Guild Wars 2

Heck, I want my Flaming Hound of Balthazar from Guild Wars 1 back for that matter. :-) However, a griffon and/or rock dog would be cool. They could take away a couple of the moas and give the skills to them. ^^

I wish they would remove the buy offers for less than vender price and block people from making more. Some items which have this people are selling at vender price. Which makes it impossible either to sell at a profit or break even since the 15% TP tax means you then sell under vender price. You are better off vendering it.

You know they are going to make obsidian shards available with tokens from doing your daily? That should help out. https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/colin-johanson-on-guild-wars-2-in-the-months-ahead/ scroll down to “Systems and Rewards Supporting the Living World”.

My Ranger – Dewey Killem, he travels with his pet brown bear Howe and his fern dog Spot.

My Mesmer – Astral Projections, after my Ritualist in Guild Wars 1.

My Norn Warrior – Slayer of Insects because she killed a VERY large worm in the tutorial and she is proud of it. Lol

My Charr ele- Sandy Claws.

(@vorch. Here’s what people thought of GW1 when it first came out: http://tinyurl.com/atdw3yr They were wrong back then. Have a little faith now.)

Lol. Good find. They were saying a lot of the things about Guild Wars 1 that they are saying now about Guild Wars 2, at the same game age (4 months).

Hmmm that link seems to be broken now. Try this. http://web.archive.org/liveweb/http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/any-predictions-about-gws-futurei-t54392p2.html

The 1-5 Norn area in the Wayfarer Foothills is fast and easy. In that small area there are 15 types of enemies, plenty of nodes, and the events repeat quickly. A couple of them, the 2 grawl caves set of events, are sets of 3 each. The Minotaur event especially repeats often. I go there whenever I am pressed for time or to finish up at the end of a session if I haven’t gotten my daily.

Lol, a party member did the thief whirl skill against a prison cell in the Valley Headlands and got stuck against it. She had to waypoint out.

I agree it’s annoying but not sure there is much that can be done at this time but to turn off sound. The report feature isn’t set up for players making annoying sounds of various types. People get annoyed by the warriors in cities who have the skill, For Great Justice, on autocast or those with weapons that make annoying sounds. Nothing can be done about them either. Sooner or later the trolls spamming the bells will get tired of it if no one reacts and move on to something else.

I was in the Diessa plateau yesterday. Found a cave with Flame Legion inside with a veteran in the back of the cave. Went in solo and killed them all. By the time I was finished, one had respawned so I killed it again. It respawned immediately. Killed it again. It respawned immediately AGAIN. Killed it again. At that point it didn’t respawn.

In general though, the respawn rate is too fast. If there are large numbers of mobs there is no way to clear out an area, solo or with a party, and not be surrounded again before you can finish. There is no sense of accomplishment, that you worked your way thru and killed everything. If you see a POI surrounded by mobs; it’s better to run in, grab it and run out. No point in trying to get it by killing them as they will respawn and surround you long before you get to the POI so that you have to kill them again to leave. For example, I was in the Harathi Hinterlands. There was a POI surrounded by centaurs. In Guild Wars 1, I would have worked my way thru them, clearing them out. But in this game, it wasn’t worth it. I just popped my speed boost, ran in and ran back out.

The only time that the respawn rate isn’t too high if you are in an area farming a particular mob for a mat.

TL:DR I feel that the respawn rate needs to be slower and some mobs respawn immediately.

What do y’all think about the upcoming update where you can buy a 10 pack of unidentified dye with tokens?
Scroll down to: Sytems and Rewards Supporting the Living World
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/colin-johanson-on-guild-wars-2-in-the-months-ahead/

Yes, not for dungeons. But for PvE and maybe WvW. We try to get together in groups of larger then 5 and we can’t keep track of everyone. Once the groups get separated it’s hard to get back together. I don’t see why PvE can’t have larger groups. Is not necessary to restrict group size like in dungeons and it hinders the game’s sociability. If you don’t want to increase group size, then let us be able to see friends and Guild members dots on the map.

They want you to feel an attachment to the build that you choose. I, however, like to switch weapons and try out different things while I’m playing, both to have the right setup for a situation and to keep combat from getting stale. A build saver would improve the game.

