Guild Wars 2

Mister Midnight.9837:

Why does the game have to be open world at the expense of the PC? That’s a complete cop-out.

We’re talking about Author’s Pets hogging the spotlight from the PCs, something that made World of Warcraft’s lore characters insufferable, not making the entire game revolve around the PC.

I don’t think allowing the player to have more dialogue with NPCs, and more recognition in the NPC’s dialogue is too much to ask nor is it going to ruin the “living world”.

Look, you require your players to complete the entire personal story in order to participate in the new Living World season right? I seem to remember that. That means you need to recognize those efforts by the player later on in the storyline, not act like everyone involved with Zhaitan faded into obscurity because these people over here are new.

At the very least do not make the dialogue unavoidable. It really, really kittened me off to have to stand there and wait for the Author’s Pets to finish talking so we could keep moving forward. A good story does not have the reader rolling their eyes and going “oh boy here we go again” and wishing nothing more than to thumb the pages forward.

I only came here to complain because for the most part I really, really like this game’s storytelling. I’m that guy that /does/ talk to every NPC and sign post and animal in RPGs, I love it. But good grief guys I’m starting to dread the next part of the story because my mind is already thinking “I hope they don’t make it all about those guys again…”

You sound as though you want a single player game? You can get everything you are looking for in a game like Skyrim.

BobbyStein.2315:

For you, the game should be about the PC at the expense of the open world content and ambience. For me, and for Guild Wars 2, it’s about the world as a whole since it’s a cooperative, shared environment. Neither approach is wrong, but we decided to put more of our resources into bringing the world to life. I don’t regret that at all.

I think the same way, I enjoy playing in the world where there is so much going on. For once in my gaming career everything is not 100% about me all the time. Makes me feel like I am actually part of a world rather than being the center of the game. Thank you for going in this direction.

Just go from zone to zone and 100% each place you will be level 80 in no time. Or for fast leveling there are crafting guides online so you could use $$ —> gems -- > gold — > craft level up.

If/when it is actually broken? You took a screenshot of everything working as it should?

This is a pretty brilliant idea, although what about the people that only play the TP in game? They would not have the needed karma in order to make the buy orders, I would almost think there would need to be a vendor that you could convert gold to karma. This way the people that only 100% play the TP would have a way to get the needed karma. But then this gets into would everyone start using this vendor instead of out playing other parts of the game.

Just want to toss out $10 to me is not that big of a deal, so spending that once a week on new gem store items is worth it. Look at what some people spend on coffee each morning before work, $3 a cup for five days. $15 at the end of the week compared to my $10 for not drinking coffee. And I get the health benefit of not having all that extra caffeine in me.

I also run a modified fan configuration to crank up the speed of my fans at lower CPU temps. I try to keep it in the 60’s if I can, which usually require my fans running at near 100%. But this has really helped keep my game more stable and FPS up. I was at around 80-110 FPS while playing in dry top.

Why not open up a ticket with support for graphical related issues?

HHR LostProphet.4801:

And you got an achievment for jumping with the diving goggles as you got before for jumping with all other diving goggles spread around tyria.

I think there is a permanent Asuran face splotch at the bottom of that jumping puzzle from me for trying to land in the water, and missing horribly.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/I-can-t-buy-unlock-gates-of-maguuma-story-1/first#post4164109

:)

Sizzle Hint.1820:

Zypher.7609:

Sizzle Hint.1820:

this game needs an expansion really really bad

this LS just doesnt do it…

Just because you do not get the entire LS all in one go does not mean it will not add up to an expansion when it is finished. This game does not need an expansion ever, and I hope they stick to what they have said and will not do an expansion. Keep bringing the updates every two weeks and I will be a happy customer.

ive heard the same story when the first season started… didnt turn out that well tho

I have enjoyed all their content they have put out, I did miss a couple episodes of S1 but am glad with S2 they are going the journal approach. So if I miss an episode I will be able to go back to it and complete it.

