Guild Wars 2

Fantasy.5321:

(he’s still sitting at lvl 30 so no fancy armor, sorry about that). He’s quite cute anyway. *

Nice

Best thing to do is just buy the armor pieces even if the level is a lot higher, then use the “unlock skin” option.

Donari.5237:

The rest aren’t characters I know much about, but you did a darn fine Buffy (the action shots were a great bonus).

Thanks. Half of them are based on PS1/PS2 game characters, depending on the genre you were interested in at that time.

Andred.1087:

Also, has anybody brought up what would absolutely be happening if it were a permanent fixture in the game? Instead of non-stop clamoring for it to come back, there would be non-stop clamoring for it to be updated, which is obviously not high priority for the devs since they have the rest of the actual game to worry about updating. If SAB were permanent, the devs would still not be working on it any more than they are now, and people would just be complaining for a slightly different reason.

Honestly, a lot of us or at least my friends believe it should come as a permanent feature (or just back one month per year), with or without updates each time. We honestly just want it back because it was amazing to play. Of course you’ll end up with a group of people who moan that it needs updating from time to time, but it’s not like the words of a few community members have really made an effect on the choices of Anet anyway, or else we wouldn’t be here talking about it, but playing it already. :P

I prefer the current glow effect on sylvari eyes when equipped, hardly any of your eyes show at all.
Makes it easier to RP as Raziel from Soul Reaver,

Okay then, what do we have today? A handful of my best (and personal favorites) that I made over the past year.

Starting with:
1. Legacy of Kain series. Six pictures in 1, featuring:
Kain from BO1, BO2 Kain, Soul Reaver Kain, Human Raziel, Vampire Raziel, and Wraith Raziel.
2. Wraith Raziel (before the scarf shoulder piece was released).
3. Albert Wesker (Resident Evil).
4. Green Power Ranger (MMPR).
5. Winged (preview) Sephiroth (Final Fantasy 7).
6. Classic Lara Croft (Tomb Raider PS1).
7. The 11th Doctor (Doctor Who).
8. Sephiroth and Auron (from FF7 & FFX).
9. Mixed Variations of Xiahou Dun from the many Dynasty Warrior games.
10. Master Chief (old picture) from Halo.
11. And the second SS of him.
12. Zhou Yu recreating the Dynasty Warriors 3 scene.
13. Zhou Yu in the imperial capital.
14. Mistuhide Akechi from Samurai Warriors.
15. LuLu the Black mage (FFX).
16. Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
17. Squirtle vs Tequatle (Pokemon Dragon edition :P).
18. Water Gun Squirtle.
19. Pokemon Stadium version of GW2.
20. Pokemon Stadium part 2.

(Sorry for the long ^ss post )

• I hate it when people run threw you or stand in you when there is so much space, so I sometimes chase them and stand inside of them until they get annoyed.

• I Have way too many characters.. it’s getting silly, even for RP/cosplay to have 25 x_x

• I hate it when people run past a downed player who wasn’t afk (when passing players are high enough level to help) , so sometimes I end up typing in chat about how lazy people are for it. xD

• I.. just spent 1600 gold on dyes. I also spend way more on other cosmetics just to make awesome looking characters. ._. I think I have a problem haha..

• I’m overly obsessed with SAB, that last year I booked the month off work to play it whenever I was home …. yeah. o. O

It would have made more sense for them to just have a sale of wings for 1 day at 500 Gems, and then any days after that the price would be 800. Everyone would still rush to get them while they are cheap, stock would not cease, and any people after that would just pay a little extra, Anet Wins, us folks (the people that didn’t get them) would still be willing to pay the little extra (knowing it helps keep the game running). Everyone gets what they want.
Now the rest of us will lose interest as the item we waited for is now possibly out of reach for who-knows how many weeks/months.

Electro.4173:

People just need to stop expecting it at certain times or with every update and just roll with it, then instead of being disappointed when it doesn’t come back you’ll just be happy when it does.

I agree. We had it on both April and September. What’s in a date? Nothing. Everything’s subject to change.
As long as it’s not cancelled for good, then that’s fair enough.
I only want it to be around as long as possible when it arrives, like that whole month when it came in September (best month ever).

I know that feel. :P The hype was with me for over a week.
I was so mad that I missed them due to work, and that they were only available for a single day. I was worried I wouldn’t be able to get them again, as I am constantly making Roleplay characters from other games/shows, on my accounts for my collection.
I logged off when I couldn’t see them in the store, with an insulted gut ridden rage feeling (like you get on April when SAB doesn’t turn up) lol.

Glad they’ll be back eventually.

Celtic Lady.3729:

Why isn’t SAB in the game permanently? Like Southsun Survival, etc.?

