Guild Wars 2

Jahroots.6791:

Man, there were some really nice armours in GW1. Would definitely like to see some of these, even as outfits.

And a big +1 for more light armour pants.

Outfits would be fine for sure. I would so buy the Necro Obsidian Armor and the Elemental Obsidian Armor.

And a big +1 for less medium armor trench coats =-)

Just a flesh wound.3589:

I miss a bunch of armor, but most especially my Ritualist’s Asuran armor. The skirt was made up of feathers the the shoes had so much detail. Not the heavy clodhoppers so many shoes are in this game.

Beautiful!

Treise.6958:

Not to be a nay sayer but I do believe Anet has said something along the lines that there will be no more new classes (Profession) Revnant was the last one….but new elite specs and new weapons are definitely on the table…perhaps even a new race or two, I myself wouldn’t mind seeing Fisticuffs (Claw weapons) for thieves/warriors maybe even guardians and then Chakrams for Elementalists/Mesmers

Sorry Sorry… My Dervish claim for Scythe isn’t meant to be as a whole new class but rather as elite spec for an established class. Hopefully Ranger giving the class a proper melee build!

Also I love the Claw Weapon idea. Very Wolverine…. OOOOOO New Spec!

And Chakrams how very Guild Wars 1. I really like that idea. Well said, Well said indeed!

Flop Sweat.3456:

Spear.

/15chars

For what class in the next expansion?

So the idea is what new weapons could be added to the game which would allow more elites spec’s in the future.

I’ll start with:

Scythe: either 2 handed or dual wielded. For Dervish for next expansion. Who knows after that.

Crossbow: either for Mes or for Ele. I think that could be interesting.

What other interesting weapons are out there that people can suggest?

The Kurzick Elite Heavy Armor always made me think of a modified Darth Vader =-)

Log out of the game and then log back in that will fix it.

It Works

FogLeg.9354:

Sandpit.3467:

Why don’t you play other content instead, you are clearly spending way too much of your life grinding that one map.

Guild upgrade requires basically endless supply of those, and since they are account-bound and can not be found in any other map…

^ This…. Silverwaste Shovels are only available on this map and only available via grinding… Oh wait that’s right there is no grind in this game according to Anet. My mistake

Donari.5237:

If you want to spend your crests, buy bags of sandy gear. You get a green item and a hunk of sand piles in each one; from that you can get coarse sand much cheaper than on the TP, plus have greens to salvage, and you will want that coarse sand. At current pre-scribe-adjustment settings, it takes 1000 coarse sand to unlock the basic decorations merchant, which is at least 10K sand piles.

As I said I don’t or need to buy the bags I earn enough Sand and bags from doing the events.

So that STILL leaves me with nothing to buy with my crests that I am interested in, EXCEPT Shovels which are not available to buy. Hence my suggestion to add them to buy.

Dinks.2478:

TD is probably the easiest map in HoT to navigate. VB on the other hand is a terrible map to navigate.

I disagree Dinks.

VB is easy to Navigate. TD is a nightmare and not at all fun. I actually was so frustrated by TD I actually didn’t step foot into Hot for 4 – 5 weeks.

Truely not a fun map the first few characters taken through there. And even then not fun and easy unless you have all the mastery’s complete to move around easy. But still not fun then either.

OP if you can get your movement based Mastery’s done it will make it easier. Not fun just easier!

I’m not sure about others. I would imagine others have more Bandit Crests than I do.

I have 7229 Bandit Crests at the time of this post. I have nothing to spend them on that I need. I have over 400 Bandit Skeleton Keys – So I don’t need those. I get enough Rare Bags and Green Bags of gear that I don’t need to use the crests on those either. I’ve got the tonics and mini’s. The only thing I might buy is another set of Ascended Trinkets. Even then I would only need one more set if I really had to.

I would like to be able to buy Silverwaste Shovels with my Crests.

Thanks.

Khisanth.2948:

Missing two issues.

1. refunds for people who currently have a GH already
2. a larger GH isn’t necessarily “better”. a smaller one is actually more convenient so more convenient for some people regardless of guild size

Point 1. I think people would have to go with oh well I lose out there. I did say if you drop from 201 to 199 you don’t get a refund.

