People were saying the game / zones were dead before megaservers. And now you people say they are too alive. Make up your mind.
Well there’s a difference between having like 5 people on a map…and having a 100.
how about having a soft cap of 40 people, and to join into the map then you need to use the join feature.
Ok it doesnt help majorly for those who want to sol, but it helps for teq/wurm organisation.
2nd, have tick box options, to favour you in one megaserver over another.
solo: ..means server has soft cap of 10 people say, hard cap 35.
rp: ash others have suggested, so cobines them, without having to be in guild and what not.
Including language options, but those would only move you to your ‘own’ megaserver (say german), if there was 40 other germans logging in too. This may not happen very often, but agin, would probably help for the likes of teq/wurm kills.
I hate encountering other players out in the world. They steal all my nodes and tag all my mobs.
actually, I have been having a hard time tagging some mobs,…in some areas they go down far far too quickly.
For the most part I like megaserver, but it definitely has some major issues.
Also, wonder how wurm/teq will manage now S:
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What they need is a much lower soft cap, so people can only get in via the “join” feature. That might help.
Is that so? But still. You level to 80 within a week if you play normally. So what’s the problem if you have to wait a bit until you have fully developped? It shouldn’t be a problem to do without certain traits until 80.
play normally? Whats “normal”?
and how many hours is that?
you’re “week”, is different to my week.
Sorry for the typo. But yes, of course I made my thoughts about ‘normally’. There are people with less time who need – let’s say – more than a month. But then those people could complain that it takes ‘months to reach max level’ as well.
Again, you’re throwing timelines around without any hours.
How many hours does it take you, doing WHAT, in game to level from 1-80.
In fact, create a new character now and tell us all exactly how many hours it takes you. Then we can talk timelines. _
The issue isnt leveling to 80, its that trait unlocks are boring/out of reach for the level they are meant to be accessible. Even if some people can level quicker than others, it doesnt change this fact.
Is that so? But still. You level to 80 within a week if you play normally. So what’s the problem if you have to wait a bit until you have fully developped? It shouldn’t be a problem to do without certain traits until 80.
play normally? Whats “normal”?
and how many hours is that?
There wouldn’t be any Overgrown grub to kill either because really the only time we’ve ever killed it was when we were bored and had the people to do it.
This I’m not against, if they remove the requierement for pve’ers to go to WvW, and also pvp’ers should still have all traits free in pvp.
They need to stop pushing players into other game modes.
what class were you playing?
Some classes are hit harder with this than others, mesmer/elementalist seem to be the worst hit.
I really dont see why they had to leave traits so late, I’m ok we having to hunt them down(if they were level appropriate). But they nerfed mobs just to make this later trait gaining viable…. it all seems rather pointless.
create an alt(I have bl key alt), map cities, delete/repeat.
IT is possible to get the chargers…..it sucks for leveling now, but seeing as you’ll spend more time as a level 80, this new system is better.
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Edit, ninja’d XD
did you try with all your characters at the bl armour guy? in case one of them are holding it and you dont remember which? Idk mate, I never bought any toys.
if you had one equipped, you’ll need to go to a bl armour specialist(I think they’re still temporarily disabled) and have them turned into tonics.
Otherwise are you sure you’ve checked your bank clearly….and if you still think they’re gone missing, Use “support” and place a support ticket.
This is Like saying " the chances of tossing a coin heads 5 times is 2… because at each point there are only heads…and tails…."
Ok, if you say so.
No, it is nothing like that.
For what its worth 2 is not a chance.
There are many options… you can do the events for trait lines 1 and 4, and decide you rather spend gold + skillpoints for 2, 3, and 5. You can also do the events for 2, and 4, and then pay skillpoints + gold for 1, 3, and 5. etc….
You can decide to forgo trait line 3, and only get the other 4. The decide to pay Gold for only 1, and 4, and pay gold for 2 and 5. Etc, etc, etc….
This is More than just " 2 options"
But even so….even…if it is ONLY 2 options….. someone used the word " forced" EVEN if all you have is 2 options, and the facts are you have a LOT more than 2. Once you have a second option it is not forced.
I Understand many players Liked just buying a manual at levels 11,40 and 60. And for many that was fine and easier than the new system.
But saying " the new options are not options since for us they are unpleasant…." does Not automatically make them unpleasant for everyone… Just for you.
