Guild Wars 2

Asura are the evolved forms of Skritt, nothing more nothing less.

so that having oakheart essence and lava thermal tube mastery and other masteries specific to HoT zones to be a must have outside of HoT maps? in PoF zones? no thanks :>

i’m glad i don’t have to train up those specific niche masteries that were only ever used in LW maps for PoF.

Poor poor Aurene :< all of you are BARBARIC!

Jaxom.7310:

Esquilax.3491:

Fully agree, it’s very ugly.

I don’t like the female norn (?) on a raptor for launcher, I don’t see what that has to do with the expansion theme. I don’t understand why it’s purple, too.

It should be a stylised version of Balthazar, and probably red. Just my 2c anyway….

it’ll prob come out that lyssa is the real baddie not balth, thats why its all purp, but still don’t lik the looks of it either

yeah it could porbably be that Lyssa is working behind the scenes pulling on balthazars strings to make him do her dirty work :>

WARIORSCHARGEING.2637:

AncientYs.8613:

no please don’t let there be a graphic overhaul :< my ancient old pc wouldn’t be able to handle it! T__T even now i struggle to get a stable 60 fps at all ..

and my pc doesn’t support anything higher than a dx9.

Besides the current graphics in gw2 are good!

it’s only those with super highend pcs that want the overhaul because they can afford it!

but the fact is that Anet developed the game this way with both mid end and low end pcs in mind! so everybody could play it decently even on old pcs! so don’t be selfish and only think of yourselves and your highend computers!

well look at it from this point of view . if that does happen as a lot of us players want given the even more fact 4K is pretty normal these days for main use standards .

should this game get too much to play at least you can play wow. that is if they do not upgrade their low end specs yet again in the next pack they will put out . and wow is not that bad at all nor is ESO too both are very fun games . as well as this one

i tried WoW once, i didn’t like it :< i rather stay with my guildwars as i have since guildwars 1 factions. If Anet does decide to give Gw2 a graphics update then i will have no other choice but to upgrade my pc.

But i remember i read somewhere that Anet wants GW2 to be playable to everyone including the ones with low to mid end pc specs.

So i see no reason why Gw2 would do otherwise now.

Dante.1763:

AncientYs.8613:

No, perhaps you don’t understand our line of thought because you don’t see the many HP scattered across HoT as unobtainable but a challange and that may be fun for you to go out in HoT zones and collect all the HP

but for some of us it’s too much.. i for one am disabled/handicapped i have problem with depth perception so for me it’s difficult to get those HP.. this game is not too friendly towards casuals as i’m starting to realize.

Sorry, for the longest time they where unobtainable for me. Dont just assume that because i have everything out there that it was easy for me. i asked for a lot of help, but from the guilds im in, and in map chat, i got more than a few portals to some of the ones that are a pain to get to as well. Thankfully, the GW2 community is very friendly. i like a challenge, but some of them cannot be soloed, or even accomplished with a group of two. HoT was by far the most painful time ive had in playing this game, ever, because of constant bouts of motion sickness while playing in the zones, and from what ive seen of PoF the new maps are going to be less like HoT and a bit more like the core maps, i dont know if all of them are that way, but i believe its highly likely.

GW2 is also one of the most casual games out there on the market, and yes having a disability like that sucks awfully, my mother has arthritis in her wrists and she cant do some of the content in GW2 at all, and some of it she needs a bit of help getting there , though she wont admit it, and at the end of a day of playing her hands kill her.

First of all i apologize, i didn’t mean to assume anything it’s just that i have encountered alot who generally are ok with the HP in HoT the way they are.

Second i must admit i also got some help (mainly teleport to friend) along the way in HoT maps to get the HP i need, it was utterly frustrating. I believe since PoF will be set in the desert that it won’t have the problems that the zones in HoT had and thus eliminating most of the problems i had acquireing the hPs.

Lastly i am sorry to hear about your mother, living with a handicap is never easy but in a game it is more apparant as to how bad it can become.

I wish no ill will towards anyone here about the game or the challanges that lie therein i am just voicing my opinion and the experience i had and i truely hope that with PoF the PvE experience will be better.

Dante.1763:

I dont know, currently i have 359 HP on my ranger. Ive done all the HP challenges across tyria, including the ones in HoT and i think ive done maybe 2 in WvW. Unless the new elites cost more than that, which i doubt…i really cant understand this line of thought..granted even out of my 12 characters i really only play one, it doesnt seem that bad.

