Guild Wars 2

On april 1st, anet will tell us that HoT was just a joke. It’s not coming.
Imagine the horror that will follow.

Yo mama’s so ugly, even Risen break into her home to close the curtains.

Demn lol…
Nice job Xiahou Mao.

Also this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbFVUI_aqbU

Haven’t checked the videos in this list myself but maybe this can help you out:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0YRQxMbwWRXbdtXxIjg9sgP7u_497Gu3

Here you go
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Living_World_season_1

DjZeBeR.3549:

I agree, I’ts stupid that we have to pay 200 Gems to play each chapter. Some people don’t live by their computer and wouldn’t have the time to sign in. If it was free for that day of signing in then it should be free forever.

You had two weeks, sometimes even a month to sign in for just a few seconds.
The “I have a life” card doesn’t work here.

Nilkemia.8507:

Windu The Forbidden One.6045:

She is an important part of the story wether you like it or not. That you weren’t here at the time is your own fault.

Yes, let’s just blame everyone else who joined the game after Season 1, or are just joining now. Sigh. Totally their fault. /sarcasm.

So everytime a new player comes along we should delete all the past story/lore. Which is basically what the OP initially asked for.

If you join an MMO years after it’s release, you will have missed certain things. It’s normal.

No Walking.6349:

What you guys call “toxic” we call competitive.

There is a big difference between being a complete kitten and being competitive.

No Walking.6349:

make some of the best gaming memories you’ll ever have!

Being constantly insulted, harassed and ridiculed produces good memories? mkay.
I don’t have such fond memories of PvP in general. When I wasn’t performing well I was a noob who needed to bugger off. When I wás performing well I was either a hacker or a hopeless nerd who needed to get a life.

Because she was crazy.

She is an important part of the story wether you like it or not. That you weren’t here at the time is your own fault.

PvP is always toxic unfortunately.
Just look at League of Elitists Legends and Call of Underage Racists Duty

Extremely happy. I would have quit if I had to regrind new gear on all my alts.

Lazaar.9123:

Because Anet don’t like underwater combat.

Because no one likes underwater combat

draxynnic.3719:

My gut feeling is that there’ll be several sets of new armour in HoT.

Lets hope they are obtainable in the same way Carapace is.
And not in the gemstore. (if there are new armor sets that is)

Gaile Gray.6029:

Yes.

:)

And the other cities will once again turn into ghost towns as a result

How about no?

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Phineas Drayke.6381:

If we see a sylvari with glowing eyes, are we going to murder that poor soul, just because he is with the dragon now?

quickly unequips wraith mask

Novuake.2691:

Desolation has elitist issues

wut

Company of Heroes? :P

Doctor Faustus.6372:

Rising Dusk.2408:

There will be no new weapon types. If there were going to be new types, they would’ve been announced explicitly at PAX. The melee polearm you saw the Revenant use is actually a melee-attack Staff.

how can you be sure that was a staff?
to me it didn’t look like a staff because there was a blade on the top.

The scythe staves we have now also have a blade on the top, yet they are still just staves not scythes.

SilverWF.4789:

Windu The Forbidden One.6045:

Sure there is ascended, but that’s only like 5% better than exotic so you don’t really need it.

You are absolutely need it if you want to fight another players at the WvW.

No, you don’t.

When the leader dies, leadership automatically transfers to the second in command. That’s how an hierarchical command structure works.

In other words, the player character. Ah yeah.

Gene Archer.8560:

Until that Raid CDI goes somewhere at least. Because the current “raids” won’t satisfy the people that want raids in this game. It may take years, but the genie has been released from its prison.

As long as raids don’t have agony we will be fine.

Gene Archer.8560:

At some point, not having ascended is going to become a gate to content as Anet raises the difficulty.

We don’t know that yet, it’s impossible to tell at this point. But I doubt it. Anet only added ascended gear because ex wow players kept whining for gear grind. And I think anet found a decent compromise. Adding a new gear tier for the people who think this is wow, but making it not powerful enough to be mandatory so everyone else isn’t forced to grind for it.

