Guild Wars 2

Anyone know what kind of chest/drops come from completing http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/The_Battle_for_Ascalon_City ?

/EDIT
Nevermind, Battle for Ascalon drops no chest at all

In addition, only a Splended Chest drops from Battle in the Vault

Flint Allbright.9236:

I’m interested in the unique chests from the starter zone bosses after hearing about Wisteria from the wurm in Caledon. If that chest has a unique exotic, why not the other starter zone bosses?

I also find the different event chains at night to be interesting. That’s a good thing to look into.

Hmm, maybe!
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Battle_in_the_Vault
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Secrets_in_the_Swamp
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/The_Battle_for_Ascalon_City
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Temple_of_Grenth
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Zho%27qafa_Catacombs
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Flame_Temple_Tombs

Gargoyles are creatures which can be found throughout Ascalon and Kryta. Before the Searing in Ascalon, Gargoyles mainly dwelt in the Catacombs.

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Gargoyle

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Defeat_the_Lady_in_White
What other night time chains are there? :O

Geikamir.6329:

Neither of those. They have both been looted millions of times (individually speaking).

Have you ever looted a Precursor or any other super rare item not during a Lost Shore Event?

There’s not a lot of Precursor’s on the Trading Post. I’m guessing the drop rate of Final Rest is even rarer than a Precursor.

Not to mention someone could have gotten it and not even know what it means.

A lot of theories have been exhausted, tried and failed.

Flint Allbright.9236:

This is a relatively unknown/completed event from what I understand. It fits with the catacombs/“final resting place” theme:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Flame_Temple_Tombs

Just a thought. The chest is individually named apparently.

It’s a Grand Chest

I just did it, it’s a really good theory actually. Not a lot of people do it and it’s a “mini dungeon” that still holds its “open world” element since everyone can jump right in without a party. – However I wonder if it has any chance of dropping there because it’s a low level area. Even if it has loot scaling, what are the chances that it’s flagged for that chest for a level 80 to get?

Or maybe that’s the brilliance of it all, it’s rare because (besides its obviously low drop rate) not many maxed level characters go there and since Final Rest is a level 80 weapon, lower leveled characters don’t even stand a chance of getting it (since the loot from chests are scaled).

Oh the mind games. T.T

Anyone else thinks it’s something as simple as Grenth or Balthazar?

I’ve been doing research on the two and they both show signs of relating to a Gargoyle Skinned Scyth / Staff.

• Grenth : Gargoyle’s in Guild Wars 1 had a higher resistance to Lightning and Cold Damage, in addition they were used in the dark ages as a “representation of evil” and “reminding people that the end of days is near.” This ties into Grenth because he is the God of darkness, ice and death. In addition, Grenth stole Dhuum’s powers. Dhuum was pictured with a Scythe and he was an “Cruel and Unjust God of Death.” It was said he hunted down all those who escaped death which ties into the Gargoyle’s being a “reminder to people that the end of days is near”.

• Balthazar : One of Balthazar’s titles is “He That Shows Us The FINAL Truth”. In addition, Scythe Dervishes from Guild Wars 1 show their patronage to Balthazar. Another fun fact is that some think Balthazar is another representation of the Biblical Magi (Three Wise Men / Three Kings). This is interesting because if you look up The Legend of La Gargouille you’ll see that La Gargouille is said to have been the typical dragon with batlike wings that ties to the Church/Religion reference of the Three Kings. In addition, 3 of the Gods (Balthazar, Melandru & Dwayna) made their home in Orr (Three Kings?) but that really has nothing to do with this lol.

I’m leaning more towards Grenth, since that makes more sense. Maybe it’s just bad RNG or whatever. It’s the best I could come up with after researching for an hour.

:p Sorry if it’s been said before.

@OP
You must be a Super Casual.

Because this game isn’t for Hardcore players, it’s definitely catered towards the average casual player.

It looked Epic, but it didn’t feel Epic.

That make sense? I admired the art and the beauty of it all, the chaos and the way Zhaitan held on to the tower. However, when it came down to it, you didn’t really do anything “epic” with your character.

