Guild Wars 2

Dodge, just find any enemy with a bow, you get 2-3 evades per dodge. Honestly, against Sons of Svanir firing bows I have completed my dodge daily in 30secs…

Bows are one of the slowest weapons in GW2 and the animation is easy to read…

Yes, I after agree the game is gorgeous.

Not many games where I stop to admire the breathtaking view…in fact only 1, Guild Wars 2.

The artists, graphics people in ANet deserve alot of praise.

My experience is other players are 99.99% helpful and friendly throughtout the game until you get to dungeon running…

When dungeon running around 10% of players are, ‘unpleasent people’ to put it mildly.

It might be the way dungeons are designed, to do speed runs, so those people just want there loot as fast as possible and are preapered to trample, insult and generally be nasty to anyone who they think is stopping them doing that.

Danikat.8537:

For me it’s as soon as you get out of the introduction instance and into the real world. But then I like quests and exploring..

^ This for me too.

I really enjoy going from 1-30 because its quick, constantly getting new skills, equipment and having to make decisions about your character.

31+ you have all your skills, including elite, so everything slows down with only traits to unlock.

80 level you only have half a dozen worthwhile options to do and the game becomes more and more boring until you go and play a different game entiely…

If by legitamate you mean other human players then NO.

9/10 of my rezzes are on NPC’s who don’t waypoint off…

I would NEVER complete my daily if it was only human players who qualified.

YES

If it means :-

More skills
More Traits

I don’t have enough or I am bored with the skills/traits available at the moment, not enough build diversity with the characters…

Rising Dusk.2408:

We already know what they are:

Monthly Dungeon Participation (3 tiers)
Monthly Event Participation (4 tiers)
Monthly Salvage Kit Usages (4 tiers)
Monthly Completionist: “You completed your daily category multiple times in a month”

(Source)

Oh, missed that, well that spoils this game.

On the plus side, I now know what to do to get my 10 laurels…

Lets see if anyone can get Febuarys monthly spot on :-

My ‘boring’ picks.

1) WvW kills.

2) Something Fractual related.

3) Something PvP related.

4) Event Participation.

My ‘radical’ picks

1) Kill 5 champions.

2) Post 10 positive comments on GW2 forum about the game.

3) Get Zone completion in Caledon Forest or if already completed do 10 events in Caledon Forest.

4) Complete 2 story modes of different dungeons.

5) Kill 100 risen.

Why is the Risen Priest of Balthazar & Obsidian Shards account bound?

I would like those objects to be sellable on the TP. Or alternatively, allow 4 of the same to be put into the mystic forge for a chance of something else.

Currently I have more than 1 Risen Priest of Balthazar mini and Obsidan Shards which are utterly useless to me.

I looked up the reciepes Obsidian Shards are part of and I am not at all interested in them.

Got my laurel!

Took me less time to do todays daily than the ‘old’ dailys.

I like the new system its better, offers more choice (or will do in the near’ish future) and you get more rewards, which you can choose from, not set in stone.

Really, whats not to like?

marianitten.1247:

Necromancer

• Fixed a bug that caused some minions to be overly aggressive.

I feel off my leather computer chair, laughing so hard at this…

Does anyone still use minions when they play a Necro?

I am immortal, I never die, I just have a brief period of being unconcious until I wake up at a waypoint minus some loose change…

No hardcore in this game…so no epitaph…

Good job too…since the average GW2 character ‘dies’ 3 times per hour…

Just done a dragon at 7am in Europe on a workday…

There were hordes of players…

Just need to know where to look, basically where all the best chance of loot is…

I am just as unlucky as you, no exotic drops at all.

500 hours of gameplay.

Only have got exotics from the Lost Shores event period.

Just buy/craft my exotics.

I see lots of people in game and in different zones (Seafarers Rest), since the end of wintersday event, I have given GW2 a rest, mainly to avoid burnout.

So at the moment I am a poster, rather than a player but when the next event happens I will be playing 2-8 hours a day until my next rest…the beauty of no subscription.

I think GW2 continues to be very popular but because its such a big game everyone has stuff in the game that they dislike, annoys them. The longer you play, the more the good stuff gets taken for granted and the bad really starts to get at you…

I definately love/hate GW2!

Anet lives in its own little bubble, like most software companies and politicans, haven’t got a clue what there players want.

Nerfing AoE, really, how many players want that? Like 0, zero, nought, no one…

Nerfing anything is a bad move you always upset a % of your player base…better to buff skills that are weak / not used instead. Makes people happy, rather than upset/annoyed.

