Guild Wars 2

eisberg.2379:

They said Karma was nerfed to balance out the added account wide magic find and how magic find is obtained. But I do agree that the karma nerf was to heavy

I don’t see how Karma was affecting Magic Find to begin with. I would like them to at least meet us half way.

Qawsada.4251:

Romo.3709:

Yeah it was all based on the fact that Karma was useless.

It was never useless to begin with and its more that people aren’t inform as to what they could do with the karma to make a quick penny. Sadly, this kind of mentailly is the reason why we might not see an increase in karma rewards from now on.

It was useless because of vast amount of it we had after we spent it on exotic gears and such. That’s why the Orian boxes were introduced. Now that Karma is used for many different other purposes, they nerfed it. It is way more useful than it was before. That’s why the nerf was an ill timing.

It might be Arah shoulders, I don’t have a charr, so I can’t confirm

RyuDragnier.9476:

Romo.3709:

I miss Hobo-Tron…

What happened to him? Last I saw of him was during Scarlet’s Playhouse.

The devs mentioned at one point that he will have a deeper role in the story, so he’ll come back I don’t seem to be able to find the post atm…
But I can’t wait >.<

RyuDragnier.9476:

Qawsada.4251:

Dutchdevil.6902:

Can you tell me why you nerfed it this bad?

I recall prior to the update, people in this PARTICULAR forum were complaining that they have too much karma and that karma is everywhere. They also complain that they do not know what to spend with the karma.

Then wouldn’t it have made more sense to make it so you could buy T6 mats with it, but with a hefty karma cost attached? For example, you could get a full stack of 250 Vials of Powerful Blood…for 500K karma. There, people wouldn’t complain that they have too much karma. They’d be complaining because they didn’t have enough.

Yeah it was all based on the fact that Karma was useless. Now that they gave it a purpose in crafting and such, it became actually worth something. I don’t think anyone would mind it at this point.

Fror.2163:

And oh!! Fractals are dungeons! Isn’t that good?

They’re not… I’m sad to admit it, but fractals are nothing like dungeons in matter of rewards you receive for running it. I mean given it is 3-4 “mini” (and “mini” being a stretch by a loooong run) dungeons in a row that upon completion of each u get a chest with some fractal relics and greens and blues, maybe rare or exotic if you’re really lucky. But in the long run, the relics are useless after a while, having made 4 shiny backpieces and still having well over 5000 relics in my wallet, I see no value in them anymore.
Understandably I can spend them on shards, but atm I don’t need that many anyways. There is really no actual way of making gold from fractals other than hoping to get those rng based drops.
Dungeons are a whole different breed. You can get a full exotic armor, weapons, and everything guaranteed with no RNG, just because you get tokens. You can use the tokens to buy rares and salvage them for ectos. And the best part? After every dungeon path you run you get rewarded with GOLD. THAT is what fractals are missing. A reward system that is worthwile.

Dutchdevil.6902:

I have a specific way of playing this game, I run dungeons and sometimes some world events. So for me there is not much karma to gain. Why you nerfed karma in dungeons? Now I am forced to play other things like events. But why say play the game where you want how you want?? That is off the table as I am forced to leave or play less my dungeons!

You had a good argument, up to this point, which turned the forum around putting this post into a debate about how you play the game.

Let’s stay on topic people, so the devs actually do something about Karma. In the past we had tons of Karma coming our way. With the new system introduced in the begining we were told that the Karma Jugs will not be affected by boosters or banners anymore, but they will increase the amount of karma coming out of jugs and such so it more or less evens it out. Tey went back on that word a few weeks later where the karma gained from dailies and such was nerfer to as high as 90%, which is ridiculus amount. Getting a full Karma gear takes 8-9 times longer than what it used to. Cultural weapons lost their appeal beacuse of the karma cost.

I understand there are other alternative ways to gain karma such as fractals and so on. But having 3 characters in upper level 40s fractals, I really don’t feel like doing a lower level fractal just for karma itself.

