I like this suggestion! If done right, it could be a fix for champion farming zergs.
Not going to happen. It’s a waste of Arena’s resources and money and time, all 3 of which they are already lacking.
It’s a waste because it’s not something you want personally?
It would really help me and many others like me.
Just because an improvement only affects a certain percentage of the population doesn’t make it a waste.
+1
This would be awesome. I’m even ok with them always doing 0 damage and dying if hit.
I hope that Anet will see this thread and upgrade the Salvage-o-Matic to at least be as good as a Fine Salvage Kit.
Right click, block.
Move on with your life.
I know a lot of people will disagree, but please hear me out before flaming me.
The guilds that require 100% representation, will do so either way with or without this mechanic being in the game. I know most players enjoy being part of multiple guilds, and I’m perfectly ok with that – to each his own.
I think the guilds that require 100% rep should be allowed to make a setting where the guild requires exclusive representation. That is, players would be notified of this and would not be able to stop repping without leaving the guild.
Alternatively, it could allow the players to only stop repping for some set amount of time before forcing them to rep again. (For example, you can only unrep for 5 minutes every hour)
The player has no control in that situation, and there’s no way to “outplay” the boss using player skill.
This assertion in no way applies to Liadri. I can play Liadri 10 times in a row and win 10/10. This itself should be enough proof that there is no luck involved.
The challenge of the fight shouldn’t be whether you can see aoe’s or not, it should be with the complexity of the fight.
I believe the circles being slightly tougher to spot is an intentional part of making the fight even more challenging.
Why would Anet want to make the “most challenging fight yet” have the same old easy to spot circles that everyone and their mom knows how to walk out of by now?
I hope future “difficult” bosses have no circles at all and force us to watch the animations… but oh boy how much QQ would that bring.
Except for The Crossing, I have not seen a staff I like yet. This sucks as I have almost 2k hours on a staff elementalist, and that staff is clearly meant for necros.
Please Anet, release a nice staff for once.
I don’t disagree with anything you’ve said, but you can measure inactivity using the leaderboards. Hovering over each member will let you know the last time they gained an achievement point; which is a pretty good metric for activity given how easily individual achievement points can be obtained via dailies.
That information being inconveniently available on the website is no excuse for it not being in the game. That and MANY other essential guild features are for some reason still not in the game 1 year after release.
Can people please stop making Liadri QQ threads?
Have you ever stopped to notice how many people ABSOLUTELY LOVE the Liadri fight. It is my favorite thing in the game so far.
If you like Deadeye, do Deadeye. I like Liadri the way it is, so please leave it be.
….. said every guild leader, ever.
Every guild leader ever in Guild Wars 2.
Bonus Question:
Do you actively play 3 or more characters?
Add a point to your score if you do.
I think WvW is good enough as it is. It received a ranking upgrade and revamp not too long ago, while other aspects of the game have been left untouched.
I would much rather have the devs focus on improving guild features than adding WvW content.
We definitely meet all your likes, but if you consider not hacking the game, respecting fellow guild members, or representing the guild a requirement then we don’t meet your dislikes.
Darkhaven Elite [DHE]
Us:
Many active, experienced members. 70-110 online at peak times.
Fun atmosphere – we joke around every step along the way, but we still get things done efficiently.
Very experienced members – many of our members play all 8 classes and know their ins and outs. We also have 10/25 players on the top achievement ranking on our server – http://darkhavenelite.guildlaunch.com/sections/darkhavenranking
No pressure – we know that life responsibilities always take priority.
You: (Take this quiz to see how compatible you are with DHE)
Are you an achievement whore?
Is getting 6 guild commendations in under 1 hour every week something you’d like?
Do you like dungeon speed runs?
Do you enjoy high level fractals?
Would you only Team-Queue with organized teams?
Do you prefer strategic roaming in WvW over mindlessly following zergs?
Can you take a joke?
Do you want your guild mates to be your friends?
Do you see yourself playing GW2 a few years down the road?
Do you want Anet to release challenging (GW1-like) content?
Count how many questions you answered “Yes” to:
0-2: Find yourself a more casual guild, buddy.
3-4: If you commit to it, we might be able to make something of you.
5-7: You will fit right in. The vast majority of our members are semi-hardcore like you.
8-10: Fill out an app, hop on our TS, grab a beer, and make yourself at home.
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Why specifically Mumble or Raidcall? My guild uses TeamSpeak.
We are Darkhaven Elite [DHE]. We have lots of fun and experienced players, so you would have a good time.
We have pretty high recruitment requirements, ale skoro jestes polakiem to moge cie wkrecic.
If you do decide to join up, just fill out our online app and mention my name – and you will get accepted.
Considering the attitudes of 95% of the people on the forums, I can’t help but think that you are trolling.
