Arena Net doesn’t want to make profitable end game content, they want everyone to be poor to sell more gems with real money.
Here’s a question:
How many years will it take for you, Arena Net, to make Spirit Weapons on Guard actually usable in WvW and sPvP?
Party should get kicked from the dungeon if everyone dies.
Just like in GW1.
15-20G for 100 Gems by the end of this year.
Then you go PvE, grind enough gold and transfer.
Rewards should scale appropriately to difficulty so people have actual incentive to get better and more skilled.
Zerg farming should never be more rewarding than FOTM 49.
Why I quit playing Healway Guard:
Even though I have 3.3K armor, nearly 1.3k Healing, running shouts with Pure Of Voice and have Absolute Resolution trait on, I still can’t deal with all the insane condition spaming.
You cleanse 3, 4 new are applied. And you can’t effectively outheal the condition damage.Healway guard is one of the strongest builds to fight against condi-heavy classes. You sound like one of those players that blows all your condi clears on something stupid like a single stack of bleed or a short duration weakness.
Play the build and then talk.
You don’t even have enough DPS to kill Condition Tanks if you’re running Healway (3.3K, 1.2k build).
It’s much easier to kill Condition builds running semi-zerk Meditation Guard.
They didn’t force you to play Elite Missions, UW or FoW in GW1, there was no obligatory grind.
In fact, I could max out my character, get the best gear, weapons and all skills in less than five hours (and it was extremely cheap).
GW1 “Grind” was optional – only rare armor skins and weapon skins.I don’t get why they didn’t copy paste the same formula in GW2.
Well sure you could get BiS and max level pretty quickly but then you’re not going to do much in UW or FoW with just BiS and Max level. You need the appropriate runes and right skills as well and that’s going to take far longer then 5hrs. (also the 5hrs is a cheat) It took longer then 5hrs to get to max level / max level gear in prophecies the expansions just provided short cuts to make it easier on alts it isnt fair to quote that number as the standard cause it isnt the standard.
also each of these locations has its own unique rewards. Such as Dhuum’s Soul Reaper you could get from UW or The Obsidian Armor in FoW. Fact is not everyone could go and do UW and FoW without putting in some commitment into the game. It wasnt as bad as other games dont get me wrong but you still had to be a level of hardcore to do it. Gw2 tries to avoid that, if all you want is to log in and do your thing even if your thing is just enjoying the sites no content / reward will be out of reach.
What?
Start Factions – get level 12 on the first island, run Kaineng, start EOTM quest, complete it, run to Brawling dungeon, pop XP scrolls and repeat the dungeon 2-3 times. And you have max level.
Runes were cheap. The only expensive rune was +50hp which wasn’t even good/needed in PvE. Weapons were cheap.FoW armor wasn’t RNG based. And UW and FoW and other “Elite” Instances weren’t obligatory. They didn’t give you any advantage over the people who chose not to play these instances.
Yes like I said factions provided a short cut to level faster since it was an expansion and provided new classes people might want to try out.
In anycase are you really saying someone could have joined the game played 5hrs to get to max level and just go to UW or FoW and play there? is that really what you’re saying? To which amazing A R W E N seems to think that statement is closer to the truth then no way you could get to UW or FoW with so little effort?Because even if they were the best players in the world there is no way to do that. Never mind the plat required to buy the runes that such a new player isnt going to have (provided you can even find those superior runes for sale!) never mind the skills you needed to capture and buy. Never mind you wouldnt find a group willing to take you with them at 5hrs old. But you couldnt even go until you were ascended that is impossible to achieve in 5hrs.
I’m having really hard time understanding you. Your point is?
If you’re new to the game and head straight to the Elite Instances quite frankly you’re stupid, pardon me.The point is like it was before that these Elite instances wherent inclusive only people who made an effort to go there could go there. you’re the one claiming that all you need is to get to max level and buy the best gear which you could do in 5hrs. I merely disagreed and stated you need a much greater effort to partake from that content.
“who made an effort to go there could go there”
What effort are you talking about? Made an effort to master their class, learn their skills, who were willing to learn and listen? Do all the things that make an elite instance elite?
Five hours? Of course. Even less than that. Assuming you’re already experienced and know the game and what you’re doing.
Replace SMC with Tequatl.
Already suggested it months ago.
Moar PvE.
They didn’t force you to play Elite Missions, UW or FoW in GW1, there was no obligatory grind.
In fact, I could max out my character, get the best gear, weapons and all skills in less than five hours (and it was extremely cheap).
GW1 “Grind” was optional – only rare armor skins and weapon skins.I don’t get why they didn’t copy paste the same formula in GW2.
