Guild Wars 2

U get transmutation stones by completing random hearts/map completitions. You are lvl 11. This topic…………….

That doesn’t have anything to do with what’s discussed here.

So a book for you consists of a cover and 1 page which has the end written on it?

99% of a good story is not knowing the end…but how you get to that end.

Traherne will appear….end.

Would have been nice if some stuff would actually change in orr as to show the “healing” of the land is actually taking place.

I don’t see what’s wrong about it. All the complaints made lead to improvements in the later versions of those events. So what is your exact complaint here?

I don’t want to ruin your fun, but most likely it will be recycled content from last year. I think last year was the crown pavilion if i remember correctly?

So yea..maybe the return of that. It’s even convenient because compared to all other events they did, this one doesn’t take place in LA because it’s in a destroyed state.

ALSO if they just recycle content (altho i absolutely hate things like this), they also win a small break inbetween real LS updates. For ex, next LS update will be the last, then they will have about a month to create the next one.

I honestly don’t like them. Even if they were implemented here, i would definitely not get any of them.

Altho i have been very vocal against some of what ANet has done/is doing, i will have to disagree with the OP here. A very big amount of suggestions made by the playerbase has been implemented in the game.

I think the problem is you only see the suggestions YOU want to see ingame. That is something else compared to the ammount of suggestions that have made it ingame.

You also have to take in consideration ANet is a company and GW2 is it’s product. Each addition/change/patch whatever takes both time and money. These 2 are carefully planned out by project managers and whatever inside the company with priorities and so on.

For ex, a dev could have added X number of changes MONTHS ago but they did not make it in the release because others were the priority.

With all honesty compared with a huge amount of other mmos, the ANet staff has been pretty good at listening to it’s community and offering it (try to offer it) something as close or exactly what they want.

You have to remember what u see as a good suggestion, others may not see it OR what u and others see as a good suggestion, it might have a huge impact on the game and systems in which case ANet has to carefully see if it’s worth adding it like that or under another form.

QUESTION: If i start farming foxfires like a demented lunatic again…do i still risk getting banned or was the system fine tuned for not having this blunder happen again?

“Rebound.3409” FIXED i just got ingame. I wanted to say a sincere thx for identifying it was an error.

Only thing i REALLY disliked and was extremely infuriating, was not having the possibility to post on the forums. Being from the EU, it took over 6h to get a guildie to post here, otherwise it would have taken much more.

Anyway THANK U!

It’s from some interviews with anet (can’t remember the links) about 2 weeks ago or so.

Ah yea my bad. For some reason i thought the current one was Part 1. You are right.

From what i’ve read, this is the last LS story thingy, after which we will enter a break in which we will receive copy-paste events from previous years that have almost nothing changed and are boring as hell….maybe a few utility patches also.

After that the LS will continue. Would be nice to get whole of maguuma but i don’t think ANet has the balls to actually give us consistent content for free. I don’t mind paying for releasing major sections of the global map…but having no word on the subject is discouraging.

BobbyStein.2315:

Rouven.7409:

Imagining Bobby sitting in his office, a flower in his hand, picking off the petals:

“We kill him…”
“We kill him not.”
“We kill him…”

That’s exactly how it happened.

Here’s my drama proposal. After we (he) kill Zhaitan and we (he) succesfully saves the world from him…..we will be faced this time with a corrupt Traherne (makes for a good story being handpicked by the pale tree….one of the first salads to sprout bla bla bla).

WE kill him! The corrupt version, in a fight where he tries to defend the dragon. He becomes a cahmpion of Mordi….like how the risen priest was for Zhaitan.

This adds drama considering “we were friends…and defeated Zhaitan holding hands and dancing”…..and also opens up a spot for the big leadership of the anti-dragon-power-ranger-team. The so called hero who SINGLEHANDEDLY defeated Zhaitan falls pray to the very creatures he tries to protect Tyria from and was destined to do so by the pale tree.

The anti-dragon-power-ranger-team leader could be US, because we were there before any of the others appeared. This way u give us a more major role in our personal story and so on. Also u can reuse the “boss” audio a lot more after that so it won’t be a dead investment (and this here my friend..makes it totally worth it!). That audio file should be the center piece of all upcoming living story additions.

……………………………………………………………………………………..i was kidding btw about the audio file.

Synesh.1094:

Last time i heard of a character that was killed or destroyed because of the community hate, was Garrosh Hellscream from world of warcraft. A brute orc, chosen to be the new leader because the army liked him as a general.
And I be kitten ed he put the WAR in warchief. He had an amazing moment in a quest storyline, that gave him the depth he needed, I was hating him before that event, and I ended up loving him afterwards, because he made a stand of opinion and morale in a brutal war.
Then came the post-release patches. Thrown down the pit the good side of him they enstablished during the lvl 1 to 60 experience. Made him, evil, bloodthirsty, idiotic and down right evil out of the backside because “power corrupts.”
I’ll hate to see that happen again just because people like to hate. It’s far to easy to hate.

