Guild Wars 2

FrownyClown.8402:

No that is pretty standard for hammer trains. Go d/p and stay in stealth as much as you can. Go for a more dps than you normally would.

This.

Id also take the shadowstep utility for the tele downs. In your GvG setting which ever team can kill the downed ppl more effectively is often the “tie breaker”.

Maugetarr.6823:

Cool looking thieves you say? How about shadow demons instead!

Nice and original look there m8. This is the best of the lot.

This is just a random sort of idea but I would probably say a build fully focused around shortbow (with the extra damage traits etc), 2 venoms, basilisk elite and shadow refuge for emergencies. The extra initiative and regen on steal would help for the thousands of shortbow #3 dodges you’ll be doing lol.

Other than that a p/d build would probably work just as fast and possibly just as safe.

I think leetsauce means the position of your character relative to that of the enemy’s before AND after their attempts to evade the attack. When activating the skill you have a small window of movement ive seen many good s/p players use this very effectively hitting people at a sort of 45 degree angle etc.

Tho in support of you OP this was before the stun was shortened even more and and I think a lot of people dislike s/p in a pvp setting because they feel it requires an elite slot and/or venoms to have any chance of the initiative use being worthwhile. Couple that with some of the other more “fruitful” builds like d/p or p/d being easy and providing more lols then I can see why its a struggle.

Yeah I’d have to agree with every post here. Not to be too negative but like said unless you really like the thief PlayStyle u might have “fun” elsewhere atm.

As for the gear, go to cof and coe dungeons as they offer berzerker gear which is great for everything and often require"d by groups for dungeons. for wvw it is often better use mixed. if your d\d valkyrie is good but for sword I hear pvt is actually better. So yea, stick with berzerker for now.

Hey, lag is obviously going to be a detriment to any player or class during play but I would have to agree with you that on a thief it’s probably worse. It’s partly because with any weapon set you operate in small Windows be it backstab, sword evade or cnd etc.

I recently moved house and have 1/4 the connection I used to, about 3-5mbs sip reckons but I’m constantly missing dodges etc on s/d and it’s just not fun to play anymore. I’ve also only been playing the game again for a few weeks so the lag coupled with the state of the class and whole game meta is making me consider rerolling.

If they do introduce a title it could possibly be something on the side of the prince so that people could show allegiance to either him or his father. lol

its a holiday event that is supposed to be fun. Tell me what is the point of Halloween and why do people dress up?

PopeUrban.2578:

Orpheal.8263:

PopeUrban.2578:

What made people think that they’d be able to re-earn a festival skin? It was plainly stated that come content would return but the reward items would be unique each year, just as it was in GW1.

Also, keep in mind that this persists until the 11th, meaning there’s one more major update drop between now and the end.

Ya and a truly hope for that update, that Anet sees their mistake in and adds the old conent by that update for the “limited time” after that patch ,that is left over then, until the holiday is completely over then again at the 11th next month.

TBH, part of what makes halloween and wintersday fun is that there are some things that can only ever be acquired once. Honestly, That’s what I like about the living story as a whole. Not so much the story but the concept of limited time rewards. Sure you’re going to miss things. Everyone is. That is exactly what makes the stuff you do get special. It has the same stats as stuff you can find all over, and certain things do come back each year which is a large boost in content from the first game. At some point the users on the boards just have to get used to the idea that sometimes you just can’t have all the things, and the ability to have all the things just adds to boring and stale characters all around the world rather than having some nice little “time capsules” that function as nice little souvenirs of the events you did attend.

Best post I’ve read on this forum. Your able to say wat I’ve been tryin to slo. Nicer. Then again I’m sick of the QQ around here so wasn’t tryin to

Oh look another thread about this. You missed the event so why should you get access to its items or rewards? If they start listening to the QQ they will ruin living world and have to re do 13 events…or lose players lookin at release dates

You all missed it. That’s life. I missed loads of events myself but I am in no way claiming I’m owed the rewards. Though I would if they gave others a chance at their missed events. See where this could go?

