Guild Wars 2

Yep, I really like his reviews. His one of GW2 was what got me into the game in the first place. So, a well deserved first place for 2012 from him.

Great game, great fun reviewer.

Cheers.

Hi,

Did they implement DR on presents or something? I go and get them every time I see them on the map, and it seems like there are no presents for me now about half the time. This used to be a very rare occurrence.

Did they change something and has anyone else noticed this?

Cheers.

mavet.3047:

Lankybrit.4598:

nofo.8469:

When a company doesn’t release any stats of their customer population, I’m sure its a great sign.

When a company doesn’t release any stats of their customer population, it’s normal practice and not surprising at all.

Cheers.

Not quite true. In America, if they are a publically traded company, then they are required by law or face so many wonderful fines to release any and all information to their stakeholders; i.e., the player base. If they are not publically traded and are still private they are not required as they are not regulated by the government which is a pity as I’m sure there are a lot of “practices” that should be looked into.

Only if it relates to revenue, which in the case of GW2, it does not.

Yes, WoW has to release Subscription data because that impacts revenue.

All GW2 has to do is release number of copies sold, and info about in-game item purchases. Nothing about number of players logged in at all.

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cargan.5689:

You do how ever buy those items with real world money. A 50 inch plasma TV has no real world value once the 60 inch comes out

Well, not true actually. It still has a lot of value for people with only room for a 50 inch TV.

A better analogy would have been a change in technology. For example. 32 inch tube TV have no value once 32 LCD TVs came along.

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phaseman.3279:

That was a good link. I like the game, however do companies who make these just assume everybody knows what to do.

Wonder how many thru their hands in the air and gave up,.

Thanks for the info, i will see when A Ring of Fire player is on ask fora invite.

If you don’t know what to do, or anything about the game, why not buy the Strategy Guide?

Or, google for stuff and find sites with all the info.

It’s not that hard.

Cheers.

nofo.8469:

When a company doesn’t release any stats of their customer population, I’m sure its a great sign.

When a company doesn’t release any stats of their customer population, it’s normal practice and not surprising at all.

Cheers.

Spakpak.7260:

Ned Stark.9356:

I’m re-subbing to WoW =)

Same here bro, I came back to wow and feels so much better, I’m sorry GW2, you are a much better game I just love WOW so much I don’t know why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I quit WoW because of CRZ, and am really enjoying the co-operative MMO aspects of GW2, rather than the competitive MMO aspects of WoW.

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Nayru.3947:

um… no… GW2 isn’t my life

Nor mine. Why so harsh?

Cheers.

Hi,

Do you know?

Well, I know one thing because I bought it for myself. I’m going to have my wife wrap it and give it to me though. It’s the Guild Wars hardcover strategy guide with the standup map reference binder.

Can’t wait.

Do you know if you’re getting anything GW2 related?

Cheers.

If you use this guide, you don’t need Chili or Sage.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/crafting/Skye-Marin-s-Cooking-Guide-Oct-22/

Cheers.

Sure, there will be more. Just have patience. I’m sure we’ll get some updates, and then a new expansion in a year or so.

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DiogoSilva.7089:

Fuz.5621:

I don’t agree with massively article at all.

This game has problems. But none of them is among the ones mentioned by them.

Do you seriously think that everything about the story and the “progression” of this game is fine?

Yep.

The problems are mostly end-game related.

Cheers.

1. Roles

Don’t agree. It’s pretty clear whether your role is melee, ranged, and with no Trinity, it’s clear we’re looking out for ourselves even when grouped. Not an issue at all.

2. Dynamic Events

They are not the replacement for quests. Hearts are the replacement for quests with Dynamic Events being a nice supplement. Yes, they are not random, but IMHO that is good.

3. Area flow

Sort of agree on some of the points here. Especially the one about your Personal Story jumping you all over the place.

4. Crafting

Don’t agree at all. If you’re trying to do discoveries on your own, you’re doing it wrong. Find out what you need to do from a web-site.

5. Story

Too soon to tell for me. My highest is about 56 and I recently finished the Battle for Claw Island, which I thought was awesome. I think the story telling is fine at the moment.

Cheers.

RNG in GW2 – chance of getting something of value for nothing wagered.

Gambling – Wagering something of value to get something of more value, with possibility of losing the wager.

Now, do those sound the same?

