Guild Wars 2

Probably not considering it requires the efforts of everyone on the server to cooperate to take it down. I’m sure there’ll be guilds that take credit for kills though.

Calae.1738:

The people that made GW1 are not the same people that made GW2.

That much is clear.

Agreed. I’ve been saying this for a year now.

Pinch.4273:

Just think, they probably would have killed it if they didn’t bring any condition classes.

Actually considering he has a stackable armor buff that conditions can go through I’d say they could have used more condition professions.

ricky markham.8173:

i like the new mechanics but if it makes event failable and not doable and rewards stink no one will want to do it. i know me for love teq the way he was and if its get too much time for to little reward i wont do him. im a casual my time in game isnt a lot so i have to manage what i do. i applaud them for trying they are always great on that aspect and im sure if this get to be an event that no one does they will revamp it again either make it better rewards or not as hard.

The event can fail. It requires coordination and people not dying to stupid crap like circles on the ground and giant waves coming at you. Things people should have mastered by level 5.

Emtiarbi.3281:

What happen when you fail the event?

Fish things spawn and kill everyone. And you fail (get no loot).

JemL.3501:

when was this implemented, i killed that dragon yesterday because i logged for do the monthly and was…normal.

September 17th is when the patch will go live that includes the change. They also showed the new LFG tool.

Does killing the fingers damage Tequatl? I missed the beginning of the livestream where they described it.

inazuma.7021:

This third group is getting close to winning.

Yeah they have so far gotten the furthest of all the groups testing it. They may win and we may get to see some sick loots

Ok and that’s why I’m saying you have a poor attitude.

I’m mostly impressed with the new mechanics and the ability to actually, FINALLY be able to FAIL an event like this.

I’m so sick of "oh look Teq (or Shatterer, or whatever) is up.. Time to get get my free blues and greens! It’s about time we actually have some challenging open world stuff =)

Mirta.5029:

The thing that has me worried:
No groups so farm have progressed past stage 1, early stage 2 and there’s like 50 people there. He has far too much health. Is it going to be the new Baltazar of the servers or something?

It’s a closed showing at PAX and everyone is, from what I heard, in Cleric’s gear.

I’m sure once we see it people will have more damage and stand a better chance.

Zlociutki.9165:

New tequatl the sunless looks great but what will be the reward from chest?
The same as now. 4 blue 1 green?

For such event we should get exotic and rares not blue or green.

Ascended drop from boss will be like precurosrs now?

No he will drop ascended crafting materials, a chance at a mini Tequatl, a chance at Ascended weapons, and more. I highly doubt they’d keep it at 3 blues and a green for what they’ve done to him.

ahuba.6430:

I’m happy for the revamped dragons.
I hated the hype the guy was giving it before the tequatl showcase, about how it was great and took alot of time and effort and how it will be the NEW release for september. I’m speechless that they try to shove this down our throats as new content.
Brb, releasing a game with broken bosses and then re-release them fixed 1 year later and calling it “new content”.

That’s a pretty poor attitude to have. Things are progressing and I’m sure there’s more to the release than this.

inazuma.7021:

There appeared to be a whole mess of achievements for that update. I’d be honestly surprised if they were all focused on one group event.

No there are more I’m sure. But there is an entire tab under the “Bosses” category dedicated to Tequatl achievements.

Events that can fail. Finally. God this fight looks so awesome. I can’t wait until the other dragons are done the same way. We don’t want loot pinatas. We want events that CAN fail, we want events like this with boss mechanics, loads of health, and penalties for failing.

Very well done!

Xista.7391:

I welcome the new Tequatl change.

I just home that this new revamped content isn’t the only content for the release.

Well they said in the panel that most other large world bosses will eventually undergo this change, but you’re right I hope there’s more. Regardless that Tequatl update has my jaw dropped at how incredibly awesome the fight is now.

Farzo.8410:

Even better, you will need to talk to people. It will not be automated and teleport you to the dungeon, or whatever said place you are searching for.

AGREED I’m glad to see that it wasn’t just a “click button… wait… get ported to dungeon… do dungeon.. the end”. I’m glad it’s more or less the same as GW1 but with incresed functionality.

ArenaNet. You guys have done well with this revamped encounter. Making the waypoint contested to prevent zerging, making it have more health, do more damage, have more mechanics and require more than just mindlessly shooting at his foot..

Dropping ascended weapons and materials, dropping a mini Tequatl, having its own achievement list! This is incredible. I hope the other dragon and meta events follow the same pattern shortly but I am genuinely impressed.

