Guild Wars 2

Me and my friend are stuck in the frostgorge portion of dragrons reach pt. 1. A champ train keeps failing the event on purpose to collect champ bags. My buddy and I would like to complete the story, but it’s impossible for us. Please A-NET remove those champ bags from that event. unless there is another way to continue the story…. this really ruins the living story for me. We attempted the event over and over and over.

I’m not saying it’s a piece of cake. Any trailer requires work but game companies make these kind of trailers all the time. Also making a trailer for patch notes would be ridiculous. What I’m proposing is more of a highlight trailer of new features.

Unlike most of my friends, I love checking the website/ forums and reddit regularly to keep update what whats new and whats coming to Guild Wars 2. With the new feature pack coming It would be awesome to see a “what’s New” kind of trailer at release for those who don’t check the blog posts and forums.

We had some really cool changes with the last feature pack but a lot of people I know who returned after its launch barely noticed the new changes or additions to the game without me telling them all about it.

Anyhow I’m really excited for Sept. 9th and the new features coming to GW2. I think a short feature trailer would be great to visually show whats new and share with friends.

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Sometime down the road, would we be getting a new Guild Wars book? I feel like the history of both games have an immense amount of lore to explore. Is this something we might see? I personal would love see another book.

This actually really bummed me out.

Tequatl, the claw of Jormag and the Shatterer all look great and unique to their specific elder dragons. Then we get the shadow of Mordremoth who looks like a re-skinned Tequatl. While the boss fight was fun, I was really hoping to see something more unique.

Either way I’m excited to see where the story goes from here..

Gaile Gray.6029:

cillercammy.8064:

I still haven’t received my mini Mr sparkles
and ETA for when I might get it?

I’m sorry to hear this, cillercammy. Can you tell me if you received the Green Quaggan Backpack but not the Mini Mr. Sparkles, or did you not receive any rewards at all?

I suggest that if you do not have your reward(s) by Noon, please submit a ticket by clicking Support above and then use “Submit a request” to let us know what we can do to help. Thanks!

Thanks for your response! I did receive my green quaggan backpack. However I still havnt received my mr. sparkles

seems like everyone has gotten theirs….. I’, still waiting to get one

I still haven’t received my mini Mr sparkles
and ETA for when I might get it?

The new story so far video is Awesome! It leaves me excited to see whats in store! However, the cinematic should be available in game.

Most of my friends and guildies don’t really go on the website and haven’t seen the video. Lots of them, who missed earlier living story updates will never know what happened unless they go online and look up the video. most of them probably wont.

What if the cinematic was available by talking to a herald in any major city. This would give players an in-game opportunity to learn about the story. This is something Guild Wars really needs, since most story and lore has to be researched online.

Please bring this cinematic in-game! It would also let players look back and remember living stories years from now.

I would love to see ANET’s take on raiding.

How it would differ from traditional MMO raiding and what kind of game-play/ rewards it could offer. Random example: Maybe raiding (legendary dungeons) could lead to acquiring Legendary armors.

I’m not entirely sure what I’d like to see from raiding in this game. However, if we ever get raiding, I don’t want it to be the traditional WoW style. I feel there is a lot of opportunity to be creative here.

Great responses guys!! keep them coming! I’d love to hear more opinions on this and some new ideas too!!

Hermes.7014:

Somehow, I perceive this as “please, make us grind more”.

I’m curious how this can be perceived as asking for a grind? I’m asking for class specific armor….. rather than just Heavy medium or light… that has nothing to do with obtaining, grinding or crafting at all. It simply means: Engineer armor, Warrior armor, Necro armor, Mesmer armor etc…… looks built for specific classes… I think you misunderstood my post.

I’m looking for a PVE build for my 80 engi. I mostly run Dungeons and sometimes fractals, and have been told that a bomb heal build is great. Can anyone suggest a great bomb healer build that offers good support while still dealing good damage?

Or if there is another build you would recommend for dungeon play id love to hear it!!

Thank guys!

They sure sound ridiculous to people who werent here before the game launched, to people that are uninformed or refuse to acknowledge the facts.

1. ANET lied. If they didnt lie about that they lied that the game would be feature complete at launch. Oh wait, what about this?:

“Here’s what we believe: If someone wants to play for a thousand hours to get an item that is so rare that other players can’t realistically acquire it, that rare item should be differentiated by its visual appearance and rarity alone, not by being more powerful than everything else in the game. Otherwise, your MMO becomes all about grinding to get the best gear. We don’t make grindy games — we leave the grind to other MMOs.”

