Guild Wars 2

Nothing in the TP is needed to get ahead in the game … nothing. Boosters? Nope not used in the 3 yrs I have had the game. Skins? Nope not needed at all since there are no stats to them. Harvesting stuff? Nope not needed since you can find and get them for copper and silver in the game. Salvage equipment? Nope not needed since so many merchs sell them for very little copper or silver. Minis? Nope not needed since they do nothing but stand there and follow you.

There is nothing in or on the TP to make this game pay to win.

Element.4319:

I could honestly wait for Raids to be released in January 2016 if it means these major issues were to be looked into and corrected first. Fractals being where most of my salt lies.

Ummmmm raids will be released within a week ….. They said mid-November this year so that’s either this week or by next week.

LS3 should be starting up soon and if you don’t have HoT then you can’t play those episodes.

Tom Gore.4035:

Clovers are by far your least problem when crafting a legendary. Trust me. Money you will need on the other hand. Lots. Of. Money.

What money are you talking about? I am almost done with getting Bolt (had Zap drop) and paid no money/gold for anything. Just waiting on more clovers actually and since I don’t like “playing” the Mystic Toilet I am just waiting on one more monthly chest.
As for the “new” ones with the expansion, I am already collecting things just by playing the game. No rushing, grinding or buying off the TP needed as I don’t need any legendary to play. For me they are just cosmetic.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/hot/SPOILERS-WoodenPotatoes-story-review/first#post5739365
Already been talked about here.

What paywalls? I have seen no paywalls in over 3 yrs. I bought the core game for $75 and then I bought HoT expansion for $100 …. that’s it. No paywalls involved. If I didn’t want the expansion I would not have bought it. I am having fun in it and enjoying it quite a bit and happy I got it.

Whether I bought gems or not is immaterial since all those are optional anyway and were not needed to play the game.

No subscriptions is one of the things I like about ANet. I have been playing online games since the BBS days and I have never understood people paying $X for a game and then paying another $X a month just for the privilege to log into to play the game you just bought.

Yes you can change.
Yes you keep the upgrades you have already done.
No you will NOT have to pay the 100 gold again.
BUT you will have to do the fight again.

Oblivion.9032:

Although I do enjoy the Heart of Thorns to an extent, I have to say Guild Wars 2 seems to be going on a downward slope ever since its release. I admire and hate Arenanet’s “evolutionary” mechanic when it comes to MMORPGs, but the game has significantly declined in quality since I first got it near its release. Certainly the game has introduced some interesting mechanics since its inception, but in my opinion, Guild Wars 2 is definitely not a 9/10 MMO anymore.

And I have felt like it’s stayed the same great game that I started playing back in the GW1 days. Actually I think it’s gotten better since it’s not stagnant.

I paid $100 for the Ultimate version and so did at least 3 others that I know of. None of us have felt like we did not get our monies worth. We are having a blast and enjoying the game quite a bit actually, both playing in the HoT areas and in core Tyria where 3 of us are leveling a Rev the slow way, lol.

And why not? It’s another point of view.

I am playing the game and having fun. That’s all that matters to me. Story? I have not gone past the parts that I need to to get into VB. I haven’t finished the PS on any of my chars. I have not finished LS2 either. I played GW1 for years and had all the games and the one expansion they did for it and I think I only finished the story of one of them. For me the story is just there as something else for me to do in game. I have never given the story all that much effort in trying to remember all the details of all the chars and I know I am not the only one that thinks this way since there are lots of others that I play with that all have the same outlook on it.

So some guys review of it means nothing to me.

Actual mid-November is the 15th since there are 30 days to the month, which is a Sunday. I doubt very seriously that they will do a patch on a Sunday. So they may do the patch a little earlier during this week or they may take a few days extra and do it early next week. Me personally? I think it will be this week since some people just went as fast as possible and got full masteries already (thou why people do that is something that I have never understood and I have been playing online games a very long time.)

If minis cause issues at times with swimming, fighting and stuff then how many issues would mounts cause. I can just hear the complaints now. “I am 1/32 of an inch off my horse!! Why can’t you fix this issue? It’s making the game unplayable for EVERYONE!!”

