Guild Wars 2

The fact that Watchwork sprockets in home instance give extra blade shards and that they drop from things like Atherblade JP makes me think they will be used for more.

However it’s not uncommon for ANet to announce they will disappear in a weeks time and you’d better trade in before then……..

(Sigh)

Anyone else tired of ANet’s convoluted approach to the trophy system?

Scoundrel.2139:

Lights Out again, Liadri.

344 Laurels!

Agree.

After the initial release I had such high hopes for future releases only to be disappointed by zergy buggy content.

I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away

(Add your own pics, because you deserve it)

Hi Eleia,

You seem like a nice person so I wanted to take the time to reply to your post.

Your post history indicates you’ve had the game for over a year but have only really started to post a few things recently. I just highlight this as you may not be a regular on the forums.

While I’m glad you enjoyed your time in EotM, the reason why responses to your post are a little ‘dry’ is because the WvW community largely considers EotM as a place where PvErs go to catch a train seeking loot/levels and rarely (if any) fighting and it only runs for 3 hours, therefore it’s not regarded as a place for ‘real’ fights.

Perhaps in the future ask the map to add you to their friends list so they can easily find you if you lead EotM again. Alternatively you can look to lead either EB or one of the borderlands. Servers are always looking for new commanders.

Shpongle.6025:

Just remember that.

I was Shpongled, but then I beat Liadri and the skies parted and I saw a beautiful place. I was no longer Shpongled.

Remember that.

Elommir.2587:

this mini is one of the few things in-game that i am proud of

Spot on.

The Gauntlet stands as the ONLY event that has ever really challenged me in game. It was one of the few occasions I took steps to learn and actually REALLY understand my profession.

While I support some people who use the mantra’ I play how I want to play’ there are those that cling onto it because it’s their lifeline when people point out their builds are not very good and it’s in their interests to learn to play better.

Liadri sorted those who could play the game and those that couldn’t.

I remember in ts3 once there was a guy who was loud and talked a lot but seemed familiar with a certain guild and they didn’t seem to mind him as he talked about nothing in particular.

Anyways I was following pin around and then suddenly this guy proclaimed “Oh hey I see you guys, I’m over here”. “Huh? What you mean?” Someone said. “Over here inside Bay”. Everyone stops and turns to face the enemy controlled Bay and see’s an enemy invader spam waving us from the wall……………

“WTH….. WTF are you doing on that server” “Oh i transfered yesterday, d/w I’m coming back, I just wanted to check it out. Hey (name) come duel with me, come duel with me”. He and another guy then left for a different channel and went to duel I assume.

True Story.

Romo.3709:

I agree with all points but this one.

I think you added to it nicely, it did a good job to clarify something I’d skipped over quickly (started to feel like I was writing a mini essay).

This is my take on it.

Dungeons are a lost commodity to ANet.

ANet support for content:
#1: PvE/LS without a doubt, anyone who says otherwise is deluded.

#2: PvP, many PvPers will disagree but they were getting regular updates/maps till the Skyhammer debacle and they just recently got a complete overhaul of the PvP system (even if stuck with the same conquest mode). Looks more like mismanaged, than lack of attention.

#3: WvW, EotM was created because of unprecedented interest (hence queues) from China so many NA/EU WvW players don’t class it as WvW and never visit, has become inundated with PvE K Train farmers. WvW also got the ruins/bloodlust awhile back but was seen more as ANet trying to break GvG (making WvW MORE unbalanced) and push people into PvP, they also have the current tournament (which everyone is bored of).

#4: Dungeons: – Technically still PvE but it gets it’s own section so…
Added Atherblade’s and invisible walls to many dungeons -.-

Sub-category #4.5: Fractals

Small changes to Agony and Mistlock instabilities added.

New bosses added to FotM was due to PvE cry of temporary content and in any event merely fiddled content that had already been created for PvE.

FotM reset (rofl) because of leader boards that never happened. Probably one of the single biggest lies I’ve seen come from ANet…….

TO BE PEFFECTLY HONEST I think FotM is being mismanaged deliberately; the reset, making Dredge EVEN longer, the decrease in drops, AB skins, the lack of attention etc etc.

