Guild Wars 2

Lexy.3912:

You can now buy Orrian Jewellry boxes from vendors in Orr which allow you to recycle your karma into cash. You will also receive back a fair amount of karma if you buy a lot of boxes but this is in the form of jugs which you can store away in your bank for use by an alt or your character later on if new karma items become available. Also from the box you get trash items which can be sold for coin – turning Karma to cash – as well as some rarer items, some of which sell well on the TP.

This ^^ My favorite thing to do with karma lol

On a side note make sure you have all karma buffs up when you open the dropped items so you get the best return and can do more. Food, buffs, banners, boost etc.

Fiontar.4695:

ASB.4295:

Nemui.6753:

Jeff Grubb or Ree Soesbee

Add the lead game designer(?) Eric Flannum to that list.

Yeah, there are a number of key developers we haven’t seen hide nor hair of in some time and I figured they were working on an expansion. If not, where the heck are they?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/pvp/The-teams-that-work-on-PvP-WvW-Balance/first

About which members do what etc.

wolfwing.5917:

this is just getting stupid…I think I’m taking a break and trying again ikittenhours maybe it be better now, 3 servers I’m on and can’t do squat on any of them due to this it’s insane…

WTF…..ikittenhours?? I’m posting, in four to five hours by numbers…..and n four, dash, five hours becomes kitten?

“You have played for 4 kitten hours, please take a break.”

emikochan.8504:

Without overflow you’d be in a queue to get into the zone. Which would you prefer?

The queue with elevator style music.

Overflow limbo is OP..

3 zones… Queensdale, Maw area.. I’m slowly starting to agree with others about the overflow problem lol..

What server are you on where you experience heavy overflow?

I think people are more wanting the bugs fixed and other issues addressed before large content addons. As Arenanet announced way back that they don’t want to put content over a working game. I think the steady stream up flowing Living Story (which usually includes fixes/addons as they progress) is working pretty well. But I understand where your coming from, sometimes I feel like I beat the game :P But I’m patient

As a replacement for the 20 slot starter pack allow players to purchase 30/40/50 Expanded packs for gems. To keep business in mind make them 1 per character and soul-bound. Would be a nice option for people starting alts, but of course the price needs to be reasonable, otherwise people would simply do the cash-gold exchange and buy an 18-20 slot pack from TP.

What are your thoughts?

zellurs.8601:

I think everyone will agree that GW2 desperately needs an ingame LFG system. As for event notifications.. well… you do have guild and map chats. I’m not exactly opposed to the idea however. Personally I’d like to be able to joikittenone’s mapchat whether or not i’m in it.

Yea I would love an in game LFG.. I tried this before but as a Event only chat, and with enjin overlay people were able to see in game w.o tabbing out. Problem is both ideas require people to use them lol.. Thanks for the feedback. I just want to make my website useful since I am paying for it monthly heh.

I think this helps a bunch for people who are in orr and don’t have a large guild who also enjoy maw etc. I never really see the other fun meta events, people do maybe 3-5 events and thats it. Granted the others might not offer chests, I don’t mind hopping down to queensdale on my 80 and killing a troll or wasp :P

Would anyone be interested in something like that? A chat where you could post LFG and notify friends/others of events? It would be for just this server as it is one page only so far, but I’d like feedback to see how people feel about this suggestion.

And for the “we have gw2lfg website already”, I want to say that it is not a chat style, is not instantly updated. The other plus of this chat is that it can be used in game on an overlay.

Please let me know what you think.

http://everyonesgrudge.enjin.com/gw2lfg

This is after the 30 websites mentioned that an expansion was coming lol.

I haven’t tried this but, have you tried looking up the name or characters and copy/pasting into something like word? Then just paste into the box in game from there?

Flamenco.3894:

The game is doomed for the fact that the story has been completely degraded to something that resembles nothing I’ve seen in GW1. The game itself can be fun to play, I admit that WvWvW is the best thing in the game with its culling.

The game is doomed, but keep playing it because enjoy it while it lasts.

“This game is doomed without Cantha. I see no hope for Anet to recover from the oppression of NcSoft.”

“Treating people, teens and older, with the kind of tone in GW2 will ultimately doom the game.”

“Treating people, teens and older, with the kind of tone in GW2 will ultimately doom the game.”

" They seem to have forgotten about us, dooming this game for many old GW1 players, including myself."

“The game is doomed for the fact that the story has been completely degraded to something that resembles nothing I’ve seen in GW1. The game itself can be fun to play, I admit that WvWvW is the best thing in the game with its culling.”

