That tells me more about the game sites than anything else and to disregard them. Well time lol.
What are you going to do when they drop the barrier to entry soon and every Tom,Dick and Harry is running around here?
No amount of game of the year stuff will save you from them. But keep trying maybe they will add something other then useless to the gem shop like the make over kits.
My advice is to stay away unless you like doing dungeon grind.If you like that then you will enjoy the fractals.
Yes the pop has had a significant drop and it continues to bleed out badly.
They have stated multiple times that the full servers are account on the server and nothing to do with people online at any given time. Check out CC EVA she is the one who posted that from Anet.
I wouldnt be too surprised if Anet dropped the barrier to entry if the holiday doesnt go well.
I do wish that they stuck more with what GW1 had to offer. I was ok with this game right up to the 15th. Then the grind came in, they threw people under the bus.
But to make money and a better game the made this. After all Mike O called the original (gw1) a stagnant pile so it must be.
Unfortunately due to the last update a lot of population congregates in LA because of Fractal dungeon. Dont forget that outside that dungeon Anet nerfed the loot drops to the ground so open world events ect reward next to nothing for the time spent.
Also there is no incentive to go back and be apart of the world unless doing exploration or helping a guildy.
So you end up with a stale reward free journey to 80.
Hopefully Anet will remedy this issue but I wouldnt hold my breath.
All I want is a pre 15th patch and I got was a lump of coal.
They took the population and located it in one spot LA.
They then gated that content via agony.
They also splintered the groups via frac level.
That is just the dungeon:
Now the grind they said wouldnt be there wow – now one hell of a grind for gear.
BIS gear located in 1 spot only dungeon (no,no)
The fact they actually released new tier of gear when people were led to believe the focus was on horizontal progression.
Then they nerfed all the loot drops except the frac dungeon.
I think you get the idea of how this is going and why people are upset and left.
you missed zerg left and zerg right.
Lol that is funny. Nasty but funny.
But you can still report them for botting or something else if you cant get to the chest
in time. I believe that is what the mods have been suggesting you do.
Anet nerfs the loot to nothing and you still cant get it.
Not sure check in one of the maintenance threads it might be in there.
Or Pm Gaile Gray.
I have been good enough to get 3 people to not buy gw2 cause of the issues.
Of course they will.
It has been a resounding success the dungeon. It may only be because of the only way to get the ascended gear but still.
It has managed to deprive the world of a large amount of population and fracture the community into pieces.
It was a great design and will no doubt have many more added on.
Although you would have a lot of takers on it – it aint going to happen. Pre 15th patch is still done.
I would have easily coughed up $20-25 /month to play the game pre 15th and DR. But nothing will change that now. Even the 25%pop they lost because of it.
raids,more asended gear and WvW updates and roll outs.
I dont get it people just dumb I guess.
cc eva has stated that server status is directly related to the accounts on the server not to people playing or concurrency.
I am tired of getting that link for people.
Yes they have lost 40-50% of the population since launch and are looking at ways to increase this.
I think that they have been caught also.
Before launch people hung on what they said and took it to heart. Gamers looked forward to it.
Now they have done things that have caused us to scrutinize their work. We challenge them on everything they say now.We arent the happy people we were we are now demanding customers.
They should have been prepared for this but werent.
I find it really sad that they cant even come out and state a long term vision or goal for this game.
If they have a direction and plan show it so people can just leave instead of checking back in the forums to see if Anet said anything about a certain topic or what the plan is.
No No
Not too late at all. Just some changes -
Population as dropped off by 50% so be careful out in the open world there arent as many people out there anymore. Most events are soloable but stay away from champs.
Money is tight because Anet nerfed loot drops into the ground. The main exception is the frac dungeon at Lions Arch. That loot table is still fine.
Top gear is easy to get except the new gear treadmill ascend stuff and that is a massive massive grind and will continue to be released every few months.
TPVP is dead except a few hours a day but Spvp hot join isnt – you can still get some decent matches going there.
WvW – Ok still going but population taken a huge hit as nothing new has been introduced yet. Good rewards tho.
Find a nice guild and settle in and enjoy yourself. The monthly events are pretty good as well.
