Guild Wars 2

Herr der Friedhoefe.2490:

ColinJohanson.2394:

Jumping puzzles (along with mini-dungeons) will be some of the locations that begin rewarding ascended crafting materials once crafting to 500 goes live; this is intended to help make these areas more rewarding and fun even more annoying to go back to and play.

FTFY.

Would anyone care to guess if we’ll be able harvest ascended mats from WvW? I’m sure I already know the answer.

You’ll get ascended harvesting in WvW when PvE stops needing to WvW for jps/map completion.

Markof your ideas are terrible.

So what if someone parks a char at a JP chest? The chest can only be opened per character once a day. Its not like they can wait a few hours and log back in to open it, like you can with many mining nodes in the game that respawn. Stop punishing players who don’t park their chars, because that’s all your ideas do: punish players.

I have exactly one character with map completion who can get to every jp, and one char who can get to a bit less than half of them. Your system would hurt me because now I get half the mats that you might get even though I’m doing the same content just with fewer chars.

Really, stop trying to hold everyone back, kitten .

kittenery aside, labelling it “unique” in no way indicates only 1 can be worn. Armor is labelled Rare yet ‘Rare’ armor can be crafted easily. But it says ‘Rare’ so shouldn’t it be… y’know… rare? kitten

I haven’t plunged for ascended gear but I agree with the OP. ANet needs to be less lazy when they add new things to the game. Explain the new things, thats part of the burden of being a game developer is explaining the systems you put in place.

Tolmos.8395:

Since I started MMOing in 1997, I have found very VERY few PvE encounters that I considered to require any level of “skill”.

There’s your problem. You’re playing the wrong type of games. Not every game has to be about “How elite are YOU?” to be good or fun.

Maybe you should devote your time to Shooters. Or fighting games. or Mobas. Or RTS. Perhaps you do, but then… if you really want to be challenged and prove how skillful you are… why do you play this instead of those? Lack of skill perhaps?

Dailies are not meant to try and get players to play every day. Dailies are meant to give a little bump of xp for players who don’t have the luxury of spending the majority of their waking moments playing the game. They’re not meant to be a carrot at the end of the stick, thats just what non-casual players project onto it. They’re meant to be a “you only have a couple hours today? Its ok, you can still get a nice little chunk of xp for your char by doing things you’ll most likely complete as you play.”

At least before laurels were attached. They really need to take laurels off of the ‘daily achievements’ system.

TheDaiBish.9735:

Depends on how you define ‘casual’ or ‘hardcore’ really.

If it’s in terms of difficulty, than the majority of it is casual (although you could probably raise the difficulty for yourself by intentionally limiting yourself).

I don’t, however, tend to agree that ‘casual’ and ‘hardcore’ are terms that should be applied to how difficult content is, but to play-style (time spent, investment into learning ect). For example, crafting. Someone can craft casually simply to get gear as they level, or they could aim to unlock every single recipe in the game, and not use guides for cooking.

Another note, challenging content isn’t ‘hardcore’. Both casual and hardcore players alike can enjoy challenging content. It’s more of a case of how they approach it. A casual player might use a guide, try for a bit and then go off to do something else before trying again, while a hardcore player might try to work out the encounters for themselves, or keep at it until they’ve done it.

Pretty much this. ^

0 Subscription Fees isn’t really a special note anymore lol. At this point I think more games have no-sub than do, and lets check opinions on F2P games as a whole. Buzzwords do get lots of attention though lol

GSSBlunaspike.4153:

They become less impressive when players can buy them instantly on the TP.

Incorrect, they are just as impressive. They are simply less rare, but this doesn’t change how they look. The difference is that one speaks about a persons ego being more important to them than what they like. If you like something, great. If you only like it because it’s rare, that’s simply ego.

+1 to that. If people need to impress others by exclusion, thats pretty sad.

Otherwise, other posts in this thread talk about “ruining the economy”, and I see it a lot on these forums. What they really mean to say is “ruins my chance at becoming rich at the expense of others”, in which case thats a good thing.

I hope the reveal is a completely reworked combat system. More diversity, kitten redom. Can’t wait!

I’d love more jumping puzzles. Enough with the mindless 12345 zergfests. Add more puzzles of varying difficulties, definitely.

I’m an explorer so I don’t mind doing World Completion. But including WvW is just dumb. Especially the borderlands. 3 identical maps need to be explored? Removing WvW maps from it would make it much better.

