Guild Wars 2

John,

No! Do not listen to these people. You made the puzzle 100% optional even if it was part of a Halloween event. Nobody was forced to do it and all the people complaining? These are either the same people that got WoW ‘n’ other games ruined due to wanting it all on a silver platter or a completitionist that has to have it all done or they are not happy. These are not the people you should tilt an ear to in design.

Sure, it was hard and sucked a little. I kittened hardcore when I started it as I LOATHE being timed in anything. Timers are something I feel should have been left back in the 80’s in Mario. However I could still appreciate the unique design and how it fit directly into the whole Halloween event. The fact the Mad King had a puzzle that in your face was just perfect. Hell, my friends from GW1 were giggling like school girls with enjoyment of it grinning from ear to ear. You left it as an optional thing to finish and they just need to accept in a game where you guys are going to make one off events? That you are going to miss things sooner or later. Just how it is!

Even if someone like me kittenes to no end you keep up the good work in placing designs like this right where they need to be. Which is right where it is now!

Small PS kinda thing though… I will never be okay with stuff like the skins based off RNG for a Halloween event though but there is a good reason. Picture this… you’ve been gaming for 13-14 years in MMORPG’s all of which have had some sorta RNG in their major events or holiday themed events. You try your best in every game and every year to get something. New people come along ‘n’ get it instantly while with you or you hear about it always dropping for others so they at least get to see it to roll on it, etc.

However you? No… you get nothing every single year. So you cave and start bribing people in whispers with ingame money to get things, you end up almost begging friends to pass rolls, you try to guilt trip people, you even think of ninja looting something. All because it’s been 14 YEARS of nothing. Even if you do get something from using ingame gold for a bribe, auction house, etc? The item now feels a little hollow as you had to use what you saved up for awhile on something else just to have a real memento of amazing from the event. As all you ever get is the items even a level 1 can get. The common as dirt kinda stuff or the moderate effort kinda stuff. There is no super cool item for the dedicated player. Just RNG….

That has been my experience since UO and EQ. Toward the end of your event I actually got the chainsaw skin and you know what? It felt more bitter then cool as I had to wait 14 kitten years to see something like that without going to extreme measures to get it. This is what RNG in a holiday feels like. Only those new to a game ever condone it or the lucky or always get everything. They have never been burned for a very long time.

There are better ways to make something rare or desirable over RNG or RNG money grabs. The only thing I’d make an appeal to you to change is this. You’ve changed so much about MMORPG’s already. Why not toss out this last very very old and terrible model?

I do this all the time… hehe Ya, just gotta wait for the perfect moment… I often use my pet do it though. Then if anyone notices I just say kitten pet… you can never control it! hehe

My opinion is of the same as everyone else. The difference is massive and positive. I’ve had far less issues with my camera as well in jumping puzzles. The increased vision is also a boon during all types of boss fights.

I did it on all 8 of my characters. While at first I hated it hardcore… it grew on me. I am still not a fan of timed events but you can tell alot of work went into it and that should be appreciated.

I was excited because the new chests were a second shot.. with better rates maybe. However the rates were just as bad ‘n’ I still got nothing. Nothing in so many of these exact same things in so many games. It gets really old! I’m a pretty patient person really.. heck I waited 3 years to get all 3 bloody WoW children day pets back in the day.

I’m just sick of the only things I keep getting after YEARS is the same ol BS. Stuff I was hard work to over years. Not one kitten really rare and desired thing sent my way. I mean the real deal the skins, endless tonic, or something. Not easy to get green level stuff. =/

Been playing mmorpg’s and mmo’s since the days of Ultima and Everquest. Due to rates like this and BS luck I’ve never gotten anything super rare or awesome. Not on the santa fly in EQ nor the shoot developers for gold in world of tanks. I’m really tired of the super gambling I really am. I don’t want stuff to be zomg super easy but rrrrr…

Over 350 bags opened as well ‘n’ no endless tonic. Bleh, years of this kinda stuff is gets old. =/

The chests are just another grab. I opened almost the same amount I did for the others and even got stuff not related to halloween. Heck, my friend got glacier fragments! I guess at least I got some candy related stuff but not one bloody skin. The rate is still utter garbage.

