On my exotic Ranger armour I have various combinations of the power, precision, cond. damage and critical damage across the six pieces, and for all ascended rings and accessories all have a heavier weighting on toughness and precison.
I would like to be able to buy individual pieces from a set rather than the whole set.
($10 is too much when only one of six pieces is what you want)
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Well i struggle to find any, there is no dueling system to fight other players with your PvE gear, once Ascended gear fully comes out (Armor ect) Anet stated that they won’t be bringing out better armor.
Go and kill people in World vs World! I have spent 1000 hours in PvE, finally got my desired look and gear, and now I am fighting and killing (and getting killed) in WvW. It’s great!
Plus, I am confident that duelling will eventually be added—the upcoming content update seems to be a step in that direction!
How about a random censor word? I believe that would ‘fit’ the GW2 universe perfectly.
What are ‘raids’ and how do they differ from ‘dungeons’?
I don’t think it should work on already stealthed players. However, if one is first entangled and then uses stealth I think it should still hold them. That’s just plain logic.
I would argue that if the animation was just a little different, where you see roots pop out all around the ranger for the radius of the attack and try and grab onto something then disappear, anyone stealthed would be affected as well.
I would agree 100% if the roots were appearing randomly and trying to ‘latch’ onto whatever, but as it is—and I may be mistaken—the roots seem specifically target people like they had ‘eyes’ so to speak, so…
I’m so excited! It all sounds amazing. Thank you Anet, I can’t wait to get into it!
Not sure if you guys can feel the way we (I) do when you release content like this, but it’s awesome! Cheers!
I don’t think it should work on already stealthed players. However, if one is first entangled and then uses stealth I think it should still hold them. That’s just plain logic.
Go to www.gw2lfg.com and ‘tag’ onto a group looking for members. I’ve been in loads of groups where only 3 of the 5 were experienced players. You’ll get through, with just a little luck. I completed all 5 paths this way, many times over.
OP is perhaps a little overly emotional, but in general I agree;
Anet, please don’t fix what ain’t broken. The Ranger’s other problems like traits are waaay more in need of a fix.
Is your issue not related to the new instrument volume slider they added in the sound options?
I don’t run in-game, I walk. And I rarely use waypoints. More players should walk. It would add a lot to the game’s ambiance.
I walked about 50m in L.A. last night for a bit of roleplay. It looked and felt magnificent!
I would trade half—but only half—of the game’s waypoints for a speedy mount.
Cool, but also dangerous—people might be tempted to somehow ‘fix’ the ballot! xD
Btw, Ellen Kiel ftw! Honourable woman, can’t beat that.
Go and support Evon Gnashblade.
Keep in mind that the T3 culturals are rare not exotic, and they only come in one stat as well. More likely than not anyone buying them would also need to buy exotics of the desired stats and also transmutation crystals. More money on top of the already expensive skins.
I did this only just last night!
T3 Wolfborn vest and leggings—>skins transmuted onto CoF armour —> Arah Superior Orrian runes. (Quite the expensive undertaking for my middle class self!)
I think most people—if they tried—could empathise with Esplen’s sentiments.
I know it’s infuriating being ‘disturbed’ by enemy players when trying to accomplish a non-wvw/pvp related goal. The natural response is often to want to remove the problem entirely as Esplen is suggesting.
I don’t believe its the best solution. In fact, one could argue that the achievement is knowingly in such an infuriating location—requires cooperation with others to succeed.
In short; removing pvp is excessive, and removing the requirement for a wider achievement may defeat the purpose of the requirement. Find another way.
Actually you’re responding to me, not Erasculio. Just clearing that up.
lol whoops! Sorry Arkham.
That said my attitude is completely irrelevant if potential employers take one look at my resume, ball it up, and toss it into the trash without even talking to me.
I would be inclined to disagree, but we’d be moving further off topic. Suffice to say;
As a man thinketh, so he is. Nothing is random, it is only through the tiny ‘pinhole’ of our vision and understanding that things appear to be so. We reap what we sow. Cause and effect. Perseverance and good-will conquer all.
You’re delusional. I’ve been tested as above average intelligence, have a natural “gift” for science and mathematics, and a college education. Know what I do for a living? Wait tables at a Mexican restaurant. The real world doesn’t reward skill; it rewards prestige.
