Guild Wars 2

chronus.1326:

I don’t think these items can be called prestige. Prestige is something positive. I think when someone sees a Legendary/Ascended, they either think “that guy has too much money” or “that guy has no life”.

Prestige items are linked to achivement, which is linked to ability or skill to excell at something that others do not. Spending 18 hours a day in front of the computer is not a skill. At best, it is a lifestyle.

I disagree, what you are suggesting is that a clock from Rolex, a Ferrari, a Bugatti, a private jet, a yacht, etc has no prestige in real life. You can get all that stuff in real life without being skilled, just by exploiting your employes, winning the lottery or inheriting it. Yet people still consider that stuff prestige.

Aidan Savage.2078:

Malediktus.9250:

Being a “special snowflake” is the main point for me to play MMOs, Anet is just removing more and more reasons to play this game. I dont want to play 5000 hours to have the same stuff other people who used their credit card and started playing a week ago.

Then it’s as simple as moving on to another game that allows you to be a special snowflake all you want. Of course, you can also go earn Yakslapper in WvW too. Cant buy your way to that title.

I tried out TESO a month ago, sadly it was a buggy mess with even less prestige items than GW2. I will probably give Wildstar a chance next, but not sure if I will enjoy it in the long run because of the art style/graphics.
But that is not the point of the thread. GW2 is getting ruined more and more by entitled people who think they should be able to have everything just for having bought the game and throwing more money at the game.
I doubt I will have the motivation to ever try a buy to play or free to play game again after this debacle. Its great for people who have little time and can afford throwing a lot of money at the screen, but for people like me who want to earn their stuff and also have some immersion this is terrible.
In the current state its unlikely I would even buy a expansion for this game, it would be just more of the same casual content with no longevity or skill required. Of course also with very terrible rewards because Anet would want to make extra bucks by offering them in the gem store.

Smooth Penguin.5294:

2k bags is such a small sample size. RNG is RNG. Just because the drop rates are low, doesn’t make it broken.

2k is a large sample size and lets you savely assume, that the chance is below 0,1% get one

Being a “special snowflake” is the main point for me to play MMOs, Anet is just removing more and more reasons to play this game. I dont want to play 5000 hours to have the same stuff other people who used their credit card and started playing a week ago.

Liewec.2896:

if you practice you can get key farming down to 14 minutes, about the time it takes for a ranked game, except its a guaranteed win each time :P
(also Executioner’s Axe is a must!)

also agreed, they’d never do this, i’m amazed that they let us still keyfarm,
but to offer them out for every tournament win would never happen.

(unless they bring something like tournament tickets back so you have to spend gems to enter tournaments.)

I think key farm is the reason why the loot in the chests is so terrible

Why can we only trade raw mats for those zephyrite chests? I got plenty of refined mithril and gossamer, but almost no ores and scraps. It seems a bit pointless to me that only raw mats can be traded in.

Its a very big let down, but in line with everything else. Anets wants us to either trade gems for gold or play the trading post to get gold. The normal people who are playing the game are just slaves of the trading post moguls.

BurrTheKing.8571:

Malediktus.9250:

Branden Gee.2150:

We know about this issue. Unfortunately it is going to take some time to fix it.

I guess that means we will have to wait 6 months for this crucial fix and will be part of the next feature patch

I would imagine it would require them to make new models for every costume on every race. That isn’t something that you can just pop out in a few hours. I’d imagine the people that would have to do that are currently working on living world stuff.

The problem exists for over a month now. Not just a few hours.
And no I dont want to take off the costume. I paid gems for it.

Well its crucial if they intend to sell costumes to mesmer players. For now the mad king costume will stay my only costume until its fixed. I wont spend gems on broken stuff.

Branden Gee.2150:

We know about this issue. Unfortunately it is going to take some time to fix it.

