Guild Wars 2

Been in MMOs (MUDs) since 1993 so 20 years in a couple of months. Been a guild officer and leader.
closed and open beta tester for over 20 MMOs.

Consider this game to be a return to what MMOs should have stayed like, which WoW caused not to happen.

best launch of a game I have ever encountered

Anet really does listen to folks but I wish they would do more surveys either via email like they did for lost shores or ingame.

This game is great and perfect as is. You have to actually do something to get get something.

Hate ascending armor. wish it would go away but it won’t.

They were specifically made for WvW

Well puppy it all I would rather not sneeze to death because of all the “kittens” being use. Ah puppy!

LOL

Feral Drifter.6804:

Anti-hero:
Pros: Endurance, with balanced evasion and power; They can take a hit, and remain on their toes while dealing out modest damage. They can make sure the enemy stays plenty mad at them, but can’t put down their allies on their watch.
Cons: They can’t really do anything at all without a party, soloing becomes an interesting and long fight.

Murderers:
Pros: Condition damage and high strength; They can cut you so deep your grand kids will feel it.
Cons: They can’t do any lasting damage and they can’t get away. You pray that someone else finishes off your pray for you, cause otherwise they’ll be up the creek with no paddle.

I know where you are going and not going to argue against it at all.

just a side note for the two above.

These won’t happen. they go against you have to be a hero philosophy they want to keep. The dragon are the bad guys. Ree did an article if you want to read it just ask and I will get you the link

Well I did read somewhere (sorry for not knowing exacctly) that Anet said they would atively watch how DEs work in each area and then add/remove/change. It maybe we are getting close to a change in DEs in some areas.
We may have to wait til after the new year or maybe in wintersday

Simple and short:

I am here for the long haul which means YEARS, which is how an MMO was meant to be played

I still feel it is a return to pre-WoW MMOs but I also have to point out this article was made in sept.

Still like this game more then anything else available at this time

Frosty and Frosty Law Firm.4981:

Krosslite.1950:

Frosty and Frosty Law Firm.4981:

WoW made the MMO genre what it is today, whether we like to admit that or not. It was the first popular MMO that truly drew attention and set down the foundations(to be ignored or not, as GW2 ignores quite a bit of Actiblizzard’s ideas) for other MMOs to be made. Mana is merely a piece of the game.

No, I don’t like WoW, but it popularized the idea of mana.

I personally think it stupid. You might as well give warriors a dehydration meter in combat and force them to cram a bottle of Asurafina down their throats to keep swinging. I respect how it forces spellcaster(Or in my odd example, warriors)to time and calculate their moves and form strategies, but I just don’t like the idea.

I’m tired and brain-dead. Take my rationalization for what you will, I’m not trying to make GW2 seem like WoW.

GW2 is a return to what MMOs were like before WoW .
WoW was made to satisfy the console gamers that were becoming aware of MMOs like EQ and UO and were whining that they couldn’t play them like a console game.
True Mana has been around since EQ if not earlier, which WoW took that idea and used in their game.
The gameplay mechanics of this game are perfect the way they are. If you want Mana go somewhere else

Please, please, take the time to read my post above before you make a snide comment on my response to a response.

last sentence wasn’t aimed at you. I apologies to you since you took it that way

Haishao.6851:

If you don’t have all legendary and ascended, then you’re far from being anything close to hardcore
work harder.

I have to agree with this plus add.

I personally call myself a casual player. My highest character just got to 74 over the holiday weekend and I have been playing since headstart.

My point is that I have 50% map completion and I’m casual in my play style.

krojack.4920:

Raf.1078:

So….rez, repair and run/swim back to where you were. What is the problem? It would be better if there was only one waypoint per zone anyway. Just put it in the middle of each zone.

The point is, many events, and some quest/skill challenges require a group or large group of people to complete. It’s already getting to the point people can’t experience the full zone due to no one around to help.

please see my post above. since it appears you ignored it by restating this.

Also get in a good guild and work with them.

Like what someone else said this is how the game was made. It is up to us to do the work.

So do it. I have done it and plan to continue to do so.

Additionally. Don’t bother going to Orr cause you will get no where with this attitude.

Keep it up Anet great job so far overall

Yes I would. It is the best game in a long time.
It marks a returned to pre-WoW MMOs
It’s free for monthly fee.
Gameplay is great

random name generators are a bot and gold sellers best friend that is why there isn’t one

Kreslin.6832:

Come on! Do you really think mana will return just because you create this topic? I really, highly doubt that.

Don’t want to explain, you must know already, what will cost returning mana.

And again, I don’t agree with you. If you think that we don’t need to think in a battle, only reflexes, than I’d say, you are easy target in… pvp for example.

