Might as well cut every little thing from the game now since everyone’s going to be overly sensitive or offended about every little detail. Way to kill a game for the rest of us who can take a joke.
Just my 2 cents.
I have to agree w/ the OP.. I took one look at SAB, and it’s not my taste in content.
I’ll highly likely not be getting into any of it, nor spending any gold/gems for the weps/skins. I’m aware it’s similar to asuran tech and that doesn’t bother me.. just I’m not into much of the holographic weapons ’n such.
I took more of a liking for the zenith weps than the SAB ones.
And I’m hoping more quality skins for staves the ones available now seem sub par.
(excluding a few: zenith, OoW skin, bitfrost)
I’d add a minor skin suggestion for the new skins recently out now, but it’d be goin off topic.
It could be brought back, but more likely as a memorial site to the zephryite master(s). Lore wise, that would/should be an amendable tweak. It might not be as upbeat and cheery as it was before, but it’d be a memorial festival nonetheless.
I really wish the Fractal Capacitor could have a glider added as an Anti Gravity Ring Glider. My idea is that upon deploying, the mist essence within the center would expand outward to provide an anti gravity descent and yet be buoyant enough to catch drafts for more lift.
As one of several gliders you have to put effort and time into collecting and piecing together, I believe it too should have a complementary glider as such described above.
I’m too also not fond of the new ‘fixed’ gem : gold conversion. Not everyone has exact amounts, and others might not be willing or are simply unable to fork out X amount of gems for X amount of gold.
There needs to be a space for custom amounts. It’s all like the real world. You want some new candy on sale, and its $15.00 for a bulk, but you only have $10.75 on hand – people want the option to be able to trade in what they can get at that time. Many other stores have that option, why not here?
It either should be reverted back or add more options.
The way it is now is way(emphasized) too limiting.
I’ll decide if I like any of ‘em once I get to try them out. Till then, I reserve my critiques on any of ’em. Tryin to stay optimistic that the classes I’m interested in going for are well made though.
It does leave a sour taste that pvp and wvw are the only two ways to test them out though. >_> Like many people I detest pvp, I don’t mind wvw, but roaming solo is usually a death sentence.
This actually isn’t a bad idea, with most people ending up styling and restyling – Fashion Wars 2, it’d allow for collages and album collections, and further more adventure/guild/raid/event pics. It may even broaden potential future collection ideas, like “Capture the beauty of Tyria’s night sky <location>”, etc.
The whole thing about how the phalanx armor looks on the female versus the male is entirely subjective. You may think it looks horrible on female characters but awesome on males. It doesn’t mean they should change it for everyone otherwise risk upsetting various other people.
I for one love how it looks on my female guardian. And I think it looks just as good on male characters, so I see no valid reason for them to change it. Not to mention I bought the set for how it looks on my fem guardian. If you or anyone doesn’t accept how they made it look for female characters, simply don’t use it.
Same way I’m not enthusiastic about the phalanx helm on female characters, I’d prefer the male helm for both genders. So I simply refuse to use it.
Yep, it needs to be logged or saved somehow. When I feel I might be experiencing a good bit of DC’s I won’t even attempt a story or really play much it takes a lot away from it. And definitely hate seeing all the time wasted.
If any kind of aura/special effect were to be considered and implemented, I’d rather it stays in the gemstore. Something solely for character customization, watery/icy/stone churning footsteps, golden glow aura, etc. Similar to what those wind/fire/lightning catchers display without the backpiece.
Only thing about it that worries me is it’ll make it look like everyone suddenly has a legendary. And might cause the style to get old, quick.
AC: Blue ghostly.
CM: Golden.
TA: Leaves
SE: Red electric.
CoF: Fkitteneen.
HoW: Frost.
CoE: Electric.
Arah: Dark smoke.
All just light particle effects, as we saw. No major changes between types, but a cool way to “upgrade” and customise your armour through gameplay.
If they absolutely NEED to have it be gemstore, then cool. But they could just sell it as a character unlock. As in, you pay gems, and then have the ability to use tokens to customise your armour as much as you want on that character/account.
I have one and only one suggestion, and I make this suggestion out of pure desperate need. PERMANENT TRANSMUTATION CHARGE I don’t make enough money to keep buying them, and I don’t get enough of them from PvP… I am a pretty flower and must win at Fashion Wars 2. I would save up and pay $50 for this seriously! :O
I strongly second this. Even if it was completely RNG based and sellable on the TP such as the other permanent contract utilities I’d still convert just to get one.
Aside from this, a few more shared slot spaces, and definitely dying to see the wide rim glasses and the soul river glider return.
They’re all generally self centered and their egos are 10x their size and like to bicker among each other about who’s right or better. Pretty counter productive altogether.
Please, don’t bring back the 2012 BLC skins. Please, let there be some prestige old-time items in this game. The veterans who where there had their chance.
And why should new players access the skins while they weren’t around the first time?
Why should everybody have everything? When that day comes in GW2, it will be a really sad day.
So Anet, when end-game is about fasion, please don’t disappoint your older player base.
