Guild Wars 2

Without proper official data, like how many active players are playing, how many accounts are active, how many low level players are alts etc. EVERYTHING about GW2 being doom and dead or growing and getting stronger is just speculations. Without data all we have is two sides with diffrent opinions.

And GW2, like Terra or Aion and other MMO will just have its own fanbase that will keep game alive and thats all. Game wont die since MMO now just have their own audiance that just prefer this MMO over other and they keep it alive. GW2 is just another MMO for diffrent people who enjoy themselfs there. It wont make less or bigger succsses then other MMOs. Thats how market is working.

Besides now GW2 is sitting in nice safe spot, since no other big title was realeased in last months. So GW2 came after last wave (Aion, Terra, SWOTR) but before next (AA, B&S, Defiance, Neverwinter, TESO, EQnext, most this year). So for now there is not much alternative on market, and GW2 is free (no sub). We will see after other Giants premiere. But I just expect that GW2 will have its own player base regardless, not bigger, not smaller then other MMO. Just like all MMO now.

morrolan.9608:

The base game is very good and has carried it as far as its gotten but its been hamstrung by stuff like the RMT aspect of the gem shop and the obsession with making it an esport. And the live support has been poor, on a par with swtor. As other mmos like TESO, Archeage, Wildstar and Defiance come out its popualtion will dwindle.

It is not like I want to say anything but read this OP post and think. Back in times when Lineage 2 and later WoW hit market MMO wasnt THAT popular, and those games were HUGE NEW MMOs wich created most what we know now. There was not such a big hype on MMOS. Now, after WoW succsess MMOs are growing every year like apples on tries. What I want to say is this: Now MMOs dont have time to wait and “see what will happen”. Players wont patiently wait and wait for promises to deliver. Players will leave MMOs that are not getting them, becasue soon there will be more of them to be realesed. Take a look on last years- Aion, Terra, Rift, EVE etc- now MMO market is merciless, players are. Now you have players that are playing GW2, but NOW there is no game that can take away most players, NOW is safe. But in next few months it will change dramaticly. You dont deliver what you promise- bye bye, new MMOs are coming. Thats how it is now- why do you think F2P is pushing P2P from 10 years ago? Market changed. It is not like 10 years ago at all.

Thats why MMOs now CANT make same succsess like WoW made. Players have more options, knowledge and games to choose from. Also almost every single MMOs is giving something that other MMOs dont- so player base is more fractal now, since some lean toward other priorities in MMOs.

Only THIS year alone there are big MMOs coming- Elders Scrolls Online. ArchAge (Trion is doing localization in NA/EU)- A HUGE sandbox MMO with a lot new fresh ideas. Defiance. Wildstar. Blade & Soul NA/EU from NCSOFT. Neverwinter- in most famous fantsy world. All those are serious, big MMO games like GW2. And it is only 2013.

What I mean is this in short- you cant compare WoW start or any other old-classic-MMOs from 10 years ago with nowadays MMO market. Now all MMO companies know what those classic did wrong on starts etc. But now they really have to win players with thier game, beacause most players if they have choice are moving to game where they fill best. And soon they will have plenty of choices. GW2 had a good start with nice hole in MMO market, but next two years will bring how many MMOs?

Just something to think about now not only in case of GW2 but all MMO games nowadays.

Just my 3 cents.

Karizee.8076:

It’s the fastest growing MMO ever made (outside of China).

Last time they stated sales figures was in January, it was 3 million then. In the US all servers but 3 are Very High. I’m on a Very High server and the population has easily doubled since launch.

The question you really want to ask is: How well do they manage server populations? I mean I use to play a game that boasted millions of players worldwide but my server was dead as dirt. I could care less how many peeps they had in China if my auction house was empty and I couldn’t form an arena team or find a tank or healer for my raid group.

I’m still seeing new people joining the game everyday, players that have never seen the Behemoth or the Shatterer, players asking how to get the POI above the Eastern Ward in Lion’s Arch.

That is one big a FALSE. 3 milions was just how many copies were sold. It doesnt show how many people are playing- it can be 1 milion or 3 milion, or 500 thousand. We dont know that and there is no data to confirm/deny it.

Second, it was explained that servers population info like “Very Hight” are not about how many people are playing on this server. It was discussed long time ago, so I cant rember details, but you can dig it. It is long old story now.

Third, you cant tell that population on any server doubled. You dont have access to such date so dont mislead other players. You cant provide numbers or anything else, unless you are running and counting all players on server, perfectly seeing diffrents between new players and alts.

Last thing, they are new people that are starting play, as well as people who are leaving. Flow is from both sides. Besides, many of “new looking like players” in starting areas and other areas are just alts of same account, since leveling alts is so easy in GW2 and there are many people with 6+ 80s.

Summary- since we dont have any more data besides copies sold, nobody can tell how many people are playing GW2.