Well sure you could get BiS and max level pretty quickly but then you’re not going to do much in UW or FoW with just BiS and Max level. You need the appropriate runes and right skills as well and that’s going to take far longer then 5hrs. (also the 5hrs is a cheat) It took longer then 5hrs to get to max level / max level gear in prophecies the expansions just provided short cuts to make it easier on alts it isnt fair to quote that number as the standard cause it isnt the standard.
also each of these locations has its own unique rewards. Such as Dhuum’s Soul Reaper you could get from UW or The Obsidian Armor in FoW. Fact is not everyone could go and do UW and FoW without putting in some commitment into the game. It wasnt as bad as other games dont get me wrong but you still had to be a level of hardcore to do it. Gw2 tries to avoid that, if all you want is to log in and do your thing even if your thing is just enjoying the sites no content / reward will be out of reach.
What?
Start Factions – get level 12 on the first island, run Kaineng, start EOTM quest, complete it, run to Brawling dungeon, pop XP scrolls and repeat the dungeon 2-3 times. And you have max level.
Runes were cheap. The only expensive rune was +50hp which wasn’t even good/needed in PvE. Weapons were cheap.
FoW armor wasn’t RNG based. And UW and FoW and other “Elite” Instances weren’t obligatory. They didn’t give you any advantage over the people who chose not to play these instances.
Why I quit playing Healway Guard:
Even though I have 3.3K armor, nearly 1.3k Healing, running shouts with Pure Of Voice and have Absolute Resolution trait on, I still can’t deal with all the insane condition spaming.
You cleanse 3, 4 new are applied. And you can’t effectively outheal the condition damage.
They didn’t force you to play Elite Missions, UW or FoW in GW1, there was no obligatory grind.
In fact, I could max out my character, get the best gear, weapons and all skills in less than five hours (and it was extremely cheap).
GW1 “Grind” was optional – only rare armor skins and weapon skins.
I don’t get why they didn’t copy paste the same formula in GW2.
It seems like roaming solo is a dying art. I can’t recall the last time I actually met an enemy player roaming around the battlefield by himself.
I see plenty of roamers though…in packs of 2, 3…5. It seems like everyone has given up on fair fights and prefers either running or completely overwhelming their enemies.
A shame really since solo-roaming used to be kind of fun. But now it feels like nobody dares leave the house without an easy backup.
Why? so the crazily OP’ed thieves can smack you down before you can even retaliate? Lets face it, most dont solo anymore due to the fact that thieves have the ability to unload massive DPS then stealth and remove any condi, then rinse and repeat until enemy dies. There is absolutely NO fun in trying to kill someone that keep cowering in the shadow. I believe it is because of this that people roam with 2 or more.
If specs/classes currently viable for solo play were suddenly nerfed to the ground would you see solo gameplay open up for wvw? I think the likely answer would be no, it would probably kill it altogether.
One of the big reasons people group up is to take advantage the most IMBA thing in WvW: the downstate and rezzing, something solo players have no access too. The other reason is that Anet has made it incredibly hard to get kills even in 1v1 situations because of how tanky players are allowed to get. Its getting to the point that battles are being decided more on having that one extra guy over skillful play, basically mini-zerging.
If you want to see how refreshing quick kills and outnumbered fights are, go to EotM and focus on fear/knocking people off ledges. That’s the most fun Ive had solo-playing in WvW recently (well, at least until EotM devolved into a brainless karma train)
Yeah, so much this.
Run with a tanky Guardian and suddenly you’re immortal. Even a full glass cannon can’t pressure a tank Guardian enough to prevent him from reviving his team-mates.
Downed-State is the most kittened mechanic ever in a video game.
BS. My 3.3k Armor Guard with 1200 Healing can’t do kitten against Condition Spammers.
Shout Cleric build.
That’s what you get when you remove trinity and brain wash people to think having roles is extremely horrible.
I wonder how fast would they fix Gem Store Weapons if they bugged out?
Pretty kitten quick, don’t you think?
I still fail to see how are events dynamic.
Lets say it’s a generic MMO “X” and instead of taking quests, they randomly activate/spawn all over the world and everyone can participate without talking to any NPC.
Is the fact that they activate “randomly” what makes them dynamic?
Something I’ve been wondering since the Beta.
You know those traditional MMO quests – “Go kill X”, “Get X”, “Protect X”, “Do X”.
Everyone in GW2 seems to dislike them.
But, how are GW2 Events and Hearts any different?
Centaurs are attacking, go kill them.
Dredge are attacking, kill them.
Escort allies and and kill the enemies.
The only thing that’s different from traditional quests is that you don’t have to take them or talk to NPC to get the reward.
Admittedly there are some unique events and hearts too, but they’re far too few.
Join for the greater Wood….
