Guild Wars 2

I liked the story, i liked the fights etc etc. almost everything was perfect, the only things i felt were that the story was a bit too short / rushed and the other thing, why do we have to defeat Mordremoth? I liked him so much, i actually wanted him to succed or atleast get away with that..

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Azure.8670:

GS 1 is one of the best ranged attacks. cant be reflected, pierces.. almost too good

A Attack which is almost nevery usable and deals almost zero Damage, its Damage and usefulness will remain almost zero. Everytime my skill 2,3,4 is on CD i think like, “oh god kitten it kitten…”

You didnt understand me,its not about my AOE ability or anything else, its just that GS1 sucks. Thats it.

Hello ANet, i really dont get the thing about GS1 beeing so out of place. It is the worst autoattack ingame, it has zero synergy with the fighting style of a Mesmer and it has not even a side effect besides its Damage, yet it has even a penalty.

It is a Greatsword and it doenst cleave, it has no buff for me or a debuff for my enemy, it has a penalty when fighting in closer range than 1200 and even on 1200 it is bad.
What am i with my GS? Shouldnt it be my ranged dps (aoe) power weapon?So, it isnt, but if so, i would compare it to the Elementalists Staff, but his 1Skill is way, way better. It has no use whatsoever in PvE, since so far, a Mesmer is pretty much a melee class when played on power anyway because of our shatter skills. It gets even worse, because one GS skill summons a illusion and the other one is a simple knockback, so the autohit should be useful, since it has to be used quite often. With a simple change, the GS could be a good addition to the other meele power weapons in PvE.

The Mesmer is a very good profession, yet their 1 skills are across-the-board weak, but thats kinda ok so far, but the GS1 is just not acceptable and i would like to hear why it is designed like that. So please dont get me wrong, this thread is only and alone about GS1, nothing else!!!

Iam sorry if i wrote Characters and Fractals wrong or even something more. English isnt my native language and in my native language its written with “k”. Maybe it was some kind of auto correction, or i just misspelled it. In any case, sorry for that, but that doenst make my initial Post any less true or more emotional. I dont clame to be 100% right in everything, but i do think i have a pretty cool-headed opinion about MMOs.

I have read so much negative Posts here which are either utterly wrong and emotional impertinant or they are justified concerns which are overrunned by other emotional “this is all bs” posts. There are very few positive Posts but that is no suprise, because it is natural for a Forum to be negative, because people like to complain and if something is great, they are enjoying it ingame and it much more unlikely to spread those feelings on a Forum.
Therefore i want to go over the most common complains and make a statement to the to clarify they are right or not. I will use the example and comparison to WoW quite often, because it is the most succesful MMO ever made so far and a Milestone in MMO History.

C: GW2 has become a p2w game with the Elite Specialisations.
A: Wrong. The Term “p2w” is misused here to express the emotional Letdown of someone who likely just got killed by a Elite Specialisation. A Expansion is not a pay to win Mechanic in a MMO, it is progress and therefore not qualified to be called “p2w”. It is natural for every Game that a Expansion brings out more powerful Elements and everyone has acces to that whole content. If people decide to not take part in that progress, it is natural they are left behind and that goes for everything in life and in games. Let me give you a quick Example. When WoW launched an Expansion, it was no question of if you want to buy it or not, because the Level Cap gets raised, the new Raid has far better gear, the new Farmspots are way more rewarding etc. etc. If you want to be competetive, you buy an Expension in a MMO. To clarify, p2w is adressed to ingame purchases who are giving you a advantage over other players and are besides that not necessary or essential for the game. You can see, a Expansion does not fit into that Term.

C: HoT destroys the core game.
A: Wrong. If an MMO launches a Expansion, there is no “Core Game” anymore, it is called the Vanilla Version of it. The Core Game now is the Game plus the Expansion, which is why a Expansion is again no p2w Element. It is also the reason why all the really good rewards and other things are transfered into a Expansion and if they are not, a Expansion will just add so many more powerful and valuable things, that in the progress Vanilla content will get obsolete on its own. Guild Wars 2 has related to that still a outrageous good Vanilla Content.

