Guild Wars 2

Liu.4751:

This content needs to go.
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Quit reading when I realized the OPs reason boiled down to, “because I said so….”. (haha)

lemone.5867:

Aerlen.5326:

Onkelbubu.3108:

Tribulation mode is not for everybody!!! Please get it, geeeeet it thanks.

Agreeing with this.

While I’ll talk about scaling “normal” for a casual player, I’m not going to suggest ’dumbing down" the mode created for the hardcores.

I get it. If i buy some game I will “enjoy” game more.

But you must understand i bought this game just like you and if i dont want to pay more i should be able to play as “casual” as you. Beacouse without Infinite Coins i could only tell who play hardcore this game and who doesnt.

1) Your original investment in the game did not include this content. It did not exist at that time. Nobody has short changed you on that investment.
2) There are still other things to do in this game rather than the SAB Trib mode.
3) If you don’t want to pay extra, there are other methods to obtain Continue Coins.
4) The skins you are seeking are VANITY items not necessary to play the actual game. Skins have been sold in the Gem Store since day one, so why is buying an item to obtain said skins such a crime by ANet?

Not saying that the SAB Trib mode is not incentive for players to purchase the Infinite Continue Coin, but Anet has to make money somehow and I’d rather it be directed at content like this than mainstream game content (but I get that my view is slanted because I’ll likely never think of attempting SAB Trib mode).

Pretty sure that only the base craft-able stat sets are available to select and those are different based on whether the item is armor, weapon or jewelry.

Big thread over at LS forum. According to very short ANet response, all items that were Soulbound before patch are going to still be Soulbound (despite what everyone thought the MF change announcement implied).

Lots of yelling, demanding, threats and no additional response from Devs that I saw.

Rookit.3410:

Does it only trigger a % on unique jumping puzzles? I have done the same one 6 times(Frost-gorge sound) and only got +% once.

Not sure if its a bug or working as expected.

Thanks!

Must be 20 DIFFERENT JPs in a month.

I had several unused MF items left over from Clockwork (I intentionally left them untouched to see what would happen with this udate). One was a Rare Staff, the others were just Greens I planned to either flush or salvage (to earn MF via the new system).

All items WERE account bound right after the update (no items stats showing). When double-clicked they DID have a red warning message at the bottom indicating they would become SOULBOUND when stats were selected.

I feel confident it is a “misunderstanding” and not an intentional deception on ANet’s part, but I’m sure those that make a living of hating on ANet will see it differently. Not sure if they shouldn’t do something to compensate due to the statement being misleading, but not sure what.

I had several unused MF items left over from Clockwork (I intentionally left them untouched to see what would happen with this udate). One was a Rare Staff, the others were just Greens I planned to either flush or salvage (to earn MF via the new system).

All items WERE account bound right after the update (no items stats showing). When double-clicked they DID have a red warning message at the bottom indicating they would become SOULBOUND when stats were selected.

I feel confident it is a “misunderstanding” and not an intentional deception on ANet’s part, but I’m sure those that make a living of hating on ANet will see it differently. Not sure if they shouldn’t do something to compensate due to the statement being misleading, but not sure what.

The Dev statement indicated the items would become ACCOUNT bound when the MF was removed and stat changes were needed. There was NO mention of what became of the items once you selected the stats you wanted. Obviously, they become SOULBOUND and in fact, a dialog warns you of this fact before you complete the selection process.

This is NOT a bug but working as intended as far as I can see.

guardian.6489:

Mursumaine.8730:

Isnt it possible to save some money by crafting magic find armor now and then change it after patch to for example knight or berseker, which are 2x the price of magicfind armor?

Indeed, a lot of people are probably already doing what you just mentioned.

It’ll be funny when they find the items are account bound and can’t be sold….

Apparently some high end exotics / ascended are NOT changing to Account Bound, so you this won’t be a free way to pass them to another character, either.

Wolfheart.1938:

Just you wait for achievement completionists and the Tribulation Mode.

It is kind of sadistic to torture the OCD kiddies…..(but will certainly be entertaining in a morbid sort of way).

Mia Lunarfang.5826:

…… Doubtless, the number one reason people partake in living story, is not because they enjoy your hastily thrown together Swiss cheese; but that they want the achievements and rewards that come with come with completion.
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Please refrain from telling the Devs what I do or do not enjoy. Your opinion on the matter is EXACTLY that….YOURS.

Very few like 100% of the LS content being released, but I do find much of the content enjoyable (or I wouldn’t play it). The parts I don’t care for, I ignore. It’s called personal choice and ANet IS providing that in this game.

