Guild Wars 2

I solo 90% of the time. I just accept some things can’t be done solo and skip them. It’s really no big deal, and the new content is free so… thing is, my normal haunts have the same and new faces there so maybe alike minds etc..

If they release solo content, dungeons, etc.., lions arch would have bodies all over as some would throw themselves off the viewpoints lol

No more Tetsusaiga’s please.. Can we have sets of armor that look good on all races not only Norn and Charr? If they make Ascended armor with stats above the current levels, they will nerf the crap out of everything else and give ascended armor the stats we currently have.

What amazes me the most here is no reply from Anet/NcSoft. It’ll be interesting to see how this all plays out. Another gaming company is under investigation for pushing players to spend real money and possibly using deceptive practices. I sense new rules and regulations coming in the future for all online games.

Anyways I’m out. Good luck to all of the those that have not gotten a ticket, etc.. /swordsalute

Click the checkbox on your back piece, they vanish. Best you can do for now. To make them static would require 2 versions.

Ran my guardian all evening probably opened, another 60 to 70 coffers, no ticket. Bought 80 coffers, used my thief with +100% magic find, got another ticket. Some will deny it, I think it helped. Or they adjusted it in todays update.

On a hunch, I tested a theory voiced here. Namely the benefit of Magic Find. My thief runs the Pirate sigil/rune/thing build and has high mf. I then ate a dragon cupcake and added 30% mf, so all told I was around +100% magic find, with armor, weapons, addons etc.. And I bought 100 coffers. Guess what? I got a ticket. It was number 97 to be exact. I don’t know that MF makes a difference, just reporting what happened. Previously I had been using my Guardian which has no +magic find.

Thing is, mf is supposed to only benefit us with mob drops..?? Could it have considered the coffer a mob? While I was happy to get it, this in no ways removes my ire over how crazy it is to get a silly ticket. So many feel left out and are walking away it’s not funny. Say what you will, but Retail 101 is the customer is always right. Without them you go broke.

It’s not Anet, it’s NcSoft. After some reading online they are calling the shots now. I doubt they care if we stay or go. Apparently this “Gambling” model is common in Asian gaming. I don’t think they will change how they do things to please us. I may still play but as stated earlier, I will NEVER spend another dime of real money in game again. Period.

I have a feeling these skins will be added to the BLTC after the event. Something like “Missed the chance to get your favorite Dragon skin? Well don’t worry we added them for a limited time to the BLTC, hurry while they last!” . They will cost probably 600 to 1000 gems each. I would not be surprised by this, at all.

As for buying anything in the future with real world money, I’ll build up my in game gold and trade it in for gems.

MMO’s are built (sadly) on the premise of Elitism. The needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many or the one. Gaming companies believe we are narcissistic basement dwellers that will be a good little Pavlovian pup, and salivate on cue. They offer the medium (game) and the stimulous (reward) and then the hurdles you need to complete to obtain said reward. It’s the Populous syndrome. The developers are Deities and we are their subjects. They made us, they can break us, and we have no voice, or worth. They want what we covet most, our gaming soul, and undying admiration. We are to pay tribute without questioning their reasons. Or we will be struck down, and left behind. Rendered powerless, made insignificant, and of little or no value. Sound dramatic, all gaming companies are 2 jolt colas from anarchy.

You see, stay or go, at this point you bought the game, and they have received your tribute. If you will not spend more they ignore your pleas. If you do continue to spend they ignore your praise, it’s simple really, play or go away. All MMO’s have PoGA inscribed where their hearts used to be.

The best explanation of how I perceive developers think would be this, if you ask for a cool weapon they make it cold to the touch. If you mention a lower level weapon has better stats then a higher level one they will reduce the stats on the lower level item. Basically it’s like making a perfect deal with the devil, you will never come out on top. Or better still “Strange game, the only winning move is not to play..”

I have a feeling the people that got several from a low number of coffers did so early on in the event. I doubt it happens now, since I have a feeling Anet has “adjusted things” since then.

One thing for sure is I will not be spending ANY real money in game anymore. I used to buy stuff here and there because I felt like GW2 deserves something above and beyond the price of the game. But now.. nope..

