Guild Wars 2

We can mix and match armor for a reason, you can switch out the “sexy” part of the armor for something you like.

I suggest the future armor design try to keep similar looks for both male and female. Create more revealing male armor instead… this is what we are actually lacking.

Jitson.6051:

Enable a search bar/function for browsing traits. Every kitten time I attempt to switch to the trait that ‘reduces fall damage’, it takes like 5 minutes before I find it or I give up and jump off a cliff to my death before respawning and simply walking around an easier way. For reference this is in WvW, I mainly do WvW, so that’s where I enjoy spending my time, so not being able to glide, there are some jumps that are landable ONLY if you use the profession-specific trait to reduce the fall damage.

Relevant wiki page: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Damage#Falling_damage

I kind of don’t understand why this trait is locked into a particular spec either. Gliding makes the trait completely useless in pve. It can’t be used in pvp because of balance issues. It would be useless in fractals/dungeons. So WvW is the ONLY mode where this trait might be relatively still useless, because boohoo anet didn’t want to stir up the ‘competitive’ nature of wvw by adding gliding.

It would even be simpler just to have an On/Off box to enable to trait. I would gladly temporarily give up one of my other traits just to enable the reduced fall damage trait for the one jump I would need to make once every blue moon.

In short either: 1. Enable gliding in wvw
OR
2. Make it easier to find and enable ‘reduce fall damage’ trait.

Please and thankyou, sincerely,
the adventurous one who keeps jumping off cliffs in wvw

Yeah, I can’t imagine anyone using the fall damage traits for anything other than silly gimmick reasons anymore. Gliding makes it irrelevant in PvE, and even then, the side effect (knockback, muddy terrain, etc.) was so conditional as to be very niche.

It would be better to free up that trait slot for something useful and move falling damage reduction to a Tyria mastery or WvW leveling path. For reference, see Pact Commander Mastery and Provisions Master in how those lines deal with auto loot.
Falling damage should be the same way.

Its ok to just be yourself. Even if sometimes that means you kill everything that moves, and other times you just run by it.

Its ok to completely shut off chat because you just don’t feel like being social while you play.

Its ok to go out of your way to collect every gathering node you see, be it wood, ore, or plant. Regardless of its worth, or lack of.

It is ok to stop what you’re doing and participate in every event you come across for no other reason than you enjoy doing so.

Crinn.7864:

Dawnbreaker.6215:

It’s ok to go to dungeons or fractals with builds and classes that are what you enjoy playing first, and “optimal” second.

If those builds get your party killed it’s not ok.

Please remember that your rights end where someone’s else’s begins. Please don’t be a kitten.

It’s okay to leave a party that isn’t working for you.

I’m pretty casual, and I think gw2 is a good game fo being casual. I only miss being able to see the raids and their bosses though.

It’s okay to play with builds you make yourself.

beatthedown.2651:

Sorry to ruin the mood, but I want to say something about the dailies. Logging in and doing the same thing over and over nearly ruined the game for me. If you play gw2 for the dailies only, play mobile game instead. I just can’t stand this mentality to force yourself login and doing the same thing over and over, especially if you don’t have a certain goal in mind. The game will get boring quickly. I was at this point and I stopped playing for 1,5 years.

Thankfully a friend brought me back, and learned how to pvp. We played a lot of games and eventually became decent.
Before HoT came out I set myself the goal to craft all HOT legendaries(even if I did not own a single legendary before). I farmed quite a lot, learned how to invest and also made a lot of precursors in the MF when it was profitable. Also crafting and selling old legendaries brought me a lot of gold(who buys these?). Now I’m waiting for number 7 to come out and join my collection.

What I want to say is that this game could become so much better if you have healthy goals. If you aim for ascended gear, think about how you want to use it.Fractals? WvW? Or even raids?

