Guild Wars 2

Love it! A total surprise while mapping Timberline. Kudos A-net!

I guested to Blackgate this afternoon on a hunch. I found out that the event was being failed at the Defend stage. Fortunately none of the people who routinely instigate trouble showed up while I was there. People were just having fun. I don’t think it was necessary to refer to the farmers as toxic. There’s too much name calling on this forum :/

Actually you can finish and trigger the scene with Eir and Braham. I’ve had to do this with two characters. During the big fight the option to destroy the totem becomes available while the mobs are still there. I’ve done this with two characters in spite of the ravings of the anti-farmer group.

I watched videos of this event with people fighting one wolf at the beginning. I go in and get four wolves each time.

Kasmeer and Marjory vanish part way during the last fight. Are they supposed to? If not, then why hasn’t this been fixed? If they are, then why were they there in the first place?

Your screen shots are clear proof that you go there to instigate trouble. I thought it was against the rules to post screen shots with player names.

I completed that event last week while leveling a Norn Warrior. Some of the changes made to several of the starting events and hearts in Wayfarer Foothills were odd to me. You can’t feed fish to bear cubs but you can disarm a trap and kick a tree. I got the Warrior to level 26 and then deleted it.

It’s interesting to me that the same player(s) always seem to be involved in threads like this. There’s a player whose name appears in several of the linked pictures that has routinely instigated trouble at farming events going back to Boss Blitz. What a shame.

I noticed this last night. It is constantly resetting on all characters.

I was in Frostgorge last night and the zerg wasn’t even doing Coiled Watch.

I have a Necromancer and yes, minions are a crutch. I used them while he was leveling. They were awful then and they are just as bad now. My main in Guild Wars was a Necromancer and he never ran minions. Why? Because my Heroes, and later my Mercenaries, could do it better and faster. That said, I have been using minions for parts of the Living Story and they are terrible. They generally do nothing, but they do let you think that you have a small army fighting with you. If they are the bulk of your damage, then you’re in trouble. They are meat shields. They will probably never be fixed although I hope I ’m wrong on that opinion.

Calling someone a Troll because they disagree with is just plain rude.

My new Norn warrior couldn’t pick up a tasty fish to give to bear cubs which used to be part of the second Heart in Wayfarer Foothills. But he could still disable traps and kick trees. And he could still kill stuff.

The most annoying thing on map to me are all the caustic comments and rude remarks concerning commanders in general that are continuously posted in map chat. I can see that there are a bunch of commander tags on the map but do they affect my game play? No.

I hope they did change them. Human female idle animations were indeed “crap” and incredibly stupid looking. Now get rid of the constant verbage linked with Mesmer Signet of Inspiration.

I won’t boycott the Gem Store but I certainly won’t buy this item. I have the copper version and like it. The silver version – no thanks. Try again.

What a shame. They must need money pretty bad to stoop to this kind of tactic. Bait-and-switch and now this. What next?

Who has the authority to investigate game incidents? Who has the authority to take action against accounts? It appears that Banbot has that authority based on their statements.

Use of the word “we” implies that Banbot is representing ArenaNet. Sounds to me like someone is committing fraud.

I know what the “12s” refers to and I have to agree. I saw the Blix farm a few nights ago get trolled by a small group of griefers from a Canadian guild who were dancing, jumping and repeatedly doing the laugh emote. At the same time some of the farmers were standing, not saying anything and then they left to do other events. It was pathetic in my opinion. But they, and the other other 12s, got their way in the end. Maybe they can celebrate their success on their FaceBook page.

They can’t even figure out how to properly fit many armor pieces on male Sylvari – like shoulder pieces and coats. Or they could take a shot at fixing armor pieces that mix up textures, armor pieces that clip or remove hair, or fix pieces that were poorly implemented to begin with. I’d like to see them take a shot at fixing what there is first. Maybe offering waffles for getting this done would be incentive.

I’m not obsessed with obtaining a Legendary weapon for my account but I can appreciate the level of effort it takes to craft one. That said, I finally decided to work towards a Legendary great sword because five of my characters can use one.

