Guild Wars 2

Genius idea. Put it on the hero panel so you can equip a mini. Give it a check/uncheck box like helm and shoulders for when you want to hide or show it. And it wouldn’t go to your bank when you deposit all.

Meluna.1764:

I understand completely that you can’t login each day. Same here. But wouldn’t a weekly hurt people like us even more? The achievements would have to be balanced that they take more time. Weekend players would then only have two days to finish while others have seven. If they do get that balanced somehow, I would appreciate an additional tier of laurel income. Could backfire on us casuals though ^_~

Right now we have 8ish achievements everyday. We pick 5 to complete and get a laurel. What if every week we had 10 possible achievements tiers. We would pick our 7 favotite and get a laurel for each one we complete (up to 7 max) as you conplete each achievement. This way you are still rewarded one laurel at a time, up to 7 per week, but didn’t have the daily time restraint. Either do a little everyday, or all at once.

I’d even suggest scrapping the monthly and instead, if players complete 7 weekly tiers, they get a bonus 3 laurels, giving 10 for the week. You could still get 40 per month (10 per week x 4 weeks) as the current system (30 dailies + 10 for the monthly.)

I will add that the daily never felt like a requirement or chore until laurels were added with ascended items via laurels. Since dailies are account based instead of character, I feel like I have to log in every day if I want to gear my alts in a reasonable amount of time. So if Anet wants to keep some sort of daily reward, make them easier with less reward and put laurels some where else (like a weekly).

DR has always made dungeons and FotM feel like a daily chore.

CreativeAnarchy.6324:

I would like a weekly in addition to the daily and monthly.

The goal is to get rid of dailies completely. Dailies and daily DR need to go bc they inadvertently turn the game into a chore and greatly penalize ppl that can’t log in everyday. If you miss a day, you can’t catch up bc you hit DR for doing something more than once on the days that you can play.

What I love about GW2

• No trinity. Being able to play any profession/play style that I feel like playing that day without hindering my party.
• 3 games in 1. The fact that I can hop into PvE, PvP or WvW really opens up the longevity of the game for me. As I get bored with one I can hop into another format and cycle around.
• Player progression. Almost anything I feel like doing that day tracks who I am as a player. Rewards, achievement points, vanity items, titles. I love them!
• Social gaming. I can easily tag along with what friends are doing, or seamlessly fight along side people in the open world, changing skills and and adjusting play style depending on what’s needed.

As A Player

All of these things make the game very fun to play. But let’s face it, we all have long term goals. Mine have been to get all 8 professions to lvl 80 and geared, get a few legendarys, hunt achievement points/titles, be proficient in most areas of the game, keep up with current trends in gear/vanity items. I know this is a lot, but when I bought GW2 I was planning on playing it for several years, as I did GW1.

Despite my hardcore goals, I’m a casual player. As in, my schedule is up in the air and I never know when I’ll be able to log in, and when I log in, I always feel like doing something different. But everything that I do, typically rewards and helps me get closer to my long term goals (ei. leveling an alt, getting tokens for armor, mats for legendary etc).

The Issue

The current reward system feels like I’m being punished as a casual player. On a heavy work week, I might not be able to log in all week. So on Saturday I just feel like vegging out all day and think to myself “I’d love to go bust out 10-20 dungeon runs and get that armor” or “I’ve been wanting ascened items for a while, I’d like to go farm a stack of fractal relics”. But with the current system we get max rewards for doing everything, once per day, no more, no less. If you miss a day, you can never get that reward, if you do it more than once, and you hit DR, getting less and less.

This stinks.

Suggested Solution

Instead of rewarding hardcore players for logging in every day and doing all of the daily’s and dungeon runs and meta events, why not make these things weekly based?

Example: Your account could run CoF 25ish times on your account per week before hitting DR. This way, you can use any profession, and run them any time. A few a day, or all at once. Dailys would be Weeklies and reward 10 laurels instead of 1. This way I don’t have to log in every day, but I can still earn the same amount as everyone else once I do log in.

TL;DR. The current system rewards you for logging in everyday and in order to maximize your efficiency you must do what anet tells you to. Your Daily, one dungeon run, one FotM etc. Why not make them all weekly based, so you can play what you want to that day, without being afraid of missing out on potential max rewards.

What do you guys think?

JustTrogdor.7892:

Check this thread maybe:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Paying-Gold-for-your-help/first#post2008685

LoL, that thread was also started by Vinny only 6 hours ago.

And in response your @Indigo’s question, NO you can not stomp underwater.

IndigoSundown.5419:

Does the finisher not work underwater? If it does, and you can’t close and use it before Lick Wounds is available and the pet revives and rezes, the problem is with you.