I find it kinda odd peeps call all the stuff in the BLC trash as even at max level some of it has uses. It may not be what we wanted.. However that does not make it pure trash. While I do agree during events it needs to be changed and or done better. It has to be kinda =/ for poor Anet that everyone is calling one of their main lil sell items pure trash. =/

Even with this though? I wouldn’t mind one off dynamic event rewards, year round super rare BLC skins/items, super rare hidden rewards like the books, stuff like that year round.

Just given better presentation! Odds that fit the time zone allotted for the item! You name it. I really hope this doesn’t put off Anet’s plans ‘n’ style for the one off dynamic events to come. These are things I’d still like to see even if the way these BLC skins alone seemed to be done.

I’m baffled anyone would listen to people like TSL or Xai. Any business trying to follow their model would run out of customers fast. An empty restaurant, high end shoes nobody pays for, a theatre that people drive past to the one ten miles away to avoid it. That is the kinda place they’d run.

Nobody is asking for the main mystic forge hard to get skins to be changed or the many other fun things during the event. They are asking for a single thing to get changed that was a bad model anyways that many companies have used. It is great news that Anet is deciding to change it for the better.

They are not catering to entitled people of which you have no understanding of the word anyways or whiners. Anet is fixing a bad choice for the paying customer. The item is not being given away for free. This item will instead be rare in another way as it should have been. Even if more get it the item will still be rare due to people changing skins later, players fluxing in ‘n’ out of the game, new players, etc.

So ya, you kinda peeps need to get over your arrogance, fanboyism, whatever. It’s not good for the industry.

Regina — Glad to hear this as now I actually have a shot at the chainsaw skin which is all I really wanted. A fair shot at it.

As for everyone else? Clearly the calm people who presented their case won this out. This makes another case A-net as made a sticky spot good for me.

Just a small note by the way if A-net reads the reply? The rest of the event is indeed amazing. Thank you for that but I do sympathize with the others. I’d have liked a skin off the TP or otherwise to remember this first event in GW2 for as long as I am around. The chainsaw does indeed look great.

So with all that happening would you go back to that place? Would you speak positive of that place? Would you recommend it to friends? Of course you wouldn’t! Any other form of business and what they did with the chests would be called bad service, a money grab, used car salesman tactics to get you to buy it, stuff like that. Yet, here in the mmorpg or just mmo world? It is viewed as just fine and I will never understand that.

This MMO world has fanboys or just people in general that tell all the people that lost money or were treated unfairly tough cookie. They never want things to change for the better in any way and it is just strange. It is like the gaming world loves to be abused in these ways. =/

Now I’ve had experiences that A-Net has made right. They got me my collectors issue stuff back the 2k gems spent the wrong way due to another issue. However there have been a few that have been kinda eh.. such as the lack of a system to get things to people that could have been deleted, karma vendor misclick, etc. That many other mmorpg’s have. So I am not saying A-net is a bad company overall. Do not take this as that. In fact in beta I spoke with several developers and they were really awesome. So once again not saying doom and gloom.

However on this one? I am with all the people that didn’t get any items. They spent real life cash expecting at least some return on it but got nothing. These are not items you can get year round like the rare hats in TF2. Nor are they rare legendary items I can once again make year round. These are items you have one chance a year to make. That one single chance! That is it! Is it so wrong for the rates to be in a more moderate area?

A-Net would have more people spending money as they’d read they had a fair shot instead of a bad one so thus more people would buy gems. They’d also get more money in the long run as these customer would likely come back to spend more money. They’d also tell their friend of the good experience they had instead of a bad one. The skins would still be rare as they are just here once a year. People will accidentally delete them, get tired of them for new skins, stop playing for awhile, new people will sign on later without them. So the rarity of the skins would still stay fairly rare.

I see no reason A-net cannot reach a compromise with these fans at all. Nor do I see any good reason as to why the people are so hostile to those just wanting something for their real money spent. Just looney.