They don’t want to increase participation it what represents a small hub of the population and segregates the GW2 population further (a mistake they’ve admitted they’ve learnt from GW1, hence no Guild halls yet). GvG is in the same boat, they only gave GvG OS because an ANet employee OPENLY trolled a GvG match which created an uproar.

Keep the population together, in terms of diversity keep it to LS/PvE, PvP, WvW. Don’t actively support GvG, sabotage FotM and keep Dungeons light and easy so people get bored and get back to the LS/PvE gemstore content.

If you make FotM highly rewarding, continually supported, people will play it more. They want people back doing their LS/Gemstore content, not segregate the community more.

I’m sure part of ANet wishes they never introduced FotM and they won’t touch it again till Novemeber (and that’s only because they promised yearly updates).

TLDR: Theoretical rationale as to why FotM is so messed up.

DeWolfe.2174:

Burnt out or just over it, I can’t say for certain. Though after Season one, I and many others, expressed a desire to never see a season 2. Now before even Season 2 ends, I’m hoping to not see a season 3.

After Season 1 ended I tried to remain optimistic in that it had introduced WvW to a lot of new players who then stayed on to play WvW.

Now I most definitely don’t want to see again. But even as I type this I KNOW we will see Season 3.

How many people used gems to transfer? How much gold/gems were floated around to entice guilds and players to transfer?

ANet profit to much to simply just let it go.

At some point but a LOOOONG time after Season 2 finishes, WvW is still fresh for many Chinese.

ANet have made the whole Living Story PVE content their priority and the PvErs are not happy campers atm with the lack of attention.

Have a quick glimpse of 600+ replies (and counting).

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Wheres-New-Content-State-of-the-Game-merged/first

The highlights of the WvW section is trolling people with ‘Red Necro’s’ and watching Mods keep up with Match up threads.

That gives you an idea of what the immediate future holds.

My WvW focused guild goes to EotM when WvW gets boring and just for something different to do at times.

The attitude there is, in our experience is a predominantly K Train focused one. We felt this to the extent that we had asked members to rep their personal guilds while we were in EotM as a guild because of a number of people’s attitudes.

Unfortunately we were receiving blow back from enemy players that as a guild we were ‘cheapening’ our guild name by going there and ultimately weren’t desired there as a guild and should go back to WvW.

We go to EotM for ‘#$%@s n giggles’ but the average player in EotM doesn’t want to face a certain level of fighting standard. They feel it belongs in WvW, EotM attitude is more about levels and loot rather than fights.

Liquid.9672:

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Paragraph 1
Seems well reasoned and intentioned.

P 2
The true colours come out.

P 3
Annnnnd finishing with another QQ

Where’s Zikory, his posts stopped the same time the 2v1 against JQ failed

goldenwing.8473:

Nobody is winning here.

Season 1 didn’t work for many either that’s WHY they changed to the current system where in. Obviously the current system has a lot to be desired, so they will most likely change it for Season 3. So in the long run that addresses many of your concerns but most likely will create others in the process. Only the ignorant will associate the tournament with DAoC.

Despite you best efforts your post still comes across as a QQ. You haven’t responded to the OP but merely used this thread to launch a bunch of points you wanted to make.

The majority of the ‘innocents’ you mentioned move to said server of their own accord. Individually they have their own reasons but ultimately they had a choice and that particular server resonated for them and that’s why they moved there. And as far as the original members are concerned…. the server has changed a lot since it’s tier 2 days…. the instant win kids/ hyper-competitive players lasted no less than 2 weeks at losing before transferring to your server and have been attempting to stack it to win ever since.

It is, what it is. As much as you try and find reason with it, it looks more like your in denial about what your server has become.

And for the record we’ve had a similar exchange previously:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/wuv/wuv/What-servers-have-24-7-coverage/first#post3826071

But this has gone a LONG way off from the original OP. So in getting back to the OP, if ANet can’t solve the problem should we removed WvW?

:3

NonToxic.9185:

Time to put on my target.

