Guild Wars 2

Wanderer.3248:

Solo.9084:

Lolz, you guys talking about some failed games… but I see no one remembers things where the history began.

Player Housing was in 1st MMORPG ever – Ultima Online – almost 20 years ago ^^

I never played it, but the stories say that player housing in UO was a complete disaster.

As far as I remember, there was a bug when it came out that lasted two months if not longer that if you lost your ‘House Key’ you’d lose your house :P

Back to the topic, with Darks Ages although the housing expansion was nice, the ability for the user was limited by these ‘hook points’(for certain items), however Everquest 2 allowed a totally editable user experience being able to add floors to a home etc.

I think for Guild Wars 2 it is important to look at the community as a whole, one of the reasons for the MegaServer of GW2 was to populate zones again. The introduction of player housing would have a detrimental effect on the population of zones if the need to avoid the main city or hubs is taken away, therefore I think it would be important that a house is a house and that people still need to go to cities for crafting, merchants etc. (This is for personal housing – A guild hall main hub with all types of benefits is welcome in my books – something similar to GW1)

I’m not a role-player but it would be interesting to see how people who do role-play feel about housing. From previous experience of people customising their in game homes to Bars/Clubs and a general RP gathering area. At current I see all types of RP’ers in Rata Sum.

Just need to have all four items put them in the forge and out comes the blade

The Eldritch scroll requires 50 skill points the rest can be brought from the TP.

However, if you plan on making the the Ori sword blades you will need 400 in weaponsmith. If you do this then I recommend using gw2crafts.net to level up. Although you could have a friend make them for you as they are tradeable if its cheaper than buying from TP.

I played Dark ages until late last year. This sounds like a cross over between DAoC and Everquest 2 style of housing. I’d back this idea 100%, it would be great if we could have crafted items that we could add to our own home!

Although crafting would enable us to create items for our home, there should be other methods like housing karma merchants and basic items for coin.

I run P3 (P1+P2 as well) everyday and still receive my reward for all three.

Are you changing characters during boss by any chance? Pretty sure if you miss the kill you miss the daily gold chest, but still receive the xp/26s if in dungeon before story scene is over.

WvW Season 2 ends on 30th May at weekly reset.

WvW Season 1 started on 18th Oct 2013 until 6th December 2013.

Summary of LS1 can be found in the link below:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Living_World_summary/Season_1

I predict that WvW season 2 will end and then we will see Dragon Bash return shortly after, being a festival and all.

Without an official response from Anet we are just playing a guessing game.

Travis the Terrible.4739:

Khal Drogo.9631:

Blush Lift.3570:

Dropped 500 rare Great swords in the toilet the other morning (with a rough crafting cost of 210g), my return was around 50g of exo’s.

Dropped 100g of rare short bows four weeks ago and got ‘The Lover’.

Quite enjoy the gamble myself, although I’d never waste all my gold on the MF its just a bit of fun once in a while. I tend to have X amount of gold put away to have a gamble each month, and I always save my T5 mats and craft the rare’s (only a few gold cheaper).

If your trying this for a pre its not worth it. You can easily acclimate the money for a pre within four weeks (hours of play dependant) of casual play via dungeon play.

Precursors are now 700g so 4 weeks of continuous daily play 700/28=25g per day from dungeons. GL with that if you dont have a fixed grind party and have to rely on PUGs.

I can make well over 25g in a days worth of play. 15g from dungeons with pug groups that will take me an hour and a half roughly then 10g from just random item drops, selling miscellaneous crap. 25g a day is relatively easy to attain if you actually care to do it.

I have set dungeons I run each day for three hours, this would include ACP1+P3, TA UP+FWD, SE P1+P3, COF P1+P2 and HoTW P1. All my parties are PuGs using the LFG system, my three hour time starts as soon as I get in game I will then farm as many of them nine dungeons per day as possible in that three hour slot (no trouble getting at least eight of the nine per day, although nine is possible situation is dependant on PuGs at that time plus waiting time).

After my three hour dungeon crawl I shall do an hour of world bosses for rare’s to ecto’s, attending as many world bosses as possible in that one hour time slot on my home server and my guild server (AG/Deso). I will then sell all my Ecto, T6 mats, silk and Exo’s (avg. 1 per day) on the TP. Of course some days I am luckier than other days for example; Today I gained 30 Ecto on Thursday only 11.

