Guild Wars 2

Several people have said that’s a terrible idea. I disagree it’s just a silly idea. Why would Anet go to the trouble of reducing player choices just to satisfy a sick desire to control. There are some lessons that could to be learned; loyalty and respect are earned not enforced.

They already did

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Incinerator

Its in the name.

Such a shame it’s only available for a few weeks every year.

It’s by far the most fun pvp in the game – better than normal pvp. Wish we could access it all year round (change the rewards from Gifts to something else when not Wintersday).

Nice skins, as my name suggests, I’ve been looking for ice-themed weapons forever, especially the torch, as the corrupted wartorch from Jormag’s set of ice themed weapons weirdly enough has a normal coloured fire considering the icy glow on the others.

HOWEVER… please consider changing that super neon green gem on the weapons into something more fitting ice weapons like a clear/misty diamond or light blue or something. The green gem is distracting.

ColinJohanson.2394:

Hey folks,

Wanted to give you a quick heads up on a handful of notes relevant to Heart of Thorns launch in a few days:

With so many of the changes to Elite Specs coming close to launch, are you planning any sort of unified “here’s what’s coming” for our characters?

We’ve also seen a lot of change (and possibly power creep) for the new utility skills. When do you anticipate a review of existing versions of those skills like Ranger and Thief Traps or Guardian Spirit Weapons in light of the new context?

And while threads like this and the semi-regular appearance of the Balance Team to discus the new elite specializations has been probably THE highpoint of Player-Developer communication in the entire life of the game, there’s some (legitimate, I think) fear you guys are going to vanish back “behind the curtain” after Heart of Thorns launches.

Looking forward to HoT, but I really hope the effort and communication leading up to it is the real sign of things to come!

Lol, just to be inconsistent, we Aussies would pronounce Quebec as Kwuhbec.

Hey loves,
I’ve been worried in the last few weeks about changes coming to the game. Worried that the game will lose touch with its “core/veteran” players, its philosophy (no subs, etc.), or just stop updating the core game in lieu of new content.

This last week has finally quelled those fears. Fears that come from truly loving and enjoying a game so much that I’ve played since Gw1 – my very first MMO. Fears that really didn’t need to be here. You have listened to the players over and over (character slot added to veteran accounts, fixing current bugs in the core game). Your consistency on philosophy is virtually unwaivering (never a sub, and now even better – FTP). I am sure there are still some complaints floating out there, but I have faith now and forever – they will be addressed at some point in the near future. You seem to approach Guildwars in a way that’s refreshing in this MMO world. The game is like a house that you never plan to sell.

Thanks for being awesome,
Bathea Havocbringer

(Waves to Gaile)

Well at least we know why they decided to give Chill of Darkness a 5 second cooldown. It would of made the Ele’s new earth warhorn skill look like something they copied from a Necro and they couldn’t have that.

Well of Darkess
Blind (3s)
Number of Targets: 5
Pulse: 1 s
Duration: 5s
Radius: 240
Combo Field: Dark
Range: 900
Unblockable

Dust Storm
Damage: 213
Vulnerabilty (10s)
Blind (2s)
Interval: 2s
Radius: 180
Range: 750

Now, when we traited Chilling Darkness (Blinding a target will also apply chill) and traited Bitter Chill (Chilling a foe inflicts vulnerability) from two separate trait lines we basically had the new Ele skill Dust Storm only we could chill the target instead of doing damage.

I’m not even going to go into Wildfire’s boon stripping abilities while being a fire field with not 1 or just 4 pulses, but 8 pulses??

Ele’s new warhorn to me is like a pocket well Necro. We’ve been reduced to warhorns.. Ele’s stole our voice litterally, shouts and all.

edit: (since someone didn’t know) Chilling Darkness had no icd when the patch first hit and was changed suddenly with no explanation to have a (5s) icd. I think this is the reason.

I’m actually confused at your complaint. I clicked this thread expecting it to be a complaint about how everything is so faceroll easy due to high damage, but after reading it it sounds like you’re complaining about not being able to outheal burning damage? Did I understand you or no?

If I bought the pre-purchase I would expect to be included in all stress tests as well. This is lead to more negativity from players due to anet’s bad wording.

Well, if we are calling storms, those warnhorn skills better be sequenced, so using them once calls the storm, and you can still use them more. for additional effects under each type of storm or something like that.

