Guild Wars 2

Thaddeus.4891:

tbh celestial was garbage to begin with. Celestial being a mind ground between defense and offense was a illusion because of the high crit dmg. But with the little amount of Power and Precision combine with good Crit damage Celestial had a tiny amount more dps than soldier with a lot less defense.

Crafting celestial was a bad choice before and it’s still a bad choice.

Actually there were select builds and classes that is was viable for.

Drakent.9605:

You do realize dodging could be considered part of a rotation in this game – right?

It’s reactive not proactive and is nothing more then twitch reflexes – not intelligence and also can be considered habitual once done enough.

Do you know that ppl almost never use dodge?

That was 1 of biggest problem that I stated on the beginning of this post, do the fact that a zerker build player is accustomed to down the boss so fast they never use dodge but if that zerker player is in a group that cant down a boss after the 20 sec time they start droping like flys

Perhaps we do different content or play with vastly different skill level people – but I will tell you this:

As a zerker in 49 fractals I dodge non stop and none of us die after 20 seconds.

Most of it is habitual now but it is required none the less.

The same can be said for many dungeon bosses. The reality is even as zerker most (not all) bosses take longer then 20 seconds – even running the meta.

If I read your post correctly – You are basically saying everything is staying the same?

Ascended is still more powerful then exotics – welcome to last year.

So I’m totally lost at what your point is?

Juclesia Elcritian.8410:

Celestial is pretty much dead at this point. It was a nice all-round set when it had Magic Find on it, so you aren’t completely helpless… then they took that away and didn’t offer compensation to Celestial users.

The critical damage was the next best thing about it – now they’re taking that away as well, granted this time they are compensating somewhat, after a huge ruckus was made about it in dozens of threads.

But the bottom line is, you might as well make Soldier’s if you wanted Celestial for the defensive capabilities, whilst maintaining good damage output. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen someone on this forum already math out the Celestial vs. Soldier’s comparison and they were almost identical pre-Ferocity in terms of power. Which means, now Soldier’s will be the clear winner.

The difference back then was there was not ascended versions available.

My problem is using the gem shop and TP to make this set.

After this change I no longer have anything that resembles what I purchased. I made the set due to it’s crit damage.

Like I said prior – I am waiting to see what is done for players like myself before either moving on and playing something else or going back to supporting the gem shop and continuing to play gw2.

Drakent.9605:

DigitalKirin.9714:

Drakent.9605:

I am speaking of the ability to make a fight so short that you can use the ability of negate monster damage with out the lack of any intelligent behind the use of it.

Having to use a ability at the best time possible to negate monster damage is a intelligent use of skill , but popping all your negate damage skill at the start of every boss fight is call a rotation which requires 0 intelligence from your part

And what happens when using the ability at the start of the fight IS the most intelligent time to use the skill?

Any kind on intelligent mover requires a key moment is all about timing , if all you have to do is just click away with out a second thought , is just call a rotation and again that requires 0 intelligence from your part

You do realize dodging could be considered part of a rotation in this game – right?

It’s reactive not proactive and is nothing more then twitch reflexes – not intelligence and also can be considered habitual once done enough.

Becka Williams.4978:

Azreell.1568:

Xenon.4537:

So I decided to run some numbers after reading the critical damage blog post. I know what the majority of responses will be to this. After the patch, crit damage will be replaced with ferocity, and celestial gear will receive a 6% boost to it’s current stats. Due to rounding, I will post a low and high possible value. This is done using ascended quality.

Slot – original value – new low value – new high value

Helm —-——- 21 – 22 – 23
Shoulder —- 16 – 17 – 18
Chest —-—— 47 – 48 – 49
Glove —-—— 16 – 17 – 18
Pants —-——- 31 – 32 – 33
Boots —-—— 16 – 17 – 18
Amulet —-— 54 – 57 – 58
Ring —-——— 43 – 45 – 46
Ring —-——— 43 – 45 – 46
Earring —-— 38 – 40 – 41
Earring —-— 38 – 40 – 41
Back —-——- 22 – 23 – 24
1hander —- 42 – 44 – 45
2hander —- 83 – 87 – 88

Total with 1 handers = 469 – 491 – 505
Total with 2 handers = 468 – 490 – 503

The blog post says at level 80, it will take 15 ferocity to get 1% crit damage. With this in mind the new crit damage according to my numbers will be somewhere between 33.53% and 33.66%. This is in stark contrast to the old 62%. We are losing about 30% crit damage. However, all of the other stats combined are giving 36% more than before.