A system we have right now isn’t bad. It’s just some percent of players, a small percent, doesn’t like it, that’s all.

After what Arena have done, do you really think they will return mana system? Mana was here from the very beginning. But then it was taken from the game. Not for fun you know, for a reason. And after that they build system we have right now.

Mesmers were changed because of we don’t have mana. And so on and etc.

Mana won’t return in GW2. I’d like to see that.

several of us showed through videos, blogs and articles that this game was designed to not use mana and why. I really don’t think the person even bothered to look at any of them

I and a ton of others would quit outright to such a change.

I have moved beyond PvP and have zero interest in doing it.

As it is the OPs request will go no where since the game was designed from day 1 to fit the playing styles of several different types of playing styles.

The PvE areas are huge compared to the PvP areas of this game. This tells you who the main customer base is and it is not PvP

i have no issues with kill variety. it is usually one of the quickest completed

Moderator.1462:

Hi everyone,

We have created a merging of threads here to gather feedback on this issue. Any relevant information you can provide us will be welcome and we will forward it to the team.

Thanks for your help and your understanding

Is this localized to any specific server or is it spread out across them all?
already provided a screenshot of error screen to customer support ticket

EDIT: Error Code: 21:6:3:2114

they are used in crafting with the mystic forge for specialty items like from halloween

Kore wa Sparta.3750:

Or will my 154 (soon to be 300+) black lion keys be for naught?

I need keys I have the opposite of you no keys and over 100 chests… want to split them up 50/50???

Daddicus.6128:

Krosslite.1950:

Those happy with the game do not come to the forums. For the most part. They play the game and that it.

This is false. I make an effort to spend a certain amount of time on the forums, but I still enjoy the game. I can complain and I can praise this game. But, to say I don’t enjoy the game is hogwash.

It is false for you. You are speaking of yourself only.

you are a majority of 1

sonicsix.5713:

And ALL the time. Unfortunately, I died in the Straits of Devastation. The worm spitting giant got me. So where can I rez? Fort Trinity!!! There were 7 other waypoints much closer but they are all contested, and they are always contested.

So I broke out my cell phone and began to play a game on it while waiting for a waypoint to become uncontested. I am still waiting. I wish there was a 30 minute time limit for waypoints to be contested.

those upper level maps are like that a lot I have noticed. Especially in unpopular areas (no dragons)

This is where we the players are suppose to be looking for the missions that don’t have a renown heart and taking these areas back for the NPCs.

I know it is a pain but we can only blame ourselves for the most part. This is how the game was designed to be played.

If you see a contested waypoint try and take it back before you go deeper into the map like I do.

Sometimes it is solo-able but not always

I honestly laughed at their Black Friday special of getting the deluxe pack for their same price just the game when the regular game was on sale at Best Buy for $25

Anarchy Online.

Release for sale in US. Game is nice and balanced.
One to two months later, release to EU totally change the game completely and so in mass the US users leave the game

per Ree Soesbee in the PCGamer interview:

You guys take a pretty definite line – they’re a hero, they’re going to have this particular moral alignment. It’s “how are you going to achieve this heroic thing” rather than “are you an kitten”. Is that degree of extra freedom superfluous in other games?

No – it depends on the kind of game you’re playing. We’ve said from the beginning that Guild Wars 2 is a game about heroes. If you’re playing a game about villains there should totally be choices to be a villain. What we wanted to do was tell a story that ends hopefully in the defeat of the dragons, and the choices of bad guy who would do that fall into anti-hero. So that was as far as we were willing to go.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/08/20/guild-wars-2-writer-on-mmo-storytelling-and-sneakily-getting-the-player-to-tell-us-what-kind-of-game-they-want/

nuff said

Bahamadude.4925:

A crying shame you can’t have any of the cookies i baked since you don’t live near me cos i would have given you the entire tray. It’s high time people realized that the ones who complain are in the VAST minority. One of the few ways Anet can really guage what the community wants is by making polls for players to vote on. Maybe even going so far as to make the polls appear in game. This isn’t to say nothing is wrong with the game, but posts like this sometimes (not this time) makes it sound like every single player is angry at the devs.

Personally, i think the forums could potentially destroy any good mmorpg, but this is strictly my opinion.

It has been shown in another MMO that when the Devs started running surveys ingame they were hugely surprized that:
1) those on the forums were less then 10% of those playing
2) their answers were mostly opposite of those complaining in the forum

Research before you assume you know what you are speaking of

Ok you need a wake up call.

First off those that use the forum and especially those that whine and complain are a small fraction of the community.

