Guild Wars 2

right back to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgZro2DgZ2w

Yeah I have been doing BL key runs and have noticed that the voice for the female seraph soldier that says…“By all Six Gods, what is that thing? It’s huge!” is not positioned in the right place during the summoning cinematic. The voice can be plainly herd near the inn but not inside the garrison.

Smooth Penguin.5294:

Gummy.4278:

Also the link to my original suggestion about this:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/archive/suggestions/Do-Away-with-World-Boss-Timers/first#post2872301

While there are timers, bosses don’t start unless you complete the meta events. Even then, if you don’t have enough friends or guildies to help you, you wouldn’t be able to 1) complete the meta in time or 2) can’t kill the boss in time.

You should be thankful these events cycle on a timer. Otherwise, you’d have to get lucky to come across enough people on the map willing to do the event with you when you log on.

You need to go back and read my original suggestion about how maybe it should start only when enough people are there to start it. Plus this way world events and bosses could be added to the LFG and then Guilds could advertise they were forming a group to kill w/e and more people could just join though the LFG as well. Of course the LFG lacks in the area of adds for open world areas. I have yet to see anybody asking for any groups in this and yet this idea would make it very likely that it could be used that way.
Also they would need a way for us to allow forming of much larger groups, maybe upgrade to the commanders to allow a list of squad members so a cmd’r can know when they have enough to go ahead and start.

What I would like to see is doing away with timers all together and have them only start if you start them. WHY! Well simple, I think a world boss or event should be done on your time, not on a timer…..I don’t get on the game when I know a boss is spawning, I get on when I have time to play, and that means doing things with my friends, something anet needs to give us the ability to do in alot more areas of the game as well.

Also the link to my original suggestion about this:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/archive/suggestions/Do-Away-with-World-Boss-Timers/first#post2872301

right now the only one I can think of that is not mentioned. Is add the option to link any achievement, so that when a Guild member says what are you doing you can link it and then you do not have to spend hours of explaining just on the location of that particular achievement in whatever tab it is in.

If by adding this option is placed inside the options with a checkbox to turn on seeing the guild members no mater if in party or not, I am for it.

Oh and lets not forget Time, the Trading Post with the ability to post to it anywhere in the game, is a great time saver. One thing I hated more than paying taxes, was trying to sell my very expensive/rare item though a trade chat back in GW1. The time I spent haggling over the price of an item was one of the biggest time wasters playing that game…It is a game, I’d rather be playin it, than hearing the lies about how much something cost.

Just this one time I am happy paying my taxes.
Now if you want to complain, that when you sell to a Buy Order that the tax for that should be less, since you are not listing the item, you should not have to pay the Listing Tax, I would join you on that one. If you are selling to the highest BO you should not be required to come up with a listing fee just to make the sale, it should just sale the item and take away all of the taxes that should be required and send you your gold. I guess the new fee should be designed for this purpose call it a Handling Fee but a tad less than the current Listing Fee.

Everybody hates taxes….God I know I hate taxes…there are a few things in life that are a guarantee….those are death and taxes…..you are gonna have to do both of these things eventually over the space of your life.

So allowing for a player to player trade system, you want Anet to stop getting its tax, which in this case is not really a tax as much as it is a method to get rid of the mass quantities of gold that is in the system. The Sink that the Trading Post takes some of this excess gold out of the market is a much needed system, but more importantly it serves a much greater purpose.

The bigger picture here is no more trade spam within the chat system….since Day 1, I have, if rarely, ever seen anyone asking for trades in chat. Next is the lack of being scammed though a person to person trade system. If you want to say that right now that you are taking a great chance trading with other people though the mail system, then you are absolutely correct, but you gotta understand you are not using the available tools provided. Another would be anonymity, when you do trades you do not have to know who the person is, you don’t have to listen to the stories about how they think you should lower your prices, when in fact you know what the going rates are. I would rather pay the taxes(sink) to guarantee that these things are not a even a thought in my trades.

Dustfinger.9510:

I can see the rage at not being voted “most helpful”. Then the ensueing link spam to try to win that popularity contest.

no what I see…the guy who is the biggest troll winning….the guy who reply’s to everything but never gives any positive input only tries to lock up every post….