Mouse is a Corsair M90: http://www.corsair.com/vengeance-m90-performance-mmo-rts-laser-gaming-mouse.html which I love

KB is a Razer Deathstalker: http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-keyboards-keypads/razer-deathstalker/ which I meh. I love chiclet keys (my previous KB was a wireless solar powered logitech chiclet KB which was beautiful) but these feel too stiff for my tastes.

Unleashed.6195:

The same with GW2’s story. I don’t need to be called “The Slayer” every minute. I don’t need someone who is supposedly a super heroine in the game’s lore to tell me how much I’ve taught her after she goes off throwing a fit over petty problems. I don’t believe that 40+ ships that can overwhelm a fortress brimming with elite soldiers, stone walls and war machines, by launching near endless waves of undead somehow can’t stomp all over Lion’s Arch because we found the power of friendship.

Where have you been man, Friendship is Magic!

Like others say, WvW is just patience.

I hope fortune smiles on you. Good luck!

If you’re just now trying to get 100% World Completion but your char is quite old, make sure to hover your mouse over zone names. My char was made last year and I got 100% last week, and it involved me going back to several zones for PoIs or Waypoints that have been added to the game since my character originally completed those zones. Waypoints were added for Guild Puzzles, off the top of my head there are new ones in Brisban Wildlands, Snowden Drifts, and Plains of Ashford.

If you’ve gotten all of those, check the wiki and the “[Region] Explorer” achievements. There are a few areas in some zones that have absolutely no Waypoint/POI/Skillpoint/Vista. I’m not actually sure if those areas count but having the [Region Explorer] + 100% each zone will help you eliminate where your missing entries might be.

Tai Kratos, I wish you didn’t stop. There are many players who succumb to eye-rolls and skipping scenes, if not abandoning the story altogether (like me), but I’ve never seen such an incredibly well written post(s) explaining why the story is so unappealing. I see truth in every comment you made regarding silliness and maturity, and I share your disappointment at how it all comes out in the game. Maybe my hopes were raised by the fact they had novels, giving the indication that the writing was going to be good, but I did not get that impression from the actual game content. The writing is eh. Like you, I also find it incredibly undermining when it comes to dealing with factions or lesser races like Skritt. No explanations are given, its just “Go kill X of [creature type]” without any dialog. Sure they’re saving us from having to read walls of text, but I don’t think their alternative is any better.

Again, very well-written, and thank you.

Mesket.5728:

Players don’t want to farm… Players wants rewards and progress.

Since there are none, they invent one (like Legendaries as one example) and farm for it.

ANet is so deep into pulling us to the gem market (who can blame them, it’s their business) that everything new must be VERY expensive and on extreme random chances… basically they are pushing players to it.

So yeah, this game was actually made for grinding, and it subsists on more and more grinding. Don’t like grinding? pay money for “money”.

Bingo. 100% spot on!

Totally agree OP. I hope ANet chooses not to go in this direction as well.

So it sold hundreds of thousands of copies. Lets talk player retention…

Stone.6751:

This is just hypothetically speaking, so please don’t think I’m trying to advocate for there to be no loot.

What if there was no loot? If you had access to every item available in the game what would you spend your time doing? What content would you choose to do if you weren’t concerned about rewards? How would this change your play style?

If there was no loot, JPs wouldn’t feel like a waste of time so much lol. I’d still do every single one for the achievements, as that is what keeps me going in GW2.

I’d actually be fine if there were no loot drops. I have a job irl and work for resources enough outside of games, I’m not interested in a second job.

Bright.9160:

Internet ‘abuse’ has always baffled me, because I don’t see how you can’t just ignore it. If it bothers you that much, don’t look at it. If it hurts your feelings… Well, maybe the internet is not the right place for you.

As for the actual intent of this thread: Arah is never permanently closed. /thread

You don’t see how you can’t ignore it? The only way you know if something bothers you is to read it. So your advice is “If you read something that bothers you, don’t read it.” We all can rewind time to avoid things? Have psychic powers so we know beforehand what not to read?

The internet can be a great place, but just because you’re anonymous doesn’t mean you’re free from the burden of being a decent person. If you want to be a kitten, then you should have to deal with consequences. No “I get to treat people like crap, this is the internet!”

Here’s what I think:

People wanna get through it as quick as possible because they don’t particularly enjoy, or have much fun doing, the same thing day in and day out. They do it, sure, but probably begrudgingly because it’ll get them what they want the quickest/easiest/most efficiently.

