Guild Wars 2

You do remember that many of the bosses you mentioned are in STARTER zones and low level areas where new players are still trying to lvl up and learn their character right ?

Many lower levels may not have many of their skills when fighting the lower lvl bosses so making them too complex would seriously hinder them.

You do know assassins do not use poison right ? It is classed as a female weapon and dishonorable for an assassin, a “surgeon” to use, as against a Warrior whom could best be compared to a Butcher …

Anyways , how about “Silent Smokeclaws”

“Moving on” :-)

Would have made more sense for them to put the Guild bank near to the Mystic Toilet !

UnitedChaos.8364:

Just use Postern Ward Waypoint (far east side of LA). It has everything you need.

No guild bank there, nor by the Mystic Toilet which would have been a more logical place to put one !

I want my girl who has the smallest asura ranger I have seen, to be able to ride her pets, would be so cool !

Kinda leads to the question of “why woudl Anet sell the instruments if they expect people to have perfect pitch and tempo” to me its encouraging macro use …

From what I have seen in other posts here lately, it appears that Level 3 have been routing traffic in US thru Europe and back to USA again, this would cause some major lag on the way !

As long as they take the 4 WvW maps out as unless REALLY lucky you cannot do them as you get slaughtered on most servers trying to get them done

Some kind of mount / speed boost in WvWvW would help, it is a LONG way to run to catch back up with your party when you get killed by running into a zerg and very off putting in My mind, or more WP’s would maybe encourage more to play WvWvW ?

minbariguy.7504:

Teofa Tsavo.9863:

You all aren’t entertaining or sensationalist enough. Here is a list of reasons for NO MOUNTS that are just as valid as most posted but more dramatic.

1. Mounts will cause seizures
2. Mounts can lead to teen promiscuity.
3. Mounts are vile exploitation of Tyrian animals. They have rights.
4. Too many mounts cause Computer fires. Do you want to lose your home, for a
mount?
5. Mounts will cause racial inequities in game.
6. Mounts will raise your liability insurance premiums.
7. Mounts are devious. They will sneak out and destroy WPs when you log off.
8. One time a Mount bit my cousin, Sanni. Really! Mount bites hurt.
9. Anet would have to hire a choreographer for the Mount.
10. If you are Mounted, the NPCs will hate you. A lot. They will charge for armor repairs again.

And the Biggie.. It is a known fact that Mounts can go out of control and portal you to Azeroth.

LOL! I love this post. Thank you for opening up my eyes to the horror that mounts could become if unleashed upon the unsuspecting citizens of Tyria. I had no idea!

You have performed a valuable public service today.

Also, I hear that mounts eat babies.

OMG not another Dark Portal !! 2 is enough !

Next thing we know it GW2 will have a Tardis and go back in time to stop Scarlet before she is born ……

( in best Arnie voice) " she will be …baaak"

Xenon.4537:

You can get the entire GW1 complete pack on steam sale for like 20 bucks. Keep an eye out for it. You would spend that much in the gem store anyway. Why not have an entire game full of content instead? It’s not that hard to unlock the skins the normal way.

Actually if you look, the packs only have 1-2 of the expansions, not all 3, same as the Anet site, there does not seem to be a pack that has them all. ( I looked other day )

Georgieee.4958:

Hey guys! So just to get this off my chest; I am extremely paranoid about uploading these pictures lol I redesigned the UI on my own initiative therefore I don’t know if I’ve violated some Terms of Service etc (since nothing belongs to me). So I shall clarify: whatever elements I combined, edited, deleted and/or modified are all properties of Mr. ANet! I’m just an extremely visual person and I thought by designing my idea you guys could better visualize the concept Thanks.
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My personal problems with the current UI (I’m no unique snowflake therefore I’m sure another Joe or Jane has these same gripes).