“The game is doomed, but keep playing it because enjoy it while it lasts.”

“This is why I play as human or norn only, because asuras are for players who have comparable mindset of someone who exploits the game for profit.
The WvWvW is doomed.”

“The game is doomed.”

“If they won’t introduce Cantha, then the story will become goofy of the highest order. This will doom the game, you watch and see it crash and burn once Cantha is never introduced. Many old GW1 players have left me alone in GW2.”

“The game is doomed.”

“You are focusing too much on a certain part of the game. All you need in this game is a set of masterwork gear and then you can tackle the entire game. Just don’t try to 1vs1 in WvWvW, that’ll doom you.”

“This game is doomed. Too much goofyness going on, I feel a good story wasted with try-hard wit.”

“This game is doomed with all this excess of loot.”

“No daily deaths? The game is doomed.”

“This game is doomed btw.”

“This game is doomed”

“Just walked over the entirety of Tyria, haven’t seen a single person. The game is doomed.”

I would like to do you a favor-

Forum Profile > Edit Profile > Change Signature

It will save us all from having to ultimately see the exact post from you 9,999,999 times that offer 0 constructiveness.

The game is good/progressing well.

Also-

From what I seen I believe it is cheaper if it is almost done. To be sure though maybe some others could confirm.

20 minutes a day to get a free Laurel and Karma, I feel like I accomplish something.

frostflare.6390:

Why not just disable the use of Skill-consumables in Dungeons? I mean-would that have been to hard?

Some of them are helpful if used properly. Not game changing of course, but helpful.

I was wondering if Guild Wars 2 has the ability to incorporate Channels into maps. So I was thinking if it is, those who come into an area (besides LA) that puts them in overflow; would instead allow them to chose a channel. Probably 2 channels would be fine, the main and the 2nd.

So say your zoning into Claw of Jormag, you normally could get lag and system problems, or be sent into overflow etc. Instead, you would chose channel 2. The server would know when Channel 1 was overpopulated and allow you and others to move to channel 2.

I think a possible programming problem would be allowing both channels to see the same Jormag simultaneously. So the only way it could work smoothly is if the timers were exactly the same on these channels.

And finally in order to avoid people swapping back and forth, incorporate a channel change time limit so that people can’t spam these events on 2 channels. There would only be channels in open PVE world, not instanced/dungeons/pvp/wvw.

This isn’t a new idea, it is actually in place in NCsofts Aion. But I’m curious if any devs think this is a possibility for GW2.

Thanks ^^

“Spy Kits: permanent stealth at the cost of karma isn’t good. It’s practically exploitative since it’s a pay-karma-to-win scenario, and it needed to change. We test all of our dungeon content without the use of external items to make sure it is all capable of being completed. This has led though, to a recent surge in players using items from the open world in dungeons to trivialize content or outright break bosses designed to present a specific challenge to a five man group.” -Robert Hrouda

Today’s daily took me 22 minutes, most of them take me 20-45.

Spendingallmytime.7249:

I bought 10 boxes the other day. All I wanted was the Risen Priest of Balthazar and I got it. haha

Hehe nice, I did get 2 last time i did this. But they are account bound.. So not much use after #1 lol..

Would “Channels” work with Guild Wars 2? It wouldn’t have to be a ton, but maybe 1 or two per map. Or maybe just channels on high population maps where events like Maw/Dragons occur.

http://gameguide.na.aiononline.com/aion/Channels

Minos.5168:

Well, congrats on your first!

Hopefully the first of many, if ArenaNet brings the multi-choice thing to monthlies (like dailies now have).

Yea I would love to see options for monthlies as well. This would allow me (and others) a choice to skip things we aren’t as fond of, while still giving us the push to try new/other things.

Minos.5168:

I think monthlies are generally either:

1. In place to help get players to play-test content. (Because QA teams can’t possibly test EVERYTHING and there will always be issues in released content.)
2. Promote content that may be useful in the future. (They recently mentioned that they’re going to try to make crafting “worthwhile” again.)

Yea the dungeons thing is a personal preference. I’ve just had bad experiences with them, but that doesn’t mean they are necessarily bad. Just happy that I was able to complete my first monthly ever ^^

Thank you, Arenanet for the awesome monthly. Last month I missed it because dungeons was part of it, and I very much do not like those.. It’s a personal preference but even when I did try to get the 5 done we never finished or couldn’t get a group.. So anyway, this is my first monthly ever completed, so thanks for having tasks that cover my average play style : )

PS thanks also for the daily, 23 minutes ^^

Meadfreek.6789:

If the only craft you have is cooking (especially at 100) you’re pretty much outta luck. Sorry. About the only green or better things for a chef are some dyes, which take a lot of mats, and may be higher level than 100. And meals which cost a lot just to get the recipe (Mystic Toilet or the TP).

