if they are going to release an expansion,they will announce it 3-4 months before,because
first to build hype of course and get ex-players who left,excited about the game again and put gw2 on first page of gaming websites etc. generally to put gw2 on the map again with trailers and news, game play footage and such stuff.
anet is still silent and not a word on it yet, that is pretty much means the expansion is still 5-6 months away at least.
another problem is “wild star” do not forget both gw2 and wild star belongs to ncsoft and sad news about this fact is ncsoft is not going to make competition for its own game which is wild star with another property of company, another words for maximum profit you will see gw2 expansion after release of wild star. in my opinion, i really hope i am wrong about this though (lol)
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before we talked about kasmeer meade you should know that there are nobles in divinitys reach who want to kill queen jennah according to human personal story and cm story.
important note: during the “The Origins of Madness” story part, remember the conversion between marjory and kasmeer and what happened to her father. 2 important note here, her brother was in debt because of gambling with criminals in Lion’s Arch and The Ministry Guard came and took her father to prison and took everything they had and her father gets stabbed in prison.
here is the point queens guard did not help them at all after all they were noble family. they should have not go down in that shameful way and now a minster of queen lives in their house. why his father stabbed in prison?where is kasmeer brother now?
now take look at kasmeer actions during the LS:
during The Nightmare Unveiled it was kasmeer who broke the illusion spell which was covering the tower,well that is look like a heroic action but further more into LS story we became to know that the whole toxic tower was experiment by scarlet and thanks to that experiment scarlet was able to develop a toxin which is resistance to anti toxin.
during the Twisted Marionette event after victory, marjory asks kasmeer is she ok? why? because she looks sad and disappointed after victory.why so sad?
during the Queen Jennah’s Jubilee event scarlet directly goes for killing the queen jennah, why? further into the story we become to know that scarlets goals are beyond humans and their queen.did some one asked her to kill queen as favor?considering she already got control over Watchknights.
and last but not least: kasmeer needed a job after what happened to her family but why a dangerous job with marjory who is friend of Logan Thackeray and kasmeer probably knew he is going to ask her help.
at the end there is more to this lady kasmeer than a noble who suddenly becomes poor and decide to save the world and become good simple hero.
@Iretha.7625
i said that we must be involved much more in driving the story, interacting with npcs more and feel like you are also part of the team and not like you are their soldier who do the killing. did i say i want to see my character name everywhere or i said the story should change in way that you feel thing happened because you were around, like decision making should have more effect and not choosing different killing path at the end same result. it can be done in mmo and some games did it well.check mmorp.com on games which are still selling despite being old and crappy just because of story.
you totally missed the point of my post,your so called answers to my examples are just defending the anet with no proper reasoning (some body sound like a fanboy).
the point is (for your consideration): the story that sidelines the players is total crap and forgettable.
do not tell me it can not be changed because its mmo, ill give you an example: swtor did many thing wrong but one thing right and it is their story, talk to people who played swtor and many of them will tell you they enjoyed the story they might even buy expansion just for the sake of story(me included).
conclusion: the story is very very important and do not underestimate it and say it does not matter.the game has story that is enough no matter what is the story ,you are just happy you got one.
ps: about history and all you mentioned , there wont be history without us, there wont be game without us, there wont be anet without us, so yeah anet better come up with better story if they want to survive the storm of new mmos.
guys thanks for replies to my post but let me put it in this way:
scarlet and her army against heroes of triya who are of course the npcs I have mentioned and their army which is us. yes we are their army and for most of the LS and personal story you can be replaced by advanced golems because you basically did nothing other than killing the mobs.
take LA event for example: you kill mobs to open way for citizens to escape. well send in strong golems they also wont have problem with toxic air and can keep on fighting even in toxic air.
you are just watching the story to unfold you are not involve in driving it in any ways as matter of fact. some people can relate to such story some people don’t but reality is when the story that involves you much more, you have way more people interested in the game and lore.
life span of a mmo is 2 years maximum,beyond that it will be suicide for that mmo because>>>
first: core players who are the most important players for any games are saturated with content.
second : in terms of game currency the core players have a lot of it like gold,karma,etc.
in this games core players got multiple legendary weapons and as matter of fact many got at least one.
third: in terms of progression many are already high rank wvw or spvp or fotm and done all content in it many times again and again.
so if they are not going to release expansion which is pretty much bring a lot of new content and currency and items and prepare people for another 2 years of grind.
