Every piece of my PvE armour has at least some kind of magic find on it.
I’m over 150% atm with food for +30% and I’m currently aiming to get a laurel ascended piece, and then slot that with the ascended 20% magic find utility piece.
I notice a distinct difference in the quality of drops. Few whites, but many many blues and greens—and a decent amount of rares. After finishing a farming spree in PvE coming out of a dungeon, I compare loot with my friend and I come out with more gold every time.
The longer you play with magic find, obviously the more return you’ll get. Think about it, 200% MF means that (over time) you should average TWICE the amount of non-white drops than you would have received without MF.
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The aquatic speargun attack animation looks silly, looks underwhelming and uninteresting. Improve it, make it cooler.
I craft food items for myself – magic find in particular, from materials that I’ve found in my travels, But, my travels represent many hundreds of hours playing… So I don’t feel the real cost of what the materials might be worth… should I bother to check on the TP.
I’ve put some greens into the forge, and I think it’s a crap idea, so I don’t do it anymore;
You put four greens at 1.5S in, and you get 1 green back worth 1.5S…
So lame, and I hate the system.
I’ve played around 800 hours and I’m running around in mostly rare gear.
800 hours… that’s worked out to add up to quite a few skill points—around 300 spare now.
Could be time to just blow 20 on a mystic weapon…
What provoked this was the harsh realization that open world content seems to just deteriorate into people hitting a pinata for rewards and running away like selfish little animals.
That was beautiful. Hit the nail right on the head! Cracked me up also. Just great, and so true.
The only way to solve this one, is to implement a need for communication and co-operation, so that afterwards people feel like sticking around to at least say “thanks” and appreciate the moment of glorious victory—It is not possible to appreciate such a glorious moment, if it doesn’t exist.
A glimpse of these glorious moments can sometimes be experienced at the end of a dungeon or fractal. Anet needs to put a bit of that into the PvE event system.
OP’s post is exactly the kind of frustration Anet’s design decisions are inciting in players.
Most players don’t post, and it is said that for every one person who has an opinion (regardless of whether they post it or not) there are TEN others who think/feel the same.
I think Anet should take note.
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In the beginning, a lot of keys dropped in many different places as rewards—I used these at that time.
Since then, I have bought a single key “just to see”… And everyone in here is right—there is just simply no point. The rewards are worthless—and that’s when you get something you might actually use! e.g. Revive orb.
Time to fix this, Anet.
SUGGESTED SOLUTION:
Keep or improve/adjust the current RNG, but in addition, add logic to the code resembling something like this;
When player has exceeded X time and has received 0 ~ 1 rares/exotics, drop them a rare or exotic on next monster kill.
This should alleviate some of the frustration where players feel they are not getting good drops despite great effort.
So basically encourage people away from RMT (no revenue), into grinding (which the game wasn’t supposed to be about, and doesn’t have to be about now), encourage botting and mindless farm zergs, and support the assumption that if you do something wrong enough times over the game will reward you for your persistent poor play?
Just throw a three year old in front of the keyboard and drop them off to zerg farm, get them used to success via mediocrity early so we can have the gamers of the future ready to grind.
No. That’s not right.
Because said “exceeded X time” should be something on the order of X hours or days.
To provide a more firm example;
I’ve played for over 800 hours since launch—with the exception of the exotics that were “hard-code” awarded for map completions, I have only received —3-- (three!) exotic items. It sucks so bad.
So, if there was code that went something like, “OK, he’s played for 30 hours, let’s drop him an exotic”, or “he’s played 2000 hours so drop a precursor”, that would make me feel a hell of a lot better.
In short, bots and farmers wouldn’t benefit.
The landscapes are spectacular. I yearn for the opportunity to experience an aerial tour of Tyria.
Also, I think everyone needs to stop mentioning the waypoints as an ‘excuse’ not have mounts;
Everybody knows about waypoints—obviously—and still don’t give a kitten.
They just want cool mounts. duh.
This;
I prefer names that fit the lore and game, since I like to feel immersed. It’s impossible these days, of course, since the maturity level of players couldn’t get any lower.
So, sorry, I don’t find many of these to be “best” by a long shot.
Some are marginally amusing but the thing is, they reflect the fact that the people that the people who create them don’t care about the game, or the genre, or the effect they have on other players.
SUGGESTED SOLUTION:
Keep or improve/adjust the current RNG, but in addition, add logic to the code resembling something like this;
When player has exceeded X time and has received 0 ~ 1 rares/exotics, drop them a rare or exotic on next monster kill.
This should alleviate some of the frustration where players feel they are not getting good drops despite great effort.
