Guild Wars 2

So I found a new life in GW2 in finally trying out PvP. Sure I have done WvW in the past but nothing serious. However I made some crucial mistakes when starting PvP and that mistake was jumping right in because I “knew” how to play my toons right? I could not be so wrong.

After making rank 20 in unranked arena and starting ranked there was much kitten going on because truthfully I could not stop getting owned in matches. Only THEN did I decide to read up more on PvP and realize where I had gone wrong:

1. Your gear means nothing lol. Everything is normalized except the look of your gear. Well… wish I would of known that up front.

2. Where can I get one of these amulets that these build sites keep showing. OH… there it is in PvP build section. Kind of wish I had known that.

3. Sigils and Runes galore. Had no clue I could use any sigil or rune I wanted. Wish I had know that too.

4. Built a thief to 80 to try in PvP. Farmed so many tomes during my level to 20 in PvP on my Necro only to find out… OH.. you can enter at level 1 and build a toon free of charge because it is an equal playing ground. Wasted my tomes because I suck bad at thief even after watching many videos.

5. Match making queue is interesting. If everyone accepts the queue it seems matches are close but sometimes because people drop the queue and the system does not perform another matchmaking session you end up in a match that had my team at 5 points until almost the end when I got a capture. End result was 5 min 30 sec battle that had my team at 16 points ad the winner at 500. NO LIE. Sure a GM can confirm this for you. Because the matchmaking is not performing re-matchmaking you end up lopsided with maybe 2 guards, warrior, necro and thief that will just own our variant team. I included a snippit image, maybe it gets attached.

6. Play a toon you are accustomed to. Ranger and Necro is where my experience is and I seem to sustain better and can handle myself on my own but you need the team to respond an make sure to watch map and respond to your fellow team members.

7. I started PvP for one reason and that is the easy ascended gear for season run though I started late. I found that I really do like PvP and find it much better in equality than most games where it is gear dependent.

My advice for anyone new to PvP is to learn from my mistakes to keep the kitten down in convo and maybe you will succeed where I failed.

My advice to Arena Net is maybe some type of personal story that kind of makes you do a walk through in learning what is where. POP UPS mean nothing to most of us because we think we already know what we are doing :P
Good Day!

It is usually not up for sale long either when they do put it up. I want to say 24 hours.

Thanks. I am learning fast!

So check it out. I am strictly a PvE type of player. Tried PvP in many games but just not my cup of tea. Why? I DIED ALL THE TIME.

So I have been playing GW2 since it game out and other than stepping in WvW here and there for dailies I hated it.

Well… Kind of was getting bore killing Teq, Wurms and such and a few months ago went from Power to Condi on Necro. I decided to give WvW another chance. BORING… until I got into a PvP guild that shed some light on the mechanics of WvW, tips of the trade, the forums and the importance of teaming up. I am up to 76 Rank in WvW now and PvP grouping 2-0 (gonna stop there :P).

I guess the point is I have learned to play my toon much better other than yawn SMASH buttons. What works, what doesn’t as far as weapons. When to Staff or duel wield dagger and X and the occasional axe for that scalp of yours.

Personally I have found an added fun to the game and watching these thief hacks (hehe) now raising a roaming thief for that day I cannot find a group to run with.

In groups I find it important not to create a tail the other team can pick off and learning when to front line or stand back and nuke.

1 v 1 is hit or miss for me but once I get some plugins for my gear I’ll be looking for you :P

Just wanted to share my new found happiness

HUMANS! The only way to live.

Okay. I completed the map and the story. Map is pretty good with lots going on. I did get rolled back once and see others as recently as an hour ago complaining of getting rolled back. The story is quite good and challenging unless you are a Necro bleeder like my self (hehe).

Overall I had a good time with this episode. The only complaint I have is the whole elixir thing. I know it has a large amount of time for the buff but to be honest I don’t see myself farming for an elixir to go to a small area of map. Keeping it in the story so you have to do it is fine but ug…. farming for a buff.

Good job on this as I liked the cut scene at the end and again overall the area is nicely done.

The heart rewards are getting better but then again I am not much for spending karma until I get me an ascended back piece :P

DOS attack maybe?

So I travel some and many times when I play in my off time I tether to my android which hasn’t been an issue because my provider always gave me the same IP. Recently I switched carriers and every time I log in through tether I have to enter SMS which is fine but my question is this:

Will the different IPs I am issued become a challenge where my account could become locked?

