Guild Wars 2

You honestly think you could get inside the ship? ^.^

Maybe on the next update :o

+1

They should be INDIVIDUAL achievements, not “do 5 different things” stacks.

A) It would be easier to track.
B) You get achievements for what you do.

In past living stories I’ve been stuck on (x-1)/x, I did almost all of it, but got no AP which is unfair.

I’ve always prefer DR to LA when it comes to crafting, using the waypoint up and down doesn’t even trigger a loading screen.

If by any chance you are using one of the closest stations it’s faster than LA, but even worst case scenario the difference is very little.

I got passes on the loot bags and I didn’t even used them, there’s just no need really.

What exactly is the difference between main and overflow?
“Organized” play?
On the marionette event I’ve won more often in overflows than on my main. Hell how many times I got in the main after it and people were complaining because it failed while I just got it on overflow.

And that one did took some organizing, a brain dead event like this, what’s the complain exactly?

Somehow I think people have a feeling on the back of their heads only the bad players get in overflows, that it’s some kind of selection process.

Aajolea.8132:

We as players knew form prior event that LA was going to be attacked. So why were we neither there or able to defend initially when Scarlet attacks?(…)

Because the devs are trying to tell a story and LA had to end up like it did?
Because last time Anet made a living world event living (lion blowing up only once in real time) people b__h about it for weeks?
Because to make that work would not only be a nightmare to implement, but people would b… complain as I mention in the last point because not everyone could be there?

Take your pick, or all of the above.

I wonder if after this patch we are gonna see cemeteries raised where the refugee camps currently are.

An NPC in one of the camps actually mentions a common grave where bodies are apparently being piled up, that was probably a bit to grim and that’s why we don’t actually see it, but grave stone fields would be “nice”, specially since around Tyria there are plenty already.

serialkicker.5274:

And every time same comments. Like only people in zerk gear die… Don’t make me laugh, dude. In these events, having soldier armor won’t make a difference.
Some people with non zerker gear tend to sound like they are so proud of themselves and are feeling superior because they can stay alive for what…? three seconds longer?

And also, why shouldn’t they wear that type of armor?

It makes a big difference, when Teq was revamped zerkers all died out in the first minute, I have screenshots on my computer where I’m standing at his feet alone because people are either dead on the ground or piled up by the dozens on the turrets, because hey, who’s gonna notice they stopped half way and didn’t got back to the feet?

You know the fish heads that “one shot everyone”? They take about less than 50% of my Warrior HP. How’s that “won’t make a difference” for you?

Darkoray.4570:

I wonder if Kurt Russell will make an appearance?

Where’s a funny little story.
On the game release, the 2nd char I made was a Thief Asura I named Pliskken.
Back then I never got around to level him and he ended up with an 80 slot inventory full of account bound stuff I had no use for but didn’t wanna delete.

He’s level 6 now thanks to JPs, laurel vendor for dailies, etc.
But the only combat he ever saw was the PS intro, other than that he spent his entire life in LA, now with this update he had to make it to the Vigil keep avoid mobs that could one shot him, it was so fun I even took a scenic route.

Back on topic, I hope it’s permanently turned into a PvE map, maybe different pirate factions fighting over it.

He’s in prison on the Vigil keep, he escapes on the Kiel Airship, you can actually see this in game.

Vyko.6953:

So for people using light armor and therefore people with maxed tailorer… That new back thing is twice as expensive than for heavy armorers? and 3,5X (!!!) more expensive than for leatherworkers? This is a joke, right?
Doesnt that mean something, like fixing that incredibly stupidly high amount of silk (100) needed for craft one spool of silk weaving thread? (that would still not be enough. Remember you can gather mithril, but you cant gather silk)
So not only ascended light armor is extremely expensive to craft in comparison to others…they will rather add new kitten, again extremely expensive in comprison, without trying to fix something!

This is so unfair…

I used to sell stacks, stacks, that’s 250 at the the time, of silk to NPCs simply because on the BLTC I’d lose money with the tax.
Give it a little more time and it’s gonna be worthless again like leather.

