Guild Wars 2

Desova.5821:

It seems as if they’re planning in the future to add ways of getting ascended backpieces outside of Fractals, since there are now ascended gear vendors in WvW and WvW-specific infusions. Here’s hoping this is the case :/

This is exactly what we were told in a statement by one of the heads in developing the game, and this was back in November when Ascended gear was first introduced. I’m not going to look up the statement but I’m sure it’s still out there.

To date nothing has been done to provide Ascended Back Pieces to players, other than by running the fractals. We can’t even craft any sort of Back Piece despite the idea that a Celestial Back Piece would be the ideal place to start.

Suspicious Nija.6790:

First drama ever on RoS.

Speaking as a founding member of DEX, I can assure you it’s not.

I’m glad I left early.

Incentives, rewards or achievements for playing in WvW?

Have you seen the uproar that comes along every time one of the achievements involves the jumping puzzle in EB? Most WvW players detest that thing and now most of us simply ignore it because it’s not worth to camp for kills. All the “achievement players” have more badges than they know what to do with.

Which actually brings them to the same level as most regular WvW players, and we still can’t use those badges for Ascended Back Pieces or Accessories.

Dzagoblob sent an entire blob to deal with 4 people trying to take Cragtop tonight.

This is what RoF has to deal with lately and people have simply stopped playing WvW, or they’ve left the server.

Obtena.7952:

Sorry, I’m not being obtuse here but I think the whole premise that crafters are ‘ignored’ because devs don’t post in the crafting forum enough is ridiculous. Observe how that doesn’t carry over to other forum sections.

Faulty logic post of the day. Crafters are ignored in this forum, and other areas of the game are not. Some sections of these forums are extremely active with dev interactions, sPvP for instance. WvW is not so active with only one or devs answering, but not even daily. This section gets no answers. We are being ignored.

I’m sorry you can’t see that.

here is one sort of dev response we see here ALL THE TIME: they select a friendly and useful correct answer and give it the big green “A:” when people ask a “Q:”.

Actually the original poster in a thread usually does that, not a dev.

That’s how I’m doing it. I can’t be bothered to farm for any of this stuff anymore since no matter what we players do, Nerfnet will come along and do their usual. I play mostly WvW now and save karma for jewelry boxes. Those drop a lot of obsidians and I run those through the mystic toilet for mats.

Pathetic RNG is involved of course but it’s better than the alternative.

Of course the real alternative is a new game but I haven’t found anything I like yet.

Veseis.4915:

I’ve heard that the droprate in HotW is decent (as good as molten core/lodestone drops on CoF P1). Can anybody confirm this? Should I just stick to spamming CoF P1 for gold?

I can’t imagine any player describing the drop rate for anything in this game as “good”, and certainly not the drop rate of molten cores/lodestones in CoF. You get some gold from that dungeon, but you’ll be there for weeks/months to get the gold you’ll need to build something like Volcanus.

But you know, Nerfnet doesn’t build grindy games. They let someone else do that.

This wont be a busy thread this week. The French are just as hopeless as the Brits when it comes to learning a 2nd language. Besides that both the French and Germans have their own language forums.

I might have to go do a little spying!

Similar problem here. Could you give more details on that “-repair” process?

Found the details on the support page and tried. No “repair” happened.

Last edit: doing a complete fresh re-install…..

I can’t even get the down load to start.

Crazylegsmurphy.6430:

Are you still convinced it is fine as it is?

It’s just fine the way it is. I don’t want to hear you at all.

It’s working, thank you very much.

Crazylegsmurphy.6430:

Creating a slider for all instruments is kinda like using a sledgehammer to open an egg.

Nope. The sledgehammer is to turn the volume off completely.

It’s pure bliss to play a game quietly. Now look up Hyperacusis and figure why I do that.

1. Stealth, of course.
2. That bit about walking on needle thin paths and your screen suddenly zooms in past your own body, strangely enough at exactly the moment you’re supposed to do that other annoying mechanic, jump (or fall to your death).

Bubi.7942:

If you really go afk,

I did. I’m done with that boredom.

I do hope the server kicks you.

It didn’t.

Or even worse.

Love you to. Mean it, buhbye.

Karahol.9840:

Let’s hope our next meeting is with some more numbers on your side, so it will be more enjoyable for me too.

Welcome to playing against a server that is 6 ranks below you. We also get hit with that about once a month, and we don’t like it either. The matchup RNG being used lately is simply too wide too allow for interesting matchups, and a lot of players are giving up on this kitten.