I wish they would put the Guild Wars 1 dances in the gem store. My necro needs to be able to do the Thriller dance. That dance fits that profession so well.

How about removing all the people who just go there to do map completion? That should help the queue some, as it’s a fair proportion of the population who only go in there to run from place to place.

How about if there was an option to make up a WvW name ONLY, an alias, that had whisper disabled, at least for the opposing side. That way you could have a distinctive name and be anonymous at the same time. You could be recognized by that name but opponents couldn’t whisper to you in WvW, and out of WvW the system wouldn’t allow whispers at all to your alias. If you don’t make up a WvW name, then you are just (color) Invader.

Oh yeah, my special rainbow jellyfish. Which isn’t special at all.

Agreed. Opening up inventory to use consumables is awkward at best. Sometimes you want them fast. Having them as a hot key would be very useful.

QFT. I don’t use my HoM pets for that reason. I was using my two ravens once and my white raven kept dying. I checked its stats and it has worse stats than my black raven. I want to use my back widow spider but unless I don’t mind it dying more often than a different spider, it’s not worth it. I worked hard for these pets and having their stats weaker than the others makes them unusable. It’s like I am being punished for having “vanity” pets. Right now they are only useable for showing off in LA. :/ I thought the HoM pets were supposed to be the same as equivalent pets but with a different skin. I don’t see the value in gimping them.

The Hidden Lake site in Brisban: I remember getting caught between the bandits in the camp and the unending stream of replacements and dying there. Very frustrating. However since the respawn rate was so similar to other areas, I didn’t even consider that it is a bugged site. :/ It was pretty much par for the course and didn’t feel appreciably different from similar areas, other than that they are running in rather than appearing by you. The respawn timer is too fast if its hard to tell a bugged site from a normal one.

Maybe just an option that ground targeted skills hit on the target. I am not coordinated enough to be able to place these skills without 1) stop moving 2) bring my mouse to the target 3) hit the skill. It takes a second or two and brings combat to a halt while doing this. I can see that some would prefer to set them at sites other than the target, but having it as an option would be nice.

Yes. I usually try to get loot while still in combat. It’s annoying to suddenly have your screen covered with the NPC chat screen that you have to get rid of while you are still fighting. I would like either the chat with NPCs to be disabled while in combat, or better, move it to another key.

I vote for letting us rebind our weapon skills. Not only are the same type skills on different slots on different weapons, but the combinations I like to use are not usually in sequence. For example, a skill that gives vulnerability before a skill that does a damage burst is set the opposite way on my Warrior’s rifle.
Changing key binds, as some have suggested, doesn’t work as it changes them for all your weapons. If changing them on one weapon messes up the sequence on another, then this is not helpful.
In Guild Wars 1, I could set the skills so they fit the way I played and was logical for me. Please bring this flexibility back.

I agree that nights need to be made darker. When I can tell, is when I am playing my Sylvari and notice the glow. If I am playing on a non Sylvari I don’t notice whether it is day or night. Most of the time I can’t know that it’s night unless I happen to look up. Playing when it’s actually darker at night would, I think, make it more enjoyable. More tense and spooky as you wander around in the dark. It wouldn’t have to be pitch dark for this. Just dark enough that you can’t see as far out. Maybe half as far away.

I’m going to put in my vote for PLEASE either slow down the respawn rate or make them group spawn. As an example, a friend and I were in Metrica, I was on my level 20 warrior, in the 1 to 15 zone. We were in a building trying to clear it out so we could explore a bit. WE COULDN’T DO IT. There were a group of inquest in there and by the time we killed the last one they were respawning and we were fighting them over and over again. It was unending and not fun. We ended up just leaving the building without doing the exploration we wanted to do. And this is not an isolated situation. Mobs simply respawn to fast. You never get a chance to be done so you can stop and look around. This detracts from the enjoyment of the game. The fast respawn was fine when everyone was jammed into the same small areas. Now that people are more spread out and areas are vacant, fast respawn makes exploration a chore.