However, I support this post because I really enjoy challenging content and want more of it. I disagree with the reward though, I don’t need anything that steep.
+1
I originally assumed that they give titles. It wasn’t until I got 200 wins with Ele when I realized that I don’t have a “Magus” title…
Btw, I think you owe me a new mouse. Those stacks of karma bottles hurt XD
Given how gracefully Colin has been granting us all what we asked for today, I wouldn’t be surprised if you had a new mouse in your mailbox in a few days.
Dark Night,
I’m at work so I can’t go into detail right now, but Darkhaven Elite [DHE] would be an ideal fit for you.
We are PvX, with main focus on PvE. We use TS. We have a lot of very experienced people. We have a calendar where we schedule guild activities throughout the week. And so on…
Feel free to hop on our TS to talk to some people before joining.
First you guys bash Anet for not giving you advance warning.
Anet caves in (and I don’t know why they did) and now you suddenly switch your tune to ‘we love anet’.
What’s wrong with that? I love my girlfriend even though we sometimes argue. It’s all part of a healthy relationship.
If anything, my temporary disappointment which has now been overcome by joy (because I honestly did not expect them to address this like they did) only worked to enforce my appreciation of Anet.
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I thought you were quitting?
I’m never quitting. GW2 for life!
I love Anet!
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This is totally our fault, we dropped the ball on this plain and simple. We planned to have this messaged ahead of time to be fair to everyone, communication broke down between those who knew it was supposed to be messaged, and those who were supposed to message it and it simply didn’t happen.
As game director this is ultimately my fault first and foremost, and I’m sorry for those who potentially lost some karma as a result. It is our policy to message these kind of changes ahead of time with lots of warning, I’ll do everything possible to make sure this doesn’t happen in the future.
I’d recommend not using your karma consumables yet, give us a day or two to try and see what options we have available to help mitigate the issue.
Here I was sitting at work mad over losing karma, overlooking all the great things added to the game in this update. You just made my day and cleared way for me to look into what amazing content you have added in this patch.
Thank you very much for addressing this issue!
As if to spite those who pay attention to taking the most efficient course of action, Anet made this change without giving us a heads up.
If this 95% karma boost was a problem enough to warrant such a ‘nerf’, why would they announce it happening to give people a heads up and do it en masse?
Many months ago it came up on the forums whether or not using multiple boosters to get Karma to 95% on consumables was an exploit or working as intended. At that time, Anet stated that it was not exploitative and that it was intended and they had no problem with it. This was a major reason that led people like myself to hoard our karma and boost up to use it.
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A lot of people do not understand the real source of the frustration here. I’ll try to explain:
A couple months back, Anet introduced achievement rewards. These rewards include account boosts among which there is a Karma Boost. Anyone with half a brain who was aware of this knew that while they did not need the karma immediately it was better to stockpile the items until they earn more achievements and increase their boost percentage.
As if to spite those who pay attention to taking the most efficient course of action, Anet made this change without giving us a heads up.
To show an example of how much of an effect this change had, I was close to the next karma boost level, which would have put my maximum karma boost at +107%, instead of the static +50% they changed it to. I have almost an entire bank tab of stock piled karma boosters, which amounts to about 5mil base karma without boosts.
This means, if I had consumed those 2 hours ago (or if Anet gave us notice of this change), I would have had 10.35m karma, but instead I get 7.5m karma. 2.85m karma loss for no reason. To put things in perspective, 2.85m karma is about 626 orrian jewelry boxes that I had 2 hours ago but now don’t anymore.
That stuff is so useless most people don’t even wait for buffs to open it anymore.
Quitting over the mere fact that if Anet had given us one day’s notice we could have all used up our karma consumables and not taken a net loss of ~3mil karma for NO reason? Makes more sense.
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I’m at 9970 achievement points. I was waiting to hit 10k to get that +1% karma to top it off to 107% gain before opening my ~10mil karma in consumables.
This unannounced change is unacceptable. Goodbye GW2.
It is a nerf. I have a whole bank tab of stock piled karma consumables.
Anet just stole about 3 million karma from me… A one day’s notice would have been appreciated.
TomTron,
I invite you to check out Darkhaven Elite [DHE]. We have some recruitment requirements, but if your experience in other games means that you are quick to catch on when told what to do then you will fit right in.
Hey Megadeth,
Darkhaven Elite [DHE] would be a great fit for you and your uncle in the long run . However, we currently only focus on endgame content and only recruit experienced players. That being said, we would need you to level at least one character up to 80 on your own before joining up.
We have a great group of knowledgeable people who are always on TS. We get things done very efficiently, even as we constantly joke around along the way. Quite a few of us have most or all classes at lvl 80, and we know the right team compositions for every dungeon.
