Guild Wars 2

Daphen.3164:

It started when the laurels/daily patch dropped. Not only does MAW give good loot, but it also provides you 5 quick events to get your dailies.

Yup this is the reason, and exactly where i go for my daily events.

CobaltSixty.1542:

This has to be a joke.

I can provide a screenshot of the e-mail if you wish i just wasnt sure if that was against the rules to post communucations with support publicly. However if you PM me your e-mail address i can forward it to you they have no way to verify that.

Olfinbedwere.5049:

So how do you check the server clock/your system clock? Is it the minimap clock and your desktop toolbar clock? If so my desktop clock is 7 sec faster than my ig clock.

yes i believe that is how you would check it.

Ruin.3461:

Rifter.6591:

However i have to think this is a complete BS answer, no game i have ever seen in the last 15 years at least would use the system clock for anything at all ever over there own server clock……..

Generating pseudo-random numbers.

obviously, but you could use the server clock for that, i would think the RNG is being run on the server anyways, because if it isnt then holy security and exploit issues if the RNG is client side………..

Personally i think the big chests for those chain events should be upped by at least a factor of 20 if not 50 for the loot drops.

And then limit them to a once a 24 hour period, you can keep doing the events if you wish but limit the chest to redrop loot only every 24 hours per account.

This was if you fight your way thourgh a high level champion the loot drop will be worth it, and with a 24 hour chest reset people will be unable to farm them.

Im not kidding, i sent a report in about bugged drops mostly from champions and vets which in the nov 15th patch they said would always drop loot.

And the response was to check my system clock and make sure it matched the server clock, even down to the min/sec if possible.

So who knows i havent had a chance to try this yet but perhaps checking your clocks might be a good idea if you are one of the players getting really screwed by the RNG/DR for your loot drops.

However i have to think this is a complete BS answer, no game i have ever seen in the last 15 years at least would use the system clock for anything at all ever over there own server clock……..

But if any of you have had issues and the system clock was off and the issues went away after fixing the clock pleae post here im very interested to see if this does work.

If they fixed the game to support their original design goals and fix the ridiculas drop rate/DR issues then i might. The broken mess we have now though no I would not be willing to spend money monthly on this.

And this isnt even really because i like the original design goals better than what we currently have its about trust, i dont pay monthly fee’s to devs that cant be trusted that would just be stupid.

The issues with GW2 is they had all this marketing when it was in development about how this game was going to be gamebreaking have no grind, appeal to MMO players and non MMO players etc. You all know what im talking about with what was released while this game was in development and how much that differs from what we have now. But then since launch have done literally nothing to support that original plan and everything to convert it to another WoW clone, while not adressing why this is being done or why they were so dishonest in the original marketing if this was their plan all along. I mean there is nothing wrong with making another mainstream MMO clone if thats what you want to do just be honest about it.

Its possible, like i said it was my first dungeon so i have no way to tell, all i know is it seemed like i was doing alot of the work, dieing the least, and still getting my kitten handed to me.

Im looking for a fast way to get the 5 monthly dungeons. Im a super newb.

Im lvl 64 warrior.

I Tried a AC run last week and lets just say it didnt go well, i was with low level guys level 40-45 who said they had done dungeons before but i was only guy over 60 and we got just destroyed by the last boss, i cant point a finger at why but we just could not do it i think even with 100 more attempts. Honestly though i was only warrior in party and also doing a easy 40% of the damage output, none of them were high damage characters.

So should i try it again with more warriors/guardians that are higher lvl in party or is there a better dungeon to be running?

A guild mate bought a few and said they were a waste of time, i have not done it personally though so YMMV.

AriadneRaynor.7362:

The only problem I have is that (as you said) the JP’s weren’t meant to be “real content”, but as a bonus.

Now, they’re suddenly required to finish a monthly.

If they’re required, they should be tweaked or repaired so that all races can have a true chance to do the puzzles without the player becoming outrageously annoyed and frustrated due to things the player has no control over.

Or they shouldn’t be required to be done…ever…as they are “bonus” content only.

Thank you for your consideration in this.

I could not agree more with this statement.

Suddenflame.2601:

There will be and i can not link it cause its in one of the forums that is locked and forgotten lol. They are also including new exotic stat combinations and ect.

