Guild Wars 2

I’ll definitely be using your FF6 tune. I love the flute.

RashanDale.3609:

dyes for particle effects is something i would definitely buy gems for. O_O

That’s how to get their attention.

Well I think they’re cool.

Oh god the focus is horrible. My anomaly feels more legendary than that.

I don’t get it, it sounds like you guys want to have the legendary handed to you, and then everyone would have one. Then how would it be legendary anymore? Considering the number of people I see with legendaries now, especially the greatswords, they aren’t even close to impossible to get.

The purpose of the weapon is to create an incredibly difficult and long term goal for people. Making it easier defeats the entire purpose. It isn’t something you’re going to be remotely able to make within a few weeks. It took me several months to make mine.

Venirto.4208:

Sarrs.4831:

Are ‘presents’ for buying gems with real money going to be the norm now? Am I the only one with a bad feeling about this?

Nope, you are not the only one. Soon we’ll see weapon/armor skins for people for regularly buy gems >.>

Guys, it’s a kite. It does nothing. Settle down.

Orangensaft.7139:

the achievement IS TO FIGHT OTHERS, KILL THEM AND DONT DIE YOURSELF!!!

Exactly where in the achievement does it say to kill x/x players? That is an actual achievement, completely separate from this one. This achievement says pretty specifically that you simply need to get to the kite. There is in no way, anything that specifies you must PvP, because this, as well as the rest of the achievements in this category, are PvE achievements.

In any case, the main point is not even about whether or not you should be PvPing. The whole point is that this achievement gives players a way to grief one another. It is disgusting and incredibly poor design.

I really like the new back items.

It’s amazing the length that some players go to to cause grief. Oh, so you don’t want to participate in PvP for a PvE achievement? Then use the stealth fountains silly! Too bad those are all camped as well.

As far as anyone knows, it will be the only source of the mats needed for making gear with the celestial stats once the event is over. So, that alone makes it seem important, however, celestial stats are terrible.

It will be nice to have as a little easy way to make some money every day, but I doubt it will be a big deal.

I really don’t like the one size fits all thing either. Not only does it look out of place, but it also takes away the uniqueness of each armor type. You should be able to tell who is wearing heavy, medium or light armor. I would definitely like to see different skins for each armor type.

Probably the only thing done right is the monocle, because it’s a monocle.

Warrior has the lowest survivability. Despite having the highest base vitality and toughness, it has absolutely no sustain. It does not fit what he is looking for.

While Guardians are great all around, and probably the best class, they are not aggressive at all. The play style can put someone to sleep at times.

Ele, Mesmer, and Engineer are what you are looking for.

These classes, when played well, all have extremely high survivability, are great in PvP, are aggressive and take a lot of time to master.

If we were taller, we would no longer be able to fit in smaller spaces. We can always make bigger bodies with golem suits, but making ourselves smaller isn’t as simple.

Although, I believe the day where we can reliably transfer our consciousness into another body is near, so our size is irrelevant.

Being able to play with your friends in an online game is more important than the internet points associated with it. Custom and private games in PvP scenarios has been needed for every PvP event since the beginning.

Such a simple thing and it will create a world of new options for players, and get more people playing. Guilds will be able to organize outings, and more players will be able to have a good time.

Looks like he has a harem.

Esplen.3940:

Just a tip: If you want people to take you seriously when having a conversation or debate, or even an argument, listen to their points.

You would be wise to follow your own advice. You are sitting here raving on about nothing relevant, posting in an incredibly disrespectful and arrogant way without making any effort to respond to my argument.

I have repeatedly been trying to explain to you how a living temporary world that changes globally, can be done just as well, if not better, in a permanent personal world that will be an overall better experience not just for regular players, but also for new ones.

I want to see content that everyone can enjoy when they want to without being forced to play on Anet’s schedule.

GummiArms.5368:

BattleBuddy.6094:

I enjoy how the world moves forward like this. Not to say there can’t be permanent content, but living storys should be temporary and new ones replace them. Its like reading a book XD

No, it isn’t like reading a book. In a book, there’s a logical progression form point A in the polt to point B in the plot. This progression does not vanish if you were to say, set the book down for a week before picking it up again. That’s essentially what the temporary content boils down to.

No, this is more like a weekly tv show with an ongoing storyline. Like a soap opera, let’s say. You miss an episode one week, and you’ll be pretty lost to what’s happening. Why is Michelle suddenly with Derrick when she was Richard last week? Basically, confusing and frustrating. It denies opportunity rather than create opportunity.

