Guild Wars 2

Outside my thief has 20,100 inside 18,785??? I was not buffed. I can walk back out and my vitality is as before. I visited the Orr area to make sure it was not some random area buff in DR, and I’m still 20,100.

This makes no sense..

Ya’ll do realize the gauntlet is a test for new dungeon boss builds right? LOL

Easy or hard, the Gauntlet is unidimensional. The Bosses spam skills, with no cooldown. They are immune to cc, and take only a percentage of the damage done to them. The entire mechanic probably took 5 minutes or less to setup.

That said, it’s fluff content. It’s better than jumping puzzles but not by much. When gauging how hard they are, remember some people like pain. They revel in defeat and the challenge. They live for the chance to prove themselves in an imaginary world. Me? I pay my rent early, that’s enough of a challenge for me lol. A friend put it best. “GW1 was ridiculed for not being an mmo. It was a co-op. GW2 is trying to sit at the cool kids table. Trouble is the cool kids are still laughing at them.”.

Need tickets, try doing the balloon towers (they were mostly bugged for me) after getting it done, I had about 250 to 300 tickets lol

Salazan has me stopped, no matter the class, he one shots me. No time to move, run etc. I gave up. Seems those that have gotten past him have claimed “Dumb luck”. I googled and they say stay in ring and avoid cone. I also looked up the final reward for gauntlet. A mini pet? Seriously?

I guess this type of content is wildy popular, although most times the gauntlet is a ghost town. When I ask for tips in open chat they say “screw that come farm destroyers..” and I do. Money is great, risk to reward is fine and I don’t leave in a bad mood.

Do people really find such difficult bosses a rewarding challenge? Honestly, I am curious.

Well pretty much every waking minute in game has been to get this quest line done. And low and behold, after a long few days, I finally finished the dang thing. I hope others can too, but I’ve heard a lot of upset from players over the bugged towers.

Now I have to do the Torch run and I’m done. 15/16, hopefully it’ll soon be 16/16. If not just shoot me..

Update: New daily jubilee event put me over the top, I’m done and going to bed.

Same today, completed a mission and was actually able to open a chest. Next tower in a new area, yep chest was already open.

Found this video, I think they do a really great job. Love this music, very poignant when you finally start the cleansing of Orr.

Lara, Taylor and Malukah play ‘Fear Not This Night’

Enjoy.

I wanna know where froggy is…

Now I complete the required mission and as I go up the stairs the chest opens when I hit the level just below it. And of course, no credit.

I’ve had the best luck (though no win yet) with my level 6 Asuran ele. She has lasted the longest for me. Maybe Liadri can’t hit things that small, and pain inverter seems to help.

Over all it’s pretty fun and creative. A lot of things for a varied audience to experience. One thing though, way too many bugs. I have said it before and will again, forget the 2 week schedule. If anyone quits because you take more time to get things right, they were on their way out anyways.

Kudos

With my problem of one per reset, could someone have used code from a daily chest on some of the towers, when it was being developed?

I have just tried guesting and the results are basically the same. I went to a new server, new area, found a tower and looked up. The chest was already open. It is starting to look like going to a new area, is not enough. For example, Gendarran fields is part of Kryta. If I open a chest in Gen, I cannot open anymore until I go to a completely different parent land mass. At any rate I cannot open more than one chest in each reset it seems. I think my character is bugged at this point.

Scuttlebut in game is these issues were known in beta and it was released anyways since some could get it done, since it was agreed on that you should be able to get one done each day so 30 days was allotted for this event?

I have done as you ask as far as going to new areas. and the results are posted above. Even Anet admits there are problems. I’m a beta tester with some 15 to 20 years of experience and moving to other servers is no solution, finding out why it happens is, unless fixing this is no longer important. Further proof Anet is not up to their self imposed 2 week schedule. Oh they can push out substandard code without fail. Sad so much potential.

I’m actually surprised Anet didn’t try to make us buy the tickets. Guess they are learning after all. I have about 100 or so, I’m hoping they will sell to merchants like the fortunes did. Lol

Oh the next event will consist of an npc, with a que. When you are up he kicks you in the …. and you can either leave afterwards or get back in line.

Random is a concept, as soon as code is created to imitate this concept it is no longer random. QED.

