Guild Wars 2

From what I have seen dungeons seems to be one of the most popular past times in GW2. The game is long overdue for some new permanent dungeons and I was thinking of a great way to implement more dungeons.

6-8 new dungeons spread all across Tyria. Brand new living story line which you progress through by completing the story modes in a specific order. There is a lot of potential here to come up with a great story here with some cool cinematic cut scenes. Then of course as you move through you can go back and do explore mode with sub paths just like the original dungeons.

At first I thought it would be cool if each dungeon had it own unique armor and weapon token rewards, but I also think it would be fine if they all shared a token and there was one really cool weapon and armor set that some how tied into the story in a unique way.

Of course this would have to be a paid expansion but I think people would eat it up especially if the new gear was nice and the story was well done.

Im crashing now and I was not before today’s patch.

iMac 27
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Like I said my stomach hurts just thinking about this. Part of what makes the ghastly grinning shield skin cool is that it was limited. Throwing it back in the gem store because people were complaining is a sad way to make money not to mention it’s bad karma. When all is said and done, I guarantee there are many more people that will be kitten ed about this than people who “complained” loud enough to get their way.

TheDaiBish.9735:

Where does it say that?

They could mean things like the Unlimited Gathering Tools, since they tended to be based around that particular story-arc and were exclusive to the store.

10 Days of Black Lion Sales – Begins August 23
Starting at 12:01AM PT on Friday, August 23, each day for 10 consecutive days we’ll be bringing back items and weapon skins that had limited sales during the first year of Guild Wars 2.

This is in such poor taste. I still can not even believe they are doing this.

In the current patch notes it says they will be bringing back exclusive items from past events in the gem store starting the 30th I think it said. Im assuming this means things like fused weapon skins, and halloween weapons like the greatsaw and the ghastly shield. This is a really horrible idea and was one of the last straws for me. One of the things thats makes those kind of items cool is you have to be around when they dropped. It’s really sad that ANET has to continue to do things to get people to buy gems, but this is going too far in my opinion.

Of course there are some things that I missed out on and would love to have another chance to get, but not like this. It’s just not right and it’s in very bad taste.

Talonblaze.3175:

samrogan.9132:

These are exotic minis though!

They might drop, but I doubt it. The original sets of minis went all the way up to Rare. I just think they just added a new rarity set to the minis on the second set is all. Make them even more rare.

What are you talking about? The original mini set has had exotics since day one. chicken, jack a lop, yada yada yada

the steam one are not account bound – if they dropped in the set II packs why would they not be listed with the set II set.

Are you trolling? You mean to tell me that set one minis drop in the set two packs? That makes no sense.

Been searching all over and asking in map chat, wiki. google… cant find answer….

Anyone know where these new set one exotic steam minis come from? Thanks.

The amount of work its going to take will will easily be obscured but the potential profits. Bottom line: GW2 needs this to compete and survive.

Lets face it, Elder Scrolls was already going to take a lot of players away from GW2 and now that they are releasing a PS4 client it is even more so the case. Please help GW2 compete and move into the future by making a GW2 client for PS4.

After reading through one of the other related discussion threads, one of the biggest “issues” people have is the inability to play the game with a controller. First of all I don’t think it would be that big of a deal to get used to playing with a controller, but easy fixes would be for instance releasing a custom controller (that could be bought with gems, LOL) that has as many or more buttons than for instance a Razor Naga. Also, seems pretty logical that someone is already planning a keyboard/mouse package to go along with PS4 for users that want it. PS4 is clearly trying to compete for the PC market and it seems completely reasonable that they would need alternatives to the controller.

One thing that comes up as a major problem for me is lack of voice communication, however I don’t see why they would not be able to have a Team Speak client either working in the background, or integrated into the client. Plenty of PC mmo’s have integrated voice that works great. There could very easily be an option to turn voice “ON” in lets say Guild chat only. EVE online has had this feature for years and years and it works great.

This leads into the other main complaint I’ve seen against PS4 client, being the “less mature” console audience, but it should not be a deterrent for making a client. People may have to “block” a little more and be more selective with guild members, but its not a big deal and again STUPID reason to be so immaturely and vocally against the PS4 client. Im referring to the people whose replies included the work NO more than 5 times in a row in reference to PS4 client and this was their best argument. Don’t get me wrong, I agree is somewhat of an issue but its not a big deal. So we have to block a few more people. It’s no reason to stop the important and competitive growth of the game.

