Guild Wars 2

Moshari.8570:

Look at it this way, A guardian has less of a chance of getting silk…but you have MORE of a chance of getting DUSK!

Doesn’t matter how much they buff it by 1,000,000 times 0 is still 0. In all seriousness, I hope that you are joking. You have increased odds of getting a Greatsword period, so Dusk dropping is still around a one in a hundred million chance.

zenleto.6179:

Meh. Raging about something that hasn’t come into practice yet is ridiculous. When are we going to learn to wait and rage when we actually really know something?

Raging about Commander tags costing 300 gold per color got it changed to 300 gold for all colors. Sometimes it’s best to let the developers know what we think of their proposed changes before it’s released.

Sub 80 would make it less annoying without ruining it’s perks.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

As a side note… has anyone ever actually equipped a drop before?

I’ve looted probably 10,000 armor pieces, I don’t think i’ve ever equipped a single one.

Does Anet actually think people do this?

Only when I’m leveling, which seems to be what this change is for since it will be annoying at level 80.

Naus the Gobbo.5172:

I am actually afraid of guardians.

Every time I see one in PvP I go:“Nope” and turn around.

If you ever fought me you’d know not all of us are good.

Romek.4201:

Vol.7601:

Alright so the new meta class is Mesmer

That way you get the two most valuable items (greatswords and cloths)

anyone know a mesmer farming guide? ;3

much better is necro

very easy to farm with necro and you get cloth + dagger + staff

farming with a mesmer is horrible^^

You get Greatswords as a Mesmer though.

codingCaptor.9428:

• We know that none of them will be level 80 (Hopefully, none of them will be > level 77)

Imagine everyone farming for a level 79 rare that’s better than a legendary.

Healix.5819:

With the inclusion of the Chinese crafting backpacks, I can only hope that tomorrow they do not announce the Chinese personal story changes.

What where the personal story changes in China?

Vol.7601:

Alright so the new meta class is Mesmer

That way you get the two most valuable items (greatswords and cloths)

anyone know a mesmer farming guide? ;3

Time to start getting my Mesmer those last 40 levels he needs. Maybe next patch we can get race drops too

Dahkeus.8243:

Morsus.5106:

Dahkeus.8243:

Can we please stop arguing against good ideas just because they’re not perfect and instead pitch ideas to improving the good ideas?

Except when the change actively makes the game a worse experience, (like in this case) I’m going to complain.

Ok…you seem to not be understanding. This isn’t saying you shouldn’t complain, but complain about the right thing.

Making gear for leveling players more readily attainable is a good thing, even if you don’t care about it. Your problem is that it will keep you from getting silk, which means your problem can be resolved by addressing the silk situation instead of stopping a change that will benefit players.

Silk wasn’t a problem for me before. I haven’t bought Silk en masse, but this change will require me to start buying from other players do to decreased drop rates. I’m complaining about the right thing.

DiogoSilva.7089:

This is generally a good change, because it priotizes personal rewarding over trading post tactics. The advantages are worthier than the disadvantages.

I also wouldn’t mind if this affected even lv80 characters. It would bring something a bit more unique to playing with alts, and if you don’t like it, you always have the trading post to rely for and make your trades.

This wouldn’t be as big of a problem if they were evenly priced, but they are not. Mithril ore is worth ~45 copper, however Silk Scrap is worth ~2 silver, and poor Leather is worth ~10 copper. This reduces income for Heavy and Medium armor class while boosting it for Light armored classes. I’m also asked for a lot of silk to get my ascended armor, and I shouldn’t be hindered in acquiring it because of my chosen class.

butch.8136:

it’s only for leveling….

Not it’s not.

khani.4786:

And it is not going to stop heavy classes from ever getting silk or items that salvage into silk, it is just going to reduce how much un-usable gear you get.

The reason it will be decreasing my silk drop is because the only way to get silk is to salvage armor or a salvage item. By reducing the amount of light armor that drops for me I’ll be salvaging light armor less, and in turn reducing how much silk I get. I haven’t had to buy silk before now, and I don’t want to have to start because ANet messed with my drops.

Crise.9401:

If you are so worried about cloth scraps go make an alt that uses light armor.

I’m not sure if you see the problem here. I shouldn’t have to make an alt to gear my main.

Dahkeus.8243:

Can we please stop arguing against good ideas just because they’re not perfect and instead pitch ideas to improving the good ideas?

Except when the change actively makes the game a worse experience, (like in this case) I’m going to complain.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Sounds like a great change to me!

(disclaimer: I have all light armor classes)

Pray to whatever deity you worship you don’t ever need my Mithril for an ascended weapon… (oh who am I kidding, no one is ever going to need Mithril)

pdavis.8031:

I don’t understand. As a guardian, you have just as much chance of getting silk (or any other mat) as any other profession. You don’t need to level an alt to get what you need for crafting. Silk is used across all professions, so you wouldn’t need to have a light or medium armor character to get silk.

Go read today’s update. They are making it more likely to get equipment you can use, meaning I will be getting more Mithril from salvaging heavy armor and less Silk because I’ll have less light armor.

