Guild Wars 2

Trying to convince my friends to buy GW2 and listing off everything that makes me play GW2 over any other game has made me realise just how much I adore the game.

• Amazing quality graphics
• Great gameplay experience
• fast paced, fun combat mechanics
• Absolutely no pay to win aspects in terms of competitive advantages
• Amazing, friendly community (for the most part)
• diverse and fantastic lore
• casual enough to please weekend warriors, but with enough content to keep most people busy and engaged
• fun and well balanced PvP
• I could go on and on
• Played practically every single day for 8 months now and still find the game as fun as I did on day one

Thank you, ANet, for making a game I can truly be at home with. It’s easy to tell Tyria was crafted with passion and care, and I’m so very thankful to the person who convinced me to start playing. I just hope I can keep convincing more people to play every day.

I was on the thread, I said I’d be willing to pay for a subscription.

So not literally everyone on the thread.

But one of the biggest selling points to GW2 is the fact that it’s casual and buy to play, not a sub. If they suddenly introduced a subscription to the game I can see some people leaving (Some people are on a low income, and a game subscription isn’t exactly a necessity).

I adore GW2, and would gladly subscribe if they ever introduced the option to do so, I spend a fair bit on gems as it is to do my small part to support ANet

UnitedChaos.8364:

Lil Puppy.5216:

Am I the only one that knows you can use Steam to launch non-steam games and use the overlay in them?

Yea, I do it all the time. That’s why I brought this up.

For everyone else, yes, it’s about money. They could sell only the base game $10ish. Steam can basically have whatever they want out of that, and I’m sure ANET wouldn’t care. They’re trying to boost their playerbase to sell a (space to avoid censor)$50 expansion. Also, I’m assuming Gems are a huge source of income as well. Steam wouldn’t be able to profit off the expansion or Gems. Put it on steam, give them whatever % of $10 they want, and ANET still comes out on top with new players. Even if Steam took 50%, 50% of $10 is $5; and then ANET could still get that person to buy a (censored again…) $50 expansion and Gems.

MMO’s put on steam almost always get pushed in to forcing steam users to only purchase the in game currency via the steam wallet, and having other purchase methods locked out if you’re on a steam account (TSW is an example of this happening, despite the game’s huge success)

urf mode, gw2 edition.

gotta say I do love the design of it. looks very sleek.

it happens because the balth armour has a faintly visible heat shimmer effect across the entire outfit, the poly changes the colour of the entire thing, whereas by default it’s mainly transparent.

eisberg.2379:

rapthorne.7345:

steam demands royalites and a metric kitten of other fees for it’s cooperation

Citation for that? Looking at the other MMOs, they seem to sell DLC packs or in game money similar to GEMs. So why wouldn’t Guild Wars 2 be any different? Steam could sell GW2 and GEM codes, and they’ll take their cut of the sales, which is probably not to far off on total revenue per card for Arenanet as compared to the store bought GEM cards.

Go look on the steam website for the developers FAQ, fees are specific to each title and a successful title like GW2 would probably end up giving a hefty percentage of sales revenue to valve.

Personally I’d love to see GW2 on steam for the massive boost in population it would give us, but if ANet are capable of standing on their own two feet, why would they want to involve valve and extra costs?

There’s also the matter of the development time it would take to set up the steam account links for ANet’s log in servers, etc etc.

In the end, it’s likely just too much time and hassle that ANet don’t need to bother with as they are already successful without needing to use a publisher service like steam

as nice as this idea is, both the official wiki and the in game wardrobe exist. Wiki has screenshots of every weapon on that weapon’s specific page.

Now gifs and/or videos of the weapons being wielded would be cool, but it looks like you’ve just screenshot wardrobe previews, which anyone can see by simply visiting the bank.

steam demands royalites and a metric kitten of other fees for it’s cooperation

I’d be more than willing to sub to GW2, however I’ve never had a good experience with optional-sub games, the gap between subscribers and non-subscribers is always massive

TheFantasticGman.9451:

1.) Opinion

2.) Opinion

3.) Opinion

4.) Opinion

5.) Opinion

Without any actual data to back up these opinions that is all they are and will ever be.

OP never presented any of what they said as fact, they even ask for reasons why people may agree or disagree with their opinion.

I think they may have finally come up with a more awesome finisher than the llama.

Tskales.2804:

I don’t buy anything, as useless wings and clown costumes don’t interest me.

Alternate animations would sell like hotcakes, though. Definitely something that would cause my wallet to go full steam sale.

I loved the animation sets in Aion, as well as the various emotes.

