Guild Wars 2

i know nothing about these dialogue changes (as i’ve utterly halted any story progression beyond the first lvl 40 mission to gey my key), but it seems like an idiotic thing to do just to “fix” the plot holes. you have on one hand, spend more money, slap a bandaid on the story, continue to have hundreds, if not thousands of complaints. on the other hand, press the story reset button, make it the way it was, spend little, if any money, satisfy EVERYONE…………if they took the first option, they have to be the craziest s.o.b’s in existence if they think that’s a good plan

@ AlienMenace
about #3 on your list: i posted on that very thread, as have hundreds others- we’ve heard nothing from anet on that thread since early october (and that’s being generous). as for #4 on your list, the rearranging of the orr story also created gaping plot holes, such as fighting the kitten eye before you even find out they exist, and then finding out there’s more than one after you’ve fought 2 already.

@ Malkavian
actually, that heart can be done, the monsters just randomly spawn when you enter the arena, its been that way since day 1 of the FP.

@ MVP
even so, it still shouldn’t be taking 2 months to finish making the story back the way it was, just extend the length of each “episode”

and i say again anet, i want the story back the way it was, i never got to experience the “friends lost faith in me”, or whatever it was called, arc.

Deli.1302:

Did anet ever give a reason for the removal?

something about making the personal story less confusing to new players, but then they changed their stance to “it’s a bug” after everyone went up in arms about the story changes………..still don’t get it, if the story changes are a “bug”, why has it taken 2 MONTHS to fix it?

Leo G.4501:

JusticarArkiel.1564:

Pandaman.4758:

AzureSky.3175:

Dual wielding warhorns.
So awesome!

Better idea: bagpipes, the two-handed warhorn.

i support this, if they give us kilts

2/3 of all the non-medium leggings are kittening kilts, guy. Unless you’re asking for plaid to which I say access denied.

none of those are kilts, i want a honest-to-god scottish kilt if they give us bagpipes, idc if its an outift, i just want a kilt to go with my bagpipes >:)

well, they seem to utterly loathe necros (i’ve seen hundreds of necros, and experienced this myself, necros get attacked by EVERYTHING in dungeons/fractals/etc), and they seem to never care to attack guardians. oh yeah, and engineers are right below necros in terms of mob hatred.
in seriousness, no clue how aggro works, though if you revive or start to revive someone they’ll usually switch focus to you

they were removed as a reward, there’s some rumblings about anet putting it back as a special reward for something, but currently the only stalwart armor piece you can get (least i think so, not sure on how they changed the rewards for the story instance i’m thinking of) is the chest from a story instance, during the claw island arc

Pandaman.4758:

AzureSky.3175:

Dual wielding warhorns.
So awesome!

Better idea: bagpipes, the two-handed warhorn.

i support this, if they give us kilts

no way in hell is this going to page two, fix this now anet, we want greatest fear arc back and the story in orr to be how it used to be!

Scipio.3204:

Donari.5237:

Clarifying: The chest farm has zero impact on the story achievements, it only affects the zone achievements which will be there as long as the zone is.

I haven’t seen any massive chest farming maps. I’ve been able to pick which fort to defend (and boss to fight) every time I’ve been there. Just need to kill Gold and find a pile of seraph badges now! And that’s with at most a couple of hours a day in there.

Correction: white mantle badges, not seraph.

correction to the correction: bandit crests, not white mantle or seraph.

back to the topic, the biggest problem is some of the lfg maps for silverwastes don’t say what they’re rolling for, whether it be actually doing the events or just chest farming. personally, i think the best way to fix this (if they decide to fix this, though i see no issue with it, i just leave when i get one of the chest farming maps), if to actually make the keys themselves cost more. you get shovels from almost every event, but keys you have to buy for the most part. not gonna be much chest farming if there’s no keys to use.

they actually looked a bit like mini charr to me, dunno why

highly doubt they will, they’ll probably just rely on the community to inform everyone (forgetting that trolls exist who’ll either fool everyone into thinking they got everything or that it still hasn’t happened)

there’s just one problem with this: it would start the “special snowflake syndrome”. only mesmers would get it, so mesmers would become the “special snowflake”. besides, doubt it actually exists, i mean c’mon, the best name they have is the mesmer collective?

i freaking love these weapons, i just hope when they are added that they AREN’T a gem store buy or claim ticket skin, i don’t have that much money and i can’t get that many claim tickets

Mr Snotty Pants.3980:

Greatest Fear you could just put back, and fix the related plot issues. The content still exists.

