Guild Wars 2

Tarnished Coast participation in jumping puzzles is almost non-existent, hence you always see enemies there.

My tip is, dont ever go alone, bring buddies with you and you will have fun

munkiman.3068:

Negative things are necessarily bad things. These forums are here for support, to discover issues and trade info, there is always going to be a certain level of complaining also, it’s pretty standard fare for conversation. Many people will come here to tell other how they hate the game, it may not be constructively written, but it’s still feedback and it’s just as valuable as praise can be. But praise threads don’t really help improve the game or help foster changes that might have to do with quality of life, bugs, or other irritating things.

If you sit around with family and friends, inevitably there will be conversations that blame or provoke issues that occur in daily life, it’s not just going to vanish, no one has a perfect life without issues.

Constructive criticism is one thing, but most non-pvp complaints boil down to “This isnt WoW so I am quitting”.
Some folks here say the game is too easy, I used to raid in the other popular MMO and i find dungeons harder here, a bit TOO chaotic for my taste but certainly not easy. PVP is simply better in this game, aside from thieves and lack of spvp modes (give us capture the flag), I adore the fact that skill wins you battles, not gear.

Unrealistic expectations and the game not being WoW 2.0 is the main source of angst and negativity around here. Quite frankly, I wish people would just stop saying “game is dying” or “too late”. The game is so young and my server is VERY active even on low level zones.

Fantastic video, hopefully Arenanet will take a look at it

I believe it is broken, a thief will never die if he has a basic understanding of his utilties. Thieves will tell you to spam AOEs around you as if they had no cooldown and could cover a mile’s radius, but thats not how it works.

Low risk, high reward class means it will be the most popular class for PVP. Tone down their countless stealth abilities and buff their sustained defense for a more balanced fight in my opinion.

This game is about the journey not the destination, so try not to rush things to get to max level, take your time and explore the world

Paul.4081:

aaron.7850:

the forums can sometimes be negative and grumpy but that does not reflect the opinion on the majority of the playerbase, most gamers are too busy enjoying their time playing the game instead of posting, so naturally angsty players are more vocal. Excelsior

I can only speak for myself but I’m only negative and grumpy sometimes on the forums because I care.

The white knights try to dismiss any and all complaints however legitimate they might be as trolling. What they need to realise is that GW2 isn’t the perfect game, there is room for improvement and Anet are capable of it.

As I said on my post, some complaints are valid, there is room for improvement, but the developers deserve more credit than they get on the forums. Please dont use the word White Knight around here, it leads nowhere.

Music, art, leveling have all been praised again and again, so I am going to discuss the common complaints people seem to have in Guild Wars 2.

1- “Hearts and Dynamic Events are just like regular quests, kill this, protect that..”

Easily the most common complaint people have, and I simply cant understand the reasoning, its like complaining about Super Mario Galaxy because all you do is jump and collect stars, or complain about Portal 2 because all you do is complete puzzles and ride elevators.

What did you expect? Its a fantasy RPG, of course you are going to spend most of your time protecting villages and killing bad guys and collecting treasure, that’s the ENTIRE point of the genre! This game did it in a way I have never seen an MMO do it, I actually enjoy exploring every corner of Tyria and completing every heart and D/E I see, I agree that there is more room for variety but this is a huge step foward in the genre, this game spoiled me in a way that I could never go back to older questing models.

2- “There is nothing to do when you hit 80”

When I hit 80, I still had only 60% of the entire map explored, I am still working on exploring all the map and finishing every single heart and vista and skill point, when I am tired of exploring I run dungeons and do WvWvW and complete puzzles, I am still probably missing a lot of activities that I am unaware of but the point is.. this game offers a LOT of content, and much more is being added on top of no subscription fee!. What more can we ask for?

The game isn’t perfect, stealth is too strong in pvp, tagging mobs in orr can be difficult for some classes, finding groups for dungeons is rather punitive, and home cities desperately need more tourists, but a game this young did so many other things right, i am not worried for time and patience will wash away all the minor flaws.

