Guild Wars 2

Rynarx.6124:

This is one part I think that Blizzard balance fairly well in WoW, they made gear(stats) fairly reasonable to obtain with some effort, but some vanity items for example like some special mounts (strat UD mount) had like 0.1% drop rate but people in general was still okay with it and would mindlessly grind for it.

You’ve got to be joking.

Take an OP trinket, give it a miniscule drop rate and put it on a ginormous loot table, then hope the Raid Leader, Guild Master, Loot Council, Ninja Looter or heaven forbid another layer of RNG with rolling for the darn thing doesn’t get it first. Then lock the instance so you can only run it once per week for extra special fun!

All it did is if you were lucky one tier and got the drop, you were “good” that season. If you were unlucky, you couldn’t get on a decent RBG team or in a decent raiding guild – you “sucked”.

Blizzard’s system is terrible, the GW2 fans know it and laugh when you say it’s better. Go home, blizzdrone, you can quit trying to sell WoW here, we don’t want any

I’m getting Black Lion Merchants. Those things are handy

Like this one?

http://gw2lfg.com/

Astralporing.1957:

Karizee.8076:

Gehenna.3625:

Karizee.8076:

A better indication of how well the game is doing:

http://www.guildwarstrade.com/gems

Both volume and price steadily increasing. The game is doing great

Actually that means nothing.

First of all it is known that the price is not purely supply/demand but Anet actually influence the price as they have said themselves.

A rise of silver cost for gems and higher prices on the TP means that people can buy less gems with gold. That means it encourages people to buy them with real money rather than in game gold.

So, if anything, you can conclude Anet is encouraging people spending real money. That would mean to me they need more cash, so perhaps this actually means the game is not doing so well.

The sheer volume increase says otherwise.

Where do you see volume in that graph? I see only price, and since it’s based on ingame observation i don’t even know how would they estimate volume.
Seeing price change we can guess several things:
- it is possible that the supply went down. There are less people buying gems with real money and exchanging them for cash (that is relatively bad – less real money income), or
- demand went up – people buy more gems for in-game cash (that’s also not good – might mean they buy less for real life cash), or
- anet intervened to increase prices. That’s also not good, because it suggests they want to encourage buying gems for real cash more (perhaps because they need more income)
Lot of suggestions and guesses here, no hard facts, but on the whole it doesn’t look as good as you suggest.

Also, there still will be gem spikes on events and sales (and we have black friday coming up). That doesn’t tells us about the general tendencies.

http://www.guildwarstrade.com/gems

The top line is price.
The bottom graph is volume.

Volume has doubled in the last month.

Gehenna.3625:

Karizee.8076:

A better indication of how well the game is doing:

http://www.guildwarstrade.com/gems

Both volume and price steadily increasing. The game is doing great

Actually that means nothing.

First of all it is known that the price is not purely supply/demand but Anet actually influence the price as they have said themselves.

A rise of silver cost for gems and higher prices on the TP means that people can buy less gems with gold. That means it encourages people to buy them with real money rather than in game gold.

So, if anything, you can conclude Anet is encouraging people spending real money. That would mean to me they need more cash, so perhaps this actually means the game is not doing so well.

The sheer volume increase says otherwise.

Best $60 I ever spent.

The way ArenaNet keeps throwing content at me for FREE, I’m going to buy some gems to show my support <3

Monthly content patches? Yes please

Map chat is as friendly and helpful as always.

Forums getting hate bombed by a couple players.

Here is a great post on how sigils work.
Note that you can go into the Mists and test sigils there before purchasing.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/10ilke/how_sigils_work/

A better indication of how well the game is doing:

http://www.guildwarstrade.com/gems

Both volume and price steadily increasing. The game is doing great

Their laugh emote is priceless!

TsukasaHiiragi.9730:

Trust me, GW 2 is in serious trouble its just alot of people are in-denial. My guild has saw many people quit since launch, we’re talking 50+ people quit the game and some of these was fanboys from beta weekends.

