Guild Wars 2

Once Tixx is in LA you can repeat a cities instance for the same reward if you were doing it the first time on that day.

Everyone will end up with 500 cogs equally at the end of it.

I’m sure they have a logging system similar to logging who was able to loot the karka chest and as such didn’t recieve reimbursement

That has also been confirmed by A-Net that you are able to recieve your correct rewards and will be able to create 2 of the minis offered through the week.

You can buy the minis for 350 gems each from the gem store

tom.7468:

the next heavy armor class should be the barbarian

Barabarians are basically Warriors.
Like Guardians are basically Paladins.

You are able to get your rewards if you haven’t recieved them during the week.

If you have recieved them, you’ll be getting the presents

Also, Don’t forget the chest!!! That does re-spawn at the end of each dungeon I’ve forgotten mine so many times and had to re-enter the dungeon lmao

If you put your Snowman, Golem and Infinarium (All acquired from the Wintersday Box in the BLTC Gem Store) with 50 magical stuffing,. you get the Baby Quaggan Mini I believe.

As far as I am aware (And I think this has been confirmed by A-Net), you will be able to create only TWO of the mini pets from dungeons, as you will only be able to recieve 500 cogs.

Those who did not participate each day over the past 5 days, while Tixx was visiting each individual city will have a chance to replay the scenarios for their rewards (As this should be logged somewhere, same with the karka event issues where they could tell who was there and was able to recieve a chest), and those who have done it will still recieve the presents instead.

All other toys are still purchasable via the Black Lion Trading Company Gem Store for 350 gems a piece.

However, the other frames, stuffing and glue can be used to create tonics as well

My Guardian is fully support build in Givers gear (Toughness/Healing Power) and I actually thoroughly enjoy being a healer and mainly using my healing abilities/shouts to help my group… :/

So…. " I enjoy being a healer in GW2, said no one ever." should be changed to: “I enjoy being a healer in GW2, said Raebfle” XD

I personally don’t see a problem with it.

I’ve played games where the level cap gets raised, and as such it raises the bar for toons (or chars, whatever you call them). It introduces more content, skills, gear, and exciting bits and pieces, including (potentially), new lore to be discovered which would create more character development and plot development for things we don’t understand/know yet!

Not to mention, you can easily level 1-80 now in a ridiculous time frame, so the only issue that I see here is people being lazy about levelling what, 5 more levels (which you could possibly do in a day or two if you’re hardcore enough), and having to go back to dungeons to get new gear.
It still gives us things to do and things to look forward to

It’s exciting and I am all for it!!

Wouldn’t a ritualist be like a necromancer/mesmer combination? That wouldn’t be a heavy class I don’t think.

Death Knights just remind of WoW and are clunky lol.

Yeah we had 1 person fall off the airship and after 2 minutes of freefall they decided to just waypoint back to us :P

The best I got was the staff off the QM – The skin on it is pretty epic though

But yeah. I was so let down with it

Always have 1 guild that is a ‘mob’ guild – That is, made up of people to run dungeons/WvW/sPvP etc. It’s not usually a serious hardcore guild, just a collection of people who like the same things

Power.2957:

Considering that games like WoW or Aion make you wait hours or days before you can do certain instances another time, the existence of DR isn’t bad in that it “doesn’t exist in other games.”

WoW makes you wait a week for valor reset from dungeons, and raids have a 1 week lock before you can have the instance reset, but that’s about it, and it’s to stop people farming and getting all of their stuff in such a short period. Imagine being able to run end-game raids every day? How fast would you be geared?

The gear is supposed to be ‘hard’, in a sense, to get. It’s supposed to take time and work.

DR is one of the most amazing things I think. I haven’t had an issue with it so far, in any game i’ve played. I understand why it’s there and that’s the important thing.

I actually log on to the forums as soon as I wake up and have a poke around prior to playing, mainly because those who have been playing may have found bugs or issues ingame. I like to be notified of these things before I go there and find out the hard way.

I don’t think people who are here and post a lot (I know I have started to) are ‘Haters’ or ‘QQ-ing’ – Yes, I have expressed my frustration over some things, but I don’t hate on a game I spent money on and spend my free time on, nor do I ‘QQ’ about it. I merely write my frustrations on here to bring them in to the light and hope to find other people who may have had the same experiences as me, and may be able to offer me some advice or way to bypass (If it can be bypassed), or if not, it will at least bring it to A-Nets attention

I think you should scout the forums some more, because all of the posts on here aren’t negative or filled with any frustration.