Currently gaining 11g+ a day from dungeon daily reward alone, weekends are considerably more gain due to being able to play longer, doing GM’s, all CoE paths and WvW. Extra game play at weekends allows me to make up lost gold during the week if I have real life stuff to attend to.

My current week day playtime is 4.1h Sun-Thur (3h dungeons 1h WB and 10mins to sell) with extra playtime being able to put in on Friday’s and Saturdays. Reason for this is because I can complete everything I need in the evening with ‘casual play’ hours (7pm-11pm). Dependant on real life I will often find myself online 7-8 hours Fri-Sat.

This will only work if you enjoy it rather than being a ‘farm’, only reason I do it is because I am saving for my current goal and even though its not the most efficient gold making technique it is one I enjoy.

Back to topic on hand and sticking to my previous answer, it is still more viable to buy the pre from the TP than gambling with the Mystic Forge. Dependant on which pre you need is of course dependant on how much gold you need seeing they are ranging from 100g-900g at current.

Dropped 500 rare Great swords in the toilet the other morning (with a rough crafting cost of 210g), my return was around 50g of exo’s.

Dropped 100g of rare short bows four weeks ago and got ‘The Lover’.

Quite enjoy the gamble myself, although I’d never waste all my gold on the MF its just a bit of fun once in a while. I tend to have X amount of gold put away to have a gamble each month, and I always save my T5 mats and craft the rare’s (only a few gold cheaper).

If your trying this for a pre its not worth it. You can easily acclimate the money for a pre within four weeks (hours of play dependant) of casual play via dungeon play.

I think this is a great idea! To run around bashing undead! Count me in.

Polyamorous Firefly.4071:

Is this really a big deal? Like really? Devona’s Rest does this every Sunday like clockwork.

Teq -> Temples -> Karka Queen.

Clockwork. Really. You could just Guest to Devona’s Rest and do it here. Don’t mind the overflow.

Your comment is invalid.
Are you required to attend? No.
….Plus EU’s can’t guest to NA.

Hey all,

Last March there was a bug that stopped people gaining commendations when guesting, is this still the case? Or can people still receive commendations for guesting?

Many Thanks.

http://dulfy.net/2013/03/01/guild-commendations-not-awarded-when-guesting-is-a-confirmed-bug/

Gaile Gray.6029:

Blush Lift — I think you should reach out to Support through a ticket. We may be able to help!

Thank you Gaile I submitted a ticket roughly five minutes after the incident and remain hopeful!

Thank you for replying and I shall update this thread for future reference

I thought so! But thought I’d ask anyway’s Same icon and total lack of attention by me!! Thanks for the response

Hey,

So this evening around 23:30 UK time (20th feb) I was throwing rare short-bows in to the MF when out popped ‘The Lover’, rather delighted being a ranger that now I have everything to craft my Ledg!

Anyway’s, I was putting the exotics I had received from the mystic forge back in to see what else I could gain and mistakenly put ‘The Lover’ back in as it had the same mini-icon as the Orion Short-Bow that I had!

Was just wondering if anyone else has ever been a complete noob and done this?! :P And if they had any luck with support in retrieving the item? I have not used the MF since so hopefully support will find my logs.

Thanks for your help in advance guys!

Keep crashing whilst using the LFG tool other topic is in bug section of the forums.

Same issue here, four times in a row whilst pressing ‘Refresh’ tab on the LFG tool.

Stooperdale.3560:

Can’t skip trash – good, go to every other dungeon if you want to skip.

+1, Its about time we had dungeons that we kill trash rather than skip.

Its meant to happen. Can also do it in the previous generator rooms

+1 Only trouble we had was the final boss with two wipes but we did it in the end!

I agree, a ‘camp bonus’ as such for mob that have not been killed for XX amount of time!

Sorry for bringing up a semi dead post. But I did not want to make a new thread! +1 from me gives a more dynamic feel to each character rather than weapon skins all looking the same. There is only a certain limit you can go to with transmuting etc

Same problem here, big issue when you got a few people with same problem and no mesmer for port. Tried all temp ‘fixes’ they tend to work now and again but not always.

Done graphic changes and still no change on the stones.

Hey, I have seen a few posts regarding this story back around November 2012 time. The bug I have encountered is the same as what others have posted but I have found that the first wave can not be completed because one of the Icebrood Fish gets stuck in the ice in the ‘out of bounds’ area on the map.