You can do map completion on the cities, that alone is about 7~8 levels worth of exp.
Then do map completion of the 5 starting maps, that coupled with mobs, nodes and events will give you a ton of levels depending on how you play.
Remember you can do this starting at level 1 and only gearing at level 15 and stick with that gear, by the time all the cities and starting areas are mapped you should be somewhere between 35~50.
Gear up again and map the areas at your level or below, before you get all areas under 50 mapped you’ll be level 80, and because you’ve been selling all the loot and mats you’ve collected along the way and not spending money on anything you’ll have enough saved up for Exotic armor from the trading post.
You can start doing dungeons so for your next toons you’ll have tokens to buy their gear.

sablephoenix.1593:

(…)You would think that Tequatl might have taught you a lesson; the other dragon world bosses still get plenty of people attending them, but Teq is completely empty. What were you thinking, making a world boss that’s even MORE complicated then Teq?(…)

The other dragons are mindless 1 spam, the same as the champ train.
People come here all the time asking for actual challenge when what they really want is just easy farmtown.

Speaking of Teq, what did you find hard about it?
95% of the fails were/are because of Zerker gear, you’d have everything organized and ready, 10 on west turret, 10 on east and the rest by he’s feet, 2 minutes into the fight people were either dead or repawn but stayed back at the turrets, because who’s gonna notice right? How many times I was ALONE by Teq feet waiting for people to run back in? Hows that meta DPS build working for you when you’re dead?
Now I get it that gear is a long term commitment, but everyone gets at least 5 char slots, if all you have is Zerkers thats on you.

Back to the wurm, the fight is intentionally difficult and should stay like that, GW2 doesn’t need any more trivial content there’s plenty of that already.

Emanuel.9781:

Dean Calaway.9718:

Wow, so much Bull in one post.

TL;DR

Lol, you couldn’t even come up with a single argument to try to defend yourself…

Emanuel.9781:

They want to bring down everyone else on the same miserable low level, alright.

I really hate bads in MMOs. What i hate more is developers listening and catering to complete bads and making (good)players, *bold*who like challenge*bold*, who like not taking forever to kill enemies, who like using their reflexes/knowledge/etc. *bold*to overcome challenges*bold* lose interest/quit playing.(…)

Explain to me exactly what’s the challenge in oneshot a mob? Steamroll a 80 Champ in 3 secs? Solo what was spouse to be a 5 man dungeon?
If you liked challenge you’d be undergeared, what you do is *bold*NOT*bold* a challenge, you get in a full asc zerker set and blow thru content that was designed for masterwork gear.
One example is the final boss in CoF P1, the crystals make him regen, the mechanic is destroy them to prevent him from regen so you can kill him. What do people do? Ignore the crystals all together and just deal massive damage on him, when has mindless faceroll become a challenge?
And now is the bit that you reply with “then make him harder” there’s no technical reason why they couldn’t make him so even 5 zerker warriors couldn’t steamroll him, but then how else would you kill him? THAT would be a problem in an already unilateral game. Just look at fractals, the only place (excluding Teq) where tank gear was any good or useful and what did they do? Rework agony to promote zerker.
And before you say hardmode, MF gear was hardmode, but the cry babies didn’t like it because it made the game too hard and didn’t shut up until it was altered to make the game easier while benefiting from it.

I used MF gear for as long as it existed, and in my Ranger, a class that’s spouse to be useless. Since I mention CoF P1 earlier, I would break the crystals and deal damage to the boss at the same time (piercing arrows) while rezing downed players that often were, surprise surprise, zerker warriors, all this without dying and with the aforementioned MF gear, now thats a challenge for you.

If I was gonna bet, I’d say you were the kind of person that got at Teq feet, died a couple of times and then instead of going back to your position you’d “accidentally” stop at the turrets.
When it was revamped and the fights started you’d have some 10 defenders on the turrets, 5 minutes later it was 30, because who’s gonna notice right? And that kids is why the event kept failing all the time.

In any MMO people will naturally go for DPS, (actually I should say meaningless numbers they can pull from stand still dummies, but anyway) making damage in GW2 over the top OP was just a bad idea.
I’d say to spare the rant anet should buff DPS and “_italic_quadruple_italic_” buff Tank, Heal etc.
That way the numberholics would get their fix with their pretty pretty numbers and defence wouldn’t be so broken in this game.

Lastly, in your rant you mentioned quitting the game over this change, so you’re basically saying if you can’t be OP, oneshot stuff and basically faceroll along all the content in the game you’ll just quit? You’re clearly the kind of person that likes a challenge.

You can always get an armor that look like town cloths, I did that way back.