And btw the fastest MMO ever growing is for sure not GW2, there were many much bigger MMOs, like Lineage 2 or infamous here WoW. And here you can find hard data in internet. Cheer

Paradox.5498:

Voltron.1043:

Dont know about armors, but it is still working with named exotic weapons. I transmutated my Stygian Blade with white item with Fine transmutation stone, and it is account bound and sitting in bank, waiting for my warrior to reach 80 lvl. So It is still working. It is good way for anet to selling fine transmutation stones, since u need 2 per item with that. Cheers

Stygian blade is a mystic forge sword, right? Beats me why you would transmute it to get it to another character, as it’s not soulbound in the first place, or did you use it and then decided you’d transfer it to another toon? Did you transmute it before the patch or after? Did the white item get exotic after the transmute or is it still white?

I was using it on my guardian, but I am changing my main to warrior, so I used this method to trasnfer skin for him. Yes, it is MF weapon. I transmutated it after patch, as well, as 2 hours ago my Magmaton (also for warrior) with white item, and now it is Exotic with white stats, but it is “Account Bound”. Thats all about “rarity change”.

Seems to me, now Items that were exotic, still have exotic status after transmutation (due to Legendary status fix) but they are still Account Bound if you use this method. Hope I helped.

Dont know about armors, but it is still working with named exotic weapons. I transmutated my Stygian Blade with white item with Fine transmutation stone, and it is account bound and sitting in bank, waiting for my warrior to reach 80 lvl. So It is still working. It is good way for anet to selling fine transmutation stones, since u need 2 per item with that. Cheers

I will tell you, and I will tell you the truth:

Becasue some people dont care about fun and dont care about game- They just want to feel better than most players, feel unique and elite, feel they are stronger and more “shiny” than this noob standing there. Feel they are special and respected and “worse” players looking at them with jealousy. Becasue they suck in Real Life, they are noone special and their ego is weak, so they making themself better in MMO.

And talking about that “It is fun to sit another couple of weeks, doing the same, to get better gear with +5% better stats”- it is 99% kitten. Real players who just enoy playing can play Single Player game for months, becasue it is fun. GW1 people were playing YEARS for fun, not for showing off (there was ONE obsidian armor to show off, ONE, and not so shiny)

It is just it, man, really. MMO hits spot of weak man, who need to feel better than others. And gear progression/shinies/mounts and other things give them that. Thats why u had after 5 years great player base in GW1. Those were players mostly, not kids who feel “low” in RL.

You have big map, events etc, great views, interesting places and monsters, lore, hearts. Why do u think most 80s ppl grind whole day the same 2 dungoens to get new shiny? For fun? They farm gold doing same thing ove rand over again? For fun?

:D

Yes, everything stay the same, apart from class. If u change a class- looks stays, gender etc the same. Story is not affected from class, so it is just class change.

But really, tool to disechant (unbound) items wouldnt be so hard to implement.

Since we have makeover kit, and we cant obviously have race change (due to Personal Story and cultural and other things) I would suggest to implement in Gem Store Kit or tool to change your class, but in armor-class spectrum. So Light-Armor classes can change class in their own, medium and heavy in theirs. So Guardian can change to warrior but cant to mesmer or ele. Ofc he have still 80 lvl, his traits are reseted but he keeps all his armors and weapons for soulbound.

This would be great for those who like to try another class but they dont have patient to level alt from scratch and spendig gold again for eqiuipment and dyes.

Ofc, there can be kit to change any class to any, but than a problem is with armors and etc, so I think the solution above would be better.

Also, after 6 months, tool on Gem Store to unsoulbound items would be welcome already (there are always ways in MMo to disenchant items).

I like mine set ^^. It is mix or Arah, CoF and TA, with human cultural tier2 shoulders. I named it “Blackguard Armor”. I was dreaming about such a look and this set and all T3 sets can kiss kitten with it, I am so proud of it

Hello. Since I am sick of gold farming in this game and how unrewarded is everything besides running whole day the same 2 dungeons plus FOTM (sick of it too) I would like to learn making gold through TP. I have time since I have enough GW2 gameplay for a while so I can invest time in TP.

I this case I am looking for someone, or some ppl who are power traders and would like to teach me in-game (with practice- not just theory) to play TP to make money. Any more details like how much gold I have etc- in game pls or pm.

I wont blinded invest whole money , neither I will mindlessly do everything, so If someone is planning to cheat me- no chance for it. I am looking for kind person who would like to help me achive goal- 1000g and teach me TP power-trading from little steps to big ones. I learn fast and I really want to achive it.

I dont wanna this gold for Legendary. I wanna achive 1000g to just relax and starting enjoy game, equping alts without having to do same things over and over again or grinding for some mats for MF weapons (which is booooring).

If you are person who would like to help me- dont need to answer here. PM me on forum.

Thank you.

