Guild Wars 2

I actually have no problems with a capped on AP for dailies/monthlies. However, ANET need to review some of the permanent achievements. For example the WvW Slap the yak achievement, which have the ridiculous 1million yak’s kill just to complete it. I think the calculation done by some of the players is that is would take 8-10 years in order to get that one…..another is the SMC achievement, how many years do you expect us to achieve the SMC achievement? And SMC is a hotly contested castle in T1,2 and 3….. due to it’s strategic/exp/wxp/karma it gives for taking it (with boosters of course) and also the important PPT. Servers like to take SMC and hold on to it as long as they can and EBG will turn into a lag fest if all three servers go at it, so at most, one could only get 1 or 2 points added towards the achievement for taking SMC per day unless they are karma train-ing. Then again, only if they other 2 server “play ball” about karma train-ing. Imagine the years it takes to get that one.

Or the Giant Slayer achievement, when there is a total of 3 enemy giants to kill and 2 of them are Champions. And you have to kill 1000 to get it. And killing the one in Brisban Wildlands is not an option every time. Do you like killing it over and over again? Instead of 1000 kills, just put it at 100 kills or if you don’t want the elite players to get it so fast, put it at 250 then, since 250 is ANET’s favourite number…..due to the nature of the 3 giants appearance in the game.

So, please review some of the permanent achievements because of this capped to dailies/monthlies. If it take 1 year to get the Slap the Yak achievement, then I don’t see a problem with that, but if it takes more than 5 years just to get it….. that is just ridiculous.

Profession Skills
Elementalist

Conjure Fiery Greatsword – Base damage has been reduced by 33%

GG…….

Yes and no. I am too lazy to explain why. Take it with a bunch of salt….

We should be also able to kill looters in LA……. Achievement for killing 100 looters! Would be nice.

Eloquence.5207:

SirDrygan.1823:

get killed by a thief? no problem. Respawn, run back with a zerg, and mow him over….

ok, seriously, stop whining about thief…. thief by definition is a class that uses stealth and running away…… if they want to use that to their advantage, that’s their right, since it is in their skill set….. nothing kitten wrong about it…..

but the kitten wrong about it is the insane healing which is absurdly OP……… other than that, nothing wrong with thief………

I wonder which dairy farmer class you play.

PVE ele….. I don’t PVP…..

get killed by a thief? no problem. Respawn, run back with a zerg, and mow him over….

ok, seriously, stop whining about thief…. thief by definition is a class that uses stealth and running away…… if they want to use that to their advantage, that’s their right, since it is in their skill set….. nothing kitten wrong about it…..

but the kitten wrong about it is the insane healing which is absurdly OP……… other than that, nothing wrong with thief………

it’s just simple….
ANET either doesn’t want to tell you anything as it might anger many people,

or

They have no clue what is coming next, so they are making this up as they go….

Either way, it’s really a page from Lost…..

Paciunek.2496:

That’s not the spirit of teamwork and coordination, you’re supposed to be a kitten teacher during your playtime. Spend your own 100g on blue mark and yell on map chat “DODGE THIS HUGE ORANGE CIRCLE” or nobody will listen to you. You’re supposed to help those poor souls, not exclude them, and we don’t care if you don’t want to deal with them.
/sarcasm

I did that without a tag, and everyone except those who saw me never get pulled followed, while the others on another side of the knights get pulled every single time until we killed it…… so yeah, so much good for teaching them…. they don’t even care to dodge at all…….
Well, you can’t forced them too anyways, they are playing how they want to play…. so be it… I get my champ boxes, they get their champ boxes…..

The purpose is to get rid of a hated character in a storyline…..the writers could have just make her get thrown in a maximum security jail or something, but they choose to appease the masses by killing her off…….. it also allow the next villain in the storyline to get the limelight and away from Scarlet…….. if you have been in Scarlet’s End instanced, you will know that Braham did not even cared about why Scarlet is doing all this when offered the chance to by Scarlet……that is from a storytelling point of view of “we don’t want you to know everything yet” kinda situation…..
2 birds with 1 stone storytelling…….

I can tell you the reward that I got from the Southsun thingy….
Eir’s longbow……… and…that’s it…..

Well, I was quite happy with it anyways…

But this Battle for LA… I have been in zerg and 50 man raids on the knights from day 1. I log into LA after the patch hits. And the rewards up until now? 9 green cores, 9 blue cores and 4 red cores…. and many many no drops from the knights pre-patches and post-patches…… And lots of greens from a drawn out fight with Scarlet’s hologram……. it is a fun boss to fight, but the rewards for the fight could be better… and NO, I am not expecting ascended drops…. I am expecting a bit more yellow stuff than just green. the fight is about 15 to 20 minutes long depending on the people on your your platform….. and you get peanuts for it at the end……

GrandmaFunk.3052:

…….. it goes against Anet’s vision for the game.

