Guild Wars 2

Stormleaf.1769:

If you’re someone who feels there shouldn’t be any more events, then just ignore them when they occur. That way, everyone wins.

That doens’t make any sense at all.

I love the events…. I just don’t enjoy the idea that I need top be online at the exact right moment to see tham. “Ignoring” them doesn’t solve the problem at all.

I agree with the OP here. Even if the lag issues were fixed, it’s still a bad idea.

Not everyone plays at the same time so for every guy that feels a small amount of coolness factor there are 2 more frustrated players who are missing out.

You can get the same exact fun / excitment from an event that happens many times over the course of a weekend as you can from a one time thing, so why make it so frustrating?

sceptus.9415:

Raincrow – pot meet kettle.

Huh? I could not care less about Jumping Puzzles OR Alt-F4ing… so how am I the pot or the kettle?

Game is better without it.

zastari.1730:

Well, we kinda knew that ANet was lying once ascended items had direct stat improvements.

I don’t think they were “lying”. I think they’ve fallen for the trap that many other MMO makers fall for… they’re listening to vocal minority…. hard core raiders who hit level 80 and complain that their’s no “end game”… when in fact post level 80 there is lots to do already.

But still, these people who can’t escape from the WoW mindset demand a gear grind and sadly ANet is listening.

Wow… if it’s not the Jump Puzzle you TC people will find some other meaningless thing to point fingers about.

It’s been fun this week, but so tired of being outnumbered 3-1 if not more.

The problem is there isn’t much reward / fun in defending, let alone making supply runs to set up defensive siege.

Most people roll a class they enjoy playing and go into WvW expecting to use that class to fight the enemy. I didn’t roll a ballista class at character creation… why would I want to play one in WvW?

/agree with the Op

I have no desire to do stupid 5 man dungeons, and the idea that I need to in order to complete my “personal” story is total nonsense.

And no, the 10 year old excuse that “it’s an MMO you should group” is NOT valid.

The fact that it’s an MMO has not effected my enjoyment of playing it SOLO for the past 80 levels… why in the hell should I be forced to play a game I WAS enjoying in a way I dislike now? Because it’s labeled an “MMO” and no other reason than that? Ridiculous.

OldFrightful.2469:

I don’t think TC players would be trolling around as such if we were in danger of playing for second.

Not talking about TC, sorry. You’ve got 1st in the bag.

Just feels like, as good as this week was, it could have been better if…
A. CD wasn’t so outnumbered
B. Yaks cared more about first than pushing CD down a tier
C. Jumping Puzzles weren’t in the WvW zones at all

Rpgtabbycat.5869:

The honest answer is that it has been easier to take stuff from Crystal Desert on their home borderlands than it has been to take stuff from Yaks Bend. Yaks tend to fight harder and have more players on for a longer period of time. In a war of any kind it makes sense to take from the weakest enemy first before you move on to the stronger ones. Especially when the goal of the game is to make the most points in order to win.

But CD already knows this because they use our down time to their advantage to roll across our map when we don’t have a lot of players on. That doesn’t really bother us too much because we know that later on during our prime time we will take it all back and then take your stuff too.

Just seems like playing for 2nd place to me.

Furienify.5738:

Honestly, it was a joke

Talks of ~~conspiracy~~ seem par for the course in these threads.

If it was a joke, why do you guys spend so much time and effort in CD borders? Why waste 6 golems on CD’s keep (and make a video of it even), when you could have been making a run at first place instead?

Usagi.4835:

Not really. Don’t play the victim card and sidestep comments some people have made about Tarnished Coast on this thread. You know who are you, and you’re not innocent

When you actually admit to focusing on the 3rd place server to get them out of the tier, it’s not really a “victim card” is it?

ykyk.2740:

people report massive CD presence griefing the puzzles…amusement? Sympathy?

That’s the joke though. It’s not a massive number of people. It’s just a small group of people who do it. When we’re basically outnumberd 3-1, being attacked by two servers at once, pulling those few people out of the puzzle really isn’t going to make a difference.

Honestly, if you’re THAT mad about this whole jump puzzle thing, form a group and clear it out, like every other server does. This constant complaining on the PvP forums is just sooo annoying.

Even worse is the idea that entire guilds are focusing on CD and ignoring the other server, for no other reason than… the jumping puzzle???

This has been a great week of fighting for those of us who actually care about PvP. All this anamosity towards CD over trivial matters is tarnishing what is actually a pretty epic matchup.

Sunshine.3452:

Yes Seriously.. this is how most of the people I know feel

Then we must be doing something right.

Furienify.5738:

We’re talking an organized, multi-guild effort to completely oppress Crystal Desert into the lower tiers.

That’s been obvious all week, sad, but obvious.

Furienify.5738:

Crystal Desert is fielding guild groups to lock out our PvErs and folks looking to make Legendaries – one of our foremost backers, at least financially, in our WvW efforts.

So then it makes sense that we contune to camp the puzzle. Welcome to higher tiers.

I’ve never seen so much complaining over a jumping puzzle…..

Sunshine.3452:

Dude don’t go on about it.. it’s CD.. we gonna push them into T4 and we will be done whith those hypocrite whiners, also YES we focus you guys because we want you out of T3.

I mean… seriously??

Sunshine.3452:

And what about the mindless nightcapping zerg of CD that just WvDoors goes from borderland to borderland with 80 people, and once they see resistance they leave instantly? :P

Well, the difference is we’re in 3rd place and need all the points we can get during the only time we really have a chance to pressure the other two servers. During the night shift the goal is usually to take as many points as possible, because it’s harder for the lower pops to take them back.