Second; with lost shores a survey was emailed. If you didn’t fill it out. That your problem.

When I found out about this game. I swore not to continue to be one of the silent majority and allow these type of post to go unanswered.

Those happy with the game do not come to the forums. For the most part. They play the game and that it.

Anet is listening as thier meeting showed the other day.

Please realize thapt those here in the forums are less then 5% of those playing

ElementFreak.2185:

@ Dheikan & Kosslite:

:/ I wanna log in my acc, not my gf or my sister’s …. :P

Oh i understand. I was just saying I am having the same issue. Trust me i don’t want to use my ten year old’s account either

I am having this issue as well.
my account is not working but my son’s is

Agree we need them

Frosty and Frosty Law Firm.4981:

WoW made the MMO genre what it is today, whether we like to admit that or not. It was the first popular MMO that truly drew attention and set down the foundations(to be ignored or not, as GW2 ignores quite a bit of Actiblizzard’s ideas) for other MMOs to be made. Mana is merely a piece of the game.

No, I don’t like WoW, but it popularized the idea of mana.

I personally think it stupid. You might as well give warriors a dehydration meter in combat and force them to cram a bottle of Asurafina down their throats to keep swinging. I respect how it forces spellcaster(Or in my odd example, warriors)to time and calculate their moves and form strategies, but I just don’t like the idea.

I’m tired and brain-dead. Take my rationalization for what you will, I’m not trying to make GW2 seem like WoW.

GW2 is a return to what MMOs were like before WoW .
WoW was made to satisfy the console gamers that were becoming aware of MMOs like EQ and UO and were whining that they couldn’t play them like a console game.
True Mana has been around since EQ if not earlier, which WoW took that idea and used in their game.
The gameplay mechanics of this game are perfect the way they are. If you want Mana go somewhere else

My reply comes from someone blog and I will include the link for the entire thing:

“Oh yes, there’s also no mana bar. Instead of managing a resource and trying to maximise your damage output around it, Guild Wars 2 is all about using the right abilities for the situation at that time, with the flow of the game changing rapidly so that you’re forced to flex those abilities.”

http://www.manaobscura.com/2012/03/17/guild-wars-2-spellcasters-quick-guide/

I play this game with my middle son who is 30, my youngest son who is 10 as well as my cousin. So I can totally relate to this article.

One of the main selling points of this game was the reduction in hot bars. I personally see no need in this and so oppose adding them.

This is a want and so should be ignored

site is being blocked by antivirus program

well a new LFG ability is in the works.

To be honest I usual solo till endgame anyway (which is still some time a way, in no rush highest character is 66 and been plying since headstart). There are times I do work with my guild as well as family members that play.

never PUG ever no more not going to happen period

i do wish it would say their names

Obsidian.1328:

Krosslite.1950:

Totally agree with OPs post.

Only read the first response and stopped. I hope someone explained what persistent means.

Having come from MUDs and played EQ for over 5 years. I still feel this is the first MMO that has returned to these root and I love it.
This to me is a welcome change and I am staying here for as long as possible

The topic was Guild Wars, not Guild Wars 2. Not sure if you knew that, your post seemed to indicate that. Hope that helps.

Hehe my bad. Oh well

First off I am glad the OP made it clear that most in the forums would agree. For my nearly two decades of being a player of these games. I know without qustion that means less then 5% of those actually playing the game.

Second; Anet has made an offical statement. Unfortunately they did not adress ascending armor.

Third; we got a survey in our emails. If you didn’t answer it then it is like voting. If you didn’t bother you have no say so

Totally agree with OPs post.

Only read the first response and stopped. I hope someone explained what persistent means.

Having come from MUDs and played EQ for over 5 years. I still feel this is the first MMO that has returned to these root and I love it.
This to me is a welcome change and I am staying here for as long as possible

All I have to say is.

Give us advance notice of these meeting and make sure it is good for all time zones. Since I now work 2nd shift EST & I want to be in on this

robinsiebler.3801:

The fact that there is no text box or the ability to attach a screen shot is another major oversight that somehow slipped through the cracks.

agreed

yes Block needs to be revamped to be a FULL block

yes including a text and screenshot option or a reference number to submit with screenshots via the official support function would be nice.

Including this type of way to report will in itself cause those that are doing it to be malicious to not want to do it.

True it would not stop all, but making it more time consuming on the person reporting the issue would in itself make the ones that are reported most likely to be legitimate.

This is due to the very fact that they truly feel harassed , threatened, embarrassed; caused distress and/or unwanted attention by someone

@Shadowlancer

I saw those you mentioned above.

Sorry for not making sense, typing via phone.