I think part of the problem here is the way that people are viewing the way of those that spent money to try to get these skins. People are viewing them as spoiled children who are mad they did not get what they want but that is the complete wrong view to take on this. A proper analogy on this would be more akin to something like this.

• Good analogy below starts and ends with markers.*

You are on a date with your bf/gf at a nice little place. It has a good reputation and you are taking him/her there as you’ve been there before and loved it. So you arrive ‘n’ sit down to order. The waiter/waitress seems nice takes your order and you begin to wait. They come out in moderate time a little slow but you let it pass with your starters you start to eat but find out some of the starters are a little cold. So you try to call the waiter/waitress over to get some different ones. They avoid you for awhile before taking them back for new ones. The new ones arrive all is well ‘n’ the main course arrives next. The main course turns out great but did take a little while to get to you.

Well here you are now at desert what this place is FAMOUS for in your area. The order is placed ‘n’ you wait… ‘n’ wait…. The waiter/waitress is called they keep a generic stall answer. This happens a few times before you get them to check on the kitchen. The waiter/waitress comes back a little late and only with one desert and not the one you ordered. So you send it back all the while trying to keep the romantic mood going as your bf/gf has never been here before and you are trying to make a good impression on your opinion ‘n’ get a good bang for your buck. The waiter/waitress comes back again but with nothing this time and says sorry we are out of that. Now your bf/gf seemed to have their heart set on this and it is the desert they are FAMOUS for once again. You press a little more implying politely that you had to send the starters back and the main course was a little late on top of this. Surely there is something they could do?

Now here comes the end of this long tail. The waiter/waitress beats around the bush again before getting a manager. The manager doesn’t offer you any free food for the problems that were caused nor do they seem to want to say sorry for the mistakes made. Instead they comment on how their rare desert is really a first come first serve. You poke a little more after they say that about how disappointed you are ‘n’ after a few more pokes get a half hearted kinda apology.

Then the bill arrives for this whole thing after the manager leaves. You are a little annoyed and your bf/gf seems uncomfortable that you had say anything at all ‘n’ thinks you shouldn’t say squat. Which is a little odd since these things are standard to ask at a fancy restaurant that is well known and gave a kinda bleck performance tonight. You just sigh and open your bill. Woah… something seems wrong here. This bill is a little expensive even more so since you didn’t get the prime FAMOUS desert. So you once again motion for the waiter/waitress ‘n’ go through the motions. They say sorry but you did order the three course meal and even if you didn’t get the desert the sales are final as you got ‘n’ ate the other things. You debate with them awhile but end up paying the price as your bf/gf wants to leave.

After you leave the whole atmosphere is kinda ruined for the evening. Your bf/gf doesn’t really want to do much else and you feel like you kinda ruined a good evening for them with all this. So you drop them off and feel kinda down for a little bit. You will not be recommending this place to friends or family. Nor will you be coming back even though the place had a good reputation. They just didn’t seem to want your money for the long term.

• The end.*

The moment I hit your third paragraph Iron I stopped reading. As it was quite clear you didn’t read mine at all but instead just skimmed. The typed up quite a large reply based on rebuking me when all you was skim. I covered all you are talking about and even highlighted other things that go with being a women. All of which you ignored.

You do not want to debate like Sigil you just want argue. I’m not going type up a second large paragraph to rebuttal someone that isn’t even going to read it.

@Sigil — The giant chicken in her hands doesn’t exactly help one to see it all. Nor does a sideshot at best. Also.. I hear you like kittens…

@Mike

That right there is all anyone really and including myself was really ever asking for in the first place. Someone or rather anyone to come forward with something that did not seem like a generic standard reply.

We understand it started during the weekend and we get that we will never be allowed to see everything. That part was really never in question. I know how much it can suck to have a weekend taken from you. It was just the fact that it kinda seemed like we were hanging out to dry. As that is the feeling that gets conveyed with a standardized reply. Even if you can’t release everything or lack a reason yet? People need something besides a standardized reply. A person here just coming in and giving a personal comment every few hours or so would have done wonders. That is all people including myself were really asking for. Even if that person was not of your department. Just a friendly face sorta speak that would shoot around with the fans just a little during a large crisis from the customer support area. Doesn’t have to be a developer or technical support expert.