Another Epic Fail. 5 towers, 1 completion. But get this, 3 had chests, that I got to open but didn’t give me credit. And they were in completely new areas I haven’t been to, EVER!

Still not working, 9 months later. I think it should be closed off until they fix it.

I’m 14/16 now for the Jubilee Ach, hopefully I can get it done.

I am, I finally got a few to work. I hadn’t tried until after the reset if that matters.

I’ve even gone to place on the map I had not previously visited (opened up new areas). Sorry to sound like I’m being difficult, but I have done as asked and no joy.

Yep, I’ve been doing that. a new area of the map each time. Do we only get credit for one each day?

I’ve been going all over completing the balloon tower mission but I cannot get past 10/30. What am I missing?

Node availability is to help crafters, not profiteers.

Please check all that apply.

You are:

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You Think Living World is too:

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Pure Heart.1456:

1-shot kills have been condemned since the beginning (Dungeons).
no-one likes being one-shotted.
It’s not a smart way to create challenge.

Hence, in my view,

Anet has failed to realise that 1-shot kills aren’t fun, and has failed to create an inspired challenge mechanic.

Being one shotted is proof of poor game mechanics. The gaming companies say it is compelling. It is, it compels you to go somewhere else. LOL

Word in game is there is a way to beat them all, and it’s not too difficult. I watched one guy blow through each foe in the gauntlet. Me, I died a lot and walked away. For me it seemed like a waste of time. Why? If they use this as a training ground to how hard the end game will become, I’m gone. Others may love it. If I want to prove something I make sure my family is fed, and has a roof over their head.

Side note: Knowing mmo’s like I do. I’m sure someone will uncover an exploit or two then it’ll be shut down. LOL Don’t sweat it, don’t let it anger you. Just not worth it.

The next game they have planned to follow in this vein is “Hammer head” you bang your head against a wall and see how long til you stop.

Not to mention the chests that vanish before you can loot them.

I loved the excuse SWG Devs gave when Jedi wanted to wear armor.. “It stops their ability to use the force..” and then Clone Wars on the Cartoon network had Obi Wan and Annie in armor. LOL

Like one player said on the SWG forums “Reality? You want reality, if the game was based on reality I’d swing once and your head would be laying next to you..”

Wryog.5073:

Evon Skyfyre.9673:

I liked the approach Dragon Age: Origins used. If you wore heavy armor, you drew the most agro. If you wore light, you drew the least. They left it up to your play style and gave you a bonus if you wore the complete set. I still explain DA:O to people that never played it as “DA is an MMO without those pesky other people” LOL

I think total armor already is a part of aggro in GW2.
Also I still haven’t figured out why DA doesn’t have a coop mode :P

Oh man, I’d never have gotten any sleep in friends could’ve joined in. LOL

I liked the approach Dragon Age: Origins used. If you wore heavy armor, you drew the most agro. If you wore light, you drew the least. They left it up to your play style and gave you a bonus if you wore the complete set. I still explain DA:O to people that never played it as “DA is an MMO without those pesky other people” LOL

The shoulders are designed to fit norn and char. All the other races look like a 4 year old stole Joan Crawford’s football pads.

“C” rating? Wow, they are moving up. It was a “D” must do better. Sudden deceleration trama is the weakest game mechanic ever. Reminds me of minstrels using string instruments to heal and fight in Lotro, to grab the guitar hero crowd.

This just in: Blizzard buys Anet. Says in game fashions were the tipping points. Now we can have Asuran Night Elves.

./sarcasm off

BlackhawkSOM.6401:

you quit until the 2013 promises come into effect

Dude, he’ll be on social security before then. Lol

When you hit max level in any game, you choices are the same. Quit or roll a new character. The storyline has ended and the LS is the only thing they are adding. If you like pointless arcade style games you’ll love it. There are no expansions or new classes planned and their main focus seems to be making sure no one gets anything from drops. If you want a rare item, pony up in game gold or real money for gems.

Risa Aerulight.3914:

What Kovacs Zoltan and I understand from reading the post and interviews of Colin Johanson:
MF is being removed as a stat from almost all gear.
MF will be an account wide bonus from then on out.
This bonus will be leveled up through salvaging fine and masterwork items for consumable permanent increases (something like a karma jug but for magic find).

