Guild Wars 2

Sold Out.7625:

Yep, you’ve got that right, DreamyAbaddon. The Aura nerf in particular actually hurt PvP, which makes these changes even more ludicrous.

Luckily, we /totally/ don’t have visual clutter nowadays, right?

I loved the Aura effects. They were amazing!

Here is a 30 second video of my Elementalist fighting with big fire effects And some awesome Aura effects before the visual nerf update:

Yeah I still remember the beautiful visual combat FX back then before they nerfed it…
I miss my elementalist kitten fire spells looking bigger, and Armor of Earth, Fire, Air and Water looking bigger and cooler! Now the flames are smaller, and the buffs look like a thin line of an egg shape which is terrible =(

There was a leak that shows evidence of Mounts coming as a form of Mastery but those could be rumors so take it with the grain of salt.

I joked that to join our guild you must pay the guild leader 100 gold… Of course it was a joke and we never took any new member’s gold. But I wasn’t aware people where ACTUALLY doing this kitten… If so that is pretty bad…

Anyone have any idea when Episode 6 will be released for Season 3?
It’s the last episode that will obviously introduce the Expansion 2.
I hope Episode 6 is longer and better than all the other episodes from this season.

Ashantara.8731:

Oh geez, you are being serious? There is no (not a single one!) modern professional company in the world that doesn’t automatically back up all their server data. It is a constant process, there are several back-ups being made as you play. Hence it is impossible for ArenaNet to “lose” anything.

I’m jus freaking out cause of how this virus hit hospitals and kitten…. it’s all over the news

There is a huge ransomware / Worm right now on the loose that is hitting hard globally called WannaCry and what it does is it encrypts your data and asks you to pay up or lose your data forever. Also any hard drives on the computer connected will be gone if infected by this ransomware.

Please ArenaNet make sure you update your WindowsOS and BackUp all your drives and servers to keep the game safe from this cyber attack and do NOT pay them a cent because they won’t be giving you the key to decrypt anything..

I do not want to see my favorite MMO get taken down because of this.
Please keep this game and it’s servers safe. =(

This WannaCry ransomwere has been hitting Hospitals and College education really hard, FedEX and Police stations too! So becareful ArenaNet! Stay safe!

Here is a Youtube video link that explains this further:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ543_0bjbw

I dont play with youtube or guides…
I just explore the world, do events, do story missions, and other random stuff. =) It’s fun so much to explore and do and discover.

So what do you guys think is the average mastery level for gw2 player base?
I’m curious… What is a common Mastery level you guys see when running around the game?

After reading everyone’s suggestions here, I sure hope the ArenaNet Team is reading them cause omg… these are awesome ideas.

Anyways I’ll contributing by adding my own suggestion:

1 – I think when it comes to Living Story Seasons, instead of adding new zones each chapter, you should use that opportunity to tell meaningful stories and give more story instances in existing zones and add new content in existing zones. Leave the new Zones to the Expansion Packs. I like to think of the Story Seasons as TV episodes while Expansion Packs as Movies when it comes to story quality. Or at least I’d prefer them to be viewed that way.

2 – Instead of just making new content and making the Writers dance around the content to make sense out of the story, you should let the Writing Team create the story and let the devs make content for that story specifically that way not only do we get a good story that has quality and makes sense, but we will have some awesome content based on the story written.

3 – I think the Living Story Seasons should take the opportunity to slow down and let the player character relax a bit. Like my character from the expansion pack has gone through a lot and needs to rest, he has gone through a lot. Give us some drama here and there but let the story be less EPIC and more Filler that eventually leads to the next expansion pack for the NEXT BIG EPIC ADVENTURE where the player character is ready to take on another threat! Filler story instances can help develop characters relationship I believe.

4 – Please focus on 1 story arc… A consistent, and coherent story is more important than multiple different random story bits here and there with no sense of direction. If the story is focused on Primordus and Jormag then leave the Mersatt, White Mantel and Balthasar stories for another Arc. Give us time to invest in them. 6 episode is not a lot of time for so many problems for us to invest in. Specially when the story instance are short…

Knuckle Joe.7408:

Just imagine playing ele or engi with a console controller LOL.