The easiest way for me was on my jeweler. At 275 or higher a jeweler can turn smaller stones (shards I think) into larger stones (gems I think). Which are green and give the credit. A jeweler can also turn t5 gems into t6 orbs if they have the mats and the skill level. It’s easier than going though the several steps most disciplines need to make a single green or higher.

You can make trays, but the only tray one I have is Omnomberry Tray lol.. and no way I can afford that many trays :P

I used jeweler, I think I made orbs or something I have to check..

Edit: Adorned Amber jewel. Skill level 50.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Adorned_Amber_Jewel

Lysico.4906:

I got like 98 or them or more. no clue how I got so many since I never bought them (did open chests back around halloween?)

I know the feeling lol

Columba.9730:

Geotherma.2395:

Columba.9730:

For those of you who can read, yes, I killed 80 mobs in swampland, and nothing dropped, even though they dropped a lot back before the january patch.

I read perfectly clear. You want to solo “inside” a group dungeon. That’s great. But to complain that you can’t get cool drops anymore alone in a group dungeon, well that’s a different story.

I solod the first two bosses in CM story. I did get some rewards. I would not however expect to be rewarded for killing mobs in said group dungeon solo. So if they took that away, I’d not be upset one bit.

Its your game though, your free to play as you like of course. And this is all just my opinion and may not be shared by others but, there is clearly no shortage of qq about the smallest most insignificant things on these forums. No hate intended toward what you do or how you play, again, just my opinion. Perhaps they made it so only a party is able to achieve loot status so that people cannot exploit certain dungeons, who knows.

so 5 hours soloing to get the loot hurt you how, and is an exploit in what way? lol. Lol how is this insignificant? Didn’t this company state that I could play the way I wanted? Is that an exploit? I was killing mobs, lol.

Cool drops? I didn’t care about anything other than the item mandatory to get an ascended backpiece which is far better than anything else. It’s bad enough that anet is forcing us to grind for items in dungeons. it’s laughable that they waste their time conducting social engineering by forcing us to group, going out of their way to nerf a way to solo for the vial.

… no it’s not DR. they nerfed it.

I didn’t say you exploited, I said perhaps they added a function that does not allow you kill credit/loot if not in a party. As far as play it your way ideals, that’s between you and Arenanet, I have no problem with how other people play the game so long as it doesn’t affect me negatively.

Ykfox.3825:

Honestly, if he wants to have a single character to play instead of 8 different ones, there IS the option of deleting a character, or all of them.

But if he actually wants a refund…. well, I hope ANet gets a laugh out of any request like that. Sadly, they probably would refund him, because ANet is generally awesome.

There’s a rumor that someone, somewhere is making games that only have (one) character in them. But obviously I don’t go around believing everything i read on the interwebs, so I’m not really sure. If its not just a rumor though, maybe he could try those.

Or the deleting characters thing, that could work too.

Columba.9730:

For those of you who can read, yes, I killed 80 mobs in swampland, and nothing dropped, even though they dropped a lot back before the january patch.

I read perfectly clear. You want to solo “inside” a group dungeon. That’s great. But to complain that you can’t get cool drops anymore alone in a group dungeon, well that’s a different story.

I solod the first two bosses in CM story. I did get some rewards. I would not however expect to be rewarded for killing mobs in said group dungeon solo. So if they took that away, I’d not be upset one bit.

Its your game though, your free to play as you like of course. And this is all just my opinion and may not be shared by others but, there is clearly no shortage of qq about the smallest most insignificant things on these forums. No hate intended toward what you do or how you play, again, just my opinion. Perhaps they made it so only a party is able to achieve loot status so that people cannot exploit certain dungeons, who knows.

Flamenco.3894:

Lately I have been facing a little frustration with the game. This regarding to having many characters.

Anyone else get the feeling that you are somehow compelled to play, let’s say, all 8 of your characters but somehow feel like you want to start again with a brand new char because of how much of a time-vampire it becomes and everything sort of become loose and out of control so that it doesn’t live up to what you are playing for in the first place?

Now I have been thinking of getting a second account of GW2 and just having one character to play through all the content and not worry about any alternate characters.

What are your opinions and views on this and is it a normal feeling to have?

Oh, I get it now.