I guess that means we will have to wait 6 months for this crucial fix and will be part of the next feature patch

rereleasing also ruins the exclusivity of items. the gas mask for example no longer shows that you took part of that chapter of the living story
GW2 is all about cosmetic progression and rewards, rereleasing this stuff complety ruins it
and dont tell me strawman arguments about special snowflakes

each patch I am more and more disappointed and angry about this game. This week I got perm banned, but after a ticket the ban got lifted since the ban was a mistake.
(Strangely enough I wasnt even one bit angry or frustrated by being innocently banned, even thought I spent 5k+ hours on getting where I am – I guess that tells about how much I enjoy this game currently)
All this stuff makes me think writing this ticket was a waste of time, because everything in this game gets watered down more and more
just more and more pointless grinding with nothing to show for it what so ever

Vol.7601:

Loot = gold income for players.

By removing gold income, players resort to gems > gold. Or at least, Anet believes so.

Why do you think in the blogpost they included a reminder that you can convert gems to gold? That’s the first time they ever did that and it was suspicious.

Anet has nerfed every single farming event ever since release. I’m surprised they haven’t reverted dungeon rewards, as that is the only significant gold faucet now.

All these nerfs almost make me wish anet didnt unban me. They perm banned me for 2 days by mistake, but seeing this update now makes me reconsider if it was a good idea to ask to get unbanned even.
game feels more and more like a waste of time

Deli.1302:

Investments come at a risk. Welcome to real life.

It would be a risk if Colin Johnson didnt claim they will not be rereleased.
China will just ruin the NA/EU game, it was a terrible idea to have them synched.

new patch still not fixed, anet do you hate mesmers?

You get blocked for 2 weeks from normal wvw maps I think. But you can still play edge of the mists

Even if it wouldnt be bugged it would be overpowered and stupid, because not every class got an interrupt in down state.

If ranger pet is dead and uses the downed rezz skill, it immediatly got full health again. So basically its also a pet rezz

SpellOfIniquity.1780:

Malediktus.9250:

SafiMoyo.5130:

Stability stomp and nobody can save that ranger.

did you even read? I was talking about downstate vs downstate, rangers are basically godmode in downstate vs downstate, heck even downstate vs 2x downstate is no problem for a ranger
I think the best would be to give every class the same downstate abilities or turn off downstate entirely in pvp, because the abilities are anything but balanced in the current state

Thieves are no better in that respect. Teleport the second before the stomp animation finishes, then stealth the second before the second stomp animation finishes and it’s next to impossible to actually spike the kitten things. I literally don’t bother to stomp thieves because of this garbage, I’d rather just condition nuke them and have them reappear dead after bleeding out.
And to clarify, I’m not saying this should be removed, or it’s OP nor am I QQing, just saying that it shouldn’t take upwards of 3 tries to stomp a Thief when with other professions it can take a maximum of 2 (see Engineer with pull and launch = 2 tries.)

Against a thief you can at least win a downstate vs downstate fight. Against rangers it is hopeless unless you are also a ranger or possibly with vengeance from warrior (an other very overpowered downed ability imho)

MarkPhilips.5169:

You can interrupt pet heal, if it doesn’t work and pet continues to heal there is a bug after patch.

its been like that for months already, at least since december

Curse. It makes any money making method actually playing the game obsolete unless you are lucky and get at least one precursor per week as a drop. It also makes all common items worthless unless anet adds specific recipes requirering insane amounts of it (eg. iron ore). Without a TP you would be able to sell those for quite a bit more (at the opportunity cost of selling it on chat)
But personally I also find selling stuff face to face more interesting than this anonymous TP.

SafiMoyo.5130:

Stability stomp and nobody can save that ranger.

did you even read? I was talking about downstate vs downstate, rangers are basically godmode in downstate vs downstate, heck even downstate vs 2x downstate is no problem for a ranger
I think the best would be to give every class the same downstate abilities or turn off downstate entirely in pvp, because the abilities are anything but balanced in the current state

When will this stupid ranger downstate heal finnaly get nerfed? I am tired of rangers getting a free win if both of you are downed. There seems to be litterally no way to outdamage the heal, and if you interrupt it the pet starts healing again shortly after.

