Guild Wars 2

Is this another QQ thread about people QQing ?

Yes it is.

Gw2 is very “pedestrian” even when running, and the in “combat” slow down is very annoying.

Yes I also find this very annoying, why does it need to happen, I don’t neccessarily want to fight mobs, It’s like being on a Sunday afternoon stroll, it’s SO slow.

Mobs even overtake me, why would they do this to us………………..

minbariguy.7504:

Sirendor.1394:

The game is at this very moment a chore and everything that was fun about it, became a grinding nightmare.

+1. Nothing more to add.

+ another +1

Lathrall.9180:

And after all these countless posts of the issues going on with this event with overflows, guesting, afk, and displeasure in what has come from this event, we still have silence from Anet.
It would be nice to even have just one developer come in and make a statement about this, if there is something they have learned from it, and a fix is on the way.

116 posts from ArenaNet in the first 3 pages of he SAB forum, 91 of them in the thread titled “Is it too hard”, ironic eh !

Just 6 posts from ArenaNet in the first 7 pages of this forum.

gaborkaldy.3210

“But any way you have to do something for it not just being sad about not getting on the main.”

I’m not sad, I’m annoyed that ArenaNet didn’t take this problem into consideration, I’m also annoyed that they have said absolutely nothing about it, when they were all over the SAB forum like a rash.

A 45 minute event and we get kicked in the last few minutes.

Get your act together ArenaNet, nobody wants to waste their time like this.

Homonavn.6348:

DEAD?! If you go to “World selection” you will every server are “highly populated” or “Very high” and alot are full… You should check before making threads like this

Yes that’s right, so where are all the people on these “so say” highly populated servers.

Cos I can’t find them, no events are getting done, nobodies in Orr, DE’s fizzle out, can’t even find anybody to do a dungeon with.

Beats me !

I don’t like being told (Forced) to do something when I don’t want to…….

I don’t like being told I can’t fight in town clothes.
I don’t like changing from my town clothes to armour when I trip over a twig.
I don’t like being forced to use my pet.
I don’t like my pet popping out when I fall more than 6"
I don’t like drawing my weapon just because some mobs are close by.

You get the idea, let the players control how they want to play, when they wear or do something, give control back to the players.

Klangy.8293:

Well signs The only thing you get from 100% complete is stuff for legendary. I think if u call yourself casual u will not get legendary anyway. It’s total of 40HP and u need 25 for elite. And it’s not like u running around solo either. And the small events pre meta is easy solable.

Wait, you didn’t “solo” it all then ?

It’s just virtual money, why do they need gold sinks and taxes to control the economy

Waypoint costs, repair costs, trading post taxes, it’s just starting to feel like real life with the goverment trying to screw every penny they can out of us.

It’s not neccessary, it’s a game, and supposed to be fun.

How about fixing it in PvE ?

I give up, rubbish, your healths forever dropping, heal skills take too long to regen, it’s just insta gib time and time again…………….

Just a massive gold sink and way too frustating.

I feel bad running past people that are downed, but what can you do, stop and your dead as well…..

Kraggy.4169:

Stars.2179:

BitterClinger.8490:

Now, it looks like we’re done. It seems there is no way to progress our guild, no matter how slowly.

Make some friends? There are tens of thousands of other players out there willing to help you. The only reason why you don’t have a way to progress is because you don’t want to (invite other people, make friends, etcs). It’s called an MMO for a reason.

The trouble is most large guild are drama-fests, often with arrogant people in them that say things like “it’s called an MMO for a reason” … nothing directed at you, of course.

Same here 2 person guild, we are screwed.

I’ve done a couple of dungeons, and to be honest they are just terrible.

There’s no real tactics, it’s just die, waypoint, back to it.

Now Fissure of Woe and Underworld, that was proper stuff, tactical, doable, always fun, even with a pug.

ShiningSquirrel.3751:

what are these “precursors” you speak of?
I have heard tales spoken of these “precursors”, but since the long ago beta times, have seen no proof of their existence other then vague rumors and whispers spoken on the wind.

