Well, we only have world 1 complete. there are some challenges, not that hard, but hard enough for the 1st world.
The next worlds will be harder, that was already told by Josh. And even if they arent hard enough, there will be hard mode (if you are really prepared for “nintendo hardness” you certainly saw the rainny cloud above the infantile mode one).
I only hope that ping is considered during the tests of the new worlds and hard mode, since most players have a 150-250ms ping. Challenges are always welcome, but for jumping puzzles the ping is an important factor. So far it is working properly and it is the first time Im really having fun with GW2. This is so good that even helped me to enjoy other parts of the game, since I was really pised since launch (yeah, I expected a very different game, but lets deal with what we have and hope the new content brings GW2 to the same level of GW – which was WAY higher).
Overall, this is the BEST mini game ever in an MMO. Thanks for that, Josh. And thanks for being here and answering questions. This is what I expect from a staff member. You are doing great and imo you are one of the (very) few to do so. Im counting on you.
they are logging out, ive seen at least 5 bots “disappear” today. two of them were mining before they disapeared. all in low level areas.
go to rata sum, north point on the top floor (by the portal to LA). go there, enter the cube portal, interact with the machine to the right of the npc and then talk to npc when talk option is available. once inside, talt to the cloud to chose infantile mode and then enter the house with the opened door.
240/7 (30 new chests, 1 new skin – shield)
1 shortbow
3 shields
3 staves
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Ive seen lots of bots lately that auto log out when approached. I know you were not able to solve the problems with the old bots, so I dont really believe you will be able to do something about this, but just letting you know. Since they log out immediatly, they cannot be reported.
start producing gw3 with the easy money made from gw2 and make gw3 be what gw2 was suposed to be.
is that a week without an answer? gratz on that, anet.
210/6 (28 new chests, 2 new skin – staff + staff) – opening more now after the reset
1 shortbow
2 shields
3 staves
Josh has already stated odds are 1 in 50 way back on page 1. Why is this thread still going?
because we like this thread.
IBut in order to make each release somewhat special I’m pretty sure we are going to retire the current set after April.
Does that include chest drops or only the Moto skins? Will we still be able to get the “old” skins from chest drops?
Can confirm that it is bugged on Tarnished Coast, but worked properly when I guested on Darkhaven.
i can confirm it is working in darkhaven in 11/04/13
same in stormbluff island. considering we have bugs persisting since launch, i wouldnt expect for a solution in less than a year.
182/4 (30 new chests, 1 new skin)
If someone wants more dataills: 1 shortbow, 2 shields, 1 staff (droped in this order).
so is it true? is this but 7 months old? gratz anet! wasnt the personal story annoying enough, it is also bugged. since launch.
well, im enjoying it for now, but im getting bored of having only the same maps. would be nice to have world 2.
about 4th of july, i dont think a national holyday is worth new content. or they would have to release content to all national holydays, and that would be something like new content every 3 days. tyria is not usa.
Is it? Only curious. SAB was the 1st thing since the launch of GW2 that made me think: this is fun. Well, there was Mad King Tower, too, but that was only fun after I completed.
152/3 (28 new chests, 1 new skin)
I wont be farming the chests as I was before because of 1) its boring to do the same thing 15 times/day; 2) drop rate is not worth the money; 3) I have enough baubles to buy all the stuff I want;
Ill keep farming, but not everyday and probably not 30 chests/day since I will not travel my chars that eventually are not in Rata Sum since the travel costs are abusive for lvl 80s (thats why I farmed 28 instead of 30 today).
124/2 (30 new chests, 1 new skin)
60 chests and I’ve gotten 5 sword skins, a staff skin and a greatsword skin from the chests. Guess I’ve been getting lucky ;d
you are very lucky or a bad liar.
maybe we might had a change of drop rate with last update… or only the unlucky people has been posting lately.
It sure looks so. Only skin i got was in begining, now no matter the number of runs nothing drops.
yeah it is the same they did with everlasting tonics on christmas… oh wait, this is only a conspiracy theory, it is all my imagination.
nvm customer support is so slow and bad that i just did all the achievements instead of waiting forever for an official answer. not a lot of content anyways.
