Guild Wars 2

I notice that if there’s 5-10 people doing events that I can acquire loot by tagging enemies with 2-3 hits. However, if there’s upwards of 20+ people, tagging enemies even 3-4 times does nothing and all I get are porous bones and the scattered blue.

Less people, constant loot. More people, no loot, no matter what I do.

I don’t know how the mechanic works with more people, or if there’s some sort of delay, or requirement of hitting the enemies first and last, but I notice a massively significant reduction in my ability to get items, AOE or not, since about two weeks ago.

Sadly my staff’s AOE does nothing to trigger loot.

I notice that if there’s 5-10 people doing events that I can acquire loot by tagging enemies with 2-3 hits. However if there’s upwards of 20+ people tagging enemies even 3-4 times does nothing and all I get are porous bones and the scattered blue.

I don’t know how the mechanic works with more people there or if there’s some sort of delay, or requirement of hitting the enemies first and last, but I notice a massively significant reduction in my ability to get items, even with all the AOE in the world.

Previewing items in the AH, inspecting others and dueling should have been mandatory with the release, but one can hope at least some of these things are added soon…

I agree that this is becoming a bit much.

Me and a friend have made it our goal to get a legendary no matter what. We’re getting older now and GW2 is going to be our last game before we head out into the world and put gaming behind us to a degree. We started with Phantasy Star Online, went to WoW for 5 years, and then tried every big MMO between WoW and GW2, and after a long period of downtime have decided to take GW2 to the extreme.

I already have bank slots reserved for every piece of Orichalcum and other high level mats, as well as all the other things I need to be saving and have made it a week-by-week basis to check up on the scene. If it takes months, it takes months, but with the way the Dawn/Dusk prices are gaining momentum by the week, it is honestly just driving a stake through my motivation. Do something about these precursors, please.

Just knowing that it might come to the point where I have to invest several more hours just to acquire the astronomically high amount of gold required for the precursor or have to gamble just as much money sort of kills the high.

It’s impossible to do events for the sole purpose of loot. Even with DR, one should be entitled to spending their time to acquire the miniscule amount of loot and handful of rares over an hour or however long it takes.

2-3 weeks ago tagging enemies was a chore, but it wasn’t horrible. Now there’s upwards of 20-30 people doing each event and it just looks like a ridiculous zerg.

Why not just increase the health of the enemies depending on how many are in the area, so as everybody can get a piece of the cake if they invest the time?

As melee I’m constantly behind the rangers and casters and all of that AOE.

Here’s to hoping. Kudos to you if this is legit.

I’ve been following this thread for about a week now.

Currently I have full Knight’s Draconic with Berserker rings/accessories/amulet. I swap between my GS and Hammer, GS for PvE, Hammer for PvP. Stats are as follows…

2884 Attack
52% Crit Chance w/ 71 Crit Damage
2792 Armor
14,455 Health

I’m wondering if I can get my crit damage higher, and my hp over 15k.

Don’t see how I could…

flyinpiranha.2580:

I hate making money in this game. It’s an absolute chore and I don’t feel anything I do is a good way to do it. I’m always barely living above the poverty line.

I feel what you’re saying, believe me, I do.

There have been some useful tips in this thread, no doubt, but I still stand by what I said in the original post for the most part. Money making feels extremely dull in this game, and as a result I’m pretty much forcing myself to get out of the mentality that money is something that I need. It’s more of a want to drool over cosmetics.

Today I did a few CoF and AC runs and made about 2 gold just from doing those. I also got some tokens to go towards some gear and a new hammer. On the side I did a full gathering run hitting every elder wood, omnom, orichalcum and mithril node in Malchor/Cursed/Frostgorge and made the usual 2g 50s from that and a few drops.

I have no issues with making a under 10g a day, but I know that there are others out there with MS Excel really going to town on the way the TP works. I know a guy with over 300 gold and just talking to him makes me jealous. I can’t work the auction house that well, and at most I only end up making 20s to 80s after a long period of waiting, and even then undercutting and price fluctuations are a plague for me.

There’s something missing. Me and a friend hit up Frostgorge earlier and killed elementals for over an hour. All we got were claws which really go for nothing I find, ice shards and the scatter blue/green. I haven’t even seen a lodestone before.

Tomorrow is another day, and right now I’m wondering if there are set loot tables for certain enemies in this game, or if everything is random. The area near Grenth in Cursed Shore has upwards of 100 people at times lately, to the point where enemies just disappear the second they appear. Pentient path/Jofast and all those events aren’t even worth the time anymore. Things are feeling a bit dull.