Really? No mounts ……

Even if it has the same name it is considered somewhat different. By that I mean that if you want the achievement “Twice-Told Legend” you would need to have 2 of the same precursor drop or from the Mystic Toilet. You would need to make 2 of the same the “old” way. The ones made from the “new” way can only be done once so you cannot get that achievement the “new” way. If you don’t care about the achievement then do what you want with the precursor that drops.

(For myself I am not worried about the AP from it. I will only do 2 of the same if I happen to get 2 dropping from killing things. I don’t play the Mystic Toilet.)

There are new dungeons coming out. They are just called raids since they are for 10 people instead of 5.

Don’t forget that they said Wintersday will stay in Divinity’s Reach so there should be no needing to change the decorations from last year unless they add more I guess, lol.

It took me 2 years to get map completion in core Tyria. Not because I was waiting for anything but because I just did not feel the need to complete them all yet. So am I waiting for anything for HoT before doing map completion? Nope, I am just playing and having a good time while doing it. If I happen to come across a problem I will do a support ticket and then move on and wait till later to see if it’s fixed.
No matter how often they test it in-house they cannot find all the bugs. Impossible when you are talking only a few hundred (maybe) in the office while there are thousands in the real maps to play at once. Those in-house will probably not play the way the thousands play since the ones in the office know how its “supposed” to go while those not in the office will try to break it or get it to do things it’s not supposed to do, just human nature. (my husband would do that with robotic vehicles so often that his work finally would just tell him to go out and try to break it just to find the bugs)

vespers.1759:

I still haven’t pre-ordered. I don’t pre-order on principle because it doesn’t benefit the consumer. Yes, HoT is STILL a pre-order.

I’ll buy it when I see what all the features that they didn’t bother to finish before tearing HoT out of the development womb end up looking like. Currently HoT is grossly unfinished and Anet has even admitted this is true… Happens so frequently now… rush unfinished product out the door, apologize and promise to fix everything later.

We’ll see what raids, the missing WvW features and other missing components look like when they arrive. I’m certain they will not justify the price tag being 5/6th of the original game that has far far more content but i will likely buy because it seems having the new skills will be necessary to stay relevent in WvW which i where i spend most of my time.

If not i’ll find another game to play. Not a big deal.

No MMO is EVER finished. They all add over time. So saying the HoT is still a pre-order is just wrong. That’s like saying WoW is still pre-order and you won’t buy it till everything is released. It will never be finished until they shut the servers down. That is the nature of MMO’s.

First of all the F2P version has so many restrictions it’s just better to think of it as a trial that doesn’t have an end. Look it up.
Second – you can still play everything you did before the expansion, you just don’t get the things from the expansion like masteries.

Just as a disclaimer I did buy the expansion and have not found it “just dlc content” In my experience with it, it’s just very large and I have not even gone past the first map, not because I can’t but because I am having that much fun with where I am right now. I have not even done the 2nd part of the story since I am just playing around. Gotten enough of the masteries that I don’t even have to worry about all that gating and grinding some keep trying to say is in there. I don’t rush thru a game, never have and never will.

I paid the $100 for the Ultimate and so did my husband. He even then went onto to buy another $100 of gems. Neither one of us regret it at all. It’s a game and we enjoy it and have been enjoying it.

I just play and do what ever I feel like for that day and I make quite a bit of gold.

baalblade.8465:

I guess i will not buy Heart of Thorn :/ I might just come back later year and play Heart of Thorn for free.

In order to play HoT for free when ever they do another expansion means you would have to buy the next one … which will probably be more than the $50 this one was since it will be a couple years from now and you know how inflation works … things only get more expensive.

vespers.1759:

I still haven’t preordered.

Well since the game is already live it’s no wonder you can’t pre-order

I pre-purchased a while ago and have been having a blast in it.

Wait … you bought the game over a year ago and you are looking for a refund now because the core went F2P with very heavy restrictions?

