Guild Wars 2

“What type of challenge is most fun to you?”

The type where I have fun playing it.

Unfortunately, that type is not in this game – due to redundant game play, a lack of complex skills and no sense of diversity among builds. It’s bland, boring and tedious. There’s no feeling of weight where skills have that heavy impact and makes you feel like you’ve accomplished a feat when you pull off a successful combo etc.

I’m all with ya, OP.

This isn’t a video game. It’s an ego-stroking (via gear grinds & achievements), money grubbing (RNG casino), delusional masquerade that happens to be the very antithesis of “fun”.

That’s not true. Again, I’m a console player and that’s mainly because the lot of games I play are geared around game play, not loot. If they can get me, then why can’t they get the hundreds of thousands of other console players?

If Anet wants to be truly innovative, then they can devise a way to move this mindset over to the game play & combat etc.

Nothing for returning players. Just waste hours of your life to grind for achievements or gear.

For the recorded, I decided to play this game becuase ArenaNet said they were going to innovate the MMO genre. I haven’t played any other MMOs other than this franchise, so I’m not familiar with the loot mindset, but I certainly tell you that if that’s what makes the MMO genre… then that’s BULL kitten!

IMO, this mindset is an infection and needs to be destroyed.

Mirta.5029:

You say that they should focus on making the game fun, however could you give suggestions how?

The game is not fun because the primary focus seems to be rewards, loot etc. That’s a terrible way to run a video GAME.

You need to focus on the game play itself. The skills, the combat, the character development that impacts your skills and so on. People should be signing in because they actually want to go out in the world and just fight stuff. That’s not happening. People are signing in because they’re grinding for loot… BOOOOO!!!!

There needs to be more depth with skills and combat. It needs to be fun to play, not because it’s a “challenge”, but because just using the skills is entertaining… not redundant.

In fact, like a lot of successful games that pull this off (albeit different genres), people are rewarded for just using the skills… and not with loot, but with character animations, cool effects, an impact where you feel the power of your skills being used on your enemy. That’s a good reward. You put this reward behind a deep and complex skill system, where the customization is high and results in many different variations of combat that people can enjoy.

That’s a video game. That’s fun. Not this rewards mindset that people are seemingly conditioned to. D;

Guild Wars 2 is in the “pixarification” era. Sad but true.

http://youtu.be/rz6W0h3r30k

There’s some great adult concepts, but they’re deluded and broken down to appeal to younger audiences, which just defeats the purpose of having adult themes. At this point, all of the content being added isn’t working on developing a complex theme, it’s just reinforcing it with fluff and cash shop junk.

Of course, in the end, it’s all about making money.

She actually looks like an interesting character!

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While the rest of us are stereotypical “perfection” designs. rolls eyes

Nope. I lost my whole witch outfit and had mailed Anet about the problem. They said they couldn’t retrieve it.

I have an Aetherized Pistol Skin I gave to a character I wish to delete. I, of course, am trying to save the skin. If I use a Transmutation Splitter, will that give me back the skin as an account bound item?

I read about this process on the splitter wiki page:

Another example: A player wants to pass a soulbound weapon from one character to another on the same account, typically done for legendaries. First transmute the weapon into a white weapon (with stats). This way you get an account bound item. Place it on the bank and retrieve it with the desired charater. Then use a Transmutation Splitter and you get your original weapon soulbound to the new character.

Although that sounds extremely risky. Do I dare?

My three biggest gripes are:

1. The game doesn’t feel visceral. There’s not enough weight to the combat and overall system. I don’t feel like I’m in the world of Tyria. I don’t feel like my skills have any solid impact. Enemies don’t feel like a threat, nor do they convey the scary tones they darn well should be doing.

2. The atmosphere is too much like a Disney film. Nothing wrong with some playful themes, but there is something wrong when it’s the driving force for the entire game. Furthermore, why is it that 99.9% of the time I’m in the game, it’s day time? Where did night go off to? Why is night time not lasting long enough? Why is it that some areas of the game don’t even feel like night time to begin with (Frostgorge, for example). Darker themes and a serious take on adult concepts would be much appreciated.

3. The end game. It just blows. Rewards, achievements, collectibles… these ideas are destroying the game play. People don’t band together to play a game, they band together to optimize time so they can get their rewards as fast as possible. This is ridiculous.

idk… Elder Scrolls Online is looking mighty tempting…. cool dark atmospheres and more adult-related themes…

Very tempting.

Hire Jeremy Soule to do some Halloween type music. To hear holiday event music with his quality would be amazing.

I’ve got enough to craft nearly two ascended greatswords, except I don’t have the dragonite ingots.

This is really frustrating. I’m barely able to get on at times when I can get about 20 – 30 from a dragon or two before reset. This is proving to be more time consuming than it’s worth.

