Guild Wars 2

Woljnir.7810:

;_;

I just deleted my posts. Don’t want to come off as bigoted, but I guess it’s too late xD. Guess I overreacted.

Thank you for being mature enough to actually listen to reason and understand. I’ll delete my posts too.

Blackworm.2167:

dervix.9126:

Traveller.7496:

If he was a major NPC (or even if he’s not), and the plot calls for him to die, would you treat it as any other NPC dying, or would you be outraged how ANet killed a transgendered character? If you said yes to the latter question, then you are not ready for equality.

Ahem… I should note, you should be using ‘she’, not ‘he’ in this case. Sure, it’s just a character in a game whose feelings you couldn’t hurt, but going out of your way to use the wrong pronouns shows that you don’t really understand equality either.

A man may be transgender, but no amount of surgery is going to remove that Y chromosome or give him a menstrual cycle. He’s still biologically male and will be called as such.
If you don’t like it you don’t have to follow suit, nor do you even have to pay it any mind.

You seem to be confusing the concept of biological sex with gender, which are two related but different concepts. Why is their medical status so important to you, moreso than their identity? Why is the status of their Y chromosome important to you? Why does that matter to you so much that you have to go out of your way to make them feel uncomfortable rather than just be a nice human being and treat them with enough respect to assume they know their identity better than you?

How arrogant and egotistical do you have to be to assert your superiority in such a petty way, rather than taking the all of 0 effort required to make someone else happy? Are you really so lacking in basic human empathy and sympathy? Do you really take so much pride in feeling like you know what’s best for others that you prioritize it over the feelings of the people you put down? Or are you just so lazy that you can’t say ‘she’ instead of ‘he’? Either way, there’s something wrong.

You can act like what you say isn’t hurting anyone with your stupid “if you don’t like it, just ignore it” rhetoric, but it doesn’t change the fact that you’re still hurting trans people and you’re still perpetuating a disgusting view of gender identity.

Oh! And, if you want to go the bullkitten """scientific""" route by bringing up Y chromosomes, again, you can walk up to every doctor who studied gender and body dysmorphic disorders and tell them to their face to go kitten themselves, and that you know better than them. You know better than all those professionals, don’t you? You know better than those people who spent years toiling over their identity and face persecution but still find it important enough to express their identity, don’t you? You know better than everyone.

Azzer.8137:

I identify myself as a Cartwheel, WHY is there no humans that has been transformed to a cartwheel?

This is awfull really, no carthwheels, there is no kittens, spastics, lepers and a lot more, do not just include one that is discrimination, include ALL or none.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_equivalence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_identity_disorder

Also, I imagine ‘spastics’ (which is a slur, btw) wouldn’t like you using them for your nonsensical transphobic arguments.

Traveller.7496:

Well, I’m a bit old-fashioned in that sense, if I know it’s a guy in womens clothing, I tend to think of him/her as a dude. But if I wouldn’t know, then yeah I would think of him/her as a woman.

Except it’s not. It’s actually a woman in a man’s body in a woman’s clothing.
If you want to doubt that, you can go ahead and tell the medical professionals that spent their time studying body dysmorphic disorder to go kitten themselves too.

Shinji.2063:

Maunzi.3764:

SunFireDemon.5014:

Personally I liked the game better when sexual preference was left out of the game entirely. Why use it to promote or push one agenda or another.

Agreed. They should remove all mentions of heterosexuality from the game, the game was better when it didn’t have that stuff. It’s pushing the heterosexual agenda.

How do you remove all heterosexualy from the game, delete every race that is not sylvari. Guess anet could add a robot race as well to give people some options. Limit yourself real bad though since most races as we know them kinda need heterosexuality to have a functioning society.

You have trouble detecting sarcasm, don’t you…?
They’re saying things that homophobes and transphobes say, except replacing homosexuality/transgender with heterosexuality.

Maunzi.3764:

SunFireDemon.5014:

Personally I liked the game better when sexual preference was left out of the game entirely. Why use it to promote or push one agenda or another.

Agreed. They should remove all mentions of heterosexuality from the game, the game was better when it didn’t have that stuff. It’s pushing the heterosexual agenda.

I don’t hate heteros btw, I even have some of them as friends somewhere, so I can say this without being mean. I’m just against this pushing of the heterosexual agenda. Why can’t games just be games like they used to be? Games should only be about blocks, like in Pong or Space Invaders.

I love you. Please, keep up the sarcastic responses to these idiots. It’s the only way they can possibly see the ridiculousness of everything they say.

