Guild Wars 2

have leveled 2 more characters to level 80, but after the second time, it got really boring on the third character i had finished over the weekend. lonely journey, friends did not want to party, guild has many non-reps, so my calls for help were left unanswered.

it was definitely slower to level my 3rd character compared to my main and my secondary. the secondary was a bit slower than the first, because i had done most of the events i came across, and did all the hearts on my ele already, so for the secondary, it was about being a guardian and a melee character, versus ele ranged.

my 3rd character, ranger, i finished to 80 over the weekend, but it took the longest and the most patience, because all the maps were the same, the hearts don’t change positions or objectives, same mobs doing the exact same things they were doing the first two times through the zones.

i might just play my main until i get really, very bored with the game altogether. the new beachy area is a nice area to just hang around in, but not many other players to interact, and i enjoy fractals somewhat, but most of my time now is trying to amass wealth so that i might be able to afford some of the new gear everyone’s raving about.

i do not have any crafting professions completed or started, so i hope that i can use the golds i have been saving to purchase said gear when the time comes for me to upgrade my character, again.

no, sorry i do not pvp, because that part of the community scares me more than champion bosses. i have tried other multiplayer games that pit me against other players, but i never have great experiences with those, so i did not want to bother with guild wars 2 pvp, because i was probably going to spend loads of money repairing damaged items and not having any fun while doing so.

i could help players, but it seems that the leveling side of the pve content is face-rolling easy for many players , so many might not be interested in helping or playing together. i guess my guild peoples already finished their stories, and are like many who are just doing the newest content until they get bored of it.

lower zones look great, but there isn’t anything to hold my interest for too long. maybe i will find some extra motivation to explore that bandit cave in Queensland. i passed that up so long ago. but i have to grind or farm for money, so that i might have a decent experience again with the new content, by myself.

if i do not have any crafting experience (no crafting levels, at all), then how do i craft these things? or does just putting it in the forge produce it, guaranteed?

i chose tailoring and armor smith, but have never crafted anything to level them up, leaving me at level 0 for both professions.

that’s so cool! he even lead the charge with hammer in tow. that is so much win. i wish i had stories like that. may his Guild Wars 2 career be as fruitful as yours.

yay! i was wondering how i got that yesterday…i was over 300K away from 500K, and after a few tunnel events, it must have skyrocketed my xp. was so super happy i got that achievement! thanks anet!

no wonder Logan Thackeray has such a huge crush on Jennah. that is one heck of a find! maybe it will get fixed, eventually?

when i played to 80 on my ranger, i forcibly avoided this area. i have explored the areas around this place, but have yet to go inside.

why not hold a cease-fire, instead? with no players fighting and having a “fun” time, bandwagoners would have to be pretty irritated at the lack of combat.

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i think many post in repeats in hopes that their voices/ideas will be heard. my ideas don’t make sense, but sometimes i put them out there, anyways. if we had as much possible voicing power as say, the Blizzard forums, this game could shape up nicely.

but it, according the the forum consensus, is not Blizzard (obviously) and that something is amiss, and needs to be clarified and/or fixed, while players still hold an interest in the game.

i just leveled my ranger to 80 over the weekend, finishing my story in the process. it was a very lonely journey. what really bit me wrong was when i stepped into Frostgorge at level 74, it seemed so inactive and lonely, when i finally came across another player, thinking they needed help with some mobs, they started harassing me and following me around. not because i might have needed the help (kind of did, actually), but because that person assumed i was a bot without even saying hello first, and did not even apologize, leaving my experience in Frostgorge, as well as playing a ranger in this game, very NOT motivational. that person was very rude and nasty to me, but alas, i did not report, because i thought about it, but in the end, tried to be better than them.

now i was hoping that, to differentiate myself from those ranger bots, i went ahead, got myself a short Glyphic bow (the asuran-styled one?) and T2 Norn Cultural. i mean, bots don’t really care about armor, and fight nekkid!, and a drake pet (not the bear ones that bots use!).

i wish i never started a ranger after that experience. thankfully i fought through that, and was able to finish and kill Zhaitan, but dang! i am scared to do anything on my ranger now – ANYTHING! i am afraid for my ranger’s life, as well as my entire account. I think i will keep playing my Ele and Guardian. i thought playing the ranger class and trying to enjoy it would have welcomed new experiences and variety to my monotone play style, but all it brought was hate and disgust from another player, enough to fear the class, itself.