One final thing I was thinking about: I would say a fair estimate of at least 70% of players logged into GW2 right now would get a increase in graphics and system performance playing on a PS4 compared to their current rig. Of course a brand new gaming PC will outperform PS4, but few have the funds for that where as PS4 is a mere $399. That alone should be a huge selling point for getting a PS4 client out ASAP.

Why do we still have to make threads about being able to salvage fractal rings? There is absolutely no legitimate reason why we should not be able to.

Every patch we’re like ok, this will be the one where they finally do what they should have done months ago and please their fan base. Unless you want your players to unnecessarily have hate for parts of the game. Then working as intended. Brilliant.

Yeah same here I am not longer getting credit for helping with events when I have either buff. I don’t understand why just his portion of the achievements would be removed mid-event? Is this by design or is this the last straw in a myriad of trash decisions that will finally cause me to never play this game again?

Doc Robot.5073:

Vik Flagge.8324:

You are the one that needs to chill bro. Reread how you talk and you tell me how you are not a piece of trash?

Exactly what about his words make him a “piece of trash” again? There’s absolutely nothing malicious or offensive in his post.

What’s with the nerd rage?

Vik Flagge.8324:

Two times you give wrong information. Then you have the nerve to tell me that I’m wrong and that I “must be referring to something else” and then you go into another long winded WRONG explanation. People like you make me sick. People like you need to the STFU when you don’t have the answer. Finally people like you, when they realize that they were wrong, need to simply say “my bad” I had no clue that existed because I’m a clueless piece of trash.

Did you get lost on the way to /b/?

Open your eyes bro. Read my first post. Where I kindly and intelligently explain the situation based on my own personal experience. I even indicated that I own one of the tickets and tried it out as I was making the post. Then instead of this dude being like oh my bad, I had no idea that existed, he goes on to make another post saying that I must be wrong and must be talking about the green weapons not the gem store ones. I have no patience for know it all pieces of trash that can’t admit when they were wrong and continue to make posts in disbelief that they could have possibly given invalid information.

So AGAIN to CLARIFY, the vendor who took the winterday claim tickets and the fused tickets, EVON GNASHBLADE, did still accepts ALL CLAIM TICKETS. He did not leave after two weeks. He did not stop taking the winter tickets after two weeks. The mechanics between the winter tickets and the fused are exactly the same so I would imagine he will accept the tickets as long as they exist in game.

In my opinion the kind of person that is incapable of admitting they were wrong, and continues to make posts saying the other person “must be referring to something else” is a piece of trash. Seriously did he even read my post? Goes on to say "winterday gem store weapons didnt even need a ticket blah blah blah, well thanks bro like I said in my OP there is a ticket and I just tried it again to see if its still claimable.

Dark Jericho.8609:

Vik Flagge.8324:

So since you don’t remember it must not exist. LOL at quotes like “you must be referring.”

So yeah this is what I was talking about and it has nothing to do with the trash green weapons that are still all over the market. This was used and YES STILL CAN BE USED to trade for the GEM STORE only winters day weapons, and like I said, it uses AND STILL DOES USE the same mechanics as the fused claim ticket.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Winter's_Weapon_Claim_Ticket

Thanks for your input though, as it was quite valuable.

Whoa! Chill, man! I never said they didn’t exist, just saying I never encountered such tickets nor remember anyone ever obtaining them. I stand corrected.

Merlot.8567:

It’s getting a bit frosty in here. Badum-tshhh

Haha.

Merlot.8567:

I have 7 of those tickets and am not sure what weapons I want, as I don’t really like any, so I hope they stay available for purchase for some time yet.

Gosh, 7? I’ve been reading posts about people buying hundreds of keys and not getting diddly squat, but who knows if they’re for real or not. I’d go with the greatsword, hammer, axe, sword, shield, and a couple daggers myself…. the others (the guns especially) are pretty bland. Well, the longbow is nice too I guess.