I’ve only used a Visa Debit card. I think it was refused once but I tried again a minute later and it went thru. The refusal may have been caused by lag in my case. Maybe they are having multiple orders and lag combining into card refusal.

From reading the responses we get from the Devs, I get the impression something isn’t a ban able exploit unless it’s done hundreds of times. I strongly suspect the green karma items to rare to ectos is an exploit but until people are doing it in quantity ANet won’t react. I wish they would put down rules after a ban episode as to what exactly is forbidden rather than just restating general guidelines.

I was talking to someone and he said he buys green karma weapons and armor and uses the mystic forge to turn them into rare items which he then salvages for ectos. I was arguing that ANet doesn’t want karma to be turned into money since they banned people for the Chili Popper exploit where they bought ingredients with karma, made chili poppers and sold them for money. I didn’t see how buying items with karma and converting them into sale able ectos was any different.
So my question is, is this an exploit or not and how do we know?

Are you asking if you die in the game or real life? If you die on the game, It stays in your inventory like everything else. If you die in real life, you will have other things to concern yourself than a mini Festive Golem. Just saying. ^^

I know they were removed from the karma merchants to keep people from making money off them. But why not add them back but as a cash option like flour and water. The drop rates for chili is WAY too low.

Can no one else see that this is a plot by Tixx to overthrow the Queen? Are you all so blind? Those “toys” pop out of presents in the wilderness and kill people and valuable wildlife. How long before they start appearing in our fair cities and kill people? I suspect one present filled with level 80 Princess Dolls is planned to appear in the Queen’s chambers and assassinate her! The people who have minipets are undoubtably involved in this plot. Everyone who is seen with a minipet should be detained and questioned. And what about costume brawl you ask? A game where people imitate these murderous toys and attack other people in our cities? Everyone playing “costume brawl” is OBVIOUSLY part of this conspiracy and should be arrested and detained. I have deep suspicions involving many people. What is Logan doing about all this, I want to know?

@Dastor:
You can go to LA free from anywhere by going to the Mists then going thru the LA portal. You can also afk there. Go to the Mists to afk then when you want to go back hit return from the Mists and it will return you to your original spot as long as you don’t go thru the portal.

@maddoctor
You can dress your level 1 toon up with the look of max karma gear right now. Buy it with a level 80 toon, break the soulbinding so it’s account bound and let your level one pick it up and equip it. So that objection doesn’t stand.

@Shadowbane
I am not impressed by the argument that the karma is a reward by NPCs to my character. It’s me that is getting the reward. My character doesn’t play him/her self. This argument may be meaningful to people who roleplay. Not so much if you don’t. If its a big deal to role players, maybe it can be optional but I don’t see how the arguments against it are otherwise meaningful.

Tl:dr
The problem with non pooled karma is for people who run multiple toons. I would like the karma to be account bound as I don’t truly have a main. Right now I am leveling one of each profession. After I get them all to 80 I may have a main or, more likely, I will use whichever is best for what I want to do that day. People like me who are leveling multiple toons are penalized by having the karma we earn spread across each one. Pooling karma encourages people to try different professions.

Raincrow.1840:

Quoting myselfe for truth…..

Raincrow.1840:

As long as people support RNG, Anet will keep useing it.
If you bought a bunch a chests, or threw things into the Forge hoping to win, and then came here to complain after you didn’t get what you wanted…. It’s YOUR FAULT.
You already voted IN FAVOR of RNG with your wallet. Coming here to complain after the fact is pointless.
Just remember next time, if you don’t like RNG, don’t support it in game. That’s the only way to stop ANet from using it in the future.

Absolutely QFT.
I should have refused to support ANet’s RNG this holiday and didn’t. I will from now on.

RNG. Fool me once, shame on you. I’ve gotten fooled once by it. That’s enough for me. ANet won’t be seeing any more of my money on these things.

This is a good idea. The system they have now penalizes people who play alts. I am leveling one of each profession and the karma is being spread amongst each one as I am leveling it to 80. The jugs of liquid karma help, but I am reluctant to use them on any one toon unless I am definitely going to buy something with karma on that one. So right now they are accumulating in my bank. It would make more sense to pool the incoming karma, as it is a type of currency.

