Guild Wars 2

I’d like to think whiteside Ridge is a good server but Orr seems abit dead these days so not every area is as busy as other servers would appear, still its my guilds home and we’re happy enough to be there so it cant be that bad of a pve server(we dont do pvp using the mists more for armour build look concept ideas than actually competing and only bothering with wvw for the map completions).

They have last time logged into game on gw1 so why they didnt add it to gw2 is a mystery, then again i’d have been happy if they just added everything from gw1’s guild panel alongside any new additions but it would seem that like many other features gw1 had it didnt make the transition for some reason or other(guildhalls i can understand them not implimenting yet as they probably want to figure out a way to make them cooler than gw1’s halls), the lack of guild v’s guild is the biggest issue though as the game is called guild wars yet there are none.

There are no bad guardians just guardians that were trained by logan thackeray.

Arenanet are considering changing the image on the skill Retreat to a logan picture for april fools day…only problem is most players wouldnt realise it was ment to be a joke

Agreed 100%, champions are often far to much effort compared to final gain. In Final Fantasy 11 they have notorious monsters which are sort of like champions or veterans and pretty much all of them have a unique drop item that ranges from 100% drop rate upto very low rates for the higer lvl ones in out of the way areas, perhaps do the same sort of thing only reverse the percentages so the ones in out of the way areas have a higher chance ofdropping a unique skin compared to the others who will have a varying scale based on zone and frequency the champion/vet is attacked/defeated that day successfully?
I used skin as i think that would be more interesting than a random weapon/armour piece not everyone would see a use for(some players still dont understand you can use transmution stones to switch looks easily) plus it’d keep the drop from becoming vendor/trading post trash since the skin would be soulbound(on use) and thus truely unique once equipped.

I’d be happy if people couldnt use it to show off how much cash they have in towns, sure it’s usefull in orr and other areas where having that sort of ability helps you turn the tide but it shouldnt ever be visible in towns imo and there should be requirements other than gold added to the rank(perhaps a way to ensure your deserving of the honor of command or capable of leading).

Alpha drake seems to have become abit overpowered/wonky lately aswell, it spews poison/minion spawns constantly and seems to have developed the basilisks stun/parlysis beam attack aswell which it does to whoever deals damage to it that happens to be in front of it that second(it does it way more than it should even though im sure drakes dont get that attack)if it isnt spewing poison.

If they want us to enjoy these OP battles more maybe disable armour damage during the rest of the event then we can actually try to fiht them without being bankrupted by the niegh constant deafeats many suffer at the hands of these nefarious toys!

Even funnier would be if after you die you get mail from them saying happy wintersday!

Maybe a slight drop in the price on the gemstore for existing customers would be of use? i know i’d certainly be interested in the upgrade if it was half price during the promotion.

Another thing they could do is make it so you have to collect parts of ascended items from fotm and cetain dynamic events which you would be ported to via the system mentioned above then assemble your new shiny item in the forge, that way dynamic events stay doable and the fractaltards get to carry on fractaling themselves silly whilst helping those of us who arent really interested in the new shiny dungeon at this time.

Hopefully Whiteside Ridge will be uncontested/not bugged in a couple of days, i could do with a trip that way for my exotic armour(currently running about in rares so really need the upgrade).

Here’s a few of my wishes for wintersday in general :
The return of jingle bears from GW1 as charmable pets for the duration of the event(basically polar bears with tinsel round their neck).
A nice wintersday themed bag(either 20 slot or something else i dont mind)
Wintersday themed town clothes that arent trading post purchase only.
A random special one off minipet present on dec 25th sent to all players.
A fun jumping puzzle in lions arch like the mad kings event one.
Candy cane staff’s and wands as skins for weapons alongside a bunch of other wintersday themed skins.
Secret lair of the snowmen added either as a scavenger hunt type quest leading to a mini dungoen or via the fractals.