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Dark Jericho.8609:

Vik Flagge.8324:

This in incorrect information. The fused weapon tickets can be turned in to Evon Gnashblade who stands above the trading post in LA. There were winters day weapon claim tickets (I still have one) which could be used to trade for the weapons that could only be bought with gems. Even today, I just tried again, I can go to him with the winter claim ticket in my inventory and he will still trade me a wintersday gem store weapon.

So I would image since the fused ticket is the exact same mechanic and dialog screen when I go up to Evon with one, it will more than likely be available indefinitely, as long as the tickets exist.

I don’t rememeber there ever being any Wintersday claim tickets. The Wintersday weapon skins sold in the gem store did not need any claim tickets of any sort as you purchased the skins directly, the same way Braham’s and Rox’s weapon skins are purchased within the gem store right now. You must be referring to the Wintersday toy skins that you could either find in the different types of Wintersday gift drops during that holiday or purchase from the gift-exchange vendors during that holiday with Ugly Wool Hats, Sweaters, or Socks. The Wintersday gem store weapon skins and the toy skins are completely different.

I myself have never obtained a Fused Weapon Claim Ticket so I wasn’t aware Evon offered to exchange them for a weapon. That answers TC’s question but it would still be nice to know if the Fused Weapon tickets are a permanent BLC drop.

So since you don’t remember it must not exist. LOL at quotes like “you must be referring.”

So yeah this is what I was talking about and it has nothing to do with the trash green weapons that are still all over the market. This was used and YES STILL CAN BE USED to trade for the GEM STORE only winters day weapons, and like I said, it uses AND STILL DOES USE the same mechanics as the fused claim ticket.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Winter's_Weapon_Claim_Ticket

Thanks for your input though, as it was quite valuable.

Dark Jericho.8609:

Judging from past events they will most likely stick around for 2 weeks after Flame and Frost ends. Considering how rare it is for a ticket to drop from a BL chest it’d be nice if these Vigil vendors as well as the chance for a ticket to drop from a BL chest were permanent, but that’s just wishful thinking on my part.

This in incorrect information. The fused weapon tickets can be turned in to Evon Gnashblade who stands above the trading post in LA. There were winters day weapon claim tickets (I still have one) which could be used to trade for the weapons that could only be bought with gems. Even today, I just tried again, I can go to him with the winter claim ticket in my inventory and he will still trade me a wintersday gem store weapon.

So I would image since the fused ticket is the exact same mechanic and dialog screen when I go up to Evon with one, it will more than likely be available indefinitely, as long as the tickets exist.

No I’m sorry that you refuse to believe that although AC is one of the easiest dungeons in the game, it can still be difficult and has challenges that benefit from a vast array of utility skills and trait skills, something a lvl 35 character does not have.

I’m really not trying to be rude but you don’t seem to understand how traits points work and how important trait skills (the things with the roman numerals) and utility skills are. Even my full exotic lvl 80 would have difficulty in AC if I could not use certain utility skills or trait skills that I would not even be close to unlocking at level 35.

So really your complaint is with the game developers for not having a TRUE level 35 dungeon. Again, your time is better spent LEVELING to 80 and then it will be a non-issue. Doesn’t that seem like a better plan rather then getting all angry on the forums?

The fact that you can’t see why its a problem that low lvl characters make dungeon runs difficult is the problem. Simply put, regardless of player skill level, a sub-80 character does not have the UTILITY SKILLS and TRAIT SKILLS/POINTS to contribute.

Sorry that you have dealt with some hostile folks, but some may find it frustrating that people can’t or refuse to grasp the simple concepts of the game mechanics I described in paragraph one.

Perhaps a better use of your time (instead of wasting other people’s time with fail runs or complaining about it on the forums) would be to level your character.

Another alternative would be to get 4 friends or guild mates who are level 80 to hold your hand through the dungeon.

I would be happy to assist you on this if you find 3 other level 80’s willing.

Seriously. There are SOOO many things I would rather be doing with my time right now then having to make yet another thread on dredge but here we go.

Since the patch on the 30th the mobs go underground and reset back at the vehicle like the champ was patched to do a few months ago.

Now the only way to do it is to stand on the pipe in back and hope the boss drops down and everyone can stay res’d. Its inconsistent as kitten as your party has to be good.

