Guild Wars 2

to put the rewards back where they were before. Now ill have to pull teeth just to get my guild to help me with the stupid dungeon achievement….

Dallyoop.6037:

I am gonna just add my 2 cents as well. I was pretty burnt out on the original gw2 release after having spent days and days and days in the SW. So I took a break thinking I would come back for the elite specializations. Now I wish I had never pre-ordered. (Dumb on my part I know) Never again though.

They buggered us with adding in Ascended gear when they said they wouldn’t and we took it, they buggered us with re-adding in the trinity and we are taking it – as well as adding yet ANOTHER tier of armor which they said they wouldn’t do, they buggered us and lied to us in numerous ways… but putting a gate on content like this? fraid that’s too much for me. I may be stuck with HoT, but kitten ed if i ever buy another GW expansion before the reviews come out.

That other tier of armor, has no stat bonuses over ascended, so its just for appearances from what i know. Much like legendary weapons. So no different at all. Trinity from what i can tell? its always been here, its just different..wait no it isnt, damage support and control…I havent needed a healer through out any of the HOT content so far.

hurrado.2346:

So once again, this is a PVE only expac? I hope they lock BASELINE content in the next expansion behind content you dislike. The expac is for everyone, and therefore should account for that, I paid money for it, I did not pay money for players like you to get the enjoyment because it is locked behind content that is a chore to me, in a game I shouldn’t have to do chores.

Your argument is ignorant and flawed.

I wonder just how many of these people saying such things wanted WVW mapping removed from tyrian mapping!(I did, but i still went out and mapped it)

Decado.9304:

Dante.1763:

And cant WVW earn them through WVW?

Roughly 200 lvls needed per elite unlocked i think was the last figure i seen calculated.

Now take those 200 lvls and multiply that by 12 (I have 13 toons with a total between them of 400 pts) gives 2400 WvW levels I would need to get to open up the lines. Now figure in my current rank of ~2300 after 2-3 years. I figure you have the gist of the problem by now….

Working for something is not the issue, its the projected length of time its going to take to unlock them that is

Ew, thats ludicrous too! Reduction should be done there too, bring it down to half that at last, sheesh.

Drivrius.6159:

I have 100% map completion on my Necro, I would love if it only costed 200 HPs, it would mean I could avoid the new zones unless I wanted to see the story.

The part where they forced us to do the new zones was a mistake, it should be a choice not a necessity. Hell if I was in charge I would have made it possible to lvl while using your elite spec, rather then gate it behind all other specs being maxed.

See i can agree with that, i honestly can. Some of the changes that are being demanded though, are down right excessive. Yours is reasonable at least. i was hoping to be able to run through all of HOT with my full druid unlocked, but after the initial disappointment of not being able to, im kinda over it(of course it helps to enjoy the maps)

Drivrius.6159:

Dante.1763:

Drivrius.6159:

You enjoy HOT as it is, but still think the specs cost too much.

Now put yourself in our shoes, not only do we agree on the specs cost but to get them we have to play content we don’t like.

To me that goes hand in hand. Doesnt PVP get them unlocked for PVP though? And cant WVW earn them through WVW?

I only play PvE and I really dislike the new zones.

Thats all i do too, but im loving the new zones. If they cost less though, wouldnt you be able to get them by doing the regular zones? i mean my ranger had 200 points sitting on her from 100% mapping.

Drivrius.6159:

You enjoy HOT as it is, but still think the specs cost too much.

Now put yourself in our shoes, not only do we agree on the specs cost but to get them we have to play content we don’t like.

To me that goes hand in hand. Doesnt PVP get them unlocked for PVP though? And cant WVW earn them through WVW?

markot.3946:

So…. they should learn to make the most out of bad game design rather then ask for the game to be designed well?

Maybe they should sent Anet some cupcakes too like the folks on Reddit?

Or its different point of view. I personally enjoy HOT as it is: I do agree that the elite specs cost to much, everything else however, is pretty nice, for me. Thats just my opinion of course. But, most of the players ive talked to seem to agree.

The forums arent a large part of the game, they are a minority, at least in my experience(with several other MMOs), and often the most vocal. RDDT is a different story of course, far more people over there, which is a good thing.

Im loving it quite a bit too honestly, im taking it slow of course and not rushing through anything, so that helps quite a bit!

Should have just made a new post, instead of necroing a 2 year old topic xD

Might check the bug thread on the forums to see if anyone else is having the same problem!

Fate Spiritweaver: Charr Revenant and for RP purposes, shes my GW1 Ritualist reborn! Oh the confusion of all this!

Ive been doing a bunch of different things, so nope! No burn out here!

