Guild Wars 2

devilsace.7694:

so two of my guild mates spent an hour and half grinding one area. they had one with the magic find buff from the pumpkin food (cant remember its name but it came from the Halloween event.) the one with out the buff got more items then the one with. and yes the one with had a magic find of 275 from the buffs while the other had 150 magic find. wondering if this is a fluke or if magic find from buffs is not working?

There is no way to actually prove that Magic Find is or isn’t working, and Arenanet knows that their faithful players will, just as above me, spout the “rng is rng” mantra to cover for it.

What brings me down about GW2? Monetization madness

The least they could do is make it happen a LOT less frequently.

Standing by one of the vendors, I heard “they say we’re headed into the heart of the Maguuma jungle. That thought gives me the chills” three times in succession. Then again just 10 seconds or so later.

Gaile Gray.6029:

I was wondering: I can check with the team, of course, but perhaps the “free play” period was designed to allow people to get into the map, choose their location, and be ready to start a round of songs. If that was eliminated, might there be complaints about how we players are always joining in the middle of a session, which means we’d lose the ability to get maximum rewards? I’m just speculating here, but it crossed my mind.

How about instead of eliminating it, switch it to the front of the game?
Have free to play first.

-Allow’s people ot get organized on the map
-More friendly to new players that may not know how to play
-Longer window for people to get in at the start of things

Well, the sadists at Anet have won. I feel as if part of me has been brutally violated into complete numbness, and that numbness is likely the reason that I feel nothing at this point.
I tried for half a year to play their twisted loot games, playing daily, running dynamic events, dungeons, conquering castles and temples. In the end I have seen my standards slowly degrade and be chipped away with every loot drop containing nothing of importance.
Today I simply gave up, just like Anet fantasizes everyone will do. I took the gold from items I had looted and sold, along with money gained from rewards, and used it to purchase the remaining T6 mats I needed for the Gift of Fortune.
If I ever get a precursor, which likely will simply be purchased as well, my legendary will shine just a bit less now. I likely won’t use it, to be honest. Finishing it now is more of a going-through-the-motions act. I have 3 components to it that are useless without making one. In the end though, instead of crafting something worth looking at proudly, it will serve only as a reminder of how messed up this game is, and using it would merely be a reminder of my failure.
So congratulations Anet, you’ve played the psychology game and managed to push someone to break their own rules in order to obtain something you deliberately placed out of reach.

I wonder when Anet will finally get it through their heads that locking things behind failing events does nothing but promote toxic hateful environments for players.

It’s like they want that or something.

Lord please no. We get spammed enough as it is with gold sellers.

Good grief OP. You get what from a Jumping Puzzle. A blue and a green plus some empyreal fragments usually? And you’re throwing a fit over that? Are you *that bad at the game that you have to complain about someone else getting more garbage loot than you do because another player was kind enough to offer a port?

JustTrogdor.7892:

Hamfast.8719:

JustTrogdor.7892:

From your own OP quoting Gaile.

Hamfast.8719:

TL;dr: This change is coming, as soon as it can be scheduled and prioritized. Naturally, some matters that are higher on the priority list but this project will be scheduled as appropriate.

I’m not sure what more you are asking for since Anet stated it will be worked on at some point depending on priority. Maybe they should delay HoT to work on female animations.

I am asking them to “flip a switch” and restore the animations exactly as they were before. (Hopefully it’s that easy).

Ahh, the age old, it’s as easy as flipping a switch argument.

Click yes to create the perfect MMO

Except that if they coded their software properly, it really is about that easy.

Celtic Lady.3729:

You can buy them, right? That’s likely what you are supposed to do. It hurts because you’re supposed to just go buy them.

You just described GW2 in a nutshell.

OP does not speak for me. I like the new system

DGraves.3720:

The thing missed here is that the rewards overall are continuously compounding. The more MF you have the more rare the items you get, the more rare the items you get the more MF you produce from salvaging that item and it’s ectos as a result, the more you ectos you have produced the lower the price overall of MF and in the end there actually becomes an MF standard for playing because there is indeed a specific amount of MF, unkown to us, that allows you to reliably acquire items of sufficient rarity to continue the cycle.

