I have that stupid DR on all my level 80’s, I do not even come close to your results. My DR is the result of farming there!
For the life of me, I don’t understand why people insist on camping the mobs, I would love it if just once everyone would stay in the middle and let the mobs come to them, it would be much better for everyone!
November 15 was like a black plague, every single one of my characters have DR attached to them and I am unable to shake it off. I too wonder if they are just wanting us to quit playing, after all, it would certainly open up some server space.
there’s supposedly a fix coming, too bad we can’t have the best fix of all, the complete and total removal of DR, if only they would listen to their players and to gaming history.
Removal of DR would be the best thing that could happen to this game. Punishing all players for the bots is no fair to the rest of us.
I tried it once and that was enough for me. I got a taste of karma and 2 unidentified junk items, a total waste of good karma. They should at least put in one item of some real value and I would not mind getting it.
South Shore was a lost cause after the event ended, I tried farming there several different times, and it seems like nothing ever drops. I wont go back there unless the monsters are fixed and have a decent drop rate.
I don’t know why, but over the last week, the population in the Cursed Shore seems to have risen sharply, because of this, large groups of enemies are dead before I can get off one hit, and if I am lucky enough to land a few hits, my damage that I am doing does not trigger any drops, this is no exaggeration!
My server is Jade Quarry, and I have been here since day one, so I do not want to move. Didn’t you anticipate this kind of crowd when the game was designed?
Please fix this, there is nothing more frustrating than to work hard to get the events done, only to get NOTHING for a reward.
Also, since this has been happening, instead of getting GOLD for completing the events, I am only getting Bronze or silver. This is happening on my Ranger, Guardian and Engineer.
I thought that this might just be kiddies home from school, but it happens at all hours of the night and weekdays during school hours.
Using your clones causes you to warp into the walls of the cave and it is impossible to get out, this happened repeatedly, this will prevent you from finishing.
I think most soulbound items should actually be account bound. Why should I not be able to use an expensive weapon on any of my characters?
As for the OP’s idea, I would support the removal of soul-binding, if there was a way to make sure that only the person that created the account could un-bind an item.
After I removed my Greatsword with lifesteal, I was able to see the counter and summon a fleshreaver.
Is that how it is supposed to work? Lifesteal stays active even when I swap weapons, so as long as the lifesteal counter is displayed, the summon fleshreaver is useless.
I can’t help but think that one of the above is not working as intended.
Thank you for the ideakKagari !
The biggest thing GW2 is lacking for me is reward. Every dragon or dungeon chest that I open I end up with blue and green only. Monsters drop me whites, blues and a green or two. I completed the maps in the high end areas, and I was given 2 exotics that were 3 levels below me…WTF? This happened on 3 toons. The storyline quests have crappy rewards too. I have never been satisfied by any reward in this game except the one time KARKA event, BAR NONE! It seems impossible to get a Legendary for me, Since I have started in the 3 day headstart, I have not made enough gold for the precursor, let alone the items needed to convert it. For me, Anet would have to completely overhaul the entire reward system across the board, for me to feel that all the rewards are decent, right now, they suck badly (really badly). Their DR code has kicked in on all 3 of my level 80 toons, just because I wish to farm Karma in Orr. And, if that was not bad enough, most of the events in Orr have been nerfed into the ground. If I had to take a survey now, about how I would rate GW2 on a scale of 1-10, I would give it a 3, just because, without a decent reward system, all the polish and good looks that this game has, simply does not give me the enjoyment that I was expecting from GW2.
I’d really like to see gameplay videos and data that ANet bases their standards on.
This x100. Their patches seem to be abysmal and feel like they don’t play their own game. It’s getting a bit absurd now.
Yes, I also would love to see how ANet derive their so called observation/data to make these abysmal changes. Dev, are you willing to come out and clarify this with the playerbase? or are you going to delete this post of mine, give me an infraction and PM me saying it’s not a healthy discussion?
That is exactly what they did to me for voicing my opinion! I never attacked anyone, I just voiced my opinion and was infracted for it. Obviously I can’t give you my opinion now, or I risk further punitive actions. I think sometimes that devs / moderators don’t agree with someone and hand out infraction points all too easy….. sad really.
The only reason I assume this though is because he specifically mentioned waypoint zerging to be an issue,
An issue for whom? This is PvE how can it be an issue except for more uncompromising players.
“only way to beat some of the difficult encounters at the moment is to have dead players run back from nearby waypoints while players that are alive kite the mobs)”
That’s the issue.