Otherwise it’ll be too boring. Warhorn skills in the other professions are the most boring ones.

i would be glad to weed out people who disagree with my ‘lifestyle’.
it’s hurtful and unnecessary there isn’t a way you can sell me otherwise.

i didn’t know who i really was for years because of ignorance of those around me and the social pressure to be straight.

also WOW… to EVERYONE saying it is being “shoved in their face”

because the anet team posts ONE picture on the biggest day in equality history????

do you realize what lgbt people have to deal with every day ? “shoved in my face”
wow… i am just like at a loss for words at anyone who could think those thoughts…

Miriam.2506:

For 100 € lifetime upgrades and monthly 500 Gems. STO can do this for their customers, why didn’t get A-Net this also managed.

Pretty sure STO only did it because the game was flopping hard…like real hard.

Neither of those swords look ele themed in the slightest and the shield is for rev’s elite glint spec.

1. Datamined skills are mostly placeholders for dagger skills, could have been a scrapped idea.
2. First sword looks like it may be the Shiro Tagachi sword. Neither of the swords shout out “Tempest” as much as that warhorn does.
3. Shield may be the Revenant Elite Spec shield (Glint).
4. It’s all speculation. Both sword and warhorn.

It’s a package deal for new players. End of.

We should be welcoming of new players, not complaining. What kind of message are posts like the “It’s not fair on veteran players!” setting to new players? I’m finding it more and more disgusting the amount of contempt people are ‘showing’ towards new players.

When a new player comes into the game, I would rather them see “Welcome to Guild Wars 2” rather than “It’s not fair these new players getting a better deal than us” it just shoots the wrong message across of people’s attitudes.

Cecilia.5179:

Linnael.1069:

Look honestly he explained the changes that were made really well.

He didn’t explain the changes that weren’t made though, which are the real problem. Why is well of blood still crap? It’s worth so little that they’re ok with giving you one for free on an adept trait. Why are they ok with consume conditions being the best general use heal even after a change to make it more specialized? The problem isn’t on CC, its on well of blood/signet of vampirism.

Actually, the problem is on all of the heal skills. Consume Conditions was our only good heal skill and they brought it down to the level of the other heals that are rather terrible instead of leaving consume conditions alone and bringing the other heal skills up to par. Seriously, with the shape our heals are in, WvW necros might start running something like Prayer to Dwayna

Not a chance, CC being poison-immune beats out dwayna by far. Regarding CC being bad, you might want to consider conditions getting far stronger in the future. It’ll be worse in terms of base numbers compared to live, but the utility of the full cleanse is going to skyrocket compared to live.

yep you read that right! You are getting $99.99! After seeing some videos from the community and comparisons of other MMOs expansion, I’ve decided that 50 bucks MIGHT be a bit expensive (for an expansion) but good price I guess since we get no sub fees. Besides you have broken standard rules in MMOs and “getting the core game from buying an expansion” is another unique thing………a bit of a slap in the face for people who might buy core game a few weeks ago, but nonetheless unique. I support you!

Best regards eduardo

P.S. I plan to buy the ultimate edition soon

P.P.S. still waiting on that mini job-o/hobo/hero-tron XD

I may be alone in being vocal, but I know I am not alone in what I did. I bought my pre-order proudly, quickly, immediately, and got the $99 version.

I am so excited for the expansion, as is almost all of my guild. I know how hard you have worked on this, and it looks like a blast! Thank you for creating even more to do in this amazing world you have created for me to play in daily. I have had HOURS and HOURS of entertainment, and I am freaking excited for even more time doing more stuff.

I am SO ECSTATIC for guild halls! I know I am coming off fan girlish on you, but I want you to know that out of all these angry people, there are at least a few of us that are very happy.

So thank you, again. I really look forward to xpac!

$50 sounds very reasonable to me. No subscription fees plus I’m supporting the developers. Not sure what all the drama is about.

JUN YANG.4328:

Hey guys

i dont know what the decision Anet will made. but i already reported the situation to NCsoft. see if they can Investigate and get involved.

if you guys feel the same way please support.

Thanks

Bro…..
You know ncsoft owns anet right….they acquired the studio back in like 2002…
If anything most of the decisions probably came from them in the first place…

loud minority

playing since beta, and i’m happy

GW2 released with five character slots and eight professions.

Your own opening post says you paid for three additional slots, presumably without a care or a million-thread forum kerfuffle.

A slot costs ten bucks. Skip a Big Mac combo one day and play your Revenant for years to come. I really don’t see what the giant deal is over the slots thing is. There’s other things to be bothered about. And a million threads in which to be bothered.

DieselFueled.3257:

10 bucks says you’ll buy HoT.

That’s way to expensive, i’m a veteran and i should be getting a wager on 5 bucks and a cherry on top.