I can get the emperyal shards with ease. Everyone farms dungeons and at just about any time I’m on.

Not the same for meta events. They’re either not running when I get on or no one is around to help complete them. The ones I can stick around for are the ones that offer like 3 ore pieces…. lame…

The sad thing is that I really do want to play. I just get stuck at the login screen, wondering rather or not there’s anything I can do that isn’t a grind.

It would be awesome if they fixed the overall game-play by making skills feel like they matter and making the use of them + combos fell rewarding. There’s such a lack of depth with the combat.

Either way, this focus on end gaming being about achievement, gear and loot is just not… fun.

Imagine if Anet shifted focus with the way rewards worked. What if we were rewarded for using skills and pulling off combos? The skill system would need to be revamped, made more complex and given more depth, but it would certainly be worth it.

Again, taking say Resident Evil 5. It just feels so fun and like an accomplishment when I pull off a physical combo on a boss. That kind of game-play reward system, where the game-play is actually the focus. It’s not just the fact that I pulled off a combo either. It’s also the awesome animations and cool effects that come as a result. Know what I mean?

Are we going to be getting the new stats (such as assassin) applied to the ascended accessories?

The thought came to mind when I was looking through the options to change the MF ascended gear and saw that it had nowhere near the amount of options for my legendary.

I’m hoping I can just save them until you guys add the stats and then make the choice. xD

Sensotix.4106:

Hey guys!
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My plan is to make this a weekly series where i will also provide you with some tipps to duel certain classes!

The build link is in the description

Hope you enjoy it and if you have any questions feel free to ask them here or on youtube

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Link to the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLbPvZs2VKc

I’d like to duel you if you have the time. Hit me up in game, whenever.

I think many people misinterpret this topic. They tend to suggest a contrast between the playful light stuff and adult mindlessness. It’s simply not true.

Dark tones add to the realism. The more realism there is, the more I (and others) are going to be able to take things seriously. It makes a huge difference in the story to have those realistic themes. It amplifies the emotion we feel and therefor builds a stronger connection with the overall lore and theme of the game.

Right now I feel severely disconnected, simply because I can’t take anything as being serious.

I’d love to change the color of the underwear. Don’t really care about the type though.

Clearly it’s all about winning to them, so they’ll pick a color and stick to it for however long they play, leaving the other side at a huge disadvantaged with low ranks etc.

Your system is broken, Anet.

Today I spent testing this system. I kept to whichever side didn’t have high ranks. I’d join a game, play until the end and get a look at who was top and who’d stay for the next round etc.

I lost every match (yet ranked top each time) and it wasn’t just due to a lack of rank on my side. We always had one less player.. ALL THE TIME. Every time auto-balance would come up, my heart would race in the anticipation that finally I’d get a semi-fair game! Nope. It would auto, then I check the list and there’s still one less player. Clearly either someone jumped over to blue immediately or I’m just severely unlucky and people are joining the game at the exact time of the balance. sigh

There needs to be a new filter which can prevent players from ever choosing or switching sides. This crap is insane. D=

You’ll be getting a reverse-transmutation stone. You can use it on any weapon, however, it’s meant for your transmuted legendary. So best use it wisely because I’m not sure we’ll be getting a second chance.

It’ll revert your stats back so you’ll get the fancy upgrade that everyone else has.

I’d like an updated version of the Ravenheart costume from GW1.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Ravenheart_Witchwear

All of the legendary weapons are getting all stat combos that we’ll be able to swap on the fly. It’s pretty obvious that all of them will get this upgrade, regardless of being transmuted or not. No sense in it otherwise.

Poplolita.2638:

And I want to know how people deal with their emotions without listening to Alizee while playing gw2 !

I remember the first time I heard about this girl. It was while I was watching the Ridley Scott film ‘A Good Year’, her song “Moi Lolita” played and I was hooked. Had to immediate find and download the song from iTunes. xD

I listen to dubstep and stuff while I PvP. Sometimes I’ll listen to trailer music, such as Two Steps From Hell, Corner Stone Cues, E.S. Posthumus etc.

I voted for Kiel because I wanted a good and honest person on the council. It wasn’t about rewards for me. It’s about the future lore.

Rosen Myst.7641:

I think she will say that since the aetherblade attack at the Queen’s Jubilee, the Seraph and Shining Blade have been investigating the incident. She can now reveal who the mysterious Scarlet person is behind it all, but of course just then Scarlet appears again and we find out about her nefarious plans to take over Tyria.

Now all the pieces of the puzzle begin to make sense: the dredge and flame legion disruptions, incidents at Southsun Cove, Canach and Kiel’s involvement in her plans (willing or unwilling), and the story behind the aetherblade pirates.