Donut.6914
All Things Have A Right To Grow.
Including silly forums.

I wish to join in the class action lawsuit against this toy making fiend. My first encounter in a level one area against the Princess Dolls on a level 80 character left me downed and humiliated. They were so ferocious they made me wet my armor. This MUST be avenged!

I am asking for the Mystic Forge to be a straight up crafting device with set recipes. I feel the RNG part of it is detrimental to fun in the game. Not everyone wants to throw items in it and see them disappear. It’s not been nicknamed the Mystic Toilet for nothing. I do enjoy this game, but it’s frustrating and unfun to try to get something from the Mystic Forge. It’s the reason why I probably won’t ever get a Legendary weapon. I have zero interest in throwing hundreds of items in the Forge and hoping RNG favors me. In Guild Wars 1, things might cost a lot of money, but you were assured to get what spent it on. Now you can spend all your money and not get anything. I don’t feel this is good game design. Let the components be rare and costly, I will be glad to farm or pay for them. Let the precursor be from a difficult and murderous dungeon. I will run it however any times it takes. ANYTHING but RNG.

It’s not the Mystic Forge, it’s the Mystic Toilet. You flush all your money down it and get nothing,. 31 tries to get the Princess tonic and gave up. I didn’t like the Mystic Toilet before and now I REALLY don’t. It’s not worth it. What is the point of making the game unfun?

Glad that the frames are now buyable with 250 ugly wool whatevers, but sad about having to use the Mystic Toilet. Spent several gold trying to get the Princess Tonic. Never got it and had to stop. I got 2 other tonics previously. One with the first try and one after 18 tries. Success rate is really variable. Not sure why ANet is so enamored by random chance crafting. I guess they think it’s fun and rewarding. It’s not, it’s frustrating. It’s the reason why I probably won’t try for a legendary weapon. I don’t care for the Mystic Toilet.

– Permanent Disability caused by 3 projectiles embedded in Plaintiff’s right leg and buttock.
Question: Did she take an arrow to her knee and lost her chance to be an adventurer?

They want you to feel that your build is special. It just feels restrictive to me. One thing they could do is lower waypoint costs and add the ability to switch to a saved build out of combat for a small fee, say a silver or so.

I bought some of the mystery boxes and I’m regretting it also. I got a hat and one of the minis (twice) so it wasn’t a complete bust, but its not something I want to do again. It just feels to close to gambling for my taste. Lesson learned. No more mystery boxes. I am just going to buy items directly like the weapon skins and the minis. Now I’m sorry I validated ANet in their business practice of offering those boxes.

I wish they had the toy frames for sale in the gift shop. I made my Princess Doll toy before I knew about the endless tonics and I know other people who made a mini before they knew about the tonics. If the frame was for sale it would be more sales for ANet from people who want to have both items but currently can’t.

You should be glad you have yellow underwear. In Guild Wars 1 it was gray and you couldn’t dye it either. Made me feel like I was running around in underwear that hadn’t been washed in a while. The yellow is a (small) improvement.

The Temple one sounds like a really good idea. I haven’t been back to the Orr area in weeks and I never did any Temple events. If I knew they were being done on a regular basis, especially with a reward like the Zaishen quests in Guild Wars 1, it would be a real incentive to go back there.

Not so sure the heart one would work out, the hearts are more a solo objective. Perhaps a requirement to do a certain number of events in a certain level area. For example, one week do x number of events in a level 1 to 15 area. The next week, a different level area.

How about combat mode? It allows you to play without holding down the right mouse button and puts a fixed cross hair or circle on your screen. ANet already said that while they can’t authorize it, because they never formally authorize any outside programs, it is not a program that will get you banned.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/10s4s6/combat_mode_11/

Just wanted to add my thanks for putting the weapon skins in the gift shop and in game instead of making them random item with low probability from a black lion chest.

Yep, a little disappointing. I hope they take some time and reskin it.

Why just in WvW? This would be great for any map. I sometimes see guild members in the same map by pure accident. It’s like “lol, hi. Didn’t know you were around”. Having them on the map would make joining up easier without making it formal. It would make the game that much more social.