Guild Wars 2

Konig Des Todes.2086:

Further, if you join someone then later buy the episodes, you have to do the story again to unlock access to the achievements – meaning you’ll have to do the story three times.

Atleast 3 times most likely more since some of the achivements are hard as kitten

ArchonWing.9480:

I don’t think they made such a promise. You have to pay for the expansion for example. If they introduced new content that only could be accessed via gems from the start, I’d see it as a problem. If you did play the game regularly, that content would have been free. If not, gems can still be acquired via in-game gold so you could get it without paying and actually just playing the game.

Dont every 5k ap chests also give gems so you could get it useing those aswell

well if we go by dragons aint there 5 more after mordy so atleast that many expansions

And they wont havent you read the fractal and spvp high end stuff will get exclusive rewards. Since fractals are the new 5 man dungeons you already got your wish

Substatic.6958:

I think a good way compensate the lack of updates is giving Season1 for free.

Yea now when they gone over to expansion model I really hope the seasons from here on will be free forever, instead of only the 2 weeks they were new.

Traced.3495:

I just keep hoping for level up items. Like level 80 scrolls.

Or 60 level up tomes. Or six 10 tome items. Or maybe one 60 tome item…

Oh well.

just keep doing the dailys and join farm pvp matches and you will get enough tomes

Or you could open a support ticket asking for a refund and say you want to buy the ultimate instead

I see archer that would be a warrior then longbow and no pet
hunter that would be ranger since longbow and pet

Substatic.6958:

Why isn’t there a reliable way to kill really hard monsters and be guaranteed to gradually get ascended armor as opposed to crafting? (Maybe bosses drop a currency that can be exchanged for Ascended Armor?)

I thought we can play how we want.

well they drop armor weapon boxes so there is another way. ( sadly not guarenteed )

SkiTz.4590:

Ardenwolfe.8590:

I’ve yet to see a warrior solo anything better than a guardian or ranger. And a good necromancer can decimate any warrior in PvP. But your call. Hope you find warrior to your liking.

I didnt know rangers could solo arah or high lvl fractals as well as warrriors.
I wonder why there are more solo warriors advertising arah runs for sale…

Nice off you to bring in pve in a pvp thread mate not contributing to the topic at all tho

Edit
If you read the OP s/he talks about countering the warriors elite spec with the necromancer and how they cant think of a way thats what ardenwolfe reply to and what you then country reply to.

BrooksP.4318:

Fighting on Claw Island was more entertaining than the entirety of Arah Story. They really could have done a lazy ish fix and after you cut the tail off Zhaitan you land and fight him on the ground. Would have made it seem a bit more rewarding instead of just firing cannons until you realize “Congrats you just killed the main boss of the entire game”.

but he aint the main boss of the entire game just one of the big ones.

kinda odd people still ask this question, I could understand it if the merged red thread wasent still on the first page

You mean like collections we have we find items in special champion chests and karma vendors etc and when we got all we get a reward for it.

Frostgorge sound or spvp can be made for champ boxes aswell.

And they changed it so it aint people loged in anymore its people who play wvw during the day that determine if its full or not now.

So as tarnished coast is tier 1 belive you wont see that one open up in the forseable future.

Your only action is to get all your friends to move to a low tier server and start working it up in the ranks.

Edit
Opening and closeing your game and loging in during the night wont help you get in anymore.

Erasmus.1624:

Doam.8305:

Swiftness vs mounts

Mounts are an idea given that my point is ultimately: WASD movement in combat (even with swiftness applied) is outclassed by other very basic, mundane combat mechanics. Therefore, having a mount system wouldn’t be terrible given that it would just be a way to get from non-combat Point A to non-combat Point B (as is the current primary function of swiftness). However, I don’t think that GW2 really needs mounts (just my opinion). I’d be easier (and less tacky) to just fold swiftness speed into base player speed and let super speed continue to have its role as the “short-duration, dramatic, in-combat speed boost.”

Doam.8305:

That said gliders are this games answer

Gliders are only for 3 zones, players still can’t use skills while in the air, they most likely won’t actually move too much faster (or faster at all) than base player speeds, and they can only be used effectively after manually walking (or by using some EXCITING AND DYNAMIC INTERACTION NODES™ by pressing F after grinding a FRESH AND ENGAGING™ time-gated mastery line) up to a proper vantage point from which to jump and deploy the thing. You’re right about the cash-shop squeeze, though.

Doam.8305:

All that said swiftness is this games version of mount travel there both speed boosts and it seems gliders may be filling the other obligations of this traditional MMO staple.

So I guess my argument is why is it a staple at all? Why not just make overworld movement fast if it’s not going to matter all that much in combat anyway since everyone is teleporting around, being immune to incoming CC/damage for extended periods of time, and attacking with ranged, auto-guided attacks that can’t really miss unless you’re out of maximum range or deliberately shooting them into a wall that is between you and your target?

