Guild Wars 2

Norn Necro and Proud

SHIELD – When I see a shield, I tend to marry the idea of stability with the defensive aspects of a shield. So maybe powers based on Stability and Protection?
Also, there are no light armor users that use shield (Elementalist utility conjure excluded), so the idea of shield being exclusive to the Necro appeals to me.

(This is also a selfish wish because I have the Grinning Shield skin, and would love to use it with my Necro)

My second choice(s) would be Mace. Again, this is a selfish wish, as I would love to use ‘Kevin’ with ‘Adam’ on my Necro.
I confess, I’m not entirely sure what powers/abilities a Necromancer based mace would/could bring to the table, but I like the idea nevertheless.

Dang it.
As far as skins go, the pistol actually interests me.
Looks like my cowboy Engineer will ride again.

The rest?
meh.
I don’t PvP / WvW often, and if/when they add harder content, I can live with exotic level gear on my 80’s

Op, I know you are upset, but laying down pseudo f-bombs and threatening to use gold sellers will get you nowhere.
Keep calm & Carry on.
Lose your cool and you may see the business end of the ban-hammer.

Was Anet in the wrong for springing this on us?
yes.
Voice your legitimate concern, but in a civil and well thought out manner.

Buy the Deluxe upgrade and bang all your characters get access to it at level 30.

EDIT: sorry, I meant to say you get it automatically at 30 (no skill points needed).

I suggest that they look back to the original Everquest to see how players should craft their Legendary weapons.
In that game, they had really long quest chains where you had to travel all over the world to get the components you needed. The down-side was that, due to the mechanics of the game, the Mobs that spawned the items you needed where rare and their special drops were largely RNG (plus you needed to compete with other players camping the same mob). I think that these types of problems would be avoided with the way GW2’s mechanics and ‘player friendly’ grouping looting could/should/would work.

Those issues aside the EQ quest chains were massive, hard, and often required assistance from others to complete. When a player finally crafted his Epic weapon there was a real sense of accomplishment. Heck, to this day (10+ years later) I’m still proud of my Mage’s Tier 1 Epic, a spell which summoned a bad- kitten super elemental.
I don’t play that game anymore, but I remember every moment of the Epic Quest.
ANet needs to strive for giving this feeling to their players

Lucky.9421:

Also:

Chaotic evil villains can have a place in the narrative of a universe(sometimes they are fun) but as side stories. Not as the main story of the IP for a long period. That’s senseless and boring.

O’ really?
I’ll just leave this here then, with the comment that this particular Big Bad either was directly responsible or the motivating force for many of the best selling titles that came out of this particular IP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orcus_%28Dungeons_%26_Dragons%29

My first post self deleted, and I’m almost out of time for my lunch break so to paraphrase what my first post said:

Try ‘Arms of Koda’ – Honor of the Waves, or Nobleman’s Pauldrons from Caudecus’ Manor (Mark V look).
Plated or Dark armor shoulders from – Karma vendors
Helmet – Really only the Heavy helm from Sorrow’s Embrace will be close
Heavy Plate for body & legs (vendor or WvW vendor)
Hands ??? (I used Norn cultural 2, but that doesn’t quite look right … it is cool though. (Maybe Vigil, or Sorrow’s Embrace gloves?)

Weapons – Chain sword Skin, Guild or Glyphic Rifle, Glyphic axe or Hammer

Dye gear to suit your favorite chapter.

Enjoy.

Oh yeah, there’s this post as well:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/races/norn/Norn-Space-Marine-Armor

VOLKON / AntiGw, Relax.
It was a joke. I fully realize that particular franchise is completely different to the GW universe.
If you need to find meaning in my silly post, it’s that even the ridiculous can ultimately be cool to others.
Opinions, right?

This guy (Below) says there is nothing wrong with Large Shoulders.