My guild is doing great – at this moment 9:51am PST on a holiday there are 53 people on.

Your guild failing is in no way an indication of the health of the game.

mulch.2586:

I think you have to consider that even casual dungeon-runners had exhausted what they wanted from the older dungeons. I was doing them for fun, not the gear.

^^This

Also, overflow LA is still the best place to form a pug group outside a guild so having a few minutes there isn’t a big deal. You can choose to stay in overflow or travel to your home server or even put yourself back in the queue for the next time a spot opens on your home server.

It generally doesn’t last that long since so many people are passing through quickly (form a group/go to dungeon, go to the Mists/take asura portal to new zone).

Agenteusa.6380:

As for Wow , I can’t really say it’s a downfall yet. I don’t play it anymore personally but it still has a pretty strong playerbase.

Ew, I can’t even look at that game after playing GW2, it’s so ugly.

Some servers have set up independent web sites and teamspeaks, but I agree – it would be nice to have official forums

I do too!

I rolled a new toon last night, my first Norn. Leveling through Wayfarer Hills I am blown away by the detail, my toon leaves footprints in the snow that slowly fill as the snow falls. The ambient sounds of snow plop plopping off of roofs. The sheer number of friendly, helpful players – this game has the best community of any MMO I’ve seen.

I see a couple technical issues with the game, namely player culling during big events or in areas with ginormous amounts of players like Lion’s Arch or WvW. Some QoL things could be added like a preview function in the Trading Post. But they’ve stated they are working on these things, I’m more than willing to be patient, they haven’t let me down yet and I simply love this game.

Kimbald.2697:

Karizee.8076:

Most of the opinions expressed on the forums are pure sabotage, nothing more, and mostly the same players posting copious amounts and trying to push the agenda of another MMO. You can safely ignore it.

This is a good example of a player having a stroke of conspiracy theory, while I’m sure no Arenanet dev actually believes this to be true…

Please stop thinking most players complain because of another game.
They complain because of THIS game.

When you see posters with 9 pages of “I hate ANet because _______ and going to resub to _______” making a mess all over the forums it’s pretty easy to see.

dendrite.2031:

The second reason why I slowly stopped playing that game, and my main point of this post, is that the community told me not to like it!

That seems kind of silly in my view. Would you let people tell you not to love your significant other?

If you love the game, play it with other people that love it – and there are LOTS of us, servers are busting at the seams with players that love the game

Most of the opinions expressed on the forums are pure sabotage, nothing more, and mostly the same players posting copious amounts and trying to push the agenda of another MMO. You can safely ignore it.

It is a legit survey. Check your email spam folder, it might be in there along with all of your mail from GW2 which is where I find all my GW2 mail for some reason.

https://en.support.guildwars2.com/

A bug report only alerts the team to bugs in game, they do not provide support. With this link you can make a ticket where you can get support for your prob.

There’s an escort event in Frostgorge Sound near the TP around center map. Escort the merchant and at the end you can buy the tonics from him.

Tobias Trueflight.8350:

Karizee.8076:

I think of it as a magical magnifying glass that concentrates energies for special abilities.

Love my flower focus. “I keel you with my flower!”

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Rose_Focus

I loved mine too, Gwen had it in hand pretty much exclusively after I got it.

WTB for GW2 <3

I think of it as a magical magnifying glass that concentrates energies for special abilities.

Love my flower focus. “I keel you with my flower!”
Working on The Anomaly cuz that is the coolest focus ever.

You do realize that agony doesn’t even kick in until lvl 10, correct? Ascended gear has nothing to do with this.

Account.9832:

at least when WoW releases a new patch, people brainlessly repeat three new dungeons, not just one

Or 2 rehashed dungeons for 8 months. Zul’Aman, Zul’Gurub anyone?

Of COURSE everyone is running the new dungeon. It’s our first new dungeon since the game launched. Do you really expect people to run the same dungeons we had at launch forever?

