Guild Wars 2

It does have ‘save points’. You can go back to the last level you beat. If you beat them all you can go to any level.

Nice thinking.
I have been stuck a few times in walls and wished I had a way to kill myself without having to log off. I hope they were account bound so I can take a present from one of my alts and keep it on main (wasted his already).

He may have come into the SAB with a party and the left later. I have been in a party where inside the box itself I finally left party and it still considered my to be with 2 other people (ie needing 3 keys to open a chest).

I was glad to see this post as I wanted to make one similar. Thanks.
I’ve had a lot of fun playing this. It reminds me a lot of the old frustrating Nintendo games. World 2 zone 2 reminded my of playing Kid Nikki. The frustration and nostalgia…
There is a lot more crying this round of SAB but that is a good thing. You made the thing to be a challenge and it is. Glad to see few positive posts. I guess some of us finally had a break from trying to get our green and yellow skins we could finally post.
I love the box

Lol. He was a runt Charr. Finally accepted by the Asura – then he blew himself up. A great Charr that will be remembered.

WyldKat.4712:

Old school tip, from when we hiked uphill both ways in the snow, is to always have a notepad and pencil handy.

The first thing I did was jot down the name of the zone I just did when I saw the achievement saying you had to do 13 separate zones. Once an hour? Randomish? I saw that trouble coming and took steps.

Ok, no steps, but I reached for my notepad and pencil.

What is a pencil? Where in the app store is that?
Like some of the others above I should have anticipated that I would lose track of what I had already done (11 so far…) just like I lost track of which dungeon paths I did back in the day.
I think part of the problem with temporary content is that I try to do it so fast and all in the first couple of days because that is when people are trying to finish and you are more likely to finish. The problem is that in the rush I don’t anticipate these types of problems well.
I wish the UI would reflect the areas or the achievement not require unique areas and allow duplicate map runs.

JustTrogdor.7892:

Portal Master.9146:

I think the patch nerfed searches on this website. Please reverse those changes.

The forum search has been on the verge of useless for some time now. It isn’t related to the most recent patch.

Lol. I still think they ‘nerfed’ the search. If they didn’t you could have searched this thread and see I bump it occasionally for great justice.

The best I’ve seen is 12 minutes left – and we were on an overflow. I’ve seen it beat on overflow more often. So going to an overflow intentionally could be a viable strategy.
If you really want to beat the event (even in an overflow) organize a few people and go off the beaten path with your group. Do the events away from the commanders. We did that with a group of about 10 and it seemed we were wrecking the minion phase time-wise.

dat punctuation…
Champs are still dropping boxes, but I’m not sure if that is what you are talking about.

I think the patch nerfed searches on this website. Please reverse those changes.

Seems it always is. Especially when you put the words ‘Dungeon’ or ‘FoTM’ in there. I’m looking too. Good luck.

^
It should at the very minimum be able to recharge the next day or something. 10 uses – I don’t know. A 2 use portal gun is ridiculous.
I’ll just offer a Mesmer in map chat a couple of gold to port me somewhere and it would be a better deal than this.
I was stupid and made this early on in the patch and regretted it.

Please fix search, for great justice

I didn’t write the OP well. My main point is that it is about the looks. Why change our appearance?
Realize that the cosmetic parts of this game are more important to many people than any other part of it. People going into PvP are greeted with red pajamas or whatever as their default skins are not going to be thrilled with the idea of another system of cosmetics/skins. Yes – I did check out the lockers and figure out how to get other trinkets and accessories / weapons. That is not the point. I want to at least LOOK exactly like I do in the other areas of the game. Forget the stats – I realize you can change them easier in PvP for balance and that is great.
I did not communicate well in my OP. I just want to look the same as I do in PvE and WvW. Just give me the option to use the same armor and weapon skins I have. Do that and I might stick around in the Heart of the Mists instead of using it as a way point to LA.
I’m just giving a suggestion to the devs. I’m not trying to tell them to do anything. Maybe there are enough people in PvP already that you don’t need more.

