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Mount Debate

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Azure The Heartless.3261

To be blunt:

For Mounts

Customization.
Added feature that can be profited from
Faster land travel when waypoints are contested

Against Mounts

Swiftness.
Waypoints are strategically placed so that any contested points have alternatives that are close by.
Transport fee is a gold sink.
Added asset burden.
Seems to be against lore. Instant Transport is favored over riding animals.
Putting mounts in the shop will possibly give ‘free’ players reason to complain if the give a gameplay advantage over not purchasing a mount.

‘Free’ players? we are all free players, you have to buy the game to play. The CS items should be ‘optional’ not needed and so far they are.

We are technically all paid players since ^ see above bold, hence the single quotes.
I agree with you, also. Players that don’t wish to spend for an additional speed boost will probably have reason to complain that store items give gameplay advantages.

Resident Disgruntled, Coffee-drinking Charr.
Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

Commanders R Us

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I look forward to the graphics option to NOT display them. Thats right.

1. Display commander tags.
2. Display commander tags for my server only.
3. Display commander tags for my guild only.
4. Do not display commander tags.

Coming soon.

I’m not sure how that(2) will work if it’s at all relevant with the megaserver anyway. But I really like this(3) idea.

Also:

(Display tag for my squad only)

Resident Disgruntled, Coffee-drinking Charr.
Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

Mount Debate

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Azure The Heartless.3261

To be blunt:

For Mounts

Customization.
Added feature that can be profited from
Faster land travel when waypoints are contested

Against Mounts

Swiftness.
Waypoints are strategically placed so that any contested points have alternatives that are close by.
Transport fee is a gold sink.
Added asset burden.
Seems to be against lore. Instant Transport is favored over riding animals.
Putting mounts in the shop will possibly give ‘free’ players reason to complain if the give a gameplay advantage over not purchasing a mount.

Resident Disgruntled, Coffee-drinking Charr.
Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

Orrian Champions: A review

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Champion Risen Megalodon

Remove it from the game.

Undead sharks should not be a thing, let alone -gigantic- ones.

Fixed.

Resident Disgruntled, Coffee-drinking Charr.
Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

SAB: Moto Vendor

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Anet, just put it down.

put the SAB down..

put-

Anet, put-

put it down-

ANET-

Resident Disgruntled, Coffee-drinking Charr.
Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

Disappointed for the first time in two years

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You shouldn’t minimize dry top. It took developers a lot of time to build that map for us. Realize that it is content.

Also, the LS starts up again in September. they took a break to give us several weeks of “what is upcoming in the near future”.

They have also significantly ramped up their forum presence and Restarted the CDI.

Do you mind listing exactly what the devs need to do for you? Because you are turning a blind eye to the things they are doing, and focusing on how much you want to leave.

like taking ages to unveil all of Tyria is a bad thing, for an mmo, given the size of dry top and how little, comparatively, of the map it unlocked.

It sounds like you are -heavily- mired in the oceans of pessimism that are these forums without just cause, to me.

Resident Disgruntled, Coffee-drinking Charr.
Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

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Can we be honest for a second?

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Does ANET listen?

If you want to know the answer to that question, then ask yourself, “Is Skyhammer still in soloq?”

That map’s existence in soloq pretty much sums up ANET’s listening skills.

Maybe asking them to remove a map that a developer painstakingly modeled and had implemented because classes that have a harder time in confrontational pvp can suddenly oneshot other people doesn’t sit right with them.

Resident Disgruntled, Coffee-drinking Charr.
Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

triple trouble: the power of one guild

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It can be ran without it. It’s just easier though.

This. its much easier to coordinate people on the fly than it is to instruct them via text and hope enough people pay attention/

Not impossible to do it the latter way though. you just need to explain what people should expect and make sure everyone is organized before they start panicflailing.

Not only that.In this moment the squads are limmited only to 50 people.When you have 3 squads the chat is not linked.Yes you can tipe in guild chat but meh.It won’t be the same as one global squad chat that conects the different groups.Map chat won’t do the work.I don’t want the whole zone to listen to me.Only the people that i’m raiding with.

two tabs, one for party of commander and one for current squad?