1. Upon looking at my screen I sometimes feel there is WAY too much text!
2. The grudge border limits or “closes” the visual aspect of the game (our monitors already do this)
3. We can barely remove anything from the UI; only minimize things (Of which I am grateful
I’ve uploaded a picture where I did my best to have a clean UI: minimized everything, made the map and chat smaller.
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The 2nd image is what I did, so let’s run through everything uno by uno. Left to right.

1. Removed the grudge brush effect around the edges. “Opens” the game.
2. Changed the party UI; I feel the circular shapes are more organic, more attractive and occupies less space (more stylish too :P)
3.On the upper right hand corner I’ve added a new tray of icons:

- The lock icon locks the tray (the icons cannot be toggled on or off)

- The eye icon lowers the opacity of the entire UI (check 3 image!); However, all your skills etc may still be clicked and they remain functional

- The star icon toggles the personal story information or the living story. Depends on which one the user has activated.

- The check mark toggles your daily or monthly tasks. A red exclamation mark (notification) will remain there until you have completed your dailies, like a reminder.

- The other star will toggle the event information. Should you be in the area of an ongoing event, you get a notification until you leave the area or complete the event.

- The “N” toggles the mini map.

- The “XP” toggles the experience bar at the bottom along with our scaled and current levels.
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Whew!!! (Bare with me <3)

Now the addition to the utility bar is more of a Quality of Life feature but I thought it would be pointless to make another thread explaining my idea. Basically I’ve always wished we had more slots for weapons, gear, consumables or other miscellaneous items on the fly. I live in dungeons and do a lot of speed clears and I always have to have my inventory open and minimized at the corner so I can quickly grab something.

You Arah runners feel my pain lol plus I’ve seen this a lot in videos on YouTube.

The HP circle was modified to make the entire bar a bit more “streamlined” if you will. I view the HP circle as a visual hiccup when I run my gaze across

To fill these slots you open you inventory, right click the item and select “Assign to A” or “B” etc. These slots wouldn’t function like the utilities drop down boxes. Weapons assigned to the A and B slots could only be switched when you’re OOC. For example a guardian quickly switching to staff without opening the inventory for trash runs.

On the right we have slots for anything really! Mainly nom noms and other goodies (functions the exact same way). The slot on the far LEFT has no assignment – its function is to store the offhand weapon when switching! The slots could even be key bound!

There you have it! Would love criticism, opinions or thoughts. All that juicy stuff. Thank you for reading guys!

PS I tried to use html n textile codes to make the reading a wee bit easier but to no avail. Sorry.

PSS! I realized I forgot the icon for the chat yikes but it would also be toggled on or off. I know we have something similar but it would be nice to completely hide the chat for a bit!

I like this A LOT

Thanks for sharing, very useful UI design !!

Boing, Mesmers need loving, and FIXED

DarkSpirit.7046:

chemiclord.3978:

You DO realize that the amount of real money needed to buy a legendary would be in the realm of hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars, right?

If someone wanted to hand me that sort of smack for some digital pixels… I’d take it, and I’m betting you would too.

Unless you were the spoiled son of an investment banker, you either ground out real life cash or in game gold to buy a legendary.

You do realize that for an average american with a real job that cost of a precursor is not a big deal right?

Even if you take an expensive precursor like Dawn. It only costs 1019g right now which translate to a big big expensive sum of only about $153, which many Americans can earn in less than a day of work.

Even if you take the most expensive legendary right now, Eternity, which is about 4900g, that translates to only about $735, which many Americans can earn within 3 days of work.

If anyone is willing to spend $153 bucks on a digital pixel let alone $735 then they have issues . Most people have other things to spend it on, like LIFE / Family , Bills !!

Just my 2 cents not meant to offend anyone.

Wow just wow, still nada from Anet on this….. maybe because the Chinese MMO market LIKE grinding !

