Guild Wars 2

Qugi.2653:

Maybe wait for precursor craft system in HoT. Maybe you will want new legendary with that. Also buy for gold always better than mystic forge for guarantee result. I see people often say spend thousand of gold on mystic forge and no precursor and other say spend few hundred and get. It is RNG and chance is you will lose more than win. Buy for gold is guarantee you get what want with no anxiety of lose a lot of gold for nothing. When you buy precursor on TP you buy some other person luck that had luck from drop or mystic forge. The many people with no luck from forge that spend thousand of gold have no thing to sell but sadness. And you can buy much sadness if you pay gem for black lion key and open chest.

They way you wrote this made me chuckle a bit, to be honest xD But in a good way! Anyways, thanks for the advice, man.

I’m not sure if I’m thinking about this right, but right now, the thought of being able to get precursor weapons has spawned a dilemma for me.

So, one can either keep doing world bosses and the likes, and patiently wait for the precursor he/she wants for the legendary weapon he/she’s trying to craft, but that’ll take ages. Getting one is already rare enough, let alone the one you want. So then there’s gambling some gold on the Mystic Forge, and hope that you don’t have to spend a lot of gold to finally get your precursor. Finally, we have the good old Trading Post routine; just get a ludicrous amount of gold (either by farming or currency exchange) and there you have it.

Now, I’d hate to just farm for 900 gold or more, or spend close to 90 bucks on gems to exchange for gold, but thing is, how do I know I won’t end up spending far more than that on the Mystic Forge?

What should I do? Heck, what did you guys do? Precursors are by far where crafting a legendary weapon will hurt your real life/in-game wallet the most

Agemnon.4608:

Physical copy? Welcome to the 10’s buddy where we can directly download a game from the comfort of our home. We have Steam and other excellent online stores that outright obsolete places like Gamestop.

Welcome to Steam and other digital game-selling platforms, buddy, where you’ll never truly own the games you paid for, and where they’re not obligated to provide you with another copy of a title should something happen. You bought it through Steam, it’s on a games library that’s part of Steam. Heck, sometimes you can’t even play certain games outside of Steam. Steam practically owns half of “your” stuff.

Yeah, I’ll take physical purchases any day.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Most enjoy GW2 for its differences. The things you suggest can be found elsewhere. Hopefully, they will never come here.

Welcome to Tyria, and good luck.

A million times this. Guild Wars 2 is a vastly different and unique MMO, which is why I love it, and as such, it attracts a very niche audience in the genre. The game isn’t meant for your typical MMO audience. Bringing in those types of players isn’t what ArenaNet is focused on.

Alright, I got one.

Here’s a list of games that are better than Guild Wars 2:

As soon as HoT releases? And will we only be able to craft them if we own HoT?

That sucks

Are there other amulets with the Marauder prefix? What I need for my build is, in essence, an amulet with Berserker stats. If I can’t get the Marauder one, then what is the strongest Berserker Amulet out there currently? And how can I get it?

The build I’m going with specifies that I should get the Marauder Amulet, though I’ve searched the Trading Post and found nothing. The Wiki says it’s in the Heart of the Mists, but gives no specific information on how to get it. I’ve talked to a couple of players who’ve told me I can acquire it somewhere in the PvP menus and such, but I want to use it outside of PvP. Pretty much like any item that I can buy.

Here’s its wiki page.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Marauder_Amulet

mrauls.6519:

Use radiance, virtues, and valor for your traits. Equip berserker armor with pack runes & weapons with air/fire sigils on both weapon sets

Taking into consideration the metabattle page with the old build (which I’d still like to maintain as much of as possible) that I posted, what infusions should I add to my armor? The build only mentions runes and sigils.

Anyone? What should I do?

Thanks to the bright idea of having brought in specializations and a whole UI overhaul, things are total mess now. Some traits have been completely removed and/or altered.

This page: http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Guardian_-_Meditation_Roamer has yet to be updated with how we’re supposed to arrange our traits.

Has anyone updated Meditation Roamer yet? Btw, I’m using the aggressive version of it.

Are some builds ruined, though? Cause that’s what it’s starting to look like. I can’t find half the traits I was using, since they either have different names or have been taken out altogether. This is ridiculous. So, essentially, a big chunk of the metagame was thrown out the window.

What were they thinking?

I just logged in after about three weeks of having taken a break, and apparently the UI display for the skill and traits section has changed dramatically. Everything looks so confusing, now.