I’m really hoping this post won’t get turned off because of the structure of the topic the OP decided to go with… The thing is that we all would like karma to come back the way it was, even if you can meet us half way, now that it’s actually worth something.

johnnymiller.5968:

So we need globs of dark matter for crafting ascended weapons; that’s all fine & dandy. I have been playing this game for a year, during the past 12 months I have salvaged many rare/exotic items using black lion salvage kits, mystic salvage kits etc. So far I have had one glob of dark matter – why oh why is it so difficult to obtain an essential crafting material for ascended weapons? Also assume you might need some for legendary weapons too?
You cannot buy dark matter through the tp. Can you obtain any in dungeons?
This is becoming a source of frustration now.
Is it a case of crafting items between level 400-500 then salvaging?

What are people’s suggestions?

You can also buy finished product that uses the dark matter to be crafted. So technically you never really need the dark matter to begin with. But look at the TP, some exotics are below 1g these days.

I miss Hobo-Tron…

Konig Des Todes.2086:

Also, we know the origins of steam creatures. One user on the wiki was just making an edit war claiming that those in Lornar’s Pass may hold a different origin than those in the personal story where it is stated the Grand Sovereign invented them.

Still doesn’t explain the origins. And one person’s speculation doesn’t make it true.

Blackmoon.6837:

There should be revealing armor for all sets. We should have cover-ups for all sets. We should have designs that fit inbetween.

More options = more happy people.

It would be logical. But the thing is people will complain regardless of the amount of types of armors available. I mean this post alone complains about skimpy heavy armors when skimpy:full ratio is ridiculously low. I mean we have roughly 3-4 full coverage armors for every “revealing” one, yet the OP still complains. And the “revealing” armors are not so revealing at all compared to what other classes have to offer. So regardless where this is going, nobody will ever be satisfied. Some people want more revealing armors and some people want more coverage. The only thing that’s true is that “More options = more happy people.” So Anet, please keep making more armors!

Btw, here’s the reference to the mission I was talking about:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Split_Second

MithranArkanere.8957:

Gods would be gods not just because of their power, but also because they exist for all worlds in the mists. And the more worlds they interact with, the more their power is spread and weakened.

Considering the multiverse theory , an infinite universe will contain an infinite number of Hubble volumes, all having the same physical laws and physical constants.

That being said The Mist is explained as following:
“The Mists is the oldest thing in existence, constituting the fabric of time and space that connects the multiverse together.”

Which would mean that it is in fact connecting every parallel universe in existence.
That would explain that Abaddon is in fact is dead and no longer exist. Fractals being what they are can manipulate time and space making entities like Abaddon exist once again, for the sake of relieving the history. But at the same time just like you said, in form of memory or a dream.

The simple fact that multiverse is mentioned in official description of The Mists is intriguing, pushing me closer and closer to believe my parallel universe theory where Scarlet somehow got the hang of “Infinity Ball” giving her ability to travel between those universes, creating one Ultra-Alliance.
Probably the most mysetrious thing in the whole living story are the Steam Creatures themselves as they being described as follows:

“Steam creatures are mechanical abominations with steampunk design. Along with the dredge, steam creatures are one of the primary threats in Lornar’s Pass. The origin of the creatures are a mystery.”

Since that mystery never been resolved and Scarlet somehow got them under her control is just mind-boggling to me. Excitement for the unknown is just bursting out of me!

I remember seeing codes for Paper Bag Helms and School Uniforms, but yet to see codes for Swimsuits. Anyone can post the codes for all these?

Aerlen.5326:

I know the whole deal with MMOs is to appeal to the “male gaze” but GW2 has a pretty large female player base too. That said – can you please knock off the skimpy armor? I understand one or two sets but this (http://dulfy.net/2012/08/11/skimpy-armors-in-gw2a-list/) is 100% ridiculous.

Name 2 “skimpy” heavy armors. There is incredibly small amount of those compared to light and medium. As the matter of fact, Male Heavy Armor have more options to be “skimpy” than Females…

Nilkemia.8507:

Interesting idea…except for one problem.

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He died at the end of Nightfall, and Kormir took his power. So he’s pretty much all but guaranteed to be a no show except for fractals.

