Guild Wars 2

Tosha Daydreamer.9251:

I would in a heartbeat. No, it’s not perfect, but it’s still the only game I play in the few hours a week I can spare to game.

This.
My husband will also get an expansion even though he is heavily into BF3
It is a fun game for us to play together.

Payers will be speculating no matter where you put it.
If you think it is a question a player can’t answer I guess General Discussion is your best bet.

I’m not tired of legendary’s but I only saw my first one yesterday- a thief with incinerator in Divinity’s Reach.
I followed her around like a puppy until she teleported away.
I must say though that the footsteps are a bit out of place on a thief.

I would like some diversity in the legendary skins, since many of them are very niche and not what many would expect of a legendary.

I do like the humour though, having a pistol shoot bubbles and flowers instead of some uber weapon of doom is cool, it is kind of like transmuting the wooden sword skin over your 80 exotic.

plasmacutter.2709:

Morrigan.2809:

My main is a mesmer and we have exactly one AoE I know of and use- chaos storm.
I do have an engi and a staff ele but I am fine with it.
I have learned too adapt having a mesmer for a main :P
seriously though, they are looking at all AoEacross all classes, it is not a train smash.-

There are many real issues in this game with class balance (LOLBACKSTAB), reward systems, depth of combat, etc.

AOE was not one of those issues

ANet is behaving like the freaking politicians have been with the economy since 2009:
D’s – “Don’t pay attention to that pink slip you just got – The real problem is healthcare”
R’s – “Don’t pay attention to the fact you can’t find a job – The real problem is the national debt”

ANet – “Don’t pay attention to your porous bones and getting backstab-gibbed by thieves – the real problem is AOE!”

Analsysis of all the above:
Stupid
Stupid
and…
Stupid.

ANet needs to fix what’s actually wrong rather than inventing problems.

well I agree that AOE was not one of the issues we had, it is still being addressed now.

Since I don’t PvP I have no idea where this comes from, why we cannot seperate PvE and PvP I do not know

Vorch.2985:

There are very few people who like to adapt. It’s a problem.

Thank you, they won’t break the game, just adapt.
Your class will still be there when you log on :p

My main is a mesmer and we have exactly one AoE I know of and use- chaos storm.
I do have an engi and a staff ele but I am fine with it.
I have learned too adapt having a mesmer for a main :P
seriously though, they are looking at all AoEacross all classes, it is not a train smash.-

I had major camera issues until I changed my mouse, turns out it is perfect now

hahahahaha!
sorry but it is late and that was really funny op
and yes, it is inappropriate ;P

wow- grats on that one.
Celtic Lady is right and your luck is just phenomenal

congrats
and relax, you will not be banned, nice gesture on your part.
We send gold all the time and we are fine.
ps: just in case you have no idea how to spend it, I have several and will gladly tell you how ;p

this might sound stupid but what on earth is tunnel grind?

As others have said why do you want to grind it it clearly is not fun for you?
Get out of Orr and see the world- you can get 80 drops anywhere and you can sell low tier mats often for more than high tier mats. buy the T6 mats off the tp.
It seems to me that you are suffering a bit from tunnel vision.

I have never had housing in an MMO but I would love it in GW2.
It can be instanced I don’t care as long as your actual house is customizable.
New crafts to go with it like carpenter and weaver would also be great.
and I would love a space to put all my armours and cool souvenirs from the world

yay! gogo Gunnar’s Hold!
awesome, I am also surprised I missed it.
Next Balthazar count me in

Where would you get lower tier crafting mats then?
Leave the crafting mats lvl specific- if you want higher tier mats go to higher level maps.
It is great that you can get gear for your level on lower lvl maps though- I actually get better drops on my 80 in lower lvls than in Orr- in Orr I get porous bones :P

Manoa.5897:

I just picked up a Logitech G600 and absolutely LOVE it. I find it incredibly comfortable (I have “piano fingers” and larger mice work better for me) and it offers a LOT of flexibility with keybinds. Thanks to this mouse, I’m able to activate my profession skills far more efficiently (attunement swapping is a breeze now). It’s a bit on the expensive for mice, but I found it well worth the investment.

http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/g600-mmo-gaming-mouse?crid=825

I have this one too and I adore it.
I have my F skills mapped to my thumb buttons and it made playing my ele an absolute pleasure.
I have very small hands funnily enough- so much so that I have trouble reaching buttons on my keyboard, so I even walk with my mouse.
I have no problems with this mouse whatsoever- it is wide but rather short so it fits me perfectly.
It is heavy though and took me couple of days to get used to since my wrist hurt for the first day or so from pushing all that weight around.