Please don’t be the sort of player who(as an example) logs in, kills the warg in WvW, flips a camp, runs away from enemies and log out. Don’t be that guy. If this sounds like you, don’t play gw2, don’t game at all. You should spend your free time for better things

I suppose it was just a matter of time before someone came into the thread to tell others how they, “should,” play the game.

beatthedown.2651:

Sorry to ruin the mood, but I want to say something about the dailies. Logging in and doing the same thing over and over nearly ruined the game for me. If you play gw2 for the dailies only, play mobile game instead. I just can’t stand this mentality to force yourself login and doing the same thing over and over, especially if you don’t have a certain goal in mind. The game will get boring quickly. I was at this point and I stopped playing for 1,5 years.

[etc]

Now I’m waiting for number 7

I’ll have two number 9’s…
A number 9 large…
A number 6 with extra dip…
A number 7…
Two number 45’s… one with cheese…
And a laaarge soda.

(waiting for someone to get the reference)

I get your point, but it’s not that we log in only to repeat a daily and log out, we log in and while we may have a goal, like for example ascended gear, we don’t invest all of our gaming time into it, and won’t sacrifice real life activities for it either.

It’s ok to make a thread about being ok.

beatthedown.2651:

Sorry to ruin the mood, but I want to say something about the dailies. Logging in and doing the same thing over and over nearly ruined the game for me. If you play gw2 for the dailies only, play mobile game instead. I just can’t stand this mentality to force yourself login and doing the same thing over and over, especially if you don’t have a certain goal in mind. The game will get boring quickly. I was at this point and I stopped playing for 1,5 years.

Thankfully a friend brought me back, and learned how to pvp. We played a lot of games and eventually became decent.
Before HoT came out I set myself the goal to craft all HOT legendaries(even if I did not own a single legendary before). I farmed quite a lot, learned how to invest and also made a lot of precursors in the MF when it was profitable. Also crafting and selling old legendaries brought me a lot of gold(who buys these?). Now I’m waiting for number 7 to come out and join my collection.

What I want to say is that this game could become so much better if you have healthy goals. If you aim for ascended gear, think about how you want to use it.Fractals? WvW? Or even raids?

Please don’t be the sort of player who(as an example) logs in, kills the warg in WvW, flips a camp, runs away from enemies and log out. Don’t be that guy. If this sounds like you, don’t play gw2, don’t game at all. You should spend your free time for better things

Sorry man this is the chill room, just sit back in yo bean bag chair and get your drank on while killing your warg while avoiding PVP.

I am definitely casual, I find it unfortunate though that there is no story mode version of the Raids so that us casual folks can just fool around and have fun, no legendary insights maybe just champ bags and a chest at the end like an open world meta chain.

Point being it’s ok to hardcore players if there’s a sight seeing version of their hardcore content as it shouldn’t take away from their immersion.

It’s OK to equip 2 weapons just because you think your toon looks kitten with them… even if the damage is “Sub-Optimal”.
i.e: pistol/pistol thief or axe/axe warrior.
:)

Its ok to just run around killing mobs for the fun of watching your character’s animations in a fight.

It’s okay to wear skimpy armor on your males or females. It’s just a fantasy game.

Endless Soul.5178:

Also, it’s ok to have 6 asura characters.

at least

killermanjaro.5670:

Endless Soul.5178:

It’s ok to walk from point A to point B, instead of running.

This might sound a really stupid question, but can you actually just walk in this game? As there are times I would actually like to just slowly walk from one place to another rather than normal running / movement speed.

Yes you can. I believe it’s a key setting in your options (it’s been a long time since I actually did it). My walk/run toggle key is Z.

Also, it’s ok to have 6 asura characters.

It’s ok to just listen to the music.

It’s ok to glide from a very high point with no purpose.

It’s ok to dye your pants with a silly and expensive color

Endless Soul.5178:

It’s ok to walk from point A to point B, instead of running.

I see your point and I raise you a:

It’s ok to set out from point A intending to walk to point B, get distracted by point C and a cool place to take screenshots of the sky, spend a few minutes at point D listening to 2 NPCs argue, totally forget you were heading to B and go to F instead because you feel like doing a heart you haven’t gotten around to yet.

It’s ok to lose yourself on the map and explore the world, not for rewards or completion, but to enrich your imagination and find the little details you hadn’t thought of before.

