Guild Wars 2

Nope, the larger the market the better.

Why delete them? 5 slots = 10 gifts of exploration. No need to delete the toon just… don’t play them anymore.

The Charr wailing is so bad im convinced mine is part banshee.

I agree it has to be something cool and permanent and account bound.

I’ve bought banks slots and toon slots, but nothing else. I though about skins but seeing as you need to constantly get trans stones to keep up with armor changes I decided not buy them. If they make them like HoM rewards then I will buy them in a heartbeat.

Pwnzie.4620:

I’m having the same screaming charr problem, a constant half scream half howl sound (engineer). 5 seconds don’t go by without hearing it, it’s non stop and it’s annoying.

And no, it doesn’t sound anything like a battle cry, not even remotely close. It sounds more like a beaten dog, I don’t get how anybody would want it.

It’s probably the sound effect that should trigger when falling from high height that instead triggers every time the charr doesn’t have feet on the ground, like a simple jump in-place or moving to a different level of terrain. Meh.

Oh God the Char wailing is horrible, I’m pretty sure im having nightmares with that scream. It happens when I jump but not from high enough to be damaging just regular jumps and the wailing starts.

Oh it definetly bugs me, My brain knows that the speed is the same, but after my level 80 asura, to a Charr it feels sloooow. And Norn feel like a “jolly giant” walking slowly becasue he may trip himself. Im getting used to it though.

Let the Ash legion strike from the shadows, let the Blood legion die on the fields… I am part of the machine.

I seriosuly expect to form Voltron at some point in the game.

1. not sure about the limit, but you can cancel your offer at any time in the “my transactions” tab. then go to a TP npc and collect your money back.

2. A seller has the option check the “current offers” before posting a price if the best offer is acceptable they can sell it instantly or decide to put the item a higher price.

right now custom offer is prob not being checked often becasue the game is new and not many people are used to the system.

Hi,

Just putting a couple of ideas out there on why universal account bound tokens would be beneficial to (what IMO) is Anets philosophy.

After spending time reading Anet blogs, forum posts and actually playing the game, I’ve come to some conclusions:

1. Anet wants every end game item to show the progression of the toon and not the account.

2. Anet wants everyone to try as many features of the game they made, not just one dungeon, DE, etc, over and over again.

3. The gold market is very important to maintain regulated since it disrupts the Gem market which allows Anet to keep servers up and make more content.

To achieve this they have implemented several ideas:

-dungeons tokens can only be used by the toon that got them and for the armor of that especific dungeon. this goes hand by hand with point 1.

- Making adjustment in difficulty and rewards to discourage “farming” one feature over the others. Enter the las CoF nerf.

- Gold sinks, golds sinks everywhere, not a bad thing but it does gives a lot of stress… (you know the thing we game to forget about)

Now then, why should Anet consider the universal account bound token without failing to abide by (what I think is) their philosophy?

A. Because steps can be implemented to not allow toons to buy armor from a dungeon that said toon did not finish in story mode and all paths. This has already been done in GW1 just like vendors won’t talk to you if you don’t have the necessary title level (Norn, Asuran, human title tracks).

B. Because steps can be implemented to encourage players to do all dungeons and not just one farm. So far Anet’s idea are punitive instead of rewarding. While nerfing rewards do achieve this they should be counter balanced, perhaps give some extra tokens for a complete dungeon tour per week.

This is very simple mechanic, rewards players for behaving the desired way and put limits to players that “farm” and you will get the results you want. You’ve recently hired an economist (can’t remember his name) ask him about it!, or look at books like freakonomics and similar books that give great examples of what people do when faced with reward/punitive systems.

As of now players have no reason to try other toons and dungeons because the tokens they have invested time in, only work for that toon and for that dungeon. Liberate the tokens and people will have reasons to play other toons and dungeons. Instead of having players do the same dungeon with the same toon daily you could have players doing dungeons on a whim with whatever toon/build they want to try since the rewards are not restricted.

I’ve made my point but one last example. Why do you guys work? to get money? no, that’s not right, is it? Nobody really cares about the printed paper money, the reason you guys work ( and us too) is to exchange money for goods and services. Now imagine for a moment that the money you made working in Anet only lets you buy office supply goods and if you want to buy groceries you need to work in a bank, because banks give you “grocery specific money”. Pretty messed up isn’t it?. If tokens are interchangeable between toons and dungeons people will freak out less about a changes to 1 specific dungeon, as long as you implement a block for toons that do not have completed the dungeons it will still show the toon’s progress while making it rewarding to play on many toons and in many dungeons.

