Guild Wars 2

i don’t mind the price, i suppose, but i wish the stats were better, so it would feel better to have finally achieved getting a full set. i got the Scholar Shoes & Pauldrons (shoulders?) for my fem-ele so far, cause after looking at cabalist for most of my leveling TO lv80, i got bored of it fast. and the Dungeon armorers in Fort Marriner offer dungeon gear (i think that’s what it is), but it’s the cabalist(?) themed armor for all merchants (when i previewed them on my character). so i could either farm events for karma armor of Orr, or try to earn enough golds to get tier 3

just make tier 3 feel like some kind of tier 3. compared to the mish-mash of armor i have now, stat-wise it cannot compare. i really don’t mind the “current price” i just wish it was better in stats.

i will continue to work towards getting the full set, in hopes that by the time i do get it it would have been changed to be good.

i wish the Cultural armor was good as far as stats. As a human Ele, the choices i have available only point me to Tier 3(cause it looks the best, despite lowered stats than what i got. Would be nice to have that buffed.

I am scared to touch Dungeons. I have yet to enter one, because of my apparent lack of skill, as demonstrated by in-game queries.

Maximillian Greil.1965:

it’s mass effect 3 all over again.

but then the Asuran portal gates would be also destroyed, and you become a legend. And the Norn would tell your story of The Shepard to future generations.

Clearly, there was just the chest of mediocre items, and no credit rolls/after story. i wondered why my PUG jumped off the boat after. i jumped soon after.

i do not have any friends, so all my time is outside of the dungeons, and getting that next tier of armor for myself. if dungeons are just for armor shards, then that’s okay i guess, but on the flip side, once you complete it, there isn’t much to do but farm it, i suppose. if the dungeons guaranteed maybe enough shards for 2-3 pieces, then maybe it would get people to do just enough to get their armor and go home, or stay and help other players.

out in the Cursed Lands, i was able to PUG Arah’s story quest to finish the story arc game play, but all i see in /M is “LFG ARAH SHARDS – know how to jump”. now it seems like it’s a specialized job to be able to do that, and limits my activity in that particular area. I want to go, but without a party willing to accept newcomers, i feel like i just missed out on a great opportunity, altogether.

i lied the idea of the Elite skills at first, but when i actually started using them, they seemed lackluster.

The tornado elite turns me into a tornado – but the skills you get don’t seem that great, and i think i still get hit for full damage in this form, and when i move (as a tornado) to enemies, the knock back doesn’t occur right away. so i tired it on a aggroed group of maybe 5 enemies. i transformed, then moved to the center of the 5 enemies, and only 2 got knocked back.

the hounds of Balthazar – i thought these were way cool, but 30 seconds is too short if it takes them both 2 seconds to acquire my current target, and attack very slow. their leap is very pronounced, but they do a bit of good damage to certain targets. i feel the hounds should just be summoned, and then they auto find targets to hit at maybe 50% faster speed than right now.

i don’t mind the attunements, but if i had fire equipped, and switched to air (for running around), why does water and earth recharge? shouldn’t it be only fire? maybe my ele would be more of a all-purpose fighter if the other attunements were left alone during the switch, then as an ele, i could go in, throw some fireballs, then switch to water to heal the party there, without hesitation. coupled with slower recharges (even with the +20% rate), most of my skill bar is recharging, and i just have to run around and not get hit until they are ready again.

i have a spec 10/10/10/20/20 ele, but i cannot stand in one place (obviously) for i get downed very quickly. mobility is not much of an issue – i just want to stay alive while casting storms.

i also am having a problem with the air attunement – there was a skill trait that said something like “when you switch to air attunement, a nearby enemy gets hit with a lightning bolt” or something to that effect. i thought it was cool until i started exploring Orr. well i respec’d to not use it, but now the switch effect still is active. it’s under the air attunement traits list.

is there a way to cancel a target without spamming escape until i open the game menu? kind of annoying when i am running around , and accidentally target/aggro something with air attunement, and i start running slower because i am in combat.

I call it “circling” – keeping the enemy stationary as much a possible in the middle of your turning/strafing circle. Doesn’t really work too much on Risen in melee distance, but then adjust the circle to be larger depending on aggro situations. Slower enemies are easier this way.

