Guild Wars 2

ITheNormalPerson.9275:

bit off topic but i’d just like to chime in here and point out that one of the larger ranger builds currently (well maybe not right now because of certain bugs? not sure if it’s been fixed) is a trapper build. (at least in wvw roaming, it’s power lb/gs rangers, and trapper rangers)

granted some traps, e.g. thief traps ARE pretty useless, from what i hear

Thats why i put in that i only play PVE ^^ i was thinking there was a large trapper build for WVW but i wasnt sure! Thanks for that though!

Arbiter? Maybe?

I think MF should affect everything that gives loot…i dont know i have horrible drops in the game anyways, so even if it did i wouldnt get anything.

Oh my goodness Arbiter yes please!

Frightlight.3796:

Dante.1763:

Thank goodness you dont have that power. Whining is a good things for the devs too, as it allows them to get feedback on things, sure it might not sound to great, but it is feedback.

Feed back is good if it is done in the right way rather than just complaining about it without giving reason why it doesn’t sound acceptable.

Most of the whining though does give feedback, especially dealing with the new Guardian specialization. It all comes down to to things. 1.) the name is horrible for the class(Which i agree with). 2.) “traps” are at the moment useless.(Im not sure on this, i dont use them…but i only play in PVE).

Unforgiven Azrael.6203:

Did they fix the LS bug that prevent completing the luminescent armor set?

Its been fixed…

Weylin.6478:

What if mounts were not necessary to move (we’d keep the asuran transporters….), but rather opened up new combat strategies?

Also, what makes mounts clutter? If they would just be a cluster!@#% in cities, they can be disallowed there.

It IS possible to have them appear in a way that makes sense, like they’re being teleported in by asuran tech, or only available from stables.

e,
Then why have mounts? If you want aesthetic mounts and only thos i may point you to the gem store, where some already exist; Carpet, Broom, Sonic tunneling tool. Or the gliders coming in HOT.

Combat: Again no, it doesnt make sense in this game. Hell, the developers are moving away from underwater combat, why would you think they would want to develop another form of combat?

Clutter: Do you have any idea how horrible a screen would look if there was a variety of mounts on screen with Charr riding them? it would look terrible. Mounts always look terrible really(to met at least) because of how massive they are. I love riding horses IRL but good god they look horrible in video games, because they are massive, wastes of space. This is not just something that would affect cities. it would affect the whole world. It is to small for mounts, the world already fills stuffed with all the monsters we have to fight.

It is not possible to have mounts appear in a way that makes sense. Nothing in GW2 uses them, until HOT hits and that will be one thing, the Hylek will be riding giant beetles. But you know what else? they will be using one combat model, which indicates to me at least, that GW2 cannot handle mounts effectively, even if they did want to add them, which they don’t since its been 3 years without them(aside from the very few gem store ones)

EDIT: i too am done with this thread as it seems as the person above said. “I want this so do it, everyone else can go kitten off”

Thank goodness you dont have that power. Whining is a good things for the devs too, as it allows them to get feedback on things, sure it might not sound to great, but it is feedback.

No..it would be nice if i could play a MMO without having mounts clutter my screen. It would be nice if i didnt need mounts to be able to move around the world effectively. Something i dont need to do in GW2 now. The game world is small enough already, Mounts would further make it smaller.

So again, No to mounts, they arent needed.

Weylin.6478:

Is it really that they don’t want them, or they’re just trolling with 1 line responses and pictures of beating a horse?

They aren’t even a productive counter-argument, just a flat “no”

With all the details I laid out, there’s no discussion, just troll posts? C’mon.

It is that we dont want them. We have heard everything before, many times, hence the flat out “No” responses, we have gotten so tired of typing up counter arguments that its just a time saver. if you want to read all the counter arguments, go look at the 22 page thread someone linked.

Cyninja.2954:

Because the game is balanced that way. Are you REALLY going to argue Mesmer Greatsword ranged damage is a problem? Please.

Its so OP guys!!!

Basaltface.2786:

15 charrs and stuff..

Let the poor horse die in peace!!D;

Wait, they can check individual accounts to see if they have hit DR? Thats actually pretty neat!

Ykfox.3825:

I love how people often complain Guardians lack a good solid ranged option for combat. ANet fixes the problem, gives it an admittedly lackluster name, and people still whine about it.

People are really whining about the name xD Even in game people seem to just not like the name, and like most everything else!