Point 2. A smaller hall would realistically be designed for a smaller group of people hence the smaller upgrade costs. If a larger guild wanted a smaller hall then they would have to kick people out and take the loss of mats. And they would have to take the cost of upgrading if they went back to a larger guild.

Hi.

So I am sure I have read, heard or thought up by myself the idea of smaller guild halls for smaller guilds. (I really cant remember which lol). With the smaller Halls comes a discount in upgrading mats and the like.

Now before everyone says guilds will disband buy the upgrades and then re-invite everyone, there is a very simple solution to that exploit which is as follows.

Smaller Halls have a limit on player size lets say 200 people. If you reach 200 people and need to go up to the Larger Hall then you have to pay the difference in mats or gold to upgrade. This payment would be equal in value to if you had been working on a large Hall. If you have 201 and drop too 199 you don’t get a refund on mats but you can drop in Hall size.

A simple and workable solution.

I for one would like a smaller hall for my smaller guild.

Thanks

Evasiion.3859:

Sleepwalker.1398:

Firebird Gomer.9563:

I know that lots of these posts are made each year, but I think it has to happen until Anet actually make the following. Please Sign your support.

Anet. You keep adding or making things you think we want and ignore many of the things we ask for.

One of the largest items we have asked for is a Trait Saving System.

Ok, question for you: suppose they make it and them put it in the Gem store like the shared bag, would you buy it?

I would if it was an account wide unlock, not on a per character base. I have 5 toons i play across, 2 bank toons i might at some point level and gear in full ascended, and still yet to make a warrior or a guardian. I dont know if it was on a per toon basis unless i absolutely needed it.

I agree…. Account Based not Character Based.

I have 12 characters, 7 of which I play regularly. My Main (Ranger) alone has 4 sets of Ascended armor which I regularly switch depending on what I am doing and within that I can make micro changes to the traits. Nearly everyone of the other 6 has a set of Ascended or I am in the midst of making them a set.

Sleepwalker.1398:

Firebird Gomer.9563:

I know that lots of these posts are made each year, but I think it has to happen until Anet actually make the following. Please Sign your support.

Anet. You keep adding or making things you think we want and ignore many of the things we ask for.

One of the largest items we have asked for is a Trait Saving System.

Ok, question for you: suppose they make it and them put it in the Gem store like the shared bag, would you buy it?

In the words and actions of Daniel Bryan:

Mouse.3608:

Tragic Positive.9356:

Depends on what do you want to focus on.
For healer purposes, Staff+LB is the superior option.
For maximizing the DPS – LB+S/A
For roaming and mobility – Staff+GS

Just out of curiosity – why Staff+LB? The skills on longbow don’t really scream “support build” to me.

I dont think that Staff+LB is meant as a support build but more of a DPS situation at Range with the LB and Heals at Range. That’s more or less the way I use those. If you were going Staff+Sw/A then your having to switch more between Range and Melee which can cost time and DPS.

I may have misread what both of you were saying/asking but that is what I thought at first read of both your statement/question.

Some people find that the Condi Ranger/Druid build to be very good for soloing the mobs that can be hard to fight as a straight Ranger.

Your best bet is to check out http://metabattle.com/wiki/MetaBattle_Wiki this is a very useful site and is constantly updated when game updates are released.

I for one use it and many others do as well. For myself however I tend to modify the builds slightly to suit my own play style. Tho of course there are times when you can’t modify a build cause it just works so well.

Whats Time Zone do you play in?

GMT +/-? This can help find a guild that plays with your times.

Wow I thought this Post would have died a merry death by now.

To the person who said that talking was required if I hadn’t talked for a week then I would probably have been kick cause of that. I’d like to let you know I talked every day in guild Chat. Went in to TS every few days and talked. I offered help to those doing things that wasn’t raid orientated. Still don’t know why I was kicked.

Some of the things I asked Anet about in my first post still stand. More Communication is a must! Solving the problems that lots of groups are experiencing by having to wait for a Tank or Healer, which Anet down right stated is something they didn’t want, even for Raids. Other Classes starting to get a fair shake at Raids… Thieves have had a turn around at this. I’m glad for them! But other classes still don’t. I must say seeing a Daredevil do 20’000 to 30’000 damage off a hit makes my Ranger look terribly sad indeed.

