Guild Wars 2

I missed the ‘event’ but I wonder how come I never even heard the 2 apparently ‘famous’ guilds before the ‘event’?

I’m a WvW regular everyday with my guildmates and we’ve been fighting FA for so long but I never heard or even remember the two mentioned tags there.. or is it not memorable enough?

actual combat or not, it shows what’s the problem
it’s as obvious as a nail in the head…

it’s either you’re a really ignorant person since you don’t even acknowledge most of rangers issues or you want people to say you’re the-greatest-ranger-in-the-whole-GW2-universe-since-you-say-you-always-win-whatever-things-you-encounter-in-game

heck, you don’t even know it was JP himself who said he acknowledge ranger as one of the underpowered classes..

can you elaborate on your gameplay?
kindly post your ranger video so us noobs can learn from you instead of attacking everyone in the forums?
you seriously need to get over yourself..

i never even see one single post where you contribute solutions on ranger issues
you always attack people and claim there’s no issue without any actual point or proof.
before you reply me, yes, i checked your posts history. and yes, most of them are ‘troll’ posts

oh well, this is more like “no matter how bad hitler was, there’s always some people who think he’s good” kind of thing..
everyone entitled to their own opinion i guess

Navi.7142:

The toys could be miniatures, that would be cool xD

sylvari: mini Trahaerne (:D)
human: mini Countess Anise
charr: mini Tybalt
asura: mini Tixx
norn: mini Kodan
….

and Xmas gift would be: mini quaggan O.o <3

if ‘Trahaerne’ does show up, I’m sure most players would want to kill him..

ask people who regularly do sPvP and tPvP and see how many times rangers mentioned as a must-have team member..

let’s be fair to anet.. some of these are way too OP..
otherwise, who knows they will say the things we’re demanding don’t make sense and make no changes at all..

although it would be awesome, this is a bit OP i think..

as per others already mentioned, it’s 10am to 10am the next day, at least it’s fair enough compared to the karka mess

what makes you think you exactly know that these are the actual details? you actually don’t.
the world doesn’t revolve around you

what anet doing is good
we should try to appreciate it

as per people already mentioned before, please rollback the changes
the culling is even a lot worse than before

oh my dear lord, am i dreaming?

thanks for the changes john
really appreciate that although i’m not really playing my ranger anymore..

but hell, who knows if the other changes turn out good

guardian. and it’s really an awesome experience. i hope it will never experience the same thing as ranger

of course it’s not fair, but here’s the thing

player miss one-time event, anet keeps insisting on one-time event, (most) players rage, (most players) quit, anet lose money
you attended one-time event, anet keeps insisting on one-time event, you’re happy, anet might or might not gain money from you

why would anet listen to only you and not (most) players ?
the same reason you answer this question would be applicable to the people who complains

and anyway, your analogy is way off. do I have to elaborate?

as someone already mentioned earlier, gear-wise, there might not be another tier. but the infusions most likely will have another tier or at least that was their original plan. now after the much hated response from players, not sure what the designer is thinking

some of those who defend ascended gear might turn around and rage on anet when the day comes
those who already ‘noticed’ this will simply say “i told you so”

the problem is those who claim the chest rewards doesnt matter, doesnt actually aware the value of the rewards..

20 bag slot alone would cost at least 12 gold. ancient karka shell with yesterday’s price (let’s just say 5s) would cost 50g

i didn’t expect to get a precursor out of the chest, but i’m happy enough with those 2 rewards and additional chance for a precursor / named exotics. so i would say, yes, the chest rewards is worthwhile and definitely not worth < 12g that’s one thing for sure

I’m also in oceanic timezone, missed the finale event, saw anet’s message and didn’t even expect to get the reward. but apparently I did. Not sure if it’s a mistake on the script or it was really intended though..

But if it does really intended. big thanks to anet

i didn’t get anything really worthwhile, but i’m happy and i feel it’s fair enough even with 20slot bag and ancient karka shell alone.