I often wished that they did have the barber/beauty shop in game for the most basic changes that would require gold but the newer add in designs would require gems, yes you could convert up to gems from gold so that is not really the problem, its the feel….If we have these kinds of shops in game it makes the game feel more alive….

JustTrogdor.7892:

Please someone stab me in the eyes so I don’t ever have to see stuff like this again.

LOL,….you do this to yourself….you never listen…why can’t you just ignore them. You do not even have to open it up…don’t read it and then you get your wish.

I mean, I can ignore them for a little while, but eventually someone says something that I feel needs defending…note right now I am not defending…I am trying to help you….trust me you will feel better…without the arguments.

Sounds more like this game needs “The Expansion” more than `The Quest’

if you are to get gems via daily & monthlies, why not make it so that you use the Laurels you get for one month to equal a certain amount of gems….IDK what those numbers should be but if ya’ ll figure that out, you could just add the x amount of gems for the x amount laurels to the Laurel vendors list.

Tman.6349:

i like this idea as well. i just started playing the game recently and i don’t think it’s fair that i don’t have access to cool things that day 1 players have been rewarded with just because they’ve spent well over a year in the game and made time in that year to persue rewards that were offered in content that was announced as temporary, so ANET there is no arguing the fact that i’m entitled to the same rewards and would very much appreciate, in fact, i demand that you cater to me and my situation even if it would completely destroy the prestiege of these items that i so desire. thanx for your understanding of my desires to have what i want when i want and i look forward to the influx of mail i should recieve soon for all these great rewards that i wasn’t around to aquire in the same manner that the rest of the community did. i’ve also heard that Abyss Dyes used to only cost 5g back before i had the time to farm gold to buy them so if you could also make that happen for me i would enjoy that as well. Also karma used to be much easier to aquire before i was around so if you could add a meager 500k karma to my account and a couple hundred laurels i ddin’t get the chance to earn, you would get a big thumbs up from me.
Thanx in advance for seeing things my way and i will be checking my mail diligently over the next few days. Great game btw.

I think that the meta rewards should not be given, only achievement points and the ability to participate. Do you think that maybe the events that you was not in game to see should not be made available to you?

Until then you can use social networking apps like Twitter!

SoPP.7034:

Rexx.1805:

People get frustrated when they miss Scarlet?! Geez…i get frustrated when i fail to miss her!

lol! I’m still hopeful she will die off camera in her sleep….

Back to the OP, ANet had a brain fart is the only way I can see it. They seemed to be getting better at understanding the time frames for completing LS content only to remove FotM AP so quickly.

This coming from someone who did ALL FotM achievements, but was still surprised they focused on their hard 2 week schedule. Especially given they won’t be back till late January.

It just seems silly.

I know there is no way that it could be done now….If its done it would be next year that’s why I said “during December”. I thought that would have been enough to explain that I was not expecting right away…I just think as far as timing I end up with a lot more during this month. Not to mention its cold outside so spending more time indoors with something I want to get done would be nice.

Make the Jeweler the one craft that can get to 500 and not actually make ascended items like rings and such since anet already screwed them out of being able to do that anyway. Let them be the ones who can refine the mats and those mats refined by a Jeweler will be able to be sold on the TP. Not only being able to refine mats to higher states but break down rings from drops into ready to use mats.
Yes this is a good compensation for not letting the Jeweler do what he was supposed to do anyway.

I see a lot of concerns from some of the newer people to add to this conversation. If you would read though some of the older post you will see a lot of these concerns have had great compromises made between the two factions so that these concerns are not really a problem at all.

And to the person that all these newer comments are directed to and about removing the waypoints, I think I want to understand you better and ask do you mean that while you are mounted that the waypoints disappear for you and those who choose not to be mounted would still see the waypoints?

Upham.6137:

Gummy.4278:

You really gonna call me out for some technical wording. Who cares. Really that is not the issue here.

I was referring to your suggestion of giving more features to the “party leader”.
This is what a dev said about it.

Ben Newell.1759:

There is no leadership of the party, it is an ownership of the instance. Instance ownership is not tied to the party; you are effectively guesting into someone else’s instance, which is only allowed to members of the party. When the owner leaves the party, the instance is closed.

