Guild Wars 2

Seriously? Somebody actually went to the trouble to type up a complaint like this?

MF is not gone. Nothing has been implemented yet. What they will be doing is removing it as a stat from gear and instead making it an account bound trait. When they do this they will compensate the people who have been using MF gear. How they’ll be doing that compensation isn’t yet known.

Astralporing.1957:

LilMcGinley.3890:

Crafting needed something like this to be worth-while again. No one crafts for any reason other than to level now, it’s pointless otherwise. Now you can make money and help guildies by being a 500 crafter.

From what i understand from the dev post, both new crafting materials and all the lev 500 crafted eq will be account bound, so no helping others, and no making money.
The good news is that “every ascended tier gear will be account bound” statement, coupled with legendaries becoming ascended level stat, might mean that legendaries will be account-bound as well.

Actually they did say that some of the crafting materials would be trade-able. Admittedly, they only said “some”

Mea.5491:

But isn’t ascended gear crafting only and account bound? I think that’s what they said in the announcement or whatever… So if I want ascended stuff I am forced to craft and I hate crafting. I’ll just stick with exotic stuff on my characters. At least those things will be cheaper and they are just slightly “worse” than ascended, lol.

The great thing is, contrary to what many might tell you, you can do just that and get away with it. Isn’t it great? You’ve chosen not to shoot for it, and you won’t be hindered in any way. Isn’t the game great?

Vayne.8563:

Raine.1394:

Vayne.8563:

Raine.1394:

Imbune.5497:

Raine.1394:

Tiger.7506:

The difference between medicine and poison is in the dose.

Gw2 need a little bit of vertical progression.

This works well in the context of traditional Chinese medicine. We in the west have a simpler and more straightforward understanding. Poison is poison and medicine is medicine. I do agree with you if you are alluding to gear grind treadmills as poison, but would disagree that a little poison is a good thing.

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Ignorance is bliss….research ‘therapeutic index’…maybe then you’ll understand the point he was making…maybe

…oh Lord

I understood the point he was making; give me a break, how could you miss it? But, I don’t think it pertains. For those of us who equate VP with poison, why would we ever think a little of it was good? It is wisdom of a proverbial nature, that while it may be true (with the usual qualifications—i.e., intent is a factor, poison is poison, medicine is medicine), is here misapplied.

People associate VP with poison because of how other games have used VP. That doesn’t mean that all VP is going to necessarily be the same.

I agree that in the past, most games have been effectively destroyed by VP at least for players like me. Yet I don’t think VP itself is at fault.

The question becomes, can you have any VP at all without a full on gear grind. I think Anet thinks you can.

For me the jury is still out. So far, I’m not overly stressed by ascended stuff, because it’s not gating content for me (which is another sign of a gear grind).

But I am approaching this issue cautiously. I just don’t have the automatic negative reaction that you do….more like a bad taste in my mouth.

Yeah, as you may recall I played WoW for years—I’m pretty much ground out. I am interested in your thoughts on the blog post today. When they talked about Progression Advancement, or character progression, they prefaced it by saying that they don’t want us grinding out gear every 3-6 months, and then began by saying and this is what we are going to do instead. They then talked about a common element of horizontal progression, which is skill or ability progression. The “instead” seemed like a strong transition. Do you believe it represents a stronger commitment to horizontal progression in the game? Did you read any of that into it?

See, I don’t think Anet has ever “changed its spots” the way what many others have. This is because I’ve followed the devs for a long, long time. You don’t suddenly turn around and say to your core group of players, okay, full gear grind now with no reason. I know through channels that I’m not supposed to know that just about every tester that they want to with ascended gear hated and complained about it. Anet did it anyway. Why would any company risk putting off their entire player base unless they felt they needed to.

The point is, they didn’t start a “treadmill”. It’s not a full on gear grind. It’s something quite different. Why did they do it? Because they felt they had to. There was no other reason. It’s not a cash grab, because ascended equipment can’t be sold on the auction house. It doesn’t profit them at all, unless they felt their backs were against the wall.

But I also know the company and know the game that they made. I listened to what was said. I read between the lines. This isn’t a company that embraces vertical progression. They did, as I’ve always said, compromise…because they felt they had no choice. It was costly to them either way, but they did what they felt was right.

