Guild Wars 2

Are the shadow dyes a limited time shop item?

I have to agree my thief is getting his butt handed to him just facing 3 or 4 low levels mobs at once. My health drops by 70% within 5 seconds of facing 3 level 26 mobs and soloing vets requires a lot of kiting.

The problem with the stability changes is certain professionals abilities were balanced around having only one strong stability skill on a long cool down while others were balanced to have a lot of stability skills and/or abilities.

The way they have added stability stacks to certain skills is completely imbalanced. For example the thief elite one only gives 3 stacks, with a massive cool down and its our only stability skill yet warriors get like 4 or 5 skills/abilities on shorter cool downs with some of them giving 5 stacks.

I HATE the male char faces all the noses are way too big and square. Human male faces are bland, I see no differences there and the Sy male faces look different but a bit too weird.

Where are these new faces? I am seeing nothing new for male charrs /slys or humans in create a character.

kittenahe.3108:

Best update in GW2 History

I would say its one of the worst patches since release. The amount of game breaking bugs this patch comes with puts it up there with the worst. It’s ike no testing went into this before going live.

The other issue is they make it so teleports require a target to reduce the mobility of classes using them (mostly thief even though thieves are suppose to be the most mobile profession) but they don’t do the same for Warrior Great Sword Charge or Ranger great sword leap or 1 handed sword leap. That to me isn’t right or fair or balanced. Why should Warriors and Rangers be the most mobile professions who escape sweeping mobility nerfs?

The patch brings with it about 20 bugs and some of them are game breaking. It needs to be rolled back and TESTED before being put on the servers.

Thieves are the ones getting screwed.

We have to use up a ability slot if we want to even come close to other professions in mobility when thieves are suppose to be the most mobile profession.

Warriors & Rangers only have to switch out to great sword to get 1200 charge /leap on a low CD with no target required. Warriors can also use leap on 1 hand sword. Warriors and Rangers don’t have to sacrifice any ability slots to have great mobility.

Fact is once again Rangers and Warriors come out on top while other professions get nerfed.

The mobility nerf is also a nerf to stealth since certain skills now won’t trigger stealth without a target.

Way to go Anet. Why didn’t Anet put the SAME limitations on Great sword and 1 handed sword for Warrior and Ranger? That way it equals the playing field as the current changes come off as unfair and biased.

It’s not ok to use combat ability’s to close or run from targets if your not within range….. UNLESS your a RANGER or WARRIOR. Thats what your telling us with this update.

The least useful for most content in pve/wvw are thief & necro

Ranger is best WvW profession
Guard/Ele/Warrior/Mes are best PVE professions

Nerfing thieves again?

The Thief. A profession that a lot of players moved away from because there are plenty of better professions for helping take on PVE content and in WvW we are just scouts. Other professions are far more useful and effective in WvW. So what are thieves left with exactly?

The dark irony of this is warriors & Rangers have been using:

Great sword – Charge / Leap

and

Sword – Leap

To have equal or greater mobility than classes who are suppose to have greater mobility then them..

If they are going to make it so teleport’s need a target within range then Great Sword charge / leap and Sword Leap should REQUIRE a target within range too since Warriors and Rangers are not suppose to be the mobility kings.

If ANet are only going to make it so teleports need a target in range and not warriors/ranger weapon skills than this changed is biased and blatantly unfair.

Players who do play more then one class know the recent posts on here by main char only warriors and mesmers are a Joke.

A half decent Warrior player can beat any half decent Thief player. Warriors are easier to play and easier to win with without having to be perfect.

Mesmers are currently dog dogs in WvW as we have a rather cheap build thats FOTM.

Thief has a higher skill ceiling then both as you are REQUIRED to dodge perfectly, time your skills perfectly and have the right set up. Other classes can make a mistake or two or fudge up a skill and still be fine.

People need to go level up a few alts and then they will see which classes they will be bringing to WvW or PVP or PVE. Thief is still fun but it’s in the bottom half of classes when it comes to pure effectiveness or winning across all three settings.

To put my post into context Necromancers have it worst then any other class. The last class you want to roll for any content is the Necro. Anet needs to seriously look into buffing the classes that are falling short and create better synergy between skill ceiling / effectiveness.

Classes with a higher skill ceiling should be more effective when played to that level.

What they need to do is make the thief class more mobile. After all a guy carrying 2 daggers or dagger/pistol should move faster or have more mobility then guys carrying big heavy weapons. It should be the thief that’s leaping about with their weapons or sprinting with them not a heavy weapons class.

Maybe there needs to be a passive 13% speed buff added to acrobatics line for any thief main handing a dagger. That way the thief class can finally get 33% speed when using shadow signet instead of the current 20% we get.

I know I’m going to get some heat for this but the great swords charge ability needs its ranged halved. Currently its used for running away or gaining ground. It’s rarely used as a charge. (intended use) That in itself is past the scope of what the warrior is suppose to be doing. Either make charge a ability where you NEED a target WITHIN range or nerf the range.

Warriors have a Horn, Sword Leap and a Banner for Speed boosts. Having charge on top of that is over kill and makes us top on mobility when its the thief class that should be in that spot.

