all just hear say at best with fake leaked stuff that leads to noting at all!! not only that
but if that was real and not something leaked or fake . i will not spend one penny on
that at all .and i will unstall the game fully . that would be something i would not
want in this game at all. and if i want to play mario i will play mario on my wii and so
forth but not in this game at all ever !!
Just for clarity, this is in the game already. It’s the Super Adventure Box festival that occurs in April. The OP was being tongue-in-cheek about an expac based on it.
oh that i never do that junky Super Adventure Box festival do not like it think it should
not be in the game at all
Good thing about SAB is that it’s an instance that has no effect on the playerbase who has no interest in SAB.
Yea, i dont know why, i always try it but i never get into SAB. Its probably the event i mostly hate, i avoid it completely mostly. Good thing is it doesnt affect on anything the game, well maybe i lose the chance of earning those cool skins but thats about it.
I’m exactly the same, I hate it but it has no effect on my gameplay what so ever so I don’t care, if only dueling could be implemented the same way…….
Except that devs already complained how much effort it is to make a single sab map.
As a result, it does affect us. It takes several devs a month or longer to make on map. All that effort couldve gone to ls3, current events, or expansion.. I dunno.. actual contentIt is content, just not appealing content to us. Not all content appeals to all players but with instances it doesn’t really bother anyone who doesn’t care about it, just provides more options to have fun to those that are interested.
Okay, what if the devs started focussing on a different instance, once where everyone is turnt into a quaggan or skritt, and then you have to fight a pink elder dragon who breathes rainbow, while all music is replaced wth trap music. Oh, and you have to walk and act on a beat otherwise you get knocked down.
Do you think “hey anet, thanks for the content that took you a lot of effort to make and took away on production of the main game” or do you think “what the skritt, anet??”
I have NOTHING against minigames, but they need to make sense.. they need to fit in the game. Crab Toss fits in the game, Southsun Survival fits in the game, Zephyrite Sprint fits in the game.
Seasonal events; Wintersday and Halloween fit in the game.
SAB does not fit in the game. Using crowbars b hole was torn in the game and SAB was painfully jabbed inActually, if you read into the lore and history behind SAB, it fits the game perfectly. Just because you do not enjoy a piece of content does not mean it does not fit and should not be developed.
As to your hyperbolic hypothetical: I’d play that content in a heartbeat.
I enjoyed it, though the first time. It was new, it was a joke, it was fun. But it’s no longer a joke, people think it’s part of the core game now, and demand more effort put into it. People really need to get over the fact it was just an april fools joke all those years ago. (Have the memberberries gotten to this game?)
For a while, it was billed as a core component to the game after the intial release. During the “Back to School” release, the same year as the original April launch, the backstory to the content advanced in the form of an “unlockable cutscene”, so to speak, which foreshadowed further expansion. This further expansion, however, was canceled when SAB was converted into a yearly festival, starting this year; it should be noted that the festival return was after a three year gap since the previous release, after multiple promises of return.
If you’re going to disparage content, at least research it first.
The further updates weren’t canceled. They merely stated they couldn’t provide a w3 or w4 this time around due to time constraints. The time constraints were in place because they had to re-build w1/2 and the lobby due to the camera changes that went in.
They very well could add a w3/4 in the future as part of the festival.
If you’re getting titled by green ciricles its best to learn their spawn pattern and rate. Additionally you need to tell this to whoever you assign to green ciricles – Get there and Survive first, DPS second.
If you being teleported, your melee stack needs to learn the golden rule of dodge or max melee.
For seeker control this usually falls (atleast when i raid) to our engies and druids, if one should for whatever reason spawn in melee DH can clear it with Banish.
They do ?
I must not see them because the bosses get torched faster than a US runner vs Usain Bolt.
Huh, considering it’s one of the only content pieces i played for the full duration of its release….
Sign me up, sold, where can i pre-order ?
the key word is ‘exploit’ identifying a flaw in logic and exploiting that flaw is not skill, in fact it usually indicates an ‘easier’ way of doing something so quite the opposite of skill.