I really do like the dungeons though. They are a nice change of atmosphere so far.

So it’s evident that the same bots are getting away botting in the same areas for days. Their names are the same, their antics, the same.

Me and my guild keep reporting the same bots. We stumbled upon like 20 of them at Grenth this evening and that reached the limit of anger for us. Please fix this, this is so crazy. I read in the sticky to report them for them to be dealt with, but clearly that is doing nothing and I really don’t see what’s so difficult about hiring GMs to roam Orr and Frostgorge a couple times a day to lay down the hammer.

A few of the regulars on my server (Ehmry Bay).

Frostgorge:
http://i49.tinypic.com/10ib9lz.png

Grenth/Cursed Shore:
http://i47.tinypic.com/2vt5udj.jpg

I understand what you guys are saying, and have been doing those things.

I can tag enemies better than some classes with my whirling wrath, and I do hit up nodes whenever I can, even the regulars, but it all feels like small potatoes in a very repetitive environment. Orr feels like a very poor end game.

I’m going to start going with the dungeons whilst doing Orr.

Appreciate the comments.

NetherDiver.6079:

Farming high level crafting materials in Orr for a few hours could net you a decent amount of money.

Can’t man. 40 odd people doing every event, can’t tag anything, and diminishing returns kills it when you can. Not feasible on my server at least.

“Q. Why hasn’t Anet got rid of all the bots!?
A. The bots have no real impact on YOU.”

Well, you have no idea what you’re talking about.

Stop using the no monthly fee to justify everything that others find annoying, or plain unfair about the game. It gets really annoying, and gets us nowhere.

I have planned to start dungeons whenever I find people who want to.

It just plain bothers me that this game, like Diablo 3 (the last game I played), is more for those with the real life cash, or those who bot/exploited the game when it first came out than those who even want to put in the man hours.

I have no problem with grinding for DAYS, weeks, MONTHS.

I just need a feasible way to do it.

In other MMOs, you knew what you had to do.

Even if it meant killing the same enemy forever, that was fine. I had no complaints if I had to do it for days, but having something feasible to do was great.

In this game, I don’t know anybody who wants to do explorable dungeons. Any dungeon I go near is drawn out and I don’t even know if doing dungeons is a good way to make money. Orr is just full of people. All the regular events have upwards of 40-50 people doing them. Orr is a complete dead end and no longer even worth the time.

Gathering runs can only be done once a day, and flipping items on the auction house, while I’m finding it useful, is not my idea of playing an MMO.

Please help me great ones.

I enjoy the game, and after playing it, can’t go back to WoW.

WoW just feels bleak and looks dull and dreary. Dumbed down beyond belief for the younger audience. In general Blizzard games have massively gone down hill. This game has real potential, and a great first expansion or big content patches could really build momentum for interest.

Sounds like you have preference issues, and probably a case of desensitization to playing a game for the fun of it, more dependent on the novelty.

Any idea where the salvage kit karma vendors are bwillb? I’d really like to pick up a few.

I’d use it for cultural stuff, but the skins aren’t even that good for the 63k cost.

Leveling up events were the main thing for me if I was to enter a new area.

I keep accumulating tons of the stuff, and just noticed that the kits/gathering karma vendors are now gone. Why are we limited to only buying the Orr sets?

Seems pretty major that this is the state of karma.

Your response tells me that a little extra crit damage wouldn’t be my best bet. I was wondering if it was sort of. My crit chance is 22%, while I don’t always crit I do get decent crits from time to time like in my whirlwind.

I’m debating between toughness/healing atm for da jewels.

Right now I’m looking for that perfect blend between survivability, damage and crits.

I’m 30 Zeal, 30 Honor and 10 Valor at the moment. I still struggle against a good few bosses in the staying alive department, and haven’t noticed a huge difference from having gone from 30 Zeal, 25 Radiance and 15 Honor. Just with the health.

My armor is power/vitality/toughness, but I’m curious about my trinkets. Should I go for crit damage over toughness? My goal overall is to do OK damage, and not die constantly. I haven’t done any WvW yet but I plan to, along with dungeons.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Is there any way to dumb down the textures and models of other players when dealing with locations where there are just way more people than necessary.

In Orr we only need a handful of people to do an event, yet there is often 50-60+ people just totally lagging the crap out of me. Game runs fine 90% of the time except in these instances where there are way too many people doing the same thing or in WvW.

It’s really frustrating. I can handle a good few people but it just gets painful.

