If you are using a keyboard that needs special software to run ( I know as I have a logitech gaming keyboard myself) are you checking that you have enough memory, as I have noticed that the longer GW2 client is open the more memory it hogs ( I use win 8.1 btw) and I keep System Monitor open to track ..
Maybe look to see if anything else memory intensive is open too, like yahoo IM or such or too many IE / chrome windows / tabs open as low memory can also cause your issue …….
IF you have that pick, I got the Bone Pick as I thought the Watchwork one was not going back on sale, then following week they put it on sale, a heads up woulda been nice .
Now I just feel … annoyed !
I’m honestly perplexed as I read through some of the comments here. There are people that found some of the missions in the personal story challenging…!??!
I just about nearly was AFK for the whole thing, wth. What was I missing out on that was hard? I think the strongest mob in the whole personal story was uh… a veteran.
My companion had a hard part , in the asura PS, where you have to destroy a weather machine, to get to it you have to get through all these elementals that endlessly spawn and knock you down constantly very hard to actually stay up long enough to get to the “villan” and kill him without constant grief from the adds
You obviously have NOT read a word anyone else in this thread has said about the ludicrous things you have to do to unlock some of these traits……..
Funniest one I have found yet is having to complete Obsidian Sanctuary JP for the Falling Damage one ……..
If they were maybe account bound, not so bad, but a Charr or Norn doing that JP has so many camera issues it is dumb !
@Ascimator.6735
1. Irrelevant point because the majority of traits are not simple+stat modifiers that are found on armor sets.
2. YMMV. Though I will say you are in the minority when compared to the other 1400 posts.
3. Irrelevant point – this is an MMO, not an offline single player game. How do you think Anet pays for all the ongoing 24/7 server upkeep and employee labor in a game without subscription fees? If they don’t retain players, they are paying out of pocket.1. I meant it in the sense that you won’t be willing to switch between different builds (DPS, survivability, etc) without having different sets of gear to fit these playstyles.
2. Point taken.
3. I have serious suspicion that the majority of people who complain about changes buy gems regularly. And until they do, they are little more than a waste of server space, not to offend. Besides, a significant part of the playerbase, as it often happens, might not be visiting forums at all, so that “everyone wants change you are losing players anet” attitude is prone to be exaggerated. Potential players Anet will lose because the complainers will tell all their friends “Don’t buy gw2, they made it so you have to put in a little more effort to become cool” is, on a rough estimation, nothing next to the influx of newcomers through various channels.
To put it simply, go ahead and quit if you so desire. Unless you spent more money on gems regularly than on the game itself, that will be a net gain for Anet. And I’ll personally be glad to have less lag and less players with a bad attitude.
Though you do have some very valid points, have you tried ( from a new player with no saved up gold etc) to actually " play their way" and use the supposed flexability of builds since the patch…
Where for a lvl 30’s skill you have to be in a lvl 50 area, or kill a boss that takes a major event chain ( new player remember so no guild mates)
Or get slaughtered over and over in WvW when the trait you need is in a green area and they are dominating the war and you are red !
Or maybe you say buy them …. great but new players are going to need the skill points and for sure are not going to have all that gold as dungeon farming is basically lvl 80 onwards (lvl 80 Zerk only LFG ) especially now that new players are not going to have the needed traits……
I am about to finish it, for the first time, and I have to ask, am I the only one that HATES Trehearne ?
He is so annoying, especially when in a fight and His ’ Moving on" , I so want to set him on fire and laugh ….. most annoying NPC companion character ever !!
Oh and " Come to me commander I need to talk to you" when stending next to him, gets old real fast !
End of page 29 and STILL no feedback on a thread that Anet merged to get feedback.. Player have given feedback, why nothing yet from Anet ?
Not even a " we are looking into this", nada …….
I would like to be able to replay the chapters in the PS, some of them were good and like seeing and hearing my main toon speak….. Since they in the journal, cant be too hard right ?
I don’t know how anyone else feels about it, but I don’t think paying a fee if you miss living story content is fair! what about those that have lives, families, work, school, are on vacation or even have disabilities ( I have disabilities and am just lucky I can be on now ) and cant log on in time to get the content..how is that fair? I have supported you enough thru the gem store, my own cash,(and I know that’s my choice) and I take offence to you asking for more because now you are taking the choice away from me, now you want me to budget for content?. I understand that for some they say this at least gives some a chance to play it if they miss..unlike the last story, but my point is why does it have to cost at all? I’m sure you can set up replay without the cost. I was under the opinion this was a free to play game, but now if you want new material its not? Well that makes it a pay to play game right? At least for those that cant live for the game.
