Guild Wars 2

Dustfinger.9510:

They all have “twins” like any litter of kitties :P

You know what I mean though. :P Two identical Charr twins or triplets born from the same zygote splitting in the womb.

Heh, my RP background for my female Human Mesmer and my male Charr Warrior is that they eventually end up falling in love with each other. This is doubly awkward considering my Mesmer’s great-grandfather was Ascalonian, was part of Rurik’s Vanguard, and never forgave the Charr for the Searing. (Fortunately he escaped the Foefire as he eventually settled down in the Ascalonian Settlement. He considered his vow to Rurik to safeguard the Ascalonian refugees to be more important than fighting a lost war in Ascalon.)

Yeah, I disagree with race-specific classes. They work in some RPGs, but not for a level-playing field MMO like GW2.

Irena.1062:

How about as a bubble Bobble referance if you take too long in a zone a monster who is invinceable will chase you around until you die? Good thing the monster’s kinda slow although the monsteer flies and can chase you anywhere, the only way not to die is to keep moving.

Oooh, I like that idea even better than the rising lava!

Chaosgyro.6023:

I’m not too big on the pile of lava while harvesting, but a halloween themed one that released ghosts? Hell yes brother.

On the other hand, a mining pick is a flavorful fit for the current story line, while an unlimited gathering scythe fits more into something like halloween; so waiting now will only hurt in the long run….decisions decisions.

So, a Halloween-themed harvesting sickle where ghosts rise up screaming when you harvest plants? Creepy, but I MUST have it for my Necromancer!

I just stockpile them until the next BLC RNG item is released, then I sell all my chests for double their usual value. (Hey, 7 copper is still more than 3 copper!) I just don’t bother buying them up when they’re cheap because I value my storage space more than that.

I do wonder how many keys ANet sells each day though. People are still buying BLCs, so they must be consumed somehow.

Personally, I’d like it if Dailies and Monthlies awarded 1 Black Lion Key and 10 Black Lion Keys respectively. However, I think that would probably cripple sales of boosters or other items on the gem store, so I can’t see it happening.

I don’t really object to Ascended gear in itself as I understand that it provides people who enjoy serious grinding for BiS items a goal to work towards. I do, however, wish that Ascended gear were part of a progression that doesn’t leave out crafters completely. If ANet were to include ways for crafters to make their own Ascended items, or perhaps introduce recipes where players can upgrade Exotic items to Ascended versions via the Mystic Forge, then I’d be happy as a Charr at Meatoberfest.

I’d buy the pick only if you like the convenience of never having to worry about switching picks or buying picks ever again (which is why I bought mine). Or if you have a flame-themed character and enjoy seeing lava erupt everywhere when you mine a node. If you’re buying the MA pick under the assumption it will save you money, DON’T. It won’t.

I would definitely support an Armor Locker/Wardrobe for PvE as well. Make it another “collection” that we can unlock and I guarantee it will increase demand for obscure armor sets (and therefore crafters) tenfold.

I kinda support the OP’s suggestion in that I would actually like to customise my pet’s appearance and it’s F2 skill. For example, I really like the Ice Drake’s appearance, but it’s F2 skill is more or less useless. It’d be nice if I could “breed” or “train” my Ice Drake so it can use the Salamander Drake’s Fire Breath skill instead of Ice Breath. (Obviously, the pets are still restricted to using skills from within their own pet family. No Jellyfish using Fear Howls or nonsense like that. :P)

I imagine that unbreakable sickles and axes will be introduced at some point in the future, now that the precedent has been set with picks. Maybe not with Flame & Frost, but sometime down the line certainly.

Calae.1738:

I’m going to laugh so hard when the gold to gem ratio gets to 1:1.

The day that happens is the day I’m going to get my Emperor’s New Wardrobe achievement.

Actually, it’ll probably happen if it hits a 100 gems for 10 gold exchange rate. That’s my personal breakpoint, although I doubt it’ll happen (if it ever does) for a long time yet.

Ooshi.8607:

Free trial weekend coming up…. Copper definitely not gonna get cheaper….

Hmm… That’s actually good advice there. The same applies to other T1 crafting materials too like Jute and Green Wood Logs, as well as their refined versions. Good thing I have a small stockpile of each in my mat storage already.

Before I clicked on this thread, I thought this was a thread about making your minipets dance in the street for money or signing them up in a minipet tournament a la Pokemon. XD

Zogyark.4597:

How long will these dyes be out? Trying to figure out best time to buy them from TP

15th April – 15th May, I believe.

I really do wish that Ascended items could be put up for sale on the TP though. I hear stories from guildmates who do Fractals regularly complaining that they have dozens of Ascended rings, but they can’t do anything with them. They can’t sell them, their alts are all equipped, and merching them seems like a waste.

I think the price of gems (in gold) will slowly rise over time. It tends to spike whenever new items come out in the Gem Store, but it never really settles back down to the old price. (Probably because of players like me who just pull out the credit card when there’s something we REALLY want from the gem store and buy it outright, while other players gobble up an ever-decreasing supply of gems in the currency exchange.)

