Guild Wars 2

Ooooooooooooh this is good.

What would make it even better for their business? If they made a ‘collectibles’ slot – like the Minis… people get OCD and want to fill those slots up… I know I do! lol

I support this! Great idea!

I’ve always had difficulties playing alts in games, I traditionally like to stick with one character and play it through and through – this especially holds true in MMOs.

Playing Guild Wars 2 extensively (and pretty much non-stop) 100% World Completion was amazing, and so much fun. However, I propose that there is a secondary system implace….

The first time you fill complete a Task (Heart) it turns Yellow… after completing a zone to 100% (or world to 100%, etc?) There would be an option to do the heart again, changing it to Blue (or whatever color)… over time (month?) the Blue heart would turn back to Yellow. This way karma & silver could be earned from re-doing Task again, but on a long – enough cooldown (one month) that people don’t exploit the same task over and over.

This would give my ranger something fun to do instead of running around Orr or The Lost Coast in circles… and would allow for zones to have more players in each area again.

arabeth.2361:

I saw this attitude a lot in WoW. Each time Blizzard’s marketing group offered deals on the game, a few current players would get in a huge huff and say “why aren’t you rewarding the people already playing the game?”

The answer is really two-fold. First, the part that several people have said already: it’s an incentive to get more people into the game. It’s there to help make the game you already play more popular and therefore better. Hating on promos only hurts yourself. New blood is necessary to keep the game going and make it better.

Second, and more importantly: you already have a bonus. You’ve gotten to play the game for nearly 4 months. You’ve had early access to all the best stuff, had access to low TP prices and gem prices, gotten to see exclusive events… Your reward is: the game. You’ve probably put hundreds of hours into the game that anyone else starting now can never match. That is your reward. If someone could trade a crappy hat for 4 months of game time, they’d do it. But since they can’t, they get a crappy hat.

The entire attitude comes from an incredibly self-focused perspective that has to try pretty hard to ignore all the wonderful benefits that they personally receive thanks to promos like this, and focuses only on a made-up perception of unfairness that couldn’t possibly be further from the truth.

There are plenty of promo options that ANet could offer to entice new players without screwing over their current user base.

Personally – I’m someone who spends $20+/month in gems to get minis, and other fun… virtual items… however, I just deleted my credit card off my account for this stunt, and am not putting another cent into the game until they make things right… because we never know what they’re gonna do next… this is just the first step, and it’s in such a sorry direction.

Ultimately they’ll do whatever they want, but if they’re gonna alienate their customers like other companies, then these loyal customers WILL lose faith, and won’t be supporting them. I know I’m not.

I don’t care what the item is, the fact that they’re pulling this is unacceptable.

AcidPikachu.9763:

Having seen this done in other MMO’s (and seeing what it evolves into) I feel like letting ArenaNet pull a stunt like this so early on in the game is setting the stage for the rest of the game.

Players need to stand up and make it known that we do not want to be part of a company that will rip off its current players for the sake of bringing in fresh meat.

Exclusive items are part of what makes MMO’s fun to play and makes us push through content and spend money in the gem store. Rather than offer new players content that you’re then with-holding from loyal fans, why not give them some free gems or something?

Giving out an exclusive item to players simply for deciding to pick up the game 5 months after release is a virtual slap in the face to dedicated players who made the decision to spend their own money on a DDE.

^^This x1000000000000000000000

It’s the first step and really only a matter of time before they’re giving out new accounts with near max level characters, a bunch of gold, mounts (well.. maybe not in gw2, heh), expansions, and a trove of other things…. because, let’s face it – that would stand a better chance of bringing on a new player more than just a ‘silly hat’ right?

Feirlista Xv.1425:

That’s why companies use terms like limited time offer, promotional item, limited to first time buyers, and stuff like that. Get over it your not going to get it, its just a hat you can upgrade your account in the gem store and get all the same stuff for $20. I think it’s great that new players get one unique item for buying the game, if it draws more players into the game. The more player in the game the better the game will get.