It is basically economic suicide.

Do please show me where all those rares and exotics are that I’m supposed to be getting. I’ve been salvaging over 100 items per day for nearly a year and I’m still only at 245%MF. I see rares no more often than my account with 75% MF sees them.

MF does not have remotely the effect that you think it does.

The only reason people represent a guild is because the guild has a social environment that makes them want to represent the guild.
As a guild leader, it’s your responsibility to cultivate that environment through rules and limitations that create a space where people want to gather.
For example, if your main chat is a free-for-all that is often toxic, political (but I repeat myself), or polarizing, odds are you are going to wind up with people who rep other guilds unless they feel like getting into an online **** size contest.
Creating limits (such as a “no politics” rule), and then enforcing them, helps create a place where people can gather and not feel like it’s going to be an argument every time.
I’m sure there are guilds who will claim that they allow their members to talk about politics and everybody is just one big happy family. That’s fine. There are always exceptions. There are people who get precursors for drops too.

Bottom line, if people aren’t repping your guild, there’s a reason for it, and it’s up to the leader(s) to fix it, not the members. Requiring representation is a turn off for many.

Also, if your guild is thriving, and you see people who are constantly not repping. Boot them kindly. Kick them from the guild, send them a mail saying something to the effect of “Just doing maintenance of guild membership to trim people who don’t ever rep. Nothing personal, we’ve sent you an invite in case you want to be part of the guild still.” and let it go from there. If they really want to be part of your guild, they’ll accept the invite.

I would like to see something for all three. I realize I’m probably the only person in all of GW2 that absolutely loved Magister Sieran, but it’s only fair.

Anet should take this list seriously. It is packed full of common sense.

I don’t agree with all the points, but the overwhelming majority of them are things that this game needs in order to be on par with features (such as the UI) in other games.

Dusty Moon.4382:

sorudo.9054:

so we have:
-WvW
-sPvP
-HotM

PvE players have:
-open world

uhmm, i think PvE players have a say about this far more then the pro-duelers, there are plenty of places to fit duels so there is no need to add PvP in the only single place for PvE players.

For Dueling – go to Obsidian Sanctum or make your own PvP arena and invite who ever you want to duel. Then duel to your heart’s content.

No to dueling in the PvE world – it is a slippery slope to Open World PvP.

+1 It doesn’t belong in open world PvE

Does naming pets create gem sales? No
Is the lack of pet naming causing a noticeable number of people to leave the game? No.

ETA? Never.

yolo swaggins.2570:

“RNG is RNG”
The main issue here is a lack of understanding regarding the nature of programming. This is a videogame. It is completely possible to program a discriminating loot system, automated or not. Doesn’t mean the company is going to admit it. In fact, from a business standpoint it would be a good idea to have one and keep something like that a secret.

Thank you for having the guts to point this out, even though I’m sure you’ll get flamed for it.

The fact is that from a business standpoint, Anet has a lot to gain by gaming the system, and doing so is not illegal. Nor is it stated anywhere in the EULA that the loot system is fair or impartial. People have simply assumed that Anet is this pristine snowflake of a company that is apparently staffed by individuals who are the most philanthropic, blameless, infallible, perfect individuals to ever walk the earth, who would never for a moment consider doing such things, even if they can be proven to increase profits.

Behellagh.1468:

Maybe there’s a glut of tickets? Scraps drop more frequently since the chest revamp.

If there was a “glut” of tickets (there’s not), the supply on the TP would be high enough that the prices would be marginally higher than the skins which cost 1 ticket. As it stands the prices are running 2x normal, reflecting the normal average ticket value.

If there is some sort of problem with too many tickets, they can further nerf key farming. There are a lot of people who still do that once a week and a number of them on multiple accounts.

Anet simply cannot leave the Black Lion Tickets alone. It seems like every half year or so they have to try some new gimmick which has the same general result of making the players mad.