The fact that speed buffs have to be tacked on afterward is just an element of poor fundamental design: either they are pandering to some niche flavor or nostalgia factor, or they legitimately just didn’t play their game enough to realize that everyone moves like frozen molasses when compared to both the average speed of outgoing damage across all classes and the size of the overworld respectively.

Doam.8305:

Oh and the people who want mounts are completley aware that there purely cosmetic

I personally have no issue with any cosmetic aspects of gameplay (except for the cringeworthy cosmetic additions which go in contrary to the world’s original flavor in an effort to pander to immature and shallow consumers, but it’s far, far too late to wish against that in GW2 and probably folly to wish against it at all nowadays regardless of the genre but especially within the realm of games marketed as MMORPGs). It is the true end-game after all. I would even encourage it. I still just don’t see the need for mounts in GW2. Again, however, that is just my personal opinion.

My only real point is that mounts would just be redundant and would only really help cement my argument against the existence of swiftness or an out-of-combat speed boost at all if everyone just got fun creatures to ride anyway. They are both one in the same (as you have already mentioned).

but if it does nothing in your oppinion why should they merge it into base line just remove it, wouldent that be a far easier solution?

You do know that precursors can drop from any mob right?

Why people do wurm and teq is for their specific ascended boxes that award armor or weapons.
and people do other specific events for collection rewards they can use or sell on tp like ogre wars rhendark and jormag

if your on eu I need em aswell so up for doing em

Edit
Admitedly I still need to do the story aswell

you could also just finish the instance and go on to next I assume you do it for the challenge if not you should be able to pug 3 spots easily from the start.

emikochan.8504:

You’re still sacrificing an item you could have sold.

Yes but he used both becouse he wanted to, if he wanted to sell one he would have then been happy when wardrobe hit and he could dual wield his single skin

but your video is a creation of a community member so it fits perfectly there

Dreamslayer.7659:

Dear Anet. Please refund one of my Aetherized Pistol skins.

Thanks

DS

So you never used 2 skins before the wardrobe? if you did you got the use out of both skins, that it was changed later aint a reason to get 1 of those skins refunded.

make a guild research bank tab have your friend deposit all the gold there and dont give them ability to take out send the legendary after thats been done.

Then you take out 500 gold a week untill all gold is gone.

Then you got 50 slots to store anything that aint soulbound or account bound afterwards aswell

and thats why your 3 people when selling a path invite a friend or a trusted guildie sell 2 spots bam no path will ever be stolen again

The wardrobe are just skins, you pick one and dress up the item your wearing to look like the skin you picked.

If you then take that item over to another character it will still look like the wardrobe skin you picked and be the same item underneath

Zetsumei.4975:

Mitzarin.2963:

Karma boosters are NOT coming back… official customer support responses:
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Hello Robert,

Thank you for contacting the Guild Wars 2 Support Team.

At this time, we are unable to fulfill your request. However, please feel free to contact us in the future if we can help you with other issues or concerns.

Regards,

GM Cold
Guild Wars 2 Support Team
http://help.guildwars2.com/
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I requested an escalated ticket…

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Senior GM Markus (Guild Wars 2 Support)

Aug 17, 08:03

Hello Robert,

Thank you for contacting the Guild Wars 2 support team.

At this time we cannot fulfill your request. Please note this was a general change that affected all players thus we cannot exchange the boosters you requested.

Please let us know if you need anything else.

Regards,

Senior GM Markus
Guild Wars 2 Support Team
http://help.guildwars2.com/

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I again requested an escalated ticket… the DE-escalated…

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Hello Robert,

Because of the last patch, many changes were made on the game like the karma boosters. To answer your query directly, the Customer Support Team cannot circumvent intended design from our developers. We cannot exchange the items for Karma boosters, as these were removed from the game and from being able to be used by other items

Thank you for understand.

Regards,

GM King
Guild Wars 2 Support Team
http://help.guildwars2.com/

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At this point, I am very close to calling Arena-net HQ because I am absolute furious. 500+ dollars on these boosters, I had so many that 2:1 was actually WORTH it… and now I cannot get them back. So angry.

Wait what, why did you spend $500 on karma boosters??

most likely he spent 500 on black lion chest keys got ticket scraps and other things then merged his unwanted boosters into enhanced boosters wanting the karma from them.

2:1 karma booster conversion was never and never would have been worth it.

Menadena.7482:

Linfang.1087:

The sale starts today, usually 9-11am PST

GRR!

Hopefully they will not have “one hour only” things as I will be (hopefully) fast asleep by then.

edit: Citation? I can not seem to find the news.

edit2: doh again! (second of the day, on a roll) AM … (does math) yeah, I will be a few hours late but hey

They never had 1 hour sales, they have had 24h sales before tho

Since asking for a dev responce is all the rage now Im wondering if opening a topic demanding to get a dev response why we dont get dev to respond is in order

I want to know how the op was able to merge 2 items and lose 1 + said rune.

