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Thoughts on Ascended Gear? [Merged threads] – 10,053 replies 114,938 views.

And no response of real value to date. (Nov 17th.)

Someone posted this on the last page but I think it really bares repeating.

Why Ignoring Social Media Complaints Is a Huge Mistake Source: Forbes.com

“It amazes me that even in today’s social media savvy business environment there are still big companies that fail to engage with their customers, particularly customers that are frustrated and unhappy. In fact, a variety of research shows that ignoring those customers is the worst possible strategy.”

…

“Ariely found that the rudely-treated subjects behaved just like those who weren’t interrupted if one small change was made to the experiment. If the person interacting with the subject took the call and carried on the same annoying conversation, but, after hanging up, offered a brief apology, the rudeness effect was negated. The apology led to the badly-treated subjects returning the extra money at close to the same rate as those who experienced no interruption.

Keeping Your Current Customers
Since my earliest days in sales, the drive to get new customers has always been paired with the mantra, “It’s much more profitable to keep an existing customer than go looking for a new one.” This remains wise advice, but is often widely ignored in practice. Companies that fail to respond to complaints in a timely manner risk losing the same customers they spent large sums acquiring in the first place. The data shows that even when a problem is no longer fixable, a simple apology can still turn a negative attitude into a positive one."

Take it to heart Arena Net. Take. It. To. Heart.

That’s it. Its been 48 hours since this news has really sunk in for me.

I purchased the game in August. #1 August #2 Sept #3 October #4 November #5 December. Rumor is that NCsoft is honoring refunds up to six months. So Dec is the 5th month and a good time to demand a refund.

I imagine most of your [Arena Net] early adopters, the same people posting here, purchased around August.

You [Arena Net] have until Dec 28th to fix this. I will be demanding a refund in December if no action is taken by then. I know that NCsoft/Nexon are lending heavily on you in this situation. That much is clear by NCsoft’s stock value. But Arena Net, you as developers, need to come up with a solution or a large amount of your very own staff may be looking for new jobs.

The worst part of all this, for me, personally, is I was aiming to work at your studio someday. I no longer find your studio attractive professionally. That, my friends, is the biggest blow to me personally.

You guys are on notice. Grind Wars is NOT what we want.

TC – Home of the Shame Ram. If you break through the outer walls of the Bay you may be treated to a ram inexplicably built on a rowboat.

I would say the Quaggan is TC’s mascot because people zerging with Commander Commander Jadon and his infinite supply of Baby Quaggan potions is rather fun!

Also, Coral been stuck at work. Two days of double shifts back to back doesn’t help! Someday I will be able to WvW properly. I can’t wait to close that gap.

In the mean time, TC, FIGHTO \o/

lets all just calm down its not like Anet has done anything wrong this week. Sometimes mistakes can be made and…

what?

I think WvW might be falling down Anet’s priority list.

Reminds me of something else that is falling?

http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/chart?symbol=036570.KS

52-wk Low
?154,000.00

(That’s today! Today is a new low!)

Me! It is the WORST. Absolute worst.

Vanecrox.5094:

You’re in luck, they changed the reset time just for you!

I hope not, I get off work in six hours. Wouldn’t you all be bummed?

What is The Tarnished Coast?

Being ~ KAWAII ~

Being ~ gross erpers ~

Being ~ stubborn ~

Being ~ absolutely awesome ~

Being ~ totes sexy ~

Meanwhile, in the depts of A-Nexon:

“Hold on… This fractal thing.. Gosh, it is so buggy, wait, we will get to you… hummmm now why is our gear treadmill misbehaving? WvW? Oh we will get to you in a moment. Humm now this should go over here? Guh!”

:v

I will direct all my rage at gear progression right into your towers and keeps. Watch it, this is week two of Commander Coral and I am ANGRY!

(…and I am slightly less of a noob at kitten herding…)
(…and I went to siege school! Thanks Theon )

Well, I am stuck at work so now I get to be slightly less jealous.

Yes, this week has been the best WvW week hands-down. Great fights and i certainly learned a lot.

Raf.1078:

But how to invigorate a population that simply has other things to do?

Like grind in a dungeon for ascension gear (AG)? That’s my new goal for WvW! Beyond stupid.

The only thing keeping me in this game is WvW. If AG starts hitting WvW and making a huge impact (as I believe it will,) well then TC is out another diehard WvW’er and a player.

I feel unclean even sticking around but I do love the killing.

Kitten-it Anet, why did you have to go and blow it?