You may now commence discussion, comments, rage, and other activities.

My problem with this is I used the gem shop and rl money to make a fully ascended celes set with the intent for VERY high crit damage.

So I now no longer have what i purchased – I have something totally different.

Will Anet be giving people like me either a refund or the ability of a 1 time change on celes to a different stat set?

I think anything less would be insulting.

You won’t get a refund. I do think that a one time stat change for celestial gear might be nice. It was done for magic find gear, so the code’s already in the game

I would defiantly be okay with that.

But, Until I get confirmation on something being done. I have reserved spending any money at all in the gem store.

I will gladly support them again if something is done, If not I will probably just move on as at that point I would have no faith in purchasing anything any more from Anet.

Amazing how weak we as a society have become.

Understand – I do not agree with racism at all, but if you are that hurt by a few words in a video game you need a reality check.

Drakent.9605:

Azreell.1568:

The problem is the content design and lack of any type of trinity.

The problem is not the gear set.

When you design a game based solely on dps – what did you really think would happen? The highest dps set would become the most used/desired and required.

No one should be surprised.

The game wasn’t never design base on solely on dps, The gamer’s made it that way after they discover how OP the zerker build was that going for something else was making it harder and every 1 know how the majority love taking the easy path over the challenge one

I am not sure how you can defend or say the game wasn’t designed as solely dps based.

Look at the last LS encounter if you think otherwise.

Look at most PvE content if you need further affirmation.

Most encounters in this game are DPS checks.

I will agree players will always gravitate to the easier path. But, when you don’t give them another path to go to at all – then the decisions become even easier.

I don’t per say have an issue with this because I am well aware of what it is. Sure, I wish it was different but at the end of the day unless they change mob ai, redesign all the content in the game and all the newly released content is not dps checks – then sure I would love to agree with you.

Xenon.4537:

So I decided to run some numbers after reading the critical damage blog post. I know what the majority of responses will be to this. After the patch, crit damage will be replaced with ferocity, and celestial gear will receive a 6% boost to it’s current stats. Due to rounding, I will post a low and high possible value. This is done using ascended quality.

Slot – original value – new low value – new high value

Helm —-——- 21 – 22 – 23
Shoulder —- 16 – 17 – 18
Chest —-—— 47 – 48 – 49
Glove —-—— 16 – 17 – 18
Pants —-——- 31 – 32 – 33
Boots —-—— 16 – 17 – 18
Amulet —-— 54 – 57 – 58
Ring —-——— 43 – 45 – 46
Ring —-——— 43 – 45 – 46
Earring —-— 38 – 40 – 41
Earring —-— 38 – 40 – 41
Back —-——- 22 – 23 – 24
1hander —- 42 – 44 – 45
2hander —- 83 – 87 – 88

Total with 1 handers = 469 – 491 – 505
Total with 2 handers = 468 – 490 – 503

The blog post says at level 80, it will take 15 ferocity to get 1% crit damage. With this in mind the new crit damage according to my numbers will be somewhere between 33.53% and 33.66%. This is in stark contrast to the old 62%. We are losing about 30% crit damage. However, all of the other stats combined are giving 36% more than before.

You may now commence discussion, comments, rage, and other activities.

My problem with this is I used the gem shop and rl money to make a fully ascended celes set with the intent for VERY high crit damage.

So I now no longer have what i purchased – I have something totally different.

Will Anet be giving people like me either a refund or the ability of a 1 time change on celes to a different stat set?

I think anything less would be insulting.

The problem is the content design and lack of any type of trinity.

The problem is not the gear set.

When you design a game based solely on dps – what did you really think would happen? The highest dps set would become the most used/desired and required.

No one should be surprised.

Funset.7893:

Basically it is the reason why end game maps like Orr are completely empty, and maps like Queensdale are so crowded. Poeple pick easy loot=easy life.
How do we fix the high level maps in GW2 guys?

