Guild Wars 2

Geikamir.6329:

Kain Francois.4328:

Which precursor are you talking about? The Hunter stabilized around 115g and I was able to afford it after grinding it within 6 days, starting from 0g.

That’s almost 20 gold per day. That’s not even possible to ‘grind’ for is it? Unless you meaning playing the TP, but that’s not grinding.

I just farmed AC, CoF, and salvaged Token rewards. I also farmed Trolls, Barracudas, Reef Skelk, and Karka.

Unfortunately, my Hunter is soulbound and I found out I hate the skin and how it clips in the end!

I’m actually reading the AMA and kinda confused here:

I’m the Studio Design Director on Guild Wars 2, AMA by ArenaNetTeamin Guildwars2

[–]ArenaNetTeam[S] 5 points 3 days ago

Hi Bila,

I agree that the crafting materials required for Ascended Gear are to much of a grind and we are looking to balance the requirements in a manner that is fair for all involved and we had always intended for their to be multiple ways to get Ascended Gear it just didn’t make it the FotM build.

Chris

Could ArenaNet please clarify whether or not the current Ascended Backpiece skins will be worth crafting instead of waiting for the update? Will the skins be exclusive to this expensive craft?

In other words, are they planning to make it so that if we spend the 150g now on a Quiver, we are not ripping ourselves off?

In the AMA, ANET stated the requirements to craft Ascended back-pieces are inappropriate and should be changed in the future.

Should I bother using those 250 powerful bloods to craft it? Or should I wait?

Or rather, can I expect whatever changes which happen does not make me overpay for my Quiver?

Which precursor are you talking about? The Hunter stabilized around 115g and I was able to afford it after grinding it within 6 days, starting from 0g.

Robert Hrouda.1327:

Kain Francois.4328:

However, I do think people will continue if only for the dungeon tokens.

It’s possible. We’re watching metrics on it. I made the judgement call to only turn off the loot for 1 boss. If it is still being abused, I can make more judgement calls.

I’m waiting for updates to Arah in general. Giganticus. Loopi-cus.

Each token run takes 5 minutes. That is 3 tokens/5 minutes. Whereas a normal Arah clear is 60 tokens/2 hours. If we grind the boss farm for 2 hours straight, we only made 72 tokens. Which is very unlikely because people get bored by then.

Of course, the money incentive is something people would still grind it for. I’m not doubting bots would continue either way.

A complete fix however is simply to remove the urchins we use to kill the Hunter.

What can a Thief due in terms of support? I’m very divided whether or not to go Thief because Cluster Shot (Bow #2) feels just pain weird, and in general it just feels very weird all around. Any notable traits as well?

Also, is the Ele really a bad option if I spec a hybrid between offense and toughness? I come from playing Warrior, so I am not sure how I should be equipping a squishy.. I assume Power+Tough+Vitality but I am concerned about losing out on precision and critical damage all around. What about Power+Toughness+ Healing power on an Elementalist?

Robert Hrouda.1327:

It was getting pretty abused. We had some solid metrics on it, and decided to kill the loot from one of the bosses in an attempt to slow it down.

It was indeed a hotfix.

Totally justified in my opinion. Even I abused it! :P

However, I do think people will continue if only for the dungeon tokens.

Can we get another confirmation this was killed? I don’t recall a new build.

However, I do understand why it was nerfed.. Bots would abuse this like hell.

So this was nerfed without even a new build?

I don’t recall a build today or last night when I was doing the farm. Are you sure it was nerfed? Sometimes when you die a boss does not drop loot.

I fought him recently. I was scared at first because of all the hype surrounding him, but he wasn’t that hard. All we needed to do was simply Dodge ONCE when he used his bomb attack… That’s all. The rest of the fight was just as easy as the Ice Elemental boss. Is he harder at higher fractals?

So I’m done playing dressup with my lvl 80 Warrior, and I am bored of my Engineer.

What class should I play next? I honestly cannot decide.

I like being able to deal very high damage while supporting my team. I am a dungeon player, so I need survivability as well. I also like playing with my traits to create a variety of cool builds which change my gameplay.

But since I’m tired of Warrior, what class do you recommend? Note that this is from an endgame perspective, so I will be 100%ing a lot of maps and doing a lot of dungeons to level up.