It may be added down the line. GW1 didn’t have a credit roll after completing Prophecies either; it was eventually added about 5 or 6 years afterwards. XD

^ Surprised you didn’t pick a Bun-nado for one of your options.

Leablo.2651:

Zaxares.5419:

The last 5 bits could also be used to store data about what the byte contains.

Even assuming you meant the last 5 values, that’s not how it works. You need all 8 bits to represent 0-250. To effectively free a bit for another purpose you would have to start from the big endian bits, and with only one bit missing the range of possible values is reduced to 0-127.

And that would be why I didn’t become a programmer. XD

Good work, MaideN. Will you be adding more information about the Bee Dog sections though? The mazes in Z1 and Z3 would really benefit from having a map.

I like most of the above suggestions, but remember that the Breath is only usable once per life/zone, so it can’t be used for any ideas that would require it to be used more than once. Furthermore, if the Breath is required to get through an area, there has to be another way to obtain it for players who can’t complete the difficult jumping puzzle in W1Z3 to get to the room with the Breath.

I love Josh’s rapid fire feedback on the SAB forum, but it should be noted that Josh is actually currently on holiday and he’s replying to us on the forums during his own free time. (Which I respect him even more for. )

The other devs are probably not responding on the forums because it’s not what they’re paid to do during their working hours, and during their free time, they want to get their own gaming time in.

Tobias Trueflight.8350:

Are you reading my mind, because that’s what I’m expecting here. End of the next Living Story arc, they release a sickle for 800 much the same way . . .

… ANet is gonna make SO much money off me this month if that’s the case. XD

I skipped it as a requirement too. I just got my Monthly via Events, Veterans, Dailies and Jumping Puzzles.

Pixelpumpkin.4608

I guess the bottom line is that the lottery system is financially better for ANet, or otherwise they wouldn’t do it this way. /shrug

It is. It’s the same reason why casinos almost always do well. A LOT of people like to gamble, and of those people, there’s a sub-set that are willing to drop a massive chunk of money on it. The reluctance of people to cut their losses when they’re already sunk a large amount of money into an endeavour means that they’re also unlikely to stop and walk away, instead just plowing more money into the casino in the hopes that NEXT time their luck will change.

Well, one good thing about the Periscopes is that they make a handy place to complete the Daily Dodger requirement. XD

GWGuru was hacked once several years ago during the GW1 days. (That was how I got my GW1 account hacked back in the day, because while I’d taken the precaution of using a different e-mail and password for Guild Wars itself, I’d forgotten about my NCSoft account, which did use the same credentials.) The hackers may still have the e-mails from that attempt, since it’s a fair chance that anyone who played GW1 will have gone on to play GW2.

The last 5 bits could also be used to store data about what the byte contains.

Envy.1679

how is 10 silver enough for way pointing? thats like 5 ports. 2 of which would be used to get to the bank and back to where you were

Some of us are real penny pinchers and never waypoint anywhere unless we absolutely have to, or we get killed. To access the bank (and BLTP), we instead head to our Borderlands in WvW and visit the Master Crafters there rather than waypoint back to a city.

The important thing to realise is that the MA pick is NOT meant to be a cheaper option than, say, buying 400 Orichalcum Picks. Rather, you’re buying it for the convenience of never having to swap out picks or buy picks ever again.

And also if you’re running a fire-themed character and like seeing lava explode everywhere when you mine ore.

I have no mains in either game. I have an assortment of characters that I play more or less equally, although aesthetically my favourite was my Assassin in GW1 and my Sylvari Necro in GW2.

Chrispytoast.3698:

Does that mean we should always land on our feet? Cause I have landed on my face many a time

Mine just belly-flops from great heights. XD

Fyrebrand.4859:

I’m just thankful ArenaNet didn’t answer this question for us.

You mean when they scrapped the idea for having different stats for different races?

Anyway, my feelings would be:

Elementalist: Human/Asura
Engineer: Charr/Asura
Guardian: Human/Norn
Mesmer: Human/Sylvari
Necromancer: Human/Sylvari
Ranger: Sylvari/Norn
Thief: Human/Charr
Warrior: Charr/Norn

All dollar values are Australian dollars (hence the crazy high price for the CE).

Bought the Collector’s Edition – $150 (Aug 2012)
Gems to unlock all bank slots and bag slots for my characters – $100 (Aug 2012)
Gems for Transmutation Crystals when they were on sale – $50 (Jan 2013)
Gems to buy 5 Molten Alliance Mining Picks – $50 (Apr 2013)

So $350, it seems. Not too bad for a 9 month period. Plus I still have some gems in the pot for when other items go on sale.

Didn’t know about that. Thanks. I can think of several other Group Events that should give one of these chests too, like the Nageling Giant, the Blood Witch and Xolotl. Might help cull down on the hordes of players who show up to events like Maw and Shadow Behemoth purely for the chests.

