Guild Wars 2

eisberg.2379:

If legendaries were actually something other then an RNG grind, then the OP has a point. But Legendaries are nothing more then an RNG grind, and there is nothing really special about getting one. So being sold on the TP or grinding through the RNG, either way neither really is anything special.

So the real issue isn’t about it being sold on the TP, the real issue is that there is no meaningful way to obtain one, there is nothing special about getting a legendary.

I would be all for advocating taking out the RNG to obtaining one, and make it some kind of epic story line and or achievements to obtain one. IF they did that, then I would be all for being account bound. But as long as it is nothing special to get one, and nothing more then an RNG grind, I say having them for sale on the TP makes no difference, either way it is a grind.

I think he started this discussion premature to when the ascended weapons and legendaries will have higher stats than exotics. When that happens, like you said, his argument will have a valid point. As for right now there are certain legendaries that inherently cheapened the “wow factor” of getting them because so many people have it (Twilight, anyone?). The fact that you can buy them now does virtually nothing to the “value” of legendaries. I’ve yet to see a good deal on any of them that doesn’t involve spending nearly twice as much gold as you would having to grind for it.

Anakita Snakecharm.4360:

I’m really excited about this! It looks great!

One thing I wasn’t quite clear on was whether to interpret the no dragons thing as “You will not confront and defeat another Elder Dragon in this plot arc” or “This is completely unrelated to the dragons.” Those would be two very different things.

InfamousBrad.5879:

The MMO I came here from wanted to do that, but their art creation and editing tools were just way too labor-intensive. If Anet beats that curse, if they don’t just create new zones but change the existing live zones as the story moves forward, they will have my undying gratitude.

I’m wondering if we came here from the same game, because I had the same thought. It would be really neat if our actions did indeed change the game world permanently.

The thing is it seems that most of this recent content seems to be building up towards something. Back before beta during the press creation of a dynamic event Colin mentioned that species like the Krait were surfacing more often due to the “mysterious” underwater dragon, and then in November we had the Karka event which seems to have the same origins, “mysteriously” appearing from the deep. I feel that this event, though much more spread out over time, will be yet another set up for a major content patch that will change the face of Tyria forever.

I’m actually really pleased with the fight as it is. GoM moving up a tier is definitely scary to everyone considering how much of a PvE server we’ve become. You guys really put up a good fight.

NSP – That was a dirty move spawn camping us in EB at reset. Nice try though. Keep zerging it up. 50 defending a supply camp was pretty funny to see. Especially when we went to attack it and the moment I hit the quartermaster 50 of you rendered in and destroyed our group of 15 + 5 golems. I think I’ll enjoy this week.

AR – what happened? I haven’t seen a single humongous zerg from you guys! The one large group I did see let 5 of us stop you from taking Umberglade. Come on, guys. I expect a better fight out of you.

Happy trails to everyone. Maybe at the end of this we can all cease fire and have a massive tonic party. Cheers to all.

PS. - That one newb who walks into the tonic party will probably start attacking and turn a fun time into a bloodbath. Let’s do it before that newb shows up

TxJBxT.9370:

Viking Jorun.5413:

I want to know how HoD is placing trebs north of Cragtop where siege deployment is blocked :P

Its not blocked.

Then why is your siege invulnerable and under the effect of determined? It makes it impossible to hold onto Cragtop for more than a matter of minutes.

I want to know how HoD is placing trebs north of Cragtop where siege deployment is blocked :P

I see no issue with glass cannon thieves. The squishier they are, the faster I take them down.

Leogolas.6941:

@viking, ET warriors whinning? No ideal where that came from.
I went to Eb with 10 -12 players 12 hrs ago, we tried and took some supply camps and towers while we were there. We got push back to spawn later but that was all fun , no 1 was whinning about anything except making plans to assault the towers and camp again.
( side note: I love that naked thief running around in Eb, that was really funny)
No whinning from us my friend , good or bad we fight. There’s nothing to whine about anyway.

