Guild Wars 2

Tawa.3180:

If dungeons get scaled, I want the rewards to be scaled too. A warrior or mesmer going through the new dungeon or Fractals doesn’t deserve the full amount of tokens and money that a full party gets. Group effort for a group reward.

You do know if dungeons scaled it would take the same effort solo as a group of 5 right ?

@cryforthemoon

are we really going to start who didn’t fix what cough nerco pet ai 8 months and counting. But I agree blizzard is killing WoW the only way WoW will die is due to them not another game tho, but what did u mean u cant level an alt at your own pace ? you can only level when you quest/kill I don’t get what u mean on that one can u explain ?

level 60 raids I wouldn’t want to pug with lvl 60s lol they are still kinda hard :P + fear spams, mind controls, use of tactics, the need for a frost mage ect it would be a wipe fest be lucky they don’t do it

synk.6907:

I continue to be baffled by people who log into an MMO of any kind and get upset that there are things that require group content.

do u kno what MMO stands for massive multiplayer online were does that state u must party or get out ? GW2 removed mob tagging node stealing so you could team up without the need to party >2012 gaming ftw then it forces you into a party – 2004 gaming ftw :P it needs to make up its mind is it a casual game were u run about to meet friends or a dungeon crawler as the 2nd one other games do it better…. For example WoW I can go mess about do quests farm do old raids w/e I want then pop dungeon finder found a match and I’m in a dungeon same for Rift and SWTOR from what I remember. in GW2 u need to stop what your doing go to the map and beg ppl to join.

Why couldn’t the new dungeon be made around a solo gamer like 99% of the story I managed to solo up to the fire boss but its impossible to kill to much dmg

Eladriel.7295:

raiden.9024:

If they didn’t want to copy other MMOs why add dungeons in the first place gw factions and nightfall had 0 dungeons they came in the awful eotn xpac, gw2 should just focus on de and open world loot and forget dungeons, add the challenge games from factions and night fall but If I wanted a dungeon farming game I know a few games that do them better.

You obviously didn’t play GW1 or you had blinders on. They did have dungeons.. They were called missions. Then you had Fissures of Woe, The Underworld… etc…

played it for 6 years yes I forget UW and FoW with warren and the deep, As for missions to even compare them to a dungeon is just meh missions were far more enjoyable than any GW2 dungeons remember Thunderhead Keep before the nerf ?, the joy of beating the crystal desert missons to kicking the lich’s butt indead of pressing 2 2 2 2 2 to kill the so called big bad in this game ? add that to the fact everything thing u did SOLO didn’t lead to party forced content grouping was optional. closes thing GW had to a dungeon before eotn was sorrows which again had a bit more life to it the way the challeges were set out. Sorrows did the multi way through a dungeon before gw2 also :P

but why play a mmo… why take away the need for groups in open world why remove mob tagging why remove node stealing…. forced party needs to end MMO massively multiplayer online < were does that say forced grouping as for the RPG part I play the role of a lone ranger there is your Role Playing Game.

If they didn’t want to copy other MMOs why add dungeons in the first place gw factions and nightfall had 0 dungeons they came in the awful eotn xpac, gw2 should just focus on de and open world loot and forget dungeons, add the challenge games from factions and night fall but If I wanted a dungeon farming game I know a few games that do them better.

Hyperbole much a rank 14 guild quits cause they can’t catch the top players shocking when you listing all these guilds u are talking abou 1% of the population.. Lol they complained they had to do all content every day to keep up with paragon who gets paid to play so what has paid players in hardcore guilds that = 1% of the population got to do with WoW giving more content than gw2 in the same time.

IF you truly belive that WoW copies GW2 there is just no point talking to you. If your talking about story based content

yeah TBC never had any lore leading up to the raids
wrath of the lich king wasn’t a whole xpac leading up to killing arthas

like I said I don’t love WoW I play it and gw1 sorry that I can see things objectively

yeah your right WoW copies GW2… I give up and bow to you your sooo right how could I ever thought otherwise

rizzo.1079:

raiden.9024:

rizzo.1079:

You have no idea whatsoever how many people a.net has on any given project or what the best use of their time is. Why do people keep assuming they know how to run a game better than people who have run a successful game for 8 years already?

Well they cant have a big team since the content worth of an xpac is 4months out and still waiting…. so why waste this content they do give us for only a week or 3 ? why not keep it in game, iv never played a MMO that makes content then removes it.

don’t say the holiday events as you will be seeing the same events for years to come.

