Guild Wars 2

Kryadan.2465:

I made 4 8-slot bags. I wish I read the forums earlier. Also, items that are equippable can be salvaged? I read blues and whites….so even if it doesn’t say salvagable you can salvage armor/weapons?

Pretty much any drop that isn’t a crafting material or junk(gray) or event item can be salvaged. You can just hover over an item with the salvage kit active. The item with get a red tint if it can’t be salvaged. Things you buy from vendors can’t be salvaged either, this includes things bought with karma. I believe Personal Story rewards are not salvageable either but I need to double check.

Salvaging lv68+ rare/exotic gear is going to be your primary way of getting the materials(like globs of ectoplasm) for crafting exotic gear.

Fluffycalico.2715:

I make about 60-75s per dungeon depending on which one. Get yourself some MF food and mf guild boost and go run some 20-30min dungeons. You will have money.

Even if you have the gold it is still much cheaper to turn that gold into gems to get inventory slot unlocks and if you still have gold then bank slots or extra character slots.

I have 100% in LA with at least 3 characters and we’re all running the same client so that is a bit weird. The only way I could reproduce what you described is to aim it at my feet. Are you using the Fast-Cast Ground Targeting option/double tapping 1?

Not sure how much you want to spend but all the lv350 recipes using Cayenne Pepper look reasonable using current market prices.

The ruined items’ tooltip actually tell you about needing a better tool but it would have been better if the game just prevented you from harvesting instead. I guess they want to encourage people to just stick to Mithril tools once they are high enough level.

Elles.1075:

This has happened to me twice now, each time when researching level upgrades (Politics Lvl 2, Economy lvl 2). And it hasn’t refunded any of the gems… I submitted a bug report about it but hopefully I am at least refunded the gems it took to pay for these upgrades.

Guild upgrades use Influence not gems …

Xalugami.2096:

I have a rather small Guild, so it takes us quite some time to earn up the influence we need. However today after spending almost a week’s worth of Influence in Politics Lv.2, it eventually just vanished! It says we queued it up in the History, but it still says we need to buy it & that it just isn’t getting built.
Also I was just informed that we no longer have bank privileges, despite having the Stash built and using it a couple times since.
Hopefully when this is fixed we will continue building our Politics, or at least get an Influence refund.

We’ve had this happen more times than I can remember but the bank access eventually return on its own and the queued items will finish normally.

Wasted luck!

I am not sure what is going on but on two occasions in WvW I’ve seen my HP hit 0 but I didn’t die. First time was from a fall and a second time was during a big fight. First time happened last night(Sept 24th) and the second time happened today.

PaybackPrahl.3192:

Good point – I’ll start keeping the basic cloth items I get from monsters instead of destroying or offloading at merchants to save bag space.

You should always be carrying at least one salvage kit. Salvage all blues and whites. Check market prices on runes before salvaging greens and above. After salvaging use the Deposit all

That looks like the reward for the next zone. The wool should have been jute.

Chessrook.8643:

Plus, certain crafts let you make your own bags. And armorcrafting is the only way you can get a better underwater breather.

And of course there’s cooking.

You can get better breathers for karma. The level 80 one is in Orr.

Check your filters … they are annoyingly global. I am pretty sure changing the filter on one character also changes them on all of your characters.

The only things that look like they are worth selling are rare/exotic crafted items.

Champion is the name of the PvP skin. The PvE one should be “Winged”. Just find a lv225+ Tailor to link you the set to make sure it’s the right one. Nightmare is obtained by doing the Twilight Arbor dungeon.

There is also a +10% gathering guild banner you can build which can temporarily give the same effect for 30 minutes or +10% for 48 hours. They also stack with the WvW bonus.

rhodoc.2381:

Nice to see you have queue times recorded. So next step is to put estimated queue times in UI

That needs something a bit more difficult to obtain. They would need the ability to predict how long someone is going to stay. Unless they start kicking people out after a certain amount of time but nobody would like that.

I’ve used a few and I still have 18. I don’t remember where I gathered them but I do have 100% in all 1-15 areas.

Elric of Grans.7684:

I think $10 for an extra character slot is fine. $7.50 for a little extra bank space is WAY too much though. $2.50 more and you get another character, who has more space to carry things, and you can play (therefore WAY better value for money).

While that is all true the bank is more convenient than the character slot. At least for me, maybe you can swap characters with 0 load time.

If they were to sell an Account upgrade that allowed you to access the inventories of all characters standing next to a bank then this would be a totally different story.

Cavalorn.3721:

Guide to making money = No more making money…
Do you know that?

Maybe less money but there are always going to be people who simply don’t want to deal with crafting or hunting for the item they way.