Traveller.7496:

If he was a major NPC (or even if he’s not), and the plot calls for him to die, would you treat it as any other NPC dying, or would you be outraged how ANet killed a transgendered character? If you said yes to the latter question, then you are not ready for equality.

Ahem… I should note, you should be using ‘she’, not ‘he’ in this case. Sure, it’s just a character in a game whose feelings you couldn’t hurt, but going out of your way to use the wrong pronouns shows that you don’t really understand equality either.

Varrg.2704:

tumblr – tier game doing tumblr -tier things. How surprising.

Lol, apparently transgender people only exist in Tumblr. I guess Caitlyn Jenner also doesn’t exist outside of Tumblr? Is she just a tumblr thing?

Testudo.4620:

honestly it’s just really concerning how much people will say this ‘agenda’ is being pushed down their throats and then when something subtle and progressive is implemented, they go out of their way to let everyone know how personally offended they are.

also lol to people expecting us to be excited and quick to listen to their lengthy but poorly spelled list of why exactly they dislike us

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The ethereal field problem is huge and should be fixed immediately. I tried it out myself, you can literally spam random-condition fields. It’s crazy and broken.

Please, god, don’t nerf conditions too much again. I want my condi Engi to work in PVE, kitten it. >o> Try to preserve their current functionality in dungeons, I Think they work perfect.

Kill.3458:

The longer ANet stays quiet, the more this wound festers. E3 week is almost over and with how far this outrage is spreading it wouldnt surprise if within the next week gaming journalist get all over this.

ANet seriously, what are you doing? This isnt the Ascended Scandal or the Megaserver Fiasco, this is an entirely different beast with the capability to make or break the company and its reputation..

This. ANet, please, wake the hell up and do something.

funkyazn.9062:

They’re already selling pet rocks! (wtf)

“‘Fun? In MY MMO?’ It’s more likely than you think.”
Seriously, have a little sense of humor. People like the pet rock because it’s funny and it’s goofy. How is the pet rock any different from the other minis?

Neptune.7920:

Again, illegal in the US.

This is called “tying”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tying_

Tying is only illegal when the products are not related.

mrstealth.6701:

MashMash.1645:

Except, it seems they are not – http://imgur.com/zPywVMI | http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/3a95r8/to_those_who_said_anet_will_support_people_who/

It’s confusing because in another reddit thread you have an ANet rep saying they will, as you noted.

Also, as regards HoT, the whole 30 days thing is somewhat sketchy, as ANet have been pushing sales since the xpac was announced, several months back – which is when they stated you needed to first buy the base game. So, if refunds or upgrades are going to be offered, it should be anyone who bought the game after that date, thinking they needed it – but actually didn’t.

I have no words….

In what universe is that considered acceptable to any degree? Not only is it negating any progress and work they’ve done….but it’s essentially stealing any gem purchases they have made.

This surpasses anything that even EA has done.

It’s been stated repeatedly throughout this forum that most likely, this was a fluke copy-pasted response. If you follow up with support, they will probably work with you.

Najten.2418:

I get that the price of the expansion is €44,99, and that the game is included just to avoid the problems you had with for instance a certain other MMO Whose Name Shall Not Be Named which required you to buy core game + 3 expansions to enjoy the 4th expansion…
But how is this fair to those that actually went out and bought GW2 core, in anticipation of HoT? Those that spent €35ish now spent that for “nothing”?
A bundle offer is great, but there should be an “upgrade only” option for those that don’t need the core game.

It was stated that Support would grant HoT to people who recently purchased the game. Probably within like 2 weeks or so, I’m guessing.

NecroN.8306:

dervix.9126:

NecroN.8306:

dervix.9126:

NecroN.8306:

bubalu.8301:

Alexxander.8306:

Give them to veterans for the new class. Give those of us who were conned by the FAQ something as compensation for the damages (as we did not have the play time to justify parity with veterans), and leave the base version as it is. This is well within their power.

You still need GW2 to play HoT. Most people have been playing GW2 for a long time. Just because Anet is including GW2 with HoT does not mean you or any veteran player has suffered any actual damages.

Yet another freshly made Anet damage control account.. This is just getting pathetic.

You’ve got a lot of tinfoil on your head, buddy.
Just because Bubalu didn’t post before this doesn’t mean it’s ‘freshly made’. They have a character in-game with 25,238 AP and are currently playing in WvW as I talk.

