Guild Wars 2

saventis.1485:

So i want to compile a list of questions the community has about the lore of guild wars 1 and guild wars 2.

I will attempt to answer as many of these as possible, and will go and look through the games to find the answers

Obviously i wont be able to answer questions like whats gonna happen next(don’t let it stop you from asking though, speculation is fun), but any questions regarding the current release or anything prior, i will take a stab at finding it out.

What a misleading title.
Maybe Josh Foreman has a fanmail address.

Iambeastx.6805:

i hope its something new and not something that can be easily made via the stockpiles some people may/do already have

I’m not seeing it mentioned often, but it’s certainly on my mind and some others: the back piece scavenger hunt. I’d guess the items involved, at their current value, would be around 112g, about a tenth of the average precursor. So imagine what the scavenger hunt times ten would be like.

Personally, I’d rather they make Legendary crafting a scavenger hunt, as well as the precursor, I guess. I think this would have to be implemented with an entirely new set of Legendaries, though. That might even be a better idea, you could profit off the new scavenger hunt to buy an old precursor.

Ayrilana, I am really attracted to your rationality.

Stramatus.5219:

… it was a fun April Fools update.

I was actually kittened when it first came out.
“Oh boy, what’re we gonna get into next, gimme some clues to investigate toward a skull to cleave open…. 8-Bit virtual game? You sons’a—”

But I played it, it was pretty neat and puzzle-y, I like puzzles (so much so, that I’ll normally attempt to find an intricate solution to a basic, almost non-puzzle, puzzle). So I looked forward to rescuing the princess, but even more interested in the anomaly mystery. Even though world-2 level-2 attempted to crush my spirit under it’s keen-edged heel, I came away with only a broken limb (solving the gong puzzle was a good feeling, but wasn’t well-rewarded).

mtpelion.4562:

Ensign.2189:

World 1 was this lighthearted throwback / tribute game. It was relatively fast and easy content that was a fun change of pace. I thought it was well done.

World 2 was a mess. The levels were very long and punishing; while world 1 levels were straightforward to complete in 10 minutes or so, world 2-3 could easily take hours. It also featured the hardest jumping puzzles in the game as roadblocks, sparse checkpoints between instant death traps, and so forth.

I get why that appeals to some gamers, but that’s not up to the standards of a modern game, and it changed SAB from this fun diversion to a very niche piece of content.

So what’s your point? You think that niche content that already exists should be denied to those who enjoy it simply because you do not?

I believe his point was explaining why the numbers weren’t very high for world-2.

chemiclord.3978:

Armchair devs

I felt like I was the only one thinking about the programming involved, but I’ve only gotten the barest of tastes of programming. So I figured maybe some of these people have an idea of what they’re talking about and are just impatient.
Feels good to be validated.

Kysin.6349:

Likely the single biggest reason for the low metrics, was because W2 was released at the same time as Ascended weapons and legendary weapon updates. So most people were focusing on those.

Doubtful.
Ascended and Legendaries aren’t going anywhere. Personally, I made it to level-3 of world-2 and discovered I needed a new item to progress, which required a Wallet to purchase. After the sadism that was level-2, I decided to wait for the release of world-3.
My friend repeated the frog boss fight until being able to claim the 8-bit greatsword. They played Super Adventure Box harder than me, they loved it. Spirit was completely broken after Pain Cliffs, I could only convince them to accompany me to level-3 because they knew about the new item neither of us had.

Rebound.3409:

So this thread is about your personal inability to finish solo an event in this game?

….it’s an mmo…u have issues..party up with someone

I applaud you. I have never seen such disregard on this forum.

Zylonite.5913:

Didn’t die but after 30 minutes of the fight, the boss was still 80% health. Logged off and moved on….

What are your primary stats and weapons?

Arcadio.6875:

… backlash.

Feedback. I wouldn’t use “backlash”, some people even mentioned they were going to buy several of the new tags at that price.

Ayrilana.1396:

So you can’t stun lock them to death in other games but you want to be able to do it in this game or am I not understanding you correctly. Defiance is a good mechanic and is unique for this game. All MMO’s do not have to be cookie cutters of each other.