Devs always talk about bigger penalty over our stats when downscaled. But is this trully the answer? I think not, for 3 reasons.

1st – the mobs in the starting maps are way to easy, and makng them harder (like those in Orr) will be a huge turn off for the new players.

2nd – downscaling in this game works BETTER than the upscaling, therfore low level characters have no benefits whatsoever for being in Orr. Also they dont have access to all their trait, so this means less damage and survivability.

3rd – it is a consequence from 1 and 2 – low level zones are crowded with players from all levels, and the high lvl maps remaining empty.

Also isnt it weird that if I decide, I can level from 1 to 80 just by doing champ events in Queensdale, but if I decide to do so in Orr….well good luck with that.

(face palm)

You play the way you play – And I will play the way I want to play.

Your first mistake with this thread is trying to force other people to your play style.

Draknar.5748:

Azreell.1568:

Actually you do need it if you decide you want to do high-level fractals.

FTFY

Also it is useful if you want to roam in WvWvW in small groups. But it is only useful if you happen to come up against another full-ascended small group that’s roaming. Anyone that plays WvW can tell you that match-ups like that are very uncommon. If you have 5 people in full Ascended and you come across a group of 6 people in full Exotic w/ Ascended accessories, your group is toast. Especially if they are skilled players. Your groups overall 13% stat increase is still less than their group’s overall 20% stat increase with the addition of another player.

So, in the very off-chance your group of 5 goes up against an equal number of enemy players with the same exact class make-up and exact same skill level will your Ascended gear ever become a deciding factor. In 99% of your WvW interaction, it will mean goose-egg.

Funny thing about statistics is you can portray them to try and prove any point you want.

You still evading the true issue – A single char in fully ascended is stronger then a character in full exotics. Skill being equal the single char in ascended will always win vs the single char in exotics.

Aka gear progression.

Or for example – A supportive type player or condi spam type player will have far more impact in a group battle then you are giving them credit for vs an exotic version.

The bottom line is – There is gear progression in this game and it makes a difference. It’s obvious you don’t like the idea but no matter how you try to spin it – the above statement is the simple truth.

Also, for your example of group combat -You simply used multiplication. The difference between fully ascended people is far more synergistic.

I’m not against this btw. I am just pointing out if you desire to do all content in this game – it is VERY VERY grindy and moreso then most other games on the market currently.

I will use a common example: I can take a Wow character and get him in the most current fully tier’d raid gear is less then half the time it would take me to make a full ascended set for 1 of my characters.

Fenrir.3609:

Condi bunkers are rampant in spvp and wvw and giving them more power would be insane. The direct dps nerf will further drive that meta in wvw.

Apparently only direct damage is suppose to be threatening.

Lunchbox.6970:

Dark Catalyst.1028:

Lifestealer.4910:

People told me that you didn’t need to grind much in this game but when i played it, it feels like u have to kill hundreds of mobs just to even level once at low level.

Just wait until 80 when you’ll need to grind out ascended in order to be on an equal footing with other players. Or heaven forbid, grinding out a legendary.

Getting ascended gear is a very small stat boost. A player wearing exotic gear can easily outplay a player wearing ascended gear. Don’t “grind” toward ascended gear because you feel you need it in order to compete. Only do it because you enjoy it. If you don’t enjoy it, then do something else in the game, because you don’t need it.

Actually you do need it if you decide you want to do fractals.

Like it or not GW2 has progressive gear checks.

Also, From a PvP perspective if both players are of equal skill the person in ascended will always win. The reason being in PvP your sole purpose is to drop a players HPS to zero before he can drop yours to zero. In ascended gear you will have more hps and more dps. Sure it might only be 3% (vague number) But you only need to win by 1 hit point in pvp so it makes a HUGE difference.

So getting ascended is required if you choose to do fractals or be as competitive as you can in wvw – especially if you decide to roam.

Make no mistake about it – GW2 also has a gear grind.

raubvogel.5071:

Great you guys agree. As a melee you have to work and as a ranged you have to camp. So theres is melee punishing. I’m satisfied.