I played right through from release date -3 days, before that I played GW1, so I am an old player base person. I counter why not bring these back? You have had plenty of time to enjoy them so why not others getting the same chance? To be honest your words sound just a bit selfish.
There are those who have been playing equally long as you but for whatever reason didn’t get them, why shouldn’t they be given a second chance?
Anet did not say these items would never be back. If they do bring them back then good for them, and those who chose to get them.
+1 and agreed. I couldn’t care any less for prestige in this game, as I ‘had’ the mad king backpeices but no longer since they were soulbound. And how was anyone supposed to know they would come out with a wardrobe system later on?
Plus those prices need to be culled down, a lot. If people expect to be paid/compensated for having those skins for that long, tough luck. Not a lot of things in this game are forever anymore. And it’s all about what people want. Not what you want.
I’d be interested in seeing a Comet or Meteorite-looking glider. One that when used, completely engulfs the character in flames. Just enough flames with enough opacity to still see the character gaining velocity during descent.
Got the game since the original release , and I have to say that I do not feel any need to keep old items unavailable aswell. Should they keep it the same difficulty to obtain the item? Yes, but by keeping it in Reward Tracks they in my opinion did just that. If they changed the armor skins to some cheap TP sellable armor then it would be a different story for me.
Guild Wars 2 is not a hard game, not an extremely competitive game either, personally I feel no need to have items just to show off that I was playing during a certain period of time. Also I believe they mentioned long ago that the disappearing of these skins was unintended and would return at some point? I can be wrong though.
They did indeed, though I don’t feel like thread digging for it. In different and various ways perhaps, but eventually all skins will likely return sometime or another.
I’d like a lot of new things too, but would I rather buy them? no. I actually enjoy playing the game and investing time to earn them. Only down side right now is I have a scarcity of free time due to demanding work hours.
It’s all called progress, a little bit each day. It’s no different than getting a child a new toy, sure he’ll like it for awhile, but grow bored of it eventually. Don’t be him.
What are the odds of that.. -stares curiously at both usernames-
On topic: That’d be nice to have as long as the glowing pommel and aura isn’t removed/toggled off.
The twilight doesn’t exactly match some of my character’s themes. I’d still LOVE if they remade it to look like this Alternate Eternity (never ever gonna happen now though) or atleast a new GS.
Before you’re able to unlock Elite Specializations, you need to max out all your skill trees/traits and base class specializations.
Then once you’ve unlocked it, you’ll need to gather as many Hero Points (1 in core/base game) – (10 Hero Points in expansion maps). In order to unlock the first specialization trait, you’ll need ~30 hero points, from then on it’ll be somewhere between 10 and 20ish. Totaling to 250 hero points to unlock the entire specialization.
And masteries can only be unlocked by exp points from doing events/hearts/story. Tomes won’t help with any of it. After level 80, tomes will only give you Spirit Shards.
Is this suddenly Judge Judy forums or something? It’s an apparent bug, simply report it and move on. No need to blow something this small out of proportion.
You don’t even pay a monthly subscription on this game, so roughly 80% of the content is or has been free.
Plus the developers have to make a living somehow right? Or do you expect them to work for free? So if you weren’t there at the time it was given out for free, you apparently had more important things irl to do/deal with.
Even I wasn’t around for LS2 but paid to unlock it so I can do it once and never griped about it. And there’s many other things I don’t agree with too. I would much rather pay for small bits such as this rather than a constant monthly subscription like some other games.
This skin looks so basic. I just don’t understand the want for a cruddy looking skin like this.
Because it looks so basic with lack of detail that adds to its deathly look. It’s not made to look overly detailed or pretty. It’s made to look grim and ominous. As with the other first season halloween skins, severed dagger, the crossing and several others. Some of those also lack detail but are bought mainly for their grim/ominous look.
Overall its about each persons own style preferences. That’s ultimately what this game boils down to apart from other things.
I had this posted in the Sylvari forum and I got several PM with the recommendation to post it here. It’s a Wisteria and Geisha-inspired female Sylvari hairdo/face – the Sylvari itself is “enhanced” to look more life-like.
Wow, now that’s a look I’d like to see added, and use in a heartbeat.
I agree with the dyes being account bound. Whenever I decide to make or remake a character, that’s funds wasted on cosmetics that I could’ve used to save for ‘better things’.
Sooner or later I may find myself saving up dyes rather than using ‘em. And it’s disappointing having to spend the same amount (or more) for the same dye I had already on another toon. Especially since rare dye prices are jumping. Abyss in less than a month went from 5g to 8g, sure you could say supply & demand. I also noticed the quantity available, that number was pretty synched to the prices. I’m unable to make gold at the pace of other people either.
It’s pretty cumbersome to the peeps who’re perfectionists or have a tendency to reroll characters on a whim.
Even though earning achievement points or crafting ascended/prestigious armor does get rather long and tedious. I have to say buying them crosses the line for me. It completely nulls the value and the entire purpose of earning them altogether.
