Guild Wars 2

So even the TP PvP has trolls, huh?

The impetus to keep people running around a map is why my suggestion includes a scaling fee that gets more expensive the more times you WP within a period of time. 3 silver was just a figure I plucked from the air; it could easily be scaled so that waypointing could cost up to 10 silver (or more) a trip if you went crazy hopping from one World Boss to another.

Yeah, I believe that too. ANet has to know that giving all Champions the same loot table would just funnel players into whatever low-level map had the easiest Champion farm train (*cough*Queensdale*cough*), and just stay there 24/7. They don’t want to turn any particular map into a perma-farming pit, which is why they’re nerfing CoF.

Perhaps the restriction is down to creatures that have some manner of cognitive awareness. This would include not just Destroyers, but also other forms of dragon minions like Risen, Icebrood and Branded. Animals, too, can run through a gate. I’m unsure if golems can pass through gates without an attending master, however.

If no appropriate “traveler” is nearby, perhaps the non-living matter simply bounces back or passes through the gate without actually getting transported (i.e. it lands on the other side of the departing gate).

We truly live in interesting times.

I got a Corrupted Core (along with a Destroyer Core and a Charged(!) Core) from completing the Jade Fractal. On level 2 no less. RNG is RNG, but sometimes it does work in your favour.

^ Love it!

The only thing I would add is that at the end, the camera pans back from Logan and Jennah to show Braham and Rox watching from the side. After a moment, Braham says, “Sooo… wanna dance?” To which Rox responds, “In your dreams, cub.”

Using portals to get to the end of JP’s is not an exploit. When the Aetherblade JP was released, there was a DEV in there porting people up to the end. That’s a pretty clear indication that they do not object to people using Portals to skip to the end of JP’s.

As to Personal portals making it easier to skip JP’s? I don’t think it will change the situation at all. Firstly, the devs have already hinted that the Personal Portal will be very expensive to make, and it’s one-use only. Secondly, if it works like the Mesmer Portal Entre, the person using the portal STILL has to get to the end of the JP normally before they can use their device and port people up. Why would they waste that kind of money unless they were asking for payment upfront? (And I bet that people who DO charge for their portals are going to get flamed and accused of being “greedy” and what-not. It won’t be worth the hassle.) And since the device only works once, you can bet they’re going to try and get as many people paying before they use it, during which time a lot of players will get fed up of waiting and change their minds or just do the JP themselves.

I don’t know either, but I’m keeping them in my bank just in case we can trade them for Fortune Scraps or something similar at the end of the election.

Thanks for the response, Bobby.

I think my ideal solution would be as follows:

1. Put in a Herald NPC (yes, that guy!) in your Home District, that like the replay NPCs during Flame & Frost, allows you to revisit past content. This NPC allows you to do dungeons like the Molten Facility or the Aetherblade Retreat, or any story-related content that takes place in an instance. You can bring a party into this instance by forming a party then going into your Home District as normal.

2. All achievements related to these dungeons can be completed as normal via the Herald. Rare rewards from these dungeons can still be obtained this way as normal.

3. Mini-games are added to the rotation as offered by Kiel/Evon. Achievements for these mini-games can be completed as normal even after the Living Story chapter is concluded.

4. Living Story content affecting the open world disappears at the conclusion of the Chapter (so no more Effigies or Periscopes littering the world), but to make up for this, increase the amount of time between Chapters to 1 month. Obviously, content linked to seasonal events like Wintersday will return next year and can be completed if they were missed the first time.

Ursan.7846:

Serious question. Does others’ show of wealth really bother you that much?

If he’s actively shoving the fact that he has a ton of wealth in-game down your throat , then you are most likely a far, far better man than he is.

If he’s not but if you’re still somehow “inferior” (you’re not. In a 1v1 you will have the same stats and you will probably kick his kitten . Do you feel inferior to some dumb jock who wears a ton of bling?), then there is absolutely nothing preventing you from applying yourself and working the TP for money also.

Me? Not in the slightest. I don’t want any of the current Legendaries because they don’t suit my character aesthetics, and likewise, I see no need to spend 20g (or whatever it is now) on Abyss/Celestial when there are cheaper dyes that will give me a similar effect. I really couldn’t care less about what other people are using; all I care about is whether I like the look I have on my character.

What I DO take objection to, however, is some players who insist that ultra-rare appearances should remain ultra-rare just because they don’t want other players looking like them. I’m a big believer in allowing all players the opportunity to access the same look via a playstyle that they enjoy.

