Guild Wars 2

I guess for newer players it will be like “omg …..wow…..”. For us older players it’s more like “great they updated something” It’s defiantly not one of the updates that we were looking forward too and not one that makes me jump out of my chair to be honest.

Veruen.2794:

My only problem with these zerg trains is simply just they make the rest of the world feel dead. To be honest we need to see the living world be an actual living world, maybe something that will drive people else where. Maybe a karma drain if you don’t go around helping people.

We been there. Anet nerfed events/karma and people stopped playing. Every map was empty. People would log in every 14 days to do the limited content and maybe 5 minutes before reset of the server and right after. LA and Dungeons were the only places that had people around. Not much has changed sadly but at least we find people in Queensdale and Frostgorge. Remove or nerf that and the game is completely dead.

Cinnamon Goddess.3869:

Madora.9340:

Well, they saw the huge amount of inflation that began with Queen’s Gauntlet (Mainly from people farming claws) and decided to nerf drop rates. The only thing I use the LS for now is to level alts and AoE mobs for dem loot bags…

That’s not the real problem. It is more like people are over farming things like that because drop rates of decent stuff in this game sucks. If there were like 100 such event going on at the same time then people would just choose one of them. The would spread out to do what benefits them most and move on when they have enough making something else more beneficial.

Arenanet should stop paying so much attention to the economy. The economy with run itself with or without them. If they focus on drops and rewards and the players actual experience then rest will work itself out by itself.

I am glad you’re not in charge of the loot/drop rate or any development towards that goal. You clearly have no idea how the economy works ….

I wouldn’t call the majority of players dumb, it’s more an issue of being ignorant. The problem is that Anet still advertises that this game can be played the way you want it. Standing in the middle of an aoe for 20 minutes is the way they like to play. They think that this statement applies to everything. This won’t change even if Anet would release a game tutorial of in game mechanics. Most people would even skip that just to play the way THEY want.

Those players get an awakening really fast when it comes to temporary or permanently “challenging” content. Teq, Mad Realm, Tower of Nightmares and even Jormag is to much for some players to handle. Yet those players don’t think it’s their fault but Anets for releasing content that’s impossible to finish.

It’s a matter of time till people start using their head on their own and stop repeating a sentence or statement by a company that just tries to advertise their game. That’s also the day those people stop complaining and we won’t have to revive 25+ players laying in a puddle of aoe toxin, or being called selfish for not wanting to lay on top of them.

After all I am very happy that these people do not spend their time inside the tower any longer. Makes it more enjoyable for me when farming and not having to read the insults some people post on map chat.

To be honest and I know I won’t make friends with this post but it has to be said. If you as a player decide to sent someone money with the hope of getting an item, then that’s clearly your own fault. I don’t support that, don’t get me wrong but it’s more on a morale basis than a so called “scam” basis. GW2 gives you the option to do all your tradings and purchases via TP, if you as a player decide to cut the transaction fee’s then that’s your own risk and there’s nothing that can be done about it. At the end of the day it’s the support team that has to waste hours of reading chat logs and wasting their time that could be invested in a lot of other things, if players would think before acting. Sorry if that sounds harsh but it’s just common sense.

bravoart.5308:

I love how this community can’t get anywhere because instead of addressing people’s personal introspective to the game’s weak points, we just make fun of them and call them bads and shun them with endless cynical hyperbole.

If yall would support complaint threads, perhaps everyone could benefit from any changes made instead of acting so kittening superior.

This ain’t MLG.

You don’t get a trophy.

If we all would support every complaint thread made then this game would turn into Forum Wars 2 and probably get better updates since browser based games are easier to maintain…… We better get back to being “serious” that’s how we play GW2 from now on folks!

JustTrogdor.7892:

slurpey.6014:

maybe you can kill players with bank slots and inventory bags in the upcoming patches….

20 slot bag slam. Opponent goes down and gold coins make it rain because I’m so rich kitten!

Let’s hope you can compete with us other 20 bag slot players! Otherwise you’ll be forced to buy gem stones

maybe you can kill players with bank slots and inventory bags in the upcoming patches….

Yuri.5810:

Pro Tip for Necro: don’t even bother to try it solo. Reroll Thief or Warrior or wait for a zerg so that you’ll be able to skip all the poorly designed content and get the chest. Because apparently that’s how we are supposed to play this game.

