Guild Wars 2

The only time I’d ever agree to this being offline is at the end of this game’s future in XX years when they won’t pay for the server anymore. Theeennnnnn I’d agree. Any other reason… not really, no.

Promas.8627:

Is there any other weapon that can drop from only 1 specific chest?

Dont all chests that have the same name have the same loottables? (this would mean the glorious chest from Zho’qafa Catacombs is not unique)

This is true. Notice how the devs say it could be dropped from “A” rare boss. Not “the” rare boss. Using “a” could refer to any boss, and the chance is just so low it’s unbelievable (or bugged)

Retsuko.2035:

Instead of new legendary skins (which would be nice though), i’d rather see some improvements on some of the current legendary skins and effects. It seems that they’ve put too much energy into some, and a lot less in others.

Some legendaries do not have the image of one. Focus for example is purely a skin without effects or sounds.

A lot of the legendaries have footsteps in the shape of ice, fire or sky etc. I’d like to see footsteps for all legendaries, since that is a very basic trademark of a legendary. You pay a lot and play a lot to get one, it’s a shame that you’d get rewarded with just a skin to be honest. Certain effects that give the legendary status should be universal for all legendaries.

Same goes for offhand legendaries. When you’re wielding the torch legendary (offhand only) it gives you fire or lava footsteps. But wielding the shield legendary gives you nothing. Little runes (new krytan alphabet?) lighting up on the ground with every step would make many more people want the shield for example.

So ya, instead of more skins, i’d love to see legendaries improved and given some equal love from designers, especially if it comes to footsteps and other effects.

Slight problem: You’re an ele, and you have an incinerator and an improved minstrel. If they both have footsteps… That sort creates a graphical issue, as you can’t have both footsteps at the same time. I agree on that effects need to be improved, but all having footsteps might not work exactly. Unless they make it so each footstep (left and right) shows both of them seperated.

Homonavn.6348:

Well… I found something interessting while reading through the lore.

“1185 AE Gargoyles mysteriously vanish from Ascalon.”

So, the gargoyles dissapeared from ascalon. Does this mean the “Gargoyle” place is ascalon. Then i think we all should explore ascalon a bit more. Might be something in that place. And as zapan linked, the concept art of a HUGE gargoyle. Why make a awesome concept art of a gargoyle, if they arent in the game?

It may not be Ascalon per say. Gargoyles dissapear from Ascalon… But where did they go? North? South? See what I mean? You won’t find them in Tyria obviously, but its possible that wherever they dissapeared to might be the answer. If dissapear means they go extinct, then there must be a specific portion of Ascalon area that would lead to this staff.

RumStein.6859:

Um, what? Have you even read the dev post?
You CANNOT make it.

This is only able to stay in crafting, because there is no other forum really suitable for it.

Gw2 Discussion would technically be better as a location for this thread, technically, if it is the case you cannot craft it, technically.

Use the search feature next time, this has been strongly suggested already

Firelysm.4967:

I just want 1 awesome short bow.. no more garbage bad looking designs… Sorry for me there is nothing to grind… I’m ranger fan, and i play only ranger because i can’t get bored of this class. But holy molly where the hell on this earth did you come up with pony bow??? Seriously ? a pony rainbow shooter Ranger long bow is not used so often, so i’m kinda not interested in grinding 2nd hand weapon to be legendary… i would like to have one awesome short bow which would be truly legendary… I think joke items should be in store section… that’s just my opinion.. sorry i’m not a fan of disney land .. pfshhh

Hey, all of them can’t be manly weapons. I figure the bow is nice if you want a cute character; and ponies are bad-kitten sir! I’m a guy and I’d be proud to wield that bow

Disagree on everything. Decreasing price means more commanders which mean more people running around with the icon on; more minimap clutter. Anyone can already buy blueprints to make weapons, so that’s fine. Commanders don’t need extra elites for WvWvW. That gives them an advantage over all other players when it should be equal. I’m sorry, but these ideas wouldn’t benefit anyone but the people rich enough to throw an icon over their head.

Expansions won’t be here for a while longer. The game is only 6 months old I believe, They have to focus more on their current areas and doing something about empty zones before they even think about adding more land masses.

New races, New storyline, etc. is something that should already be expected in an expansion, so I doubt there’s a need to worry.

I love how this is in the crafting section btw. I have a few things to say on the matter myself, probably repeats but meh.

1) I doubt there is a secret rare boss (that we are unaware of); the true dropper of the items is a boss we’ve probably already faced and aren’t suspecting well enough.

2) We must remember that RNG is deadly in this game, so if the weapon has been given an insane chance to get, it is possible that it could never have dropped yet from said boss.