Sure. Whatever you want to think. For people like Bubalu with strong vocal opinions to remain silent on the hundreds of controversial topics till now is nill, but whatever you say.

I have been playing for months and I’ve barely posted on the forums either. Apparently the 25 thousand AP and the account currently in use is not enough for me to prove it to you. Add them yourself.

Did I touch a nerve our something? I said whatever you say.

Poe’s Law. ‘Whatever you say’ is generally considered to be sarcastic or a statement of disbelief, and it’s hard to transmit that kind of intonation (or a lack thereof, in this case) through text.

NecroN.8306:

dervix.9126:

NecroN.8306:

bubalu.8301:

Alexxander.8306:

Give them to veterans for the new class. Give those of us who were conned by the FAQ something as compensation for the damages (as we did not have the play time to justify parity with veterans), and leave the base version as it is. This is well within their power.

You still need GW2 to play HoT. Most people have been playing GW2 for a long time. Just because Anet is including GW2 with HoT does not mean you or any veteran player has suffered any actual damages.

Yet another freshly made Anet damage control account.. This is just getting pathetic.

You’ve got a lot of tinfoil on your head, buddy.
Just because Bubalu didn’t post before this doesn’t mean it’s ‘freshly made’. They have a character in-game with 25,238 AP and are currently playing in WvW as I talk.

Sure. Whatever you want to think. For people like Bubalu with strong vocal opinions to remain silent on the hundreds of controversial topics till now is nill, but whatever you say.

I have been playing for months and I’ve barely posted on the forums either. Apparently the 25 thousand AP and the account currently in use is not enough for me to prove it to you. Add them yourself.

Alexxander.8306:

NecroN.8306:

bubalu.8301:

Alexxander.8306:

Give them to veterans for the new class. Give those of us who were conned by the FAQ something as compensation for the damages (as we did not have the play time to justify parity with veterans), and leave the base version as it is. This is well within their power.

You still need GW2 to play HoT. Most people have been playing GW2 for a long time. Just because Anet is including GW2 with HoT does not mean you or any veteran player has suffered any actual damages.

Yet another freshly made Anet damage control account.. This is just getting pathetic.

Nice try Anet.
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/False+Advertising

“Proof Requirement
To establish that an advertisement is false, a plaintiff must prove five things:

(1) a false statement of fact has been made about the advertiser’s own or another person’s goods, services, or commercial activity; (FAQ said “BUY GW2 NOW!! U NEED IT FOR EXPANSHUN!!”)

(2) the statement either deceives or has the potential to deceive a substantial portion of its targeted audience; (Anyone during the time the FAQ was active)

(3) the deception is also likely to affect the purchasing decisions of its audience;
(Do I even need to explain this one again?)

(4) the advertising involves goods or services in interstate commerce; and
(Not relevant afaik)

(5) the deception has either resulted in or is likely to result in injury to the plaintiff. The most heavily weighed factor is the advertisement’s potential to injure a customer. [I]The injury is usually attributed to money the consumer lost through a purchase that would not have been made had the advertisement not been misleading. [/I] False statements can be defined in two ways: those that are false on their face and those that are implicitly false.

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Granted, they are refunding accounts purchased within the last 30 days. But the FAQ went up before 30 days ago. This doesn’t cover the greasy activity of showing off the Revenant then saying “delete ur toon or pay up lol”. But between the two, I think the FAQ scandal is far more important.

I literally just said to this other person that this was absolutely not an ANet account. Please read and pay some measure of attention.
That person has a character with 25,000 AP. It’s nowhere near ‘freshly made’ and they are not a developer.

NecroN.8306:

bubalu.8301:

Alexxander.8306:

Give them to veterans for the new class. Give those of us who were conned by the FAQ something as compensation for the damages (as we did not have the play time to justify parity with veterans), and leave the base version as it is. This is well within their power.

You still need GW2 to play HoT. Most people have been playing GW2 for a long time. Just because Anet is including GW2 with HoT does not mean you or any veteran player has suffered any actual damages.

Yet another freshly made Anet damage control account.. This is just getting pathetic.

You’ve got a lot of tinfoil on your head, buddy.
Just because Bubalu didn’t post before this doesn’t mean it’s ‘freshly made’. They have a character in-game with 25,238 AP and are currently playing in WvW as I talk.

smitske.4912:

I think read is an exaggeration all they have been doing is just putting any topic about it in this one to, in the best case notice that we are not happy. In worst not even reading one word (usually they read 5 words and interpret it completely wrong).

