Guild Wars 2

The only exception to this rule is Thai strippers in the bad parts of town. Now that’s a disappointment waiting to happen and really no fault of the customer.

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ps. ok maybe it’s partly the customer’s fault thanks to pop culture.

Can’t monetize inane gw2 video content. Can monetize “fair use” content which is meant to be educational etc. Within certain guidelines.

and even then it’s not ArenaNet’s doing. It’s just Youtube telling people “no you can’t monetize that.”

Disagree. Combat isn’t meant to be done on auto-pilot. Making positioning an important aspect of fighting something is what adds a bit of spice, instead of becoming just full on turreting and button mashing. Becomes even more prevalent in PvP.

I have an SSD, what’s a loading screen? :P

Glenn.9765:

Also WTF Bloodlust and Corruption don’t stack? Doesn’t say that anywhere. Fix it!

What do you mean they don’t stack. As in they don’t stack up to 25 as it says on the sigil?

edit: nm the mainhand overriding offhand thing.

gauth4win is your PC version. It just resides in the system tray.

In case it hasn’t been said already, Magic Find gear even in ridiculous quantities is mostly a placebo effect.

or here’s an example:

Video of a Guardian doing WvW with commentary about how to play a Guardian in WvW in certain situations and providing relevant and educational feedback to viewers. Likely Ok to monetize!

Video of a Guardian doing WvW with a voice overlay of your Teamspeak with your jagoff friends or using some copyrighted background music and has no actual value other than showing off and looking cool. Probably not Ok to monetize.

GW2 is about as far removed from the idea of “Hardcore” gaming as most every mmo I’ve played. The lack of a wide gear treadmill is one of the reasons. The fact you can jump into PvP from the start of the game is another reason. GW2 goes to very long lengths to make this game very casual friendly. But I think the OP belongs to a group removed from even casual, maybe even “ultra casual?” That’s not meant to be insulting, everyone plays it their own way. It’s like the difference between Batman: Arkham Asylum and LEGO Batman. Not in the sense one is geared towards entertaining kids, but just that sort of casual fun-ness versus something maybe more serious…where the challenge is higher to get the rewards versus just being able to fire it up and get almost immediate satisfaction. I dunno if that make sense.

Before we start getting all uppity. You can also download the Google Authenticator as an application directly to your PC, entirely for free, believe it’s called gauth4win. Google links to it directly from the Google Authenticator installation pages.

Which is funny because you’d think people would investigate their options on the Google Authenticator by searching for it using Google.

Google.

Youtube is the one that blocks it. Might want to read up on how monetizing works there and how to become a youtube partner if you actually want to try and make money off of things.

Oh you’re one of those. That’s not really the issue though, that’s just someone having more gold than you in general. I could accomplish the same thing without paying a dime.

dirksherlock.2015:

mulch.2586:

dirksherlock.2015:

mulch.2586:

You can buy good gear with gold. You can buy gold with gems. You can buy gems with $$.

i really hope you aren’t dumb enough to defend this

Ok wise me up. where’d I go wrong?

“and it’s never OK for players who spend money to have an unfair advantage over players who spend time.” – Mike O’Brien

http://www.arena.net/blog/mike-obrien-on-microtransactions-in-guild-wars-2

Advantage would assume that you can buy your way above them.

dirksherlock.2015:

mulch.2586:

You can buy good gear with gold. You can buy gold with gems. You can buy gems with $$.

i really hope you aren’t dumb enough to defend this

Did he miss a step? Nope, pretty sure that’s exactly the way to go about doing it if you don’t want to do any work at all in the game.

RebelYell.7132:

Reve.3578:

Ang.2157:

Let me be a healer.

I’m going to be honest. You should have known that this game has no healers before you bought it right? You know that a FUNDAMENTAL part of this game is the lack of a healing class right? So why complain about something you KNOW will never be added to the game??

The thread said you could basically wish for anything.

It seems like you people will jump at any opportunity to repeat the pre-release marketing hype as dogma that applies to the current state of the game.

Only since it seems most people didn’t bother to read into it before hand.

How is it in the year 2012 the word “Random” is still a mystery to people?

PS. it does have a use, vendor cash, TP cash, etc.

Rhebo Alo.2019:

i Read what Mike O’brien Wrote about security and i agree with what was said but on the two step authentication i have a problem i don’t own a cell phone and seriously don’t want one will this mean that to play GW2 i will need one or will you offer authenticators for those who don’t have cell phones?

Google Authenticator also has a phone in feature, that will call you with the code or something similar. You don’t need to have a cell phone necessarily, an iPod Touch will suffice or an iPad if you have one. iPod Touch these days are relatively inexpensive, doesn’t even have to be a new one. Any apple device running iOS 3.1.3 or newer, according to the google support pages for it.

• Skill Point at Bayt Fallahin in Malchor’s Leap works, always.

Curse you Orrian thing!

Been my observation so far that Magic Find gear in general does S.F.A.

