Guild Wars 2

I too would like to see a better “pure white” dye that goes along better with the celestial hair color. The hair stays nice and white in different lighting situations. The end result though is that the hair makes the outfit look grey.

I saw a Haiku recently about Mounts in Gw2:

No no no no no
No no no no no no no
No no no no no

edit: Not to say that I don’t want them myself, but this topic has been around for 3 years, and the answer has pretty much been the same. No.

This game isn’t grindy at all if you don’t care about cosmetics.

Oh, by the way, Cosmetics is what this game is all about.

If you have a LOT of gold, you probably have enough to start looking at long term investments that require a hefty buy in along with some speculation. Investing, of course, has its risks.
If you have tens of thousands of gold, you can play the market with expensive items, but it is a waiting game. Depends on your patience.
If you have lots and lots of gold, and don’t want to invest any of it, you could start a collection of your own. i.e. collect all skins of a given weapon type. Or collect all the weapons within a certain skin set, etc.
If you have tons of gold and want stuff to spend it on, you’re out of luck if you already have all the legendary weapons you want. You’ve got permanent hairstylist kit, and a few other items, but there aren’t any “big ticket” items (stuff that costs over 10k).

Pixie/Kit: I really would like to see Anet rework the mail system so that exceptions can be made for people such as yourself and others. It is shameful that someone who adds so much life to the community is limited by the ridiculously strict rules that Anet has put in place to stop gold sellers.

Konig Des Todes.2086:

I ‘love’ ArenaNet’s attempt at “customizing your home instance based on your story choices” that we got told about before release.

It’s amazing what passed as “acceptable”, is it not?

Ansau.7326:

Double clicks requires 2 clicks, so automating this actions in a single button is bannable.

This is where Anet needs to make an exception and openly state it as such (CLEARLY state it).
A “double click” is a single action as far as the OS is concerned. Some people can click twice very fast, others can’t. This is why mouse software often has settings that allow the user to vary the click speed, or assign it to a single key.
Additionally, the issue of Repetitive Strain Injury is very real. There is justification when it comes to multi-key macros that fire off multiple skills in succession etc., but binding double-click to a single key should be an exception, as it is arguably a single function (even though you have to physically click twice to register it).
Again, there are many arguments about this.

I am simply challenging Arenanet to have the intestinal fortitude to step up and say “binding the action ‘double click’ to a single key is acceptable”, but all they want to do, it seems, is be broadly vague about it.

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

Curo.2483:

I feel like so many people have been trained to just spit out the same answers that they take as fact, and don’t consider the fact that perhaps the drop system is flawed. Why can’t you even consider that? Do you really think ANet is so incapable of making a flawed system, that you ignore the evidence in front of you?

I’m perfectly willing to consider the possibility that there’s an issue, just as soon as someone meets my impossible standards

Fixed that for you.

Gaile Gray.6029:

Dual- or Multi-Boxing

1. You may use more than one account at the same time.
2. You may use more than one computer at the same time.
3. You must be actively playing on each account.
4. And as stated above, you may not program your keyboard to perform functions on more than one account at a time.
   a. For example, if you press W on your keyboard to move forward, a single character on a single account should move forward. The keystroke or mouse click should not perform functions on more than one account.

The third one there seems sort of contradictory. You can’t actively play two accounts at the same time, as it would require macros/software that are clearly against the rules. If you could elaborate on what you mean by “actively playting”, it would be appreciated.

edit: Also, is binding “double click” to a single key considered an advantage? Why has Arenanet consistently been so vague on this one issue? I get that creating a thing where bags are opened for you while you are off making coffee is bad. That’s completely understandable, but why can’t Arenanet come out and say “We understand there are a lot of bags to open, here are ways that are acceptable to do so:”? Why can’t they confirm that binding double-click to a single key is or is not considered an “advantage”?
People joke about getting wrist injuries from all the clicking in this game, but at the rate things are currently, it is not a joking matter. Users have been requesting click-fest alternatives for a long time now.

Mostly Harmless.7046:

Wait, you mean they’re supposed to charge for them? X.x I assumed they’d be free

It’s ok, it’s a common thing to assume something like this should be free, since it’s free in most games, but you have to lawyer up any requests that you make, because Anet is always on the hunt for new items to throw into the gem store for 400+ gems or so. (example: How To Dance Vol. 1.)

I support the OP’s request, but with a modification:

Any chance we can get more emotes FOR FREE?

