Guild Wars 2

Kryptonite.9376:

Wtf is a “toon”

Short for cartoon, which is what it looks like.

Put a chest in each of the 4 side events and leave the queen reward the same. That would be a good draw. The problem also seems to be the speed required for removing the 4 blocking events and how fast they come back after the queen is killed.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

I must be doing something wrong. The new AoE autoloot doesn’t work for me, and yes, I have it enabled. I don’t have it bound to another key, it is still ‘F’. When ‘Search’ comes up, and I hit ‘F’, it only picks up one loot. What is amiss?

You need to use it when there is nothing up to interact with, that is why I have bound it to another key. Not a very intuitive design.

Brutaly.6257:

Always posted after the patch is live.

the last couple of updates they where up before the patch is live, not long before but before none the less. Not really anything to get stressed over unless you are trying to game the TP.

edited since I am in the wrong city.

The Analogue Kid.3896:

Yargesh.4965:

They have already posted that the skills are being split between the different areas (sPvP, PvE and WvW). What that means will be seen in a few hours time.

That lately or a past quote by the devs?

The last dev livecast I am sure they talked about it. I also thought I saw the first of this on the last update where there where skill changes, they seperated the pvp and pve descriptions.

I actually love that these are in the gemstore.

They have already posted that the skills are being split between the different areas (sPvP, PvE and WvW). What that means will be seen in a few hours time.

2 one handed when swapped for a 2 handed is strange, one will go to the protected box and 1 will go to the first empty slot. Don’t really think it is too much or a hardship though. Calling it useless is not very helpful.

killcannon.2576:

Yargesh.4965:

Gear grind does not bring in new players though. It drives some players away, keeps some current players slightly longer and some hooked like a fish. The target for the company is fresh box sales and gems, not gems bought with online gold. If they keep players on a treadmill that means that players get gold from in-game which from a business standpoint is not a win.
They in my opinion will not put this in the game.

I would have agreed with this statement 7 months ago, but since they did actually add gear progression already…it’s sorta moot. The same thing was said with the addition of ascended gear when it was released, the game didn’t die, they didn’t remove the gear to get back any players who said they were going to leave (most in fact did not) or remove it because they all of a sudden started losing players. Ascended gear was a good move for the game overall apparently. They keep adding more.

The company has stated that the items where to be in the game anyway. Ascended was a planned item that was implemented poorly. My biggest problem with this game is poor implementation, but overall I am very satisfied with it.

Gear grind does not bring in new players though. It drives some players away, keeps some current players slightly longer and some hooked like a fish. The target for the company is fresh box sales and gems, not gems bought with online gold. If they keep players on a treadmill that means that players get gold from in-game which from a business standpoint is not a win.
They in my opinion will not put this in the game.

MrRuin.9740:

Korrigan.4837:

The kind of games I could see harming GW2 would be one with similar combat and content mechanics (action based combat with dynamic dodging, no fixed trinity roles, dynamic events, level downscaling, etc…) but with a more “serious” tone to it. Some content in GW2 is, no offense meant, quite ridiculous. Back pieces come to my mind as prime examples… quaggan packs, tentacles, etc… those new hats in the shop are also not very “serious” looking either. All those things are (for me) quite immersion breaking, but thankfully they aren’t very popular in my guild and I rarely do pickup groups so I can ignore them most of the times.
If another game offers the same great gameplay and open world in a more “serious” and “darker” setting, I will most likely consider it. So yeah, if ESO copies the best of GW2 while ignoring the “my little pony” style fluff content, it will be a serious contender for the position of “main MMORPG” for me, no matter how much I enjoy all the other GW2 features. There’s just too much “silly” stuff sometimes compared to the more “serious” stuff.

This is more realistic. Some game will come out and compete more directly with gw2 and some people will move on.
But this crap of utterly destroying gw2 in one fell swoop on launch by another MMO is just ridiculous. Like so much of the population swarms to a new game that Anet shuts down gw2.
Its stupid to place that much hype on an MMO thats not even out yet and that noone can play. If anything it hurts the new MMO’s more than gw2. By the time we play them, they are so over hyped in our mind that they are disappointing when we finally play them.

Reading these forums and you will find many who only read the hype about this game. They are the ones fixated on the manifesto that came out long before the game was ready for even beta. The team behind the game had the machine going for years before a playable game was released. Hype is just that, if you refuse to dig even a little under the surface you will be very disappointed. I was actually put off by the hype for a long time. I am very pleased with the game that was produced however.

pullnointer.1476:

Yargesh.4965:

Who is this we you speak of?

all the ppl upvoting me cuzz. also the entire dungeon community.

cool, having an entire communities support much be satisfying.

Hamfast.8719:

Trahearne gives a motivating speech. Crowds cheer. We enter combat full of inspiration, and the first thing he says is “This won’t end well”.

This.
I think he is one of the most demoralizing leaders out there with that line constantly spoken. You are 99% of the way to kill something and “this won’t end well” pops up. Just want to leave the instance.

