Guild Wars 2

penatbater.4710:

Vayra.3290:

penatbater.4710:

John Smith.4610:

Playing the market is not the only viable way to make gold. Not even close.
Also this wouldn’t work. If you attempt to artificially increase prices without a change to supply, you’ll just get an oversupply of incomplete transactions.

Someone’s artificially increasing the prices of silver doubloons o.o Unless, of course, you guys deem current prices as the “expected” price for it. o.o

There’s a demand for silver doubloons. Much higher than for gold or platinum. The supply is fairly low so of course prices are rising.

There’s always been the demand for silver doubloons, and they’ve steadily become more and more expensive. However, it seemed suddenly someone bought out the entire supply and made it more expensive. Key word here is “suddenly”. Alot of people speculate someone manipulating the market to increase its price.

And hey don’t get me wrong, it doesn’t affect me one bit at all. (on the account that I can’t equip a hammer/not gunning for a legendary hammer anyway). I’m just sympathyzing for the other people who are at the mercy of these market manipulators. I wouldn’t be surprised one bit if those things become more expensive than charged lodestones.

I actually caught someone on the forums bragging how they bought silver doubloons in bulk to hoard and sell, suggesting others do the same. So yes, Peanut’s suspicions are correct…

VISA debit also works… but do NOT save your info in client. I got charged bogus (not NCSoft’s fault as it turned out).

+1 FIX downed state

-1 remove the most innovative feature in recent MMO history

Some clarifications about prices etc. in GW1 and why they’re irrelevant:

• A set of max armour was 1p/piece (5 pieces). Really, really not a lot.
• A set of prestige max armour was 15p/piece. Which is/was a hell of a lot.
• Some sets cost multiples of that due to the added cost of insanely expensive mats. Also, the mats for each profession’s armour was different. Some professions ended up spending dozens of platinum more because they require more of an expensive material, and less of a common one
• The most expensive dye in GW1 at the time of the launch of GW2 was black dye. It was not more than 10p (but obviously you have to spend 5 times that to dye all armour pieces.
• Dye was not unlocked in GW1. Therefore it was cheaper and dropped more often.
• 5 gold is still a lot of money for some in GW2. If it was not, everyone would have been able to buy Abyss when it was 5 gold. Now its at least 6 times that. It’s meant to be rare, so it’s something we’ll live with or hopefully ignore until people stop screwing with supply. But the same people who claim 5 gold is easy to get also say dye should be as expensive as it is… It’s saying “If you’re poor, too bad for you. But I find making money easy, therefore it should be even harder for everyone.”

IRL this is how millions die. People have a right to complain when something that was promised (account-wide unlocks) is denied, and the price of dye rises up to 500% due to manipulators with ridiculous cash. It’s greed. I don’t know why it’s fun, but normally I would say if playing the market is fun, do it. But it’s crossed the line where it’s hurting the enjoyment of other players.

For the love of Balthazar, please do not waste money on dye whose stock is being compromised maliciously. If anything, wait until the next “dye weekend” when prices come down a bit and supply goes up.

Keep fighting for what they originally intended. Think of it this way… would the game be unbalanced if the dye market went to hell? No. Dye is cosmetic. The only thing it’s doing right now is making the rich richer, and maybe a few lucky casual players tiny fortunes. Those player’s are more likely to be excited by a an unidentified dye drop EVEN IF they went for 1c on the TP. Dye should be about colour, luck, prestige, and making visual improvements. It should not be what it is right now. A war most of us would rather bail on.

You said dyes would be account wide – is depriving the less fortunate players of cosmetic improvements worth the chaos it’s causing on the BLTP and forums? I really don’t get the logic. I really really don’t. Was there ever an official explanation as to why they went back on their original plan and made them character-bound?

Z

I will try as soon as I get GW2 installed on this computer. I use mail a lot not only for sending presents but for RP and it’s more essential to my fun than the Trading Post. I’ll let you know soon what I find.

