungeons with friends for hours? If it’s the first I am happy that there isn’t such a thing in GW2, and if it is the second there’s plenty of those in GW2. Also, the sPVP and WvW offers challenging content. I play MMOs for over 10 years now, I played many titles from many companys, all of those were exactly like the OP described. You know what happened to them? I don’t even have to say it because you already know.
The point stands. The player base of GW2 like the way this game was designed. They like it peaceful, and the cooperative style of play, so why would ANET change it? You don’t need trash talk in a game. Games are supposed to bring fun, not hatred. I wouldn’t spend my free time with something that brings hatefulness to my life. It’s just not a smart thing to do. Why do you think GW2 is not competitive? What about sPVP? What about WvW? Isn’t that enough competition? Why do you think it doesn’t allow “hardcore” players? What IS a hardcore player to you? Why the game has to allow you to kill random ppl in open world to make them trash talk back to you? HOW is this a positive and a good thing anyone would like to see? It happens IRL? OH! Suprise! This is a game: people play it because they want more then real life, otherwise they would probably be riding. And don’t forget, when things like that happens in real life, we are pretty much talking about crimes.
The community in general has this hostile carebear attitude which to me personally is worse than dealing with “ELITIST” (hate this term but w/e) kittens. Any dissenting opinions about the current low difficulty of the game are met with “this is a different game and maybe it isn’t the game for you” which is fairly hostile in a passive aggressive way. I honestly don’t even understand the argument against trash talking, I see it as a common human response to competition and it adds to the fun. The game has plenty of mechanics built in to protect your sensibilities if you aren’t into this.. close the chat box or block the players. A normal adult in everyday life would simply walk away from a conversation they don’t want to be a part of not stand there and try to force everyone to act the way they expect them too.
Acutally, a normal adult in everyday life would avoid this kind of trash talking altogether, and that’s what ANET did with GW2 thankfully. And do notice that the community is not being passive agressive since the point: there’s hundreds upon hundreds of MMOs out there that work just like the OP wants, but he/she comes to the single one that isn’t and say it should be like the others. Pls, tell me how the community is wrong here?
Katalos, I noticed that most of your comments are trying to “dig up” facts if GW2 that support the vision of your perfect game as you described in the op (I know you didn’t used this words, but lets be honest to each other: you did mention things you would like to see in GW2 and that are not there). I’m sorry to be the one to say it like this (despite many others that already said this in a nicer way): what you want to find in this game is NOT there. It is NOT what your looking for and it wont ever be. This game was desugned to get rid of the potencial toxic-generation playstyle that all other MMOs use. If you like that style all I can say to you is good luck on playing WOW, where you are as good as your credit card and where you get happines from other’s misery. That’s how things are. Do not pretend that other MMOs with gear gap offer challenging content that requires real skill because they don’t. They require good gear and thats all. While this is also true for pve content of GW2, the story changes completely when it comes to sPvP. Now, again, if you prefer the toxic playstyle offered by other games you WONT find it here because Anet – and how I love them for this – took it away.
P.S.: have you ever tried League of Legends? Despite being a MOBA it checks everything you seem to like in a game. Also notice that it has the worst and most disgusting community I ever met and I do wish I never meet another similar to that.
Is that a gauranteed 1%? If i kill a boss 100 times, one precursor will drop?
That’s not how probability works. Each time you try the chances “reset”. When you kill the boss once, you’ll have 1% chance to get the precursor. The second time you kill it, you’ll have another 1% chance. By your logic the probablility would stack until you get one no matter what.
It’s not just the crafting, you also need an insane amount of gold to have your crafting go to 500 and then I am not even talking about the mats you will need for the pre cursor kinda money. What ever happened to drops being good in a game.
Insane ammount of gold? With a little more than 230g you can get pretty much any crafting profession to lvl 500. You can get that in 2 – 3 weeks if you are lazy or just cannot play too much. If you have time and the will, u can safely farm that in a single week. Now, how is this hard? >_>
I have the same problem. It is a very tedious process to click over and over again to salvage the rares. A good solution would be an option in game menu to select wich item rarity should pop the warning and wich one should not pop it. If it can be implemented that would be great!
When HoT arrives and huge, sweeping changes are made to core aspects of the game that will make some of our alts unplayable, will we be able to get a gold refund for the gear that will now be useless?
I like the looks of legendary weaps. When I finished mine I was very happy with it (I have Sunrise) and I still am, and the swaping stats are very handy. On the other hand, I don’t think buying it is the best deal. If you buy the mats and craft the leg you’ll probably save a nice ammount of your gold (tough you’ll have to run so math to be sure). Finally, you can also use your gold to play the TP to make more gold. With that ammount you can probably get super-rich by flipping itens. If you follow my last idea, be sure to research a lot, because flipping is risky. If nothing goes by your mind, just save it untill something that you really want appears (a.k.a., wait for HoT).
Since the announcement about the beta portals I’ve been farming SW without stop. Yesterday, fortunately, I got it from the event chest of Solus’s event to unlock the Hidden Depths WP. I spent many hours farming that ticket but I cannot say it wasn’t worth it, and I say that not only because I got the portal, but also I got a LOT o gold. To those still searching, don’t give up, sooner or later you’ll get it too.
I just cannot understand why people consider the “Zerk Meta” a problem. It is fast, it is efficient, it is fun to play with and it do not work on every situation – sometimes you have to adapt to the content. Oh, you don’t have enough diversity in builds? I beg to disagree, for you do, actually. Just because most of the itens people use have Zerk stats doesn’t mean that the builds are identical. Players use many different combinations of sigils, runes, traits and skills, and that alone creates new builds. That simple thought of “oh, I’m dying too easily in this type of boss, because of this I’ll change my X skill and maybe change my accessorys” – this alone is a new build. If you use the pure “meta” you won’t achieve the same effectiveness in a certain content than the guy who did those little adaptations. That is so true that you can see hundreds of videos of people soloing DGs where they change weapons and the whole trait setup for a single boss fight, and in a few of those videos the player change even the set in specific parts of the dungeon. Now, if that is not diversity, idk what it is.
Edit: and PLS do not bring the Trinity for GW2 because that sucks.
