Guild Wars 2

SHM.7628:

knives.6345:

People asking to abolish a leveling system on an MMORPG? What’s next? Abolish gear rarity? Give BiS gears the moment you create a character?

I would say no. Leveling gives you a sense of progression/competition and a sense of hard work, dedication and commitment. You need to get to point A to get access to point A skills, to wear point A gears and to play equally with point A players.

Is it that far fetched? The downscale you when you enter a lower level area. That is kind of like doing away with levels. In the new" nightmare" instance they bump everyone up to level 80.

You still need to amass skill points for progression or your skills are locked. I think it can be done. You can make skill points and trait points gainable from skill challenges and by moving the XP bar as well.

What practical purpose does the levels really serve in this kind of system anyway? Even with armor and weapons. Its all basically throw away stuff until you’re maxed. This would really help simplify crafting too. As it stands, its all too confusing and convoluted.

One level, go wherever you want. Do whatever you want to do. Sounds pretty darn good to me. Plus think back to GW1. You could get to level 20 and get max armor pretty quickly. That wasn’t what made you good. You unlocked skills and learned how to use them. You unlocked your heroes and title track, learned to run dungeons. Then you were good You weren’t just good because you were level 20.

Uh… Traits? Stats?

People asking to abolish a leveling system on an MMORPG? What’s next? Abolish gear rarity? Give BiS gears the moment you create a character?

I would say no. Leveling gives you a sense of progression/competition and a sense of hard work, dedication and commitment. You need to get to point A to get access to point A skills, to wear point A gears and to play equally with point A players.

Alex.5283:

These guys really need to learn to make their gold without preventing players like us from completing the events. Also the tone, the language is really unnecessary. Players like those really need to take breaks from time to time.

Preventing you?
How are they exactly “preventing” you from completing events?

I hope you mean they are “telling” you. There’s nothing preventing you from finishing the quest. If your group is the minority of the run and doesn’t have enough people to finish the event, then tough luck.

If you are implying that they are using foul language, do not attempt to reason. Report+Block+Ignore. Continue your crusade on trying to finish the event…

PS:

I’m not a part of those zerg..

Hey guys!

I’m checking out the Engineer (previously I am using Warrior/Guardian/Ranger/Ele) and how do we go about running dungeons?

As a Warrior, I rarely see an Engineer (along with Necro) when doing PuG’s, so I really have no idea what build to use.

So, how do we go about PvE? Judging from the threads, seems like Turrets are kinda underpowered, so I think we can skip that one.

Any build+gear suggestion/s? Links to good/great/awesome videos? Do we use Grenades/Flamethrowers?

PS:

If you could help in WvWvW playstyle, that would be awesome too. But it’s not yet a priority since I’m still level 5 on this class. lol

Zplus.4217:

knives.6345:

Smith.1826:

I’d be down for this, but not without an overhaul to enemy AI. How many mobs do you see that willingly take 100blades to the face? I feel that that’s more of a pressing concern.

Make mobs dodge too. lol

There are plenty of mobs that dodges, most of the flying ones, oozes and many others.

I mean, dodge like what we do.

Sample: Inc hundred blades? Dodge. Normal attack? Don’t dodge.

I should have worded it like “Improve mob dodge ai”. Sorry

Dante.1508:

And people call this fun?

Yes!

Since we’re practically facerolling most of the content, it’s nice to see that we’re underpowered (or noob) for a while.

lol

Smith.1826:

I’d be down for this, but not without an overhaul to enemy AI. How many mobs do you see that willingly take 100blades to the face? I feel that that’s more of a pressing concern.

Make mobs dodge too. lol

a t s e.9614:

Champions :100g a day
Dungeons: 20g a day
Fractals : 5g a day

Nice balance between risk vs reward .

Assuming I don’t know you hate champ farming to the core that you are calling for a nerf…

How do you get 100g/day? Teach us before they fulfill your nerf-wish.

I mean, technically, you can, but you’ll have to be so kitten lucky about it. I’m on the assumption that the values here are on the average, not the highest.

Thanks guys!

As an addition, I usually go with the zerg, I like huge actions where tons of people die.

Can’t thief do this?

PS:

I really don’t mind if people will hate my cheesy build (see: zerk warrior lulz). If it’s effective/efficient on killing, regardless if it’s cookie cutter or no, I’ll use it.

Probably the only thing that worries me are nerfs. Twice I got to 80 and that class was nerfed. Ranger and Warrior, though on Warrior, it really didn’t bother much (I think)

Hi!

I need your opinion on those 2 classes.

