Guild Wars 2

Ayrilana.1396:

They’re working on making bosses having a strategy but you’ll just see people complain. Just look at AC.

can you link source?

not saying I don’t like black skin tho, that post might’ve seemed a bit racist, I’m sorry

k so sometimes this dungeon entrance NPC has black skin and sometimes it’s white. why?:o

let me know if you find one lol.. ps might wanna say whether you’re NA or EU

what? he can’t help his team by giving them info about the dungeon? yeh let’s just everyone shut up and have p3 take 3 hours that’s great that’s amazing alright! imo: run with a friend, have him invite you back, kick kitten before you get booted again, try to create the instance. I do arah, you can add me if you want to

NGraveD.9418:

Lupicus:
Phase 1:
1. Summon Grub
2. Summon Swarm

Phase 2:
3. Shadow Walk (+knockdown if you don’t move)
4. Multiple AoE Plague Projectile (around the arena)
5. Single AoE Plague Projectile (target a single player usually)

Phase 3:
6. AoE poison (bubble)
7. Life Drain (targets a single player)
8. AoE Life Drain

I find Lupicus to be the boss with the best mechanics ingame. Toady is just a joke, wait for the AoEs, hit the crystal, take a shard, jump on the rocks. A bit like Jade Maw on FoTM bonus.

you forgot p3 close range aoe projectiles

agreed tho.

meh I had no trouble pugging it tbh. tho that was after nerf but there still are certain tactics to use to make it a lot easier. kinda off-topic tho

Empiren.6401:

pullnointer.1476:

NOBODY CARES GUYSD why do you need to be high rank anyway?:DDDD

Its not the high rank, its keeping people interested in spvp.

Every game has this whether you realize it not. CoD has prestige and unlocks while Counterstrike has customization and creativity for different servers/game types.
-Thats just fps as an example, you can use pretty much everything.
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I’m not making this thread saying “I WANT TO BE LVL80”, I’m pointing out that the minute someone looks up spvp rank requirements, they’ll just drop it at a certain point because there isn’t enough incentive to continue playing.
-Note: This HELPS with that incentive, it doesn’t cover ALL OF IT.

Note #2: This also would make arenanet a lot of cash if they could just make this in the gem store.

ye and starcraft has none of that kitten. LoL not much either after lvl 30. why? coz those games’ pvp is fun, unlike gw2 where you CAPTURE NODES LOL and there isn’t even a friggin ladder………

Leetimus.5786:

Even at level 80 the skins arent that great, theyres like 4 different ones that everyone has. And they all look similar too. Game definitely needs more gear diversity. Thats my only complaint with this game.

As far as your post goes, dont worry about getting cool skins while leveling, it wont matter anyway cause youl zoom past the beginning levels and replace stuff so fast anyway.

I don’t “worry”, it’d just be nice to have more variety. surprisingly, there is a lot of different crafted gear for low lvls. I mostly just use hom skins tbh.
some high lvl armors might be hardish to find. dungeon armor vendors are pretty out in the open, but ppl might not know about vigil armor for example.

I’ve found the number of armor skins while leveling to be kinda low and too similar to be honest. lots of great endgame skins tho. anyone else feel the same?

NOBODY CARES GUYSD why do you need to be high rank anyway?:DDDD

Zenyatoo.4059:

Because its nice to have an actually difficult/lengthy path in the “hardest” dungeon?

Just run 1/2/3 if you absolutely need the tokens.
Do 4 for fun and/or the dungeon master title.

ye but nobody really runs it atm. also it’s not hard. just long.

VoiceOfUnreason.5976:

TBH a proper boss with multiple distinct phases like Lupicus really trumps all the boss designs from any of the other dungeons.

kipz.8701:

Did by any chance the guy who designed lupus design the king toad?

Lupi for life! more like that please

well what do you call defeated?:D some lore behind why we can revive each other perhaps?:O

ye I mean I guess you wanna make the lore interesting and everything, but why can I rez some npcs while others die a heroic death all dramatized in the story?

umm why exactly is one path(4) four times as long as another(3)? The variety would be nice

guardian lol.

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bcd.4352:

pullnointer.1476:

TheDaiBish.9735:

I read that as ‘give me an insta-level 80’.

sounds good

There are 25 explorer dungeon paths. Get to level 5, then have your friends carry you through each path a day, for 3 days.

Any more ridiculous requests? I’m here to allay all your tribulations, real and imaginary.

been doing AC from lvl33 and then others as i go. meh

TheDaiBish.9735:

I read that as ‘give me an insta-level 80’.

sounds good

rgrwng.4072:

can convert gems to gold, and then craft to level 80 in a few hours using online guides. then convert some more gems to gold so that you can afford the Trade Post items you want.

umm.. no?

hai
I like to do dungeons. Preferably on a lot of different characters. The game currently requires me to grind a lot to be able to do this. Could we get something similar to spvp even footing for dungeons? General pve and wvw are ridiculously boring.