Actually I am of the mindset that ranged dps needs a very large buff to compete with melee since the penalty for melee is pretty much non existent with the current combat system and mechanics.

It was my understanding that as long as you don’t automate anything you are fine.

You can create a macro for sequences but you still need to be present to react to said macro.

Bread.7516:

Azreell.1568:

As it stand now GW2 combat is out classed by pretty much every other mmorpg on the market in terms of depth and required skill.

required skill? mmo PVE were NEVER known for required skill or twitch reflexes.

Can I have the English translation of your intended response please?

Seven Star Stalker.1740:

Azreell.1568:

nGumball.1283:

Your LA point is totally subjective, many people love it and it makes the world feel more living. Old cities get burned and others get built. That’s how a living world should be, this is what the MMO player-base have been asking for all the time [ for reference the MMO community is never happy whatever the devs do in any game as the player-base is huge and the opinions are different ].

Regarding your other points about skins, I agree. As a game heavily focused on skin collections, it would be great ot have some kind of a wardrobe where you can.

Not sure about the account-bound things on the other hand, it is a gaming company afterall they want their game alive and players to have something to do. Like WoW is focused on gear, it is focus on skins and looks here, at least you aren’t forced to do it here like you were in WoW as you won’t be able to play content without gear. Now, implementing account-bound skins etc. will lead to less activity from players to build different characters, something that the majority are doing as people fancy trying new profession/race combinations, building their stats and skins to look fancy.

Gonna state the obvious:

How does a now totally empty city which at one time was packed with many people make the game feel more alive?

Just saying…….

Is it supposed to be like that?

Yes.

Your point is moot. If it was supposed to be empty, desolate and unpleasant to be in, then it shouldn’t be any surprise if it is precisely like that.

Moving one dead area to another makes it more alive for you?

If so – then I apologize as my version of alive and yours are obviously very different.

In the end all they did was swap one area for another.

Harper.4173:

This game does NOT need the trinity. There are numerous games doing that already. If people want the trinity back those games are ALWAYS available.

Just because you don’t like a game or don’t feel comfortable with it doesn’t mean you have to change it for everyone else.

Or you could say the opposite – Just because you dislike the trinity does not mean you have to deny it for everyone else.

Pot meet Kettle.

The game needs something beyond DPS. As it stand now GW2 combat is out classed by pretty much every other mmorpg on the market in terms of depth and required skill.

GW2 is training wheels for pretty much all other games.

It shouldn’t be that way but after a year stacking in a corner and being full zerk should not be the most viable way to kill most content.

This entire situation is brought on by the lack of a core trinity – Which is something they could move in a direction to and alleviate a lot of these issues.

It’s apparent this game will never have “the trinity” per say – but it could move a bit closer to it and appease both sides while at the same time at least giving some depth to the combat system.

nGumball.1283:

Azreell.1568:

nGumball.1283:

Azreell.1568:

nGumball.1283:

Your LA point is totally subjective, many people love it and it makes the world feel more living. Old cities get burned and others get built. That’s how a living world should be, this is what the MMO player-base have been asking for all the time [ for reference the MMO community is never happy whatever the devs do in any game as the player-base is huge and the opinions are different ].

Regarding your other points about skins, I agree. As a game heavily focused on skin collections, it would be great ot have some kind of a wardrobe where you can.

Not sure about the account-bound things on the other hand, it is a gaming company afterall they want their game alive and players to have something to do. Like WoW is focused on gear, it is focus on skins and looks here, at least you aren’t forced to do it here like you were in WoW as you won’t be able to play content without gear. Now, implementing account-bound skins etc. will lead to less activity from players to build different characters, something that the majority are doing as people fancy trying new profession/race combinations, building their stats and skins to look fancy.

Gonna state the obvious:

How does a now totally empty city which at one time was packed with many people make the game feel more alive?

Just saying…….

A person who have been hating in every single thread the last two months won’t understand.

Nor would a person who has been defending.

You mistake critical judgement for hate btw.

Critical judement was never meant to be going around spreading a negative-attitude about every aspect of the game. If you are critical about every aspect of the game disliking it, there is no point of playing it in the first place.

It’s “judgement” btw.