I already have Warrior, Guardian, Ele, Ranger, Mes (not 80) and Necro (not 80) and I just got another character slot up. lol

My game-style:

Since I almost use my Warrior everytime (yeah, it’s a zerker, Axe/Axe + GS and Sword/Shield + GS on WvWvW) and is mostly on PvE, you can tell that I tend to use damage over support.

So, I am slowly mixing WvWvW into my gameplay, since PvE rather bores me now, what class would you recommend that might suit/closely suit my style?

Warrior.

Get a Greatsword and Press 2 to win…

a t s e.9614:

Don’t worry they will nerf it anyway somehow. They don’t want people grinding the same place. They nerfed CoF P1 , now nobody spams it over and over, we do different dungeons instead . Arenanet are good at nerfing so you will see

k. so no need to create threads like this one.

a t s e.9614:

Zerg wins.

How about skill wins instead of the zerg? Skilled players are being punished in every aspect. Just look at PvP it’s very hard to 2v1 because of the downed state.
My point is the economy shouldn’t have such a big inflation just because they are allowing this to happen. I will be forced to do this boring grind if I want to keep up with the precursor price.

aaaaand it’s about personal agenda. :|

What name do they know you in-game?

Depends on the effort:reward ratio. Also, depends on the event.

For example
I like SAB skins, but I don’t like the event = I didn’t play.
I don’t like Scarlett but I need gold = I play.

Okay, so I’m not a newbie to GW2, but I’m on a dilemma.

I’m down to the last 2 class – Engineer and Thief.

My playstyle:

Since I’m using my Warrior most of the time, I am more inclined to do a class that deal damage than support.

I’m also slowly mixing back WvWvW to my playstyle. I lost interest primarily due to I enjoyed farming on PvE. lol. Now that the routine has gotten stale, I need a new mix. I’m not fond of sPvP, if anyone would recommend that.

I’m bored with the game. I rarely experience lag, but the task seem quite repetitive and unrewarding (in terms of self satisfaction).

I hate re-exploring what I already explored with my 1st (and 2nd, and 3rd and 4th) toon.

Wish the devs would just randomly summon a unnamed dragon/boss in the middle of LA, just to spice things up…

Finish when I can, don’t finish when I can’t.. I usually just play the game and sometimes, they go complete without me noticing it…

Lunar Sunset.8742:

knives.6345:

I always do PUG on AC, HoTW and CoF – HoTW and CoF are usually good, AC is mostly a disaster. -_-

Lol and I thought I was the only person that had a hard time with noobs and AC. I’ve gotten so kitteny that I kick people that trigger oozes in path 1 when Hodgins finds the 2nd scepter. ( I draw on the map and tell people not to trigger them)

Most pug doesn’t even look in maps.

QQ

I mean, I am more than willing to teach most of the time, but….

Banewrath.5107:

Having a commander on/of toggle in the map legend would fix this.

It will defeat the purpose of the commander tag – to be seen across the map…

Lambent.6375:

If you really want to solo a champ, you can always just go to one on the many zones where the champ trains aren’t running.

But no! People like OP wants to kill a champ that is included on the train – for some unknown reason… :|

Derom.1205:

lordkrall.7241:

It is a fantasy MMO.

Steampunk is a subgenre of fantasy after all.

Yeah true but it has a lot of sci-fi elements don’t you think? (Asura)

knives.6345:

Xae Isareth.1364:

I like how this thread is derailed into a wreck already, and this is only the first page.

Welcome to the sarcasm section of the forums.

I was pretty much expecting that, kinda interesting actually. It’s like people desperatly need to say something antagonistic here.

And now I’m welcoming you to the game’s generic forum and the internet. Where people convene to put their hatred safely and hiding behind keyboards.

I honestly never seen a forum where a “general section/discussion” isn’t flooded with complaints. I’ve been a moderator in one and when I close/merge their “self righteous complaint” thread – I get harsh PMs and later, a spam. lol

I always do PUG on AC, HoTW and CoF – HoTW and CoF are usually good, AC is mostly a disaster. -_-

Kain Francois.4328:

I smell as burgers, in this thread.

Anyways, if you want to kill champions out of order, and ruin other people’s profits and fun, you’re free to do so.

However, just understand the consequences, provided you could defeat them in the first place, people will dislike you.

^

This.

Everyone doesn’t want to move on another map just to prove something – Ego – that they can do what they want and others must move aside.

The train is in that map because it’s the most convenient, straightforward map to run the train. I’m not saying that you cannot kill the champ that is on the route of the train, but there are other champs that are NOT in the route of the train – if you’re getting the dailies or something. I don’t recall having to kill a specific champ in the game…

Why inconvenience a group of people when you have an alternate?

