Hmm, funny thing about lowbies and n00bs is that we are all those things once, back when this game first started. The advantage of players today is that they have a mix of seasoned players to help the inexperienced learn, that is if they are willing to do so.
I’d love to see more dungeons and improvements to existing ones but sadly our game overlords have other priorities.
I find it amusing that if you don’t like content with good reasoning behind it because you see something that’s broken or unnecessary from your perspective you’re labeled a whiner. Did I label or attack a group of players for liking LS/LW? No I did not. I merely pointed out some of the flaws this game has added this year because it’s worth taking that into consideration. OP left the game for about a year, GW2 has only been out for 1 year and about 4 months maybe they had pressing personal issues to attend to, but my guess is they got bored with it or was turned off by the game for some reason. They just popped by to see how the game is doing to see if it’s worth their time to play again.
in my previous post I was drawing a comparison of how they handled the fractal weapon box which was poorly done (seriously who advertises an unavailable feature?) with how they are currently handling leader boards, also very poorly. That’s really about it.
I have another theory much like the Fractal weapon boxes that were advertised our Leader Board isn’t available yet because the required fractal level hasn’t been reached.
Source:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/No-fractal-skin-box-ever-dropped-Proof-API/3327283
Many of us also also feel that the dungeon subforum is off the radar so to speak, talking about fractals there would be appropriate but it’s more or less players helping players or players debating players.
It is not possible within the game to revisit or play or even see the majority of the old content missed.
I think South Sun was actually introduced in late 2012 so that one doesn’t count, that leaves the new Aether Path in Twilight Arbor. They removed an existing dungeon path and replaced it with a new path. The path is fun if you really enjoy running dungeons, the path is a nightmare if you do not play them at all. It is a challenge path.
They revamped fractals and gave us a lot of new bugs, er features I mean. Actually with fractals you can see segments of some of the temporary LS dungeons. However since you’ve missed out on the LS content you may not be able to distinguish the original fractals from newly added ones that came and went. There’s no context for returning or new players to distinguish or care about. Furthermore if you were never a fan of fractals none of this would even matter.
Kessex Hills got a make over, if I were Kessex I’d demand my money back. You can go see what’s left of it I do not think it has or will revert back to what it looked like a year ago, so that’s something …
New features
1) Zerg trains/champ farms. Go to Queensdale and ask where the zerg is and follow
2) the highest grade of gear is no longer orange, it’s pink. gathering is awesome
3) there’s a variety of new back items, oh you wasn’t there sorry =(
4) there’s a lot of new weapon skins, i hope you’re rich
5) As far as I know Scarlet is still alive, so you may or may not have the privilege of seeing her demise. If you don’t know who that is I’ll let the community fill in the blank but I will say this, your GW2 life is perfectly capable of going on without her presence.
I don’t do SPVP much so I can’t weigh in here
WvW
They drained the lakes and added control points, the server that holds these control points gets a bonus to stats at the player level. Thus giving the servers with the least amount of players a fighting chance so long as the larger populations don’t Zerg the control points because why would they? Also because WvW players felt left out they added some LS elements and Achievement Point opportunities to WvW. I’m sure they appreciated the new influx of new targets from the PVE Achievement Point hunters. Well they would have if the queues to get into WvW weren’t so long because there was a sudden influx of new players.
I think i’ve hit the major highlights of 2013, there was a story, but you can’t see it but don’t fret you weren’t missing much anyway. I may have missed something, other members of the community here can feel free to add some insight or counter points, i’ve said my piece.
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Oh I left out our dear zombie dragon Tequatl, it got a massive buff. It’s fun if you’re with an organized guild, otherwise well go see for yourself =D
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Happy that next patch is Jan 21: Why are we complaining?
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Not complaining at all, they can take as much time as need off from the LS/LW I can safely say that I wouldn’t miss it for at least 6 months if ever.