That’s about it for me as well.

Reading the other posts, they actually drop ?

Never seen one, never expect to get one.

Coulter.2315:

It took me a couple of hours to do silver for them all, you’re making a mountain out of a molehill.

Good for you, you like them, some people hate them.

I don’t think it’s a “mountain out of a molehill”, we are really being forced into doing them because we need the points.

I for one am having great difficulties and find them very frustrating, and can’t even get bronze on some of them.

Might be a very small point, but it’s game breaking for me if this is the direction ArenaNet are going in.

Basically I don’t want this sort of dross in an MMO.

Wahaha.7938:

Just practice for more than 5 minutes instead of giving up? That’s how you get good at video games. Fallen masks silver is not even hard, I got it on my 2nd try at the minigame, with plenty of mistakes.

AWWW I can’t even get bronze on that one.

I don’t like platformers, I can get those on my phone if I want to, trouble is I’m bored before I even start.

These so called “Adventures” are not MMO content, I want to do MMO stuff.

I’m still managing to get 6 or so Moa’s on me, when I have a target in front of me trying to tear my face off.

I don’t want to be forced how to play.

If I put the pet away, I want it to stay put away. Rangers should have the choice, as per GW1, there should be something to compensate for not using the pet, It doesn’t look like ArenaNet will ever fix the pet thing.

If I put my town clothes on, I want them to stay on.

If I die, I don’t want my camera angle fiddled with.

“Time to do some real damage” erm from a Ranger ???

The targetting issue is terrible, nothing better than targetting a non-threatening target you can’t even see, when you have 5 threatening targets right in front of you trying to rip your eyes out.

Way to go AN.

GW1 Ranger was much better, the bows reacted more like real bows, gaining a height advantage gave you more damage (As it should be), I get sick of seeing “invulnerable” whenever a mob feels like it, while he beats me half to death.

GW2 Ranger is very poor in comparison, poor skills and poor weapons.

Tolmos.8395:

The servers aren’t dead and I don’t believe they changed the population ranges to display “full” when there are less people online… it’s just that no one is in a place where you can see them. Endgame is all about running an instance for the best gear, now, so that is where everyone is. They are either idling in a city looking for a group for it, or they are in the instance itself.

The players are still there, they just aren’t doing open world content anymore.

For your “average” “casual” mmo player then, the servers dead.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

The raid isn’t hard it is just time consuming. It takes about 10 hours to really learn each boss. Once you learn the basic mechanics the bosses are actually fairly simple and the raid will only take you less than an hour to complete. It seems the casuals want to skip the learning part however and just go straight to the loot earning part. Which is not how raids work, nor should they ever work like that.

I don’t think people are worried about the time it take’s to learn the “Basic Mechanics” of raiding, or the learning curve.

I’m a casual, I don’t expect to be able to skip that part.

However a a “Casual” I just can’t get into a raid party at all, because I don’t “Conform” to the way these elitists want you to be.

That’s what bugs me, content in a game (Remember I paid the same price as you did) that I will forever be barred from experiencing.

Raids were poorly thought out, there should be difficulty levels, with relevant rewards, so that everybody can experience the game content they paid good money for.

What’s the good of buying a game when you are excluded from a big part of it.

Bad planning by ArenaNet.

Nope, not the best MMO ever made, lots of basic things wrong with it that should have been done before it was released.

And as far as the best MMO ever made, it depends on what floats your boat, look at Ultima Online, I looked at some screenshots earlier, it ain’t pretty, but loads of people still play it, and it’s all about the content, and the people, two things that GW2 is sadly lacking in.

GW2 is actually a mish-mash of lots of MMO’s, a bit from this and that, all rolled up into one, and made to look “pretty” and a bit different, there’s nothing here that we haven’t seen before.

And it’s turning into a gear grind, nothing more, when most people want more content and substance, better quests and things to achieve, not just grind dungeons over and over for better gear.

