Guild Wars 2

Fernling.1729:

Zoso.8279:

Harny.6012:

Zoso.8279:

IcarusMelody.5312:

Zoso.8279:

Skugga.5298:

Zoso.8279:

and its all free.

Do you think they have an ingame gemstore and updates that revolve new skins because it is all free ? Think again ! I know off people who spend double the price of other MMORPGS a month and most people who do that just do it to SUPPORT A-net but what do they get in return for support ? Grind , and more grind.

Yeah but all items in gem store can be bought with in game gold. If they support the game so much to spend double than other MMO then for them its not a grind. And the “grind” in this game is light compared to ALL other MMO.

No, the grind is as heavy if not more so than other MMO’s. Everyone has been doing the same content for two years after they had their run of their daily living story zerg content. I spent close to $400 on the game supporting Anet.. hoping their would’ve been more fleshed out dungeons and new armor sets to strive for. Instead of getting that content though they just popularized mindless zergs for rewards to convert gold to gems to get new armor sets.

IDK….. If playing the game is a grind then why play? A new dungeon path was added to TA and nobody plays because its not rewarding enough and too hard but the people who complained about harder dungeons I thought they asked for that because of the challenge. Guess they might not know exactly what it is that they want. People who wanted gear treadmill got fractals/ascended gear. How do you define grinding?

You see, that’s where you are wrong.
You can’t say nobody plays something just based on what your friend list does, okay?
Many ppl looking for a challenge love aetherpath (and fotm).

No i didn’t come to that conclusion from my friends list. I came to that conclusion from the forums. I mean it was very obvious if you keep up with the forums how many people actually ran the new TA path. Main complain was too hard/long for mediocre rewards.

A lot of conclusions could be made from the forums. It’s probably best we don’t pretend the forums themselves represent anything other than a vocal minority.

I agree. The forums is not a true representation of the whole GW2 population but their opinions still have merit. Im frequently on the forums and even though some post are not very constructive most tend to actually be well though out opinions. I referenced the forum users because the hardcore players were the ones wanting hard dungeons but at the same time complained about the points I brought up on my previous post.

Harny.6012:

Zoso.8279:

IcarusMelody.5312:

Zoso.8279:

Skugga.5298:

Zoso.8279:

and its all free.

Do you think they have an ingame gemstore and updates that revolve new skins because it is all free ? Think again ! I know off people who spend double the price of other MMORPGS a month and most people who do that just do it to SUPPORT A-net but what do they get in return for support ? Grind , and more grind.

Yeah but all items in gem store can be bought with in game gold. If they support the game so much to spend double than other MMO then for them its not a grind. And the “grind” in this game is light compared to ALL other MMO.

No, the grind is as heavy if not more so than other MMO’s. Everyone has been doing the same content for two years after they had their run of their daily living story zerg content. I spent close to $400 on the game supporting Anet.. hoping their would’ve been more fleshed out dungeons and new armor sets to strive for. Instead of getting that content though they just popularized mindless zergs for rewards to convert gold to gems to get new armor sets.

IDK….. If playing the game is a grind then why play? A new dungeon path was added to TA and nobody plays because its not rewarding enough and too hard but the people who complained about harder dungeons I thought they asked for that because of the challenge. Guess they might not know exactly what it is that they want. People who wanted gear treadmill got fractals/ascended gear. How do you define grinding?

You see, that’s where you are wrong.
You can’t say nobody plays something just based on what your friend list does, okay?
Many ppl looking for a challenge love aetherpath (and fotm).

No i didn’t come to that conclusion from my friends list. I came to that conclusion from the forums. I mean it was very obvious if you keep up with the forums how many people actually ran the new TA path. Main complain was too hard/long for mediocre rewards.

I’d definitely buy different animations from the gem store. I feel having customizable standing animations would take customization to a different level in GW2 and honestly think will make the world feel more alive because not everyone will be yawning the same way lol. Since GW2 is all about aesthetics I think customizable standing animations can be a huge thing.