Really so what, if a group wants to do that who does it hurt?
It’s just plain poor game design, getting rewarded for playing poorly. It just brings the game down.
You’re not catering to ‘casuals’ then, you’re catering to ‘entitled’ gamers who think that they have the right to complete the dungeon, regardless of how poorly they play.
Ex A: AC P2 defending charr fixing mortars. Ghost spawn: ele, necro, ranger. Me: huddle in feedle positions and take kitten beating
Ex B: CoF defending asura Me: huddle in feedle position and take kitten beating, respawn rinse and repeat.
…. etc
so yes i feel i am “entitled” to a reward for getting my kitten handed to me on a silver platter… im not the best player but i understand my class and how to play it, in both of those encounters i listed none of that matters.
Amen! Why Anet would cater to elitist players, is beyond me. People die in dungeons, big kittening deal, happens all the time. Yes, I do deserve a reward like anyone else that goes through the hell of those dungeons, dying or not. With my unrelenting DR now on my second character, and now this bull kitten, I just don’t know how much more of Anet’s crap I can take. This was a great game before the mid November patch.
I finally got one of my other characters to the Cursed Shore. I was doing the Shelters Gate ? Penitent events with my new character because DR has kicked in on my other character months ago and I can not shake it off. Well, after 2 days the kitten DR has kicked in for my new character. I just bought Magic Find gear and that did not help at all.
When the new character started doing the events, I would see at least 1 rare drop per run and lots of Greens. Now, even with Magic Find, I have not received any rare items and greens are now as rare as the yellows were. I get blue and whites and lots of those stupid skulls. I can understand the war on bots, but I have not seen a bot in months now so why is the DR still in the game? Once DR sets in, it is impossible to shake, I have tried everything. I do not do dungeons, my DR kicked in on Cursed Shore. The DR reduces everything, area drops, chests etc… GW2 is really starting to suck. Is this what I have to look forward to on every character that I get to level 80?
I have played every single class in the game to at least level 31, but out of them all, I hate playing the elementalist.
I usually die if there is more than 1 enemy, making it next to impossible to enjoy the game.
Most skill points, I have to get help with.
Healing is the worst of all the classes I think.
My staff sucks. Most importantly, I can’t even weapon swap.
I hate asking for help with every little thing that I do, and I do not want to have to play that way.
I have spent fortune on armor repairs, and I can’t afford to keep it up.
How can I play this class effectively, and survive mobs of 2 or 3?
What weapons do I use? How to I effectively “trait” this class?
I am tempted to just delete my Elementalist, but I will hold off until I see if it is something that I am doing wrong.
I always use the latest “Masterwork” armor and weapons, and update them every 4 or 5 levels.
Get rid of DR across the board, legit players, including myself have suffered the effects of this garbage, most of the bots are gone, so why is this still needed?
@ Kullerkeks…. That one can’t be destroyed, and it does not have to be. Our group thought that was the problem and tried for quite awhile to get it, but it was a different one.
You have it right Taurethion, I ran in circles while using every trick at my disposal to whittle his health down. During the final guy, I went down while his health was quite low, and thanks to being a warrior, I came back for vengeance and beat him!
I will give the longbow a try, the rifle didn’t seen to damage him much.
This is one story line quest that I am glad is over and hope I never have to do it again.
I am a level 16 Warrior and they ruined my armor twice, costing me over 2 silver to fix each time. I cant imagine a caster doing this, unless he/she is a necro with minions, because without help, this is alot more difficult that it should be. Here is what was left of my armor the second try.
I am a level 16 warrior, just bought all new armor and weapons and this guy defeats me every time! I have tried: swords, hammer, axes etc… nothing works.
We need to bring this matter to Anet’s immediate attention, whatever that they have done, intentionally or not, has broken/crippled the drop rates with MF gear. I am going to test this theory later by removing all MF and see what happens. I have played daily since pre-release and now I have lost all enthusiasm for playing,.
The quantity and quality of the drops have DRASTICALLY been reduced, either intentional by Anet or accidental. We need to get them to take a look at this problem.
Also running full MF gear with banners, consumables etc. are not working as intended.
It changed the day they did the patch for Lost Shores, which by the way, has the worst drop rate of anywhere in the game, why would anyone want to go there unless it is to look at the scenery?
If they have deliberately nerfed the drops, for whatever reason, we need to get them to fix it, because as far as I am concerned, on a scale of 1 – 10, since the patch, my rating dropped from a “9” down to a “2” on the fun/enjoyment factor.
