Guild Wars 2

You’d think they read the forums to see if anything has come up. Guess not in this case. It’s an agonizing download. I got better download speeds on dial up 1200baud modems.

2KB/sec……..ummmm, this is ridiculous. Using 64bit. So much for it being better.

Yes, Friday night reset is t he best. so many guilds on my server can’t make a Saturday reset. Friday set the tone for the WvW week. I haven’t been to a single reset since the change. Neither have any of my guildies or allied guilds. Saturday reset has ruined our GW2 WvW experience.

Many of us know that the Guild Halls created an aspect where guild members could go and joke around in their own instance. Your guild hall is what you make of it. However, after capturing our guild hall I noticed several Guild Upgrades that we had earned before the expansion that were not automatically included.

1. +5 supply on claimed camps. It’s one of the last upgrades to WvW war room.
2. Claiming period. Why does this even need to be earned? But if that was a simple unlock then all the pre-expansion bonuses should have been unlocked at the same time.
3. The stat bonuses and other enhancements from claiming. We spent “Influence” on them. If you’re going to make us spend favor and materials on them I want the “influence” my guild spent earning them pre-expansion back so I can purchase more Favor in the new system. My guild was and is small and every point we spent was hard to earn pre-expansion. We had all the WvW guild enhancements unlocked pre-expansion.

On a side note: Guild Catas are only bling now. You ruined the tactical advantage of making them by upping the supply cost to superior cata level. Pointless to even make them.

Yep, both Guild Challenges did not work tonight.

Firebird Gomer.9563:

Eirdyne.9843:

Hours Played:
If a person is playing 30 hours of Guild Wars 2 a night they are averaging 4.285 hours a day on this game.

Evidence Raids May be Toxic-Gaming-Changing Content as They Are Currently:

Point 1: If someone is playing 30 hours a night on a planet that only has 24 hours in a day that means some one is a Timelord and as a huge Doctor Who fan I want to meet them..

Most people know that “week” was probably intended. Just a typo. Especially since the writer said “4.285 hours a day” right after it.

TheSwede.9512:

How about giving players a shot to “Stop the clock” so to speak, by for example Breaking their Break Bar or beat spawned enemies within a set sub-timer?

I’ve already made a suggestion like this. Do it like Tequatl. Once the split happens the clock stops until you face him in rejoined form.

Here’s an idea. Just like in the Tequatl event timer, when you reach the split phase the clock stops.

Look carefully at the description. The new ones aren’t account bound.

Same thing happened to ours. Worked fine before the patch and now is not functional.

While the other classes had support(thief loaned lots of poison and such) and heavy combat output, the ranger was mainly combat output. ANeT gave the other classes MORE combat output and gave the ranger, less – Druid. Heck, they should have given the ranger the Sniper ability of the mordrem snipers.

Yep, so far on the Raid, all we could think about was, not enough DPS. No matter the issue, since it is timed, you need DPS. Without a timer we would have overcome the boss eventually. We would have been overjoyed just to beat the boss. But since we couldn’t produce enough DPS we only got to the first phase of the boss splitting up. In about 2 hours of trying to get past him we reached that stage twice. Yes, I like hard content, but if the goal was to break the zerker meta, they failed. The timer necessitates high DPS. ala zerker.

Puzzles still broken. Almost no one received credit. The guild favor was granted however.

Snoring Sleepwalker.9073:

Blaeys.3102:

It truly is disturbing that they’ve let this issue persist since the launch of the expansion without even an acknowledgment.

All reports to /bug get closed for being filed under the wrong category. Since there are no open reports from /bug it can’t be a problem worth doing anything about.

One problem is finding the correct category. Since Guild Missions have no category you have to pick and chose what might make sense. But, alas, you really can’t.

