Guild Wars 2

I’ve read the arguments both for and against moving DE down to Adept. It seems like it’d be a good thing in the sense that it’ll open more trait options for shatter mesmers, but it doesn’t really promote build diversity since it’s still a necessary trait.

I guess a better idea would be to keep DE where it is, but add some traits that create more diversity for clone creation, like a trait that creates a clone on interruption, or creates a clone whenever you crit with a 10-15sec cooldown. These will create other ways to pump out clones without necessitating DE.

Also, as it is clones are good for one thing: shattering them. And I get that that’s the mesmer mechanic. But it’d be nice to have more interaction with them, such as swapping places with them or refocusing a clone’s target, etc.

I never liked Ascended gear. And I will never have it unless Anet vastly reduces the costs to acquire. All Ascended gear does is pigeonhole players into the single playstyle their gear allows. Want to experiment with alternate playstyles, builds, or game areas (WvW/PvE)? Too bad, you just sunk all your time/gold into 1 stat set.

Thankfully, exotic is still more than enough to accomplish any game area.

I was really hoping to attain a couple of these new weapon skins. So much for that. They hit the nail on the head with SAB. But then they reverted back to this RNG surprise-in-a-box thing that frustrated everyone during the last event and will probably be the same this time around. Here’s hoping the drop rate is better than the past indicates it will be. I refuse to spend real money or in-game gold at a chance to maybe get something.

Kudos to a free toy in the gem store. Kudos to event-achievable back piece. Kudos to (snazzy) open world fun.

The World Boss Schedule (WBS) should have overlaps. I see no reason why 2 bosses can’t be out at the same time in different zones for the sake of variety. Especially because now the number of scheduled times for the 3 mega-bosses will be drastically reduced.

At 1900EST on the WBS the Megadestroyer will be up. If I’m only playing for an hour or 2 that evening I’ll have no chance of seeing the Evolved Jungle Wurm at 2300. Why not have that boss run simultaneously? They’re in different zones anyway, so I see no issue. Running 2 events at a time over different zones, especially with the mga-bosses, would be hugely beneficial for anyone who wants to take on specific world bosses.

Even with Guild triggered mega-bosses, that’s still contingent on enough active guild members being on at the same time, having enough merits, and wanting to do it. Gives a single player no control over their content choice.

1. Remove Ascended gear
2. Make conditions viable in dungeons, large-scale battles
3. Make combat require more than dps-output (support, strategy, dmg mitigation, etc)
4. No more RNG boxes, rare chance tokens, gem store only armors & weps – in game!!!
5. Search function on the TP that sorts by armor type

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6. Remove Ascended gear

The only thing missing from Vigil Keep that was in LA are the crafting stations. But truth be told, LA was not convenient for crafting anyway. I’ve always done my crafting in Rata Sum because the crafting stations are closest to the bank & TP.

There are asura gates to all major cities in VK, just like they were in LA. And if you go thru the LA portals that’re in the major cities, they take you to VK.

Even if LA is gone for good, the Vigil Keep is a hastily thrown together refugee outpost (in game terms, not developer terms). Give Tyrians a few weeks/months to recoil from the sudden attack on LA, fight Scarlet, and begin a new city. Give it time and we might see a new city to replace LA, the expansion of the various Order headquarters, a new push into Southsun that results in the creation of a new grand city. Or maybe Anet is just sick of everyone afk-ing in one place and has plans to make all of Tyria more appealing to visit.

You can’t whine about inconvenience when there’s very little inconvenience and Anet offers you TWO ways around it. Buy the unlimited pass or open event bags and maybe you’ll get some 1-time use passes. I’ve gotten 3 so far and haven’t used one yet because VK isn’t inconvenient. The bank and TP are actually closer in VK than they were in LA. So are the asura gates.

Probably zero. I have 8 characters, 4 of them 80s, and only 1 of them fully geared out with multiple sets of exotics, and exactly no ascended/legendary weapons. I have almost all crafts to 400, artificing at about 425.

Unless they make it much cheaper to acquire ascended armor than it is for the weapons, I don’t see myself having any. The grind for a single ascended weapon’s mats (plus what was needed to get to 500) was a bit much for a game with supposedly very little vertical progression. And I can’t see crafting 6 armor pieces being a walk in the park.

Wow…that’s just abysmal. I mean, kind of insulting really. A red post said not to trash them and even used exclamation points to emphasize the importance of keeping them. What a disappointment.

