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The New Lion's Arch - Feedback [merged]

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I have to say, I don’t like the new Lion’s arch at all. The old LA was so intricate and interesting and had character with all the ships and the sails. Even the bricks in the walks were unique! I couldn’t believe the level of detail in the original LA, in fact, I would comment about it to my friends at what an amazing work of art it was.

The new LA, is boring. It looks like some east Phoenix pedestrian mall. As one of the premier cities of the game I’m amazed at the low-budget look it has. If ArenaNet didn’t have the funds to redo LA to it’s amazing glory then you should have not destroyed it in the first place!!!!

It really reduced my enthusiasm for the game. If I want to PvP or Dungeon I have other games that are better. I return to GW2 for the art, the beauty, the realism and the detail.

Back to the drawing boards folks and this time do LA justice!!!!!

The New Lion's Arch - Feedback [merged]

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I’m sorry, I hate to be negative but I don’t like the new Lion’s arch at all. The old one was intricate and interesting. This looks like, well, boring. I was expecting so much much more. I mean, sincere disappointment.

No Signal (Black Screen Hang/Crash) Issue

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I am having the exact same problem on a machine that was freshly built with a new install of Windows 7. If I leave GW2 running it will not auto log out and after a while it will black out my screen and hang the computer. The only way to get the screen back up is to power off the machine. All my drivers, Intel chipset, BIOS, NVidia, etc. are up to date.

It seems to be associated with GW2 not auto logging out and the computer trying to go into sleep mode but I’m not 100 sure on this.

Transmutation included in gear sets?

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I was considering buying a gear set from the BLT Co. Are transmutation stones included with the gearset so I can equip the gear right away or do I have to buy the stones extra?

If they are not included, they should be. It’s like buying a toy only to find the batteries were not included.

Make ALL gear in BLT profession agnostic.

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I love the gearsets for the heavy armor wearer’s but my toon wears medium armor. I noticed you have several gear sets available that are profession agnostic. Could you make ALL the gear sets profession agnostic?

Too kitten confusing

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So what is this deal with attunement? Do I have to wait for all 3 knights and keep jumping in the circles every 5 minutes? I asked in chat and got a series of short cryptic answers that presumed I already knew what to do… wtf? This is frustrating and a stupid waste of time. I’m not a sit-at-the-game-all-day player. I hop on for 15 mins then go do other stuff. It’s why I play GW2 and not the other life-sucking MMO’s.

Very disappointed in this dumb event.

If I love GW2, why so bored when I play?

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That’s exactly how I feel… “why bother killing these mobs”… but they’re going to chase me all over if I don’t…

I wish they had put as much work into other aspects as they did the landscape. I mean there’s not two planks on the boardwalks in Lion’s arch that looks the same. The sounds, character mannerisms and combat mechanics are too repetitive.

I didn’t mention combat mechanics because I felt that would be an immense overhaul of the game. There’s seems to be some greater reasoning why the combat mechanics are the way they are.

And for me the sounds and visuals bring life to the in-game situation….

If I love GW2, why so bored when I play?

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I love GW2, I do. The only reason I am writing this is because there’s so much to the game that I am in awe of. But I keep asking myself, while I play, “Why do I feel so bored with such a great game?” It’s not just me either. I can’t get many of my friends to play, they all have gotten bored with the game as well.

So I played each of the major mmo’s to find out what the difference was for me.

Visually the game is amazing. So much detail and beauty, nothing out there even comes close.

Operationally the game is nearly perfect. From the “infinite” crafting bags to not having to join each toon to a guild separately. NOTHING beats this game operationally.

So then, why do I have to nearly force myself to play? Here’s what I figured out:

SOUND: The sounds are maddeningly repetitive.

The environment sounds are okay. The waterfalls, winds, birds. There could be more variety here.

The music is NOT okay. It’s mostly Dr’s office music and it’s repetitive. It’s the same music in every zone and that should not be the case. If a zone looks different it should have music as varied as the visuals.

If I enter a cave full of spiders, I want “exploring a cave full of spiders” music. Not the same music I heard in an open grassy field. I’m an adventurer here, bring on the adventure music! Bring on they mystery music, the exploring music!

I tried using my own music but it’s not the same. A random playlist doesn’t match the game’s ability to choose the music based on the zone and the situation.

The other issue is with the battle sounds. I don’t want to hear the same simple sound over and over when I’m firing off arrows or a pistol or throwing an axe. When I fire an arrow I need to hear the arrow leaving the quiver and the shaft hitting the nock, the string being pulled back and the arrow leaving the bow. Each time the arrow leaves the bow the sound will be slightly different (within reason of a computing system).

Similarly with a pistol. Each firing needs to sound slightly different. Repetitive firings need to be different each time (again, within reason). When my toon throw’s an axe, it needs to return. I need to hear the sound of the axe handle in a cloth/leather/metal glove as it leaves.

And lastly, the sounds the character makes as the action is performed needs to vary more. If I hear one more “ouch, my leg” I’m going to go crazy. I want to hear 3 or 4 different responses, not “ouch, my leg” over and over.

Sound is it’s own landscape and that landscape in GW2 is paper and line drawings!!!!

FEEDBACK: When I ask my character to perform an action there should be variety in what I see happen as a result. He is a “living being in a living world” after all, I want to see “living being” actions, which means variety.

If you want to keep the 5/10 button player control architecture, fine. If you’re going to do that I want some variety in what I see my character doing. I mean I’m mostly battling stuff in the game, my characters battle actions need to have some variety and complexity. When throwing an axe, just as with the sound, there needs to be some variety in how I see the character throwing the axe. Four or five different throw visuals for each individual command. Give my character some LIFE doggone it!

The non-battle actions are pretty good. I love detail in the body movements when my Norn Ranger goes from a run to a stop. The jumping visuals are pretty good. But the battle visuals both when dealing and receiving damage are just too repetitive. This IS a battle going on here. I don’t mind repetition when I’m running around the countryside because running IS repetitious! However, fighting a battle is not.

When you combine the sound variety with the feedback (character visuals) variety it will add so much more interest to the battles, which is what gets boring for me in this game.

Issues with the trading post: please post here [MERGED]

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Two issues I’ve found with Trading Post:

(1) If I search on an item such as a “bone shard” I get stuck in some sort of timeout where the yellow circle sits there forever. If I put in extra parameters like “crafting material” and levels “0” to “0” there isn’t a problem.

(2) If I play the game for extended periods without logging out and back in I get some sort of security error in the trading post even tho I can play all other aspects of the game without a problem.