I’ve been guilty of this during my whole time leveling. Most of my interactions with other players was mowing down mobs together.
But then I met her, as we each plunged a greatsword into opposite sides of the centaur our eyes met amidst the blood spray. Hypnotized by the sight of each other we slowly drove our blades deeper into the beast until we met face to face and met with a passionate kiss. It was love at first kill with the centaurs death rattle serenading our union.
Yeah see, no.
My Mesmer is admittedly a human female, why? Because I feel that all the human males walk like they have scoliosis. I had some charr comment after we killed a skill point challenge that I was “sexy” and referred to me as “baby.” I replied with “I have a kitten” and walked away. Interaction is not wanted.
It was just a goofy little story to have some fun with lighten up.
And I play both male and female characters, whatever I feel fits right.
I’ve been guilty of this during my whole time leveling. Most of my interactions with other players was mowing down mobs together.
But then I met her, as we each plunged a greatsword into opposite sides of the centaur our eyes met amidst the blood spray. Hypnotized by the sight of each other we slowly drove our blades deeper into the beast until we met face to face and met with a passionate kiss. It was love at first kill with the centaurs death rattle serenading our union.
That last part may be made up
(edited by Swagman.9013)
There’s plenty of end game GW2 just doesn’t put a big flashing light on it and point your head in the direction you have to go, and say GO GET IT!
You can’t include story missions in your viewing of fairness, there’s nothing aside from completing dungeons that nets you as much xp as story missions.
But the point you are trying to make is the whole conflict. Nothing requires you to explore, it’s an added bonus for those who ENJOY exploring as you just said you can do it faster the other way.
“But I like exploring”
Apparently you only like it if you feel compensated for the time spent. As your post title says you arent a happy explorer. When I played wow I used to explore and get above and under cities/maps/invisible walls all the time for NO reward. I did it cause I genuinely liked doing it.
Anet made a thing for those of us that genuinely like doing it and said hey here’s a little something for your trouble. Nothing requires you to explore maps. You aren’t killing zhaitan by exploring Orr, last bosses of dungeons don’t die after you figured out a way to jump onto a ledge. It’s extra fluff that just doing it is it’s own reward Anet was kind enough to toss you some coin while doing it.
Sharkmaw caverns in LA like the ogre cave and trolls end are for achievements only they are for people who solely like exploring. If you want xp and loot don’t do jumping puzzles. Those are there for people who like that sort of thing.
And if you dont think all the POI’s and vistas + the xp you get from the completion is a lot then go level a character and only do hearts and skill points in each map and one that you 100% each one.
Ok I see that all the recipies for the legendaries have changed. What’s the point of the bloodstone shard now
What’s the point of having such a long narrative if you get a oops I want different button.
So you made 1 bad choice in a mmo you were new to, its not the end of the world.
Wait a second what thing do you need to buy for 1 mill karma for a legendary? The ones I looked into require maxed crafting profs and 500 dungeon token reagents.
I agree, one thing people don’t get is if it’s a set you really want you can get it just put the time in for it. In wow if you thought a set was really awesome looking, but it was end game tier, well you better join a raid guild, and one that can complete said content.
Even then you have 1 shot for 1 piece of gear from each boss once a week, that is if that boss even can drop it. Gw2 doesnt force you to wait a week you can grind at your own pace. Last weekend I got 3 peices of gear for my set, a grand total of 600 dungeon tokens, but I love the fact I got to look at all the gear sets and CHOOSE which I wanted to go after. I’m not required to get a set of tier 1 so I’m accepted to get a set of the tier 2 gear I wanted.
I think for the class giving it some support options would fit the best. The banner is nice but the cool down is so long it deters me from using it. I usually just use the human racial elite that poisons and chills enemies in an aoe around me because I can use it every other pull in dungeons.
I’m pretty sure every weapon will have its own awesome features to make the effort you put in worth it. That bow I’m pretty sure is the one the devs said shoots rainbows instead of arrows.
I guess you were dissatisfied with the buttload of experience and the free crafting mats too then?
The gear is just icing on the cake for me. 40 orichalcum ore for zone completion? Yes please.
There is random weather, I was actually impressed at the sound quality of a thunderstorm that happened in one of the human zones. But I’m sure just like the day/night cycle which seems to be based on real time. The weather pattern may be just as infrequent.
Who knows maybe there will be whole seasons of rain.
If these bots have actual names instead of being named hkjgk then it’s a hacked account. You can’t blame Anet if other players keep giving the botters they keys to the house. Don’t use your email and game password on fan sites. It’s harder for Anet to detect bots when that account was previously owned by a zealous fan of the game that played for several hours a game.
That Juggernaut elite is basically an elite stance isnt it.
yea and they are a very nice addition to the game indeed!
Well theres a lot of good ideas on here, yes i was trying to think of a good balance between PVE and PVP with an elite skill shout, hence the idea of it inflicting weakness and cripple.
I dont know if have the focus be mainly on defensive would be the best since most elite skills can be tailored to the situation and i would think that Anet would like to keep this one open for possibilities.
But please keep the bumps going to help get eyes on it.
