Guild Wars 2

dooders.8069:

But who knows. Anet likes to leave their paying/non-paying customers in the wind. And release unfinished buggy events.

This event is unfinished. It’s the first part.

This event isn’t buggy. It’s perfectly fine.

Go play another game.

>Anet releases wonderfully designed content that everyone loves
>People complain because a small team put more effort into the content than a couple weapon skins

Don’t get me wrong, I’ll bash Anet for things too but if you’re gonna do it at least bash them for something they did badly. Enjoy the box, farm the Baubles, and when your skins come out get them.

Take a note, don’t argue with a guild group. When I do things with my friends I blatantly include something along the lines of “act like an kitten and get instakicked” in my gw2lfg posts to give a fair warning that if you come into our group and start being a nuisance you’re out. Is it always fair? No. But we don’t like having some random guy telling us how to do what we already know how to do or criticizing the fact that we aren’t all super powerful godlike Zerker warriors.

The “reason” given for this is so that you can’t place it on the ground and continually run through it to stack swiftness. Funny because the Guardian Staff #3 adjusts if you already have swiftness on. It’s really just lazy programming, hopefully they change it.

Personally, I spent a couple months on my winter break playing only alts and leveling some other characters to 80 and then I went back to my Mesmer. The refreshing feeling of playing my Mesmer again was awesome. I took a particular liking to the Ranger class myself but it wasn’t my Mesmer.

Yes, Zergs existed before this patch but there’s another major problem with the removal of culling and it’s the nameplates. It is now increasingly more difficult to slip passed enemy lines because you can see the nameplate halfway across the map. Prior to the patch, you could see a dim figure in the distance but no nameplate. After the patch, you can see the entire nameplate right in your face. This makes it increasingly more difficult for smaller, scouting groups to get around the map. Why try and do the impossible when you can form megazergs?

I pray this is just the shiny factor to all the PvErs and when the regular WvW people are the ones in WvW all the time it’ll change back. I’d like to see nameplates adjusted a bit when it comes to when you can and can’t see them. I’d also like an option to turn off the kittening titles. Who the hell had that idea?

Vinny.6924:

Entitlement again.

Its a skin, you won’t die if you don’t have it.

Its a very long term goal.

Wait for the scavenger hunt.

Quit.

There’s a difference between entitlement and ridiculous. The fact is precursors are ridiculous and the only people who disagree are those who have a legendary(ies) or those who are cornering the precursor market. We’re not asking to be given a precursor, we’re asking for a legit way to EARN one.

And I find it humorous that you would call it a “very long term goal” when that’s only true if you aren’t one of the handful of people who struck gold and got the precursor out of the Forge/as a drop. When someone can get one in a month and it takes someone else 8 months to get one because of the precursor, not due to lack of effort, then it isn’t a long term goal is it?

In Guild Wars 1 I legit had to earn my FoW armor. In Guild Wars 2 if you want a Legendary you need to win the lottery. I don’t understand how you can look at that and say there isn’t a problem with it.

inb4ihavefourlegendariesanditsfine

Whichever precursor I get first but if I could pick; Twilight. I think it fits my Mesmer better and it’s cheaper (the difference in cost for lodestones is much more significant than the precursor).

While I entirely agree that Legendaries should take work to achieve it’s getting a bit ridiculous at this point. The people who exploited early on and for some reason were allowed back into the game with everything they exploited for have a hold on the precursor market and as long as this remains the case precursors will continue to rise in price. Unless the Living Story has another mass precursor giveaway at the end of it like the Karka weekend, it’s going to eventually be cheaper to get lucky with the Forge than buy it on the TP.

I fear that the next time we hear word of the scavenger hunt it’s going to be another line of “we haven’t looked at it yet but it’s on our list” crap. At this point, it’s time to accept that the design of legendaries was a failure and the only chance of it being any different is new legendaries being added into the game in the future. The current lineup will be doomed to RNG forever unless Anet incorporates something that literally gives them away.

Kuishen.6140:

As part of LB’s group:

All of these come down to one simple fact: Don’t waste our time. It’s disrespectful.

You waste more people’s time jumping through your moronic obstacle course to join a group than other people waste yours.

tldr (12 chars)

etiquette [et-i-kit, -ket]
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I’d fully be in support of this change. Would absolutely love to have a 25% speed boost.