C: Masteries for Fractals are a greed Move and with the Dungeon nerf only a grind to prolong everything. Already existing rewards are locked behind that stupid thing now
A: Almost right. Masteries for Fractals and Dungeons are a great Idea and a good way to implement even better progress and reward feeling into the Fraktals/ PvE content. The Dungeon nerf however was a difficult thing because Dungeons on that standard added maybe really too much gold with too little efford into the Game. A Group of 5 People finishing CoF within 10 Minutes or less added 5,25g in that time into the Game. That is quite a lot and now the same group would add only 1,75g into the Game. While i do understand the complainement about that loss of income and my own concerns about the new players who get into the Game and have it now much harder to earn gold without spending real money, it is a real problem if you imagine something like this would happen in the real world. (It already is btw.) It would be like the World Bank would simply add more and more money into the System and therefore the money itself would be less and less worth it. That already happened in GW2 since everything is now just even more expensive because Gold is less worth.
With that step now, newer players would get more for their real money, if they chose to buy Gems and trade it into Gold after and in the same progress, people who dont want to spend real money on the game are slowed down, which is not always the right thing. As you can see now, it is a very difficult thing how the economy evolves and needs to be investigated very closely and also monitored by ArenaNet.

Back to the Fractals. As I said before, adding the Masterie System is great but to lock already existing loot behind that now and therefore removing rewards from players who had acces to them before is not right. It is the wrong way to make people by a Expansion and there has to be another way. You just cannot hide something which already existed behind a even higher border only to make people use a Expansion System. A Expansion should add new things, not recycle old ones.
Here is a Quote of a User who put that into the right words :
“Those who did/do not purchase HoT should still not lose the ability to play what they were playing before.
The new levels, the masteries and such, however, belong to those who bought the expansion.”

C: HoT is the death for Soloplayers.
A: Not entirely wrong but given the name of this Game, it wasnt meant to be a Soloplayer game to begin with. Everything in Guild Wars 2 is and ever was designed to be a interactive multiplayer Content and it is one of the main reasons why Guild Wars 2 is such a great game. The possibility for players soloing Dungeons was wrong from the start and had to be fixed ages ago if you ask me. I do also think it is vital for a MMO to maintain its Group philosophy and keep players interactive and communicative. WoW has proofen that a MMO without those parts is likely to beeing toxic. It is because Guild Wars 2 keeps this philosophy high, this game is still really enjoyable for Soloplayers! Please keep that in mind.

C: 400 Hero Points for the Elite Specialisations are way too much! Iam forced to play through the Maps!!
A: Wrong. There is no Issue in “forcing” people to enjoy the Content, the new World, the Story to unlock your Elite Specialisation. I dont think that “forcing” is the right word for it and also it is justified just lorewise, that you, becoming a Master over your Profession, have seen and experienced the World. The Elite Specialisations are the top of your Characters progress and i think it is really wrong to hand it to you without any progress in the first place.

C: Hot has way to little Maps, no Armor / Weapon Skins , no Content at all. THNX ANet.
A: Wrong. Eventhough there are only 4 Maps right now, every Map has 3 Layers so i think it is fair to count one Map as atleast 1,5-2 Maps. Looking at the Skins however, it is right to call that little. I really think there has to be added much more yes. Talking about the Content in the End, the Expansion provides a lot of Content. Guild Halls, Masterie System, new Professions, new Class, new Maps, new PvP, new Sets, new Cinematics, Raids, new Dungeons, Gliding, new PvE fighting System, Action Cam and maybe even more.

In the End, there are issues in the Game and there have to be some improvements, but overall the very majority of criticsm so far is not justified. Sure it is possible that iam wrong about certain points, if so feel free to tell me as calm as you can why, if not nvm… Maybe i will update this as time passes and add some other things i have forgotten now.

