Guild Wars 2

Lhos.1643:

Randulf.7614:

It funds the game

I like how for $50 we got fewer armor sets than there have been new outfits in the gem store since HoT’s release.

I don’t disagree at all the number of expac skins was low. However without the gem store, there is nothing to suggest we would have any more in game as rewards – they just wouldn’t pump anything out via the gem store, leaving less overall.

Do we need/want more in game skins as rewards? Yes – although the in game variety is more than most MMO’s I have played

That’s not a regular thing. I think they have only ever done that promotion maybe twice in the game’s lifetime and they advertise it on the website when they do.

Zabiyaka.2567:

They cant freakin do Wintersday properly in LA why they should bother some instrument?

LA is a multi cultural city. Wintersday is a human festival. They never do it in LA

Gutted I made all my logs yesterday now, lol

You can get it from a vendor now in Divinitys Reach – the bell I mean

Oh that is fine news!

I’m confused how an event is blocking your story progress. Can you identify the story step and event causing issue? I haven’t encountered this on any alt to be able to advise.

What’s the Reddit ref btw?

Vayne.8563:

I crafted Leaf of Kudzu. Really enjoyed the process. Probably Rogort next.

I’m going for Rodgort next too. It’s extremely material intensive to got from tier 1 to tier 2, however it’s a legendary I don’t see around very often. Looking forward to blinging ouy my Berserker.

It is all about looking like a dandy. Many of us make new toons rather than delete old ones to make particular styles once a look is perfected.

Zhaitan knew. Scarlet knew. Mordremoth knew…

The end is near. I hear a noise at the door, as of some immense slippery body lumbering against it. It shall not find me. God, that hand! The window! The window!

It funds the game
Makes my characters look pretty and others too
Offers convenience items
Is vastly superior to some mmo online stores
Takes almost nothing away from the game development since it is a separate team

The main criticisms I have, is that we need more earnable skins in game and the balance is skewed. But since the teams on each have separate and dfferent workloads, i can understand that issue arising. I also find the pricing to be too high. As a retailer i can see that there are greater opportunities to be had from a better pricing system and removing rng from things like dye packs.

Is the gem store a problem? No, quite the opposite

“By Ogden’s Hammer, such savings!”

No patch is coming today. Wintersday and the balance patch are both tomorrow. There was a pre-release of patch notes for it, I forget if fractals is on it.

Nothing wrong with my Yaket thank you very much!

“Don’t post on Reddit”

I’m a slow convert to the Guild Hall system vs small guild halls. Within a week, less than 5 of us have got the early stages up and running and we have planned out where we are heading next, knowing it will take 1-2 years to finish all of it.

This sounds horrible, but what it actually has resulted in is bringing a group of casually minded players back together for a common goal. If it takes forever to max our Hall, but encourages us to play more together to get what we want, then it is an overwhelming success from that point of view.

Tempest, because it has been hugely fun to play and has reinvigorated my pve ele

Reaper because it is awesome

Berserker because I main warrior. However I main a tanky/interrupt warrior, so the berserker spec exists because I had the points. My warrior alt will become berserker eventually, but it doesn’t add much to what other alts I have can already do.

Chronomancer. Just started this one. I like the concept so will explore its potential

Daredevil I will also explore, but only just unlocked the first skill

Dragon hunter doesn’t appeal. It’ll unlock as my Guardian gains points, but thats it.

Please keep the arguing out guys. This is a useful thread and it would be a shame to see it locked.

Useful thread. Still a shame the official forums are no longer relevant, but thanks for posting these links/quotes.

There are no workarounds to this issue. They may well issue a clutter option and I believe they said it is something they are looking into.

Right now, we are stick with it as it is. There is a monstrous thread on the issue somewhere on this subforum about the whole fiasco.

And they already stated on Reddit a while backwhy dx12 wont give the game the big boost ppl believe it would.

Sadly discontinued. The only chance is if they do some re release of LW 1 and tie the fused skins back into the game that way

There are other reasons. There are specific names for each trinket – it might be an issue to convert something to a specifically named item rather than a generic one. Names on trinkets are their equivalent of skins on weapons.