I can’t miss a Pinkie Pie party. I’m bringing my party cannon.

Ok, what was the logical reason in taking away the combo finisher from Phantasmal Berserker? Mesmers were already lacking in the Combos category and this did nothing beneficial to that. So, I’m proposing several changes:

1. Give back Phantasmal Berserker the Combo Finisher: Whirl
2. Make the area Mind Stab hits bigger
3. Give Mind Stab Combo Finisher: Blast
4. Illusionary Wave creates an Ethereal Combo Field

Mind Stab has needed to be improved since it was changed into a ground target and the Blast finisher is something everyone agrees would be a positive improvement to the Mesmer’s combos and Mind Stab in general. It would also be a good idea to have Illusionary Wave create another combo field for Mesmers to use. This would give the Mesmer an option for more group support.

This would bring Phantasmal Berserker back to the way it was, improve Mind Stab (which it desperately could use), give Mesmers a little bit better AoE and gives the Mesmer more combo potential overall. Thoughts?

It’s confirmed. “Combo Finisher” is no longer in the tool tip and it no longer combo’s with fields. Kind of a lousy stealth nerf if you ask me.

Jeffrey Vaughn.1793:

There’s nothing I can say that will change any minds—but I did say that the staff had an extremely low drop rate, and we did just boost the odds of rare items appearing at the end of large events. Congrats to those who got one!

If by “extremely low drop rate” you mean nonexistent then yes. There’s NO WAY that thing properly dropped from Shadow Behemoth the entire lifespan of the game. If you think anyone believes that you could get it from that chest before last night’s patch you’re out of your mind. In fact, I think this is the first time a dev has had the nerve to say “I told you so” after blatantly lying to us, which is happening a lot recently. Get your kitten together Anet, you used to be so much better than this.

At the part where Detha sets up the traps she gets bugged again. After talking to the NPC Ghost she just sits in the middle of the room and won’t go work on the traps.

JonPeters.5630:

There are some updates missing from the notes. We are tracking down those, but some changes to the D/D and S/D ele build are in this patch despite not being in the notes.

New build in the next hour? How’s it going tracking down those updates “missing from the notes?”

JonPeters.5630:

There are some updates missing from the notes. We are tracking down those, but some changes to the D/D and S/D ele build are in this patch despite not being in the notes.

There’s a shocker. I thought another Dev specifically told us EVERYTHING in the initial patch notes was all that’s changed and there was no such thing as stealth nerfs? I must just be stupid or something, I dunno.

dreztina.4820:

Very unhappy about these changes. The fotm bunker build was supposed to get nerfed. Instead it gets a tiny slap on the wrist, and only in spvp. Hell it’s even stronger in wvw with the aura buffs. Just ridiculous.

This patch was supposed to make it so you couldn’t be near invincible by facerolling bunker, and instead it pushes people further into that direction, and further shows how little anet cares about balancing wvw.

Also kitten about the RTL change. Not because the time is such a huge problem, but because RTL has disadvantages no other dash in the game has. When you use rtl, you can’t use any of your abilities. At all. If you get immobilized in RTL, it’s a death sentence. What were they thinking nerfing the cooldown without making it so RTL doesn’t kittening kill you half the time you use it. Just ridiculous.

I just look at this and laugh.

Out of Attunement – D/D Ele – Maguuma – [OG]

2 OG D/D Eles in this thread crying about Confusion

Your guild’s rep is so horrendously bad and your players, specifically Bunzy, run braindead builds and complain about everything that counters it. You guys talk tough and act like your the kitten when you’re not. If you don’t outnumber people you run and anyone who’s better than you is “obviously bad.” When an entire forum is telling you you’re wrong how arrogant do you have to be to believe that you’re right? This is clearly an issue with your guild and your personal skill sets. It’s a learn to play issue, stop crying.

Bunzy.8674:

They can blow everyone up in under 1 second.

Last I checked you have to cause confusion’s damage with your own actions. If you’re blowing up due to confusion it’s because of your skill flailing that you do is blowing yourself up in 1 second (which is a huge exaggeration). Stop playing a D/D Ele and learn to play the game.