Also, You assume far to much about my likes or dislikes and quite frankly I can be as critical or non critical as I desire about a product I purchased as a consumer.

The mistake you make is your biased defense about a companies direction which if you use these forums as a sample size – is flawed.

nGumball.1283:

Azreell.1568:

nGumball.1283:

Your LA point is totally subjective, many people love it and it makes the world feel more living. Old cities get burned and others get built. That’s how a living world should be, this is what the MMO player-base have been asking for all the time [ for reference the MMO community is never happy whatever the devs do in any game as the player-base is huge and the opinions are different ].

Regarding your other points about skins, I agree. As a game heavily focused on skin collections, it would be great ot have some kind of a wardrobe where you can.

Not sure about the account-bound things on the other hand, it is a gaming company afterall they want their game alive and players to have something to do. Like WoW is focused on gear, it is focus on skins and looks here, at least you aren’t forced to do it here like you were in WoW as you won’t be able to play content without gear. Now, implementing account-bound skins etc. will lead to less activity from players to build different characters, something that the majority are doing as people fancy trying new profession/race combinations, building their stats and skins to look fancy.

Gonna state the obvious:

How does a now totally empty city which at one time was packed with many people make the game feel more alive?

Just saying…….

A person who have been hating in every single thread the last two months won’t understand.

Nor would a person who has been defending.

You mistake critical judgement for hate btw.

nGumball.1283:

Your LA point is totally subjective, many people love it and it makes the world feel more living. Old cities get burned and others get built. That’s how a living world should be, this is what the MMO player-base have been asking for all the time [ for reference the MMO community is never happy whatever the devs do in any game as the player-base is huge and the opinions are different ].

Regarding your other points about skins, I agree. As a game heavily focused on skin collections, it would be great ot have some kind of a wardrobe where you can.

Not sure about the account-bound things on the other hand, it is a gaming company afterall they want their game alive and players to have something to do. Like WoW is focused on gear, it is focus on skins and looks here, at least you aren’t forced to do it here like you were in WoW as you won’t be able to play content without gear. Now, implementing account-bound skins etc. will lead to less activity from players to build different characters, something that the majority are doing as people fancy trying new profession/race combinations, building their stats and skins to look fancy.

Gonna state the obvious:

How does a now totally empty city which at one time was packed with many people make the game feel more alive?

Just saying…….

They have to do something with ascended armor imo – because as it stands right now it is completely not worth the effort and useless unless you do fractals.

Add into that fact it is some of the ugliest armor in the game.

Seven Star Stalker.1740:

I think the fundamental issue is that the LS only provides temporary content for the major part.

Many of the things I see personally, are descent amounts of content. I would like to think that if you mashed the LS all together, and shoved it into a single patch, it would equate to expansion level content, however because most of it temporary any way, it makes no real difference.

The major difference is what I stated in my above prior post.

This game as of logging in today is almost identical to the game that was released a year ago.

Regardless of the reason – that is a VERY large problem.

This game is absolutely the easiest game I have ever played in terms of being a melee character.

Between active defense of dodging. Then add aegis and reflects as well as tons of other buffs and you are actually at an advantage vs a ranged player who is more then likely out of said buffs range.

Also, Add into the fact the enormous DPS advantage (which I don’t agree with) melee has over range and you should not be complaining.

The risk of being in melee in this game is astounding low.

The DPS difference between melee and range is also far to wide for such a low risk.

The bottom line is this.

Someone who left right before the living story and comes back now will notice what in terms of any difference in this game?

One maybe two world encounters?
One dungeon?

Said player will then promptly log on and never come back again.

This game as of today is almost identical to how it was released a year ago.

It’s amazing more people do not see the problem with that. For me as I have said this game now just passes time until a few titles I am waiting on come out and I never look back.

Amazing how every single game that was ever in decline have the exact same sounding forums.

Is GW2 going to be shut down – No.

But the game is in decline and as I stated above the lack of interest by many players is starting to show. I mean Anet even dropped the ball on the poor WvW guys. I mean come’on account bound ranks were promised last season and didn’t make it again this season?

The lack of trust is imo at an all time low.

You can only do what Anet is doing so many times before it starts to catch up with you.

GW2 is loosing players – There is absolutely no question about it.