Cheap strategy to boost their sales. Luckily I dont give a crap about gem store skins. Also lucky I am not trying to get a complete wardrobe or the costs would raise another few thousand golds soon.

I couldnt care less if they would make them unsalvageable.

I like OPs suggestion tbh.

Windu The Forbidden One.6045:

Persica.9728:

Fenar.4025:

They are getting ready to release GW2 in probably the largest market in the world. I am sure big stuff will be coming in time. Learn to be patient and life will be so much more enjoyable.

So im the only one that would like a, “state of the game” update? I find it humourous that some think im asking for this monumental thing, lol

In other mmos people have to wait 6 months to a year before new content is being released. Here people freak out when they go 2 weeks without new content/features.

possible because the content added to the game since release is abysmal, and no I dont count living story as content because it gets deleted after 2 weeks again

I honestly can only remember fractals, some JPs, southsun cove as content added since release

also I am still waiting for several things promised for last year already:
- new legendaries
- precursor hunts
- rebalance of WvW achievements
- 500 chief and 500 jeweler

Obtena.7952:

Malediktus.9250:

mtpelion.4562:

Malediktus.9250:

I agree, the TP is simply horrible and the people who defend it are just too lazy to earn gold the real way.
And Anet is too lazy to think of more imaginative ways to add gold sinks to the game than depending on TP moguls (15% taxes add up). The anti inflationary mechanism is anets main argument in favor of this TP crap.

Can you picture how remarkably stupid an MMO with no trading system would be?

Take the pictures of people with thousands of Bloodstone Dust that they can do nothing with and multiply that by several hundred thousand.

The TP is a tool that you can use to trade away the stuff you don’t want for the stuff you do want. It benefits all players of the game and the deflation is an added perk.

Face to face trading and mailing should be the only trading like in TESO. It is perfect there.

It might be perfect there but TESO isn’t GW2 so that should in no way make anyone think a TP-less GW2 would be perfect like TESO. That kind of logic is not logic at all.

Oh people want a TP in TESO too, just look at the forums there. But no true MMO should have a trading post which makes face to face trading obsolete. It takes a major element out of any good MMO. But just because people are lazy and want something, doesnt mean its a good thing to have. Because humanity is just lazy in general and shouldnt always get whats most convenient and effective for them.

Tri headed wurm is now impossible unless you have a guild which can create a private instance. Thanks anet
And Tequatl turned into a pain too

mtpelion.4562:

The beauty of buy to play as a model is that you can leave and return whenever you want.

Playing the game to “win” a precursor is going to leave you just as disappointed as if you went to Vegas and expected to leave a millionaire. If you adjust your expectations to be in line with reality, you’ll have a lot more fun.

You can return to any game whenever you want unless it has been shut down. In worst case it just costs a month of sub fee, but often those companies offer you a free month as an incentive for people to come back.

mtpelion.4562:

Malediktus.9250:

I agree, the TP is simply horrible and the people who defend it are just too lazy to earn gold the real way.
And Anet is too lazy to think of more imaginative ways to add gold sinks to the game than depending on TP moguls (15% taxes add up). The anti inflationary mechanism is anets main argument in favor of this TP crap.

Can you picture how remarkably stupid an MMO with no trading system would be?

Take the pictures of people with thousands of Bloodstone Dust that they can do nothing with and multiply that by several hundred thousand.

The TP is a tool that you can use to trade away the stuff you don’t want for the stuff you do want. It benefits all players of the game and the deflation is an added perk.

Face to face trading and mailing should be the only trading like in TESO. It is perfect there.

