Guild Wars 2

Ardenwolfe.8590:

Mmmm. Alistair.

xD

Though I’d follow Varric the most over anyone else. X3

Eburte.9813:

lokh.2695:

playing a Sylvari main, loved the race from day one so….

#meangreenkillingmachine, #treepridetyriawide

We’re literally vegetarian anime characters tbh.

I see zero connection.

Commander Shep doesn’t belong there. Gimme Alistair. <3

Why are you guys acting like skins are trophys?

It’s a random drop.

crystalpink.2487:

Bunny ears please.
That’s all I ask xD

Yeaah! More bunny ears support! I mean . . . every bunny loves bunny ears!

\o/

Fenom.9457:

Toxic gear and Rox’ quiver or else.

Ohh my friend wants Rox’ quiver also. It’s really nice. I hope it returns, too!

niea.7504:

Just a flesh wound.3589:

niea.7504:

Substatic.6958:

No events? Just gem store stuff?

Take a deep breath and relax. We don’t know if there are going to be any events. OP just asked what gem store items we’d like to see return.

I wouldn’t expect new events. There weren’t any new events on year one or year two and it would be a very faint hope indeed for new events this year.

That’s great, sunshine. I’ve still got my fingers crossed that the bunny ears will return.

Chant with me. Bunny ears. Bunny ears. Bunny ears! xD

21 days of this. I don’t know if I can make it. Just release all the items on day 1. I don’t need to be up all night wide eyed like “Maybe it’ll come tomorrow! O_O”

xD I been doing that about Butterfly wings for weeks.

Substatic.6958:

No events? Just gem store stuff?

Aye! Well so far anyways! But they are awesome enough to bring back items we missed out on previously. I would like to see a tiny event of some kind but! Hey! This is still pretty cool!

I know scepter isn’t optimal (compared to sword) but I love it. I keep going back and forth on how much its worth it to pick up MS. Anyone have any suggestions for trait lines?

This is mostly for my own enjoyment. I duo/trio dungeons and roam in wvw with the same people. Spvp it’s actually been enjoyable no matter my build because of a burst + block. I can’t wait to pair it with shield!

Thanks for any tips! You guys are always the best <3

niea.7504:

Bunny ears or riot.

o m g. . . I forgot about them. Shame on me! I want those really badly too. Be adorable on my Syl.

Queue the chanting!! Gimme or riottt! xD

Karl McLain.5604:

While the changes listed are the ones you’ll be seeing in the next beta weekend, we haven’t stopped making changes as we work to improve the Dragonhunter specialization. Here’s a few more changes we’ve been playing with for the longbow.

Puncture Shot: Arrow velocity is slow! We’re looking at increasing it so that it’s less strafe-able. What we’ve got it at is ~66% increase, putting it at around Hip Shot (engineer rifle) velocity. We’re also looking at the base and bounce functionality.

True Shot: To make this ability more rewarding for stopping you in place, we’re looking at further increasing the damage.

Deflecting Shot: We’re looking at increasing the damage values of this ability, so that it has a bit more impact to it.

Symbol of Energy: It’s really hard to place this in a position on allies/enemies without them being gone by the time the arrow gets there. Upping the missile velocity by ~60% and allowing it to be fired behind you.

Thanks for your constructive feedback, everyone. I’ve got to head out for now. We’ll be back with more stuff, like traits, soon.

-Karl

Thank you Sir! I will definitely be testing these next beta. Looking forward to hearing from you again to know what else we can expect!

I don’t know about you guys but Anet gave me sooo much happiness today! I wanted Kasmeer’s staff so badly! I’m glad to see it added the first day!

What are you hoping to see return in the sale?

My only other wish is Electro dyes! (Because I dunno if new items count. Butterfly wingssss, I will wait forever for youuuu~! xD)

Keep bringing this up please!!! I support this idea every time someone pops up with it. I have nothing in bank to test warrior / just finished collecting my accessories. >.< I need bank reset XD

@phokus ~

Next bwe I can imagine there wont be as much feedback. We really have nothing to test seeing as damage wasn’t the issue in the first place.

Not to be a downer but I’d rather focus on testing Warrior. It looks like it’s going to be a blast to test. Some of the concepts sound like soooo much fun!

Arnath.2319:

Simple fix, make them Wells!

Seriously Arena Devs, making them Wells would fix almost every single issue.

But then the other classes who use traps would want the same thing. In return classes with wells would be like …really?!?!<

The fix isn’t really simple. Though I wish it were. DH was my obsession until current beta. I want it to be fun to play so badly.

Purple Miku.7032:

I actually can’t even find the icons in the 3 pictures in the OP.