Identifying a flaw is skill. Using it to your advantage is also a skillful display of tactics.
It may not confine to the rules, but that is another story entirely.
Can someone find me an MMORPG that you can do 3x more damage when buffed or is this only a thing in Guild Wars 2?
I’d say its actually fairly common place.
Depends on the game itself though, some replace buffs with weapon enhancements/sockets. Others do it with set effects/bonuses, some do all 3. Some even have stacking party buffs to some degree (either additive or most cases multiplicative). It just depends on the game and dev.
The reason i’d say its common place especially so in MMO’s, is that it helps provide for that feeling of overcoming content as a group, making that slightly easier by providing unique group mechanics. Ex FFXIV has a weird sorta comp that is absurdly bursty much like GW2 it features stacking 1 class and bringing your tank of choice and party supports. It looks something like this 1 AST, 1 War, 1 Drag, 4x Machin. (fill whatever else is needed). Why does this work, the known classes bring buffs while the stacked classes bring BURST, so much burst that it is possible outright skip phases or fight mechanics.
A better change would be making him always target every player.
Yes please.
I’ve seen enough tentacles to know where this thread is going.
It would be nice and consistent, if we are going to have a node for one of the currencies, that we should have nodes for all of them.
If its anything, I do have a converter, that changes 25:10 currencies. So I can drop 25 aurilium and airship salvage for 20 leyline crystals.. which is honestly more than you get from a chestrun
No its not.
The chest can give you anywhere from 1-50. There’s easily 7 chest on a simple route, more if you want to take longer. You’re more than likely going to roll 3+ every time meaning you’ll make more than 20 per run. Additionally its character based so you can do this multiple times a day, where as the converter is a once a day limit.
What kind of demon are you praying to, to get that much luck on your chest rolls? 1-50? don’t you mean 1-5? only 1:10 chests give crystals, and it’s usually 3 or 5 crystals.
Are we even playing the same game?
Apparently not, as i have no issue and you do.
I don’t recall saying that.
I could be mistaken, but I think you’re pulling things out of your bum.Also, I wasn’t saying this is guaranteed to happen. I have just seen it happen in other games and would hate to see it here.
Quote chains my friend, you gotta use them wisely.
It was targeted at our local doomsayer Rednik who falsely using earnings reports and blames all of it on Raids.
It would be nice and consistent, if we are going to have a node for one of the currencies, that we should have nodes for all of them.
If its anything, I do have a converter, that changes 25:10 currencies. So I can drop 25 aurilium and airship salvage for 20 leyline crystals.. which is honestly more than you get from a chestrun
No its not.
The chest can give you anywhere from 1-50. There’s easily 7 chest on a simple route, more if you want to take longer. You’re more than likely going to roll 3+ every time meaning you’ll make more than 20 per run. Additionally its character based so you can do this multiple times a day, where as the converter is a once a day limit.
I agree. And it eventually damages a game.
So, instead…
Action:
Make harder content for people that like challenge. Create rewards for said content.Consequence:
People that can’t get it done, demand the another version of it because “I paid for the game too”Action:
Ignore them.Result:
People that actually PAYING for the game leaving due to the lack of content. Anet getting worst financial results ever.And how this is better, eh?
Aren’t you the guy who said the paying people already left ?
At this moment we’re still at the “ignore them” stage. Some people left, but they may yet return. Others haven’t left yet, but aren’t paying anymore – and eventually will leave if this continues.
Not according to the guy who quotes every earnings report ever for HoT here and blames the decline on solely on Raids.
But i guess you just want to ignore that part of his history for your own amusement ?
Is this generation this casual or something that they think they deserve rewards for stuff they can’t complete?
I think you are mistaken. Many of people that are against raid exclusivity (myself included), aren’t a new generation, but veterans that got tired of those “Most MMO games” long ago.
