Guild Wars 2

Posted by: Wethospu.6437

Morsus.5106:
Wethospu.6437:
Just checked lfgs for AC. People are enforcing triple warrior groups.

They’re allowed to play how they want, are they not? What’s the problem?

They don’t play how I want.

This "Meta" has to end

Posted by: Wethospu.6437

Just checked lfgs for AC. People are enforcing triple warrior groups.

This meta has to end.

This "Meta" has to end

Posted by: dlonie.6547

dlonie.6547

IllegalChocolate.6938:
dlonie.6547:
Even with the second group around, threads like these would be avoided if folks would just make their own LFG posts instead of joining those they don’t meet the requirements for.

Find like-minded players, all is well.

Your comment in regards to LFG doesn’t work. always

I’ve pinged LFM CM all paths casual full clear

numerous times.

Guess what? I keep getting those rabid zerker meta babbies who keep flipping out about me wanting to kill the dog cus it takes too long.

So then tell them the group was advertised “full clear”, and kick them if they keep causing problems.

Remember that what those guys are doing to you is exactly what people who start threads like this do to zerk groups. It’s the exact same thing. You have the tools to deal with it. Do so.

Faolain, the American Sylvari

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Posted by: Rym.1469

Rym.1469

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Questions on Forum Reorganization

Posted by: kuittaa.7360

kuittaa.7360

Forums are too confusing for devs.

Questions on Forum Reorganization

Posted by: Nevets Crimsonwing.5271

Nevets Crimsonwing.5271

Shinki.8045:
If the dungeon forums must be removed, can we at least get some feedback regarding the info Regina was taking to the Devs from the dungeon community?

Questions on Forum Reorganization

Posted by: Shinki.8045

Shinki.8045

If the dungeon forums must be removed, can we at least get some feedback regarding the info Regina was taking to the Devs from the dungeon community?

Questions on the Guild Wars 2 Forum Specialists Program

Posted by: Nevets Crimsonwing.5271

Nevets Crimsonwing.5271

Elrey.5472:
As much as I like this program, i’m horrofied about the fact that most of the known players that would apply to it are in my opinnion toxic players that will encourage berserker gear to do things “fast and efficiently” instead of encourage players to find it themselves.

You shouldn’t be so “horrofied.” Most of your filthy elitists won’t qualify/have already quit/will have no home anymore now that they’re ditching the dungeon forums.

Questions on Forum Reorganization

Posted by: spoj.9672

spoj.9672

Where are we supposed to post regarding dungeons, fractals and other non living story related PvE? General discussion already fills with threads at an alarming rate.

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Just some elitist thoughts

Posted by: GrimmR.3541

GrimmR.3541

Hey all, once again it’s Grimm.
So, to start my thread; I’m an elitist, I enjoy min- maxing, developing tactics, clearing content fast and in general, i like the “elitist community“. Before my time as an elitist I was a casual too, I did dungeons every now and then without caring about gear or anything, then one day I discovered the DnT metaguides on youtube and got to know a few german guys who brought me into fast dungeonclears. I was impressed and so I started to “develop“ myself as a player and now I am at a point where I consider myself as being a hardcore player.

So I am kinda active on the forums, especially in this subforum. And I have to say that I am about to give up hope on this community! At first it was funny to see threads blaming the berserker meta and elitist players but I am at a point where I just roll my eyes when such a thread appears again. The issue is that I am not the only one.

