Guild Wars 2

why dont you just tp the items so others can salvage for mf?

Imarion.1650:

Today I tried Ascalon path 1 in solo.
I could kill the first spider boss, after several deaths.
But the 2nd one was too hard, I abandoned.

I would really like to be able to do dungeons when I want and without having to wait to create a group.

Imarion

Well i dont think i seen anyone solo p1 since after second boss you have to defend npc and destroy total of 6 mounds with gravelings.
You start with 2 when u kill one of em another spawn in a dif loc.

I would advise just useing lfg and writing if u want to watch movies or are new they will fill up.

And to the one above did you really solo gw1 that would mean no npc helpers.

kitten .9460:

I bet if everyone stopped buying gems the policy would change over night.

Then we may get answers to things like the 2 year+ old Cantha thread… I hope they know how ridiculous that is and how insulting it is to let your players do nothing but speculate on near zero information given.

Something needs to be done, I have already stopped purchasing gems since a yr ago and hardly even play anymore except to do my ‘grocery list’ of things. All we can do is speak with our wallets, because words aren’t reaching them.

Step 1) uninstall
Step 2) go play any one of the multiple MMOs that have released expansions. (and had near full-disclosure on information leading up to them!)

Or game get shut down its bleep afterall, look what happen to city of heroes/ villains it was making a profit just not big enough

9 char slots
7 80s
1 100%

kitten .9460:

Tamasan.6457:

Gaile Gray.6029:

I fully and completely understand the frustration. I truly comprehend that players would like us — someone, anyone! — to “open the floodgates” on information. That’s not in the cards. However, I have some ideas that I am going to float internally to see if we can say a bit more while honoring the overall communications policy.

Gaile, there’s a number of responses to your post overall. I’ll keep it simple:

A company cannot improve communication with customers when that company specifically has a policy that says it can’t communicate with customers.

Your job and goal to improve communications is completely at odds with that company policy – and that policy is simply wrong for so many reasons that I could spend an hour writing a response about. Don’t work to find some way to work within the policy. Get the policy changed.

Arenanet learned the completely wrong lesson from the precursor crafting thing. It shouldn’t be that you can never ever let anything slip that isn’t 100% confirmed – it should be that when plans and priorities change, that needs to be communicated.

You can never go wrong by being open and honest with your customers. Your customers will support you, even if it is “bad” news, if you are consistently open and honest with them.

QFT

What a joke of a policy ‘no communicating future of the game to its players’

Imagine if Blizzard just stopped communicating all of the sudden… idk why ANet gets away with crap like this.

I guess it’s better to believe the game is dead/dying and will remain to get puny insignificant LS updates and pvp will continue to be ignored with 1 mode. ANet logic.. makes absolutely no sense to me nor does it sound profitable but hey I’m not an expert.

Considering all the threads that get started they aint getting away with it.
The sad part is anything we do dont really help in the slightest.

No becouse this game is not about grinding gear to gain power, you instead grind for skins to look diffrent.
Guess you dident do your research and for that Im sorry friend

Yes thats changed quite awhile ago everyone can be kicked, whats good is that now you see who was in ur party when kicked so you can report if wrongly kicked or block if u dont want to play with em again, always check my block list when i join pugs

Brave Mallyki.1563:

What are you talking about? They changed it where a kick requires 50% of the party to agree.

You sure about that and how do you see who agrees with the kick, to see that it takes 3 people out of 5

its alot better now when you can see who was in your group so you can report them if they do it for selling said path.

If they do it becouse you are bad it wont matter if 2 or 4 have to accept to kick you it will happen

Maybe this build will help you survive abit longer mate

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQNApeUj8cUAanHehQKagrgCdAMBXtqdIdFk1pAA

Go full soldier armor easy bought with Ac, Se or Hotw ( honor of the waves) tokens

Took banner regen since its a plant down and forget + you can wield it for permanent speed added with signet of rage if u dont need rampage for survivability.

Could take shout healing if you like but banner regen is easier.

3 days and 4 pages with no reply have Gaile forsaken us?

how about that old ball and chain?