Bailey.1724:

It is irresponsible and bad parenting to encourage and allow young children to play computer games.

wow judgmental much?
I think it is irresponsible to let your kid watch tv and be in child beauty pageants.

My daughter has had a pc since she was 2 and she taught herself how to read, as well as basic mathematics and physics by playing games
She is 5 now and yes she does play outside has a dog and two cats, draws a lot and reads books and wants to be a vet when she grows up.
She is just a normal kid.
Every parent knows their own kids best and you really have no cause to tell anybody how to parent their kids.

I realize that this is a very old post- but OP your granddaughter will love GW2- her way of playing will not be like that of a grown up.
As someone said- she will be a ranger for the pets, love vistas and generally running around looking at cool things in the game.
Rezzing people and npc’s will probably also be fun as well as harvesting.
Just keep an eye on her and help her out a bit if she needs it- turn her chat box off and she will be fine if she likes this kind of thing

I have 400 tailor on my Mesmer and I have found it useful.
I did level my tailoring as I leveled her so I used it to gear her up with my preferred stats, I made my own exotics and I make gear for my alts.
I also make my own runes.
Occasionally I have made a nice profit making insignia and selling them when I have a lot of spare mats.
and yes you can always make rares to salvage.
I found Jewelry generally more profitable, but I find all my crafts useful to have

yes Shadow Behemoth is my theory too.
The event was bugged for ages, when people did it originally they where around lvl12 or so. Really how many 80’s have done this event?
I’m grasping at straws really but that is all I have
edit: it is not a rare boss, I know but it is a map boss and it has a really big chest

Mesmer sounds like what you are looking for.
great control, your damage depends on your build and you can kite all day.
It is a very interesting class to play.
You do have limited AOE but chaos storm on your staff is an awesome skill for both defense and offense.

I have a bog standard gigabyte keyboard and it is fine.
I did have a problem on jumps where my camera used to glitch so I couldn’t see where I was going- but that turned out to be my mouse that was causing it.
I use a logitech G600 now and the problem is gone

Why the fascination with mounts? Is it a vanity thing?
I am really curious since games like Sacred (single player hack n slash) pretty much put me off mounts.
They were so much more trouble than they were worth, I just ditched mine by the side of the road eventually.
In GW2 you never see NPC’s mounted, you see many of them walking though- I like it it makes the world feel real to me- a guy just zipping by on his mount would take away from that I think.
We do have waypoints for fast travel, but mostly I just run, I enjoy it.

sure- the karma is really nice
I’m saving karma atm to get my sylvari warden weapons

midnight fire looks very black on cloth

I am not against quaggans but I hate backpacks, so I will be skipping it.
The broom has me wondering though- I have the witch costume on my main but a broom for some of my other characters would go down nicely- I love my broom.

DreamOfACure.4382:

moirweyn.9872:

Once I saw the effects and the skin on the bows – I gave up on Legendary weapons completely.

Freaking rainbows and unicorns…

-looks up “unicorn bow”-

Dude, that is the most epic looking thing ever. Would go so well with my mesmer. LOL

Morrigan.2809:

wow- I just looked up Moonshank and that is a seriously cool dagger- my thief would look great with two I just need to get her up to 80

Too bad, according to wiki, it’s one of the RNG-forged weapons. There’s no straight recipe. Really hope ANet changes this, and makes the Mystic Forge more straight-forward. :x

Vol.5241:

If you’re only going to play 1-2 hours a day, then you really shouldn’t be making a legendary your goal. There will be another game out there by the time you get it that will pique your interest.

I’m sorry, did you even read the title? What do you think this post is about?

Yes I realize that
I hope they change it too.
My current skins on my main are both Mystic Forge RNG skins and it really sucks that I had to buy them on the TP in the end.
I would much have preferred a straight recipe.
I did have quite a thrill making Mystic Claymore

MithranArkanere.8957:

I find between 0 and 5 a day.
More if I gather from plants.
Once I got 5 from a single node in a spinach farm guarded by a veteran troll, 3 of them from the same node in bonus gatherings, one after another.

0_0
I have never ever gotten a dye from a plant and I harvest everything.
Mobs yes.
I get one every couple of days, more on some alts than others, seems about the same to me as it was before the huge dye drop fest.

VOLKON.1290:

Martin Kerstein.3071:

Just want to step in here for a second to comment on a few speculations:

There will be no mounts, no Cantha and no dragons coming with this story arc.
Sorry if that destroyed some dreams.

So… we can rule out Dragons riding in from Cantha on the backs of unicorns then?

hahahaha! that made me laugh so much! thanks

Pirlipat.2479:

The Quaggan backpack is from the gemstore. I wonder what happens to liquid karma bottles. Will there be a possibility to get those still or are they replaced by these new tokens?

