Guild Wars 2

Wanze.8410:

BlueBoy.1236:

Imma just make TLDR of all complains here: I can’t afford some things that i want, so therefore there’s an inflation happening.

Cant Anet just ban this inflation dude?

Do you need a hug? (>^.^)> I’m sry if i fail to make it sarcastic enough

Before anyone makes stupid assumption abt this inflation thingy, please read this thread first

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/I-have-a-question-about-the-economy

It covers a lot parts of the in-game economy. From gems, to prec price, to silk price, to almost anything that has to do with in-game economy.

For this year, I would say Squeenix for being able to revive that ff14 project. What they’ve achieved this year is surely much better than any other companies.

Just like some ppl over here, I don’t understand the hype for CSE. Archeage was also hugely praised before the release. Look at the mess they have now. There’s a huge difference between pre-released development and fully-released MMO

I don’t say it’s completely dead, it’s just filled with (shameless condi) thieves , mesmers, and just a few engis. Maybe you can find some tryhard longbow rangers, but that’s just some free meals.

I’d rather say the quality has dropped really far. I’ve never seen or very rarely seen zerk/medi guard, sd ele, dd ele, condi necro or even axe/shield warr.

casterfaster.9146:

Yaks bend has 1 sea guild, 0 ocx. and 1 small EU guild. They need a lot of help.

Awww so cute hearing this from a server that puts wp on both of their enemies map. We all knw yb is trying to be tc 2.0 aka t1.5

Imma just make TLDR of all complains here: I can’t afford some things that i want, so therefore there’s an inflation happening.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/List-Of-Things-We-Want-In-Gemstore/first

post your idea here

cthaeh.2168:

Wanze.8410:

cthaeh.2168:

Oh, I get it! People put actual facts in front of you, and you simply choose to see what you want to see. No wonder these arguments never go anywhere. The people who are wrong just make kitten up!

August 10 – 1351g
Sept 10 – 1313g
Oct 10 – 1225g
Nov 10 – 1305g
Dec 10 – 1339 g

That is in now way a steady decline. Not only you’re neglecting the previous 2 years of data, but you’re also ignoring the fact that it cost over 1300g.

I think there are some billy goats trying to cross your bridge.

You are ignoring the fact that 1351g>1339g.
Those prices are with a variation of 10% incredibly stable. In the same timeframe, ectos and t6 mats variated mostly around 20%, t5 mats over 40%

So, someone accuses you of cherry picking and lying, and your response is…cherry picking and lying? Brilliant! Thank you for only further validating my point.

I’m not ignoring anything. 1225g < 1305g <1339 g. Two of your 4 months of steady decline are steady increases. And I never said anything about T6 mats, so trying to redirect the conversation away from how wrong you are won’t get you anywhere.

Here, I don’t have the time to endlessly point your flaws. That would be a full time job. Instead of replying, simply replace what I would normally say with a random choice from https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/. I’m sure your argument will be full of whichever one you choose.

Oh the irony. What you also forget is how the patch is affecting the demand. Due to the convenience given to legendaries during asc patch, there are more people trying to make legendaries than before. Supply remains the same, yet the demand goes up => as a result, price goes up (until it reach equilibrium). Look at the price of any prec wpn pre patch, tell us again if you see any inflation there. The price has been going up currently only because of what i explained before.

If indeed inflation is happening, the whole market would see a trend of increasing price, not just on things that are affected by patch. NOW GO BACK TO FARMING!

800gems for a unique theme for your claimed keep. Please turn my stonemist castle into Cinderella castle!

Thank you for the replies. I’ve been in t1/2 for a long time. What i didn’t tell is that I myself also play a lot during NA time. I found na t1 fight is too blobby atm (there’s also a problem with t1 politics). Off hour, most of the fight i find is 60man MERC guild on the left, 50man TC on the right, and god-knows how many BG behind me. umm no thanks.

T2 was fine back in FA vs TC vs DB matchup (those golden days), but right now it’s really one sided during SEA time. The only SEA matchup that was fun lately is prolly DB vs SOS, but then again SOS is losing more and more of their late night crew lately.

When my server transfer cd is off, i will check darkhaven, ioj, and cd.

