Guild Wars 2

Kayberz.5346:

phys.7689:

Skyline Crash.6254:

nightfall was a campaign, not an expansion

HoT is more akin to EotN expansion for GW1

people keep saying this, but EotN actually also smashes hot fairly easily content wise

Not really, considering 1 area like verdant brink is essentially equal to AT LEAST 10 gw1 zones. The zones in gw1 were extremely basic. And the gw1 games never rrally added significant gameplay changes, they were essentially the same game in a new place

Verdant Brink = 10 GW1 maps?
You’re clueless.

Sytherek.7689:

I’m not sure what to think anymore. As a guy who very actively supports GW2 thru the cash store…

I love GW2. I loved GW1. But to wait 3 years for a GW2 “expansion” that looks vastly smaller than GW1’s Eye of the North — well, “disappointed” is all I feel.

It’s not that what’s in HoT is bad — there just isn’t very much. A few new maps, a few new skills — interesting and maybe fun, but that’s not a real expansion.

I suspect what happened was a slow-down in sales, leading ANet to bundle a series of feature / living world updates into an “expansion.”

No, I’m not hyped. I want a real expansion like we got in GW1 with EotN.

We got EIGHTEEN dungeons with EoTN too… each one with unique mechanics and some of which were incredibly difficult that people still had trouble completing near the end of GW1 one (Slaver’s Exile anyone?). They kitten all over the stack + autoattack fest that GW2 dungeons are right now

It’s pretty hard to get hyped up for Living Story Part 3

Raesin.2908:

Nope, absolutely not.
My reaction when watching the stream was ‘This is it?’
How long have they been working on this and this is what they have to show for it?

Now comparing to another, well known MMO’s first expansion;

Guild Wars 2:

3 New maps/tiers of unknown size
1 New class
‘Mastery’
More crafting
The class upgrade thingy
Cheap precursors
‘’More challenging group content’’
Guild Hall
GvG
WvW map no one cares about.

Burning Crusade:

1 New continent made up of 7 zones
2 New races
Faction class swap (Classes no longer exclusive to faction)
4 New smaller zones, including cities for both new races
5 Raids that I can remember
15 New dungeons
1 New PvP map
1 New crafting profession and updated other professions
New skills, flight etc.
And that’s not including the ‘Living World’ patches that included 1 new raid and 1 dungeon in just 1 patch.

Before you dogpile me with ‘’b-but we’ve had Living Story!‘’ the teams developing LS and that develop the XPac will be different.
The LS itself gives you a whole 2 hours of content including achievements(each patch), half of it is bugged that they either never fix, or stealth-fix a WHOLE MONTH LATER while denying any bug existed (Looking at you Annihilator).
While again, WoW has decimated 2 city HuBs (and fixed/redesigned them) and revamped it’s entire base world in one expansion and they don’t even claim this ‘revolutionary living story’.

And don’t even get me started on the fact that it is ALL TEMPORARY. Sure the maps like Southsun, Drytop and Silverwastes are permanent and the Breach is a mechanic that can always trigger. But it’s still time gated because of the playerbase.
Those that join in another year aren’t going to be able to see that content or get those items because everyone else has moved on.
The only thing that keeps the content padded out is the RNG grind.

This ‘expansion’ is nothing more than Living Story 3 and a Feature Pack rolled into a neat little package that they’re going to ask people to pay for. And a disgusting amount of people are only too happy to do so.
I don’t hold anything against people enjoying the game, but no one seems to care if the content is of good quality and so what incentive do ANet have to make anything good? You’ll pay for it anyway.

As someone else said, this only has the ‘expansion’ sticker slapped on it because it’s what people wanted to hear.
It was however hilarious watching Colin wait for applause and got nothing but the occasional pity-clap.

I like GW2 and I really hope I’m wrong, but I don’t think I will be, so now is the time for me to uninstall and go elsewhere.

Pretty much summarized how I feel about this. I was looking for a reason to come back into the game because I loved GW1 and enjoyed the beginning of GW2 but as you said, this is honestly a feature pack combined with an LS update (with a new class). I hope they havent released all the information regarding this “Expansion” because if they have, people will be starved for content within a week.

Going to Elona would be too confusing for new players and would detract from the simplicity of the gem store

Hello, I just got back into the game after a long break of many months and was looking to get back into doing dungeons and fractals (and any other challenging PvE content). I personally am willing to join any guild on any server and i’m properly geared with exotic berserker and a good amount of berserker ascended accessories. I usually run with an elementalist and am familiar with the new meta that uses either a staff build or a Lightning Hammer build to produce max DPS. I also have a Thief, Guardian, Mesmer and Necro that are max level. I am willing to spend any amount of time or gold that is necessary to further improve or increase the stats of my characters. I used to be pretty experienced in dungs/pvp/etc before I quit but it’s been a while so I’m really looking to get back into the more challenging aspects of this game (even though a lot of PvE is just stacking I guess lol).

I also do a lot of tPvP on my ele and a fair amount of WvW so I’m also interested in guilds that do those activities as well!