I liked my GW1 Ranger much more than I like my GW2 Ranger.

I hate my pet.

Vayne.8563:

mcwurth.2081:

TexZero.7910:

One person isn’t a guild.

actually it is. The guild is named and created, it just has one member, no matter how you turn or twist it, it is still called a guild within the realms of Tyria.

No, one person isn’t a guild. One person as the ability to make a guild but according to the actual definition of the world guld, even lore wise, one person is not a guild. A guild is an organization. You can’t organize 1.

That’s why 1 person does an event and gets 2 influence, but 2 from the same guild get 20.

Anet was nice enough to allow solo players to make bank guilds, but it’s really just a tolerated abuse of the system.

I have a one person Guild (Solo).

“but it’s really just a tolerated abuse of the system.” I don’t see it as that.

drkn.3429:

@Solid – i can assure you that you can do all routes of all dungeons without a single party wipe. If your party wipes, it’s only your fault, not a bad dungeon design. Just like in GW1 – doable, tactical, no need to die if you’re good enough; and if you can’t do FoW, it’s not FoW’s fault.

Hang on here, I had no problems doing FoW or UW.

And I don’t believe you could possibly blame a player for dieing, you may have well used the ltp line.

So there you all are, crammed in a little room, surrounded by mobs that are as hard as nails, the camera angle wedged God know’s where, you can’t see whats going on, and you know you can die at any minute from a one hitter.

Yeah it’s all about tactics right, no, it all about mobs doing massive damage in one hit and having massive amouts of health.

I always play a Ranger in every game I’ve played, and only a Ranger.

6 years or so on GW1 with only one character, my Ranger, from beta testing to date on my GW2 Ranger.

But, this Ranger has me beat…………..

So, I’m going to level up a Warrior, I don’t want to, I’m not looking forward to it, but I’ve convinced myself to do it.

I’m not deleting my Ranger, I’m just hoping one day Anet sort the thing out, but we’ve had promises, then nerfs, then more promises and more nerfs, the pet is a disaster and I don’t think it will ever be any good of.

Serraphin Storm.2369:

Each pet already has thier specialty. the ranger class is what it is. Seems some people have chosen the wrong class.

No, l wanted to be a Ranger, not a beastmaster.

The pet is a pain a nuisance and a liability, and dead most of the time, or 50% health which seems to stop them from doing anything.

I want to play a Ranger, not have to play a Ranger and micro-manage my pet as well.

Wait, your moaning about the moaners, here.

Seriously ?

wolfyrik.2017:

Dood, ranger players have been banging on about this since Beta.

Anet is only interested in you using your pet at all times no matter what because reasons.

Pretty much this sums up the situation.

You WILL use your pet whatever.

I would love to be able to stow my pet away, and maybe the Ranger should get a buff to make up for it.

I would love to be able to store it away on jumping puzzles, it gets in the way, I know it can be stored, but it pops out again as soon as you take any damage, or even if you trip over a leaf.

I should be able to store it away in towns, and it stays away, even if I fall over.

Love my Ranger, but sometimes hate my pet.

BrbTea.3805:

Snip

We get it, you can tolerate them and think a lot of them are easy.

Some of us hate them.

A lot you say are easy to get gold, I can’t get bronze.

“After a few tries”, “20 minutes”, no thanks, the hatred is deep.

Shame on ArenaNet, your “Average Joe” payed for the game as well.

10/13 here, been doing 3 or 4 invasions every night for 7 days.

No sign of it ever reaching 13/13, seem to get the same maps all the time, and I play at the same time everyday.

Wouldn’t be so bad but it’s up to an hour every time, with the waiting between events.
Leave your PC for 10 minutes and chances are you’ll miss an area you need.

If this finishes on the 3rd of September I can’t see me doing it.

I hope they don’t do stuff like this again.

Masyaf.6873:

And you think playing 5-6 hours a day during 2-3 month to get 1 piece of legendary is normal?