Please leave it challenging. Tweak if needed (extend the time alotted or something if anything at all) but PLEASE do not nerf it. It looks incredible and I can’t wait to give it a go!

The waves… OH MY GOD THE WAVES! This fight looks absolutely incredible!!!

I’m glad they’re taking this approach with the SAB TM. Looks fun, hope they pulled it off.

rjnemer.7816:

Ecto was the main form of currency in gw1. It shouldnt be a surprise to anyone that ectos have a lot of worth. Its how it should be.

Yeah but the difference is there was a reliable way to farm ecto. Yesterday I salvaged 40 level 80 rares with black lion salvage kits and got less than 30 ecto. There was definitely a stealth nerf of ectos awarded from salvaging around the time of the champ loot bag update.

Oh also, returning candy nodes across the world, including rich ones (and wth Anet, no Peppermint nodes for Wintersday?)

New AND returning weapon skins that are more fairly acquired (I’m looking at you grinning shield and great chainsword). I’d also love to do The Mad Tower jumping puzzle again. That was by far one of my favorite holiday jumping puzzles because it was tense and fun.

I’ll forgive you since the forum search function has been broken for a while now, but seriously enough with the mount threads this crap is getting old.

I support this.

I agree they need to stop rewarding failure as heavily as success.

Nihilus.3015:

Yes, we need Tormented Weapons in the Hom as well

Lol well that’s something entirely for a different thread. Though I’d love to see those come back!

I think he means, if you’re in range of loot, it automatically does it.

EnemyCrusher.7324:

I’ve been wishing my GW2 Fellblade looked like my GW1 Fellblade for a year and 3 days now. I hope Anet does something about it.

Agreed. I really hope they change it.

Dante.1508:

If they nerfed the Aetherblades i’d just stop doing the event completely +1 to op..

Good. Maybe more will think like you and stop the event so that people who want to succeed rather than farm champs actually have a chance at beating the event.

Ok so some of the legendaries are getting updated appearances in the next patch. Maybe we can add the Fellblade to that list? Or maybe we can get some word on whether or not Fellblade (or other HoM items) will ever be changed at all?

Doubtful. People have already made 1000s of gold by selling them. They should have been account-bound from the beginning instead of sellable.

That’s funny. Ranger pets take just as much (or rather, as little) to kill as summoned weapons, necro minions, and other pets and turrets. I’m sure people will love this in PvP as well. Free DPS on a weapon that can’t be destroyed or a minion that can’t be killed.

Good luck.

I imagine they will be account-bound on creation and then soulbound on use.

Gabby.3205:

Well, they will still be bought for theirs skins and transmuted, like it happens already. I think nothing will change.
When you buy any of them, you are not paying for the stats, but for the skins.

This.

PlagueParade.7942:

Zumy.6318:

T8, Gift of Gemstore

They already have thakittens called “Box o Fun” to make the gift of entertainment for quip and the moot.
(Where did the kitten thing come from I didn’t put a curse word there just a period and a couple of spacebars!)

That’s a joke right? They don’t actually require gem store items for a legendary, do they?

Edit: sadly, nope. It’s not. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Gift_of_Entertainment

Vol.5241:

What kind of mentality is this?

SAB is a minigame like no other. It gives players something else to do and to look forward. It doesn’t mean the original game is kitten. It’s just something that is different and something players are excited for.

Exactly. I love GW2 and I love SAB even more. I think the devs are extremely talented to have created a game within their game that is not only as fun as the actual game, but something most players (that I know, at least) would rather play instead of GW2.

That’s not to say they don’t love GW2 – they just LOVE Super Adventure Box.

They will never add a race change. As reasons previously stated. And once again as far as order goes, with the account wallet you can use an alternate character to become a member of that order and buy the gear to transmute it to the character you want it on.

raseloc.6932:

I think they should bring back the Dwarves. The map is already set up for an ‘underground’ layer, it would be perfect to have an expansion that creates a whole new explorable zone. And then include the Dwarves in their fight against the Great Destroyer.
Now I know lore says this:

“an event known as the Transformation of the Dwarves, their race was transformed into living stone, ending their status as a mortal race. Though the Transformation granted them the power to defeat the Great Destroyer, it also warped their personalities and sense of purpose. Driven to seek battle with the minions of Primordus, they dispersed into the Depths, where they remain to this day. "

but it would be easy to have some spell or something give them back some personality.

Dwarves were never playable though and we already have a “short” race. Not to mention all of the dwarves that are still alive are underground fighting Primordus and his minions.