But yeah, you are not entirely wrong. Anet made gated content when they made fractals, so they could do it again with raids. Lets hope they won’t.

Jhonata.4861:

more weapp for the ranger or just the staf?
i would love if they introduce sword in second hand for rangers

As far as we know, just the staff.

Frostflame.5314:

Just a ranger being able to use a staff, and being able to cast ‘nature’ spells with it, you can see it in the video.

I would not expect it to be anything more dramatic than using a different weapon to get a different set of skills, but there might be more to it. So we basically know nothing other than that.

different traits and profession mechanic too I believe.

Gene Archer.8560:

Windu The Forbidden One.6045:

Fractals isn’t mandatory.
You can get a completely maxed out character, participate effectively in pve, pvp and wvw without ever touching fractals.

Fractals are a part of PVE, and therefore to be a completely maxed out character would require Ascended Gear in order to obtain agony resistance.

Aside from that, there’s, you know, that quote about even casual players having BiS gear by level 80, which ascended completely destroys.

Don’t get me wrong I’m not defending ascended gear, I think it has no place in Guild Wars 2. All I’m saying is, it could have been much worse. At least Ascended gear is something we can ignore without getting severely penalized for it.

Brahmincorle.1264:

Windu The Forbidden One.6045:

With no grind, they mean no mandatory grind.

cough agony resistance cough ascended gear

Fractals isn’t mandatory.
You can get a completely maxed out character, participate effectively in pve, pvp and wvw without ever touching fractals.

I’ll use the level 20 scroll but beside that, I will level it the real way, by actually playing the game.

forum bug

Zero Day.2594:

Windu The Forbidden One.6045:

With no grind, they mean no mandatory grind. There is no gear threadmill.
You don’t have to grind in order to keep up. All the grind in this game is just for cosmetics. Sure there is ascended, but that’s only like 5% better than exotic so you don’t really need it.

So is there grind for just cosmetics or cosmetics and stats?
5% is 5%, it’s there, it exists, you can’t deny it. You can choose to ignore it, convince yourself it’s not needed, attempt to convince others it’s not needed, but the fact of the matter remains, it’s a 5% increase in stats.

Yes, a useless 5% is a useless 5%. And I never denied it’s existance, I merely pointed out the fact you don’t need it. I know it is not needed as all content can easily be completed without it (except fractals, but that’s because of agony resistance, not the stats itself).

You can try convincing yourself that this 5% increase is a big deal, but I know it is not.

maddoctor.2738:

Windu The Forbidden One.6045:

If there is only one specialization, then it isn’t a specialization.
Specialization implies choice.

And please don’t come with “you can choose not to use the specialization, so you do have choice”. For real…

Thats like saying there are different pvp modes to choose from right now. You can choose between playing conquest, and not playing conquest. What a great assortment of choices!

There is choice if when you select your specialization you also “lose” something from the original profession.

Still comes down to a choice between using something or not using something.

Zaklex.6308:

Windu The Forbidden One.6045:

nGumball.1283:

Please sir, find that game that has no grind and only has content and enjoy it for yourself.

Elder Scrolls
Mass Effect
Fallout
Dragon Age

It’s actually quite easy to make a game with no grind and only content. The thing is, you won’t be able to play it for a loooong time. All of the individual titles in those franchises I played like 100 to 400 hours each. Guild Wars 2 I played 2,500 hours.

And that’s what MMO devs want, to keep you playing. So yea, it is possible, they just won’t do it.

Note, those are all single player games…name an MMO that has no “grind” and I’ll agree you have a point. Otherwise it’s like talking apples and oranges.

P.S. – I put “grind” in quotes because one persons “grind” is another persons “fun”.

As nGumball already pointed out, he did not specify what kind of game, just ‘a game’.
If we are talking about mmo’s only then yeah, I can’t think of any. Though even with an mmo it is possible to make a game that is all content and no grind, but it will never happen because Devs want you to keep playing.

