Guild Wars 2

Mireles Lore.5942:

Are people seriously insinuating that winning 1st place in a PvP tournament takes less effort than farming/saving for a legendary?

No… I can’ t speak for others, but I do speak for myself. I’m upset that the prize for winning a PvP tournament is a weapon that is many people’s ultimate goal. Unless they’ve made one themselves they will never know what it’s like to deal with the crapshoot of an RNG lottery loot system in PvE to try and gather all of the materials to craft this item. The loot system and drop rates in PvE and WvW are hella-bad.

While the time from start to having the legendary in hand is the same, these 5 people get to play the one single game mode they enjoy and everyone else that spends time crafting one has to grind for materials, grind dungeons, grind gold to buy a precursor unless they’re lucky to have one drop….it is a long tedious process and PvE/WvW players generally do not enjoy the process.

Liza.2758:

khani.4786:

OlrunTheBlade.1486:

khani.4786:

After working my tail off since pre-launch to be able to make two legendaries myself I’m pretty disgusted at them just giving away a legendary weapon.

TIL BEING THE BEST TEAM IN THE kittenING GAME ISN’T EARNING kitten.

Best team in the game….right.

Best 5 people in the game that decided they wanted to PvP.

go back to pve

How about I go back to WvW and continue to help our server beat the crap out of your server… ;P

shadowpass.4236:

what tournament are you talking about?

A sPvP tournament where a subset of the game is trying hard to be an “esport”.

OlrunTheBlade.1486:

khani.4786:

After working my tail off since pre-launch to be able to make two legendaries myself I’m pretty disgusted at them just giving away a legendary weapon.

TIL BEING THE BEST TEAM IN THE kittenING GAME ISN’T EARNING kitten.

Best team in the game….right.

Best 5 people in the game that decided they wanted to PvP.

Vol.7601:

And how is this different than people buying legendaries off the TP?

At least the people who are winning this are winning based on merit/skill, rather than time/luck/grinding like they have the whole time.

And it’s only 5 people. That’s insignificant.

I completely agree with you about the buying them off the TP making those of us that work for it insignificant too…..which is why they should have been account bound when the game launched.

It’s still 5 people who are getting a weapon that symbolizes (or is supposed to symbolize) mastery of ALL aspects of the game….5 people who may or may not have ever stepped outside of PvP.

This non sPvPer still hates PvP and hates it even more now. This is by far the most boring part of the game (in my opinion) and I would much rather WvW or do anything else.

I am not the best player and even with as much time as I’ve logged I wouldn’t stand a chance in this “tournament”.

PvP is a watered down boring version of WvW with nothing special about it and these tournament rewards makes me want to punch a quaggan.

Not going to say anything else because this is my own opinion and nothing I say is going to change anyone else’s opinion.

I’m just aggravated because I know how much effort I put into crafting my two legendary weapons. Legendaries should have been account bound from the get-go and not at all tradeable/sellable. So now PvP players are going to get a free legendary weapon that they didn’t have to work for….good job. (Someone is going to say winning this tournament is work, blah blah blah)…..

After working my tail off since pre-launch to be able to make two legendaries myself I’m pretty disgusted at them just giving away a legendary weapon.

Even if it’s just that the “special edition” dyes are account bound I’d be over the moon happy about that…..or that accessories can be colored without the use of a hairstyle kit…

You got a precursor at all. Be happy. I have more hours logged than you and have never gotten one as a drop….bought both of mine.

Charismatic Harm.9683:

khani.4786:

DarkSpirit.7046:

hobbes.6178:

“How do I search for a backpiece?”
“Oh just type Spineguard”
“…how was I supposed to know that?”
“I….I don’t know…you weren’t I guess…?”

It has been long enough.

https://tradingpost-live.ncplatform.net/search?text=&type=1

Can’t buy them directly from your browser but at least you can search for them and buy them in the game.

Yep…works great..

“ERROR: Invalid authorization”

Go to…..
https://tradingpost-live.ncplatform.net/authenticate
…..first.

Then go to the link in the above post.

Edit: That link will take you to an account login page where you have to put in your e-mail address and password to authenticate your connection to the Trading Post. Enter that information, then you can basically look at items on the Trading Post from a web browser outside of the game….just as you can from within it.

Still doesn’t work. The page comes up but it doesn’t work.

I’d much rather they fix the trading post in-game anyways. :p

Can I turn in those instant trait reset things I got from Black Lion Chests for some other sort of booster >.<

I so rarely change my builds that I don’t even think about using them because I can’t save my current build I don’t want to forget what I was using.

Stubie.5834:

And in no way would I ever bring bearbow to a dungeon or fractal run that is pure madness!

I only do it if the party (always friends or guildmates) is being stupid….and I bearbow to just be annoying. I can’t stand playing that way!

