Guild Wars 2

Oh my god, this idea is absolutely amazing. The thought never even crossed my mind but now..

A PVE version of WvW. It’s fitting to see packs and packs of risen banging on the front gates of a keep. It really gives off that apocalyptic wasteland atmosphere.

Now players will actually escort dolyaks as risen come to take them out.

I love this idea, the idea has TONS of room for more great ideas, Anet Developers, read this thread immediately and throw this on your drawing board.

To those belittling the TC for loot:

Do you know why Diablo 2 (Not 3) was so successful and lasted as long as it did? Ultimately, it was the loot.

Loot is a universal element in all roleplaying games, and certain games excel at the loot game. There’s a certain psychological approach when it comes to obtaining loot, I suggest googling it and reading up on it. It’s certainly an interesting read. Just saying, those that are tossing the loot factor aside so easily are oversimplifying the primary concern.

gameshoes.1530:

I’m pretty much stuck at 99% completion until my server swaps spots or completely dominates the battlefield and I find it rather silly.

This thread again?

Sounds like you should get into a major WvW guild and start fighting for the GLORY of your server!

Who knows, you just might enjoy it! Go for it, there’s no reason to lock yourself out of a section of the full game.

This is exactly what I was looking for! Out of the few tries I’ve done Arah, it was full of elitists and people with negative attitudes (Which I suppose I can’t blame them, Arah is not easy and is very time consuming.)

I’m a Guardian with a supportive shout build with full Knight’s exotics, I would love to be taught the ropes and be taken along. My long term aspiration was to be outfitted in full Arah’s, and this is the perfect opportunity I’ve been searching for. I’m a friendly person that knows how to play his class and is experienced in almost all paths besides Arah in general and always carry a positive attitude with a willingness to learn and listen.

Logged in to give you a bump and say that this is a great idea. I always loved the idea of race-specific guilds.

Satakal.6971:

Vane.2387:

My warrior and elementalist =]

…or space marine and angel thing.

I love your elementalist, very unique. Post more pics if you can.

That elementalist is amazing looking. Just wow.

Just don’t have a silly guild name.

Other than that, I have no current preferences. I am weighing my options, I am bound for one of the two servers.

I primarily do WvW, but also like to do (And excel) in dungeon crawling and other activities. Except sPVP, I don’t do very much of that.

Also please don’t spam this thread with server transfer requests. Kaineng or Stormbluff Isle ONLY please.

My Necromancer was my first level 80. I love playing him. Then I got a Guardian and Thief to 80, and couldn’t go back to Necromancer.

Every now and then, I continue to just check out this forum, hoping to find some good news about the Necro. No luck at all.

Is anyone else the same? A former Necromancer player, but continues to check this forum every now and then to see if there’s any updates?

And is it attainable?

Asking just cause it has the cape.

I have to say, I enjoyed these two events very much.

I never really paid much attention the story in dynamic events. I’d do the objective, collect reward, leave. And back when the game was more populated, I’d tag events and just walk off (To get credit when others finished the event >_>).

But last night, something happened!

I went into Iron Marches, and found a house in the woods. I saw a bunch of charr cubs running around, and I laughed: It was amusing. Then I see Bria come out of the house and begin tormenting them.

I was the only player around and I did the event by myself, but I still enjoyed the heck out of it. It felt like they actually put some effort into it. Likewise with an event to the west of that event, in a charr controlled town, fighting against seperatists.

After seperatists take over and you drive them out, there’s 2 charr veterans that then go to raid the seperatist base. I don’t know why, but it was enjoyable, following them as I got to see their character personalities more. Again, I was the only player doing the event, but it was enjoyable.

Especially at the end, when they crack a joke to each other. I laughed along with it, and I really did feel a connection.

