Guild Wars 2

Ya this needs to be removed, I said looking for group with one minute in-between twice and triggered it.

There is definitely some entitlement issues and this actually poses a great threat to the community due to the fact that these people are so out spoken. On the other hand I agree there are issues with communication in GW2 between the community and the DEVS. The gem store has been a key feature that has been driving people away since they keep adding these gambling items. They are not clear on a lot of things. A lot of people feel ripped off and never play the game again. I don’t think it’s a huge percentage probably like less than 10% of purchasers. However as each new event brings in these new games of chance that percentage adds up.

Counciler.7438:

Volomon.9147:

The only reason I don’t enjoy dungeons is the effort put forth to sometimes open a dungeon via event, and the effort required to get a group. A real LFG system must be made.

Would you support a LFG or instance finder system similar to the Structured PvP (sPvP) battle menu? How much would this improve the quality of dungeon running for you? Do you think this would significantly impact the grind?

Your talking a massive improvement, some servers don’t have a ton of players so you could sit there for 30 minutes to an hour looking for group. In fact originally I was going to quit because of this, but then a Full server opened up just enough to let me in and the game was playable again. A LFG system that spans all the servers and would not require you to spam the chat…oh man why isn’t it already in is the question that hits me.

It would lessen the feeling of grind because you would at least minimize the grind time.

Right now the game automatically puts you in the server’s version on the map. Now this originally made some sense your playing on that server you should be on that servers map. However now we’ve entered into a cooling off period where people are on and off at random times.

Now many people PREFER to be in the overflow because your likely to get more people during all hours and if your in a low populated server you have a far easier chance to find a group and other activities.

I think the design is backward. You should start in overflow, with an option to go into the main server via a check box not a message. You click the box (maybe on the map) and you queue up for the main server. Of course if this is implemented overflows might become so full you will be forced into your main server.

This would prevent people from leaving a server that is emptying because of server hoppers.

It is also another reason why people are leaving the game, I came from a server where there was almost no one every day I imagine its a good reason why some people just stop playing. I hardly got into overflow and the game was getting extremely boring and lackluster. I transferred to a Full server by chance when it hit high for about two minutes. Now the game is playable again. I look back at that and scratch my head. Why hasn’t Anet put this into effect yet?

What black border? It’s probably your set up. I don’t have a black border.

Right now the game automatically puts you in the server’s version on the map. Now this originally made some sense your playing on that server you should be on that servers map. However now we’ve entered into a cooling off period where people are on and off at random times also at different times.

Now many people PREFER to be in the overflow because your likely to get more people during all hours and if your in a low populated server you have a far easier chance to find a group and other activities.

I think the design is backward. You should start in overflow, with an option to go into the main server via a check box not a message. You click the box (maybe on the map) and you queue up for the main server. Of course if this is implemented overflows might become so full you will be forced into your main server.

This would prevent people from leaving a server that is emptying because of server hoppers.

It is also another reason why people are leaving the game, I came from a server where there was almost no one every. I hardly got into overflow and the game was getting extremely boring and lackluster. I transferred to a Full server by chance when it hit high for about two minutes. Now the game is playable again. I look back at that and scratch my head. Why hasn’t Anet put this into effect yet?

rchu.8945:

Debsylvania.7396:

rchu.8945:

why are ascended gears tie to PvE contents only?

According to Chris Whiteside’s response to this question during yesterday’s Reddit MMA, they regret having introduced ascended gear to only one facet of the game. He said this was “a mistake” and that they will be adding access to this gear to other venues ASAP.

didnt they also sold us that GW2 will have not a gear grind during the initial release the game, I guess he must be speaking the truth. Oh wait…

Personally I don’t think it has grinding for gear. First off Legendaries are a luxury item they provide no benefit. So you don’t HAVE to grind for them. In fact you never have to ever have one. Ascended as they said will be opening up in other ways with more easily obtainable than just running a dungeon or at least that’s what they say.

I don’t understand why everyone says you HAVE to grind for a legendary. No you don’t. It’s not something required or needed. It’s a want and if you WANT it ya your going to have to put in some effort.