3) It is quite possible Final Rest is more of an Easter Egg item. I suggest we try to decipher its name a bit more and what connections it could have. The staff is called Final Rest, and it’s sort of a combo of a sycthe and gargoyle. Look at the lore my friends. If I had to guess, I’d say it concerns Grenth/Dhuum. Is it possible that it could be dropped from the Temple of Grenth chain?

Lets find this staff guys. They can’t hide it forever!

Roktar.2497:

I like the idea, it’s similar to enchants in wow. It could be a good improvement to the weapon looks, and a sense of more personal customization.

Uh oh, he said WoW. Brave yourselves, haters incoming.

More on topic, I agree with this idea.

Robotukas.1673:

Lets take example map Harathi Hinterlands (35-45) LVL maps
Guys in half maps you can’t use WP (Waypoints) because enemies is captured. kitten this idea. I am not planning to live until level 80 on same map. And only right side in map is captured buy enemies which the nearest working WP is in another side of map. Is really really kitten idea you made in some maps and without any good reason. I prefer to have mounts than this TP which You can’t use and I don’t want waist time to do some events to get skill points and or to some interesting points. Don’t make on one side map WP where enemies can control maps.

And I really want mounts because in some maps is really really kitten idea.

If players actually played the game and cleared these events, nothing would be closed off. It only takes 2-3 minutes to run from one side of the map to the other. Mounts are not necessary and do not have a place in GW2.

Olba.5376:

Or is it that you assume that everyone wants a GS precursor?

Of course they do. Do you know anyone who plays an Engineer, Thief, Elementalist or Necromancer? I sure don’t.

Yes, because those 4 classes are not liked at all and not a single person has ever played one /sarcasm

LolCows.8064:

I’m not arguing that the mechanic is bad, I’m saying that veil already exists, so an elite that isn’t much better than a utility (almost the exact same usage etc.) seems redundant. I know that the shield that reflects projectiles is Mesmer-esque, but the skill that we have now lasts for 4 seconds and only reflects one projectile, when most enemies shoot more than 1 at a time in a volley fashion, blocking and reflecting one minute projectile is not that effective and is almost never more valuable than many other utilities that Mesmers have. Why not improve this skill and rid the class of redundancies?

Adding another reflect spell is redundancy in my eyes. Look at it this way; we have a stealth spell and the elite. Spell has a shorter stealth than elite, and elite allows multiple teammates stealth end. Upgrade of the spell really. Now, lets say we implement your idea; another shield spell that would be more effective as an elite; what do ya know? Redundant elite spell. The stealth elite is very useful, especially on WvWvW. This is only your opinion, not everyone elses’. The elite is fine and works great. Don’t fix what isn’t broken.

LolCows.8064:

So I was watching the Mr Prometheus Mesmer guide (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6s-m1Hs_M0 – part 3), and he made a comment about how Mass Invisibility is a bit redundant (mesmers have veil, why is this elite needed), and how mimic/echo as a group of skills is a bit (severely) underwhelming. Why not take out mass invisibility, and change Mimic/Echo to an elite that absorbs multiple projectiles and shoots them back? Not only would that be awesome, but it would be unique, powerful (fitting of its elite status), and very mesmer-esque.

Anyone else agree?

No. A shield that reflects projectiles is Mesmer… There’s already a skill for this. What you must remember is that a Mesmer is a master of illusions. Stealth is perfect; summoning illusions and disappearing reflects the Mesmer’s role. If you didn’t know that, I’d say you’ve never played a Mesmer. Please study the class before asking for removal of skills.

LolCows.8064:

So I was watching the Mr Prometheus Mesmer guide (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6s-m1Hs_M0 – part 3), and he made a comment about how Mass Invisibility is a bit redundant (mesmers have veil, why is this elite needed), and how mimic/echo as a group of skills is a bit (severely) underwhelming. Why not take out mass invisibility, and change Mimic/Echo to an elite that absorbs multiple projectiles and shoots them back? Not only would that be awesome, but it would be unique, powerful (fitting of its elite status), and very mesmer-esque.

Anyone else agree?

No. A shield that reflects projectiles is Mesmer… There’s already a skill for this. What you must remember is that a Mesmer is a master of illusions. Stealth is perfect; summoning illusions and disappearing reflects the Mesmer’s role. If you didn’t know that, I’d say you’ve never played a Mesmer. Please study the class before asking for removal of skills.

Yes and no. Wait for scavenger hunt. As for selling it, just don’t. It takes away the whole feeling of achievement from earning it. If you plan to just sell it, there is also a chance it may not be bought. Safer just making it for yourself.

Here’s how I view this: should all weapons be designed for a man? We have some pretty boss legendary weapons to choose from. Is it so wrong to make one of the legendary girly to please some of the game’s intended audience (girls). I’m not saying all girls like it, and not the guys can’t like it either, but having The Dreamer the way it is is perfect for chicks who have that sort of personality. Us guys can’t have 100% manly man gear now can we?