Moments like that, similar to the giant being freed in that one fractal. I’m just venting and people probably don’t know which events I’m talking about, but I just wanted to give Anet props to where it’s due!

selan.8354:

Revan.6259:

Frankly, I don’t think the 500 badges are unreasonable at all. What about players who mainly like to WvW? If they want to get a legendary, they have to do ll sorts of PvE stuff to get it. Should the PvE requirements be removed for them?

ty why i all this whining about the badges?How shall I be able to get almost 1000g for my sunrise

This, seriously.

Don’t pretend that other requirements like all that gold, lodestones, and materials you need is a walk in the park.

500 badges is easy to come by in overtime. Learn to enjoy World vs. World. There are tons of people that are intimidated by the concept and feel overwhelmed by the large maps but TRUST ME, once you learn it, you’ll enjoy it. Then 500 badges will feel like NOTHING compared to the other absurd legendary requirements.

A good tip to farm badges is by using an Arrow Cart. The most ideal situation would be using an Arrow Cart somewhere where you cannot be attacked. Then with invaders banging on your gates, shoot them down. It will be raining lootbags. A popular spot is the Lord’s room in Dreaming Bay if you get an Arrow Cart in the far back of the room.

Don’t got access to an Arrow Cart in a good situation? Spend 6 silver, buy an Arrow Cart blueprint, go to where the Commander or orange crosswords on the map is, and throw down an Arrow Cart in a safe spot. If you place a blueprint down, people will build it. And you get ownership of the seige weapon, so if someone is using it, you can kick them out.

In most servers if not all, dedicated WvW players would love non-WvW players like you. It’s true people complain about “randoms” and “pugs,” but a Commander and intelligent dedicated WvW players know the importance of randoms and that they will always be a necessity. Don’t be shy, give it a try, learn it, love it.

I feel sorry for any player that restricts himself to a few aspects of the game rather than all of it.

Which weapon style do you prefer: the Verdant or the Warden weapons?

For those unfamiliar, Verdant weapons are the rare sylvari-looking weapons, and the Warden weapons are the Tier 3 Weapons.

I’m curious on how the community feels about these weapons. Personally, I think Verdant look much nicer, but there’s something nice about how refined the Warden weapons look- plus, Warden weapons are less used among players since they’re harder to get than Verdant weapons.

What do you all think?

EDIT: Forgot about Nightmare, it belongs in this discussion as well!

I’m already decked out in full exotics with the desired stats and cosmetics.

A legendary is the only long term goal I can have, it seems.

It seems so far that such an investment for exotic MF gear may not be worth it: I suppose I could settle for greens/yellows as it is much cheaper and doesn’t make that much of a difference, it seems. Thanks for the input everyone.

I was looking for a long run investment. Spend money once to provide me with the highest efficient means to not need to spend money in the future.

I’m thinking of spending $50 on gems to quickly purchase a full exotic set of Magic Find armor and runes.

To me, money is not an issue, but I was wondering if anyone else has done this, and if the impact of a full exotic set of Magic Find would be worth the investment in the long run.

Thanks!

This skill point is currently bugged on Northern Shiverpeaks. Currently have 5 other randoms here with me going “wtf.”

For PVE/WvW, I run a shout build. Mostly Knight’s armor, 3 shouts, and Renewed Focus. I use Greatsword (Can’t help it: I love swinging big swords and Leaping into crowds of enemies), along with a staff for support.

I decided to try some sPVP for once in a long time. I wanted to try a different playstyle, so I was like “hey, guess I’ll try spirit weapons!”

So I look into my traits, and look for all the traits that specifically benefit Spirit Weapons. I came up with 30/20/0/0/20. At first glance, it looks bad. I do love my Valor and Honor, but I thought hey, might as well give it a try.

For my utilities, I used Shield, Hammer, and Sword.

So I gave it a try, and my lord. When traited, these weapons are absolutely devastating.

I then switched to Mace/Shield and Hammer and my god, they work SO well with the spirit weapons, as if it was a match made in heaven.