I love both personally. I have two lvl 80 necros and my Ranger has Kudzu….. Just depends on your playstyle.

DarkSpirit.7046:

hobbes.6178:

“How do I search for a backpiece?”
“Oh just type Spineguard”
“…how was I supposed to know that?”
“I….I don’t know…you weren’t I guess…?”

It has been long enough.

https://tradingpost-live.ncplatform.net/search?text=&type=1

Can’t buy them directly from your browser but at least you can search for them and buy them in the game.

Yep…works great..

“ERROR: Invalid authorization”

butch.8136:

and completely kitten pvp players?

Why would you only do PvP in a game that has so much more?

Are there people that only did PvP in GW1?….oh wait yeah you could make a PvP only character. Seems boring to me, but to each their own. Maybe they’ll bring that change too at some point that if someone wants to do nothing but PvP they can make a character that cannot leave the PvP area but has everything unlocked traitwise.

I’m really hoping some of these fixes will be in the April patch. crosses fingers

Personally I think that the Karka queen is the perfect balance of rewards and difficulty. It takes a group effort to “summon” her and then when she appears it can fail if people don’t throw eggs at her to reduce her shielding (mechanics).

I want more bosses like this.

And for the huge events like Teq, the Wurms (and any other revamps). I’d prefer if there was a set of map wide requirements that you needed to complete in order to start the main boss event.

Example:
In order to spawn Tequatl all Hylek camps need to be held for x amount of time. If any Hylek camps are held by the Risen – no Tequatl.
Re-do fight slightly so that the hylek cannons are either npc controlled with players needing to repair or harder for the risen to kill. The rest of the fight isn’t terrible (Teq is just a huge bag of health for that first 25% which is a bloody pain)

I don’t watch dev posts like a hawk, but I do listen and talk to guildmates. I find out something and let them know and they do the same. I deleted a few stacks of blade shards then a guildie told me hey they’re going to have some use so I saved them. I don’t understand how people are completely and totally oblivious unless they have all chat turned off and never ever visit the forums. Live & learn.

Links to the actual new images

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There are two audio files, but I can’t get either of them to play. There are spots for two other items but I’m not sure where they are.

Some items. yes I personally feel the price is acceptable.

Upgrade extractor – EXTREMELY overpriced, will never buy due to how much it costs
Single armor pieces – Quite overpriced, will highly likely never buy any of these
Full armor sets – Have bought before and might buy again (if I like the set)
Transmutation splitter – Somewhat pricey. Have bought a couple and might buy if I absolutely need it.

Xiahou Mao.9701:

Just to remember, even if you only get greens in the chest, you still get the Ultimate Citizen bag which always has at least one rare piece of equipment in it. So it’s not quite as bad as most people are making it out. The guaranteed rare is there.

Oh you mean that bag that keeps giving me a Sentinel’s weapon/armor that’s blue?

You’re not guaranteed a rare in that thing either. If you are, then I’ve been gypped.

My dear Shtikk would like to tell you all that baldness is for girls. * hairflip * Shtikk is considering a color change for his highlights but can’t decide if he wants to go blonde, orange or way out there and go with green.

My husband says Shtikk looks like Adam Lambert >.<

I finally got this on Blackgate main (I was guesting and so were several of my guildmates). We helped organize and it took a couple tries but we got the whole map engaged and got it with a few seconds to spare.

I love this achievement because it was hard, took a whole lot of map effort and everyone was super psyched when we got it.

However, I will say it was just a tad too hard to get because it relied on nearly everyone getting the Vigil buff, using food and a Scarlet potion in order to get enough DPS to succeed. I love achievements that make you feel excited when you get it like this one did, but I’m not sure where to put that line to keep it hard yet doable.

But OMG the rush when we got that achievement.

WHOA You got a rare! That’s awesome

Seriously, I’m only getting greens :P

I want this achievement so much but every time people in TC main or whichever overflow/server I’m on has tried…every time a fail. I don’t know which server to try >.<

not bugged. I got it by being VERY careful on my guardian last night. I got downed a few times but before I attacked I made sure there was plenty of time on my attunement, and I stopped attacking with at least 5-6 seconds left on the buff before I re-attuned and verified attunement before attacking.

6 min to knightfall is now the only LS achievement I don’t have yet…but still haven’t gotten close on the timer yet to even see if it’s bugged or not.

I do as many as I possibly can….except the PvP ones. Those are painfully dull.

Most days I can do 90% of all of the daily possibilities. On work nights I settle for just the ones to complete dailies, on the weekend however, I strive to do every single one. It’s a goal to set and something to do. I also complete every single monthly category within 2-3 days of them being available….

Personally, I got tired of not getting any loot at all for my effort so I’ve been off playing minecraft.

