Guild Wars 2

I have a few potions in my inventory. but..I always forget to use them =.=’

instead of acc.bound crafting. (I can’t see that happening because of the fact that it gives exp. ) all recipes learned should be account bound. That would be a major QoL feature.

Lady Celtaine.3760:

Taygus.4571:

mrauls.6519:

Why should we not log in though :S we enjoy the game, it’s the reason we’re on the forums now posting our opinion. What you’re offering isn’t a solution but a pseudo feeling of receiving what we’re asking for

Ok log in, but don’t play LS

This is basically how it works in games that do expansions.No new content for months on end.
It’s what you’re asking for, so don’t play LS for 1 year. There’s your expansion.

LOL even if I just let the LS accumulate being that I go into it at already lvl 80 I could easily solo the story side alone within a week or two. Waiting a year for a few weeks of story is a waste of time. The person you are replying to would be better to just do the LS as they come out and then log out untill the next update. :P

except, that is exactly what would happen with an expansion.

You just think there’s more content because it comes in a box.

You missed this part in Wanze’s post.

“Everybody would do it. And in the process, the gold/gem ratio would rise, while the price on the tp for the rune/sigil would fall until it wouldnt be profitable anymore.”

Gervaise.4163:

Why are people so salty?

I logged out for more than a year and when I came back the game was the same as when I left.

LS2 is a great step forward compared to LS1, judging by what we have now, but we do NOT know what the future brings, so how ckittenay that logging off for 1 year gives players an expansion worth of content? You can’t.

Anyway, that is not the main point of post. It’s an improvement so I’m fine with that.

However, when you see people ask for an expansion they mean content that enhances the game(play). You know, stuff like weapon skill and utility skill balances (Not just tooltips and some numbers, but actual changes). Lets be honest, there are so many weapons that serve no purpose in any environment since launch.

People want new maps, weapons, dungeons etc. and not to mention in game rewards that are rewarded for play not bought with gold.

Currently farming gold is the end game, but I do think that gold should be important and I’m fine with the gem store, but right now the gem store is end game. This made champion and EOTM trains end game (cause all that matters is where u get gold and karms the quickest). How is this healthy gameplay. Spamming 1/AoE in a group as end game instead of dungeons/events and PvP battlegrounds…. we NEED an expansion to fix the many design errors that are in the game.

Right, because it takes an expansion to do that.

Isn’t the new LS account bound weapons a step to changing that?

yes, I agree LS1 doesn’t count as expansion because of it’s temp content. Which is a problem for most people. This isn’t the case.
LS2 should be more like an expansion. Without the need of an actual expansion. (something I much prefer. )

WEXXES.2378:

I feel like a lot of people are just too used to the traditional ways still.

I think this is indeed, the bulk of it.

Yamsandjams.3267:

Making the proposed change would also reduce the incentive for them to make new ones. For instance, I have all 9 of the unlimited gathering tools currently released, so I get to have them on 3 alts. There’s an extra sort of convenience factor in doing that. If they could just be endlessly replicated, that aspect would disappear that would make purchases of the newer tools less desirable.

I think the suggestion does make sense in principle, but they want that convenience factor to be absent so that there’s still some incentive to buy the new tools they release.

Although admittedly, I mostly buy them just because I want to support the game

Well there’s always gems to gold to support the game :P.

As it is, I won’t be buying anymore infinite tools. They are very annoying to move from alt to alt and as such spend most of their time on my “mining” char.

I know many others look at infinite tools go “yeah, don’t have to buy but..still have to swap it, so still annoying.”. There’s alot of people who don’t buy them because. If you hop from alt to alt.(and I do so, often.) They’re actually more annoying than just using ori tools. and keeping 2 in inventory everytime you pass a merchant.

There’s people with like 4/5000 hours played and no pre.

And EVERY 5k for a pre? yes, that’s all we need, more people running around with ledgendaries, and mats even more expensive.

mrauls.6519:

Why should we not log in though :S we enjoy the game, it’s the reason we’re on the forums now posting our opinion. What you’re offering isn’t a solution but a pseudo feeling of receiving what we’re asking for

Ok log in, but don’t play LS

This is basically how it works in games that do expansions.No new content for months on end.
It’s what you’re asking for, so don’t play LS for 1 year. There’s your expansion.

