Guild Wars 2

bad idea totally farmable and exploitable. i always revive. esspecially when theyre only downed. more players make the even quicker and difficult ones managable.

hello im a long time guild wars 1,2 fan. i like the dungeons but every time ive gone to play one no one is by them. even when they could be exploited and farmed is was slightly difficult to get a pug. unlike events pugs are commited to the dungeon and are a bit harder to get.

to make them more popular id like just one day a week or even 2 days a month when the dungeons are actually worth it. i cant even play story mode on a dungeon because i cant get a group and cannot solo it.

in fairness i am not in a guild with other people just my own private one, and that doubtlessly would enhance getting a dungeon group. but in the spirit of encouraging group play and easy comming together like the events. i would suggest at least one day a month where dungeons will actually be quite active.

they need to add in kratos god of war swords/.knives too

what mithran arkanere said

i dont want mounts but i really wouldnt care if they added them. i just dont see how flying ones could be added and those would definetly be the most exciting ones. why hate on people that want mounts? there are parts of the game i dont like so i dont play them or interact with them. dont want a mount? dont get one or use one.

why cant you draw on the mini map while in dungeons? sure the maps a little more complex in gw 2 but it just seems that it would make things easier

there will be whips and scythes in any expansions made ive seen enough clamour and anet knows. the gamers have spoken.

i dont need pve benifits if im playing WvW or if i get them dont make them much beyond a zaishen key type reward.

the reason WvW needs its own currency is i dont like spending my pve gold on pvp. two totally different things and pvp is much more difficult and thus repairs happen more often. the currency should amass easily so that i dont mind helping the team by investing in an arrow cart or seige weapon. and other cheapskates wont either.

let pvp be fun again. take out the need to invest pve gold in it. and give us an easy to aquire resource so players are encouraged to explore all the toys as opposed to certain wealthy guilds. i want to like wvw i really really do. but as it stands all i do when i join it is lose money. i can already hear the trolls “get more skills, play better blah blah blah were experts and youre bad”. i dont care how much skill you have if youre outnumbered on the server 5-1 your chances are poor and you will die a lot. unless the higher numbered team is not full of experts like im sure the trolls all are.

at least if im not LOSING anything other than a bit of pride every time i play WvW i wont hate it like i do now. its the only area of the game where i ALWAYS walk away with less. thats not fun or rewarding.

gotta upgrade aegis then. only blocks 1 attack. i think blind should be more spamable but not stronger.

let the player use all dyes right off the start to sample which ones they want. i bought an ash dye for 18 silver and regret it i thought it would look much better.

and if they use ones they havent unlocked then no change to the colors should be made on those areas. by all means make displayed dyes unlocked/locked toggleable but let me see what im buying on my character before i buy it so i dont have buyers remorse.

as long as vote bots cant change results somehow.this is how to get feedback anet.more so than forums. ask them what they want then please the majority.

might be a bit early for this thread but ill start it anyway to plant some ideas in the developers head.

i want to go back to cantha and elona. i know it presents the problem of spreading the community thin. but i like the asian and african themed areas and wish to return to them. how big should they be. that depends how the community grows or shrinks in the comming years.

more permanent items in the gem store. i dont mind the gem store money for gems. but i dont like spending money on something that vanishes esspecially if it was never tangible. make tons of costumes with special abilities to go along. special recipies for crafting. infinite consumables high cost say 3000 gems that just need to be in the inventory to be active. whatever. i just want more permanent and less consumables that arent worth it imo. this is more work for the developers but its a lot easier than releasing a new area every month.

exp for crafting no matter what. i feel like im losing something if i craft a greyed out item. make the gain small but give me back the gain.

more playable races. obvious. birdmen. whale people.

more classes. a druid and the ritualist dervish come to mind.

weapons. whip, scythe, hoola hoop weapon. boomerang. gauntleted fist weapon. mid range weapons would be a nice touch.

exp to gold conversion after lvl 80. nothing too lucrative just a little something for the exp.

marker exp gain scaling with lvl. hearts waypoint ect.

large monster attacks in both the expansion and original maps. i would think it would be awesome if in any area at any given time including safe cities dragons or whatever attacked and the whole map was warned it was going to happen and where it was going to happen. and losing it would cause monsters to be harder and more numerous, plue the drop from the boss should be pretty good. scale the level to the area so as many people can participate. just make it a mapwide concern and make the monsters “hide” during the event or at least become difficult then and the only way to revert them back is to beat the boss. but make them neutral and not aggressive untill the boss event is over.

well those are my hopes/ideas. overall im very happy with it. but it isnt perfect and i want it to be better. ill thank them with the wallet if they get it right. this doesnt mean i expect any of these in the game. they have pretty good judgment and i dont know everything. just trying to brainstorm while theyre still figuring out where they want to go in the future so its more likely to be implemented.

i agree i hardley use my mesmer because better options are out there.