Resident Disgruntled, Coffee-drinking Charr.
Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

triple trouble: the power of one guild

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It can be ran without it. It’s just easier though.

This. its much easier to coordinate people on the fly than it is to instruct them via text and hope enough people pay attention/

Not impossible to do it the latter way though. you just need to explain what people should expect and make sure everyone is organized before they start panicflailing.

People do not like to read though. much less when they are distracted by GIGANTICOMINIOUSBOSS.

Resident Disgruntled, Coffee-drinking Charr.
Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

triple trouble: the power of one guild

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Map Chat in Lions Arch, Divs Reach, Citadel, Rata sum, Grove, Dry Top 40 mins before event.

“Organizing Teq Run, no TS required, experienced runners preferred. Time to Tequatl: [X], Msg for Taxis”

20 mins before boss drops, move to Sparkfly.

Write condensed version of what to do for Tequatl.

Welcome people to the map, give waypoint loc, paste directions for teq eery 7 minutes. Ask if there are any questions.

Answer them.

Wait for Teq to drop.

Run Teq.

win? Good Run

lose? Nice Try.

OPs complaint is with Wurm

Edited to address that.

Resident Disgruntled, Coffee-drinking Charr.
Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

triple trouble: the power of one guild

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Map Chat in Lions Arch, Divs Reach, Citadel, Rata sum, Grove, Dry Top 40 mins before event.

“Organizing Teq Run, no TS required, experienced runners preferred. Time to Tequatl: [X], Msg for Taxis”

20 mins before boss drops, move to Sparkfly.

Write condensed version of what to do for Tequatl.

Welcome people to the map, give waypoint loc, paste directions for teq every 7 minutes. Ask if there are any questions.

Answer them.

Wait for Teq to drop.

Run Teq.

win? Good Run

lose? Nice Try.

This also applies to wurm.

Resident Disgruntled, Coffee-drinking Charr.
Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

The Shatterer.

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If possible, get a birds eye view of the Shatter fight, and eliminate all zones within attack distance where players would be safe from either direct or indirect damage from shatter himself. (champion branded are wildcards.)

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Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

The Shatterer.

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I personaly consider Tequatl / Scarlet (on the ship) fights the right direction. It needs a certain amount of people, not hard at all, once everyone gets to know the fight mechanics.

The problem with the Wurm is, that it needs syncing and while I can imagine something like that a Guild Challenge (branded one for example), it’s certainly not good for az open world megaboss, specialy with the megaservers. It’s pretty problematic to organize it.

I can consider the other world bosses less fun than Teq, specially the Claw of Jormag (somehow I really hate that). If I could chose from the fight mechanics I like at world bosses, Fire Ele (with more health) and Golem Mark II (with less health) would be my favourites, only just because avoiding AoE-s make it a bit more fun. Other then those, Teq is definitely my favourite of all bosses (although not a fan of AFKing half an hour for it).

Scarlet fight was well done, yes.

Nothing beats a good “You fail? Humiliating wipe” too.

Resident Disgruntled, Coffee-drinking Charr.
Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

So how do they buff necro def? [merged]

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As a Warrior, I am eager to get into 1v1 fights with Necros and Guardians because I know that if I get the upper hand, they cannot escape me.

Unless…yknow..they’re like that crafty Asura and Spectral Walk off a cliff. Situational mobility doesn’t count though.

I’d like them to have their fair share of gtfo. They need either a stealth or a blink or something that makes it easy for them to withdraw. either that, or they need to be able to heal in death shroud so that they can sustain a bit better vs focus.

Guardians need a blink too, but evasive instead of offensive.

It seems off when I can carve a necro to within an inch of his life and then hastily retreat when he pops lichmode, the only thing that I worry about on necros. while he just has to stand there unless there happens to be a sufficiently tall cliff nearby.

Resident Disgruntled, Coffee-drinking Charr.
Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

The Shatterer.

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Do you guys think that there’s a middle ground between ultra hard and easy?

For example, I think we could clean up some of the issues with the Shatterer and just make it a more engaging experience. So rather than spending the entire fight hiding under his right paw he could, say, turn his head and attack that area? :] It doesn’t have to be hard, just a little more involved.

We tried to put in a few changes here and there when we added the new world boss timers. Reactions varied.