I am trying to figure out what “grindy” means in GW2 because being “casual” I don’t feel I have to play for days, months or years to reach certain highlights of content like some Korean based MMOs…. now those are grindy.

There are websites out there a-plenty that will guide you, tell you when timers start that open gates, LFG tool to get you there and a decent guild can help you along the way too!

I am a casual player and still think HoT is not that big of a challenge. Maps are rarely failing now that everyone knows what to do and I have not seen a full DS or AB map fail in quite some time. Sure if I cannot get to a main map I don’t stick around for the failure and the “You are all idiots” in the map chat.

I will say that some toons are kinda soft to be roaming HoT. My ranger can down some hefty mobs but recently I had a guardian that just dirt napped all the time in HoT map areas. Then again I only leveled it to get the asc bow for my ranger so I didn’t put much gold in her as she was terminated minutes after acquiring that bow

The new player is probably the only one who may have some issues transferring to HoT because he or she is under geared. OH WAIT..If you buy HoT you get a free boost to 80 with full gear and wep set. Not ideally for the cookie cutter build but plenty enough to keep you alive and hitting HPs to get that elite skill.

Also feel free to hit other HoT maps to get HPs that are easier and wait for maps to fill with HP trains for the harder ones.

It is my humble opinion that there are many paths to getting the job done in HoT and I just cannot say it is hard in the least. Time consuming? Maybe some like DS that can go on for over an hour and a half but hey it’s the reward and loot I am after and sometimes in MMOs you have to earn that stuff!

It’s been talked about for a long time. Still nothing….

Just my two cents on this.

If it is a trolling commander and you reported we’ll see what the outcome is. However I never listen to commander most of the time (unless I need to and you know when the need is there) because like many there we know the event. Still not having a good commander however can hinder the progression especially if misdirecting whether on purpose or not those not used to the meta or new.

My advice as I have seen it once before is everyone leave squad and pop a new commander and follow that persons lead. That helped us once but not in DS.

NOW the pass / fail part of it. The timer stops once you reach end Dragon. This is the last HoT map and what it is all leading up to. To have one lane fail but still get to the Dragon is not true end game progression. Other HoT maps have progressions and you can still beat most map metas to a degree depending on tier or perhaps like AB where you down one of four, two of four, three of four or all four sides and depending on how many determines how far you travel underground for loots. There are other examples but hopefully you get the point.

Good luck in your next try!

Personally I think DS is fine the way it is because it is end game type of map. All or nothing.

Well thanks for the answers. I may just take the 100g hit and sell when I get enough gold to post it lol. I spent it all on mats I didn’t have to get my asc gear >:

So today I received Dusk from a noxious pod in DS. It took me a long time to get full asc gear and I have no desire, after checking recipes, to craft a legendary. I am broke enough that I cannot even afford to post the item on TP. However a few people I know may be interested in purchasing my Dusk.

So my question is if they choose to purchase they would obviously have to send me the gold? Is trading like this allowed for such higher priced items?

Sigh…you AFK guys just don’t get it. Like mentioned you are playing within a grey area. I have stated in previous posts that I won’t report someone AFK farming because of nothing outright said if right or wrong but again it is the risk you take.

I want you to note something is that someone I DID report (not in this post) did come to forums to complain about suspension. I mention no name (I tag all I report as friends more to see if ANET suspends them if there is no log on for a period of time) however this person was using two skills on every CD. He/SHe came to forums to complain yet for 30 minutes myself and others watched as this went on with NO movement and such.

So I say if you got suspended or banned you have no one but to blame but yourself and you were more than likely reported for your actiity not just random ANET saw you.

They go back to logs and say “OH Look he/she hit <insert skill here> at every CD for 5 hours, never moved, never chatted……” OR you got reported and an employee sees you are online and makes a visit to your area and says “YUP…ban hammer time”. What you don’t realize is say you did it for a week before they catch you…ANY gain..gold, items etc…could be forfeited.

SO….adhere to the warning of many in this thread or face the same. Just so tired that the player never does anything wrong and it’s never the players fault. STOP AFK farming……

Eh…. The game gives you many options just like other MMOs. Someone figures out the best build and everyone uses them. Those that lose to these “cheesy” builds then come here to vent. What people also have to understand is that not everyone has ascended everything and can get owned quickly and effectively.