Also that information on the banning system? That is fantastic to hear that the human element is still there. As with many systems like the X-box live system it is all but gone. Plus we all read the horror stories on Reddit, twitter, facebook, and on these forums about the game. I’m sure some people have really done something wrong. However it is hard to believe that all of them did. It really is.

Heck, it really couldn’t hurt to take something like this reply with the explanations within it? And paste it up somewhere in a more detailed fashion for everyone to see as a more permanent record. Not just about this issue but how your banning system will always have the human element and such. Some would say it can hurt to say to much. I’d disagree and say giving people at least the small tidbits like you just did here. Can go a really really long way in easing players minds.

I’m sorry if some like me seemed a little overboard but as I said we all read things on your forums every day and we have no information from your side most of the time to compare it with. We’ve spent alot of time invested in our accounts and they’ve become personal. The idea of getting it back and for some reason losing things or just outright losing it… Like so many others is just a horrid thought.

Sorry, your weekend was ruined but write up some more little tidbits for us my friend. Before things happen and it will go a long way easing the minds of people when it does. Thanks for the reply though.

@Iron Wolf – That is what people are asking for though. When you start to try to overlay human cultural values over another. Especially the bad ones such as stereotyping a gender to need to wear X clothing to be what it is? That is exactly what you are asking for.

The Asura are designed with the practical in mind. That meaning if it has no functionality then it has no purpose in their world. So trying to play something up as the ears as a sexual object? That just makes no sense as they are just ears. When an Asura says -My ears- it is probably more akin one being upset in a civil manner or even a greeting. That in no way implies they are a glorified object that is seen as sexual to them.

Heck, when you break humans down? Our bones really are more or less the same with minor differences. Except for the reproductive many of our systems are exactly the same regardless of gender. You toss out the super obvious stuff like breasts? And you start to see the subtle curves, the softer skin, small hands, etc. All these things that also say female. That is what the Asura are built around in that manner and it as clear as day for anyone who looks for it.

And those saying at a distance you can’t tell what gender X is? You can say that about humans as well in real life. Unless they are wearing something that just screams one or the other. Which human society is built around that kinda bs. You can’t tell anymore in real life at distance without some aid.

@Sigil — There is nothing functional about a skirt or a dress. There never has been nor will there ever be. A suit also falls into that area as both of these are something we force on ourselves as a society. Not something that is truly functional to everyday life in any fashion. That look the Asura is sporting is like a woman dolled up in like the 1890’s.

The Asura are fine people. Stop trying to ruin a good thing! If you desperately that bad need to show off something to make yourself feel like a normal human gender type? There are races for you to push yourself back into stereotypes. Heck, the humans, norn, and sylvari even fit that bloody bill. They are chock full of bad armor ‘n’ gender stereotypes. So if it really means that much to you to wear makeup, flex your pecs, or some other stereotype that have races just for you.

Ya, the missing all weekend is killer.

I think it has to do with Rytlock seeing the bigger picture. He doesn’t see his legion as the only end all way of doing things. So he keeps tabs on literally everything he can and keeps his paws in other legions business for knowledge sake.

If anyone was in the spot to become the next Kahn-Ur it would be him.

You sound like a very very bitter person Renegadeimp. I’ve known people in games who have gotten hacked sorta speak before who were quite anal about trying to keep things safe. Stuff like this can happen and another thing to note is that people are HUMAN which means mistakes happen. One should not be forever punished for a single mistake either.

Every MMORPG to date I have been apart of with the exception of a few korean games has had a system to restore items in place before launch. It is a given that a game will have bugs that make tokens poof, miss clicks happen. A system should have been in place before the release. Hell, even if it ended up costing 3 bucks to get that character back it should have been there.

Also even if it is free to play now? They did -pay- for it up front and many people continue to -pay- in terms of gems. A company is here for you not you for them. All these twits in free to play systems need to get that through their heads. Just because something is free to play it doesn’t give anyone the right to do some of the things other games have done.

