Guild Wars 2

My stalker, Ookineko, would like to confess that he is a lazy kitten, basking in front of the fire whilst his owner tries to save the world…

Lazuli.2098:

Eric.6109:

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indeed, but according to those who participated (or said they did) in that CDI, there is very little, or not at all, correlation between what was suggested and what was implemented.
…

But why were they looking to change the trait system at all?

To make traits more approachable of course! To allow you to dive straight in and experiment with your builds! By… y’know… making them MUCH harder to obtain… ¬_¬

Gudy.3607:

GuzziHero.5104:

Yes I know about the mines. No they don’t help after you launch the flare.

True. But then, after you launch the flare, your job is largely to just stay alive. So let the NPCs tank most of the damage, burst down single mobs or small groups, and dodge a lot. Also, follow the advice of one of the NPCs and actually go way down the slope. I find that there’s far less action down there than at the upper end of the slope where your companions are battling it out.

Good advice.

Played through with a ranger and only died once because of buggy Wolves (6 of them already in combat just before the second opening, on top of the mine placement).

Cheers!

Superb!

I’m just playing through the newest LS on my second account and just want to offer compliments to the artist for these new episodes. This is the kind of stuff I’d love to have in poster-size to put on my wall (hint, hint ).

Until recently I had on my US account:

2 Warriors (deleted one)
2 Rangers (deleted one)
2 Engineers (deleted one)
1 Guardian
1 Thief
1 Necro (deleted)
1 Mesmer (deleted)
1 Elementalist (deleted)

And on EU I still have
1 Ranger
1 Engineer
1 Thief.

Why did I have duplicates? For the US dupes, just because I wanted to level and play through the game again. The EU account was made just so I’d have RP possibilities when US was quiet.

sigh

Sadly, this will either be locked, or thrown in the Traits thread that has been ignored for 8 months now.

Many of us feel your pain.

I am divided on this. Part of me wants to point out the hypocrisy of being happy to wipe out thousands (literally) of other creatures in game whilst hating the feeling of doing it here, but the other part of me is reminded of the No Russian scene in whatever spunkgargleweewee it was in.

I didn’t so much dislike the forced killing as hate the fact that I was forced to do anything which goes against my very nature. Self defence is usually a justifiable reason to fight in the main game, but this was being forced to act as another would which felt wrong to me.

Just as much of the dialogue, I would not agree with saying as my character (e.g. hating Canach when I actually consider him a dark hero), I dislike being forced into another persona, especially when nefarious deeds are being carried out.

It also makes me wonder why and how Caithe gets to keep the Sylvari equivalent of a mansion in The Grove when she is such a hateful, evil character. I never liked her before, I despise her now.

Sorry yes, I kitten ed badly in my OP.

I specced Sweet Revenge (bottom trait line) and it never rallies me. I am sure it used to rally all the time.

Zenith.6403:

heartless.6803:

Personally I’m only playing my guardian, who was grand fathered into this.

- What is this concept of “grand fathering” a character? Wiki has nothing on it.

It is just a general term where something which existed before a certain time has rights that were commonplace before, but were removed. Like how the 10 round handgun magazine law doesn’t make pre-restriction magazines illegal… they are still legal on ‘grandfathered’ rights.

In this case it mean, characters made before AMFP.

Really? The insta gank wolves are a suitable mechanic now? Full exotic PVT armour and downed and defeated within 10 seconds, on a warrior.

Yes I know about the mines. No they don’t help after you launch the flare.

Yes, then recently deleted my multiples. Too much trouble having many alts with how the game has changed since launch.

Screw this. Trying to find my love for GW2 again but the new PS and Silverwastes are just leaving me angry.

Insta ganking wild mobs, and everything now set to Ascended level gear means that those of us with ‘normal’ exotics are now totally outclassed. If I am struggling like this on a Warrior, what the hell would I do on my Engineer?

Sorry that this post is off topic. Just totally demoralised now.

Never works. I kill things when in Vengeance and it never removes Vengeance so I die anyway.