Done it on my Necro, Ele, Mesmer, Warrior and Guardian. I don’t know what you’re talking about. On my Server nobody and I really mean nobody is in that tower anymore. I’m surprised the npc’s are still there The Tower scales the enemies in there as many people have already mentioned and it’s not a problem to solo it with a Necromancer, IF traited and geared correctly. I wouldn’t recommend doing it on a Zerk necro or at least not level 3, but otherwise it’s no problem at all. You don’t have to be a thief either just figure out how to play your class and use your utilities as well as the correct food etc. People gotta stop complaining it’s getting ridiculous.

sinzer.4018:

What game am i playing again? :p

Gas Wars 2

The question is how fast you want that thing. Mystic Forge is very random, you could be lucky and get one after the first try or you could end up dumping all your money inside the forge praying you get one lol. You might as well run around the world and hope for a precursor to drop the chance is probably higher than playing the mystic forge, when looking at some accounts/players that have been trying for months/year.

In general or that’s what the rumors are saying and there’s no guarantee or any statement made by the devs that this is the only and 100% certain way, but you should focus on level 80 exotics.

My suggestion would be gathering money and buying the precursor straight from the TP if available. It might avoid the chance of having a headache or rage quit at the end of the day

Yuri.5810:

You can’t get a tricolored key but only 1 piece (green, pink or blue)

you can get a key piece of each color at that npc which transforms to a full tricolored key once a day. Each key piece is sold for 10 spores and 15 silver and some copper nobody ever cares about

cassius.5809:

Is there any confirmation that there are meant to be NPCs in the repeat?? If it’s a bug it’s fine/better how it is.

There’s one npc in the repeat. Npc spawns in every hallway after you completed one of those small chambers or whatever you want to call that. You can repair your armor there but if you don’t do that, then that NPC will help at the end with the boss. If you repaired your armor that npc vanishes and you’ll be alone. Is there a conformation from the devs about that? Nope but running that instance more than once a day on different characters etc, with always having that ONE npc there is enough conformation for me

I’ve spend the last days farming inside the tower, mostly on level 3 to be honest since not many players are capable of getting there. T6 mats drop there more often than anywhere else and the key’s aren’t bad either However I did notice that at crowd time I have to move to level 2, since the so called maniac zerk groups try running through level 3 and get killed every time they walk through the front door. I do understand a lot of players want to play the way they want, but common if you died 80 times at the same spot, don’t you think it’s time to adjust a bit? lol

In general if there’s nobody in the tower then it’s pretty easy to farm and even doing the events in there due to the scaling of the content, however the moment zerk groups try to get through it gets horrible.

to be honest I have a harder time getting Obsidian Shards compared to Dragonite Ore. Not to a point where I would open a forum topic and complain about that… but there are more options to get the ore than the stupid shards lol

wouldn’t surprise me if we have to run the new upcoming fractals for ascent armor recipes or mats. Nothing is released yet and knowing Anet you can’t just pull the weapon recipes and say that the same mats will go in the armor recipes. Nothing is official till it’s actual released So get ready for the “play how you want” with camping the new fractals for the rest of the year….

only way unless I have missed some patch notes is buying from the TP or wait till next year.

I’m not gonna read all that crap lol but since OP has nothing better to do than suggesting removal of game content every time he/she/it makes a post, I am at the point of asking if there’s anything else you would like to complain about or have removed today?

I have no idea what a ring of toxic spores is but if you are asking where and when toxic spore nodes are spawning then the answer is everywhere at anytime. Those nodes are random. 1 always spawns after a toxic spore event and the others can be around that area but are not limited to that area. Many maps have spawns of random toxic spores for you to gather.

Black Regent.5897:

Ayrilana.1396:

Charak.9761:

Khisanth.2948:

Ayrilana.1396:

You can also do a chamber on each level once per day for a piece of a key.

Why once per day? I’ve gotten 4 pink pieces so far doing the achievement that requires fighting stuff in the chambers.

They aren’t once per day, they just kind of ‘rotate’, but you can do them all.

The key as a loot reward from chest is once per day.

