Guild Wars 2

I’m annoyed in Orr, mainly because all WP are contested. Good events but I guess people are not doing it for reasons stated above.

Still, I don’t hate it. Good Karma farm, especially Plinx and Arah.

Solution: Come earlier.

Any unconstested for NA?

Theftwind.8976:

Unfortunately the player is not the problem here. Anything could have come up in that thing called “real life” forcing someone to have to log out. What the problem is the game mechanics do not allow for a transfer of “dungeon ownership” to another party member.

This. The Party Lead role should either be transferred automatically to a new member or the dungeon could be paused, and a voting screen (like how we are picking up paths) will appear, with the names of active members.

I’m bored with the game. I rarely experience lag, but the task seem quite repetitive and unrewarding (in terms of self satisfaction).

I hate re-exploring what I already explored with my 1st (and 2nd, and 3rd and 4th) toon.

Wish the devs would just randomly summon a unnamed dragon/boss in the middle of LA, just to spice things up…

Satakal.6971:

Yargesh.4965:

Darkobra.6439:

IndigoSundown.5419:

If you don’t enjoy stacking, then don’t stack?

Try that in a pug in any dungeon. See what happens. Go do AC at the spider queen. Go do the weapon test fractal. Actually play the game to know what people are talking about.

Create your own group and state you don’t want to stack. The people saying lol yeah here would join you.

It does not work. Games are about overcoming challenges, and stacking overcomes challenges. For the same reason no one is going to play without any traits because they want content to be more challenging, they are going to stack even if they don’t like stacking. Threads like these are not about pressuring players out of strategies that work, but about reaching to the devs, because it is their design and the blame lies solely with them. Stacking is stupid and boring and it’s a shame that it’s so effective.

There are more than 5 people in the forum that is against stacking. Sure you can form your own group in-game…

If you see someone support this, their usernames are on the right side, add them, form a schedule, form a group.

If there’s a will, there’s a way.

Paulytnz.7619:

Vol.5241:

MMO players are the most spoiled out of all gamers.

But in all the MMOs I have played I have never seen a more spoiled fanbase than GW2.

I wouldn’t call the players here spoiled. Being spoiled is always the fault of the person who does the spoiling of the persons that are spoiled (as in parents who let their kids do anything they want or get everything they want).

Now people that come to these forums just to hate on the game or to troll would you say that is Anet’s fault? No they are not spoiled and this is NOT the most spoiled fanbase at all.

Well actually it could be said that we are the most spoiled but that would be speaking of those that DO NOT come to the forums to complain because they are perfectly happy with the game. So in that context it would be a good thing. :P

I respectfully disagree.

Most people posting here are spoiled. All I can see is “I want…”, “I want this now…”, “I want this fast…”, “I want less work…”.

That’s how most posts translate for me. It could be just me but I think I could name a few (not link a few) topics that commonly imply “I want…”.

Then don’t die.

lol jk.

On a serious note, since dungeons are instanced – meaning it’s unique to every other group – I think the way ANet designed this is to bind it to an owner.

Bad design IMO, since I’ve played other MMO’s where dungeons are also instanced and when the owner (starter/party lead) leaves, it’s passed to the next available player.

I really don’t get it why they are complaining about a gear having higher stats. It’s something to look forward to. Something to save gold to.

Galtrix.7369:

People forget what the definition of casual actually is. Relaxed and unconcerned. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I feel obligated to participate in dungeons to earn as much money as people that play for 10 hours a day and I DO NOT get the “relaxed” feeling when I have to play for 3 hours or more to actually accomplish something. I have not seen Anet implement a single casual activity to do since the game was released. FoTM, Guild Missions, Ascended gear, all of those things are for hardcore players. And, if you disagree, think about the ways to get ascended gear. 30 laurels, which is 30 days of playing. 30 days is a ridiculous amount of time for a “casual” player. Guild Missions, which require massive amounts of time to organize, again, not a casual activity. Fractals, is the longest dungeon in GW2 and requires the most time. Tell me again how GW2 is made for casual players.

What do you need gold for if you are “casual”?