Who the hell thought it was a good idea to change the icons from their previous noticeable blue arrow icon to this where it’s barely visible at all?

Perhaps someone who enjoyed “Where’s Waldo” books as a child. At least that’s what I feel I’m playing when I uncover maps. xD

I miss them all the time. They blend in so well I end up doing so many back and forths. I miss the old blue ones. :C

Halan.7931:

I really hope for a quest, maybe with NPC that has this specialization that introduces it to you.

Me too! I hope they make a big intro and a big deal about the spec. Go on a mission or two that could utilize your new strengths. \o/

I don’t want tails. I want cute animal ears! \o/

Joins 3 year old game. Has ideas on how to change it entirely like its brand new.

xD

Thank you for writing this up. It’s very well put and well thought out. I would love to see all this come to life.

So what you’re saying is it’s okay to go on threads and gripe about others griping but they can’t gripe themselves? Telling others to go read on how to do something while you proceed to do the opposite? Come on now. This isn’t going to get any of us anywhere.

Let’s focus on why we don’t want to test or give feedback. Let’s explain ourselves. It doesn’t have to follow some guide on how to give feedback because we aren’t robots. BUT. It should be constructive. Rants / Raves aside. Ask yourselves when you’re posting if what you are saying is going to DO anything productive. If not, just delete. It can be a rant as long as you also provide a solution that is reasonable. We aren’t toddlers wanting candy at the grocery store. Mmmkayy?

We need a lot less white knighting, clutter, and cry baby junk floating around here.

ON TOPIC – I will continue to give feedback when I feel like I’m testing something that’s worth testing. These results from last beta are not exactly what was broken so I don’t feel I need to put any further input into it until more changes occur.

sephiroth.4217:

I bought gems yesterday hoping I could get this, if it wasn’t a bug that is.

I don’t want it.

I NEED IT.

And please Devs! Give us a response on the Anni. Can we have a fun event for it too?!

O.O Teach me, senpai.

Arnath.2319:

ummm .. be helpful and constructive or go home ..

That is the point, we HAVE been constructive… for THREE YEARS.

Patiently waiting providing mature very well written feedback and for THREE YEARS we are ignored.

Now with this latest Beta post by the devs not only have the once again ignored us they were deliberately RUDE to US.

At what point do we say enough is enough?

Clearly mature well written constructive feedback gets us no where.

I hate to agree but I can’t help it. One thing a human being can give up and never get back is their time. A lot of us wasted a lot of -our time- trying to be helpful only to feel disrespected or ignored in return.

I did look at the Dev tracker and I saw a response under Tempest that I’m curious didn’t get repeated on the Guardian Subforum.

“Hey everyone.

Not all feedback could be addressed this iteration in fair part due to time constraints on key members of our design team. That does not mean we are dismissing your feedback or that all the issues you’ve raised up to this point will go unchanged before expansion release.

This is a small set of changes from the first beta weekend event; we will continue to iterate on the specialization skills and mechanics and shall be listening for your constructive feedback.

We will be reviewing the Tempest traits along with casttimes vs. effects on overloads among several other aspects of the elite specialization."

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/elementalist/Tempest-Changes-for-Next-BWE/page/2#post5391010

Again, some of my own personal time wasted trying to find reasons to justify being ignored.

Anyway. Just give us back tomes. xD

That Gw3 comes out in 2016.

xD

Darknicrofia.2604:

Turning all underwater weapons loose on the surface would be great.

the Trident could turn into a more offensive version of the staff (aka a proper ranged support/dps spec that the DH was suppose to be) and the spear could turn into a pure ranged DPS weapon ala GW1’s paragon.

Omg yes. Trident on land with and give us back our tomes. I’d never log off! O.O

Serious.7083:

While many of these are really good, especially the asura and sylvari, I think the female charr one deserves a bit of a rethink. It just could be better.

Then again, I’m not sure if charr fit the idea of wedding dresses.

I actually didn’t try Charr. >.< I should of before I made this post!

@Khani – relooking at it in game I guess I am more saying it isn’t as prominent as I feel it could be. It’s awfully subtle. :C

Agemnon.4608:

Just play the numbers game, if you keep throwing stuff in the forge for a precursor you’ll eventually get one. Took me lots of rare crafting to get mine but was worth it in the end.

Gimme ;_;

khani.4786:

From the dye testing I did the first channel doesn’t do anything. The second channel is the bulk of the dress. The third channel dyes the flowers. The fourth channel dyes the inside of the dress and also the flowers.

Would I like a bit more gradient on the dress itself? Perhaps from color channel 1 to 2…that’d be awesome.

As is though I really like the dress and I can’t wait to have it.

