Guild Wars 2

kyrioscyrus.2857:

Prophet.6257:

Canthan is not Asian.

They get to take some artistic liberties.

Actually Canthan is very North-East Asian design influenced, not complete Asian influenced, because Asia would include Malayan, Philippines, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Thai culture influences.

But we do not see that in Canthan designs.

Influenced yes but not in fact Asian.

This being a fantasy world and all Anet does get to set the rules of how their own cultures are defined.

I just wanted to say how awesome this has been.

I want to be fair when I complain about things to also praise Anet when they get something right. This update has been awesome. It really felt like the game hit its stride with this one and I just wanted to say great job guys and gals. The lore that has been reintroduced is awesome. I don’t want spoil anything for folks taking their time through it but it is really good.

Ok enough of that. Time to get back to the awesome new map and see what all the NPCs have to say.

Canthan is not Asian.

They get to take some artistic liberties.

Agreed OP.

I don’t ever really die but when/if I get downed it does make it a bit more exciting.

/whisper “Maybe fewer waypoints could introduce mounts someday…”

So I can’t seem to cause any damage to this thing. I’ve tried killing his Summoned Facet and got some green triangle thing then I tried to damage the Vortex Crystal and nothing.

Does anyone know specifically what we are suppose to do to kill it?

Darkorical.9213:

Anet with all the work that needs to be done around LA why would you steal this poor mans tools and make him air hammer, The poor guy just stands there pretending to chip away at the rock day in and day out. I mean I think this guy is a trooper and has an amazing work ethic. Please give him a chance to show that he can work safely with a pickaxe … or at least give the poor fellow a different job.

After LA was destroyed this poor fellow lost his mind. He pretends he’s still at work everyday just slowly wasting away.

Thanks Obama… I mean Scarlet.

You’ll need the Guild Archmage Armor or Devout Armor along with the Wizard Hat.

You could buy them a box copy and give it to them. That’s what I’ve done in the past.

But I prefer having a hard copy of my games or some reason. I’m old fashioned…

Beldin.5498:

Morsus.5106:

Fermi.2409:

Daisho.9507:

I think sPvP is the best way to learn how to play your class.
Anyway, it’s very fast to be lvl 80.

This. I got my last two chars to 80 in <30h each, and PvP is a good spot to figure out what to do.

How? I just levelled my second character and it took me about 56 hours plus an instant level 20 scroll.

Level 20 Scroll .. craft 2-3 professions to 400 .. Birthday booster + Killstreak Booster and
grind yellow mobs.

This is the most efficient way to level for sure.

However, I think it also makes the case for why the instant level 80 item should be introduced. People do this because they “have to” do it before they “can have fun”.

With that said I really doubt they will ever introduce one. Leveling is too much of a gold/time sink for it to be easily skipped but who knows. Maybe they charge an equivalent amount of gold/gems for it to be worth it. Lets hope so.

B.

Kind of.

I just like to explore and do events/missions/quest. I end up doing other things as I go but finding new things is what I love the most. To a lesser extent I will farm and do raids in other games. Not so much here but if/when raids and GvG is available I’ll definitely be doing those with my guild.

Almost forgot. I LOVE non combat things. Crafting, mini games, fishing, etc. All that kind of stuff is really cool imo.

Since a Legendary is suppose to be the pinnacle of aesthetic achievements in the the game I’d like to see something big for getting them all.

Maybe a free Series 2 Legendary, a colored name tag, and 1000 gems.

or

The player’s choice of Infinite Total Makeover Kit, Infinite Black Lion Access, or Infinite Bank Access.

Seems like it should be epic in nature not matter what it is.

I listen to this each time I read this thread.

I think sales will grow but maintain about the same number of active players it has now.

Maybe if expansions are released and the game world grows rapidly enough to garner some lasting hype (meaning the content lives up to or near expectations) I think the game could see a large influx of new lasting players.

Bad experiences with CS?

They have been nothing but awesome every time I’ve had to contact them. I’m guessing CS is a fairly big department though but I’ve had good experiences all around with them so far.