They needed something in this game that was sticky. They didn’t have it and they KNEW they didn’t have it. Even me, a so-called fan boi, knew that I wasn’t as attached to my characters as I was to my GW 1 characters. And I knew why. More importantly Anet knew it. This is a good MMO but it’s by far the least addictive MMO I’ve ever played. I didn’t enjoy WoW, but found it more addictive than this.

So now, this living story/achievement things has provided the stickiness Anet has been searching for. Not for everyone surely, but it’s something they have and they’re building that other games dont’ have and probably can’t match. It’s a different kind of progression. They can now start to take off the training wheels.

I don’t know that we’ll ever see another tier of gear past ascended. If so, maybe legendary. What’ I’m 100% we won’t see here is a full on gear treadmill like other games. Even with all the gear out so far, I can still beat all the content in the game, except high level fractals, with rares.

Finally, somebody gets it. Thank you!

Dog.1472:

As someone with 8 level 80s, I am very concerned. They said that making ascended gear will be time gated, so that means no amount of work I do will bring me any closer to gearing up all of my characters.

I find this incredibly stupid.

I’ll admit I don’t have nearly as many alts, but I fail to see the issue here. Having ascended gear will have minimal effect on game play over all. You’ll still be able to play those alts effectively in their current gear. Personally, if I were to make any ascended gear, it would be for one character. Then, if I felt the gumption to do so, I’d work on a second. If not, I’d play the character as is.

Imperator.3475:

Thanks for answering that. Another question I forgot it, I thought I read somewhere that Celestial armor is account-bound, is that incorrect?

That is correct. You’ll be unable to sell it or buy it on the trading post. Since it’s account bound the only way to get it is to craft it yourself.

Honestly it doesn’t matter to me if we get it or not. I’ll still go for it, since they’re adding it, but even when they first introduced it I didn’t loose my head over it.

TheAmpca.1753:

Orion the Cursed.1206:

If it annoys you, don’t do it.

Ever thought of getting the ascended with the same stat as your exotic? Considering thakittens actually harder to get some Exotic prefix compared to the Ascended ones, i dont see the problem.

I had a build with exotics pow/vit/crit that stat combo doesn’t exist on ascended geat

Here’s a question… How do you know it doesn’t exist on Ascended? The trinkets, maybe. But have you stopped to consider they may add more trinkets? Plus, they haven’t released the weapons or armor yet, so how do you know your build won’t work? Wait and see what comes, don’t jump to conclusions.

I’m also happy about the changes that are coming, even the Ascended gear. Granted, I’m not an altaholic. I don’t care about getting Ascended on ALL of my characters, just my main one. It’s taken me time to get all the trinkets, now I’ll just have to spend a bit more getting armor and weapons and eventually a legendary. Honestly, it gives me something to do. Let’s face it, Exotics are too easy to get. Go for Ascended!!!

Hmmm, a legendary trinket, you say? I could get behind this, assuming I come up with a way to actually get one, lol. Thanks for the clarification.

You can do as many of the daily achievements as you like, and you will get credit for those achievements. It just won’t count anymore towards your “Daily” since you’ve already reached it.

I don’t think that the new Legendary gear is going to be armor or back related. Most likely it’ll be new weapons, and possibly a revamp of the existing ones. The rest of the gear is likely just going to be Ascended.

For starters, Ascended is as high as they’ll go, they already said it. Also, for those who care to remember, they said they would eventually be releasing Ascended weapons and armor at some point. Honestly, this announcement should come as no surprise to anyone. In fact I’ve seen a few posts on here asking when it would finally be happening. Guess what? It’s finally happening.

Ok, inflammatory post aside, this is MY PERSONAL OPINION. It’s entirely possible that others share this opinion, and if so mores the power to you.

And my opinion is this… I don’t give a squat about the leader board, and the points that are awarded for achievements are simply a nice side effect of my playing the game. The in game rewards I get for those points are nice, and I admit I’ll use them. However, what does the leader board give me? Absolutely diddly, nothing, zero, zilch, zip, and a whole ladda nadda.
Am I grateful to ANet for giving me extra points for GW1? Yes, but I would have earned those 300 points eventually (yes, only 300. I wasn’t particularly thrilled with the grind necessary for 50 in HoM).
Now, as to the points. I don’t play the game to earn achievement points. I play because I enjoy the game. If I purposefully earn achievements, it’s because there is an in game reward that goes with that achievement that I want. Just for example, let’s take Bazaar of the Four Winds. I wanted the Crystal Node, and so I set about getting the necessary number of achievements to unlock it. I did NOT do the achievements that gave the most points, I did the easiest achievements I could.
Again, it is MY PERSONAL OPINION that the leader board does nothing but give people something to argue about, and honestly I wouldn’t mind if ANet removed it entirely. Thank you and have a good day.