I am so sorry that you did not get a payout from the charity that pays Anet to develop content ….
After all, they do it outta the goodness of their lil hearts. They do not need paying to do their job !
OMG get a grip !!
its 30 seconds in a 2 week period, whinge whinge whinge
Not like you are paying $15 a month like other lame MMO’s is it ?
Finally get to the top of “Not so Secret” and am like " oh I am a mesmer, I can port people up", ask in Map chat if anyone wants a port up there, 10 or so reply, I arrange to meet at WP. Set My end of Port, WP out, then forgot to run back to the kitten cliff to set down My portal……… too far away ..
Definate oh KITTEN moment there !!
Lol I am 80 now, funny thing is I have yet to go to any zone that is above 50 , been leveling with a friend who just hit 70 and still have not even been to Iron Marches, Sparkfly or anything higher, amazing how fast you level in this game , ( altho Traits still suck )
The character is indeed voiced. Did you ever played your personal story ?
Warning: nerdy devspeak ahead!
The player character (PC) hasn’t had new voice recorded since the game launched, so you’ll only hear your character speak in the following circumstances: conditional chatter, in cinematic conversations in the Personal Story, and in painterly “full” cinematics. We retired cinematic conversations with the Living World, so right now the PC can only “talk” through unvoiced dialog trees.
We’re exploring some technical improvements that may allow the PC to speak under new circumstances, but it’s actually a bigger undertaking than one would imagine due to the complexity of player voice implementation (10 possible voices, currently shared lines of dialog that we want to split out, scene timing per language, etc.). That’s about all I can say at the moment.
In short, we’re looking to make the PC speak again, but it’s going to take a bit of time to redo the code and content pipelines to make it work, not to mention updating our tools to allow us to generate PC lines that deviate based on race & gender, prior accomplishments, etc. We’re not ready to announce what those changes will actually be or when they might be deployed, but we’re seriously looking into it.
As always, thanks for playing.
Any plans to allow us to replay chapters of the PS anytime soon afetr all it is already in the Story Journal ?
Would not be be so bad if they added more skins etc to collect IN GAME maybe ??
and stopped charging those Transmutation stones to do it ?
especially for skins off the Gem store, talk about double dipping, they should be like the ones you get from the AP chests
Well in the short time I have been playing, I have been very surprised!
Great game BUT traits that you cant unlock when you need them without spending a fortune in SP and Gold that new players dont have or getting slaughtered over and over again trying to go to high lvl areas to unlock a lvl 30’s trait.
OR POI in WvW that you never gonna get as your world never holds it !
Surprised that a majority of skills on a mesmer do not function as they should.
Surprised that after 2 yrs (almost) that the same weapons etc are still the only option apart from Legendaries that people have to grind and grind more than red snapper and poo quests in WoW in " Guild Wars where you never have to grind"
Surprised that they nerf a major amount of ways to gain gold, basically handicapping newer players whom now cant go do dungeons as people expect ’ Speed run full zerker ONLY lvl 80" (which again traits screws new people too )
As a newer player, I have to say I came from WoW, I heard that GW2 was the THING to play, but seems I missed the boat, this new trait system for a start is ludicrous….
Also being a Mesmer main, I have to say glaring issues with skills that do not work, I do not know how long I may stay, love the game, but when they wont fix simple issues that I have seen people reporting since release, and ignore a 30+ page thread on feedback about traits that they asked for….
I dunno ……….
Would be nice to quit hearing about the possibility of a Golem Uprising being suppressed by the Chip in Rata sum when at the bank , or the stupid one that threw a rock at the golem that patrols their street.
Odd… I just did those with My partner she was instance owner and I got them unlocked for me..
You sure you doing all the steps and on same story line ?
( I did let her leave instance first each time if that helps)
maybe if we all posted this somewhere more public, like G4 or IGN or something, maybe Anet would comment ?
Peer pressure and PA resources can be of use both ways !
Mes GS button 1 seems to aim elsewhere and bounce back to target aggroing everything else in sight !
If they refuse to fix our classes major problems then I’ll do my best to keep this front page to warn off any new players joining this buggy game.
If we get a response it’ll be the same like always: We care and there are fixes coming!
Then expect nothing because there is no fixes coming.
This is how it’s been since release and this is how it will stay.
EDIT: I really hate being so negative but after so long I’ve lost hope in anything more for Mesmers.
Too late, new player here, made mesmer cos it sounded cool, big mitake, so many things that do not do what they say, Leap being a pain now too !
