Guild Wars 2

IT LOOKS SO FREAKING GORGEOUS!
Both classy and sexy on females, and gentleman-like on men! It’s amazing!
https://d3b4yo2b5lbfy.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/6e73501-Noble-Count_1920x1920.jpg

I just wanted to say that.
Good job, anet!

Relshdan.6854:

glad i got mine during the first halloween event……..also prefer it to Final Rest (sometimes simple is better)

If you say so. Personally, I think so many people want it because it has a high price tag on it and is rare. It looks…well just as you said – “simple”. I don’t see too many people going for standard greatsword skin, even though it’s “simple” and looks pretty nice. =)

John Smith.4610:

edit 3 (in story form): Lemark wasn’t much of a haggler. the merchant had taken almost every copper he owned, but it was worth it. He was positive this time, no more fakes, no more copies, forgeries or lies, this was it. He could feel it, sinister…ghostly, it felt weird to hold, but he didn’t care, his journey was one quarter complete.

Where’s Edit 2, John? Did the evil skritts take it? =(
“Shinies!”

Also, since it’s one quarter complete, I guess it’s a Gift of Something after all. =3

Just buy the Final Rest. =)

Have you considered sending him a mail? He can still have those, even if he’s offline…or rather if he pretends to be.

Those are really beautiful. The first one will be a great wallpaper, if you don’t mind. =)

Chokapik.3741:

The ability to rent an NPC’s soul so he can farm for us.
[&AgHAWQAA]

Give it a cat girl skin and I’ll buy one for 1600gems! =o
Not a charr skin! Cat girl skin….

Add a “nosebleed” emote while we’re at it.

Gobble D Goop.4081:

Yoroiookami.3485:

I like the idea. At least the crafting process. I think “Gift of Precursor” is a bit silly though. XD

the name or the material requirement? I did the materials that high because it is still a precursor. The drop rate is severely small, so the requirement for making one should be crazy (although higher than that would not be outside of the realm of possibility). If it’s just the name thats silly, well, i couldnt think of anything better to name it.

I meant the name. =)

Serophous.9085:

Chris Whiteside.6102:

Yoroiookami.3485:

Chris Whiteside.6102:

I get this all the time. They are very mean to me.

Chris

I’m so sorry, Chris. I would hug you, but I blame you for anything that was ever wrong with the game by default.

And that is how it should be. I completely understand.

I dont blame chris, I blame the lil quaggan devil on his shoulder telling him to do things that make us mad in game.

In truth, all quaggans are evil

Hahaha! Love this post. XD

Chris Whiteside.6102:

Yoroiookami.3485:

Chris Whiteside.6102:

I get this all the time. They are very mean to me.

Chris

I’m so sorry, Chris. I would hug you, but I blame you for anything that was ever wrong with the game by default.

And that is how it should be. I completely understand.

Remember that quaggans love you!

Chris Whiteside.6102:

I get this all the time. They are very mean to me.

Chris

I’m so sorry, Chris. I would hug you, but I blame you for anything that was ever wrong with the game by default.

rhael.6317:

Stop faux-guessing and get in early on the REAL answer:

Infinite Continue Coin + Box o’ Fun + 250 Thin Leather + 250 Bloodstone Dust = Portable Super Adventure Box

I HOPE SO!

calyx.9086:

Did you try using a melee weapon instead of a ranged weapon. It’s easy to cleave through objects that ranged weapons can’t shoot past.

Silly gs mesmer.

This bunny would end you if you approached it with a melee weapon.

Silly unexperienced melee fighters!

Labjax.2465:

pdavis.8031:

Dasenthal.6520:

pdavis.8031:

One Prarie Outpost.4860:

I would like to throw 4 Anet Developers into the Mystic Toilet.

Would that make one super developer? Although the idea is….interesting…the question is: Do we want to sacrifice 4 great devs for 1 better dev? Even if we did, I can’t think of anyone I would want to give up. :P

There is a rumor that there are more than one John Smith… Maybe that’s it!
We throw in John Smith + John Smith + John Smith + John Smith and we get Back “JOHN SMITH” the ultimate John Smith…

LOL

The multiple John Smiths must be his horcruxes, so by combining them into the forge, we will get the original John Smith back, and then he can once again come back on the forums and put those who think they know what they are talking about back into their place. :P

Maybe John Smith is an AI, like in the Matrix…

Wait a minute. What if John Smith is Zommoros? It all makes sense now!