Does that mean the game is dead?

No.

What it means is that people are not happy with the product or service Anet is currently putting out.

When and IF they come back or if GW2 continues to loose players is totally up to Anet. I suggest perhaps they start being a bit more vocal and far less vague with their plans for this game and in closing – Maybe start listening a bit more to the player base.

The CDI was a nice way to buy more time – but we will see shortly if they ever had any true intentions with it.

Because contrary to popular belief – GW2 is not kept up by all those B2P leeches that do not contribute a dime to Anet after the original box purchase.

Cosmetic stuff like this I support.

Teq as a design is a failure.

The reason I say this is because the content requires far to many people are far to much coordination for normal pugs.

So your request would simply make this boss another teq which is ignored most spawn times.

How does this improve anything?

Also, The Champ train is what some people enjoy. Just because you do not does not mean there is a problem with it.

Honestly,

After over a year of broken promises – Did you really expect anything different?

Time after time they keep missing the mark and loosing players due to their horrible design/development decisions.

This would have been the proper time to release this but once again they blundered.

DH is in pretty rough shape in all areas atm.

We will just have to see how this all plays out.

Devata.6589:

Azreell.1568:

Nobody (or not many people) here is asking to add a WoW-like gear-grind.

Just to clarify – Wow is far less of a grind then GW2 so I am unsure why people keep posting this.

In GW2 while optional I will agree all we have is farming for skins, farming for gold , farming for mats, or farming for achievement points. That’s our current game.

I could make a level 1 character get him to max level and have a fully current geared character prior to me accomplishing any of the above in GW2.

It literally would take FAR longer to farm gold for a precursor then it would to fully gear a character in wow.

All I am saying is people need to find a new reference point for gear grind. Because Wow is far more friendly then GW2 in that respect.

Just to clarify: I agree GW2 is more grindy then WoW.

It was just a reaction to nGumball who pretty much suggested that people where asking for that type of grind.. What is not true.

Understood

serialkicker.5274:

Medens.4960:

Why a race change? That’s just illogical as f. You just did your whole PS as an asura and then suddenly you transform into a big cat….That’s just faceslapping the lore and your character history.

I can’t imagine people being bothered by that. Unless if you’re hardcore rper, thus you can’t imagine your asura becoming charr all of sudden.
For most people tho, i imagine they would just start their “new life with new char” if transformed. And no everyone cares about lore either…

It wouldn’t effect RPers at all.

They would obviously not be interested in a race change so they wouldn’t purchase one.

Nothing changes for them.

Nivessa.4258:

Azreell.1568:

Nivessa.4258:

I know it’s been a problem, been playing since the beta, but the more people bring it up, the better chance it has of being changed. Being silent on the issues doesn’t help it. So speak up! Pets need all the help they can get in this game! :P

Not trying to be a downer but the forums have been filled with bug reports and issues posted since launch.

Most of them have gone unaddressed.

Just saying – I think you are expecting too much here……

Oh, I probably am, but bringing up issues at least can get their attention, even if nothing changes, it’s better than just saying nothing. This is just such a huge issue and one that could be so easily fixed that they CANNOT come up with an excuse, unlike the mesmer sword 3 skill. :P “limitations” my kitten

As a mesmer you don’t have it nearly as bad as ranger’s.

All the micromanagement in the world can’t save them half the time vs the current content designs.

Healix.5819:

Azreell.1568:

Nike.2631:

Con – Defeats the purpose of Dragonite: to require players to participate in larger [Group] activities to access ascended tier crafting.

So you want to force player’s to do content they may not want to do?

That was the entire point of putting the different ascended materials on different activities. As for forcing players into doing something, WvW.

The game is very play how you want but that doesn’t mean you’ll get everything you want.

The game is very play how Anet wants us to play. Not play how we want to play. LS would be a good case in point for that.

But, As I said – I think its in very poor taste to make us farm mindless and boring world events for this stuff.

Nobody (or not many people) here is asking to add a WoW-like gear-grind.

Just to clarify – Wow is far less of a grind then GW2 so I am unsure why people keep posting this.

In GW2 while optional I will agree all we have is farming for skins, farming for gold , farming for mats, or farming for achievement points. That’s our current game.

