Guild Wars 2

Michael.6849:

So after that whole ascended debacle I demanded a refund, I know some of you won’t agree with this, but it’s the principle of the matter, I even waited a couple of days (in vane) for an explanation as I was still within the 6 month period, so eventually I sent support a mail on the 17th demanding a refund, I purchased my first copy the 21st of may.

Of course they hassled me with a couple of “are you sure” mails and if I wanted to close both my accounts, so eventually I get a positive answer for both the credit card bought account and the one I purchased with paypal earlier:

“We have also processed a refund for order number 26608813. A €54.99 credit has been applied to your PayPal® account and should appear within the next 2-3 business days.”

So, couple of days later, no money, no word from Anet, I mail them to ask if they could look into it and they have the brass little cats to write me this:

“Thank you for contacting us back.
Unfortunately PayPal® will not accept refunds over 180 days. Your order 26608813 was purchased on May 21, 2012 and as such falls outside of the return window.
I am sorry but we are unable to refund this purchase.”

It’s 60 bucks man, you have got way more than 60 out of it already…is it really that big of a deal?

Frozire.4972:

Hey,

First allow me to apologize for not being able to stream it tonight. We managed to get the footage recorded locally and is uploading it right now! Expect this video to be up very soon!

Note: I will update you guys with the link.

Hey man, sorry some jerk DDOS’d you, thanks for all you are doing!

Scrag.8765:

1.)Add some sort of progression to spvp. Some experience points maybe? So we dont need to grind alts through the same content again? Gear has its faults, but it will help attract a lot of players to or back to spvp. If you dont believe in gear progression take it out of pve and see what happens.
2.) Add some new map types. Having every domination gets boring. I like to pvp, not hold points all day.
3.) Profit!

I don’t get why this is titled Game CEO’s guide…

Roargathor.2743:

But how does it make you FEEL?

It makes me feel like chicken tonight…..like chicken tonight….

nldixon.8514:

Chris.7653:

Sorry if this comes off as sort of a rant….but keep in mind this is only MY opinion, if it doesn’t match yours that doesn’t make either of us right or wrong.

I have been playing this game since beta, supported ANet…hoped things would turn around but I have to say…

This game by far has some of the WORST pvp I have ever seen in my life…I know they SAY they are trying but Nov 15th showed exactly how hard…

It’s just a mess…I mean I could go on and make a list but a TON of people did before they quit so I don’t need to…

Just giving my own opinion…this game isn’t getting any better, or more fun….it’s stale, stagnant and if my friends list has any incite to the matter…dying as well.

What is it that you don’t like about sPvP exactly? Your post doesn’t really indicate what you dislike about it.

I don’t really dislike the sPvP in this game, but it’s nothing special either. It’s heads and shoulders above the PvP in several of the other games I’ve played in the last few years (RIFT, SW:ToR, WoW), but in the end it’s still (more or less) the same exact thing as every other MMO: throw a bunch of people in a confined area and let them duke it out over objectives. In my opinion, this is the laziest and most boring form of PvP outside of the arena style of PvP in WoW.

The good stuff is W3, which GW2 does exceptionally well. It does suck a little bit that people who are more interested in PvPing are forced to PvE in order to be viable in W3 and are basically stuck doing sPvP if they have zero desire to PvE.

It’s a lot to say and to be honest I left my post a little vague, mainly because I didn’t want it to turn into someone arguing specifics to death.

I just feel it’s clunky, boring (with one game mode) unbalanced, stale and very unrewarding.

Sorry if this comes off as sort of a rant….but keep in mind this is only MY opinion, if it doesn’t match yours that doesn’t make either of us right or wrong.

I have been playing this game since beta, supported ANet…hoped things would turn around but I have to say…

This game by far has some of the WORST pvp I have ever seen in my life…I know they SAY they are trying but Nov 15th showed exactly how hard…

It’s just a mess…I mean I could go on and make a list but a TON of people did before they quit so I don’t need to…

Just giving my own opinion…this game isn’t getting any better, or more fun….it’s stale, stagnant and if my friends list has any incite to the matter…dying as well.