It’s like they’ve forgotten about rewards and instead focused on sinks; gold sinks, loot sinks, event item sinks. Just cleaning up the excess. Apparently, we don’t need loot from the Pavillion now. So we got that going for us…

Victory.2879:

Lvling without traits isn’t fun.

Agreed. That’s what I meant about the “trait situation.” I hate that Anet feels the trait progression was too advanced for apparently stupid players and had to push everything back 20 levels. I lost access to my GM traits on my most recent alt. And my buddy who’s new to the game lost access to ALL of his traits for another half dozen levels. So much for him getting the hang of experimenting with traits.

Ellen Kiel is only 1 vote on the council. And the newest one at that. She probably has a hard time convincing the more seasoned councilmembers.

Ellen Kiel’s research into the Thaumanova Reactor, which btw was one of the biggest asura disasters ever, led to more revelations about Scarlet’s past. I’d say, good research.

Ellen Kiel put Mai Trin in jail. And I’m sure that decision was backed by the rest of the council too. But she wasn’t the guard on duty. And she didn’t build the cell with a false hinge or something.

Conspiracy theories require more evidence and less conjecture.

I enjoy playing GW2. I’ve enjoyed playing since BWE. So I’ll continue to enjoy playing it until I don’t. Simple as that. So I’m excited simply that GW2 will continue to be free, continue to have a really great community, and continue to get updates often. Bring on 2014.

+1
At least glue shot. It’s almost never used. Would give P/P some utility.

Yes, to more armors. Constantly new weapons but same armor. We need more…

Medium armor that isn’t trenchcoats
Light armor that isn’t dresses

I agree with the OP. While I don’t stand disillusioned with the game, I probably won’t have a Legendary or Ascended weapon because I like playing the game, not grinding out mats or speed-running the most efficient time:gold spot. I have 3 80’s, 1 geared in multiple exotic sets, about 160g in my wallet, and 5 other alts under 55. Playing the game as I do (for enjoyment) I’ll never gather the necessary mats or gold to make/buy a Legendary. If I amass most of the mats needed for an ascended wep then I’ll prob give it a go; but I’m not breaking my back playing boring a grind just to get a shiny.

As a GW1 veteran, the ultimate shinies were hard to acquire, looked amazing, and had absolutely no stat advantage over a blue vendor item. But it looked awesome and garnered prestige. I had hoped that GW2 Legendaries and Ascendeds would be the same…sadly, they are not. They give those who grind it out a stat advantage. And it may not be much now, but when Ascended gear rolls around, look out.

For now, I continue to play for enjoyment, not chasing 8000AP, not being led around by the LS, not mat farming or doing any other chores. If anyone wants to do some DEs with me, I’m currently enjoying my lvl 28 thief in the Shivers.

Po-Po-Po-Po-Porcine Power

Give the Porcine pets a try when fighting in melee range. Their foraged items are amazing if you can deal with the clunky mechanic. Since you & your pet will be fighting side by side (and porcine are pretty hearty) their F2 item will pop up next to you, easy to pick up. Study the items each Porcine forages, and use them according to your build. Can also really benefit teammates in dungeons, so long as they know what Foraged items are/do.

Pig – heals, invulnerability
Siamoth – conditions, ethereal field
Warthog – blind, stealth, boons
Boar – control, ethereal field

Warning: I don’t PvP, but I’ve heard that an enemy player can pick up Foraged items (who came up with that idea??). Use wisely if in PvP.

Wethospu.6437:

Seras.5702:

Didn’t read the thread. Don’t need to read the thread. Just no.

No to damage meters and especially to player inspection.

Excellent and well-thought arguments.

This topic has been debated in this forum by me and plenty of others so many times that I just didn’t have the energy to reiterate things that’ve already been said. I chimed in to offer my opinion, simply to add another voice to the crowd screaming “NO!” If you need my reasons, I’m sure they were mentioned somewhere in the last 5 pages. If not, search for the last time this topic was brought up.

Clumsy.6257:

sorry i see your point on the analogy, let me clarify, you have 1 hour (just for analogy purposes), your drive home takes a minimum of 15 minutes, and while scenic the longer route takes 30 mins, once finished your left with either 45 mins or 30 mins of free time, personally I value my time so I would take the shorter route every time, the question is would you rather be in a dungeon for 1 hour or 15 minutes? being in a dungeon 15 minutes means you have 45 minutes more than the slow team to do w/e you want

But I’m playing GW2 and running dungeons. Clearly, what I want to do is be in a dungeon.