We’ve reached a critical point with regards to the life blood of Guild Wars 2.

Upon hovering over world selection one quickly sees that all American servers except for two, are High/Full, and Europe, mostly High with a few more Medium servers. The population seems to be doing fairly well. Lower level zones experience dips, highs and lows with regards to how many people are leveling and doing events together.

End-game for me has more or less been tagging enemies and dealing with bugged events in Orr, but even aside from Orr, there’s a lot that I could be doing. I personally find that dungeons need a lot of work, and I’m curious what happened to the overflow mechanic. In Orr I desperately wish to cut down on the number of people lagging my computer and dominating the loot, but haven’t seen this option in sometime.

I would be down for seeing a blog from developers that was updated even once every two to three weeks. As I said at the beginning of my post, this is the critical part of the game where the player base needs to feel that the wheels are in motion and that things are being planned for the game to keep people enticed and content.

I see nothing wrong with how you’re enjoying the game.

It’s not for me, but I am definitely going to roll at least two more characters to 80. Possibly both of them at once this time.

Sounds awesome.

The game seems to be doing “pretty good” to me.

The servers seem to be plentiful for the most part. Lower level zones while not always on the ball, have their moments where new characters + existing characters are engaging events in great numbers. No doubt though there are times throughout the day where some of these zones feel bare. It’s an up-down sort of thing.

More people reach 80, less people populate the lower zones. Getting to 80 really isn’t hard, and there are quite a few zones to choose from. For example, most people are rolling either Human or Norn, this is a fact. It’s doubtful that you’ll see Kryta and the Shiverpeaks as bare as you would see the Sylvari or Charr zones.

There’s a lot of statistical fluctuation going on now in all aspects now that “most” people are settling in, zoning in on 80, or creating a second character.

To say the game will die out like SWTOR or Rift seems wrong to me. Played both, along with Conan, Warhammer and a few others. GW2 just feels more alive than any of those did following the third to fifth weeks. You just knew what was coming.

Ok cool thanks.

It says +16% with all 6 pieces. Not sure how to calculate that.

edit: When I point to Crit it says 26.

Suits Human the best.

Well currently I’m 30 Zeal, 30 Honor and 10 to Valor. Crit chance is only 22%, this is with the set of Valkyrie. Not sure if it would benefit me.

Atm I’m rolling with Superior Rune of the Pack for the power, precision and chance to grant fury/might/swiftness.

What rune do you think would be best for the budget? Is there a standard for Guardians? What did you go for?

Where can I find a karma vendor that has decent looking weapons?

Been trying to find one for ages to do a transmutation on my current.

Thanks a bunch.

@Pat

Wrong. All the dungeons I’ve done have felt messy, every single one.

Arah happens to be the worst of them. I will do it again, though.

Are you still able to go about your business and kill things at a decent speed in Orr, Danicco?

So I’m saving up some gold to get a set of exotics atm.

I’m torn between Berserker or Valkyrie as a Guardian. In dungeons I could really use the vitality, but I’m unsure whether sacrificing that precision will take a chunk out of my DPS or not, because as is I’m doing “okay” damage. Any less would suck.

100% agree with OP.

It’s not the difficulty of these dungeons so much. From CM to Arah, they are just way too clunky. It’s very hard to tell what you’re supposed to be doing at first, and then when you do, getting the whole party to go from zerg mode to strategy mode is something else.

Melee die far too easily in dungeons, and having to bring up downed people in general happens far too often in some dungeons, to the point where it feels way too messy.

It’s hard to approach a situation and just stand back and know what to do. People feel compelled to jump in and start dealing numbers and this mentality itself is very hard to break. Out of the 25 dungeon runs I’ve done, 23 of them have been more of a chore and annoyance than anything else.

Eh, I think dungeons are extremely clunky in this game. To the point where I just want to log off sometimes while doing them.

Very epic dungeon in comparison to the others, but boy was that clunky, sloppy and buggy. Red rings everywhere, dragons, hundreds of risen, having to help up fallen comrades dozens upon dozens of times, and a yellow helmet as a reward.

Disappointing for the time it took to do it.

I think that PvP is the definite strong point in this game, dungeons feel way too messy. It’s really hard to get a group to work together well amidst all that goes on sometimes.

No doubt it’s more of a fan boy list. Not denying that.

But 1/3rd of the list are things that would take quite some time for one character to do.

UgaBuga.6457:

Ive read it. And tbh, this list has to be one of the lamest excuses to try and get attention to the game. “Visit the monument to Killeen and pay your respects”
“Outrun a centaur” ……..