Azelroth.6801:

I like the idea of Ascended gear. I think it gives a lot of players something else to do.

Prior to it’s release a lot of people were bored and didn’t have much else left to do in-game and most were complaining about it. At least the Ascended gear gives people something else to work towards.

If you don’t like it and you feel like you don’t need it – then don’t chase it or work for it. It’s not that bad guys. It’s not like they suddenly dumped a bunch of super crazy weapons/armor with uber stats and are forcing everyone to get it just to remain competitive..

It’s more of a subtle addition to the game for people with nothing else left to do (or for people who are working for legendaries and are getting bored).

I really don’t see why it’s such a big deal?

This…

Before the patch the forum was filled with people complaining there was no end game, nothing to do, they had their full set etc…

Now they are complaining because they put new stuff into the game….I just don’t get it…

Given the ease of finding groups by spamming “LFG”, the mediocre upgrades from influence, lack of end game raids and the ability to have cross server members. I ask this.

What is the point of a Guild in Guild Wars 2 other than a convenient chat room?

Florgknight.1589:

Being able to dodge roll and completely mitigate your only source of damage is also unacceptable.

Except when they catch you in one of their knock downs and then one shot you like 90% of the warriors do…

Zodian.6597:

why are we not allowed to switch out elites and utilities when they are on cooldown but when we are out of combat? it would be convenient to be able to swap them, then just wait out the cooldown of the one you used first so that the newly selected one will be the one that you use if the cooldown expires while in combat. As a thief i find it very annoying having to switch in an out of thieves guild elite to solo bosses then getting locked out of my preferred elite because i’m always in combat as a roamer.

It could be exploited beyond belief…..what would be the purpose of limiting it just to a few skills if all you have to do is drop combat and lose the skill on the long CD…

You chose to use the skill now you wait for it to come back off CD…it is one of the few things working fine and as intended in the game.

ThiBash.5634:

Scrolled down a few pages to the huge ‘Ascended Gear’ thread but couldn’t find it. So I’ll add my reply in this new thread.

Chris White

We’re very excited about the new content, and from the reactions we have seen, so are many of you.

Thanks for taking our feedback so seriously. No, I mean, really, thank you.

- If this thread becomes another one where people bicker back and forth about Ascended gear, I will close it down. Please continue discussion about Ascended gear in the existing threads on that topic and do not derail every thread that pops up.

If you stopped ignoring people’s concerns about Ascended gear and actually gave some straight answers, people would shut up about it.

Seriously, between those two statements, it helped me to remind why I dislike PR managers so much. But guess what? Ignoring it will not make it go away. Sure, people may quiet down, but on a whole, you’ve taken a hit. And that’s not because of the gear change itself.

Did you ever stop for 2 seconds to think a lot of people loved the new gear and it just so happened they weren’t part of the vocal minority that comes to the forums to complain?

There are probably hundreds of thousands of players who completed the survey and never come to the forums nor care to and are just fine with the game perfectly happy.

Here is a good read.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/structured-pvp-iceberg/

Veltoss.9135:

My god people.. they added one tier of gear as a one-time gameplay improvement, why the kitten is everyone acting like this is the apocolypse?

This…I really do believe this is an EXTREME over reaction on the communities part.

Kerithlan.1659:

Chris.7653:

Kerithlan.1659:

Tobias Trueflight.8350:

I refer people. They opt not to play because:
- One is/was playing League and was trying to get his ELO over into Silver bracket.
- One plays WoW and has a job as an artist for commission. They do not have the time.
- Another holds a grudge over some game about comic book heroes . . . I dunno, never heard of it.
- Fourth person I could refer who I talk to regularly prefers playing Minecraft.
- Finally, the last person I would refer from the people I know currently, has a pretty bad reaction time and thus would find the game far more frustrating.

Specifically though, would you refer them based off of your experiences with the Lost Shores event this weekend? That’s what the survey was asking. My answer to that question is no.

No offense but he answered your question and you kept digging for a “No” which shows you are only out for one thing…

Yes they screwed up pretty bad in some areas, but it wasn’t all bad…you don’t condemn a product because of a few flub ups, that is just immature.