Since they should have been in the game from the start.

PaxTheGreatOne.9472:

Neural.1824:

I’m not a fan of the Spinal Blades back pack, but it surprised me that Anet hasn’t yet turned them into a glider skin. It would be pretty popular.

Yes it would BUT if they’d only make the basic one and think they can sell it4 times I’d sey nonononononononononoNONONON NOOOO!

If they’d release it I’d be very content if they’d releas it as a wing set with all 4 colors… for 400 gems… skin exists only needs a turbine sound and it woud be perfect. (maybe a smoke trail from left or right engine when dmg-ed and sparks and a black smoke trail when broken…. would be epic…

Yes, for the standard price of a glider skin, they would need to allow for the color choices (maybe through a dye channel?).
Love the smoke idea for when it’s damaged. That would be nice.

I’m not a fan of the Spinal Blades back pack, but it surprised me that Anet hasn’t yet turned them into a glider skin. It would be pretty popular.

I’d love to see an option to hide the shoulders as well. Keep the same standard for outfits that they do for armor (so if, for example, they add an option in the future to hide armor gloves, they also add the option for outfits).

Unfortunately, seeing as how Anet seems to like to do the minimum required work to get a job done, I’m guessing that most outfits don’t have any material under the shoulder pieces, resulting in them having to spend time fixing every existing outfit (and if you remember the issues with the Monk outfit, it kinda shows how interested Anet is in fixing outfits).

Mokk.2397:

Paulytnz.7619:

Mokk.2397:

It’s especially frustrating for rangers because the pet is constantly being aggro-ed by NPC’s and because it tends to lag behind so much becomes an easy target by opponents again causing a disadvantage to escape.

I have no issues playing my ranger. Mobs do not aggro pets unless you tell your pet to attack them. What I mean is a random mob will not just come up and hit your pet, it will hit you. Only once you attack and engage any mob will your pet attack and then it could gain aggro. But again YOU have to attack first.

People claim this happens but I have never seen it, not once and I have played a ranger since the beginning of the game.

>Wiki>Depending on whether the pet is set on aggressive or passive, the pet will attack an enemy if it is attacked, its owner is attacked, or its owner attacks the enemy while aggressive, or only when specifically commanded to attack an enemy while passive.
As soon as your pet responds to an attack on itself it will put you into combat mode.
I’ve playing ranger as my main since beta.

Except that the pet does not draw aggro, you do. A long time ago, pets would draw aggro from mobs they were near, but that was patched out.

If you are getting into combat mode while running around now, what is happening is you are getting aggro on a mob that then chooses to attack your pet because your pet is closer to said mob.

Doesn’t affect gem sales, so it’s broken to stay.

A small problem with making the new coins account bound is that you then need two different collection spots for mystic coins (as you would not be able to stack the two types together).
Not that it’s impossible, it just creates a headache for the devs.

Kaleban.9834:

Why remove anything from the Gem Store?

It’s not a byte limit. Some “study” somewhere said that companies can make more money if they force people to only have a small window to purchase. It allows them to gouge the consumer by selling items at greatly inflated prices, as opposed to having to sell the item 24/7 at a reduced rate with trickle in purchases.
Anet is all about RNG and Scarcity. Having things on the gemstore all the time is the opposite of scarcity.

It’s no longer just merchants. I’ve seen people dropping food trays right on top of objectives. Trolls will do anything to cause as much trouble as they can, even if it just a makes you have to click twice or such.

Perhaps it has been mentioned already, but I will mention it, if anything, to add my voice to it.
The current wing back pieces like the butterfly wings and dragonfly wings could be scaled up into some beautiful glider skins. I’d love to take the wings off my elementalist’s back piece and just use them as a glider skin.

Jaxom.7310:

Bomber.3872:

Neural.1824:

I have a Fused GS, and a Zodiac Longbow. Both of which I got for under 50g (one was a drop).

Please explain more. As far as I recall it, the fused ones have been only total rng blc skins (and later been available for 7 blc tickets). The zodiac have been since their introdution a blc ticket only skin. I’m not sure about the zodiac at all, so please tell me how one of them was a drop.

maybe the fused gs dropped during the LS1, since that was when they were introduced, possibly it was a drop chance during that time

“Drop” may not have been the best choice of words. I don’t remember where it came from, what I do know is I didn’t pay gold or tickets for it.

Gaile Gray.6029:

Thanks for sharing. Can you, or others, give some examples of items that formerly were offered that you’d like to see again? I’m happy to take your ideas to the dev team!