Try this: [&AgERLgAA] [&AgGnDgAA] [&AgGjDgAA]

weskay.9217:

(…)You may always want to check out the guild recruitment section of the forum. There are many guilds out there that would be glad to have you. That could help with your problems of boredom online here.(…)

I’d be careful with this since some guilds are only interested in the influence you generate.
If you aren’t getting much help from a guild, leave, and I wouldn’t count random low level guy like you that you meet in guild chat and lends a hand as help.

And by the way, think of “influence” as points. When you are representing a guild that guild gets points, and (needs) uses those points to buy more bank slots, banners, etc etc.

Nagu.2185:

(…)when I reached 80 and started reading through countless builds I realised that the main and most effective way for a ranger to do the max dps is with zerger gear and a s/wh build(…)

Don’t forget thats vs standing dummies, real combat, even PvE, is different, everyone has a plan until they get hit
There are champions you couldn’t solo with s wh but you could with sb/lb.
And as always, if you’re dead your DPS = 0.

Perfectruin.8349:

Hey Everyone,

So, I’m new to GW2 and as much as I’m loving the game so far I’ve also found myself with a bit of a problem: I have no clue what I want to play. I’ve been jumping around from class to class trying to get a feel for them but I feel like its kinda impossible to get a proper feel for the class by just playing for a few levels.
(…)

Go to PvP and fight the NPCs there, you can play as level 80, try different weapons, utilities, traits and gear stats without sinking money on experiments.
Also you can check on armor sets, mix&match so you can have an idea for your final look too, don’t forget cultural is on a different tab.

Malediktus.9250:

if Berserker is nerfed it wont be the best anymore(…)

Do you even realize the fact that you’re saying that is exactly the reason they’re making the change?

Belzebu.3912:

Silk drops A LOT, it is very common, that is why before the ascended armor update NPC would pay more for silk scrap than on TP.

As Wanze said, supply and demand equilibrium will be reach soon enough.

^ this.

I remember selling stacks to NPCs simply because in the TP I’d lose money with the listing fee.

I have some 3k now staked away hoping the price raises even more for legendary armor but I have a feeling I’ll regret not selling it now.

Bagel.4598:

That would only promote he holy trinity play style.
Sorry but anets vision is all for one, zerker for all.

Even if anet made “Tank” and “Healer” OP that WOULDN’T promote holy trinity play style.
In games that depend on it it’s almost impossible to find healers, let alone in GW2.

The truth is most (and I mean 90% or more of the) players will go for DPS, even in a holly trinity game, and here you have one that tried to break the norm and what do they do? They make DPS the most viable way to play as if players needed any more incentive.

MIADIVER.8217:

So im at 10% and 1G downloaded, What a joke! maybe include the new patches in the game installation from the disc, what an absolute joke having to D\L 10G before i can play…..
i wouldnt mind if it was in bits but all at once, before i even get a look at the game, come on!
Not even going to waste my time.

Did you honestly think the game would let you log in with an out of date client?

If you have a friend with the game (updated) you can copy the game file (external HDD or what ever) so you can avoid having to download the updates.

Baels.3469:

CureForLiving.5360:

I though legendaries were suppose to be hard to get? Go figure.

Not really a valid statement.(…)

It’s a very valid statement, legendary weapons are spouse to be rare, they’re NOT end game content.
As is there’s plenty enough around, imagine if everyone was logging one around, what’s the point then really?

You can’t roam around alone in WvW, even if you’re mapping.
After all, you have to get inside towers and keeps and there’s no way you’ll Di that alone.
So take it from someone that was spouse to start mapping the WvW last week for the 5TH time if it wasn’t so busy:

Go with the zerg.
Be patient, use map rotations for your advantage.

And bows will work if you map like that, make sure you stay in the back DPSing.
If you have some good friends that play melee classes team up and have him target who ever he’s fighting, that makes a killer combo.

You didn’t need to play the math card.
Pets are a fundamental in the Ranger, so much so that the damage output is split about 70-30 Ranger-Pet.
And the pets are broken, anet admits this, but they don’t put any fix in place, not even a “not so pretty one”, nothing.

Op, you made a mistake when you tried pet builds.
The only way you can play a Ranger is to micro manage it sure, but NEVER rely on it. Think like a lottery really.

Useful pets vs moving targets, I.E. the reality of WvW & PvP.
Either moving faster or with longer attack range.

Rash.6514:

Kulvar.1239:

have side bonuses to compensate, it will increase their interest.