Really you compare real life sales to prestige/cosmetic items in a game?
Also there are reasons why you buy it when it comes out. With Anet you never know if you get another chance at buying it, they have very wierd ways of deciding what gets sold again and what not.
Whatever I am done spending money on this game once and for all.
[There are good reasons to have sales in real life: for example getting rid of outdated products or to beat the competition]

DiamondMeteor.8345:

Malediktus.9250:

Great another slap in the face for people who buy all the miniatures as they come out. I am never ever going to spend a single cent on gems again. I am fed up with anets business ethics.
I can only say: Games with monthly subcription ftw!

Except having miniatures isn’t required for your character to perform it’s day to day duties.

So no.

What else is there to do in GW2 than collecting cosmetic stuff? Look at the updates since release. Almost everything was temporary content since release or useless content where you have no reason to go back after you did it once (like the aetherblade JP in gendarran fields)
And anets puts 80-90% of the stuff worth having into the gem shop where you feel ripped off times after times again because of actions like this.

Great another slap in the face for people who buy all the miniatures as they come out. I am never ever going to spend a single cent on gems again. I am fed up with anets business ethics.
I can only say: Games with monthly subcription ftw!

Both phoenix and dragon finisher are very low quality compared to shark emote, let alone gemshop finishers. Anet never fails to disappoint me.
10€ Gem Shop content >> 1000h ingame playtime content
its sad

Smooth Penguin.5294:

Vlad Morbius.1759:

Travis the Terrible.4739:

Time to play the game

They’re making it harder and harder to make money outside of stupidly great RNG and spamming dungeon paths all day. The TP can be played on a lvl1 character where as speed clearing the dungeons more or less requires you to have a lvl80 in at least full exotics.

Actually, this is the most honest representation, and as many have said already there is something fundamentally wrong with a game design that uses their trade system as the best way to earn gold in the game.

In real life, if you had a choice to make a living between hard manual labor on a farm, or sitting behind a computer for a couple of hours. which would you choose?

Some people like manual labor. Some don’t like it, but do it because they have to earn money to eat.

Some people like making money trading stocks. Some people are really good at it.

Neither choice is bad. It’s up to you to do what you want to. But I wouldn’t blame you for being jealous of someone making large sums of money for little effort. Not everyone has the skills to do so.

Personally I view trading as an unethical way of making money (both in RL and ingame). The potential earnings are in no proportion to the money you can earn with real labor. Also trading provides zero aggregate value added. Its just a way for lazy people to make money.

Lol 400 gems for a mini which looks hardly different to existing cat minis. Is anet running out of ideas?
Too bad I had to buy it to keep my collection complete. Bought it with gold to gems thought.

male characters look much better, i hate skimpy armors and always wear helms

I dislike this suggestion. It would devalue those skins a lot. Its so easy to fill these reward tracks.

They will most likely add a reward track for it in pvp one day.

Yes, no progression in sPvP will kill it. They nerfed the rank points required for r80 way too much and Legendary Champion is r81? It used to be 2x r80. What a joke.

Wanze.8410:

No because lvl 80 zones wont be affected by the megaserver rollout until later this year.

later this year came quick. all zones are megaserver now

I would be upset if they would scale the effect down

BlackBeard.2873:

Are you just trying to play an fps denial spec by spamming out mad-king clones everywhere? That outfit in particular is very graphic intense.

maybe if you playing on a stoneage computer lol

… and its just the most expensive skin in the game being ruined

looks like this hasnt been fixed yet, does anet not want to sell any costumes to mesmers?

still happening with recent patch

Last time I checked my main had over 11.4k deaths

No nothing changed. Before ascended legendaries could neither change stats nor had better stats than legendaries. They were purely cosmetic before.

abomally.2694:

I just tried this and can’t duplicate the crash.

Of course, it doesn’t mean there isn’t some type of bug there.

Ok I did some more testing and it only happens if my language is set to german, if I set it to english it doesnt crash anymore.

Obtena.7952:

The problem was solved with Ascended weapon crafting IMO. Now no one can argue they NEED a legendary. It’s simply a cosmetic item that offers slightly more function because of it’s increased cost.

I dont see how. Before ascended legendaries hat equal stats to exotics. So ascended changed nothing.