Putting the tech aspects aside, it would be near impossible to play GW2 wit ha controller, FF14 has this thing where you get little submenus for the skills (exapmle: skills are fire 1, fire 2, fire 3 and so on, so each skill type is in a little submenu) easily accessible with the controller, but FF14’s gameplay and rotations are simpler and slower. Someone succesfully playing engi or ele in a raid environment, heck even dungeon WITH a controller would be a sight to behold.

I’m sorry man

This statement is 100% untrue.
I play effectively sometimes even way better than most keyboard and mouse warriors with my xboxOne controller. The video above this thread is me playing all 9 classes including engineer with my controller. It depends on your layout and experience with the game that determines how well you can perform in combat.

I personally agree with previous statement, I do not want them to dumb down the game because of console port so please keep this game far away from consoles.

OriOri.8724:

Do console controllers even have enough buttons to play GW2?

10 buttons needed for skills, 1 for dodging and 1 for jumping means 12 buttons minimum for combat, not to mention class mechanics, and then being able to change target/interact with NPCs and other pretty basic functionality for the game.

Edit – Oh and ofc weapon swap, means 13 buttons minimum just for combat to be on a fair playing field for combat.

My PC is connected to my 4k 65 inch TV…
I play on the XboxOne controller using Xpadder.

Here is my controller layout:
(Combat Mode)

Right Analogue Stick = Camera
Left Analogue Stick = QWES
Click Left Analogue Stick = Auto-Run

Going Clock Wise

(A) = Skill 1
(X) = Skill 2
(Y) = Skill 3
(B) = Skill 4
(Right Trigger) – Skill 5

(Left Bumper) + (A) = Skill 6
(Left Bumper) + (X) = Skill 7
(Left Bumper) + (Y) = Skill 8
(Left Bumper) + (B) = Skill 9
(Left Bumper) + Right Trigger) = Skill 0

Profession Skills
Going Clock Wise

(Left Dpad) = F1
(Up Dpad) = F2
(Right Dpad) = F3
(Down Dpad) = F4
(Left Bumper) + (Down Dpad) = F5
(Left Bumper) + (Left Dpad) = – This is the Mastery Magic Ability

(Right Bumper) = Dodge
(Left Trigger) + (X) = Switch Targets / Interact
(Left Trigger) + (Y) = Swap Weapons
(Left Trigger) + (B) = Escape
(Left Trigger) + (A) = Jump

(Adventure Mode)
Hit the Start Button on the Controller to toggle this layout.

(A) = Jump
(X) = Interact
(Y) = World Map
(B) = Escape

(Menu Mode)
Hit the Select button on the controller to toggle this layout.

(Left Trigger) = Left Click
(Right Trigger) = Right Click
(A) = Left Click
(X) = Interact
(Y) = Options Menu
(B) = Cancle

(Left D-Pad) = Hero’s Panel + Inventory menu
(Right D-Pad) = Friends List + Guild Menu
(Up D-Pad) = Black Lion Trading Company
(Down D-Pad) = PvP Menu

Also here is what it looks like when I play all 9 classes using my XboxOne controller:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qzn6r22W64&t=1s

I replayed Season 2, HoT and Season 3 with 5 characters just for fun. =)
Of course I take breaks but I enjoy replaying them…

You can also watch my 3hour and 20min video of Living World Season 1 Story that includes all the story cut scenes, Lore Narration and gameplay dialogues in a full coherent movie format. Check it out here if you havn’t already:

I really hate it when people try to justify removing SAB.
Look if you guys are bored of it then stop playing it. Let the rest of us enjoy the content or descover the content at our convenience. I barely got to play SAB and it’s about to go offline in just 2 days! This is not my fault cause reall life obligations and priorities come first. I don’t need hype to enjoy SAB whenever I want. I play when I’m in the mood and when I have time in real life. If people get bored of SAB they can play other content and when they feel like playing some SAB with their friends they can go whenever they want. This is the benifit of making it permenant cause everyone wins. Taking away content like SAB just means not everyone gets to enjoy it when they can or when they want.

