Guild Wars 2

Crixler.2857:

I’m glad I’ve already done the personal story three times and already experienced all three different fears, but I want to experience that again on my other characters, and I want everyone who hasn’t done them yet to do it as well.

This. These personal story changes are probably the worst part of this patch.

Yes that’s exactly what it means.

Leah.1983:

Hi all. Thanks for the welcome notes. I’m excited to be here.

To respond to a couple of your questions/comments:
• The old writers are still here and we’re all a team. This is a new position that ArenaNet created as part of their commitment to tell the best stories possible.
• Yes, I spent a lot of my career at Disney, but my passion is building great characters and telling great stories, regardless of genre. So, don’t expect the Elder Dragons to break into song anytime soon.
• Now that you mention it, I would probably buy a Charr backpack. But that isn’t my department or my focus. I’m here to make sure we have a strong overall story, that we find the best ways to tell it, and that Narrative works with Design, Art, Audio and the other disciplines here to create the best experience possible.

I’m eager to hear what you think is working and what you think needs improvement, so let me know. I look forward to more chats.

Congratulations and I hope you enjoy your time on the forum before you get the red tag and become subject to endless rants and enormous lists of ways the game is forever ruined.

First off, I implore you to please read the plot of the original Guild Wars games. Though you may not have the time, actually playing the games would be even better. If there’s one thing we need, it’s more stories like GW1.

My second request is that you try to learn everything about the lore of the game. Lore is very important to those of us that played GW1 and I would hate to see it be even more inconsistent than it is now.

pandorasbox.6340:

Hi first time poster.

This may have been asked/addressed, however I wish to point out the info on pet locations on the wiki is highly out of date. ( IE: The forest spider in queens forest is located by the champion spider queen. ) as well as the spider mentioned is non existent. No more juvenile spiders are there. No juvenile river drake underwater by the west queens dale dam. The juvenile bear is no longer at the bear shrine. Any idea where those juvenile critters scurried off to? I have not confirmed other locations but these.

Also the bunny shrine in wayfarer foothills is moved, I assume because the bunnies used a push back effect that may have pushed players off the cliff. The respite vender is sill up the hill where it used to be.

Those might have all been changed by the patch yesterday. If you see where they went, just edit the wiki with the new location. Otherwise, just keep looking.

sirian.4981:

Maybe they assume all vets will level through crafting and tomes of knowledge?

I don’t PvP so…

DaedalusDragon.3754:

would be Guild Wars 1. Why is anybody still here? This team developed a better game YEARS ago… and it is still functioning.

I am generally discussing Guild wars 2, so yes, this is on topic.

I’m not sure if any of the GW1 people still work on it. On the forums I see Gaile Gray and Stephane Lo Presti, but neither of them actually make the game. I just don’t see how the same people could do this.

The minipet thing really isn’t that bad. I’m surprised they didn’t implement that sooner.
In GW1 there was a limit of 20 minipets per instance. Of course, they were really tight on budget then (though they still found ways to be amazing).

Turza.5193:

narwhalsbend.7059:

You’re playing the game wrong. You’re not supposed to be grinding for xp.

Obviously. What with the loss of the massive experience boost received in the personal story quests, I guess completing every heart in every low level area is the only way to go.

You don’t get xp from each mission anymore?

I read the title with Seth Myers and Amy Poehler’s voice.

Turza.5193:

Hey,

I have been playing Guild Wars 2 for quite some time now, as well as frantically recommending it to my friends who don’t already play it.
I have searched the forums for about an hour now not finding any help, whatsoever, from Arenanet when it comes to threads for feedback regarding the personal story update.

If this goes completely ignored, so help me god I will quit playing the game altogether.

They have completely ruined the game.
Completely.
Having already accepted the fact that there is no feasible way to earn any real gold without the microtransactions, besides spending ungodly amounts of time farming, and at the same time being moderately thrilled with the living stories, I just cannot BELIEVE why they would spit in the many faces of the people who play the game.