Nerfings so…NEGATIVE!

Anet lives in its own little bubble, like most software companies and politicans, haven’t got a clue what there players want.

Nerfing AoE, really, how many players want that? Like 0, zero, nought, no one…

Nerfing anything is a bad move you always upset a % of your player base…better to buff skills that are weak / not used instead. Makes people happy, rather than upset/annoyed.

Nerfings so…NEGATIVE!

Anet lives in its own little bubble, like most software companies and politicans, haven’t got a clue what there players want.

Nerfing AoE, really, how many players want that? Like 0, zero, nought, no one…

Its the 3 weakest character classes, which are:-

1 Engineer
2 Nercro
3 Ranger

What do those 3 have in common?

They all have summons of one sort or another, Rangers (pets), Necro (minions) and Engineers (turrets). The summons however don’t make up for the individual loss of power in one form or another.

Basically, Anet just can’t do any class with summons, they fail every time.

The 2nd video is spot on…

Trash mobs motto, ‘none shall pass’ & ’we’ll be back (usually in a few seconds)’

Anchorwind.9016:

1) Would you prefer ascended gear to be the last tier implemented for the remainder of GW2?
2) Would you prefer ascended gear to be equal to exotic gear in all statistics except agony resistance?
3) Would you prefer the level cap to remain at 80 for the remainder of GW2?
4) Would you prefer if WvW was set up on an equal playing field similar to PvP?
5) Would you prefer if WvW / PvP / PvE had separate skill functionalities?
6) Would you prefer if Magic Find was removed from the game completely?
7) Would you prefer if Magic Find was divided equally amongst all party members?
8) Is GW2 too ‘Grindy?’
9) Does GW2 need less RNG?
10) Has the Trading Post [and all its users/farmers] positively impacted the economy?
11) Do you have as much faith [and/or enthusiasm] about the game [and/or company] as you did before launch?
12) Do you reasonably expect [many of] your primary concerns to be addressed in early 2013?

1)No
2)No
3)No
4)No
5)No
6)No
7)Yes
Yes
9)Yes
10)No
11)Yes
12)Yes

That’s why the human vs centaur war.

Humans wanted to use them as beasts of burden…they objected…

Has Guild Wars 2 become a grind?

Yes.

Daily’s are a grind (2, normal, pvp).

Monthly’s are a grind (2).

Fractals are a grind, repeat same content over and over again just to get to a higher level, forced to do it because it is only source of asended gear.

All dungeons are a grind, repeat same dungeons to collect different tokens, forced to do at least 2 dungeons over and over again, once for the stats you want and once for the look.

Legendary, grind, grind and grind abit more. People with legendarys make me laugh, just say no-lifers to me…

My grinding days are long gone, its a cheap, outdated game mechanic, lifes too short, I won’t be suckered in…

I have clocked 450 hours up, had alot of fun playing GW2 but now I will just play the new monthly events, probably any new future expansions (if they contain enough to interest me) and be happy with that.

I am on Seafarers Rest (EU) server, had this game since 1st day of retail release. Got 8 characters now and most have leveled in Queensdale, basically I have spent countless hours in Queensdale.

Never, not once have I ever had the Shadow Behemoth event.

This is totally ridiculous.

The event needs fixing, so it automatically triggers at least once every two hours.

Just so people can see it, enjoy the event…its just ridiculous that they can’t…

I have a love/hate relationship with GW2…lots to love…lots to annoy you…

There are actually too many good things about the game to list, but afew are :

No monthly subscription, buying gems is completely optional.

Down leveling, so all content continues to hold some interest.

A bueatiful world to explore.

More funny, interesting events than you can count.

Vistas, showing Tyria in all its splendour.

Jumping puzzles, even if they make me want to throw my computer through the window.

Getting to 80th level and getting all exotic gear is not a grind but fun progression.

Playing as a group is awesome, when you can find a group that is…

Monthly events.

Chains of 5+ dynamic events in a row…not enough of those.

WvW.

The character classes which work, are well thought out ie…Guardian, Thief, Mesmer, Elementalist and Warrior.

There be dragons…

100% agree with all the OP points.

It was easy with massive zergs.

Its really, really hard now with just 2-3 of you.

Lengthen the respawn rates, they respawn too quickly…its not fun!

Having read your post, nothing has really changed since you last played.

New content has been added but the games mechanics are still the same and probably always will be won’t they?