Been saying this for ages. I wish they’d leave it in-game permanently. :/

GuzziHero.5104:

Im shocked to see only one Sephiroth here.

I had a medium armored Sephiroth, a fallen Angels, and vampires from Legacy of Kain, waiting on the wings. Of course, ironically due to Anets poor choice of a 24 hour sale rather than at least 48 hours, coupled with work making me stay out of town during that period, it was not something I could achieve for my RP cosplay accounts. :/

Give us the 4th Doctors scarf!
http://www.season1.fr/images/fourth-doctor-tom-baker-2.jpg

Not sure if this is the right thread.

Enya: Book of Days
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFWTCBrLfpU

Enya: Book of Days
Not sure if anyone already put this one up, but I was browsing on youtube, and remembered this one song from Enya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFWTCBrLfpU

Wanze.8410:

1 Mystery Tonic (Beast)
1 Mystery Tonic (Beast)
1 Tiny Claw
1 Tiny Fang
->Mystic Forge
-> 2 Wolf Tonics

Y´all welcome, lupi lovers.

But not everyone has 70+ mystery tonics like us, so that is only a temporary help for tonic hoarders.

Really seems like a stupid idea by ArenaNet. I loved this tonic more than the others, as it worked with my RP cosplay.
What even made them think this was necessary?

Imagine a full raid of Mesmers and all their clones. o.o

I just wish they’d hurry up and make these Halberds and PoleArms to play with. Got so many RP/cosplay characters waiting to be made, with the need for those weapons.

Loboling.5293:

Please let us who missed it take part in the Super Adventure Box. My only regret if it comes back is that I no longer Main an Engineer; I feel like his rocket jump really makes jumping puzzles easier.

Plenty of JP’s in SAB, but your character profession didn’t matter, as each character who entered SAB would receive a fresh skill bar and you’d need to collect items to use on your skill slots.

Decent review, one that hopefully the Devs read.

Bertrand.3057:

I can’t remember when I learned to dodge. Does anybody have any idea when this might have happened?

Pretty much instincts for normal people. :P Never had a dodge button in any of the other games I played, but….you always end up accidentally clicking the button when testing the controls.
You see yourself role, and think “well kitten , maybe I can roll out of the bloody way when they hit”.

Anyone who didn’t inspect or mess with controls when they started playing, really had to be sleep walking threw the game, I’d say.

MikaHR.1978:

Maliel.8362:

Is “leveling alts” code for keyfarming?

For most of the complainers – yes.

Pretty much every alt (22 other characters plus my 2 mains) were used to get keys while I leveled them to level 20-80. Wasn’t technically key farming, as the slots didn’t get recycled, unless I couldn’t afford another slot for a cosplay character.
- I have 5 characters under level 20, but my only true hate for this patch is due to what I experienced and what was also mentioned. My own personal discrepancies are:

-The skills and utilities being level locked.
-Down state is a joke, and you can’t at-all deny that if you are not a pudding brain.

A lot of my alts are Engies, thieves, or Wars. I find thieves and Engies suffer the most, as Thieves are squishy as it is.
Engies rely on those other skills on their pistol. I always got a better damage result from skill 2 and 4, and skill 5 was just an awesome skill to have from very early on, as it meant the difference between survival and death. The fun factor was the ability to keep on your toes to avoid damage, but now I have to wait until higher levels to use skill 5 which drags on a little too long for me. How has GW2 not become like any other generic MMO?

Now, realistically, if you are brand new to the game, none of this will overly affect you as you’d be clueless to how the game is (unless you did your research, which most do).
So, those who did their research and expected something else entirely to what is currently patched in, will be disappointed and probably try to get their refund or sell their account.

A lot of new players are attracted to a game by word of mouth, after a year or two of the game being launched.
Now with so many other new choices for games, the only thing that would bring players in, is advertisement, which is mostly done by veterans. And to kitten off many veterans can cause a backlash involving negative advertisement.

Agreed. Made no sense why they couldn’t leave the SA-Box active in the game, and just tweak things, adding things to it on and off.

zenleto.6179:

No Pheedbags?! Exterminate!!

(yeah, its a massive reach, I know)

Was worth it. xD

Toxica.6749:

New
Pudding-Brain
Enticements

Whovian

I was trying to find something to go with Exterminate on the E, but wasn’t sure what N and P words would fit with it.

xenon.3264:

SAB was removed since world 2 had a crazy difficult level. people enjoyed world 1 cause it was fun to complete and not that hard.
so less people played it.
so it was moved down in priority

Don’t you remember they edited the World 2 shortly after the complaints, to make it easier? Lots of people enjoyed it after, it just took longer.