First it was locking the Immortal skin set in with outfit bundles (which they have apparently forgotten. At the rate the skins are accessible via gem store purchase it will be years before anyone could complete the skin set).
Then they thought it would be “cool” to make Privateer weapon set Account bound, thus forcing players to, one way or another, buy black lion keys.
Now they are breaking from the 5 year old standard and doubling the initial ticket cost.

The results are the same. People upset about it. The whales just buy what they want, because dropping $500 on gems to gamble with black lion keys is nothing to them. Many casuals just ignore it, while a few spend gold on the TP to buy the skin they want, and the collectors are forced to decide just how important it is to complete a set (side note: due to the Privateer skin set, which is locked behind RNG, and the sovereign set, which requires tokens that are no longer available, it is potentially impossible to complete the goal of having all skins of a specific weapon type.)

Halandir.3609:

So much for “challenging group content” boosting the game – Casuals leaving was expected.
Too bad most “hardcore groupers” seem to spend ingame-gold instead of RL-cash.
Catering to the least profitable group 101?

Catering to the “hardcore” crowd worked so well for Wildstar, Anet wanted to try it here.

VOLKON.1290:

Maybe we should wait until we see things implemented before we make demands that make us look silly due to insufficient information.

The OP is simply asking for a reversal of purchase to compensate for the change listed if/when it is put in place.

It is a simple solution to a problem that arises with the change (if they make it), however I don’t think people trust Anet to do something that involves common sense in this respect.

IF they make the magic find change, I would also like a straight refund. They can just remove the amulet from my character and leave the space empty, and drop the laurels back into my balance.

Lillith.5724:

What the hell? My small guild of 4-5 members use this often when we get a chance to play together.
We don’t stand a chance getting any merits from guild missions and we’ve just resolved the fact that the weenie small bounty reward of influence is all we’ll ever get.
NOW you’ve completely alienated small guilds in this game with cutting off guild transports for us. I can’t believe this!!
I’m getting more tired of getting the anet shaft with each passing patch and starting to regret buying this game as well as convincing a lot of friends to as well.
Rethink this please!!!!!

Quite a change in requirements huh? Convenient for Arenanet that small/medium guilds that were used to using that feature now have it taken away from them for a period of time that could be conveniently cut short by… :drumroll:… paying real cash

Amazing how that works out, isn’t it?

Hamfast.8719:

To Hell with Tonics and Outfits! They did a rotten job of matching the Town Clothing pieces together to make Tonics. I’m not sure I would bother transmuting my Tonics into Outfits because of the poor combos they thrust upon us.

My solution? RESTORE TOWN CLOTHES! Put them back in the game EXACTLY AS BEFORE! Keep Outfits. I’m not saying to get rid of Outfits (though I’ll never buy any). But there is NO REASON Town Clothes could not be put back into the game. Darned few pieces (mostly hats) were turned into Outfits anyway. Just un-Tonic them and give us back our mix ‘n’ matchable non-combat clothing!

Agreed. They shouldn’t have gone this route to begin with. It was a rude, poorly thought out, insulting move on their part.

The small but loud group is comprised mostly of individuals who just hate rangers in general, regardless of whether or not they need to be nerfed. They believe that playing ranger is automatically equal to a lack of manhood, and there is no end to their efforts to see Rangers emasculated completely to the point that it is an unused profession.

Ranger’s don’t need to be nerfed any more, and there is nothing I would compromise on.

There’s a difference between day and night?

Well, obviously Anet isn’t going to do anything about it. The threads have been merged and buried. Thx Anet.

Julie Yann.5379:

That explains that instance but what about the 101 other cheap shot mechanics used to artificially make this game challenging. I think many will agree that being insta gibbed or perma locked downed to death by an attack that has its telegraph hidden behind dozens of spell effects (or cheap post processing) or unblockable attacks is nothing but annoying and frustrating and cheap.