I was expecting an intense and mechanically interesting fight. Nope. Ships and cannons all the way. He looked like a pansy.

I could probably think of half a dozen more interesting ways for it to have “ended”, but I guess it’s all subjective.

I had your problem OP.
I hit 80 and got my gear within a few days. I looked around and thought “Now what? 0__o”

In other MMOs, I’d dedicate a lot of time to Raiding and completing hard content, doing Dungeons, playing Battlegrounds, doing Group oriented content, search/camp for Rare items and cosmetics, work on gearing my character and so forth. Everything felt meaningful, everything I did was working towards a better Character.

But for some reason, I was having a hard time finding what to do in Guild Wars 2 at max level. To be honest, I think one of the main reasons is because it’s not laid out in front of you like a Traditional MMO. In addition, some of the things I enjoyed in Traditional MMOs, I do not enjoy in Guild Wars 2. For example, Battlegrounds/Scenarios/PVP. I don’t enjoy Structured and WvW is far too zergy. I still do WvW a lot, every day in fact, but it pales in comparison to DOAC and Warhammer (to the point where it’s painfully obvious). Lastly, GW2 is a “cosmetic game” but it lacks a variety of cosmetics. A lot of the “cool cosmetics” cost hundreds to housands of gold. On top of that, not a single “cool cosmetic” requires any type of Skill shown by the Player. Not my idea of a good time.

So, to answer your question

• Make Alts (I have 5 80s and working on my 6th. I get bored.)
• WvW
• Structured
• Map Completion
• Fractals
• Get the “Dungeon Master” Achievement
• Achievement farming in general.
• Farm
• Farm more……
• Do your Daily/Monthly
• Role play (if you’re into that)
• Jumping Puzzles
• Put together new outfits
• Farm more money for Cultural Tier 3
• Join a Guild (a good sociable Guild with an active tight knit community that hosts Events)

Yeah, that’s the best I can offer. Guild Wars 2 is pretty much a casual game to be honest. Sign on, play, sign off. No commitments, strings, requirements or anything of that nature. As such, it’s content is Casual. “Everything is end game” and “There is no end game” means hitting 80 isn’t all that important, it just opens more windows. Atleast that’s the theory.

/rant

I’d guess either the first or second expansion (probably the second, since the first expansion will release this year). I don’t think this will come to us in a patch. Expansion worthy for sure.

Writetyper.1985:

I think heart exp should be waaaayyy bigger. Potentially double. Because right now it’s twice as effective to pretty much just ignore them and explore and do events. It should be an option – ignoring them should be viable in terms of levelling speed, but you shouldn’t be punished for stopping to do a heart.

Not like “balance” in levelling matters though, leveling isn’t difficult and if it was everyone would just make a 5 sig war.

Mm, I guess I’ll have to disagree. Hearts give a good chunk of EXP and you’re not punished for doing them. They unlock gear, cooking mats, accessories and so forth that can be used for leveling. In addition, the selling point of Guild Wars 2 was their Dynamic Events and lack of “questing system”, so it’s obvious why there’s a discouragement to just jumping from Heart to Heart. They wouldn’t want you to ignore the Dynamic Event because a Heart gave more EXP; that’d ruin the immersion. Also, completing Hearts and other parts of the map lead to a bigger goal : Zone Completion rewards, money and EXP. It all flows together pretty nicely if you don’t try skipping over content.

I’ve never felt punished for skipping over a Heart to do a Dynamic Event, I always just go back to the Heart after I’m finished. It’s even better when there’s an Event going on that counts for the Heart. ^__^

Here’s just some tips. I’ve leveled 5 80s lol so I know my way around.