Add appropriate rewards first to Tequatl, then buff the other bosses.
If I have to endure huge zerging, lag spikes, low FPS and DCs I don’t want to be rewarded with few greens and occasional gold.

thissss is kind of a thing too, yes.

Tequatl requires half an hour of organizing, that should be rewarded aptly.

Resident Disgruntled, Coffee-drinking Charr.
Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

The Shatterer.

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Do you guys think that there’s a middle ground between ultra hard and easy?

For example, I think we could clean up some of the issues with the Shatterer and just make it a more engaging experience. So rather than spending the entire fight hiding under his right paw he could, say, turn his head and attack that area? :] It doesn’t have to be hard, just a little more involved.

We tried to put in a few changes here and there when we added the new world boss timers. Reactions varied.

I think just changing the mechanics of how he works would make the fight a lot more fun.
One idea would be to make it so that he is immune at each 25% mark and he summons the crystals and you have to destroy them for him to take damage again. Having a small amount of health regain for him while they are up would make people have to move. The difficulty of it would all come down to the position of the crystals and how long it takes to kill depending on the scaling if it.
Some will probably still just sit at the side and let others do it but I for one like these kind of mechanics in battles.

Anything upwards of “stand here, press 1” is a bonus.

Iirc, spider queen is now more engaging as a mini boss because stacking doesn’t trivialize the fight, only makes it harder.

In a combat-centered game, pigeonholing your whole party into one position should not be the wisest strategy.

Resident Disgruntled, Coffee-drinking Charr.
Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

The Shatterer.

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Do you guys think that there’s a middle ground between ultra hard and easy?

For example, I think we could clean up some of the issues with the Shatterer and just make it a more engaging experience. So rather than spending the entire fight hiding under his right paw he could, say, turn his head and attack that area? :] It doesn’t have to be hard, just a little more involved.

We tried to put in a few changes here and there when we added the new world boss timers. Reactions varied.

Surprise punishing stacking is a plus.

If every player conveniently lined up in a row and attacked a monster’s leg, if it had a hint of sentience it would wipe all of them.

Resident Disgruntled, Coffee-drinking Charr.
Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

Why Guild Wars needs an expansion

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Let’s imagine that an expansion pack might look something like this:

$60.00 (or 4800 gems)
———————————-
- 20x New Maps
- 2x New Races
- 2x New Storyline Quests
- 2x New Professions
- 2x New Weapon Types
- 20x New Utility Skills (per profession)
- 10x New Traits (per profession)

If you release this as a separate standalone expansion in the normal sense, then you create a portion of the world that cannot be visited unless you pay for the expansion.

This would create problems over time with the Living Story, because ANet would either have to release LS content that not everyone could play, or avoid any new areas.

You also end up with a series of traits and utilities that could be used in PvP but not available to everyone.

Personally I’d prefer this hypothetical expansion to be released in chunks.

e.g.

Everybody gets the following parts of the expansion for free
- 20x New Maps
- 20x New Utility Skills (per profession)
- 10x New Traits (per profession)

You can then optionally purchase (via a box in your local game shop, or via gems)

2x Race Expansions (available individually)
$10 (or 1600 gems) each
- 1x New Race
- 1x New Storyline Quest

2x Profession Expansions (available individually)
$10 (or 1600 gems) each
- 1x Profession

2x Weapon Expansions (available individually)
$5 (or 800 gems) each
- 1x Weapon Type

You still end up spending $60 or 4800 gems for the entire expansion, but the maps and skills/traits for core professions are available to everyone preventing divisions in the community.

This. I’d be alright with things being handled like this. The maps and core content can span the LS and paid content is still appealing.

Resident Disgruntled, Coffee-drinking Charr.
Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

Have I missed too much to come back?

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Youve missed some theatrics, but nothing too outstanding. you can jump back in and continue where you left off.

unless you frequently hung out in lions arch.

A crazy sylvari blew it up in an effort to wake up the dragon bothering everyone now.

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Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

Bots for hire - Game Enhancement

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No.

Also they sould remove any kind of ways that allow certain classes to solo certain dungeons.
Dungeons is supposed to be group content, if you can’t do it on a group you don’t do it.