ANET threw that vision out the window after launch…… they may just implement a PvP server if there is a demand for it and they have the chance to sell more gems for it!

Just don’t get your hopes up of it staying for much longer than another couple of years…. when cost runs up to millions in their ledgers, the higher ups will have the last say, not ANET or anyone can do about it.

And remember, this is a business, you use your resources to the things that will bring your profit and not deficit or cost that can be save up to upgrade the things that are bringing you profits instead of stuff that you don’t get revenue from…..

Olvendred.3027:

While I have very little sympathy for anyone too lazy or stubborn to guest to a server that has enough people, I agree that the downscaling is terrible. Especially when they have an exact counter of how many players are capable of damaging each knight at any time – ie. the number of players with each calibration buff.

So, every time an event start, all the players from the low population servers need to come to Blackgate/Tarnished Coast/Jade Quarry to do the events? Then ANET should just merge all low population servers into BG, TC, JQ and the other tier 2 servers. This should not be the way to do event.

“Oh, we don’t have enough people? No sweat. Let’s guest to BG!!!!” Seriously, I have no problems with people guesting. But I have a problem when you are forced to guest to another server to get an event or achievement done.

It’s like I want to eat my dinner, but I have to go over to my neighbors house to have dinner!

Story : 6/10
Plot : 3/10
NPCs : 5/10

Bosses : Ancient Karka – fail.
Canach – fail
Molten bosses : decent.
Clockworks – decent
Marionette – below decent. 4/10
Scarlet’s assault knights – epic fail
Scarlet Briar – 6/10. (Would have been 8/10) if the bugs and other fails we’re not present.

World bosses updates:
Trying to add the difficulty by just adding a timer. Which is pointless for most world boss except Tequalt ,The Legendary Wurm and Claw of Jormag.

WvW updates
Overall decent.
PvD – epic fail…..

Traits updates
Doesn’t do kittens too much…..only a few classes benefitted from it.

Overall LS rating 5/10
Decent.

I can assure you it had nothing to do with dps. I have been several zerged attacks on the knights well over 100+ players attacking it. I was late for one and I got a grand total of 2 hits in before it dies and guess what? Static assault power core plus the gear boxes. In an earlier attack I and a small group of players were attacking static knight first before the zerg came. We had already got it down to half before that. The Zerg mowed over it. Guess what again? Nothing. Nada.

If it is a cliff hanger….. I will go kittens on the person who approve of this….. stop with the stupid tactics of trying to make people stay in the game a bit longer, you know that when TESO comes out, you are going to lose some players, doing this might add more players dropping……….

A good story is knowing when to end it properly before thinking about continuing…..

if you want to continue the story from there, end it and make people go after something ELSE that is behind that story…. not make people wait for a conclusion to the first story in another story………

My opinion anyway……

I don’t think Arenanet cared about this. This is not the first time they have done it like this, and it will not be the last time.
My guess, saving cost on voice actors…… just one generic Ah! Ahhh ahhh! Errrr ahhh! ahhh would save thousands of dollars in voice acting fees…… since they don’t need to hire any voice actors to begin with….

Betrayedchalice.5198:

I think scarlets motives are vaguely noble. We have no idea what they are exactly.

She is doing something to help people, but in all the wrong ways.

Not seeing it from my perspective….. all I see is a Sylvari trying desperately to get herself killed by being worst than an elder dragon….

oh yeah, did we forgot about the treat of the elder dragon’s?

If you have witness the conversation between Evon Gnashblade and Heal-o-Tron, you will know that Heal-o-Tron is getting a body that can withstand attacks but no weapons of any sort. Which Evon was surprised at such a request.

So, I am guessing that Heal-o-tron will come in and save the day if there is an assault to retake Lion’s Arch

OR

in a situation where we thought we had Scarlet cornered on for her to turn the tables on us. Cue entrance by Heal-o-tron to come and tanked at least a blast from one of Scarlet’s weapon…… either her rifle or her aether laser…….

what do you all think?

Dakota.4591:

Fluffball.8307:

When the living story allows him to finally cleanse Orr and it gets asura gates and merchants and crafting stations, you’ll all love him.

And you can buy a pass to his asura gates and merchants and crafting stations for only 1000 gems!