People in general have less patience when they don’t enjoy what they’re doing (not just in games). Its a chore, because the game isn’t very fun to play over and over, and they don’t want it to take up anymore time than it already does.

Sil.4560:

I won’t lie, I do want the ridiculous champ farm to be nerfed. The idea that brainless zerging around should be so highly rewarding for people is terrible. Make people actually work and think for high rewards. Right now we’re just promoting inflation.

Ok so we want players to play content for fun, but we want them to work if they want items (which they can use to further their fun)? How about some of you get a job, then you can have all the work you want and then remember that this is supposed to be entertainment, not a substitute for the real world you don’t want to be a part of.

Jesus christ, some people…

Explorer and pure PvE. Took a 5-6 month break in feb/march and came back last month. Just hit 100% World Completion and did every single jumping puzzle (including Wintersday but I wasn’t here for Halloween. afaik that’s the only one I haven’t tried/done yet.)

3 4 changes I’d like to see:

1. Get jumping puzzles out of WvW. If I wanna be ganked by kittenbags who get off on ruining other people’s fun, I’d go back to Age of Wushu.

2. Fix the kitten classes. Rangers especially, but not only them.

3. Split PvE and PvP already, kitten .

4. BONUS: Hire new artists to make medium armor.

Scoobaniec.9561:

Everytime i see a legendary user dying to basic bosses there i just laugh in their face..they don’t deserve to have one.

I find this attitude way more harmful than the “entitled” attitude. Players wanting to exclude other players from enjoying the game simply because “they’re not as good as ME so they don’t deserve to have awesome things in a video game.”

kitten off and get over yourself. Its a video game, everyone who buys it is entitled to enjoy it. You want skill to mean something? Go do something in real life that requires skill. You’ll get all the exclusion you want there.

I’ll also note that it seems many players who want harder content that only “they” can do, also want rewards that can only be gotten by them for doing the hard content. Gee, entitled much?

I’m fine for harder content. I’ve not challenged the queen’s gauntlet at all and I won’t, because its not my thing, but harder content should not exclude people from getting items in a video game. If skilled players really want their skill to matter, then completing the challenge that others cannot is reward enough (or should be). Give them a title for it. But items? Now they’re just being the entitled “I did this so I demand I get a reward” players they claim are unreasonable.

nethykins.7986:

It’s a technical limitation for more stacks….

….So they made a new condi instead.
I still don’t get that.

ANet’s actions inconsistent with ANet’s words? I’m shocked. Shocked, I tell you!

Vayne.8563:

Redfeather.6401:

Yeah it’s the difference between playing with content, and playing through content. However, the game actively commits to rewarding consumption over creativity. A mind-boggling direction IMO.

Welll sure, because only a percentage of players play the game. Most just use the game to get their rewards. And since play is its own reward, the in game rewards have to exist for the majority.

I’m saddened that it is the majority, but I’m not surprised. I blame WoW. lol

You would. You should be blaming human nature instead, really.

I really think they need to redesign the whole system. Either that or just come out and admit “well, we kinda messed up a bit, and its really too far past the point of being able to fix it. Everyone should just forget about condition damage.”

Its even worse that they seem to design some things with “everyone’s zerker these days” in mind, which is rough on other builds.

This is what makes it challenging content guys! /gw2player

ShadowPuppet.3746:

I don’t normally rant about the decisions the devs make but I don’t think I have ever seen a game where such a small percentage of a playerbase gets so much sway over decisions made about balancing a game, all in the name of protecting their precious wanna be esport.

Guild Wars 1 was just as bad. They destroyed so many skills in PvE based on PvP/GvG that they eventually, years later, learned from it and started splitting skills into PvE and PvP versions. During the great hypefest for GW2 they said they were going to continue that in GW2 right from the start. Yet more bullkitten from ArenaNet.

Hopefully it doesn’t take them as long to re-learn what they already learned years ago.

DiogoSilva.7089:

There’s so many reasons to keep people interested in this game. If you don’t see anyone, it’s because they’re busy with this game’s rich end-game content.