Hats off to Arenanet for creating the best MMO to date, the forums can sometimes be negative and grumpy but that does not reflect the opinion on the majority of the playerbase, most gamers are too busy enjoying their time playing the game instead of posting, so naturally angsty players are more vocal.

Excelsior

I hope they make the next festivities on other cities, it would be fitting to have christmas on Hoelbrak, and valentines in divinitys reach (being a beautiful and romantic city)

Protecting the jumping puzzle from unwanted visitors!

Much better, if I lose a battle, i will blame it on myself, and not some unfair stat advantages

For wvwvw, Rune of the Centaur, period

Mesmers are a very potent class as it is, a couple of more condition damage from another rune bonus is overkill, but having swiftness on heal cast and freeing up focus for pistol or sword is just a much better trade.

Stay in PVE if you dont like PVP

The EB Jumping Puzzle is definitely my favorite place to hang out, even if I am constantly dying and walking back. I rather fight there in small scale than outside with the long huge AOE fests where no one dies because people get rezzed in 2 seconds.

I do, more health does not equal more difficulty. I wouldnt mind otherwise but some of them have SOOOO much health it makes no sense for a fight to last more than 3 minutes.

Duels are a no brainer, a game focused on PVP needs duels, I want to fight my friends! Plus RPers would rejoice!

The only people that dont want it dont want to be spammed by invites, [x] Block duel invites, BAM problem solved and many people are happy about dueling finally being implemented

Nerf portal, MOA and Time Warp

Buff Scepter, mind stab and torch

Everything else is fine, some of our utilities skills could be better

they said in the necromancer forum recently that they designed thieves to be that way.. not much we can do about it.

hopefully with orbs gone, their burst should hurt a bit less now

I actually enjoy fast combat and quick battles, I mean, how many fireballs does it take to kill someone in real life?

Lets take 2 healers from another MMO and have them fight one another… casting smite or holy punch 20 times before one goes down, that doesnt sound fun to me

Now lets take a fight between a warrior and a magician, the battle shouldnt last more than 20 seconds or else it loses exitement.

Yes, some bursty classes need to be toned down, I dont think thieves should be allowed to kill anyone in less than 3 seconds but that happens a LOT. But I also dont think it should take more than 10 “fireballs” or “sword slashes” to kill someone.

On the subject of thieves, you cant have a slippery class and give them amazing burst at the same time, otherwise it makes them the best class for PVP and the most played class in wvwvw oh wait thats happening right now isnt it?

So this is it right? Thieves are designed to escape at their hearts content? How is this okay?

I expect similar threads when they finally get thieves fixed

….are nowhere to be found

Edit:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/news/Update-Notes-November-01-2012

They are working on it and they will release a substantial patch over the next week.

I dislike glamour builds, it makes me feel useless with feedback and null field are on cooldown.

But that maybe because I like to run solo so I prefer a shatter build… I can see why a mesmer running in a big group would trait for glamours.

Even without hackers, orbs needed to go away, as Arenanet said (or we) it makes the strong stronger and the weak weaker.

I enjoyed this jumping puzzle more than anything else in the game, its sad to see that the creator of this masterpiece is upset over a few whiny haters.

Thats like Valve closing their doors because many players felt Portal 2 was hard. It would be ridiculous!

So yeah, man up, dont let a few kids spoil your mood. The puzzle was awesome and MANY OF US ENJOYED IT, the haters are simply more outspoken on the forums.

I am a mesmer, and I wouldnt mind if they nerfed stealth and make it less effective. Thieves are out of control… best burst and best surviability and infinite amount of escapes.. and those 3 reasons make thieves very popular in world vs world and you see them everywhere, which makes world vs world unfun for the rest of us.

Im sure the fixes are coming, and most of them will cry in anger but its for the best of the game, really. Again, as a mesmer, I also will welcome the inevitable nerf on portal. I know it will suck but I SEE BEYOND my personal satisfaction.

This game doesnt need mounts, you already have waypoints.