If i had a say in where the jumping puzzle would be placed in lions arch i’s go with the spot the lion statue used to be since at the moment its empty so woudl be easier to slap a puzzle into.

Other than that maybe stuff to do in each starter town to draw us back to those locations and heck why not throw in a small event in ebonhawke that echo’s the armistic held on xmas day during ww1 s to add a wintersday during waritme slant to the event(and get people to actually go to this really lore heavy zone).

Yeah definitely restrict guild bank access till you get a reply, and if they constantly log in on that character maybe head to the map they’re in at the time and see if you can find them for a physical confirmation, bots tend to move in packs afterall and often act strangely so that will be a good sign.

…Whenever your chatting to friends online you press enter before you type anything.

When you go somehwere you’ve never been and the first words you utter are “i like new places” before wondering if the poi is broken because you did’nt hear the familiar ring.

When you are in an interview and all you can think is “this personal storyline step is abit longwinded” befoe wondering if there will be combat at some point (since there usually is in long winded story quests).

When you write a new resume/cv and have to redo it after you realise all you’ve done is write out a trait and skillbuild idea alongside a list of weapons and armour that would work well together.

I guess youve never seen Conan the barbarian then, or perhaps Lord of the rings? both are fantasy and both feature warriors and rogues alongside the magey types….those of us who swing blades and stab faces are the front and middle ground that help your magey types not get your heads bitten off by big nasty monsters whilst your faffing about in robes and slinging sparkly fireworks about and despirately hoping you dont get to overwhelmed before we can come save you….again!

Fantasy has many genre’s within its milleu do some more research and you’ll see its not all fairies and magic.

Technically you can avoid all the monsters by taking the bridge over the river then hugging the wall till you get to the cave entrance, thats what i did way back when and i didnt get a sniff of trouble….of course my warrior guildmate didnt listen to my idea and he siffered abit getting there till i showed him how lol

Just remember the order is about stealth and subtlety not brute force, we find the easier way is often the one with least resistance(or aggro).

I’d like the last online option if only to see if guild members have been on the game but not representing or if they have obviously quit the game as it currently seems to be with a couple of my guildmates(neither have been in the guild since the mad king event or earlier)

Secret Lair of the Snowmen to be added to fractals or as a mad king style event at some point durig the event(perhaps after a little scavenger hunt to find the map like in EOTN).

Change the dyes drops so winter themed dyes drop more frequently than others(maybe add some special rares into the mix aswell).

Include all starter zones somehow so we get to see how each race celebrates wintersday.

Some maps have contested waypoints that are nowhere near where the event is taking place aswell so that could use a tweak(timberline falls for instance often has a contested waypoint way north of where the grawl event chain begins).

I tend to play duo/trio as much as solo in gw2 just as a did gw1 the reason is mainly that whilst a group is fun duo’s trio’s are alot more rewarding both from a challenge point but from the fact its you and a buddy/couple of buddies exploring the wide world and taking of threats together as oppose to the squad of heroes adventuring that a group above 2-3 seems to bring.

Im not against partying in a bigger group though i just prefer a smaller one where the challenge is greater(like logan, rytlock and caithe’s little party in edge of destiny).

I often log in and solo content aswell if im abit bored at strange times of the day when nobody else is around in the guild or i just want to explore a new map.

The randomly spawning mobs of risen outside fort trinity get annoying aswell so they could use a nice timer tweak(once every 4 hours or so would be about right since they appear to be random), ive given up on my storyline at the moment due to the location of the lvl 74 quest being full of the more annoying magey type risen and me being prety much the only person in the entire zone 90% of the time since FoTm was added…gods help any new players headed that way who could use a hand with getting to grips with risen mobs in contested areas

Wait it out a-net will more than likely nerf the Kitten out of FoTm eventually once they realise its harming not improving the ethos for the whole darned game.

Cant help but think they introduced the new dungeon about a year to soon and have thus ruined the higher level pve areas by rendering them desolate places only those seeking to finish the storyline will venture, maybe they should hold off on adding more ascended gear into the game unitll they figure out how to make the none fotm parts viable again for those who dont care for ascended gear.

