Guild Wars 2

I would be okay with this if Anet sped up the act of bringing dead (not defeated) players back. Reviving in combat is painfully slow, especially if you’re dealing with a heavy with 26,000 health.

That being said, I don’t think this affects the usual “farming” paths of AC 1-3 and CoF 1-2. I don’t think I’ve ever died more than once on any of those paths (per run), and by the time I revive and run back the event is over anyway. I also run TA for onyx cores/lodestones, but given the lack of waypoints in that map and the stupid amount of trash skipped, I generally try to res people anyway (I will raise a kittenstorm if they nerf spy kits).

Arah is the one I’m concerned about. Lupi generally takes the most time, and I will admit that sometimes our run is saved with one person kiting Lupi until the rest of us run back. For the time being, I don’t think I will take new people on my farming runs.

Shiren.9532:

Are you sure your weapons glowed in CM? My understanding was some dungeons are always night (TA and AC) but I didn’t think CM was night, I thought it was day.

Having said that, I’ve never seen TA or AC to be day time, so dungeons are always the same time of day.

You’re right – I may have projected from the other dungeons onto CM.

Lorana.2468:

CM/Arah/HotW are all daytime dungeons

This is helpful. Thanks!

I’ve always wondered about the day/night cycle within a dungeon. The reason I’m asking is because of Superior Sigil of the Night.

I have been to AC/CM/TA/CoF. My AC weapons have glowed in all of them. I know that those weapons glow at night. Can I conclude that it is “night time” in all the dungeons?

Thanks!

Columba.9730:

Renegade.6325:

Columba.9730:

Renegade.6325:

Columba.9730:

The math is wrong. Add up the stats. the differences and the combinations thereof generate at least 20% higher stats with the new tier. they are a must have, and this is only the beginning of the grind.

There is very little value in comparing the 2 tiers of items; instead we should compare the effects that these items can have on an entire character. This is nowhere near the 20% you claim, and there is no way my character that has 2 of 3 available asc. is near 20% stronger than yours.

20%+ per PIECE without the infusion in the new gear and WITH upgrades to the old gear. let’s not forget that the infusion also have base stats, another lie that has been revealed.

But you cannot have all 18 pieces of ascended gear, only 3. Therefore, 20% per piece means nothing. We must compare the effect to the entire character. Infusion slots are so minor anyway. +5 healing power? +5 vitality? Even in “principle” that someone has an advantage, in real terms they do not. 50 health will never save you, it will never push a loss into a victory for you.

They are adding armor and weapons in the near future! yes it will be mandatory. add to that that they will constantly increase the quality of the gear. they’ve said so.

Let’s not forget that in post on Ascended gear, the developers also stated they would introduce rarer infusions in future updates. The grind is two-part: first you need Ascended gear, and then you need infusions.

What about the people who farmed Orr for karma so they could get the temple armour (for looks, stats, whatever) for 252,000 karma. Can you imagine how much of a slap to the face Linsey’s announcement of Ascended gear was? Their grind was finally over, and now it begins anew.

For those that have requested and gotten refunds, does your account deactivate the moment you put the ticket in? Or does it only deactivate after the request has processed?

Yams.3859:

For those who are not happy with the stat increase, why don’t we decide on a day where no one logs into the game for a day? A weekend day (say Saturday Nov 24, one week after the content update, starting GMT 0:00 for 24 hours) would have the largest impact as player logins are highest. The benefits are two-fold:
1) For those claiming that this direction alienates a majority of the playerbase, ANet will have some concrete numbers to work with. It could be the case that much of what we see here is grandstanding and we are all happily chasing giant crabs to care, or ANet might see a 50% drop in playerbase for that period.
2) Talk is cheap. If we all feel as strongly about this as the forum posts suggest, we need to do more than complain.

This is only a suggestion and we should decide on its merits or lack-thereof after this weekend once we have a better idea of how frequently Ascended loop drops and what the Infusions are.

Just some thoughts.

Now that Ascended gear is here for good, I’d like to bring back my earlier suggestion. What are people’s interests in this? Any traction?

SLuG.3085:

Yams.3859:

I haven’t read all 147 pages of posts, so apologies if this has already been suggested before:

ANet is a company. Numbers talk to them. At this point, we can reasonably expect Ascended items to make their way into the update this weekend and we may better illustrate our disapproval through actions.

For those who are not happy with the stat increase, why don’t we decide on a day where no one logs into the game for a day? A weekend day (say Saturday Nov 24, one week after the content update, starting GMT 0:00 for 24 hours) would have the largest impact as player logins are highest. The benefits are two-fold:
1) For those claiming that this direction alienates a majority of the playerbase, ANet will have some concrete numbers to work with. It could be the case that much of what we see here is grandstanding and we are all happily chasing giant crabs to care, or ANet might see a 50% drop in playerbase for that period.
2) Talk is cheap. If we all feel as strongly about this as the forum posts suggest, we need to do more than complain.

This is only a suggestion and we should decide on its merits or lack-thereof after this weekend once we have a better idea of how frequently Ascended loop drops and what the Infusions are.

Just some thoughts.

I actually posted something similar earlier in the thread. I’ll post it again:

One thing people should do to show their disagreement with these new changes, is not log into the game at all this weekend when the new patch is released. It might not have the biggest effect but it’s something. If you feel this “Ascended Patch Weekend Boycott”, or whatever you wanna call it, is something you’re interested in, use some willpower and absolutely DO NOT log in at all this weekend. Don’t even log in for the Main Event on Sunday. Just go do something else and put it out of your mind. It’s not much, but at least it’s something.

I don’t believe we should boycott the game this weekend. It all sounds really bad now, and we should use this weekend to see if it’s actually bad. Then we can use the following week to put in an organized effort.

On the other hand, if Ascended gear drops like the Ghostly Tonics in AC (I get a lot of those, sadly) then I don’t think it will be a significant issue. I take exception to ANet forcing us to buy more Fine Transmutation stones, and may “QQ moar” to try to get them to provide every toon with 6 fine stones or the equivalent in gems for reskinning.

Rainshine.5493:

Yams.3859:

For those who are not happy with the stat increase, why don’t we decide on a day where no one logs into the game for a day?

A day? I’m just not logging in. Period. If this change goes through, I’m never logging in again.

Well, I think the game has been great until we were blindsided. I would still be very satisfied if ANet gets the message and scales back the stats on Ascended gear to make them on par with Exotics or left the Ascended items as two rings and a back item.

The punishment should fit the crime.

On a personal note, I’m just sad that the Orr temple armour I spent two months and 252,000 karma in obtaining (and I like the stats too! Melandru light armour) has been given an expiration date so quickly.

I haven’t read all 147 pages of posts, so apologies if this has already been suggested before:

ANet is a company. Numbers talk to them. At this point, we can reasonably expect Ascended items to make their way into the update this weekend and we may better illustrate our disapproval through actions.

For those who are not happy with the stat increase, why don’t we decide on a day where no one logs into the game for a day? A weekend day (say Saturday Nov 24, one week after the content update, starting GMT 0:00 for 24 hours) would have the largest impact as player logins are highest. The benefits are two-fold:
1) For those claiming that this direction alienates a majority of the playerbase, ANet will have some concrete numbers to work with. It could be the case that much of what we see here is grandstanding and we are all happily chasing giant crabs to care, or ANet might see a 50% drop in playerbase for that period.
2) Talk is cheap. If we all feel as strongly about this as the forum posts suggest, we need to do more than complain.

This is only a suggestion and we should decide on its merits or lack-thereof after this weekend once we have a better idea of how frequently Ascended loop drops and what the Infusions are.

Just some thoughts.