Exactly my reason for saying that the Scribe is poorly designed.

yama.2489:

The guild I rep most of the time has all but decided to not run anything other than bounties until this is fixed. It’s just too infuriating having to run the same mission over and over again and still not get credit.

waves to Heibi from SHills

Aye, anything to get favor with no worry of failure.

coroch.8956:

So yeah we did the Quaggan paddle 3 times tonight passed it pretty easily and no reward either personnal or guild favor for guild hall (500 point missing this week because of this bug). My guild is pretty frustrate now and some start to think it’s not worth to do guild mission. I’m affraid of what will happen if this keep going or if anet doesn’t talk about it.

Exactly what has happened to my guild. I reported it via the in game system but don’t really expect it to get fixed any time soon, let alone get guild favor for it.

Ayrilana.1396:

I don’t really want to get into an argument/discussion on it this morning. From what I remember from the previews, Scribing was meant as a guild effort, just like upgrading your guild, where resources are pooled together. Now you could still do it solo if you want but you’re at a disadvantage as you’re doing it a way it was not designed for.

I forgot what guild size they stated that they balanced upgrades around. Of course smaller guilds will have less access to resources as larger guilds simply because of the size of their membership.

Yes, guild effort. Smaller guilds have an immensely harder time due to the requirements of unlocking a merchant’s panel. Thus they hit a roadblock at 50.

Wanze.8410:

Heibi.4251:

I know how dyes are acquired. I know how to salvage them for pigments.

And scribe is still poorly designed. The balance between large and small guilds is clearly on the large guild side for scribes. I know they didn’t want large guilds to simply walk into their guild hall and automatically have everything. But in the design process large guilds can still walk in and get everything because they have the personnel to get all the resources fast.

So it costs less for large guilds to unlock the scribe?

It’s easier not cheaper. They have more people to go out and acquire mats and naturally there is more gold to buy mats since in general the more people the more money is available. Simple math.

I know how dyes are acquired. I know how to salvage them for pigments.

And scribe is still poorly designed. The balance between large and small guilds is clearly on the large guild side for scribes. I know they didn’t want large guilds to simply walk into their guild hall and automatically have everything. But in the design process large guilds can still walk in and get everything because they have the personnel to get all the resources fast.

I understand perfectly the purpose of scribe. The dye drop rate should not be solely linked to a story mode. Not everyone runs umteen million toons though the story.

My point is that the scribe progression is very poorly designed. In order to advance beyond 50 you need to unlock a ludicrously expensive merchant in your hall. Scribe advancement should have been just like any other crafting skill. The merchant you unlock initially should have the “basic” materials like chairs and such unlocked as well.

The design of how scribe can advance in levels is poorly designed. No other crafting profession is gated with an object(guild hall) upgrade. All crafting materials are available to every other crafting profession and don’t need to be unlocked to go beyond a certain point.
Here are the problems:
1. Too many crafting materials have too many dual/triple/quadruple/quintuple uses.
2. The quantities of certain crafting materials required are too high. Read linseed oil and sand, not to mention pulp.
3. Once you hit crafting level 50 you are stuck, unless you have unlocked a certain MASSIVELY expensive guild hall merchant.
4. Unlocking said merchant – The quantities of linseed oil alone are shocking. 20 flax per linseed oil is ludicrous(2000 flax required). Not to mention the amount of sand that is required. To make the required paper to need 1000 sand.
5. The pigments required need to have dyes – Dyes don’t drop enough.
6. Too many of the crafting materials are not material storage compatible. Reminds me of cook.
7. Add more if you want. I only touched the tip of the poorly design crafting iceberg.

Guess my guild will have to right off this weeks Quaggan Paddle favor points. And advancement in guild level.

Currently my guild is still awaiting the 500 favor points that didn’t get rewarded after Quaggan Paddle. Our progress is blocked by these bugs. I even sent a picture of the lack of the reward we didn’t receive.

Our guild also experienced these bugs last night. Being a small guild we need all the favor we can get. Finished the Quaggan Paddle, received the personal reward but the guild reward after having 15/15 done was not rewarded.

2nd week in a row at exactly the same time on Thursday. Everyone was Code 7’d in WvW. Then when we tried to get back in 1083’d. ANeT, what t he kitten is going on?

I’m still using my hybrid build from before HoT release and it is more than sufficient.