I ended up managing to pay a group who actually got me through the 3 bosses. YAY.

I finally found a Raid Guild who are not TOXIC and point out, when joining those who do join, must not be toxic either. They are more than willing to help people who are learning and wanting to improve. And most importantly to me are not into ELITIST people either.

I did forget to mention for about 1 and a half months I didn’t even step into HoT after I got all but 2 of my HoT Masteries. I hate the maps. So convoluted and quite annoying trying to figure out where to go at first. I just started them again so I could finish maxxing my Masteries there which I did this week. I don’t mind the meta’s in HoT just found AB and TD painful to navigate.

So I did more of Fractal’s and other things during that Month and a Half break from HoT. Tho I will say I did still try to get into Raids.

Ahhh the joys of Let it go…. Think about that song just after someone has farted…. It brings a whole new aspect to the song!

LegACy.1296:

Firebird Gomer.9563:

All I want to do is do raids. But every time I try I can’t get past VG. Either I suck from ping, the group I’m in implodes or something else happens.

Uhh, how is this, in any way, ArenaNet’s fault? Or maybe I should blame ArenaNet as well whenever a boss on Dragon’s Stand resets?

Firebird Gomer.9563:

I joined a Raid Guild. 3 weeks later I got kicked, no explanation why just gone, (I believe it was because I hadn’t been in the raid team for a week due to life and the guild timezone difference). I’ve joined 2 big Guilds that do raids. None of them are at my time. I joined a guild in my timezone. Haven’t seen a raid run even once. I asked to BUY a raid. That failed too.

So again, how is this ArenaNet’s fault?

Here’s my story:
In the first week or 2, I had a raiding guild, but then they stopped doing it for various reason (mainly because the leader is absent). So I looked for another guild, however, none of these guilds I’m joining are raiding, so I just do raid with pug for 2 months straight.

Last week I fortunately joined a small guild who actually raids almost everyday! The bad news? They’re raiding at 1:30 AM my local time. But I liked the people, so I just took a small nap every night and wake up at 1 AM to do some raid before going to sleep again. (and TBH, years ago, I used to do daily Tequatl at this hour too, living at SEA is hard man =p)

Moral of the story? If you want something, go after it, everything is in your hands.

Did I blame Anet somewhere? I did ask if Raids are going the way they said they wanted. And that to me via the LFG it didn’t seem that way. I maybe should say I am bad luck it seems in Raids.

I am not sure if you have read my post properly I have tried many things indeed to get it done. I even tried to buy my way through. That failed too. But it seems to me to not be my lot in this to be lucky.

I am allowed to speak of my frustration. Am I not? I’ve probably spent close to $6000 in Gems since launch in support of Anet if not more. I say this not to make it seem like I have a right to complain but to show that even when Anet do something to rage at I still support them.

As for joining a Raid team that does them. This I also did. They do raids at 3 am my time. I have 3 children. This I cannot do, tho I did try one night. It failed. My wife was also annoyed at me.

Dahkeus.8243:

Whoa, take a step back from the computer and get some perspective on your life, lol.

No No…. Real life takes precedence.

Right now I’m sad, frustrated and feeling physically sick.

But first I have a few questions to ask you Anet. Are raids working the way you said? Is every class getting a fair shake at raids? Can you get straight in without having to wait for a Healer or a Tank or whatever? Looking at the LFG I would say not. What are you going to do about it? Is your “we will be more open in communication this year” going to provide us with this information?

All I want to do is do raids. But every time I try I can’t get past VG. Either I suck from ping, the group I’m in implodes or something else happens.

I joined a Raid Guild. 3 weeks later I got kicked, no explanation why just gone, (I believe it was because I hadn’t been in the raid team for a week due to life and the guild timezone difference). I’ve joined 2 big Guilds that do raids. None of them are at my time. I joined a guild in my timezone. Haven’t seen a raid run even once. I asked to BUY a raid. That failed too.

I am really upset at the moment. I have since launch of HoT made it 1 time to Gors. That’s all, 1 time. I am not a lightweight player I have played since launch. I haven’t missed even one day of playing. I have over 23,000+ AP.