EDIT: I went to the BLTP in LA and tried to compose a letter. It didn’t auto fill. I even selected a random person, opened mail again, and hit “compose”. It stayed blank I think you have a bug.

Hey OP, this thread is great! Here’s my suggestion: RP is just as sunjective if not moreso than the other parts of the game, and depends entirely on who you hang with. Many guilds on tarnished coast contain players who RP (because either they form their own small groups inside the guild or else are members of a secondary RP guild). Some are freelance RPers. Your questions should be directed at those you wish to play with. Your drinking and playing is of course completely legal in your own home, for example, but (and I honestly don’t see it ever being a problem provided you’re not appaulingly rude or vulgar), but just as an example, some RPers might not be comfortable with it. This is an example. RPers take RP in various levels of seriousness and realism. You can be a silly and still be considered a serious RPer.

Bottom line: respect the fun others have while RPing, and have fun yourself. If you follow these, most people would be happy to indoctri— … show you the ropes and have you as a casual/infrequent/consistent roleplayer.

So much more I could say about so many many things. Best bet is to find someone/some people that are agreeable, and learn from them

Gluck, bro <3

Leave them alone! I can go afk in Timberline Falls in a parliament of owl griffins. Not only are the deer tougher, but they are aggressive towards the monsters. They actually chase and draw off griffins that attack you… and kick puppy. The deer are my friends, and as a ranger, I disapprove of this suggestion

You guys haven’t realized how to make gold without logging on? Granted it’s only possible in some countries. I AM talking GW2 in game currency. Any way, I can come up with about 20 g an hour lately. I don’t, but I can. And it’s by helping kids out. I can’t do it back to back hours, but I only play 3 hours a day on average, and a solid half of that is spent Role-playing or playing dress up at the PvP locker. Also, I have 1 piece of exotic armour. I buy pretty things I like, craft stuff for my lobbies and guild mates. Some times I’ll get frisky and buy BL clothes. Or I’ll head down to a wharf in LA and pick up some nice looking pixels… NPCs… I’m not soliciting with the client for ERP nor for real. The thing about the wharf was a joke.

wildcode.5403:

Some stores (not alot) have a policy that if a sale happens within a certain time of purchase you can get a partial refund, or the same benifit depending on circumstance. For instance, if I bought a radio, and the following day it was on sale, I could get a partial refund based on I would have waited an extra day if I had of known about the sale.

Not everyone does this but the ones that do, care about customer satisfaction and have policies to reflect that.

You are spot on about customer satisfaction. But where I live, most big companies offer full money back within a window if the price drops. Walmart even has an advertisement match policy. As does Staples Business Depot: “We will not be undersold”. They’ll actually give you a better deal on the spot. Large companies are/should not be opposed to giving customers a break. It’s what keeps them competitive and their customers coming back.

Romeo.4378:

Toxica.6749:

Though I agree with the sentiment of what you are posting, that one should not begrudge those who were smart enough to shop for a good deal on the game… your tone is a disgrace. You come off as lecturing your peers and have the cheek to tell other people to get over themselves.

Let me assure you, the people this thread is aimed at, are in no way shape or form, my “peers”.

Ah. I see. Then please close this thread if you admit the purpose is provocational rather than constructive.

Toxica.6749:

Though I agree with the sentiment of what you are posting, that one should not begrudge those who were smart enough to shop for a good deal on the game… your tone is a disgrace. You come off as lecturing your peers and have the cheek to tell other people to get over themselves.

This takes the cake. Sorry, OP but this isn’t what the forums are for. People feel cheated. It’s not your job to make them feel worse because of a video game company’s ploy. You attempt to discredit players who enjoy the game differently, and you devalue YOURSELF as a customer and a community member.

I agree with certain things the OP says. Return policies etc. are subjective in most places (however British Common Law is codified in many places under some sort of Sale of Goods Act). I dunno how it works legally for a company who publishes in countries outside the Commonwealth and United States (and granted ANY company is entitled to their own return policy). But frankly, if you tried to return something and the employees laughed at you, I’m truly sorry. I don’t think you meant to imply ANet/NCSoft was laughing behind all our backs.

