Guild Wars 2

Every day from 19:00 to 22:00h GMT+2 the connection with your servers goes apekitten. Everything else works just fine.
Location: Bulgaria
ISP: Blizoo

Here we go again.
Location: Bulgaria
Time and date of incident: 21:40 GMT +2
Game World: Seafarer’s Rest [EU]
Constant loss of packets and huge lag spikes + dc’s
This is pretty much on a daily basis since August this year.
How much time till this gets resolved?

I still don’t understand why you write walls of text for this topic when we don’t have the trinity. If you want diversity make your own run or play with guildmates. Simple as that.

True story. I’ve done em all. It was fun while it lasted. The new JP is fun too but the fact that the exotic bag gave a white item was again another reason not to jump for any other reason than monthly achievement.

Vladimer.7051:

I pretend to sleep when I fart on a airplane.

Inb4 delete. Stay on topic pls. These are game related.

Anyway
-Just finished my third legendary (shield), and I make sure everyone knows it.
-Every time I make a legendary, I give free gold to guildies for no reason. Celebrating I guess.

Imagine a necro with GS. Awesoooome.

Xenon.4537:

Oh my Balthazar… If I have to wait until Jan 28th to open that stupid cave… Do we not have thousands of engineer players, each with [Big Ol’ Bomb]??? Do we not have a fleet of giant air ships with cannons? When Jory said she needed to go back to the priory to figure out how to open the door, I almost flipped my desk over…

THIS STORY PACING IS BAD

I feel ya Almost did the same thing.
Seriously don’t tell us the chest piece is coming next year.

Wanze.8410:

Warriors, Guards, MEsmers and Ranger are good at using Greatswords, the other 4 classes cant handle it well.

I lol’d. Anyway I believe the ranger has it the most. It has hack n’ slash. Slice. Stun. Cripple. Vulnerability. Block. And most of all – wings to fly

Wetpaw.3487:

Opacity, toggle, & movable options would be nice.

Or we can have your toolbar idea, but with a open/close button instead.

For the 6373572819005726473 tine: NO!

Enough with the minis please. It’s fair to have new ones only on special occasions. There are too many already.
Bring me JC 500 and legendary trinketz.

Erebus.3897:

Etien.4601:

Yo dawg? Tickets? You want moar RNG! No!

I freaking hate with burning passion his game’s RNG…. but knowing ANet…..ya neva kno

Currently there is a discussion about improving loot drops and rewards in the BLTC section in the forums, from John Smith himself. You guys might want to check it out and add suggestions.

Yo dawg? Tickets? You want moar RNG! No!

I just bought it and me and my friends have a good laugh. If it get’s nerfed I want my money back. Like the guy above me said " For great justice" or the human female “Retreat” isn’t very convenient. Job-o-tron at least has nice jokes.

“Ground rubbing complete” for teh win!

For a B2P, currently the game is awesome. And I’m sure they’ll make it event better. I don’t see what’s the fuss all about? See ya ingame.

The Comfy Chair.7265:

@Etien Don’t get me wrong, I’d much prefer to see a full expansion, but now that the living story content is starting to be good, I can see the argument for ‘incremental expansion’ in that method (especially if the releases start to come out even more frequently). It also has the benefit of not splitting the community in the open world, as everyone can access the maps.

However, this incremental expansion method comes with the caveat that, to make it worthwhile, Arenanet need to make sure they’re releasing enough content! If they current rate persists, we’d probably see 4-5 maps a year being added, along with the story. In that case I’d much rather see a big expansion every 18 months with a continent :P Plus they have to deal with the downside of not having a big ‘oh look at me!’ when releasing an expansion. Guild wars 2 has come on a long way since launch in many areas, but a lot of lapsed players don’t have the motivation to come back yet. Small and frequent updates are great… for the people already here! Others need a bigger push to bring them back.

I got your point no worries. I’m not voting for expansion either. Prior to Season 2 I wanted something more that’s for sure. And that’s because of reminisce from Season 1 I guess. But they really picked up the pace with Season 2 and fixed their errors. The key for me is new maps to explore, new things to do. Not just overhaul old content. We asked for it and they deliver. Now all we need is new skills, perhaps new weapons and a third heavy class. And ofc MORE maps.
If they keep the pace like this we don’t need xpac. The game is good that way.

@The Comfy Chair you are 100% right. But the fact that the BLTC gets bigger attention, and the recent NPE, etc shows the opposite. And that’s why we have so much doomsayers. Let’s say the revenue is correct or at leas approximate, to this day I’m trying to figure out what is driving these poor decisions and poor content we get most of the time. Like I said above f2p games with no box sales and no big publisher behind them recieve much more than we do. Why?