Haha that’s awesome! No, I’m referring to both HoD and ET and the few people who have come on the forums saying we’re cheaters and outnumbering everyone, etc. I’m glad to see you guys are still having fun. I really enjoy fighting you guys. Just back off for a minute or two so I can finally get a screenshot of when GoM has 100% of the map, then take as much as you’d like

I’m surprised at the hate we’re getting against GoM. Those of you that think we just zerg around are inherintly wrong. Every time I see us losing ground I contact a major WvW guild and tell them to take the southern and northern supply camps of a keep and then strike. We’ve build fake siege to make you guys think we’re assaulting your garrison when in reality we’ve got 5 guys taking down a wall with 6 catapults. I’m not going to tell you it isn’t a numbers game, but I am here to tell you that we don’t mindlessly zerg around. You obviously haven’t seen me call in a mesmer portal insertion to diffuse one of your zergs and drive you all the way back to your Borderlands spawn.

Sincerely,
GoM

As for HoD, I’m pleasently surprised at the WvW spirit you guys have. I’ve learned a few tricks for defending supply camps from you guys thanks to the few of you with beating hearts for WvW. Keep it up. I enjoy every fight we have against you. I’ve learned a trick or two to getting past most of your defenses that aren’t on a wall or behind a gate, though. You might want to start bunkering your siege in open world situations.

ET – Please stop whining about us having way more than you. While this may be true there have been several fights against your people in which we’ve been outnumbered and still driven you back. That 30-person zerg on our north keep in EB yesterday? That was 3 people defending it with superior arrow carts.

Have a nice day everyone!

roostapro.9827:

Viking Jorun.5413:

Hey guys, Ferrum Blacktide here, a commander from GoM. You guys losing is not a result of outnumbering, cheating, or hacking. The commanders of GoM have been planning our comeback for the past two weeks, so thank you all for being a part of it. It really means a lot to me that so many of you guys are still being good sports about it.

PS: GoM finally learned to defend.

GoM took 1/2 the Server onto ET Borderlands and ran around like a mindless zergball…..

for example, 6(0) pool zergling all in rush = gg (SC2), 1/2 server all in rush = lost tower

Not really tactics imo, just a simple cheese, but w/e floats your boat.

Was fun fighting & killing 1/2 the zerg at the gate of Dreaming bay, Churning Earth is Op..probably the only skill useful to a D/D ele (No doubt people will complain about it….and ask for a nerf like all our other skills -.-)

anyway, here a Screenie of the GoM zerg wanting longview tower (Oh yeah, you can’t kill me when I am in this spot…)

(all that for an undefended tower? Really?……)

all in all was fun fighting you guys that it took 1 (And a 1/2?, i lost count) hours for you guys to get into dreaming bay…..

:)

Yes, because assigning every major guild to a single borderlands to capture and hold onto isn’t tactics. Mesmer portal insertions aren’t either, no. And surely being on Mumble and coordinating with many of the other commanders did not help, either. I must just be an ignorant fool. You’re right. GoM cheats, all the way.

We have the same amount of people as you and HoD. The only time you guys quit is when we started owning everything, so don’t start playing the numbers game.

Also, we didn’t own SM until 3 hours after reset. Try going for everything else first, rather than lowering your defenses to rush SM.

Has GoM finally earned the opponent butthurt achievement? I think so. Good day.

Hey guys, Ferrum Blacktide here, a commander from GoM. You guys losing is not a result of outnumbering, cheating, or hacking. The commanders of GoM have been planning our comeback for the past two weeks, so thank you all for being a part of it. It really means a lot to me that so many of you guys are still being good sports about it.

PS: GoM finally learned to defend.

Hey guys, Ferrum Blacktide here. In addition to coordination and planning between commanders, we hope that the guild will become somewhat of a governing body determining the fate of the server as a whole, since every commander is part of another guild and we can use this influence to branch out our knowledge and word. I’d like to thank all of you for your support. It means a lot to Saria and I. In addition, Gate of Madness is in dire need of more players joining the server and less leaving. If you dedicated players out there could put the word out there and get more players joining our server we’d be in a much better position to get the GoM WvW ball rolling.

Thank you,
~Ferrum Blacktide