Guild Wars 2

HoT has been an awesome expansion so far. I appreciate that you dropped the grind for the elite specializations, but even without I found it fun to work towards unlocking my elite specialization.

As a casual the content in here is going to keep me busy for the next year, so if you want to take your time to polish out the next content drop, please do so.

Thank you ArenaNet for making this an amazing game.

I have been flying around the map but I haven’t seen any updrafts as well. I was looking forwards to it as I finally unlocked the Mastery for updrafts last night.

Please increase the damage on Deathly Chill.
One of the build ideas I had going into the Reaper was a Chill build and I was quite disappointed to see that the chill damage is so low, especially as it does not stack.

In my opinion Deathly Chill should be at least half as strong as the damage from the Terror trait in order to be a viable trait.

Also for the reaper #2 skill, would it be possible to make it so that you pull enemies a bit as you move through them or hit them a few times as you move through them? I found that I kept missing or only getting 1 hit when I used this skill on 1-2 enemies. It might have been a positioning issue on my end, but if I’m going to move through an opponent spinning a scythe, I expect to get in a few hits.

Boxed Editions are also nice as you can put the box on display !!

http://buy.guildwars2.com/store/gw2/en_US/html/pbPage.heartofthorns?_ga=1.95486485.888080238.1391566006

Will there be any boxed editions of the expansion ?

I definitely want to pick up a Collector’s Edition with an Art Book if it comes out.

I’m also creating my own spreadsheet to calculate the expected damage. However using the formula on the wiki seems to be giving me a somewhat different result from what it shows in-game.

Having an API or some kind of data dump with current values would be greatly appreciated. Especially because I’m determined to find an alternative build to the popular Berserker builds. The new Sinister stats look promising.

LOL I had this same problem with the legendary executioner. I spent a full week hanging around amber sandfall trying to get it. Then one day just as I logged in for a few minutes before heading to class, I saw the Executioner.

I’ve seen the annihilator called out on map chat a couple of times this week so I know that it does spawn. You probably are just having a case of bad luck. Keep playing and it will eventually spawn while you are on.

Species: Sylvari
Gender: Male
Class: Light Armor
Profession: Necromancer
Item: Cabalist Hood skin (this is a transmuted item which is why I’m only listing the skin)
Issue: clipping ? an odd piece of graphic appears over a small section of the character’s face, only when entering combat stance
Description: So while taking screenshots I noticed that when I press ‘shift’ and pull out my weapon, a small piece of cloth extends just above my characters one eye. As far as I can tell this serves no real purpose and looks very odd, so I think it is a bug.
This graphic is only visible as long as I have my weapon out, when I put away my weapon it disappears.

of the above suggestions Rush is the one I really feel needs to be fixed.

While it is useful for running to a target a great distance away. However if they are within the range of the attack there will usually be a second or two lag while the skill finishes its ‘run’ duration before attacking the target.

In PvP it is the worst move you can use as it leaves you wide open for a few seconds.

Even in PVE it is a very laggy attack. i can be standing a few feet from an opponent and continuing to rush at them for another couple of seconds before the skills finishes up.

It really needs method of ending early or canceling the attack via any other skills.

I know people are asking for a guild hall, but for now the ability to invite your guildmates…. a number greater than 4 into your home instance would also be good.

To simplify some of the comments made earlier:

ArenaNet is a company with employees. Employees who need money to live. To earn money, their game has to generate revenue. This means folks have to spend real world money on the gemstore. Because in-game gold/gems counts for nothing in the real world.

As the gold exchange rate goes up people are more inclined to spend real world money to get the items on the gem store. This is great as those items are not really necessary but are more like rewards for those who donate money to ArenaNet. If you are desperate to get that extra bank tab or any other gemstore item. But don’t have the RL money for it, you can just put in the extra effort to farm for that gold. For those of you who are complaining that it is too expensive and are too lazy to do any gold farming…. Well that is your fault, don’t blame ArenaNet.

