Guild Wars 2

Karma skins are also different (and often better looking) than usual armor and weapon skins, so if you care at all about how your character looks as you’re making your way to 80, that might lean your decision to use karma, as well.

Zaxares.5419:

For us, it’s only been a few years. But for the characters in GW2, it’s been 250 years. Human history is filled with examples of former (sometimes bitter) enemies who are now fast friends. The US and UK, UK and France, the US and Japan, Germany and just about everyone else in Europe etc. And most of those conflicts are less than a century old!

It’s also full of grudges that won’t fade: Ireland-England; Japan-China; Russia-Mongols/China. Sometimes time doesn’t heal wounds, it makes them fester.

I seem to recall Robert mentioning that this anti-res-rush plan was meant to go into effect along with the addition of more waypoints to the dungeons and a diminishment of the high hp silvers among the trash mobs that don’t add anything but boring and pain.

Is this not the case? Have additional WPs not been added? If not yet, I could imagine Twilight Arbor being a HUGE pain right now.

First, comparing a two-handed weapon to a one-handed is not the best comparison. A one-handed weapon’s versitility is always going to necessitate it being a little worse that a two-handed weapon in a one v. one match up.

Second, the developers should really be looking into our other weapons long before they get to the sword, which is perfectly viable. Unlike, say, the scepter, which should be the subject of a serious overhaul.

I saw the patch notes and thought that nerf seemed unnecessary. I’m sorry it’s ruined some people’s builds with how utterly nerfed spirit weapons got. Sad.

I like my giant teeth, thank you very much. But options are always good.

Mejo.3198:

I realize by looking at this charts that I have exaggerated the charrs height in my head for some reason. They are not that much taller then humans.

Don’t forget that the linked tables all seem to show Charr is in their normal, hunched posture. When a Charr stands up straight (which they will do in several of their animations, so we know they can), the Charr are several inches taller.

At the very end, you do get your selection of a pact weapon, which have some very nice skins (even in the weapons themselves aren’t that impressive).

I think the WvW stuff is to enourage you to follow a new goal and try something new. (…I still don’t want to, tho)

Sithaco.4673:

3. If I am interpreting you correctly, the Charr (in your scenario) would be the offensive? Anyway, the Norn are used to the coldness of the Shiverpeaks, whereas the cold would damper the Charr’s spirits…

You do realize the Charr are covered in fur? And they already hold a lot of the lands in the north. It’s not like they have no experience with cold. Also, it’s kitten difficult to dampen Charr spirits for battle; they’re raised to want battle.

I agree with those who have said that, without alliances, the Charr win.

(With alliances, the Quaggan win. Everyone wants a friend Quaggan.)

Kalas.6743:

The sylvari are connected to the dream, but when they die that connection is severed.

I’m pretty sure that’s not true. Aren’t their memories forever kept a part of the Dream? That’s part of the Nightmare Court’s idea, to scar the dream with bad memories.

I think that’s part of why so many people believe the Sylvari return to the Dream. At least their memories do.

In “What The Eye Beholds”, you can also greet the spectral Eye…which is hillarious. It says a cheerful Human greeting, like “Why, hello there!”

I like what they did for Rytlock’s voice. Blum’s a good voice actor, but his growly voices do tend to be same-y. I don’t want to hear Rytlock and think, “Yeah! Listen to Wolverine, I mean – Grunt!, I mean…RYTLOCK!”

Yeah, I agree. That music was truly great. Wish I could hear it again!

I think the problem is how long the dungeons remain uncontested. I don’t mind doing the events to uncontest the dungeon, but it’s annoying to have to uncontest a dungeon again after doing one path. When a dungeon is uncontested, it should remain so long enough to complete all three paths without speed running.

Or a 360 controller (which may be easier because of the USB connection)? That would be cool.

Everyone hearts Tybalt.

Especially the applegrowers guild.

I honestly don’t think I’ve run into a white Charr on my server. Ever. And Crystal Desert is full of Charr.