Why can I only have three core specializations up at a time? My current build (which I spent a ton of time working on, mind you) requires me to have points put into the Virtues trait line, but since I only have room for three trait lines (or specializations of whatever) I have to leave one out :/ What gives? How do I fix that?

Have certain traits been outright eliminated? Where the heck is Blind Exposure? Where’s Powerful Blades? And what’s with Hero points? Are those Skill points? Is that what we’re calling them now?

I don’t even know where to start, since I mostly used visual memory to remember how to organize things, and now the entire UI has changed. Terrific.

And they switched the god kitten Radiance and Valor icons? WHY??? Literally what was the point of that?

See, guys? There was no need for all this backlash. They’ve addressed the issue and even did what other major developers probably wouldn’t do; which is offering refunds.

It’s understandable to be mad, but not this mad. Especially when it becomes a total lack of respect and appreciation for one of the best companies in gaming.

Thank you, Arena Net.

Isn’t the Guild Hall feature exclusive to those who purchase Heart Of Thorns? Let’s say our guild leader (or whoever is responsible for adding a Guild Hall) buys HoT and adds it in. Will I, who do not have HoT be able to get in there?

So when do you guys reckon we’ll get to finally see the new legendary weapons in HoT? Has Anet hinted at possible future reveals? I honestly cannot wai.

I’ve saved up that amount to try and get me a precursor from the toilet. Will I fail hard or is there a chance that I’ll get one and make a profit? What do you guys recommend? I’ve never done this before.

I’d seriously spend 900 dollars (worth 9000 gold through currency exchange estimate) on getting Eternity, and then some more on ascended armor.

The sad part is, the challenge and dedication involved in acquiring legendaries is what makes it worth it and enjoyable, so taking that away buy simply insta buying them would make me feel a bit bad, but my god, Eternity looks gorgeous. It’d be tough to resist.

I’ll have to second this.

I knew I was in for a treat during the first few weeks I first got into Guild Wars, and I felt the same for my initiation into Guild Wars 2, and boy was I right.

I’ve said this once and I’ll say it again: There is absolutely no other MMORPG available today with a world as beautiful, fully realized, and brought to life as Guild Wars 2’s. The amount of effort and love put into its development is out of this world.

aophts.9862:

gw2crafts.net

Don’t refresh the page though.

But I won’t be able to keep the page open, as I’ll obviously need to shut down my comp, cause the whole process takes weeks. As such, it’ll refresh every time I open it.

I’ve found a couple of them already, but I couldn’t find the date they were created, and something tells me some of them might be outdated.

Do you guys know where I can find the best guide available?

Also, what are some helpful tips for getting to 500? Which items should we buy off the TP, and which ones should we make ourselves? Any shortcuts?

Thanks.

Trying to log in with a character currently in Lion’s Arch. Can’t seem to do it. Same error.

I’m attempting to collect the items I’ve earned through the whole linked accounts feature, but when I click “Show me my legacy” in the window that pops up when speaking to Kimmes, the following message pops up in the center of the screen “That content has been temporarily disabled. Please try again later”

What gives?

Any more advice, peeps?

…to obtain Eternity.

I’ve done some calculations and I’ve determined that it’ll take me roughly 2 months and a few extra days of Silverwastes farming to get the 4000 gold I need to buy Eternity off the Trading Post, but that’ll probably feel really boring and tiring.

Then there’s crafting Twilight and Sunrise normally, and not buying time gated materials and other items on the Trading Post, as the amount of gold I’d spend doing that would roughly be slightly more than 4000 gold, so It’d be the same scenario; farming for a huge amount of gold, which I’m beginning to not want to.

The problem with crafting Twilight and Sunrise normally, however, is that I’d have to get both their precursors, which, you guessed it, are nearly impossible to find as drops and cost a ton on the Trading Post, so once again, more gold farming.

I need some advice, here, guys. What should I do?

What do you mean how full is my mats?

Should I salvage only greens and blues or should I do the same for rares and exotics? What items in particular should I NOT salvage, and instead, sell on the Trading Post?

Newbie, here.
I’ve been hearing a lot about it (completing events, getting bandit skeleton keys, finding chests, and which items to sell/salvage, etc…) but as far as understanding the whole order of it all and how to properly farm The Silverwastes, I’m still a bit clueless.

Would any of the pros out there care to guide me through the process with specifics? It’d be greatly appreciated on my part.

PS: How much gold have you guys made in a single hour of SW farming?

courin.2314:

Without knowing what route you’d go to get the gold, there’s no way to answer your question.