You can also throw in 50 Intricate, 1 Elaborate, 5 Piles of Crystalline Dust, 5 Philosopher’s Stones to the Mystic Forge. You can buy the stones from Miyani who is standing next to the forge in LA. You won’t be getting back 50 Intricate so it’s a gamble depending on the market price.

That is working as intended. You won’t be getting “at level” stuff 100% of the time. The only place which does that is WvW.

As for why, some people might want to go back to a lower zone to get crafting materials either for alts or because they didn’t start crafting until they were higher level. Another possibility is to get a certain skin for transmutation, some skins only seem to drop in certain level ranges.

DJRiful.3749:

Khisanth.2948:

You are looking at the wrong zone. The “next” zone is Kessex which is lv15-25, very reasonable for a lv14. You should be heading south of Queensdale not east.

That’s what I did, as soon I zoned in, level 24 mobs all around. Or did I zoned into the wrong portal under the same map?

Oh right, you should be zoning in on the eastern side of the map, through the swamp not by going south of Claypool.

You are looking at the wrong zone. The “next” zone is Kessex which is lv15-25, very reasonable for a lv14. You should be heading south of Queensdale not east.

Kirsten Wilson.1762:

The reason the system is the way it is now is because they need to make money. There is no monthly subscription fee. It has to be this way or the game will make no money, and henceforth shut down.

They could gain the same or probably even more money with what drizel suggested. There are definitely going to be more people who are constantly changing their appearances simply because they can and it’s easy.

They would still be selling transmutation stones so there is no lost of income. Maybe a separate transmutation stone for the one that can use your “collected” skins.

Are there merchants randomly grabbing you off the streets and forcing you to buy their wares?

Dungeons already have their own specific gear sets.

Zanshin.5379:

Fine materials are so rare that they’re worth a lot at the trading post. Even low level ones. So if you want to make money, don’t use them to craft, just sell them.

or go harvest Dill Sprigs, they are more expensive than some of the Fine Crafting materials :p

Tindahbawx.5317:

Anyway, to make money, go have a look on an item database website and filter it down for the karma purchased recipes for your current crafting skill, most of those still sell for profit.

Just have to be careful with those, some create items that are bound on acquire.

That is just a very very large belt. :p

Gombar, if you have stuff building it should still be continuing normally even if you see nothing in your guild’s build queue. I would not recommend trying to start building something that should already be in progress.

Good news is that no you have not lost your guild. Bad news is that I have no idea how long it’ll take them to resolve it this time. Something like this has happened before on more than one occasion which is why I know you haven’t lost you guild.

Arnaros.5324:

if 29 copper seems a reasonable price to you, and considering you have already completed 3 or more professions, I assume that you are max level. Of course with the economy of max level those prices will seem reasonable, but with the economy of mid-low levels, it’s a lot of money.

In the end you can beat the anti-farming code with just more farming, as counter intuitive as it sounds. With all the free time you could have at lvl 80, having completed all the content you are interested in (and if you are somehow still interested in the game) of course you can grind your way out of 400 to any of the professions, but that’s beyond the point. That means they are completely useless and that are just there for some exotic rewards at the ultra high end of the profession. That’s counter intuitive.

I don’t think the Professions to be useless. When I started leveling it with my first mats I was able to make some pretty good items that I was able to wear for a couple of levels. I can assume (or hope) that the progression keeps steady, and really the only drawback is that the mats are difficult to get.

Keep in mind I am not asking for better drops., I am asking for a different and better way to get them. I really feel this just salvage method is a detriment compared to the other proffessions and is even a step back in the evolution of the genre. What we really need is a different method to gather our maths, make them gathereable; it’s completely crazy to think that the only way I have to make me a new fancy robe is by stripping others of their old and withered clothes and then joining patch by patch to make a new one.

You have misread what I wrote, 29c is for the Jute Scrap but instead of buying the jute you could have bought the Jute Breeches Lining for 3c even though it takes 2 Jute Scraps to make. That was merely advice on how you can get somethings for less.

Actual acceptable prices for me? 10c for things like scrap/log. 1s for the fine crafting materials.

I am done with all three in their jute using stages, not done as in 400 in all three. Got done with jute when I was around 50-60.

I don’t really farm so the anti-farming doesn’t affect me at all. I’ve done a total of 1 hour 15 minutes farming weak blood to see if +10% Magic Find made any difference(results inconclusive due to bad testing methodology). What I do is keep track of which type of mob drops which type of material and make sure I kill those when I come across them rather than running by.

Edit: Since I only ever buy stuff and never sell I guess higher drop rates can only benefit me …. yeah we need higher rates :p

I completed the Personal Story that gave a Letter of Commendation as a reward. When I used it no Influence was added to my guild but I did get an update for the Active Guild Member achievement. Due to the achievement updating I assumed it was just the guild system lagging behind but it’s been at least a day or two now and still no sign of that 400 Influence in the guild history.

