Guild Wars 2

I’m gifting an Evon Gnashblade Support Bundle to everyone in my guild. Bring on Abbadon!!!

Everyone who loves Evon should consider the following:

Election Support Bundles can be used to help players support Evon Gnashblade or Ellen Kiel in their campaign to be elected to the Captain’s Council. Each support bundle contains a buff that will double the players’ votes cast for 30 minutes and display five banners that can be placed to visually show the players’ support in the world. Support bundles are available in the Consumable category for 125 gems each or 5 packs for 500 gems.

We can get DOUBLE OUR VOTES! Everyone, buy these consumable! Gift them to friends if you have to. We will show the world what it means to vote!

There already is a warning when you attempt to delete a character. If you had a Soulbound item, that item is lost forever once the character it’s connected to is gone. Be careful in the future when deleting things.

FYI – Anet isn’t required to offer any refunds for player mistakes, esp. deleting a Gem Store item. It’s nice if they do though.

GodAmongUs.9713:

Hi. I was wondering if there will be any mage/warlock class. .

I, personally, would love it if GW2 came out with a Ninja class. Ninjas are known for being invisible, their wall climbing ability, and 1-strike kills.

DeShadowWolf.6854:

Navzar.2938:

DeShadowWolf.6854:

EDIT IN:

The WP discount saves the average person 5g in 4 weeks. [snip]

This 5g is based on what numbers? And where did those numbers come from?

Thin air of course, just like any statistic posted on the internet.

Exactly my point. They are completely baseless and therefore useless.

The average player’s “Happiness Levels” will increase ten-fold if Evon wins, and will decrease 100-fold if Kiel wins. This is based off of the consensus that I’m right, and Evon will win. Plus, Evon has no need for statistics. He just needs to know how to undercut the competition. Minus 1 Copper is as simple as you can get, which is why he’s so successful.

#Evon4Council

VOLKON.1290:

The skillbars would be interesting to see…

1. Smite.
2. Smite again.
3. Smite number 5. (3 sir.) 3.
4. Launch giant wooden rabbit.
5. Arrow cart.

+1 for your Holy Hand Grenade reference.

Speaking of “Holy”, nothing is better than seeing a bunch of gods fighting each other.

Acidicore.3264:

I’m going for the character of the characters, everything else is just a shiny.

Evon is the character for characters. He’s offering cheaper BL Keys. And who doesn’t just love BL Keys?

*cough cough

Smooth Penguin.5294:

*Ahem

http://www.guildwars.com/products/eyeofthenorth/default.php

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~Forge Your Legacy Now for Guild Wars 2™!

~Your own Hall of Monuments: a personalized trophy chamber where your achievements can become rewards for your Guild Wars 2 characters—only available in Eye of the North

SynfulChaot.3169:

Acidicore.3264:

Not entirely sure how voting for Kiel makes you a dumb player, but whatever. After four weeks, the point is moot, and the only thing that will matter to the players is the fractal, and double for anet of what they can do with a new member on the council.

Simple. Logical fallacy. Appeal to emotion.

And voting against Evon due to RNG is False attribution.

Thalador.4218:

Read it again. Slowly this time:

They are echoes of the past, and even when we became pseudo-charr in the alternate Searing, we retained our skills, traits, magical aptitude… everything. (I think it was actually Dessa’s trick to make us look charr, so our “allies” would not smite us on sight.) It is incomprehensible that we would become the gods themselves, even briefly, as a faint memory of Tyria. Since we and the gods are separate entities – different personalities, magic, soul, etc.

It would also be a pretty silly that our level of magical power jumps a gazillion levels for 30 mins then drops back to the original level – with the energy going nowhere. Yeah, it’s a fantasy world, but even physics have to remain believable up to some point.

Fractals are an echo of the past, played out in the present. Playing as one of the 5 gods would fit into this idea. And replacing skills isn’t something new. Costume brawl, Keg brawl, Sanctum Sprint, Hunger Games (beta test finale), upcoming Southsun Survival, WvW, etc., all have your skills replaced. I’ve never heard any players upset with this.

Onshidesigns.1069:

Skins are $5-$10, if you buy them outright.
With RNG skins you could spend $100 or more to get the skin.

Stop legitimizing this SCAM!

