I’m honestly curious: why do you list all those things and call yourself “casual”? I mean what version of “casual” allows you to accomplish all that and still think you are “casual”?
Because i don’t tryhard and farm, i play on my own laid-back pace.
I wish I could accomplish all that by not trying hard :/
Just jumped in last night so can’t heavily comment but I would like to say “thank you!” And that’s because, so far, I’ve found little to no vericality and jumping! Rock on! No doubt its there somewhere though!
I always find it a mystery when people say they can’t get the name they want. As has been said, popular names from cultures old and new will be taken. I remember just after “Gladiator” aired, everyone wanted to be Maximus, or Maxeemus, or Maaxiiimuusss or even xXxXx Maximus xXxXx.
A good tip mentioned already is use another language. I do exactly that! All but one of my characters are named using words from Indian cookery: Bhindi Khakuri, Bhuna ka Mashu, Patia Sabji Gosht etc.
Just takes a little imagination and not being named after someone else – being (sort of
) unique is my motto.
Go play Super Mario Galaxy to learn how to orient in a 3D environment and then play Bloodborne or Dark Souls to learn how to die and overcome challenges. Then play GW2 and you notice how easy this game is. Players these days… deconstructing the gaming industry since 10 years. I remember the 90ies where there weren’t any masses who complained about the games. Instead you contemplated and asked yourself: what can I do to get better? Stop the whiny kittening and entitlement and overcome the ‘challenge’.
Sorry, but this post comes across as l33test. Some people face enough “challenge” in their every day lives and coming to GW2 to face more isn’t relaxing. The game has got harder and more challenging and thats not really what the Filthy Casual welcomes.
Combing maps… Let’s take that a step furthee and have no “maps” at all, just a continious load as you journey forth. It’s not beyond possibility as I’ve seen it done before.
I’ve thought of that before. I’d like to see them do that. They could redo the maps to eliminate that stuck in a bowl feeling that many of them have.
That would likely require a complete, ground-up, redesign of the engine…
SoE did it and I don’t think they had to rewrite the engine
I’ve had build “templates” on other games so not sure why GW2 lacks them. Such a QoL thing. Heck, even the text-based MUD I used tp play did – albeit by writing a macro.
Combing maps… Let’s take that a step furthee and have no “maps” at all, just a continious load as you journey forth. It’s not beyond possibility as I’ve seen it done before.
I remember the first time I encountered this in EQ1. You had to board a small barge (tricky and if you missed as they set off you had a long wait) which then zoned. Over the horizon, you slowly closed on an enormous sail boat which took you even further; I think it may have been Kunark but I may be wrong.
Something similar could be done, I feel, with GW2…
Imagine; casinos, cabins… Bars… Heck, you could even try some deep sea fishing
As an aside, I wonder how many people got the MP in VB that was way up inside that airship thing?
I tried a few times and couldn’t see how it could possibly attainable. It went against the grain for me and I succumbed to watching a video. As it played, my bottom jaw got slacker and slacker until it was dragging on the desk.
Sometimes you can listen to a company for a long time and draw certain conclusions. They may not be the correct conclusion but I think it’s pretty obvious that if something like build saving was a priority it would have been done. I can think of very few scenarios that say otherwise.
It’s called an educated guess. Asking people to stop drawing conclusions is like asking people to stop breathing.
It’s not going to happen.
Agreed. And people will be people and like making predictions. It also makes for lively discussion which all goes to show we care about the game. If we didn’t, we should go away and play something else.
Personally no, I don’t like it. Too much grind for me which is why I only go for stuff I really need and then go back to my casual, random roaming playstyle.
I personally think you should level-up your character (not as slow though) and then get your skills.
For people that play 100% solo, like me, I was pleased I could unlock Daredevil on my own. I would hate it to be massively gated.
This.
My play style is very similar and gating would sting. I’m also hoping they will do HP rewards that give you ten (or more?) per, and, if course, to be soloable – I don’t mean just autoattack and stand still for the win though.
Since Monty Python and the Holy Grail everyone should know and fear such horrible creatures. To banish spider mounts but introduce such horrible creature even as mounts….. There is no sensibility with these developers.
Ni!
Pass the holy handgrenade! I will peck my nerz at eet!
Oh, great, maybe I can shove my questions into this thread aswell.
