Guild Wars 2

We got bored of this golem events within an hour. Golems have been a pain for WvW since release, players have complained about them numerous times.

So when anet “listen” and do the completely opposite and make a whole week dedicated to a piece of siege most of us hate and would rather see removed, is as you said just taking the kitten.

Mokk.2397:

What is Anet planning on doing about this.

Be silent for a couple days then release an update when you have 100 golems on the field without the 7 minute 10 minute warning :P

Would be even more hilarious if they disable golems during the golem week

Dawdler.8521:

“Does the WvW team has any objections?”.

It’s so cute you think there is a WvW team.

Cos they are freaking geniuses!

WvW was THE selling point of GW2, it’s what was supposed to make it stand out, instead they left it to alone to let players do what they want and then ignored the WvW forums.

If WvW was a pet, Anet would be banned from owning any animal for life! That’s how neglectful they have been of it.

Why? Because they could they got our money, promised things Soon™, got us to buy kitten from their gem store including toys, then banned us from using those toys in WvW making them paperweight in game; then never delivered, then had to resort to fascist actions to clear the forums of all things bad to pretend everything was awesome so new players would buy the game.

Aranunna.3467:

My husband and I just bought the expansion set, and right now we’re regretting that decision, if we would have known this 1 day before we would have stopped playing altogether.

And that yet another reason why WvW should not buy HoT as a sign of protest.

We’ve not even been given scraps when compared to the vast amount of updates and new content PvE has received.

By not buying and posting on here why is a way to try and get your opinions across to Anet. Though of course we have the issue of the devs not looking here, and the mod doing their stuff.

So the best way to protest is with your wallet, dont buy gems, dont buy the expansion; then see if they respond.

This has been know about for a while and posted about, and pretty sure some people have reported it as well.

Problem is that it’s WvW, we simply arent worth the time. How long did it take them to force bags from downed players who were using Alt+F4, too long.

This is why we shouldnt buy HoT, if we dont get any regular updates why should we support this game? Why spend our hard earned money for Anet to “improve” PvE and ignore WvW?

Sumusikoo.1360:

I WvW 5-8 hours daily and can’t get anywhere near those 1k+ gold…

You answered your own question there.

WvW is a gold sink. It is not rewarding enough.

A PvE player can make make more gold in less than 30 minutes in PvE than you do in 8 hours in WvW!

I would have thought WvW or EOTM were the best places. Though it is dependent on how many towers you flip.

Updates
Updates
Content Updates
Fixes
Updates.

Preferably more than once every 3 years.

Never say never, unless it’s expecting regular WvW updates

There are still plenty of people who have not bought HoT yet.

Yeah cos I play it now for the terrible PvE content :P

The PvE is totally uninteresting in GW2, I play for WvW. Hence again why I will not buy this or think it is worth it for me; as anet will do for WvW now what they did for it in the last 3 years: Absolutely nothing!

It’s like talking to a brick wall. If I wanted to I could buy the ultimate edition right now and I’d still have money in the bank, it wont bankrupt me, which is what some people think we are upset. They can make it £200 or £300 and I can still buy it.

You buy a game for current content or the content available at release. Not potential future content.
So far the content in HoT is not worth the £35 anet is demanding. That is the argument, it is not worth it!

You wouldnt pay 20 grand for a patched up mini just because other car companies are selling similar vehicles at that price. You know what you are getting and so you know it isnt worth even 1 grand.
HoT is simply not worth £35.

Just dont buy it, it’s the only way anet will listen to us.

When they dont get as many sales as they were hoping for they will have to reduce the price to something more reasonable.
The fact that you only get the character slot if you pre-purchase is still an insult and still not enough to justify the price.

And how would an instance based WvW give us?

You cannot get all players from all servers onto 4 maps, thats why we have servers.
This faction you talk about would requires instances.

The only way to implements what you have suggested is exactly how EOTM works. Where your so called factions are the current servers’ WvW colour. And we do not want EOTM 2.0

Ayrilana.1396:

phys.7689:

Ayrilana.1396:

In my opinion, they’re better off scrapping the entire server system for WvW and do a type of 3-way faction thing. Something like a cross of ESO and Factions.

Really bad idea on many levels

Yeah because fighting the same people over and over is going so well. Allowing for a mass server change won’t fix that as you’re not dealing with the source of the issue.

Lol you dont get it do you.

What you have suggested is just EOTM. So if that is what you want, you know where it is.

Anet need money simple as.

It wouldnt be such a big problem if they actually cared about the game. The problem is that they only care about PvE and esports. They neglected WvW which was the only thing GW2 had going for it.
And guess what after 3 years of doing pretty much nothing for WvW, they slowly lost players.

Just look at the gem store, everything is designed for PvE!
You cannot even use toys in WvW.
So if you are a WvW why would you buy these things? You wouldnt.

Anet have simply got everything since day 1. Everything they have done has caused more issues and caused more players to leave. They have done nothing to keep players, they have done everything to push players away in fact.