Thanks.

There was only a multi-thousand response thread that I believe even you took part in, Gaile. :P

Bunny Ears & Sunglasses.

People would also like to see some older skins come back, like Fused and Zodiac.

I agree with other threads, sure. No more wings.

However, gliding is not wing related. It is an amazing feature introduced with HoT, and it’s a lot of fun. I agree that fewer wings would be really nice, however I do not want Anet to stop with the glider skins.
I want to see more glider skins though. Preferably with more color channels and variants. The Wings of Love were a great addition, and I love them on my warrior, however I definitely would like to see more glider skins with color channels and no fixed colors (like the recent glider skins).

tldr no more wings, but lots more glider skins please.

There is a small variance with the flute harvesting tools compared to other harvesting tools that is rather annoying. I am not sure it’s a bug, but it certainly does not feel as if it is intended.

Example: When harvesting logs with most harvesting tools, you take your axe swings, see loot collected, and can then strafe, or otherwise move before the animation finishes. With the flute, it’s more like you are rooted in place until after the animation finishes. It’s not impossible to break, but it’s just annoying. It’s like the mechanics for breaking out of the animation are different for the flutes than it is for other harvesting tools.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

If you guys really want a lower price then you should be campaigning to reduce the price of T3-5 dust. There are millions and millions of lower tier crystals that are flooding the market, but they can’t be upgraded because dust is too expensive.

Instead of asking for flat out price nerfs that will never happen in 1000 years, look for the root causes of the prices, in this case, dust, and ask for the drop rate there to be changed.

Of course the devs already know this, which is why radiant dust has dropped 50% in price the last month since its drop rate was adjusted. Now they just need to add another source and do similar things for T3 and 5 dust.

This is the best suggestion so far.

I have a Fused GS, and a Zodiac Longbow. Both of which I got for under 50g (one was a drop). They are account bound, as I have applied them.
I enjoy having skins that are really rare (I’ve only seen the Zodiac Longbow on two other characters in the last couple years).
That being said, I do think the skins should be brought back. I like my rare stuff, but it’s not fair to other players.

I am tired of seeing wings everywhere, but I do not want Anet to stop making them if it means no more glider skins. I’d love to see a lot more glider skins of various types.

I’ve given Anet more than enough of my $ at this point. They’ve had more than enough to properly fix things.

I’ve done a mix, but usually 1 at a time.

In my personal RNG hell experience, I’ve found the best way to get clovers is to not need them, and attempt to get T6 mats from the recipe.

Behellagh.1468:

I’m starting to believe as well. Now I’m accustom to having my bids getting ratcheted up by a copper but after a battle with another I decided I wasn’t going to win and since my bid is now 10c higher than the next highest I would drop them back to be one copper above the 3rd place. My bidding nemesis did the same almost immediately.

Now I know when I’m being out bid by using gw2bltc which beeps at me when any of my bids are no longer the leading one and I’ve always assume that or similar websites are the way other players realize they got outbid. None that I know off will notify them that their high bid is now more than one copper higher. I never saw this before.

I think you may be underestimating how obsessively some people watch an active item on the market.

The issue I see, is the rate/number of requests for data that would have to be consistently done in order to allow some bot to near-instantly place additional items for sale at the same price.
The speed at which I’ve seen identical items pop up after purchasing one has been within a second. So the bot would need to “ping” the value every half to one second. That’s a lot of requests.

The problem with this that makes me wonder if it is a bug, and not a bot, is that the re-listings are almost instantaneous.
In order for a bot to use the API to do that sort of monitoring, they would need to be making requests of the API that would show up on Anet’s radar easily, as it would be costing processor time, etc.

Medium armor, for the most part, seems to be too extreme on both ends.

Either you’re freezing to death with skin exposed everywhere, or you are covered head to toe in leather with a trench coat as an extra added layer of protection.
Again, there are exceptions, but it would be nice to see some new armor sets that are balanced between the two. No trenchcoat, but not lingerie either.
Medium armor needs to be protective, but allow the wearer to be agile and unencumbered by the outfit. Many of the medium boots go against this in appearance (in my opinion). They are good designs, but for medium armor they look clunky and slow.

Medium armor, for the most part, seems to be too extreme on both ends.