I’m curious as to how a player doing something on their own has affected you to the point that you think the devs should do something about it.

Are you not getting picked up in parties or something?

Resident Disgruntled, Coffee-drinking Charr.
Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

fix spectral walk/avoid fall damage op

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I think i gave myself a concussion by facepalming so hard over the OP and his comments.

Just imagine this was him, and youll feel better.

http://youtu.be/XdzREXaxRTw?list=UUmKZxEULx_uvwiLh2ES2lTA

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Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

Can we be honest for a second?

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IIRC, the CDI is being set up again.

Keep an eye out for it and voice this there too.

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Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

Don't dumb down the game!

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I’m more confused about why this change concerns LVL 80 players…. This is an area of the game that has been LACKING for 2 years and when they try to improve it (not saying the improvements are good or bad), the player base wants to complain?

Gotta love the Dev hate this forum thrives on….

True, most of the changes announced so far for this feature patch are based on player’s criticism on the early game experience.

You have to understand two things about this forum.

1.) the population consists of people working a desk job that use it for entertainment, and then people that have either a genuine concern, dissatisfaction with the game that stems from their attitude, and trolls.

2.) The people with the desk jobs are (hopefully) more focused on their work.

The people that actually enjoy the game will either have very little to say, or actually be in game playing if possible, so expect to see very little more than dissatisfaction and anger bordering on spoiled selfishness.

You can usually tell when someone has a point and when someone is just complaining because (insert something about them) sucks, so don’t get displeased by the overwhelming anger you’re seeing. Many people here will poke holes in their argument very quickly.

Now now, lets not derail this (so far) peaceful thread! I had an opinion, I wanted to discuss it, that’s exactly what these forums are for.

- hands up -

Be my guest, no derailing here.

On topic: The downed state is pretty self explanatory once you get knocked around a couple times, so unless you are the best player ever and don’t find yourself downed before lvl80, a tooltip would suffice.

In fact, I’d go so far to say that suddenly introducing downed at level 5 will confuse and surprise people even more.

There was also a thread about adding downed skills to your character panel. that would work really well too.

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Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

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Don't dumb down the game!

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I’m more confused about why this change concerns LVL 80 players…. This is an area of the game that has been LACKING for 2 years and when they try to improve it (not saying the improvements are good or bad), the player base wants to complain?

Gotta love the Dev hate this forum thrives on….

True, most of the changes announced so far for this feature patch are based on player’s criticism on the early game experience.

You have to understand two things about this forum.

1.) the population consists of people working a desk job that use it for entertainment, and then people that have either a genuine concern, dissatisfaction with the game that stems from their attitude, and trolls.

2.) The people with the desk jobs are (hopefully) more focused on their work.

The people that actually enjoy the game will either have very little to say, or actually be in game playing if possible, so expect to see very little more than dissatisfaction and anger bordering on spoiled selfishness.

You can usually tell when someone has a point and when someone is just complaining because (insert something about them) sucks, so don’t get displeased by the overwhelming anger you’re seeing. Many people here will poke holes in their argument very quickly.

Resident Disgruntled, Coffee-drinking Charr.
Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

boycott silver fed salvage o matic!

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gonna get merged into the larger thread or closed.

I’d like to mention that I have quit making mystics, and find that I do not magically find 25 salvagable rares on me before I am close to a general merchant, so masters suit me well.

Copper matic was, and is, glorious. This one, not so much.

The only thing that the silver matic has going for it is whatever quippy voice clips go along with it.

Gold fed o-matic = black lion salvage kit that sounds like Morgan Freeman, make it happen

silver fed = increase the rate slightly.

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Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

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Don't dumb down the game!

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Azure The Heartless.3261

I didn’t learn the following about downed until I was about level 5.

Defeating an enemy rallies you
*A player defeating an enemy you touched rallies you
*any of the downed state tooltips. The macabre tone change distracts you from reading your options, and I pretty much had to read the wiki since I didn’t feel like downing just to read the flavor text. armor repairs cost copper/silver.)

I didn’t understand vengeance fully until I saw the trait.

you don’t really need the wiki. you kind of… just understand if you get knocked on your kitten enough times.

