Guild Wars 2

Got over half a dozen gold seller whispers today, reported them all.

I am in Europe and all the whispers were in the sPvP lobby.

Hope Anet can stomp those out, its fairly annoying.

As to why they are suddenly more active, probably because of MEGASERVERS.

Still early days since patch, I have only unlocked 2 of the new Grandmaster traits, 38 to go on my 8×80′s(I hate Orr…)…

Still my impressions so far:-

No. 1 Engineer.

2. Guardian.
3. Necro.
4. Warrior.
5. Ranger.
6. Thief.
7. Ele.

No. 8 and most useless class in spvp award now goes to Mesmers…

Thorn.7963:

I’m calmquitting until…

^
This is where I am.

There’s no rage involved but I think Anet are just saying to me, “we don’t want want you playing our game, you no longer fit the player demographic we Anet are aiming for, so stop taking up server space”. I say this because we are now a million miles away from how the game was at launch and in my eyes a lot of the changes are far the worse and seem to be getting increasingly bad, the more time that passes.

Until…I think GW2 is worth playing again…which could, kinda be never…don’t think even a new expansion could bring me back.

Btw…no you can’t have my equipment because that’s against Anets policy of making you grind your kitten off…

I have been playing GW2 since launch with just a few minor breaks, but although there is some good stuff in the new feature patch, there are also a lot of new obstacles to playing how you want to play. Also, its a sign of things to come…

No doubt there will be new traits, adept and master, also new untility and elite skills. But its hard to look forward to them now. They will cost a fortune to unlock across 8 characters or require you repeating the same thing 8 times in a row mindlessly. I dread what you will after do to unlock a new elite skill, probably need a successful 3 headed wurm kill or something similar.

I have always wanted a expansion with new character classes but would I be able to level that new character class to level 80 and unlock all the traits? It would be more expansive or take more time than levelling all my previous 8×80′s put together. So I no longer look forward to a expansion.

Finally, I can no longer do world bosses at times to suit myself, I would need to change my personal life to fit around GW2 to do them, no thanks, not going to happen!

So this feature patch looks like a good time to call it quits with GW2 and move onto something else and no you can’t have any of my equipment, because that would go against Anets policy of making you grind your kitten off…

Goodbye and thanks for all the fish…

There were a lot of really good alt friendly stuff in this patch:-

1) Wxp.
2) Wardrobe.
3) Dyes.
4) Ascended & Legendary items.

But they undermined it somewhat by requiring that the trait unlocks be soulbound…

I am lucky, I have 8×80′s, 1 of each class, so I only after unlock 40 grandmaster traits…I feel really, really sorry for new players who after unlock all traits well levelling. Starting from scratch and getting 8×80′s with fully unlocked traits is a awesome grind or a really expansive grind.

Unlocking the traits is not even fun thou, as well, I after complete the same temple event 8 times x3, open the same chest 8 times and kill the Karaka Queen 8 times, which I can only do twice a week if I am lucky due to the new timings.

So Anet gives with 1 hand and takes away with another, that’s probably why all the complaints.

A lot, of those changes have really come in for GW2 releasing in China/Asia, a lot of those players will not know any different (although with the power of the internet and modern communications, I wouldn’t bet on that, word has a habit of getting around), so not notice the increased grind.

The new trait unlocks are soulbound. So I already know it will cost me 120 gold + 800 skill points to unlock for my 8 characters.

Are the new runes, sigils and amulets account bound or or they soulbound too?

Basically, if they are account bound you after pay 31 gold. I have one of each class so if soulbound that’s 248 gold.

Big difference, so it would be good to know?

Acandis.3250:

After patch hits, take a sip (or a shot if you’re a man amongst men) for every dragon emote you see in the new megaserver.

Ok a shot it is…but my drink of choice is Vimto.

Does that make me a man or a mouse?

StinVec.3621:

Meglobob.8620:

12 hrs 18 mins into 15.4.14 here and no patch!

Not even any patch notes to QQ about and kick up a storm, that turns into a complete damp squib when we actually play it.

