Thanks for the constructive feedback. We’ve got a few things planned for upcoming releases that should clarify some of the story confusion by putting more of this information in the game.
But why should that prevent it form being in game as well?
Seriously, what is actually wrong/bad about having this information in game? Do you have an actual argument for why this shouldn’t be in game? Because so far, it seems like you don’t want it in game for the sake of being contrary.
Simply the fact that it doesn’t make any sense or can’t in any way or form actually work in lore.
A rather have longer more informative pieces of lore outside of the game than having short butchered versions of the same lore in game, due to limitations.
I am sincere when I say this but they can just make a seperate zone that is library that has nothing to do with what your characters knows so you can read the storys as to keep the mood and atmosphere.
That would however totally destroy any kind of mood or atmosphere for quite a few serious RPers. Why would reading a book in-game (but outside of your character) be any different from reading the same outside of the game completely?
Cause reading a bleh looking white blogged website verse sitting in a library is much nicer. Also the glaring white back ground doesn’t help.
Simply put this is my opinion. I don’t mean to sound rude you are running in circles with your arguements. I could say that why are Asura wasting time making fun little 8 bit mushroom clouds for war vs making real weapons or how a wooden anything would never ever pierce any dragon scale ever etc etc unless it maybe magical or was enchanted with dragon slaying etc. The arguments don’t go anywhere. The game does not have a realistic enough atmosphere to make such arguments. If this was LotR then maybe we can make such ones.
And yes fictional games ALL have realism to some extent because they are based off of reality in the first place.
I would have agreed if this was information that you HAD to know in order to understand the overall story. That is however not the case.
This is just some extra story for people that are interested in the lore and thus can be added out of the game without much issues.
I am sincere when I say this but they can just make a seperate zone that is library that has nothing to do with what your characters knows so you can read the storys as to keep the mood and atmosphere.
Yep because if you role playing that is how it works. When do you IRL ever know every detail? You might find out a lot of details but you can’t ever go back to witness events that have happen, perhaps watch it on video etc but for the most part you don’t.
If you, on the other hand, actually were a serious roleplayer you would NOT want this readable from a book in the game, since it would be completely impossible for said book to ever be written, from an ingame perspective.
But it is prefered to the website if I have to pick the lesser of the two evils. The game helps the atmoshphere of the storys if that make sense. It is hard for me to explain what I mean.
When I read it in the game, the story sticks better and easier for me to get into then read it off a website. It just doesn’t connect all that well, sort of through one eye out the other.
So you would rather have a butchered version of the story in the game than the “full” story outside of the game?
Yep because if you role playing that is how it works. When do you IRL ever know every detail? You might find out a lot of details but you can’t ever go back to witness events that have happen, perhaps watch it on video etc but for the most part you don’t.
Are you serious? A wooden sword can be seriously dangerous if handled right… Or if handled wrong.
With regards to the library book idea, is it completely unreasonable to show your character start reading the book, then fade into a scene of the happenings in said book? This is a time-tested method of storytelling within game-storytelling
A pencil can be a deadly weapon and yes I am serious. Rusted metal can be a deadly weapon just by slicing someone.
I also am talking about decorative wooden swords like you buy at a christmas shop. Please check the previous posts as to why I said that.
“A new chapter has appeared within the pages of the Mad Memories, revealing to you a past that up to now has been known only to the Bloody Prince and the Mad King.”
And then they tie that together by releasing a new scavenger hunt that leads to yet another upgraded Mad Memories.
Look at that, justification for putting it in game and I thought it up in under a minute.
We did however find out the information in the Mad Memories by finding stuff and talking to “people”. It didn’t magically turn up in the book for no reason whatsoever.
This could of course work for some parts of the story, but not all of them have other witnesses that could tell us the information, thus they wouldn’t be able to show us all of it.
Another thing to keep in mind is also the rating of the game, which could make some of the part impossible to show in the game.
The story can be altered to fit such things. We don’t always need every single detail.
A wooden sword is not an effective combat tool neither is a pop gun. I am sorry if I am coming off hostile but you did directly come off insulting people in your first post, there is no needed to insult peoples intelligence. Thank you.
You have most likely never seen a skilled warrior with a wooden staff or something then I take it.
Wood can do massive damage if used right.
That is however beside the point. All those things can be explained as decorative weapons or toys.
Suddenly knowing something that only two people “alive” would know can however not be explained.
I tried to apologize and make it civil you continue to start problems and insults.