We are already seeing the account wide bonus and a slow increase to it in the form of the new achievement point milestones reward system.

We like the idea of account wide bonuses and not having to choose between “serious” armor and loot hunting armor.

Yet, we too are concerned about everything that went into making our current MF sets (dungeon tokens, gold, laurels, commendations, blood, sweat, and tears, etc.) We know that it has been officially said that this new change will be done with an attempt at making the least disturbing impact on those of us who have invested so. Therefore we have this to suggest as a possible route for that:
/suggest
Perhaps allowing those who have MF sets to turn/trade them in for “xp” to level up our account-wide bonus to something closer to what we had put together before would make it feel like less of an immediate loss or “return to square one”. This we feel would be pretty fair to all persons concerned and wouldn’t require trying to figure out exactly how much each player has spent on their MF gear.
/end suggestion.
I think that’s the gist of it, hopefully I summed up our thoughts clearly enough.

They can’t replace MF with any viable stat. If they do EVERY piece of armor must be rebalanced. It will be removed, and either a bs stat will replace it, or it will be removed and nothing will be added to replace it. My money is on nothing.

Any idea on when this cluster …. will take place?

Side note: Box sales are reported to be about 3 million since launch. That’s roughly how many players WOW lost in the last 2 years. O.o wonder how many are going back or have left already?

Gele.2048:

what a hell shoud i do whit my magic find gear ? i dont get that part seriosly

Wait like some are, or dump it. Hard to say..

So many here are blaming players for using what Anet gave them. The armor sets with MF were not magically created by the players. Put the blame where it belongs, Anet gave it, realized they would have some with more desirable loot than others, and removed it. End or discussion. It has nothing to do with balance. And get used to a bs trait replacing it. Like +exploration xp or something equally as worthless to level 80’s. I understand player loyalty to the gaming companies, it’s misplaced but I understand it.

I’ve talked to players and read in game chat many are going back to WOW. They would rather pay to play, then play for free. That speaks volumes.

“Dude, how was Guild wars 2? Any new dungeons, or uber weapons added? What, all they did was add jump games and ruin the loot? Glad I stayed here..”

silvermember.8941:

The why is a pointless discussion to have since by removing or changing the way MF works.

You can bet the powers that be that approve changes asked why it’s bad now and was a good idea prior to this lol

A friend and I were talking about this. She asked when it was going to go live? I didn’t see a date. We postulated Anet could have been testing the waters to see how upset the change made the players. I’ve seen this tactic used in other games. If pressed why a proposed change wasn’t realized in game, the Devs reply “We are actively working on it, but have other pressing matters.. blah blah blah” as they back peddle so fast they moonwalk off the stage. Until it’s live in game, I’ve decided to not believe it. My rules I make em up..

Gibson.4036:

Is there a solution to this that would keep people playing the mini-games as intended?

Single player instances, or have the groups added randomly so the aforementioned players are less likely to be in the same one. PVP in GW1 had the random grouping system iirc.

Dog.1472:

The problem is that you are purposely gimping yourself, choosing to be weaker in order to get better rewards.

Then why did Anet make so many Magic Find components? Armor, Weapons, Runes, food, etc.. etc.. Don’t blame the players for using what Anet supplied. If Magic Find was so bad for the game, why was it ever added? Welcome to live Alpha testing I guess.

The main result from this NERF, is now more players will leave. Say what you want, scoff at them etc.. They will leave and the player base will get weaker. Don’t confuse traffic with success. You can have a Freemium game that is jammed with players and it fails financially.

…removed…………………..

Anet took the easy way out, instead of fixing the problem they removed the cause. They have asserted MF resulted in an underpowered player makeup. Well, where was this logic when they added it? They are getting lazy, 2 week fluff content, removing yet another chance at decent rewards, what’s next? credit card slots on dungeon doors?

When the four winds event started I noticed my 170% MF yielded much less than it had before. I stopped seeing greens and only blue and white objects. Something told me the winds were about to change, so I dumped my mf gear. Next I’m dumping the game. I waited so long and was excited about this game, each month that passes has systematically killed any enjoyment I had in game. I miss the six, I miss the players, and I miss the fun. But it doesn’t matter, the game is now WOW Lite, nothing will change it.