Nymia.3256:

http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/chart?symbol=036570.KS

What?? I for one can’t believe this new innovative strategy of non-grindy fun based gameplay has tanked the NCSoft stock.

I mean.. what gives here guys? They finally added what all of the “most dedicated players” clearly had a “basic need” for… “proper gear progression”.

Shouldn’t that stock price be at an all time high!!!!?!?!11/!?!

Oh wait a minute… it’s at a 52 week LOW?!

Who could have ever seen that coming. I know I sure didn’t.

Gosh, I didn’t know the closing of City of Heroes was such a huge blow to NCsoft. I hope they recover! :v

Hi its me again.

This about sums it up.

It looks like my attached post might have been offensive somehow. I am just not sure. I have blurred out the only word in the post that could be considered offensive.

I think I am going to take a break.

I’ve played way too much GW2. I’ve dumped money into the gemstore because I wanted to support the game. You’ve lost that support.

For the record, I have purchased $240+ worth of GW2 merchandise be it copies for hesitant friends or gems. I did this completely satisfied, because I believed Anet’s marketing lies. This satisfaction has turned to something sour.

Anet/NCsoft – you’re doing this to yourself. You’re killing your game not even six months out of the gate. You’re souring your core player base who bought into your idea of a non-progression MMO.

Very disappointing.

Harassment. It is the reason we don’t have player names in WvW to start with. I followed an exploit portal to confirm that someone was exploiting and the resulting kitten-storm that landed on me because I was trying to confirm an exploit was unreal and it was player-generated from the “other-side” and highly undesirable.

I had a storm of six people scream at me for 20 minutes trying to confirm that someone needed to be reported to Anet. NO THANK YOU.

Thanks Anet.

I just wanted to say that Sidonne De Alba has my respect and thanks for helping get to the bottom of things and talking to me. You rock.

Fun fights lets keep them going right to the end.

Those dishonorable kittens!

You know, you can fix this problem by upping the amount of people you kill right? Who cares if one or two log out, soon Anet will patch that BS out (like the OP Orbs) and they will know who the victor is the next time the pointy end comes calling.

…and its 4:51am. I am going to die from sleep deprivation this week, I just know it. <3 everyone this weeks fighting has been magical so far. CD? Don’t take all those upgraded doors at once okay?

UrCK Iam ded, x.X

Also can a Yaks Bend Commander type write me an in game mail, I have a confirmed exploiter to report. I have a decent screenshot too. No drama llama intended I just assume you want him out of all Yaks Bend guilds while anet processes my email to them.

To the Yak’s Bend Defender that dropped this in their Borderlands around 5:00pm PST, whoever you are, well, I love you. <3

http://i.imgur.com/u3cVm.jpg

And yes, I will use this to play the Trading Post and make tons of money to buy TC endless siege gear. I am sure the whole of TC should thank you. (thanks Anet, thanks RNG!)

PS: Amazing fights between Bay, Garrison, in the ruins, back in supply camps and at Greenwater. Yaks, your defensive Trebs are legendary and I will be taking note for the future so thank you for that too!

I saw someone on SERVER_XXX hacking. I have no more info than that, and if I submitted a report to exploits@arena.net no action would be taken because the accusation is just that, a blind, baseless accusation that certainly doesn’t belong in this thread about weekly matchup details.

Reporting exploits

If you discover an emergency game-breaking or economy-breaking bug, do not exploit it, but please notify us immediately at this email address: exploits (at) arena (dot) net. You may also use this email address to report suspected security vulnerabilities. Thank you to everyone who has sent reports. However, note that we cannot respond individually to emails to this address.

Hummm oh yes, makes sense. http://i.imgur.com/yitIp.jpg

It somewhat violates “the spirit of the Mists” but I wouldn’t go so far as to call it dishonorable.

As it stands, the reason this match is so close is that as soon as one server threatens to build a healthy lead the other two jump into action and claw the leader down. It has been “perfect” so far, and I really feel a good model of how Anet envisioned WvW playing out.

If we had orbs in the mix, who knows how messed up this match would be right now. Good riddance!

Honnor.6295:

Just so the servers know

Last night this person approached 3 Yaksbend Alliance Commanders…

I have never seen this person before and with a name like that I don’t think I am missing much. Maybe they are the commander of the Jumping Puzzle WvW unit or something?

No but seriously, has anyone ever seen this person?

PS: Stuck at work, still haven’t slept from last nights events and wondering what is going to happen when I get home. Sleep or?