Gotta agree with this as a love looking through tabletop bestieries when im bored and the lack of one in game is a real shame, you could even reintroduce that lore tome idea that got removed as a way of gaining extra information/insight on a monster and its habits once you’ve fully uncovered every variation and breed in the world, maybe hide hints at future expansions to certain races/breeds within said tomes aswell.

we need a better variety of outfit skins craftable and make those karma recipes worth the effort of buying instead of just using the same darned armour skin with rarer materials every 100 skill ranks or so! seriously theres a destinct lack of decent medium/heavy armour recipes of note yet tones of recipes for light!(just the other day myself and a fellow guildmate lamented the fact that tailor has 2 full sets of armour recipes availble via heart quest merchants and yet the other 2 armour types get squat), hopefully they add more stuff eventually but at the moment im stuck making cack gear that doesnt suit rangers or thieves(far to many eyepatches and not enough hoods for one thing) because somebody got abit lazy when it came to the designs for medium armour and just reskinned the same stuff 4 or 5 times.

just send the upgrade item along with the acrafted item next time and let them add it that way you wont waste yours or there time with this stupidity(ive done it myself a couple of times so im hardly innocent of this myself), if in doubt dont slap a rune or pebble on anything once completed unless your keeping it.

I dislike Quaggan as a race but i can tolerate them as even Krait need something to eat when they’re underwater and not being killed by heroes for being xenophobic murderous snakemen and Quaggan do look like they’d be good eatin for a Krait

Skritt though are hilarious so i wont hear a bad word said about those thieving idiots.

Loved the event overall though the bugs made me think you should probably open a test server before the next big event kicks off if only to iron those out.

Thanks A-net for a fun 3 days that resulted in at least 3 new members who joined my guild for the trial deciding to upgrade to the full game despite the issues with dc’s and other minor bugs.

Cant wait for wintersday now but hope it lasts more than 3 days this time so everyone cant take part without the huge lagfest rushes the big events seem to attract, also hoping for some nice new xmasey weapon and armour skins or perhaps some special dyes beign added to the drop tables for the event(instead of the trading post for once).

Im sure a-net will rectify this by at least sending anyone who missed the event due to dc or otherwise open of those chests with the bag and trinket in, as for the precursors cant say i care really neither of the weapons i use has a decent legendary so im not even gonna bother trying to make one untill they add more daggers, shortbows and pistols that dont look like crap to the legendary list.

Overall i enjoyed the event chain accross the 3 days though a-net really should open a test server to iron out bugs before they launch the next one.

who cares if he is or isnt the real worlds first creator of this legendary? at the end of the day he’s happy with the weapon and has come on here to show the rest of us how awesome it looks which is more than others who claim to have made it first chose to do.

Nice pics FILTHOUND.7659 and congrats on the legendary

I’d just be happy if they swapped the looks on a bunchof the mid to high level storyline and loot gear as calling it something different then reusing a low level skin is just lazy, also replace the latter 2 noble armour crafted armours with something different so theres a point to buying the recipes other than as a stop gap way to limp to the next tier.

Sounds like a fair way to handle things, make it an in game survey and it’s a winner(since alot of players probably wouldnt check emails or the main site for that sorta thing).

The wiki says they were a deep sea dwelling race who got pushed to the surface so chances are they’re like the krait only abit more alien in mindset, hopefully we get to see them tear through a krait base or 6 so those annoying snakemen get a lesson in why they arent the lords of the sea they think they are.

bradygames.com has a pdf crafting guide on their site, it may not be 100% upto date though as it was released a cuple of weeks after the guide which was a launch product.

An auto boot feature if a guild member is inactive for more than 2-3 months is a good idea aswell as it’s not exactly tough for a person to log into the game briefly every couple of weeks to remain active in the ranks thus preventing there removal from a guild.