Either you’re freezing to death with skin exposed everywhere, or you are covered head to toe in leather with a trench coat as an extra added layer of protection.
Again, there are exceptions, but it would be nice to see some new armor sets that are balanced between the two. No trenchcoat, but not lingerie either.
Medium armor needs to be protective, but allow the wearer to be agile and unencumbered by the outfit. Many of the medium boots go against this in appearance (in my opinion). They are good designs, but for medium armor they look clunky and slow.

Such a shame that OP is forced daily to participate in content that he doesn’t like instead of doing any of they myriad of things there are to do in GW2 that don’t involve zergs.

I play for a couple hours a day sometimes, and the only “zerg” I have run into is doing the so-called “NASCAR Track” in Dragon Stand. Beyond that, I’m rarely with more than 2 other people, and usually solo. I’m still obtaining my goals when it comes to gold and items, I still advance my characters at a steady rate, and so on. Guild Wars 2 is quite adaptable to various play styles.

If you don’t like a certain play style, perhaps don’t engage in it?

I’ve run into this on a number of occasions as well. There will be one or two items at a low price, and then after purchasing them, there are instantly more at the same price.

Define “highest”?
To figure out the hightest, we must first define what constitutes altitude. Are you talking about highest altitude compared to sea level? Or highest altitude in terms of how far you could fall/glide down before hitting “bottom”?

The fall in Drydock Scratch is pretty darn far.

Also, are you looking for the highest point you can get without void jumping?

Khisanth.2948:

Maybe the artist is just very patriotic. No matter how you dye the glider you’ll always have red, white and blue on it.

I’m patriotic towards my home country, but I sincerely hope that is not the root of it with this item. We do not need real world politics bleeding into the game, on any level

Do the developers of outfits and glider skins, etc. not play this game? Are they fashion challenged?
More and more the release stuff like this that, while aesthetically beautiful, has parts that are locked to one color! STOP IT.
Let the players choose the colors for the entire item. the Phoenix glider is great. Very pretty, but that blue section completely clashes with every single one of the characters I have that I’d think to use it for.

First: I do not know how to repeat this. It has only happened once in the 3 years I’ve been playing.

I was doing a gathering run, and just killing random mobs. Not a boss or world boss event.
I had just finished killing a critter with my pet, while gathering a node with my character.
Among the loot received icons floating down on the right side of my screen, I saw a blue diamond and “303” below it.
I happen to know, for sure, that at that time, I had exactly 303 gems in my account.
No additional gems were given to me, and I didn’t expect them to. As far as I know, gems aren’t ever given as loot, but it struck me as odd that this item showed up at all in the loot list.
Was this something that popped up instead of me receiving something else extremely rare? I don’t know. But something was looted that clearly showed up incorrectly and resulted in a non-loot item. It was more of a reminder that i had 303 gems.

Charrbeque.8729:

…it’s something that’s been discussed by players on the forums before. It’s possible we could get it some day but probably not for a while.

Looking at how Guild Halls and scribing were implemented, can you imagine the gold sink that a personal home would be?

5000g to construct: crude welcome mat.

No, it’s not an exploit. Advantage? maybe. Exploit, no.

Just because someone else plays in a manner that you don’t approve of doesn’t mean it’s an exploit.
If it’s really about PvE (which I am questioning), you need to simply accept that there are game mechanics that don’t follow your own personal rules, but are just fine by Anets.

I really like my white wings, however the physical structure of the hawk wings is much more bird like. Comparing the two, the white (and black) wings look more like an avalanche of feathers that roughly approximate wings, while the hawk wings look very bird-like. I’d like to see the white/black wings get a makeover if possible.

Second, I love the butterfly wings backpack, but I really wish that I could have a larger version as my glider skin. Dye channels would be nice too, but not mandatory. The yellow/purple theme is working for my character currently.

Shatterer fight was awesome.
Quality of Life updates were nice.
Gliding has been wonderful.
I’ve not yet played enough to experience the changes to class balance to a point where I can comment.

That’s the short version.

Is this some method of controlling the amount of loot players get? Let the client continue to crash and burn just seconds before world bosses like Mouth of Moremoth are dead?

It would be nice if Anet would fix this problem, as it’s been around since before HoT.

I’ve seen some “i quit” threads, along with other complaining about HoT, and yet others just complaining about the state of PvP, or PvE, or WvW, etc.

One advantage of GW2 is that if you play GW2, it’s either free-to-play, or you’ve already done the paying (no monthly sub).

It is perhaps wise to take advantage of that at times. You can leave the game, and pick it back up later if you choose.