- Forever alone.

1) Will i be able to just purchase ascended gear, using silver/gold on the Trade Post? even more options to acquire this new gear of the time would be beneficial. as fun as fractals is, i am having a decent experience every time i go in, but why make ascended items and upgrades so expensive with huge amounts of tokens?, if you are anti-grind/farm?

2) will there be more town clothes options for sale at merchants?

3) can we be able to bank karma for an account?

4) Preview items on Trade Post? would also like some kind of auto-filter to only show what my current character can use. this may lead to longer load-times, but over the weekend, my Trade Post experience was lackluster, because it kept wanting to reload all the available items each time. that, or it failed to load for me completely.

5) when will the “other” dungeons be reworked/over-hauled? Fractals is “decent” (except the disconnects and the dredge boss with the buckets, those bite). maybe players still go through them for items, but i have yet to attempt those again.

6) please elaborate on what color dyes NPCs use, so i can make my town clothes the same colors, and possibly my next sets of armor to match.

7) will the ENTIRE Ask-Me-Anything be available shortly after on the official forums (here?). if not, i hope someone who attended can post it up.

8) Elolmentalist changes – someone i partied with in Orr mentioned Elolmentalists got changed. he did not give me details, but i wanted some confirmation/denial of changes to this class, as it is my main character on my account, which brings me all my golds farming.

Gah! i am gonna be at work, missing this one-time event!

i guess because i do not have facebook or twitter accounts, i am missing out on some good info. i thought that the OFFICIAL forums would be a great source of info, besides all the other positive and negative threads.

1.5 gold after 3 hours in southcove

sorry if you missed out, but i think the survey was a one-time event, as well. hopefully many got to participate.

surprised there are no bots in Southcove, yet. i thought with how new it is, there was going to eventually be many bots down there. so far, i have not seen one. that should tell the community how bad it might really be.

why does it take 1300 Fractal tokens for a back piece? can’t i just buy one from the armor merchant (not counting the merchant that has them, already)? i would pay up to 5 gold for one, just saying… i currently have 20 tokens, and was super excited, until i looked at the selection of items i could get.

Thanks to all the groups i had that were so patient with me!

my ranger spent her days chilling with the animals of the zaishen menagerie, and her jingle bear, Bogey.

my monk spent her life with her rainbow phoenix, kibbles in the jade sea, because of her fascination with all things teal/green

my ritualist roamed elona, then was forever alone in passing.

my warrior spent her days in Vabbi, catering to the sick and helpless, forever farming for elemental essence.

my paragon vanished without a trace. being only level 2, she probably got swallowed up by the plant things outside Sunspear great hall trying to be friends with it. the world will never know.

my dervish took a liking to The Great Zehtuka, and proceeded to go an many more, unfruitful adventures with him, until Zehtuka was eaten by the Sulfur Wurms outside Joko’s Domain, attempting to recreate the whale portion of the Pinocchio story. even with 15 points in Earth Magic, Mystic Regeneration could not heal the pain of her lover’s death.

because ME3 has Marauder Shields. Marauder Shields saved the game for me.

just bought my second T3 set for my norn ranger. first set took really long, but as i progressed, i got better at saving and getting money farming/grinding stuff. selling materials helped me out so much!

i think it is safe to say that this survey is a new One-Time Event! don’t miss out!

it took me 5 minutes to take. i tried to be as nice as possible.

i use my main (ele). dual dagger, fire dmg, does enough burst in 45 seconds to be able to walk away and still get gold, sometimes.