No, perhaps you don’t understand our line of thought because you don’t see the many HP scattered across HoT as unobtainable but a challange and that may be fun for you to go out in HoT zones and collect all the HP

but for some of us it’s too much.. i for one am disabled/handicapped i have problem with depth perception so for me it’s difficult to get those HP.. this game is not too friendly towards casuals as i’m starting to realize.

no please don’t let there be a graphic overhaul :< my ancient old pc wouldn’t be able to handle it! T__T even now i struggle to get a stable 60 fps at all ..

and my pc doesn’t support anything higher than a dx9.

Besides the current graphics in gw2 are good!

it’s only those with super highend pcs that want the overhaul because they can afford it!

but the fact is that Anet developed the game this way with both mid end and low end pcs in mind! so everybody could play it decently even on old pcs! so don’t be selfish and only think of yourselves and your highend computers!

as long as PoF HP aren’t a nightmare to acquire as it was in HoT i’m fine.

But i really don’t think that locking the elite spec behind HP is a good experience for those of us who want to play PoF with the new elite specs and not after we had already played through PoF.

Then there are some who say that if we want to play the new elite specs as we play through PoF the first time that we should play WvW for proofs of heroics,

but what if i don’t want to play WvW?

and i don’t want to “hunt” for HP in HoT and PoF before i can finally start PoF for real with my new elite spec? us PvEr’s should also have an option to acquire the new elite spec without having to “farm” 250 or so HP.

Perhaps let us respec the HP we already have? and put those points into the new elite? or have HP around the map which cost 1 or 5 and easier to get to?

not all of us are that enthusiastic to go into the new expac and move from location to location to get HP without even having a chance to explore the new zones at a leisurely pace and that’s really unfair!

Linken.6345:

There is another option go out in the open world and complete hero challenges in core and hot.
Save them up and you will have about 257 extra ones to pump into your new spec.

I never liked the layout of HoT zones so i have only depended no the HP in verdant brink to get them for the elite spec.. I’m not fond of all the verticality in the maps.. =/ and i’m not looking forward to the HP in AB and DS… I just wish getting Hero Points were easier..

Core tyria HP no problem but HoT not so much :<

Jski.6180:

Wvw for a bit you should get what you need to unlock the PoF spec. fast and it lets you do prep work now for it.

there should be another option for PvEr’s like me. I dislike WvW i have never stepped one foot in it (except for the PoF beta which is an exception) and i never will.

jheryn.8390:

AncientYs.8613:

jheryn.8390:

SMH

what does this mean?

Shake my head.

cool :> thanks ^^

Shirlias.8104:

Can you make a screen?
I don’t understand what a player could have inside 14 Bank tabs.

ikr? OP should stop hoarding :>

jheryn.8390:

SMH

what does this mean?

Jimmus.2083:

Come on, let us choose our own launcher images.

By doing this it would completely defeat the purpose of Anet presenting to us the next expac PoF through a thematic visual presentation.

Anet did the launcher the way it is in order to give its players a taste of what is to come in PoF.

Sorry to hear that you think it’s ugly but it’s highly unlikely that it will be changed as per your suggestion.

crashburntoo.7431:

I didn’t think that was confirmed, though it’s very detailed. That’s the formulaic part. It’s nice and all, but now I feel like I didn’t just peak into my stocking before Christmas… I dumped it out, took inventory, cataloged it carefully, put it back, hung it up and still need to wait four days to get it.

I prefer wild speculation followed by sensible people reining it in and a strong sense of anticipation.

yeah bro i get what you mean :> i also wish it weren’t as it is on wiki Anet surprise us on the 5th birthday ;>

crashburntoo.7431:

They’re just around the corner… it’s become a little formulaic, but who wants to speculate about something special for this milestone? With PoF a month out, could there be a choice of skin for one of the mounts?

why don’t you just check the official gw2 wiki? it’s all on there. https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Birthday_Gift

Thenme.6491:

Obviously some old masteries will be available at Path of Flames.
You can use gliders there, probably the core tyria would be of use as well. But my question is to what extent? Would there be ley line gliding? Speed mushrooms? Jumping instruments (similiar to lava jumps and jumping mushrooms)? Itzel poison?
I realy wonder which ones i should make effort to complete and which ones i should not.

i reccomend you at least get bouncing mushrooms,gliding and updraft. The others are less important like speed mushrooms etc.. which are primarily only available in HoT zones. I hope that answered your question.

Holland.9351:

Is there going to be another beta weekend before PoF release?

