Guild Wars 2

I would like them more if weapons could be dyed. I don’t care for their default tan/gold color at all.

The problem is some stuff you can’t do again with a character.
For example, let’s say you get Mastery Point for finishing your Personal Story or completing the World Map, a player shouldn’t be punished for having it complete already and be forced to create a new char just for that while a newer player that was still finishing it will get the reward much easier.

Also, unlock mastery is a thing, progress them is another story.
Veterans will be able to unlock more mastery right when HoT begins but we’ll still need to progress each one from 0.

warbignime.4610:

It’s a trailer dude, why would Anet put thief style outfit on a engineer in a TRAILER.

The art team put polearms into the trailer and its been confirmed that there are no new weapons (that weren’t there already)m let alone polearms. Its perfectly reasonable that model was an engineer that was specifically meant to look like a thief, or it was an NPc in a cutscene we could see (or not) later on (and we already know NPCs don’t have to play by the rules).

Likewise with Guardian Longbow. Its not fully confirmed, but I’m right with everyone saying its greater than 50% Guardian will get such a weapon. I think some of these rankings should have a loose probability along side their speculation. Something like:

Druid: Stuff(official announcement, confirmed)
Necromancer: Greatsword(official announcement, confirmed)
Engineer: hammer( trailer, extremely likely)
Mesmer: Shield(trailer, extremely likely)
Thief: Rifle(trailer, possible)
Elementalist: Sword(data mining, very likely)
Guardian: Long bow(trailer, very likely)
Warrior: Pistol(speculation, plausible)

And here I thought cheese was a dairy product. And we “have it” since it’s a pretty good in terms of calcium/protein/natural fat, besides tasting good and making pizzas complete.

Easier fix, don’t play till April 2nd.

Devata.6589:

@ Azhure & Just a flesh wound

Why? You guys want to demonstrate the state of the game if people get bored of the grind after the release of HoT and leave again within half a year? Personally I don’t think the game will then be completely dead, but it will get the status of a second rang MMO that could have done so much better but didn’t. A memory for many gamers. Instead of one of the serious alternatives / choices there are for MMORG gamers.

Anyway, as loyal players you should try to add something better to the suggestion then a picture that really, If you care for the game, even if you would disagree. You seem to do care for the thread because you are willing to spend time in it.

Grind or no grind, people always get bored eventually. Some sooner, some later. Instead of complaining about it, the better option is just to take a break. It’s healthy. Then when new content comes out, they return refreshed and ready to play… for however long until they get bored again. That’s just how life goes. Even people that don’t “grind” get bored and need a change of pace. That’s the nature of the beast.

Nope. Just because this is a problem now it does not justify reverting the changes. The camera features outweigh this little problem by far – instead i suggest ArenaNet to rework how siege can be placed, and which requirements a placed siege’s location has to meet in order to be able to target x location.

And you (or the uploader of the video if its not you) wrote it right into the video’s description: Anyone who wished to have a better FOV would just play windowed mode and squint the window a little to achieve this. Multimonitorsetups have the same effect. So why revert something which everyone should have access to instead of having a closer look at the targetting mechanics of siege weaponry?

Best update/Worst update? It’s just an update.

Those who adapt to change and use it to their advantage will win and have fun. Those who shivel and whine will remain victims in their own mind because they are in the exact same game as the winners, except they’re losing.

I hope you all have fun playing!

Good riddance i say. Finally non generic looking WvW map.

If you’re not aware of downstate and its consequences going in, it can be frustrating. However, once you know to account for it when you play, you’ll see that downstate adds a lot more depth to the gameplay.

Mesmers work. I have no clue why people think other wise. Mesmer and thief working together is scary.

Thing with mesmers is that outside of Hellseth, Supcutie, Misha and a handful of others, there’s a skill gap. I think a lot of mesmers try to exceed their limitations in team fights and end up getting popped. Thieves have that happen to them too.

BellewTheBear.2081:

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying Anet is screwing the pooch here. I understand that crap happens and there’s nothing you can do about it. This is a huge bummer for the players as well as Anet. But perhaps in the future Anet could refrain from hyping an update before they even know whether it’s going to actually work or not yet…

First, you at least put it politely so thank you. That said, this is exactly why they stopped communicating much with the community. If they open up and say something, then get unforeseen delays, or even have to scrap something, they have people up in arms (usually much less polite than this, but the same message).