If everything was going amazing, and everyone was happy I bet posts like these wouldn’t exist….long story short if you don’t like it and wouldn’t refer friends to it, then I suggest just taking a break and keeping up on the patch notes until you feel it is a good time to come back and check it out.

I personally think with it being a non subscription based game that myself and a lot of people have gotten more than $60 of content + more content pushes than a lot of MMOs in their first months.

No offense but no, he didn’t answer my question. I wasn’t asking a question. ArenaNet was. I was posting a reply to their question, in response to their survey, as requested by their survey.

The response he originally gave to the topic did not answer ArenaNet’s question, as copy/pasted directly to the first line of the opening post. I pointed that out, and so he replied accordingly. I don’t care what his response was, I care that he replied with a contextually-appropriate response to a survey question.

You fished out a situation that wasn’t there just to bash people for disagreeing with you. That shows you’re only out for one thing…

You also did not read the topic as a sizable portion of the response has been along the lines of, “No, I would not refer people based off of this weekend because it was executed poorly. However, I would refer people based off of the game’s other merits.”

Nice try.

It’s finny when someone makes a negative post and someone disagrees with them automatically they are the bad guy…

Listen man like I said before…if you aren’t having fun there really isn’t a point in playing since the point of a game is to have fun.

If you aren’t why not take a break instead of getting so worked up on the forums? Then come back once everything is flushed out a little?

This kind of thread is rather silly since it’s based on a survey everyone got so this isn’t giving them more feedback. There are about 1110000000 other posts explaining why the lost shores failed, we didn’t need one based off the survey people already got.

Kerithlan.1659:

Tobias Trueflight.8350:

I refer people. They opt not to play because:
- One is/was playing League and was trying to get his ELO over into Silver bracket.
- One plays WoW and has a job as an artist for commission. They do not have the time.
- Another holds a grudge over some game about comic book heroes . . . I dunno, never heard of it.
- Fourth person I could refer who I talk to regularly prefers playing Minecraft.
- Finally, the last person I would refer from the people I know currently, has a pretty bad reaction time and thus would find the game far more frustrating.

Specifically though, would you refer them based off of your experiences with the Lost Shores event this weekend? That’s what the survey was asking. My answer to that question is no.

No offense but he answered your question and you kept digging for a “No” which shows you are only out for one thing…

Yes they screwed up pretty bad in some areas, but it wasn’t all bad…you don’t condemn a product because of a few flub ups, that is just immature.

If everything was going amazing, and everyone was happy I bet posts like these wouldn’t exist….long story short if you don’t like it and wouldn’t refer friends to it, then I suggest just taking a break and keeping up on the patch notes until you feel it is a good time to come back and check it out.

I personally think with it being a non subscription based game that myself and a lot of people have gotten more than $60 of content + more content pushes than a lot of MMOs in their first months.

Andovar Edoras.2143:

Now that i think of it, youre All level 80 with endlessly deep pockets, arent ya..(at least the level part).

For once, would be nice to hear opinions from people with lower levels since the higher a person’s level gets, the more selfish and rude they usually get with their ’’greatness’’

Don’t you think YOU are the one being selfish here?

Because people don’t want to play with a level 65 who apparently has a bit of a temper, de-equips his gear mid instance and doesn’t understand the difference between train and utility skill, does not mean they are selfish.

It doesn’t mean they have an attitude problem or think they a great. It just simply means they want to play with who/how they want.

Do you think it is selfish for you to expect them to carry you butt naked through an instance because you don’t have the HP/Traits/Experience they do? Don’t you think it is selfish to blame THEM and making them sound like monsters for not taking you?

Again I am just trying to open your eyes a little…

I like…

- Easily being able to play with friends despite level
- It’s not to hard to get gear
- The art
- I love my ele
- Sometimes I like the pvp! (Depends on if a thief is in there haha)
- Over all I just plain like the game.

ginzo.8792:

Chris.7653:

Nymia.3256:

Chris.7653:

Guys, we get it…They turned their back on a lot of what they promised, but please can we stop making 1000 new threads all linking the same quotes, videos and complaints?