I reluctantly write this suggestion. Search still doesn’t work on the website so I can’t tell if anything has been posted before about my topic before.

I think you should change PvP to become more familiar to PvE and WvW. Or allow the option to remain the same in PvP. By that I mean when you enter heart of the mists you should retain your items and stats (weapons, armor, ect) that you have in PvE and WvW.
I do not play PvP even though I love WvW because I do not like the different armor, weapons, and skill sets we have in the realm. It feels like too much of a different game there.

I am sure there is a good reason that I must be missing. I just can’t think of it. I retrait and change my armor for WvW but the look and feel is the same if I were to wear it back on the PvE maps. PvP armor is completely separate and in an entirely new bank / whatever. Too alien compared to PvE and WvW for my tastes.

Not fixed still. I would really like to be able to search the forums again.

This thread serves little purpose now other than to aggrevate and serve as a list of players to block.

^
Lol. Because I can’t search now and find the old threads I’ll post in this one.
Search is broke please fix it.

It has been fun fighting a few guilds the last couple of weeks. We have had nothing but respect for those we fought but have had problems with randoms watching the fight.

I’m listing a couple of problem items and then the fixes after
1) Some, not from the guild we are fighting, but other random enemy spectators attack the opposing side putting many of us in combat right before we start.
2) Same randoms want to jump in the middle of our ball of people before we start. Not attacking just jumping around generally trying to be a nuisance.
3) Aggroing an animal then bringing them to our group while we are stacking.
3) Spectators clogging up the side of the small hill taking away a big chunk of land for the fight.

The fix: Allow the guild that is experiencing problem to wipe all those causing problems AND those attempting to rez them. (we killed one particularly aggravating person who would get rezed over and over and still wouldn’t stop).
If you see randoms from your server doing stuff like this maybe warning (/s) would be nice. This goes for those on the hill. We had some great battles using the hill but then there were spectators that would move there and draw combat from us when we were moving up the hill.

Just a suggestion to make things a little smoother as the GvGs are generally pretty fun.

Side note: TW you guys are monsters. We will get better from getting stomped by you and be back.
SoR your numbers must be ridiculous. You have so many spectators when we fight on your server it seems we are fighting in the Colosseum!

The same threads repeated over and over…
The only difference is the level of hostility.
I wonder if everyone knows that you can search the forums.

I’m glad we’re getting some new servers to fight against. I will be very happy if we get away from SoR for a week. Their numbers NA time are demoralizing to me sometimes… lol
Many servers will be good matches at NA prime time. Even different tiers may be competitive for one night at least. Hope I can get in before the queues…
It will be only during the week when the coverage gaps show will there be big discrepancies.
Have fun all. Go JQ!

Gorlock Z
Profession:Warrior / Guardian preferred (also have Thief and Engineer 80s if needed)
Traits: Zerk Warrior / AH Guardian
Experience: Done path 3 once
Time: CST (nights Central time zone) +5 GMT
Other: Easy to work with. Willing to use TS, Vent, Mumble, or shout out window. Have good gear / plenty of money.

Agree with Mad Rasputin. It matters who starts the instance not the party.
I’ve done it before in the past opening a dungeon with an alt that has story done then switching. Doesn’t work.

I’ll join a website if it is an absolute must but I don’t see the reason.
I don’t like having a requirement that says go to an old non updated website so you can join the guild then never go there again…
I specified a larger guild only because I assumed only they would have enough influence to unlock all guild missions / ect. But thinking on it a medium sized guild could probably do it as well now.

I am looking for a (probably larger) guild on Jade Quarry.

If a requirement to become a member includes going to another website then that website must be active. ie posts are not months old with no current activity. Otherwise why make joining the website a requirement? I want to play GW2 not waste my time.

My only other requirement is that the guild have all bounties / guild missions / other stuff unlocked so I can participate in those.