Edit:

Have tried this in Silverwastes and in Living Story Missions. Since Bloodlust doesn’t build on killing them anyway, it appears that because the game doesn’t recognise instance kills (because they do not increase our achievements with killing those particular mobs either), this means that SR is not working AT ALL within instanced battles.

Great mechanic. ¬_¬

Setting the difficulty bar to make a challenge for those with Ascended means those of us with mere Exotic are having a hell of a time. I knew this would happen.

So the mordrem kittenwolves insta gank anything they see. I set mines down on mordrem corpses which do seem to turn them into a misty vapour IF they go off which is a very hit and miss affair.

No way to repair armour in instance or anywhere nearby. Which means that I will have to keep going back to a WP, repair, and then come BACK to the instance to try again.

Plus… this is happening over and over:

Ok, how about this:

How many people, like myself, would be FAR less annoyed at the trait changes if:

All (1) traits were unlockable in city zones (say… Gain 10 POIs, Visit every racial city, view 10 vistas, Visit Lions Arch, Speak to 10 NPCs)
(2) in 1-5 zone events. (1 line in each of the starter areas)
(3) in 6-10 zones. (as above)
(4) Complete first part of PS (1 trait line per ‘episode’)
(5) 11-15 zones.
(6) 16-20 zones.
(7) Complete second part of PS
(8) 21-25 zones.
(9) 25-40 zones.
(10) Complete third part of PS
(11) 40-60 zones.
(12) 61-80 zones.
(13) As no, temple zones etc.

Alternatively, if Anet HAS to force us into WvWvW, make alternatives for WvWvW players such as ‘capture X keep in Red/Blue/Green Borderlands’ etc.

This would, in my opinion, give a better sense of progression. You could still ignore traits you didn’t need or want by just… ignoring those events. But you would get more of a sense of learning as you gained experience, in my opinion.

Eric.6109:

Yeah, but it sucks. It actually means that we no longer consider ourselves as the “player base” but as the “customer base”. It shouldn’t be like that :<

No, we don’t. Customers are respected.

BOOM! HEADSHOT!!!

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth…

Ambient Killer?

1. Choose Vigil as your Order.
2. Play this mission. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Forewarned_is_Forearmed
3. On entering the sewer, stop.
4. Press #1 continuously.
5. ??
6. Profit!

Superior Rune of GW2 Development.

(1) +1 Craftable Exclusive
(2) -1 Core game mechanic
(3) +1 New currency / non-tradeable material
(4) -1 Lore / story arc, leaving loose-ends in place
(5) +1 Suspension of critics on the forum
(6) – dozens of players per month, sick of the above

Hyper Cutter.9376:

The only thing they need to do is remove trait unlocks from the wubwub and make sure all the events are working properly.

There’s a problem.

This is beyond Anet’s capability.

Cuddy.6247:

GuzziHero.5104:

I deleted all my non grandfathered characters I could on my main account and will NEVER start another while this system is in place.

Since the second account was bought after the change… I just don’t play on it anymore.

Like it’s really that bad. There’s a lot of reasons to distance yourself from this game, but the NPE isn’t one of them.

The NPE with the new unlock levels weren’t that bad…

The traits, and most everything else the AMFP contained are.

Yet… I still can’t let go of my hope for repairs.

I think this is a good analogy of where we, and the game in general, is headed…

I deleted all my non grandfathered characters I could on my main account and will NEVER start another while this system is in place.

Since the second account was bought after the change… I just don’t play on it anymore.

My proposal, short version.

Profession Man-At-Arms
Armour Heavy
Weapons Shortbow, Sword (MH), Mace (MH), Warhorn (OH), Pistol (either), Axe (Either)
Skills Types Defensive Rallies, Retinue.

Defensive Rallies would concentrate on providing buffs for self and allies:

‘Charge’ would give a small Quickness buff and Stability, ‘Rally Point’ an AOE heal and Condi Removal, ‘Take The Hill’ Swiftness and Might, ‘Cut ’Em Down’ short term extra damage, Critical Chance and Vulnerability.