We’ve all been there, done that, and in the end didn’t consider it a good thing.
(as a side note, hearing Runescape called “ancient” suddenly made me feel really old…)
So why are you here asking for a new mode of raiding, a gametype you actively dislike ?
Wouldn’t your time be better spent asking for equivalent rewards from a new source ….Say Legendary Armor from WvW instead ?
And please spare me the, but look how long its taking for raiding excuse. It would take them just as much time to completely rebuild raiding from the ground up as it would to make new rewards that are a good quality.
I agree. And it eventually damages a game.
So, instead…
Action:
Make harder content for people that like challenge. Create rewards for said content.Consequence:
People that can’t get it done, demand the another version of it because “I paid for the game too”Action:
Ignore them.Result:
People that actually PAYING for the game leaving due to the lack of content. Anet getting worst financial results ever.And how this is better, eh?
Aren’t you the guy who said the paying people already left ?
What good does catering to a non-existent playerbase do for the current one….Especially if raiding drove them away to begin with why on tyria would they return if raids still exist ?
I hope the story mode crowd gets the youtube video experience they are searching for.
It’s clearly not about playing the mode and the story for them, it always comes back around to rewards. It should not reward jack all if its going to exist.
and we’ve come full circle again.
Glad to see nothing has changed, and nothing will.
People find a need to use those potions for anything outside the challenge mote ?
I don’t find food/potions mandatory ever. Might just be a player skill difference.
Mid-Late January at the earliest.
I dont see them rushing it out the door during the winter/holiday season when the staff will be off with family etc…
Well you see you’re a scribe.
You probably butchered the intricate nature of crafting the chair itself. Wood working / metal working is srs buisness, no amount of blueprints can help you. (See Ikea)
Go do Fractals, PVP or WvW instead. Those were GW2’s original endgame and they drop ascended gear. You will find those things more skill based than Raids, PUG friendly, More Entertaining and fun.
Raids is not about skill, its about being “Sociable”. You must be willing to use VOIP, actively talk, be funny and not quiet. It also requires you to use Meta builds esp if you plan on PUGing it. When you finally find a team and beat an entire wing in less than an hour or so in your first try, you would be like “That was it? pfft…”
Only do raids if you really want that Raid Legendary Armor which is used, according to raiders for GW2’s true endgame, for WvW, since you can change stats.
I mean sure, it’s like that if you get carried through after people figure out the mechanics. The same can be said for any content though. For raiders a bulk of the fun came from trying, failing, learning and refining the fights to get to that point. It should come as no surprise that now good groups have raids down to being glorified 10 man dungeons.
Well wouldent be so bad if I could run any build I wanted on my characters but sadly you pigonholed into meta
This just in…
In co-op content, the group is above the individual.
More gamebreaking news at 11.
Just in you say, well I could do any co-op content before raids with any build I wanted it just took longer.
If you say I should be able to do that with raids to then perfect.
This also just in to the news desk!
You still can use whatever build you want, stop conflating success with access!
More news at 12.
Well wouldent be so bad if I could run any build I wanted on my characters but sadly you pigonholed into meta
This just in…
In co-op content, the group is above the individual.
More gamebreaking news at 11.
no matter if it is or not using anet’s api. or even overlay should be fully
bannable. think that is why there so many hacks in the game now as i seen in the last
month .
The two aren’t even remotely related.
Using an API supported overlay that does not read from memory has never been an issue and has been openly endorsed via Anet’s own Overwolf Api app building contest.
I wish i could get rid of all mine….never found any of the hot maps items to be an issue.
Then you’re obviously not using them what they’re meant for:
Chack Collections or Specialization Collections.. if you work on those you need thousandsYou mean those things i’ve already done ?
You’re right, im not using them for something i can no longer use them for.
while I’m cynical in believing someone could’ve already finished gathering enough leyline crystals, I salute you if it’s true
I did chest runs every day for about 4 months straight, when reclaimed weapons were worth ~10g. On multiple characters. It was really easy to rack up the currency.
