Guild Wars 2

Tangled Depths. Hate it with every fiber of my being. Some areas actually make me nauseous. Strangely though Draconis does s not make me nauseous. I can tolerate it better.

Crovax.7854:

melodyca.8921:

Dwaynas Avatar.1562:

Shinzan.2908:

Content should be designed with the majority of players in mind, achievements only 1% of people can get would be dumb and a waste of design time in my opinion.

I think the ones we are getting are fine.

This 1% we are talking about is most likely playing the game more than the other 99%.
If anet isn’t allowed to make content for this 1%, then there shouldn’t be legendarys in the game and no 50 fractals…
Everyone should have a little bit love, even if it’s only this 1%…

Your basically saying that Anet should cater to the Elitists and screw everyone else over.

And when that happens…you will start to see people leave in droves.

No, he’s saying they should create a rewarding experience with challenges inspire people to improve. I realise the target audiance for this game is mainly entitled people who think buying the game should give the everything by default but there has to be content for everyone.
People want a challenge. That’s why spelunky was critically acclaimed. That’s why dark souls 1 and 2 were such big hits.

I’ll never have a legendary. I don’t have the time and even if i did, i couldn’t endure such a long grind. I simply do not have enough determination; i lack the required skills.
But does that mean i think i should have one? NO!
It’s okay to not have all the things.

You think everyone should get everything. I think everyone should get the same chance of getting everything.

Um…Never said I wanted everything handed to me. Also…the Dark Souls series is not a MMO.

Not everyone plays the same way you do and the majority of the people who play here are casual players.

Dwaynas Avatar.1562:

Shinzan.2908:

Content should be designed with the majority of players in mind, achievements only 1% of people can get would be dumb and a waste of design time in my opinion.

I think the ones we are getting are fine.

This 1% we are talking about is most likely playing the game more than the other 99%.
If anet isn’t allowed to make content for this 1%, then there shouldn’t be legendarys in the game and no 50 fractals…
Everyone should have a little bit love, even if it’s only this 1%…

Your basically saying that Anet should cater to the Elitists and screw everyone else over.

And when that happens…you will start to see people leave in droves.

Dwaynas Avatar.1562:

I remember the Devs talking about the high difficulty of the achievements for this new living story and that not everyone can do them.
So now I’m here to tell you that this didn’t happen, the Achievements are
WAY TOO EASY, none challenged me, even without a guide at release, I completed every single one on my first try, except the NO TRICKS one – the fail caused by a
bug.

So PLEASE make it more challenging, I play the story, enjoy it for ~1hour, (it really got good now in Season 2) then replay it for the achievements ~1hour – then I end up having nothing to do than grind for Geodes, go back to PvP or WvW.
Stand to your words and make some Achievements REALLY hard, so only 1% or less of the players will manage to complete them, even Crown Pavillion Liadri was too easy.

But a huge + for don’t giving us grind achievements, I liked them, because they gave me something to do, but at the same time I hated them because they where so boring xD.

I want something I need hours and hours to complete, even if it’s just one achievement

Anyone else feeling so?

Edit: Added a strawpoll

Nope. They are alot more difficult now and that’s great. Any more difficulty and you will alienate a great portion of users. They are fine the way they are.

Lamir.6702:

Kim.4152:

Lamir.6702:

Sylv.5324:

I understand that you want to provide challenging content, but I feel that I should not -have- to get a portal up to an open-world vista that is locked at the end of a zephyr skill forced jumping puzzle. It would be different if it was, say, a chest— I’d be able to just ignore it then.

And here’s your problem. You don’t “have” to get a portal up to an open-world vista. You don’t “have” to get to the top of the jumping puzzle. Some content is more difficult than others but simply because you can’t do it doesn’t mean all content should be made for the lowest common denominator.

Gee thanks. As a legally blind player, I love being referred to as “the lowest common denominator”. Next time, put some thought into how you phrase things so you don’t come across as quite so much of a jerk.

Anet should not be designing all content of a patch to cater towards blind, motor-impaired people. It sort of makes the content a bit too easy for everyone else…

You might think I’m jerk, but when you start to call for optional content that doesn’t even count towards world completion too hard and need it to be easier when you can clearly just get a portal, it comes off as disrespectful to others who enjoy more challenging content.