However, I’m not suggesting that people leave the game. I do suggest though, that if GW2 has lost it’s shine, that you try other games for a short bit. Trying other games (most recently B&S), has allowed me to see the places where GW2 still shines. True, it exposes some of the downfalls as well, but when I play other games, I make a mental note each time I find myself thinking “wow, GW2 does this a lot better.” or “They’d have done a better job if they’d coded this similar to GW2” etc.

It’s these little experiences that can, at times, pull me back. Admitedly, I’m in a lull right now with GW2. I’m not finding much to do for various reasons, and I’m a bit fed up with some other things, but playing B&S has shown me some of the mechanics and structure that GW2 has really is better thought out. This adds value to GW2 for me. It creates a small bit of loyalty based on things that make the game stand out.

That, to me, is how you bring the shine back.

Ayrilana.1396:

Bruno.3812:

Ayrilana.1396:

Neural.1824:

Dolphin.2574:

The parties in question are satisfied, let it go already

No. This is not about the fact that the OP and Anet are both happy with the outcome of this situation. This is about the fact that Anet first attempted to strip the OP of both gold and items, and hoped he wouldn’t complain about it. It is only because of the uproar on Reddit that Anet was forced to go beyond sending him “We’re right, you’re wrong” e-mails and actually do something to rectify the situation in a manner that is fair to the OP.
This is a serious issue that needs to be resolved on Anets side, and other players, as well as potential players, have a right to know that this sort of unethical practice takes place at Anet.

You’re making the assumption that Anet knew they were wrong the entire time which doesn’t appear to be the case.

I think the problem is that Support made the assumption that they were right the entire time, and failed to actually look at the facts that the OP gave them to show that they were wrong in spite of multiple back and forths on the issue, then Support closed the discussion down.

Probably. The aspect of the poster’s post that I was arguing against is that Anet knew they were wrong the entire time and ignored the OP while knowing that.

Yes. Anet, and anybody with a shred of a concience, knew it was wrong to just pull the gold and not give the OP any items ore compensation. They continued along that path until the OP embarassed them on Reddit, then Chris insulted the OP with his “be happy you got anything back” speech, which simply caused more trouble, until Anet was forced to compensate the OP.
And don’t give me the whole song and dance about how Anet was innocent because they didn’t know the OP wasn’t really the bad guy. They made the assumption that their software is infallible and assumed guilt on the OP’s part. Their attitude towards the OP was just that, “you are guilty, period”. It wasn’t until OP went public that Anet suddenly decided it was in their best interest to double check their omniscience on the case, and even then, they initially responded with a real kitten move by telling the OP he had to just deal with a fraction of what he was owed.

Dolphin.2574:

The parties in question are satisfied, let it go already

No. This is not about the fact that the OP and Anet are both happy with the outcome of this situation. This is about the fact that Anet first attempted to strip the OP of both gold and items, and hoped he wouldn’t complain about it. It is only because of the uproar on Reddit that Anet was forced to go beyond sending him “We’re right, you’re wrong” e-mails and actually do something to rectify the situation in a manner that is fair to the OP.
This is a serious issue that needs to be resolved on Anets side, and other players, as well as potential players, have a right to know that this sort of unethical practice takes place at Anet.

Michael Henninger.7451:

Upvote and ^5 for Khezekiah-Bellamy-5016

I think part of the point in all the reddit stuff you are missing is that the OP was treated very rudely by support. There exists a clear effort among support to stonewall players with the attitude of “we know everything, and you’re a hacker” that is shoved onto players who file support tickets.
Yes, there are a number of hackers who will write up a sob story to try and get their banned account/confiscated goods back, but this does not justify a blanket policy of treating everyone like a criminal.
Chris Cleary’s attitude of “you’ll take what we give you back, and like it.” was out of line, and goes right along with the type of treatment players get from support via e-mail.
“support” is not doing their job when Anet’s end game is to get away with whatever they can, and that is clearly what happened here. Initially, your company wanted to remove the gold, and just let the OP hang, striped of gold and items. It wasn’t until he went outside the labyrinth of support and posted on Reddit that Arenanet finally decided to do what was right.
That seems to be standard operating procedure though. Do what’s best for the company first, and only do what’s right if the customer complains, eh?

Not sure what it should be replaced with, but I find that, for myself, I am less inclined to play in central Tyria because my XP has no value anymore. Combined with the way the meta works in the new zones, I find myself playing GW2 less and less.