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How come there is no Dev here, agreeing with this suggestion? This is an amazing idea. I have though of this and want it so bad. Hope they listen to you and all of us.
Glad that i read this thread. I just learned something.
I agree, the worst thing is trying to learn crafting as you also lvl. The outcome is not good. My char lvl is higher by a lot than my professions. Making them useless for me to use anything.
I have grind, spent money and done zone completion and still not fun to do any profession. I have always enjoy crafting is like my main thing. I can never wait to learn a profession so i can start working on it. Is what i spend most of my time with. And here, is not much fun at the moment. Played GW1 and i do not recall having this much trouble with drop rates.
Gold sellers now including 1 copper in their mail so you can't delete it...
Posted by: dragonfire.4638
i most be very unlucky. I get a bunch of spam but no copper. I can use that one copper lol.
If you don’t have to upgrade right away, wait a little.
1. Black Friday’s around the corner.
2. AMD claims their new trinity CPUs are comparable to the i5 performance with the price point of i3s. Even if that’s not true it should stir up the pricing wars. They should be releasing them in October.
Yea i will wait. I have no issues doing such. Plus on Black friday and before neweggs does some good prices.
One last thing, for a high quality but budget upgrade, give AMD a look. You’ll get a lot of bang for your buck. If you have the funds to toss around, Intel will probably bring in a bit higher performance on the game side, but it comes at a premium in cost.
To give you an idea, I upgraded my motherboard ($60), cpu, (triple core amd black edition 2.8) ($69), and 8 gigs of dd3 memory, ($30 sale) and a top of the line cpu fan ($30) and was at the price of a just a single core i5 cpu with no motherboard/memory.
True, i know the difference between both, performance and prices. But man, i have builted AMD, yes they run great, and sometimes, i have seen faster boots with AMD than Intel. But i do not know, personal use, i always have stuck with Intel. However, since again, you just showed me some great prices. I might take the plunge.
I have built custom pc’s for many years and been in IT for many as well so I do have a bit of background…
You are running DDR2, so that makes your motherboard about 4 years old.
DDR3 and DDR5 have considerably better speeds and are actually cheaper most of the time. An SSD will improve multi tasking, as well as boot speeds…maybe the load speed going from zone to zone. I tested going from an older, non high speed IDE, and it made an incredible difference in the items mentioned, but almost no difference in playability in games. Again, I may be the first in the dungeon by a second or two. But that’s the only thing I notice.But, going with a new motherboard, and thus upgraded chipset, and memory should make a good bit of difference for you. You have by appearance plenty of fans, and a plenty large enough case, and power supply so your good there, as well as setup as far as your OS.
The video card runs hot by many reports. And again, its a bit older..but probably you don’t need to upgrade it just yet as even though its not even 1 gig of memory, its still a respectable card. But a 2 gig can be had for very resonable…but I would put my motherboard/cpu/memory upgrade well above the graphics card because of the one you have now. It’s also PCI Express, so it will work with the vast majority of currently available mobos.
So, if it were me…I would get a newer motherboard/cpu (again yours is 4 years old, and MUCH has changed)/ and memory. I would suggest sites like Newegg.Com (Frequently have special deals on everything mentioned, especially if your on their mailing list), and other sites like Amazon, or TigerDirect.
Trust me when I say this. This set up is actually my 10 and yest I actually build it on 2008. Good to see someone that knows. I do know all about changes and trust me i have kept with them all. I just build one for a friend with I5, and when it comes to prices i do my work. But neweggs is where i always go back, best place to shop and be sure you are getting the right product.
I do know that if i were to do anything, then yes the obvious thing will be mobo/cpu/ram. Knowingly, every other part i have can be reuse. I am thinking of also getting a EVGA 5 or 4 series card as my main card and using my 2 series as my designated Pshyx card. It will work better than doing a sli.
The only issue is that i am coming with many micro mobo for the new 1115 but i am finding mostly Micros at a smaller price and I am sorry, i hate Micros. Any suggestions?
I will definetely go with I7, why go for I5 or I3 when i kno for just a bit more i can get more for the buck with an I7.
I might upgrade my PSU to 1000.
I love my computer and everything is working amazing as it should. GW2 runs great at high settings with 35-40FPS.
But I am in the mood to do some upgrades. Just wondering what others like me who love to mess with computer will suggest.
Current specs:
Intel Q6700 2.67GHs – used to be OC but was getting too had, my room is a hot room too, even with 5 fans, after market and all, my temp was still mostly reaching 65C. So no risking it, unless i go liquid cooling which i wont, not for awhile.
