Guild Wars 2

The difficulty is great.

If you don’t want to die, don’t run around solo. It’s an MMO. And if you want to run around solo – there are a dozen other zones for you.

We deserve a brutal PvE zone for once.

Loving it so far here. I skipped the Phase 1 Lion’s Arch event myself – I had a feeling it would be laggy, so I just didn’t bother. I logged on shortly after that ended and got involved in the scavenger hunt, but Canach was broken so I quit. Still, not really bothered by a bugged NPC.

Today I joined the event just as the ship to the Shores opened, and I was amazed. An actual siege on a beach! We came and conquered, and now it’s ours for good! Very little lag (I was in Overflow, but there was still a 100+ man zerg), and no busted events or NPCs. I followed the events all the way down to Camp Karka, where the zerg split up.

The karka are very fun to fight (they remind me of titans with their multiple phases). And brutal! I’ve been defeated two or three times just because I was running solo. This is not a friendly zone, and I love it.

Really looking forward to tomorrow’s finale, and good job guys! Lag and bugs are part of the medium, and they’re not exactly gamebreaking. If they’re the price to pay for a living world, I’ll happily deal with them.

karma.8763:

You had to work for gear in the beginning……what is the difference after 80? you think there just gonna beable to throw more skins at us? LOL, no that wont keep the players happy, i want my character to feel like he is getting stronger…..that is what an mmo is about right? or just grinding all day to play dress up is for you?

There are plenty of other MMOs that cater directly to people like you, who want more and more and more stats.

This game was not meant for you. It was meant for us, who want a stat ceiling, followed by skill and looks.

That legal stuff is gibberish – it has nothing to do with the philosophy we were promised, of max-stat gear not becoming obsolete.

And yes, I’d be fine if it was in from the start. Because then we wouldn’t suddenly have set the precedent that it’s OKAY to add more tiers. Now it’s okay to add more tiers! What happens three years from now? Six more tiers of gear?

And yes, I’d be okay with a new dungeon without items in it. Most of the dungeon gear is ugly, anyway.

Nimraphel.7819:

Addendum:

I would also be very curious to hear how Anet came to the conclusion that “This is what the playerbase wants” – because all evidence points to the contrary. Anyone able to shed some light on that?

A huge portion of the playerbase hopped on the bandwagon waaaay after the Manifesto came out. They have no idea what the philosophy is. They have no idea who the game was made for — us, the GW1 players.

They’re loud, they’re boorish, and they want our game to cater to THEM.

And ArenaNet is caving. Ever so slightly. But caving nonetheless.

NO. There was a promise, and it’s been broken.

I realize this topic will get buried, most won’t read it, most won’t care. That’s fine. I know the devs do read these, though, so I’d just like to get it out to whoever happens across this.

I’ve played Guild Wars since 2006 and I’ve been a big fan of ArenaNet and their philosophies for years. They’ve always seemed like they really believe that the developers know best, and usually don’t listen to suggestions for things that would go against their philosophy.

I’ve never been given reason to doubt their word, and I was (and still am) proud to be part of the fanbase.

But, after seeing a new tier of gear added a mere three months after release, I’m seeing the philosophy start to break. I love that in Guild Wars 1, I can go back to it right now and still be at max power. I could have left the game in 2007 and went back now, and my abilities wouldn’t be weak.

I don’t think Ascended gear will ruin Guild Wars 2, and I still trust ArenaNet to make it work and make the right decisions. But I’m worried about what the new tier of gear means for the future (three years down, will Exotics be the new Fine?).

And I’m so disappointed that I’ve been lied to. It’s going to be a while before I can trust the devs on their word again.

Regrets of Sini.6083:

BL is for PvP

The NPC guards, generic foes, and world completion would like to note that if you want PvP, go to Structured. WvW is PvPvE.

Avalon.4809:

Most people (including me) do it just for badges, not because they like it. JP takes the men power in WvW fights.

That’s your own blasted fault. If you don’t like it, don’t do it. Nobody is requiring you to get piles of badges.

TheFreshBrew.1958:

This matchup is a joke. I mean it has to be a joke, right?

Sorry HoD isn’t leet enough for you. We’re still working on dropping down to an appropriate tier since Titan built us up to Top and then dropped us like so much garbage.

If you’re not having fun, then stop playing. Nothing is forcing you to.

You should be playing it for: 1) Fun, 2) World Pride, 3) To give your World the various bonuses throughout the week.

That’s it.

Good luck all. Had some good fights with Fort Aspenwood tonight in the HoD Borderlands – whoever pulled that decoy ploy over at Godslore did a good job. We managed to fend you guys off though.

Servers puked us all back into Lion’s Arch after we retook the Garrison, though, so I’m done for tonight. Looking forward to the rest of the week, though! Henge may be dropping, but we’re coming into our own very soon.

Small bug: a couple weeks ago (just before Halloween started, I think), I activated the checkbox in the Members section of my guild to show players’ crafting levels.