LS with small content release is not an answer because people get it done fast and log off and after some time they wont log back on because they are busy with other games. as simple as that.
well.we got too many npc heroes who are over shadowing the players characters as main hero.
i feel i am more like tool of success rather than main reason of victory,we are actually combat tools who are opening the way for heroes to get things done and save the world.
exapmle 1:treahane
i feel we can be replaced with advanced golems or pretty strong soldiers. at least as strong as players and those heroes are still can get things done just fine without us.
look at personal story the real hero is treahane (the sylveri dude with power of cleansing the orr i also forgot his name it was something like that ))what you are actually doing is to kill mobs to open the way for him or defend him which is also can be done with advanced golems for most part of personal story with really few exceptions.
example 2 :destiny edge
we play role in unifying them that is true or is it?
they go into dungeon and then you as player just killing the mobs and bosses for them and at the end the joy of success make them think again about themselves not you by the way,it is like you were just tool there and they are in the center of the spot light which is actually true.
example 3:new LS heroes,rox,braham,taimi
again they will do intelligent stuff and they need somebody to do the dirty stuff,guess who it is.
example 4:marjory and kasmeer
those lesbian chicks need some people to do their biding and guess what they got, us.
I WANT TO BE in the center of spot light get rid of this so many side heroes,i want people to beg me for help and solution.yeah i want to be the one.
gw2 story has several elder dragons,and we killed only one in the current gw2 story.
well i do not want the story of expansion to be about only one dragon just like what we got now.just think about the second expansion is about dragon again and the one after. its make the lore of the game similar and gets boring fast due to the similarity,my suggestion is:
make next expansion about 2 elder dragons,for example jormag and another drogon.
the game currently has 25 zones ,they can divide the expansion into first 10 zone or more goes toward north and finally an epic fight with jormag.
the second part with another 10 zones or more toward other dragon with another epic fight.
the advantage of this:
first: give variety to story and locations which is pretty fun.
secondly:the story on elder dragons can be done with in 2 expansion and the expansion comes after them will have totally new story with totally new enemies.
about caithe:, in one paths of personal story of sylvari ,caithe will kill nightmare member while the hero((or player)) gave her/his promise of protection in exchange of cooperation to the poor nightmare court member,caithe ignore the promise and killed the poor thing,so there is a lot more to caithe than simple good hero of tyria.
about Mordremoth if the theory of this dragon and sylvari going to be true,this going to be the most stupid story ever really.you know why?
because the so called Mordremoth is so stupid he creates a race ((sylvari)) who become one of the most important races in all tyria who are heroes of tyria,helping other races in killing zhaitan and eventually they help in killing all other elder dragons including Mordremoth itself and become the most peaceful race in tyria.
it is just stupid and funny.
NOTE : if u have not finished the recent living story patches do not read this.
well the consol in scarlet secret room was showing images of the part of a map which is unknown to us,it could be a part of an expansion map,very likely if you ask me.
however one thing is for sure,scarlets plans goes beyond the known part of tyria ((current map of course))whatever she is doing is beyond our current map that is for sure because of the console images.
is at the end of season one of LS scarlet going to die?
do we have to chase scarlet into new world and face another elder dragon in LS season 2?
do we have to deal with scarlet madness ((with or without her)) in LS season 2?
well all we can do now is just to wait and see?((not far away only one month))
Yes I did play many MMORPG’s.
You said “stuff u get will be out dated with new tier of gear while in gw2 your legendary will last forever” and thats nice but there is much more grinding of mini’s and skins in GW then in many other games.
Because in many other MMORPG’s it’s a game-play element while in GW2 it’s a grind.
An MMORPG is simply an RPG with many people active in the open world.
what many other games we are talking about?is it the so called triple A mmos like rift,swtor,wow.tsw, etc.((these games are on top of mmo list as of today,others are worser than them))
if those are your examples then just download games like rift and swtor because they are free,play for one month and then tell me about it.
i am not saying gw2 is perfect,no as matter of fact this games need a lot of improvement but comparing gw2 with crappy,greedy and grindy mmos is totally unfair.
Never had a problem that a mini or a mount got out dated.
The problem here is that there are people like you who only care about stats and don’t understand that many people are interested in other type of game-play in an RPG.[/quote]
yes u sound like you never played other mmos before,yes mini and mounts get outdated,if u have one year old mount and game since then added a lot of better looking mounts,your mounts is pretty outdated, wow actually made money by selling mounts and mini because people wanted new stuff and get bored with old stuff which is called outdated((improve your english please)).
i dont care about stats at all that is why i defended legendary weapons in this game which last forever and you do not have to grind for that particular weapon anymore.read my post properly then reply please.
the game is MMOrpg go search the google about the term then you will understand what is difference between mmorpg and rpg before you play any games of sort.
i totally agree with op, but there are always haters and people who are complain in all games and they have no proper logic for their complain they are just like 12 years old kid who wants something now,and when he is not getting it starts with complain.
however ill add more games that i played long enough to know them well to your examples: rift and swtor much more grindy than gw2 and stuff u get will be out dated with new tier of gear while in gw2 your legendary will last forever and actually easier to get than some of those so called best in slot gear of those games.
it was good move by anet, although its too late most of old players (at least a year of playing or even less) have multiple legendary weapons or at least they got legendary weapons they need for their main.
the new players will get effected but not that much,its not hard to get to 30 considering its account wide and u have to do it only once.
the fact is legendary weapons lost its concept of being epic and who hold it should be good player who played different aspect of the game.the legendary weapons are still too easy to make even with new change.
it could be really cool if each and every legendary weapons had 1 or more alternative skins.
those skins are for legendary weapons only(exclusive)and you can apply them to legendary only.
some of the legendary weapons skins are not good or not suits the character,for example the kudzu and dreamer are both good for female ranger or thief but not male.
some of the legendary weapons are not popular because many do not like the skin like torch and pistol legendary, alternative skins would make them popular again.
