Guild Wars 2

Flatley.1620:

Thanks!

However, since posting that, I’ve thought of an issue: it would probably need amimation updates, which, at this late stage may be very unlikely for strafing to be a possibility

Maybe, then again, with the sheer amount of people that had problems with motion sickness caused by the jerky movements of the raptor(among other issues due to how they work) they may already be doing them, at least i hope so, cause itd be bad for people who have played the game for 5 years(myself included) to not be able to continue due to something thats required making them sick.

I say yes to strafing, i have to do it on my character or else start feeling ill. Either through a toggle option or by default, i dont care, but its needed.

Honestly spears being a land based weapon has been asked for for a long time, i think as long as the game has been out, and yes its something i want. Hopefully they do, and im hoping ranger gets it cause im selfish!

Astralporing.1957:

…so, unspent mastery points for HoT are a problem, but unspent mastery points for core and other expacs aren’t.
I see…

My question is, what if they add new maps that use new masteries which in turn use HoT Mastery points? I dont see the point in this to begin with, but it just seems like a good idea to have spares laying around in case it happens.

EnRohbi.2187:

Nokomis.5076:

Sure, kill a species which is at peace for 259 years now just because of why not?

Oh I know the “because”. Because humans are stupid and attack everything native without a reason but sole greed.

Please go play something else or at least read the lore of Guild Wars 2.

Wat?

Did you read the main post? thats literally what the OP wants.

Gotejjeken.1267:

I dunno, but to be blunt…do half of you play ranger? I love the pet, I really do, but there is no way someone can tell me with a straight face that it’s better to have it out. That AI is ALWAYS a liability. Always.

I haven’t played more than 5 minutes on it, but can already see that even if it is undertuned it is mechanically far better than other options. So much better that this isn’t an elite at all, this is how the ranger was meant to be from the get go.

Ill be that person then, i can. I prefer my pet as is, because i do more damage with it. Not only that, but it also allows me stack much more conditions. I wish anets minion mechanic didnt suck as much as it does, and the ranger pet does need some more work, but ill stick with my pet, its why i main a ranger in the first place.

Palimow.6342:

I absolutely disagree with you. There is zero reason why you need to keep the loot on a >>DEMO<< character. If you want loot play normal.

Pretty much this. Its the same reason you didnt keep loot from last weeks demo, or any of the HOT ones…i even think you didnt keep stuff in the GW2 beta, its been quite awhile since that though and i forget exactly.

10/10 do want, if they can make stuff actually fit on the new faces. most of the helmets dont fit properly(eye slits above the eyes, floating helmets etc) whee…

Im gonna have to say no to this, again, for all the reasons i have done for the last 5 years. Go to WVW, or the guild hall(WHICH IS WHY IT WAS ADDED THERE) or PVP if you want that.

Ferelwing.8463:

He was asking if you can get those drops and they look different in unid’d form. The answer to that was no, the loot was all exactly the same color so you have no idea if you are carrying rare/exotic/precursors in your inventory or not as they were not separated till after you id’d them.

Deleted my post before you even posted that, my god you are kitten fast.

But yes, i realized that. I read really quick and skip words sometimes :P

Blockhead Magee.3092:

Thats good – for you. I also played the beta weekend and I do not find running on a mount to be fun at all. What is nice for you is that you can choose not to use the waypoints to get where you want and use the mount. Those of us who prefer the waypoint system are not given the same option.

I don’t play the game to run places, I play the game to find new things and fight (mobs, people in wvw or pvp). The way point system helps me not waste time on things that are not fun.

So much this….its why ive been against them in this game from the beginning, and depending on how they are handled, this may be the end for me, may, though i hope they are only REQUIRED for this expansion, cause they(well the raptor at least) make me physically sick(VMS, wheee…)

BoogerSammich.7189:

The crux of it is this, the entire time this game has given us fully id’d loot that we got to choose the fate of. It the problem is that people didn’t have space in their inventory because it consumed them then give us something that will fix this. Having us spend money to id something that we worked to get feels bad.

It doesn’t feel like a good choice regardless, if you choose to sell the items to vendor sight unseen you will always wonder if perhaps there was a rare/exotic/precusor in that group. If you choose not to and all you get are greens and blue’s then you will feel like you wasted money.