I’ve tried Guardian up to level 14 but I am a little nervous about it that it does not provide interesting enough DPS or trait options.

Draco Aurum.7520:

Edit: Forgot to ask, does anyone know where THIS RIFLE drops in PvE?

The Hunter. It is the precursor to The Predator. Unfortunately, the skin is exclusive to the precursor at the moment, which is an unfortunate oversight on ANET’s part.

However, I personally recommend the Order of Whispers rifle because it has the red-laser scope and it has a much more sleek design, whereas The Hunter is just a big and blank rifle which clips into the ground because it is just too kitten big.

Anyone have a screen of it ingame? I wanna know if we can walk around like a pimp with Koss’ on our back!

I would like to reiterate the point of this thread: Am I doing enough damage? How much damage should a warrior be doing?

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Precise_Strikes
33% chance to cause bleeding on critical hits.

*Benefits from Deep Cuts and Strength, extending bleed duration to 5 seconds.

It’s because of that one trait you stack 80% precision. I am able to get off 3-4 ticks of bleed with one volley, and sometimes 3 ticks of bleed at once with the 1 skill. Hence, I can maintain 10-16 bleed with rifle alone on a boss.

The idea with my build was to hybrid damage and condition damage, but I really want to compare with other’s numbers to know if my build is actually a master of none.

I really want to thank ANET for conducting an AMA because this answered questions in regards to the Ascended tier and other worries.

Thank you, ANET!

Thank you for the advice, Shadowscamp. However, my problem here is whether or not the damage I deal is actually substantial in conjunction with my survivability? I am worried I am speccing too much into survivability rather than damage?

And is maintaining 10 bleed on a foe really that inferior in damage to others?

It’s more so a comparison question to see if my damage is lackluster compared to other warriors here, since I feel almost an obligation to equip a Ruby set.

FINALLY got my Hunter. However, I’m quite disappointed because it clips into the ground when in fighting stance. I’m also bummed that the legendary is simply out of my reach, ha ha!

But seriously. Now that I have my precursor, I realize they are the least of problems when attempting a legendary. Seriously. Check out the mats!

From the Reddit AMA:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/13tuac/im_the_studio_design_director_on_guild_wars_2_ama/c77491k

[–]ArenaNetTeam[S] 1 point 1 minute ago

Hi Soc,

Thanks for taking the time to send in some questions. We do not believe we have gone against any of our principals, but we do understand the concern regarding potential grind. We absolutely design everything we do with minimal grind and will continue with this principal moving forward.

1: I would prefer that we never say never but our intention is that in terms of ‘Named Tier (Rarity) of Loot’ Ascended will be with us for a long time and we will not introduce a higher tier of loot for the foreseeable future. There will be loot with different stats and new infusions within the current tier that will be spread over long periods of time (for example Ascended gear will be deployed over the whole of next year). 2: Ascended gear will be obtainable throughout the whole of the game aside from sPvP and in retrospect it would have been better to have rolled different acquisition methods out at the smae time os the FotM.

Chris

Jns.1059:

This is what the making of GW2 book says about the subject:

What a buzzkill. I really hope they consider these birds for a future expansion, hopefully the “Return to Cantha” expansion. It’s a shame they built them up with Winds of Change only to abandon them in GW2.

So my friend recently told me his DPS numbers, and I was shocked to hear his Kill Shot (Rifle Burst) dealt 15k+ dmg whereas mine only dealt 6k to risen mobs. So I’m concerned my setup prevents me from dealing much damage and being useful to my team in dungeons.

At the moment, I am using Condition Dmg + Toughness + Precision exotic armor with Superior Rune of the Undead, with Emerald accessories (Power+Precision+Toughness). My rifle is Berserker with Sigil of Earth (bleed on crit)

So every equipment piece except for the rifle increases both precision and toughness. With the armor increasing condition damage and accessories increasing power.

My trait setup is 20 Strength, 30 Arms, and 20 Discipline. This supposedly allows me to have a balance of condition damage and raw damage.

My bleed hits around 102 dmg per tick and my rifle usually averages 10 bleeds on a tough foe before I can use my killshot. Comparing with a non-condition damage spec, this is about a 50 dmg difference per tick, and at 10 bleeds I deal 1020 dmg versus 500 (approx a 500 dmg increase PER SECOND!)