I’m just clarifying the way that it works. We are definitely listening to your feedback on how you would like things to work.

oh but you understand that my ideas incorporate the idea that a party leader would be the better reasoning to make my suggestion work and would fix tha stupid that we are living with now. Instance owning, leader w/e I want a fix instead of half kitten design.

TL:DR add a npc to allow old Historical Events in the achievement tab to be worked on during December, since people do have time off from work and school and sometimes life prevents us from attending all of the Living Story content when it happens.

Zedd.8239:

Being able to get the toy frames and glue/stuffing/cogs would have been a great thing to keep. It’s really quite odd that it wasn’t kept.

A simple hotfix put them in the drop table for any toy.. since to me it makes perfect sense when knocking the stuffing out of the toys well a drop should be stuffing(who woulda thought)

At Wintersday a lot of us guys have more time off from work or school, more so than we do during any other time of the year. To fill out those days, it would be nice if anet could bring back the historical achievements during this time.
Which brings me to the title of this project, Fractals of the Missed. Even without explanation alot of you guys already see where I am headed with this.

During December once a week until the conclusion of the Wintersday allow a few different Historical Event states that had its own achievement section to be opened up inside the Mistlock Observatory by one of Dessa’s krewe members. When you go though the portal you will arrive inside the territory that was most affected by those events during the original event and where you can most effectively work on old achievements. So if for example you missed Secret of Southsun, then it would send you to Southsun Cove where the events would be unfolding and you could participate with whatever you missed that was available. Note here I say available since I do not know if there might be some concerns with a few of the achievements since some are gotten in other parts of the Tyrian world.

Certain historical events will not be available since that only is fair to those who received them originally, like WvW season one. There might be a few that could be combined with others since they overlapped like, Bazaar of the Four Winds, Support Evon Gnashblade, Support Ellen Kiel, or the Adventure Box and Back to school could be combined states, but certain aspects will be available but will not have any effect on the original outcomes like voting for Evon Gnashblade.

I know a few of the historical events took place while I was not able to play the game because of real life, this would allow me to participate with the ones I missed. I don’t think everyone will agree about how or what can be done, or should it be done, so express your concerns and share your improvements to the idea.

That is it!
Make the Jeweler the one craft that can get to 500 and not actually make ascended rings and such since anet already screwed them out of being able to do that anyway. Let them be the ones who can refine the mats and those mats refined by a Jeweler will be able to be sold on the TP. Not only being able to refine mats to higher states but break down rings from drops into ready to use mats.
Yes this is a good compensation for not letting the Jeweler do what he was supposed to do anyway.

Upham.6137:

Gummy.4278:

The leader should also get more features

The devs have already stated that there’s no such thing as “party leader” just instance owner. It has to do with where the instance is taking place (sever), and has nothing to do with leading the party.

You really gonna call me out for some technical wording. Who cares. Really that is not the issue here. And for what you say, you still form parties outside of dungeons. Would those ideas not apply to a party not in a instance? For the most part Anet had made great quality of life additions to GW1 and some of those strides should have just came along with GW2.

FlamingFoxx.1305:

Pixelpumpkin.4608:

Can somebody please explain to me…

… what does the game need a party “leader” role for at all?

The only implemented functionality seems to be to end instances / kick people (which is clearly not desired). The termination of the instance should take place once the last player, not a specific player, leaves it.

The leader position is a mechanic – cinematics etc, need to know which character to use for conversations. Yes most people skip them, but there are those of us who would rather not have a random placeholder stand in for us during conversations.

So it appears anet does not need to add a mark after all, seeing as you just identified a way for people to know who is the leader is.

I do agree with the idea that it needs a fix. I would like for the leader of the party have a crown or something beside the party window so it is more easy to known. The leader should be able to pass lead. The leader leaves the party and the next person in the party automatically becomes the leader, no one should ever be kicked by someone else leaving the party.