I didn’t actually expect to get a chest since I completely missed the finale although I did attend the 1st and 2nd day, so I actually set my expectation really low and really surprised to see that I got the mail. didn’t get anything really worthwhile but i’m very happy with the bag and trinket already

big props and /salute to anet if that’s really the intention

most people I know that attended the event also got another chest, but I don’t really mind that. I’m not sure if anet trying to make a win-win solution for everyone or there’s some mistake on the script though

now I just wish there’s no longer this kind of stupid karka-like one-time event. It’s awesome when it’s pulled off like haloween. but this whole karka event is just epic fail. whoever the main designer is, really made a huge mistake

to OP, then how about if out-of-some-revelation-from-who-knows-what anet decides to make another one-time event with let’s say the same rewards with a time where you can’t attend. how do you feel?

i think anet did the right thing

i set my expectation low and didn’t expect to get a chest since i completely missed the finale but apparently i did and apparently most of people who attended and didn’t attend also got it

it’s actually a win-win solution
those who didn’t attend now also got the reward. some who did also got another reward. and if you did get another reward and still made this post, you really deserve a facepalm

look I’m not here to judge whether anet do the right thing or not,
but the way it looks, what they’ve been doing is tackling-the-‘easy’-stuff-first-and-leave-the-‘difficult’-part-later kind of mentality

the problem is, the rate of them creating new bugs are way faster than resolving it
at this rate, it will be a very a long time before they will start to address the ‘difficult’ things

i’m very familiar with software development process and i’m not sure if they actually have severity ratings for all these bugs
they really need to tackle all the severity 1 issues first before they start to bother about all these medium/low severity, cosmetic kind of problems

just don’t get your expectations high for the upcoming patch
ranger’s real issues will not be able to be addressed at least in 3 months time

anyway, as per my earlier posts, i’m not actually a ranger anymore. but i really have my sympathy for the rangers for the state they’re currently in

I agree with the whole 1-80 experience

sadly, the ascended gear changed everything
even for the hardcores, it’s still considered quite difficult to get

don’t get your hopes high rangers

everyone should aware the way last patch turned out where they ‘accidentally’ nerf traps, it means they didn’t even bother to test the changes properly
if they did, they should’ve realized it. it’s kind of impossible-to-miss kind of thing

anet’s current vision of the rangers are like the worst ranger version ever compared to every other lore/games

for those who keep on saying that the ‘complainers’ are minority,

let me remind you, just because 1 million people (for example) not complaining in forum doesn’t mean all 1 million people not complaining
and those 1 million silent people doesn’t prove anything to both you and the complainer’s point

some people don’t check official forum (which I’ve seen from a sample of 400-ish of my guildmates, maybe only 10% or less regularly check the official forum, and even less from that 10% are regular posters, most are just lurkers in forum),
they’re still nonetheless unhappy about the direction of the game

from a small sample of 486 to be exact, a few weeks before the ‘awesome’ lost shore update, most concurrent online users are on average 160-ish
now, only 50-60 people
compare that to 1-2 months before lost shore, it even reach 200 people on average
hell, if we even go back to the first 1 month, I could even regularly see 300+ concurrent people online

the way I see it, those who were happy with what anet is doing actually are the minority
and the number of people silently quitting are actually larger from the ‘vocal’ complainers

the only thing where DR is needed to be added is the player’s tolerance towards the game’s direction

TheUndefined.1720:

I wanted to post this video to give people an idea of why power creep (aka gear treadmills) can be devastating to video games.

Now, I’m not trying to trudge up the argument, because in all honesty I feel those that felt strongly enough about this turn of events have either accepted it or left already.

EDIT: Reason: Poorly stated comment
This video gives a very well balanced argument towards combating power creep, how power creep can happen in video games, and what power creep can do to a game’s longevity.