The 1 skill of my rfile averages 600 raw dmg on crit whereas Volley deals an average of 4k.

With an average 80% crit rate, warrior traits, and Sigil of Earth, I SHOULD be stacking up lots of bleed with virtually any weapon. However, I am still concerned that I do not deal enough damage for dungeons.

Can any DPS-pros here help me figure out whether I should ditch my current armor set in favor of Berserker armor+Berserker accessories? Thanks!

I do agree that something is.. Wonky with the loot tables. I’ve been farming for DAYS straight and got barely any rares! (But tons of t6 mats!)

I had 150%+ magic find. So if I got so many t6 mats, why barely rares?

I’m also scratching my head what exactly was changed about Vet and Champ loot, because it seems worse than ever…

Karizee.8076:

Kain Francois.4328:

Will we see the “Colossus” ever again? (I’m referring to the chained giant in FoTM…)

Love that guy <3

Seeing him bow and walk into the horizon actually made me teary eyed. It really had an impact on me, like saying farewell to a friend.

Will we see the “Colossus” ever again? (I’m referring to the chained giant in FoTM…)

I’m not worrying about Ascended items either until I start fractals. As it is, we can only equip 3 ascended items, one which involves INSANE amounts of grind! (Quiver..).

The difference at the second is very minimal. I am not worrying.

The only item I care about right now is the Quiver because kitten I want a quiver!

God Shrines are also pretty silly because they reward losing the shrine (chest) than retaining it. I think what they should do is reward us for defending the god shrines. Similarly with Arah, which is justified considering the END BOSS of Cursed Shore assaults you when defending Arah, and he’s much harder because you simultaneously must fend off a Risen invasion.

Just a thought here.. But isn’t Abaddon stronger than the Elder Dragons?

Without even escaping imprisonment, bound to ANOTHER realm, he is able to twist the lands themselves and conjure upon an endless supply of demons.

Whereas the Elder Dragons can only corrupt the lands by physically touching them, and even then, their armies comprises solely of physical bounds (Risen for example physically have to approach you and kill an individual in order to gain control of them.)

It seems to me like the dragon threat could be evaded completely by transferring to another realm (such as the Mists), whereas Abaddon was a threat to all realms.

What’re you thoughts? Was Abaddon stronger than the elder dragons, both as an individual, and his commanding army?

Anyone know how to craft the axe “Titan’s Vengeance”? It’s 145g on TP and its skin is that of the “Lava Axe” elementalist skill. However, I cannot find the Mystic Forge recipe anywhere!

FateOmega.9601:

No. Its really great. Precursors are way overpriced anyway.

This very much.

Precursors overpriced anyways. Seriously. They should have been the easier part of a legendary but instead they’re the hardest. For the price of a precursor, you can buy Volcanus.

Knowing ANET, it will be used in a future “scavenger” hunt… Stock up!

I would really love if they brought back Zaishen Dailies from GW1.

This makes me ponder something.. If we put in 4 cheap legendaries, is it possible to get, say, Twilight from 4 Frenzy spearguns?

Hello Chris. Thank you very much for conducting an AMA. We’re very excited to hear from you!

I would be honored if you could please answer some of my questions:

o 1) Can we expect to see more on the Tengu in the future?
o 2) What did Koss write about himself in his autobiography? (“Koss on Koss” backpiece)
o 3) Is Karka meat edible?

Thank you!

Fixing and improving existing content throughout the game, and better tying it into the overall sense of player progression within Guild Wars 2.

This one scares me, ANET.

Please make Ascended gear as easy to obtain as exotic. Thank you!

If you refused to co-operate with the group strategy, I would also kick you. Refusing to use a ranged weapon is also refusing to support the team formation, which could screw up the group.

Using a melee weapon on the dredge fractal boss for example is pretty silly in my opinion, for example.

There’s nothing wrong with melee itself (some builds even utilize pure melee such as Mace+Shield and shouts “Warrior Ball”), but there’s nothing worse than someone refusing to co-operate with their team.

Also, ranged guardian isn’t THAT bad considering it puts you in the right position for reflections and such. Just focus on how to compliment the team rather than your own damage.

Are you sure they aren’t just farming for the Silver reward as well?