Many casuals come to this forum (which is good imo) and ask open questions or create “ragethreads“

Those can be about gear, builds etc.
Once an elitist gives advice about metabuilds, it happens to be the case that people say he forces the casual into the meta. In fact he doesn’t.
People create threads about getting kicked for not playing the meta.
That’s true and I will keep kicking you if you don’t fit my standards. That’s my right as a player. Create your own group and YOU can make the requirements.
People come to the forums and start threads about “broken combatdesign“ or getting forced into using meta builds.
Both are not the case. Combatdesign is perfectly alright, it are the encounters who could need a rework. Also does no one force you into running the meta, it is up to YOU what you find enjoyable, it is up to YOU if you want to skip or not, it is up to YOU if you stack or not.
Here the issue is that people watch record videos and try to adopt the tactics in normal dungeonruns. They don’t see the work the other classes do (blinds, aegis etc) nor do they get that those runs are RECORD RUNS, pretty obvious imo. People spend a ton of time making them and if you’re not much into speedclears then of course they seem easy.
People cry about the lack of a holy trinity
Well, was obvious from the headstart on. Go play a “support/tank“ char but don’t think you will be useful then. That’s a fact so pretty please get over that.
People creaty threads about getting scammed
That’s the case, unfortunately. If they do a legit run, they should be allowed to sell. Anet never stated that it would be forbidden to sell legit solo or duo runs.

Another issue I come along every now and then is the attitude of some players. When you are not open for constructive arguments then pretty please don’t create threads here. Stop fighting in lost points.

Summarising:
We all enjoy to play this game in different ways, that’s fine. But we are not allowed to ask for changes just because they fit OUR PERSONAL TASTE. We can bring points up, ask for for advices, share our points of view and so on. But I am sick of stubborn behaviour on this forum.

Last words:
I don’t mean to offend anyone, I just try to explain the way alot of people feel about this. (hopefully)

Sorry for spellies, im not a native english speaker and it’s too early in the morning for my personal taste!

Now let the fight begin again..

#justelitistthings

toxic since 2012

(edited 2014-11-24 07:53:24 by GrimmR.3541)

Stacking in Dungeons and how ANET can fix it

Posted by: Lindbur.2537

Lindbur.2537

“I am a casual
You’re an evil elitist
I play how I want”

-Casual haiku

A remnant of times past.
“Memories are nice, but that’s all they are.”

PSA: How Farming Works

Posted by: Lishtenbird.2814

Lishtenbird.2814

Part 2. What We Are Is What We Farm, or Gold, Items, And Inflation.

The primary source of inflation is growth of the money supply. In an MMO, unlike in real economy where money is backed by real limited amounts of gold (or is at least supposed to be that way!), money is generated out of thin air.

At launch, 1g was a lot of money. No one knew how to speedclear dungeons or where to farm and no one had ascended gear which made PvE mobs even more faceroll.
Now, you can get direct 1g in under 5 minutes in a CoF p1 speedclear. A lot of people do it and a lot of people get 1g daily multiple times from multiple sources.

This leads to Dusk costing 100g in late 2012 but 1400g in late 2014. Money gradually lose their value as everyone gets more money and agrees to give more money for the same things. Which also means that if you left the game for a year and stored pure gold, you lost quite a lot of money and will have to catch up.

Gold in GW2, which is generated out of thin air, comes in two forms:

Direct gold received from mobs, events, dungeon rewards etc.
Looted/received items which can be vendored.

So when you see a farmer get a Vicious Claw, you think “Dat =@#:! just got 50 silver! Inflation, exploit, ban!”, while in reality he only generated 13 copper which is the vendor price of the item! Let’s see what happens when the farmer sells this item to you:

The farmer places a Vicious Claw (which has a vendor value of 13c) for 50s.
A casual player who doesn’t want to mindlessly farm buys it.
The TP subtracts the two fees (5% and 10%) for a total of 7s50c.
13c-7s50c = 7s37c removed from the money supply!

Fun fact: when you say “Farmers are ruining the economy!” and then run a casual CoF p1, it takes a farmer 14 Vicious Claws on the TP to offset the gold you just created out of thin air. (Okay, of course there’re more variables like vendorable or sellable dungeon loot, or direct gold from champ bags, but you get the concept).

20 level 80s and counting.

(edited 2014-11-12 11:06:47 by Lishtenbird.2814)

PSA: How Farming Works

Posted by: Lishtenbird.2814

Lishtenbird.2814

GW2 is a great game with shared loot and non-competitive PvE which encourages playing in groups. Sometimes some people find a spot that is better in term of rewards, often it being a design oversight, and move there to play. Sometimes other people who can’t or don’t want to join in (because it’s actually boring for them) go vocal and say how bad these farmers are for farming something, how it ruins everything, and how happy they will be when it gets nerfed.

