Guild Wars 2

We have a new website where people can apply!

http://dragonspear.enjin.com/home

Taggerung.5364:

What is a large roadblock when it comes to getting into gaming? Accessibility, namely the system requirements. WoW has remained at the top in terms of popularity for nearly a decade due to an extremely polished user experience and consistent system requirements throughout the years. Add-on support is obviously top of the line, no other even comes close. Content quality aside, as it’s all player preference, WoW is simply the superior game.

“WoW is a better game.”
Lmao say that to another 1 year of NO CONTENT, 50% of it’s player base leaving, and WoD being the biggest disappoint and let down in the history of WoW.
WoW is declining faster than any other MMO out there, save for maybe Archeage.
While GW2 is doing nothing but growing constantly. Can you imagine a whole year of no new updates at all? Nothing. Not even a small living story update.
How awful.
My old guild that are die hard WoW fans still, are finally admitting defeat and heading over to GW2 because they finally understand WoW went down the toilet.

YES. I LOVE THIS IDEA!

Guild Missions are literally easier than they have ever been. If you get a bug, restart it and fix it. Also, the PvP one wouldn’t give credit to the other team. You do realize this, right?
Are you just doing them wrong?

Howdy.
The Dragonspear is looking for folks interested in doing PvE and PvP content.
A small guild at the moment, we plan on growing to be a strong successful guild that creates memories and downs content together across the years.
From raids to Spvp, to Fractals, there will always be something to do together.
One of the big things we want to accomplish is to truly make every member feel like a part of the guild.
Tired of playing alone? Tired of being just another number in a huge guild that barely acknowledges you? Want to help build a community you can actually be a part of?
Then we’re just for you. We aren’t a guild that cares much for guild hoppers or people just benefiting from us through services. We’re looking for people that want a stronger bond than what you normally find in a guild. New or veteran, we don’t discriminate. All are welcome.
For this reason, we do have a slight Rep rule.
Repping to us isn’t about “influence”. It’s about being a true member of the guild. We understand if you have another guild that you are a part of. Or maybe they offer something we don’t, which is fine. But we want to be your main guild. Not a side chick.
That is why we remove anyone who shows a lack of interest in being apart of the guild. Not repping for days on end qualifies as this.
Quality over quantity.
We also plan on mastering all HoT PvE content, whether it be from Hero Points, to coordinating Tarir and Dragon’s Stand, to raids, to new Fractals. We will be downing new content as it comes out, and nobody is excluded from joining in with us!
We plan on being a fun environment where people can be themselves and not have to worry about just being another number in a guild that ignores you. That’s why recruitment will never reach the triple digits. You’re more important than just another body to the pile….er..I mean…
We will be getting a TS3 server fairly soon
We also just unlocked the Lost Precipice guild hall!
If interested or you want more info, send me a whisper or in game mail!

Sent you some mail in game.

Nelzkie.1245:

So i just log in to my account then I got a message from GM En Lumene.

Saying

“we are sorry to inform you that your log in accout will be shut down or partially limited to 72 hours due to currency transaction” then gave me a link that my antivirus blocks because its suspicious.

This is frustating.

People actually fall for this still?

Wow…..go change your password NOW dude.

Hey there. About 15 or so of us just completed the event in the Prospect Valley Mine to rescue the Zephyrites from the Inquest. We got gold and none of the Zephyrites died and not a single one of us got the credit for our Sunrise Collection.
Is there a way to fix this?
Some said they’ve tried many times and haven’t gotten it.

Hokeypokey.2135:

My ranger keeps getting his skills nerfed almost every day is this some kind of glitch or bug?

lmao 10/10

Ithilwen.1529:

@unloveableone.

I find your post hard to believe. I’ve just come from roughly 5 hour session try to beat Mordremoth. A single segment of the final fight, up to “massive attack” took an average of 27 minutes to kite through.

3 successive attempts got me killed instantly and inescapably by the “massive attack.”

I see two possibilities;

A.) You are a god tier player and / or exceptionally lucky. Though if that were the case, you’d be unlikely to put down others. Pros tend to be nice people.

B.) You aren’t being truthful.

L2P posts are seldom productive and you are wrong this time.