Also PvP is for the quick not the dead. Keybinding is important especially with a multi button gaming mouse that makes it look like the other player is effortlessly playing. There are many more factors that come into play than just the “cheesy” build.

penelopehannibal.8947:

I report them all to be honest. It’s not up to me to determine which one is cheating and which one isn’t. I report what I suspect as cheating and walk on and go back to what I’m doing (usually in this case where I see AFK farmers, it’s when I’m At-Keyboard farming myself).

It’s not up to me to be judge of who or who isn’t botting/AFK Farming, that’s up to the GMs. I have a few of them on block and gave them nicknames of where they were AFK farming. Some are still at the places and online, others are not, which suggests to me that they are taking action on some (maybe they’re more serious cases, I dunno) but not others.

I understand that. I just can’t report someone standing there doing nothing as far as I can tell when they are doing what the game allows. Then again you may be right to report them all because I don’t watch them for too long and it is possible they are performing an action auto generated when I leave.

Seems to me that almost every class has a way to leap…blink or in some way rush the opponent. Just my opinion

penelopehannibal.8947:

Ayrilana.1396:

And now there’s another suspension to another player.

I suggest that everyone stops AFK farming now.

Yep. If everyone is looking for a clear statement on it, the suspensions are it.

Yeah again the system allows for someone to stand there and “AFK farm”.

The suspension my guess would be is a different mechanic in use.

I only reply again today because I got a guildie and a couple on map to come watch two Rangers “AFK farm”. The issue is one of them was spamming at every CD his heal… you could time it. I even talked in “say” about it with others in front of them and no response, movement and the one kept spamming his heal.

So I reported both as bots in case this is a person with two separate accounts because of what I witnessed. Now I have seen others stand there and do nothing but let pets or minions attack and not worth reporting because there was no indication of an outside mechanic being used ie program…macro…

Again…ANET has a long road ahead if the intend to fix the “AFK Farming” but I suppose as long as it is within game terms not much in that aspect I believe they will NOT do in the immediate future.

Here is how I understand it. Pets whether Rangers or Minions can kill stuff while you may be chatting….bio break…some coffee or what have you, this is as designed. Logging in…walking away and letting pet(s) kill until server log out I think is where the fine line is drawn but NOW you see them just spamming 1 on their toon with nothing around … well that is obvious an outside program or macro and against TOS. There are so many threads and now even in map chats that I wonder how they fix.

On another note I did an experiment over some time and I actually gather more look killing in 30 minutes than I did just standing there. The point is yes that was a short time and boring as all get out but if someone is logged in for many hours standing in same place then this is an issue where the system thinks you are logged on so no auto kick due to inactivity.

I have found easier ways to make gold and get mats than fool with this AFK farming.

Zelanard.5806:

gin.7158:

so how is this positive?

The dude just told about how fun he had crafting… how is this not positive? xD

I hope you keep having fun usnedward.9023

Thanks for sticking up for me! Some people see everything as negative. Yes I am broke…but I have found a new passion in the game. With account bonuses and such recovery will be easy

Well not really. I have been playing since shortly after release. After all this time I decided to make my Necro my main. I love the play style but I had nothing ascended for a long time.

After what….like three years I find fractals and get ascended accessories. Yummmy. Then teq drops me 2 ascended weapon chests and TT drops me one. I am hooked so I make a couple others.

I wait and wait and wiat for RNGesus to drop me ascended armor chests…and I wait…and I wait some more. POO! Nothing >:

I have never really been a crafter in any MMO but decide to farm and make ascended chest a few nights ago, make a little gold and then some pants tonight. Problem is it broke me and I want shoulders.

I just emptied many of my bank slots of high price items because I am broke… like 5 gold. Good news is after sales come through I can make shoulders. Though I will have to buy everything cuz now I am super-hooked

So I was thinking I will need boots, hands and mask. This is gonna take so serious farming but I am hoping maybe a kind ANET folk will “drop” them to me (hint hint)

Well I know that won’t happen but it brought some satisfaction to be getting a little better geared and having fun as of late. So much disappointment spread through these forums I just wanted to post a little positive.

HAVE FUN!

So let me fill you in on something I have tested for about the past 30 minutes.