It’s the quality of the LS that’s the problem, not the quantity. And I don’t think there’s any indication that will improve.
Unfortunately the quantity is the cause of the lack of quality. It is my opinion that they need to either scale back their output or increase their staff.
They took the tower out? LOL I thought it was going to stick around until the anti toxin meter was full, i find it very convenient that the meter was filled up on a Monday night, you know the night before the day they post the next major patch.
was it all a sham? gosh we will never know.
It’s sad how our profession symbol is a shield and our shield skills are rather lackluster…
Long cool downs on both skills are my biggest gripe, unless its something specific I would take torch over shield, but I think focus is best.
There’s too much transient fluff and not enough substantial, permanent content.
Indeed temporary content makes temporary players.
“DO NOT TOUCH” pillars across Tyria … are immersion breaking, why isn’t the local wildlife going crazy or acting more aggressive? These things are making loud sounds and have lightning coming out of them.
Has anyone talked to an NPC that has acknowledged their existence?
The NPC point is valid. The widllife point is really not. Do all the wildlife freak out every time there is a construction site or manmade structure popping up somewhere? No. They generally just give it a wide berth until they’ve decided it’s not a danger.
but that’s his point, it is a danger, wild life would actually go scares and the place should have no wild life in a 4 meter radius or more.
Perhaps you’re right instead of being more aggressive they shouldn’t go near the towers. The wildlife seems to be oblivious to it either way. Sometimes it’s the little things that count.
The change to sword damage from 5% to 10%. I’ve seen a lot of talk that maybe it is not really needed. The fact was this was a lackluster trait and this is a lackluster change to it. I would love to do the right thing here and have a change that MH sword wants rather than just 5% more damage.
Thoughts?
Jon
the Guardian Community was waiting to hear back from you guys about 3 to 4 pages ago. Maybe get a dialogue of some kind going? Nothing was really changed that I see from over a month ago so I question the point of this and future threads like it.
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Players did not simply make assumptions, they were misled there is a difference. Anet said one thing and then did something different. This would be like advertising a red car for sale, but when you actually get to see the car it’s white with red pin striping.
It was put into writing that weapon kits would drop in higher level fractals, since we can only get to level 50 at this point because of a hard cap then this is the highest possible fractal. Therefore the weapon boxes should drop at 50 at the very least otherwise what is the point of advertising that feature if you cannot access it. Now that statement has been removed from the site because we live in the digital age.
Ah but it wasn’t planned to be available yet. Then don’t mention it, it’s a need to know basis.
It was a clerical error players weren’t supposed to see that part. This is why we have proof reading,
The right thing to do would be to allow access to the weapon boxes at Level 50 until the hard cap is adjusted. The wrong thing to do is pretty much everything they have done since this update came out, not say anything or offer any sort of apology, then try to cover it up and ignore your customers.
This is how it should have been handled.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Nerfed-Champ-Bags-Boxes/page/2#post3132609
I really don’t know why some posters do not want to receive answers. I mean, everybody knows that small minds cannot handle all the answers, but in this case we are not speaking about high philosophical questions. Everybody should be able to process the information coming from a dev answer.
So, to those people who say that we doesn’t deserve an answer (YES, I know this isn’t the wording you are using, but the concept is similar), care to elaborate why YOU don’t want US to get an answer, even a vague one, from ANet? Thank you.
PS: In case it wasn’t clear for some, you can count me on the ones who would really appreciate answers about ANYTHING that has been written during 2 weeks, because even if I really enjoyed most of the new contents, it is really mind blogging that not even a sibgle member of ANet staff has found the time to read at least the OP of a single thread in this section AND give an answer after the patch came out.
They and there is more than one that’s posted in the last hour or so are just grieving/trolling whatever, best to ignore them.
yeah we are in the eleventh hour time to start posting in the main Living World forum or some other forum, just not the Dungeon one they don’t go there either.
yeah, that was mentioned earlier, there was nothing wrong with the camera in that fight prepatch so why they broke it is beyond me. I suspect it was not intentional they were probably pressed for time and grabbed old code.