Do you think the new content is gated?
I am not super duper interested in the new stuff right off the bat, but I am so slowly progressing, it’d be like I’d be able to play the new stuff in 2021 if it e.g. requires me to play through HOT first.
Luckily I am very pleased with Daredevil, but having it heavilly gated like in FF14 would screw me over a bit :S
I haven’t completed the first story because it requires me a premade team for that one dungeon (which I won’t get, I hate PuGs), so I basically jumped right into HoT back then and I am fine with that.
Commander!
I hope upon hope that gating anything becomes a thing of the past!
For me, it wasn’t the price, it was a case of “do I want it?” Yes was the answer as it wasn’t a great deal of money (relatively speaking). Perhaps if the UK (Brexiteer and proud of it! ) had to pay double, I may have baulked…
I wonder what Anet devs/staff think when they hear people saying their game is becoming WOW. Flattered? Frustrated? Flabbergasted? Somethibg else beginning with “F”?
If the SB goes to 1200, then I’m voting for 2400 on the LB. With the piercing arrows trait able to punch through anything thus removing the chance to be “obstructed!” by anything. In this way, a meta ranger could kill a bandit highwayman by firing from Divinity’s Reach.
I’ve nearly got a character to 80 again by making her ignore all assets already gained by others. Its doable, fun and quite easy to “live off the kand” again…
And you may find yourself
Living in a home instance
And you may find yourself
In another part of the world
And you may find yourself
Behind the reins of a large raptor
And you may find yourself in a beautiful zone
With a beautiful sword
And you may ask yourself, well
How did I get here?
I came grom EQ2 and one of the things that nade me leave (aside from the ProsiebenSat fiasco) was the constant grind. Now, I realise I don’t have to do it but getting ascended stuff does feel like a grind and/or a gold sync.
There are no MMOs without grind. There are very few MMOs with optional grind. Though the difference here is one you have it, you have it, since there won’t be another new tier of gear. I’m using the same ascended gear on some of my characters for two years now. Try doing that in most MMOs.
Oh I agree with you in that it’s totally optional; I wast just saying it was a grind if that’s what you chose to do so. The main reason for my leaving my previous was the sucky deal from the company but the grind added to the issue.
And wasn’t one of the reasons Centaur left Gw2 was because of the ascended grind/introduction? Memory is hazy there however…
I’ll agree with Taurondir here purely from my own perspective of sucking mightily in melee combat. I find I almost always use my LB, switching to axe/torch (maybe horn) in specific situations.
I came grom EQ2 and one of the things that nade me leave (aside from the ProsiebenSat fiasco) was the constant grind. Now, I realise I don’t have to do it but getting ascended stuff does feel like a grind and/or a gold sync.
Whilst a spider would greatly increase, for one thing, a sense of fear amongst our enemies, I would perhaps prefer not to have to keep resummoning our minions every time we move from map to map.
My minions exist purely to serve and are ground under foot at the slightest of transgressions but… I am hard and they do not like me. I am hard but I am fair and in this instance their point is valid. The constant resummong is frustrating and affects morale; there will come a point an insurrection may arise.
I have three MPs that I could spend on stuff that, up until now, not really worried about although the options do look quite handy like speed boost mushrooms.
But, dot, dot dot
Do you think it’d be worth hanging on to them for PoF? Or will that use different types of MP? I did look but didn’t see anything.
Wait until the next expansion reveals that Tyria is actually sitting on the back of a giant turtle flying through space. You’ve been riding a mount all along!!!
Does that turtle go by the name of The Great A’tuin and carry four enormous elephants in its back? If so, kudos for making me smile.
If memory serves, I had something similar in EQ2 and prior to that a text-based MUD. However, and please forgive my failing memory, I think the items needed to be in your inventory. If templates came in, it’d be nice to equip/unequip from a bank slot or perhaps a dedicated tab somewhere that’s outside inventory space.
I was sure I asked about this but do you think I can find that post now?
It would be a nice option to have a DVD/BD “version” but I suspect it may run into problems internationally for box set release. It would, however, alleviate frustration when your DDL drops out with one file to go…
This is only the warmup complaining. The real complaining will begin with the first beta weekend and reach full voice about 2 weeks in after launch when: there’s nothing to do, too much grind, not enough of X and too much of Y.