Well I did suspect John of being pure evil, so…

Dasenthal.6520:

pdavis.8031:

One Prarie Outpost.4860:

I would like to throw 4 Anet Developers into the Mystic Toilet.

Would that make one super developer? Although the idea is….interesting…the question is: Do we want to sacrifice 4 great devs for 1 better dev? Even if we did, I can’t think of anyone I would want to give up. :P

There is a rumor that there are more than one John Smith… Maybe that’s it!
We throw in John Smith + John Smith + John Smith + John Smith and we get Back “JOHN SMITH” the ultimate John Smith…

You mean that we will smith John Smith? That’s the punniest thing of the day.

Mesket.5728:

I would literally pay for gems for an option to remove all special FX and outfits from my screen. Please add that as a feature. That new Lich thing has worsen the GW environment by a lot (for the people who is trying to keep the aesthetic at least)

I know GW1 also had them… was the reason I stopped playing that game and never bought EotN. After that I just played solo with my heroes but here I’m forced to see them everyday.

You could…for example…put your Character Model Limit on low. :I

daft inquisitor.1605:

Tanith.5264:

Maybe it’s to do with all these extra Carved Bone Spoons Tequatl has been giving me?

I hope not, I’ve already sold a couple dozen.

That must be it! We’ll be able to craft the Gift of Spoons, allowing us to craft the legendary weapon – “Cereal Slayer”.
It could make sense as a focus. XD

I sure hope it won’t require 500g to craft it. Otherwise I might just walk around Lion’s Arch begging for some copper…

Gobble D Goop.4081:

I had an idea for obtaining an item from the mystic forge through actually crafting it instead of throwing random weapons into it.

The first ingrediant would be an ascended weapon that corresponds to the weapon you want (EX: you use an ascended longbow to get Leaf of Kudzu, you use a greatsword to get dawn/dusk). The second would be a new item: Gift of the Precursor. The recipe would be purchased from the mystic forge attendant for the usual 10 gold. It would be crafted from 15 Deldrimor Ingots, 15 Spiritwood Planks, 15 Elonian Leather Squares, and 15 Bolts of Damask. It would be availible to all 8 crafting professions at level 450 (obviously cooking and jewelcrafting cant make it yet). The third ingrediant would be 100 Exotic Luck Essence. The fourth would be 100 ectos.

The prices of precursors would probably decline if this were implemented, but i dont think rares/exotics/ectos/crystal dust would decline much from this due to the ecto requirement and the fact that people would still use the old method if exotics declined in price by much.

If crafting an exotic from ascended materials/weapons bothers anyone, perhaps precursors could have their own color for the name (red maybe?) and have their stats buffed to ascended level to compensate.
Thoughts?

I like the idea. At least the crafting process. I think “Gift of Precursor” is a bit silly though. XD

Valento.9852:

Guys, you are so mean! You should be locked along with Mad King’s son.

I actually feel bad for him. It’s like he’s grounded for all eternity.

I’m sure John is behind it…

I demand a gear made specifically for the purpose of murdering bunnies! :I

Valento.9852:

One Prarie Outpost.4860:

I would like to throw 4 Anet Developers into the Mystic Toilet.

HAHAHAHHAAH XD

I would do it if it gave me a precursor….

Olvendred.3027:

This must be a teaser to the flying bunnies that Gaile Gray promised would definitely be in the next update.

Perhaps they could implement this mechanic into some sort of jumping puzzle. Just think of all the raging players!

Azure The Heartless.3261:

Champion Risen Bunny

Description:

“Lol u mad bro?”
[Stability]
[Defiance]
[Determined]

On topic though, this is the first I’ve ever seen this. interesting.

This bunny died randomly after me charing this attack for 5 minutes standing completely still.

Why isn’t there a seperate achievement for that?!

Xehanort.4589:

I hope they are adding the wings that are missing from the Raiment of the Lich outfit as a backpack skin.

If that was the case…well…where’s my wallet?!

John Smith.4610:

Zommoros let me in on the fact that he expects to have an item he’s never had before to trade with tomorrow.

Edit 1: I’ll be checking for discovery and giving hints every once in awhile. First one is free The item has nothing to do with minis.

You said that it doesn’t have anything to do with minis. Assuming you’re pure evil, it definitely has something to do with minis. Can I assume that I will be able to
forge my useless copies of Queen Jennah into something else?