Wouldn’t it be great if they gave the GW1 players another 500 points just because of the complaining in this thread?

Mkalafut.1273:

Also a problem with posting this in the suggestion forum is there are so many BAD suggestions that I don’t think Anet even reads em anymore. I mean seriously look at the front page of that forum and confidently tell me that if you were a Dev you’d read that crap.

I sure wouldn’t. So many complainers about pointless stuff. Not that the general forum is better, but at least there’s a chance people see it here.

Actually one of the developers (I forget who) said that they read every post that goes through that board, and that some of them have actually ended up in the game, or caused the game to be changed. You really should think about it.

Yargesh.4965:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/GW2-unlikely-to-get-expansions-Interview

This is also old news and has already been discredited several times.
http://www.twitch.tv/guildwars2/b/431423423

You know… this is actually a good idea!! If I were you I’d put it in the suggestion boards.

Im Mudbone.1437:

So, you’re saying there is a game that killed WoW, I can’t stand WoW but it is very far from being dead and GW2 is just starting it’s life cycle.

I believe if you read his post he said “In five years…”

I’m all for the leader boards being removed. It serves no purpose, gives no rewards (in game or otherwise) and only serves to give a useless bragging right and causes a lot of arguments that go absolutely nowhere. In my opinion it was a huge mistake for ANet to even introduce it.

I don’t have any pictures, but the only armor I know of that would go well with the Hellfire skins is Citadel of Flames armor. You might want to look into it.

They’ve said on repeated occasions that there is an LFG tool in the works, and even said yesterday that they had beta-tested it and it’ll be out before the end of the year. These complaint threads are redundant. Also, Stealth isn’t broken, it’s nerfed. Check the patch notes.

I currently have seven characters, three of which are level 80 and I’m working on a forth (currently 25).

Fractals immediately bumps you to level 80 when you enter the instance. However, it isn’t recommended until you actually reach that level because you’ll be able to get better gear, increasing your survivability. As you go, Fractals can be one of the most brutal dungeon series in the game. However, in terms of drops and money making, it can also be one of the most rewarding.

I have 4192, mostly from dailys. Been playing since third beta.

The official word is yes, the bug has been fixed. I can’t remember which patch release did it though.

Honestly you can’t. If you want to keep the jade skin you’ll have to buy another sword with the same stats and put the new skin on it. You could always transfer the Jade skin to a blue or white sword, which would make it account bound, but you would still end up buying another sword to put the Zenith skin on.

Mephane.8496:

Berelious.3290:

How does one forfeit the other? They set it up in tiers. All you have to do is earn more points and you get to the next tier, and possibly unlock more weapon skins then. I’m not seeing the issue, since you’re constantly earning points and can eventually unlock everything.

I don’t get it. Because you don’t mind (or want the armor skins anyway), I am not supposed to be bothered, either? Read the forums, I am not the only one who does not want these armor pieces at all. If there were a choice between another weapon skin and an piece of armor skin, everyone would be happy, this includes you. So why exactly are you against this proposal?

I’m afraid you still missed my point, so here’s the point. You CAN get all the weapon skins, you’ll just get them all EVENTUALLY as opposed to IMMEDIATELY. If people aren’t patient enough to wait till they’ve acquired enough points to unlock them that’s a problem for them. Me? I want all the weapon skins as well, rather than the armor skins. However, even if it’s a year down the road, I know I’ll get enough points to unlock them all EVENTUALLY. Hence why I fail to see what the issue is.

Marrond, the only chests you could possibly have recieved so far were for the 100 and 500 points. 1000 hasn’t come out yet because the server time hasn’t reset yet.

How does one forfeit the other? They set it up in tiers. All you have to do is earn more points and you get to the next tier, and possibly unlock more weapon skins then. I’m not seeing the issue, since you’re constantly earning points and can eventually unlock everything.