Sometimes the faster AI follows my circle path, but then i just turn faster (adjust camera rotation speed) and put them back in the middle. if they are melee heavy, i will use a Ele Staff, and Staff#4 (the fire line when you back dodge) then pop as much burning as possible, and repeat if they get too close. and then use “circling” in combination to keep them moving.

the more they move, the less they hit, i noticed. can probably do the same stuff with an Earth/Dagger combo (because you get the spike thingy) for the constant bleed condition on them (if they bleed).

5-10 levels over didn’t work for me. i had a better “chance” doing the lv48 one as level 80. i still ended up zerging the rest of the storyline until i gave up at lv79 one.

you go from making important decisions to taking orders from Trehearne. so weird, indeed.

i got different armors across my storyline (i play human ele) but i went with the vigil, and got various weapons and off hand stuff.

Trehearne : " i cannot possibly be the hero we all need!"
tree: here’s a cool sword – it will make you L33T
my character: whatever gets the job done.

kind of how my experience in the tree dream story went. killing cool characters feels like Mass Effect to me, without the fun relationships.

Risen are too fast (every story quest i have done involving them) as zombies, and hit for more damage than i can possibly heal against. as i played on my ele, i would nuke the area where the AI was holding the Risen at fort Trinity, and they all zero in on me at breakneck speeds. i also found that when doing the personal story in The Cursed Shore, respawn rate was too fast for me to handle all the mobs.

killing Risen solo takes effort and time, because i am a noob (i guess), but then the mob i just killed had respawned behind me.

i wouldn’t be so disappointed about the level dumbing, but maybe in the personal story, you could forgo the armor damages, and weaken the mobs some. also, if not, then the story missions might as well be a one shot deal (you die, you start over). Ele glass cannon does not work, i assure you, cause that’s what i rolled with until i got to Arah. “zerging” i think some call it is a waste of time and earned funds to get through each.

of course, there are players i have tried to talk with, and their in game responses are somewhat more colorful than the forum would allow. they tell me in colorful ways to man up and learn to play, or get more gold and stop complaining type arguments, which make me sad on a minor level.

i would like to get maybe 2 gold back, so i can put it towards my cultural armor .

i had no idea that was Zaitan at the end, actually. the party i got was a good one, and i think them for their patience with me through the end. i saw no credits roll, and thought “where’s the rest?” it seemed anti-climactic.

the 5 things i got were 4 lv 30 blues, 3 silver, and a yellow item (cabalist hood, but named something else.)

i did not finish my personal story, and fought my way to Arah in Orr, and joined a random PUG.

i asked my party members about it, thinking i would get some kind of trade-able, one time use thing like in Guild Wars (Deldrimor Key, book of secrets, jade amulet, etc) but we received no such thing.

i think you mean seppoku (or something like that)

Cool thanks for the info! very informative!

I guess that what i really want is the PVP Light armor on the far right:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:2012_August_PvP-lightarmor_-_1.jpg

I cannot seem to find a trader with this set, so if i PVP, will i be able to use it in PVE? i really don’t like PvP, so i am hoping there is a trader in the world somewhere.

1) Extra Skill Points

i noticed quickly that i can still accumulate skill points, even with all of my available skills unlocked. What else can i use these for in End Game??

2) Armor Set Question

I would like to know what the Hoelbrak armor i am wearing is (the chest piece, shoulders and dress), and where can i get an entire set. the pieces i have are karma items from Frostgorge.

3) What do i need to acquire to buy armor from Fort Marriner Traders? they have icons i have never seen before. Hovering my mouse over the price doesn’t give any indication on what to get.

maybe this has already been mentioned, but i think that the armor and weapon merchants in Fort Marriner/Lion’s Arch should tell me what the items are i need to buy their goods. The wiki is not as complete on the subject of these Gold armors and weapons, and it is not showing me what exactly i need, when i hover my mouse over the prices.

should have special buffs too in the area, just for completion. maybe even a no auto aggro zone buff, or something, because i don’t think cheaper merch prices in the areas will work so well.

I decided to give up trying to finish now, as well. Several difficult missions, and i am now stuck on Through The Looking Glass (73). maybe i will play another class, and try some different options. unfortunately, the personal story IS the story – wandering around exploring doesn’t lead to much once you finish.

i am exhausted after numerous Gold spent repairing, quick respawning enemies, monster hitting enemies, and lack of intelligent AI in the missions.

What will be done to combat this?

I got 2 mails so far, for buying gold.

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So i was finally able to finish the Forwarned mission, but not without issue. i had attacked an invulnerable target for several minutes (gw023), and even went into almost first-person view (gw020) in the tunnel section before the Risen boss.

