I’m going to say that the argument of not touching the Behemoth because it is in a newbie zone is invalid because of the amount of level 80’s that show up for the fight. If it was just newbies that fought it, then it would be ok.
But honestly, most of these so called “World Bosses” are just
But you don’t want to make it so hard that the newbies find it too hard. You don’t want to turn them off of world bosses. Especially not with it being in the human starter zone. Since a lot of people roll human.
At this point in time (post mega server transition) there is no situation in which only new players would be attempting this content, thus the argument that it will be too hard for new players is invalidated. Prior to the mega server transition, that argument could adequately be used to argue against changes.
I’m not saying the fight can’t be made harder. Just not too hard. It doesn’t need to be Teq or triple trouble hard. But it definitely could stand with being made more challenging
I’m going to say that the argument of not touching the Behemoth because it is in a newbie zone is invalid because of the amount of level 80’s that show up for the fight. If it was just newbies that fought it, then it would be ok.
But honestly, most of these so called “World Bosses” are just
But you don’t want to make it so hard that the newbies find it too hard. You don’t want to turn them off of world bosses. Especially not with it being in the human starter zone. Since a lot of people roll human.
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i’m curious how much experience you have in each category to come up with that list.
Actually pretty good, since I’ve got maxed all classes in the game, and played a lot of any gametype starting from early beta of guild wars 2
The best class is the one you like playing.
these charts are to see statistically what people prefer in different situations, and to see what is repeating and what’s not. I can surprise you but many people don’t have all-in-one favorite class, and they choose the one that fits best for different role, and that’s why I’m curious abut that charts
I hope this thread will evolve into something big. Big enough to make some kind of graphical diagrams
Theftwind never said the best class for a person had to be stagnant.
I main ele and she floats somewhere between full clerics and a mixture of zerker/assassin gear and build. Currently I’ve got zerker/assassin gear but my traits are more for survivability than DPS.
If it’s one of those days where I know my reflexes aren’t the best, I’ll swap to my cleric’s gear and trait up for survivability. If I’m aiming for dungeons, I’ll swap to my zerker/assassin gear and swap to DPS traits and join a casual LFG because I don’t have the skills for the speed run/experienced runs. But even in the dungeon, I’ll sometimes swap out if I feel that’s what I’ll have more fun in.
I don’t really care if its removed from “world completion” or not. Everyone has their preference. I just hope I can get the transmutation thingie when I complete the maps still as it’s pretty much the only maps I get 100% on these days.
You won’t get anything for completing wvw maps from now on, the rewards have been removed.
I have all the map completion I need at this time, but I am glad this is finally changed. How people of any side can be against this I do not understand, this brings only advantages. People who do not like WvW do not have to enter it in order to get a reward they intend to use outside of WvW, and people who like WvW do not have to deal with map completers filling up maps while not contributing to the efforts going on. I honestly doubt map completing made many people WvW who would not otherwise have realised they liked this game mode sooner or later.
There are map completers who decide to help out when they get there and sometimes they end up becoming wvwers, as I and others have already said in this thread. Without map completion, I’d never have set a foot in those maps back then. Many of the wvw dailies don’t require any cooperation (“kill a sentry”, “cap a camp”, etc), which means that there is the possibility for pve players to complete dailies without ever getting into wvw proper. With regards to map completion, you had a higher chance of success when joining a group rather than running on your own, so it encouraged you to cooperate with your team mates.
If you can’t get people into your activity by other means than force, there’s something wrong with your activity.
Also, see my bold. Some become wvwers, ok, but how many hate it and leave never to come back? Why no concern for them? And how can you tell they are not in a majority?
My guess is of the ones who go into WvW for the sole purpose of map completion:
A minority realized they liked WvW and stayed
A minority confirmed/discovered they hated it
Most neither hated nor liked WvW and would likely enter it more if they heard their server needed more numbers if they weren’t doing anything at the time (megaserver killed that for the most part)
People who hate something are FAR more likely to speak out on something than someone who likes something. Human nature, happens with anything – go find anything that has a decent number of reviews. So there is that bias to remember when trying to figure out how many like vs hate WvW after only entering WvW to map complete.
I’d like bloodstones, emp frags and drag ores become currency pls.
42K karma meant 100 events at max level.
Yes. Once. Now it’s 4 teq events.
Now those rewards are expired. Which veteran doesnt have millions of karma stored? Anet definitely no longer see them as something that keeps player interested in playing. In fact I wonder how many players actually care about karma anymore.
I was naturally speaking at launch when those rewards were still in play as an item to provide longevity to the game. Thats why I said “meant” not “means”
Wanna know who cares about karma? New and current people who are interested in making a legendary. Don’t be selfish just cause you think you don’t need karma.
sorry I meant veteran players wasnt clear enough. As for karma, its far from a bottle neck to craft legendary weapons. it takes what 500k-1m karma to craft a legendary weapon? how many veterans dont have 2m+, I bet most have 3m -5m. Thats enough for 4-10 legendary weapons. I doubt anyone has enough gold to get 4-10 precursors though.
Also I think you may have missed what the argument is about somewhat. I have like 3.5m karma but what we’re saying is cap that to say 1m perhaps 1.5m I am personally willing to loose the 2.5m – 2m karma specifically because i care for new players and am being the opposite of selfish.
As is right now either Anet never release another karma reward or like op said they have no choice but to price it high enough so that people like me cant just outright buy it without playing any of the content. In turn that means someone who is just starting out needs to earn millions of karma just to get to the baseline of when his effort to earn the reward starts.
Lets say for the sake of argument they make precursors buyable by karma and lets say they want people to play an average of 6 months to earn a precursor. As is they cant simply charge 6 months worth of karma because most players would be able to buy 3 – 5 precursors the moment that goes live. So they need to charge a lot more. average amount of karma people have + 6 months on top of that. For us it means 6 months more work, for new players it will mean 2 – 3 years work.
Thats just no fair and is bad for the game. of course in escense the result is what maddoctor said, Anet will simply not use karma for such rewards and use something else. In fact ironically they’re using collections which is in a way a capped currency
I’ve played off and on since head start and never crossed the 1M mark. I luckily had the amount I needed to buy enough obsidian shards for the Gift of Mastery and to get the Mystic Clovers I needed. And by then I was under 30K karma.
So don’t lump all veterans on the same boat. Us more casual veterans may not have the huge stores of karma.
I personally do not think there needs to be a cap in currencies. Yes, the veterans may reach the finish line sooner, but they spent the time to earn whatever it is that it took to buy the item. Why does it matter when they earned it?
Especially when they have found a solution to the keep the veterans from getting things on Day 1 problem: new currencies.
It is a solution. And not being in the wallet gives people a choice. Lose inventory holding space to hoard the currency or spend the currency. And that’s a LOT better than being told there is a cap on how much you can hold with no choice in the matter.
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