As far as I understood these new tokens will be in addition to your regular jugs and coins.
Can’t remember where I saw that otherwise I would link it- sorry

Graveside.9253:

Morrigan.2809:

Leablo.2651:

Morrigan.2809:

You realize that the name is from the lore right?
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Lore

It has nothing to do with guild wars in the game

Yeah, why would you name the game after a central gameplay feature when you could name it after an obscure backstory element that is mentioned maybe twice in the entire game. A logical person might see the cause and effect as being the other way around.

I didn’t design this game- GvG is not a feature of GW2, no amount of logic changes that.
The whole game is pretty much designed around co-op so I don’t see it becoming a feature in open world ever.
Maybe when guild halls are in- as an instanced game mode but that is it.
I don’t think it is even a priority for the devs

This game isn’t about co-op, it is merely a shadow of co-op. This game revolves around zerg fest – with small groups (guilds mostly) being back bone in a zerg. They do most of the damage so get most of the items that drop from NPC’s and Players which leaves the rest of the zerg out in the cold – (no co-operation there for split spoils in helping in killing things or achieving a goal). The second half of this game is about camping areas and exploiting others. The 3rd aspect of the game is to run around solo or with 3 ppl (aka strike groups) to achieve your mission.

I have found the best fun in WvW was with 3 others because we were able to take supplies depot’s back and I would get some bags of loot from the kills, if I am in teh main force or zerg, I am not F’IN special enough to run with the elitist kittens that have their special commander group. In the end why do I want to help them if I am not getting anything out of it? I know I get some from taking castles and such, but I have seen the otherside as well. Main group looting bags left and right making tons of coin, while I get 1 or 3 every 30 minutes…don’t even cover my repair bills.

Co-op…this is a game based on which server has 24/7 players, you have a decent mix of West and Oceanic players to push, take and hold everything you have – and only giving what you actually don’t mind losing so you can take it right back when the main time frame force is on.

I understand what you are saying but I was talking about open world PvE in my post not wvwvw.
I haven’t actually played any wvwvw since the beta so I have no idea what that is like.

The OP wanted to have guild vs guild battles and I can’t see that happening outside of an instance.
I suppose you could say that wvwvw is sort of already like a guild vs guild in a very loose sense but it does not seem focused enough for me to be what the OP was talking about.

I predict that many many people will want that backpack

So I decided to use the stuff that has been cluttering up my bank and crafted Mystic Claymore.
It is very pretty, I love the blue lighting.
I gave it to my husband as a gift.

Leablo.2651:

Morrigan.2809:

You realize that the name is from the lore right?
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Lore

It has nothing to do with guild wars in the game

Yeah, why would you name the game after a central gameplay feature when you could name it after an obscure backstory element that is mentioned maybe twice in the entire game. A logical person might see the cause and effect as being the other way around.

I didn’t design this game- GvG is not a feature of GW2, no amount of logic changes that.
The whole game is pretty much designed around co-op so I don’t see it becoming a feature in open world ever.
Maybe when guild halls are in- as an instanced game mode but that is it.
I don’t think it is even a priority for the devs

wow- I just looked up Moonshank and that is a seriously cool dagger- my thief would look great with two I just need to get her up to 80

oh yes! my bad luck is mostly on my main- my other characters seem fine but she really sucks.
I sort of play around this by letting my alts deal with anything involving RNG like opening BL chests, MF, dyes etc.
Unfortunately I can’t let them loot for her.
She is also seriously allergic to magic find anything, even food and guild buffs- as soon as she comes into contact with it, all loot stops.
I know a buff has run out when she starts getting drops again 0-0

You just need to get to the dungeon?
I am on Gunnar’s Hold so I can’t actually help you with that- I thought you meant help with the dungeon itself since those are cross server
I hope you get help

Hi I remember helping you once in game
When did you transfer to Gendarra?
I would love to help you with this but I can’t do dungeons due to the time frame and having a small kid. I wish you luck and hope you get the help you need

Garambola.2461:

Wow! It never even occurred to me there was anything else to forge there. Many of these interest me. Uhm… Are these straight recipies or is it a lottery?

Straight recipies.

plasmacutter.2709:

I think a lot of people just “don’t get” the system of this game.

It’s quite clear there are support specializations and they differ from class to class.

Anyone who examines a classe’s trait lines can see what they would excel at if they want to do group support.