>Confusion does damage for every action you do
>Bunzy plays a D/D Ele and flails away on his 1-0 keys more than Beethoven trying to learn the sounds of the keyboard for the first time
>Bunzy, the invincible “I never lose a fight” God from OG, dies in about 3 seconds because he literally kills himself before he can “reset” the fight

Get over yourself. The problem isn’t that Confusion got “popular”, it’s that you finally found a Mesmer smart enough to target you in your OG zerg and slap confusion on you while they laugh their kitten off because you’re a free kill.

To focus on the Largos-Mursaat connection for a minute, if the Mursaat are able to split themselves into multiple life forms then wouldn’t it be possible to split themselves into the Largos and escape into the ocean to escape the Titans? To me, that’s an idea that I could totally buy into and it would make a lot of sense. Not to mention it would be great background for the Largos who are pretty mysterious right now.

Jeffrey Vaughn.1793:

Hi, I just wanted to give an update. First, I’d like to apologize for setting off such a firestorm of speculation—I was trying to provide assurance that Final Rest is, indeed hooked up and working, but it’s not likely to have dropped yet. Like I said, the odds that I posted were a quick calculation after looking at the drop chance, how often the event runs, and other factors.

On a totally unrelated note, large event chests are being upgraded to make them more rewarding, so the odds of Final Rest and other rare items appearing should see an increase in a future update.

Translation: Final Rest was never in the game so we told you how incredibly rare it was and it will be added into the game in an update where large event chests are upgraded.

I would have rather you just told us it wasn’t in the game than try to convince me that ONE item in this ENTIRE game was so incredibly rare that you couldn’t give us any reasonable hints to its location.

ezd.6359:

Demand:Supply is 10:1. May be arena.net waits till 90% of their player base leave?

Well, unfortunately, based on how things went in Guild Wars 1 that’s exactly how it’ll be handled. A couple years from now Precursors will be as common as Copper and anyone who wants a Legendary could probably farm one in a few days tops.

Jeffrey Vaughn.1793:

to the event that spawns the chest

How I interpret this is that it doesn’t necessarily mean an event chain. I’m interpreting this as in when you code something a certain event must take place (i.e. a boss dying) in order for the chest activate. Can we get a clarification on this at all?

Bunzy.8674:

Munkee.3542:

dreztina.4820:

We’ll see. If you solo much I’m sure we’ll run into each other again.

Looks like you’re in the same life boat as Bunzy with you showing off that signature of yours. God help you guys the next time you’re matched up with Yak’s.

What is a yak’s doing on this thread o.O
Did you miss us that much?

I heard you came back from the shadows.

dreztina.4820:

We’ll see. If you solo much I’m sure we’ll run into each other again.

Looks like you’re in the same life boat as Bunzy with you showing off that signature of yours. God help you guys the next time you’re matched up with Yak’s.

Hey Bunzy, you still running that DD Ele build against underleveled people during oceanic times on a North American server?

zTales.4392:

“Brony” (Male Human)

Male Sylvari, that’s me.

Alright, let me address this. I understand the concept of a legendary weapon, I understand it should take time to get. But there’s a different between legendary and LUCKY. How difficult is it to get that through your heads? Since launch, without grinding, I’ve been saving my materials to make a legendary. But, because the RNG for the precursors absolutely BLOWS, I will never get my legendary. When you can spend 550g and not get one in the Forge and someone else can get one in under 4g there’s a flaw with that system. That is called pure, random, luck. Basing a “legendary” off of RNG is a moronic thought and I’d love to know who came up with that idea.

The people who have a stranglehold of them on the TP are the people who exploited at the beginning of the game and were gifted their account back if they “promised to delete everything.” Bullkitten, those people now rule the game’s economy. That’s called poor design and horrendous control over your game.

I played GW1, I remember working hard to get the high end stuff and then eventually everyone had it gifted to them. I’m not complaining that I can’t get a legendary, I’m purely making the point that there’s a serious flaw in the method of getting one. Quit being ignorant elitists and learn to see a flaw for what it is.

My point, make it hard to get; not lucky to get.

Just for the sake of now making my point.

Fix. Precursors.

TSLlol.4879:

nope no way. Downgrading a legendary is just a nono. People worked for this, don’t ruin it for them. 1

Did you even read my post? I’m not asking them to downgrade the legendary. I’m saying slightly reduce one effect and add a different effect. The projectiles for The Dreamer were fine as they were, I’d rather see a trail or footsteps than going over the top with the projectiles. But hey, to each his own. We all have our opinions and not everyone can be pleased.

