Really, just level a crafting skill to 50 and get the monthly.
You are being silly missing out on 50s, 10 laurels, 10 karma jugs and 10 mystic coins just because you stubbornly refuse to do even the tinest bit of crafting…
Less then a hour and you would have your monthly…
You still wouldn’t be a crafter, cause 50 in a crafting skill is neither here or there. Also, it could well be in future monthlys so bite the bullet now and be sorted for the future…
I do completely agree with you, that it should move to 4/7 tasks to get your monthly. If there is 1 you can’t do, as of now your up a creek with out a paddle…
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Each of the starter zones, has what I call a nursery zone (lvl 1-6 quests/foes), its a good idea to do 2 of those nursery zones which will easily take you upto lvl 7-8 and you can then continue in relative comfort. I usually do the Wayfarer Hills/Queensdale ones which are the non-snow bit of Wayfarer Hills and the farms bit, straight across the bridge of Queensdale.
Also, stack vitality equipment, then power equipment on your character, this will stop you dieing if you fill all your equipment slots. Indeed doing this will enable you to kill foes upto 5 levels higher than yourself and level faster…
Also use food/spanner buffs, craft or buy dirt cheap off TP/vendors…
I am disappointed no (proper?) expansion is being planned…
I personally like a expansion every 12-18 months…
The ‘free’ stuff they added so far is, by and large very good(with the odd mistake in my opinion) but only in a proper paid for expansion will we see new complete detailed zones(the lost shores 80 zone isn’t the same quality of the other zones) and new character classes/races.
The most important thing for me is new content is at least equal in quality as the current content…
Guardian
Rally : Reset the elite cooldowns of all allies in 360 radius, does not effect rally. 120 sec cooldown.
The gear treadmill is in full force, now that ascended items are here, they have started to increase the difficulty of content slightly to negate the increased stats from ascended items so you return back to where you started…
Probably Guardian, they have alot of auto blocking (ageis), also alot of healing and protection of one sort or another.
I would have also said thief because they could stealth to safety but Anet nerfed that this month…
I after say, I would descibe Jan/Feb as average, medicore at best…Mar has alot to live upto…but it is FREE additional content so can we really complain that much?
I agree, would love to see new dances /emotes.
Put them on the gemstore to buy individually or in groups of 5. Anet would make more money doing this and its just pure fun.
I would buy new dances for my characters…
Well they certainly create alot of debate and forum activity…
I have been very, very impressed with how much free content has been added since release and very pleased with alot of it.
Halloweon, loved it 9.5/10
Lost Shores, good idea, badly implemented 4/10
Wintersday, enjoyed it alot 8/10
Living story Jan (+all the other bits like new dailys), I liked the patch, really love the laurels as a reward system 8/10
Living Story Feb (+other stuff), a very mixed bag, some really good stuff, better loot, bug fixes, improved the dailys, new map for PvP, a few WvW bits, some good profession adjustments but then they spoil it by creating a content wall, closed off content (you after join a big guild) with the guild missions, nerfs especially to stealth and turning AC dungeon from a pleasent, fun dungeon experience to don’t do AC anymore ever. 6/10
Edit…no idea why some of the stuff got underlined, probably another bug…lol
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I think whenever Anet put new content in, they assume everyone is lvl 80 and kitted out to the maxium and has the reactions of a olympic athlete.
In short they just cater for a elite few and alienate the vast majority of there customers.
New players especially they seem to forget about…after all won’t alot of new players need to run AC to kit themselves out in exotics…after being kicked, treated like rubbish by more experienced players and wiping for the 100th time is it any wonder why they quit the game or refuse to step a foot in a dungeon ever again?
The loot dropping now is how it should have dropped from the start of the game.
Anet had a huge thread investigating the loot drops and eventually found a error/bug that was causing low drop rates, which many thousands of players had been telling them about.
So don’t complain about drops now they are half decent please…
Thanks Anet for the March monthly, I will now get my 2nd monthly achievement award and I have had the game since release…would have liked to get the others but there was always something on the list that blocked me from doing it…
Also, can you please extend the pick your dailys, to pick your monthlys at some point in the future, a choce of 4/7 would be cool…
So far (still early days) I like…
The new dailys…whats not to like…Anet are giving CHOICE to the player over exactly what you want to do…the ability to choose your own path is good in any game. Also, it allows Anet to put 1 or 2 really hard dailys in for the players who want the challenge. I hope Anet does the same with monthlies in the future…
The new stuff to buy for laurels, although 50 ecto…might be abit over the top…just imagine what ascended weapons will cost at this rate…don’t put them beyond the reach of casual players who can only play 10 or so hours a week, mainly on there days off from work…
Bug fixes, quite alot, always good…
Necro love…
TP preview…
Errm…thats it so far…the rest I have not tried or I don’t like.