The seething sense of entitlement of the so called “Hardcore,” is hilarious in this thread. It’s a video game people. If you’re truly as “hardcore” as you think you are, you’d have found something to do by now or given up and realized that this game might just not be for you.

Gambit.7836:

AND… they’re STILL working on playing internet security police. See today’s post by Mike O’Brien on account security: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/mike-obrien-on-account-security/. Almost a full month later, instead of fixing all of the rampant bugs, this is still the focus. What’s up with that?

Because it’s completely unreasonable that they have different people working on different aspects of the game? Last I checked ArenaNet has 270 employees, what exactly do you think those 270 people are doing?

Hickeroar.9734:

Yeah, i found all three of the Orrian areas to be the least inspired/inspiring of the whole game. The mobs are just evenly spaced across all the terrain, there’s only one KIND of mob (undead), and the events seem to be more rare here than any other zone.

The terrain itself is just sort of “blah” and completely inartistic and non-beautiful, unlike the way the rest of the game is.

After 100 hours getting to lvl 70, i honestly expected more when I got to “home plate” so to speak.

It used to be a massive city and kingdom that was blown up and swallowed by the oceans, raised as an undead capitol by Zhaitan. It’s not meant to be pretty or beautiful.

Strill.2591:

There’s definitely been a disproportionate level of exaggeration on behalf of those who are angry. Some perhaps warranted, but very few have actually gone out and tested the theory and provided results. That’s been my observation so far.

I’ve done plenty of testing. If you’d like me to report on anything specific, just ask.

Thinking from a perspective of bug testing it’d be beneficial to know your character level, zone it was in etc. You know, details like the OP did.

Levelord.5746:

Well having the previous posters say that the people who worry are “delusional” and “ragequitting over a rumor” then you’ll see my response is understandable.
Maybe you should also rag them equally for labeling people like me as ‘delusional’, then I’ll stop labeling them as ‘fanboys’. Because right now you don’t seem very impartial.

There’s definitely been a disproportionate level of exaggeration on behalf of those who are angry. Some perhaps warranted, but very few have actually gone out and tested the theory and provided results. That’s been my observation so far.

Gravity doesn’t work like that.

Levelord.5746:

Tradewind.6913:

Levelord.5746:

Sorry about that.

Can’t help getting rustled when you experience an obvious bug in game, then have the forum fanboys tell you that the problem doesn’t exist. Gets frustrating after a while…

Who said it didn’t exist? But this thread stands as a shining example that it’s not a completely widespread an issue (bug in actuality) as people make it out to be.

One person on one account did a test. I doubt it stands as a model for determining if something is ‘widespread’ or not.

My point still stands though. For people like me, it’s best to put the game aside or do something else until we hear an update on this problem.

Except you have people confirming the same behavior, it’s not just one person. Do they all have to go and write it down for you people to understand that the problem is not universal and stop kittening on others or saying that they’re all “fanboys” which really just makes you look petulant, which I assume isn’t what you’re shooting for.

If you had a point before that closely resembled what you said there, then yeah I agree. But it’s the first time I’ve seen it presented…but it’s a good one. Wait and see, I like it.

Levelord.5746:

Sorry about that.

Can’t help getting rustled when you experience an obvious bug in game, then have the forum fanboys tell you that the problem doesn’t exist. Gets frustrating after a while…

Who said it didn’t exist? But this thread stands as a shining example that it’s not a completely widespread an issue (bug in actuality) as people make it out to be.

yeah.. respect bro. im casual too… im only level 32.
i just like to elaborate about endgame content for the
fascinating hardcore fans.
i didnt mean “casual disrespect” at all. im sorry if it
came out like that.

Fair enough. Text doesn’t always convey intention and yeah, what Yak said…I post from work so I sometimes shoot from the hip because I’m in between tasks :p

Morrigan.2809:

seriously? some respect please

Sorry I get excited when people say things that are incredibly ridiculous.

It was also an intentionally bombastic response, so there’s that.

Avatar.1923:

OP, unfortunately, reading from this forum, the game is limited for very hardcore/smart players.

check out my suggestion thread;
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/the-endgame-answer/

Yeah you’re right, the people still enjoying the game are just stupid casuals. I’d play more but I keep hearing my car keys jingling or a kittening laser pointer dot on the floor distracting me for hours.

Holy kittening christ I must be kittening kittentarded. Excuse me for a moment Sir Issac kittening Newton while I go stick my junk in an electrical socket because I’m a stupid casual.

/kittens

I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest it’s because you’re doing DE’s that are well below your actual level. Might be something common for people having problems, idk.

Wintyre Fraust.6534:

On second thought, I think maybe someone is having us on. Didn’t speed through the game? C’mon, man.

Maybe he lives in a transient domain of subspace, kind of like he’s traveling faster than light, so there’s subtle effects of time dilation around him. Or like his chair is powered by some sort of experimental power source driven by a supermassive singularity. To the point it has an effect on how he perceives time and space. You never know man!

Maybe he’s the kitten Lawnmower Man, he lives in cyberspace.

