Guild Wars 2

Heavy: Boring. Huge spikes, and this over elaborate fancy design stuff looks like many of the gem store stuff already available. I really feel that the design direction is aimed at an Asian audience. There are so many real world armors that are cool, its just disappointing to see this stuff.

Medium: Not as bad, some elements are nice, but overall nothing with a wow factor.

Light: Spikes! meh, not interested,

I don’t blame the concept art team though. They have to design for a mass audience. Art direction is based on what they feel is appropriate for the user base. GW in general is a very spiky design game anyway. Its just so overdone at this stage. I mean there are awesome designs throughout the game, but its starting to feel stagnant on costume designs, the one area I personally feel designs have been lacking. But I am sure there are plenty who love it,its just so subjective.

I would have liken them to do some cultural legendary armors. I think the cultural stuff is the best in the game.

Resolved. I switched trades and then back to weaponsmith. Its working now. Thanks for the assist!

I am at the weaponsmith station. My character cursor is over it!

I just swapped over some crafting discipline to Weaponsmith and I cant forge or make any ingots or anything else for that matter,despite having all the necessary materials.

Am I missing something? I have been taken a break from the game for over a year, so maybe something changed. Any help is appreciated! Screenshot attached.

I know Charr players are in the minority, but could we please get some Charr themed stuff for the guild halls. Most of the items are geared towards humans.
I would like the option for metal work style walls and furniture, just like in the Black Citadel.
Is there some issue with doing this? I mean the items are already in game, so why not have an option, or release some upgrade pack that are race specific?

I am sure there are other players who play non human races that would like to build out their guildhalls in a theme.
Can this be done? I would like to hear others opinions on this too, especially those who play non-human.

I don’t know if anyone else finds this odd, but since the Pact was established in 1325ae, and it defeated Zhaitan in the very same year, then where did all the equipment come from.?

It states in game that the Pact equipment is an amalgamation of Charr, Asuran, and Human.
So in less than the space of a year, all these parties got together and ramped up a war machine that integrated all their technologies without any issues and then proceeded to mass produce them and put them into service with a variety of races. I am not just talking about the heavy gear, but rifles,etc.

The fact that they had super powerful airships and helicopters leads me to believe that this technology existed already.
If so, it would make sense that it belonged to the Charr,or at least the bulk of it as they seem like the only logical race that already have a pre established military apparatus and industrial scale capacity to front so much firepower.

This leads to another question! If the Charr already had that technology, why didn’t they use it to defeat the humans once and for all.

Finally, with the Pact using such advanced equipment like the turrets we find on the perimeter of Camp Resolve, why are they still using catapults and trebuchets in combat? Thats like having tanks but throwing stones?

Currently the war in the Silverwastes and the constant moving battlefield is great. I think they done a good job of getting the feeling across that we are involved in something big, but on the other hand, constantly including ancient technology on a battlefield that has airships acting like ’"C130 Specters", just pulls you out of the immersion. Just my opinion.

The more I think about it, the more of a glaring hole of nonsense it all becomes. Its just a mess to figure out what role technology plays.
Any takers care to fill in the gaps and offer some explanations?

GM Talon.8726:

Hi all,

Minis that were not guaranteed, such as minis obtained from the Minis 3-Pack (Set 1, Set 2, Set 3), are not eligible for a refund.

Could you explain why this is so? These seems contrary to EU 2012 code of rights that states:
“Consumers can request repair or replacement free of charge if goods they receive are faulty or do not correspond to what they have ordered. The trader has to repair or replace the good within a reasonable time and with limited inconvenience to the consumer. If the trader fails to repair or replace the good within a reasonable time, consumers may instead ask for a refund or a price reduction.”

In this case it is not the players fault that there is a random element to what we get in packs-that is simply a byproduct of the service provided. Its up to the company , in this case Anet to have a system in place to recover the goods. This is not the problem of the customer.
I will investigate this matter further myself with the proper consumer ombudsman office but I do believe that you are wrong in this.

Stephane Lo Presti.7258:

Hey everyone,

While this is currently working as intended, it’s definitely something that we’ll be working on and tweaking in the future. We want you to be able to enjoy your minis so hang in there!

Firstly, thank you for sticking your neck out here to give us some sort of a reply. Its appreciated.
However, there is genuine anger here at this, as none of that information was available at all when you guys posted about the mini changes in the patch.
A lot of people including myself bought mini packs in the gem store, and spent a lot of gold in game only to find that all that was for essentially nothing.
There are still mini packs available in the store with no warning that they wont be able to be used in high population areas, which when you think about the mega-server that Anet was so excited to deliver just doesn’t make any sense.
The community is rightly peeved at this, as it just looks like a cash grab. I don’t mind spending in the store to support the game as I don’t expect people to work or design new features in the game for free, but after this I wont be doing so anymore.
Its just shocking that this feature was not mentioned pre- patch, and is an insult to the community that support the game. I dont normally get on forums to complain about this stuff, but after spending money that I had to earn IRL, I feel that I have the right as a customer.
I think that refunds should be given for those that want it, at the very least, the money returned as gems.
Overall I am very disappointed. Its funny how the new features that make the gem-store and access to it seamless, are working as intended. I do hope that Anet will resolve this issue quickly but I am not holding my breath.

