Guild Wars 2

I agree. I love the masks and I loved the armors just added. And all just buyable. This is great! I have a ton of friends running around with them and I`ll buy one or two once I finished moving. Two thumbs up for letting people have what they want. I like!

I agree. I was very enchanted with the idea of Living World at the start. But over the time, it is quite exhausting. There are days when I’m so busy, I can`t even log in to finish the dailies. Now missing the Living World comes on top. It should be an incentive to play, but through the arbitrary time limitation it feels more like punishment for not playing. I bought this game because no fees mean I don`t get punished for not playing and can spend money on it whenever I please. But now larger and larger parts of the game are temporary and poke me towards completion as soon as possible instead of when I`m ready. The achievement rewards actually made that feeling much worse, since LS rewards a lot of AP. Loosing the mini isn’t that bad, but being denied the possibility of ever getting these massive amount of AP ever again kind of hurts now. It makes taking a break much harder than it should be.

I also feel that often the time limitation is arbitrary and unnecessary. The removed dungeons were popular and a great addition to the existing ones, why remove them? The new Crown Pavillion activities will vanish because….? I don`t even like most of the minigames but I still can`t see a reason to remove them. I agree with Shiren: open world content changing up sometimes is fun. But removing instances is just… not necessary. It feels like a waste of good design: Here you have an awesome dungeon designed by people that put their heart in it…. aaaand it’s gone.

Another bad side effect is that it drains the population from the rest of the game. Instead of spreading people out by giving more opportunities, people will flock to LS events because they have to hurry to complete them asap. It’s very similar to the starting areas being overrun in rotation due to the daily events.

Getting new content every two weeks sounds awesome. But by now I realise it comes with the rather large cost of loosing content every two weeks. And that is something I could go without. I strongly suggest to use positive reinforcements to get people to play (new content/ new rewards) not negative reinforcement (taking away content if not played in time).

That is Korean, not chinese. Funny bug though. =)

Aliron.9165:

I already posted this in another thread, but felt it’s pertinent here.

Have two diff types of instances, one where you have to wait in line because you want to watch the fights in front of yours, and another where it’s solitary.

That would be the optimal solution. I fully agree. Since you need the NPCs outside the arena, there would still be a save spot for watchers. And they could even get closer, right now you can barely see anything, not even life bars.

First, this is single player content so it is designed to be done alone. Second I’m not doing ANYTHING which was the whole point. I’m just standing there. And other players watching me just to pray I die as fast as possible so they don’t need to wait any longer. How is that playing together? How is that anything other than anoing? Either have me wait while knowing when I need to react or not have the boring waiting part at all. It isn`t necessary. Also not in an MMO.

Right now, playing Queens Gauntlet is not fun. I am not speaking about the insane challenge, just about the way how you get to the fight in the first place.
Right now, 90% of the time you are just waiting. Even with just 2 other players, you barely play, you just wait to play. And you can`t do anything while waiting because you will get no indication of transportation. Only a barely noticable chatline a mere second in advance. You spend minute after minute with your eyes glued just to the chat window. This is NOT fun gameplay. This isn`t even gameplay. When waiting for dragon spawns at least I can read a book. There are audible indicators of any events. Here, I have the option to be either bored or instantly downed. That doesn’t have a lot of incentive to make me even want to try. I want to play and challenge myself, not watch the chat.
Here is how it should work:
Make it an instance for every single player, have the NPCs inside. Once I sign up, transport me forward inside the arena. No waiting, no boring.

Bonus: The announcer needs to shut up!

There are custom arenas for 1v1 duelling. PvP has access to all builds and armour. What else do you want?

Time loop or Moa. Never seen any Sylvari use the wolf.

First is easy soloable, second is soloable, easy when 2 people. Do you need tier 3 and 4? Almost solod Tier 3, but went down with 30 seconds to go. Since I`m not that good, T3 should be soloable by better players as well.
I don`t recommend tanky builds, as they don`t bring enough damage to kill the looters quickly enough. I found very mobile characters to play nicely there.

The WvW JP you need for the Bazaar is the Obsidian Sanctum. The Entry lies on the Eternal Battlegrounds and can be accessed through any of the 3 keeps (preferably your own for obvious reasons). Run around on the outer wall of the keep until you see a staircase leading downwards into the earth (to the infamous water gate). You will find a blue shimmering door, the Mystic Portal. Go through and you will find the Obsidian Sanctum. And there you will see that finding the entrance was the really really easy part =D

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/players/Need-help-w-Explorer-Achieves-GW2-Wiki/first#post2426162
Nothing to do but recheck all maps on the wiki per hand and compare with yours which are open.