Some group-wide specializations which may or may not occur in combination:
- boon stripping
- hindering (slows, chills, knockbacks)
- projectile blocks/reflects
- jamming/combo breaking
- boon production
- condition removal

for instance:
a properly specced support mesmer can do boon stripping and projectile reflection (shutting down ranged as much as 75%) while still doing decent damage.

a 0/10/0/30/30 D/D ele or bunker-specced hammer guardian would good at boon production, healing, and jamming/combo breaking but suck at personal damage.

the list goes on and on.

if you leverage what is built-in to your profession in terms of group utility you will have much smoother runs than those who simply “build for soloing”

I agree with this.
OP the system in the game can be specialized, just because people don’t do it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.
I think that many people are so used to the trinity that they keep trying to reproduce it instead of looking how to make their classes unique with the system that this game does have.

You realize that the name is from the lore right?
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Lore

It has nothing to do with guild wars in the game

Happyfool.8951:

The Anomaly is probably the best looking focus i’ve seen.

For sure! That skin makes me wish I used a focus.
As for the current Legendary Weapons- none of them really appeal to me- even if their effects will probably be buffed.
If they ad more I will see but up until then I really could not be bothered.
Bifrost is cool and all but not that cool- and the look is very specific, it just doesn’t suit most characters.

The Mystic Forge skins are amazing, staffs are generally very lacking and we could certainly use more cool staff skins.
I wanted to make a Mystic Claymore when I just started looking at MF recipes because I really liked the look for my mesmer.
I eventually bought Khrysaor and now I’m so happy with it that my ingredients are sitting in my bank.
Most of my characters are staff users- very sad

I agree that the very rare MF exotics should be upgraded to Ascended- some of those things are incredibly expensive to craft and look a lot better than most Legendary Weapons

Hantu.2815:

Does the T1 light glow? I am dying to get my sylvari to 35 and get her that set.

No it does not- at least not on my Sylvari.
was a bit disappointed actually but she looks so much better in it than Human amour that I am happy for now

I don’t know- I really have not gotten bored of skins yet- all my characters are unique and I enjoy creating their looks immensely.
As Lady Rhonwyn says it is how the game was made.
There will always be more skins, I am pretty sure of that.
Meanwhile I’m doing exactly what I’ve been doing from the betas, which is playing the game- I create my own goals and I really like that I have the freedom to do that.

Zeldain.5710:

Lafiel.9372:

Zeldain.5710:

Playing with others has no point at all, and that’s a fact. This is not a great MMO in that regard.

This is a great mmo in that regard because no one gets a free ride.

You mean like walking by an event, tagging a mob, and moving on but still getting full credit? That kind of free ride?

You don’t get full credit for that but in any case some people will always be jerks, that is not exactly the fault of the game.
I agree that no one gets a free ride.

LadyRhonwyn.2501:

Morrigan.2809:

In the betas I was once rezzed by someone named Sugoll, which is sort of like the goblin king in the earlier cycle of the stories- incidentally he is married to Katlinel the Darkeyed- mentioned by LadyRhonwyn earlier in the thread.

That name was too long… That’s why I changed it to Darkeyes. Oh, my ele Charr is called Earthshaker…

Awesome! Although I would have sort of pegged him for a Norn- Earthshaker does sort of fit the Charr

My main is a human mesmer called Diamond Mask
Diamondmask is the nickname of a character in the writings of Julian May and the character has extraordinary mental powers- it seemed fitting to me.
I once had someone come up to me and ask me if my name is based on Illusio- I was so chuffed.
In the betas I was once rezzed by someone named Sugoll, which is sort of like the goblin king in the earlier cycle of the stories- incidentally he is married to Katlinel the Darkeyed- mentioned by LadyRhonwyn earlier in the thread.

My human thief is called Crowgirl and is inspired by Charles De Lindt- particularly a poem in the beginning of one of his books
“they both carry a smile to show when they are pleased, they both carry a switchblade up their sleeves”

My Engi is called after my grandmother, since she would have made a great Engineer-
Isabella Katerina

I usually do my dailies while I’m out exploring on whatever character, if for some reason I run out of time and just need one more event /kill or gather before I log off I just pop into the water reservoir in Queensdale.

I think it is a great game too and I think it will only get better.
I have been enjoying myself immensely since the Betas
cheers

Stupid Question I know but don’t you have to be lvl80 or so to even use an Ori mining pick?

I really like the fact that I am not forced to group by the game mechanics- I party when I want to and that is often, mostly with my husband but until I played GW2, I would never even have considered partying with strangers.

I do find that we seem to get better rewards when in a party and of course you get more Guild Influence.
If you party with the same people a lot you learn how to play really well together and it makes the game so much more enjoyable.

On the other hand if I just want to roam and do my own thing, I can and I don’t have to put up with people who do not share my objectives.
This system is the best of both worlds really.