Now
Please
Erase

Basically.
N Nope
P Nope
E Nope

Furyan.9578:

http://youtu.be/FU1JUwPqzQY

Did most of those Devs get replaced, or just simply stop giving a fudge?
Because all I hear on that video is what made GW2 the best MMO, but what they say and do now is basically the opposite. If players over a week old are not considered as NPE’rs and their comments are not valued like ours, then what’s the point? It feels like they’ve sold out to some crappy idea and given up everything they fought hard to make unique.
With the exception to the TP and Wardrobe UI’s.

Sokia.3710:

It’s basically like Zelda. If you like the Legend Of Zelda, you might like SAB.

SAB always worked well with role play characters, or people with an imagination or just generally love JP’s and fun.
I mean, someone who created a character based off Link, Sonic, or some retro Cosplay toon, will obviously be more indulged in the retro world than someone who named their character “bob the slayer”, with big norn man b00bs, who are only interested in WvW and Zerge content.

I’m just waiting for an Angry Joe video to say “Anet Done f.* ** ed it up”. xD

They are aiming this at people who haven’t played before the patch. Basically aiming it at players who don’t know any better, because, upon their arrival, everything would have changed.
Problem is, it’s become ridiculous to ask players to level gate threw the first 35 levels to unlock all the things that were previously open at lower levels or from the start of launch.

Once the brand new player catches on to this repetitive aspect, will they find reason to play an alt? I mean, they won’t know any better, unless they speak to Veterans or watch old guide videos about GW2 playthrews.
Lets face it, some of the newer players who started a few weeks ago have stated their discontent for what has become of the game that they just purchased.

Spiderbite.8049:

Straylight.7529:

Why is everyone so obsessed about leveling anway? .

there’s something to do that requires 80 now??

Nothing other than Season 2 LS being restricted to lvl 80.

Blude.6812:

LOL——- My ^ was for sokia, your post was added as I was typing—-so I edited.

Ah, sorry. xD

I’ve retracted all forms of advertisement as well. It’s too depressing to try and boast this game anymore, with their current block on weapon skills and PS and the whole attitude to every alt you make is a repetitive rinse and re-wash that will repel people when they make a second character.

Blude.6812:

^ fun for you—not for all. As for SAB—no place in an MMO.

Like I said, earning it even if the patch was not fun for everyone, is good for the challenge, and not everything needs to be done. I didn’t personally do all AP points for things I didn’t find fun either. They often made earning the skins rather easy, as opposed to other AP related targets in the LivingStorys.

Yeah not everyone enjoys SAB, and will probably skip it just the way I skipped the Dragon Bash. I always thought it would make more sense to keep SAB in game permanently, and just tweek it every few months a little. 2 zones left to make in SAB, but there is more possibilities to add to it than just the zones.

And you are completely right, it has no place in the games Lore or LS, but it is still rather enjoyable for many to the point that people are willing to return to the game to play it.

Sokia.3710:

Because the real reward was fun content like jumping puzzles or Super Adventure Box. Not a free backpiece from gaining a level.

^
Earning it was what made it worth aiming for.
Some of the skins were sometimes my motivation in LS even if I wasn’t always into one or two LS patches.

Castrin.8972:

Do I like the level gating? Not really but I can see why it was done. It’s a shame that the 1-15 zones are now rather boring but then again they are supposed to be for new players and not really for us vets so I get it
Peace.

Not at all.
In creating an alt (some of us have over 20), you are pushed into the same exact places and experiences as that of a brand new player, with the tutorials and hand-holding forced guides to boot.
Obviously this is nice for a brand new player, but they will then have to rinse and repeat for every alt they make, either veteran, newish, or tot tally new player. In the end, you just get tired….
To anyone that says “this doesn’t affect us”, it really does. It affects the whole player base, as the patch does this to everyone who makes a character.
People only wish that they could disable this patch if they were making a second character. Or if they were active before the patch was made.

Chris Whiteside.6102:

Right I am going to be afk for a kitten

ris

Will there be a CDI about the PVE?
I saw this and I think this new player has the mind set of a portion of the community at this time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqJlKjwrKB4

I really wish they were just smart enough to leave SAB permanently in game, and add a new zone every one or two years. They could even add other little things to it if they left it open to mess with over time. It’s their loss. Even retired veterans would come back for a month of SAB.

Tobias Trueflight.8350:

IF it’s going to be coming back soon

There is no IF about it. They have 2 zones left to complete yet, and a load of players, both active and inactive who get lured into SAB the minute the news of it’s return is announced. Sure it’s not for everyone, but just like when I can’t be bothered to do AP’s for a certain patch that I don’t like, the same applies to you and the others that have little interest in SAB.