We also have this huge issue where we need to defend our borders constantly throughout the day from both servers, (which baffles me a bit as to why the Yaks aren’t spending more man power in TC borders). With so much pressure in our home territory, trying to hold points in enemy borders is a lost cause.

CD has it’s own shortcomings to be sure, but “mindless zerging” is more of a luxury we can’t afford than anything else.

Ps. We’re just discussing strategy here…
Like I said…. “I really don’t see why some of you are so defensive about it to be honest.”

Usagi.4835:

That post was directed at everyone who said we zerg all over the place. It’s ironic

Not really… Every server has zergs. At times it’s even a good strat to zerg the other team’s borders. I actually wish CD would do it more often.

The complaint with TC’s zerg was about the unwillingness to fight, or attempt to take defended points when they could just zerg around avoiding combat. I would think this is due to having a large number of lower level players, which is fine. TC has a larger WvW population and many of your strategies reflect that.

I really don’t see why some of you are so defensive about it to be honest.

Yak’s just playing for 2nd place at this point?

Avatara.1042:

STEALTH is what they need to nerf most.

I disagree. I don’t mind if a thief can stealth well and often. As has been said there are counters to it. I’d much rather have somone put conditions on me and go into stealth than one shot me any day.

I don’t play a stealth class, so maybe I’m way off, but the last day or two It’s seemed as though there has been a bit of delay when I try to use certain abilities. Most noticably my heal skill, and auto attack. Feels like I have to press the key and hold it for a second before they’ll actually work, when just a couple days ago a quick tap did the job.

Not sure, but it could be something to watch for if you’re having stealth problems.

Honnor.6295:

WE SAID NO!

As a CD player who already respected Yak’s Bend, I’d like to say your status has grown even more in my eyes. Very honorable of you to turn this offer down.

Siege weapons are stong enough as is. I like to feel like I can make a difference as an individual player, throuh use of my skills and fighting ability. If siege weapons become even more important it just becomes a battle of who has the most gold / siege. I’d personally rather siege was less important than it is right now.

Also, I like the Orange swords. It’s nice to know where the action is. Maybe guards standing around in a tower watching for the enemy makes sense in real life but in a game, it’s not fun. I mean, if you want to RP a guard and stand watch for hours, go for it. I really don’t see many people enjoying it as a game mechanic.

Come to Crystal Desert.
Since you’re comming from Henge of Denravi you might have notived we’re a strong server, but not “the best”…. We’re in the middle of an awesome battle right now, check the Tarnished Coast/Crystal Desert/Yak’s Bend thread for more info. We have some really skilled players, but we lack numbers. We just need a few more dedicated PvPers to tip the scales. Good luck no matter what you pick!

As a player on Crystal Desert I want to commend Tarnished Coast on a fun week of PvP! You’ve got a very active server, but also some well organized tactics.

I think some of the confusion about your “60 man zerg” is, that from what I can tell TC does run around fairly often in big zerg, just taking undefended keeps, but this is really only in the border lands, and usually during off hours. In EB you’ve been playing smart, like an organized team. To Crystal Desert, it’s not that hard to break these zergs if you hit them as an organized force.

On a bit of a sour grapes note… I’ve noticed a bit of uncalled for arrogance on TC as well. A bit too much dancing on corpses for my taste, and spawn camping in Halloween outfits is a bit pompous, imo. Obviously every server has this type of player, but I’ve seen it much more often this week than in the past.

This goes out to everyone, don’t make your server look bad with tasteless individual behavior.

Without a dungeon finder I will most likely never step foot in a dungeon.

Here’s the problem… “Dungeons” as they are called here, have never been done for fun, in any MMO. Forced group content, elitist mentality, end game content that most players won’t ever do, etc. I personally hope it is left out of GW2 forever.

For the most part, this type of content isn’t fun at all, and when people complain that they are “unrewarding” what they’re really saying is… “This content isn’t fun, so if you don’t bribe people to do it, they won’t”….

So please, don’t fall for the trap of making these things over rewarding so that people feel forced to do them. Making them part of the monthly is bad enough.

Try to make them easier to get into, easier to find a group. Try to make them more fun if you can. But please do not cave in to those who only want better rewards for content that a large number of players do not enjoy.

I don’t really understand why items are “soulbound” as oppsed to account bound anyway. Seems it causes more problems than it’s worth.

You people do realize that you’re playing an MMO WITH NO MONTHLY FEE…. Right?

You think they’re just going to give the best stuff in the game away for free? How do you expect this game to even survive if you can get awesome loot from a 5 minute quest?

I hate twitch based game play, which is why I hate jumping puzzles. Not just this one, but all of them. I tried the clock tower, 3 times, knew it wasn’t for me, and moved on.

Went back to doing the things I enjoy and didn’t look back.

Well, if I were you I’d simply ignore it. It’s either a bug, part of the story, or a pointless addition to a counter that doens’t correctly reflect the number of times your character has died. Either way, it’s just a counter.

If you don’t feel your character has actually died, just contine on. It’s your rules after all, so the counter really shouldn’t matter.

Hmmm… while I agree with the overall theme of this thread (Events for all levels and play types) the complaint about the Death counter is very odd to me.

By entering the Mad King’s realm your character is in fact dead, and then returned to life once you’ve come back to earth. So based on the fact that this a fantasy world, with magic, spirits, portals to the after life, etc. It seems perfectly fair to me that your character, at least in this situation, has indeed died and returned to life. So while you might usually play in such a way that 1 death = perma death, the story of this event provides you with an explanation as to why your character is still alive after this one death. Seems to me it’s a good thing that the counter reflects this trip to the after life.

LoL… at doing the same level 35 dungeons over and over again with a full group of level 80’s and then bragging about how fast you were.

No one is impressed.