The first few were warranted, but it is getting annoying now.

Please at least try to attach your feedback to existing posts so that people actually giving constructive advice or seeking it don’t get their posts thrown off of page 1 with the spam of just complaints.

I know the game is far FAR from perfect….but it’s still pretty darn good.

No.

I will continue to haunt these forums whenever I like, on all accounts that are not refunded.

They need to hear our outrage. Everyone who visits this forum needs to see the entire front page filled with anger, disappointment, and sadness. Gamer news outlets need to have a rich plethora of complaints to draw from. Players who don’t know what’s going on need to be stunned when they first visit the forums by the sheer number of complaint posts.

This is what the forums are for. If you don’t like it, don’t participate.

There is a point where your protest stops being seen as members angry and begins to be viewed as the vocal minority of users on the forum who wine over everything.

I agree that some posts are valid but when you keep on and on and on and on you become a nagging little annoyance that people just roll their eyes at and keep going.

You are also hurting the community more by hiding constructive posts aimed to help people or people asking questions. Do you not care about that aspect or do you only care about yourself?

well i find forum appologists a nagging annoyance. they seem to feel duty bound to come and defend their beloved game from any criticism like some unpaid lackey looking for some extra magic find for being “loyal”

however i still have to accept that they are always gonna post so i deal with it.

I am not asking to blindly defend the game…heck in this very thread I have stated it has problems…heck look at my past posts I have done my share of complaining too.

All I am saying is when all you see is the same complaint in similar titled posts across the front page it lessens the impact of what you are trying to say, and it hurts the community by hiding otherwise constructive posts or discourages people from posting them because they know it will just get bumped down by people complaining.

Clark Skinner.4902:

Chris.7653:

you keep on and on and on and on you become a nagging little annoyance that people just roll their eyes at and keep going.

do you only care about yourself?

That wouldn’t happen to be a personal attack would it? Because I thought those were against the rules here.

It was a question posed to the community…Do you care more about clogging up the forums with the same complaint? Or do you care about actually letting people see the constructive posts.

People in these posts talk about what the people want etc. and claim to care but they seem to stop caring when it means that THEY aren’t the ones on the front page so the same complaint is made over and over bumping good posts off.

So the question was do you care more about yourself or the community?

No personal attacks, but you can take it as you please.

Andovar Edoras.2143:

Pants.8315:

Andovar Edoras.2143:

I already decided not to do this FotM dungeon anymore, i just wanted to explore this new place but all people care about is loot anyway, so ill just forget it.
And wow, not a single person in this thread that agrees that sometimes its better to unequip rather than waste coins.

+Even though dying in PVE is annoying and rather expensive (you pay for repairs AND waypoint revives, each about 1,3silvers maybe)

Nobody is going to agree that playing without equipment is anything but a selfish act on your part.

Even if your playing a support role, losing the extra health/armour makes your a liability that is likely to further hinder your already wiping party.

Everybody else manages their money to such a degree that they can cover repair bills and still have some change, why is it too much to expect that a player who proclaims to be friendly and fun, to play respectfully towards the other players in his/her party?

my money status used to be completely fine, since i never buy anything anyway, besides gathering tools and scavenging packs..

I blame that level 60 dungeon. like i mentioned before. it kinda brought me from ’’fine’’ to broke. (especially that one golem boss that throws fire, practically instakilling your whole party)

Dungeons always seem to take more money away from you than actually give good stuff, seeing as most of the stuff i get is useless junk, sometimes rarely it might be a better rarity, but mostly just common armor that my characters cant use. (and i have 3 of them.)

I know the dungeon you speak of and as long as you understand and learn the fight you wont wipe….heck I can’t remember the last time we died in that dungeon to the flame golem. It is far from a insta-kill.

Andovar Edoras.2143:

Finding a group for the new dungeon Fractals of the Mist is so annoying and just…. i dunno…

1) people are ’’lfg’’ for the same level, yet they dont actually ask or invite anyone.