Again, it’s your freedom to choose – but like in the real world, there are consequences, so don’t QQ if people hates you. Freedom is not absolute.

cesmode.4257:

BTW, how in the heck is this subject a Living Story subject? Why was it moved to the living story forums? It is an open world boss. It ties to no living story. It should be in the general forums…sigh…

New moderator, probably…

Dark Catalyst.1028:

Go with warrior.

It’s the training-wheels class.

Ouuuuuch.

MMORPG.

Theme would be slightly steampunk – though it’s not pure since unlike Bioshock, we’re not seeing cogs, gears and rivets all around :p

We could describe it as medieval fantasy too – due to castles and such…

The problem with Teq is that there is no incentive to do it. There is no “driving factor” for people to do it.

Make Teq randomly drop a specific precursor or ascended – you’ll start seeing people form groups for it…

etienne.1039:

knives.6345:

etienne.1039:

I can’t kill them on my own but there is a huge pressure in the chat NOT to kill a champ before a train arrives. And I don’t like that. That is my message.

Well, what you’re doing is telling people to stop how they want to play so you can play how you want to play… Ironic..

You’re missing my point. If people want to kill champs with others, fine to me. They can do so. If I’m ordered to not kill a champ, that’s a different story. And yes, I know i can make a report, but I don’t feel like that. I want to play the game.

Then what’s stopping you from NOT taking the order? Play how you want and let them play how they want. If they got to the champ you’re killing – deal with it – you didn’t kill it fast enough. They have their goals, you have yours – unfortunately, if both people can’t get a compromise, the majority wins and you have to deal with it.

Minigrump.4961:

Need a bit of background here. Joined a p3 Arah “experienced” only group. Got to the crusher, only myself and another warrior were meleeing him while the rest were camping ranged. The guardian that had aggro kept kiting him around the place, playing it “safe” while the mesmer and other warrior swapped to melee around the end of the fight after me constantly telling them to swap to melee. The guard refused to swap to melee , constantly died and ended up causing the party to wipe. So I left the party (was instance owner), called the guardian a kitten for not meleeing a simple fight and he messaged me this.

You joined a group yet you’re the instance owner? :o

Anyways, I’ll assume you “created” the group, not “joined” – you could’ve given them some chance. You’re the owner – you’re holding their time.

It’s a PUG – all of them may be experienced, but we all have different experiences/tactics. Take time to know the group and come up with a good tactic that everyone agrees to.

If you’re really really kitten ed (eg: they’re dying tons of times already and nothing seem to work…) – just politely say something like “guys, it’s not working – we may need to find someone else to run this”.

If they badmouth you after that, block them.

Flubble.8093:

then go and kill it then… what’s the problem?

if you’re getting abuse, report them.

This.

I run with the champ train, and it’s annoying when it gets derailed, but what’s stopping you from killing a champ if you can?

As far as I’m concerned, you’ll never hear badmouthing from me about this. :p

Or, you can join the choo choo and wait for your champ’s stop…

Azure Prower.8701:

Young Somalia.1706:

Azure Prower.8701:

Young Somalia.1706:

Azure Prower.8701:

It would be better if only the owner of the banner was the one that could pick it up.

That would be garbage.

Who actually wants to pick up a banner?

I do because apparently people like you don’t. What’s the point of a 90-second buff that only lasts 15 seconds because ANYONE refuses to move it?

Stop being useless

That should be the responsibility of the banner owner.

It would still be nice not “forcing” the Warrior to pick up their banner.
If the Warrior doesn’t want to pick it up and we had your way – what would we do now? Beg for him to pick it up?

There are alternate suggentions/workarounds on your “issue” – use them.

Warrior/Guardian. Really a faceroll even with a bad build…

Azure Prower.8701:

Young Somalia.1706:

Azure Prower.8701:

It would be better if only the owner of the banner was the one that could pick it up.

That would be garbage.

Who actually wants to pick up a banner?

Someone who wants to move it from one place to another?

Cameirus.8407:

levelling any character after level 30 is boring. The extra 50 levels serve no purpose whatsoever other than a pointless grind.

The rest of the zones after 30 could all have been “endgame”, but no, we have 50 levels of underpopulated boring grind for no reason.

uhhh… Traits?