I’d love for ANet to sell emote/animation packs (I’m sure there are lots of charr out there who want to stand up straight, HINT HINT)

I’ve wanted this for a long time and supported every topic that comes up regarding such a feature, would also be nice for other perm convenience items like salvageomatics, perm makeover kits, etc

Retention of players is a problem all online games face, and with GW2 being a B2P game, game sales will be their priority, as it ensures a level of investment from the player, whereas gem store items are all optional investments.

In a Buy to play game, game sales will ALWAYS be the top priority, because it’s the most secure revenue stream.

Having said that, I feel ANet caters very well to all their customers, old and new. The sales are simply because of HoT’s release (I strongly suspect the base game to drastically drop in price once HoT is released).

More new customers and players overall = better sales potential of the expansion when it arrives

Let’s be honest, rockstar will screw something up with the pc release, as they always do.

Stronghold > whatever goes wrong with GTAV the first week or so

RoseofGilead.8907:

No, but doing spvp gets you tomes of knowledge, which give you one level each time you consume one.

This.

If you intensively pvp for several hours a day you could probably go from 2-80 in a few weeks to a month from consuming tomes

you should be able to log in as soon as you’ve selected your account name and it’s been confirmed.

Some payment methods can cause delays, though (for example, e-checks from paypal can take up to 6 business days to finalise payment)

The dwarves are practically extinct, allowing player character dwarves would completely negate a large portion of Tyrian lore

if you want an answer to a specific question, submit a ticket. The game developers have better things to do than be at the beck and call of players with unimportant questions

I sent a ticket to ANet and they removed my IP verification, as I have a dynamic IP which changes every day

TL;DR: Guild Wars 2 is kittening awesome.

I couldn’t agree more.

Literally the only thing home server impacts at this point in time is WvW. No other functionality is affected, so they will be able to participate in all guild activities and add influence to the guild regardless of their server.

The only choice that matters is EU or NA, as they are separate megaservers.

I love the shiverpeaks during the day for good lighting without influencing armour colours badly with random murkiness, especially timberline.

Standing on grey, rocky ground also helps, I’ve found grassy areas put a green tinge on your armour (especially metal)

Azrael.4960:

I’m pretty much the only member of my guild who regularly logs in any more. Kaybe one or two others log in every now and then. Even the guild leader has largely given up. Everyone else gave up out of boredom. My guild has over 350k influence and about half full on merits….. not bad eh. There was once over 300 members active at various times on the roster but it’s pared down to 60 or so members and only 2-3 really active ones. I don’t want to abandon the guild but there just isn’t much in the game that holds the members’ interest anymore.

then make use of the game’s system and join multiple guilds. rep your old one when friends are online, rep a different one when you want a group to do things with.

I couldn’t imagine being glued to a dead guild, I need to socialise too much

Tigaseye.2047:

Because it’s not, actually, rare…

IRL, things that are sold as rare are actually rare (or should be) and they are normally relatively expensive to produce.

Whereas, this colour “dye” is no more, or less, rare than any other and none of them are, actually, rare and it costs no more to produce.

Its supposed “rarity” is completely arbitrary (as in, invented by ANet).

So, even though they may not, actually, set the price on the TP – because they have complete control over its supposed “rarity”, they might as well do.

Because, if they wanted to, they could up the supply 100x, or reduce it 100x, whenever they liked.

…and yes, it does have to do with right and wrong.

IMO, there should at least be some correlation between effort put in, in something’s design and the price charged.

When there isn’t, it just looks like something verging on a scam.

Especially when you add in the fact that Black isn’t actually black, when the colour (or lack of colour) black is an already very well established, predetermined concept.

Sure, anet could absolutely flood the economy with whatever item they chose because the items are virtual, but so is the game economy. any action that drastic that ANet could take would have massive impact on the game economy.

By your logic they should just flood the game with everything there’s a scarcity of because it’s “not really rare”.

In a virtual environment virtual rarity is just as valid as real world rarity is in a real world environment.

It’s not fair that only a select few people get precursor drops, let’s flood the economy with them so everyone can get a precursor for no effort.

It’s not fair that only a small amount of people have ascended stuff, let’s flood the game with ascended chests so everyone can get them, then it’s fair.

Your argument about fairness is a childish one.

Had you gone a different route and suggested they make some dyes direct buy in the gem store, rather than rely on chance to obtain, I could somewhat support your point, but how you’re trying to argue your point is childish and shows a total lack of understanding for even the most basic principles of economics

Tigaseye.2047:

rapthorne.7345:

Tigaseye.2047:

serenke.4806:

Tigaseye.2047:

Novuake.2691:

Its a sought after vanity item. I don’t think you have a right to complain.

These allow people to personalize their toons to a more significant degree.

I have every right to complain, as does everyone.

To put my complaint in context, I am someone who has “invested” a considerable amount of money into this game (relative to the amount of time I’ve been playing it, so far).

So, it’s not like I begrudge ANet a living.

