Guild Wars 2

insanemaniac.2456:

Herr der Friedhoefe.2490:

I would actually like to see a “chicken mode” because it would be so darned fun to call out the “chicken” in map chat. But, then I want a chicken mode for Arah too so I can get those tokens.

there is a chicken mode for arah — spvp

pls anet we must have chicken mode for wvw

We don’t need a chicken mode for WvW. It’s just not that hard. I have 6 characters and all of them have 100% WvW map completion. Only one of them has done the entire game map.

But like I said, it would be darned funny to see players running around as invulnerable chickens. Hell, I would make a guild event out of it

I would actually like to see a “chicken mode” because it would be so darned fun to call out the “chicken” in map chat. But, then I want a chicken mode for Arah too so I can get those tokens.

Anet has been moving away from “when, how and where you want” for quite some time now. This next change is not really a surprise. It’s not welcome, but it’s not really a surprise.

I’ve had enough of the reading here. I can hardly wait to see what Reddit thinks.

I don’t like the change either, but no matter how well Ashen just described the situation, Anet aren’t going to change this. They can be pretty stubborn at times.

It isn’t worth an awful lot of drama because this was predictable. The pace of the story has been slow from the start and fairly disjointed too. Stories need a beginning and end and each chapter too. That’s not happening.

The content of some chapters hasn’t been much fun along the way either. Glint’s Lair was beautiful, but obnoxious to play particularly if your main is a mesmer. Playing as Caithe wasn’t all that much fun either. I’m with those guys who want to play their own character. I could go on about this but I wont.

Not being able to complete a set of gear has obviously gotten a few peoples noses out of joint too, and the grind to get the sinister recipes is not much fun at all.

“Oh, what was I thinking? Anet does make grindy games!” – a quote we’ll never see.

So, Anet can do a lot better, no matter what they have on their plate, no matter what’s on or off the table. A closer look at a calendar would obviously help.

I’m not expecting any new crafting now, at least not until the new year. Anet is probably winding down for the year and cleaning up lose ends. Does anyone know when their financial year end is? It sucks when that is also Dec. 31, but a lot of companies still do that.

There is one more patch to go before year end? Wintersday, of course and it looks to me like the Living Story will drag on into January. I doubt crafting will get an update until after Living Story is done.

The problem is that crafting itself has value in terms of leveling experience. So raw mats lose value as they are crafted into next level materials or finished goods. Also, everyone can easily master all crafts so there is no need to buy anything from anyone else, except raw materials.

Some ascended materials sell for more then their raw mats worth but they are all time gated. Still, you can build value over time that way, if you’re diligent about it and have level 500 crafting in at least artificing and leatherwork. Those two crafts are pretty much the cheapest to level to 500 and you can then craft all of the items that sell reasonably well.

Ark Bladesteele.2943:

After playing in the Silverwastes the last few weeks, I think one of the most satisfying and awesome ideas was the addition of using a signal fire to call in air support. The effects are fantastic, the result is devastating to the attacking enemy, and then I remembered one small detail:

It was PvE.

There isn’t one single reason why this couldn’t be brought to WvW…

… and that the sad part. There is so much that could be done with WvW, but they don’t develop it.

Ayrilana.1396:

How would you beat Bubbles? Build an Asura gate under the ocean and shove a bomb through it too?

Well, yeah. That is actually quite appealing.

It beats the hell out of grinding for lost bandit boxes to get super-rare recipe drops.

The mistake you’re making here? Anet doesn’t want balance in the crafting system, particularly for the Ascended armor items.

naiasonod.9265:

Anecdotally, I have zero interest in the mystic forge for things like precursor attempts. Not in the smallest way to I find it remotely fun, interesting or engaging to just keep throwing rares/exotics into a UI and hitting a button, hoping the blind, uncaring RNG favors me this time.

I’m the same way. I refuse to use the forge for anything less than a known recipe. I also will not buy the RNG coin mall boxes/keys and I detest this new Silverwaste grind for recipe books.