Retinue would work similar to Necro Minions but be chosen from:

Shield Bearer (defender), Arquebusier (rifleman), Hospitaller (medic), Squire (swordsman).

Elites

Hold The Line would be an immovable banner offering several buffs, combining one buff from each of the above shouts plus Retaliation. Regroup would temporarily force all Retinue to stay close to the player character while receiving a boon to their attributes.

The return of things they have taken away

Problem is, for large events like Teq or giant Jungle Wurm, that would shaft all 4 instances.

Personally, I’d rather see entering megaserver instances optional.

I wonder if its the same people behind League Of Angels?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Has-anyone-noticed/first#post4613837

Edit:

Guess what! They are! R2 or Reality Squared.

I solved my problem. On my main account, I simply deleted all non grandfathered characters. Thats what Anet wants, right? Less choice disguised as more choice.

My second account only has 3 characters, all non grandfathered. I just wont bother to play them, or spend money to buy gems for them until this is sorted.

Being asexual male offline, I play all female characters largely to be what I cannot be r/l. Also because I find very masculine men, even video game ones, to be intimidating. I hate coarse behaviour from men.

So, in game, when I play a female character I try to adopt a feminine persona. Even to the extent that if someone messages me saying “Hi cutie x” or whatever, I will continue to pretend that I am female r/l unless they specifically ask me otherwise. I have many friends on my friends list who I call ‘honey’, ‘cutie’ and other pet-names. The vast majority do not know my true gender.

Think about that the next time you try to sext someone in game…

OMG… I just remembered…

GuzziHero.5104:

I confess that whenever I read BLTC, I have a desire for a Bacon Lettuce Tomato Cheese sandwich.

I went out today and had a panini with Bacon, Cheese and Tomato on… and there was side salad with Lettuce in…

mindblown

I confess that whenever I read BLTC, I have a desire for a Bacon Lettuce Tomato Cheese sandwich.

They are desperate for attention… and for good reason, the game looks terribad.

And then we have this thinly disguised recruitment office for the Pact!

What more evidence do you need?

In Stoke-on-Trent, England!

First piece of evidence…

Winterfest is coming…

I wonder if the game is actually much cop? I suspect not.

I confess that, try as I might, I can’t let go of this game…

For my Sylvari mesmer I wanted the name of a plant you can make hallucinogens from. Most were taken (I tried over 10 species) so had to settle on (Echinopsis) Spachiana.

Belenus.9132:

I was a trifle annoyed to discover somebody had managed to beat me to the name ‘Oingo Boingo’ – heh.

Must be a necromancer, because of ‘Dead Man’s Party’

Bolt Crank and Rain Boyer were both taken. I was amazed at both. They are both from a really old manga called Eatman.

I think I tried Pacifica Pixy and it was taken as well. That one is from an equally old manga, Pixy Junket.

I have been logging into see if I can get back that ‘feel’ for GW2 which AprilMegaFailPatch took away.

No dice. And I have a run to complete in European Truck Simulator 2…

Zaiteki.3265:

Just chiming in to say that thanks to ANet’s cranial-rectal inversion regarding Traits, I’ve been able to spend money on other games. I only log in to GW2 in order to get the update, then back out as I see they haven’t been able to actually pay attention to their fan base. So, maybe the other studios should send ANet a thank you for getting money from me that ANet might have. I don’t mind paying for a decent game, for useful upgrades, to show my appreciation, but I’m sure not going to pay money to a company which has utterly ignored a dreadful changing to a core game mechanic that has a VERY high rate of loathing. So, the other game companies thank you, ANet. If you figure out how to give a single, tiny care about your customers, you may get some cash from me again.

I quite agree. I am sure SCS Software (ETS2), Funcom (TSW) and Trion Worlds (Defiance) really appreciate my money more!

Ah, but Protoss*… I mean Mesmer… doesn’t actually swing a sword, it uses it to focus its Void Ray laser.

*Cmon, its obvious. That laser sword attack, Sentry hallucinations, Stalker’s Blink… Mesmer is SO Protoss :p

I’d be happy if they made you have to earn your Grandmasters, and left the rest to unlock as they did before. That would be a compromise which I think most would agree with.