As for the comment above, everyone is entitled to their opinions. For the record, here’s mine…

I made my Sunrise on New Year’s Eve of 2012. Loved it, and wasn’t a huge fan of the Twilight skin, so didn’t ever plan to make Eternity, and basically give up TWO Legendaries to get back one, whose skin half the time would be one I didn’t like.

However, when the re-vamp came for Eternity, I re-assessed, and realized that actually the Twilight skin had grown on me. Add on the special effects that Eternity gets over and above it’s day/night visuals, and I had to have it.

I made Twilight, and then put the two together. And I don’t regret it for a second.

Yes, I could have had two legendary weapons instead of one, but the effects on Eternity are, in my opinion, gorgeous, and at the end of the day, gold in game is just pixels. So I traded some pixels (gold) for others (effects) and am quite happy with it.

Well, the fastest way to acquire the necessary gold, of course. My question is, essentially, if I do choose to craft both Twilight and Sunrise, will doing so take longer than acquiring the money for Eternity? Each legendary would take about one month, right? So that’d be around two months for both of them. Would I be able to get the money for Eternity in a time period shorter than two months?

To those of you who’ve done it, did you take the easy route and bought Twilight and Sunrise on the Trading Post? Or did you craft both of them beforehand?

Crafting legends is obviously far less expensive than outright buying them, but every time I think about it, the long period of time required for the process puts me off xP

I suppose getting 4000 gold isn’t that easy, either, right? I mean, realistically, what would be faster? Getting the money to buy both of them or just crafting them instead?

Essentially, the Illustrious Armor (I don’t think each variation costs differently, right?)

I read somewhere that it was around 472 gold to buy all the mats off of the Trading Post if one wanted it quick. Is that value correct? How much gold does it require?

Kronos.2560:

The reason there is a such a large gap is because lets say I list something for 1150 gold on bl. I would only get 1000g because the listing fee is so high. Luckily when you are the buyer you have no extra fee’s so just post above the highest buyer, unless you are in a rush.

Alright, so let’s say I want to purchase the Bolt for one gold more than its current highest buy price, which would make that 2752. Would someone actually sell it for that price? If so, how long would it take? You reckon less than a day? Or more?

Expensive items, such as legendary weapons, usually present a huge difference in buy and sell price on the Trading Post. Which one of the two is what it actually costs, though? Do people buy for the bigger sell price, or do they go for the lowest buy offer? For example, the “Bolt” is currently at 2751 gold for the buy price, whereas the sell price is much higher. Any chances of acquiring it at around the aforementioned amount of gold? I’m trying to calculate how much certain legends would cost if bought on the Trading Post, so that’s why I’m curious.

Let’s just say I want to craft it in a whole day or less, which means I’ll be buying necessary items that are time gated on the Trading Post instead, and of course, any other groups of items that, otherwise, would take an eternity to acquire. However, any items that can be attained fast enough to make the whole process last less than a full day will be acquired the regular way.

In essence, only buying the required items on the Trading Post if required, in order to obey the one day rule.

How much would it be? An estimate is fine, as I know prices do fluctuate. It’ll for sure be less than just simply buying it on the Trading Post (it’s currently at over 3000 gold, I reckon).

I’m talking just the amount of gold, btw.

Bumping this one as well.

Bumping this thread as well. My apologies for doing so, but as many users have stated, this issue impedes progress and world completion, thus making it essentially game-breaking in a way.

Bumpity bumpity bumpity bump.

Bumping this. People need to see this.

I would’ve added my reply to one of the existing threads, but since the devs haven’t given us a single response thus far—which is apalling, to say the least, as this issue impedes progress in world completion. It isn’t avoidable—I’m creating my own thread in hopes of spreading some awareness.

The skill challenge on the Stormbluff Beacon in the Stormbluff Isle inside Bloodtide Coast is broken and does not work, as several players have already reported experiencing the same issue.

Anyways:

When attempting to fire the cannons, these will simply refuse to rotate upwards, and thus, aim towards the castle wall, and not hit the intended targets. As such, the skill challenge cannot be completed.

…Reward super expensive stuff?

For example, the Vinewrath chest from the Mordrem Vinewrath event can award players with the amulet that has that queen bee in it, which currently sells for an insane amount of money on the TP.

I don’t mind attempting the event day and night just to get the drop, but I’m curious if there are other events that reward players with items that are worth, say, more than 100 gold on the TP.

I’m a Guardian.