@Hardcore — A few people have already been unbanned or at the very least had their tickets commented on. Yet, I am speaking to a friend right now I was supposed to be playing with THIS WEEKEND but yet cannot for a very lousy reason.

What makes it worse is my other ticket on a dungeon issue just got a response. The issue was put forth not long before this one and in fact almost the same day. Yet, my supposed to be escalated ticket reported in the manner requested by the system for such things? The one that has information to get personally ahold of me that they asked for? Ya, that ticket remains 100% ignored. So at this stage I’m started to build a very good want to headbutt someone kinda mood.

The need for a tank is a leftover mentality from other mmorpg’s and it is also the desire of the many lazy players that WoW created with the later expansions. They do not want to constantly have to dodge, weave, or use other skills to survive a dungeon. The players noted instead want to sit back in safety for a majority of the time while someone else does the hard work.

This a terrible way of doing things as GW2 is supposed to be an active combat system. One in which all players have to dodge, heal, etc. It is not a system in which two people the healer and tank do the hard work while the dps just sits there.

No single class should ever be required nor is required to do anything in this game in a quick or fun manner.

I started this dungeon early on with pugs and then later people who had the same desire to get the gear as you. As time went on though we got faster ‘n’ better at it. Depending on all our moods it never takes that long anymore and we have a good time.

However even after getting all the gear and the gift? I still agree with those in saying the flower respawn timer needs to be lowered hardcore. That or the damage they do needs to be lowered a ton. It gives you no time to explain fights to new players, setup a pull, you name it. The flowers feel like an artificial difficulty implanted into the dungeon. One which even the experienced fall for and it is quite buggy. My friends Mesmer can’t even kill the flowers with a single one of his chosen abilities in a reliable fashion.

It isn’t fun to constantly be fighting off flowers that can almost one shot you sometimes all the time. It isn’t fun to always have to worry about dodge rolling into one. It isn’t fun for those not able to attack them. It isn’t fun to always have to be wasting a condition cure on the always in combat bit that comes with poison.

The respawn timer in the least on these things needs to be increased.

Edit: Just noticed the post above me. Do not listen to someone like that ever. GW2 is supposed to be a game where anyone of any class or spec ran run a place just as well as the next. You shouldn’t be required to have a guardian take care of it for you. Nor should that guardian be thankful to be regulated to flower duty all the time.

I agree that karma should be added to key events like the cave troll or saving the npc on the bridge. As if you are running these places often you see these events in mass and while it was cool to see it the first time? The maybe 30th time? Eh.. not so much as at that point for some of us you are forced to do it every single last time. So it extends the time it takes to your run with pretty much no reward for doing it.

There should be some reward as an npc aid in the dungeon from the one saved, karma, maybe 5 extra tokens at the end, something to encourage people to have a desire to do it. As it stands right now I have groups wanting to skip some of these events, afk while they go on, you name it. Which creates issues for the poor souls that have to run back or are limited on time per say.

I personally have grown to loathe these events as they just tack on more time to my run with a lack of reward for doing them. I am sick of seeing the cave troll. It doesn’t change up my run if it happens a majority of the time in any fun fashion.

I’d be interested in the outcome of this topic as well. While I disapprove of addons like dps meters, gear score, and the like? As they turn things such as dungeon runs into a huge who has the bigger sausage fest and leave people out in the cold based off gear who are great players. I do approve of cosmetic changes such as making the in range markers clearer, etc. That and the ability to zoom out alot further would just be amazing even from an addon.

It is a tricky thing to balance this but I wish GW2 luck on that front. I really hope they can manage to do it while barring the BS such as dps meters from use such as they were in WoW.

This incident has also highlighted to me another problem with the gaming or rather the MMORPG world. Pretty much everyone is either fanboyish or jaded/apathetic on this kinda topic. That is except the victims of the current bug or problem whatever it might be. This even kinda extends to friends in a way who’d never say that about you with any other aspect of your life that they’d say here about it during this incident.