You can change stats on the fly out of combat I would say that make it worth it

Annette.6278:

Linken.6345:

Annette.6278:

Dear Anet, wanna say thank you very much guys that you have fixed down camera!! It really helps me (and others) in fight. Keep on doing right things!
And thanks for amazing and very atmospheric Halloween event!

You mean the same halloween event we had 2013?
Im mean I dont dress up as the same thing every year so I expected the event to change aswell tbh

Oh, was it the same? I haven’t been during Halloween in the last year so i didn’t know and for me it was the first exp.

Then I understand you mate was the same for me first time now Im just a jaded grumpy old Vet

Dont vigil have the keep north part of gandaran fields?

Vayne.8563:

Linken.6345:

Annette.6278:

Dear Anet, wanna say thank you very much guys that you have fixed down camera!! It really helps me (and others) in fight. Keep on doing right things!
And thanks for amazing and very atmospheric Halloween event!

You mean the same halloween event we had 2013?
Im mean I dont dress up as the same thing every year so I expected the event to change aswell tbh

Real life isn’t a game. We had, in my family, almost the same exact Thanksgiving Day celebration every year. There might be some very minor changes (and there were some significant changes to rewards this year), but over all, it’s the same thing. It’s a tradition.

In Guild Wars 1, many holiday events were the same year after year, with maybe the exception of a certain reward).

The one thing in real life you don’t have to do every single Halloween is program stuff for a day. You buy or make another outfit. For some people that means an hour.

And that has nothing to do with the OP anyway. The OP is happy with the game and expressing thanks.

Guess i got spoiled from the changes from 2012 to 2013 and expected the same 2014 silly me

munkiman.3068:

dlonie.6547:

KarlaGrey.5903:

I do commend you for the stoicism displayed when conversing with Anet, if nothing else.
It’s rather certain I myself would feel at least somewhat offended by what are often patronising/disingenuous replies and obvious-as-daylight red-herrings tossed to divert the attention from key issues.

Now…I understand that feeling. Oh, how I understand that feeling. What I keep reminding myself is that Gaile is not the one who can make any of the changes we need, and she can’t even comment on them in a meaningful way, due to the policies that restrict her (which is exactly what this thread is trying to call attention to ).

So she’s doing what she can — the “do you want spoilers?” and “is living story enough?” questions do come off as red herrings. But given her options under ArenaNet policy, I think this is really about the extent to which she can engage in communication on the topic, and I do appreciate it. She’s shaping the conversation to rule out easy answers and prompt responses that will be more persuasive to the Decision Makers. That’s how I see it, anyways

Now that the weekend is over, I hope to see some of the discussion trickle up to the Decision Makers, so that one of them just might grace us with a reply

That aside, I think you should intervene before your thread gets (locked) down.

I edited that to avoid throwing more fuel on the fire ;-) I’m doing my best!! So far, self moderation has worked well for the first 6 pages of this thread, I’m hoping we can return to the topic soon.

This post is, at its core, about communication. While they threw Gaile in the line of fire, which is a good move IMO and one i’ve requested for awhile now, we are still stuck with company policy. We can all beg (and have) that they move away from tight-lipped discussion and the “it’s not off the table” talk, but at the end of the day, it’s also going to be on their terms.

Oddly enough, it’s the worry that it’s going to bit them in the hind-quarters, if they mention stuff they are or aren’t working on/towards and when they basically go silent it does the same thing too. Either way, I too wish they would refocus and clarify, regardless of the outcome. A meaty state-of-the-game post in the news would be something they could be doing once a month at least. My worry is they just don’t have anything to report.

Am I the only one who think about this at the Threw Gaile at the line of fire

And I second the “Meaty state of the game post” atleast once every 1-2 months depending on how thick it really is

Annette.6278:

Dear Anet, wanna say thank you very much guys that you have fixed down camera!! It really helps me (and others) in fight. Keep on doing right things!
And thanks for amazing and very atmospheric Halloween event!

You mean the same halloween event we had 2013?
Im mean I dont dress up as the same thing every year so I expected the event to change aswell tbh

poisonality.8972:

yeah account bound and character bound on acquire/pickup sucks, I can understand why they done it but Im not sure if they should have.

what really gets my goat is that there are some things that cant be salvaged while leveling a new character.