I miss the early days when they were very open on what they were working on and they’re hopes for the game. Sadly that era ended due to all the negative responses they got when things delayed. They have recently opened up a little (nowhere near what they use to do though) and I’m grateful.

I think we have to differentiate. From recent talks between fans and Colin on PAX East it seems that the LW continues a while in the new region introduced via Hot. HoT seems to be only one stage on the way to kill Mordremoth. LW taking place in the Heart of Maguuma is certainly locked behind the expansion.

But it is not completely clear what will happen after the defeat of Mordremoth. If we see a new LW arc taking place in old maps as a prelude for a new dragon or opening up new maps like SW or DT then player who do not own HoT can possibly participate until the LW is embedded again into an expansion.

Yes that every other thread is about the same subject

Captain Swag.5893:

Stop making outfits! We cant pick and choose pieces to match with our armor sets, it’s all or nothing, and LOTS of people don’t like that.

That’s nice and all (and quite honestly, I agree), but as long as there’s a market for it (as in, enough people actually buying the stuff) I kinda doubt that you can convince arenanet to just… stop doing it.

Best way is to vote with your wallet and just not buy the outfits.

Hey guys just got back.
So I got some footage of the game’s PvE and PvP as well as a Video interview with Colin Johanson asking many of your guys questions!

Most of the stuff at the event will be Embargo’ed for 1 week, but i’m hoping to talk with them about releasing at least the interview sooner!

Thanks again and Hope you guys like it!

when you’re not willing to pay for the expansion stop playing guild wars 2. They will gain like +50% players (players who come back) and lose like less than 1% from the current playerbase. worth it.
I don’t see any reason not to buy the expansion. We don’t have to pay monthly.

All I heard was “taunt is bad because CC is bad.”

Nah.

Why not just shunt dead players to the closest WP after a short timer? Not a forced WP use (whether free or payable), just move the body to the WP. That way, people there can either revive you, away from the battle so that you’re not interfering with the actual fight, or you can use the waypoint whose cost is now effectively minimized since you’re sitting on top of it.

Bran.7425:

Lazuli.2098:

IndigoSundown.5419:

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That said, I’m starting to see more instances of events with no one calling the event in map chat. …

One of the original appeals of GW2 was the fostering of cooperation between players and the friendly community. But that feeling of cooperation and friendliness has eroded somewhat with the changes to the game over the last year.

It started with trait unlocks that depended on events that were triggered by previous events failing and other players being at cross-purposes. And now the ruined pve daily tasks that herd everyone into the same maps all competing for the same events or boss.

It started well before that once the Farm/Fail to Complete and Champion Farming styles play started to get more popular the community started to go downhill from there.

Actually that fun, friendly community is still there. Only a small percentage of loud irritable people ruin it for everyone else…and it really is a small percentage. But it’s like the old addage.

If you add a teaspoon of wine to a barrel of sewerage, you get sewerage. If you add to a teaspoon of sewerage to a barrel of wine…you get sewerage. It’s much easier to tear something down than it is to build it in the first place.

Nike.2631:

I also think people are overly focused on the new weapon when the new elite, new utility skills, and new traits are probably far more important in terms of the specialization being competitive in any play mode.

Agreed. Don’t forget ‘changed profession mechanics’, whatever that means exactly.

I think you are trying too hard for perfect symmetry when they’ve said ‘a specialization = 1 new weapon’ rather than ‘a specialization = 5 new weapon skills’.

I also think people are overly focused on the new weapon when the new elite, new utility skills, and new traits are probably far more important in terms of the specialization being competitive in any play mode.

You bring up a really great point. From the precedent that’s been set with the Battle of Khylo, I can’t say that I really saw a problem initially with manning a Trebuchet at clutch times.

If it requires someone on the team to be full time siege, that may be a role this game is not ready for. If it’s more opportunistic in nature, that sits fine with me.

It really will depend on the frequency of use. and dependency on siege weaponry.

Co-co-combo breaker!