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I think GW2 is gorgeous, the graphics/artwork is outstanding.
Especially love the abstract painted look…
I never played GW1 (sadly), but I have read a lot of talk about it since playing GW2 and seen some vids.
I think the hero system sounds awesome and it would be great if it was added in a future expansion.
But, they will after improve the AI/pathing/durability of heros because all that sucks in GW2 at the moment, points to ranger pet, necros minions, any kind of summon and any npc who accompanies you…
The playerbase is NOT declining.
Anet have said the playerbase is growing at a steady pace and this has been the case since launch and I believe them, on the evidence if you go anywhere that is known to attract players there are hordes of them…
Favorite:
1) Frostgorge Sound
2) Wayfarer Hills
3) Sparkfly Fen
Least:
1) Cursed Shore
2) Malchor’s Leap
3) Straits Of Devastation
I wish there were more level 80 maps like Frostgorge Sound!
I won’t dispute any of your maths…
But
I have found if you stack first vitality and then power, at low levels 1-30, you virtually never die and can tackle foes upto 5 levels ahead of you pretty ok’ish.
I also think toughness is to be avoided at low levels because low level critters really don’t do that much damage, so reducing it isn’t so effective beyond your armour anyway. However, at higher levels like 80, toughness becomes ALOT more important unless you like spending your time downed or dead…
The jumping / maze puzzle one look scary, if its like the clocktower, I have no chance and won’t go near it but I will watch on youtube.
The bounty one looks awesome and can see loads of passerbys joining that…
Server: EU (Seafarer´s Rest)
Location: UK (Europe)
Build: 16732
Error Code: 42:1020:9001:4103
Oh sugar…need to do AC runs before they kitten, kitten, kitten, cat it up…
Yes, Europe, error 42…
I haven’t had that since the 1st week and no it isn’t anything to do with anyones firewall…wish they would change that message to something more appropriate like, ‘its a problem at our end’. Cause its ALWAYS a problem at there end…
Oh its a great game overall, I would give GW2, 9.5/10.
D3 on the other hand just 7/10, its not bad, its just not great.
Welcome to GW2!
Having said that the best classes in GW2 are ones without summons/pets, the classes that have them Ranger, Necro & Engineer are considered the weakest 3 classes by most for various reasons.
I played D3 as well and nothing in GW2 plays like a WD in D3 or Necromancer in D2.
Mesmer does however have illusions (up to 3) which are good and Mesmer is one of the more powerful classes to play, they also have alot of unique or nearly unique abilities. Perhaps might suit you?
Anet have stated, ‘repeatedly’ Legendaries will ALWAYS be the best (or equal) best items in the game and they will upgrade them should the need arise.
So Legendaries will never be devalued…
Well, I after say I am glad Anet took notice of what its players were saying about loot and tracked the issue down.
I might actually kill a champion now instead of just run/dodge/jump them…
Human Female Ranger & Necromancer & Thief
Norn Female Elementalist & Guardian
Charr Male Warrior
Asura Male Engineer
Sylvari Female Mesmer
I play all 8, 6 Female and 2 Male in total.
I really, really like the new dailies…far better than the old ones and it will be even better when you can choose 5 out of 7(or whatever) when the next patch comes out…
All the tasks in the dailies are easy…I just don’t understand comprehend how anyone can complain about the aquatic (my personal favourite, I NEVER die underwater, its easier than land combat) or dodge (have done it in less then 10secs loads of times), the longest to do is probably the gather really…
Also with the visiting laurel vendor its Anets way of making sure everyone knows about them and where they are, probably only in this months daily…
I bought around 300’ish low level items to salvage for my monthly. I was only paying 30-50c for them thou…
When its all worked through you can sometimes make money doing it or lose very little.
Use the free (karma) salvage kits.
I am getting a ascended ring personally…
Probably go for utility, probably the MF20%…
Careful, as far as I know only amulets have utility infusions, not rings.
Oh thanks for that…
Yes, rings only have defensive/offensive slots. Why no utility?
