Guild Wars 2

Morrigan.2809:

This is a good idea OP- I don’t care for Magic find at all and my characters are all allergic to it but I would love it if we could earn cool cosmetics stuff like dyes, skins and even recipes.

That’s what endgame should be all about. Since we can’t earn tiers of new gear to show off to others, why not titles and weapon / armor skins? I’m glad you like it

It’s not a solid or great idea, but it’s some form of progression. Thanks for your feedback.

Nurvus.2891:

@Mentalhead
Another Weapon Skill slot would be nice, but I’d rather have yet another idea I presented – more weapon skills per weapon/profession, and the ability to customize weapon slots like we do utility/elite slots.

I’ve presented this idea in my Expansion Concepts thread (check my signature).

As for me, I would like to see more weapon skills and more slot skills, but the main problem is balance. I would like if we could unlock them with skillpoints or simply by using a weapon, so that high level players wouldn’t have advantage over low level players in WvW.

Can’t they reduce the weapon damage or weapon stats? For example, I have have lvl 80 exotic bow, can’t they downscale its damage it to lvl 10 (if I’m fighting lvl 10 opponent) masterwork bow?

I agree with this one, especially if more of us are fighting a harder opponent, there’s no way to hover over the conditions (or boons) and see what they are doing because they keep fading in and out.

Didn’t know that, that’s great. Sadly, you need a zerg in order to do it properly, cause there are so many Karka.

tl;dr Completing events in various areas (Kryta, Ascalon, Orr) gives you event tickets that you exchange to get exotic gear from vendors or T6 (or maybe even lower tier) materials.

I recently found out that Ancient Karka Shell costs whopping 1000 shells, and while I think that there’s nothing wrong with having to work for your gear, I have to wonder why are we forced to grind enemies for it? Seriously, I have hard time grinding 250 Karka for shells, and I don’t even plan to grind 1000 Karka Veterans.

So, here’s an idea. Why wouldn’t we get an item that goes straight to our bank called “event ticket”? You could earn various tickets such as Ascalon Ticket, Orr Ticket, Krytan Ticket, and trade those for exotic gear. It would be a lot better than having to grind 1000 enemies in a single zone, since you can go through other zones and still earn enough Tickets to buy the best gear in game without being forced to grind.

Karma system works nice, but this could be a somewhat decent alternative, and a great improvement over Karka grinding.

In addition to gear, you could also use tickets in the Forge to get some T6 materials. In my opinion, it’s a lot better than grinding one type of enemy over and over.

Any thoughts?

I agree so much with this, more skins are welcome addition.

There’s still one problem though, what happens when you hit max magic find? Wouldn’t you earn more money (ectos, better gear) than other players? Don’t get me wrong, I’m all in for rewards, but I wouldn’t like to see Magic Find 100% that lasts forever, but as for 24h or less ingame hours, I’m all for it.

It’s not the laziness that I mind, but the lack of other events to do. Let’s face it, people want to kill Queen Karka, so they keep running back and forth as soon as one of the camps gets contested, and after a while it gets repetitive. You can even predict which camp will fall next if you just look at the pattern.

I agree that there’s a sense of urgency, but after people leave the Southsun, we’ll be stuck on the east part of the island, since we can’t get enough people to do the group event in the middle point that blocks the path.

I had high hopes for Southsun, and it was great when there were riots, and animals attacking camps, there was diversity and I enjoyed it, despite those farmable instigators, but now, it’s just four events (camps) over and over.

They have managed to make Southsun dull and boring like it was before the patch, with an addition of new world boss.

I sure hope so, since on our server we can’t hold all four camps for more than 5 minutes, and the zerg is always running back and forth. It just doesn’t feel fun.

oloap.9765:

or remove magic find at all and make it vailable only in this way, permanent and even large scale like 1-2% mf every level gained on top of wht is alrady provided (skill point).
we can comfortably say that this would hurt noone, and would mitigate the immense pool of unluckyness of those complaining about it while making you more likely to drop somthing more than vendor, the more you play the game.
this would provide a secondary progression, an increase of rare drops, an increase of precursors drop, a win win for everybody.
good idea op.