And if not, then I hope that you can forge something fabulous!

Apparently I’m not strong enough to defeat this vile creature~ =(

(Please fix this ‘invisible wall’ bug XD)

Me: Over 1200g wasted on buying greatswords + most of my found rares for around 2 years and no precursor from Mystic Forge.

My friend: First few tries in Mystic Forge using random rare weapons/armor pieces, 2 precursors…one of them being Dusk…

If you ask me, all of those “you have higher chances if you use only the weapons of the same type” and “only if you use weapons” aren’t true. Sure it makes logical sense, but in practice – it doesn’t really matter. It’s pure luck/RNG.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Mystic_Clover
You can use the 10x Clover recipe to get 11-40 tier 6 materials. It is a gamble, but it can pay off.
Other than that, I’m not sure what to use the skillpoints for.

Make 4 competitions instead of 10, but with 3 winners each time.
1st place – 125g
2nd place – 75g
3rd place – 50g

Or something similar.
This way we have 4 events that matter with 3 winners each.
Prizes are still pretty high and the whole thing will be more enjoyable in general.

I don’t have too many ideas about the contest itself. Maybe something like “the most eerie screenshot”?

Contact me in the game and I’ll help you out. Might not run around with you and do stuff, but with everything else I’m happy to help.

KDXX.9520:

I started playing GW1, because is seemed cool. I stayed and bought Factions, Nightfall, and EotN because Anet grasped and suitably represented an ideal that had seemed to have long been forgotten by society in general.

That NO, not “everything” needs to be decided by money. That you owe your loyal players a reciprocated loyalty, and make visible, palpable, amends when a mistake is made, and you talk to them in a serious manner, and take none of their ideas for granted. That your responsibility to the craft of the game does not end once the money hits the counter. That intentional mediocrity for the sake of profit is not acceptable.

GW 2 placed a fresh face on a game I loved, better graphics, more freedom, more immersion; and at the start, those same ideals, steadfastly in place. Now. I increasingly question why, or even IF I want to play anymore. The graphics are still good, the freedom to roam is still there, the immersion is a little worn, due to time. But the ideals. The ideals that made me a player, fan, and customer; are dead.

I don’t know when or why, but someone killed them.

So maybe I keep playing for the vain hope I will see those ideals restored to the company, one day.

This. This is the truth. :I

Your guys’s screenies are pretty kewl. I especially like TheBlackLeech’s…spirit….cough

All hail Gaile the Quaggan Overlord. Let his reign be full of singing!
CooooOOOoooooo~!

Gaile Gray.6029:

wwwes.1398:

Chris Whiteside.6102:

Palador.2170:

I think they’re going to muck it up and do something stupid with the LS ending.

That’s the spirit!

. (-:

Chris

Wait, can you see these posts? Awkward……

Yes, it can be awkward, you’ve got that right.

Here’s the way I figure it:

• News today
• Holiday event (beloved holiday event) tomorrow
• Good stuffs coming in Living World

This is good. This is very good. And I’m glad most of you can see that.

Glad to see at least you guys are having fun. :I
#JustEmoThings

Seriously though. Hopefully I will finally have some fun with these holiday events.

Vayne.8563:

Yoroiookami.3485:

Vayne.8563:

Scipio.3204:

Vayne.8563:

You should probably watch the business more, rather than formulating opinions without watching the business. Because MMOs do add content when the population drops, not when it’s at a high.

That’s pretty much every MMO everywhere…with very very few exceptions.

Cause and effect. MMO’s active population increases when they release major content patch or such meaning the population’s the highest when the content hits release, but anet doesn’t seem to intend to do that. With living story at best they can achieve a stable, somewhat bigger active population compared to other MMOs between expansions ,but it’s more likely they just slowed the population decrease.

But by saying MMOs don’t release content when their population is high is like saying MMOs don’t release content when they release content.

Sigh. It’s really much simpler than that. WoW is the best example. They pretty much have content releases with major expansions. Before those expansions, the cash income is the lowest. They require those expansions to reinvigorate the game.

Releasing that content when the population is high servers no purpose, because it’s not going to get MORE players. That’s their formula and it works for them.

Guild Wars 2 releases smaller patches more often. Why? Because that keeps players coming back to the game more often. You can see it in the tracking programs. That’s the Guild Wars 2 formula.

No company can release constant content no matter how much money they make. It’s just not reasonable. So logically you hold back the big release for when you need it. That’s business.