There was, without a shadow of a doubt, an obvious plethora of alternative methods that could have been used to (key words here;) SUBTLY but EFFECTIVELY change the leveling of lower leveled characters without slamming everybody else.
The fact that the main story was spread out made it easier and more fun, also you actually had something to look forward to and to keep you motivated while grinding mobs in Lornar’s Pass.

But no.

Now instead, you have to sit around and mash keys until your fingers bleed just to play the one part of the game that keeps you wanting to level up.
Why would they punch themselves in the balls like this?
I now have 7 levels left on one of my alts before I can access the next “chapter” which, for some reason (still not clear to me) unlocks at level 70. What would separate that from me just grinding Grawl trappers until I reach 80?

In this aspect, the patch seemed a whole lot more like stepping through some kind of wormhole and landing in some butt (no profanity…) backwards bizarro world where patches actually drastically worsen the quality of the actual game.

Who does this actually appeal to?

Thank you, Arenanet, for probably ignoring this altogether.
Cheers

You’re playing the game wrong. You’re not supposed to be grinding for xp.

What next?
“Many of our players have said that so-called ‘armor’ is too confusing, so we made some changes to help clarify their use! Until you reach 2500 AP, characters can now only fight in their undergarments!”
“Our testing has found that the idea of ‘skills’ is difficult for many players. As such, we now only unlock skills after reaching level 80! All prior combat will be done automatically! Just click and the computer will do it for you so you don’t feel overwhelmed!”
“Use of the waypoint system was confusing, so now we unlock it at level 40 when you get to Lions Arch the first time! But first, you must visit with Evon Gnashblade in-game and give him a tribute of your own blood, your first born child, and 1000 gems to unlock!”

Seriously, who do they think is playing this game?

Wow you’re right.
I got an blue All Seeing yesterday and went to look at the price. It was like 2 silver for the blue and 3 gold for the exotic. Now the exotic is over 50 gold and the blue is 2 gold.

Good to see Anet working hard to bring us what we really want.

ZudetGambeous.9573:

If Anet is going to let this kind of insider trading continue then they should consider locking all sales on the TP until patches go live.

I shouldn’t need to “know someone” in order to get collections done.

Insider traders: get karma converter for ~300g

Not insider traders: now costs >1000g

For those who don’t know, guides to all collections and what you need were posted last night by people who had “special access” to the patch. All the items used for collections have since been bought out and relisted for 100x the price.

Just curious, where are these guides?

Kysin.6349:

The checkbox with “I am an experienced player and do not require extra guidance” unlocks at level 60. XD

It also will only allow you to recheck it once every day and has a cost of 20gold and 5 skill points.

I’m curious about roleplaying.

Moradon.9670:

I read some contrastanting posts about the possible intent by developers of raising level cap in the future. Does someone know the actual situation? Are there news? Thanks for replying

Not likely. There’s no reason to.

If anyone hasn’t said this yet:

The game is made for you to explore the world, not complete quests or grind xp.
Just run around and explore, help out in events you come across, and you will get xp. If you’re feeling grindy, you can do the hearts that are spread across the map.

Beldin.5498:

Alienmuppet.1942:

Beldin.5498:

Heriophant.6742:

Good to know about aesthetic’s for races, I tend to go with pretty girls as my first char (Butts – Because noone likes looking at a male kitten all-day lol)

In that case go Norn or Human

Are you suggesting female Sylvari can’t be pretty? :-(

I don’t really like there faces .. the best looking ones always look as if they are stoned

I’ll have you know my sylvari are quite pretty.

Heriophant.6742:

narwhalsbend.7059:

I would recommend Human as your first character. Guardian is easy to play and offers a lot of support skills.

Thanks dude/dudette, I was looking at human, but unsure about guardians as they sort of sound like they are the tanks, Not really my play style but I’ll give it a go for a few levels see how I like the skill sets.

I recommended Guardian because they are button-smashing easy to play. If you want something squishier try Elementalist. They can do lots of damage, defense, and healing depending on your attunement.

Heriophant.6742:

HAHA, Well any tips on race/class I would be best of trying first, I’m not talking end game overpowered ness, but more something new player friendly? I normally drift towards healing end game.

I kinda like the sound of “hunter” and the engineer class but I’m unsure about the different races etc.