They should’ve given this ability to Rangers.

Still can’t get into the game the next morning. I tried the repair function mentioned but it keeps stopping and (Not Responding). What did you guys break?

Though I was enjoying the challenge of getting the Hero Points in the jungle I believe that ANeT made the right call. Overall, I love this new expansion. Challenging.

Swagger.1459:

I think everything should be unlocked when we hit 80 and we should have the best statistical gear by then. Grinding should be left to cosmetics. Good idea???

Actually, the basic class unlocks nearly everything at 80. We’re talking ELITE specialization. It’s suppose to be badkitten. You don’t get a legendary handed to you at 80, neither should you get an Elite Specialization handed to you. I find it much more satisfying to get something I’ve worked for.

Take my main as an example: 80th level ranger. I have 214 points currently after unlocking all my regular class traits and skills. I am going to be able to unlock the elite and only some of the traits and skills. I’ll also have to look for the new pets. I WANT the new pets. But I don’t want them handed to me. Half the fun of MMORPG is the hunt. I also want the gliding and other masteries(or whatever they’re called). I’ll use my player skills to efficiently work for them. I won’t consider them a grind due to the reward at the end.

Just relax and enjoy the game. Play at your own pace. Please eat properly, get a little sleep and do your homework(if you have any). For you older peeps, don’t drink so much that you forget what you just accomplished and how you did it.

Menadena.7482:

Zypher.7609:

GG for buying a game that required you to.. wait for it… play the game.

Maybe because (drumroll) this was sold as a ‘play your own way’ game and good for casual players, like RPers?

I like play your own way as well. But I didn’t expect everything to be handed to me on a silver platter. I don’t expect my characters to all be level 80 when I make them or have fully ascended equipment and weapons. You have to “play your own way” and “at your own pace” to achieve anything in any online game. If you’re a hardcore player it will come faster to you than a casual player. A slower more casual player won’t have the “good stuff” until much later.

And if you’re an RPer, you made your own choice to move at that pace. ANeT didn’t force it upon you. As an RPer(I’ve played role playing games like D&D all my life) I don’t expect it to go fast. I’m roll playing for a reason. I’m sure you understand that aspect. Good luck in the game and roll play your way to higher goals and have fun.

What ever happened to players working for something or wanting a challenge? In GW1 you had to find elite skills and use a skill capture spell. I loved that. In this case you have to do Hero Challenges which usually don’t take much effort. Plus, you usually do that kind of stuff anyway when you do world completion and map exploration. It’s not a grind if all you have to do is find and complete Hero Challenges. If you had to get specific drops that don’t always occur then it would become a grind. So for PVE you should complete the elite specialization fairly quick. Adventure forth and do it. My current build on my main toon is more than capable in the new area and probably won’t change much.

For WvW folks, which I also enjoy, it shouldn’t take too long either. Heck a PVEr who has done lots of WvW like myself could acquire more Hero Points as well. Not to mention Badges of Honor are in you wallet, so you can use them for any of your characters who may not have as many points built up.

Cheer/gear up folks and look forward to the challenges of the new release.

Gaile Gray.6029:

Diku.2546:

Offer solutions folks…or the solutions get drowned out in an ocean of argument.

Yes. This.

Also, please express your thoughts as concisely as possible so that the reading of them — and you know they are being read — is as productive as possible. By that I don’t mean to discount your passion or refute your passion. But if you write your thoughts as briefly as possible, that ensures that the team has the time — in what is an incredibly busy time for our company — to read all your thoughts in an efficient and meaningful way. Thanks for that.

I want to address something I’ve seen creep into this discussion from a few forum members. The original plan (call it Plan A, Saturday evening) was adjusted due to what seemed to be preponderant base of opinion from players. It was temporarily thought that going to a Saturday morning reset, Plan B, would be better, based on the first set of comments in this thread. But when it became clear that no, Plan B was actually not as good for players as a whole, the team then went back to Plan A. At absolutely no time did someone come up with a plot to manipulate you. At no time did someone say something in an insincere way , as in “let’s present Plan B to make Plan A appear better.” Both plans were an honest attempt to balance player desires with developer realities. The Saturday reset is needed, as John explained, and of the two options, based on your feedback, the evening reset is the best for the majority of players. That’s where we are right now, and you can be sure that there was no conspiracy involved in the outcome.