The problem is ANET goes out of their way to fix “exploits” that we have to come up with to get by, but they forget the whole reason we need to come up with these alternative methods is because the original mechanics are trash.

Have you ever tried fighting that strait up the way its intended? At lower levels its ok but after 20 unless you have 5 full tank guardians its not happening. Wastes SOOOOO much time in an already extremely unbalanced fractal.

I really want to play this game and I love fractals but trash development has ruined what should be one of the highlights of GW2. Casual players stay away like the plague due to time imbalances (one run may take 40 minutes may take 2 hours) and the platform should allow for easy implantation of new instances but there have been NONE. Its mind blowing, really.

Well come on I’m curious now lets get some screenshots who is pristine champ?

Should or do have 200? That is among highest I’ve seen. Yes they are worthless now but you are forgetting some day more fractal instances will be introduced which means there could be more items to buy maybe even the armor or new rings that are must have.

Dredge: TOO LONG making it unbalanced compared to every other fractal. Deters casual players. Deters players on shorter time frame not wanting to let party down or waste their time not being able to make it to final reward.

Possible solution: eliminate sub-boss fight

Cliffside: TOO UNFORGIVING making it unbalanced compared to every other fractal. Deters casual players. Deters people who are sick of spending 2 hours on something only to have a slight mistake cost the entire venture. Lacks balance and thoughtful design.

Possible solution: stop trolling?

Anyone think they or a friend have the most pristine fractal relics? Just curious.

Yes I understand RNG. Wondering how many actual confirmed brand new character drops there have been since the recent patch.

I don’t really know exactly how I feel about creating brand new characters to run through SAB but I was bored a few nights ago and decided to give it a shot. I’ve had decent luck with my 80’s in SAB, but I have not gotten a single skin from a newly created lvl 2 character. I’m wondering if the recent patch a week or so ago somehow stopped brand new characters from being eligible for skin drop or lowered the drop rate from 1/50?

My question is how many confirmed skin drops are there on brand new characters since most recent patch?

Thanks for the invite. Everyone seems chill and already got to do a guild mission!. Many thanks!!

I thought I read somewhere that the footprints are not working as intended and it will have textures someday….. is that true?

I think the textures should be completely different regardless of time of day. I’m picturing mirrored footprints.

Also, I think Eternity should have an aura like The Predator or something along the lines of Juggernaut.

A lot of time and effort goes into making Eternity and as of now it’s more of a downgrade.

marnick.4305:

Taking a break from time to time would fix your problems

If you consume content at such a pace, you run into that kind of problems, in any game.

Thanks for the pointless comment that does not serve the discussion at all.

Is there a thread on this already? I would like to see what suggestions people have come up with or if there has been any official response but I have not seen anything. To some extent I understand and appreciate the mechanics but at this point my 4 main characters all have at least 2 ascended rings each and I have at least another 40 rings in the bank. Seems sad to think about doing anything else with them other than hold onto them but they are starting to take up a lot of bank space.

I also feel like we should be able to use pristine relics to buy fractal weapons. I like that they are hard to get and of course I understand the logic that ANET wants us to come back every day to try and get them, but I have two fractal GS now and I don’t even really like that one so much. There are 3 or 4 others I would much rather have but whatever RNG is RNG but perhaps letting us use pristine relics for weapons would be reasonable, even it was an unreasonable amount. 50? 75? even 100 pristine relics a weapon would at least be something to shoot for while trying to get one. Or is there any plan of making them tradable some day?

As far as rings my suggestions would be:

Let us trade them on TP. Please?
Mystic Forge recipe for laurels.
Mystic Forge recipe for pristine relics.
Mystic Forge recipe for regular relics.
Salvage for guaranteed 4-7 Ecto.

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I’ve done 4 lvl 20 daily’s a day since the patch and have been asking since the first day when I got ZERO rares FROM THE CHESTS (I still get rares from mobs)(normally was getting 2-5 from chests average) if anyone else was experiencing similar trends. Answers have been resounding YES. It’s been all over overflow chat, map chat and guild chat. If you filter through the RNG trolls on this thread you will see that people have been coming to this forum specifically for this issue with the chest. Please stop trolling and do some research yourself. Thanks.

sostronk.8167:

I haven’t noticed a difference. In fact, yesterday I got two exotics from one boss chest. This along with all the regular blues, greens and yellows. Fractals is still one of the better farms in the game. But I wish they would give us something worth buying with the pristines, because the rings are obviously useless if you play fractals regularly and have hundreds of them.