Can’t please everyone. The entire list isn’t gold, but consists of quite a bit of things to do.

Most likely posted before, but I don’t see it anywhere.

80 Things to Do At Level 80

Complete your personal story
Defeat Zhaitan
Unlock all available skills for your profession / race
Raise your crafting disciplines to skill level 400
Earn enough gold to purchase a racial armor set
Earn enough karma to purchase an exotic armor set
Play through all dungeons in story mode
Complete all dungeons in explorable mode
Complete all 33 possible explorable mode dungeon paths
Earn enough dungeon tokens to purchase a set of armor
Collect a set of armor from each dungeon in the game
Start a petition to make the Undead Orrian Chicken a new necro minion
Earn enough karma to purchase a racial weapon
Craft an exotic weapon for your character
Craft an exotic armor set for your character
Purchase a Dragon’s Deep weapon
Earn all possible PvE titles
Experiment with new builds for your profession
Discover all possible recipes for your crafting disciplines
Master all crafting disciplines
Experiment with the Mystic Forge
Create a Mystic weapon in the Mystic Forge
Craft a legendary weapon in the Mystic Forge
Explore all areas in the game
Find and use a vial of black dye
Find a vial of black dye and give it to a friend
Create or purchase a full set of 20 slot bags
Give Logan a wedgie
Participate in the Norn Keg Brawl
Unlock all Keg Brawl achievements
Create a new character to experience a different profession / race
Participate in structured PvP
Raise your sPvP rank
Achieve the rank of Ascendant in sPvP
Complete your favorite sPvP cosmetic armor set
Collect new cosmetic weapon skins for sPvP
Unlock all possible cosmetic weapon and armor skins in sPvP
Earn all sPvP titles
Find and complete all 31 jumping puzzles
Complete the current Monthly achievements
Help your guild earn influence to unlock additional perks
Outrun a centaur
Charm all possible pets as a Ranger
Create an all-ranger guild called Team Rocket, lose constantly in sPvP
Collect all 101 types of cooking materials
Fill every collection slot in the bank with at least one item
Participate in World versus World
Help your world win in WvW
Defeat enough enemy players in WvW to complete the medal
Complete the awesome Yakslapper achievement in WvW
Complete all WvW achievements
Build and use all siege weapon types in WvW
Earn all possible WvW Titles
Play the organ in Caledon forest, and party with the Quaggan
Earn enough gold to purchase a Commander Tome
Visit the monument to Killeen and pay your respects
Defeat the Shatterer
Defeat the Claw of Jormag
Defeat Tequatl the Sunless
Add new friends to your friend’s list
Organize an in-game event for your guild
Complete every map in the game
Participate in meta events
Discover and participate in new dynamic events
Collect stacks of butter and butter prank your friends
Learn the ins and outs of the Trading Post
Get rich selling Globs of Ectoplasm
Buy a Box o’ Fun and throw a party in Lion’s Arch
Complete an armor set for your character’s Order
Read all of the books in Divinity’s Reach
Read the story of how Ebonhawke was founded
Complete all possible weapon achievements for your character
Defeat the Champion of Grenth and purchase the exotic armor set
Write about your level 80 experience, have it published on GW2Hub
Purchase a set of armor from the guild armorsmith
Purchase a set of weapons from the guild weaponsmith
Complete all Slayer achievements
Complete the Lifetime Survivor achievement
Go skydiving in Arah after defeating Zhaitan
Have fun!