“Additionally, we’ve created a separation of easier achievements like “Killing 3 Players in WvW,” and more challenging ones like “Win 1 Match in PvP as a Mesmer” or “Defeat the Shatterer.” Easier achievements are quicker to accomplish, but harder achievements will give players greater rewards.”

is this part not clear enough? Maybe wait until the patch is released before giving a criticism

Chrispy.5641:

Bandit.8279:

Chrispy.5641:

Everyone against OP is basically demanding that you do a mindless farm in the same two areas instead of actually playing the game the way you want to play.

….yeah….how about no.

Dungeons, node gathering, meta-events, champ farming, Dry Top, SW and Orr event farming and playing the TP are just some of the things you can do off the top of my head.

There is no rush to get ascended or legendary items. Take your time and have fun. The end game gear is not needed to play and enjoy the game.

Happy hunting!

Edit: I forgot Southsun and Fractals. Even Guild Missions and WvW can award ascended accessories.

I love how the internet thinks that a list makes them right somehow.

Its been established on this thread (and thousands of other places) that some places are more effective for getting gold than others. Most of the most effective places are mindless, and what isn’t ‘mindless’ can be done using mindless tactics, or has a daily cap to just how much reward you can get from something. I can never get anywhere near as much gold doing WvW as I can running events in Orr, and that is the point you missed.

Besides that. Min/Maxing stats matters in at least one place (WvW). a Few hundred stat point do make all the difference in a fight, even in a game that is allegedly all about “Skill”

I spent 90% of my time in wvw, and i have made 2 legendaries so far.I could’ve made my 3rd and 4th legendaries if i had the patience to do map completion again. Also there are a lot more ppl who spend most of their time in wvw and have more legendaries than i do. Assuming you actually play and not stay afk in twrs, you can easily make more than 10g in 2 hours. And NO you dont need ascended armor unless you are into hardcore gvg. I have 150k kills so far, and most of the time i dont even use asc armor.

Back to the topic, what kind of proof does the op have to show that inflation is actually happening?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/I-have-a-question-about-the-economy/page/17#post4616875

That’s a good thread abt how the economy works in the game. There’s also a discussion in that thread that shows why increasing the drop rates wont drive the mats price down. But hey I guess everyone just want their BiS item delivered at their door once they hit lvl 80.

Is there a reason why giver’s 2h weapon only get 10% condition duration instead of 20% condition duration? Doesn’t it make completely inferior to dual wield wpn?

I think the biggest problem with other class being a cmdr beside warr and guards is access to stab. If your party can provide you stab all time, i guess d/d aura sharing build is the best

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fFAQJAoIhcMqcW4gVaARggc2yxogyvjpA-TlhRwAcUmBY/hj6B2o0gpSQxq/QKAmUGB-w

If you really insist not to use any of the heavy armor class, necro is also a good choice for cmdr role

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fRAQNAW4Yjc0UTbRN+2wfbihBZyWBjMQBqjuMJA-T1RQwAiVVhlSwQKzAp0AouBuqVAY/BSBwkwK-w

Aside from DB, SOS, and any t1 servers, are there any server that have SEA or east asia wvw guild? Me and my friends wanna avoid zergy fight but still have ppl to raid with during off-hour

SoS definitely needs more numbers to balance out t2 competition. If you’re not into blob fight, t3 is a better option.

sad to know about this. Sadly this kind of thing happens all the time in wvw. I know there are some good people in SOR. I hope you guys stay positive.

I myself is not a good pug cmdr, so i can’t give you a lot of suggestions, but i think it would be good if you guys focus on ppting, and avoid open field combat atm. Losing against enemy zerg will probably demoralize your zerg even worse. Make some havoc groups, and ninja some stuffs. Don’t be afraid to put kitten ton of sieges in your keep. Look at YB and their shameless siege creep. It’s starting to pay out now. And ofc, stay positive.

I think some people mistaken price spike as inflation. Price spike happens everytime whenever anet releases new content. Every time a new recipe is released, the mats price will go up. Look at the price of iron during lion arch event. After awhile, the price will go back to equilibrium again. Pls don’t use that example to assume inflation is happening.

If you guys only know how expensive it is to craft (buy) asc sets during the first few weeks of their release. And if you really think this asc armor is a must-have BiS item, don’t you think you have to put some efforts to make it? Or do you prefer pre-asc patch where BiS (exo) items are just trash you get left and right, so worthless you don’t even need to use crafting station to make your BiS items? (I’m sorry if my tone is a bit rude, but economy is not something i would criticize about gw2)

I welcome this new changes, but i still hope you guys make a new subforum (economy maybe) for BLTC and crafting.

