Guild Wars 2

I guess it just boils down to choice… currently, there is no choice and often if you get into overflow there is no chance of defeating new Teq (not enough people there etc). So while before we had old Teq, now we have no Teq (unless you arrive an hour early or have a guild etc).

I do not believe there is any chance that they will ever bring back/ resurrect the old Teq fight and that is really not what i was hoping for or asking for- I would just like to see new fights added differently than the way the Teq fight was added. Also, in my opinion, a fight like new Tequatl’s should be in a level 80 zone.

So i’m not specifically asking Anet to bring back the old Tequatl fight, but just to do any future World Boss revamps differently.

All too often when you go to Sparkfly Fen to do the Tequatl encounter it’s a ghost town or you get put into an overflow without enough people.

Personally, I guess I would just like more choices. Sometimes I like to go to Orr, sometimes I like to go to Frostgorge. More level 80 zones would be nice…

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keep the current bosses add new ones and make them optionally accessible like the Champion Steam Ogre.

everyone is happy and lower level characters can fight the boss in their level range and people that want more of a challenge can have that option.

MokahTGS.7850:

There’s a secret garden as well as a hidden cat…if you keep looking there are secrets all over the place.

yup

more is better and secret doors are really cool

I wish they would make part of the original SAB (at least part of it…) permanent and then roll out new additions.

When SAB is live, it great to show it to people who have not played the game before and an option to help generate new box sales.

Better to have some of it always there than none of it there most of the time.

Smooth Penguin.5294:

I’d prefer they offer new World Boss keys in the Gem Store. Then, someone who purchases said key, can open an Asura Gate for his guild. That way, people willing to pay for fights will gain access to exclusive bosses. There’d be a lot less complaints from players who don’t wish to participate.

That’s one way to do it I guess… but the way it is now in the game, you fight the fire elemental boss and then you have the OPTION to go and fight the champion Steam Ogre.

This is a great model and it allows players to choose (and not have to purchase anything to fight a boss… but a mechanic similar to what they use in the Living story would be fine, get a key for achieving the meta…)

exactly. You have the original and the choice to fight the new one.

I liked doing the old Tequatl fight on alts and a few of us used to fight the Risen swarm on my server on a regular basis while everyone else fought the dragon. It was great fun.

we would probably find out from Dulfy <3

but however it was done it would really make things better than just speed clearing a dungeon to have secret places to discover.

Currently there are all types of things to discover in the game and I love that aspect of GW2.

More would be better.

It already exists in the game !!

An instanced Southsun map, pretty much as it is, would be incredible for GvG or a large scale PvP fights between servers.

The thought occurred to me how much fun this would be during a match of Southsun Survival the other day. Not much would have to be changed on the map at all, just add some WvWvW elements and let two guilds or two servers fight one another on the Southsun map.

karkas optional!

EDIT 1/31/2014: after spending way more hours than usual on the new boss fights, which I like overall, I wanted to revisit an option I suggested for brand new world boss fights in GW2. A sort of compromise that when you defeat an initial boss then you could have the OPTION to go on to a harder or additional phase (this already exists in the game now- see the link below). Sure it would need some tweaking so I would love to hear what -players say now after the latest new bosses have been implemented. I didn’t want to discuss farming bosses or the merits of the most efficient way to accumulate gold, just more options for players than the revamped Tequatl boss fight.

I am really opposed to the placement of the hardest content in the game in lower level zones like Lornar’s Pass, Bloodtide Coast and Sparkfly fen. The hardest content in the game should be in level 80 zones, in my opinion. This would solve many problems. In my opinion, as well, they should introduce entire new zones for newest most difficult content, which I have no idea they haven’t already done.(seems unlikely but you can’t always get what you want… =o )

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It already exists in the game !!

Defeat the misplaced steam ogre
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Defeat_the_misplaced_steam_ogre

(here’s a video if you haven’t done it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW9zNa6VsOw)

^ that’s not the best video but it shows players jumping in the portal to fight the Champion Steam Ogre AFTER they fight the fire elemental in the Thaumanova Reactor.

The players have the CHOICE to fight the old boss, and if they choose to they can fight the new boss.

This is how Tequatl’s revamp should have been done: save the original World Boss fight and add a new CHOICE to fight a revamped World boss.

Sparkfly Fen is a level 55-65 zone and there is no way an impromptu group of level 55-65 players can overcome Tequatl. Many bosses are in lower level zones and if there are any plans to revamp other bosses, the model that exists in the game already with champion Steam ogre would work well for any new Boss fights planned – much better than what was done with the Tequatl fight.

