Guild Wars 2

Ah well thanks. I lack those technologies so that’s out. But really thanks!

Not trying to bump this thread but you have made me curious. I’m unable to wrap my head around how I could do this in public? Because I would do it at my local library. Atm I’m imagining dragging my desktop there but I’m sure they wouldn’t be into that.

But ya 20gigs of auto-patching, I’d just stop playing. I’m yet to be convinced to buy PoF, definitely don’t want to burn up my data downloading a patch for an expac I don’t plan to pay. Basically I’ll be paying more than the cost of the game in data fees. kitten , I just had an epiphany… I’ve been paying a lot to play this game. I really need to rethink that.

In a patch tells me nothing. I have no idea why Anet does this but it’s super annoying. Some people are still trying to manage data caps and telling us the number of files is just….pointless.

Particularly this week with the beta dl. I got 1/3 of the way thru then accepted that I didn’t have enough data left this cycle for the whole thing. I would have rather known that from one look, saved that 1/3 to just play the game.

Just another reason why I’m not jumping on the hype train for PoF, so much stuff that’s poorly thought out or flat out ignored. Oh btw thanks for fixing the grandmaster trait on my necro after 3 freaking months….

A while back I encountered the DPS meter thing in wvw on one of my accounts. I was pugging with an open guild group tag and the tag/gl kept asking for DPS meter stats. I apparently was on top a couple times. Then they tried to recruit me over several days. I explained from the start that I used to try being semi-hardcore but didn’t like it. That I didn’t find the game that enjoyable anymore, preferred to play when I felt like it and run the build I’m comfortable with. Basically I’m not guild material. When the gl finally got it that I wasn’t going to bend I was uninvited and blocked haha.

What makes anet look so incredibly shady and what gives me such a feeling of ick whenever I think to log on is that they have ruined the wvw community for the most part. And they know it, but they’re still charging the players that are trying to keep it alive for server transfers.

That says everything to me.

So I just saw this video linked in a different thread..

And I have to ask, what happened to what you learned, or are all these devs gone now?
I watch the enthusiasm and excitement these devs had after their adopt a dev experience and then you look at the state of wvw today, total lack of interest, total lack of understanding.

How does it get any better than what wvw used to be in GW2? Dynamic game play depending on tactics not gimmicks. Desert bl map could work, if it were one borderland, not all three. Wouldn’t it make sense that one map is alpine, one desert one…maybe coastal? or use the oasis event, ditch it first off, and use that portion of the map to make the third type of borderland. Just a suggestion.

That’s only one issue though. Before devs do anything with wvw they need to implement adopt a dev again so they can see whats happening in wvw. Right now devs are hiding in towers behind siege, banners and airstrikes. Get out of the tower and see what you’ve done to the game.

Actually a lot of the guilds left TC because they couldn’t get fights in EU, SEA and OCX time zones in T2. T1 was perpetually active in wvw, T2 wasn’t.

However what lead to the player manipulation to create a 6 server rotation came about because ANET failed to recognize or respond to the issue of a STALEmate which lead to a really bad idea. And its only gotten worse from there.

Wvw is what I played the game for. I’ve been in serious wvw guilds and run as a pug. These days mostly I pug (on TS), I don’t know, I just have more fun running autonomously. The invis option for commander tags would be great!

I know how frustrating it is when you’re running as a guild and begin collecting random players that don’t seem to understand or care that they’re following a guild group. Sometimes two guilds will be working together and want to pop a tag so they can easily spot each other’s location. I actually don’t know how much of this happens today, this is from back when we had borderlands that people wanted to go to.

As a pug, I don’t want to impose on a guild group or run across a map to check out the guild tags of the people on the pin.

Its sad, its like people in this forum are having to explain guilds and wvw to game developers. Guilds by their nature are exclusive, if you want to avoid having people excluded from taking part in activities occurring on the map, be it in wvw or pve, then you ought to get rid of guilds as well.

This lack of understanding does not bode well for a wvw update. I’ve pretty much stopped playing except for the odd foray into wvw usually ending in disappointment and misty watercolour memories of the good ole days. I’m still creeping on the forums in hopes that someone cracks a window in the anet offices and the fresh air gets them thinking clearly again, but alas…recycled air….

If Bongo were in wvw they would have given him 3 eyes and a scope.

I was a wvw’r that did buy gems on a regular basis, mostly spent on primers because I love not having to think about food/stones for 24 game hours. And I have no patience for farming. I didn’t mind buying gems, I considered it an investment in a game mode I loved.

These days, I just can’t wvw. Its embarrassing to be in wvw running with a commander using pve gimmicks because the other side is using pve gimmicks. Or in my last attempt, airstrikes? airstrikes? what the…..how did anyone ever think this would be okay in wvw? Would you put dragon/turtle/ whatever banners in pve? or airstrikes? Of course not, it would be ridiculous! How then could you possibly think it would be okay for wvw?

Like so many have said, bring back alpine bls and friday night reset and maybe you could retain your wvw people until you bring out the next tragic change to this game mode. But its not happening.

What a slap in the face to all those that cared enough to give their input and ideas on wvw. (Some gave incredibly thoughtful lengthy posts.) What a slap in the face to those of us that purchased HoT in good faith. Those that believed real attention would be given to wvw once HoT was stable. Is it stable? Not really but that doesn’t stop them from talking about another expansion…wow…just wow.

So I will put my money towards CU to help them hire developers and roll out the game sooner. GW2 tho, is just embarrassing.

No separate soloq = still not listening

Ya I think this is the final nail in the coffin for me. I play gw2 for wvw and a bit of pvp. I stopped playing a couple weeks after HoT was released because I wasn’t ever a fan of EBG blobbing and that was the only map with people on it. But I came back, thought I’d try again, go to eb, wait it out, wait for change. For a while it was giving me the fix I missed, then banners. And its not only the banners but those commanders that will exploit every broken mechanic in the game right now for….what?

The wvw population is already dying. Everyone keeps saying we know better than Anet about wvw, but its not stopping people from using these bad mechanics. I’ve run with commanders that don’t allow venomshare in their pugs, or corrupt boon against the enemy pin. Its both some of the players that are left and anet that are killing wvw.

Its not the game I want to play anymore, which is sad because I used to LOVE it.

I have to agree with the posters that are less than enthusiastic about the proposed changes. They’re laughable when you take into account what has happened to the wvw population. EBG generally will have a que in NA prime time, on the rest of the maps….crickets.

Honestly I feel that those that describe these changes as “amazing” are suckers. Sucked in by a minimal attempt at appeasing the wvw community as Anet has done time and time again.

As someone whose wvw guild melted into oblivion since HoT, there is nothing in these changes that will bring people back to the game. But, I’m guessing Anet has made a fortune from players that have transferred to higher population servers in the sad hope of finding their beloved wvw community alive…somewhere. In my opinion Anet owes all those that transferred since HoT a gem refund. They broke it and we pay for it.

TLDR: yawn

I’m trying to change stats on a couple pieces of my ascended armor at the mystic forge. I’m using Svaard’s Marauder Insignias, however the insignias won’t show up in the forge inventory no matter what I do. I’ve logged out with them in the bank and in my bags then back in, still not there. I’ve tried a using a different character, still doesn’t work.

This is really frustrating with the increased mats to make insignias and the general gold sink that has come with HoT. I’m pretty sure these insignias bugged somehow because the servers crashed around the time I was making them.