• Do map completion, atleast while starting out. Do all the hearts, POIs, Vista’s, Waypoints and Skill Points.
• You don’t have to do your Story Quest, but if you don’t, you’ll have to do a little bit of a different zone. It’s better to just stay up to date with it, atleast until you’re level 15.
• Do World Events over Hearts. Heart’s are static quests, Dynamic World Events come and go and are temporary.
• Take up Cooking as a first Profession. It’s an easy 10 levels, I suggest using a guide (http://www.gw2wiz.com) so you don’t waste money or mats on inefficient leveling.
• Here is a map of all the locations, POIs, Vistas, Waypoints, Skillpoints and everything for all of the zones. It also includes the levels of each zone : http://gw2cartographers.com/
• Most Important!! Guest on the server “Tarnished Coast” – There’s always tons of people everywhere in every zone.

Hope that helps!

Soulstar.7812:

Columba.9730:

so why can’t i get these from wvw? 3 months and counting….

you are getting update to WvW in a week…

Ascended gear has no place in WvW… who’s gonna cast agony? Really?

The WvW update was pushed back to March.

In addition, if you haven’t noticed, there are new “Infusion” slots that give you + stats (+Healing, Power, Crit, 20% Magic Find, 20% Gold from Mobs, etc) that you can slot into the Ascended gear now. They’re equivalent to “Jewelcrafting Gems” from World of Warcraft that you slot into your gear on top of the bonus stats they already give you over Exotics + Exquisite Jewels.

Thus, it’s literally an upgraded piece for all aspects of the game. Not just Fractals.

skullmount.1758:

Its interesting that people not of the guild can get some kind of reward (hopefully other than normal event rewards) for doing the guild missions. My only fear is that, how are people not in the guild (and not in the specific map), going to know about these guild missions? (other than someone spamming it in LA/capitals)

Maybe there will be a symbol on the map. For example, how you can see Commander icons or the Sword icon’s in WvW when there’s PVP.

Just make a new icon for Guild Events to show up on the map.

:3 My friend and I in baby Quaggan tonics with the Harpy Love Potion buff.

Anyone else notice how Longbow’s animations randomly change every now and then?

Hunter’s Shot (#3) is sometime’s plain, but other days it has a smokey field around the animation.

Also, Point Blank Shot (#4)’s knockback changes from a 3/4 cast time to a 1/2 second cast time every now and then.

It switches back and forth. >__> Weird.

I normally don’t go to this side of the forums since I don’t personally enjoy Spvp, but I thought I’d give my reasons here.

First: My friends and Guild are usually “hardcore” Pvpers in most MMOs. I also greatly enjoy PVPing. However, we rarely touch Spvp for a few reasons. These are mine :

• No Incentive
• The Mists feels too detached from my character, if that makes sense? I feel like the character I leveled and geared is my real character, and doing Structured does nothing for my “real character” other than make me look prettier when I port to the Mists. I spent a lot of time and gold on my character, so it’s disheartening to port to the Mists and see that I have to start from scratch again.
• I also find The Mists to be gloomy and too close-quarters to “hang out” in. I wish I could queue from anywhere in the world, not just The Mists.
• Hot joins are a hot mess.
• Auto balancing
• No punishment for people who leave
• Being constantly rotated with the same set of people. I wish when one map ended, it ended. That way people can leave with out screwing the group over temporarily and you’d be placed with new people.
• Too many of certain classes, also too much favoring of certain classes.
• Class Balance issues and obvious imbalance
• Too many “stand on this point” maps and “bunkers”
• Underwater combat. Boring maps with overly used objectives. No variety.
• No ladders or anything special to aim for.
• You don’t earn EXP, so people who are leveling and like to casually PVP have no reason to do Structured over WvW.

Yeah, that’s about it I think.

/EDIT
It feels like Structured is Alienated from the rest of Guild Wars 2. You’re like the unloved step child and no one wants to play with you. Devs throw new maps at you, but you have deeper and more important issues that needs attention; not just new maps. There’s no gain or incentive, it’s also not easy for new players to learn, especially if they came from a Traditional MMO and not GW1.

You have an option to turn on an alert for when friends sign on and off.

Winfernal.9208:

- There should be more abilities. Like utilities, where we can switch them out depending on the situation and playstyle.
- The combo system should improve, i think. Doing combos should have a larger effect.

