Guild Wars 2

Cerulean.5142:

Regardless if this is a PvP zone or not, it does border on griefing since it is in a PvE puzzle. OP do you think Anet sits and watches every server, every zone, 24 hours a day? If you think that these people are griefing then report them. Posting it on the forums will do no good and will just cause people to flame you and grief you on the forums.

This isnt a PVE puzzle. …wow…

Its in the mist in the Eternal Battlegrounds…A PVP zone.

The puzzle its self has traps and devices made for PVP.

even the rewards are Badeges and blueprints..which happen to be PVP items…should actually go to a PVP zone once in a while.

OP and supporters should just stay in the safety and feel good land known as PVE and not complain when they get stomped on in an “OPTIONAL” “PVP” jump puzzle

I had the same issue with people pinning me down in that room with seige equipment and guess what…I dealt with it and eventually made it.

Skritt are only good for an NPC race..imo

Making them playable would not work…imo

Largos neither. Yes they can breathe on land but most the game is on land which may not be good for them or it wouldnt make sense. Kinda like making quaggin a playable race…that wouldnt work either. They spend most the time in water only coming to land if they have to. THey would say in water permanently if it wasnt for Bubbles chasing them out of the unending ocean/

Kodan = Playable race of epic polar bears.

Pennry.9215:

Good laugh here. The Eternal Battlegrounds “puzzle” is setup for pure PvP and “keep the other guys out”. It’s full of traps that those further along can set off. Yes, siege construction is a tad over-powered in there. They could limit it, but eh, it’s not that hard to get around. Considering the rewards, it’s definitely worth taking the time to figure out.

I’m more concerned about the recent spree of griefing in there: Build ally siege en mass directly on the chest, making it harder for people to select and open the chest. Low, but still possible to get past, just take some time.

Thats waht happened to me..other server was seiging the chest lol…

I liked it…I had to be fast and smart and avoid the seige attacks. Took time but I got it.

People complain way to much here…dont like it? Dont do it. PVP is meant to be every sense of the word in this game.

Or if its to much for you to handle come back another time

Can we get some form of LFG tool for dungeons please?

I hate spamming LFG in every Map and also it drives me must seeing chat get spammed with LFG reqeusts.

thats my opinion by the way…

A tool of some sort would be nice.

It could look for people on the same server only at least that way we can keep to our own servers…or have it look across servers after a certain amount of time for people.

I know people dont like the idea but Ive made a lot of new friends in other games from using a dungeon finder type tool and met them on a dungeon run and ended up befriending them and still talk to many of them this day even though we are on diff servers we can still do dungeons together.

Its an open PVP zone…get used to it…also its an “optional” puzzle in said “open pvp” zone

Also it san open PVP Zone where people hold points….holding the JP in EB is a good tactic imo

ANet please keep PVP….PVP…if people dont like it then they can PVE…hence the reason the Mist and PVE are 2 seperate parts of the game.

last time I transfered was at launch. I have wondered to this day if bonuses work or not.

Mad King Thorn can say whatever he likes! Bless that man…erm spirit…erm evil ghostly jolly pumpkin headed fellow.?

Mad king thorn deserves his own expansion…who needs elder dragons…Id gladly join his Lunatic Inquisition.

donwleveling is there for a reason. Events are participation based…. would you like to be a new player or an alt tryna do events in a lvl 15 zone only to have an 80 come along…1 shot the boss…take the gold medal while you get nothing?

its there for a reason and I hope it dont go anywhere.

game would need to re worked and have participation changed if that happened.

First Person camera for the sake of taking screens without always seeing my character. Also for tiny spaces like the sewer pipes in queensdale.

Dueling is possible imo.

Look at the halloween costume brawls for example. Thats a form of dueling.

Ive been wondering the same thing since day 1 myself. Havent gotten any bonuses either

SOR – Server

Everyone knows the camera really needs some love. It bounces in and out repeatedly especially in small spaces and so on and so on. Its nothing like the GW1 camera was.

I personally hope that with the -testverticalfov option in the client that this means that they will have a camera overhaul ready for the Nov 15th update.

I am a professional IT Systems Admin. I was on the hate windows 8 bandwagon as well. However I decided to try it out since got free copies of all the versions.

After installing it on my Rig at the house, I made a lot of tweaks, installed a start menu got rid of booting to the metro UI (it goes straight to desktop) and…bam!! Looks just like windows 7 again.

Asides from my own cosmetic tweaks I like the OS. it runs fine and Im still playing around with some things. It does have some really cool features in it.

Also deleted all those annoying apps and changed to a local account instead of a Live account.