I myself am brown with grey stripes and a blond mane.

When standing completely erect, a male Charr is taller than a Norn, but I don’t think that’s the case normally. And I’m pretty sure the tallest Norn is going to be taller than the tallest Charr.

It’s a small issue, really. And I’d say the problem is with the Norn and not the Charr.

Also, let’s not forget that the grawl and the dredge are most antagonized by the Norn, who are truly a bunch of jerks (and oft written with Norn-as-jerks antagonism in events). Even the more spiritual, nice Norn are likely to be irked by the Dredge, who destroy the environment around the Norn settlements.

And since the Norn have taken such a high place among the races of Tyria, their opinion of the other races are going to travel further and carry more weight than other opinions.

Improving the new player experience to make it easier for new players to learn how to play GW2, enter the game world, and more quickly learn the game without being overwhelmed.

I was glad to read this among the many new features coming to GW2 in 2013. I was a brand new player not long ago, not having any MMORPG experience, and if my friend hadn’t been right there watching me play and giving me pointers on what to do, I would have been completely lost. Ultimately, if he hadn’t have been there, I’m betting I would have just given up on the game as not my style.

Though GW2 gets many things right and was certainly attractive enough to make me want to play, in game explanations of how to play are virtually non-existent. Right down to the controls and keybindings, GW2 seems to assume players have knowledge they very well may not have. The forums here are full of fantastic resources and players who are willing to share knowledge, the game itself links to its fantastic wiki with detailed information and strategy…the in-game explains none of that right now.

I’m glad to see Anet taking the initiative on this so new players have a better experience. I, for one, will certainly be more inclined to show my non-MMORPG friends the game if I know I won’t have to explain every little thing to them because the structure is there to teach them in-game.

I agree with those who said there needs to be a way to turn off the camera auto targetting. I don’t need to see the mob smacking me from the side to know I want to target him next.

I didn’t mind the last quest so much, but luckily I have some nice guildies who were happy to join me.

They probably should lock Arah up until you’ve gotten to that point in you personal story and dungeon stories and increase the reward quite a bit, though.

Asia Skyly.7198:

Same issue as everyone else. Please change the way RMB works… Please!

Adding my voice to this crowd. I hate it when my Guardian is swarmed by five mobs, and instead targets that mob way down the hill who is nowhere near him and not aggroed…with his sword.

I ran into an event that had spawned on the Crystal Desert map in the western Fields of Ruin. It prompted me to collect corrupted ore near the Charr mines there. I had obviously gotten to the area well after the event had started, as it warned me there was only one miner left alive. I raced there, and…no miners anywhere. None on the ground to res, none alive to be seen (even though 1 was still indicated on the event info as being alive). There was no orr to be collected, not even by killing the branded minions inside the event area.

Seemed to me that the event has stalled and bugged out. Just thought it was worth a mention.

Glad I’m not using my Giver’s weapon right now. Thanks for the heads up, guys.

Ah. That is indeed what I was missing. Okay, I can see the substantial difference now. Thanks!

I realized earlier this week that I was using “Hold the Line!” in PvE and “Save Yourselves!” would almost certainly be a better choice unless I’m missing something. Here’s the comparison:

Hold the Line!”

Shout
Grant protection and regeneration to allies.

*Protection: 4 s
*Regeneration: 6 s (780 health)
*Range: 600

*Recharge Time: 35
*Skill Cost: 6

Save Yourselves!”

Shout
Draw conditions from nearby allies to yourself. Gain multiple boons for a short duration.

*Fury: 10 s
*Vigor: 10 s
*Might: 10 s
*Protection: 10 s
*Regeneration: 10 s (1300 health)
*Swiftness: 10 s
*Retaliation: 10 s
*Breaks stun
*Range: 600
(NOTE: In PvP and WvW, I believe the duration on these are reduced to 5s).

