Guild Wars 2

Why not let players buy the world completion credit from the trading post like (almost) every other part of the legendary weapon, or even the weapon itself?

Angel.7139:

I am suggesting that when bot get reported maybe a program will record the use of skill (like the time interval between them) and if they use the same skill set for 5000 times without any differents, then you can ban them instantly or at least disconnect them for a while.

I’m sure the bot programmers are (these days) sophisticated enough to put human-like randomised delays between the skill/weapon activations.

The only time bots are really obvious to me is when they are all the same class, with similar or randomised names, no gear and are all standing on top of one another (all rangers with brown bear pets).

Xynn.2748:

Q:

Maybe it’s just me but with the increased loot drop, I’m afraid globs of ectoplasm are going to start dropping in price what do you guys think?

A: Supply & Demand.

Please proceed to close this thread, thanks.

If you closed every thread that could be explained away with “Supply and demand”, half the forum would be empty.

Let’s speculate:

• I think ectos should be super-cheap because they drop all the time from world bosses now. Supply increased.

• I think ectos should be expensive because they are required in nearly every top-tier recipe. Demand increased.

• I think ectos should be expensive because people are going for more than one Legendary/demi-Legendary weapon now. Demand increased.

• I think ectos should be cheaper because people are giving up on Legendary weapons because of other difficult-to-acquire components. Demand lessened.

We could go on and on. Let’s!

Arah path 3 is good because even though you can skip most of the crap and it’s still a reasonable length and difficulty.

AC
I liked the old AC, I thought all of the paths were good and strong and that there was nothing too easy or difficult. I have not tried the new AC yet.

CM
I only did this a couple of times. The gear from this dungeon looks like world drops and it isn’t worth doing this dungeon to salvaging it’s exotics when I could do AC or CoF.

TA
I haven’t done TA enough to pass judgement. Some of the armour sets are really nice and distinctive.

SE
Horribly tough trash that can’t be blinded. Really nice looking gear but not worth the effort.

CoF
It has some challenging encounters in the “Kiss my tail” room and the new invisible assassins encounters. I haven’t done Path 3 yet. I love the rolling boulders. More of these things would rock! Rock, geddit? Suit yerself.

HotW
This dungeon has chewy mobs instead of interesting encounters. The hunter (or whatever he’s called) is just horrible. It could do with more mechanics. The gear from this dungeon doesn’t thrill me in terms of visuals.

CoE
Has a nice puzzle in the laser room, but Project Alpha is inconsistent (e.g. circles that don’t really mark where you will be damaged and overlapping circles … can you stand in those or not?!). Also, room with lasers in it where several people just press one button the whole fight while a couple of people try to find a safe spot – that fight needs an overhaul. The gear from this dungeon is really quite unique – I like it.

Arah
Ahh Arah, what can I say?
I think path 3 is perfect as it is, skippable but with difficulty yet still challenging and about the correct length. The other three paths are long, paths one and four are, imo, too long.
The mobs are very tough, the trash surprisingly so. Again, I think we could use some more interesting mechanics on some of the encounters (Lupicus is superb and garners the “it’s like a raid boss” comment from all and sundry).
I love the Arah gear (I use a set of heavy gear on my asura, I love that gnashing mouth).

Overall, I’d say please make encounters require more thinking and reacting and puzzling and please make some encounters that have ranged people doing more than melee.

1. Do WvW for karma.
2. Go to temples in Orr.
3. ????
4. Profit.

More currencies means less having to do what you don’t enjoy. Hurray for multiple currencies! Boo hiss to gold.

Does anybody else have the thing with the character neck that isn’t there when you port into a zone (for a brief time)? You walk around like Marty Feldman in Young Frankenstein

ArcTheFallen.7682:

Binding blade will find a stealthed thief.

This is a good tip. The #5 on greatsword will tag them, and then you can pull them but they still won’t be visible, but they will be next to you.