I hate random because it is the equivalent of removing all SKILL that might otherwise be necessary for a player to advance. i.e. “Wow, you got X because you were so good! Oh, wait… no, you were just lucky. Lame”.
Boxers in the ring, they don’t win because they are lucky, they win because they have skills.
@OP Life is not based on RNG. And when it appears to be, it is only because we can not see the whole picture which is one of cause and effect whereby nothing is random.
The lead designer’s name is Isaiah Cartwright.
I would assume that he brainstormed, designed and/or signed off on the game’s random number generation components.
My own GW2 experience, and what I read on the forums (about these kinds of issues) leaves me feeling very very angry.
I think its high-time the person responsible for bringing about these feelings in the game’s customer base offered an explanation for (what I believe) to be an idiotic reward system.
Sincerely,
A disgruntled Guild Wars 2 player.
-I’m bumping my own post, please see OP-
I like having all my pets small so I don’t have them blocking my views and getting in the way.
Which raises another suggestion/request; For the love of god, add a “hide & lock pet” button. I’m a so tired of my pet popping out and getting in the kitten way every time I get hit, fall too far or use a non-combat related skill.
Kaimick, can you please suggest some way to cut the backgrounds from the characters?
The devs have deliberately locked that part of the map—they’re investigating the effects of a cabbage shortage in the GW2 economy. But a few bots were able to get in there and now 2 or 3 sellers have a monopoly control on the cabbage price. Sux so bad.
That you can not do this, is a serious WTF situation. But I’d bet my left arm the devs know about it already.
Swimsuits as town clothing please—and a communal swimming pool!—
The sewer water in Lion’s Arch is just… well, just don’t ask if anything lives down there!
By “part of the world environment”, I meant that “The Mists” exist within the same ‘world’ (universe) that Guild Wars 2 is set in. Therefore, it is logical that a 100% exploration achievement be given to those who have in fact, explored 100% of the ‘world’.
I don’t even see the code. All I see is blonde, brunette, red-head.
Implement a “Dark Room”;
1) A completely empty room with black walls and adjustable light source.
2) The player can move about freely or select from a variety of ‘action’ poses.
3) Can take screen shots of those poses (or video from a 3rd party capture program)
The purpose should be obvious to artists and video capture enthusiasts.
Love the ideas!
Here’s one of mine;
Allow all acquired mini-pets to be accessable at any time without first having to go to your bank to switch them in and out.
“The Mists” are a part of the world environment. Logically, it should be included.
But I see your point. I would suggest taking your group of friends in with you to acquire those remaining points.
Look, its idiotic that the Ranger pets remain “juvenile” forever—I don’t necessarily care whether they get more skills blah blah. But again, more is often better.
Eir Stegalkin’s black wolf Garm is not a juvenile—I want what she’s got.
Devs, give it to us already, please.
The Guild Wars 2 project was/is simply too large to pull off each module with 100% quality production values.
You’ve got four major modules; Personal Story, PvE, WvW and PvP and all the content that goes with each—there’s no way all of them could have been released at 100% without going into some major red ink.
You can’t cater perfectly to all of the varying types of customers, and when you have to compromise which do you go cheap on? Obviously Personal Story because the game is first and foremost billed as an MMORPG.
How sad it is that not even the developer’s care.
My main’s personality is 100% charm. My alt’s is 100% dignity.
What’s the point? Devs?
Oh for pete’s sake, this is an MMORPG or “Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game”.
“Personal stories” without any “intervention of another” would be the most boring story (if you could even call it that) ever conceived.
However, whilst I see OP’s point, I think the OP’s demand is unreasonable, given that the other 99% of the personal story is doable entirely alone.
I 100% support the idea of having selectable weapon stances and/or ready positions.
For example, my powerful Norn female does not need to drag her great sword on the ground due to its weight.*
Great swords in real life aren’t even that heavy—its an idiotic misconception.
There is this epicly-sized and beautiful “underground” mountain cavern system in Hoelbrak—completely barren of players. What a waste!—Anet should do something with such a vast, pretty area.
I empathise with your longing to return to good times, fine memories.
However, just as it is in real life so it is for games—you can almost never go back, and even when you can, it’s never the same.
The good times you had were for that time only, cherish their memory as you move on to greater things.
Love the underwater areas—wish there was actually more down there to do. Empty space is such a waste.
I think level restrictions on food items are idiotic.
“OMG! This level 39 Pepperoni Cheese Pizza is just too bad kitten —I can’t take it!”
There’s a better way.
Need clickable buttons for emotes—don’t want to take hands away from mouse and keyboard position.
Anet, your current range of available emotes is awful—do something.
All Katana (note no plural ‘s’) are intended in general, to be held at the ready with two hands. Some cuts use both hands, while others depending on the previous cut and direction of motion, momentarily shift from a two handed grip to a one handed one.