I think I’m going to the toilet now to be sick.

Squee.7829:

I’m just going to put this out there, but I really hated Caithe by the end of HoT. I honestly would have traded killing Faolain for a few days in order to kill Caithe. Not that she was an annoying or poorly written character or anything. All of that was fine. I just really hated how she pulled us around. I know she had her “own agenda” or whatever, but that agenda seriously put the PC’s life at risk when all he/she wanted was pretty much exactly what Caithe wanted. But I guess we’re not good enough for her to work with or whatever, so she just stole our stuff and bailed.

Hear, Hear! I agree. I just wanted to kill her by the time we caught up to her. I certainly didn’t want her to join our party again!

Orpheal.8263:

Firebird Gomer.9563:

Orpheal.8263:

• One additional Elite Specialization for each Class that adds this time also new Weapon Types like Whips, Polearms, Greataxes, Crossbows, Claws and Throwing Weapons like Chakrams

You forgot a Guild Wars 1, 2 handed weapon that must be added.

Scythe.

So that the all new DPS Spec Ranger can be made. And its name – You all know it. Dervish!

Forget that, they won’t return.. they exist also basically already as SKINS for Staffs…
If you want them back so badly, then just hope for it, that ANet implements Polearms, because Scythes practically could count also as Polearms or as Greataxe mechanically for melee based attacks

if you want a dervish just only, just make yourself a Daredevil with a staff and pack on that staff a scythe skin and spam skill 2, there you have your whirling Dervish rolleyes

Thief and by extension DareDevil aren’t really like what a Dervish could be. If you have ever had a chance to play Dervish for any length of time in GW’s 1 you know this isn’t the case. And for the idea of taking the pet away to turn it into a proper melee class would be so nice.

Arc DLad.2194:

its just a loading issue that happens sometimes when you waypoint into a new zone, its well known.
very fun when it happens and you’re gliding while holding a kite

I know and I understand that but it looks SOOOO Cool without the glider that I wants an invisible one!

Orpheal.8263:

• One additional Elite Specialization for each Class that adds this time also new Weapon Types like Whips, Polearms, Greataxes, Crossbows, Claws and Throwing Weapons like Chakrams

You forgot a Guild Wars 1, 2 handed weapon that must be added.

Scythe.

So that the all new DPS Spec Ranger can be made. And its name – You all know it. Dervish!

Ashen.2907:

A rework of the Ranger core mechanic that involves the option to trade the pet for a DPS buff of some sort. This could be implemented via a new elite spec.

Hear Hear! And we shall call the New Spec for DPS Ranger – DERVISH!

Sir Alric.5078:

Firebird Gomer.9563:

Hey Anet Dev’s.

So lately I’ve had Glider popup issues where it doesn’t show up for a bit.

This made me realise I so want an invisible glider so I can see my character gliding with nothing on her back.

Please.

Are you sure your PC has finished loading the map you are in? The invisible glider thing happens to me sometimes when i jump of a cliff immediately after entering one of the HoT maps, but thats because my PC is still busy loading map elements. Once it’s finished loading, the glider becomes visible again.

Probably. Doesn’t mean I can’t hope for a invisible Gem Store Glider =-)

That looks awesome =-)

Hey Anet Dev’s.

So lately I’ve had Glider popup issues where it doesn’t show up for a bit.

This made me realise I so want an invisible glider so I can see my character gliding with nothing on her back.

Please.

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

Gods yes, please bring back some of the GW1 armors. I miss having at least one set of pants for my ele. Hell…pants in general…

Maybe some more options without butt skirts….

Or just some nice, relatively simple short skirts….

Or some nice tats….

Or just some of the old school elegance….

Ah nostalgia….

But seriously… PANTS! please?

Beautiful! Those Necro armors and the Necro and Ele Obsidian armors…. So beautiful.

Yeah Kamara that’s fine and right. But they have and do make outfits and new armor all the time. It wouldn’t be impossible for them to make some of the more popular items. Or heck some of the more elite armors from FoW.

I really did expect them to make FoW armor for the HoM’s that would have been nicer than what is in the HoM skin wise.