No spears no paragon…i dont want a paragon without a spear really. even a 2 handed melee spear would be nice. So i for one am thankful that they didnt paragons.

They should change the name to Dragon Knight though…in my opinion. It is the only thing i dont really like about the new specialization.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

Earliest we’ll see the update is May 26th. But in all honesty I’d probably expect the update to come 16 weeks from the announcement, not 8 (Stein said 8+ weeks) – which would be July 21st.

Hmm…why do you say 16 weeks out of curiosity?

Thorquist.8126:

I’m 95% sure that I’m not going to use that spec.

And that is quite alright, they cant appeal to everyone!

I personally love everything about it, besides the name…it doesnt fit really, Warden would be better!

BIGHARSHNESS.3510:

Secondly, there are many players… dare I say a majority of players that own a legendary weapon that don’t have a single piece of ascended armor.

So your theory is quite flawed.

So true! Up until recently i was one of those who had no ascended armor but a legendary! (the minstrel). Im more interested in making shiny weapons than max stat armor..that just isnt required…

Evion.2471:

you sir are the most unlucky person in tyria. I get an asc chest drop at least once a week.

3300 hours here, no ascended drops either, despite doing Tequatl daily and fractals pretty often. I however, am crafting a sinister set, unfortunately i cannot get the skin i want because of RNG.

But if you dont want to deal with RNG, craft it. If you dont want to craft, you have to deal with RNG. Seems pretty fair to me, even though i never get good drops.

TheBlackLeech.9360:

silverwastes > FGS

There is no reason why you would even want to go to FGS over silverwastes if you are just interested in the money.

Pretty much this!

Gaile Gray.6029:

revodeel.2651:

Any dev have an update as to when we can obtain the tribal armor set?

Sorry, no update. It will come when it comes, but we’re not able to give a date at this point.

oh shucks…its the only real armor that reminds me of the GW1 armor sets…do you think we will ever get tattos again? Thanks for the update though

JackSpacer.4320:

How is what I suggested, a designated area for dueling, a game breaking feature that suddenly turns the game into Aion?

…maybe this was a bad idea to post something like this. I forgot the GW2 community hates everything. :\

Its not that we hate everything, weve had this topic posted again…and again…and again…for 2.5 years… this thread will just get worse too, believe me, till it eventually gets locked, thats what happens every single time.

MaXi.3642:

Knighthonor.4061:

they likely wont do this for the fact that water weapons are coming to land post HoT.

interesting, where did you hear that?

Nowhere, but to be honest its Probably only a matter of time. as it is quite a few skins are wasted by not allowing them to be used on land. Further the fact that all underwater weapons work just as well on land(maybe not the harpoon gun), but we had spears(javelines) in guild wars 1, i dont see why they couldnt do the same here. Over time of course.

Aw the arena idea, yes ill support this. So long as its ya know, outta the way of any events and such But yes ill support dueling arenas, i dont have to do them and they can be avoided easy enough.

uhohhotdog.3598:

I rather they focus on open world content. You know like the game originally promised.

They can do both.

OP im with you, i loved the dungeons in GW1 and i love the dungeons in GW2.

Ayrilana.1396:

Jinroh.4251:

>_> Are they conveniently gone in game so we wouldn’t ask about mounts?

Except people still ask for mounts outright or disguised in threads regardless as to whether there were horses in Tyria or not.

Fixed that for you

RoseofGilead.8907:

I wasn’t aware that the dungeon token skins could drop in the dungeons.

They cant! At least ive never had one drop!

Cactus Brawler.7415:

It isn’t a reward for Beta, what has happened is that collectors edition accounts got flagged as ‘beta accounts’ by Arenanets system, and when it came time to turn off their Beta access, they discovered the previous version of their account type was no longer something Anet could flag kitten they became heroic edition owners instead.

This and heres a link https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/news/Heroic-Edition-Items-Delivered-to-Beta-Participants/first#post5033783

Crimson Clouds.4853:

EDIT: I like Dante’s token idea too. It gives the idea that a player is still working towards something tangible even if they repeatedly don’t get the drop they hope for. Even if you were halfway into the amout of tokens required for the drop, you’d still be happy if you received one.

Do you think the tokens should “reset”/disappear if you obtained the item through a lucky drop?

I do not think they should reset, if you get one from a random drop, grats! But no i dont think they should reset. One token per try no matter what drops you get, that way it stays fair for everyone, including those who are lucky enough to get one

Ensign.2189:

With the exception of a few items that specifically do not use that system (for good reasons) we have a very good token system in the game already. It’s called gold.

