Guild Wars 2

Warrior, 1.56 deaths per hour (372 deaths in 239h 11m)

Avan.1540:

They appear to have a similar droprate to exotics in my experience; you can however get them from certain personal story missions (such as level 10 and level 30)

Sounds about right. I’ve never seen either a key or an exotic in a loot drop, in a few hundred hours of playtime.

Of course, as you say, I have gotten keys from personal story steps. And every time I do, after throwing away another few tonics and sighing about the bank space I’m wasting on boosters I never use, I really don’t feel too bad about never having had a key as a random drop.

DigitalKirin.9714:

This is by design, though. If there aren’t players willing to fight to hold the land from the undead, the undead will reclaim it. It’s the dynamic in Dynamic Events.

That design was based on the broader design that Orr would be endgame, though; not the new design that Fractals is the only endgame and there is no reason for Orr ever to have the critical mass of players to be able to hold the land from the undead.

1. Pre-order headstart
2. 275 hours
3. Just over 23 gold
4. One max-level character
5. I don’t do anything for income
6. No
7. No
8. No
9. No idea, a few I guess?
10. None
11. None
12. Yes, 400 weaponcrafting, two others close to 400
13. No, except for low level ones that I already have 250 banked
14. Well, I play for fun, so yeah for the most part it has been worth it
15. DUNGEONFINDER!

I’d like to see a separate counter for points from one-off achievements and points from repeatables.

Not because I care about anyone else’s achievement points, but because I care about my achievement points, and I’d like to see how much I had achieved without the number being muddied by the fact that I’ve done the daily reward a bunch of times.

If you want to explore 100% of the world, you need to explore 100% of the world.

Anyway, the only benefit for dinging 100% is the gifts of exploration needed to make a legendary – and if you want to make a legendary, you’ll need to do a lot more in WvW than just run around exploring it.

Happening to me, randomly, when I zone into or out of Lion’s Arch.

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Stick to your plan of levelling alts, and then park them when they hit 80.

I’ve hardly played my main at all since they switched on the endgame treadmill, but I’m having a fantastic time playing a Charr engineer alt. Nothing has changed for levelling characters, it’s still as fun as ever.

I don’t know that I’m playing less, but I’ve hardly played my main at all since we first started hearing the news leading up to the November patch.

I was enjoying working towards getting his gear just right (all exotics, with the right stats, and a great look). Now, I can’t see the point of bothering. Already some of his gear has been made obsolete, with the promise of more and more new gear to come, obsoleting the rest of it.

So these last couple of weeks, I’ve been 99% playing low-level alts, which are still fun.

The community in “that game” were so unpleasant that it made me like the game more. I couldn’t help thinking “if complete kittenwads like you guys hate this game, then I love it more than ever”.

This happened to me first attempt – second attempt I had no problem.

I think on the first attempt I killed the eye just at the moment that it was teleporting from one place (the side where it has the two lesser eyes and the frogger-style pulses on the ground) to another (the centre of the pool). May be significant?

Southern Lord.7254:

I don’t understand all of the anger towards Anet at the minute.

This is an MMORPG. RPG games, since the dawn of time, have been about stats and vertical progression.

Well, exactly. A lot of us got very excited that Anet promised something that was actually different from the same old same old that RPGs have delivered since, as you say, “the dawn of time”.

And then it turned out that what we get isn’t something different at all – it’s the same old same old. Hence the anger.

Don’t get me wrong – I don’t think that progression games are inherently bad or anything. I’ve enjoyed them plenty. But if you want to play that sort of game, there are dozens of them out there. If you wanted something different, there was GW2 and nothing else.

Now, there’s just nothing.

Agreed 100%. Those who don’t wish to be spoilered can avoid it, those who don’t care will get on there and check it out, and hopefully stuff will be a LOT less buggy when it hits the live servers.

You should probably try playing GW1, it will give you the perspective you need to comment on GW2’s design decisions.

Timesink.3576:

I am missing one vista (265/266) and have hopped all over the place checking the numbers presented when each zone loads. Ayone have experience on how reliable those are? If there was a rollback, do those meters rollback as well?