Dont think it will increase gaming performance…many sites like toms hardware and anandtech have shown benchmarks and the difference is negligible.

Or they could implement a proper LFG tool to let us join in dungeon groups and so on.

Id really like to be able to bring up a list of dungeons appropriate for my level and then choose to queue for it. Make life a lot easier then running to each map and spamming LFG request…

Not tryna make it like WoW…but this game really needs a better system.

That is all

Thanks

Id really like to see a true hand to hand (and feet) combat style profession in the game.

Playing costume brawl with boxing gloves was fun Id like to see something to that effect as a real class.

Does not have to be called a monk it can be called whatever you want i suppose.

Bare hands… Knuckle Busters…Gauntlets….Blades on the feet…wolverine claws (wait what?) etc

This is a fantastical idea!!

Please implement it.

Mad King Thorn would be proud!! (he will kill you last)

yeh I followed him around Lions Arch like a little Fan boy for a while just listening to his “cough” jokes

I got greens so Im gonna complain and whine to here QQQQQQQ

Geez people (for those complaining)… Give it a break already. If there were awards for most forum complainers I bet the GW2 forum would be on the runner up list at least.

I got nothing nice either after the bazillion times I ran the clock tower and finished it or did MK runs but whatever who cares…move on go do something else in the game.

I really liked the Mad King. He is one of those NPC’s that I will look forward to seeing every year. His jokes while corny made me laugh quite a few times.

Voice acting fit him perfectly.

He really should be allowed to make random cameos throughout the year.

Who needs elder dragons I say more Mad King. (I know I know we gotta kill those dang dragons)

They should have let him bust out in Lions Arch…The world would have been a creepy yet more jolly place.

Still have about 5 hours till midnight EST time and the monthly achivement already reset to November.

Kinda sux lol…had only 4 more salvage kits to use to get it.

Is there an actual time of day when everything resets so I know for next time?

Cant do it or dont like it? Then dont do it

Its made to have a zerg of ppl in it that’s a design..most fall off at the beginning anyways.

People feel entitled to everything in a game. If they cant do it then they will rage and cry hoping the Devs will drop the difficulty. Those same people are the ones that Im sure have quit many many other games cause they are to “hard” only difference is this place has a forum they can complain on.

Achievements are things in games that take effort or luck to get. GW2 like many other games has achievements that are meant to be hard and not achievable by everyone.
Thats the point of it. Most games now days have some sort of crazy achievement or trophy that only a small amount of the population is meant to get.

Get over it complainers. If you don’t get the achievements then oh well, move on with life and the game and go hunt down other achievements. Ive made it a point to complete every jump puzzle in this game but one that I may not get is completing griffinrook run with a bomb and dark reverie in caledon forest (that one jump keeps trolling me cause of the angle) other then that every jump puzle is done.

However Im not crying about not completing those 2 cause there are plenty of other things to do.4

Sure the halloween stuff is time based but thats how many games and other MMO’s are…dont get it this time wait till next year. Thats how dare I say it…WoW is with its “Its been a long year/journey” or whatever the achivement is called. That one requires you to complete every special seasonal event over the year for an achivement….in other words if your extremely lucky it will take one year to get it…but for most it takes many years.

In other words stop complaining and move on. Not everyone is going to have a full achievements list of completion. Thats just how it is and I hope and pray the devs don’t ever cave in on these things. Its meant to be like this so get over it.

I’ve been on many forums and I feel like this is one of the few that has the largest whiner base ever. Yes I’ve complained in the past myself but this is ridiculous.

We do all the chains leading up to the champion boss fight in the graveyard. However, he wont spawn…which means the portals never appear and we cant enter the Mad Kings realm.

Many MMO’s have special events that not everyone gets. Why should this game be made “easy” on its “optional” events?

Its not made for solo. Its made to be done with a lot of people. Thats the difficulty part. I liked it that way. Most people end up falling at the beginning parts which makes it a solo/duo or maybe trio event to the end anyways.

Its “optional” anyways and what would the point of things be if everyone can get it?

Ive spent many weeks doing every jump puzzle available and the sense of achievement is great for the long hours Ive put into it….and thats how it should be.

I hope they make more puzzles with this kind of difficulty. It was fantastic imo.

Without sounding like a jerk…its not made for everyone. They made it with the intention of being super hard and not everyone will get it… that’s pretty much the truth.

I really didn’t mind the first reward cause I am more interested in doing it after that multiple times for ToT bags.

Grim.6415:

I’m wondering if this is a new generation of gamer or just a fundamental shift in the way games have developed over time.

