Guild Wars 2

DevonCarver.5370:

While we never discuss exact rates, that is not out of character with what we would expect at all. Some things are intended to be hard to get with random luck. However, you can buy Ascended gear by acquiring laurels and badges.

I’ve played 2,000 hours of WvW and I’ve gotten exactly 2 ascended rings from rank up chests (about 250 WxP ranks across all 10 characters, I play defense.) Apparently I am more lucky than most. If a PVE’er was graced with one ascended drop per 1,000 hours played they would find things, unacceptable.

PvE’ers get laurels in addition to ascended drops. As well as, a much better selection of yellows / coin. JUST. SAYIN’

Klawlyt.6507:

Ynot.8397:

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Thanks for the tip! Kids, grab your karma jugs. We’re making a road trip!

Hopefully it isn’t too late but…

To get max returns on this kind of adventure get a guild to pop the +15% karma buff, eat +5% karma food (icecreams) and pop a karma booster. You will get an absolutely insane return on investment from all your various karma drops which will feed even more Orrian Jewelry boxes.

I had to ask where “Orr” was and what a Temple was in guild. I had been 80 for months. >.>

A fun party:

1 Power/CC Mesmer
1 Condition Thief
1 Defensive Guardian with a Hammer
1 Necromancer Condition/Power Hybrid
1 Offensive Warrior with some fury shouts / banners

Idk why but it seems fun.

Hickeroar.9734:

2x D/D Eles
1x Thief
1x Engineer
1x Guardian, tanky but still able to deal damage. (knights/valkyrie mix is good)

That looks nasty and I would hate to fight it. But it lacks the critical “stealth rez” role that thieves excel at.

Don’t you understand that developers are busy?

Busy working on “Golem mastery” that is!

Rank1: Golem “Spin to Win” cast time reduced to 1/2 second.
Rank2: Golem “Blue Bubbles” last 5 seconds up from 3!
Rank3: Golem PUNCH ability now 10% stronger!
Rank4 Golems gain a 15s run speed ability – 60s CD
Rank5 Golems gain the ability to /dance

Just my opinion but Siegeraiser was bad enough. I don’t want NPCs making a ninja very hard unless you’re using ranged siege.

We need more basic features for players, not new NPCs.

EFWinters.5421:

But precursors drop from rank chests!

Said no one.

Up to the top with you.

It isn’t that no one cares, it is that we have no hope it will get better. Or at least not for a long time. /hibernate

Defense will come back once we have proper commander tags/grouping options.
/hibernate

If anyone needs me I’ll be aa ffff kk in DR.

Don’t worry! WvW still get utter ~kitten~ for loot! The system is balanced!

Castaliea.3156:

Come on baby, check out this Living World. It has loads of new, never before seen content.

Sad part is, I’ve taken to collecting the stupid balloon for my asura so I can look cuter in town.

Because WvW is so broken. For various reasons such as how matchups are calculated and grouping UI/commander tag functionality just not being there.

Oh well. At least I got to climb to the top of 30 identical towers this morning.

You’ve gotta be kidding me. This isn’t a gender thing. >.<

Ross Biddle.2367:

Awesome, so get on Anet’s back about resourcing and prioritizing to do it.

I think this should be our focus as a WvW forum. But that’s just like, my personal opinion, man.

Topher.1684:

What possible items could they add that were WvW related though? The only thing I can think of are superior style BPs, but if you are a casual WvWder (as in those ppl that just play on fridays) I doubt they would buy this…

Quick ideas:

1) Battle standards
2) Instruments of war (battle drums?)
3) Custom siege skins
4) Custom tower/keep skins
5) Custom tower/keep guards

etc etc

They are all fun in their own ways.

Warriors are fun because they are OP with certain builds.
Thief is fun because you pick almost all your fights.
Guardian is fun because you’re very hard to kill + helping others a lot.
Mesmer is fun because you’ve go so many little tricks and builds.

But pick what you play the most.

No.

/15characters

MegaManExpert.8413:

Was really bored and since I don’t do fan-fiction… I present to you fan-development fiction!

