Guild Wars 2

The same happened with me as well. Wrote a ticket after waiting like 10 minutes for the e-mail with the serial code. I don’t have a serial code at the purchase confirmation page also. Hope they can solve it promptly.

Dear All,

My bags are always full with materials, as I cannot store all of them in my tiny material tab. If there is a kind soul out there who could gift me a Storage Expander I would be really grateful. I’m in EU.

I was a little bit disappointed when I heard about that guardians will get bow, as I don’t think it suits the profession. I was okay with it nevetheless, but today, after learning about the name of the specialisation and watching the video, I became really-really disappointed. Let’s hope it is not necessary to pick up your profession’s specialisation, in order to remain competitive, otherwise I have to search for a new main.

Yeah, I also experienced it with my guardian and it is really annoying. I thought they will fix it with the current patch, but still nothing. Let’s hope they will do something about it.

Knight Etherion in his new armor!

Thank you for your thoughts and inputs regarding my topic. I understand that most of you don’t like the idea of Anet’s new plan, and I respect everyone’s opinion, but let me argue with some of the points.

First of all, you say that doing dungeons for better gear should not be implemented, as you don’t like grinding in games. That’s okay, but don’t forget 2 things: currently we do the same grinding every day, as we are farming events for hours – that’s basically the same. Moreover, you are invited to a group in hope for better drops. This would be the case here as well, but in a dungeon environment. Secondly, I don’t think Anet are planning to make this an incredibly hardcore instance, and rightly so. It will be the same as the current ones, so, in my opinion, getting these items will not be about suffering in a dungeon all week long. Also, as there will be only 3 items, it will be available to acquire them after a few runs. TL; DR: we will farm the dungeon instead of the events – basically the same, but with better loot.
Elitism came up as a problem too. I don’t think these phenomena will arise, as these items will be relatively easy to get, so you don’t have to be in an elite guild and farm the instance 24/7. What I mean is that it’s a great way to make people do instances and at the same time this kind of IAMHCYOURENOOB thing won’t occur. Oh yeah, and I don’t want better gear to show off, or say that I’m better than you. It’s really wrong. I want it solely to enhance my character.
Notebene, thanks for the video. You have raised questions about why do I do instances. Yes, it is a fun thing to do, but after a few runs you get bored, as we don’t have anything to fight for, only the looks. If it is rewarding in a way that I can upgrade my gear statwise, then I will have much more appetite to do it.
Harlequin, yes you are right, there will be players who will get these items immediately. You can’t avoid that, that’s true. Anet’s aim now, in my opinion, to get some of their players back with this patch, even if some of them leave again. The emphasis is on the word: some, because if 2 of 10 ex-players remain in the game, that’s a success for the company.
Artos, I’m in the same shoes concerning work. I don’t have much time as well to play, but I think the dungeon will be casual-friendly too, meaning that you won’t have to run through it a thousand times to get that better item.

Yes, the philosophy of the game is/was different, and all of you coming up with this as a counter argument are right. Sadly, this is business, and they have to subsist as well. Maybe that’s not what they wanted, but I can imagine, that after many hours of brainstorming they realized that there is no other way to keep up the interest. Even if it’s against what they said, we have to accept the changes, or else we won’t be able to play with it.
p.s.: I don’t think you have to be afraid of it, it’s not going to be a radical change. In fact, having +10 power will not make exotic gear a trash.

Please tell me what do you think about the end game pve, guys? Does it really satisfy you to grind Plinx and other dynamic events all the time? Is running dungeons for the same gear, what you can buy or craft, is the answer? Oh yeah you can do it for the looks, but come on…

As I read the news about the patch, I became really excited, because a minor gear progression will be available – an incentive to do dungeons. The end game will become interesting, as you have to beat mobs, bosses, the whole dungeon to get better gear, therefore making progression and create a stronger character, which, in my opinion, is what end game should be about. An MMO is about making your character better and better to beat the upcoming content. As things stand currently, you reach lvl 80 and you can get a full exotic (end game) gear in no time. This made a lot of players to quit, because they can’t do anything else, there is no GOAL in the game anymore. That’s where the problem lies, and now Anet is heading into the right direction, in my opinion, with introducing this method. ( I don’t want to come up with WoW, but if it isn’t for their end game raids and gear progression, the game would be pretty much dead now.)

This is why I can’t understand the rage about it. Do you really want to continue farming events for gold, and get a different looking armor, or go into a dungeon with your mates and fight for a better gear and feel good about it? Furthermore, they are introducing this whole system in pieces, which is really a sensible thing to do now. You get the back item and the rings now, and in later major updates we will be able to get more. Most importantly, it will be worthwhile to do dungeons and a lot of players will have an incentive to log in again and play with the game.

Finally, I’m sad that the community is flaming about it like no tomorrow. You don’t know yet, what will it be, but you immediately start writing whine posts and saying things like this is the end of gw2… :/ Just be patient, and you will realize that, in fact, it’s a good thing.

Just my two cents, and /heavy flamesuit on :P

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niclas.7693:

Knight Etherion
(T2 armor + Corrupted Avenger)

Sword looks cool.. where can I get it?

You can create it if you are a weaponsmith. The recipe for that can be purchased from the vendor appearing after the Jormag event in Frostgorge Sound. If you do not want to craft it, you can buy one on the TP.

Knight Etherion
(1st pic.: T2 armor; 2nd pic.: T3 armor; Corrupted Avenger)