OldRodKS.9758:

That was an amazing fight. An opposing army at both the NE and NW walls, with breaches in both walls, and we held them both off! Very well done Coast!

This is an amazing matchup so far. Well fought Yaks/CD!

This is what my mini map looked like: Imgur: http://i.imgur.com/9QmBw.jpg

and attached.

Okay, this was my first real test of being a “commander with an icon” it has been, hard, to say the least! But I am having a blast. Here are some score cards at roughly even times throughout the night so far!

And things have been very interesting! Lets make this week something to remember.

Imgur: http://i.imgur.com/s4AJU.jpg

And attached VVV

Sending an email is not a huge hoop to jump through. I am sorry you’re ~~~not so motivated~~~

That’s exploits@arena.net

Attach an picture, open your documents folder and supply a screenshot, right click on them and find their user name through the reports menu and detail it in your email. GO HOG WILD.

…but for kitten-sake don’t just cry to a forum, that is pointless!

Reporting exploits

If you discover an emergency game-breaking or economy-breaking bug, do not exploit it, but please notify us immediately at this email address: exploits (at) arena (dot) net. You may also use this email address to report suspected security vulnerabilities. Thank you to everyone who has sent reports. However, note that we cannot respond individually to emails to this address.

Source: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Game_status_updates

TC has been gaining more players slowly, that much is true, but a massive HoD influx from last weeks match? That is news to me personally. I spend a good deal of time in WvW so I feel like I should have noticed. This is a mystery!

Lets keep it classy and talk about our fights for this week here.

This week promises to be very interesting so lets keep this thread informative as well.

Lots of NA prime time players here!

See you all after work (and the queue.)

See you after work tomorrow CD! And HoD, I have faith you’re going to pull together one day and climb right back up.

Q: What is a “Shame Ram”?

A:

Quit waking me up Quaggan!

No but really, I’ve had a blast in the HoD BL tonight. Thank you everyone that’s taken part in this magical sleepy time.

Watching people throw themselves off cliffs to avoid your wraith is its own reward. I think you’re playing the game wrong.

Don’t you want pretty pigeons?

The picture of is of Kraitbane Haven in the Caledon Forest. It has lots of pigeons / seagulls flapping about! See Anet already has pretty pigeon technology!

Is my title really that bad? I thought it was funny enough to draw attention. T_T.

I’s so sad.

I am really looking forward to next week’s match with Tarnished Coast / Yak’s Bend / Crystal Desert.

It has all the indicators of being a really fun and relatively even 1v1v1 WvW match!

- I am also loving the writeups in this thread. I never bother with EB so reading about that strange far away place is a pleasure.

Catchism.7216:

Would the opponent be able to use scouts, or counter-intel siege tools to also discover the number of defenders?

Some sort of opponent recon could alleviate the unsavory “server jumping spy” conundrum.

I haven’t fully thought out this line of thinking just yet, but the idea or Orbs providing temp bonuses to Towers/Keeps/Castles (including anti intel etc) has crossed my mind.

Of course, we know Orbs are coming back, just not in what form. It would seem silly to pretend it would play into the system I’ve presented here but it would be nice to dream. Imagine eagles eating pigeons as they tried to leave a tower.

Unrelated side note: When the info is updated the Roost would have a flurry of activity (birds departing, feathers etc) so there would be a visual que that your info just updated as well for people that weren’t nose deep in the map. Plus I just like the idea of birds and Keeps.

I actually wouldn’t mind a longer timer than one minute. Something about two minutes seems about right in my mind as well. Three minutes is a bit on the long side, if players are passing through a Tower/Keep/Castle’s and it “updates” they would be counted as such for long period of time. If the defenders rapidly left three whole minutes of a keep having a 20+ display would give as assault team plenty of time to slip in and wreck havoc while a “lazy” leader type would rely upon 20+ people that weren’t actually at the keep. It could be almost misleading if the time period is too long but it could also make for some interesting mind games for both sides!

Too long of a period and a feature like this would become a handicap!

The reason that times should be give or take ten seconds is so a “consistent” update time like the siege timer cannot be relied upon for concrete information. My thinking behind this is that player interaction and communication should always be more important than a graphic.

I made a lovely post about this here: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/wuvwuv/Idea-The-Pigeons-of-WvW-and-the-Defenders-of-the-Keep/first#post647818

Basically with Pigeons and an active scout or two servers would be able to mount an appropriate defense against most zergs. Now, a proper siege is another question but those should always be more effective than smashing your head against doors and hoping for the best.