I agree with this. I hope when they release the Expansion, they’ll add more ability selections to the Weapons (like how utilities are set up). There’s not a lot of variety right now, especially when it comes to viable set ups.

Astralporing.1957:

Not going to buy anything until the missing stat sets are introduced. No point in wasting laurels. Especially seeing how long it takes for even a single ascended piece.

Same here.

Atherakhia.4086:

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Yeah, I play a Ranger and a Necro. It was probably my mistake for leveling those classes, but I’m always so eager during patch day. Every single time I’m let down by across-the-board changes (ie: 25% Speed Signet), Aquatic updates or Tooltip error fixes. Nothing major that will improve my quality of life for my Ranger/Necro. Though I won’t deny the few baby steps they’ve made deserve credit.

I’m really curious on Anet’s stand and thought process on these things. To me, class balance/fixes are the most important and the most fragile part of MMOs. It’s the glue that holds PVP and PVE together and it’s obvious some classes and builds are strongly favored over others. That’s just my opinion anyways.

TLDR; Can we expect any kind of core class balancing and fixes in Feb or March?

The baby steps are fine, but after 6 months I’m starting to wonder if it’ll only be baby steps.

If not, when can we expect more “major” class balancing and fixes? When I say “major”, I mean fixes/balancing that’ll majorly improve or effect Professions and their quality of life; such as Pets, Weapon buffs/nerfs, Trait fixes/improvements, etc.

I think everyone needs a little something, but some Professions need a lot more than others (*cough*EngineerRangerNecro*cough*)

I can’t be the only one who immediately scrolls to the Class section first thing when they read the patch notes lol.

The next expansion won’t be out until the end of 2013. You practically have 8-9 months or so, if not more. Save your real life money for the Expansion and use your ingame GOLD to buy a server transfer.

I think game’s like WoW offer things GW2 can’t, which is more “challenging” content/Raids and a Trinity system. Yes, believe it or not, some people like the Trinity system (as a past Healer, I’m not going to lie, I miss it a lot in PVP). So, in order to fulfill those needs that GW2 can not give, you have to take the good with the bad when playing Traditional MMOs.

Personally, I love the art style of GW2, the graphics, no competition for gathering, no competition for mob tagging, the fast gameplay and all of that. But I miss things from Traditional MMOs too, like Raids (not gear progression, but Raiding with 10 to 25 friends/guild), I miss the Trinity in group PVP fights (I loved it in Warhammer) and I miss the feeling of progression (but not necessarily gear progression).

Will I go back to a Traditional MMO? I tried. I played Rift for a bit, which is a very good MMO in my opinion. It had a lot of creative and fun ideas (such as their “Adventure” system) that GW2 could take a page out of. However, in the end, I couldn’t reach cap level because I didn’t want to stare at a quest log anymore past L50. I tried WoW again too at some point, I uninstalled it after 10 minutes of “wow, this is not what I remember” and “Oh my god, have these graphics always been this bad?”.

Then again, I always enjoyed The Secret World. The story and gameplay, in my opinion, blew Guild Wars 2’s out of the water. It was a dark, beautiful MMO. However it’s subscription ruined it for me, which is a shame. I prefer more “fantasy” type games anyways.

I don’t think I’ve ever “wtf what just killed me?” at a Confusion/Condition Mesmer in WvW before. Ever. It’s really easy to avoid and remove. If I let a Confusion Mesmer get the best of me, then it’s my fault.

Though, I think it is really funny when an Epidemic Necro comes into the picture.

@Kasama
Fact is, both classes have stealth. Both classes have mass invisibilities, thus stealthing other unstealthable classes. So in regard to the OP’s argument, it wouldn’t be just an “anti thief” skill, since it was a generalization of all classes who have access to stealth, whether or not their stealth is overpowered. Which was all I was insinuating.

In fact, a Ranger anti stealth skill would be a counter to another Ranger’s camouflage, if both of the OP’s suggestions were added.

But don’t worry about it, Anet wouldn’t do anything like this because Ranger’s are Beast Masters, not actual Hunters, Rangers or Scouts.