I’d suggest playing on Darkhaven and taking 2-3 weeks to learn basic mechanics and level up. Once you gain some momentum, talk to anyone from DHE (you will without a doubt come across someone while you play) about joining.
The learning phase that you are looking for actually starts when you hit 80 and are ready to start doing end game content. Until then, you can just do map exploration, story missions, and crafting (crafting is the fastest way to level in this game, if you have the funds). Don’t get me wrong, we have people who enjoy teaching, but we can’t really help you level.
I look forward to bringing you guys up to speed in the future.
Side note:
Warrior is by far the best class for melee DPS in PvE, so your uncle should stick with that.
Necros don’t have much support. If you want to have support in addition to ranged DPS i’d recommend playing an Ele instead.
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I assume if they are, then China will also get its own TP?
If they are not, would China tap into the same TP?
DHE is all that and a bag of chips.
Fill out an app on our website and hop in our TS.
Why is there no place where we could communicate with only people on our server? This seems like a pretty easy thing to implement and there are many ways in which it could come in handy.
I’ll just drop this here:
No make it TeamQuaggan, that would raise so many questions!
Poobadoo
Yes, that’s only your guilds though. I would like to see what guilds people are in.
Why does the person’s server show up but not their guild?
I know this might be hard with being able to rep multiple guilds, but I’m sure the information about the last represented guild is stored. Plus, most of the hardcore players usually stick to one main guild.
Edit:
I wrote a script to get the rankings for the top 20 achievement point rankers on my server (Darkhaven) and created a mapping to guilds (although I’m still missing it for some). Wouldn’t it be nice if the official leaderboards were more informative like this? http://www.darkhavenelite.com/sections/darkhavenranking
http://darkhavenelite.com/sections/darkhavenranking
Join DHE!
Also, if you know the main guild of anyone marked as ‘???’ please let me know and I will update them.
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I agree. I hope Anet doesn’t give in to these spoiled brats.
I’m not sure why people keep making the claim that “Liadri takes luck”. Maybe getting 8 orbs takes some luck, but beating Liadri is purely a skill fight. Sure, it took me ~20 tries to get her the first time, but I bet now that I know the mechanics I could beat her 2-3 times in a row (no luck involved).
Liadri was the most fun I have had in this game. If you don’t like it, don’t do it.
SplinterCell, since you are on Darkhaven, I’m sure you’ve seen DHE members around.
We are extremely organized and we play all aspects of the game, with our main focus being PvE/Dungeons.
We have some recruitment requirements, but if you are an experienced player you should be alright. Feel free to check out our site and join us on TeamSpeak.
Nayaru,
If you are still looking for a guild, I invite you to check out Darkhaven Elite [DHE].
We are a large but very organized guild, and we have plenty of experienced members like yourself. We have dungeon groups going at virtually all times.
Feel free to come on our TS and try to do a run with one of our groups before you make your decision, but you won’t be disappointed.
I invite you to try out Darkhaven Elite [DHE], although we are not as hardcore as DnT. We have an active TS server and quite a few very experienced players in our ranks.
We have the top 4 achievement point whores on our server, and about 50 out of the top 100 achievement point rankers. We are mostly PvE oriented, but we usually have small roaming groups in WvW at most times too. Even though we are PvE oriented, we have the 2nd highest WvW rank player on our server in our guild – and he prefers sticking with us over the dedicated WvW guilds because we are very organized and fun.
We schedule missions/events on our calendar to make sure everyone can get their weekly commendations. On mission days (especially Saturdays) we get 50+ people TeamSpeak and breeze through all missions in under 1 hour.
Feel free to hop in our TS to get to know a few people and see if we are a good fit for you.
Our guild is very heavily dungeon focused but we are not on Tarnished Coast.
Sorry about the titles. This was kind of an oversight. I am nearly certain that the Gauntlet will return. Possibly as part of the activity rotation someday. Ideally we’ll extend it with more tiers of bosses, gambits, and achievements (and titles). I’m not sure if its possibly to retro-actively associate a new title with an old achievement but I will investigate. If so perhaps we can add some titles when the Gauntlet returns.
I’m sure you will give people the option of easymode and hardmode. So that those that only want the achievements, titles and miniatures will get them and for those that want a challenge will be able to choose a challenge. Give those on hardmode more gold too, i don’t care, just give people a choice in the future.
The whole appeal of the title would be that it’s a hard to get title.
Anet, it’s not too late. Instead of giving us the queen mini, please give us a box with a random mini, one of which could be the queen. Also, make this mini tradeable so that people who want her can still get her even if they don’t get lucky.
This way, those of us who have 8 characters’ birthdays won’t be stuck with 8 queen minis.