Guild Wars 2

I’d love to see it. but i think that’s unlikely.

Razor.9872:

Ranger — Can now perma-stow pets. Gain the buff “carefree” while pet is stowed which increases the Ranger’s dps by 30-40%

I understand that half of the people want to remove the pets because they get in the way or w/e… however either way I think that without the pets, rangers really lose a lot of their uniqueness. I’d rather see them somehow improve pet functionality or control.

And also: 30-40%?… if they did that, who would EVER want to use pets EVER again? there’d be no point. and dont say “that’s my point.” They arent going to remove pets, ever, so we might as well support some sort of revamp or improvement. Dont you agree?

Mesmer:

As stated previously by others: more speed buffs available please?… If I dont keep up with groups when running past things in dungeon, I get destroyed.

Also some other reasons to use the different weapons. Like make Sword/Sword more viable as well as staff and scepter.

AND some additional functionality to the greatsword 5 skill would be nice. atm it only knockbacks and it often goes unused during any major fight because the enemies have perma stability or whatnot.

I love how anet is making no official statement on this. Tons of people have brought it up and theyre either ignoring us because they know theyre not gonna put it up and they dont care. Or theyre ignoring us because they ARE gonna put them up and they just want to torture us because they want more people to rush and buy them. Either way theyre being real kittens about it.

tolunart.2095:

Nightingale.9714:

Omg people I got the dye like a day and a half ago now lol. Cant believe this thread is still active! /CLOSED thank you.

Sorry, but we don’t need your permission to discuss the subject.

Dude I’m the one who Made the bloody thr-… whatever, knock yourselves out -.-

Omg people I got the dye like a day and a half ago now lol. Cant believe this thread is still active! /CLOSED thank you.

The paper bag helms havent been released yet… cant believe noone just frieking SAID that. There, thread over.

Wiz.1543:

Nightingale.9714:

xCrusadentx.2784:

Wiz.1543:

Nightingale.9714:

Avelos.6798:

I want Mad King’s outfit lol

Yes, we want this ^

Yes <3 Madking King + His sons outfit+ Witch outfit.

Missed the chance last Halloween if they are coming back I am so going to buy all :p

Agreed, I’m waiting and hoping they re-add em
Edit: I was here last year and got it but accidentally deleted it, so this may finally be my chance to have fun with that awesome set

YOU SEE ANET!? We want them and we’re willing to PAY for them! We’d rather pay money for this than for transfers to gold for the bloody weapon skins

Not too fast… in my opinion the bloody prince staff is more beautiful then the bifrost and I have both. Edit: You can’t argue about taste:p. One does not exclude another.

I was refferring to last year’s staff, bow and shield, not the stuff from the weapon specialists

Avelos.6798:

Lol they will never do that. Make more money for it or forget about it. Also… isn’t this a sort of attack thread?

More of a joke thread tbh, I doubt any of them are reading…. but if they are, KITTEN you guys! >:O

Dear Pyre dye sellers: I will not buy your dye for 70g. You keep raising the price every time I raise my offer and I can promise you now, I’m not gonna buy it for 70 -.-. Stop fooling around and just sell the dye so I can go back to my life. Thanks

SpyderArachnid.5619:

LinseyMurdock.4165:

Hey guys, looks like the update notes were incorrect. These recipes do not require 100 of the mega materials, they require 10 (that’s 10,000 not 100,000 fangs/skulls/nougat). Sorry for the confusion! We are getting the update notes fixed!

Are you fixing them in game as well?

Because whether the updates notes say 10 or 100, the items in game say 100. So changing the update notes won’t matter unless you fix them in game as well.

And if this was a mistake, then why wasn’t it fixed awhile ago when this was first mentioned in all the threads complaining about it? Why wait until now to admit this was incorrect instead of yesterday when this issue was brought up?

because Anet?… or human error?no use complaining now unless they dont fix it

KOPPER.1458:

Is this a bug? Seems like it might be.

Did you READ the other two posts here? Pretty sure its not

RustyRhino.9854:

I’ve been playing since release, and it’s been a great time (Although I missed a few living story updates because of school).