So far, have a nice day and enjoy HoT.

Go and play other games guys, cry as much as you want and then come back and see how awesome GW2 still is. There are issues yes, but the complainement here is unreal and impertinant.

There are big balance Patches coming, as they have already announced it. This is not p2w, not even near that. I dont know what you people all expect. In other expansions, the Level cap gets raised, new item tiers are included, new raids etc and if you dont buy that expansion, you are screwed, everywhere. Thats how MMOs work, you dont hav the choice of buying it or not if you want to compete, what in hell made you all think of it??

ZippyBawBaw.6487:

Amaya.1483:

To people who are serious about the “old content nerf” , yeah maybe other expansions didnt nerfed old content, instead of it, they made the new content so much more worth, that its literally the same. You guys… sigh

Except the old content in said other games was still perfectly playable and didn’t have rewards/loot tweaked until several expansions later, if at all. They most certainly did not remove key rewards and content from their older stuff, just to gate it away and have it available only to those willing to shell out 40-60 bucks for it.

You know what they did do though? Create enough original content to justify the price tag while leaving the older stuff as intact as possible for the people that paid for it.

Buying the expansion right now feels less like I’m ‘supporting’ Anet and more like I’m being suckered by them. No thanks

There is no need to tweak anything if its not worth anything. Old content always got obsolete in WoW for example, GW2 is far away from that. KKthxbye

Vyshan.2345:

This expansion is a disaster and the developers should feel embarrassed.

And do you have some serious arguments for it or are you just kittening?

Congratz on Anets for this amazing launch of a Expension in a MMO. There where very little issues overall and the great majority of the Players could enjoy the new Content. Sure there are always bugs etc, but thats part of it and i have experienced way worse expansion launches!

The new content feels challenging, great designed, lovely detailed, well thought and so much in PvE and PvP has changed for the better! The Game draws much more attention from famous streamers and other MMO players and that with right. Gw2 is THE TOP MMO out there and i bet thant wont change in the near future.

I cannot denie some serious questions about balancing, content updates, pricing of HoT and the concern over the Dungeon nerf, but to be straight, i thought the nerf wasnt that hard and secondly it was ok. I think it is quite impertinent what some people are posting here on the Forums and what the complains are about, that really saddens me.

Iam certain you will deliver up to your hype as you did before and are willed to fix issues quicker now, because eventhough the majority of criticsm here is not accurate, the point of if you dont deliver now, GW2 is done, is also right.

That all beeing said, i thank you for your work and iam hoping the journey of improvements has just begun.

To people who are serious about the “old content nerf” , yeah maybe other expansions didnt nerfed old content, instead of it, they made the new content so much more worth, that its literally the same. You guys… sigh

400 Points. Period. Thanks

Sorry but everyone who complains about the “endless grind” and “forcing me to do xy”, please, please think before you post. Have you ever played a MMO before? Do you want everything for free with no efford in it in no time? Do you think the word forcing is appropriate related to experiencing a expension? just WOW

Definitely against 200 points. There is absolutely no issue in experiencing the game while collecting points for your elite spec. There is a 0% chance you will get it for 200

After i patched my game to HOT, i lost my Achievement Points…

30~€ for a FREAKING amazing exp, yeah sure i asked for refund, right aftet i won a million dollar

Let me give you a quick example in addition to my other Post. Have you all played any other MMO like for example WoW? Not bying exp? OK, so no new Gear, no new Talents, way less Gold, literally everything is worse without buying the expension, GW2 is for that part still amazing without HoT, you may wanna look over your table once.

Wrong forum, go support

This Thread is full with absurd opinions, really hillarious. Have you ever played any game which made an expension at all? What did you expect? The Dungeon nerf was btw reasonable because it was way to rewarding compared to other things when it just takes you around 10min to get all the stuff by skipping 80% of the content. This is really weak from everyone of you who compains here.