I found it obnoxious that the symbol was constantly on in PVE. I saw as attention kittens mainly cause they didnt go into WvW. I knew most of the commanders in WvW on my server.
But I would never whisper anyone or anything that is a little much to me anyways.
It is a little sad that they tell you how to play the game and what is fun.
Truth is Anet have made some changes and a lot of people are not having fun and simply left (50% of the pop).
They have nerfed loot to the ground and forced you into dungeons just to earn money and to grind on ascend items. In hopes of driving gem sales.
If you arent having fun take a break is really all I can offer at this point. Hope that anet decides to make changes that suit your play style so you come back.
I had heard it mentioned with the guild activities (raids) that they were looking at implementing and the time frame but nothing concrete on price ect.
And of course I could have been lied to.
Although an Assuran would hate this:
Socks
Human or Norn depending on how long and floppy.
But the smell……
Very nice idea but goes against the idea of nerf loot in order to force players to buy gems to keep up.
No its not you…
Anet has done some things people dont like so they have left.
Grind and VP = People left
Fracs only dungeons =People in LA or fed up and left
DR and loot nerfs (X3)=People left cause of a lack of rewards
Just a few of the things they have done to cause people to vacate the premiss.
There are bots farming scales in the ocean but they wont respond to your chat.
I agree It WAS a great game.
There hasnt been a definitive statement by the devs about why not so keep asking you might get it. Grind was added. VP added so why not mounts?
Keep at it you may get a yes!
Fantastic Idea – I like it
Top Grinder:
Top Gold maker:
Top Fractal level Grinder:
Top Dungeon grinder:
Top Exploiter:
It would push me to more fracs and definitely more of whatever anets deems I need to do in order to play the game they want me to play it.
Stop repeating false information.
Full means the server is full of people online and playing.
This is easily checked because it changes intra-day, and full servers go to very high around the early mornings every day.
I’m guessing it won’t be real-time every minute, but updated every hour etc
Lol no it doesnt it means the accounts tied to the server. Look for CC Evas post she states it clearly.
Here is the post:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Server-Populations/first#post703192
Please stop posting false information it isnt right.
It has nothing to do with who is online or concurrent.
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For me I would have preferred a sub to all the loot nerfing and attempts to cater to all crowds instead of 1. If it allowed for a direction and focus it would have been worth it.
Hell even more if it was like pre 15 patch and no dr and no gem store. I easily would go for $20-25/month for an experience I wanted to play.
I do find it unfortunate that they have nerferd rewards/loot to the point that there is very little return for farming. (except fracs)
It seems they chose to attack a players sense of gratification of loot and sense of accomplishment in order to promote gem buying. (to keep up)
Had they focused on giving people what they want in the store the measures may have not been necessary and could have saved some serious grief. But as it stands now that is what they want grief and I dont understand why.
There have been many well thought out threads developing a productive gem store but that isnt the route they chose.
The first few mins would be awesome then the 15th would happen and the rest of the movie would be a massive rant and grind followed by the director stating he doesnt know which way the movie should go up or sideways. The ending will be blank as nexon takes over and puts it to an end.
Great start bad finish.
But there is Tybalt the hero of the flick who dies heroically saving the movie from the horrible ending/15th.
Check back in a few months feb-march when raids (guild activities) come in. they will have new mechanics like the roles you are talking about.
As well as an update for PvP and WvW.
I always liked finding the highest point on the map and jumping off to my death.
Not sure why but it was amusing. Since gear wasnt broken it was a little cheaper to boot.
forum dweller now that is amusing as well
I can tell you but I would have to kill you no really.
Population and concurrency are usually a tightly guarded secret as it is a predictor the overall health of the game and revenue generated.
However in this case a lot of it I believe has to do with accounts per server and how anet culls the inactive ones to make room for new/active accounts.
As to how they are verified- very few outside an auditing firm would be granted such access.
yes this is a growing cancer. I think that it is on anets end that this is happening because of the fact commanders are getting hit as well – specifically. They scope out high value targets and hit them.
Most are like you OP.
Unique email/password – non gold buying ect.