I would be very very surprised if every zone said “n/n vistas” all complete, but your total was 265/266. But if you were bugged like that, you’d need to check every zone to confirm it anyway before putting in a support ticket, so you might as well.

Port to a waypoint next to a zone border, so you can quickly step over and check two zones per waypoint.

I was in a similar situation, one vista left and couldn’t remember which zone I hadn’t finished. Turned out it was Diessa Plateau, where I hadn’t done the Cattlepult vista because it was bugged when I cleared that zone. Any chance that happened to you?

PoIs in the Heart of the Mists? (SPvP lobby)

TimeBomb.3427:

So now we combine the two. 67 + 48 + 48 + 25 + 15 + 15 vs 72 + 51 + 51 + 32 + 18 + 18. Simple math one more time, and we now know that, not including the infusion gem, ascended rings have 11% more stats than exotic rings. The only infusion gems that appear to be released have 5 of one stat, not including agony resistance. If we add this into the equation, ascended rings WITH a blue infusion gem have 13.3% more stats than exotic rings.

As an aside, a rare level 80 ring has +59 +42 +42 stats. A rare level 80 orb has +20 +14 +14. Combine them and compare to an exotic ring + exotic jewel : the exotic has 14.1% more stats.

So the jump from exotic to ascended is pretty much the same as the jump from rare to exotic.. just a tiny bit less.

I posted on the mmorpg.com forums to see if anyone wanted an invite, got three requests pretty quickly.

Arnath.2319:

that is exactly what they have done here, add a new tier between Exotic and Legendary, something that was very important to do as this game is dying fast and loosing many players to boredom at level 80.

Uh, wrong, mate. Given that Exotic and Legendary items currently have absolutely identical stats, a tier between them would also have identical stats.

Ascended is not in between Exotic and Legendary. It is above both – and for that reason, Legendaries are being buffed so as not to be outclassed.

Enjoy your workout on the treadmill.

Banquetto.9521:

I’m not going to start frothing at the mouth until we see some concrete details.

But if ArenaNet intend to move away from their originally expressed principles, and introduce content patches which inflate gear power, I will be very, very disappointed indeed.

So, the details are out, and it’s official: ArenaNet does intend to move away from their originally expressed principles, this content patch does inflate gear power, and further inflation is promised for the future.

I’m very, very disappointed indeed.

Thanks for that Dee Jay.. I’ll switch to guildhead for my informational needs if it’s accurate and gw2db isn’t.

I’ve been relying on http://www.gw2db.com/ to look up info on items in game.

However I’m concerned that it may not be accurate.

According to GW2DB, legendary weapons have higher stats than level 80 exotics.

e.g. Pearl Broadsword 995-1100 damage, Twilight 1011-1117; Pearl Broadsword +179 / +128 / +128 stats, Twilight +182 / +130 / +130

But I read on a certain flame-filled thread on the general discussion forum (I’m sure you can see which one) dozens of people flatly stating that legendary stats are absolutely identical to level 80 exotics, and didn’t see anyone disagreeing.

So what’s the story? Stats are exactly identical? Or legendary stats are slightly higher?

Needless to say I don’t have a legendary myself yet to check.

I’m not going to start frothing at the mouth until we see some concrete details.

But if ArenaNet intend to move away from their originally expressed principles, and introduce content patches which inflate gear power, I will be very, very disappointed indeed.

Rhyse.8176:

The real question should be, why did they increase movement speed out of combat? So people can travel faster? Who needs that?

It’s intended to equate to the fact that in every other fantasy MMO in the world, if you’re out of combat, you can mount up to travel faster.

Creature.4038:

I just wish they would change it abit everyday for some variety and not have it exactly the same everyday

Hmm, perhaps something along the lines of the Zaishen Missions and Bounties in GW1, where every day you’re being encouraged to go to a different part of the world. The current system does encourage you to find an efficient place (like the reactor in Metrica) and do the same thing every day.

Ned Stark.9356:

They already risked things on hype and we got the broken promises. Now all thats left of the game are the fanatical devotees, the army of bots, and a game flawed beyond comprehension. “Mission Accomplished” as Bush once said.

I’ve played games that were flawed beyond comprehension, and this, sir, is no game flawed beyond comprehension.

Perfect? No. Are some people disappointed? Sure, and I understand their reasons, even if I don’t agree with all or most of them.