New total:
94/1 (30 new chests, no new luck)
maybe we might had a change of drop rate with last update… or only the unlucky people has been posting lately.
For now I only wanted to know how many time I have to do it so I can have some planning. There is also teh SAB achievements to get, so I would apreciate if we could have an official answer.
Are those permanent or will they be temporary?
Wonder if I must hurry to get all the achievements or if I can get them later. If the content is not permanent, how long will the achievements be available?
1 in 50 means they intend for it to cost an average of about $56/skin.
You can not tell me that they wouldn’t make a lot more money just selling the skins for $10 to $15 each. There are likely 50 people who would pay $10 for every person who buys chests until they get a skin.
It really seems like it’s a non-ethical system just for the sake of thumbing one’s nose at ethics. Or, so one can have bragging rights when talking with other cash shop managers from other games. This really needs to just end.
I’d sell them for $10-$15 each, plus have them in chests at a 1 in 20 as an added value for BLC key purchasers. The same people who buy chests will continue to buy chests for the normal goodies and for the chance of getting a skin for less than the selling price if they get lucky. The ethical balance of the game is restored and people who want to spend ~$15 a month to support the game have something cool they can purchase.
It’s so simple it’s painful trying to figure out what some people at ANet are thinking.
I believe you have no idea on what you are talking about. These are ingame chests that you get from killing sab bosses, not black lion chests. And if you want to buy the skins for real money, just buy gold and get them from AH. Last time ive checked, average for 100 gems was 1g67s, which means you can purchase all skins for ~50 bucks.
Back to the subject, today I got 30/0. Not lucky. Lets see tomorrow. Ill probably be opening 30/day (zone 1 & 2 across all my characters). Maybe wont have time (or patience) to open 30 everyday (takes more than 2h), but will keep posting here.
Total for now:
64/1
Edit: 14 of them were already mentiond on topic, so if someone will add this to total, get 50/0 because the 14/1 were already mentioned before
2 bubbles / day / char
no bubbles for infantile mode
max baubles = 250 (you can upgrade this to 500)
infantile mode is only usefull for the achievement (and it is easier to get the heart)
okies thx for answering
So they have the very same appearance?
It’s 1 in 50.
Well, im lucky then. At least for now.
But decided to post to say im amazed that we had an official word. There is still hope.
I still have a question, though. 1/50 on the 1st time/char/day or 1/50 even if i open more than 1 time/day?
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14 chests, 1 skin
Hey. Are there any difference between the skins you get from chests (yellow) and the ones you buy from moto (green)? Or only the fact yellows are tradable and greens not?
Best MMO? No..not by a long shot….
Best Game? again no..not by a long shot..
GW2 is an average MMO, other games do things better..PvP for example is done better in both DAOC and Warhammer Online.
If you narrow it down, WvW is better then SWTOR’s World PvP, but GW2 SPvP is worse then SWTOR’s SPvP
PVE wise, This game has some pretty awful PvE…plenty of games do it better…Story/Content wise this game doesn’t hold a candle to SWTOR, and it comes no where NEAR The Secret World which is one of the best RPG’s released in the past 10 years.
GW2 should be thankful its Buy 2 Play to be honest..if it was subscriber based it would of already crashed and burned pretty badly.
Yes, comparing GW2 to the MMO’s that are dead. Makes sense I guess.
Warhammer Online is pretty dead.
TSW and SWTOR though? SWTOR has a subscriber base somewhere between 500k and 1 Million players, + 2 Million F2P accounts.. and is neck and neck on time played with GW2.
Is that why TSW and SWTOR has laid off people and ANET is hiring? And why SWTOR went f2p because it was tanking so bad?
TSW is a WAY BETTER game than GW2. Waaay better. But GW2 sold more copies. TSW put their chips in a bad business model at the beggining. GW2 made way better publicity (Funcom sux on this).
But there is something that explains GW2 being more successful than TSW. Basically TSW s a hard game. As GW1 was. You need to think, you need to find a good build, you need to improve this build. You need to make your skills work together. GW2 is designed to be an easy game. Even a monkey can play it, since you dont need to make a build: anything goes. That happens because you cant really make a build, you can chose from a pool of half a dozen skills and place them in the slots they are allowed.