While the legendries may have the same name they are not considered the same when it comes to the Twice-Told Legend achievement that you get from binding 2 of the same legendary. For that they have already said that you would have to still do 2 the “OLD” way of either having them drop or get them from the Mystic Toilet.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Historian_Dozza

The “OLD” ones still drop and/or made in the Mystic Toilet. You can make more than one of the “OLD” ones. As long as you don’t make them soulbound you can sell them on the TP if you want.

The “NEW” ones are part of the mastery system and can only be made ONCE and at least the precursor part is account bound and cannot be sold on the TP.

Rage Cube.4573:

PyrateSilly.4710:

If you want 2 of the same then you need to either have 2 of the same precursor drop or buy them off the TP. The old ones are still available to get for 2 of the same.

New Legendary precursors don’t drop.

I did say the OLD ones are still available since the only the OLD ones drop or are gotten from the TP …….. no where in there did I say the new ones from the masteries …….

Yes the SW ones count.
In the Maguuma jungle you won’t see any until you are close by to uncover that map part. (actually you won’t see any HP, POI, Heart or Vista until you uncover the part of the map it’s in and get close enough to them anyway, anywhere in the maps)

If you want 2 of the same then you need to either have 2 of the same precursor drop or buy them off the TP. The old ones are still available to get for 2 of the same.

So things for buying the expansion that those that don’t buy it don’t get? I am not seeing the problem here ……

BilboBaggins.5620:

As for the rest, I agree that ArenaNet has gone a long way away from their design philosophies of GW1 and seem to be catering to the WoW crowd. Heck we have raids in Guild Wars… RAIDS in Guild Wars!

Dungeon – 1 to 5 person dungeon
Raid – 5 to 10 persons dungeon

It’s still a dungeon, it just goes by a different name. Not sure why that other game started calling them something else … maybe to be unique? But they are all just dungeons. People have been asking for years both here and in game for dungeons to be more than 5 people. Now they allow people to have more together and some complain.

There are always a few things that get forgotten to be put into the patch notes. I know on the Wiki they put “Guild Wars 2 Wiki Notes” at the bottom of the patch notes for anything that people notice and was not put into the patch notes themselves.

I have redone it several times on the same char just to get the achievements. I will probably do it 2 or 3 more times to help my husband get his achievements. Not sure if it has to be the same char thou for these ones.
You can also redo any of the LS episodes to get them. For the LS ones it does have to be the same char to get the achievements.

Try the story instance again?

The other part of their stance is:
We are not responsible for anyone loosing gold on these.

But the caveat to that is if you and others report that the person selling is not delivering and they do find it to be a pattern they will usually take action. But everyone would have to report the person doing the selling but not delivering.

He is still in Lion’s Arch and has been all year
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Sonder_the_Seller
You might want to try seeing what he has or is trading for

Of the “old” ones, you can craft as many as you have precursor’s.
The “new” ones that you do thru the mastery line, you can craft one of each legendary only.

I have Zap that dropped so I can craft Bolt from the “old” way.
I am actually doing 3 or 4 legendries’ at a time thru the mastery way. (I may go ahead and talk to the legendary mastery guy in Lion’s Arch to open more to collect more things while wondering around and just playing, lol.)

Did you actually download the 64bit client or did you think it was downloaded with the update today?
From what I understand you can go back to the 32bit if you needed to

I have been playing since beta 3 yrs ago. Evens out to about 2 to 3 hours a day. I have never yet grinded anything or anywhere. I am now working on 3 or 4 legendaries at a time. Grinding? Nope just playing and the parts are appearing from the drops from killing things just from playing the game.
I don’t rush in any game to get to “end game” since to me “end game” means that when you get to that the game is done and I don’t want the game to end, I am enjoying it quite a bit.

The “old” ones can still drop but you now have a way to craft them without them dropping.

This is an option that will show you the direction of what you are still missing

Content Guide — Select which content is tracked in the upper right corner of GUI. By default, prioritizes personal story, then events, then undiscovered map locations.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Options

Do guild missions, treks, etc to earn the experiance

This will explain how many you can have at one time:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Character_Slot_Expansion

Agemnon.4608:

PyrateSilly.4710:

Why would it be “finished” when the story and stuff will continue with Living Story 3? It’s a To Be Continued situation.