None of this was sarcastic. I harbor no hate for the OP. In fact I sympathize with the OP as they seem to have based their opinion on an experience of poor sales practices and customer service. For this, and only this are they forgiven. The tone, as Toxica.6749 before me said, is not welcome.

If you haven’t relogged since you completed your last daily, your 4 tracks don’t reset until you begin progress on them. For example, if you get all your kills and events, and did everything the day before WITHOUT relogging yet, your gathering may still show 20/20 and your daily: 100%. If you gather one thing, it will go back to 1/20 so you can complete it. Just a bug. It doesn’t really prevent you from completing it, but it tricks you into thinking you have already.

It’s a bug with “Elonian Bottle of Wine” and ANet is aware of the issue. Just search “win”. You’ll get tons of “Swindler ______” results, including bottle of rice wine, and the other wine (red?). When you page over to the page where Elonian wine should be, it does what you say. “Simple” and “Ascalonian” should work.

Actually, since waypointing takes money out of your bank if your pockets are empty, putting all your money in buy orders can save your silvers

I didn’t know it did that – I thought it auto-completed it if you start to type a name similar to someone on the same map… but that’s weird. You can right-click on the guild roster, friend’s list, chat and portrait and it should fill out the correct name from the option on the menu that pops up. But when I compose a letter from scratch, it always starts out blank… again, odd.

Just realized this after trying to equip an new character… It’s a pointless item… no.,.. “useless”. I enjoy the novelty… but it’s taking up space. Came to the forums to see if there was a post about it. Can we please get a change? It’s not asking for much. In fact. It’s asking for about 4 silver’s worth of a promotional item… which was free… I have to assume it was just a mistake. A programmer checked the wrong box or something. It’s silly, but I want to appreciate Halloween again :P

I think it’s kinda a given IF such an expansion happens. I’d be happy even if it were ruins, if that’s what you meant. Either way I really wanna see Leona again… Autocorrect

Omg I love the idea of saving character appearances. That’s a face book I’d sign up for.

I think the OP was referring to the ingame naming restriction. I used the kitten reference tithe forums as a joke. The odd combination of “lsd” I don’t think is acceptable in game, but perhaps on the forums. Of the letters in quotes are censored then I’m lying

While this suggestion is a disaster waiting to happen I agree with the OP and I have an idea that’s rather simple. Add a “request correspondence” sorta thing. Target the character and there’s an option similar to “whisper ________”. On doing so, an option appears on the other player’s client simply stating “allow or decline”…. I like my idea

Moderator.1462:

Hi everyone,

Please refrain from engaging in personal flamewars. Keep this thread constructive and friendly.

Thanks

@ Mod, without prejudice. The OP is neither constructive nor friendly and it’s directed at the developers.

My thoughts on every thread like this whether it’s mechanical, economical, what have you:

Complaining about any mechanic that is good for poor players and bad for good players is akin to saying: “Taxes are good for poor people and bad for rich people, therefore, I am against taxes for rich people.”

…it just doesn’t fly.

The OP made one good point which is true (in a subsequent post). Downed skills are not yet balanced between professions and also between PvE and WvW/PvP (the later of which I can’t testify personally to as I only PvE). I just know my ranger’s downed skills bug out when I use more than one. However, this is an example of a known issue ANet has acknowledged.

If they did that, they’d be going against their motto of gear grinding… oh wait… they said there would be no stats better than exotic whatsoever. GW1 infused items didn’t even have a slot. You talk to the reward NPC and “infused” gets appended to the item description. I will be getting ascended items for skins only. I will not be infusing them unless it’s free. I’m not giving up on parts of the game. ANet denied me this as of their original premise on which I bought the game.

I agree., Sleepwalker. You missed one demographic: the people who would buy them under the current system that end up being kinda screwed because the current system doesn’t include something they thought it did…. uh… yah… it doesn’t even matter. The demographic I just stated is ANOTHER reason the preview system would help sales. I know I won’t be buying another. And I’ll be warning my friends that the makeover kits cannot control certain things (like human skin texture/complexion).

