Guild Wars 2

Algreg.3629:

the weekly OS complaint. Anet has really some class, after all the Sky Pirate complaints putting a LS reward in there yet again. Classify it all as you like, it is an achievement in a pvp zone, getting to a chest with pvp rewards. It is pvp. Unfortunate you cannot boost your AP easily, tough luck. The LS meta achievement offers ways to complete for a broad range of playstyles. Is it unfair camping chokepoints? Of cause. Welcome to pvp zones.

Fortunately not everyone thinks like you….a bit of human kindness goes along way. Just because it’s a PvP zone, doesn’t mean people have to forget basic decency. Someone from an opposing server actually helped me find my way near the end of the JP, and for that, I /bow to them.

I like many of the light armor skins, but I really want see new elegant, stylish ones. Along the same sort of vein as Lady Kasmeer’s design. Elegant, detailed, feminine etc.

I played only mesmer and ele for a good while, but recently started rolling medium/heavy armor alts. Medium armor lacks some style…some of it is nice, but the boots…the BOOTS…why are some of them so big and ugly? Medium wearers can be stylish too…where are some nice, slim boots, with a small heel?

I do think there are nice armors, and hats off to the designer/s…but we do need some more variety, and some serious armor, not going off to much into disney land/comical big boots/shoulders.

colesy.8490:

Gotta love how it’s called an achievement and the OP is upset that he has to actually do some achieving to get it.

How is dodging silly kids because they have nothing better to do than troll people, an achievement?

But…love you as I do ANet…..I am not happy about putting what is a PvE achievement in a place like Obsidian Sanctum. I like JP’s, I like WvW, but I don’t like that fact a Bazaar achievement was put into a WvW JP. I think it was unnecessary to be honest.

I rarely complain about anything to do with GW2, but I sincerely hope ANet never puts any more PvE-aimed achievements in a WvW JP ever again.

I love both PvE and WvW, but I don’t like that the Bazaar kite was in there at all.

Yes it was challenging, but not in a good way, it just highlighted how many sociopaths there are running around Tyria :-P

Showing support for Gnashblade….Kiel is a decent woman, upstanding and ready to (stand idly)…ahem…work hard for a cause, but Gnashblade is fresh character, he is a bit under-handed, but I like what he’s offering.

I would suggest actually reading the forum…and reddit, because the way I see it, it’s not a done deal at all.

Honestly, I don’t care what people want to say about Evon Gnashblade, that guy has more panache and more personality. Kiel is like a cardboard cut-out. If you stuck one of her in the middle of Lion’s Arch, no one would tell the difference.

My bad…. :-P

“This message is acceptable to me” – Gnashblade

“I approve of this message.” – Gnashblade

Really, as cute as the Asura are, and as much as I appreciate their technology, I really love the roots of GW, and that is the human gods. Also, the whole techno-babble thing bores me after a while.

Sorry Thalador ;-) , but I say: Vote Gnashblade

Redfeather.6401:

PolarisNova.3867:

I never thought I would vote for a Charr over a Human, but you know what…he has the most personality, and frankly I am bored of oh-so-good, sparkly-clean, do-gooders in GW2….a more gritty personality is welcomed.

Consider what Pixelpumpkin pointed out.

I don’t really care about them running around in the field with us…I am considering two things: what they are bringing to the table, and what are they like personality wise.

I really want that rose….oh yes, whatever it takes to get it.

Nah….Team Gnashblade!

I never thought I would vote for a Charr over a Human, but you know what…he has the most personality, and frankly I am bored of oh-so-good, sparkly-clean, do-gooders in GW2….a more gritty personality is welcomed.

Oh, that and Fall of Abaddon is extremely interesting to me, ironically, as a human character!

“This is not a platformer game” No, it isn’t….but didn’t you actually watch any of the pre-release videos? There was a TON of people in beta doing JP’s, it’s never been a hidden fact that there is a lot of jumping in this game, it was very much highlighted from the get-go.

It’s not surprising to me that some people would be rude in that way, there seems to be a growing sense of entitlement within the ‘community’ in this game, that everyone should be able to win everything.

I don’t think anyone has the excuse to behave like that.

Curae.1837:

An animation to actually sit on chairs… Tired of seeing all these comfy chairs and not being able to use them… :C

I second this!