I feel really dirty now I made a scrum chart for Septembers WvW updates. This chart is not in any way related to what ArenaNet is currently developing and only a 30 min mock up of a fans wishful fantasy.

Hopefully someone can get a laugh out of it… also ignore the burn down chart… it would be a lot more interesting if I could fake the whole 2 month sprint~

LOL! Thank you.

I am sorry but you didn’t happen to see the title and or content from that other thread you pulled those quotes from? Also, way to quote me out of context trying to “prove” a point. Perhaps you didn’t read my post properly? Good job, I guess.

edit: here is how you get proper links on this forum software.

Conversation and the exchange of ideas is action.

Bowulf.9726:

Something I feel like a lot of people forget… We don’t PAY anything for GW2… Unless you want to. How much content has been put out there at no extra cost to any player that gets to enjoy it? All of it.

I’ve invested $500+ into GW2 along with an unhealthy 2,500+ hours (most of it in WvW). Some of us are very attached to the game we only want to see improve. Specifically the WvW people need more than we’ve been getting. A new mastery every two to four weeks doesn’t cut it. We need quality of life changes, and better tools to play the game on a day to day basis, not a longer WxP grind that facilitates zerging or tower trading.

Midnattsol.4503:

If you get off your high horse and actually suggest, or give positive feedback? Perhaps they’ll be more inclined to tell you what’s going on.

Nope. I have been posting positive feedback / suggestions since the game came out and it has not once been addressed until I had a fit which allowed other people to echo similar frustrations. THEN, Devon actually answered some questions addressing why long standing issues affecting the player-base have not been addressed in a timely manner and will continue to be issues for some time in the future.

I’ve been bumping two versions of “a better commander system” for months now. No feedback. No pop in from Devon “Hey, nice ideas, but implementing this is more complex than it first appears.” Nadda!

Get people to express their frustrations and bam, more answers than we’ve had from a wvw developer in months. Odd?

I wish it wasn’t this way, I prefer a polite exchange of ideas, but this took enough squeaky wheels to get some grease.

And no I don’t hate Devon. I hate Devon’s bosses. Devon’s the poor guy who actually has to work and produce, his middle manager bosses squeeze him for hours and funding. Whee~ what fun.

DevonCarver.5370:

Hope that is informative.

It was. Thank you.

You seriously need a bigger team. But I am sure you know that. Back to waiting, but at least I can pretend these issues are on some list somewhere and not buried under the proverbial “golem mastery” monthly wvw update.

If it was me I would focus 100% of my efforts to overhaul the guild/commander tag system. New methods in how we play = lots of content that you don’t have to make.

Why do you pick the low hanging fruit and address the guy that clearly has no clue, or is this what you think qualifies for community management?

Where is our commander functionality that is actually functional? Or the ability to kick off-line party members. How about elementalists not providing wxp if they mist form in downed state? How about the supply mastery speed boost upon supply pickup being 33% and not 50% as it says on the tool tip. Have you fixed clipping through gates in towers?

Expioters? Abuse? What qualifies as abuse of wvw mechanics?

Etc I could go on… This is why wvw forum people are upset.

Stat buffs. Anet is IN TOUCH with what wvw needs (like a hammer to the head).

Important feature missing since beta.

Reading comprehension is a precious commodity.

Also give us the ability to kick people who are offline from world v world. We have been asking for this for a year.

Same with commander tag stuff.

DevonCarver.5370:

We’ve got thick skins, but I certainly appreciate constructive feedback. It’s also much more likely to receive a response both in the forums and in the game. So, as always, make good suggestions in a positive way and you’ll see changes. Cheers!

Commander tag overhaul? I messaged you about this and it is constructive.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/wuv/wuv/Different-Color-Commander-Tags-Private-Tags/first#post2395588

Hi how about this for constructive?

Then everyone will run full glass and zerg vs zerg will be determined by who jumps who first.

Hum, no thanks.

Even T1 and T2 is hollowing out. It isn’t just the lower tiers.

selan.8354:

this whole patch is an absolute nightmare for wvw!

Anet doesn’t care and wants WvW to die so they can reduce server costs.

Anet doesn’t care about WvW.

Say it with me now: “Anet doesn’t care about me and wants me to quit.”