So you’re saying it’s appropriately balanced for a pet to rez a player while taking full dmg from three foes..a pet that can’t heal, block or blind.

The thread’s not about how to finish a Ranger underwater, it’s about the pets OP healing ability.

IndigoSundown.5419:

Beorn Saxon.4762:

IndigoSundown.5419:

Does the finisher not work underwater? If it does, and you can’t close and use it before Lick Wounds is available and the pet revives and rezes, the problem is with you.

Except that you can move around underwater while in the downed state. Face it, a lot of ppl have this issue, not one person being a noob.

So far, I count 5 people. Is that a lot?

5 out of 13 that have commented. That’s about 40% and I’m not so sure you should be included until you’ve fought a ranger underwater. You’re offering hypothetical criticism on something you have not even done yourself.

IndigoSundown.5419:

Does the finisher not work underwater? If it does, and you can’t close and use it before Lick Wounds is available and the pet revives and rezes, the problem is with you.

Except that you can move around underwater while in the downed state. Face it, a lot of ppl have this issue, not one person being a noob.

Guardian or Ranger IMO.

Guardian – natural survivability (health regen, blocks etc.)

Ranger – go ranged and stay out of the fight.

I agree with OP. I’ve already got 8 lvl 80s and 100+ trans stones (lvl 79 or under) that I’ll never use. Most of those are from map completion, but yes, the lvl 80 zones should reward lvl 80 x-stones imo.

The ultimate reason is money, they want you to buy them from the gem store.

I don’t hate hard content. I hate that every type of farming has been nerfed. DR needs to go, amongst other handicaps like it.

I agree, I fought a ranger underwater 3v1 and the pet rezzed the ranger faster then we could dish out dmg.

Rangers are near impossible to kill underwater, the healing needs to be scaled back.

- I understand that Anet designed the game for casuals.

- I understand Anet doesn’t want to give alt players a hardcore advantage.

- I understand Anet wants to time gate Ascended gear.

But it makes no sense to me that FotM levels be character bound, while the daily rewards are once per account. If I go through the trouble of leveling two characters to 10+, then they should both be able to get the daily chest reward. I can’t play everyday, so on the days I do play, it would be nice to run them both.

I’m trying to get a back capacitor for both, which requires a lot of fractal relics. These items are account bound, so it’s not like I’m making any money (or an advantage) over people that play only one character.

Having alts =\= hardcore, but making dailys account bound and forcing me to log in everyday feels like a hardcore chore.

Normal dungeons and even meta events can all be done once per day per character, so the FotM mechanics makes no sense to me. I literally have two characters to gear, so why am I punished?

I only have the tolerance to do this for an hour every so often…

But I typically make 5 gold an hour farming Karka in Southsun.

TA is also a fast dungeon and I’ve heard you can use the tokens to make some sort of coil that sells quite nicely.

Guardian.

I rarely ever see a mace/shield Warrior.

I hate to say it, but GW1 did it better and they NEED to copy this idea.

There needs to be an NPC that you can show your town clothes and hats to. Then that item is unlocked for your account and you can revisit it as many times as you need to re-get that item. (Just like the HoM npc).

I accidentally deleted my GW2 hat and t shirt and will never have the chance to get them again. This mechanic has really frustrated me since launch.

ANSWER:

- Originally they had 12 classes, including a heavy armored Juggernaut, but they combined them all into 8 classes.

I hope we get new profession/races in the future, however, I doubt we will get these:

Monk – anet does not want a healer, so they stated the term monk would not be used (bc it would be confusing bc the first gw1 healer was called Monk)

Paragon – anet has stated that the Paragons morphed into Guardians over history. (technically they stated that the teachings of the paragon spread across the land and were combined with magic and the result was the Guardian. It’s not likely that Paragons exist any more in their original state).

Assassins are still open for use, so are Ritualits (lore wise at least). Although Anet has put many of their mechanics into current professions.

3rd party ad ons already exist. Use at your own risk though.

3rd party ad ons were also semi widely used in GW1. Anet did not support them, however, they did not punish ppl for using them either.

I know there is a third party program that will unlock your zoom so you can go out indefinitely…good for areal screen shots and what not.

I just tested it and you were right. Runes > traits.

Pure Voice – shouts convert a condition into a boon.

Rune of the Soldier – shouts remove a condition.

Anyone know how these intertwine together? Which gets applied first? I’d hope that the trait would go first, this always getting the benefit of the boon, and the rune this clearing any second cond that might be on you. But I don’t know.

Right now it is 6:38am for the developers, Anet. I suspect it wouldn’t go live until they are at the office, another 2:22 hours from now. And even then, give them a few more hours to get settled in and push it live.