I know wood can do massive damage but I pretty sure a steel sword vs a christmas wood sword you bought at Wal-Mart isn’t going to cut it, no pun intended. I also said wooden sword that is decorative not a combat staff martial artists use. You can’t just use ANY wood for it if you want a good wooden combat weapon.
A ghost servant could tell us the story who was under the Mad King among other ideas.
We have 8 bit mushroom clouds in WvW, people running around with christmas weapons etc. etc. A book is a library isn’t gonna be all that bad.
The mushroom clouds are simply holograms, created by the same Asura that created the video game talked about earlier.
We have people running around with decorative weapons, which is something that is also done in the real world.
We do however NOT have people reading minds and knowing exact stuff that happened over two centuries ago without any witnesses other than two that would not speak of it.
A wooden sword is not an effective combat tool neither is a pop gun. I am sorry if I am coming off hostile but you did directly come off insulting people in your first post, there is no needed to insult peoples intelligence.
I did think about it ahead of time and I simply disagree with your conclusions in above things being in the world itself. There was not lack of intelligence on my part.
No no I don’t, did you not read my suggestion? We have people running around creating 8 bit mushroom clouds which I think is pretty impossible.
Yes, your suggestion was a library-book.
And how would you justify someone being able to write said book?
We have an Asura creating a video-game.
We have 8 bit mushroom clouds in WvW, people running around with christmas weapons etc. etc. Do you think a pop gun will do anything to a dragon or anything else in this game? A book is a library isn’t gonna be all that bad.
And as always when they release posts like these people completely disregard the impossibility to show most (or all in this case) of it in game.
It would make zero sense to see this in the game, since the only people that actually would be able to show/tell us this is extremely unlikely to do so.
No no I don’t, did you not read my suggestion? We have people running around creating 8 bit mushroom clouds which I think is pretty impossible.
Please put it in the game! I don’t care if its a book I have to read in the library in game, it kills the mood to read it on the website plus the glaring white back ground!
I did that solo on a level 5 toon so it was definitely not impossible to do.
You technically did not do it solo cause I know certain parts required you to stuff high lvl. You probably just came at the right time to get the needed stuff after the mobs have been killed.
That’s kinda what he was trying to say.
There were so many people running the scavenger hunt I was able to run through on two more alts in a few minutes, just bypassing the literal swarms of other players and talking to the ghosts. The final ghost was the only one which actually required some daring to avoid the traps and mobs (though the mobs were pretty much dead with all the aforementioned swarms of players). Those traps were instakill at the time, regardless of level, so it wasn’t any harder.
I had really hoped for the scavenger hunt to come back. A new or different book would have been great, maybe with a longer or different scavenger hunt (Bloody Prince Diary, anyone?).
So far this is like %75 of the content from last year, with more grinding for only half the rewards.
But it can be timing when they showed up and was on. You need to keep in mind, not everyone is pro, being low lvl you had to RUN everywhere because you had no WP and you had NO IDEA where you were going, I know I sure didn’t. I know at one part I was being slaughtered trying to even to get to the spot for the NPC and I don’t know all the ins and outs of it so it took awhile to finally find a way to get there and not be butchered.
There was the also the part with the ship where you HAD to fight some veteran mobs before the NPC would spawn. I had to wait abit before people even showed up.
It was a lot of work for a new player though I very much enjoyed the adventure but I also one of those crazy people that runs into higher lvl areas all the time in games where I don’t belong just to explore or just to farm mats from nodes XD
I can see this being very frustrating for other people even though I enjoyed it.
Not to sound rude but exclusive stuff just plays with peoples pride. I get what * I * whether it is rare or very common. I like some very common stuff because it fits in the place I need it too. not because of how easy or hard it is to get. Honestly, the common stuff is * rarer * because you almost never see it verse everyone else running about with SWORD WITH BIG GAPING MAWS OF FLAMING CHAOS graphic on it.
That is why I shake my fist at anet for STILL not fixing the Country Set Chest graphic bug because I actually would like to use it but since no one cares about that set it will probably never be fixed. They’ve had a year and still nothing even touched with it :/
I doubt he does since he’s a roamer and his HP is really low. He more or less is nightmare if your a small group, alone or he stumbles on you during the Lich or Candy Boss.
Seems a lot of people are complaining about the damage to armor due to some of the bosses be killers. I love the fact they are hard but perhaps remove damage penalty?
He seems to the only one that really is just a loot box with HP. Maybe make him summon more minions depending on the amount of ppl and give them some AoE reduction :P
I did that solo on a level 5 toon so it was definitely not impossible to do.