RNG? You mean Random Number generator? Sorry not up on the terminology. I am so tired of some programmers saying they have a fool proof random number routine. Random is a concept, once you write some code to emulate IT IS NOT RANDOM! All the code can do is occasionally produce a different result. Experts have tried to hammer this home for a very long time and gaming companies seem to think they know better, than the people that created the programming languages.

I’ve opened about 14g worth of coffers, plus drops in the wild. No tickets. Then I hear people in La swear they have gotten multiple tickets from 50 or less. What gives? Is it true they made them so hard to get in hopes of people spending real cash to get them? Why not just put them on the BLTC?

Great suggestions, another Old School metal song I like for this is Nazareth: “Hair of the Dog”. “Now you’re messing with a son …”, Or Quiet Riot: “Metal Health”, GNR: “Welcome to the Jungle”. Sooo many choices! Ozzy is good too!

AC/DC – Shoot To Thrill

When I run a circuit waiting on a event or friends etc, this is blaring in my headphones. Anyone else use this? Alternatives? I like the fast pace, I work on evading etc… in time with the music so I keep moving!

The new GeForce 320.18 WHQL driver is now available to download.

http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/nvidia-geforce-320-18-whql-drivers-released

This has got to be the most fun component I’ve tried yet! It increases magic find and might, etc. That is not the fun part. It has a 5% chance to summon a parrot on hit. It’s hilarious, coupled with the 5% chance to yell “Yar!!” and increase the might of those nearby.

It’s silly, it’s fun and I Kitten love it! Hats off and ./PegLegSalute!

Something to be aware of. When you mouse over the link in a suspicious email, it may show the proper destination. This can be faked with JavaScript tricks. DO NOT CLICK THE LINK, DO NOT CUT AND PASTE IT. If you want to verify it, visit the GW2 site and login like normal and go from there.

puts away soap box

I have been meaning to post this for a long time and now I am. LOL

When they announced EOTN, there was a big hoopla about achieving things in GW1 and how they would pay off in GW2. We could show our armors from GW1 in GW2, our special weapons etc. Well we received skins to use, and the mini pets achieved as promised. The skins were a nice touch as on level weapons would be used and forgotten all to quickly.

My questions are as follows:

1) Why is it just ruins? What happened to the statues of past accomplishments, weapons, mini pets, and companions?

2) We were told we could share our achievements via the HOM with others. Other than 4 or 5 titles how do we do this?

3) Are there any plans for a future update to have them appear as promised or is this another game co. promise that didn’t make it live?

Killing Zaitan ends a quest chain that started in Guild Wars 1 EOTN.

It’s called testing the waters. Positive feedback will result in further progress of said expansion. Negative feedback, well you do the math.

This is the first game I’ve played where crafting for profit is not really worth the effort. Let me clarify this statement. In other games you could sell something crafted (armor/weapons) for prices like the legendary items go for. I doubt that can happen here so far. No critical success, no chance to make something better than originally decided by the recipe, etc. I do see some worth in consumables, and jewelry. I have mastered crafting in every other mmo that offered it that I have played. I threw my hands up here. Sold my mats and banked the cash.

That said there is worth in gathering and selling mats, this would make you think there must be worth in crafting. Well since you can sell stuff right away to the BLTC and not wait for players to buy it, you can make money in game, from the sale of materials.

I have a feeling crafting was an after thought here. The old system in GW1 was more fun, you needed to gather special mats and then go to the npc and have it made. I miss that system, but who knows some here may really like the crafting system. To me it’s muddled and poorly implemented.

Sorry Anet, I love the game, but crafting.. D- must do better. I liked the system in SWTOR, my companions ground out the levels lol.

P.S. Crafting in any game is user supplied content. They made the hall, you supply the band and dancers. It’s something to do. If you like it, go for it.

It should be mentioned, playing alts after a skill change on your main, is good if for no other reason than forgetting the old way said skills worked. A more extreme way is what I have opted to do in the past when a barrage of skill changes across the board made whatever game I was playing, unpleasant. I avoided all the tumult by taking a break for a few months. Drastic, but effective. When I came back I had forgotten how things were and had to get accustomed to my class etc.. again. Like I said drastic. It makes more sense to simply play another class and move on. I have played GW1 since launch. I enjoyed how pvp had it’s own skillset. I’ve heard talk they are working on a similar setup for GW2. I hope they can, pvp has ruined pve in far too many games as is.