Its a living world you see lol. Anet are very smart because this no doubt pushes gem purchases for both items and exchange instead of letting people grind for everything at their own leisure and then standing around bored at the end.

God how many of these posts do we need?

IT WAS FROM AN OLD EVENT…

Thank you. Should of just used common sense instead of thinkin I had been wronged in some way.

/Last3pagesofforum

Why in God’s green earth are we not getting the 13 living world events back? I didn’t get everything andmissed some of it. Why oh why this is wrong anet!!

Beorn Saxon.4762:

Neoheart.2750:

Then don’t call it impossible just because YOU couldn’t beat it. Your OP had nothing to do with bugs.

The thread is title that way so that others who found him impossible to beat could easily find it. I’ve updated my post for people with not enough time to read the thread, but feel compelled to reply.

Original topic said impossible, edited to add “or bugged” you mean. Like I said, not impossible as proved in the server logs. Beaten many times /thread

Living world…

Then don’t call it impossible just because YOU couldn’t beat it. Your OP had nothing to do with bugs.

Rehero.7821:

Neoheart.2750:

The QQ on this forum is ridiculous. Everyone wants everything fast, free and without any thought put into it. Now bosses are being labeled as “impossible” cos a zero can’t auto attack down in 2mins… Just ridiculous.

I am not justifying crying about things being too easy but, if you are going to flame someone for doing it at least use terms that people can understand. I had to actually sift through multiple pages of urban dictionary to find a possible meaning to your use of the term “zero”.

Perhaps the ratio of skilled players inside the zerg was lower than normal. Perhaps the event was bugged (it has been known to happen… Alot). Perhaps the mechanics of the fight were unbeknownst to the OP/the zerg he was in.

Like I said I am not justifying wanting content to be too easy however bashing the poster when it sounds like there was something awry in the event is just annoying to read, especially with slang like “zero”.

Lol sorry about the zero. Truth be told it was predictive text on my phone changing zerg. Maybe my post was hostile (not as bad as the topic I just posted) but so is the amount of QQ. I only responded to the OP because of the use of the word “impossible”. I automatically took a disliking because it’s simply isn’t true.

The QQ on this forum is ridiculous. Everyone wants everything fast, free and without any thought put into it. Now bosses are being labeled as “impossible” cos a zero can’t auto attack down in 2mins… Just ridiculous.

No that was great Spyder, thanks for the post. Having watched videos that Karizee posted im looking forward to playing again. All the changes that I saw or hear about sound and look great.

I do remember the ascended gear, well at the time I think it was only the rings which you obtained from fractals. Had a couple of those but nothing more.

Im thinking about just starting a new character and enjoying the game/story again instead of trying to pick up where I left off with the thief. Would probably be easier to pick up this whole living story thing too.

So, thanks to all that posted. Looking forward to trying it again

Karizee.8076:

In addition to the things others have mentioned, they also added Guild Missions, Fractals, a major change to the Tequatl encounter (it’s a 80+ person outdoor raid now), Leaderboards, custom arena and spectator mode, Guesting, a progression system for WvW, culling was removed and most all of the reward systems were reworked.

Here is a vid of the some of the major changes you’ll see right away when you enter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce_dvXJercI

And here is one on WvW changes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUfV3OBLyc8

Game releases splash page is here:
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-game/releases/

Thanks for the links. Never crossed my mind to youtube it lol. Watching the first one and this guy seems to be covering everything really well

Its not that I was competing just that they were something to collect. Also it gave or gives you the sense that you’ve taken part and experienced the content. Negatively it reminds people that they’ve missed so much.

Really enjoyed WvW when I played too, more so than a lot of the PvE content and I was actually glad that it was part of the legendary requirements (cant remember the tokens people dropped) but I only ever pugged in the sPvP.

Yeah I’ve been reading various other topics around the forums and can tell there is a divide within the community. Personally I don’t mind grinding and like I said the only real thing that put me off the game originally was doing the same few events, it didn’t feel like a game or fun because all I was doing was trying to tag as much mobs as possible before they were zerged to death.

Did a lot of the content I miss contain achievements that are no longer doable then?