The leader should also get more features like tags to apply to the enemy’s & players heads….numbers 1,2,3,4,5 to make it known in which order to attack or if on the players which order to do a required thing, for example carrying the hammer up cliffside in fractals. Numbers placed on enemy’s will be red, numbers placed on players will be green. Skull(main), Cross Bones(secondary), and a Circle with a \ in it to show what not to attack. These tags should be large and standout a lot, also make it so that if the Skull is used that it auto targets for the rest of the party, and using the already in place calling of a target by the leader applies this tag, anyone else calling a target will place the current tag and not auto target for the rest of the party.

you can now but the upgrade the stack limit up to 1000 now …not to mention that you could use a crafting profession and slim down those stacks into something else. I had two bank tabs full of the dust and and when the ascended armor was added I compacted all that down into 4 or 5 spaces…now you can tell me about how that gem store item cost money or the fact that you are not gonna level a craft to 500, yes I was the same way.
What really boiled the blood was that I spent like 60 gold making my guild vault have those bags then after its all said and done here comes the gem store item to make consumables stack high.

There is a new way to craft Endless Tonics items this year!
Look for Recipe drops from those Giant Gifts or just a visit to the TP may net you one rather cheaply.
Something I think is rather enjoyable to note is the fact that these recipes uses those bloodstone dust. On the other hand the other two parts of the recipes not so cheap Elonian Wine and Flawless Snowflakes.

Just wondering if it could be possible that she did not absorb Abaddon, but instead he poured himself into her body taking over. She became a new vessel, allowing him to escape his prison that the other Gods placed him in. Then after he got out, the first thing he wanted was revenge on Mallyx the Unyielding for failing him in his plot to release him.
Now later on after that, the other unsuspecting Gods are easily ambushed with a new plot and this is the reason that the Gods stopped sending there aspects and have seemed to just disappear. Wonder if Kormir was to take off the blindfold how many eyes would she have?

Orthas.4937:

The addition of mounts that give a constant move speed buff(assuming it was greater than swiftness) would be unnecessary, and reduce the time it currently takes to get 100% map completion, which is, I’m guessing that’s reason people are asking for it.

But this is a bad thing, as 100% map completion is meant to take time, it’s one of the achievements needed to craft a legendary. Making any changes would even or a small change, lessen the previous achievement that others have gotten in crafting one(not just acquiring).

Adding mounts in general would still cause a frame rate drop, as using more resources inherently needs more power, and some people even on the lowest settings
(not everyone has the room for a PC, or the money for a powerful PC/laptop)
currently have models and character detail turned down as far as possible.
adding something like this would cause more setting constraints to need to be added along with the coding behind the initial project.

overall the Financial gain for the A-net would need to heavily outweigh the time spent on the project, as they could be doing other projects or fixing existing errors.

If you scroll up you will see where I posted before you even said this. I said that I am in favor of only getting mounts after one toon has gotten 100% map. Skipping nothing cause you have already seen it all. Gaining no momentum to complete the task cause it should stay the way it is to get the achievement.

There is a misconception I think on a lot of peoples part about the models of a toon mounted are no more different as these models are already in game unless they spend time designing more. But if you look around there are vehicles all around in the game world and animals that are wondering around out there as well. Even Horses have a nearly perfect completed model ready to be used. Not as much work as you think would need to be dedicated to the task of model design.
They would have to code the rules that they follow, about how they work. Also one of the core things that would be done is movement while riding, which I will praise anet on the movement of my characters. This is one area that I do not want them to skimp on, currently the feel of the way the character moves just feels right, if you don’t believe me then you can search for when they did a small change to a few models and the way they move and there was an instant outcry. I can’t say the same for so many similar games out there, that have a great movement feel to the toon but mounted it feels like dirt and vice versa. I know that if Anet did do mounts that they would at least get this part down pat.

Anet works in teams, so you would not miss anything that one such team makes. It all comes down to priority and timing. I am sure they use a list of priorities and as new ideas are brought in, each items priority is weighed before it is put to the task of one of the teams. Saying that they need to work on other items first, well I kinda agree, I would love them to skip the LS just once for a upgrade to all the areas of the game that need it. How do you know that there is not a team already doing that.

No doubt in my mind if done right it would be a cash cow for anet while making lots of people happy at the same time.

Huck.1405:

No mounts please! It’ll end up just like WoW. Players will have mounts and then start sniveling for flying mounts, and that to a large degree ruined WoW.

Shank’s mare is fine and dandy.