There is no real way to justify taking content away because you feel bored after a while. I dont play to grind like you. I play to enjoy the content when I feel like doing it. Sorry I get really annoyed when I hear responses from people who prefer to take away content I barely got time to play, specially content that I love and adore…

I replayed Season 2, HoT, and Season 3 story 5 times on 5 different characters…
I didnt play them 5 times in a row, I played them after taking breaks from the game. I enjoy them very much. I wish I could play Season 1 but oh well… Yes I know SAB will be back next year but since I only got 2 days to fully play it and enjoy it this year, I’m not really motivated to wait next year.

P.S – I bought the SAB gliders, and finisher! I support SAB as a game mode not a festival. I want it permenant, I will buy it as a DLC to play it at my convenience. I dont care about the rewards. =(

Moonyeti.3296:

DreamyAbaddon.3265:

The Storyline goes in this order:
Personal Story -> Season 1 -> Season 2 -> Heart of Thorns -> Season 3

Season 1 Story is NOT replayable so if you want to know what happened you should check out my video called GW2 Season 1 Movie from start to finish:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joLmVI5URak

Be adviced Popcorn is a must the movie is 3hours and 20min long. =)
Enjoy!

It’s a great movie! I played LS1, but I watched the whole thing anyway as a good refresher.

I’m glad you enjoyed it! =D

Please ArenaNet let us buy SAB as a DLC for GW2! It’s super amazing, super fun, super adventure box!

Season 2 is a DLC
Season 3 is a DLC
Why can’t SAB be a DLC?

Please this game mode is one of my favorites and I never have enough time to play it when it’s released in the time frame you give us. I’d love to play it whenever I want and whenever I can at my convenience!

You guys made an amazing decision letting us buy and play Season 2 and Season 3 whenever we want. I truly love it. But please use the same with SAB!

Here is an idea for a formula you can try:
Let us buy SAB and play it whenever we want, and once a year during the month of April add a new SAB World! And make it Free for anyone who wants to try for the month. That way you get to keep the “Festival” aspect and getting new people to try it out while adding new SAB worlds once a year, and letting us buy and play through the DLC anytime we want!

Please consider this.
It would mean the world too me!
Throws Cash at the Monitor Please Take my Money! Take my Money! Take it! =)

I want SAB Available permanantly too! I want to play when I have time and when I’m in the mood. It doesnt make me get excited when I have real life obligations to deal with. SAB to me is a Game Mode not a festival. This content isn’t even really a festival to be honest… What are we exactly celebrating? SAB isn’t a “Joke” it’s a genuinly good game mode with it’s own sets of rules that follows. I would love to pay $15 for SAB to unlock the game mode permanantly as a DLC kinda like how we can purchase Living Story Season 2 and 3 as DLC story mode.

I dont care if you dont make W3 and W4… Just let me pay for W1 and W2 and play anytime I want… I will BUY IT… Take MY MONEY!!! >:( Throws Cash at the monitor

The Storyline goes in this order:
Personal Story → Season 1 → Season 2 → Heart of Thorns → Season 3

Season 1 Story is NOT replayable so if you want to know what happened you should check out my video called GW2 Season 1 Movie from start to finish:

Be adviced Popcorn is a must the movie is 3hours and 20min long. =)
Enjoy!

Ardid.7203:

Steam Controller + GW2 = FABULOUS.

I havn’t tried the Steam Controller for GW2.
I do own it though.

I usually just use the XboxOne and PS4 controller to play. I’m used to the layouts better =) But Steam Controller does have those extra buttons…

MY PC is connected to my 65inch TV and I play using the XboxOne controller with a wireless keyboard on my lap while sitting on the sofa.
If you want a console version just to play on the TV and a controller then you can already do that on the PC… Having a console port just makes it redundant plus it takes up too much resources away from the main game. We need more content on the current game not a port. Also if they did make a console port like Final Fantasy 11 then we the gamers would have to suffer in the mercy of console hardware limitations. I don’t want to go back to those dark ages.