It’s just a hat… It’s just a hat…

Well guess who ArenaNet is alienating? The SAME people who buy virtual digital items like the Digital Deluxe Edition and all the items that we buy from the Gem Store…

It’s just a hat… It’s just a mini… It’s just a frivolous item that’s cosmetic so who cares?
Enough people that it would warrant 8 pages in a forum discussion about it.

You may think I’m over reacting with what’s coming… but it all starts with just one step… and the first step for GW2 is ‘just a hat’ because although we don’t know whats coming next… we KNOW that more of it will SURELY come.

So guess who’s not going to be dumping more money into the gem store?
Guess who is not going to recommend this product to more of their friends (who has brought in a group of 25 IRL friends to join my guild)?
Guess who feels like a sucker for going out of my way to vote up ArenaNet & GW2 on Game Of The Year on multiple sites?

This guy.

Case in point… it only takes one small move for a company to alienate an existing customer and make them feel cheated…
But turn the coin… and reward a player with a frivolous virtual item for having the DDE which NOW includes the exclusive Wizard Hat.. and you would think ANet to be a pretty stand-up sort of company.

At the end of the day, they’ll do what they want, and I’ll do what I want.
So keep your digital trash ArenaNet, I’ll keep my dollars.

Master Stumpy.4263:

You have an older DDE. The DDE being offered now is different.

So do you have any information on the details of the different versions of the DDE?

Master Stumpy.4263:

Sinsko.9342:

When you step back and you analyze it from ALL ANGLES there’s a right way to do this, and a wrong way to do it… That’s all.

They can run their business however they like, but clearly there are plenty of customers who support ArenaNet to take time out of their day to come here and post their concerns about how they’re running this promotion – and again, those are the people that are ALREADY customers.

So what is better for ANY business? To keep an existing customer (who is buying gems, and obviously into the frivolous digital merch because they got the DDE in the first place), or to get a new customer?

If the promo was for something other than the DDE, then it would be ok… but it’s not. There’s right and there’s wrong. ArenaNet can handle this however they choose, but just cause they have that right doesn’t make it right.

And just because you think it’s wrong doesn’t make it wrong.

Also, you’d be surprised to learn that in most cases it is actually to a company’s benefit to gain new market share instead of spending money to keep customers. Some people will never be satisfied, and scrambling to appease those people is a far greater task than reaching out to new customers.

Because giving a VIRTUAL item to those existing customers who already purchased the DDE is going to set back ArenaNet so much financially.

When you step back and you analyze it from ALL ANGLES there’s a right way to do this, and a wrong way to do it… That’s all.

They can run their business however they like, but clearly there are plenty of customers who support ArenaNet to take time out of their day to come here and post their concerns about how they’re running this promotion – and again, those are the people that are ALREADY customers.

So what is better for ANY business? To keep an existing customer (who is buying gems, and obviously into the frivolous digital merch because they got the DDE in the first place), or to get a new customer?

If the promo was for something other than the DDE, then it would be ok… but it’s not. There’s right and there’s wrong. ArenaNet can handle this however they choose, but just cause they have that right doesn’t make it right.

ShiningSquirrel.3751:

Stonesolid.2706:

Tell me.. what does Anet stand to gain by NOT giving the item to existing customers? What could they lose if they did compared to if they don’t?

Q: “How come the only way I can get this exclusive pet/skin is to subscribe to this magazine?”

A: Because that is what “exclusive” means, it’s “exclusive” to players who subscribe to the magazine.

Q: “How come the only way I can get this exclusive pet/skin is to buy the digital deluxe edition?”

A: Well you already have the Digital Deluxe Edition so you are not entitled.

WHAT?!?!?!?!?

Kethryes.5712:

are you seriously gonna complain for a uselessanduglyandwasteofstoragespace hat?

People must love to complain for the sake of complaining.

Please don’t come trolling, especially if you didn’t read the entire post.

Aye.8392:

I quit using AT&T

Yeah, that pretty much sums it all up.

Keep your customers happy!