Hey thanks for the reply. Yeah I would often get emails or see the content advert when I visited the website. I take it they were similar to the lost shores (correct name?) and Halloween/Christmas events?

Also how is the cash shop? When I played I did like to support the game but at the time there wasn’t much interesting to me besides the boxing gloves (lol)

Hey all, sorry if any of you are sick of seeing these type of threads…I know they are quite common on various MMO forums lol.

Anyway I just wanted to find out how the game is fairing these days. I haven’t played since around this time last year. Started playing in early access and really enjoyed the game for a few months but just got burnt out on the whole “tagging” event farming deal. Enjoyed every other aspect like grinding for legendaries, fractals, dungeons, dragons etc. Formatted my HDD one day and just never reinstalled.

I did consider checking it out a few times but one things (which was actually a good aspect of the game) that put me off returning was the amount of “one time” content I had missed or was missing…namely the achievements. Its something that puts me off is achievements I can see on a list yet no longer am able to achieve.

Anyway enough about the life story, I just wanted to find out from long term and new players a like what the game is like now. Im not worried about “op/up” classes, balance issues or server inbalance in WvW (cant even remember which server I was) but just how things like quality of life, achievements and dailies are.

I played a thief exclusively for every aspect of the game but am consider playing a Mesmer if I return, it was the only other class that really appealed to me so although ill read through the mes forum any extra info on changes to the class recently would be appreciated too (I imagine “portal bomb” has been nerfed in WvW by now lol).

Anyway thanks guys

/lifestory ;P

Anyone got any tips on getting skill points. Atm im grinding Orr as much as possible. Philosophers stones/crystals are soulbound so cant level an alt and transfer them. Only other option im thinking off is taking up a 3rd craft. Just not sure if thats beneficial…

I dont think teq can drop it as the zone is not an “end game” zone. though i could be wrong. Claw of jormag does for sure though.

Maybe check the wiki

Wow the RNG is really hiting me hard.

I decided to stick to the 10x recipe til i got 70 and it was not a good idea. To cut a long story short i used the recipe 16 times and got nothing….yes nothing. Decided to change to the 1x recipe after i was left with no skill points, karma, ecto’s and limited obsidian shards. I’ve done the 1x recipe 13 times now and have 4 clovers.

My luck through the whole game just seems really bad atm, see very little rare’s from full exotic MF gear/buffs anymore (tho im 100% sure the drop rate got stealth nerfed). As for the fractals, im now on level 20 having done a good two weeks of dailies…not 1 ring.

Anyway cry me a river huh, RNG is RNG and a system that i personally feel is required in games like these. Luck (alot of the time the bad kind) plays a part in all walks of life.

Chin up all, we’ll get our weaps eventually

cmon guy in same overflow as smolz and its working fine, only had one person so far. EU remember. /w or join yourself to me!

Yup im in an overflow now thats working. Theres actually a few working here in EU

so pm or join me for working overflow (EU) – leave party straight away for others to get in

Yeah the same, 99.99% of people have to use google or ask guildies who have…used google. Ones a few figure it out or it gets leaked its on the net. Sites like Dulfy.net etc.

Not doubt someone will post “no i figured it all out easily cos im pro etc” but you always get them,

Ahwell, thx for all the views…

Yeah, ridiculous that it lasted so short. Absoloutely sick of being at a disadvantage because i cant sit on my computer all day. lol

Right firstly i’d just like to say that everything Anet has done so far with this game i have appreciated, enjoyed and for the most part agreed with. I also understand free content is…free content.

However, this event is really starting to annoy me. Not only is the information in the game very vague but its forcing constant data farming throughout the community. What i mean is, people are having to constantly ask in guildchat or check guide sites etc to get anywhere…especially in such a short ammount of time.

I was hoping to play as much as i can this weekend and frankly i already have played an unhealthy ammount. Logged off late last night after waiting for the bug fixes to canach etc. Couldn’t spend all day online today yet now when i do get a chance to come on i find the event is finished… right now im staring at canach on a ship and have been doing for the last 30mins.