If you are NOT enjoying the LS content, by all means, don’t play it and feel free to tell ANet why YOU don’t like it. Again, do NOT presume to tell them why WE don’t like it…..I’ll be happy to chime in and add myself to the complaints I agree with.

Avatara.1042:

Yeah, I am going to have that issue with my ascended amulet as well…

Oh and I transmuted my Celestial armour to look like the tier 3 human cultural armour, so that will cost me as well

Who’s choice was that? What you did with your crafted armor has NO bearing on this discussion and the money involved was 100% at your expense.

The armor set is NOT obsolete (tho as pointed out above, it is a poor choice in general).

Celestial set have all stats.
Boon duration and Condition duration are actually in the Giver set.
Adding 1% boon duration and 1% cond duration is correct for me.
With full set pg would have +12% boon duration and +12% condition duration, is not high, it’s just useful and make the set dynamic.

P.S. I’m not talking because i want to have my set buffed, i have soldier set.

I’m afraid I don’t follow you math…..how did you get 12% from 6 pieces with 1% ea?
I’m not apposed to this idea, but as mentioned before, Celestial (w/o MF) already provides a significant advantage than other armor sets (in terms of overall total stat point bonuses).

While there remains some slight possibility they could add some buff to replace MF, I would not hold my breath for a refund. I don’t recall ANet EVER allowing for a refund for any type of in-game equipment. Granted, this change is kind of unprecedented, but they ARE providing EVERYONE with +20% ACCOUNT MF increase….doesn’t that cover the 18% you are losing on the Celestial gear?

kahzee.6042:

I don’t get why ppeople think it shouldn’t tAke them longer to gear 8 toons. it was your choice to make that many. You should not make your gear the same rate as everyone else on one character.

As an Alt-aholic myself, I agree with this statement. I just don’t understand the mentality of all these players feeling persecuted by ANet because time-gating limitations just happen to slow down their hyper-sonic rush to gear up 8 characters. The idea that this is being done to “punish” people with many characters is simply self-delusional and begs the question as to WHY Anet would do something intentionally to cause these players some personal agony. Did it ever dawn on you that your play-style choice might NOT be why they are putting this limitation in place?

So by your own example of what a “real” puzzle is, the answer to your question is, YES (see your example for an example).

To be honest, since everyone that does that puzzle goes and looks up the numbers that are required before hand (or remembers them from previous puzzle completion) how is it such a great puzzle?

Very few people fully figure out (or begin to care) how the button presses effect the results so most still just “blindly press buttons” (ironically, in-game rather than keyboard) until the correct sequence shows up. Granted, there is a “method” to which buttons to press to get the numbers quicker, but it’s a memorization challenge, not any seriously challenging thought process.

I fail to see how this is mentally more challenging than knowing when and where to press the JUMP button.

I guess I ripped into you example but your question still stands and I would guess NEVER (as the game has to appeal to the masses not MENSA).

Zedd.8239:

Maybe we should see what happens before we all go crazy?

Nope, everyone delete all your characters right now and format your hard disk….it’s our only hope, Obi Wan!

Mia Lunarfang.5826:

They stated they are removing all… so until told otherwise, we must assume they are screwing us over.

Really? Go right a head and stress for no reason then. The Chicken Little dance can be quite amusing. They are specifically allowing recipes to be “re-discovered” for crafting XP and you NEVER have to discover purchased or found recipes (the recipe you “consumed” IS the discovery).

Nobody knows for sure and Anet isn’t answering pleas for an answer at this point.

Speculation is that there is an unreleased “un-transmute” item that will be part of the overall solution. I seriously doubt ANet is going to screw over players that put in the time to build (or buy) a Legendary weapon.

Frostgorge can be reached fairly early by nearly any character since it connects to the NE corner of Wayfarer Foothills (the Norn starter zone). the Norn area seems to be a bit of an anomoly in this as a LVL 40+ zone also directly connects to Hoelbrak (the Norn City). Note that Frostgorge IS a +70 LVL zone and it is not recommended for sightseeing by low levels.

You have to progress the personal story pretty far before you get easy access to Cursed Shore or the other Orr zones but you CAN travel there directly overland whenever you want to try it. Head South from Hoelbrak thru Dredgehaunt Cliffs and just keep heading South…..

How this works is exactly why Frostgorge Sound is one of the most popular Invasion (and generic Champ) farming locations.

Pryda.8257:

Anyone can do this, what’s the problem with it then?