I received no bugs when I did the fight. It took me a good 20-25 minutes to beat but I one shotted it because it wasn’t too hard. It was a smooth fun fight.
If that means I’m god tier then well, thanks.
I was a raider in GW1 and WoW so maybe my experience just helped me out with it lol.
The Pale Tree beat the ever living crap out of me though.

GW in my opinion has the best story and lore out of all MMO’s I’ve played (And I’ve played just about all of the big ones, save for EQ and FF)

From Guild Wars Prophecies and everything that followed, to Heart of Thorns.
I’ve never been disappointed.
Even in Vanilla, while some parts were cheesy, they were pretty quality compared to others games. The Zhaitan fight could have been much better but the first time I went through it I was amazed. I spent most of the time just screenshotting because it was so epic and I felt so many goosebumps.

I have to say HoT though….this one has to be my favorite in the series. The storyline is so dark. So epic. So rage inducing on an emotional level.
I love it.
And DAT ENDING. 11/10
I’m excited for the next Living World Season
And the next expac.
Already xD

I actually like the Berserker spec :c
I do so much damage it’s ridiculous.
I can get 4-6 Bursts off each time I go Berserk and they for around 6-10k each average.
What build are you running?

Not to mention we’re CC gods

Bugs? I soloed that fight without any problems my first time. Are you sure you just aren’t doing it right or pressing things at the right time?

Due to your rage like post, I assume it’s on your end simply because you seem like the person to freak out and blame Anet instead of re-evaluating your own skills or if you did anything wrong during the fight.

Harper.4173:

It looks incredibly bad and lackluster – the ears are absurd.

I wish we could get some decent closed face helmets for our warriors. Without all sorts of useless tidbits stuck to them.

They could have done an amazing job giving us a closed face skull mask.

http://pre15.deviantart.net/edf8/th/pre/i/2013/363/5/0/skull_knight_by_theartistnoe-d6zz5ya.jpg

http://s91.photobucket.com/user/coolerimmortal/media/Berserkv26c225p200copy.jpg.html

Look at that stuff – I get that maybe they can’t come up with cool ideas every day -but they can just take some source material that looks like that – a generic skull helm isn’t exactly new as far as ideas go.

Also – GW1 had a LOT of skins – why not look at some of them?

That just looks like a necromancer skin. Not even the least bit Warrior-ish.
And why reskin something instead of making a new skin?
We didn’t get shoulders. I’m thankful for that.

Healix.5819:

They should be solo, work like adventures and be designed to teach you mechanics and test your knowledge/skill. The current group event ones for example could simply be a check on if you know how to dodge their special attacks. They should also use a setup like this to teach new players how to rally and use combos.

Menzies The Heretic.3415:

it isn’t just another braindead 111111111 challenge

Sure it is. There’s no challenge in group content. Simply sit there and spam your 1 button while someone else carries you.

I bet you were one of the first people that cried during Champion of Balthazar

A set of exotic/rare gear will get by easily.
You’re the only one at fault here.

What’s the point of player levels?
Is it just to time gate content, because that’s what it seems like.

Howdy.

The Dragonspear(Level 5) is looking for folks interested in doing PvE and PvP content.
A small guild at the moment, we plan on growing to be a strong successful guild that creates memories and downs content together across the years.
From raids to Spvp, to Fractals, there will always be something to do together.

One of the big things we want to accomplish is to truly make every member feel like a part of the guild.
Tired of playing alone? Tired of being just another number in a huge guild that barely acknowledges you? Want to help build a community you can actually be a part of?
Then we’re just for you. We aren’t a guild that cares much for guild hoppers or people just benefiting from us through services. We’re looking for people that want a stronger bond than what you normally find in a guild. New or veteran, we don’t discriminate. All are welcome.

For this reason, we do have a slight Rep rule.

Repping to us isn’t about “influence”. It’s about being a true member of the guild. We understand if you have another guild that you are a part of. Or maybe they offer something we don’t, which is fine. But we want to be your main guild. Not a side chick.
That is why we remove anyone who shows a lack of interest in being apart of the guild. Not repping for days on end qualifies as this.
Quality over quantity.

We also plan on mastering all HoT PvE content, whether it be from Hero Points, to coordinating Tarir and Dragon’s Stand, to raids, to new Fractals. We will be downing new content as it comes out, and nobody is excluded from joining in with us!