It’s ok to go to dungeons or fractals with builds and classes that are what you enjoy playing first, and “optimal” second.

It’s ok to take the time and help someone in your party who is having difficulty playing, rather than flaming him and leaving to find another party.

It’s ok to not want to unlock every single item and achievement in game but rather those you like the most only.

It’s ok to consider 1000 hours of gaming a gigantic amount of time, and be happy enough doing dailies and a dungeon here and there a day.

It’s ok to lose an event or dungeon you had worked on for over an hour, and instead be glad you spent a great time with your friends.

It’s ok to not aim for legendary or ascended gear and instead enjoy the amazing content that is provided for nearly everyone with merely exotic gear.

It’s ok to enjoy figuring things out by yourself rather than using guides only to maximise efficiency.

Add more if you can.

Sure, more variety is always nice.

Tiscan.8345:

People who have been playing since the release of GW2 might remember some of the old Dailies – stuff like:

• Daily Condition Applier
• Daily Condition Remover
• Daily Skill Interruptor
• Daily Combo Killer
• Daily Dodger
• Daily Healer

I really liked those dailies as they forced people to understand how their classes (combo-fields, condition removel, etc.) and the general gameplay work (for example: reviving is (most of the time) a good thing).

Just look at how many players nowadays don’t understand break-bars. They complain about mobs being way too hard and if you go to help them you’ll notice that they totally ignore the BBs.

So why not add back the old dailies and add new ones like a “Daily Bar Breaker” daily which requires players to break 3 break-bars (and other game-mechanic related things).

That way, players would at least have a small reason/incentive to learn about how their classes and the game work without ANet having to create elaborate tutorials.

Agreed. I miss those old school dailies. It would be nice if they included them. No need to replace the current ones, just add a bit more variety to the pool. Requiring more than 3 might be a good idea too.

Vyrulisse.1246:

More daily variety would be welcome. The “cycle” is boring as heck right now.

Not just boring but frustrating. Go to an easy vista. Gather some mats. Then try to get to 4 events before they end. What does that teach you? How to use the ‘f’ key and punch your monitor because an event ended seconds after it was announced? Note that this is PVE, the other modes are pretty much the same for people that have played them before.

I am all for dailies that actually mean something. Especially if they are not tied to a specific zone so people can just incorporate them into their normal play.

More daily variety would be welcome. The “cycle” is boring as heck right now.

People who have been playing since the release of GW2 might remember some of the old Dailies – stuff like:

• Daily Condition Applier
• Daily Condition Remover
• Daily Skill Interruptor
• Daily Combo Killer
• Daily Dodger
• Daily Healer

I really liked those dailies as they forced people to understand how their classes (combo-fields, condition removel, etc.) and the general gameplay work (for example: reviving is (most of the time) a good thing).

Just look at how many players nowadays don’t understand break-bars. They complain about mobs being way too hard and if you go to help them you’ll notice that they totally ignore the BBs.

So why not add back the old dailies and add new ones like a “Daily Bar Breaker” daily which requires players to break 3 break-bars (and other game-mechanic related things).

That way, players would at least have a small reason/incentive to learn about how their classes and the game work without ANet having to create elaborate tutorials.

Braham is an annoying liability. I’d not miss him at all. Majory on the other hand is a pillar of the story.

Windu The Forbidden One.6045:

DarcShriek.5829:

Braham is right about one thing though. Caudecus is none his concern. It’s entirely a human matter.

He’s an outspoken opponent of the charr-human truce. If he succeeds and rules Kryta, it will most likely lead to another Charr-Human conflict, or at the very least cease all cooperation between the two races. This would negatively affect all of Tyria, especially with Jormag en Primordus on our doorstep and the Pact mostly in ruins. We can’t afford to be divided.

And even IF Kryta being lead by an evil dictator would somehow miraculously not affect the rest of Tyria in any way, if Braham doesn’t care about other people’s problems, then why should we give a kitten about his?

So if one country is putting the wrong person in charge of their government, then the other countries have an obligation to prevent it?