Naa, either it will be useful, then it will be a random feature everyone just does for the boni, or it will be entirely pointless, in which case you can already just roleplay a wedding.
There is no real way to pull this off with any kind of meaning or offending anyone in the process. Better to just leave it out.

Nope, you can`t transmute it. It was possible for a while, but since these skins are not made to fit other race models, this ended in bugs varying from hilarious to horrible. To my knowledge, this transmuting loophole has been fixed for cultural armour. Even if it isn’t, I wouldn`t recommend it as it could backfire.

I’ll check when a friend with a hunter is online.
Will report my findings.
I do feel that especially the kittens are really small. The fat cat is definitely bigger.

Still love the tonic though. The duration needs to increase.

[edit] Took forever to get the tiger. I can condirm the weird blinking bug. Looks creepy. He only blinks with the outer part of his eyelids.

The achievement corresponds to areas that you discover when the blurred map parts are filled in, you get a yellow indicator text on your screen when that happens. There are many areas that do not include POIs or the like, which you need for world completion, it`s a different achievement. Often these things are JPs or minidungeons, sometimes they are just empty.
I did it yesterday, so it is most definitely not bugged!
I suggest opening up the shiverpeaks maps in the wiki. They have the explorable areas outlined. Then check against your own opened map which area is missing.
The achievement is accountwide, so it doesn`t matter with which character you do any part.

The new armor skins happened. One of the most favourite are the white glowing gloves. People want white dyes to match them. Since most people do not watch market progression, they don’t know that prices spiked and keep buying. That`s all. They will fall again when it levels out.

My party the other day arrived at the seals with all 8 chanters already present instead of 2. That’s not high difficulty, that is definitely a bug.

I have 100% of the hints and am stuck at 82/83
The last hint was the engineer kits. Made my engineer (last missing class in my full set).
Hint popped up, hints show 100%, achievement stuck at 82/83.
I have the typical culprits of full mailbox and finishing. The achievement just doesn`t update.

Hm, I think the explorer achs get filled when one of the blurred parts of the map gets discovered. So also parts count towards that, which do not contain POIs or the like. There are some JP locations that count towards it, but you only need to discover, not finish them.

Oh….OH… I also assumed they aren’t lootable. I was never able to interact with even one of them o.O
Or do they mean the achievement points you get by discovering them?

That is really cool! Well done!
I’m pretty sure they put it in for some people to be awesome, like you!

Guys, is it possible, that a few glitches (not lag) are account specific? Because I have friends that say they never experience certain bugs that I see at every run, while i watch people being affected by the same issues during races. For example rubberbanding or the lightning breaking of halfway through. Does anyone have insight? It doesn`t seem logical…

I agree. I’ve had a friend pulling a molten ticket when they were available. He didn’t like the skins. Got a staff still, because nothing else to do with it. Other people would love some of the skins. Even if they are not sellable, just giftable one time would probably make a lot of people happy. I’d love to gift a Jade weapon ticket to a dear friend of mine who was extremely unlucky.

Maybe pimp out your bankchar ^_~

I feel your pain. The skills are glitchy even without lags. In all my runs I had only a single one without any bugs. I can only imagine what it must be like to add lag-glitches on top of that brrr
I enjoyed SAB very much, but this minigame runs under ‘meh’ at the best of times.
Bonus points for Beedog in the vid

Craptrain.7203:

I’m not sure if this is supposed to answer my question or not. Are you saying that someone who kills you because you’re on the opposing side is somehow a ‘griefer’? Am I understanding you correctly?

Listen, I’m not a fan of WvW at all, but I really can’t really buy the argument that killing opposing players is somehow a community problem, trolling, or griefing. However, if your point is that WvW maps shouldn’t count towards world completion, I agree with you.

They aren’t killing me because I’m on the other team. If 5 people chase me alone across half the map just because I’m trying to reach a Vista (and yes that happend), they are not skilled, they are not adding anything to the game, they just want me dead because I am an easy target because they are more. As generalraccoon said before me, I have nothing against being bested by better players, but these incidents have nothing to do with being skilled, they don’t even add to WvW. In the full five minutes they chased me (bonus: I got away in the end) they could have tapped several camps or done virtually anything but annoy a single player not even interested in the encounter in the first place. Looking closely at it, it’s even more of a waste to their server than to me. I completed the WvW map, I have no intention of feeding the trolls any more. I even avoid PvP minigames. Anything with PvP attached to it somehow attracts trolls. It’s just not worth it. Just run mindless with a zerg, no thank you.

