Guild Wars 2

Man I wish this game had a cosmetic tab like DCUO did. That game was the best I ever played, when it comes to character gear customization.

Although I can appreciate your opinion, your thought process that you used to attempt to invalidate the cross bow post to try to validate your hammer idea is lacking all together. We have 100 hammer threads, and the same argument you used against cross bows applies to hammers as well. Just saying.

They claim it is every time, regardless, so I am not sure how that becomes relevant. Their threads read pretty much identical to hours. I mean one of them in the guardian sub forums starts off with me and my engineer friend were…………………………..

Perhaps you may want to cruise through the other professions forums and read for yourself.

In my experience, a GM checks on you in persona if your reported for this, and attempts to contact you in a whisper or /say chat, so if you there to answer your okay, if your not, you are judged as AFK exploiting, and handled as they see fit.

I have sen this happen in game, and I feel it is very appropriate.

Which is to be expected, because no MMos have enough end game after 8 weeks to satisfy those who put extended hours into it.

The US and EU servers do not update off of the same time patterns to my knowledge.

This always strikes me as an odd mentality, because I would be willing to bet they buy other games all the time without playing them.

Your build cannot define you as selfish. Now if you pass by some poor downed guy with out a second though, that’s another story.

Mickey.4207:

I would rather have people like OP post more valid concerns then to read crap from fanatics like you. So i suggest you leave and not log into forums if you can not handle criticism.

I see, your doing the whole your a “fanatic fan boy” because I disagree. So by that logic your the “whiny troll poster” right?

I am still waiting for an actual fact to support the claim that servers are dead and the sky is falling.

Look at the servers in the world selection screen. there are threads on it popping up today.

Have you checked out any3rd party sites that maintain log in or population information. How many people logged in over the weekend?

I played at a very casual pace and had made it to 80 in 3 weeks, and got 3 pieces of karma gear. I play about 2-3 hours a night 3-4 days a week. Sometimes less, sometimes more.

What basis of play time are we basing as casual and hard core?

Because I feel that I am reasonably casual and the grind was minimal. Not to mention the comparison of grind here to grinds in most MMOs, leaves the OP with no leg to stand on.

As a matter of fact most MMOs forums have threads like these.

Honestly though, the comments about quit if you do not like it are valid. If folks are having a good time, they are reasonably allowed to counter the argument, which would not be here if the OP did not have some idea about using the forums to leverage his idea to change the game on some level.

Rick.1378:

Drama much? I don’t see the OP saying the “game is dead and the sky is falling”.

No. But thanks for asking.

That is how a great deal interpret the OP. As well a good amount of the post after sure support that stance.

Again, this rational that because every single one of the over 1500 DE have to have multiple players at them is horrible. just because others are not on the DEs does not mean the game is dead. I have a screen shot I can post from the Champion brood mother from this morning with 20+ various guild tagged players at it.

By your definition that means the game is too crowded with so many players at one DE.

Scientific? No, I very specifically clarified it was people I know.

Hung over? No, most folks I know were not hung over.

I am still waiting for you to present an actual fact though. An actual fact to support the argument that the game is dead and the sky is falling, because at a specific time on, on a very specific server, at a very specific dynamic event, the game is dead.

Brilliant deduction my friend.

Shroom Mage.9410:

It’s nice to know you’re in an active guild, but that doesn’t address his actual problem, which is that there is so little for a solo player to do. He states it over and over throughout the thread. The primary form of content (events) are designed to be done in groups. You aren’t dispelling his concerns by claiming that there are always players around.

Stating something over and over throughout a thread does not make it true.

Dispelling his concerns? Not really, more like declaring them invalid.

This is just like all of the reddit and other sites threads when everyone was claiming they were banned for no reason, just for SE to show it was all a lie.

Yet you expect us to take the OP with a great deal of non specifics serious? For all we know, he spams that crud in map chat 1000 times a day and is on half the servers ignore list. For all we know, the DE event he refers to is the intro one, and just because no one was making a new character at that exact moment in that ecaxt race on that exact server, the game is obviously dead.

Come on, we all know complaining is much easier then creativeness.

Soloed it on my engineer with no serious difficulty.

Why would you automatically assume the issue is with the challenge itself?

Based on what?

What evidence exist in the game the presents the assumptions that the design is to have it be an easily affordable amount with in the first 2 months of launch date?

Yeah, like we are to believe that a Norn could comprehend such complicated mechanics as a screw. Much less. we all know any norn would still be turning it the wong direction, even hours later.

Most folks I know have map chat turned off 90% of the time. I am curious as to what interesting logic anyone would use to claim map chat chatter is an accurate metric for player population.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Server-is-full

Threads like this 4 minute old one seem to contradict the logic here by many. Just sayin.