ShiningSquirrel.3751:

Come on people, this is nothing new, pretty much all companies do this and have for a very long time. My local cable company offers HBO free for 6 months to “new subscribers”. The local phone company has offered free caller ID for “new customers”. My ISP has offered free MP3 players to “new subscribers”. Nothing new, nothing wrong with it at all. Have none of you seen offers where you buy a new video card and get a free game? Try this, go to google, and do a search on the phrase “offers for new customers only”.
Of all the many things about the game to complain about, this is not one of them.

Their promo list the Digital Deluxe Edition and advertise it in a way that it includes the Wizards Hat…

Sincerely, if you don’t follow it… the whole premise is not what promos they offer new customers, it’s what they do to the people who have been supporting the game.

There are hundreds of games out there that we can play, but we choose to invest our time and encourage our friends to come to Guild Wars because they’ve treated us as valued customers… when you’re denied something that you’ve clearly purchased (i.e. Digital Deluxe), it is a slap. If you believe that there are better things to complain about than frivolous virtual item, maybe it should be turned around and just… provide the items to the customers that already have the DDE.

Of course, I’m sure anyone could go to the main page and lawyer up a way that the wording sounds indirect, etc – but the bottom line is the promo includes Digital Deluxe, and that’s what I have.

As it is, I question whether or not I’ll invest more into the virtual items and other promos offered and hold out for being rewarded for NOT getting them to begin with.

Katz.5143:

Wizzard hat. Wizzard kitten

Just leave off the ’s and it will work.

Thanks! lol

For some reason, when I post, it says “WIZARD’S KITTEN” and I don’t know why – I thought it may be a BB Code issue cause I copied and paste from the main page.. but even tried pasting it as plain text from notepad…

Oh well, the point remains the same. Wizard’ kitten Not Kitten.

zbrkesbr.4173:

Sinsko.9342:

Bump. I was wondering the same exact thing… would kind of be a slap in the face if they didn’t give it to those who have been here from the start.

Then it wouldn’t be exclusive, right?

Would be exclusive to the people who purchased the Digital Deluxe Edition.

Korgan Dunblane.4907:

Hey peeps, just saw the front page and this link

That mean you have to buy another copy to get a hat? or are the guys + gals who bought Digital Deluxe from the beginning going to get a head warming mail or miss out?

Bump. I was wondering the same exact thing… would kind of be a slap in the face if they didn’t give it to those who have been here from the start.

Archaeneoso.8461:

Nice to get some extension.

Now if I get power back on my home computer by the 9th as hoped, I might be able to use it.

But no way I can no do the clock tower jumping puzzle, carve the few pumpkins I still needed. At least I got to see the Mad King and run his dungeon 1×.

If you’re trying to complete the achievements for the title – pumpkin carving and the clock tower don’t count towards it. As long as you got to run the dungeon, attend the party, and complete the books you should be on your way!

Ohoni.6057:

Well, the hurricane didn’t hit anyone until mid-Monday, so anyone who missed earlier Halloween content was their own kitten fault.

I’m actually in Florida, my power got knocked out and took me out for the weekend resulting in a missed phase 3. I’ve already come to terms with missing the achievements and title for this year’s event, what’s done is done.

Just don’t claim that it didn’t hit anyone until mid-Monday… you weren’t here.

The bottom line is this: Anything from the cash shop is NOT necessary – its cosmetic… its FOR FUN.

You have to know your limits before going in, or else you will be dumping a lot of money in. Everything is laid out on the table from the keys, to the gem to gold conversion… and you have the choice to buy or to not. Your character will still perform the same.

That being said, I do sympathize with those who dropped a lot of money and feel jipped or cheated, because I’m sure that’s not ANet’s intent.

@Winzzy

I’m with you – I wouldn’t mind such a challenging puzzle, had they given us more than 5 days to complete it. Holidays can be a bit chaotic and limit login times….

Hopefully the next events will have a little bit longer duration than this.

Wow… thanks for this info, I was about to give it another couple dozen attempts to see… and that would be just about the worst if that happened!

@MajorKong – Others cannot see it, there is another GW2 gamer in my house and it’s not showing up when they target me.
I have been VERY thorough on the POI’s, double and triple checking the one’s suggested.

@Fozzik – Heart of the Mist, PvP Ranks & Glory – it replaces the Exp bar in that area.

