Guild Wars 2

Hopefully if there is one it doesn’t make the massively aggravating scream .. lolwhinny .. that the current monstrosity does.

Ok, cheers folks.

Chameleon Dude.1564:

And this is why I hate raids with a passion. People can’t get their foot in the door and others (understandably) want to get it done quickly and efficiently.

Same can be said for the entire HOT expansion, if you weren’t in the land rush at the beginning you’re SOL, maps are often empty, no one’s doing many of the events due to poor rewards, too much of a PITA, etc.

Out of curiosity can someone tell me what this is?

It’s not a world event, the rotmouths aren’t mobs in the same way they are in Orr, they insta-kill and are almost impossible to kill themselves.

I can’t find any reference in the Wiki for Rotmouths in this zone. Just what is this ‘event’ all about?

Siobhan.5273:

TexZero.7910:

But don’t worry they’ll get unbanned.

Meanwhile a fellow guild mate of mine pretty much got told by support to suck it up and there’s no chance of reversing his actions (accused of botting for multi-boxing).

Yep good stuff.

29 map points in under 60 seconds? No. I think they’re done for. At least this account that got banned is.

I’ll never understanding cheating in a video game. What is the point of playing if you feel you have to cheat? Why bother?

Some people’s lives are so sad they only feel good about themselves if they can think they’re superior to others in a video game.

Also, people have cheated at Solitaire since before computers were invented!

Thanks Soren, with that clarification I was able to get it yesterday, though TBH it was a fluke, I had died and run back and had given up on it for that run as his DPS was around the trigger point, I was revving someone when suddenly I’m in dark water.

I never saw it, it must simply have spawned where I was.

Incredibly frustrating now due to the zerg’s DPS, Anet need to tweak the script to adjust for that.

Cedric Ambidexter.9174:

BECAUSE I GET IT…once you GET the game, it’s no longer fun.

That was my point.

Sounds like it’s time to move on then, not sure why you’re posting this on here except to stir an argument.

It’s perfectly okay to fall out of love with a game once you ‘get it’, there are many others for you to ‘get’.

PopeUrban.2578:

The same way you level in core tyria for xp. The difference is that the HoT maps have a concept of “participation level” and hand out meta rewards in big chunks of xp as the map progresses..

Nope, the difference between the HOT maps and all the rest is that if there’s not a large number of other people wanting to do what you need to do, forget it, you’ll not progress in HOT, it’s mainly a 1990s group-or-die game now where progression requires many others to help you.

Dsybok.1405:

I have 4 level 80s and I have about 200 tomes of knowledge stored up. What really annoys me is if I want to unlock mastery points I already have, I have to go run around the map all day even though I have been playing the game for 3 years and I have map completed with 2 of my 4 characters. Is there no way to skip to the end to at least unlock the points I have already earned without having to run around maps all day I have run around 1000 times before? I’m mastery rank 11 because I don’t have a lot of play time, but I have another 35 points unlocked in central Tyria and a bunch more in HOT, I will never have the time to unlock these if I have to gain XP manually to unlock each point.

It annoys the crap out of me the 100,000s XP I’m getting doing the content I WANT to do is going to waste because it isn’t in HOT zones.

PopeUrban.2578:

Mastry points should exist

Locking core content like themain story behind gates for which MPs need to be ground out to unlock is simply a kitten move.

By all means gate OPTIONAL content like raids behind rubbish like this but don’t lock out the content many people are mainly interested in a game like GW2 for: THE STORY!

GW2 pre-HOT was great, no artificial time-sink grinds blocked access to the entire story, HOT didn’t need it either.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Yes, it is, indeed.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Weapon_Master (Peruse the Notes section for more information)

Good luck.

Ok, thanks for confirming it .. I read the ‘notes’ section and didn’t find any mention of Turrets so not sure which note you’re alluding to, but the point I guess is moot.

Cheers

metaldude.4132:

Ehmm..I learned that If you have a real good tequatl fighting team, the amount of damage done to it between phases is so big it wont get time to spawn the vortexes (but correct me if I am wrong).

This is my belief, that the mega-server zergs now do so much damage to him that I don’t think they always spawn any more. I think the DPS rate is so high now with ascended/legendary bedecked zergs that the script just doesn’t have time to spawn the vertexes before the boss flies off, and once he lands again, forget it.

I managed it once by pure luck, I was raising someone and just so happened to get sucked down .. but that was in a noticeably ‘sub-par’ map with far fewer players than the capped-map zergs we get all too often these days.

I’ve been trying on a second character and after 20+ fights I’ve yet to even see one, let alone manage to get to it before it disappears.

Soren.9316:

If you stand to the right of the little island right in front of his foot you should get sucked under

A pity this poster didn’t say WHICH of his two front feet, each front foot is by an ‘island’ during the fight.