Haven’t had so much fun playing this game in a long time, I think I found my new calling. I know that spirit weapon builds are generally frowned upon, but I gave it a try, and I felt effective and it was fun.

zerorelative.3104:

I prefer PvE. WvW is just PvP mob-style. The forums even classify WvW under the PvP category. I agree with OP that WvW should have no effect on PvE, particularly in regards to server populations, guild influence, and daily achievements.

Also why does my world exploration have WvW in it? It’s through the mists – not part of Tyria.

I hope WvW disappears soon – it’s despicable.

GW 2 is basically 5 games:

PvP
WvW
PvE – Open World
PvE – Dungeons
PvE – Personal Story

I wish ANet had picked one and gotten it right before trying to add another.

Sorry to hear that you’re limiting yourself to not fully experience Guild Wars 2 as a whole.

Northern Shiverpeaks. Great community.

Ascii.9726:

Watch out, TC has Tier 1 transferred players

Haven’t laughed so hard in a while. Ahaha.

My thoughts personally? Class doesn’t matter too much. I’ve seen a Necromancer Commander that did a great job, and when I follow a Commander, I don’t put any thought into their class at all.

At the same time, there is something morale boosting about a Guardian/Warrior Commander charging to the frontlines recklessly like a monster into an enemy group. That’s just from my perspective though.

Bag/bank slots. Or transmutation stones for level 80 weapons/armor.

Otherwise, I’d watch the market and cash it all for gold.

EDIT: Also, I strongly recommend you DON’T do chest gambling. Odds are, you’ll end up incredibly disappointed.

I wonder, does such a thing exist?

I’d **** bricks if I were in WvW, and saw a Warband guild of 20+ Charrs charging straight for me.

And out of curiousity, is anyone interested in such an idea?

Hey all,

Northern Shiverpeaks was the server I started on when I first began playing Guild Wars 2. It’s home for me: I recognize many names, many guilds, I have seen many guilds come and go.

However, the guild I pledged full loyalty to, decided to move to another server, and I went with them after a long thought process between server loyalty and guild loyalty. After a while, I began to grow discontent with the guild (I’d prefer to keep reasons anonymous) and just felt homesick.

I’ve decided to return to Northern Shiverpeaks and continue fighting for them.

Some people might find things like guild, or even SERVER loyalty to sound silly. It’s just a game, after all. However, these two things are very much real to me. I believe I’d be a valuable asset to any guild willing to take me in. I’m looking for a new guild to call home.

I offer 100% representation, a strong sense of guild and server loyalty, 500+ total gameplay hours of experience across all spectrums, PVE, WvW, dungeons, sPVP (Although WvW is my primary love), an 80 Guardian (With Commander tag), 80 Necro, and 80 Thief. I play the Guardian 95% of the time. I do voicechat, TS3 preferred, but would be willing to move to another client.

I’ve been considering Os, since I respect their loyalty to Northern Shiverpeaks and the impact they have in WvW. Although I’m open to other WvW guilds. Server transfer for me will be avaiable this upcoming Friday so that’s when I’ll be returning home to the Shiverpeaks. By then, I hope to have found a new guild to settle with.

Azjenco.9425:

Traits are supposed to define builds, to redefine your character’s purpose from one spectrum to another. But at present, traits feel more like a checklist of things you’d need to take than an actual part of character building that you’d want to take.

Let me explain what I mean:
GW2’s skills are the backbone of your character, and they form the foundation for how you play. Traits are suppose to be the meat that covers the framework, traits ought to rewire your skills to accentuate what it is you’d want your character to do. All of that is supposed to happen in a fun and engaging way. Adding damage here and lowering cooldowns there does not make for exciting builds.

Wow, this is an amazing post. I agree with you 100% fully. I could not have put it in better words.

Lord of the Rings Online. You can choose from a variety of instruments – a lute, drums, guitar, etc. As the above poster said, you could free hand play, but also script it (Which is very simple to do, very low learning curve.) and perform.

The roleplaying in LOTRO is on a whole other level, though. I’ve seen guilds dedicated to musical performances- a few players making a band, and doing performances at taverns and in towns. Ah, the memories.