To answer this…

Smooth Penguin.5294:

The fact that people WANT things only offered as a chance from a chest, and the fact that they’re WILLING to take that chance, they give up all rights to complain once they click that button. Knowing full well of what you’re getting into, and still doing it, speaks volumes.

Sorry my friend, your “scam” argument holds no water.

Smart players will vote Evon for Council!

LeCreaux.3087:

JustTrogdor.7892:

LeCreaux.3087:

They refused to restore an irreplaceable event skin for me. They spent days researching whether it was their fault. It would have been cheaper and faster to just restore it. Would have cost less manpower and they’d still have a customer.

So you decided to necro a 4 day old thread to complain about this again. Perhaps non-customers should not be posting on a message board for customers, particularly a sub-forum that is specifically for customers with account issues.

Yes. They have a product to sell and I’m a consumer with money to give them. But it’s not automatic, they have to earn it. This how they find out how to earn it.

For now I’m giving their money to a competitor. But if ArenaNet addresses the item restoration issue I’ll consider giving them money. For now it’s too much of a risk.

It’s ok. Since there’s no subscription fees, your account will exist forever. So you can come back to the game whenever you want.

laokoko.7403:

Smooth Penguin.5294:

laokoko.7403:

Why is everyone making everything so complicated. If precursor drop rate increase, the price will surely drop. Probably not by much since the popular precursor are probably governed by the mystic force. But the price of tridend or spear precursor will most likely drop.

It’s already proven. It happened in the Karka event.

I think what people mean is the big picture. If precursor drop rate increase, some people get lucky will get more money thus increase the price of other items such as tier 6 materail.

No. The Precursor market was shocked during that event for a couple of reasons.

Increasing the drop rate of Precursors will no longer shock the market, as players are well aware of the potential for them in WvW, World Chests, MF, etc. A tiny change in the drop rate won’t be as noticeable, unless Anet announces it. What WILL shock the market is when the supply on the TP shows 10X or more than what’s usually posted (i.e. Dusk goes from 5 to 50 available). And I’m talking across the board Precursor availability, not just on 1 or 2 of them.

You’re right. Even if precursor drop is doubled, it probably won’t change much if anything. Unless the drop rate is increased by alot like the karaka event, it won’t change much. Not to mention the mystic forge really set the price.

But it’s the part where people say the price will actually “increase”. I failed to understand why the precursor price will increase if drop rate are doubled. Some guy get super rich from the double precursor rate, and drive the precursor price higher? I’m not understanding the logic.

They have the potential to increase, as more people will think they can attain one. Thus Demand increases along with a Supply increase. The only example I have in mind was the Powerful Blood drop rate increase. Those started to show up more often, and at around the same time, prices started to go up. I do believe Anet announced this in an update blog.

Part of this is if people get word that Precursor rates are doubled. That is the trigger of a potential price increase. It’s the mindset of the player base: Double rate = I can get one too! That leads to more players entering the market for one (i.e. Demand goes up). If Anet were to do it without saying a word, not many would notice, since 2x something very small is still very small.

Smooth Penguin.5294:

*Ahem

http://www.guildwars.com/products/eyeofthenorth/default.php

Quote directly from the page:
~Forge Your Legacy Now for Guild Wars 2™!

~Your own Hall of Monuments: a personalized trophy chamber where your achievements can become rewards for your Guild Wars 2 characters—only available in Eye of the North

For the sake of ending this argument, I’m quoting myself again. Please visit the link and see for yourself.

Also, I highly recommend buying GW1, EotN, Fractions, and Nightfall. They are GREAT games, and can provide you with bonus points in GW2!

Time to find a new hobby!

laokoko.7403:

Why is everyone making everything so complicated. If precursor drop rate increase, the price will surely drop. Probably not by much since the popular precursor are probably governed by the mystic force. But the price of tridend or spear precursor will most likely drop.

It’s already proven. It happened in the Karka event.

I think what people mean is the big picture. If precursor drop rate increase, some people get lucky will get more money thus increase the price of other items such as tier 6 materail.

No. The Precursor market was shocked during that event for a couple of reasons.