Although, exiting and re-doing the story can fix this problem but I had to do this twice before it finally worked on the third time.

Thanks

Not sure if this will answer your question?

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/User:Bluestone/Explorer

http://gw2cartographers.com/

Problems with WvW completion? Colors change week by week depending on the points your sever have. If you have trouble getting top or bottom tier you could try transferring or playing more hours in WvW on the map you need.

I’d suggest maybe looking at the class forums having a little look about there. Have a look on build websites see what you think and as already suggested have a go with them in spvp or even level both to 20 and see what one you like.

To add, you can always guest if northern shiverpeaks players are not helping and shout around in lion’s arch. Best bet is a guild.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/User:Bluestone/Explorer

You can use http://gw2cartographers.com/ and pin point missing hearts too.

1) Fractals do not give influences as far as I can recall.

2) I switch between my main guild and my personal guild and Ill get the log on bonus everyday of 10 points.

3) Still classed as events so no need for grouping, just being in area and representing as other guildies.

Furesy.6935:

Correct me if I’m wrong but for some reason there’s something in my head reminding me that the max. Gold in your inventory is 100G. The max amount on bank I wouldn’t know…

Unsure on bank amount but inventory is well over 100G. Currently have double that on one character. Unsure that many people have reach maxed unless they brought a lot of gems or lucky on a lot of precursors :P

Durzlla.6295:

Wrong Abbadon story, it’s already been said it’ll be when he’s cast to the realm of torment, not what we did in GW1.

Don’t get me wrong I know this, it just feels that it has been and gone. Whereas, the reactor we really know nothing about.

Great idea, although I feel people who do not really care about the whole story may just throw their votes to the winning team.

I don’t buy keys, I played GW1 and done the whole Abbadon mission (too easy) I have used WP’s over the last 9 months losing a nice bit of gold. The reactor well tbh I don’t run fractals… So I vote for the independent party! :P

On a serious note, I am voting for Ellen. The cheaper WP cost appealed to me. I done the Abbadon story back in GW1 I feel a newer story/lore for the reactor would be more interesting if I was to ever run fractals.

Anyone who needs help completing the explorer achievement for each area should have a go at this checklist. Was very handy.

Full Credit to Bluestone.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/User:Bluestone/Explorer

Chances of finding group is very easy with GW2LFG website. My PvE main is a Ranger and I have no issues finding groups with that site.

My ranger runs a short-bow and longbow combo. If your on ball you can do vast amounts of dps with adding conditions and switching weapons. You can also go with the great sword if you wish. I think most rangers run the ‘beastmaster’ build can’t really comment on this type of build as pets have never really interested me.

I play a guardian mainly for spvp but also some pve. I run a great sword and staff combo with the ‘iron cannon’ build. I find in any situation dungeon/pve or pvp I can survive pretty much anything with vast amount of DPS coming from condition and direct damage along with buffs for survivability.

Unable to comment on ele as I’ve only played one until level 10.

Id recommend playing each class you like the sound of until level 15-20 along with each weapon they can use and see how you like the feel of them. Although this is not for everyone’s taste, just a personal recommendation.

Sorry late here mis-reading it all :P

You need 11+ mails sent to you and not to delete any until you are full, then you should receive a notice to say your mail box is full and to delete some mail to make room. I got this update by having 11 different guildies send me mail. Upon the 11th I did not receive any notice, once I deleted one mail I got the update. Unsure if you will always receive a ‘hint’ to delete existing to receive new.

When a mail box is full it should be highlighted red like your inventory is when it is full.

On my partners account this only updated if she did not even open existing mails and left them all ‘unread’

Welcome to the game!

As you have already mentioned, this is not your typical MMO class roles – IMO its a lot better this way! I’ve been playing the EQ franchise for years and was in the same boat as yourself.

I would recommend a Guardian, although this is my PvP main the Guardian has plenty of ‘boons’ that effect all near by allies. They, IMO do plenty of DPS and come with plenty of mixtures to support other players as well as survive themselves.

Most classes have plenty off buffs/boons that effect everyone and most classes have their utility slots that can be full support such as rangers spirits and warrior war-banners. All depends on your trait preference.

Just to add, plenty of builds sites with different builds for support with each different class role. IMO I would recommend a Guardian.

Hope this helps.