Grats. You are on the graceful side of RNG. The masses are not as lucky as you. It’s all over map chat, guild chat and random party chat. Read the thread and you will see many people filtering in here to discuss this.

nassaya.7109:

plasmacutter.2709:

Christos de Soufre.3802:

Power of suggestion. You see these posts, you suddenly “notice” more blues and greens in your runs, you decide it’s a reason to believe that they nerfed rare and exotic drops.

It’s in your head.

Sorry, you have it the other way around.

11/15 came and I noticed it in game, and came here to see if anyone else did.

Indeed i also came here after the frustration of deminished loot from chest and boss.

Cool thanks for taking the time to keep this issue alive. It’s clearly a problem wether or not it was intentional.

nassaya.7109:

Just my 2cents last week i’ve been running fractals my lvl 10 and 20 daily. And working my way on to 30. But last week the best thing i’ve gotten is à green. It’s after the update that i startend THE notice THE deminished chest en boss loot. The best Thing at the maw was à green. Before the update there was à core or 2. I know it’s random but this is insane. It’s said that stuff works as it should.

YUP. That is all I keep hearing. But the RNG forum trolls keep saying RNG and the dev’s claim nothing has changed. CLEARLY NOT THE CASE. Thanks for the input and thanks to the mods for finally leaving these threads alive long enough for people to respond.

plasmacutter.2709:

ColinJohanson.2394:

No changes were made to loot in fractals what so ever, they will be covered in release notes if changes of that nature are made.

This is the same thing that was said of world loot after the 11/15 patch but I’ve received as many rares in the months since 11/15 as i’ve seen in the one week preceeding 11/15.

It seems like the “RNG” is “stuck”, because there are half the populace Consistently receiving amazing loot (2-3 ectos per dynamic event,5-6 per dungeon) while the remainder Consistently receive stacks of porous bones and blues.

Many others agree (thus the two threads with massive views and replies on this issue)

I’m telling you there’s a bug, and with this patch, it’s spread to fractals, so now the people who cloister themselves there are experiencing what the rest of us have been experiencing.

Maybe now it will get some attention?

Thanks for the input. Many many people are noticing this yet the dev’s claim nothing has changed. Stealth nerf is all I hear now in frac groups, map chat, and guild chat. Thanks to the mods for finally not closing this very important thread because some trolls can’t control themselves. Maybe they should try doing a better job of infracting the users that are causing the problems in these threads. RNG trolls much?

Paniol.3049:

no idea how it work but im getting best loot in low lvl fractals , 20+ crap 90% loot

I’m noticing the same. I’m glad the moderators finally stopped locking and deleting these posts so people finally get the chance to step up and say there was a stealth nerf wether or not it was intentional.

I have been taking screen shots of my recent fractal groups where I ask “has anyone else noticed significantly less loot drops from chests?” and EVERY SINGLE PERSON has said YES. I will post links to the images when I get some patience. YES I know there are two similar threads right now, but my posts and other posts I have seen by other people keep getting locked and deleted by moderators for “ranting.”

I crafted the corrupted short bow very early in this game and it was the same skin as the long bow. Confirmed by an old thread but I can not find it. Since they nerfed short bow I no longer use short bow anymore so I have not equipped it in a long time, but its still looks like the long bow skin to me. I thought when I first started reading this that maybe they finally got around to giving corrupted short bow its own skin but I can not really tell any more. My guildmate is currently saving lodestones for the long bow so I will be able to compare, but the shortbow does look kinda shorter to me so maybe they did give it its own skin over the last few months and I did not notice?

Pustulio.8207:

You must be bored. You have 2 threads on the front page, and both complaining about the same thing.. :/

Yeah sad huh? I’d much rather be playing the game I love.