Necro’d for Anet to let us know if anything has developed further.

So I know we have 5 guild chats now. But Guild Alliances would still be appreciated I believe.

Total Necro of this post for more people to post their Guild Wars 1 Armor wishes

So I really want to know.

Why do you post on reddit more than on your own forums? If you didn’t post there people who use reddit would stop posting there and come back here and post here where they should be posting.

I for one don’t use reddit (I have been there to see what its like and discovered I didn’t like it), for reading or posting as the format is ugly and not at all friendly. I also know others who don’t like it or use it.

So Anet Dev’s Reclaim your forums quit posting on reddit return to your own forums! (Yes I do know they post here. But more big update and important information was posted on reddit days before being posted here. Weird no?).

Wow I did not know that!

I wouldn’t do it as too much time and effort into characters!!!!

I believe once you have chosen your home server the only way to transfer is to pay Gems.

Hey Anet.

Can we please get an update concerning Trait Saves. People have been asking for them since the game launched 1225 days ago (at the time of post).

Now I read somewhere that its not just a simple thing, you said you have to add Weapons and Armors and Trinkets. But people haven’t asked for those things.

People just asked for Traits to be saved. Its all great that you want to add the extra things in to become a Build Save. But people want the Trait Save more. People can change armor and trinkets and weapons far easier than traits. If you are desperate to have Weapons and Armor and Trinkets in then add them later.

You even had a vote on reddit (which by the way is a totally worth a separate post as to why you support a website that is not your own and don’t post full proper information on this your own website and forums.) asking what the players would like as an update and the most requested item was and still is Trait Saves.

Please an update. Some form of communication.

Hey Anet Dev’s. You know we have been asking for trait updates since the game launched (at time of this message 1225 days ago).

I read somewhere that its not that simple to do cause you need to add this and that and everything else. Well that’s all fine and dandy. But we haven’t asked for weapons and armor and trinkets. Those we can switch easy.

We just want a Trait Save feature. That’s all we have asked for. If you want to do more than just the traits GREAT. But could you please do it as a add on AFTER you have given us the Trait Save.

Please can we get an update about this matter. You even gave us a vote and we still said we want this over everything else.

Wow that’s a fairly unique suggestion for sure. And interesting. Your right tho. Anet would not invest in it tho cause its Ranger. LOL

Hopefully Dervish tho.

What about the lag squad. What do you say about them? Some people say its their fault and that too bad its meant to be hard.

ArthurDent.9538:

Sorry to say it but this is good. This is meant to be hard content, and in a game that is based around quickly reacting to animations, having high ping should be a severe handicap. I know it sucks for those people but content that was challenging and required good reactions is greatly wanted by the people who have good ping. For what it is worth, VG and Sabetha don’t really have any thing that requires good dodge timing. And for gorseval you can anticipate his smash fairly reliably from the skills he uses before it.

Wow Just WOW…. That’s terrible. And arrogant. Because what you pretty much just said is no one is allowed to play hard content except people with good ping. And that if you have bad ping you should be handicapped.

Katsuragi.4026:

If I wanted to shapeshift, I’d be playing WoW. No, thanks.

But there is Shapeshifting in this game.

Norn can shapeshift.

Necros can shapeshift.

Its already an established fact and lore in the GW’s universe going back to GW’s 1’s Dervish.

Sorry to ruin that for you.

Justine.6351:

Firebird Gomer.9563:

Kehlian.4380:

I don’t think rangers are close at all of the dervish. I mean… Dervish in GW1 were religious fanatics, rangers are more nature linked.
From a RP standpoint, that wouldn’t fit at all.

Guardians are the only ones who have knowledge from Elona, with their paragon background. Also, they are religious fanatics too, they are the most likely to get such a spec.

Guardians are not a bad call RP wise. However its the armor that hinders them from being a Dervish class, after all Guardians are heavy class armor and Dervish are medium class armor.

I think from memory when Guild Wars 2 launched they said that Guardians were based from Paragon with I guess a little bit of Monk and Ritualist and maybe just maybe a little bit of Warrior as well. So do they need more Elona?

Again I believe that Dervish would best suit a Ranger armor wise and to provide a unique melee style that would help the Ranger out.