Sizzle Hint.1820:

this game needs an expansion really really bad

this LS just doesnt do it…

Just because you do not get the entire LS all in one go does not mean it will not add up to an expansion when it is finished. This game does not need an expansion ever, and I hope they stick to what they have said and will not do an expansion. Keep bringing the updates every two weeks and I will be a happy customer.

EgonVenkman.1907:

I went into S2 with a low opinion and low expectations. Can not say I was surprised by what I’ve seen.

They really need to dig themselves out of the hole of hell that was S1. Looks like they still have a long way to go.

1. complaint about this content is the necessary jumping puzzle elements. Something that has always been highly divisive in the community. Not open season 2 with a zone with a special spot for the jumping elements, but throw it in your face.

With the rocky start to S2, they really need to improve, or there may not be a community in support of S3.

S2 was not a rocky start at all, we got great story aspects along with a new zone to explore and hunt in for the next 2 weeks until the next piece of the story. You should change your ending that you will not be there for S3. You do not speak for the community do not try to.

Raenzjar.4210:

They have said it many times in regards to all of their content.

I only visit certain aspects of this forum, incl. the ranger sub. Fancy providing an actual link to some of it?

Source: is a newb

With how well the forum search feature works I was not able to pull out specific examples. They have talked about it usually when ever a heated debate happens when people are saying no one can complete the content. They also pull statistics when looking at how many items are dropping and determine if they need to increase or decrease supply. The best example for content target is in regards to Liadri they stated how they had a certain % they were monitoring and would adjust difficulty if needed. And they even said that not everyone would be able to complete it which they were ok with.

Edit: Link for difficulty on SAB
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/archive/sab-bts/Is-it-too-hard-Respect-the-awesome-work/page/2#post2765599

Yeah no idea if it was the build I was using or not but I found the mobs in the story zones to be actually difficult. I definitely was downed at least once, and while fighting the end champ got downed a couple times. Was great stuff, look forward to the next additions.

Raenzjar.4210:

Zypher.7609:

They have the server side statistics as long as a certain % is able to complete the achievements/zones then nothing will change. [snip]

Fancy backing that statement up?

They have said it many times in regards to all of their content. You may see a hundred people on the forums complaining about a jumping puzzle. But if there are still 90% of the people completing it, then there is no reason to change it. I am sure they have a % that is their target they want to try to keep it around.

If they made the jumping puzzle that 100% of people completed with no issues or time really spent then you would have a majority of those people complaining it is to easy. As a developer you have to find the right amount of difficulty, bell curves work great for this because you really want the majority of the people falling in the middle, rather than the ends. If your bell curve is skewed then the content needs to be adjusted, so that it starts rounding out again.

Source: Is a developer. (not for A-net)

They have the server side statistics as long as a certain % is able to complete the achievements/zones then nothing will change. I loved that I still can not get the goggle diving achievement, at least I have mastered getting up to the goggles. But there were plenty of people in my guild that completed it, some on their first try. To me that is a well designed jumping puzzle.

Corpus Christi.2057:

Are you falling asleep during your work?

The topic is precisely about “new skins”. Dungeon/PvP skins have been there since the beginning. Teq/Wurm skins are the only additions, hence my sarcasm above.

Possibly, sorry about the dungeon, for the PvP I was thinking of the new ones added to the reward tracks that were recently added. Also, 1.1 hours left of work. Can’t wait to try out the new LS.

It is in the wardrobe so it will come into the game at some point.

infantrydivEU.9670:

Zypher.7609:

infantrydivEU.9670:

What happened to doing a cool quest line or killing a difficult boss to get a weapon skin in games?

Cool go buy Teq weapons.

Yeah, reskins of crafting weapons <3

Ahh ok, so you are a “if it doesn’t fit what I am looking for than it doesn’t exist” type of people. Got it. Also crafting weapons, can you buy them from the gem store?

Corpus Christi.2057:

Zypher.7609:

infantrydivEU.9670:

What happened to doing a cool quest line or killing a difficult boss to get a weapon skin in games?

Cool go buy Teq weapons.

That’s a lot to choose from, hahaha.

Alright ill bite since I have to work for another two hours before playing, here are a few more.