I am a Necro (main) non- minion mostly. I decided to set up as all minion and spec’d the minions for higher health and damage. For 30 minutes or so I sat there in a secluded lower level spot as not to interfere with anyone and can tell you an hour or more of this would have issues as the minions are eventually dying off.

So, if people are afk’ing this they either are monitoring it to refresh minions which would not be botting since they are interacting (that would be boring as H E double hockey sticks. OR they are in some form or another doing something to regenerate the minions (botting).

Either way again it is boring to sit there and watch and eventually all minions die then you die. I am sure there are other ways probably to keep minions up but since the minions fight with you, negating their damage could cause unwanted side effects like no loot or no exp if a minion happens to kill a mob if the player did not tag. Also I am sure from the many posts that ANET is at least looking into it.

It’s burst imo. After burst is up.. I get kinda squishy. I don’t PvP except with guildies in the guild hall and try different things but fall 60% of the time. Staff #5…a little OP but other than that staff is useless to me.

I drop fast in fractals so I switched to soldier gear and gave up some damage to gain some survivability.

I am sure a nerf will happen but from the PvP world I am hearing not that OP if you can survive the Rev burst.

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

(I don’t believe you can forge the gear.)

Though I kept the gear and cant speak for that I have Ascended weps I use and was able to toilet them the freebies. Because of rune and sigil TP prices and free mats is probably why they cannot be disassembled.

Though the gear they give you may not be stats you are looking for but at least they do give you a full exotic set gemmed/runed/sigiled out. My ranger actually had some nice sigilization to it. Don’t think about boing boing to 80 and disassembling the gear. You can’t but there is always the mystic toilet

Xbon.9086:

Vagrant.7206:

and should it not be balanced for higher tiers? you need a reason to do higher, lower levels should just be tutorials.

I think the point is even newbies are going to have a tough time with the “tutorials” because the experienced are running high fractals. I can’t even get guildies to run tiers 2 and 3 anymore because why run the same ones at each tier if you already are rewarded. Why run them if you get the rewards for free.

Anyhoo it is what it is and we’ll see if it levels out.

Lower Tier Fractals?

Follow me on this…(sorry but went over characters on Topic Title)

Before the update each level of Fractals, now called tiers, the LFG was full of peeps wanting to party up and run each set of dailies. Now if you complete the higher tiers you automagically get the lower tiers and the rewards. For the past many days it is hard finding any lower tier groups. I have to admit I am not a higher fractal player and am fine with nothing more than tier 3 at most.

Does anyone see this as well? It just seems like I can jump in for a daily fractal of one and then done. At least at my tier level it is very difficult even impossible sometimes to find a group willing to do all three runs plus the daily.

Thanks in advance for the feedback.

The update is unclear but does mention chest / loot changes for Fractals. Are the Chests Adept and so forth that gave tomes gone? Is this intended? Am I missing something.

After two days of completing first two tiers I do not get the daily chests I used to and just want clarification.

THANKS!

Did all fractals for tier 1 and 2 dailies but no chest with the tomes in it. I don’t see any changes in notes. Did this change or did I just not get mah chests?

usnedward.9023:

DITTO! They broke the fix :P

Working now for me!

DITTO! They broke the fix :P

ANET probably could confirm this.. I have raised and deleted about 8 to 10 (maybe more oO) – 80’s. Seriously. 2 rangers, 2 mesmers, a warrior, guardian (maybe 2 have a 3rd now), 2 thiefs, 1 maybe two engineers (can’t remember) until i decided on my Necro as main. And even after that…..i must like leveling?

One name I came up with and locked…. Babbling Brooke

I appreciate many of you who can see some of the stuff in game the way I do. I am fine that you need to farm for Ascended gear if people want it as I don’t think it is something that should be just “handed” out. My main concern for HoT is the blocking of content unless you spend oodles of time in game. It is just something I have to live with I suppose and explore what I can, kill what I can and just chill with people when I can. Hopefully ANET will see some of what they broke but then again maybe not.

Happy Gaming folks!

After letting this post sit for some time let me try to explain my position a little more clearly.

1. I can go anywhere outside of HoT and get all the Hero Points
a. In HoT this is not possible unless meta events are done as some are blocked.

2. Mastery point system is new but to us casual players or better yet those of us who cannot devote the time to get the desired amount of points is difficult if not impossible for some of these points.
a. Unless I start doing achievements I will never reach those rewards. I am fine with that to a point but now we get into the area where the rewards are beneficial instead of bragging rights of titles and chests.