Now whoever is in charge of getting us a real expansion pack on the other hand…

j/k OP.

You actually made a good point.
Criticism should be constructive and hopefully lead to a better and more enjoyable experience for the vast majority of the community.

Direwolf.8796:

I appreciate the value of constructive feedback but the online GW2 community just seems so ungrateful and unappreciative Just think of the negative image you are portraying for new/potential players. I think more people should know how great this game really is.

If I was Anet and I read all the crap people complain about I would find it a little disheartening. So I’m posting for the first and only time to say the following:

Anet, I love this game and I think you guys have done a fantastic job. Thank you for all your hard work! Dont forget there are people that really appreciate this game and work thats gone in to it.

New & Potential players, come and give this game a shot and decide for yourself if you like it Don’t get caught up in the negativity of some people . The complainers are the loudest voices but there is a great community in this game if you give it a try.

-happy GW2 player

Leave ArenaNet Alone!!!

I’m doing a spending freeze with GW2 until an expansion is released.

I’m not mad or angry or anything but if everyone who wanted that did the same thing then we would probably see some results sooner.

We’ll see if enough people are doing the same thing to actually get some results. Until then I’ll just be giving my money to Anets competitors.

Korossive.7085:

Belenwyn.8674:

• new main story
• new maps
• new world bosses
• new dungeons/fractals
• new tier of gear
• new tier for professions
• new recipes
• new armor skins
• new stat combinations
• new runes and sigils
• new weapon skins
• new skills
• new mini games

Nice list. You should check out mine.

Korossive.7085:

Player Based GW2 2nd Year Statistics

Lets go:

• # of new weapon types: 0
• # of new weapon combinations: 0
• # of new weapon skills: 0
• # of new races: 0
• # of new professions: 0
• # of new dungeons: 0
• # of new Guild Missions: 0
• # of new reachable dragons: 0
• # of dyeable weapons: 0
• # of new legendaries: 0
• # of lore to legendaries: 0
• # of craftable precursors: 0
• # of guild housings: 0
• # of players in Cantha/Elona: 0
• # of cape skins: 0
• # of new usages for dungeon or fractals tokens: 0
• # of characters who changed race: 0
• # of ascended rings salvaged: 0
• # of fixes for merge-kicking: 0
• # of fixes to 25-conditions in PvE: 0
• # of attainable Tribal armor pieces: 0
• # of attainable Halloween backpiece/Witch Hats: 0
• # of Halloween 2014 weapon skins: 0
• # of outfits converted to armor: 0
• # of developments to Orr story: 0
• # of developments to personal story: 0
• # of new minis instead of any of this: 49
• # of Human Female animations removed: 4
• # of players requesting SAB: 6,945
• # of times Jory called me “doll”: 1,988
• # of paths sold for gold: 254,269
• # of Fractal levels we took from players on reset: 8,984,441,658

Such wow.

So there you have your Player Based GW2 2nd Year Statistics

EDIT: Updated for comments. PvP/WvW not even mentioned, not enough space.

cheshirefox.7026:

since we’re on the topic of cosmetics, can we please get a new forum make over..
for the love of 6 gods, what would it take them to colorize a banner..

Those would look good for the next 4 expansions.

Each one can lead to the color theme change across the game.

The leveling is definitely different now.

It takes longer to get to some of the milestones along the way to 80 but new folks seem to like it. As far as end game stuff goes for now the journey is the “end game”. I hear they are going to add raids and a few other things eventually so getting up to 80 now would be a good idea if so.

As far as your play style is concerned maybe try a staff ele. You can change between that and double dagger for some heavy damage output. Although staff can do pretty well in that department now too. Since you can change your attributes for free now it will let you go between builds pretty easily. Just keep some alternate gear on hand.

Sankofa Jimiyu.1567:

When the beta weekends weren’t running, I would have it open and watch it, murmuring, “Soon.” to myself.

lol

I thought I was the only one.