Duke Nukem.6783:

and will that really help you anyway? revenge is nice but it doesnt get you back the time you invested before you were kicked

Arresting a murderer won’t bring back the dead person.

As someone who mains a Guardian, this will make it much harder for me to get silk. I don’t want to have to level an alt just to gear my main. Can profession loot be an option?

The only changes I ask for are these:
1. Increase kick count to three
2. Keep party chat
3. A message when someone joins a party
4. A message when you are kicked, including who initiated the kick and who voted on it.

lordkrall.7241:

Have you seen what happens on these forums if something that have been announced is ever changed even in the slightest way?

That’s pretty regular in the gaming industry. If it’s subject to heavy change, let the community know. It won’t eliminate upset fans, but it will minimize their numbers.

Paul.4081:

I think people who play other genders are creeps (unless it’s a game where you have no choice. Then it’s fine.

So people who play Charr are into bestiality? Way to sap the role play from a mmorpg.

I was more referring to people who role humans as other genders, but if someone is playing an opposite gender Charr because he/she is “into bestiality” then yes, they are a creep.

Immensus.9732:

dungeons paths,

It was just one path, not paths. On top of it, the Aetherpath actually removed a previous dungeon path, so really we didn’t gain anything from it. Other than that your list is correct, although I (respectfully) disagree with you.

I ran Sword/Sword Warrior in PvP because I liked impaling other players on a sword. I then got the highest score for killing players on him despite the fact I’d only just made the character.

My Guardian is still my favorite character 600 hours in.

I have 2 level 80s, but only log onto the Warrior to craft the stuff for Mawdrey.

The only other time I logged onto my Warrior was to fight Liadri with a Rifle bleeding build.

Lord Kuru.3685:

1. What happens if you solo and experience a short DC? What happens if your entire party sees a short DC?

Don’t quote me on this, but I think that going to stay the same. I’m not sure why the new change would affect it.

Maliel.8362:

We can finally get rid of those annoying “Bearbow PVT” owners.

Fixed it for you.

Vikkela.7261:

What stopped you from hosting earlier when it was raining at your house? A DC that does not dissolve the party?

My internet doesn’t take rain well. Every other storm we get kills my internet.

Kicking someone should require 50% or more people. In a group of 5, 3 votes would be required. In a group of 4, 2 votes would be required. In a group of 3, 2 votes would be required, in a party of 2, you can just leave the party.

Nevets Crimsonwing.5271:

Morsus.5106:

Is it really too much trouble for you to move for 5 seconds so he can get his picture? I’d DC you if I were the dev too lol.

‘respect mah authoritah’

Edited to not be so rude.

Not sure what your original post was, but I got the reference and laughed. Seriously though, it’s just common decency to step aside when someone wants to get a picture.

koen.4729:

Now you’ll finally be able to repair your armor if you opened a fractal run

/me links 11 Instant Repair Canisters

dietzero.3514:

Please stop pretending EotM is anything but PvE.

Wrong, it’s player versus door.

Is it really too much trouble for you to move for 5 seconds so he can get his picture? I’d DC you if I were the dev too lol.

Wait, now I can kick the seller, AND finish the instance myself? This Feature Pack is getting better and better! [/sarcasm]

Bukkebruse.2810:

Excellent, now you can no longer be immune to kicks when pugging fractals or dungeons.

Even better, dungeon sellers no longer have to worry about their instance disappearing if they are kicked; it will still be there, just in the hands of those who kicked them!

It’ll be more profitable to kick and sell than to solo.

Alora.6841:

Now everyone can kick me despite me opening the dungeon, hooray.

I’ll actually miss running without the risk of those three guys who just happen to be in the same guild kicking me.

In today’s Feature Pack update ANet has said that dungeons will no longer be “owned” by the first person to enter the instance. I am no longer afraid to host a dungeon when it’s raining at my house! So what are all of your thoughts on this?

Tman.6349:

Morsus.5106:

Brother Grimm.5176:

Still the only content that the player will overly suffer for is what I mentioned (as they will possibly denied rewards due to lack of damage). Otherwise, the player will still be “successful”, tho potentially not effective as they could be.

Play a dungeon with 5 bleed rifle warriors and then play it with 5 anything-other-than-condition warriors and tell me conditions are fine in group play. Burning and poison are in an even worse place because it can cap out at one person, due to it stacking duration. As soon as the enemy is perma burned/poisoned it doesn’t matter how many players you have, because you’ll still be doing the damage of the one or two people it takes to perma burn/poison. In solo content conditions are awesome, but as soon as you have more than two or so people you are at the limit for conditions.

I love these examples that demand build DIVERSITY, but then use silly examples like how FIVE condi rifle warriors will be ineffective. O.o Many people run conditions to solo dungeons. Those same rifle condi warriors can finish a dungeon just fine too. No they don’t play well together (WITHOUT variety lol), but it is viable to achieve the goal. As was said before, zerg content is the real problem where enemies are burned before enough damage can be applied to tag mobs. The impression that I’ve always got from these different arguments is “every other option should be equally capable of dungeon speed clears and welcome in those groups”. I really don’t understand this mentality of choosing sub-optimal builds for content and then going on a crusade to change the balance to make it equal to min/maxed builds. People that run Berserker, DON’T use it at world bosses. You know why? Because that isn’t optimal. ‘Dynamic Combat’ involves using your many tools appropriately for the situation.