Karizee.8076:

From an interview with Devon Carver a couple weeks ago:

This is not something we are considering as all our servers have robust populations. Server structure has more implications that just WvW, which means any changes of these sorts would have to take all aspects of the player base into account. In addition, with the queues as they currently exist on those top tier servers, I think it’s more important for us to solve the underlying scoring issues which would let more people play than if we were to cut the number of possible players at any time in half.

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/473/view/forums/thread/397784/page/1

Nice try though – kisses!

Aw.

Oh well… Now I find Skyrim (solo rpg) to be more interactive than GW2. lol

• What are the typical alt leveling methods and which one is more viable?*
  —> Hearts, Dungeons… Hard to see good AC party nowadays though. Tough luck if you’re playing “dungeon underdog” class – like my Necro. Almost insta-kick…

• Are alts a good part of this game and do they make the game more fun for you?*
  —> They do, but it tends to be repetitive – especially if you have to “discover” areas that are already discovered by your other 80…

• How do you go about leveling and gearing?*
  —> Greens starting the level when I can wear them, until 79. 80, get Exotics from gold I saved using other 80s…

• Would you say leveling alts is fun or boring?*
  —> Fun and boring. Fun being having a new toon, boring in a sense that you’ll have to roam around again like what you did on previous 80…

• Did you use crafting to level alts? If yes, how many? Would you do it again?*
  —> Planning to, since I’m super bored already. I have 4 level 80s, my Necro and Mes more than halfway through… I just need to calculate the costs…

• Do you think leveling alts should be easier?*
  —> No, it’s already easy. It’s just boring and hassle to re-explore. Imagine trying to get to a place over and over again… -_-

• What suggestions do you have to make it better (optionally)?*
  —> Just make the map as is as what your previous/first 80 explored. That’s all…

Disclaimer
Yes, I am lazy to explore again and again, kitten me, right? :p

I seriously want this to happen…

I’m on Borlis Pass, the most populated area – LA – is almost always empty during weekdays. I mean, I get it, we have classes, we have work – but it’s not like this last year… So…. barren.

Azure Prower.8701:

Paying $600+ USD for a virtual item that instantly becomes valueless the moment you leave/stop playing/servers shut down in Guild Wars 2.

I don’t call that winning.

I call that a bad investment.

If you’re willing to throw away money that easily. Give it to me. I assure it will be better spent.

What will I get if I give some money to you? Will I get something I want?
Though I agree it is kind of a waste – but you got what you paid for, and used it for fun. It’s like going on a roadtrip. You spend money on gas, food – but you don’t do it for investment, you do it for fun.

Why don’t we let people with money decide on how they’ll spend their money? They are not hurting anyone in this case, right?

Rozbuska.5263:

knives.6345:

Rozbuska.5263:

Sabor.6935:

Rozbuska.5263:

That losers what buy legendary for real money really exists?

More money for Anet. Nothing bad about that

What an excuse.. If you wanna support Anet just send them money directly.

Why send the money directly if you could gain something about it?

Exactly. You buy gems for gold because you want something so much and your mind is too weak to wait till you get it by regular way. Supporting Anet is simply excuse for weakness. As I said if you wanna talk about Support Anet send them money directly.

Too weak? What if I tell you I don’t have time to grind and I have money to spend (but no, I have more important expenses, but for argument’s sake…)

I really don’t get your point. You’re willing to give money AND take tons of time farming to get the item rather than give money and get the item ASAP…

Rozbuska.5263:

Sabor.6935:

Rozbuska.5263:

That losers what buy legendary for real money really exists?

More money for Anet. Nothing bad about that

What an excuse.. If you wanna support Anet just send them money directly.

Why send the money directly if you could gain something about it?

Feel free to add me too. I’m on Borlis Pass (NA), and is playing on Oceanic time (or rather Asian time)

Champ farming on FGS..

I don’t think it’s about the engine.

I think it’s about uniqueness – capes and cloaks are too – predictable.

They kill faster than other classes, they stay alive longer than other classes.
Easy to play. Very forgiving of mistakes.

If you guys are Commanders of the Pact. I’m the Dragonborn.

Move aside kids. Watch and learn.
Joor-Zah-Frul!
Fus-Ro-Dah!

I’m a guild hopper.

I have a personal guild and 4 others to hop.

Due to where I live – there’s not much people online so I rep the guild who has the most people online. :p

Kryta’s Embrace or the Guild shield…

GrandmaFunk.3052:

Daywolf.2630:

Like how many ways do I need to write “keep off the stairs!” at grenth?

You only need to say it once, whoever ignored your first warning won’t pay attention to any other ones anyway.

Not really..

What about newcomers?
What about people who did not deliberately ignore it? What if they didn’t notice it the first time?