Omg… I just cant with all these ppl full of themselfs thinking that their d/d ele is so powerfull, ele is best in skll cap etc (not true). It is bullkitten, really. How many times u fight in WvW vs pro PvP player? I can tell- if u are good pvp player u can deal 1v2 or 1v3, playing as any class, easy against upscale ppl or just averge PvE plyers. D/D ele is predictable and can be easy counter. Ppl just struggle because they dont know about d/d and all his 20 skill spam a thing.

This whole boom on d/d eles is just matter of time ppl will learn to counter. U think ur tanky build is something new? This build is using in PvP from like months! And belive me, in good team tourneys no d/d ele will win 1v2. In fact skilled players loose 98% 1v2 with skilled players. Dont talk about bunker guardians here. So killing PvE players in WvW or upscales who know kitten about d/d ele is false proof for it being any better than other classes.

Really, try your uber build d/d in PvP and show me that ppl needs to special coordinate just for u (yea…). When u meet equal or better player in WvW 1v1 u will struggle and win or loose. If u meet 1v2 skilled players ur dead or u run.

d/d eles are no better in any way than other classes and u can beat them 1v1 any class. Just go pvp and play one whole day and learn to counter it.

Seriously if d/d ele would be so op like some eles here wish for, in PvP team camps would be full d/d eles.

I was playing d/d ele in high PvP from BWE1 so i talk from experience.

And skill cap… To be so efective in any other class as I was in PvP with ele i would have put same hard work and theorycraft for it.

Dreymar, The Fallen Guardian. He is not good guy to meet. Armor set- my own project. T3 can kiss its kitten.

Weapons on pic: Stygian Blade and The Fate of Menzies (S/T)

Hello. Since I had many Arah tokens, I though I would spend them. Never liked Arah Breastplate, but wanted to try something new. But I was really dissapointed when I saw that my Chars neck is always red! No matter what dye I colored my armor (full celestial or full Sapphire or full other colors) neck is always red! I have no idea if u saw this bug too but It really destroy the customization of Arah breast plate since u have to use dyes to get it right with tis red neck.

So- do u have this problem too? If u do, I will write it in Bug Section, but first wanted to know if it isnt only me with this problem ;/

Hello. My question is simple so I wont make wall of text with math.

I was wondering if it is worth going ALL WAY with items giving you bonus to all stats. So from my math: We focus only on bonuses from: Amulet, 2x Rings and ONE accsessory. So if I equip Lunaria, Solaria, Triforge Pendant, Ancient Karka Shell and 6x Divinity Runes, bonus to all stats will be:
- 205 to all stats (Power, toughness, vitality, precision, HP, Condi dmg)
- 30% Critic dmg

If I would stay with my gear (Amulet and one ring and one accessory exotic Knight stats (emeralds) and one ring exotic berserker Ruby Orichalcum and 6x Ruby Orbs) I would get:
- 449 Power
- 334 Precision
- 258 Toughness
- 18 Critic DMg

Overall I would gain 205 vitality, 205 Condi Dmg, 205 healing and 12% Critic dmg, and loose 244 Power, 53 toughness (not so much) and 129 Precision.

So my question is: is it worth to get such a set? I gain much but losing this 129 precision and 244 power can hurt. But I get 12% Critic dmg. Since I can get all those items (Divinity runes only hurt since their price is too big, they are not worth it apart from %Critic Dmg).

Well, also my math can help someone to see overall bonuses so cheers for your comments.

OMG, omg! Thats so funny! D/D ele OP, omg. Against noobs in WvW maybe. But against noobs even melee ranger Glassy can win 1v3 if players are bad. If u meet decent, very good player u will strugle 1v1 no matter what classs he plays. And D/D eles are so predictible! Only someone who has no idea how D/D ele work can feel it OP.

Man. If u feel D/D ele OP, go to tPvP, best go to paids, and try to win some 1v1 ^^. And best luck 1v2.

It just takes longer killing tank build than killing non- tank build. But if u dodge/interrupt his MOST OBVIOUS attacks (animations are so clear in ele) like RTL, BS, MG and stop attack him while he has BIG shiny Shock Aura- he has nothing left.

I think too it is stealth post to nerf ele. But any skilled player can write it for every class, if we base on WvW.

In this game you wont make gold via crafting- at least not enough to make it worth effort. Best using crafting is craft items for yourself since it can be cheaper than buying in TP (like 30-60s per trinket/armor exotic), leveling char (~12 lvl per craft 400) or making the cheapest exotic to use in Mystic Toilet and hope to make precursor.

GW2 is most greedy MMO in rewards ever becasue you have to keepi thinking about buying gems ^^. Simple buisness

Really, It is just funny. Ok so u have so much time to get Legendary, to grind, to put your RL time to get texture in-game. You will make it, maybe u are even close, so what if they wil make it easier to obtain? What? Your legendary will become dust or something? If you will finished it before such a changes- you have it. If it will become easier while you are half way to it- it will be easier for you too.