So unless your are literally online constantly this weekend your losing out in someway. Before anyone flames me and says “i done it all in 30 mins” etc your missing my point. The people who have been constantly on are already throwing hundreds of the loot etc around the TP.

Anyway im ranting now, all i really wanna know is if i can complete the “original quest” on from canach or should i just log?

Hotarubi.5681:

Same thing.

Deeply frustrating game.

I think the rest of the game more than makes up for this bug lol. Try it again, i ended up doing 3 runs but in the end it does work. Furstrating at the time yeah, but once its done…its done

Reaper.5314:

Huntsmen crafts rifles. Huntsmen is a craft one would believe goes hand in hand with rangers no? So why can’t rangers use rifles?

Huntsman is simply a term used for someone that hunts creatures etc. They do it for a living IRL and would use any means necessary. They are however nothing like rangers from fantasy mmo’s etc. Rangers not only hunt, but track, hide their tracks, survive in the wild and off the wild for extended periods of time.

If you really think about it and the lore behind these rangers its quite obvious that they wouldn’t use the most unnatural, loudest, high maintenance, evidence leaving weapons. If somone has used a firearm both they and the area it was used in could easily be tracked so in terms of lore, they just wouldn’t use them.

AcidDogZA.4679:

Not to be ungrateful because I adore Anet and GW2 but a staff member from Anet should take the time to regularly assure people that this issue isn’t just going to go away. Communicate with us and we’ll be a little more relaxed I think.

Also it might not hurt to look at the quality of support that is coming out here in general. The restoration of deleted account locked items is a GM addressable issue in game in 15 mins. There is no reason to over engineer, and over complicate the solution.

I raised my first in game ticket the week of launch with no response. My second ticket still has no response, not even an acknowledgement to say “we got you, and you’re on the list, we’ll help you as soon as we can.”

Just give me something to let me know where I stand, right.

You’ve said it yourself there m8. Sorting and replying to several tickets from one account, then to rollback, access a backup tape etc for one account is a SERIOUS over complication…all for one item for one account?

Think about it logically, theres bugs out there that are effecting 50%, 75%, 100% etc of the playerbase. How much do you think as a whole, this “problem” effects the guildwars2 playerbase?

To be frank, the people who are raising several tickets about this then coming here to complain, well i think thats both disrespectful and a tad bit selfish.

sorry lol
/rant

Guys, they’ve already let the community know that they are aware (even mentioning its happened to some of their own accounts/characters!) and that they are working on a solution.

That solution, will more than likely be a way of getting the items to a wide playerbase via some kind of vendor etc.

Not to be cheeky, but its easy enough to see that this has happened to thousands of people…do you really believe they have the time or resources to go through individual accounts (whether they raised 1 or 23 tickets) and apply the items. Does that sound like a valuable use of a company’s time mere weeks after releasing the biggest MMO/Game of the year?

I myself would like the items back, but its pretty much common sense that this problem is near or at the bottom of the priority list…

mangarrage.1062:

People laugh at me when I tell them how I do jumping puzzles, but I do the polar opposite of how I play the game. I use the directional keys with my left hand and cross over my right onto the spacebar and I take my time. I don’t know if that is from my arcade game days or what but that’s the way I do it.
I also pan my camera alot to see when ledges end especially for big jumps because some you really have to jump at the very last second
And btw for general information I have yet to come across a jump that required a speed boost to make so thats nice

lol interesting technique but i’d definetly miss if i tried that. Did you play alot of tunnel shooters like defender? lol

Im not too sure that cooking materials can be sold. Possibly some can though i tried to give someone peaches earlier today only to find they were soulbound.

I just dont think Anet want people to use karma for gold as it could make the game too unstable or cause big gaps between player wealth.

If i were you i’d ask around in lionsarch…at your server peak time theres probably alot more people there than would ever view this topic. Im sure theres alot of people out there who have had your dilema in the past.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger_

Not just the GW2 part…but everything about that wiki page is basically the reason that rangers wouldn’t/shouldn’t use firearms.

;)

I can confirm that it does work. I eventually got it on my third try (second one i got stuck in the terrain via using a leap skill lol).