That’s why I applauded ANet’s system of giving out the Fervid Censer and Sclerite backpack via the meta-achievement, because you could access said skin by doing a variety of activities. (And why I sympathise with players complaining about BotFW because it largely forces you to do JP-style activities to get the Gift of Quartz.)

As to TP flipping, I guess I could probably make it work for me if I REALLY wanted to, but it’s not an activity I enjoy. Since I’m pretty happy with my income in GW2, I don’t think this will change in the future either.

My original post above was mainly in support of players who DO like the effects provided by things like the Legendaries or skins locked behind RNG, but in order to afford them, have to grind gold farms like CoF P1 or play the Trading Post, which they may not enjoy, in order to get them. Note that my solution would involve more avenues to gain desired skins rather than “nerfing” the TP or something similar, however.

AntiGw.9367

Should we start handicapping decent sPvP players because you want to get away from situations where someone is better than you?

Certainly not! But PvP is a totally different scenario to PvE. There, the rewards for participation is basically the visceral sensation of defeating your opponents, knowing that you’re better than they are. I don’t think this would really be improved if you were wearing fancy armor and wielding a Legendary; you’d get the same satisfaction out of beating the crap out of the enemy team with basic weapons and armor skins.

The Champions in FotM will also get their new improved loot, so there is that. Depending on how it works, it may make certain Champion or Legendary foes in fractals excellent sources of Cores/Lodestones/T6 materials. We’ll have to wait and see.

^ That’s true enough, Ursan, but we should also remember that for many players, they play games to get AWAY from that kind of inequality. Video game worlds are supposed to be a place where you can be someone you aren’t, where the playing field is (more or less) equal and everybody can have fun. If you’re someone who’s stuck in a dead-end job where people who earn much more than you can basically treat you like crap all day, do you really want to come home and log into a world where wealthy players are also doing their best to concentrate wealth in their own hands so they can also look down on you and show off all the nice things you’ll never have?

And on the flipside, if you’re a poor player in real life who wants to become rich in-game so you can gloat over poorer people, shame on you for missing the point. :P

mtpelion.4562:

I wonder if someone decided to censor kitten with kitten and started an infinite loop of censorship.

It’s Kittception!

But yeah, the bug is really annoying. Hopefully they can fix it soon.

I see your point, but personally speaking, I just want a permanent solution that doesn’t involve me getting lucky from chests or buying it from the gem store.

While on the subject, has anyone else seen that new forum bug where a user’s name in a quote gets replaced with “kittkittkittkittkittkittkittkittkittkittkittkittkittkittkittkitt” ad nauseum? THAT’S annoying.

I still think it would depend on whether or not the Norn was a trained warrior. All Charr receive combat training in the fahrar, and even their farmers and artisans would have a basic understanding of what to do in a fight. The Norn though? Not all Norn these days are hunters or fighters. They do have the benefit of gentically superior strength and size, but that can only carry them so far in a fight against a foe who knows how to read his opponent’s posture, knows where to strike to cripple or maim, and where to strike for a killing blow.

Against a human or Asura, then yeah, I’d say the Norn’s innate strength might still win the day, but against a Charr who has only a slightly smaller build and bulk, an untrained Norn would not be a match for a Charr. (Of course, as in my original post, my money’s still on the trained Norn fighter against a trained Charr fighter.)

I agree. It’s pretty annoying. At least the Periscope records had an option to dump 5 at a time if you had that many. >.<

I’m indifferent to Legendary wielders. I like some of the Legendaries, but I’m not getting them on my characters due to clashing aesthetic goals. (Bifrost on a grim, dark, minion master Necro? Really?)

If someone is using a Legendary because they like how they look on their characters, I’m happy for them. If they’re using a Legendary and they want me to tell them I’m totally wow’ed and in awe of them, then keep moving. I generally don’t care what other people are using. It’s whether or not the person likes the Legendary for itself that’s important, otherwise you’re no different to that guy who buys expensive cars and drives around just looking for compliments about his car.

While I don’t agree that Champions should drop guaranteed RARE loot, I do agree that the rewards for them should be improved (as ANet appears to have done).

My ideal setup for a Champion’s loot drop would probably be something like this:

1. A random item, which may be Blue/Green/Rare/Exotic as per existing rules.
2. A 50% chance to get 1 – 3 Fine crafting materials, scaled appropriately to the map the Champion is in.
3. A 10% chance to get 1 Rare crafting material, such as a Core or Lodestone, scaled appropriately to the map.

Maybe that buyer was so rich that the savings you’re talking about is chump change to him? He just wants those bags and he wants it NOW.