The only reason I don’t enjoy dungeons is the effort put forth to sometimes open a dungeon via event, and the effort required to get a group. A real LFG system must be made.

Is it really wintersday though? More like wintersmonth ain’t it.

Legendaries are not a requirement, you are not required to have it. The game didn’t come with it either. Just cause you bought the game doesn’t mean you get everything there is to offer with no effort. To many spoiled gamers. I seriously dislike the legendary diaper syndrome that is floating around in the community. Anet is not here to give you a changing and a new golden diaper.

I don’t understand why people complain so much about legendaries, “it’s to hard” that and “it’s to hard” this. It’s suppose to be hard. I would freaking hate if everyone just had a legendary running around.

Slightly confusing question. I personally imagine that Legendary will get a bump up to Legendary stats as Ascended is suppose to be the step inbetween Exotic and Legendary. I seriously doubt the Legendary skins would change as that would pivve off a lot of people who put tons of hours into getting that Legendary for its looks.

I don’t think this makes much sense the place where MF is most useful is the Dungeon and maybe that’s the problem. Some people are trying to get that one extra gold, or that extra chance at a precursor. As long as that remain’s I’ll be using MF. However to point out I have more than one 80 and only one has MF gear specifically for grinding.

There’s a LOT they could easily remedy, but curiously they have yet to do so.

I wouldn’t add any of these for any of them. I would expect and I’m sure Anet intends to add new weapons in an Xpac. I personally would love to see some Asian style weapons like a katana or something added to the available weapons.

I agree more skins in the store would bring in more money, however then people will also get more annoyed that skins are only purchasable with gems (or perceived to be). Heck they could start adding rare armor pieces to Black Lion Chests.

I’ve already got two 80s working on the third going to do full map completion 100% on it. When I can get past excessive messaging filters and bugged dungeons I try to collect tokens.

The guys who made this game are just really out of touch with reality. They don’t know what people want, they respond to out pouring of hardcore fans but ultimately fail to see the larger picture. They need retention but they also need new prospects. Its very frustrating because as a player who grew up as a child dreaming of mmos before they existed to playing all kinds when still that same young child as mmos emerged for the first time, I see every single problem. Yet the developers do not. Its quite sad that even my wife wife who is a new mmoer for this generation of mmos can see a lot of the proble.s. Yet Anet take desperate measures to increase gem sales, because internally they are probably blaming everything except themselves, bots to retention. Some of the actions they take are actually punishing players which increase the players rate of leaving.

Even now anet is working on retaining players throwing out new pvp things, new items, continue feverishly to promote the long term game. Yet not having one iota of notion of what would increase the player population. Retention is nothing near as hard as they make it seem. They are fundamental confused, because they have never really made an mmmo. GW1 was something new some experienced for its difference then stayed for its uniqueness as it progressively got creative.

There are only two things required in an mmo, not grind or anything else. Distraction (pet battles, in world chess games, loot progression these all fall under distration), and Polish Anet play the game have every member of the staff play the game get each member to level up from the start. Try out Causicus’s (sp?) Manor at level 30 tell me that first dungeon experience doesn’t make you want to quit the game. Your losing so many players to polish you don’t even realize it.

Retention is great coming up with more dungeons is brilliant in fact not coming up with new armors for those dungeons not so great though (what are those guys working on by the way?). Rentention getting dungeons and projects don’t work when just yesterday 3 out of 6 dungeons all bugged out thats 50%. That is a lack of polish a serious lack. Don’t you see the other underlining problem? There are to many punishing problems that waste peoples time, then anet came out with all these DRs and created an exodus while people waited for anet to get there act together.

I’m not a developer but man I wish I could throw out input. Then again I don’t like to put direct ideas into forums they mysteriously get deleted end up in game without even so much as a “good idea”.

This was written on a touch phone appreciate that anet.

THE ANSWER

Well I got a shocker for you the reason is they are adding in more legendary items. Namely armor, which will have the best stats of any item in the game. Ascended is just a means for us poor people who don’t have mass loot or have failed to benefit by Anets poor economic workings.

Ascended items are a hamster wheel, it literally is a step in the grind toward legendary’s.