Of course, it will be time for a dungeon where we will have to defeat Scarlet and her army. On our side we’ll have watchknights, Rox and Braham to help us in the battle.

Sounds about right. I’ll add to it by suggesting that the Pirate Council won’t give their full support, however, the newly elected Kiel will push the council to see reason.

This is a different thread from the people requesting the shadowy effect, so don’t go creating some confusion.

I’d like to suggest we get a greatsword version of the new ‘Lord Taeres’s Shadow’ champion skin.

Something I should probably note is that I’m a GW1 fan and have the HoM fellblade unlocked. Point being is there’s no reason for me to get upset if you were to add this skin to the GS list. The fellblade without the runes would still be exclusive to HoM rewards and therefor it’s still unique. So it makes no sense to argue otherwise. In any case, here’s a better idea of what could be done:

1. Improve the shadow effect for the HoM Fellblade to match that of the ‘Lord Taeres’s Shadow’ skin.
2. Make a greatsword version of ‘Lord Taeres’s Shadow’. It can be gained from a champ bag or w/e.
3. Keep the original Fellblade obtainable through HoM rewards.

There, is that not proper?

The problem is the limited time. I need to kill her pretty quickly after tossing the last ball. 20/0/0/20/30? Sword/torch & scepter/focus. I can use the focus to pull shadows into the holes instead of taking my chances by staying in one spot? 20 in power for the torch recharge and remove condition on use?

Alright, folks. I need to get this puppy by the end of the weekend and I’m gonna do it with my mesmer. So, has anyone already achieved it with their mes? What’s the strategy you used?

I killed the boss already and got the mini, however, the build I used isn’t working to keep me alive long enough. =/

All they need to do is update the smoke on the hom version and then make a gs version of the new sword, voila. Ppl still have their hom and others can farm for the rune version.

I’m aware of that. Just sayn’ so I don’t have to spam another thread.

I really do want that purple effect on my greatsword. So bummed they didn’t make it. :’(

List all the bugs you’ve noticed when fighting this boss.

I’m a Mesmer, just to clarify.

1.This one is pretty frequent for me. I may be wrong and it could be her skill, but it sure doesn’t feel like it.

So during her second phase, there are times when something triggers and I will gain her whip skill. I’ll be stick in a fighting animation, whipping away just like her. This obviously leads to my death because I can’t move while in the animation.

2. Sometimes the red circles won’t appear.

3. When my flame burst from ‘The Prestige’ takes effect, if any of the shadows are hit by it, I go down.

Okay, ArenaNet. . . I voted for this fractal only because of the opportunity for something fresh in fantasy lore. Gods are redundant in our history of myths and legends. It’s time to move on and explore the unknown!

Isn’t your whole motivation to “innovate” the way MMO’s work? Well, you’ve got a chance to innovate the story aspect as well.

So, good luck!

I almost forgot to throw my stash in before time’s up. Just did it now – while it’s 3am here. There were four other people with me, at Kiel’s basket for well over a few minutes. While there was no one at Evon’s basket. That made me happy

#TeamKiel

Did I miss something? Is Gnashblade offering tin foil hats now?

I’ve been saving my stash for the last day to vote.

#TeamKiel

What do a greedy Charr, RNG boxes and events based on history have in common? They all smell of Quaggan poooooooooo.

#TeamKiel

I’m a huge fan of the fellblade. I use it more often than any other. This update is a step up and I can’t wait.

It doesn’t matter to me if ppl prefer it over my hom reward. Whatever. As lon as I can get a GS version of this update.

SpeedFiend.4521:

What happened to Fellblades being a unique reward?

As long as the clean version is still only obtainable via gw1, then it’ll remain unique.

Gods are so redundent in stories anyways. If Anet wants to truly innovate fantasy stories, then we should give them that option with the reactor fractal. Otherwise it’ll be the same stuff we’ve been told throughout our history… How boring…

So in one of the screenshots, there’s a character holding two of the sword-styled fellblade skins. The skins appear to have some cool pink/purple effects added.

Will we also get a Greatsword with the same new look?

When is the last day we’re allowed to drop in tokens?

SBM.5823:

Evon+Abaddon=GW vets and the bigger historical picture

Kiel+Thaumanova=New players and the smaller more immediate picture

I’m a GW1 vet. Furthermore, GW has been the only MMO franchise I’ve ever played. Lastly, my interest is about the more impotant future!

#TeamKiel

Smooth Penguin.5294:

Evon’s gonna win, so it doesn’t matter.

We’ll see about that. >_>

I called it. );

The other thing you have to consider is that one event is history, while the other is current. History can be told anytime Anet feels like it. The current event is taking place now, so why not act on it while it’s still taking place? We have a chance to make history! Isn’t that more relevant?