My thoughts
1. If you are truly all knights gear, you will not lose any damage
2. IMO, ‘nerf’ to spirit of nature will not reduce ranger viability in dungeons, let alone change people’s opinions on rangers in dungeons
3. Not too sure on your question but you mention “[pve] mobs usually don’t hit hard so it makes sense to have better passive and low active”. Dev’s point is that ‘low’ active was essentially ‘never used’ active, and that a slightly reduced passive and larger active will still see lots of play in [pve] for the reasons you mention (content that doesn’t hit hard)
u didnt answer my question at all dude :
1:thats point if it does nothing to builds like mine and a little nerf to berseker then whats point of even nerfing it except upsetting people with nerf news.
2: if thats true(which i dont think so)again no porpuse except making rangers angry over unnecessary nerf.
3: again like u said people will use it as before no true effect here as well.
now u get my point i am asking the reason behind all nerfs and u gave none lol,but thanks for replying dude.
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i am not smart enough to understand the balance changes(mostly nerfs)which is about to be released by anet, in near future so i ask u smart people to answer 3 question i have on this matter:
first question: the so called ferocity state which is basically 10% nerf to critical damage,
is it suppose to increase build diversity?is it suppose to force people to go for support build as well?((some fanboys might say its little nerf but whats point in that?))
considering all broken boss fight mechanism and design flows are pretty much still in place like stacking in corner and kill boss as fast as u can or boring boss fight which are huge bag of hp like shatterer or maw. considering all those i think this nerf will increase dependency on berseker build since now boss fights takes a bit longer even with full dps build and it will effect my build which is knight build by lowering its dps even more.
second question: about rangers huge nerf to spirit of nature healing skill which they said it was too powerful due to a bug,was it?ranger are among the weakest classes in dungeon imo, i am playing a lot of dungeon with random people through lfg and ive seen people kicking a ranger because there was already one ranger in group and 2 were lowering dps, and even ive seen people asking for no ranger in lfg description.
if u paly as ranger do u feel that ur ranger is op because of spirit of nature and nerfing it is necessary?
final question: nerfing the passive of healing signet and buffing the active part,according to devs, so u use active more,let just say if u want to use an active healing skill which one would u prefer healing surge that gives 10,270 hp and in 30s u can get another 10k or healing signet (now if they increase passive to 6k which is significant increase and i dont think they are gonna increase it that much)that gives u way lower amount and u lose passive effect as well basically u get only 6k in 20second after nerf (if they increase active that much)whether u active the signet or not.
so at least as its current state the healing signet is useful in open world where mobs usually dont hit hard and in some weak boss fights in dungeon so it make sense to have better passive and low active but why on earth they are changing it to exactly do what i think each healing skill should have purpose and right now the way warrior healing skills are working is just fine.“why these changes are necessary”?
thanks for ur answers:)
first of all: why would Mordremoth create seed that give birth to a tree which gives birth to unfaithful minions who are not just ignore orders of Mordremoth but they have become heroes of triya and assist other races to kill elder dragons,they are in fact very important to pact because they are immune to corruption((very helpful in orr in some paths of personal story))
now this is very important to notice:there are other pale trees as u will rescue a sylvari whos not from pale tree and he dose not know the pale tree ,he is from another tree and he is not corrupted too.
the nightmare court are in minority and most of sylvari are the most peaceful race in the entire game.
that makes Mordremoth a pretty stupid dragon who not just give birth to his own death but also gave birth to minion that eventually will kill other elder dragons as well.
its like :
OOPS SORRY MY DRAGONS FRIEND. I AM A BIT kittenED AND INVOLVED IN KILLING U ALL SORRY.
its actually makes the lore of the game funny and stupid.
secondly:about scarlet: she dose not give kitten about pale tree and she is attacking all races particularly humans ((remember the attack on queen)).
well i would say she made deal with elder dragon who is about to rise and burn tyria and whats the deal? i think:
dragon asked her to weaken the races of tryia before his awakening,instead he will give whatever remains of triya to scarlet to have her own empire there fore she can change things they way she want,change the world the way she wants.but first the old world must be destroyed.
she saw its destruction,she saw the raise of an elder dragon,now she has to make decision whether to stay with pale tree and die or make deal with dragon and remain.
well at the end we have to wait and see.