Since then, I have not been able to deactivate it. When I click the checkbox to remove it, the ranks don’t disappear from the roster, and when I close the menu and reopen it, the checkbox has automatically re-checked itself.

All the other checkboxes seem to work just fine. Just the crafting one is broken. And this is persistent over multiple logins.

Looking forward to when Henge gets bumped down to Tier 4 next week so we might have more of a fair fight. We’re doing better today than we were, though. We’ll see how that holds through the week.

Bluebird.1890:

Let’s not forget that if someone can’t complete what you have, they will try and discount your accomplishments by stating the system by which you achieved them is rigged.

Bravo~

juno.1840:

Serbaayuu.3051:

You spent four hours trying to do something you obviously weren’t having fun with.

Why would you do that?

One reason: I wanted the achievement

It grinds on me that I have an achievement that I cannot complete. I wanted to stop after two hours, but those 10 points on my Hero panel eat at me, so I put in two more hours.

I started to notice that my jumps were not behaving consistantly. I’m not perfect and each run is not identical. However, I started to see that my character wasn’t always lining up with my actual position in game. At that point I lost it — it’s hard enough of a puzzle not to have the additional challenge of latency screwing me.

Was I frustrated? You bet — to the point where it put me in a bad mood outside the game. That’s when it’s time to move on. A game is no longer a game when that happens. I took a break and then came back to do something else which was fun.

So what if you WANTED it? You have to earn it. It doesn’t matter to me or the game how much you want it. You don’t deserve it until you can win.

sushihead.9360:

Serbaayuu.3051:

You spent four hours trying to do something you obviously weren’t having fun with.

Why would you do that?

because we don’t know what the prize is for completing the holiday achievement.

You could have asked someone who has done it, or did some research. The Clock Tower achievement doesn’t count toward Emissary, and doesn’t get you any extra rewards.

Even so… if you’re not having fun, why continue?

You spent four hours trying to do something you obviously weren’t having fun with.

Why would you do that?

I saw that yesterday, actually, after coming back to the game a few hours later. I think Thorn actually pops up periodically, it just doesn’t show it as a cutscene.

Now, aside from the server crash and the problem some people had where they couldn’t see Oswald – the first ever one-time event in Guild Wars 2 went pretty well.

And, since this was no doubt a stress test to get a feel for this kind of thing by the devs, I’d just like to say that it was fantastic. Living history, being there for Tyria changing. Even if it was just a 20-second cutscene, it makes me very optimistic for a Tyria that changes based on the lore of the world. Kind of like the War in Kryta, but with less instancing.

So, really: keep it up. You’ve got at least one person who wants more of these one-time events, because this Halloween has been stupendous.

Might be prudent to change your password.

Dee Jay.2460:

People who beat the tower = Leave tower alone, it’s fine!

People who failed to beta tower = QQ, tower is too hard online.

I honestly don’t think either side is better.

Actually, even if I had not beaten the tower last night, I would still ALWAYS side with the people to keep it hard.

RobbySpry.2671:

Elitists just don’t get it.

First of all, you have no idea about the statistics, so don’t use that as an argument.

Secondly, most of us are just trying to have FUN, buddy. To experience everything in the game we paid good money for. We don’t care about the reward or the pride, like you do. The best and most fun creation AN has ever done is ruined because it’s not single-player instanced. The tower is brilliant and the only fun jumping puzzle in the game, and only a few lucky ones shouldn’t be allowed to enjoy all of it. That is a serious problem whether your ego likes it or not.

What? You say you don’t care about the reward or pride?

Then just play the Tower! What’s wrong with you? You can play it. It’s right there. There is literally nothing stopping you from playing it over and over and over and over and over if you don’t give a kitten about the reward.

Chrollo.2173:

Yea lets limit content so not everyone can do it, that’ll keep people playing.

You don’t have to do it. It’s an achievement. It’s something challenging, that can be overcome with skill and patience. You don’t need it. It doesn’t give you any unique rewards (the Mad King armors aren’t unique skins).

Pumpkin Carving, New Recipes, Two Minigames, the Labyrinth, Costume Brawl, and Scavenger Hunt. All these and more were given to the average player at a cost of exactly $0 (and yes, you can win at Costume Brawl without purchasing costumes – I’ve gotten a streak of 7 Champs as a glow-in-the-dark skeleton).

Anybody can do any of these! Well, actually, the Labyrinth is pretty tough to run around solo. Should we nerf that too? Should we make it so that the boss can be killed in 1 shot at the end, and give you free loot?

Just about anybody can do the Tower, too. Practice. Get muscle memory going. Watch videos if you’re that desperate. Learn the strategy. If you REALLY can’t win with other players, just hang out in the same instance for a few hours – eventually they’ll all leave and you’ll be alone. Or, hop on at low-population times to try it.

You don’t DESERVE to win the Tower by default. You’re not entitled to the achievement. It’s an achievement. By definition, something challenging, requiring skill, effort, patience, or any amount of major investment.