1) Precursors were showing up from the end chest. No one was aware that this would happen, thus there was a panic that Precursors were no longer rare
2) There was an exploit where players were able to farm multiple chests, thus increasing their chances of getting a Precursor drop.

Because of the panic, people assumed the worst, and unloaded their inventories. Sorta like when there was a glitch in the stock market system a few months back, and the DOW dropped by HUGE numbers over non-existent changes. Scared people sold, and smart people invested (i.e. the rich got richer).

Increasing the drop rate of Precursors will no longer shock the market, as players are well aware of the potential for them in WvW, World Chests, MF, etc. A tiny change in the drop rate won’t be as noticeable, unless Anet announces it. What WILL shock the market is when the supply on the TP shows 10X or more than what’s usually posted (i.e. Dusk goes from 5 to 50 available). And I’m talking across the board Precursor availability, not just on 1 or 2 of them.

Fractals are an echo of the past, played out in the present. Playing as one of the 5 gods would fit into this idea. And replacing skills isn’t something new. Costume brawl, Keg brawl, Sanctum Sprint, Hunger Games (beta test finale), upcoming Southsun Survival, WvW, etc., all have your skills replaced. I’ve never heard any players upset with this.

skullmount.1758:

I’m glad I just delete the boxes now. Why would I want to help promote the use of those kitten RNG boxes (even if its a roundabout way)? Its people like you that keep us from buying skins directly.
Also, whomever keeps saying that Evon doesn’t make the boxes, just the keys, why the kitten are they named Black Lion Chests? He obviously makes them, or at least sells them to the uninformed npcs.

Not true. All the NPCs are well informed about how BL Chest work. They in turn inform the players who purchase them. The complainers who rally against RNG are the ones who skip the fine print, and expect guaranteed results from randomness.

Regardless of this, if Anet puts votes for sale in the Gem Store, I’ll make sure that Evon wins by a landslide. My wallet is ready to support his candidacy.

#YesWeCan

Can’t we all just get along?

SynfulChaot.3169:

Smooth Penguin.5294:

You can make your view known by not buying keys. And I’ll make my view known by continuing to buy Gems, and using them for everything from chests to vanity items.

The fact that people WANT things only offered as a chance from a chest, and the fact that they’re WILLING to take that chance, they give up all rights to complain once they click that button. Knowing full well of what you’re getting into, and still doing it, speaks volumes.

But I digress. This election isn’t about RNG. It’s about Evon winning.

#Evon4Council

Nah. It’s about voting for whoever we think is best. IC and lore-wise, I think Kiel is a better fit. And I can’t force myself to vote for Evon due to RNG being linked to him through the BLTC, which he does run.

You say you think Kiel is the best, and then you say that you won’t vote for Evon due to mechanics that are beyond his control. Don’t make excuses for your species bias. Evon is the best because of his business background. He’s an expert negotiator. Kiel is just better looking than the other pirates on the Council, and took credit for our saving people.

Evon = experience
Kiel = pretty face that can swing a sword… and then swing it again

#Evon4Council

1) I don’t see how the mechanics of playing as a god is hard. The player’s skill bar would simply be replaced with unique skills, and the avatar is easily changed. In GW1, there were god-mode forms that players could transform into. Anet could simply take that look, and re-work it into GW2

2) With the gods leaving, they could just be allowing the races of Tyria to push back the Elder Dragons on their own. Perhaps the gods have that much faith in the people. Considering all races allied to take down Zhaitan, there’s no real need for the gods intervention.

The gods aren’t dead. They’re just AFK. Don’t go spreading false rumors.

Answer – No

He’s not broken. Just hard. Players with skill and knowledge of the game’s mechanics have won.

You can make your view known by not buying keys. And I’ll make my view known by continuing to buy Gems, and using them for everything from chests to vanity items.

The fact that people WANT things only offered as a chance from a chest, and the fact that they’re WILLING to take that chance, they give up all rights to complain once they click that button. Knowing full well of what you’re getting into, and still doing it, speaks volumes.

But I digress. This election isn’t about RNG. It’s about Evon winning.

#Evon4Council

Smooth Penguin.5294:

*Ahem

http://www.guildwars.com/products/eyeofthenorth/default.php

Quote directly from the page:
~Forge Your Legacy Now for Guild Wars 2™!