Lol My stupid Norn Mesmer yells " Oh feels good" whenever he gets poisoned !
Because bank tabs cost 800 Gems and Bag tabs 600
OK, so new test.
I think I’ve gotten to a point with my new guardian that i know roughly what i might be dropping in gold for traits, but that’s not realistic because i have gold to burn.
So I’m pulling a wooden potatoes and doing a soft reset on my account and leaving myself without access to that gold or mats or anything else like that and going to try a new toon straight from the beginning with no bonuses except for those that are now account bound. Let’s see just how easy or fun it is for a new player.
I made a new Guardian a couple weeks ago and crafted to 80, I’ve been running the same build since. Getting the new traits is an absolute chore and having the “just buy them” option isn’t as easy as it sounds. It’s also very tedious to get the skill points.
Have you tried rolling a mesmer since the trait patch?
They were the worst class to level by far before the patch. They only got good when they hit 40 and access to decent traits. The update now, has made them close to unplayable.
new player here with a mesmer and have to agree, unlocking adept traits is a no no, feel underpowered and this trait system is really bad
having to sneak through high lvl areas to try to find a group a strangers that are willing to help me unlock lvl 30’s traits in a lvl 50+ area is just stupid , and the most useful one is locked in a JP in WvW which for a new player is a total PITA !!
At least make the account bound so when we do have them unlocked we can try other professions out, and / or kill the SP cost, lower unlock costs as new people do NOT have that gold to burn !!
No flexability for builds as new players as we do not have SP or G to spare !
Could be China D/ling the update ?
It is way ahead of us in time zones !
To ppl who are below 80, you have no room to talk. The game already offer you plenty of sub 80 area to explore plus all those past living story. .
I could not agree more, having only 1-2 lvl 80 areas is BAD !!
Personally I would LOVE to be able to do past Living Story, but they have not enabled that ability yet
( I came late to the game, but would love to do the Escape Lions Arch, sadly I missed it, woulda been cool if they had tacked it onto the Personal Story somehow instanced or something to “Bring new people up to speed” so to speak)
29 pages and still no feedback fron Anet on a thread they asked for Feedback on …….
I didn’t say anything about several maps in this release. 0.0
It sure took me longer than a month to level up my characters, even the first one. But, maybe you are right, and most of the half million players have leveled up to 80.
72 here and I think the new traits suck btw !
Although I admit I have yet to see most of the post 60 levels as been lvling with a lower lvl friend !
Races not happening
Dungeons 1 for killing the elder dragon should be expected
maps definitely 2 or 3 equivalent of Orr mostlikely
New dragon champion boss incounter
Everyone is assuming that we get to kill an Elder Dragon in LS2….. didnt they say that the LS was parts of a whole, may not even happen in LS2 !
LOL—told ya, they can’t even fix a standard option that works in every single web site in the world—not much hope for fixing bugs or the broken RNG.
What is even funnier in all this, is that the Search Function does not work on the WoW forums either.
I just see a funny irony in that !
Having players test future content is way to dangerous and exploitable in this type of game.. they can foresee stuff in which they can invest in/ mess with the TP etc.
Which they could fix by making a lot more stuff “personal loot / account bound” like Acended mats and pre cursors etc………..
That way its about personal development and not just buy and grind gold to get it.
They should make the Gemstore ones like the Achievement chest skins / dyes, where you get unlimited uses . After all you DID buy it not just find it in game !
Characters under level 80 will be able to see the available episodes, but will not be able to play them until they reach level 80. Think of the Living World story as the constantly expanding continuation of your character’s storyline once they reach level 80.
Kinda refers to it being post 80. Why would they add more low level zones when the LS2 is for post 80 ?
Didnt they already say no more hearts in lvl 80 content ?
LOL they cant even get /s and /m to work without spam locked after 4 posts, how well do you see this going ?
It seems to be the norm now for Game Devs NOT to use their official sites, examples being DICE NEVER posted on the EA Forums, they used Twitter for BF3.
Bioware the same, Blizzard constantly post on Twitter / facebook and hardly on their own places …
Social Engineering has gone out of control when they create sites for their games and never use them themselves !
(also many of the above don’t simply because they do not want to answer to players, rather pretend the criticism does not exist, using Blizz and EA as an example )
- And ANet looking at the Trait thread in General ****
Yes please revert… I bet this idea of going out into the world to unlock these traits sounded great on paper , but in actual practice it is just very annoying.
The cost works for lvl 80’s or people with alts at max, but for new people the new system sucks, having to go to higher lvl areas or WvW to get traits for 30’s , plus having to use SP that new people need while leveling, takes away the flexability that GW2 promised ….