Firstly, Anet has stated multiple times (including last halloween) that the skins and stuff won’t be coming back. If Anet wants to release it, it will be available through black lion claim tickets (probably 7 tickets like the molten alliance skins). If you are quitting because of that….Lol.

Secondly I remember last Halloween being a huge grind (carving like 250 pumpkins, eating over 1000 candy corn) to get the achievements, while this Halloween requires probably 2 hours of play to get the first part of the achievements over and done with. Also if you don’t like the grind to make the weapon, why not just buy it from the TP?

Thirdly, they have updated the rewards. Mad Kings clock tower gives an exotic and you choose the type/stats (Last year it gave you an exotic that had fixed stats). Do any of you remember competing against the charr and norn in the jumping puzzle? Well that is fixed now too. In the labyrinth they made the bosses drop champion bags (last year you only got a daily chest). The dungeon and story are completely different from last year (guessing on the dungeon, which is the conclusion to the story). Plus now this year we get completely new skins for our weapons (Rubber sword…..lolz!).

Fourth, why would it make sense for the old story to return? Last year the Mad King hadn’t shown up in over 250 yrs, and no one was sure if he would return. This year is a progression of that story (although I would like a summary of last year’s story so new players can get caught up). So no it doesn’t make sense to give players the rewards that happened with last year’s story.

I really don’t see any basis for complaint here on anything presented so far.

Also on a side note…..go check out the lake in Kessex Hills. More teasers Anet!

I dont see why they cant have last year’s story content and this year’s. The npc dialogue would just be different for different players. Theyve brought back content for other areas, they should be able to do it here. At the very least some sort of small mission replay so new players could have a chance at some of the titles and rewards.

Oh thank god lol, was worried about this

I WANT THEM AND I WILL SUPPORT EVERY THREAD THAT MENTIONS THEM! >:O

xCrusadentx.2784:

Wiz.1543:

Nightingale.9714:

Avelos.6798:

I want Mad King’s outfit lol

Yes, we want this ^

Yes <3 Madking King + His sons outfit+ Witch outfit.

Missed the chance last Halloween if they are coming back I am so going to buy all :p

Agreed, I’m waiting and hoping they re-add em
Edit: I was here last year and got it but accidentally deleted it, so this may finally be my chance to have fun with that awesome set

YOU SEE ANET!? We want them and we’re willing to PAY for them! We’d rather pay money for this than for transfers to gold for the bloody weapon skins

Bloodstealer.5978:

OP, of course its a timesink moneygrab content addition… this is a business not a game to ANET – as such they need to create potential revenue streams. They know many players like to get everything in a heartbeat and likely would if the content was so easily completed.. and by completed I mean you have gotten everything. So ANET have provided those players with that option, but it comes at a cost. For us normal happy go lucky loggers we can grind and play RNG, but with the high numbers of mats etc involved ANET know they have the timesink as their Ace card cos invariably players get bored of repetitive stuff and fall back to the credit card instead. On the flipside they know if they can offer the chance of nice shinnies and some fun along the way they will keep players logging in regardless and in doing open up the opportunity of other random cash shop sales taking place… so its a win, win for them and us.. without hook and bait players would long of grown bored of the games low repeat value and gone elsewhere or stopped spending coin pushing the game closer to the break even/maintenance model like others have done so soon after launch.

I REALLY do understand the need for revenue for anet. Heck I’ve spent more money than I can count on this game through gems and I’ve been happy to do it for the most part. But I also feel that revenue should be earned, and asking us to shelve out tons of real world money just for forge materials in-game is pathetic. If they asked us to give money for things like costumes and weapon skins directly I’m fine with that. However this backwards way of giving us weapon skins that practically REQUIRE the players to transfer gems to cash (and in extreme amounts) to even have the slightest hope of acquiring them is wrong. I dont mind that the game is a business, as long its not so blatantly obvious that you feel like youre being smacked in the face by it.

Orpheal.8263:

Vote for the OP’s first post being the best post that sums up all the disappointment of this halloween event warmed up cold coffe >.>

I’ve expected something much better in regard of fanservice.
This time this ptch absolutely really shows from the begin to its end right in all of our faces, that it was a very bad decision by Anet to push out new content every 2 weeks.