In this thread, I want to look at how farming works, and why moderate farming is actually good for all players in mid-term. (In long term, the desired scarce items may be the only reason for people to continue playing, and if there are no scarce prestigious items, many players may not have a reason to play at all – but these situations will require extreme farming anyway which can only happen in an abandoned game).

Part 1. Farmers And Players vs. Supply And Demand.

Market prices in GW2 are set by supply and demand (with the limit of vendor prices, which is only hit when we’re talking about low demand, high supply items). A Wiki image of the supply and demand curves for those who are not aware of the concept is attached.

The image shows an increase in supply – the price drops. When supply decreases, the price increases. Let’s say there is a good farming spot for blobies, and it will be nerfed in the next patch because a lot of players on the forum were complaining about it, because too good/toxic/immersion-breaking/wrong phase of the moon/Justin Bieber.

Let’s say we had 100 players who needed 1 blobie per week each, which makes 100 blobies per week.
We had 10 farmers who farmed 10 blobies per week each, which makes 100 blobies per week.
Let’s say the price got an equilibrium at around 2g per blobie.
After patch, we still have 100 players who want 1 blobie per week each (demand at 2g is constant).
After patch, the 10 farmers can only farm 5 blobies per week.
When the first 50 blobies at 2g are sold, the other 50 players still need 50 more blobies at 2g. This do not exist anymore.
Possible shifts: depending on the type of the blobie (necessity <- → luxury), including extreme cases, the new situation can be one of the following:
- 100 blobies are being bought at 4g – everyone agrees to buy blobies for 4g now because they still need them; the amount of farmers increases to provide enough blobies. Many players can become farmers themselves because they believe blobies are too “expensive” to outright buy.
- Less than 100 blobies are being bought, at a price higher than the initial 2g – farmers and sellers come to a new compromise, but less blobies are available now and they cost more. Some players can become farmers themselves because they still want a bit more blobies.
- Small amount of blobies are being bought at 2g – no one agrees to buy blobies for more than 2g. Only the most dedicated farmers stay, the amount of blobies in the game dwindles.

Results of the nerf which people on the forum are happy about: more people have to grind, more casual players suffer from an increase in prices, more people suffer from lack of supply on the market. Both sides become unhappy.

Let’s take a look at the effect of the recent chest farm at Silverwastes (and a bit the Halloween farm):

Bonetti’s Rapier, exotic berserker’s sword with Bloodlust sigil and cool skin, going down from 53g to 6g.
Superior Sigil of Bloodlust, going down from 10g to 6g.
Ancient Bone, going down from 52s to 32s.
Vial of Powerful Blood, going down from 78s to 62s.
Twister in a Jar, going down from 90s to 18s. Desirable items like Ruby Orichalcum Ring were getting a several gold decrease because of Twister being forgeable.

So, if you never farmed but wanted Bonetti’s Rapier here and now, you do not need to grind half a hundred gold anymore or hope for a 1 in a 1000 champ bag drop during your “casual” play. (Or rather, did not as the farm was nerfed). If you wanted to go for ascended or legendary, you can now get T6 mats for some 15-20s less each. Are lower prices on desirable items really that bad for you as a player? Is your excitement of getting a Bonetti’s Rapier in the 1000th champ bag and selling it for 53g instead of 6g really worth the frustration of other people who can’t get it because they can only play for a couple of hours during weekends?

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20 level 80s and counting.

(edited 2014-11-12 18:20:44 by Lishtenbird.2814)

Can people stop whining?

Posted by: Yunielesca.2850

Yunielesca.2850

Can you stop whining about people whining?

[Suggestion] Invisible Dye

Posted by: Asami.3572

Asami.3572

I foresee only one thing if they implement this.