A little quality control would go so far for this game, but when you have stupid self imposed deadlines …
Wait for other MMOs to come out that can do what GW2 does but better, shouldn’t be hard to accomplish the bar is set rather low at this point.
1) Someone needs to be held accountable.
2) Simply saying it’s working as intended is not an apology, players were misled
3) Focus needs to shift from quantity of game updates to quality of game updates
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4) Quality control, quality control, quality control. This is supposed to be a high end game, yet it feels like a low budget title with all the bugs and poor communication the player base is subjected to.
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“DO NOT TOUCH” pillars across Tyria … are immersion breaking, why isn’t the local wildlife going crazy or acting more aggressive? These things are making loud sounds and have lightning coming out of them.
Has anyone talked to an NPC that has acknowledged their existence?
Let’s see, if LS were an expansion, would you pay for this particular expansion? Now I know LS isn’t done with it’s arc but let’s say it is an expansion just for the moment, and you’ve been able to play it up to this point because you logged in on a friend’s account who had already paid for the expansion. Given what you’ve seen so far would you go ahead and drop $40 to 60 to finish it up on your own account? Would you tell your other friends to buy this expansion because it’s a good value?
If this year’s worth of LW content was all boxed up and shipped to game stores around the world rather than being downloaded in increments, how do you think it would sell? Based on what you’ve seen so far, what would game critics and consumers say about it?
1k replies and almost 22k views and not a single comment or opinion from the devs. Are they still gathering feedback??…I feel really disappointed about this.
they are just riding out the clock.
This subforum and the Dungeon subform are like brothers.
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perhaps transplant the thread to the LW main forum and periodically bump for great justice?
They aren’t going to respond if they feel it can fall through the cracks.
This game had a lot of potential then came bi weekly updates, followed by Lollet now it’s just got mechanics buggy buggy mechanics.
So I hid in the dungeons of Tyria or found refuge in the Myst Wars, I then had to traverse Fractured time and space possibly stuck in other dimensions on a far away planet but even there this greedy weed stretched her roots reminding me every other week that something new that I couldn’t possibly care about was in the gem shop or that she had ushered in a new list of of to-dos that would keep me occupied because she heard that SOME of us were bored.
I do not like the bi weekly LW updates, I do not like Scarlet as she is the LS personified, empty shallow with little substance just a quick flicker for attention and then gone again. As far as content goes there is no dungeon team, there is no expansion team, only the LW teams. There isn’t an aspect of the game now save for SPVP that isn’t tainted by LW and Scarlet. As long as she is here we won’t have any new meaningful stories or places to explore because it’s far easier and profitable to rehash bi weekly than it is to wait a while for a chance to travel to far away lands like Elonia or Cantha.
I have ignored the last 2 updates completely, I just don’t care anymore, just let the timer run out and remove the tower from the game.
My sentiments exactly, if we all ignore it then LS will go away or at least turn into something worth while.
IT IS NOT OUR FAULT FOR NOT LIKING LIVING STORY
It’s ANet’s fault for not making the game the way the customers like it.Do not let any white knight tell you otherwise.
That said, I do really enjoy the game
I just do not like the fact LS has taken up the expansion.We could have had a Cantha or new map to explore by now… but nope we have rehash “Winter’s Day” content over 4 week “Tower” content.
This post is just ludicrous. Do you know why? Because every customer has a different opinion and perspective on how they think/feel the game should be.
Personally, I like the LS updates and since I never played GW1 I could care less about Cantha. It’s good that you enjoy the game, but to say that it’s ANETs fault because some, if not a lot, of people don’t like the LS. They are trying. It just seems with this community they can never win.
I think Soulstar is saying they would like some nice quality updates instead of a rehash every two weeks. Or an expansion, I can agree with that, I want something worth while and the only thing worth my while is a true expansion.