Ua I stuck with it despite not being to thrived about the event.

In short pull your head out of your rear.

What items, xp, or whatever else did you receive from the event? Right now it appears to be a waste of time.

Junkie.9745:

Got Axe-skin of the only chest i bought so far …

I dont get it – the Halloween skins were really rare and everyone was complaining about it. Now that they aren’t ppl start to complain again and the event did not even start by now ….

I’m not sure what you mean by “they aren’t” the weapons are not rare or the chests? In relativity to the price they were before 125 Gems compared to 250 Gems a piece is a huge difference. Plus the weapons are rare but the mini pets are rarer. At the current rate at which they are selling the weapons, they have all been discovered. Not only that but it’s like what a 1000%+ decrease on types of weapons in the box.

Meaning they are ripping people off because everyone is going to assume that the chest contain the same or equivalent to the previous event. There’s literally nothing of worth in the chests. If by some chance that ANET has not release the availability of all weapons in the loot table, then they are really ripping people off.

I think a pop up needs to be included in Gem purchases saying what you could get at the very least. I feel like ANET is taking huge advantage of peoples good faith with this.

Has anyone found anything of worth from these? They appear to be a 100% rip off except for the pets which are only worth it to those collectors. It appears Anet went lazy and greedy this time around and there are only four weapons. Has anyone see anything beyond these four weapons. Axe, Sword, Shield, Focus.

Hel.6340:

It’s a misunderstanding, not a scam.

I read it first time as blue and yellow colored dyes.

It’s a scam, for new players. Think about it out of the whole rainbow, they pick yellow and blue? Not only that though but why add these new additions? There is already a dye pack, so why do they have to do yellow and blue for each holiday? To see how much money they can rip off.

DanH.5879:

the +50% bonus from crit dmg was removed. spikes decreased among all classes. say hello to the ninja dude.

Ya they definitely stealth nerf, stealth change the game. It’s honestly very annoying that they don’t put in more of the notes. Typically they don’t want to give away everything they change, because if they did then everyone would be in here complaining.

Also I think I did see something about this somewhere.

I’m trying to find out what all drops in the MK run.

I think everyone’s missing the point entirely, most counter arguments are based on you should have known better, it’s gambling, to you should enjoy the game without the gem store.

None of which respond to the main point, which is the value of the gem store and it’s fair and equal value to the money you put in it. I’m glad everyone sees an alternative namely avoiding it. That doesn’t address the point, some of us WANT to support ANET. I gave them that money like I would give a kickstarter company money it’s an investment, but it doesn’t hurt to see some return for my investment. That is the point. It isn’t sololy the chest though that is the main reason I purchased them it’s the alternative. If I took that same money and spent it at a gold farmer I would have the skin and have twice (possibly three times) as many gems as I would have if I purchased them directly from ANET.

That’s my point there needs to be a fair and equal value for my money. Ultimately the point of the store was to finance ANET (even though they want to pretend it’s not), and to remove the gold farmer equation.

On average per day I find 3-9 bots and report them ( don’t ask me why they come in pairs of three ), I go out of my way to support ANET I just expect an equal turn about.

koopatroopa.5360:

Volomon.9147:

koopatroopa.5360:

Why do you feel entitled to have everything that’s available? Do you go to a casino and expect to come out with a return? Do you feel you are required to buy gems for something that’s completely optional?

Get over it. They are rare skins for a reason. You can’t always have everything. I want the shield skin badly but I don’t feel like I’m entitled to have it.

Casinos have laws for “fairness”, and in fact have a base return and not only that but a visible display of that the return is. Even lotto tickets have this. It is utterly optional but if I played 100 $1 tickets I can guarantee one of them is going to be a winner especially when the return on the ticket says 1:5 is a winner.

I’m also not talking about entitlement, I’m talking about FAIR value.

You are talking about entitlement. You think because you spend money on gems you are entitled to get what you want. The fact of the matter is, you knew that it’s a RNG game when you bought the keys. Anet is not trying to rip anyone off. They put the mad king chest in for that same reason.