*Recharge Time: 60
*Skill Cost: 3

Why is “Hold the Line!” considered a higher tier skill than “Save Yourselves!”? Is a 25s less recharge really worth 5 less boons and 4-6 sec. less of regen and protection? I realize “Save Yourselves!” draws conditions to me, but when I’m alone, that’s not going to matter. And in groups, I can certainly just break any conditions I’ve taken to myself after using “Save Yourselves!”, since I know they’re coming.

Is there something I’m missing here? Is “Hold the Line!” somehow vastly superior to “Save Yourselves!” and I just don’t see it?

This game doesn’t always do the best job of explaining things, so I’d highly recommend that you read some of the stickied threads in this forum meant for new players. They’re full of really good information and wisdom from caring players.

A lot of the lower level dungeons are dreadful to run at the level they’re opened to you. (I.e., who wants to run Twilight Arbor at Lv. 50-55.) Some are even horrible on Level 80s because you’re reduced down to a lower level and yet still treated like you’re level 80. Getting swarmed by a ton of respawning mobs that can all darn near one-hit you and take forever to kill because of their high HP makes groups want to just run through the dungeon instead of actually do the dungeon. And that makes me not want to ever go back, personally.

kKagari.6804:

If you’re gonna have super high hp bosses give them all phases. If I can down a boss 20% without trouble its unlikely I’ll struggle with the last 80%.

I agree with this whole-heartedly. Some of the story bosses are so interesting, because they have steps and you have to change things up. Even something like the reviving Gherron boss fight is interesting because you have to go back and forth a little (but the fight doesn’t take forever). Citadel of Flame is easily the most fun dungeon of the bunch. It’s challenging without being soul-shattering, and it’s relatively quick.

Yeah, a lot of people were disappointed by this. Myself included.

Maybe someday ANet will update it.

I love my Charrzooka! It’s great for an opening volley. Poor mobs don’t see what’s coming. haha. Especially nasty with condition damage-adding buffs.

Yeah, hanging out with Charr cubs is always a good time. They’re just so funny. (“Now I’m Logan…RUN AWAY!!!”)

The old codgers in the second event are also amusing. It’s defintiely nice when the NPC drives you to enjoy an event.

Yeah, the karma items are the only normally-salvageable items I’m aware of that you can’t salvage. I don’t understand the reason why, either. If it’s so you can’t convert karma into gold…that’s not exactly a great exchange anyway for the rate more salvaged goods go for. Also, when you’re level 80 and you’ve gotten the exotics you want, why not let a player convert karma into gold? Karma isn’t doing much for that player anyway.

The only reason I can think of to not allow a player to salvage a karma item is so newer players will keep them around for a bit and realize that karma items look unique from other weapons and armors in game.

ArcTheFallen.7682:

Sword is a 1 by 1 kind of weapon.

It’s true that Sword is a really good choice for boss battles, but that doesn’t mean it can’t handle more than one mob at a time. The 1 chain thwacks everything in front of you. I’m constantly using it on the undead in Orr when they run up to me in groups of three. The only problem sword has at handling mobs is when one gets behind you (and even then I think I may have even seen the sword hit mobs behind me a few times in the early chain), but that makes sense…It’s a sword.

Not to mention you can just pair a sword with any off hand, like a torch, for AoE.

Silver.8023:

Greatsword’s auto attack also has the benefit of constant might.

Which is great, but does precious little when you need to quickly burn through someone’s armor. The weapons are about choices.

Tei.1704:

Second, the tail uses a male model regardless of gender. Literally, this is the only armor set that would need to be altered to account for the different charr genders, but that wasn’t done. There was time to make some armor sets look completely different on human females or cut out pieces of clothing that were getting in the way of cleavage, midriffs or what have you. Was there time to make sure the molten tail effect accounted for female charr? Obviously, not. The one time Anet went the extra mile to give charr something special for a set every race can wear and it turned out to be a half kitten job.