Two-handed sword styles, generally make use of a Wakizashi (short sword) and a Katana (long sword). And then you’re talking about a different kettle of sushi.
Watch some Samurai flicks, or even Conan the Barbarian—better yet, study some swordplay yourself!
Katana for assassin?
Katana is just a type of sword skin.. it’s not a new weapon.
Katanas are light 2h swords, while great swords are massive. It is like a sword to a dagger.
Not all katanas are two handed.
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Our character models, printed on 3D printers in a pose and size that (ideally) we select.
(I’d buy one or more of my characters)
After all, this is our story. 10 years or more on, I wouldn’t mind a physical, tangible memory of what transpired here.
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Suggestions
1)The parry and riposte skill available with the greatsword (skill #4) has an amazing animation and gameplay mechanic. Imagine bosses using a similar skill/exciting animation against the player.
2) A boss could get its weapon stuck in the ground or building wall/pillar, at which point players would need to run up the blade/arm and strike at the head before the boss frees his weapon.
3) Three of the five players would need to use a chain/net weapon to ensnare the boss and hold the chains, while the other two attack. The boss would occasionally break free and rampage knocking everyone down etc. until he can be ensnared again.
Complaints
A big theme which you’ve probably noticed is “Time/Effort vs Reward”—right now, the dungeon fights bore, not only from the sheer lack of imagination in those fight mechanics, but also the length of the fights. Then to top it off, the rewards for enduring it are inexplicably disheartening.
Bottom line; Create exciting, interactive battles and the community might forgive heartbreakingly lackluster rewards. But dishing up both boring content and rubbish rewards is unforgivable.
@Ba air,
I’m not saying the idea of not being able to look like an NPC is dumb. I get that.
I’m saying its lame how we’re so limited in base face shapes and sliders.But we’re not really limited? The Sylvari get a ton of faces and the sliders are plenty to create some really unique looks. Not getting a few faces for NPCs is not limiting us much.
Take a look at some other MMOs, or even single player games. (Age of Conan or Aion for example). Then you will notice how limited Guild Wars 2 is in this respect.
If I’m level 80 Norn/human/Asura whatever, I should be able to hold my own against a level 80 opponent of the same level. If I can’t, then that should mean that the opponent is something like level 90, 100, or 150.
I swear, all the dungeon bosses seem like level 50 demi-gods. It doesn’t make sense. I want to be able to be as powerful as them.
Yep. All links in e-mails from Arenanet fail EVERYTIME.
It is so frustrating. What is their problem?
Anet,
Thank you! The FotM dungeons are absolutely fantastic!
The creativity, imagination, beautiful environments—its all just superb.
They’re fun and new. I am definitely hoping more content of this nature will be added in the future.
Hats off to all responsible at Anet!
Epic female abdominal, thigh, backside muscles… muscles all round really. My dream girls, really.
Yes, the helm exists, I have it for my Norn Ranger, though rarely wear it.
(It is therefore medium helmet armour)
There is one difference though, there are some short spikes on top of the helm.
The Soulbound/Account bound crap ruins this ideology.
>QQers
You can choose to buy a rare item or skin from the TP, but it would be if your choice to pay the high price tag for it. It would still be just as rare, since not everyone has tons of spare Gold to spend, or godly luck. Thus the item will maintain its status as something desired.
For all of you who just don’t get it;
Anet doesn’t hate random because random=gambling=more money than one-time sales.
Duh, hello!? Casinos? What if you could just go to Casinos and buy yourself what you wanted? I’d go there ONCE, buy myself 100 million dollars, leave, and never come back.
The random chests in GW2 keep you coming back over, and over, and over… You rant all day long, “Just put it in the gem shop”… Why would Anet want to do that? Really, think about it.
In every one of these kinds of posts the spirit is this, and I think game-devs need to get it;
Design challenging content that adapts to the number (power) of players attempting that challenge.
Why?
Because then, lone players AND parties can come away from that challenge truly saying, “I am awesome!”
What players have now is the feeling, “I’m too lame and weak, I can’t even kill a group of mischievous bandits.” and/or “this content has been made impossible, its contrived, bad design.”
Don’t create humanoid, human-size demi-god bosses. (Unless they’re demi-gods)
It doesn’t make sense having humanoid, human-size bosses that are physically the same size as player characters, that have god-like powers!—unless they are, in fact, demi-gods.
Bandit bosses with a gazillion HP and mega-damage attacks, for example.
It begs the question, “How do I become that powerful?”—We can’t (currently) so that’s lame.
Add interesting ‘quests’ for players to deliver goods to merchants. Not just any goods—specialty goods—in exchange for something else special.