NONE of those are good answers.

The excuse you are making is that it saves inventory space, they could have done that without the “pay to id” mechanic.

Well, perhaps we can use this opportunity to make suggestions to make the system better?
For example, the unidentified gear definitely addresses the bag space issue.
However, it does come with the caveat that in order to ID the gear, you need to spend currency.
What if there were an alternate currency that could be used to buy the ID kits?
Or, what if the ID kits could be obtained at a discount, or maybe even free?
For example, perhaps a mastery line that once unlocked would allow you to obtain the ID kits for like, I dunno a copper or some trivial amount?

Again, I think the system is pretty good at addressing the inventory issue.
I also don’t feel that there is a problem with spending currency to ID the gear.
I still believe that salvaging or selling the gear are both valid options that don’t require anyone to spend anything.
I view the ID part of the system as sort of a gamble, for “theoretical” better loot.
I see it as a “pay for a chance to get something better” type of mechanic.

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A few(maybe more, including myself) have asked for it to be made free, i dont have a problem with it if its free, as it currently is. Having to pay for it is what tips the edge of this into making me unhappy with ANET, they had one strike with mounts and making me sick(yay motion sickness) this is the second.

BoogerSammich.7189:

Dante.1763:

BoogerSammich.7189:

This mechanic saves bag space.
I don’t see a downside.

Now i want you to pay to id all that stuff you had before already id’d.

Pay who?
Unless I am mistaken, the unidentified gear can be sold directly to a vendor.
The unidentified gear can also be salvaged.
There is no need to identify it.
So, if you don’t want to id it, then don’t.
This changes nothing save for the fact that we will now have more bag slots available instead of having those slots filled with random greens and blues.

If you want to id it, for yellows or exotics, which are contained inside, you now have to pay for it, on top of this you still get blue and green drops…

BoogerSammich.7189:

This mechanic saves bag space.
I don’t see a downside.

Now i want you to pay to id all that stuff you had before already id’d.

It was there, and it has been since launch im 100% certain.

It is also a saw mill.

sorudo.9054:

VAHNeunzehnsechundsiebzig.3618:

just look up Berlin 1917 and Berlin 2017. Or Hamburg 1925 and Hamburg 1975.

change happens. a lot.

you compare an industrial area with a desert, the changes are drastically different in pace.
berlin has changed because it’s in the middle of the revolution, a desert will stay that way for a few 1000 years and barely change at all.

I point you to Dubai for a modern or example.

Or the massive excavation that happened in Egypt to uncover massive monuments that had been buried for a very long time, if you want an older example. Or hell, any excavation of anything thats been buried no matter where in the world.

Things get built, destroyed and rebuilt over and over constantly, and often in the same spot. Hell, look at the ruins of Troy.

DeceiverX.8361:

I’d like to ask how many people have had similar issues with the Bobblehead mode, if they have. Sounds like it might be similar; not motion sickness, but something else that’s kind of odd.

I know the bobblehead april fool’s patch made the game literally unplayable for me – I don’t really get motion sickness and have some some acrobatics in real life to be quite familiar with quick rotations without much issue – but with the bobbleheads I was dry heaving within around two minutes of playing.

I haven’t played any of the PoF content as I don’t have much desire to play the expansion, but this is a huge deal that should be narrowed down for a fix.

I had the same issue, so thats one person.

Agile Sound.7516:

I’ve sent a ticket, just gotta wait. I think it should be ok now but this is still an issue though… I understand “now” that the item is “unique” but there still wasn’t an actual warning for the purchase itself.

Another example that i would like to provide is that Ascended weapons, armor, earring, rings, and amulets benefit is that you’re able to cross wield them with other characters. This earring/ring issue is the complete opposite; well not entirely…., of that philosophy.

For example if I had two Sylvari heavy classes and used transmutation charges on ascended armor to convert it into cultural armor they would be able to wield the transmuted armor. Now I can understand if I couldn’t equip the armor to a Norn because it’s a completely different race. An earring and a ring however isn’t the case considering that we’re able to wield two of the same exotic jewelry and the same goes for weapons if the class is capable of wielding them.