No. Unless Anet announces one which is highly unlikely.

i’m diggin’ your toon :>

Thurindir.3268:

Came into the weekend expecting to make Deadeye my main. I leave the weekend as a future Holosmith.

good on you bruh :> i also quite liked holosmith ^^

Rong.5470:

Hey, is there any schedule for next beta weekends, or… is it the last? I think it would be very nice to try them (a least once more) in some pve scenario

as of now there isn’t going to be any further beta/demo weekends. But that could be subject to change :> watch out for Anet maybe they will give us more ;>

Mikali.9651:

AncientYs.8613:

Ziggityzog.7389:

When will we ever get to go back to real Guild Wars and not this half game we have? We need to go back to dual classes!

The only thing that will make this game some what enjoyable again is if in the Crystal Desert we find the path to ascension and are able to go dual class.

We need diversity! I’m bored of every class and spec already including the ones from PoF from the preview weekend. When do i get to get my Ranger/Necro or vice versa.

Yes this will create total madness for the devs with what will become “overpowered” or what not. Yet that’s how great build ideas and more fun come into play. With dual classes in gw1 you had hundreds of builds going. Now you have maybe 3 per profession if that.

I begith of you anet We Want Dual Class!!!!!

No. You wanna know why? Guildwars was a nightmare to balance due to all the skills and 2 professions. That’s why it won’t be in gw2.

excuse me? Guild Wars was never really problematic. The balance that came always changed the meta, even tho it was unbalanced sometimes I can only call it healthy unbalance. People didn’t really complain, they’ve adapted unless something was really broken. But that itself made the game feel always fresh.

Guild Wars had/has better balance than Guild Wars 2, by far! GW2 itself has broken skill and trait system, it is 10 times more nightmare to balance than GW1

whatever you say dude :> i’m just saying what the devs of gw1 said. That it was a nightmare to balance due to the huge amount of skills. That’s why there won’t be dual professions in gw2.

Ganpot.3879:

AncientYs.8613:

No. You wanna know why? Guildwars was a nightmare to balance due to all the skills and 2 professions. That’s why it won’t be in gw2.

Based on the majority of feedback from the latest demo, the devs don’t seem to be doing any better at balancing without free-form skills and dual-classing. The ranger profession has been half buried in a shallow grave ever since the game launched five years ago (although I hear it somehow managed to become a respectable pvp bunker at one point). From what I gather, the necromancer has been suffering for a long time as well.

well balancing skills in gw2 is much easier compared to gw1, but yeah i also agree that they haven’t really been doing a god job at balancing our current professions and their skills.

Ziggityzog.7389:

When will we ever get to go back to real Guild Wars and not this half game we have? We need to go back to dual classes!

The only thing that will make this game some what enjoyable again is if in the Crystal Desert we find the path to ascension and are able to go dual class.

We need diversity! I’m bored of every class and spec already including the ones from PoF from the preview weekend. When do i get to get my Ranger/Necro or vice versa.

Yes this will create total madness for the devs with what will become “overpowered” or what not. Yet that’s how great build ideas and more fun come into play. With dual classes in gw1 you had hundreds of builds going. Now you have maybe 3 per profession if that.

I begith of you anet We Want Dual Class!!!!!

No. You wanna know why? Guildwars was a nightmare to balance due to all the skills and 2 professions. That’s why it won’t be in gw2.

Miellyn.6847:

Hero points are part of the character progession. You can have over 350 spare hero points right now. There is no dilemma.

except when acquiring said hero points are gated behind difficult group content or difficult to reach places which require gliding or navigating through multiple layers of map,

yes i’m talking about the Hero Points in HoT maps.

Then there is a dilemma which i’m sure i’m not the only person that has a problem with this. There is no character progression to be had when the character has such difficulty progressing.

I hope the same problem won’t be present in the new PoF maps, getting the new elite spec shouldn’t be such a chore to acquire.

No.

/15 Charr

only one reason for me, Crystal desert :>

looks like OP doesn’t like sand :>

+1 to you sir, i wholeheartedly agree :>

Randulf.7614:

AncientYs.8613:

DirtyDan.4759:

From the FAQ
Q: Will there be a beta test or early access?