As you stated, we need to see why he’s the general now, why he was praised for his journey in orr and so on. Hope they can fix that in the future.
fingers crossed

Talking about “brutal wars” in wow is like talking about brutal wars in “tom&jerry”

Palador.2170:

I’ve got a different theory about how Rytlock is trying to break the curse.

IF that sword is Magdaer, then it’s the sword that made the curse in the first place, and is linked to the power of the curse. And if that’s the Duke’s crypt in the video, then we’re seeing him stick that sword into the ground more or less right next to a ley line/waypoint.

What if he’s trying to FEED the curse to Mord? Mord is drawn to the sword, and eats it. The curse is destroyed/eaten, and the ghosts are freed.

Rytlock might consider that acceptable. Others may not, and try to stop him.

What would the charr win from being controlled by a dragon? Charr keep to themselves and do everything for them to gow and prosper. Don’t think he’s intentionally trying to spoonfeed mordi

EragamerLG.2390:

Fuin.8361:

What will this have to do with Mordremoth?
I’m curious!

Well, in Episode 2, if you pay attention you find a book in one of the instances, stating that the Ghosts are Magical Constructs, a very powerful source of Magic. And what is Mordremoth(and other Elder Dragons) trying to do? CONSUME MAGIC. Releasing the Ghosts of theircurse might be a strategic BUT somewhat desperate move from the Charr.

How is getting rid of something that u’ve been fighting for years, be a desperate action and why hasn’t it been taken till now.

Sorann Peace.9056:

Read. The. Dialogue. Window.

http://www.eminentseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/aint_nobody.jpg

@JakeG: Ah…yea u are technically right…dumb me

I don’t think it fails…..the whole ground lights up. Usually that’s a pretty good sign kitten just got real.

Maybe it can be lifted by the one who killed the king.

Mmmm…..then why didn’t he use them before, to take over even more lands. Dunno but this trailer has raised more interesting questions then all other trailers done. (even last year)

Awesome now again..why did they not break the curse long ago? The ghosts were a major issue for them also. Why now? What’s the catch? Let’s say it’s some kind of cliche like “rytlock dies in the process”. Even so, giving his life for his people..he could have done that long ago and i don’t think he’s the kind that is scared by self sacrifice.

Why do now, something u could have done long ago, thus keeping your people safe for all the years they have been trying to fight the ghosts?

butch.8136:

I love these trailers. Anet is becoming good at it.

Definitely agree there.

I was thinking of that too…but WHY keep the curse active if u can deactivate it in the first place? the ghosts were a problem for them also. And also does that mean ghosts will dissapear from those maps? that would actually be a huge change that i wasn’t expecting them to make.

@Thanatos that’s his sword yes, and the place he goes to is from what i can pick up, the charr tutorial-boss fight mini-dungeon thing.

Wait…ascalon curse? what curse? If he could have done it before why does he do it starting now? Detail the curse please loremonkeys!

Sry i prefer cool finishers.

There are 6 spheres (dragons) from what i understand. One we killed Zhaitan. Shouldn’t his sphere be an empty spot? I think his sphere is the middle-right one because it’s black. Even if he is not trully dead because he represents some kind of entity like “death” that can never be killed..it’s part of nature and stuff…. the sphere should be represented in some other way considering we kinda dealt with him.

So we have like this:
Top-left – should be Jormag
Middle-left – Flower power dragon
Bottom-left – Primordius (?)
——-
Top-right – Kralkatorrik
Middle-right – Zhaitan (that sphere should be gone)
Bottom-right – Baby Jesus Dragon

Definitely not the case. She’s asura….that machine had a huge impact on scarlet because her mind had a barrier put by the pale tree in the first place..asura didn’t have that restriction since being born….seeing the truth by someone naive who was behind a wall for all that time is very different from seeing the truth as someone who expects greater things and looks for them, like asura.

Even if somehow she looses control and turns into scarlet…..she will have something that Scarlet aparently never had (atleast at this level) and that is friends who deeply care about her. When she turns…there will be someone to fight to get her back to the way she was. The “heroes” will find a way to cure her…but i don’t see it go to the point we will have to kill her in any way.

My opinion atleast.

Full Metal Alchemist plot twist

syxx.7893:

Jory is a necro, what if she…. reanimates the body!!!! Mwhahahaha

That is actually interesting if u think about it. She keeps her zombie sister hidden from others so that no one knows what terrible thing she did (instead of letting her go in peace and other bla bla’s). Then all of a sudden people find out bla bla blaaa… Would make for an interesting twist in her personal story

….because aparently everything in this game has a more character and story behind it compared to your own character……even the skrit.