I support this idea. However, instead of just making all waypoints free, we could make it so that:

1. Travel to a capital city is always free.
2. When waypointing to any other waypoint out in the world, the first travel is free. However, you are then put on a 30 minute timer where waypoint costs steadily increase with each use until they cap out at 3 silver. Not using waypoints for half an hour will decrease the cost again until it’s back to 0.

I feel that this would make it easier for people to travel to any capital city they wish, but also discourages players from just waypoint hopping across maps and taking time to see the countryside.

Can the gates transport inanimate matter without the presence of a living being nearby? In all cases in-game that I’ve seen, people never hurl stuff THROUGH an Asura gate. They always carry it through on their person, or on pack animals.

If the gates are tuned in such a way that non-living matter cannot pass through unless it’s in the immediate vicinity of a living creature, that might explain why there’s no atmospheric heat/moisture transfer between the gates from one region to another.

From ANet’s “create an economy for high level crafters” comment, we can surmise that T7 mats will be tradable. However, it’s not evident that crafted Ascended items will be tradable. Every single Ascended item (except for Legendaries) is account-bound so far, so while I’d personally prefer it if crafted Ascended gear was tradable, my guess is that it probably won’t be.

Incidentally, those screenshots of the Crown Pavillion make it look like the hole is still there. It’s just been refurbished into a giant sunken gladiatorial arena.

So Jennah likes to see men and women gladiators, all sweaty and oiled up, wrestling with each other for her viewing pleasure. I don’t think that’s particularly unusual.

Jennah’s not gonna die. That would require changing the dialogue of every single NPC in the open world who ever mentions Queen Jennah. That is a CRAZY amount of work. Not to mention it would completely up-end several Hearts in the world that mention the Charr-Human peace treaty that was spearheaded by Jennah.

I’m sure there will be SOME kind of attempt on Jennah’s life, but we the players (along with Rox and Braham) will foil it.

I agree. While I grinded my way through the Cutthroat Politics achievements in a weekend and a bit, two weeks is far too short to complete what are some difficult and often frustrating achievements. Two weeks was also insufficient to complete some of the most difficult achievements for Sky Pirates, with the result that many players just gave up after knowing their window of opportunity was so short. There wasn’t time for them to cool down, reassess and try again, with the result that they just get left with a feeling of disgruntlement.

This bug happened to me too for the first time last night when trying to do Ascalon Catacombs Story with some players from Jade Quarry. Despite having a full party of 5, two of the players were missing from the party window. (I knew they were there because I could see their messages in Party chat.) When it came time to enter the dungeon, I couldn’t enter the same instance either. I eventually had to leave the party after apologizing and find another group.

This bug was present on Tarnished Coast last night too. I have a feeling it’s because someone used a launch skill to knock an Instigator off the edge and into the abyss, rendering the event uncompletable.

Colin did say that Crab Toss achievements would be available for completion again in the future (granted, this might be due to the fact that they were bugged during the last week and people couldn’t progress the achievement). But that precedent is why I think the Southsun Survival achievements (and maybe Aspect Arena, if it ever becomes part of the rotation) might still be completable in the future.

Dragon Ball is more up in the air as it obviously won’t be available again until next year’s Dragon Bash.

I DID use the dev tracker, Esplen. I searched for “achievement” and looked through all the pages back to page 7, which was the initial release notes for Cutthroat Politics. There have been no posts by any devs since then that say the achievements will no longer be completable, and I highly doubt that a dev would comment about Southsun Survival/Aspect Arena achievements no longer being achievable before we even knew those achievements existed.

I also searched for “survival” just to make sure I didn’t miss any threads. Still nada.

That spear is the Golden/Seraph spear skin. It’s not new.

Tom Gore.4035:

akamon.2769:

is. amazing!DDD can't wait for this.

karma as well? can finally use all those thingymajiggy’s and not take up more bank space. we’re gonna have so much space we might not know what to do with ourselves!

I’d still stock them and only use when sitting on 95% karma boosts

Yep. The only difference now is that I don’t have to carefully ration them out to characters after they make big karma purchases. I can just store them all up, just pick a character, then use some boosters/banners and slug all those puppies down.

I did. Searched back to Page 7 which was the initial release notes for Cutthroat Politics. No mention anywhere of the Southsun Survival achievements no longer being completable after the end of the event.

Thus, I’m remaining skeptical of the claim unless someone can produce a link to the dev post in question.

Again though, I would urge achievement completionists like myself to hedge your bets anyway and complete the achievements before August 5th.