And does ‘right’ mean ‘right as you look at him from the front’ or’ his right’? Anyone know which foot he was referring to?

I’ve watched a couple of YouTube videos but they both were obviously made before the zerg DPS rate was as high as it is now.

So I’ve died 10 times now and utterly fail to see how to do this.

I get to the repeat of the second phase and for the life of me I can’t get more than 3 of the 4 fires lit!

I get the 3rd and then there’s no Fire up and by the time I get to it at least one of the 3 already lit has gone out.

Like I say I’ve fied 10 times, raised myself (using pet) only to fail again.

It seems impossible when the Fire circle takes so long to respawn after using it.

Is there ANY way to do this solo?

So I was out and about using my rifle turret and suddenly I get an Achievement completion: 100/100 STAFF kills?

What?

I was using dual-pistols at the time so I’m assuming it was my Turret that got the kill.

Is this really WAI?

True, Teq. is harder but the Karka Queen is also red and that’s just a tradition ‘tank and spank’ pretty much.

I now wonder if it’s because there are APs for them .. though the Behemoth’s icon is orange his map circle is red, so .. hmm.

vesica tempestas.1563:

Mounts that give speed boosts are old hat, they introduce lazy ‘ride past content’ behaviour, unless as i said at best they dont offer a speed boost’

Not having mounts doesn’t make GW2 superior, much as you’d like to think it does.

In fact, with its ‘point and click’ teleport system GW2 is a lot easier than most other MMOs to insta-port across the entire game-world .. at least in WOW you have to make the effort to get to a flight master and then make a ride that can be up to 20+ minutes from one end of a continent to the other.

Can someone tell me what’s special about bosses like Tequatl whose skull boss icons are red while most are the usual orange?

I see nothing in the drops from these which differ from any other bosses, but I assume the red icon indicates something about them is special.

LOL, this has to be the most ridiculous of these I’ve experienced … December 27, EU midday .. Rata Sum!!!!

It’s beyond absurd to think this city was ‘low pop’ .. there were clearly dozens of players congregated in the middle area where the TP/Bank/Guild NPCs are, let alone on the other levels of the place.

I’m seeing packet loss in the NCSOFT domain, ping averages over 1000 on two PCs, each using a different ISP so nothing common ‘my’ end’.

Stuck trying to login two times, got a message in-game after logging in about a connection not being able to be established to the login server.

Waypoint use fails, open the map, click the waypoint, click Yes, map closes, character stays where it is.

Been staring at a zone loading screen for over a minute after re-logging.

Took 2 mins to zone in, ping shows 3400 with average of 1298, then between 350 and 900.

Several tracerts show packet loss on all three NCSOFT hops at 206.127.157.86, 206.127.157.102 and 64.25.47.16

Truth hurts ?

Yeah, that tracker shows just how much Anet devs treat us on their official forums with utter contempt, just look at the number of posts listed in it then compare that to the DEV posts (not CM posts or simply patch notes) in this one.

GoZero.9708:

tl;dr: grind gating builds is bad

In that case what is the point of, say, raiding?

In GW2 ‘build = gear’ once skills are capped, so take away the need to grind gear I fail to see what raids or any other phat-lewt-chasing content is for.

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

@OP: it’s worth trying the event with different toons and taking your usual teq toon somewhere else, just in case it’s a case of DR.

So the desired drops come in the loot you get from the big ‘dragon chest’ statue and not the 4 reward ‘dragon chests’ you get on a once-per-day-per-account basis?

If so, d’oh!

Klangy.8293:

May i ask for what reason? I play rev myself.

Read that Anet post in that link, part of it says:

“The best way for a player to kitten whether a specific third-party program could have any impact on another player or a PvP opponent is to ask:

“Does this program allow someone to play faster, better, longer, or more accurately than someone who doesn’t use it?”
“Does this program allow someone to ‘play’ when he/she is not at the computer?”
“Does this program allow the user to gain undeserved rewards?”

If the answer to any of these questions is “yes”—or even “maybe”—then we strongly recommend that you do not use the program because to do so may place your Guild Wars or Guild Wars 2 account in jeopardy."

Pretty good overview of why this type of thing isn’t allowed.

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LOL at the asinine filter, that ‘kitten’ was used on the word: ay-s-s-e-s-s

Yet another person creates a new thread over something that already has loads of them.

Frenk.5917:

I mean, really? No matter what, there is always one or two new guys who are killing the veterans.
And why shouldn’t they? What do they know about the game? They’re level 20. They probably never heard about “purposefully failing events” and they probably don’t even know how to write in chat – let alone READ it – cause, you know, they’re level 20. They are like babies.