Knuckledust.5621:

Tradewind.6913:

Borderlands 2 cost me $60 and I got 3.4 hours out of it and I’ve not really felt compelled to do more. Now that’s disappointment.

I agree with this. I REALLY got my money worth of GW2. My concern is for the replayability of the game, tho.

The DEs do not scale when you are 80. You have no point of going back to a level 30 map after completing it, unless you are helping someone.

I thought this was going to be something that GW2 would to differently.

As a positive example, I paid $60 for Deus Ex: Human Revolution and enjoyed the kitten out of it, but it still only filled about a 12 hour void before I stopped playing it entirely.

I need to find this hug map. As do many others.

Borderlands 2 cost me $60 and I got 3.4 hours out of it and I’ve not really felt compelled to do more. Now that’s disappointment.

baldsh.3896:

Thing is, people like you have blinders on when reading posts like this, there are many reported instances where just running a chain twice slashes your reward to next to nothing. Is running a fun chain two times in a row really farming to you?

Not to mention you seem to fail to read posts where ANet have admitted they messed up and things are not functioning as intended, and the system is SNAFU. These two things kind of scrape any meat out of your argument. But to each his own.

But then you have a thread like this:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Anti-Farming-Diminishing-Returns-SOME-TRUTHS/

3 posts above this one.

RebelYell.7132:

Why are bots so bad, anyway? Oh noes, vials of blood might becomes cheaper!!!!!

1) Bots operated by firms that sell gold online.
2) Bots farm materials.
3) Materials are sold on TP.
4) Firms sell that gold to players.
5) Repeat.

Since the monetization model for GW2 revolves around a Gems for Gold component, it will impact the game’s longevity. Not to mention it supports the influx of more gold into the game through artificial means. Even though there might be more vials of weak blood out there to buy, the gold to buy them also increases. More disposable income from some players can have an impact on the value of items. Since what are people likely to spend that gold they just bought on? I’d wager crafting materials are up there on that list. Increased sales would drive the price up again.

Crise.9401:

There already are math problems in the game, just head to Metrica Province and Brisban Wildlands… probably somewhere else as well, just saying….

That reminds me one of them was wrong. Was something to do with percentage increases of something or other. The way it was worded resulted in a different answer than what was supposedly correct.

Rizzy.8293:

DusK.3849:

You do know that you can get exotics for very little, right? It doesn’t require a ridiculous amount of time like you imply it does. A full set of exotics can be crafted, bought off the TP… or you could buy a set off a vendor for 8g 88s.

Of course its easy!
According to you, I suck at this game and Im already fully geared.
If I can do it, any noob can.

But this isn’t about how easy it is to attain Exotic gear, this is about how people keep thinking rares and exotics are the samething only one looks better.

I like that the concept has a positive spin to it, but I find it somewhat upsetting that people actually thought that. Funny at first perhaps, but now I’m sad.

Kind of like those websites that post actual exam answers from middle school kids.

24 hours? I was using it last night, granted it was up and down but it’s not been 24 hours.

I have an Elementalist and his natural state appears to be downed.

So I’m getting a kick out of this.

I was told there would be no math.

He’s a witch, burn him!

I’ve found it easier not to single out crafting materials but instead find higher yield money making drops and then buying the crafting materials from the TP. YMMV.

Gomly.6128:

Now roll something that isn’t guardian, a class widely known for being GW2’s answer to the Terminator.

haha I like this one.

Don’t take it the wrong way, but “quality of life” made me chuckle.

Risen Thrall: This is bull kitten, I only get kittening ESPN1 in Orr and I have to subscribe to Comcast for it!
Risen Preserver: You think that sucks, my son has lupus.
Risen Brute: I got fired today. With the value of Platinum Doubloons going down the toilet I’m not sure how we can afford to eat anymore.
Risen Thrall: You guys are downers, wow.

I agree in principle but you get like a 60 second warning before it boots you that counts down every 5 seconds or something ridiculous like that. Is that not enough of a prompt? It also only dumps you to the character select screen.

That’s part of the challenge, not all Vistas are rainbows and sunshine. I think I died twice on it thanks to Charr camera angles.

Lysidian.4653:

Tradewind.6913:

After thinking about it a bit more Debs I’m not entirely sure that’ll apply. It might since the systems work basically the same way, but I’m leaning towards that being specifically geared towards the Dungeon caps. As opposed to DE’s.

Yeah I am not seeing anything to suggest that this affects anything other than the dungeons. : /

It -may- be connected since both were implemented simultaneously. It all depends on whether or not the dungeon rewards use the same subroutines as DE rewards, which is entirely possible because it makes no sense to have two subroutines to do what is essentially the same job of displaying and depositing completion rewards. The limitations may be part of that shared subroutine. So a tweak to one may affect both. That’s how I’d do it if it were me anyway.

Serious point for a second, Orr is meant to be the stronghold and “homeland” so to speak of the Risen and Zhaitan. Is it not to be expected that it is going to be pretty much loaded to the kittens with Risen forces?

I’m trying to think of a clever witticism to compare it to a casual stroll through Mordor, but I can’t think of anything or how to properly present it.