I see bugs with every new release, instead of fixes so quality is almost completely out the window. With that in mind, all this temporary content will only make temporary players.
Good article, really drives home what’s wrong with GW2 at this time. Who ever is in charge needs to take a long hard look at this and reevaluate the current game model.
… oh wait the money keeps coming in, carry on.
As long as this set up is turning a profit things won’t change and that pretty much means no real expansions. The model doesn’t care if you’re a loyal player either, sure people will get bored and find a new game but as long as there is a fresh stock of new players it won’t matter.
Things will change when a new MMO comes out that does what they are doing now but better, and what they are doing right now can be copied by a competitor. If nothing set them apart the temporary players made by temporary content will become fickle and move on and the loyal players will be too disappointed to care.
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That’s sort of a reasonable band-aid for a bad game set up I suppose. It would be nice if the real problem was addressed though.
In the mean time the only other thing I can think to do would be that either you start the instance yourself or have a trusted friend start it, I never let a pug start an instance if I can help it.
I have to agree i’m up to my eyeballs in bloodstone dust and ephemeral fragments but I’m always scrounging for dragonite ore
How does something challenging stop people from experiencing it? I thought it just makes it harder to complete.
That’s probably why every single update we receive more auto-attack content is introduced, so that everyone can experience that wonderful content that they would not be able to experience otherwise.
If something is challenging enough people won’t be able to get past the first parts of it, thus won’t be able to experience the whole thing.
If you choose to simply run stuff in a massive blob then yes it will probably be seen as “auto-attack content”, if you do however try to do stuff in smaller more organized groups you will see quite fast that it is not the case.
Good luck getting up the top of the Tower with everyone simply auto-attacking.
Good luck defeating Tequatl with everyone just auto-attacking.
Good luck clearing Temple of Grenth and Baltazhar with everyone just auto-attacking.There are stuff in the game that is more than just spam auto-attack, but people do seem to ignore that and just join the big blobs simply because that is more rewarding.
I know its hard but you have to fight the urge to acknowledge this guy, seriously, look at their history.
Getting back on topic what’s the point of blocks and dodges if you can’t block or dodge things like scripted agony? When ever i get hit by it with no means of escape it feels cheap because its completely unavoidable. A good game will always have more than one way to deal with a problem.
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they are piling up in my bank too, i don’t want to get rid of them because i when i do the next patch to be released will let you salvage or sell them on the TP. would be awesome if we could trade them in for a fractal weapon skin but I know that’s asking for waaaay too much.
The real issue at the heart of all of this is that their priorities are completely backwards, they are more interested in pumping out a high quantity of content than high quality content. It’s been this way for almost a year now. Of course this was brought up in the collaborative development thread, this update is just more to the contrary of what their response was, which was basically along the lines of “We think everything’s fine but if things go bad we will adjust”
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Collaborative-Development-Topic-Living-World/3204169
It is my opinion that we are getting close to that stage, either that or the quality bar needs to be raised.
I have one, why do we lose our sigil stacks when we move from one fractal to the next? Did I miss something?
Before the patch they carried over.
Well with the Dec 10 patch just a few days away this might explain why, they have all those balances to add in after all. But they could at least acknowledge that there are some concerns at this point.
The question is: do you care about your customers being dissatisfied or not?
Sadly, I think the majority of players who ran fractals frequently before the patch, and probably those that will run it after the AP window has expired are not what NC Soft considers to be customers. Unless of course this particular player group hits up the gem shop more often than I am aware of.
saw the armors, lazy, greedy and fire to top it off, this has to be a new low. My constructive criticism is to delete and try again, from scratch
Players demand better products for your game, not reskins of existing armors for 800 gems!