Dunno why they cannot have it and let us have old system back, ( with the respec option) after all, they have totally different servers / system after all . ( If WoW can separate that market from NA/ EU why can’t Anet? )

Im Mudbone.1437:

Triumpf.9075:

Why is it then when I’m heading towards a resource, someone jumps in before me and it disappears?

If the node dissapears before you get it then it’s a bug and you should report it as such.

Or you have already harvested it and it has not respawned yet……..

Well not resources or loot, but when on a “kill x # of things” heart you do sometimes have a challenge finding them to kill when a zerg is wiping out the area and you cant get a hit on said mob.

Glov.5342:

only if my Asura can ride a Charr into battle

I LOL’d so hard at this as on another game (WoW) when I started, I tried to tame a Druid cos that kitty I wanted !!!

~Mounts

Only if NO speed boosts, maybe like WItches Broom / Sonic Tunneler , allow Rangers to ride their pets

~Guild Halls

Hmmm maybe

~Player Housing

We have Instances already, underused and waste of resources, WoW has farmville now, odes gW2 need it ?

~Expansion pack (Cantha, Elona, maybe a new one we haven’t seen in gw1 before)

would be good

~Guild Wars (GvG)

So basically Arenas like WoW ?

~New Skills, new weapons

Again maybe good

~New classes

Not needed is it really ? LET THEM FIX THE ONES WE HAVE FIRST ( Mesmer)

~New Playable Races

Maybe.

~Mini pet fighting arena in LA that hasn’t been open (yet if ever)

OMG NO It’s bad enough that WoW added Pokemon does GW2 need it too ?

~Marriage system

YES

We already have mounts :-

Witches Broom and Sonic Tunneler.

If they added more like this maybe, with NO speed boost, or the ability for Rangers to ride their pets, that could be acceptable, but NO speed boosts or flying mounts …….

Beldin.5498:

Hello Trahearne, what do you think about mounts ?
Trahearne : This won’t end well

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK0FtZA1dUg

“Moving on!”

So is buying Keys to open Chests to get 10 Ticket scraps at the low chance of getting anything other than more of that useless Taffy and more speed boosters .

Totally against mounts as far as better speed. BUT would be cool if My girl could ride her ranger pets she is the smallest asura you can make and her pet is a huge lizard lol.

Kebabpower.2967:

Just to pitch in, I too have this issue and I do believe it’s a server side issue as well.
I’ve only had this problem since the last patch(ish) and it seems to be very random when it occurs.

Look at the attached screenshot from my Resource Monitor.

The latency to the GW2 servers is crazy high and that is what causes the lag.
I don’t have this issue on any other MMO/MOBA I play, so it’s very likely a serverside issue.

Maybe they are being DDOS’ed like the LoL and Diablo servers are all the time, but an explanation would be nice.

That could be because the Back Bone provider Level 3 have been routing Anet’s traffic through Europe on it’s way from US IP to Them …..

Probably the same way that Verizon / Lvl3 been doing it to Netflix as well

MRA.4758:

AnthonyOrdon.3926:

I definitely agree that in-game world boss availability messaging is something that should be implemented and it’s something we would like to do.

[…]

Do you think that showing all of these events makes the map feel cluttered? Would it make finding the information you care about more difficult?

(Preface: I am not a big fan of timed boss spawns/timed invasions anyways since they completely ruin the dynamic event promise of “a world that cares whether I am there” or not, but I won’t cry over spilled milk.)

I would advise against putting such notifications in the UI. You started the game with a very sound design philosophy of “playing the game, not the UI”. Hence I would recommend to use that principle for event notifications, too.

There are so many way you could use the gaming world to make us aware of distant events instead of just adding another loaded piece of UI. People could gossip about Bridgewatch Camp having fallen under centaur control in the Harathi Hinterlands. A merchant could report about dragon sightings in Blazeridge Steppes. A town crier could run through Lion’s Arch, screaming: “People, there are reports about a three-headed monstrosity attacking the Bloodtide Coast! Step forward an defend our southern borders!” Or, If you want to do something really awesome, then a big dragon could fly across adjacent maps (casting a big shadow don below) into the direction of Sparkfly Fen.