Firelysm.4967:

tacticalevilnoodlefox.5694:

Firelysm.4967:

Sina.9208:

I don’t understand the problem with the smoke-scale. Just do the events for the frogs that are trying to raise bugs to defend them, if you manage to up their defenses sufficiently the smoke scales will start spawning, if nobody bothers with the event they won’t spawn.

Exactly work for it.

Don’t be a patronizing kitten. I did the events. I did work for it, people have said they tried to get the map as high as they could and it still wouldn’t spawn. It isn’t the problem of people not working if they’re doing what they’re supposed to and still can’t get it for some reason that’s just poor design.

Sorry mate it’s truth, you got a full guide, it worked for so many of us, i helped getting smokescale to all my ranger friends, and if guide doesn’t work, at least you know location, but you can still research further why they don’t spawn.

If what hes saying is true, you are just an kitten. Sure it might work for you, and your friends, but if hes saying that hes done what was given and it didnt spawn, maybe just maybe, you shouldnt be a kitten about it.

They listened, thank god. Now i can obtain it!

Linken.6345:

Ofcourse everyone should be able to join thats what lfg is for, not get what ever you want.
Thats what your guild and friends list is for.

Wrong, LFG is a tool used for groups to find players that match their criteria. That is what it is for. Yes it is for people looking for groups. If someone wants an ele, and thats all they want, they should be able to get that. NOT have tons of people joining who cannot read what was posted.

Again respect of the LFG tool is all thats required, but people do not have that respect. And that is why it should have always had criteria functions.

ive always seen them as offshoot of the ritualist, and we know ritualists are still around…i know thats not the given lore for Revenants, but it makes quite a bit of sense to me.

Qugi.2653:

bladex.9502:

Qugi.2653:

Dante.1763:

Qugi.2653:

I think we call this irony.

Do explain, please. If it was the spelling error, thats acceptable, considering that i have a crappy keyboard that half the buttons are broken on because of my cat

Now how to read…. Know how to read. Get it now? Can’t blame keyboard on that.

Don’t think you should be the one making comments about someone’s spelling errors, judging by the amazing grammar of your last posts

English is my 3rd language. What is yours?

On topic, please.

imsoenthused.1634:

Selling paths is skeezy business, I’m all for anything that makes it more inconvenient and annoying. Them’s the breaks.

While it might be “Skeezy” if anet allows it, it should be respected just as much as any other game mode, or play style. The fact people can solo dungeons was something that was highly respected in GW1, its a shame its the reverse here.

Qugi.2653:

Dante.1763:

Qugi.2653:

I think we call this irony.

Do explain, please.

Now how to read…. Know how to read. Get it now? Can’t blame keyboard on that.

Not related, stay on topic please. at least my post was about the topic. Snarky comments solve nothing. They dont do anything either beside make people annoyed, and grumpy.
Reading, and typing are also two different things.

Qugi.2653:

I think we call this irony.

Do explain, please. If it was the spelling error, thats acceptable, considering that i have a crappy keyboard that half the buttons are broken on because of my cat

hopefully they bring back event year one!

Bolbo Baggins.8594:

toxic dungeonseller scaring of new players. Just what the gw community needs.

New players should know how to read

Im not even a gold seller and i get annoyed with the LFG pugs i get. If i put level 80s, i want level 80s. If i put level 35+ thats what i want to play with. If everyone respected the LFG tool there wouldnt be any problems.

FTP players sure dont help. In the past week of doing AC runs, 45+ ive had 10 different people join with 30 and below characters. READ. THE. LFG. MESSAGE. It is not that hard to read, and if you dont bother reading it, dont bother joining.

Of course, if the LFG was better, and had far more utility to it, than it does now, it would be better for the game in general. The only one it needs, is. Minimum level, maximum level. If you want to only have level 80s, you can only have 80s join.

Chaba.5410:

LOL. How about we talk about how dungeon selling ruins the game for players who already paid for a subscription-free game?

Lol what? it does? How? I mean, id totally pay someone to get the DM title done because of Arah. Quite honestly they provide a service to those who dont enjoy dungeons.

Speaking of. Hit me up if you sell arah, i need all paths :P(Anyone in thread)

Best thing yet, while i dont sell dungeon paths, ive been told im mean more than once when i kick someone for not meeting the LFG. its been an increasingly common thing since the game went FTP, can we pleaseeeee get some improvements to the LFG tool…

Lycan.1762:

The thing I like most of this event is the buff we get after completing events, it’s personal, it rewards those who are more eager to get faster rewards and excludes the LFG taxi craziness that usually goes on in previous similar events. This way players don’t feel unlucky for not finding the “right” map with all the hardcore farmers, because the buff doesn’t depend too much on the amount of people on a map.

except….it does promote very selfish behavior with how these events are set up, and thats the big problem.