Oh it used to reward skill, back when men like Steve Jobs were starting out, but these days that isn’t true. These days it is all about how many big names you can toss at people. Who you know, and where you’ve been. Yeah I went to college, but I didn’t go to the right college for my education to be taken seriously. Yeah I’m pretty smart, but I don’t have the right people telling potential employers that. Things like skill and knowledge are irrelevant in the real world; just look at how we celebrate the most useless and brainless human beings and shower them with wealth.
Skilled….yeah right. What kind of “skill” does Paris Hilton have? Nothing unless you count “rich daddy.”
I’m sorry Erasculio, but what I am about to point out here may inadvertently upset you, but I intend no malice;
You will never get to meet “the right people”, nor will you go beyond waiting tables at a restaurant while you hold on to that “poor me” attitude.
This is because “the right people” will recognise that attitude immediately and overlook all of your science and mathematics skills and choose someone else perhaps less ‘intelligent’ but with a superior attitude.
Do not be disillusioned by your own supposed intelligence; it’s all useless if you don’t have what’s more important; a strength of will and good character.
You can begin honing that “good character” immediately by ceasing to envy and complain about people like Paris Hilton.
And for any waiters and waitresses out there; it’s a great job, a noble job—it is what you make it. People respect good waiters and waitresses. And what would we do without them?
Your real life metaphor fails, in that GW2, unlike the real world, doesn’t reward skill, rather time spent.
Erasculio, I disagree; it doesn’t fail. And GW2 does reward skill—it just depends on which skills. In fact, your own following statements support this.
“Oh, real life rewards time spent more than skill” – nope.
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In real life, “time spent” is being a Chinese factory worker, working 18 hours per day 6 days per week making repetitive and mindless motions that a bot could do – it’s almost exactly the description of grind, for the records. Meanwhile, “skill” is being someone like Steve Jobs.
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Exactly. The middle-to-low class workers, while still skilled in something, grind for pittance, while the other Rich people, also skilled (e.g. TP flippers: see real world investors, hard core dungeon runners: see people dedicated to achieving etc.
Now, who had a higher salary? A Chinese factory worker, or Steve Jobs? Guess who worked more hours per week? And guess who was more skilled?
Both parties are skilled. not necessarily more skilled, but they are different skills.
In GW2, the Chinese factory worker would get better rewards. That’s how all MMORPGs are, for the records.
You could liken The Chinese factory workers to be the hardcore dungeon speed runners and farmers, or you could liken them to the average gamer casually dipping into a bit of everything over and over—their wealth varying accordingly, but they will never be as rich as the TP flippers (Steve Jobs).
I’m going to tell it like it is;
One’s perspective on gold acquisition is directly tied to the price of items in the game, and how far one is from having that much gold (one’s personal rate of income)—and that’s exactly how it is in the real world—no brainer, but just think about this for a moment; There are lots of different people out there doing different things.
The Rich
‘Pro’ Trade Post flippers
Hardcore dungeon speed runners
Real-world wealthy gem buyers
One-time (or more) lucky RNG winners of high-priced items
The Middle-to-low income class
Everyone else
If you’re not in The Rich category of gamer, you will always “have to work quite a lot for [your] gold”. There is no way around this, not here in GW2 nor in the real world.
And finally, and this is an important concept—even if there was some ‘magical’ way for you to get more gold (as a “middle-to-low income class” gamer) the same would apply to everyone else as well, and prices for everything would naturally increase accordingly, and so you and everyone else would be in no different a situation.
So you need to decide where you want to be. If that ain’t in The Rich category, you’ll just need to be satisfied with your lot.
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The weather should change more often in all of the maps; more storms, wind and lightning flashes in the sky.
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Perhaps the weather could change depending on how ‘positive’ things were going with events in the region; i.e. Events in a state of “unattendedness” by players might bring about dark and stormy weather.
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The weather should change more often in all of the maps; more storms, wind and lightning flashes in the sky.
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Perhaps the weather could change depending on how ‘positive’ things were going with events in the region; i.e. Events in a state of “unattendedness” by players might bring about dark and stormy weather.
I would suggest adding a fee to all portals (including from the WvW and PvP Mysts) that lead to Lion’s Arch, provided the player has not been in the Mysts for less than 3 minutes.