It’s just one more thing that makes no sense to me. Why bring out a new and interesting set of gear stats and then hide the recipes behind an RNG grindathon? That is exactly what this game was not supposed to be, because “Anet doesn’t make grindy games”.

tolunart.2095:

Herr der Friedhoefe.2490:

Despite the fact that the players posting here have generally been against the idea, this post from Gaile shows us that this is a done deal. Anet doing stuff that players clearly don’t want, yet again. Business as usual.

Anet is not going to (and should not) change their plans at a moment’s notice just because a few people complain about it. The program was “a done deal” before it was even announced, Anet does not need players’ permission to set policy or make changes to the forums.

From the tune in your post I would be willing bet that you have already applied.

Despite the fact that the players posting here have generally been against the idea, this post from Gaile shows us that this is a done deal. Anet doing stuff that players clearly don’t want, yet again. Business as usual.

Gaile Gray.6029:

finkle.9513:

Im in the UK, I thought we where brothers

Pixelpumpkin.4608:

Imagine how we Canadians feel.

Zaxares.5419:

Or us Australians. Not only do we always miss out on these promotions, but we also suffer from the “Australia tax” on video games.

I’m so sorry. Maybe we’ll be able to expand the program in the future!

The books themselves are account bound, until you decide on what recipe you want.

Then the recipe is sellable. People are holding back, either opening them for their own use, or waiting to see what sells for the highest price.

As for me? I’m done with this bullkitten. I’m tired of grinding game material that I don’t like.

I can think of one particular regular forum poster who is now salivating, rubbing his hands together and saying, “Excellent….”

Don’t want, don’t need, No thank you.

Bloin? It looks like you want to reward the outliers.

That’s too bad, because I don’t want to grind anymore.

Crafting gets zero responses, except as a side line answer from John Smith, from time to time in BLTC. Crafting and BLTC do not belong in General Discussion.

What we really need is a dedicated staff member to address issues in those forums, and so far John Smith is not doing a bad job in BLTC, even though he can’t always give an answer that is terribly satisfying.

Gem store stuff should remain in the BLTC section because that is economy related. No matter what people might like to think, this game economy is not player driven.

As for the Crafting forum? We need a John Smith.

Thank you for reading.

pfft <15charOrMore>

You think they care what we want?

Wanze.8410:

Cant wait to sell all my investments to the general discussions forum.

I already did.

So, Anet is doing something that we players never asked for and probably don’t really want?

Wow, who knew?

With regards to Sinister armor and weapon recipes, we players are yet again being hit with an RNG situation where “outliers” are rewarded for their luck while the rest of us are forced to “grind” to obtain the items we want.

I bought this game based on “Anet doesn’t make grindy games”, but I obviously got suckered in. Seriously? Why the hell do I have to grind my face off in game material that I really don’t like, just to obtain items that I would like to use somewhere else in this game?

This is actually worse than the situation with Legendary and precursors because that stuff is mostly just cosmetic. I know there is no economic reason that Sinister recipes cannot drop in WvW, or be purchased from karma vendors. Both of those methods to obtain these items can easily be controlled.

The game designers simply want us to play their flavor of the week material. They want good looking metrics for participation, and that is so much garbage that I’m done with it.

And perhaps after you’re done reading this Mr. Smith, you could sticky this post so we don’t have to bump it? Thank you for reading.

The inscription/insignia recipes can be had from a vendor in Silverwaste. Normally you can buy Ascended armor/weapon recipes from your crafting master.

The recipes books for each piece of Sinister armor/weapon is a very rare drop from bandit boxes, also in Silverwaste. Just to remind everyone, those were nerfed hard. Anet obviously forgot that we bought this game because “Anet doesn’t make grindy games”.

This situation is just making me sick, but I’m sure John Smith will happily tell us all, “because, reasons”. Then he’ll make reference to some bit of esoteric economic theory in hopes that 99.9% of us wont know what the hell he’s talking about.

Mental Paradox.3845:

Now at least we know their priorities…

So many things that need work, like any update to WvW, but we get this… ><

… and of course it’s a coin mall item that will lead to many more similar items.

To anyone who wants to tell me “chill, it’s just a skin on a pigeon”… Capes? Thanks.

Malkavian.4516:

Considering how many updates have been all about your character, controlling a different character is something neat to say. Still, if you get to know how Caithe works in the game, from my experience, it makes me want to roll an actual thief and complain to Anet that I want her skills. XD

I main a thief and you just wouldn’t use this hodge-podge of skills in any coherent build.

