Guild Wars 2

Reading this thread makes me cringe that I’ve only explored 50% of the world so far. Soooo much to see still

There are several unfinished stories out there. The Norn blacksmith never gets over to actually forging the superweapon that can destroy Jormag, probably because Jormag’s defeat is likely to be introduced in an expansion.

Ps. if this price dropping is such a great way of making money shouldn’t you be happy and swimming in gold?

I think you’re just mad because you tried this yourself and failed.

R E F L H E X.8413:

Hippocampus.8470:

Lower than it “should be” is not at all the same as selling for 1c above vendor price. Platinum ore vends for 6c, and the going rate on the TP is twice that. Iron vends for 3c and is trading for the same price as platinum.

What price do you, in your infinite wisdom, think these items “should be” selling for?

Is this the only game with an economy that you have played? it seems like it. I can’t talk to you anymore.

The majority of highest leveled crafting mats should not be taking hundreds almost thousands of them to = one siege golem in price, etc. This economy is completely terrible, and I don’t need to justify this fact when this is well known aside from people that just don’t get it, possibly from lack of experience in playing other games with economies.

I’m quite sure that in most games the prices of the crafting materials do not accurately reflect what you can actually craft with them.

The games you mentioned having good economics have small playerbases using the AH, which tends to give more room for manipulation, not less.

TBH I don’t know what you’re trying to say. GW2 has one of the hardest markets to manipulate due to the sheer volume being traded through.

The reason most stuff goes at vendor price is that anyone can post stuff from anywhere in the world.

Telegraph.7509:

Khristophoros.7194:

You guys are all missing the point.

He’s saying somebody lists an omnomberry for 75 silver and then a bunch of people just assume that’s the going price so they list theirs, then that guy who only listed 1 omnomberry buys a bunch of them for 75 silver to craft with.

I don’t know how viable that is because the lower listed one he posts will get snapped up quickly so it’s not too likely that a huge pile will develop.

However it would be nice if the “match lowest seller” would only count piles of a certain size. It’s pretty dirty to be able to manipulate the market with only a single listing even if it doesn’t work every time.

I think one possible way is to list a median seller’s price in addition to the lowest seller’s price on the selling interface. You will still have problems with the low quantity goods, but should solve some issues with the higher flow ones.

In the end, there is only so much they can do. The sellers has to do a bit more work if he wants to get the price that he deserves.

I think you are right and you should go to post your suggestion in the suggestion tab. Median price would definitely help here, as the market is huge and there’s bound to be a median price that quite accurately reflects what the current value of the item really is.

RaZaC.1963:

I’m guessing its FIFO: First in First out? If not it would be strange?

It’s strange, but it’s definitely not FIFO.

The best part in playing a condition damage build is that all armor and weapons are dirt cheap.

Playing with an Axe+Warhorn/Longbow build myself. More of a support build, but I can still stand toe to toe against most other classes 1v1. Armored juggernaut with 3 condition removals with constant boons on is tough to beat

Here’s a secret:

The smallest batch is sold first. This is to keep the database cleaner. Your stack of 250 is never going to sell.

Looks pretty sweet

I wish they’d just remove all stats from legendaries altogether and just make them skins you can apply on the item of your choice.

It’s not as bad as it might seem. The rares you craft with the ectos give 0-3 back when salvaged. If you salvage with a black lion kit (around 5 silver per use at current gem prices), you will also get the jewel back which will sell for 10-20s. With luck, you will actually gain money from the items you craft and at the bare minimum, you should not lose much.

Already seeing a sharp drop in all T6 material (except blood and rubies, lots of berserkers around I guess) prices, yet the exotics you craft from them still remain at the range of 2-4g. Even if you bought all materials from TP you can already make some money on crafting certain exotics.

Shayde, according to what we have heard from Anet, they do not control the gem/gold exchange rate, but instead it’s freely fluctuated by supply and demand.

They should add an “I WIN!” button. When activated, this item gives you an ending cinematic with credits and then delete the character and return the player to the char selection/creation screen.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think the Oric/AW spawns change locations every time the server is restarted and will be different on each server?

@Maxter (quote not working again!)

Correct I’ve never traded in batches of 250. My “Definitely should be FIFO.” meant that this is how it should work, not necessarily how it does work currently.

UK and EU prices have 20% VAT included. Yes it’s still not exactly the same amount, but closer than what you perceive currently.

It’s not that. It’s the fact that you can post stuff you come across directly from your bag to the TP. This needs to be killed and then the “1c more than vendor” prices will disappear.

Fruppi.7516:

Id prefer a barbershop in LA for hairstyle and haircolour. And a full makeover via the gemstore. I’d very much like to change the skincolours of my 2 sylvari which came out way too green. Bah, my salads are too green!

This would be the perfect option. Minor changes (hairstyle) for gold, major ones for gems.

MMOs need gold sinks. So no.

How much is the repair cost when you’re sitting with one broken exotic (and others damaged, of course)?

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@Urejt, that’s not how economy works. Contact the gold sellers and see how much they are willing to pay. If they sell gold at 2.50 USD per 1g I think you’re lucky if you could get 15 USD for your 10g. Now I don’t know what you do for a living, but 15 USD for a day’s “work” (even considering it’s a pretty awesome job compared to many others) isn’t that much.

The Fine Transmutation stones are pretty common drop from Black Lion Chests and they’re pretty cheap on the gem store too. ~70 silver can just about buy you gems for a bunch of 5. How often you want to change your lvl 80 gear?