or just let the free trial users populate the lower levels (up to like, level 25) instead. that way, they can see that they cannot access the event, and want to buy it.

current high-leveled (read: level 80s) player base can access, and free trial users still can play and experience enough to make a decision.

obtainable candy cane and gingerbread exotics
SANTA BOSS, kind of like the one in Hunter: the Reckoning Redeemer
exploding presents, and the present game in towns with the grentches

also, Ghosts of Tyria’s past – it would be nice to come across Guild wars1 NPCs/heroes that have passed on into the mists. i would like to see how Jora lived out the rest of her days, and what happened to mhenlo and koss and melonni, etc.

and open ring of fire map, please.

so the retaking is no more? i see on my UI that “the party is working to wrest the island from the monsters” or something like that all the time. if it ain’t happening, i don’t wanna see it in my UI.

Remove combat speed (speed reduction when attacked)
Add item preview to TP
Add Filter to TP – to see only medium armor, and not 5 pages of stuff i can’t wear/use (diablo 3 style of item search is cool too)
also, when i do a custom search for an item set (say, 50 rare set), after buying item from set, i have to recreate the search to get the other pieces. can’t there just be a back button? maybe saved search feature?

please also let me see open the Xunlai chests at the hall of monument ruins.

i used to use them as my fallback positions. if i was not doing well with a mob, i just bring it to them, so they can help me attack them. Good saves were had those days.

i wish getting hit in downed state DOES NOT make the bandage skill cooldown.

Server: Stormbluff
Class(es): 80 Ele (farmer/main), 80 Guardian (TP collector/seller), 40+ Ranger (currently leveling), 14 Engineer (mah dailies character)
Services: Leveling buddy? Skill Points, Farming (i guess), and renown hearts

Time Available (pacific standard):
M-W’s 9-11pm
Thurs 9pm-between 1 or 3am, depending on action
Friday/Saturday – all day
Sunday all day until maybe 11pm (cause i work on Monday)

sorry ahead of time if i accidentally ignore you, or decline invites. random invites to parties with no explanation or interaction once joined are getting on my nerves, so it’s harder for me to take them seriously.

my main is the only “complete” character at 94% map completion, so it is the best for getting around. i try to park my characters out from each other, to quickly heed the guild calls for help.

it’s a toss-up: good ore hangouts, but Risen Pulls versus Crab 3 shotting – that’s a tough decision to make.

i skipped a steak dinner to finish the event for a second time last night, and get nothing at the end chest. thank you.

FREE boat rides to and from Lion’s arch! until the NPC starts charging me karma or gold, i will attempt to show my appreciation for it, even if i do not play on the map anymore.

1)graphics 9
2)sounkittenpt the game muted, actually, and listened to rock music during the event, instead
3)story concept/originality 7, because of that NPC “CITIZEN” SPAM, and i did not feel like i got much lore from it to engross in. i did miss out on the first night’s event (the detective one) because it was all messed up for me.
4)loot/reward 10 – The Energizer precursor and Eir’s Longbow – my ranger is complete now one i get my T3 armor for her
5)stability 3 – the culling was pretty bad after being barrel-rolled – half my participating zerg disappeared!
6)network connection/speed – 5, but because i was downloading stuff on top of that otherwise 9
7)mini events length 6 – they had clear objectives but mostly killing or running took precedence – luring the ancient back to cave was yawn-inducing between cutting a tree down (which should have killed the ancient, frankly), using boulders + geysers, but the mortar section was boring. picked right up after that part.
8)overall event length 6 – was very long, but chest at end. wish it had chests after each part, though.
9)overall Satisfaction 7 – i got some good stuff (redeeming points). if i can continue to get good stuff, i might have found my new farming spot.

new map (which i wish was larger), good last event (with zerg, of course), but not many enemies actually drop loot – seems like anything below a veteran do (besides boss) drop things, which is saddening. all the work to kill a vet and nothing good comes from it.