You said it yourself, casual should be “Relaxed and unconcerned” – yet you are concerned about gold, gears and dungeons. You are concerned about Ascended – which I believe you are concerned about gears. You are complaining about FoTM – means you’re concerned with dungeons.

You just contradicted your meaning of “casual”.

Oh and that 30 days for laurels? You can finish dailies within 30 minutes. That’s a lot less than the 3 hours/day you specified, plus you accomplished something – got a laurel.

I personally don’t like mounts. They’re big, and if no speed boots – makes your character looks like running alot slower.

World design of GW2 is probably one of the best I’ve ever seen in an MMO.

I don’t think it’s about the engine.

I think it’s about uniqueness – capes and cloaks are too – predictable.

Sirendor.1394:

Ronah.2869:

Why “kill” the only fun and relaxing activity in this game? You think everyone wants hard mode content with brainstorming on strategies and attack plans? No sorry.

Fun?

Relaxing?

You must be playing a different game than me. xD Champ farming is:
- mindless
- boring
- frustrating
- stressful

Headache hits from thinking too long of champ farming

We must be playing a different game because we don’t share the same feelings. Dat logic.

lol

Sarcasm aside, different players, different mindset. If I’m on the mood, I find the champ trains fun. Gives me stuff/money. Usually, 1 hour later, I am bored to death. I get off the train.

Some things:
—> Bank still the same size.
—> Each champ now drops some bag/chest
—> CS is “farmable” – people are repeatedly failing events go get those champs up to farm for their chest/bag
—> Dungeon system revamped. Please see patchnotes. Too long to mention.
—> We have now an “Account Wallet” – meaning all commodities (Dungeon token, Gold, Gems, WvWvW tokens, Guild tokens) will be stored there. Just login each character so that it can get those items from it.
—> Living World I think is the temporary content.

Amun Ra.6435:

This was not an issue before questing…I should not have to come earlier. Anet needs to make some changes to their servers. I paid to play the game, same as the person WHO TAKES MY SPOT when these evetns spawn, plain and simple.

Your spot? Can you point me to a link that there is a reservation on a spot here?

Kryta’s Embrace or the Guild shield…

Exosferatu.2961:

We have. Arena Net is like a parent to us and we cry when we don’t get what we want.

Exactly.

Then people threaten by “I will no longer play…” lines when their “wants” are not met.

Most people here are like 12 year olds wanting the latest iPhone.

I am still waiting on a response on what I need to buy to win…

Did you join a group that says “Warrior/Guard only”?

I kicked several people earlier without warning because they could not read party description…

Wow.

Can’t-you-just-adjust?

What happened to the gamers today.

Fat Disgrace.4275:

I have been doing stuff solo fine, but when i come in to karma trains and or massed grp events then i lag out and it takes a very long time to get back in. this is perhaps 1 of the weirdest type of lag i have even seen. solo story modes are fine but even doing a dungeon will lag out.

This.

I’ve been getting the 101 error for the last 3 days, it’s already annoying…

Good thing about this game is you can leave, come back a few months after, and chances are the only thing you missed are skins, and some TP discounts.
GL

knives.6345:

Please tell me what should I buy to “win”…

May I ask, what is your play style? Do you go all out offensive or the thinking “kill before getting killed” or do you like to take your time, pull mobs and show them your defense?

How do you define “casual gaming”?

I define it by the exact opposite of “hardcore gaming” where you melt the chair with your butt sitting for weeee tons of hours playing the game.

I believe GW2 is casual friendly based on the description I provided. I was unable to play for nearly 3 months and when I came back, the only thing I missed are some skins – cosmetics, which I like – but can live without. I was not left behind. Try leaving for 3 months in other MMO and when you come back, you’d be like “wth are those gears??”

I can play for 2-3 hours a day and not be pressured of getting the top tier (ascended) gear. I settled for Exotics and I observed that Ascended doesn’t have much much difference. Okay, maybe the group wearing ascended would finish a dungeon 10seconds faster than us, but it’s not a big deal for me.