2) the worst part, people care SO MUCH about your level ‘’are you 80? no? well ok, bye then’’
i mean, you get SCALED up… (the character i wanted to do it with, was 65, and yet people werent ok with me being scaled up 15 levels)…

3) So once i got a group, at some point, we seemed to be dying a lot, so i unequipped my clothes, and when i explained that i dont wanna spend that much money on that overpriced repair system, they kicked me from the party and i had to do it all over again..

(Edit: i DO equip during important fights, especially boss fights, i UNEQUIP during moments with enviromental damage or otherwise places, where having better stats is not that important [Especially some 1-hit death places]

4) People arent having fun in this game…at all…. just lots of rudeness and caring about getting loot.. I mean…all i want to do is to enjoy playing this game -.-

there might be something else, but i cant remember atm.

Let me break this down…

You aren’t level 80 yet don’t understand that with levels comes traits/skills that greatly help in dungeons.

You want to run a instance but don’t’ want it to cost you anything so you un-equip your armor making the other group members work harder just to carry you.

By “People” it seems you are referring to the player base and I for one have not elected you to speak for me nor has my guild and friends, so when you say people aren’t having fun you speak incorrectly because a lot of people are having a great time.

Adding all of these things up it is overwhelmingly apparent why you might not be chosen for groups, and I don’t mean to offend you but I wouldn’t pick you either. This is not meant to be a harsh post but just to maybe open your eyes a little.

Nymia.3256:

Chris.7653:

Guys, we get it…They turned their back on a lot of what they promised, but please can we stop making 1000 new threads all linking the same quotes, videos and complaints?

The first few were warranted, but it is getting annoying now.

Please at least try to attach your feedback to existing posts so that people actually giving constructive advice or seeking it don’t get their posts thrown off of page 1 with the spam of just complaints.

I know the game is far FAR from perfect….but it’s still pretty darn good.

No.

I will continue to haunt these forums whenever I like, on all accounts that are not refunded.

They need to hear our outrage. Everyone who visits this forum needs to see the entire front page filled with anger, disappointment, and sadness. Gamer news outlets need to have a rich plethora of complaints to draw from. Players who don’t know what’s going on need to be stunned when they first visit the forums by the sheer number of complaint posts.

This is what the forums are for. If you don’t like it, don’t participate.

There is a point where your protest stops being seen as members angry and begins to be viewed as the vocal minority of users on the forum who wine over everything.

I agree that some posts are valid but when you keep on and on and on and on you become a nagging little annoyance that people just roll their eyes at and keep going.

You are also hurting the community more by hiding constructive posts aimed to help people or people asking questions. Do you not care about that aspect or do you only care about yourself?

Guys, we get it…They turned their back on a lot of what they promised, but please can we stop making 1000 new threads all linking the same quotes, videos and complaints?

The first few were warranted, but it is getting annoying now.

Please at least try to attach your feedback to existing posts so that people actually giving constructive advice or seeking it don’t get their posts thrown off of page 1 with the spam of just complaints.

I know the game is far FAR from perfect….but it’s still pretty darn good.

Michael.3279:

1. Fix the Cooldown.
2. Make it so only the Earth-Attunement roll is a blast finisher (in line with tooltip AND all of the Staff finishers)
3. Profit.

It really is that easy. And you will assuage the frustration of the majority of kittened-off post-patch Elementalists.

You’re Welcome,
Mike

Do you see what just happened here?

This is a perfect example of what ANet has to go through.

An answer appears and it looks like the right choice (Which this one did for you) and what happened? You put it out there for the public and it’s met with mixed reviews….some like it and some don’t.

It’s never just SO easy when instead of a forum, you effect an entire game and gaming community.

Hopefully this will show you a little of what ANet deals with daily where every little change is scrutinized by a vocal group.

Arc.9374:

Chris.7653:

Anyone have an idea on how to get some slivers?

Didn’t you answer that in your previous post?

Turn 50 Orbs into 22 Crystals and use an extra 3 from your stash to make 11 slivers.