So I’m at work right now, and I have tons of mats of all kinds from working on 100% Map Completion.

Previously, I’ve always simply sold all my raw mats directly to the TP. But then I began thinking.

I have a few characters up to 400 in most if not all crafting professions (Had lots of money, and crafted to speedlevel them); I have access to crafting many things.

Would it be more profitable to use the mats to craft things, and sell them to the TP, rather than just throwing the raw mats onto the TP?

I’m assuming the short answer is no, and the longer answer is “it depends.”

I was just hoping someone with crafting/selling/market experience can share their experiences and offer advice on this idea.

Let this thread be dedicated to those with custom music playlists to show theirs off!

I’m still working on mine and will be posting it in a few hours

I’m not sure how to put this in words, but I want to play the normal Archer archetype. Like I said, I’m not sure how to put in words.

I don’t want to use a pet though I have to, but I want to heavily rely on them.

I just want to use a bow, and have tons of mobility.

Like I said, hard to put in words, but hopefully someone understands.

What kidn of setup can I use?

kaillou.1734:

thx a lot

That was actualy pretty fun !!! Were you the one with the legendary GS?

THuGaNoMiX.5036:

Fun fights with Darkhaven all week. BTW whoever the mesmer was with the Arrow cart that was guarding Victors Lodge all by himself, bravo. Best player I have gone up against so far.

Mesmer of course.

Yes, and I was the Guardian. Ahahaha.

You had us going WTF in Teamspeak, haha. Props to you, that was a blast.

That looks like exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

I’m a Commander. Before I became one, Commander icons in Lion’s Arch and especially in PVE never bothered me. There was one Commander that helped lead the zerg back when they were doing the Straits of Devastation circle. It was helpful to people.

I don’t use my icon in Lion’s Arch and PVE since there’s no reason and I fully understand that a majority of the players are negative towards seeing it outside of WvW than positive.

So I’ve began trying a Thief

For WvW, I’ve decided to keep Signet of Shadows (Or whatever the Movespeed one is called), Shadow Refuge, and Shadow Step as my utilities.

I’m using D/D and Shortbow.

My question is, what TRAITS should I be using? I’m assuming 30 in the critical line for Executioner, and 10 in the last row for Thrill of the Crime.

The last 30 points, should I use it in Deadly Arts? I want to try my hand at using a glass cannon build, so I figure having 30 in Power for +300 Power would be ideal, BUT I have no interest in using poison (Like I said, those 3 utilities I mentioned earlier are utilies I think are vital in WvW).

Uhhh.. Help? Haha. For those that primarily do WvW with Thieves.

I was going to come in here to give props to [RE] and [SE] for their assault on NSP BL today. A golem army that took out Hills, then Garrison was taken too quick for us to react. Then, finally, the last stand at Bay. Got a few screenshots to relive that battle! But alas.

Nothing but mudslinging in these threads with no sense of sportsmanship. Just insults and accusations and trash talk.

I want to give a shoutout to Darkhaven’s Rethesis guild. It’s always a blast playing against you guys.

Generally, you’ll want to NOT be a glass cannon, and you should be solid for all dungeons.

Having a high DPS is of no importance if you’re downed all the time, and making allies go down trying to save you.

I’d keep the rifle since you’ll always want a ranged option in dungeons. Also, what specifics parts in HotW are you having problems with? For most bosses there, the name of the game is kiting, like the wolf boss in path 3 and the Butcher, which have steps you can jump on to help kite them better.

As for Warrior-specific tips, that I cannot help with. But generally, you’ll always want to be sturdy and be able to support yourself.

It’s nice to see some unique ideas in play. >:D

I have 30 points in the 1st tree (Mostly for the last trait that makes Greatswords stronger), which gives +Power

I’m about to redistribute those 30 points into something else, will I see a noticeably large decrease in my GS damage output?

That’s disappointing. It sucks having to hear about guilds moving to other servers.