If you want to see Tyria change and grow, it won’t be through limited time events, it will be through new permanent content that expands the world in a way which all players, new or old, can appreciate. It is by creating new opportunities.

Very well said. It would be like trying to read a book that gradually loses more and more chapters as time goes on. The more of a gap that is left, the less engaging the book becomes. There will be too much that you wouldn’t be able to understand.

Esplen.3940:

My tiredness does not prevent me from making intellectual statements or conclusions.

Except it obviously does when you focus on what I leave in the quote rather than what I am telling you.

It is very simple, the world can progress through a personal world as much as it can on a global scale. Trahearne went from being a scholar to a general. The same can happen in any context within the game. All of this content can be added permanently through a personal story. The only reasoning behind a living world is to make things last for a set time thus, as believed by anet, making the world more interesting and bringing a sense of urgency, as you only have so much time to do something.

But as dreadicon says, this has gotten completely off topic. The entire point from the beginning is that the content would be better if it was permanent. The context for why it is or isn’t is completely irrelevant.

Esplen.3940:

A Tired Esplen

You clearly are very tired when you fail to see that the only thing you are arguing over is the reasoning behind making content limited.

In the simplest way that I can possibly say, this content would be better if it wasn’t removed. Do you understand this?

You are using completely ridiculous and baseless analogies that have absolutely no relation to the actual discussion.

Esplen.3940:

The WORLD has progressed.

You aren’t reading at all. Do you not understand the concept of making everything someone’s personal story? It is the same concept that’s been in every game. All of these events happen in the player’s eyes. The world progresses through a player’s experience.

Again, there is no reason to remove content when it can happen through a player’s experience. A video game makes up it’s own rules, and the rules of the living story are stupid compared to a personal one. Do you understand?

The only thing a living story accomplishes is to make content limited. It does not make any more sense than a personal world.

Esplen.3940:

Dog.1472:

Using the living story’s logic, it’s time to remove all of the risen from the game and the entire story quest. Zhaitan has been gone for ages. Make everything limited and you don’t have a game anymore.

Zhaitan/Risen/Orr are all part of YOUR (individual character’s) personal storyline.

You seem to miss my point. There is no reason to differentiate these two things. The logic behind the living story is that the world is ever growing, ever changing, so in order to encompass that idea, they make content limited and remove it after a period of time. They do this to make the game feel like a real world in that once an event has been done, it’s done. That particular person/thing is done and gone.

And so using that same logic, Zhaitan needs to be removed because that event is done and over, but they don’t do that because you need to have some actual content in the game. By making the living story the way it is, the game never grows. There is absolutely no intelligent reason not to have everything be your own story.

Astral Projections.7320:

Zhaitan is gone for the people that have finished their own story line. He is not gone for the ones that haven’t. The people who haven’t finished their storyline are probably a fair percentage of the population.

And you could say the aetherblades are still there for those who haven’t encountered them either, I fail to see your point.

They really just need to do away with the constant limited time only crap. Certain festivals and things make great limited time events, but normal content shouldn’t be limited.

Using the living story’s logic, it’s time to remove all of the risen from the game and the entire story quest. Zhaitan has been gone for ages. Make everything limited and you don’t have a game anymore.

Yeah, just did the entire JP only to have a camp of griefers at the end.

The fact that there are people who would purposely sit around for hours preventing other people from getting a simple achievement is disgusting, but not surprising or unexpected honestly. The fact that Anet allows it to happen though, or even encourages it, is shameful.

There is PvP, and then there’s griefing. This is griefing and it should never be encouraged.

Asura are optimally sized. The inferior races are far too large and are cumbersome because of it.

Katlyntje.7962:

There is nothing over-powered about it. Asura are simply superior to all other races.

Sometimes I wonder if the inferior races can even grasp this concept.

I understand the reasoning behind the temporary content, but I disagree with it. It feels like Anet is standing behind its players and zapping them with a cattle prod, and I am really getting tired of it.

The only temporary content I’m okay with would be things like holidays events whether based from real world or ones that are based in the game world, like dragon bash. Removing this recent dungeon, and removing the molten facility as well as the super adventure box is removing the most enjoyable parts of the game.

Using the same logic behind the living story, you could say every dungeon in the game needs to be removed as well as several of the zones. Oops, Zhaitan is dead, time to remove all of the content. By not adding new permanent content the game never grows.