I second this question…. What’s the big deal if you can pull this off as well? It’s not like ANYONE has a distinct advantage due to this “bug”. None of those Sigils are outrageously priced or hard to get. I get that it needs to be fixed, (I guess), but it’s certainly not a pressing issue.

You have to kind of JP up to it while working your way around the plateau. Watch out for the Fire Elemental Boss and a few minions up there… need to dodge in a very small area to avoid burning death… and falling off.

As I recall when my son ran an earlier trial weekend, you can’t have access to the bank on a trial character. I could be wrong, but that’s what I remember.

The no deposit issue is a fairly recent change.

Warrior can work with ANY weapon combination (one of the things I like best is completely changing my game play in a matter of moments).

If you seriously like to assist other players, then Guardian is the way to go. While most of your “assistance” is either indirectly applied or ground targeted, it can keep a group alive many times longer and without a huge sacrifice to your own damage output. Granted, the Guardian will NEVER win a DPS contest, but it can be speced to put out some respectable damage while having a very high survivablity (and being VERY sought after in most every group in PvE).

Didn’t mention why you discounted the Necro and Engineer and I see someone has possibly changed your mind about the Necro so I’ll advocate the Engi a bit. Engineer is a strange beast, but one I find quite enjoyable. Most all his weapons are ranged to some extent and they don’t exactly fit the “swords and sorcery” mold (possibly why you have discounted playing one). They bring a good bit of group support and can truly lay down some serious damage to groups of enemies. They do lack the surviviablity of some of the other classes and they also lack some basic “utility” skills that are needed to solo some harder hitting bosses (you can still take them down, just not go toe to toe with them). I’m also disturbingly fond of my flame thrower….I named her Burn-a-debt.

If you like burning, One gives you a chance to cause Flame Burst on Crit (AoE fire & burning…not much but effects multiple enemies…I think its Sigil of Fire or Flame) and another can increase burning length (I think that is Sigil of Smoldering).

For Longbow, I use Sigil Peril (increases the length of the Vulnerability condition that skill # 2 applies).

which stacking you use depends on the rest of your build. Stacking Might (Bloodlust?) is good on a Crit based build (I suggest using a Greatsword as 2nd weapon) while stacking condition damage (Corruption) is good if focusing on conditions (you should be using a short bow for the potential constant bleeding, however).

Note that none of these are going to be a big help at the “minor” level, so you may just as well be better off saving your money and using available gems or other upgrade items for general stat boosts until you can use Major or Superior Sigils.

I get that part. but if you currently have a set that gives you 30% MF (don’t know the numbers, not familiar with the set….I’ve always ignored it), that means you will LOOSE 30% MF when the update happens (yes you will gain some stats elsewhere). I think they understand they need to do SOMTHING to replace that 30% MF you just lost. Thus the consumable (gives a permanent increase to account wide MF) he mentioned late in the blog post.

The only logical use of this consumable is some calculation (be it at update or when you choose the new stats) that your character has x% of MF that is getting wiped out……send you Y% of MF increase from the consumable. I guess they could just be planning to send out a flat MF % to everyone shrug.

Anyway, I get that’s assuming a lot, but what if whatever they are planning could be abused by loading up your stash with MF gear (Explorer or Celestial…not really possible) equipment and waiting for the update? BAM! +100% increase in MF….ACCOUNT WIDE! Worse case, you get to change all the equipment to something that might make you some profit (or you can toss it in the Mystic Flusher).

I understand this is some high-fantasy level speculation, but it certainly sounds like something that could happen in this game.

Did anyone notice the comment about getting consumables that raise your Account MF permanently? He implied it was based on MF you currently owned that gets changed by the update. Anyone see a possible run on MF equipment between now and Tuesday?

Is it possible that having your stash full of Explorers equipment may translate into a massive permanent boost to your account wide MF? Surely that aren’t that stupid.

I think this kind of feature is actually LEGENDARY and should be EXCLUSIVE to them. I dare say ANet agrees and won’t be adding this to any other equipment types.

I at first felt Celestial needed a boost of some sort for removing MF, but after reviewing the math between it an other top tier sets, it was actually well above the other sets from the start. Removing the MF is just fine.

On another note, according to the redit blog post by a Dev, they will be sending out some consumable items to everyone that owns equipment that has MF being stripped (or changed) that increase your Account wide MF (at least that’s how I read it). Not exactly sure how they are calculating what should be sent or if this will be abusable or not (stock your bank with Explorer gear and get tons of MF consumables when the update happens)?