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hmm. interesting idea but i like the expansion to go different directions ,it would give the world much more variety and story much more interesting, i suggest:
>>>to add another 25 zones to the world map (currently game has 25 zones)in 2 different directions .
>>>>first direction is toward elona with like 10 or more zones with lot of side quest and main quest is to kill Kralkatorrik
>>>>second direction is toward north and jormag. hell yeah jormag. with 10 or more zones,again with lot of side quest and main quest is to kill jormag.
player can start from any direction they want but eventually they have to kill both jormag and Kralkatorrik in the epic battle with unique reward.
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I’m a Dungeon Master. I’ve beaten every dungeon path with every class in the game, rangers and thieves included.
I think “learn to play” fits here pretty well.
dont talk like ur the only one who has done dungeon here and the rest are noobs.i am dungeon master too, not just done it all,i am doing a lot of dungeons include arah almost every day and i did it on both my ranger and my warrior ,i also done arah p4 with my ranger before the nerf patch,so i know what i am talking about.
“u learn to read properly”people said include op that they have played a lot of pve content and based on their experience with heavy armor class and classes like thief they say pve need balance.
i never get in dungeon group that has 2 thief in it(LOL)particularly if that dungeon is arah.
i agree with u pve need some love,so far most of the anet balance patch were about pvp
and they still need to do something about pve.its common to see people are asking for guard or warrior (some ask for mesmer too)because of the group with heavy class can run the dungeon a lot faster and easier in compare with group of thief and engi or even ranger.
its shows the serious balance issue in pve and anet must fix it.
@Devata.6589
thank you for explaining about difference between grind and farming.
not that i am against it,gw2 probably is one of the most casual friendly mmo out there,since there are number of ways u can get gold and stuff(like exotic gear).
i am not against the people who are playing 8 to 10 hours a day,because time is gold and they are investing from their life(time) on this game so they deserve more legendary weapons.
the op is just simply about gw2 being a good grinding game,thats all.
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hi and merry christmas to all.
well,we all know farmers are every where,they could be gold sellers or just hard core player but yeah they are pretty common in all mmos.
but if you were farmer what kind of game was your best place of grind.
grind has 2 kind>>1.limited farming
2.unlimited farming.
games like rift,swtor,word of war craft,final fantasy etc,they are all have limited farming because they are all about high end gear grind, u can get gear through raids and dungeon which give u limited tokens (daily based),and with that tokens u buy high end gear which is not sell able,there for is limited farming. gw2 has similar farming like dungeon and world bosses which are daily based grinding stuff.
BUT whats make gw2 a heaven for farmers in compare with other top mmos,let me tell u:
ENDLESS CHAMPION FARMING;omg a super grind which u can do it 24/7 and make a lot of gold.in fact several people in my guild made legendary in just 2 months,yes in just 2 months,which made legendary not very special anymore (even in some of those games getting best in slot gear takes longer than 2 months lol),its easy to farm 1500g (average amount for a legendary,some cost more and some cost less)if u put all the ways u can get gold pluse champions,this is best game for farmers,they just simply love it.((and all u need to do is to farm 6 to 8 hours a day which is kinda of average for hard core players ive seen people farming for 10 hours a day))
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i think best dye is deep glacial sky,its dark blue and black dye in mixture.very nice dye but also the most expensive dye in the game,it cost 250g.
2014 is going to be challenging year for gw2 thats for sure,but devs said in 4 living story content (2month) the scarlet story will be over.
i hope next is expansion,the game is old, by the end of scarlet story this game will be 20 months old which make it totally ready for expansion.
i might try out wildstar and couple other games but i am waiting and excited about gw2 expansion.
i also should add this non of the races other than humans of course,invaded others and used forbidden magic.
norn: they flee from north, their homeland which is ruined buy jormag,dragon of ice,despite having many problems of their own,they help tyria with its problems,they have got local issue of sons of svanir who are fools that worship jormag,by far less dangerous in compare with other badies.
asura: ,they also got the local issue of inquest who are the potential danget to tyria but during the game we will see their main lab got destroyed and they have been weakened greatly.
sylvari:kind and peacefull race,they got local issue of nightmare court that tries to corrupt the pale tree they are mostly problem for sylvari rather than tyria.
charrs: intelligent and strong,well they defended their land against humans and their flame legion issue is a local issue as well,wich will be defeated during the game story.
BUT humans read my first post.