This has nothing to do with being fair. Its entitlement. The way it is now is already fair. Everyone has the same odds. You just feel yours should be better than everyone else.

I’m not quite sure that’s entitlement, when the value of a dollar is a morally understood point of value. For instance rigging the value of any economy around the world is considered a crime against fair and just competition to which prison time often follows. If you happen to live in a state where everyone decides that gas should be 3 dollars higher than what it is currently, wouldn’t you agree that that value is not morally right for what you believe your currency is worth.

Just because someone slaps down a price point and amount of return, when they are the only purveyors of said item/currency it does not automatically make it just. Especially not when there is a black market out there who sells the same thing for half or less than the cost. It is with a sense of fairness and expectation that people are not turning to that other market.

drkn.3429:

If the amount of gems you get for $50 isn’t enough for you, don’t buy them.
If the odds of gambling with BL chests and/or forge aren’t high enough for you, don’t do it.

I bought 2 packs of minipets to get the rare mini and the witch costume to farm costume brawl achievement later on – although i find it cute in its own right, too. Used in-game gold for all of that.
Never bothered with gambling, and if i did, i was in full mental power to understand that it is gambling and i may get nothing interesting in return, at all.

You feel ripped off simply because, using your own words, you supported the company with gems but got nothing in return, although you should have understood the gambling part in all of that. I don’t feel like betting my real cash – or even in-game gold too often – on random chances, so i don’t gamble; simple as that.

How would you know without getting ripped off in the first place? Someone has to be the first in the lake to find out how deep it is. You would at minimum if you believed in Anet to expect not to be so unfairly ripped out of your money. Not everyone approaches Anet like a big evil corporation and expect fair and decent morally based decisions from the company.

koopatroopa.5360:

Why do you feel entitled to have everything that’s available? Do you go to a casino and expect to come out with a return? Do you feel you are required to buy gems for something that’s completely optional?

Get over it. They are rare skins for a reason. You can’t always have everything. I want the shield skin badly but I don’t feel like I’m entitled to have it.

Casinos have laws for “fairness”, and in fact have a base return and not only that but a visible display of that the return is. Even lotto tickets have this. It is utterly optional but if I played 100 $1 tickets I can guarantee one of them is going to be a winner especially when the return on the ticket says 1:5 is a winner.

I’m also not talking about entitlement, I’m talking about FAIR value.

Chrollo.2173:

I dunno, I remember when I used to play Dungeon Fighter a full Avatar Set (stuff to change the look of your character) was often times 25+ dollars. Thinking back on it that’s a ridiculous rip off, but after playing a game long enough you start buying into the weird way they price things and think it’s a deal.

There’s real world logic and game logic, I think you’re expressing the schism you feel when comparing the two.

$25 is a steal compared to this, I spilled triple digits to get a skin. Pissed is an understatement.

Maybe this is whining I’m not sure, but I feel like I’ve gone far out of my way to endorse GW2. From telling friends about it to buying multiple copies for friends and family. To buying gems when it first came out I purchased $50. This is all in love with the franchise and Anet for doing a great job.

I feel like Anet is going out of it’s way to promote dislike for the game with diminished returns, the constant bugs, and the poor management of the Gem Store in general.

This Halloween event has put the GEM store in the forefront for a lot of people. I personally try to support the GEM store and hence the company in turn. The amount of money I put into the GEM store vs. my return on investment is insanely a small pittance.

If I was a conspirator I would say someone at ANET is attempting to get me to quit the game or is running a gold farming business and wants to push people toward using those services.

Primarily the whole skin thing has been insane, with the use/purchase of black lion keys, then the mystic ripoff forge, I feel like I’ve not just been ripped off once, but then they turn around and tell me I can put my stuff in there and get ripped off twice.

The value of the money → gem is way off. For $50, you should receive almost 12000 gems. That seems like a lot but the cost of the various things and their value is extremely low because almost everything is cosmetic, the boosters are time based, and DR limited. Either the items purchased needs to drop or the gems need to go up.

Also I’m not even going to say how much more I dropped in the GEM store to get one freaking skin, it’s embarrassing to say the least, and it won’t happen again.