But flawed beyond comprehension? Exaggeration like that just makes your post look.. well, flawed beyond comprehension.

DarkWasp.7291:

atarigenocide.4987:

How is WvW not doable by all players?

If a server consistently gets dominated by the other 2 servers in its matchup, 100% world completion is not possible and badges can come in at a rate of 1-5 per day if you’re lucky.

If a server consistently gets dominated by the other 2 servers in its matchup, it will surely drop down a tier next week. Maybe you’ll have more success against weaker opposition in the next tier down.

Waar Kijk Je Naar.8713:

kiranslee.4829:

GW2 is kinda like wow , carebear pvp game.

Wut? GW2 has competitive skill-based PvP while WoW has unbalanced stats/grind-based PvP. How can you say they are alike?

By “kinda like WoW” he means that neither game allows you to genuinely hurt another player (i.e. kill them and take their stuff).

In that sense, GW2 and WoW are very much alike; at the other end of this spectrum would be games like Eve Online and Darkfall.

Banquetto.9521:

I have always found dyes incredibly streaky. Ever since released, there were days when I got a bunch of dyes, and days when I got none at all.

I recant this statement. I have gotten so many dyes drop this weekend that I do not believe it possible that it’s just another streak. Drop rates have been increased, I’m certain of it.

Random is random, but some outcomes are just way too improbable without the random chance being changed.

Kelliak.9152:

5) Water combat is god awful and makes you wonder why it was implemented in the first place if you can’t even use your character’s carefully selected abilities.

Water combat does indeed suck.

But when you say “you can’t even use your character’s carefully selected abilities”.. it makes me wonder if you’re not aware that you can assign a set of utility & elite skills for underwater combat? It’s a separate set, so your bar is empty when you go underwater until you do assign skills.

I didn’t realize this myself until last week.. after playing through several beta stages and two months since release (/facepalm)

Shindar the Reaver.2518:

Encouraging people to do things they hate (whether PVE or PVP) is not good game design.

What the hell? You think they should encourage you to do the things you already love doing? That makes no sense whatsoever. Of course it’s good game design to try to encourage people to do things they’re not currently doing.

I have always found dyes incredibly streaky. Ever since released, there were days when I got a bunch of dyes, and days when I got none at all.

I don’t like dungeons either but the question “why?” is an incredibly easy one to answer: because ArenaNet want to prod players into trying different parts of the game. There will be players out there who have never bothered to get a group together and check out a dungeon – now they will. There will be players that tried dungeons earlier and found them too hard – now maybe they’ll give them a second chance and find them a lot smoother as people are more experienced.

My rule of thumb is that if the winning server has less than double the score of the losing server, it’s been a good matchup, and that’s what we’ve had this week (CD 229k, DH 117k last I saw).

Sure has been a lot more fun than the last two weeks for Yak’s.. and a lot more fun than the tiers above us would be this week. Tier 3 – SoR 454k, ET 12k. Tier 2 – SoS 430k, HoD 18k.

Hell yes. I play to have fun and this wasn’t fun. No complaints from me, though: I’m glad that the game includes content aimed for all sorts of players, so obviously I have to expect some of it I’ll find fun and some I won’t.

p.s. clearly one of the skills the Clocktower tests isn’t reading comprehension: “Post here if you GAVE UP on the Clocktower!” =/= “Post here if you want to smugly gloat about completing the Clocktower”

I did do the dungeon but I’m still stuck on 3/4. Pretty sure it’s Reaper’s Rumble that isn’t registering for me – anyone know what you need to do in there to tick over the achievement?

Edit: Got it. Found a tip elsewhere on the internet that you cannot enter Reaper’s Rumble from the Labyrinth Overflow, it must be your own world’s Labyrinth. So I sat there until I got through the queue, entered RR, and boom, 4/4 Mad King’s World and my meta achievement completed.

Really enjoying this week so far (Yak here). After dominating last week so hard that it was no fun, and getting dominated so hard the week before last, it’s great to have control swinging back and forth over the week (even though CD are deservedly on top).

You can use utility skills underwater?

………..

Would have been nice to have known that a couple of months ago.