I dont’ remember all the colors I used but I think it was Enameled something for the dress and def Electro Yellow for Channel 4.

That is soooo beautiful from that angle. If only you could see that Electro yellow area from the outside I’d be in sooo much love.

Great color choices btw O.O

Nike.2631:

And I suspect you’ll find none of those thrusting-only ones are 1-handed except in fantasy novels . I mentioned pikes because they are a type of spear NOT meant to ever be thrown, but they are 10-20 feet long and very definitely 2-handed. In any event, the original point remains at least some of us asking for spears to be used in terrestrial weapon slots mean the ones we already have.

Actually I will agree somewhat while disagreeing at the same time. Check out youtube. There are some brilliant martial artists sparring with a 1 handed spear and shield. Not 100% where the 1 handed spear idea came from. It could very well be from fantasy novels but I found a few websites that direct me to Irish history. So I’m still looking into it. It’s a fun hunt.

And on topic I would like to see the spear as a land weapon. Though I’d like to see most underwater weapons come up to the surface. I mean . . . why not?

Donari.5237:

It may have a gradated glow channel? Hopefully we’ll find out soon.

Oh that would be great! I didn’t think to test it during the night time. Gosh I’m a horrible tester T_T’’

Awww a thousand hugs from a fellow unlucky person!!! <3

I hardly ever get anything that makes the boss farming worth while. Course this happens to me even when I do SW. I farm and open boxes and never get any exos to sell. Meanwhile my love 1 shots a try at a precursor.

World is so crueeeeel.

Just to make it clear I think this is absolutely one of the best detailed oufits for human female I’ve ever seen. I am really impressed. Not to mention the way the dyes apply to it is fantastic.

When I used the preview on my Syl I was a bit . . . disappointed. Not that it isn’t beautiful. Because it’s a great concept but it lacks textures. Without petal like feel on the flower wrapped around the female Sylvari it gives the impression of simple sheets curled around her rather than anything plant-like.

I was hoping to suggest that it get a bit more love before it’s released with the dye fade effect higher up, and some textures. To make it more interesting to look at.

Example of texture and color fade – http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/pink-tulip-petals-julia-hiebaum.jpg

Thanks for reading! <3

Hmm~

What should happen – People who enjoy farming for days on end should still get rewarded without nerf because guess what? It’s hard work!

What else should happen – The event rewards should be buffed to equal the amount of effort it takes to complete them.

This way we can all play the way we want. Don’t force people to do events all day. Some people like to just farm. Some people just like events.

And isn’t that going to be part of HoT? You get item rewards for doing events on that map? Finally gunna get me some giant eyes !

Fashion Mage.3712:

I’m just gonna pretend that guardians didn’t get an elite specialization, and eagerly await the return of my beloved tomes in the supposed future tome elite specialization.

CandyHearts.6025:

Can always simulate with some spirit weapons.

Aw dang it now I’m more sad ;_;

The sad thing is that spirit weapons might actually go somewhat well with the longbow. A true ranger wannabe indeed.

Gah x2 more sad. Tomes. I loved them so much. v___V

Nike.2631:

CandyHearts.6025:

Except a javelin and a 1-hand spear are completely two different things. One is meant to throw at foes while the other is a 2-handed spear with its handle cut shorter for easier 1-handed combat.

The only time I’ve heard of the ‘land spear’ you are describing is the fictional Aiel from Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time setting. Every other “spear” (not to be confused with pike) can be and regularly IS thrown. Can you point me to some reading on the cultures that do this thing you describe?

Google is a great friend of mine~

“The word spear comes from the Old English spere, from the Proto-Germanic speri, from a Proto-Indo-European root *sper- “spear, pole”. Spears can be divided into two broad categories: those designed for thrusting in melee combat and those designed for throwing (usually referred to as javelins)."

There are various types of spears and intents on how to use each type. Pikes which you randomly mentioned are one of them; depending.

Anyway I think the subject got lost in the midst of my joke. Let’s just get back to it.

Editted because it came off unfriendly. Whoopsie. :C

I think Rev coming out early would be a great idea.

Why? Because not all of us have 80 tomes stocked up but wanna experience the new content as soon as possible on our mains. Some of us will be making Rev our main. I mean I would love to have my Rev ready to go for HoT content without tomes. Leveling it the usual way gives you a chance to learn as you go. Some people prefer that, ya know? ^.^

Ganathar.4956:

What really impresses me is that not only Robert made awesome changes to the reaper and the chronomancer, but he also responded to guardians and elementalists that were asking for their own changes. He did this while he was not even responsible for these professions. Keep up the good work Rob!