Big mistake I made here was not clicking the ‘hint button’ on the top left of the screen the symbol is a ‘?’ it took me the last nine months to work out I had to use that to see what hints I’ve completed/missed :P

Easy ones to miss:

‘F1’ special abilities – For selected classes such as Necro and Warrior.
The trebuchet in spvp

Hope this helps.

+1 on this, would be a great help.

The new achievement UI is great, the only thing that I personally found so far is the ‘Nearly Completed’ showing previous living stories achievements that we can no longer obtain.

My suggestion is that any achievements that are under ‘historical’ are not shown on ‘nearly completed’

Thanks!

Anyway A-net can fix this in coming patches? Previous living story achievements that we can no longer get, not to be displayed on nearly completed? I.E Trick or Treat bags opened.

I can agree with that but again I don’t think it would work. I think the solution Anet is coming up with this is first come first serve. Rather than people turning up when it is spammed in guild you need to get there before the 30min window.

I play on a low population server and the only event that seems to go to overflow is Jormag. This must be a pain for the high population servers. But I do not do dragon events when guesting we purely do dungeons for that 2-3 hour time slot we play together. However, when I am on my home server I do get to the event just before the window opens.

Anet needs to do something about this, the solution does not lay with banning guests from dragon events as many people have said before. Some of the more casual players who play limited time frames should be able to guest to play the game how they wish.

Anet did not consider the impact on overflow and lag when changing the loot table on these mob. I am hopeful that they are working toward a solution though. But people on their home world need to be able to play how they want and not missing out on events due to people who abuse the guesting purely for dragon events.

I think at least three people should give the option to kick not just two. Even all four other players to decide the vote. I do not agree with people being added to a block list however as this can cause in game abuse that is just a headache for anyone.

Even better to just scrap the system all together. You usually find early on in a dungeon if its not going to work, and being kicked at the end is just frustrating. Also the game is going to attract more people before it starts losing more. So a lot of new people are going to need the help, when you are half way to the end of the dungeon or near the end your not going to want to kick someone who doesn’t know the strategy. You will however be more inclined to help the person through.

If you want a clear easy run, then run with people you know such as friends or guildies. Or even ask in channels for experienced people. This system allows people to help all the way through to then be kicked near the end to allow a friend to take the place for the reward.

People need to remember that we where all ‘newbies’ once and we all either found our feet via help from people or dying many a time, finding the right way to do stuff.

I understand peoples frustration in the whole dragon event lag issue. But I don’t think punishing people who use guesting is the way to go. The issue itself lays with the loot table on dragons. I agree with Fred Fargone regarding legit guest users should not be punished. I don’t agree with having to stay on a server for 24 hours as I use to play on underworld and moved to seafarers rest as it had a lower population I sometimes guest to Underworld to play with the friends I made there. I wouldn’t want to have to stay there for 24 hours for the sake of playing for two-three hours with friends in the evening.

I do however think the lag on dragon events has become unbearable. To the point that I am getting bronze reward even though I have been present for the whole event. With the issue of my spells/combat arts are taking too long to register to get a hit, to even get a reward let alone a chest.

So I’ve just logged into my account to find my display name has been changed! It was ‘Bullshift’ I have now been renamed to ‘Blush lift’. I have had no email or personal message to tell me why this has happened.

I’ve been playing MMO’s for over 12 years and I’ve used this name without any issue what so ever. I’ve been in GW2 since release and I’ve had no issue until today.

I can understand if the name is deemed offensive but I’ve been given no information that Anet has changed it! I usually use this name in all my games, or any name with ‘Bul’ or ‘Bull’ in front but as my display name was this in GW2 I didn’t bring it to an actual character name.

I am curious why Anet has changed this and given me no written communication to tell me why.

Also have a look at these:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/account/Suspended-for-Offensive-Name

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/account/Offensive-name-question

May give you an insight to having your suspension lifted

Anet are dealing with the problem it is just a waiting game from here Hopefully it wont be too much longer!

They should contact you in game telling you that your name needs to be changed rather than just banning. I agree with Anet having a policy for offensive names but allow people at least one verbal warning and a chance to change the name our-self before a three day ban. Maybe the three day ban after someone has had a verbal warning from a CSR.

I understand the policy is there and its up to us to be responsible with our names but many of us have come from other MMO’s, using these names and wish to carry on using them would be nice to have the chance to change them without any repercussions, if they are deemed offensive to anyone.

Three day ban for us addicts can cause harm to anyone.