I have 4 level 80 characters (Warrior, Guardian, Thief, and Engineer). 5300+ achievement points. All crafts leveled. Always do dailies. High level fractal levels on Guardian and Engineer (although haven’t done fractals in a month or so).
I would be an asset to any guild. I have plenty of money. I play every day. I identify and learn from experienced players. I avoid drama as much as possible.

I will rep the guild full time but (like most people) I have my own bank guild that I use too.

If you are interested in having me join PM here or in game.

Edited post to clarify the website statement.
***Edited once again to correct the crazy filtered statements

I agree with OP. It is getting frustrating. I consider not playing each time I ‘feel’ the lag coming on.

You don’t even have to be near a cool 3 way battle to have skill lag. On JQBL during reset night even at spawn I couldn’t fire off any other skills.
Only being able to use one skill in a mega battle sucks. It would be awesome if you could actually fire off the other skills during said battles.

I agree with Bloodstealer above on one point: They need to scale back the number of players on a map if the servers can’t handle us (I don’t like the idea of instances in WvW though). Being able to only use ‘1’ skill doesn’t lend itself to very interesting fights.

No.

-1 Resurrecting old threads

The delay from nades hurts you when there are too many people in an event.
They can melt the mobs so fast that you have to be part psychic to throw the grenades before the mob appears. Resorting to the rifle auto attack – tabbing – is usually the best.
Given this I would have to say they are not one of the better classes to farm. They are good in small to medium size events. Large events not so much.
The Guardian with the lawn-mower like staff auto attack is the best.

Rednik.3809:

Never seen problems in elitist parties.
There is tons of mixed parties in local Fireheart Rise channel with all kinds of crazy group setups, if anyone want run as some ranger, or support warrior, or something else exotic. 10-15 min per run. When i’m in mood for trying something nontrivial or run on my alt, i going with them.
And there is lfg groups for speedruns with strict setup, strict tactic, gearchecks – for 5-8min per run. I go here when i want exactly this – quick, clean, smooth speedrun. Not adapt to new tactics because of the presence of a unusual class, not change anything in the run because someone wearing a different equipment or made exotic build. I want come here, do the work according to a strict scenario, receive payment and leave.

^This
People need to stop being so sensitive. There is not a lack of people willing to run CoF no matter what your build or class is.
Be thankful.
It is too bad some of the other dungeons don’t have the participation level that this dungeon has.

I was thinking this too… However I realized I was hoarding kitten. Do you really need the low level mad memories book? or the ghost locator thing from Halloween? or some other stupid crap that I’m pretty sure goes to an event somewhere and I forgot why I kept them?

Lol but yeah overall I agree with you. I’d buy more slots if I could too.

Ahhh, what an awful dream. Ones and zeroes everywhere… and I thought I saw a two
but on a serious note:
all your base are belong to us

There is a lot more to the game than just one class.
If you are getting upset with this class level another character. I would say if you leveled an Engineer first do a Guardian second. Chances are you wanted to be helpful in a group with your Engineer. The Guardian class is the best for feeling like you really helped out.

I caught myself getting really frustrated by the Engineer class a few months ago. It was the first class I leveled to 80 with 100% world completion. When I got there I found grenades were the only really viable thing to build around at the time. I would try as hard as possible to help every group but still would get the cold shoulder from most people once they saw I was an Engineer. I would read every patch note and cringe every time I saw anything about Engineers. It started to become not fun…

I’ll be honest. The Engineer feels like the weakest class of all and the hardest to play. It is like easy mode leveling up a Guardian after the work put into leveling an Engineer. Even my glass cannon Warrior feels tougher than my Engineer.

I wrote this because when I only had 1 level 80 character (the engineer) I would wonder what it would be like to level another class to 80. Two more level 80s (Guardian and Warrior) and a couple of 40s (Thief and Mesmer) later and I can say it was fun. If you are not having fun with the Engineer level another class and you will be glad you did.

tl&dr: I got frustrated by the Engineer class. Found fun in leveling other classes. If you are not having fun with the Engineer level another class. It is fun having multiple level 80s.

