Guild Wars 2

Ok, thank you ^^ clocktower is the main thing I don’t want to miss XD and thanks for the tip that you can still get the halloween hunting achievement.

I know this is probably a newb question, but I haven’t had a chance to play since Act 2 hit, and probably won’t be able to until Act 3. One of my friends says that some of the Act 1 content is gone (you can no longer open ToT doors for the Halloween Hunting apparently?), just want to confirm that the clock tower and the other things that were added for Act 2 are still going to be around come tomorrow when Act 3 hits… They are, right? XD

What if I want to do it with friends? I thought this was an MMO …

Augustwemust.9436:

random exotics 76-78. It was a nice to have. Now everyone is leaving the areas lol.

I see, lol thanks ^^

Was it just random exotics or was it a specific type of exotic (E.X. Halloween ones? XD). I missed this so I have no clue what’s going on lol.

Could someone clarify what exotics were dropping exactly? I missed it T-T

Where’s the option: “I plan to buy a few gems if necessary to augment my total amount of gold and get the skins off the TP”? XD

Apologies ahead of time for my short reply, but you know there is a currency called “Gold” in this game as well….

This is how I read this post: “Hey Anet! Can you mute the game for everyone because I can’t find my volume button???”

Seriously the kid is only there for less than 2 weeks.

I like rare skins and the fact that not everybody is running around with the scythe or the chainsaw great sword. Would there really be a demand at all for these skins if they weren’t rare? I think people may need to learn a thing or two about supply and demand.

Oh and just a headsup: I’m running around with no skins after opening between 15-20 BLC (I didn’t keep count XD), but that’s that- I took a gamble and lost.

However, if Anet does wish to appease the masses in the future, I do recommend a different approach. If 6 rare skins (perhaps gold in name) are implemented when the next holiday arrives, 6 non-rare skins (still green in name) should also be implemented. Thus when players lose their gamble on the rare skin they still feel like they get something holidayish from receiving the non-rare skin, and may be of the frame of mind that it wasn’t a total loss.

Also there’s the idea of grinding/participating in events for skins, but that’s already essentially implemented with the back piece that looks like the book. It just isn’t obvious to the playerbase.

Please make it available in the PvE world as well. You have no idea- or maybe you do -how fun it is being able to turn any area in the entire world of Tyria into a 1v1 dueling arena, and when mobs get tangled in on the fun it gets even better. Seriously, dueling in PvE zones never gets boring because of the variability the map allows for; the map rotation is pretty much endless lol ^^

I can see Fort Trinity in particular being an awesome area for dueling

I’m totally into it too It’s totally awesome how big and omnipresent the event is. Darn you ArenaNet for making such awesome content! It’s almost 3am and I have things to do tomorrow- but I have so much more to do in game right now XD

I’m even happy that the halloween skin drop rate from the BLC is low, it would be pretty sucky if everyone was running around with the skins after opening a single chest… And if you really want the skin you can always buy it from the trading post ^^

So this is a confirmed bug then? If it is then geez, they should take the server down and hotfix or something. I was there for a few mins asking people what the heck was going on and nobody knew if it was a glitch or not- it is the first door you run into after leaving LA after all.

Uhhh, sure you could do that, but you realise the jumping puzzle chest rewards scale to level right? For the eternal battleground puzzle the scale is between 2-20 according to wiki, so you’d be better off actually killing enemies for badges of honor; rather than creating new characters to get 2 from the jumping puzzle.

I agree, big events should definitely have a chance to fail, it adds pressure and tension to the game- and makes it an actual game lol XD

Just wait until night when there’s less people on and it should be “High” instead of “Full”.

Why would they add a new race? >.>

I’d rather see actual content instead of a new character skin that doesn’t have a member in Destiny’s Edge :/

bwillb.2165:

Latorn.4209:

drwookie.6391:

You know…I"ve spent over 80 hours playing PvE in this game…I really wish PvE game you at least a LITTLE bit of glory. I hate going into PvP and thinking “Man, all these other people have all this glory, but I have nothing because I’m spending all my time in PvE”. It’s frustrating. Why can’t PvE give me some glory?

In all seriousness…they are sticking to a system they had in GW1 which, in my opinion, works well. There is a competitive, non-level and non-gear based PvP system and then a SEPARATE game where there is PvE and PvP (WvWvW). Think of them as two separate games. I’m really glad for you that you are rank 30 in PvP (I have no idea what that means, because I’ve never done a single sPVP match), but that doesn’t earn you any PvE accolades, just like I wouldn’t expect any “glory” for doing PvE.

If they were sticking to a system like GW1 there would be something similar to ZKeys, which- in case you didn’t play -had a huge effect on the PvE side of things.