Well, he mentions that they shouldn’t be able to be stunlocked, and thus the Defiance is a “band-aid”.
So the boss creature is immune to all stuns, until they begin the animation for a skill that can only be dodged, or only interrupted. With the skills we have, this would be incredibly boring.

moiraine.2753:

In My opinion there must be 2 kind of spells just like in the rest in the MMO world. Some that have to be dodged.Those must be non-interuptable mechanics.And other that must be attacks that can be interrupted.
You can’t just put something that blocks the CC only because Anet don’t know how to deal with it properly.

One can only dodge so often, and if the attacks are planned for your ability to dodge then why have Endurance.
There’s only so many devastating attacks to interrupt (or dodge), we have so many skills to stun (and break stuns) it would make the attack seem pointless.

ProtoGunner.4953:

This game is really the only MMO I know that doesn’t release substantial content for the more dedicated player, i. e. no additional dungeons or raids. Yes, we got fractals – that was a good start, but then? Nothing. Almost every other MMO releases a lot of new dungeons and raids. We just get nothing, and I feel the urge to change the game just be cause of that: there is just simply nothing to do after world completion and the dungeon title which I got after a couple of months after release.

Other MMOs let you know months before what they will implement and then release it. GW2 won’t tell you months ahead what they want do and if they did it, they haven’t delivered it. Something is just completely wrong with this company. I am a bit sad, since GW2 (and GW) is/was my most played MMO franchise so far and I wish this will remain for the future.

I could swear this was marketed as a casual game, that you could just put it down or pick it up whenever you want, no?

moiraine.2753:

This only means that Anet are not able to programm a proper Boss’s mechanics.How can other MMOs can have interrupts but GW2 can’t?!?!I’m really interested to know.

What is a proper mechanic example or that you propose? What do they do different in other MMOs?

jheryn.8390:

If they deleted all the negative threads, there would be none left. Seriously, go to any thread under GW2 discussion and find one that isn’t.

Trying to find a completely positive or constructive thread is as difficult as getting a precursor.

So I hardly think they are making all the negative threads go away.

“Title: Something Positive, please be positive”
“Third post: This game is dying, one lung is collapsed and the other is coughing up water. Make expansions, where are my mounts.”

pigdog.9215:

… criticism…

There’s that word again.

Serbaayuu.3051:

So, I feel the need to state this because the community is going absolutely bonkers right now…

You ain’t kiddin’. I have a feeling the majority of people jumping on this “riot” are just going by word of mouth and didn’t actually read the interview.

I remember reading about a common complaint that the first season felt “disjointed”. Did Super Adventure Box contribute to that or did that issue not actually exist?

Likely the Outfit will stay, the sword might be limited time.

It takes five months to build a city.

Faux.1937:

Boneheart.3561:

Faux.1937:

Boneheart.3561:

Gnat.9405:

There is no confirmation that SAB is definitely not returning, which I would suspect be the only case in which support is going to even open your email.

Now watch, as no one pays attention to that.
I had to hammer someone in-game with question after question, most of them repeats, before they would acknowledge that they didn’t have all the facts and were incorrect. I can’t stomach fear mongering.

I cant stomach anet not giving any real information but instead explaining things in a way to manifest fear. Instead of rewording it to make players understand there are certain things they wish to get done before adding these other features back into the game or creating new ones.

Simply put, Anet chose to give bad news when in reality if said in a different way would give hope and joy.

I don’t think anyone’s afraid Super Adventure Box isn’t showing up when they want it. Demanding refunds, being surprised by vague answers, this is more akin to a tantrum.

I wonder what the demographic would be like for Super Adventure Box in China.

My comment had nothing to do with refunds at all…

You lost me.

Faux.1937:

Boneheart.3561:

Gnat.9405:

There is no confirmation that SAB is definitely not returning, which I would suspect be the only case in which support is going to even open your email.

Now watch, as no one pays attention to that.
I had to hammer someone in-game with question after question, most of them repeats, before they would acknowledge that they didn’t have all the facts and were incorrect. I can’t stomach fear mongering.