THAT is mear opinion. many like to toss these about as if they were fact, simply because someone declares them fact.
Just because someone disagrees with you, does Not make them a troll…just someone that disagrees with you.
many options to you, means “don’t do it and pick something else”
That are 2 options for every trait, meaning if you want to have every trait(which people should so they can play with their builds). They only have 2 options, do the task or buy.
Yeah you can pick and mix, and have less overall. But each single trait only has 2 options to get it.
And inadequate options at that.
People are asking for more, In particular, level appropriate options. How can you keep arguing that there’s loads of options based on “probability”. When you pick a trait to chase, there’s only 2 ways to get said trait.
So, my guild is split between two megaservers for the Golem Mark 2 (one EU person, 5 NA people currently)
And my husband that’s currently in the same house as I am, on the same internet… is on the other megaserver…. I thought we’d be sorted into the same one?
The other husband/wife pair is split up as well, and they’re in the same house too.
Its not based on your ip at all,
(though the megaserver seems to be broken) Try to make sure you’re in the same guild/or have the same guilds listed, and have the same people on your friends list.
Also that you are on the same home server.
farm bl keys, buy bl chests, open. You have a chance of getting a bl slavage kit(or you can buy one with gems)
These things are fantastic for getting ectos!
Yay i just changed server to vabbi, cuase they are green now and i need to wait for next kitten stupid matchup, i will never explore this stupid www map, kitten . Delete www maps from map completion pls. I only lost money for this transfer lol
Just be patient, and stay on vabbi, they’ll roll green again….
I agree its a pain to have WvW for map completion but it is doable, just check in when your map is the colour you want again.
Some difficulty with the megaserver, and how the events work, think they said it’s something they’re working on, but for now this was the best solution they had.
Regarding the world bosses. Today I did Frozen Maw. When Brogun got to the totem and we few destroyed it. He said is line that he usually says right after the shaman is defeated and headed back. There were no shaman, no elite guard, no portals. Then off to Jungle wurm, similar experience. The event chain was broken. Then off to Ulgoth. The event window said he was rallying, etc. . . like normal, but no Ulgoth to be seen. A few other players showed up and we all agreed it seemed bugged. There was some doubt because we knew the event spawn had changed. I was able to do SB and Jormag tho. I submitted all these bugs so only time will tell
Using the timer tool lists many of these events like golem and shatterer and a few of the temples as over a 100 hours past due. Don’t know if it is a bug with the API or just a change from Megaservers since my timer is set to my server. Just have to adjust with time.
Ok, first, you expected ac, a level 35 dungeon to be exciting? Try CoE or Arah. Heck TA:Aetherblade, if you want something more challenging/exciting. Fractals! They’re alot of fun to me.
I only run ac for the gold loot, its an easy dungeon, it’s meant to be. Actually, run it in a character appropriate level, should be much more “exciting”.
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I’ve also seen large numbers of people at world bosses, I’ve only seen one person so far comlain about a boss being bugged/not giving loot. I’ve ran most of them and so far no issues/no bugs..nothing of the sort.
Also people still do the frostgorge train as far as I know, but they include another map(don’t know which). People also still do Queensdale train.
wish you could at least trade them in for tokens or some such .. create an “ascended merchant”.
and any unwanted ascended can be sold to the merchant. for tokens towards the ascended you actually want.
Or allow them to be salvageable for mats (equal to or a lil more than exotic, but I’d be happy with equal.)
I normally label groups “pX lv 80” or just “pX” if its deadly easy (ac p3? >.> ..)
X=being whatever path you want to run.
Takes about 2-5min to fill, even for fractals!
The time you’re online is going to make a difference.
I’ve played ac very early in the morning, (thats one of the easiest to fill) and it was fairly empty.
You may want to look to tranfering say an NA/EU region, if you’re on past peak times in your own server.
Also try finding a guild thats active when you are.
I really dislike what they did with the traits.
It puts me off leveling alts.
I dislike that some traits are locked behind group content and WvW content! (really anet?? I mean really???? What were you thinking?)
ALL traits should be acquirable solo. Just like skillpoints.
And I normally push “its an mmo, expect group content”. but not for things like this. I’m not even bothered hunting down the new traits. how many newbies and alt levelers are gonna bother hunting down traits at all and just take what they get/come across?
How does that help with your build diversity?