What does MY comment have to do with the OPs absurd suggestion to move the date because of an American holiday…..it certainly didn’t support it and don’t appreciate you implying I am somehow oblivious to how narrow minded his suggestion is.

I was actually questioning just how “grown-up” the OP was if he was using “Valley-grrl” speak. Ironically you replied in some L33t texting jargon, that brings up the same question again.

Kite.2510:

That’s… disappointing.
I was expecting some sort of of boost in account mf, like for example making it give certain achievements that add magic find instantly.

From what I read, if you own MF gear that gets altered, you should receive some number of consumables that will permanently raise your account wide MF.

NOTE: I could be reading something wrong in my interpretation of that Dev post.

I doubt they are going to screw over anyone that owns a Legendary in the long run. They may want a temporary shyte-storm just for publicity sake (I know that cynical, but I don’t see another explanation if trans-Legendary items don’t update). This issue not being addressed by a Dev comment is quite curious.

I was under the impression the MF items become account bound until you select the new set of stats and then they became, “Soulbound on Use” and could be sold normally (with the new stat base). No idea how this applies to items that were Soulbound prior to the update (they were discussing a crafted item on the TP).

I tend to agree with the idea that Precursors and Legendaries should not be sell-able.

I’m curious to know how the OP came to the conclusion that SAB is the most popular thing about GW2. Speculative observation and personal opinion do not count as “reasons” anyone but yourself will accept.

Nar.8327:

The slap in the face isn’t SAB, it’s “oh, here’s a new tier of weapons that make the 100+ you already own obsolete, and btw they’re time-gated.”

That is the single most ungrateful remark using the most twisted logic I think I have ever seen. I can understand you complaining about the time-gating issue, but how do you view the new crafting levels and equipment in a negative light? Some players attitudes are simply amazing to observe.

Dissing Quantum Leap is a new low around here…

I think using the word “TOTALLY” like that discounts you as “grown-up” of any kind.

mtpelion.4562:

Brother Grimm.5176:

mtpelion.4562:

The reason this thread even exists is because ArenaNet chose to design the content in a way that allows reward seekers and content seekers to work independently.

Isn’t it possible this is NOT a bad thing? Again, CHOICE is available to everyone that wants to take the time to even show up every hour on the hour.

It would be a better design if they made the game so that choices exist but that those choices synergize.

Funny thing is I fully think they DO synergize (in a roundabout and not so obvious way). Those that are convinced the farmers are “ruining” it just haven’t considered what these events would be like if nobody that was interested in farming showed up in the Map. Despite what they think, I’m guessing the majority of the successful Events, wouldn’t happen if it wasn’t for players actively farming that Event map.

thefantasticg.3984:

I would be genuinely surprised if you had enough people to complete the event without the farmers.

I tend to agree with this. I started an Event very late (about 8 min after the announcement) this morning and it was very lonely in that Overflow Map. Ran into at least a dozen events I couldn’t even begin to think about taking on by myself….eventually some other players showed up and we pulled a few out of a Molten Mob and finally took the whole thing down with about 5-6 players.

There was no chance we were ever going to be able to tackle all the Events needed to complete with the few number of players we collected. I think the final “Zerg” we had was a bit over a dozen. Granted, there were other groups on the map as I could see 2 commander tags elsewhere (I usually avoid them, but that’s another story), but we simply could not kill fast enough to complete enough Events to be successful.

On the bright side, we all got some fairly good loot (not optimum) and the fights were all much more enjoyable and actually required some skill and intelligence to win (ok, for PvE).

bhagwad.4281:

I wonder if you apply this same logic to real life as well. Let’s say the government allows me to take advantage of a certain tax break that economists agree is bad for the economy – the details of why it’s bad is irrelevant.

As a rational person wanting to save money I take advantage of this tax break. Sure, I have the choice to not make use of it. But just because I save money this way means I’m a selfish prick? You tell me – who is the bad guy here. A person who makes use of the tax break or the government that created the tax break in the first place?

This is absurd. Of course we have a choice. But why would reasonable people choose to throw away money? What shocks me is that so many people actually think that people are “selfish” for doing this. As opposed to what?

P.S: If you don’t like the idea of a tax break, just think of any government policy that’s bad for the economy but benefits some people. Are those people “selfish” for making use of the benefits provided to them?

My use of that term was perhaps a bad choice of words. I meant to strongly suggest “person of strong self interest”, which I realize we all are. I never meant to imply I wasn’t the selfish prick most of the time. I just realize it, admit it and don’t try to blame someone else for “making me” take the actions that may or may not be morally (or otherwise) questionable.