TheGrimm.5624:

+10000000 on this. The ones you buy are one thing but there are also ones that are in bags and chests. These stack up. Or move them to a wallet style function.

Yea this is why i got a bank tab of mostly black lion salvage kits.

Vukorep.3081:

I managet to stack up a hundread of them before they went gone.
only to find out they got removed and thqt i can craft my own beastly tonics. Some of which turn you in random beasts

if you read the thread you would have seen this

[Wanze.8410:]1 Mystery Tonic (Beast)
1 Mystery Tonic (Beast)
1 Tiny Claw
1 Tiny Fang
->Mystic Forge
-> 2 Wolf Tonics

Y´all welcome, lupi lovers.

You can still turn them into wolf tonics

lvl 2 grab a teleport to friend from bank poff arah.

Chrysanthemum.2631:

Awe WTH?!?! I come back after two years and find this awesome pot missing from game. I LOVED THIS! Bring it back!!!!

Bumping because ANET needs to know we the players still want this!

Maybe read wanzes two posts you can get these already just have to craft them for yourself or get someone to craft them for you.

Arent there givers insignas aswell or have you made them?

and i hear mace aa is better the sword on guardian now

Can say I never noticed that then again I dont stand around looking at my characters from the side I am out playing the content in game.

Noone can answer your second question.

But I like that i can have 2 legendary maces for example and hopefully reskin the discoball into the new imo better looking one =)

Zackie.8923:

na, hot coming out 28 aug. they will rushed it out and patch it later

its cool that they release the game the same day they will talk about challenging group content, not a very good troll attempt at all bud

the exp shouldent be so hard to get in pact mastery lines since dungeons give a fair bit each completed.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/a-legendary-journey/

Maybe next time read their blogposts mate, this sounds to me like you will get what you ask for.

Getting a precursor will become an epic journey to discover the essence of your chosen legendary weapon

they want you to be able to play the professions diffrently making a all range engineer ( if not useing kits) a melee guy would accomplish that.

Yashuoa.9527:

Linken.6345:

its people spreading missinformation each profession will only get 1 elite spec when hot launch and the next one for each profession can be a week after or 3 years noone knows.

So its not misinformation than?

One elite spec at HoT launch is correct
and more elite specs afterwards is correct too.

Its just that when the other additional elite specs get released is unknown.

Right?

They never said anything about 3 elite specs it was people who said 3 for each profession at launch of hot.
We can get 1 additional elite spec for each profession (making it 2 total) during the rest of guildwars 2’s life or 1 billion.

Then just play for the sake of playing

ofcourse you can just dont force anyone else to do it /thread

Zalladi.4652:

Creativewild.6319:

as you posted the final version of the precursor will be tradable but you can only acquire it once by this method with will (hopefully not impact the market to much ^^) – ’

I believe that the precursors that will be acquired through the Heart of Thorns Scavenger Hunts will be account-bound, and won’t be tradeable (as it would affect the market as you mentioned). I’ll find the quote on that and edit it here.

Edit: Hmm, turns out the only official quote I could find was this:

“This crafting system is an account-based activity…” (Source) which could indicate both speculations of it being account bound or tradeable (although I do remember reading it being account-bound somewhere…).

Yes the new precursors and legendarys will be account bound not the old ones tho.

How about we ask for them to attack 100% of the time before we ask for reskins?

Zalladi.4652:

Linken.6345:

OP there is a new jump puzzle in lions arch that award key fragments you need 4 of them I think never completed said puzzle myself.

That is the jumping puzzle chest; the OP is talking about the tri-key chest in Hooligan’s Route in North-Western Lion’s Arch.

Oh I thought that chest was the final jp chest, why would they put that in when they refuse to put in way to use up your captains commendations and all other stuff we got from the living story season 1 permanently

OP there is a new jump puzzle in lions arch that award key fragments you need 4 of them I think never completed said puzzle myself.

its people spreading missinformation each profession will only get 1 elite spec when hot launch and the next one for each profession can be a week after or 3 years noone knows.

moony.5780:

i just read the first post….soooo:

for me i think having an option for perma 25% speed would be nice..always in wvw i either need sacrifice a skill which would help me to survive or actually kill someone…or i lose a rune..which is extremly bad..also that i loce to play mesmer on the confusion rune…and there is no way for me to get speed..not even 33% for 2 seconds or something….so many enemies just run away when they notice they gona die..and i sloooowly walk after them…or i want run away myself..and cant catch up (bcs all the others have perma 25% speed..me not)

But how can this be mate, according to the OP you lose nothing by getting the 6 slot runes to get 25% speed so why arent you. Its so easy to get noone should be without it.

OP looks like we just debunked your whole argument again.