Guild Wars 2

How about the NPC that was near the broken down lion-statue, selling black lion keys, after the karka event? She talked fast….and i didn’t believe that reconstruction plan of hers.

Just a bit? So i have to invest double the effort for the most expensive legendaries in the game because of their lodestones just to get that icon, compared to someone who crafts those completely useless horns, scepters and so on?

Seriously? It’s practically not double but triple the work just to get 1 sword.

I have a Sunrise equipped since December. I haven’t received that icon at the character select screen even now. What’s up?

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9881/cantha.jpg

Look at his avatar-face. Now read his name. Now read the text. Cantha is still up and running otherwise he would say something at past tens or similar.

I think they forgot to delete this character lolo

From what i know this whole Flame&Frost thing was an introduction for a big expansion?! Atleast that’s what i read somewhere.

Thing is…i am also getting tired of temporary stuff. Even if they are awesomely made, i want something drastic that actually changes the game (aka add or perma change).

Dyes and legendaries.

Dumbest thing ever. Yes they should be account bound not soul bound. Huge amount of work for a character i don’t play anymore.

And because of some u change for all? And yes i specified there if i want to do the monthly i am ideed brutally forced to do something completely useless. Is it that hard to implement multiple options like for the daily? It’s the exact same code just a copy paste and change 2-3 numbers for the target goal and the duration. Anyone who dares even come up with “well u don’t know how coding works” is out of his league by miles.

How about u wvw carebares who have been QQing about it man up and actually do useful things? Or does that “man up” work only when something is in your personal favor.

This monthly is a joke.

As for your “5 silver to complete crafting” please enlighten me step by step if i have 0 crafting lvled up (because really NOTHING useful can be found there, that can’t be found literally anywhere else in the world) how i achieve that. Even if i had lvl on crafting why should i be forced to use silver and crafting materials i might be holding up for something else? What’s next? “Buy X amount of gems to complete monthly” ? Sounds easy considering it’s just gold for gems right? Shouldn’t bother to many carebears.

Why am i brutally forced to craft in order to finish a monthly? Other monthlies were much easier then this or less stressful, boring, useless however u want to call it.

Ppl who complain about wvw..it takes literally by watch 20 min, following a zerg in wvw at the reset day, to fully finish the monthly kills. It’s much more fun and rewarding then throwing silver on things u trash out after. I would gladly use that wasted silver on repairs in wvw, considering i actually do the last fun thing this game actually offers and that’s mass pvp.

Hahahahaha, you guys actually still play that “bonus class” ?)))))))))))))

Changed long ago, started enjoying the game again. Stop pretending ranger is an actual class come on. It’s clear they made this class specially to have extra inventory on your account. Stop QQing so much it’s hilarious.

My only concern with this system is that you are literally killing small guilds instead of helping them grow by introducing new fun stuff to do together. They instead will just break up and go to stronger guilds where they have the influence necessary to upgrade to guild missions.

This should be available for all not just for big zerg guilds.

Related to the forsaken fortune thing. I finished that “run” 2 days ago. The chest at the end is a small one….very small. In fact i was having issues even seeing the chest because of the boss’es corpse which was on it.. There are no “gargoyles” in that mini dungeon. Just some big “grave digger” that is irritating but definitely soloable.

It’s HIGHLY unlikely that’s the place u get it.

Also take in consideration that, that staff was ingame before that dungeon was even opened (Halloween)

Somewhere, an american just said “Well der’……ain’t that in Texas also?!”

That’s a generic thing every server says from Tier 9000 to Tier 1…

…every server will have it’s ups and downs…don’t think once u get #1 u will stay there forever

This video is so awesome it convinced me not to move to DB.

U mean the big black scary hole in DR? Don’t worry..nothing a good “patch” can’t fix.

“GW1 did just fine adding in Asian visual themes into a game with western gameplay/mechanics. That trend should continue with GW2.”