Was hoping HoD would get bumped down a bit further… I’d really like to get in to WvW, but there’s really no point until we get set against equivalent Worlds.

Maybe next week we can make a decent comeback.

Hycinthus.6483:

So is there any update or reply to this?

Obviously not yet…?

This is universal for rangers, yeah (sylvari here). Small issue but it’d be cool to see it fixed somehow.

Same here, can’t get into Seraph Headquarters, it gets stuck on the loading screen. Forcing a close and relogging pops me back into Divinity’s Reach.

Imaginos.3756:

Anet won’t do this because they want you to buy costumes over and over and then buy bank space to store them all. Money Money Money!

Of course they didn’t figure in the vast amount of people turned off by this player unfriendly system after having the great system in gw1 who won’t spend a dime on costume until such a thing is implemented.

Heck if they added a costume/hat npc into the game so I could claim my costume whenever I wanted on whoever I wanted as often as I wanted I’d be buying every costume out there…of course they do need to be able to be worn over armor so you can use that spiffy new look you bought everywhere.

Yup, ArenaNet is a big scary goon who wants to beat you up and steal your lunch money. /s

TheOnlyOneNL.3821:

But at the halloween page they said they added 30 non-halloween related events to the game

Ah, yes. Those are non-Halloween-related, though, and you posted in the Halloween Event forum, so I figured you meant the Halloween ones. Forgive me.

Did not have a problem getting it yesterday, but there was a patch between then and now. That may have broken her.

takatsu.9416:

my question is how do people manage to find readings pointing to things to come and stuff in random (or reasonable) places, are people just going trial and error all over the maps or stumbling over it during their daily activities?

The Godlost Swamp thread is interesting. Looks like theres some spots to look out for there. Possible portals

Speaking for myself, I figured out almost every riddle on my own. Two of them are in Lion’s Arch and incredibly easy (the sewer one was hard to actually find though!). The others directly or indirectly name the exact location on the map where you need to go. It’s just a matter of exploring Kryta if you haven’t already, and if you have, just browse your map.

Head over to the Grand Piazza in Lion’s Arch. Speak to the asura Magister with the pumpkin icon over her head, and she’ll get you started on the scavenger hunt.

Aside from that, there aren’t any other big events. There are haunted doors all over Kryta which you can knock on to get goodies. There’s the costume brawl. And there are a bunch of recipes to make food items and some rare weapon skins. Also, pumpkin carving, which is more of a sidequest than anything.

The riddles are incredibly easy.

I’ll give you a hint – everything takes place in Kryta, so far. If you haven’t explored Kryta at all yet, do so. You should find locations (actually pay attention to the names) and be able to tie together the clues. Some clues even point to other locations in Lion’s Arch.

As far as I’m aware, this is what Halloween has so far:

Scavenger Hunt
Costume Brawl
Pumpkin Carving
Lots of Items

Other stuff will be arriving in Act Two on Friday, presumably.

Found a group, please disregard this thread!

So party members can join dungeons through the popup no matter which World the leader is on. I’m looking for someone to be party leader in a World that currently has Arah open, since on many worlds including my home, the meta event to open Arah is bugged and stuck. Apparently Sea of Sorrows has it open, but that is one of the few Worlds that is currently full, so I can’t transfer.

I’m in-game right now, I’ll be watching this page and my party window, so send me an invite if you’re up for it. I also already have one other player with me.

Noble Honor is an old guild with a long history in Tyria. We have been around since the early days of Guild Wars, and remained active well through its lifetime.

Now, we have moved on to Guild Wars 2 and we need members, to help us grow into a true and influential guild which can aid both players and our World, and give them a home amongst friends.

We are a PvE guild primarily, but we also have an interest in WvWvW, and some members who enjoy sPvP. Our main server is Henge of Denravi, but we welcome players from everywhere.

We are mainly an American guild, most active during evenings, so take this into consideration when thinking about time zones.

We live by our name, fostering a sense of friendship and camaraderie amongst ourselves and whomever we might happen to adventure with. Our guild is a place where friendly banter, debate, and chatting is welcome, but cruelty, overly foul language, and sore losers or winners are not tolerated.

Our forum is located here, and you can read our Code of Conduct further here.

If you would wish to join Noble Honor, contact an Officer here or in-game, and we would be happy to have you.

Officers to contact:

• Raziel
• Diabolic Guillotine
• My Norn Ranger
• Torque Gearbender
• Leven Carby
• Lily Karuna
• Loki Rivetdale
• Sylva
• Tarna Finrel

Adding my voice to the cacophony:

Dungeon: Sorrow’s Embrace Story Mode

World: Henge of Denravi

Tried to get in on Monday evening. Same as a few other reports, each party member ended up with their own instance. Same as a few other reports, we tried re-logging and re-entering and re-joining the party in various combinations to no avail.

Tried again tonight with one other party member for better coordination, and still ran into the exact same problems.