I dont mind if it takes some things from the MMO cliche book, but I want it to avoid the major annoyances and failures. Cluttured screens, world isolation, a reliance on cash stores. So far so good though. I feel like I can enjoy the view, I dont feel like I am stuck somewhere and cant explore, and I havent spent a dime since purchasing the game. Been playing DCU, and I am reminded of many of GW2’s imrpovements on the MMO genre.
What I dont lke about Living Story is the high level of missing out. Either missing out on story, or items, or just enjoyment in general. An expansion is always there to do at your leisure. I like the idea something new is coming every month or so, but I hate that it means content is also going every month.
It seems the issue with this is deception, not just someone customizing it. Its like in Pokemon Black and White, when people name things Mew or something, but its actually something else, and try to essentially bait and switch. And as for text, I wouldnt want custom colors since it would confuse me. Red is map, blue is party, white is local, etc.
If its like Southsun, you can get both throughout the whole event.
You can use in game currency to buy gems, something every game with microtransactions should do. Second, its cosmetic, and not needed to enjoy the game. As someone who before GW2 suffered through a ton of “F2P” games, GW2 is far from an offender in this regard.
I wouldnt mind it. My human female was origionally a theif with a specific look. But her voice….ugh. I changed her to an engineer with a different look. Now the voice suits her perfect, but I had to change to the voice, not the voice to me.
Its people not level. Tons of people = quick kill. When there arent alot, it gets way harder, even if everyone;s actual level is 80.
But some may not want that, and thats not the purpose of the bag.
I swear sometimes, but I do feel like I should tone it down, and I do. But I never like the idea of being banned for swearing, especcially in a game with ya know….killing and mature themes. And what is a swear to one is not to another, so that brings up another issue.
Regal looked very nice and blue, but wouldnt hurt to add a pure blue, and any other pure colors that might be missing. I dont think there is a yellow dye either.
WvW can be enough of a hike fest as it is. The WP are fine.
I support removal of unneccesary mobs. Can keep things like the Skritt and Centuars, and SOME Krait. Also the enemies for gaining Dredge/Hylek/Ogre support. But most of them just make more hassel than anything without adding any real good. I dont mind ambient animals though…(mostly so I can recharge my death shroud >.>)
The best way to deal with zerging is to somehow make tactics useful. When a small force beats a way larger force in reality, its cause of better thinking, not Gods in the heavens rusting the larger forces armor.
I mostly just dont die. If not, I spam my 1 in downed which can keep me going. But really, Fear, Deathshroud, and my healing skills make me hard to down when I need to flee, so I usually dont die.
To point out, I am having fun still with this game, so stop saying everyone. Cause Im not among this supposed everyone.
Maybe aside from my Norn Guardian, I am attached to all my characters…but Im probably more easily attached. My main I am ofcourse, most attached to, since I feel like it best represents me I suppose.
Because the game has 5 races, and gave me 5 character slots.
For whatever reason, humans are always the most picked race in fantasy games that offer different races. I dont get why though. I play games to not be me, so I prefer being non-human. Not that I dont love my human engineer, but Asura and Charr are cool, and unique to Guild Wars. No Asura or Charr in LoTR or TES. But thats just my view.
Variation? I like how different the races are. Makes it more worth it to play all of them. Most people hated when The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion made the beast races more human like. Sure they could now wear helms and shoes, but it made them less interesting.
I wish more games were bold enough to make more varied races.
Id prefer female variant armor for cuter looks, not sexier looks. Wouldnt mind if male and female Asura armor looked different, but not cause I want to run around in a thong.
Ugh, such a terrible hood. Though even with visible ears, that hood would look terrible.
Too much braiding, not that they look bad…but not everything needs to be braided.
I like my female Charr. She looks like an actual cat creature. Males look like demons, and most of their horns and stuff look terrible. I like the voice too, suits her Ash Legion style I think.
Well, what WvW is supposed to emulate is essentially medival kingdom battles. Assalting castles and keep sand what not, seige is important. More seige can be good, but it has to be done right. Really though, everything needs a strength and a weakness, likely through opposing seige. What we need is something to counter arrow carts, but something that can also be countered in turn. Like an epic massive rock paper scissors game.
Not sure if I am a “Casual” GW2 player. I love being able to take breaks whenever and not worry about it draining my bank. I also dont get all stat heavy, or give my life fully to WvW. But I play WvW often and care how well we do, I try everything, or intend to, and when I do play, play for hours on end. I think people need to know how far is too far really, and remember it is a game. I am a hardcore gamer by far, but I do not play every game as a hardcore gamer. (Like pokemon…..yikes)
I love Zojja. Shes very fun and snarky in the Asura story. Zojja is fun when no around Eir. Plus merely getting to try every race should be good enough. They are different enough to warrent it, why people make 2+ of the same race in their first 5 characters eludes me.
Full doesnt mean you cant enter, just means you may end up in an overflow more often. Unless transfering doesnt let you transfer to full ones, Ive only guested, never transfered.
The point of upscaling is so people can actually get to do the stuff, so it akes sense for these temporary events, since not everyone has an 80 handy. In WvW, its an attempt to balance the game, again so more people can do it. In places like Orr though, which is always around and aimed at level 80’s, there is no upscaling, since you need to earn your place there.
Asuran Cuteness is our strength! The humans will be too beguiled and not see our giant death laser as we take over Tyria…then the world!