Well Vayne…seeing things as they are, they will need it some time soon. I just hope for their own sake, that the amount of new players they get is higher than the amount of veterans who leave~

What’s your evidence? The game hasn’t gone down in any significant way in any of the sites that track it. It has essentially the same number of unique log ins and the same number of hours played.

People keep saying that the game is dying or becoming a ghost town but nothing, and I do mean nothing, supports this with the exception of their personal observations.

I think we should all just keep an eye on Xfire for the Halloween content and the new living story content and see just how that affects the traffic. Since I’ve been following those sites, the people who report the game isn’t doing well make me wonder on what they base their information.

Evidence? Take a glance at the forums. It’s obvious to me and anyone with a healthy sight that there are (hundreds?) of topics now dedicated to saying “buhbai”. The majority of veteran players are clearly unhappy with what’s been happening lately. It’s a bit like anet stopped caring about their players at all.
The biggest patches this year were:
- More gem store items
- Even more gem store items
- We could use one map and some living story
- Hmm…GEM STORE ITEMS!

I just don’t understand why do you defend this game so blindly. All I can see is devs slapping their older players in the face time after time. The game becomes less and less original and becomes more of a grind each day.
Mawdrey takes like a month to make, unless you plan it really well. OR you can spend a lot of gold on it. (Meaning – grind gold)
Everything comes down to this, which is a bit dissappointing.

I’m saying this, because I care about the game. It’s like being in an abusive relationship in which you put your most effort into loving the game, but it keeps b*tchslapping you.
That’s at least how I feel.

So yeah, I do hope that it was at least worth it for the new players.

Vayne.8563:

Scipio.3204:

Vayne.8563:

You should probably watch the business more, rather than formulating opinions without watching the business. Because MMOs do add content when the population drops, not when it’s at a high.

That’s pretty much every MMO everywhere…with very very few exceptions.

Cause and effect. MMO’s active population increases when they release major content patch or such meaning the population’s the highest when the content hits release, but anet doesn’t seem to intend to do that. With living story at best they can achieve a stable, somewhat bigger active population compared to other MMOs between expansions ,but it’s more likely they just slowed the population decrease.

But by saying MMOs don’t release content when their population is high is like saying MMOs don’t release content when they release content.

Sigh. It’s really much simpler than that. WoW is the best example. They pretty much have content releases with major expansions. Before those expansions, the cash income is the lowest. They require those expansions to reinvigorate the game.

Releasing that content when the population is high servers no purpose, because it’s not going to get MORE players. That’s their formula and it works for them.

Guild Wars 2 releases smaller patches more often. Why? Because that keeps players coming back to the game more often. You can see it in the tracking programs. That’s the Guild Wars 2 formula.

No company can release constant content no matter how much money they make. It’s just not reasonable. So logically you hold back the big release for when you need it. That’s business.

Well Vayne…seeing things as they are, they will need it some time soon. I just hope for their own sake, that the amount of new players they get is higher than the amount of veterans who leave~

I think I’ve mentioned it once already somewhere. It would be a nice addition. A way to save your trait combinations!

Or you could always add some kind of enchanted stones to the Gem Store. You would store your trait settings inside of those stones, and switch between the settings by using these stones.

Xae Isareth.1364:

The kind of progression I wanna see is new skills. With PvE the way it is, we’ve been doing the same thing over and over and over for the last 2 years.

Second that. There’s literally nothing to do for me anymore. The fact that there’s a gold wall behind everything doesn’t help. My latest dissappointment was Mawdrey… :I

It’s hard not to believe that anet only cares about money when all you get is living story and gem store items.

Greyhound.2058:

Yoroiookami.3485:

For the note – if you have over 2000 achievement points, I will assume that you are either a:
- bored troll
- person who feels like testing me to feel better about itself
- fraud who wants some gold
- all of the above
Then again, I had people with more points asking me how to use emotes.
People who feel like fooling around and annoying me will get immadiately blocked. <3
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

That’s all, spam away!

I’m sure I have more than 2000 points, but every day I find stuff I didn’t know!

Who knew there was a room of kittens in WvW?? Not me, until today

That is fine. That’s why I said that I will assume that you’re just having fun at my cost. I did have multiple people with way more than that asking me questions. That’s alright. I just hope not to hear another “1000g plx lololol” joke.

Your char will get the kind of attention she doesn’t want!