VOLTCIEAGE.3029:

yh we really need lfg and kicking update , everyday i do AC full run and I place lfg “READ FIRST full speedrun need 2 zerk ele+ 2 zerk warriors (exp or kick 4k+ ap)” and what i see thiefs,rangers,condi necros . come on what the hell . maybe anet should also add living story called reading with braham or something similar to that

why the need to add condi , infront of necro? You know necro’s can zerk too?, they’re not all about conditions.
You could’ve just said thiefs/rangers/necro’s

btw, ac is quick with most classes, lv80, anyways. (so long as they know what to do that is.)

Also it;s a little pointless having 2 warriors, should replace that war with, well any other classes, for an even faster run. (that second war isn’t bring anything worthwhile to the party. a ranger on the other hand, would be.)

How about you log in once every 2 weeks, but DON’T play the content, do this for 1 year. It should feel like an expansion then.

Nanashi.6297:

mhlgaming.6729:

Anyway, all of you guys saying that there should not be a feature that allows the request of certain classes.. I ask why?. If it’s your party you should be able to request whatever you want.

yeah… not in guild wars. if you want certain classes make a guild and go there with those people. at least then it makes sense. but with 4 random people without any communication it doesn’t make a mentionable difference between 5 berserker warriors and 5 random classes. actually it’s less annoying with 5 random classes because the berserker people mostly are noobs who just copied the build somewhere because it deals most dmg in theory.

seriously if you are looking for a certain setup in your group then go there with an organized group.

I gave an example of where it made sense.
SEp1, 2 guards, has always been a smooth run(in my experience), less and you’re playing roulette

Anyway, it doesn’t affect you if people have requirements, you wouldn’t (or shouldn’t be) joining them groups if you don’t like it.

maha.7902:

Taygus.4571:

Mystic.5934:

I agree the kicking system needs an overhaul
I disagree that anyone should specify what class they want in their party. any time someone in my party tries that, I try to kick them. If that fails, I gtfo. better to suffer a little crazy and escape than to suffer a lot of crazy then get backstabbed. * people who dictate other’s professions/builds are the same people who kick you and invite their guildies on the last boss.*

Lolz not true.
Se p1 can be an absolute pain without heavies/reflect.

Having 3 ele’s and 2 necro’s trying to stack = facepalm.

So for the first golem, a necro can fear him in to a wall, two eles can conjure fiery greatswords, the necros take the second swords. Ele #3 takes off hand focus and uses swirling winds and magnetic wave to give the party enough projectile absorption to kill the boss. Skip a bunch of mobs, all eles can take focus off hand an chain swirling winds for the second boss. Necros can apply vuln and do dps. Three golems, pull them in to a corner, drop fiery greatswords, one ele keeps their focus on to swirl and magnetic wave. Tazza just pull out and kill like usual. And there you go, you just cleared SE p1 probably 2x faster than most pug groups.

You’re talking about a group who knows what they’re doing, not a pug.

note, ALL my posts are about pugging.

Good luck doing that in a pug.

The last se p1 I did without asking for classes.
consisted of
ele, ,engie,necro, ranger,mesmer.

I’m sure it should’ve been fine. but it was an absolute fail, with the group disbanding after 3 tries. (doing the same thing each try, I might add. )

However, ask for guards, and get 2 guards in your party and sep1 is always a breeze.

Fexal.4379:

Rouven.7409:

Fexal – what do you like about MMOs?

Well what I like to do in mmorpgs is level up, get skills, do lots of damage, kill huge bosses, and have fun with friends.

and you haven’t been able to do that in Gw2? o0

There are huge bosses. Tequetal/wurm being the more interesting ones.

If you’re hoping to one shot everything, there’s ambient’s for that.

Maybe it’s the class you’re playing? Try a different class and you may find it more interesting. Or maybe GW2 isn’t for you. Nobody likes every game out there, no matter “how good it is” for alot of people.

and friends, can’t help you there.

Duke Darkwood.4237:

Gimli.9461:

I’m all about immersion.