If you are getting stomped – learn to play. If you are getting stomped by ****tons of players – learn to play. Avoid them. lol

you have no need for dungeon running because everyone’s geared – I believe this includes you? If yes, why farm?

kanebrandyn.9321:

go back to playing wow. do you guys realize that what anet is doing has never been done before? do you guys realize how much free content you got with this patch? stop acting so entitled, and stop complaining because you didnt get any good drops from the events. i had alot of fun with this event. the new dungeons is freaking sweet. the new zone is pretty cool. all this free stuff just months after release? cmon guys.

It’s not about the loots. It’s about chance getting them. Players who participated got the chance to loot them. RNG worked, some got them, some didn’t. Tough luck.

But for us living on a different timezone, it feels like we were stripped of the opportunity to “have a chance, have a shot of getting those items”. It’s like being racist. We live on a different timezone, we suffer. It’s a one time thing. It’s like, “you can’t join? Not our problem. Blame the timezone.” – that’s what I felt.

Get the difference?

Yes it does.. But you may want to play a different game if you are looking for the Trinity… GW2 is not designed to be like most MMO..

GS

Mobility and looks good. :p

Axelwarrior.9084:

Lindbur.2537:

People keep trying to impose their definition of fun on others.

sigh

Your definition of fun is minimizing gaming time, intentionally skipping most of the game’s content, avoiding combat (a core mechanic of the game) and rushing to get rewards for the work you didn’t do?

Sorry, then.

If that’s his definition of fun, let him. Does it hurt you? Why keep imposing on how other play?

Sorry, we skip mobs to get that chest and gold – which is apparently, a reward for finishing the dungeon, or reaching the end and killing boss – not for killing everyone inside.

etienne.1039:

knives.6345:

etienne.1039:

I can’t kill them on my own but there is a huge pressure in the chat NOT to kill a champ before a train arrives. And I don’t like that. That is my message.

Well, what you’re doing is telling people to stop how they want to play so you can play how you want to play… Ironic..

You’re missing my point. If people want to kill champs with others, fine to me. They can do so. If I’m ordered to not kill a champ, that’s a different story. And yes, I know i can make a report, but I don’t feel like that. I want to play the game.

Then what’s stopping you from NOT taking the order? Play how you want and let them play how they want. If they got to the champ you’re killing – deal with it – you didn’t kill it fast enough. They have their goals, you have yours – unfortunately, if both people can’t get a compromise, the majority wins and you have to deal with it.

Tarnished Coast.

Seems like the champ train runs 24/7 here…

I hit a spine?

My Ranger wears Zerk all the way from top to bottom…

I use Sword/Dagger and Longbow for weapons

try not to cry… cry alot…

Be careful next time – if there is a next time getting a precursor.

Vayne.8563:

Astralporing.1957:

Because basing difficulty of the game on a very tiny (even if equally loud) minority that will finish any content in hours anyway, and then cry there’s no endgame is not really a good strategy in a game that was advertised as catering to casuals.

So much this. The harder you make content, the less people will actually end up doing it. Anet made AC harder than it was. People stopped running it.

Why would Anet make content people don’t play?

People stopped doing it because there is another dungeon – CoF – who they can finish 6-10mins and net almost the same rewards.

There really is no incentive to run AC nowadays – aside from the exp gained which could net 2-3 levels per path on lower levels.

Plus – GW2 players aren’t accustomed to hardships. lol

They should put in a specific loot per dungeon – like you can only get this <insert rare/exotic item here> on <insert dungeon here>

But then again, nooooo. People will rage “I don’t do dungeons it’s impossible….”, “This is no longer for casualsssssssssss”, “ANet wants us to farmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!”, “I want my legendary easy to get, like looting a random stone”

sry had to say the legendary stuff..

:|

Player Character.9467:

Homonavn.6348:

Dont nerf CoF until they have added another farming spot (Like the old CS farming…) I really enjoyed the CS farming, but is just… UGH NO THANKS

Wow… just wow…

“Gimme back mah afk stationary bot farm. Best fix ever.”

You are what is wrong with this generation of video games…

Best quote I’ve ever seen in the forums. lol

Ronah.2869:

knives.6345:

Ronah.2869:

knives.6345:

Ronah.2869:

knives.6345:

Ronah.2869:

knives.6345:

You can only do crafting in 1 day if you have gold. If you have gold, means you have other character/s.