I don’t mind being killed once by a soloer if he’s going through the puzzle. Big groups who camp certain locations (portal spot cough and the top of the arena) with mesmer backup are very frustrating, but all part of the game. I wholeheartedly condone our guys doing it to the enemy (in revenge for previous camping by said enemies, of course).

MikeFerguson.8921:

it is an entirely new system with new pieces of data associated to it so unfortunately there’s no way to award retroactive progress.

MikeFerguson.8921:

We will be keeping all the existing WvW achievement tracks [..] along with the progress you have already obtained on those achievements.

Couldn’t the new XP take into account the existing achievement tracks? (Answer: it could, but you don’t want it to. )[edit]And that’s fine.

Robert has made his strategy clear. He is waiting a week or two for all of the immediate reaction to disappear and then will take stock using feedback garnered after that time. There is no point complaining until then.

fab.3298:

People like to say FSP rely on zergs, i’ve seen it in this thread and i’ve seen it in /m, but that’s nonsense. From what i’ve seen you guys are good players and employ good tactics,

FS use some good tactics but it is their sheer weight of numbers in all areas and maps at the same time that results in them winning so much in this particular match-up. Why are they not in a higher tier? Please make them go away.

:)

These boxes don’t seem to be worth the price. I will wait and see if they get adjusted later in the game, I am in no rush to throw away my Karma.

Off topic slightly and just an early observation, but Heavy Moldy Bags seem to be dropping much less now. The price is shooting up. T6 mats are shooting up.

I wonder if John might be willing to confirm/deny any adjustment?

John Smith.4610:

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Svarty.8019:

Yes they should drop like a stone with all the rares from world events, but I’m on an epic run of 0 ectos from master salvage kits atm. I hate RNG.

I’m not sure it’s RNG… I have a run of 1 ecto from 25 uses of BLK’s… that has a chance of:

0.000003% chance of happening… seems unlikely it’s due to RNG. I think they may have nerfed ecto drop rates to compensate for the increased drops. So ecto prices might not plummet as much as I originally thought.

Lets start this train early with this patch. We did not nerf ecto rates of any kind, we’ve never nerfed ecto rates, if we change ecto rates, it will be in the patch notes I promise you.

PS. Your math is incorrect, salvages are independent statistical events.

Oh my epic run goes on way before the patch.

Yes they should drop like a stone with all the rares from world events, but I’m on an epic run of 0 ectos from master salvage kits atm. I hate RNG.

Kain Francois.4328:

I hate Hodgins more than Trahearne. Please swap him with a clone of Detha so she can BUILD the scepters herself and kick kitten with them in his place.

This sort of nonsense makes players look silly. “Hate”? Really? How can you have so much bile for simple, friendly NPCs? Maybe you should go for a walk.

oZii.2864:

Svarty.8019:

• If WvW is not meant to be played solo, then why are thieves allowed to?

Video of warrior fighting multiple opponents, multiple thieves and guardians, solo roaming WvW. Its a really good video.

You can tell this guy knows how to play since he makes them waste dodges. He also hits the thieves in stealth many times.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHgkx2w4LrY

1. See point about exceptional players rather than ordinary ones.
2. The warrior in the video jumps people and there are no scenes in the video where the thief gets a jump on him, possibly because those don’t end so well for him, but I would expect a warrior to be one of the classes that might be better at countering a thief due to an enormous innate health pool.

Dear Eclipses.7152,

I took the liberty of rewriting your post with a more positive spin. I hope this meets with your approval.

WARNING: LONG POST, but worth it. see TL;DR for major points
TL;DR:
1. Commander needs improvement (I believe some is in the works).
2. The roles/rewards/recognition of Guilds in a game called ‘Guild Wars’ is in need of a buff.
3. There need to be more (a LOT, LOT LOT more) advantages for running in smaller groups.
4. Implement more Rewards/Progression/Depth/Consequence (I believe this is being worked on so I will skip it and reassess it after it’s patch is done).
5. We humnbly request some WvW dev interaction with the community.

Hey all,
1. Commander needs improvement (I believe this is being worked on so I will skip it and reassess it after it’s patch is done).