Plus it’s wonderfully fun, epic and a downright revolutionary concept in dungeon running. 9 mini-dungeons in one with a world boss, escalating difficulty. Good stuff

MrJ.8142:

FotM actually is a good dungeon and fun, but the main problem is nobody wanted to do any other dungeon again because of it.

It’s a new dungeon, our first in 3 months (not counting the Mad King dungeon).
Of course people are running it

It’s crazy fun too!

Correct. There are 9 altogether, you get 3 randomly selected ones.

One fractal level consists of 3 mini dungeons, you must complete all 3 to be eligible to enter the next fractal level.

Every other fractal (even numbered fractals) has a world boss, the Jade Maw, so on even number fractals there are 4 mini dungeons.

The only way to see your level that I know of is to try to enter the portal to the dungeon, you will get a pop-up message that tells you what level you are eligible for. You don’t need to be in a group to do that.

Nah, I just completed lvl 4 fractal and I don’t have any ascended gear. There is no gate.

People do like to group with other people at their level, try grouping up with other low level toons.

You can have unlimited game mails (from NPC’s after finishing Renown Hearts and the like) but only 10 mails from other players.

But I had the mail system bug out on me once when I had only 6 personal mails. I deleted one of them and mail started flowing into my mailbox faster than I could open it, haha.

People send me the nicest things

Aniaden.3581:

Oh, yea second hand information had the dungeons reset every week. So basically since I didn’t jump right in at the start I’m doomed to wait out for alts. It may be I will eventually find a group for level1 but so far its been frustrating to say the least. What concerns me a little more is that this may be the gateway dungeon for the next dungeon they implement. I’ll roll with what ever they throw at me, I just wish they had implemented it a little different I guess.

It seems there are a couple people that share your concern, maybe you folks should group together?

Lion’s Arch overflow is your best bet for finding random groups for any level.
Joining a guild is great too.

I think we have a bit of a meta game going on right now, people are pushing as hard as they can to see how deep into the fractals they can go. Once they start hitting a wall, they’ll start running their alts through.

They will only be free until ArenaNet implements the guesting feature. No date yet on that.

At that time xfer fees will be based on the target realm population, if you were to purchase the gems with cash it is something like $20 for a high server and $6 for a low server. You could also purchase the gems to transfer with ingame gold.

Also the fee will include all of your toons, you transfer your entire account.

Derk.3189:

Karizee.8076:

Dante.1508:

I really cant see why anyone would bother with Guildwars 2 treadmill when WoW treadmill works better…

You’ve got to be joking.
In WoW, not only do you have grind and RNG, you get to top it off with a Raid Leader, Guild Master, Loot Council, or Ninja Looter that determines whether you even get a chance at the gear.

It’s dreadful.

GW2 is miles ahead of WoW in this respect and so many others.

Actually he has a point. WoW treadmill items are at least innovative with what effects the armor sets do.

Not $180 a year innovative effects.

That’s IF you even get it after the RNG, Raid Leader, Guild Master, Loot Council, and Ninja Looter have had their first shot at it. Let’s not forget you only get this lovely chance at a chance once a week.

You have to be a masochist to play that game.
There’s a reason that GW2’s popularity is soaring.

Dante.1508:

I really cant see why anyone would bother with Guildwars 2 treadmill when WoW treadmill works better…

You’ve got to be joking.
In WoW, not only do you have grind and RNG, you get to top it off with a Raid Leader, Guild Master, Loot Council, or Ninja Looter that determines whether you even get a chance at the gear.

It’s dreadful.

GW2 is miles ahead of WoW in this respect and so many others.

I did Shatterer at about 7am this morning and there was over 50 people there.
Did Claw of Jormag this afternoon and there was more like 75.
I’m hitting overflow servers all the time, scads of people everywhere.

Khristophoros.7194:

Legendaries take such a ridiculously insane investment that it would be unfair to NOT auto-upgrade them.