Eight people somehow simultaneously holding the same gathering tools doesn’t sound immersive.

In fact, you missed the threads that popped up protesting the announcement of “account-wide gold”. Saying that magically having the same wallet in everyone’s pocket at once was breaking immersion.

What you are asking for is a convenience, but NOBODY would call it immersive.

“But they DID change that, so why can’t they change this?”

In the end, I think the issue is that these are actual items, and go in a slot that is also being used for NON-infinite versions. The question is, “Can they code this to work this way WITHOUT reprogramming the game from scratch and WITHOUT breaking anything while they do it?” The answer to this is usually “no” – programming is not magic, it has rules. I don’t pretend to understand them, but there are people on these forums who DO know programming, and can back me up on the fact that it’s complicated to make “small” changes, when they’re tied into core gameplay – everything touches everything else.

If it is possible for them to do without more work than it’s worth digging through, then maybe – maybe – this can eventually happen. I put those odds somewhere in the realm of microscopic, though.

but, they could’ve kept them soulbound, increased the price and send it in mail to every current alt and any alt created, just like the golem banker from the delux upgrade.

And this is exactly what they should’ve done.
I’d pay 1500gems for an infinite tool on ALL my alts.

ilginsara.8752:

I’ll consider that but still not sure* if it’s worth deleting it or not. *

Well no one else can decide that but you.

Mystic.5934:

I agree the kicking system needs an overhaul
I disagree that anyone should specify what class they want in their party. any time someone in my party tries that, I try to kick them. If that fails, I gtfo. better to suffer a little crazy and escape than to suffer a lot of crazy then get backstabbed. * people who dictate other’s professions/builds are the same people who kick you and invite their guildies on the last boss.*

Lolz not true.
Se p1 can be an absolute pain without heavies/reflect.

Having 3 ele’s and 2 necro’s trying to stack = facepalm.

holodoc.5748:

Harper.4173:

Plant one character at each boss spawn and just switch between them back and forth getting the loot.

How is that fixing anything?
The only thing you’ll accomplish is to frustrate players more.

You will camp five out of approximately twenty five world boss events which means 4/5 of the events will have at least one player less.

With megaservers, you think there will actually be noticeably less players? lolz

cooking is relatively cheap to level, it’s not like getting artificer to lv500 or something.

I deleted my thief at lv30, had leatherworker and huntsman at about lv300/350. Felt bad about the time spent. (also had a b-day booster on him.)
But I really really didn’t like playing thief, so deleting it for something else was a good choice for me. I didn’t want a lv80 I’d never use.

So just delete, game is about fun, no point playing a class you don’t find fun.

Vakrir.4829:

dagrdagaz.4913:

Vakrir.4829:

Lord Kuru.3685:

Well within 2 weeks, you’ll log into T1 sandstorms by default.

“Megaservers”

Yes, even with megaservers!

Would you care to make a bet?

Considering even now it’s hard to get a T4/T5 map, yeah, unless of course some guild decided to make it a farm.

Dean Calaway.9718:

Really? No offence but that kind of warrior is the type that shouts for people in AC to stack for spider (even tough it doesn’t work anymore)

Incorrect,
Still works.
However, it’s success is generally based on correct use of an ele’s fierygreatsword.

Azhure.1857:

cheshirefox.7026:

regardless, i’d like to see them nuke the shatter afk spot, the jormag ice wall afk spot {which i call the gutter}, and remove the box from the mark golem platform

+1 in support

Question, which is a little off topic, but how bad would it be if they removed auto-attack too? The worst offense would be to those players that are suffering from overuse or injury in their hands… But would it be effective in staving off afk autoattackers or 1 spamfests?

no no no, please don’t do that ):
There are a large number of people with physical difficulties playing this game.

What they should do, is auto attack switches off, IF no other key/skill has been used in say 60sec? This would prevent afk’ing, without punishing those with disabilities.

