Guild Wars 2

Personally, id love to have a 4 item toggable UI bar that could be used just for food, oils, etc…

Since we have yet to see the invention of extruded plastics in this game, vuvuzelas are out.

I think the lightning is fine… it just needs a buff – and a big one. Have a lightning strike “attach” to the axe head for the duration of the animation. And for that matter, the current sound effect is pretty much just glorified static.

Yeah, buffs needed all around.

The Living Story is ever changing. Why would anyone want to log in and run the same events on a new character that you have run on the previous 4 others? For reference, I am a completionist. As for getting the achievements, who cares because new stuff is now here! Even new content becomes old quickly. I seriously doubt you will see 10 pairs of wings in Lions Arch on people 3 months from now.

Crazylegsmurphy.6430:

It is my personal belief that if Guild Wars 2 continues to release Living Story content akittens current pace, and with its current issues, it will ultimately result in the failure of the game.
Here is why:

1. Achievements vs. Time

Having multiple achievements, attached to rewards, available for a limited time, is a recipe for disaster.

It encourages players to resort to selfish behavior (stealing, AFK, griefing), and find ways to circumvent the intended mechanics (camping, guesting).
2. Story vs. Time

Due to the quick pace at which the Living Story is progressing, players run the risk of missing huge chunks of content.
3. Time vs. Reward

Players need to feel that the time and money they’re spending in game, is providing them with a fair, and reasonable rewards. If a task takes too much time, or requires too much money to complete, players will become discouraged (100,000 candies, RNG).
4. Social vs. Solo

Forcing players to participate with, or without the option to partner up (Effigy Lighting, Molten Facility), leaves many feeling frustrated.

Achievements/tasks that encourage competition, or don’t require anyone else to complete can lead many players to feel unwanted pressure, and/or loneliness.
5. Fun vs. Time
Killing ten rats is not fun. Nor is lighting 50 effigies, hitting 250 things, gathering 100,000 items, or any other form of grind. When players are given a limited window to complete tasks, it can be frustrating if the tasks require large amounts of time.

Sure, I will make an “unedumacated” attempt to answer your issues.

1. Stealing what? Anet would like to know… Going AFK doesn’t prevent or promote any achievements that I know of… Griefing – well sure, isn’t that a pain in all MMOs?

2. It has been stated by Colin Johanson that the new content will be “relatively self contained”. Missing story – non issue.

3. and 5. They are the same. You are essentially talking about grinding. What MMO doesn’t have grinding. They all do AND they all will… Also, RNG has no place in discussion of Living Story.

4. What kind of achievements do you want?? Some encourage participation in a group while others are solo … You have me confuzzled on that one…

In this case, more content is better, especially when each team is releasing them 2 months apart.

Well wishes all.

Split into teams is both true and false. There are 4 teams, but more people were brought in… I would link people to the news announcement on the GW2 site but its just so easy to find. Directions… watch video in its entirety and read article to bottom of page.

Good journeys all…

At least by my personal counts, I’m almost sure they increased to a 20d for this patch. I get candy, candy, candy… Earlier I had more food items and several tickets in the mix.

Lord Krilik.3692:

I think this new content is also Cantha Oriented. Just speculting, but what if this flying city is made by the Tengu as an attempt to fly back home, and they finally open up the zone that is directly west of Lion’s Arch, where the Canthan descended Tengu are living?

Nah… this area is reserved for when we all get gryphon flying mounts. :p

Sinifair.1026:

TO THE ISSUE
- Now, my problem (and my only problem) with Living Story is that when it hits, all players around the world of Tyria gathers to see what is new.
It provides a lack of population in the other areas in Tyria, which I think is a shame since the Dynamic Event system is built around the Multiplayer concept.

- Will the LS with it’s “Go here this week” theme take away the population of other zones, or will there be a balance with more permanent content in other zones to fit the needs there?

Pssst… It’s a LIVING World. If nobody is in in an area to take on “baddies”, well it looks like the bad guys will hang out for awhile. And if you are really meaning lack of people at meta-events, well the chat system has always worked well for me.

It almost sounds like you want to get rid of the core of what makes the living world (being dynamic). For example – if you are a mid level and new content is released AND you want to assault Kingsgate with Captain Edwards, you might want to wait a bit.

Did ANY of the complainers actually watch the video? Four Anet content teams (more were added) are working independent of each other meaning plenty of time for quality of content. If you were a content team member, your releases would be every 2 months. As far as particular content goes, the Southsun content wasn’t as good as others. But isn’t that just the nature of ANY mmo content release? There is no guarantee the the “latest is bestest”.
My suggestion – if you don’t like content this two weeks, log for two weeks and try again…

XxzaverxX.6790:

This is our problem on DR… the amount of man power it takes to take SM and hold it is a waste. You could put the same people on a BL and get much higher PPT. I don’t understand our server’s obsession with that 35 pts

SM is the has the most walls to repair/upgrade, is the hardest to get supply to, covers the largest amount of “turf” and putting enough siege to cover it is nearly impossible. THAT is what makes it the most desirable place to cap and protect. It shows how focused a server needs to be to maintain SM and its other “properties”. We at DR will continue to strive to get to that elusive goal.