OP read this one. imagine sitting outside a dungeon.

“gotta wait for a healer”
“glf monk 2 go” x10
“spam your guild/alliance see if any healers can come”

no no no no and no. im at a dungeon the only thing i want to worry about is getting people not classes. dont get me wrong classes are a lot of fun and tactical but waiting around isnt. the trade off is well worth it imo.

this would be way to easy to farm. buddy removes all equipment. lets monsters kill. karma farm with no repair bill. can even go afk. the exp bonus is enough. only because people will exploit it. i too have felt the bitter apathy of allies in my time of need.

why is bread soul bound? this is just plain inconvenient i have bread soulbound to another toon in my bank that i can use for recipies but cannot put in another characters inventory. the annoyance is that it has to be in my bank for another character to use. no crafting material should be soulbound. regardless of who made it or picked it up.

lol i think they might want to take past purchases into account when dealing with customers. id rather have 1 600@ in gems spender than 6 people that dont buy gems at all beyond in game gold. its just business sense. because a guy like thats probably going to keep spending till his bank pets guild dye and whatever else are all decked out.

im offering a different perspective. i like the idea of wvw. but as it is it is totally broken imo. i played gw 1 fa and jq to death. these arent true pvp but neither is wvw. so the points ill be making are perfectly relevant.

every time ive played wvw. ive been at the home base with an army outside of it. i die a couple of times and give up because one team always seems to be dominating. i have a solution though an elegant and simple one.

in jq and fa of gw1. the npcs were easy to defeat. the players were the ones you had to watch for. in wvw npcs will rip a solo player apart without deft kitings and dodging. im not that deft and i wouldnt play a game where i had to be anyway against a computer. computer players should represnt little more than a stepping stone. humans are the ones you want to fight npcs are just fluff so make them that way.

humanless bases should be easy pickings. even for just 4=5 players. seige towers should be build around every base that can be captured by a small group easily and not cost a thing just the time it takes to kill the npcs. which could then be turned from defending to seiging the forts. this encourages smaller skirmishes and not a huge mob steam rolling a smaller one.if a huge army is camped outside your base send 20 people 4 different forts to force the huge mob to separate. forcing players to pay for seige equipment is fine but and should be much more effective than my suggested towers. but forcing a dependence on buying everything is poor planning. not everyone wants to spend money to help out the team. because there isnt much of a reason too unless youre with 20 friends. give a free alternative and when im capturing the towers let the enemy know im there. it will encourage a lot more back and forth as well which would be much more fun than the current wait till we outnumber them mentality. the map is large enough that gaurding a base would be dull and encourage offensive play more than hold the fort gather supply. supply is too hard to make useful unless a team effort is made.

my suggestion would dumb things down a bit and empower smaller team play ill admit. but massive pvp battles arent fun if thats all youre playing and youre always outnumbered. at least if solo players are a little annoying on their own against a fort it would make things at least a little more interesting imo. by all means make the center fort require a massive seige. but we need to have little teams and solo effective too. you can take out exp rewards or minimize it to a point it doesnt matter for the fodder npcs. they arent there to be farmed. theyre there to give more time to the fort owners that that area is under attack and they better send someone to deal with it. as it stands now too many people are required and base trapping is the results. stop the base trapping i promise what ive said will do it.

theif = gw1 assasin. glass cannon. maybe its not the class that needs tweaking but more skills to counter a 1-2 hit criitical combo start. a la mesmers diversion in gw 1 which could easily put some assasin builds entierly on hold if an only opener as distracted.

i liked assasins in gw 1 even though i didnt play them often and yeah they were oped one on one. just like a mesmer vs a caster. a good assasin teled knocked you down and kept you down untill you were dead. the reason everyone didnt play them is because ever class had a counter to them. partially due to dual class systems and inate skills to improve longevity.

the paragon was awful and totally irrelevant after pvp saw 2 of them making parties invincible . then the nerf came and one of the more interesting classes became forever obsolete. slowing marks and blinding armors would be better ideas added to other classes rather than nerfing theifs. theifs are quick killers. and paragons WERE party protectors. dont make the theif or any other class go the way of the paragon.

rangers are godkittenannoying enough when i have to climb up to their positions while they shoot me. now you want to give them more range. realism bekittenthis is a balance issue. and if you want to go for realism see how many times you live through someone hitting you with a sword or a fireball.

this is actually a point that needs to be addressed in both pvp and pve. i dont know if a small heal is the right way of doing it but i dont have a better suggestion. but seriously anet think about this one.

title says it all, i have more than one guild. and just like in real life if one girl knows about the other they get jealous if youre around but not hanging out with them. please if im representing another guild dont show anyone not on a friends that im online. they dont need to know. i like multiple guilds one per character. but i cant do that if they keep crying about me not representing them.