A: We will hold two preview weekend experiences, during which every player with a Guild Wars 2 account in good standing can jump in and play selected expansion content. In the first preview weekend, running August 11-13, players will get a taste of the first open-world map of the expansion and the raptor mount. In the second preview weekend, running August 18-20, players can create demo characters and play in Player vs. Player or World vs. World with the nine new elite specializations. If you don’t have a Guild Wars 2 account, you can register here to play the preview weekend event and the core Guild Wars 2 game for free! Please keep checking http://guildwars2.com/path-of-fire for more information as it becomes available.

so we’re restricted to WvW and PvP to try out the new elite specs? tha’s a real bummer =/ why not PvE?

Likely by keeping everyone in the competitve modes, they can monitor any balance issues more accurately. Open world doesn’t really give that opportunity

oh ok that makes sense :>

DirtyDan.4759:

From the FAQ
Q: Will there be a beta test or early access?

A: We will hold two preview weekend experiences, during which every player with a Guild Wars 2 account in good standing can jump in and play selected expansion content. In the first preview weekend, running August 11-13, players will get a taste of the first open-world map of the expansion and the raptor mount. In the second preview weekend, running August 18-20, players can create demo characters and play in Player vs. Player or World vs. World with the nine new elite specializations. If you don’t have a Guild Wars 2 account, you can register here to play the preview weekend event and the core Guild Wars 2 game for free! Please keep checking http://guildwars2.com/path-of-fire for more information as it becomes available.

so we’re restricted to WvW and PvP to try out the new elite specs? tha’s a real bummer =/ why not PvE?

Jordan.3752:

Does anyone know if I would be able to buy PoF (or anything in-game) with prepaid debit/credit cards or gift cards? I’m not able to use my regular credit card in-game.

You are able to buy stuff in gemstore or the PoF expac with paysafe(it is a pre-paid card)

they are available in most stores and gas stations too :>

just name the amount and they’ll top it up for you and you receive a receipt with the code on it ^^ it’s that simple,

then just put the code that’s on the receipt into the Paysafe form when you are checking out the poF or anything from the gemstore.

Reincarnated.1754:

Not all like flee ridden Vermin.
So why do we have to follow a Tag that looks like one.

Sorry I had to say it.
I just hate them so much.

you are reffering to the Catmanders?

i don’t see any problem with them tbh.

tough one.. since all of them sound and look so appealing :>

but if i had to choose then it would be SpellBreaker and Deadeye ^-^ since i think warrior deserves a dmg buff so i’m hoping it comes in the form of spellbreaker

and thief is just a high dmg profession already i’m excited to seeit deal even more dmg with rifle

Danikat.8537:

I’m guessing the demo has to be turned off manually, which means someone has to be in the office to do it. Anet are on Pacific time so it’s about 8:30am for them and I doubt anyone has been in the office since Friday.

right you are missus :>

Akrib.4297:

…to stand in the achievements of the ones before me

No.

Lancaeron.1524:

Hi there! I remember the Demo of PoF was supposedly ended as of yesterday, but I’m still able to create Demo characters. Is this a bug? Or is the Demo event still up and running, until the end of the PvP weekend event, later this upcoming weekend?

no it ends on monday it won’t run throughout the week until next weekend. if it’s not ended now then it’ll probably do so soon.

sorudo.9054:

let me tell you why this is a horrible idea:

• paying for every single piece of gear
• still getting useless gear regardless
• only in hearts which are resetted every single day (they should not btw)
• nothing compact to carry with us for IDíng stuff

if they really want this 3 things need to happen

• gear that needs to be ID’ed must be of great quality otherwise it can just as much drop directly
• an ID kit like in GW1
• a normal reasonable cost for it (about 2 silver for a 25 ID kit is good enough)

Yes! this! i agree 100% ! Anet please sticky this post ASAP!

Konig Des Todes.2086:

The “Unidentified Gear” feels like an intended replacement for all the bags people keep complaining about.

It’s either your inventory getting filled up super fast, Anet making even blues and greens super uncommon drops to prevent the first issue, or some variation of the unidentified gear / gear bags.

Those are your only options, really.

Honestly, I like the new outcome, but I feel it should replace all gear drops so I can break the habit of hitting “salvage all” with the unidentified gear in my inventory faster. I would accept only gear bag drops too though.

if the unidentified gear had no ties to the heart vendor i would be ok with it but the fact that you must identify it at a heart vendor at the cost of some silver coins is just BS.

I seriously don’t want to have to unlock a heart vendor every so often just to ID, especially if it’s a heart vendor i already completed once. Just make ID kits!! i’d rather buy id kits than to have the heart vendors identify.

how about a legendary PuppyMonkeybaby or a legendary Choyo :> just sayin’

marelooke.9708:

Kumion.7580:

It’s bad because rare and exotic items can hide in the “unidentified” label. If you just salvage, you’ll never know. If you ID, you have to go to a heart vendor (and I assume you have to have done the heart) then pay to ID them — by each, then pay to salvage.