I tried the event again last night at reset…no loot from any knight, then we failed the holo fight because someone killed the green holo and we got adds. So for my hour of playtime I didn’t get a single piece of loot. And the time before the event I spent killing random mobs in the zone for dailies I barely got any loot from them either.

I may try the event one more time this weekend and I guess play on one of my lesser played classes so I have a chance at the achievements. Guess it’ll be warrior/guard since my necro, ranger and mesmer are all kitten with this event. -_-

Love the story, just really fed up and frustrated with getting absolutely nothing from the event. I don’t expect to get Scarlet’s Kiss or power cores…..heck even when loot was dropping I wouldn’t expect that (because my account is “cursed”) but seriously… nothing at all from anything. After killing in the zone I’d gotten maybe 5-6 of the supply bags. Just not right.

/end griping.

I would love to have more accessory color options….

and I still want to be able to dye my aquabreather and backpiece….

What I’m pretty sure happens is you will get one item from a previous living story….usually it’s a blue with sentinel’s stats… Other stuff includes:

Blue/Green (yellow/gold if you’re lucky) Sentinel’s items
Settler’s items
Keeper’s recipes
Odd cooking recipes from one of the events (masterwork ones)
Dragon Coffers
Quartz
Sprockets
Pristine Spore Samples

Oh yeah that that 0.00000001% chance that you might get the monocle or molten jet-pack.

Mostly though, all crap/vendor/salvage fodder. And it reinforces that feeling I get every time there’s “epic” loot as a possibility….that feeling that my account is “cursed” or whatever and that I will never get anything more than a random exotic here and there. Others can pull dawn out of the forge with 4 random rares, but I will never have that luck.

I love my guild’s name.

Carnished Toast [YUM]

^_^

FrozenStarRo.7240:

The Crossing. The dangling lantern is just so pretty.
Final Rest is also a nice (and much cheaper) staff that looks good on necros. But a common find among necro players, so if you want to stand out, you should aim for The Crossing.

Meh, I use Final Rest on my guardian. My necro has the sclerite staff.

I"m going with the miasma is improperly disposed of bloodstone dust…..I mean how else would the sky turn red? The sky is thick with this red powdery substance which has covered the sky.

Think before destroying your bloodstone dust, pollution is terrible.

Healix.5819:

hobbes.6178:

“How do I search for a backpiece?”

You select the Back Item category.

You mean the non-existent one?

Healix.5819:

khani.4786:

Upgrade component > Armor will give you embellished jewels and such that you can’t even apply to your armor. -_-

I’m assuming you mean the Weapon subcategory. It’s actually misnamed and should be Jewels. The actual weapon category that contains sigils is the next one down.

Healix.5819:

All of the above are examples of actual working filter options. For whatever reason, ArenaNet has yet to make these filters selectable. It’s a simple copy/paste job, that’s it.

Maybe I just don’t understand what you’re talking about but most of the filters in the trading post do not work and some of the options there don’t even have anything there!

Filters that just don’t make sense:
Containers > Default – what is default supposed to mean here? It contains crafting material bags, boxes/satchels of armor, event containers (wintersday/halloween bags), The erronous Mystic Chest, backpack sets, and the unopened Mystery Tonics (WTH)
Containers > Gift Box – All this is are unidentified dyes of varying types…what?
Gizmo —-Endless tonics (Except for the Unopened Mystery ones), Commanders Compendium, Training manuals, Mystic Forge Conduit, and the representation buttons….most of these things aren’t

Filters that are broken:
Consumable** > Food – Actually only gives you ale/wine….and not food items.
Upgrade component > Weapon – Has agony infusions, embellished/ornate jewels…and the “rune of life” none of these can be used on weapons. There is no subcategory for sigils….

Filters that do nothing:
Consumable** > Generic
Consumable** > Transmutation
Consumable** > Unlock
Gathering —-WHY IS THIS EVEN HERE??
Gizmo > Default …what’s the point, it’s everything that’s in the “all” category.
Gizmo > Salvage-—what?
Tool > THERE IS NOTHING HERE

**The All category for Consumable contains: Weapon skins, dyes, transformation potions, WvW Blueprints, Food (apple items), Maintenance Oils/crystals/stones (Wrench items), Alcohol (for drinking points)….all of which don’t properly display under any subcategories besides “ALL”

~Crafting Material – This one NEEDS subcategories for insignias/Inscriptions, Weapon/armor parts, etc….

+ Mystic Items need their own category or subcategory somewhere…maybe under crafting. They’re currently tossed in the “Trophy” category and that doesn’t make any sense at all.

The only categories that seem to work properly are armor, weapons and minis….and the armor really REALLY needs the option to filter by light/medium/heavy.

And if you filter to browse upgrade components it will give you stuff you can’t even use.
Upgrade component > Armor will give you embellished jewels and such that you can’t even apply to your armor. -_-

Back items: Forest Brace, Charred Back Warmer, Various Spineguards….there’s no place for these to show up.