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do u want to know why tyria is so messed up?well lets check the resent history of the tyria and see whos responsible for it:
reason number 1:humans invaded ascalon for land and power which is rightfully belongs to charrs,they almost took the region from charrs and made the city Stronghold of Ebonhawke in fields of ruin,but charrs were able to defeat humans with help of iron legion who invented war machines.BUT the human king was so crazy,he sacrificed his entire army by using forbiden magic and made them into ghosts(and caused them pain and sorrow for eternity) to keep fighting against charrs forever,non the less he killed many charrs even after his death.how civilised is that?
reason number 2:the human separatist:queen jennah accepted the truce between humans and charr,therefore end of long war between them and charrs agreed to let peacefull human to continue to live in ascalon in their city Ebonhawke despite the could burn it to the ground,(dont forget they won the war)BUT human separatist want to kill queen jennah and charrs both and take over ascalon again,they even attack Ebonhawke.
reason number 3:humans biggest mess:city of arah,biggest and most glories city of humans which invaded by charrs(but it was humans who started the war and lost the war,not charrs fault)BUT the humans Vizier Khilbron used the forbidden scrolls to defeat charrs, that caused The Cataclysm, which sunk Orr.which of course led to awaken of the elder dragon zhaitan and put the entire tyria in grave danger.
now whos the trouble maker?
sylvari population is way smaller than other races,dont forget they have been awaken by pale tree to fight the corruption or darkness in tyria,only one tree in the entire tyria world,(according to personal story,there are other trees in other worlds but no one knows where and how many)so that is why u see less sylvari around because their population is low.
they are also more forgiving race and more kind and peacefull,thats why they never wanted to destroy nightmare court but to help them come back to light,thats why at the end of TA dungeon Grand Duchess Faolain can escape because Caithe wants to help her rather than kill her.
now your problem is u do not understand the race,u compare them with charr who destroy their enemies,or humans ambitions for power(their long war with charr for land and power which caused the dragon issue)or asura arrogance,they believe that they are superior race.
your post is wrong about sylvari race and comes out of your lack of knowledge about lore of the game.read wiki at least before u post things like that.
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by the way,for people bringing up eastern numbers against west.china alone has 1.4 billion people add the number to population of japan and south korea and other east asian countries.so the number of gamers is very high there.but their games have been made mostly for asian taste and might not be successful in west,like tera or aion for example.this is mistake to compare.each game made for certain people and gw2 is made mostly to attract western people although it has asian players as well.
OP the company knows what competition is coming out and when. That they have not arrived at your doorstep with a complete break-down of their future plans is I admit a shock. Have you tried calling to find out why?
did i say they have no plans for the future or i said that i am suggesting an expansion during 2014,although anet have not said anything about their plans in 2014 thats why i suggested that anet to get on it fast before release of other games.read the post properly please.thanks
Well Blade&Soul is the most succesful MMO this year for sure. Breaking all records in a matter of weeks. But most people just don’t look too far to the East, even though that is no excuse to fail to see the giant at the horizon.
did i say gw2 is the best in the world or i said in the west,did u even read my post properly?
well,gw2 released in 2012 as the best mmo with highest hype level (mmorpg.com for hype level) and it did became the top mmo of the year,also through out 2013 the gw2 stood out as best mmo of the year,sold 3500000 copies which is significant and made the game most successful mmo after wow in west,(i dont know whether it is released in china officially or not yet).
all that being said,gw2 going to face serious challenge from upcoming mmos,take it from eso to wildstar,and even archeage and some other mmos(not sure about others whether they come in 2014 or not,but if they do thing will get even more tough for gw2).
gw2 is almost 17 months old and with additional of 2 month from 21th of january,which we already know its about scarlet in 4 living world story,the game will get old enough for an expansion,yes expansion.
i think if anet want to continue to be the top mmo or at least remain among the top dogs it is time to announce their plans for expansion and they can release it by mid 2014,probably a month or 2 before second anniversary of the game.(something to celebarate)
i think the solution is to let players to guest on different servers.(as they can right now)but letting them to have like one hour wvw pass,which means u can get into wvw as
guest player for the server to joined in as guest,it is not going to make any problem for wvw
in general but it will allow players to complete their world map.
@kopper
did u even listened to devs advertisment before release of the game,then let me tell u:
“play the game the way u want,no gear barrier,we are not offering traditional gameplay”
well exotics were easy to get right from lunch of the game by doing 2-3 weaks of dungeon and there is legendary that is difficult to get not the ordinary gear which by the way made everyone happy both hardcore and casuals.
now the game in changing directions toward traditional gameplay and thats what worry me.
anyway people like u ( “fanboy” no offence man but u sound like one lol)who are defending the devs even when they forget their promise remind me of rift the game i used to play and like but went down the toilet,when it went ftp and lost so many player,same people who were defending it admitted that they are sorry for not helping the game to get better.peace man
i dont understand the logic behind the ascended armor and weapons because:
fist: it has only 10% difference from exotic in total, meaning the whole set has little effect on survivability and damage out put,probably the infusion slots are most noticeable difference,but in pve the infusions add like 4+power or 4+vitality which is joke.only in terms of ar resistance its usefull for fractals players and thats it.but not so much that makes player in exotic much weaker than player in ascended,again a little effect.