Come on, most people who crying about “I dont want it to be easier” are people like “I dont want THEM to get Legendary too! How I will stand out in crowd, how I will be look up becasue I have Legendary, how I will feel special and mighty and respected? I want to be better!”. “WoW, he has Legendary!” You kow what, I would understand if it would be the case in Real Life, about you car prices, your firm, your job, market. That some people due to some big changes can make easier and more money than you with all your work you did (well, things work that way too in RL). Ok, u got it trough hard work in RL to live better. I understand- ur are mad, it is serious case.

But THIS IS GAME! Not work! You envy Legendary so much? You want to be so cool with it that you cry someone can get it easier?? Seriously, who cares if other people have Legendary! Like really- fuss about TEXTURE??

You enjoy grinding? Guess what? Some people dont. Guess you have nothing better to do with time if you spend it grinding so why would you complain?

I dont care even if everyone can have Legendary in future. I have mine- so whats the deal?

I am really dissapointed in MMO community (not with all people ofc).

Hello. I wanna level up my alt to 80 using only crafting since I just cant get him to level normal way, becasue game became so boring for me I just cant stand thinking about hearts and events. Can any one link updated and good crafting guides, which will sink the minimal of my gold? Well, not that I have anything to spend them on.

Thanks in advance

I just wanted to tell you daphoenix- great idea with this guide, because this thread showed me, a PvP player (on break though :P) that most PvE players had no idea of playing D/D ele. You made great work with it for them.

I am so supprised becasue everything what is posted here is so well-known in PvP and obvious, that I am supprised in most questions here. This build and all its aspects was/is what we, PvP D/D eles were playing like from months in tPvP. It is very popular build and really powerfull for team playing as a roamer and DPS/support.

My three cents is that more PvP players should make guides like this one for PvE players. Things that are natural and old for some might be totally new and great for more players than we can think of in PvE world. I think OP made great move for all those PvE and WvW players who never touched Tournament PvP. Maybe even some of them, who will get really good in D/D and ele will want to try PvP, which would be great achievement for this guide.

I hope in other classes there will be similar guides to this one. And more PvP players will start sharing their experience and gameplay with other players. I think this thread may inspire more players to do so, and help community as a whole.

Keep up good work. Hope we can meet in WvW some day.

Hello. Recently i started hard doing Arah with my guild mates. I am usually playing AH Hammer Criti Shout build 0/15/30/20/5 or (sometimes) 20/10/30/0/10 Monk/Consecration build when going dungeons. I have Knight set guardian, with some valkyrie or Cleric trinkets to balance (i change up to my mood). In most dungeons I am always fine, and I can kite/tank bosses/harder enemies without much problems, and I am always front meleeDPS/Tank. I am happy with it. But in Arah most mobs kill even me fast, bosses can one-two shot me so melee is out of question mostly. It is not so big problem for me, but my team mates are much more DMG oriented and die faster than me (mes, warr, warr, ele).

So I want to create a build to maximazie my support potential to keep my mates alife and protect them all the time, easy revive etc. Also to maximize my tank strength to kite mobs for them. I was thinking about Full Cleric/Meditation build like 0/0/30/20/20 build.

So any guardian whos runing Arah as a pure support/hardest to kill class- I look for your tips, since Arah is still new to me.

Stand Your Guard!

Hi. Can I reapeat wintersday event in Grove? I mean do it now, and later with guild? Or do I have to do it only once and cant do more?

LOL! Reading this i feel like guardian was nerfed to ground. I was testing today my Hammer/AH 0/15/30/10/5 build in dungeons, and I dont feel diffrence. I still tank bosses, heal like crazy, and draw aggro nice, so whats the problem? Now I can make more dodges and dodges heal me. I have permanent Vigor now. And so many boons around I dont feel heal per sec drop. Now there is no even moment without Vigor

I undestand that if someone choose GS or Sword and was spamming crit autoattack, when each one was healing him, he will cry. But now you have to choose between DPS (Sword, Scepter, GS) and more tank/healing DPS (Hammer/Mace) and full Support/Heal (staff). I am glad becasue now Hammers are in better place since they heal more from Protection and Retalition, and Sword will be DPS weapon and no more free-heal each attack.

For me it wasnt nerf- it was balance change. Ur DPS or Tank/DPS? Now Choose. And try maybe something else with traits (I grabed Empowered Might today and testing it).

I think u overcry it too much. Ok, it is slighty nerf to healing but it is also a perma vigor, and more dodges is best way to mitigate dmg. Now instead of spaming auto to get healing u can do 2 more dodges, so 100% less dmg doing it. With so many boons we can stack and so many ways to add them via Sigils, Runes, traits (maybe time to grab Empowered Might) I think it will barely affect it. And as for me I like more dodges.

Chill out, always look at the bright side of notes ;]

They are dropping prices for me, so, blame economy that I cant call them hurtful. Also I wish T6 were farmable like T5. Ach….such prices drops… dreams..