NSP has had plenty of bad weeks, but I still have a strong sense of pride for the server. I’m especially glad that my guild never considers server transfers, even when NSP isn’t doing great; we just rally ourselves up and try again and again; because it’s fun, and I love seeing familiar faces and working with Os, SAnD, and all of the other NSP WvW guilds that like to work together.

Looks like this is the end of the line, sadly.

I too would be willing to give a generous donation to any player to invite me into their overflow. Every single attempt has been “world is full.”

I’ve tried all of you, and for everyone, it says “World is full.”

Overall: Very disappointed.

The Good: Fractcals. They are amazing. Well done!

The Bad: I was unable to complete the event. By the time we got to the Reinforcements chain, the lag was SO UNBEARABLE that actions wouldn’t register til after 5 seconds.

It’s not a FPS issue: it was perfect. I could not play and finish it. I got into other overflows, and others had the same issue.

Many players had the same issue. They, too, couldn’t even find it playable.

It was something that I could not control. I have no control over the lag- I’ve NEVER had a performance issue in GW2 until this event chain. I don’t care about the rewards, I just wanted to EXPERIENCE the event but I was robbed of it.

I’m not one to complain, but this is the first time I’ve ever come across a performance issue in Guild Wars 2.

It’s lag. My FPS is perfect.

After the bomb demolition escort, the ancient karka reinforcements part is when half the overflow players started lagging- took 5 seconds for skills to work after initiating them, and the map chat is full of complaints from players saying how they can’t move, or anything.

I don’t think I’ll be able to finish the full event chain.

My Necromancer is currently using a level 80 staff with the halloween Scythe skin.

I want to pass the Scythe skin to my Guardian.

Is this possible? I remember being able to transmute a newbie Thief’s starter hood to my 80 thief about a month ago.

I’m in the same boat as TC. Long time Necro main, but I think it’s time to leave it in the corner, collecting dust. I’m already working on a new class to be my main. The Necro isn’t unplayable, it’s just so kitten disheartening that nothing’s being done to improve it.

I leveled a Necro to 80, the journey to 80 was pretty disheartening- I leveled a Thief to 80 previously, and had a MUCH easier time with the Thief.

When I hit 80, that’s when I started having lots of fun with my Necromancer. I was the only Necromancer main in my guild. Then after a while, I began to feel disheartened, by the amount of bugs, Anet’s apparent unwillingness to do much about it, and just feeling subpar compared to other classes.

It’s still fun to play, but in my personal opinion, it MIGHT disappoint you in the LONG run.

This is just my personal experience with it though.

If you look up “Bottle of”, nothing comes up. You see that gold ring in the middle and nothing happens.

This is happening for all Bottle of items, for example:

Bottle of Simple Dressing
Bottle of Ascalonian Dressing

This is very problematic for cooks that can’t get their ingredients.

It’s on at 3PM EST. I am scheduled for work from 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM.

TC, I hope you’ll read this post!

I was in the same situation as you.

But then I started running dungeons with my guildmates. I am dedicated to a single guild, and I don’t treat it as a hub for doing WvW or activities with: my guildmates are real people that I talk to and build a friendly relationship with, built strongly with the help of voicechat like Teamspeak.

Run a dungeon with 4 other friends on Teamspeak, and dungeons stop being a chore. It makes dungeons a LOT easier. Zero stress on performance if you have a strong relationship with the guildmates. The posititve atmosphere and willingness to help out fellow members, this makes all the difference.

After doing guild dungeon runs (Not with a guild that is a dedicated hub for dungeon players to meet up for a dungeon, there’s no personal relationship between you and the teammates that way), I could never go back to typing “LFG ____” in map chat anymore, because the experience of running it with friends just doesn’t compare; it is infinitely more enjoyable, and dungeons are so much easier to do.

I didn’t read all the other replies in the thread so I’m not sure if someone has said this already, but that’s my input on it. When I read your original post, I just knew I had to login to share my experience, since I had a similar situation like yours. It makes all the difference man. Good luck in the future and happy dungeoning!