This would stop the free teleport abuse, and not inconvenience ‘genuine’ Mysts players.
You don’t think ‘genuine’ WvW players would be inconvenienced if they couldn’t get into WvW because it was full.. of people waiting out their 3 minute timer?
Make it six minutes then. There will be a point where the ‘exploiters’ will not be willing to wait out that timer.
You know what else could give you an aerial tour of Tyria? [snip]That sounds cool. I think it should be called “Viewpoint” or… “Vista”.
No.
Controllable, hang gliders. Thanks. XD
Oh Karka! You mean the new camera system will be obligatory?? Scary.
Thank you Anet, Brilliant.
I am also very pleased at some of the other gifts too, such as the mailed Kite for spending gems.
Hang gliders
Players would climb to a high point (much like they do for the diving locations), and jump off the cliff with their hang glider. Epic way to get an aerial tour of Tyria.
Allow solo or a group of musicians to place a Busker’s coin collection box, whereby listening players could interact with the box and select to give various amounts of coin to the performer’s.
Uhm, they suck? (or as ArenaNet would say: they KITTEN?)
Uh, no not all of them—just the ones with the motorized design and animation—the swords.
The mechanically moving (animated) blade on the Aetherblade sword is the most ridiculous and ineffective-looking weapon I have ever seen. Thumbs down on design.
I would suggest adding a fee to all portals (including from the WvW and PvP Mysts) that lead to Lion’s Arch, provided the player has not been in the Mysts for less than 3 minutes.
This would stop the free teleport abuse, and not inconvenience ‘genuine’ Mysts players.
For PvE, Ranger because;
Broad selection of weapons, superior bow weapon skills over Thief
Pet companion can rezz you if you go down, and takes some of the ‘heat’ off of your character in combat
I don’t know how Anet could even attempt to reliably police macro-use.
Anyway, the spirit in which you need to play the game, is one without the intent to maliciously cheat. Would the use of your macro give you an indisputable unfair advantage in a competitive player vs player scenario?
Can’t lock pet can’t lock pet can’t lock pet can’t lock pet want to kill pet
Well then it just blows my mind that Anet releases beach/holiday themed content and then does not provide any swim wear in the gem shop.
And what about beach balls, umbrellas, beach BBQs, body boards to paddle on?
1) There’s one guy/girl creating content and so there isn’t enough time.
And/Or
2) There’s something wrong with the decision making process.I think what you want to play is Sims .-.
The developers created a “Style” section on the gem store for a reason. Admittedly, a lot of it is garbage imho, but if it’s there, why not fill it with some no-brainer interesting stuff? I just don’t understand the decisions being made there. Hence, I thought there might be some legal issues involved.
I am in full agreement.
It blows my mind that we have only seen ONE full set of additional armour added to the game (Aetherblade) since launch, and it’s not what I was looking for.
I hate the idea of going into battle with crap-looking equipment—I’ve spent 1000 hours grooming in PvE, only to not have it in PvP? No thanks. I’d rather WvW, and I do.
That said, the achievement reward chests that I have recently received sparked some interest, but the number of items and kinds of items I’ve received aren’t what I have in PvE and they’re not the ones I want.
Well, I didn’t know it worked that way—however, I don’t believe it would be difficult to add some logical math/condition to prevent this phenomenon.
Which removes the whole purpose of the dynamic part of the code.
But only for players above L80—which is the whole point, because the idea was that characters over L80 would perpetually be getting stronger. Anyway it ain’t happening, Anet have chosen their system of capped power for all characters so bleh.
I don’t believe there has ever been one sure-fire way to make gold in GW2, unless it has been via a gimmick—like CoF P1 with food buffs.
With that said, I have a question;
How is it possible for people to post items on the TP for prices in excess of 200G?
Rare dyes for example, are at that price and legendary weapons sit around the 1000G+ mark. After 1000 hours of play, I am just approaching the 200G mark myself, I can not comprehend how it is possible.
It’s mid summer, and still no sign of any swim wear.
Anet, may we have an official comment?
Downleveling scales your stats (in accordance with the strength of your gear) to what it would be at X level.