I disagree, It will not end up anything like Wow, Anet will not let that happen. If mounts come to GW2 they will be unique. I am pro mount and I do not think that flying mounts would work, since there are Jumping Puzzle’s and Vista’s on the other hand if a New area was added to WvW just for the purpose of mounted combat and the other areas don’t get this treatment then flying mounts would be ok by me. I am also in favor of having 100% exploration done on one toon before a mounts can be acquired for the account.

Note really part of the Wintersday set of activities but the Holiday tune seems to click with the WvW better than I could pair it up with Snowball Mayhem…and I tried.
Anyway I give you.

Zerging around World vs World
(Sung to the tune: Rockin around the Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2mUNYuQJyg

Zerging around World vs World
at the Mists party hop
Commanders tags where you can see
Ev’ry body tries to stop

Zerging around World vs World
Let the Wintersday Spirit ring
Later we’ll have some Ice Cream
and we’ll do some Karma Train

You will get a sentimental feeling When you hear, voices screaming
“Help I’ve Fallen; Finish Him-before his friends come calling” Zerging around World vs World
Have a happy holiday
Everyone’s slaying merrily
In a new old fashioned way

Zerging around World vs World
Let the Wintersday Spirit ring
Later we’ll have some Ice Cream
and we’ll do some Karma Train

You will get a sentimental feeling When you hear voices screaming
“Help I’ve Fallen; Finish Him-before his friends come calling”
Zerging around World vs World
Have a happy holiday
Everyone’s slaying merrily
In a new old fashioned way

Uden Reavstone.3426:

We need more of these!

Hey Uden check out this parody…

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/wintersday2013/Scarlet-The-Red-Head-Sylvari/first#post3329224

Brizna.5612:

Scarlet’s living story is finally coming to an end. She will go into the wintersday JP and fall to death :P

lol speaking of JP and holiday songs did yall see my post?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/wintersday2013/Jumping-Puzzle-Parody-Holiday-Songs/first#post3317266

Great job btw to Elbegast.

bloodletting wolf.2837:

Gummy.4278:

Gummy.4278:

bloodletting wolf.2837:

Gummy.4278:

bloodletting wolf.2837:

So your idea is to make it a skill that passively gives you a speed buff and when activated gives you a different skill set. Think on that for a while and then tell me it wouldn’t be op. The problem with most of you mount lovers is that you want it all and won’t take anything less. Small cosmetic mounts or mounts the way that they were in Gw1 (which I’d be ok with) just aren’t good enough for the small and let me repeat that word for you again, SMALL amount of players that want them. Why don’t you go through all of the mount threads and count the names for them and against them. In fact why don’t you go through all of those threads and read them and you would find a lot of reasons why mounts the way you want them would be game breaking for a lot more people than the mount lovers.

No..The idea is that when you use the activate feature of my skill idea is that you Loose the speed you get put back to normal running speed on foot and slowed to battle speed when engaging in combat and my idea is to have a unique skill set that compliments the mount you are riding. Skills like the idea of dragging a downed player away from red circles to then rez them, I don’t know what to name this skill yet.

Since everyone could use this skill in PvE it would not make you op. In normal WvW you would not allow the mounts to fight. That why I suggested an all out WvW map that lets every conceivable type of mounted combat take place. In the Air, land, and Sea and on those massive charr war machines. Since everyone is able to fight on them how are you more op than all the other players. You don’t give credit to Anet in the fact that they would balance the skill set and make them skills work for the type of mount you are using. By type I mean base different mounts on the trinity, Damage, Control, and Support.

I understand that you really want this because you are a mesmer but that was the way that they were balanced. Let’s say my engie wanted portals or mass veil – I would have to give something up or be op. I don’t understand why you couldn’t live with a strictly cosmetic, small mount if you “wanna look kewl”. With no speed boost and given the option to not have to see it have all the stupid mounts you want. As a final note there is no way i can give Anet credit for balancing anything.

No I don’t want this cause I play a mezy. I have and play all classes.
You do give up something with my idea you give up all your weapon skills and the ability for the mount to have a continuous speed buff to have mounted skills.
Which is like what happens when you pick up one of those items off the ground to use as a weapon or when a Engi uses the flamethrower skill.