Finally ^

If NCsoft really wants to make money, they would let ANet do what it did in the past and have success with it which translates into $$. If they keep adding new dull maps to the same style of play, i won’t even consider buying more then 1 expansion.

But if they add completely new themes that actually makes u feel like u go from 1 world to a completely changed one..makes you want to explore those new lands like it’s a whole new game, that would actually impress me enough to pay money.

It’s up to them…u either make money from westerners or not..the options are down to those really. We are leaving in a world without borders because of internet. I go on the internet and play games with ppl from allover the world..that’s what attracts me to MMO in the first place.

If u put borders inside a world where ppl go specially because there are no borders, then you failed in a biblical way and deserve your title to die as fast as possible.

I consider not having the capability of seeing/feeling other cultural aspects in a game besides the standard we already know/are used to, to be a big border.

Just look at WoW….the only patch that wasn’t criticized as much as ..well basically all of them where, was that panda thing whatever. Why? they added a totally new feeling and culture to the game. It wasn’t because of the pandas..they added new classes in the past also and got flamed to the bone anyway. There are other examples similar to this also. Call it a “westerner trend”. You either are with the trend and actually have success, or you don’t.

“As for GW1, yes it did mix visual styles from eastern and western influences, but it did not have the gameplay influences of eastern games.”

Whoever said anything about gameplay changes? This talk is purely about esthetics and story that was already made in GW1 and just needs to fit the current lore of GW2….so again ANet did it right in GW1..why would they have to cut it out in GW2?

What u said above is exactly what we want and are supposedly DENIED by ncsoft for a reason i have yet to read a correct explenation.

You keep introducing a feature (gameplay influences or possibly mechanics) that GW1 never had and nobody wants everyone agrees with you. The talk is about aesthetics/lore.

All we want is for ANet to make in GW2 what they did in GW1. That means on a basic scale updated graphics of the other continents to transition from GW1 to GW2 and a lore that ties to GW1…period. As for the rest..the same mechanics used in GW2 and so on, which we already know.

Screenshot so we actually know how it looks like, maybe?

@mrstealth: It’s already grindy considering the only 4 attractions this game has endgame are FoTM, WvW, for real sadomasochists Orr and AC to grind money. This game offers nothing atm other then the above listed (2 small and easy dungeons, 1 boring map and an excuse of a RvR system which fails in a lot of parts to make ppl actually put effort and dedication in what they do).

Yes i understand all to well what u say above..but that doesn’t mean we have to cut diversity all together. I am talking about Asiatic-themed continents not the mechanics behind them. I just want to explore/enjoy different themes in 1 game, also available for story. If you can’t offer someone diversity in an MMO, that mmo will die eventually..take it however u want.

What’s the difference if they add Cantha to the game? A few maps with different textures to match asiatic culture and a story that has meaning and ties to GW1. I don’t see the “overly grinding part”..atleast not as much as it is now.

The game mechanics/system are already there and already limits “by their nature” the tipical “chinese-grinding” mmos. Even if they do or don’t add new things, the grinding system remains the same…BUT it’s worst not to add then to add if u want to keep buyers happy and paying.

“You can’t please everyone, and trying to do it just ends up pleasing no one.”
That would be valid if GW1 didn’t exist GW1 proved this wrong. It combined not 2, but 3 completely different cultures into 1 game. I don’t know of anyone ever saying something bad about that…and they all had the same level of grinding in them. If u went to Cantha that didn’t mean u needed to grind 10x more because it was asiatic themed… that’s just silly.

Wo….. i didn’t even know they wouldn’t include the “old GW1 continents” into GW2..this is the first time i hear about this.

….Is NCsoft really going to go against their customers desires on this? Cantha was just beautiful to play in, in GW1. I really hope they do add the old continents in some playable shape or form. U did 80% of the game the correct way till now, if u fail to add massive content that is both awesome and nostalgic like those 2 huge parts, i will be extremely disappointed.