I really want SAB to be permanent… =(
This is one content I do not want to see go.

ArenaNet can you please sell us Super Adventure BOX portable version for our Home-Instance so we can buy it and play SAB whenever we want after the festival?

I love this game mode and I want to play it on my own spare time.
It’s hard to enjoy my favorite game mode (SAB) when I don’t have much time when it’s released knowing it’s on a timer to shut-down after the festival ends.

Please consider selling us SAB portable version for our home instance. I will BUY it with GEMS! Honestly I will pay full game price again just for this game mode to always be accessible from my home instance.

Thanks.

Tibicia.8315:

why not make a mini of kittens being drowned in bag?

Omg I would so buy that mini… That would be cruel yet funny to have in game . =)

I play on a 4k TV but the UI is too small… I would love to be able to scale the UI much larger for flexability.

Currently I’m forced to play at 2k… cause the UI is more bareable but please I rather play at 4k 60FPS max settings which my PC is capable of, but the UI is too small for the largest it can go. The game just looks so much better than… 1920×1080.. =(

Ayrilana.1396:

Keltan.1827:

I’m thinking there is no gaming company in the world that can release updates fast enough to please all the players. It will always take months to produce, test and release something players consume in a fraction of that time.

Especially when you have players who take the entire day off, which has a scheduled release, so they can burn through the content that day.

Not our fault that we enjoy the content so much…
Maybe if ArenaNet stopped making their games fun then we wouldnt need to take of entire day off work to play their release date on time.

When will LS3 – Episode 5 be released?
I wish they gave us more story episodes quicker cause I enjoy narrative quests and voice acting. I feel 2-3 months waiting per episodes is too long. If each episode gave maybe 5 hours of gameplay (Story instance) then maybe it’s okay but these episodes feel short. =(

PC + TV + Controller + Xpadder + GW2 = Console experience with superior graphics and resolution.

No need for a console version… xD

Here is a video of me playing all 9 classes in GW2 on my controller + TV:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qzn6r22W64&t=1s

As you can see, it’s totally playable and everyone already has a PC anyways. Consoles are just luxary devices with kitten hardware. xD

Gaile Gray.6029:

I am going to be giving this video a call-out during today’s Community Showcase Live stream. I highly recommend this video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joLmVI5URak

Thank you for the shout-out! =)

zealex.9410:

DreamyAbaddon.3265:

I agree with the OP…
Please let us disable holding down space key to glide option and let us at least keybind glider activation… Double-Tap to glide is also a nice option to add as well.

Please give us options on how we activate glider so problems like this dont keep happening. This game was designed with jumping puzzles in mind prior to gliding and not all jumping puzzles have glider disabled in the area… I say give us options on how we like to activate glider and that should solve most of the problems we have.

just sayin holding down space will not increase the jump range if it didnt have the glider on, just tapping space once works fine takes some time to get used to but then its fine.

I played since beta and I still play today and yet I still have issues with it.
This game wasn’t designed with glider in mind and having played this game for so long it’s still not something I got “used too” so you can throw that out of the window. We need options in the menu to allow us to choose how we want to activate glide so everyone can be happy with it.

I’d love to have an option to keybind gliding to another key I desire.
I’d also like an option where you can make gliding “double-tap to glide” but of course the key word here is “Option” , one that we can tick on/off in the menu.

bearshaman.3421:

But yeah, definitely work your way up, learning your class, and doing some of the starting content, dungeons, and low level fractals, as well as the personal story. Then stick your head over in the HoT zones and season 3 areas (in that order, or the story won’t make sense).

Also this confused me so remember this: chronologically it’s personal story, (season 1 which isn’t available to play, but you get directed to someone that gives you a cinematic of what happened and the people you were running around with during it), season 2, HoT, season 3.