Yeah, I saw your other post about that, Deimos. No offense, but I would really like to see the dev post for myself before accepting that claim.

(For the record, I hedged my bets anyway and completed all the Survival and Aspect Arena achievements last weekend.)

Are you sure about that, Esplen? Do we actually have a confirmation from a dev?

Lisa.6102:

Zaxares.5419:

You too? Haha. I had to create a new mule character to hold all of those Celestial recipes since I haven’t decided yet which characters will be my final level 400 crafters. XD

I have a mule that is holding 10,000 zhaiftaffy, recipes, helms and 1000’s badges of honor until i find the time to sort out what to do with them

The Zhaitaffy I sold for gold. Recipes are being stored on my mule. I converted all of the festival helms from the Living Story into PvP versions so they could be stored (as I didn’t particularly like the aesthetics on my existing characters).

Badges of Honor can now be stored in the upcoming Account Wallet; sadly, I already converted mine to 4 Gifts of Battle. XD Ah well.

Hopefully they update them so the Finishers are now tradable. I still have my Wintersday finishers in my bank from last year!

I’m not really a fan of steampunk, but it hasn’t really “overwhelmed” the world yet. Hopefully ANet can continue to keep it balanced so both steampunk and fantasy fans are satisfied.

I expect that ANet will re-release infinite gathering tools again sometime down the track. However, they may not have the special animations from the initial release, or possibly different animations.

The Desert Rose is slightly different in that it has rounded petals, while the Fervid Censer has pointed petals. But yes, for all intents and purposes, it’s basically a re-colored Censer.

Going purely by lore, it would probably be the Norn. Norn are described as being capable of defeating entire Charr warbands by themselves back during the days of GW1.

However, these days the Norn are a more sedentary race, with more and more Norn taking up professions as farmers, brewers, artisans and the like. Likewise, the Charr have better arms and armor than they did in GW1. So, all in all, it would really depend on the individuals involved.

Anyone else feel terrible for the poor Asura clean-up krewe staggering around in Thaumanova Reactor and hacking like they’re about to cough up a lung?

@SynfulChaot: While I sort of agree with you in that I don’t believe that flippers really provide a “service” to the rest of the community, they do support one of the goals of the TP in that with each transaction they make with other players, they incur the listing/sales fee and thus drain money from the economy. This money doesn’t go to the flippers; it gets removed from the game completely, and is an essential component of keeping inflation in GW2 in check.

Now, the successful flippers price their items in a way that they still come out ahead in the end, so yes, in that regard they are just “leeching” off the system. I’m no more a fan of this than you are, but unless flippers actually try and create a stranglehold on certain goods, they aren’t actually harming the economy as a whole.

And if they DO try and create a monopoly, I have confidence enough in ANet that they will take steps to rectify it since such a monopoly is not conducive or helpful to the wider player base. This isn’t EVE Online, where such strategems is an INTENDED part of the gameplay. If flippers ever got such a hold on the market that they were effectively choking off supply, you can bet that ANet would intervene by increasing drop rates or introducing new ways to get the item again.

Personally I hope that the rewards for dungeon paths are per character, but I expect that it will be account-wide. As an altoholic myself, I’ve kinda resigned myself to the fact I will just have to accept it taking a lot longer to gear up alts.

I believe it is common courtesy to give a shout-out in the map if an event starts, or if you want help with an event. The farming zergs, however, have no right to berate other players for “screwing up their rotation”, the same way people who used to camp certain events in Orr just to farm endless mobs had no reason to get upset that someone came by and actually completed the event.

If they start to get nasty, block and report them. Otherwise, just ignore them. You haven’t done anything wrong.

Personally I would like it if Champion loot scaled in a similar fashion to other monsters in the map. Killing the Champ Troll in Queensdale, for instance, gives you a random item scaled to your level, along with chances for T1 Fine/Rare crafting materials since it’s in a 1 – 15 map. Killing the Champ Giant in Diessa Plateau would be the same, except with T2 materials, and so on and so forth.

Yes, but to get to Hoelbrak for a Keg Brawl match, you’d first need to travel to LA, then travel to Hoelbrak. Then WP to the closest WP to Keg Brawl. That’s too many loading screens for the average player to want to sit through.

If waypoints were free, then players could go straight to the Keg Brawl waypoint, do a few matches, then waypoint straight back to whatever map they were in before. I understand the role that waypoints play in acting as a gold sink, but I honestly think it’s more of a hindrance to creating a bustling, vibrant world than not.