TwistedFate.8705:

i just bought 20$ worth of gems and got some rare greatswords to throw into the forge. I managed to get a dusk and as i was putting the other exotics i got back into the forge i put the dusk in by mistake too as i was side tracked at the same time. Is there anyway of getting it back? i have also submitted a support ticket.

Don’t worry.

If you contacted support they will help you. Every time I’ve had something like this happen in game they responded quickly and were very friendly.

Be sure to post in here when it’s resolved with pics of your new weapon.

Rangelost.4857:

People pay $40 for a console game, then consider it descent if they get 40 hours of gameplay out of it.

People pay $40 for Guild Wars 2, and after spending thousands of hours in the game, they complain about lack of content.

I don’t even.

Yes, more content would be nice. Yes, not removing content would be nice. Yes, other MMOs love to recolor older content, change some numbers and pretend it’s new content. No, Guild Wars 2 doesn’t need any of that.

Players ask for a new continent, players get a new continent, players complain about having to explore a new continent. Let’s take this moderately, shall we?

Oh geeze….

I’d gladly pay $60 for more content out of GW2. What people complain about is having to “experience” the same old content over and over and over and over again. People asking for an expansion do so because they want the game to grow (races, weapons, new content, new maps, etc) and are more than happy to pay for it.

Take it moderately? No. I don’t know about you but I’ve enjoyed this game enough to know I want a LOT more content.

lordkrall.7241:

After all the critique which quite often involves people that have outright claimed that they haven’t played for months or even have the game installed I was thinking about the question in the title.

Would it be possible to only allow active accounts (such as having been logged on the last x days/week) to write on the forums? Everyone would still be able to read of course, but I have a feeling it might create a better environment for everyone here if you actually had to actively play the game in order to join in on the discussions.

As seen with the NPE change there were massive amounts of hatred posted, quite much of it from people that didn’t even try it before (either due to not wanting to start over or due to not actually playing anymore).

Any thoughts about this?

(Oh I know people will hate this thread, if only on principle because I created it, but thought it was worth a shot to see what people thought about it.)

I would like to see an “active player” icon on the side of each persons name.

Maybe add a sunshine pumper or nega-fan icon as well.

It needs to be reverted back to the way it was.

Makes me a little sick to see this kind of thing from Anet.

Glad I’m on a spending freeze with this game.

Black Dragon.3784:

Currently I am making 1000G purely to give away. I need ideas as to how this money can be distributed. I am currently thinking of splitting it up to 100g so there are 10 winners, not just 1 and I was thinking of listing 10 different themes each week or so on the forums and from there, with 3 judges choose the winners. For example, fire theme: players will post pictures of their character and the person that looks the most fiery wins. Has anyone got any better way or suggestions as to how I should distribute the1000G? Maybe giving the 1000g all at once is the best option?

To get the largest audience I would suggest teaming up with Matt Visual, Wooden Potatoes, Auroa Peachy, and Richie Procopio for some kind of contest.

Maybe do it from now Halloween to Wintersday. Maybe a Halloween costume contest for 5 winners and something else for Wintersday.

Matt Visual: https://www.youtube.com/user/MattVisual
Wooden Potatoes: https://www.youtube.com/user/WoodenPotatoes
Aurora Peachy: https://www.youtube.com/user/AuroraPeachy
Richie Procopio (Bog Otter): https://www.youtube.com/user/bogotter

Konig Des Todes.2086:

It’s been said that their system cannot handle such long texts…

I’m not sure this is accurate. If I remember right the earlier version of the game actually had “books” in them to carry some lore. They were removed but I don’t think Anet ever said why let alone that is was because the game couldn’t “handle long text”.

One would think text would be the easiest thing to actually put in a game.

