Guild Wars 2

Zenith.6403:

tigirius.9014:

As you can see from my signature,

- You think someone cares to figure out your own abbreviations and jargon in you miniscule signature?

they mean a public test server. which i agree, this game does need one.

If you like farming, then sure. There really isn’t much to do there, other than try to find ways to solo the veteran mobs.

Arisal.9740:

I personally look forward to all the upcoming pvp changes. If they can make the pvp in gw2 as awesome as it was in gw1 then this game will keep me busy for a very long time. It is already decent but definitely needs an arena/deathmatch game type. I know they are stoked about getting everyone to play their king of the hill type but I know that doesn’t appeal to every pvp player as much as a simple team deathmatch would. Not sure why they are so stuck on only one type. Hopefully that will change and we can see a good guild vs guild return with some leader boards and good matchmaking.

This. I would absolutely love it if they finally put in a deathmatch type game.

Even capture the flag would be welcomed.

And GvG would be a godsend.

I’d definitely start playing again, as much as I did before if anything to improve PvP comes out.

WvW could use some revamps too. Some variety in the maps for each borderland would be pretty cool. Have it shuffle them or something.

Obsidian.1328:

Terazeal.1976:

Ripping off reality in no way makes a game compelling. As far as I’m concerned, humans should never have been a part of Guild Wars or indeed any work of fiction set in another universe.

You have no idea what you are talking about, by the way. Guild Wars 1 was pretty much all about humans, there were almost no other civilized races to speak of(dwarves and tengu come to mind) until the GW2 prequel came out…er…I mean Eye of the North. By your definition, every single work of art(game) in existence that references humanity is crap. Narrow-minded much?

it’s called sturgeons law. 90% of everything is crap.

as for the topic, i didnt play much of factions, only seeing the big city place a couple times. it was pretty interesting and i would like to see it implemented into gw2 in some way shape or form.

i wouldnt make any of it. same way i dont make any of the legendary weapons

“trading post wars 2”? bahaha you want to see a real auction house simulator with a game kind of attached to it, go see diablo 3.

as people have said, scepter is the only real viable main hand weapon for condition based necromancers.

for mesmer, its pretty good to get clones out quickly and stack confusion.

hated it on elementalist. actually, i disliked that class in general so…

dont know about the other classes that can use them.

tigirius.9014:

Zerg rez fests come to mind….why i don’t do them.

yea, the ought to consider turning off going back to waypoints in dungeons, at least during boss fights. if anything, put some way so you cant get back into the room where said boss is at.

guilds really seem to only be useful for 2 things: organizing WvW and easily finding groups for dungeons and the likes. other than that, there really isnt much point in being one. i just have one for myself to store extra stuff since i dont feel like spending money to get extra bank tabs.

link to the article you’re talking about? looking at the site now, but cant seem to find it..

Tarvok.4206:

It’s a different game. Deal with it. Personally, I prefer it this way, since you don’t get people saying “you didn’t spec your warrior to tank; you can’t play with us”.

This game is about crowd control and boon stacking; that’s where the teamwork comes in. It happens kind of automatically, but I have yet to attempt coordinating fields and finishers to max out combo bonuses.

there just needs to be more emphasis on control and support. and the combo field thing really just seems to be like a gimmick to me. it needs to be improved to make it more appealing.

just supply and demand doing what it does.

i think to some extent Anet tries to regulate the exchange some so it doesnt get too out of control, but thats just from some cursory observation on http://www.guildwarstrade.com/

it usually stays within the $1=approx. 1 gold range.

Zeldain.5710:

xiv.7136:

There’s plenty of complaining on the WoW forums (and every MMO forum).

If anything it’s worse on WoW forums as it’s the same crowd as Diablo 3 – blizzard die-hards, mostly kids and immature adults stuck in gear-ego rat race who just reply with “lolol l2p nub qt” – whereas here we actually have most people with proper grammar and actual words.

Hehe no.

The typing of complaining here on these forums indicated systemic problems and universal dissatisfaction with things that may not be able to be fixed.