I cant stomach anet not giving any real information but instead explaining things in a way to manifest fear. Instead of rewording it to make players understand there are certain things they wish to get done before adding these other features back into the game or creating new ones.

Simply put, Anet chose to give bad news when in reality if said in a different way would give hope and joy.

I don’t think anyone’s afraid Super Adventure Box isn’t showing up when they want it. Demanding refunds, being surprised by vague answers, this is more akin to a tantrum.

I wonder what the demographic would be like for Super Adventure Box in China.

Yo, I’ll take your stuff, please, should you succumb to deleting.

SkylightMoon.1980:

Precursor crafting is as eluding as big foot nowadays. Its something you think you may see but never do.

I’m sorry, what?

Gnat.9405:

There is no confirmation that SAB is definitely not returning, which I would suspect be the only case in which support is going to even open your email.

Now watch, as no one pays attention to that.
I had to hammer someone in-game with question after question, most of them repeats, before they would acknowledge that they didn’t have all the facts and were incorrect. I can’t stomach fear mongering.

I bet if they gave into these demands, there would be a few annoying bugs, and they wouldn’t be fixed for a long while.

But when Super Adventure Box comes at the end of the season, a bunch of forum’ers will go “TrashNet taking forever to listen to their loyal players. Now when I get back from my five-month vacation with my family, it better still be there!”

elfos.2109:

Sorry if it was a compliment, I took it as irony. The “kitten” and way you were speaking in general made me think it was sarcasm, I’m sorry if I was wrong
Story closed then, and I apologize for my misunderstanding. I hope it didn’t offend you too much!

Well I contested the Infraction Point, but I was told it was given correctly and that I should report you.

I won’t.

Dusty Moon.4382:

NuclearBuddha.8641:

I am extremely disappointed.

This seemed like the perfect recurring content, much like the various holidays. It had skins, landscape, plot and monetization infrastructure. I am befuddled and angered by this decision.

Source:
http://www.guildmag.com/guild-wars-2-interview-part-1-general-game-living-world/

It doesn’t mean that. It means it won’t be in with the current LS2 storyline. Jeez – give it a break.

Reasoning with doomsayers and angry mobs doesn’t work like in games.
Dat Silver Tongued achievement.

Clip.6845:

Boneheart.3561:

Zaxares.5419:

Boneheart.3561:

So the alternate character, they don’t get the Achievement buffs when entering the instance? I know I can see the Achievement details on other characters, but I’ve never gone to an instance.

Correct. Say, for example, I’m trying Dragon’s Reach P2 for the first time on my Mesmer. All achievements are locked, so I can just focus on the story.

Now, my Mesmer isn’t exactly built for high DPS, so for achievements, I normally turn to my Ranger or my Warrior. However, despite the achievements now being unlocked on my account since I completed the story once, I STILL cannot complete the achievements on my Ranger or Warrior. I must complete the story once on either of them before I’m eligible. Likewise, if it turns out that my Warrior has high DPS, but an achievement requires a lot of dodging and thus my Ranger will be more useful, I now have to complete the story a THIRD time on my Ranger so that she becomes eligible.

Unlocking the Achievements account-wide sounds like a neat idea. But I’m not fond of your example, you seem so inflexible with how your characters operate.

It’s a side effect of having many alts, I have it too sometimes.
If you play 8 characters you can afford to stick with 1 build per character.

It’s like for fractals I normally join with my engineer but if I die too much because of whatever reason I’ll switch to my warrior because i’d lose too much dps on engi if I made him tankier while my warrior doesn’t lose dps. If the whole group dies I’ll switch to my guardian because a warrior just can’t do the job of a guardian.

You get used to the strenght and weaknesses of your alts and you switch appropriately. It’s a fun way to play because it gives you a reason to play with your alts instead of sticking to one character and letting your alts gather dust on character select.

I have nine.

Zaxares.5419:

Boneheart.3561:

So the alternate character, they don’t get the Achievement buffs when entering the instance? I know I can see the Achievement details on other characters, but I’ve never gone to an instance.