You have the fanboys who are a major problem with anything gaming. They worship the ground of whatever current company they’ve latched onto. That company is always right, can do no wrong, should always be given more time, etc etc. So they make it really hard to not get annoyed/worked up against them when trying to put forth a problem to be solved or an idea that could help the game along. The fanboys also spam their own ideas they think are personally good. —-- Either way when a problem like this happens they will always side with the company.

The jaded/apathetic are those that see it as not their problem, that you probably did do something wrong to deserve it, stuff along those lines. They see no issue even with the fact it could take weeks for a problem to be solved all the while the victims are left feeling out in the cold by the company but even more so the community. It doesn’t effect them personally so who cares? Problem is you need community support in any community for anything to get changed for better or worse.

The real sad issue is that more so then any other community I’ve been apart of it is magnified in the gaming world. So much so that I’ve seen friends even have these kinds of attitudes toward it. Today was a great example of that. I spoke to one of my over the top positive friends today who on many other topics always gives you the benefit of the doubt or is often on your side. Yet, when I told him about the issue his first reaction was that I had done something wrong. Till I kinda thumped him upside the head to remind him who he was speaking with. Yet, afterward he treated it very much so as something that will get fixed -sooner or later- and why nudge even a positive comment in support of those wrong their way at all? So that it seems like more then just the victims of said problem care. Which never hurts on a case front for anything.

I guess it is because MMORPG’s are a purely online thing and the net is a very apathic, jaded, and prickish place that we see this hardcore here. Doesn’t make it right though. =/

LeEitge.3720:

i want to be slinkyman, but i’ll probably won’t get the rights

I hate to break it to you.. but.. they did spring man in megaman 7. Sorry. .-.

http://megaman.wikia.com/wiki/Spring_Man

I see EndlessDreamer came back with his rhetoric of -Submit a ticket ‘n’ wait hurr-. People have put in tickets and we have gotten a generic reply for it at the start. Then almost a whole day for some people another -We are looking into it- generic reply again. The least they could do is look at the tickets of those in this thread that keep coming back to post at the least. Restore at least a few accounts on a case by case basis here in this thread while the bug is looked at as a whole.

I know for a fact my ticket still hasn’t been looked at. Even after posting in this thread and even making note I am waiting for it to happen. Even though they have my bloody cell and can call me. Mmorpg’s the only customer service of a larger company that gets away with refusing to have a phone service support line. Don’t call us we’ll call you. Gotta love gamers the only market group to see this as -okay- just because it isn’t their -direct- problem yet.

Eva, is just doing their job probably but it doesn’t matter. Because those around her/him should be allowing more to be said and more of us should have been gotten back to by now. It’s the bloody stinking weekend and I am missing all my playtime during the BEST TIME OF THE WEEK to get any in. Likely to be without any real bone thrown to us when this is over. =/

The real sad issue for is beyond one ticket with dungeon armor? They’ve actually responded to my tickets even the trivial stuff FASTER then something that is clearly far more important to everyone here. Guess I can’t have 3 out 4 eh?

Digging how they are closing all the other threads yet we get no feedback here. Nor have our tickets been answered. Also digging how they got the generic -Well you could have been guilty.- type reply or the -Ah..well… if you are innocent all you lost was time right.- kinda reply.

That kinda reply just makes it seem like they were guilty to the community on top of being very generic. This is a serious problem that needs feedback now and not after it is -safe- to do so when it is resolved. Just very rude to handle it in this manner.

The only kind of person who wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between a male ‘n’ female Asuran is the kind thinking only with their privates. There is more to being female then kitten, kittenty, armor and kitten I seriously feel sorry for anyone dating you if you need those to see that.

The female Asura design like the Charr female design is a refreshing breath of well fresh air in a very stale environment called videogames. Where designers often always take the easy way out and cater to the sex sells perverted demographic. They alienate far easier and more reliable money doing this.

I applaud the designers of the female Asura for actually using their heads to create something creative, fun, amazing, and unique. They designed a whole cultural with it’s own slang ‘n’ everything just for the game. Instead of copy pasting another one like gnomes or going chainmail bikini puke garbage.