3. HoT depends on large groups of people. Miss the timer? Here’s an empty map…good luck.

4. I am not someone who dislikes HoT altogether. I am just disappointed that the casual player gets boned so to speak in the area of the mastery system. I really think this is where the greatest concern for most of those disappointed.

5. Would I buy it again. Yes. Like I originally stated I like many of the changes but there are some that a community of people are having issues with. Mastery seems to be the main one.

6. There are things I just do not do in game because I don’t have the time, cannot use the likes of teamspeak and such due to personal constraints and learn to live with it. I am never bored when I play but I can’t say I have played another MMO where it is MANDATORY to get achievements to advance content. Achievements seem to always be bragging rights, titles, mounts or some reward players can live without. HoT mastery system seems to put a halt to advancing the game play.

Again, just my input.

I have been through these forums for the last few months and see the likes and dislikes of the new HoT release.

For my play style and those who play as I do, solo adventurer who does guild stuffs when he can, HoT has some hindrance for us casual players.

Like most MMO’s, if you want the great loot, the shiny things and the good things in life in game then you need to be the crafter, the dungeoneer, the PvP elite or now…the raider.

I am good with that as it is something I am accustomed to and know will not achieve greatness due to time constraints. I work a tough schedule and use GW2 to chill, relax and not think about work; except for holidays and vacations, this is the only time I can try for the shiny things. Other than that back to soloing and hanging with the peeps when I can.

GW2 has let me do what I want and plays to my play-style since it first released where other MMOs have failed for me (not that they fail, just not my play-style). There is not too big of an advantage of not having more than Exotic in slots. Though I have taken advantage of the laurels for ascended ACC slots and a nice ascended dagger from Teq.

In comes HoT. Love the new zones but map progression is blocked by timed massive events or access to areas only on successful event completion which are not always polite to me. Tyria mastery points nearly impossible for me though I get one here and there. Sitting on two Tyria maxed XP lines with no mastery points to give. Ok I have like 3 but need like 8.

This is the only issue for me in advancing my character with the masteries. The dungeons…the raid…the little offshoot games….the PvP…none of that has ever mattered to me though I find them fun when I get the time to do them.

Overall I think HoT is a good expansion except for content that is blocked by gates and depends on events that not all can attend. Mastery points take time and cooperation that can be difficult for the casual player. Mastery exp is maybe focused on Gems for boosts? Interesting thought but I really hope HoT doesn’t turn GW2 into a rich man’s game as others have.

There was the “Beta”….again for the curious but more for players that are elite and can dedicate the time to explore upcoming content. I spent maybe a total of 60 minutes in Beta but got yelled at less in boot camp than Beta….lol…true story!

I enjoy the game and the people I have met I just wish we were not “forced” into something to do that is advantageous for those who can and do over those who paid the same price but lack the time and or want……………to do them.

Anywhoo….I don’t plan on rage quitting as there is much more to the game that these little QQ’s I have. Just sharing some thoughts.

Yo momma so fat it takes 3 Mesmer ports to transport her…..

I take that back….i had to commune with the one you mentioned again…GTG…thanks

The problem is it is holding my map completion up. So the question is Xhyros I ave all HP on map. If they switched it how do we know where to find it?

Yeah…i noticed it in game and tested after I thought I had already received. Reported via in game ticket. Maybe they take everything back which is fine with me but the fear is some have created characters, I assume, to exploit and the ban hammer cometh? Anywho, I am sure they will have an update soon to correct and whether they take mine and all of you here stuffs back is up to them. The honest people have nothing to fear but it is those who continue to exploit it that may receive some punishment.

I can give you one understanding from my point of view:

Guild wars is fun, has so many different things to offer and really do not get bored.

With that being said, GW2 releases much more content than any monthly fee MMO I have EVER played.

THAT content is not free as programmers and such need to be paid, so the GEM store subsidizes the game so people like me who are unemployed and going to school can play a relaxing game with new content with only the initial cost of buying the game a after release.

Just my opinion.

Just wanted to let peeps here know that I had an issue with resetting my password and since I did not have a support account setup I had to use the web form. I think it took less than or maybe an hour to get them to correct it. I was scared at first because i saw a lot of complaints on service. I however am happy as a lark and it went very smooth.