the original poser
Freudian slip?
thanks for that one i didn’t realize i had missed the T heh..
…You desperately need to think of the players that do not, or are unable to, buy gems. Whether you like it or not, they are part of your playerbase. They are a part of the community just as much as the people that buy gems every single day are. …..
That may all be true, but what they aren’t is currently paying customers. You were a customer in the past when you bought the game. Now you’re just a former customer who gets to keep playing the game because there’s no subscription.
You got what you paid for and now you want to change the deal by demanding more without paying more.
Stop being cheap. If you want more, pay for it.
ive bough gems at least twice a month since launch for transmutation stones and some of the skins, and let me tell you i have payed alot but i still would like to see MORE SKINS NOT in the gem store my self. calling the OP cheap just makes you sound condescending and selfish sir, the original poster is right to complain because in an mmo you should have items you want to earn IN GAME not just items you want to buy.
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the weapons go up in price after the event ends thats why people complain because no one wants to pay 800 gold for a skin they could easily spend that much trying to get out of a chest
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You don’t have to follow a zerg around…
Whether you follow a “Zerg” or do the content by yourself the point remains the same. The content that has been presented basically since the Lost Shore’s patch has players doing Dynamic event’s for almost no reason other than obtaining achievements. Certainly Arenanet can produce fun content I don’t think anyone is doubting that, but what has been recently introduced has been shallow at the very best. Once a person is able to complete these Achievements why should he continue to play this content?
A question players need to ask themselves is “What makes this content that has recently been implemented that differs from what has been previously been implemented?”
This guy is pretty on point. The only armor that has been worth the gems in the store was the phoenix. For all the other professions the stuff you can get from dungeons looks/fits/can piece something that looks more amazing than the few crappy and terrible designed sets for 800 gems.
I honestly am shocked that after my 10 month hiatus from this game, the same gem store armor was available with the addition of brahms and phoenix. For a game that needs that cash flow, one would think they would not only be more on point with making better designed armor models, but also something that stood out more, considering 800 gems is like 65+ gold or 10 bucks, to make consumers more inclined to purchase things. Plus if it was me, I would cycle sets more irregularly than they do here, like I said, 2 armor sets added after a 10 month break is kind of funny.
I mean sure you guys just added a new set, but it looks like trash and I hate to say that because I know someone put in at least a few hours of work.
thats how i feel its aweful that some one actually thinks these sets are good looking presentable peices of armor that some one should pay for, they are either generic and uninspired or just down right hodgepodge and terrible looking.
JP Incoming.
oh god no ANYTHING BUT THAT.
can you give us any insight as to your plans with this tower story arc? or find some one who knows and ask them to tell us ? pretty please))
Oh god this patch is so boring
thats related to my topic how?
Fixed it. Now it relates
exactly if this tower is like a big carrot on a stick where you can look and not touch this patch will become stale literally within in the next few days waaaay before 2 weeks is up.
Oh god this patch is so boring
thats related to my topic how?
It would be nice if they added new FULL ARMOR SETS to the game that were NOT from the gem store – ZERO new sets since launch (all gem store.)
^THIS
im expecting that we do step foot inside, why else whould they give us a new heal to counter the toxin the tower emits which only happens in close proximity to the tower if we werent going inside? regardless though they need to make it so that when and if they do make it a dungeon that its more rewarding that other recent LS content which has not been very engaging or worthwhile.
i dont mind zergging id just like us to get some new pve content that i can go back to whenever i like and is well designed. arena net claimed that the living story can deliver expansion style content so in my mind this is there chance to prove it one year after launch.
You will not step foot in the tower. You will zerg for achieve, you will zerg for new recipies, you will buy gems for crappy reskinned weapons.
All hail Zerg Wars 2
a little dramatic dont you think?
They mention in the patch notes that the tower “appears to be here to stay”
It would be awkward for it to remain after the problem is resolved. Maybe we will convert it into something useful down the road?
they might be able to remove its poison attributes and leave it standing., i mean lets be real how could they knock that down? where will it fall and also if it fell wouldnt it just spread more spores everywhere?
so from what ive read and understand marjory is working so that we can “get inside and take the fight to the toxic alliance” and that it appears as if this tower is here to stay so does that mean we finally have a brandnew awesome dungeon to run? please say yes dont heart break me, i have been playing since launch and we really havent received anything permanent yet and its starting to effect my having fun with this game.