Also depends on whether the Anet servers will handle the bandwidth, as every tuesday update they do, it usually fubars up and many of us have to wait till after 12am EST to get the kitten thing to go above 0k/s
That does not answer why the others STILL have no added benefit for having them and why when they release a LIMITED Period item they do not warn that the better one is coming after it. Heck in some US states there is even a law about it to do with 30 days can get refund if same item with better features / upgraded, is released.
My brother did just that with Sprint and a cellphone in NH …
Why would Anet put the Watchwork pick on sale a week later than the Oil Spurt one ( cant remember the name) , or more to the point, why should one endless pick get a bonus over another one ?
Can those of us that bought the other (limited release) one get a swap for the better one, or is this just how Anet does business ?
Probably right up there for wanted as much as them to take away that stupid ’ Kick from guild" option when trying to party up with someone too !!
only lvl 80 means another mistake, up-scaling doesn’t work and it’s in an area where you can expect lvl -20.
for now, until they use that grey mass and think for a bit i have no hope for S2, just a bunch of grinding and zerging yet again.
There is also that portal in the tunnels ( I think in Norn area) that goes from 15-20 zone, to a 75 zone, where the NPC’s either side yell a warning not to go in there !
So they have done it before !
LOL 28 pages on a thread that Anet merged to get feedback and all we have is player feedback, not one ANET employee apart from a Mod erasing posts…..
Why bother asking for feedback if not going to give any back when you get it ??
Well Anet, I was actually considering getting another character slot and making an engi (10 USD for you), but now that I see the effort that would be required, I don’t think I want to anymore. I can’t be the only one either.
I personally don’t think these changes have to be rolled back, but they do have to be changed if you honestly expect people to even try making new characters.
Suggestions:
-Remove skill point requirement from trait unlocks. This way experienced players who have already been through the motions don’t have to go through tons of bullkitten just to make a new character. This would reward experienced players and create a gold sink that is not limited by how long a character is played (which is good for you, it decreases inflation and may force people to buy gems from you). The current total skill point cost is RIDICULOUS.
-Make the requirements for event-based unlocks easier. 100% map completion of a specific map for ONE trait? Is this is a joke? Also as a bonus to the hilarious stupidity behind this feature’s design, the levels of the areas aren’t even directly correlated with the level at which the trait in question can be acquired. What were you thinking? Waiting to level 50+ to get an adept trait?
-Make trait unlocks account bound. I already have 100% map completion. Why should I have to get it AGAIN every time I want to unlock a new character? Rewards experienced players who have already been through the pve content instead of forcing them to drone through it over and over again.You probably won’t listen but you are actually losing money because of this change. New players probably won’t even want to play, or at least not any that know me personally after I tell them how much easier it was for me to complete all four of my 80s and my one 79 than it will be for them.
Adding excitement to character advancement is great, I actually really really like this concept. You just took it to ridiculous levels that make literally no sense at all.
This !!
At the very least account bind the traits !!
Having to go to WvW to get traits is bad enough but on EVERY toon is ridiculous as well as the 100 % and higher lvl events that unlock lvl 30’s traits !
congratulation ANET. with the recent karma nerf you’ve succesfully scared away new players from the game.
IMO, the effects of the nerf are over exaggerated. If 3 characters are making an average of 20,000 Karma each in Queen’s Dale, then how much can 1 character make by the time they complete their storyline at level 80? How much can they easily make by going to the other zones their storyline doesn’t take them to? /shrug
Agree it was nerfed, but doesn’t seem like it was overly nerfed to the point of “scaring away new players”
How are people doing that ?
I just did 3 toons thru Queensdale, Gendarran Fields / LA and most of the Asura areas and no where near that much karma !
Anet needs to COMMUNICATE !
They merge and create threads for Feedback, then nothing at all., example the Traits Feedback thread, 29 pages and NO Anet comment since they created it !
The tomes should be available for gems anyway. 200 gems per Tome would be reasonable and they’d make a killing from it.
$200 for a level 80?
That’s ridiculous, considering it takes half the amount of time to reach level 80 in this game than it does in WoW and they charge $60 for max level.
Which in itself is one of the reasons that WoW are facing a mass exodus due to Blizz giving up on thier own game content by selling ways to skip 90% of it !! ( along with refusing to fix dead servers )
Didn’t ANet promise no “Gear grind” no " Better gear" was their promise or are they joining the train that Blizzard perpetuated all those years and why so many hate them too ..
Is Anet ready to do that and become what they promised they wouldnt be ?