Guild Wars 2

I’m waiting for the day I log in and see that I have a message telling me to reroll my character.

As an Engineer, there is nothing that I bring to a group that another class can’t do better.

So why bring an engineer to a dungeon? It is just pure selfish of anyone to play one. The class should just be removed from the game.

I have 2 and account bound would be NICE. But I won’t complain much about that either.

Now, polishing the current ones before creating new ones…. that is something that SHOULD be done. About half of the current legendaries need some more polishing.

There are event back pieces with nicer effects than some current legendaries.

zeromius.1604:

Mad Rasputin.7809:

I’m not going to start this whole discussion about the evils of MF again.

MF for solo farming hurts no one. Everyone’s argument about it being selfish to a group is irrelevant in solo play.

I can claim any stat that does not fit my idea of an ideal build is selfish. It is pretty well known by now, if you aren’t a zerker warrior in a dungeon you are hindering your group in some fashion. And by a lot of people’s logic, being very selfish.

It’s very narrow minded of them to get rid of MF when there are tons of other stats and abilities that are pretty useless. Should we even talk about condition builds and their problems? Might as well get rid of conditions too.

In some situations being a zerker warrior could be the thing that hinders your group. If you find yourself in the downed state you’re not contributing much. It would be silly to compare magic find to other stats that aren’t power, precision, and crit. Having some survivability means less time in the downed state, less time wasted by your teammates reviving you, and overall more damage throughput. Toughness, vitality, healing power, condition damage, etc., while perceived as inferior, contribute something to the group. Magic find contributes nothing to the group whatsoever.

Sigh…. not to beat the dead horse that is MF, but once again MF for solo play does NOT affect anyone else.

Just because people feel it is very inferior in a group setting (which arguably, you could bring a more useful stat) does NOT mean the MF has no place in the entire game.

There is a VERY large part of this game that is not played in a ‘group’ setting.

I have a set of zerk gear I use for dungeons.

But being that it IS widely considered the best gear in the game and thus deters everyone from using any other type of gear, it is the cancer.

It does just the opposite of promoting build diversity and helps influence the culture of this one build being the best. It isn’t MF gear that was the problem but all other gear. If you were not bringing zerker gear to the team then you were not bringing your best to the team.

You lose the ONLY reason to have it.

And I doubt they change the basic function of this or MF to affect chests.

Berserker gear is the real cancer to the game and removing it will be the single greatest thing ArenaNet will ever do.

I like the ‘idea’ of new skills and traits. In theory, this should open up the possibility of new builds for each class.

My only issue with this is that a lot of classes still have broken and useless skills/traits as it is. Why bother adding new ones if there are so many worthless ones out there?

I wouldn’t count on sharing that much MF accross all characters.

Their account wide 2-3% MF bonus’ from achivement points seem to be a pretty good indicator of what they think is a good reward.

If they think a +3% MF by the time you reach 5000 achievement points is anything to feel good about then they are once again out of touch with reality.

I’m not going to start this whole discussion about the evils of MF again.

MF for solo farming hurts no one. Everyone’s argument about it being selfish to a group is irrelevant in solo play.

I can claim any stat that does not fit my idea of an ideal build is selfish. It is pretty well known by now, if you aren’t a zerker warrior in a dungeon you are hindering your group in some fashion. And by a lot of people’s logic, being very selfish.

It’s very narrow minded of them to get rid of MF when there are tons of other stats and abilities that are pretty useless. Should we even talk about condition builds and their problems? Might as well get rid of conditions too.

I really think their idea with champions is to have guilds and large groups of people do the events. This is what was exactly said for the karka queen prior.

The reality is, unless the reward really is worth the time then it is not going to happen. Queensdale champs will be the go to place while Orr/Southsun stay abandoned.

Their scheme to get guilds together to farm these events is not going to work I think. More like unorganized zergs maybe.

Tekyn.5376:

Don’t get me wrong I think this change is a great idea in the sense that they are taking away the choice of MF gear over gear with meaningful combat stats, but if they are going to do this they need to make it right by all the folks that already invested in MF gear.

I pretty much agree with you there. It probably is a decent change in the long run. I just hope they do right and compensate fairly all of us that have invested heavily gold, laurels, and guild commendations along with badges of honor into our MF set.

And I just hope there is still a way to get a useful amount of MF. Farming with 30% MF vs farming with 200+% MF is a big difference.

It’s kind of a big kick in the gut to learn your hard earned MF set you spent lots of time/money/tokens grinding for is now obsolete.

And to also craft a legendary Monday night to learn that new legendaries are coming and no word if the current ones are getting upgraded is just another kick in the groin. It’s a beautiful weapon and all, but lacks the polish of a lot of other legendaries. Polishing existing legendaries should have been a priority over creating new ones.

I like most of these upcoming changes in theory, and they should be good for the game overall. Just taking that double hit to the gut, all the while already being very sore over the fact that as an Engie I can not enjoy any of the wonderful back pieces they keep releasing is just frustrating.

It appears that the GF infusion will become pretty useless just like the MF gear. GF infusions are only worthwhile for dungeon runs.