Thanks!

(Full disclosure I’ve done CoF Magg runs 4-5 times and believe to have 65 tokens in total)

Don’t forget to change the tokens to account bound too!

If you truly want us to not “grind the same dungeon over and over” then give us the option to do so.

Just follow the logic here.

Why does a player grind?

Because the player wants a reward.

Ok, but why do the same dungeon, with the same toon over and over again? that can’t be fun… can it?

We do it because that is the only option we have. If there was 1 universal token and tokens were account bound instead of soulbound, then guilds/pugs would simply rotate dungeons and paths and toons.

I agree (and yes this is a matter of taste, so other may feel different) that doing the same dungeon over an over again with the same toon and strategy over and over again is not fun.

This is an economic issue, plain and simple, If you want players to do the rest of the content then give the players the tools to do so (universal account bound tokens)

You have made the frist stop by putting a roadblock to farming the same dungeon path, now give the players the option to have fun in other dungeons!

Isn’t there an achivement for how much money you deposit in the bank? I would start there I guess. Those achivements also come with titles, If Im not mistakesn. For example as you contribute to your guild´s influence you get achivements and titles, tier 2 is “guild warrior” or something like that.

For the tax idea, I wouldn’t mind, even though I don’t use the tp often… but those taxes are there as a money sink so doubtful Anet would lower down., especilly if the point is to bring even more wealth into the economy, sharks being really good at making it.

If you follow Anet’s trend then the best you could hope for is that at “X” level of wealth you get mailed a “token” to exchange for a “tycoon” skin or something like that (can’t stop picturing my Asuran with the monopoly tuxedo and monocle) to show off you trade skills and a nice “fat cat” title so people know you are rich.

Laeir.5197:

It would be really cool if players could spawn a daily “story line” quest that targeted specific crafting needs. Defend a Mithril Mine, or Clear a Spider Lair, or Search for Lost Jewels. Stuff like that.

Ah , like the daily Wanted quest in GW1 for war supplies. I can see this working out, not holding my breath for the time being though.

Yes they are Ghosts of Ascalon but they are not regular ghosts, more like cursed spirits, even worse they were cursed by their king gone mad. In a way defeating their curse will liberate them.

Sadly this is why there are so many afk’ers / bots on events zone, the worst part is that even when they die people revive them thinking they are a regular players. I haven’t report them but only becasue I feel wary that I might be doing it to someone that really is taking a phone call, etc and no I can’t just stay there to confirm it (only did it once 30 min, 3 events not once did he/she moved) because im playing not policing the game.

+1 on this.

Specially since it seems that Anet response to zerging is simply to cut loot… thats not the answer make loot hard to get and people will stop farming the easy “mobs come in a cluster, nuke them, loot, repeat” if the events are “demanding” people wont farm them too long since it will take a long time to get the loot.

I’m talking about lower areas rewards.

I’m not asking for easy farming spots to get rich quick beating “easier” events (though we get scaled down anyway so its not that easy) still all I’m saying is that the gold from the event should at least let us recoup the travel expense.

As per your own words, you want higuer levels to come down and populate lower areas to play with friends, etc. then make it so that if we do, we don’t lose money.

But then how would Anet sell the instant TP vendors in the gem shop?

So I’m thinking to upgrade but wondering how will I get the items?

If I recall correctly you get them when you create a toon but I have already created all toons.n so how will I get them?

Also do you get the items per toon? or just 1 toons gets them?

Your logic only works if Anet had absolutley no workers or serves in EU territories.

Yes the Eu is stronger than the dollar but the product your are buying comes with costs in Eu.

Yeah hold on to those skill points! you will need them for crafting. I regret spending mine on other elites to “try them out”.

Sorry SHM this is just not an option.

If you dont want to fight level 5 mobs then dont. Fight level 80, get the silver and buy the mats from the TP.

Hopefully… atm being a conditions necro is good up unitl leevl 70 then is downhill… while playable its just less fun…

Guess Ill try an alt for now unitl there is more info on +cond gear.