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Players that don’t read the LFG message, and ask what path our group is doing and then asks to do a different path instead. (this usually gets them kicked)
Players that don’t say hello (or use some other kind of greeting) when they are greeted by my party upon joining, it won’t result in a kick but it is Strike 1
Good guide, glad it was stickied
I would like to see some changes for the Shield if nothing else reduce the cool downs. I really think that the mechanics for Protector’s Strike should be on the shield and that the mechanics for Shield of Judgment should be on the mace. It doesn’t have to be a direct swap but being able to block at least one attack with the shield would be nice.
Perhaps a block and a push back such as Counterattack, Ranger GS #4 could also work.
I think it’s funny that the warrior and engi shield skills are better than guardian shield skills and we have a shield for our profession symbol. I would like to see more Guardians running around with Shields personally but everyone has their own tastes.
Cleansing Flame should cause burning, even if it’s only the last tick of damage
Being able to move when doing Zealot’s Defense would be nice.
As for traits buffing Radiance X from 5% to 10% is nice. I think the minor traits in Radiance are some of the most desirable traits Guardians have while a lot of the major traits are lackluster but there are a couple of good ones in there. Blinding Exposure for example is great, while Inner Fire is very situational and it only grants one boon. The Trait A Fire Inside doesn’t seem like it belongs in Radiance but rather Zeal. Right-Hand Strength is just golden. I think the typical Radiance user will either go II or VI, then X, and then XI. The remaining traits are very situational or lackluster, unless a player wants to use a signet build.
Since Radiance grants condition damage and precision, i think we need some kind of extra on critical hit x condition happens there. Necro, Engi and War can get extra bleeds from crits for example. While it doesn’t have to be bleeds and I think we have enough burning it could be some kind of new Adept Major trait perhaps.
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I thought that’s what the instant trait reset in the gem shop was for.
As long as they know what they are doing I don’t care what they run.
I run a Guard so i’ll worry about the projectiles and stability.
I’ve found my long lost twin! Same goes for me. Know what you’re doing and I don’t care what you’re running, every class has a use in FotM. I don’t play high level FotMs but low level (10-19) volcanic fotm is probably my favorite so far. All my reflects keep the slimes dead (group ’em up and throw down a wall of reflection) and then melee the boss.
My experience was this; I had a guildie who used to play frequently and mained a theif. He was not the best thief ever, in fact he was probably terrible. Because of him I thought bringing a thief into fractals was a bad idea. Well months later my group pugged a thief, who had obviously played a lot of fractals. This player was impressive they used their utilities in creative ways and it drastically changed my perception of thief in fractals. It made me realize that its not the class it’s the player and it’s not the player’s fault if they are willing to learn from their mistakes.
The only thing you don’t want in your group is bads, those that don’t learn and repeat their same mistakes or won’t make a real effort to help the team succeed.
And momentous high five to my Guardian brethren may your walls protect your allies and smite your enemies.
Praise the Sun!
A little critique for you my fellow human being on the other side of the planet. Your last sentence is a jab which is something you don’t want to do when asking for help.
I’m one of those ‘muricans and I even find that joke funny and use it when I refer to myself. Unfortunately you have a serious matter on your hands and I was with you as I read through the post; I think that all players deserve the same answers, we the English using community get in their respective native languages. You shouldn’t need to come the English forum and ask for this kind of assistance. So by all means ask for help but if you want to be taken seriously then leave the jokes behind.
As long as they know what they are doing I don’t care what they run.
I run a Guard so i’ll worry about the projectiles and stability.
I never knew. the only time i ever really used them was in the dredge fractal but still that’s just funny.
I like that I’m seeing some new cinemas cropping up in the game, this sort of thing can make all aspects, Dungeons, Fractals, PVE, LS and so on a lot better. You can cram a lot of useful info into just a few seconds with this kind of thing.
umm … I have wall of reflection slotted?
pleasant thread, cynical brain… can’t comprehend
people who transmuted their legendarys got off the hook when ascended weapons came out …
I just infused mine last week because I was finally able to get a solid group together to push into the 30s
So yeah if I could have my ectos back, that would be great.