They tell you they’re reading this and weighing the options and apparently you’re still indignant for some reason? Have SOME patience, christ almighty. Take off the ‘I Hate Corporations’ shirt, put away the tinfoil hat, and have even a minor amount of faith. This isn’t EA we’re working with here.

olTThreelo.6710:

Gaile Gray.6029:

Hey all,

We understand that there are many opinions and suggestions about the game versions and the pre-purchase program. We will continue to read your thoughts and thank you for sharing them.

Edit to add: We will share your input with the team.

I don’t really see where there are many opinions? There seem to be two. Either you think Anet can do no wrong and are happily going to pay, at the minimum, $50 for an expansion or you think Anet is taking advantage of people, especially those who have been around for a while. What are the other opinions as I might be interested in one of them?

There’s not really much of a need for that level of semantics.

Divine eXecution.3709:

P.P.S.: I also feel a little sorry for my friend who just bought this game about one week ago, when he could get GW2+HoT for the same price just a little later.

It was stated that the devs would upgrade you if you recently bought the game, if you send in a support ticket asking them to do so. So, tell him to submit a support ticket and he’ll probably get HoT as well.

Jitsuryoku.9038:

so core game included? Does that mean we get a separate code for core game?

So…. 45 Euros for guild halls, 1 map, 1 class and 8 specializations and masteries (that evidently only work on the 1 map)?

If i remember correctly core game was cheaper without discounts.

It’s not one map. It’s never been one map, it’s still not one map. Stop spreading misinformation.

It’s at least 3 maps, all of which contain 3 levels. They’re more like zones stacked ontop of eachother because of the way gliding will work and stuff.

Hammersmash Ureface.2650:

dervix.9126:

Hammersmash Ureface.2650:

I put about 15000 hours into GW1. I have 2 accounts and my wife has one.

I’ve out about 2.8-3k into GW2 so far, and I can honestly say that I really don’t know anymore why I log in to do the dailies, I just do. Nostalgia-driven perhaps, perhaps one of those poor buggers who hangs on to the last out of hope that they might start doing the right thing by us again.
Unfortunately, I just don’t feel like there’s much hope left. More and more microtransactions, more and more bugs, less and less real content. Now this. Freebies for newbies and a good jolly rogering for people like me who’ve paid and paid and paid and paid….
3xProphecies 100aud/ea
3xFactions 100aud/ea
3xNightfall 100aud/ea
3x EotN 50aud/ea
3x GW2 pre-order (Whatever that cost)
3×..........Not happening. Not any more.

~because~

*Obvious ignoring of day 1 bugs while anything that affects gem sales gets priority “NUMERO UNO MATE BLOODY OATH DON’T YOU WORRY!” etc. etc. etc. etc.

Anet hasn’t dropped the ball.

There is no ball.

I’d like to know what bugs it is you’re complaining about, exactly. GW2 is relatively one of the most bug free MMOs out there. It’s easy to just shout “BUGS, BUGS, DEVS IGNORE BUGS, I SWEARS IT, THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT GEMS” but.. can you actually give an example you know about where fixing a day-one bug was eschewed in favor of fixing a gem store problem?

Do you use an Ele or any other character class whose blast skills end up on the enemy targeted and not where you put them? Didn’t ever get sick of dying just for running down a hill? You’re right. They’ve never ignored a single zero day bug nigh on forever whilst fixing the gem store issues with utmost speed. Never.

I have every profession and not once in the entirety of my use of any of those professions has a blast finisher not landed where I told it to land.

Also, you know that ANet isn’t responsible for the Gem Store right? It’s NCSoft’s deal. The ANet devs and the guys who work on the Gem Store itself are probably completely different. ANet just makes the content that goes up on the Gem Store.

On that note, ANet is probably ordered to work and fix Gemstore kitten post-haste by NCSoft

Hammersmash Ureface.2650:

I put about 15000 hours into GW1. I have 2 accounts and my wife has one.

I’ve out about 2.8-3k into GW2 so far, and I can honestly say that I really don’t know anymore why I log in to do the dailies, I just do. Nostalgia-driven perhaps, perhaps one of those poor buggers who hangs on to the last out of hope that they might start doing the right thing by us again.
Unfortunately, I just don’t feel like there’s much hope left. More and more microtransactions, more and more bugs, less and less real content. Now this. Freebies for newbies and a good jolly rogering for people like me who’ve paid and paid and paid and paid….
3xProphecies 100aud/ea
3xFactions 100aud/ea
3xNightfall 100aud/ea
3x EotN 50aud/ea
3x GW2 pre-order (Whatever that cost)
3×..........Not happening. Not any more.