Offesnive/defensive versions would prob cause further complications

Trinkets are purchasable through currency methods. Easy to obtain and incentivise content

Probably not. I suspect this will be the excuse to disband the Pact and return to utilising the Orders more properly. Unifying them took a lot of distinction and flavour from the Orders. I understand why they did that, I just think it is better for the game to personalise the story a bit depending on your Order.

And yes, putting the actual spoiler after the word spoiler seems rather redundant…

The character creation lighting is different to in game lighting, which is highly varied depending on where you are. It will cause colours to look different.

As for question 1, that is something to ask Support about

Burtnik.5218:

Aidenwolf.5964:

They just released living world season 3 I mean HoT which was in development for well over 14 days. They haven’t made those weapons yet.

So, when it’s released before it’s ready.

They were supposed to come out 2 years ago.. im not sure what they doing there. They cant manage pvp (leagues and balance ia total fail), they cant manage pve either – “xpac” with 4 small maps and top 3h story. Lots of broken features..

Yet.. they manage gemstore just fine as they released load of skins there since ls3 launch. So maybe we should push them to release legendary stuff on gemstore? Olny 10k gems per legend.

The skins are not the issue, it is programming all the collections and linking all the events so they work and then linking the necessary crafting disciplines at each stage. It sounds straightforward, but I’m guessing it is time consuming work

With so many bugged at start of HoT, extra delays on the next set are highly likely.

She needs better scaling. The eggs used to be fundamental to killing her, now she can be destroyed with barely an egg thrown.

I would welcome any improvements to this boss. I like the karka as an enemy and southson needs the boost. A tequatl difficulty fight would be welcomed

Being pretty casually minded myself, i have had the same issue. Altho i have no bones about buying space with gems, one tip i found was to buy bags from the fractal vendor.

My main issue is that i am a hoarder, but that isnt really a problem i can blame on the game lol

Good update. Worth ensuring he knows about the Timberline Shark event for the spear legendary. I believe that requires 2 failed events? I’ll try add a link to the many threads about it

Gaile Gray.6029:

Andraus.3874:

Gaile Gray.6029:

Guys, I’m working with Matt on getting his post over here. He will add some additional information, and we want to localize it so that our entire community — not solely the one that speaks English — will get this nice and meaty info.

Forum posting is a voluntary option for developers. It’s great that Matt shared the info, and extra great that he’s working with me to share this globally and to share additional bits that he comes up with, too.

I believe we’ll be able to post up the fuller version later today in English, and provide a fully-localized version in French, German, and Spanish on Monday in those forums.

Thanks Gaile. Maybe he wouldn’t mind posting something in the howler thread over in the bug forum. We noticed his comment about possibly fixing it. Any official response in that thread would go a long way just saying. Thanks for your hard work.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Legendary-Howler-Bug-merged/page/11#post5826196

I can ask about that. Wasn’t really aware that he was the one kittenponded, but if there’s info we can share, I’m sure he will.

Kittenponded? Oh Gaile, you and your corporate speak ;D

Well, at least it is communication. It would be preferable the official forums, linked directly from the GW2 website were the first and foremost place for dev/community interactions of course. Perhaps they should make Reddit the official link now?

Nice to see acknowledgement of the issues being worked upon. At the end of the day, that is all most people ask for and there is decent interaction going on over there at least.

I also note the quick reply about Howler. Again, multiple threads begging about info on this overlooked for months and months, but great we finally have an answer on this.

Frostgorge is my favourite for variety and number of enjoyable events. Stacked with a decent meta, champs, great scenery, deep underwater to explore, interesting lore and races….this is how future explorable zones should be modelled on.

Im not a fan of early Ascalon zones at all. They lack something I cant quite put my finger on.

Most under utilised zone goes to Southson. This needs so much more, including events and hero points. Honorable mention to Snowden for being a gorgeous snow level…with virtually nothing going on it

Best starter is Queensdale for me, followed by Metrica.

Why are they asking for lists on Reddit of what isn’t working if their official bug forum and HoT subforums are full of exactly these reports?