Please Arenanet, there are many fan suggestions you should NEVER consider, this is one of them

For me it has to be Rune of the Centaur, combined with traits and rune bonuses, I can cast mirror heal and run with swiftness for 13 seconds… 2 seconds later i can cast it again for another 13 seconds of swiftness… speed is invaluable for pve and wvwvw.

I can also drop focus and use pistol without worrying about sacrificing speed with temporal curtain. That said, I do swap to focus again when I am in a group and I want to pull people off ledges.

Im pretty sure they are working on a big patch to fix all these issues, Arenanet is a great company and they will deliver

Mesmers dont kill you in less than 2 seconds while being in stealth.

As an asura, I want norns to transport me on baby carriers

This is worse than those “Facebook Premium accounts, like if you want to keep your Facebook free!”

This is the build he posted on another video:
http://www.gw2build.com/builds/simulator.php#1.8.7.3.0.20.32.5.0.35.180.184.196.198.203.2.2.6.526.0.0.544.550.549.0.0.0.0.0.0.591.588.596.10.30.0.0.30

I wonder if he could accomplish the same feats with another class..

Tarnished Coast player here, just wanted to say one thing to my fellow TCers:

Stop justifying yourselves by saying we are a “RP” or “PVE” server… only a small fraction of the community bothers with role-playing and the vast majority of the players in our server are probably not even aware that TC is the unofficial designated RP server. Most gamers really dont even read the forums or reddit.

That said, the scores is not entirely our fault. The current system’s snowballing effect is no fun for us or anyone.

Although I didnt see it, I dont know why people whine so much… what on earth were they expecting?

Thief doesnt trade anything to do those numbers, why would you need vitality and toughness when your stealth can get you out of harms way?

Thieves are the only glass cannons with on-demand surviability.. while other classes die when they play bad, a bad thief can simply run away and stealth. There is no punishment for thieves for playing bad… they can simply reset the battle and engage you again.

I dont understand gamers.. they want challenge, arenanet gives them an awesome hard puzzle and they complain because they cant beat it?

I can easily do the clock tower over and over again without failing, and I am a pretty casual player myself… learn to move the camera with the mouse and stop asking for free stuff

Its WoW Rogues all over again but worse.. since they can practically vanish at their hearts content.

Keep their burst, fine, but fix their surviability… thieves are so powerful in wuvwuv its not funny, even if you somehow manage to survive their initial burst, you cant kill them, they can easily outrun you and disappear

Its frustrating having ONE single class ruin all the fun for you in wuvwuv.

@Zen Later.6475

…as opposed to giving winning players the advantage the current system gives them?

I agree, its taking them too long to act on this

Great points

I really hope Arenanet is working quickly on this… one sided battles are frustrating and really hurts my enjoyment of this otherwise great game

Imagine if you are playing Mario Kart 64, and the first place gets always star, lightning and red shells.. thats what this game feels like. Its impossible to have a good comeback and the orbs only makes things worse…

For those interested, in your guild wars 2 shortcut, add:
-testVerticalFov

at the end of the target line, should look something like this:
“C:\Program Files (x86)\Guild Wars 2\Gw2.exe” -testVerticalFov"

Its okay i guess with events with 4-5 people… but in some areas of Orr.. its more than 15 people throwing AOEs.. its practically impossible to tag anything as a mesmer in those cases

No, 80 is a really nice number

I wonder why it wasnt implemented in the first place

That an a “Only show me armor I can wear” would be god-send to me… why do you show me heavy and medium armor? I am a caster…

So I bought myself a magic find set and put some magic find runes on it, I also bought a magic find weapon and put a magic find sigil on it.

All of this feels weird and offputting, because I spent a lot of days and repair bills running Twilight Arbor to get my beautiful exotic set.. only to find myself spending most of my gametime in my rusty magic-find armor.

Was this design intended? It does feel odd… so anyway, I wish I could do dynamic events on my twilight arbor exotics but I am afraid I will be hurting my gold income by doing so.

Any tips?

Theres plenty of things that can be done, I am just worried how long will it take for the devs to implement some fixes. Until then, I wont even bother with Orr anymore, its just hopeless for me.

Depressing, that’s all I have to say.

I am not interested in playing a Warrior thank you.