Tobias Trueflight.8350:

Astral Projections.7320:

locoman.1974:

These ones (in order):

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Mr._Sparkles,_A_Tale_of_the_Asura (this one was released before the game)
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/brahams-story/
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/roxs-tale/
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/welcome-to-paradise/ (southsun introduction)
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/canachs-story-an-after-hours-meeting/
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/marjorys-story-the-last-straw-part-1/
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/marjorys-story-the-last-straw-part-2/
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/community-news/short-story-the-trek-of-the-zephyrites/
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/a-shipwreck-how-ellen-met-magnus/ (Ellen Kiel)
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/short-story-evon-gnashblade-disembarks/
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/delegation/
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/short-story-what-scarlet-saw/
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/short-story-shadowbox/ (SAB)
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/short-story-twilight-preparations/ (before twilight arbour’s new path)
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/the-family-business/ (halloween backstory)

Why not an ingame library with books with these stories?

I say we build it where the old Black Lion building used to be, and set it up to be a place you can read not just these “books” but others of importance too which are little more than text transcriptions.

. . . everything except for the secret recipe to Rata Sum Pie.

:)

Great idea.

Randulf.7614:

Some sort of cataclysmic event clearly being set which could be really exciting to speculate about.

The link you posted doesn’t work though – I get a sad quaggan

Tyria’s Point of No Return

A Living World
The return of Living World Season 2 is rapidly approaching. When the season resumes on November 4, we’ll see the story pick up from the cliffhanger that left one of the world’s leaders fighting for survival, and the races of Tyria preparing for war against the Elder Dragon Mordremoth.
For Tyrians, the awakening of each of the previous elder dragons led to catastrophic world events: earthquakes, tidal waves, and the raising of a long sunken continent are just some examples of the destruction left in their wake. These have seared their marks into the face of Tyria.
Now another elder dragon stirs deep in the heart of the jungle. The world’s leaders have agreed to turn their attention to this new threat and attempt to destroy it before it can wreak the havoc they’ve seen other elder dragons sow. As season 2 returns, we turn our eyes towards Mordremoth as our next target. We also ponder the meaning of the vision given by the Pale Tree and the role that legends of Tyria’s past may play in a story that is yet to unfold.

Holiday Festivals
As we’ve done in the past, there will be festival releases interweaved into this coming Living World season. Let’s take a quick look at our festival calendar for the remainder of 2014.
This coming Tuesday, October 21, the Mad Realm returns with our annual Halloween release. On December 16, we’ll release our usual holiday-themed festivities with Wintersday. Both of these releases will feature the same content as last year but with refreshed rewards, giving you fun new festival-themed items to earn.

Into the Jungle
The road to war is paved by points of no return. Tyria has already decided to take the battle to Mordremoth. As we go on this journey we’ll learn dark secrets of Tyria’s past, venture into stories with roots deep in the very heart of Guild Wars lore, and visit places that have only been rumored to exist.
Season 2?s final episode will feature an unforgettable end for all of you who go on this journey with us. So make sure to jump in and join the ride starting on November 4.

We’ll see you in game!

Justin.7163:

Unless they somehow incorporated them in-game, no thanks.

I would LOVE to see them put in game.

Maybe a traditional quest merchant in each zone or something. Maybe get to see the location some stuff happened with a few new assets thrown here and there to make it feel a little more “real”.

End of the quest you unlock a book (that can be sold) and a double click unlocks it like a dye adding it’s short story to your collection.

I just read the new article titled Tyria’s Point of No Return. If the last paragraph is honest then it could be pretty awesome. Specifically this line, “we’ll learn dark secrets of Tyria’s past, venture into stories with roots deep in the very heart of Guild Wars lore, and visit places that have only been rumored to exist.”

I really hope Jeff Grubb and Ree Soesbee were heavily involved in this part of the LS.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/tyrias-point-of-no-return/

Tobias Trueflight.8350:

Prophet.6257:

Tobias Trueflight.8350:

Prophet.6257:

I’m starting to wonder if this may have a point considering a simple thread asking " how many people are working for arena net , and what s their work (positions)" was shut down just because “needs to be closed”.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Arena-Net-How-many-people-are-working/first#post4496008

. . . I don’t know, did you catch some of the replies before they got pruned? Yeah.