The female Asura are an amazing design as is the whole race. I’m glad the designer did them this way. It isn’t feminism just to ask for something cool of your own you can be proud of.

This is covered a little bit if you do the shaman boss even in the top northwest of the Iron Marches zone area. You can jump through the walls to get to the event but there is to the best of my knowledge still no reward for doing this boss like event. I wish I could remember the names of the npc characters there.

However when you win you notice a whole group of a all female Charr warband standing around. The same group that you jumped in to help with the fight. As you speak with them you find out one of them used to be a slave to the flame legion. You learn how she was rescued, tortured, really everything about her. You learn something different from each npc you speak with.

I recommend going in search of this event and meeting the npc’s I am speaking of. You won’t regret seeing the fight or reading the story afterward.

Edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fycd24tplks He doesn’t speak to the npc’s though.

@Jethro – I wish I had made plans! My BF is out of town, friends busy, this was the perfect weekend to play! Yet, here I am with nothing to do really. I’ve watched all my movies, caught up on tv series like, played my other games to death already (This one is here for a reasooonnn.), late at night, everything is closed, not a bleck club person, etc etc.

I want to play and this total lack of feedback is just kitten =/

@Lame – I remember that!

Really though there are several hidden throughout the game or rather not hidden. The game customs put in place do not treat it like we do in real life. It is nothing special of note so there are no signs pointing to it, no hate groups, etc. You just have to stop and talk to a few npc’s or even listen to their conversations.

Is really just a casual every day part of life. Kinda wish the real world was like that a lil more often.

The warband never really takes off like it should have but that is the same for all the races with allies. It kinda bothered me you go through all this stuff to make friends, recruit people, yada yada. Yet, it all meant nothing… everyone’s story becomes the same later..

Difference is that is a regular ticket and these are tickets about complete lack of access to the game. These should be taken far more serious and elevated above that standard which is horrid anyways. Something only put up with in the videogame world. If an ISP, warranty, bank, high electronics provider, cell phone service, etc all did this? Well they do not as it costs them money so they have a tech support phone service. Even if those are horrid most of the time it gives you an option to jump hoops to a real person for large issues.

They need more people for support, they need a system to delegate tickets so smaller ones are not elevated above larger issues, and they need a punishment system in place for those who try to abuse the system to extremes.

72 hours? Really? Asking people to wait that without account access is just stupid. That is the whole bloody weekend.

CHASEtheGEEK.1479:

what exploit did they use may i ask? the last thing i was doing was farming iron ore. :| i don’t get why i got blocked. i’m thinking overreaction of some players to certain play styles and trigger happiness to report such things are causing anet to be trigger happy with bans as well. :|

I happen to agree with you Geek. I think people are abusing the living crap out of the system. They are trigger happy well twits who report at the twitch of a finger. They also seem to be the type that will report someone just for disagreeing with them, etc.

I know Anet probably gets loads of tickets but it the human elemental needs to always be there. It just seems to be lacking at this time. =/

@Tine – It sounds like you always assume the worst, expect the worst, and act based upon that. You believe in no tolerance as well it seems. As if nobody makes mistakes or the world operates without misunderstandings.

Just because someone is going in a circle doesn’t mean they are a bot. They could be farming blood, karma, etc. Just because someone says X thing in general chat doesn’t mean they are a bot, etc. Just because someone takes an action you think is wrong doesn’t mean you are right.

This has been already been commented on and seen as an issue to be SOLVED. You can even read the Anet reply on it. So your logic on this front is just horrid. The guilty until proven innocent garbage. Sure a few bots etc will post here. That doesn’t mean a MAJORITY of the people here are liars, cheats, and thieves.

Humans make mistakes but the reports are this is a bug. Other threads have also commented on how the systems to be avoiding the human element on some fronts. =/

@Geek – Nah, I’d take the job here! I know how to do the song ‘n’ dance! What you do at work is never the same as what you do outside of it. Ya, know… for better or for worse.