As long I economy is such a mess and inflation is so big, anything that lower prices for me- well, how I can view that hurtful? (I am averge player)

I am against hacking and exploiting game, but really, players like what give them better and more. So start doing it Anet.

I also vote for this change. After complete story mode we should be able to buy any order armor, no matter if for karma or gold or tokens etc. I too dont want to make second guardian only to have option there to use armor from another order.

Or just do all orders armor Account bound, not soulbound. This way u wont have to restric each char to one armor and player can combine sets. Give us some freedom with this armor. I dont like where MMO lock me from some content, like this.

Hello, we are looking for guild:

Server: Desolation, EU

There is 2 of us. Guardian (me) level 57 and my fiance, Warrior lvl 70. We will soon hit 80s and we want to find a good guild with many nice, chill-out players around, many players online per day (not like 6-10 ppl at best and have problems to do something togeher) to do Dungeons, CS, events, gold, later (when fully exotic) FOTM. We are looking for guild with nice people, who enjoy playing, mature, without kids who are rage when in downstate. We wanna support ppl in making gold, Legendary and Commander titles, as long as Guild is doing the same for us. We would like to meet players ready to help with everything and have some fun together to get more goods and wealthy in GW2.

We are nice, open couple, we treat the game like a fun, but want to be wealthy here and aim for big goals (Legendaries, Ascendend, Commander). We always help other players and we are mature in playing, and we dont take game too serious.

We play regulary several hours a day ~5 days a week. We have experience in PvP (myself over 700 tourneys, 85% won). For now we enjoy doing AC runs for gold and loot)

If u want to inv us- write in-game. Chars name are: Dreymar (me) and Shanaaya

LoL, all reasons you wrote- thats why I love Hammer on guardian! I only use Hammer on My Guardian as Main Wepon, sometimes GS, but I love Hammer! I agree with one point, 3rd attack from chain with symbol should be little faster. But still- love Guardian hammer more than Warriors. And 5 skill is cool, when u use it right for interrupt, isolate target, close entrence, cover escape. I use it all the time! My 3 cents ^^

1. Will dyes be account bound like you stated before? If so, do you work on them and when we can expect them?

2. Will champions drops be fixed? Patch noted from LS stated that drop weere increase and certain rare drops from them. Now it is worse than was before that- when we wil get it fixed?

3. Is DR exist in GW2 and how do you justify it for players?

Great post OP +1. I think you can take your arguments to the Mondays QA with Chris on Reedit. You have value points here and you literally speak for all of us who came for this game for fun and relax not for “no-life, no-friends” grind.

Everything would be great.The whole new content, FOTM, gear, LS, karka, new map, if only stats were the same. Whole mess and dissapoitment becasue of few +5 here +8 there. Really, ANET, great trade.

I am Necro, and so I am Well/Dagger DPS but I want to know if Toughness and Vitality/Power will be enough for it. Wells and Dagger auto do strong DPS. I am only lvl 35 so it is important for my new gear

I have a question, and I would like someone to explain me whole system too. Dev response would be great!

So how this whole rewarding system working when killing mobs? I mean more DPS you do, more reewards/loot you get? If that is the case than most players re force to be glass cannons or RAW dmg DPS to even get a loot or gold medals in events/boss kiling. I think if thats is how this system is working then it would be little unfair fo people who want to play more defensive or more supportive characters.

I am in the moment when I have to choose my gear for next levels. So I really would like to go for more defensive/tanky spec but if that means I will get lower rewards, less loot or hardly silver medals compare to my fiance’s warrior (glass cannon) than I will have to go fully Power/Precision too.

Thanks for responses and I really hope some dev can clarify this for me

Just remember that in pure PvE (not WvW) you have to s Necro to some DPS or your loot and drops will be lower Game rewards most effort in killing, so if only your partner will do most dmg, or whole, you will be left with only exp.

I play due with my fiance. I am Necro, she is a warrior. I am toughness/Viatality/Power tank to hold aggro and do raw DPS with Dagger and she is full Glass Cannon warrior to shut down group of mobs I am holding. It works great thanks to Necro DS and High base Vitality. You may like it

Ok. I was only dedicated PvP team player but week ago I started to play PvE, and I fell in love ^^. I leveled 3 chars to about 30 before I decided who will be my main. Now I know so I just leveled my crafting a little, and I am going straight for 80s and my dreamed exotic sets and weapons.

After that I am sure I will try to get Ascended gear, now only ring and back up, but can someone explain me in details how to get it, and how to get Infusion, and how get offfensive infusion or ring with my favourite stats?

Is just a drop in FOTM or I will have to craft something first? Explain me becasue I wouls like to know it to prepare myself. Thank you.

Sorin.4310:

This seems right. You are using 5 of the dust you trying to upgrade to right (shimmering dust), and not T1 dust (glittering)?