OIIIIIO.7825:

I didn’t mention this earlier but there is one more, however it’s hardly worth mentioning.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Vanish_in_the_Deep

I lol’d tho

Vol.7601:

TIL there is no gold/gem exchange in GW2

And the best way to earn gold isn’t via challenging content and earning it. It’s dungeon speed clears and champ trains. I’d rather play challenging and fun content and get a good drop. It’s a rewarding feeling. Exchanging gold for gems and buying a common skin isn’t awesome.

Winds.3087:

Majority of players are humans.
Deal with it.

Actually, I think we’re all humans. Unless you’re letting your dog play.

Why can’t I get this lore in-game?

Man, is everything going to be a gem store item? There’s more and more focus on the gem store with every patch. Pretty soon we’re not gonna get anything but balance fixes without paying the gem store.

New character customization? Nah, you can’t have that. Unless you pay the gem store.
Want more material space? Gem store.
Special holiday skin? Yep, gem store.
Snow Globe finisher? You guessed it, gem store.

And to entice players to buy even more gems:
bonuses inside BLC
discounts on items if bought as gift

I think it’s apparent that Anet has made serious attempts to design this event to promote non-zerg play.

- The achievements encourage varied, non-zerg play. Triple Play and Group Effort are awarded only if the entire zone is played with strategy. Each area needs groups of people defending escorts and accomplishing events.
- As the map as a whole succeeds, the higher the number of evacuees, and the higher the rewards.

It’s individual selfish play that hampers the event, not the design of the event. Anet learned from the Scarlet Invasions from zergs just farming til failure. In Escape from LA, farming til fail is less rewarding than smart zone-wide play and citizen saving.

O so agree it’s not even funny.

Firstly, they take up so much inventory space. Each time a new event currency is introduced, it should either be added to the wallet or the collectibles tab, depending on how the currency is treated in-game.

Secondly, we get a new currency type for each event. Which means that any leftovers from the previous event are now functionally useless. If we had a universal “Event Token” that carried over, we could choose to use them on whatever we choose. I’d love to have more jade weapons, they’re sweet looking. But getting those tickets were rough. Of course, this event, getting the tokens necessary for the Sovereign weapons is fairly easy (at least for me). Unfortunately, I also think they’re ugly. I’d love to parlay this earned currency into progress toward a jade weapon.

Omnom Berry is Soylent Green!

Anet boasted about their DEs before launch. I really, truly thought their consistent content updates would be new DEs replacing old ones as the face of Tyria changed. For instance…

- After a while, an oft-attacked camp would either become a fortified outpost or simply cease to be.
- Destroying centaur camps would drive them off, creating a human outpost with some grass growing to replace the hoof-trampled mud.
- The crystal scar running down Ascalon could grow as the tainted emotionlessly push through Charr lines.
- The Risen tear through a krait tower, corrupting them, and a new DE involves destroying Risen krait rather than freeing captured quaggan.
- The Nightmare Court, taking advantage of focus on Zhaitan, spread through parts of Maguuma, overrunning even Inquest bases. New DE involves actually helping the Inquest (still a legit asuran college) reclaim their tech from Nightmare Court.

This is what I expected. For Tyria to actually evolve and for new DEs to replace old ones as the effects of our and NPC efforts were felt. Alas, it isn’t so.

ViralVarda.2739:

Kaiyanwan.8521:

Nah, we had this Asuran father and son relation drama already in GW1, Anet would not recycle that for GW2 with a father – daughter thing would they…?

Oh, heavens, no. ANet would never recycle ANYTHING from their previous game to use for this game. EVER. Perish the thought.

Agreed…Anet doesn’t recycle stuff. Hey check out my Flameseeker Armor!!!

I’ve been periodically checking into this thread and I gotta say that if the items in Allie’s summary from pg 42 are being seriously discussed and evaluated by the devs, then I’m very encouraged. I haven’t added to this CDI because I stopped playing Ranger seriously so long ago I think my contributions would be more harmful than helpful. But I’m following it in hopes that my first and once-favorite class becomes my favorite once again.

Atlas.9704:

…..
Then Taimi refuses, “I am an Asura like my mentor before me.”
She and Zojja then Sparta kick Scarlet down some lava pit.

lol or better yet…

Then Taimi refuses, “I am an Asura like my mentor father before me. You remember him…don’t you???”
Scarlet’s confused look…then wide eyes…Taimi’s resemblance to Omadd becomes apparent, just as Scruffy’s fist smashes down upon Scarlet. Squish, salad, pulp, just add Ranch.