This has been requested for a very long time…i think about as long as(ascended) gear has been in game and purchasable. I agree though(again, though its about the billionth time ive seen this kinda thread).

Fox.3469:

I totally get that some people may have a problem and i do hope they add something for it, as long as the base mount animations aren’t changed for the majority.

As for strafing, that’s just not natural on a riding animal.

exactly, a toggle to change the animations to match them closer to the base game would be one of the better options i think, if its possible of course, but if nothing works out that way and they do have to change the animation, then so be it, something thats mandatory(which im assuming mounts will be) shouldnt cause problems.

Also, horses can be trained to “strafe”, ive seen it done, so its not that unnatural.

Had it for awhile, and then i was getting kicked between two different zones on trying to load…took a few tries before i actually got in

Last Warrior Lord.7248:

I have no problem. Just people are not use to it yet. Play a little longer you be fine.

That is not always the case.

Despite the numerous times ive done the mission with the spiral im still not used to it, and get sick.

heaven help me when i actually use mounts as they are. Hopefully they add options for mount movement controls.

Just a flesh wound.3589:

I think Divinities Reach had a new poi added, the Dead End, an instanced area.

One just has to run up to the door to get it, or at least i did on my most recent character!

megakittytron.5971:

What I want to know is…what happened to Garm?

Probably died falling from the airship. Or was killed shortly after defending Eir from the mordrem who captured her.

Roxian.1094:

First of all I noticed how it says “User was infracted for this post” at your post, so I googled what it means exactely.

I noticed that too and went… “why?”

However the original post is two years old.

On topic:

As someone who roleplays in game, it can at times be hard to get immersed in the world, can, its not always, from time to time though.

We who do roleplaying in my experience very rarely use the “Personal Story” to further our characters, because it doesnt fit in with how people who live in the world would be.

For the Zhaitan fight for example, my character was there, but isnt the pact commander, shes just a priory magister who happened to be on the air ship that killed Zhaitan.

Sam.6483:

Could be the problem some hero point completed from WvW token? I’ve done that just to test it, if I knew about this bug in advance wouldn’t have risked.

I havent done a single HP from WVW, all completed normally in PVE and still nothing, so i doubt its that

One Prarie Outpost.4860:

Dante.1763:

One Prarie Outpost.4860:

Isn’t posting a post that has been repeated over and over something that is frowned upon and, in fact is against the rules of the forum? Why create a whole new thread when you could have posted on one of the existing threads?

Youd think theyd realize this. These threads get merged into the mega mount thread that already exists.

You would think they would realize that mounts are not ever going to be added and if they want mounts, they need to play another game.

Aw here you go “Avoid frivolous and duplicate postings.” straight from the Code of conduct.

And yes, exactly what you posted. With the Reason given as the game engine just cant handle mounts. Thats /why/ all NPCS on “Mounts” are in fact just a single entity, just like the GW1 skeleton horsemen. They arent on mounts, they /are/ the “mount”

One Prarie Outpost.4860:

Isn’t posting a post that has been repeated over and over something that is frowned upon and, in fact is against the rules of the forum? Why create a whole new thread when you could have posted on one of the existing threads?

Youd think theyd realize this. These threads get merged into the mega mount thread that already exists.

Daroon.1736:

Because the game engine won’t allow it – same reasons (As Colin explained in one of the recent podcasts) why they can’t make characters sit on chairs or other objects.

Heres your big reason.

Goatjugsoup.8637:

can they not be sold to vendor?

Nope they cant!

The Oils, and The Auric Sharpening stones have no vendor value!

Who on earth decided to make it so you have to type in the name of these things to delete them? Along with a bunch of other stuff needed for the achievements?

The Backplates, Oils, and a whole bunch of other collection items require you to type their names in, when it isnt needed, i mean it auto adds them to the collection, for every single one, doesnt it?

Along with a possible bug, maybe? I did one harvest, and obtained every single Auric Sharpening stone i could obtain for all my unlocked collections. Guildmate of mine also said they(Auric Sharpening Stones) were dropping out in Dragon Stand from the Noxious pods.

Or, Or, if you have someone blocked, you cant talk to them, period.