Cynistera.7694:

How do I guest?

On the loading screen bottom left corner is server selection. In there is the guest option.

Who is this we you speak of?

More of a gargoyle look with the moon behind.

To expand a little. The person who wrote the comment and then deleted it calls every single person who does not explicitly write they hate the game a fanboy. You must write that you not only hate the game but have hated the game for x months. Also saying you came back from hating the game to hate the game more is a bonus.

Vayne.8563:

AntiGw.9367:

Wait, why are we arguing about what people call each other on the internet?

One of the deleted posts in this thread, was a warning about incoming fan boys. That’s what I was originally responding to. That post is actually gone but it was here. So someone (I won’t say who) was pre-empting everything said against the OP, simply because he agreed with the OP.

And I don’t think that’s right.

See spot run, look at spot run.

Yeah could be embarrassing.

bleeding rock elementals/dead not sure where the blood is coming from,
you can burn fire elementals,

Paul.4081:

Get to Queensdale. Troll is up, Wasp Queen is up, Oakheart is up is GW2 in a nutshell, welcome to it.

For some people sure, not all. I only went through queensdale on my human. I have all races and 5 lvl 80 one lvl 72. There is no reason to be worried about only seeing one or two people when there are many, many other places they can be instead of right beside you.

Good luck with your hunt for a game you like.

The inquest is allied with the new pirates, they don’t seem to be tied to any one dragon but do like to use the dragons power.

Grounder.7381:

you know.. theres this groups of people that think that gw2 will get destroyed to oblivion by eso once its comes out..

Could be, but from what the company itself is saying (downplaying mmo) and that it is multi-platform I have serious doubts.

Even if it became hugely popular it would not ‘kill’ anything.

The storyline is staggered to be done throughout your leveling, not to be your main leveling source of exp. Hearts, pop up to get exp, events pop up. Don’t solo group events. There are no fixed rails, but there are rails.

You do not ‘need’ to do any story line quests. Build up levels by doing exploration, change areas like you have done. You get exp for collecting resourses as well, just buy some copper tools and look around for a bit. You sound too stressed out.

Could you not have just reserected one of the several similar threads? The general flow of discussion is
-I want it!
-Delete your character if you die!
-I don’t want to do that by myself someone else do it for me!
-no!

I am interested in where this living story concept is going. There have been ups and downs and a poorly implemented start but overall I like it. I have no problems with them continuing with it.

nexxe.7081:

Mirta.5029:

1. We’re getting events EVERY month. It’s not just dragon bakitten’s also the other 2 living story parts, sab and holiday events.
2. Full trait overhaul coming for every class on June 25th. I’m absolutely sure that that takes a lot of man power.
3. Someone is forgetting WvW/Spvp updates, guild missions, fractals, new jumping puzzles, new cinematics for the story and other things that we constantly get.

Quality > Quantity
These updates have been sub-par so far, with the exception of the Molten Alliance Phase 2 & 3 updates.

I loved southsun phase 1, phase 2 was so so. I have enjoyed the story so far about the aerblade or whatever the spelling is. Will be interesting to see how it unfolds. The festival so far has been standard festival fare, some love it some hate it, I am in between.

Personal choice for me is Mesmer. Don’t really understand this PVE taboo thing, had no problem with it from the first level. Have never played an engie or warrior so my thoughts are not going to be the same as yours.

VOLKON.1290:

Be careful what you give to a mesmer.

They like to give things back.

This.

The new POI just released in Divinity Reach?

silvermember.8941:

Yargesh.4965:

Motoko.2875:

Yargesh.4965:

Motoko.2875:

They plan on milking the name of Guild Wars for all its worth until the playerbase shrinks beyond profitability. Waiting for ANet to die hard so they can learn from their mistakes the hard way.

Hate to tell you but the old player base of Guild wars is probably not a majority of players of this game. I could be wrong. Even so I still would not expect this team to only look back, never try to create.

You’re right it isn’t. As a game developer I would consider that a major flaw in a product I create. Your statement only supports mine.

The thing is you are not the game developer.

That is where you are wrong, evil ally of Vayne. On the internet, everybody is a game designer. I know more about the intricacies of the game and I possess more information about the demographic and the playing habits of Guild wars 2 players than any of you real designers. I understand that, increasing a skill effectiveness simply means bumping up numbers here and there. Fixing animation only involves changing the numbers a little.

I am having trouble pegging where you are coming from, keep it up. Seriously.

Motoko.2875:

Yargesh.4965:

Motoko.2875:

They plan on milking the name of Guild Wars for all its worth until the playerbase shrinks beyond profitability. Waiting for ANet to die hard so they can learn from their mistakes the hard way.

Hate to tell you but the old player base of Guild wars is probably not a majority of players of this game. I could be wrong. Even so I still would not expect this team to only look back, never try to create.

You’re right it isn’t. As a game developer I would consider that a major flaw in a product I create. Your statement only supports mine.