One thing that the broom and tunneling device doesn’t do, is let me use my utility skills while mounted or to have the ability to use dodge or even have the protection of my armor…If they add these features to these items, I could be happy for allowing more immersion and the ability to uses the already speeds buffs that my utility provide. If they did this and make more of these items available on the gem store they could make a lot more money from me that is for sure.
But that will not make me stop wanting to have something that most MMO’s do not have and that’s a fun method of Mounted Combat. Which I think my idea comes close to something that has Anet design ideas all over it and is unique to the MMO gaming market.

quoted myself so you can see the post near the other one…

I would actually be more than fine with your suggestion in this form and I’m sure that a lot of mount nay sayers would be too.

Well then Sir Wolf if that is thy name. Come let us be brothers henceforth, and fight for the right as one.

Gummy.4278:

bloodletting wolf.2837:

Gummy.4278:

bloodletting wolf.2837:

So your idea is to make it a skill that passively gives you a speed buff and when activated gives you a different skill set. Think on that for a while and then tell me it wouldn’t be op. The problem with most of you mount lovers is that you want it all and won’t take anything less. Small cosmetic mounts or mounts the way that they were in Gw1 (which I’d be ok with) just aren’t good enough for the small and let me repeat that word for you again, SMALL amount of players that want them. Why don’t you go through all of the mount threads and count the names for them and against them. In fact why don’t you go through all of those threads and read them and you would find a lot of reasons why mounts the way you want them would be game breaking for a lot more people than the mount lovers.

No..The idea is that when you use the activate feature of my skill idea is that you Loose the speed you get put back to normal running speed on foot and slowed to battle speed when engaging in combat and my idea is to have a unique skill set that compliments the mount you are riding. Skills like the idea of dragging a downed player away from red circles to then rez them, I don’t know what to name this skill yet.

Since everyone could use this skill in PvE it would not make you op. In normal WvW you would not allow the mounts to fight. That why I suggested an all out WvW map that lets every conceivable type of mounted combat take place. In the Air, land, and Sea and on those massive charr war machines. Since everyone is able to fight on them how are you more op than all the other players. You don’t give credit to Anet in the fact that they would balance the skill set and make them skills work for the type of mount you are using. By type I mean base different mounts on the trinity, Damage, Control, and Support.

I understand that you really want this because you are a mesmer but that was the way that they were balanced. Let’s say my engie wanted portals or mass veil – I would have to give something up or be op. I don’t understand why you couldn’t live with a strictly cosmetic, small mount if you “wanna look kewl”. With no speed boost and given the option to not have to see it have all the stupid mounts you want. As a final note there is no way i can give Anet credit for balancing anything.

No I don’t want this cause I play a mezy. I have and play all classes.
You do give up something with my idea you give up all your weapon skills and the ability for the mount to have a continuous speed buff to have mounted skills.
Which is like what happens when you pick up one of those items off the ground to use as a weapon or when a Engi uses the flamethrower skill.

One thing that the broom and tunneling device doesn’t do, is let me use my utility skills while mounted or to have the ability to use dodge or even have the protection of my armor…If they add these features to these items, I could be happy for allowing more immersion and the ability to uses the already speeds buffs that my utility provide. If they did this and make more of these items available on the gem store they could make a lot more money from me that is for sure.
But that will not make me stop wanting to have something that most MMO’s do not have and that’s a fun method of Mounted Combat. Which I think my idea comes close to something that has Anet design ideas all over it and is unique to the MMO gaming market.

quoted myself so you can see the post near the other one…

bloodletting wolf.2837:

Bevillian.1260:

bloodletting wolf.2837:

Bevillian.1260:

coglin.1867:

Interesting Hippocracy there Bevillian. It is okay for him to make the stament “mounts are cool”, but when I state “no they are not”, you presume you can suggest I am trying to speak for everyone while ignoring his similar comment.

by the way, Just because the same posters repeatedly making and pos on “mount” threads over and over, does not equal popularity. It simply displays the pattern of the typical forums vocal minority.

I didnt assume anything. You stated that the majority of players did not want them as your quote shows. I stated that you do not speak for the community. You speak for yourself. You stated much more than “Mounts are not cool” as your quote above suggests.

Also, because people repeatedly post about something, does equal popularity. Especially when it has thousands of views, each time it is brought up.