They should finally HEAR ON US, stopping on being so stubborn to really believe that quantity over quality is in any kind better.
1 Update every month is absolutely more than enough (so every 4 weeks instead of every 2 weeks), if the quality of the updates is then alot better, has alot lesser of bugs right off the start due to the quality management really testing out seriously the patch, before it gets rolled out and each patch would feel then also alot more meaningful to the game!!

With 1 Update every one, the patches could be then also of bigger size, making it easier possible to implment with the patches then also changes to the game, that can actually be of greater impact for improving the game.
Stuff like adding more frequently new explorable maps, new playable races, a sub class system, redesigns for class mechanics and so on

This game still feels after 1 year liek a huge switzer cheese with thousands of holes cause of we see no fucused priorities here to improve the game on a larger scale.
Just give the game a break from the living story and focus first more on polishing and improving the game with more real meaningful content that makes the game actually really alot better.

New story and all that stuff can you bring up later with add ons, when you think its time to progress with the game’s main story also too, so that we can progress also in our personal stories at the same time.

I agree, it’s MORE than time for us to progress in our personal stories, some polish couldnt hurt as well.

I’ve been gone for a bit (had to sleep) but I read all of the posts here. Most of my opposers here seem to think that I’m complaining because I didnt get last year’s rewards. Funny thing though because I mentioned in my first post that I DID get ALL of them you stupid kittens! I managed to get every title from last year and even a weapon skin too. That was enough for me. But the newcomers this year are getting NONE of that. They.Deserve.A.Chance. and if you jerks are soooo proud of yourselves for just BEING THERE that you dont feel that new players should get a chance…. just go die in a fire -.-

my biggest was the lack of support for people who didnt get everything from last year. (the gemstore costumes) in my case

Stillkin.2859:

I have been an active player since january and really loved GW2. The last living story updates have been such a dissapointment to me – Teq most of all (5 days of overflows and i was ready to quit). I heard so many good things about the Halloween event that I thought i had something to look forward to again. I logged on last night realised its just another AP event – even living story is now gathered behind APs. Weaponskins i can forget – a grind that will not be realistic for most ppl. I logged out after 5 min realizing i am fedup/burnout/sick of the what this game has turned into. I really like doing achievement – heck i was the biggest achivementhunter in wow for years. But not like this not forcing me to logg on everyday in order to complete my meta APs. I guess its time to move on to other games

Just really makes me wish I could talk to one of the developers directly with these questions. Ive been playing this game hardcore for over a year now and most things I’ve been able to overlook. But this Halloween just feels like a huge disappointment.

the weapon skins wont disappear, but the options for making them will.

Avelos.6798:

I want Mad King’s outfit lol

Yes, we want this ^

Based on my past experience with the RNG chests, it’s almost ALWAYS a bad idea to rely on them for anything. You always get ripped off.

Also, where did you read that the costumes wont be returning?

kulle.6542:

You should realized from the past few months of content that anet ignores complaints.

Sorry but… “You should realize that based on previous content” would have been a better response.. And yeah they do but Complaints are often more of a personal outlet as opposed to game changers (with some notable exceptions.) so I complained nonetheless.

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

Zylonite.5913:

So basically if you don’t play GW2 from the release date, you can never catch up in contents and achievement points?

How do you expect new players reacting to this?

GW1 had exclusive items that could only be obtained during specific events. I missed out on what I thought were the “coolest” ones. And I’m fine with that. I like the idea that some things can only be obtained by those that were lucky enough to be present.

In fact, I would prefer that GW2 had more special items and titles that were time-dependent and more that were skill dependent. If anyone can get any title whenever or through sufficient grind or coin, the titles aren’t special or meaningful.

GW2 has a balance: you can get mini collector by spending coin, you can get SAB titles by grinding (at least for things like baubles), the mini-Liadri is only available to players with certain skills, and a small number of event-related titles are one-offs.

I like the idea that in five years (assuming the game is still around), I’ll be able to recognize people who were around for the first Halloween by their title. And I know that there will be titles/minis/etc that I will miss out on. Not because I don’t deserve the opportunity, but because I just won’t be around for them.