Although there is a possibility of a deeper version of what we know. They always say that everything is possible. And with Asuran technology and their personal story line shows us infinite possibilities.
One of the missions is that you open a portal to another dimension where you are an ultimate bad guy trying to take over Tyria. You end up fighting yourslef in order to complete it. During the fight he spawns Steam cretures, which we still know very little about.
You want to hear a strech? What if Abaddon was never defeated in the parallel universe? What if asuran technology fell in the wrong hands? What if Scarlet is from another dimension herself? I mean there is nothing in lore about Aetherblade Pirates that just shown up out of nowhere. And the pirates wear steam-punk clothing, using steam weapons. Now in the new TA path we seen them work along Steam Creatures that are technically from another parallel universe. So does that mean the pirates come from there as well?
If it all ties together we’ll have an AMAZING story that will practically par with DC comics.

What they really need to do is stop setting it up and give us some major conclusion, or a part of it. Till now they’ve been making alliances, trying to tie them together, setting up for more and more lore. But we get no conclusion at all. Just getting more alliances thrown in the mix. It’s like watching a show that is constantly talking about a big thing going down, but every episode just adds more and more unknown.

Josh Davis.6015:

Just to clarify – I forwarded this issue to the team earlier this morning.

Josh, can you please see if there’s any update on the issue? Since we’re all sitting in the dark, simply hoping it will go away. If it’s not an issue and it will stay as it is, they please tell us, so we can just turn off “Game Messages” forever. Although I still have a slight ray of hope that I won’t have to…

There is a time and place for stacking. It’s called explorable mode. If you want to roam around, clear every single mob, and “do it the way it was intended”, play the story mode. Stacking is not required nor advised there.

Oxxy.7068:

zerotwo.4731:

Like Teq

Right. Because nobody DPS’ing the dragon stacks near it’s right paw.

And how do you advise defeating Teq? That’s the only way to do it. You need a group concentrated in one area dealing heavy damage to the dragon while the turrets clear the area on and around them. If you had people spaced out everywhere, nobody would survive and Teq wouldn’t go down below 95%.

Stop this whining about stacking. You don’t like it? Then don’t play with 90% of people. Have your own little groups that wipe over and over again “as it was intended”

Kind of wished I didn’t buy that Gift of Zaithan right away…

Yeah I was turned off. Sadly at the time I have no legendary that I truely desire… So I guess I’ll just finish my Gift of Fortune to go along with my Gift of Mastery and just sit on them for a while…

Flissy.4093:

Romo.3709:

I’m in a process of making Kamohoali’i Kotaki myself at the moment. Being Guardian

^ Read above and reconsider if that is something that bothers you.

You have planted a seed of hesitation in my head o.O

Zoltreez.6435:

I want to see that guy solo lupi under 6 min lol

Fail….

R. Definitely speak if you’re a girl. XD

durend.6237:

I remember a pug I had on arah 4 once tell me about how his last attempt coined the hoard of dwayna tears at simin an “ocean of tears”

Perhaps we can have lupi use simin’s petrification and life regen tactics? Kill 5 priests of melandru to stop lupi’s life regen?

This would be the worst idea in GW2 history. Dwayna’s p4 fight is probably my least favorite fight in the entire game period.

N: Don’t start p4 Arah if you have Guild stuff going on in 40 minutes (that thinking it took you guys roughly 20 minutes to get to Lupi).

Lupicus is still much more fun to play than Zhaitan or Jellyfish from Aquatic Ruins Fractal… I say, concentrate on these first…

Nothing wrong with that. I have a toon that is not a part of that 99%, but that’s beside the point.

laharl.8435:

You can melee everything in fractals, although it’s probably not a good idea for 99% of the player base.

Good example would be Dredge fractal’s final boss. Since you have to kite him around the map, you’re pretty much useless if you don’t have ranged weapon. But regardless, it’s true that you can melee pretty much everything, but you have to have a specialized group for that. You can just jump into a random pug and start to melee everything, because you don’t “believe” in range weapon. You will end up being down 90% of the time and end up being a dead weight for the whole party. On higher level fractals it’s never a good idea to melee straight up.