The masculine look of the armor even on female Charr may in part be intentional. After all, the Flame Legion don’t allow women in its ranks, so it makes sense that any Flame Legion armor wouldn’t be quite right on a female Charr. But then there’s some issues you bring up that do appear to be an oversight, as well.

What an amazing thread! I laughed so hard at the (well written) Complaint and Answer.

My friend and I ran into a bugged event last night in the southern Blazewood Steppes in the Crystal Desert server. A Champion Orge Chieftan had spawned in one of the Ogre camps, and we went off to slay it. It wasn’t too difficult at first, but then it knocked us back with an area effect and regenerated ALL off its health. It didn’t act like it reset, it was just – boop! – completely rehealed.

This happened several times. Even if I immediately broke the knockdown and teleported to him, he’d be healed. We got him down to 20% health at one point, and it still healed him full. Even if my friend was unaffected because he was at range and I got knocked down, even if my friend was still shooting, this happened.

We finally managed to kill the thing and complete the event by just piling on pure DPS, the event completed and the AIs started to walk away…then the thing immediately respawned. The AIs talked to it as they continued to run away. This time no mini map icon displaying it as an event, and the Champion still showed the bugged heal behavior. So we walked away.

It seemed really bugged to me. Hopefully someone can look into it.

ArcTheFallen.7682:

The problem with sword is it is bad against mobs.

What kind of trouble are you having with mobs with the sword?

I use a sword/shield and greatsword, and I rarely have trouble with mobs. The sword in what I main, and it burns right through mobs, especially with the amount of condition damage I have on the thing. If I get swarmed by 4 or more mobs, I switch over to the Greatsword. The sword’s also great against bosses, since it keeps burning up constantly.

Though I understand the OP’s concerns, I do have to mention that I think part of the point of the 1 chain is to activate Justice as quickly as possible. It does five hits in one chain (though the third part can be annoying because it misses the hitbox on a lot of objects). I’d bet that’s the reason it doesn’t have a boon or something like the hammer.

Also, though Flashing Blade does shockingly little damage, it has a very short recovery period. You can use it multiple times in an extended fight to blind your opponent, as well as gap close on an opponent. If they increased the damage, the recovery rate would probably have to be extended.

Boarcore.5310:

Our party used teamspeak to time to moment of killing and lighting and it worked perfectly

By teamspeak, do you mean the chat window? And were you in a pick-up-group?

Thanks a ton, igibi.

Quarktastic.1027:

Stability, teleports, and leap skills will allow enemies to cross in and out of your ring of warding. Occasionally, enemies will bounce in or out of the ring when they touch the edge.

Cool. Thanks for explaining that. I wouldn’t have expected stability would completely negate Ring of Warding.

I symphasize with the OP’s understandable rant. Jumping puzzles with a Charr are awful. If only because the camera freaks out at every little thing.

I’ve started to just transform into a plushie griffon whenever I need to do one. hahaha.

Here’s my Charrdian, Tsumedenko Rawr. The flaming guantlets are actually dark blue…dunno why they look grey in the screenshots.

btw, how do you take a screen without the hub getting in the way? A lot of you have posted some nice photos.

TheOceanians.4918, you totally made me laugh.

Here’s my Charrdian. Armor is a combination of different sets. Pretty darn glad with how he’s turned out.

Definitely the Candy Cane. For sure.

I was facing a gaggle of Earth Elementals with a Hammer (my Wintersday Candy Cane) equipped and used Ring of Warding to keep a few out so I could focus on the two right next to me.

Not even a second later, the Earth Elementals just bounded on through! The white circle was still there…why did the ring not prevent the monsters from approaching me?

I’ve never thought about the teeth thing. You’re right; it would be difficult to develop language with those in your mouth (though the Charr seem to talk just fine). Maybe the Charr were forced to develop language by intelligent competition and it didn’t happen spontaneously for them.

The Plushie Griffins are definitely adorable. Awwwwwwww

Have to agree with the OP. I’m Lv80 and even I’ve struggled with soloing the Ventari early on. I can see how that’d get pretty discouraging.