Guild Wars 2

Leo Paul.1659:

I kinda feel like the whole button system is a weak design. We get so much buttons that last for an hour each, they just take up unnecessary space and serve no real purpose.

So many buttons? AFAIK we only have two candidates, who give out two buttons, occupying two slots.

Leo Paul.1659:

Aside from campaign, what other purpose do these buttons serve? I mean, I’m already done with the achievement, can I just destroy these? I mean, they don’t give us buffs right?

They’re novelty.

Even though Evon is rich, he still needs campaign funds. So I’ll buy badges if I so please.

Lord Trejgon.2809:

helm are not worth a whole stack of scraps… – because there are ugly!

It’s very subjective. I find them to look great on humans.

Do you think that there is some special code in the game that alters the precursor chance the moment you post a crafted weapon on the TP?

It’s too complicated. Occam’s Razor.

What other conspiracy theories do you have, Brother Grimm?

So any other servers that are doing this? Looking to get my farm on.

cesmode.4257:

Thinking of server transferring, but want to make sure theres a decent PVE presence there. I could guest, I suppose…which I think I will do tonight.

How is Orr? Gates of Arah and all of those statue events? People do them? Enough people do the dragon events? Enough on lower lvl zones?

Enough people to do them. Every temple and Arah is usually uncontested, except for Grenth.

I disagree. I think politics is a good idea and interesting.

I would assume the Ghastly Grinning Shield is one.

Aw man you should have merely saved those scraps and bought the helm. The backpiece is not worth it in terms of scraps since they are very cheap on the TP in terms of gold.

Yeah I’m really kitten ed off at Anet for not coming out with this minigame sooner

4 weeks bro. That makes it better for you! Make sure you vote even more now!

#KillKiel
#VoteEvon

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Vol.5241:

1.) No one is forcing you to buy these skins. If you want to blow 50-200g on these skins (which aren’t even worth the money), then it’s your fault if you lose out. Don’t complain when the house wins.
2.) The current system is better than before. At least this time your failures still contribute to a reward in the end
3.) Guaranteed drop rates aren’t good. I bet a good majority of people like having rare skins that you don’t see other people wear. If they allowed guaranteed rates, these skins would be just another flavor of the month.

How is this system in any way shape or form better than dragon coffers or fortune scraps?

The only advantage is that you can directly buy these off the TP instead of buying the coffers. However the prices for these are set strictly by the trials drop rate, not the BLK’s otherwise they’d be an order of magnitude higher in cost.

Doesn’t change anything for me. I’m not going to gamble for a chance at a skin unless I can do it without the gemstore.

When I say better I’m thinking from both perspectives – Anet and players. Anet wants the most money. Players want stuff for free. So the middle ground is tough to balance.

I don’t have anything to back it up, but I’m pretty sure Anet loses a ton of money utilizing the coffer/scrap method. I don’t think anyone is naive enough to waste money on the BL fortune scraps or BL dragon coffers when they have a pretty low chance to begin with (it doesn’t scale well with normal scraps/coffers).

So this change is much better for the both sides as a whole since it both increases Anet’s profits while also gives players a sense of progression even through BL chest failures.

lunyboy.8672:

Revan.6259:

nearlight.3064:

I don’t really even see the point of legendary trinkets imo, unless they’d have the stat change out of combat ability that the weapons are getting. Other than back items, the visuals of an amulet ring or accessory would go unseen xD

The only other reason I could see is if the legendary trinkets added some sort of effect to your character, like an aura or some other cosmetic change.

I could see like an amulet giving you a glow, but back pieces are already visual is most cases. Perhaps you need a full set of legendary jewelry for a halo or head-located visual effect of some type, since the weapons give you a glow and a footstep effect.

Perhaps a colored halo, a crown, a void effect, a disc, or other transient visual. It would be sweet to have a dragon helm with a burning crown above it. Now all I need is a red norn….

Yeah something similar to the floating ‘badge’ we get while using the Kiel/Evon consumables.

Ursan.7846:

Lord Krilik.3692:

Vol.5241:

and this is a problem?

Yes, player manipulation of the market causes trouble for the wider playerbase. It’s one of the reasons for cutting down RMT in an online world. They tend to inflate the prices which in turn causes grief for genuine players.

kitten Vol. We rich players are not “genuine” people. Ah well lets go manipulate and increase prices of Dusk just for kittens and giggles

What’s that? We can’t actually monopolize the market of one of the rarest items in the game because about a dozen of them gets traded everyday? What is this!?

what did I do? ;/

1.) No one is forcing you to buy these skins. If you want to blow 50-200g on these skins (which aren’t even worth the money), then it’s your fault if you lose out. Don’t complain when the house wins.
2.) The current system is better than before. At least this time your failures still contribute to a reward in the end
3.) Guaranteed drop rates aren’t good. I bet a good majority of people like having rare skins that you don’t see other people wear. If they allowed guaranteed rates, these skins would be just another flavor of the month.