On the side note, fractals are not like dungeons. You have to be prepared for things, bring 2, 3 maybe even 4 weapon sets so you can adjust to different situations since you never know what’s coming next. It’s not a Zerker melee playground like most dungeons.

Alex.9106:

Why use ranged weapons if you also can melee him from a safespot?
Why should anyone use ranged weapons in this game?

Wow dude… Don’t come to fractals…

Heavy armors in general are very bulky. And we have A LOTof them to choose from if that’s the way you want your character looking. But the ones that show skin are very few and can be counted on one hand with ease. So don’t complain about showing skin. And yes it is magic since I am a guardian and I use holy magic to protect me.

Albadaran.1283:

Romo.3709:

When it comes to heavy armor in general, your “Female Armor must show skin” theory is invalid. That is all.

Why? It’s magic armor, so the skin is magically enforced. Including an ivisible forcefield for those body parts seemingly uncoverd

Therefore why bother going though a whole character selection screen, when you won’t be able to see anything anyways…

That I can agree with.

When it comes to heavy armor in general, your “Female Armor must show skin” theory is invalid. That is all.

Archaeopteryx.7409:

“Skip” them just to get past it!? A Dungeon is made to complete, and whenever we skip parts, it becomes increasingly difficult because we’re stuck in the middle of (literally) two undead armies… Call me a noob if you’d like

Noob. Another one of those elitist people complaining about skipping trash mobs… Some parts are meant to be skipped. If you fought, literally everything in Arah, the dungeon would take 4-5 hours per path. “Ain’t nobody got time fo that” Why do you think you’ve failed 6/7 times?

People been doing this dungeon since the release. And if you’re not willing to listen, nobody will be willing to help you. If you want to “grind” trash mobs, make your own group and advertise that you’re “clearing” everything. Don’t force your gameplay on others.

I’m in a process of making Kamohoali’i Kotaki myself at the moment. Being Guardian and using Trident more than the Spear normally, but for the sake of Sharks… I am willing to change that
You won’t see any particle effects at all on land though… It’s the same as when you have a land-based legendary and you swap to your alt set. All the effects disappear.

Yeah, Kraits have completely taken over Halloween. I mean has anyone been in the labyrinth lately? It’s dead. Well… dead as in nobody’s there. Lol.
Even though I love the new content and applaud Anet, but how much they did with it, I think they should have waited with this patch till after Halloween and put in some minor patch in instead. Because frankly, last year, it being the only content out there, we cared for it much more than we do right now.

On the side note. I understand some things been removed to make the gameplay smoother, but why remove rewards? Mad Memories quest could’ve easily been replaced by another Halloween backpiece. The amount of Halloween themed weapons/armors is just pitiful this year… I mean we got more town clothes than anything else…

It’s been 4-5 updates now since it was first brought up. Does that mean the issue was deemed to be a non-issue and we’re stuck with it? Is there any update on the status of this? It could simply be moved to Battle Messages instead.
Please have them fix this. It was an addition that nobody that uses “Game Messages” option is happy with at all. I’ve yet to see or hear one person being positive about that change.
Those messages are slowly becoming a pet peeve of mine…

You are:
[ ] Married
[ ] Have Girlfriend
[x] Employed
[x] Have Pets
[ ] Have Children
[x] Are an Adult
[x] Have a Life
[ ] Have no Manual Dexterity

You Think Living World is too:
[ ] Hard
[ ] Time Consuming
[ ] Temporary
[x] Short of Jumping Puzzles

You are Currently Threatening to:
[ ] Quit
[ ] Uninstall
[ ] Kick Colins’ Dog
[ ] Tell the Internet That You are Upset
[x] Spend more of my free time playing

Also random skin drops from the bags. Even though it was a low chance, it was something… Bags are useless now…

Bright.9160:

It’s funny, because some of the people you’re condescending to are Fractal lvl80 (not me though), and/or do lvl48 on a pretty regular basis, yet they also want the system changed.