Shroom Mage.9410:

The problem isn’t that there aren’t players online on a Sunday morning. The problem is that there is nothing to do in the game on a Sunday morning. He’s obviously aware of the fact that he’s playing on a Sunday morning by the very name of the thread.

I have to call shenanigans here.

The fact that at about that time this morning I had 150+ on in my guild. TP in lions arch had enough people that my high end PC took several seconds to load them all in. The fact that I did a few DE before I went into WvW and ran into 10 random players at a bare minimum per DE.

All are evidence that your broad and inaccurate claim that there is nothing to do on Sunday morning is mis-informed at best. Some would go as far as calling it a flat out lie since you put it as such a direct statement, but I personally never would, but some may.

Rick.1378:

The OP makes a good point

No he doesn’t make a good point. A good point has evidence that Lions arch for example is abandoned as he suggest. Because one particular DE wasn’t packed and no one reaplied to what would appear to be a troll in /map chat, do not make a server dead, by my definition anyway.

Rick.1378:

There is a lot of content that is virtually abandoned in this game. IMO that’s a function of the game as a single player game with a chat box, but that’s my personal opinion and expectation of the game. Nonetheless it is what many players are experiencing.

The game has 1500 DE events. It isn’t hard to grasp that they cannot all be jam packed on sunday morning.

I challenge you to find any MMO that will not have a quest area that is empty at anytime, much less sunday morning.

Because I care to partake in constructive conversation, and have to wade through irrational complaint threads such as this. If folks desire to clutter the forums with irrational complaints and whining, I will feel free to point it out and let them know.

If there were any kind of rational or accurate population issues, then perhaps thir would be a leg to stand on. But to complain about how in off peak hours, no one was at a single particular DE when he was, is simply laughable.

Shroom Mage.9410:

The funny part is what your definition of “alive” is.

Simple. The fact that 250,000 players logged into the game since 6 pm friday evening. The fact that at about that time this morning I had 150+ on in my guild. TP in lions arch had enough people that my high end PC took several seconds to load them all in. The fact that I did a few DE before I went into WvW and ran into 10 random players at a bare minimum per DE.

It is more then that, but I didn’t jump into all the numbers on the EU servers. Such silly questions of that nature are not worth the extra addition.

Why is the sky blue?

Why is water wet?

Why would some clown pay so much for items?

The funny part is I have read threads exactly like this since month one in games that are alive today that started 12 years ago.

We have terms, where I come from, for folks like this, who make these threads, but the forums would probably turn half of them into baby cat terms.

Shadow.3289:

It isn’t botting if you are not using a malicious 3rd party program to compromise the game. I’d advise to regularly take movement, collect loot & be active in game.

Whats your point. He clearly stated he used an “auto cast” feature to cast AoEs. Unless i missed where they put and auto cast clicker in game, that is pretty 3rd party to me.

Anytime you are gaining in the game, be it loot, XP, or something else, while not controlling the game yourself, it is exploiting.

If it is so bad, quit and leave. Trying to grip at the rest of us via the forums is useless. Had you been on my server, I would never had heard the OP anyway, because I generally keep map chat off because of people just like the OP spamming it with complaints that no one is on. The last thing I need is my chat spammed with whiners crying about population.

I do not care what MMO you play and how many millions are or are not playing it, there will be places we do not congregate in.

Please OP remain signed out. It gets old stumbling across post such as this that are the decay of the forums, because I was doing something somewhere different, and because we didn’t flock to what ever DE you were doing to join you. (which I do not really believe you, or you would at least mention the name of the event, level, and location)

Heck, there are zones I haven’t even set foot in yet. But I guess since we all are not doing the same DE you are, we are all at fault. Let us know next time so we can all drop what we are doing and accommodate you. I apologize for having fun with my guild in WvW this morning, next time we will abandon such frivolous fun so we can go do dynamic events in PvE to take you feel crowded.

Um, care to define “realistic” ?

Absolutely. Any so it should be. You are exploiting a game mechanic to play they game while not being present.

As Healix said, it may be a feature of the game, but you’re exploiting it to automate gameplay, aka botting.

Well yeah. Several of us have pointed out repeatedly that all the other profession sub forums had threads with each claiming they received all of the aggro all of the time.

I do not think there is a best PvE “profession” at all. I believe there are “best” or “ideal” builds and roles that work best for soloing, and others for playing with friends.

I do not think it is so much about casual or non competitiveness as much as it is a design to work with an idea. The idea that it has no sub fee and you can put it down and pick it up at will, and not be left behind the loot grind that forces you to follow a loot path just to even think about catching up.