-Mike Obrien, President of Arenanet

2. Go read that article on ascended gear again. ANET said there is no higher tier being added this year. As to your “You dont need one”: Why do you or other people need it? There is no harder content in the game for it so why do people want it? They have no good reason for it but we have many kitten good reasons against it.

3. Yet new items are being added with significant time gating and now even large monetary requirements. Not to mention once you start this ride it can not end. After the tier is complete people will whine again. Guess what happens then?

People havent been quitting because of some gear but because ANET lied to them. See this blog post and compare it to how the game is one year later:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/index.php?title=Is_it_fun

ANET is definitely not doing a great job.[/quote]

who is uninformed and who wasn’t here before launch? and how do you know all these people?

I played gw1 since beta and have followed gw2 since its first tease during the GWEN release.

I’ve seen and read interviews, watched their manifesto followed their blog posts. Sure, some things have changed, but that’s an mmo for you! they all change and they are always growing and developing into something new.

Sure, with all that Anet has learned from their first real MMO, I’m positive their manifesto today would be a bit different. They have grown into a stronger and better company now.

You have gotten over a year now of a AAA sub free MMO with 1 years worth of free updates, new stories and plenty of free quality of life features. The best part is that it doesnt stop here! Anet will keep updating the game through new living stories, new skills, new maps, new dragons, new dungeons and much more FOR FREE. How are people still complaining!

and by the way how can you say “ANET is definitely not doing a great job.” when it is now the fastest selling MMO in the west. It’s population is steadily growing and it hasn’t even launched in china yet! I think they’re doing just fine……

first off you quote can’t be be used for ascended weapons since you can craft one in 2 weeks time ( not 1000+ hours that players cant realistically acquire). this quote refers to something along the lines of a legendary or something harder to obtain, something that would match stats of the highest gear with is now ascended.:
“Here’s what we believe: If someone wants to play for a thousand hours to get an item that is so rare that other players can’t realistically acquire it, that rare item should be differentiated by its visual appearance and rarity alone, not by being more powerful than everything else in the game. Otherwise, your MMO becomes all about grinding to get the best gear. We don’t make grindy games — we leave the grind to other MMOs.”
-Mike Obrien, President of Arenanet

AlietteFaye.7316:

cillercammy.8064:

I think all these angry posts sound quite ridiculous. Here are my thoughts!
-First: Anet stated last November that Ascended gear was supposed to be in game at launch, but didn’t make it do to budget and time constraints.
-Second: There is NO higher tier content being added with ascended weapons. Meaning you don’t even need them for any part of the game other than just having them with their MINIMAL stat increase. If you don’t want one, don’t craft one. It will not matter.
-Third: This is not a GearTreadmill nor is it a ItemSpiral. Those occur when new tiers are added every 2-4 months. It has now been over a year and we don’t even have a full tier added ( just rings, back pieces, trinkets and the soon to be weapons).
The thought of rage quitting a game over a new tier weapon with a tiny stat increase just sounds absurd. Do people expect Anet to still just hand out weapon skins 5 years down the road? I love new skins, but skin wars 2 won’t survive. People will not care in 5 years when they have over 600 new weapon skins in their bank. I think they have found a great balance to please both types of players. New tier for those who wont better stats but minimal enough so that no one needs them to appeal to those who don’t want them.
in the end I feel really bad for everyone who has or will rage quit. When all is said and done, I think Anet is doing a great job here. The game is growing, changing and in my opinion getting better with age. I feel bad for everyone who will miss out and such a great MMO down the road.

I don’t see the logic behind this. You claim that the game won’t add new tiers and keep adding to the power creep, right? And yet you claim that the game also won’t survive if all they add is new skins instead of higher stat gear.

So which will they be adding? New stats, or new skins? Oh, new skins. Just like they had originally planned from the start, a game about easily being on equal footing and having aesthetics (as well as “fun”) be the main factors of why people would do specific content.

So then we’re on the same page. There’s not a single reason that these items should have higher stats on them.

There is a reason why they are doing this. Anet does their homework. Ascended gear will not make this game tank. I’m happy with what they are doing and I know many other people are happy as well.

If people just want collect and play with skins they shouldn’t play mmo’s and just pick up the new animal crossing. It got good reviews and has tons of skins.