When I search for “Superior Rune” and sort by price I hate that it includes all kinds of random crap in my search list. I just want all the superior runes not other items with “superior” in the name or “rune”, the search function is quite flawed…

Please fix it.

10g was already a deal breaker for me….I went for getting crates of supply bags. Gotten three crates so far and don’t regret it one bit.

Hopefully they’ll get the potions fixed for the people who chose to get them.

I want to use my Kraitkin as a staff (always have)…so I support this idea.

I like the gw2stuff overlay.

How does shiverstone compare?

If you were so selfless you wouldn’t care if others could see it or not. >.>

Looks like all main instances are bugged again…Tarnished Coast is bugged as well.

Can’t you just disable the main instance and push everyone into overflows until you get this fixed?

Mazreal Blackknight.1564:

That annoying troll that ALWAYS spawns when I do AC.

My guild calls him the Cool-Aid Troll…..and I always imagine him saying “OH YEeeaaaah” as he busts through the wall.

No because you get experience for discovering and bonuses for completing a map.

Traveller.7496:

When I zerg with the commanders I get close to 200 bags. When I roam around rezzing citizens I get maybe 20 bags. And since the majority is zerging, we only get about ~600 citizens saved total. Tell me, what’s the incentive to go saving citizens since the majority won’t do it?

You get 200 bags of what….a belonging and a blade fragment?

The end bag for saving 1500 citizens has a chance for anything from a previous living story including (but not limited to) fused weapon tickets, the Monocle, Celestial Recipes… and from what I hear there’s a chance you’ll get a precursor too (but I’m guessing precursor chance is about the same as anything else).

My goal is to save the citizens. The best a map has done with me in it is about 950, I want to help save everyone. And if you can stave off the miasma events (all of them) you get a bonus reward.

There needs to be a group at each of the major sections of the map and every event needs to be successful.

From the Patch Notes (that people really should read):
Coordinate to stop three miasma deployments simultaneously to earn the Triple Threat achievement, which awards 10 Spinal Shards and bonus loot.

Rescue enough citizens and work together with the entire map to earn five tiers of rewards. > Tiers are set at 100, 300, 600, 1000, and 1500 citizens rescued.

• As players surpass each tier, contributors are rewarded Spinal Shards, Refugee’s Belongings, and Found Heirlooms.
  > For players who attain the highest tier, there’s a chance for ascended materials and rewards from previous Living World releases.

• Stopping the miasma deployment by defeating the enemy troops will allow players to rescue five nearby survivors.
  > As a further bonus, if all three miasma deployments are simultaneously prevented within ten minutes, an additional 35 citizens will be saved.

• Defeating each boss event (Aether Elites, Molten Champ, Wurm Queen) will save 10 additional citizens.
• Some groups in Lion’s Arch (Children, Moas, Lighthouse, Marriner, Orgres, Dolyaks) require an armed escort in order to successfully escape. Assist them by clearing their escape route and increase the rescue tally by five.

Need 3 groups (zergs) total….and people shouldn’t have to waypoint around the map. Each group does the events in their respective areas and in between events they save citizens and clear mobs to get them out safely.

Small rescue teams wander the zone looking for survivors in out of the way places and usher them to whisper agents or the exit.

Maybe once people get their achievements it will be less “EVERYONE ESCORT LAWSON” and more let’s see how many people we can save!

I got enough to make my ascended back blades from two afternoons doing the LA events (probably about 3-4 rounds each day)

It’s been forever since I got my crafter to 500 so I can’t help there.

To make the ascended version of the back blades you will need a total of 3 stacks + 175 more of the blade fragments and the starter recipe. The recipe is either cheap on the TP or you’ll get the pieces from the bags you get being in LA killing things or you’ll get the full recipe drop from the bags.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Spinal_Blade_Pack_Blueprint

Start there and page through the recipes at the bottom.

I love this new trend of giving small things away for free in the gem store! When do we get a Black Lion Key, or a transmutation crystal (blue one)?

I may not use the revive orbs or other stuff much, but I love the free things regardless!

All main instances seem to still be bugged. I got into Tarnished Coast main just now and the Miasma level didn’t reset and there was no citizen counter and we got “group effort II” with no reward….but no telling how many were actually saved. So weird.

The problem is if everyone tries to get into an overflow from their main server, people leave the home map and it never fills up and there are no overflows >.<

I’m fine with overflows, really. That’s fine.

I just wish the overflow "selection process went like this:

1. Main server is “soft capped” → Create overflow
2. Overflow first fills with people from your home server and/or party members
3. Overflow continues to fill with people from your home server/party members until full → Create new overflow
4. People from other servers are added to your home server overflows as the “query” process cannot find people who fit previous requirements.

But I’ll take what I can get and keep trying to get into the same instance as my husband.