~Your own Hall of Monuments: a personalized trophy chamber where your achievements can become rewards for your Guild Wars 2 characters—only available in Eye of the North

As noted above. This is a reward for only those who purchased Eye of the North. So go out and buy the game, and enjoy your extra points. Be warned – filling your HoM isn’t easy.

John Smith.4610:

The exchange is far from a mystery, if you take what you know of how it works, and applying knowledge of MMO life cycles in both game and economy, everything you want to know becomes pretty clear.

John owns all the naysayers yet again. I enjoy watching him shut down conspiracies.

Shemsu.8721:

Smooth Penguin.5294:

Lord Trejgon.2809:

Antara.3189:

CharrGirl.7896:

The black lion key gets a discount every once in a while. But we never saw a discount for waypoint prices, and tbh everybody uses waypoints, and complains how costly they are, so it’s much more useful and beneficial for players in whole. That’s why I’ll vote for Kiel – I never spoke to somebody in game who buys black lion keys.

a CharrGirl not voting charr? …

:S

Evon is honorless gladium so lorewisely no self-respecting charr would vote for him

We need to end this charr on charr hate. Lore wise, everyone knows that to charr, humans are just meat. So no charr would ever pick a human over one of their own.

So basically, no charr should ever vote for evon, and no human should ever vote for evon? Sounds perfect! Lets fill a giant coffin with BL keys and Evon and leave him at the bottom of Harbor Sanctum, problem solved.

How does that make any sense? No charr would vote for a human, so it’s either vote Evon, or stay home.

#Evon=MoarKeys

The Fall of Abaddon was an event that happened before GW1. History has it that he started a war with the other gods, and lost. So let’s see…

- There are 5 other gods whom Abaddon fought
- GW2 parties are set at 5.
- FotM instance to look at the historic fight

I can only conclude that when Evon wins, this FotM map will have you playing as one of the 5 gods: Balthazar • Dwayna • Grenth • Lyssa • Melandru

There’s nothing official, as Anet won’t even begin to code anything until after the election. But just in case this is true… VOTE EVON!

#Evon4Council

Lord Trejgon.2809:

Antara.3189:

CharrGirl.7896:

The black lion key gets a discount every once in a while. But we never saw a discount for waypoint prices, and tbh everybody uses waypoints, and complains how costly they are, so it’s much more useful and beneficial for players in whole. That’s why I’ll vote for Kiel – I never spoke to somebody in game who buys black lion keys.

a CharrGirl not voting charr? …

:S

Evon is honorless gladium so lorewisely no self-respecting charr would vote for him

We need to end this charr on charr hate. Lore wise, everyone knows that to charr, humans are just meat. So no charr would ever pick a human over one of their own.

Onshidesigns.1069:

You still want to open those scam chests?

It’s only a scam if you’ve convinced yourself that you’re guaranteed something you want.

Zabrios.6079:

So, there are people who want to vote a Kormir-esque heroine that has done nothing but die in a dungeon and let us do their job? Nice, and still, price reduction on WP’s for just one month, oh god thanks to Ellen now I will be able to save up 2000 gold with that and she will give us a Fractal of a reactor that had an accident and we don’t give a fly about it.

Instead, Evon gives us a Fractal about friggin’ Abbadon. Just enough to gain my vote.

AND discounted keys.

Airwolf.7382:

For the record, I now do own a kite that I bought from the gem store.

Hey! Problem solved! I’m glad everything worked out for you.

I agree he is a shady business owner, but also an effective one. He’s managed to have a monopoly on providing retail and trade services. But let’s all be open here. A lot of people want to vote for Kiel because she’s a human. I’m partial to humans as well. But I’m able to overcome my own bias simply because Evon is offering us some tangible assets, mainly discounted keys. Him sponsoring the Abaddon dungeon helps too.

Maybe once Evon is on the Captain’s Council, he can suggest some Affirmative Action rule changes to help sylvari and charr to get some equality.

#equal-rights-for-normal-people

*Ahem

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~Your own Hall of Monuments: a personalized trophy chamber where your achievements can become rewards for your Guild Wars 2 characters—only available in Eye of the North

People need to stop attributing RNG to Evon. He did not invent it. He did not give any guarantees that you will get what you want. He does not force you to play with it. Bottom line – Evon is not to blame for RNG.