Hm…that’s not a bad idea, but gaining magic find at lvl 80 feels kinda late, wouldn’t you say?

Am I the only one that is having problems with this?

Iruwen.3164:

Mentalhead.5721:

you should be notified by the system that this is your first offense, and if you repeat it you’ll get banned temporarily.

They once said they’re not doing this because people simply don’t care about notifications. The temporary ban is the first warning.

I don’t know, but If I got an email warning, or mail in game saying that next time if someone reports me for swearing I’ll get banned for 72h I would seriously take that warning, but that’s just me I guess.

It seems to me that all the events in Southsun are related to Karka queen, and if you tend to be alone in this zone, you won’t be able to do any events or travel since the middle point gets taken over by Karka so often.

All these camps keep getting attacked over and over, and it feels like the zerg is moving and freeing one camp after another, and eventually this will get boring to players.

After people have left the Southsun, single group of 3 or 4 players won’t be able to do a thing on their own, and Southsun will start to look more like Straits of Devastation with contested waypoints and no players.

Why can’t we have some old events back that could be done on our own, or something similar that doesn’t require us to run with a zerg back and forth just so we could get Karka queen? Or better yet, make those Karka less aggressive, since there’s not a minute that one of the camps remains unattacked.

We need more events in Southsun, and we had those diversity before June 5th update, although those instigators were kinda repetitive.

I think it’s silly if somebody reports you for swearing, unless you’re acting like an idiot or insulting other players, and even then you should be notified by the system that this is your first offense, and if you repeat it you’ll get banned temporarily.

I wouldn’t like to see people throwing f-bombs in the main channel all the time, but if you feel offended, there’s a filter. I haven’t seen much swearing on the main channel, only in few parties after we got wiped in a dungeon, so, I don’t see the problem.

We already have sigils that give us +X% against certain enemies, and eventually someone could easily max out the damage output by investing points, thus making game a bit easier. Sure, it might feel like your character is progressing by becoming stronger but I’m just not for permanent damage boost.

As for me, I wouldn’t mind seeing +15% damage against Grawl (as you progress) or any other enemy, as long as it’s temporary. In addition, you could also invest points in order to make those bonuses last longer.

Or in order not to make the game too easy, each point can give 0.25% against certain types of enemies in order not to give you too big advantage.

Hero XP, that sounds a lot better than World XP, that’s a great suggestion, thanks.

As for the abilities, those small advantages would be great, if they are temporary for example 10 in game hours or so.

Or as Vayne said, a small buffs to magic find, gold, karma boost or such, or chance to get more materials from certain types of enemies for certain period of time would be enough and it wouldn’t make PVE any easier that it is.

It’s similar to daily / laurels system, but unlike that system it will give “some” progression, since you would be able to earn skins or titles by gaining World XP levels in PVE.

tl;dr: World XP in PVE that is earned by completing events in certain zones / areas (once you hit lvl 80), but you could also earn points (a bit less though) by doing events in any other zone.
Target zone or area would change on daily basis, and this system should bring back some players to other almost abandoned zones.

World XP in WvW adds some form of progression, and I think that we should have similar system in PVE as well.

This system would activate once you hit level 80, and it would work similar to World XP in WvW, but you’ll earn points by completing events in certain zones, and those zones will change on daily basis.

For example your daily World XP task would be to complete events in Kryta / Southsun Cove, for example.

By doing events in Southsun, you would gain more World XP points, but if you don’t want to stand entire day in Southsun, you could also earn points by doing events anywhere in the Kryta or any other zone.

For example:

One event in Southsun: 2 points.
One events in Kryta: 1 point.
One event outside of Kryta: 0.75 points.

I think this would be a good idea since it would “force” players to do events in certain zones that have been abandoned for some time. Of course, if you don’t want to do events in Southsun or Kryta, you can still do events anywhere in the world and still progress.