Sifu.6527:

So you know there’s a invul safe spot there yet you still chase and attack them? /facepalm

I didn’t die, I chased them because I never knew this bug existed. But surprise! They stood there and waited for all of us to leave so they can continue to re-flip the camp. Not cool, no matter how many people try to justify it.

@ The Blackgate guild RCR and all of those exploiting this stupid bug but seriously? Seriously? Culling isn’t enough?

This isn’t just for them either, but it’s for all the people and guilds that take advantage of an unintended mechanic for their advantage. For shame.

Palu.3405:

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Thanks a lot, this helped a lot!

Kasama.8941:

I’m not sure why you are trying to push for a stealth reveal, when the only problem with stealth is the Thief and Mesmer. And Mass Invisibility, Veil and a Thief’s Mass Invisibility (House) and their other utilities that makes their team mates invisible

Fixed!

I’m new to Mesmer, I’m still leveling her but I want to “main” her as my WvW character.

I really enjoy the Staff weapon, but I’m getting the feeling it’s more of a “secondary” weapon rather than a “Main” one. I could be wrong.

Are there any builds or anything that’d center around Staff? I don’t mind being a “Support” type character, since my 3 out of 4 of my 80s are spec’d for Support. I also don’t care for big numbers or straight Power builds.

If I were to go for a Confusion build, any tips on that? I heard Scep/Torch was bad, but it seems like the most “obvious” Confusion set up.

TLDR; To Staff or not to Staff? Builds for Confusion/Condi Dmg?

Yes.

I deleted my 80 Norn Ranger and used the money I made from salvaging her Exotics to craft my Human Ranger to 80.

This was before Ascended, so now that my Ranger has full Infused Ascended, I’ll never do something like that again.

It’s not fair that anyone has to pay any ridiculous amount of Gold in order to work on or finish their Legendary. I mean, why is it about luck and/or gold? Why isn’t it about a story or a “hunt” for the ingredients to forge a Precursor? Where’s the story? The depth?

There should be a third option for the people who don’t want to farm 660 gold or flush their money into the Mystic Toilet. Don’t make the 3rd option an easy task, of course. No one’s asking for hand outs. I just think there could have been a more enjoyable, in-depth and more meaningful way Precursor’s could have been handled rather than it’s current shallow grind for money.

As it is right now, it’s a waste of time and money to try and get it by gambling in the Mystic Toilet. Save your pennies and hope by the time you save 600 gold, the price hasn’t sky rocketed to 900 gold instead.

leg·end [lej-uhnd] Show IPA
noun
1.
a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical.

The only thing “legendary” about a Legendary is the person’s wallet.

No.

And not because I have a problem spending $15 to play a game. It’s simply because there’s not enough order and balance to justify the $15.

Everything from a lack of Cosmetics/Skin variety, Legendary Precursor’s being the way they are, WvW Culling, lack of WvW Rewards and incentives, Zergy gameplay, lack of class balancing and the amount of “fluff” holiday content added amongst the other mountain of issues. /deep breath

But other than that, it was an enjoyable and worthy sixty dollar purchase and I look forward to seeing what happens in the future. It has a long way to go.

Search and Rescue won’t work for me a lot of the time.

It’ll run to the players body, stand over it and just stare at them. >_> Not doing anything.

When it does work flawlessly though, a little piece of me is like : “/CHEER ^.^ OMGGG YAY IT WORKED!”

I also feel that way about our Downed Skill #3 (Lick Wounds). When I use it, I’m not sure what to expect.

Welcome to Ranger.

Iris.5918:

Sayeh al’ Rajihd!
She reminds me of the dark elves in Lineage 2 <3

My vote also goes to her.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Largos
^ That’s all I care for. They look pretty cool.

I have no idea what a Female Kodan would look like, but for some reason Female Tauren from WoW comes to mind lol. If they add Kodan/Tengu, which I’m sure they will, I hope they do a better job on the Female models.

Honestly, the current options in the Gem Shop suck. There’s not a lot of variety and not what I expected from the Gem Shop. I was expecting more Skins!!