Just a bug i caught while checking out the exotic armor set from the Sorrows embrace token vendor, the cloth shoulders for all sets are labeled as medium armor instead of light. It is as far as i can tell supposed to be with the rest of the cloth armor since it has the same look and carries the same name.
Well I’m 80 and I’m not bored so that ruins that part.
And anything that you crave so much that you put it before necessary responsibilities, like bills, family, bathing can be addiction. Whether its gaming or reading.
Now I know this may be crazy, but just maybe, MAYBE, there might be someone that is content with wearing a rare lvl 80 set and missing out on 20 power per piece.
I know we should find these people and murder them for the lunatics they are, not wanting to max their stats to the highest potential. But maybe the stats are on the gear for them.
If only we had some way to transfer stats from one piece of gear to another…
Gold in this game has an INCREDIBLY high value as compared to any other game. There isn’t any other mmo that can get you so much with just gold, even things from the in game store.
I’m sure these gold farmers are being 50x more aggressive to sell their gold than in any other game. I mean I just saw one yesterday saying 10g for 20 bucks. When was the last time you saw the real money higher than the in game gold amount.
Wasn’t sure which sub forum to put this in but sound seems right. First let me say I really love the inclusion of an instrument that you can actually play in the game, even with different octaves. Very awesome job. But if I may make a small suggestion, could you reduce the cool down on the keys after we have pressed them to allow for some slightly faster rhythm. And it would be awesome of you could allow to play more than one note at once for a more seamless transition from note to note.
I was trying to play the beginning of toccata and fugue in D minor but it just didn’t sound quite right. I don’t expect sharps or flats to be included that I can live with, but at least let me get the beat right!
Games great plenty of awesome details. Have you found any of the pipe organs yet? Really cool thing they added in the game.
Ok well this is where you either didn’t put a thinking cap on or you purposely did this for negative attention.
You could have titled the thread;
Ideas to improve WvW,
Frustrating issues of WvW,
And so on and within the thread bring up the idea for a separate pvp server environment. Instead you chose to compare it to another game, which you know never elicits a positive response and condemn the game to doom.
If you really wanted some change in the positive then you should have made a title and explanation that would attract people to agree with your qualms and get the attention of Anet. Instead because of the vehicle you chose for your opinion you get responses like thread dumb, and everyone disagrees overall shadowing any point you had hoped to make in inane drivel.
Unless the point was just to get people worked up and you could care less for change.
The point I’m trying to illustrate is that Anet is not going to try to target and please a certain demographic of the mmo community just for the sake of retention. They shoot for a common denominator that they feel will blanket as many players as they can. If you fall outside of that then unfortunately this isn’t your pillar mmo.
Now you are free to voice your opinion which you have, as we are free to voice our objection, which we have. But when you get down to it Anet has a course plotted for their mmo and you won’t get them to yaw left when your opinion is, judging from the responses, in the minority.
If there was some huge outcry (like diablo 3/ FFXIV) then mayhaps things would change but there’s not.
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/the-endgame-reimagined/
Have you read this? Explain to me how GW2 PVE will win over WOW PVE in the long run. The endgame philosophy for this game is fundamentally flawed imo. I just want a PVP server where I can shelter myself from the ‘hello im 12 and this Jormagg is big and cool’-pointless events. I want to compete in a dynamic environment, and WvW is only bringing it half the way, for me. If this game wants to compete succesfully in the MMORPG server, it needs to focus on what it does best – PVP and WVW.
Even on the regular servers, we have an IMMIDENT need for faster loading of character models, and lower textures for smooth FPS, these are important issues, that will improve the endgame. Adding Charrzookas isn’t endgame, its bandages, not medicine.
Ok well now I’m confused first you talk about how you want a revamping of server pvp, then at the bottom here you have legitimate complaints about fps and texture issues that would improve your gameplay but haven’t been mentioned until just now. And you link to this article which is vague at best in explaining end game.
At first you were knocking the very structure and fundamentals of WvW but now it’s like you are saying, well if they would fix these issues then I’d have more fun.
It shouldn’t be bannable I’ve gotten beyond map barriers several times because I was thinking there has to be a hidden jump puzzle here somewhere. And as you mentioned we are only greeted with endless drops and weirdly textured terrain, no advantage gained.
The point I’m trying to illustrate is that Anet is not going to try to target and please a certain demographic of the mmo community just for the sake of retention. They shoot for a common denominator that they feel will blanket as many players as they can. If you fall outside of that then unfortunately this isn’t your pillar mmo.
Now you are free to voice your opinion which you have, as we are free to voice our objection, which we have. But when you get down to it Anet has a course plotted for their mmo and you won’t get them to yaw left when your opinion is, judging from the responses, in the minority.
If there was some huge outcry (like diablo 3/ FFXIV) then mayhaps things would change but there’s not.
I’m so liberated I want to keep this here where the shackles of being oppressed by game developers having us play their game the way they designed it, were first broken, and I felt real creative freedom for the first time.
Torcan is encouraging us all to isolate and expand on an area of the game we enjoy so that like minded individuals can enjoy it with us. So here’s my server.