Since Season 1 is NOT replayable and you only get a short in game cenimatic that only covers bare-bones, I made a 3hour and 20min video on my channel called “Guild Wars 2 – The Complete Season 1 Movie” which has ALL the cutscenes, Lore narrations and dailugues I was able to salvage accross the internet to tell a full, complete and coherent story of all you have missed.

Watch this video After you have completed your Personal Story / Main Campaign.
Enjoy!

Here’s the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joLmVI5URak

Ashantara.8731:

zengara.8301:

kitten this convo got deep.
I think everyone is just trying to tell you that the main game does provide you with enough knowledge about your main story

Not unless you play the content in chronological order (and watch the video for season one):

- original campaign
- Living World season 1 (visit NPC in Lion’s Arch + watch this video)
- Living World season two
- Heart of Thornes
- Living World season three

This… ^

@ Mat You can buy Season 2 Story Complete pack and Season 3 chapters in the gemstore under Upgrades. But you should play the story in order as Ashantara.8731 has mentioned. Doing so will complete the experience you’re missing. =)

I agree with the OP…
Please let us disable holding down space key to glide option and let us at least keybind glider activation… Double-Tap to glide is also a nice option to add as well.

Please give us options on how we activate glider so problems like this dont keep happening. This game was designed with jumping puzzles in mind prior to gliding and not all jumping puzzles have glider disabled in the area… I say give us options on how we like to activate glider and that should solve most of the problems we have.

Amaimon.7823:

The thing is, Zhaitan’s pushing and pulling was making them prepare for the elder dragon fights. It just so happened to be that Kralkatorrik showed a window of progress, at the time, any campaign against Zhaitan had yet to started. It was simply: lets go somewhere, I know zhaitan is in that direction, and then you hit a road called kralkatorrik before you arrived at Zhaitan avenue

I feel like they should have just made that book based on fighting Zhaitan and failing not kralkatorrik… to keep story more consistent with the game since we the player finish him off and we brought Destiny’s edge together. But since the book has already been made, at least updating Caithe’s dialgue and changing it from zhaitan to Kralkatorrik would make more sense to do… I mean that is how things went wrong… It was on THAT fight… Not Zhaitan.

Daddicus.6128:

DreamyAbaddon.3265:

Boy do I have a video for you then.
I’ve made video called “Guild Wars 2 – The Complete Season 1 Movie” and it’s 3hours and 20min. It has ALL the cutscenes, dailogues and Lore Narration from the start-to-finish of the storyline. I recommend you check it out before you continue playing S2 because S2 Continues from S1. =) enjoy!

THANK you!!! I’ve only watched the first 20 minutes, but it’s very good.

It only gets better! =)

This is also wrong here too.

In the final story instance of Sylvari Chapter 3, Caithe mentioned Destiny’s Edge being prepared to fight Zhaitan but failed and things went wrong… But from the Edge of Destiny’s book, they where preparing to fight Kralkatorrik instead and things went wrong.

I wonder if the writers knew about this continuity error…
Look at the picture attachment and see for yourself.

Tatwi.3562:

Took me 4 years to finish the personal story for the first time. I’m only about half way through LW S2. I missed pretty well all of LW S1, despite owning the game the whole time. I’m sure I’ll get around to LW S3 eventually. You tell me, how important is the story to me.

(It’s OK, but not particularly compelling to this here adult. The voice over zoom in thing really made it nice to watch though, so I am sad that feature isn’t used much anymore)

Boy do I have a video for you then.
I’ve made video called “Guild Wars 2 – The Complete Season 1 Movie” and it’s 3hours and 20min. It has ALL the cutscenes, dailogues and Lore Narration from the start-to-finish of the storyline. I recommend you check it out before you continue playing S2 because S2 Continues from S1. =) enjoy!