secondly: its obtainable through crafting only,why only crafting? no devs ever explained the logic behind it at all not till today,beside it is expensive to craft one yet to craft for all of your toons,why expensive? no explanasion as well here.
so it makes it totally skippable,why would i spend a lot of gold to get ascended while i am totally fine with exotics,in all content of the game.
i prefer to hold on to my gold untill it is enough to make legendary and not waste it on something that has little effect and actually waste of gold.
well the teq boss fight got a lot more difficult to make it epic according to anet,it was full of playes in the first 3 week of it after patch but even then the frustration of overflow ruined the fun for many and waiting to get to main server and for teq to land was annoying.totally against fun when players failed to kill teq and u had to do it all over again.
anyway after a month most of hard core players got their achievement and they dont go through same frustration again this time for lousy reward,u can spend same time doing much better stuff and get gold rather than going through teq thing again.
that is why on my server teq is almost dead and 2 other servers i guested for it.
now days if u want to kill teq u should do it at peak time and get lucky to get into main server and get lucky again with players who can kill it.
TEQ IS ALREADY A DEAD CONTENT.just try to kill it these days and see how dead it is .
anet stop making such content please. i like world bosses when they were weak at least that time they were among one of the ways u could make gold out of them. they were not dead.
i really want to be able to play gw2 on my ps4(ill buy it when it released)because both ps4 and xbox one are strong enough to give you a decent fps on high(at least) setting of gw2.
but most importantly the game design is in such way that with adjustment u can play the game with game pad,in fact many pvp players use 3rd party application to play with game pad since it is easier to run or jump around with game pad rather than w.a.s.d of keyboard,all ANET need to do is to implement this kind of applications and some other adjustment.
there are few mmos for consoles i am sure gw2 will sell good if it goes for ps4 and xbox one.
one of reason i play this game is because,there is no gear barrier,you level character to 80 and there are different ways to get exotic gear,through crafting or dungeon or karma or buy them off trading post, pretty easy but instead we got legendary weapons if you are hard core player. this is make the game fair for everyone casual or hard core.
well not anymore, this game changing direction slowly toward gear grind which is pretty much a traditional game play,remember when they said"we are offering different game play"now what is the matter with ANET.
getting ascended through crafting only, is not fair,and boring or even frustrating for casuals particularly.
ANET please get back on what you promised,let it be gear progression,its fun but make as easy to get as it is for exotic,this game is not RIFT the game i left exactly because of hard core gear grind.
guys with that crazy expensive ascended gear no one going to have enough L for other things like the crafting tools or for those infusion stuff u forgot there other stuff u can buy with L which are good if they were not being overshadowed by ascended gear.
this game is moving toward becoming typical grinding mmo.
distancing itself from what they promised before release remember “we let u play the game the way u like”
isnt this forcing u to do dailies?
isnt this forcing u to have main character?
isnt this encourages hard core thing again?by the way games made around hard core grinding failed big example of them like: TERA,and RIFT and TSW
isnt this by far no REVOLUTIONARY mmo?(make me laugh when i think of high anticipation around this game back in 2011)
all said this game still has chance to become the revolutionary mmo we all thought it is going to be this game still has potential to become king of the hill.
i cant get on my warrior on the same server as my other characters are,i can play with my 2 other character with no problem but when i want to play with my warrior it says"connection lost to the server try again"
my server is fort aspenwood
Using f1 rather than just attacking helps your pet to attract aggro.. Mobs normal go for the first one who hits them and boss tend to go for the person with the highest vitality or toughness.
Ranger does not = range dps.
Ranger definition dictionary.com
noun
1. forest ranger.2. one of a body of armed guards who patrol a region.
3. ( initial capital letter ) a U.S. soldier in World War II specially trained for making surprise raids and attacks in small groups. Compare commando ( def 1 ) .
4. a soldier specially trained in the techniques of guerrilla warfare, especially in jungle terrain.
5. a person who ranges or roves.
Did you ever wonder why your first weapon as a ranger wasnt a bow. Now you know.
Play the game you have not the game you wished you had.
thanks for the dictionary thing but i did not mean the word of ranger itself we are talking about gw2 remember in this game each and evey class must be among best at something (this is called balancing the classes) and it make sense for the ranger to have best bow dps in the game or among the best.
right now LB is weak and bugged and SB dps with proper traits build is equal to other s classes and lower than some other (exp.warrior bow has more dps and thief bow is pretty good as well ).
about pet f1 first of all not all f1 skills are attacks and sometimes using it first will waste the skill and no if u try u will see despite that some of them ignore the pet anyway.
there are mobs that attack person with highest dps i gave exp in my first post u can try if u want.