Can I have everyones thoughts on customizable standing animations? Do you think it would be cool to be able to pick how your toon stand while idle. For example “wimpy pose” makes your toon stand a bit slouch and look around scared . “heroic pose” makes your hero stand like superman and look around very heroic. Feel free to add more ideas. Would an animation like this even be possible? Do you feel players having different animations in a map would hurt or help the feeling of immersion. How would the pose be unlocked? Or should they be changed through an option in game menu?

Schwarzseher.9873:

Lets see if you still think the same if you get the same stuf over and over again for 2 years without any trace of new major content.

What do you consider major content? I consider Fractals/ascended gear/LS/new pvp maps major content. I’m about to fight a new dragon that has just awoken which is nice too lol.

Mental Paradox.3845:

You need to watch less porn (or simply on a secret laptop, like me). I never get ads of any kind in the game.

LMAO exactly this!

phoenix.3465:

Oh I have a Norn, I just wish we had a choice of animations. Seems the models are rigged to support both types of anims, hmm maybe they should add another category in the wardrobe for that!

You think ANET can do that? The idea actually reminds me of the new Sim 4 game where you can have different types of walking styles. Im a Sims fan it would be cool to add deferent standing animations in GW2. It would take the customization to a whole different level. Lol I can imagine a toon standing with a wimpy animation and another “standing tall” its a fun idea to be honest!

Karizee.8076:

These 2 maps were datamined a little over 1 month ago, they are actually in the game files now

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/2fxoo3/datamining_upcoming_features_from_the_feature_pack/

ok just wild guesses here. One map is GvG but kinda like a small scale WvW map. Other map is a new PvP map and the green map is a new jumping puzzle! Where is my cookie ANET?!

Vayne.8563:

kitten .9460:

Vayne.8563:

I’d rather play this for 100 years with no new content than a new WoW expansion.

So you like to play dead stagnant games indefinitely, cool, I very much doubt most players think like you (mindless fanboy)

No, I’d rather play content I enjoy than content I don’t. Reading comprehension for the win.

Obviously I’d rather have new content I enjoy. But to like something more than another thing is not being a fan boy. That’s a completely different story. And certainly I’m not mindless.

Put it another way. If you don’t like country music, and there’s no new rock coming out, you listen to the rock you like rather than country music, just because there’s a new song. This is the same thing.

How is having a preference for a certain type of content being a mindless fan boy?

+1

Liewec.2896:

Skugga.5298:

Zoso.8279:

and its all free.

Do you think they have an ingame gemstore and updates that revolve new skins because it is all free ? Think again ! I know off people who spend double the price of other MMORPGS a month

i’m a pvper so i sometimes buy new costumes hoping that a new look will breath life in to the 1 game mode and the same 6 maps…it doesn’t XD
i agree with you though, if the game is still going it is because they are making a profit, we should see more content, call me crazy but lets turn it into 2 pvp game modes?! wild eh!

Have you seen the new leaked maps. In Blu’s META show they talked a bit about it. Who knows maybe we get a GvG type of game mode or something. Only speculation but something is definitely on its way.

Oh the Dervish… Good memories. Personally I’m more of a Paragon type of guy but a boy can dream!

Chrispy.5641:

Zoso.8279:

IDK….. If playing the game is a grind then why play? A new dungeon path was added to TA and nobody plays because its not rewarding enough and too hard but the people who complained about harder dungeons I thought they asked for that because of the challenge. Guess they might not know exactly what it is that they want. People who wanted gear treadmill got fractals/ascended gear. How do you define grinding?

There is a fine line between Difficulty and Length and people confuse the two way too much.

Maybe. I can’t disagree with you on that one. I guess its up to the Raid ppl to help this new CDI be everything the hardcore gamers want it to be.

Varrg.2704:

gotta love fanboy circlejerks like this
and no, GW2 is by far not the best MMO. After couple of last months, it’s barely a good MMO.