I didn’t find it remotely fun, and gave up very quickly without getting anywhere near success.

That’s fine by me, though. There are a number of elements in this game I don’t find fun, I find them pretty easy to ignore. As long as there are enough elements which are fun to keep me playing, I’m staying.

They’re not a terrible idea, but the controls, camera and collision detection are really far too poor to make them work. I agree with the OP, they’re really jumping annoyances.

Makes no difference to me, I hardly ever use them anyway.

I’m normally so irritated by the time I complete a vista that I skip the display just so I can move on with my life.

I don’t think guaranteed rares or anything like that is a good idea.

Just make them drop the same stuff as normal mobs, but more of it. Like several items, 10 crafting mats, more cash.. the idea of them granting karma is also a good one.

Just so if it takes ages to kill them, compared to normal mobs, you get a stack of stuff like you would have if you’d spent that time killing a bunch of normal mobs.

Last time I looked, the monthly achievement reward was some coin, some xp, and some Mystic Coins.

If you don’t want to feel “forced to PvP” – then don’t. Spend your time doing whatever aspect of the game you prefer, and you’ll get coin and xp for that. Spend some of the coin to buy Mystic Coins on the Trading Post, if you need them.

HawkMeister.4758:

Actually ANet´s “Gold 4 Gems” is a good solution already. Properly implemented, that is.

It´s basically copied over from EVE Online´s "Isk 4 PLEX ( gametime ) " and it has hugely impacted gold seller profit margins over there.

Well, except it’s not really a copy of EVE’s PLEX system.

In EVE, players buy and sell PLEXes for in-game currency. Therefore the price is a price which sellers are willing to accept for their $15 PLEX, and which buyers are willing to pay for a month of game-time.

In GW2, the gem-gold exchange rate is some nonsense fictitious number which ArenaNet have plucked out of thin air and does not reflect supply and demand at all. That’s why everyone who has bought gems for gold has been delighted at the price, and everyone who has bought gems for cash and sold them for gold has been disappointed at how little they got. That’s why legit gold-buying via gems costs something like five times as much as black market gold-buying.

The only way the currency exchange can have any effect whatsoever on the black market goldsellers is if players are allowed to buy and sell gems to each other for gold. Just put gems on the Trading Post as another commodity.

A “for dummies” would be good, I thought Elo-like systems like Glicko were designed for one vs. one competitions like Chess, not sure how they work in a three-way competition like GW2’s WvWvW.

Lumines.3916:

You remind me of this guy I grouped with randomly who proclaimed he hated events and only did hearts. “Hearts give you 100%, events don’t so I don’t do them.”

Well, if the game didn’t ram zone completion in your face so hard, there might be grounds to be surprised that someone would proclaim that they only do things which contribute towards it.

Fozzik.1742:

Hearts were added to the game to help people set in an on-rails MMO mentality to break out and realize they could wander, explore, and take part in the world. By the time you get to 70, they probably figured you should have the idea. Most of your open-world experience, plus your karma, come from dynamic events throughout the leveling curve.

In theory, yes. In practice, my experience has been that as I got higher and higher level, events got less and less frequent, and the ones that I did encounter were more and more likely to be bugged out and stuck. I actually felt that the game was training me NOT to rely on events as I got higher level.

Rukia.4802:

Go play a melee in any other MMO and tell me GW2 has boring abilities.

OK! My main in LOTRO is a Guardian, and that class has much, much more interesting abilities than any melee class I’ve played in GW2. Largely in the area of reactive abilities that can be used after a block or parry, and chains of abilities that can be used in sequence following these reactive abilities.

It’s the most fun melee class I’ve played in any MMO.

The only reason they exist is to extract money from you, so no, there is not any chance that Anet might boost drop rate a bit.

Hate underwater combat. The lack of options (two weapons, no utility skills), and the infernal bugging out kill it for me. I stopped using the knockback on my speargun for a while because I thought that was causing mobs to bug out (knocking them back into the scenery) – but no, they bug out and go invulnerable plenty often enough even without that.

If the bugs were fixed, underwater combat would simply be less fun than ground combat. As it is now, it’s something to be avoided. I do go after skillpoints and POIs underwater, but I will never do an underwater event, it’s just not worth the frustration and rage.