I’m not surprised it is a bug and I’m glad to see some acknowledgement that it is unintended, but reports are all over these forums if they need this feedback to help them fix them..

Not having any issues in Auric or DS. Verdant is suffering from the raid queue being there. I’m still baffled who thought putting a raid entrance in an area where u need organisation and full map participation for a max tier run, was a good idea.. Any tester would have caught that one.
Can’t comment on TD as I rarely go there

I don’t think the visual nerfs have pushed noticeable swathes away. It will have annoyed a lot ppl, but not pushed thousands upon thousands out of the game.

It will never happen imo. What would Orr be like for a combat orientated game without the Risen? What would happen to all the skill points, the achievements, the precursor related collections, the Arah dungeon etc etc should Orr be cleaned up.

To re-do all that, plus phase it so story would be unaffected would take development time away from progressing the rest of the game for something that would look pretty, but be devoid of actually anything to do.

One idea is to phase the whole thing – pre- and post. The game will struggle enough with split population as it’s life goes on, phasing zones will only compound that.

The true Living World concept doesn’t exist, nor has it ever. The World changes no more as a result of our story and actions than it does in other MMO’s. It would be fascinating to see such an idea come to fruition, but I’m not sure an MMO is the right type of game to cope with it.

Good to see Anet weren’t hogging this Hero Point. It was starting to get rather boar-ing

EVen wash the pain away is so badly nerfed visually, I can barely see if ppl are being hit by the heal. They need to test these changes with groups of ppl before blindly making visual changes.

Faction.4013:

Seeing as the Chronomancer is a bit of an unusual class for aesthetics, I was wondering what y’all did for your Chronomancer outfits.

I went with the Aetherblade set, due to the Gears & Sprockets that make it look like Clockwork. I’m having an issue finding a color combination I like with this particular set, though. I settled on Gold, Glory & Midnight Purple.

Just changed to using the Lyssa outfit

I understand what he is saying, but the issue is the design philosophy is only in reducing the impact on visual noise and not any potential negative implications. The impact in zergs in virtually zero here with the auras. A boss is still obscured at the point of impact with the boss (ie not where an aura is affecting) regardless of the change.

Has this helped the problem they are trying to resolve? No
Has it caused a greater degree of problem with the community? Possibly yes
Should another solution be worked on first? Yes, although it sounds like plans are in place for that
SHould auras be nerfed and legendaries given more effects? That makes no sense to happen
Should we be worried what skills are next for nefing At this stage yes. Nothing in Colin’s post suggests the recent feedback will be taken on board, although I hope I am wrong.

This is a game about visuals and effects. It is a beautiful game, but to damage the whole game for the sake of bosses is what is making ppl unhappy. I remember my first day at headtstart playing on my Sceptre Ele and going WOW at the explosive skills it was conjuring. I’d be extremely sad to know no one else can experience this if this direction continues.

eureeka.5368:

Do i really have to explain why?? wow the kittens are real in the forums

Yes because ppl are failing to see why this is dumber than say other genuine problems that have cropped up like the recent visual nerf issue which has pages upon pages of complaints, for example.
This is a discussion forum, so to post on here you need to provide material for discussion.

I see no issue with the number from what i have seen. Ive seen plenty in map chat who like it.

Can you elaborate on why?

Lord Kuru.3685:

GoZero.9708:

I think it’s hilarious just how badly they understand some things, such as the aura change. They were supposed to be obvious and easy to read, otherwise people would miss them being up.

Seriously this war on visuals has got to stop. I want to play on pretty MMO not a failing esport.

How hard did they nerf the auras?

They are virtually invisible, with just a thin egg shaped outline instead

Jski.6180:

Randulf.7614:

Jski.6180:

Randulf.7614:

What I don’t get is the reasoning. These reductions have no overall effect when ppl are grouped up, so there is no benefit. There is still an enormous amount of of visual clutter. The only ppl this affects is the solo/roamer. And not in a positive way.

To reduce skill lag that the reason behind all of this. If any thing its has nothing to do with solo/roamers and more to do with zerg/blobs.