Should not matter. I was doing 20’s before patch getting lots of loot. I and many many many other people I’ve talked to are doing 20’s now and getting crap.

kiba.2768:

Vik Flagge.8324:

Well to start with you are making poor choices for weapon combos.

i doubt the truth in this statement. it depends on what he’s doing. i myself run a sword/shield//scepter/shield and i have absolutely no problems in pve, dungeons nor wvw. besides, he can’t change his shield out for the legendary focus now can he?

When you run a guardian with shield unless the situation calls for it you get labeled as a pug. Fact. So if thats what you want or you just plain like shield thats fine, I guess.

Yeah if you want a Quaggan backpack or to ride around on a broom in an empty map then this game is for you. Those mechanics are working perfectly. Otherwise everything else is broken and the dwindling player base would rather rant on the forums rather than play the game.

Honestly, I would recommend not putting any time into this game at all. Horrid development has led to dwindling player base and most of the remaining players spend their time ranting on the forums rather than actually playing the game. It’s gotten that bad. If you want a Quaggan backpack or to ride around town on a broom then go for it. Those mechanics seem to be working perfectly, but everything else is broken and barely anyone plays anymore. If I were you I’d go ahead and sign up for Elder Scrolls MMO beta and cross your fingers that you get selected. That seems like a way better investment of time…… IMO of course.

^^^^^ +10000

The players that remain would rather rant on these forums than actually play the game. It’s gotten that bad. It’s sad really to see such a great game dwindle down to nothing because of a horrid development team.

Even with the LFG site, fractals (which was one thing holding A LOT of people in this game) has become virtually unplayable. In their attempt to make them better and more playable they did the exact opposite. No one is willing to deal with pug groups that do not belong at high levels and the obvious loot nerf has turned the remaining people away. So sad.

I repeat, of course a self proclaimed company of gamers run by gamers will want their time freed up for elder scrolls beta. Who on the GW2 development team has not spent hours and hours and hours playing Skyrim? I’m sure its zero to none. It’s a great game. No one would be able to create a game such as GW2 without immersing themselves in Skyrim at some point in their lives. It’s simply not possible. So I really can’t get angry as a gamer myself. I going to just have to file it away in the sad but true category. Wether or not they realize its happening, perhaps its on a sub-subconscious level – GW2 developers are pushing their player base away in preparation for ESMMO. What else can explain the absolutely horrid decisions this company makes? Anyone? Anyone?

Well to start with you are making poor choices for weapon combos. Focus is a better for most situations for defensive guardian with a shield being used situationally, and axe/axe or axe/mace is consider better and proven to do more DPS than GS for warrior.

Pretty sure you get footprints from main hand weapon only.

Again, I would not be wasting my time if I was not hearing this everywhere. Definitely hear it the most in fractals. I personally have 4 alts that can do lvl 20+ so for the last few weeks I’ve been doing 4 lvl 20 daily’s a day and a 30. Before the patch was I getting minimum 2 rares from the chests and 2-3 rares from maw chest including cores/lodestones. Since the patch I’ve done multiple lvl 20 dailys a day and am lucky to get one rare on the whole run. I don’t think I’ve gotten a single core from the maw chest and again have had many with NO rares at all. There is no way for three weeks I was getting insanely lucky then all of a sudden a patch comes and my luck runs out. Every I talk to is saying the same thing about fractals since the patch.

TheDaiBish.9735:

Vik Flagge.8324:

My whole point is there is no such thing as DR bug. For some reason that I can only speculate on, ANET stealth nerfed loot drops and I say stealth because it was not in the patch notes but its obviously and clearly happening to EVERYONE except those few who are getting the lucky side of RNG.

Couldn’t the reverse also be said and the ones saying that there was a stealth nerf hit the unlucky side of RNG?

I would not be taking the time to make this post if it was a few isolated incidents of “unlucky” people. If you took the time to read and more importantly COMPREHEND what I wrote, I’m seeing these complaints EVERYWHERE from MANY MANY MANY people. There comes a point where its no longer unlucky DR. It’s a stealth nerf.

My whole point is there is no such thing as DR bug. For some reason that I can only speculate on, ANET stealth nerfed loot drops and I say stealth because it was not in the patch notes but its obviously and clearly happening to EVERYONE except those few who are getting the lucky side of RNG.