Muusic.2967:

Do you guys actually think something like this is going to even rate a response or action? The CIA has better public communication skills than Anet does.

They responded. ON REDDIT.

BlackBunny.3681:

Mounts? You can pretty much teleport then walk for like 10 seconds to anywhere on the map at any one time from anyplace on the map. I mean i would rather the development time be put into balancing specs 2bh…..

Pretty much this. Waypoints replace mounts, even on the new maps there are plenty of waypoints and walking is fairly short in my opinion of course!

OumaShu.4502:

Not going to happen, Anet has already expressed their concerns with how they would deal with personal story and show an overall no interest in making race changes. Basically it probably isn’t going to happen, Thrall.

Yup, this has been the response to most of these threads, dont honestly expect it anytime soon!

Kazuto.2798:

I’ll just leave this here… you only need to scroll down just a wee bit to find your answer.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/3qtuk7/any_word_on_glitched_map_completion_rewards/

But they havent responded here, on their official forums, and thats what people here want. /alot/ of people dont check Reddit, i personally avoid it like the plague. and as this is the GW2 Official forums, they should respond here to, and more often than not, first.

Durkuhl.1340:

so messed up that this issue mainly affects veteran players and they have communicated close to nothing on the matter, starting to get salty…

B-but they responded on Reddit guys! You know! Cause thats where official responses should be!

but no honestly can we get some word on this? its getting frustrating, its the last thing i need for my druids staff aside from the machined staff T.T

I really hope you guys get your guild back, what happened should never have ever happened, and is gross to say the least.

OMFG i had the same thing happen yesterday just in a different spot!!!

I dont see it much as a grind honestly..but, i do it differernt than most, i do one meta event in Verdant brink, then go to Auric Basin, then back to VB and vice versa! Have yet to do anything in dragonstand yet though.

Bifrost III Needing the shatterer to turn you into crystal, they announced they are looking it at on Reddit.

Seriously, post on the forums, these are the official forums for a reason, i dont know about others, but i dont go to reddit, at all.

TheNecrosanct.4028:

Clearly you haven’t played Revenant underwater yet, because skill 2 also functions as an auto attack skill without cooldown. But that’s besides the point.
I understand that people miss it, but humans/humanity are hardly consistent. I try to never make an assumption without checking up if it’s true. Better safe than sorry. The point is, people often preview armor before they decide what it is they want on their characters (I know I do). That means hovering over the icon. That means the information does appear onscreen but people assume it’s what they think it is instead of checking up on their assumption. And I’m sure you’ve also noticed many people asking things in game they can just as easily look up for themselves if they read the tooltips. I understand that the “It’s always been the same so it will always stay the same” argument is the easy option for most, but it’s an argument that will eventually always fail.

I previewed it in two place: 1.) in the public beta where all Revenants had it by default, and 2.) in the wardrobe after release, neither of them indicted it would be soulbound on aquire(so stupid too)

to the person above, i hope that was sarcasm. It would be entitled to ask for the armor for free, we are not doing that.

Kinda Agree

Scruffys almost made me cry, though i cant wait to see Scruffy two point zero!
Eirs was tragic sure, but since i dont play Norn i wasnt close to her
Traehearne…sad over the fact he dies, felt to forced.

Walhalla.5473:

I found it odd that our Char who was hostile towards Canach ( what was understandable and not forced ) and went to " Glad to have you here" in just a short Time. I can understand that we aren’t hostile towards him anymore and even considering him as a Friend at the End. But at the Beginning of HoT? Not even the slightest Mistrust?

The behavior towards Caithe was much better and given the Dialogue I’m having the Feeling that we can count one more to our " Firstborn Killed" Statistic in the Future

I dont know, as a roleplayer, i was completely annoyed at how my character was treating Canach, someone shed /never/ met before. She wasnt there for the events of LS1, Hell she didnt even exist when that happened, so she has /no/ clue who he is, and ANET should have made it seem that way, if your character took part(You have LS1, the chapter with Canach on your historical section since they dont have it in game yet as a story mission) then your character reacts negatively towards him when they meet, if you dont, shes neutral. Two different dialogue options would play out as well. Afterall why be rude to someone you just met? I know for game play purposes they simplified it, but when i first played through it(back before they added in the LS1 recap) it caused me alot of confusion.