Sssssshhhhhh….. Don’t give Anet anymore ideas to milk the cash out of us………

Did you talk to Lionguard Healer Halloway? Or listened to some of the npcs conversation? People are dying left right and center. You tell me if the miasma is “saving” people. If you mean that this attack was actually to chase everyone out, job done. But the way it was done is not saving people. It is killing people for the sake of one’s ideal. Reminds you of a certain person whose name start with a H and ends with a R.

Smooth Penguin.5294:

The guy killed an Elder Dragon. The least Anet could do for him was to offer some vacation time.

He wasn’t there when we cannoned down Zhaitan. He even admitted it he can’t be there to see Zhaitan fall.

Sorry, but I have seen Korean’s typing out the Korean language just fine on my server.

But when I type out in Chinese, only half of it comes out, the other half is either jumble or not there….

So, there is a problem here with Chinese support. Anet does not need to add the Chinese language, just fix the language support. I suppose the can do it for the Korean language, they can do it for other language.

And don’t tell me to go join the China servers, I don’t live in Mainland China, so I can’t join the Chinese servers even if I wanted too.

Yup, my semi PVT guardian got hit for 17k. Instant KO. already pop all aegis and other kitten skills in the heat of the battle. Battle log points to a darn veteran moltenblade or what the name is…

By Ogden’s Hammer…… +1 for this to be added!!!

Brew Pinch.5731:

Hey forums, press “b”.

Go to WvW map.

If that’s too hard, try any city

Stop embarrassing yourselves. None of you are truly as idiotic as you’re acting, right?

On tier 1 and 2 servers, you are only taking up slots that are meant for people running to defend their keeps, garrison or castle.

We didn’t destroy too many lettuce girl airship.

Zhaitan’s forces took out most of the fleet. So, cabbage Marshall don’t have the resources to do kittens.

Or you can do it like me and do a suicide run….. Got the WvW maps that way…. As for getting the points in garrison and keep, hope your server karma train when your opponents have won for the week.

Quote : With tooth and claw and shining blade, flashing spell and hand grenade. Scarlet will regret this day, we will strike back and make her pay!

Best line……

ANET’s idea of decentralizing the LA population to other cities will not work. Because they will just hang out at Vigil Keep. That is all. This is because all essential service will be moved there.

Some people will find it hard to hang out in their home city as some services are located a bit further away from the common hangout point as compared to when it is in LA.

Some services are also not available. Like the mystic toilet for example. Fractal portal is another example.

Burn LA to the ground? Big deal. Just move to Vigil Keep.

It’s not that the rng is bad, it’s how they set the rng that is bad. You see, they can’t just increased the drop rate as this will cause more players to get the drops. And in the first place they want people to stay on in the game. If the players already gotten everything obtainable, they will move on to other games. The rng at least makes people want to grind for a very rare item that may drop in a decade or so(exaggerating). However, setting this is a double edge sword as some might get frustrated and leave either way.

You all should ask, why target Divinity’s Reach? Why didn’t she attack the Grove instead?

Maybe she can’t attack the Grove, due to one reason, the Pale Tree is stronger than her and her army or she knows the Pale Tree is dying………which would make it pointless for her to attacking it…..

Gabby.3205:

But if it stays forever, then where is the “Living” part of “Living Story”?
The story have to go somewhere, or that’s what they said that would happen. I want to fight the other dragons someday, and also Palawa Joko. You know, moving on. I thought that’s what Living Story was about.

Edit: Yes, I know the LS will leave some permanent changes. I just don’t think that Dynamic Events that are directly related to a villain that should be defeated someday is the best thing to stay.

I don’t think we will be seeing any of the dragons anytime soon or even sometimes later as Anet just created out of thin air including back story for Scarlet, so she will be the main focus for a while as she has been promoted to super villain status already with this living story. And this permanent invasion only shows that Anet will not make her go away (arresting/killing). She is here to stay for a very very long time.

Plus, it is a good way to populate maps that don’t get populated on a normal day….. :P

Traveller.7496:

What’s the difference between us and Scarlet again?

We have license to massacre… she does not have one….

Why only Aegis affect the kid and not the others?
Why is Logan’s guardian powers underpowered while Salad guy necro is overpowered?
Anise’s mesmer powers is like insane godlike. Seriously, these NPCs can’t even be classified as only 1 single profession, but multiple profession that are upgraded in stats and power.

She’s cute.

However, I believe she is really insane.

It’s the only way the human will be crushed by the Charr. It was all Rytlocks master plan after all!!!!

Did you really think the treaty will work out? NEVER. The Charr has been trying to take Ebonhawke since Gwen’s time but failed everytime, now that grudge is about to be settle! And Divinity’s Reach will be the battleground for the most epic fight in GW2 history, players playing as Charr will not be able to help!!!!

