Guild Wars 2

I will try to remember this and post my build as soon as I get home from work. It is a scrapper with soldier (I think) and berserker mix using medic, Bulwark,cleanse and shredder gyro. With all electric fields and AoEs you not only survive easy but you can fight hoards of enemies at the same time and do great damage.

I main engineer. I do not agree with damage reduction, I don’t see that as a problem. I think that it would make hammer completely bad compared to the core weapons after nerfing both reflect and evade from the skills. Also with removing evade on hammer 3 should make the skill in to three parts like some thief skills, because once you have started hammer 3 there is no easy way to cancel the attack. If it didn’t evade I would have died many times because I am jumping straight in to traps that are placed after I press the skill. I would like a fix to it anyway, there are so many times I have healed Revenant to full HP because I can’t cancel it.

MrRomanticGuildGuy.7568:

Lol i killed all Mobs while Walking around but they don’t give enough EXP. Killing Trash and doing Events takes hours and days to get 1 Hero Point earning it by EXP. I hate it that you get crazy 10 Hero Points from those Events in 1 Minute. So Jump and Run in this game is better for earning Hero Points than killing and doing Events.

You do not get HP from leveling. There are lots of HPs that you can do solo, if there is a HP that is to hard for you, ask for help if there is no help go to the next one. You get to spend your MPs by leveling, let’s say gliding costs one MP but you still have to level up gliding before you can spend that MP and mushroom jumping costs let’s say 4 MP, so you will have to level up to mushroom jumping and then have enough MPs to buy it.

HP = Hero Points, to gain traits an skills. MP = mastery points ,to unlock masteries like gliding and exalted teachings.

Enemies gives you a few experience but events and meta events gives you lots, at the “low levels” a single meta event round usually gives you enough experience to level up, not only that but it gives you troves with loot.

To me it sounds like you just want to rush the game and get everything asap but what good is that? Enjoy the content of the game, explore that maps, follow the stories of the events, stumble upon a chest that not only grants you an MP but some loot, repeat the story to earn new achievements and much more. There are so much in the game that gaining experience should be a small problem.

ghostfire.2630:

Thanks everyone for the replies.

So in summary:

1) git gud – can no longer mindlessly dash around spamming the attack keys. Gotta learn attack patterns and so on.
2) git help – many things u cannot do solo – get a hp train or ask for help or lfg.

Thanks ill try – i really want to have fun with hot!

Almost. Stop running a zerker build, core mentality ‘kill before getting killed’ does not always work in HoT. Have some skills to protect you, have some skills to cleanse conditions and get an armor with atleast toughness or mix a little. I think I am running soldier/berserker stats on my engineer and I rarely die and I can solo all non-group content. But if you are good you can run full zerker, with my thief I use full zerker, I die alot more than with my Engie but I still manage to advance both in story and on the maps.

So summary in my opinion.
- adopt to the new maps, this is not core GW2.
- get good.
- find groups of other players to help you with group content.

Dante.1508:

Vayne.8563:

Dante.1508:

Rap Tiger.1257:

Dante.1508:

Rap Tiger.1257:

Dante.1508:

Ryou.2398:

Im not trying to be rude here but from my understanding heart of thornes was meant for group content in the first place, the content needs to lasts for one, for two its meant to be an mmorpg, for three it was meant to be challenging/rewarding. we can solo enough content in this game as it is, I get people like the option so solo. But it sounds like some people here want a single player game.

No people want the option to play solo, all through the story and map content, i understand dungeons, fractals and raids are group content and i’m cool with group content being in open world but the map completions, the getting around for fun, most events should be complete-able solo as well as grouped…

So all types of customers can enjoy the content, if not then half the player base is doing things they don’t want to or worse actively avoiding it.

Sure i can’t complete shatterer solo, but i can save a town from harpies solo, in Hot i can’t even do that most times, i’m dead.

I can’t even kill a veteran mushroom solo without going downed state a few times then dying..

So you and the other little friends who can not kill a veteran is a shame, I say this because even discouraged seeing a guy here in this forum say that you can not kill a smokescale veteran and then talk that can kill, not knowing if you really can or not.