JJBigs.8456:

Taygus.4571:

Foxy.8907:

I’ve been trying to get on Blackgate for two days now, & apparently there’s not even a queueing system in this game for “full” servers, you need to just keep checking all day to see if/when anyone ever logs out, so then you might be able to log in & make a character there yourself…

This system sucks! Please implement a queueing system so we can just get in queue & create a character when the queue pops, instead of this “lol tough luck, server’s full, try again later or go somewhere else” crap we’re stuck with.

Choose a different server? ..

Servers are only important for WvW, pve it doesn’t really matter which server you use, and you can play with friends on other servers no problem at all.(so long as you’re in the same region, NA/EU can’t play together)

its also for World Buffs gained from wvw. if your new or poor you want the crafting bonuse’s. maybe the +HP bonus for fighting open world etc or the plethora of other buffs.

also wvw is pve, since its required for map completion

tired of TC,JQ,BG being 24/7 Full also when they all have coverage issues and maps that dont have hard caps.

The world buffs aren’t a big deal. In fact I didn’t even know about them.
Just join one of the high pop servers that aren’t “full”.

And no wvw isn’t pve just for requiring map completion, and it actually isn’t too bad getting those points, even on low pop servers.

Willy Savage.5043:

Maybe this is a terrible idea for you but I’ve done it once (I only had 1 level 80 and 3 others close to 80), and I did it 3 or 4 times over the 6 years I played GW1.

Whenever gameplay got increasingly stale for me I would take a break, and when my desire to play came again, I would return to the game and make it as if my account never existed. I would delete everything and start from scratch. I gave all my money and gear away to random people and just started over.

The result I got was a refreshing feeling as I started to re roll my new characters, chase completely new titles (Legendary Survivor for GW1), and just experience the game for what it was.

When I did it in GW2 it had a little different of an effect (due to 1 storyline as opposed to the 3 full campaigns in GW1), but I discovered my love for the engineer, a class I have never played before, and the one I will most likely main for the foreseeable future.

Maybe I’m crazy, maybe I’m weird, but I only care about the experience of games. I could care less with how much money I have or how pretty my gear is.

But I could never be happier with my playing than I am right now after completely re rolling my account in GW2. And I absolutely loved doing it so many times back in GW1.

TL/DR: If you’re bored and have tried everything and don’t care about material things such as gold and gear, maybe rerolling your entire account will be fun for you.

Feel free to message me in game if you want to know more about my experiences.

mail me your stuff next time, thanks ..:P ..XD.
You’re nuts! bet it makes the day of a bunch of people when you give away your stuff to randoms.

I like my alts too much <3 (even my mesmer who’s job is to sit on a jp and open it once and awhile. I’ve only deleted 2 alts. A thief that I really couldn’t play and a human guard because I wanted a charr guard. and even deleting those was a tough choice XD)

yeah, as much as I don’t really request classes.
People shouldn’t be able to kick you out of your own lfg. I mean, if they’re gonna do that, they should just create their own.

I would love if anet added like a drop down for requirements, so that people couldn’t join unless they meet those requirements.
*lv80
*classes. (so you can add each class you want, to the point of saying idk, 2 guards, 1 war, 1 ranger, 1 ele.. if you already have 2 guards a 3rd can’t join)
*ap,

I don’t think asking for it to scan for armour would work, so leave that out.

Another thing the LFG really needs, is in openworld to have a “Living Story” section, and “world boss”, so that ads for these 2 don’t override ads for random stuff.

Wanze.8410:

Taygus.4571:

Zaxares.5419:

Wanze is right; it’s permanent, so you have all the time in the world to get it. But that said, I would support them becoming tradable.

Do you really really think, we have “all the time in the world” to get t5 Dry Tops? I imagine once the story moves out of this map. That those dry tops will slow down and then stop.

I can’t stand dry top anyway.

All you need is 3-5 commanders that know what they are doing, where and when the event chains spawn and how the champ mechanics work. If LS moves out of Dry Top (i guess it will stay there for 3 more patches at least), its easily done with a guild of 50 people or a server community event, just like tequatl.

Only it doesn’t reward as well a tequatl.

I really doubt getting people together foreven a tier 4..(.they’re not available on t3 or lower ) once the LS leaves there, will be easy.