I could make a level 1 character get him to max level and have a fully current geared character prior to me accomplishing any of the above in GW2.

It literally would take FAR longer to farm gold for a precursor then it would to fully gear a character in wow.

All I am saying is people need to find a new reference point for gear grind. Because Wow is far more friendly then GW2 in that respect.

Medens.4960:

Why a race change? That’s just illogical as f. You just did your whole PS as an asura and then suddenly you transform into a big cat….That’s just faceslapping the lore and your character history.

Simple fix.

In order to race change you must meet certain criteria:

A)Have completed your story line quest
B)If you do not complete your story line quest it will be reset to 0

The choice is yours which you prefer to do.

Problem solved.

If you completed your current story line and you have all AP for it then all that happens is you start a new one.

If you didn’t then you simply reset your current one to zero and start a new one with the race change.

I really don’t see the big issue here.

Nivessa.4258:

I know it’s been a problem, been playing since the beta, but the more people bring it up, the better chance it has of being changed. Being silent on the issues doesn’t help it. So speak up! Pets need all the help they can get in this game! :P

Not trying to be a downer but the forums have been filled with bug reports and issues posted since launch.

Most of them have gone unaddressed.

Just saying – I think you are expecting too much here……

This same problem has existed since launch and people have been posting about it for over a year.

Do not hold your breath.

It’s very apparent they have no solution or interest in fixing this.

I’m done with this thread.

The point that this thread even exists and people are debating how to make it less of a complete waste of time for most should pretty much explain the need for a different direction from Anet.

Once again Anet is trying to hard to be different instead of just making content fun.

You don’t need to reinvent the wheel to make a game enjoyable.

Nike.2631:

Con – Defeats the purpose of Dragonite: to require players to participate in larger [Group] activities to access ascended tier crafting.

So you want to force player’s to do content they may not want to do?

I thought the entire point of this game was to play how you want to play or at least that’s what people on these forums who consistently defend GW2 say.

I am in favor of this because it allows people who have NO interest in farming the same boring events over and over a different way to get the same thing.

You don’t really need a group of any of them if I remember correctly minus grenth.

Also, Guesting will help you as you can go to a server which does the temples more fequently – aka problem solved.

MercyKilling.8519:

Mainly because someone just coming into the game has missed all the previous temporary content they’ve been shoveling down your throats, and said new person would feel both disillusioned and left out/behind.
Now, if they’d been putting out actual permanent expansions, nobody gets left out/behind, because that content WOULD STILL BE IN THE GAME.

This is why I only lasted about a month, personally. There was so much that I missed out on, and could never experience. This “Scarlet” crapola? I have no idea who she is, other than some “Living Story” bad guy. I don’t even care about what’s going on in Lion’s Arch because I cannot connect to the history of the story.

It was a good idea with a TERRIBLE and FLAWED delivery.

The old saying , “If it isn’t broke , don’t fix it” would apply here. We don’t need a LS as most would say overall it was very lack-luster a somewhat failed concept. What we do need is more permanent content that enables us to have more to do in this game then a bunch of mini games and zerg fights that poof every 2 weeks.

After giving the LS a chance this time around I can say with confidence that the old ways of expansions and permanent content patches are far better then what was attempted here.

In fairness – This is common in all games.

Also, Quite frankly you can solo your way up to 80 with absolutely no problem in this game.

Add into that fact that there are still tons of events that you can do at low levels that people still do.

Amazing you are having issues leveling as this is the easiest leveling experience of any mmorpg.

nGumball.1283:

Azreell.1568:

What people fail to realize is that these negative remarks and comments are not a bash against GW2 or Anet but a warning of players who are not happy with the current path this game is on.

There are obviously a lot of us as these forums have continued posts on the topic as well as many guilds I know are loosing players left and right.

The people defending this game in it’s current state are doing the game no justice. No one wants this game to fail but at the same time no one is going to support a second rate game either.

Anet’s development team needs a harsh reality check. These posts are consumers who aren’t happy with the product and desire it to improve.

Eventually they will get tired and move on to other games, but understand while you may not care each player who leaves is a loss for Anet.