The 400 Influence doesn’t really matter since we only really need Influence for the Treasure Trove but that item was pretty much the only nice thing that came out of the whole Personal Story experience and then the game had to take that away too.

I guess I am one of the lucky ones since I saw this before starting.

Adena, keeping Trahearne alive doesn’t change anything unless you mean he can’t die at all through out the whole thing. He did die once here but that was before the first team.

The problem for me seems to be Kekt’s programming being broken. He is standing around giving me options to ask him about his team and what they were looking for.

I already talked to him in the previous step. I asked him about his team then use the ‘another question’ to ask about what they were doing there then picked the option that would move things forward.

Edit: did someone forget to give Trahearne a heal?

Well there is obviously a huge difference between how people are doing things. After completing tailoring, armorsmithing and leatherworker I still have an extra 250 Jute Scraps plus 24 of the refined item.

One thing I’ll note is that efficient map completion is directly opposed material gathering. Attempting to finish all lower level maps before moving on to higher level maps will also leave you blocked on higher materials.

As for the cost of materials they look reasonable on the market. Usually around 1silver each, +/- 20c. A bit of planning also helps, put in buy orders for things you will be needing for the next tier. I am too lazy to do that but I’ve seen several occasions where I could have saved a bunch.

It is also important to note that if you are going for the cheapest/most efficient way of leveling crafting then you should never craft any item more than once. The only exception I’ve encountered to this is Cooking and Potions at the 350 level in Artificer but even those cases were around 7 of the same item. You can also buy the components to do the unlocks rather than crafting them yourself. It isn’t always the case but you can get those for cheaper than the sum of their materials. Right now Jute Scrap is 29c, Jute Breeches Lining is 3c and that requires 2 Jute Scraps.

It doesn’t matter if you can’t/won’t be using the items you craft since they are either going to be resold for vendor price(DO NOT sell on TP for vendor+1) or recycled anyway. Which salvage kit you use also matters. I use the Fine Salvage Kit as soon as I could afford buying them consistently.

There is a fairly easy way to compare how much each of us is salvaging. Go into the Achievements tab in your Hero panel.
Under Tradesman I have 21 points in Salvage Master and 12 points in Agent of Entropy.

Last but not least, nothing should be exempt from salvaging. If neither the vendor price nor market price is good for an item then just salvage it.

Zish.9817:

You’re in the minority here, OP.

A lot of story quests are far too difficult. It’s a known fact due to bugs and bad balancing. They are actively working on it.

Not the minority, just trying to fix the wrong problem.

Not sure if that was just a one time thing but completing Ascalon Catacombs story mode gave 122k. The first event I did in Straits of Devastation(lv70-75) gave 10k exp for gold.

If you are aiming for completing the whole thing the WvW one will probably take longer. Not 100% positive but it seems like you actually need to land the killing blow/finisher to get points for that one.

/deaths in GW1 shows the number of deaths and the number of exp gained since last death. Not sure why didn’t carry over.

Finally a friend finished the monthly and got 23c on a lv80. The reward seems a tad bit short of ‘worth the effort’.

The problem is that the cost scales with your level rather then the zone but your income scales with the zone. You do get level appropriate gear as well not as consistently. This is especially annoying when doing PS because those will be bouncing you between places constantly.

This also applies when trying to join up with friends on a different map. The cost just feels a bit too high but I don’t know what correct cost should be.

Solo this earlier with my elementalist. Actually burned down the first 2 mobs before I realized I could use the thing because the NPC said “fire” and when you say that I think “burning death for everyone”.

One of the issue with the in that mission is that the Sonic Harmonizer is really hard to aim if you have to hit something up close. Two other things to consider is that the Sonic Harmonizer is relatively slow so you have to lead the target but the suits sometime stop so your lead can’t be too far ahead. The second thing is that the hit from the Sonic Harmonizer also stun/knockdown so you can use it to deal with more than one group at a time.

For me each hit from the Sonic Harmonizer took around half the health of the mining suits.

Olithia.4635:

It would be nice to at least be able to be two or three levels above the goons and bosses at max at least. Then you can have a fighting chance.

The problem with that is 3 level difference in this game is actually pretty extreme. You can start vaporizing things in 1.5 hits with a 3 level advantage.

I choose base on the Order’s armor sets but for an Engineer that would be a bit tougher since all the Medium sets are decent looking. Ultimately it doesn’t matter much, it just adds a bit of flavor. Every choice is going to require fighting even though it might seem like there would be less with Whispers or Priory.