We plan on being a fun environment where people can be themselves and not have to worry about just being another number in a guild that ignores you. That’s why recruitment will never reach the triple digits. You’re more important than just another body to the pile….er..I mean…

We have a Teamspeak 3 server
We have the Lost Precipice guild hall
If interested or you want more info, send me a whisper, or check out our website!
http://dragonspear.enjin.com/home

See you in game!

You are not a true Warrior.
WARRIOR PRIDE SON. ONLY MANLY WARRIORS CAN UNDERSTAND THE GREATNESS THAT IS OUR HELMET. OUR ENEMIES FEAR AND TREMBLE BEFORE US, FOR THEY ENVISION THEIR OWN SKULLS BEING TURNED INTO OUR HELMETS.
WE ARE THE FEROCIOUS FIGHTERS THAT BEAT DRAGONS WITH OUR OWN FISTS. WE NEED NO FANCY GARMENTS OR SPECIAL EFFECTS TO MAKE US LOOK GREAT. WE NEED NOTHING MORE THAN OUR PRIMAL INSTINCTS TO SURVIVE.
THE WEAK SHALL BE CRUSHED!

…..sorry

Omnia Wind.2108:

It feels like Anet is hurting for money. Outfits by themselves are already expensive, and it’s not even skins. Now this pack – if you want any part of it, it’s 2000 gems. Why?

Why would they be hurting for money?
They just released an expansion and gained millions.
I think they’re fine.

They’ll probably be obtainable some other way. I doubt they’ll be tied to just outfits.

What are you even trying to say?

Urosh Uchiha.9732:

Still feels out of place. For me at least. Just like player characters having wings. Come on… How does that fit into lore I wonder. But still, many people like it, it gets them money so it’s all good.
I’m just one of those people who doesn’t get all the shiny things for my characters, I actually make them with some backstory that I came up on my own and I dress them in a way that fits their character that I imagine them to be.

So do I.
But it fits pretty well.

Urosh Uchiha.9732:

The outfit looks amazing, great job designer team but I do have to say that I feel that it doesn’t belong to this game… Or is this something GW1 related?
Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for the awesome skins and such, but only if they have a place in this universe.

So yeah, I’m gonna skip on this one, feels very odd to me. But I’m definitely gonna buy the Lyssa one that was data mined.

It’s called the Lunatic Court costume….because it’s based on the Lunatic Court.
Mad Kings minion dudes.
So it’s very much related to GW2.

CureForLiving.5360:

AtlasSi.9130:

I’d just like to thank all the people out there that complained about the high req for hero points. Had full Herald on day 2. Spent 20 hours farming hero points in central Tyria on day 1 so I could be a day 1 Herald. Thank you for wasting my time.
But congratz to anyone that actually was doing what I was and not whining about the high req.
Yes I’m whining but, I don’t care.

w
Um so what because you decided to farm, because you decided you wanted to get your specialisation as fast as possible, suddenly ANet is at fault? Yeah seem legit.

Fasalina.6571:

Redenaz.8631:

If the grind made you that bitter, it’s probably a good thing they changed it.

This here

That is actually a pretty good argument.

Um so what because you decided not to play the game as intended and get your skill points, but instead complained about it, somehow Anet was at fault? Yeah seems legit

Jumpin Lumpix.6108:

So I’m in verdant Brink, doing outpost quest chains and repeatedly I get about half way through all of the event chains to complete the outpost and then out of Nowhere (there dosent seem to be a way to tell when its coming) 5 min till nightfall message appears.

5 min later entire outpost quest chain fails and resets and I have to wait through 45 min of nightfall to start all over again on them. Really great design there.

So you just don’t know how the event chain works then.

Kraggy.4169:

AtlasSi.9130:

I’d just like to thank all the people out there that complained about the high req for hero points. Had full Herald on day 2. Spent 20 hours farming hero points in central Tyria on day 1 so I could be a day 1 Herald. Thank you for wasting my time..

Some people have jobs or other real-life things to do.

Sorry you feel your bragging rights (I’d use the ‘e’ word but that’d likely get this post removed) have gone, just accept no-one was impressed anyway.

I’m glad you assumed the OP doesn’t have a job or anything else outside of GW2. We all do.
And we still get things done in game. You don’t have any better excuse than we do. Maybe if you spent less time whining on the forums and more time playing you’d have been able to get them done.