This is an MMO, please take your time to accomplish something or you are probably better of in a differen genre.

Ok my Thread got removed so i have to make it clearer now, i lost 20 Achiement points when Hot launched and i dunno why!

Hello Anet, i really, really want to change my homeworld, since iam stucked at a very inactive Server since the beginning but the Servers my friends are on and where i want to go, are full and not aviable, when will there be a possibility to do that??

Yeah Topic says it, im wonderin why and if anyone else hase experienced this.

i was really suprised when i saw this..

Best.thing.ever.

Best.thing.ever.

The interactive Trailer to Hearth of Thorns is by far, far, far, far the best Trailer and promotion you have ever made for this game so far. It really looked like you stepped up your game! Thanks so much! Well done!!!

Kitty.1502:

Just so you know its spelled rules, not rulez, when you spell things improperly like that, you lose credibility and no one will take you seriously no matter how good the message is.

Are you serious? Wow, it is always fun to see * people popping out.

Thats what i said, balance is ok so far now. The other Problems are way bigger anyway

Hello dev Team, im really amazed about the fact how little nice leather sets are aviable compared to heavy or light armor. I dont even play a class which wears this armor, but i do feel very sorry for them and would suggest, that you would put a little more love into it.

So Gw2 gets a Pro-League now? Thats nice, i do love Gw2, but in all honesty, you dont have any clue of professional E-Sport. I have been Pro in several Games now and so far i havent seen a reason why Gw2 E-Sport should have been bigger as it is now.

You are missing very, very important points to be taken any serious here and i dont get it why you havent been able to fix them until now.

1. Add a Solo Que
2. Make ranked and unranked Matches still co-exist
3. Add actual, working seasons for Team and Solo Que and player stats after ending
4. Add a intern League System/ Pool like in WvW
5. Employ a Pvp / E-Sport Team which takes care of the rulez (LoL)
6. Add rulez / punishements and a Report System (LoL)
7. Employ finally decent casters or coach them to deliver the thrill and game information
8. Understand that a big Community makes a Game go into professional and succesful E-Sport, not money. (Blood Line Champions as bad example)
9. Form a Balance Team or just take good care (as balancing is ok now) to avoid bs like warriors on the first year for example
10. Do way better promotion ,try to get on some famous streamers for example and employ people who are able to talk infront of a camera and have charisma

Dont get it as kittening, i love Gw2, but this is the minimum to make it to over 20k viewers on twitch and a decent playerbase. If thats too much, you will never make it to a Top spot.

Could be, but tbh i was expecting much more feedback from Anet and much faster. A expension is a pretty big thing and therefore i think thats justified. WoW from Blizzard wasnt for no reason such a milestone.

I cant see anything OP about those traps. You killed your enemys by laying down every Trap, so it is basicly like a simple complete burst combo and that was something the Guardian can do already without beeing restricted on a small area.

I will make it short. There is a HUGE difference in strengh and usefulness between the upcoming Elite Specs/Profession. Some of them are absolutely great/insane and some of them are not even worth considering because they are weaker than their original Form. Just having a differen playstyle just isnt enough and the Berserker for example has not even that if you ask me.

How will you, Anet react on those Facts? Because that is something so crucial, able to blow up right into your faces with this Expansion. Atleast that is what I`m thinking and were able to “feel” through all the talk until now.

Its currently something like this :
Top :
Revenant
Reaper
Chronomancer
Druid
Scrapper

Medium :
Tempest

below Garbage :
Berserker
Dragon Hunter
Daredevil

Maybe if enough people will respond to this, they may consider some changes..

Making the GS cleave in an area, removing the damage scaling over range and atleast some kind of swing, would be more than enough to make me happy. I just want to see how kitten a GS is, thats MY point GS.

Hyo, to be honest, i find the Greatsword 1 Skill of Mesmers is lacking in everything. The most fun about a Greatsword for me is, actual swinging it. A mesmer barely does that and it feels saddening. Furthermore, the Greatsword of a Mesmer does not cleave, which is a bit weird because thats what a Greatsword is supposed to be, a cleaving monster.