8 players will give you 8 answers. This is mine.

Warrior: Massive damage, great survivability. The best mix of firepower, protection and mobility. Since the game is all about combat, this is probably the easymode choice.

Guardian: High functionality and survivability, but sacrifices mobility and range.

Engineer: Great for functionality and support, not great for outright damage. My personal favourite. Jack of all traits master of none.

Thief: Focuses on single target damage and sneakiness which doesn’t help a whole lot in PvE but is apparently great for PvP. Low armour, high mobility class.

Ranger: More recent changes turned this from the nearly man to the MvP, it seems. Annoying pet mechanics and you can’t get rid of it permanently. Fine for DPS, with great mobility. Possibly the next easymode after Warrior.

Elementalist: Very weak defence, meh mobility, but if specced right can nuke entire crowds. One of my least fave classes, with a high skill curve and low survivability.

Necromancer: Closest thing you will find to a tank in GW2. Damage output is focused on broken condition damage mechanics, but can survive almost anything. If I wanted to level to 80 with no deaths, necro is how I would roll.

Mesmer: Clone clone clone shatter phanta phanta phanta ad infinitum. I find this boring to play, but some people rave about them.

For me, if I had to nuke all my characters and roll only one, I would go for Engineer every time. No other class plays like it with its Kit mechanics, even if you will be picked last for dungeons.

Made so many characters.

The introduction of Ascended, and how it punished those with multiple alts, was the start of the slippery slope to me losing faith in GW2.

I remember when I would rush home to play this game, now I can barely stand to log in to collect LS episodes.

Gelatinous Cubes

The fact that their name is exactly the same length as this forum’s word filter proves that it was meant to be!

So glad I played this first time round on an Asura.

Could the cinematic be given out like the Marjory’s Journal one, a viewable cutscene in an item?

I didn’t feel emotionally interested at all in any of the biconics in LS1 but thus far, LS2 has been an enormous improvement.

Marjory’s faux noir accent has been toned back, she no longer feels anachronistic.
Kasmeer’s lines flow better and she shows strength in her voice, much more likeable now.
I found Taimi irritating in LS1, now she has a lot more depth in her speech/dialogue.
Rox seems to have taken on the group mother role, and does it well.
Braham is the biggest improvement, adding useful information, and of course being protective of Taimi. He and Rox would make a good adopting family for her

So, well done to the entire crew of actors and dialogue writers – LS2 was a win or bust for me with GW2 and it’s a win so far.

Can we get a full list of credits for the voice actors, please?

facepalm

A tornado has sucked up chickens. How do we deal with this? HIT IT WITH OUR SWORDS!

So… why are we not cleaving chickens in two? Why are we not being sucked in also? Why does everything in this game boil down to HIT IT WITH YOUR SWORD!?

Wouldn’t it have been better to make it an event that required some skill, such as running and catching the chickens as they are thrown from the vortex within a time limit? Every now and then it would spit out other debris such as eggs that temporarily blinded you, or pieces of chicken coop that caused bleeding?

Why not actually add some depth and reason by having different classes deal with it in a different way? By this I am not talking about just this event but all events. Give us reason to use different classes, to perform a task in a way unique to our actual choices when we made our character, rather than boil everything down into one tactic.

But no. As always… HIT IT WITH YOUR SWORD!!!

Basically, all classes in this game are treated merely as warriors, just with different ways of warring!

If someone joins the army, death is a likelihood. That’s why I never cry for them r/l or in a game, or see them as ‘heroes’. You accept it as a risk. Gotta be honest, it was pretty obvious is was going to happen so it didn’t bother me.

Haven’t finished this episode yet, but I am really loving this LS so far.

Wish it could be a little less linear but then all players need to be on the same page at the end of it, so it’s all good. I am enjoying the story more, they have toned down Marjory’s accent which did irk me, and I am finally warming up to Braham and Taimi. Belinda’s death is a bonus.

Only thing I could possibly fault is the ‘putting words into my mouth’ sort of dialogue with Taimi in the first scene of this episode, but I can dig it.