I just draw the line (and giggle, frankly) at one colour (and it is just a colour) being sold to us for 100s of gold (which is, after all, 10s of $/£).

Seems to me, any one colour should be no more than around 20g.

I think a luxury car should be no more than 5000$ because it’s laughable that some car makers ask hundreds of thousands of dollars for their high-end models. As someone who continuously invests a lot of time into work, i think it’d be only fair if these models became available in a price range that everyone can afford.

Oh dear…

Are we really trying to compare a real life luxury car, made of real life materials and with real life high labour, storage, advertising and transportation costs, to a pretend dye (so, essentially, a colour) in a game? ><

OK, let me try to put this in terms you can, perhaps, relate to.

Minis are only 350 gems (so, about £3.50), whereas, one of the “dyes” (colours) is currently about 234g on the TP (so, about £23.40).

Now, admittedly, I don’t know all the ins and outs of designing a miniature animated animal, compared with providing yet another colour, which can then be used to shade in bits of pretend armour, but I can assure you I place far more value on the former.

At it’s core it’s supply and demand.

There are a huge number of colour variants in the game, and there are some very cheap substitutes for certain hues that you can obtain in place of a more expensive one, for example, the midnight dye range is a good substitute for black if you’re happy with tints (which I, personally, actually prefer to just pure black).

When people can’t afford a more expensive product, most settle for a cheaper substitute, which is what I suggest you do here.

This isn’t about me, or my sour grapes, or whatever.

I also happen to prefer coloured tints – or just colours – in games.

I am just someone with a very strong sense of fairness, a very strong sense of right and wrong and this system stinks, as far as I’m concerned.

Fair ways of making money are fine – especially in a game which relies on people buying random stuff to function.

As I say, I have paid more than my fair share, so far.

But this?

No.

It feels exploitative and that kind of feeling tends to pollute how people feel about a product, in general.

I don’t see what’s exploitative about something that’s rare and in high demand being expensive in the TP.

In a game where a large part of things is looks and customisation, I see no reason why certain aspects of that customisation shouldn’t be more difficult to obtain or more exclusive.

It has nothing to do with right and wrong. From what you’re saying your primary issue is the TP price. ANet do not control the value that players place on the items they release, ANet did not introduce the item and tell players they must list it at X price on the TP. You also assume that you have to spend X amount of gems to obtain the gold, when it’s easy enough to obtain 100g+ in a week or so just by doing dungeons daily and salvaging drops/selling mats

Tigaseye.2047:

serenke.4806:

Tigaseye.2047:

Novuake.2691:

Its a sought after vanity item. I don’t think you have a right to complain.

These allow people to personalize their toons to a more significant degree.

I have every right to complain, as does everyone.

To put my complaint in context, I am someone who has “invested” a considerable amount of money into this game (relative to the amount of time I’ve been playing it, so far).

So, it’s not like I begrudge ANet a living.

I just draw the line (and giggle, frankly) at one colour (and it is just a colour) being sold to us for 100s of gold (which is, after all, 10s of $/£).

Seems to me, any one colour should be no more than around 20g.

I think a luxury car should be no more than 5000$ because it’s laughable that some car makers ask hundreds of thousands of dollars for their high-end models. As someone who continuously invests a lot of time into work, i think it’d be only fair if these models became available in a price range that everyone can afford.

Oh dear…

Are we really trying to compare a real life luxury car, made of real life materials and with real life high labour, storage, advertising and transportation costs, to a pretend dye (so, essentially, a colour) in a game? ><

OK, let me try to put this in terms you can, perhaps, relate to.

Minis are only 350 gems (so, about £3.50), whereas, one of the “dyes” (colours) is currently about 234g on the TP (so, about £23.40).

Now, admittedly, I don’t know all the ins and outs of designing a miniature animated animal, compared with providing yet another colour, which can then be used to shade in bits of pretend armour, but I can assure you I place far more value on the former.

At it’s core it’s supply and demand.

There are a huge number of colour variants in the game, and there are some very cheap substitutes for certain hues that you can obtain in place of a more expensive one, for example, the midnight dye range is a good substitute for black if you’re happy with tints (which I, personally, actually prefer to just pure black).

When people can’t afford a more expensive product, most settle for a cheaper substitute, which is what I suggest you do here.

I believe the main source of this issue for those affected is the sandstorm, it’s pretty resource intensive so lower end machines don’t have a great time in Drytop.

I know older AMD graphics cards have a long history of serious struggles with fine particle/smoke/etc effect rendering. No idea about other brands

no

Zackie.8923:

i guess i should stop using dell to play games, what should i use then? any recommendations besides self build?

There’s plenty of online retailers offering custom builds these days, heck you can even look at ebay for some good custom built systems.