I know that a Mesmer uses his Gs1 as a ray-beam and it is therefore completely different from the classic Gs, but that is also the point, where i feel “they got it all wrong”. A Mesmer is most powerful in close combat where he can use his shatters, that even counts for condition builds in some kinda way, even if its not that much of an impact there.

So my Suggestion would be to change the GS1 to a cleaving thing, with a animation of GS5, but you would actually throw out smaller waves of it and swing your GS while doing so, like everyone else. You could lower the Range for that or make it even Melee. I would be fine with that. Sure i know it is not everybodys liking, its just my suggestion. One thing that reall bothers me though, is the Damage multiplier on GS1. I find these kind of things very annoying and really useless, because like i said, i feel like Memser is strongest in close combat and iam using my 1200 range barely at all.

I would like to know what you would think about this. Sure i know the chance of this ever get to happen is like 0,1%. NVm that.

This is so far the best Dragonhunter thing i have seen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTBsV-A0eLk

Darmikau.9413:

Why is there no 25% MS buff?

Because we’re playing Guardians and Guardians don’t get selfish movement speed. All their MS comes from applying swiftness to themselves and allies, which Dragonhunter can do. Asking for everything other classes have dilutes our identity. Part of picking a Guardian is that you don’t get a selfish movement speed trait, just like you don’t get poison or bleeding either. Wings of Resolve already adds a lot of mobility to the otherwise least-mobile class short of Necromancers.

I find it ironic that many people complain that Anet or Karl don’t understand Guardians, then say that what Dragonhunter needs is a selfish movespeed trait. Guardian’s solutions to catching enemies are leaps, immobilizes, and pulls, not movement speed. Between Wings of Resolve, Longbow five, and the new Spear of Justice, Dragonhunter has gotten all three.

SO selfish beeing at par with other classes, you so right… kappa.

It is pretty sad, because i was pretty much expecting the 25% coming now, since the feedback on that matter was kinda overwhelming unanimous. I would really like to know the reason behind that decision though. For me and i know one person doenst even matter, it is the reason for changing class finally.

Why is there no 25% MS buff?

I really thank you for those Vids, it actually shows how bad Long bow and how much needed a 25% MS Buff is and what needs to be fixed on Guard. Quite many of those people you killed would have been slaughtered by a Scepter/Sword instead of Longbow. Thanks alot!!

As for the Core Feedback, remove Spiritweapons, FINALLY and give Guard 25% Speed! ASAP! I know its not well written, but its true nevertheless.

The possibility to switch your carried Armor/Weapon Sets. Every MMO has that and it is really, usefull and spares a lot of time and nerves.

Everyone who complains about difficult Raids , just a wow from me. I do think that the recommendation of Ascendet Gear says just something about , how hard the Raid will be and that is AMAZING. I really dont get it, how people can cry for EASY PVE CONTENT! How the kitten is das possible??? A Game lives from its challenges and competetive play in PvP or Pve… getting everything stucked into my kitten is the worst thing ever ever ever ever ever. Great Job Anet on having balls!!!! TANK YOU

This is kinda akward, a lot of people are posting a lot of BS and strange whiny things in my opinion. One funny thing, what are those often mentioned other MMOs which are supposed to be good. I havent seen any game worth my time, especially the Korean MMOs. Tera is so far the only decent one and it is still not even compareable with Guild Wars 2. WoW and Guild Wars 2 are so far ahead on everything else until now, if you dont agree, you may have not played enough MMO or have different “problems”.

I admit, the expension is too expensive though yes. Sorry Anet but you have to make a lot more to make it worth this money.

I think the expansion is vastly overpriced, i hope Anet will deliver up to expectations or this game will be over soon.

Nuff said. This makes Mesmer wanted in PvE!!! PvP not mentioned because Mesmers were always decent.