THE GREATER WOOD
Fixed for you.
GW2 is known for not having an endgame.
Ask any MMO player who has never touched this game and they’ll tell you that they’ve heard that GW2 is extremely casual and that is has nothing to do once you get level 80.
Inconsistent? How? Just dodge.
Things to look forward if you’re/you were exclusively WvW player?
Anyone?
What happened to this?
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/devon-carver-on-the-future-of-world-vs-world/
More than a year and still nothing.
So I ask you again?
What’s there to look forward?
Laughing at HoD bandwagoners crying.
Now, If only I could find those posts of HoD people months ago claiming HoD will be next Tier 1 server.
Tier 2 can’t compete against Tier 1 and no one wants to play against Tier 2 in Tier 3, except for FA maybe.
I blame the PPT system.
What’s the point?
Most of the time you’ll be facing either Mesmers or Thieves which will just stealth and run away if you get them low.
If nothing else, at least give me pants for my guardian, with no butt cape.
Aetherblade heavy leggings. Best pair of pants for any class and it makes your posterior look amazing.
Yeah. 800 gems for a single piece.
The rest of the armor looks just horrid to me.
If nothing else, at least give me pants for my guardian, with no butt cape.
100 gems for 30s during the first few days after the release.
Couldn’t care any less, still haven’t finished personal story beyond level 30 or something two years after the launch (6 characters all 80).
The lore just isn’t that good in my opinion.
But hey, I guess it’s a great tool for those who enjoy the story,
Liadri is probably the best PvE boss in this entire game and you (at least I did) can beat her even with cleric gear.
That being said, just look at the feedback on this boss, all the whining and asking for nerfs.
Breaking Bandwagon servers since 2012.
~FA
This is exactly why I don’t play Tequatl and Wurm. Sure those fights are interesting and all, but I don’t want to carry leechers, afkers and people who don’t want to listen or cooperate.
There should be an option to instance the whole map for your guild/party.
Exactly why do GW2 players dislike the idea of mounts?
Is is because traditional MMOs have them and GW2 must be a special and unique snowflake?
How come you never see females complain in threads like this?
At this point, the moment WS goes F2P (and reviews are good) I’m pretty much leaving.
I don’t care for the Living Story and I’m not looking forward to it.
I didn’t even bother playing it this and last year (after Tequatl update).
I don’t care about the lore and characters, the writing level of GW2 is really low.
There’s really nothing to look forward in PvE. Forget about hard and challenging GW1 like instances, GW2 players love and want more Farmville.
Currently I’m playing WvW and even there Devs show absolutely no signs of doing anything to improve WvW experience.
With dragons and magic? Right?
Exploration and Events got boring to me right after my first level 80 and 100% world.
I leveled my first character with exploration. All of my other 6 characters with WvW and Crafting.
Probably took great effort to do that.
Just here wondering. What has been done to improve the WvW since the last CDI?
Ridiculous? Probably if it was in real life.
GW2 is a fantasy game. You’d have to delete 95% of the game to make it “more realistic”, professions, monsters, magic, etc.
So it’s pointless to talk about realism.
Ready up for next Season!
Starting tomorrow, don’t forget to use transfers!
I dont think any GW1 player here is asking for a 50 zerg copy paste WoW instance.
Personally, as a GW1 player, I want elite dungeons, 12/8 players.
Take The Deep for example. 12 players and party had to split into 4 smaller groups.
An instance/dungeon so hard it would take weeks or even months to figure it out and not just stack here and press one.
The whole point of GW2 is to be open world rather than instanced. You can go play WoW or any other generic MMO game if you wanted it to be instanced. GW2 is supposed to be different.
GW2 is also supposed to be a GW1 sequel and supposed to “take everything we loved about GW1 and use it in GW2”.
Domain of Anguish, Fissure of Woe, Underworld, The Deep, Urgoz.
Now we move on to Season 2 and everybody hyped.
Who is this “we”?
The people who have extremely low standards and expectations?
Will WvW finally get fixed? Will they finally add precursor hunt? Will they finally fix FoTM? Will they start regularly adding new skills as promised in 2013 summer?
No one knows.
But there is one thing we all are guaranteed. More gem store items and no real content.
I love people talking about realism and practicality in a game where Bows shoots unicorns.
Guardian → Ritualist?
Spirit weapons haven’t been fixed for almost two years.
Did it with my WvW build/armor using scepter/focus.
Some random 6/0/ something.
Already said it back when these CD threads started.
Nothing but a PR trick to make people think that Arena Net is actually listening.
They’ll be adding AI to NPCs so they can advertise gem sales.
Looking for a fun D/D DPS build for PvE and WvW (small group roaming).
Suggestions?