-THE END-

Aristio.2784:

Rocket Boots are why Elixirs are far superior to Gadgets.

And the elixir traits
And the shorter cooldowns

The devs got Rocket Boots right the first time. It’s just that they put it on the EG and called it Acid Bomb. Amiright?

Tolmos.8395:

Total damage for the entire team? Sure. Total damage for yourself ONLY? Yes. Total damage for other individuals in your group? Oh hell no. It just invites a type of in game bullying that is neither welcome here nor needed here.

Completely agree here. I’d like a damage meter for myself sometimes just to see how traits and build decisions affect my overall damage output. It would help to know, given my current condition dmg and power, would trait A or B be better? I’d even be ok if existed exclusively in the Mists lobby and during boss encounters. Just a toggle in your UI options to display your personal damage output.

But allowing everyone to see your damage output, not just per player but for professions as a whole, can (and will) lead to exclusivity and unfair kicking. Not to mention that every player is responsible for healing & support. So someone with low dps might be that way because they’ve been buffing the group, resulting in bigger party-dps. But a dps-meter wouldn’t reflect that. I think most GW2 players came here specifically to avoid the WoW-esque recount ping gear crap. That’s my take.

I love the mini Peter idea! He absolutely needs an annoying quality. Like the only mini that auto-deposits into your bank. Or wanders much farther than other minis (like ranger pets do heh). Or talks so much his banter clogs your chat frame.

Literally everyone on here thinks the push back of traits to 30 is a bad idea. No matter what everyone thinks of the new traits, their acquisition, the challenges, the costs, the balance, the bugs….everyone hate the push back to 30. I’d really love a dev response because simply saying “we want to make progression for new players easier and simpler” is not holding water for me. Or any of us apparently. Heck, even new players are more confused now since they’re logging on and have a mere fraction of what they did before.

Come to think of it, you’re right.

- eat 250 zaitaffy (double click 250 times)
- launch 150 fireworks (find, press F)
- break 150 pinatas (find, press F)
- enjoy fireworks display (…do nothing)
- kill holo monsters (this one is cool, and will net you the zaitaffy needed for #1)

Huh….and yet I continue to be entertained. Guess that explains tho why I do the achievements and then move on.

Out of curiosity, I jumped into one of these groups to see what this “event farm” was all about. Every time someone comes along and tries to complete the event everyone screams at him/her. It wouldn’t be so bad that players farm an event, but when someone comes along who is trying to win at it, he/she gets trolled hard. Kinda defeats the purpose of the game.

Honestly, the DR kicks in and it’s pretty boring. The only reason I can see this as helpful is for getting the monthly salvage req. Either way, I’m not heading back. To me, it’s not playing the game.

Romek.4201:

this info when bosses spawn and where have to be ingame and not on a website

^ this. Anet published a static rotation schedule for their World Events. Shouldn’t it be obvious to them that this needs to somehow be in-game? A World Event tag at the top of the screen next to the other icons we have for WvW, PvP, Hero, etc that when clicked will show us the schedule and highlight the one currently occurring. Maybe even a spyglass to click that shows the location, like it does when we click the new GM trait challenges.

Sometimes I love my asura. Great racials, story, animations.
Sometimes I hate not being able to see my armor/weapons.
A race change would be a nice option.

Well it’s been established that it can be done. CoF flames were dyeable in beta but apparently that was too much fun so it got removed. No clue.

Also, the glowy bits on medium Magitech armor are dyeable. Mine are bright lite blue.

PS – Chaos axes in GW were my favorite cuz of how they looked when dyed.

As an altoholic, I’ve always loved GW because of the ability to have multiple toons and split my time amongst them and not worry about getting left behind. Now however, I’m worried that I’ve spent all my time goofing around with 3 toons at once that by the time I get 1 to 80 I’ll be left in the dust, forced to attain exotics from karma vendors by grinding dailies & DEs rather than enjoying dungeon runs.

More gear skin variety
Account bound dyes
More weapon skill choices

I miss the days of GW1 when we could reset our attribute points for free any time we were in an outpost. Although, it wasn’t always that way. You used to have to earn skill points to respec.

I’m hoping that sometime soon Anet will give us the ability to respec our traits for free out of combat so that we can experiment with builds more readily and be more versatile as situations present themselves. I can see this being limited to out of dungeons, but it’d be super useful in PvP and lotsa fun in PvE. As it is we can swap out traits, but our trait points are locked in. Just free em up please.