Something(s) are a bit buggy in this quest and im sure it will be fixed soon. Though if you cant wait i suggest running it until it proc’s. Btw just for clarification, on my final attempt I, along with most of the NPC’s died several times (my armor was gone) so staying alive has no effect.

Goodluck to those still trying

Ive just ran it for the 3rd time and it worked perfectly, managed to get to the last boss only while i was fighting him i used “steal”. guess what? im now stuck in the terrain at the side and cannot get out…i have to talk to the npc whos at the otherside of the area just staring at me. I really dont want to run this again…..

Reaper.5314:

Yet, a ranger fits most closely to the idea of a sniper, and many of the rifle models have scopes. That’s hardly a warrior persona. A ranger is a highly skilled marksman/sharpshooter. Think of Daniel Day Lewis in Last of the Mohican’s. He’s a sharpshooting musket wielding man that was raised by native americans. Rifles can fit well with the idea of being one with nature and still fit well with the idea of being a marksman.

Too may films and computer games i think. Thats the answer tho, role-playing games have the meta that rangers are always ranged with a bow etc and warriors close range. GW2 hs changed it for the better though.

Like someone said, rangers are one with nature…living and surviving alone in the wild and akin with many animals. Firearms are far too loud and unnatural for a ranger…plus it would scare the animals (lol), alerting all sorts of people to their location…Leaving all sorts of evidence like carbon and gunpowder around. Rifles and ammunition cannot be created off the land alone either.

Im only talkin all this “lore” if you wanna call it that because u pointed out that because rifles have scopes rangers need to be snipers. I think less pew pew on battlefield lol.

You can use any profession you like at any time for sPVP so you should try each of them out with different builds for a while. I also recommend watching videos on the professions…theres quite a few good ones on youtube.

As for the necro, wat level did u play it to? I havent played one myself but i’ve heard that low level they are pretty meh but really come into it once they level a bit…maybe a necro could shed some light.

As for the thief, wat build are you using? Most thief complaints ive heard are usually from people who have made a glass cannon build. Wondering why they can only dodge twice, get hit twice, and die alot more than twice! lol.

I play thief myself and with my PvE build i outlast most. The thing is, your always on the move and that may not suit some peoples play style.

I think one of the great thing about gw2 professions is there really is no restraint on what race/profession and build you wanna use. Each one can be offensive, defensive, balanced or utility driven. Its more the look, style and weapons your deciding on…not what your limiting yourself to when creating the character.

Im pretty sure everything thats bought with karma is character bound. This is to basically to stop people from turning karma to gold via selling on TP etc.

I may be wrong, but ive heard it mentioned before and also noticed anything ive bought is character bound.

For some advice, all i can think of is to contact anet support and ask if there may be a race change ticket available via gemshop down the line. Some games make gender, name and appearance change available in their cashshops. You never know, something like this may be on the table for the future.

If your trying to be really precise with your jumping placement i recommend turning off “double tap to dodge” on your movement keys. Forget how many times ive pressed them too quickly to make little adjustments only to fall 100ft to my death. lol

snakeboy.3062:

Bugged for me too today. Near the end the explorers don’t follow to the south gate, only Trahearne does. But when I reach the green marker with him, nothing happens.

I really hate doing this all over again.

Yup its done exactly the same to me. Im at the end but they just wont follow. A bit frustrating as i dont want to hit 80 on this character before putting the experience from the quest to use.

Ive been reading quite a few posts about the quest and bugs here so im sure anet are more than aware, just gotta wait and hope its done in an update soon

Yup did the same thing as alot of people, deleted all the items and character make a new one.

I think from the sounds of it they are working on a way for all DDE and CE copy holders to get access to the items instead of individually sorting through accounts. More than likely will be a vendor of some kind…maybe :/

Anyway id love to get atleast the mini back and i dont bother with any of the others atm because i know as it stands ill never be able to have them all. lol.

Fingers crossed it gets sorted down the line

Ive read or heard nothing official but i presume things like name, appearance changer etc will be added to the gemshop along with may other items somewhere down the line. The game is still in its early days so there is much more important stuff to deal with at the moment. Once it settles im sure you will get what your after