Citation? I received no key pieces for instance end rewards yesterday. The only chest reward I’ve seen so far that gave a key piece was the chest after beating the Toxic Hybrid in story mode.

It is possible that this is a 24-hour thing that I missed, but, if so, I must have been REEEEEEAL close to the timer flipping when I kill the Hybrid again because I got plenty of other “once a day” bonus chest rewards.

When you open the big box on top of the tower you receive a key piece once per day. once per day means server reset. so you can open it at 3.59 pm pdt and at 4.01pm pdt and get 2 keys. One before and one after reset as an example. Or you can get 1 key piece from a champion event per day (inside the tower), or one key piece from the last instance but it seems that if you’ve done all your achievements (mini, hybrid slayer) for the last instance then it’s more likely rng to get one after finishing the instance. The Npc outside in kessex hills sells you 1 complete key a day as well (account wide not per character) everything else is unfortunately instance level farming.

kelman.9451:

I must have missed something because nobody else ask this, but I have 3 of the level 1 key parts, but it won’t open the large chest on the top of the tower.
So apparently I need 3 of each key parts from each level to open that big chest? or does each level have its own large treasure chest to open somewhere?

you need to collect a key of each color (blue, green and pink). Each level has a different color of keys that drop. Level 1 is blue, 2nd level is green and 3rd is pink. You however can buy a key per day (account wide not per character) at the npc in Kessex hill. You also get 1 key per chest per day from the boss and/or solo instance. Combine them and open the box at the top. That’s the only chest in this tower.

Andrew.4506:

I tried farming mobs in the tower, and farming the instances. The key piece drops are insanely rare. Been doing this for a good 5 hours now and only been able to put together one key from drops. Is there somewhere specific I should be farming or what?

I don’t think the drop rate is low. It’s just another RNG maybe lol. I did 5 runs from first level to 2nd level, then from 2nd to 3rd level. Another 8 runs from 3rd start to 3rd end for people that couldn’t get there alone. I managed to get 5 full keys and still have spares. But at least people that are not this lucky can get them from the npc, that’s a good start I guess.

I think a lot of us (not all before someone get offended again) just wait for the newer mmo’s to be released or getting out of beta. Subscription fee or not, at this point people rather pay the subscription than jumping to free to play mmo’s or sticking around in older and bad updated games. GW2 is a good game, don’t get me wrong but it’s getting old without the effort of new content being released that’s yet challenging and keeps players excited in the long run. We will see where this goes in a couple of weeks/months.

digiowl.9620:

I pitty the ones coming late to this, when the key farmers are all golem jumping to third level…

then those people can group together and don’t have to complain that they are alone inside the tower Problem solved.

sadatoni.6524:

Why only one waypoint in the tower. Get to the third level, die and you have to start all over.

nope. If you made it to level 2 or 3 use the golem that stands at the beginning and he teleports you right back to the level you were at. No reason for way points.

Raziel.4216:

Make it harder and then we’ll have a QQfest talking about how they’re doing another teq-ish boss

we’ve been there already today in game. Mass rage quit from people claiming the solo instances as well as the champions are the new Teq. I died once running through the maze just because I was reading map chat and couldn’t see where I was running. I laughed so much. To bad we have now to wait another 2 weeks for the update. Maybe next one should be a bit more difficult and a bit more time consuming.

here we go again lol. If it’s soloable, people complain. If it’s group content, people complain. Tower of Nightmare is both and guess what? yes people complain :d

You have 3 different choices at the start. If you decide throughout the game that you would like a other option there are different possibilities.

a) buy from tp or npc (depending which skins you’re looking for)and transmute your current (you will need Transmutation Stones and Crystals, depending on the level of your character’s armor)
b) buy from Gem Store (if you’re looking for “unique” masks that are not available or purchasable from a NPC)
c) use an open slot to create a new alt, pick the mask you want and transmute it and put it in your bank (Transmuting an item makes it account bound when applied to a white item)

Here’s a Link since I don’t wanna type all this lol. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Transmutation

For Necro tips or a beginner guide take a look at the Necro section on this forum or ask specific questions and we are happy to help.

Sirendor.1394:

Vorch.2985:

You start at level 1.

+20exp from exp scroll= Level 21

1-400 on 8 crafts is +56 levels = level 77

4 dungeon runs to do the rest.