People in the game really focus on what’s profitable for them. I have no idea why would they act that way in Story Mode, but in anything else it’s all about profit. Best to make your own party in Looking For Group tool and put information that you want to watch cutscenes in it. That should help.

The frustration with anet’s actions just keeps stacking up. :I

Tachenon.5270:

Boomerang. Atlatl. Blowpipe. Brass knuckles (Kilroy!). Bullwhip (yakwhip?).

Heck, why not the classic ray gun. Seems like something an enterprising asura might create. With crystal power packs that store magical energies which can be released as beams of varying effect based on which focusing lenses are used (kinda like engi kits, maybe). “Blah blah scepter and staff blah blah.” Well, blah blah right back. New animations, new skills, something at least visually different.

New racial/cultural skills —

Sylvari: Stuff Happening – the sylvari emits a mind-altering floral-scented neurotoxin which can cause an opponent to attack himself, or flee for a few seconds at the slightest hint of a breeze rustling any nearby leaves.

Norn: Call Polecat/Become the Skunk, which causes foes to flee and/or become incapacitated due to gagging. Or some sort of portable ale launcher that shoots ale into an opponents mouth, causing momentary intoxication. Alternately, the norn could take a big drink of something and gain momentary benefits. A ‘stiff drink’ skill, if you will.

Charr: The Red Dot. A device (carefully guarded secret/self destructs when a charr is defeated) worn by charr which produces a bright red dot. When a red dot is projected onto an opponent, any charr who sees it (including the charr who produced it) will immediately pounce upon that target, potentially knocking it over or interrupting it. Alternately, forgo the dot device entirely and give charr a pounce attack (or a ‘bull rush’ attack) which knocks down/interrupts a foe.

Asura: Conundrum Projector – when activated, this device analyzes the target’s behavior patterns/tactics and then projects a personalized psychoholographically distracting conundrumic image onto the retina of the target’s eye, causing the target to briefly ponder the conundrum thus presented. Highly intelligent targets might be presented with some engagingly stimulating complex differential riddle, while less intelligent target’s might see before them a choice of two nummy treats.

Human: Inappropriate Public Displays of Affection – the human activates an inflatable, barely lifelike significant other which can be pre-programmed to say things like ’O, Sweet Bee-derived Substance, you are my sunshine, my only sunshine, and should aught ill befall you, I shall surely keel over and die, die, die until I am dead from loss of your invigorating presence," which causes confusion and possibly nausea in up to ten nearby opponents (and allies).

Hahaha! I love the red dot idea. XD

Well on the bright side – you can make some amazing looking screenies!

laokoko.7403:

You can buy everything from the TP right?

So there is actually no time wall.

Quite honestly, you wont’ even pay that much extra to get it right away. Since you can keep crafting the ingredient after and sell it on the trading post.

I think I might just do that. :I

Are you playing the game in some kind of theatre?

lordkrall.7241:

They added the time wall there in order to push people towards trading. People have been wanting more meaning and ability to get money from crafting since release more or less.
With these new things it creates a rather clear market for crafters which makes this possible.

I see…well isn’t that the worst kind of thing they could possibly do? They should probably focus on exotics and rares being cheaper to buy on trading post rather than to get by crafting.

Stand The Wall.6987:

Grawl
cuz Ugg make smash

Semblar – Heavy armor class. Uses harmful and beneficial auras to control the battlefield
Aura of the Savior – Allies below 30% health regenerate 500 hp per sec. 1200 range
Reavers Aura – Anytime an enemy gains a boon, they take damage. 600 range

IMO we shouldnt worry about new weapons, but our existing classes receiving existing weapons. Within the general boundaries of lore.
engi hammer
necro sword
mesmer mainhand pistol
ranger staff
thief mace
guard axe
warrior staff
ele mace?

I’m sorry for nitpicking, but why would you put “staff” for Rangers? The most obvious addition for me would be guns and rifles.

I’ve decided to have some fun crafting Mawdrey. Unfortunately I can’t, because apparently I have to craft the same item for 7 days. Why? What’s the point? Why would you put this time wall there? I can sort of understand that for ascended gear, but it’s a single back piece.
I hope you do realize that this sort of thing destroys any sort of enjoyement I had preparing for crafting Mawdrey thus far.

If someone has any logical explanation of why it exists at all, I’d like to know~

(And yes, I know I can buy nearly every ingredient, but why should I be punished for making something myself instead of being rich?)