I really love exploring, jump puzzles and logic puzzles. But GW2 really comes up short when compared to a game like Myst. And since Myst is a very popular and big selling title I know there are other gamers out there that agree.
So I want a server that’s pure jumping puzzles and logic puzzles, mazes too. For completing a puzzle you gain exp and money. But if you fail you lose 1/3 your total exp for that level and 1/5 your money. Not good at jump puzzles you say? Well don’t play on the puzzle server.
Your idea is counter productive to a game wanting new players. What it looks like to me is that you don’t like the fact that the only pvp mediums in this game put people on a level playing field. Your idea is no different from being in a roaming supply camp raid party in WvW except you don’t want the possibility of being overrun. You want to gank noobs, equal footing is not fun to you. We already have plenty of games where you can boast over your high K/D ratio. Let’s have 1 that puts you on an even playing field.
How is having a single server with a different ruleset counter productive? And no, I dont want to gank groups, I want to play 5v5 in open world PVP, and compete for the best farming spots. Sure, I might gank some noobs for the lols, and so what? It’s the name of the game on an open PVP server. And if people can’t handle it, they can just log on their other toon in the regular servers.
Ok I get it now but I want a compromise, if you get to have a single server with its own rule set for a population to enjoy, then I’m fine with it as long as I can get another single server with a different set of rules for me and the people that I think would enjoy it.
If we are allowing for Anet to cater to your subsect of the mmo population that as you say, it will fail if they don’t, then they need to make a special exception for my kind of people or else the game shall fail. And no normal servers aren’t what I’m happy with I have my own wants and desires that need to be satiated.
The stats can be tweaked with how many stacks and the duration. But it is something I would like to see.
It does state it has a chance. That’s gambling for you. My friend salvaged an 80 rare and got 3 globs, I did one and got 0. We would have much different opinions on the value of salvaging 80 rares if we went off that.
Your idea is counter productive to a game wanting new players. What it looks like to me is that you don’t like the fact that the only pvp mediums in this game put people on a level playing field. Your idea is no different from being in a roaming supply camp raid party in WvW except you don’t want the possibility of being overrun. You want to gank noobs, equal footing is not fun to you. We already have plenty of games where you can boast over your high K/D ratio. Let’s have 1 that puts you on an even playing field.
“look what happened in Diablo 3. The game died because they copied WoW”
Diablo 3 didn’t die cause it copied wow (though I’m not sure how you make this connection) it died from being a beta test at release and horrendous item affixes and rng (lvl 63 1os ring anyone?)
Anyway your idea of worldwide pvp is the dumbest greifiest thing I’ve ever heard, money loss on death, spend coin to tele to wp oh look who’s waiting at the wp! 4 thieves.
“But wait remember how I said you have pvp immunity for a short time after resurrecting?”
Yes and thieves get a substantial movement speed signet and several slows and shadow steps, you WON’T get away unless you wp to a town (more coin) after dying 3 times (more coin)
Go play a game that will happily allow you to grief to your hearts content, we all know from wow how much we universally love the max lvl pvp geared rogue with engineering and stacks of stun immunity pots that camps low level zones for hours and hours and hours.
Basically this is just a petition to the fine folks of Anet to ask if they could include a warrior elite skill shout in an upcoming patch.
Basically warrior utility skills break down into 4 categories, physical, banners, signets and shouts. With the trait bonuses giving added buffs to them respectively. Now with warrior elite skills we have a banner, signet, and physical but no shout.
I am very partial to using shouts in PVE and my spec buffs my shouts as well. I was thinking something along the lines of,
Warcry/Battlecry
Boons to allies in area; might, fury, stability, regeneration
Conditions to enemies in area; vulnerability, cripple, weakness
i dont think thats too overpowered seeing as the banner gives those plus it revives allies from downed the tradeoff of course being that you can add some offensive abilities against enemies.
If anyone thinks this is too much or might think of a way to better implement it please feel free to say so.
I was thinking about a unique idea i had mulling around in my head for a while for what i think would be an amazing looking legendary weapon.
The Wineblade
Basically its a 1h sword that the “handle” of the sword is a ornate looking wine glass when you unsheathe the weapon your character does a bit of a flourish like quickly flicking the wrist and it makes an effect of a red (or whatever wine color would be preferred) splash of wine but the wine holds midair in the shape of a blade.
The front of the blade (pointing towards the bad guy) would be a straight edge like a traditional sword and the back edge of the blade (the one closer to you) would be like a flowing frozen midair splash, like it would have a chaotic looking form but retains its shape and perhaps you can see the liquid attempting to move through the blade but its being retained in the shape by some invisible force.
Instead of sword clanging sounds it could have splash sounds and when combat ends and you “sheathe” the blade the wine that was being held in its sword shape just falls to the ground like normal liquid again. As you walk around you would have a wine glass held on your hip.
Anyway i thought that this would be a really cool and unique idea, unfortunately as a quick google search of the interwebs revealed i cant find any pictures to help convey the image i have in my head nor would i be able to properly illustrate it for you without you laughing hysterically so i tried to be as descriptive as possible.
Any input is awesome, and of course it would help get more eyes on this and perhaps actually have it made! Thanks.