You know since Aion came out I still play it on a regular basis. It’s a fact that the game has stronger aspects that we lack here. It is more time consuming yes but it has a solid structure overall. I won’t mention content releases and how much bigger they are for a f2p game. The funny thing is that it sucked a lot while it was p2p.
And that being said, as much as I love GW2 the devs here can learn a lot of things from a low sale f2p game.

We tested 4 jars last night few times and we did not get a better profit. Most of the items are below 80 and cheap as before so I don’t see what’s the fuss all about.

To the guy with the shield.. you know Captain America uses shield as a main hand…and he is pretty kitten good. Not impossible.

Stop asking for mountS. They do not belong in this game. And I don’t want them.

The small things matter the most – thank you for removing the “permanent” retaliation from the mordrem monsters. That was a huge pain, and this was the reason I avoided Dry Top at first. Now I enjoy both maps so much. I don’t even do fractals anymore.

In my opinion this is the best mode for a map with such dynamic activities. Ever! Period! Gj Anet on this one!

Marjory with a greatsword now. And she is a necro.. hmm
Half-Life 3 confirmed?

Vayne.8563:

I don’t know that I’d say this is a good year for Anet. I think it’s been a turbulent year. I think that there are plenty of unfair comments on the forums but plenty of fair ones too. The game has made progress…and yes I’ve liked both new zones, but there’s plenty that requires attention that hasn’t received attention.

In short, I’m still enjoying the game, but just as I don’t really kow tow to the doom and gloom crowd, I don’t think it’s really fair to say this has been a good year for Anet.

I’m hoping next year will be a better year though.

If Anet can avoid some of the stumbles it’s made this year, next year might well be better.

You know I agree with everything you say.
For the guy above you well.. I play since bwe and as I agree with you too I must say I find lots of the problems mentioned and not being adressed as disturbing. I do want things to get done and fixed, don’t get me wrong. As owner of cyber caffe for 14 years yes this is my first game. No need to be an ahole.
With this thread I just wanted to put the hate and loathing aside and say how much better this year is compared to 2013.
And nobody can deny that.

Korossive.7085:

Etien.4601:

Just keep up the pace and good work like this into 2015

What pace? this?

… am I missing something?

Obviously. If you think inside the box like some of the forum posters here, I blieve you are missing the big picture. The additions we have this year are way way way better than last year’s. So for me and my guild mates it’s something.

I know it’s kinda early to say this but December is drawing near anyway.
I’m not sure how many patches are there till the end of the year. Perhaps 1 or 2 (without Wintersday)? I’m sure they’ll be as good as the last one, or Season 2 as a whole for that matter.
It turns out to be the best year so far for GW2. With EotM and 2 new areas to explore, the last one of which is going to get even bigger makes things even better. I’m impressed and at the same time proud of the work that’s been done so far – story and content wise. My time and cash was well spent.

Despite the problems with traits, NPE and condi dmg, me and my friends are well satisfied with the game this year. I can boldly say that 2013 was a struggle. But not this time.
The Marrionette was awesome and the battle for LA being the most hardcore gameplay (oh the great midnight offensive parties); up to Scarlet’s demise after so much hate – superb ending for S1
To the other side of Tyria into new territories and foes. S2 proved what S1 was supposed to be. Cheerz to that guy with the crazy pictures giving directions on how things should be done and to all others that gave suggestions for a better direction.
Season 2 is an example of the potential the game can provide. And the last patch pretty much nailed it. The new PvP system and all the cool QoL updates are good as well.

Obviously the communication with devs works most of the time Kudos to the team that listened to us.
All in all we wanted things. We got `em delivered. Some love for the FotM rewards will be much appreciated. Adding timers for the temples back would be nice too. Some new skills perhaps? I also see Marjory Delaqua wielding a GS now and she’s a necro..hmm. And so many other things..wanted.

I can talk on and on but i’ll keep this post short. Just keep up the pace and good work like this into 2015. I’m sure it’s going to be even more epic.
Now all I want for christmas is a rebuilt Lion’s Arch…maybe?..BRB going back ingame.

Kveldulf.7605:

- I NEVER rez random zerkers!

- I HATE full zerk ppl who go like “hurr durr, look at stupid tank…better kick that boss mob as far away as possible”

- I might never kill Zhaitan again, only bc i am VIOLENTLY raging as soon as I see that glitching airship!
(IT’S F***ING ZHAITAN!!!!! WHO DA F***ING F*** GAVE HIS “OK” TO THAT?!?!?!?! GWAAAAAARRRRGH!!!!)