Dungeon armor/weapons.. (there are a few of these)
Triple wurm skins
PvP skins since you can not buy the skins.

infantrydivEU.9670:

What happened to doing a cool quest line or killing a difficult boss to get a weapon skin in games?

Cool go buy Teq weapons.

Because getting weapons/armor with gold is a bad thing? Go play any content you want, anything you will make gold, exchange for gems and get the weapon/armor you want. No longer do you need to fight that fish 200 times with the hope of it dropping Super Fin of death. Now just fight anything collect gold, buy Super Fin of death.

They gave 2 month notice that it would go away on July 1st, if they gave 1 extra week there would be people saying why did you only give 1 week. Because there are people traveling or abroad that have been gone for 2 months and 1 week. There is no good time to take it away, so what they do is give you a date when everything is going away if you are not able to make that time save the tokens and hope it comes back in the future.

Also need to zone into a new zone to get the mail item.

Right on the main page.

I have probably put in over $1000. So my extra will make up for you not buying gems. You will probably say that I am just one player, but there are thousands like me who paid over as well.

Also I am glad to donate so that there are many players you included that can play for free or very close to free. Besides the initial cost of the game.

So with this idea, now in LFG we would see. ‘Dungeon master title required!!#!@!’

I’ll pass on this, really I think with 2 months play time maybe wait a bit more before deciding on an idea that would limit game play.

With the new megaserver you will not come across a zone that does not have activity. So does not really matter what the numbers are.

laokoko.7403:

The precursor grind isn’t so horrible. You should be able to get it from 20 hours of flipping burgers.

Just image how long it would take you to earn all of that in game? Really any ‘grind’ is not bad when you think of the cost in r/l money.

So I keep seeing all these posts about people wanted to know what is the fastest way to make gold/hour. Out of all the responses that are suggested the most obvious one is not suggested, so here it is.

Find a way to make $10 in R/L. During the summer this is the best time, find a neighbor that wants their lawn mowed, or garden weeded or some other physical labor job. Anyone with a well paying job would be more than willing to give up $10 to not have to do one of these jobs, I have paid many times to not have to go out in the sun and mow the lawn.

You can then take this $10 and convert it at the going rate of ~70 gold. This will be the fastest way to make gold/hour spent.

Or just do what I do, take 1 hour worth of pay every other week and convert it to gems -> gold. I never have to farm, never have to worry about gold in game. Better yet any item on the gem shop that I feel I want I just purchase with gems. This may not be the case for everyone, but for me to not have to farm for 10 hours of my game time in order to make the gold that I get for spending 1 hour r/l time is amazing. I can then enjoy my game time doing anything I please and never worry about gold at all.

Just throwing the advice out there incase people are hesitant over spending r/l money on gems – > gold. If you value your time spent this will be the best way to gain gold/hour.

I have been having the same issue, I have been trying to talk to support about it. But after 2 weeks of trying different fixes, they said they are all out of ideas and for me to contact my ISP or a local computer specialists. I have no issues with any other games. If anyone else has any other ideas I would be up for trying them.

thaooo.5320:

$200 on gems? Wow.

That alone is more than 3 traditional expansions, except GW2 has no expansions, nor does LS even add up to one, since it was temporary and done in an hour each time.

It’s also more than a traditional yearly subscription!

I’ll never understand why people do this.

Never judge what people spend their money on. That could easily be an hour of work, or 8 hours of work. But the enjoyment that can come from that, even if it was 8 hours of work, if that saves him/her from having to grind 20-30 hours in the game isn’t that worth it?

Yes it will.
/15chars

Vol.7601:

Inflation, demand, yadadada

But it would help the market so much putting a cap on the price of items. /sarcasm.

Mesket.5728:

I remember my first gold invested in gems… 1g – 364 gems… THOSE were the good old days.

I remember spending 20$ to get 5 gold. I was living the good life.

CharrGirl.7896:

The current exchange ratio is 10 gold 21 silver for 100 gems.

Buying anything for 800 gems equals a little less then 100 gold as it stands.