What about those that wanted to be there, but couldnt? They deserve to have other options. And personally, looking at people years from now who have things I never had the opportunity to get would just make me sad and resentful. There are ways of preserving the uniqueness and fun of items without limiting what people can get them.

Also, it’s 5am here and I’m tired… this thread probably Kittens.

Avelos.6798:

I seriously want to buy at least two of them :c
No I’m not kidding either.

ofc youre not kidding o_o Imma buy the Kittens out of all those costumes…. IF ANET PUTS THEM BACK UP!!!!!!!! >:O

Clearly the OP is making a balanced argument on this. He’s admitted that it shouldnt be too easy and offered some extra solutions. That said, I dont see why you other two cant give him even the slightest bit of support. Anyone who cant see how ridiculously grindy this halloween has become is kidding themselves. And frankly I dont think the justification of “anet saw money potential so theyre doing it this way now” is worth more than what my dog drops on the lawn. A pretty fair amount of people are frustrated and confused by how theyve chosen to do this, and those people deserve to be heard. I mean I dont even think the skins are that great, combined with the cost there really isnt any point for most players to try.

Please answer this anet…

I’m surprised more people havent commented on this. I thought a lot of people were looking forward to getting these costumes. Please anet, tell us what youre going to do here = /

If they decided to offer us a Cantha based expansion on the level of the gw1 version, heck yeah I;d buy it!

slsharpshooter.5631:

Really miss last year’s halloween skins Why are they not on gem store

For the love of kittens, YES, please bring them back! Q.Q

Talenna.4052:

Both would be lovely. It would also be great if it was possible to synchronise instruments, so that players could perform as bands.

technically you can.. but it’s difficult so I would welcome an option where that would work. thanks for your support

Heya Anet, I didnt know where to put this so I’m throwing it up here. Might put it somewhere else Ex: general forums.

Anyways, I thought it would be marvelous to provide us with yet-more musical instruments. Specifically either a harp or a lute! I already have your flute and the choir bell, just thought a harp/lute would be a wonderful addition to the musical instruments available. Maybe you guys could put it together for Winter holiday. I’d be more than willing to get it from the gemstore for the same price as other instruments (800 gems.)

Aaaand I guess that’s it… If any of you here on the forums like the idea, be sure to comment and show your support so anet can possibly see it : ). If you dont like the idea… well I have no idea why you wouldnt but be descriptive with your criticism if possible.

Boysenberry.1869:

Aside from changing servers, all you can do is wait. It’s a silly system but it is what it is. I had to wait a couple of months going back and forth from Red to Green to Red to Green to Red to Green before finally getting Blue. Eventually you’ll get the color you want. In the meantime grab those maps on multiple characters and/or just ignore mapping until you get the color you need.

k, thanks >.<

Blix.8021:

You don’t have to play with people like the op if you don’t want. If he makes a group that clearly says ‘80 zerk only’ and someone joins without meeting the criteria, then they’re the ones who are being asinine, not op. I’ve been trying to use the new lfg system, but it has resulted in some of the worst groups I’ve had in a long time.

I’d argue that the groups youre playing with seem bad because youre used to only running with people that meet your B-S criteria. In part we need to blame the game itself thats making Berserker’s gear too good. If that’s considered better than everything else then it’s natural that people are going to want only that. But that doesnt excuse excluding people who are either trying to learn or dont play their character as “top notch” as you do. I pray to whatever god will listen that your future zerg-only runs are plagued with disaster.

Forgive me but this seems like a bunch of picky, elitist, “youre not good enough for my party” cr@p. Not every run has to be a speedy money grab and I KNOW that this game shouldnt have to pander to this kind of self-serving abomination. You.Make.Me.Sick

Could someone please tell me if there is ANY way to get to a poi within a castle that’s been taken by an opposing server. Besides switching servers. I’ve been waiting four weeks just to get two poi’s and a vista for my map completion and NSP has been in the wrong part of wvw every time. I just don’t know what to do.

First we were vs Stormbluff then Darkhaven then Stormbluff again. I dont play wvw but apparently they have a heck of a lot more people than us so I’ve been told we have no chance of getting the castles I need. If things are going to continue as is, I think something ought to change. Either make these poi’s accessible without capturing the castle or change wvw so that we have a chance to get those castles. Really lost here.

fellyn.5083:

Nightingale.9714:

fellyn.5083:

Anet has confirmed that precursor crafting will be coming in 2013.

http://youtu.be/Jy7CcwnfUdU?t=13m25s

Not only that but a new type of legendary, probably a trinket. In 2013.