LOL so let me guess AA is better? no wait KOTOR is better? Oh wait no WoW is better… play 3hr watch your toon travel for 2hr lol. All the hype this and that and what ended up happening? The people who left for AA came back after realizing how great GW2 really is and now they defend it because GW2 is not P2W like so many other “F2P” games. Its like that saying goes you don’t know what you have till you don’t have it anymore.

I don’t mean to attack any other game because they all have their pros/cons but lets be realistic here GW2 is doing a lot of things right. I probably sound like the biggest fanboy but after playing all them other MMO I truly appreciate GW2.

Personally I see the real fun of GW2 in PvP/WvW. Not saying PvE is not fun or important because PvE is huge but being able to organize a server to attack in coordination and control the maps is not only fun but extremely social activity and PvP is where the truly skilled imo players/builds are shown. Everyone plays the game differently and what might be fun for me is extremely boring for others but GW2 gives you options. Personally I believe PvP whatever form is what keeps games alive all PvE content will eventually get a bit old but the competitive nature of PvP really never gets old. If you look at console game yeah the story mode is fun and all but the multiplayer is what keeps the game going mainly thinking of halo/CoD/battlefield (battlefield was pure multiplayer for a long time and is HUGE) now sure the examples I gave are shooters but it still applies to all competitive genres.

IcarusMelody.5312:

Zoso.8279:

IcarusMelody.5312:

Zoso.8279:

IcarusMelody.5312:

Zoso.8279:

Skugga.5298:

Zoso.8279:

and its all free.

Do you think they have an ingame gemstore and updates that revolve new skins because it is all free ? Think again ! I know off people who spend double the price of other MMORPGS a month and most people who do that just do it to SUPPORT A-net but what do they get in return for support ? Grind , and more grind.

Yeah but all items in gem store can be bought with in game gold. If they support the game so much to spend double than other MMO then for them its not a grind. And the “grind” in this game is light compared to ALL other MMO.

No, the grind is as heavy if not more so than other MMO’s. Everyone has been doing the same content for two years after they had their run of their daily living story zerg content. I spent close to $400 on the game supporting Anet.. hoping their would’ve been more fleshed out dungeons and new armor sets to strive for. Instead of getting that content though they just popularized mindless zergs for rewards to convert gold to gems to get new armor sets.

IDK….. If playing the game is a grind then why play? How do you define grinding?

Doing the same thing over and over. With the same content over and over. The idea being is that some people get fed up with the grind and just pay for the gems. Or after you grind the gold you needed to get that new set from the gem store; you go right back to doing it again to be ready for whatever the new set might be in the gem store later.

You just described every MMO ever created. GW2 give you free story and new zones to explore to get new gear specific to the zone and its all free.

Let me clarify; new content doesnt require gear treadmill. It does require new skins though because thats the only thing to strive for in GW2. Most skins new skins are locked behind the gem store and not content. I expected new dungeons to be in placed by now.. along with new tokens for said dungeon(s). What I was pointing out is that the “free” aspect is what makes the game a grind, if you dont want to buy gems.

More content is never bad and this game lacks it. I saw this over a year ago and I stopped playing over a year ago because everyone was still like “living story is so cool so unheard of!” even though all MMO’s have literally already done it and provided much more content and story while doing it.

I agree more content is never a bad thing but this game doesn’t lack it. GW2 has had new content in the 2 years its been up and the way it looks more is coming. I have yet to get full glorious armor (heavy/mid/light armor) or truly used up dry top or south sun (I’ve been PvPing a lot lately so the new maps have been on the to do list). Also both new zones have added new skins with them.

Imagine GW2 had no WP. The life of the game would extend 2x just because of the time it takes to walk to places. That imho is not a good thing.

IcarusMelody.5312:

Zoso.8279:

IcarusMelody.5312:

Zoso.8279:

Skugga.5298:

Zoso.8279:

and its all free.

Do you think they have an ingame gemstore and updates that revolve new skins because it is all free ? Think again ! I know off people who spend double the price of other MMORPGS a month and most people who do that just do it to SUPPORT A-net but what do they get in return for support ? Grind , and more grind.