Kid Taylor.5479:

Kain, have you actually tried your methods instead of sitting around theorizing?

Yup. Just did a few TA Worm runs before posting this.

Very disappointed at the lack of healing power… It looks like I will not be using ascended gear until they implement this.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Koss_on_Koss

So.. What do you think is in the autobiography of Koss? And does anyone else find this a super-awesome item addition by ANET?

1)graphics (1-bad…10-amazing) – ¹⁰ Amazing as usual!
2)sound(1-bad…10-amazing) – ⁸ Loved the epic music at Karka’s nest!
3)story concept/originality (1-boring…10-captivating) – ⁶ Didn’t explore enough about WHAT the Karka were!
4)loot/reward (1-lost all my money…10-gained amazing items) – ⁴ While I love how they gave a high chance of Precursors from Ancient Karka (I did not get any) my main complaint is due the lack of decent loot from everything else. Lost Shores is too difficult to justify farming them, though Reef Skelks might replace Minotaur farming… The ascended items are also currently too hard to obtain. Fractals at least has rares+exotics though….
5)stability (1-extremly buggy…10-no bugs) – ³ Too many events didn’t work….
6)network connection/speed (1-laggy,disconnections, 10 – perfect connection) – ² Lag at the first event. People disconnect at the end of Ancient Karka too.
7)mini events length (1-to long/short…10-just right) – ⁵
8)overall event length (1-to long/short…10-just right) – ⁴
9)overall Satisfaction (1-worst experience ever,10-best experience ever) – ⁷

Just being constructive, there were too many stability issues and it didn’t feel worth staying in Lost Shores.

Ancient Karka felt very satisfying to kill but the reinforcements phases lasted waaay too long, and the demolition part was a pain because champion karka took too long to kill.

Honestly, while I wouldn’t say I’m disappointed, I did expect better content.

Perhaps my main complaint is simply how annoying and difficult the Karka were. I had a harder time maneuvering here than in Cursed Shore… And the Drakes were annoying too!

Honestly, I do not trust third party sites, and I am shocked to even see ANET stickying it. Does that mean they endorse it, and are responsible?

So with the introduction of silver from bosses, I introduce the concept of “boss farming”.

The idea is simple: Skip trash to the first boss, kill and loot it, and reset the dungeon! With an omnomberry bar and Rune of Scavenging, you make possibly 21s+ per round!

I don’t know whether or not a thread for this is worthy of discussion, but it seems like a good idea people overlook, and I’m curious about people’s farms.

Unlike other farms, this is NOT susceptible to Loot DR, and you make a guaranteed profit.

One idea I have is to farm the Vine boss of TA over and over again for the guaranteed 21s+ loot and the chest, which has a chance at ONYX LODESTONES!

Another idea I have is for people to speedfarm the Spider boss of AC, though I believe the worm boss of TA might be more profitable…

My rough calculations are 21s/5mins= 2.52G/hour. But whatever the case, discuss your own strategies and times!

And precursor prices are rising again..

Sadly I got none. And I’m upset I didn’t get The Hunter after getting frustrated and throwing all my savings in the Mystic Forge again..

Anyone have tips? Is Fractals a reliable means of money?

I agree all the male Sylvari voices (except Salad-head Traderp) are phenomenal! Even the NPCs are awesome!

If ANET was trying to go for an adventurous, yet innocent race, they definitely succeeded.

I agree that MF should only exist as consumables.

The realistic issue with MF in my opinion is we are forced to take MF gear for maximum farming efficiency, and this locks us out of our own near builds and gear we’ve worked so hard for.

I agree the new zone doesn’t really have farming areas worth the risk. Considering Karka are so difficult, I believe they should be harder.

Maybe there will a cool farm discovered?

I want sweet new ways to make money. More farms!

Essentially, endgame content is gearing our characters with the armor skins we want. Dungeon tokens fulfill part of this, but there are many exotics NOT gained from exotic tokens! For many of them, we must farm gold to buy the lodestones and such.

Hence, we need more farms to make money.

Fractals are a neat experiment by the devs which make GW1 vets nostalgic. It’s a different game-mode and I think the community should give it a chance.

What I need to ask for though, is a /resign command to reset at the checkpoint.

A skill like Rebirth from GW1, where they teleport to your location, would be nice too.