The problem arise when people WANT to let the event fail. This is a BIG issue right now. The trashtalk is insane, the toxicity is even higher than Ash vs TA GvG stream twitch chat. Everybody is insulting everyone. Me included. I can’t help it but being toxic when there are 10 people asking to a couple of newbes to stop attacking and they completely ingore us.

What are we supposed to do? There are newbes trying to complete the event (what it is INTEDED to happen, btw) even at 4am. Anet, can you offer us a solution?

With such a condescending attitude to “level 20 babies” I’m glad you failed to make them fail, long may you fail!

/shakeshead

So many cheaters, clearly ‘achievements’ are simply worthless these days as no one can know if you actually did it yourself or someone did all the work for you.

rhodoc.2381:

Would it be broken if we had gilders in Tyria?

Yes unless gliding could be unlocked by Tyria masteries.

Thanks guys, I wasn’t aware of the Star nor Mawdrey/Herta, however I had forgotten about Princess which I now recall discovering some time back and thinking that was a use for the Dragonite, then proceeded to forget it!

Thanks for reminding me.

Already being discussed in more than one thread, this didn’t need another:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Why-do-we-promote-this-behavior-Nevermore-IV/first#post5817721

The Greyhawk.9107:

What you’re asking for isn’t something that’s easy to do with an MMO with (sorta) persistent maps. People go through the game at differing paces, some starting much later than others. You can’t really make the maps match up with everyone without splitting us all up into instances like in GW1.
I honestly don’t know how Anet could do what your asking for.

Try playing ESO then come back and say it can’t be done.

Try playing recent updates to LOTRO then come back and say it can’t be done.

As it so happens I completed the Personal Story for the first time last week and I thought “it’s a pity this isn’t ESO, we’d get to see Orr restored the way the narrative and the static images being shown as it played described”.

I have no intention of trying to craft Ascended or Legendary gear so is there anything I can create with Dragonite or Bloodstone ores I have in their hundreds?

Everything they make seems to be Bound and require a huge grind of content I don’t want to play in order to get the mats, so as I see it all I can do is toss them away from cluttering up my bank.

Is there anything I’m missing that I can create without the slog to reach 500 in crafts that I could actually sell?

maddoctor.2738:

Kraggy.4169:

The content is for 10 players, but the achievement requires one of them to hold an item and don’t die. Standing AFK will result to your death, you NEED to play, you just don’t have your lovely weapon skills to help you. In the end, after the run, everyone gets the achievement, I don’t see the problem.

My point still stands, if it’s possible to complete with only 9 players playing fully then there’s room for a ‘carry’ of the “pro” player that other poster was trying to say was the only kind qualified for the reward he was on about.

A typically unhelpful error message PC developers spew out, no information on WHAT the error was or even the file it happened with.

DoctorDing.5890:

At least read what Colin says before venting. He says it is not being driven by esports.

Of COURSE it isn’t .. it’s entirely coincidental all this nerfing happened as ANet’s e-sports antic got underway.

Blaming non-existent PVE QQ about visual effects is laughable but just another example of the contempt in which they hold most players these days.

Shen Slayer.3058:

This has the to be the worst gaming company when it comes to communications with their players. These same players that they are trying to sell gems and expansion to…just unbelievable.

Actually they’re not, at least they’re talking to Reddit readers, Turbine for example doesn’t even do that and never talks to its forums except to announce the Store’s latest offers or when they’re merging their servers due to lack of players as they’re doing at the present time.

Lian Olsam.9541:

“complete x time the raid under x minutes” something for “pro” players

LOL “pro” players …

“The achievement requires the team to do the running part with 9 people, making it slightly harder, but still very much doable.” as noted by the poster above.

So the content is easy enough so only 9 are needed, so the “pro” player can be AFK and still qualify?

LOL

Wiki says it’s Account Bound.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Reclaimed_Metal_Plate

Sicarius.4639:

Hey! Those 4000 odd people watching that stream think it’s highly valuable!

I’m assuming the final ‘!’ indicates this is sarcasm, which I completely agree with.

If it isn’t, well, okay.

One part of me is laughing at those complaining about this, the other part is crying that HOT changed the game I loved to one I loathe.

As I understand it, the GW2 I loved was destroyed by HOT because those who were demanding ‘challenging’ content and hurling about the term scrubs at people like me got listened to by Anet and got the content they were screaming for: challenging content needing GROUP play.

Well guys you got what you screamed for, content that didn’t exist pre-HOT (with one exception) and replacing content (‘heart’ questing’ that many enjoy), so stop kittening and get the ORGANISED GROUPS together that your ORGANISED GROUP content is designed for, YOU SHOUTED FOR IT!

rogerwilko.6895:

this many posts and this many views says something.
people (players) care about this.

