Guild Wars 2

Remember you can mix and match stats on gear! I’m currently running around with zerker armor and celestial trinkets, which I feel gives me a good balance.

I actually really like the idea of using this for veterans, to make them more unique and stand out.

Something I realized recently after becoming unhappy with my zerker ascended armor is that trinkets actually provide more stats than your armor, and mostly don’t use gold as currency to replace… so even if things do shift, you can change a reasonable portion of your stats without having to craft new ascended armor.

This is basically a plea to the devs to take in to consideration players with lag when testing out the new navigation systems in HoT.
As a player in a non NA or EU region where I don’t get great ping, some aspects of the game have been incredibly frustrating, like the bouncy mushrooms in SAB, or anything to do with the aspect crystals. The dead reckoning between server and client sometimes snaps me back into positions I wasn’t expecting, or forces me into trajectories that I can’t recover from… and basically, with all the hype about mushroom traversal and gliding, I’m worried that the game is going to be more frustrating than fun to play.
Please, please think of players like me, and do testing and debugging accordingly, so that we can all have a fun time with the expansion, regardless of location and ping!

I know this is a thread in the PvP forum, but please, whatever changes you make, please consider how they will affect PvE too; where Engi turrets are already underpowered and underused, because a second after dropping them they’re killed by enemy AoE.
Any increased vulnerability to them should probably be split to only where it’s needed (ie PvP, maybe WvW?)

I have also noticed this; it seems to happen a lot when I’m in combat, and I haven’t noticed it while out of combat yet…

Crazy suggestion here: why not give players the choice of which version of the model they get? Then it’s not forced no anyone, but those that want dresses and skirts can have them.

A lot of the low level stuff is very simple and understated, even for flashy demographics like female human/norn/sylvari light.

A full ascended set is a huge investment, not something you can “just” craft more of, especially if you’re wanting to experiment.

The problem: Not long ago I finally completed a full set of Ascended armor for my main character. I picked Berserker’s stats because raw power is good, and as an Engineer I have a lot of skills that proc off crits, and yeah I like to see things die quickly too.
With the discussion of HoT and the new CC gameplay mechanics (ie the Wyvern), it’s made me wonder; what am I supposed to do if I want to try a different build, with different armor stats?
Sure I can go with exotics, but then I’m always going to be wondering if the small percentage of stat difference is affecting how I perceive the new build’s effectiveness. I could go through all the effort of crafting an entirely new set of ascended gear, but that’s a lot of working just for trying something new, and what if I want to try several stat combos to see which works best? I feel like having crafted a full set, I’m locked in to the stat decision I made based on the meta at the time, and can’t change.

So here’s the suggestion:
Allow players a way to change the stat prefix of their existing Ascended armor, through some process similar to transmutation. Obviously it shouldn’t be for free; perhaps using up materials similar in value to what it would take to craft an exotic, or having another sink for Bloodstone/Dragonite/Empyreal Stars.
I think this would promote more experimentation, and with the expansion coming out a lot of us are probably going to be wanting to do just that.

Thanks for all the responses, I probably also should have mentioned that I’m in the oceanic timezone, so I’m not sure how often I’ll be on to overlap with people, but I’m following up with some of the suggestions here anyway, thanks!

I’m looking for a female focused (or at least very female friendly) guild to play PvE, dungeons etc with, where I don’t have to put up with… well, you know. I’m an active and friendly high-level player, currently on an NA server but willing to move to EU for the right group!

I found this too and was about to post about it myself. I’m very disappointed, having Asura mains, and only have one big chunck of colour across most of the outfit.

That’s sad to hear, perhaps it’s difficult due to weird coding or some such?

I’d really like to have the option of applying all the dyes I’ve unlocked to my hair accessory colour. It’s frustrating not being able to match it with the rest of my armour, especially with the hairstyles that feature it prominently.
Could this possible be integrated as part of the wardrobe system? If not, at least adding my unlocked dyes to the options in the hair style kit would be great, as opposed to making me just chose from the limited default set.

Bump, because I’m still looking, and there must be some other oceanic players on EU servers!

One of the new hairstyles for female asura (long pony with fringe bunches) has a weird trianglular shape on the front camera-right section of fringe, looks like a polygon gone stray somewhere.
I really hope it’s not intentional because the style is otherwise supercute!

EDIT: after what Meitner said below I played around a bit more and noticed the following that might help fix: the area looks normal with weapons stowed, when I draw my weapons (pistol and shield) the polygon stretches out of place about half of what is shown in the image below; when I equip my flamethrower (engi kit) it stretches out to the full extent shown below (the screencap was taken with my flamethrower equipped).
As far as I can tell, no other parts of the hair change shape along with this.

If I can provide any more details to help let me know, I want my hair to be beautiful!

By DH, do you mean Darkhaven, which is a US server, no?

I’m an Australian-based player trying to get my sleep cycle back in order after playing with peeps in the UK prime time, and thus looking for people to play with in oceanic timezones (I’m UTC+10 myself). I’m usually on in the afternoons and evenings any/every day of the week (I have no life). I mostly do PvE, dungeons, world bosses, random wandering etc, but I like a bit of WvW from time to time also.