Yeah but all items in gem store can be bought with in game gold. If they support the game so much to spend double than other MMO then for them its not a grind. And the “grind” in this game is light compared to ALL other MMO.

No, the grind is as heavy if not more so than other MMO’s. Everyone has been doing the same content for two years after they had their run of their daily living story zerg content. I spent close to $400 on the game supporting Anet.. hoping their would’ve been more fleshed out dungeons and new armor sets to strive for. Instead of getting that content though they just popularized mindless zergs for rewards to convert gold to gems to get new armor sets.

IDK….. If playing the game is a grind then why play? How do you define grinding?

Doing the same thing over and over. With the same content over and over. The idea being is that some people get fed up with the grind and just pay for the gems. Or after you grind the gold you needed to get that new set from the gem store; you go right back to doing it again to be ready for whatever the new set might be in the gem store later.

You just described every MMO ever created. GW2 give you free story and new zones to explore to get new gear specific to the zone and its all free. The only difference that I see is that GW2 doesnt make you watch your toon fly a dragon or whatever for 20min to extend the content basically smokes and mirrors.

IcarusMelody.5312:

Zoso.8279:

Skugga.5298:

Zoso.8279:

and its all free.

Do you think they have an ingame gemstore and updates that revolve new skins because it is all free ? Think again ! I know off people who spend double the price of other MMORPGS a month and most people who do that just do it to SUPPORT A-net but what do they get in return for support ? Grind , and more grind.

Yeah but all items in gem store can be bought with in game gold. If they support the game so much to spend double than other MMO then for them its not a grind. And the “grind” in this game is light compared to ALL other MMO.

No, the grind is as heavy if not more so than other MMO’s. Everyone has been doing the same content for two years after they had their run of their daily living story zerg content. I spent close to $400 on the game supporting Anet.. hoping their would’ve been more fleshed out dungeons and new armor sets to strive for. Instead of getting that content though they just popularized mindless zergs for rewards to convert gold to gems to get new armor sets.

IDK….. If playing the game is a grind then why play? A new dungeon path was added to TA and nobody plays because its not rewarding enough and too hard but the people who complained about harder dungeons I thought they asked for that because of the challenge. Guess they might not know exactly what it is that they want. People who wanted gear treadmill got fractals/ascended gear. How do you define grinding?

Skugga.5298:

Zoso.8279:

and its all free.

Do you think they have an ingame gemstore and updates that revolve new skins because it is all free ? Think again ! I know off people who spend double the price of other MMORPGS a month and most people who do that just do it to SUPPORT A-net but what do they get in return for support ? Grind , and more grind.

Yeah but all items in gem store can be bought with in game gold. If they support the game so much to spend double than other MMO then for them its not a grind. And the “grind” in this game is light compared to ALL other MMO. I never felt like I had to grind for anything in this game. I can get gold by doing PvP/WvW/PvE just depends how fast I want to get that shiny looking dagger skin for example which isn’t even required to do anything its just for looks.

Labjax.2465:

Lomopop.7028:

Most women don’t stretch the way the female human toons did in this game. The animation used in this game is a totally cheesy boobs thrust out stretch created purely as fan service to tween boys. Since I’m not a tween boy, yeah, it’s immersion breaking. Especially in an LS scene where something serious is happening.

You’ve never seen someone do a chest-thrusting stretch before? :S

Go try it right now. It’s just a natural way of stretching parts of your body.

Honestly, I have to wonder whether you aren’t a bit boob-focused yourself if you’ve noticed it enough to care.

Yeah i’ve tried to do it IRL but I just don’t get the attention that women get….. Must be the facial hair.

Edit : last post was kinda mean reworded it cuz after reading I felt like an Ahole.

In two years we have

-New zones
-New gear
-New skins
-holiday events
-New story

and its all free.

to name a few.

Lomopop.7028:

Most women don’t stretch the way the female human toons did in This game. The animation used in this game is a totally cheesy boobs thrust out stretch created purely as fan service to tween boys. Since I’m not a tween boy, yeah, it’s immersion breaking. Especially in an LS scene where something serious is happening.