As it is, I feel betrayed. This change happened less than 2 weeks before the release of HoT. There was no hint that this was coming and it was never demanded by WvW players. Then, as we know, ANeT changed it to earlier and that turned out to screw over even more players. so they went back to the evening plan. Still screws a lot of players.

Seriously, I have played this game for over 7,000 hours and have enjoyed WvW reset for the last 3 years. However, my last reset was the 16th of October. I, and my guild, can no longer enjoy the EXCITEMENT of reset due to this ninja change. Sure, we’ll be able to play in WvW during the week some time but we will never again get to experience what we have enjoyed. This change is unwarranted and un-demanded.

I understand delaying reset for the new HoT release. Make sure everything works. I’m excited about it and will be adventuring forth. However, I want to return to our usual excitement of Friday reset as soon as possible.

Atoss.1056:

I’m happy about time change back to evenings. Thanks.

As for Friday or Saturday, don’t think it will change ‘that’ much, just wait and see it guys.

You don’t seem to get it. It has changed drastically for many. My guild will not be able to participate in WvW Reset ever again thanks to this change. The same is true for even more people.

So here’s the change. Friday now becomes the dead day for WvW. Many dozens or more guilds and hundreds maybe thousands of players are now denied the reset they have experienced for 3 years. PVE players will now come in and get what they need and most will leave right after – just like when Map completion was required for legendary crafting. PVErs don’t need reset to get their materials and such so why change it to accommodate them? Last night was my last reset night – so everything just changed for me.

As it stands with this change my guild will miss all resets from this day forth. Tonight was our last night to experience the “excitement” of WvW reset. Gaile, John – the decision to do this seems to be arbitrary. The reasons stated seem like an excuse for making a bad change. I understand delaying things for the new release. Needs to be done. But a permanent change is bad. Many guilds and players will now miss out on the joy of reset night that we have participated in for 3 years. I have over 7000 hours of play time in pve/wvw and have spent well over 1000.00 on gems. I’m sure there are players with more time than me. Your customers are screaming but you apparently won’t listen. We represent the vast majority of WvW players. Many of them, who haven’t bought HoT, may just quit. the PVE players who must use WvW to complete certain aspects of a mastery or legendaries will inevitably come to WvW to get what they need. Reset doesn’t need to be part of that.

You removed the need to come to WvW for map completion long ago. PVE players were so happy. They DIDN’T want to come to WvW. Now that you have made WvW and PvP part of certain precusor and mastery completions they will do the ABSOLUTE minimum required in those arenas. Changing the reset day doesn’t benefit them or change their thinking. It only makes the current WvW population angry. Please rethink it.

Cogbyrn.7283:

I’m surprised so many people pre-ordered HoT solely for Friday-night WvW reset.

Also, if people want more ANet communication, you’ll have to spend less time ripping apart every little thing they say, even if you don’t agree with it. Some people have approached it well, many others have failed miserably and represent a potentially large reason why less communication happens.

I also, personally, never liked reset being on Friday night. I will say though that lunch time on Saturday seems a bit odd/awkward.

Um, people didn’t order HoT because of Friday Reset in WvW. They bought it because they liked it. The change was a last minute, oh by the way, change that no one saw coming. And NOW many of them are regretting their purchase. ANeT, you better be paying attention to the serious negative feedback you are receiving.

Well, there are a few little pieces of light for some of us who are now going to be denied the “excitement” of WvW reset:
1. I can go to movie openings
2. Take in a Friday college hoops game
3. Play D&D with friends
4. Go on a date – wait, I have a person to date?
5. Go to a bar/dancing/drink(to drown my sorrows of no reset)
6. Go out to dinner

Notice, all these do not involve me logging in on either Friday night or Saturday(since I can’t). And I won’t be spending money in GW2 on those nights/days either.