I recently posted the following post here:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/wuvwuv/Idea-The-Pigeons-of-WvW-and-the-Defenders-of-the-Keep/first#post647444

And I would love feedback!

- Intro

WvW is often an information battle that can be rather opaque for some servers, guilds, or just weekend warriors. This thread is an idea thread meant to bring reduce the impact of WvW’s biggest barrier to entry which is a distinct lack of information.

The question on most players mind when entering a WvW map is: “Where is everyone? Where should I be? How can I be effective?” All these questions can be answered with information!

- The Status Quo

Currently in WvW we have a mini map with Commander Icons, and if you’re close to other players, green dots on a mini map. This is hardly graceful and players in the south of a map will have to ask in /team, /map or /guide for information. The same applies to a mumble server: “Where is everyone?”

- Why the Status Quo Might be Important

Organization should be rewarded, but I firmly believe that everyone well have more fun if more organizational tools are available to all players of GW2 via in the in-game client. My idea could be seen as “rewarding casuals” or some other line of thought, but for the serious business guilds and groups on Mumble etc, this will only amplify your presence on the battlefield, so read on!

- Pigeon Power! Wait, what?

My idea is based around a Personnel Tier 2 upgrade that can be built at Towers, Keeps and Castles. The upgrade would be a called something like a Carrier Pigeon Roost (or some cuter animal) that offers everyone on their current WvW map some information. This upgrade could EASILY be rolled into an existing T2 Personnel Upgrade. Namely, how many friendly bodies are in a given Tower, Keep or Castle’s immediate vicinity. Please refer to the attached graphic.

It is important to note that numbers are represented as “1+, 5+, 10+, 15+” etc. This way exact counts have to be done by hand.

- I Hate Pigeons and Want Them to Die

Carrier Pigeon Roosts would be exposed and able to be laid to siege in much the same manner as Burning Oil is currently. The Roost would have roughly the same highpoints as Burning Oil. Invaders could siege the Roost and deny defenders their precious airborne information if the Roost is fully destroyed, but hopefully not before more defenders arrive to protect their precious birds! Destroyed Roosts would regenerate in the same manner that destroyed cannons and oil do. Aka, you will need to rebuild with supply!

- Keeps are Better Than Towers If You’re a Bird

But it is no paradise! Keeps offer the Roost protection from invaders but not from expert trebuchet fire, or if Invaders have breached the outer walls!

- Wait, These Pigeons Will Make Turtles Out of Us All!

The Roost upgrade does give more power to defensive play, and that can be a bad thing, however, in order to counter-balance this possible upgrade (that can be removed) commanders would be able to represent a rough number of fellow combatants in their local area of influence in a modest 2,000 radius. If there was a need for a limit a suggested three commanders at a single time could use this buff. First come first served.

- Time, Time is on the Defenders Side and the Sticky Spy Issue

Now having real-time head counts will not work. It would be confusing, hard on the server and prone sabotage from WvW server hopping spies! In order to counteract this effect the pigeons would only be able to fly so fast. All number counts would be updated every minute give or take ten seconds. This would apply to Towers etc as well as the Commander with the numbers count active. This gives a not so realtime understanding of the battlefield. If information is critical (or critical that it be hidden) then players, /team and Mumble will always be the best way to up to date information!

- Your Graphics are Ugly, and I Hate You

This is a mock up idea that I would appreciate your positive feedback or constructive criticisms on. The attached picture is only to aid in understanding and is rather rough.

- Too Long!

A Personnel Upgrade that allows semi real-time information on the map screen about defensive player head-counts around Towers, Keeps and Castles. Commanders could have an “offensive” not so real-time headcount in order to counteract this defensive advantage.

If you have any questions please ask, I will be happy to clarify my thinking. If this thread needs to be moved to Suggestions, I will understand but I wanted the WvW community to see it and a lot of WvW types read WvW religiously.

Thanks for reading!

Mock up image hosted externally: http://i.imgur.com/jOhqo.jpg

Slamz.5376:

All of this really highlights a serious problem with the game, which is that FOR FREE, you can acquire golems in jumping puzzles and then use a squad of them to eliminate the biggest, toughest, most upgraded targets so fast that the enemy simply can’t respond in time to do anything about it.

If every golem cost someone 1 gold or 100 badges, it would be hard to complain about situations like this.