Overall I’m fine with the Exchange rate increasing as long as it hits a roof at one point. If it ever becomes 100 gold per 100 gems then you know that the gem value has inflated too much.

Personally I’ve limited my self to spending $10 per 2 months on the gemstore. This way it feels like a very cheap subscription, but I still get the special items/character tabs. But I don’t feel ripped off or guilty about anything. I also feel good cause I know I’m donating money to ArenaNet so that they can keep the game going and make an awesome living story update next time.

Ah that is too bad. I was really looking forwards to using this helm….

So a friend of mine got their Dragon helms via the bug in Lion’s Arch. And she linked it so that I could preview it.

When I previewed I noticed that My Norn’s Beard was missing and he looked awful. Please fix the beard thing So I can wear the Helm with Pride when I get it.

My character is a Norn Warrior Male on the Tarnished Coast Server.

I love the rest of Dragon-bash. Keep it up ArenaNet.

thanks,
-Heavyscythe

P.S. I couldn’t find any other threads with this issue. but if there is one could a moderator please merge my thread with it.

This is actually a bad idea. A WvW cup encourages people to join on servers that already have a greater WvW presence than one that doesn’t. As such servers become more unbalanced in WvW.

If there are rewards from winning a Cup this furthur encourages people to leave behind lower population servers, which breaks up communities and is overall bad for the game.

ArenaNet needs to get more people to the lower population servers not the other way around.

Sunken Shell of Water is inside the wielder’s body!

I recently completed the Ossuary of Unquiet Dead personal story event and I was previewing the possible rewards before selecting one.
I then notice that the ‘Sunken Shell of Water’ was inside my Warrior’s arm when wielding and inside his skin when stored.

I have a Norn Male Warrior lvl 80.
The issue is with the "Sunken Shell of Water’ shield reward from Ossuary of Unquiet Dead Personal Story event.

I too have noticed this bug on my Mesmer. I have yet to get a single hit from my spear attacks.

I don’t understand the complaint that is there against this event. So far I’m enjoying the event thoroughly.

The mini pets are a challenge but that is what makes them fun. So far I’m playing the Snowball PvP just because it is fun. I loved the detail that was put into Tixx’s workshop(the models of each of the races homes), I always wanted to play around in Santa’s workshop as a kid and now, in a way, I can. I haven’t tried the choir yet but I’m sure it will be fun too.

So thanks Arenanet for an awesome wintersday.

It is near the portal to Queensdale. I think the Dwayna Waypoint was the nearest waypoint.

Seriously I don’t get why people are so angry about new content being released.

If this update came 3 months from now we would be celebrating but instead we are complaining. All Areanet has done is keep things fresh by giving us things to work towards.

I am a casual player with only 1 lvl 80 character and 2 alts below 30 yet I find the challenge appealing. I’m not the type of player who skips straight to end game I spend most of my time playing through each level range of the game.

Considering the number of lvl 80 players with exotic or legendary armors that already exist, this update only gives players more activities to spend time on rather than getting bored and leaving as soon as they get to 80 and get 100% map completion.

The only people who would really worry about this new tier level are those who spend a lot of time in PvP and all it does in that case is to give people a bit more variety in opponents, instead of several opponents with the exact same equipment sets.

It also makes it so you have to challenge yourself to keep up with the new tier. The reason games are fun is because they are challenging, what is the point of a game that gives you everything with little effort on your part.

A new tier level just keeps the game interesting, if you want to continue to get the legendary instead of the new tier that is fine. But if you want to keep up with the rest of the players you should work towards getting the new tier equipment.

I play on Eradon Terrace and i’m a big fan of wvw however I’m struggling to find a consistent group of people to play with.

I’ve been part of two guilds so far who have done nothing but recruit new members.

So could someone please recruit me to a proper ACTIVE WvW guild on the Eradon Terrace Server.