I’m guessing their were more than the ones in there currently?

The ones still there seem fairly subdued.

Yeah, I caught a whiff. Gaile’s post implies she had to bring a hammer down on some others, too. If it’s anything like what I see on Reddit from time to time . . .

Honestly, it shocks me (only a little) how people think they have a right to come on the official forums and backhand developers in absentia to try to score points . . . then complain when they get smacked back. But, this being the internet is why it only shocks me a little.

She also gave me an infraction for reposting about it. It may be best if we just leave it be. Thanks for the replies though.

Tobias Trueflight.8350:

Prophet.6257:

Tobias Trueflight.8350:

Prophet.6257:

I’m starting to wonder if this may have a point considering a simple thread asking " how many people are working for arena net , and what s their work (positions)" was shut down just because “needs to be closed”.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Arena-Net-How-many-people-are-working/first#post4496008

. . . I don’t know, did you catch some of the replies before they got pruned? Yeah.

I’m guessing their were more than the ones in there currently?

The ones still there seem fairly subdued.

Yeah, I caught a whiff. Gaile’s post implies she had to bring a hammer down on some others, too. If it’s anything like what I see on Reddit from time to time . . .

Honestly, it shocks me (only a little) how people think they have a right to come on the official forums and backhand developers in absentia to try to score points . . . then complain when they get smacked back. But, this being the internet is why it only shocks me a little.

That’s a shame if so.

I would have really liked to know how their studio is split up. Oh well.

Tobias Trueflight.8350:

Prophet.6257:

I’m starting to wonder if this may have a point considering a simple thread asking " how many people are working for arena net , and what s their work (positions)" was shut down just because “needs to be closed”.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Arena-Net-How-many-people-are-working/first#post4496008

. . . I don’t know, did you catch some of the replies before they got pruned? Yeah.

I’m guessing their were more than the ones in there currently?

The ones still there seem fairly subdued.

TheFool.4589:

If there’s nothing to do, nothing new, I got everything I want, pvp/WvW is unbalanced, my story is complete, fractles/dungeons are stale, world completion is “been there done that” collecting spoons? No thanks. Crafting is done, legendaries are for the birds, there’s literally nothing else to do that intrest me.

So why do I keep coming back? Why are so many players who have done literally everything, keep playing? Why are you still playing? What is this Guild Wars attraction that won’t let go even when there’s nothing left?

Point of this post is, I can’t figure out why I’m still spending hours playing this game.
I don’t do anything.

Hope.

I have moved GW2 to my 3rd or 4th option at this point but I still check in, in hopes that the game adds an expansion.

I got about 15-20 friends who haven’t logged in in about 4 months because they got sick of waiting. I’m still in occasionally hoping Anet releases something worth telling them about. Plus I loved GW1 and really want to see Tyria grow up and expand. Maybe by 2016 after everyone I know have stopped caring…

I’ve done map completion a couple times and I agree that the rewards are lacking.

The first time is fun, the second time is boring, the third time is a pain, and it gets worse after that. For the explorers who want to discover new lands and find new things this is all we got in game.

Law of Diminishing Returns.

I’d love to see Anet release a 5 year plan (or something similar to that) going into specifics on what they are working on.

The only reason I can see why they wouldn’t is because:
1.) They don’t want criticism (b/c the iteration process changes the ideas so much)
2.) They don’t have long term goals.
3.) They know their goals are going to be unpopular or insufficient.

nm

Just read your last line.

Xae Isareth.1364:

If Anet one day put a instant level 80 item on the gem store for 1000 gems. Would you throw your copy of GW2 out of the window or would you go ’that’s cool, saves me a lot of time.’?

I’d buy one for each of my non-level 80 characters that day…

…unless an expansion pack had not been released yet.

Great find OP. I love this kind of stuff.

Deimos Tel Arin.7391:

jweez.7214:

Deimos Tel Arin.7391:

i think there will be no expansion for guild wars 2.

the living story is a good platform to deliver expansion content.