Lycan.1762:

Gaile Gray.6029:

We encourage all of you who’ve participated in the Mordrem Invasion to please share your constructive thoughts on how we can improve on these types of experiences in the future. Please share your ideas and feedback in this thread.

The thing I hear about most players arguing is the fact they can’t reach the rewards value at the vendor. So an easy solution would be to reduce the amount of tokens needed to exchange those rewards.

And if they plan on changing it, do it now, or increase the duration of the event.

Selkirk.4218:

while i do appreciate the honesty from the dev team without knowing more about the thought process behind the event it is impossible to help. this event has turned into a frankenstein monster…halp, we know it’s broken but we can’t stop it.

we need to know what the devs think went wrong? why are the devs so confused as to what the players want? is an open call to the community really the right way to get back on track?

guys there is nothing salvageable from this event…nothing. it can’t be ‘fixed’ or ‘improved’. there is nothing to be gained from looking at what failed with this event (everything failed). i feel confused and sad that the game is in this state.

I dont know, reduce the amount of blossoms needed and instant improvement. Half them. Then the greedy players wont need to b so greedy, the ones who want to do the events properly can do the events and still get the rewards.

Can agree, great post OP! +1

The Tee Why.4807:

God forbid people have a discussion on the “Discussion” section of the forum eh? kitten edest thing.

If it was a discussion that was new i wouldnt be saying anything, but this thread is devolving into every duel thread ever. You have those who want it, you have those that dont, you have those that like me are willing compromise(see Guild hall arenas). There is no point in discussing something when you arent going to change the minds of anyone on either side of the rope. This discussion has been had almost once every week since the game came out.

Copestetic.5174:

runeblade.7514:

I agree. There is no reason to not add dueling and mounts other than, “I don’t want it, so I absolutely don’t want others to have it ever.”

This is pretty much the GW2 forum community in a nutshell. A bunch of old, selfish, 9-5 dads and soccer moms that want to keep the game as casual as possible.

That would be true, if i wasnt 21, and didnt want Open world Dueling, most of the guild im in agrees too and most of them are younger than i am. It has no place in this game in my opinion.Your opinion is, it does. The Devs from what i can see agree with those of us who could see that a compromise should be done and put dueling in, but not in the open world, again thankfully they listened.

I wish theyd restore the items you could only get in PS…im looking at you studded leather pauldrons….

The Tee Why.4807:

Would be cool imo, I’d be down with dueling people in WvW PROPERLY so others can’t run in and ruin it.

people saying goto SPVP and find a server is kinda missing the point, I wanna duel someone with the stats I worked for and armor I earned in-game. Not some levelled out ones

Go duel in the guild hall arenas, its why they where added, can this thread be closed now? The OP had their question answered already.

Never notice it anymore anyways..i can do one dungeon run and have all the gold i need for WPing all day long!!

Guilds, in their guild halls will be able to build an arena for such activities, it seems they listened to those of us, me included who said dueling would be great if it was limited to select areas of the game. guild halls appear to be this venue, and im extremely happy they went with it. I also hope that it stays limited to these areas, or other areas that arent required.

anduriell.6280:

I saw you already the problem is that there is only ONE option to run in dungeons/fractals. Take your time to watch the video i promise you is very interesting and you could even learn new ways to cheat with an ele meta zerker.

The problem is not there are LFG pugs looking for ele meta zerker, the problem is that the are only those kind of pugs.
And like Yumiko Ishida.3769 pointed out as long as there are this kind of broken and unbalanced mechanics thee is going to be many people that will crash your LFG.

As most of the people is pointing out the sensible thing to do is to fix the unbalances already, 3 years having the same problems is too long for anything.
This kind of bugs and broken mechanics really ruin the game for the no meta classes.

And obviously forget raids.Those will become almost instantly zerker meta for what we can see the tendency is in this BW2

Could maybe stop ignoring all the people i see everyday who post LFGS that say “Casual, all welcome”. Or the groups i run, post, and which fill up instantly….Sure theres a meta, there will always be a meta, but there will always be players who do not want to do the meta and so choose to do it another way. Like me. Im one of a vast many players who do it….

There is not just one option to run in dungeons. There is one option to run dungeons optimally, as it will always be. You can run dungeons with whatever you want, Make a post, state your intentions. You might not see those posts, but if you post it the will come. Ive never not had my group fill up when i post those LFGs.

Substatic.6958:

Do you do 40/50 fractals?