just a thought either take out multi guilds or take out online for non friends/current guild youre in.

small as this is as an issue… i want it too.

am i the only one that likes being in a mmo with lots of other people tearing apart monster hoards? how is any of what i just said a bad thing? if you want to play a game with 2-5 people get a single player game or one with local multiplayer and invite some friends. ive only been in a zerg group a few times and every time by accident but i loved it every time.

create something like skills from gw 1. they were something to look forward to in gw 1, changed gameplay, meaningful to aquire. and you didnt have to be a millionaire to get them.

gw 2 doesnt provide meaningful goodies as frequently as gw 1 did. and it seems like lvl 30 is the endgame. we need something that is as fun to get and as easy to get as skills were in gw 1.

this is critical and pretty much my only gripe. i dont want to farm dungeons they can exist for those that want a challenge. sometimes that mood will hit me as well. i dont need super complexe crafting recipies i usually just sell my materials. i just want that one sweet spot again. skills were cheap, fun, and easy. now theyre just cheap easy and limited. i dont think i can play with just 5 skills all the way to lvl 80. and i consider myself fairly hardcore. my highest lvl is a 49 necro.

ive clocked a lot of hours already. and imo have gotten my moneys worth. but i dont want to be bored of it already. i want to play this game 4 months from now and have a lot of fun still.

the reason why im here though is because i dont feel like im getting enough in game goodies for my time. if you want to make it anti farming fine. but doing any events hardly seems worth it anymore esspecially since the players are more spread out. a few times ive actually been the only one at an event and couldnt beat it cause it was too hard solo. the games brand new how can this happen?

in guild wars 1 new skills were always right around the corner. i highly prized them and always looked forward to visiting a skill vendor. in guild wars 2 there are no worth while goodies that are easily obtainable and meaningful to get. im not saying change the skill system (but do it if you can) i just want a regular good reward that changes my gameplay a little.

i dont know what to suggest but i know a lot feel similar. i dont need cool new items if i can get cool new abilities as in gw 1. just a thought.

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i care. even if the op doesnt now. i risk high level armor for low yeild drops and puny exp in low level areas. i dont need to be a god. but a higher level came like 3+ levels above monsters would be a START

you can make boxes that stop mini pets from auto sorting. along with anything else in them. and they wont display on a merchants inventory. theyre easy to make as well…. try experimenting some time. i think its something like 3 scales and 2 bronze ingots. but i could be wrong

i like this idea but dont see how itll work. id take a gamepad over a keyboard and mouse anyday. comfort before control is my motto.

well i dont think it can be changed now. but i strongly think gw1 skill bar was superior. force one self heal and one elite fine. be the rest should be chosen by me. i dont hate this system by any means. but gw 1 is a distant favorite. seeing a warrior with a greatsword and you know almost exactly what to expect.

this is more a post for the gamers like myself to read. i see a lot of good and bad ideas on here. you guys expect quite a bit out of a.net and im sure they want to do them all…. but money talks guys. if you want to see everything you suggest tried or implement use your wallet and cast your vote. i bought the game prepurchased (not online i like my physical copies) and have bought 70$ worth of gems. this is a free mmo and they have done a lot of things i like with it. and if they want 70$ more suggestions like dynamic dungeons capes, cloaks, lvl reward scaling are going to be taken a lot more seriously. and implemented that much quicker.

show them some love and theyll show it back. they want your money but you know what else…. it seems like they also want you to have a lot of fun. more money for them means a bigger staff, which means a lot more suggestions read, explored and addressed.

and also keep in mind this is free mmo. you dont have too pay any more money. i chose too… you might want to think about doing the same if only because if they had wows incomming income theyd have made a mmo thats perfect in my opinion… they almost did in my opinion too.

and anet. for gods sake make buys style items something that can be put in an outfit slot. for one soulbound character. not a one time use thing. thats just a rip off. and lower the price for bank slots and make them a bit more obvious how to buy…. i still only have the starter bank slot because i didnt know how to buy them. try putting them in the upgrade section of the gem store instead of some obscure grey box in a bank

i like this idea too…. but guys this is a free mmo. if you really want them to do this buy some gems and let them know financially you like what theyve done and would like to see an investment like this made. i bought day 1 and have boughten 70$ worth of gems so far. help them out like this and i garuntee youll get exactly what you ask for.

please please please a.net listen to this one. i hate how switching chat is done in gw 2

i end up spamming aaaaaaaaa,ssssssss,ddddddddd,wwwwwwww when a random monster starts attacking me, maybe i just wish you had the OPTION to close chat (but not lose what youre typing) when a monster attacks you or player in wvw. course it should disable none attack skill hotkeys for 2 seconds and close all windows so youre ready for combat. but it should for sure be an option. not everyone would like this. but a lot would.