Source of Orr is harder. You need to shuffle the NPCs at the start (to avoid the haven’t met Sayeh al’Rajihd yet type issues) and probably switch the boss (so the Eye reveal doesn’t come before the Eye investigations).

Doesn’t that cover most of the plot troubles?

first part for putting greatest fear back is fine. they however should not just patch the story plot holes with source of orr, they should put it back how it was to begin with. it’s a perfect note to go off to fight a freaking dragon, an epic last stand with your closest allies, epic music, giant fight, it was PERFECT. to just plug the holes……..no, that’s a horrible idea

SERIOUSLY Anet?? You had a nice shot to fix the personal story with this update and you didn’t take it? Starting to think you all are turning into PWE and just care about nothing but money, not realizing that alot of your current playerbase is LEAVING or spending NO MONEY because you won’t fix something that kept some of them ingame.

Basaltface.2786:

why? Get serios… the day they listen to hobosack complains is the day pigs learn to fly…

see attached, i just had to XD

Merlin Dyfed Avalon.5046:

Thou shall abandon this gamemode for it is an mode that has nothing new to offer since it’s coming into existence.

HERESY :P

Thou shall not run away after thine commander hath instructed thou to charge into glorious battle against the mere five arrow carts with two operators, and thine zerg numbers thirty.

Thou shall use common sense, and shall not drop an arrow cart or ballista to wreak havoc on a gate. Thou shall continue to use common sense, and shall not drop and build a most holy Omega Golem in front of thine enemy’s defended tower thou are attempting to take.

this thread is awesome, wish i could hit +1 more than once

all in fun yes, but please, please don’t give anet any ideas, they might just do this and cause the already insane prices of legendaries to become downright impossible in any lifetime XD

really? nobody’s said this one? alright, i’ll say it:
shamu

and i have no serious answer to this

Electro.4173:

insanemaniac.2456:

Wanze.8410:

Last time I checked, the ingredients for the recipe werent requirement to craft the crossing.

well they arent optional are they

1 time investment diluted by multiple craftings

You could always buy the Gift of the TP or find someone to craft it for you, assuming you can find someone trustworthy.

last i saw, gift was almost the same price as the weapon itself

Asmodeus.5782:

I’ve logged in onto my Necro a few days ago. I’m a one lucky kitten.

were you already on that whole arc, or did you get to that arc after doing the section before? would be really annoyed if they stealth patched this without telling anyone

Zaxares.5419:

I wonder if there’s a way we can get Gaile’s attention on this thread. (She’s been quite active today!) Other than a short post by Jeffrey over a month ago, there’s been no further feedback or information about this from the devs.

Gaile, if you see this, would it be possible for you to let us know if the devs are aware of our dissatisfaction with the later chapters of the Personal Story? And if yes, are there any plans in the works to remedy the situation or reincorporate the missing steps? There are a lot of us now who are afraid to finish our Personal Story because we do not want to potentially miss out on being able to see for ourselves some of the pivotal events that leads up to the invasion of Orr.

truthfully, i think at this point they don’t care anymore. its been a month since the release of the “revamped” story, there’s been nothing but hate and unhappiness about it, and all they’ve done is say “we’re working on it”. i know its not easy to code stuff, but in this case, they know what it used to be, it shouldnt be taking them this long to “fix” it.

Lightsbane.9012:

Sublimatio.6981:

i just want more blocks and evades and vigor
and some buffs for party members and me so im actually desired in dungeon runs

‘more’ implies we had any to begin with..

so much this, +infinity

Cerpin.9152:

Another gemstore update without bunny ears …

With all the bad vibes hanging around the gemstore these days , you should really consider bringing them back !
Think about it : Who could be angry and bitter while wearing cute bunny ears ?
Not possible .

i see your “who can be angry and bitter while wearing bunny ears”, and raise you a me. i would be so blasted bitter and angry with those on, but i agree, they should bring em back for all those that want em. just warn me so i can go get my holy hand grenades for the inevitable rise of the bunnies

Gaile Gray.6029:

Direwolf.8796:

I appreciate the value of constructive feedback but the online GW2 community just seems so ungrateful and unappreciative Just think of the negative image you are portraying for new/potential players. I think more people should know how great this game really is.