So what do you do when you have lost a tonne of your playerbase and therefore lost half your potential revenue; on top of the fact that from your current playerbase which is left, a third of it sees no reason to purchase items from the gem store?
You release an expansion and charge a crapload for it!
And that is what has happened, except the expansion doent even have enough content to be called an expansion, and the hype the rest of the community had has gone and even they are beginning to ask questions.

So to conclude, Anet have done things wrong since release, they continued to do things wrong, and they have still failed to realise this and continue to do things wrong; and their solution to fix this is to ignore this fact and still do things wrong.

We’ve been asking for different maps since launch.

WvW has been neglected since launch, even though it was their plan to add new maps on a rotation.

Yet now we get a replacement map, but no rotation.

WvW have posted countless posts on how to improve WvW, but Anet simply does not listen.

Ayrilana.1396:

In my opinion, they’re better off scrapping the entire server system for WvW and do a type of 3-way faction thing. Something like a cross of ESO and Factions.

That would make WvW meaningless and another EOTM K-Train map.

How would you track your progress?
If new instances are made when the map cap is reached, how will you get back to that instance?
Travelling from on BL to another will make it a pot-luck event of getting to the instance you want.
Any upgrades you have started will become meaningless to you as the instance you go back to might be another one without any upgrades.

Holland.9351:

no, but Vapor Form(ele downed skill) shouldn’t be able to use portals.

Yeah well in vapour form guardian lines shouldnt be able to stop you either but they do now and again, so….

There are currently 2 release dates, please decide which one you think is more suitable:

1) 20xx
2) Soon™

Cash.2385:

support what you love.

I would if the devs support it, unfortunately the devs have not supported WvW for 3 years now; and now as a result I and some other players will not support this game.

DarkSpirit.7046:

which is a pain for an elementalist without a guild, thus the title.

I did this quite easily with my water staff ele. It is a pain and it did take a lot longer than with any other prof, but it can be done if you know what you are doing.

There wouldnt be an issue if anet added rewards for scouting and patrolling and looking after a tower.

But because there isnt, and it isnt fun or engaging, people cannot be bothered unless as you said rich organised servers offer gold to scouts.

1) You did not purchase, you pre-purchased.

2) There is no open beta this week, it’s a closed invite only beta.

3) Soon™

Ratings imply being fair and equal.

WvW is neither fair or equal.

Coverage and numbers, that is all WvW is about if you only consider the PPT aspect.

There are many guilds which just like the big fights and do not care about points.

These ratings mean nothing expects that you have more people on during more hours of the day.

But remember you only get the slot if you pre-purchase, you wont get kitten after it’s released!

Vavume.8065:

Orochimaru.4730:

They can so easily add a recipe to one or more crafting professions, they can literally do it with an hour. But they wont!

This is a good idea, maybe they will add it to the new Scribe crafting profession.

Nope, this has been suggested so many times over the last 2+ years, and still nothing.

If it sounds great and would help the WvW playerbase, expect it to not be done.

The Heart of Thorns “Expansion” was our last best hope for WvW……

…….It failed.

+1 if you get the reference
watch this to remind yourself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9EbGd1AlMg

Do I want to waste my time redoing an uninteresting storyline to get my new rev to 80, or shall I level to 80 using tombs and get straight into WvW?

Neither, I aint buying HoT at these prices!

briggah.7910:

Even I posted about lag in the past but my ISP recently sent me a new modem since they claimed my old one was slow and outdated. Guess what happened after I changed it? No more lag for me. No more skill lag in 3 way SM fights. Others around me were complaining about the lag yet I had none what so ever. Maybe I just got lucky that night but in a way it looks like my old modem caused me to lag.. As long as I’ve played I always got skill lag in 3 way fights in SM and was surprised I received none after changing my modem.

Do you like haggis?

So a new modem fixed lag for you, it may fix lag for others, but it is not the only cause and solution for lag.

Still dont know why, well we do know why; but easiest thing to do is make superior seige a crafting recipe.

They can so easily add a recipe to one or more crafting professions, they can literally do it with an hour. But they wont!

Can I sue Anet for repetitive strain injury? Cos the number of times we’ve had to click click click click click click click for making siege in the toilet is in the thousands!

Hell I wannt play WvW, not Siege Craft: Click Wars 2

So we have one of our FSP also say that Anet is out of touch with the players, whilst the other has only made 4 posts.

So is the WvW dev talking to you ArchonWing to get more information on this event?
Did you or zhonnika suggest such an event?
If no, then why on earth did the WvW dev think this was a good idea?!

The FSP program is supposed to keep the devs in touch with each part of the community, so if the WvW FSP is saying they arent WTF is going on?!

The fact that even anet tells us to use google’s site search feature because their own search feature is broken and not been repaired in 3 years speaks for itself, and that’s just the forums not even the game!

Ayrilana.1396:

Really? That’s your source? A Google search for golems?

Well I aint going through over 2 years of posts just to satisfy your request.

WvW complaints on numerous parts of WvW have been here since launch! If you want more info you can search the forums yourself.

Manvaeris.9857:

Are there any news?