Two nights ago I was mapping Sparkfly Fen with my Sylvari Ranger. I happened to be on the map when players were organizing for Tequatl. All I saw in map chat was general banter and people asking others to come and help. I never saw any rudeness whatsoever. There was also a guild group exploring the area and doing bounties. My Ranger stopped mapping to participate in Tequatl’s event. Tequatl was defeated, not once but twice, because a guild spawned him right after the regular event. It was a lot of fun.

Later in the evening, I returned to Sparkfly Fen as players were organizing for another Tequatl run. Again, no rudeness, no yelling, no cussing. So, my Ranger participated in three successful Tequatl events, got lots of boxes, and finished mapping the zone without ever experiencing any of the allegations cited in the OP. Just lucky, I guess.

Then he went to Bloodtide Coast just in time to load near where the Cobalt Wurm spawns. I got some Egg Scrambler achievement. That event was a disaster but no one was yelling or cussing. Again, I must have been lucky running into players having fun.

I have run into rude players before and they do taint your play. I either block them or try to get on another map if they’re really toxic.

I think you could make your dailies more challenging by simply leaving Queensdale and not completing them in any of the starter zones.

Congratulations on your collection! I think it’s awesome!

Trahearne’s character was mangled from the beginning. Poorly developed. Poorly written. Poorly voiced. Poorly executed. Half of the time his comments are out of sync with what’s happening in the personal story.

The hate for Trahearne is the fault of whoever implemented his character in such a flawed manner.

Braham and Rox are ok, barely. Kasmeer is a bimbo. Marjory is bland. Taimi is annoying. They all talk too much.

I don’t like the loading screen either. Too abstract and way too much orange in an area that feels like sandstone. Perhaps it represents an area that is still evolving. Still too much orange though.

Very generous! Tossing my name in too.

You know exactly what you’re doing. Taking the moral high ground? I think not.

It took me almost five years to get my first GWAMM. The second just sort of happened as the game evolved.

If people only want thirty points to get the HoM rewards, that can be done pretty fast – like six months maybe. GWAMM will take a lot longer and, at this point, I don’t think it would be much fun. It takes a lot of time and “work”.

Guild Wars is a great game. If you get it you’ll get a lot of mileage out of it. People still do PvE. I have friends who still GvG and it’s neat to be able to observe those matches. Heroes make it all playable without having to wait to form a party.

I did all hard mode content with Heroes. Later I replaced the heroes with mercenaries so I could travel with multiple Necromancers, Ritualists, or (my favorite) a trio of Mesmers.

I still go back to work with my Paragon once in awhile. He was on his way to being my third GWAMM.

I say, go for it!

Boss Blitz is not punishing content. It might seem punishing after playing WvW for any length of time, especially as a staff Guardian.

Just now I took the portal from SoR Borderlands to LA. I was amazed that LA loaded immediately. That may be the way to go from now on.

My machine does need more RAM so that’s been ordered.

My loading times have been steadily increasing during the past several weeks. It’s getting to be quite annoying. I try to avoid LA and DR as much as possible because those two zones take the longest. I’m still in the process of adjusting my machine, but I still think that there’s only so much bling that any machine can handle.

The problems with scaling aren’t as bad as the bad judgment used by many of the players present.

This morning Wiggins was consistently messed up by numerous staff Guardians and rifle Warriors perched on the ledge (or a tree) near the the ramp to his segment. So there were 6 to 8 players fighting out of range most of the time. Added to that was aggro pulled by people who failed to pay attention to their surroundings bringing more enemies back to the 6 to 8 people on the ground fighting Wiggins. You can blame game design if you want but really, people need to start reading and paying attention to what’s going on.

The group at Wiggins was also consistently handicapped by numerous up-leveled characters. Most were perched on the ledge with the staff guardians and rifle warriors. Again, bad design or poor judgement?

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I agree that the Airship should be moved. It could replace the one that’s been hovering over LA. Then it should be updated so that players exit to LA and not a dead zone so they can socialize as much as they want.

My point was that the pass to Divinity’s Reach also offers a portal for travel to other cities. So if the Airship is being hauled to LA then it could also be updated to include the same service. Even if it’s not moved then it needs a portal to other cities like the one in DR.

