Guild Wars 2

tigirius.9014:

karma.8763:

nobody is forcing you to get the new gear, heck we dont even know very much about it. i highly doubt the game is gonna force you to grind for hours and hours for an extra 10 precision lol.

you are wrong.

1: if they give people what they are wanting beyond the dungeon only gear and keep that as the only ascended gear sets available (IE not craftable), specifically if they give people gearcheck and dps meters then yes people will start demanding fully geared people to run anything.

2: yes people will require you to do that for hours just to join their groups. We’ve seen it time and time again in other mmo’s or have people forgotten history entirely?

your first point is an all out guess…don’t make it into fact. I could say they plan on taking out dungeons completely and focusing only on PVP since they want to be a tournament type game but it doesn’t make it true

your second point i already dabbled into earlier. In the beginning everyone said 80s could only do the explore mode dungeons. Now as long as you hit the base cap ppl take you because we all realized it doesn’t matter. The community is smarter than you think unless you for some reason seek out elitists or you are one yourself.

they are only releasing rings and back right now
so lets say they roll out 2-3 items per patch (if it goes monthly)

that would be a new full set of armor in about 5 months
i don’t see the problem in that considering in that time (plus time spent) you could pretty much get 75% of the sets out there if not more….

so a new dungeon
which is “endless”
give you a stat
to get through its harder versions (of areas you’ve done)
for a challenge

and you’re all mad??
i don’t get it….
in the beginning people would only take 80s in explore mode but that changed fairly quickly when everyone realized that didn’t matter
this will be the same until you reach crazy depths of the new dungeon

more to do = thumbs up from me

I’m running story mode on all my toons and stocking up on the keys from the rewards lol

Remember it’s not 9 new dungeons. It’s 9 paths

so it would be like 3 new dungeons (since the dungeons have 3 paths) :p

still a ton to do. Can’t wait

noon PST isn’t that bad during the weekend since jobs “normally” don’t get in the way.

but is there a chance you could avoid doing them at noon during the weekday?

Most people would be at work/school so it seems like a shame to put something cool during a time when most can’t see it.

mainly looking at the Lost Shore event happening Friday.16th at noon

just a suggestion for the future

Please don’t hide what you’re actually mad about by saying it’s bad for the community and that it’s a scam.
If 99% of the community got it and you didn’t you would still be upset because you didn’t get one and find another excuse to complain about.

a cool dagger skin wouldn’t even matter to me since as an asuran thief i can’t even see my weps…lol

here’s hoping legendary back pieces or other armor come into play one day

would kind of be a slap in the face to all the people who went all out to get it though.

save your mats and try again for next year

took me 6 hours
did it
felt worth it

it’s not a requirement so why put yourself through something you hate. The reality is not everything should be a steamroll, content loses it’s worth of accomplishment.

remember it’s an “achievement” not a “hand out”

just magically reappear…or….not at all… o_O

in a story sense I’d be disappointed with everything being identical (plus having done all the ghosts, pumpkins etc)

Other than maybe new attainable items from the clock tower I wonder what they could/would do differently for next year

The bar is set pretty high now

Just seems like a lot of people are mad because they aren’t getting a virtual reward out of this.

Makes me feel kind of old when i say this but when i first started MMOs it was just fun to see things that were different when an event would happen.
Check out the atmosphere and explore with friends.

Even minor details would seem cool (like the bard who is singing about Mad King Thorn or exploring further with the priory and finding clues about more events to come)

Now it’s just a matter of vanity. It feels like the event could be stacked to the brim with things to do but if someone didn’t get an item then the whole thing is labeled as “garbage”.

I know I’m a minority on this but it’s sad to see that without something to show off that no one can enjoy the investment of the time put in.

Feel even worse for any designers who put thought into cool little additions around the world that just go unnoticed. Oh well….flame away…

3 doors eh? That’s quite a grind there….

it’s a shame some gamers can’t just play the game for fun and enjoy the new atmosphere or side quests/distractions

if playing for a skin (through a gamble) is the only way for you to enjoy a special event update then…..i dunno man

don’t get me wrong, the skins are a great perk but there’s always next year or the next event.

do story mode, snag some keys and hope the next event drops something else for you which you can then show off

so far I’ve noticed the PVP Glory Boost and Experience Killstreak Boost do not work to put in the forge and make a Mad King Chest.

I hope it isn’t intentional since Killstreak Boosts are “meh” to begin with and I have a lot to get rid of….lol

I wouldn’t be surprised if the “Attend the Party” achievement is when the Mad King actually spawns (so on the 31st)
the Clocktower is a jump puzzle/mini dungeon for later

and Mad Kings World is the Mad Realm which will be opening up later on as well. (and you can probably rack up the Halloween Huntin achievement in that realm too since its 6 tiers and chasing that many doors would be ……“Mad”)

Should we start a thread in the bug forum since it seems like a lot of people can’t hear it :S

I get it in LA
i also found a link to the song (which is from the trailer) but i’m not sure if I can link those on here

it also has the clocktower theme

listening to it right now
so fun and sneaky

really gives a crafty sort of Halloween feel to it.

Two thumbs up to the music crew on the Anet team, you deserve it