(This video in no way has an opinion towards Guild Wars 2 that I know of. This is just a phenomenal series on youtube that gives insight towards game development)

Clicky —> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxszx60ZwGw

a very good video indeed
all other videos from the guy are also equally very good

the one regarding the protagonist was also quite spot on as there are lots of people hating traherne

anet should hire this guy or learn from him

PS:
will i get infraction for this post?

anet has successfuly split the community with this whole patch (karka, fotm mainly)

when the community has been split like this, it will be a very difficult task to unite it again
there will be huge debate on whatever they’re going to do next and it’s quite impossible to please everyone on both sides
it’s quite interesting to see what they’re going to do

the manifesto is just a marketing gimmick
and a very good one at that

the fools are those who really believed in that
and those who did, should remember the “fool me once, fool me twice” thing before the next storm coming

how do you lawsuit a marketing gimmick?
does ‘lemon law’ apply in this case?
if you go to a hospital and then you die or not cured of the illness, do you think you’re not charged for the service?
the hospital can put in manifesto/marketing/slogan/whatsoever and bad thing will still happen

let me repeat, it’s just a bloody marketing gimmick
i suggest everyone to remember this very well before the next disappointment comes

just personally, the next major update is going to be the break it or make it for me

maybe only when the game starts to really decline, then this moment will be remembered by the gaming history (and anet themselves of course) as the turning point of gw2

see what happens to swtor when the ‘complainers’ were not heard and they only realized what really happens when it’s too late

in my opinion, anet should be grateful to have a quite vocal community rather than a ‘yes men’ although the comments are harsh

i’ve seen in my line of work that it’s much better to have a difficult customers rather than a customer who just blindly agree to whatever i told them
it’s much better to listen to what a difficult/critical customer say to you rather than customers who only praised you all the time

before, I would spend most of my time in-game rather than in forum

started playing less since the patch day 15th Nov
get even less after the mess of fotm and ancient karka thingy and
of course get even less after the much hated finale event

now, not even motivated to login to do all the grinds
even if i do, i’m not sure if there’s any party doing fotm level 1 now

starting to look at other games actually
any recommendation?

it’s amazing how 1 patch resulted in a massive decline of interests from the players
it’s interesting to see what’s going to happen in the next 1 year after this ‘incident’
at the moment, it seems like it’s going down the path of swtor

anyway, good job anet

rangers seriously needs a massive buff in the next patch

today I had quite a number of 1 vs 1 fight with rangers in WvW and I ridiculously won all of the fights

maybe it has something to do with me being a ranger for quite a long time so i know the mechanic quite well
maybe it has something to do with them being a bad player
but i’m very sure it’s not me being a skillful player
my alt char is even using all green gears for god’s sake

once I saw them coming at me with shortbow/longbow I just knew I’m going to own them and I did

what a joke this class has become

Parthis.2091:

VeralFixen.3142:

and you realise how selfish your statement asking the same reward to be removed in future events is, right?

You mean the reward I didn’t get?

Yeah man, terribly selfish.

and you know that’s a lie right?
by the very least you get the bag + trinket if you get the chest

and I just remembered there’s another reply from Jon Peter somewhere along this line actually

Here you go anet:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Dungeon-Tokens-Account-Bound-please/219199

Parthis.2091:

VeralFixen.3142:

i hope the next event is set in oceanic timezone and have its reward the same things as this event

20 slot bag + unique trinket + high change of precursor & named exotic

let’s see how those self-claim ‘unselfish’ & ‘understanding’ people feel when they miss out on it

You realise how selfish your statement is, right?

There also wasn’t a HIGH chance of a precursor. Just a chance. There aren’t suddenly 15 thousand Dusks on the TP, for example.

Remove the pre-cursors from future loot tables and they’ll remove the majority of the complaints instantly.

Regardless Anet have heard the complaints. Perhaps in future they’ll put out a schedule and you have to commit to a slot. Or you’ll get an oceanic server and it’ll be timed well.