Exploring Tyria is unpredictable and dangerous. You never know what you might encounter, which makes exploration exciting and slow enough to last for a lot of time. Remember those games where all you do is farm fetch quests, and replaying with an alt is painful? In GW2, playing with an alt is an exciting new experience. And all those enemy patrols, the unexpected encounters, the diversified enemy team formations, etc. There’s a difference between a casual explorer and a skilled explorer: the later kind of players have knowledge and experience about each unique map in Tyria, so you better ask them advice. GW2 is a game that rewards skill and knowledge, after all. And when you get that awesome treasure at the end! Isn’t it an awesome feeling to go through danger to get that rare, shiny sword and equip it? No wonder people don’t play those grindy mmos anymore, you know, those where getting rare equipment is trivial and nothing but salveagable loot. In this game, getting a rare equipment actually incentivates you to equip it and get satisfied by what you just found. No, getting loot is not just about colecting generic materials.

And the community is really tight and lively. Inbetween all the guild features, player-generated events, and demanding team-driven content, there’s so much depth and fun for those players. This is not a game about rushing with dps gear and dodging red circles, no. It’s about covering the weaknesses of your allies, giving them space to shine, and analyze the unique strategy behind each encounter.

Another reason that players might not be seen, is because they’re following and customising their personal story. They’re tweaking the personality details of their characters, completing their home instances with stuff, repeating the epic main narrative, and the two-week content patches are keeping them busy. Especially considering how important lore is in this game. Getting ascended gear, getting legendary gear, or filling in extra % map completion gets you to know a lot more about Tyria. GW2 is about the experience, not about mindless material grinding or the like. Remember the entire quest to get the Twilight? I enjoyed the story behind Bolt the best, though.

But those mmo grinders don’t enjoy a game like that. No, they’re leaving GW2, and getting back to those games where you… farm an easy dungeon for weeks, farm epic bosses by auto-attacking them, farm dailies, farm mindless mob waves… You know, those games where you’re in a never-ending race at attempting your luck with RNG boxes. That’s what keeps those games really popular, so people all went back to them. But fortunately for us all, GW2 is not this kind of game.

Brilliant. Accurate. Insightful. Informative. Sad.

5 stars, sir. /salute

There absolutely is a market for this. I would love something like this!

Well people love feeling exclusive, what better way than a “limited time offer” event. This is what you get when the idea of “not everyone should all have everything” wins out.

RNG boxes.

Traits. I think the biggest problem is they’re tied to stats. It’d be a lot more worthwhile to mix’n’match and experiment with different Trait setups if they weren’t also tied to stats.

Skills being mandated by the weapon. Hated the idea when I first heard it but gave it a chance. Yeah, 1 year later and its still crap.

Lack of exciting things to do. Jumping Puzzles are the most fun part of GW2 (to me), which is sad considering I’m predominantly an MMO player.

Whoever is in charge of Medium Armor designs. Please take a vacation and let someone else take your place for a while. 1 year later and I still see the trenchcoat-ish everwhere, even in new upcoming armors. Are you just flat out ignoring us on this?

Eh, there’s a bunch I don’t like about GW2. There’s also a bunch I do like. Same as every other game I’ve ever played. There’s always room for improvement and some things are just a matter of personal taste (but seriously, less bulky medium armor PLEASE). Overall I’d say its an alright game. I have spent more months not-playing than playing, however…

Maybe they think current prices are stupid. In MMO’s, they usually are.

JustTrogdor.7892:

arjeidi.2690:

RLD, what server are you on? I’d give you the 3g to get it if you’re on Yak’s Bend

I tried that once with a person that seemed sincere and I had seen around a bit. It seemed like they had no luck at all during the event. I had some extra coin and felt like being nice so I bought them the holo wings from the TP. I saw the person a bit later and asked why they were not using them and they laughed and said they sold them. HAHA.

Yeah, there’s always a risk of that. But tbh it isn’t much. Its not like I’m going out of my way to farm it (or the money) for someone and then they sell it. I try my best to give people the benefit of the doubt if they seem sincere, even though its hard sometimes lol.

RLD, what server are you on? I’d give you the 3g to get it if you’re on Yak’s Bend

Players A-H: “Omg game is empty, I never see anybody on, this game is dying, blah blah blah”

Player S: "Heh, you’re delusional. My server is thriving. You should probably come here if you think the game is “dying”, lol."

Players A-H: Oh. Alrighty then. Players A-H move

Player S: “OMG ANET THERE’S TOO MANY PEOPLE ON MY SERVER WHY HAVE YOU RUINED THE GAME FOR MEEEEEE”

I’m amazed all these threads are popping up at once, as if behind some collective effort.