FWIW, most of play here for a reason. We like the fact that normally have no Q time to get into the fight. We also like to be able to roam against our matchup server. The servers within the range our rank usually have a similar population of WvW players (RoS, the exception).

I could suggest you join our server for some interesting matchups, but based on the current RNG crap from Nerfnet, it wouldn’t happen. Have a nice day.

The 2nd chance aspect for the dead players keeps them interested and provides twitch players with a source of head shot targets. Enjoy it while it lasts because once people have farmed the achievements out of it, this mini game will be dead.

Unfortunately it’s another sPvP style game where you play against randoms, what you get from the spawn spot is totally random and where you re-spawn in the first couple of minutes is also random. This could be a great party vs party or GvG mini-game, but Nerfnet doesnt’ row that boat.

At the end of next week, RNG wont be enough fun to keep this game going and yes, I already have my mini and the head-shot achievement.

Ewon.5903:

Is it just me, or does the required amount to max this achievement seem well beyond what it needs to be based on the other achievements.

You obviously don’t play WvW, but yes this particular achievement is out of line with the others in this category.

ESKan.6782:

People aren’t playing it, they’re achievement hunting. This means camping the other team’s spawn in order to kill carriers. Which is impossible btw because Wind is bugged.

Like I said, PK Kiddies. Ah well, I’ll be done with this tonight.

I’m just as frustrated with Hunger Ga…. Southsun Survival. That game starts as a gankfest, but at least we can get revenge and some score by playing as a ghost.

Is anyone actually playing this game as designed? Like actually tying to capture crystals and charge you’re own conduits, while stopping the other guys from doing the same thing?

So far all I’ve seen is PK Kiddies running in circles around that middle grassy area trying to knock each other off the sides. Ah well, I probably only need 20 “games played” for that achievement. I can probably AFK most of it.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Herr der Friedhoefe.2490:

So we now have content that can be done solo by thieves, but guild groups can go suck lemons.

Lovely.

Bezerker geared characters Thieves, mesmers, guards, warriors, rangers, engineers, and necros so far actually…

Fixed that for you.

So we now have content that can be done solo by thieves, but guild groups can go suck lemons.

Lovely.

Lonami.2987:

I don’t know if this is a new case of developer blindess, but I do think guilds deserve some dedication, and soon.

This isn’t a new problem, it is pure and simple developer blindness.

We players would like a lot of things. Nerfnet has other priorities.

Viking Jorun.5413:

Slow rank progression, large risk, virtually no reward.. The list could go on. Literally the only point to go past rank 20 is for essentially free 18-slot bags (20-slot at ranks 50+)

I got to rank 14 and just couldn’t stand the thief gank-fest any longer. I didn’t know about the bags though. Maybe I can handle 6 more levels. We’ll see.

animalmom.1062:

“Carrots (in LARGE quantities) are use in DYE recipes….. mystery solved.”

I understand why carrots are expensive, I don’t understand why stock is cheap.

The stock is part of the standard speed route for cooking 400. Once you’ve reached 400 you don’t need the meat stock, so there is lots of it available.

Sell your carrots, buy the meat stock if you need some.

Slomo.1029:

Now that I know your Account name I will be reporting who I am, where I am, how many friends I bring and what I ate for breakfast. In future matchups. <3:D

Expiring minds are just dying to know all the details.

Siphaed.9235:

There needs to be some sort of in-game pop up/mail informing players to tune into the Live Stream matches when they happen.

FOAD!!!

This thing looks absolutely god awful on light armor characters.

Probably working as intended.

Seregon.2187:

also: we need a second worker in our keep

When you have Tiggy, you don’t need a second worker in your keep!

DavidTurner.3095:

They’re also sneaky little gits when it comes to strategy. I’m loving it. I hope you guys are too.

Sneaky little gits? We prefer to think of them as Shadows in the Warp!

TheGreatA.4192:

If you get skill lag from 40 it’s time to pick up a new computer/internet connection or turn down the graphics. Skill lag only begins when 3 big groups are fighting each other, and I’m talking 60-70+ on each side.

Shut it fanboy. It’s not like I’ve got an old computer here, and well yes maybe I live in a technologically backward country. Germany, btw.

I had lag at the reset on the RoF borderland when I was not running with the zerg. I could not even get inside some towers without standing there running against the gate. I could not even reliably cast a speed buff.

I turned down my graphics options months ago.

The problem is not on my computer, or with my ISP. So just shut it Fanboy.