Please these PVE players who believe that HOT was hard, believe they are the same that will claim in PvP because they could not get the wing because it is difficult.

ArenaNet nor should hear these kinds of players who want to make this game something casual to harm the hardcore who likes to challenge.

I walked all the map again and I did not die once so easy that is.

Even the 3 champions of Verdant Brink almost done solo because it’s easy, but not just because soloing appeared 2 more to help and I dc at the end when it appears the legendary boss

These maps are increasingly empty because now those who have no skill can do this by pressing 1 and without help.

What class do you use in hot… And agreed a smokescale veteran can take 2/3rds of my health in a second and i barely kill it… I’ve died to a normal Smokescale..

My main issue is the insane frogs, i cannot kill them at all i died 10 times yesterday on the same two frogs, teleporting, un-hit able, instant kill cheap kitten… that’s not fun, that’s actually harassment when you are just trying to get past..

Seriously its just no longer fun to play anymore.

I play but ranger, have played a little warrior too, but not on the maps of Tyria, which class you play? How long has the game?

If you want one of these days can follow me and see how I can get along in the HOT maps, it is very rare to end up dying. My nick is Raplion with ranger.

I’m a Daredevil, but i tried Ele, Ranger and Engie with all similar issues, i played GW2 for a year and a half and just returned two weeks ago because i purchased Heart of Thorns in a sale at EB games…

I very much regret it now and am considering looking for more casual mmo over GW2, its no longer enjoyable.

But you also claim you have terrible lag and bad skill lag, and you’re judging the game based on issues you have. I mean yes, I know you’re in Australia but many people, including both me, my wife and my son, have played this game from Australia and don’t have your skill lag.

Every time you say something is too hard, well yeah, if you are reacting too slow because of lag, of course it’s too hard. How in the name of the six do you think leaving that info out is fair to anyone?

You may not be the best player or you may be, but no one could function in this game with the latency you describe.

Nor should Anet balance the game around a person who has 2-4 second skill input lag because if they did that, it would be far too easy for everyone else.

If you’re in Australia and your lag is that bad, either get better internet, get a better computer, or figure out what’s causing your lag.

Because saying over and over again the game is too hard, after saying you have this terrible lag is, at the very least, misleading.

That is no longer an issue my ISP fixed it, doesn’t fix the difficulties in game though..Nice dodge on the horrible HoT difficulty though, all those deaths were with no skill lag and 220 ping.

Dante.1508:

Dante.1508:

I’m a Daredevil, but i tried Ele, Ranger and Engie with all similar issues, i played GW2 for a year and a half and just returned two weeks ago because i purchased Heart of Thorns in a sale at EB games…

I very much regret it now and am considering looking for more casual mmo over GW2, its no longer enjoyable.

Maybe find some friends to play with, use LFG, join a guild.

Problem is, there’s no game that has the same quality as Guild Wars 2. GW2 is pretty unique and plays and feels unique. Once I switch to other games it’s never the same.

Maybe great if you want something completely different, but not when you want a more casual version of GW2.

But hey, I heard Runescape upgraded its graphics engine once again. (no more Java/browser) If you want casual and something entirely different.

Well i’m trialing Wildstar, it seems a lot more casual and the maps aren’t so over the top like HoT and more like core tyria, obviously i’m low level so i cannot judge end game, i will say how straight forward it is is refreshing after GW2 and they have a lot less collection stuff which is a plus.

If it doesn’t work out i’ll go back to the secret world i always loved that game it just had a tiny population last i checked, heard its boosted again.

Anyway enjoy the “unique” GW2 Grind.

Was it not Wildstar that got so hated because it was an extreme Elitist game? They lost a lot of players because they didn’t cater to the casuals. I may be wrong and or they could have changed their ways, I have never played it just stating what I have heard.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Dante.1508:

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Elite Specializations require no XP, only Hero Points. I think the only Mastery needed for the story is Gliding, which isn’t too difficult to get for most.

