Guild Wars 2

I believe the whole point of having the waypoint that far away is to break down the zerg.

Siobhan.3582:

Why would you not improve the current ones instead of this?

They did improve them, the overwhelming response was “meh, this is nice and all but what everyone really wants is new maps”

Siobhan.3582:

Because as of now, everyone just goes there and ignores the battlelands

really sucks to have 3 maps empty and everyone (as in all servers based on color) in the new map.

this ruined WvW. Everyone is now piled into a map smaller then EBL

How could you even think things would be different ? Its a New Map after a year and a half…wouldnt you have expected Everyone to try it out ? Thats just a no brainer.

It’s the new shiny toy. Give it a couple days/weeks and I think we will find BL’s populated once again.

Thank you. I guess I shall try looking for Kiel instead then.

Przemek Pro.1309:

When probably ANET would say something about balance patch? Like full preview.

You mean like what’s in the Balance forums?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/balance/Feature-Build-Balance-Preview/first#post3568077

Huge thread here might give you ideas.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Post-a-pic-of-your-character-only-if-your-armor-is-mix-n-match/first

You need to have them all at the same time, and they all need to be in the collectables tab. So if any of your characters have them in their bags you’ll need to deposit them for it to count.

(But once you’ve got the title you can get the minis out again and you won’t lose it.)

I think that would confuse players too much.

The new edge of the mists map fills the void.

The things I like about it:

• It’s concrete and sustainable game mode, where players provide the fun instead of AI
• It’s permanent addition to the game, not temporary fluff
• Always full of players thanks to the overflow system, giving you the great raid experience not always possible in WvW
• Balanced matches. Not huge swarm vs. handful of players
• Beautiful and varied environment
• Great map design that is asymmetric
• Short matches, meaning you can play one from start to finish and feel like you’ve completed it.
• Innovations! No more fragile dolyaks to protect, monster characters can be keep guardians, objectives that grant buffs, can see enemy players on map…

This is exactly what I personally enjoy seeing in patches. I’ve been often dismissive of Anet’s actions but for once I can say: Well done Arenanet!

u know it isn’t based on colors colors assigned to each server are random each week so the foundation of your argument is flawed by having no reproducible data.

I would like to say this.

OMG THE LOOT!

I only played a little last night, but man was the loot epic. At one point I was up on a wall shooting down on a bridge with Cluster Bomb and was just collecting bags like crazy.

It’s a beautiful map from what I’ve seen. I wasn’t able to get out of the Snow area though without running into a zerg. Still epic to come around a corner and see a blob of red names running your way.

Destram.8651:

People keep pointing out “hurr just buy the levels it’s only laurels”.

Yeah, the laurels aren’t the problem, it’s the fact each level also costs 50 BoH. If you’ve already made a couple of legendaries then you’re going to be pretty strapped on BoH, even with the ones from achievement chests.

ohnoes making your 3rd legendary is hard……..

should have been rank 100 to make the weapon worth the legendary status….

Dalent.9358:

Umut.5471:

I don’t know what you are talking about, but being a little forced in WvW is better than solely being forced in PvE. The game has to adress both pve and pvp players.

How are WvW players forced into PvE? And the game does address PvE and PvP players. That’s why PvP is different altogether.

If you want to craft a legendary weapon as a WvW player, you are forced to PvE. You need gift of exploration(which includes much more PvE maps than WvW), dungeon tokens etc. So the new WvW rank requirement is good since badge of honor now drops from achievement chests without even entering WvW.

Also don’t forget that majority of achievements and living stories are for PvE and forces players to do PvE.
Spread of available achievements must be balanced between PvE and PvP zones, PvE-only players get more achievements than WvW-only or SPvP-only players.

I only think this is fair. Legendary is supposedly a process which takes you to all parts of the game, not just PVE only.

I was annoyed when badges were given out as part of achievement chest.

Agreed, +1. Awesome map design, visually beautiful, while at the same time allow for better strategy & tactics. I won’t lie, I fell 4 times tonight, and all 4 were by myself. Some people get angry when that happens, me, I was lmao. New map, new live & learn moments, great fun all around.

I do love the fact that big blobs of zergs aren’t as effective on this map. I never thought ANet could actually find a way to solve the “who’s got the bigger blob” issue in WvW. But it looks like they have with this new map design.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Zypher.7609:

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Blaeys.3102:

Nex.2450:

Fact is, you cannot fully test the system against thousands of simultaneous users until you actually release it to the public.

The voice of reason in a sea of knee jerk reactions.

or you know… they could open up a PTS and test it with thousands of simultaneous users like every other MMO on the market… But you know… logic…

Or you know… you should not whine about a system you know nothing about…. because.. you know … logic.

How is properly testing a game in the same method as dozens of other companies in the same industry something I know nothing about? I’ve played on plenty of PTS’s in lots of other games. Those games don’t have the massive issues that seem to plague patches in GW2. It isn’t rocket science… mass test major patches… fix the issues… don’t mass test major patches… issues on patch day.

Odd. Every MMORPG I’ve played for any length of time has had issues with patches. It has been the one constant in my gaming experience. UO had them. WoW had them. DAoC had them as well. Horizons had them. I dont remember if Guild Wars had them. I didn’t play the game very long. With LoTRO, I had problems just downloading the game, because after months of knowing, Windows 7 wouldn’t run it right.

This is nothing new to the genre.

Let’s be honest, this is a small issue. Nobody can plan for something like this.

I have yet to see anyone successful role out content without any bugs.

The Other MMO that really big one that has been around years still has issues rolling out patches and they test for months.

Give Anet some credit they are giving your free updates, every couple of weeks, with great content (not always to everyones taste, but you can’t please everyone) and they are doing it on limited time.

We shouldn’t be complaining we should be thanking them for their hard work. So what if you can’t play instantly on release day, they don’t want to make you wait, they want you to enjoy their hard work. This is their master piece and I for one and very grateful for all their hard work.

So they can take all the time they need to get this fixed, I am happy to wait a couple of days and enjoy some of the other FREE content they added this year.

This forum is just so wonderful, some comedian should just print out all the threads, sit down on stage and read.

Killing with the Power of Love, Sailormoon since 1992. Probably responsible for endless atrocities.

The tin foil hats only work after you microwave them.

Look awesome air strikes, wvw bosses, no queues, reset after 4 hrs. Hopefully this is the real deal :P

I disagree, based on my limited anecdotal evidence, I think ecto rates have been stealth buffed.

Aeonblade.8709:

PvP isn’t winning for everyone. A lot of people don’t even play it. Winning in this game can be gold, skins, PvP, achievements, all kinds of stuff, and it varies player to player.

No. Absolutely incorrect.

You cannot win at playing dress up. You can only win where objective criteria are present for determining who has won and who has lost.

Karizee.8076:

Glestad.1670:

It is clearly stated that Scarlet is not looking for something physical, but something magical and huge.

The Bloodstones maybe?

This crossed my mind, but they are physical and made of something that resembles stone. It is indeed possible that the thing she is looking for is physical and that the probes are searching for magic because that is the main trait in whatever she is searching for. If she is looking for a bloodstone it would be practical to use search parameters that look for magic, but the wording “not physical” seems to indicate something that has no mass at all.
A wild guess is that she is looking for a portal to the mists since we know that she is going there, and as far as I know the only way in is trough the portal in LA. And we know that there were several entrances to the mists in older times. I am far from convinced that this is the answer though.