Going AFK on day 1, character 1 is NOT good.

or you can buy gems and transform it to gold from the day 1

but letting the ironic part aside…. even if they afk form day one and they let the PC open for 300h they will not have their skills open or maxed, they won’t have gold or karma either… so why did they buy the game for?
They will just have max health and toughens… so what? it is not something that will make them survive the game

You need to take in consideration one thing. people DON’T see any numbers like levels on their characters. They will not even notice if their stats went higher or not.

They will not feel the need to level. They will just use the skills and see they level up.
The game system doesn’t show onto your screen like “you need 3h:40m:52s till next stats change” – 10% in 10h aka 1%/h is such a neglect-able amount which won’t even be notices unless you are told so by friends or other sources.

Also, the age is per character not account so you will not be able to level more alts in the same time and it is already implemented in the game as /age command and it is used for character’s birthday gifts

Currently people can level like 1level / 50 min so it is less then 80h to get to level 80 mainly using the number 1 auto-attack. With the age system implemented, they will focus more on leveling skills – aka gameplay and not crafing – to become better.

It is similar with the account magic find. I bet only a minority buys the greens from TP to max it, the rest are salvaging anything they get from drops.

Buying gems and mats still puts waaay more effort than being away after playing and still getting exp.

The point I’m making is, even if the person is NOT on the PC watching their character, it’s gaining “age” (exp) and is going stronger – which is NOT supposed to happen on MMO.

Ok, lets say one person lets the PC open for 300 h ~ 13 days and gets max health, max toughnes, etc. Than buys gems and turns them to gold and buys the best gear possible.
Fine.. he is still a noob in the game becasue his skills are lvl 1 so he needs to start playing to level the skills too

Now, we have a person who buys a lot of gems, puts them to gold and spends 20 h in the crafting station and gets max level and buys all the max gear.
Whhat does he get? 70 skills points, all skills unlocked, 70 trait points. and he is a noob player with all the gears and skills open for him in 20 H at the max power

The age system is more inconvenient for him them the crafting system
but for you 300h of AFKing which doesn’t give you any skill points or trait points and the skills you have are the lowest level more offending then the crafting.
Sorry, but i don’t understand your thinking

Again.. There is NO drawback on waiting. You are AFK. You are NOT playing the game, yet you’re character grows strong. You are at school/work/mall/friends yet your toon grows. You’re NOT doing anything inside the game other than god knows – sitting/dancing? You’re NOT playing the game.

Crafting, on the other hand is PART of the game. You have to be there to get to 80. It’s one of the option to get to 80.

My argument is not how noob the player is or how fast we’ll get to the end – my argument is about exerting effort in actually playing the game.

PS:

It’s too easy to get to 80 in this game, idk why we even have this topic. Gamers have become too lazy I think. You can get to 80 mark 1-2 weeks time.

The AFK kick off system is implemented already and can help out in the situation you describe. it can monitor the character activity and stop the aging system when the AFK system takes charge

Still, people can alt tab, move 1 square to the front, go back being AFK, gain xp while doing nothing related to the game…

Same scenario as I described.

the whole thread started because the levels are segregating the players. What is your solution of eliminating the levels while my idea is not of your likings.
Besides, the idea i had is not entirelly mine it is just adapted to fit GW2 becasue it is taken from Age of Wusho where people are gaining exp by meditating aka AFKing and then spend it into leveling skills of their likings.

I don’t have a solution because I don’t see any reason why levels should be eliminated/replaced. It will just become trivial.

I never felt segregated because if you go to wvwvw/spvp, you are uplevelled. In pve – you’re NOT supposed to handle “harder” content if you are “young”. Imagine a novice fighting Zhaitan. -_-

Nurgle.6597:

The problem was that the other builds weren’t good enough, nerfing crit dmg just makes that one build worse, the others are still useless. Now it’s only going to take even longer to kill all those meat shield enemies that pose 0 threat and have millions of hp

This.

I mean, condition still sucks, heals/tanks are still useless, so what do we have? A build that does less damage for no reason.

I mean, I’m ok with the change provided they give us incentive to actually want the other builds. This statement comes from a player who uses zerk/scholars.

