Guild Wars 2

How is the dust market these days?

NO.

You can craft the Rare (purchased Recipes) versions of insignia / inscriptions every 15 levels (coincides with the Masterwork (GREEN) items), If you have the fine materials and stick with one or maybe 2 stat combos, it’s not a bad idea while leveling.

You don’t need to replace your equipment more than every 15 levels anyway.

Portal Master.9146:

^ Ditto. This thread serves no purpose other than as a display of vanity.

I disagree….he could just be chumming the waters for a lark.

Lanhelin.3480:

Yet there is no way to get a slotted rune other than by salvaging the item. So in your case with the karma item, the rune is lost. You have to put another rune of the same type into the new item.

Again, there IS the upgrade extractor on the Gem Store (250 gems). I would not suggest this for anything short of a high level infusion, but it IS an option that exists in the game. The source of the item has no bearing on the use of an upgrade extractor (as it does NOT salvage the item, just removes the upgrades from it).

Was never fond of this mechanic in GW1…..I never seemed to have the right key on the right character when a chest became available….very frustrating.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

You keep mentioning quality content and SWTOR… One of those words doesn’t mean what you think it means…

“and”….I bet it’s the “and”….amiright?

I don’t think you guys can post these comments without your official tin-foil hats firmly seated and your tray tables in the upright position….

j/k….carry on crazy people!!!

Otaur.9268:

AESOkami.1072:

I’m a level 8 ranger stuck in Rata Sum and I’m wondering which is the easiest way to get to these pets.
Please reply if you know

Look up their locations and go for it. If I can take a level 10 ranger to southsun cove for a salamander, you can take your character to the level 40 zones! GL

Certainly possible for a Veteran player, but very likely to end in frustration for a newbie.

Give me whisper (if on US Servers) this weekend and I’ll help out.

Your flaw is the fact that you are COMPARING a subscription MMO with a P2P MMO (and even one that started out subscription, failed and changed to a tiered subscription F2P model) and expecting something similar from all of them. It’s just not a logical expectation to make. You wouldn’t go to a Steak House and complain that they don’t server your favorite….egg rolls (especially if you know for a fact a Chinese place is right down the street).

Your best bet at that level is to get a higher level character to chaperon you to the needed location. The other option is to wait until you are high enough level to possibly survive those zones. (LVL 15 -20 for Snowden Drifts, LVL 40-50 for Blazeridge)

Note that you can travel to ANY of the race Cities via the portal to Lions Arch (so you are NOT stuck in Rata Sum).

Dulfy.net DOES list a PvP skin (PVP PLATED SNIPER RIFLE) for The Hunter.

CORRECTION: Dulfy.net DOES list a PvP skin for Final Rest….PVP GARGOYLE SCYTHE (my bad in first post).

It’s not available yet…..cool your jets and keep an eye on the blog posts….

Have you actually tried another mouse? That would be my first suggestion before you go following every wild suggestion you find on these forums.

Heavily taxing software can identify an existing hardware thermal issue, but it cannot cause one to develop. Overheating is 100% hardware / systems settings / Environmental issue ONLY.

lordkrall.7241:

Did you expect them to release all of Maguuma at once?

Never underestimate what some of the players in this game expect…..it provides endless entertainment and disgust all at once.

While some may like it, I have to say I find the loading screen simply ugly. I fully understand art is a subjective thing but I’ve never been a big fan of modern art….

Eleia.3291:

So let me get this straight. Your solution to having to download the gw2.dat is downloading the gw2.dat?

Nobel Prize level logic right there….Kudos!

(You are aware that it’s a file….on your computer….that you can COPY anytime you like….for free…without downloading it again….just saying).

Not interested in Outfits in the least…

Naevius.3185:

Some things aren’t worth fixing, as in the solution causes more problems.

If changing the way conditions work causes every class and weapon to need re-balancing, it isn’t worth doing. Suck it up, soldier.

As a side note, I think they implemented the back-end inefficiently – they should have had each new incoming condition re-weight the damage per tick and re-calc the (weighted) duration of the existing ‘stack’ on the target. (So the server tracks a single stack, not 25.)

While the suggestion make sense in terms of the game, the REAL issue here is available resources to do the additional calculations for EVERY stack of conditions being tabulated within a zone. Would probably work fine in a Dungeon instance, but what about prime time Frostgorge or Orr? The 25 stack limit was put in place because there ARE limits on what the Server can calculate and keep up with at any given time and your solution would just exacerbate that issue. They would need a solution that either uses LESS computational power or at least doesn’t use more that the current limitations that are in place. I’m guessing they HAVE tried to fix it, but just have not been successful.