You can’t tell me that it helps the server in any way if you have a group 5+ farming minchars that are trying to get the map completion. You can’t tell me it’s a display of superior skill to camp with 10+ guys the spawn/arena in the JP so no one can finish. The only halfway pleasant WvW experience I ever had was in groups larger than 5, when the Trollzergs can`t just steamroll you and actual play is possible. And no, they don’t do anything, they camp your single corpse forever so they can predict your respawn. And no, that was not a single incident. It is the norm. But the JP I don’t want to do in a zerg, so I keep away from the entire content alltogether. That is why most people hate the wvw maps being a part of world completion. Because it is filled to the brim with people looking just for easy targets instead of serious challenge. Taking up server space from people who would actually enjoy the content.

Visit Willy Wonkas factory? =p

Get rid of griefers, trolls. Somehow I always have the feeling this is the majority of PvP players. This includes minigames and WvW. Yes, there are nice people in WvW but they are far and few in between. In PvE I can avoid and block nasty people, PvP specifically awards people griefing. As it is, I’d rather gnaw off my arm than subject myself to useless anger.

Is there yet a list of all the bugs in this minigame? Probably useless as it will go away before bugs are adressed. But it’s quite annoying, I may have finished maximum one round without encountering various glitches. The waiting game at the end just adds another level of annoyance.

With other words all that PvP stuff is completely useless and I can destroy it without afterthoughts. Thanks for clearing that up. Although I would prefer rewards that are actually beneficial, at least they don’t junk up my inventory. So destruction it is.

CryxTryx.9208:

Meluna.1764:

I dislike only the glitchiness it comes with. Loosing the lead because of lack of skill is my fault. Loosing lead because the game spazzes out on me is just annoying. I usually can’t do more than 3-4 runs before I just rage quit.

I agree that some of the glitches or rubberbanding can be annoying, but the good thing is there is no difference in rewards from what place you get in the race. As long as you finish the reward is the same.

It is nice to place high or even come in first, but at least if something happends that you don’t it isn’t a waste of time, the reward is the same.

It’s still very annoying and makes me loose by random. Are the rewards really the same? What about those messages at the end top player at checkpoint and top player? do they amount to anything or are they just mocking me.
Bonus: I’ve been first two times now, never got the achievement. I’m loosing my will to participate in this mess. Another quit for the day after just two runs. Meh!

I dislike only the glitchiness it comes with. Loosing the lead because of lack of skill is my fault. Loosing lead because the game spazzes out on me is just annoying. I usually can’t do more than 3-4 runs before I just rage quit.

The personal story step Trouble at the roots (26) where I want to cheat Waine with the OoW story out of Caledbolg currently stalls and is uncompletable. At Waines second fight, the Charr he’s supposed to fight does not enter the arena and Elli doesn’t start commenting. It has been like this for weeks, which is a shame since I really like this story step. It’s very funny and I’ve completed it before with other chars. A friend of mine is stuck at the same story part, so it is not an individual problem. Could someone get the scared kitty back into the fighting arena?

Jabos.3491:

1. Why is the background blue? The background on the other two infinite gathering tools is red but then comes the axe and ruins everything by being blue.

Gah! Can’t unsee!
Why would you point this out? That is just cruel q____q

BladeMate.3517:

I am 30+ person with 3 languages and high education. 7+ years experience in Lineage 2 and GW 2 and …. failed to understand word Unique.

I know that feeling. I have a University degree and regularely fail to navigate public transport in unfamiliar cities XD

But as I said, now you know what to pay attention to, and knowing is half the battle ^_~

Just as tip for the future, so that it doesn’t happen to you with other items:
That is what the moniker ‘unique’ means. (Also on the Polly puppet) You can only equip one of these items at a time. Watch out for this and you should be fine =)

Thank you for clearing that up, just wanted to get a few standard informations, as support can then help you more easily. =)
And yes, I agree you fulfilled the requirements for the achievement and should have gotten it. That’s odd, really hope it will be resolved for you.

Just asking for a quick clarification on some details that might help identifying the problem: Were you present through the whole fireworks? Particularely the end sequence. The achievement description seems to be rather specifically pointed to that. Also, where were you standing in LA? At the central plaza with the holograph?