Grinding is inherent in MMOs. You can’t escape it, you can’t run from it… so those that want to play the game grind when they need to grind. Personally, I don’t much care for it, but Ive never seen an MMO without it.

I thought a lot today about the functionality of the electronic people meters that allow one server to have such huge numbers compared the another… And I really see now why Anet is deliberately vague on how this is done. Although the higher tier/higher volume servers would probably dispute this, we all know that those “meters” are extremely broken. Even the “Outmanned” bonus is no help in situations like this – it only serves to delay log off due to repair cost.

My idea (apologies if mentioned elsewhere) is to populate WvW maps based on the lowest server with the lowest amount of player ingame plus15%. This will end the mega-zergs.

If you think a change like this will stop people from playing WvW, think again. That is ALREADY happening…

Nalora.7964:

This began happening to me after the patch that removed culling in wvw.

Same here but even more… I was by the Canach Dungeon with quite a few other players and decided to mine some mithril. Well the lava audio from my pick “took the day off” and the pick was quiet as a mouse.

The bad audio and static in crowded areas is becoming progressively worse. Just hoping daily I see the patch download that fixes all of it.

Mechamilk.7809:

On Vizunah Square EB can’t place any siege weapon too. Only Golems. We are loosing all. GG Arenanet, is this the new point system to balance the matchup?

Balancing? I think not. GoM used the bug to attack a paper keep with 8 alphas and yes… 1 omega. Now its just who wants to spend the most until the bug gets fixed…

You know I somewhat understand the complaints about arrow carts. But I really understand whakittens like to be defending a keep solo against a zerg of 20, 30 or even 50 (no server commentary thank you). So HIGH PRAISE to the arrow cart! May it live long and prosper…..

I do have a map art issue. There is a lake under the starter Sylvari area. It looks as if a “quick fix” was put in to keep people from jumping to it as there is an invisible wall demonstrated by my shoddy MSPaint work. The rest of the screenshots show the area itself. And if you look close enough the area has now made my shield partially transparent (even after waypointing out). It returned to normal when I readied it for battle.

Thanks and cheers all.

Edit: As it turns out, I didn’t screen a transparent shield shot. But this bug is easily repeatable.

It seems many do not like the Living Story and the idea of change being permanent in a game. Not me! Nobody I know watches the same movie in a theater 50 times in a row. The analogy is probably poor but you get my drift. If you miss something in-game, well… do the next release of the Living Story. Just don’t force me to play in a NEVER changing world.

FourthVariety.5463:

I suggest to base the computer around an i5 3470 and a 660Ti.

Agreed. There is no need to get an i7 as the only real difference in the two is the actual size of the chip. I run an i5 3570 and GTX 680 (GW2 is a beautiful world!) and have been extremely happy save one thing. In WvW large battles, the sound can be odd. But I’ve seen in the forums that it appears to be a GW2 issue and not a hardware problem.

Best of luck with your choices and cheers.

The periscopes just show what Arenanet and the Guild Wars 2 team struggle with daily. Making a game that is both fun to play and also difficult. I cant think of a single person that wants to buy a game where every challenge is a walk in the park. Do I find the periscopes annoying? Sure. But it only increases the value of the game for me.
Thanks and cheers all.

Arenanet…
You MUST keep your original notion of a Living World that is ever changing and always affecting the game as your core foundation. If some miss out on content, well we all don’t see every football game played every weekend do we? I myself didn’t get the game right away and probably missed out on content but that’s okay. Forever repeatable content? No thank you…
Thanks and cheers all.

I’m absolutely sure this has been brought up but by golly why is “Adrenaline Rising!” said every time its going down? I know there is another quote concerning adrenaline going up when it really is going down but I can’t think of it this moment.
Thanks and cheers all.

Thanks for the super game. I have a suggestion… there should be some non-achievements (with titles!) as well. Specifically designed to battle against the urge to powerlevel. Of course we all know achievements in the end are just part of the fun factor so why not turn the table on its head? Just one idea would be a food and drink combo. “Eat or drink just one item the entire game.” Title – Just The Scraps Ma’am One more would be finishing the game using no skill or trait points. Title – Skills and Traits… Lame!
Cheers all.

Just to update this to the most current… my “bug” is most frequent when firing any seige weapon during large battles in WvW. Its especially evident on EB. I will only hear the enfilade about 33% of the time. Thanks.

bribrim