Mafetix.9857:

I’ve said this before but with all the negativity gathering pace in this thread (as it inevitably would I suppose) I feel it’s worth repeating:

To be honest, I hope ANet don’t cave into the hate and kill Trahearne. They’ve clearly learned from Season 1 and any involvement of Trahearne from this point on would be an opportunity to make sure things are done better this time round.

I would rather they use the chance to improve the character than just write him off as a lost cause.

IF they learned anything from us in LS1 it’s this:

We hated Scarlet………Scarlet died.

And yes i do agree with u…i honestly hope they learned from LS1 major mistakes…………………….like the whole Scarlet arc.

IMO GW1 definitely had 10 times the build diversity compared to GW2 even with the trait system. The idea u could have tons of skills that u had to work for and some of them were hard to get for a guy that wasn’t a seasoned player and knew everything and where interaction between players was much more limited compared to GW2, was awesome.

Also i felt that a huge % of the skills had very good uses in different situations.

Dunno btw again from my POV GW1 skill system is definitely superior (and even more importantly FUN) compared to the dumbed down system GW2 has…because…kids.

I fully agree that Trahearne should die so that a decent actor/character could take his place.

….and yes i did not read most of what u typed….

kthxbye

I am on BG, one of the most heavily stacked servers…. i have only seen T4 once, last week. This is when people are actually interested in this content. As more content is released, even megaservers won’t cope with the lack of interest from players to unlock Tiers that don’t matter to them once they finished what they needed (besides a few good pre-nerf spots to farm).

As for rewards 90% of craftable items look very similar if not identical, they don’t look special in any way, have no effects on them have nothing overal, compared to everything they put in the cash shop. Ascended gear all of them have practically the same color with a different glow on them..but overall same stuff. Being end-game gear and people making it to end-game in less then a week, ascended is more and more common so nothing special there. If not please link some skins u actually think are worth hours of gameplay, hours of collecting gold/materials and leveling up crafting. I honestly don’t see any as being worth it EXCEPT legendary weapons.

I am talking about both armor/weapon (specially weapon skins) that look awesome but are always on the cash shop, and not only that….with a CHANCE to get it from black lion chests (tickets). I could farm endlessly for that small chance, by exploiting personal story black lion rewards but i thought this game shouldn’t have been more HC grinding then a korean mmo.

All in all, even if i was getting just a backpack, back in the day they were given as LS rewards i was actually motivated to play the game knowing i have that cookie at the end of the line.

Also what u can “already craft” in the game is not considered a reward for the living story itself.

Anyway that’s my opinion…each with his own. For me those 4 points i listed above are major minuses and no explanation or more like excuse, someone comes with, will ever make those points be “OK”.

The percent of ppl who care more about what THEY do in this game is much greater then the ones who just want to watch awkward muppet facial expression of a couple born out of everything cliche in the world.

That moment was good and it got just the right amount of attention it should. If u give it more, people won’t care long-term. “For more stay tuned” makes u want to wait for the next episode just to see what happens.

I am sure they will add an item in the cash shop that makes WPs immune to dragon corruption, but just for u.

Indeed the start to this season is incredibly well made BUT i have a few objections:

1. Making audio files calling me “boss” is a cheap way of reminding me i actually matter in the story and sounds stupid. Others also pointed that out.

2. A perfect “ZERO” reward system. I do NOT feel rewarded for anything i do in this LS… Atleast back in the day i used to get a backpack..now everything they add close to being acceptable to use, are cash shop items. Seriously…. literally 0 reward…and yes i count as 0 a few mats and green/white items from dozens of boxes opened. I can get that in less then 10 min in WvW.

This mmo still excels by lightyears compared to all other mmos on the planet (literally…if not please give a counter-example) when it comes to how badly u are rewarded…instead making u pay for decent skins (almost a p2w game considering this game is all about skins)

3. Am extremely tired of having no audio files. I feel literally 0 connection to my own character. I see everyone talking around me and i stand there like a mute. I know u already said u are reworking the audio system so u can implement voices for us, but still i feel like i should point that out. Having 0 voice in a game where all others have voices, makes me feel redundant in that story. (notice i said “that” and not “my” story)

4. PLEASE stop making achievements that are linked to CONDITIONAL events. By that i mean needing to have T3-T4 unlocked for a particular event to spawn (ex chiken..tornado…thing). This is the dumbest system ever. Let’s say i want to come back in 1 month to do the achievements…or let’s say in 1-2 months from now people who buy the game and want to do those achievements.