And that’s not really an excessive amount of Orbs, considering how junky most of the gear they make looks. I’ve easily destroyed twice that many since I capped out on 250 in my bank (but then I do salvage absolutely everything I get from a chest, since it’s not like I can’t just craft whatever armour I want for whatever class I want using those materials).

Ok, I am a little confused on this whole thing.

Right now all I have are Orbs and Powder. From what I was reading I need an additional component to turn it into something right?

Anyone have an idea on how to get some slivers?

Glucose.7608:

PvP Mystic Forge: You can now convert PvP Mystic Forge components into other components. This requires purchasing an Arcane Converter from any glory vendor. The conversion recipes are as follows:

25 Arcane Orbs + 1 Arcane Converter + 1 Arcane Crystal + 25 Arcane Powder = 11 Arcane Crystals
25 Arcane Crystals + 1 Arcane Converter + 1 Arcane Sliver + 25 Arcane Powder = 11 Arcane Slivers
25 Arcane Slivers + 1 Arcane Converter + 1 Arcane Orb + 25 Arcane Powder = 11 Arcane Orbs

maybe they added that just for you?

I…..I….I think I love you….

I have never gotten anything more than powder and orbs so I don’t have a sliver to use

I am now rank 17, I have won A LOT of tourny’s I have also spent all of my glory on gold,silver and even copper chests…

I have NEVER got a shard or anything more than powder and an orb….
Meanwhile my friends who are rank 11 have got over 20 shards…I have broken down high level gear.

I have put in tickets that have gone unanswered for a month now.

I truly believe my account is bugged and WANT ANET to at least take a look…I have worked rather hard and I still look like a stinking scrub while people much lower rank than me run around looking awesome.

skullcrusher.7849:

Why make it a 3 day thing?
Why not make it for a month or keep it permanent?

Come on man, a month would be very long and you know it.

I think this time period is just right, and don’t worry you will be able to enjoy the content long after it is over.

I think it would be unfair to ask ANet or the community to adjust the event based on your schedule.

All the best man.

Jski.6180:

If they are still working on it then they may not be able to get it all out why would you want info that tells you more then what will happen?
In some ways its good to hold off on info. it keeps things stable its to easy for the sky to fall for ppl.

Yeah but I mean it would at least be nice even for a vague “We are working on X” sticky…it shows the community they are listening and are actively working to make it better.

To many times have I seen in chat or on the forums people complaining devs don’t listen, nothing on the forum or dev tracker if they are fixing issues. Heck just last night I was watching map chat and guy was saying his friends straight left the game becasue they didn’t feel the communication from the devs to the community was as strong as it was in beta and now they didn’t think their class bugs were being addressed.

Calae.1738:

Chris.7653:

One thing I am really disliking is the fact the community is left in the dark until AFTER the patch has hit.

The game that shall not be named, and a lot of other games post their notes weeks in advance and change them as things are needed, so the community at least has a heads up of what is to come.

It seems everything ANet does on their end winds up blind siding the community…we aren’t really given any heads up until after it has been done.

Now exploit fixes I could understand leaving out, but entire patch notes?!

There are 5 pages of profession changes coming and not even a hint to the community what they entail…

Just speaking my mind…

You can’t wait another week? Man, what is it with this credit card generation? I want it now!

Ironic seeing how you apparently didn’t read the entire thread at all and commented right away.

Man what is with this TL;DR forum generation? I want to reply now!

Knote.2904:

As someone who played mesmer and thief by far the most since beta.

They both needs nerfs. Survival/Dmg ratio is just completely fubar’d.

I 100% agree…

I played a Mesmer too and deleted him…it got to the point I felt dirty and cheap just playing it.

Same with Thief.

