Guild Wars 2

joneirikb.7506:

mXz.4512:

I want the clothes that I bought with hard earned dollars back :\ best part about them being individual pieces were mix-matching. I want that back. Tonic clothing is just a rip off.

I do agree, in the same ship.

But that is one thing it seems pretty clear we’re not getting back.

But they might be willing to make some of the sets into outfits, so we at least can get away from the tonic stuff (so no 15 min duration, no locking out skills, and we can at least dye them).

Mix and matching was/is one of the best parts they’ve been slowly taking away the past couple years. I’d pass on more outfits as well. If they don’t want to offer those options, don’t give them out and tease about it by releasing it then removing it or you’ll get lashbacks like these.

I want the clothes that I bought with hard earned dollars back :\ best part about them being individual pieces were mix-matching. I want that back. Tonic clothing is just a rip off.

They won’t make an income if they don’t provide their playerbase with options. So it isn’t reasonable to request this. You may as well ask Anet to stop making content altogether.

And as already said, to each their own. It’s impossible to cater to everyones likes and wants.

Perhaps if they’d add more options to male voice overs, I’d be more inclined to make male characters. I’d even throw more cash at more available options, but I don’t see that ever happening.

Male toons have seemingly more bulky and oversized shoulder armor. For my taste anyway, and I’m not a fan of the male voice either. So it’s either a female model or other racial toon for me.

I’ll just leave this here for these overly used excuses for not having capes after ~5 years.

Djinn.9245:

circuitnerd.5863:

So daily login rewards started Dec. 14th, 2014. And in that time we have currently received approximately 136 Chests of Black Lion Goods. And not once have I ever obtained a Black Lion Key from them. I’ve gotten every single other item multiple times except a key. Something is super fishy here. I’m not complaining about getting free rewards just for logging in. It’s the principle of the thing. It’s clearly tailored to be a very rare drop. IMO there should be an even chance among all the items. To see a list of what the chest can contain you can go to the wiki page if anyone is interested in that.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Chest_of_Black_Lion_Goods

For the past 2 years I have been logging in 6/7 days per week and I have never received a key. Can anyone say for certain that they received a key from one of these chests?

A guildy of mine just pinged one in our guildchat approx 1-2 mins after the reset last night. And I’ve only got 1 since they’ve implemented the system, but ages ago now.

You already got your “wish” granted with mounts, be happy. We don’t need wow copies, thanks. I spent money buying Gw2, not Wow2.

And as mentioned in another thread, WoW/Blizz devs supposedly regretted adding flying mounts to their game.

Pretty much as already said, all they get are the “souvenirs”, but really how meaningful are those when they couldn’t experience all the skirmishes and boss fights and go through the story as all the vets who were around during Scarlet’s tantrum?

It’s likely just another old item to them while to us it’s memorabilia from S1. And till they can remake S1 with all fights/episodes, that gap will always be there.

There is a mute toggle, it’s already on your pc. Then the sliders to tone down your graphics via settings. The engi is fine, eversince they toned all the skills and effects down ALOT, the engi only seemed subpar from there, till now.

5 years, almost 6 after launch, and well into 2017 and a little over half towards 2018 and there’s no capability for capes/cloaks. Before people start using race character models, coding; I heard it all countless times since gw2 launch.

The whole clipping argument now, still being used is extremely weak and obsolete. It’s like so many people who were and still against mounts, yet what’s coming in PoF?
And even though legendary armor is anatomically more straightfoward to design from head to feet, there’s still all the moving parts of the set. All those “bells and whistles” and no one can still wrap their head around creating racial cloaks. Smh.

Clipping issues have been the least of anyones problems since sets of armor released that even clip itself, yet everyone’s still clinging to it. I never cared about clipping, find an alternative if it bothers you enough. And who ever said any armor or backpiece, cloaks included were a one size fits all? Sylvari can’t even wear orchid racial chest armor without clipping the meow out of every existing backpeice. Try it and see for yourself.

Bat Wings, especially if you’re going for specific looks/styles. The raven glider’s nice, but isn’t a one-theme-fit-all and matching a relevant backpack isn’t too hard.

It would be nice if the bat wings both backpack and glider were dyeable though.

Same, some of the nights I have time to log on and perhaps get some dailies in, I experience some heavy lag, skill lag and d/c’s. And with the available time I have left nowadays that’s upsetting. Without all the interruptions, it plays nice otherwise nearly unplayable.

A few people in guild seem oblivious to all the lag and d/c’s I’m getting and it’s only been getting worse the past month. And (EST) timezone.

I’ll decide if I like any of ‘em once I get to try them out. Till then, I reserve my critiques on any of ’em. Tryin to stay optimistic that the classes I’m interested in going for are well made though.