Total time spent doing mission as about 50 minutes, with being level 76 and had way better gear. i still had to restart at the starting checkpoint (at the tunnel entrance) numerous times, but the boss finally glitched to the top area (gw024), where i had a better visual on the boss, and had sufficient room to navigate and defeat it with the NPC aid.

Sure, i am not pro by any standards, and i have never played World of Warcraft or Star Wars The Old Republic, so this new dodge system is new to me, but i can only dodge twice before having to wait for it to recharge, and my mobility as an Elementalist is probably another factor. with the default button setup, i cannot use my Staff #2 fire skill, cause i have to set a location while running and dodging. i used to kite often in Guild Wars 1 with pulling techniques and the use of the terrain, but applying these GW1 skills to this MMO is not possible in some cases.

I would also like to add i had much difficulty with the next lv50 mission “The Battle of Claw Island”. For the Risen, as they are undead, how do they all of the sudden become marathon sprinters? with mountainous (that even a word?) amounts of damage? As El Presador on youtube once said “one on one, you’re done!” it was kind of like that, times 100.

The Battle of Claw Island (gw026.jpg)

Objectives:
Find and Revive Deputy Mira. – Endless spawns of Risen on beach. okay. Their resistance to most damage? very high. it took me 20 minutes to get an open window to revive, and i was still getting poisoned and attacked while doing so. I cannot do enough spike damage to wipe out a small group of Risen, then run in and revive (that was my plan, anyways). the time it took to get a window of opportunity, more Risen were charging on the beach. Not so hard when all the AI help was downed.

Regroup with Commander Talon inside the walls. – this part was maybe the easiest, until the HUGE mass of Risen. aggro control is needed here, because i think in nuking a group on the east side, the other groups zeroed in on me.

Warmonger. - Use the seige weapon on the wall to take out the ship. But you can only use the one closest to it. i sat in the middle one (not the required left one) for a few minutes trying to adjust for range and stuff. after realizing it had to be the left one only, i wish this had some kind of indicator for when you hit the boat (besides the cutscene). I am playing on lowered details, so if i overshoot the Warmonger, i don’t know it. For maybe 20 shots, i thought the boat just had a “boatload” of HP, and the siege weapon was a peashooter. if it falls short, then i see a small splash. this part was confusing for me at first, but yes, my lack of apparent skill and time with siege weapons in other zones probably was my downfall.

i guess i am just nitpicking too much, and probably come off like a sore loser, but if it isn’t fun i should voice my opinion for once, because i normally don’t, and end up buying a new keyboard or mouse (or monitor) instead.

Right now, i am stuck @ “Forewarned is Forearmed”

Objective: Investigate the mysterious disappearances. Meet Warmaster Forgal near the sewers in Lion’s Arch.

Problem: first 3 cave bats do too much damage, and the camera work hampers progress, cause i cannot see every thing around me, except bat wings and my hp bar decreasing at insane rates. AI does not cooperate much. Too difficult mobs after just starting on the first group. i am attempting solo, to get the best experience possible.

if i get past the cave bats, the ooze spawn, or the barracudas in the next tunnel will do me in. they share a tunnel with 3 more cave bats (i think 2-3), some jellyfish, and the barracudas respawn after a minute or so, while i am combating the jellyfish. attempts to bypass/run away towards checkpoint are futile.

UAV drones, Guild Wars 2 style!

but, my main suggestion: More CATTLEPULTS. this game needs bovine bombardments!

it’s also discouraging when in my level 47-48 mission at Lion’s Arch. the Vigil War Master i think is level 70, yet cannot handle 2 level 48s? i cannot possibly do it at the same level or down-leveled, so there isn’t any excuse a programmed AI cannot survive the first encounter with the sewer bats.

also, AI don’t seem to want to resurrect me. they either stand there and take hits until death, or charge the enemy with unsurpassed vigor and determination i don’t see when i am alive.

i want to suggest maybe in the world map view (M key), hovering the mouse over the area when fully zoomed out opens up a small UI window with completion stats. then i don’t have to travel to zones i have cleared before, thinking i have yet to complete the area.

i am one of those players that explores heavily, so i am always traveling to different areas.

i have been in numerous guilds before. i always wanted to join one now, but it seems like once i join it i get really bored. i want to be able to play with many people, and i follow mobs around for a few hours/night. this satisfies my need for interaction. i also did not like the fact that one guild i accepted had almost 100 people in the roster, but nobody was on except me. the person threw me an invite, then logged out before i could introduce myself. that was a sad afternoon, so i left.