Complaining about class balance is one thing. Complaining about how the game works or doesn’t – and is fun or isn’t – is another discussion entirely. And that’s what we have here.

the forum community of just about every game ever is universally dissatisfied with whatever game it may be. the WoW forums are full of more than just “AMG FROST MAGES ARE SO OP” posts

cutouts would probably refer to a shader of some sort. notice how the letters are using a different material shader than the surroundings.

theyre both likely mistakes, parts of the normal and cutout maps were accidentally mapped onto the final product.

Brutal Arts.6307:

The same reason you can chill ice elementals, or burn fire elementals. Laziness.

that or people would complain that they dont work against certain things.

i remember other games used to have similar mechanics, water elementals were immune to frost damage, fire elementals immune to fire, etc. people got mad and complained about it.

GvG and weekend events.

i didnt play a lot of GW1, but those were the things i remember the best

stof.9341:

But put too much emphasis on the “synergy between classes” and you end up with “lf class A, B, C and D for dungeon run, other classes do not bother to apply”

then they just dont make any one class better than the other. make all of them bring their own unique thing to the table and not a blatant x y and z are the best ever and the others are all useless.

sounds like something you would see in a game like diablo3 and not so much an MMO.

funny regardless. even more hilarious that even specific builds (vampire necros) with the right runes and the likes cant even touch this.

plasmacutter.2709:

If you want more weapon skills, please play elementalist.

if I had to go from 20 to 24 i’d probably have to untie my fingers.

Also.. the game’s skill bars were pretty much custom-built for razr nostromo.

Also.. the game’s skill bars were pretty much custom-built for razr nostromo.Without it, i’d probably go insane, and adding another skill to the bar would do this.

actually more weapon skills that could be switched out in the same way utility skills are could be interesting.

say one handed weapons in the main hand have around 9 or so choices that you could assign to the 3 slots you have for them. and 2h weapons have 15 choices that can be slotted into any one of your buttons.
will it be implemented? probably not.

A developer even admitted at one point it wasn’t considered an exploit.

mind linking this?

inflation hasnt gotten that bad. well not yet.

digiowl.9620:

Right now it seems that ANet is leaning towards APM/timing challenging rather than cerebral challenge.

and you know what? i like that. its a good change of pace.

but id also like the other sort of challenge as well.

This is what I mean by saying the lack of a trinity can’t support complex, challenging encounter design. Considering Trion released that fight on their second major content patch for their first MMO ever and Arenanet is still making simplistic content with their second content patch fast approaching on their second MMO to date it says a lot about Arenanet’s commitment to good game design.

im not sure how you wouldnt be able to make complex encounters without a trinity system. actually, i think it would be easier to make challenging a complex encounters with GW2’s system, its just Anet doesnt seem to be focusing in on that at the moment. they may never focus on that because that might not be a market they want to appeal to, which is fine by me. sure i like challenging content and i would love to see something really difficult implemented in GW2, but so far from what i have seen, i think that it was built with PvP more in mind, which is odd considering the lack of sPvP content, but we’ll save that for a different thread.

there just needs to be more emphasis and interest in the control and support roles, simple as that. encounters need to emphasize these rolls and make them more valuable. bosses are bland and uninteresting. i dont think the lack of the trinity or super defined roles is the issue, but a lack of compelling and challenging content.

as a side note, i havent noticed any sort of “we only want x y and z classes because the other five are horrible.” ive never been kicked from groups because i wasnt any of the “three best classes” in the game, nor have i ever seen anyone get kicked or turned down from joining a group for that reason.

probably. i guess. i mean, its better than just going stagnant and all. something to do.

necro. damage and only damage because i dont like playing with others

30/20/0/20/0

ok fine, i use a warhorn for interrupts and other such stuff and a few wells for combo fields. just nothing really to heal others and all. oh and i keep vulnerability stacked as best i can. other than that, im just a total scrubnub

you want trinity? go play a game that has the system. period.

in the meantime, there are a ton of things that could be done to make the PvE more interesting.

they have said they replaced the idea of tank, healer and DPS with control, support and damage. however, as far as i can see, damage really seems to take precedence when in groups. on the individual level, knowing how support and control works makes the game vastly more enjoyable and interesting. its just when put in a group when things feel a little faceroll and meh. i really like the dungeons, they’re interesting and nothing like anything i’ve seen in WoW and the other mmos ive played. i like that it isn’t just trash boss trash boss trash boss win. i like that there are more events and and puzzles and other such things that require more cooperation than most boss fights in most games. sure the bosses are lacking and usually arent too interesting, but ill take their word that these issues will be addressed with an update in the next few months.