5HDD, total of 5.5TB all WD 7200RPM, no SSD. Was thinking of buying one.
RAM: 8GB – DDR2 800 OCZ
MOBO: EVGA 780I
Windows 7 Ultimate 64X
GPU: EVGA 260GTX
PSU: 750 OCZ Sli Ready
Case: NZXT Blackline Red
I will be honest, at the moment, i see no need for I3, i5 or I7, so i wont be buying any of them so i could buy another MOBO and whole new ram. I am sticking with what i have which it still working pretty well.
As for grinding, no one likes to grind all the time (i mean, i shouldnt say no one, i guess some do, but grinding isnt really fun in itself.) Like the above player, i do enjoy a little grinding, but it shouldn’t even come close to being the thing i spend most of my time doing in a video game. I already have a job.
As for Colin, yes, ANet made a game that lets you play the way you want to. You can grind if you want to. Go ahead. No one is stopping you. I think the overall goal, however, is to remove that part of the game where the players whose actual circumstances allow them to grind all day long get a noticeable financial advantage for doing it.
Anti farm script stops players from grinding. I run into it routinely in 15 -30mins of playing. So no, I cant grind if I want to and yes ANET is stopping me. So…… based on the manifesto I should be able to get what I want in a fun and exciting way. What are my options? DEs? Welcome to DRs and essentially “grinding” DEs. WvWvW? Welcome to teleports, transfer spies, and typically one server completely dominating the maps to the point of camping outside the spawn areas to get their tokens. Dungeons? Wasnt there a cap on rewards just put in? Guess thats out. Just buy the crap off the TP? Hmmm if you dont buy gems > convert to gold > profit…… then how do you make money? You could play the TP mini game and flip items….. but wait ANET doesnt want us standing there doing the same thing over and over again.
See where this is going….. at this rate most of us got sold a lemon. So much for playing how we wanted to right.
I wish i had enough energy to respond to this properly…youre just too worried about making money and getting certain mats, instead of playing the game and having fun.
Dude, don’t play. GW2 will be fine without you.
I dont know about you. But to me, getting mats so i can craft and making money is part of my fun! and i bet many other.
I know what you are trying to say, but is not the problem that we want to cause, is like me, i like crafting, i like finding new recipes and hunting down the mats. That to me is fun and finally creating it, is cool. Even better selling it for good money after all the time i spend creating it.
As for grinding, no one likes to grind all the time (i mean, i shouldnt say no one, i guess some do, but grinding isnt really fun in itself.) Like the above player, i do enjoy a little grinding, but it shouldn’t even come close to being the thing i spend most of my time doing in a video game. I already have a job.
As for Colin, yes, ANet made a game that lets you play the way you want to. You can grind if you want to. Go ahead. No one is stopping you. I think the overall goal, however, is to remove that part of the game where the players whose actual circumstances allow them to grind all day long get a noticeable financial advantage for doing it.
Anti farm script stops players from grinding. I run into it routinely in 15 -30mins of playing. So no, I cant grind if I want to and yes ANET is stopping me. So…… based on the manifesto I should be able to get what I want in a fun and exciting way. What are my options? DEs? Welcome to DRs and essentially “grinding” DEs. WvWvW? Welcome to teleports, transfer spies, and typically one server completely dominating the maps to the point of camping outside the spawn areas to get their tokens. Dungeons? Wasnt there a cap on rewards just put in? Guess thats out. Just buy the crap off the TP? Hmmm if you dont buy gems > convert to gold > profit…… then how do you make money? You could play the TP mini game and flip items….. but wait ANET doesnt want us standing there doing the same thing over and over again.
See where this is going….. at this rate most of us got sold a lemon. So much for playing how we wanted to right.
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In hindsight its pretty kittenkitten to build a game where atleast 50% of it is based on killing monsters and taking their stuff, and then punishing players for …… killing monsters and taking their stuff.
You make a valid point; “so much to play how we want” when we are force to not do somethings.
Ok, well, this thread kinda move away just a bit. But is coming back. Yes, as one said, I think i saw other similar thread as this one. But is weird that is no direct answer from Anet, but i guess is fine. Is something we will learn as the game goes. As we all know the game still on is crawling phase. With more time, it will mature and be better to all. I just hope that mats stop becoming more expensive than the out come product after creation, because that to me makes no sense.
Is like seen rare weapons (yellow) go for silver. I though something of such rarity will go for more.