Why would they even consider cutting out something that would attract both new players and old players to buy expansions? I don’t get this, i really hope there will be a REAL debate with the community on this when the time comes and it’s easily assurable that the community will hands down want that type of content.

I know this sounds stupid, but this is a REAL issue for the future of GW2 both economically and fanbase. I don’t want debates about this between NCSoft and the Dev team from anet..that equals a big 0…this debate should be with the customers and what they want/expect from the future of this game if they really want to keep their customers. Sry anet..but it’s just true…your decision in this doesn’t really matter at all…the only decision that matters when it comes to my money, is “mine and mine alone”.

Reslinal.2359:

What happened to SoS? I thought they should have a much stronger NA than what is showing right now.

Before servers went payed…a ton of guilds magically transferred from other servers to JQ…i heard numbers from 20 to 30 guilds..i can even remember looking over a list of their names but honestly can’t remember where i saw that, and i don’t have access to browser history on my work pc.

When u get that amount of guilds “over night”….i think anyone in his right mind would agree it’s hard to compete with….and to be honest, even so i consider the match to be quite fun

WvW is so poorly designed from scoring to motivation to play/defend to rewarding….i don’t even care any more about what happens as long as i have a bit of fun there….win or lose. In order for me to even care about opening eyes towards WvW, would mean they have to radically change a majority of design and change their view. It’s just a “time waster” atm. Why bother about/stress my self over things that are a waste any way.

It’s unbearable now..i have no words to describe how much of a fail this patch was.

Why are u so frustratingly reluctant to create a public test server where u can test these patches without making everyone, literally everyone who plays this game suffer?

I really am fed up with being tested on, with your ridiculous patches that have no meaning.

Just wait and see how much time it takes them to fix the issue they created. Bet on atleast 1 month?

I am literally having culling issues on a highend pc with JUST 1 PERSON showing of on my screen…1 PERSON!!!

The whole event was very well done this time. Only thing i can complain about is the monotony and over the top repetitiveness of Toypocalipse. For a “grand finale” and center peace of the event, Toypocalipse was very anticlimatic for me to be honest.

Other then that particular event, everything else i loved to be honest.

Gonna go try it now myself on the same thing.

EDIT: it activated third skill used (the hit u in the head and u go sleep) T.T.T.T.T.T

Christmas Cubes, grave whatever from AC that jump on u knocking u down, AC or any other type of archer/gunman that pushes u back, and a few extra but i can’t remember in the past.

Just tried it on a regular raptor that dazes u, nothing.

Have everything learned (not equiped but learned)

Must be extremely hidden because each skill they threw at me knocked me down…not once have i stayed on my feet because of it ( The stability buff/boon never appears.

But i never see that boon activate on me (the pillar one). I know theoretically i should receive it, but i never do. And let’s say i do, does that mean i receive stability with each knockdown hit bla bla bla bla?

Just now (without being in combat recently) i went and started fighting some christmas cube-monster things that put u in every possible knocdown, stun and whatever. Not once have i seen any shape or form of balanced stance (looking nonstop near my healthbar)

“Activates Balanced Stance when you are dazed, knocked down, launched, pushed back, or stunned.”

Maybe i don’t understand how this works…shouldn’t it ignore the first of those conditions implied on my character? I never see “balance stance” activate in ANY of those situations honestly.

Is it time based? is it chance based? what are the “conditions” for using this skill? Do i have to wait some time after first use (even if i never saw first use)? Something is wrong with it. As i said i just tried today in various situations to see if this works and not once have i been pulled out of those conditions it’s supposed to take me out of O.o

^ Someone who got it. What i am actually arguing here about is ANet’s biblical lack of communication.

Already disappointed with their lack of communication towards class changes so it won’t effect me that much.

Thx anyway. Glhf

@Angel: U actually think the whole thing is not yet ready till now. U seriously buying that.

I only care about the patch notes…rest snowflakes and eyecandy like that….doesn’t matter for me.