with that said, what i really think should also be taken into consideration along with more interesting encounters is a greater emphasis on the control and support rolls. right now, it only feels like a few classes and builds have an emphasis on group support while the rest that have any support at all are more for the individual. same goes with control. to see an expansion on these two rolls, plus bosses/trash that require a good knowledge of control and support the PvE in GW2 could be vastly improved without the need of introducing the same old same old trinity system from other games.

there are better ways to doing dungeons and the likes that just copying what everyone else does and i think GW2 takes a step in the right direction, it just needs to be refined and reworked some.

human. because im human irl.

Vol.5241:

forrae.6708:

sure its difficult and not impossible to get one.

it just seems so freakishly boring..

legendary. the weapon should have a story behind it, there should be some sort of story to acquiring it with its own challenges and the likes on the way. not a legendary amount of farming/doodling on the auction house. just makes the game feel more like an auction house simulator a la diablo 3.

You know it’s cute how everyone says “make it skill-based” or “challenging” but no one provides specific ideas.

If you make it skill based, the casuals will complain. And how the heck can you make something ‘skill’ based in an MMO s complicated as this one?

How are you going to make it so difficult that it won’t result in every single player having a legendary?

lol. i didnt even say make it challenging or skill based. i just said make it more interesting than farming for crap all day. its mind numbing and just bad. give it a story line to get the weapon, or something like that. force people to go places other than the places where the vendors that sell the gifts are. and more than just running dungeons to get marks to get the gifts from the dungeon vendors.

sure its difficult and not impossible to get one.

it just seems so freakishly boring..

legendary. the weapon should have a story behind it, there should be some sort of story to acquiring it with its own challenges and the likes on the way. not a legendary amount of farming/doodling on the auction house. just makes the game feel more like an auction house simulator a la diablo 3.

its better than most mmos thats for sure.

as a xmas gift, i got the new wow expac and some play time. just so i dont see it go wasted i decided to level my characters. i had forgotten how clunky it is. seriously feels like controlling a brick, whereas gw2’s combat feels like driving a sports car or something.

what im trying to say is, its a lot more enjoyable than most games and to me, thats all that really matters. how fun is it? and quite frankly, gw2’s combat is way more fun than the faceroll and hope you do more damage than your target does that wow and other mmo’s offer. it makes me think instead of mindlessly smash my keyboard (and end up having to buy a new one a few months later)

eisberg.2379:

Which game is doing that?

WoW started doing it with the new expansion

a deathmatch game type would be fun too

WvW would be awesome if there were more maps than just thw same 3 bordelands. have some variety in them. also make it so there are 6 servers and have the option to form alliances etc. make it feel like a real full scale war or something.

the skritt and the ones that start with v arent too bad.

its the dolls that get me every time. ive seen them kill pairs of people trying to do them, they stack confusion way fast and regen their health pretty quickly. i just pop the box, loot the presents and run for it.

i like confusion. to me, its the most hilarious condition in the game. and sometimes the most frustrating.

Dinny.5310:

I would like to post one of my fiance’s screenshots. Apart from the cliff/lemmings thing most people here report, I think this is the dumbest thing I’ve seen on GW2, now or ever.

oh wow…. i dont even.

Why is it considered absolutely correct for only two classes in the game to be allowed to one shot anything or anyone?

Imbalance is not right, it shouldn’t be there and if you are giving one shot abilities to those two classes you need to spread it around.

everything a class does, another has a counter for. its like rock paper scissors.

if everything were 100% balanced no problems whatsoever, nothing would be very fun. developers who try to chase balance find themselves on a wild goose chase, especially in an MMO.

as for those classes able to one or two shot everything. guardians can take a lot of damage but tend to not dish out a lot. thieves can easily two shot you if you let them but they themselves are quite squishy. try playing one and you’ll see. its not like there is one class that is 100% invincible to everything and can one shot everything.