“People are playing in a way that I don’t, by choice, and are getting rewards. I think new systems need to be implemented to restrict their freedoms and choice and reduce the amount of rewards they can earn.”

Awesome. Please be sure to add “in my opinion” to your thread title.

PS. Didn’t you lecture critickitten in his thread about how his dissatisfaction with recent events is simply because ANet’s decisions aren’t in his best interests specifically, but they may still be in the best interest of the playerbase as a whole?

Pot, kettle. You know.

Black Frog.9274:

innocens.1582:

pass the dutchie pan the left hand side

it’s “pass the dutchie ’pon the left hand side” as in Upon, shortened

Hilariously, this post contains the most accurate information in the entire thread. SMH.

Would I be willing to pay a $15/mo subscription for Guild Wars 2…

..if it had an MMO’s worth of content? Absolutely. I’m currently paying $15/mo for Gold on Champions Online (an optional subscription, what a novel idea) because the game, for my personal tastes, is absolutely worth it. Freeform character building is deep and rich and fun. If GW2 had content worth it, I’d happily pay a sub fee for me, my girlfriend, and my brother.

..as the game stands currently? No. The game doesn’t quite offer enough for my personal tastes, and the direction their once-a-month updates are going is not what I’m currently interested in.

GW2 is not currently worth a subscription. Maybe someday, but not now.

Community response will be among the following:

1. Remove the names from your post or it’ll be deleted

2. You got kicked because you deserved it, that’s the only reason people ever get kicked, learn to play.

3. Get a guild. Learn to play. Sorry to hear that, but yeah, get a guild.

cherrie.8907:

But exploiters and hackers – yes, they are eligible for refunds of payments they issued in the last 6 months.

Source on hackers getting refunds? Or are you sensationalizing and demonizing players who got banned for something nobody knew was an exploit?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Is-this-intended-with-the-snowflakes/

See people there asking?

See ANet replying/informing?

Video game storytelling != fairy tales. Also keep in mind that killing a separatist in Guild Wars 2 does not, in any way, equate to doing such things in real life. “Terrible acts”, you say. I wouldn’t call “Target Next→ use attack skills” as a terrible act. Its playing a game.

In the real world there is a great amount of despicable things done by humanity. In any fictional world worth taking seriously, there’s going to be equal amounts of it. Stories without any conflict are uninteresting and not compelling. I would even say your distaste at the events in the game is a good thing because it challenges something in you. The game isn’t meant to teach you “this is right”, and if people are honestly swayed by it to believe those actions are ‘right’ then they shouldn’t be playing video games to begin with.

I disagree strongly that this is “a serious problem”. Its a fictional world with conflict and evil. Which, looking at history, is the basic story of humanity. I’d rather areas/stories like this are brought out into view rather than ignored and “we’ll pretend this never happens”.

For me, personally, and I’m only speaking for myself here…

Skimpy armor isn’t likely to appear on my characters simply because its skimpy/revealing/whatever. If I like the aesthetic, I’ll use it. I have a female human mesmer who’s wearing the HoM skin, and a female human ele that’s showing a lot of skin. I don’t mind skimpy armors, and I don’t mind bulky armors. If it appeals to my eye, I’ll use it. (The Acolyte set is one of my fave light armors).

That said, too much of one or the other (skimpy vs conservative) is boring. 90% skimpy armor? Yawn. 90% conservative? Yawn. Variety is the spice of life and this is where I feel GW2 lacks in the armor department. Way too many armors are way too similar to others. I’d like options. Yeah, light armor has some options, but medium has practically none.

I’d like some more revealing armors but not too many more. A balance should be maintained.

No worse than Guru, imo.

But yeah, the forums aren’t exactly constructive. Partly because a lot of attention is given (by white knights and moderators) to the tantrum-like complaints, and partly because too little attention is given to the well-constructed, thoughtful, idea-provoking criticism threads.

ArenaNet’s stance with GW2 is “information overwhelms players, we have to minimize the amount of facts and numbers we give players so they don’t feel like they ’won’t get it’”.

Working as intended, I’m sorry to say.

Good, I wholly support their refunds and hope everyone caught up in that stupid ban gets one, and they don’t re-purchase. ANet won’t learn anything if those people all just turn around and spend their refund on a new copy of GW2, thus boosting ANet’s “sales totals” (I assume refunds aren’t taken into account when tallying sales of a game).