OMG! No drama…need drama, bored senseless at work…

Here you go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=316AzLYfAzw

Drama…argh…cheers, good to go for a few more hours, back to the grindstone…

There’s a new backpiece skin available for completing the new PvP track.

Also, there’s also the new MIstforged weapon skins, for every weapon in the game at the end of the WvW tournament.

When you got to 2/2 monthly achievements you got the normal monthly chest, I did, so did everyone else, you must of clicked on it without realising!

Really, Anet are letting you have 2 monthly chests instead of 1, so stop complaining and say thank you instead.

Everyone in GW2, take off all your clothes…its run around in underwear day!

Should do a special dance number…

I take it, you keep a special eye on your toons breasts…

12 hrs 18 mins into 15.4.14 here and no patch!

Not even any patch notes to QQ about and kick up a storm, that turns into a complete damp squib when we actually play it.

OMG! No drama…need drama, bored senseless at work…

Its been 15.4.15 for 6 hrs 26 mins here, why no patch? Epic fail…

Engineers are still going to be awesome.

Warriors, I think the sheer accumulation of nerfs, previous and in patch will take its toll but 2 sigils is a plus.

Thief, same as now really.

Ele, great for those who are already good with Ele but those who struggle will probably continue to do so.

Mesmer, could see real improvement with patch.

Guardian, a little stronger.

Rangers, a little stronger.

Necros, a little weaker.

2 real losers overall, Warrior/Necro. Small possibility of Ele being a big winner but we shall see, it might only benefit those who are already very good with Ele now.

Other classes its just very marginal changes, I think.

If the skins are no where on your account then they won’t be unlocked AFAIK. Everything in your pvp locker will be, plus everything on each individual character and in your storage spaces. You may after log in to each character individually thou…

Anything deleted/given away/no longer on your account won’t be unlocked.

Seras.5702:

I can’t see requiring any sort of complicated conversion. Should be pretty seamless.

Except for the bugs…this is GW2 and Anet…there’s always bugs…

I have worked out I should have 150+ charges and perhaps a few 100+ unidentified dyes with the new patch, so I can’t complain…

You will be able to earn additional charges from doing the tracks in spvp, not sure how many but if you complete the pvp track, the 8 dungeon tracks and 5 or 6 regional tracks its at least 50+.

Darnis.4056:

Wait.. so we should buy all the amulets/runes/sigils on each character now? :/ or will those become like obsolete amulets..

Those are still free, its just the new ones you after pay for…

I should imagine all there marketing/advertising is directed at China/Asia currently, with GW releasing there soon.

Not much point in pushing GW2 in EU/NA until something really big, like a new expansion on the way.

I think its certain both teams will have a thief.

Probably its certain both teams will have a guardian.

Its interesting how there’s loads of qq about other classes but both those classes are just accepted, ‘as the meta’ and all other classes revolve/play around them.

Are we just getting 1 pvp track, 1 dungeon track and 5 or 6 regional tracks tomoz? Then a new dungeon track every 2 weeks, upto a maxium of 8 dungeon tracks?

About 90, did pretty good really, started with 300+ when they announced glory removal 6 months ago. Would have got rid of them all but they just kept dropping, got 2 dropping sometimes from chests! Funny enough, a few of my characters still have the glory buff on them, even through there’s been no glory for ages now…lol.

Oh yeah, loads of mats that I can’t use for anything, no arcane dust…lol

Iason Evan.3806:

I need to see what the lesser trait changes and skill changes are first. No idea what looks good for the new GM traits until I see what it will work nicely with. Also, they have a major announcement tomorrow along with the patch. I am super hype for tomorrow.

What lesser trait changes? I thought only 40 new GM traits were being introduced, plus some balance nerfs to all 8 classes as usual…

Players will after fork out gold+skill points for new GM traits or get them for free doing certain PvE related stuff. Please Dulfy get the guide out fast to make it fairly painless.

The new amulets cost 10 gold to unlock.
New runes 5 gold.
New sigils 2 gold.

AFAIK you after pay gold to unlock those, no other way.

So pay 1st, create new builds 2nd.

I like EoTM map too, its a great PvE/WvW map.

However, as a WvW player I also really like the normal maps. The normal maps allow for better fights and I like the traditional Stonemist and keeps/towers/camps.