Also.. Hypocrisy

I don’t think you got what he was trying to say. There are people that post repeatedly for mounts. The same people. As for how much of the player base wants mounts Imo if you gave people a list of 20 things to work on putting in the game that mounts would be kind of low on the list. I’m more than fine with cosmetic mounts as long as I didn’t have to see them but if they had a speed boost players who don’t want mounts would have to use them just to keep up with the meta.

Right, so if implemted correctly they would not effect the meta. Perhaps if they were only used for PvE which has already been suggested. You both missed the part of my post that says that I do understand what you mean about players repeatedly posting about the same thing, but when it has thousands of views it is a different story. The same could be said for players who are only repeatedly seen filling forums with pessemistic responses to those same topics

I’m sorry if I somehow offended you somehow. Views on the subject does not equate wanting it. Just because a player doesn’t agree with the way you want something implemented doesn’t make it pessimistic. Like I have said before I’m more than willing to get on board with cosmetic mounts or the way mounts were implemented in GW1.

I think he is saying that there are just as many naysayers(the same ones in fact)(also that little statement about me and it shows something about me. It goes the same way for the ones who do the same in opposition on the same level) who post over and over and over and it does not equate to them being a majority. If that’s not true then he can make his own statement to explain it better…The real Majority do not even read any of the forums, they are to busy playing the game. So doing polls on this forum does not end up with the majority one way or the other. And this is why you keep seeing different people coming in and making the same topics over and over, cause to them they are just coming up with the idea and want to share it, they don’t know its been discussed before.

Earlier in conversation with me, I posted something about the cosmetic mounts giving them the ability to use my armor and have my Utility skills available and be able to dodge while on the broom for example. All the while use culling on the skin to satisfy anyone who does not want to see them. If you look back though you will see this post and yet you never gave me any feedback on that compromise. I’d like to hear your thoughts on this.

In the most optimal experience they would make it so that you have to have one piece of Exotic gear as part of a upgrade to Ascended recipe. You would still need the rune and two other ascended pieces of mats.
But not gonna hold my breath.

I hope so it is refreshing to have a good reason to visit each of the major cities. I hope that more and more reasons to go to them are brought about, maybe even though the Living Stories.

AndRossi.9760:

Gummy your too funny

Thanks for the acknowledgement

KOPPER.1458:

The Toy’s were not RNG, and you’ll get one for the meta. There were a second set from gem store presents last year, those were RNG and you could make Festivus with them.

Hey I understand about those mini’s that are not for sale again this year.

What I am saying is I hope that when you get the meta you get to pick which one as I already have 2 and have near enough mats to craft a third one before even getting the meta. But all of that will not work out like I think if those mats don’t drop again this year.

the banner is there and can be used as a wallpaper

I did a lot of farming on last year to build as many of individual Wintersday Mini’s that I could for my personal collection. I have set the crafting materials that was left over in my bank for an entire year, saving them for the time when Wintersday returns.

When I seen the announcement.

“Tixx’s marvelous miniature toys are available once again! Complete the Wintersday meta achievement to receive Tixx’s Toybox, which will grant you one of Tixx’s toys: a Mini Ventari, Mini Plush Griffon, Mini Princess Doll, Mini Toy Golem, or Mini Toy Soldier.”

It made me wonder. Is that Toybox random, is it gonna give me another of the mini’s I already have in my collection?
Will the crafting mats that could be used to make the mini’s gonna return?

Last year I submitted these parodies based on the Wintersday Jumping Puzzle for your amusement. I am reposting them here since the old post is now an archive. I hope they make your Wintersday more FUN.

Frosty the Snow Globe.(sung the tune of Frosty the Snowman)

Frosty the Snow Globe was a jumpy happy goal,
With a melting snowflake and a snow boulder
And some presents that’ll explode.

Frosty the Snow Globe is fairly hard, they say,
It was made of snow but the children know
How it steals your soul each play.

There must have been some magic in that
that last try I just made.
For when I made it to the box
I began to shout “hooray”.

O, Frosty the Snow Globe
Was a pain as it could be,
And the children say you could jump
And pray just the same as you and me.

Thumpetty thump thump,
Thumpety thump thump,
I just fell into Snow
Thumpetty thump thump,
Thumpety thump thump,
Look at that Jumper Go.

Frosty the Snow Globe knew
The sun was hot that day,
So its said, “Let’s run n jump
We’ll have some fun
Before the snowflakes melt away.”