And no I don’t have any legendaries myself.

I agree 1000% and I don’t have a legendary either.

Fractals are amazingly epic and fun! The environments, the mechanics, the stories, the blend of puzzles and traps and lore and combat has just blown me away.

Those crazy, creatively imaginative peeps at ANet really delivered on this one

This is the only issue I see as well. Good to know that ANet is addressing it

It was amusing to watch everyone die twice to the Karka event yesterday with their hyper-space-portal maneuver. They’re here! No, they’re there! No, they’re everywhere – aaaaaahhhhh!!!

I bought a Mini Karka to commemorate the event. I see you little Mini Karka dude, you can’t sneak up on me now!

OP, you will still get your rewards from the event.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/news/Disconnect-at-the-end-of-Lost-Shores-Event-Read-this/first#post788769

After discounting the effect of the paid blizzdrones you still can never please 100% of the people 100% of the time.

Some people think dungeons are too easy.
Some people think dungeons are too hard.

Some people think DEs cycle too quickly and like the one off events for a truly Tyria changing experience.
Some people don’t like the one off events because of their personal schedules.

Some people think gearing up is too easy.
Some people think gearing up is too hard.

Etc.

But at the end of the day the servers are busting at their seams packed full of people that love the game. That’s all that matters. No game will ever appease everyone.

OP, you will still get your rewards:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/news/Disconnect-at-the-end-of-Lost-Shores-Event-Read-this

Xpiher.5209:

The OP would be right if the servers were FULL like they were during the Halloween event. I haven’t seen the servers full. Has anyone else?

They dramatically increased server cap for the event so we could play with our trial friends.

Still full, I spent over 90% of the weekend on overflow servers.

My experience is the same as yours – everyone in game loving it, then a vocal minority bashing on the forums.

It’s called forum sabatoge.

Thirty people can really make a mess of a forum. Or 3 people with 10 accounts each

A certain big name game that is feeling very threatened by GW2’s popularity certainly has the budget to buy a few games and pay a couple peeps to go gamebashing on their forums.

My advice is to ignore it and focus on the game you love with the other millions of people loving it.

We added 7 new people to our guild today

One girl in the guild gave an invite to her husband who had been holding back. It tipped him over and less than an hour after installing, he purchased.

Otoh, I hear WoW was a ghosttown this weekend

Shiren.9532:

This thread is about the changes to the game made this weekend. A serious focus of them was loot, every piece of content added had a considerable loot factor to it, the high end market was turned on it’s head and the most controversial topic the game has faced was about loot. There are plenty of threads about the Lost Shores for you to post in. While it was a factor in the loot theme this weekend, it wasn’t the only one (or even the main one). Please try to stay on topic, if you want to talk about Lost Shores content, please focus on the loot aspects of it, not the DEs of the Lost Shores.

Maybe you should change the title of topic then to something like “My focus on loot this weekend” or “Loot aspects of the weekend event”.

Today’s event was about discovering a new zone.

We held the enemy at bay while NPCs cleared forests, erected defenses, built new bases and waypoints before our very eyes. We saw bridges being constructed to new areas while we held off wave after wave of enemies, pushing the line of scrimmage deeper into this untamed wild land.

We had to actively help create this new zone, it was not just sitting there waiting for us.

Those whose focus is loot only will only see loot from the event.
The rest of us partook in an epic adventure and saw Tyria change in front of our very eyes.

Stego.3148:

small unimaginative dungeon

Fractals is amazing – 9 unique environments, EPIC raid worthy bosses – this is the experience I bought the game for

There is no player database yet that I know of.

You can invite with either character name or login name.
You can add either name to your friends list and you’ll see when they login.

Pfft, they added 2 rings and mats for a back piece.

People are just looking to complain.

Oh and I LOVE that legendary weapons will never ever become obsolete – TYTY ANet!

I gave out 3 and 2 of my friends have already purchased the game.

Thanks, ArenaNet! Excellent idea!