I’m 31 years old and back when I was a kid games were harder. Games required practice and involved repeating the same scenario over and over again until you succeeded either through improving your own skills or tackling the problem in a different way.

Maybe a lot of gamers are either too young to remember/have experienced this kind of gameplay, or maybe you have become so used to MMO’s that you don’t enjoy the challenge of this “older” style of gameplay.

I think people are just used to MMO’s in that they reward people for time spent. There is very little actual skill required in earning things in MMO’s and people have become accustom to being able to throw time spend at a problem and they will succeed with a nice little progression tracker along the way to let you know you are being a good little gamer.

This jumping puzzle is a throwback to another era of video games in my opinion. A time when the development of muscle memory and practice were more important than the time you spent grinding the next tier of gear to overcome an obstacle.

In my opinion this jumping puzzle is a very different gameplay experience from the rest of GW2 and other MMO’s because of the explanation given above. As a result of this you will find a lot of gamers that expect the game to hold their hand and tell them that if you just keep doing something you will eventually be guaranteed to achieve success eventually and you are x% on your way to achieving that goal of yours so keep up the good work. This expectation can obviously lead to frustration, anger, or feeling betrayed when faced with a jumping puzzle that gives you nothing until you show you have mastered it and any time spent up to that point offers progression only in the form of honing your skills.

I believe Anet executed this very well. They made it a side game in side content (limited holiday content outside of main game) and made the reward suitable for the achievement.

Anet is not some evil corporation compelling you to do something you do not want to do. They are putting in a wide variety of mini games and content for a limited holiday release and putting it in for fun with a meager reward at the end.

My personal experience with the JP was that it took me about 2 – 2.5 hours with my little Asura Necro and I was frustrated when I failed and cursing myself for making mistakes but I steadily improved with a few minor regressions along the way where I messed up on earlier parts. When I made it farther and farther than before I was filled with adrenalin and excitement followed by more frustration when I failed, but I knew I was improving. When I finally succeeded I shouted out loud and pumped my fist in the air and that was a feeling I’m not used to from an MMO.

I would be fine if they completely stripped away the achievement and recycled most common skin exotic boots if it would remove the compulsion some players feel to do the mini game if it means I will have an opportunity in the future to be challenged similarly so I have the chance to feel my own personal sense of accomplishment.

This^

I am 31 as well and I remember when games where hard and werent spoon fed to us like what most these whiners want now days.

After completing that clock tower myself I had a sense of satisfaction I have never experienced in an MMO.

Keep it up Anet I expect more like this

I wish I could worry about a video game insted of a life killing hurricane

i have all of them…gonna have to look up maps or read forums but believe me they are all there…just some are hard to find

I have the same things but I am BEGGING ANet to leave it this way…it has made things so much better being able to zoom out.

I like the way they made it

I personally loved the Warrior Monument Armor. Id love to see that in GW2 but with long pants/greaves wahatever they are lol.

GW2 is heavily CPU bound we all get it.

However there are known performance improvements (regardless of pretty effects) when using the same game in DX11 mode with a card that supports it.

I have a stupid high end system and it sometimes struggles to maintain 60fps.

This can only help the game more then anything.

Just be patient Im sure its coming.

This thread should help it along.

Read the graphs I posted…and yes …steam users are a massive part of the PC gaming community.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Poll-Sort-of-What-video-card-do-you-use/page/2#post487920

no one cares about DX10…why do people even ask about this still…well unless they dont know then tahts ok i suppose

Great responses.
Im glad people are responding. I just hope Anet sees this and takes it to heart.

Also guys its not a “show off” post either. No one cares if your using intergrated Intel 3000 or whatever. This is just to see what the player base is running.

So keep posting!

I use an Nvidia Geforce GTX 590
DX11 Based card.

Many people still ask about DX11 support for GW2.
Devs answered and said they are looking into it…however…they may not add specific DX11 only effects so other people don’t feel left out. I feel they should incorporate these features, over 50% of steam users (which is a major chunk of the PC gaming population) have DX11 cards now and its growing.

AS OF SEPTERMBER 2012 DX11 BASED CARD ARE OVER 50%.
Click the link look at the chart.
http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/videocard/

http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/

So saying only a few people have DX11 cards is no longer a good enough reason.

If anything (pretty features aside) DX11 is known to give a true performance increase on GPU’s and games that support it.

So reply here and lets see what kind of card most GW2 players have.

Kind of a mini GW2 gamer population video card survey.

Keep it simple. No “we dont need DX11” or “This game sucks it should have had DX11
already”.