Burn.5401:

Why would you bump a 2 months old thread?

coz i feel like it

Amos.8760:

Heijincks.9267:

Amos.8760:

Dianoia.1697:

There are hours upon hours of content that sticks to the original aesthetic and feel of the game. When you add in content, it doesn’t detract from the original content. If this content isn’t up your alley, then don’t play it.

I like that ANet is doing something fresh and different.

Also, please don’t be ageist. Age does not necessitate a person’s interests.

Not doing it does not solve anything. Simply seeing other people with this sort of stuff ruins the atmosphere of the game. I can not participate in that stuff from now til the game shuts down, but someone running by with an 8 bit skin or a goofy backpack ruins the feel of the world. You can’t simply not do the content or ignore the items. How would you feel if, in the next Hobbit movie, one of the dwarves was just an 8 bit cartoon? Would you just not look at him and it would be ok?

I’m all for funny stuff and minigames and holiday events, but let’s keep them consistent with the world we are in!

It was an Asuran invention. Done.

You could use that excuse to put anything in the game. Why not just say a wizard did it?

yeh he could. so?

way too easy, bump for justice

guessed ppl will be mad at this.. if I gave a kitten about the storyline I’d prolly be too, thing is, gw2 story isn’t all that special or innovative or anything, it’s just some generic fantasy bs. but yeh lore fans gonna rage

how long does it take them to fix a bug like this once posted?

Lupi is the best boss ever. If anything, make him harder.

I’m a guardian and I do all I can to utilize it. Sadly it’s still completely useless. The numbers are just way too low.

I have gotten a fair amount of healing power on my exo gear. It has recently come to my attention that this stat is completely worthless. I trusted the game designers to not have to figure this out by looking it up on the wiki, rather it just seemed like a stat that would complement my build. When is this getting fixed?

R/S/C:sylvari, female, guardian

I have the twilight arbor heavy armor on my sylvari and my char has a red glow at night, which appears normally on the greaves(the soles) and really weird on the chest piece:

relevant:

“We want each character to have a unique experience in WvW, so World Ranks and WXP are all character-based values rather than account-based. We believe that in the long run, this will actually help incentivize players to experiment with various different ability builds for each character. It also creates a long term goal for players of multiple characters, as they can strive to rank up multiple characters to help show off their dedication to WvW.”

xDD

Ooshi.8607:

Can you do fractals at level 2? Check.

lolol t*rololol

Neurochazm.5370:

Rukia.4802:

Extremely alt unfriendly actually, in comparison to let’s say WoW where I could easily level an alt with full heirlooms in a few days and have it maxed out in heroic epic gear whereas I’d have to grind months in GW2 for ascended gear, seeing as how dailies are account bound and not character… pointless having anything other than 1 main.

Having dailies account bound is like the equivalent of Blizzard locking raids to one character a week, so I can only gear up ONE main and no alts. It’s complete trash. (which they would never do btw)

I’ve never played a game so unfriendly to alts, never ever it’s horrible.

Ascended gear is Best in Slot gear. To get BiS gear in WoW does not take day’s or weeks.
If Anet made getting ascended gear really easy, what would you do once all your alts were kitted out?

more fractals

Fyrebrand.4859:

pullnointer: “how does the game encourage us to alt?”

Does it need to? I thought people played alts for fun, or because they wanted to play a new class/race. Now they have to give you cookie, just for playing the game a different way? Frankly, I have a handful of alts, and I play them because I want to try different classes or races, and see different facets of the world/story. I don’t need any other reward for doing so.
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well ain’t you cute twisting my words like that. I would like to play my alts for fun too, problem is, alting greatly reduces the content I can access.

Fyrebrand.4859:

pullnointer: " all I see is that I have to grind through a lot of kitten pve content to get to dungeons, something in this game resembling fun then it’s still very restricting for at least like 20 levels and I’m handicapped because of gear/traits.. I kinda feel like I’m playing to get to the endgame, then have fun, something you guys explicitly stated you wanted to avoid."

Sounds like you didn’t enjoy the game the first time — not sure why you’re expecting to be pushed into enjoying it the second time.
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I only enjoy dungeons and spvp(not yet tho, needs a lot of improvement). lvling to 35 was fine the first time, the game was still new.

Ursan.7846:

Because the gameplay is vastly different for each class. I just enjoy approaching the different aspects of the game through different playstyles.

I do too! how does that relate to my concerns?

how does the game encourage us to alt? all I see is that I have to grind through a lot of kitten pve content to get to dungeons, something in this game resembling fun then it’s still very restricting for at least like 20 levels and I’m handicapped because of gear/traits.. I kinda feel like I’m playing to get to the endgame, then have fun, something you guys explicitly stated you wanted to avoid.

tolunart.2095:

That’s the entire point of the T Stones:

Helmet A has the look I want.

Helmet B has the stats I want.

Activate T Stone, put stats B on helmet A.