Correct. Say, for example, I’m trying Dragon’s Reach P2 for the first time on my Mesmer. All achievements are locked, so I can just focus on the story.

Now, my Mesmer isn’t exactly built for high DPS, so for achievements, I normally turn to my Ranger or my Warrior. However, despite the achievements now being unlocked on my account since I completed the story once, I STILL cannot complete the achievements on my Ranger or Warrior. I must complete the story once on either of them before I’m eligible. Likewise, if it turns out that my Warrior has high DPS, but an achievement requires a lot of dodging and thus my Ranger will be more useful, I now have to complete the story a THIRD time on my Ranger so that she becomes eligible.

Unlocking the Achievements account-wide sounds like a neat idea. But I’m not fond of your example, you seem so inflexible with how your characters operate.

Zaxares.5419:

Boneheart.3561:

I wouldn’t think the Inquest has a council. From what I can remember, the Inquest don’t have krewes, everyone is working toward the same goal and individualism is absent.
I think we can safely assume there is one person at the very top.

The Inquest can be thought of as a meta-krewe. The name is simply an umbrella term for many different krewes who simply ascribe to the Inquest’s methodology (namely, “Results are everything. Morals are unnecessary. All data, information and inventions should belong to the Inquest. If other researchers won’t share, take it.”) Within the Inquest, there are dozens, perhaps hundreds, of different krewes working on multiple projects at the same time.

I’m inclined to say that the Inquest functions similarly to terrorist cells. Each cell is largely self-contained and has a leader (e.g. Kudu, Teyo and Tazza), but the cell leaders rarely have much to do with each other unless their projects happen to overlap.

I very much remember an in-game NPC (likely an Inquest defector) mentioning that they joined the Inquest thinking they’d be able to explore their own project or something without politics getting in the way. They essentially told me the Inquest treats them like a cog.
Maybe I remembered it incorrectly.

Have we heard of them working on anything that isn’t about Dragon Energy?

Nkuvu.2570:

Boneheart.3561:

It’s as easy as flipping a switch! Oh no wait, the human brain…

Don’t think about elephants.

So let me paraphrase your argument, just so I understand. “I can’t focus on the story and achievements at the same time. Therefore no one else should even have the option.” Does that sound accurate? Or have I misinterpreted you somehow?

I’ve thrown my chip in with the argument that Achievements being accomplished on first runs is distracting.

Zaxares.5419:

The compromise would be achievements are locked during the first run, but once the first run is done, achievements are unlocked account-wide. You don’t need to do the LS on an individual character in order to use that character to get the achievements if it turns out one is better suited to the task than another.

So the alternate character, they don’t get the Achievement buffs when entering the instance? I know I can see the Achievement details on other characters, but I’ve never gone to an instance.

bored*

elfos.2109:

Thanks for showing you can be smart by expressing and elaborating opinions, instead of mocking the people you’re talking to. Useless posts are not welcome here, could you at least make the effort to write more than one sentence, with arguments or at least impressions in it?
No wonder the GW2 community is considered as one of the worst…

I gave you a compliment, and then you attacked me.

Zaxares.5419:

Locking the achievements until the story has been completed once is just a thinly-disguised attempt to increase replayability in a fake manner.

Seems like one group doesn’t want them unlocked during the first run, and the other group wants them unlocked by default (at the least, hidden but achievable on the first run). What’s a compromise?

elfos.2109:

I’ll disagree with 99% of the people here: ascended armors don’t look ugly because they were poorly designed, but because people have extremely poor choices of dyes. Here is what ascended armors really look like:

You look rich as kitten, yo, royalty. Das some ceremonial kitten right there.

Iconik.8712:

Boneheart.3561:

Iconik.8712:

… I don’t like time gated crafting…

I don’t understand that, explain?

Crafting stuff whose recipes have a limit on how much you can craft per day. In fact, I find so many of the special items (including legendary) in GW2 so convoluted and confusing I don’t bother with crafting at all.

No, why don’t you like it.

Ronin.7381:

Not too sure, I’d have figured Kudu and Teyo were both members of the Inquest’s council and that the Inquest doesn’t have one official calling the shots out above the others.