It does leave a sour taste that pvp and wvw are the only two ways to test them out though. >_> Like many people I detest pvp, I don’t mind wvw, but roaming solo is usually a death sentence.

I’m still trying to find the Scourge NPC, I ran into the Holosmith and I believe the mesmer as well. But I was hoping to see some attacks/animations from the scourge.

Perma bans would be the only best solution with deniable refunds if found using such programs. Dunno why Anets been looking the other way and allowing it lately.

It’s sad, I’ll either have to look for around for another game if this will be the normal way groups are formed for fractals or anything anymore. But then it’s been going down hill for a couple years now.

I’m kinda hoping they see this post and remember about it and utilize it/turn it into an entry port like how the locked doors at Divinity’s Reach into Doric Lake was done.

And iirc access is only granted by Jenna or Captain Samuelsson, but it’d likely be by Jenna herself along the lines of “As times have grown dire with current situations, I, Queen Jenna grant access to (Commander) and company to pass through the desert gates.”

“This gate’s closed for the security of Ebonhawke. I can’t let anyone pass without orders from Captain Samuelsson or Queen Jennah herself.”

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Desert_Gate_Guard

Celtic Lady.3729:

ElectricGoat.8253:

Is there any form of walking way to get to the new PoF map. Preferably with tons of mobs for me to kill along the way.

I doubt we can walk there since it’s on the other side of the sea, right?

Will there be PoF masteries specifically or will we be able to get the mounts using the current mastery system (HoT)? I have some HoT points left over that would be nice to use in PoF…

He might be referring to the guarded gate that leads to the Crystal Desert via Fields of Ruin. Still, even if it were possible/allowed, any other body of water would cut off progress getting there.

Astralporing.1957:

That’s because of “Charrmanders”, i guess. Charrs are cats after all.

This might be why they went ca/t/mander as opposed to charrmander.

Deadeye
Scourge
Spellbreaker
Holosmith
Weaver
Mirage
Soulbeast

Haven’t decided about regearing my guard or rev anytime soon just yet. But mostly just to try and get a feel for each spec before committing to 2-3.

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

“Default reset” isn’t at all useful to me. I can just restart the process to go back to default.

What I’d rather have is what BDO (and other games have) which is “save my current state”. So I can see if I like a variation better and, if I don’t, return to where I was; I have no interest in starting over.

Because unless you start a completely new character, all those little sliders on the total makeover kits don’t reset. They never did for me anyways.

Hey,

I’m not sure if anyone’s bothered to suggest this idea yet, but it would be a big help and time saver if there was a default reset [button] somewhere on the character creation OR Total Makeover Kits to reset all gender/physical/head/hair/facial sliders.

Why there isn’t one already from the time it was first introduced is beyond me and really seems like a complete oversight. But it would be a big time saver and much needed QoL function to an already helpful item.

As a possible addition, perhaps a [Save as Default] button that saves a current face/makeover setting until you override it back to default by manually set settings to default and saving over.

Aside from that, I’d be content with just having a Default Reset button instead of having to go to each individual slider and setting it back and spending ~10mins + just to restart on all sliders.

Anyone else agree?

None, just 9 new elite specs. 1 for each of the 9 existing classes.

Just another fanboy /facepalm moment, let them dwell in their ignorance and blizz – I mean bliss and move on.

Djinn.9245:

Abakk.9176:

If GW2 devs stripped and copied every feature in WoW and introduced it in their own game, it still wouldn’t be WoW.

If they completely destroy the entire leveling process because ‘hurr endgame durr’, THEN it will be like WoW.

Anet already did that. They destroyed the leveling process starting with Tomes of Knowledge and Birthday scrolls and finished with the New Player Experience and 80 boosts.

Level progression still exists, do you still see hearts and events in-game giving experience? Do you see a window prompting and forcing you to use that 80 Boost right as you finish creating a character? Since most people already have countless quantities of tomes, they remove them because so many people complained they’re useless. And arguably to urge people to actually play the game how it was designed.

Sure 1-80 is a chore after the first dozen times x2, x3, x4. And EXP boosters are still in game if needed. That ‘80-Boost’ is only a 1 time convenience option for new and old players, giving new players a slight chance to catch up with many of us who’s been here for years, and old players who tire of having to go through the story a 40th time.

If you have countless tomes, cool beans, no one’s forcing you to use them. If you pre-purchased PoF and got the 80-boost, again, no one’s forcing you to use it. Play the game zone by zone and progress the standard way if you want. Point being, no one’s telling you how to play, this game still differs from many other MMO’s by offering players choices, options and free will to play how they want. But there’s also other MMO’s that do the similar old level progression by killing mobs and getting exp per kill.

I haven’t yet seen or heard of a game that forces it upon the player to jump from 1 to 80 just to be able to play any current content.