This is indeed good news, i will hold off on the ascended gear for now then. Did they happen to mention a timeline for getting it in game?

Well, over the last week(im not kidding, it took me a week) i have read over this entire thread. I feel there is more than enough evidence that has been provided by the players to prove that the loot/drop rate/DR/RNG/whatever you want to call it is seriously messed up for some players.

So what is going to be done about it?

I would also be very much interested in a answer to this question, i hope we get one.

I also saw that comment about it being a safty net and would agree with your assesment that its a very lazt approch to botters and that in the end will harm/frustrate many more legitamit players than it will stop botters.

Alright let me preface this post with this:

Yes i searched this before posting, spent alot of time reading alot of trolling and locked threads that do not answer my question but did hurt my brain.

I DO NOT want this thread to degenerate into the same threads as the ones i just read so please keep reponses relevent to the question below, and not get off onto tangents such as why or why not there should be a full set of gear available.

So onto the question, are we going to get ascended gear for all playstyles/stat combo’s?

Has there been an official response to this question already? and if so i missed it in my search so please link it.

It’s already well known there have been multiple dev/marketing statements that this game will support all playstyle’s, thats not disputeable its fact. This would indicate that we will indeed see a full range of ascended gear at some point, however the lack of comments from devs about this ascended gear for all subject has me a little worried that we will not.

Im asking because im about to get my first character to level 80 probably this weekend ankittenrying to figure out my top tier gear/build so i know what i should be working towards, and how exactly i want to spend my last few trait points.

If this(what is in game now) is all we are going to have as far as stat combo’s ill work with that but im going to be some kitten if i do that and then a few months from now they release the full range of gear with the stats i really want, in which case it would be good to know that now so i can just run other gear untill the time that the specific gear i want becomes available. I would hate to spend a month or two saving up the laurels to blow them on gear i dont really want if the gear i do want is in the works.

So bottom line, as title states, will there be ascended gear for all or only the builds that they want us to play?

kokiman.2364:

Rifter.6591

Yeahs thats lame, also the time choice to do this is just stupid why not wait till the middle of the night when numbers are low anyways.

Are you serious?

Yeah i am, its possibe they picked the low volume time to do this according to their logs but it seems like later in the night would have been a better option.

Nuzt.7894:

I get it, you gotta do it but, do you think you could maybe add a disclaimer like “were working on Divinity’s Reach atm so please move your characters out until we are done”.
I’m not overly happy that everyone of my toons with the exception of 1 are in DR and I cannot access any of them except the one low level that is outside of DR.

Pretty kitten right now considering I just found people to do the dungeon I’ve been trying to get in on all week and now can’t access a single 80. My patience with Anet is wearing extremely thin.

/Rant off

Yeahs thats lame, also the time choice to do this is just stupid why not wait till the middle of the night when numbers are low anyways.

Flamenco.3894:

I’d rather have daily deaths.

mee to, then i can just throw myself off viewpoint after viewpoint…….

I can honestly say i dont have a favorite, and wish they were removed from the game.

Perhaps its because im a full size charr, perhaps i will feel differently when i reach lvl 80 and start a new smaller character, but right now nothing in the game makes me rage more than jumping puzzles.

Chickenshoes.6250:

Rifter.6591:

Yeah you have no idea how kitten ive gotten when doing some of the jumps when my GF(small female character) does it the first try and i spend 30 min(full size male charr) and still cant do it and end up literally ripping my keyboard out of my computer and throwing it across the room(yeah so i have possible rage issues but i also have lazy code and broken game issues).

And the camera angle in caves is just kittening stupid, i would even go as far as to say gamebreaking. WHY THE kitten CAN I NOT LOCK THE kitten CAMERA TO A SINLGE POSISTION??

I cant count how many times ive died in a cave while looking at some stupid wall where my character isnt even on the screen and i didnt move the camera it moved itself and while im figting with a kitten camera to try and see whats going on i die, and i have no way of knowing even how i died…..

I do not find it fair at all the the jump puzzle portion of the game is literally rigged against me while being much much easier for small characters.

It’s not a perfect solution, but you could use tonics to resize yourself. I have an endless, but knavish tonics (bandit) are on trading post for 13-20 copper. Some tonics can’t jump though, so watch it.