Vayne.8563:

But people want to play the way they want…meaning doing the absolutely minimum they can to get the absolute best pay off. What’s the point of even playing at all.

There is definitely an element of grind in the new weapons, OP, but like everything else in this game, just by playing you’ll eventually get it.

The grind is only a grind people people want stuff now.

True. Grind only shows when you do everything in a hurry.

Also for the people out there, it’s “play however you want”, not “get whatever you want.”

From Merriam Webster

Tem·po·rary adjective \?tem-p?-?rer-?\
: continuing for a limited amount of time : not permanent

: intended to be used for a limited amount of time

per·ma·nent adjective \-n?nt\
: lasting or continuing for a very long time or forever : not temporary or changing

The way I see it, SAB doesn’t last for a very long time. It disappears. It may recur, yes – but it certainly doesn’t fit the category of “Permanent” as it’s not there all the time.

Might as well call it “recurring”.

Argue with Merriam Webster if you have concerns.

One time events are okay if they wouldn’t cause so much unfairness.

I will take 0.00001% chance of getting a Precursor over 0% chance of getting it because I can’t join the event for whatever reason.

Either go ahead and make one-time events in the future but don’t include game-changing loots or make one-time events that ALL people can participate.

I’m fine with daylight.

Nighttime is a different opinion though. It should be a lot darker. They could place some torches around as a source of natural light, but not close to each other. Something like, Skyrim…

But this will result in a lot of work – I am not sure how clean the codes of GW2 are to handle this changes.

Esquilax.3491:

This kind of player is a cancer on all games. I bet you kick players left and right if they’re not up to your standards, while laughing about it on vent. Scum.

If it’s specified on LFG “80s, zerk/scholars only – speed run.” and some guy with clerics showed up, how would you feel?

While I don’t agree with OP having a strict filter (though I suggested it before, I had a change of heart since it will “strictly” alienate some people) – if I specify a requirement on LFG, I expect people who are joining MY group to comply with MY requirement. Otherwise, expect a kick and if you send me a PM asking why I kicked you, I will refer you back to my LFG description. If you trashtalk me, I will report and ignore you.

I will kick anyone who doesn’t fit into the category. It’s not being elitist, it’s about saving myself from hassle of people who doesn’t suit my preferred run.

You call us zerkers elitist for trying to play how we want, yet you are “forcing” us to play with trash builds.

tl:dr: I want to group with players who share the same interest as me, kitten me right?

I’ve done this on my Ranger and Ele…

Started AC once I reached 35…

Pros:

Cash
Level/Experience
Play experience

Cons:

Exploration usually suffers
Little to no-one accepts low levels even on AC nowadays (what the…)

lolstabz.7026:

I’m using the Claw of Jormag event as an example.

I know the event is optional — I’ve seen those words a billion times on this forum before. That’s my problem. Why would people do this to themselves for something that’s optional?

The moment I enter Frostgorge, I feel like I throw down my weapons and replace them with a shovel and plough. I respect the actual people that spend their time out in the fields in the sun, mud and the snow. But in a fantasy game environment, I find it extremely hard to believe anybody having any fun at all spending two hours fighting the same enemies for a tiny chance at getting anything good.

I’m here to play a game and kill me a dragon. I’m tired of feeling like the old couple in the painting below. I really don’t think this sort of “gimme your items” behavior belongs in a fantasy setting such as Tyria. It’s not heroic at all. The second you kill Zhaitan is the second you become an assembly line worker.

I hesitate to mention the Manifesto, but like, we’re totally grinding.

No one told you to grind. No one required you to grind.

Ask yourself, why do you want to do it? If you have an answer, then ask yourself again – are you required to do it/have it?

If you answered yes on the last question, I want to know what is it that needs to be done/you need to have that requires grind. (take note, “need” not “want”)

If you answered no on the last question, then you can only blame yourself.

OMG.

I…Love…This…Post.

My server haven’t yet beaten Teq (I think) and I still don’t want any changes. We need to L2P as a team.

Should be. I’m from South East Asia too, we’re just below SG so yeah.

And SG’s internet is alot faster than us – I don’t lag, so they shouldn’t too.