But when I know golem rushes are frequently assembled using jumping puzzle rewards that cost nothing, I become frowny. Nobody should get to bash through thousands of supply and many hours of defensive upgrades for free, in under 3 minutes from the first knock on the door to the capture of the keep.

I agree with you completely. As someone that barely knows where one WvW jumping puzzle is, I’ve only used one Golem I got as a random drop from a PC.

Maybe I am just jealous that doors can melt in 2 seconds but something tells me that isn’t right and the “golem” issue is only going to get worse over time.

Also I am looking for a new line of work Arena net!

Oh yeah if anyone else wants to share an effort-post here about WvW by all means!

- Intro

WvW is often an information battle that can be rather opaque for some servers, guilds, or just weekend warriors. This thread is an idea thread meant to bring reduce the impact of WvW’s biggest barrier to entry which is a distinct lack of information.

The question on most players mind when entering a WvW map is: “Where is everyone? Where should I be? How can I be effective?” All these questions can be answered with information!

- The Status Quo

Currently in WvW we have a mini map with Commander Icons, and if you’re close to other players, green dots on a mini map. This is hardly graceful and players in the south of a map will have to ask in /team, /map or /guild for information. The same applies to a mumble server: “Where is everyone?”

- Why the Status Quo Might be Important

Organization should be rewarded, but I firmly believe that everyone well have more fun if more organizational tools are available to all players of GW2 via in the in-game client. My idea could be seen as “rewarding casuals” or some other line of thought, but for the serious business guilds and groups on Mumble etc, this will only amplify your presence on the battlefield, so read on!

- Pigeon Power! Wait, what?

My idea is based around a Personnel Tier 2 upgrade that can be built at Towers, Keeps and Castles. The upgrade would be a called something like a Carrier Pigeon Roost (or some cuter animal) that offers everyone on their current WvW map some information. Namely, how many friendly bodies are in a given Tower, Keep or Castle’s immediate vicinity. This upgrade could EASILY be rolled into an existing T2 Personnel upgrade.

It is important to note that numbers are represented as “1+, 5+, 10+, 15+” etc. This way exact counts have to be done by hand. Please refer to the attached graphic.

- I Hate Pigeons and Want Them to Die

Carrier Pigeon Roosts would be exposed and able to be laid to siege in much the same manner as Burning Oil is currently. The Roost would have roughly the same highpoints as Burning Oil. Invaders could siege the Roost and deny defenders their precious airborne information if the Roost is fully destroyed, but hopefully not before more defenders arrive to protect their precious birds! Destroyed Roosts would regenerate in the same manner that destroyed cannons and oil do. Aka, you will need to rebuild with supply!

- Keeps are Better Than Towers If You’re a Bird

But it is no paradise! Keeps offer the Roost protection from invaders but not from expert trebuchet fire, or if Invaders have breached the outer walls!

- Wait, These Pigeons Will Make Turtles Out of Us All!

The Roost upgrade does give more power to defensive play, and that can be a bad thing, however, in order to counter-balance this possible upgrade (that can be removed) commanders would be able to represent a rough number of fellow combatants in their local area of influence in a modest 2,000 radius. If there was a need for a limit a suggested three commanders at a single time could use this buff. First come first served.

- Time, Time is on the Defenders Side and the Sticky Spy Issue

Now having real-time head counts will not work. It would be confusing, hard on the server and prone sabotage from WvW server hopping spies! In order to counteract this effect the pigeons would only be able to fly so fast. All number counts would be updated every minute give or take ten seconds. This would apply to Towers etc as well as the Commander with the numbers count active. This gives a not so realtime understanding of the battlefield. If information is critical (or critical that it be hidden) then players, /team and Mumble will always be the best way to up to date information!

- Your Graphics are Ugly, and I Hate You

This is a mock up idea that I would appreciate your positive feedback or constructive criticisms on. The attached picture is only to aid in understanding and is rather rough.

- Too Long!

A Personnel Upgrade that allows semi real-time information on the map screen about defensive player head-counts around Towers, Keeps and Castles. Commanders could have an “offensive” not so real-time headcount in order to counteract this defensive advantage.

If you have any questions please ask, I will be happy to clarify my thinking. If this thread needs to be moved to Suggestions, I will understand but I wanted the WvW community to see it and a lot of WvW types read WvW religiously.

Thanks for reading!

Mock up image hosted externally: http://i.imgur.com/jOhqo.jpg

I hate the 3 min supervisor buff as it is. 20-30 minutes of that buff would make WvW worse than when we had orbs. No thank you!