Im hoping we get to add to that statistic too, though, id rather not just kill her for no reason, she has one more chance to prove shes trustworthy to me, and so far shes failing hard. Three strikes and all that…

DanAlcedo.3281:

Now that the Shoes are sold i will tell you where i found them.

Dragonstand Treasure Mushroom.

It was my first one xD. Thy for the 1350 Gold btw.

Thank you very much Dan, now i guess i have a reason to go out to that map!

Effort: I whip my credit card out and buy money for a tag, so much effort. Since i get AP from doing random walking about in PVE i have over 3000 of the battle tokens, no effort involved.

Mentor tags actually take more effort, not for players who have played for a few years and bought HOT (Cant do masteries if you dont own it afterall), but if a new player decided to go after one, they have to get 80 first. For a new player that /could/ take awhile, if they make it at all.

Revolutionen.5693:

Why are people convinced it’s still 2/5 to kick?! It’s not. It’s 3/5. At least in dungeons and fractals and it’s been that way all summer. If you look at the chat log you’ll see 2 ppl requesting to kick, and when you agree they will get kicked. It’s not 2/5.

This thread is old for one thing.

But you are right, its 3/5 now, one person requests, 2 people have to agree with the person requesting, thats three people.

Though i agree on the party leader comment posted above.

Tironas.7053:

Dante.1763:

Tironas.7053:

It’s pretty clear where people stand on this and we’ve gotten our points across.
I think that people can learn by being called out AND being talked to respectfully.
You guys respectfully disagree =)

That is true

and i will concede, that people learn in different ways, im sure some people do learn by being called out in such a manner!

I and it looks the OP are just not among them

And to be clear, simply being rude doesn’t help anyone. The points you guys make are unopposable because they are right.

Thank you! ^-^ And goodluck in DS!

Substance E.4852:

The biggest problem is people are making the false assumption that there is never a prior attempt at civil instruction before the flaming starts.

This is often not the case and most of the rage happens because people specifically had the event explained or had someone tell them what they are doing wrong and then went and completely bungled things up.

That is true, and usually i want to see the context of such a situation before i make judgment!

Tironas.7053:

It’s pretty clear where people stand on this and we’ve gotten our points across.
I think that people can learn by being called out AND being talked to respectfully.
You guys respectfully disagree =)

That is true

and i will concede, that people learn in different ways, im sure some people do learn by being called out in such a manner!

I and it looks the OP are just not among them

Tironas.7053:

This is the part of the reason why hard metas fail. You don’t listen to other people and value your opinion above others.

Not at all. if someone is talking respectfully in map chat i will listen, especially if ive never done the event before and have no clue what to do. if someone is yelling and screaming, and calling people stupid, idiots, or kittens, i wont, even if i havent done the event before, at that point i turn off map chat.

You can teach and be respectful, you dont need to insult others.

The worst offenders of this(what i said above) are in my opinion the ones who scream at people who have asked multiple times what to do, or the ones who just assume that everyone knows what to do. Then the person calls them morons for not knowing what to do, without explaining anything.

When im commanding an event, i make sure to explain it as we go along, without yelling, i seldom have problems.

Being rude isnt an opinion either, treat others with respect, you might be surprised at how well they listen, i had to teach that to my dad, who thought the best way to teach me anything was to constantly yell and scream at me(i dont learn this way, period, you want me to pay attention, talk to me respectfully.). Took him 13 years, but he finally realized that i learn better when someone sits down, calmly, and explains what to do, or better yet, shows me what to do. Havent had any problems IRL with that either, almost everyone ive worked for treats their employees with respect, its pretty awesome actually. I stop listening when people start yelling over stupid things(like a video game).

The poster above me, is also 100% correct.

I just report block and move on, its far easier than calling them on it honestly.

Tironas.7053:

Generally people don’t change if you tell them nicely. They will only act when they are emotionally involved.

If you get rude with me, i tune you out and dont listen, and block you. No emotions attached, i just dont have time for rude people that i have an option to avoid. Im fairly sure most people do this to.