I played EoTM a lot when it first came out but not at all since, because you don’t score points for your server on that map, which puts me off and I always go to a points scoring map instead, especially with a tournament running.

I like EoTM as a one off map and works well to play when there are queues for WvW but I would not want all WvW to be like it.

Season 1 was just a prologue for EU/NA (lucky us) to keep us occupied until China/Asia jump aboard for season 2, the main event hopefully…

I bet after the patch tomoz they go back to full…or it could have something to do with the implementation of MEGASERVERS (by law this word has to be said in bold capitals).

2,000 gp ere we come…

Come on, you can do it!

Anet will help with stealth nerfs.

RusShiro.9241:

Do y’all think the map is bad, or do you just think its not a good map to have in solo que?

I like the map, but only to join on its own, when I have a build designed to knock other players off the edge of the map so I can laugh at them and shout noob as they plummet to there doom.

It should not be in soloq or teamq.

GW2 has been out nearly 2 yrs now, so 99% of the players have 80th lvl characters doing endgame stuff. So obviously its going to be empty well you lvl up.

However, MEGASERVERS will help bring more players together this Tuesday, 15.4.14, a new feature.

If you feel lonely now however, take a trip into World vs World to see crazy amounts of players. Its actually the fastest way to level you character as well. If that’s a bit too much for you, try Edge of the Mists map, this is technically WvW too but a lot easier. EoTM’s is like half WvW, half PvE and has permanent karma trains going on usually which will level you upto 80th lvl quicker than wondering around in PvE. You can still explore the PvE world at your leisure whenever you wish.

shadowpass.4236:

Meglobob.8620:

To the OP, about time you spvp folks had a dose of what we after go through in PvE/WvW.

You have had it far too easy for far too long, everything free and handed to you on a plate. Time to work for your goodies…

that’s the reason why its separate. haha

we do work for our stuff btw, we can only get stuff according to our rank which takes some time to get

I know you after work for ranks/skins, I play some spvp myself but a WvW or PvE player had to get there wallet out to buy gems for transmutation stones or spend several hundreds of hours farming to afford them in gold. Where in spvp, you change appearance on whim for free! That was completely unfair…so I am glad everyone across all parts of GW2 has the same system.

I suspect its coming either 29.4.14 or in one of the 2 updates in May…but I could be wrong…

DiogoSilva.7089:

Meglobob.8620:

To the OP, about time you spvp folks had a dose of what we after go through in PvE/WvW.

You have had it far too easy for far too long, everything free and handed to you on a plate. Time to work for your goodies…

If only we could get a dose of what you go through PvE/ WvW too, where mindless auto-attack zergs are massively rewarded above anything else.

Mindless skyhammer farming…

Put a team together on teamspeak and mindlessly farm team q with no chance 95% of the teams can get any where near you…

Mindlessly farm hotjoin, just joining winning team everytime…

Also, you will get to join some zergs soon in PvE, unlocking your 40 Grandmaster traits lol, unless you want to fork out the gold/skill point cost…

I think a lot of people hate Skyhammer…

What give you the clue? Surely not the 1,000,000+ threads saying, “We hate Skyhammer”?

Anets in game metrics tell them players love skyhammer!

To the OP, about time you spvp folks had a dose of what we after go through in PvE/WvW.

You have had it far too easy for far too long, everything free and handed to you on a plate. Time to work for your goodies…

Who can kill a thief?

If they are half decent only another thief who takes them by surprise or if they get surprised by a large group in WvW or by some nasty bosses/cluster AoE places in PvE.

That’s it really…

Warrior Greatsword Needs Buff

I agree 100%. It used to be a fantastic weapon, now its of limited use in WvW, mainly for the mobility and that’s it!

No one uses it in spvp and never has because its useless.

In PvE all the clever warriors have moved to different weapons which do far more damage.

Honestly, I think the only reason you see warriors with greatsword now are those with legendarys and just showing them off!

Really, it needs buffing, with the view to making it effective in sPvP mainly.

Jump into spvp (especially after the 15.4.14) and WvW.

See if you like a alternative form of playing, you get to be a full lvl 80 in spvp and WvW is probably the best way to lvl fast.