I would have liked to see chair-sitting as part of the normal mechanics really, but buyable/sittable chairs would be the next closest thing.

I agree, I really like that the Frost/Flame ones are higher contrast than the normal ones, so I would love to see more new high contrast dyes as I really like the way they look on armor.

To contradict the OP…because balance is good…I am having a blast. I don’t entirely enjoy the fact that each update has something to chase around various maps (holograms, doors, kites etc) though I appreciate why they are there, and I do them because frankly I am greedy, but overall I consider this a very good update, and can’t wait to see where things go.

I’m sorry but I am really baffled by these kinds of posts. For me the game is getting better…it keeps me playing, I am having fun, I look forward to logging in so I can see what to do next, I even enjoy the Living Story because for me, it does actually make me feel like the world of Tyria isn’t just another stagnant MMO world, with frozen NPC’s uttering the same thing over and over, even months or years down the line, things change, there are new things to do, explore and strive for.

So I say again, I am really puzzled. I’ve played other MMO’s and for me GW2 surpasses them all.

Not entirely sure why the OP felt the need to make a sarcastic thread, but I managed to make it to first, even with a bit of lag.

Fabulous update, some really great fun. The bazaar is like a playground to me, and I will absolutely miss the skills you use to reach the various sky crystals.

spoj.9672:

Buttercup.5871:

It’s a no-brainer. It’s the dominion of the winds.
There’s even a tengu in the picture, I think. Look close.
Edit: make that two tengu. One is wearing very funky armor.

Thats a charr and a tengu.

Honestly I only see two charr…..oh and a human or two.

In LOTRO I near enough broke my butt saving for a guild hall (or kinship houses in that game) only for people to never use the thing.

I’d prefer player housing

As soon as I started reading this I had tears in my eyes, OP you sound like a great person and very reflective….I wish you all the best and pray all the love and support you need is around you.

Dark Jericho.8609:

PolarisNova.3867:

OP I certainly appreciate your point of view, but…..I consider myself casual, and I did miss the whole Molten Facility thing. I don’t mind that at all. Why does it matter if we miss things now and again? The world of Tyria is supposed to be ever-moving forwards after all.

I do share the sentiment that it can be a challenge keeping up with things, but I just don’t mind this at all. I do as much as I can, and enjoy it.

You may not mind it, but some people do, however, and there’s really no good reason to punish people, who have to work or have real-life obligations, for not having enough time to mold into Anet’s ridiculous schedule with the Living Story that’s been happening since May. It effectively cuts out people who want to enjoy a lot of other things this game has to offer but don’t want to miss out on one time events and the really cool items they can get from them.

Yes I can appreciate that, and obviously some people mind it otherwise this thread wouldn’t exist. I’m not sure I agree the schedule is ‘ridiculous’, more very ambitious, and yes the content has been coming thick and fast of late.

But the fact is, an MMO can’t cater to everyone, and I think part of GW2’s issues atm, is that ANet seem to be trying to make everyone happy. It’s not possible, You either cater to very casual players, and the mid-to hardcore players will complain there’s not even content to satisfy them, or you accept that some people will miss some things.

At the end of the day, we are not having to pay extra for these things, so it’s not a case of paying a certain amount per month and not feeling you are getting value for money….this is free stuff. The game is already diverse enough that people can jump in whenever and do these things, asking them to slow down for the ultra casual is not fair for those who can or do put more time into the game.

It is a delicate balance, and I am adult enough to accept I won’t catch everything and that is perfectly okay.

chaosgrimm.5837:

Too many single player activities in dungeons e.g. running, jumping puzzles, etc

lolwut? :-P Seriously there is plenty to do in groups, I don’t get this point at all.

1 – the community is far too gripey, but I guess that’s MMO’s for you.
2- need more stylish armor. The bulky, masculine, non-feminine stuff doesn’t appeal to me.
3- the personal instance wasn’t what I thought it would be, thus I am hoping for player housing at some point.

Insignya.8625:

You’re not getting an expansion worth of content, you’re getting filler fluff.

It’s advertised pretty well, I’ll give Arena.NET that – it’s a beautiful illusion that they’re actually working on this game. They’re not and they’re afraid to delve into its issues because they know it’s a ton more work than simply making an instance, a bunch of weapon skins and 3 models you have to interact with 5000 times. But there’s a market for people who love getting ripped off at the gem store and then defend the company because "well at least I’m not paying for expansions kitten ". Yeah, you’re paying 3 times more and getting nothing in return. Oh, the saints of game development!