Nope it’s not normal, it’s a massive grindfest.

That’s why I won’t be doing it.

“Time to do some real damage”

Err, no, there’s little chance of any “Real damage” happening !

“By the way, why do you die that often?”.

I don’t particularly die too often, but it’s quite hard when your on your own, and there’s no chance of any help, against a champ and 3 vets.

And this thread is not about me dieing.

It’s about how I feel about the effect waypoint costs are having on the partying and social aspects of the game.

I would have thought ArenaNet would have been trying to create a game where people get together and interact, not put restrictions in place that achieve the exact opposite.

The rewards in HoT a generally trash, just a way to fill up your inventory.

It’s called Inventory Wars now.

Waypoint costs are a pointless gold sink, the server economy WILL NOT explode if there’s no waypoint costs.

Waypoint costs are just adding to the “It’s a single player game” as people are hit in the bank if they want to go and help their friends, go and help/res somebody, go and do dynamic events.

This is supposed to be a “fun” “sociable” game and there’s no need for wp costs.

The Karma nerf was quite drastic, don’t really know why they felt the need to nerf it that much.

It IS hard for players to accumulate Karma now, it takes a long time to gain enough to get what you want.

Some of the longer players managed to gain 3-4 million Karma before the nerf, but I do feel for newer players as it’s now hard work and a lot of grinding.

Just shout out for help in map chat, usually somebody will come and help.

Any you can’t do can wait, just go back later and get them.

locoman.1974:

Solid Gold.9310:

Reanne.5462:

Well KRiza, I hope the Devs don’t agree with you, because if they do, and they continue to add more crap like this, People will find a game that is fun, not a time consuming unfulfilling chore, designed for only a few players, instead of everyone who bought the game.

I just wonder why they’re not saying anything, has this been a massive ebarassment to them.

They didn’t foresee the overflow problems, plenty of people don’t like it, and I would guess some people are struggling and angry about it.

Funny because they were all over the SAB forum like a rash.

They did say something, just not on forums.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axLVJfzCe74

It should take you straight to the question/answer, but in case it doesn’t, it’s at 25:30

Basically from their point of view, they’re aware of the overflow problems and talking about it and looking for ways to solve it, and actually surprised it only took 12 hours for it to be killed, they were hoping it would have take days or even weeks for the first teqautl kill (if that had happened you couldn’t have entered forums without some heavy duty fire protection suit.. )

They are still keeping a low profile away from this forum.

I would even PAY to get rid of the (mainly dead and a liability) pet.

And Rangers are not a pet class, that’s a beasmaster.

Sadly I always play a Ranger, and nothing else, stupidly I thought we would be able to dump it like GW1, w cahnge something that wasn’t broken and made everybody happy.

If there’s one thing that makes me leave this game, it will be the Ranger pet.

What do l want to drop, or get from a chest.

Anything that actually makes it worth doing the DE, event, event chain, boss, champion, Veteran, Dragon and whatever.

The drops, rewards now are worthless, probably explains why nobodies doing anything, and the areas are dead, l’m sure l saw some tumble weed blow past a few times.

It’s a big lonely area out there.

_KyreneZA.8617

“As always, you are free to play—or not play—any released content. If you choose not to, make peace with your decision and move on.”_

I think you’ll find that they would prefer people to “play” the content, rather than just skip it.

If people find the content too hard or frustrating, they will likely “move on” to another game.

There’s a happy medium to be found here, and I don’t think ArenaNet has quite reached it yet.

Baldrick.8967:

They don’t need changing at all.

They just need to remove the mastery points from being gated behind them. Then no one would care.

Yup…..

I agree with the OP.

Some of us are “casual” (And Rangers bleh) gamers, not the hardcore gamers some of you claim to be, who feel we are excluded from dungeons.

There should be more than one mode, yes of course the rewards should be less, but we should’nt be excluded altogether.

Can I join the “Always stuck in overflow” club.