Downed underwater though…

Still barely understand it. Need more downbait underwater, Anet.
…less sharks though

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Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

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Top Secret Swimwear?

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Add swimsuit pieces as armor skins please.

Ty Anet.

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Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

Ressing people doesn't reward you

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Personally I revive people just to be nice I believe in karma and what goes around comes around (even in a pc game). But I would like for a new title to be added for those that are constantly reviving not for any real reason just because personally i’d like to have one that is a bit nicer then “combat healer” (completely selfish i’ll be the first to admit it! Im not perfect!) Maybe name could be Savior or Good Hearted or Kind anything sounds better then combat healer imo :P

[Selfless Potion]

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Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

The Shatterer.

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As much as I want harder content, I do not want it at the expense of other content. If I had a say, id say for a new hard boss and leave this one as is.

This. We do not want Shatterer to become a ghost town like what happened with Tequatl.

The reason it is a ghost town is because the players who wanted to fight it prepared and organized in a map instance 30 mins prior to it arriving, and you were left in one of the deserted instances.

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Ressing people doesn't reward you

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Soft rez? (you’re downed?) sure.

Hard Rez? (You’re dead?)

If:

(There’s a fight going on) Don’t expect me to rev, WP

If:

(No threat/minimal threat) Sure.

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Don't dumb down the game!

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Azure The Heartless.3261

Get downed

Tooltip top right pops up

“You’ve been downed! Defeat an enemy before your HP runs out to rally and recover! "

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fix spectral walk/avoid fall damage op

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lol rekt

bonus points for classy asura

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New SILVER Fed Salvage-O-Matic

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I’d gladly buy a master kit and have it take up one slot until it was done, then refresh it instead of buying this.

my inventory wont magically fill up with yellows.

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A question on behalf of veteran players

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Azure The Heartless.3261

Follow up question: What use is it to make a blog post that only really affects people who don’t yet play the game?

Hi Puddles,

First of all, we at ArenaNet very much appreciate the support that all players that have played the game for so long have given us. Without you guys, your love of the game and how you spread the word around you, things would clearly not be the same.

Today’s blogpost about the New Player Experience will not have as many visible effects to you specifically as it would have for a brand new player, that knows very little about the game. The new direction system should help you get a clearer and more useful top-tight UI, but also give your new characters better rewards.

As you noted, it is mainly targeted at new players, those that need it the most. We want their learning experience to be better so that they, too, can become veteran players of Guild Wars 2 one day! Learning to play a brand new game, and MMOs tend to be more on the more complex side of videogames, can be a daunting and hard task.

We want more people to be able to walk this path you walked and this is why we implemented the New Player Experience system, to create a route that new players can walk and feel rewarded along the way.

Again, thanks for your support!

lol

thats read like
thanks for buying the game and bye.

^ How it came off to me.

That being said

>Anet tells us things

Hate it

>Anet wants to surprise us

Hate it

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Forest of Niflhel kill stealing

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Azure The Heartless.3261

Personally, I’m OK with how boss stealing works.

Just because a creature has spawned doesn’t mean you need to kill it. In fact, in a lot of high level games, you’ll see the creatures up for long amount of time without being attempted. Players understand the value of a kill, but they also appreciate the risk associated with the attempt.

Before you attempt a creature, you should ask yourself the following questions:

  • Where is the enemy team?
    • Talk with your team, or at the very least try to get a rough approximation of enemy player location by reading the mini-map. Also try to be cognizant of enemy respawn timers, as players will often times push to far point off of a respawn, setting themselves up for a perfect boss steal opportunity. On the flip side, watch the NPC mini-map icons for movement – if you see it move at all you know that the enemy team is attempting a kill.
  • Do I have the ability to safely secure this boss kill?
    • Often times you’ll see players with tanky builds or condition-based builds attempting to take creatures by themselves. There’s a good chance that if a burst spec’d enemy player comes across you while you’re fighting an NPC, they’re going to steal the kill.

At the end of the day, it really comes down to map awareness and risk assessment.

One thief can steal every boss waiting around in stealth.One hits the boss, he got it.. and he’s gone…yeah tactical play my kitten .

which is why you have a scout for thieves. you can see them coming if you monitor both avenues leading to chief/svanir while team is doing killing.