2. The roles/rewards/recognition of Guilds in a game called ‘Guild Wars’ is in need of a buff.
The buffs and the siege weapons you can get from the guild upgrades are great, truly they are, but we could have MORE! BETTER!
If we take bay, garri, sm or what have you – it would be good if it would have something to do with our guild as well as our banner hanging from some parapets. We would like others to be able to see whose banner that is! The NPCs should be named after us! Maybe we should get influence or gold or karma over time for holding onto an objective! Perhaps it should announce in map chat that xxx guild has captured and claimed xxx objective! We should have a system that allows us to form groups larger than 5 or at the very least see all guildies on the map! There could be a mechanic that recognizes guild achievements in WvW! There should be something that truly benefits WvW guilds and significantly encourages guilds in this gameplay!

3. There need to be more (a LOT, LOT LOT more) advantages for running in smaller groups.
Zergs are a valid tatic – they shouldn’t just be the ONLY tactic. AoE limit needs to be lifted/increased and some other mechanics need to go into place to dull the power of zergs and ecourage more tactical play.

4. Implement more Rewards/Progression/Depth/Consequence (I believe this is being worked on so I will skip it and reassess it after it’s patch is done).

5. We humnbly request some WvW dev interaction with the community.
Mike Ferguson and his team now know how popular WvW is. Now would be a good time to appear more committed to Wvw. We see lots of stuff about PvE and sPvP, please can we have some about WvW?

-Thanks for implementing paid transfers. We are looking forward to seeing how the ladder settles.
-Thanks for working on culling. We really appreciate that this is a very difficult bottom-up process and that you guys are -working your kitten off on it.
-Thanks for fixing the Dolyak exploit.
-Thanks for removing the Orb exploit. It would be great to see them back and working again someday.
-It would be great if WvWers could earn ascended gear (I believe this is being worked on so thanks in giddy anticipation).
-The effectiveness of non-zergs needs to be improved. Improved AoEs for outnumbered groups/sides might be one avenue for you to consider.

It would be great if Arenanet might consider new/different maps/mechanics that would not benefit the one-big-zerg strategy.
Please make some lore up to explain World vs World and connect it story-wise to PvE.

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Sceinna.3561:

I stomp everyone in a 1 on 1 fight as well, it’s just a matter of skill and knowing how to build your class.

I used to get frustrated by glass cannon thief that take you down in what seems 1 hit, but if you’re focused, you can see it coming.. and even on a bunker guardian you’re able to take out a glass cannon thief in 1 whirling wrath.

WvW is not made to play solo

So many points to pick apart.

• If you stomp everybody else, that means you’re exceptional. You are not an ordinary player. I am sure you agree that the game should be aimed at ordinary players, rather than the exceptional few.

• Why should everybody except the thief be “focused” all of the time for fear of being killed in 2 seconds?

• I play bunker guardian and cannot take out a glass cannon thief in 1 whirling wrath – I have much experience trying. I am beginning to believe you made up the entire post (especially the bit about you stomping everybody).

• If WvW is not meant to be played solo, then why are thieves allowed to?

killimandros.5087:

As a thief, if they /Anet) cant fix the culling, numbers of people stealthed/abuse of stealth, id rather see it being removed. Yes. Instead add camouflage maybe, or add tricks to the tief class like hard to catch. Making them more evasive, faster and increase range of pistol. Give them some symbols maybe?

Haha symbols! Give them some spirit weapons! Lol!

Swagg.9236:

SWORD (main-hand)
Flashing Blade

• Teleport no longer requires a target. If the teleport is activated without a target, the Guardian simply teleports 600 range forward in a straight line.

Shield of Absorption

• The bubble no longer roots the caster or requires channeling in order to maintain it past the initial cast-time.

These two are simple quality of life changes. I really want these to happen.

Thanks for coming out to play this week, AM.

sostronk.8167:

I’ll be going for the Karma infusion because I mostly WvW. If I played PvE id be going for the 20% gold. I have a character I run with over 200% Magic find and I honestly have significant doubts that Magic find is legit.