You can get to level 80 in a day.

You forgot that the crafts cost ~20g each… 160g… no ty.

They don’t. It’s 1.81 up to 40 gold. You have to spend around 109 to get all professions to 400 at the current rate. Getting it from 400 – 500 is where it hurts lol. Prices vary from 141 – 146+ gold. However for some people money is not an issue and they like to go that route.

knbBlackTemplar.3059:

Crafting isn’t really the way anymore. Cheapest prof is 10g for just 8-10 levels

uhm I don’t know where you get your facts from but just to be clear…

Normal Cooking without Hearts : 4.77
Normal Cooking with 5 Hearts : 2.21
Normal Cooking with all Hearts : 1.99

Fast Cooking without Hearts : 5.30
Fast Cooking with 5 Hearts : 2.2
Fast Cooking with all Hearts : 1.81

Even tho TP prices go up and down and it effects the guides, to no time ever I’ve seen cooking go up to 10 gold. Cooking gives you 7 levels not 8 or 10. Just throwing that out there.

Teege.4623:

Do you really want to farm Pumpkin Pie nodes and get a turkey backpack and mini?

Yes, I do. What about the Pecan Pie nodes and sweet potato costume?

Like all MMO’s it’s content is made for the majority of the community base. Anet yet has to figure out if they want to attract the hardcore players/farmers or the casual players/farmers. Both doesn’t work as we have seen and yet Anet managed to keep it at a minimum when it comes to the TP or gem store and makes it pretty effortless when it comes to in game content and gathering.

As a casual player most of you spend at least 2 hours in the game. If you want a mat and are unable to purchase it through tp due to the lack of gold then you have to gather it. The nodes are everywhere and it’s pretty simple to get a specific mat without spending a lot of time on that. I can see some of the OP’s concerns when it comes to specific game content, however I yet have to understand why a “casual” player would be unable to gather materials or making gold in the time they spend on the game.

As a casual player you have 4 options. 1) gather it yourself 2)donate money and get gems, convert them to ingame gold and play the tp. 3)place buy orders. There are plenty of people that throw their materials out at minimum cost. 3)set priorities when it comes to in game time. If you sit 2 hours in LA chatting you wont make gold.

Both options are not time consuming and can be done by both parties. I am always amazed that some players jump on the “I am a casual player” wagon and think everything is done by sitting around or thrown at them for free/cheap.

Anet never intended that a player could reach max level with crafting alone. However due to their problems with the crafting system and not putting a thought to that at the beginning, players could reach max level just doing that. With Anet releasing and nerfing content on a quick and short notice without having it tested correctly and not spending a minute to think about the other issues that might or might not cause, we ending up with a game that has unfortunately it’s economy outbursts. To get those things back on track Anet has to change a lot of stuff in the game, but crafting and getting you to 80 fastest and cheapest way isn’t one of them. Different discussion topic.

On the other note I level’d my 6 characters to 80 in 3 weeks. All of them not just one. It’s pretty simple to get to max level very fast without any efforts. Might want to try that.

Walzu.5910:

Did you get them back? I’ve made a same mistake and now im so kitten ed i dont even want to start playing the game if i dont get those items back =(

Submit a Support Ticket. In some cases Support reimburses the items, however you have gotten an in game Email that states clearly that the character shouldn’t be deleted. Therefore Support might or might not refuse to help you. Worth a shot. Good Luck.

KOPPER.1458:

“Wintersday activities irritatingly earlier and earlier every year.”

lol sounds like blackfriday sales.

and that Sir, is absolute American even tho other countries have once again copied it. Do not post your American Favorites or others might get angry again

Beldin.5498:

I think rich veins have a 24 hour timer after you mine them.
The 6 hour timer just belongs to Ori and Ancient wood.

agreed and now after 7 hours if you calculate the winter/summer time reset.

sometimes I wonder why we have a search function :/

I don’t care about thanksgiving but reading all this hate is just funny. You guys are aware that most of you are playing on an American server right? So just for the sake of it, yes I do want thanksgiving events on the NA servers. Now continue with your hate

Why only Guardians can solo content? I have a Warrior but barely play that class, even tho it’s level 80 and fully geared but extremely boring to run around with. I solo’d a lot of content with my Necro, Elementalist or my Mesmer. All of them are level 80 and fully geared (do not attempt that in blue’s or whites lol).