Also if you don’t have a visual on a stealth prof like engi Mesmer thief etc. Or know they’re on respawn, then you kitten the risk, if it’s too high then don’t take the boss.

This. most, if not all of the stealth profs are too squishy to take the boss, and rely on you – outright ignoring- them until you’ve done all the work.

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Playing solo Q at 3am is the worst

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Azure The Heartless.3261

the team sandbags are probably playing at that hour because they’re trying to -avoid- the skilled players while they learn?

or are sleepy?

idk.

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Forest of Niflhel kill stealing

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Azure The Heartless.3261

Personally, I’m OK with how boss stealing works.

Just because a creature has spawned doesn’t mean you need to kill it. In fact, in a lot of high level games, you’ll see the creatures up for long amount of time without being attempted. Players understand the value of a kill, but they also appreciate the risk associated with the attempt.

Before you attempt a creature, you should ask yourself the following questions:

  • Where is the enemy team?
    • Talk with your team, or at the very least try to get a rough approximation of enemy player location by reading the mini-map. Also try to be cognizant of enemy respawn timers, as players will often times push to far point off of a respawn, setting themselves up for a perfect boss steal opportunity. On the flip side, watch the NPC mini-map icons for movement – if you see it move at all you know that the enemy team is attempting a kill.
  • Do I have the ability to safely secure this boss kill?
    • Often times you’ll see players with tanky builds or condition-based builds attempting to take creatures by themselves. There’s a good chance that if a burst spec’d enemy player comes across you while you’re fighting an NPC, they’re going to steal the kill.

At the end of the day, it really comes down to map awareness and risk assessment.

One thief can steal every boss waiting around in stealth.One hits the boss, he got it.. and he’s gone…yeah tactical play my kitten .

which is why you have a scout for thieves. you can see them coming if you monitor both avenues leading to chief/svanir while team is doing killing.

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I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

GW2 China: over 1M activated keys

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Azure The Heartless.3261

Ouch… no wonder we aren’t getting any new content. China is tanking hard…

1 million is very very very far away from 6-9 million copies…

Lol.

1 million copies in a quarter is not tanking.

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I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

The CDI is coming back! Topics

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Azure The Heartless.3261

Guilds are a good first stop, actually. redacted.

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New SILVER Fed Salvage-O-Matic

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Increase it’s effectiveness to 35% to recover rare materials and 90% to recover upgrades and I’ll consider it.

this or make it -any cheaper than the mystic kit.-

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I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.

Why is it so difficult to flip these days

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Azure The Heartless.3261

this is not the stock market
i hope you buy a ton of mats then have to sell them on super low price !

Look at this guy, he’s adorable
How’s that PVE grind working for you, huh?
…Oh, actually pretty good, it looks like.
Incredibly easy to make gold doing anything in this game, don’t get sour at people willing to actually do something.

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New SILVER Fed Salvage-O-Matic

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Azure The Heartless.3261

No thanks on the silver fed. Mystic Kit much better.

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ANET - Thank You! (sincere)

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Azure The Heartless.3261

I don’t know what exactly are you enjoying but there hasn’t been any major update to neither of the things you mentioned from months.WvW and PvP receive so little attention by Anet.

  • In PvP they even deleted one map instead to try balancing it.Now they think to do the same with 2nd one.
  • About WvW heh do you see those new colour comander tags?They are new and shiny but again they are NOT what the comunity wanted.

Now lets talk about dungeons and FotM:

  • To dungeons the last major update to them was TA:A.Which made Anet to not want to do any new dungeon soon.
  • And FotM gosh the last major update to it was Fractured and i can’t even remeber when was that.It’s been so long from it.

SAB won’t be seen soon.What about Open World raid bosses like Tequatl and Worm?So i don’t know what exactly you are so greatful to Anet.Right now they are doing 1/6th of the work that they are supposed to do.They are focussing only on LS and that is only 1 part of GW2.What about the other 5 parts?(Dungeons/FotM/WvW/PvP/Raid bosses)

I’m pretty sure the majority of the player base are PvE’ers….at this point for sure, but I’m pretty sure it was always that way. It’s true on most games anyway.