best exp: caldeon forest(or something like this i forgot the name but its sylvary stating area)cave troll mobs
“different pets for different situation”
well thats what we thought when we chose to play with ranger now that i have played nearly 400hrs on my ranger i am like:
“what they were thinking when they made this class and why did i played ranger for so long”
anyway the bear pet is suppose to tank but when some of the mobs ignoring the bear and come directly for me i am like wtf((exp: trash mob like: cave troll and some orr mobs and some vets and even if ur bold enough to take on champ and die because the champ is after u,there are few champs u can kill but ranger can kill lesser cause some of them ignore the pet)).
and we all know the sad story of pets in dungeon,fractals etc.
based on that i have suggestion:
if they give pets support role and give damge and survivability difference back to the ranger and make the pet only for support (condition removal,grp heal etc.pet wont engage the fight.they become different support pets for different situation.
the way to do it:
they remove those useless spirit skills and add pet summoning skills u can summon pet based on support u need but they are not 1min like warrior banners they are with u as long as u want but they have cd on their support skills.
therefor ranger remain as pet class, u can use them in dungeon and fractals and on top of
all ranger will get decent range dps finally.
as of now all classes have similar range dps or better without having to spend points for it in traits which is stupid.
pet class without pet in middle of boss fight is stupid.
RANGER=range dps(hence the name) and must be among best range dps in the game it is not and that is stupid.
is that suppose to prove anything did u even read other ppl posts when they said they did try different build include yours but at the end they found it less effective in compare with other classes.
do u even know power and weapon skill combine and give dame out put (critics exclude) the problem comes from week ranger weapon who said low power is the issue.read description tool tip on ur charater screen before u post anything about this.
by the way i have 3100 power with 60% critics ur build with 4% is pathetic read other ppls post they are not bad palyers they did try all the builds. for god sake there is over 1100 posts read some of it before u post anything about this matter.Where exactly is he shoving the build down anyone’s throat? Someone asked about his spec, and he posted it.
Also, keep in mind that some players like to bring more to the table than “LEET DPS, BRO.”
Thank you for explaining in my stead. Not sure why he is so angry though,I’m merely replying to a request. Saye.9304, I would love to test your build against mine,even though I’ve played nearly around 1700+hours on my ranger using all sorts of build,i’m still experimenting with new ones.Lets duel someday, I wish to learn from you and improve myself, thank you in advance Saye.9304
i am not angry and i never said ur bad player in fact having played 1700hr on the ranger shows how good ur and in fact many other like u are out there include me who are talking about ranger class problems which related to the topic and they are not showing off in the threat which is not related at all. i am requesting from pro-ranger like u to help the class to improve not to talk about how good ur wich u did by the way in ur last post as well,we ask for help and opinion about the class not to duel ppl.
u missed entire point dude and i already admit u can win any duel with anybody but help us please and do not challenge us and show ur greatness somewhere else please. dont infract my post please i am not against u i am on ur side.
somebody infracted my last post why?i dont know
ps.—if u show ur build and ur ranger in the threats related (u sure know which threats i am talking about) i will praise u and discuss with u about it but here a lot of ppl over 1100 posts trying to get devs attention.respect them if dont care about me and if u think ur great and we are all bad players who cant play with the ranger then leave this threat alone this place is for bad rangers.
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well person who start the dungeon actually owns it therefor he leaves the grp for any reason(dc,problems he has to leave,gets kicked etc) everyone will get kicked out thats unfair and problematic particularly if u are in random grp(gw2lfg,general chat,etc)it might happen which is very annoying.
i think everyone in the grp has equal rights and dungeon must not reset unless all the grp members leave the dungeon or there is only on person remains after the grp chose the path.
Soldier build GS ranger is quite fun to play with.Hopefully can reach 4K attack unbuff with the new ascended gears in future patch
You cant just dish out a 4k GS Ranger and not share that build.
I’m sorry,didn’t notice your post.
The build is 30/0/25/0/15.
Using full soldier stat gears on weapon/amour/trinket and all upgrade slots.
Currently as of 21st feb,my ranger has 3500 attack unbuffed and without any boons in Lion Arch, Max i think is 3506 for now since I’m not using 5 agony5 power on my amulet and back piece(amulet using 4 power only,back piece using +5 agony5 toughness)
updated picture of stats in lion arch without boons and with boons
is that suppose to prove anything did u even read other ppl posts when they said they did try different build include yours but at the end they found it less effective in compare with other classes.
do u even know power and weapon skill combine and give dame out put (critics exclude) the problem comes from week ranger weapon who said low power is the issue.read description tool tip on ur charater screen before u post anything about this.
by the way i have 3100 power with 60% critics ur build with 4% is pathetic read other ppls post they are not bad palyers they did try all the builds. for god sake there is over 1100 posts read some of it before u post anything about this matter.