My favorite build is the ‘parked farmer’ build. Basically you get to lvl 80 and park the engineer on useful nodes – farm them -then relog onto a real class such as a lvl 80 guardian or warrior.

I guess if you are really stuck on Engineer (or haven’t leveled another class to 80 yet) though the 100 nades build is OK and would recommend that. There are many more builds but are just too weak to use.

It does make sense to me and I agree with the couple of posters above that you shouldn’t encourage people to attempt higher fractals they aren’t ready/geared for.

I like the way it was changed.

You can still do the higher fractals and you will progress your personal level one level at a time. Do lvl 20 / 30 everyday and your personal level will be at those levels in a week or so. Many of us have leveled alts and then had to level those new characters in the fractals again. It doesn’t take that long.

The only thing I could see is that the levels be account bound like RedStar above said. I would be OK seeing that change.

…I remember reading this thread a LONG time ago.
I think it is an ok system and has worked well.
It even comes in handy in PVE coordinating guild events. Even though you get all the map chat rage about how a commander is not needed in PvE.
More often than not the commander pin is turned on and off a lot.
On bigger servers it is turned off sometimes so you don’t get every random following you when you are doing smaller missions. Or turn it back on to try to collect a few more bodies for a bigger one.
It is a great gold sink. I know people who have the pin on their alts too!

The experienced players are still around. The older this game gets the more the experienced people will find each other and group up.
When you finally get a group of people together that know what they are doing… so much better. Throw in TS or whatever kind of voice chat and it is possible to beat all the ‘impossible’ paths without too many problems.
If you are having problems finding anybody experienced – join a guild (a big guild). I was resistant to that at first but once you do it will pay off once you find some other good players.

I use a PUG sometimes but rarely now. I jumped in a PUG that I found on lfg because I wanted to try the new AC routes and no one really wanted to do it at that time in my guild. I felt like I was carrying them a bit in spots but we got it done. Overall experience with the group was OK but tedious. Worth getting in the PUG to finish something I wanted but wouldn’t really do it again just for fun. I’ll go back to running with the other experienced players.

Seems many of the inexperienced players are younger. They can get really offended if you are too direct with them. If you say “Do you know what you are doing?” to them many of them will shut down and probably not listen to anything you say from that point on. If you let them die once first and then tell them “Dodge when he starts to…” then they will generally listen and even ask questions to get better sometimes. The way you act towards them will determine how much you can get them to do.
Doesn’t matter if they ‘should’ be like that or not. It only matters that you realize this if you want to have success in dealing with them.

I have noticed the same thing happen occasionally when I am in LA crafting. I’ll try to buy some mats and it is blank like your screenshot.
Usually it clears up after I leave the area then come back.
Maybe culling? lol

I would love to see this. I would be willing to fork over dough for gems for this feature.
I let my 7 year old name my first character ‘Portal Master’ (because of the xbox game portal)…. guess what – he wanted to be a warrior and not a Mesmer. I get so much flak for not being a Mesmer with a name like this – lol.

I finally finished making my clovers this weekend. Reading these posts and similar ones can get you worried. However it turned out exactly how many of those who already finished said it would.
Starting with 250 ecto, 250 mystic coin, and 250 ob shards, with the philosopher stones (1 clover recipe only) it took me 224 combines to finish the 77 clovers. Which is right about where it is predicted. With some very unusual runs during the time. Once it took 9 combines to get one. Other times I would get a couple back to back. I suppose if you can’t stomach the gamble then just do 1 at a time like I did. Only during that one bad stretch was I thinking “maybe I’m hitting DR” or something as an excuse. It gave me many t6 mats. Once it gave me 5 mystic coins back which I thought was a weird reward.
Point is have enough mats to start with sit down and throw them all in the toilet and I bet you’ll end up with around 30% success rate (I can only speak for the 1 clover recipe. I don’t know anyone who has done them all using the 10 clover one).

tldr: Had enough mats to finally finish the clovers during one sitting at the forge. Was around 33% success rate with long stretches of good and bad luck during the sitting.