Rikkado.7321:

Celtic Lady.3729:

Some people that wanted bragging rights about being the first to have the herald, etc. are now apparently upset…

Don’t understand it but there it is.

I’m positive i was one of the first people who got Herald, (grinded it out ith my guildies helping me on the first day) and i’m stil really happy about this change, now i don’t have to worry about having to do all that stuff again on my alts (9 of em left!) and i already did it for my Reaper too!.

See, i can still brag even though the points are reduced!

(This was a joke post btw)

I don’t think she understands people don’t actually care about that kind of stuff.

Cromag.7195:

So there was a time when the word grind was used to describe countless hours of farming mobs to get rep of a faction up or farming countless mobs to get some materials for hours or days

Now it seems playing the actual new content to achieve something is considered grind as well. I really ask myself why some people play a game at all.

Truer words have never been spoken

XYLUM.7286:

Eddie Mo.7169:

I don’t agree with you, OP. I want my legendaries the moment I buy and log into the game. All of them. I also want to have 999,999 gold on every character. Why bother grinding all that stuff? This isn’t Grind Wars 2… Just give that to us ANET.

Why would you take the time to post such nonsense?

Comparing the majority of the community’s sentiment about lowering the HP cost of Elite Specializations to them demanding, or even wanting, legendaries, in any number, and an astronomical amount of gold is… the only word that comes to mind is stupid.

Making such a ridiculous post doesn’t come across funny, sarcastic or even satirical, but it does speaks volumes about immaturity, dysfunctional sense of humor and the complete ignorance of the aforementioned. Zero contribution to the topic, the original post, the ensuing discussion or anything else meaningful.

Maybe if you didn’t try so hard… you wouldn’t have to.

Just some food for thought.

The most try hard post of the thread. Well done! Glad you got so bent out of shape on someone on a video game thread. Speaks volumes about immaturity, dysfunctional sense of humor and the complete ignorance of the aforementioned. Zero contribution to the topic, the original post, the ensuing discussion or anything else meaningful.

;)

Jehovazilla.5849:

Unloveableone.6082:

It’s the fact our work is always devalued because of the people that don’t want to earn anything on this game.

Ah, a video game libertarian was born. Truly an auspicious day.

On a serious, and less snarky note, your work… and by work I of course mean play… was not devalued, if you enjoyed it. If you didn’t enjoy it for its own intrinsic rewards, then you’re proving the point of those who thought 400 was a bit much. If you enjoyed it for its actual rewards (an elite spec), then your enjoyment is exactly the same as it was before, and you get to be happy to share that with others.

If neither of these are true, you wanted the elite spec to be a status symbol that you could show off to “those less beings”. In that case, go craft a legendary, go get a really big mastery number to show off… I don’t have much sympathy for you. Go lease a Porsche or something, if you need to prove your self worth by showing it off to others.

Really, you should just be happy that other people are happy. If you enjoyed the work, you have no reason to be bitter that others don’t have to do it.

I love when people like this try and take my comment and turn it around on me like this.
I enjoyed it. I enjoyed it because it was a challenge. Because it was a long goal.
That was the fun of it.
That was taken away.
Now I don’t get to enjoy that same goal on my other characters.
“Hurdur you can still do it just don’t learn it until 400”
That’s not a fix and is dumb.

Quit trying to turn what people say around on them.

Are you seriously complaining about it being 250 HP now? You want it to be even less
Really??

AWACS.6537:

Nidome.1365:

When they announced 400 hero points for the elite specs I thought “Ah, a challenge”, especially as I have a character of every class.
Now that challenge has been stolen by whiners – the very same whiners that will be complaining that they have nothing left to do in a week’s time…..

You would have thought Anet would have learned by now – a bunch of vocal whiners complain about something new being too hard so Anet make it easier and then those very same whiners complain they have nothing left to do because it was too easy.
It has happened every time Anet have released new content and will carry on happening until Anet say “Hey you keep saying you wanted challenges”.

It’s not a challenge to run around 4 maps and pushing F so I can have a new way to play the content I purchased.

This makes me think you actually didn’t play it or even try to get them.
Perfect example.

This is the best system they’ve had so far.
Please stahp

I do agree I wish we got less blues and greens though.
Or even like…a button that destroys all minor runes or salvages as much green/blue gear as you can with your current kits.