All that aside, play whatever and however you wish. I simply stated what I, and other 1%‘rs have done It was intended to quell the ire I see rising in game about changes, classes being OP’d etc.. Nonsense to be sure, but it seems they can effect change sometimes.

Simple, as games progress, and complaints come in, it’s good to “Hedge your bet” by having fall back characters. After the Nerf bat is swung, it can take a long time if ever to gain back lost ground, skills, abilities, etc.. For example, I adore my thief, but I know the flood of complaints from PVPr’s will result in changes sooner or later. I’ve played mmo’s for too long to think otherwise.

If you have one character/class/prof, pick another or two and level them. You’ll be glad you did.

Of course there are many other reasons for multiple characters, but this is by far the best advice I can give anyone new to this or any MMO. With multiple characters, you won’t get bored as easily, and as they say variety is the spice of life.

Your thoughts?

New mechanic in games? I could “Cloak” in SWG (Star wars Galaxies) and it launched in 2003 or so. That said “Stealth increases depth and skill” is a more appropriate title. It increases YOUR skills, combating it’s use, and the complexity & depth of combat.

Something to be remembered. GW1 was NOT an MMO. It did not have open world. There is going to be a learning curve on AN’s part, with dealing with more players in one area at one time. They have sever load and population load issues, etc already. In my opinion if they let these events run, they would have server issues, plus the game loses the “Live” feel. Things happen in a linear fashion. To keep things flowing they must begin and end. It’s no fun to miss them, but it simply must be as it is.

Regardless of the game, or “New” mechanics, and no defined classes, cookie cutter builds seem to always emerge. My experience with GW1 taught me one thing, don’t sweat the FOTM builds. They will not last.

I just found out the hard way the game doesn’t have crash recovery. I was completing a long storyline quest, and the game crashed. Now I get to start over. No fun. I also noticed when doing the last mission “Victory or Death” on my main, a while back, there are no “locks”.

For those not understanding my references, “Crash Recovery” would have brought me back to the point I was at in the Storyline mission, or very near to it, depending on save points. I would have no need to start it all over again. “Locks” refers to a dungeon game mechanic that would let you advance as far as time permitted and start again within a certain amount of days from where you left off. Not everyone can put 2 or 3 hours into a dungeon crawl, or they wipe a lot and it takes longer. Locks are a jumping off point. Pretty much any MMO I’ve played has had these.

That said, any plans or discussion about them being added or planned? I think GW1 had crash recovery.

The game is growing especially when a free play offer is made. The servers overflow, we get tons of lag, and Anet blames our systems, when the day before a big influx of players all was fine.

Please consider adding at least 5 more servers and allow free transfers like before.

Stability is a big issue lately. I have to be honest, I haven’t seen this many problems in day to day play, in a long time, in any mmo I’ve played. I hope they can get it fixed.

I’ve been playing a lot lately and I have been doing fine, until today. Now I cannot connect presently. That coupled with crashes every 5 to 10 minutes is really annoying. Anyone else? I’ve reset router etc..

Agreed Krosslite. Anet would benefit from that as well, they spend far too much time ,worrying about loot. It’s fake, it doesn’t exist.

Thanks all for the kind words!

Thanks, I’ve wanted to post something like this for a while now. It’s good for me to read it occasionally also.

If you had asked me halfway through, what I thought about “Victory or death” I probably would not have had much to say that was pleasant or worth repeating. This mission was a long and difficult one. I tried a few days earlier, and 2 players rage quit. It happens. I was talking about it in Open chat today and another player was echoing his dismay at finding a group to complete it. Story mode doesn’t offer much in the way of reward if you are repeating it. Even the final loot bags you get for your first run through were a mixed batch of blue and green level armor. I’m lucky, I know how final battles go and I was decently geared. A pocket full of coin is good to, as is food, repair canisters, and a lot, of patience.