I take it you have money and maybe a legendary? if so you are a prime target.
The only thing I can say is make a new email and swap out fast and sit on the account till the give up.
Good luck.
I bet a good portion of them are here in forum instead of in-game. PvP and PvAnet here in forum is more entertaining, to a certain extent.
I have to agree with that assessment. They have lost a massive amount of population and are still trending downward in a steep curve. It seems the forums are the actual battle grounds for the HP vs VP crowd now.
Terriblely bad to see but TOR outlasted GW2 in pop and loss of population.
It is a shame really.
Had this been about players making gold it would have been hot patched and nerfed in 5 mins.
But because this is in line with the reduce income they dont seem to even want to acknowledge the thread or question.
It has been going on for 3 weeks and no one offered an update/solution or simple Hi we see this.
Especially since players derive satisfaction from loot and rewards this is causing a rift and more negative feedback. They need to stop driving wedges between the community and devs and turn things around here.
the truth is out there……
Maybe you should actually play game instead pretending you have a clue about designing games?
And maybe you shouldnt post.
After all devs are perfect make no mistakes and everything is green.
ask smed on swg:nge
ask james O about tor
ask lotor about radiance
ect…..
right no mistake they are perfect and there is nothing wrong at all.
I agree op nice idea.But if they remove the carrot of "event"loot then people have no urge to return and buy gems.
No its not going to collapse. But the ascend armour was in put place for a reason to help keep player retention high. To deny otherwise would be foolish.
In Sept those Locusts who blazed through content left – pop down (but expected)
In Oct – 50% decrease in sPvP and large decrease in PvP left – pop down
In Nov – Massive loss of pop because of armour. a minor increase for returning. Huge pop loss. Those who finished the runs got armour now have left – down again.
In Dec – from what has been seen and projected – casual player bleed off due to the ascend and nerf loots – add in the staleness of PVP/WvW and feeling left out.
pop down again.
The events bring back about 15% of the pop but it lasts for 2-3 days max and they go back on their merry way.
The game isnt dead or close to it – it has had a huge player exodus of about 40-50% so there are alarm bells going off.
The real issue is if the monitization is failing because those that left were supporting the game in that way above those that stayed. I dont know and cant answer that – we will have to see. (or the events generate the income desired)
I sincerely hope anet decides to go in a direction and stay with it so the game can stabilize itself and expectations can be brought in line with this. It would make things much easier and probably more profitable as well.
trick question:
nothing
Maybe explore but that can be grind as well
I love GW2 because
The constant grind for gear and mats
The never ending gear treadmill
The constant loot nerfs
The bugs and contested waypoints
The dwindling player population
These are a few things I love about GW2
Yup,
It is awful and a very bad mechanic and they dont care. No communication nothing.
For a we dont make grindy games sure kinda like a big grind.
Better luck next time op – or take a little break is all I can offer
You cant beat the RNG God no way no how
The answer is depends.
If the game is still hemorrhaging players like they are now and the monitization strategy is failing then the expansion is 6-8 months out.
This will be an attempt to re-energize the game and introduce/fix issues that caused those players to leave
If the player base levels off and revenue is generated at a steady and predictable rate then 1yr or so.
They have 2yrs or so of event/content in the can so they are working on the expansion already. Its just a matter of how much content and when it will be released. More time to polish is never a bad thing either.
As of right now expect it to be sooner rather than later.
I know they have a ton in the can like 2 years or so worth of event/content type stuff so I have no doubt that they can do it. Now if that content is applicable since the introduction of ascend gear or agony ect I dont know. Or if that content can be integrated in with out issue.
I dont know about that – but based on what has been said and shown they can do it without much difficulty.
Squashing bugs of the new content (and old content) and ability to host 1 off events are a little off at the moment. It may require new hardware or coding/staff changes so that the new stuff is implemented without issue- that is another story altogether.
Nothing nothing at all but that is ok I dont care at all.
All I want is the game fixed really no other reward other than that please and thank you.
Bah humbug.Lol
My pro tip: dont eat yellow snow – its not lemon.
Great to know you are enjoying the game and hope you continue to do so.