I bought this pixel a few months ago, I had fun with the pixel. However I’m now done with the pixel and would like to return it. Please enclose my refund, also if you know how I can get in contact with my car manufacturer who made my car in 2000, I’d also like a refund for that too. Thanks very much – Loyal Customer

Lol…. Complaining about not being able to solo Fotm. Best thread of 2013, do not delete this lol

I’ve noticed a lot of people having issued with their daily’s resetting. Its happened to me a few times as well. I just noticed for the second time that it finally reset at 10 minutes after the normal time.

So the two things that have worked are:

Waiting 10 minutes(ish)
Re-logging

Has anyone else experienced the same, or done the same to correct it?

Just for specifics- Level 80, Northern Shiverpeaks server, EST.

Enjoying the variety, the costume brawl one yesterday was fun. I dropped an event box for my server so people could get it done. Its nice having different goals everyday, thanks anet for switching it up and giving us a choice of which to do.

Behellagh.1468:

Geotherma.2395:

Aside from that you can get a stack pretty cheap off gem store.

Cheap? Really?

1 Key = 125 Gems = $1.5625 = (as of 3pm) 2g 63s 80c

5 Keys = 450 Gems (90 Gems each) = $1.1225 = 1g 89s 94c

I have yet to find anything in the 10 or so chests I’ve opened with free keys from drops to be worth anywhere near that IMO.

They are “cheap” to me, its relative of course.. I’ve had good luck, in the end its RNG. I spent around $350 this month on the game so far, this includes like the very last week of last month too. I don’t buy gems with gold, only cash to gems. Money isn’t a problem for me but is for some, I can understand that. But overall from my drops and the mini sets, I’m happy with my purchases. I also have a larger average than most, I’ve opened 70 this month alone (2 days) , I’d venture to say I’ve probably opened well over 300 at least in 3 months. Happy with results.

Keys drop randomly at a very low chance from mobs, they are also granted from your level 10(?) personal story. Aside from that you can get a stack pretty cheap off gem store. They have added a lot of things to make them better and I think this will only improve. I’ve had some good luck with chests, and I’ve seen 2 keys drop randomly in 2 months-which I don’t think is too bad. The problem is people already level alts to get more and I think making them easier to get makes the good rewards worth less. They do after all need to make money, which I think is why they sell well on trading post. This month they are having sales on various items all month long and maybe keys will pop up. I’ve opened well over a hundred chests and never been disappointed. Here’s just my last 35 key purchase which I made over 50g off of. Which from what I can tell is far more than what I could have made directly transferring. Granted this is luck, but I got quite a good deal of rewards.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Transmutation_Stone

Many people were having issues with today’s/tonight’s daily resetting. Had to log to reset it, usually it just pops up or a simple Way point will fix. Northern shiverpeaks 7pm-710pm EST.

I get these steadily in Orr, they add up nicely in bank.

I get them often with Black Lion chests, sometimes daily’s I think.

I’m glad its per character, we should not be punished for doing thee on alts. Its still once a day either way, so its not like one person is doing this 300 times a day.. And I think it IS actually global to where it doesn’t matter which server you guest to its still 1 per day per character. So guesting swappers can’t take advantage of this. Again I could be wrong, idk if a dev stated this or not.

Just in case people didn’t know lol…

I like that they offer random discounts, keeps me watching for deals 16hr:48min left on this deal as I posted.

Derk.3189:

I’ve been in March for 16 hours already.

You time travelers need stronger restrictions..

Kuldebar.1897:

Geotherma.2395:

I don’t know if this will help but on my website I have countdown timers for the monthly/daily reset at 7pm EST time. http://everyonesgrudge.enjin.com/guildwars2

It needs to be put in the game. If GMT for some unbeknown reason is so crucial to use instead of the established server time already present in the game, then GMT needs to become the “official server” time, so midnight in-game is reset time.

Lots of things need to be put in game- LFG, Last Log in, wiki, until then….

I don’t know if this will help but on my website I have countdown timers for the monthly/daily reset at 7pm EST time. http://everyonesgrudge.enjin.com/guildwars2

Bottom left side.

Unspecified.9142:

1) Buy Silver.
2) Buy Nuggets
3) Make 40 Intricate Jewels (filigree + nugget)
4) Move on.

Total Cost = ~40 silver

Exactly what i did heh

Opinions?
15kittens

If I had my choice (assuming they don’t add an in game lfg soon) I’d just have everyone use my websites chat page for a lfg chat box for the server im on heh

http://shiverpeaks.com/forum/showthread.php?1519-GW2-chat-based-event-updater-lfg