Anecdotal only but my experience has been horrible while a friend who has a much better machine than I do says it is better.
Very frustrating to play WvW since the update. The only way I can tell if an enemy is 1 or 100 is to try and tell by how much lag I’m getting.
Overall I wish the pre-patch code was back.

I’m going to have to assume the market in this game is big enough that one or two people can’t control the entire market.

I think many believe this is not the case. It doesn’t seem to be in ArenaNet’s best interest to allow monopolies though. What good reason would they have to allow it? They could adjust some behind the scenes numbers and break a monopoly easy if someone manged to actually attain a monopoly.
I’m not sure I understand those that seem to think the market is controlled by just a few people. I’m sure there are a few people that are extremely wealthy but I don’t believe they could control entire markets.

You’re not forced to even interact too much with the market. I made it to level 80 before I really even understood the BLTC.

Seems most who really don’t like the markets are those that want to buy a precursor. You don’t have to buy one off the TP. I wonder how many people are actually stuck crafting their legendary because they can’t acquire a precursor?
There are different ways to get one. I remember long ago a post where people were throwing hundreds of rares in the Mystic Forge and keeping track how many it took. Bottom line – they finally got them.

As in real life:
There are people who work hard and make enough to cover most of what they want. The harder they work the more they tend to make.

There are people who speculate and invest. People that are good at it make more than even the hard working people.

There are people who cry. The sometimes work but not very hard. The don’t like the fact the other types of people have a lot more than they do.

We all have a choice on which to be like. I am in the first group. I like the second group best but usually don’t have the patience to hold on to great sums of money and invest it. Like many people, I like to spend money. When I really, really, really (or at least think I do) want something – I buy it. But I don’t begrudge the second group because their actions effect prices on stuff I need or they have more money than I do. I will just continue to work hard to get what I want.
I can’t seem to break 100 gold personally, so I don’t figure I’ll ever be able to afford a precursor. So that means I’ll have to get it a different way. I can make rares and acquire some in my travels, so mystic forge it is (eventually).
There are different paths to get the precursors. Grind gold / make yellows and throw them in the mystic toilet, get lucky opening a chest. They even hinted there will be some kind of scavenger hunt in the future. You want one – then get one.

TL;DR
Funny how the game mimics real life sometimes.
You want something? – Then go get it.

nofo.8469:

Maybe engineers will take up a pet slot instead of a group slot for fractals?

!!!
Made a scene laughing at work!
LOL Thanks.

Thank you support for answering. Thanks to those who responded.
I had two problems.
I had an unclaimed reward ‘3 transmutation stones’ from the Black Citadel. Which support said if you have an unclaimed reward it can mess things up.
I also went back to the Chantry of Secrets (which I swore I had been there before with a friend that was in the Order of whispers but maybe not?). When I went inside it gave me the 2 gifts of exploration.
Support did tell me to double check the POIs first to see if one was missing. I had them all. So not sure what the deal with the Chantry of Secrets is but maybe if you visited that POI long ago it doesn’t count now.
Anyway thanks again and hope this might help anyone with a similar problem.

I have finally completed the exploration of the world.
I got the ‘Been there Done that’ achievement but I did not receive the 2 Gifts of Exploration.
It says 100% everywhere and I’m at a loss on what do do. No way will I do it all over again but I really need the ‘Gifts’.
Anyone else have this issue or have a resolution?