This censor stuff is so silly. I can’t even make a character after my favourite music theorist. I feel like making a new char. Ana Owkittenottir…. hey… I like it. It’s almost my favourite tree and two adorable animals in one!

Sorry you’ve been getting flac, Aeranima. Here are my thoughts:

Firstly, again with the balance stuff. The cooldown system for EVERYTHING is probably the buggiest and most misrepresented aspect of the game. Half the sigils don’t work correctly when they have a cooldown. Many passive skills have an unmentioned internal cooldown. If weapon swaps were made more frequent, sigils would have to be rebalanced (god forbid they should have to go back and look at elements that are broken to begin with). I’m being sarcastic, obviously, but logistically, it’s a legitimate problem when it comes to time and work.

The second thing is that I played Pen and Paper for 8 years. IRL it takes time and effort to switch weapons. A caster switching in melee in pen and paper… even video games based on pen and paper rules… actually provoke a free attack from their opponent. Think about it. You sheathe two swords and pull the longbow off your back. Your opponent is gonna see that and try to stick you. I’d rather switch instantly every so often than have it take 2 seconds to switch at will. I think they made the right call.

They sacrifice realism by doing something that is actually more beneficial and user friendly (unless, and I’m not being sarcastic this time, you want combat to be more clumsy – RL combat IS more clumsy). Again, not being sarcastic. I know some people would go for this realism.

They need options to buy a certain number, rather than spend a certain number. I don’t know why it’s opposite the actual trading post method. I can only assume it’s a marketing/psychological ploy by Anet to make a slight bit more money in the long run.

I want to be able to “buy 150 gems” and see how much gold it will cost. I want to be able to “sell x gems in the amount of 1 gold”.

Same thing happened to me. I have memory problems. I have to ask everyone’s name again if I don’t recognize their character. Community problems/bugs like this should be priority. It’s an MMO. Wouldn’t be one without people.

I think it’s lag. I once lost control and walked right through the Hoelbrak portal in LA. I didn’t rubber band. I had to swim to shore and make a loop round the piazza. I teleported the second time.

No chance. In a dungeon, I’be had to be called away on emergency for 15-20 minutes. Yes, that would be precious to be kicked from the game because I have to check dinner or walk to the chemist up the road for my disabled mother. I’m not mad but I think the original post is rather silly.

introducing some visual indicator would be nice. Super simple: Similar to messaging an offline player, have “The player you are messaging is currently away”… But still deliver the message. By message I mean whisper not mail.

I bought both kits to get rid of my character’s stubble. Turns out it was part of the face texture and not changeable. Luckily I got gems back from my ticket but I think something closer to GW1 would save players and service agents a lot of trouble and disappointment.

Do research to make sure the kits can do the specific job.

I’ll be telling my friends to wait till anet offers a free upgrade to collectors edition and a free set of exclusive skinnable obsidian armour for new purchases come boxing day.

So we, current players, get the game to be #1. To celebrate and thank us for buying and playing their game, ANET makes the hat available to everyone EXCEPT the people who made their prestige possible. What a motherfudging slap in the face.

Here’s my proposal for a new crafting discipline should they ever introduce another. There would be 2 main groups of items. Here are my suggestions:

Wood instruments

• Woodwinds (flutes, oboes, clarinets (maybe)) – wood for the body, metal for keywork
• Strings (violins, cellos, guitars (maybe)) – wood for the body, leather for strings

Metal instruments

• Brass (trumpets/cornets, horns (not warhorns)) – metal or alloys for the body, and more metal for the mouthpiece
• Percussion (triangle, cymbals, cowbell, all that jazz – maybe combining some or all, see below) – metal, wood as fit

Not many more emotes than the original Guild Wars. Reeds share the same emote for example. Besides, IMHO this game lacks a variety good emotes. I’d push for more, personally, either way.