The lack of any Anet response also speaks volumes .. they’re too busy on Reddit pushing e-sports that likely less than 2% of players care about.

BinkyofFuraffinity.4629:

If you want to dispute anything i said, please feel free. But all i expect from these forums are malice filled responses and the “LEL CRYBABIES” as usual. Proceed

The screenshots simply show you (or one of those wanting the event to fail) shouting at other players for doing something they have a perfect right to do.

You also didn’t answer my point about why you and your group are more important than those you were shouting at and why YOUR wants should take precedence over theirs.

Your long post may be true, but the evidence the OP presented paints an entirely different picture, hence the reply I gave and no doubt the others too.

I totally get the point that requiring an event to fail to get a shiny is BAD DESIGN, but you should be shouting and screaming at ANET not other players playing the game as presented.

Also, on most other MMO forums I post on ‘name and shame’ images aren’t allowed, so posting images of those other players could be construed as inciting people to harass them.

As usual, PVP changes apply to PVE as well even when they don’t need to and shouldn’t.

Also as usual, it isn’t made OPTIONAL for those that weren’t shouting for a change in the first place, just outright dumbed down.

Malediktus.9250:

Good idea, adventures are disabled during the meta event, so HPs should, too.

I love the logic here: because there’s already one crass case of making one group of people ( those wanting to do the meta) more important than others (those wanting to do the Adventures) lets make the meta players even more important by giving them priority over another group (those wanting to do HPs).

In fact, let’s ask Anet to put in a “I’m more important than everyone so only enable the content I want to play” button, that’d solve everything.

Or, maybe the solution is to remove the open-world meta event crap that totally fails to scale to those wanting to do it .. it can never auto-scale because however you choose to define those who are participating is going to be gameable: content needing such massive organisation belongs in instances, not open-world.

Well I’ve run from the day the 64-bit client was released and never seen this, within less that an hour of the patch I saw it twice.

I really don’t understand what’s going on there except a couple of players seem to be screaming (and reporting?) someone for killing a mob that player needs to complete an event (and thus playing perfectly within his/her rights), simply to force the vent to fail.

I see no attempt to explain why those screaming want the event to fail so … hmmmm.

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I also don’t see why the player who’s trying to get the rewards for completing the event is less important than those wanting the shinies from making it fail. Why SHOULD that other play lose out simply to give those screaming at him some phat lewt?

After patching I’ve experienced three cases of a total freeze of the game for a second or so, never had that before Dec 1st patch.

What are these ‘Story Points’?

I see no MPs at all listed for the Personal Story in the Achievement log under Story Journal, unlike those in LS2 and HOT which show MP icons against each chapter.

Rasimir.6239:

Kraggy.4169:

Rasimir.6239:

So far, I’ve played my mesmer through the introductory chapter of the story to unlock masteries.

That’s not true, you CAN’T play the story on its own because you don’t get enough XP to even unlock the first gate simply from the story, let alone the other stuff you claim to have accessed playing only the story.

My first level 80 to play Torn from the Sky is parked because that gives you only 63% of the XP needed to unlock the gate to carry on the story and I have no desire to do the ‘meta grind’ for XP.

Maybe our definition of exploration is just different … I was thinking more about late 80s/early 90s games (both single player and muds), stuff like early Ultima titles, Bard’s Tale, Wizardry and so on, where you were still drawing your own maps because there was no internet to look them up nor in-game auto-maps . I know a sizeable number of people in game today who, upon release of new content, head over to Dulfy, grab their guide on how to get the goodies of said content, and won’t find their way around on their own even after they’ve “finished” said content. That’s not so easy with HoT, and I find myself enjoying this immensely.

No, we agree on what ‘exploration’ is, but in HOT you can’t even explore much without coming up against a gate in the form of gliding/bouncing needed, not to mention poison and at least one other (ley lines?).

Without any of the Tyria-type questing the only content I see to get XP is meta grinds or other group-or-die content which can’t be done on empty maps now, and I’m not going to do that simply to be able to explore the maps .. exploration is my great joy in RPGs, the gating in HOT prevents that fun!

I loved exploring pre-HOT, I’d love to do it post-HOT but locked gates prevent it.

One PC managed to get the patch, started to login then failed now can’t get back in, PC which was playing happily got kicked zoning and now stuck can’t even begin to patch.

kuritsutian.2987:

Grind is optional

In order simply to play through the story it is, let’s not even think about gearing for raiding or other end-game-like stuff.

In the total absence of pre-HOT questing (aka. ‘hearts’) the only way to get XP to unlock Masteries (let’s not even talk about how MPs are obtained) is grind the zone metas endlessly .. that’s as good a definition of ‘grinding’ as any.