As for reward, we could get titles at specific levels, some rares or exotics, T6 materials, transmutation stones, some weapon or armor skins.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Combat speed is the problem here, it slows you way too much, and it takes a lot to off time to get out of combat mode. It would be okay if combat slows you 25, 15% and you get your speed back as soon as you kill the opponent, or a two seconds later if you’re not fighting other enemies.

No, they are not really the fighting type, and they can barely move on surface. Sure they can fight, but still…no.

I just found out that if you want an Ancient Karka Shell you gave to grind 1000 Karka shells.

Really? A thousand Karka shells? I don’t mind that it takes time to get it, that’s fine, but grinding one type of enemy over and over in a single zone is a deal breaker for me.

Teleport only when you have to, and you’ll save some money. If you want to get to the group event on the other side of the map but you’re in a hurry, use waypoints, in other cases, there’s no need, except if you want to travel to a distant zone.

As for the respect, I kinda agree with you. It’s kinda lame that you have to run back to the NPC and change it. Instead, why not have reset traits like in PvP? Simple and easy. Sure, paying for respect is also a downer, but this game needs money sinks, so it’s okay I guess.

Astralporing.1957:

Mentalhead.5721:

12g and 420 Veteran Karka for full exotic settler armor? No thank you.
Don’t get me wrong, I like that we can get exotics in this zone, but grinding Karka to get it just isn’t the way to do it.

It would be if the armor was worth buying. Too bad it’s not.

I don’t know, I’m still against grinding one type of enemy to get one type of materials to exchange for armor. Feels bit limiting and grindy to me.

Avatara.1042:

Mentalhead.5721:

Gold isn’t the problem, but grinding Karka for armor.
Hopefully there will be an alternative way to get those.

Karka Shells are easy to get. The problem is the 2 gold.

I don’t know, grinding Karka in one zone feels a bit tedious for me. As for the gold, it could be hard to get, but you can get it anyway you like, doing dungeons, WvW, events, anyway you like whereas you have to stay in single zone and kill one type of enemy for Karka Shells.

Yes, the game feels like a grind sometimes, with the latest Merchants in Southsun as its latest addition.

Gold isn’t the problem, but grinding Karka for armor.
Hopefully there will be an alternative way to get those.

12g and 420 Veteran Karka for full exotic settler armor? No thank you.
Don’t get me wrong, I like that we can get exotics in this zone, but grinding Karka to get it just isn’t the way to do it.

There should be an alternative that lets you buy it for Karma, Skill points or some other currency.

Signed. Sure, we have squads, but that’s limited only to Commanders.

I agree with you mojowalker, dungeon armor looks unique, and its good if you want to show off, it gives you some sort of accomplishment after doing the dungeon over and over.

As for the “regular” looking armor, there should be other, more common ways of getting it.

Personally, I think that game is getting a bit out of hand with the currency (I don’t mind it, but it might be hard for new players to get the hang of it), but some other “depositable” item would be a lot better alternative in my opinion.

For example, this item could be earned by doing events in Kryta, so you can earn your regular looking gear anyway you want, without being forced to grind Karka in Southsun.

morrolan.9608:

Lévis.5489:

A lot of ranger bunker builds have stats like these (apothecary) Good to see that they are selling them for such low prices .

2 gold and 70 karka shells per piece is a low price?

I agree with you, since it takes 12 gold and 420 Karka Veterans to get full exotic set. They should have used some other solution instead of gold + shells.

I got ton of Karma and Skill points that I’m holding, it would be great if I could use them somewhere.

Valid point, but why not add multiple options? For me grinding events for tokens or some other item isn’t that bad (since I’m going to be doing events while I’m there) instead of focusing on one type of opponent.

I had no problem with Orr, it felt rewarding especially after freeing the temple. I do dailies almost every day anywhere in the game work, I get karma from events wherever I go, so for me at least, it feels less limiting.

If somebody wants to kill 420 Veteran Karka for full exotic armor, that their choice, but I would rather complete 300 events in Kryta and give my skill points and Karma (that I get on daily basis) for full exotic armor.

A bit offtopic here, but why are they invincible, and how to kill them?