This would also help bringing some of that lost “dynamic” back into that now statically scheduled world. Having just another “exclamation mark above an NPC’s head” (or whatever variant the UI feature you would end up using) is just the lamest way of doing it.

Erick Alastor.3917:

I may be wrong, but if I remember correctly you already dismissed the idea of showing events from others maps, so we are just talking about events in the current map and bosses on schedule, right?

This is also my understanding. For all other events, there is no definitive state anymore.

~MRA

I love the idea of using the NPC’s to announce it, after all, it is their world being affected, rather than some “pop up” in UI as its suppsoed to be dynamic, this is GW2 not WoW where you do something and everything stays the same !!

33 pages still nada from AN .. hmmmmmmm

I happen to think yahoo is the biggest drain, hogs everything if attempting voice .

I think that it is the same story as the other game you mentioned, they cannot give more details as they need to investigate behind the scenes to see how the bots are working and automating in order to set triggers in place to prevent that process from working again in their game.

Least that is what I always thought ….

Personally I would just watch, then IP / MAC ban the offending bots so that no matter the username, they still cant come back……

Mine was on a card inside the cover, has she checked all inlay cards for that code ?

( Heroic Edition here)

sighs think they may ever give feedback ?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/Anet-Level3-is-breaking-you/first#post4210348

Could be this !!

hy would Level 3 direct traffic from USA thru Europe back to USA other than griefing Anet?

Morelike Lvl3 Directing all traffic thru Europe causing major lag / disconnects, not some dipstick doing DDos

check out

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/Anet-Level3-is-breaking-you/first#post4210348

Actually if you look, morelike someone claiming credit for Level 3 directing all NC Soft Traffic around the globe, look at this :- where they are sending US thru traffic thru Europe to get back to US…

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/Anet-Level3-is-breaking-you/first#post4210348

No wonder the huge lags, LvL3 seem to be routing traffic around the world to get back to the USA ……

Vayne.8563:

Kohlteth.3715:

roleplaying.9836:

I have played as a warrior and a ranger to level 7 and followed the quest storyline. With both professions I reached level 7 and then I ran into this quest called a vision from the past. The problem is I am only at level 7 and the bandits who attack me are at level 11. How can I possibly complete that quest when they kill me off almost instantly. Isn’t this game suppose the folow a chain quest at the level you are in? What should I do?

As a Ranger, one skill you will find VERY useful when you can get it is Radiation Field, My girl has a ranger she just lvled up and it rocks when trying to get through the Personal Story !!

Just a heads up, I didn’t see anyone else response to this. Radiation Field isn’t a ranger skill, it’s an Asuran Racial skill, so if you don’t play an Asura you don’t have access to it.

Oops , sorry, its not my ranger lol, yes she does have an Asuran Ranger……. Although I do have Rad Field on my Norn Mesmer too :-)

Would be better if they had told people that the Watchwork pick would be back on sale, before they let people buy the Bone Pick on a LIMITED PERIOD offer, THEN the next week put the watchwork one on sale …….

Or let us freeking swap to the better one that some of us were lead to believe would not be on sale again, OR let th Bone pick have a equal bonus like the Watchwork one has , especially for those of us that didnt get to be in LS1 to get the Node for sprockets……

Blude.6812:

Teon.5168:

When it comes to your story line, it’s best to get a few levels ahead of it before doing it…makes it a bit easier and doable solo. If you still have trouble doing it, get a friend to join you and help with the story.

And as others have said here, do everything else in the world to level quicker. Hearts, events, map exploration, reviving downed npcs, gathering, viewpoints, doing dailies, etc., are all good ways to get your level up pretty quickly. Then do your personal story when you get at the appropriate level or above. Heck, I have a couple lowbie alts that are a good 10-30 levels ahead of their personal storyline……I just do it when I feel like it…lol. Everything else I do for leveling.