how about a samuri then?

tiny theres nothing preventing you from doing that now. you want to see a lot of preparation and tactics pay off. i can definetly understand that and see the desire. but doing this is difficult or not worth the time investment for others.

and events wouldnt be possible if certain classes were needed. this cant be done in this game because of this.

i agree totally. the rewards need to be equal to your level, exp wise and money wise too not just character power is the problem. there is no reason for a high level to explore a low level area. i hate this. i like killing monsters everywhere i go. but the heart people’s rewards and the monster drops arent worth my interest and sometimes risk of engagment. you cant farm hearts waypoints or veiwpoints. the exp gained from these should scale according to level. people may find favorite areas to farm… but it wont last esspecially if they can get the same rewards at a different area. trust me anet. only the brain dead will farm one feild in a noob area over and over because you can kill 15 monsters very quickly over and over. all you have to do to prevent such things is make only certain rare crafting and armor types avaliable in each area. yes theyll farm the expensive ones…. but if your trading system works then price should go down as well. and dependency on one type of rare crafting material is bad design. make an “ecto” type of drop for each area that everyone will want.. sorry for straying from the topic.

it was the only reason to have a guild. and a guild cloak . thats nerdgasm. and yes it wouldnt be on all the time. just when i felt particularly dashing…. or devious in the case of a cloak.

lol i kinda would too…. and why not have style clothing drop once in a while? hate the fact i can only change the color on an outfit everyone else has too.

roles are a bad idea. pugs should be easy to obtain. i can heal rez and do damage. so can everyone else though they do it differently. and this is an unbelievable boon when trying to do a dungeon or even an event… a no healer even isnt likely to be done by anyone. careful what you wish for.

good to see a kindred spirit. another interesting idea i saw was 100% map exploring give you free map travel there. i think half would be more realistic. and it definetly promotes finding everything on the map and thus exploring. but my above post is much more important

i think this is a good idea… but i think it should be half charge not free. i always save a bit of money for traveling and you should too. plus thats a hell of an incentive to explore everything fully

please arena .net. youve nerfed dungeon rewards. my opionion a good move. though i like doing dungeons i know as you do the way they were was all people would do. you went overboard with the challenge though and should address that IMO.

so you got rid of something attracting players. but what have you done to attract them to other areas? i purpose a solution that seems to go along with your model. i like exploring. i like going to new areas. i like playing new events . the problem is when i go to a new area my level isnt suited for. yes the play is interesting. but the reward and risk arent. if i die and thus need repairs in a low level area i will lose money. if i complete a low level heart i will reveive a tiny reward compared to what would interest me…. so they dont. even though if i were a lower level the rewards would be more enticing.

so the solution is to scale exploration rewards, hearts waypoints, veiwpoints, and events scale with your level. the loot doesnt have to be on par but a level 40 person in a level 12 area should be getting lvl 35 gear with occasional exceptional gear. no one will grind these events if the boons are universal everywhere and hearts way points ect cannot be farmed. it only makes sense. the way things are now limit exploration and co-operation in areas well below your level. give me and the rest of us a reason.

another thing that should scale or at least give a universally useful reward that doesnt change is for map exploration 100%. for obvious reasons poeple would explore all but one area untill level 80 if map exploration chests scaled. then cash in. but how about 5 mystic coins and maybe some sort of “mini pet token” that youd need 50 of to buy a rare mini pet. which would be tradeable.

even at level 80 if you were getting drops of lvl 75 helping a friend out of the noob area youd be all for helping them. “i could do the endgame but helping him out wont be bad either i remember that one rare i found helping a friend”. a problem with this is faily obvious however. higher gear sells for more than lower gear. this shouldnt be. let gear all sell for the same roughly small amount. you did that for gw 1 and it worked. but…. make the cash rewards scale for higher level characters and experience. and make the drops for higher level characters enticing enough for them not to walk by everything. anyway thoughts and critisims welcome

you nerfed dungeons that fine. because i like them but the party search feature isnt on par with gw 1. and i dont like the grind in any game either. the nerf to the dungeon is fine…. but you need to spread that wealth out somewhere else not just take it away. give events or hearts a buff. right now they arent worth it. and seriously please make higherlevel/gear characters at least noticably strong if they visit a low level area to play with friends. or scale up the rewards for them for doing so. right now its only a punishment to be anywhere but where youre “supposed” to be. which limits exploration. this should include finding new areas and waypoints. even in starting areas. i want to have fun everywhere i go. but right now if i visit a low level area i cant leave it fast enough skipping by anything non essential. you want players to explore the world. thats fine. i want to as well…. but youre discouraging me from looking everywhere because when i go to an area where my level drops 20 levels…. my rewards and thus my incentive for being there to snoop around drops just as much. really think on this one.