I would recommend Human as your first character. Guardian is easy to play and offers a lot of support skills.

Most people are raging about how Anet is changing things with the newest patch.
Unfortunately, many of these changes are for new characters, so you’re going to be experiencing this awful new system without knowing how it used to be so you’re not going to realize anything is wrong.

Orpheal.8263:

I lost all my exitement yesterday due to the black lion achievement crap that will turn this game even more into inflation wars 2

PS. and insteasd of wastign time with implementing 48 new backpack items nobody has ever asked about, they should put their prioritiy finally first on other stuff, thats way more important …

The backpacks were made for China, so they’re just hand-me-downs anyway.

Ven Zehn.6573:

I always thought Anet would add something like that in LA, there was a little “arena” that would have been perfect for it. Almost polymock style, but would be 1 on 1 combat, u pick your mini, become that mini in the arena, and fight with the mini’s skillset.

But that’s exactly like Polymock.

Lelouch.8452:

ok, not sure if this has been proposed before, so here we go

To start with, I was a massive fan of brawls in GW1, and the closes to a “brawl” you can get is by morphing into another mobs and getting a king tittle, quite fun during hollowing and such. I used to love (as a ranger) just matching pets vs other ranger and bet on who was going to win.

however, what if, we took this to the next level.

Since mini pets are getting a update on how they are being handle, what if we could set Minis to fight each other, just for the fun of it, like, i would love to see Rytlock bashing up a quite and fluffy Quaggan (D: somewhere a quaggan just cried).

heck, you could even set up a gambling ring/pit fight to match up pets xD

those are my 2 cents, welcome to expand on the idea.

So, like Polymock?

What happened to the old writers?

I hated that one server won nearly every match in T3 last season.

There are centaurs in many areas. Not all are hostile to humans, such as the ones in current Dry Top, Ventari’s tribe, and Elonian centuars (assuming you’re not a Kournan at least).

I always had a mini Ooze with me in GW1, and I have my Orange Tabby Cat in GW2.

Snowmoon.1758:

Wow..i’m now still in pre-searing Ascalon and trying to do all the quests there.

Is there a faster way to move around? Running feels so slow and theres no mounts, no waypoints. Yes yes, i know we can fast travel to selected cities if unlocked, but does it get faster in later game? Or are we supposed to just jog all over the place?

Some professions have speed boost skills. http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Speed_boost

In short, yes you are supposed to run around. Most zones are smaller than GW2 so you won’t be running too much until you reach another zone and there are outposts all over the place – five in pre-searing Ascalon alone.

Do try to take your time in pre-searing. It’s a lovely place.

What we need are Templates like GW1.

Tomas.5029:

If you’re only interested in the armor sets (6 points), it won’t take you long. Just play through one of the campaigns, dedicate a Ranger pet, and you’re basically done. If you seek to get to 25-30 points, you will have to dedicate a lot of time to get there.

1. Start with Nightfall, as it’s the most newbie-friendly campaign out there.
2. Once you hit level 10 and get a bunch of heroes, start doing Eye of the North quests until you get more heroes (you get 3 right off the bat).
3. Once you got them, go back to Nightfall.
4. Voila, you have a party full of heroes. It will make your life much easier.

If you actually care about the story and experience you will get from the game instead of the paltry HoM rewards, I suggest you DO NOT do this. Start with Prophecies instead.

chemiclord.3978:

My understanding is that Arena.net doesn’t want karma to be something you can essentially “trade” for gold, hence why items you get for karma can’t be salvaged.

It’s the same reason why gear you buy with Badges of Honor can’t be salvaged.

I find it funny that they are so virtuous with making it so you can’t salvage karma items so as to not allow karma to be turned into gold, then they turn around and tell you to buy gems with real money to get more gold every time you open the trading post.

Azure The Heartless.3261:

legendary survivor

you cannot jump

What dreadful business.

I would do Legendary Survivor a hundred times before I do Legendary Defender of Ascalon once.

Also you can /jump.

No. If you want the aura, you should use the weapon that makes that aura.