I see a lot of Warriors here playing down our class strengths because if we really admitted we have more mobility then the thief class then we might have to admit thief isn’t meeting their class’s role. Play both a Warrior and a Thief.

I play Warrior using Sword+horn for the speed buff+leap having great sword as my secondary weapon for charge. This set up give up any of my ability slots.

On my thief I have to give up 2 of my three ability slots and dump a bunch of traits to have any form of out mobility that comes close to a Warriors. Even then My Warrior is STILL more mobile then my thief while being tougher and easier to play.

Fact is the thief class in this game is a Joke because they are NOT the most mobile class by far (a few classes are more mobile) and Stealth is WEAK in this game.

The amount of AOE attacks in this game that have a very large cone of attack which even hits behind their target make the limited stealth in this game a Joke. Stealth is just there to set up backstabs.

The main issue the thief class has if we have to make sacrifices when building towards a goal. If we want mobility we have to give up damage/defence abilitys/traits. If we want damage we have to give up mobility/strength. If we want defence/support ability we have to give up damage.

Even though we have to make them sacrifices to be built a certain way we are still not that great at the role we do end up choosing. There is always another class that does damage or mobility better then us while maintaining other strengths from their class.

In my opinion the thief class needs a slight buff to it’s mobility without having to make so many sacrifices to obtain that edge.

TheQuickFox.3826:

DO NOT BUY A SECOND COPY, IT IS BUGGED

I sent a support ticket regarding this issue. Because of the low price, I bought a second copy of the Digital Deluxe Upgrade in Gem Store for 500 gems, expecting to get an additional Chalice of Glory, Tome of Influence and Golem Banker. But the in-game mail “Special Item Delivery” I received after my purchase did not contain any of these attachments.

I did get a second mail with the Heroic Chest (Armor chest) but not the rest of the items I purchased.

I submitted a ticket yesterday asking for these missing items or a refund of my 500 gems. I’m still waiting for a solution at the moment I write this.

I have the same issue. All I got was the Armour and boosters.

Still no response? Is there a issue with their email?

I have the same issue but my payment went through. Still no email with my game

Item’s that are useless should be removed so new players don’t end up buying them by accident and souring their gaming experience.

The fact is this is a GAME and the developers have gone out of their way to help new players avoid spending golds/silver on items they can’t use by providing thousands of in game descriptions to tell you exactly what a item is and when you sometimes try buy a item you can’t use you get a warning message on your screen.

The devs clearly don’t want new players or even old making mistakes on what they buy. They have gone out of the way to make sure that’s the case. All completely useless items which have been removed from the game should be removed from the trading post and all players that way in years to come we don’t have a trading post filled with thousands of items that are useless. Do we really want a Trading post filled with useless junk that increases every year?

We need Anet to hire MORE WvW Game Masters.

We need aNet to add a report option for WvW griefing.

People need to be banned from Gw2 for 2 weeks on their first offence and banned forever on their second.

If Anet are not willing to hire staff or use their staff to take action then a supply usage limit needs to be placed on a individual account across a 24 hour period. WvW should be about team play so having a limit shouldn’t be to much of a issue.

I don’t know how these changes will effect WvW or Roaming or PVP. Will it make it worse or better for skilled Guilds who use Team Speak and build teams to try take out higher numbers? No idea.

What I do know is this games called Guild Wars 2. Not Zerg Wars or Whoever has greatest numbers lolwins.

Guild VS Guild battles should be encouraged. Skilled Guild play should be encouraged. Skilled hard working Guilds who work together knowing how to build classes specifically for their WvW group while using Teamspeak and timing their abilities perfectly should beat a disorganised larger group of players even at a 2 to 1 ratio. It’s that kind of gameplay that helps keep GW2 fun and reduce the boredom that comes with other repetitive end game content.

If people want skill, team work, organisation and guilds to lose in WvW or be discouraged your asking for GW2 to die. Player retention will drop as Zerg play is repetitive, dull and burns people out.

It’s like doing them daily world boss events where we are all sat there spamming skills like a bunch of zombies for our daily loot injection. It’s stupid, dull and redundant. They may as well leave chests in them locations for players to loot every 24 hours as there no risk or gameplay. The same will apply to WvW if a Skilled Guild can’t beat a disorganised zerg. It will dumb down the game to show up and win. Who really wants WvW to be LOLzerg wins every time. Where exactly is the fun in that?

Remember this game is called Guild Wars. I hope whatever changes they make the devs remember that.

Edit: One thing I will say though is skilled Guild Vs Guild gameplay should not rely on any one class or skill or ability. If there is a massive reliance on Stab or Guards or whatever that needs to change so that any Guild of skilled professions can beat a disorganised larger group. There should not be “We need X profession for skilled Guild play” There needs to be more options there.

Iris.5918:

This please. It’s such a pain having those random target change in the middle of battle. I don’t want to select anything with the right click NEVER EVER.
If you don’t want to remove it at least give us an option to turn it off because this is really ruining the gaming experience of a lot of people.
Thank you

I have to second this. Remove right click targeting and give us right mouse turn on the spot.