I want to play a more defensive, supportive role and help allies, and also, if possible, mess with foes through causing conditions and such. I use a Sword and a Shield, btw.

Also, any particularly good builds or advice for a Sword/Shield Guardian? I know we’re not that common, but I just love that combo, so can anyone help?

Title says it all. I’m looking for good Guardian builds, but I can’t seem to find a good place with plentiful ones and all the information required. Metabattle is nice, but only has a few Guardian builds.

Let’s say one spends his/her hard-earned money to buy gems, or to buy items in the gem store. Not just the aforementioned cases, but let’s say one has spent countless hours working and dedicating his/her efforts to acquire that one rare piece of equipment or a particular item that (most certainly) holds a lot of value to the user.

Now, I’m not familiar with the likelihood of it happening, or any reported cases, but what if, for some reason, one logs in to find an item (or several) missing? What can we do in order to get our stuff back?

When buying gems or things from the gem store, are we given some sort of receipt? You know, something that, in the event of something bad happening, can serve as proof that we actually did acquire the item in question, so it can be given back to us. IDK. What if the game effs up for some reason? Would screenshots of the purchase of an item work as well?

In short, what measures have been put in place and such?

Can you do it? Or will your money only stay in your wallet, and therefore, cannot be moved somewhere else?

JustTrogdor.7892:

No one can give you those stats aside from Anet and they don’t offer them up. The game is far from dying. The sale alone during the HoT announcement most likely brought in a lot of new players. Even before that the game is lively with a lot of people playing. With HoT on the horizon it is most likely to grow even more. I’m not sure what more you need to comfort you. You already bought and have the game, join in, have fun and don’t worry.

Thank you. I will

I’ve been enjoying myself every step of the way ever since I (finally) got to start playing Guild Wars 2 a couple of weeks ago. This game is too good to be true. Arena Net did do it justice to the genre in creating this masterpiece, and for that, I’m thankful.

However, I’m also concerned. The thought of the game dying down came to me earlier, and quite frankly, it was scary just thinking about it. I’m only just starting, but yet, I’ve pretty much immersed myself into its universe and everything it has to offer. It is that good, and I don’t want it to end.

Does anyone know the number of registered player accounts? What about the number of people who log in monthly to play Guild Wars 2?

It’s been almost 3 years, and it’s still going strong, so that’s a relief. Plus, Heart Of Thorns is coming, so I assume it’s a sign that Arena Net is doing well.

I need some comforting. Someone has any idea of the statistics?

A ticket that I sent (Ticket 105415) regarding an issue with the original Guild Wars still hasn’t gotten an answer, despite it being more than a week old. It was sent on the original Guild Wars website, If I recall.

Moreso, there were two other tickets regarding the same exact issue that I created on this website instead, that still haven’t gotten an answer to. Both of them also more than a week old: Tickets 1243178 and 1243547.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

I sent a support ticket regarding an issue with the original Guild Wars (I don’t know my account name and password for it) two weeks ago, and I’ve yet to get a response. Shortly after I sent it, I did get a notification that it had been sent and it was being reviewed, but it’s been two weeks and still nothing.

Is this normal? Why does it take so long?

Healix.5819:

If your GW1 account is linked to your GW2 account, you login to GW1 using your GW2 username/password. For the character name, you have to enter one of your GW1 characters. If you can’t remember a name, check your GW1 screenshots.

If your GW1 account is not linked, you login using your GW1 username/password. You can manage your account using account.guildwars2.com.

If you can’t remember enough details to login yourself, you will need to contact support using the option for GW1. Support for GW1 is very slow though.

“If your GW1 account is not linked, you login using your GW1 username/password. You can manage your account using account.guildwars2.com.”

Manage what account? The GW1 or the GW2 account?

At the moment I believe they’re not linked. I also do not remember my GW1 log in info. How do I retrieve it?

Anyone?

This is all very confusing. Any way for me to recover my old Guild Wars account info?

I also tried linking it to my GW2 account, but it says the password is invalid. It then takes me to the password reset page, but it’s a page still within the Guild Wars 2 website! Why? In the account link page they’re asking for the original Guild Wars account informaiton, not GW2’s, so why, when having clicked “Forgot Your Password?” (which is supposedly referring to your old GW info), it takes you to the GW2 password reset page? This further suggests that your GW2 account log in info is now your GW account log in info as well. Is that true? Then why does it keep telling me, when I attempt to log into GW, that my e-mail/account name is unrecognized?