They reduced the number of players on each map.

Since they have not done anything else, take this to be their “solution” .
Yup their solution is to let fewer people play!

We’ve always known the WvW dev has always seen WvW is his image, zergs everywhere.

So how about a week where there is no PPT, just PPK.
The only way a server can get any points is to fight!

Seriously Anet we complain about omega golem being OP and that many servers run from fights during primetime only to golem rush at night and early mornings!

And now you do this event to what? Show how messed up golem are?

Do you devs even know what you are doing?!

I pre-ordered every single GW1 expansion as soon as it was available.

With HoT I am not going to pre-purchase, I will not pre-order, and I will not purchase at release either!

Anet has not really listened to us, they heard that some people wanted a character slot and have given one only if you pre-purchase; which is another insult to vets.
The problem now is that those who wanted the slot have paid up now, so anet feels the price is right for us all. It isnt, this feature pack is not worth the cost of an expansion!

But our choice is still the same, protest with our wallets, simply do not buy the game at all and then when the game is finally released we can see just how sales are affected.

If you give in and buy the game anet win and will not reduce the price. Dont buy the game and anet will not get enough revenue and will have to listen and reduce to price to something fairer.

Haptic Repulse.9437:

So, you’re telling me that because somebody else has paid $20 to simply be able to experience the full game, I should have to pay that too?

That’s what anet wants, afterall server transfers are now exclusively for WvW players as no other player now needs to transfer to a different server.

Though you do not have to pay $20, you can spend hours grinding for gold to buy the gems to transfer. You only need about 330 gold.

And another reason why they should prevent enemies from seeing your rank:

Every WvW player ever:

Yeah that’s their commander, the Platinum Raider, the highest ranked player there!

Why should only veteran WvW players be selected for the stress test?

Edge of the Mist.

So what, they gave out a lot of beta invites to an EOTM commander?
Sounds about right considering the first WvW FSP was a PvE player.

More reasons for WvW players to not buy HoT.

The Living Story was bad, face it.

An update every 2 weeks which most did within a couple of hours. Any more time spent on it was to get the APs.

I would not pay for more of that!

I agree, if HoT was sold for $5 I would buy it, because that is part of what it is, a map pack with just 1 region.

Diovid.9506:

Orochimaru.4730:

Welcome to how I have been feeling for the last 2.5 years!

With WvW being ignored for so long why should I pay $50 for a game which will not update the part of the game I like?

One new map after 3 years is not worth $50! They have to give a lot more to get my money now.

To be honest it is more than just the borderlands, general functionality of wvw will changed quite a lot (see here) and guild claiming will also be quite different (see here).

That said, most of those things will come via free updates (the possible exception being guild claiming, though it might be enough if the others in your guild have HoT). However, of course the Revenant and elite specializations are also HoT additions to WvW. The same goes for any stat combinations and armor/weapon skins that might be a part of the expansion.

1) Zzzzzzz
2) Still not worth $50 to me.

If I bought the pre-purchase I would expect to be included in all stress tests as well. This is lead to more negativity from players due to anet’s bad wording.

And what about dual gearing?

WvW uses different gear from PvE, and in WvW players have more than one build again with a different set of gear.

Would rather press one button than have to open up the equipment panel and drag each armour piece, then open up the traits panel and reset traits.

Azure.8670:

Im taking my white knight armor off for a few minutes. It’s rare for me to talk bad on anet or any device to be honest unless it has to do with necro axe and ranger. I’m really starting to lose interest in HoT. No matter what I’ll have it first day and play it like a mad man but the lack of information especially lately l, and no release date have killed the hype for me. I was absolutely certain the expansion would come out on the 3 year anniversary but it’s July now and we haven’t seen the specs, theres more betas coming out and the anniversary is next month. So now I’m thinking september? It won’t come in October due to Halloween I think. It’s been a sold 7 months with nothing new and almost my entire guild has quit. My former friends list, They’re all playing ff14 and don’t care about HoT anymore and it annoys me. OK I’m done venting, sorry for my crying fellas and ladies.

Welcome to how I have been feeling for the last 2.5 years!

With WvW being ignored for so long why should I pay $50 for a game which will not update the part of the game I like?

One new map after 3 years is not worth $50! They have to give a lot more to get my money now.

OK, but where are all the EU servers?

No wait in hell will I pay a sub for this game now!

I am only willing to pay £25 for HoT.

The reason is that Anet have neglected WvW so much, lied to our faces, done less than even the most minimum any developer should on a game mode, and alienated us all.

Sorry but I dont think this is a company I would like to invest money in, but that’s my opinion, so no “you arent being forced to buy it” type replies please.
If anet can produce results for WvW in the next year then yes, maybe next expansion I will be willing to pay £35 for it; but right now my faith in the future of this game and WvW are less than slim, in fact I currently have no faith in them any more.

In the meantime I have bought Ark Survival Evolved and have been have great fun on it! Was a bargain at £19, and it’s still in Early Alpha with their devs releasing updates and fixes almost every day!!! Anet can learn from them!