If that was the case, I’d probably be a bit more supportive. But the reasoning is “visual clutter” not skill lag. That is part of their ongoing fix to the effects in zergs, which whilst is needed, is going too far imo and not really succeeding.

That even better of a reason there nothing worst then getting hard cc from something you cant see mostly the DH long bow 5 abitly or running into an hard cc line that you cant tell what it is. Though i would think less data being used for an skill effect the less lag but i do not know all that much about servers so i go off of logic.

Indeed. I deleted my post since on reflection it could have an effect on skill lag. It doesn’t stop the lack of almost any aura being a real shame though

The idea behind the nerfs is noble and I understand it is in response to feedback about particle effects, but this isn’t reducing visual clutter in the big groups enough to be of any consequences. All it is doing is hurting the solo players or those who adore the gfx and sfx of the game.

I’ve just logged in to see the aura changes. It’s almost invisible which means it is hard to see if you are affected by an aura now.

I do hope they start interacting more with the community again and seeing threads like these which show such visual changes are problematic, finding solutions to help all parties. This round of changes doesn’t benefit large groups or solo players.

What I don’t get is the reasoning. These reductions have no overall effect when ppl are grouped up, so there is no benefit. There is still an enormous amount of of visual clutter. The only ppl this affects is the solo/roamer. And not in a positive way.

Altho I did enjoy the story, it was so short and left me feeling disappointed, that there isnt a hghlight for me. There were lots of things they brought up which hooked me, but when they led nowhere, I wasnt left with a positive feeling.

I love Tempest. It has totally reinvigorated my ele. My Reaper is also a new firm fav. Berserker I have and whilst fun, it doesnt add anything my other condi toons already do and better. Chronomancer is my next to try.

I love Verdant Brink due to the scale and variety. Auric has the best meta finale though.

Guild Halls have me excited, but our small guild cannot co e close with 5 or 6 to getting it. We will keep trying though, I want to focus on that. Im also thoroughly enjoying core Tyria, with masteries, collections, precursor mat farming, map rewards. The core game feels alive for me right now.

I too am keen to see where the story will lead, but it needs a lot of substance now. Far too much was missed out the expac story and it was waaaay too short by an enormous amount. Ive seem some exciting theorycrafting for what is next, but we need less mystery and more solid answers and reveals going forward for a bit. Im also excited fir any new maps and masteries they might add, or even possible revamps to zones like Southson – a great map which never hit its potential

That is my early morning ramble. Overall, im thoroughly enjoying the expac despite some niggles!.

The Lazarus connection I too had suspected, but otherwise, I’d be very happy to see these predictions come to fruition.

I think the edge of Joko’s Domain is the closest we will get to Elona though. I’m unconvinced we will ever visit another continent – I’m not sure the game is well set up for such a split of population.

I wonder if we do go to Kralk, would we enlist Charr from the North to aid the southern Legions as well, thus opening up another possible area?

I realised today how much it has invigorated the core game for me. I’m 50/50 on the new zones, mostly due to the shortened campaign and the over use of meta to drive replay, however it is extremely rare to see an expac give life to the old content.

I can take my alts to zones and work on;
- masteries
- collections for precursors/achievements points
- farm mats for precursors
- skill points for specialisations
on top of map completion and just having fun in each zone.

Now that list may sound small, but there are so many collections I can work on, it gives me options no matter where I go.

Is it HoT without flaws? No, there are some horrendous mistakes (imo) around story, reward structure, poor Guild Hall implementation, exploration lockouts (15 mins to run around DS after the meta was just daft, really just daft). But, it’s also countered by some decent events, masteries, gliding and more challenging content.

Overall I’m pretty happy. It’s just a video game at the end of the day so not something I’m going to get worked up over if it was a disappointment.

Where are ppl getting these stats that the population is plummeting? There was one post, of which I have no idea how factful it is, that showed the game had risen from 1.5m active players to 3m active players. If that is true, where are ppl pulling their figures to show it is decreasing?

The backpack in those screenshots sits just below the shoulder blade. It definitely doesn’t sit in the small of the back.

Had a look on my Asura and I’m still not seeing anything off with any backpack i have tried