If there is only one specialization, then it isn’t a specialization.
Specialization implies choice.

And please don’t come with “you can choose not to use the specialization, so you do have choice”. For real…

Thats like saying there are different pvp modes to choose from right now. You can choose between playing conquest, and not playing conquest. What a great assortment of choices!

Herr der Friedhoefe.2490:

Test.8734:

masterJP.5048:

No grinding to have BIS gear

BIS gear = Ascended.

Ascended = grindy as hell.

Ergo…

Shh…. They don’t like logic around here.

So let’s not mention the stupid number of times you’ll follow your nose around Silverwastes to get the various recipes and skins that you might want.

Well as I said before, Ascended is only 5% better than exotic so it’s not mandatory. You can easily ignore it. Besides you can get partial ascended gear without grinding. Exotic armor/weapons and ascended trinkets is what most of my characters have. Ascended trinkets are kitten easy to get.

nGumball.1283:

Please sir, find that game that has no grind and only has content and enjoy it for yourself.

Elder Scrolls
Mass Effect
Fallout
Dragon Age

It’s actually quite easy to make a game with no grind and only content. The thing is, you won’t be able to play it for a loooong time. All of the individual titles in those franchises I played like 100 to 400 hours each. Guild Wars 2 I played 2,500 hours.

And that’s what MMO devs want, to keep you playing. So yea, it is possible, they just won’t do it.

With no grind, they mean no mandatory grind. There is no gear threadmill.
You don’t have to grind in order to keep up. All the grind in this game is just for cosmetics. Sure there is ascended, but that’s only like 5% better than exotic so you don’t really need it.

Sir Alric.5078:

Astral Projections.7320:

If they clear out Orr, how about the new people that haven’t done the personal story yet? Are they to go to an Orr without risen?

Why not? They have done that with the aftermath of the first season of the living story. N

And we all know how much that season sucked…

Mental Paradox.3845:

What’s the point of centaur taxi service? All my humans can outrun centaurs!

But can they do it while carrying passengers?

If there is only one then it isn’t really a ‘specialization’.
Specialization implies choice.

Hell yes I will!

Frankly I think the gw2 community has been spoiled with Living Story. Most mmo communities have to wait months, sometimes years in between expansions. With no Living Story to fill the gap. So yeah, I’m sure if we have to do without Living Story for a while (or forever) we will survive.

Solstice.2831:

So… let me get this straight, ANet. I’m being penalized because I had personal issues keeping me from the game, and being made to PAY for content that everyone else got for free. If I want to see what I missed, I need to pay 200 gems PER CHAPTER.

Yes, if you don’t attent something you miss it. That’s the way the world works.
All you had to do was log in once every 2 weeks. You didn’t even have to do anything, just log in and log off. Sorry if I seem rude but it’s your own fault.

This is a step in the right direction. Other mmo’s, even gw2’s predecessor, got by just fine without things like Living Story. Expansion’s is what we need. And if people are too cheap to buy them then that’s their problem. I’m sorry if that sounds rude but that’s just the way it is.

I’m absolutely stoked by this expansion and from what I have seen so far it already offers more than an entire LS season. And if I have to pay for that, then so be it. It comes with the B2P model.

My guess is some time after HoT there will be an LS season again as a transition between Mordremoth and the next dragon. Then another expansion for the next dragon.

Ronin.7381:

Zhaneel.9208:

What is the point in making the Sylvari dragon minons?

You mean, besides origins?

I know right. An entire race doesn’t just fall from trees you know.
oh wait..

Who wants to play as a glorified chicken anyway.
Now if largos became a playable race on the other hand..

Because it was about kitten time!!

BilboBaggins.5620:

Windu The Forbidden One.6045:

To qoute Colin “A maxed out character today, will still be a maxed out character tomorrow”.

CONFIRMED! HoT releases tomorrow!!!

lol, If only.

Kal Spiro.9745:

Meh, that’s not an expansion. In my day we had real expansions. This is just a better content release that you probably have to pay for.

That’s what an expansion is…
Admit it, you were wrong.