I don’t know if there’s anything left that I can do – but maybe someone from ArenaNet will see this – of course, they are very busy people and have other issues to work on for sure. However, maybe there is a quick fix or something I’ve overlooked even if it doesn’t seem that way.

Thought I would add this screenshot in…

As the screenshot shows, I have the title, 100% Explorer achievements in all zones. Additionally, I have the rewards from World Completion

MISSING: The Star Icon that goes on my nameplate.

I’ve opened a ticket and /sigh, its like it wasn’t even read with 3 responses stating to go to the Chantry of Secrets – which I’ve been to numerous time (you need it to get 100%).

Please help.

Edit: I should note that I’ve been trying to get this resolved for two weeks – so I tried all the typical login/logout, etc

Character Achievement Earned: Saints
Server: Sorrow’s Furnace

Task: 301/301
Waypoints: 507/507
POI: 717/717
Skillpoints: 202/202
Vistas: 266/266
Checked all the unusal POI’s like Vigil/Whispers/Heart of Mist, etc

Have the Title, Reward Chest with 2 Gifts of Exploration, Achievement, but no Star Icon on my nameplate (when others target me).

Earned the achievement about a week ago, tried relogging, etc.

Any help would be appreciated!

Often I like to spam screenshots (especially with the UI showing) during an dungeon or event to show participating friends/guildies. However the chat box gets filled with annoying file save location messages that are all to slow to fade away.

It’s minor, and would be way down the list with all the things being worked on – but an option to hide these notifications would be great! They don’t fall under the standard of ‘in-game notifications’ or anywhere else I could find.

I have the 100% World Completion Achievement & Title (Been There. Done That.)

However, my understanding is that there is also a Star that shows up on our names (when we are targeted by other players). Is there something else to get this, or is my character bugged?

Levenn.1502:

I would love to see a new UI and set up for minis. I love the minis, but every time I waypoint its gone Then I have to look in my bags for my mini and constantly bring it back out, Thats if I dont put it in a non-safe box bag by mistake and It went back to my collection tab. I love the idea of minis, but I almost see no point in having them if they are just going to sit in the collection tab and never be accessed unless you are at a bank or crafting station.

Get some dust and make an invisible bag – the items from this bag will not deposit into collectibles.

A restart would constitute only a few minutes of downtime – to allow for everything on the server to be refreshed… and skillpoints that were bugged to become unbugged.

During the first few weeks of gameplay this happened every night – so IF something was bugged I could come back in the morning to a working server.

The latest update was said to address bugged Skill Points – so I hope this is a fix, but if the problem persist… maybe something else will have to be done.

Either way, I finally got 100% completion – after 4 days worth of server swaps… sheesh.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/suggestions/Daily-Server-Restart-PLEASE/first#post298121

I agree!

LOL @Medal!!!

I reported a few botters – but it kind of makes me worry a bit because if you read the text when reporting: Abuse of the report feature may lead to your account being banned.

That makes me a bit nervous and not really want to report… I know that ArenaNet doesn’t want to review bogus claims… but it seems like one of those things were you’re better off not reporting an issue.

Either way – seeing 3 of the default skinned rangers with the default pet and names like: hjhjhjhjhjhjhj running in complete unison kill the same monster….

MorgothWolf.8347:

It’s about Montly Activity achievement. Why does it contain WvW part? There is PvP section in achievements – Monthly Achievement does not belong there, so why forcing players who does not do pvp to do it? Keep PvP activities in PvP achievements, and do not force all players to do it. I feel frustrated, cause i have completed all other Monthly Activities, yet I can’t get an achievement, cause of WvW part.
Remove WvW part from Monthly Activities, and make another achievement including it IN PVP section.

People are sure negative… I understand where the OP comes from though, just like I dislike ‘multiplayer achievements’ on my Xbox.

Here’s the thing about this monthly achievement though – getting 50 player kills in WvW isn’t all that terrible, especially if you run with a zerg. While I understand where you are coming from with having PvP in the monthly, it really isn’t that bad if you give it a shot. I believe ArenaNet thought this through before making it part of our Monthly, and when it encourages my non-pvp guildies to join in… they actually have a lot of fun.

tzko.2370:

They have continually fixed all broken skill points. I have 100% world map completion anyways so I figure its all good.