You have 10 skills. 5 of them you cant change. 1 MUST be a heal skill. Other MUST be an elite skill. Actually you only really chose 3 skills. And you dont have many skills to chose from. The game is also made as a cooperative game. No open world pvp, you have your own nods, no ks… it is a game designed for children.
Is it a bad game? No. Is it a good game? Kind of, but nothing special. Nothing compared to TSW or even GW1, which are challenging games. It is a new version of Lotro, with better graphics, better technology, a terrible (and I really mean terrible, even amateur) story, a worse build system (MUCH worse).
Overall, GW2 is a generic MMO. Is it fun? Well, if you dont mind grind it is. I dont mind grindind. When Im tried and too lazy to think, I play GW2, Diablo 3 or Minecraft. They are games where you dont need to think, you just go there and press the buttons.
it’s the best mmo on the market right now, trust me.
best video game EVAR!? not sure yet. give them a few years, expansions, refining of content. we’ll see.
Nah, TSW is better. And Im putting my chips in The Repopulation to take its place. ESO? Well, lets see wat they deliver, but I have the feeling ESO will be another generic MMO just like GW2.
the fact that u lvl up with crafting, beautiful. WvW its amazing. the mists pvp….needs more variety, seriously, but i love it too. the storyline, epic. everything is just really really good. i dont even understand how people can complain, dont get me wrong i read the threads and comments, but their all senseless to me =/. the game is nr1 without a doubt, this isnt even a biased comments cause i PLAYED a LOT of mmorpgs, and GW2’s nr1 status is no lie.
Epic storyline? Dude, I am the kind of people who read the books ingame in Elder Scrolls (or any other game that has them). Im the kind of player who talks to NPCs to know their stories. And in my opinion, this game has the most idiot and boring main story ever made and the worst voice acting since Sega’s Altered Beast. The NPCs ask for your help while a city is being attacked by a crap load of monsters with the same emotion my antropology professor explained how important goats are for some tribes in middle-anywhere.
Epic? Well, if you think finding a lost heirloom is epic… then maybe. You start the story as an unknown idiot and you finish as the helper of some famous idiot. Even collecting boar crap in WoW had a more epic feeling.
If I had to make a ranking of the best MMOs Ive played (considering when they were released), GW2 wouldnt be amongst the top 5. It would certainly be amongst top 10, but I dont remember much more than 10 MMOs.
Few minutes ago I read User agreement. In a part of payment I saw interesting thing.
(b) Periodic Payments Related to Accounts, Service and Content – NCSOFT may, in its sole and absolute discretion, require You to pay to establish or maintain any Account, to use any Service or to use any Content. You acknowledge that if You are required to do so, but do not, then NCSOFT may terminate Your Account under Section 3(b). You additionally acknowledge that NCSOFT may require such payments on any basis it deems appropriate in its sole and absolute discretion, including but not limited to any per-use or periodic basis (such as a number of hours, days or months). And You acknowledge that NCSOFT may, at its sole and absolute discretion, establish the timing and form in which such payment must be made, including but not limited to credit cards or online payment services.
Does it means that the game can change payment model to P2P or it is related only on big content updates that we must buy to install?
Yeah, noticed that as well and got really concerned about that. I bought a game without regular fees, but I cant play if I dont say I agree with the fact they can charge me anytime they want. Considering the way NC$oft and Anet have been treating their customers and ignoring their previous statements, that really concerned me. But anyways, either you accept all they want or you cant play the game you paid for. Thats the game industry standards. You give them money and they do you the favor of letting you play. I hope they keep it as “standard verbiage” as they are calling it now, but nothing stops them to change this since you are obligated to accept anything they throw if you want to play the game you already paid for.
Probably there are some more “small letters” to be found after the changes, but why would they make clear what were the changes if they can make 99% of people give up reading and just “accept” so they can play. Im really kitten .
Colin interviewed with the fine folk at MMORPG.com and gave some details about Guild Missions coming this month.