Suicidal Hamster.4816:

Chris.7653:

I think a compromise of sorts would be to at least state they are working on certain areas. If they would make a weekly sticky to say “We are addressing X in the next patch” it would go a long way.

the only time a change is sure to be added is when the patch goes live, until then it can be removed a minute before patch. posting stuff that may or may not be added in the next patch would just create more headache for everyone, especially the devs if they have to remove a fix last min

Chris.7653:

Also saving up 5 pages of class changes is a bit much, I think if they would communicate more than just popping in the mist it would help a lot and address class changes a little quicker before it turns to 5 pages.

i think you are being a bit selfish on this one. class changes have traditionally almost always been done en masse so this style of patch isnt new to GW and doing 1 patch every couple of days for each class doesnt make sense as the ones that didnt get a patch would moan “why does the ranger get an update and my mes doesnt? come on Anet, how long are you gonna make me wait. blah blah whine whine”

again, telling people that their favorite class is going to be changed this way and that would create panic threads from people that dont even know the impact of what they are panicking about. everyone knows there are going to be continuous fixes and balances with the classes for a bit while Anet tweaks the game balance.

the history is to expect char class balances once a month with few exceptions. this is the patch for this month and it just happens to be a bit more healthy than some others.

Being a bit selfish?

You think people who play a class they enjoy but is RIDDLED with bugs just wanting to know if they are being addressed selfish?

I’m sorry but wanting your classes bugs addressed without having to wait a month at a time for 5 pages of patch notes to be accumulated is not selfish.

FluffyDoe.7539:

Phy.2913:

Chris.7653:

FluffyDoe.7539:

I agree. It’s better this way that they put in all the patches & fixes all at once. This way players will know that any key changes to the game – if they come they will come every week around the same time.

Well do you think it would be at least wise to show the areas they are working on?

For example a lot of the community is up in arms about Thief, wouldn’t it maintain the communication between players by simply posting in like a weekly sticky “In this upcoming patch we plan to address spike damage with the thief” or something like that.

And no I am not going after thief, I was using it as an example.

Other than fueling QQ threads on the forums, it would be a waste of time.

^This.

But yes (@ Chris), like I said they need to keep players in the loop with their progress rate, because that’s what a customer expects from their service provider. Anet can’t always “directly communicate with their customers”, sometimes that’s more of a waste of time compare to telling them to look up where the answers are.

If handling each customer is too difficult, then Anet should just create some of kind of “progress list” to categorize general inquiries into:

- in progress
- not yet decided
- ready to be implemented in the upcoming patch.

That way if people wants to know, then they just look it up or create their own inquiry, and if Anet feels that their inquiry hasn’t been made clear then they can add that onto the forum site.

The complaints on “GW2 Discussion” Forum looks like a mess right now. It’s looks more like a board than a forum.

Yeah I guess it boils down to what you said, we need to be kept in the loop.

As long as we know they are working on something it goes a lot further than silence then BLAM big patch.

Broken Angel.4956:

Everyone here disagrees with the OP, yet im a troll.
1) Why me?
2) Why isn’t anyone else calling me a troll

Definition of trolling: a troll is someone who posts inflammatory,³ extraneous, or off-topic messages
I did nothing of the sort. SO why me :-(

Edit:

I am sure if some people were able to see they are actively working on certain things that are frustrating them it would go a long way in retaining players and help make more players happy.

They do see it. ANet keeps announcing monthly updates. They dont need to post patch notes way before patch. They just need to keep making patches. (and releasing notes when ready)

Coming here in a sarcastic manner by posting “This just in:” in front of everything is inflammatory. So yes, you were trolling by your own definition.

I think a compromise of sorts would be to at least state they are working on certain areas. If they would make a weekly sticky to say “We are addressing X in the next patch” it would go a long way.

Also saving up 5 pages of class changes is a bit much, I think if they would communicate more than just popping in the mist it would help a lot and address class changes a little quicker before it turns to 5 pages.

And listen, I love ANet and I love the game….If I didn’t I wouldn’t post suggestions or give feedback on here.

FluffyDoe.7539:

I agree. It’s better this way that they put in all the patches & fixes all at once. This way players will know that any key changes to the game – if they come they will come every week around the same time.

Well do you think it would be at least wise to show the areas they are working on?

For example a lot of the community is up in arms about Thief, wouldn’t it maintain the communication between players by simply posting in like a weekly sticky “In this upcoming patch we plan to address spike damage with the thief” or something like that.

And no I am not going after thief, I was using it as an example.

Eveningstar.6940:

Chris.7653:

Broken Angel.4956:

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Troll elsewhere.