For all zones that i did not get to complete because of a bug I used some highly specialized tools to help me remember: pen and paper!

Fix bugged skill points? No… they have not. Server restarts fix them or when there is an update – however, others get broken. It would be REALLY nice to have daily or every few days a server restart to unbug these bugged skillpoints.

However, I agree with the pen and paper tool!!

Transferred servers for a day – got a couple of the objectives I needed… but others are bugged and some of the same are bugged here.

Guess we’ll have to wait for the 10/1 update (or rumored update?) before we can see a restart

Check out the post I made – also had a suggestion for this:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/suggestions/Heart-Decay-Option-after-100-World-Completion/first#post274805

Basically its an idea I had that implements a different color fill for the heart (yellow turns to blue, for example) and may decay over time.

Two more zones to my list – I now have 6 zones that I cannot complete due to this. =/

I understand there are better things (security) to work on… but I think a server restart – even every little bit…. shouldn’t be TOO hectic considering the amount issues.

Cinder.4865:

Sinsko.9342:

For example – (and I see NO ONE is suggesting this or any information on it) but my level 80 Engineer is spec’d into Toughness, Power, but mostly – HEAVY HEALS. I utilize a Healing Turret and grab the 30-point trait that allows for Bombs to Heal Allies.

This sounds like a lot of fun. Have you done any experimenting with Med Kit, or is it just not worth the bother?

The Med kit is pretty cool, but I found the cooldown to be kind of long. There may be a trait to make it more reliable, but I’m not sure about that yet.

For the bomb healing spec, I can pretty much survive dungeons in melee without many issues – of course i do have to run out from time to time in heated situations.

Bradley.4075:

My biggest dissapointment with GW2 is the fact that there is no healing-based class! I know it is thought to be that not having one will somehow benefit gameplay, but, the truth is, it doesn’t. Not. At. All.

Are you telling me that there were all of these magnificent professions in the world of Guild Wars 2, but, yet, not a single adventurer decided to devote them selves to healing and light magic? Come on!

You can build classes however you want. I think certain classes are more prominent in the role than others.

For example – (and I see NO ONE is suggesting this or any information on it) but my level 80 Engineer is spec’d into Toughness, Power, but mostly – HEAVY HEALS. I utilize a Healing Turret and grab the 30-point trait that allows for Bombs to Heal Allies.

With my bonus healing the bombs are pushing over 200-300 per Bomb, on top of the renew and the supply kit and you’re looking at about 500-600 healing per tick.

While this is not a ‘direct’ heal, it has been amazing at how much this helps our group… and to top it off, I can still do damage and have fun playing the game, while keeping bombs near friends for heals.

However a direct ‘healing’ class – no thank you, not in gw2.

Abarcine.7189:

Why am I even given the option to buy medium/heavy armor as a scholar profession? These are currency traps. AFAIK you cannot even transmute the look on them to your light armor sets.

I think that it would prevent many people from being frustrated if you removed armor sets that either unusable or lower than your professions’ highest proficiency. Move these sets to a dressing room type NPC that lets you view the other sets but gives you no option to buy.

This will remove many currency traps from game. Keep in mind that GMs will not refund your tokens or karma for an accidental purchase for an unusable set. The vendors also do not list your 3 sets first in the case of dungeon vendors. It’s not hard to see a situation where someone sees the stats the want and buys before reading that red text. These situations are completely avoidable and I don’t think it’s too much to ask that the chance to waste tokens is removed from game.

I like being able to see all the armor, but sorting by tabs of Light, Medium, and Heavy would be nice.

After a while, you learn how the items are sorted – but it could be nicer.

RebelYell.7132:

A cool feature in GW1: completing a campaign unlocked hard mode on ALL characters, not just those who also completed the campaign.

Hard mode could be cool!

Having the hearts show full as their standard color, and maybe fill blue when you complete them again/decay option.

1 & 2 – Having a free hourly teleport would remedy this.

3 – It’s really not that bad, I’m to the last part on two 80’s and didn’t have much issue.