Can u even comprehand how irritating/hard/close to impossible (SPECIALLY for low pop servers, even with scaling system) it will be to gather enough ppl who actually give a kitten about that map once others are opened, in order to unlock those Tiers…for those events? Please just STOP IT! It is MY achievement…it should NOT be tied to what other ppl do…it should be about what I do! (excluding world bosses where it’s understandable). U are not bringing players together in a good way with this..u are just kittening ppl off, who can’t finish those achievements in the first day of the patch.

If u actually succeed in fixing these issues (SPECIALLY #2 the biggest issue this game has, and the reason why a lot of ppl just give up on it) this will turn into a great game. The LS part is atleast 10x better then the whole last year from almost all POVs

New trailer is full of surprises and amazing. Thumbs up. U officially hyped me.

Fallow the so called quicksand to the mountain (where the asura cave is). U will see a broken down pipe on the mountain which spills water in the quicksand. That if u have high graphics.

Arikyali.5804:

I don’t think Aerin is the cuprit at all. Yes, he went crazy, but I think there’s more going on.

It was hinted that Aerin was a soundless, but if I remember correctly, back at the Bazaar, he was acting very different from your general soundless Sylvari. He was excitable and cheery, and made several reference to the Pale Tree and the Dream. The Soundless are very quiet and contemplative, and want to be separated from the Pale Tree and the Dream.

Someone’s pulling the strings…

Because obviously the awakening of the jungle dragon had an impact on him…and most likely other sylvari as well. Soundless or not…the awakening effected and took advantaged of the most vulnerable plants out there…like cabbages and sylvari

Ok question:

If i have 10 characters and i unlock everything on my main character, after we get to the next event, considering i unlocked everyting on 1 character, do i have access to doing the story again with all other characters after this event ends? or do i have to unlock it now with each one?

Yea i actually enjoyed it..even story wise left u with a lot of questions yet had some nifty twists in it. It’s definitely an improvement compared to most we got last season. A good start. A bit short’ish if u ask me but good.

Also the map has interesting mechanics behind it..from the dust storms that also changes the mobs, to lots of events in a small area + timed crystal skills and whatnot. It’s a fun map overall….even tho i usually am not a big fan of wasteland type maps where there’s only dust, i actually had fun on it. Not sure because of the map itself or because it was just something new to do.

I also like the chests that appear when the dust storm starts……the very sad thing about GW2 still remains tho. RNG and overall droprate of items that matter is draconic-low compare to any other mmo in existance. The drops are so bad cross all the game, u literally stop giving a kitten about them overall. Why waste hours apon hours of time trying to get chests (in general)? At best u get 1-2 exotics which are so bad u try to salvage for a few ectos and a lot of the times u don’t even get those. Most counterproductive drop rates i’ve seen in my experience.

Now question is…we have to wait 1 month for the next thing? If that’s the case they should really put in more content. I honestly finished it in less then an hour. All there’s left are some extra achievement points which i am not a HC collector of.

The music is extraordinary…and i say that as someone who has been consistently critical of what anet did with LS.

The improvement is extremely huge and props to Maclain Diemer and the orchestra from “Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Concert House” (dat name….)….they brought some of the beauty of what GW2 should have been from the start, back into the game. Hats off to the soundtrack.

Let’s hope the rest of LS lives up to the beauty of this soundtrack. U reading this level designer team? Don’t let down the work these ppl did by puting in 50 cash shop skins and 100 backpacks nobody uses and content worth 1h max of gameplay to get through just to culminate it with a finale filled with some of the most irritating bugs/glitches just so ppl have no incentive to replay!

U get what u voted and u vote with how much brain u have

a PTS has both good and bad sides to it.

Ppl don’t really want PTS servers….ppl only start thinking of them only when things go wrong many times consecutively. I am sure if each release didn’t have so many irritating bugs that should never have made it out in the first place, to the point u actually anticipate the worst and becomes reality in one way or another, people wouldn’t ask for PTS

The idea of PTS comes purely out of frustration, in most cases for really obvious reasons.

So….where can i read more about what happened last year in kite city and about mini-glint?

I can’t find anything on the wiki apart from the zephyrites obtaining some magic powers from glints decomposing carcase
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Zephyr_Sanctum

Nothing about baby jesus

From my pov that wasn’t a “shooting down” as much as it was a sabotage explosion…atleast that’s how i see it in the trailer. Also why wait for the detonation till after the end of the festival instead of doing it DURING the festival?

Hmmm….that’s a recent change i get it? I can swear it was jungle not waste

That trailer impressed me. Wasn’t expecting the kite city thingy….i also liked the Braham slomo action camera.

Also the fact that there’s no voice, just good background music makes the whole trailer have a bigger impact…because nobody is telling u anything..it’s up to u to understand what’s happening.

Overall good trailer imo. Makes u curious dafq is happening. Thumbs up