If you follow a good commander who knows what they are doing, plus have superior numbers, you can gain 2-5 lvls a hour.

Try Edge of the Mists if your server isn’t competitive in WvW, you can lvl just as fast on there.

Also, remember there is a WvW tournament going on at the moment with decent rewards, so well playing check the special achievements tabs, those may be something to aim for and easy to do, you still have 7 weeks!

Its a mistake on your part, human error…nothing can be done.

Other players have salvaged precursors, legendarys by mistake etc…

Just after suck it up…

Ncsoft

Its thanks to them GW2 exists.

GoodWithGravy.8019:

Wow, 8 months. Well necro’d.

Living story achievements appearing every 2 weeks, couldn’t change the values attached to already existing ones in 8 months.

What the, I don’t even…..

^^^

This.

Also, why was the original OP infracted? They did nothing wrong!

The titles in WvW need fixing so that they take a ‘mere’ 2 years to complete not 10-20 years after your dead and buried…

Zietlogik.6208:

HAMBOWS. i’ve had enough.
DECAP ENGI. i’ve had enough.
BUNKER GUARDIANS. i’ve had enough.
SPIRIT RANGERS. i’ve had enough.
PISTOL WHIP. i’ve had enough.
MINION MASTERS. i’ve had enough.
PU MES. i’ve had enough.
Ele….wait nm

So 7 out of the 8 character classes currently have a workable spvp build. Isn’t that balance?

Rather than nerf any of those builds on the 15.4.14, Anet should have concentrated on creating a decent build for the Ele and then trying to create an additional build for all 8 classes besides the ones above.

If Anet did this spvp would be more vibrant with more and more builds available to all classes.

Because they are of course nerfing on the 15.4.14, it would not surprise me at all, if rather than 7 viable builds you have now, you end up with fewer variety after the 15.4.14, with just 2-3 builds running around supreme. Basically going backwards…again…

Is PvP Too Complex to be an esport?

No, the opposite, its too simple, with very limited variety of builds, too few skills, very limited tactics and strategy. Also, what skills/builds exist get nerfed to be really boring, medicore. So it gets boring real fast, hence lack of interest. Also, visually its a mess, with screen obscured by special effects, so whoever can hit there buttons fastest wins, with some pure luck thrown in.

I would prefer expanding the TP, so GW2 is a complete free market.

So no more soulbound or account bound items in the game fullstop. Everything and I mean everything can be bought and sold on the trading post.

Im Mudbone.1437:

I’m all for removing the TP and letting us EARN our goods while PLAYING THE GAME, get rid of the gem store too.

You do realise your asking for GW2 to be shutdown don’t you, ie no more game fullstop…

All the best in your new job!

Good luck and try to have fun.

As a warrior, the only way I can deal with them is shoot them up from range outside the circle.

If they are dumb there come at me, if they are smart they stay in the circle scoring points. Eventually 30 secs or so later, I weaken said Engineer enough with my longbow, that I can use the stance that gives me 10 secs of condition immunity and finish Engineer in melee.

But by then the de-cap engineer has won because he/she kept the point capped for so long. So wins on points.

If I don’t use longbow to soften him up and just dive into melee, well its my warrior who ends up dead.

1,000,001 times this question has been asked…utter silence from Anet.

Really, take Skyhammer/Spirit Watch out of solo q.

Due to the mechanics of both those maps, should be listed on there own. So if you want to play skyhammer you can but are not forced too against your will.

I don’t understand those differences, especially in spvp.

The low health character classes don’t seem to receive any other benefit to offset there low base values. I have had all 8 classes at lvl 80 for ages. Ele in particular seem harshly treated, a lot being quick, easy free kills for the other classes.

Lord bannering, is the only way left in WvW of creating massive fights which last longer than a minute, so I want to keep Lord bannering as it is.

Why do you not like it, you can get 100’s+ bags and its awesome fun avoiding death in a closed space well slaughtering hundreds of other players…best fights ever.

Really who cares if you take the keep or they hold it? Its the massive fight it creates that’s the fun bit…

At least once every day to fight in WvW, gotta make sure my server rules supreme!