Just killed the mouth and indeed it feels kinda weird to be the errand boy. even if I get to picked what type of coffee to bring Im still the errand boy.

I think they could fix this by simply starting to name him early on PS even if its just briefly (after you choose an order of course). An then after he rises to power instead of having him giving the choice every time, let players get info from npc’s and being presetned with the same options.

The thing is as soon as you are presented the choice from a subordinate instead of your superior the story again centers back to you. Of course all actions should be “informed” to the general… something like this:

Npc " sir scouts have found magical items being delivered to this place, intels shows that this is how zhaitan gets substenance."

toon: "then we must stop this, what are our options?

Npc: “we can kill the mouth or we can stop the supply”

Toon: “we’ll kill the mouth then, inform the general that I’m handling this and that I’m taking a sqadron”

Npc: “yes commander”

The general doesn’t need to be the hero (it almost never is) the toon can be the hero and not be the errand boy. NPC’s could talk about the hero’s quick thinking and guts that won the crucial battles that allow the general to mount the offensive that wins the war.

Think of it like any war movie, yes there is a general somewhere dealing with the war, but the hero can deal the desicive blow that turns the tide.

Garenthal.1480:

The Anarchist.8234:

I have no idea why everyone is so crazy about Tybalt. He actually made me stop playing my human thief. I could not believe that my character had given up a life of luxury in Divinity’s Reach to join a secret, shadowy world order to be ‘mentored’ by a completely worthless character in the secret agent business. I gave up playing at lvl 36 because I just could not get over how terrible he is as a secret agent.

Now Forgal. Oh Forgal, everything about him was done right. The backstory, the gruffness, the slow warming up to your character. The jabs your character shares with him. He helped me buy into the whole motto of the Vigil “some must fight, so that all may be free” He seemed so much more grounded than Tybalt.

I agree! I disliked Forgal at first, then warmed up to him when I learned more about him. Tybalt is…well, overrated. He’s the ‘zany’ trope at play, hence why he’s so popular.

I just really hope this game doesn’t go down the route of making every other NPC ‘zany’ to accommodate the wishes of the same masses that cried out for such things in WoW. Though I have faith that Arena Net are above such things!

I did find the human story the worst which is why I chose Asuran to start.
So far I kinda like the asuran story though it does feel out of place when my toon wants to “fight” (necro, not warrior btw) instead of saying something more ironic/sarcastic.
That said the whispers charr sidekick (Tybalt)is the best npc ever, really Anet whoever did that writing/voice, give him more jobs. Zojja doesnt fall behind etiher.

That said, should everyone be Tybalt? no that would be weird. I guess it worked for me because I kinda give my toons some “personality” so when my asura ( so sure of himself but with no training in stealth becuase he is a necro not a thief) learned that Tybalt was trolling him the whole time it was simply funny and I loved it.

I wish Karma could be pooled like gold for the entire account. They way it is now either you play only 1 toon to get all the karma needed or you forget about legendaries and play various toons.

I’m on the second boat since I bought the extra toon slots to have 1 toon of each.. too bad I will be miss out on legendaries for spending extra money on the game.

I would be awesome if you could designated a “main toon” that could get the karma of the other toons. kinda like Eir is to Destiny’s Edge, sure they all get the glory but Eir is their leader so she is even more recognized than the rest.

Sirius.4510:

Eir did attempt to convince Logan to stay, but it didn’t exactly work well. As for calling it off… well, I guess we’ll never know whether that would be an option. Kralkatorrik was heading pretty much straight for them.

Well logan “called it off” for himself so I would venture that the others could have done the same?

Hi,

I want to craft equipment for a conditions necro so I need +Cond and +toughness. As I understand this would be “rabid equipment”. I saw on a skill calculator something called a “rabid jewel” (for rings and amulets) but I have no idea if its something craftable or not. What about armor? Can armor be “rabid” ?

Anyone has some insight on rabid equipment? is it discoverable? mats? or were to buy the recipe?

Seriosuly any information at all, thanks!

Homitu.7216:

Lonami.2987:

==Personal story forgetting about you==

For those who played GW1, this section can be summarized easily: Trahearne, the new Kormir.

I haven’t played the entire personal story, due to a bug, but I’ve started to see reactions to certain stuff. For example, characters from previous parts of the personal storyline you meet again after a while. And not only they don’t remember you, but they praise lore characters for saving them, when it was you who saved them.