However, when you see people posting threads venting frustration about being DC’d on the final boss of the last fractal and being unable to re-enter the instance, or people being DC’d during world events (Or not being able to participate at all), then you must put yourself in their shoes and try to see their point of view.
You may then find that it’s not hating or QQing, but merely a little frustration for a valid reason.

What would be the point of having access to the other orders, when we are put into a position to choose ONE order to join.

Regardless if they all join together in the fight against Zhaitan. You chose ONE order to join, not three. Therefore, it would be a complete waste of time to implement that, in the personal story in the first place.

You align yourself with just one order, and that’s it. You don’t have access to the other orders, their HQs, their weaponsmiths/armorsmiths etc.

If you want to join the other orders, roll another toon.
If we could just finish the personal story and go visiting all the other orders because they ‘joined in a war effort’, defeats the entire purpose of alignment, and there would be no point in doing the story on another character to experience the other orders.

Tybalt

Though I agree. Logan should have died at the end. Sacrificed himself for the greater good, kind of thing.

If you’re having trouble, ask a friend or guildies to come along and help you out It’ll go by a lot faster, and you won’t have issues. Make sure they’re sufficient level/gear though Even 1 level 80 in exotics will be able to pull you through easily.

I’ve done this 2 times and both times haven’t been an issue, I haven’t been downed or died completely (That I recall, anyway)

I typically get my partner, or a friend to pull me through story mode on their level 80s, until I get up to around 70 (on the story mode), then I level through to 80 and get my exotic gear and finish it up

It’s story mode.
Not Explorer mode.

You wouldn’t expect to get a 35 rare for doing AC story :/

Nayru.3947:

Rhysati.4932:

fellyn.5083:

Class identity. There’s no reason why every class needs to be able to wear every armor type.

Sure there is. It’s called ‘Fun’. Maybe you’ve heard of it?

So all professions should wear the same armour because it’s fun. K bro

^ Lol. How is it ‘Fun’ to wear the same armor?

If my charr warrior was forced to wear some of the getups for light armor, i’d be upset. lmfao.

So last night I did (And completed in the first run), my Personal Story, alongside 2 friends who haven’t raised their stories past level 10, and 2 others who were also up to Zhaitan.

Most of it was touch and go for us, as none of us had been to Arah before, and we had to learn as we went. Some of them were super easy, some fights were a drag until we worked it out.

The most frustrating thing, I think (This is for me personally, some others might not agree) was the mass AoE damage and risen spawning when you have to kill 2 dragons at once on the airship with cannons that for some reason, don’t like shooting said dragons.

That was cool though, did that and got to Zhaitan.

Now, my question is, was anybody else considerably disappointed in this fight?
I was thinking, ‘Elder Dragon! YES! Epic fight, inc!’, but alas it was not to be.

I dunno. Maybe other people had fun with this fight, but I really think it was such a let down as a boss fight, and also as completion of personal story rewards. 3 greens out of the loot box. :/ You get exotics for finishing the map of Cursed Shores… surely personal story is worth more than that?

In all, the story was cool, the Vigil gear is nifty, but I wish Zhaitan was a bit more exciting.

fony.5102:

Karizee.8076:

Use a stability skill or trait if you have one:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Stability

Or an Order of the Whispers Spy Kit if you don’t:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Order_of_Whispers_Spy_Kit

they strip boons off. anyway, you can dodge all graveling scavenger KD chains. they do a damned obvious rearing back animation followed by a slow enough leap. sparks fly out their kitten when they are about to pounce. dodge roll and continue dps. also, even if it’s the boss(rumblus) or the champion…CC moves will interrupt the attacks once they’ve caught someone, so don’t just stand there like a fool watching your party die to it.

stun breakers and stability are nothing to these guys. they CHAIN the attacks, so unless you hit the kitten with a CC, prepare to get KD again. KD, KB, Stun, Daze, blowout make them stop the move entirely and do something else. if they already have someone down they continue the animation but the actual hits stop once cc’d.

I was talking about Path 2 in CoF, not AC

I can easily do AC without a problem.

I had an issue yesterday where Detha wasn’t triggering the event to fix the cannons at all.

Jellies followed us in the room, and didn’t reset, because one of the skelk ran in too, so they were fighting. We killed them and Detha just stood there like a dork :P

Most frustrating thing, ever.
So close, yet so, so, so far.

I can honestly say I have never died on CR in AC before. Where i’ve had to respawn. Gone down but not died.

You can generally see the animation for the shout (Not the one that makes rocks fall down, but the actual shout), which is around a 270°(ish) cone.