Oooh, it says published Sept 3 on the video, is this new? If this is new it makes me very happy. I thought the newest info was Linsey’s. Thanks very much for the link and the time-code on it so I could find the info quick.

As far as I know that’s from PAX which was this last weekend.

yay

fellyn.5083:

Anet has confirmed that precursor crafting will be coming in 2013.

http://youtu.be/Jy7CcwnfUdU?t=13m25s

Not only that but a new type of legendary, probably a trinket. In 2013.

Oooh, it says published Sept 3 on the video, is this new? If this is new it makes me very happy. I thought the newest info was Linsey’s. Thanks very much for the link and the time-code on it so I could find the info quick.

Vayne.8563:

I don’t really get why your entire game centers around a legendary. The game is huge…legendaries are a small, small part of it, made to be a long term goal. Put it on the back burner, accumulate the stuff you need for all legendaries, and see what happens.

The more you focus on a legendary, the worse the game will be for you.

I have 8 lvl 80’s and I’ll soon be done with my last character. My highest motivation for playing the game tends to revolve around weapon and armor skins (which anet seems to realize given the legendary updates and transmutation stones among many other things) I’ve put it on the back burner for 10 months, hoping for a change. How long should I wait until I can make this a reality?

“We announced precursor crafting earlier on in the year, but I cant say much about it, though it’s still something we’d LIKE to do…”

^
This is the nail in my proverbial coffin. Broke me’ heart.

Starting to wonder if I should just give up forever on ever getting a Legendary. Which probably means I’ll be playing less unfortunately = /

I wish Anet would give us something more on this, just a ray of hope in what seems like a black pit.

cuge.5398:

If they make them craftable i wont buy them from tp, i’ll just craft them ….

Aye. It wont rely on a lump sum of money. Will rely on slowly gathering the right materials and putting them together. A much better option imo.

milo.6942:

+1 for everything from me
i liked how you mention SAB as well. it is like a separate game that has a clear vision of what fun is. every encounter is a challenge to time skills, every step could be a wrong one and you fall and have to start over. exploring can reveal hidden bosses or new weapons with interesting mechanics. it is nothing like gw2, and that is why it is so good.

You DO realize that there are games like SAB outside of GW2 right? Like tons. Instead of bumming the forums b——ing about how this game doesnt meet your needs: GO PLAY THOSE. I like SaB too but we didn’t buy Gw2 to play that kind of game. The reason SaB is nice is because it gives you a reason to play a different kind of game for a little while. If that’s ALL you want to do then you shouldnt be playing an mmo in the first place.

Olba.5376:

So tell me…

what makes you think that when they release precursor crafting, it will be cheaper than the current prices of precursors on the TP?

What makes you think it wont be?

One Year has passed….. and we still have TRAHEARNE! >: I GOD DO I HATE HIM!

Happyfool.8951:

it’s not that i’ve given up, it’s just that i’m avoiding the dilemma of choosing which legendary to make as i’m a bit of an altaholic. Also the fact the i’m not entirely impressed by the legendary skins themselves(example: I prefer The Hunter[prec] skin to The Predator[legend]).

my advice then to you would be to chill. The scavenger hunt will come. (soon i hope). The legendaries were supposed to be a long term goal. just think of it that way and maybe save for it little by little?

ok >.<

Happyfool.8951:

what part of upgrading legendaries made you think they would be adding new ways to get them in the next patch?

as announced a while back, they will be adding new ways to get precursors, ehem scavenger hunt. but they did not say it will be this patch. and the market prices are driven by supply and demand. I know that feeling of having legendaries to be unattainable, and i’ve found a very effective way to cheer me up. I simply have no plans of getting one.

it wasnt the upgrading legendaries that made me think of it, it was the crafting upgrades. I can appreciate that youve simply given up on getting a Legendary but… I cant work that way = / I’m a semi-completionist and I wont feel like I’ve done what I wanted in this game till I can get a Legendary.