I truly wonder what is going on with our developer…

Same! Would be amazing if he turned sudden hero and had time for the real fixes. It’s never too late to make some changes. I mean I am 100% that a good portion of us don’t want DH to be OP; we just want it to be enjoyable and add to the experience. It doesn’t have to have the best of everything but it should appeal to at least portion of its player-base.

It makes me frown heavily when I know it’s safe to assume DH will be one of the least if not THE least played elites upon HoT live if nothing we left feedback about doesn’t get at least applied for testing. DH could be amazing if it gets the love it needs. But. Will it get it?

(Queue “I need a hero” song please. ;_;)

Kicast.1459:

you get it.
it is not new..and worst…it reproduces the weakest game mechanisms: ranger +traps.
Hopefully they won’t give us a pet ;-)
I fear it is a bit late to make any significant change.

Can always simulate with some spirit weapons.

Aw dang it now I’m more sad ;_;

Nike.2631:

Zev.3407:

i really wish people would stop saying “land spear” when they mean 1 handed spear.

Um, when I say “land spear” I mean the existing spears with the existing Two-Handed stats being used on land as a 2-handed weapon.

I’m pretty sure if I meant ‘a 1-handed spear’ I’d call it a javelin to avoid confusion and I’d recognize it’s never gonna happen before the servers go dark because of the amount of art department time required backfilling existing sets to put a new weapon type into the game.

We have what we have. But we can use what we have in new ways. That means allowing folks to slot the existing spear into their terrestrial weapons slots if the option is opened up by an Elite Spec.

Except a javelin and a 1-hand spear are completely two different things. One is meant to throw at foes while the other is a 2-handed spear with its handle cut shorter for easier 1-handed combat.

Electro dyes are my favorite. I would love to see them return to the gemstore soon.

Even if I had nothing I wanted and had 10k gold lying around. . . I wouldn’t buy them from TP at the current price. o.O

Loved and Feared.

<3

AlphatheWhite.9351:

skcamow.3527:

AlphatheWhite.9351:

skcamow.3527:

So much talk of replacing Malicious Sorcery. I like the concept; maybe not worth a GM but it’s a decent trait. I’d rather not flat out remove decent traits unless we can somehow get the malicious sorcery functionality added to scepter permanently.

Note that he moved Malicious Sorcery down to Master tier. So did I.
In fact, I don’t think anyone has suggested flat out removing Malicious Sorcery.

Correct, you kept malicious sorcery in title, but removed what makes it cool unless I’m missing something (attack speed increase). Again, I’m not convinced it’s GM worthy in it’s current state but decent enough to be kept.

Curunen’s Illusions suggestions – my bad and I think those would be good.

Oh, yeah, I did do that.
To be fair, I believe that the 15% attack speed should just be baseline for scepter attacks. Scepter AA is just tooo sloooow.
I’d not be adverse to tossing Shattered Strength entirely, I just figured SS is weak enough to make a good MS side-effect, and it fits scepter’s role as a clone-generating weapon.

As someone who’s trying to go power scepter I can’t stop wishing it wasn’t so slow. Baseline would be living the dream. >.<

When I was looking at past sales they usually started the Friday before the anni. I was expecting for it to start this coming Friday. But I could be wrong. Just a guess.

People complaining about people complaining. Tell me Simba; is this the circle of life?

I prefer Aion’s housing. Instanced. But you can decorate, have plants that grow useful things like dyes or skins. There’s no way to lose said housing.

I’d spent a long time in my house trying to get it just so. Customization something that can always continue to be fun no matter how long you do it. Housing would be great. Or even if we had a small area within our home instance that is actually ours to make some changes to.

Similar to Dragon Age Inquisition. You couldn’t decorate per say but you had choices over certain things within the area of your keep. It was a nice touch.

Critical Lag.9075:

If they replaced 2 bag slot expansions with 1 storage expansion (both 800gems) I`d buy 1 pack at discounted rate of 2000gems. However I will not becouse for me character bound bag expansions are pretty useless.

Idea is cool but they could have chosen more interesting items to put in there or perhaps more packages with more variation of items to appeal to wider playerbase.

Seems like a starter pack to me. Which 2 bank slots and 2 bag slots is a great thing imo for anyone just starting. I am still on the new side and find this to be a great deal. I don’t have either maxed so it’s useful. For the vets though. . . seems like there’s no relevant package.

Agrotera.1254:

This dye is account bound but unidentified. Does it give a dye that we do not have or is there a chance of getting one that we already have and cannot trade because it is account bound? I have to be honest, if there is a chance of getting something that I already have then I will not be spending any gems on this.

Yes there’s a chance you’ll get something you have already. I find this to be a just a great added on bonus. It’s something you need to make Bifrost. 100 unidentified dyes. So 20-30 dyes helps out quite a bit.