Henchman/Heroes probably wouldn’t work, except in instances. (Hiding Heroes/Henchman due to rising population would be unfortunate.)

There are heaps of masteries needed for the story, gliding, mushrooms, nuloch warrens Frog knowledge Auric knowledge and more…

Its incredibly gated content.

I think you are mistaken. Perhaps, you’ve not yet done the Story. I can only remember needing to glide in one episode.

Good luck.

Actually you need exalted lore to even enter the quest hope something. But other than gliding and that. Even my brother who plays rarely got that mastery from doing tarir meta once.

Oh and also to OP, this is neither a hack and slash or a Jump and run game, this is an MMOrpg. Many players do not like games where you run in a straight line mashing buttons like crazy, some people like games where you have to be carefull and plan your progress, some enemies are not meant for you to be fought alone. Also there are very little complex jumps in HoT, mostly it is about gliding but even then it is mostly in verdant brink the other maps has specific gliding and mushrooms just to get to mastery points and maby a few HPs.

I see a lot of content too hard in HoT but I want to say, don’t destroy what is now all okay, no more nerfs too HoT. I don’t want to see zerk meta and afk farmers in HoT.

Well there are a whole lot ‘HoT is too hard’ threads. Alot of people are disagreeing with you and I am one of them. They even lowered the difficulty of HoT recently and I can even play through these maps with my berserker thief now, I can’t seem too understand what’s so hard.

Also mesmers Well’s are not supposed to be massive damage as DH traps, they are supposed to be supportive. Are you playing a zerker mesmer? Maby time to get a new set if you can’t handle the damage output. Well I for one can’t see how people have problems in HoT maps, sure there are some HP, events and stuff you can’t do yourself but it is not too different from core game.

I havent farmed any and I havent bought any, I have 12 character who I edit now and then. I play mixed content but mostly PvP recently due to no LS.

You forgot to mention that it also cancels any other transformation target has like, shroud, tornado and rampage.

I think it still kills of necro minions too, not sure.

xeonage.1253:

Fat Disgrace.4275:

xeonage.1253:

why not? or you want to lose ….

I think s/he would want to play the game and not let the game play it for you.

In this HOT patch. you have no choice or go lose. Condi is out of control.

True that Condition is OP and Condi is out of control, but saying you have no choice is a lie, I play a spec close to pre-patch engi power hammer meta and is doing really good. 1vs1 fights I mostly win and are doing really good in team fights. What I think is wrong though is that there are so many condi aplications that are AoE and needs no timing or planning, just spam your skills and hope you oponents can’t cleanse it in time.

I don’t mind condi being this strong though but what I think is wrong is that a strong condi build can be a stong tanky build too compaired to a stong power build who needs atleast Pow and Prec (but would be best with Fero too) to do great damage but with that the build loses survivability (Called glass cannon).

Havent played it in WvW but for PvE and PvP my Scrapper is perfectly viable where I rarely die in PvE and in PvP I usually have a winning streak of 8-9 before I loose a match (I know it is about luck in matchup and so on but the class does some part).

I don’t understand how you can complain about camera (With all the extra options for it) and control in this game as in my opinion it is one of the best there is, even if it where a platformer game. Be happy that you don’t have to do parkour moves to advance in a JP (I would have loved that).

I may be wrong ut somewhere on the forums or at Reddit in the AMA I think I read that they will not make a Keyring for reasons (wich I do not remember), I could have dreamt it.

Paulytnz.7619:

Dante.1508:

femalehumanmeta.8351:

Just a fyi, if you have very little interest in the story, and say only want to max tyrian masteries for things like auto loot, legendary crafting, and getting max rewards from fractals, that’s basically gated behind purchasing LWS2 as well, so spend your mastery points wisely because unless you have thousands of gold or enjoy massive amounts of grind, you won’t be able to max everything.

You can’t unlock any masteries unless you buy HoT, even Tyrian ones.

Guild wars 2 story
Theirs a Dragon

HoT Story

Theirs another Dragon.

Its not that hard to follow.