So dust must be tier above too! Ok, it worked great now! Thank you very much

I know I can, I need 50 VoWB (have 148), one Vial of Think Blood (higher tier), 5 Philosophers Stones and Dust. I have everything, first 3 items go to Mystic forge but thean Dust in getting grey and doesnt fit, si when I place it I can press “Forge”.

Can you help me with it?(

I see devs responding to all kind of issues around forum last days (just check Dev Tracker and see yourself) yet, the biggest concern of players- changing game course/policy and game designers lies and broken promises about non-stat progression in game didnt get any statment, respond, official clarification, explanation- nothing for us. Big part of your community is angry, want to talk with devs about it, yet this is ignored. The biggest community concern from the game start- and they are ignored- Nice of you, guys, very nice. Like you dont see more and more threads about the same concern.

I am sure they just want to wait when everything will turn quiet and pretend this didnt happen. Players will play and pay eventually, so just wait for storm to go away, right?

I know some things need courage to do, so I hope they can find some and try to explain themself. Really, in all MMO, I have never seen such ingorance, rudeness and disrespect for important issue and players themselfs. Yet they have time for threads like tickets, jumping puzzles etc.

I can live with new gear. Just explain yourself, like normal people do. Show us why you were right, and we are wrong. You can be at least that fair. Worst thing is lack of dialogue. You can get far like this.

Even if this is only- we wanted more money, data showed more people wanted it- say it. Be a men.

AcidicVision.5498:

I made a post on this just yesterday when people were complaining about the cash-shop and how Anet didn’t seen to know what it’s players wanted. But Anet isn’t actually at fault. There has been an interloper.

As mentioned in the OP Nexon bought up almost 15% of NCsoft. What came after that were some rapid fire changes: A new position for the cash-shop was created, it was filled by a former Nexon producer named Crystin Cox, her first announcement was taking account wide dye unlocks and making them character specific. Which ANet caught a lot of flack over, truth is it wasn’t even Anet proper. It was this broad monetizing them.

Look at Cox’s resume. One of the highlights is Maple Story. Look at Maple Story’s cash shop. All chests and different tiers of chests. What has someone tried shoving down our throats since release? Chests.

During Halloween Mini pet packs were a big seller. Mostly because they were the only sure-thing Halloween item in there besides costumes. So during the next event those are taken from us and put in random chests. It’s transparent and disgusting.

Worst of all is there is nothing ArenaNet can actually do about it because this woman was placed by their publisher who, in turn, was pressured by one of their largest share holders. She is shielded by corporate politics going all the way to the top. Meanwhile, guys like Mike, Chris, Colin and Regina catch all of the community wrath. Do you all think they are happy about that?

I would encourage everyone to just save their money. Don’t spend a dime in the cash-shop an left the low numbers send a message to NC and Nexon that this woman isn’t working for us. But that just ends up hurting ANet and players. We could not buy chests…but we tried that after the Halloween fiasco and what happened? She put minis in chests. When people don’t buy those, whats next? Chests for character slots and bank tabs?

Somehow I get the impression she is the sort to think that if we aren’t buying the stuff then there is something wrong with us and not her strategy. Rather than get anything in the shop we would want and gladly pay for, more junk will just get shoved into random loot boxes for cash.

Makes me wonder what else Nexon is pressuring NC to make Anet do and how much of the hell that gets rained down on the studio was misdirected.

You could make a Thread about it. It will be good to let people know whats going on and give them feedback. That was interesting to get new info about this whole mess and Miss Cox, I wish her all bad.

If you can, pls make a thread for other players about it. Thanks

Kaimick.5109:

replicant.3620:

I like the idea of Non-Ascended Servers because it reminds me of Classic servers from Dark Age of Camelot. The DAoC Trials of Atlantis expansion caused such a rift in the community because of new large scale raid encounters and gear grind that people simply quit. Mythic saw how much of an issue this was so they created the Classic servers which had no content from the TOA expansion in them. It was very nice to play with a gear plateau and let skill decide the victor.

Maybe you don’t realize but Ascended gear is not going to blow Exotics out of the water. This is not WoW Blue pvp gear in comparison to Season 15 Arena gear. We are talking a slight upgrade in stats which is the main one of Agony. The game still has a Gear plateau as you put it, just now we have gear in the game that can show a status of how dedicated a player is to the game. Much like legendary’s but with gear

Those players are no dedicated at all. Decicated player plays whole world- he goes where he want, see new lands, enjoying events, quest, Personal Story, views, garphic and world design, mini- puzzles, dungeons, cities, new mobs, dragons, taking his time to get a gear (by steady progression) etc. Than he can enjou WvW, PvP. Players who just stand in one place whole day, doing the same dungeon again and again and again just for drops are just self-pronaunced players. The truth is theyare grinding machines with nothing better to do in life, to build their ego, empty out of monitor. They even dont try to enjoy Tyria, they want farm, farm farm, grind, grind, grind. If this is dedication than Chinease people working 24h tailoring for patethic 1$ per hour are most dedicated employees in the world.