I guess you are right. They should change the name “rare” to either “no demand” or “too many”
The thing about rare weapons (yellow) is just that, they’re not rare. They’re all over the place. The game is overflowing with them. So of course they will sell for less to nothing. No demand = low price.
Ok, well, this thread kinda move away just a bit. But is coming back. Yes, as one said, I think i saw other similar thread as this one. But is weird that is no direct answer from Anet, but i guess is fine. Is something we will learn as the game goes. As we all know the game still on is crawling phase. With more time, it will mature and be better to all. I just hope that mats stop becoming more expensive than the out come product after creation, because that to me makes no sense.
Is like seen rare weapons (yellow) go for silver. I though something of such rarity will go for more.
Still low lvl to get any legendary weapon. But i am happy to see someone with the same thoughts as me.
I agree with this and its something that has annoyed me since time began and the fish crawled out of the sea… Rare items do not really seem that rare to me.. Although they are slightly rarer in GW2 than many other mmo i have seen.
I’m happy with the fact legendarys are real legendarys and take extraordinary measures to aquire. It would be quite puppy, err i mean kitten, to see loads of legendarys floating about..
I see why the stats are equal on weapons like legendarys compared to exotics, i see the thought proccess behind it but i dont agree with it tbh i prefer if they were a tiny bit stronger.
Ok, well, this thread kinda move away just a bit. But is coming back. Yes, as one said, I think i saw other similar thread as this one. But is weird that is no direct answer from Anet, but i guess is fine. Is something we will learn as the game goes. As we all know the game still on is crawling phase. With more time, it will mature and be better to all. I just hope that mats stop becoming more expensive than the out come product after creation, because that to me makes no sense.
Is like seen rare weapons (yellow) go for silver. I though something of such rarity will go for more.
Well I know grinding is not fun and neither i want to spend my whole time there when there are so many fun events occurring. But here is my situation again. I understand everything in regards to crafting tier, but i cant get to tier 2 when i need so many Rawhide leather and my luck is low. So far this whole time i have played i have gather like 125 of them. Thats not just drops, thats also savaging. So whats happening? I am currently lvl 45 with a leatherwork 41 and hunstman 39 because i need so many of something. So i am moving up in lvl but my crafting is staying behind. Also, i have gather many of 75+ skill required mats that i cant yet use. So i kinda have a dilemma here, as small as it might be.
My other option is buying them in TP. But i dont want to. Yes i do sell any other i dont use, but at the same token i dont really pick what i dont need. Like cooking, i care little for it so i walk by any of the gathering. So, if the drop rate just got raise a bit things will be different for me. But my luck also sux.
@phanmc
So i can stay in the same map, just move up and down. Start from the top, kill as you go, reach the bottom and move back up. Doing this will prevent the script from kickin in?
@Voltic
So which though,, i feel like having a monthly fee will be better. becuase been “force” (to does who will say otherwise) the reason i use force is because i like crafting, its another way to make sure the game does not end. But having to spend money to get gold for mats it ruins the fun for me. Specially when the game is supposed to give you a freedom from monthly fees.
And by zone, do you mean the whole map or just that small area?
I love me some space. What is wrong with Hording? One day someone will truly need it and i came make bank.
Ok, so we all know about this. So here is my issues as many have, which I am hoping I am not the only one. This Anti-farming script is a killer when looking for any mats. I know we have TP but with how much work it takes to make money and how much some things cost, is kinda not worth to use. I tried looking for specific mats, but after awhile all i get are craps and the drop rates are just horrible. I will get like 1-5 Rawhide Leather scraps in a hour. But a bunch of trophy.
So the question is, when does the Anti-farming kicks in? how to stop it? meaning, what should i do? move location? But when will i know it has kicked in? Any other suggestion in regards to getting mats. I just hope the dev raise the drop rate just a bit more. It just suck that i will spend about 5silver getting mats and the created products sells for cooper. That is ridiculous.
Update on error code 7:11:3:189:101 Please
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Posted by: dragonfire.4638
There is a thread already here, i do not know if you guys read it. I bought the game since the one and never had an issue. It wasnt until Sunday of this week 9/16/12 that error 7 started to happened to me. Meaning 2 weeks after the game that i already installed and have been playing. Nothing ever was change in my computer. So, I looked in here and found this thread.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/error-code-7-11-3-189-101/page/2
The winsoc reset, i will say that worked. I did that, restarted my computer (did this on Wednesday 9/19/12) and since them i have not gotten any error 7.
I still did not change any of my routers setting or opened any port. Just did winsoc reset and is working fine for me.
thank you to all.
