Hi, I’ve played ever since launch with only a couple to few months of down time. Roughly end of last month (Zephyr Event) I became more active. The guild I was in however migrated back to their previous server.
I’m currently in Northern Shiverpeaks and nearing the end of the story on my mesmer. However, Cursed Shores in this server seems pretty inactive Plus I have zero dungeon experience and I’d like to start getting into those sometime in the near future.
I’m looking for a moderately active guild on an even more active server so I’m not left trying to take on hordes of these guys myself. I don’t mind helping out anyone who needs a hand or giving tips on things I’ve learned myself. Either way, a friendly active guild who’s able to help out people along the way is what I’m looking for.
I ugraded my video card just for GW2 and it made no difference since my bottle neck is the CPU. This game is very CPU driven and not so much video card. ;(
Same, hoping my 5 y/o cpu doesn’t buckle down :c
I’ve recently renewed my Gfx card but still experience and ungodly amount of lag. I’m still planning to upgrading cpu + mobo when I can afford to.
Everyone qualifies. it doesn’t have to be ONLY for older accounts. if you just started today, you will receive a gift a year from now.
In that case, it shouldn’t be associated with the “Queen’s birthday” like some sort of mini event. Just mention it as an isolated update to the game in general, that way people won’t go thinking.. “oh great, another event I won’t be able to get anything from”.
And since it’s a birthday gift, shouldn’t it be a surprise? It’d at least sweeten the prospect of getting mail one day labeled as “It’s your birthday!” here’s a gift just for you, rather than make the whole deal a bit sour as it is now.
If any info was to be withheld from players, it should’ve been that.
So is it 1 year to the date of each individual character initially created?
Because I’m sure there’s people who’s bought/played the game from day 1 and since then deleted/remade characters over the course of the year, myself included. And assuming with the 1 year character detail, even though I’ve played the game from day 1 (even pre-ordered), I guess I won’t qualify for any “gift” huh?
If it was 1 balloon per area, then I would agree. However it’s 2 per map. And I was able to finish it (with a high lvl char) within 24 hours of the update.
But did you enjoy it? Was getting the 30th balloon as fun and engaging as getting the first? And more importantly, what enjoyment does it provide you the remaining 13 days in this chapter of the Living Story? Are they going to provide you any lasting enjoyment? Or are they going to be forgotten the moment they’re removed from the game?
The part I enjoyed was actually being led out and exploring the map a bit more. A couple places I never knew existed were Ruined Fields and Blaze area (east of Ascalon).
However, it also freed up lots of time for me to engage in the gauntlet after finishing and getting the Watchknight mini + mini balloon. I’m also occupied trying to get more of the achievement kills, so finding more/new places that’ll speed that up is always a plus.
The best quality of this particular task (imo) was to encourage exploration for the most part. So yea, I’d say it was a bit of a thrill going on somewhat of a world tour aside from farming and doing monthly/daily events on a regular basis.
If it was 1 balloon per area, then I would agree. However it’s 2 per map. And I was able to finish it (with a high lvl char) within 24 hours of the update.
Sure you might experience the bug where you’re unable to loot the chests, but go to the higher lvl areas and you’ll seldom have to worry about someone coming by and messing you up. I started low to get an idea of what I was supposed to do, when I got it, it was a matter of time – not too long. (Started @ Queensdale, went from Kryta area, Hoelbrak area, Ascalon area, Caledon area and finished @ Sparkfly Fen)
Hopefully by now Anet’s already addressed and fixed the loot problem.
Any game today will likely have nudity shown off as art, as seen through history. I don’t see how people can be so easily offended/overly sensitive about nudity.
Apparently some people want “everything” censored. Would you rather spend $60 on a kiddy game? Please act your age when playing such games, less QQ.
And did you even bother to look on the back of the box before buying this game?
Oh, it has alcohol, violence and mild swearing and lots of blood/gore. It shouldn’t have any bit of nudity though.
It’s a likely case if you weren’t participating long enough (Bronze > Silver > Gold), or with what most people are encountering lagged out (invisible) chests/bodies to loot from the size of the zerg groups and everyone attacking at roughly the same time.
For me, I’ve always prioritized kills + achievements over loot.. since when regarding the pavilion, you’ll be getting quantity vs. quality.
Bow doesn’t seem we’ll fit for guardian. Guardians are supposed to stay in the thick of battle, not stay a good distance away (even with scepter and staff, you can only be so far away.). I don’t think having a long ranged weapon on a very-durable guardian will work, unless most skills just shoot symbols on the ground for buffs only
I still think Guardians should have atleast 1 range weapon. As Guardians are similar to Clerics (Group support/healing/buffs) just without a revered ‘God’ from which they get their attacks and power from, Clerics are able to still use Bullets and Slings for blunt damage. And by going with longbows.. that would be more a Japanese ‘Zen’ route to it, which would work for me too. Both weapons would stay within the ‘spiritual focus/specialization/mind and weapon as one’ feel.
I agree. For each map, have some kind of console (chat) command like /?mobs for a list of mobs/creatures populating any current map. That way you have a better idea of what you should be going for. I was in a scenario earlier in the day where I had like 75% Kill Variety and I was going around killing Dolyaks/ Stalkers/ Doe/ Stags/ anything neutral or hostile just to achieve it.