If they tweaked the respawn rates on vterans and other mobs and maybe lessened the amount of knockback attacks used the area would be alot mroe fun to explore in, as it is now though im only going in to that zone as and when i absolutely need to for completion coz the dredge are worse than the risen for difficulty spikes.

Perhaps the new island will offer a new way to get 100% completion? we shall see nove 15th.

maybe the letters missing in each message are used to form a word that may one day be used to access some lost lore in an order location?

sylvari dont have real genders though so it’s not like it counts really.

Where do you think the bodies that vanish when you kill a monster go? yup onto a pile under a new “floating” rock somewhere

Not sure it matters what your RL status is in a fantasy roleplaying game, afterall the whole point of the game is adventuring however and as whatever you wish in a fantasy environment that doesnt care about the real you but about the actions you carry out under your fantasy guise.
Good luck with your guild though as it actually sounds like a fun idea, im sure there is more than 1 other guild out there that either supports trans players exclusively or else just doesnt care so long as you contribute(i can think of 1 in perticular on tarnished coast for instance) so enjoy the game and ignore the idiots who may try to spoil things

You sure your not just on a more antisocial server? ive not noticed any problems with comunity on whiteside ridge for instance, well some zones can be quiet but thats more down to them not being as widely used as others but i usually notice people just chatting away on mapchat or local /say in certain zones and other than the first guild i joined ive not foud mysef stuck for conversation in my guild(i am the leader though lol).

Mayeb try shifting servers and see if that helps improve your sense of comunity.

What made trahearne worse was after he got his sword he actually got worse in combat than beforehand and he was cack then! why give a necro a sword anyway it’s not like he’d be able to use it properly without fatigue, dont get me started on Logan though that guy was cool in the book yet a useless waste of time in the storyline missions he took part in with me(it’s like in the 5 years since the noval ended he’s forgotten how be be a guardian).

The waypoints could use a price drop or cap so they dont get to costly at higher levels(or at least make the nearest uncontested one alot cheaper) but i expect to pay more for repairs the better the gear due to it being abit tougher for the repairer to find materials.

If your still looking for a guild The Neo Knights is a small guild at the moment but we’re always looking to recruit new members who are slightly nutty like the rest of us
we’re on whiteside ridge so you’d need to switch if interested, look for a pm in game later and we can discuss this further matey.

Nycthemeron.7690 i believe the term your looking for in your description of the gm’s pet character is Marty Stu or Gmpc both describe a character thats supposed to be there to aid the players but ends up taking over the storyline because the gm is to much of a ctonrol freak to let players be the focal point of the story, i wouldnt call trehern a gmpc exactly but he’s pretty close to one which considering Jeff grubb used to work for TSR on D&D campaign settings i would have expected him to have seen this and stopped it happening, i guess he missed it though.

Logan and the other heroes though are just pointlessly useless in most of the storyline and sometimes actually get in the way so they could use a tweak ai wise to make them more like big kitten heroes instead of just some random npc we’re forced to drag along, also why arent they taking part in the Orr missions directly or helping the pact? arent they the big heroes who took down dragons? plus surely treherne is good friends with them aswell (or maybe they got sick of him overshadowing their fame aswell)

Good Job A-Net i thoroughly enjoyed every part of this event! Here’s to wintersday in December!

Was defintely a shock seeing the lion go boom then a huge pumpkin headed guy rise out of the rubble, made my guild mate and i stop talking trash for a few seconds thats for sure then we spent 20 mins trying to form a party to go kick the kings butt only to not be able to get into the instance for another 10 min, after we beat him i missed the chest coz the lag fro all the people playing or trying to enter the instance caused it not to pop for 5 mins and i left thinking the reward was all we got we’re gonna try again tmw though so hopefuly i get some of these epic loots ive heard tell of….though knowing my luck i bet i get junk/stuff i cant use lol.

I Think its only the opener to the event anet dont want people to miss, my guess is the rest will last as long as the other events have thus far.