There’d have to be a guild created for the purpose of it, but unlike boss spawns it’s a 24/7 event with very little worth getting.
Most people will have got what they want in the next couple of weeks, keeping it going after that.
Yeah, I really don’t see it happening.

Victory.2879:

It’s just another example of gating in a game that started off seemingly promising that gating would be left for other MMO’s to do, but not this one.

These weapons, materials, etc should not be account bound, just as ascended armor and weapons and trinkets should not be (until equipped). Having these tradeable would make the game a lot more interesting for those of us who don’t consider GW2 to be our main job.

People using a credit card to get hold of something? You should be happy if they do, they are supporting the game.

Well lets be honest with ascended, buy gems, change to gold , buy mats, .. ok it’s a round about way to do it, but it’s possible.

Can’t even buy the mats for these weapons though. But then people did complain about not having rewards for areas and that show you “played the game”. rather than bought it all.

….I spent all my geodes on cheaper kits. There’s nothing else I want.

HardRider.2980:

And who says these drops will only be available to dry top?

Well, that would be ok then…but I’m assuming it only be in dry top. And if another area is added it will have it’s own rewards.

Zaxares.5419:

Wanze is right; it’s permanent, so you have all the time in the world to get it. But that said, I would support them becoming tradable.

Do you really really think, we have “all the time in the world” to get t5 Dry Tops? I imagine once the story moves out of this map. That those dry tops will slow down and then stop.

I can’t stand dry top anyway.

Foxy.8907:

I’ve been trying to get on Blackgate for two days now, & apparently there’s not even a queueing system in this game for “full” servers, you need to just keep checking all day to see if/when anyone ever logs out, so then you might be able to log in & make a character there yourself…

This system sucks! Please implement a queueing system so we can just get in queue & create a character when the queue pops, instead of this “lol tough luck, server’s full, try again later or go somewhere else” crap we’re stuck with.

Choose a different server? ..

Servers are only important for WvW, pve it doesn’t really matter which server you use, and you can play with friends on other servers no problem at all.(so long as you’re in the same region, NA/EU can’t play together)

Pixelpumpkin.4608:

Of course not, that would make the entire concept of legendary weapons obsolete. Not to mention kitten off every single player that has spent countless hours farming T6 materials and other resources. Crafting a legendary is SUPPOSED to be the grindiest, most ridiculous thing in game, to give people something to do.

Took me almost two years (I just crafted mine two days ago).

Umm, they’d STILL have to go after all those mats, including all the crafting for the ascended, you realise the thread is making ascended = precursors NOT make ascended=ledgendary.

I love teq, I enter the map between 30min and 1hour early. (go make lunch or something)., and I always get into a server organising to kill him, we;ve had some close calls. But more times than not, it’s an easy win.

The problem with teq is it requires organisation, and 5min early isn’t enough time to organise, also anyone who actually wants to beat teq and knows how to, will get there early.

arkanos.1607:

If any of you folks struggle with doing jumping puzzles or getting to vistas, and are on the NA servers, please shoot me a note. Ill guest to whatever server you’re on and personally help with my Mesmer. I enjoy the puzzles and am willing to help I usually play late during the week due to my job (12am-Xam CST) but during regular hours on the weekend.

Let me know and we can work something out

That’s kind ^^.

Shame it’s NA, but I’ve had no issue getting help from friendly mesmers, when I need it. <3. Most memsers are kind and I particularly love those who don’t ask for anything. (I’ll often give a little something if they’ve gone out of their way or whatnot. But only if they haven’t asked. )

I needed a mesmer for the goggles and almost needed a mesmer for the jp without aspects.
But necro + spectral walk made it easier, at least, there’s no falling to your death and repeat the whole puzzle XD.

Zaxares.5419:

- 3 gathering tools, all giving additional materials above and beyond what the basic tools give
- Cheaper waypoints
- Self-repairing armor
- Instant bank/TP/Forge access from anywhere
- An innate account boost to gold/MF/karma
- etc. etc.

Instant TP/crafting/bank is possible
boosts to karma/mf is possible
Gems >>gold = "cheaper " wp’s, so thats no biggy.
self-repairing armour won’t happen as we have repair canisters. That’s your “instant repair”.

It’s ALL already there.