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Captain Harlock.1568:

oh yes, please just grab and run to leave the mobs for the next poor person wanting to open the box. If you can’t deal with the contents don’t open ’em.

I fail to see the logic.

You can either 1) Kill the mobs, or 2) Run away.

If you are a Kill the mobs type player, you can certainly kill the mobs left over by someone else. If you’re a run away type player, you can just run through them to open the gift and spawn more and still run in and get the present and run away.

Cheers.

Leveling while doing map completion, daily, and storyline is extremely entertaining.

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Congratulations Arenanet! Well deserved for a great game.

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JuniorSB.7089:

OH my Goodness this thing is amazing! I just got my ele to 400 in cooking in an hour or two! Thank you so much Skye! I wish there were guides like this for the other crafting professions.

EDIT: I think this topic should get pinned so it won’t just disappear in the forums.

I agree. I would love to see it get pinned on these forums. Anyone know how we go about requesting that?

Cheers.

………….and I’m not. Can’t wait for it to be over. In a phrase: Your mileage may vary.

Cheers.

I use that site too, but here’s an alternative Chef guide:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/crafting/Skye-Marin-s-Cooking-Guide-Oct-22/

Cheers.

I use the Crafting Guides here:

http://www.guildwars2-crafting.com/

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Florgknight.1589:

But… press B, enter any battleground, use portal to lion’s arch = free waypoint.

Indeed. That’s what I do especially for all these story quests to go out into the world to do something, then talk to someone back in your home city. Best way to get there.

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OK, so I guess I’ll start treating these Holiday events just like I did in WoW. That is, just ignore them

Cheers.

Hi,

Is there anything that will actually improve my Character’s stats available for Ugly Gear hand ins, or is it only cosmetic stuff?

Thanks. Cheers.

Ahhh, so the Snowball and Bell Choir ones then. Got it. Thanks.

Cheers.

Hi,

I read the overview of Wintersday, and it mentioned ‘Activities’. What are these, and where can I access them?

Thanks and Cheers.

PearlGore.7419:

You Don’t have to fight those, dodge grab the gift and leave.

This ^

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….when I’m only level 45?

This was from the chest in Tixx’s instance.

Cheers.

You’re all doing it wrong. I was having a horrible time with it not being able to kill the spawns and dying a lot of the time, so I changed my approach.

Click the present, wait until the bounceback, and interrupts and whatever have finished. Then run in and ignore the mobs and click on the present. It’s very quick and youn don’t take much damage. Then run away from the mobs casting your heal and keep running until you lose aggro.

I don’t care that it’s the cowards way. I now get my presents and don’t die.

Cheers.

Mezorick.3610:

oh no, i wanted to transfer to tarnished coast but i missed the opportunity and now it’s full again

does anybody know if it is possible to transfer during off peak hours?

sigh Here we go again.

Full is based on the number of accounts. You’ll need to wait until some accounts move off. That has nothing to do with Peak and non-Peak.

Cheers.

Oxstar.7643:

and a Vista high up in a treeeee!

Just BTW:

Vista high – Vista in
up in a – a faraway
treeee – treeee

The phrasing of Vista in a faraway tree does actually work. Just don’t consider ‘in’ to be in the same phrase in both.

Cheers.

BTW everyone. People are reporting that not a single server is FULL right now. Go transfer or join whatever server you want. Quick.

Cheers.

If what you say is true, then they may have. Maybe they took my suggestion in the suggestion forum to heart

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nerva.7940:

actually GW2 pop has been steadily growing. most servers are full.

That’s not population, that’s number of accounts. And of course number of accounts is growing because there’s no reason to cancel an account, even if you stop playing.

Cheers.

I’m not reading a lot about it, so it will be a surprise to me. All I know so far is the schedule of the Toymaster’s arrival in the different zones.

So, why didn’t you just do that, OP? It’s entirely optional to read about the upcoming event.

Cheers.

AnthonyOrdon.3926:

No, there’s no resource nodes.

sigh you did that deliberately, didn’t you.

Cheers.

I agree with you OP. Sounds like an oversight that needs fixing.

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Sweet. Thanks.

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AnthonyOrdon.3926:

There’s no resource nodes being added to WvW for Wintersday.

You mean ‘There are no resource nodes……’ but I get your point

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Hi,

For the Wintersday content, do you need to be level 80 to participate effectively?