Seriously though, I’d rather have my Friday WvW reset back.

Entenkommando.5208:

Make it ealry Friday instead.
People will have 3 full days to enjoy the beginning of the matchup (which equals the highest motivation and therefore best fights) and you won’t have everyone joining reset in the evening, creating massive ques.

There ANeT, you just had your solution given to you.

ANeT, you say it was so more people could enjoy the action of Reset Night. Well, this week will be my LAST WvW reset. I can’t play on Saturdays. So you just took it away from me.

I’m glad you finally responded. You should have had this explanation with the FIRST posting of the change. However, I still disagree with this. You have removed many players from reset by doing this. I loved being part of reset and the server planning that went into it. My guild CAN’T participate anymore. Thanks for “thinking” of us.

style.6173:

I’m really curious if ANET will listen to feedback from people.

Or even tell us WHY they are doing it.

Korel.3185:

Logged in to specifically register my strong opposition to this change. How was this decision made – was there some polling done we don’t know about???

Not to mention it was announced at basically the last minute. How could they solicit feedback? Seems like a rushed, ill conceived change.

For me it’s because it’s Friday. I can’t play on Saturdays so reset will now be a no go for me. Now my guild won’t bother participating in server reset meetings because we won’t be there.

As far as feedback is concerned – What is the reason? They basically waited until less than 2 weeks before HOT and bam “BTW, we’re changing WvW reset to Saturdays”. WTK.

This timing change is the strangest changes ever. Friday is the BEST day for reset. Fridays will be dead in WvW since the match ups are usually decided. Servers plan on the reset and the HIGHEST participation is on Friday since most are off on Saturday and they can stay up later.

I for one can’t participate on Saturdays due to real life. Please reconsider. There doesn’t seem to be a real reason for your change. It’s like you’re saying it was just a whim and kitten the WvW players.

Sayonara, RESET NIGHT.

While I may not main a druid I’ll probably create a hybrid. That’s how I’ve run my ranger after 3 years of finding the perfect balance(in my opinion). Can’t wait till next Friday.

As for builds – I run a hybrid PTV with some Sinister and Carrion thrown in for armor. I try to balance out my build(Marksmanship/Skirmish/Wilderness Survival). I can survive in zergs, do lots of damage, and use my build in any setting PVE, and WvW(I don’t do much PVP). Weapons of choice are Long Bow/Great Sword or Long Bow/Sword/Torch.

Oh, and one big tip. If everyone is AOEing a target don’t use Long Bow 4. That move has given rangers a bad rep from day 1 of GW2. Of course other classes have knock back, but we always catch the blame.

Examples to use it:
Knocking players off cliffs and bridges
Interrupt skills of bosses that you can’t knock back
Solo play – no one will see you do it
Saving a friend/teammate from being spiked in PVP or WvW

Just keep playing my ranger as it is. My build is very effective.

Glitch from yesterday aside, I was looking forward to this event. After participating in it I an very disappointed. Much of my disappointment has already been covered by previous, very constructive comments.
– Lack of drops
- Ridiculous cost of items(10 gold? – really?)
- Lack of sufficient reward for the time invested
- Stack system is not very fair. Should have gone with zone success instead. It would promote cooperation much more than getting stacks per individual.

Anyway, I’m sad that I lost interest so fast.
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After I discovered it was bugged I just went and did a daily boss run. Much more profitable than a no reward bugged event.

Tragic Positive.9356:

Heibi.4251:

In the old GW you were able to use extra skills by not having the pet. In this case, if you didn’t understand, if we are able to stow a pet permanently(until you change your build as an example) you get the damage difference you would have had with it. And you don’t have to worry about it dying in 2 seconds in a zerg or to the one-shot bosses.

Since this is not old GW and developers already stated they want Rangers to be the pet class – that’s not going to happen.

That’s why we are mentioning possibilities that would promote having the pet.

But since this thread is about “Removing the pet full time” I was sticking with the theme, not pooh-poohing ideas from people.