LS is a failed attempt at content. They tried and I give them credit but to keep pushing a failed concept that a very large amount of people don’t like it foolish.

What you fail to understand though that most people don’t bother giving any solid opinions ending up going with the hating train. They aren’t giving feedback, they just login, threaten Anet that they will leave to another game and then pull out a fact like ‘’PERFECT WORLD WAS 100 TIMES MORE POPULAR THAN GW2 EVER WILL BE’’. How do you await people to take the arguments seriously?

The issue isn’t in the opinions but the negativity introduced as pure arrogant hating threads and commenst, not logical feedback offered in a mannerable way to let ppl discuss an actual issue.

When you enter a place, insulting the community and the company as the first thing to do. Don’t await people to take your words seriously.

I can list countless posts of solid feedback which has gone ignored.

Also, I will give Anet credit in one department. The moderation on these forums is Stalin like. Anything that has the potential to make them or this product look bad regardless of how much proof is posted gets removed and removed quick.

I only wish they used less resources on moderation and more on game development.

The problem is this – I have seen this happen to more games I liked then I care to mention and it always happens the same way.

Players get frustrated, Forums light up and are simply dismissed at trolls and people who don’t know what they are talking about, Forums get quiet, players start to leave and the snowball effect happens.

Same thing, game after game after game.

Will GW2 Die? No, but it will take a severe hit which will end up with less resources for development which ends up with even less content then we are getting now.

There is a reason this many people are complaining. Anet needs be MUCH more vocal with the community and give us something to work with.

Anet is far to vague for the position they are in.

Also, Like it or not every single game on the market will be effected by these new releases and will loose some players at least temporarily. The point is for a lot of players currently there really isn’t a reason to come back to this game once gone.

We are the consumers – which equates to Anet should be giving us a game we the player base wants to play not a game they want us to play.

Big difference.

What people fail to realize is that these negative remarks and comments are not a bash against GW2 or Anet but a warning of players who are not happy with the current path this game is on.

There are obviously a lot of us as these forums have continued posts on the topic as well as many guilds I know are loosing players left and right.

The people defending this game in it’s current state are doing the game no justice. No one wants this game to fail but at the same time no one is going to support a second rate game either.

Anet’s development team needs a harsh reality check. These posts are consumers who aren’t happy with the product and desire it to improve.

Eventually they will get tired and move on to other games, but understand while you may not care each player who leaves is a loss for Anet.

LS is a failed attempt at content. They tried and I give them credit but to keep pushing a failed concept that a very large amount of people don’t like it foolish.

Karizee.8076:

Azreell.1568:

People are shouting for expansions because this game currently has a total lack of content to keep people logging in.

Don’t make ridiculous statements. This game puts out more content that any MMO ever created.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/

Thank you for causing me to fall out of my chair laughing.

nGumball.1283:

Anet though announced that the two huge projects they are woking on are seperate from the LS. So await even more :P

That’s the problem with this game.

All we do it wait.

Promise after promise has been broken and quite frankly they put more effort as of late in forum moderation and the gem shop then I have seen in development.

Things that make you go Hmmm…..

People are shouting for expansions because this game currently has a total lack of content to keep people logging in. Eventually the shouts will stop and the forums will get quiet again because bored players only stick around for so long.

Mirta.5029:

Azreell.1568:

8+million active accounts and 10yrs+ says it’s not so terrible.

Wow PvP is not all about gear – that’s generally the stereo-typical response of those who found it too difficult or complex to handle.. Also the match making system there is years ahead of what we have in TPvP.

Not about the gear eh? Enter a battleground without PvP gear, or only with the battleground gear and try going against someone in arena armour. You won’t stand a chance. It’s all about pvp power.

Enter WvW in masterwork and go against someone in Exotics or Ascended and and you won’t stand a chance.

Pot meet kettle.

In case you are not familiar with how it works – In PvP I only need to have 1 more hp then my opponent to win.

So for example say we are equally skilled. The person in Masterwork will always loose to the person in Exotics due to having less hps and doing less damage. The person in exotics will be able to bring the other players HP pool to zero before his own reaches that level.

GW2 has power creep. Don’t kid yourself in thinking it doesn’t.