BrunoBRS.5178:

i think the biggest issue is how the risen can easily knock you back/down/pull/chill/cripple. sometimes you’ll get pulled 3 times before you’re allowed to move again.

it makes straits of devastation the most painful area in the game to navigate. i’m so glad i’m done with that area, because i’m never coming back to it.

How is this a problem ?
I slap 7 for my condition removal and roll on.

I mean seriously, It appears you are complaining about having difficulty in an end game zone while solo. Either group up and play a massive multi-player game with multiple players or add counters to the issues you complain about. If you are unwilling to do either, then you have no right to complain.

I absolutely agree with bard, especially about his point on a role and not a class.

As well, I agree that alot of the reason engineers are not as popular is because the mindset of the general population is so decayed, that they will actually just assume the class with the least player population must be the worst, and simply avoid it based on some unfactual presumption of a nature of that sort.

Heck, for all we know it could be some code designed to make it as random as absolutely possible.

Yeah Omega, well every clown that comes along feels they need to air their issues, even though they are not real issues. They feel they need to do so in a manner to try to attempt to push their perspective on the the rest of us.

That whole “misery loves company thing”

It is a trick question. Skritt will have nothing to do with an unlit light bulb because it isn’t a “shinny” until it is lit, and they only like shinnies.

Well, this is what the self centered, band wagon, bad attitude culture that has developed in recent years gets you.

They have to be that tight on the name restrictions because every abusable name out there that is hateful, rude, or offensive, will be used.

Zanryu.3417:

He acted offended that instead of reviving him instantly I was fighting off the undead he couldn’t finish off, the undead that would have killed me too.

Maybe he is a new 80 or what not, and didn’t comprehend what happened. Maybe he was just goofing around. You yourself display in what I quoted, that you were assuming what his state of mind at the time was.

But as was already stated. Those types are every where.

I was in “glorious victory” way point in Straights of devastation last night. The area there is packed with veterans. I do not know how other professions are, but on my engineer I can solo 2 veterans + 2-4 adds all at once fairly well, and I had plenty of yellow rare and gold exotics drop while I was there.

I was just kind of half paying attention, taking several pauses and breaks while I was watching college football. I made around 3 gold after an hour or so. Could of farmed a lot more if I was paying attention.

Vees, what did you dislike about thief? Tell us what you liked about the least or what differences you would like to play from your previous experiences, and perhaps we can offer you ideas in the professions based on that.

Kalan.9705:

No explosive traits work with (1) explosive shot from pistol.

I am to understand that is because it is not a true explosive. It is simply the name of the ability. As such, it is not intended to be an explosive as far as I understand it.

I duo killed the champion brood mother and I think the other champions name was something pet master something(has a veteran pet with it) last night. Both are Orr mobs. Did one with a ranger and one with a warrior. I had no issue with aggro at all.

Perhaps everyone who is posting about having issues with aggro hogging, post tier builds. Perhaps we will be able to find a common denominator that way.

The downside to this build is the absolute lack of condition removal.

Ahh, never specified it was the tool belt side of things. I hope you clarified that in the bug report you filed on the issue.

Stun in CC and immobilize is a condition. At least that is how the game sees is. I can just swap to my elixir gun to break immobilizes, because I use kit refinement.

If your using rifle, over charge shot is supposed to break immobilize as well.

That should be in the racial sub-forum and not a professional sub-forum.

Yeah good thing too Grimwolf. Other wise they may try to stick us with something stupid like bombs or grenades for explosions.

The only thing is, we already have a option for P/P or P/S that offer condition damage.

Yeah, I could see that. Doesn’t sound like a bad idea at all, and the precedent is there with all of the abilities in game that have a secondary function when you double tap a skill.

I prefer it the way it is. Even without full health, often I am leaving them for later or for others.

All though I could see the merit of the double tap idea.

Yes, because we should change the class, hosing the rest of us, because it is what you think you need to be cool..

If your not cool, that is your problem. Takes one selfish and greedy attitude to demand we change the class just for you. Truly, embarrassing.

No, it seems they do not. What do you base this inaccurate statement on? Every profession sub forum had 5 threads on this topic. If every other class is claiming this happens to them, Why would you make this claim without actual fact to support it.

It would benefit every one better if we didn’t spread misinformation of this sort around.

@ Xocolatl

Not sure what your talking about, with the “try it” comment, I have been doing it since the beta weekends. I just don’t understand how you can sit here and claim that ranged attacks such as the ones turrets do, would not reach a mob with melee attacks.

Not sure how your playing but most folks should have enough common sense to put the turrets in range, and your complaint will not occur. As well, most folks move and dodge, to prevent that whole “face pounding” thing your talking about.

In essence, I am simply suggesting that if you have the two issues your talking about, that your doing it wrong.