As I remember the dev team is a couple hundred people, and we know that there were, what, 8 people on the SAB team? I can’t say what all those people are doing, but I think they have the resources to develop more than one thing at once.

If so were is all the new patchs ? I mean if you got 100 ppl still working on the game and they had content stored before release (crystal desert) and the mini games that were meant to be in at launch(25) why aren’t we seeing it, instead we get a weak 30mins content per month
still waiting since launch for Nerco minions to get their ai fixed ditto ranger pets and traits

ok Played WoW 6 years raided every Teir in the game is that enough info for you ? I take breaks now and again im on one atm.

iv played gw1 for 6 years aswell

and your just showing your spoiling for a fight to “prove” your right. When the facts are out there u cant hide behind meh wow sucks quotes. two content patches with a 3rd on the way building the story for the 4th when gw2 has added 3 small 30 mins stories in the same time. can you show me more gw2 content that WoW did in the same past 4 months ?

Sigh… see were I said " keep up with the news to see IF I WANT TO GO BACK" see that back part that would allude to the fact I have played WoW in the past don’t u think ?

your missing the point raids or other stuff WoW added more content than gw2 in the same time, Blizzard didn’t spam the web with CONTENT WORTH OF AN XPAC ?

most ppl who play WoW enjoy casual raids (LFR sees to that) as for your list there is no raiding guild that doesn’t make that list lol that’s what raids are about ppl.

lol beliitles for not normal gear in LFR lol 15 ppl can afk and still down bosses stop making things up

I don’t currently play WoW sorry if u think I did :P I just keep up with the news to see if I want to go back.

GW2 should add more DE events more stuff in open world that’s what sells gw2 more boring dungeons no thx more time limited events meh ill pass

@ CobaltSixty.1542lol @ organised group using various strategies.

how many bosses u down with 10 mages just with fireball ?

can u show me were gw2 added a new raid with lots of bosses a story island were the server had to work together to unlock add a new island with big dinos and 2 world bosses, even 5.1 was telling a story so your making my point shadowlancer

gw2 in that time maybe maybe 1 hr of content in 3 months. vs what WoW has done in the same time you just cant compare and im not blizzards biggest fan either.

Shadowlancer.7102:

Guys you are really being un fair, they are aware of the issue and will fix the problem very soon.

On top of that, you are complaining about Live one time event Content which is a step of a different direction than rehashed repeated boring contented of World of Warcraft which only provides content every 3 months and so call proclaim that it will never happen again.

Honestly people, no resources were wasted, the more different variety of content they can throw out for people to enjoy or try something different, makes the MMO much more alive than the current ones we know that are out dated.

well atleast WoW don’t call a patch a xpac worth of content.
since the living story came out WoW has 2 patches out 5.1 and the new raid teir 5.2 with 5.3 around the corner what did gw2 get ? 30mins worth of a story maybe per month?

Why waste development time on temp content like I posted in my topic there is little to do as it is why remove the decent content they make (adventure box and island event and now this dungeon) point of a MMO is to keep adding stuff so it gets bigger not adding stuff for a week or two never to be seen again, why waste time doing stuff like that ?

rizzo.1079:

You have no idea whatsoever how many people a.net has on any given project or what the best use of their time is. Why do people keep assuming they know how to run a game better than people who have run a successful game for 8 years already?

Well they cant have a big team since the content worth of an xpac is 4months out and still waiting…. so why waste this content they do give us for only a week or 3 ? why not keep it in game, iv never played a MMO that makes content then removes it.

don’t say the holiday events as you will be seeing the same events for years to come.

Molten Weapons Facility
••This content is available from April 30 to May 12.

the adventure box

the island event

why make decent content that only stays a month or less, that’s just wasted development time imo, ppl are crying out for things to do leave the good fun stuff you do make in the game might help this problem.

Yes the holiday events for a set time I agree with since its the same for gw1 but to make the things above and only roll them out for a few weeks is madness when I guess it took a while to make.