SAB was never meant to be in the game. The only reason people miss it is because it appeared and was temporary. If it was here all the time, most people wouldn’t care. But yes, there is an audience for it.

But trivializing a zone like Dry Top or the new Living Story stuff because you don’t like it doesn’t really help. There are people out there, a few of us at least, who like that stuff. I suspect there are more of us than most people think. Of course, I have no proof of that.

I nowhere said i don’t like the LS i said that i like the rest of the game too.I just that Anet is focusing to much of their time on LS.What about the rest of the game?When will there be a ’’great’’ patch for it too?

you’re doing this in a thread thanking Anet for what they nailed in terms of good game design, mind you. Because you couldn’t understand someone’s happiness, for that matter.

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I'd pay $50 for a race change...

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Azure The Heartless.3261

We can only hope that

Aug 28 A Fresh Start

is going to be about race change. With the new story journal, the personal story can be easily reset.

tengutengutengutengutengu-

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ANET - Thank You! (sincere)

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Azure The Heartless.3261

I don’t know what exactly are you enjoying but there hasn’t been any major update to neither of the things you mentioned from months.WvW and PvP receive so little attention by Anet.

  • In PvP they even deleted one map instead to try balancing it.Now they think to do the same with 2nd one.
  • About WvW heh do you see those new colour comander tags?They are new and shiny but again they are NOT what the comunity wanted.

Now lets talk about dungeons and FotM:

  • To dungeons the last major update to them was TA:A.Which made Anet to not want to do any new dungeon soon.
  • And FotM gosh the last major update to it was Fractured and i can’t even remeber when was that.It’s been so long from it.

SAB won’t be seen soon.What about Open World raid bosses like Tequatl and Worm?So i don’t know what exactly you are so greatful to Anet.Right now they are doing 1/6th of the work that they are supposed to do.They are focussing only on LS and that is only 1 part of GW2.What about the other 5 parts?(Dungeons/FotM/WvW/PvP/Raid bosses)

You cannot “disprove” someone’s happiness with your opinion.

Quit that.

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ANET - Thank You! (sincere)

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I’m pretty happy with it as well. The existing content is smoothed and doesn’t give you a huge chore list like other MMOs, and in between releases the instrument implementations keep me entertained when I’m not running (x,y,z) gamemodes.

It’s obvious that there is a lot of effort put into the design for all the models and environments. Thanks for that.

Violin please, btw.
Also Tengu and swimsuits but yes good job

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Hi, I'm new.

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Azure The Heartless.3261

Mail me in game, when you learn how to do that. I’ll add you and help with level progression when I’m on.

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Looking for people to play with.

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Azure The Heartless.3261

Mail me. I’m available when not struggling to use a GS in pvp to prepare for incoming buff.

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What's needed to make Warriors "balanced?"

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the main reason warrior is allowed to have such a high hp pool is because in the absence of blinks, blinds and stealth the warrior mostly finds himself eating a lot of hostile skills.

the main reason warrior is allowed to have such powerful skills is because he can’t cast multiple skills at the same time like most other classes can. additionally the very powerful skills like backbreaker, skull crack, hundred blades, eviscerate, earth shaker and final thrust have large wind ups and tells.

people say healing signet is overpowered, but i say it’s our only balanced healing skill. for a long time warriors were crying that the class had no sustain, and it didn’t. warriors were free kills to any class that could sustain in a fight for longer than 30 seconds. the only problem with healing signet is that the other heals warrior has didn’t get the same treatment.

my final note is that the warrior isn’t overpowered, certain other classes are just underpowered or underutilized.

This is pretty much my view.

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What's needed to make Warriors "balanced?"

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troll thread for bad players of other classes to “discuss” how they want to nerf another class.

In game where thief is a ultra heavy duty double duty evasion tank, plenty of stuff to fix first

This.

Also, if you honestly think Hambow is the only viable build, you’re just another typical trashy Warrior player and you should stop voicing your opinion.

@ first quote:

In game where thief is a ultra heavy duty double duty evasion tank, plenty of stuff to fix first

^ Wat?

@ Second quote:

Not a troll thread. Check the actual post history, there are some good points being made and then things that should outright be ignored.

Also note that buffs are being discussed as well.

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