The main thing I find with PuGs and my own group alike, is that because the animation shows a 90° cone infront of him, it can be a little confusing and misleading when you go down and you’re outside of his cone spectrum. I think if the animation for that was changed, to show how big his actual shout radius is, that’d help a lot

I usually just double dodge to the side, just to be safe :P

Ursan.7846:

Communicate with your team then. Or bring a stun breaker.

Before you ask Anet to change things, you should ask yourself and other people how you, yourself, can improve and do things differently to avoid these situations.

We run the group with 2 warriors, using Shake it Off, plus as a warrior myself, I also have a signet that removes conditions. Doesn’t alter it. You’d think 3 stun breakers would work. But continually being knocked down, means wasted signets/abilities

I also use Signet of the Dolyak which gives stability, and the other warrior uses stability, as well as our elementalists. We basically all run stability constantly

However, I think I may need to move people around. My guardian seems to be okay, but it’s just crap if we have someone that falls behind a little or moves back. The continually knock down is annoying.

In CoF, does anyone else have the problem where the spiders in Path 2 (to destroy the burrows) just chain knock you down until you’re dead?

This is seriously annoying if you can’t keep up with your group or you fall behind slightly and get swamped x.x

Please, please put a timer in where you can only be knocked down say once every 2 seconds or so, so you at least have time to get up and dodge out.

People realize that it’s a bot trying to send gold to another account, right?

Lmao. Nobody would post that legit looking for that price / post to show it off.

Okay. This is the 4th post about this ONE story piece about the tank being absolutely crap.

PLEASE get on top of these bugs and fix them! >.<

I have an issue with the exact same story step and i’m about ready to punch my pc in the face… err… screen.

I’m a charr aligned with the Vigil currently doing ‘The Steel Tide’ (Level 80) quest, and currently have the objective to use the tanks to stop the counter-attack.

However, whenever I use my tank… it bugs out (?)
As in, the cannon is completely to the left or right, and when I move it, it moves 3 times and then I am removed from the tank and have no control over it.
One I am removed, my character just jumps on the same spot like my game is having a seizure.

I try to enter the tank again and the cannon is now on the opposite side.

This doesn’t seem normal, and I hope it isn’t coded to happen this way, cause nothing is happening and it’s just not doing the story piece at all.
I’ve been attempting it for the better part of 15 minutes prior to writing this.

I haven’t had a problem on either of my 80s with the Ventari’s.

I have killed them easily on my Warrior (Fully CoF Armor, Signet GS/Rifle Build)
and on my Guardian (Toughness/Healing Power gear, Scepter & Shield/Staff build)

And before someone says ‘were you with a zerg group?! that’d be why they weren’t hard’, No. I solo present hunt, and I haven’t had an issue with dying.

You people who can put this on farm…

Please may I have your jedi skills?
Jumping puzzles I can do.
This one, I cannot.

I try, and try and try.
And eventually rage quit.

I really like the bell one though I’m 1st or 2nd each time for that lmao.

Chipaway.4596:

The number of threads with complaints does outnumber the ones actually grateful, I don’t mind the waiting too much. It’s actually refreshing to play a game where they deliver such large amounts of free stuff. Yay Anet!

:D
I’m not actually downloading, cause it’s only 3.30pm here so it’s not like I can’t do it later. Getting lost in youtube ftw!!!

But aren’t you doing just that? Complaining about complainers?

Obviously people are going to be upset. They’ve waited a while for it – It’s like Diablo 3 again, where there is an overload and as such, strain is being put on the servers which is causing issues.
It’s like being shown something you want, but saying you can’t have it.

People are allowed to be a little upset lmao. It’s not like it’s a 1 off thing, where this hasn’t happened before

KniL.5126:

same here
don’t dissapoint me Arena Net please

I think we’re past the point of no return for this one :P

It’s 3.30pm here on a Saturday – Not really prime time lol

I’m getting it so I shut the program off for a while.

Cbf trying to roll through connection errors lmao

Doing Path 2 of CoF and Scholar Magg won’t trigger the event to start the devourer nest clean-up. When we press ‘F’ to talk to him to attempt to start it, I get a flash up of my karma and gold on my screen.

Everybody is inside the little cave-y things and the NPC is with us, but he isn’t triggering.

AnthonyOrdon.3926:

Any rewards tied to a specific day will be attainable when those days are available for replay at the end.

From players in NZ – Thank you a million times over!!!!

It’s so difficult to try and re-arrange all of my day/work/study to fit in with the US times for things. So THANK YOU!

Wolfey.3407:

p.s. $20 says ill get infracted for saying nerd rage :rolls eyes:

I’m going to admit. I nerd rage… hard. :P
Everyone does, even if they say they don’t.