I just remembered in GW1 other than Spike teams or that barrage/pet setup for PvP/Pve Bows were kinda useless to rangers other than pulling or kindle dual shot at the very start, most of my time id be running sword, hammer even staffs, then Nightfall hit and it was spears, I came back and droped my bow for a BM/GS setup with sword and horn as 2nd set and flame/snakes/spring/rampage as skills and I’m enjoying it a lot more, oddly enough the bow skills of the thief and warrior would do nicely for the ranger skills if they ever fix the 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 issue of the short bow in PvE

dronzer.8392:

The game’s been in dev for 5 years (can’t remember if that’s correct) and technology has advanced a lot during that time frame, I would gamble on that they’ve reached or are soon reaching their technological limits with the engine and not really a great deal they can do.

So they make it work for GW3 ! as that’s the reason they scraped more xpacs for GW1 engine limited.

as for ppl giving off to ppl who quote metro 2033 that its not a MMO while its not it is used to benchmark PC’s

4months since I last played I decided to see what changed log in 1st try screen is an enteral loading screen can hear sounds, close game reopen im in the map but alone no monsters no players close, open again cant move, attack or talk but see others running about talking close game reopen manage to get 5mins before cant move thing happens again…. and no its not my pc i5 3570k 7950 8gb1600mhz ram ssd nor is it my connection 90mb at this rate im closer to uninstalling again.

came back to check gw2 out again and I load up the game it freezes (wont load in character can hear sound) close game relog im now in a map with NO enemy or ppl I quit and start again get into proper map with ppl cant move skills wont activate can see guild chat and ppl talking there.

What would your weapon choice be?

mine would have to be the Hammer, so many fun memories of gw1 thumper

RayKoke.1638:

StevesDad.8213:

I agree with your points… but your eyes are Jaundiced? Lol… Weird expression

A $5 word for cynical, pessimistic, skeptical jaded, etc.

Think the word you and the OP mean is Jaded, as jaundice is a medical condition. But with luck the Feb patch will mean more things to do in the open world there for help the solo gamer.

Was in Queensdale messing about to test my new 7950 every thing max out I get 80+ fps. Someone shouted the swamp event was up so I ported over before I even get close to the ghost/beast thing my fps drops to 40 then with 20 or less ppl it dropped to 15-20. Only other game I seen my fps drop so bad was in SWTOR on the fleet but that was with 255 ppl :S

i5 3570k stock
8gb 1600mhz ram
7950 OC

I can run crysis 3 a full dx11 game online with max settings and get 45-60 fps never drops below 45, even in a 25 man raid my fps never drops below 40 on ultra settings.

I will note GW2 still does not use 100% gpu I had after burner on to check on temps/core clocks ect and it sat at 60-70% usage it spiked 100% for 1-2 mins for no reason as the event was over and I was alone.

If u walk away you drop down the gauge so a gold turns to silver, and it only shown to you

lets get them to add a new UI layer for dmg/contribution in events/bosses/champs
same system that’s in Rift/WaR u get a level gauge you can see how your doing for that event during it (not after it like now) that way u can see if u need to ouput more.

So level one in the gauge would be bronze level 2 silver level 3 gold so we can see what our efforts are doing in real time not after the event.

Rukia.4802:

This is one of ANets many methods to get us back out into the world. Owait…

Its like they want to hide that place, cant think why, maybe it will sink next patch.

face palm /100

Necromancer
•Fixed a bug that caused some minions to be overly aggressive.

They need to be more agreessive saying as they all dont ATTACK.

Bloodstealer.5978:

raiden.9024:

loot tables dont exsit in this game when any mob can drop any weapon seen a sreenshot dusk droped of a random lvl 80 mob thats not loot tables thats random.

Exotic armor named after famous characters from Guild Wars can be found as high level loot. thats from wiki on named loot, from that wording it can drop anywere u just need luck. it dont drop from a champ or event it has a chance to ofc but it could also drop of a normal mob on the way to said champ/event.

Errrmmm….. do you know what a loot table actually is, just wondering??

Cos behind every mob, chest, node etc there is a hidden roll (or rolls) which will link to a loot table otherwise how else do you determine what loot drops for you… or do you get the same loot every time you kill that same mob or open the same chest every day.

Loot tables dont have to be mob specific they can be level specific, event specific, dungeon specific and yes even gathering/mat node specific. Some loot tables might and generally do cross over to cover a range of mobs, chest etc and roll behind it will provide you with items from the table(s).
As this game utilises level scaling, I would also imagine the loot tables will scale as well.. though not really checked if the loot is relevant to character levels in GW2 so not 100% on that… but I would hope so otherwise going back to low level maps could be interesting.
Next time you mine a node in game and u get a lucky jewel drop or a dye drop from a gathering resource – ask yourself, where did that come from.