Um you’re wrong its the same dragon

No he/she is right it is a different dragon, but the grammar/spelling is wrong. :P

Depends on what we are talking about. Seems we are talking about LS2 and HoT so yes it is the same dragon.

I think unranked is based on your current win/lose ratio and performance against higher “MMR” players. So if you have a winning streak of like 5-6 matches then be prepared to face of against a team that has atleast one player with higher MMR than you. Yesterday I had a 12 matches winning streak and finally I ended it by meeting a Spanish 3-man guild team that whipped the floor with my whole random team.

If you happen to get bad matchups all the time then I beleave you are unlucky, some high ranked players loose a lot and when they do they may end up in matches with lower ranked players.

Also as a beginner class I think thief is the worst option but don’t give up, you will be dragon one day to and have more experience of the game and will be able to fight them all

Just a flesh wound.3589:

I don’t PvP so I’ll have to ask. What’s wrong with using one of the custom arenas, either a private one of yours or an empty one of someone else’s?

You can not edit your own battle arena, you can not fight 1vs1vs1vs1 and more stuff… So there is a difference. I would also like an option to choose between PvE and PvP arena, in fact it costs PvP stuff to build it.

Well there is www.metabattle.com or something…

But… the best way to get better is to learn it yourself, play the classes you are having a hard time fighting and se what they do and how they do it. Also it is good to study your oponent when you fight them and don’t just spam your skills, save them for the right moment.

For Revenant for example, they usually can’t fully heal themselves ut with their Glint heal they can heal to full health if they have lots of conditions and/or if they get attacked while their healing is activated.

Kell.9365:

HoT is seriously boroken, next to no one is playing it anymore, so there isn’t enough people to form effective groups anymore even if you don’t want to play solo. The real problem is the maps not just the difficulty balance. This place is the NO FUN ZONE as I’ve said before. Oh and yes Ive played HoT before the update. I dragged my necro through this grinding ordeal since day one until I finally maxed reaper. And as things stand even after the so called April update. I’m not going to take my alts back in. Anet needs to do what S-E did with FF14. Take HoT offline , take it apart and rebuild it from the ground up. They can rerelease it in a year or two and call it HoT: Reborn or Restored or whatever.

Hmm.. i am probably playing different GW2 than you.

PhotoRob.9607:

not doing dailies is a viable choice. you might even find yourself playing the game for fun rather than dailies

Maybe some of us find the dailies fun. What say you now, oh wise one?

Well why not do the dailies for fun then? Is it hard to get to? Then do your best to get there. Point with dailies imo is so that you can explore and do stuff that are out of your “comfort zone”.

I don’t understand that there are still people complaining about difficulty. HoT is in a really good spot now and it is really fun to play. Making it easier will make the new maps farming friendly and necros and Rangers will afk pet-farm these maps too. Play through gw2 content, get 100% on Orr maps and learn the basics of your class. Get some toughness and vitality and not only berserker stats and if you die try to change your build a little.

Before HoT one of my guild mates said that engineer was hard to play and she died over and over again, I asked her what stats and build she used. Sha answered that she was using berserker because “they” have said it is the best stats and she couldn’t find a good trait build for it. So I told her of my carrion bomber build and she was so surprised how easy everything got.

Sometimes it’s not the game that is too hard or that your skills are lacking, sometimes you just have to find a build that works with your playstyle, berserker is NOT the best for everyone.

There will always be mistakes made, alot of players do not agree with you and in their eyes Anet made big mistakes with HoT. I myself have had my ups and downs about liking what Anet have done but still GW2 is to me the best MMO I have ever played and I am sure I will continue to like this game the most for a very long time. I beleave in Anet, they are doing a darn good job.

XxsdgxX.8109:

EdgarMTanaka.7291:

Yeah mesmer is fine, the majority of this forums and other communities just have to LTP. I am actually biased as I haven’t played that much lately but I beleave that when such a large portion of a community is saying something is OP it is usually OP.

So DH was indeed the most OP thing? Cause “a large portion of a community” did indeed complain about them soon after HoT released, and kept complaining even after they kept getting nerfed again and again.