When this whole Achievement reward system started 2 weeks ago, I was sitting at just over 5200pts. I’m now just over 5700. These were earned through actively pursuing those achievements that I was close to completing, as well as active participation of the dailies, the monthly, and Living story.
I in no way feel that I’m Grinding out achievements, but rather that I’m able to pursue a goal.
My gameplay for the last couple of months has been to hop from Boss event to boss event, in pursuit of rare items, when not taking an active part in various guild events / dungeon runs. This was beginning to wear on me.
While hunting for achievements, I’ve now started doing aspects of the game that I avoided before, because I had thought I wouldn’t enjoy it (i.e. JP’s, PvP, WvW, Map Completion). I now realize that I was only playing half the game, and I’m being rewarded for participating in these other activities.
So, I think the system is fine as it is. This is not a race, we’ll all get there eventually.

I’m so disappointed with the faction of the player-base that feels that this free stuff is useless.
It’s free. Before they announced the Achievement rewards you were getting nothing but your name on a leaderboard.
If you don’t like the rewards, DELETE.
Also, you may only play one character (or a handful) now, but can you say with 100% certainty, you’ll never make another alt… especially if you still have one of the 5 original open Character slots available (I know the Op said he’s used them all, but others may not have).
I’ll bet you’ll be thanking the Dev’s on the day when your new toon jumps to 20 and you’re able to calk-walk through the low level stories to get your BL key (level 10 story reward).

My Necro Started out as Thurizaz the Magus, but after roaming around completing some jobs up North (events) for the Kodan he was given a new name by his Ursine employers.
(and thanks to a name change kit)
My Norn now walks the lands of Tyria as the necromancer called Sorrow of Angels

This is my homage to my GW1 Paragon.
His legacy shall live on.

OP, Your message was totally lost on me. All I read was “boo hoo, poor me”.
Try to form a constructive argument as to why their design choice was not conducive to a positive playing experience, and maybe people will take your issue more seriously.

My Necro in his ‘passive’ and ‘active’ modes.

the wings just make it better

Location: Central Canada
ISP: MTS

This has gotten worse over the past several days. It’s now to the point that the game is unplayable.

I’m sorry, but can we have one boss event in this game that actually feels like a BOSS event?
The first time I fought in the Karka Queen Event, I admit, I nearly rage quit due to the mass swarm and being killed multiple times in the event.
After thinking about it and letting myself cool down, I tried it again.
Was is challenging? yes.
Did my character die, to the swarm? oh yes.
Did I persist and ultimately the player Zerg prevail. Absolutely, in time.

And when it was done, I actually felt that i had accomplished something, and that I really earned my chests.
This is something that I haven’t felt in World Boss events in Months.

Give this event a few weeks, and the player base will figure out the tricks and angles to make it a cake walk like other World boss events.
But for today, let’s leave it as is.
Challenging and deadly.

Shanna.4762:

NoxInfernus.2361:

I love Cantha, however…

Sorry folks, it’s not happening.
The Developer and the Publisher are looking to break into the Chinese market. This is a HUGE market, potentially eclipsing the NA and the EU markets. In order to do this they need to get past the government censors. As we are all aware the Chinese government is very ‘touchy’ regarding certain themes and messages that is presented to their people.
With this in mind …

These censors are becoming increasingly more liberal over time, these decisions may of been made a long time ago, as in years before GW2 was even a program or game yet. China has lifted restrictions on foreign movie releases from Western countries, significantly. The same thing happens with games since they have to pass through many of the same boards…By the time we got to Cantha (which wouldn’t be right now, anyway) this type of thing will probably be much easier to deal with if not almost a non-issue. Regardless, Factions passed it’s censors and was arguably very controversial, so there’s no reason why Cantha couldn’t with GW2 in the modern day with much less restrictive censorship.

That being said, many Chinese players have expressed the desire for Cantha as well…There’s just so much support for this region to be in the game that I honestly think ArenaNet would be making a very poor choice to exclude it, ESPECIALLY as they try to break into the Asian markets.

I hear what you are saying, but I remain skeptical.
Yes, China has increasingly relaxed it’s censorship in recent years.
I’m certain that what their censorship boards deem unacceptable today, will be tolerated tomorrow, but that’s a way off.
It must be remembered that Anet is currently working on getting the current version of the game tested and accepted. Some things have had to be altered in order to do so. many of these changes that have hit the press would seem minor to Western players, but really are a big deal to their censorship boards.