I’m hating being Caithe. I built my character with my weapons, skills and build.

Now I’m a lesbian twig with skills that I have no clue how to use. Great.

Just another example of something that I would flat out buy, but I will not buy RNGesus boxes ever. Oh well.

I don’t ever have the volume on with this game. You can do that too.

Wanze.8410:

So same content and new rewards, just like Halloween. I expect new loot tables for the gifts.

I’m expecting a couple of new items, but probably recipes for items that are more expensive to make than what we already have, and anyway the product will be account bound.

Yeah. They wanted to give us a “wider range of results”, which is dev-speak for “more junk that you actually don’t want”. So now the Mystic Toilet can give you items that are lower level than what you flushed.

Are we having fun yet?

lordkrall.7241:

Would there be much point banning a hacker without finding out and plug the hole he/she/it used though?

I’m not in the habit of even reading your posts, never mind responding to you but in this case you need a lesson.

Korean game developers have a rotten reputation for dealing with hackers in their western releases, because they don’t have to deal with the situation in their home markets. The penalties for hacking games in Korea is so severe, including a criminal record, that people simply don’t do that.

Increasing the certainty of hack detection and increasing the penalty for hacking are both a deterrent to hacking, and both should be pursued. Then you plug the hole in the game.

Lesson ended.

Interesting ideas, but it’s not gonna happen.

Garbage idea, but that’s ok because it’s not gonna happen.

I like the idea. Not gonna happen.

nah. needs players who understand their class and how to get stability and stealth.

ok, you’ll probably die. take one for the team, while the team is coming.

Siege disabler, and good timing. That’s all, thanks.

Not for the prices, thanks.

On Desolation you shouldn’t be having any difficulty finding fights. It sounds to me like you need to work on your map awareness a bit. Try scouting from a tower or keep for a while and watch you map a lot to see what’s being attacked. You’ll soon see patterns that you can use to interrupt the attackers.

Ring of Fire, Miller’s Sound and Arborstone are going to finish off this week with about 1100 point difference between the 3 servers. Good Game all, but I hope we don’t meet them again after the reset tonight

All great ideas, but not gonna happen.

Megaservers completely destroyed server communities. A lot of us used to just hang out near the bank and mystic forge, chasing each other around using various tonics and stuff.

Of course, destroying Lions Arch didn’t help with that either but we could have all found a new place to hang out.

These days I have no idea where my friends are in the game.

This is fairly common on the EU EoTM maps. Seafarer’s Rest has a huge population of WvW players and regularly have a Q to get to the regular maps. So they just take over their color on an EoTM overflow map and start farming the other colors.

Funny Sunny Bunny is one particular commander who is very good at farming the other zergs. He/She/It (I’m certain it’s a shared account) sometimes takes it a bit far and starts camping spawn spots. It’s great for loot bags but it sucks a bit if it was karma and levels you were looking for.

The funny part about “go to EotM” is that FSB and her server have been spawn camping the blue corner for most of the day.

Just read the thread. This is by far the most productive staff participation we’ve had in WvW, in a very long time.

Someone is actually working on something that we players think is a problem, rather than handing us stuff that we specifically don’t want. Thank you.

The cannon covering the Garrison watergate is one of the best pieces of siege in the game. Well worth speccing into cannons just for that one.

Personal Story in the daily today. Yup, can’t finish can’t finish Chpt 6. A light in the darkness. Oh well.

Got disconnected from the server. On relogging, the PS completed. Who knows why.

Yup, you fell for it. Now quit buying RNG items from game coin malls. Simple really.

I can’t believe that they don’t already know, unless they really aren’t watching these forums at all.

I have to agree with Hexalot. Korean devs are just not up to producing secure games for other markets, because they don’t have to do that for their own market.

But we’re getting off topic here. The fact is WvW is the red-headed step child in this game and it’s getting old.

masterJP.5048:

Craft them ?! did’nt expect that , what are the recipe’s ?

They are craftable but you need the mats before they will show up in the discovery panel. The Hylek weapons use Sun Beads from a karma vendor. The Sparkfly map I think.

Check the wiki.