He’s not trolling. He’s right. There are good, sound reasons why the patch notes shouldn’t be released early, one of them is because releasing patch notes early does not accomplish anything practical.

Like I said…not posting notes does create a disconnect from the community and the developer.

I am sure if some people were able to see they are actively working on certain things that are frustrating them it would go a long way in retaining players and help make more players happy.

Undertow.2389:

All posting early does is make people whine and complain about stuff they cannot directly experience the actually effects of in game, as well as things that might not even make it live. That’s all the ptr of that other game does.

Just wait.

It also created a disconnect between the playerbase and the developer. The players feel like nothing is moving forward, no changes are being addressed, when updates to us could solve that.

Like I said, I am to saying to list exploits, but class changes, bug fixes pve or pvp etc….these go a long way with keeping that trust from the community that the devs are listening and are hard at work.

Anagna.8376:

Five pages?! I bet one of them details my beloved Thief turning into a kitten.

Yeah bud, it’s insane how big this patch is….honestly I am not sure why these changes were all saved up and not spread out instead of making the community wait.

All it did was cause more people to leave in frustration.

http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/john-peters-does-an-impromptu-interview-in-the-mists/

As much as I want this, it would DESTROY dye prices to the point of not selling them on the TP.

One thing I am really disliking is the fact the community is left in the dark until AFTER the patch has hit.

The game that shall not be named, and a lot of other games post their notes weeks in advance and change them as things are needed, so the community at least has a heads up of what is to come.

It seems everything ANet does on their end winds up blind siding the community…we aren’t really given any heads up until after it has been done.

Now exploit fixes I could understand leaving out, but entire patch notes?!

There are 5 pages of profession changes coming and not even a hint to the community what they entail…

Just speaking my mind…

Dee Jay.2460:

I think you should be careful what you wish for. I think Mesmers have more nerfs coming their way than buffs.

Jon Peters also implied they might be changing how the Portal works, your #1 most important ability.

Mesmers need a lot more than just a portal nerf to be honest.

Knote.2904:

Necro here.

I’m just gonna be over here, in my corner, all alone….

No, no, I’m fine… ~sniffle~

This made me laugh lol

Thanks all for the responses so far…I would love to hear more from the community.

Freky.1903:

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Kazeshini.2306:

I got really mad today at this cheap kitten using one hit stealth kills and quickness on his thief to down me. So i exit to desktop as he was starting to stomp me. I leave the game,correct? he gets no kill.

Is this for real or is this a troll?

I mean it sounds like you got beat fair and wanted to rob him of his points. Sad to say he still got them man…My friend and I have tested this out and yes…he still got credit and still got points.

I can’t believe Mesmer got the fewest changes in the patch….I sure do hope they were big changes..

Also “Some Balance Changes” really worries me considering how much was needed.

Reference article.

http://www.guildwarsinsider.com/john-peters-does-an-impromptu-interview-in-the-mists/

I can’t believe Mesmer got the least amount of changes…

Hello,

Could you please make the event outside of CoF fire off a little slower? When my group is trying to do paths we have to do the event 3 times, can never teleport to the WP and it’s just really frustrating.

People have begun to not even do it, you see clumps of people watching it cause they are sick of doing it.

I don’t think you should have to beat an event every time you wanna do a instance….

Trenith.1832:

No, I’m saying you guys don’t understand because the video only shows a small portion of the noises. So saying that those sounds represent ALL of it is a misunderstanding.

You guys are taking me COMPLETELY out of context. And the reason I said I get out is because someone attacked me on that point.

Please read the entire thread. I’m simply complaining about sex moans in my game.

You showed one clip as your “proof” then say that the clip doesn’t really show what you want…you act offended here in text but on the clip you and your friends were seemingly having a good time with it…

You are all over the place in your argument here…

Trenith.1832:

Edit: Oh, and I get out plenty. It truly is a matter of taste in my opinion.

Anyone who says this statement is clearly lying…if you did you wouldn’t care what a bunch of people on the internet think, just saying….

Not trying to troll but you might want to stay away from phrases like that.