It doesn’t have to be bleed rifle warriors. Bleed Rifle Warrior is the only condition build I’ve ever tried to use, so it’s the example I always pull up. If you have more than three people stacking bleeds, regardless of build, it works improperly. Many classes also apply conditions even if they don’t want/need to. My Berserker Guardian would gladly stop burning enemies so that the burning based build in the dungeon could apply theirs, but unfortunately I don’t have a choice in the matter.

Lasica.5068:

SpeedFiend.4521:

It’s unfair? I’m pretty sure the requirements to get the item are exactly the same for everyone, so no, it isn’t unfair. You maybe don’t want to put in the same amount or type of work as others, which actually is unfair.

Except everyone isn’t putting in the same amount of work. People who already run fractals and have a heap of pristine relics saved up put in zero extra work for the crafting. People who have never done fractals or have tried them and don’t care to try them again, they will need to put in 10 or more additional hours into crafting this item. So yes it’s an unfair requirement.

I suppose by that logic it’s unfair to people who don’t have map completion too? The scavenger hunt was easy for me because I could just waypoint and upgrade the necessary item.

Liewec.2896:

precursor crafting […]reduces any form of prestige.

Because there’s prestige attached to the Mystic Toilet’s RNG. Hahaha, yeah right.

1600 gems in the gemshop!

Just imagine all of the complaints from people who invested in the GreatSaw haha.

Brother Grimm.5176:

Still the only content that the player will overly suffer for is what I mentioned (as they will possibly denied rewards due to lack of damage). Otherwise, the player will still be “successful”, tho potentially not effective as they could be.

Play a dungeon with 5 bleed rifle warriors and then play it with 5 anything-other-than-condition warriors and tell me conditions are fine in group play. Burning and poison are in an even worse place because it can cap out at one person, due to it stacking duration. As soon as the enemy is perma burned/poisoned it doesn’t matter how many players you have, because you’ll still be doing the damage of the one or two people it takes to perma burn/poison. In solo content conditions are awesome, but as soon as you have more than two or so people you are at the limit for conditions.

Brother Grimm.5176:

The only place you CAN NOT successfully run a condition build is in Champ Trains and World Boss Zergs so if THOSE modes are the OPs issue keep in mind those are quite narrow (tho popular) game play modes.

You cannot have more than two conditioners in any content because of the condition cap. See my above example. 2 Rifle Bleed Warrior can hit the bleed cap, and anyone else won’t really be doing any more damage, or worse, be lessening the damage because they aren’t geared/traited well and are stopping the dedicated conditioners from applying conditions.

saventis.1485:

i mean would you have rather have just gotten last years present again?
( maybe cause then the scrolls would stack lol)

Yes. I’ll take 24 hours of the birthday booster over this years present.

I see capes clipping through my Charr’s torso every time he runs.

saventis.1485:

Morsus.5106:

saventis.1485:

iv never done that nor expected it
where im from were greatful to recieve things
and dont complain because its not exactly what we wanted
free gifts are free gifts take it or leave it
i mean really…
ungreatful

So if the person already has one, do you yell at them for being ungrateful when they don’t use it? It’s totally fair for people to ask for a change to an item that will go unused otherwise.

well i dont yell at anyone and no cause its toatally up to them if they want to use it.
i mean they earned it didnt they?

If they “earned” it, don’t they deserve to ask for something more? Your posts are just getting more and more confusing. Do they deserve something because they earned it, or is this a gift? The definition of a gift is as follows: “a thing given willingly to someone without payment; a present.” If it’s without payment, they did not earn it. It it’s earned, they paid for something and have the right to complain.

saventis.1485:

iv never done that nor expected it
where im from were greatful to recieve things
and dont complain because its not exactly what we wanted
free gifts are free gifts take it or leave it
i mean really…
ungreatful

So if the person already has one, do you yell at them for being ungrateful when they don’t use it? It’s totally fair for people to ask for a change to an item that will go unused otherwise.

Tman.6349:

TehPwnerer.7215:

Title. I want to know if I’ll be able to actually run a viable condition build at some point.

Thanks.

Conditions have always been viable. In fact, they’re incredibly powerful except in every aspect of the game outside of dungeons and zerg content. Are conditions ever going to be capable of 100k bursts? No. That flies in the face of DoT/attrition style play. Apples will never be the same as oranges.

The problem with conditions is not that it can’t 100k burst, the problem is it doesn’t play well with others. 5 Bleeding rifle warriors can only stack 25 bleeds, doing around the same damage as 2 bleeding rifle warriors.

saventis.1485:

its a gift be grateful

In real life you include a gift receipt for a reason.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. =)

Not if it’s plagiarism.