You’re just annoyed that people who actually spend money on the game should get something worthwhile.
the unlimited tools, are pretty worthless, it’s cheaper to buy a bag slot +bag and carry extra tools there. And that’s bad design in my eyes.
The tools are expensive, they should be worthwhile. And a small drop at something extra is an excellent way to do that.

It’s also a way to bring tp prices down, which I reckon is why anet HAVEN’T added extra drops.

sprockets are at 3silver atm, as oppose to 5/6silver.

This, is actually beneficial to that “poorer player.”

ozmaniandevil.6805:

If you want to create human characters over and over to get to the level 10 personal story, until your eyes bleed* and you hate the game, to get some keys for “free”, go for it. But don’t spend your money on the keys, ever, or you will hate yourself *and the game.

assumption much? Some people actually. (believe it or not.) enjoy it.

I love doing that story, and getting my key at the end. The guaranteed reward feels great. I do about 4 key runs a week, which isn’t that much really.
Sitting on 32keys, goal is 250.

Zaxares.5419:

I wouldn’t call it p2w, no… But I would call it “pay for advantage”. With the amount of harvesting that I do, my first Watchwork Pick has already paid for itself. It’s just pure profit from now on.

Given everything that’s happened, I wouldn’t rule out more power creep for future gathering tools, even though I think that would be a mistake. It would create a community of the “haves” and “have-nots”, where a rich player who’s willing to pump extra money into his characters upon starting would have an undeniable advantage over a poor player starting from scratch. Is it “winning”? No, but does it create the perception of an unfair playing field? I’d say so.

but but, ..that’s already possible. >.>
Gems >>> Gold
__
tbh, I feel the gemstore tools need more of an advantage than just animation, and all tools should drop something extra.

keybinding changes are allowed if it doesn’t give the user an advantage. (some people use them to play with xbox controllers.)

I can’t see this giving anyone an advantage as it must be kind of “clumsy” in comparison to keyboard, but probably good fun.

They know.
They are looking into making PS replayable but due to the possible choices it’s more difficult than just activating it without rewards.

It’ll happen eventually no doubt, along with LS1

actually yeah, I like it but it could do with being sped up a little.

I certainly would prefer to be unlocked on every character created. (even though I have 2 frost wasp logging tools.)
A refund would be sweet, I’d throw it onto an outfit, but wouldn’t be overly bothered with it.

Heck they could up the price to 1500 per tool = unlocked on every char. This way those who bought multiple, bought them at the cheaper price and arent losing out much.

And anyway, how many people have an unnlimited tool (the same one) on EVERY char? Would anyone actually say no to every char getting a copy of the tool?

And I definitely think more people would buy them if they doidn’t have to constantly switch them around. Going to the bank is annoying.

MiloSales.8560:

It’s an older game, half off sales are common for older games. Maybe it means we’re getting an expansion soon?

they already said there won’t be an “expansion” this year.
However LS2 is meant to bring in(in total) an expansions worth of content.

no it’s not, games and products have been doing half of sales for a looong time.

It’s there to encourage people to buy who may not otherwise.
It’s also there to create a “need to buy NOW”. feeling.

It’s tough luck if you chose to buy it without waiting for sale. Games ALWAYS go on sale, it’s just a matter of how long you have to wait.

Considering vines are taking over waypoints. It does seem likely that there will be less waypoints to use, either temporarily and potentially permanent. (I hope not, I like my insta travel. )

I quite enjoyed the fight. didn’t use the aspects much either ..only need the sun crystal when his shield is up.

you can increase favours inbetween sandstorms. When a sandstorm hits, it’s then locked in that favour til the duration of the sandstorm.
At the end of the storm it resets back to 1.

I frequently see favours reach number 3, have yet to as see 4, but haven’t tried joining into a t4 map either.(via the lfg tool.)
All it is, is cheaper rewards anyway.

I’m not colourblind, and find the red/white circles, are just too thin to see clearly. In the midst of everything else going on.

Even making that circle line thicker, would be helpful.

1-2/week. I play about 35hours/week. Have 128%MF

often from teq/karka chest. Rarely get anything decent from mob drops.