I too am waiting to see what is released and very interested in the outcome.
You mean that are left right? the mass has already left and now casuals are bleeding out. A few people have stayed behind to try and make a point but those who support this game since the start have left the building.
Those threads in the many are shut down and deleted by the mods who are doing their job.
I have seen some #’s and its bad real bad.
You can say all you want but this has tanked faster than tor did.
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All I can say is get use to it cause it wont change. this is their attempt to retain players. Grind to the rng dungeon god. This type of stuff will continue to roll out cause it is cheap easy “content” to manipulate.
I’m no pvper but This does seem to be the biggest concern for pvpers is that they DID exactly the opposite that they claimed for PVP when it comes to WvW where the Ascended gear is concerned. It does give those in ascended gear an advantage over those who do not, however argumentative people might be about the higher percent, it’s still a higher percent of stats so it would give them the edge to survive longer, stronger attacks. Especially when added with the new stats coming to legendaries.
So in a way they not only gave people an unfair advantage in dungeons but also in WvW pvp with the coming of this new armor types.
If they do right by our complaints about it. It will be available as sets from pve karma vendors, or it will be available and relatively easily farmable for pve recipe crafting vendors, or it will be available as RNG drops from vets champs, or they will make it available as pvp armor sets via the pvp currency if they want to keep the balance going in this game and make it truly horizontal.
So I fully expect at least two of those things, pvp and pve to happen at some point or they really will be losing lots more players over this problem.
“unfair advantage” that was earned … how is this unfair?
Look at the actual gear — +5 Power, + 5 Precision +3% mf over the corresponding exotic. That’s less than 1/5 of a percent more damage. In wvw, which isn’t even very gear-dependent, this really doesn’t matter (yet). Maybe at some point it will, but the O.P.‘s point, that skill and build and the player’s approach will matter far more than what’s being worn.
Best example, go join a spvp tournament. There everyone has exactly the same gear. Watch any newb get curb-stomped mercilessly.
And the infusions? you forgot those no add them across the your whole toon hmm a little more then 0? in a close battle no matter how good you are gear will always trump skill. This is no different and leaving out infusions is dishonest answer especially since there are going to be many many tiers with a lot of extra +5 x100.
I will wait and see if they actually do release it or how many tiers behind the release is. That whole ama was a oooh we are sorry you didnt like what we did. To bad we arent changing things.
I dont know if your trolling or not but wow.
When you create something for everyone you please no one.
The reason no complained about the VP in the game before ascend gear was that it shipped with it and they accepted it as part of the game. FOTM is not the only VP in the game and that is only partly what people are upset about.
They are upset at that now because it wont stop ever that is the point of it. When you downlevel now you are OP. Now imagine adding 10% + more power and that content becomes useless and invalid and no point to ever go there. 99% of the game PVE a faceroll. You now have better stats in WvW and in a fair fight you will win every time.
The game is full of vertical progression. Please show me where they added horizontal level 80 content recently that would show me that they are going in that direction?
Do you not understand that it isnt about 1 dungeon?
I can see that this will be a waste of time oh well.
They either tossed the idea or you can expect it very soon to deploy.
This game is bleeding players like crazy. The gear treadmill was a quick filler to add a little extra longevity to the lifespan of the GW2 player. It has failed horrifically and even further fallout is happening.
With that they need more of a reason to keep people around and grinding on content and buying gems. The best way is to offer the precursor and next ascend gear stuff.
That should give them some extra time – bring players back and keep them playing longer and it wont be ground beef dungeon mix. They will work toward the most expensive items in the game praising anet for the great work and forget the grind.
That should give them time to get PVP and WvW sorted out a bit and content added that has seen that population decimated even more than PvE.
Or dropped it like its hot and I dont mean hands. Continue to hand it out at 1 time events pissing off 98% of the people who dont get one. (my vote here)
That would be an epic mail delivery.
I vote Yes lets have them along with a dungeon finder.
I always like to optimize my builds. Nice to know who isnt pulling their weight as well.
You need a gear check now for fractals anyway so I see no reason not to have this added on.
If people are bad then use the block function that is what it is there for.