Guild Wars 2

If clipping issues on races like the charr are the issue, why not make race-specific back items? Humans could get cloaks, norn could get furs or hides draped over their shoulders, etc.

I’d like to make a comment on speed runs in general. Everyone skips the trash mobs because the rewards come from bosses. If that’s working as intended, so be it. If ANet actually wants us to clear the entire dungeon, however, they need to make an adjustment. What I propose is every trash mob killed increases each players’ chance to roll a rare/exotic on the bosses’ loot tables by whatever amount the developers feel is good enough to entice the killing of trash mobs without making it mandatory.

Kitedyou.1720:

@ darkace: It would be easy for ANet to allow people with legendaries already to change them over…DAoC did it with their champ weapons. This would address the issue you bring up.

You’d also think “it would be easy” for ANet to fix traits (like engineer’s Scope) that have been broken since launch. Remember, things are never “easy” when we’re talking about a game of this scale.

Bismuth.3165:

I honestly think they should work on more better looking weapons than legendaries, we don’t have an good staffs with effects, something like volcanus or infinite light, same thing can be said for daggers, not everyone has time to go for a legendary.

I agree with you; but I just want to go on record by saying there are very few staff skins I do like and very few dagger skins I do not.

Serephen.3420:

Saraneth.6021:

catqeer.1954:

OMG vanity items… that are luxury items and have no impact on our ability to play… They must be stopped from doing what they told us they would do with vanity items we want…

No. They never said kitten would be hidden behind RNG! Why can’t they just do it like GW1?
Makes me sad I will never get some of this stuff since I refuse to play there little money grabbing game. Also means they will never see my money.

I’m sorry what?

Gw1 had no rng? Well lets see….

Ectos were rng,
rare weapon skins (aka voltaic spear) all rng,
inscriptions? all rng

None of those were obtained through the cash shop. We’re specifically discussing rng in GW2’s cash shop, not in drops or salvage results or any other area of the game.

I’m all behind the idea of having karma merchants unlocked as their respective renown hearts are completed, but I’d much rather have them added to our home instances; God knows we need some reason to visit them.

Geotherma.2395:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Effigy_Fragment
http://dulfy.net/2013/01/16/gw2-useful-and-fun-consumables-guide/

Thanks for the links.

Gugus.1462:

When did we become “overpowered”?

The moment an Elementalist killed a player running another profession.

DNA Instinct.6258:

there is a consumable torch. you have to find the right merchant, look on the wiki

That’s a lot of merchants. Any tips to narrow the search?

I’m not going to pretend like the situations in which equipping a torch is the difference between success and failure, as there are hardly any. But it would be nice to slap a torch in my off-hand for those instances when they are useful. I know a lot of work would be required to create two new skills (and balance them) for each of the classes that cannot currently use the torch weapon, so perhaps a consumable torch/lantern/whatever would be a more feasible approach.

I’d like a slot (just one will do) on the bar (or near it) to place consumables.

Ah, okay. Thanks.

I just came across a “suspicious tree” in Sparkfly. When examined it said “something or someone seems to be hiding in the canopy of this tree”. Anyone know what this is for?

5) “do it well or don’t do it at all”

This they have done. The statement “When it is ready” was thrown at us for months before launch and I again state that this game had the smoothest (though not perfect) launch of a game I have even encountered in my 20 years of playing MMOs.

I’ll agree with you that the game’s launch was a smooth one. The game, the engine, the world was all very polished at release. There were bugs, as to be expected. But seven months in, the honeymoon period is now coming to a close. That some of the bugs present at release still persist is starting to be an issue. It’s past time to clean up things like nonfunctional traits.

All I’m going to say is Guild Wars did not feature RNG in the cash shop. It was a win/win situation. The players got the vanity items they wanted, and ArenaNet got the money they needed.

Is it sad that this community has conditioned me in such a way that the first thing I thought when reading OP’s post is “yeah, something else for people to complain about”. I agree with the sentiment, not every Thief or Ranger wants to shoot rainbows, etc. But I can see it now, “I spent all this time and gold on this Legendary, and NOW you release a better one!? This is just another way to force us to grind! And spend money in the Gem Shop!”

Without boring you with specifics (other than to say I use Signet of Fire to apply Burn against tougher mobs), would you guys go for Berserker’s or Rampager’s for a glass cannon staff build? Thanks.

TC sounds like a swell fella.

I sense a bad precedence starting with these kinds of posts. Hopefully this sub-forum doesn’t degrade into nothing but panhandlers’ personal want ads

Claudia De Anar.6304:

Honestly Guys,
I think you need to seriously reconsider your priorities when I am better off role playing my grandmother then the ‘Hero’ my character is supposed to be, Really.

Killing a cave troll makes you a slayer, not a hero. Driving bandits from a farmer’s fields makes you a nice guy, not a hero. Saving the world from extinction, via your personal story, makes you a hero. And it also showers you with experience…lots and lots of experience.

Don’t hesitate the ask questions in /map chat. The community is, for the most part, very friendly and most accommodating.