5 – Nooooooo… this is part of the fun of a ‘jump puzzle’ – you could always cheese it and pay a mesmer to take you up.

6 – Buy additional bank slots – game has no monthly fee. People would use the mail to store items rather than using a bank if they could mail to their alts.

8 – Dungeons are for story and explorable mode is for earning tokens. ANet has already taken measures to help us obtain Token Gear faster.

9 – No mounts, we have fast travel. (ESPECIALLY NOT FLYING MOUNTS – that ruins the game when you just hover over content and dangers).

14. Pirate gear? I think you mean some of the medium armor. There is ‘Pirate Clothes’ from the Gem Store that can be purchased.

17 – I have 4 maps at 99%, I suggested a daily server restart – hope they do it!

18 – Server transfers are free at this time, so if you’re unhappy with the times of WvW a quick swap will remedy that.

19 – You are rewarded coin for completing events in WvW.

20 – Yeaaaaaaaaah the Necro who stole a greatsword and Gladiator abilities.. yikes!

joe.3576:

Please add a NPC who gives speed boons to players (2~3mins) in the home city, this will make running back to the battle after a death less tedious.

I understand wanting to get back to battle asap – but if you’re trying to defend a keep, having someone you just killed be there almost instantly really would make defending difficult.

I personally dislike the ‘auto-afk tag’ – I think the invisible and away options are great from the friends list though and maybe those could transfer over to our nameplates – as an OPTION.

Mrpopo.4593:

still a new game give them time they have alot of things to work on

I’m ok with them taking time to ‘fix it’ – hence the work around by way of restart.

Fiennes.9568:

I think it is far better for them to find out the cause of the bugged skill points/events than to “restart” just to make the problem go away. I know, it’s frustrating – but it’ll be sorted.

I have 4 zones at 99% that I travel to daily to see if they magically got fixed… a solution would be the best thing so we don’t encounter this anymore… but a restart would be at least a quick fix.

The 100% map rewards in a zone are nice to get when you complete the zone at the appropriate level… kind of a downer that I’m 30 levels higher than some of the zones I could have completed back at the appropriate level.

Vlaid.5790:

I never even knew about that. They probably could have just made it default to off and let you turn it on through an option instead. Some other MMO’s do that to let people customize the look of their game more.

I would have loved this, personally.

An ON/OFF option would have been the best choice.

A lot of people were complaining about the graphics in the game – and didn’t realize that the Aura mad the game (and still does) a bit ‘cartoon’ like – a simple option for it would be great.

However, I think when we hide our interface all the targeting auras should disappear – it’s annoying to have an outline of anything that’s in my crosshairs (or field of vision) when I’m trying to take a screenshot.

There currently is a major issue with many bugged skillpoints.. and now I’m finding it is affecting waypoints as well.

I know people in my guild have ‘server jumped’ just to see if they weren’t bugged on another server – and had success… until the 24-hour restriction on transfers was implemented.

For the first few weeks after launch these weren’t as big of an issue because there were hotfixes, patchs, and updates almost daily. However now, it is becoming too much of a hassle to keep returning to zones that are 99% complete to see if the last thing we need in a zone is able to be done.

Please restart the servers on a daily/nightly basis. I found that when this was the case those ‘bugged’ skillpoints would unbug – if anything for a few hours. This would give some of us a chance to actually complete the challenges and maps we’re going for.

Vigilence.4902:

Pet Dueling

A cool function would be the ability for fellow Rangers to have pets duel each other.
All the abilities would be on auto-cast including the unique ones.

Perhaps even events similar to chicken fights, where you would register pets to fight in competitions for prizes and such.

Would like regular player dueling as well (and first).

I’m pretty good with all these suggestions – but ultimately, I am very happy with the pet system in the game. It could definitely be improved, but I’m not unhappy with it!

In another thread it was suggested to have 1 free teleport an hour – which I think would be great (and could work in this situation).

Most games that have a /stuck command typically burn your teleport cooldown or suicide your character anyway. I’ve only gotten stuck twice so far – both times in doors that swing open… but it would be a nice feature.