Also, you should know what the differences are between glory and EXP, but in case you don’t I’ll quickly outline them for you:

- EXP has a cap, where as glory doesn’t.

- the amount of EXP you have restricts you from accessing certain content, while glory doesn’t.

- and most importantly, glory is a currency, while EXP isn’t.

You should know that 2/3 of the differences you list don’t exist. EXP does NOT have a cap. Once you hit 80, you continue to gain EXP which builds skill points. And skill points ARE a currency.

Semantics. Replace EXP with Levels then >.<

Aeson Thackery.5927:

Latorn.4209:

Player housing is definitely an awesome idea. I really can’t wait for Guild Halls though, I actually can’t believe Guild Wars 2 launched without them XD

Well you do know the lore behind the title right….cause if you did you would know that the Guilds in “Guild Wars” actually has nothing to do with the guilds that we know of and are thinking of.

I do realise that, I know quite a bit of Guild Wars lore and have read both books…

All I was referencing is that guilds have an important role within the universe, GW1 had Guild Halls- yet GW2 doesn’t yet.

Player housing is definitely an awesome idea. I really can’t wait for Guild Halls though, I actually can’t believe Guild Wars 2 launched without them XD

I think this is a great idea, and could only make Anet more money

Obviously there’s have to be certain restrictions set in place though. For example: no changing the guild’s name more than once in a 3 month period, or something along those lines.

I’m sure we’ll be hearing more and more tales of woe from people with guild names they regret, and yet a lot of influence and an established membership. Though it may not be a priority, this should definitely be implemented eventually.

Crazy and interesting idea to add more progression to the “aesthetic treadmill”. I actually wholeheartedly support it, but these dyes should be incredibly rare/difficult to get- Yes, legendary dyes.

I agree, this would be a good idea, but only if a trading system is implemented.

I’m totally for this, dueling is definitely something that can keep the game really interesting. I know myself and a group of friends would probably occupy ourselves for hours dueling in Gendarran Fields (Or LA if it’s allowed in cities) if this was introduced.

drwookie.6391:

You know…I"ve spent over 80 hours playing PvE in this game…I really wish PvE game you at least a LITTLE bit of glory. I hate going into PvP and thinking “Man, all these other people have all this glory, but I have nothing because I’m spending all my time in PvE”. It’s frustrating. Why can’t PvE give me some glory?

In all seriousness…they are sticking to a system they had in GW1 which, in my opinion, works well. There is a competitive, non-level and non-gear based PvP system and then a SEPARATE game where there is PvE and PvP (WvWvW). Think of them as two separate games. I’m really glad for you that you are rank 30 in PvP (I have no idea what that means, because I’ve never done a single sPVP match), but that doesn’t earn you any PvE accolades, just like I wouldn’t expect any “glory” for doing PvE.

If they were sticking to a system like GW1 there would be something similar to ZKeys, which- in case you didn’t play -had a huge effect on the PvE side of things.

Also, you should know what the differences are between glory and EXP, but in case you don’t I’ll quickly outline them for you:

- EXP has a cap, where as glory doesn’t.

- the amount of EXP you have restricts you from accessing certain content, while glory doesn’t.

- and most importantly, glory is a currency, while EXP isn’t.

Wow, moved to suggestion forums. Just to let everyone know, I am very well aware that you can get EXP in WvWvW. This thread was originally in the SPvP forum, not the WvW or General forum- I am referring only to SPvP.

…I wish I didn’t get EXP from PvP. It’s annoying.

I’m level 80. If the EXP levelled me further, I’d be around level 167.42.

Soooo… You don’t like skill points?

Wow, this is an amazing idea actually. I’d be really stoked on Nurvus’ wood cutting idea- from what I understand it’d be like one of those minigames where you have to time your aim on a bar and land in the proper zone.

It would actually take concentration to cut a tree, and man I’d be so upset when I failed lol. ^^

Dee Jay.2460:

alanis.6094:

Pawstruck.9708:

Tongue-in-cheek trolling aside, I think the OP does kind of have a point. PVP gear is only aesthetic and can ONLY BE WORN IN PVP, so it doesn’t really feel all that special.

I mean, sure you play for fun. Duh. But an MMORPG is supposed to give unique feelings of progression, and you know it.

You progress into cooler looking gear.

Which we can’t tell apart because of the krass colour coding in sPvP.

And the fact that it can’t even be worn in PvE cities like town clothes, so the best PvPers are running around Lions Arch as level 10 nubs XD

Reading all these threads I’m surprised they don’t add a “gear treadmill” mode, similar to the way town clothes works. Not that I’d use it, but it would add another mode to dungeons, that allowed gear with different stats to drop to appease all the WoW fans lol.

First I’ve heard of this, and it looks freaking awesome Maybe there are more secret hidden areas??