- another reason for me never doing so again is that I HATE Trahearne!!!

- If you are using a GS/Longbow on your ranger I assume you’re 12 y.o. and I hate you

- same goes for you if you first block me bc I soloed the crap out of your fullzerk kitten and then call me “noob”

- When running a dungeon and ppl want to stack, I pull other mobs on purpose and run around

- I hate the fact that this game is full of lesbian NPCs

that felt good

You must be a warrior with no alts lol.

Despite some troubling confessions here (and Julissa in particular imo to be the most hardcore) I’m having a good laugh. This is by far the best thread ever created. OP I salute you!

-I sometimes link my Sunrise in the middle of the night at map chast for conversation purposes. Turns out to be a blast every time.
-My Sunrise, Moot and FSeekerPrhss are better than yours. Self esteem all the way!
-I never use wall of reflect at Bloomhunger, even when I’m told to do so.
-I hate quaggans and asuras and all short creatures in paricular.
-I facepalm when I see this new giant haircut on a charrs head.
-I suck at PvP but still, I shout at ppl how much they suck.
-In my fractal runs, I never look for warriors or eles. Say no to discrimination!
-When I eat vomitable food, I always hide from other ppl cause of shame.

Great, a 300 and 600 gem items and nothing for 400 or 800. Awesome. Also where is the vinyl from the gramophone. This ain’t a gramophone just a box and a speaker. It could go very nice with my Moot and Minstrel.
Again poor execute.
Not going to buy.

I just can’t understand why they fail so much at things that work?!? Every patch coming out is worst than the previous one. It feels like someone is paying them to fail on purpose.
After so many years in the mmorpg history I still don’t understand how come devs never learned to listen to their playerbase.
GW2 compared to other games in the genre is still the best one. The path that it’s taking, I don’t see it how it will pace next year.
Atm it’s like watching Star Wars Episode 3

If gloves are the reward again I won’t even bother.

Surbrus.6942:

Etien.4601:

Without a guardian by it’s side, an elementalist is a total failure nowadays imo. So your argument is invalid.

A normal zerker DPS traited Guardian’s Aegis is just as strong as whatever crazy “tank” Guardian’s Aegis… if that is what you were referring too. Support comes from skills (and traits), not from stats.

DPS traited guard is the worst class at the moment. It always has been. There is a huge CD for the aegis to refresh in a dps build and it saves you from 1 hit and that’s it. Then 80 seconds cd? Fail imo.
Let’s say you use “Shave yourselves” and you can place x2 Aegis in a row. Not recomended. I’ve seen so many failed guardian builds, sometimes I wonder if we play the same game or not lol.

rojak.1894:

Except Healing is not useful in PVE and the Ele in the group is already supplying longer lasting might. Using Empower would only overwrite the longer duration might. Staff auto is also pretty bad, unless you are mindlessly tagging mobs in cursed shore then its fine.

Without a guardian by it’s side, an elementalist is a total failure nowadays imo. So your argument is invalid.

Charak.9761:

nah, I tried to calc around nomads, it just isn’t worth it.

Also, staff is garbage, the amount of dmg you’re not doing while casting it doesnt trade up the might stacks you hand out.

I use staff on my guardian pretty much all the time. In an out of dungeons. This weapon has the best output of HEALING and might with the right trait and gear. Skill 4 have fast CD and might is always welcome. Also the healing output is insane. The OP has issues with mobs from tequatl? Weird, he must be playing with lazy ppl slacking the dodge button.
For example, try my guardian Fractal 50 – Archdiver, fire seal in the mid. Never failed to loose a person to date.

This hat is a mystery. Even I don’t know where I’ve lost it? And I’m sure I had 3. Spooky isn’kitten

I can tell you, I command event runs pretty much every day in Orr. But never let anything to fail. Never surrender! Zhaithan is dead and I’m making sure he feels it in the afterlife or wherever the kitten is !

I believe that a public test server will solve perhaps up yo 70% of the current thread outcry in the forums. Or w/e there is a discussion about GW2.
Untill then let’s go back ingame.

At this point of 2 years, I do believe it’s time to get more options. I already have the legendaries I want. So, what’s next?

P.S.
Also JC to 500 and legendary accessories that can be seen and be able to change stats.