YESSSSS my feelings exactly i cannot tell you how morale broken i was for this patch as soon as i found out that all those nice skins were in BLC rewards im really tired of this.
im confused as to the nature of this release is this tower a dungeon? a world area ? a farm spot or perhaps a precursor to something bigger? im leaning more towards dungeon but from the sparseness of the release page im not certain. ALSO whats up with those krait hydro daggers? is this a new weapon skin set for players to aquire and if this is a dungeon will we be able to buy them with tokens?
im pretty sure this new baseline heal is to help other builds with the new pvp condition meta
no it does not, the lore of this content extends from the krait worship of there abyssal prophets supposed return to tyria to bring about extinction of all land races http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Krait "Religion is at the heart of krait society, and in turn, the obelisks are at the heart of krait religion. The obelisks are rare, eerily smooth stones made from a unique material found on the ocean floor. According to the Oratuss, the priesthood of the krait, the obelisks mark the sites of the “ascension” of ancient krait prophets to some higher realm, but land-based scholars speculate that they are simply ancient krait monuments whose purpose have been long-forgotten due to the oral nature of the krait’s religious texts.
Krait doctrine fortells the return of the obelisks’ prophets, bringing with them massive armies to flood the surface of the world and destroy other species. It is to these prophets that the krait sacrifice their slaves, believing that they will serve the prophets as they expand their otherworldly armies. The krait regularly use magical and mathematical means to attempt to predict the time of the prophets’ return, but have yet to be successful.
Like their obelisks, all krait are steadfast and immobile in their beliefs. Their legends say those on land were driven out of the sea by the prophets and forbidden to return. This regarded with a degree of scepticism by other races but the krait refuse to listen such things and are happy to kill to ensure that the krait religion is not defamed. All krait are willing to die for the continuity of their species and for the cause of their prophets.
The religion of the krait is what allows the Oratuss to control the entire race. Religious “texts” followed by the krait are passed down verbally through these priests and priestesses. The vast length of the texts allows the priests, who have dedicated their lives to the texts, to make subtle changes to the wording and manipulate the interpretation of their legends to serve their purposes and support their power."
hey everybody i dont see many threads on this topic, i wonder what the communities opinion is on this addition to WvW. if no one knows about this you can read more about this here https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/the-edge-of-the-mists-a-new-map-is-coming-to-wvw/ but yeah any thoughts also are you GVG guys excited for a good map to possibly play on free of bloodlust from what i understand.
An awesome dungeon crawl and good skins, hopefully some nice dynamic events.
one ever said i dont weapon swap, the problem is one of those weapons seeming mostly useless in comparison to the other and its alternative, but thank you for the advice.
^ see that sounds about right…. i just cant seem to get the kills i can with sword.
Hey guys i had a question to mediation build guardians who use hammer at all, How do you guys avoid being kited while using hammer????… i find my self using sword focus GS for pvp because the mobility lets me stick so well on targets and even though id like to use hammer i just cant figure out how to avoid being kited.. any advice?
ive crafted 4 ascended weapons, you get Darkmatter from EXOTICS not ectos
Today was the first time in a while i played with one of my other guilds and i think guild missions are amazing because they always send me an invite to them when ever they do them, people i never play with and I often am to busy to do much when i play recently it allows me to connect with and maintain relationships with a really nice group of players who id otherwise have no reason to interact with.
i wonder how many other players feel the same about one of those other wise small things that liven up the game?
Arena net devs if you see this post could you please answer about the possibility of getting player versions of the balthazar, lyssa, dwayna and grenth orrian priest armor?
Honestly id love to see this in game available to players some how either via crafting (legendarry or ascended armor skins maybe?) or gem store, possibly even drops.
in my opinion they are some of those awesome armors like many from the concept arts and stuff that aren’t in game for us to obtain and i feel like its a waste of amazing looking gear and also if any of my fellow players see this write what you feel about the idea and maybe we can get the ball rolling to make this a reality.
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I just heard from a friend that F&F ends with a temporary dungeon, this is terrible the November update gave us Fractals and thats the last new endgame pve content we have gotten in nearly 6 months!!!!!!!! come on anet im okay with the rather large content gaps but not if when we finally receive content the game just magically goes back to how it was in november.
please reconsider this choice to make The molten alliance weapon facility temporary ive run all other dungeons till my eyes can no longer stand the way they even look i need something new to do in gw2 that gives me a reason to come and play in between patches rather than my 2 and half weeks a month.
so guys ive taken a long hiatus from gw2, about a month or so. now im back and im wondering how to get back in the saddle(Dungeons guilds pvp new holiday/living story content) any one have a advice for a player who is daunted by the massive amount of new things???
My Charrdian armor: T3 helm: priory chestplate :vigil shoulders: T3 pants: whisper boos and T3 gloves
thanks guys, and btw ai have 3 characters i play with all are in each order.