Of course not all players are like that. There is bunch of people 80s who just want to try new content. But those who stand 8 hours a day in one place, doing one dungeon over 4 days…

I would like one server like that (would be enough I think). Would be awsome to play without this bunch of grind-kids. I vote for such server. Or just without this whole bigger stats. I would like to go FOTM for fun. Not for grind. It is sick.

Do you really want, after all your efforts to create “cooperation” game when ppl dont see other players as threat but as weloce comrades, to look at game when community is tearing itself for parts? Was you purpouse to do GW2 or another WoW-clone?

I love that you are giving new dungeons, new gear, events and even Agony. But you should have at least keep with you manifesto and dont increase stats on Ascended Gear! Is it so hard to understand this basic knowledge? Ascended Gear can use infusions, exotic cant, Ascended Gear cant use runes, Exotics can. And they have base stats.

You said you take what is best from GW1, and no more stat chasing was one of those. I mean- Look at it. You make so many rage and community angry with just some stupid numbers +3 here, +4 there. So little and you are making your own buyers, who belived in you for so many years, your greatest enemies and haters? How do you feel about it?

This is my MANIFESTO to both players (for support) and developers.. You can make Compromise. It is your game, you can change it the way you want to make it better, and this solution involves just changing few numbers in game to make it right.

We can all still have a fun there in Tyria. All together, even in FOTMs. All of us, no metter what players we are. Somebody said that small things had the biggest impact and caused biggest disasters. But, unlikely in real world, here You can still change it. People are good souls mostly, you know? They can hear, they can forgive, they can forget. It just reaquaire some moves.

And I think, few numbers changing- it is not big price and effort for such huge reward.

To players: Please keep it constructive without raging. Just please, think about what I wrote. Thank you all for reading (non-english native)

Hi there. I know about all rage of you there. I also feel for you, myself, that we had to have so much rage, angry and game-affecting negative emotions only becasue of few numbers. Seriously, everything is just about few numbers. Create something so bad between people just for stupid numbers.

Plseas, listen to me and think about it. ANET- You can find compromise, go back to some GW1 legacy and still give players more progression and content. There is simple solution for it. I know, and understand, you want to keep players with you. Your old buddies from GW1, new ones, that came here for non-grind MMO, and more hardcore players that need progression to feel they are enjoying game.

Why do you try to choose between more casual and more grind players. Couldnt you try to give all of them something? Have you even thought about it? I dont belive you didnt expect this sort of reaction. 4 days ago everything was great, we were waiting for new event, balance and game changes etc. Now evrything is a mess just because of one, small stupid idea. Stats diffrence.

My COMPROMISE is- make Ascended Gear SAME stats as Exotics or boost exotics to Ascended Gear stats. Simple. Leave the rest, add the rest. Thats all. Just change numbers. No big patches, nothing. Simple solution to do it. With stats is the same as with professions. First time you create them- you give them some stats etc. By the time you change it, nerf it, boost it, balance it. So I tell you ANET- just balance it. And I will tell you why it will please everyone. Becasue game is for everyone- at least GW2 are or was. Up to you.

Ascended Gear is needed for new dungeos, new content, and I assume, future new events. New Agony system need it. So still you have new dungeos, new content, more challengind dungeons, and better drop rate there and new skin for those who want to be more elitist “I have full Ascended Gear, rarest items, you see how much I have been playing and how hard”. They still have progression, grind (like Obsidian in GW1) and w whole new elite gear, just for them. They can progress without destroing balancing between casuals and hardcores (which you really had ANET, really had…).

This way you still in some way make people do FOTM for new gear if they want to play future Agony-based content, but you dont hurt more casual players who just want play WvW and PvE without thinking they need better gear, becasue all their effort to exotics were wasted. Just boost drop rates in FOTM more than in other PvE content. Now hardcore grinders, farmers, players playing just for “having more” will have rewards. They can staying whole day in LA, farming FOTMs and knowing they have better rates. Ok, give them that. There can be faster, static way to achive target, ot slower, but more enjoyable way to do it. Just TARGET (stats) should be the same. And everybody have their own peace.

Some people just feel good, even when they are casuals, that they reach stats wall and they can play the game now for fun (me for example). Most of them have this. Now you force them to do new gear so they can feel reliefed too. You are giving them work, nor fun. If you will brind stats the same again (it is not shame to test things, see they dont work, making more damage than progress, and change it! We are adults) you will let them (casuals) stay where they are and let hardcores go where they are. All of them have their coentent, and nobady is looking bad at others. There is no separation, not alienation, no community partition. Those from elite will be seen with new gear on them, those who dont care will just dont make them. But they wont treat each other as enemies groups!

This is official question to developers so if ANET is respecting me as player and customer, and all other people playing game, I demand straight answer. I have a right to get it, as the rest frustrated community.