Technically, Asura are pretty fast, since they CAN keep up with the larger races with the longer legs. One Norn step is many Asuran steps. Plus they are very bouncy which I like, like when side stepping with a staff then you stop and they have to like, stop themselves from falling over.
Well, if you did the event in Southsun where you guard the Dolyak, Kiel is ordered to take time off and have fun, and one of the people mentions the upcoming Dragon Festival. Seems very obvious Kiel will be enjoying the festivities. If something were to ruin the party, Im sure Kiel will be the first to act, despite being on vacation, as per typical dedicated officer plot.
They said some of the changes from the LS would stay permenant. Crab Toss is very likely to be one of them, since there is nothing pressing it to go away. Id wager gold its staying for good.
Yes there is farming, will always be. But there is a difference between having to farm to enjoy the game, and people farming cause they want something specific. I get tired of farming fast, so I usually dont, and dont have much of a problem. Would you have to farm to get a legendary? Almost definatly. Do you NEED a legendary to enjoy the game? No. I think people think there is a farming issue, cause they try to farm, but its people putting themselves into these issues. As for southsun…you dont need those skins. Anyone farming in this game is doing it by choice.
GW2 should only use it if it can use it for a good reason. Yeah, OR seems cool, but I doubt it will really be good for every single game, atleast in terms of adding it to already made games. If they can, then sure, go for it, but I think people get carried away with wanting every game to have it.
Well, there is a difference between becoming like WoW and having something WoW also had. I never played WoW though, and my main reason I play GW2 is cause its a full game without subscriptions or forced microtransactions. GW2’s biggest selling point after that though, is that is the alternative MMO. WoW has dominated the MMO genre, and GW2 has been one of the few to stand among the rubble of other “failed” MMOs. So thats why people are wary of becoming like WoW.
Usually the TL:DR is shorter than what you didnt read…
I dont mind them wanting to make money, but they shouldnt force people to pay. Thats the appeal of GW2 over other MMOs. Those who actually put time into the game should be rewarded for it.
Glad Im not the only one who dislikes the temporary part of LS. Im still bitter about Flame and Frost. Got into an argument over the whole “living” part of it, but my response is then I guess I dont want it to be living.
Considering Tengu (the bird people) were supposed to be a race origionally, and even have an area for their home, its a high probability they will be a full race. Certainly the first added race would be them. (Just pointing this out for those hoping for a different one….though Id prefer a Skritt myself)
You get 5 character slots by default…I dont get why people dont use them. My goal is to get 8 slots (I have 7 so far) but even before I had all 5 slots filled, and use all of them. Only one 80 though, but the others are mostly between 30-50. One slot for each race, and a different proffession for each character. Variety is a good thing, but thats just how I see it.
I have way more fun on my necromancer than my engineer. Mostly cause my minions follow me, not sit around and then I forget to pick them up after…
Also you can be stubborn in dying, and Death Shroud is awesome.
Have you tried guesting? I usually guest on TC and BG. (Tarnished coast and Black Gate) You can still guest even if they are full.
No, I havent. I dont fully understand guesting, so I avoid it.
You can always align yourself with another couple larger guilds then invite members of those guilds over as a “bounty” tier of members with no access to anything but that can come over and do guild stuff with you guys to help with your numbers issues, there are a lot of people that are generally more than willing to come help with stuff like that because they will have missed when their guild has done it or may not be able to make it to their guild’s weekly whatever and wanna get their reward real quick.
Ive been meaning to. I have one guild slot open, but I have no idea how to find a good one. I already tried joining one big guild as they did a bounty quest, but I got shafted out of the reward and no one even feigned caring, so I left. Id love to find a big sociable guild to join though so I can stop soloing, but I have no idea how.
I dont want to repeat it though. I just need to do the Group Dungeon, but everyone is too busy farming the riots. I already have the Flower thing, and the ugly tentacle back. I just would like to finish the story before it dissapears forever… >.>
I just want to be able to experience everything, but there is so much. Its not about doing it again and again, thats whats boring about Southsun. I just want it to be there for me to do it when I am ready. Main reason I cant finish the personal story is I get side tracked by something else happening in the game, but it will be there for me when I come back.
All I am getting is defending the “living” part. Well…maybe I dont want a living story then. Doesnt make me any less…patient?
You’re already RPing around a world that isnt, I dont think it would be farfetched to say to go a bit further with it. Not putting you down or anything, RPing is fun, but RPing in an MMO has its well, challanges.
Well, I am a very slow to go player, I like taking my time, and not feeling rushed. Thats what appeals to me about GW, since I dont pay, I dont feel rushed to play. I did most of Southsun, but I felt rushed doing it. I started Flame and Frost, did teh Charr part, but then it was over cause I waited to continue, and that upsets me. I know its supposed to be a living world, but as I do the story I still havent finished (as I said, I take my time), it doesnt feel less alive to me, why cant that be for these expansions?
Well, to be fair, with a name like Guild Wars, I came in expecting more importance on guilds. I do think more options should be open to smaller guilds though, such as my own.
Well, I do agree on the content thing. I missed Flame and Frost cause I prefer to take my time, but why? Why set up this thing for so long to have it come and go like that? All this stuff these last months are being missed by most cause they were not here at the right time. They should keep these things around permenantly. I doubt Im the only person who wants the Adventure Box back for good.