The vines are destroyable, not sure how much more counterplay one can add to the game.
another week another thread.
If you don’t like how people select their groups or their requirements, create your own group and Lead.
This is less about nightmare, but more about mechanics in general.
If things are meant to be projectiles, then player skills that manipulate them need to matter/be more relevant.
It’s just something i’ve notice that we have skills that are inconsistent where they can be destroyed and not reflected (either make this a different effect / tell) or just make all enemy projectiles function the same when against player skills.
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I wish i could get rid of all mine….never found any of the hot maps items to be an issue.
Then you’re obviously not using them what they’re meant for:
Chack Collections or Specialization Collections.. if you work on those you need thousands
You mean those things i’ve already done ?
You’re right, im not using them for something i can no longer use them for.
You can also jump over the orbs to reset your position if the pattern shifts on you. Not sure if that’s intentional or not.
I wish i could get rid of all mine….never found any of the hot maps items to be an issue.
I’m still confused what there is even left to discuss or why this thread and quote wars is still on-going to begin with.
Infinite Spirit Vale Tonic (transforms into spirit vale specific bosses)
This way the next raid can have its own tonic, etc….
There’s no way that adding more different builds will make it easier to balance the game. Because now there are more builds that ANet has to make sure are relatively equal.
And there will always be a meta. The meta is player created. There will always be one build or one team composition that will be the most efficient and that will be the build or team composition used. The only variations typically accepted are ones that don’t fall too far behind the top build or team comp.
Indeed, but if some meta is to much and is carying more the players then the players carries the build it should be changed, there should a shorter gap between Meta and non meta.
This is an oxymoron. You cannot make a difference gap smaller between things being optimal or not.
It’s like asking for Rabid to be on par with Viper’s. One is finely tuned to have a defensive stat set, the other is a glass cannon. The same applies to traits. Something will always be best in slot, nothing short of a complete system overhaul will fix this, however in doing so you will eliminate diversity in the process as you’ll end up with a homogeneous system in its place.
The instance owner and overlay issues are bugs. They’ll get resolved sometime between now and next week (Yay holidays).
If you’re still feeling impatient you can do them with a friend and just swap out who owns the instance. Owner sits out and progresses story bits, then after the scroll part tags the boss (for safety sake from range do about 2k damage) and just hide after that. Its the easiest way to get Stay Unfrosty in its current form. Rinse repeat till you & your friend both have the achievement.
For the sub 5 minute achievement, just uh….work on lining up the charge to take out multiple servants (you can use displacement effects to line them up). Then it should be nothing more than quick DPS.
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I’ve completed the story, completed the renown heart, spoken to Sun Warming and there’s no option to purchase said item to create the thawing elixir.
Other details, not sure if helpful or not. I do not have the warmth / elixir buff. Story was completed before reset 11/21.
My problem with braham is he has batman syndrome.
He went from a loveable fool, to a dark brooding vengeance machine because his parents are dead.
It’s equal parts bad writing and bad voice acting. That combination make me dislike the direction of the character from a narrative standpoint.
All of this ignored the people, not gameplay, issue: People will not group with you if you do not have the exact build, equipment, and upgrades that they consider “correct”. So having an “easy” one to do is rendered moot by being unable to access ANY of the raid content.
You dont need any specific build for that fight. Just 10 people who want to do the encounter. If you have any friends who do have the cleansing water mastery&leyline gliding they can be the group that does towers.
Also, learn to start your own groups. If you don’t like how some people run their groups, be an agent of change and lead your own with your own rules. It’s a novel concept.
I remember a time when people who really cared about lore in games, played the games.
It is a shame how the culture of games has shifted to playing to the game to demanding the game change to fit you as a person instead.
It’s not a shame, because that has never happened. The games at that time fit the people playing them the same as they do now – it’s just they were meant for a much smaller population. When your target for a major game was in tens of thousands of players at best, you could make them as hardcore as you wanted. When that target increased however, the gaming studios soon found out that there simply weren’t enough players that were interested – and that if they wanted more, they had to make those games more inclusive.