Dylox.4653:

mXz.4512:

lighter.2708:

you can return to the jungle any time you want if you bought HoT

This. If you want access to it, simply buy it. Many other people did and it’s far cheaper than when it released. You’d be saving a lot more now than if you bought it upon pre-purchase or shortly after release. If you aren’t bothered about it, that’s your call.

I think this thread is more about the fact that the story can never go back to the jungle… the story has to have some reasons to NOT go into the jungle each time when going there would make sense…

Sadly im very bad in giving good examples. But stuff like the caladbolg quest where you have to go to orr wouldnt work, if you would need to go to the jungle.

Im very curious how they will handle the aurene stuff, since she is in the jungle… they have to move her into the desert and even then i think we should escort her from the jungle into the desert. But this isnt possible because everyone without HoT would be stuck at that story step.

Even if you were to look at it from a story aspect, as Mordy lies dead, there wouldn’t be any need to go back except to cull his mordrem minions (not sylvari). But it isn’t like they have access to working airships. And they were all compelled to attack by Mord to begin with. So again, we’ve cut the head off the snake and it’s time to deal with a bigger problem.

So if you have HoT and decide to go back, go for it. Story-wise, it’s not where we’re all going next so unless you linger there just to farm mats or finish collections and waiting for the expansion, there really isn’t anything else story-wise keeping anyone there.

lighter.2708:

you can return to the jungle any time you want if you bought HoT

This. If you want access to it, simply buy it. Many other people did and it’s far cheaper than when it released. You’d be saving a lot more now than if you bought it upon pre-purchase or shortly after release. If you aren’t bothered about it, that’s your call.

Since we’re all speculating, might as well post this potential thief + rifle prophecy class vid here. Even though under a different name and initially as an april fools joke…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR2Esy83MQ0

Of the 9 classes, lately I’ve enjoyed playing mesmer/ranger (both mains), warrior, necro and engi. I’m getting my thief ready, but as I’ve already got 1 of each ascended set; it’s not too bad swapping out whenever. But I do have all 9 to pick from with that extra 80-boost on hand.

But as already said, experiment/play around and find your play style. See which class appeals to you most and continue getting comfortable with it. Even try playing around with it for more diversity. After you’re comfortable with a class, naturally the next thing is to mix things up.

People getting hyped about the new expansion’s cool ‘n all, but no one needs to be making assumptions or making claims about what they think is true about how new exp mechanics are going to be before the game even releases. It’s virtually impossible to tell.
(time travel does not exist… yet.)

Theorizing and speculating is fine but solely on what’s already been revealed to us, and guessing to an extent.

Spellbreaker does reminds me of the Neverwinter Nights 2 (not online) warrior/fighter prestige class (same as elite spec), Invisible Blade – wields 2 daggers, just as the spell breaker does. So indeed I am pretty excited to see how it’ll play.

For those who may be curious how similar they are.
Invisible Blade: http://nwn2.wikia.com/wiki/Invisible_Blade

I’ve played gw1, and gw2 since launch but I’ve never gone as far as to ask anything for “free”. Come on now, get real. You should know better that nothing is ever for free.
That’s something that everyone should’ve learned growing up.

The whole post portrays nothing but complete entitlement. Smh…

Agree, my ranger’s lovin her new style
very well done anet, much kudos.

Hello, after doing part of One Path Ends of S3, encountering the shining blade members and going through the ritual kind of raised more thoughts and questions.

I looked through the lore of the shining blades, and saw many/or all of its members are human. Yet, if you play as a different race in-game, does that imply they’re open to recruit the commander (your character) regardless of race? I just think it’d be neat to see the organization being multi-racial and follow a higher fellowship and duty of other races willing to protect the leader/human queen like the Vigil in a sense, but a more elite force.

But TLDR: Do the Shining Blades restrict recruiting strictly to humans, or are they open to anyone who’s willing (regardless of race) and prove able to successfully pass trials/the joining process?

I’m still up for an eternity reskin like that. Sunrise/Twilight interval swapping is cool ’n all, but a new skin that depicts aspects of each sword in one (at the same time) seems more appropriate.

Though I like that new skin a lot, seeing the sun rise and set would also be nice/fitting to see. Light and darkness in an eternal cycle instead of 2 different swords repeatedly changing back and forth according to time of day.

No thanks. /15chars

Meta = mainstream, don’t like it? Fine. No one’s holding a knife to your throat or threatening litigation against you if you choose not to follow it.

It works for some people, some people hate it, no one thing fits all preferences. Do whatever.

I’d like a lot of new things too, but would I rather buy them? no. I actually enjoy playing the game and investing time to earn them. Only down side right now is I have a scarcity of free time due to demanding work hours.

It’s all called progress, a little bit each day. It’s no different than getting a child a new toy, sure he’ll like it for awhile, but grow bored of it eventually. Don’t be him.