And thats usualy karma gear just sell/mystic forge it

I was more thinking necro put organs back in an sewing them up as to reanimate them

Vayne.8563:

Kveldulf.7605:

Vayne.8563:

People keep using words like what the player base wants. Some people think the “player base” wants new dungeons. I’m sure that’s true for a percentage of the playerbase, but I’m not so sure it’s true for the player base as a whole.

People talk about people logging in or not logging in. They may not be logging in but plenty of people seem to be.

The living story is hit and miss. On a well liked chapter, people log in more. The recent chapter has seen a lot of activity in my guild and on maps as well.

I think people should talk for themselves instead of “the community”. Because I don’t think this community speaks with one voice.

sigh

No offense Vayne but I often see those posts from you in threads that I like.
Not the first time I saw you claiming that some people are using the word “community” when talking about things that they want to see, either.

Let me try to explain this to you as easy as I can:

x = the community of this game
y = Individuals (some claiming to be the “community” some not)
f = factor (In this case the amount of people)

=> x = f* y

so…even if we pretend that there are only 20 ppl here (in this particular thread) that are claiming that they know what the community wants, and (not even close) 10 ppl that share your opinion, => f = 20-10

Don’t you see?
We ARE the community! All of us! Some don’t care about where this game is going. Most people do care and want to know.

I am really not offending you! I just have the impression that you can’t see the meaning of the word “community”

Sorry but this isn’t close to true. When people say they’re speaking for the community, there’s an implication that the community as a whole wants something. There have been many pro mount threads, but no one would say the community as a whole wants mounts. It’s POSSIBLE a majority of the community does want them, but saying the community wants it because 10 people or 20 people or 30 people want it is wrong. In the case of mounts it’s particularly wrong because a large percentage of the community is against them? How many? I don’t know.

And that’s the point. I don’t know. So I’m not going to come in here and talk “for the community”. That’s a way of trying to make it look like you have numbers to support you.

When someone says people in the community want more dungeons, well…people in the DUNGEON community probably do. But that doesn’t mean everyone or even most people want it.

So now we have the question. If you’re not speaking for everyone and only your small demographic what does adding the words “the community” add to your argument?

At best, they add nothing to the argument. At worst, they’re misleading.

I’m part of the community too, and people sure as hell aren’t talking for me… most of the time anyway.

Yes but this thread is for people of said community that want to know were this game is headed.

Is it only living story?
Or will we get new spvp maps, classes, races, dungeons an wvwvw objectives.
Its not only 1 or the other mate.

But Im starting to agree, they dont want to say no to anybody since that will make people leave for sure.
Better to string people along aslong as possible, I for one havent done a story since s2e1 but I have loged in to unlock em all.

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I forgot weapons still waiting for my Hammer as melee aoe for my Necro make it happen, sure let other classes get some luv to if you must hehe

sure if u have to hold down that key i will agree with you

How you will still have the i want it noooooow crowd

We already gone over that infernohero its not one thing your making it holding the key down after you released key making it do two things
1 action pressing key thats fine
2 action holding down key after you released it not fine

Well im just a player here but if precursor was account bound cant they put a tag on it to make the legendary account bound aswell?

Same skin you just make it from crafting window instead making it account bound

Seera.5916:

But every player has the auto run button. Not every player has the macro. Nor can they be expected to have the macro. Analogy does not work.

Smoother combat is advantageous. I get that the OP is not wanting to use it to be better at combat than others, but ANet can’t allow one person to use an advantageous macro but not others based on what the person says. Everyone would lie to say that it was for some disability. Which would cause ANet to have to not believe anyone who said it was fora disability which would end up in the same situation as it is now.

I’d be very very very wary about using any macro/overlay that messes with combat. And a macro/overlay that’s called Combat Mode strikes me as one that messes with combat. That said, I don’t think ANet currently has any program that scans to see if macros are used and if so, what they are for so it takes getting reported to get banned. At least from what I’ve read, I could be wrong.

Unless you’re using a musical macro (the ONLY macro that ANet has said would not have action taken against), you have to use it under your own risk.