If you didn’t enjoy it before you won’t now. Just not your type of game. Write MMO’s put a line through it and remember never, ever to buy that type of game again.

There have been loads of those threads about the respawn rate being too high.

ArenaNet say whenever they look at the timers they are operating correctly at about a respawn rate of 120 seconds.

Yet the complaints continue…

My own experience is one of constantly being forced to kill the same enemies over and over and over again…just to get anywhere…

Ha ha you guys!

Exotics drop from champions…indeed…everyone who plays GW2 knows champions never drop any loot period…

You will be telling me that the moons made of cheese next or ArenaNet have fixed champions to 100% drop loot…you jokers you…ha ha…

Between 1 and 2.

It was a good event overall, quite enjoyable.

Got 3 free minis, loads of skins and some new reciepes.

Toyapocalpse and the musical keyboard were great fun.

It would have been perfect for me personally, if they had given players a incentive to do the Tixx’s dungeon more than once per city…

But overall good job ArenaNet.

Just adding to the love about the Norn areas. They are by far the best zones in the game. Frostgorge Sound and WvW is really my entire endgame because I find those two the most fun to play, personally. Sadly the best loot is elsewhere…in the most boring and repetitive areas…

Account wiping isn’t a punishment, its a let off, as there are plenty of ways in game to hide your gold.

But perm bans for a 1st offence is unfair too, everyone deserves a 2nd chance…

For 1st offence it should be a temporary month ban, so they miss completely one monthly event and the account is flagged for exploiting. In this case alot of the players would give the game up anyway and never come back. Well those who were sorry and like the game would get a 2nd chance.

For a 2nd offence, you would know if its a 2nd offence because there account would be flagged, then permanent ban.

Account wiping isn’t a punishment, its a let off, as there are plenty of ways in game to hide your gold.

But perm bans for a 1st offence is unfair too, everyone deserves a 2nd chance…

For 1st offence it should be a temporary month ban, so they miss completely one monthly event and the account is flagged for exploiting. In this case alot of the players would give the game up anyway and never come back. Well those who were sorry and like the game would get a 2nd chance.

For a 2nd offence, you would know if its a 2nd offence because there account would be flagged, then permanent ban.

Account wiping isn’t a punishment, its a let off, as there are plenty of ways in game to hide your gold.

But perm bans for a 1st offence is unfair too, everyone deserves a 2nd chance…

For 1st offence it should be a temporary month ban, so they miss completely one monthly event and the account is flagged for exploiting. In this case alot of the players would give the game up anyway and never come back. Well those who were sorry and like the game would get a 2nd chance.

For a 2nd offence, you would know if its a 2nd offence because there account would be flagged, then permanent ban.

I am on Seafarers Rest and I see loads of people around, loads more low levels as well since christmas…

Yes, please concentrate more on the world, each zone should have a big boss in it like the dragons (but not dragons…mostly), also look at the major events in the game already and change them so they spawn more often.

For example the swamp in Queensdale, why have it trigger so rarely? Its a waste, change it so it goes off hourly… Do this with all major events and add at least 1 major event to zones that currently have none.

To avoid farming make rewards lootable 1/day per account.

Die…alot…then give up and start lfg’ing for fractals/other dungeons…

The zergs passed through long, long ago…the risen didn’t stand a chance in those days but now they rule…

JaironKalach.4938:

Meglobob.8620:

The rumormill is that there WILL be a new expansion in 2013, due 3rd or 4th quarter and a expansion every year thereafter for at least 3-4 years…

I imagine that the rumormill has suggested this because this is the trending way that MMORPGs release expansions and not based off of any real data. Perhaps they’ll fall in line with that, but I’m not sure I buy it. They are still way too focused on significant regular monthly content updates.

ANet have different teams, each team works on different content.

Anet have already stated in at least one post that a small team has been working on a expansion since the day the game was released.

They have also said GW2 has a module design, so new content is relatively easy to bolt on. We have already seen this with the 3 monthly events so far.

The rumormill is that there WILL be a new expansion in 2013, due 3rd or 4th quarter and a expansion every year thereafter for at least 3-4 years…

I will buy any expansions that have more explorable free roaming open world areas, exactly like the areas you level 1 to 80 in. Also more stuff for WvW and PVP. At least 1 new character class.

I Won’t buy it if it is full of kitten dungeons, kitten fractuals, kitten sunshine cove and kitten Orr. If it is Anet can kitten, kitten off and I will spend my money with another software company on another game.

I do like GW2 and want a expansion to be good so I can buy it.