Seriously u guys at ANet should implement a countdown timer on your site for events like this.

Wait..there are 6 dragons? http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/The_Elder_Dragons says there are 4. Let’s say there’s a secret one (yours)..that would make 5. What did i miss?

-A citizen says that while he does not really fear the elementals, he still senses angryness from them, and feels that they are forced to serve Garrenhoff’s population.

-A grandmother tells her nephew that she doesn’t trust the elementals, but she isn’t bothered much. The most important thing is that she tells us that other villages and citizens are called by Isgarren to join him on his floating city, but nobody actually ever returns (it is ironically dismissed by the grandmother by saying that they’re probably enveloped in their new, high-society lives to think of the outside world). She wishes to join them someday.

Clearly that wizzard guy abducts villager and makes experiments on them thus transforming them into elementals he controls. Why send them to defend? Because it’s cool to have a village that venerates u and never questiones your actions in a bad way, instead looking up to u as a guardian in a “high society” floating thingy when in reality he tries to mass an army of elementals to TAK3 OVURRR DA WURLD. //insert new exciting and groundbreaking dungeon here//

Nothing special….cliche #305122

I have yet to receive mine….while some ppl received 2 for participating once or not at all. I was there and got d/ced…i couldn’t go back in.

I am profoundly disappointing if i won’t get that chest. The only answer CS gives me is “wait a bit longer”. Honestly this company is NOT doing it right. I want my chest..i stayed up till 5AM for that event because that’s how the event was “intelligently designed”. I dedicated my time to trying to finish that event even considering those conditions to only be left with a “just wait a bit longer”.

I call fraud.

Right now, for me that quote looks like the biggest fraud i’ve seen in any mmo advertisement. I dare any of u to find 100 charged lodestones without grinding more pathetically then a bot. Hell..u don’t even have spots to farm them anymore because nobody even does the orr events that unlock mobs for lodestones.

Indeed. I still want an official answer from ANet on this good or bad. This is really getting out of control in a biblical way. How much time will u shut up? When will we get answers for market questions? Ok u removed bots….but u literally destroyed the ingame market.

The more u shut up and not answer/fix real issues, the more i understand and approve of ppl buying gold from other websites with real $$. U made the perfect grinding game.

Theoretically u need to own a temple. From what i knew u had to own the temple of Melandru. It doesn’t work. Today morning we owned the temple of Dwayna like u said. Again it didn’t work. Sparks don’t spawn.

We captured Arah….no sparks spawn on the stairs
We captured Melandru…no sparks spawn at the top location in CS.

Please advise me on how to farm these lodestones if u refuse to fix this bug that has been running for a week now. U guys nerf or “tweek” farming locations “live”…but u won’t fix things we NEED in this game in order to finish legendaries. This is not cool…not cool at all. Weeks pass..nerfs happen..fixes don’t.

Even waypoints are bugged. I can literally teleport to contested zones.

PS. Please don’t tell me to run dungeons for lodestones.

“There was a bug with the new loot drops, this has now been fixed and loot should be better”

U said that…and that sounds as something they already did..and not something they will do. I asked u about what u said they already did. Don’t see the problem with my reply. I wanted a clarification about what u said they already did.

Blackwolfe.5649:

Im hoping:

There was a bug with the new loot drops, this has now been fixed and loot should be better across the board again. Champions, veterans and chests should yield alot better loot as promised in the lost shores patch notes. Champions now always drop stuff.

Explain how exactly loot has been fixed…i was just in a full party + flag bonus + full set max magic find + buff + food + weapon MF…so literally the highest possible magic find u could ever dream of getting in this game.

I farmed cursed shore chain events for about 4h..i never even got a yellow item. Nonstop blues and greens. And yes i got a ton of kills and events were running extremely fast being with a zerg.

So how is it fixed exactly? The more ANet “fixes” stuff..the more i understand gold buyers.