Account wide MF sounds wonderful, I’m just worried about how much we are going to have access to. I have a full set of exotics and ascended MF gear to farm with. If I only get a fraction of that MF % as an account wide bonus then I will be disappointed.

Just changing the stats on my MF gear to another stat is a useless solution to me and others. We already have a second set with other stats that we use to run dungeons and do other content. Why would I need a second, non-MF set?

And I won’t get into a debate about the usefulness of MF. MF has it’s uses outside of parties you have to realize. I have my MF set specifically for farming. I have a complete set of zerkers/soldiers mix I use for dungeons and other content. There is nothing ‘selfish’ about that. Doesn’t hurt anyone in any way except the inconvience of me having to swap the set!

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/473/feature/7597/Guild-Wars-2-ArenaNets-Master-Plan-for-2013.html

Apparently it will be an either/or deal with the new fractal. The one not chosen will be banished forever.

Disappointing to hear that we will never get to see the other option. There is no reason why one could not be released at a later time. Funding/sponsoring a fractal just means that it gets sped up in production and will come to fruition sooner. This should not mean all research into the second fractal stops. Story wise, the research into the second fractal should continue but just at a slower pace due to the reduced funding/sponsorship.

Sigh.

Tekyn.5376:

Please refund the laurels, the gold, and the guild commendations i’ve spent on Magic Find gear.

I don’t see that happening. Unfortunately, we will porbably end up with a loss on this one. No way for them to know how much it cost me to acquire those runes for my MF gear. And it isn’t vendor value, I assure you.

It seems one part of the player base that complained enough about MF has gotten their way.

With the new blog post and talk of new legendary weapons and gear, there seemed to be a distinct lack of talk about updates to the current legendaries.

While some of the current legendaries are in a pretty polished state, nearly half of them are lacking in some degree.

Are there any plans to update any of the current legendaries? If so, should we expect these changes before or after the introduction of the new legendaries?

I know this topic gets brought up from time to time, but with the new blog post and no mention of it I felt it needed to be brought up again at this time.

stof.9341:

LordByron.8369:

stats at will its not something with low impact on the game.
just think how some professions can change from roaming to siege to zerg to defence with it in www.

The ability to change on the fly the stats of your weapon only is a very low impact feature. Most of your stats come from your trinkets anyway.

I agree. Changing just the stats on one weapon on the fly isn’t going to impact your current build very much. This is not going to have the big impact as is being implied.

Switching from zerker stats to healing stats on a weapon is not going to dramatically impact much.

stof.9341:

I love how people say the sets will become useless. Guys, ANet will not just remove the stat and leave you with 2 stats ascended items! The items will be changed into a new stat set, fixed or selectable as you want or something.

A lot of us have a full set of MF that we use for farming and a full set with other stats that we use for everything else already.

Changing the stats on my MF set or making it selectable does nothing but give me two sets of armor when I only need the one. Having a spare non-MF set is pretty useless.

According to the new blog post, MF gear will soon be phased out so do not spend any more resources on it.

I currently have full exotic MF gear with runes, full ascended MF accessories,rings,amulet with 20% MF also that will soon become obsolete.

Thanks for ruining my farm gear. Removing a base stat from the game is hugh. No different from removing all zerker gear from the game.

Hate that they decided to change a basic part of the game and make lots of gear useless. I had a full set of exotic MF gear with runes and a full set of ascended rings/accessories/amulet to go along with it. This whole MF set will now become useless.

I really hope they do something to compensate fairly for this loss other than just making them useless. A lot of time and money went into this set.

I already have a full zerker set, this was my farming set. I anxiously wait to see what happens.

I’m so glad I just crafted my Frenzy Monday night…. geesh…. new legendaries before updating the existing ones? Didn’t see that happening. Oh well, time to save for the third legendary I guess.

And I like most of what was said. But darn, I’ve got a lot invested in my MF farming gear. Including a full set of ascended MF accessories/rings/amulet. I know they mentioned addressing this, but I sure hope all that money/laurels spent wasn’t for nothing. This MF set has really helped while farming, contrary to the nah-sayers out there.

Oh, and another thought… the changes to dungeons makes the 20% GF infusion not as attractive looking also. These proposed changes have big impacts to a lot of expensive gear already out there.

And one last complaint…. fix the basic issue with Engies and legendaries and backpieces already! Thank you very much.

If you have triple checked all 175 locations then you must be bugged. File a ticket or post in the bugs section.

Finding the 175 locations listed in the bluestone link works almost every time.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/User:Bluestone/Explorer

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/User:Bluestone/Explorer

Cross reference everything listed in that link. You should find one you are missing easy enough.

Use this site and cross reference every location listed against the ones you have:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/User:Bluestone/Explorer

You can, but if you choose to ‘infuse’ the fractal capacitor later via the MF you WILL lose any skin that was applied to it.

I would suggest only applying a skin to a backpiece that you have upgraded as much as you want already.

I believe it was said that the winner will sponser/fund research into a particular fractal. That means that fractal will be released first.

That does not mean that research into the second fractal will stop. It is just not being sponsored or funded and will take longer to complete.