We have to face it, since the “defacing”, there is a higher percentage the Queen will speak her final words on the 20th of August. And it would make for some story. FOR EXAMPLE:

1. Caudecus becomes King
2. The aetherblades ARE Caudecus army.
3. Logan is dragged from DR to save his sorry kittens from getting himself killed.
4. Turns out it is a coup not the final days of humanity. Civil War…etc
5. Scarlet is actually Demmi Beetlestone!!! (The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree).
…. and so on
[insert your fantasy story here]

VOLKON.1290:

Rainbow Sprint.3215:

..but i’d like something earth shattering to happen …

Oh dude… be careful what you wish for.

Too late for that… it is already happening…

Gandarel.5091:

Mespilia.2896:

Unfair in war???

Unfair in story writing.

There is nothing unfair in story writing. You write what you want to tell readers…..
How is it unfair to massacre hundreds or thousands of people from a storyline point of view? It is for dramatic affect.

Smoothy.1085:

Can people please stop talking about Jenna dieing, its not gonna happen! it would ruin the personal story, remember?

Human nature wants to see tragedy happening. Many of us want to see it but hope the same tragedy will not befall ourselves. Don’t take my word for it, look at movies, drama series, novels and many other stories. Almost all of them have one too many tragedy before the “Happily ever after…” some even don’t have “Happily ever after…”.

Now, don’t come and say that is all fiction….. true, it is fiction, but where did all the idea came from? The writers don’t just “conjure” up some tragedy without seeing or experiencing one themselves. Isn’t it?

You can say that even the newspaper/news sells when there is a tragedy. When there is a good thing? You can’t sell kittens even if you wanted too.

So, GW2 is a business. Don’t say it is otherwise, because Arenanet is not making this game based on “Charity”. If it is a “charity”, they would have make a simpler game and gave everyone Legendary(s).

So, back to the Queen Speech. Killing the Queen will make more players want to stay on to GW2, because they want to see Logan’s devastating reaction to it and also the aftermath of the Queen’s death.

Tragedy sells, peace don’t.
War sells, peace don’t.
Isn’t all these happens in real life?

You could say this is a way to get a quick buck. Look at the “Death of Superman” 1992 was so successful, that more and more superheroes were “killed” off just to get the attention…..

Darkbattlemage.9612:

Blood Red Arachnid.2493:

That is a lot of “could have” “may be” and “well, they didn’t specifically say” to dance around the link that is obvious to the casual observer. You’re invoking the argument from ignorance as a way to justify shooting down a perfectly valid hypothesis.

And there lays the problem with time travel explanations. It’s always “Could have” “May be” and “Well it was never specifically said” that is why the hypothesis is just a hypothesis not fact as the original poster seemed to claim.

me? I only want to provoke a reaction, didn’t meant to say it is fact….. based on what the video said…..

Skip to 31:59…… or, watch the whole video…..

This is it folks, the REAL WAR has begun!!!….. ready your characters, WvW would have nothing against this one!…….

locoman.1974:

Queen Jenna: “You may address me now by my full name.. Queen Jenna Scarlet O’hare”..

Lol…. and the aetherblades then massacre everyone in attendance….. of course, we players get out alive…… after which, Divinity’s Reach turns into the largest dungeon in the whole MMO universe!!

Queen Jennah : W…….
(loud bang)
Queen Jennah falls to the ground….

Her last word is a letter….W….

Logan : NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO……

Caudecus walks coolly onto the podium and announced him King Caudecus!…

That is what is going to happen!……

Sorry, I don’t think she could even get a word out before getting snipered!

It would be the most dramatic scene ever in history of GW2…..

CETheLucid.3964:

SirDrygan.1823:

That has got to be hinting at something….. Logan’s going to be heartbroken!!!!!

I hope not. He’s already been through hell and back again physically and emotionally. Always with the hard times those Thackery’s.

Though, Elbegast’s post in that thread was pretty hilarious and epic. Had to +1.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/jubilee/What-disaster-will-befall-QJ/2544780

Didn’t you know? Human’s are fuelled by anger, hatred and vengefulness!!! The more tragedy that befalls humans, the more stronger they get!

Yeah, this Queen’s jubilee really won’t end well, as you see Robert Hrouda already mentioned he is loving this type of threads! → https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/livingworld/jubilee/What-disaster-will-befall-QJ/page/3#post2542592

That has got to be hinting at something….. Logan’s going to be heartbroken!!!!!

You all forgot, Logan is actually a spy from Zhaitan! Did you really think he got that brand spanking new airship out of his kittens kittens? Zhaitan or Palawa Joko wannabe Treahearne turned him already! (Did you all go watch R.I.P.D? The hero’s partner was a dead man in disguise.)