I’d suggest looking at your hardware and investing in a cooling unit. There’s 0 reason GW2 would be killing your GPU’s, I’d instead look at whether you’re overclocking too much, running too hot, etc.

HawkMeister.4758:

Actually it never made sense to make this a group because you´re the kittening chosen one bringing Destinies Edge together, holding Trehearns hand etc.
And suddenly these other bozos show up in your personal frikken story.

I barely made it with a horrific group, I got harassed by the first actual time in this game.
Only reason I chose to suffer through it was to get the kitten kitten over with.
Never did it again, or pugging in general.

You’re not the chosen one. You’re the chosen one’s lackey who gets lumbered with all the work

Halvorn.9831:

rapthorne.7345:

Pretty sure you need to earn badges in WvW to be able to spend them for the big spender daily.

EoTM nets you way more badges than WvW.

EotM IS a WvW map, casual or not. Some people (for whatever reason of their own) will have a kitten-fit unless they can achieve EVERY daily for the 10 AP without going outside their comfort zone.

I for one don’t see any issue with hopping in to eotm for all of the 10 minutes it takes to earn daily credit for keep/tower/defender/spender/etc but it seems the OP is incapable of going to other modes of play to complete their dailies

unidentified dyes are pretty common in champion bags, and you can unlocked the full range of common dyes for a little under 8g if you buy direct from the TP.

Some dyes are very expensive either because they are very rare or very desirable (For example shadow abyss is so expensive because it is the only dye in the game that appears pure black on every single armour material variant).

Given that GW2 dyes are account wide, permanent unlocks, I feel their pricing and availability is very reasonable. Other games would have you pay $5 or much more for a single use customisation

Pretty sure you need to earn badges in WvW to be able to spend them for the big spender daily.

There will be no death of small guilds with the introduction of guild bases.

Will it take more time/effort to make a guild hall with a smaller guild compared with a larger one? Sure, it probably will.

Should smaller guilds be “subsidised” in their guildhall costs? In my opinion, no. The costs should simply be balanced in a way as to be achievable by most active guilds.

If you make a conscious decision to keep your guild small to preserve community/friendship/family/etc, rather than expand and take advantage of having more members, that’s your issue and you should deal with the consequences of it (similar to how megaguilds sacrifice the personal, everyone-on-a-first-name-basis atmosphere to become more efficient at X and Y).

Having said that, the main difference between megaguilds and smaller guilds is their leadership. I’ve been in megaguilds where there was no closeness, no personality, etc, but I’ve also been in megaguilds where everyone supports everyone and it’s super friendly. Same as I’ve been in a wide range of small guilds, too.

In the end, it all comes down to how the leader(s) choose to manage the guild, and how much effort they put in to creating/preserving a community within their guild.

TL;DR – It’s not the size that matters, or even the state of the game itself that matters, but how guilds are managed that determine their fate.

Welcome to the wonderful world of gambling in online games.

It always sucks kitten

they overlap a lot of dailies so they can be done faster. for example yesterday two of the dailies could be completed in plains of ashford (ashford events and ascalon lumberer)

If all else fails, hop to eotm and zerg for a tower/keep for your daily

Just explain at the start of the dungeon you’d like to watch cutscenes, or make your own lfg party and make sure the description says you want to watch cutscenes.

I’m always happy to wait for people watching cutscenes

Nope. I enjoy playing too many of the classes to just restrict myself to one of them

calling for a lock on this topic because one person can;t be respectful

Mugiwara Zoro.9240:

You watching too much SAO

Almost every MMORPG has casual activities to do in them, from fishing to minigames and playing musical instruments (The latter, we have in a basic capacity).

I was honestly incredibly surprised by the lack of casual, social acvtivities in the game when I first started playing, given the casual, social nature of the game itself.

So you lost out on gold because you couldn’t take the time to read item descriptions?

Alrighty then.

a fishing rod was recently datamined, hoping it’s a prelude to something awesome, but it could simply be a joke GS skin

The power of supply and demand.

To my knowledge all humanoid mobs can/do dodgeroll and evade. has been this way at least since my first character facing level 3 bandits in Queensdale 7 months ago

don’t see how this would solve anything. once people got used to the new standardised movespeed there would still be complaints of everything being slow

and I love how everything they do feels powerful. Every swing of a greatsword feels like it’s meant to split the enemy in half, even how they move feels full of power.

Pity they didn’t give this treatment to norns, given their sheer size and bulk, you’d think they would get unique animations full of power, too.

My girlfriend came across this screenshot of an asura in heavy armour and I’d be very grateful if someone could tell me what set it is, thank you.

https://41.media.tumblr.com/1407b996c49194ac912f4acfe779952b/tumblr_nmcnw74LVG1qaibqjo3_400.jpg