I can’t find the option to turn off not seeing other languages in chat. I looked in general options and chat options.
someone posted about the chat option, but want to add that, even with it enabled(which it should be automatically).
It doesnt prevent you seeing other languages, all it does is block anyone who has their client in that language.
Megaserver has been activated for towns and lv1-15 zones. So southsun is still the old classic setup of server maps.
Someone hasnt been keeping in touch for the last 2 weeks.
megaserver is up in ANY low population map.
(Its not up in queensdale, divinity reach, sparkfly, and a couple of other maps). Everywhere else it is.
(there’s lists in various posts on this forum)
list of maps with megaserver activated;
The Grove
Heart of the Mist
Black Citadel
Timberline Falls
Southsun Cove
Rata Sum
Straits of Devastation
Fields of Ruin
Brisban Wildlands
Hoelbrak
Iron Marches
Blazeridge Steppes
Dredgehaunt Cliffs
Lion’s Arch
Lornar’s Pass
Kessex Hills
Diessa Plateau
Metrica Province
Mount Malestrom
Orr
Caledeon
how long do they wait for client disconnects? 1min, 5 min? either way it still would have been finished.
Try partying with someone, so if you disconnect you should still be able to get back onto that server through the “join option”.
Other than that, disconnects happen, its not a big deal. (and this is from someone who’s missed many events/lost places in dungeons/missed GM’s all because of disconnecting issues. They’re annoying and frustrating at times, but it happens. ~shrugs~)
I run a necro as my main, and so far have no trouble forming or joining pugs for fractals or various dungeons.
Just read the ads, no group asking for your class, start your own. Simple.
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and for dungeons I do fast clears all the time, its really not a big deal if people are asking for classes/zerk. Doesnt affect my gameplay at all.
Where’s the option to allow/view all languages? I’m looking at options and it seems I’m pigeoned holed to pick one. I kinda liked seeing all, gave me a reason to work on learning german again XD.
Turns out the chat menu has it’s own options menu (button in the top left corner). I never noticed it until today.
lol, thanks XD
That should be something they show you when you log in game first time >.> (and again for changes like this, to alert people to it.)
Where’s the option to allow/view all languages? I’m looking at options and it seems I’m pigeoned holed to pick one. I kinda liked seeing all, gave me a reason to work on learning german again XD.
Those dungeons are on megaserver, you log onto the map, it’s contested, do the event, if its open you’re good to go,
(at least coe-mount malestrom, is on megaserver, dk if cof is yet.)
I guess I was one of those “AP zombies” – trying to get all those “free” points. Didn’t even have time/energy to play the game after I was done with that kitten . Now i am relieved. Thank you for this change.
so you’re relieved to take choice from other players because you couldnt say “hey, why am I doing this, this isnt how I want to play”.
The megaserver changes are being rolled out from the lowest level zones to the highest, so it is quite possible you are just above the level where the roll out is at this point.
No they’re not.
Its low population zones to high. Nothing to do with level.
I agree precursor drop rate is absurdly low and its pure RNG…..BUT
People seem to forget that making a legendary should very difficult and time consuming, which is why it is a legendary
It is already quite sad to see every player having 1-2 legendary weapons, making them not so special anymore.
A legendary should take almost a year to make however it doesn’t.
What you are trying to do by using the forge is taking a short cut and hoping you will win the lottery.
Do people cry and kitten about not winning the lottery in real life? Yes some do, but we know how absurd someone will sound if they say that the chance of winning lottery is too low….
Or do most people get a proper job and slowly build their equity.
That is the difference between rolling it from the forge and farming the gold to get one.
saving money for a pre, isnt difficult. It’s just boring.
On top of that, comparing a game to a job and real life…really?
People dont play to treat it like work(well some do, but most dont)
yeah anet needs to add some solo options for these traits, have multiple ways of getting them or something
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oh guesting wouldnt matter as that map is on megaserver.
I’m not reading all the posts, can anyone say what anet considers a comfortably full map? noticed that post, but they gave no approximate numbers >.>
Looks like comfortably = completely.
yeahs thats what I’ve been worried about ):.
world bosses(the standard ones) seem to have WAY too many people.
(anet allow an option for users to influence megaservers themselves. Like map of <50 <100 etc..that way we could be in emptier maps if we would like to be. Language options is a must! as well …)
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