You don’t find it too slow?

I think it CAN be a good platform but I am not sure anet has/can figured it how to make it work. Also, there’s alot of problems one of the biggest ones I think is;

How does anet monetize on this without the community feeling nicked and dimed at every turn with the living story?

I’d like to know the thoughts of anyone who has opinion about this also.

yes, at the moment, i feel that it is slow.
however, i do not mind that.
because, it allows me to spend time on other games other than guild wars 2.

regarding monetizing, i think they are doing well with the constant update of gem store skins.

This is a problem.

If GW2 wants to be a primary game and play with the big boys they need to get people to go to them first and have their name on the top of the list.

Hamstring…

;)

Astral Projections.7320:

I don’t think any of the inhabitants of Tyria are Christians…..

Try asking The Six for this.

I’m a member of a guild that has 250 of ’em and in an “alliance” with several hundred more.

All that aside I love me some Wintersday is Tyria.

I’m currently on a spending freeze for GW2.

I plan on dropping a lot of money on this game again but not until an expansion is released. If they try to stick with the Living Story as the only means of content expansion I’ll just keep spending my money in other places.

No hate. No anger. It just not worth it to me.

You should turn this into a great GW2 ghost story somehow.

Scipio.3204:

Gambling is serious business , it could cause addiction, you could lose a fortune etc. It is illegal in many country for anyone who isn’t 18 year old yet. Now, the law’s definiton of gambling in my country is: Every game counts as gambling, where the player in exchange of money or any valuable possessions, under certain circumstances he has a chance to win money, or other valuable prizes. Winning or losing depends solely or predominantly on luck.
Now we all know in the black lion chests you could win items of different value, and with the gem/gold conversion we can even tell how much does an item worth in real money, also it depends purely on luck what you win. Also black lion keys main source is the gem store, you can buy them with gold , but you also can buy them with real money .
I’m not in law school, therefore I don’t really know what fall under the category of gambling and I hope someone here knows. But for me the keys feels like they are gambling and at least should be restricted to 18+.

I think by the strictest definition any RNG would be considered gambling. Legally though I don’t think it would be. I’m pretty sure it has to involve actual currency.

Think of arcades and those tickets and crappy plastic toys.

I would love this so much. It has been something I think they said they didn’t want to do in development but maybe that has changed over time.

Anyway, it would be a lot of fun.

Shen Slayer.3058:

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

Donari.5237:

The suggestion is a generic lost-companion-animal statue, in an out of the way place (at least my contribution is to make it out of the way).

I would recommend against an inscription that subscribes to any particular faith, however. The statue itself would be enough, if it comprised a small grouping of animals using GW2 existing models such as drakehounds, cats, and birds (ravens?). Those who need it would know what it signifies and it would be more timeless without a particular plaque.

They could do a GW2 based inscription, that would be nifty. Based on the beliefs of the area the statue was in. They’ve done similar with some of the headstones and monuments already in the game, so there is precedent.

I’ll be mighty annoyed if anything is done in-game for the dog, and so will a lot of people. Let’s take the personal aspect away from this game, it’s a business.

I see where you are coming from but part of what makes MMOs so special are the personal touches. Little things like this add some sort of depth to the game and makes for a more interesting world. I know GW2 has a lot to do and improvements to make but I think a project like this would take up a reasonable small amount of development time for the benefit and good will it would generate in the community and game.

So far i’m not seeing many people that would be annoyed if this was done.

Crimson Clouds.4853:

Is it verbal abuse for somebody to tell another that they shall block you because of what language they speak?

No.

Imagine how many people blocked them without even saying so in chat.

Shen Slayer.3058:

I’m sorry about his pet, but NO, NO, NO. I’m sure a lot of us lost pets, why does one guys unfortunately lose his pet need to be impose on the rest of us.

Besides…what u suggesting is creepy.

How is it creepy? Video games do things like this all the time. Guess you hate the Sanctum of Rall server too?

Chris has been pretty cool to the community especially in the CDIs.