I am also joining every single order on a different character so there is that. You have at least 5 slots and there are only 3 orders.

Baddestchica.2348:

My son told me that there was a feature in GW1 where a player could marry a player.
Is that true?
How did that work?
And will we be able to do that in GW2?
My husband and I play together and thought that sounded cool.

There was at least one couple who had a wedding ceremony in the game but AFAIK there is no in game recognition of marriage.

I am pretty all the +10 instead of +10% are typos. I remember using one of the lower level food that gives +10 but my total xp per kill was only 9.

The other reason I think the +10 is a typo is because +10 is a huge boost at the low end but completely worthless at the high end. It would make sense for them to have effects that will remain useful once people have reach 80 rather than effects that make people rocket through the low levels. Long term versus short term.

A flat +10 is also over 200% at those levels meaning it is 4x better than the gem shop item.

Bogartan.2756:

I’m wondering if maybe the down-leveling is taking us too far down. Through this thread so far, it looks like some have tried PS instances early or at-level, but I think most have had trouble after being down-levelled. I’m going to try to catch my PS up to my level to see if that might help.

Yes, I’m a warrior who still runs into trouble in the PS occasionally.

It’s really about the AI. Both from the friendly and from the enemy. Though surprisingly after Dead of Winter everything else so far(just finished Claw Island) seems easier. There has not been a single mission where I wasn’t down level by a significant amount since I started at 70.

There was one that spawned enemies next to you during an unskippable cutscene but that was somehow survivable as well.

I am pretty sure it is. That is the only thing that could have been responsible for a big enough chunk of exp for when I finished mine for this month.

As for your particular issue what number is it stuck on for you? Mine was stuck at around 6k short of finish. The bar doesn’t seem to reset if you die, it probably won’t update until you have made it back to the previous number and then go over.

There are 8 crafting professions and there are 5 character slots, each character can have two crafting professions. It doesn’t really matter, you’ll have all at 400 eventually anyway. You can craft the bags and boxes on an alt, it’s not like they ever have to leave town.

For Jeweler you shouldn’t need to use the TP at all unless you have been skipping mining or sold everything you got.

Zar.6953:

Just wanted to note in addition to my previous comment (can’t seem to edit it) that I have no problem with difficulty of crafting (in fact I don’t mind it being harder/longer to get to 400) but more with the fact that the stuff you do craft doesn’t seem to be substantially better than quest rewards/drops (even when you are crafting at your players level).

What’s the point in crafting if I can just play the other aspects of game and get the same gear without trying?

(for reference purposes my max level character is 57)

Crafting was never really intended to give better anything. The game tries to provide alternatives for various things. Crafting takes some of the randomness out of getting the gear that you want. My elementalist is holding two sets of Pirate gear from random drops and that is obviously not usable.

One other cause not mentioned here is that you don’t need gear to keep up with your level. You might want to have your gear keep up with the zone but it’s still fine to be in a level 40 zone with level 25 gear. Some people are also doing all the lower level zones before the higher level zones. That means they could easily 10 or more levels of gear.

Those things are nice under normal circumstances but it does make it tough to sell anything.

So basically in this game you craft because you want to or because you want a bit of a boost to your leveling speed and NOT because you think you can make some money.

Dedlite.4791:

Note to the OP and several other posters – it makes no difference coming back in a few levels – as soon as you enter the instance, you are ‘levelled down’ to 28 (look in the bottom left corner of your screen).

That is not true. If you come back later you can have more trait choices and elite skill choices.

Noein.5893:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Sigil

in the bottom at the “Notes” section it says stacking two different kind of “on kill” doesn’t work.

i found out the hard way too. bought one that stacks power and the other precision. =/ lost some gold. pretty sure it’s intended so players can’t just stack up all “on kill” stats and become OP

You don’t lose the stacks on weapon change?

Jeffrey Vaughn.1793:

Khisanth.2948:

Can you be a bit more specific? Simply nerfing both of them doesn’t seem like the right answer.

I’d rather not get into specifics, since I don’t want to reveal everything behind the curtain. : ) But I reduced Mazdak’s health, reduced the health regen on the abomination, and removed a couple of the extra spawns.

I hope this isn’t coming across the wrong way but while I appreciate the fact that something has been done it feels like it’s the wrong thing. The problem seems more mob AI related than mob stat related. After my final fight with the abomination it occurred to me that the ‘glued to me’ behavior seems to be triggered by or very close to when all the other risen with it has been killed.

I can’t try this anymore but if someone else is doing this right now could you try leaving one of the weaker undeads alive until the abomination is dead?

The ability to replay Personal Stories would be nice.
I am definitely not a big fan of the PS right now but it would be nice if I can go back and redo all of them after you guys have ironed out all the kinks.