You technically did not do it solo cause I know certain parts required you to stuff high lvl. You probably just came at the right time to get the needed stuff after the mobs have been killed.
“Don’t ruin my image Anet for I am the most infamous and most popular villian in Tyria. (sounding pompus) Even that twig you put so much work into doesn’t hold a pumpkin candle to me! Though one being held to her… the sounds she would make would be exquisite!”
~Mad King laugh~
“Mad King says… fail me and you’ll be the next Living Story… or should I say? Dead Story! (Corny Chuckle followed by Mad King laugh)
I think Dulfy became a reliable source a LONG time ago particularly when she was allowed to play test new updates before the general public…
Dulfy only collects informations that are released by a.net.
Also last time I visited her site, she was running goldselling ads.
Dude…
Dulfy had the entire Aetherblade Retreat walkthrough posted the day before they launched it because Anet gave her access…
ALSO… They actually named an in game character after her… go to the city fractal… see Seigemaster Dulfy…
Should be Siegemistress Meriem… Dulfy probably doesn’t even touch a catapult. Too busy looking pretty with her mesmer powers living in her gum drop house just like the rest of them!
Please don’t. The last three updates left almost nothing for me to enjoy, don’t take away my ability to just sit back and play the game. I don’t want to constantly dodge, block and evade my way though a festival too.
He was stupid easy though… you could literally just auto attack to death and heal. He could be a lot more epic and they can give him 2 modes!
Don’t disappoint me Anet! Halloween is what really got me into the game… I love his laugh! * look at you with evil stare * * slowly pulls out out a pumpkin carving knife… * Don’t disappoint me…
It is funny how one person’s “best update in the history of ever” is the other person’s “worst possible thing since World War 2”.
It kinda shows that we can’t really claim that “nobody likes update x” and stuff like that.
That’s what makes the feedback so interesting. There is no content in any game that is universally appealing, but it’s helpful to know how people are reacting to each release, just the same. So we have to take every post with a grain of salt, and also compare that with posts from other sites, and then compare it to player behavior in the game.
It paints a very interesting picture. Forum comments are just one small part of it, especially since the number of active posters is a tiny fragment of the overall player base.
As always, thanks for sharing your opinions.
Except if the Mad King isn’t on anyones top list, they will suffer a horrible screaming death right right? : 3
dont make it too hard otherwise u get lots of QQ ppl in forum spreading hate.. :p
SAB, molten facility, Mad king are some content i truely enjoy.. whether it is hard or not..
Last year he was far to easy, make him hard or have a choice in difficulty! He needs to smashes some faces with pumkins filled with gasoline this year followed by a nice little candle!
I like pretty much how the whole fight worked and the fact it used the environment itself on us. This was IMO a step in the right direction for boss creation!
They should just make it so the pet is invuln/phased for 2 seconds every time the ranger dodges.
Then put a trait/minor trait in beastmastery to make the pet attacks feed endurance to the ranger far up.
AoE reduction period. WoW gave ALL pets 90% AoE damage reduction and it worked pefectly, no problems, no exploits and solved the pet issue. The pet taking AoE damage serves no purpose. A pet tanking a mob serves a purpose thereforth should be killable by normal means.
Too bad Mai wasn’t the real leader, if they swapped spots at least we could be done and over with Scarlet QQ. Besides that I like the dungeon thus far!
Please, if this is done in the future, warn us so we at least can experience the old content before it is removed forever.
I really wish they would give us warning. I missed the hole in DR which looked awesome and I wanted to explore it but nothing was said that I know of. I was able to run this once tonight but someone trigger the dialogue event before I got there so I didn’t get to see it and I won’t now. :[
Mad King holds a torch burning event, the thing you burn is Scarlet tied to a pole, no need for hay or wood even! Just light the torch and watch her scream. The more she screams the more the Mad King laughs!
Sorry Mad King is. He is actually pretty evil like when he light a villager on fire and watched be burn, they screamed and screamed as he laughed and laughed leaving that one woman alive to witness it to tell others.
Scarlet is failed Harley/Joker/Mad King/Kefka. * Kefka is pretty much the Joker in FF6 though only with some similarities., hes probably more realistically evil then the typical joker not including the new one in the movie. *
Since we also already have a character in GW like that we don’t need another one and MK doesn’t need a side kick that acts like that either.
My biggest issue with her is that she’s sylvari and look fruity. I get that they’re still trying to sell us on the new race but enough is enough. A deranged giant norn who acts like a five year old would have been funnier.