Zaxares.5419:

It’s not popular, no, but I personally hope that the current amount of underwater content stays. I enjoy my benthic exploration and seeing the world from a different perspective.

Plus, I really don’t know why people say they feel underpowered underwater. I find enemies so much easier to fight underwater, to the point where I will sometimes deliberately lure enemies into the water so I can kill them more easily.

I know, it’s so much easier underwater.

I will go on record as saying I wish there was more underwater combat.

Sigpaos.2615:

I’ve started off in Factions, because: Assassin. Made it to 11 and about to head to EoTN. I’m having fun so far, and I’m glad others were able to take advantage of the sale. It will be interesting to see how long it takes to finish the campaigns.

This really bothers me. It’s like starting out GW2 with the “Join an Order” arc, then stopping half way through that arc and skipping right to Living World Season 1.

Snowmoon.1758:

Unless there is a living story specifically focused on underwater story,
don’t expect much changes to be updated for it.

There is hope yet, for Bubbles awaits us in his deep-sea lair.

Snowmoon.1758:

Most interesting, i’ve bought the trilogy + EotN.
Since everyone i know says GW2 story sucked compared to GW1.

Starting an elementalist. Anyone knows whats a good 2nd profession to pick?
I’ll be primarily playing Solo and considering the below:

1) Monk (For healing abilities i guess?)
2) Ranger (To get a pet to tank while i nuke at a safe distance?)
3) Mesmer (To go all out glass cannon and nuke’em b4 they get close?)

Which of the 3 above would be most useful for soloing?
Thanks in advance.

First off, you will NEVER be doing anything solo once you get out of pre-searing, so get that out of your mind now. You are not responsible for healing yourself, so don’t feel like you need to.

You can take monk if you would like. This would be good if you would like to heal or protect yourself, or if you’re facing a large amount of undead.

It’s generally not a good use of a skill to take a pet as a secondary, but feel free to do what you want. You only get 8 skills, so use them well.

Mesmers in GW1 are not at all like mesmers in GW2. These mesmers use interrupts, denial, and punishment. There is not much raw power. Elementalist are the nukes.

That being said, there are ways that each profession can be useful as a seondary. For example, you could use the Necromancer skill “Weaken Armor” to inflict the “Cracked Armor” condition, then use your elementalist nuke skills. You could use the Mesmer skill “Arcane Echo” to cast a high-powered Ele skill, then cast for the second time while it is reloading.

Your secondary profession is all about complementing your primary profession. If you would like, you can browse the wiki to see a list of skills and get an idea what would work for you.

ozmaniandevil.6805:

Ashen.2907:

ozmaniandevil.6805:

I didnt realize you are REQUIRED to party with other players to do anything in GW1. I’m not happy about that.

You aren’t.

NPC henchmen or heroes can be used to create a party without any other players involved.

I guess I have to figure out how to get those. Thanks.

You can find them standing around in any outpost or town and add them that way, or press “P” and click the correct tab to add them. Heroes are introduced in Nightfall and EotN, but henchmen are in all of them.

We still don’t have Polymock, and you think they’re going to add something else?

Clerigo.9475:

As an extremely mmorpg lover and a rpg long time player, i absolutely recommend you buy this pack and play it.

Not to fill the HoM, as it will take you a bit of time and effort, but to enjoy the depth that this game lore has to offer.

I recommend you play the nightfall campaign first and move then to the eye of the north campaign so you can unlock heroes to help you crack the content.

You can read all about them here

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Hero

And get ready for some jaw breaking scenarios from a 2005 game and a awe rendering soundtrack by jeremy soule.

Hands down, the best rpg ever made.

edit: play it when gw2 server is down for maintenance

No, don’t play Nightfall first! They won’t understand anything! They’ll say “who is this Shiro and Lich” in the Realm of Torment.

AngelDiscarnate.5489:

narwhalsbend.7059:

AngelDiscarnate.5489:

Shen Slayer.3058:

Those that haven’t played it will be blown away by the numerous builds GW1 has.
Get this…you can put any skills you want on the skill bar, your weapon doesn’t determine it.

Yeah…you read that right.