Mind expanding on what it is you would prefer to see, and what it is you don’t consider fluff? I don’t see dungeons and jumping puzzles, a whole new zone and constant follow-able stories as fluff. Festivals are fluff yes, but they are nice fluff, a bit of fluff is nice.

aspirine.6852:

No expansion will make it a dead game within half a year or less. No amount of living story can give you the effect what a new expansion does.

Can I have your crystal ball please?

Why, because as far as I can tell, instead of getting content all in one big blob (expansion), it’s evolving and coming to us in stages. Is that so difficult to envision? o.o

So some people are saying basically: “I have 10k points, it’s a really horrible idea that people might catch up with me, so that I don’t feel so special anymore!”

OP I certainly appreciate your point of view, but…..I consider myself casual, and I did miss the whole Molten Facility thing. I don’t mind that at all. Why does it matter if we miss things now and again? The world of Tyria is supposed to be ever-moving forwards after all.

I do share the sentiment that it can be a challenge keeping up with things, but I just don’t mind this at all. I do as much as I can, and enjoy it.

Thank you ANet. I looked forward to this game during the development pre-beta stage…..and I am not disappointed. I am having the fun I knew I was going to have.

People are entitled to complain of course, but I feel ANet deserve to be commended on the good they do, after all a lot of work goes into this.

Meglobob.8620:

To you loners/solo players out there…aren’t you playing the wrong kind of game?

The clues in the title MMO…Massive Multiplayer Online…your mean’t to play as a group…that’s the point?

Surely a ARPG would be a better choice of game, those revolve around solo play but you can play co-op if you fancy it…

Yes it’s multiplayer…..not specially group-player. It means there is a massive number of people sharing the gaming world space. And who are you to dictate who plays, and how they play anyway?

Back to OP…..I would generally like to see MUCH HARDER dynamic events. I feel that in general they are far too easily completed. Even the dragon fights are far too easy.

ANet has put a lot of effort into making the dungeons challenging, now please make the open-world dynamic events challenging too (in the level 80 areas).

Though I imagine people would be quick to start thread crying about how hard the game is.

Nick.6972:

PolarisNova.3867:

Nick.6972:

How did this come to this.
What happened to old Arena Net?
Seriously.
Greed? Money? Fame?

What are you talking about? Did you actually read the information?

GW1 was bigger game than GW2 and yet Arena Net managed to sustain it even without micro transactions.
I fail to see how GW2 will gain additional 3 000 000 players to reach the GW1 level without expansions.

How long did it take GW1 to gain that many players, and how long did each expansion take to come out?

What people are not taking into consideration, is that instead of the gap between expansions (GW1 style) the content is trickling out on a fortnightly basis, which means there is no stagnation, the game is active, constantly changing and ever-moving forward. It’s a vision it seems, some players can’t seem to grasp at the moment.

None of this means we won’t get new continents, or re-visit old ones, it’s just a new way of bringing in new content.

I am giving ANet the benefit of the doubt on this, it’s clear they have an idea on the general direction they want to take the game in. If anyone listened to Chris Whiteside’s interview, you’ll get a better idea in this regard.

I am, like ANet, am experimenting and seeing how things develop.

Nick.6972:

How did this come to this.
What happened to old Arena Net?
Seriously.
Greed? Money? Fame?

What are you talking about? Did you actually read the information?

I am excited, but the biggest thing is that it’s given me a kick up the kitten to actually focus on getting achievement points. I never took the blindest bit of notice of them before, and now I wish I had lol.

The farmer in me lit up at the 200% magic find boost :-P

Liked!

You mean to say there won’t be any of those long gaps of waiting for expansions so I don’t get bored of waiting for new content? kitten ANet you are so mean!

Seriously…..I cannot believe some of the posts in this thread? Do people actually stop and think before they post?

In all the time I played both Aion and LOTRO….I never saw so much CONTENT put into a game in such a short period as I am seeing with GW2. It’s absolutely amazing, some of it may not always be to my cup of tea, though I find myself getting sucked in and doing a lot of it anyway.