There is a very basic loot table atm which is based on lvl only so u wont get potent blood of a lvl 1. my point was to have a better loot table per mob with a smaller lvl band so u would end up with a proper loot table and not random junk, point me to an item u can get only off one lvl 80 mob that no other lvl 80 can drop, champ karka droped a blue helm for me other day if they had a better loot table just asigned to champs it would been more of a chance to get somthing not just a random item ANY lvl 80 can drop

loot tables dont exsit in this game when any mob can drop any weapon seen a sreenshot dusk droped of a random lvl 80 mob thats not loot tables thats random.

Exotic armor named after famous characters from Guild Wars can be found as high level loot. thats from wiki on named loot, from that wording it can drop anywere u just need luck. it dont drop from a champ or event it has a chance to ofc but it could also drop of a normal mob on the way to said champ/event.

They would reduce the amount of RnG in game. and alow ppl to farm materials easier.

Say all humanoid mobs 1-20 can drop jute scapes and another bit of loot/coin instead of random bags (once farmed 50 bags found 4 cotton) any animal with a hide (boars wolfs ect) can be “skinned” for leather with a chance for claws/fangs/blood.

Champ mobs would have a chance of droping 1 item from a set list of say 10, with the set being different per champ. if ppl knew cool items have a chance to drop of a certain boss they will kill/farm it = more ppl in the world.

Big DE event champs would have a unqiue weapon/armor/skin that has a chance to drop from a list of 10-15 items. Maybe even a mini pet or somthing cool like that.

Somthing along the lines of boss drops from raids in other games. would help with the anything can drop anything we have atm.

Avatar.1923:

i soloed orr without any problem aside for the temples.

i never understand these complaints about orr.
seriously, you want a faceroll game to farm and farm boringly?
i say; high risks high rewards.
open world farming; barf!
did the grawl farming in frostgorge for like 5 minutes because somebody asked and i hated myself and the game.
that some people will do that for hours is not understandable.

So those who played gw1 just for the farming or any of the diablo games you cant see why ppl enjoy that ? once i finished the story i farmed for most of the time in gw1 as it was fun finding a rare weapon.

Gw2 was built for DE which should reward the same as any dungeon FoTm inc. This is a failing of the game atm but maybe Jan/Feb patch will balance this out more, as if i wanted to be in a dungeon crawler better games with auto LFG exsist for me.

Btw Orr isnt hard its just annoying.

What does AoE dmg mean to u in GW2 ? for me its skills like nerco staff skills/wells ele’s some of its staff/scepter ect skills that target alot of mobs at once were as attacks that go in a cone or attack 3 or less is a cleave not AoE

Spent most of my time farming in gw1 was a nice way to relax and earn some plat the joy of finding a rare was also very fun :P mini diablo hehe but i dont get that feeling in gw2 iv even stoped killing mobs and just running for nodes/chests its not worth the time/effort to kill mobs atm

That place is just thunderhead keep which is to low on the map to be were Mineral Springs should be

er same world 250years isnt alot of time when your talking about geography

I got to admit i lvled a necro and ranger to 80 my warrior is 55 and its more of a pain than my nerco or ranger ever was to lvl. at 80 my nerco doesnt die in pve (power vit tough) my ranger just doesnt get close to dieing even melee spec (full knights) but my warrior its alot more effort to keep her up for some reason maybe im to used to pet classes ? 1-80 3 deaths on necro dopy jumping puzzle :P 45 on warrior and counting hehe

It was always south of Lornars pass and with the new “cliff” it replaces 2 zones Tasca’s Demise and Mineral Springs, the latter being one of my fav zones with no room left to put them in as hoelbrak is were frostgate was and to the right is nolani with not much space inbetween

also lornars pass is alot longer in gw2 i think ne ways as if u look on gw1 map its length is the same only with drift.

I love to play MM necro and also ranger but they are not that good in dungeons, one possible fix for PvE is to make pets inmune to AoE/cleaves so that only direct dmg can harm them would enable pets to live longer and alow MM/rangers not to be a burden when their pets die.

@dom WoW and Rift warriors were/are top dogs (with 1 button macros in rift)

Hi, my rare one handed sword seems to do more dmg then my exo bow (lvl80) and its just more fun with its animation :P so was wondering anyone have a good build atm im just 30 30 and 5 in BM and 5 in skrimish im sitting at around 75% crit with my sigil/horn.

this is just for pve i dont pvp that much.