http://guildwars2hub.com/features/editorials/80-things-do-level-80

80 Things to Do At Level 80

Complete your personal story
Defeat Zhaitan
Unlock all available skills for your profession / race
Raise your crafting disciplines to skill level 400
Earn enough gold to purchase a racial armor set
Earn enough karma to purchase an exotic armor set
Play through all dungeons in story mode
Complete all dungeons in explorable mode
Complete all 33 possible explorable mode dungeon paths
Earn enough dungeon tokens to purchase a set of armor
Collect a set of armor from each dungeon in the game
Start a petition to make the Undead Orrian Chicken a new necro minion
Earn enough karma to purchase a racial weapon
Craft an exotic weapon for your character
Craft an exotic armor set for your character
Purchase a Dragon’s Deep weapon
Earn all possible PvE titles
Experiment with new builds for your profession
Discover all possible recipes for your crafting disciplines
Master all crafting disciplines
Experiment with the Mystic Forge
Create a Mystic weapon in the Mystic Forge
Craft a legendary weapon in the Mystic Forge
Explore all areas in the game
Find and use a vial of black dye
Find a vial of black dye and give it to a friend
Create or purchase a full set of 20 slot bags
Give Logan a wedgie
Participate in the Norn Keg Brawl
Unlock all Keg Brawl achievements
Create a new character to experience a different profession / race
Participate in structured PvP
Raise your sPvP rank
Achieve the rank of Ascendant in sPvP
Complete your favorite sPvP cosmetic armor set
Collect new cosmetic weapon skins for sPvP
Unlock all possible cosmetic weapon and armor skins in sPvP
Earn all sPvP titles
Find and complete all 31 jumping puzzles
Complete the current Monthly achievements
Help your guild earn influence to unlock additional perks
Outrun a centaur
Charm all possible pets as a Ranger
Create an all-ranger guild called Team Rocket, lose constantly in sPvP
Collect all 101 types of cooking materials
Fill every collection slot in the bank with at least one item
Participate in World versus World
Help your world win in WvW
Defeat enough enemy players in WvW to complete the medal
Complete the awesome Yakslapper achievement in WvW
Complete all WvW achievements
Build and use all siege weapon types in WvW
Earn all possible WvW Titles
Play the organ in Caledon forest, and party with the Quaggan
Earn enough gold to purchase a Commander Tome
Visit the monument to Killeen and pay your respects
Defeat the Shatterer
Defeat the Claw of Jormag
Defeat Tequatl the Sunless
Add new friends to your friend’s list
Organize an in-game event for your guild
Complete every map in the game
Participate in meta events
Discover and participate in new dynamic events
Collect stacks of butter and butter prank your friends
Learn the ins and outs of the Trading Post
Get rich selling Globs of Ectoplasm
Buy a Box o’ Fun and throw a party in Lion’s Arch
Complete an armor set for your character’s Order
Read all of the books in Divinity’s Reach
Read the story of how Ebonhawke was founded
Complete all possible weapon achievements for your character
Defeat the Champion of Grenth and purchase the exotic armor set
Write about your level 80 experience, have it published on GW2Hub
Purchase a set of armor from the guild armorsmith
Purchase a set of weapons from the guild weaponsmith
Complete all Slayer achievements
Complete the Lifetime Survivor achievement
Go skydiving in Arah after defeating Zhaitan
Have fun!

Good luck with Orr if this is how you feel about Dredgehaunt.

Try to avoid red rings, and be cautious around large packs like in Tribulation Rift.

Ravina Gray.4719:

Cezton.2415:

Swiftness is fine and all. I can use my staff, or my retreat ability as a Guardian to get around faster. As you can tell I’m mainly referring to Orr.

If you die, you spend money. If you run around, you attract countless enemies, and there lies the money thing again. It just feels clunky is all I’m saying.

You atract countless enemies if you try to run past everything. Killing your way through is a lot cheaper and safer.

I wouldn’t mind a small increase in runspeed but tbh I don’t want mounts. The teleport/waypoint system is way better.

In a way I don’t want mounts either, just a way as to not spend so much every time I die or want to meet up with my friend, or do a party of my storyline.

Even if porting to cities cost nothing, or some sort of hearthstone would be appreciated. I know that’s reaching into the Warcraft bag, but I often wish that I had one in my bags.

Never really hit any walls leveling…

Always had zones/content, if not dungeons. Aggro had never been an issue until Orr.

Swiftness is fine and all. I can use my staff, or my retreat ability as a Guardian to get around faster. As you can tell I’m mainly referring to Orr.

If you die, you spend money. If you run around, you attract countless enemies, and there lies the money thing again. It just feels clunky is all I’m saying.

^It would make the trek faster/safer.

It’s not the act of not wanting to move about, it’s the speed/aggro.

80, Guardian 8/10

I enjoy the jack of all trades role in ways. Something feels missing at times though.

I feel like I’m constantly running a parking meter while playing since 80.

I understand that mounts will never be added to the game for how the areas are designed, but between dying, either by falling off high surfaces, or for any reason, having to constantly dish out a couple silver for this transportation seems like a fault in ways. Nobody wants to trek across an entire zone just to save a few silver.

At the same time, nobody wants to spend that silver as it adds up.

This is probably my only real issue with end-game.

It’s modern day culture partially.

Cosmetic materialism dictates the lives of many. Without this dopamine rush many feel unmotivated and saddened by their experience.

“Fun” just doesn’t cut it for some people. They’ve lost touch with that side of their young life with regards to gaming. You can blame certain games for this and the way society is as a whole with regards to how people feel.