I hope living story 3 leads into the next expansion, maybe to the Far Shiverpeaks or an Inquest themed expansion?

They started off with wanting to do only Living Story for dlc, then started on an expansion since people wanted a large chunk at once and to be able to pay for it. They have already said that they will be doing a combo of LS dlc and expansions from now on, that is unless another way comes along. They have also said that the LS will be continuing the story from where it stops in the expansion and that the only way to play the new LS3 (when they start back up) is if you have HoT since it will take place/start in the new areas. So what we got from the expansion is not all that’s coming down the road for HoT/GW2. Thing is people don’t want to count what is coming from LS3 since they can’t touch and see it yet. We got loads of stuff from LS1 and LS2 but people tend to discount it since it was spread out over 2 1/2 yrs or so and to them it wasn’t enough to even consider. Honestly I haven’t even finished LS2, been playing so much just doing so many other things I never rushed to get it done. I will do it eventually thou

Why would it be “finished” when the story and stuff will continue with Living Story 3? It’s a To Be Continued situation.

If you looked at the Dev notes for all the patches we have had since it went live you would see at the top of pretty much every note “Fixed Server Crash” and/or “Fixed Client Crash” which means they are fixing as fast as they can with what information we send them about the details behind the scenes when it crashes.

Kobra X.6903:

PyrateSilly.4710:

I don’t. I am having a blast just exploring VB at the moment. I haven’t even left that one to go to the next yet, lol. I keep finding new things.

I love it when people add this useful info….. No you are right its Not what it needs to be. Just because you are having fun does not mean that things are ok… People saying things like this are preventing reconciliation.

If I am having fun than things are ok. I don’t think anything needs to change. It is supposed to be things to work towards as long term goals. You are not having fun and that’s your problem, not mine. I am enjoying it quite a bit and have not found anything yet to not have fun with. When my husband has time to log in he is also having fun with it. I asked him if got to the 2nd quest part after upping his gliding and he was just playing and having fun so much he didn’t even notice the story blocked or unblocked with getting gliding.
You see neither one of us has ever rushed to see how far and how fast we can get thru content. We enjoy it and just play to have fun. We started playing online games back in the very old BBS days so I guess you can say that we have played quite a few games and stuff, lol. We have too many things I real life that can be stressful so why should we play a game that makes us stressed?

nobleroar.2078:

Players who really play the game and not touching the TP will not earn as much as those who plays the TP solely. Unless that player spend a ton of time grinding gold or exchanging gems for gold.
Personally, I feel that the game is becoming more of an economics game, looking at the direction of decisions made by Anet such as Night Fury, precursor crafting, etc. Yes, it is an MMORPG whereby trading is or can be a big thing for player base but still, the amount of gold sink into TP is getting a bit ridiculous when player can never enjoy the content without having enough gold.

I play the game, and I am having fun while doing it by the way, but I do not play the TP. I have more gold then I know what to do with. So that blows that out of the water. I don’t “grind” I just play doing what part I feel like doing when I log in, and I log in pretty much every day. I don’t rush to do everything all at once either. Oh I have been playing for 3 yrs, ever since the beta and headstart.

If you need help with information then you can go the Wiki. You can access the wiki thru the very top line of this page – guildwars2.com – Forums – Support – Wiki

You can also access the wiki while in the game thru the chat, just type /wiki space and then what you are looking for a.k.a. /wiki Tyria

One other site that I use for figuring things out when I am stumped is http://dulfy.net/
One time the Devs were asked if they ever put “easter eggs” into the game for people to find, they said that yes they did but Dulfy was on the ball and would find them fast for everyone, lol. They were fine with that.

I don’t. I am having a blast just exploring VB at the moment. I haven’t even left that one to go to the next yet, lol. I keep finding new things.

I have been playing since it came out 3 yrs ago just about every day. I have not been bored and I have had no problems with the rewards at all. I just play to have fun and fun is what I have been having.