Listen I’m not saying I need new tiers. I’d love new story content and to see the world grow and change more. However unlike me, most mmo players don’t care about story or doing things simply Because they are fun. most mmo players like to chase goals and gear is a big one for them.

Be thankful Anet chose to do it this way! Be happy they didnt do a geartreadmill!!
they found a balance…

I think all these angry posts sound quite ridiculous. Here are my thoughts!
-First: Anet stated last November that Ascended gear was supposed to be in game at launch, but didn’t make it do to budget and time constraints.
-Second: There is NO higher tier content being added with ascended weapons. Meaning you don’t even need them for any part of the game other than just having them with their MINIMAL stat increase. If you don’t want one, don’t craft one. It will not matter.
-Third: This is not a GearTreadmill nor is it a ItemSpiral. Those occur when new tiers are added every 2-4 months. It has now been over a year and we don’t even have a full tier added ( just rings, back pieces, trinkets and the soon to be weapons).
The thought of rage quitting a game over a new tier weapon with a tiny stat increase just sounds absurd. Do people expect Anet to still just hand out weapon skins 5 years down the road? I love new skins, but skin wars 2 won’t survive. People will not care in 5 years when they have over 600 new weapon skins in their bank. I think they have found a great balance to please both types of players. New tier for those who wont better stats but minimal enough so that no one needs them to appeal to those who don’t want them.
in the end I feel really bad for everyone who has or will rage quit. When all is said and done, I think Anet is doing a great job here. The game is growing, changing and in my opinion getting better with age. I feel bad for everyone who will miss out and such a great MMO down the road.

I think all these angry posts sound quite ridiculous. Here are my thoughts!

-First: Anet stated last November that Ascended gear was supposed to be in game at launch, but didn’t make it do to budget and time constraints.

-Second: There is NO higher tier content being added with ascended weapons. Meaning you don’t even need them for any part of the game other than just having them with their MINIMAL stat increase. If you don’t want one, don’t craft one. It will not matter.

-Third: This is not a GearTreadmill nor is it a ItemSpiral. Those occur when new tiers are added every 2-4 months. It has now been over a year and we don’t even have a full tier added ( just rings, back pieces, trinkets and the soon to be weapons).

The thought of rage quitting a game over a new tier weapon with a tiny stat increase just sounds absurd. Do people expect Anet to still just hand out weapon skins 5 years down the road? I love new skins, but skin wars 2 won’t survive. People will not care in 5 years when they have over 600 new weapon skins in their bank. I think they have found a great balance to please both types of players. New tier for those who wont better stats but minimal enough so that no one needs them to appeal to those who don’t want them.

in the end I feel really bad for everyone who has or will rage quit. When all is said and done, I think Anet is doing a great job here. The game is growing, changing and in my opinion getting better with age. I feel bad for everyone who will miss out and such a great MMO down the road.

This is such great news!!! I don’t understand why people are so mad that they will be able to make their characters more powerful. I plan on playing this game for years to come and don’t want to be stuck in exotic gear 2 years from now, with a bank filled with hundreds of cosmetic skins or back-pieces. Cosmetics are cool and all but what are players gonna do years from now with all those cosmetic pieces, keep spending money on bank space? I think ANET is making the best choice, and unlike most mmo’s they are making the progression of ascended gear nice and slow by first releasing rings than a few months later accessories, and so forth.

I don’t understand why people complain about the living story. I think Anet has done an amazing job creating a living story in guild wars 2. Flame and frost started off really slow, but the amount of improvement to living story updates over the last few months has been astounding. I know people want more permanent content and Anet has listened. Not only are we getting new rewards system with our achievements, but we are also getting new permanent weapon and armor skins. Anet has also mentioned about updates to the fractals, a new style of raiding, guild halls and even plans to announce more towards the end of July. It’s a great year for guild wars players!

Certain things are temporary for a reason. Why would flame and frost still be going on if we solved the mystery already? why would we still be hunting canach if he has already been brought to justice? these things make the world feel alive! Sure you might be busy and miss an event, but we miss things in real life all the time ( like when your friends are going out and you are stuck at work) life goes on! Look on the bright side and see that there will always be new content coming so if you miss something, there will be something new right around the corner. Also, expect to see things you missed from previous living stories to appear in the fractals.

cheer up guys and enjoy the game!!

AcidicVision.5498:

You should all abstract yourselves from the situation and look at it conceptually. Anet has given you an optional task and time limit to complete a thing. If you do, then you get 5-15 arbitrary points added to your score.