Also and far more importantly all the Medium armors that look like coats would suit the spinning form of the Dervish! KIDDING!

Actually I think in the future it will be entirely possible we see elite specs allow for usage of different armor tiers.

People are so hung up on bringing back classes from gw1 as elite specs directly. As in they think it needs to be skill for skill, lore for lore. But really they could introduce dervish spec under a different name. We see elements brought over from gw1 into classes that don’t share the names whatsoever already with for example, guardian spirit weapons obviously reflecting gw1 spirits.

I agree with the bit I bolded from your statement. I am not, which is why I said in my original post “Modified Dervish that is similar to what the original GW’s 1 was with the usual GW’s 2 flair.” I also said I wasn’t going to say it needs this or that cause I believe they can make it fine without my input if they were to do so. =-)

Not sure on the different armors tho. I think not as they are what make each profession what they are. But you could be right.

Justine.6351:

The only template they need to use to bring gw1 dervish over to gw2 is:

• Medium speed 2handed melee
• Mass access to soft boons (swift/vigor/might/ect.)
• Gated access to hard boons (protection/fury/aegis/ect.)
• Boon Sacrificing and a reason to do so

The only class to place this, that would open it up more, would probably be Mesmer. I would have suggested ele too, but a 2hander on a class without weapon swap is a hard thing to sell when it already has a strong 1hander with a strong melee attack range.

Yeah I agree with the fact that it would be hard without weapon swap for Ele.

I also agree with the 4 items you specify. And unless they do bring in a Scythe the only weapons currently that would work would be the Hammer or a Melee Staff

Wolfey.3407:

Eh, I don’t think Dervish is a nice fit with Ranger base… maybe something unique like:
Shaman – Offensive Nature Magic – Scepter?
Warden- Heavy CC Melee – Hammer?
Scout- Evades – Main Hand Dagger or off hand sword?

idk

Interesting.

I would like to say that the Shaman one you suggested is kind of what most people expected Druid to be I guess, I know I did.

However my main concern and thought process is that Anet said of Elite Specializations lines is “In our reveal of Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns™, we told you that specializations are our way of giving existing professions new skills and traits.”

To me that suggests eventually giving different build types far more than what is current. IE Warrior gets a casting Specialization. Necro getting a healing Specialization. (please note that these are just ideas NOT they will have).

I do also believe eventually they will have to add new weapon types.

By the way Scout with a Rifle that is a sniper rifle would be cool.

Kehlian.4380:

I don’t think rangers are close at all of the dervish. I mean… Dervish in GW1 were religious fanatics, rangers are more nature linked.
From a RP standpoint, that wouldn’t fit at all.

Guardians are the only ones who have knowledge from Elona, with their paragon background. Also, they are religious fanatics too, they are the most likely to get such a spec.

Guardians are not a bad call RP wise. However its the armor that hinders them from being a Dervish class, after all Guardians are heavy class armor and Dervish are medium class armor.

I think from memory when Guild Wars 2 launched they said that Guardians were based from Paragon with I guess a little bit of Monk and Ritualist and maybe just maybe a little bit of Warrior as well. So do they need more Elona?

Again I believe that Dervish would best suit a Ranger armor wise and to provide a unique melee style that would help the Ranger out.

Also and far more importantly all the Medium armors that look like coats would suit the spinning form of the Dervish! KIDDING!

Justine.6351:

Firebird Gomer.9563:

I know I remember. I used to just let them run out naturally instead of ending them early and getting the buff, and honestly my build just worked all the time in any situation the only thing I changed was my Elite depending on what I was doing at the time.

People used to ask for my build all the time and I’d tell them no. You can see the skills, you can see the weapons, but that’s the most I let them see. Jade Quarry I had very few that could beat me. Mesmers if I didn’t see them coming or missed my rotation. I want my Dervish back for GW’s 2 =-(

So again I ask Devs. Please consider Dervish for Ranger’s. Or if we go to Elona then straight up Dervish profession.

Oh look here, we got the greatest-greatest evar!

Now now…. I can’t help if I found a build that worked for me. I couldn’t play any other profession to save myself…. Constant deaths