What I want :

• More Guild Wars 1 Skins (like this : http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Ranger_armor)
• Town Clothes (Wedding Dresses, Tuxedos, Ball Gowns, Farmer Outfits, Village Outfits, Noble Outfits, Lingerie ^^, etc)
• Particle Effects for Weapons (I’d buy the sh** out of those)
• Unlock more Emotes (/rude, /joke, etc)
• More Backpack Variety (Quivers, Tomes, etc)
• Unlock Hairstyles & Colors
• Name Change
• Guild Name Change

But yeah, as I said, I’m disappointed at the lack of skins in the Gem Shop.

Mirta.5029:

Chuo.4238:

Mirta.5029:

you can buy a max amount of 3000 gems monthly. Anet limits how much gems you can get. With the current gem to gold rate it’s about 30 gold. What will you do exactly with 30 gold a month?

Um. One of the purchasing options is 4000 gems for $50 USD. That’s more than 3000, and you can purchase 4000 gems multiple times in a month. Not sure where you got your info, but it’s not correct.

purchased a card of 2000 and couldn’t purchase one for my boyfriend, because I got a message stating that I exceeded monthly gem limit. So it’s limited to 1 card I suppose.

That’s a limit on your card then or your area. I’ve purchased (4000) $50 worth of gems for myself and $50 worth of gems for my Husband using the same card 2 minutes later. There is no limit as far as I can tell, and if there is, it’s more than 8000 gems.

Whatever they do, I hope they don’t require a 800g Precursor.

That Precursor talk again.

I really hope Anet acknowledges the fact that they messed up with Precursor’s and don’t require the same “RNG” when they implement Legendary Armor.

A Precursor shouldn’t be forged by random luck and money. It should’ve had a story, a quest line or something that would’ve gave it more depth.

It’s a shame they decided to take such a shallow route.

Solandri.9640:

Edd Scissorhands.4108:

In fights having to use f3 doesn’t always work. Once again, in CoE the whole floor is aoe circles, walking away from the boss does nothing to protect your pet.

Speaking of which, the pet should be smart enough not to walk through red circles when following you, returning to you, or heading out to attack a target.

No offense to Anet, but that’d be way too complicated for them. It also seems potentially messy and too awkward/situational to code imo. We’ll be lucky if our pets can ever hit moving targets, let alone recognize danger.

An easier fix would be to tack on a Distortion buff onto the pet when the Ranger dodges. We have tons of Endurance regeneration anyways.

http://www.guildhead.com/skill/10192/distortion

Xsorus.2507:

Maul needs to be a blast Finisher.

It needs another condition added to it to make it viable for Condition builds, that one bleed simpy is blah.

I like this idea. Maul always feels like it should be a Blast finisher; It would also open up a World of more possibilities. I mean, you are smashing a giant bear on their face. (Guardian #2 on Hammer is a “soft leap” and Blast finisher on a 5 sec CD).

In addition, as a second condition, I could totally see Weakness being added somewhere on the Greatsword (maybe on the auto attack for a cleave 1-2s Weakness?)

To me, that would make the Greatsword feel more “complete” if they didn’t want it to be a “DPS” weapon.

I could see a very fun and viable Greatsword + Spirit “support/tank” build if Spirit’s had more survivability. Gah! Now I want this. :[

The first screenshot is of my “Main” a few days after release and what she looks like today.

The second screenshot is my first screenshot of my Beta Character standing next to my Husband (the Charr :P) in May 2012

It’d be cool if Dungeons (Explorable) could be scaled based on how many players are involved.

• Scaling Example : 2 Player EXP Arah / 5 player EXP Arah / 8 Player EXP Arah / 12 Player EXP Arah
• Dungeon difficulty and rewards will scale based on the number of players. 12 Player EXP Arah will be the hardest (with more rewards), while 2 Player EXP Arah will be the easiest (with the least rewards).

Something like that would be pretty cool in my opinion. It’s not necessarily “Raids” but it’d give people/Guilds things to do in larger groups.

Yes

• I want to check if they’re wearing MF gear in a L20+ Fractal.
• I want to check how much Agony resistance they really have.