Aether McLoud.1975:

You don’t lose a skill slot by using a kit. You have the toolbelt skills for that.

Yup, B.O.B. is one heck of a skill. I rarely even use the kit.

I personally have no problems with how it is now.

Seems a little lazy to chop off our body parts instead of design around them.

Seriously, what happened to the days where people didn’t expect to walk into a dungeon and beat it with no effort.

I cleared this with my first pug, where it was everyone’s first time. To say it’s unbeatable is ridiculous.

This dungeon should be the minimum difficulty standard from now on.

I guess no one uses Lyssa anymore. o.o

cubone.8354:

Either works. Asura is used as a noun, while Asuran is used as an adjective in this context — assuming people care to be judgmental when it comes to grammar.

No, it cannot be used either way.

Jigain.8231:

Dog.1472:

What are you, skritt? It’s asura, not asuran.

Asuran: of, or pertaining to, asura, either as an individual, or as a community. Examples:
The Infinity Ball was made by an asura. It is of asuran design.
It is scientifically proven the asura are more intelligent than any sentient race yet discovered on Tyria. Asuran superiority is therefore confirmed.
The College of Synergetics houses the foremost asuran thinkers.

ifiwereyou.6325:

….In response to rumors and allegations that AACE and AAIC only accepts Asurans as members, he has issued me to provide the necessary information that proves we offer positions to other races beside Asurans…..

Is what I was referring to.

What are you, skritt? It’s asura, not asuran.

For the reward, absolutely not.

But if you would like a change from spamming 2 constantly, holding w for a while, and pressing f a few times, and maybe doing something entertaining for a change, then yes, the dungeon is worth doing.

Otherwise go back to pressing 3 keys for hours on end.

I think the idea of solo content in a massively multiplayer online game is ridiculous. I am 100% in favor of group content, or even forced grouping to progress as it builds upon the community that is necessary for an MMO. Solo content creates an every man for himself attitude that does not belong in a game like this.

This is exactly what I want to see in updates. Soooooo much fun.

Now that, THAT was a dungeon. That was probably the most fun I’ve had in GW2 and some of the most fun I’ve ever had in an MMO.

I have been so completely bored with this game and I had nearly lost interest, but my god, if they start doing more things like this….

Please do more things like this.

Please.

I had always used Elixer R for the revive and the break stun. It was actually the only break stun I used, and now it’s gone. I still badly want to use this for the revive, but this is still a huge problem for me.

I really want the break stun back.

I may end up ditching the skill now.

Supply crate now works with the 6th superior rune of lyssa.

When did that happen

Well, I prefer not wearing shoes. Being barefoot is much more comfortable.

But when I’m in the midst of combat, I definitely don’t enjoy stubbing my toes of everything, so that’s better.

I kinda want to join the inquest.

Well it looks comfortable, but I can’t imagine that it smells very nice.

All of my characters across every video game are male, because when I make a character I like to consider them as an extension of myself, and I am male.

As a side note, I also prefer the voice/attitude of the male asura. Female asura come off as overly cold and heartless to me.

I usually dodge flip in, and I try to time it so that I am upside down right as the loading screen pops up.

It’s pretty well known that conditions in PvE are broken. I believe they’ve already publicly said they are working on it and will have some changes coming in the future, but I am too lazy to go dig up the source.

Because using an example from 200 years ago is totally relevant, and besides, he could still feel his music’s rhythm.

The fanboy is strong with this one. Let’s just blindfold the devs while we’re at it.

I definitely don’t think it’s asking too much for the people to make the game to have to be required to play it once in a while.

It would be like a chef who doesn’t even taste their food. How exactly are you supposed to know how to design a game that you don’t even play.

I was called an elitist just the other day for not killing mobs towards the end of Arah story mode, the part where it’s a timed event and the NPCs have been so overly buffed that they kill the mobs in seconds. The part where Zojja is chargin’ her laser. It was of course used in a derogatory sense.

Oh how the meaning of that word has changed.

If you are referring to the race, it’s asura, not asuran. To say one is asuran implies that there is a place called asura.

The only times it would be okay to say asuran is when you are referring to something created by the asura, such as asuran technology.

Zacchary.6183:

No! We need m0ar everything!

120,000 pinatas!
250,000 fireworks!
3,000 effigies!
23,000,000 candies eaten!

Its not enough!!!!

Mother of god…

Please, you can look down on people without having to be physically above them. As an asura, I do this all the time.