i was invited a few times already (once at level 35 and again at level 60), but declined them both. maybe it was because of the strange guild names and/or tags.

i wish that when i reached level 80, completed the map stuff (100%) and finished my storyline, i want to “retire” and live in a hut in the shiverpeaks, or in Orr.

i think Guild Wars 2 needs real estate.

i hope by the time they change it, if they do change it, then i want like 10g50s0c and a house in the shiverpeaks. is it possible to replay it? kind of like abaddon’s mission in the first games?

i am not there yet, but i am almost to level 80 (via exploration)

I had to pay someone a hefty coin to accompany me on my lv45 Storyline mission. I just could not do it with my Elementalist. now i am stuck at lv48 mission (the one right after it), and at level 65, i still could not beat it.

make the armor unbreakable, and NPCs invincible, and i may have a nicer time in them. i don’t want to sound like a broken record, but not being able to complete a level48 story mission at level 65 is not fun, at all.

im not a pro player, and am interested in seeing where my character ends up after all of this. but i have explored 55% of the entire map, and am almost to level 80, and i pretty much forgotten about my storyline since giving up on it (for now).

i have created a Sylvari character, but dang, if the storyline ends up like that , i might just put that character under the heat lamp.

i have yet to reach the end of my personal journey, but as a human ele, i am staying hopeful.

would it be possible to access the game’s Trading Post, say, though my account page? I am sitting here at work, and wishing i could look at the Trading Co. site to think about purchasing Gems and other goodies i could use when i get home

this game supports custom music? how do i use it, by putting music into the guild wars 2 folder??

i sit at the character creation screen for hours – sometimes i even go afk from it because the name i choose i will have to live with. i just assume there isn’t an option unless i re roll (i have rerolled a few times).

once you make a character, though, you should feel good about putting commitment behind it.

i am cranking up my Ele’s Vitality, because the self-healing skills take awhile to recharge, forcing me to try to run away, so extra HP is always needed.

i started having trouble with my Ele’s story line at the “Set to Blow” mission. i had to pay another player to join me temporarily to get it done. Killing lv50 destroyers is no easy task, and the camera work in the narrower tunnels can get very bad, as well.

I am now at the mission “Forewarned is Forearmed”. i have to navigate a tunnel at Lion’s arch, and it is rated for level 47 or 48. i could not do it at level 47, so leveled to level 55, and attempted it again with new armor and some new skills and weapons. NO SUCCESS. the Vigil warmaster is always running through enemies and not holding aggro. i am an Elementalist, and i think the story missions are really tough for me. maybe it’s the gear – i am almost now level 72 after a few days, and i want to reattempt it, but don’t have enough silver to get any repairs should i fail again. i have been leveling by walking the other zones and working on map completions to get my levels and gear.

i wish the story missions had a lobby, then i could find players doing the same mission and not span /say channel “LFP FOR [Storyline Quest]”.

i have been getting the appropriate armor every 5 levels from the armor smith. it’s a good baseline armor. with decent armor mod drops, i still have my level 4 ring.

of the almost 100 hours i have played so far, i spent 99 of it in Overflow. i like overflow, because i don’t like getting back into overflow after zoning in a normal server.

“Overflow” has a nice ring to it, as well. It’s nice being the billionth player over capacity – it feels good, like i just won a contest. don’t put me in the regular servers. i like this server.

i think it is just straight damage. i tried to take a few Svanir tents out with my firewall (tried to burn other tents next to targeted one, hoping it would destroy more faster), but i did not notice any burning effects on it. so i Firestorm Glyph’d it

i always thought the Unidentified Dyes in the Trading Post were sort of like gambling, but i don’t think it should be included – if you don’t want a dropped item, ping it in the chat, then mail it to the player that wants it.

i go out of my way to listen to NPC banter – some of it is very funny! i started playing a class i didn’t really like (my elementalist) and almost to level 72 as of this morning!

i still want to find out how to get all that special gear, though.

Just got all 3 tribes united, but the fuel is not spawning to start the final phase (escort).

I have been past this spot for a few times over the past few hours, but it seems stuck on wave 3/9. i think it should be fixed.

it’s the “Defend Severed Breach From The Flame Legion!”

No Sniper Rifles spawned

I found one at the Breached Wall, in Ascalon. it was a mound of dirt floating in the air next to the way point.