I will look into this for sure, a guild mate mentioned this as a possible solution too.

Although i still think its kitten that the larger character needs to go to such great lengths and small ones dont all because Anet cant program a camera properly(or design a puzzle properly, either way it comes down to broken/lazy coding)

Yeah you have no idea how kitten ive gotten when doing some of the jumps when my GF(small female character) does it the first try and i spend 30 min(full size male charr) and still cant do it and end up literally ripping my keyboard out of my computer and throwing it across the room(yeah so i have possible rage issues but i also have lazy code and broken game issues).

And the camera angle in caves is just kittening stupid, i would even go as far as to say gamebreaking. WHY THE kitten CAN I NOT LOCK THE kitten CAMERA TO A SINLGE POSISTION??

I cant count how many times ive died in a cave while looking at some stupid wall where my character isnt even on the screen and i didnt move the camera it moved itself and while im figting with a kitten camera to try and see whats going on i die, and i have no way of knowing even how i died…..

I do not find it fair at all the the jump puzzle portion of the game is literally rigged against me while being much much easier for small characters.

Mirta.5029:

Rifter.6591:

Silver.8023:

Being rewarded for doing nothing was never part of the original idea for the game.

Obviously, but the monthly should still be obtainable by all players, even the low levels, which dungeons runs being required doesnt do.

leveling is really fast in this game. by the end of the month you have a high chance to be level 30- 40. If you manage to get to 40 – 45 run AC story and AC explore without worrying too much. If you’re only 30 tackle the story 5 times. It will be hard, but it’s doable.

Perhaps that was my issue, im levl 64 so maybe i will try it in story mode and see what happens.

Do you still need a group for story mode?(sorry for super newb question)

eisberg.2379:

Uberrod.1342:

I would have to say that if the game is only 3 days old, just create a toon an a different server. You couldn’t have possibly gotten too far in the game.

Rifter.6591:

If you just started then just make a new character on a new server, 3 days lost advancement isnt worth the crazy prices to switch servers IMO.

He can’t do that, once you choose your home server, where you create your first character, all your characters after that automatically are on that server as well. He needs a server transfer. You cannot create characters on different servers, your account is set to 1 server.

Ok well thats just stupid then, so if your server dies and you want to start another character for a fresh start elsewhere you cant without paying half the cost of the game again?

hmmm that right there makes me want to stop playing…..

Silver.8023:

Being rewarded for doing nothing was never part of the original idea for the game.

Obviously, but the monthly should still be obtainable by all players, even the low levels, which dungeons runs being required doesnt do.

I agree, perhaps its because I tried with mostly low level players but we tried a AC run the other day and got obliterated by the last boss, like it wasnt even close, there is ZERO chaqnce we are ever going to beat a dungeon till we seriously level up a bit. Im level 64, they were all 35-45. There were 5 of us, im the only one who didnt die at least 30 times I only went down maybe 6 times.

IMO making the monthly require you to be max level to accomplish(at least that was my take on my only dungeon run, that you need to be almost max level to have a chance) is just bad programming and unfair to all the below level 50 players.

So far as i can tell the monthly is pretty much a joke to low lvl’s and only there for the end game players, which is why IMO it should NOT be the fastest way to earn laurels.

Im going to push hard for lvl 80 and try and pull off 5 by the end of the month but my only whack at it so far has left me with zero will to try it again…..

If i have learned one thing about this dynamic leveling its that its broken as hell.

Im not even maxed lvl yet im in mid 60’s on first character but even so i noticed when going to say a level 40 area and i get nerfed down to level 40 i struggle to kill even normal mobs and veterans can be a 5 min long fight(im a warrior so battles can last a while with this many hp).

I realize thats the point to make it a challenge but the issue is that same level 40 area and those same mobs WERE NOT A CHALLANGE when i was actually level 40. They are over nerfing to a huge extent in some situations.

But yet i go to a 1-15 area and i can solo certain champion while making a coffe using auto attack only and no skills and come back and not be below 60% health, even though im getting nerfed to lvl 12.

Its so annoying i think they should abandon the broken system or do a complete overhaul.

Also i have a issue with repair costs, if you are going to nerf me down to lvl 12 then nerf my repair and fast travel costs also down to lvl 12.