Just throwing my 2 cents in here because I can. I’m a brony, I actually have the character name “Brony” in game, I’ve been watching MLP:FiM for a couple years now, and I loved the concept of having a legendary bow with a MLP influence. In fact, I was working towards acquiring it… but it’s now over the top. The projectiles are too big and it’s fairly distracting. The Dreamer could be changed in an alternative way while maintaining its MLP influence.

I’d say revert the projectiles back to just the unicorn head like they were, keep the new rainbow stream effect on the projectiles, and add a rainbow trail behind the player similar to that of Rainbow Dash’s. The current projectile is just too big and there are better ways to make it stand out more.

Enough with sticking bandaids on the severed limb called precursors, it’s time for something productive. Watch The Lover get relisted around 600g soon.

Does anyone know which missions reward you with the personal story specific armor? I believe it’s in the 30-60 range but I’m not 100% sure. If anyone knows it would be greatly appreciated.

For reference, this is the set I’m looking for:
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee164/sixchr/Engineer_zps8ebdd348.png

MikeFerguson.8921:

I want to clear something up here, we do not auto-ban people without investigating the account first. Our CS staff reviews reports that come in and if they find questionable activity, they take whatever action they deem appropriate.

Kind of like the name reporting that happened in masses at launch and still happens periodically? It seems pretty clear that when an individual account is reported multiple times the action comes out pretty quick and often times not for a valid reason. If that’s what investigating means then I’ll be kittened. And when the account is unbanned, it’s typically because whoever does it knows it’s not a valid ban.

Colin Today:

Hey guys,

Just a quick update on where the whole scavenger hunt system stands since I know that’s a topic many of you have brought up recently. We’re not currently actively working on building any sort of legendary precursor scavenger hunt, this is something we want to do in the future and we’re in the midst of designing how this would function, but no one is actively building this feature and you should not expect in the Jan/Feb/March releases at this point.

Linsey Murdock A month ago:

I am definitely working on the precursor scavenger hunt!

Just add it to the list.

Bunzy.8674:

It might like I am just spamming skills but alot of thought process goes into each ability.

“Kitten, which keybind was Ride the Lightning?”

Bunzy.8674:

This is the thought process of most FOTM elementalist which I why I beat them so easily…if only you knew there was a greater meaning.

Well, while you’re flicking through all your hardcore wvw footage desperately searching for a clip in which you don’t die 10 times to a zerg maybe you should actually watch all your gameplay because it clearly looks like you’re just spamming skills to me. Maybe if you were doing combos or something I might give you a little credit but you’re using a build a brain dead monkey could play while blind and handcuffed behind the back.

Bunzy.8674:

tPvP is about who can bunker best, not my style of play.

Bunzy.8674:

I am not a bunker by any means.

You have GOT to be kidding me…

Probably because one requires Orichalcum and one requires Ancient Wood. Obviously, you’d need more Wood than Orichalcum so the Coins is probably the idea to balance out the materials required.

Bunzy.8674:

I struggle killing people.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghjh3QOE1rY

>You make a thread about wanting a skilled game.
>You play a D/D Ele

Please get off the forums and never come back.

Bunzy.8674:

If you want a game where skill prevails over numbers its time to get rid of or drastically change the downed state.

Bunzy.8674:

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7vgD8KFd-o

That about wraps up this thread.

Watched the video for a couple minutes, come back to me when you start using combo fields. In the mean time the video’s good for showing the minor difference in the build’s potential in the hands of a skilled player and someone who just flails on the keys.

I’m currently doing Retribution (Retake Claw Island) and the NPCs in the fight against Blightghast the Plaguebringer are bugged. Only a small handful of the Pact NPCs at the end are attacking, the majority are just standing there and the fight is dragging on EXTREMELY slowly.

1. Largos
2. Dwarves
3. Tengu

Largos are just way too cool, Dwarves for all the GW1 feels with some lore, and I think it’s safe to say Tengu are a given.

Tynan.6279:

Nice… the video that shows the under the map glitch that DB is exploiting just got removed!

Isn’t it lovely?

Thaia.5146:

BUT… Mini Infiniarium combines with Princess Doll.

4 random Minis go in the Forge to give you a random Mini, that’s why.