I’m out, cya

Oh my prediction is there will be no trait replacing magic find on gear, etc. There will be no reversal of skins lost as a result of mf gear being made useless. We’ll see. I hope I’m wrong but I doubt it. Adding a stats to replace mf will result in balance issues. Either it will be a useless trait or none at all.

Genavelle.9516:

Evon Skyfyre.9673:

Katai.6240:

MF gear has been a design flaw from the beginning. The fact that you have a second set of armor strictly used for farming should be a huge indication that there’s something wrong. You aren’t playing with your optimal build. You are purposefully taking a penalty (one that directly affects your party-mates) so you get better drops. The better situation is that you use the build that is optimal for your character, not pigeon-holed into using junk armor just for drops.

Now, if ANET is smart, they would handle it this way. Ascended trinkets can be traded for a different Ascended item. Ring for a Ring, Amulet for an Amulet. If the trinket has an infusion, then you also get to choose a replacement infusion.

Magic Find Exotic armor and weapons can be traded in for the same piece of armor/weapon of a different (common) stat combination. The new piece will have the same skin as the one used to trade. Not sure what to do about Runes/Sigils…

They’ll replace MF with some other random unrelated and harmless stat. Like exploration xp, or a 1% karma bonus etc.. All they had to do is cap it. But that would mean they would need to rework armor stats, effectiveness etc.. etc. It was easier for them to remove it.

They wouldn’t do that, because then it’s still the same issue of not being “effective” enough in combat.

All smart alec comments (Mine) aside, I see this as a balance issue. Colin’s assertion it “makes us less effective” or words to that effect is Dev talk for either we rebalance the entire system of dungeons etc, or we remove the suspected cause. QED, they removed the suspected cause. In essence if the game were a bridge and balance was the river, during a flood they would try to lower the river, instead of fortifying the bridge. Or in auto mechanic terms, “To torque the bolt they strip it and back it off half a turn..” . I know I said humor aside, but either we find humor in this or run screaming. I’m tired of letting MMO’s ruin my day. They just aren’t worth it.

As for playing your optimum build, a noob in high mf gear is a still a noob in no mf gear after the nerf. It does not change the fact the group will still wipe. Nothing is solved a large portion of your customers are angrier than they were and all because they (anet) didn’t want to do extra work. Welcome to Live Alpha testing. MMO’s are like a petri dish. Select medium, add stimuli, watch results, make notes, and try again.

Kilaelya.1420:

Will I get reimbursed for the time and money put into my gear?

I truly doubt it. It would set a bad precedent (in their eyes). “experience in game may change..” will be their answer.

SuLor.2840:

I agree entirely. Also correct me if I’m wrong but it sounded like the comment that all ascended gear would be account bound that if you craft it you won’t be able to sell it, and if you get a drop you won’t be able to sell it, so if you’re not a crafter you have to rely entirely on rng to hopefully get any ascended gear with the right stats. So everyone who hates crafting is suddenly going to have to craft to get what they want, or hope they are extremely lucky.

Exactly right, WAI (working as intended).

Katai.6240:

MF gear has been a design flaw from the beginning. The fact that you have a second set of armor strictly used for farming should be a huge indication that there’s something wrong. You aren’t playing with your optimal build. You are purposefully taking a penalty (one that directly affects your party-mates) so you get better drops. The better situation is that you use the build that is optimal for your character, not pigeon-holed into using junk armor just for drops.

Now, if ANET is smart, they would handle it this way. Ascended trinkets can be traded for a different Ascended item. Ring for a Ring, Amulet for an Amulet. If the trinket has an infusion, then you also get to choose a replacement infusion.

Magic Find Exotic armor and weapons can be traded in for the same piece of armor/weapon of a different (common) stat combination. The new piece will have the same skin as the one used to trade. Not sure what to do about Runes/Sigils…

They’ll replace MF with some other random unrelated and harmless stat. Like exploration xp, or a 1% karma bonus etc.. All they had to do was cap it. But that would mean they would need to rework armor/weapon stats, effectiveness etc.. etc. It was easier for them to remove it.