Leave the system as it is. Everyone I know that has level 80 or do 48 on pretty regular basis had their fractal weapon of choice for a long time now.
What they need to do is work on fractals as a whole. Don’t waste time fixing little things, make the whole fractal rewarding system live already. Back when they first mentioned the reward system for dungeons was getting revamped, they mentioned that they will also work on the reward system for fractals.
That’s what I want them to do. Make fractals worthwile and rewarding just like a regular 20-30 minute dungeon.
Going back to weapon skins, why change it? They do it everywhere else where the drop weapon is RNG based. Twilight Arbor did it, and you don’t see people complaining about not dropping “claim tickets”.
If that was changed in fractals, everyone would have a greatsword, staff, or whatever you want.
People would do it once or twice just to get the claim ticket and that’d be it for fractals for them.
All of us that got the weapons that we wanted, we actually did it over and over again in slight hope to get that one weapon we wanted. And what for? So now you can just hand them out to anyone that wants it? Why stop there? Give out precursor claim tickets while you’re at it… Or even better, make precursor claim tickets scraps and put them in Black Lion Chests…

LordByron.8369:

I’ll try to explain it again:
Some people preferred to farm cof1 hours daily to get thousands moneys.
Other decided to give up rewards and just farm fractal 48 with 45 AR (with 55 is already easy….).

Now players that played little fractal feels entitled to rare SKINS.

You know its like deleting 6 months of farming for some players and just giving free moneys to Others?
Basically its a big slap in the face to whoever played fractal despite the awful rewards….and at least got a skin.

Totally unfair…. and has 0 reason to be done….since rare skins are supposed to be in the game since manifesto.

@spad e 50 pristine is nothing…
As said even 166 would be way too easy…because that is calculated on level 48 and you get pristines at 10+

The rng is a total excuse….as i proved people wants easy skins.

Couldn’t say it any better. You want fractal skins? Do fractals like the rest of us. Don’t expect it to be handed to you.
Also doing lvl 28 over and over is not gonna get you what you want. Advance.
Fractals are not COF, which is a hard concept for some people to handle it seem. You won’t get what you want by just farming it.
The real fractal players do fractals for the sheer fun and challenge, not skins. So stop crying.
The moment you stop whining about what you want and start enjoying fractals for what they are, will be the moment that you’ll get that fractal skin that you always wanted.

Player Character.9467:

Just because you’re allowed to play how you want doesn’t mean I have to play how you want by letting you be in my party.

^That!

At the same time I agree with you that fractals been left out since pretty much release, since only thing they’ve done was adding the support for different level rewards to play together and ability to exit and come back to the instance.
After so many rings, thousands of Fractal Relics are just plainly useless. We should definitely have another use for them as well aside from Prestine Fractal Relics. Because in all honesty, who buys rings with them anymore? So in actuality we don’t need any more versions of tokens when we have them already. All they would have to really do is make them useful for once.

Yeah =/
People just make them to sell them for profit these days…

Weird, because right now I have a tab full of fractal skins in my bank and I’m not exaggerating at all. As the matter of fact some of my friends just salvage them at this point. I don’t feel the prestige at all. I do fractals for the fun of it, not to get a skin. It would be nice if it was more rewarding in matter of drops or gold upon completion, but skins are really not the answer to that at all.
And how can “reputation that spreads admiration on the basis of a perception of one’s achievements” when it can be done by everyone just by simply doing 10 fractals here and there. This game has none of that. At this point even Legendaries themselves have lost the prestige, since we see them all over the place. There is no prestige in this game after one year. And I really wouldn’t like them to do what apparently WoW is doing by making everything obsolete with every expansion. The only thing we have left in this game is self accomplishment.
Skins are just skins. There is nothing prestigious about the fractal skins at all. Aside from staff or great-sword, most skins are ok looking at best.
The biggest mistake Anet has ever done was making Legendaries sellable, therefore destroying the only possible prestige point in the game.

haviz.1340:

How then does running something hundred of times make it prestige?

Tell me what do you think is prestige? Just giving it to you? Not having to spend hours upon hours of gameplay on acquiring that one thing you want? I’m not asking you to answer my question with a question. WHAT IS PRESTIGE TO YOU? Because right now it’s all rant about how you’re not getting that thing you want and you want Anet to give it to you. Define prestige in your words.

I was hoping for more toilet paper I could throw at my friends….