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

mXz.4512:

“Buying” just seems like it only adds and promotes to more cash grabbing. I’d have to say no to ‘buying’ sorry.

What cash is being grabbed by this? And from whom?

Not the point. Surely you don’t think it’s much effort to take a new toon through a new map and run from one waypoint to another?

Then someone else comes along and buys all the waypoints you took the time to get to. Assuming the OP is wanting an option through the gemstore to unlock waypoints, then yes that would be just another cheap QoL gimmick to get people to unlock maps.

I’ll pass.

Ithilwen.1529:

That was a nice attempt on the preemptive argument. I have 100% map completion, multiple times. It’s really not that hard and I’d be annoyed if someone were allowed to simply buy the achievement.

Likewise, it’s similarly redundant as having the game play itself. Paying for pre-geared characters, paying for levels, etc. If that’s the whole point, then really why bother playing at all?

As I mentioned in another topic, most maps aren’t even that hard to go through. Tedious with mobs, sure, but that’s the extent of it.

Behellagh.1468:

mXz.4512:

“Buying” just seems like it only adds and promotes to more cash grabbing. I’d have to say no to ‘buying’ sorry.

Come off it, it’s simply something else to spend map currency on. And you can’t buy map currency, you can only earn it yourself so how can it be a “cash grab”?

You cannot pay someone map currency for dungeons, JPs, a carry through raids. Gold and specifically gems > gold comes more into mind. So yea, most people would prefer gold for services as opposed to currency you can’t send to one another.

And unless it’s a map like TD, these maps aren’t even that hard or tedious to navigate.
Trying to buy your way through game content is still a big definitive no from me.

It’s also very easy to ask around if anyone has ’ x ’ waypoint, provided you have a spare ‘Teleport to Friend’. Otherwise running to said location (with someone higher levels improves your survival) is your only option.

“Buying” just seems like it only adds and promotes to more cash grabbing. I’d have to say no to ‘buying’ sorry.

It’s quite simple, choose a theme you’d like to base your character around
(cosmos, lightning/thunder god, frost, he||fires, etc…) and go with a weapon that best fits that theme to you.

Only after you’ve narrowed it down, should you ask someone “which fits better?”

Cirian.8917:

I saw Livia using Fragility in the story insances. That’s an old Guild Wars 1 mesmer hex, which is interesting because she’s dressed like a guardian, casting mesmer spells, while was originally a necromancer. She’s just that pro.

Odd reminder of Trahearne through the PS, lol. Necro > Guardian > Necro > Guardian.

Moonlit.6421:

mXz.4512:

Wait long enough and there’ll be mesmers willing or charging fees to port to the end, unless Anet’s addressed that little “breach of effort”.

Actually there already are. I personally have already ported over 70 people up through all the checkpoints by parking 5 of my mesmers there, and I’ve seen 2 other mesmers/ guilds doing the same thing. Based on what i’ve seen thus far none of us have charged any fee either, so I guess its just about who gets lucky enough to be on when a willing mesmer appears lol.

That’s good to know, I’ll likely be going for the trinket in the near future as well. I’m bloody tired of either the continuous grind of map currency just to get another copy of a trinket or having to find where and which character I last put my 2 sets of trinkets.

^
Yep, just as any legendary backpeice(s).

Wait long enough and there’ll be mesmers willing or charging fees to port to the end, unless Anet’s addressed that little “breach of effort”.

Technically the mats only require time as they can be earned or farmed. The 2k gold is just temptation and an option that solely depends how long you’re willing to wait to make it.

Only things you’d need are free time and patience. But of course, if you can’t wait, and want it now now now, then fork over the 2k.

Squee.7829:

Enjoy the thread now, because it won’t be long before we get dozens of posts saying “I figured it out in 3 minutes because I’m amazing!” Followed by chastising remarks about hand holding.

Generally, though, this games community is helpful and it’s awesome.

I’d only believe the first person within 4 hours of the update/new content actually saying that. Anyone else, I’d just shrug and say.. “and there’s yet another lie.”

Mad Memoires and Mad Memoires: Complete Edition, still waiting for the event to get these again.

Got them both during halloween 2012, but since they were soulbound and bank/character space was limited, they’re gone now. And got nothing to even show for that I infact had them. So being able to get them again would be nice.

It’s a nice legendary, and I’d say go for it but don’t rush it. Do parts of the collection at a time because it does get to be a chore if you try and hurry through it. The first 2 collection tiers are more like sinks as with any legend with a collection, the 3rd and 4th tier are more interesting.

Some parts of it are time and event gated like any other legendary with a collection, so like I said don’t expect to be able to hurry through it. It’s worth it when you finish it though.

Made my own and don’t regret it. Of the 3 original HoT legends I have HOPE and Astralaria, workin on Nevermore, Flames of War and the new Shining Blade sword.