IMO, it’s a lot of run around and extra fuss to save a bit of inventory space.

Ugh, this sounds absolutely horrific

I already disliked the repeatable hearts (“dailies”) during LS3, but they were optional, usually. But if they are really pushing the idea of “mandatory” dailies then … really it’s one of the major factors that drove me out of WoW… Not to mention the additional cost…

Just… no

yeah this sounds disasterrific.. truely.. =/ what is Anet thinking?? trying to force us to do hearts to id some gear!! this is unacceptable!! i’d rather just buy some id kits then!!

Myrdreth.6829:

Excellent Name.9574:

kurfu.5623:

WTF? Does it cost money to ID loot now? Really?

Yes, it costs roughly 2 times the average value of a salvaged item. 1,68 silver.

That’s the only issue I have with that new feature.

on top of costing silver to id an item you also need to go a heart vendor who will then id it for you :> so that’s not only the cost of the id that matters but the fact that you have to unlock a heart vendor to id at all is what i hate about it..

Nihevil.8024:

Feanor.2358:

Excellent Name.9574:

Unidentified gear, why, oh why? It is a redundant RNG throwback to old style action RPGs that serves no purpose in Guild Wars 2, just adds to tedium and annoyance. Please remove it from PoF release.

It does serve a purpose, however. Identifying it isn’t required, you can simply salvage it. Which reduces the inventory clutter dramatically. No more Unusable Weapon of Uselessness polluting your inventory with Minor Sigils of Inadequateness.

Sure it does reduce clutter, but you’ll be losing out on nice exotics and precursors as well. Also it costs 1 silver 68 copper per identify which is ridiculous, and currently you have to go to a heart vendor to do this each time you want to identify items.

This is aweful! it costs alot for one and second it can only be done at heart vendors?? what were they thinking!! =/ just give me some id kits then instead and save me the hassle of unlocking a heart vendor each time just to id that kitten !

hahaha some naughty devs at Anet :P

JustTrogdor.7892:

^ Pretty much everything new is designed to generate gem sales as that is crucial to their business model. So I can’t say I blame them.

yeah i understand that, they have to make their money somehow right?

but for us players this ID system is really frustrating..

i mean having to get stuff id’ed at a heart vendor that only unlocks after completing the heart just sounds like a lot of effort just to id the gear..

imagine having to do the heart everyday to unlock the vendor just to id. In this case having regular merchants sell the id kits would be much better!

JustTrogdor.7892:

^ Don’t worry, I’m sure the 800-1000 gems item that will let you identify them outside of the heart vendor is already completed and hitting the gem store shortly after launch.

so this is why the id system was introduced in gw2 huh? in order to sell their stupid gem store kit that makes it easier but for a price! -_- at this point Anet is just making up systems in order to rake in cash….

Kumion.7580:

It’s bad because rare and exotic items can hide in the “unidentified” label. If you just salvage, you’ll never know. If you ID, you have to go to a heart vendor (and I assume you have to have done the heart) then pay to ID them, then pay to salvage.

IMO, it’s a lot of run around and extra fuss to save a bit of inventory space.

yeah this sounds pretty bad =/ a function gated behind something else? typical of Anet to do something like this..

like as if ID wasn’t bad enough we have to finish the heart vendor to even be able to pay to id it and then AGAIN to salvage it? no thanks i’ll just stock up on unid gear and NEVER id them.. in fact if i can’t even salvage them with my salvage kit then really what’s the point of this id system? it’s pointless! at least in gw1 there were id kits but in gw2 they just want to kitten us over by making it extremely difficult.. it’s too much effort!!

Ashantara.8731:

It really makes no sense to include an old GW1 mechanic in GW2 five (!) years after release. There were many great things about GW1 that deserve inclusion, this isn’t one of them. Why? Because we have the already expensive salvage kits (those from the store eat up my coin too), so introducing something that additionally drains my coin purse is a huge no-no.

yeah well said :> i 100% agree!

Purgatori.3645:

and actually now that I think of it is Anet going to make more than one elite specialization lines ?? Is Durid specializations null if I have Soulbeast active? Or will they be able to co-exist ? Now im rambling …

You choose either Soulbeast or Druid they cannot coexist.

The elite spec line is the most bottom one out of the 3.