Survivor or Squishy Table

N ADPH L H
Guardian 9 0.92 0.3 1.77
Mesmer 7 0.94 0.24 2.48
Necro 9 1.01 0.3 2.14
Ranger 11 1.1 0.21 2.49
Warrior 9 1.39 0.49 2.71
Ele 9 1.45 0.42 2.63
Thief 10 1.5 0.53 2.98
Engineer 6 1.57 0.54 3.72

Sorry it isn’t aligned in rows!

N = Number of that class…ie 9 guardians

ADPH = Average Deaths Per Hour (lower means dies less often, 0.5 = die once every 2 gameplay hours)

L = Lowest DPH out of those submitted

H = Highest DPH out of those submitted

Final Note, the low numbers of each class do make this table fairly meaningless in reality. You would need at least a 1,000 enteries per class ie…8,000+ to make it a accurate and good guide to within 2-3% and no I am not going to do that!

Points of Interest

1. I collected data from 2 forums and by asking in game. The official forum post responses were noticeably lower then ingame responses. Often people actually playing the game had a DPH of above 1 to mid/high 2’s, well those hanging around the forums had 0.5 and lower usually. Make of that what you will!

2. Not very many of the Engineer class wondering around Tyria. Only class I shouted out for in ingame chat specifically and only got 6 responses.

Yep, the auto targeting system and trying to keep track of your cursor during combat sucks big time.

The number of rabbits, does, stags, mooses and other friendly creatures killed because of this is huge…

I hope you can live with yourself ANet, having all those poor defenseless creatures deaths on your conscience…

45g most at one time. Saved up to buy 3 new character slots. Took me about a month and I only did it then cause I found a Abyss dye which sold for 20g.

Had the game since 1st day of retail release and since then probably gone through 200g at the most.

Does everyone know that if you group up for anything PVE, dungeons, WvW, basically anything. You get alot better drops and far more quickly too?

Let’s discuss balance—what does it mean?

All character classes suck equally?

No one stands out?

Everyone is generic?

I think it was a mistake putting fractals in LA. There was alot of people in LA anyway, so with fractals you now always get put in overflow when visiting LA. Fractals would have been better placed in another major city or in a zone adjacent LA.

I would like to keep the drop rate the way it is but with a twist…players are rewarded for time played with a bonus drop.

So for example, every 50 hours played 1 guarenteed rare drop.

Every 100 hours played 1 guarenteed exotic.

Of course the drop may still be useless to you but it would offset the rng a bit and give players another goal/mile post etc…

The times are just for an example, they could be shorter or longer.

Need more engineers to post there stats!

Tyria seems to have a engineer shortage!

Hi guys, thanks for the posts everyone but some of you are not including your character class. It can only be included if you give deaths per hour for each of your individual character classes, thanks.

Just wondered the length and breadth of Tyria asking people for the deaths per hour…lol. Got some strange looks…some serious paronia…some wierd conversations…and a lot of helpful people…lol Was good fun, just walking the world talking to other players…

Anyway collected some more player data:-

Necros
Epsilon Aurigae 480d 225h 2.13
Saul Des Todes 21d 71h 0.3
Jonybat 687d 321h 2.14

Engineer
Jack Firefrenzy 149d 89h 1.67

Guardian
Phingle 235d 206h 1.14
Magicc Trixx 272d 178h 1.53
Nalynea 621d 571h 1.09
Temhalla 102d 160h 0.64

Warrior
Held 260d 246h1.06
Rev Soul 458d 552h 0.83

Thief
Ea Duskwood 767d 260h 2.95
Shneibel Eudiden 98d 118h 0.83

Mesmer
Swips 563d 227h 2.48

Ele
Ekkke 302d 125h 2.42

Just do this:-

Post your deaths per hour here.

To work out type /deaths and /age in chat. Then divide deaths by age, vola…deaths per hour (dph).

I want a number to 2 decimal places please. ‘Around about’ and ‘in dungeons’ ‘WvW’ etc doesn’t cut it…

Trust me…with a big enough sample size afk and anything else a character can do will even out on all classes.

Don’t worry about how much you die individually, it does not really matter…so long as your having fun.

I am interested in seeing how the 8 different classes fare vs each other. A survivor table. In order to take out individual skill, doing different parts of the game WvW, PvP, dungeons, fractuals and PvE, I will need lots and lots of data.

So post your deaths per hour here.

To work out type /deaths and /age in chat. Then divide deaths by age, vola…deaths per hour (dph).