Bloodstealer.5978:

SAB probably doesn’t fit their plans for a little while, but “IF” they decide to pop it back in game

More like “When” they decide to. They have a few zones left to finish making yet.
I know good amount of people who are waiting for SAB to come back, so they can come back to game.

JarrodJames.6845:

Minecraft is always fun…unless MS muffs it up….. really hope Mojang rejects the offer but 2B is 2B lol

I’d hope that MC doesn’t get taken over by MS. Bought the PS3 version hoping to get the Doctor Who DLC and other DLC stuff, but a good chunk of it is restricted to Xbox <.<
So back to PC modding.

locoman.1974:

My favorite thing about TSW is the investigation quests, but they’re not for everyone. Basically they’re quests where you have to think more than you have to fight. BTW, if you believe that the game should give you all the information to complete the quests, look elsewhere, as you will have to frequently look for outside sources to complete them, and asking for solutions in open chat is generally frowned upon the community, as it would accidentally spoil the answer to someone that is trying to do them on their own (asking for the answer to be whispered or in private chat is ok, though).

The negatives are of little consequence, and the rest sounds awesome.
Not everything is about fighting, , so I can deal with investigation part.
A little role play here and there is fun, so, thanks for the info

Illuminati.2431:

I started FF14 2 months ago and I absolutely love it.

My cousin just started it a few months ago, and has gone there full time, with a few of our guildies.
I really liked the look of the game, but I have trouble keeping myself from getting bored with all the npc quests. I know that’s only temporary, and shouldn’t be a distraction from the rest of the game. I got the disc version on PS3 to try at some point anyway.
Have fun

LIVE.4875:

Try going without an MMO for a while, I’m trying out the walking dead season 2
and maybe some Dota 2 or League.

The ending of season 2 is a kittene to choose between. But all the endings pretty much lead together. I wouldn’t have assumed that Kenny was that, ideal to be with, until I saw what I did. At the moment, I’m starting season 2 on Vita. Just finished season 1 on PS3 and the game was awesome.

Is “The Secret World” any good?

Jornophelanthas.1475:

ReV.6097:

1. Being told where to go and what to do is not what GW2 was meant to be about.

If you are referring to the compass, it can be turned off. In the options menu.

What about the skill challenges, Points of Interest (level 7), Gathering Nodes (Level 9), Vista (level 10)
At least Dailys didn’t get level locked?
Like I said, I’d rather have the free will to do my personal story any time, rather than being told I can’t carry it on yet until level 20 – 30.
I’m not gonna post too much, as everyone else has done this over and over, but you get the point. It doesn’t really bother everyone so it’s not something I expect to see changed, but it bugs the crap out of many, so it has lead to many leaving. Now I’m left in an empty guild after many of my friends quit or started to not log in anymore, telling me they’d go to AA or FF14.

Tried it. Love the rewards, but that’s about it. The trading post is great. Everything else, bar the skins, is a complete travesty and not at all something that will keep people interested in making an alt.
1. Being told where to go and what to do is not what GW2 was meant to be about.
2. Skills that need to be unlocked during a lengthy leveling proccess, is insulting to anyone who has played a long time, let alone to new players who have watched the early GW2 promotion videos and then buy this game, just to find this bag of bullkittens have been implemented.
3. Personal story used to be something I could start many levels before hand. It was challenging and optional, I could do things “My Way” as Anet originally intended. Now it’s not GW2 anymore, just a game full of guides for pudding brain, white knights.

I applaud your work on the trading post at least, and commander tags being account bound seems nice, despite the over use of them. Welcome to Tag Wars 2.

A revision and re-work is in need.

I’ll take a break for a few months. See what they change.
Either that or I’ll wait for SAB.

Not many bugs that I’ve experienced, although why did they take out the Trading post agent in the human 1-15 map near the start?

I don’t know many people who are happy at all with this patch. It sucks to know I bough a few thousand Gems today, but even with 21 characters, after checking out this patch, the new leveling process really is a pain to even bother with.
I’d make a new thread, but I’m not sure how many Devs check the forums..
It’s appreciated with the work put in, but the way it has been done, is terrible to players who have leveled up over the last few years, to be given this, it’s a joke and tottally off-putting.

What will new players think when they watch the original video promoting how GW2 was meant to be, and then come to this where you get told where to go and what lvl you have to be to even be allowed start your personal story… That just removes the challenge and the fun and the free-will.

[My minis won’t always show because I get the most daftest message “Due to popularity, we cannot display miniatures”. :/
Is that a BUG?]
On the up side, I love what you did to the trading post system.

Did you ever find him? :o
I have 3000 piece(s) of Zhaitaffy waiting to be swapped for them hand held fireworks, but can’t find him anywhere. >.<