Your lack of self awareness at not realizing how hurtful your “lowest common denominator” term is truly amazing. How about having respect for others?

Everyone has the right to play this game. This game is NOT just about the biggest and best.

I wonder if Kiel had been male would he still get bashed.

Thanks for the suggestions. This content is really affecting my equilbrium so I made some adjustments and plan to do it in short bursts with ginger ale or ginger tea.

Does anyone have tips? Should I make settings adjustments? Is it the design?

Between using the jumping, leaping aspects and all the winding corners…I started feeling so sick to the point I needed a big glass of ginger ale to settle my stomach and I needed to lie down.

Any recommendations would be appreciated.

Smooth Penguin.5294:

It’s not a theory, but facts based on unbiased research!

I bet if Kiel had been a man instead of a woman you would not have this theory

Adamo.4201:

My Mesmer was only in rares and just recently hit 80 from when I wasn’t playing my main Warrior. So no big deal really. I guess I kinda overreacted though frustrating having a plan on what your going to gear your character into only to have the build your planning on pretty much get thrown out the window.

I find it interesting you did not post this on the Mesmer forum.

Adamo.4201:

cause reflect is now absolutely useless now. I get that they want to “nerf” stacking but making a important skill such as reflect useless for bosses just seems like it goes against there “play how you want philosophy”

Um there are other perfectly viable builds. I have no problems with my mesmer.

And there is no ranting about this on Mesmer forum so its obvious its just you.

UnitedChaos.8364:

Zalyn.9534:

UnitedChaos.8364:

Zalyn.9534:

I like the added customizability of F&N buffs; I find that I use different foods situationally depending on an anticipated encounter, and it’s nice using one that has a radius so I can support others in the group.

I also really like the Cooking discipline; it is the most realistic one I’ve found so far, and it is a great deal of fun to do. I find that I’m spurred to explore more just to find ingredients, so it gives great potential to enhance gameplay. But, as a luxury discipline, it takes more money and effort to do it, so it’s fair that it produces some consumables that are desirable for others to be marketable. However, the fact that F&N is not required is a fair compromise away from the “hard core requirement” to always have it.

My main problem, as with most of the crafting, is that people level up so quickly that the midrange items just aren’t really useful in themselves if you want to make money, so there is pressure to barrel through to max level if moneymaking is your goal.

But -
-Is it really adding to your overall experience?
-Does it make things too easy?
-Do I always use it? Why?
-Do I usually win 1v1 fights against those who don’t use it?
-Do I craft my own for fun? Or just buy it off the TP?
-Do I offer it to other people when I see them without it? Why?

Hey, you just asked us to keep those questions in mind, not put them in our post. I did keep them in mind, if you read my comment for comprehension. Why don’t you put up a poll if you want specific questions, and only those answered?

1. My entire comment points to it adding to my overall experience. But that question is kind of irrelevant to justify any one game feature.

2. No, it doesn’t make things too easy. I leveled to 80 without trying or ever staying at level in about two weeks just by organically following stories and events. I’m old school and enjoy the journey of leveling – WoW was much harder. I also solo most content; when there is more than one person on “group” events, they are frankly too easy. That has nothing to do with F&N. Red herring.

3. I pretty much always eat food because I’m leveling up cooking and need to free up inventory space. As I mentioned in my post, most foods aren’t very marketable for a reasonable profit unless you get to high end stuff. So I get to eat a lot of my own cooking (much like RL – I’m an amateur chef).

4. I don’t PvP. Irrelevant.

5. This question doesn’t make sense – you imply a comparison between “crafting for fun” and “buying off the TP.” Yes, I craft “for fun” (I play this game “for fun”) and I don’t buy any premade food off the TP. I do buy some rare ingredients from the TP, which stimulates the economy, and I sometimes sell components (which can’t go in collections and take up inventory), also stimulating the economy.

6. I don’t group much, so I don’t do this. If I were grouping with someone and had a stack of food, of course I would offer. But I don’t see what this question has to do with your issues with the F&N feature.