So, my question is: Is horrible drop decrease from Champion and Veteran mobs, also from Orr area, intended or is it unintended bug from new patch? Please give us straight, official aswer, becasue as a customers, we have a right to get one. Also, depend on your official answer/statement, please refer to your patch note:

The drop rarity of Rare and Exotic weapons from certain places in the world (champions, veterans, and players in WvW) has been increased. Rares and Exotics should be much more likely to drop and every champion should be guaranteed to drop loot. This was to ensure that world loot drops were not a significantly worse way of acquiring rare and exotic items than crafting and running dungeons.

I expect fast and straight answer. Your lack of communication with GW2 forum community have done enough bad blood. Hope you wont ignore it.

Thank your for cooperation.

Faithfull customer

B) I want Exotics and their future equivalents to be the best equipment in game, stats-wise.

Just wondering, my fellow eles, whats your biggest hope for next patch? Pls post only ONE hope I why. Each of us have something, that we would like to see improve in first place. I am kind of curious what it will be.

As for me, my biggest hope is to lower attunment swap CD from 15 to 9 seconds, like all classes have on weapon swaps (engi kits have none…) and so, make Arcane giving another bonus. This is important for me, bacause playing with builds, I would have 70 points to distribute, like other classes, not 60 or even 50, because due to insane and inlogical CDs Aracane is a 98% MUST now.

Whas your biggest hopes?

ZombiesTT.3619:

Fellknight.4820:

ZombiesTT.3619:

Fellknight.4820:

I agree 100%, everything in the game seems to be setup to defeat any form of skill from pro solo pvper’s. Even if you could kill 2-3 players by yourself you’d never get rewarded for it because you’d never be able to stomp them with the way downed state is setup.

If you can down 3 players but not stomp them then you’re doing something wrong.

Please stop trolling, there is alot of content here you could reply to don’t derail the topic by saying everything is fine and we all just need to L2P. People are here to try and improve the spvp exp if your ok with it then I don’t see why your even on the forums at all.

The topic was about duels, and rewarding skill for solo pvp, alot of players don’t like it when you rewards broken skilless mechanics. Not every player will enjoy exploiting broken mechanics some players who are great with them, don’t enjoy winning through cheating. Now if you would like to comment on anything the OP said we’d love to hear it but I believe that there has been 3 billion players on mmo forums that posted l2play already.

Are you telling me to keep on topic when you, yourself are off topic?

As far as the topic goes, I don’t see the problem. You are rewarded in pvp by winning and getting points. You are even rewarded for losing by still getting points. You can use those points to change your appearance. Your pvp level can be used for bragging purposes. What more is there to be had?

Tournaments are optional. If you can’t find a team or compete then that is your fault, not the game’s. Competitive players commit a lot of time and effort into being the best.

Your answer is so childlish and selfish, that I can tell ur are kid troll with no-life. You think you are awsome because you have nothing more to do in life, but only playing? And it is people fault that they do more than sitting in front of minitor? No finding team is people fault? Thats so insulting and illogical that I cant find words for it. It is not ppl fault that they have no other option but team-play. It is game mechanic and its lacking content for rest players. If competitive player means- guy with no life, no evenings, no friends, who have to play everyday to be able to play PvP- that is game mechanic fault that only those ones can play it at full. Players who commit so much time- are not better than others, they just have more time to spare. PvP should no offer one-side content. You commit fully or ur not playing main PvP modes- thats wrong thinking.

Game is not another work ppl- game should be for fun and relax, no to “commit” and plan your all free time for it. If other teams can do- ok. But game should not fore anyone to do so, just because it offers nothing more for solo/small groups players.

Also you can see more nad more threads about how static, unenjoyable, boring nad unrewarding PvP is. There were no threads about it couple a weeks ago. It means that players played, emotions after premiere went down, and it seems they have nothing to do in PvP. Nothing to achive, glory farming is no diffrent then “gear farming” to have something enjoyable and good- looking.

QQ is a way to express their feeling about it and frustration. Whats more, ppl are quiting PvP and going PvE, because of a LOT BIGGER content! Me too, I started PvE (lvl 17 now yay) and it is hard to come back to tourenys. They are fun, but static, boring, same maps, same teams, same capturing points, same, same, same. And balance is a crap.

PvP will get empty with current state. Normal players (with lifes) have nothing to do there.

I would also like to see more rewards- less farming changes in PvP. Lets face it- free tournaments chests are atractive for first 20 ranks. Paid rewards- for now, but then almost all players now running with Orrians, Scales etc. It will get boring in month. Maybe unique emotes, weapons, special items, rare dyes, even some gold, pets, skins, anything more than farming glory and chests. PvP content is really empty.

Whats more- ticekt farm policy is just awful. It is either no well thought (a mistake) or just shameless tactic to force ppl to buy ticets for real miney. “You wont farm enough in free, sooo long time, you see? Why not buy it? Buy it, buy it, buy it”…