I wouldn’t think the Inquest has a council. From what I can remember, the Inquest don’t have krewes, everyone is working toward the same goal and individualism is absent.
I think we can safely assume there is one person at the very top.

VodCom.6924:

Iconik.8712:

I don’t like time gated crafting in this game. I stay away from it.

Time gated crafting is the best way to transfer money from the impatient rich players to the patient ones.
Right now, you can earn 3 gold per day just by crafting meaty plant food and sell it at the trading post.

The same happened with damas.

I wish I had been slightly more concerned with making money when these two came out, because I have a habit of supplying myself first. Hopefully there’s a next time.

Torvic.8256:

Chameleon Dude.1564:

The game’s music, of course. Never understood people not doing that, especially when videos get uploaded with trash metal or screamo in the background…

The music was made to fit the game, the music is a part of the game like the graphics and mechanics – experience it at its fullest.

Completely agreed!

In all my years of gaming, I’ve never played any outside music while playing games… ever.

One time, super late at night, it was Jade Quarry weekend. So I put on Moves Like Jagger and even typed some of the lyrics in-game.

Shinzan.2908:

This annoyed me, I wanted to side with Taimi and tell Phlunt to go kitten himself.

Braham: “Hey, uh, you wanna dial it back, what with the fate of Tyria on the line?”

Serbianwolf.1652:

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Dear Anet,

Please get your head out of the clouds. This game is not an Esport and will never become one. The vast majority of people play this game for the PvE aspect of the game.

Over 3 million PvE players have been begging you for new ingame armor sets for almost 2 full years. We have gotten none.

Now you are implementing a PvP armor set that can only be obtained by winning tournaments in tPvP mode? There are currently <1000 players who actively participate in tPvP.

3,000,000 > 1000. Please re-evaluate your priorities.

Thank you.

I agree with this guy. There is no new dungeon or new content in PvE. PvP balance sucks hard currently.

Most of skills are not working and racial skills are biggest joke ever. Full waste of time to make them!

You remind me of these two classmates that were bewildered that I would want to read the stories in their textbooks and not for a class assignment.

Nkuvu.2570:

Boneheart.3561:

Nkuvu.2570:

I fail…

Yes, you do.

Rude and unnecessary.

I’d prefer my attention wasn’t divided between what I can spot as possible Achievements, resisting the urge to check for Achievements, and the story.

Then don’t pay attention. You have the option to disregard achievements the first time through if that’s your preference. However if I do want to pay attention to the achievements (or if I complete them through my normal game play) I should have the option of having those recognized.

It’s as easy as flipping a switch! Oh no wait, the human brain…

Don’t think about elephants.

Guhracie.3419:

I think it would be helpful to stick to your point of what could be done…

Take your reason and objectivity and leave!

Iconik.8712:

… I don’t like time gated crafting…

I don’t understand that, explain?

Chameleon Dude.1564:

The game’s music, of course. Never understood people not doing that, especially when videos get uploaded with trash metal or screamo in the background…

The music was made to fit the game, the music is a part of the game like the graphics and mechanics – experience it at its fullest.

My brother..

SaltyDave.7346:

… lacking of real change as the first one?

Stop writing your review, it’s horribly biased. You would do yourself a disservice to publish it.

Hayashi.3416:

100 dusts for a pot, not 100 bricks. Nothing requires anywhere near that much.

I wish they’d make it tradeable. I’m always short of dusts.

But maybe that’s because I keep running my chars at max power on Toxic utilities, so yeah…

I didn’t mention anything about a Pot. It had to do with the Destroyer Heated Stone, which has been edited down to three Bricks.

“Set”?

At one point, the back piece scavenger hunt requires one-hundred Bricks. That’s not counting the Dust and Bricks other components require.

EDIT: I guess someone may have been trolling the wiki, I don’t see the recipe requiring that many Bricks.

CeruleanRevolver.6085:

… precursor crafting trial.

I’d rather this be a small scale compared to what Legendary crafting could be. After all, the prestige is meant to come from the unique skin and not the crafting material. But yes, precursor crafting could be just as costly as the precursor itself.