Yes, because you created a wall of text showing that you are stubborn. The majority of people except a few are probably fine if you don’t get on TS. Your wall of text was about barriers, real or imagined, that prevent you from using it and according to you, people don’t need it anyways because people:

NonToxic.9185:

have come to use it as a crutch

Having to type out a bunch of commands is time consuming and inaccurate and places more pressure on commanders who already have a bunch of things to consider and ofc the non-commander commanders will make sure to point out their ineffectiveness.

You don’t always have to log on TS3 because sometimes people just want to get their dailies and log off. But for you to say TS3 is a waste of time just demonstrates your ignorance.

monkeysensei.6492:

Has anet ever said if server collusion is allowed or not?

Please, build a bridge.

Ready up said 2v1 was legitimate when the QQ started to flow and renaming it ‘server collusion’ makes you sound desperate.

blur.7905:

lmperdigao.2567:

I have a suggestion: each time that a BG player gives us a suggestion to change the rules of WvW because of the 2v1, he should give a suggestion too for the situation where the coverage and numbers of a server is unbeatable.

It is very hard to fix the coverage problem

~BG player~

thaooo.5320 my friend, you are a scholar and a gentleman, the 15 steps shall be framed!

thaooo.5320:

After being laughed at, take up a new stance, say, “we enjoy being 2v1’d

Pure poetry.

The new meta:

‘If at first your post doesn’t succeed, post, post again.’

Distaste.4801:

pathetic sore loser troll

You won the /facepalm award.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/wuv/wuv/Blackgate-getting-Double-teamed/page/2

A lot of people in WvW would frown on the introduction of more NPC’s being added.

Having said that I’m not familiar the Ice/Tree God of WoW.

With 8 lvl 80’s sitting in cursed shore waiting for events to pop is kittened.

Wow.

Thank you for your reply.

Personally I thought I was missing the obvious but it seems the unnecessary frustration following up on these new trait systems was justified.

I assume there’s been some good threads on this?

I’m curious to read more now of people’s opinions.

Unlikely. Forums posts before from devs indicated that it was a form of prestige gear.

That is it was a form of cosmetic ‘bragging rights’ for those that were there. If they suddenly were to make the backpack available again it would completely remove that concept given that you can save up and buy any of the blue SAB weapons.

Although most likely they will have the Tribulation Mode areas/weapons return again if that’s any consolation.

Sorry if this is an obvious question but I don’t know how the timers work now for temples.

Someone want to give it to me in server time or even provide a link. I would appreciate.

Regards

I’m glad this thread is still going strong.

ANet promised us a better system a LONG time ago.

Disappointing that the people who hold multiple legionaries are people who are lucky or are better at grinding and TP Flipping or use rl money than actually playing the game or having an ability to play the game well for that matter.

But because they make money ANet let this sorry situation continue.

Reverence.6915:

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I’ve read some of your other posts and they seem fine and logically reasoned but as soon as the topic comes to BG and it’s tier 1 competitors or other servers that comment on BG you just become unreasonable. You become emotional and say things that are unnecessary and silly which no one outside BG believes.

arcticface.5372:

I personally believe that the obsidian sanctum should be a non-pvp area.

That’s fine.

In exchange can we make the soon to be remade Lions Arch into a PvP area?

Creative differences was the impression I got.

His last post was deleted, but if your really curious go to the dungeon forum and ask, I know a few of them saved it.

In any event he’d left a comment that was along the lines of he’d envisioned himself creating an elaborate challenging dungeon that people would remember and talk about for years to come.

Instead he was stuck doing trivial Living Story content.

Yujin.1785:

Can’t really say anything about that screenshot since that’s SoS and doesn’t that show that we are fighting them?

You should look at it again.

In any event we’re at an impasse it would seem.

Most JQ/TC posters are sick of replying to BG posters who just post about the same thing again and again but in a different context. It’s been left up to other servers now to point out to you that 2v1’s happen and just because BG say ’it’s a 2v1 but not a 2v1’ doesn’t impress anyone.

Yujin.1785:

if there were any formal alliance

You’re not part of BG’s inner circle?

Wraith.9426:

the 2v1 going on now in T1 is not like the natural 2v1s we would see as a part of map politics

Just to be clear.