I don’t know if many people have noticed it, but Rangers are not necessarily meant for mass damage. If you look at the majority of the skills, they all apply conditions. I do not understand why so many people complain about the damage and speed of a ranger. My main is currently a Shortbow/Longbow Ranger. I love to pay WvW, and due to the many conditions and debuffs I can apply, I rarely ever have a problem in a 1v1 fight while I am running around solo. Sure thieves and other glass cannons hit me hard, but I can hit them hard back, while having decent defense. I don’t have any upgrades on anything and I rarely end up face down in a 1v1 (not saying I win, but I can get half way across the map at least with a group of 4 or 5 chasing me). I will too admit there are some bugs and things that could be different for rangers, but people complain to much about rangers not being able to do something that they weren’t meant to do. At this moment, I see/have only 2 problems with the ranger:
-The bug/problem with the Lick Wounds skill while downed.
-The fact that every class has a range that is as good as a rangers longbow(without traits applied)With that said I believe that rangers are really great as they are and that Anet has done a pretty good job at keeping things balanced. Thank you Anet.
funny u answered urself with admitting every class has equal or better range damage without having to spend their points for it.well that is what we are saying,that is why other classes are better than ranger also considering they have better utilities.
what kinda defend is that u just said what we said but u r thanking ANET for it.
are u alright?
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My ranger serves as my go-to for dailies. I already use it for gathering cooking mats.
like i’ve said…is only good for botting….
Say that to the 3K+ dungeon tokens I’ve gotten using my ranger.
yes i got almost 3k tokens too but when i got my warrior to 80 i realized how ranger suck at dungeon and fractals. as warrior i have decent dps and decent survivability and dont have to put up with ranger’s crap anymore and i enjoy high lvl fractals. iam not saying: MAKE RANGER EASY CLASS TO PLAY I AM SAYING FIX THE BUGS AND MAKE SOME CHANGES THAT MAKES THE CLASS VIABLE some of stuff that should be addressed:
—-stupid spirits: if u want them to work u should waste ur points in trait and lose considerable dps
—-low survivability. particularly pets dies so fast leaves pet class without pet right at middle of the boss fight that is just stupid.
—-and just ask any-pro ranger player u like about how ridiculous pet is in high lvl fractals
—-pvp and wvw u can actually be good at it with any class because it highly depended on player skill even if u play smart with ranger u can be decent.
AND ANET WHATS GOING ON WITH SILENCE ?ARE ALL THESE GUYS MEAN NOTHING TO U. THEY BOUGHT THE GAME SO DONT BEHAVE LIKE DEVS OF THE 3RD CLASS CRAPY FREE ASIAN GAME.
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well after 3 months and over 1000 replies most of them(95%)asking for bug fix and some necessarily changes still nothing,wow thats way to go ARNET.
my suggestion is to give pets support role like brown bear condition removal and increase the ranger dps and survivability so they are less depended on their pets and they summon their pets for support when they need them based on the fight which include those useless spirits as pet f2 ability because going spirit build is stupid and u lose a lot of dps and survivability skills and it makes u pain in the kitten in the group because ppl have to rez u a lot.
right now ppl are simply move on from ranger and play other classes mostly(warrior,ele,guard,thief or mesmer)and ditch the ranger since in this game most of stuff are account bound like crafting materials and dungeon tokens.it is easy to just forget ranger but thats not way to improve the game.
ranger need love and it need it now.
currently ranger is among the classes with lowest dps. problem is portion of our dps and survivability is depended on pets. therefore ranger is among the best classes for open world pve where mobs attack our pet (most of them,some of them might ignore the pet and come for u)but lets face the fact even casual player with 2-3 hours a day and even lesser than that can finish open world pve completion in a month and also all the classes do really fine in world pve,just warriors and rangers are a bit better not consider as advantage at all.
but when u finish 100% of the zones or areas what remain are dungeon and fractals and pvp, that is where ranger shows its weakness.
some of problem i had:
—-pet dies too fast in boss fight particularly in dungeons leaves u with lost of dps and survivability.u also lose utilities they were suppose to bring on the table.
—-due to the lack of viable utilities in wvw rangers are easy targets and they can not help the group much. the fact is if u play wvw with other classes u will have more fun probably ranger is the last class ppl chose for wvw unless u really love the class.
—-pvp again similar issue like wvw and spvp u really should wish for player who is newbie or dumb or something because by now every one knows how to kill ranger not much of different built or strategy u can choose from.
—-we are hated in high lvl fractals.
my suggestion:
—- make the pet a support,that means reduce their dps and give difference back to the ranger.also same for survivability and instead make pet to support with their skills like red moa(group heal) or sylvary hound(group heal) or the brown bear(condition removal).
in my suggestion ranger remains as pet class but less pet depended and better pet management ur pets have different utilities as support so they will be much more usefull.
so the ranger group utilities are coming from their pets instead of those useless spirits and if u want to make them work u need to spent points in the trait tree which result in considerable loss of dps just give similar utilities to the pets with same cooldown and everything and let the player decide when to summon which pet based on support they need and NOT to increase their dps or survivability because that clearly did not work as good as it should be.
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