There, have I now justified the existence of F&N adequately to you in precisely the format that you want since you aren’t open to reading about people’s experiences in more than 140 characters?

I was just looking for more information from you to further see your side. Try not to take so much offense to such a simple request. As I said to the other, I’ll try not to have an opinion anymore.

No offense but the fact you are being so passive aggressive about it makes you lose credibility.

Don’t use consumables if you don’t them but dont try to force how you play on others. Its that simple.

Does that mean they should remove the cooking craft as well.

Don’t use food if you don’t like it but please DO NOT Deprive others. If people want to use food to enhance their experience or help them…its THEIR RIGHT

Dark Catalyst.1028:

I would like to see these two things in game. By allowing players like me use these tools, you are making it possible for us to “play how we want”. What’s wrong with being able to control the quality of player that I let into my party?

I would also like to see more instanced content.

We do NOT need this sort of elitism in the game. And hopefully the developers will NEVER implement it.

Pecar.1236:

please nerf this loot in eotm when nobody play normal wvw i want go to eotm but there is no one play pvp there is only stupid train where people farming level and champions

No. There has been enough nerfs. Let people play how they want. The game does NOT revolve around you.

Over 35 here. According to recent statistics….the average gamer age is now 31 and more people 40 and over are playing games than they did 10 years.

The demographic has changed because times have changed.

People have different interests and like different things.

Like for example…I cant stand SAB but I ignore it. People who dont like housing could ignore it as well

PVP actually is not difficult at all. Its just finding a game that is not full elitist jerks that is difficult. Check the PVP browser list to see if someone created a “Dailies Only” game.

Im only rank 14 in PVP and considered very casual and so far I have not come across too many bullies.

Scrambles.2604:

melodyca.8921:

Lankybrit.4598:

Hi,

Still no way to view our characters online? That would be awesome, don’t you think. It hasn’t been implemented has it?

We don’t need anything added that encourages elitism.

What? Don’t guilds encourage elitism? Doesn’t competitive pvp/wvwvw encourage elitism? Doesn’t a competitive trading post encourage elitism? Doesn’t a group vote kick encourage elitism? Doesn’t a LFG with group description encourage elitism?

People encourage elitism. Complain about player behavior, not the tools or potential tools we have access to.

Because tools would only add more elitism now. I am not Zerker. I have builds specific for sPVP, WvW, and Dungeons. I don’t need some arrogant brat telling me what I should I do just because of a meter. I hope it NEVER happens.

Coulter.2315:

Much love for SAB from every type of player, would be great to see it back Oooooo just think of Rainbow SAB weapons eeee.. passes out from excitement

Not everyone likes SAB. For some people it makes them sick and for others they would rather see resources used for other things.

Algreg.3629:

and again for this cleverly disguised request for DPS meters: My stats are non of your business.

This!

Lankybrit.4598:

Hi,

Still no way to view our characters online? That would be awesome, don’t you think. It hasn’t been implemented has it?

We don’t need anything added that encourages elitism.

LavenderGoons.2765:

So for those of us that have to work and just got home we’re SOL….
Nice.

They are still active! I just logged on.

Aedelric.1287:

“so much fun”
“amazing”
“hilarious”

Some people are very easily amused.

I guess the saying is true after all `simple minds, simple pleasures.´

Compared to last year with SAB, this years prank is quite pathetic perhaps even lazy.

Got news for you. Alot of people don’t like SAB. SAB not only makes me nauseous I have ZERO interest in reliving how games used to be. I think its overrated and would rather see the resources used on other game elements.

Levetty.1279:

There are still some people hyping up ESO? Every single MMO I have seen gets hyped as as the next amazing thing, all other MMOs better watch out, finally WoW is going to be dethroned, etc and then a month after it comes out everybody kittenes about how crap it is. ESO has had kitten impressions since the first day of beta and its only been getting worse, God knows what people will be saying a month after it comes out.

I remember when SWTOR was hyped to be the next big thing. Look What happened there.