The price just keeps rising, and I don’t think I can afford such items anymore. So I’m wondering if Anet should make so that the prices are somehow fixed.

I mean how long before you’ll have to give 20 gold for 100 gems? It’s really concerning.

And yet you do not comment on how all items have been going up. So in reality you are getting more for the rare than you used to get for the rare. This is just normal inflation if you want the ratio to lower in price, have more of your friends spend $ on gems to convert them to gold. That will lower the price of Gold – > gems.

CharrGirl.7896:

This is pretty awesome but I don’t understand one thing, can somebody enlighten me?

They state you’ll be able to “unlock past story steps for 200 gems”, and if you read a bit further, it’s written you won’t be able to play the past storyline from S1 and your personal story.

To me it seemed logical to offer to play past releases for a small fee, so exactly what are we paying 200 gems for?

If you took a 2 month break from the game, then came back and wanted to play through the past story line along with getting its rewards, you would just need to pay the 200 gems to unlock it.

Or… just be sure to log in once every week to be sure you unlock the story line, then when you get more time you can come back through and play it.

And most likely the items will be available next year so worse case you can try to get them next spring.

Wow this is very awesome. I like the sound of how you can get previous rewards that were only available for a certain story release.

Our guild is still taking it down nightly, it has been on farm status for months now.

I sent in a ticket asking the same thing and got told from a support rep that macros are not allowed. I wonder if the support person did not fully read my question but rather answered in a generic it says the word macro so it is ban-able response.

/tell <character name>

Since every name is unique you will be able to send them a message does not matter the server. It does require being on the same region though.

Just attempted guild missions with 145 people online. That went horrible. We had 1/5 in one zone, 2/5 in another zone, many just scattered all around. Took us a good 20 minutes each time to try and get in a semi clear zone to try attempting this as a large guild. Megaserver works great for having a full zone, but completely ruins our large guild experience.

Temperess Midnight.8326:

snip

Wear what you want, I would like to see armor become unlocked so that you can wear all types of armor and for it to not be based on specified armor classes. This would allow the player to choose his/her player style and look freely without worrying if the armor is heavy, medium, or light. All people have their own thoughts on player style, and being able to use any skin will allow the player to be more creative.

I just started building my Ascended armor set for this build. Should I hold off from making the Rabid set pieces until after the 15th when this build might change up?

Pipra.7580:

Zypher.7609:

The loot is based upon amount of damage done, if you are unable to put out enough damage to hit the minimum. Then find a group and hope that the group as a whole can hit the needed minimum. There is no reason to implement something where just because someone is able to ‘whale’ on a champ they get the same reward as someone who is actually doing the damage on the champ.

So, go berserker or go home? These is no place for support or healing in this game.

Clearly did not read my post, I said that the person should reach the minimum. The minimum is there so that someone does not come, tag once then let it die and collect loot. Whaling on a champ doing 1 damage each hit is not the same as when the average person hitting the champ is doing 20 damage. So no I did not say go berserker or go home, I said contribute to the fight doing the minimum about of damage, if that is not possible join a group so that the average of the group can hit the minimum.

The loot is based upon amount of damage done, if you are unable to put out enough damage to hit the minimum. Then find a group and hope that the group as a whole can hit the needed minimum. There is no reason to implement something where just because someone is able to ‘whale’ on a champ they get the same reward as someone who is actually doing the damage on the champ.

Phineas Poe.3018:

I was hoping you’d talk more about missions, as I imagine they will be heavily impacted by server mixing. Is it really too much to have these instanced? As an officer of a 500 man guild that gets 150 people online for their weekly commendations it’s kind of a big deal that the new system doesn’t disrupt our ability to do things together as a guild.

What is the likelihood that we get our own Plains of Ashford instance to do Puzzle? I felt like on command instancing with guild merits or a district system would satisfy all the disadvantages of megaservers… and yet we get neither. Is there anything in the pipeline about this?

Just concerned. Thank you for your time.

This please talk about this.

Great read, I still like the ~15g/hour of Karka farming if you have the needed people. And being that you do not mind the mind numbing farm. :P