The Airship does have a portal to other cities. Speak to the Helmsman.

Oh man, I never even noticed the Helmsman. Sheesh!

I agree that the Airship should be moved. It could replace the one that’s been hovering over LA. Then it should be updated so that players exit to LA and not a dead zone so they can socialize as much as they want.

My point was that the pass to Divinity’s Reach also offers a portal for travel to other cities. So if the Airship is being hauled to LA then it could also be updated to include the same service. Even if it’s not moved then it needs a portal to other cities like the one in DR.

The DR Pass lets you exit to Divinity’s Reach or use a portal to travel to other cities. The Airship Pass should offer the same services since it costs the same.

It would be a very bad idea. One that coul lead to a multitude of problems both in the game and in real life. You should check out Second Life if you want to simulate real life in a game.

Unlike the people who have expressed their disdain for “recycled” content, I am looking forward to the return of these events. One of the things I liked about GW was that you could count on events returning to level alts, complete activities, or farm what you want.
Mega-servers could make the Pavilion quite interesting.

Add me to the list of older gamers. My gaming adventures go back to the start of TombRaider and Myst. I didn’t discover GW until late 2007. I did have an Atari – it might be in the attic. Fortunately, I got to retire early so now everyday is Saturday!

It’s interesting to see the comments posted by people who “loathe” the QD train and go out of their way to disrupt it to make people mad. And yet, they seem to spend a great deal of time in that zone. I avoid that zone, not because of the train, but because of the people who instigate trouble and gleefully announce their bad behavior in map chat and then verbally attack or mock people in the train.

The train expects to be derailed around SB time because people sporting legendaries and Commander tags head straight to the Champ Oakheart. It’s not the train that starts the insults, it’s the bullies that come in to kill SB for his great loot. But they don’t care about new players being exposed to that.

Dinky in the Charr personal story.

Ah, good point. I need the Lyssa one too for several of my characters. But first, I must wait for the Karka Queen to appear. /0\

In my opinion, mega servers are not garbage. The are more players on maps making events, skill-points, vista and points of interest easier to complete.

My question is, was the entire NSP server population involved with completing the events listed or was it a select guild or two? Several statements in the OP indicate that one or two guilds were affected.

What’s wrong with doing the events with other players? Stop being selfish and greedy. As hafiz said “PvE is still face roll” so get out there and roll your faces.

The “holy trinity” is not actually more interesting. “Full time healers” are not needed in this game. Players who got used to playing full time healers got used to being carried along in PvE. Now, GvG was a whole different story – specialization was needed.

If a person wants to play as a dedicated “healer” I think they need to form their own groups so they can tailor the composition to their own play style.

The OP starts with the statement that “lack of diversity is bad” then goes on to outline why he/she prefers not to play that way. Maybe work on your skill bar to make it more diverse. Berserker does not need to be nerfed to oblivion to suit your play style, you need to learn to adapt.

My male Sylavri aren’t gay! However, I have to agree that the detail on many of the minis in the last two sets is disappointing. Even Lord Faren lost his looks.

I participated in the event hosted on Anvil Rock and was impressed by the huge turnout. I had a lot of fun! Many thanks to all who were involved in the planning and preparation of this event. The Commanders did a fine job – kudos to them as well!

We completed lots of events and several of the harder skill challenges in Orr. My Elementalist even got an achievement for being “Wurm Barf” because we also participated in events outside of Orr. All in all, it was a great way to spend the afternoon. My video card, on the other hand, is still smoking. Just kidding!

I hope to guest on Anvil Rock to participate in this event. I think it’s great that it’s going to be a multi-server event so that players from all servers can attend and participate. I’m sure that many servers do temple runs “like clockwork” but events like these let you meet players from all over the game.

Great surprise! I’m in Straits of Devastation fighting off Undead with bobble heads trying not to die laughing!

Just wanted to chime in and say that the new Sylvari hairstyles are really nice! I wasn’t planning on making a new Sylvari character, especially a female, but I really like the gradient colors on one of the new styles. Nice work!