I agree.

AR slot?

The reason why it costs all those mats is because most of those mats used to be useless.
I remember selling silk scrap to NPCs simply because in the TP I’d lose money with the listing fee.
Ascended armor is spouse to be a long term objective, something you make over months.
And the stats are minimal so it doesn’t “break” the game specially WvW.

Sasajoe.1509:

(…)a thief that barely knows his wtf stomps me & that’s because of the broken stealth in this game.(…)

Stealth isn’t broken, the problem with Thief is the insane damage, THAT should be addressed and leave stealth as is.
Problem is, as always, the only thing people see infornt of their eyes is DPS numbers, they’re only happy when they see 5 digits on a training dummy anything else is widely discarded as useless, so if Anet was to fix it the outcry would see no end.

What Rangers could use is faster pets and/or longer attack range in them, if the target takes just one side step it takes them ages to catch up, in a class that was design to have the pet dealing a % of damage their workings are fundamentally flawed BUT they can easily be fixed.

CureForLiving.5360:

Well ok then, so loading screens apparently kill emergence, but there are very real technical issues. How about a way to hide the loading screen rather? A short video showing your character entering a city or a new area? Perhaps spice up the loading screen a bit with some flavour text?

That would definitely be the way to go, something like Assassins Creed or GTAV.

A lot of people would go berserk (rightfully) after buying say the Abyss and Charred dye across multiple characters.

I’m gonna miss the minion attacks, it’s the funnest thing to do right now in game taking us places we other wise wouldn’t be since map completion. Always nice to see other scenery but I guess people rather champ train with their brains off instead of the minion attack even when it can pay more.

I can really see something like this happen.
An over priced 1 time use Gem store item that is.

You already have the splicer that could be use to do this, I have an ascended back piece on a toon that I don’t use and I liked to have it on another, it was a question of should I use the splicer or infuse it to make it account bound? At the end neither because it was too expensive either way.

No.

That would make it too easy, Ascended armor was introduced because Exotic was too easy to get, you wanna back track now?

Right now I’m looking at over a month or two (probably more) to get a full set of ascended armor.
With your suggestion I’d get it this afternoon, probably, and I mean the whole set.

It’s not like you HAVE to get it, the stats increment is marginal I’ve already beat a warrior with a legendary+ascended armor in WvW on a random 1v1 encounter with guess what? A Ranger, a class that is often said to be useless with an average of less 30% damage on the weapons.

Uvatha is right here.

Just sell them to an NPC as junk loot, all those 4 copper will stack up to something eventually.

You can also ask in chat if any new players need it.
I remember in the first few weeks after release someone did this and I asked for it, it was really cool having people helping like that.

For more emotes just /me and make up which ever you like.

milo.6942:

Can someone break that statement down and explain what it means and how gw2 compares with non skill-based games

It means there’s no gear threadmill, it’s easy to get on Exotic gear (that barely makes a difference from ascended).
So if someone just bought the game in a month or so can easily beat someone that has been playing since day 1 and loves to stand around showing a legendary.

The eternal problem is clipping.
It’s little gain for a lot of effort (you have no idea).
I would love it, always liked utility belts and bags on games (Witcher, Moded Skyrim).

Another really cool too much effort thing would be weapon sheaths.

You can always salvage.
I wouldn’t bother with a support ticket, just hoping it was just one piece not a full set.

shujin.8904:

The funny thign is that the higher ur settings are the longer u have to wait-.- I noticed that on my macbook air 13 2012 with an ssd loads faster on LA than it does on my pc just because it has an ssd and low settings!-.-

To put it simple, when you change zones your machine needs to go in the hard drive and copy the stuff to the RAM then start to draw.

If it’s on low settings, well, its lower quality lighter data that gets handled much faster.

If you get everything on min, including the sample (you have low, native and supersample if I’m not mistaken) you’ll see a huge difference. Couple that with the marginal faster SSD and there’s gonna be a huge difference.

Yelloweyedemon.2860:

More terribads=more people qq about rangers=everyone who encouters me in WvW think’s I’m free points=He runs for his life 5 seconds later=priceless.

Here’s to bearbow’s!

This ^

I use Black Bear for weakness & LB to open, Polar Bear for chill with SB, basically I cut the initial burst of damage, and then I just don’t let them get away, even if they try, with 1500 range on the LB they just die tired.

The simple answer: BALANCING.