100% rep guilds are the only real guilds tbh.
I don’t care about joining a guild for some bonuses or other crap. I want to be part of a community that is close.
kitten near impossibly to find that in GW2 thanks to multi-guild system though.

No way.
Gold inflation would be ridiculous if we got that much.

DeWolfe.2174:

Unloveableone.6082:

Do they keep it the same so we all have our Elite Specs hour 1?

We’re 5 days into it, not hour 1.

If next expansion Hero Point Requirements are the same alot of us will be able to unlock the Elite Specs hour one. Which takes away the point of it being Elite and unlockable

Reading comprehension

Eddie Mo.7169:

Celtic Lady.3729:

Eddie Mo.7169:

I don’t agree with you, OP. I want my legendaries the moment I buy and log into the game. All of them. I also want to have 999,999 gold on every character. Why bother grinding all that stuff? This isn’t Grind Wars 2… Just give that to us ANET.

There are so many Drama Queens of Hyperbole running around today…

It’s true though. If they complain about 10 hours of grind for those hero points, how long before they complain about not having a ascended item within the 3rd week of playing?? How long before they start complaining about not having a legendary precursor for 20 pristine fractal relics?

I mean seriously, complaining about those hero points are like buying the game and saying “hmm why am I not lvl 80 yet? it’s been a good 12 seconds.”

Sad reality is that if ANET does cater to every whim of the vocal minority, the game might really get nerfed a whole lot more.

This. Which is my honest worry.

Paulytnz.7619:

Unloveableone.6082:

Paulytnz.7619:

Look on the bright side, when future Elites come you will have some points already to use towards it. Those players who only grab enough HP for the current Elites will then have to grab the rest or possibly go for any new ones with any future Elites/expansions.

Bragging rights and such, people who play this game for that type of thing are playing the wrong game imo. This is not “one of those” type of games It’s about time certain players accepted this. :P

Which brings up another concern. Are we not going to have to work towards future Elite Specs anymore?
Granted, many will probably not get the rest of the HPs needed like you said.
But what happens in the future? Do those of us that unlocked this one get it basically hour one? Will they increase the HP needed for them? In turn, creating another fiasco like this?

I have a feeling those that have the extra HP left over from this batch may have about 50% of what’s needed for any future Elites. That’s kind of what we have now right? Well what we had if you had done world complete and were just about to start the HOT maps.

Sounds fair enough to me.

Yeah that’s how it was when the expac launched.
Though having full map completion and HoT HPs completed will give you more than enough for next expacs in that case

Redenaz.8631:

You seem like you didn’t enjoyed spending 20 hours farming hero points on day 1, because you consider that time wasted now.

Did you have fun? Was it really wasted if you enjoyed it, even if other people can do it quicker now?

I enjoyed it immensely.
I loved the challenge
I loved having something to work towards after so long of not having something to
I loved meeting new people and working together to get our elite specs

I still feel like all that was devalued

Ashen.2907:

Unloveableone.6082:

But I guess my opinion on what I find fun in the game isn’t valid.

There is nothing stopping you from not playing an elite spekittenil you have earned 400HP.

And no one is stopping you from expressing your opinion. You brought it to a public forum and people expressed countering opinions.

A countering opinion is not essentially telling someone their opinion isn’t valid

And there was nothing stopping you from just playing it like it was intended. But…you didn’t :o

Paulytnz.7619:

Look on the bright side, when future Elites come you will have some points already to use towards it. Those players who only grab enough HP for the current Elites will then have to grab the rest or possibly go for any new ones with any future Elites/expansions.

Bragging rights and such, people who play this game for that type of thing are playing the wrong game imo. This is not “one of those” type of games It’s about time certain players accepted this. :P

Which brings up another concern. Are we not going to have to work towards future Elite Specs anymore?
Granted, many will probably not get the rest of the HPs needed like you said.
But what happens in the future? Do those of us that unlocked this one get it basically hour one? Will they increase the HP needed for them? In turn, creating another fiasco like this?