But….but…..but….. the boobies. We want boobies! (just kidding lol…….well kinda… I’m just a man!)

To each their own is what I always say but why keep posting when you’ve posted that you’ve left? Why isn’t the OP in the FF forums saying hello to everyone etc. I never understood why people post they are leaving in forums. I can understand if you tell your friends your leaving but to post in a forum imo is just looking for attention or a bad way to make friends (yeah I’m leaving too or yeah i hate this too lets be friends!)

P.S Can I have your stuff?

Trolls……. OMG why do people like you exist? We get something nice and a fun experience and they talk kitten. Wow…..

Merlin Dyfed Avalon.5046:

Zoso.8279:

Merlin Dyfed Avalon.5046:

Feel sorry for Blu.. putting so much time into streaming a game that doesn’t deserve it.

I kinda feel bad for you bro. Putting so much time in a game and its forums that you don’t like… You might be a masochist.

Plays necro, no effort i’m getting payed for this

What?

Merlin Dyfed Avalon.5046:

Feel sorry for Blu.. putting so much time into streaming a game that doesn’t deserve it.

I kinda feel bad for you bro. Putting so much time in a game and its forums that you don’t like… You might be a masochist.

Blu just finished watching part 1. Bro you outdid yourself. The show imo is great. I really feel like I know the players a bit better which is good because now I feel a bit more invested in cheering for a team (Abjured FTW! Phantaram seems like a really cool dude) Hope to see more episodes so more people can get to know each team/player a bit better.

Also I agree with Chicago Jack. You can definitely tell Backpack is young.

Edit : Watched the 2nd video lol’d at the neck flexing! And Blu why you hating on MM bro. I can understand the turret engi but MM takes more skill then the turret engi imo.

Thanks for adding the youtube link blu now all I need is for my PC to man up so I can watch them :P LOL.

Duke Blackrose.4981:

Will the community abuse it and farm particular spots? Yes. Will the player spread be better and more healthy even then? Also yes. Why? Because instead of the game having 3-4 popular farming spots, every map will be desirable. That’s a huge plus.

I agree.

I also agree Dry Top is a great map. Hope new zones are more or less created similar to Dry Top. My Farming guild runs farm trains their often. FGS/DT seem to be the most popular maps for us so far.

Just want to add one quick comment. This next CDI will be a very interesting read. Their are 2 polar opposite groups. I just really hope we keep the current spirit of the CDI (respect each other). I will mostly be reading this new CDI because I don’t have to many opinions on raids but like I said it will be a fun read.

GW2 is still a baby in comparison to most e-sport games. With time I def see it becoming one of the top e-sport games. Combat is exciting and their are many “hold your breath” moments in tournament play. And those moments are what make a sport good. B-ball with game winning 3 or free throw, Futbol with extra time golazo and American football with hail-mary or field goal. Gw2 with last second push out of a zone to hold cap/take cap or temple which is beast mode map. Beast mode meaning game can switch real fast winning/losing.

Even though I didn’t participate (don’t use the forge too much) I really enjoyed reading the thread. +1 for more!

I agree about minion AI. Dagger is good imo. Necro minion need a recall button.

Ill be at work but will def hit up the youtube to catch the show. GL Blu.

The idea of metabattle imo is good. The execution is the hard part. But personally the MM build they have posted there I don’t like too much. NeX your a funny dude……..

Gaile Gray.6029:

Here’s an update for you:

It’s clear that quite a lot of you would like to have greater flexibility in using the Currency Exchange. Our intention when we designed the new interface was to streamline large volume purchases, which make up the majority of transactions.

In light of your feedback, we will update the Currency Exchange so that you can decide how you want to use it. We will keep the new streamlined system and also offer a new “Custom” button on the panel that you can use to exchange any increment of gems or gold.