I had a giuld mate ask me for help the other day, so i go to help(there goes almost 2 silver just to get there, other side of the map. Then we get rocked by a chamion i should have been able to solo without thinking about but due to nerf lvl we both die, then i spend 10 silver repairing my now all broken armor. Then we go back with more help and kill champion and he doesnt even drop anything. So by the time i travel back im out 15 silver, this is just stupid.

If you just started then just make a new character on a new server, 3 days lost advancement isnt worth the crazy prices to switch servers IMO.

kokiman.2364:

Rifter.6591:

MF doesnt effect whole party in this game? seriously?

Are you guys for real??

I know im new but wow that is some epic design fail on so many levels…….

No it is not.

Once again the problem lies in the community and not in the game design, those people who are “bad” at the game and still insist on using MF Gear even though they get grounded by every mob in a dungeon are just flat out stupid and stubborn and don’t want to contribute anything to the group. Those are the people who play warrior with GS and Rifle and 5 Signets in a GROUP!

No its bad game design, if you apply magic find to the party like most games do then i dont care if you are a MF leech that cant play and the OP’s issue would be a total non-issue because we are seeing the rewards from the MF so carrying you thorugh the dungeon would be worth it for the rest of the party.

Yeah pre patch was always random, post patch i have got only the karma jug and a coin each time, zero variation.

SteepledHat.1345:

From what I’ve seen, most of the people complaining about the suspensions probably deserved them. You can tell by the way the complain. I’m not speaking of you specifically, that’s why I said most and not all. Point is, 72 hours is nothing in the long run. It’s annoying, but just try to carry on afterwards like nothing happened. Nothing you say or do will change this policy so why stay mad?

He is right though, one punishment does not fit all crimes.

Whats going on here would be the same as if the US justice system all of a sudden went to a 10 year sentance for all crimes, no more 90 days for a probation violation or death penalty for murder just 10 years for all. You jaywalk? well to bad for you 10 years in jail, you murder someone or hundred of people, well 10 years for you too.

One sentance NEVER fits all available crimes/vilations and companies that have systems like this have no idea what they are doing, or are just to lazy to have actual good customer service.

Revolution.6301:

Just curious what was your name?

I was wondering this too but he would probably get another 72 hour ban for telling us.

Im going to be blunt here, with the censorship going on in these forums does this honestly surprise you at all?

If anything i would have expected this to have gone even worse for you.

I do agree with you though.

MF doesnt effect whole party in this game? seriously?

Are you guys for real??

I know im new but wow that is some epic design fail on so many levels…….

Its really not that hard guys, there are hundreds of ways to do it within 10 seconds.

I prefer to find a undead mage and evade the AoE ice spike attack they do, i get 5-7 dodges per time i evade through it, so can hit daily after second time its cast on me.

EDIT: Not all classes will get the dodge by playing normally guys. I for one almost never dodge with my warrior, i mean really whats the point i do damage faster if im right beside the enemy and its not like 99% of them can do enough damage to kill me anyways.

yeah i ran into some roadblock type structure the other day and since i run a GS/Hammer combo on my warrior i have no range.

The only thing i could find to damage it was doing the GS whirlwind attack through it and the spin with the hammer that throws enemys back.

Even the 100b attack only hit with 1 or 2 of the slashes.

Its kinda ridiculas IMO.

I just started a few months ago, so far i have learned that if you are primarily going to do PvE content be a warrior, and if you are going for WvW a Thief is a good idea.

Yeah wait till you either get good gear or lvl up.

Im only level 60 something(i think 63) and just crafted a set of lvl 60 required armor(my armorsmith crafting is high enough lvl) and if i sold it on the trading post i would probably get 1-2 gold for the set, and it only cost me 9-11 silver to repair.

Its only cheaper to go new if you are under level 30, and at that low level you are probably finding new better stuff so fast you arnt repairing much anyways.

I agree, the Art in this game is simply amazing.

Vayne.8563:

Because we need yet ANOTHER thread to complain about the same thing that people have been complaining about. Those other threads weren’t good enough and the OP decided we need a new thread about how Anet said one thing and did something else…and if that were truly the case, well, that would be fine. But it’s not really the case.