Can i buy my tequatl bow? when i can, get back to me on that. Because i would gladly throw gold at it for one, because of how often ive done it…and not seen any ascended drops. Gold is not a token. Tokens are what you get for dungeons for completing them that can only be spent on that content. Adding something like that for stuff like tequatl would be nice, for those of us who do not get good drops. Its not that fact that im entitled, but ive done it almost every day, for a year, for one horde, ONE. I doubt i will ever see one, so being able to pick a SKIN, not an ascended weapon would be amazing.

Black Box.9312:

Source? If this is the case I’d have appreciated it if this were made more clear from the outset, because I frequent these forums as well as the GW2 subreddit and receive emails regarding the game, and none of these sources had told me anything about this. I, like many others, took to asking others what the cause was, and it seemed to be a common consensus that players who participated in the stress test were the ones receiving the in-game mail.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/news/Heroic-Edition-Items-Delivered-to-Beta-Participants/first#post5033783

There you go.

Yoroiookami.3485:

I like the way you guys exaggerate everything. It must be sad being so bitter. All I’m asking is the removal of cripple from hyenas. I don’t think it’s much.

You are the one exaggerating everything(Feels like a cave of zubats. Two dodges one hundred hyenas, etc) We are not. The hyenas are fine, they are different, removing their cripple would make them like a weaker wolf. There is no reason to change them, sorry.

Edit: And since this is all opinion, and going by what ive seen, nobody really minds them to much, but you.

Yoroiookami.3485:

It’s a level 80 map. Everyone at this point knows how to dodge. Of course you can master timing these particular mobs but what’s the point if they’re just for ‘training’, right?
I like this map. I hate these mobs. See my problem?

Not everyone knows how to dodge by level 80, believe me, if they did we wouldnt have to tell people to WP when dead as often as we do. They add to the map by making it more deserty, in GW hyenas live in the deserts of the world so it makes sense for them to be there too.

segman.3560:

From what I’ve read at red post it’s more about a “must be” from anet’s point of view as they didn’t prepare their system to revoke account from beta to normal state. This is funny ^^

Pretty much this.

Andred.1087:

In the absence of developer involvement, this thread and all other threads discussing the loot system are of no value, and serve only as a place for those with rudimentary understanding of math to (apparently) flaunt their knowledge.

You will notice however, that this thread was to throw around ideas they could use instead of RNG…Or in addition to RNG…

Kill them then? it takes like 2 seconds…they have no HP…

DID YOU EVEN READ WHY THEY GOT IT?

1.)Those players who got it had a SKU that was no longer available and instead of re adding it they just upgraded the players. However, they should have given it out to EVERY player who has an old account(Non heroic, so digital) so as to be fair about it.

2.) You could also say that they are being rewarded by ANET for taking time off to test something that they couldnt keep their progress in, couldnt do anything at all really but stay in this one little zone and do a few events.

3.) It does not need to be fixed as there isnt a problem. I didnt receive one. I own the heroic edition as well before they added in the bag, i dont care either. I got what i paid for at the time. Whats even better is that most of the people who got it already have all the armor that comes in that chest.

4.) Theres already a thread for this you should have posted it there.

Uhtameit.2413:

Could be, I don’t care enough to check out all the topics. What I do know though is that at the time you first posted on this topic, it was monday.

Now if you have something to say regarding Net Shot you can go ahead, if not I suggest you leave it at that

The time stamp on my post says “May 3rd 19:01” Thats late Sunday night.

As for net shot, im leveling an engi now in PVE and i dont use it because of how often it gets obstructed…by nothing…

Derenek.8931:

I don’t know how many people here played GW1, but one of the greatest parts of that game was being able to acquire, train, and equip a small group of allies to go with you on missions.

Does anyone else miss that aspect of GW1? Or is everyone here content with the empty feeling solo world that GW2 has become?

For you first line, thats an opinion, one i do not share. One of the greatest parts about that game was the fact that it had actual challenging content and a very well written story, heck even nightfall had a well written story. The Lore of that game was another good thing, to me, heroes and henchman are dead last, i thought they where boring really and they made things to easy.

I dont miss it at all really, i enjoyed playing with other players more than heroes or henchman(Played GW1 for 7 years actively). I dont know where you got empty…but i cant run around the world and not run into people nowdays. Its also not impossible to find a group for content in this game, just because you arent getting a good PUG doesnt mean the population is low.