If I was Anet and I read all the crap people complain about I would find it a little disheartening. So I’m posting for the first and only time to say the following:

Anet, I love this game and I think you guys have done a fantastic job. Thank you for all your hard work! Dont forget there are people that really appreciate this game and work thats gone in to it.

New & Potential players, come and give this game a shot and decide for yourself if you like it Don’t get caught up in the negativity of some people . The complainers are the loudest voices but there is a great community in this game if you give it a try.

-happy GW2 player

Thank you. I think it’s a wonderful game, and I’m proud to be involved with the team.

now if only you could all fix the personal story to be what it was like before, i would share the whole “it’s a wonderful game” sentiment

Josh Davis.6015:

Zaxares.5419:

So, now that the Skyhammer changes have gone in (hammer now dodgable, floor break time increased, can’t break floors while in stealth), what are people’s opinions? Is it bearable, or even fun, now?

I’m interested in seeing these questions answered by those who have posted in this thread with a generally negative opinion, but have gone back and retried the map since yesterday’s changes.

In your opinion, are yesterday’s changes to Skyhammer generally positive? Are there other small tweaks like this (aside from removal of solo queue) that you feel would make the map a better experience for players – changes that wouldn’t drastically change the gameplay dynamic and aesthetic of the map?

only difference i’m seeing is less death by stealth thief or engineer pull, so still not that great imo. and off-topic for this reply, but seriously, fix the roll for which map you get. i played 10 solo queue matches a while ago: all 10 were skyhammer. not fun

seriously anet, inform us of SOMETHING, some verification that you’re at least trying to fix both this and the giant plot holes in the rest of the story. i can’t even play most of my characters because i want to finish their stories before i do most of the other activities, and there’s no way in hell i’m going through this messed up and bore-ified story. please fix it, or at the very least tell us you’re working on it

Edit: to clarify, when i say fix, i don’t mean slap a bandaid of altered or added conversations, or just adding it back into the story journal but not the actual playable story. i mean revert it back. it was never confusing before, so why make it confusing to try and make it less confusing?

SaintSnow.6593:

Gryphon.2875:

GW1 Scar and Tatoo armor as either Outfits or Armor Skins

Also:

Just saying that tribal tattoo armor is already in the game.

and can’t be obtained

CureForLiving.5360:

JusticarArkiel.1564:

Eric.6109:

Karizee.8076:

I’m shooting for a full stack of Siege Commander spoons. Up to 7 so far.

Do Tequatl instead; his spoon is very close to a “sure drop”.

i call BS, ive done teq 25 times since i unlocked the spoon collection, and not once has it dropped. gotten the stupid rune of the sunless everytime though

RNG man, RNG.
I’ve been getting so many of them I’m going to see if I can’t get me a full set and then petition Tequatl to exchange sunless weapons for spoons :P

what about wvw spoons? those i’ve got close to a full stack of, about 230 last count. if they give you a teq weapon for spoons, should get something for wvw spoons too XD

Still recruiting, original post has all the details

Eric.6109:

Karizee.8076:

I’m shooting for a full stack of Siege Commander spoons. Up to 7 so far.

Do Tequatl instead; his spoon is very close to a “sure drop”.

i call BS, ive done teq 25 times since i unlocked the spoon collection, and not once has it dropped. gotten the stupid rune of the sunless everytime though

more like every week etien XD

the grenth hood was available last wintersday, it is considered a wintersday item not a halloween item. chances are it’ll be available again during the wintersday period though, and it’ll certainly pop up again in a later sale.

sorudo.9054:

JusticarArkiel.1564:

sorudo.9054:

heh, almost forgot about the engi’s, yes you will then be able to get custom skins for your engi turrets.

we don’t want turret skins, we just want that horrible hobosack off our backs everytime we use a kit XD

fair enough, what about custom skins for your kit backpacks?

nooooooo, we just want to be able to hide the kit backpacks so we can show off our own back items that we worked hard to make XD

Dasenthal.6520:

Eric.6109:

JusticarArkiel.1564:

it has scraps, not full tickets, unless they changed it recently

I opened 15 last week and got 1 full ticket and 5 scraps

He’s referring to wvw support pack, not black lion chests

what he said ^

sorudo.9054:

heh, almost forgot about the engi’s, yes you will then be able to get custom skins for your engi turrets.

we don’t want turret skins, we just want that horrible hobosack off our backs everytime we use a kit XD

only issue i see is the karma for lxp rank being abused, reach 500 for one server, jump over, get handed half a million karma, rinse repeat. other than that, love the idea, and agree with chameleon dude, it should be rewarded retroactively. i’ve been playing for a year, and no matter how bad it’s gotten, i still stick with Ferguson’s Crossing. retroactively awarding this stuff, or just giving us “loyalists” a head start like chameleon said, would be great.