I wish you all the best, Palu. If I don’t see you in game, take care of yourself, and good luck!

Battleax? Heck yeah!

All of the above actually. They increase the chance of rare finds from any harvest node.

Hi memphissz. As to your question about the temples, when they’re contested there is a series of events that you have to complete in order to unlock said temple and cause the karma vendor to appear. Each temple has their own set of events. The temple of Dwayna (Temple of Zephyrs) for example, has a clearing event, two escort events, and a final clearing event involving a champion boss. After the final event a large chest appears for those who participated, and the karma vendor becomes available. Even after doing this though, it’s possible for the temple to become overrun again, making the waypoint contested again and the karma vendor unavailable. Each temple has the same armor skin, but the stats are different.

As for Karma weapon vendors, usually those only supply Rare level weapons, and quite a few can be found in each city. The tier 3 cultural venders supply unique skins for level 80 characters. Exotic weapons are usually found as drops, or can be crafted if you have the profession high enough.

As for where you might get the best tanking gear, or which venue is the best to aquire it (events, karma vender, dungeons) I’m afraid that’s a matter of opinion. Personally, I purchased most of my armor from the Trading Post, the one exception being a set of heavy armor from the temple of Dwayna. It’s a matter of personal taste, which you’d be better to try and work out for yourself. I hope this is helpful.

Oh heck yeah, I’d buy an expansion! I’m loving this game! Haters gonna hate, bashers gonna bash, but out of all the games I play this is the one I always come back to. It can only get better!

It would also be nice if the back item could be seen from the Hero menu. You can see equipped armor and weapons, why not the back item?

I’m all for this too, if it’s at all possible. It’s difficult to farm all those karka shells, and expensive to buy them. Considering it’s an item right up there with the Triforge Pendant, I think there should be a way to ascend the Ancient Karka Shell as well.

Honestly, this month’s Monthly Achievement will probably be the first I’ve completed since the game was released, specifically because it does not make me do WvW. I’m not the biggest fan of dungeons or fractals, to be honest. I’ve played the odd story mode to help out guildies, but that’s pretty much it. But I’d rather do that than WvW or fractals any day.

They’ll probably fix it in the next update. Enough posts have been put up about it that they can’t have missed it.

I love this freaking game!!! I’m glad there’s more to come but I still love this game!!

I loved the event that spawned Southsun Cove, I’ll admit. Despite the mishaps I had a blast. But I have to agree now, the area is too difficult to farm for too little reward. It’d be nice if ANet revisits the area sometime in the future to make it worth our while.

It’s been said on repeated occasions over and over again through this forum, twitter, facebook, and other places, that the January monthly would not count.

I find absolutely nothing wrong with the laurel system. You get something a bit extra for doing the daily besides Karma. And now even the Karma is worth it. Sounds like a Win/Win situation to me.

I loved the game before, but even more now that they’re strengthening the current content. Only makes a great game even better!!!

It’s now showing up for me. Just took a bit to load I guess.

I had the same question… the broom isn’t there either.

I find myself having to laugh at all this argument about magic find. It’s all a moot point anyway. When you’re playing the game the only person you’re responsible to for your armor is yourself. You are in no way obligated to post your armor, describe your stats, or state your build. Anybody who doesn’t like that, tough luck. If I’m joining a group I’m not posting my equipment as an entry fee, nor am I going to buy more than one set of armor per character unless I dang well feel like it. And if that set of armor is based on MF, that’s my business, not yours. You don’t like it? I’ll find another group, plain and simple. That’s all the argument anyone needs. Your math, your figures, your statistics, your examples, all irrelevant.

It depends on the demand. Trading Post prices are set by the players, not by ANet. Just keep an eye on them in TP and when the price goes up, sell.

I find myself having to laugh at all this argument about magic find. It’s all a moot point anyway. When you’re playing the game the only person you’re responsible to for your armor is yourself. You are in no way obligated to post your armor, describe your stats, or state your build. Anybody who doesn’t like that, tough luck. If I’m joining a group I’m not posting my equipment as an entry fee, nor am I going to buy more than one set of armor per character unless I dang well feel like it. And if that set of armor is based on MF, that’s my business, not yours. You don’t like it? I’ll find another group, plain and simple. That’s all the argument anyone needs. Your math, your figures, your statistics, your examples, all irrelevant.