Unseenchaos.7036:

Unloveableone.6082:

Unseenchaos.7036:

What do you mean “they got nerfed in half”? You mean they only require 250 points now? Ah so you’re annoyed that you spent all your hero points on the elite spec then the cost was reduced so you decided to create a topic to complain about it? The thing is a lot of people really wanted to play the spec however they did not have the hours or the effort/will to go explore every hero point to earn the spec so this reduction to 250 hero points is completely justified and has no negative effects or down sides. No one is harmed, people are happy and get to play/try their new specs. Please show me where the negativity in that change is.

So you guys can create threads demanding change to content that isn’t even needed to be change, but I can’t request that they don’t do the same to everything else?
Right.

And I’m not happy. I know a bunch of other people in my guild were upset by this change.

What happens when Elite Specs come out next time? Do they keep it the same so we all have our Elite Specs hour 1? Or will they increase the HP needed that time, making this happen again.

The vocal minority always get to speak for the rest of us. Many of us wanted things to be unchanged.

We are not required to be silent about changes that we don’t like as well. Just as you guys complain about it 24/7 on the forums

Yeah but why are you complaining? It makes no sense. The only reason you are complaining is because people don’t have to spend as long earning part of their class. And that makes you sad because you spent all those hours so you could say to other players you already have it and rub it in their faces. If this isn’t the reason then what is the reason?

It’s not the reason. I enjoyed the kitten work. I enjoyed getting it.
I’m sad to see it not be that way. I guess anyone enjoying a part of a game and sad to see it get nerfed for others that can’t take an hour to get all the HPs in a map just want to rub it in others faces?
No. It was a thing I greatly enjoyed and now it got nerfed.
It wasn’t even that hard. You just went around with a few people and did champions. It was fun.
But I guess my opinion on what I find fun in the game isn’t valid.

Redenaz.8631:

If the grind made you that bitter, it’s probably a good thing they changed it.

It’s not the grind.
It’s the fact our work is always devalued because of the people that don’t want to earn anything on this game.

AtlasSi.9130:

I’d just like to thank all the people out there that complained about the high req for hero points. Had full Herald on day 2. Spent 20 hours farming hero points in central Tyria on day 1 so I could be a day 1 Herald. Thank you for wasting my time.
But congratz to anyone that actually was doing what I was and not whining about the high req.
Yes I’m whining but, I don’t care.

Feel the same way.

Coldtart.4785:

Spending less time preparing to have fun is now a bad thing, somehow.

Playing the game is somehow not playing the game then?

Unseenchaos.7036:

What do you mean “they got nerfed in half”? You mean they only require 250 points now? Ah so you’re annoyed that you spent all your hero points on the elite spec then the cost was reduced so you decided to create a topic to complain about it? The thing is a lot of people really wanted to play the spec however they did not have the hours or the effort/will to go explore every hero point to earn the spec so this reduction to 250 hero points is completely justified and has no negative effects or down sides. No one is harmed, people are happy and get to play/try their new specs. Please show me where the negativity in that change is.

So you guys can create threads demanding change to content that isn’t even needed to be change, but I can’t request that they don’t do the same to everything else?
Right.

And I’m not happy. I know a bunch of other people in my guild were upset by this change.

What happens when Elite Specs come out next time? Do they keep it the same so we all have our Elite Specs hour 1? Or will they increase the HP needed that time, making this happen again.

The vocal minority always get to speak for the rest of us. Many of us wanted things to be unchanged.

We are not required to be silent about changes that we don’t like as well. Just as you guys complain about it 24/7 on the forums

I enjoyed getting my elite spec. It was such a fun experience on my main and on my alts I’m currently doing them on.
The fact they got nerfed in half really disappoints me.
I really hope nothing else gets cut in half like this.
HoT is the perfect balance of difficulty and work needed.

The world boss was essentially the physical manifestation of Mordremoth, and the boss we fight is essentially his mind. He himself.

Mikali.9651:

Unloveableone.6082:

Mikali.9651:

How I like reporting guys like Unloveableone.6082 for their use of tongue

on topic, yea, I kinda agree, I mean, game is cool and all, but it’s missing a lot and I don’t think it can ever be solved with the way combat and classes are created….in one hand it’s great, in other hand it misses a lot of things

The fact you had to announce you reported me(for…uhm…what? None of my posts were in any way extreme.) just makes you look bad m8.

“just makes you look bad m8.” there you go….again :/

You do realize that reporting people for things that aren’t actually reportable will only get you banned in the end, right?