But I digress. We were chatting, and another voice chimed in saying she too, was having no luck forming a group. Well, there we had it. 3 of the much needed 5, were ready to go. but 5 is recommended, surely 3 would not do. So we talked we hung out a bit, we waited while one helped another player acquire a skill point. We then talked to another player that was nearby and he echoed, he too needed to do the mission. We had 4, one more to go. But sadly no one spoke up. The guard in our group said “Let’s do this”. We looked at each other, and another said “We can try and see what happens”. See what happens? Face down the Lord of the Elder Dragons, Zaitan with less than a full group? Folly, a fools errand, we set off through the portal. Surely to our doom… We fought and fell, laughed and I’m sure cursed those on high pulling the strings. But we moved forward, one core, two cores, and on we went, past Titans and Champions, through tunnels and swamps, foulness and filth, until we stood on the deck of a wondrous machine. We soared through the air, but our spirits were dashed all to quickly. Giants throwing poison and more.. we made it through, somehow. We fell again and again, we laid on the deck and laughed while the learned one of the bunch read how to do that part of the mission. Me ask directions? Nevah!

We gained ground, the last one fell. Hazzah! But wait, we had more to face. A glutton that could not be filled. He ate, and he ate, and he ate, and wanted more.. We saw him finally fall, what I did on his grave, will not pass for flowers. I wiped off my daggers, let my pistols cool, and we moved on. We soon found ourselves airborne again. Now facing Elder Dragons, hurling more poison, and Risen, wave after wave, we fought, we fell (are you sensing a theme yet?) , and finally the last renegade lizard fell. Now, he swooped in from on high, a voice cried out “Here he comes, ZAITAN!!” The rest is a blur, fire and blood, poison and flame, until he fell, he finally, fell. The long road was at it’s end, and so it would seem was our journey.

Words cannot describe how the battle was, you must experience it for yourself. As long as it is, as seemingly unfair and unforgiving as it is. The spoils be darned, the rewards be dashed, you must see it through.

Tankanasan, Christine, Grider, we made it. 4 battle weary warriors made it. It took a long time, but we saw that Dang Lizard fall.

Oh in case you’re wondering who this is, I also go by Ting

/SwordSalute

Tried “Death or Victory” last night (Kill Zaitan) and bugs aside (falling below the ship and running around in mid air.. lol) a casual group won’t finish it (we had to stop after 2 rage quit). This makes it even more impossible for some to even hope to ever see it, and finish the storyline. Anet’s path is clear reduce the difficulty. I don’t care if they take all loot drops out, and only give us the final rewards. I have played MMO’s since SWG launched. I know my class, and can solo a lot of things groups fail at. I’m no newbie, I just realize they need to reduce the difficulty of the this quest line. Especially when they have no “Lock” system to allow you to leave and rest and go back to your previous point in the mission. To start over completely is truly ridiculous. Hell, even LOTRO has this and crash recovery.

Is BLTC basically paid storage? With no time limit?

I did some thinking and came up with this. If they had uber armor or weapons in the BLT chests , people would buy more keys and the game would be truly pay to win. They probably started out having better rewards. But since pay to win unbalances the game, they changed them. And now are stuck with them as is.

Too bad we can’t drop them in then wild like you could in GW1. IT’d be fun to make a trash heap of them lol, even if just for screenshots

Same here for a month or so.

I’d just finished Frozen Maw and was putting the chest (rare) I got and the BLTC crashed gave an error screen (504 I think) and the chest is not posted or in my inv.

sigh

Ok good to know. I have like, 40 in my vault. So not the only one stacking them lol.

I’m curious, with 2.9 MILLION on the BLTC on Dragonbrand, I have to question drop rate, success rate with opening, drop rate of keys?

What am I missing, I mean with so many on the BLTC people aren’t even buying keys are they?

Speculation runs rampant. GW2 has said how many units they have sold. With no monthly fee, they will claim them all as active subs. No game online will tell you they are doing bad, they will say all is going well and they have great things coming in the near future. Even if they are going to shut down the next day. That’s the nature of mmo’s etc. Basically it comes down to a simple truth, if you like the game. Play. If not go away. Sounds trite, but it’s the simple truth we all must face, ask ourselves and answer. I enjoy it, sure lately there are lots of issues, but I think they are growing pains. The game is popular. When ESOL comes out, we’ll see some drop off in players. And then some will,. return and life goes on.