Claw of jormag, do anything you want with that fight but leave the rest of the original World Boss fights as they are and just add an OPTION to fight any new World Boss additional encounters.

ya i love stuff like that and don’t understand why it is not more often found in other MMO’s. GW2 does it very well and I would like to see more hidden secrets in the game.

I also love areas that are dark and illuminated by the player via a torch or ability.

Put it out in the open world sometimes and not just in jumping puzzles! Caves, dungeons, underwater- give us secret passages to discover!

I liked discovering Sharkmaw Caverns for the first time, with the hidden doorways etc.

would love to see more of this in the game.

seems like a great opportunity for Living Story to add a new room or two to buildings or even dungeons when they need a new place for the action to happen.

anyone using a build with the runes of torment?

Do you have anything to say about the topic of this thread?

please stay on topic

hate: removing things from the world/ temporary content

LOVE the fights with mass people- for all it’s faults, this game has more huge fights with more players be it world bosses or WvW, better thank any other game I’ve played and hopefully Anet will improve things even more in the future (and learn from the failed Tequatl rehash).

Flissy.4093:

Mahaedros.7085:

The thread is not about crying about warriors

But what you described is what the subforum has become since their viability in PvP situations.

what in the hell are you talking about? I don’t give a kitten what you think of this subforum. This thread is not to debate anything about warriors in general or the forums or anything besides warriors use of torment and how to make it most effective.

please limit your posts to: " discussing Torment being used by warriors.
Any builds, gear, tips and tricks would really be welcome."

please stay on topic

People please stop.

The thread is not about crying about warriors, it’s about discussing Torment being used by warriors.

Any builds, gear, tips and tricks would really be welcome.

(thanks to ImNoir for the tips)

well i really didn’t want to debate about nerfing or warriors being op

I’m still trying to figure out what build the guy was using- or what the best build would be with regards to using torment on warrior

I tried some stuff in the spvp mists but if anyone has some advice on build/ gear that would be great

(i might craft runes/sigils of torment just to raise crafting closer to 500 on some alts, have not bought recipes yet from the kessex hills vendor)

The other day in WvW there was a warrior with longbow wrecking people and he was laying down stacks of torment.

He was kiting me and i could not chase him without my health going down fast and he kept reapplying torment so it was hard to keep it removed…

The guy was pretty kitten good but i was surprised at how much damage he was doing and how often he was stacking up torment, i guess he had high crit (?)

Are sigils and runes of torment that good? I would have liked to see his build and gear.

Anyone have comments/opinions to share regarding warrior using torment?

Freeelancer.2860:

serialkicker.5274:

Freeelancer.2860:

serialkicker.5274:

I salvaged 36 pieces

Found your problem, bro. Add a couple of zeros and then come back.

Yeah, because you can guarantee that my drop rate will sudenly jump up to 1.0+, right?

I can’t guarantee squat, but I will tell you that anecdotal evidence is almost as useless as making a complaint thread based on nonexistent sample size.

yes he did make a compaint thread but he is looking for answers so he can decide on what to do in the future with regards to salvaging.

he acknowledged that his sample size was very small.

what should he do? just remain silent?

I’ve learned a great deal about the game from reading the forums and have got useful knowledge from reading many “complaint threads”.

He’s complaining about an issue that will affect his immediate future decisions in-game. You’re complaining about him… and I’m complaining about you complaining about him… I’m going to go play Guild Wars 2 now.

Happy New Year everyone!

lordkrall.7241:

No one have any real evidence that a change have happened. And people are getting tired of seeing these threads more or less every week.

what kind of statistical data do you have to back up this statement?

how many “people are tired of seeing these threads”?

why respond? why annoy the guy? he came here for answers and you give him grief.

if these types of threads are not enjoyable to you then why do you read them and post in them?

To O.P: I am facing the same issue as you in that it often seems like the ecto rate has dropped somewhat, but I cannot say for sure and I have to admit that some days I do get a good return when salvaging 9i use mystic forge kits).

I’ve been throwing more rares in the mystic forge lately instead of salvaging (no precursers- yet )

ya I am really leaning towards a male Norn Engineer and use flame thrower the entire time lol, it’s like the Charzooka of flame throwers.

any pictures would be great

PLEASE-tell us what profession + race/gender you really think are a good combination:
(what ever you think best looking in gear or best moves while fighting or anything you think makes that comb the best etc)

My main: Human Male Ele(my other two Eles are Asura Fem ele and Sylvari Fem Ele)

My first Warrior from Beta weekends is a Sylvari male and recently i made a Norn Male warrior that is really fun to play

I have a Charr Male Guardian and a Norn Female Guardian and I love them both 100% equally

Mesmer = Asura Male
Ranger = Asura Male (he got the orange afro goin on)
Necro = Male Norn (named Necronornicon for H.P. Lovecraft)
Engi = Human Female
thief = Charr Female

11 are 80 and one more is on the way to 80.