Hey there guys, im levleing a charr Guardian and would like to know if it would be possible for me to get armor from each order to wear on my level 35 alt. i want 2 peices of vigil armor and one piece of priory and whisper armor to go with my two cultural peices, is it possible for me to transmute the pieces and give to the alt or are there race/order restrictions?
thanks thats goign to be extremely useful now that i have some insight.
to be more specific id like to know rahter or not i should go a sort of p/t/v or some other variation of gearing with toughness or vitality.
hey can any one tell whats a good stat se up for a shatter mesmer who wants to WVW?. i want to be able to deal dmg and not be squishy what are the best stats to have for this?
This forum has got to be the preachiest place in a exisntence with all (Horizontal progression art holyier than thou) people that come here raging.
hey guys is any body running a D/D condition build? if so what runes / peices do you use and is it viable in WV3?
Because all the GW1 players are killing it.
They cry out against any real character progression at lvl 80 being added despite the biggest complaint about this game being that there isn’t anything worth while to do once you hit the level cap and get %100 map completion.
MMO players need character progression and even though GW2 is supposed to be an MMO (unlike GW1), you run out of ways to progress your character far too quickly.
ive been fully geared and 100% map completed since month 1 and i have nothing else to do but farm gold…….. and btw i dont think legendarrys are that cool espeically since my favorite profession cant use the ones i want. basically pve in this game has nothing to make a player say im gonna log on and do X today, at least with ascendeds beign added every patch along with new content ill have some real objectives.
You will have some real objectives? and what are those objectives?
doing fractals at higher dificulty, grabbing some new ascended peices Weps/armors/infusions as well as partcipating in new events that they add with content patches.
thats a hell of alot more entertaining than, “okay gotta go farm orr for gold” or “okay time to kill 50 people in wvw only to get like 5 badges of honor”
Because all the GW1 players are killing it.
They cry out against any real character progression at lvl 80 being added despite the biggest complaint about this game being that there isn’t anything worth while to do once you hit the level cap and get %100 map completion.
MMO players need character progression and even though GW2 is supposed to be an MMO (unlike GW1), you run out of ways to progress your character far too quickly.
ive been fully geared and 100% map completed since month 1 and i have nothing else to do but farm gold…….. and btw i dont think legendarrys are that cool espeically since my favorite profession cant use the ones i want. basically pve in this game has nothing to make a player say im gonna log on and do X today, at least with ascendeds beign added every patch along with new content ill have some real objectives.
so you will log doing the same things but for a reason
“progression”
Meaning of the word: “we have decided to impose what players have to do because they seems not being able to choose for themselves so they get bored”
i tried doing dungeons, but they are not rewarding at all, fun is one thing but its another to do something repeatedly for zero worthy rewards. Time put in should yeild=reward, at least with fractals of the mist looking promising im sure ill be rewarded for doing pve content fianlly.
Most of the naysayers to more progression are casuals correct? Also, if a few million bought this game and only a few thousand are upset then very well could be most of you are in the minority.
This game will lose concurrent players without more progression. You literally have to play an hour a week at best and still hit 80 in a month with full exotics. WvW is stale in current form, Spvp is near dead and the current dungeons are boring zergfests with no reward drops. There is hardly anything to do.
They want more then a niche like GW1 was, but I bet it’s gonna be just that without making more things to do that take time to,get. This isn’y Bf3 or CoD, it’s an MMO…make it one.
Because all the GW1 players are killing it.
They cry out against any real character progression at lvl 80 being added despite the biggest complaint about this game being that there isn’t anything worth while to do once you hit the level cap and get %100 map completion.
MMO players need character progression and even though GW2 is supposed to be an MMO (unlike GW1), you run out of ways to progress your character far too quickly.
ive been fully geared and 100% map completed since month 1 and i have nothing else to do but farm gold…….. and btw i dont think legendarrys are that cool espeically since my favorite profession cant use the ones i want. basically pve in this game has nothing to make a player say im gonna log on and do X today, at least with ascendeds beign added every patch along with new content ill have some real objectives.
Because it’s not a gear treadmill. Yet. It’s one additional tier of equipment. Wait until next time if it happens again to react.
nope.
this IS a gear treadmill, that IS what they’re adding, and they’ve SAID that’s what they’re doing — but they’ve been insistent that it’s not a gear treadmill, because that’s a nasty word. We’ll just call it continual progression via equipment upgrades.
There’s no reason for me to wait around and still play this game until they add another tier and I’m proven right. I’ll just get out now before I have too much time invested in this game.
The menu very clearly and proudly stated no pickles. The restaurant very clearly advertised themselves as pickle-free. Two days after opening it, and after hearing a few people wander in and complain that there were no pickles — and despite a large crowd enjoying the pickle-free atmosphere — they’ve decided to add pickles.
Well I’m allergic to pickles.