cheshirefox.7026:

in no way was this player character soloing blightghast the plaguebringer
you were trapped in a room with its minions, it was “outside the garrison”
you simply deterred it..
as for the player character being too all over the place..
see braveheart
heroic figure respected by many, might as well be the peoples champion.. but look what happened in the end.. {in contrast, george washington became president}
as for some missions not suiting a player character, omit it from your fan fiction  /shrug

I apologise but I really dont know what you are trying to say to me in this instance. I never claimed that the Player took on the dragon minion at Claw island solo. I urge you to re-read what I posted. As for the remarks about a film and George Washington….I am confused to what this means.

As for a reply to the rest of the comments,
I never said that we killed the dragon after the world summit, I said we took it on solo. I know we are the commander of the pact, but single handedly taking on dragon champions is a bit much. However there are plenty who disagree with this viewpoint and I am cool with that. Its only my humble opinion.
And to correct my post, in hindsight we were at the meeting in DR with kasmeer to “help” her as has been pointed out. It still seems rather silly that someone such as the “Pact commander” would be inlvoved in that course of action though.

Thanks for the feedback so far.

Leallax.1482:

If you all are going to complain about how “disappointing” this free content is, then stop playing and pray for an expansion.
.

First of all, depsite what you might think, this game and its content is not free, only your perception of it. Do you seriously think that Anet staff come to work for nothing? This games content is payed for by those of us to spend money in the gem store and more than likely a significant bulk of it is now coming from the subscription based game format in China(I think thats what they use).

Those people who complain have a right to do so. If you dont agree with their opinions than you are of course entitled to voice your opinion. However teling people to go play another game is a shortsighted and selfish attiude just beacuse you disagree. If all those people who complain spend money in the gemstore just like moi, leave the game, then you will no longer get "Free"content.

As a business manager for over 15 years I learned that you can see a complaint as a customer moaning or a customer trying to improve your business. Complaints are a way to help improve the game imo.

With the new part of the story just released, I have seriously started to question the Living Story and the most powerful character in the world-“you” the player character.
Lets get a couple of issues out of the way before I begin.
I do know that the game mechanics and what they can do with such a tight schedule is limited and I accept that.
I also know that the reason we are made central in this story, like most if not all games in general is to give you a sense of accomplishment and worth. This I accept and understand too.

Ok, now to my issue. “You” have way too much power. In fact so much power that it is taking away any believability factor in the story. Its just got to ridicilous levels.
Anet have said time and time again that they want to create a Living world, one that you can feel part of as it evolves. Right now, I feel the world is only evolving if my Player Character(PC) gets involved.
My PC seems to be involved in everything, a lot of it has no relevance at all to who you are supposed to be according to the story.
Nearly every single fantastical event that occurs in the world, not only do I find my self present at, but also sorting out the problems relating to them. I have gone from being the Pact commander, to a dogsbody.
In this episode of mostly nonsence, I find myself trying to uncover a devious and just seemingly pulled out of a hat plot invlolving Krytan Politics.

My character is a Charr and dosent give a kitten about that. Lets overlook the race specific issue for a moment and look at what we have to do.
Somehow and for some reason its up to us to slove the queens problems. Does she not have her own advisors and royal council? Why us? Why would she not use her own staff? Not only is it a bizzare turn of events, its an event that jars you out of the story once again. Its a seriously pointless filer.

After we sort that out, we then have to contend with another problem in the form of asuran politcs with our band of “heros” that are pretty useless when you look at it.
And it gets better. After getting everyone to agree in the last LS episode on a meeting, we then have to convince them all again. A few quick words and they all half hearted give in . Yaaaa for us!

A battle ensues, everyone helps at first. The dragon shows up and you..yes you alone are left to fight the dragon. Seriously? Thats what irked me most. All of a sudden our PC is standing toe to toe single handed(im my case single pawed) fighting a dragon.
The battle of Claw island was a chapter I felt that gave you a scale of what it was like to fight a dragon. Working with lots more troops and weapons. I think its gone too far now.
There is suspending belief, and then there is story writing and mechanics so bad that they pull you out of the world.
The two best parts IMO, where the short graphic video from the pale tree(that had more story potential than all the previous fluff), and the fact the Charr present saluted the imperator like you would expect Charr to do.That simple act, felt like a living story. One that I was part of, not just creating so I could get from A to B with no care whatsoever.

I really want to enjoy the story. I have put in over 3000 hours into this game. I only stay in the game for the roleplay, and I buy from the gem store to show my support on a regular basis. I am just getting more and more frustrated and bored at these “story” updates that do nothing but pull me further away from the world. I hate this, as I belive there are fantastic moments and this game has a lot of potential.

Do you feel the same? Do you think I am being too harsh or overly critical, or do you find that the story is actually causing you to feel seperate from the world we are supposed to living in?

Same problem here,

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