So you’re not going to vote for Evon cause he’s Charr?

Racist.

spend your laurels dude lol

Too hard? You’re just not playing good enough to warrant a high score.

If it was too easy, then it would be too hard for you since it would also be easy for everyone and you’d have to compete.

If you want a high score, kill as many people as you can in the start with headshots. And then if you die, just go around farming orbs.

Haven’t read anything in this thread yet but.

I use the bomb behind the house trick. Everyone drops bombs behind the house west of the gate, then run back to get bombs to place at the gate.

And then there’s the bomb exploit :]

There are exploits that negatively impact the game and there are exploits that don’t.

#KillKiel
#VoteEvon

This is never a good idea in elections. They never give you a rolling count while balloting is in process.

So there are no misc. goods down west? or rations? When I went there as a ghost form to scout I saw nothing at all.

As a person with a vested interest in cheaper BL keys, you bet I’m going to rig this election.

Yeah, and what’s the deal with the area in the west? Is that an area that we can actually hide in?

I love killing people with headshots within 10 seconds of the start. The rage that people let out!

I disagree. This game is great.

ilr.9675:

^Would rather be a total elitist than a Poseur elitist…

Vol.5241:

danbuter.2314:

What dungeon will be the next AC/CoF once CoF is nerfed? We all know that is what will happen. They will find it and all go there and grind it over and over.

CoE is already farmed and it gives quite a good amount of gold through charged cores/lodestones.

Yeah it is farmed… but that farming was started by True Elitists, not pure Rote-memory / rote-build pseudo Elitists. Most COF1 players will have to evolve beyond their First-Tier Optimal playstyles in order to start farming it.

You’re also ignoring the fact here that Colin told us Lodestones would start dropping from ALL CHAMPIONS. So there goes the biggest reason we farmed COE and pretty much only COE for the charged variety in the first place. (AR dungeon will also be addded to Fractals which will bring that up to 2 possible instances inside Fractals that can also drop/salvage Charged stones …. and then possibly a THIRD route if Kiel pulls out an upset here and the Reactor Disaster becomes the next Fractal after that)

Sure. And then if farming champions becomes profitable we’ll just head over there. Heck we’d probably chain-run Cursed Shore.

Elbegast.6970:

Looks to be another very bland content patch.

Datamined patch notes =/= next patch

danbuter.2314:

What dungeon will be the next AC/CoF once CoF is nerfed? We all know that is what will happen. They will find it and all go there and grind it over and over.

CoE is already farmed and it gives quite a good amount of gold through charged cores/lodestones.

That’s why it’s a feeble attempt to nerf anything us farmers do. We just move on to the next one.

After CoE it’ll be TA1

Meglobob.8620:

Oh unlimited salvage kits…I will buy gems to get one of those…

Bet its soulbound thou, so you after buy 1 for each character…sad face…

Keep in mind that it’s a basic tool. So it shouldn’t be used on stuff you want ectos on.

It should be used on blues/whites.

Courtesy of that_shaman
http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1iwok3/dishonorable_mini_pets_motd_armors_and_much_more/

Highlights:
-Royal Terrace – looks like an instance where you can do anything that you would normally do in Lion’s Arch (Crafting, forging, banking, tping). Could this be a guild hall as well?
-Unlimited Salvage Kit
-New armor/weapon sets
-Treasure hunting
-more game optimization options (line of distance, effects)

Emperor.1360:

This OP’s post is more elitist than anything I have seen in CoF.

It’s funny because every opinion I have, OP is directly opposite to it. It’s like we’re nemesis’ ;D.

Like a longcat vs tacgnol

and this is a problem?

Not really. What was said that before new classes would be added to this game, they would have the existing classes to have more functionality in weapons.

i.e. a guardian might be able to use a pistol, a warrior a staff, and elementalist a sword.

If you don’t like elitists then don’t join them.

Zerk runs are synonymous with speed runs.

If you fail miserably, you will get kicked.

Wolfheart.1938:

Valanga.5942:

Wolfheart.1938:

This comes from someone that plays mainly Guardian and Necromancer, the two slowest professions I believe.

Guardian slow? Wut?

Staff + retreat + save yourself = Usain Bolt.

So what? There’s more to mobility than swiftness, and most classes can achieve a similar result with a simple +25% movement speed signet

You want to talk about mobility with guardian?

Stand Your Ground. Aegis stability (traited). Judge’s Intervention. Greatsword 3.

Yeah I meant infusing by putting it to the forge. Blame Anet for calling a forged ring “Infused” ;(

I hope you didn’t waste laurels on an infusion

Yoke.4671:

ZudetGambeous.9573:

Oh look gaurdian and warrior buffs… how shocking and surprising…

Well at least they are consistent with every patch since launch….

It would be a lot quicker if they just gave warrior and guardian IWin buttons and were done with it.

What are you talking about, Grdns have been getting nerfs since betas lol

Do you even play this game?