Gimmicks are Anet’s speciality. Just remember “death..good..” isn’t just a risen comment. With every one-shot kill comes a repair fee of over a silver. One of the largest passive gold sinks in the game, and that’s what all most everything in the game boils down to. Forcing players to spend more money (be it in game gold, or, to Anets preference, RL cash).

Until Anet learns how to entice players into spending money as opposed to trying to force them to, we’re going to be stuck with gimmicks.

Godzilla.7629:

Exactly my point. They are really useful when trying solo a champ and even at tequatl ive seen tons of them as well. No performance issues just the usual lag because of the large amount of players.

Wtf am i supposed to do with the 250+ of each cosumable?!

The charzooka nerf was not needed either. It had a timer when it ran out which was good. You really expect us to pay 1s for 1 shot of the charzooka?! Errr no thanks!

Really sad that they are so hard up for cash that they have to change miniscule things such as this.

Windu The Forbidden One.6045:

Not this topic again..

They aren’t winning on the “we want dueling” front, so they are trying a different tactic.

That is utter bullkitten. They’ve basically made it impossible for a casual player to obtain a legendary without (shocker!) buying one outright off the TP.

I’ve done my map completion, I’ve gotten everything but the precursor, and I’ve played a lot of WvW just for the heck of it. I’m not exactly a casual player, but I’m not hardcore by any means, yet I’m only rank 11. I could understand if it was rank 10. That is achievable and by the time you hit that you’ve learned a lot about WvW.
Making it rank 30 certainly won’t help the issue of zerging either.
What next Anet? Require completion of fractals up through level 50 in order to get world completion?
They should just stop this crap and remove the legendary crafting process and sell them directly in the gemstore for RL cash only purchases. That’s what they want.

Loosmaster.8263:

Talk about Necro’ing a post. Are you that bored?

A justified necro in my opinion. This topic is still a problem, and the targeting system is still a nightmare to deal with.

I’ve played and beta tested a dozen MMO’s over the years, and by far this is the worst targeting system I’ve ever had to deal with. Given, that is my own personal experience, but I can’t count the number of times I’ve had “target nearest” be anything BUT the mob that is eating my face.

thehipone.6812:

It is probably to make sure that you “Feel like you’re getting something” as opposed to things going straight to the wallet, relatively unnoticed.

Not really, it’s all about clogging inventory space and “encouraging” players to buy more inventory space.

LOL.. was wondering how long it would be before someone suggested this. It’s actually not a bad idea at all.

Henchmen and Heroes are a neat idea, but not for raids.

Dungeons? That would be fun. It would allow individuals to run Twilight Arbor or such to get tokens they need for whatever.
Fractals? maybe. I think they are similar to raids in their design.
Raids though? Definitely not. Yes, there are groups that are trying to do raids with fewer and fewer people , but in the end it’s still about actual human beings playing together to achieve a goal.

After close to a year, I have everything but the precursor. Precursor prices are constantly going up and are ridiculous already, and RNG hates me with a passion, so.. no. I won’t be getting one.

A really well written post. So much to agree with as well.

It would be nice to believe that someone of influence from Arenanet might actually sit down and fully, comprehensively, read that entire post, instead of just skimming it and making assumptions based on key words they picked up on.

UndeadCrisis.5103:

314,000 files – it’s been at 0% for 5-10 minutes?

Is my entire game redownloading?

See how OP the ice-bow was? It took all this to fix it. :nods:

It’s broken good.

Started with slowness in the buy/sell listings, then went down hill from there.

The performance of the trading post is so erratic and unpredictable, it’s closing in on being of no use at all.

Khisanth.2948:

So how many gold ingots does it take to make one gold coin?

I do silversmithing in RL. Believe me, either we are using tiny little ingots, or we are absolutely horrid jewelers if it takes multiple ingots to make a single ring.

The end result of all this is that Anet clearly never wanted to do any sort of scavenger hunt or such for precursors. They had a gold-grind RNG method in place and are hell bent on keeping it that way, so in response to the players requests, they gave us a gold-grind RNG method of crafting these precursors, and made sure at the same time that it would be more costly than previous methods.