Ascended and legendaries are luxury items. It’s supposed to be expensive, and a long-term goal. That’s the reason why anet make it time-gated.

Take a look at ecto’s price instead. It’s relatively stable for the last 6 months. The gem price is maybe a bit out of control, compared to 2 years ago. But it happens to any gemstore/market store items in all mmos

Why? if you’re looking for cosmetic look, isn’t it better to just release something like the prev refractor? and it’s not like getting an asc trinket cost you a lot of gold (unlike asc weapon)

I’d rather have a new legendary weapon, which prec weapon can be crafted.

New Racial Armor Sets!!! We need more charr, asura, and sylvari unique look in the game. If possible, make it as a in-game reward instead of gemstore item.

Would love to see countess anise outfit, but i guess it will be troublesome to give the same exact look on all race.

And cape, please

Ropechef.6192:

Except that the condition cap is not a problem.

A fully buffed and maxed Condition Main does on average 25 to 30 percent less damage than its power counterpart.

the only place that this even matters is High End PvE group content. which only a Small portion of the player base actually Plays in.

No, you are wrong. Please do any pve content in the game with 10 or more ppl, and you will find that condi dmg is severely underwhelming compared to power. If you only get one tick/sec when you used to get 10 or more ticks/sec, you knw there’s something wrong with it. I don’t know which part of this end game pve content you are talking abt, but i can assure you any world events, guild missions, and mostly champ farming are affected by it (isnt this all that we do?).

There’s a huge difference between viable and not working intentionally. The only reason they haven’t done anything to this condi cap is because of the server limitation.

Instead of unid dye, just invest in celestial and abyss dye. Those two dyes will only go up until anet release a brigher white and darker black dyes (tho i doubt it would happen)

I admire your courage to manipulate this one-time-use item. Good luck with that

I still love my mystic forge tho. She’s a more reliable income for me than flipping tp.

I think all of the defensive stats are working intentionally, except maybe healing power which could use some buffs.

The problem is the other offensive stats, condition damage. The condi cap totally makes condi dmg useless in many parts of the game, and as a result some weapons and builds are never touched by other ppl. I knw there’s a technical limitation to this, but at least scale the maximum condi cap just like what you do to defiance stack

Sarie.1630:

Turn off UI.

You notice more of the beauty. It isn’t immediately obvious where enemies are since you can’t see their names, and no visible skillbar makes combat require a little more skill / timing / forethought. No minimap also makes exploring require you recognising where you are instead of flicking your eyes down to the bottom right of the screen every few seconds.

This if you really want hard content. Do solo/duo runs of high lvl fractals, and you will realize this game is not as easy as you think it is. People keep saying solo runs are easy, but actually how many percentage of the playerbase that’s able to do it.

losing valuable equipment when you die? do you honestly want this? from my experience, many of my mmo friends quit a game just because they fail to upgrade an item and end up destroying their precious item (that kitten mmo called ragnarok online). Trust me it’s not as fun as you think.

Flip: Early weapon skins. I think i’ve made almost 7k gold out of it.

Flop: Tonics, lots of tonics.

A very nicely done thread. I can agree to dueling, gvg, and precursor crafting ideas. Housing system could use some improvement too, or at least make it customizable.

Another controversial topic is probably condi cap for pve.

Bumping this thread. Please add these skins to the game

Combat system and the platforming system. Everything feels really fluid and smooth. Each step you take feels very precise and does not feel like you’re gliding.

Very cooperative gameplay. No loot stealing, and each resource node is instanced.

Great in-game art, loading screens, and voice acting. Although it’s not fully animated, i found the conversation during personal story is more enjoyable than any other mmo’s fully animated cutscene.

Also dodge and cleave attack.

The reason why i’m still here? No subs, and anet very rarely messed up any of their update or patch release (unlike trion). The living story is also interesting. Although, i can’t stand some of its grindy parts, i still come here to follow the story. There’s also my addiction to gw2 fashion. Lastly a very healthy community (at least in-game and in my guild).