However, places like Orr makes for less careless travel. Plus most of the time you see usually 1 kind of category type of mob just scattered making things more tedious. It’s understandable that lore-wise Orr is supposed to be an inhospitable area full of dead and corruption, but with the likely-hood of attracting too much aggro just to find 1 or a few more varieties just to complete makes things worse. So something like a ‘mob variety’ command would be helpful at times.
wont happen cos of idiot trolls. EVER, trust me on this.
There’s this and there’s also the possibility of accidentally knocking a foe you needed to kill off a bridge for any reason. As awesome as throwing people off cliffs sounds, it’s not too great if they land in water or don’t take as much fall damage as you’d counted on. Oh and they’re out of the range of your bow/gun too.
Personally I’d just prefer it if monsters weren’t able to knock players off cliffs, but =shrug=.
If they ‘accidentally’ fall in the water, what’s keeping you from jumping in after ’em and finishing ’em off?
Fair point, but what if it’s right in the aggro range of another mob?
Such as barracudas/sharks/risen krait? Well if you see those around (they’re visible) either double think about throwing/pushing ’em off or hope you have a team close by. :p
The assumption of all this is that it’s executed sensibly by whoever’s fighting what. Anyways, it’d just be fun and add more realism.
i couldn’t agree more… i could get it only with my ranger but it would be so perfect on the back of my ele… or mesmer… please please please do it!
For aesthetics, it would be a perfect addition to a necro I’m planning to make.
(I have the scythe skin waiting too). But having the staff drawn, and the book on my back.. just adds the more ‘dark ritualistic caster’ look.
/And currently the book is on my thief which I’m quite reluctant to delete to make a necro just because I’ll lose the book in the process.
I’m 110% all for this. One thing of most things I really wished they’d do.
wont happen cos of idiot trolls. EVER, trust me on this.
There’s this and there’s also the possibility of accidentally knocking a foe you needed to kill off a bridge for any reason. As awesome as throwing people off cliffs sounds, it’s not too great if they land in water or don’t take as much fall damage as you’d counted on. Oh and they’re out of the range of your bow/gun too.
Personally I’d just prefer it if monsters weren’t able to knock players off cliffs, but =shrug=.
If they ‘accidentally’ fall in the water, what’s keeping you from jumping in after ’em and finishing ’em off?
Pushing NPCs off the cliff is a bad idea because people that are “Trolls/Rude/Mean” will knock your NPC off a cliff and what if that NPC has loot of them?
Sorry, but this feature will never be included.
I’ve only seen a few, but nothing close the number of malicious people you’re describing..
Sure it’d be funny at times and could be taken advantage but as said in another post, anything nowadays could be taken advantage of or exploited to some degree.
Some people will rob banks but doesn’t mean they’ll shut ’em all down to prevent malicious/greedy people from robbing ’em.
/Add: Also it’d add/make fights feel a bit more real/believable. If you push a norn against some barrels, you expect he’ll fall into them and crush ‘em, yes? Likewise with a charr. Well who wouldn’t be tempted to deliberately push/throw someone off a bridge (lol)..
To me it’d just add more excitement to what’s already there.
I partially agree with this, some cases though (very few) it wouldn’t be really needed. But I’d rather fight to keep an NPC alive rather than fight to fend off (whatever) just to be able to rez the NPC over ’n over.
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Same view, I’d ditch this game in a heartbeat if they -ever- added mounts. I didn’t see any in Gw1, so I surely don’t expect them to add any on 2.
The Guild Halls I wouldn’t mind at all. It’d be you and your group building up your HQ.
But for the sake of the game, if your character is supposed to (in a sense) work its way up to Legendary status, why use a crutch like a mount to get you there?
This idea is pretty nifty and I’ve been in similar cases where I’m running up to someone down on the map but esc out by the time I get there. Most of the time it’s no big deal, but if I’m the only one around, and on my way to elsewhere.. it’s kind of take or leave. (Stop and help out, possibly get swarmed by mobs myself when they’ll likely Xout – or don’t bother).
I agree with the dyes being account bound. Whenever I decide to make or remake a character, that’s funds wasted on cosmetics that I could’ve used to save for ‘better things’.
Sooner or later I may find myself saving up dyes rather than using ‘em. And it’s disappointing having to spend the same amount (or more) for the same dye I had already on another toon. Especially since rare dye prices are jumping. Abyss in less than a month went from 5g to 8g, sure you could say supply & demand. I also noticed the quantity available, that number was pretty synched to the prices. I’m unable to make gold at the pace of other people either.
It’s pretty cumbersome to the peeps who’re perfectionists or have a tendency to reroll characters on a whim.
I agree and hope for Mad Memoires to be account bound, tremendously. Even more so that the event is long over, I only had 2 characters during halloween that were able to go through it (Thief & Warrior). If for some reason I decided to reroll my thief to a necro, I’d hate to lose the book and render the time I spent getting the book pointless
It doesn’t make sense to me that all others were made account bound and not this. Please Anet, I’d like to keep this book even if I decide to make any new characters.
Plus I have zero dungeon experience and I’d like to start getting into those sometime in the near future.