A lot of people bring up the manifesto, which said “I swung a sword, I swung it again, I swung it again. We don’t want people to grind in Guild Wars 2. No one likes to grind. We want to change the way that people view combat.”

A lot of people somehow take this to mean that there will be no grind in the game at all, where clearly the type of grind Colin is talking about there is combat grind, as in grinding mobs to level. Since I didn’t have to grind mobs to level (exploring and crafting are far faster), it’s hard to say that was misleading.

This game is different from Guild Wars 1, but even Guild Wars 1 had grindy bits, including getting certain achievements, or very hard to get weapons or armor. People did farm the voltaic spear, after all.

None of the content in this game is gated. The only reason you NEED ascended gear is because it’s in your head that you need it. I do everything in this game without that gear just fine. It’s easy enough to get exotics and even that’s more than you need to do anything in the game.

Anet made a game, and made some changes. Not in the entire direction of the game, since I’m playing exactly the same way I’ve been playing since launch.

And yes, people did leave, but the overall game population is still going up. Those who think it’s not are clearly not playing on my server. In fact, Colin recently said that both the population and the concurrent player population has been increasingly lately.

Yes, some people who took the devs literally and hung on every single word they said were disappointed with some of the changes. And some people think you absolutely must have ascended gear.

Shrugs. Thinking something doesn’t make it true.

It wasnt so much the manifesto i think that made people think about there being no grind but the owners comments, ill see if i can dig up a link.

To add to this post i think i should say something.

I liked GW1, I like GW2 so far. I do not like WoW, its a good game just not my cup of tea.

Before dumping thalsands of hours into GW2 i would just like to know if they are going to be bringing the game closer to what was advertised and the original plan or closer to WoW type game.

They say the former while all the patches since launch point to the latter, so i think thats a fair question.

First off while i am new here i have been lurking for years in the fourm and reading all press release and whatnot as i am a huge fan(had this account since GW1, was a HUGE GW1 fan) and am just getting my first character to max level, should be there in a few days. I started late as real life was getting in the way of a new MMO before xmas so didnt start playing till jan but have real life friends who have played since beta.

I have some serious concerns about the direction of the game, having read all the marketing material used to promote this game pre launch and reading dev statement released while this game was in beta i learned alot about what the game was going to be.

The issue is the game we have and the game they talked about are not the same game.

They promised no grinds and all builds/playstyles being supported, there is even a statement released from the owner of the company himself saying there will be no grinds.

One of the main reasons i liked GW1 so much was if you had a max level character and wanted to try a new build that could be done within the hour, including obtaining the max level gear to support your new stat choices. In this game doing the same thing would take weeks if not months to obtain the new gear required for your new stat choices. Im sorry to break it to you but thats a huge grind to find out you may or may not even like the build for what you want to do with it(PvP or PvE or WvW)

And thats assuming your new stat choice if its even possible, i was thinking the other day about how i might like my warrior better if i went power/precision/toughness instead of the power/toughness/vitality build im running now since i got the loads of HP from being a warrior i might like to trade that HP for crit chance so i wont need the HP as i will be getting the kills faster. So I go onto the wiki and find that that particular stat combo is not possible with top tier gear, i mentioned this in guild chat and find im not alone and thats far from the only stat combo thats not offered in the top tier gear, and im far from the only one who is upset about it.

This is far from supporting all builds and makes the statements made about supporting all builds decieving at the best and outright lies at the worst when you dont offer top tier gear available with all the possible stat combo’s.

Also healers are getting kittened up the kitten i had a guy in map chat the other day start raging like a son of a kitten because we had killed a champion monster and he didnt get credit at all for it. While i didnt see him hit it at all and do damage he ran around and healed/supported us that were fighting very well and would even go as far as to say we would not have won without him. Yet he gets no credit? yeah thats really supporting all playstyles guys! NOT. This is probably why my friends told me to play a warrior they said this was a pure DPS game and that high DPS builds were the best and got the best results, so far seems like they are right.

So while im still enjoying the game so far im a little worried about the differences between what was promised and what is happening, i hate WoW and hate to say this but it seem like every patch this game is moving closer to a WoW clone and further from what was talked about during beta.