Owain also was a highlight once the forum picked her out, i still cannot sleep at night without seeing her eyes again in my mind. it’s scary. she is scary. Pitching idea for her to get an escort quest back to lion’s arch.

i am surprised the new cove did not have a treasure map-like hunt for something. i got all of the WPs and interest points after 1.5 hours of running/ressing/running, and was kind of lost after, so i went back to lion’s arch.

though the bikini-clad NPCs in the lower right corner of the map were a neat site at the beach, unphased by the hostile Skelk there.

i got The Energizer and had no idea what it was, until reading the text at the bottom of item.

i just posted this elsewhere, but i thought i would share it here, as well.

“bring back the “Infusion by Seer” system, present in Guild Wars 1. that way, all it takes is some Karka Essence to “infuse” our armor. that way, exotics stay awesome, players keep their current sets, and players have a cheap way to combat future content, without grind.

make it some kind of hour-long event chain, or something, so it feels awesome and worth it. or tie it in with the possibly repeating "Karka chain " over the weekend. Chest drops and karka infuse essence.

note: karka essence, if dropped from karka ancient, required should be like, 2 essences (ancient drop when it dies) max for currently equipped gear (everything, armor, accessories, weapons, etc). that way, it makes it not much of a grind – two 3 hour event chains – easy stuff guys! or one essence per piece, which makes it 6 for just armor, not trinkets/accessories."

or, upon ancient’s death from lava hole, the seer shows up, advertises infusion, and for a small fee of 2 copper + a skillpoint for each item, can infuse all your gear after a brief interaction with the NPC.

i don’t really go for armor much, because i plan to do dailies as much as possible to get karma jugs for my secondary, instead. i still go for the loot and the easy money, but that’s about it.

awaiting the next new farm of the month.

i would like to live in divinity’s reach. the houses look so cool! or Orr. Orr has some nice beaches i can imagine spending my days on, protected by Risen.

bring back the “Infusion by Seer” system, present in Guild Wars 1. that way, all it takes is some Karka Essence to “infuse” our armor. that way, exotics stay awesome, players keep their current sets, and players have a cheap way to combat future content, without grind.

make it some kind of hour-long event chain, or something, so it feels awesome and worth it. or tie it in with the possibly repeating "Karka chain " over the weekend. Chest drops and karka infuse essence.

note: karka essence, if dropped from karka ancient, required should be like, 2 essences (ancient drop when it dies) max for currently equipped gear (everything, armor, accessories, weapons, etc). that way, it makes it not much of a grind – two 3 hour event chains – easy stuff guys! or one essence per piece, which makes it 6 for just armor, not trinkets/accessories.

thanks for the memories of a great community. you may shun me at dungeons, kick me for random things or friends, or call me names, but last night there was none of that going around because i guess we all were busy zerging.

i felt happy to be amongst other players that night.

there’s also some event by the jump puzzle, where you escort an asuran demo-man to blow up the nests near the puzzle. was short and fun (5-10 minutes), and it had a chest (loot varied, but i got 1 blue, 1 green). it can be easily done with 2 players.

things i didn’t like were:

1) reinforcement waves /mortar section(before the part with the exploding containers). redemption point: healing mortars. was really boring with the abundance of Karka and their hitpoint amounts.
2) the battle just before that (killing the 2 champions + waves, after the tree)
3) why did we have to cross the map twice? demo team should have been an objective during the “herding back” phase. after reviving the demo team, i was lost on what to do next, until i saw the zerg high-tail it back to the top of the map. i just solo trudged my way to join the madness, now i have to run back through? that’s insane. doing that to make the event longer feels cheap.
4) no way point near the nest. with all the WPs in every other corner, running back to the zerg was no fun by myself, and during the event, when i wanted to port out to run back, the WPs weren’t showing up for me on my map, when i explored it hours before. thanks to all the people who ressed me last night!
5) the asuran guns near the nest area – were they supposed to shoot at stuff? kind of a waste being there if they don’t really do anything besides look cool aiming at the nest entrance. would have been cool for players to use the cannons at that camp, in combination with blowing the containers up. when we revived the rescue group, i was shocked and let down when they didn’t start firing the cannons…
6) the culling(?) – while not event ruining, half the zerg disappeared after getting barrel-rolled, so it was difficult to res the zerg back to full strength. it was tough running around the general area with the poison and AoE’s, looking for players to revive.