The BG/TC vs JQ of week one is natural.
The JQ/TC vs BG of week three is not natural (judging by the explosion of QQ posts).
The BG/SoS vs JQ of week four is not official, but natural.

In the dungeon thread, over a year ago a dev responded to this exact same question. I remember it because it got bumped a few months back and gave everyone a chuckle.

In it the dev said they would look into it provided it didn’t clash with the UI. I guess it clashed -.-

Omg.

I have this EXACT same problem, except it was an armour chest from a wxp rank.

Under the old system it was easy enough and now I see that under the new system it all takes a step backwards.

So if I’m not mistaken you’re left weighing the cost of buying the rune again or buying an extractor?

I doubt it needs to be ‘fixed’ I’d say it’s ‘working as intended’ if you have to consider using the gemstore. I would rage and tell you to get %#@%ed, but it would achieve nothing and I’d still have the same problem.

(Full Disclaimer: Jade Quarry (JQ) player here amused by the non-alliance, alliance in round 4).

Try not to over analyze, because really A,B,C

A nything
B ut
C rygate

TC2win

Zikory.6871:

The 2v1 is working as intended

He’s a smart little cookie.

blur.7905:

There is a different a big different between how JQ and TC work together. They not only double team BG but also do match manipulation. They allow the sever with the lower score get first. Thus manipulating the match on who will get first second and third that week. They are allow to do this because anet do not care or enforce the rule that they set.

lol…

The WvW Community is almost unified in its stance against BG, I wonder why that is…

I’m pretty sure Cactus.2710 and King Amadaeus.8619 are the same guy. You often see them back scratching the same threads together and their post histories have remarkably similar tones.

Either that or they’re REALLY close roommates.

The new meta.

sigh

As much as I agree with these posts you won’t stop it BECAUSE of the stacking and transfers.

It turns a nice profit.

I’m enjoying reading the EU rants, it makes a nice changed to the NA ones

As an outsider I’m curious what happened to Viz. Most of you predicted them as #1, what happen?

It comes with the territory, I don’t let it bother me anymore.

It amuses me, as a roamer they probably think they’re pretty good until that ‘running’ moment.

I also get it out of my system in PvP too. Thief’s find it hard to run in PvP, if they want to win they have to come to me.

BAITness.1083:

I would have tried harder to impress you.

Please don’t.

You have been posting consistently now for 6+ hours…

6

+

hours

It’s time to let it go BAITness…

Let

it

go

and breath.

BAITness.1083:

Rimmy.9217:

And knock it off.

You and the trolls from TC and JQ

BAITness when you have others servers telling you to stop embarrassing yourself it’s time to take stock.

Please stop posting, your not making your server look better.

The WvW Community has spoken.

Rawr.5930:

It’s strategy when i win.

It’s manipulation when they win.

lol nice post.

What made it funny but also terribly sad is that attitude defines their thinking.

It’s become a pivotal part of my gaming experience now in GW2, switching toons.

I rep diff guilds in WvW at diff times of the day depending on activity.

One in particular ask me to bring a specific profession another is more flexible but still expect team orientated builds.

Over the weekends I play whatever I want if I have free time and just link in with the commander on map or go out roaming. At 8 lvl 80’s all with exotics and least half now with ascended gear I don’t mind to pull a toon I haven’t played in awhile.

It all makes the game feel fresh again.

EDIT: I’ve noted a number of people having to rebuild their traits again and how it’s put them off their alts. I wanted to add that I would feel the same (and it wasn’t expected?) I had just been fortunate enough to take screenshots of my builds and keep a make shift build folder as I’d previously switched between roaming, zerging etc before patch.

We really need a better system to save builds.

Walorx.5129:

This is unfair.

I reported you for making a troll post.

EotM is a PvP environment, don’t bring your PvE to the WvW section.

Thanks guys, you’ve given me some fresh ideas to work with.

Just wondering if people have a system they use to unlock skins?

I’m talking specifically about opening ALL skins up, I don’t imagine I’ll get them all, but we can always dream.

Anyways, I’m not sure exactly what I’m asking here except to say the current method I go by feels cumbersome.

Specifically I guess I’m asking if anyone has any ‘revelations’ for me that might make this process easier.