I’m always amazed on how you guys over think simple things and bring “the real world” in discussion.

The good news are, more weapons for the classes is something anet is looking at as part of their horizontal progression plan.
So fingers crossed this year every class will have more weapons at their disposal.

shujin.8904:

Or at least make them short. I dont want to buy an ssd just because anet isnt able to shorten the loading screens. Who wants to wait longer than 3 seconds to get from one point to another! And dun tell me that i have a slow connection cause i have 5mbit! My pc is also a power pc just without an ssd!

Honestly and SSD isn’t as faster compared to a normal HDD as people often think, and often times (like in all PC games) devs are limited by the minimum system requirements, it could down right break the game in some machines if they push it too much.
As for the connection, that doesn’t cause much of an impact on the loading times.

Nobody likes to wait, in a packet LA it can seem for ever, but the sad bit is loading times are “reasonable” I don’t think they’ll invest any time/money on that ever on this game.

Demian.5147:

(…)the Orr areas look rather bleak and not as pretty as the starting areas; so far anyway.

Thats intended, they are spouse to feel very unwelcome and really hellish to be in, even if you are at a camp. Anet nailed this.

Demian.5147:

As for the loot being better, I was under the impression that the loot you get from doing events scales with your level.

Thats not really true, for example, the loot you get from a Queensdale champion is not the same as a Frost gorge one.
And if I’m not mistaken Dusk and Dawn are on the level 80 undead loot table, but not under that.

Demian.5147:

Also, the couple of times I ventured around Orr, well, it was kind of lonely there

A lot of things contributed to that, putting it simple there is more profit to be made in other areas of the world.

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Seera.5916:

I hate WvW because I’m not skilled enough for it. I won’t be taking a tower, I won’t be anywhere near enemies (except the skritt and centaurs near the skill points). I’m just as bad as an AFK’er. There are those of us who are absolutely horrible in WvW trying to do our map completion. We aren’t at risk of getting kicked for inactivity, but a call for action won’t get us moving towards where the action is. In fact, we’ll run to the opposite side of them map.(…)

I doubt you’re that horrible at WvW, if you can do dungeons and fractals you’re not useless in WvW.
You’re not spouse to take a tower on your own, just run with a group and the things eventually will come. Play with the map rotation, at the end you might have one or two pesky ones to get that will take time but you’ll get it eventually.
The way people play WvW makes the towers and keeps volatile, they aren’t hold for ever.

As for the exploit, like it was said before, you’d have people creating toons and getting the gift of exploration before deleting them, and doing this over and over again pretty much taking away that part of the difficulty on making a legendary.

Pandemoniac.4739:

(…)Build your characters however matches your play style and ignore the folks who insist that you have to be in full Berserker’s or you suck.(…)

Here’s an educated guess:
Full exo Sentinel regen War vs Full exo Berserker dps War = DPS wins.

That’s just how the game math works, and having said regen/sentinel warrior I can say it sucks a bit in that way.
Another thing is dungeons, you can be the last warrior standing and get the other 4 up, but you still suck because according to them they only died because you weren’t doing enough damage…

So even if you can solo champs that zerkers can’t, you still gonna get some backlash.

What you’re asking for would require, to put it simple, making a brand new game. Everything from the graphics engine till the server structure, would all have to be redone.

The loading screens aren’t there just because, it’s a necessary evil, anet wouldn’t have the time or money to get rid of them even if they considered the suggestion.

ASVP.9752:

I’m downloading Guild wars right now and I’m wondering what should be my first class

I prefer ranged(…)

The 2 easier professions are Ranger and Warrior, so if you wanna go ranged I’d say Ranger.
Even if it gets a lot of hate, it’s a great profession, I can solo a lot of stuff with mine even carry parties.

There’s one thing people aren’t considering. A lot of people have pushed to this crafting/scavenger hunt claiming it would beore enjoyable and so on and on, the reality is most are not looking to get one for themselves, but to get a way to make money, basically grinding and flooding the market with precursors.

That’s why I’m guessing (if anet is any smart) what ever precursors come from this crafting will be account bound, and the legendary you make with it too as a consequence.

I think people still haven’t got that you aren’t spouse to hit 80 and get a legendary in this game.

As is anet can control the drop rate and maintain the value (when they don’t screw up like the karka attack) if they introduced a sure way, even time gated, the value would go down does defeating the point of what a legendary is spouse to be.