+1. This would be a really nice QoL improvement to bring in.

BrotherBelial.3094:

Some.people have said that if you do not have the raid Masterys maxed, then you will not be able to get SS in HoT only in core. That’s is of course assuming you have maxed all lines bar the raid ones.

That is correct. Only “hard core” players can access Spirit Shards in HoT zones. The rest of the player base, whether they paid for HoT or not, is stuck with Core Tyria only.

docMed.7692:

Gaile Gray.6029:

A message from John Corpening and John Smith:

We’ve noticed some changes to ascended drop rates that are below what we were expecting.

See, this is what I don’t get about your development team. Why are ascended drop rates below what the developers (you!) expected? You developed the content, you programmed the rates, why would they be different than what you put in or anything other than what you 100% intended? Did someone on their own simply have complete control over fractal rates with no oversight? This design concept seems to run rampant among your developers and is most apparent when reviewing material storage, boxes that open into more boxes, zone-specific keys, etc. (it seems like your internal teams do not communicate changes well with each other, which is a poor reflection on management).

It’s deliberate and intentional obfuscation.

Unless they are using some system cooked up by the Mad King himself, drop rates are finite numbers that exist in the system as variables which they have complete control over. Making it sound like there was some result that was “Unexpected” is nothing but smoke and mirrors. The drop rates are what they set them to be. There was no “mistake” in the changes made. They took off and nuked it from orbit, and now want us to believe it was an “oopsies” moment.

I don’t agree with everything you said, but I think you made some good points. Unfortunately it will fall on deaf ears when it comes to the people who matter.

This “warning” was worded in a very loose and vague manner, which is quite concerning, as it opens the door wide for moderators to moderate according to their personal opinions of individuals, such as myself, who are unhappy about how Arenanet chooses to do some things in the game.

The American legal system should be a perfect example of how just about anything can be taken personally. The users are now basically free to comment, but at the complete mercy of the moderators, even if said mods have had a bad day.

This moderation post, coupled with the collaboration post combine to paint a picture that could be clearly interpreted as “positive input only”.

Vulgarity, threats, wishing real life harm, and so on have no place on the game forum, I think most would agree, but right now the impression that Arenanet is giving is that they are thin skinned. No-one there seems to be willing to consider that the reason there has been a steady growth of negative commentary is that they are starting to upset their player-base.

I read through the thread and just laugh. Seriously? You want to kill the mesmer portal because it helps people skip a jump puzzle so they can most likely get a couple green name items and a bunch of vendor crap?

If it was a guaranteed yellow or so, I could see it being an issue, but with the current “rewards” jump puzzle loot is a joke.

I suspect that the real reason you’re against it makes camping less of a problem in EB.

Wanze.8410:

A short reminder of whom we got to thank for it:

In this exciting and chaotic time, it’s easy to forget the hard lessons we’ve learned. We here at the Black Lion Trading Company would like to honor the memory of Lion’s Arch after Evon Gnashblade’s tragic failure to protect it from the dastardly Scarlet Briar. For this event, we’re bringing back a boatload of exciting items you can use to show your respect!

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/lions-arch-commemorative-sale/

Reality check. Had Evon won, the above would be what was posted on the front page.

Makai.3429:

I miss the days in GW1 when I’d get excited for the new build notification. Now I just shake my head and wonder how Mesmer’s going to get nerfed.

That’s about how I feel. I see new patch notes, and go first to the class section to see what’s been nerfed even more.

Fenrir.3609:

Seven pages of what boils down to – “I have no idea of how markets work but some people might be making more gold than me so please nerf/change them”. Fantastic.

Bolded the root of the problem for you.

I too got tired of other people making more gold than me, but instead of demanding income equality I learned how to make more gold.

As silly as it sounds, I do believe that the armor should go with the “six or none” theme. If the char anatomy is anything like feline anatomy, then ..it resolves itself.

If Anet ends up insisting that we go the two breasted route for female Charr and Asura, then I want “anthro” choices for humans. Cat ears, cat tails, etc.