Lane.3410:

Levetty.1279:

ESO has had kitten impressions since the first day of beta and its only been getting worse, God knows what people will be saying a month after it comes out.

Quite the opposite, actually. Soon as the NDA lifted people were actually able to voice their positive feedback as opposed to all the people saying it was trash who’d never even played it (many of whom I see in this thread).

Anyway, 10 days? There’s the WvW ‘tournament’, the feature patch isn’t out until April 15th, and then I’m guessing it’ll be another 2 weeks after that for any new PvE content. So, we’re looking at potentially May. Sounds like a lot more than 10 days of nothing to me.

Ive done all the ESO Betas and while there have been some improvements. Its NOT enough for me to subscribe.

The lack of an auction house is going to hinder the game greatly. A great many people were confused about the crafting system. Yes its a beautiful game but its not worth $16 a month and to have a store above that.

It will be Free to Play within the year.

And the people that like or those that have not played the Elder Scrolls while most of the people who have the Elder Scrolls are not as enthusiastic

Code.8615:

Abaia.1365:

Celtic Lady.3729:

Really? You think? With 20 million or so fans of their games? Why wouldn’t they subscribe?

Compared to eleventy-billion Star Wars fans? How’d that work out for EA?

Sure, lots of people will try ESO. Then they’ll realize how superficially it resembles an Elder Scrolls game. All the freedom and depth they enjoyed in Skyrim or Morrowind is missing. In its place: just another crummy generic MMO—with a monthly sub and a cash shop.

But the graphics sure are pretty!

Eeeexactly.
It’s a generic MMO that looks nice and literally nothing more.
And this is coming from someone who really wanted to like this.

I’m sure ESO will put a slight dent in things initially, purely because of the great games that came before it, but that’s not going to last long at all unless they completely overhaul everything they’ve been working on so far, and that’s not exactly likely to happen at this point. I can barely even be bothered to participate in the BETA events anymore because it’s just mind-numbingly dull.

ESO’s biggest problem isn’t the subscription (although I do hate sub-based games), its biggest problem is that it just isn’t that good a game.

Thats pretty much how I felt. I loved the character creator and I enjoyed some of the skills, I enjoyed the Dragon Knight class and found it the most fun to play of all the classes but thats about it. And yes its beautiful but the crafting system and the lack of auction house are going to be a big detriments to the game.

Celtic Lady.3729:

Really? You think? With 20 million or so fans of their games? Why wouldn’t they subscribe?

Not everyone who plays their games wants to play an online version of it.

When I was on the beta there were too many people complaining about the fact there will be no auction house, and alot of people didn’t like the crafting system or the PVP.
Also its 2014. Times have changed…the age of the monthly fee for MMOs is dying.

I will say this…it was very smart of them to not trap us in the starter areas as they were painfully tedious.

Celtic Lady.3729:

The only thing dangerous to GW2 right now is ESO. Place is going to be a ghost town in less than a month.

ESO will end up free to play within one year. Sure it will start off big but many wont resubscribe…especially if the end game content is lacking

Actually it wont take as long…they will need a HUB for Halloween and Christmas

2013 Gamer Stats

http://www.theesa.com/facts/gameplayer.asp

I will never understand why some men have issues with the fact that women play games.

We deserve representation. Its not 1994. Its 2014. Times have changed.

And I don’t think they have forgotten male gamers. There is Braham. Theres Evon. Rytlok, etc. And theres likely more in the works.

Thobek.1730:

CharrGirl.7896:

Thobek.1730:

If you look at gamestatistics survey roughly about 90% of the player base is male. I think it would be prudent to have a few more male characters in the game that aren’t stupid, dimwitted or there for comic relief. Its almost insulting.

I call bullkitten on that statistic, please correct me if I’m wrong.

Considering the huge number of female players I’ve encountered during my GW2 gameplay, I don’t believe I fall in to the 10% group.

No problem, you can call bullkitten on this if you like. But Gamestatistics DID do a survey and the numbers WERE “91% male – 9% female”. Of course this isn’t 100% accurate otherwise they would have to get everyone to do the survey.

It’s also the only survey I’ve seen that actually took into account the gender of the player.