Nojet.5701:

Something is really confused me. I know a lot of things could do after level 80: Dungeons, Fractals, PVP, HoT map completions. However, those things are complicated to me right now.
My initial though is to finish the story in Maguuma. However, I am stuck into one task since I cannot find the NPC, and I am always been killed on my way to the story quest which makes me really frustrated.
Then I turned to practice dungeons. But I am not that confident on my gear since I do not spend so much time thinking which gear is better for me.
Back and forth, I feel really discouraged.
Any ideas, suggestions?
Thanks.

GW2 isn’t gear based. Exotics is all you really need.
I recommend you check out my guide on how to improve in combat and make builds as it’s the best way to get better if you want to improve in general.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/players/GW2-Combat-system-101-Guide/first

This guide is also a sticky thread on the players-helping-players subforum.
Best wishes too you.

Tayna.2419:

Avoiding damage is brutally difficult for me in this game. I’m going to follow your advice and see how it goes. Thanks!

Practice makes perfect. Even if you have a tanky or support build, you should always avoid taking damage. GW2 combat system is technically an active combat system.

What was the name of Queen Jennah’s father?

Healix.5819:

Officially? You don’t.

Unofficially? You make your own, then have it launch Gw2.exe -email -password -nopatchui

Okay where can I get instructions on how to do it unofficially?
I can make my own if it’s just a video sure, I’m good at editing so whatever.
But How do I make it work as a launcher where I can enter email and password?

Got link to the instructions?

How do I restore or bring back the Nostalgia GW2 Beta Login Launcher?
I prefer that over the current login launcher.

Anyway to do it? I’m sure there has to be… I’m sure of it and if anyone knows please share your secret. =)

Amaimon.7823:

Donari.5237:

The main issue I’d have with him being Mister E is that I remember ANet telling us back when E first showed up that it was someone we already knew. I think they did. Maybe that comment was about our “nemesis,” not that we ever got a nemesis as such. Anyone remember more clearly than me anything about such a comment?

Since it’s a pretty minute detail from LS1, I don’t think they would continue on Mr.E without a proper re-introduction of his ‘character’. I think if we continue with Mr.E now half the playerbase would be confused beyond repair since they never got to play LS1

I made a Guild Wars 2 – The Complete Season 1 Movie which has all the cutscenes & lore narrations of what happened from start to finish. It’s about 3hours and 20min long so popcorn is a must!

Here’s the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joLmVI5URak

Sephas.8793:

I watched this whole video the other day, and I loved it. It was great reliving all of the Season 1 content.

The whole thing? =)
Glad you like it then.

Ashantara.8731:

Jhoul.6923:

This looks EPIC!!! A fight in my home town?!?! Bring it ON!!!!!

That’s what I was thinking when I watched the trailer. Let’s hope it’s going to be as epic as it made it look like — looks can be deceiving after all.

Ayrilana.1396:

Maybe it’s Mr E

We already know that E is Estelle, no? It’s already been uncovered a long time ago, or am I confusing things?

You are confused…

zealex.9410:

DreamyAbaddon.3265:

Hey guys! I’m the one who made the video!
Just wanted to let you all know the final edition to the Season 1 Movie is done and it’s 3hours and 19min long with an actual Chapter Selection Menu! It includes all the cutscenes, dailogues and lore narration needed to complete the Movie experience!

I hope you enjoy it! Here is the new link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joLmVI5URak

the champter selection makes it so much better xD

Thanks!
I figured adding that would help those who prefer to watch a specific chapter of season 1. I know not everyone will have the time to watch the whole thing. xD

This is so bad… How much longer till we get Episode 4? =/

Also I notice you guys have the outdated link.
Here’s the correct link to my GW2 season 1 Movie:

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

Thanks again, DA. (Still hoping the devs take this on, as a guide to improving what we have in-game.)

Now that we have this movie, I kinda feel like ArenaNet should continue progressing the story forward since we can finally look back at GW2 season 1 even though it’s unplayable. Dont get me wrong I would prefer to play it again but that takes time, money and resources that can be spent on new story and content going forward. That’s just my opinion.