1 and 2 would be very hard to implement I presume. Probably it will take ages for either of the 2 options to get in the game, so I vote no.
On the other hand the easiest and simple solution is 2.5 A token based system will allow everyone to benefit from it troughout normal gameplay. And this will encourage players to play even more. Cause they know the thing they are after is there, regardless of what time it would take to acquire. For instance Aion has such system. Hundreds of armor and weapon pieces, tools and whatnot available trough tokens AND normal drops of course. And it’s working great. Lots of encouragement to play even more.

Leave RNG as is maybe. I see a lot of people like to gamble. I myself am not a gambler, but that doesn’t keep me from buying gems for cool additions. The MF tho, now that’s a real pain. I was lucky to pull out 20+ precursors, but on the other hand I lost so much as well. I believe if you are persistant you will get lucky eventually. But there are days…

They should make it permanent so these kind of threads can stop popping up every two months.

At least make something shiny, glowing, good looking. This latest outfit makes me rolleyes. jetpackup.fliesaway

Astral Projections.7320:

TheReaperTheFourthHorsemen.7894:

I’m a Reaper of Grenth evil dolls don’t scare me at all besides I don’t sleep at night

Dolly has never met anyone more evil than she before. She is smitten. It’s true love and she wants to have your babies.

Here is a picture from the future. Your wife and your daughters giggling madly together. Imagine the happy domestic scene as you and your family promenade through town.

One way or another, she will make sure you never sleep again. ^^

Dude..flamethrower..napalm.. who are you trying to frighten? The only thing frightening is Trahearne but then again..flamethrower..napalm

TheReaperTheFourthHorsemen.7894:

I’m a Sylvari not a Charr
racists, just because you happen to depise one particular group of humans they think you must be a charr I mean seriously Sylvari are capable of hating groups of humans just as much as Charr

Alright then. I’ll bring my krytan engineer with a flamethrower in front of your doorstep.
You know..to make you feel warm during Wintersday

TheReaperTheFourthHorsemen.7894:

not all, just the Krytans and their city
after they’re dead I’ll be happy

but, but what about The Queen. I mean why? It’s a beautiful city. Not very useful, but pretty. You must be one angry furball. You need Kralkatorrik to teach you some manners.

Iason Evan.3806:

Tobias Trueflight.8350:

Iason Evan.3806:

Instead of discussing it can we just fix it?

Sure, they can “just fix it”. Just like Trait Masteries. Or the Candy Corn overstock from ’12 to ’13. Or Borderlands Bloodlust. Or Tequatl.

There are places I used to like to go to just kill enemies because I could get tier 6 mats and those enemies do not drop items like before(trolls in Frostgorge, Plinx mobs, Grawl in Frostgorge). I understand why a lot of those mobs item drops were toned down 2 years ago(bots) but the bot issues are way less pronounced now and yet the drop rate has not been reset. Again, not addressed when it’s in the players advantage for such things to get fixed. At least that is what it feel like.

Well, I suspect if it was reset, the problems would come back slowly until it needed to be dealt with again. See, when there’s a “need” for people to farm something, they figure out how to do it.

One area which I used to hang out in a lot and just work on is still active and pretty nice . . . no I’m not saying where.

Honestly, my problem with loot nowadays is having not much interesting to do with 90% of it other than feed it into a salvage kit. Or sell it for a pittance to a merchant.

My point is that when something like an exploited quest gets farmed a lot it gets fixed fast. When its broken or bugged and has nothing to do with being over farmed, it goes ignored or it takes a long time. That’s the point. When I say, “can we just fix it?” I mean can we fix it in a time frame that is similar to the speedy fixes that exploited farms receive.

+239012009128109 times this. What Iason said. This exact thing makes me rage quit and and facepalm myself. Such ignorance makes me not buy gems. True story.

TheReaperTheFourthHorsemen.7894:

dear Grenth

p.s. I would also like the destruction of Divinity’s Reach

yeh right let’s just nuke em all! sheesh. enough destruction pls.
about LA I want it rebuilt again, asap. or leave it as is and introduce a new city.

What is the current year in the game? And how many day/night time cycles occur in a real 24h span?
Also because the game lack dark and sinister nights in some areas, can we please get something like a indication on the minimap wether it’s night or day.

Can you guys please not drag this into a bltc direction. We are talking here about dungeon loot and loot in general. Nowadays for someone like me who’s running fotm daily – getting an ascended ring and 2 rares from a lvl 49 fractal makes me hurt my computer.
I also ran AC p1,2,3 in the past 3 days because of tokens; all I got from chests was blues. And this doesn’t sound like blues song to me at all. The gold rewarded from dungeons is still far superior than a high lvl fractals to date.
I mean, come on, seriously after all this time begging for a change something HAS TO CHANGE already. And soon!