Them small treasure chests doted about the map more so the 5/6 of them inc the JP chest in cursed shore can they drop a precurser? or is it just from dragon chests.

As the title says how do you go about geting a group when u ask the map twice over a 5-10min span then on the 3rd ask u get suppressed ?

Dont link that lf website its a 3rd party thing which i have no intrest in using much like addons.

bots on desolation for the last 6 days or more i have reported each day and they still here farming sparks 24/7 just north of Caer Shadowfain Waypoint is there any other way to report for quicker action ? they all stand still snap target to the spark then run back to the exact same spot, there was only 2 now 3

bots on desolation for the last 6 days or more i have reported each day and they still here farming sparks 24/7 just north of Caer Shadowfain Waypoint is there any other way to report for quicker action ? they all stand still snap target to the spark then run back to the exact same spot, there was only 2 now 3

please delete the other 2 topics didnt make them had an 502 – Web server received an invalid response while acting as a gateway or proxy server. and it seems to have made 3 copies of this thread

LFD automatic tool would enhance dungeon experience.

Every map that has a dungeon is flooded with spam with LFM LF1M ect with a LFD finder it would be better for the game imo.

By the time most ppl have found a party they could have been inside and almost done with the dungeon, if you have limited time to play geting a party for a dungeon just takes up to much time.

Even GW1 had an automatic group finder join RA/JQ/FA the game selects a team for you and your enemy puts you in a map and you play simple.

Only ppl against a LFD are elites who can run a dungeon when they want to and dont care for tools to help casuals.

I also hear others dont want a LFD because it would ruin the community why would it ruin it when you would be playing with more ppl more often in a party situation ?

Dont say about the lfg website its a 3rd party site.

Final thoughts on how YOU want to play would u rather
A) Have to go to a map u like/dislike to stand and spam LFM
B ) Go to your fav map farm/do events and wait for the game to find you a party and place you inside your random/selected dungeon.

LFD automatic tool would enhance dungeon experience.

Every map that has a dungeon is flooded with spam with LFM LF1M ect with a LFD finder it would be better for the game imo.

By the time most ppl have found a party they could have been inside and almost done with the dungeon, if you have limited time to play geting a party for a dungeon just takes up to much time.

Even GW1 had an automatic group finder join RA/JQ/FA the game selects a team for you and your enemy puts you in a map and you play simple.

Only ppl against a LFD are elites who can run a dungeon when they want to and dont care for tools to help casuals.

I also hear others dont want a LFD because it would ruin the community why would it ruin it when you would be playing with more ppl more often in a party situation ?

Dont say about the lfg website its a 3rd party site.

Final thoughts on how YOU want to play would u rather
A) Have to go to a map u like/dislike to stand and spam LFM
B) Go to your fav map farm/do events and wait for the game to find you a party and place you inside your random/selected dungeon.

maybe im mixing up lore but shouldnt Abaddon have a temple on orr ? it was were the gods walk before and taken from Wiki

“Despite the Forgotten leaving the world of Tyria, the Gods did not falter in the development of the world. One of the Gods, Abaddon, introduced the most influential creation in all of Tyria: magic. Its purpose was to make the lives of all intellectual races easier, but it soon became used as weapons and caused inter-racial wars throughout the world. "

so for the guy who gave us nerco’s ele and any other kind of magic he got no temple ?

he didnt try to take over the world until proph’s after orr sank.

Hi all , i started a nerco and took tailoring, im farming the mats myself as it seems pointless buying mats as a crafter as u might as well buy the item, all i have done in game is the daily then farmed centuar/bandits for their bags now im lvl 65 and still farming for cotton never mind the trophy items needed, to me thats very bad as by the time im 80 ill still be farming linen to make gear 20+ levels below me.

In another game if i wanted to farm cloth i would kill humanoid mobs and by the time im done id have enough even in the lastest xpac i had enough windwool cloth just leveling to max tailoring.

Yes i have salaved all the items that drop problem is cause of my lvl it is higher cloth than i need atm, why are the drop rates so bad for cloth? even in them bags i opened 50 just before i posted this and got a massive 10 cotton :S 1hr farm and only enough mats for 5 bolts / 2 bits / 1 item that is overly grindy imo and not needed.