The rest of you can suffer through this garbage alone. Gear progression is 100% derpmode gameplay.
get over your self, you act as though one model of a video game is some how objectivley better than any other<which is no the case games are games>. and GOD forbid some one has skill & Gear!!!
http://www.pcgamesn.com/guildwars/guild-wars-2-fractals-mists-guide-defeating-arenanets-infinite-dungeon i for one cannot wait, this dungeon is gonna be sooooooooooo awesome!!
FOX, you literally said every thing that i thought about how ascendeds work. im glad to see im not the only one who is looking at it from this standpoint, i mean i love Gw2 and i figured the devs may have thought of a new possibly better way to bring bout the orginal design goal.
to me exotics as max items are a limitng design feature, comestics are great but how do you make more game content for people like me who allready like how there character looks?, you add in a system that gives me goals beyond just cosmetics like content that last long and has more than 1 central focus.
as much as i know this thread is being monitered how long before one of the devs decides to come and tell us, IN DETAIL what there plan is moving forward?
If there weren’t another tier lined up after this one then how would they keep the new target audience?
If they want to keep grinders then they need a constant grind, not just one new tier to occupy them for a few hours each time a new item is added.
how do you know theres a “NEW” target for the game????. what if ascendeds are there way of setting up for a more logically sustainable method of fufilling the original models purpose?
Clearly this new change is not aimed at the audience which all their previous statements, press releases, interviews, etc were aimed at, because they are now saying the exact opposite of what they were saying before.
thats some what true, assuming ascendeds arent intended to become the new permanent level cap standard. i mean if they are then it pleases both types of players, example: all level 80s will in the future wear ascended armor, but by adding new infusions<possibly aquired through various means but for the purpose of my example ones specific to duneons> then hard core gear grinder pvers will have to constantly chase new infusios by doing this dungeon and thefore also be appeased.
Sorry to say but there is no logic whatsoever in your post.
People that have spent time, effort and possibly real money to get exotic gear are cheated and have to repeat the process of gearing up all over.
People that love a gear treadmill because they for whatever reason think this is needed to keep them playing will always demand more, the next tier.
Two fundamentally exclusive ‘ways to play’ – ANet sold a game on advertising A) and now they want to sell those people
. This can not work ever.
thats the point of me saying its a more sustainable method, the market of gamers especially the ones who like mmos dont care for a system like what was in place with max level exotics. to most its literally “playing dress up” by adding more infusions for gear treadmill players they give them more ways to increase there effectiveness and create a flat levle “next tier”. not that those items would be any more powerful so much so as they simply increase the effectivness of that player in a particular setting. and because they can create gear upgrades via infusions rather than new armor tiers it creates the item level cap we were pormised with the original model.
Your mistake is that this game was never marketed or designed for those types of gamers.
Lots of other mmos do those games well, Anet marketed and designed this game for those of us who aren’t like that.
You don’t just change the entire design structure 3 months into a very successful mmo launch. It boggles the mind.
You can’t out-wow at being wow. Anet spoke for years about how that wasn’t their goal, and that really resonated with us. This game is never in it’s current form going to appeal to mmo players that need to chase the gear progression carrot.
if they changed design then maybe it wasnt a good idea like they thought it was going in, no one is above trial and error.
If there weren’t another tier lined up after this one then how would they keep the new target audience?
If they want to keep grinders then they need a constant grind, not just one new tier to occupy them for a few hours each time a new item is added.
how do you know theres a “NEW” target for the game????. what if ascendeds are there way of setting up for a more logically sustainable method of fufilling the original models purpose?
Clearly this new change is not aimed at the audience which all their previous statements, press releases, interviews, etc were aimed at, because they are now saying the exact opposite of what they were saying before.
thats some what true, assuming ascendeds arent intended to become the new permanent level cap standard. i mean if they are then it pleases both types of players, example: all level 80s will in the future wear ascended armor, but by adding new infusions<possibly aquired through various means but for the purpose of my example ones specific to duneons> then hard core gear grinder pvers will have to constantly chase new infusios by doing this dungeon and thefore also be appeased.
Sorry to say but there is no logic whatsoever in your post.
People that have spent time, effort and possibly real money to get exotic gear are cheated and have to repeat the process of gearing up all over.
People that love a gear treadmill because they for whatever reason think this is needed to keep them playing will always demand more, the next tier.
Two fundamentally exclusive ‘ways to play’ – ANet sold a game on advertising A) and now they want to sell those people
. This can not work ever.
thats the point of me saying its a more sustainable method, the market of gamers especially the ones who like mmos dont care for a system like what was in place with max level exotics. to most its literally “playing dress up” by adding more infusions for gear treadmill players they give them more ways to increase there effectiveness and create a flat levle “next tier”. not that those items would be any more powerful so much so as they simply increase the effectivness of that player in a particular setting. and because they can create gear upgrades via infusions rather than new armor tiers it creates the item level cap we were pormised with the original model.