Being able to chill with a new group of people and just have fun while doing random activities and events would be a big positive as well

Thanks and I hope I can find a experienced, friendly and awesome guild/group that I can be a part of!

Kagamiku.9731:

You need to get to the next zone before your progress is saved. Waypoints only save your progress while you’re playing, but it wont save it after you log off.

Sorry but what do you mean by the next zone? I progressed past a couple cutscenes (if that indicated a new zone) but my progress didn’t save

Edit: I’m an idiot… my progress actually saved but I’m stupid at read “Zone 3” as “World 3”…

Is there a way to continue off of where you last progressed after logging off? I’ve never done SAB before and I’m on World 1 and had to restart my whole progress the following day. If there are any confusions over how I stated the question please tell me

Kestin.2368:

Blood Red Arachnid.2493:

It’s obvious that war were declared.

In AE 1326 war was beginning?

I… Actually get this reference.

I was thinking of rolling sigils of bloodlust and battle on my daggers and maybe another battle or fire sigil on my staff but I wanted to hear your guys opinion before I go and spend half my bank on a battle and bloodlust sigil.

Thanks guys!

I see myself in the picture… Just so you guys know, don’t even bother meleeing Grenth. His AoE cricles cover up nearly the whole room

Hello everyone, I’m running the typical D/D build going 0/10/0/30/30 and I had a couple questions about the armor/runes and sigils I should be wearing (I’m currently decked out in Knight’s armor that have the rarity of “green” lol)

As a D/D glass cannon set, should I go for Berserkers for every trinket/armor/weapon slot or should I go for Rampagers? I feel that the latter may be more useful and do more damage with the increased bleed and burn damage but I’m not quite sure.

What armor type should I run for a more tanky D/D armor set? Clerics? I personally really like Knight’s armor because I love my Toughness over vitality but I’ve never experimented with anything else.

And finally, what sigils should I run on my daggers? I was thinking Sigil of Battle + Sigil of Force but I’ve also heard good things about sigil of fire and sigil of bloodlust.

Thanks everyone! I’m a bit of an amateur when it comes to this class :P

Edit: Any suggestions for runes btw?

Red Falcon.8257:

Currently the D/D build has the same burst power of a Thief

wat.

Drarnor Kunoram.5180:

I find it handy, especially when I’m fighting multiple mobs at once. The extra 20 toughness (Protection of the Horde, even for just a couple seconds) is really handy and it draws fire from you.

When doing 1v1s, it’s useless, but in your typical PvE environment, it’s actually quite a handy trait.

Im positive jagged horrors don’t count toward that trait. And even if it did, +20 toughness for 2 seconds isn’t really that good lol

alanis.6094:

Parasitic Bond doesn’t do anything, at all.

Is that the one with 5 points into Spite? You actually do have a point and this one could be the worst trait in the game. I think this either heals you for nothing or some minuscule amount like .0000001% of your health at level 80. I don’t know how I forgot about this mediocre trait!

I am struggling to think of a use for this trait or for Jagged Horrors in general. They literally just bleed out as soon as they are summoned into the world. I remember Jagged Horrors were awesome in GW1 so what exactly happened in GW2 lol?

Can anyone here help me see the light and give me a couple positives of having Reanimator (not that we have a choice really if we are speccing into Death Magic).

I think you underestimate just how good BiP is lol. You end up bleeding your opponent for 2 stacks for 30 seconds (doesn’t seem like much but trust me a 2 stack 30 second bleed will do quite a bit of damage) and granting yourself 10 stacks of might for 10 seconds is awesome especially if you have some boon duration along with that. For example, my BiP is giving me 14ish seconds of might because of my traits.

I’m currently leveling a level 30ish mesmer up and I have really taken a liking to the class even after the staff nerfs. One thing I just can’t comprehend is the power of the scepter though. It just seems too slow and relatively lacking in damage for me to use. I’m not saying that it’s bad, I’m just saying that I’m a relative Mesmer amateur and I would appriciate if someone could help me see the positives ( and possible negatives) of the scepter.

Thanks!

Can I get an invite to the event please? I ported in 15 or so of you guys so I was hoping to get it done on my alt! :P

I am Denravi in game.

I have slots open now. Feel free to join. NA 2nd demo phase. The event is working!

Still inviting people… although you may be in a line to queue up next for the party. Just saying. NA server btw

Holy crap about 30 people messaged me… The party system restricts me to five at a time. Once you join my party and get into the overflow, please start your own party so we can help others get in. Thanks.

Add me if you want to get into a server thats doing the event… the overflow might be full tho

This trait is beyond laughable. I have put around 60-70 hours into my necro and I have NEVER seen the little minion even attack it’s target. It literally just dies right next to you.

Oh and I contemplated the thought of the jagged horror possibly giving you life force which would bump this trait from abysmal —-> mediocre but it turns out it doesn’t give you any LF. I am struggling to find a purpose to this trait and I hope someone here can help me see something positive in this trait lol

Stuck at Gendarrin Fields lol