If not, are there any level appropriate rewards for non level 80s?

Cheers.

HERO.2057:

6 servers Very High, 18 servers Full… and oceans of empty space, with no one in it.

How is this possible?

Because Very High and Full are based on number of accounts, whereas real world experience is based on number of current players.

Cheers.

The analogy would be more like:

Brother and sister each have 500 items they could plug into sockets, but only need to plug 5 in at a time, and so they get a socket that allows 20 and can handle them fine.

You say what if all 10,000 were filled. I’m saying that there really isn’t a 10,000 limit. The limit is based off a percentage of that, plus some headroom. Let’s say 30% plus another 10% headroom. So, that’s 4,000. It’s only when the number of accounts gets to 30,000 that it would be marked as full.

Cheers.

Just make sure to check each Heart vendor after you do a Heart and buy and Green gear he has. Also, you get good level appropriate gear from your Storyline.

Other than that, you can check the TP for gear, but it will get replaced quickly, so there’s not really much point.

And good luck getting into a dungeon at level 35-40. Looks like most AC story runs want level 80s.

Cheers.

Don’t forget to do your Daily achievement. That gives you some XP, a Mystic Coin, and Jug of Karma netting 4,500 Karma.

You need to:

Kill 15 different types of foes
Kill 60 overall foes
Gather 20 items
Complete 5 Events

You can check progress in your Hero (H) panel. Last button on the left (achievements, I think).

And, as far to finding events:

1. Talk to all NPCs you can. Some will ask for help which will start an event.
2. Ask in map chat if there are any going on. That works for me most times.

Have a good time leveling!

Cheers.

No one else agrees with this? You like having servers full so you can’t transfer to them?

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Please all go to the suggestions forum and look for my suggestion on Server Status. The way that they gate it at the moment is quite ridiculous.

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Works perfectly for me. I haven’t had any issues other than generic issues.

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OP – I usually find it better to look on the TP for the thing you want to make with Vial of Blood.

For example, it looks like Strong Cotton Insignia is going for only about 10-20 copper.

Cheers.

mulch.2586:

Lankybrit.4598:

It’s baffling why server status is based on the number of accounts on the server in a B2P game. It makes perfect sense in a subscription game, because players would be stupid to consider paying for a subscription when they are not playing the game at least some of the time. But in a B2P game, there could be tons and tons of accounts that have absolutely no activity at all. And these accounts are preventing people getting on the server who would actively play.

It makes no sense at all.

Cheers.

It actually does make sense, in the same sort of approach that gives principled procedures to know how big a 911 switchboard should be, or how to configure telecommunications switches. The load is determined by concurrent and potential users. There actually is a mathematics & science behind this stuff.

For what it’s worth, there’s one fewer open servers today than there was yesterday when I looked. The sky is falling.

That analogy falls down because it’s the subscription model. People pay for telecommunications access and they know how many of them there are. Also, the maths and science that you’re talking about is basically looking at averages and adding headroom. That’s the maths, not anything else.

A better analogy would be capacity planning by Amazon.com. You need an account to buy something, but they don’t base server capacity on number of accounts, they base it on average load for the time of year, plus some headroom. Because they know that not everyone who has an account will all log on at once, and that they need to allow for new accounts also.

All I’m suggesting is for ArenaNet to do the same thing. Take a look at average usage and add some headroom and use that for server status.

Let’s say there are 10,000, 7,500, 5,000 accounts on a server are Full, High, Medium. Let’s say a server is full with 10,000 accounts, but only 3,000 is the average usage. Then they could add some headroom and say it’s a Medium server equivalent to 5,000.

Cheers.

Hi,

I suggest that you base Server Status (to decide if an account can be added to a server) on something other than the number of accounts currently on that server.

You could say – but then the server would be overloaded if everyone logged in at once.

Well, how likely is that to happen. From all the things I’ve seen posted on the forums, servers are low current population, even when they are ‘Full’ of accounts. That’s because this is a B2P game, and there’s no reason to ever cancel your account if you stop playing.

So, let’s say one server has 10,000 accounts. Maybe only 100 of those are actually playing regularly.

Obviously, you should monitor activity, and restrict servers if active population does get out of control, but basing server status on current accounts for a B2P game is just illogical.

Cheers.