Direct player to player trading is a strong social feature of mmorpg’s. Removing direct trading from a game just to try tackle gold farmers only punishes the millions of legitimate mmorpg gamers.

Direct trade between players is a feature i Expect in a MMORPG. It is a aspect of Role playing and a common feature of MMO’s. The scourge of Gold sellers should never be fought with restrictions that directly effect legitimate players. Once a developer starts removing features from a game to fight gold sellers then gamers have already lost.

Gaile Gray.6028:

I think each player needs to discuss their individual situation with the Support Team. Most of these restrictions are measures to prevent fraud. That’s not to say YOU are trying to act in a fraudulent manner, but something — perhaps the details on your credit card — is flagging the card and therefore requiring the involvement of the team to help process the purchase(s). They’ll be happy to discuss this with you via a ticket, since each case can have different details.

These restrictions are causing issues i have never encountered when making payments online. I used paypal to buy the game and gems and each time i have to contact support to remove the restriction. There is nothing wrong with my card or paypal and its paypal that i am using as thats more secure then my card as i don’t have to share my CC info.

The second time i contacted support i asked them to remove the restriction completely. They ignored that part of my message. It is clear that i am not the only one with these issues. It seems the system that’s in place flags for fraudulent activity where there is none otherwise support would not keep lifting the restriction for 24 hours. If the payment system in GW2 saved my paypal then maybe i would not have to contact support every single time i want to buy gems or maybe the payment issues run deeper then that on your end.

Either way i should have zero issues using paypal to buy gems and if i ask for my restrictions to be lifted for my paypal it should stay that way. Being told by support that they only lifted my restriction for 24 hours seems to indicate they assume im a criminal or that GW2 accounts are less secure then other MMO or shop accounts online.

I will contact support again to get them to completely lift the restriction but if they ignore me or refuse i may just take my money elsewhere as it will be too problematic for me to wait for a responce from support every time i want gems for a sale.

DaedalusDragon.3754:

I feel that this is a non-issue. Either stop playing due to this or get used to it. If I ever noticed it being “different” it must have taken me a minute to get used to it because it was never noticed. I feel that it makes more sense this way. Why would my character stand in place spinning in circles all of the time? Do it in real life and tell me that it doesn’t look stupid lol.

If someones behind you, you turn around. You don’t run in a circle till your facing the person.

KICKER.3874:

That type of camera control was made because of the limitations of consoles and then passed on to other games. If you didn`t notice, console garbage is influencing PC games a lot, and not for the better.

Actually, come to think of it, it`s really sad that someone could consider PC camera controls a bug. I`m glad at least Anet knows the difference even if you don`t appreciate it.

It has nothing to do with consoles. PC mouse turn has been around since the early 90’s long before the PC started getting any console ports or consoles got PC ports. We have had turn on the spot controls since the days of doom, everquest and might & magic.

The Guild Wars 2 mouse turn setup is a step backwards in mouse controls as it removes the option of turning on the spot. Something thats usefull in PVP and for any class that has positional damage. If we wanted mouse freelook/freecamera there has been a extra option for that in other earlyer MMO’s. So infact we have lost a control setup and gained nothing.

I am having the same problem but with paypal. It seems many accounts are blocked from buying anything until you contact support. Even then they only unlock your account for 24 hours.

Why are our accounts locked by default? why are the only unblocked for 24 hours?

Ever hear about the EULA that stated that you would have to give up your first born child to play their game? EULA’s are mostly a joke that hold no water when challenged.

Most EULA’s would not hold up in a court of law as they are currently written in such a way that violates many consumer rights in various countries.

[—-001:000792:15549—-] my support ticket code. Can i get my account perma unlocked?

The medium armor skin on sale. It says soulbound on use. It does not say anything about masterworks etc…

Well i just bought myself the cosmetic gear that’s on sale in the Gem store thinking i could use it on all characters since its listed as account bound only to find out its soulbound on use.

If i had known this was the case i would not of bought them from the store as i am use to cosmetics not having this limitation. Once i buy a cosmetic all characters i make should have access to that cosmetic as thats the standard i have come to expect.

Other MMO’s i have played can apply cosmetic gear to all characters.

Why are store bought cosmetic items soulbound? and not account bound?

Is there plans to make them account bound?

When i first tried to buy Guild Wars 2 it would pop up with a error saying to contact support. After contacting support they emailed me this back.

In reviewing your account, I can see that I am able to override your purchase restriction for 24 hours. Please make your purchase within this time frame. If you are unable to make the purchase within that time, you may need to contact us again.

I managed to buy GW2 while it was lifted. 2 days later i tried buying Gems using my paypal and i got another error saying to contact support.

In reviewing your account, I can see that I am able to override your purchase restriction for 24 hours. Please make your purchase within this time frame. If you are unable to make the purchase within that time, you may need to contact us again.

I bought the Gems in that time frame but i don’t want to have to email support every single time i want to buy gems or expansions. Can these restrictions be removed completely and not just for a 24 hour period?

In my own opinion a deep discount is 66% off or more. A great discount is 50%. A good discount is around 35%. 25% is average or low discount in the gaming world. To be fair GW2 is a new MMO and i would not expect higher then 50% off yet.