I love almost everything about wardrobe, except it’s lacking the dye list. Pls let us preview all of the dyes currently available in the game from the wardrobe. It will be good if there’s any information on how to get it (which dye packs give which dyes). Also add an option to sort the dyes according to its hue, and rarity.

since staff ele is a ranged class, people tend to make them as glassy as possible. If you want a tanky build, celestial 0/0/2/6/6 with str rune is pretty good, but it’s strictly for spvp only. I found this build has more versatility as a roamer in spvp than any roamer classes out there.

Thief is probably better since it has a better role in large scale wvw. Ranger just doesnt have enough mobility or cleave atk to be really useful in wvw.

In pve and pvp, both classes are almost the same. Thief probably can dish out more dps and support in pve, but ranger is much easier to play.

If this is your first character, all i can say is that both classes have downside when it comes to leveling. Ranger is really easy to play (pets do all the pve job), but at the same time it really doesnt encourage players to understand the game mechanic (dodging, and avoiding red circles). I found thief is really annoying to level, because most of your damage only comes from autoatk. And since thief is really squish, you’re pretty much stuck with offhand pistol to cc and blind your foes.

Dulfy site has a good database of almost any weapon skin in the game. It also includes the information on how to obtain them.

http://dulfy.net/2012/12/06/gw2-sword-skins-gallery/

Sometimes, i feel like people come to the official forum to complain just for the sake of complaining. The repair fee is free since a long time ago, and the amt of gold you get from doing the labyrinth is more than enough to cover your waypoint cost.

People were mad when the bandit chest was nerfed, and now they’re mad when anet gives them a new farming area. At least now there’s a challenge (finishing at least one of the breach events) before you can get to the farming area/labyrinth. Isn’t this all we wanted before?

I also find it annoying that you can’t get at least one of the new dyes from these dye packs. It would be better if one of the drops is guaranteed new dye, and the others are rng-based.

- Wvw until i get bored
- Trolling the map chat (map chat has became really boring lately without trolls like me)
- Join the zerg in pve maps, and more map chat trolling
- Do some of the hardest dungeons (ta aeth path especially) with pugs, and be frustrated with it
- My last and favorite part: exploring Tyria and find out new things (mini dungeons, jp, and funny voice acting)

OR MAYBE… Caithe is corrupted by mordremoth!!! Scarlet 2.0 confirmed!!!

Cash grab? Go play archeage or other f2p mmos if you wanna know what a cash grab is. In gw2 at least, you don’t need you or other people to use rl money to get any of the gemstore item.

it would be perfect if conjurer wpn works like engineer’s wpn kit

My black friday wishlist:

Countess Anise Outfit (pls release this outfit)
All of the unlimited gathering/logging/mining tools (especially the fused gathering and logging tools)
Grenth Hood
Stag Helm
Bunny ears
BL key, and transmutation charge discount

I don’t know if i should put this here or not. My game was running smoothly until the latest windows 8.1 update. I was able to login, but my game was lagging pretty heavily even though the ping is perfectly fine. When the latest patch (Sept 15) is out, I couldn’t even download it. The launcher screen stuck at “downloading…” Now i cant even login to the game.

I tried to run the repair program, but the repair program is not responding after few secs. I will try to reinstall the game and see if it fix the problem

8.5/10 The staff doesn’t really fit the theme. It would be nicer if the picture is a lil bit brighter.

Here’s mine. I haven’t been able to play her lately, but she’s still my favorite.

Can you please make them available on the wardrobe without having to unlock it? Since those items are readily available from the beginning, those skins should have been available immediately on the wardrobe. The current way to unlock it is nothing but a busy work, because you only need to create a char and log into it once to get the skin.

ps: can you please put grenth hood on the next sale? I totally missed the sale this week QQ

RNG is RNG, my son

i’m just glad i made quite a fortune of this item. Now i should go back to crafting this item

i lol’ed at those who bought CoL at 1k++ gold

I don’t really care abt ppl flipping the back item. Just increase the drop rate of the recipe, or give us another way to get it beside RNG. You’ve done it several times before (twisted watchwork shoulder skin for example), why can’t you make it again this time?

Compared to the other god-theme back item, the droprate of this recipe is ridiculously low

you can exchange your tokens with the catcher back item at the festival vendor

after watching the price for several days (and the rarity), i’ve decided this item is perfect for flipping purpose.

Let the outbidding begins