Though to be honest, I won’t be able to play much and checking the 10am times on the wintersday stuff, that makes it around 6-7am in the morning for me, the following day – Since i’m in NZ.

I already missed out on the Karka event because of the time it was set up

I hope in the future they can set it up where it runs for a while like Winters Day will be doing (Hopefully the toymaker is in each zone for the whole day so I can visit it when I get up and have time lol)

azurrei.5691:

Raebfle.5914:

Mine have changed and say December and i’m back at nothing with the ????’s in place where the Karka farming and what not was for November

Does that mean Dungeons are part of the December monthly?

I think it will have something to do with the christmas event.

Honestly, I don’t know why mine has swapped over but it’s annoying and I was just wondering if it had happened to anyone else >.< I was so close to my monthly too

Mine have changed and say December and i’m back at nothing with the ????’s in place where the Karka farming and what not was for November

So. I’ve just had a complete shock, by attempting to finish up my monthly with PvP kills and seeing that it’s changed over to December monthly.

Correct me if i’m wrong, but it’s still November.

And considering NZ time is ahead of American time, I imagine you guys won’t be hitting december before anyone else in the world.

Any clarification on WHEN a monthly resets, since it changes before the month changes.

Man. I couldn’t even do the freaking event cause of the stupid time zone differences and the fact that this was on a Monday morning here – They must believe we all live on welfare and can play OR change our schedules at any given time for an event we want to participate in. I’m still waiting to see an apology for that too. Don’t expect much.

They’re going to reimburse those who didn’t get loot but participated.
For those who missed the whole thing entirely though (The rest of the world outside of American times who actually HAVE jobs to go to on a Monday Morning) – I’m waiting for an apology for the horrible planning/execution of this. A nice thing would be a repeat for time zones that actually have lives outside of the game, but that would be asking a bit much I think.

They must be naive and think that their game is only purchased in America, and since America is ‘top country in the world’ we must all adhere to them. No.
I’d rather pay Blizzard a $15 monthly sub for well executed events that are easily accessible over a week, with minimal bug-outs & if there are, they’re fixed promptly. At least Blizzard set these kinds of things up because they actually realize their game is global, and wish to keep their customers happy and able to participate in events. -,-

Thanks ANet – You completely ruined my weekend and have nothing to say for it. Not even an explanation as to why this was poorly planned, if there is ANY chance for anyone else outside America to do this. Nothing. Ignorance, really is bliss.

Also, please be aware that all of our negative feedmake may get lost in the ether again.

I don’t know.
Somehow I think I will be returning back to crappy graphics of WoW.
I’d rather deal with crap graphics but good planning and execution on world events, than good graphics but being unable to even participate. -.-

My feedback?
It’s selfish to expect those who live outside of the continental US to adhere to your times. If you are going to sell this game globally, and KNOWING that your game is being bought in different countries, you should plan events accordingly to include your customers, who ultimately are the backbone of this game/company. Without the customers this game wouldn’t be able to continue.
The whole event was a complete waste of time and I wish I hadn’t participated in any of it and spent my weekend doing something else, besides sitting next to Noll for 5 hours in the hope that a dev would come and fix the issue.
As for attempting to participate in the final boss event, psht. It finished on a Monday here, which I am sure A-Net took into consideration when they decided to post their 3 day bug-fest.

While I do thank them for the dungeon as that seems to be the only thing that actually works as it is intended to, the rest of the event seemed very unfair to those who live outside of America and have things like jobs.

As I have posted before, other MMO’s that I know of have world events and the like, and cater to people outside of the American time zones. They have bosses which are needed, in exclusive areas and are accessible 24/7. Bugs are fixed promptly and said events run for a week. For such hype, this was seriously underwhelming.

Look. I live in the North Island of NZ.
While I appreciate the new zone, I love the new dungeon, I don’t like the fact that those outside of the continental US must adhere to their times. They ran on californian time, which is 8am NZ time for a kick off. Finishing this at 8am on Monday is not cool. I personally did not enjoy any point of this event except for the dungeon and maybe some events in the new zone. The first phase on the first day bugged out at Noll, so I had to wait until they decided they would go in and fix it before I could continue.

I feel that as a customer of A-Net, having paid good money, it should be planned to take in to account that perhaps not everyone playing this game is actually American. On that note, I know of another american MMO that does world events however, bosses are in exclusive areas which are accessible at any time during the events to get the kill for the progression of it. The events run for a week and bugs are fixed promptly.

This event, after all of the hype, was disappointing to say the least.
However, still thankful for the dungeon/zone, I guess.