^This. Magic find is a myth.

So, do you think this price hike going to be repeated when they dump out the patch on Tuesday?

Kaon.7192:

Near vendor value commodities with extremely high trading volume are your safest bet. One example is elder wood logs. These kinds of items limit your losses to under 20% and should increase in price along with inflation if it were to hit the economy in your time away.

This is a point – you have a good solid “cannot possibly go any lower” commodity there, but beware the trading post fee.

Zumy.6318:

All the people who claim not to use the TP because they dont want to “abuse” other players, secretly just got no clue or fantasy to figure out a way to make gold out of a small trading.

You’re right, but why should they?

• Veteran’s Righteous Indignation Buff not blocking confusion, thus making it much more vulnerable to big groups containing many mesmsers.

• The Worker re-building lots of on-wall siege that can’t hit the enemy, using up the supply while the keep is under attack.

• Not being able to raid enemy supply depot when through the first wall. – and the worker and quartermaster just standing there with it when the enemy rush in.

• Insanely fickle Quaggans. They act like Skritt.

Gab Superstar.4059:

Multiple times your 15+ groups have been wiped by my group of 5 (one being under leveled, mind you). I find it extraordinarily

snip I find it extraordinarily unlikely that you ever have anything smaller than 60 people anywhere on any map. Please don’t come to us with this “handful” gibberish, we know your hands are enormous.

It’s time for FS to float off. Get the float out of here!

Pao Diosa.9218:

Like says Ursan, invest in “one-time” ítems, like skins from Lost shores, halloween, etc.

Bear in mind, though, that Halloween stuff is likely to be available in a few months again.

White Knight.3925:

O.K., Arenanet is hyping the February patch by putting a sale on bag slots and bank tabs. Awesome. Only one problem – the conversion cost for gold to gems just skyrocketed. Now you’ve just kitten off a lot of players who want/need gems for other things and the people who would take advantage of the sale get screwed because their “savings” are eaten up by the gouging in currency transfer.

Could you not have frozen the conversion cost before the change? Sheesh! Only Arenanet could screw up a free lunch!!!

Thanks, but no thanks, Arenanet.

I’d like to expand my bags ahem – but if the advertised discount is immediately negated, then I’m not going to do it.

I will miss her, but I will miss the [[Disasembler 3BEK Kit]] (sic) (yes, it is spelt incorrectly) more.

Rising Dusk.2408:

Svarty.8019:

Yes it did. You presumed to know whether or not the Legendary was or was not suitable for that person, thus judging what the Legendary should or should not be.

A legendary costs X currency and takes Y account accomplishments. Player Z is unwilling to pay X currency, but willing to do Y accomplishments. Thus, player Z cannot get the legendary. It is a logical step from here, with no assumptions or presumptions made, to say that a legendary in its current form is not a good fit for player Z because they refuse to pay the base requirement of X currency to achieve it. There is no presuming of what a legendary should or should not be in that logic, only what it is.

Isaiah Cartwright said that Legendaries were, " to show off all of the things that you have been doing", and to, “show everyone that you are a true master of guild wars 2”. Player Z is willing to buy gems with RL money and from gems transfer to in-game gold. He then buys the Legendary weapon from the TP with gold. If Player Z does this, he isn’t showing off all of the things he has been doing OR that he is a true master of Guild Wars 2. Thus the Legendary weapon belonging to Player Z is NOT fulfilling Isaiah’s vision of what the Legendary weapon should be.

azizul.8469:

as long as no hacking/glitching involved, looks OK to me…. working as intended……

Working as intended, but the intent appears pretty dumb.

Neandramathal.9536:

A record low turnout for GH at reset, coming week is likely down to the barebones of dedicated WvW’ers as each server’s “pug” see the same matchup and assume the same outcome.