Hello fellow Borlis Pass peeps. You around?
I don’t go into WvW unless I see a commander online that I know. Which means I haven’t even went into WvW for awhile now… Reading the thread I realize some of the commanders I would follow are now gone to other servers but surely not all of them!
Are some of the Borlis Pass commanders taking a break?
I just want to know because the free transfers are ending soon. If there are no longer any commanders I know on here I might roll out to another server. I’ve been here since the start but when the people I would normally try to help are not here I don’t feel much of a connection to the server when it is like this.
Maybe just a shout from someone to let us peons like myself who aren’t part of a big guild know that you are still around. Thanks.

I use the keyboard (Q, W, E, A, S, D) exclusively to change the view of my character. Using the mouse only for targeting something.
I realized I am in the minority and that most people change their view by holding down the right mouse button. This allows you to move the view VERY QUICKLY – which I love. However, retraining your moving mechanics is a pain.

What I suggest is that there be a way to increase the ‘sensitivity’ of the view changing when using a keyboard.

I will never be able to compete with the quickness of someone using a mouse to turn their view unless I retrain. Holding a button to turn seems like a waste of energy and a good way to get a cramp in your finger.

To borrow from another thread that summed up my feelings on the Engineer:

KirinDave.6451:

Most rational people are not upset over the grenade changes. What they’re upset over is the new stated direction of the class, which as described is basically Robin to everyone else’s Batman; eternally in a second fiddle spot.

People get a lot of enjoyment over playing Elementalist or Thief well because it’s so very easy to play it wrong and fall apart. It’s a challenge with a reward (particularly in PvP & WvW). Engineers are being told they have to work harder, but their maximum output will be deliberately tweaked to be below what everyone else can achieve.

You’re being told your class is weaker by design, because you can be more “versatile” in mid fight. But this proposition of mid-fight diversity is dubious at best, and it’s not clear how stat allocation makes this even remotely possible.

That is why I went back to leveling my alts after the update.
Functionally I am still doing well with my Engineer nade build even in the higher fractals although I did switch to dual pistols for the sigils. I’ll still play my dailies until my guardian or warrior is at the same levels.

What is troubling to me is when reading Jonathan Sharp’s class balance philosophies and seeing Engineers read like the mediocre generic class description. “…doesn’t have” this … “or the…” that – “extreme versatility” whatever that is “comes at a cost…”.
A Robin…

I’m not mad about the new changes but will drop my engineer as my main when I finish leveling because of what that developer said.
I can’t figure out the direction they want to take this class and that kind of uncertainty makes the class not fun for me.
I also don’t want to play a Robin…

^It does feel like we are playing as a sidekick now.
A kittening idiot sidekick…
I feel so stupid for leveling an Engineer to 80 now. I can’t wait until my non-sidekick characters (guardian and warrior) are lvl 80.
How many people out there after leveling another class thought: “Man I need to switch back to my Engineer because this sucks.”

But I’m an Engineer. I AM VERSATILE…
But not as much as a ele. I also am a little squishy. I provide a couple of boons to team mates but not as good as a guardian. I also don’t really do that much damage.
You should totally always have an engineer on your team. If for no other reason than you should feel sorry for us.

“The Engineer is a highly versatile class.” = We don’t really play this class. Not sure why people are.

“While it doesn’t have the long range capabilities of the Ranger, or the melee capabilities of the Warrior or Guardian, they are comfortable at medium ranges in most fights.” = You are very squishey but we don’t want you to be able to range like you should. But you can throw (now weaker) grenades longer than you can shoot your dumb shotgun.

“They have a lot of control, and use their boons to keep themselves (and allies) alive in a fight” = Control won’t work on most bosses though – that would be way to powerful. Also other classes are much better at keeping their allies alive and applying boons. You really shouldn’t play in team environments / dungeons. You are not that much help and others can do everything you do but better.

“They can use different kits based on the situation, but this extreme versatility comes at a cost in damage on their main hand weapons.” = sucks. Your damage is even more embarassing. You’ll have to find ways to stack 25 stacks of might on yourself just to do damage like other classes do by spamming ‘1’ with no boons.
Versatility is a word we came up with to mean not really good at anything.