TL/DR: there was never really a case where players changed to fit a game.
This has what to do with lore exactly ?
Either you want the lore and you’ll play the PvE content that has it, or you play the forum game.
I know which one has lore, and where i go for it … Do you ?
I remember a time when people who really cared about lore in games, played the games.
It is a shame how the culture of games has shifted to playing to the game to demanding the game change to fit you as a person instead.
You already have said content in both BSF and ROF.
You can mindlessly zerg definetly not VG for a champ bag, and definitely not Sloth for a champ bag.
Additionally, what you call tone deaf is what others call great. Not every piece of content needs to be watered down to the point that it contradicts is design. Raids are designed to be the hardest content in the game such that it requires a bit more than average dedication. There’s nothing wrong with this, however there is a lot wrong with pandering to the perception that everything needs to be for everyone and that those players deserve equal rewards for minimal effort. Which is exactly why those other games raids are a joke.
So you’re telling me Anet’s promoted streamer was….bad ?
Hold the presses and color me not shocked in the slightest.
ANet promoted this guy? You have a link to show that?
That’s what im gathering from reading the thread. Could be a misunderstanding, either way there’s plenty of bad streamers some promoted, some not.
So you’re telling me Anet’s promoted streamer was….bad ?
Hold the presses and color me not shocked in the slightest.
Boons could be punished a lot harder such that building for boons becomes unfavorable, just like building for vulnerability or blind. Then players are left with closer to solo dps and balance becomes easier.
That’s not the point. Boons are integral to combat in the game and are accurately balanced around, not only that by solo dps isn’t what you should ever strive for in group content.
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Boon-sharing is a problem. Bosses can ignore some conditions and are more easily tuned but players are less controllable.
If bosses regularly corrupted or wiped player boons, then the boon-share dps scaling would drop. Boss health could be trimmed to compensate.
You’d think so…
But Sloth & KC both have boon striping mechanics and it doesn’t do much.
Boonshare is far from the problem. The problem with diversity when it comes to meta is overloaded kits as far as damage, group utility, group healing/failsafe. If you look at the classes that are constantly bouncing in and out of meta favor they usually are balanced on a knife edge and have something in there that brings them above the fail safe of ele/warrior/mes/druid which are staples (and even the ele part is debatable).
Answer : No.
“Challenging” does not equal fun.
Subjective.
Challenging can be fun, it’s just not what you find fun.
As much as i would love to agree with the OP, previous and some current experience says people hate change and “challenge” so much so that they either quit or forum warrior to nerf it to the floor.
I’d say just create gen 2 purchasable armor/weapons that have select-able stats. Only available via the mastery track.
Warrior is always a good option…its used pretty much in every mode of play
Ele is also good, but with your dislike of kit swap, i cant see you liking stance dance. Unless you just camp fire.
What is the source for this information?
Probably from someone who now regrets breaking their NDA for the insider program.
The sheer fact that resources are already being heavily dedicated to another expansion, thus slowing the frequency and quality of content updates down significantly.
That irks me more than any aspect of gameplay ever could.
Yeah but again. The first Raid shouldn’t be so difficult that every Boss takes 600+ Wipes just to kill it, it should be there to get People comfortable into the Concept of Raiding, but in Future Anet should release really hard Raid Encounters where it takes really long to kill the Boss. ( But pls not due to some cheesy Things like RNG deciding which Mechanic comes now ). First Raid itself has the right difficulty, we just need more Raids that are more Challenging ( and a better PvE Balance :P )
Or people could just play a game where that sort of thing is expected, and leave it out of Guild Wars 2 entirely.
Funny, couldn’t the same be said of your literally handing out participation awards method ? Or your pro easy mode push ?
Odd how you resort to opting to silence people who disagree instead of having a civil discussion and understanding that people aren’t going to agree with you at every turn.