And my necromancer could use a Bow a Spear and a freaking sword and shield. I miss those days sometimes.
I still remember going into AB with a spear-chucking motivation necro.
Or out-monking the monk in FA with a prot/earth Ele. xD

I don’t get the joke in the image. Is it because of the narrow minded “must heal entire party” mentality or that repeatedly casting Heal Party will eat up your energy faster than an elementalist?

A little bit of both. It was the sign of a new or a bad monk to see the pair on the skillbar.

What if you use GoLE with it?

AngelDiscarnate.5489:

Shen Slayer.3058:

Those that haven’t played it will be blown away by the numerous builds GW1 has.
Get this…you can put any skills you want on the skill bar, your weapon doesn’t determine it.

Yeah…you read that right.

And my necromancer could use a Bow a Spear and a freaking sword and shield. I miss those days sometimes.
I still remember going into AB with a spear-chucking motivation necro.
Or out-monking the monk in FA with a prot/earth Ele. xD

I don’t get the joke in the image. Is it because of the narrow minded “must heal entire party” mentality or that repeatedly casting Heal Party will eat up your energy faster than an elementalist?

I haven’t even gotten an Ascended drop outside a stupid ring that I already have.

Serophous.9085:

Already annoyed….

“I’ll just run down the side of the cliff here….”

Invisible wall -_-

1. Use N/any or any/N
2. Get the skill “Necrotic Traversal”
3. Kill something on the other side of the cliff
4. Use skill.
5. You’re there.
Of course that only works if there’s something there.
If you can’t get somewhere, you don’t need to be there.
Otherwise, just stop being lazy and walk around.

Just in case you haven’t figured this out: you can click anywhere and your character will take the shortest path there.

Lukhas.1962:

I vote for:

Warrior & Ranger: two-handed ax
Guardian: polearm (2h)
Necromancer: scythe (2h)
Mesmer: dagger (mh), orb (off hand)
Elementalist: sword (mh), orb (off hand)
Thief: rifle (2h)
Engineer: bazooka (2h)

Total: 40 new skills…The balance begins!!! :P

Like other people have said, a “2h Axe” is already similar to the greatsword.
We already have “polearms”, and they are underwater weapons.
The term “focus” is used for a wide variety of items in-game, which take the form of almost anything. This includes “orbs”. See: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/The_Anomaly

Pandaman.4758:

narwhalsbend.7059:

Pandaman.4758:

It was cheaper by $5 just to get the Trilogy and EotN than all three expansions separately. I suppose I could have just bought EotN for the HoM stuff only, but I actually do want to see what all I missed over the years.

http://www.guildwars.com/support/downloadclient/
Look at the bottom. If you already knew your account information you don’t have to buy another key.

How long has it been since you played? Were you around for the GW:B stuff?

I know I didn’t need to buy another key for the base game (heck, I still have the CD, patching would have been quick since I have a 1MB line), but I didn’t have Nightfall, Factions, or EotN; so if I just reinstalled the game from disk (or downloaded from the site) and bought the expansions separately, that would’ve been $30 compared to getting Trilogy and EotN for $25.

And, uh, I think it was more than nine years ago since I played? I didn’t even receive my first birthday present yet before I stopped playing. On the bright side I apparently have an entire guild hall to myself now.

Well, whatever works. You should start working on that GW:B content now (assuming you finished everything else) and have fun running around your empty guild hall!

Pandaman.4758:

narwhalsbend.7059:

Pandaman.4758:

Welp, caved in, got the Trilogy and EotN (associating the new keys to my old account was easy, thankfully), now I have to relearn the game, helps that I already have 4 level 20s, though I think I’m effectively broke because I only have one ecto.

If you already knew your old account information, you could have just redownloaded the client instead of buying the game again.

It was cheaper by $5 just to get the Trilogy and EotN than all three expansions separately. I suppose I could have just bought EotN for the HoM stuff only, but I actually do want to see what all I missed over the years.

http://www.guildwars.com/support/downloadclient/
Look at the bottom. If you already knew your account information you don’t have to buy another key.

How long has it been since you played? Were you around for the GW:B stuff?