@Greyfield – can i say how beautiful said that was? well put and trust me gave me a huge input on everything i was missing.
@Rouven – trust me, both i do for that reason, especially those coins i get, what are they for? i do not know?
@Gemmi – you are right with crafting. it takes lots of money. Due to that i prefer grinding, but lets not forget the game was created with preventing grinding, so after a bit all i get are junk drops.
With so many things selling at below vendor prices after TP listing costs, would it be better to vendor the items or to salvage the items for their mats?
I am with you. For me it has being difficult to sell a lot in TP. Reason per say is due to many selling the same item for just 1c over vendor price. Where i will try to sell it for at least 8-10c about so i can make something and it still reasonable price. I hate having to either sell for same price, because cant go lower, the game wont let me and too high no one will buy.
I’m not rolling in money, but what I tend to do is complete a zone, and all events as I come across them. I generally vendor all Blue and Green drops that are not upgrades for the character I am on. I salvage white drops, and yellows I either sell or dump into the mystic forge in an attempt at something I can use depending on the mood I am in.
I have been able to buy the training manuals at each bracket without going broke, and have used some money frivolously on dyes, and crafting components to try to keep my crafting caught up with my toon (leatherworking and jewelcrafting).
I also will tend to travel on foot within a zone rather than using the waypoint system heavily, the exception being going to and from Lion’s Arch from whatever zone I am leveling in. This reduces the money I am spending on travel, and also means I kill more mobs in transit and possibly come across more events.
I add some good points here:
1. walked instead of travel – i do walked, but if i am going from here to here in the same zone and there is a bit of distance i get a little anxious due to the massive map lol and travel. And i know the higher lvl i am the more it cost.
2. Selling white/blues. Must blue armor/weapons, i tend to place them in AH instead of directly selling them to vendor. Guess thats not working much. I do lots of salvaging when it comes to white. Heck, still behind my leatherworking/huntsman.
3. Back to zone, i do completely everything within an zone and tried to do as much events as possible, some ill be honest skip, like collect this and that. If i did it and it wasnt much fun and i am travelin by it, i will skip it the next time.
Now, first of all, i want to keep this civil. I know some of you are extremely lucky or just that good (or has that much time in your hand). Since the game came out, i have being playing about 1-2 hours a day, and it was not until Sunday this week when i finally hit 1g. But pretty much lost much in an incident bet, (my fault here). But where i am getting at is, what is there to do that obtain a lot of money fast?
I am lvl 36, i have been doing everything within a zone. I have place any item i sell in BLT at competitive prices, and kill many mobs, barely any drop and if they do is always less than 15c.
What do you guys do to earn money? Crafting is been difficult for me getting lucky find drops for mats. I have Hunstman and leatherworking (have another thread in regards to that). So What exactly are the best option to earn money? Doing events, or anything else at most you get from 1.5s or less.
Yea pets cant keep aggro. And my da** bear picks up a fight with everyone even those who i am not fighting with. Stupid bears.
holy stuff, there is so much in regards to thus kinda games lol. it hurts my brain lol.
I am a level 33 Ranger, mainly doing solo exploration, and have been using almost exclusively a Longbow as my main weapon. I have tried all the weapon combination and currently have a Shortbow in the second weapon slot. I carry around a greatsword, sword, horn, torch, axe and dagger, but rarely use them.
For the Longbow to be effective, you need to use it in conjunction with other things.
Here is my usual approach:
1- get within range of mob
2- set a trap (spike or viper)
3- fire Hunters Shot to place vulnerability condition and boost pet speed
4- send pet to attack
5- start rapid fire, if mob advances, kite so mob triggers trap
7- fire the push back shot and send pet to attack again.Most mobs are dead by now, if not then repeat the cycle, using the trap you did not use the first time.
If I’m feeling good, I’ll pull a couple of mobs at once with an initial Barrage shot to get their attention, and draw them onto pre-set traps, then pick them off using the above.
Longbow is not a one-shot, insta-kill. You need to work though the cycle and use your pet and traps.
Thats not a bad idea when it comes to traps. The only issues is that i have to either come in close or kite the mobs to tricker the trap. For that matter, i use them only when they come close to me, especially fire traps. Right after i use push back attack. and rapid fire to use the current fire to burn them.
Wow i did not know there was such a different between short and long bow. I will search for a short bow. As said, i have not being lucky with bow drops. I think thru all my runs, i have had 5 bow drops.