Anyone- other than Dust Bunny lol -care to elaborate as to why PvP should not award EXP? As for “skipping content”, I think this point is moot considering: if a player wants to go back and clear PvE zones nothing is stopping them (the level scaling system even keeps things challenging), and EXP in PvP gives the player the choice to “skip content” and allows them to level doing the things they like.

Would you guys be so upset with a system that allowed you transfer glory into EXP?

I really like how ArenaNet decided to make PvP xp (glory) completely separate from PvE xp. If your friends want to go through some of the dungeons then I recommend that they play some PvE to start leveling, or better yet start playing WvW as that does reward standard xp.

As for your statement that there are no benefit to PvPing because of the fact that you cannot wear your PvP gear in the capital cities… that’s the entire point of keeping the two modes separated! Are you also suggesting that I should be able to wear my high end dungeon gear in PvP right from the start? If that were the case then yes, there would be no point to PvP if I could use my already earned gear from PvE.

What about earning the high end finishers from PvP? Aren’t those something to strive for?

Maybe using the example of gear was a bad choice, I’m not saying one should be able to PvP with gear earned in PvE, or vise-verse (although it would be nice for PvPers to show off their gear in town but not use it in PvE combat, AkA town clothes). But right now the system in place does absolutely nothing to reward the play in the separate modes: e.×. a rank 30 PvPer could hop into Lions Arch and only be level 2 for all the battles he’s fought in. I get that the system is in place to keep the two modes separated, but I think that’s exactly my problem- too much separation! haha

I really liked the Zkey/Factions mentality from GW1, where your time spent PvPing actually had an effect on the PvE world. This system mingled the PvP/PvE communities, rather than creating a great divide between them.

Like literally just a little? XD

Examples of why this would be a good thing and not omggamebreaking:

- Some of my friends only PvP but wouldn’t mind messing around with me in a few dungeons- of course, their characters aren’t 80 (some of them not even 30 for that matter XD) so our options are quite limited.

- Also, it would be quite nice for players that both PvP and PvE to get that slight progression towards skill points.

- And It’d be great if I could get some slight progression on my alts while I PvP with my friends.

As it is now there is NO benefit to PvPing, PvP gear cannot be worn in the capital cities, etc. I guess I sort of understand separating the PvP/PvE community (although I like to play both), but is it really necessary to make two separate games? Why not a system where 1/5th of glory is EXP? Or even a system where glory can be exchanged for EXP?

Agree? Disagree? I know I’m not the only one who thinks this would be a good idea, but I’m wondering what the majority thinks.

Edit: This thread was moved from the SPvP forums, I am referring to SPvP only, not WvW.

Maybe I’m a little crazy, but am I the only one who found the following incredibly interesting?

We expect custom arenas will be a massive boon to the sPvP community. These rentable arenas will allow you to break up into teams, have a place to call your own, and allow you to organize your own private tournaments. You can customize the arena the way you want it (within established parameters), and you can select which maps to play on.

It got me thinking about how Guild Halls in GW1 acted as a sort of lobby and how you could purchase upgrades like different vendors and whatnot. What if these private arenas allowed you to do the same, but instead the rewards were purely aesthetic and won by skill through paid tourneys (winning first place in 10 paid tourneys unlocks aesthetic trophy for arena, etc.). I’m probably reading way too much into it, but I think it be cool to allow players that have achieved things in PvP to set a distinction between themselves by allowing them to show off aesthetic trophies in their arena.

“+1 ~ I agree and would like to see this in game”

And I agree with most of your cool suggestions but:

Now, lets add in ‘player skill’ ~
The cannons serve a dual purpose.. in that not only can they knock the Shatter dragon out of the sky, but they can also stun him (once he’s on the ground).

Keep in mind that, every time the Shatter dragon crashes… pieces of him get “chunk’d off”. (his armor/wings/ect).

Each one of “those” are an HP bar and related to how other DE’s spawn/end.

So if players are skilled enough, they can focus down the Shatter Dragon by use of the cannons alone (keep in mind, that the cannons dmg normal players too.. so they can’t be used on the Shatter dragon while he’s on the ground fighting players… without you ALSO killing those players)

This gives ANet an opportunity to spawn “loot chests” via the “effort” put into the event.

So if the Shatter dragon was killed by cannons alone.. you’ll get a nice and small little chest at the end.. BUT if the entire map worked together to kill him (IE: the hard way) then players will be rewarded with a “Splendid Chest” via mail (since not ALL the players were at the shatter dragon when he died.) or some other “safe method” to guarantee loots for participating.