Basic stones (for gear below 80) everyone should have troves of sitting in their bank.

Venomlaced.8273:

I agree with you Tom the gold sellers have already bought gold form players at a certain rate if Anet lowered their price on gold for long enough the gold sellers would loose a considerable chunk they have already invested. Sure they could sit on their gold until ANet raised the price again but during that time they are making nothing. Lowered gold prices would hurt the illegal sellers.

And if what ANet says is true that they will not generate gems or gold into the game from thin air (in essence every gem on the market is bought with real money and every gold gotten from gem sales is player generated) then they would not really even devaluate in-game gold.

Perfect solution. Do these irregularly and without warning and the gold-sellers will soon discover it’s too risky to do business with GW2 gold.

Bella.3502:

Hell, I’m starting to get frustrated with the whole game, when I think about it.

If you get so worked up about some lost in-game currency then you probably shouldn’t play the game.

ANet can easily shaft the gold sellers right back. Just enter a temporary sale for Gems, say 50% off for a limited time.

I know I’d blow ~30-50 EUR to gems right there and then.

Definitely should be FIFO. Are you sure it ain’t just people posting at a lower price?

morphemass.2850:

I bought 5 to try my luck – I like the mystery potions that we now get, great idea.

However I’m starting to feel like the game is a great big slot machine – gamble at the mystic forge, gamble on which dyes you get, which minis you get etc etc. While that can be fun on occassion and I’m sure its making anet profit, as a gamer I feel more than a little bothered by it. shrug Maybe Im not anets target demographic.

You can purchase the dye you want from the TP with gold (if you got enough), mystic forge has a lot of certain recipes and the random ones are not really worth it anyway.

It’s like gambling yes, but also in the sense that you don’t have to do it.

Corruption.6428:

about the tonics being converted to mystery tonics ( i have an entire bank tab of them and thus love this change) when is it happening exactly?

I understood that this only affects the tonics that now drop from the chests. So the change is not retroactive.

I have doubts that this will cause any real increase in the chest prices. There are still more chests out there than anyone is willing to buy keys for.

What a clever ploy from Anet to include super-rare items into the chest. I bet the keys are selling like crazy for a while, until people realize it’s gonna take them 1000 chests on average to find one of these perma items.

Opening 1000 chests takes around 500 keys, which would cost 45000 gems. You do the math.

The problem isn’t the training mechanism.

It’s Orr with it’s “one mob for each square meter” density, coupled with their “I think I just saw something move across that planet” aggro distance.

I know I’m gonna buy my gems with real money if the trend continues. And if I happen to need gold, I’ll just sell some.

I work full time and don’t want to spend 90% of my gaming time trying to find some money…

Those are already available. Check your local game store or go online

Press “O” and select Trading Post tab.

Legendaries only give you an edge that your opponents will be stunned by your awesomeness.

Shadowmourne…

Problem with that recipe is that it’s more cost-effective to sell the t5 mats and buy the t6 mats from TP.

Deavon.3297:

So nobody realize the huge difference? I know its aoe vs single target and that is fine.
The problem is still damage,trait and cast-time.
The spec on bow is in a defensive tree.
I feel like a grandma when i fire the bow.
And base dmg are to low.(with 900 base-range)

So what do you suggest? Buff longbow single target damage to the same level as rifle? Who the heck would ever use rifle after that?

Well the only “intervention” I can see is a gem “sale” where Anet would offer discounts on Gem purchases for real money for a limited time. That would increase the amount of Gems on the market and thus reduce the price of them for a bit.

Take in account that all gems that were purchased during the beta events were moved over to the retail version, thus resulting in an ecomony where there was an insane amount of gems and little or no gold in the market. You can be 100% certain the price of gems will never fall to the level it was close to launch. I would expect the price of gems to at least double within the next few months.

What do you mean?

I haven’t tested, but I believe the effect should be able to proc on each weapon, each hit.

So in effect it’s neither what you suggested, but instead two separate 30% chances to activate once.

Again, not sure. Might be flat 30% chance to activate once. I’m fairly certain it’s not 30% chance to activate twice and certainly not 60% chance to activate once.

Maybe the game is trying to tell you that it’s not healthy to play computer games 16 hours a day?

Kailthir.6384:

Also I have noticed… why do most gamers today (the ME generation) think just because they bought a game they are entitled to have everything NOW, and they want it without having to work for it?

Because they are the same people that use cheats in single player games (and multiplayer too, if they can).

Get Razer Naga. Problem solved.

No it’s not against the ToS. You can try to manipulate the market to your heart’s content, but be aware that the market is global (unified across all the servers) so the volumes are HUGE. In very rare cases you are able to empty the market of a wanted commodity.

Character makeover, cheaper black lion keys for my chests, off the top of my head.

Actually at the beginning of the 15-25 zones you will still encounter the tier 1 materials. The problem is more that when you start the game as a new player you

1) Don’t immediately get all the tools and end up missing nodes early on.
2) Don’t know how to use your materials efficiently to level crafting.

With my second character I had absolutely zero problem leveling crafting at the same pace as my character.

TL;DR

I want to get the best gear in the game in less than a week from hitting max level and less than a month from game launch.

Oh god what a grind indeed.

Jesus Christ what happened to enjoying the game and taking your time?

I second that it would be nice to be able to enter the number of gems you want to buy, and by extension, being able to enter the amount of gold you want to get when selling gems.