I would say GW2 rewards skillful play far, far more than alot of other games around now do…
Indeed some ‘casual’ players are put off GW2 because its too hard in places and there is no way of adjusting the difficulty to be challenging and not impossible to some people.
I am getting a ascended ring personally…
Probably go for utility, probably the MF20%…
Yes drop rates are very low in GW 2…
Drop rates are very low in ANY game released in 2012 that had some kind of CASH SHOP where you can buy gold with real money…
The lesson for the future 2013 onwards if a game has a cash shop in any form at all, drop rates are going to be abysmal…
Thats the way the games industry at the top end seems to be going…
There is very, very clearly a correlation between cash shops—→in game drops…
On the other side of the argument, however, having a cash shop to bring in additional revenue means more content and a bigger, growing game…
You pays your money, you takes your choice…
Frozen Maw…frozen..lol
Seafarers Rest, been that way for 3 days now…
Please don’t make us wait till the 26th Feb. for a fix, its a very popular event chain…
I used too upto 2 months ago but they are too valuble atm, instant sell via the TP now.
Yea, I am a fan of the downscaling system.
Best system I have seen so far that keeps the entire game interesting to some extent…
Yes, I would like more, longer, event chains.
6-12 events all chained, that tell a story along the way. Doesn’t after be a big, significant story, just a story, a good bit of comedy is good too…
Yes, I think they are only for lvl 80’s, Anet need to change this…
Had to give up on a dungeon run recently because we didn’t have enough dps to kill final boss, I was 80 and there was 1 other 80 then it was a 44 and 2×35′s. It was a AC exp dungeon path, can’t remember which one exactly…
I would like to see a simple icon, which comes on when your under the influence of DR too.
The DR should go away when you go to a different area of the zone or another zone/instance entirely but obviously come back if you return to the farming area in a certain time. Currently players have no way of knowing wether this is true or not.
Also, its players who let Anet know about, ‘bugs’ in the game, because this is a hidden/shadey game mechanic there is no way, we the players can tell if its bugged or not. We ,the players, already know that there have already been lots of bugs in the game which would still be bugged if the player base hadn’t actively created loads of threads to alert Anet to those bugs.
If Anet are concerned about players knowing the exact mechanics of DR, make those effects random by a certain time ie…6-18 hours or whatever…
Currently, any time a player gets bad drops they are going to blame DR, even when it might be just pure bad luck, then have a negative attitude to Anet/GW2.
I am not against DR to stop bots but give normal players the means of avoiding it/knowing about it…
A very simple solution, right click destroy…
No more problem…
Where are all the ponies?
Well in the UK, they are in all the burgers we are eating…ran out of cows or something…
Chances are if you have ever eaten processed meat in Europe you have eaten MR Edd or dobbin the pony…
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Hopefully…NEVER…
I love riding around on my broomstick.
Would like to see other mounts, which are Tyria themed and just cosmetic.
Can’t see the harm in it?!?
I am going to get two ascended rings (70 laurels) and a ascended amulet (30 lauerls), then the infusions for them…
I have 20 laurels banked atm…
Its going to take me 4-5 months…
I hope Anet don’t change whats on offer around before I get what I want…add stuff by all means…
I also hope Anet perhaps give us some laurels as a reward if we FULLY complete the 4 month living story…fingers crossed…
Completed your online survey but how do you view results so far?
^ The Maw is my personal fav. too.
Wayfarer hills is rich with events, from Maw to stormin the Sons of Svanir in the N of Wayfarer Hills. Thats a good event chain too, assaulting the towers.
In the Asura starting zone, there is a good chain around the electricity grid, rewards not as good as Wayfarer Hills thou…
Wait till 80 to do dungeons.
Go vitality then power (equipment + traits) for stats on any low level class.
Always use a apple/wrench icon.
You will not die (or hardly ever die) and kill everything faster and get more loot.
I actually have wanted options to hide all or select items from the upper right corner or even show daily and monthly at the same time for a while now. Hiding the UI map not that I’d often do so would be a nice option too.
Hide Story option
Hide Monthly
Hide Daily
Hide Dynamic Events
Hide Large Area Event/s
Hide World Events
Hide UI Map
^I agree with this, the right hand side of the screen is so cluttered now, I find it annoying.
I want to see the world of Tyria not text…
Also, I know you can remove everything from the screen but I need to see my cooldowns…