Make sure you keep someone attacking him at all times! Only have one person rez.

If you have too many people down at the same time, the path is not going too well for your party.

I’ve been burned by lag and disconnects at the end of an event before. But no where near ‘several gold’ was lost. I had repair bills and no rewards, but it wasn’t as bad as losing even close to 1 gold.

But it sucks, none the less.

Yeah, I think adding more rewards to the winning server will only increase transfers away from the lower population servers and cause bigger problems.

We don’t need to find a solution that rewards the winning server more, we really need a solution that brings more people out on the lower population servers and thus makes the whole matchup better.

oops.. yeah.. Misread that. Thought it was invaders armor.

Yeah, should have worked afaik.

I’m pretty sure ‘Exquisite’ jewels can only be used in accessories, amulets, and rings. They do not work in armor.

As a matter of fact, after searching the wiki, any jewels can’t be used as an upgrade componen for armor/weapons. Gemstones can however.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Jewel

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Gemstone

COE is a really easy and fast dungeon once you know the Subject Alpha fight. It is still easy to find groups for this dungeon, but most will want you to be experienced and know the fights. Not very PUG friendly.

Find a good group and friend them. You will be speed clearing COE and getting charged cores before you know it!

Was going to post a topic, but since there is already one I will just say that search is still broken and has been for quite some time.

How the heck are we supposed to find any information on your forums?!?!

They did the same thing with the dragon coffers. These things infect the whole loot table and makes it very hard to get ‘normal’ loot on a consistant basis.

Hurray for those that are looking for these event items. Boo for those that are looking for normal loot.

The only other karma boost that is possible atm is the 15% karmic infusion.

Your plan sounds good, it will take a few days to get that much karma. Have patience, farm some extra events like everyone has said.

You will have your Sunrise in no time. Congrats, btw.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/User:Bluestone/Explorer

Use this for the explorer achievements. The explorer achievements are different from map completion.

I think the new content will play out for about 4 weeks before the results are in. Then another 4 weeks or so of ‘research’ into the picked fractal.

Maybe late September or early October is my guess.

I’m just happy they are FINALLY working on a new fractal.

I believe the fractal that is not ‘picked’ this time will take longer to ‘research’ due to not being funded. Meaning we will still see it, just later down the line.

Map completion and explorer achievements are two seperate things and 100% map completion does not equate into full explorer achievements.

Use this link to find the areas you are missing for each explorer achievement:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/User:Bluestone/Explorer

Most of us Engies die a little more inside when we see every new ‘update’ and every new reward that is a back piece that we can’t use.

I’m guessing most of you don’t play on lower population servers and thus can not feel the OP’s pain. Spawn camping is such a demoralizing act to these servers that can not mount an army big enough to counter the act.

There are 3 exits, and you can usually find a way to escape the spawn. But you will just get your rear handed to you a little aways from your spawn instead of just at it.

And I belive he is talking about their transfer policy. Pay for gems to transfer to new server. That is the ‘clever scheme’ he is referring to I believe.

Uh, guess I’m not spoiled.

First, just for the achievement you can do it without the bomb.

Next, I do believe there is a second chest. There was a chest added about half way through. Make sure you are getting to the final chest, and you should get the achievement.

Only thoughts I had on the subject.

Time gating in a monthly sub based MMORPG makes way more business sense than in a free to play game.

For running dungeons, gilded is always the way to go.

For open world drops/farming, MF is the better choice.

Sounds like bad skill lag due to the volume of players around you.

A lower population server might help a little, but stuff like the living story content will still be crowded and you will still experience this issue I believe.

Only suggestion there is to guest to one of these medium servers and see how it is in the PvE areas during the living story. You should have your answer as to whether it is better or not soon enough.

Turning down some of the settings of your system MAY help too.

Lower pop servers will have less lag in WvW and world boss events, but the lag is still there.

I hear complaints all the time on Ferguson’s Crossing server. But I’m sure it is a lot worse on more populated servers such as Tarnished Coast.

My suggestion, try guesting to a low pop server and do some world boss events. You can’t WvW, but the world boss events will definately show you if the lag is just as bad.

And if WvW is your main thing, then I would suggest a lower population server anyways as the lag and especially skill lag will always be at least a little better on these servers.

It is a bug introduced with the last patch. They are aware of it and will fix it soon. No date given. Post can be found in the Bug Forum.

I would anticipate it won’t take long. This also is affecting guild treks.

Wait a minute.. even though it says soulbound, once it is deposited into the locker it becomes essentially account bound?

I did not know this, and this is great. As you can tell, I haven’t really PvP much.

Thanks for the tip everyone. Clears up that issue. Just not really sure why they have the soulbound trait applied to them.

Mathemagician.1836:

Mad Rasputin.7809:

Wait.. the races give money now? Did some races the first day and I don’t recall getting any coin. Maybe it was patched?

There is a chest after the finish line, when you open it you get a bag of coins and some other stuff.

They must have changed this since the patch went live. That chest only yielded me mostly blues, and the rare yellow on patch day.

I’m really thinking this idea would be great for those really expensive infusions out there.