Meh… I dont expect anything different than grind/boredom. Stuff like “kill 200 enemies”, “kill 50 centaurs with combos”, “complete 10 events with at least 2 guildmates” and kitten like that. Of course, they will not say “kill 50 centaurs”, but “kill centaurs with some other kids” and put a completion bar.
Our teams investigated the bug that occurred after Wednesday’s maintenance and is causing some Achievements to display incorrect numbers. We will be deploying a fix for this bug in the build for Flame and Frost: The Gathering Storm, coming at the end of this month. Thanks a lot for your patience!
Wait… are you providing us with information about something? Are you saying you will fix? And you are admiting Anet made a mistake?
There is still hope…
Hit level 80 on my necro and I feel lost. What should I be doing now?
same as before: grind. but now you should grind armor and ascended stuff. or go play anoher game which will probably be more fun.
oh god when they will fix this
id put this as “will they fix this?”. they dont fix many things, they usually break stuff. since launch. well, since before launch.
We are aware that several of the slayer-style achievements have been affected by a recent fix that was implemented to combat an crashing issue.
We are also aware that this may have affected other achievements and if you notice any other achievements that may also be affected feel free to post below, so we can look into them
And do you plan to fix or you will only “be aware” and we have to do them again?
So, Anet, has the credit card info leaked or is this only a problem concerning the safety of passwords before september? I have purchased both the game and gems before september, want to know if my credit card is safe and if my credit card info is stored in the same database that the passwords are.
If I remember it correctly, you get it from the Hall of Monuments guy.
If you’re worried why not just delete your card info from the game?
But I think if someone had stolen credit card info they would have said something.
If the purchase logs are accessed my past purchases will/can be there.
Hello. Considering the possible problems with Anet database that are making you force a password change (even though you claim that there was no problem, that it is anyone else’s fault), I demand information about how safe are our credit card info stored in your database.
Are the CC info stored in the same database as the passwords? Are those info safe or should I cancel my credit card for safety? is it possible that info about credit cards leaked or the problem only affects passwords?
It has to do with password blacklisting.
You can read all about it here:
https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/mike-obrien-on-account-security/
This is what Anet says. But I dont really trust them.
that makes me strongly suspect anet might have had their databased accessed. this is both annoying and worrisome.
Then you haven’t been paying attention.
ANet began tracking the passwords being attempted during unauthorized account access attempts some months back after Blizzard’s database was compromised. From this, they’ve built a database of passwords they know are compromised and/or being tried by those who want to access someone else’s account.
This password change is forcing people to choose passwords that do NOT show up in the database of potentially compromised passwords that they’ve amassed.
Incidentally, in regards to other comments, this also means that if the individual seeking to compromise accounts is using software that varies the password by a character or a few characters, (password1, password2, etc.), the database will reject an attempt by a rightful owner to change their password in such an easily compromised manner.
Will this completely stop accounts from being compromised? Unlikely – people continue to be amazingly stupid about their choices when it comes to account security, and there will inevitably be someone who changes their password here… and promptly goes to every forum & game & social networking site they use and change all those passwords to the new one they selected for here. But that’s on them. They’ve chosen to essentially stick a big flashing neon sign out there that says “HERE’S MY PASSWORD!!!”
Nah, actually what i see is people blaming blizzard for anet failure. I change my password every once in a while, when i feel it is time to do so. now anet is forcing me to change my password. while anet fanbois will blame blizzard (like blizzard fanbois will blame anyone else), that “forced change” makes me think thet probably had some kind of security issue. my main concern is: did anet database leaked? and, if so, is my credit card info safe or it might have leaked too?
Serious things should be taken seriously. I want to know if Anet is failing to protect only my password or if it is failing to protect my credit card info as well.
WHY ARE WE ALWAYS BEING FORCED TO DO EVENTS? Your kittening events are the bane of my existence! They’re all the god kitten same- kill this, escort this, collect this, capture this point.
dude, everything on this game is the same. dont blame the events.
that makes me strongly suspect anet might have had their databased accessed. this is both annoying and worrisome.
Didnt Blizzard get hacked a few months ago? this could lead to people’s GW2 account info getting out.
why? anet has their database on blizzard’s servers?
because you can buy them for real money and thats the only thing important to anet/nc$oft. thats why they changed what was planned before the release.