JemL.3501:

using a ram print like one mile away from the gate and still a bunch of people go and build it

i once actually put out a lot of random siege machines out in the middle of nowhere for no real reason.

came back later and saw all of them built.

Strang.8170:

Daggers are the best ele setup you can pick for pvp. According to some, best for pve too.

agreed. its also the most entertaining.

oh and as for WvW on ele’s. most use a staff for the AoE abilities since theres more enemies in large groups. makes it easy to just rain death on them.

ive seen plenty of dagger ele’s that are next to impossible to kill and dish out a ton of damage really quick. sword mesmers are pretty tough too.

as for dagger necro, i play one. and i can say yes, they can put out a lot and take a lot, if your build is designed for it.

Lemuria.3195:

There’s an old phrase which is pertinent to this game. Jack of all trades, master of none. You can try and be everything at once and fail horribly, or you can play to your strengths and succeed. Not every class was built equal, so why treat them as such?

while i agree with OP and most of the people endorsing some balance in your character/build, this quote also rings true.

take the thief for example. you can stack as much vit and toughness and healing power on one but you’ll still be relatively squishy, mostly because the class wasnt designed to be heavily played as a “tanky” sort of class.

i really do like GW2’s combat system and the way classes can work together. i wouldnt say they entirely threw out the concept of the trinity, but rather improved upon it or made it different and more entertaining and not completely mandatory. ive done dungeons in which there was not a single heavy armor class in the group and we fared just as well as if there was one. i guess its just what you want to make of it.

its anyone’s guess. they havent said anything about one coming out, so who knows really.

i havent seen so much rage over a hat since TF2

thought it meant a real life wizard hat.
that would have been a million times better.

haha, nuking orr would be amazing

i have a love/hate thing for that place. sometimes i dont mind the mobs and all, but other times im just thinking “get me out of here”

guess its just mood dependent

i dont have much problems soloing most of the stuff, however the respawn times for a lot of areas is definitely a problem. having the timers based off of the number of players would make things a lot easier and less frustrating.

also, i do agree that having to do the fractals dungeon for the monthly is pretty absurd. i havent even set foot in there since it came out, so i guess no monthly for me.

tigirius.9014:

It’s not a thief balance issue it’s called culling and they are already working on it. Culling makes a delay before you actually see the enemy who’s using stealth reappear. Fight any shadow skelk in the pve zones and you’ll see the same thing. It does the reappear animation poof and then 4-5 seconds later you’ll see him appear and be able to attack him. It’s a problem with the system.

you can usually tab target them as soon as that animation poofs.

its fun. still a really good game. sure it has its bugs and other issues, but you have to remember its only been out around 3 months now. they cant fix everything in just a matter of weeks, things take time.

im sure with time, it will get even better, especially as it picks up more momentum.

the manifesto doesnt even need to represent the game.

A manifesto is a written public declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of the issuer, be it an individual, group, political party or government

intention: “A course of action that a person intends to follow.”
intend: “To fix the mind upon (something to be accomplished); be intent upon; mean; design; plan; purpose.”

all it did was show us, the player base, how the developers viewed the game and MMOs in general. nothing in it said that they promised to do this or do that. they showed us what they intended on doing and what they believed a good MMO should be. it showed us their motives as to creating this game. nowhere did they promise to exclusively deliver a game that lives up to all of their views and motives. i may intend to go do something, but it doesnt mean ive made an obligation to do so. a manifesto is more a statement than a promise. nothing in any of this means they have to do so and they are free to change their intentions, intent and views at any time. maybe Anet realized their original intentions were simply unattainable? who can say. of course, they arent. and legally, they dont have to. (ethically is a different story)

now, if they had made a pledge, commitment, promise or oath of design then we would have every right to expect them to do whatever it is they put in it. in fact, with that they would even be legally bound to.

sure they may have violated their manifesto (or may not have, only time will tell) but they had no real commitment to truly uphold it. i can intend on making my car fly under its own power by the end of the year but it doesnt mean anyone can truly hold me to that end.

tl;dr: semantics rant bla bla bla

weren’t they going to stop selling these chests at some point? if i remember reading correctly, they were intended to only be in for the duration of the weekend event. guess not?