Wait, what?

This is insulting. To start with, when you didn’t meet them before, they should praise “anonymous heroes”, to leave it open for those who did meet them. For those who met them, they should praise them.

The personal story model should respect these not-so-small details, in my opinion. I haven’t suffered it myself yet, but I know I will due to what I’ve chosen. It’s not hard to imagine the faces of other players when those they helped get amnesia and praise a lazy dude who did nothing to save them.

Please, some small fixes on this would be nice. It’s totally immersion breaking, and it can be fixed easily, following the same methods I described on the first section, “Personal Story and the open world”.

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Spoiler warnings ahead

I agreed with a lot of what you said, but concerning this bit, I almost couldn’t disagree more. I felt exactly the opposite, that I was being endlessly praised as THE hero when I was just one of many who had a hand in helping out. I also didn’t quite buy my character’s ascension up the chain of command during each respective story arc. I was appointed as a Durmand Priory magister, max rank within the organization, after completing just two full missions. What?

Soon after, as the story reaches its macro scope, I’m suddenly the glue that connects all three organizations. I become the freaking commander in the assault on Zhaitan. Me, a Sylvari who was just born last week! I simply couldn’t buy it. I still felt like I was a novice Sylvari, nevermind a novice Priory member or citizen of Tyria.

Hey in times of war you work with what you have, when most capable people are either dead or already have a high ranking position you promote whomever seems good enough to do the job and hope for the best.

“I need a corporal. You’re it until you’re dead or I find someone better” Starship Troopers.

The reason beign that Asuran believe in wisdom not in courage. Logan failed his friends (good motives or not) but it was Eir failure to realize that “brains not brawn” will win the war against the dragons that Zojja takes issue with.. Eir should have called off the whole operation instead of just wildly charge in (as a good Norn would) knowing that the plan needed a Logan to tank… that is why Zojja hates her, and just looks down on Logan.

As a conditions Necro, Radiation field is just awesome.

I have this exact same problems (also a conditions necro).

Please Anet some help here, thanks.

buy low, sell high?

not really joking in the end its like any finacial market, if you want to make money that way you have to follow trends see what may go up in value, stock up and then sell at higher margins, or farm whatever is selling high and sell before the markets comes down again.

Stevoli.8795:

SallyStitches.4096:

Stevoli.8795:

I’m only level 25 on my necro, and I rarely ever use the pets. I primarily use a scepter/focus and swap to dual daggers. (love dual daggers for melee range.) The only pet I have equip’d is the healing one, and I only pull it out if I need healing. My other 3 traits are the +power, +run speed, and +life force in combat.

Suggestion; dump the healing pet and use Consume Conditions. It’s sooo much better.

I saw that skill, but from what I gathered it only heals you when you have conditions going (I’ll admit I didn’t really look closely at it). Does it give you a base heal as well?

No, it heals you for a set amount (same one as well of blood) + heals you extra for each condition you have on you and takes the conditions away …. seriously good for soloing

I go conditions too, though theres not much love for it… tougher mobs (champions etc) of course are a problem but not sure any class is supposed to solo those… but regular mobs (of your equivalent level) tend to be manageable even in larger numbers, I actually go out of my way to over aggro 3 -6 mobs just to killed them all toguether with spamming conditions. I play as an asura so I get radiation field as an extra “conditions aoe” so maybe that just gives me an edge?

Anyway basic deal is agro mobs lay wells and C.field, lay marks switch to satff + dagger lay e.blood + blindness then spam scepter skills by the time the wells end most mobs are either dead or an inch from dying so I just finish them off and move to the next group. for veterans I usually change back to staff to spam marks again, then wells then scepter again.

I try to go for gear that gives +toughness and +condition damage. Traits are 30 curses + 20 death magic + 20 blood magic (those last two mainly for -20% recharge rate on wells and staff skills) Spite was of course another obvious choice given the +conditon duration but I´d rather be able to spam the wells and marks a lot faster than conditions lasting longer.

I’m sure in time more mainstream builds will come and changes will be made so for now I’m having fun playing with this setup but have no qualms about changing at some point in the future.

BTW does anyone know how to get something called “rabid jewels” it would go really well with my build but have no idea if they exist or how to get them (found the info on a GW2 skill calculators from beta…)