Upgrade components could be pieces if sheet music, and could even be acquired by karma vendors. Each upgrade, when attached to an instrument plays a particular song when emoted. Each class of instrument would have it’s own version:

A flautist, violinist and trumpist all complete the same renown heart and buy the Norn theme from the heart vendor. They plug in the upgrade. When they sync emotes, they all play their own part for that song. It’s great cause even though they mesh, it’s not dependent on any other players. One can have as much fun emoting a song they found by themselves as with friends.

I think a lot of fun could come out of such a discipline. It also keeps in line with their motto of grinding for aesthetic bonuses, rather than new gear (which, unfortunately is what almost needs to happen with a new crafting discipline. Not here though)

OPTION: The instruments could be equipped as a “toy” in town clothes. Maybe the songs could be skills if that’s easier. They wouldn’t have to program new emotes. The emote and sound would be the skill animation and sound. 5 skills, 5 songs. That makes things easier… though I really like the upgrade component idea – makes learning new songs rewarding.

It will do this for 2 reasons I know of. Sometimes mailboxes are temporarily locked due to high traffic. Also, event mail such as the ones with green stars from Halloween or lost shores counts towards the limit without showing up in the total.

Solutions: Relog, delete mail, or wait for ANet to renew their couriers’
contracts… Or maybe that’s the Tyrian Post. Failing this, I’d suggest filing a ticket cause Ante typically can’t get to individual /bug reports. Good luck bro!

Perhaps since the support and forum sites often go down togetger its usefulto have a third party site. However these kinds of unannounced maintenance jobs aren’t acceptable when official media are up please announce in the announcement forums when you idisable service for more than 12 hours, however necessary the maintenance.

I get kicked every 25 minutes since the unannounced maintenance about 15 hours ago. They stated it`s over, but I`m still getting the Login Server error fairly consistently. I think it`s safe to assume people will be having login issues for a little bit yet. Chat is also still horribly laggy as of an hour ago. Confirmed with guildmates.

Could we get an official answer as to what`s causing the problemsÉ

I didn’t even know that was possible lol. Nope, My Documents is still in my user folder.

I’m getting a windows error on client launch asking me to insert the gw2 disk……. what?

Thanks Omni and NoOneShotU for that tip. I typically take the long route and refine to demand (ie. refine enough mats to make one discovery). I have acute short term memory loss from an accident and I get distracted easily, and I have a problem with crafting more of the same item after a discovery, so I do as I say as a safeguard lol. However, I totally overlooked the experience I’m losing (though I’m gathering that something was indeed wrong with the experience I was getting from discovery) by not refining everything FIRST. I guess it will take some more brain power and vigilance to keep track. I know it probably seems silly or easy, but it takes effort for me. Nothing I can’t handle though And I should save a lot of coin leveling now!

Gilosean.3805:

You mean recipes disappeared from the production list, or mats aren’t appearing in the discover window?

Both in fact. Sort of.

Before I logged off I saw 7 of each weapon type in the production list after I discovered each using all types of insignia (plus the (simple) versions). I was getting 140 experience each discovery.

When I relogged, there were only 3 or 4 per weapon type (plus the (simple) versions). I crafted the missing inscriptions, and they appeared in the discovery pane, but when I added either the components or the inscription, it acted as though I already discovered it and the missing recipe ingredients were greyed out.

I remade my character and my I’ve got some wood and copper from friends. I have to farm all the rare mats again though.

Hi thereI’ll keep it short for now.

I’m looking for a majority PvE only, ESTABLISHED guild on Tarnished coast (established does not mean fully-featured). Players who WvW occasionally are of course, NOT a deal-breaker, but I want to avoid something with sponsored events.

I don’t roll with subscription-based guilds. I help out, though. I offer excess mats, free crafting services where I can, I help with personal stories, and offer dyes I’ve collected already.

I love RP. An RP focused group would be heaven, but it’s not my main draw. I like decent people of ALL walks of life and I try to be family-friendly I also prefer people who are sensitive and caring of player’s personal lives.

I’m in great standing with my first and current guild since launch, but the roster doesn’t pander to my interests as of late, and I’m excited to meet new people.