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[SC] The Ruined City of Arah Path 3 (7:14)

Posted by: Tom Yzf.5872

Tom Yzf.5872

It’s ok dude. Even though most lawyers are scumbags, I’ll man up and apologize for any misunderstandings between us. I’m genuinely a nice guy. Whirlwind hug?

[SC] The Ruined City of Arah Path 3 (7:14)

Posted by: Tom Yzf.5872

Tom Yzf.5872

Wow, thanks for that olive branch. I guess after the FGS nerf I’ve been a little on edge. I also apologize to you. Let’s be best internet friends. Whirlwind hug.

[SC] The Ruined City of Arah Path 3 (7:14)

Posted by: Tom Yzf.5872

Tom Yzf.5872

Sorry for derailing this thread guys; I’m going to stop now.

Rangers can use Pet abilities while downed

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Posted by: Blude.6812

Blude.6812

Kahrgan.7401:
This is obviously a bug, as a thief cant use steal, necros cant use DS.. etc when downed.

If you cant see it on the screen while downed, you shouldnt be able to use it.

LOL—owned

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So Anets's Chinese release promotions...

Posted by: Palador.2170

Palador.2170

Fernling.1729:
What is up with the baby bottle? haha

All part of the NPE. It explains a lot, really.

Sarcasm, delivered with a
delicate, brick-like subtlety.

General Dungeon Discussion Thread - Part 1

Posted by: anabasis.7346

anabasis.7346

Purple Miku.7032:
Ah, some friends of mine got help from a person that is a native speaker to translate that paragraph. Even he had trouble deciphering it lol. He says that a lot of letters that should have been accented were left out, which is why google had a hard time translating it.

Essentially he said that I was apparently smart to upload a video of my incident, and that he isn’t going to lose sleep over getting kicked… or something like that. Different than what I interpreted I guess xD

When all this was happening it was like 2 am here so I had to go to sleep and now that I’m back from class I’m trying to find out the whole story.

Your frist interpretation was right and Ryn.6459 provided a perfect translation.

This guy, BolaOcho, posted a rant saying that he had been kicked at the end of his instance in Arah P4 and that someone should ban de offenders.
An hour later me and Elrey exposed this guy in our posts telling everybody how he had done exactly the same 8 months ago. At this point, I think that he was a bit scared because he didn’t expect anyone to remember what he had done so long ago, let alone the fact that he had been recorded on video, so he decided to remove the original post to cover everything up.

However, it was too late, kitten had already hit the fan and his post was still visible in my quote, and Elrey had already provided the link with the video.

Then he decided to change his strategy and opted to discredit you to make it look like it was his word against yours. He also made a pathetic attempt at looking tough by saying that he didn’t care about it, but in the end, I think he was just freaking out that he had been caught red-handed.

I kinda figured out that something like this could happen so I took some screen shots of his original postfor further evidence.

In the end it’s funny, all this just backfired so hard for him lol.

(edited 2014-10-27 12:30:34 by anabasis.7346)

General Dungeon Discussion Thread - Part 1

Posted by: Wethospu.6437

deSade.9437:
You have to dodge the attack that summons skeletons (the animation is the same of the human male casting meteor shower, the exact same but faster). That, and the fear thingy (magecrusher exploding marks). There’s also the attack that supposedly knocks you down, but I didn’t dodge it and sometimes it does nothing. Satan knows why :/

Hi!

You get knocked when nearby skeletons get consumed.

Best regards, Satan

(edited 2014-10-24 14:18:08 by Wethospu.6437)

Double-clicking macro. Bannable?

Posted by: Wethospu.6437

You have to be really careful when playing. Once my finger accidentally slipped and landed between two keys and I accidentally pressed two keys with one finger.

I immediately closed GW2, shutdown computer and cut the power cord. After a week I had enough courage to log in again. Luckily I didn’t get caught and can still keep playing.

twight arbor.. which path ??

Posted by: spoj.9672

spoj.9672

Ergh its like talking to brick walls. You guys clearly cant read. Im done.

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Story modes too easy?