L Step.8659:

Kinda sad when 2-3 RoF guilds have to be combine with another 1 just to be outnumbered 3:1 still.

How do you 2 servers find blobbing up with 60+ people fun :c

It isn’t fun. It’s time for RoF to simply walk away for a week and let Anet think about that.

Parcheesi anyone?

There’s no killer skill lag in Parcheesi.

Gamadorn.2659:

DevonCarver.5370:

Sooner than you might think, but not nearly as soon as we would like. That’s as much as I can say.

Sooo….right after everyone quits to another game…but before TESO comes out and it doesn’t matter…

I doubt that Anet is holding back material just to be to trump another game akittens debut. Having said that though, Anet has had a nice ride with no other major game releases in the last yeat.

Hule.8794:

So Herr der Friedhoefe, not going to TS you actually harm RoF.

That’s not even close to the truth Hule. The Warp guild is always there, maybe not following you or any other commander, but we’re always contributing. Does anyone else actually walk with yaks on our server?

Zumy.6318:

Anything else?

Nah, I’m sure we’ll see your photo on the cover of the Rolling Stone, some day.

Zumy.6318:

And that I know how to trade does not mean things fall into my hands. I did not get 23k gold through RNG.

Do you even play this game?

Or do you just sit on the trading post sucking gold outta the game?

smiley.1438:

You know how to use mute in TS, don’t you? :P

Nope, and that shows you exactly how much interest I have in that process. I actually get more from the commander with simple and short instructions, and I reply with simple and short scouting reports.

Our guild doesn’t normally run with the zerg to begin with. We don’t need more than “short and simple” communications.

Sird.4536:

Point is get your WvW guilds on community TS and advertise it in chat.

Sure, if the map oriented channels were muted to all but commanders and designated scouts. As things stand right now on the RoF community chat we have nothing but a bunch of background noise, music and some idiot player with pre-recorded messages.

I’ll go there for reset night, but the rest of the time I can’t be bothered. I’m not going to put up with that much background noise in my chill out gaming time.

Why does anyone even bother with RNG?

What’s really pathetic is that commercial websites are begging players to submit questions for Anet, by way of Reddit, while the legitimate questions here get the Brick Wall treatment.

We might as well be talking to a Brick Wall.

Topics like this appear almost weekly. Anet simply don’t care and are planning no changes to the commander system.

Dead match up thread? That’s because we’re busy building golems!

This is the best match up we’ve had in weeks.

Erasculio.2914:

aophts.9862:

Wait, i’m lost here. Do i need obsidian shards to create T6?

They are trying to talk about the recipe used for Mystic Clovers, which has a random chance to give a bunch of materials, including T6 mats.

Ignore their discussion, though. This is a very poor way to acquire T6 mats.

It suits my playing style and patience levels just fine.

ilr.9675:

I was attempting to make the point in a more … “here’s where you can sign up” helpful sort of way tho…

I suppose, but I’ve got 3 stacks of obsidians to use up, all from the boxes. I don’t need to spend an awful lot of time on Balthazar. On our server it turns into a commander party in order to attract everyone’s attention and even then it often fails because of lost Morale.

I spend my hard earned Karma on the boxes during guild karma parties, get loot and recycle the unknown items for gold and the karma items for more boxes. The Obisdians go into storage until I have ectos, coins and skill points available, for more loot.

No need to visit Balthazar at all. Probably working as intended too.

The Lightning Catcher fits my dye pattern beautifully. Now I wan all stat back piece to put it on. How frigging hard is that?

Fractals = Forced Content. If you want the back piece anyway.

ilr.9675:

Run Temples, then use the Obsidian Mystic Toilet recipe…

Lost Orrian Jewellery Boxes are a far easier supply of Obsidians.

Nice double team against RoF tonight in EB. You simply can’t tell me this isn’t arranged. The Dzag’s just circled our entire corner of EB and touched nothing on the way to take the one RoF tower where the wall happened to be open.

At the mystic toilet, using obsidian, mystic coins, ectos and philosophers stones.

I also pray to the gods of RNG, but they rarely answer.

Uther Deathhand.1570:

Ahh yes you are right sclerite is not clerics my bad. And yes if you really want a ascended backpiece it is not that hard to get one vial in Fractals.

Which really doesn’t answer my original question.

Why is there no Celestial back piece recipe?

Hule.8794:

To Dzag guard on our Bl. Sorry for chasing you for whole map. But we cannot let you flip our norther camps.

Don’t be sorry. Chase him again and again, until he gets the message.