Because the Rules of Conduct say ‘20. You may not use any third-party program (such as a “bot”) in order to automate gameplay functions, including playing, chatting, interacting, or gathering gold or items within Guild Wars 2.’ The EULA says that violating the Rules of Conduct is grounds for a ban. So they choose to turn a blind eye to the EULA with regards to music macros. I would not assume the same for any macro unless ANet explicitly names it or the type of macro/overlay that it is.

Thanks for saying it better then me Seera.

InfernoHero.5687:

Linken.6345:

InfernoHero.5687:

Linken.6345:

So you quote said thread i already stated i read and say since its ok for music its ok for combat?

Macroing music cant in any way affect combat.

Macroing so you can move your camera around easier do affect combat, maybe instead of useing a third party program make a suggestion to get a toggle added in game?

I quoted the music macro thread for emphasis. The real point there was the second post I quoted.

Did you not read my post at all? I stated that it does effect combat.

It effects combat in the same way rebinding your keys effects combat. Read the last line of my post. (The one above yours.)

Please answer that question.

Linken.6345:

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Anet them selfs added a time table when every boss will be on everyday if i dont remember wrong so that point is moot.

Voice coms sure affect combat in making the people more organised but it dont change the game client in any way

You are forgetting the fact that before AreanaNet added those timetables to the wiki, the only way to get these timers were through third party websites and programs. There were even overlays that allowed you to see the boss timers AND the WvW maps.

ArenaNet has proven that they were perfectly fine with these maps and boss timers by making their own boss timers. You can find them on the wiki for Guild Wars 2.

As for your point about Voice Coms not changing the game client in any way: Neither does Combat Mode.

Combat Mode is an Overlay.

That give an advantage of not having to hold down a button that you have to hold down if you dont use said overlay.

So just becouse arena net cant review every overlay all is ok?

it stated that even if maybe it give an advantage you should not use it or use it on your own risk.

So, is using Auto Run an advantage?

Players that use Auto Run do not have to hold down a key to run, so is that an advantage?

Oh boy your really streaching it now, you mean auto run thats in the game you can even keybind it in keybinds.
Show me were you can keybind auto hold right mouse button in the keybinds section of gw2 please.

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kitten always keey putting stuff in the middle of posts.

InfernoHero.5687:

Linken.6345:

So you quote said thread i already stated i read and say since its ok for music its ok for combat?

Macroing music cant in any way affect combat.

Macroing so you can move your camera around easier do affect combat, maybe instead of useing a third party program make a suggestion to get a toggle added in game?

I quoted the music macro thread for emphasis. The real point there was the second post I quoted.

Did you not read my post at all? I stated that it does effect combat.

It effects combat in the same way rebinding your keys effects combat. Read the last line of my post. (The one above yours.)

Please answer that question.

Linken.6345:

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Anet them selfs added a time table when every boss will be on everyday if i dont remember wrong so that point is moot.

Voice coms sure affect combat in making the people more organised but it dont change the game client in any way

You are forgetting the fact that before AreanaNet added those timetables to the wiki, the only way to get these timers were through third party websites and programs. There were even overlays that allowed you to see the boss timers AND the WvW maps.

ArenaNet has proven that they were perfectly fine with these maps and boss timers by making their own boss timers. You can find them on the wiki for Guild Wars 2.

As for your point about Voice Coms not changing the game client in any way: Neither does Combat Mode.

Combat Mode is an Overlay.

That give an advantage of not having to hold down a button that you have to hold down if you dont use said overlay.

So just becouse arena net cant review every overlay all is ok?

it stated that even if maybe it give an advantage you should not use it or use it on your own risk.

So you quote said thread i already stated i read and say since its ok for music its ok for combat?

Macroing music cant in any way affect combat.

Macroing so you can move your camera around easier do affect combat, maybe instead of useing a third party program make a suggestion to get a toggle added in game?

Edit
Anet them selfs added a time table when every boss will be on everyday if i dont remember wrong so that point is moot.

Voice coms sure affect combat in making the people more organised but it dont change the game client in any way

Edit 2
I dont have a problem with a smoother control scheme in any way aslong as it functions the same if he want to hold down Q or tab or what ever button to move his camera around fine let him do it.

Linken.6345:

Jerus.4350:

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

I see this, precursor crafting/scavenger hunt, brought up almost always when listing communication woes.