What a joke

Never noticed that, it was just the first few days after HoT release but people did just as I said, LTP. But Necros where complained at alot just before patch. Before HoT there was Eles if I remember right. Or was it after… Orwell.

I think they said something about choosing that we should not be able to dye our weapons.

On topic though, I would also like to colour my abilities as others said, it is a cool mechanic in CO.

Yeah mesmer is fine, the majority of this forums and other communities just have to LTP. I am actually biased as I haven’t played that much lately but I beleave that when such a large portion of a community is saying something is OP it is usually OP.

You got it so that you will be tempted to get more. I have six now and I have them for mining tools, home instance and SAB jukeboxes :P ascended armor would be (18) not (6) for me as I play with all classes but most my characters has their own armor.

I am not sure if we are playing the same GW2. Sure since HoT this game has had a big content drought but before that it was almost bi-weekly updates with story, new enemies, new maps, new skins and new meta events. I hope that soon this will start to happen again but yes, the latest 6 mounts has been pretty boring.

lLobo.7960:

No. Please no more power creep.

Tune the ESpecs down.

Especs are supposed to be “different ways” to play the class. But the thing is, now they are way too good to not take it, with some rare exceptions.

One of this exceptions, that shows how Especs are supposed (IMO) to work is the condi engineer. As a condi engi, going scrapper doesnt improve your dps, but can give you access to nice utilities and support, in exchange to dps (as you need all your utilities to get good dps as a condi engi).

So yea, tone the Especs down so they become a real trade off instead of the best choice for every build.

I do not see this idéa as a power creep as this would make un-used builds used and thus getting them on par with what is on the highest power level.

If I have two bottles of water, one is almost empty and the other is full. If we start to fill water in the full bottle it will overflow (Power creep) but in this case we will fill up the almost empty bottle and by doing that we will make it more interesting to take.
Just have to make sure not to fill up the almost empty bottle more than the full one.

I do not think that toning the E-specs down will help as it is not just DPS that is increased, just as you said for Engineer(Scrapper) they have the Function Gyro that is a real dealbreaker for engineers and then the hammer than not only does good DPS but has alot of blocks, finnishers and CC. Then like the mesmer who has the Shield with 1-2 loooooong blocks and evades while having phantasms, shatters and wells doing the damage for you and finally an extra shatter skill that not only shatters but can give you your skills back, elite or not. Well all classes has got new weapons, new blocks, new CC, heals and much more, It was a little too much of something that old weapons, traits and skills just didn’t give. I think that if they would tone down the E-specs they would have to remake weapon skills, traits and utility skills becouse it is not only the DPS that is too good.

Anyway, on to my answer to OP.

I love this idéa, not 100% perfectly fine with the suggestions to the classes but as you said they are made to be used as a ballpark. I can’t come up with better ones.

I main Engineer and the true mechanic of Scrapper is the function gyro I can think of a few wierd things like.

- Base Engineers have a base aura(AoE) that makes mechanical devices (Up to 5) immune to condition damage while they are close and not downed or dead. (This works on gyros too but ofc you need an Engineer and a scrapper to make it work)

- CD on toolbelt skills are -20% on base Engineer.

You do not like jp’s, you don’t like the scaling… I can understand your gripe with this game, my brother has a hard time with this game because of the active combat system and jumping puzzles, he rather play the usuall MMO’s where you just stand still and cast all million of skills you have and where jumping are mostly only for show. Do you know what my brother does? Well he rarely play GW2 but plays alot of other MMO’s.

What I mean is, don’t try to change this wonderfull game to another of these usuall MMO’s out there. What makes this game so wonderfull in my opinion is that it has scaling and jumping puzzles just to name a few things.

My advice is; as long as you are not in an instance and have a guild with a guild hall. Get the regular merchant and then use the ‘Guild hall’ in your guild tab then go to the merchant sell and then ‘leave guild hall’ in your guild tab and continue.

I do not play www but I main scrapper and I have just replaced a few skills from my skillbar and now I am very viable both with my power PvE build and my power pvp build.