To be fair, Guardians haven’t been nerfed into irrelevancy. We’re still the best class in the game, and one of the most wanted in dungeons (next to zerk warriors)

Mad Rasputin.7809:

To be honest, it will suck if the generic recipe stays the same. Especially if they introduce a full complement of legendary armor. Imagine having to get 6 more gifts of exploration just to try to get a full set of legendary armor? Geesh that is a lot of repetative exploring!

Oh I definitely don’t think legendary armor/trinkets will be the same, I was thinking of Legendary weapons.

Legendary armor I can see being expensive to make per piece – between 200-300g per piece.

Legendary trinkets even less so, considering that legendary stats are equal to ascended and we already have a plethora of options in game.

Erasculio.2914:

Vol.5241:

Hell Avenger.7021:

how about some gameplay addition, beside the living story……

You do know living story is pretty much another name for “content update” or “gameplay addition” right?

Truth be said, this time many of the update notes for the Living Story are just “thing X is still there…”, not really new things being introduced. It looks like we get basically 3 mini games and one story instance.

Sure, completely ignore the entirely new zone and other trinkets we got in the previous update…

Traveller.7496:

Vol.5241:

I’m defending RNG because I’m being reasonable here. Anet needs to make money…

Hey, I’m totally reasonable too. I have paid for the game. However, I don’t feel like I’m obligated to crowdfund ANet, which is a financially secure major corporation and not some 5-man software company who desperately needs every penny to survive (whereas the “they need money to make more content for you, you ungrateful wretch!” – analogy might’ve sufficed).

This whole discussion is ironic in the sense that I have said I would GLADLY spend money in the gemstore if they would sell the item I want to buy, not the CHANCE to get it. Do you see what my point is here? This is the mechanic I’m opposed to.

You make it sound like game companies have consistent sales like any other corporation you have in mind. The gaming industry is not like your typical sales & services industry. Gaming companies live and die on their releases. That’s where they get most of their money (and gross margin). The further away you are from release, the less money you make on your boxed product.

It doesn’t help Anet/NCsoft either when you consider that many of the games they sell are B2P with no subscription fees. So that constant revenue stream is not there. They need to constantly produce content (like the gem store) in order to maintain a constant revenue stream.

We have already seen in a previous interview within the past 2 weeks from Mike Z, who (AFAIK) said that the box sales + gem store is more than enough to fund the company (which is the reason why we won’t have to pay for boxed expansions). So the current model right now is working. And of course players are unhappy. This is the gaming industry we’re talking. Players are never satisfied.

And yes, I understand that you would probably spend with a guaranteed chance rather than an RNG chance. The sad truth though is that they make more money off the group willing to gamble versus the the group of people who would pay for a guaranteed chance.

Venirto.4208:

Vol.5241:

Just remember guys to #VoteEvon

Voting for Evon results in cheaper BL keys for the next four weeks. So if you buy gems with real $ you get the best bang for your buck. And if you buy gems with gold, you should convert now.

But in 2 weeks time you will need 5 tickets for single weapon. 50 chests? No thanks, even if the key price was reduced by 50% I would still not consider it worth to buy.

Btw, why are you defending these rng chests so much?

Well I’m merely talking about stocking up. By all means, buy the skins now if you want to. But for stocking up tokens for future skins, it’s best to #VoteEvon

I’m defending RNG because I’m being reasonable here. Anet needs to make money and playing off people’s tendencies to buy even with RNG in place isnt a bad thing to take advantage of. Asking Anet to directly sell skins cuts into the money they make. Less money means fewer funds for GW2 (and other games, of course).

People here are happy about the 2-week releases but guess who funds that? The gem store. There is a reason why GW2 is churning out way more quality content frequently than any other MMO in mind.

In real life I’m not like all these “corporationz are bad, rich ppl are evilz” hipsters that permeate so frequently now. So I can’t really relate with the people who scream “greed” and get angry that Anet is trying to make money.

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

I don’t buy keys…..ever. They just aren’t worth the investment. I’d prefer the cheaper waypoints for a month. I do use those a heck of a lot.

They are a worthy investment now.

Scraps are a common drop, so even though you fail on opening there is a good chance that you progress towards a token.

Not only that, but the token is redeemable for future skins.

So while right now the skins are not appealing, 5 months from now you may see a real good one.

There is no reason why they shouldn’t. But we don’t know yet.

Just to be safe, don’t make the gift and just hold the mats.

They could. They could also use the expensive materials, like gossamer/ori, lodestones. They could also use skill points.

Heck, they could even use dungeon tokens.

Just remember guys to #VoteEvon

Voting for Evon results in cheaper BL keys for the next four weeks. So if you buy gems with real $ you get the best bang for your buck. And if you buy gems with gold, you should convert now.

No, you cannot. It’s a player mistake.

However, AFAIK, you can upgrade that ring to infused status. That way you can wear it.