Found this, might help some here track their problems down. Although I ran it and it said all was fine. And I still have crashes etc..

http://us.ncsoft.com/gameadvisor/

Right, let’s start figuring things out. Have any of the people posting here, tried guesting on another server with a lower population and seen if they have the same issues? If so, please make that known here. I tested and then moved to a lower population server, and a great many of my issues were reduced. I know, I know, you don’t want to move, you shouldn’t have to. but compared to not playing at all … I think this needs to be a real consideration, especially when we know some servers are loaded with players almost 24/7. And if that wasn’t bad enough, they are offering gw2 at 30% off this weekend. Which will bring in more players, that will flock to busy servers like ants to sugar..

So try it, post your results. If it makes no difference then make that known also.

Side note: When my friends and I played gw1 we learned to log out completely and restart our computers before doing a dungeon, etc.. Especially if we had been in game a while. This helped us not have tons of lag. Now you might be saying, “Yeah so, this is gw2..?!” Well they used the same engine and just modified it. I’m willing to bet some old issues are still there.

Worth a try anyways.

Angel, if your server shows as very high, try guesting on a medium server and see how you do. It helped me..

I fixed my lag issues (well sorta) . I had to move to a medium pop server, and run the game in xp compatibility mode (on windows 7). Otherwise it crashes every 5 minutes or less. It’s not the best work around but it works. I can play for long periods of time, even join in against a world boss and not be frozen. In addition I disabled QoS on my router and in windows (not sure if that helped but I wanted to be complete in my steps).

I also ran the repair.. As I said, it’s doable.. but only just..

Anet, you really need to step up and be a bit more visible/vocal on this. Every game has problems, it’s how they deal with them, in a timely fashion, that sets them apart.

They believe in, “Don’t raise the bridge, lower the river”. They could spend hours fixing their mistakes, or remove the item that causes them. They always go the easy route. I wonder sometimes if they (the devs) ever write code after the game is out, or do they simply work within an interface like world builder?

Agree w/Storm…

To any and all wondering why Anet has not commented here, it’s simple. They can’t. I doubt very seriously if a developer is allowed to comment on these issues, as that would tell anyone considering the purchase of the game it has said issue, and make them wonder if their computer is up to it, would they need to spend alot on top of the purchase of the game etc. I have run into this in EVERY MMO I have played going back to SWG. The developers show what they feel needs fixing, and the “powers that be” shake their heads and say “How long til the next expansion?” They (PTB) know the issues exist, and it’s not that they don’t care, they are focusing on revenue. Besides whatever trickles in from gem sales etc, they get ZERO monthly income from the game. They have payroll to meet, bills to pay. And most importantly, investors to answer to. They won’t take excuses, they won’t wait. They want paid now. right now, as promised and Dwayna help them if they are late. You think Tony Soprano was tough, try making investors wait. I’d rather face Zaitan for real with a butter knife.

That said, I know all this, and I’m sick and tired of the same old thing happening. GW2 has the chance to be the most innovative, and popular MMO out, it can even nail WOW. They need to address the server issues. If they don’t, when a new, and shiny game comes out, the hard core players will leave, groups will no longer be compitent enough to face the tougher dungeons and alike and the game will go into decline.

But again MMO’s know all this, they want to make what they can, as fast as they can. GW2 is on the same path as every other game. And that is just sad.. GW1 went thru this, the game became an avatar driven chat program. People stood around in LA, and Spamadan and talked smack.

Did I hear correctly they used the same engine as GW1, and just modified it?

Server: Dragonbrand Broadband: Comcast

General exploration is fine, small groups are fine as well. However, events like the Frozen Maw etc.. I slow to a crawl and can barely move. I thought maybe it was just me but the others said the same thing. Melee was almost impossible. I had to forgo doing all the stages and just position my Guardian near the final boss and pray I wasn’t tossed back. Ranged (thief, engineer) were ok since I could do the same but still attack anything in range. I thought it was my video card and purchased a new one with 2g of ram etc, same problem. I’ve read GW2 sends calls to my cpu not my gpu so a new card was a waste. Hope they can fix this somehow, as is I have to pass on group events. I was fine from launch until recently. What changed?