In a level 20 zone, a level 20 player with level 20 blue gear is stronger than a level 60 player with level 40 blue gear. This is because the level 20 player has gear for his level, although it isn’t the best gear (green), it’s still pretty good. The level 60 player has blue gear which is 2 tiers under the best (yellow) and the gear is 2/3 of his level, thus not giving him full benefit.
When getting downleveled, it dynamically changes your stats by applying a % chance. It figures out the percentage by comparing the Best in Slot of both levels and trying to balance it out. Of course, you’re still going to get some excess stats when getting downleveled, but it’s still a pretty good system.
If you were to progress past level 80, but weren’t able to get higher gear, you’d weaken over time (a level 180 player with level 80 gear would be ridiculously weak, relying only on base stats instead of stats from gear to actually kill mobs).
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Well, I didn’t know it worked that way—however, I don’t believe it would be difficult to add some logical math/condition to prevent this phenomenon.
For all the FPS hungry people out there, I would suggest going out and mowing a few lawns on weekends, save up your money and buy a decent graphics card—Nvidia GTX580 or higher.
That’s not the issue. Did you even read the thread ?
How is this not at least part of the issue?
Better hardware will solve performance issues—it’s that simple.
I realise that some people simply can not afford better hardware.
However, while it’s good practice to write optimized code/software, it is increasingly becoming less important, as powerful hardware is becoming available to a larger proportion of people.
In the optimization process, cost effectiveness and prospective profit plays a large part as well; How much profit can developers hope to receive via purchases in the gem store from people who are not even able to afford the average level of hardware necessary to run the game at reasonable settings?
Notwithstanding, developers do have an obligation to provide software that works at a satisfactory level, particularly on higher end hardware.
Some serious work needs to go into ‘fixing’ Ranger pets—Craftable Armour for pets could be a start.
I have spent over 800 hours with my Ranger main—I love it. Having said that;
1) It will take practice to learn how to control and swap out your pets effectively, and its important that you can do that—they’re a good part of the Ranger’s overall effectiveness.
2) I have had great success with the Short Bow/Long Bow combination and also the Shortbow/Greatsword combination. Despite what some people say about Rangers having low DPS; with the right traits, skills, use of conditions, and upgrades on your weapons you can put out some really nice damage, but more so over time (conditions)
3) The merit of Pet ‘rezz’; I can not count how many times I have called my pet to come and rez me when downed, and have consequently escaped death. Really useful! Having said that, there are times when you’re just sick of the kitten pet or it gets in the way by say inadvertently pulling mobs.
4) What you can take away from all this is that, Rangers are not the easiest class to play. They aren’t simply ‘this’ or ‘that’ like you might say a warrior is a tank. They’re a bit of a “Jack of all Trades” which is sometimes great but sometimes not what some of the more ‘hardcore’ players want in their group or dungeon run.
You can press ‘M’ to see the map, and you can see the level ranges for for each area. If you the area you are in is more than about levels higher than your character level, you will have a very hard time.
With that said;
Do any content you like within your level range. Look for Events (yellow circles on the map), and continue to look for hearts that you already know about. Also, crafting. Grab a crafting booster if you can, and hit the crafting stations! You’ll be able to bump yourself up quite quickly—provided you have the materials—which is why you’ll need to explore the maps and gather materials (which also give you XP just for gathering) GL!
Whip
for Rangers and Guardians
Staff
for Rangers
On leveling;
Highly recommend spending a bit of time in crafting, especially with a Crafting Booster.
You can bump yourself quite a few levels up in a short space of time.
Are you running in Windowed mode, or Full Screen mode? (Try taking pictures in each mode)
I often press the Print Screen button, and paste into Photoshop (or you could use Paint—comes with Windows)
But Pure Heart, that would make attaining skill points ridiculously hard after level 80.
Also, it would end up making you get weaker as you played longer as you would require gear at your appropriate level to maintain your strength as you will get downleveled, but your gear will stay at level 80.
Esplen,
I take your point on the Skill Points.
As for ‘getting weaker’ & ‘maintaining strength’, not so; The game environment would remain unchanged even as you progressed over L80 (enemies are not getting stronger). Down-leveling should operate as it does now—my understanding may be wrong—but it wouldn’t matter what level over 80 you were, you get leveled to a few levels above the zone you’re playing in. Also we’ll assuming down-leveling would cease after L80. No problem here. No?
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