My only requests other than mentioned timezones are that the guild is on an EU server so that I can guest (also willing to transfer, but I’d like to try before I buy gems); but also very important is that you’ve got a kind and mature culture in the guild, with no violent or sexist language, even to npc mobs etc.

I think I’ve got pretty good mastery of my profession, I’m knowledgable in many areas of the game, and can be generally friendly and helpful in a party of general guild chat.
PM or whisper if you’d like to steal me from the ranks of the guildless.

So, any new weapons for Engineers that use a kit as their primary? I’ve had the same flamethrower skin for nearly a year now…

So my third achievement chest with a Zenith skin got delivered today, and I don’t really need it. I’ve already taken skins for the only two weapons I use, I don’t have any alts, and I don’t want to take a random skin and then later on decide I want a different one. (I’m also still holding out hope that we might get some prettiness for engineer kits, and if they get added to the same system…)

It would be nice to be able to delay deciding which skin to take, while still being able to collect the other rewards, and without the unopened chest icon constantly sparkling and wiggling on the side of my UI. For now I think it will sit there until I can no longer tolerate it taunting me.

Skins / visual options for Engineer weapon kits.

For the love of the Eternal Alchemy, skins for engi kits. I would pay so many gems for a nice flamethrower, like at least 1600. What’s that, you put it in an RNG box? I will keep buying them until I get one!
I know this would take more work to implement than a simple weapon skin release, but every time there are new weapon skins out, I get excited and then remember that nobody will ever see them on my tiny Asuran engi, because I’m too busy burning things – with the same boring flamethrower I’ve had since level 10. The Dragon’s Jade weapons seem like a real missed opportunity for this too… dragon’s breath flamethrower anyone?
I think the size of the hobo sack thread in the engi subforum show’s I’m not alone…

And! Not only will I give you all the gems if you implement this, you can also name my first born child. Not just a middle name, either; the whole thing! (Subject to the GW2 ToS naming policies, of course.)

PapercutPoodle.5840:

If I hadn’t already been in a guild with some RL friends, all of whom have no idea I’m trans, I would have applied to join in a heartbeat.. Finding other girls to game with is crazy difficult.. :/

I kinda hope you’re playing a thief, the opportunities for stealth jokes would be endless. Or maybe it’s just me that enjoys making jokes others can’t get…

If you ever want a second place to hang out and vent, you’re welcome. I don’t mind if we have very infrequently representing peeps!

Of course we’ll take a hetero! One of my closest friends is even straight!

I know of at least one guild for girls on US servers, Justice Girls, if you wanted to look them up so you can guest with people.

As for the Q, it’s for a word censored on the forums, but it rhymed with beer. I think it gets thrown into the alphabet soup to fit people that prefer more obscure terms or definitions for themselves; and everyone has a different idea of what shuld go in the alphabet soup etc etc…

midiean.8469:

So you’ll not let people in your guild if they’re gay? For someone complaining about ‘macho gaming culture’, you sure are homophobic

Gay people are welcome; I, myself, am a lesbian… and I’ve been through several ‘LGBT’ guilds that are almost exclusively gay men, and have been pretty misogynistic at times. I merely wanted to draw attention to the fact that there is privilege at work inside the gay community also; my intent is not to exclude.

Angry Feminists [GRRL] are recruiting women and others!
What are we angry about? Everything! Flame Legion! Sons of Svanir! Back to the kitchen jokes! Human female armour! Mostly just macho gaming culture though, and not being able to find a place in Tyria.

If you want a casual social guild with friendly, mature women and others; then come join us. We’re on Whiteside Ridge (EU) if you want to share in the influence, but we don’t care what server you’re on, only if you’re nice.
We have no focus, website, forums, or voice chat, because we’re freakin’ tiny at the moment. There are no hard and fast rules, just don’t be mean – especially to someone in a minority (of power) group. Warnings will be given and transgressions dealt with by the wrath of the Guild Tyrant.

So if you’re feminist, intersectionalist, LBTIQ (the G’s have a few of their own guilds already), or just generally tired of players waggling their immaturity and privilege all over chat, we want you to come and join us. Pretty please? It’s lonely out here.

PM or whisper me (Alkalissa.1706) for an invite. Male applicants will be tolerated, but only barely.

Now excuse me, I’m going to hide behind this large flame shield over here.

I’d also like to know which server you’re on; I’ve been looking for a place like this for a while, I hope you’re on an EU server so I can guest!

So I’ve been in and out of several small inactive guilds for a few months now, looking for a place to settle and make some friends.
I’m an experienced Asuran Engineer, playing mostly in PvE (with occasional WvW). I’d like a guild to do some dungeon runs with, general open world stuff, and to share the gaming fun with!

I’m looking for somewhere that has a friendly and aware atmosphere: no misogyny, homophobia, triggering (sexual assault) language, etc etc; basically, not the standard macho gaming culture. If you’re an actively feminist/LgBT/etc group, even better.
High preference for an EU server, I’m in Australia and get more reliable connections there than to US servers. I’m currently on Piken Square, but happy to transfer if our budding relationship grows well.

If you think I’d fit in with your guild, please let me know!