Also, i should stop using my sword/dagger and switch to axe and warhorn? Ok, i will give it a try. I really did and still enjoy the whole sword/dagger experience. As said, with them i am able to kill multiple monsters at the same time with no worries. But i will search for a good Axe and Warhorn.
Also, i will check my build. What do you guy recommend when it comes to Traits. I have being working on Marksmanship and Wilderness Survival, and a few points on Skirmish and Beastmastery. I will also check my outfit/armor/jewelry.
So here is either a minor or just my problem. Do not know what i am doing wrong. I am a lvl 33 Ranger. I have a lvl 29 bow, for some reason to me, getting any bow drops is like finding a needle in a hays stack. Seriously, i can get any other weapon but never/barely a bow. So here are my issues, I am using a Long Bow, when attacking with my bow, i did little damage, takes a good time to kill the mob. I pretty much start with the following Hunters Shot, then Rapid Fire, and auto Long Rage Shot. The other 2 are only when truly needed.
However, if I use my 2nd weapons, one handed sword lvl 31 green, 1 dagger lvl 30 blue. I can kill my mob in just seconds. I can truly get like 5 mobs at the same time and kill them all in no time with barely getting touch.
Why is this possible? how can i be a ranger but do more damager with my sword/dagger than my bow?
And what should i be working with when it comes to stats? Power? Vitality? healing? condition damage? Precision? any other just do not make sense for me. I do have more power and precision since i think it will be better for me. And the same for Traits.
Sorry for the long post. Just wanted to be clear.
Right. I thought the same button doing wrong things was the problem, then the fix should do it, but I agree that loot all would be great, such as an option to all colectible materials to go directly to bank!!! All the time I have to go to my inventory because its full of scales, fangs, vials and others stuff that is just to ->go to inventory -> send them to bank -> continue looting.
I like your idea. My bags get full easily just picking up mats, which seems that drops the most, but weird that i mostly get drops for higher lvl when i am still fighting to get pass where i am. But the F button those get annoying. To me, it will be when many mobs lay next to each other. I cant click on any other unless i unclick from the firs choice and then is a pain to click on others due to their proximity to each other. That fix will help me.
Ok cool, i will give Discovery a swirl, maybe it will help me doing some much grinding/farming for mats by trying to use the current recipes.
leather should be as easy to farm as ore is to farm…
IE put the stuff on mobs at a higher drop equal to how many ores are in the zone…
for example: if i am able to farm up 25 ores in a single zone in under 30mins, i should be able to kill mobs in that same zone for 30mins and also get 25 leather (or scraps that will give me 25 leather)…
If that’s an idea you are giving, that will be great. Because the truth is that is not true at the moment. Right now, I just finished reading a thread that says anyone grinding/farming for too long the drops rate and loot quality will be reduce to prevent any botting or any of that matter. If this is true, then this sucks.
Also, how does Discovery actually work? i am reading many threads in regards to it but no one really explains how it works or what i should be doing?
In Caledon Forest, the Bandits give up a good amount of leather scraps in the bags they drop. Also the Drakes in the lake areas drop leather scraps. I have not found Caledon Forest to be a great place for leather drops.
I’d move to Queensdale and farm the Bandits and Centaurs for leather.
The bandits, ohh those bandits Scotta Bandits, I was there on Tuesday, 3 hours, got 46 bags of goods and like 15 bags of something else, not one had a leather. Did have a lot and i mean a lot of cooking mats. How much luck is that? lol
At Vakarisj, I know what you mean, so much mats and I am only still at lvl 23. Now, Kal2376, i have savage, white, blue and green all kinds of armor, and mostly either i get some type or ore or jute scraps, which i need but i get lucky. At most i get Ore. I know what GW2 means now by having no need for profession. It is extremely difficult. Again, it might be only me, I might be just looking/farming the wrong areas. There is no truly yet website that has an accurate mob names with drop rates/location. But though, some people could have suffered my pain and have found some cure.
So I am trying to lvl up both my leatherworking and huntsman profession. But, for some reason it has being difficult for me to obtain the mats unless I buy them, which cost some good money. I started on Caledon Forest as a Sylvari and I want to know where and what should mobs should I be farming? I do know all and if not most of the mats do not drop directly but mostly savaging items which I have being doing. But for example Rawhide Leather sections, i have only found 6 after nearly 4 hours. Do know right now I am lvl 27, so i went to Brisban Wildands and I am farming there Lurke and Boar but at most all i can get are Tiny claws. I did get like 4 Tattered Hide which savages to rawhide leather. But I am still having difficulties getting that one good location.
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance.