Guild Wars 2

Redenaz.8631:

johnnycosmic.9130:

Its no wonder people aren’t buying it, anets still trying to sell the expansion for 50 bucks here more then a year later.

Heart of Thorns launched in October. Without getting into whether $50 is the right price for it or not, we’re currently in August.

Well I was under two months off. Right now I am one those people considering getting back into game. A full blown AAA game these days can be the range of 50-60 bucks. So for me after reading whats in the expansion it dont feel like its worth 50 bucks.

Its no wonder people aren’t buying it, anets still trying to sell the expansion for 50 bucks here more then a year later.

Fragments File Size Files that cannot be defragmented
212 15.94 GB \Program Files\Guild Wars 2\Gw2.dat

I did a routine defragment and this guild wars 2 wont defragment after multiple times.

The last time I had a file not defragment it was some how corrupted, could this be the case why this guild wars 2 data wont defragment?

Volume (C:)
Volume size = 233 GB
Cluster size = 4 KB
Used space = 142 GB
Free space = 90.49 GB
Percent free space = 38 %

Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 5 %
File fragmentation = 11 %
Free space fragmentation = 0 %

File fragmentation
Total files = 179,522
Average file size = 981 KB
Total fragmented files = 1
Total excess fragments = 205
Average fragments per file = 1.00

Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 2.00 GB
Total fragments = 1

Folder fragmentation
Total folders = 8,122
Fragmented folders = 1
Excess folder fragments = 0

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 190 MB
MFT record count = 192,323
Percent MFT in use = 98 %
Total MFT fragments = 3

Fragments File Size Files that cannot be defragmented
212 15.94 GB \Program Files\Guild Wars 2\Gw2.dat

Great job Crystal Desert! I think we are going to win this time!

ok thx thats easy enough
so Prototype Fractal Capacitor (Ascended)
will have these stats
+ 24 POWER
+17 PREC
+1 CRIT

+32 POWER
+18 PREC
+4 CRIT

While im here to ascend it it takes
(offensive infusion)
1 Prototype Fractal Capacitor
1 Gift of Ascension
40 Crystal
1 Vial of Condensed Mists Essence

How do I get the stats I want which are power, prec, crit?

The exotic ones you buy for 1350 frac relics, will I be able to slap a gem in it to hold me off until I do the real upgrade to ascend it? Otherwise its weaker then what I have which is a rare spinegaurd.

I just checked I guess you cant, no point in even getting it until you can afford to ascend it.

Spvp is complet waste of time, its only purpose is to test out the current over powered class or find out you’re a gimp. No incentive what so ever for spvp expect braggin rights I guess, (look im not deer now not a rabbit!).

That said WvW should get something like an avenue to get ascended gear because a pve player can can freely go there and utilize said gear they got in pve.

So some one who loves pve can gear up better then some one who loves wvw. Can some one who loves wvw gear up equal to a pve’er with out leaving the wvw, doubt it.

At least be fair to each type of player.

Haveing yet to really try out the new patch il eat my foot if there is now a way to get ascended gear threw wvw.

Impressive, after waiting for over a gig to dl I thought I was going to get more then a bunch of little things…

Ursan.7846:

But why would someone who plays only sPvP need anything with laurels?

Then why would any one who pve need them for that matter?

Its like starting with the Fotm update some suit running the company is sabotaging the game with every new update, even the free server transfers literally killed off already weak servers, and made some strong servers flat out weak in WvW. What was the point on that, typical player mentality is free server transfers lets go to a wining server and be instant winners, and that’s what 90% of the big guilds on my server did, we where doing very good before the transfers but not good enough I guess.

Did we get a new dungeon or zone to explore? I would expect both or at least one of the two for such a massive update.

On my server its mind boggling that there can be 12 or so people loafing around spawn or just wandering off aimlessly and just walk right by the event guy. If people were serious about getting points in wvw that event should started any time we don’t own the first tower in other borderlands.

Yet that’s how it is on CD no one gives a care about that event. Our two enemys towers forever stay untouched.

I hope one day using siege razer will become an integral part of our over all strategy, so that anytime we don’t have those first towers commanders and people alike will jump over and quickly cap the tower with siege razer then go back to what they where doing like second nature.

I am from CD and I am seeing this mass exodus personally. Its WvW some times we win sometimes we lose that’s life. This particular week we aren’t doing to great big deal. So we are losing this week and free server transfers are available word goes out lets change servers so we can be instant winners, problem solved, right. The same things your running away from here you will find where your going.

We got a commander runs around nude yelling balls deep every min, real inspirational (albeit funny), wondered why were losing and left with his guild. Then another great commander left that will be sorely missed, he was known for dropping 20 golems a lot and overkill siege works.

Its not to late to come back.

I didnt read your whole post but your title says it all. Just when I think the game cant get any worse I am amazed to see some people want it too.

Thought so, to bad thats the only way.

From what ive read it says,

Item drops from the daily bonus reward chest following completion of Solid Ocean Fractal at tier 10 and greater of Fractals of the Mists.

daily bonus reward chest, this is talking about strickly the chest for doing the solid ocean frac, at lvl 10, 12 , 14 ect, right?

Its not talking about the daily acheivement reward chest in the hero panal from killing 10 this, gathering 10 that, 1 event, ect.?

I agree with ya Kosmos about the disappointment, but since its free to quit just means I don’t play much, I guess if I haven’t touched the game in a really long time I might uninstall to free up space, but since im not paying a monthly fee im not to broken up.
All I can add is until anet make some serious changes I wont be spreading any good words to my brethren about guildwars 2, and I sure wont be buying any expansions.

Its free and I get a little amusement from wvw.

/rant on

Otherwise ive never seen a more horrific game design in my life with fotm. Not only does the entire concept suck with an endless level chain dungeon for top gear, but if you do get a group and happen to lose connection you are done no matter how far in you are. Congratulations to what ever anet suit who implemented that, you practically pushed a lot of people from the game. I sure as heck wont be buying any expansions in the future.

Last night is what nailed it for me, stuck on frac 9 for about 2 weeks because I simply cant find a group, finally get a group and on the third last dungeon almost to the end I get booted, I easily get back in in seconds but it don’t matter I was done thanks to the way this dungeon is designed when you lose connection, your done.

/rant off

Im posting this here anyways, but it wouldn’t surprise me if this isn’t a bug. I have a high speed connection but I get an occasional disconnect, maybe once every hour or half hour. What makes it so frustrating is when doing Fotm, no matter how far in it im done for that round, I can not get back in and join my party after logging back in.

All other dungeons it was irritating too but I could at least get back in in a minute for two and rejoin my party.

I hope something can be done about this.

Not any more.

I still pop on now and again because its free.

I would not recommend to my friends where the sum of a game is standing around for infinity looking for a group for number infinity dungeon.

The holiday events or what ever its called the halloween and sorrow coast events are any thing but user freindly. You get some vague response from an npc as where to go, you spend most your time running around searching aimlessly. Only way I fisnished phase 1 was to get on the guild wars wiki, after phase one I just gave up.

Could you consider a quest tab, or log at least for these events.

crystal desert,

Pretty friendly server aside from this, but with FoTM apparently no one wants to waste any time or loot chances taking on some one lower level then them in groups.

By lower level so every one knows what im talking about, the fotm level, not player level.

Was looking to join a group I didnt know what level i was, (apperiantly level 2 fotm), I send a few shout outs in LA chat, nothin, every one looking was looking for level 5 or up players, thats all they would take. Finally I saw a group looking for level 3, I thought finally, I finished 3 last night I must be 3, I join, I soon find out im lvl 2 and get droped. I gave up and loged out.

Thats my story hope you liked it.

Darknass.1903:

Seriously, the people in this thread act like a slight increase in stats is an absurdity that should never ever happen, but guess what? IT IS ALREADY IN THE GAME. I’m going to repost something that has been swallowed by this enormous thread of absolute madness:

“My thoughts on this topic: there is already a “treadmill” in place you start off with white quality gear and end up (at 80) still getting white level gear aswell as blue yellow and finally orange and purple (or blue… w/e legendary is). If they intended for zero gear progression they would have either;

A.) Made white quality gear “max” and then you would only have to look for gear you like the looks of. (rather boring in my opinion)
B.) Have each “tier” of gear level specific i.e. white is 1-19 blue is 20-39 yellow is 40-59 and then exotic’s/legendary and w/e else would be 60-80 or what have you. Also make each “tier” only drop from those level zones or creatures or whatever…

The system that is in place now is, I repeat IS a gear treadmill of sorts, smoothly pulled off so it doesn’t really feel like one but it is. You don’t start off with max armor and thus have to gear yourself up. Sure it doesn’t take long and sure once you’ve maxed your gears you only need to upgrade looks (well until this patch hits…)."

I think most people where ok with grinding their 80 exotic gear, but that’s it. It wasn’t a hard thing it could even be done leisurely. From what ive read here its going to take a kitten load of time to even get one piece of gear. So it looks like this game is about to separate people into those who have and those who have not.

This happened in WoW the first year or two. You where either in a epic raiding guild or you weren’t, if you wasn’t your gear was weaker, all because you weren’t accepted into the guild or didn’t have the time to invest. The WoW devs finally realize a large percentage of there player base wasn’t even experiencing this content and eventually they fixed it, forgot what they did. Im not trying to draw parallels expect that for a while wow was real hard core with their epic gear, you had or had not.

Id hate to see people not be able to try this new content because they wont be accepted or some one deems them too weak. IF IF, its as hard to get as im reading then thats all people are goona do every freakin time they log on do factules thats it its going to take so much time you basicaly log in every single time you play for that nothin else and maybe in a year you have a full set. Ok now im just speculating but you see what im thinking could happen.

I could get behind this move had it been maybe two years from now and in an expansion or something, but two and a half months from release, no, it seems like they are scrambling for some reason, in the end they may end up really hurting their own game.

Not even WoW was cranking out new gear tiers this fast after launch, this could speak volumes about the future direction of the game.

Im disappointed too but not surprised. Look, since the game went live a week later people have been coming here and whining about no end game, easy dungeons, and easy gear multiple threads every day. A vocal minority maybe, but it seems anet is acquiescing to the complaints. Instead of a massive gear grind which is what this will be, why not just 1 epic piece you get for doing the new event, like with the Halloween thing.

Common sense, of coarse size matters. Tab targeting regardless, you have a small target and a large target running around hiding in the scenery one is going to be easier to see. If you rolled a Norn bear it up, and understand you will be very popular on the battle field, your enemies will delight in watching your big chunk kitten bite the dust.

You know its f’d up when a thieve don’t even bother stealthing, just runs up and goes toe to toe with a warrior, destroys him then walks away, in pvp. Seen it happen a lot. Pvp matches are getting flooded with theives. Anyway its the current flavor I guess.

I would think Anet would at least have the ability to go in if even on an individual bases and change the rare armor into the exotic you purchased if proven by a log that you purchased said exotic box. I hope this gets cleared up soon.

I got an idea lets nerf warriors till they are the most kittenkitten class in the game.

Wheres this money people are talking about getting? Sometimes I see a small sack on the ground but most the time I dont have the time to loot it. As a warrior I die more then most because I have to get closer, even with my ranged. Im therefore forced to play it safer. Any time I do WvW I come out a good amount poorer then when I entered.

Wow you had a lot on your mind.

Some games you walk into a town and every npc in there wants you to do something for them. Thankfully in this game your not crushed to death with quest at every turn.

I like questing in GW 2, out of box its great and it could be easly added too in future.

I disagree with the OP fully. What’s wrong with you people, you crying about no rewards when you get a chest after each boss? What is it you people want? You want it easier you want it harder? Im starting to think none of you really know. This whole post sounds like a advertisement for some game I never herd of.

I got an idea just put in a application for dungeon designer, Anet is looking for new employees.

Where tossing around ideas heres mine.

My wish for endgame would be a pvp zone where people of said world can go to use there shiny level 80 gear on one another, with the excitement and danger that random pvp encounters can bring. Bring some pvp to the this open world.
This dont have to be THE endgame just say a piece of the pie.

I think you beat the game.

So is the consensuses here for Anet to stop fighting botts so we can reap better crafting rewards?

This Boss was my first real large powerfull boss fight and the whole experiance was a blast. It was wild, confusing, people dropping dead all over including me, just a lot of fun. Went back yesterday after lvling to see him again but no spawn.

Sounds like you need to get better at this game, so keep practicing. Believe it or not the set up in this game does work, I have completely finished dungeons. The holy trinity didn’t work in other games either if you got bad players.

This game made a bold move to do this and its one of the best things about this game.

Any one can join a party.

Unlike Wow and other games that needed a healer and tank, you didn’t always make the group because wasn’t needed.

I like it, I also like simplicity in things.

I also believe people are looking at it from a wrong angle. We have a different load out for each weapon 6-7 weapons plus each ones load out is a lot of diversity. In reality we and more moves then any game I can think of, take Wow any class you have many weps but the same spells or move for each wep. We are actually getting way more choices overall in this game.

That same boss if im thinking right killed me a dozen times as a warrior, I figured out after the 3 time that I should go ranged but as a warrior some times I cant help my self and run in for a few hits and die. I have come to accept that some bosses 5 times my size can likely one or two hit me if im close enough. Some people cant accept that I guess to each his own.

There don’t seem to be much interest in this, oh well. I know pvp can bring out the worst in people, but it can also be exciting. This would be a zone lawless, wild, where anarchy and chaos rule. You can play a good guy or bad guy. Many other games have had similar so called pvp zones. I would want this to be something easy to implement this route seems the most stable.

My true wish was a full on pvp server where the whole server is a pvp world all zones. Of coarse that would be a pretty huge redesign and massive implementation I suppose. So one red pvp zone to me seems more of a possibility.

The games still new and so is this forum so an idea like this don’t seem to hold much inertest for now but maybe when every ones 80 been there done that, a pvp zone might really put some spark into the game.

I will keep this simple. If something similar has been posted sorry.

I think many people would like a pvp zone as part of the world its self. A dedicated pvp free for all zone, again part of the server world. You step in this zone and you can murder and be murdered by anyone. It can be a zone that your level stays with you when you enter or something similar to a newb zone it don’t matter. People can enter the zone and be placed in a safe area a city or something so it would be harder to camp the zone entrance, throw in some pvp quest, anything, these are details il leave up to the devs.

So in short a pvp free for all zone part of the game world one can enter of ones free will with out having any bearing on the rest of the pve world, with out queuing up for it like a battle ground or WvW.

PvP Zone

Come into the warrior forum cryin for a nerf, just remeber when its your class on the chopping block.

This could come in handy in WvW by throwing them up top a wall or over, although consent might be an issue.

DevilLordLaser.8619:

If I recall correctly, the ‘Combat’ chat tab keeps track of damage numbers and timing. Not, perhaps, with the same degree of exhaustive anal-retentiveness of a third-party mod, but it also works without breaking the EULA and/or infuriating players.

Also, great fuzzy kittens no. We do not need GW2 turning into a WoW-style mod party where the game is literally incomplete without a dozen ‘must-have!’ Third-party functions bolted onto it like some twisted Mr. Potato head mock-up. That junk can stay firmly in Blizzard’s camp, thank you very much.

I like the way this guy thinks, this sums up my feelings pretty good.

WvW any thing ranged, if you do step out and want to be a hero I think double axes spinning move would really bust multiple targets up, that move is even good on a single target because you also move while spinning. Most of out 2h attacks are slow and stationary.

Warrior is great in pve but in pvp its questionable. Im starting to find out pvp in this game is a shooting match so stand back with the crowd and fire away, that sums it up. The second you step away from the crowd in the wrong direction your going to be hosed down in 5 seconds. I suppose this describes WvW in the smaller pvp matches I can see going melee being advantageous.