Kitcat.1739:

The best advice I ever got:
1) Open your inventory
2) Hit the little tool button on the right side of your inventory screen
3) Click “Deposit all collectibles”
4) You’re welcome

It may take you awhile to realize the full value of the profound advice I have just given you – in the meantime: welcome to the game!

To expand on this, you can sell items on the Trading Post (auction house) from just about anywhere in the world. Simply right click the item and select “Sell on Trading Post” option. This, along with Deposit Collectibles, can help keep your inventory clean.

Adine.2184:

How many mains do you have?
2? roll a D 4 and do the even odd thing
3? 1D4 and on a 4 reroll
4 ? roll a 1D4
5 ? 1D6 and on a 6 Reroll
6? 1D6
7? 1D8 and on an 8 reroll
8 1D8

problem solved .

as far as which legendary you can always solve that with a die roll too.

Contrary to everything Gary Gygax tought you, the world’s problems can’t all be solved with dice rolls.

mercury ranique.2170:

What I did was looking at all the weapons and made a shortlist. Then I looked at my alts and realised I have three alts that favor GS. (and all three gs’s are on my shortlist So im going the more painfull road of utlimatly creating Eternity. The final discussion im having with myself is wich alt is going to get the legendary weapon. But it very likely is my guardian just cause she is doing the most for it.

Multiple characters competing for the same weapon is a problem I will never have. When I made my characters, I designed each to use a different weapon and playstyle; so no two characters use the same weapon type.

Sauzo.6821:

Debating atm of making Bifrost for my necro or making it or Twilight for my guard as well since I play him the majority anyways.

Depending on the look you’ve got for your necromancer, giving him/her Bifrost could look…odd.

Calae.1738:

I’m not sure how long they will be able to sustain this though. Their Achilles heel is a AAA MMO targeted to a mature audience. The Disney stuff might be tolerable for awhile but; it’ll get dumped really fast. Your average MMO gamers is over 30 and is demanding mature content.

I’d be willing to bet the majority of players who play MMOs hardly pay any attention at all to the actual form of the content. As long as the content is fun and the rewards worthwhile, I’ll bet most players really don’t pay attention to how cute, silly, or grim the world around them might be. It’s a bet I might lose, but it’s a bet I’d make.

In addition to mace and shield suggestions, I’m also looking for a good barbute. Anyone have a favorite helm in this fashion?

RebelYell.7132:

On Tarnished Coast, every time I try to ride the WvWvW zerg train, my repair bill levels up faster than my character.

Role play a naked berserker.

Poplolita.2638:

Doggie.3184:

Y’know you can close the chatbox by clicking the little thingy on the top right~

Yes, I knew this since I started playing gw2 4 months ago. If you felt the need to post this, I would like you to push even further your reasoning, maybe you’ll find the true answer. I’d gladly read the rest of it.

Geez you people are touchy. He was just giving you a tip, a simple “thank you, I already knew that” would have sufficed.

they’d have 8-bit-ified our characters for April 1st, in much the same way they once turned us all into stick figures.

BurrTheKing.8571:

I want a rifle that actually looks like a double-barreled shotgun that has the same range but fires a pellet blast rather than a single shot.

I’m actually planning to transmute a generic blunderbuss skin onto my Pearl Rifle solely because I think it’s the best looking shotgun in the game. I do like some of the other rifle skins, but I’d rather my weapon’s appearance and function be in sync.

Solid Gold.9310:

I don’t know about you lot, but I just have’nt the time to grind for all this stupid stuff.

GW2 is just one big massive grind, and they just keep adding more and more grind.

I don’t know about you lot, but I just haven’t the gun to my head forcing me to grind for all this optional stuff.

GW2 is just one big massive diversion, and they just keep adding more and more diversions.

Midnightjade.3520:

darkace.8925:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_of_least_resistance

The most popular dungeon is the most popular because it is the easiest dungeon. If it is adjusted to offer more of a challenge player will, by and large, flock to the new easiest dungeon.

We know that definition and it does not really require a wikipedia link. This suggestion is not designed to turn AC into an example of your wikipedia entry. It is to rescue it from its current sorry state of not being run at all.

There is no solution. ArenaNet wanted to make it harder, and the people looking for an easy run moved elsewhere. The end.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_of_least_resistance

The most popular dungeon is the most popular because it is the easiest dungeon. If it is adjusted to offer more of a challenge player will, by and large, flock to the new easiest dungeon.

RebelYell.7132:

Make cosmetic purchases accountwide and unlimited use, like they were in City of Heroes, and how the Hall of Monuments rewards work.

If the Gem Shop armor skins worked like the HoM skins (i.e. unlimited application), I’d have bought them long ago. But for a one-use skin, I just can’t justify it.

Seras.5702:

I still haven’t figured out how to use Med Kit when leveling solo. I’m sure it’s great for group play, but alone I don’t really get it. Do I drop it before the fight or what? Just seems to take too long to use heal. Or do I use its F1 for an immediate heal?

My PvE build (open world) is a rifle/rifle turret build. Against anything more dangerous than the average trash mob I “prep” the battlefield with Throw Mine, Mine Field, and the Med Kit bags before dropping my turret and firing off Net Shot. I then use Med Kit’s toolbelt skill as I wound any other healing skill.