Urrid.4593:

Hey anet, look, a real feature that will save WvW. Wait, no, nevermind. Continue to ignore us. We will return the favor.

Hey anet, look, a real feature that will save WvW. Wait, no, nevermind. Continue to ignore us. We will return the favor.

Phantom.8130:

that would be all well and good, except…… there’s one key problem with all of it. the money people spend in the BLTC doesn’t go to Arenanet it goes to NCSoft. who then use that money to fund their other MMOs, including wildstar. so when you put in your credit card numbers, and think you’re helping to support Anet, you’re not. you’re helping to support wildstar. and, THAT, ladies and gentlemen is the reason for all of the focus being on 2 week living story stuff instead of the entire rest of the game. what they’ve been doing is setting up spring break and mardi gras, then filling the BLTC with souvenirs, and then try to lure as many tourists in as possible. those of us who have been playing the game since launch are the locals, and aren’t the target customer base for the giant tourist trap that GW2 has become. so they couldn’t care less about us. they only care about the money they can get out of the tourist they bring in with their constant stream of party events and worthless souvenirs, which are then used to fund the next big project.

+1’ing this hard.

Wildstar is run by NCsoft / Nexon as well, just like GW2 was run by NCsoft / Nexon. Do not give them more money.

This is the only way I can get this thread to properly display. Sorry!

They now have EQN and ESO to worry about. Twelve months from now their player-base is going to be 1/2 if not 1/4th of what it is currently if they do nothing.

Three things that could majorly save WvW’s behind:

1) New Commander Tag options (will reduce zergs if properly done.)
2) New maps or a heavy overhaul of existing maps.
3) On-site GMs that can observe exploitative player behavior any time of day and act accordingly.

Instead we get a “mastery”. Next week its going to be Golem Mastery with +25% Bonus Damage as the 5th trait. (Sarcasm.)

WvW is player driven, but if your players are fed up (and we are) then they will leave and all that free player driven “content” will go with them (and it is).

Shame on you Anet. Or rather Shame on you NCSoft/Nexon/Anet.

This comes up every week or so, and no, anet doesn’t give two craps about WvW.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/wuv/wuv/Different-Color-Commander-Tags-Private-Tags/first#post2395588

Obscure One.4357:

Relax, he’s not making it any worse. What’re they gonna do? Ignore us harder?

Ahaha..

Sad tears.

anet to 2nd class citazens: get kittened, we don’t care about you.

WORST idea I’ve seen here. And I’ve seen some stinkers.

-1.

This skill tree is NECESSARY if you’re a commander. Also, for slower classes the 30s speed boost is a godsend when out of supply.

If you roam, get this.
If you’re a commander, you need to max this tree out.

Devon, give us real commander tag functionality.

Yup, still need this Anet.

Bump if you agree?

A simple change would give wvw a new lease on life.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/wuv/wuv/Different-Color-Commander-Tags-Private-Tags/first

It is so insanely simple and yet, SUPPLY MASTERY!

Kitten!

Well now, a new day, a new protest. bump

Umut.5471:

We also need private guild-only commander tags. It’ll be only visible to his guild mates.
This would be useful for guild-only raids, targeting the commander with ctrl+t is getting old.

Read my post, let me know what you think!

The passcode function allows you to distribute information as you see fit, so for instance “/g Hey, I am running a private tag, pass 2223”

Burnfall.9573:

OP

Great Post.

Great Ideas.

Aww thanks!

Jayne.9251:

Releasing soon

http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/08/02/soe-live-2013-everquest-next-explained

Cannot. Wait.

Wow, even the match up thread is under-performing. How boring.

I am sure someone somewhere has a point, I just pray they take the time to type out many paragraphs to prove it. Only then will the greater population of Eve Online be content with words.

Wait, this is GW2? Oh…

EQN is coming. What will be first, an entirely new MMO game or a relatively small change like this?

Right now I’ve hit peak burnout from the lack of meaningful changes to WvW.

Major WvW Changes:

Some expoited terrain removed
Orbs removed
Culling removed
AC hi-jinks
WXP levels
And Crazy Matchmaking

Nothing major since. This ALL has happened in one whirlwind year.