I’m speculating, but that is the most reasonable explanation of why nothing has been done to try and fix it. I think that the change to combine the DoT damage packets displayed is proof they HAVE worked on the issue, but just haven’t found a better solution that is acceptable (both in terms of game balance and technical feasibility).

In terms of not hearing anything about it, I’d guess they are less than eager to admit they have so far come up empty handed. Also, I think the manner in which the community generally twists and misquotes ANYTHING a Dev comments about the game is a decent reason to say nothing about any improvement not slated for the next release.

What do those items say in terms of Account / Soul bound now?

As long as the mute feature keeps working, more power to you guys….

HHR LostProphet.4801:

That is one of the reasons why speculators are bad: they make gold by draining other players gold.

So this entire thread is about anti-capitalism in general (because the above is pretty much a justification for any free market). Glad I didn’t waste my time reading all of it….

To be honest, the only time I’ve heard they regularly make this kind of replacement is when someone buys 2 of the exact same item from the Laurel Vendors. Since the jewelry is “unique”, you cannot equip 2 of he same item and there is no specific warning about this until you TRY to equip them. From my understanding CS does perform some sort of “swap” in that case (just so you know, they CAN tell from the game logs if you actually bought 2 of the same item).

Crafting the wrong item is quite a bit different than selecting the wrong item you purchase with Laurels…..

Well it IS still destroyed (to an extent) and nothing is where it used to be before the LA attacks. Just travel to some of the WPs and you will figure it out (or ask in chat).

The skin’s name is IRON even tho the actual item has STEEL stats…. Kind of a FUBAR of the wardrobe changes, IMO.

Just when you thought it was safe to cross a bridge…..

Where do you actually get the recipes? I have not been deep in to the new content yet.

It was just the Champ Chest, nothing related to the story itself.

ITheNormalPerson.9275:

and still no one answers the question

I have no definite answer, but I would assume they could, as they can see tonics and other aesthetic things.

though don’t take for granted that they can hear you, even if it is possible. a large group of mmo players (me included) don’t play with sound on (or in my case, I have it low enough that i can just barely hear it, in case i need to focus on shouts or something

I’m sure they can hear it IF any players is dumb enough to have the Instrument sounds actually enabled….sorry to all you wanna be musicians, but your in-game hobby is simply horrifically annoying to most players….

You still don’t have to “wait until you hit 80”, but they did weight the ability to do higher end builds to that end of the scale. Look at it how you want, but I see it as more motivation to advance to 80 not less (tho I can see it would appear to be discouraging to players with mid level characters prior to the change).

Xenon.4537:

They already got the assassin armor in the gem store.. can we PLEASE have SOMETHING to earn in game???

It’s not armor….just an Outfit and those have NEVER been earned in game.

The wiki (which could be wrong) states the only way to get this skin is from the Shadow Behemoth Chest…..Dulfy.net confirms. (incorrect info)

Lanhelin.3480:

Yet there is no way to get a slotted rune other than by salvaging the item. So in your case with the karma item, the rune is lost. You have to put another rune of the same type into the new item.

Actually, there IS a way, but it costs 250gems to obtain….and the new upgrade is likely cheaper.

There is a setting in the options (controls) that keeps you from auto attacking the selected target. As a Guardian, you likely started moving toward the target to attack first, but on a Ranger (with a ranged weapon), you will start attacking as soon as you are in range.

Just a suggestion….AVOID having to click on a target to select it. Bind the targeting keys (closest target, next target, prev target) and use those to select who you want to attack. needing to click on a specific target GREATLY slows down your ability to start putting the hurt on an enemy ASAP.

Must have read old data as Vigil Keep is no longer the main game hub….LA is again (but it’s kind of fragmented as there are about 4 major areas of crafting and trading NPC now).

But to get to Vigil Keep, exit LA north and just follow the road North….it leads to Vigil Keep (NE corner of Gandaran Fields). There is no reason to run to Gandaran Fields from any other Cities as all of them have portals directly to Lions Arch (the were moved FROM Vigil Keep recently). There is no real reason to go to Vigil Keep now (other than normal story missions or equipment NPCs).

This is frankly just an inflammatory thread with no real reason to exist other than insight RNG hate directed at ANet….isn’t that a challenging prospect here?

The use of the term “deserves” directly relates to the generally entitled point of view that far too many players carry around like badge of honor.