But yeah they do have an “underground” area on the map that is available to see. So it’s implied that we’ll eventually be able to go back underground like we did in GW1 – which is awesome.

But as far as them being playable? I don’t know, I just don’t see it.

Just coming back to agree once again. Great discussion on the topic so far, everyone.

Simple. To give people who want a gear treadmill something to work towards.

That’s pretty great to hear that some of the more lackluster legendaries are getting a visual overhaul. I was wondering if we can also get the Fellblade updated as well? Or at the very least can we just get some word that eventually they’ll maybe change Fellblade and other HoM weapon appearances?

Thanks.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/suggestions/Please-give-Fellblades-the-GW1-appearance/first

I imagine they’ll be back. I finished them all but it’d make sense and I’d hope that they return.

Looking forward to hearing more feedback from other players on this.

=) aside from those, I do agree. Future and existing ones should make use of this new account-achievement reward bank. I hate having my karka shell, yellow flower, dragon wings, molten gloves, (etc etc) just collecting dust in my bank because I’ll never be sure which character I want to use them on.

Septemptus.7164:

1st read,
2nd understand what I wrote
3rd then post about it.
Please do that.
If you fail any of the points, start from the begining.

I read what you said and being a college graduate I possess adequate reading comprehension ability. I am saying that if you are looking for reasons to quit, nobody will miss you.

I’m also saying that having an inspect feature will not change people gear-checking for pugs. It’ll only make their jobs easier. I want inspect to see people’s armor and weapon skins. I could care less about their build or their gear stats. I would be curious to see builds especially if someone requests assistance in a build I’d be able to just open up an inspect on them and guide them through changes or suggestions.

No. Dragon wings (the account-bound ones) should be added to the achievement rewards bank, but not the buyable / sellable ones nor the jetpack. Things that you can freely buy and sell on the TP should never be made account-wide unlocks.

I do agree though, things that are given out as account-bound meta rewards should make use of the new account achievement bank. I see what you were going for with that last comment, but really? Causing a community split? Hardly.

Septemptus.7164:

Draco.9480:

I think we need the inspect option to see other player’s armory, traits and achievements. Each game has that option but gw2 doesn’t have it.
It’s hard to tell if the person is skilled or not without checking his gear, of course gear doesn’t always show the player’s skill, But we need at least some clue who do we take with us to the group or any sort of event. I’m also curious to check people sometimes when I’m bored. It’s a basic option in any MMORPG.

Never.
I will quit the game if they add this (comes from person with 9characters geared with exotics)
I had enough problems with CoF farmers who forced me to ping my gear each time I joined party for daily run.

NO MORE gear checking or any other hate generating options.

Thank you.

Then quit. Or join a good guild that won’t make you ping gear. Or stop farming CoF p1 like a casual. Having an inspect feature is not elitist and people already require you to link gear for pugs. This would be no different. It would however help players like me who are interested in seeing other people’s armor and weapon skins.

But yeah if you quit nobody but you will care so I guess do what you want.

I promise you they won’t because it would screw with personal story progress, cultural armor, and achievements and it’s not something they want to deal with. I’d get used to the fact that you can either live with your character, delete it, or make a new one, but they will likely never have race changes.

Not every game is WoW and has these things. Being able to change race takes out any sort of importance that people have on choosing their characters starting options, personal story choices, and progress in general.

Take for example, I make a human. I select the choices and choose to save the orphanage over the hospital. Ok cool, great. I then go and join order of whispers, cool great. Down the road I want to change my race. Ok, how do I determine my story options? How do my choices get changed from the specific option I made earlier?

Not to mention but it’d be a huge headache for Anet to do this. They’d have to find a way to retroactively change all of your achievements, gear, story options you made, and story paths.

No. Lol this is a dumb idea and if you really want a new race with the same profession do what me and everyone else does – buy more character slots and make some new characters. I have 3 warriors, 2 rangers, 2 guardians, 2 elementalists, and then 1 of everything else with varied race combinations. I like norn, charr, and human heavy armor – thus the 5 soldier professions.

So do that or live with your choices but I bet you that they never do this (as they’ve mentioned before when this was brought up previously). Also this topic is coming up just as much as mount topics. Some people can’t take no for an answer though I guess.

We’ve already been given reasons why race changes can’t and won’t work. If you want something of a different race, make a new character of that race. If you want another order’s armor, buy it on another character (maybe that character you rolled for that race you wanted?) and just transmute the pieces to other armor and transmute it back to the desired character.

First off, the transition from night to day is almost not noticeable because night time itself is hardly noticeable. I approve this message and would love to see a better night time & day/night transition.