It’s great that we can now get exotic gear in Southsun from merchant, but why does getting exotic gear have to include grinding?

It takes 70 shells and 2 gold to get one piece of exotic gear, so only way to get those is by grinding Karka. I got my exotics in Orr, used Karma, worked my daily and monthly to accumulate it, I just enjoyed the game at my own pace, and I got exotics easily, after a nice showdown with a temple boss. Nice, simple and easy, just by playing and enjoying the game.

Instead of grinding Karka for shells, why not use some other items, that you obtain by doing events in Southsun? It’s a lot better to obtain those by doing events at your own pace, and you’ll do them one way or another, instead of forcing you to grind Karka for shells.

Killing one type of enemy and grinding materials for our gear isn’t that fun, at least for me. What about you?

This really made my day
It’s always nice to see that developers can share a few laughs with their fans.

Kudos Colin.

I don’t mind if someone swears, sure, some people might not like it, but this is T rated game, so harsh language is somewhat expected.

I personally don’t have a problem if somebody swears (getting wiped in a dungeon can be frustrating), as along as that person isn’t insulting other players and calling them names.

I agree, I would like to see unique skills for enemies as you progress, but regular dungeons could use a bit of unique skills as well instead of more power and hp for mobs. It would be great if bosses could have some special phases in this mode, but before that happens the dungeons will have to go through a major overhaul.

Still, this mode could add at least some sort of progression once you hit lvl 80.

It’s okay, I do appreciate it

I agree, to be honest I haven’t put much thought into this one, but it sounded like an interesting idea, so I posted this to get some feedback and ideas.

Hm…haven’t really thought about that…
Maybe there should be a dungeon level next to your character in the party or something like that.

Or maybe it should work exactly the same as Fractals, the person entering the dungeon sets the level, if your level is same or lower, you earn next level.

However I’m not the fan of agony since it requires some time to get it, but maybe it’s necessary for progression. Constant damage over time seems like a “cheap shot” for me at least.

You have a good point there, and LFG is a must have for this type of thing.
On the other hand, there shouldn’t be Agony in this mode, so low level players can join higher level parties if they are skilled enough.

How would you feel if regular dungeons in both explorable and story mode had a mode that adds difficulty scaling similar to Fractals, so the more you play the dungeon it would get harder and harder in this mode? Higher dungeon level could give you more exp, coins, karma, or chance for better loot.

Any thoughts?

I wouldn’t mind having tiers of weapon skills that are unlocked by getting a specific level, but the problem is balance. More skills mean it will be harder for devs to balance the classes. For example those new skills mustn’t be direct upgrade over the previous skill tier since low level players will have some disadvantage in WvW.

They are already at some disadvantage with their gear and lack of slot skills, and this could make them even weaker in WvW.

One way to fix this is to make the new tier of weapon skills unlockable by using skill points with constant price of 1 skill point per skill, or maybe even 1 skill point for entire tier of skills.

Thank you devs for listening to your fans and improving this part of the game. I can’t wait for the next patch. Kudos

Loot tables sounds interesting, it would be sweet if you could get unique armor / weapon skins, or dare I say unique weapons / armors with some unique runes from specific bosses.

As for PVE culling, they accidentally released in some announcement few months ago that they are working on PVE culling, but it’s still being tested.

I would like to see more zones, but, until the game gets crowded (for some of us it feels a bit empty I guess), new zones aren’t needed, since most players will migrate towards those zones.

Personally, I don’t mind it, it feels like a permanent content, and let’s face it, this game could use some more permanent content (events).

They could just lower the timer or these events, so they could be a bit rare, and it’s all good with me.

This sounds interesting, and it would be a lot better activity than Keg Brawl or Crab Toss. However, I would like to see Team Deathmatch or maybe CTF in PVP.

I have to say that I would love to see Lock and Unlock on my weapons. It’s better than buying an Invisible bag, but on the other hand, it might put an end to Invisible Bags.

I agree with this, maybe we could have different settings for difficulty levels such as low, medium, high and similar.