Did someone else notice that the Character selection music kind of sounds like “In the Navy”? Just the style of the Remix. Makes me giggle every time XD

It is build into the ring by default since you can’t add gemstones due to the infusion slot =)

Hm, you make a few good points. i agree with you in many aspects. I love how much focus is set on cooperation and how you are rewarded. People waiting for others at the nodes (and thereby actively working against the node stealing design) are the living proof that the basics that the game has taught us are really working. It is so refreshing to see people helping each other and yes, you are completely right, this needs to go much further.
Your proposal…. I kind of like it. as long as the mass of leechers stays under a critical value (there are always leechers), it could really add another positive flavor. The question is just how to limit it correctly. Have the corpses there only for a short time before they disappear, have loot sharing only within the group.
The most important thing is, and that has been noted before several times, that damage as single participating criteria needs to leave. Collaboration needs to be rewarded. Here are my thoughts:
- healing and rezzing need to count as participation! It’s such a wonderful gaming mechanism, this needs to be rewarded more.
- getting aggro for a specific time needs to be rewarded. Some people have amazing kiting skills that make certain fights much easier. Even if they did 0 damage, the kiter is a central point that protects his fellow players and they need to be acknowledged as parts of the fight.

As stated I should be really happy to see other people. This game has made great steps in that direction, don’t be afraid to walk further. =)

Can drop ten from every mob for a year, so? You are missing the point, it has nothing to do with impatience. The skins are still not reliably accessable. The point is that it has been handled better already and there is little reason to change to a worse system. It is intentionally frustrating design which is what ticks people off. The aweful return rates are just the icing on the cake, they are not the core problem here.

On the map screen, do you see the little eye in the down left corner?
Could you check whether all boxes are activated in that menu?
If lucky, you just deactivated everything by accident and can just reenable the icons.
I hope that helps you =)

The funny thing is: there will always people like this. Guildie had a fused weapon ticket but disliked the look of the fused weapons.
So since the tickets aren’t tradable, you have people who want tickets but can’t get them and people who have tickets and don’t want them. I really wish they were tradable =/

There are sometimes little moments that make you unexpectedly go “Woah!”. It might be discovering a stunning location, winning an improbable fight, meeting great people, dropping something amazing that you desperately wanted. Sometimes it’s little things, sometimes it’s a combination of unlikely events.

This thread here is for you to reminice about these spontaneous moments of awesome that come out of nowhere and can make your day. Share them and maybe you’ll make someone smile =)

A few days ago I was running around Caledon Forest and found the Krait witch active. Called out im map chat, but it wasn’t a busy time so only two other people came. Many of you know how hard this boss is, especially for a starting area, she hits insanely hard and can easily whoop your sorry behind even in full exotic gear. And there we were, three lowbies and me on my squishy thief. We knew we were in to die, we still tried (maybe zerg her down via waypoint). The guardian kited her around the wall, me and a ranger trying to stay alive long enough to pop out as much damage as possible from far, crippling her with traps for improved kiting, shadow refuge on constant cooldown to pick people up, it was glorious. And then she was down to 30% and I realized: we are going to do this! We will make this! And the rest of the fight was pure bliss till she fell. That was amazingly satisfactory. And kudos again to that guardian for the great job kiting, brilliant display of skill!

I found it so heartwarming when I finally encountered this:
people were waiting for each other and then carefully throwing out their weakest attack so as to not kill the mobs instantly. I think this is the result of the nice collaboration atmosphere the game has promoted.
Then I realised that we were collaborating against the specific design of this content. I should be happy to see other people on the map and I usually am. But this unintentional griefing design here makes me sad.
However, it is so nice to see the few people that stick to collaboration no matter what. You make this game great! =)

*snicker*
I can see why Gaile GRAY would support you.

.....sorry, just too good an opportunity not to point out XD

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Raven.9603:

support is amazing

…until you try to do a password reset.

you need to provide a game key provided at purchase, the date of purchase, the card you used to make the purchase…

so if you no longer have that one email from a year ago that they sent as a receipt, you are basically f’d.

This is untrue. If you no longer have your serial number, Customer Support will assist you in changing your password, or any of a myriad of other issues. There are many threads in Account Issues about that very topic, with positive results. =)

Inculpatus is correct. My wife had password issues that were resolved fast and without complications. We didn’t have the serial code anymore since I bought her the game (free bonus tip: playing together can really boost a relationship, especially one that focuses on positive player interactions as GW2 does) and I didn’t think of keeping it. She wrote to Support and got her password reset almost instantly without any problems. I myself have also made positive experiences with technical support. So yes, thanks a bunch to the hardworking people in support.

Also, may I point out that I LOVE the bursting animation for the pinatas? Little origami dragons, so cute! There are definitely very talented artists working with arenanet =3

Just wanted to throw out a quick thank you for the hotfix.
The event still needs tweaking, but it is so nice to see that someone was present and that issues were adressed. Some things will take longer to work out, I understand. So thank you for the fast little fix at least, it’s a start. Hope the devs have enough doritos and coffee to keep going =)