Crunk n monkey.3749:

Well, this was a purely lame reward for the fall tournament overall. The tickets were the real reward.

It’s like going out to eat and getting 4 great tasting dishes of like filet mignon/sea bass/etc, and then dessert arrives, and its a bowl of jello.

but………….i like jello……and filet mignon needs to be cooked for another hour or two before its edible

Dasenthal.6520:

It only took me about 20 keys to get my chaos staff but the RNG god was smiling at me after another year with no precursor…
However quick question why would you buy keys when you can buy the wvw pack, as it has tickets in it.

it has scraps, not full tickets, unless they changed it recently

it’ll probably return during wintersday, and it’ll certainly return during some other sale in the future

Please everyone, this isn’t a thread for bashing on each other and arguing, this is a thread for telling Anet what we think needs fixed. Arguing with each other is not giving Anet any useful information on what needs fixed, what we want fixed, and what’s fine. With that said, Anet please fix the personal story at least, make it the way it was before in terms of order. I can’t even play the PS on the remainder of my level 80s yet because i want to go through the greatest fear plotline again, and fight the Eye in the epic battle right before going off to kill Zhaitain. The length of time it’s taking to fix it has me worried you’re just hiring new voice actors and changing up dialogue to give the plot holes a band-aid, which will not help one bit.

Recruitment is still open, see original post for details

Astral Projections.7320:

That’s very strange. There is a fair amount of demand for this item, 300 plus buy orders.
http://www.gw2tp.com/item/23094-white-coral-ring I wouldn’t think a statless ring would have any sort of demand for it.

i havent seen it myself yet, but i think its statless because you can choose the stats most likely, so it would be pretty valuable, considering the stats could be the triple stat comboes.

they could be worse, they could have ribbons
…………….oh wait.
well, they could look like something i drew when i was 5?
……………………………..guess it cant get much worse
needless to say, i won’t be getting them, not even to make a profit

Retro.6831:

Hmm, ran out of space. I wanted to add two points to the above post;

1. The Slayer is, amusingly, like a heavily armored version of Robert Downy Jr.‘s portrayal of “Sherlock Holmes”; they see every angle of the fight before it happens and finish their foe with ruthless efficiency. When facing a Slayer, the battle can be over before it even begins. They don’t just out-fight their opponents but out-think them.

2. The “Extra Weapon” skills were originally called “ kitten nal” skills, with the “Kitten” part there being a British slang term for the posterior. Heh. The idea is that the Slayer is a one man/woman army that carries more weapons than a sane person would probably ever need. Unlike Engineer weapon kits, you would use these extra weapons straight from the toolbar without equipping them. Others included a throwing Javelin and a small shield (“Buckler” that you could use to block attacks. There’s an old bit of Legend of Zelda art that shows Link with all of the gear he uses strapped to his back. That was kind of the idea there, an armor fighter with extra weapons tucked away.

Sorry for the double post, ran out of room.

ok, this idea i love, imho this one wins………….space marines would still be cool though. yes i will keep pushing at it XD

he needs a flashing neon sign above his head that says “REWARDS ARE HERE, GET YOUR SHINIES”………….or just press alt to see his name

a deep hood for my warrior/guardian would be awesome, would pay for that even. phantom hood and grenth hood dont count, a deep hood that covers the upper part of the face a bit is what would be cool. and cross-class armor would be cool too, always did want my engi to wear some plate armor

we should get space marines as a new class :P

joking aside (though space marines WOULD be awesome), something similar along those lines maybe, a heavy class able to use pistol as a mainhand or offhand, along with whatever other weapons. maybe call it Vagabond, or Reaver, and have its skills revolve around dragon corruption. you know, beat them by using and understanding their power………..just throwing ideas out there, i know lore says NO to this…………but it would be cool.

We are still recruiting active players from any server, new and vets alike, see OP for details.