My guess is another 4 to 8 hours from this post.

The update notes usually go live first, and they aren’t even out yet.

Check LA, DR, guild roster, friend list.

I always have 70/250 guild members on, and there is always a queue for WvW during prime time.

Thanks for invisible bags!

Could we, by default, have soulbound items go to the invisible bag?

I store all of my alt gear in my invisible bag. When I swap a two weapon set out for a single weapon set (sword/shield for GS), the mainhand weapon will replace the GS in the invisible bag, but the offhand will go to the first available slot in my inventory. This means I’m constantly having to keep moving items BACK to the invisible bag and always fretting about scrapping my alt gear (which I have done).

I just hate swapping out gear and it not going straight to the invisible bag.

My solution would be to have soulbound items default to the invisible bag. Any other possible solutions are welcome.

I want mounts too and I will always be here to upvote those posts.

Having them as an end game collection item for cosmetic purposes only would be one way to do them, nice idea.

Jrunyon.3012:

Beorn Saxon.4762:

Unless you are a PvE player and HAVE done the PvP monthly, you really shouldn’t be posting on this thread. ANd no, you are not correct.

Sorry bud, once you make your post, as a fellow forum goer, I have every right to post in this thread regardless of what you think of my opinion.

Anyways, what would be your solution to the so called problem then, if you don’t want it made easier?

I said it was taking ME forever to complete and asked if I anyone else was having the same issue.

Helpful responses have been ‘it shouldn’t be taking you that long’. ‘Try tourneys with rank buff’ ’it’s appropriate for ppl that pvp semi regularly’.

Those are all great answers. Thank you to those contributors.

You sir have not been helpful. And I do not appreciate you accusing me of whining for easier content or to get something for nothing. Neither of which I said.
Yes I’m frustrated bc it’s been difficult for me. Hence the thread asking if it was me or if it is the monthly. It appears to be just me. Not surprised bc I’m a pve player. Thanks again for making my day worse instead of being a cordial community member.

Jrunyon.3012:

Beorn Saxon.4762:

This months PvP monthly is taking me FOR-EV-ER to complete. The ‘gain 6K rank points’ has taken me around 65 matches to complete. That seems a bit much.

Maybe for normal PvP players this isn’t an issue. Any other PvE players having this issue?

How about right there? You complain about it taking forever to complete, I’m assuming this means you want it shortened and made easier. Is that not correct?

Unless you are a PvE player and HAVE done the PvP monthly, you really shouldn’t be posting on this thread. ANd no, you are not correct.

Jrunyon.3012:

So let me get this straight, you don’t want to work towards getting the achievement, instead you’d like the points to be handed to you on a silver platter.

??? Um could you please quote where I said that.

Last month you had to win 3 tourny matches, which was to easy. This month you have to play 65 normal matches. That’s a HUGE jump up.

Mathias.9657:

Why are you doing the pvp monthly if you are a pve player lol?

Achievement points. And I like to occasionally PvP.

This months PvP monthly is taking me FOR-EV-ER to complete. The ‘gain 6K rank points’ has taken me around 65 matches to complete. That seems a bit much.

Maybe for normal PvP players this isn’t an issue. Any other PvE players having this issue?

Don’t forget Guild Challenges/Update

I will NEVER spend money on RNG items that are account bound.

For the people that don’t mind RNG, what happens when they get multiples? They are screwed with extra they won’t use.

What about people that hate RNG? Welp, to bad, you can’t buy it from others that have spares.

At christmas I met a guy that had 3 christmas baby quaggans and didnt even want any.

Now we have molten dyes, what happens when I get two of the same dye, welp I’m screwed bc I can’t use it. (I jumped the gun on the molten dyes, but this is still a very annoying mechanic.)

I’ve also got 6 Mini Priest that are account bound, at least they should be MF’able.

This is the one mechanic that is absurdly annoying.

It’s typically only CoF p1 that wants all the zerk warriors. I use gw2lfg.com every day and never have an issue finding a group.

This is the trade off we paid for not having a holy trinity. BC we have no trinity, PvE was dumbed down for any class, thus meaning the zerkers can easily faceroll all PvE content.

Sista.1925:

I meant what I said…look at the maps…tc/fa barely on their own maps…but almost entire servers on ours.

All maps are queued on TC. All maps are queued on all three servers at reset. People are everywhere, everywhere! Double teaming everything!

Yerffejy.6538:

And then you end up having Server 1 fighting S6

I’m in T2 and the servers are so equal that a S1 v S6 match has the same gap as S1 v S4…not as large as you say.

Yerffejy.6538:

roflstomp for a whole 2 weeks.