You need to put forth the work and effort to get them. Simply spending currency doesn’t fulfill that, anyone can grind currency and spend it.
If they waited “this whole time” just to buy the expansion, some people who are overly critical about ingame exclusivity would have lost out on ingame items either now too expensive or no longer in circulation.
But yea, the price is rather steep. Most I’ve ever spent on (newly released) expansions (non mmo) is $30 tops with no core included.
I definitely do NOT want this. We need more race and profession specific stuffs, not less.
Agree with this ^ 100%+
Take out the uniqueness from the game, it gets dull really quick. Then everyone will be wearing what the next guy or race has. Just one mass look alike, ew.
Any game today will likely have nudity shown off as art, as seen through history. I don’t see how people can be so easily offended/overly sensitive about nudity.
Apparently some people want “everything” censored. Would you rather spend $60 on a kiddy game? Please act your age when playing such games, less QQ.
And did you even bother to look on the back of the box before buying this game?
Oh, it has alcohol, violence and mild swearing and lots of blood/gore. It shouldn’t have any bit of nudity though.
“Entry fee”? “Trial period”? Yeah no guild is that important, though I suppose maybe some guilds are that full of themselves.
It’s good of them to let me know who I should avoid or rip the kitten out of in game though.
As for it not being a scheme/scam, it certainly fits my definition of one. Even if you were to have fees and trial periods, not giving their deposit back if it turns out they won’t be a good fit for the guild is just so slimy.
Yep, after reading a “10g deposit” it’s immediately what I interpreted. And no guilds I’ve been in have requested such. A trial period is understandable sure, but a fee is too demanding but not returning it then makes them too greedy. Sucks for peeps who’s been jipped and couldn’t comprehend what they doing.
I too was looking forward to getting the glider. I had zero interest in either the mini as I don’t collect many and the outfit also does not interest me at all. So keeping the glider separate would’ve won me over.
But with the current trend being these bundles and additional items I have no interest in or don’t need nor wish to fork out cash for; I’ll sadly have to say no.
I’ve invested a considerable sum to clearly indicate I can choose for myself what I want or need and don’t need bundles. And like others, I won’t dump that much (2k gems) just to get 1 item. So again, no thanks.
Always check for the Arenanet logo on the mail, if it says on the very bottom “sent by another player and not an Arenanet staff member” then it’s fake obviously.
Not to mention anyone in Anet wouldn’t need any links to ban/shutdown or suspend anyone involved in illegal activities. Everyones accounts are linked to the servers.
Since we’re all speculating, might as well post this potential thief + rifle prophecy class vid here. Even though under a different name and initially as an april fools joke… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR2Esy83MQ0
Pretty sure the reason for no male cheek slider has to do with the beards. If the cheeks were made too gaunt or too chubby, it’d either leave a gap or clip through the preset beards.
“Buying” just seems like it only adds and promotes to more cash grabbing. I’d have to say no to ‘buying’ sorry.
Come off it, it’s simply something else to spend map currency on. And you can’t buy map currency, you can only earn it yourself so how can it be a “cash grab”?
You cannot pay someone map currency for dungeons, JPs, a carry through raids. Gold and specifically gems > gold comes more into mind. So yea, most people would prefer gold for services as opposed to currency you can’t send to one another.
And unless it’s a map like TD, these maps aren’t even that hard or tedious to navigate.
Trying to buy your way through game content is still a big definitive no from me.
I would’ve actually liked to have seen this made as an ascended armor set, or legendary
(if they decide to come out with those) although I wouldn’t want to wait that much longer just to acquire it.
But interchangeable armor set over outfit any day.
That was a nice attempt on the preemptive argument. I have 100% map completion, multiple times. It’s really not that hard and I’d be annoyed if someone were allowed to simply buy the achievement.
Likewise, it’s similarly redundant as having the game play itself. Paying for pre-geared characters, paying for levels, etc. If that’s the whole point, then really why bother playing at all?
As I mentioned in another topic, most maps aren’t even that hard to go through. Tedious with mobs, sure, but that’s the extent of it.
Dont use it. nobody forces you to. Its optional to those who are not interested in Leveling.
Do you force people to PvP in every MMO and pretty much every RPG, since its in just about every MMO as well?
Every game developer/company wants people/its fans to actually play their game and its content, not faceroll and breeze through it. Otherwise, what would be the point in spending money making that game?
Sure people will always find the route of least resistance, shortcuts or ways to skip content but the game developer is responsible for those. However, giving someone an easy way from level 1 to 80 instantly is completely contradicting in the whole purpose of making a game itself. Leveling is one mechanic for every MMO, if it gets old too quick for someone, tough luck, find another genre to get into.
And forcing people to play a game is a generalization. It’s understandable that some people prefer one content over another, but completely skipping to endgame makes people more inclined to complain more that they’re bored. My answer to that will always be go back and actually play the game for what it was made for instead of skipping everything.
It’s coincides with work, employers want to see you put forth an effort, not sit around getting paid by the hour.
my guard just got supah dupa brighter. Thanks Anet!