I Really like skyhammer now. I don’t think that SH had anything about awareness to do, all it was all about was the ability to push, pull and fear the most. Sure you could place yourself right but never ever in a game I think that you should be punished for one little mistake, there should always be room for 2 or a few mistakes. That’s why I am against the quick kill meta that some want.

I was really impressed by oRNG and the first time in GW2 ESL history I was taken by the game. So sad they lost but I must say best match ever.

What I don’t understand is that OP says this game is all about stats. I haven’t had better stats then my ascended gear ever and I have had those stats for more than a year now, I have changed them from condition damage to a more power centered build but still the numbers are the same amount. Also when HoT arrived I haven’t leveled above level 80 and got more stats. Now tell me what MMO (GW1 does not count) that haven’t increased level cap with an expansion?

Well. About questions like ‘why do people want hard content?’ I don’t want hardest content where you have to be a group to do stuff. I really like HoT for the fact that I have to be focused when I play it and not just 1111111 all the way through. 2 days ago I did a few vanilla map completions whit a pretty new character and it is so easy so it all just feel repetitive. I didn’t have to use more than two skills all the time and running naked doesn’t really help either it just makes the fights longer not harder.

I hope the HoT nerf that will come won’t make it booking.

1. I don’t like grinding.
2. I have never looted a precursor even though I played since pre-release.
3. I like other skins more than most of the Legendaries.
4. Old legendary can be bought, no prestige to own one or two.

ImTasty.2163:

So I was checking out the link and I still don’t understand the question. Molten Facility is in fractals. The only difference is that the one released during Flame and Frost was just one long run and the 3* we have in fractals is the same one but just broken up instead of one run.

Are you asking for a version of Molten Facility like Flame and Frost and just one long run instead of the 3* smaller ones?

*Edit: Not sure if it’s 3 or 2 actually. I do know it was broken down into segments though.

It is 2 parts, but they have cut away a few parts of it that was cool too like the Metroid escape thing after you have killed the bosses and placed the bombs.

Carebear?

What shows true skill?

When the game is about who strikes who first and maby pushing the right button combination first.

Or

When the game is about knowing your placement, when to interrupt, dodge, block and evade, to know when to disengage and when to cleave or stun.

I personally like the “slow paced” game that we have now, though I would like more viable builds though and some healing classes are a little too good.

Well… Actually it feels to early to release another raid part. It was not that long ago that Sloth came. Probably (This is what I hope) they may have moved the Raid instance but there is a LS Prologue baked in to this, something that this small Legendary weapons team has been working on a little while before the news about legendaries. May not be much but it could be something small to do while waiting for the true LS.

They where not doing this kind of Hype last time they did a raid wing, I think that they think this will be something special for most players, not just raiders. (I am keeping my hopes up, not hyping)

Eum… have you ever tried playing a DH as to me it sounds like you don’t know alot about the class. I myself mains an OP scrapper so I am not defending my 1st class.

insanemaniac.2456:

Xyonon.3987:

… but … what else are we but the hammer? Q_Q

and think about all those people with 2cm thick glasses who can’t see the difference between a tempest vortex and a cogwheel/saw???

kappa … i agree i liked it more

i have 2cm thick glasses and i could tell the difference, someone else was scrub

Well… I think it is becouse of those who need 2cm thick glasses but does not use them who can’t see the difference.

BrotherBelial.3094:

Henrik.7560:

AND kittening AGAIN. 3 times in 2 days WTF anet??

WHY kick us out of a near tier 4 map into tier 0 TRASH??

EDIT: the ‘map is closing, you have 1 hour to leave’ thing popped up. We accepted it and started on the new map AND THIS HAPPENS WTF

Are you using the 64-bit client? If not try it, it fixed problems for many people. Or as others have said, try turning things down.on your setting to avoid crashes. Or get a new system if yours is getting on a bit, PC’s are not meant to last forever.

Think this dude doesn’t have that problem, what he/she is talking about empty maps trigging the change map pop-up even if map fills up. But that is another problem and not the same.