WvW battles are only 1 week long. The actual tourny/playoffs happen only twice a year, last 2 weeks and thy resume the eight tier ranking to match up equal servers.

Summary: Replace the current 8 tiers with 4 visions (6 servers per division). Each week you battle 2 servers from your division on a rotating schedule. After 24 weeks, have a 2 week tourny. Tourny rewards servers, top guilds, top players.

Your division is based off of your WvW rank (using current formula) and you may move up or down in division when rank is calculated at the end of each week (as they currently do).

I took a bit of time to pretty this up. The idea is to spice up who we play each week, while keeping it competitive and adding a bi-yearly tourny, which rewards every server, but specifically the top server, top guilds, and top players.

I put a lot of thought into it and am happy with the final proposal, it can be expanded or changed, but I think it’s a good start

G U A R D I A N. period.

I have 6 lvl 80s and 2 lvl 60s. I’ve played them all. War and Guardian were my first two. Guardian is def the tankiest. Ele maybe coming in second.

Guardians have more blocks and heals than any other class. My guardian runs glass canon all dmg stats with a hammer, and is still more tanky then most other professions. I use mine for dungeons and WvW, always the first to charge a zerg and the last man standing (well, not always, but I have no fear of charging in on the front line, that’s where we belong).

You can buy gems from most game stores via a gem card. They are the same prices. They come with a code on the back that you enter to redeem the gems. Best Buy carries them, you could check to see if they sell them online.

EDIT: You can buy them online via best buy. Free shipping or pick up the cards.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&_dynSessConf=-5045445248462526830&id=pcat17071&type=page&st=guild+wars+2+gem+card&sc=Global&cp=1&nrp=15&sp=&qp=&list=n&iht=y&usc=All+Categories&ks=960

It resets every Friday. The more points you earn unlock perks for your server throughout the week. Like 8% dodge regeneration. Rank is based off if lifetime accumulated points (there’s actually some long formula for this). And you move up or down or stay the same rank at Friday reset depending on if you pass or are passed by another server in total rank points.

A while ago I had made a glorious post, IMO, suggesting we make WvW more like a sports season that cycled every six months.

The season winners would’ve been rewarded with a unique title until the next season, as well as spoils. Maybe a special back item or cape like gw1 for the top players on the server. That post is long gone. Generally it was appreciated but I doubt it would ever be implemented. It was quite detailed on specifics too.

darkace.8925:

Beorn Saxon.4762:

I’ve always been annoyed that they are forced to roll with kits.

Engineers are forced to roll with kits? That’s news to me and my level 80 engineer.

If you’ve found a solid build that doesn’t kitten your team and allows you to roll through pve at a decent rate that does not include:

bomb kit, grenade kit, med kit, flamethrower, elixer gun or tool kit… then good for you.

Why does engi only have 3 weapons and 1 weapon slot? Because anet intended for all engis to bring one of those kits. And that, yes, is annoying.

I feel for you OP. Valid concerns, and you should not have to reroll. Engis def got the bad end of the stick here.

Engi is not my main, but I do have a lvl 80 one and I’ve always been annoyed that they are forced to roll with kits.

I don’t like the bulky look. weapon skills shouldn’t be so awful. Wish I could roll an elixer build, but I’m not investing in elixers and then kitten my dmg by not bringing a kit. They need a lot of reworking. And all that on top of no valid legendary.

And to even make a decent dmg build you have to put all of your traits into supporting that one kit. So lame.

Precursors aren’t expensive because of to much gold in the economy, they are expensive because of how difficult and few there are of them.

After the karka event, precurors went down in cost bc there were more of them.

If you nerf farming, thus gold and thus precursor cost (which wouldn’t actually happen), it will still take the same amount of farming to afford the lower cost.

This is a silly idea, I do not agree. There are other paths just as easily farmable and ppl will flock to if you change cof p1. The easiest farm will always be farmed, nerf one, we’ll find another. CoF p2, SE p1, SE p3…all take 10 minutes with a decent pug.

IRSyKo.5843:

Beorn Saxon.4762:

Score update. My oh my how the tides turned this week. Good fights all the way around.

I hope you guys win!

Haha, thanks. I do too, but that’s probably because I’m a little bias

I have enjoyed the challenging push from FA this week. GG to you guys, that’s for sure.

Score update. My oh my how the tides turned this week. Good fights all the way around.

Here is a score update.

Got my days mixed up and thought this evening was reset. IT’S NOT!

So with the scores this close, you’re telling me we’ve still got a chance! What’s this 1 in a million talk?

I got 3 drops by the time I hit lvl 10 of the item needed to craft the quiver. It seems to drop semi often, hopefully it won’t take you to long.