I have once or twice, but those where with guildies, my personal rank, and my AR isnt high enough yet to support doing them Pugging, and even when i do, ill probably do them on my Guard for pugs, ranger for guild groups.

anduriell.6280:

Ok i see you most probably main one of the ele meta zerker or sinister meta engie and don’t want to empathize with the point of view of others if doesn’t fit yours..
Here you have a very enlighting video about what the community of players are screaming that is so really broken in this game with the nice touch of showing off the toxicity in dungeons/fractals so you may entertain yourself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2b7dpC0liQ

And as someone who runs Rangers and Necros in dungeons? ive never had those problems, now, it does happen from time to time i get an idiot join my party who didnt bother, or didnt care about what my LFG states. the only time ive been kicked from dungeons because of my class was back when pets were absolutely ruined and attacked everything.

What needs balanced? I do dungeons and fractals on the classes people like the least all the time, Necro, and Ranger. I never get kicked….

Whats even better, i do those dungeon paths while pugging, and allow anyone (as long as they are 80) and those runs are faster than most of the “Meta zerker 80s only” Groups ive joined….

This game needs to have PVP And PVE split entirely. Im sorry but it does, im even aware it would take extra people at ANET. When changs are made for PVP, they often affect classes in PVE even more, and not usually in a good way. Split modes for skills, and traits, would be best i think for this game.

Should just be a design a weapon contest, each person could submit a design for every weapon available if they chose to maybe?

Also, the dagger spin one doesnt always do damage. Every other dodge it fires off, but that in between one, nothing!

skullmount.1758:

I just hope they give us a more direct way to get Gwynnyfyrd (however the heck its spelled, the ghost dog). Hell, just give it a cob price please…

100 cobs. I mean, with the amount of bags you have to open to get it anyways youll have that many.

Sicarius.4639:

Doubt there will be new stuff, I mean when they weren’t busy we got a copy and paste.

We did in GW1 as well, its no surprise. They may have added a quest every year, but the decorations and everything else stayed the same.

Maybe theyll redo Halloween year one, and bring back the backpack, oh and destroy LA center again

Wasabi Kitty.8247:

Fractal weapons wont be rare anymore since you can buy them with pristine relics with HoT.

At least they wont be RNG anymore if you get the one you want or not…

NekotTheBrave.2013:

StrangerDanger.3496:

I mean this isn’t something like one race gets magic bonus, another gets archery ect meaning if you go X class you must go Y race or be kitten, even if its a slight kitten .

I think I’d like to be kitten, even if it’s only a slight kitten.

But yeah, I get what you mean. I mean, PVE (not PVM or PVD) wouldn’t be ‘unbalanced’ if each ‘home race’ got some special stuff (maybe like additional movement speed?) on their home turf.

Could even make the racial skills stronger on their home turf in PVE, dungeons and other things are excluded of course, just open world PVE.

It starts tommorow! not sure the exact time but it starts tommorow, here in the US

nightwulf.1986:

I see that bolded part a lot from some people, and I gotta say, it’s not either or, it’s both. The devs have publicly stated they want to know what’s fun as well as what’s broken in the beta weekend events. Sometimes you gotta figure out the latter before you can get to the former as we saw last beta.

And yeah, I’ll echo the sentiment that this probably has to do with Anet hours of operation in Bellevue, Washington. Quick question to those peeved by this, what are some examples of companies that have done beta event times that are equally amenable in all regions and times zones?

Well, i can think of one, for this games beta tests, they fire them up at the start of business hours on the East coast of the United States. For me im still sleeping when they start it.

Edited: to fix the wrong coast!

Is it really so shocking for some people that they have to pay for an expansion? Serious question, ive seen these threads a ‘few’ times over the past couple weeks and each time i have to ask myself the same thing!

Are you new to expansions? Every game ive ever played, Neverwinter nights for example(the old game) if you bought it when it came out like i did, you then had to buy the first expansion, then the second expansion later on. So yes, if they do another expansion you will have to buy it.

I find him to annoying most of the time to be honest, so no he didnt bring me here.

Chiorix.5361:

Oh wow. I wonder why they haven’t changed it. It seems like a lot of people are getting lost because of it.
But thanks for the info. I didn’t see anything about it, so I assumed it was new. Never occurred to me that it could be really old news.

Im surprised it hasnt been posted about yet, i know a one time there was a post, not sure what happened to it !

Random.4691:

Naw it wasn’t the CDI it was just after the xpac was announced.

Well, considering the druid as seen with a Pet in the trailer, id say its going to have a pet, it might not function the same as the regular ranger pet, but it will have one.

I dont know if this is still Anets stance on the ranger, but here, they are listed as “Alongside their pet”

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/cdi/Collaborative-Development-Ranger-Profession/first

I dont think they will be loosing their class mechanic anytime soon.