But… what if it was still a Gem-store item and it would cost 5 gems. Then it would be okay then? Because then it would clearly just have been a discount.

I am at work so I can not look at it now but as SAB is a festival it should be treated as one. My question for the OP is: Can you trade in so you can get snowpuddles still? If not I bet you can’t get clouds after the festival. But I am going to trade in all my coins I have left the last day I can play before festival ends. Clouds won’t disappear.

Just a flesh wound.3589:

Kek is a carryover from WoW. The two opposing sides in that game can’t speak to each other. Kek is lol translated from hoarde as seen by alliance, iirc.

That is, a hoarde player will type lol in chat and an alliance player sees kek in the hordes player’s chat.

Just a flesh wound.3589:

Kappa seems to be the longhand version of /s. It means sarcasm or don’t believe this.

Urban Dictionary

Cool, thank you

What is it with all people who are finishing their sentences with kek, kappa and stuff? I mean they start to sound like pokemons or Moogles :P

It is starting to get annoying so I would want an explenation atleast.

Kupo!

I am not going to fully defend Anet and it’s PvP team becouse I too think that the ammount of PvP modes and Maps are few over all these years but on the other hand.

Remember that programing, planning and making art for the game isn’t easy, they can’t just spew out maps and hope they are good. They need planning, testing, rework, testing, planning, scrapping, planning, testing, remoduling and while doing all this they also have to maintain and rework existing maps to the “needs” of us players. I would make a game like GW2 too if it was as easy as taking a dump.

Healix.5819:

Behellagh.1468:

1) There was simply no reason for Level 500 Food and Jewelry. It was the presumption of the players that these crafts would go to 500.

“We’ll expand all crafting professions to allow them to reach a new milestone: 500 points!” (2013)

There’s also the Xunlai Ingot

Do you wonder why anet are so silent now days?

SRoode.7318:

Tribulation mode is earned huh? How many of you did it with a guide?
I see no problem with this at all.

Oh so that is what I should do then!?

I am going to fork out alot of money to buy my drivers lincence instead of learning how to drive. I did Tribulation mode with a guide and spent almost a full day in W1, I am really happy for my achievement but now I feel like my Green greatsword is just like any legendary weapon… People will surely think that my sword was bought. I am realy sad.

DeWolfe.2174:

This behavior has to be one of the least efficient ways to earn income in the game. And, when I say least, I mean it’s probably dead last. The only way to earn less is to either be parked in LA or to be a scout in WvW.

894 Rivets… 895 Rivets…. 896 Rivets…. Zzzzzz…. Wah wut???….. 897 Rivets….

I truly wish players would understand and see there’s many ways to play a game. Better to mind our own business more and enjoy what we’re doing, than worry about what others are doing. With that said, I’m totally guilty of dropping an aggro’d Mob Bomb on the utterly overt afk’ers in SW Though farming “Slayer” achievements in a low level zone, knock yourselves out buddy.

So are you saying there are better ways to farm in GW2 without even playing it? I do not mind people activily pushing buttons and running in circles a whole day in GW2 (and earn ten times the ammount of reward) but by setting up the game to auto farm (even if activly playing gives you ten times the reward) while you do something compleatly different is in my opinion wrong.

Behellagh.1468:

1) There was simply no reason for Level 500 Food and Jewelry. It was the presumption of the players that these crafts would go to 500.

2) I never heard of any of these “promises”, just ideas bandied about.

3) While I myself enjoy underwater combat, I fear the vast majority of the players don’t which is why it’s sort of being abandoned. And I don’t have an issue that some utility skills don’t work underwater.

4) New Legendary Weapons dropped … for now. We did get our craftable pre-cursors for existing Legendary Weapons. Lets get the game back up on it’s feet first.

5) They have said numerous times that coming up with a way to make at least portions of LS 1 replayable will require a lot of work. They’ve never said when it would ever be released, just looked at.

6) SAB not being finished … I agree that finishing the last two SAB worlds, as SAB is limited time annual content, wouldn’t be a good use of dev time with the game in it’s current state.

This ^