Which isnt a bad thing i guess if thats what the devs decided to do but why not tell us this during development? Why tell us its going to be some ground breaking game that will appeal to all(as stated in that manifesto video) and then take steps to slowly turn the game into another WoW clone, honesty is always the best answer just come out and tell us what is going on and why you have taken the steps you have to change this game so much from the original design decisions.

Also, not a fan of the level nurfing in the low level areas, if you are going to nerf all my stats and attack down to some level 8 peon level the jesus christ nerf my repair and fast travel costs down to a level 8 peon. Its not fun to go help a friend, get beat to death by some champion you should be able to steamroll solo since you are really 6 times his level but yet due to level nurfing still die, then cause your low level buddy is also obviously dead you fast travel to a waypoint for over a silver, fix you gear for another 10 silver, and even if you killed every single mob on that whole section of the map would not make enough silver to cover your repair/travel costs. This is just stupid, nerf my whole character or none at all, dont nurf my attributes and damage output but still stick me with full repairs and full price for travel thats just kitten

Anyone else have any thoghts on this?

TL:DR

Devs announce groundbreaking game and then take steps to turn it slowly into another WoW clone.

Hello guys, im new to the game so forgive me if there is some custom UI screen where i can edit all this stuff and i just dont know about it.

How do i remove the new daily % tracker part of the UI. It’s a giant pain when playing on my laptop due to only 720p resolution screen, doesnt bother me on my 1080p desktop but is more than a minor pain in the kitten on my laptop.

Also how do i remove that stupid orange star below the daily % tracker, so far i havent seen it do anything and dont even know what its for so how do i get rid of it?

Thanks guys.

While im brand new and dont have a full grasp of the game mechanics yet i do totally agree with everything you said.

I just started 2 weeks ago and am on the server sorrow furnace and find it very active with people everywhere.

I think if they merged a bunch together it would be to laggy and have too many people.

Thanks for the replies guys, so you think going more toughness and vitality would be better than power and vitality?

My thinking was i still want to do lots of damage and tank so power and vitality seemed good. I figured because i could wear heavy armor that would be enough on the defense end and i should focus on attack damage and hitpoints(power and vitality)

thanks for taking the time to reply ill check out those links.

Hi guys, so i just got the game a couple weeks ago and have only played 20 hours or so, got my first character only up to level 24 so far and am having a blast.

I have been lurking in the forums for months and must admit the amount of QQ going on in here sometimes is insane(like today after the patch), but i guess thats normal for most internet forums.

Forgive me if i say anything super newb i still dont even understand all the abbreviations i see in chat all the time like what the heck fotm(i think thats correct term) is. And am still very much learning the game mechanics.

The main reason for this post though is to thank the devs for producing a great game. So far i have had a blast just walking around and looking at things and exploring what i find to be a beautiful world with alot of depth. I find the maps great and enjoy just walking around getting the waypoints and points of intrest and the vista’s. I absolutly LOVE the artwork and graphics. I may have only logged 20 or so hours but i can see this game giving me another few hundred at a minimum(only at 7% map completed) so even if i decide i dont like it after a few playthroughs i will still consider the money i spent on it as well spent.

And while some of the heart quests on the world maps and skill points seem impossibly hard to achieve on my own, as well as those monsters that have a horn type icon on their heads(one of these killed me about 50 times in a row, i dont think i could beat him by myself even if i was level 99) im still having fun i dont mind dying its how you learn

Also i find that the players for the most part(on my server anyways) seem to be friendly and help each other out, i ran into a few guys just roaming around the map and we followed each other and accomplished alot of the quests together without even grouping up or really talking, me and this one kid spent 4 hours playing together and didnt speak a word to each other while we were out in the map lol, but we did talk after we went back to town and he is now on my contacts list.

I do however have a few questions.

1. Can i lock the camera angle, i find it tends to zoom in on its own sometimes especially when im in a cave and it goes to some stupid angle where i cant even see whats going on and then i usually end up dead and dont even know why.

2. what does that “fotm” abbreviation mean

3. Am i playing a good character? Im a Charr Warrior and am spending all trait points on power and vitality, im trying to become the best tank possible as thats my preferred playstyle.

4. What is a combo

5. Why is everyone freaking out about that new currency they added today i know im super new and probably dont understand what the big deal is so please explain it to me if you dont mind.