I think if you are not in a large guild or don’t know people, especially those with the same interest then unfortunately you need to solo a lot of content. It will take a while till Anet makes some changes. And the reason I mentioned solo play is that you paid money for GW2. If you didn’t or if you don’t care then I’ll be honest with you, find a other game till the adjustments are made. I don’t mean that in a rude way but I know how boring it can be.

support will tell you that you should not give players you don’t trust rights to your guild bank. Sucks to have such players in your guild but I don’t think Support will do any roll backs. They do however react when it comes to hacked accounts. Write a ticket and include the evidence and take it from there. But that defiantly will not have any effect to your guild bank.

The reason they don’t put a warning in the description is the option of infusing the item. Not all of them of course. Support in most cases will refund the item but they also point that out if the item you purchased can be upgraded. After that is done you’re able to wear both “unique” rings. I wish Anet would do a search on the word Unique….

I would be happy if they would make one way point not contestant. I hate teleporting out of orr every time I need to get coffee lol. Reward doesn’t bother me, I love being almost alone in Orr. Very relaxing and it’s like having special rights in certain maps

Let’s all gather in LA and watch players run to the mystic forge. It will be a blast

MrRuin.9740:

WheezerX.4367:

All in all, the game has become just like any other korean grinder out there,

I don’t believe that most people who make this claim on these forums have actually ever played a Korean grind MMO. Because it is nothing like the minimal grind in GW2.

16+ hours playtime every single day for 3 weeks and longer, to gain 1 item that might or might not drop but that you will need to reach or gain access to endgame content. Not purchasable on any TP or AH. That’s Korean Grind MMO and I really loved that game too

I started preparing for it but then I decided that bank and inventory spaces are much more important. We don’t know if we get it by the end of the year and knowing Anet they probably meant end of the next year. I rather buy the stuff or just start over when I took a look at the actual recipe. We never know what Anet has up their sleeves.

Maybe one day there will be a recipe that includes using the essence recipe. At the moment there’s none and it doesn’t get you to 420 either. It’s more for the lazy people that do not want to click 4000 blue essences at once

I looked up the ingredient you were talking about and a list of recipes they are used for. I never run in that problem and discovery always shows the ingredients, especially with basics like buttermilk.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Bowl_of_Roux

Only recipe to discover is Bowl of Onion Soup and all ingredients show in discovery. Anything else for that ingredient is automatic. Double check your recipe’s or your current crafting level for that profession. Not every ingredient has a long list of recipes you can discover, some are not included in any discoverable recipe and need to be purchased at special events, seasonal events or karma vendors before you can use the ingredients themselves.

WheezerX.4367:

World events that I want to participate in, that cannot be done due to absolutely no interest in doing them from the community.

That’s where I stopped reading. The whole part above made already no sense at all but then this sentence was just the best I’ve read today.

If you want to participate in events than do that. There are plenty of classes that can solo nearly all content that includes “group content” , if you know how to play the game. GW2 is not a so called “community” based game like other games. It doesn’t take a full community or group to get stuff done, if you have not noticed that yet lol. Just because you can not find a group doesn’t mean you are not able to do events or that the game is bad in general.

I do agree tho, GW2 is different than other mmo’s as I stated in many of my other posts and Anet has to make an decision when it comes to the future of the game, but that’s a other discussion.

I think or at least that’s how it sounds in the first part of your post is, that you compared GW2 with GW1 and have been disappointed after login. If you stop comparing GW2 with any other game out there, you might after a while find the so called edge and can get some entertainment out of the game. Might it be soloing content, socializing, instance runs or achievement hunts. That’s up to you. Good luck.

papillon.4186:

so, like a fool I accidently changed my weaponsmith crafting ( which was to 500) for tailoring! I want to get it back without losing my progress.
If I visit the weaponsmith can I reinstate without losing my crafting levels?

thanks

you’re able to switch your crafting professions as often as you like. But as stated above changing the profession will cost couple of silver. You don’t lose your progress at any time.

JQ or BG might still do those runs. I haven’t done any guesting in the last days but most of the times I join those servers when “older” content needs to be done.