ALSO this isn’t a “my cards better then yours survey either” lets keep it nice so we can see what everyone is running. So dont feel embarrassed if your card isnt the best…no one cares

Just post the video card and model and if its DX9 and DX11 compatible.

Don’t worry bout DX10…like Windows ME/Vista it came at a bad time and was quickly swept under the rug.

EDIT – My other thing is a 64bit client.
Look at that last link. Almost 60% have a 64bit OS.

Dont get me wrong here…why cant you look at the party bar on the left of the screen??

Ive made it past the arrow cart issue to btw. Had people do taht to me.

Im a warrior…I use a warhorn.

If you cant do it then get a group…or dont do it at all..its optional anyways.

Its a PVP jump Puzzle..I love it..we need more PVP based jump puzzles it adds to the excitement of jumping and getting gankes or doing the ganking..or seiging a part of the jump puzzle like what OP is QQing about and then tryna get a mass of people to get past it.

Fun fun..

Get rid of it.

Tired of people in magic find only gear ruining dungeon runs for the rest of us cause they drop like flies.

Or they want to pull unnecessary mobs and get us involved so they can “hopefully” get a drop…

Anyone know?

Its new as of this month. Last month there was the survivor for the month instead of ???’s

Its under the monthly achievement panel in the hero panel. It shows the WvWvW kills/ salvaging etc etc…but there is another bar that just has ???‘s listed and I don’t know what its for.

Is it for survivor and if it is its bugged. Haven t died yet and the bar hasn’t gone up.

If its not survivor then what is it?

Its no doubt expansions will cost money.
That is how they continue to make money, it was the same as GW1

Of course there will plenty of addons and stuff but major expansions will no doubt cost money.

Id gladly pay for whole new continents, new classes, skills, weapons New story etc etc

Just like GW1 Factions, Nightfall and Eye of the North look how massive of an expansion they were.

Take my money!

I sat there for almost 3 hours and read everything.

It was very good and I appreciate the way Anet gets into all the geeky little details on things especially the programming side of things.

It was a very good post imo. They went into details on a lot of stuff.

I hope to see DX11…not for pretty things but for the “real proven” performance increase cards that support DX11 get.

Same goes for the many other features, WvWvW changes, enhanced LFG tool etc etc that are in the works.

I am done complaining and have a better outlook.

Its a new game almost 2 months old…geez give it a break…stop complaining go outside and see the sun, workout or do something or play something else….

Give it some time.

Game has great potential.

Magic find is a terrible idea and should be removed…. to many dungeon runs now with people dropping like flies only to find out they are in straight up magic find gear that is not beneficial or helpful to the team towards completion of the dungeon at all.

They sit there and gripe cause they are dying yet we only come to find out what they are geared in and then end up kicking them cause having to rez them every 2 minutes is tiresome.

It makes things harder then they should be.

Magic find should just straight up be removed. Its a gimmicky feature that causes more harm then good especially in a team environment cause people are more concerned with drops then actually helping the team.

Novos Phantos.2408:

Sigh… Isn’t GW2’s motto something along the lines of Play the game the way that you enjoy????
If people enjoy farming mobs (As long as they are not botting) who are we to say no. Just because you might not enjoy doing it does not mean that they should have to stop. As long as people are not exploiting or harassing (and this is not an exploit) let them be.

This

If people want to take the time farming a lvl 83 mob in hopes of a rare drop then let them.
Its not often and they wont be there every fight to do it.

Keep screaming and crying nerf and this game wont be playable.

Daisai.5879:

You could try to turn off the clock aswell in the game, it could be related to the alarm you get.
I just did a wvw with the clock turned off and didnt have the bug.

lolwat?
wow……
moving right along…

TheDaiBish.9735:

I Karnor I.1823:

OMG the fanboyz will roast me for this but erm, well, erm, Blizzard support DX9, DX10 and DX11 in WoW.

But they didn’t straight away.

Besides, they’ve already said if it’s viable they’ll implement it. The thing is, it takes time and resources to implement, and if only, say, 10% of the players are using it, then what’s the point in diverting resources that could be used to improve the current engine?

Hence, why they’re checking where or not it’s worth making it a priority.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151048222709209&set=a.135044094208.103264.114036714208&type=1

Blizz didnt straight away cause WoW is old….one would think in the year 2012 (almost 2013) ANet would have added DX11 as a default.

Same with a 64bit client.

lol…nevermind…as soon as i tyed this an NPC came and fixed it lol.

In caledon forest the morgans spiral jump puzzle…the plant you jump up in the middle to start the puzzle is dead or withered.

When does it bloom again?

Is it cause its raining in the zone…if so its been this way for over a day.