My point is how can we address the broken block and emote issue without a way to report the misconduct being done by the “bullies”
this I feel would be covered by a “harassment” reporting option unless you can name a better one

Shadowlancer.7102:

@ Krosslite.1950

The problem of this, is I have alot of bad experience from “World of Warcraft” and I have a very good idea of what can be dealt with and what cannot.

The main point is that some of the ideas or problems I see posted is people being “Jerks”.

There is nothing you can do for people being jerks, however you can offer suggestions to prevent them from being jerks by take away their tools, such as emotes, abuse with block/friend list, and other tricks they come up with.

Other than that, say you do use the “Harassment” report function, and hypothetically they get banned for 3 days or more, does it solve the “Root” of the problem no, does it solve your problem, no because you may or may not, face this issue again by the same person, using the same tricks, or a new person using the same tricks as that person before, you reported.

So in the end you have to find ways to stop the “Root” of the cause and then once the player starts using new “Tricks” that has been over-looked, then you can you use the “Harassment” report function.

Until then… you can’t report a person for being a “Jerk”. It is the internet after all and really… its not like you can take them to court or something because they can argue “Freedom of Speech”.

I do understand your point.
But how do we get Anet to address the “root” without a more accurate way of reporting the issue.

Your method which I have shown I follow. Also due to past experiences to know how to approach this; is faulty. Would that not mean that a good startingh point is required and is there not a good starting point available at this time.

Additionally I believe the new offiial word for “jerks” is “bullies”

just as long as you don’t keep having the kitten chase after someone all the time

@ Shadowlancer

per what robnsiebler said and the phasing used in their wording. Would that not be covered in the statement: “embarrass or cause distress and/or unwanted attention to other players.”

In my eyes that would constitute harassing behavior not verbal abuse. How is someone to report this?

I have had a more grievous encounter by a group of people. I used verbal abuse and took screen shots.

I also blocked them and reported them to Anet including the screenshot through official support.

I happened to go to be my block list the other day to remove a ton of gold sellers and low and behold there were all of them listed as online.

would a harassment option have been quicker and more accurate? I believe so.

I feel both these examples should have been submitted as harassment and addressed better by Anet.

This is why I started this thread so those of us that know we were harassed, per the rules of conduct, will have a way of addressing this in the correct and official manner it deserves.

Luculus.9860:

Do people think, in general, that these forums (and game forums in general) are so negative because the people who are really enjoying themselves just play and don’t come here to whine?

Yes

having been one of these for over a decade. I decided when I heard of this game to be more vocal so as to speak for these folks. Since in my past experiences those that cause the most noise ruin games due to their noise and the companies giving into them

ScribeTheMad.7614:

Doesn’t the Verbal Abuse report cover this? Or is that only if they use bad words?

only for verbally abusing someone ie. yea bad words

1. While playing Guild Wars 2, you must respect the rights of others and their rights to play and enjoy the Game. To this end, you may not defraud, harass , threaten, embarrass or cause distress and/or unwanted attention to other players. This includes posting insulting, offensive, or abusive comments about players, repeatedly sending unwanted messages, reporting players maliciously, attacking a player based on race, sexual orientation, religion, heritage, etc. Hate speech is not tolerated.

harass – keep bothering or attacking somebody: to persistently annoy, attack, or bother somebody
threaten – express hostile intention toward somebody
embarrass – make or become self-conscious
cause distress – mental suffering: mental suffering, e.g. that caused by grief, anxiety, or unhappiness
unwanted attention (Stalking) – the crime of harassing somebody with persistent, inappropriate, and unwanted attention

I hope this answers your questions Awesome. [Edit] Also notice I got this from the rule of conduct for this game and it is paragraph one

[Edit]

[Edited by CC: Provocation]

Silver Bride.4685:

I would also love to see a harassment choice to the reporting system, along with a box to add a comment about what the harassing behaviour was. The way the system is now (based on chat logs only) doesn’t allow for reporting behaviours that may not show in a chat log. I would also like it to remove your name from someone’s friends list if you block them, and keep them from adding you again as long as they are blocked. This will keep them from still being able to keep track of you.

make sure you use the PrtScr button so you can get screen shots

they are stored in My Documents/Guild Wars 2/Screens

Hanata.3098:

The only game that I’ve ever played that was always dynamic and lacked a grind would be a table top RPG with the GM making things up on the fly, if we took an unexpected turn.

Which turned into MUDs
Which turned into MMORPGs like EQ and AO
then WoW (shuddered) happened and the enitre MMO industry went the wrong way… Away from MMORPGs.

GW2 is the first game in a LONG time I will truly call a MMORPG

nuff said