I would direct you to this thread that goes into more detail:

http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/82547-guild-wars-2-chinese-closed-beta-announcement/

Again, I shall hope for the best but not be disappointed too much if nothing comes of it.

I love Cantha, however…

Sorry folks, it’s not happening.
The Developer and the Publisher are looking to break into the Chinese market. This is a HUGE market, potentially eclipsing the NA and the EU markets. In order to do this they need to get past the government censors. As we are all aware the Chinese government is very ‘touchy’ regarding certain themes and messages that is presented to their people.
With this in mind …
Look at the back story of how Cantha ‘ended’ in GW1. Think about the 250 years of in-game time that has past. Finally, think about how Cantha would need to be presented in an expansion.
There is no way in the mists that you can tap dance around the political environment in Cantha and not draw parallels to Certain other real world governments. It’s far too tricky.
The Censors would reject the majority of the content and themes that would make an expansion in Cantha so interesting. All that would be left is a watered down version that wouldn’t make Cantha, Cantha.
Better to play it safe, ignore Cantha, and develop content that will be given a pass by the Censors.

Now I hope I’m wrong. I hope they are able to bring Cantha back.
I’m just not betting on it.

My ‘Starspawn’ Armor set

Plate legs, arms, chest, feet
Island Shoulders
Primeval helm
Sclerite shell back-piece

Dyes:
Tea shade
Shale
Sage

I tried using the search feature for this, but I either wasn’t specific enough or any topics/posts on this has been deleted.

Anywho….

Does anyone know why the gorgeous log in screen that was used during the Beta weekend events was dropped for the current version that we have been using since launch?
I thought that was one of the best log in screens I’ve seen in any MMO I’ve played in my 14 years of on-line playing.

Do you think there’s any chance we could get that back?

@ Wasdclick
I’m in complete agreement with you. The Flamethrower is a great weapon, that once you learn its quirks, can be very effective.
I use it as the primary weapon in my PvE build and I really have no issues soloing 4-5 Risen in Orr, so long as I keep moving and rotating the camera. I understand this play style may not be to everyone’s liking, but that does not mean it is broken.
The ‘cone’ of the weapon is huge (extending far beyond the graphic).
This being said, I feel that it is (atm) a PvE centric weapon. For PvP or WvW there are much better choices of builds out available than to have the Flamer the focus weapon.

… and I agree, #2 needs love. It was once ‘fixed’ for a day of two between two patches and it was working 100%. When the second patch came down, our ability to reliably detonate was lost again. Oh, how those were two glorious napalm filled days.

You snooze, you lose folks.
The advert leading up to the weekend sale was very clear that 3 NEW items would be offered per day.
Oh, and 25% off (average discount) on these digital items is pretty darn good.

While this may/may not have been the intention of the developers, I can see no reason why this would NOT be allowed.
At the end of the day, these armor styles are just skins. They give no inherent bonuses to the players that are not obtainable from other order gear, or gear in general.

Also, the act of performing the above procedure requires Transmutation stones. The stones are obtained through personal story, BLC Chests, monthly, but this is rare. It would often require a player short on stones to: 1) Transfer gold to gems for the purpose of buying the appropriate stone(s), or 2) Use Real Life Cash to buy gems for stones.

Really at the end of the day, does anyone REALLY Care if a player who is Order of Whispers has a few Vigil skins on his toon? (outside of the roleplaying servers, of course).

Now if I’m wrong and the Developers change this and lock it down, it is my hope that anyone who has done this is ‘grandfathered’ in, and allowed to keep their gear in its current form.

Sorry lads, I have to disagree. Like you I also have been involved with Tyria since 1 week after launch of GW1.
GW1 is a great game, will always be among one of the greats, but to say this game is ‘ruined’ is not true.
GW2 has just as much (if not more) customization as the original. Sure it might not be served up to you on a silver platter, but it’s there.