Sooo… 5 Black Peppercorns, 5 Chili Peppers, 5 Cayenne Peppers and 5 Ghost Peppers? And when you eat it, your character bursts into flames and dies?

I don’t even know what it is you’re asking…

Shiren.9532

Because of inflation and the fact that farming ore takes time, I suspect even if you did play for seven years, your gems would be better off being spent on gold and then buying items on the TP and flipping them (currently the exclusive SAB skins and the Flame and Frost dyes are good picks). Their value in a year’s time will be greater than profits you make from these picks, the added bonus is you won’t need to spend your time farming orr every day on all of your characters. Gems have an added bonus because they are incredibly valuable right now.

I can’t see a value for money deal for these picks right now, with the small exception of someone who only buys one and uses it extensively.

With the risk of this item becoming redundant with a higher tier of ore being added later on, combined with the fact that you would need to use it a considerable amount of times almost every day, I can’t see this as anything other than a cosmetic and convenience item.

I’m not a TP player though; I find the thought of researching markets and calculating spreadsheets utterly boring and use it only to see if somebody wants my loot for more than what I can get for it at the vendor. I bought the MA picks purely for their convenience value, not out of any desire for cost savings. I just believe that their use lifetime, combined with their convenience, make it a worthwhile purchase for me. Every player needs to make their own decision regarding these though.

As I posted in another thread, if (and it’s a big “if”, because that essentially means they’ll be embarking on a gear treadmill) ANet decides to introduce T7 or higher nodes, I believe the Molten Alliance picks will be upgraded to also work on these nodes, as they were sold under the premise that you would never need to buy mining picks ever again. (And if not, then I’m sure going to lobby ANet to get them upgraded!)

Huh… I really don’t remember seeing those two (especially the first one) either!

BuddhaKeks.4857

Now we don’t know what Norn genitals look like, but I doubt they are any different from human ones, except again for size of course.

It would be rather hilarious if male Norn turned out to have teeny tiny genitals, like gorillas. Humans have the largest kitten size as a proportion of their body mass when compared to all other primates.

“I am Charr. In this world of constant conflict, I am the deadliest weapon of all.”

That was what sold it for me.

PopeUrban.2578:

Crazy Idea:

What if the level cap was raised, but 80 remained the highest gear requirement?

This wouldn’t have the annoying side effect of invalidating all of your hard earned exotics/ascended pieces, but would allow progression possibly in to new tiers of traits or other such core character advancement systems. In addition, new areas could, like they’ve done with some of the update content, add new stat configurations for more options in terms of horizontal progression.

That would be my suggestion. The level cap can be raised to 90, or even 100, in expansions, allowing players more trait points to play around with, but the highest level of equipment is fixed at 80. (In effect, Ascended gear becomes the level 90 equipment.) Furthermore, any characters higher than 80 get downscaled back to 80 when entering WvW or PvP, so it doesn’t affect game balance there either.

Zietlogik.6208:

Wait wait wait….so they added an item into the gem store that actively HELPS BOTS?!

I see the teleporting node mining bots all the time….this would just mean the bots can make more gold!….to sell!

I can assure you that gold farmers will NEVER buy this. It’s extremely expensive and would cut into their profits. Plus, mining bots tend to get banned fairly quickly, so it would be a poor investment to get one of these on a mining bot. (Of course, if an account with one of these gets hacked, bonus!)

The convenience of never having to buy mining picks again or swap them out when wandering through different zones sold it for me. I would have preferred them a bit cheaper (say, 400 or 600 gems instead of 800), but 800 does seem fair for basically opting out of a gold sink for the rest of your GW2 life.

I just hope these picks (or something else similar to it) make a comeback if ANet releases an expansion with new races/professions, because my new characters will need this too!

Got 1 for each of my 5 characters. The sheer convenience of never having to worry about mining picks again trumps everything else. I actually don’t really care for the special animation (I think it’s kind of annoying, to be honest).

As much as I would love to play a Krait PC, I just can’t do that to the adorable Quaggans.

I wouldn’t object to it becoming account bound as a player, but I very much doubt ANet will do so, not when they can earn so much more profit by keeping it soulbound.

John Smith has stated multiple times that people highly underestimate the sheer volume of trades that go through the TP. Heck, even something as pricey as Dusk still sell… what was it, 11 or 15 copies a day? Trying to corner a market on the T kitten heer folly.

I bought one for each of my 5 characters. For me, the convenience of never having to worry about buying picks ever again trumped everything else. I only maybe buy gems every 3 – 4 months, and only if there’s something I really want, so I could afford dropping the $50 or so for 4000 gems.

I think that if (and it’s a big “if”) ANet releases T7 or higher ore nodes in the future, there’s a good chance that the Molten Alliance picks will be upgraded to harvest those nodes too. The picks were sold on the premise that you’d never need to buy mining picks ever again, so we could argue that the MA picks should be upgraded to match that promise.