things i liked:

1) the zerg – kekekekekekekekekekeke!
2) the drops i received – The Energizer/precursor, Eir’s Longbow, Kara Accessory (+25 to all stats, 3% MF) and the 20 slot Karka bag, some rare gloves and a rare hammer
3) all the players ressing everyone. it was a good day for me, to be able to work on my ressing title, and players ressing me. was good fun.
4) the interacting with stuff (use stones with geysers, taking trees down, blowing up containers)

overall, it was somewhat fun, with the new bosses and objectives. i hope to repeat this event chain several times every weekend now, in hopes of scoring some more loot. my first participation got me 20 gold. so for 3 hour event, getting 20 gold on TP (sorry i don’t play the TP much, just quickly sell) was way more than i could make killing skelk.

thanks, anet.

oh, and the Jump Puzzle, if that tickles your fancy. but otherwise, not really.

i agree. the 2 times i did the entire event (one chest, the second one did not let me use chest), but the amount of niceness from other players was a good feel. i ressed a large number of players that day, and some players ressed me.

after just trying to sit around waiting for resses, while in downed state, i mist’d to a group of alive players, who proceeded to pick me up from downed state. as Ice Cube said, “I gotta say it was a good day”.

running back is not an options when you are alone. i think others mentioned that you MUST have a few players in tow with you to get through this area. the hard-hitting mobs don’t help when just running back to join the zerg – it definitely is faster to just lie there and chance not getting ressed.

i made 20 gold off the first zerg run, and nothing on the second. still mad about that second. anyways, THANK YOU ZERG! You are surely helpful, and i am glad for its formations. Strength and Honor – in many numbers!

yes, i am currently hoping to get one last run in tonight on my 48 ranger. all the overflows tell me its completed. hoping one starts soon!

they should add an event where players escort Owain back to the ships in the north, so she can go home. poor gal needs a new life, away from eggs.

yeah, maybe there should be an escort event for her, where the zerg would escort her to the lion’s arch boats on the north shores, allowing her to go home, if she has one to go back to. i would enjoy that very much.

i thought players would be able to retake the island, and not just explore it. after taking the beach, there isn’t much else to do there, besides watching the day/night/rain cycle.

i thought the retaking would help me zerg it up with others and explore the island, but i have explored Southcove already, just by running, and not following the supposed “plot”

Where’s the retaking of SouthCove? i left and went back a few times now, and the island is very quiet. when i finally found the NPC to take me there, i joined the forming zerg on the first quest to clear the beach, then i lost track of the zerg, and now it looks as if there isn’t anyone else on the island (except for the few that i saw).

Southcove island seems too quiet, and not all of the events are happening. Captain Magus the Bloody-Handed should really organize a party or events to keep players on the island. it seems as if this plan to retake the island is not working, at the moment.

my first 2 times going in, i enjoyed it, until players started disconnecting randomly.

i also googled the dungeons, and came across the following link

http://www.pcgamesn.com/guildwars/guild-wars-2-fractals-mists-guide-defeating-arenanets-infinite-dungeon

it gives a quick run-down on how to navigate each area.

i have yet to disconnect, but a few party members i went with did several times. we were doing the Dredge one, and got all the way to the section with the champion (after using the ice gun on the door).

yes, please elaborate on her story. i want to know more.

Did not notice until i was sitting a the WP. on the miinimap, it shows the bundled hands icon titled “Captured Quaggan”. but when i m on the boat, Canach is clearly seen as Sylvari.

Maybe i missed something, because i did not do the buggy first day stuff after lagging in the main event.