Your opinions are valid (to you), but I not correct in my view.

Happy Holidays

Both my wife’s account and my account are getting error 7:11:3:189:101. We both have our own computers, and have tried troubleshooting using the above DNS cache clear, turning off our anti-virus and Firewalls, and a few other tips I’ve picked up through the years. I’ve checked with my ISP provider and they assure me that everything is fine on their end.
We started noticing this issue late last week, but today is the first time that we are unable to play as we are getting booted within 2 minutes of logging in.

NeryK.5301:

1. Nope.
Example : if you have a sigil of air (chance of lightning on crit) on your offhand, you will not get a lightning when critting with your mainhand.

I’m sorry, but I have to disagree with you there. I use P/S with the sigil of speed on the pistol and fire on the shield. I’m able to proc the flame blast quite easily without using my 4, 5 skills. I also still get the swiftness effect once the battle is done.
I tested this to be sure, prior to writing this.

45 minute after the time we waited, then the treb was built. Almost immediately the mission objective changed to get on the boat. Everyone jumped on the boat. I waited an extra 10 minutes but nothing happened. I ended up taking the boat almost an hour after the event (2nd attack) was to occur.
Disappointing.
At least the fun started once we made it to the island.

8+ years of sticking with Anet and GW/GW2 won’t have me running off to the hills at this poor, POOR design choice.
Argue it any way you wish this is still:
1) a form of vertical progression
2) Gating
3) contrary to the original vision of what brought me, and many, many other players over to the GW franchise

I realize that Anet and NC soft want to make money, but this isn’t right. Being forced to buy the same product twice, specifically targets the collectors and completionists in an unfair way.
Anet – Please stop nickel & diming your customers.
If you want us to buy from the GEM store, then straight-up offer these types items for purchase.
“Cute” Sales and Marketing techniques like this alienate your customers and are, in the long run, only going to harm your sales.
You folks worked far too hard on this awesome game to ruin it by such obvious money grabs.

Thresher.3049:

… When I think of Necromancy, there’s a couple of things that come to mind …
The ‘Classical’ necromancer that summons the spirits of the dead in order to plumb the mysteries of the afterlife, life, the universe and next weeks lotto results. IMO this would have been the more interesting route to go with career design, yes, keep them as the scholar career with the goofy weapons and so on. But something more like the Ranger Spirits of the wild which give buffs and bonuses to various more material things like the body, mind and helping make stuff die instead of the elements.

Could of had a lot of fun with something like:
Spirit of War- various fightyness
Spirit of Pestilence- swarms of bugs biting people
Spirit of Disorder- confusions and dazes
Spirit of Blight- cripples and weakness
…
.

I’m not sure if you played GW Factions, but what you describe sounds similar to the Ritualist class in many ways.
Maybe if a GW2 expansion comes out that focuses on Cantha, we might see this vision of the ‘spirit focused’ class you describe come to pass.

I couldn’t agree with you more.
I was fighting in group events a few times this week, and after a minute of the loud auto attack I ended up switching from my staff to my second weapon set (and less efficient weapon set for my role in these events).
The sound is very cool for the effect, it just needs to be toned down.

I am disheartened by all the moaning and groaning (i.e. itching with a B at the front) over some players dislike of the FIRST ROUND of Legendary weapons coming out.

Sure some of these skins may look odd on certain types of characters, but based on my past history with Anet and GW1, I will lay money that their artists and designers are already working on additional skins and gathering paths to craft additional Legendary Weapons. Anet has proven in the past that they do listen to their customer base.

So relax. Take it easy. Don’t worry.
That scary “Necro Staff” and “Master Assassin dagger” is on its way (among other assorted implements of epic and legendary destruction).
You just need to exercise patience.

I had no issue purchasing Gems, and made a few purchases without issue.
This past weekend I attempted 2 separate purchases from the Gem store only to have the items not delivered.
I continued to test with the 0 gem celebration ball cap a number of times, but continued to not receive the items.

My submitted ticket has more details.
120904-011591