IMHO it’s very bad idea to even consider the cannons, which could kill other players. Of course, it’d be very useful in making the events harder & making the coordination the requirement, but I’d be very sceptical if some people wouldn’t just use them to ‘accidentally’ kill event participants. And reporting it would be fishy ‘cause – as you remarked – killing dragons without killing others should require some skills, so it’d be hard to differ calculated friendly fire from accitental killing.

And I’m generally of opinion that while cooperations should be rewarding, with many people doing events it’d be very bad idea to punish for someone’s else mistakes. Person A doesn’t coordinates? Fine, he can go down in flames – but making others lose could be incredibly frustrating.

Exactly, I can’t see having weapons that damage other players in open world PvE going over too well. However, this does sound like an excellent idea for a group dungeon encounter! Friendly fire would certainly turn up the difficulty XD

I’m always up for more of a challenge, but I wouldn’t mind a hard mode either.

Simply said: this is an MMO, there’s no need to separate the players into two distinct games, one PvP and one PvE.

PvP progress should count for something- ANYTHING -in the PvE world, even if it’s just the ability to display hard-earned PvP skins in the PvE world (without the stat benefits obviously, like town clothes).

This idea actually sounds.. AMAZING.

SPvP needs to have some SMALL effect on PvE in my opinion, even if it’s simply EXP gain and the ability to wear PvP gear in cities. We’re using the same character, I don’t understand why there has to be distinct separate rewards between PvE and PvP that splits the community.

There needs to be some further incentive, I mean we are after all using the same character for both PvP and PvE, yet we can’t even show off or use the PvP skins we’ve earned when traveling through Lion’s Arch or whatnot. Gold or EXP, I’m good with either, preferably EXP though since PvP costs nothing.

Honestly I agree with this. At least one or the other should be awarded for PvP, preferably EXP. This way even at the level cap characters can gain EXP towards skill points ^^

I don’t want PvP to have a drastic effect on the PvE portion of the game, but there are many of us that enjoy both PvE and PvP; and hate the fact that they have absolutely no effect on one another.

Resets 8PM EST just like the daily achievements, I was prepared and finished up my salvaging and WvW kills today

Hahaha, this thread made me laugh XD

I’m sure if they only released it in English foreign fansites would have the major points translated in a day anyways XD

Anyways as others have said it’ll be done when it’s done, and as was in the initial post that announced the blog post: they don’t want to make empty promises and talk about stuff that they won’t deliver on. I’m guessing right now they’re figuring out what they can and can’t say in the blog post without creating any empty promises ^^

Honestly, I don’t know if this is a troll thread… Anyways, if you were really going to spend the money and already have a decent processor you should have saved yourself 2400-2600$ and gone for one of these cards that meets your needs: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/bill-freist-talks-optimization-and-performance/

Also, I don’t feel any lag with my setup on high =P even in raid groups in WvW it never drops below 40FPS, and my processor is only OC’d to 3.2ghz XD

Just heard about this myself because apparently my server fell victim to a flying orb thief yesterday. I didn’t really believe it was possible to hack Guild Wars 2 until I was told to search for it on youtube- geez was I wrong. These hacks are complete garbage and steps definitely need to be taken to stop people from ruining the game

I don’t understand why commander is bought with 100g, rather than EARNED through a difficult WvW achievement (E.X. Time spent, enemies killed, locations captured/defended). With gold inflation pretty soon everyone will be running around with a blue symbol above their heads anyways >.< They really need to make some sort of symbol that can only be earned by experienced WvW players.

How about just copy league of legends and have a que system that knows the difference between premades and solo que. Yes, even for browser matches.

The matches need to be longer….lot longer and the que needs to be done between every match.

Aye, this would be the best system. Just to further explain it to those who are unfamiliar with the LoL system. If this form of queue was implemented it would allow groups of friends (2, 3, or 4 rather than a full group) to play together without being matched up against PuGs. Instead they’re matched up against other people that queue as a party. Thus everyone is happy, people can play together, and pugs don’t get steamrolled. Oh and the option is still available to play non-grouped solo queue sPvP games if you’re not in a party.

The absolute smallest battles should be 2v2, even then I think it would be better if the smallest were 3v3 IMO. I wouldn’t mind a dueling feature introduced for 1v1s within the PvE world though.

So we know the blog is coming very soon. fingers crossed for Friday

We know the 10/1 patch is going to be major, and the blog might come with it. It’s not even unreasonable for us to hope that a major tPvP wishlist item or two made it in fingers crossed for arranged matches or outright ranked match making

Can we save the hyperbolic flames at least until after that date has come and gone?

Waiiitt, the 10/1 patch is supposed to be major? Now you’ve got me all excited Hoping for some good things ^^

I expect more from someone who has made fortunes playing such a classy instrument.

Honestly, I agree that GvG should be included, but I think the OP is just playing in the wrong scale.