ArenaNet did keep us in the loop, announcing when it was being pushed back, and then when the current iteration was scrapped, and had to be started from scratch. The announcements have been quoted countless times in threads, and yet….it always seems to come up as something the Devs totally ignored and kept silent about.

Good thing it wasn’t something else, or it would be used as an example of how ArenaNet ‘over-hypes’ everything!

A real case of darned if you do, and darned if you don’t. /sigh

This is the first time I’ve seen mention of them saying that there were setbacks. Do you have quotes?

First time im hearing about it aswell please share the link to those statements.

Oh and what interview is it you keep refering to in this thread that talk about no new dungeons guys?

Edit
Thanks about finding that link to scavenger hunt Zaklex.6308

Edit 2
Still a post from 8 months ago that we will give more info when we know more, when will this be 1 year 2 years later?

Guess its this interview your talking about

Yea just find decent people add to friends list and do it with them

and anet stated were it was ok to do this? i read the thread about macro music but this is helping him in combat he/they useing said program dont need to hold down a button everyone else have to if they want same function.
So an advantage

that or he could just ductape his mouse button i guess

third party program thats against the eula and structual design into said hardware that game cant detect seem like a big differance

You were on a na server hence shouldent you be a resident of na first and formost?

Then complaning that a event failed in the middle of the night eu time further give the conclusion merit

Jerus.4350:

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

I see this, precursor crafting/scavenger hunt, brought up almost always when listing communication woes.

ArenaNet did keep us in the loop, announcing when it was being pushed back, and then when the current iteration was scrapped, and had to be started from scratch. The announcements have been quoted countless times in threads, and yet….it always seems to come up as something the Devs totally ignored and kept silent about.

Good thing it wasn’t something else, or it would be used as an example of how ArenaNet ‘over-hypes’ everything!

A real case of darned if you do, and darned if you don’t. /sigh

This is the first time I’ve seen mention of them saying that there were setbacks. Do you have quotes?

First time im hearing about it aswell please share the link to those statements.

Oh and what interview is it you keep refering to in this thread that talk about no new dungeons guys?

Edit
Thanks about finding that link to scavenger hunt Zaklex.6308

Edit 2
Still a post from 8 months ago that we will give more info when we know more, when will this be 1 year 2 years later?

well if the op want to buy a computer like that i say sure getting a third party program to simulate it becouse your lazy no way

Well since you switch from na to eu how the hell should i know were you live? =)

You do know its 4-6 am in eu right not many people play at this time

No if i press a button and hold it in then im doing it manualy, if i press button release and game still making it that im holding that button its automated for me.

If the toggle was in the game fine it aint so its not inteded to be used that way.

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Pressing one action holding another 2 actions

No its a toggle and a toggle that aint in the game.
Hence a macro since you make the click do more then just activate,
it activate it and its holding it activated untill you press again.

I wouldent say its no advantage, but thats my oppinion

Played 2706 hours and havent had a precursor drop i have seen one drop of a champion bag in Ac tho for a guildie

He got the legend I said I wanted it so he sent it to me, I asked him if he was sure it was worth like 800 gold at the time ( he wanted it back and being a good guy i returned it )

So since zerkers take down bosses faster it take less skill to play since less time to make any misstake, Do i have that right.

I mean if boss go down so fast he cant use his attacks you dont really need to do anything hence no skill

Yes but how do you get keys for all those chests?

havent got one yet but seen the legend drop for a friend, from a champion bag in ascalonian catacombs

Some seem to get them by combining 4 of same type 80 exotic ei 4 greatswords for dusk or dawn in the mystic forge

except alot of players got their own personal guild banks and you can set premissions on who get to touch what tabs so

Edit
But thanks for the tip about searching for sigil names havent thought about it to be honest

should have choped my post abit better was saying that tequatl the sunless boss droped unique ascended skins and pretty sure the wurms do aswell and you cant buy those with credit card

there already are dungeons to get ascended armor they are called fractals mate i got 2 or 3 so far.
I can also get em from Teq and i guess tripple trubble aswell and they have thier own skins go get em all bud you cant buy those with credit card

the ability to auto sort the bank tabs if i have lets say 250 sigils and alot or the same one but not in same neat stack