Down to the Big box,
With a present in your hand,
Running here and there and
Jumping in the air saying,
Please land on this if I can.

You’re led down the snowflake path
Right to the Peppermint Drops.
And you can only pause a moment or
Your heart will have to"Stop!"

For Frosty the snow globe
You have to hurry on your way,
But when it goes goodbye,
“Don’t you cry,
It’ll be back again some day.”

Thumpetty thump thump,
Thumpety thump thump,
I just fell into Snow
Thumpetty thump thump,
Thumpety thump thump,
Look at that Jumper Go.
Thumpetty thump thump,
Thumpety thump thump,
The presents are gonna Explode!

Jumping in a Winter Wonderland.(sung to the tune of Walking in a Winter Wonderland)

Snow-flakes melt, there’s no missin
Jumps are true, what ya wishing.
A slippery flight
Across the snow globe tonight
Jumping in a winter wonderland

Go away other players
Here in my way, multi layers
Blocking my scene
You know what I mean
Jumping in a winter wonderland

In the middle we can find presents
That explode when you come around

If you can jump fast
That’s the plan
But you can’t stand to long
Cause you’ll fall n hit the ground

Later on, we’ll tire
From missing jumps up higher
To face plant I’m afraid
Is the only reward I’ve made
Jumping in a winter wonderland

Also in the middle there’s a snow boulder
You can try to go around
If you don’t get on the peppermint
Your butt is gonna get knocked down

When you make it, ain’t it thrilling
By a hair into the box be spilling
We’ll jump and play, the Arenanet way
Jumping in a winter wonderland

Maybe I should clarify since a few people may have not played GW1 the Doppelganger was what looks like pure energy with armor over top.

In Gw1 Prophecies to get ascended you had to face off against the Doppelganger which was a test from the gods and he would copy your skill bar perfectly. This is something the Anomaly does he will steal skills and use them against the party, although not full on copy of skill bar. Also some skills names that could be considered divine empowered …Cosmic Barrage…Cosmic Anomaly…Star Smash.

Another thing I forgot to mention when describing the skill bar for my idea about combat mount system is Weapons. Weapon skills will be the first 2 or 3 skills on the skill bar followed in the 4 and 5 slot with skills based entirely on what type of mount you have. All weapons will be of the one handed variety with the exception of the spear and short bow. Spears while mounted will be held with one hand as if in the Jousting position and can have a offhand at the same time, and it just makes perfect sense for it to be included this way. Short Bows would be used as normal with skills that represent being mounted.

Spear, Sword, Mace, Pistol, Axe, Dagger, Scepter. and offhand will include Shield, Torch, Warhorn, Sword, Mace, Pistol.

Lorewise, could it be possible that this version was sent for some divine intervention.
Anyone that has some incite about this theory or would like to throw out another be my guest.

Oniyui.8279:

My toons can’t even sit in a chair properly idk how you guys expect to stay on a mount.

alot of people think that the mount is single object that your toon sits on, when actually game makers merge the two and make them into one object.
That is the reason why we can’t sit properly on the chairs where it looks like real life, unless a little more programing effort is made so that the objects remain separate and the merging process is a smooth transition that looks like they are not merging at all.
Interacting with other object is something you have to think about before you make the object, or start completely over and nix the original with a new model to accommodate the needs.

that would be more like the Professor Screw Eye death than Itachi Sasuke.

coglin.1867:

I rather be able to get there fast

Have you ever went to teleport to a waypoint and found that no you can’t do it, that one is contested and the closest waypoint is half the map away? Have you ever tried just trying to get to a waypoint that is contested to help do a event and arrive at the exact moment that the event ends and you get nothing?
I’d rather get there fast too, but not all waypoints are set up to accommodate this.

FlamingFoxx.1305:

bloodletting wolf.2837:

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If you look at his forum history it is literally just him posting in all of the numerous mounts threads that pop up in this forum. So I think that tells you something :P

That is pretty much slander. If you did read all that I have posted then yes you do see I have posted in a lot of the mount threads not all of them and that is not the entirety of the topics I have posted in either. This insinuating that it says something about me negatively, well it don’t, it says that I am determined and I stick to my guns even though I will negotiate a compromise that I think will work for both sides of the fence.