We anticipate rolling this out soon. Stay tuned!

~~~~~

Sorry for the delay in posting this, but out of respect to our international community, we wanted to be able to post in several forums at once.

+1

Gaile thanks for the update your the best.

maybe but it helps stop ppl trolling switching team

I have an idea to fix the swapping issue in Hot Join. Why not make it so if you manually go from a team to spectate mode in the middle of a match you are locked in spectate mode till the next match? You can basically only pick team in start of matches or if auto-balance kicks in.

The new grave finisher is pretty bada#$. Think I’m going to try and save up to buy. Anyone know how long it will be available for purchase in BLTP?

ConcreteExist.3426:

I like the UI, but I’d like it better if you put at the bottom or top a section to Fill in Your Own values. Best of both worlds, you know?

+1

lol they kept the good ones for Nov. Read the patch notes for Oct patch and looks like they added sky hammer dodge in this one.

I completely disagree with OP. DS is extremely useful. I hope they never remove it from the Necro play. Last update for DS was great, made you more versatile while in form. DS skills are OP if you know how to use them properly.

Eyia Hellhide.7320:

A bit off topic question. How MMs deal with longbow rangers? Or they can’t?

They do pretty good. Minions tend to get in the way of arrow shots.

Edit : To add detail

Personally when I run my main build (MM) rangers tend to not be much of a problem. With 2 fears 2 immobile (one basically having no tell since its from my ranged minion and when in a fight opponent is always focused on the crazy Necro stabbing them with his dagger) a few chills and one teleport I am able to get to the ranger quick ( DS skill 2) and hold them in place with imm/fear combo.

Also Cleric MM have TON of toughness/life

Just one more comment. Lets not get ahead of ourselves. The sky is not falling.

Astral Projections.7320:

Not a fan of this either. When I buy gems it’s an amount I need or a percent of my daily income. A set amount is too rigid and unwanted.

+1

I think LS is going good imho. Making the story replayable and opening up the game map make it perfect for me. Hopefully one day we can actually explore ALL of Tyria. The experience for a new player I think would be epic (for us vets it will be a bit different kinda like watching yourself grow you don’t notice it till you see a picture lol) . Honestly I can wait till all of Tyria is explorable before I’d really want an expansion (more themed armor skin!) . For me expansions should basically be new continents (CANTHA!!!).

I have a suggestion for two new minion master skills.

Bone Hound – Minion with a bit more DPS/HP then the bone fiends. When active can cause fear on use.

Elite Skill
Minion Army – Summon 7 Bone Minions and can be blown up just like bone minions. 40sec cooldown and the minions that are summoned have lower hp then the bone minion skill. (Basically like leach form summon but think minion bombs)

Personally I’ve always seen Necros as AI kings and have always been a fan of MM builds. This is just a random idea so feel free to critique.

Since this is probably the last day of this CDI just have to say its been a fun one. Before we started I had a feeling it was going to be a good one full of opinions and it did not disappoint. Cant wait for the GvG one. Ill mostly be reading the Raid one.

Personally I think the only thing that should be changed is the mobility. Even though I can see the benefit of it (late game winner a Mesmer or Ranger speeding to the finish) I feel that the orb should take at least 2 people to transport and not just 1 very fast build. Orb is basically like a caravan or yak. Small speed boost but no tele/lung or anything like that.

Jayce.5632:

I run (see link in sig) what most would probably call a hybrid MM build. Most of the damage from this build comes from conditions instead of the minions. However, if all cooldowns are up and with access to DS, it can spike lower health (less than 15K) classes from 100-0. It removes up to 7 conditions every 10 seconds when all 7 or more minions are summoned. It handles most 2v1 when played properly. I created this build to specifically deal with heavy block/blind eles, block/blind guards, diamond skin eles, pew pew rangers, turret engi, stealth-cloning mesmers, and blind thiefs. Avoid 2v1s where both enemies are hard CC users. All other 2v1s, line of sight one enemy while focusing on the other. You may have to send your minions to attack the one you’re los while you deal with the other. You can practice this technique against pew pew rangers.

Bro this build is pretty bada#$. Played a few matches with it and had a good time. The AOE/Condi with the survivability/toughness is OP. Felt a lot more offensive then my build. Going into my personal book of builds if you don’t mind lol

+1