HOT will also increase the population, and if it provides a challenge ill be surprised if it bleeds people at a faster rate than the base game has.

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

John Smith has a big thread asking people to discuss RNG and I haven’t seen anyone offer any suggestions that offer systems that would be enjoyed by the masses.

• If it’s entirely skill-based, highly skilled players will enjoy it (until they get bored), but less-skilled players will decide it’s unfair (for example, this is exactly how the acquisition of the liadri mini is treated).
• If it’s entirely dedicated drops, people get bored or complain of ‘grind’ or repetition, as is the case with dungeons.
• If things are too easily acquired, people tend to devalue them (‘everyone has that’); people often covet those things that are less easily found.

In that one thread i put forth an idea that might work.

Ill be using tequatl here as an example and something else.

Currently the only way to get a sunless weapon is to rely on RNG at tequatl, which is a poor way to get it, ive done him most days for a year without seeing one. Some people have gotten 6 or more, its irritating to me not getting the drop i want.

My proposal? a mix of both, you can get the item from a drop randomly each time you do tequatl, but each time you also do tequatl, you get a token. it takes 10-250 tokens to get a sunless SKIN. By now, i would have one, and i would be perfectly happy. Im sure someone will see some flaws with that though, please point them out

Edit: im not even sure if thats been suggested or not..but it seems fair to me at least.

RoRo.8270:

I think the op suffers from paranoia. This doesn’t even make sense to me someone following you around? Maybe for a few hours but from what I get the op makes this sound like it’s been happening for weeks. So you’re telling me this person happens to login exactly when you’re on and always follow you? Why exactly would this person go out of their way in a video game to follow you? Are you some sort of online celebrity or did you get into an argument with em?

This crap happens all the time. I had one for awhile too, i eventually had to change my phone number and disappear off of Facebook to get them to stop. Stalkers are mentally ill, at least i think so, and this stuff happens all the time. As a previous poster said, read up on them

dietzero.3514:

This. Not sure why people are saying Charr call humans mice. Something I am missing in the Charr story?

Also, if Mordremoth can attack the mother tree at the grove, he can attack anywhere.

If you listen to the NPCS around the world you will often hear them call Humans Mice. In Guild wars 1 EOTN they did as well if i remember correctly.

Uhtameit.2413:

Meh, I’ve seen some topics get red on the day I posted this so the week-end argument isn’t all that convincing.

Those posts already had red…pretty much clicked on every red post i could see in the bug section, not a single one had a red tag posted yesterday.

This is why we cant have nice things…

Chuck.8196:

but you have nothing to compare it to without an alt account.

I dont need to compare it to anything, i know what loot my only account gets. It gets kitten. If i got a new account i doubt it would it get better, but please if you want to buy me a CD key for one, do so, ill play it and record the drops when i play it.

EDIT: And you said that not playing on account would increase the drop rate. if that was the case, then my account would get better loot when i came back, this is not the case.

Chuck.8196:

no it means your alt will get more and better loot than your alt was 2 months ago. nothing to do with your main. be more specific when you’;re asking questions. Dont ask " Did you see the thing with the thing do the thing on the thing?

If thats the way this thread was going i woulda stayed out…. but no i dont believe this is the case, sorry. I dont play on my account for 3 months sometimes and when i come back, my loot is still absolute kitten. With 157% MF, What are exotics? oh..those are those things i buy…

Do i believe my account is cursed? no. I just believe the RNG in this game is horrible. Do i believe new accounts get better loot, Maybe. It would make sense to keep new players playing, at least to me.

Valky.2574:

Druid they gave us some info already it should of been the first one they showed

Wrong. Seems to be guardian, if they are doing what they did for the mesmer. Picture first, stream, blog posts etc.

Galeskyring.9617:

Eirian Direstorm.9748:

Is that a bow, or a bat’leth?

Bow, its the kinda skin you can get for longbow if i remember right.

And shortbow, Aether and Azureflame, if i remember right.

And its also the Spirit Bow

Awwww yeaaa!!!!

darkprecure.6129:

Mesmer was the last profession that was revealed before release, so I thought it could be the first one this time This would make the Elementalist specialisation the last one (of the Core classes) to be revealed… But well, who knows?

My guess:
Mesmer -> Engineer ->Thief -> Guardian -> Necromancer -> Ranger -> Warrior -> Elementalist -> Revenant

I could see this actually! Cannot wait no matter what it is though!