Mmmeh… all i hear are words. They want to do this and that.

Problems that have been in the past still are now and/or even bigger.

+ the fact they completely shafted rangers in the most major way i have yet to see in an mmo…. They have to amend that in a biblical way because their PR went down a lot.

Also on PR..they should cut the secret-ism cr*p already. They said we should keep soggy bags +2 map peaces in our inventory till after the event….a week passed. Seriously..stop it and say what is up when asked. It’s better to answer then to give vague useless answers. For example when u were honest and said u had a wooping 2 man team on balance for 8 classes. That was an honest answer that made me decide “why bother? they will never fix anything with that team..they don’t even have time to read what we say on the forums…i will just roll the unlimited buffed class”.

It’s done wonders so far.

This post is disgusting. Go to any firm on this planet and tell your boss what u just said here and u will be looking for a new job before u even finish half the things u posted.

Apart from the mind boggling “2-3 ppl working on skills” for a tripple A game that sold in millions all over the planet…apart the fact u don’t have time which is ridiculous…from your post i see u don’t even get what rangers need. They are one of the worst damage dealers ingame. Do any of your “2-3 employee” firm actually play ranger as a main to understand how it works? How it feels like in wvw, pve and so on?

How much patience do u expect us to have when we don’t see speed (even after months of discussing this) and even when we don’t see u understand what is wrong with our character. Good job on wasting your “2-3 employee” firm’s time on underwater skills.

+ " I think sword and longbow are both good weapons" ….WHAT?!?!?!?
longbow is the most useless weapon ingame
shortsword?! If u want to kill rats and chickens in LA
Greatsword? Why would i play greatsword with an archer-pet type class when i can just go make a warrior and actually be usefull
shortbow? U nerfed IT’S ONLY Viable attack skill…..who even uses the other skills (other then the autoattack) on a shortbow? It was literally a 1 skill weapon..and u nerfed it.

EVERY other class in this game is atleast 10 time better the the ranger atm. And someone who actually dedicates, playes and theorycrafts on this class WILL know. Go play your game!

What are u guys ON?! I want to buy whatever u guys are smoking…it must be some new government-secret prototype drug.

Honestly all i see is CONSTANT buffs for warriors. As a ranger i remember them saying they will dedicate a patch to us…..they did irrelevant buffs for us and icon fixes really?

Nerfed the elemntalist even more…engie nerfs don’t even matter that much..they will still be extremely viable

I will just quit playing ranger… it’s clear they intentionally are either constant nerfing or doing useless changes on traits nobody will ever use. I am now 100% positive they are trying to remove this class from the game slowly by killing it.

I am honestly disgusted with these “balance” patch notes. U are making your game a 1 class game. U haven’t listened to 1 word ppl have been telling u about rangers (i am not talking about other classes, because i didn’t chose others btw, i am strictly talking about my class).

I ask u the community…(EXCEPT WARRIORS) what do u think of the patch notes. Honest opinions.

Good..now u have to remove very poorly designed puzzles in WvW that can be 24/7 spawn camped, and renders them (all of them) useless. Whoever controls the map..controls puzzles…nice free sieges..multiplied by X characters 1 account can have multiplied by 7 days. What is up with that?

Not to mention putting sieges behind waterfalls and so on.

Ok so i am in the front, i die…

i am in the middle..i die

i am in the back obviously i die.

Please tell me why i get teleported back whatever the position i am in? I never fall, i always land on platforms.

Is this really intended?

I am from SoS, and i honestly want to congratulate u guys from Maguuma…u did an awesome job defending. It was one of the best garrison sieges i’v had the opportunity to participate in.

Really big thumbs up! Altho in the end we took it, u guys put on a great defense and never gave up. That’s how a server should be like.

Dragonbrand …take lessons from Maguuma..otherwise stop qqing about ppl leaving your server. If u constantly give up no wonder.

u guys 2 leave no spider alive!