Would I use this feature to judge other player’s? : No.
Would I use this feature to kick player’s if they didn’t use the “most optimal” gear?: No.

Why not? : Because I’m more curious as to where that person is in terms of gear level. I want to know if I’m running with a MF leecher, a guy with 0 resistance, a glass cannon Thief in all Greens, etc. If you’re a good player who’s honest, you have nothing to worry about.

If anything, I think an Inspection option would encourage more honesty about your character and your intentions (ie: getting carried, you want more fat lewt, etc).

PS: Inspecting someone’s gear does not include inspecting their Traits/Spec. I don’t believe the OP said anything about Trait inspecting? He only mentioned Gear Inspecting. Not sure where everyone is going with “ermahgawd he’s going to judge my build!” – As far as I’m concerned, your “build” would consist of both gear setup and trait setup.

They need to make it so Precursor’s are earned by completing a long Quest chain or a Scavenger hunt. Put some story into it.

Having to save up 500+ gold is ridiculous. Right now, Dusk is 665 gold.

That’s not okay. Saying “Leave it to the RNG Gods, someday you’ll get it” is the same as saying “Give up, it’s not worth it bro”. Which, honestly, it’s not. Not 665 gold. I’ll dish out 665 gold when that Legendary can dance, fold my laundry and rub my shoulders. Actually…even then I wouldn’t.

I did not like how much money and reputation went into getting “cool cosmetic sets” in GW1. Sometime’s it felt more about how much money you had more than anything. I felt like I was grinding more in GW1 than I am in GW2 in that regard.

I like GW2’s system better (how it’s earned through Dungeons, etc), but I believe they messed up with Fractals. Ascended would be better if people had a variety ways of earning it, rather than just Fractals and dailies. I don’t believe it should be sold on the TP though, to stop the inflation of gear like Exotics. It should be earned personally to make it less about money and grinding money.

What I want : I wish GW2 had as many nice looking cosmetic options as GW1. Even as a “hardcore” player (someone who plays a lot, a devoted “Raider” in other MMOs), I never wanted a gear grind. Ever. What I wanted was better looking armor sets and weapons. Things that were considered “prestigious” and I wanted harder content to challenge my group. Not to mention more cosmetic rewards for WvW. Overall, for a “cosmetic” game, it lacks in cosmetics and variety (take a look at Medium armor, blegh)

Do I consider GW2 a grindy game? No. Not at all. Especially in comparison to a traditional MMO. The only thing I find “grindy” in GW2 is getting a Legendary. If they fixed the way Ascended is earned, it’ll be a lot better (just in my opinion).

I’ve always found it odd how my Greatsword damage is almost equal to my One-handed Sword damage. Melee damage is suppose to be higher than Ranged (because of the high risk involved) but it doesn’t feel that way at the moment with a Ranger’s GS.

I remember fearing GS damage in beta.

Rangers are really good at farming open world PVE.
We also have the best Water field in the game (Healing Spring)

That’s all I can think of.

As for escape mechanics…. Thieves, Mesmers and Elementalists have more escape abilities. Ranger’s are good at kiting PVE mobs, but don’t expect to be able to kite many good players in PVP.

Pet’s getting Distortion when you dodge would be brilliant. There’s so many times when I’ve dodged close calls, only to have my pet walk straight through that AOE I just dodged out of.

It would increase their lifespan by a lot.

March will see the release of the WuvWuv progression system, new ranks you can earn in WvW visible to all other players, and new DubVDub specific abilities/bonuses that you can earn as you rank up.

That’s great and all, but is there any word on whether or not they’re going to be adding New cosmetic gear and/or cosmetic items to WvW in March? Maybe even Ascended?

I have nothing to spend my badges on because the current gear is awful (in both stat selection and appearance). I feel like WvW should have multiple sets of gear in terms of both cosmetics and stats, just like Dungeons do. Also, it should have more prestigious options for more devoted WvWers, equivalent to Legendaries, in my opinion.

I was just curious, maybe I missed something.