I’m buying three more character slots and asking for your suggestions on what you think is a fun combo of proffession/ race / gender.

My goal is to make some new characters that are fun and level them up at a leisurely pace and maybe try to group up with other low levels for a different challenges- doing dungeons/fractals and stuff like that… so thanks in advance for any suggestions you might have regarding characters you think are fun to play or that are a great combination for race + class+ gender.

“You got any groff grass? I got a quaggan who’s begging for it.”

Captain Picard can spot sarcasm and condones jabs at long overdue class balance.

Make it so!

roachsrealm.9284:

yes, temp and perm options. excellent idea.

I’d like to throw into the mix of options: glowy auras and more dance moves

that would be cool: wintersday dance= 5 gems for a dance that lasts until the end of the holiday (or 1 gme) same for other holidays

specific emotes for that holiday etc.

right now you can buy the fancy Wintersday town clothes which are permanent for 700 gems… a beard or some other cosmetic for 5 gems would be fun. I would not be opposed to something that costs 1-5 gems to remain permanent though

Alukah.2063:

Mahaedros.7085:

not the best solution but… every so often ask in Lion’s Arch for a group to enter a specific WvW map you need and get the places you need that way. Buy some rams.

Every week many servers aren’t as full leading up to the Friday reset so you might just get lucky on Thursday or Friday and ninja some places you need in WvW with a small group, which is better than waiting for weeks and weeks.

I hope this helps some people but, either way, good luck.

I don’t think you understand how bad this is for OP and most other people in SoS. We’re talking about the green keep of EBG.

This system seems to assign green to the highest ranked server of the match, which kind of implies they have higher coverage than the other two servers, that keep cannot be ninja’d, nor can be taken by a small group, as it’s heavily defended.

OP’s best choice is to pull an all nighter, SoS has a highly active oceanic wvw base and I’m quite sure they are capable of taking that keep.

…regardless, if you can find a group who needs the same objective you do, that might really help. so ask in Lion’s Arch or join the map you need and ask in map chat. you might find some people to help you.

and

the closer you are to reset, you will probably have better luck capturing objectives since not as many people are trying to “win” for the week (unless it is a really close match that week…)

Vayne.8563:

Just add friendly fire to dungeons and people won’t be able to stack. I’d be all for that. lol

Honestly that would be a major component for my dream MMORPG- especially if it were only natural occurring physical damage such as fire, and other aoe damage that makes enemy encounters easy in most MMORPGs that I’ve played. Magic or holy damage (even unholy damage) might not affect your friends, but if you set an area on fire then EVERONE better not stand in the flames if they want to survive…(same with an avalanche or a stampeding herd of cattle or… or… or…)

In original D&D if you fired an arrow at an enemy while a friend was in melee combat with it, there was a chance you might kill your friend accidenly- friendly fire!

not the best solution but… every so often ask in Lion’s Arch for a group to enter a specific WvW map you need and get the places you need that way. Buy some rams.

Every week many servers aren’t as full leading up to the Friday reset so you might just get lucky on Thursday or Friday and ninja some places you need in WvW with a small group, which is better than waiting for weeks and weeks.

I hope this helps some people but, either way, good luck.

Kingteranas.1376:

Squads can have up to 30 players. It’s a good idea, however 30 circles on the map is a bit much. They’re gonna have to find an alternate solution or limit the # of visible squad members.

why?

wouldn’t it be okay just to have the option to turn them on/off?

i like more options

Some people in map chat were saying they would love to have a wintersday long beard to put on their characters for that holiday and I thought that would be fun.

If these items/cosmetic enhancements were temporary (just for that particular holiday or whatever time period) and cost a few gems then that would be a neat addition.

It might serve as a small gold sink too since people would convert a few gold to a few gems readily…

ShiningSquirrel.3751:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving

4 other countries that celebrate it as well, so I guess that shoots down the “it’s an AMERICAN holiday” argument.

Personally, I don’t see the need for it in GW2. They do not do Saint Pats, Easter or any of so many more, so why should they do Thanksgiving?

i kinda agree… WoW had a thanksgiving holiday that was pretty fun first time but the Halloween and Christmas holidays are good enough i think… oh and Dragon Bash

November 15th is the GW2 thanksgiving holiday

The greatest day in the history of GW2 was November 15th, 2012.

Let’s hope they top 11/15/2012 this year!

i wish it was there all the time I work Sundays

some of the changes haven’t been for the better

nice looking toons you have!!

i recently got one of each profession to 80 and started round two :P

Good points Danikat, yet i would still like to see brand new zones to explore.