And ignore the Ranger naysayers. (Draknar’s post above on those naysayers is spot on)They’re a fun class to play. Equip it however you like and learn as you go what weapon sets best suit your playstyle. Most of all, try everything in the game, and have fun!

Yep always stay ahead of your personal storyline lvl.
Have my ranger at 80, all ascended and then made a Guardian (lvl 80 all ascended). I always go back to the ranger. Was working up a warrior—meh. Now I have started a Mes—-it’s more fun to play than guard and war.

Good luck with the Mes, My main is a Mes, great fun but be aware half the skills do not work ……… Sword / Focus #3 is my most hated non functional & #5 not following the mob..

Although, YAY Portals lol

roleplaying.9836:

I have played as a warrior and a ranger to level 7 and followed the quest storyline. With both professions I reached level 7 and then I ran into this quest called a vision from the past. The problem is I am only at level 7 and the bandits who attack me are at level 11. How can I possibly complete that quest when they kill me off almost instantly. Isn’t this game suppose the folow a chain quest at the level you are in? What should I do?

As a Ranger, one skill you will find VERY useful when you can get it is Radiation Field, My girl has a ranger she just lvled up and it rocks when trying to get through the Personal Story !!

Got one of the GM traits last night, did final chapter of PS… First off, I love how it is supposed to be PERSONAL story yet you need to find 4 others to actually do it !!

( Love how all the way through the PS it tells you what you have to do, then BOOM, last part in Arah, no direction as to how to even start the last part, just a green swirly on the map at the Arah entryway then nothing, so you have to guess that its story mode )

Then you find that you need 4 others ( new players have fun pugging that part LOL )

( No direction once you get in as to even what you are doing, no green stars like the rest of the PS , nada )

dancingmonkey.4902:

OtakuModeEngage.8679:

Honestly, why does he bother to make a post if he’s done with the game? Lingering attachment much? I win if he replies again.

Because as the previous time he said this, he is not quitting. It is simply a ploy for attention. It happens a lot here. Posters do it a lot, trying to get the devs to take their opinion above others.

You mean like the posters that always put ’ I have been playing since Headstart / Beta and this is what should happen….."

Like their opinion is worth more than anyone elses ?

( I would like to point out that IF everyone playing Beta had made more noise about some of the issues STILL in GW2, that maybe the Devs may have fixed them before , yes Mesmers they know ! )

slamb.4781:

who gives a kitten please stay away.

You do realise that if everyone had that attitude telling others to go away and not look back, that GW2 would become a total ghost game and Devs would not make any content at all right ?

That driving people away is going to kill the game ?

( and people wonder why MMO’s die off and why communities are called toxic)

wow still nothing from Anet … then again why would I be surprised.

Hi,

Now that the Journal is there, how about allowing us to replay episodes of the Personal Story ( or even chapters we couldnt get before like befriend the Hyleks instead of Orges etc)

But of course no “goodies” from the chapters ( although they would be way underlevel anyways so it prolly does not matter since they are souldbound on acquire )

That way we to get to hear our characters speak again and some of the chapters were good.. Apples anyone ?

Or click on it with middle mouse button ( wheel)

Dying to see if anyone manages to get a Kinect to work with GW2 somehow

Reading this, it sounds like a great idea, BUT anyone who has played any Battlefield games will know well this :-

Target Spotted
Target Spotted
Target Spotted

etc etc etc

Gets old real fast !!

You have checked the the Nvidia card is working right ?

My brother had a similar issue where the card actually stopped working and he didnt notice and it would swap back to On Board GPU by default……

Post PC Specs and people maybe able to help better, ( although sounds like a memory issue to me so far )

Sounds to me like you need to contact your ISP and get them to investigate as you say everything works until you fire up GW2, like you are tripping some kind of throttle when you connect using them.

What ISP do you have ?