In specific terms of the Invasions, yes, both sides in this could be considered “selfish pricks”, but for the record, I was using the term more as an extreme example to identify actions that are 100% about the individual players best interest and less about name calling (again, a bad choice on my part, I guess).

Didn’t mean to directly call anyone a “selfish prick” but deep down we all are one at times (some more than others). The morality of it steps in when we examine where we draw that line we will not cross. This being an on-line game with very limited (if any) RL consequences, that line is WAY out there for many players.

Did the created Champion give loot boxes? I have been led to believe that they do not, so fighting them is not very lucrative.

It’s a nice change of pace to spice up my gameplay for a few weeks.

I also made some much needed extra gold, so I don’t feel I have much to complain about.

Can’t be downed. Achievement text needs to be clarified. That is all.

I’ve looked into this further and a solution does exist. You need to group with someone in the Event Zone and make sure to add them to your Friend list. You should be able to rejoin your group (in the same zone) when you are DCed.

There is a reconnect system, but in GW1 you likely ALWAYS in a party in the instanced areas, so that party held open the instance for a short time for you to reconnect. You must be in a group in GW2 for this same type system to work (and at least one of the group members MUST be in your friends list for you to be able to jump to the group when you reconnect).

I have no idea if it is possible for ANet to hold your place on a map in a non-group situation, but since the feature exists when you group, I doubt they are trying to put it in place.

Elbegast.6970:

That’s not much of a revelation. It was like being handed a huge carton of ‘Moose Tracks Ice Cream’ and opening it to reveal that the contents were nothing but overcooked brussel sprouts.

Exaggerate much?

Seriously, you need to work much harder on you “Analogy Merit Badge”.

I’ve been disconnected ONE time while fighting Scarlet at the end and it really wasn’t a disconnect but a Windows Error with GW2.EXE (I think the program was just overwhelmed….there had to be every player on the map on my screen at once).

I’ve never had an issue with getting in an overflow in the required time and not getting the Invasion Events generated. In fact, most of my overflow Invasion zone experiences have been more enjoyable and profitable. I’ve actually started waiting a few minutes after the attack announcement to get to the zone (often traveling by foot to save way point costs….I’m cheap that way) so I’m sure to get in an Overflow Map.

I know I need Timberline Falls and some other map (I do not recall doing Gandaran Fields, so that may be it). I plan on playing a good bit this weekend, so I’m not going to panic yet.

I doubt there is anyway they are going to “give” this to anyone as Ii have not seen them ever admit there is a “glitch”. There were plenty of questions about HOW you got credit for the all zones achievement, so I’m guessing everyone’s real issue is that they’ve done a map they THINK counted early on, but it did not (and they were not keeping track of the maps at the time).

I certainly destroyed mine and have seen no ill effects yet.

Be my luck they will become sell-able at 1G ea…..

The LVL 500 crafting and T7 materials will take care of the extra money inserted in the economy by this last months events. There are LOTs of players right now sitting on big piles of Gold because they don’t see anything worth spending it on. That is NEVER the case in a real economy with too much cash.

Gotta admit that’s a kick in the nuts move by the Devs. At least give another Scarlet Loot bag….

Any chance there will ever be a “bound” category that allows us to gift items to another player, yet not be sold on the TP? A “gift bound” perhaps?

I hate the idea of destroying the LVL 20 scrolls, but they are useless to me (and a LOT of long time players), but would be great for a starting out player (tho I would never suggest someone use one on their first character…..takes away your GW2 “virginity” in a way).

What does it matter if someone got 2 presents….is there really anything here that is in short supply or gives any sort of advantage?

On the scrolls, any chance these will ever be altered (or be able to be exchanged) for a scroll that gives a LVL 80 20 skill points? I get that they promote new characters (and thus theoretically sell character slots), but I’ve got all the characters I plan on playing, so they are just taking up a storage slot right now and are on my “when will I destroy” list.

Reference sexual acts

’nuff said.

As mentioned above, that term is likely copyrighted and trademakred as well.

Keep in mind the the opinion of anyone not an official ANet employee is not relevant in terms of making the call on what you can use for IGN.

Not saying it’s not stretching the policy a bit, but I’d say anything with “gasam” can be identified with a “sexual act”.

I think naming your character after a real life “celebrity” name is also a ToC violation….so your main point (that it’s not about your junk, but about the rapper), is still a violation (tho, the use of a “nickname” could be debated, I guess).