I think ANet can do a lot with this, there is nothing saying they can’t add new continents, new races, new skills….some people are just used to the expansion model, that they seem to go into a panic. I personally disliked waiting, and waiting, and waiting for a new expansion to come, so seeing new things (even though it seems almost too fast just lately) so often is amazing to me.

Hats off really to ANet…..the new content we have had so far since release is already enough to fill an expansion, some people just refuse acknowledge that, and STILL the content keeps coming.

I can certainly see the points made about content not being permanent and can appreciate that argument, and I wouldn’t be surprised if ANet are seriously taking this on board.

As long as I get to see player housing at some point…..I am seriously having a blast, and the frequent content keeps me very, very, very busy with this game, almost TOO busy…(but in a good way).

I am curious, and really happy to have more new stuff.

I am really hoping for some more elegant armor. I purchased the sky pirates armor and released I didn’t like it after all. Please can we have some elegant, stylish stuff?

I’ve got just under 4000 points, and I’ve been playing since release, although I did have a two month break due to being busy. I don’t care if OP and others have 9000 points, good for you, I am happy for you. I do think OP’s request is absurd though.

Devata.6589:

LLunatic.5280:

Also as its been stated if its for the immersion then consider that the starting outfit for human females is not much more “armor” like than the town clothes top and skirt. I dont see how any immersion would be lost in allowing us to transmute those looks onto our armor as well.

Yeah and how about the quaggan backpack.

I like that but it totally destroys the “immersion would be lost” argument.

And the animals hats :-) I love my pink quaggan hat btw.

I’m glad OP feels that Fractals is such a major and important aspect of the game….seems to think it was what made GW2 better, good for you.

I don’t touch Fractals, ever. I tried it a coupe of times and immediately knew I wasn’t going to like it. I wouldn’t want it removed however, because it is nice to know other people like this content.

I am an open-world farmer. I like dynamic events, and I want to see MORE challenging dynamic events. The key point that attracted me to this game was the dynamic events, was the open-changing world, the fact that there are no stagnant and ever frozen-in-time quests, so for me Living Story, dynamic events….anything that changes the outside world appeals to me greatly.

I’m not a dungeon grinder and will never be, I had my fill of that in Aion.

I disagree with you, I died a number of times….but I don’t think it is badly designed. Lots of people can complete this. Also…..does there really need to be yet another of these posts? Can’t you use a thread that’s already been started by someone else?

It’s pretty obvious that there is never going to be the perfect balance for anyone, because some people complain it’s too hard, and others like OP say it’s too easy. Can’t people just enjoy things as they are, and accept that they’re not always going to have everything to suit them?

Thank you ANet for the effort you put into this JP, I for one really appreciate it, I’ve been having a good giggle doing it today.

Honestly for me humans are the most authentic, honest and non-pretentious. All my characters are human, and it’s very likely because I am so attached to human lore in GW1.

My main’s family line is a mix of Krytan and Kurzick blood.

I guess some people don’t understand the ‘puzzle’ part ;-)

It is a jumping puzzle, so who said it has to be straight forward? Some people in this game do actually like a challenge you know.

Gah no pleasing some people. I for one really love this JP. I don’t find it easy, not going to lie, some of it is easy, but the latter parts to get up to the diving goggles is a challenge, but it would be boring if it wasn’t.

Personally I’d rather player housing over guild halls, but oh well :-P

How can anyone describe GW2 as ‘bland’? I’ve played and tried a number of mmo’s and GW2 isn’t bland by any means. Good lord!

I can’t believe what I read here sometimes.

As to the OP’s point, I can see where they are coming from, reading these forums sometimes one could almost think the game was hated and loathed. The game is good, and has it’s strengths, and it has it’s weaknesses. It is good to communicate the weaknesses in order to give ANet feedback, but it’s those who are persistently negative that seem to go above and beyond sometimes.

Nauge I agree. The very way Chuo describes GW2 is the way some people described GW1 ‘niche and antiquated’ and GW1 did very well, thank you very much!

Just look on Dulfy…..some of those caches are classed as ‘easy’ to get to. In other words you don’t even have to do much jumping (if any at all). Honestly…..

It’s nice to have achievements that require players to adventure in different parts of the game. For those who don’t want to because it’s not ‘fun’ then you can skip it. Not everyone has to do everything.