Guild Wars 2

yeah, just checked. The FX-8350 is 0.2 better in single core performance. Guess I’ll wait a bit and pick up Intel sometime later.

Well, it’s not just for this game. Good news at least, my motherboard is compatibile with AM3+ chips – just have to snag a new FX and that should help out quite a bit.

So in short, unless I upgrade the motherboard and chip, I spent 700 dollars on a paperweight.

So I run an AMD Phenom X2 1100T, which the current i7 processors are barely better, 8 gb ram, I run 100 FPS in BF4, faster than 80% of all machines on the 3d mark benchmark tests and the best I’m going to do is 30 FPS in Rata Sum at Max graphics?

Went from a GTX 560 kitten a 780 Ti and I’m seeing no increase in FPS. What gives?

Anyone know if there’s going to be an update on Tuesday? I heard rumors of SAB, but that’s it.

They have been awfully quiet since the feature patch release.

Everywhere I go, the maps are just jammed. Temples will never close again. There are people at EVERY event I come across no matter what map.

Granted, I like seeing people everywhere. I think it’s neat.

But the plus to this feature stops there.

Guildmates are not arriving in the same map. Guild missions are a headache. And any sense of community is toast.

Need more zones to spread people out. That won’t solve the community problem, but all the zones are absolutely packed.

Thank you for your subjective opinion. There’s nothing I don’t like about the feature patch.

A R W E N.6895:

Yargesh.4965:

Lack of wanting to leave and find something fun seems to be high on your list.

Sorry I wont leave.

I will point out, area that I feel need work or improvement, or things that should be added.

And guess what I’m doing right now. Waiting in queue to get in WvW.

Try and make the difference between. The game has nothing, and the game needs something.

Wait a minute. The game is dying, and you’re waiting in queue for WvW? /irony.

Kimbald.2697:

Stark.1350:

I’m using rocket, rifle and flame turret in sPvP and absolutely dominate.

they stay alive long enough, or are you using them to be instantly detonated?

Good to hear by the way, in wvw they still don’t live long. But the reflect is wonderfull

I don’t have any issues keeping them alive in sPvP. I don’t detonate them, not even the healing turret. To be honest, I stack all of them on one point, along with supply crate. I run the reflect shield and the new trait that allows turrets to give buffs. Thieves stand no chance against me, and I find the constant blind from flame turret frustrates people.

I can survive 2 on 1’s and 3 on 1’s for a long time. And it’s funny as hell watching people ping themselves to death on the reflect shields when they’re not paying attention.

As for WvW, turrets are still an issue as they die quickly to AoE – HOWEVER. The reflect shield is incredibly nice for choke points.

As for dungeons, turrets seem to do just fine.

Given the fact I’m willing to bet 100g they’re opening up new zones soon, I don’t think we have to deal with too much overpopulation for too much longer.

I’m using rocket, rifle and flame turret in sPvP and absolutely dominate.

Yeah, already people fighting in map chat. This is a complete mess.

Okay, I see what you did with the megaserver. Fantastic. Lots of people on the map.

But now there are lots of people on the map doing the same things at once, including guild missions. And it’s been a royal pain getting people from our guild all in the same map while trying to do them.

They are called “guild” missions, not “random blob of people” missions.

The content is absolutely trivialized when there’s a ton of people doing it at once.

Please make them instanced.

Conditions can be removed/cleansed. As an elixir engineer, I laugh at conditions.

You can’t do anything against extreme crit damage. It deserved a nerf and I’m glad for it. Conditions can be controlled – getting 3 shot cannot.

All the other world bosses are great – fire elemental has the shadow behemoth bug of before, where it’s not scaling properly. Went down in 20 seconds last night. Just FYI.

Well done Anet. Thank you for the quality update. It’s been a lot of fun! Pat yourselves on the back!

All you have to do in WvW is run trains of warriors and guardians. They can do all and are better at most everything than everyone else. Oh, and don’t forget, both can stunlock you to death.

I don’t feel it’s been a concern. On Ehmry Bay, people know who the guilds are. Anyone making a duplicate would simply get stamped out. As it stands, there are no duplicate guilds on that server at all.

I had a question about the megaserver. We started off with separate servers. So every now and again there would be guilds with duplicate tags, which was fine, because they were on separate servers. With the new megaserver, are we going to see duplicate tags of those guilds running around, even though they’re not of the same guild? What if someone is being a giant troll and wears the same tag of another guild but isn’t apart of that guild?

Also, looking for a general timeline on when we might see the following things:
1.) New guild missions.
2.) Guild halls.
3.) Trading post improvements.

Thanks!

How about we all take a deep breath and find out exactly how it’s going to work on the 15th. Could be a good thing. Could be bad. No one really knows yet. But it’s fun reading all the emotional rampant speculation that has no basis with any facts.

How is this going to affect people in my guild that are on other servers, but guesting to ours?

ColinJohanson.2394:

Just want to quickly add for those who missed it, we’ll be covering the answers to the bulk of the questions in this thread in the blogs over the next two days after today.

We’ll also continue to monitor and adapt the megaserver system once it’s fully enabled to ensure it provides the best experience possible, so once you’ve seen it in action please make sure to leave comments, feedback, and suggestions as always!

I’d suggest releasing all the info now, otherwise you’re going to have a real storm on your hands for the next two days.

If I have to end up ferrying any guildmates into the maps we’re on due to this change, I’m out.