Players with the disposition of “do not do time-restricted skill-based achievements in the future” have somehow come to the conclusion that they should be given achievement points and have to do as little as possible to earn them. If that doesn’t sound preposterous then look up the word achievement. These time-restricted, skill-based achievements are actually the only honest achievements we have. They are the only ones that say “How good are you at the game? How fast can you adapt to a new challenge? You have two weeks to prove it.” And if a player can manage to do it as designed, that is an achievement.

They are not for content tourists. They are there for the extra challenge. Time limits add pressure. Skill demonstrates personal level of game mastery. Time limited skill challenges are executing a certain level of game mastery under pressure. If someone can’t do it, then they just weren’t good enough. And that is ok, in games as is in life, no one is expected to be able to achieve everything. If a person puts that on themselves, then they are setting unrealistic goals. Maybe they will get better and be able to manage the next one that comes around.

Best response I’ve seen to these posts so far! great answer!

Now that the new trait line patch has gone live, I was wondering would would be the most effective or efficient PVE/ Dungeon build. I havnt had much time to check everything out and was hoping someone could help me out!!

I think its important to have certain items that are so rare you only seen them on players every once in while. It gives them item a “Wow” factor like Aniltiger said above. for instance if tons and tons players had fused molten weapons, people just wouldn’t care about them as much. People want what they can’t or don’t have and the thrill of when one of those rarest items drops for you is super rewarding. I agree however that putting those skins in the BLC is a bad idea and I don’t like it. I would rather them do it like the Molten Jet-pack and make the weapons rare drops from the dungeon. Putting a rare item like that in a dungeon is a great idea and a great way to get players to play your new content, and it wont feel like a gamble like BLC.

As of right now being able to target the legs or head of dragons serves no purpose, it just makes targeting a pain. However, if there was a mechanic where attacking the legs would eventually temporarily knock down the dragon so that you could attack the head and do damage until it gets back up, it would be a way better targeting mechanic. I would love to see the fights be more dynamic than that offering multiple stages, but that would be a great start I think.

My guild and I completed tier 2 guild bounty last night and none of us received a chest for any of the 3 bounties. We had a blast and i understand bugs happen. But we all worked very hard and want to be awarded with the completion chest that we had earned.

Hey guys, i was wondering if anyone can share some thoughts on a good PvE and dungeon build. I mainly do Events and dungeons including Fractals. I know the engineer has gone through a lot of changes and nerfs, but please no give up on engi responses! Im curious what people are using and what seems to be most efficient these days.

is anyone experiencing severe lag on in the game since the new patch? like in wayfarer foothills? not sure if its my connection or the game.

Would love to have a battle with one of the remaining elder dragons where at one point you and your party are swallowed and must destroy the dragoon from inside or escape and its insides destroy it.

Trying to find a high populated US server with late night activity doing both PVE and WvW. I had Transferred to Sorrows Furnace and loved it. played with a great daily zerg that runs the straits of devastation and always found dungeon groups. However it turns out most of the population has become latin and i cant understand what most people are saying. my LFG posts get flooded out now by latin posts. Any Suggestions??

that would be my server Ive been trying to find people for 3 weeks now to do the priest events. only once was i able to get about 9 people to fight balthazar and we got destroyed and everyone left…. im still trying but cant find a soul to do it with. can anyone suggest a populated server that attempts these events?

if anyone can let me know what server does this event that would help. i check the straits of devastation every time i play and wait around for an hour trying to encourage people to do it with no luck and not much response

would love to be in a group that can do it. whats are the best times for our server to attempt this

Want to complete this event so badly. first attempt we got to blathazaar with 10 people and got destroyed. second try we had 15-20 people which is the most ive ever seen in that zone on my server (borlis pass) there is no way my server could ever gather anything close to 100 people in that zone…

If i have 10 pieces of leather or 10 potions how do i give one to a friend or party member without having to send all 10? i haven’t been able to figure this out.

Holidays in GW1 always brought me back to the game, even if I hadn’t played in a long long time. In GW2, I would love to see a transformed city like they did in Lion Arch with GW1. Most MMO’s just add some decor and temporary items…boring. People would love to see a Halloween haunted city with the ghosts, werewolf’s and ghost ships etc. But most importantly would be Halloween dynamic events and even a META EVENT with a massive Halloween boss. Players would go nuts and you could top it all off with holiday armor skins!!

PLZ ANET MAKE THIS HOLIDAY ROCK!!