These are all besides the point. A lot of people still want one-time events, Anet are smart enough to engineer a solution allowing for one-time events from the player’s perspective.

there’s a difference, i never claim myself as ‘unselfish’

and you realise how selfish your statement asking the same reward to be removed in future events is, right?

i hope the next event is set in oceanic timezone and have its reward the same things as this event

20 slot bag + unique trinket + high change of precursor & named exotic

let’s see how those self-claim ‘unselfish’ & ‘understanding’ people feel when they miss out on it
and if they still have dare to say they wouldn’t get disappointed, just be careful of what you say

I think what anet needs to do is take a step back and remember their initial manifesto
the first thing once I got to know what happened was that and this exact quote by Matt Witter being a WvW regulars

It feels like since release anet is going downhill and if they don’t even realize this, it seems like ‘success’ has made them arrogant and that’s even more reason to go back to their manifesto. If you have forgotten you ever made them, here’s to make you remember http://www.arena.net/blog/guild-wars-2-design-manifesto

It’s time to make MMORPGs more social
MMOs are social games. So why do they sometimes seem to work so hard to punish you <omitted the rest>
that’s what you said remember?

having said that, if Matt was involved in this whole mess, whatever happened to your statement before? If he wasn’t involved, dear anet, please promote this guy or involve him in any other events you’re planning to have in the future. seriously.

I understand why you might feel one-time event is a good thing. but why ‘punish’ those that are on the other side of the planet?

I’m very very dissapointed with this whole thing
thanks you so much anet for making me feel like crap. again.

well honestly speaking, the warrior is a better ranger than ranger, so this talk of whether it fits ranger or not is not really valid

it should be up in the next 40ms

woke up early this morning excited to see the long awaited patch notes (I’m not in US)
and what I felt after reading it was a big disappointment + there’s a bonus of “ninja trap nerf”..
I didn’t even know what to say..

I decided not to make any post and decided to wait until I get back home after work to ‘cool’ my head a bit and see if at least the ninja nerf will get fixed

there’s a saying “fool me once, shame on you. fool me twice, shame on me”
the former was after the 40ms nerf, the later is today
I’m not even blaming anet anymore. if there’s anyone deserved to be blame, maybe it’s us for putting high expectation for them when they’re unable to deliver

after the 40ms nerf I’ve already re-rolled to guardian as I had a feeling the future was not looking good for ranger

but then came the promise last month that no changes done on ranger in order to do further test and significant changes will be made

Hope filled me up and I even decided not to gear up the guardian to full exotic (which was already 80 at the time) and just use up my spare time to level another thief alt (which is also already 80 now) in hope of the day of the supposed promise just to be crushed back again today

I’ve played both of my guardians and thiefs and I can say they are both far superior than ranger even when they’re not fully geared up

it’s a good thing to read that now the ninja nerf is fixed (is it really fixed?) otherwise the only thing ranger good at maybe only for ori farming (wait.. while we’re at it, maybe they’re not even the best at it !?!?)

anyway, as a personal ‘vendetta’ (just for myself and I urged everyone not to follow me), I will not spend any single cent to anet until the day ranger issues get fixed, eventhough after this patch I can say I’m done with my ranger and will not be playing it again other than for ori farming purpose

I don’t have confidence anymore to anet on ranger issues and the way I see it, with the amount of work and resources they have, it’s not going to happen in 1-4 months time (asuming they’re only doing ‘balance’ update once a month). I’d love them to prove me wrong on this though

I hope anet will really deliver their promise one day to the rangers, I really do. although most likely I will not be a ranger anymore at the time

Ranger was my ‘first love’ for gw2 back in BWE days out of the other classes
and as what happens all time with ‘first love’, you will eventually just get over it

thanks anet for the lesson you gave me today
and for my ex-fellow rangers, “life is not fair, get used to it”

I guess I got extremely lucky then
I didn’t spend any real money, just used keys that I have
didn’t expect to get any ‘worthy’ things at all

13 BLC, got 1 armor skin and from 5 mad king chest, i got the greatsword skin

I’ve also already re-rolled my full exotic ranger to guardian since this nerf came about
the impact is just too much for condition damage build

so far i’m using my ranger only for wvw as I haven’t finished gearing up the guardian

it’s fine for the dev to nerf it, it’s their right, but kindly be honest about it and not use animation issue as an excuse.. nerfing it also impacts many things and not just a simple 1 skill nerf..
if you don’t have any plan to fix this, then kindly refrain from making the same mistake and test the impact of the said nerf to other skills/builds in the future before deployed