The RNG argument is basically “Species Bias” towards charr.

Atlas.9704:

Evon’s company denies us free proper trade.
Back in GW1 if someone had something worth to sell, someone bought it, and that seller got 100% of the money.
Now there’s taxation thanks to this Charr.

Down with taxation!
Occupy Lion’s Arch (we already do most of the time anyways lol)

Evon’s company does the following for trade:

1) Ended WTB/WTS spam in chat
2) Ended scams from unscrupulous players
3) Facilitated world wide trade from anywhere and everywhere.

His fees to use his service is justified. And as thanks for doing business on the Trading Post, he sells us wonderful keys to open magical chests full of goodies.

Evon’s company helps to prevent fraud and scam trades, as seen in GW1, and even now in GW2 with people who try to make “gentlemen agreements” in back alleys.

Shemsu.8721:

Evon offers to take more of your money. He doesnt offer help (nor has he) in any way. He never gave anyone weapons or armor (though he takes a cut when one player sells to another) All my gear was crafted by me, he hasnt helped at all.

I highly doubt that all of your crafting materials were 100% from gathering. I also highly doubt that you’ve never did any business on the TP. Let’s face it, Evon is a part of our lives. Without him, heroes wouldn’t be able to trade their goods to upgrade their stats, or to get rid of excess inventory.

And without him, a majority of players wouldn’t have access to a Precursor. Be sure to thank him for your Legendaries.

Evon, like him or hate him, is too important to Tyria. Just vote for him.

Thalador.4218:

That’s all nice and pretty, but alas about 0.01% of rich people are concerned with the world and actually do something to better it. The other 99.99% just sit on their backsides, count their “beans,” and enjoy the luxury. And Evon Gnashblade is definitely a prime specimen of that 99.99%. He did nothing for the protection of Lion’s Arch, Claw Island, the merchant ships, or the dozens of fishing villages and ports that were wiped out by Zhaitan. He did nothing for the refugees of the dragon war or the Molten insurgence. All he did was getting richer by taxing the real heroes who put an end to Zhaitan. All the while thousands suffered who he could’ve helped get better with the dirty contents of the hole in his left pocket.

@ Shemsu: We don’t know the circumstances of Abaddon’s fall, and it’s definitely a very interesting topic. Don’t be an extremist like these money-loving pawns of Gnashblade (the same argument is legit for Thaumanova – we don’t know the whole story but we know the outcome). I’d love to see it one day, but not right now. It would blow all the mystery with a sub-par, 15-to-30-minutes-long instance. It should be as epic as any godly battle in God of War, imo.

#TeamKiel

I’m actually for Kiel, but since she offers nothing, I’m voting for Evon. It’s pretty simple really. Kiel = no benefit except for a pretty face / Evon = cheap keys

In Evon’s defense, he did help equip all the heroes with weapons and armor. Without him, we wouldn’t have been able to slay the dragon. In a roundabout way, Evon helped to slay Zhaitan.

People need to learn to read the forums before posting. Gaile needs to keep merging these duplicate threads.

Atlas.9704:

Traveller.7496:

Ellen has a chance on the swimsuit round, but otherwise I support Evon all the way.

If there were such a round I would quickly change channels before Evon shows up in his.

Evon would win the swimsuit round in his “Faren trunks”. Nuff said.

Iarkrad.8415:

Would you rather she chance her stance to RNG support?

That would be a step in the right direction.

Kiel is a hero, yes. But we players need something worth our votes. Until she offers something more than useless WP discounts, Evon wins.

I hope and pray Kiel changes her offers soon.

Time for some people to start PvEing.

Iarkrad.8415:

A vote for Evon is a vote for RNG!

RNG is our friend, so your statement is OK.

If you can still have a target lock on someone in stealth, that means you can still track them. If you want to suggest that, then I propose that all Warriors get a stealth skill with a Backstab mechanic. Fair is fair.

Remember, by not voting, you give up all rights to complain.

Evon may be a greedy charr, but that greedy charr is offering discounted keys and an epic dungeon.

Kiel’s offer is like saying there’s a 2 cents off discount for a candy bar.

Temporary change or Abaddon dungeon. Either way, Evon’s winning.