I understand gold sinks in the game, but the cost of respeccing isn’t significant enough to be considered an effective gold sink, but it is something that people would probably do more often if they had more freedom to do so.

rivx.3267:

I kinda wish the cooldown would start the moment you placed them. But with how they are currently implemented that wont ever happen.

Well if you think about it, they almost do

I like the idea a hide/unhide toggle for hobosacks.

Actually, I think it’s the only viable option since if we got customization options we’d likely get QQ from other professions about how unfair it is that we can uber-customize our toons (and probably from other engies too for having one more piece to work/pay for to customize).

Yea I’ve been a proponent of tolerance for Scarlet for a while now. I’ve felt that her character isn’t awful, just that it was poorly executed. How her character can too easily be dismissed as an evil-for-the-sake-of-evil-insane-villain but upon closer inspection is more than that.

However…

It’s just getting ridiculous how her hands are in literally everything. She’s smart, but can she really be that influential, that omnipresent? No…and while I’m sure the players’ feelings toward Scarlet are mixed, I’d have to guess the resounding majority is sick of her. And yet she continues to crop up, laugh maniacally, & then escape without effort. Can we have a new villain? Can problems arise that aren’t her handywork? After all, even Gotham had more than 1 villain. And Metropolis. And…Detroit.

Thala.2801:

I swear, the most common complaint I must hear from the GW2 community is “I’m mad that ArenaNet removed this stupidly exploitative farming method”. Why do people keep expecting them to stay?

Huge difference between “fix exploitative farming method” and “absolutely no drops whatsoever.” As the developer, it’s their job to create enjoyable and rewarding content.

Clumsy.6257:

… why would anyone want to spend 45 mins in a dungeon vs the 10 mins it should actually take, speed run or not, ex: your driving your car to work everyday, should take 15 mins to get to work, why would you intentionally waste time and gas by taking a much longer route

Poor analogy. You’re assuming that taking longer in a dungeon is inherently un-fun. You’re too goal oriented; something the OP and others have pointed out is the problem. Instead, you should be enjoying the ride.

A better analogy would be:
Would you rather take the direct 15min route home, or try that snazzy, windy back-road that will take longer but could be fun and definitely something new? Sometimes it’s about the journey, not the destination. Especially, when we’re all headed to the same place. Make it fun.

It’s a pretty well-known “fact” that berserker gear leads to the highest dps. Thankfully, we don’t have dps counters, or we’d also know specifically which builds, traits, even professions were the highest dps-ers, with no gray area. Suddenly, we’d go from zerker-or-bust to warrior-with-this-exact-specific-build-or-bust. Pigeonholing players to only play a certain gear type is selfish, because you’re forcing everyone else to play by your style.

Downscaling means your armor & life will be the same as if you really were level 5. So you need to play smart, regardless of your actual level because in Metrica you’re level 5 baby. As a downscaled 80 you get the benefit of being fully traited, having 3 utilities, an elite, and 3-attribute exotic gear to start with. Which means you are stronger than a real level 5 because you have more weapons and wider stat allocation.

Now, if I understand you right, you want to be able to face tank a champion when downleveled right? So basically, you want to be able to fight them exactly the same as a non-champion/non-veteran mob? Shouldn’t there be some sort of challenge involved in fighting a vet or champ? I think so.

Also, downscaling opens all of Tyria to you, allowing you to play everywhere without feeling bored or like the content is irrelevant. That’s a good thing imo.

Nothing should ever be announced in only the chat window. It’s too easy to miss while playing. I don’t read everything that’s going on in chat, especially if I’m in a dungeon. I hated it when we had to fight Canach and read our tiny chat window to know what was going on. Umm…on screen notifications or bring back the orange event assistant on the right hand side. It’d only be there for 10 mins a few times a day.

It’s like they didn’t even test it on asura.

“Oh, looks great on human. Cool, now apply the auto-resizing algorithm to them for the other races and let’s get back to designing gem store items.”

Well that sucks. I find that a lot of our skills & kits act very strangely with other mechanics. Maybe it’s because the coding for them was sort of MacGyvered from existing skill mechanics without fully accounting for the differences our kits and such bring. Supply Crate is just dropping a bunch of our non-elite items (medkits, turrets) at once and calling it elite. Which it is, but I’m thinking the game code reads it as a bunch of non-elites instead of 1 elite. All supposition of course.