Blizzard was just as bad at the lack of feedback on major issues though. However the ticket support on large account issues was slightly better in my personal experience. Anet really needs to step up their game on that front. However things tend to point more toward Ncsoft running that department from what I hear.

CHASEtheGEEK.1479:

KorKor.9452:

@ChasetheGeek – Oh.. you know me. Same ol same ol. Cept for my building annoyance at being blocked from what I PAID for ya know?

Yourself?

I’m doing aight. still can’t login though. so, how come your boyfriend’s not around?

Just work ‘n’ stuff. Typical real life issue that happen. Really annoyed though that I can’t play right now. Not even a single reply to my ticket done in the right manner for these kinds of things. Just nothing.. =/

@Uriel – Most if not everyone here has. The problem is the noted long wait times even on an issue such as this one which denies the player 100% of what they paid for getting that treatment. It isn’t some reclaim item issue, etc. This is a much larger issue that requires feedback of which on the ticket front and here there is a lack of…

Ya, the ticket wait time is just… and it is even more of a rrrrrrr when it is the weekend… the prime time for anyone to play… Yet, a huge chunk of the player base can’t play…. We are getting no feedback about it at all. The kind you call people in for on the weekend and then give them a bonus or something for doing so as they solve the issue. =/

@Bruta – Part of why the reports I read about that disturb me. I am hoping they are lying or it was extreme cases. However I kept reading more and more of them…. The need for human review is always required. I’d hope that hasn’t been tossed out…

Ya, it is pretty bad that this is happening you know on the -weekend- which is the best time to hookup with friends to do things. Everyone is off from work, etc. Yet, we are getting no feedback? That is the biggest kicker here for me. The complete and total lack of feedback.

Tickets are going unanswered, this thread has has no updates, no official announcements, etc. I mean come on.. feedback is required! I mean even if it is a none eta type reply you need to make it. It is just good customer service! Nobody likes being left in the dark!

I also hope much of the other stuff I read about from day to day about people like bots, guilds that are jerks, etc mass reporting people to get them banned… is fake. Because if there is a lack human review in the system then this is very very bad and can only explode in their face. =/

@ChasetheGeek – Oh.. you know me. Same ol same ol. Cept for my building annoyance at being blocked from what I PAID for ya know?

Yourself?

Still no reply here as well. I gave them all the info needed as well. Just sitting here with no plans tonight.. waiting on my GW2 account. BF is out of town and everything. Tonight was the perfect night for dungeon runs.

Ya, I tried to login tonight and had a panic attack. I’ve spent kitten amounts of time on this game! Making friends, dragging friends, in, money, etc. I try to login for the weekend dungeon runs during my best connection time and…! I thought I had been hacked or something!

Seeing this thread after submitting a ticket though actually calms me a little. It’s not just me. I’d never use and never will use any other programs etc. Where is the pride if you didn’t do things yourself?

There are several interesting posts here but overall I agree with some of the events getting harder or something of the like after being won so many times in a row. As it stands right now many dynamic events in the game especially in lower level areas are never seen. Just for the simple reason that the players never lose. How am I supposed to feel that this world is remotely dynamic when I always win?

Kessex as was noted here is one of those problem areas. I remember during the beta several different fun events that happened due to us losing and I loved having to take something back! However when I tell my friends about it now? or I try to go back to see it myself? They have no idea what I am talking about nor do I ever get to see it myself.

I really wish some events would get harder over time but I also wish that some effects lasted more then 5 minutes. I get that it would be hard to balance a world where something could be stuck in enemy hands for days but… hard to feel the world is really changing or want to stop for an event other then karma… When it will just be back to do again in 5 minutes.

Just a simple bug to report but the orb thrown by the npc to open new paths can hit any player summoned pet such as ranger pets. It will then explode dazing the pet and path chosen by the party remains blocked. Thus you have to go through the large pain in the butt process of trying to reset the dungeon.

Twilight Arbor – Npc blue orb – Hits pets – Blocks progression

Really wish stuff like this would be focused on first over buffing a tree that nobody had any desire to see buffed as it is already a long fight.