Reply here or message/mail me in-game if you’d like to interview, take me for a test drive, or even better – fill out a guild website application (I like to be involved on guild forums).

I’ll reply and update this OP based on any questions you guys have

Z

Hi guys, thanks for the guides So I relogged and half of the items I discovered were not on my list… my mats were still gone. I also can’t rediscover them… anyone heard of this happening before? I’m thinking of remaking my level 4 mezzie and starting fresh, cause I’m not really comfortable continuing if something’s wonky with my experience gain I don’t feeling like grinding out duplicates for a fraction of 140 XP I get from discoveries. Luckily green wood is vendor-cheap right now. Still… so many blue mats. Off to Queensdale I guess

Hopefully no one else finds themselves in this situation.

Thanks for the link but I’m not even 50 yet so I can’t use any other rare mats. The (master) inscriptions are in red and I’ve crafted the six starter inscriptions with all weapon types. Other disciplines went so easy with discoveries, but I was only getting 140 each trip to the discovery panel (the one sigil I can discover gave me 2 full crafting levels, however). Are there other items I’m missing? Like potions with artificing maybe?

Hi there First time at huntsman and I’m finding it a bit difficult. I’ve discovered:

6 longbows
6 shortbows
6 warhorns
6 torches
6 harpoons
6 pistols
6 rifles
Minor Sigil of Paralysation (master)

I’m at crafting level 45. Do I have to grind the weapon’s I’ve discovered? I’m assuming since I was getting 140 experience per discovery it’s going to take a while crafting duplicates

Lol, I’m obviously missing something. Thanks!

The ranger’s Rainbow Jellyfish has the same abilities and model as the blue jellyfish. Just a really important cosmetic issue which should be addressed. My ranger’s very colourful, it would be nice to have the pet which was promised pre-release.

Any word on when something like this will be fixed? People worked hard for this rare pet.

Flax.4980:

I for one would not be happy if they introduced ectos as a map completion reward since I just finished the high level areas.

Nope, I get that changing rewards is frustrating when you’ve already redeemed but you dodged the point. It’s not about farming ectos, it’s about equipping your characters. I won’t assume but usually characters/players with 100% map completion have max armour. The added reward would only help you equip alts, which is currently very hard to do for the average player.

The fact you could only milk each area once per character gives incentive to use them toward that character. Unless you wanna go naked and sell your rewards which is of course up to you… and welcome

Those player’s would probably own me lol.

Also, Linksville please

I have an idea. An actual non-sarcastic one. Add ectos as a reward for completion of high-level zones. It’s not really farmable, it helps to equip alts (since your alts will be of level anyway, typically – not in my case, but mostly).

Since the big issue isn’t that it’s too hard to get ectos (it’s that it’s too expensive to support multiple chars for the average player) players should be rewarded with that chance while they work hard to be afforded it. And some players don’t even have alts – they have multiple mains. Ouch.

The current system of crafting top-tier equipment is only viable for players who play a very specific way. Everyone should be given equal opportunity. Similar to the “should PvEers be forced to WvW for what is historically a PvE completion achievement” issue. (100% map completion). Leave that comparison as it is, I’m not trying to change the topic.

I agree with Rylek

On a different note… if I want to craft exotics I farm my ore. It’s so much more fun and cheaper than buying it. Making it a bit easier doesn’t make it less fun for me. Why? I have one 80. With a new node, maybe I’ll be encouraged to work on and equip my alts.

The only reason this would upset someone is if they log in solely to play the market, which goes back to Rylek: It’s not really playing. There are still PLENTY of mats and items you can screw casual players with using the TP. You want a challenge? Go do some slimy research.

Disclaimer: I’m not against playing the market. I do it occasionally. I don’t buy 1000s of a single item, and I’m not saying it’s wrong to do so. I also farm for my own use and I’m NOT saying that farming to sell is wrong either. It just sickens me when I read “this is too easy, make it harder”. When I get nerfed, I adapt. I don’t go looking to make gaming for less adept players more difficult.

/pickme
I’m on board for editing and sound