Sorry but its way more than 9%. Its more like 35-40%

Azure Prower.8701:

… onto the compost heap.

Are we going to get SAB returning shortly after?

Because lets be honest. This is the only living world update the majority of people enjoyed.

SAB makes me nauseated and always gives me that car sick feeling. So I avoid it.

I’ve done it several times and no credit. Anyone else not get the achievement?

Congrats AR. Looks like you’ll be getting 1st Place and you worked your butts off so I applaud you. The battles have been fun…but Gom blew it. You now have a 6000 point lead and I doubt we will get it back. We were on track to place 4th but somewhere down the line we took some wrong turns and made some really bad game decisions. I suppose 5/9 is respectable but its obvious we have alot to learn.

Hey HOD….you got the treb. You can stop spawn killing now. I mean we get you want to win. We really get it. Cant wait until this match ends. Being outnumbered sucks. Have fun in silver.

100 man Hod Zergs in each BL. HOD should be in Silver since they have the numbers. Not fun to be outmanned constantly. Want to stay motivated but its not easy.

Hope HOD and SF like playing with eachother because GOM is pretty much done for the week. This match completely sucks and nobody wants to play. Will be glad when it ends. And to the SF who danced on my body…show some class. You are winning. Oh and that 70 man zerg that pummeled my group….Did it make you feel better???? Was that really neccessary? All that Bravado. There will come a time when you are in GOMs shoes and be a low population server try to remember that.

I was away from my group and managed to get in the instance. When we completed event I spawned back to the area I was at which was far away from the chest. Now I have to go up again to access the chest.

Righteous.4307:

Side note… I was just checking the Score/PPT:

http://mos.millenium.org/na

GoM you still have a decent chance at beating SF this week.

Sadly thats not going to happen and no offense most of us will be glad when this match is over with.

We had queues last week. We barely had any this week due to being out numbered. Sure there will still be some groups of us but when other players see the wide gap in scores….they don’t bother. Its just how it is with the GOM server.

Sure its fun but is also seems like GOM is being double teamed tonight when you look at the map. lol

Been Watching this dead mesmer by the gate for 15 minutes now. This is an example on why we need an automatic respawn system for the game. It will stop some of the exploiting.

Bodies should automatically respawn after 5 minutes. Currently watching a dead mesmer on my server in the gate. This exploiting is getting old

Colt.9051:

So uh… when’s DH gonna GTFO our BLs and start attackin FC again and when’s FC gonna even try to attack DH as well? It’s literally been like this all day, and it’s lookin real petty on DH. If this keeps up DH might win simply by focusing and leeching points off of GoM, which will leave a real sour taste in my mouth…

(Not trying to sound like I’m raging, but I haven’t seen much action between FC and DH all night, and it’s lookin really suspicious.)

Yes the double teaming is fairly obvious. I think they decided to take advantage of the fact that some of the PVE’ers moved off of WvW to do the new content.

I keep getting announcements to pick up Country boots that I DID NOT order. My account was not compromised and all of my good is still there. I am getting boots I did not buy. Is anyone else experiencing this?

Goody! Another unbalanced, unfair match. :-/

Qualamala Lumpa.9832:

melodyca.8921:

Horrible demoralizing matchup. Will be glad when the week is over with. It sucks being outnumbered. The matches are fun when they are EVEN

And GOM…how come its never acknowledged we are in a serious slump???

Just wait until leagues! All the servers 20 – 24 are going to have a blast facing rank 12 – 15! Kudos to Anet

Im losing the inspiration to play and given how AR and DH have most of everything…alot of people have lost the desire.

Horrible demoralizing matchup. Will be glad when the week is over with. It sucks being outnumbered. The matches are fun when they are EVEN

And GOM…how come its never acknowledged we are in a serious slump???

Namu.5712:

If someone is down res them fast.

If someone died waypoint and run back.

And the reason why… is its normally not one person dead. Its several.

See thats the thing…I see people die and continue to wait to be rezzed. I wont rez those people. If people go down next to me….I will immediately rez them.

Doesnt every second count for this? Is it quicker to respawn or should people continue to rez those that have fallen?