The thing is you are not the game developer.

Colin has stated a development journal will be published in July. Could wait for that.

Makerbot and Reprap are your best options. There is a huge community that does stuff like this. Would probably not be too expensive.

Motoko.2875:

They plan on milking the name of Guild Wars for all its worth until the playerbase shrinks beyond profitability. Waiting for ANet to die hard so they can learn from their mistakes the hard way.

Hate to tell you but the old player base of Guild wars is probably not a majority of players of this game. I could be wrong. Even so I still would not expect this team to only look back, never try to create.

I tried Guild Wars, hated the game. I guess I should have sat on the forums and keep repeating how much I hate the game instead of what I did. What I did was find other games that I really did enjoy playing.

The game is fairly good, and a lot better than others out there. Yet still the forums are filled with the same grudge-match mentality as any other game. People are anonymous and feel free to spew. Sad.

There is a power off button on your computer, use it. Everyone will win.

How fast is fast? Even without crafting you can hit max in a few days.

Ursan.7846:

Dog.1472:

I definitely don’t think it’s asking too much for the people to make the game to have to be required to play it once in a while.

It would be like a chef who doesn’t even taste their food. How exactly are you supposed to know how to design a game that you don’t even play.

Just like how Beethoven was unable to create great music because he was deaf, right?

Oh wait…

I like read on the music forums that you need to like hear so like Beethoven can’t have written anything. Forums don’t lie man.

marnick.4305:

wolfie.7296:

Vayne.8563:

Developers aren’t players and players aren’t developers. They actually take completely different sets of skills. Saying a developer doesn’t play the game well is sort of pointless.

It’s like editors who can’t write. Many editors because editors BECAUSE they can’t write. But that doesn’t mean they can’t edit.

You are 100% wrong. It’s more equivalent to a car designer not getting in their new vehicle and testing it and understanding limitations and flaws. And then saying that it’s comfortable for everyone to drive, when they are 5’7" and many buyers are 6’0" or greater and find it extremely uncomfortable.

Or in other words … if people over 6’0" (whatever that non-metric nonsense means) buy your car en masse, you mismarketed your car.

6’ = 183 cm

300 employees, spread over the NA servers possibly some play on EU but doubt if many do. How many do you seriously think you should see? If they play specifically to check something that was tagged as a bug they are there and gone. If they are doing it on their spare time it will be a toon that will be without a company tag so they can enjoy themselves.

This is the first of a 3 day spread of instances. I am sure that there will be a multi component possibly more. Because there is a single instance does not mean everything will be single instances.

they have had zero impact on my gameplay.

marnick.4305:

Aeonblade.8709:

tolunart.2095:

Vayne.8563:

Then you have games like Guild Wars 2, which I enjoy, but still uses RNG in lock boxes, and arbitrary achievements and temporary content to keep people logging in.

Of them all, Guild Wars 2 is the best solution for me and my style of play…but it’s far from perfect.

I have to say that even pay-to-play MMOs are among the cheapest forms of entertainment, hour for dollar. Consider other games that cost like $60 and you spend a rainy weekend or two playing them, reach the end of the game and either play everything over again on harder mode or set it aside and buy another. Cable/satellite tv with the premium packages can run over $100 a month, my Rift sub was $100 a year.

And, yes, sometimes the free games kind of push you towards pay content, but if you just log in once in a while to relax and aren’t a “gotta keep up with the Jones family next door” type person you don’t ever have to spend a penny on them.

And for an absurdly low price they throw new content at you on a semi-regular basis, other games might get two or three downloadable updates which combined cost as much as another game.

I’d say it’s a pretty good deal, all things considered.

Well said sir, it is a great deal. I have always looked at MMO subs as the best form of entertainment. 50 cents a day for unlimited entertainment, or go see a movie for $20…hmm…choices…. :P

Except those 50 cents easily double considering most people simply can’t play every day. Quadruple that if you take into consideration that everyone goes on holiday, has kids, has exams or needs to go away for business once in a while. A month not played is a month still paid. That’s a huge pet peeve I have with subs for games … I simply can’t play every day, therefor breaking it down to cost per day is meaningless.

To compare MMOs to one of the most expensive forms of entertainment per hour is a false argument. At least going to the movies is usually done with friends or significant others, while people who sub to MMOs are notoriously anti-social.
Honestly, the 30 to 100 euros I tend to spend every weekend on good food and a nice party is better spent than the 15 euros I used to spend on subs.

I absolutely agree with marnick here.

5 free slots for characters. Try out some variations?

My mesmer does better at hitting multi targets than my ele. Greatsword skill 4 sends out a beserker that hits up to 5 targets, the other greatsword #2 hits targets that have already been hit by you or zerker. Shatter hits everything (up to 5 lol) around. Necro is also good at hitting lots of targets. Scary/tough looking is a personal taste thing and all species have their pluses and minuses.

I like and appreciate the gesture. Thank-you.