Ya what is up with all these evil tree people. We had Canach and now we have Scarlet. -_-
The whole pets in this game is a atrocity anyways. They must know what to do by now and just have not decide to anything about it at all. WoW fixed the pet issues long ago and Anet did not learn from it and release this mess of fail for our pets. Aoe Reduction, pet scales with your stats etc., should of been implemented since day one * sigh * I played this game because I could be a necro with pets, a year later and I still not a petmancer because of how bad they are -_-
If ur running a 4 core CPU like a FX4k series or an intel i5, this is normal. Its just that you have only just released/seen/have entered a situation where CPU usuage maxes out. and/or Anet have introduced a patch / event that has higher CPU usage.
My own 12 thread CPU can reach up to 60 % in very extreme situations, if u were playing GW2 when the karka invaded LA, that was one such situation.
60% total usuage over 12 threas = 7 full threads(if u condensed all the procesess down). Meaning an i5 /FX4k cpu with only 4 threads would be maxed out.
And even in less extreme situations at 40 or 50% usuage that still 5-6 threads.
It doesnt happen often, so ether deal with it or buy a better CPU. As bad/harsh as it sounds…theres no point waiting for Anet to ‘fix’ the optimisation issues that GW2 has becouse they are unlikely to ever come.
I have an I7 quad core so I assume that is more then enough. I have also ran this computer with 300-400 people on the screen and don’t have issues in another MMO. This one I can stand in town literally that is half empty and it will max out. The maxing out has no bearing in where I am at in the game, it always ends up maxing out.
So you didn’t do Tequatl and you are already dismissing the new TA path without even knowing how it will be? I would like to know your definition of “epic.”
’mmm ’kay.
If it involves Scarlet, it is trash but perhaps we can finally kill her and move on to hopefully better story and content.
No no Mad King is awesome. I am sorry but Scarlet is a kitten attempting to be polished but will continue to remain as a kitten . Please lets kill her and create a new villian that isn’t a joke.
Go play Ghosts and Goblins, then come post your findings. It’s not too hard, maybe 1 was too easy?
I would have to go dig my Amstrad out of the attic, but what would be the point? The issue is with Super Adventure box, not Ghosts and Goblins.
Ghosts N Goblins is notorious as one of THE hardest NES games to ever exist. Pro-gamers ragequit over that game because it is 100% unfair – http://youtu.be/94Y6y1MOoEo here’s the Nerd upset over it. Why compare that to Normal Mode SAB? Is SAB supposed to be Ghosts N Goblins level hard?
Super Ghouls and Ghost on the hardest mode made you suffer a tragic end and a hemorrhage!
I have to admit I am disheartned that it isn’t made be solo even though we can try running it solo anyways. I actually thought it was meant to be solo since it bascially trying to recreate a lot of old single player games.
Running it with two people I think would be ok but with more then that it sours the concept of the world for me cause having more people takes away the vinatge feel and just makes it look like a weird dungeon rather then a retro return to the past.
I think the fewer players you have the more old-school simulator it is. Solo play gets close to the difficulty of a an 8-bit platformer where you have to learn the levels really well and plan ahead.
First I will say if World 1 was meant to be 5 man because I actually have no idea, I assume it was meant to be solo lol, which I completed the first time SAB came out I very much enjoyed, then I have little concern about World 2 being an issue so I will retract my statement.
What I was concerned about though just as an FYI was not the difficulty but how the World would work. I didn’t want it to feel like a typical Dungeon was all but so far I found it just as exciting as World 1.
I was too quite to jump the gun but honestly, I rarely see a red talk to us like this so I guess I wanted to get my concern in just in case and also in regards to a post I read that was talking about groups with SAB. My apologies!
My problems all stem from attempting it solo. Fighting assassins solo is a grinding experience. When I’m grouped up with guildies we can often kill them quickly, but when your fighting 2-3 of them alone its really hard to avoid taking damage.
It ends up being frustrating and tedious. With a group its much easier to deal with the assassin mobs.
This is as designed. Dungeons are designed for up to 5 people. If you choose to solo a dungeon you should expect this sort of thing. At leas that’s how I look at it. Maybe because SAB doesn’t look like a dungeon there are different expectations? We did clearly communicate when you enter a world that 5 are recommended.
I have to admit I am disheartned that it isn’t made be solo even though we can try running it solo anyways. I actually thought it was meant to be solo since it bascially trying to recreate a lot of old single player games.
Running it with two people I think would be ok but with more then that it sours the concept of the world for me cause having more people takes away the vinatge feel and just makes it look like a weird dungeon rather then a retro return to the past.