~because~

*Obvious ignoring of day 1 bugs while anything that affects gem sales gets priority “NUMERO UNO MATE BLOODY OATH DON’T YOU WORRY!” etc. etc. etc. etc.

Anet hasn’t dropped the ball.

There is no ball.

I’d like to know what bugs it is you’re complaining about, exactly. GW2 is relatively one of the most bug free MMOs out there. It’s easy to just shout “BUGS, BUGS, DEVS IGNORE BUGS, I SWEARS IT, THEY ONLY CARE ABOUT GEMS” but.. can you actually give an example you know about where fixing a day-one bug was eschewed in favor of fixing a gem store problem?

Maugetarr.6823:

It’s not the $50 that bothers me, it’s having to forfeit the included copy of the core game (which I could use for character slots and storage) to attach it to my main account.

Agreed. I could use that extra copy as a gift for a friend or something. Why punish us for being established players?

Combination NC.9813:

Alirya.2365:

So I think a lot of people are misunderstanding the reason why a lot of people are frustrated with HoT pricing. Many of us were ready and willing to pay $50 for the expansion, as it’s pretty standard for MMOs nowadays. However, the slap in the face was that the loyal players that have been the only reason that GW2 has been able to even make it far enough to release an expansion are being offered a package that gives them nothing over new players. In fact, it gives the new players more (as existing players won’t be able to redeem their base games included in the $50 standard version). Not even a character slot for existing players only to show gratitude for their loyalty. I understand the arguments against “whining,” like GW2 having no monthly fee, but being slapped in the face so bluntly by these expansion options feels so directly insulting. Keep in mind that we had absolutely no warning that this expansion pack would be offered including the base game, which I don’t think any MMO has done before. We were all expecting the traditional “buy the game buy the xpac” approach. And what about the players who bought the base game in preparation for buying HoT? I don’t know. I love this game, but can’t bring myself to pre-order due to this nagging feeling of disappointment. Just my two cents.

I think it especially feels like so much a slap in the face since the new players have already been prioritised in updates before at the expense of the veterans: the trait/beginner zone’s update comes to mind. We were told then that this was for the new players and that veterans would get something later. So as a veteran I have to wonder, how much later?

I would have been willing to pay $50 for the expansion. Not the expansion bundled with the base game.

So basically, you’re salty that the price of a game goes down? Are you mad as well that other games’ prices go down after release or in sales? What’s your point here, because I’m not seeing it.

Sushihammer.4813:

Well, I expressed severe dissatisfaction with GW2 when it came out, disappointment with the direction I saw the game heading. I was attacked by all brands of defensive fanboy-ism (humorously, mostly from people whose GW introduction was GW2. Myself, I’ve been around since the first few days of GW1).

Seeing all the various disrespect the company seems to have for its fanbase, the cashing in…nickle and dime-ing (and quartering and dollaring), etc etc.
Well, sucks to see an IP I loved go down the tubes as a mediocre, microtransaction piggy bank for the company.

I feel vindicated at least.

(….guild halls finally. Hmm, wonder how many hundreds of gems they will cost.)

I’m pretty sure it’s been all but confirmed that you will earn Guild Halls through events or something of the sort. I highly, highly doubt they will involve gems.

Honestly, boo hoo. Even if ANet slips up here and there and messes up prices, they’re still doing better than some other companies and compared to how some devs are acting, they’re saintly. Be thankful that they chose to support the game with microtransactions for purely cosmetic or utility-based things that don’t effect actual gameplay at all rather than making it P2W or giving it a sub fee. Microtransactions are not the root of all evil in the world.

Before you whine about gold buying: People would do that through black market gold traders anyway, having a conversion method wards that off. Besides, gems to gold isn’t that super effective anyway.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

You can contact the Tech CS Team and ask for assistance, if you so desire.

You can try a -repair of the client, in case of corrupted file(s).

Top of Page – Support (Submit a Request and/or Search-Repair)

Good luck.

Before I contact support, I’d like to know if other people have the same problem and if anyone else has found a simple fix yet.

Bump? This is pretty annoying.

http://puu.sh/dKzXt/2b323aece5.png

I.. this happens a lot.

Objects or sections of the map will become fullbright.

I was able to ignore it until THIS happened.

Jesus christ.

Using a GTX 550 TI graphics card on highest settings.