Ravion Hawk.4736:

Plus ANet took down the blog where they promised the dyes would be account bound.

All that remains is their lame excuse as to why they made them character based while we all know it is for them to make money out of it somehow.

They took down a lot of their older blogs, not just the one discussing dyes. They’re not trying to hide anything; there is no conspiracy.

Proper inventory management greatly increases quality of living. You can purchase five-slot colored bags from the Trading Post for four copper each, so they’re a cost effective for the fledgling adventurer.

red.2387:

This is an incredibly long boring grind for something tied to actual character progression.

So chose one of the other options?

“Grrr! I’m mad this game isn’t grimdark! Grrr!”

Jester.1236:

I used to be an Elixir H or nothing guy. I really disliked the Med Kit, and the Turret. Then i found the joy and love in the Med Kit.

This is exactly my case. I used to run H without a second thought to Med Kit or Healing Turret. But I finally decided to give the kit a shot, and it fits my playstyle so much better and has the added benefit of reliable Swiftness.

Procuring a Legendary weapon is obviously a monumental undertaking. There is a tremendous amount of time and money that goes into obtaining even one of these highly coveted items. I’m just now getting to the point where I’m even beginning to consider pursuing a Legendary, but I’ve got a problem beyond the normal item and gold requirements…I’m an altoholic.

Understand that when I say I’m altoholic, I don’t mean I have several alts. What I’m actually saying is that I have several mains. And therein lies my problem; how does one choose which of his main characters is going to get a Legendary weapon?

“They can each have one,” I’ve caught myself thinking more than once. But realistically speaking, I’ll be doing good to get even one. So the notion that each of my characters will eventually be toting his own Legendary is pie in the sky.

For those of you with more than one main character and a desire to obtain a Legendary, how did you go about deciding to whom you gave it? Did you go with whatever Legendary you liked the most? Did you leave it to chance and just roll with the first precursor you obtained? Or did you play favorites? Shame on you if you did; you’re supposed to love all of your characters equally.

Herr der Friedhoefe.2490:

Content that is related to “guild” and “war”, and nothing to do with jumping puzzles.

I bought a game called Guild Wars and I wonder why the people around me are off jumping in puzzles.

Because we enjoy them. If you don’t, you’re well within your rights to not participate.

somsom.5201:

As for a mace, the skin you can get from GW1 rewards is pretty slick and fits well with a gold look.

It’s a bit “brutish” for the look I’m going for. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

I would pay for alternate voices for our characters.

In GW Palawa Joko never struck me as a serious villain. I don’t know what it was (probably the voice acting), but I never saw him as anything more than a Saturday morning cartoon villain. I’m sure he’ll show up in some capacity, but after battling dragons with the power to literally reshape the word, he’s always going to seem like small fries.

Nar.8327:

Honestly, people expect to be handed everything the second it goes live.

And then they storm the forums complaining that there’s nothing to do.

Kakeru.2873:

…bad american commercials…

Yeah, because America has the monopoly on bad video game commercials. Oh, wait…

Juvenile tiger…I want…

Leo G.4501:

darkace.8925:

Lady Starla.5621:

darkace.8925:

I’d love the option to choose different voices for characters, but it’s a costly feature that’s not necessary. In other words, it’s not going to happen.

Please re read, I said that is not going to happen. My idea was for a voice pitcher to change how high and low your character can sound, there is plenty of this software online for your own voice and it may not be so hard as you think to create and implement into the game.

I did read it. Given the fact that Scope, an Engineer trait that has been bugged since release (7 months ago), still hasn’t been fixed I can’t help but feel the staff is stretched thin enough as is. Again, I’d love the option to change voices, but I just don’t think they’re going to waste any resources (time, money, or man hours) on voice options of any kind; not when what they already have works well enough.

Weeelll….you didn’t read the OP then.

While I’m sure balance issues and bugs are issues that need to be worked on, resources often are specialized. People that work on bugs and code might not work on audio design, software and code. Saying that a profession skill is bugged and pointing to that as an indication of available resources for audio and voice acting is like pointing out a piece of bad clipping armor and using that as an indication to lack of story writing an lore.

So the guys who develop this is pitcher and implement it seamlessly into the game are also going to develop the new user interface and/or character creation screens where we’re the slider is going to be placed? The guys who internally test all the patches, both bug fixes, profession balances, and new content, aren’t also the guys who will test the new pitcher? None of the guys at ArenaNet work within a vacuum.

Lucas Ashrock.8675:

They are insulting us making way more money using gamblers than if we had a monthly fee

Gambling is optional, subscription fees are not. I’m not crazy about the RNG stuff in the Gem Shop (though I’ve no problem at all with the Gem Shop itself), but I’ll take that over a sub fee any day.

When was the last time you said to yourself while in PvE “wow, that guy is an awesome player”? If the answer is “never”, then PvE is probably too easy.

No. If they’re going to introduce new weapon skills, I’d rather have them added to existing weapons and have the option to choose the five I want.