On that matter, where are the trading post optimizations? New guild missions? The ability to play daily activities with your friends/guildmates?

I see what you’re trying to do here. I get it.

And I suppose I’ll wait to see how this affects guilds/WvW/world bosses, etc.

But I joined Ehmry Bay to be part of the Ehmry Bay community. Not to be stacked into maps with a bunch of random people I don’t know.

If I have to start ferrying my guild into maps that MOST of us are in due to this change or anything like that, it’ll be time for me to move on.

I’m not sure I’m a fan of this at all. Guess I’ll see how it plays out.

The entitlement in this thread is strong.

First, I want to thank everyone at Anet for the awesome changes so far. Very excited for all of them. I especially like the PvP announcement.

Still looking for that big news though. Whether it’s guild halls, new missions, custom arena setup to where you can play the daily games with guildmates, something new I can grind my teeth on. A lot of these features so far, while pretty awesome, are pretty fluffy.

Still 3 unlocks to go. I guess we’ll see.

Kaon.7192:

Aaaaaand there’s the bombshell.

“you’ll be able to play PvP to gather almost everything you need to craft a legendary! The Gifts of Battle and Exploration will still require Badges of Honor and map completion.”

You’re really going to cry about that?

How about we wait until we see what ALL the unlocks are before raging like diseased animals on the forums?

Fluffball.8307:

The internet is for porn and pure, blinding rage.

This.

Master Fuhon.1068:

Prysin.8542:

Better late then never. Show some gratitude.

For all unneeded things, better never than late. To a formerly living or functioning thing, good things received late are valueless.

There is a threshold when late becomes too late, and never becomes the more appropriate time. A late lunch can spoil dinner if received too closely in scheduling. Such is the way lateness can afflict things that run in cycles.

When dealing with contagion, lateness allows it to spread. Too late allows it to be disposed of safely. It’s better to be both early and qualified though.

The appropriate idiom that holds true under more circumstances is: It’s better to be late than too late. Also, better never than too late.

Do you know when ‘too late’ is or was?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impression_formation

There are first impressions; and then there are ‘last impressions’. When operating within the status of last impressions, the influences of reformative action are vastly reduced. In rarer circumstances, a ‘final impression’ state may even exist to denote the point when something can change and no longer influence the impression. Any and all attempted change is then seen only as conforming to the impression; which is also the point any method of ‘telling’ (and not showing) would completely fail to re-impress.

Impressions are also believed to be a function of complex math; ‘integration’ if you need something to call it. And they are reversed by an inverse process involving ‘differentiation’ from the previous integrated impression. The important thing to note about these types of equations is that they are continuous functions defined at separate ‘unit measurements’. So to change an already formed impression, it usually requires it to be done around the same number of measurements. But as I hinted at earlier, with the stuff about first and last impressions, the unit measurements are spaced further apart nearing the end of the equation than they are nearing the beginning. Hence, poor impressions are easier to make and harder to break.

And so, none of this ‘late’ or ‘never’ or ‘too late’ conversation really matters in this situation as much as the simpler question: Are moves like this going to instill enough trust to withstand the rapid confidence depletion that’s already been occurring? Isn’t it more effective to curb the current ‘trust depletion functions’ than it is to try to offset them with separate small ‘trust generating ones’?

Oo, the forum warrior is breaking out the big words and wikipedia. I’m so impressed.

There is no such thing as late becoming too late. Clearly you have life lessons that have yet to be learned.

This thread is downright stupid. All the “facts” here are subjective nonsense about what people don’t like or do like.

If you like Wildstar that much, go enjoy it and get off the forums here.

Because the miniscule percentage that browse the forums equals the entire community’s feedback, amirite?

No, you’d have 100 points for each character.

And what big of a deal is it to get a trait reset in the middle of a season?

Oh and we’re like, super cool.

How about we wait and find out all the facts when the Q&A is released before acting like rabid animals? Thanks.

Our guild leader in our guild has stopped playing and has been gone since last August. Is there no way to have you guys promote me to guild leader of our guild? Or do we need to somehow track down the other leader and make him sign on to do it?

I recommend Ehmry Bay.

Sera.6539:

Izaya.2906:

Will unid dyes stop dropping or something after feature patch?

Unidentified Dyes will no longer drop after the feature patch. Currently the methods to get one besides drop:

Harvesting (small chance)
Black Lion Chest
Laurel merchant (10 for 5 laurels)
Dye Pack (200 Gems)
Mystic Forge

Whether or not it will remain from harvesting is unknown, but it’s highly likely in my opinion.

You realize you can craft dyes, right?

Yes, I’m enjoying the game. I still feel it needs an expansion as things are getting a bit stale.

With that said, I’m on one of the smaller servers and my guild is growing. Not sure what your guys’s issue is.

I agree with the own icon. I just want to taunt all my guildmates as I leave them behind in Sanctum Sprint. =P

I’ve brought this up before, but never got much of a response. But hey, I figure keep on trying. =P

If achievements for these activities were disabled in the custom arena, is there no way it could be used for keg brawl, southsun survival, etc? So you could play with your guildmates or friends?

So you can skip half that part?

Anyone else having issues with this path?

When we first got to the golem, we were making it through until we reached the lightning turret. Even with the golem shield up, it annihilated everyone. There were tons of mobs surrounding the turret attacking it, so we couldn’t target it. And only people with invulnerability could get past.

Plus they seem to have removed the waypoint after that part.

Any ideas/thoughts/suggestions?