Hopefully we can rectify that, as last week’s was actually very balanced imo and having multiple weeks with same opponents should imply a closer and therefore more enjoyable tier. Most MMO’s you have same opponents for years and I think the implication that it CAN change here is actually harmful (as well as having visible scores) as if people feel outmatched they just wait for it to do so, instead of trying to fix it.

So, here’s hoping that the week can bring some positivity

Yes, I agree with all of this.

The time to nerf thieves is NOW.

Arenanet have known the issues for a very long time, hence the ancient and eternally bumped “The thief and it’s playstyle” thread in the Thief forum.

I am looking forward with optimism to the 26th.

Turkman.1089:

I assume everybody is already resting to offer you a well deserved beating on reset night :P

I might get an early night, since you predictably outnumber us for just one night of the week then go AFK for the rest of it.

John Smith.4610:

Svarty.8019:

I think that now John Smith has announced that saying anything about plans for precursors will “shock the market”, I think the price of t6 mats should be shooting through the roof.

Here’s why:

Implications of the phrase, “shock the market”.

• If, after months of complaints that precursors are too difficult to acquire, Arenanet were to announce that precursors were to become even more difficult to acquire, there would be a public outrage.

• If Arenanet were to announce that the precursor system were not to change, then there would be no shock.

• It therefore seems much more likely that the shock will come due to precursors becoming easier to acquire.

In addition, we have this from Colin yesterday (though I haven’t seen the original in any official capacity yet, so this may not be true), “There will be other legendaries in the future. Priority is resolving ways to get precursors, including the scavenger hunt 1/2” — this adds fuel to the fire, if genuine.

Repurcussions
If precursors are easier to acquire, then t6 mats should increase in price due to everybody buying them for the completion of their legendaries.

Actually, any of those actions would cause a market shock.

I guess that you’re saying that the market inevitably gets shocked when content is announced. That makes some sense, I suppose, but makes me wonder why, if the market will inevitably be shocked, does it matter when the market gets shocked.

Or you could just look at this: http://www.guildwarstrade.com/item/29185

goldi.3129:

People complain about the gold grind- if they’d remove the gold grind and put other requirements into it like: “complete 5000 dungeons and kill 20k world invaders”, people would still complain- though they’d gotten what they want now, a fixed goal they can work on in time.

Nope. I’d be happy with that.

John Smith.4610:

the supply of gems is not unlimited

Oh? I didn’t know that.

Grezko.7950:

Trust in the devs to make the right call

Never trust anybody who has power over you. Hope – that’s a different matter.

Pendragon.8735:

I make money in PvE to WvW. It’s true you can make some slow steady money in WvW, but usually only if you buy no siege, which is in other words, being a drag on your teammates.

You shouldn’t be able to earn more in WvW than in PvE because people would come to WvW to farm gold – I guess that might not be as bad as I thought it was when I started typing this.

Thareen.5471:

Best match-up so far for me.

How would AM know? They haven’t been out of their borderland all week!

Rising Dusk.2408:

That said nothing about the legendary, rather it was a suggestion to the player based on the preferences he listed.

Yes it did. You presumed to know whether or not the Legendary was or was not suitable for that person, thus judging what the Legendary should or should not be.

Rising Dusk.2408:

judging from your posts, a legendary really doesn’t seem like a good fit for you.

As you said yourself, it’s not for players (i.e. you) to presume what the legendary should be.

I found a bunch of Ice Elementals when lots of people where doing the Flame and Frost Prelude… I couldn’t help but try attacking – oops… there were a lot and they were all veterans ><

I still dream of what that loot might have been….

Rising Dusk.2408:

You can just buy your DM title from runners anyway if you really want to,

With all of Arenanet’s warnings about account security, it seems highly unlikely that any sensible player would risk giving their account details (and money) to total strangers in return for them playing the game for them. “Runners” are simply not a feasible excuse for leaving the current system in place. Arenanet know this, which is why they are changing it.

Am I the only one who thinks the Halloween scythe looks better?

There are some ridiculous arguments in the pro-broken camp on this forum. I think some people need to take a break from the game.