Tyria is really a beautiful world and running champ trains is such a limited experience. I’m not sure what the best solution is but adding more zones to explore couldn’t hurt in my opinion

I want to see more of Tyria.

Would you please open up some more of the map to explore and a deluge of new dynamic events in new territories and new cities?

Thanks

gripshift.5673:

And of course voice chat is fundamental ,lol were not in 1997 playing ultima online 56 k style… It’s 2013, I can’t and won’t stop to type in the middle of a heated fight. :p

I like both

I’d like to see both available equally to whatever the person preferred.

jago.8569:

I appreciate that. But why wouldn’t I want to go above green equipment?

Most of the game you can level up in blues and that’s playing solo.

I plan about ten or so levels ahead and just use buy orders on the Black Lion Trading Post to pick up armor trinkets and weapons for less coin. Using buy orders might take a day or so to get your purchase, but it can save you a ton.

Learn what levels you can buy trinkets for lowest prices while leveling up.

This is what I do and I try to use a lot of what I loot from playing the game while leveling, but it just seems that you level so fast and can do everything pretty much in blues… Sometimes i will splurge and equip/buy better gear when I want to run a dungeon that just came available as I am leveling up…

1) most games such as these use Teamspeak, Ventrilo Mumble etc and the users or group/guild decide. Blizzard tried to implement a voice chat in WoW and it was widely avoided… all I can say is that it seems like it should be in these games but it never is and guild wars 2 is the same as most games that leaves voice chat up to the popular options that players decide to use.
2) whether it is really true or not, many people believe that standard LFG tools ruin gaming communtites. There are a gazillion reasons for this… SWToR really was against a looking for group tool when it was released. Many call it an old school MMOs mentality and many others think it is mandatory for MMOs.

Guild Wars 2 did not release with a LFG tool and there was quite a debate on whether it would help or hurt the game.

Currently, we are in halloween seasonal plus the first season of world vs world so that could be a part of why you are seeing less traffic on the new in-game LFG tool. You will find all too many opinions on the LFG tool in this game on these very forums.

I would love to see more emotes in general. When you play for a long time, emotes tend to keep things fun.

I would like to see a new/ next level of emotes when dealing with NPC’s.

Guild Wars 2 has this in place already with everyone’s own personal story- we could use specific emotes related to the specific choices we made at character creation.

Sorry if this is of no help to you but have you found a good guild yet? There seems to be quite a few guilds that are friendly and full of like-minded players.

I know your complaints are with randoms who just say asinine comments… that’s life though. I wish people weren’t ignorant and hateful.

Whenever you think of a solution, put it up in the suggestion forum and I hope things get better while you are playing GW2 because gaming should be a nice time to relax and forget about your real world stress.

Good luck to you! ignore the ignoramuses whenever possible!

I enjoy the music in GW2. During Beta it game me the chills and I was really excited for the release of the game. After some beta weekends I would still start guild wars 2 but wasn’t able to play but I would just let the loading screen music keep playing lol.

I would like for new music to be added as long as it is of high quality similar to the music that has been in since release.

I like leveling alts so I do my dailys exclusively on lower level alts. This is the only way I enjoy dailys. I wish dailys were not in the game but I have been having fun doing them as a leveling tool and watching the experience gains being added after completing dailys is enjoyable for me.

I do them standalone, first thing when I log on. After they are done then I play the game as I want and do the things that I like doing once I get the daily imposed tasks out of the way.

If I do the dailys on a lower level alt and just try to accumulate them as I go while playing normally, then this only what occurs for me in WvWvW. I really like getting all or part of my daily done without focusing specifically on the daily tasks while I am just playing WvWvW.

I would skip the dailys if I could and would not do them on any of my level 80’s… they only way I do them is on a lower level alt.

Dailys aren’t hard or challenging, I would rather just play as I want and do the things I enjoy.

If i want to change builds or if a new patch comes along and I change my build to take advantage of the current state of the game do I then need to accumulate the resources to craft a new ascended weapon to match my new build? or can they be changed or made account bound?

What do I do with the old ascended weapons? buy new bank space?

I think they think logic confounds their customers… either that or they are intending to drive off any customer who isn’t a gambling addict over the age of 14.

I’m all about having fun- good luck and have fun!

good luck, have fun and buy gems

Sorry i was not intending to insult any Charr Engineer… I meant to highlight that they aren’t getting the love they deserve

Good luck and have fun and on some future Halloween hopefully gamers will rule the real world too and children everywhere will rejoice when they open their presents on Halloween morning and find and axe or sawed off shotgun for disposing of Zombies.

I anticipated Charr Engineers accusing me of being rude honestly… all 47 of them