Subscriptions will not happen. Anet’s been pretty definitive about that NOT being a consideration in their economic model. If you and other convert players are so intent on being shackled to a monthly fee, there are a variety of options available to you (I will not go into the details as you likely already know them).

To be clear, Anet would be betraying their core player base if they put a “premium” subscription in place (I would be one of those that felt betrayed). Believe it or not, there is very large segment of gamer that feel VERY strongly about NEVER playing a monthly fee for a game (I’m one of them). This is a HUGE reason I (and others) played Guild Wars and now play Guild Wars 2.

You do realize your character does not say “random” things….all the phrases are connected to actual gameplay happenings. Not that your idea is a bad one (for an option), but the vocalization is NOT random.

Since when has a new STAT combo EVER been related to the item’s skin (especially crafted ones)? If this is just a complaint about Gem Store items, there are plenty of other threads on this forum whining about having to pay for BLING…..

WereDragon.6083:

Exact same specs, sitting on 57 fps during the sandstorm

Exactly how is 57 FPS an issue? That is glorious for many players.

The sandstorm effects WILL cause FPS slowdown (and unfortunately, such slowdown can adversely effect how the Aspect skills perform….bad design choice, IMO).

Have you actually started the client with the -repair command?

Details on how to do it here: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Command_line_arguments

While it IS kind of an account issue, it is doubtful anyone (even Arena Net) can assist with this problem (short of opening up all Servers to more players….unlikely to happen as MANY servers are underpopulated).

Jeweler is likely the MOST useful crafting profession for your own characters while leveling up. There are VERY few ways to obtain Jewelry below LVL 80 unless you buy it from TP.

Wish I had known the coffers would be taken out today…..would have saved my recent keys.

I was sure I had seen Obby Shards at the other temple Karma dealers. Only Balth one in Straits. My bad.

Count he number of ways that Anet can actually earn money from this game and it should be obvious WHY these items are in the Gem Store. You DO understand that if they don’t make some money, the game servers don’t continue to light up, right? It’s worth noting that the actual game content that was added was distributed to ALL valid players absolutely free of charge.

Also, note that since you CAN purchase GEMS for in-game GOLD, calling it a “cash shop” is not entirely accurate. I get that some players want to get everything for free, but that’s not how a businesses actually operates.

TheBandit.7031:

Brother Grimm.5176:

That is so untrue….I’ve bought plenty of Traits on my new (since Trait patch) character. You do need to be careful about what skills you unlock, but as long as you are clearing areas during level up, the skill points are there. Also, Tomes and Scrolls of knowledge aren’t exactly hard to get these days….

You get 75 skill points by level 80. That’s not even enough to unlock all your skills. Skill scrolls are very easy to get yes, but new players don’t really champion farm or know how to. Farming champions is ineffective at low levels anyway and gives crap xp.
Unlocking all traits costs 360 skill points. It’s unlikely you’ll unlock too many traits through gameplay, since most of them require killing higher level bosses.

How are the 36 skill points you can get from JUST the starter zones not be usable by a low level? There are a total of over 200 skill challenges in the open world alone.

Also, a FULL LVL 80 build can only use 7 traits at one time. The average player likely uses less than 25 Traits 98% of the time (that’s less than half the available 65). You don’t NEED every trait unlocked by a long shot.

All you players exaggerating how HORRID the new Trait system is need to evaluate the REAL use of Traits by the average user, not just plop down gold and Skill Point numbers to obtain ALL traits and decry how unfair it is…..

Besides your request being a HUGE security issue, if you used the Mobile Authentication it would be easier to authorize and provide you with BETTER account security.

Mobile computing does have a cost in terms of security and Anet has chosen not to compromise on the Security side. My opinion is that it is the correct choice.

From the other perspective, you are requesting a feature that is not needed at all and would require significant resources to develop, test and release. All those resources could be put toward features that could actually be useful or fixing existing issues in the game. From my point of view, your request is very selfish and short sighted.

How would mounts in any way enhance the game (beyond the BLING factor)? Answer that with a thoughtful and meaningful list of reasons and we long time GW2 players will consider the request seriously.

I have to agree that coming in here and stating you have 63 stacks of Quartz and had no idea Charged Crystals were time gated does not make much sense. I would certainly hope that no sane person would ever accumulate that quantity of raw materials and be unaware of the refinement process (if the goal was to refine it).

OP seems to be quite defensive about the issue, but beyond trying to just not appear supremely ignorant, I have no idea why. Stating that it, “doesn’t matter how I got the material”, just makes it more suspicious…..