They are not going to change this because… they sell the T Stones in the gem shop and people spend real money to buy them.

dunno, exotics aren’t very cheap on the tp

GrandmaFunk.3052:

It’s always been possible, just use transmutation stones.

ehh..

will we be able to change basic stats on gear? I find it rather inconvenient that I can’t get specific types of dungeon armor for example because they don’t have the stats I want or that once bought, you are kinda locked into that gear and are vulnerable to game updates and basically less flexible with traits etc etc… same thing happened in gw1 with insignias.

laharl.8435:

Check out the elemental and guardian subforums here. There is a wealth of build information.

ty

zerotwo.4731:

Unless your seeking the dungeon master title or farming for cash/loot, your best bet is to visit the merchants in Lions Arch that sell armor and weapons from dungeons. You can use the tokens you receive from doing dungeon paths to purchase items. This at least will give you something to look forward to. I have several sets of armor for my warrior and the rune sets can be changes to whatever you traited for.

I don’t need “something to look forward to”, did you read my question? I’m obviously gonna get dungeon gear, just not sure about the stats entirely.

how do you guys decide on this? I couldn’t really find any decent build sites and I’m not sure what would be optimal(currently playing ele and guardian). only thing I’m gonna do in pve is dungeons, not doing any wvw.

getting good is limited in this game coz you can’t really find out how good you are relative to others. when leaderboards arrive you will see who is where and also maybe observe the top players so you can learn from them.

when will these be toned down? too much mobility atm, makes the pvp a bit clusterkitteney since there is much reduced back/frontline differentiation.

mosspit.8936:

pullnointer.1476:

mosspit.8936:

pullnointer.1476:

mosspit.8936:

pullnointer.1476:

mosspit.8936:

Loot downscaling happens in other dungeons too. Being upcaled to 80 is already an incentive in itself.

ummm.. I don’t understand that. why?

What’s there not to understand? As a previous poster mention, you just want your cake and eat it too. The game just does not allow it, in terms of both loot and leveling. I am saying FotM is not the only dungeon that have loot downscaling. Other dungeons downscale your loot too.

great. now would you mind answering my question? why is it an incentive to be upscaled? what do I gain from being upscaled?

ummmmm… because other dungeons don’t upscale you to level 80?

and? if I can just keep doing normal pve completing maps or wvw then that’s still a far better reward far easier achieved. aka more xp, loot. not like I care that much, just saying. upscaling in itself doesn’t get me nowhere.

If you didn’t get upscaled to 80, your stats will remain at lvl27 for a lvl 80 dungeon. You don’t see being upscaled to 80 is an incentive? It’s okay. I do

k

mosspit.8936:

pullnointer.1476:

mosspit.8936:

pullnointer.1476:

mosspit.8936:

Loot downscaling happens in other dungeons too. Being upcaled to 80 is already an incentive in itself.

ummm.. I don’t understand that. why?

What’s there not to understand? As a previous poster mention, you just want your cake and eat it too. The game just does not allow it, in terms of both loot and leveling. I am saying FotM is not the only dungeon that have loot downscaling. Other dungeons downscale your loot too.

great. now would you mind answering my question? why is it an incentive to be upscaled? what do I gain from being upscaled?

ummmmm… because other dungeons don’t upscale you to level 80?

and? if I can just keep doing normal pve completing maps or wvw then that’s still a far better reward far easier achieved. aka more xp, loot. not like I care that much, just saying. upscaling in itself doesn’t get me nowhere.

mosspit.8936:

pullnointer.1476:

mosspit.8936:

Loot downscaling happens in other dungeons too. Being upcaled to 80 is already an incentive in itself.

ummm.. I don’t understand that. why?

What’s there not to understand? As a previous poster mention, you just want your cake and eat it too. The game just does not allow it, in terms of both loot and leveling. I am saying FotM is not the only dungeon that have loot downscaling. Other dungeons downscale your loot too.

great. now would you mind answering my question? why is it an incentive to be upscaled? what do I gain from being upscaled?

lcpdragonslayer.7895:

Compared to the other dungeons the amount of EXP you get for FotM is really low anyway. I’d advise you to do the explorable modes of traditional dungeons like AC and CM to get to 75 and then FotM from 75 onwards.

thanks

swiftpaw.6397:

pullnointer.1476:

please stop using the word “carried”, it has nothing to do with reality. anet wants us to be able to level however we please even at the expense of others in your party(they said it) so I thought I might ask.

Edited for clarity.

Easier way to level is crafting and event farming WvW

it’s true that I was the lowest in that party, however, I wasn’t the only one going low lvl and the lack of knowledge of the dungeon hindered everyone. I don’t see the problem.

lcpdragonslayer.7895:

They don’t let low levels in so that they can give you level 80 rares and let you make a truckton of money while the remaining 4 party members have to work harder in order to make up for your own shortcomings. You are not level 80 so your loot is not level 80 – what is so hard to understand about that?

This kind of selfish attitude is why people become increasingly tempted to be ‘elitist’ in wanting only level 80s in full exotics to run dungeons with them.

While it might be true that you can enter fractals at any level, the fact that the equipment you can exchange your tokens for has a required level of 80 should really tell you something about the level requirement of FotM.

I guess I’m just not used to this kind of loot distribution. my main problem is the slow leveling, coz I’d like to level this way, but currently the dungeon doesn’t really support it.