I’m someone who couldn’t care less about stats. I’ll be getting the trifogre pendant because its a LoZ reference, and I love that series.

I’m someone who couldn’t care less about stats. I’ll be getting the trigfogre pendant because its a LoZ reference, and I love that series.

Dempsey.8760:

xCrusadentx.2784:

Feel free to buy it, just know you will gain no sense of accomplishment from doing so

How not? I believe anyone with the amount of coin in this game to drop on something like that could feel accomplished in his or her own right.

Legendaries were designed to be earned, not bought despite the fact they’re in the TP). I mean, look at the effort it takes to craft one; after all that, someone should feel extremely accomplished for going through the struggle of crafting each piece, gathering and buying the materials for it… It’s supposed to be an experience. Simply buying it when someone else does all the work takes away the whole experience you should get by making it. That’s why anyone who buys it should not feel accomplished. In my opinion, they wouldn’t have earned it.

Yeaahhh… Nty. I prefer Anet monitoring their own forums. They don’t need additional mods (If you think it wouldn’t cause any issues, then you need to rethink). You already agreed to the code of contact when you bought the game. Let the mods do their thing.

Hello all, today I start my quest for Juggernat, the legendary hammer. I wish to ask those of you who are either working on it or have gotten it any general advice on working for it. This doesn’t necessarilly mean how do I get my gold for it, (etc. nonsense), rather, what steps you are taking it in for each gift, the specific mats for it etc. I am not an amateur at this game, but I always like hearing how others accomplish their goals so I may form my own method of reaching my goals. Anything to say on the matter is appreciative.
Thank you

New players helps kill the giant rock hands.
“Alright Logan We—”

“RUN! Run for everything you hold dear!”

Logan has a special guardian skill: Instead of Save Youselves!, it’s Save Myself!

In regards to human storyline
“It seems there’s a traitor in the ministry. Hero, you go run off and find out more about this dangerous and crafty villain, I’ll just stay here and ‘protect’ the queen.”

Omg, I love Logan but this is too funny! When I think of something clever I’ll post it XD

The idea is good, however, it’s been suggested plenty before. Search feature at the top right.

I happened to see a level 56 thief with a commander icon earlier today… In PvE. Somehow I doubt that level 56 earned 100 gold for it on that character. It seems now commander is more of a icon to show off wealth instead of actually being used in WvWvW. I support the change.

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If you haven’t down syndrome then yes, training a bit on the mist and sPvP is enought to understand this class. If you lack skills and you need more time fine but in my case 80 levels of grind is kitten and boring. I prefectly understand already all the mechanics of this game.

What an insult. Next time try using something isn’t offensive. Down Syndrome ain’t funny.

In regards to the post, no, no, annnddd no. You pick a race and a class, and that’s it. Don’t like the character? Delete it and make another. If you bother to make something you don’t like later on, that’s your fault and you’ll just have to deal with it.

Hey guys, I was planning on buying the Gw2 soundtrack for my birthday in a week or 2 (yes, how sad that I have to buy my own gifts. Surprise!)

Anyway, I was wondering for those who bought it some things about it. Like, how many songs, how long was the wait for it, etc., etc.

Thanks
~ Crus

There isn’t a solution to a problem here because there is no problem. Waypoints are part of the game and they work just fine. They’re not expensive at all, I don’t get why people can’t pay 4 copper – 4 silver to go somewhere.

I agree with this. I think occasionally we need bosses like Kohler and Subject Alpha should be in the PvE world (Sure we have some bosses like that, but some more would be nice)
This could be implemented at a later date though, I’d rather sen them fix stuff for now.

There seems to be a false concept that if people keep making mount and waypoint threads they’ll get what they want. No. Waypoint costs are a good gold sink. If you say that you can’t pay a MAXIMUM of 4s (not even) to to somewhere, you’re not playing the game right. 1 or 2 DEs will get you that money. It’s not that expensive. And for mounts? No, they’re not being added and are not needed.

Jaxon.5392:

With lodestone I just think the obtainable rate needs balancing, not increasing overall.
Otherwise I’m happy with the obtainability, in fact I think they should make it deeper by adding in sPvP req’s and jumping puzzle req’s to show case the entire game.
And of course they must not be able to be sold.

1) Agreed on Balancing of Lodestone drops
2) 150% disagree on sPvP requirements. That’s what WvWvW is for
3) Anet isn’t going to make them unsellable: the precursors themselves aren’t changing, just a new way to obtain them. They shouldn’t have been able to sell them at all IMO, would make them feel more legendary. Precursor prices will probably drop after the hunt, as no one will bother to buy them when they can just work hard for a bit and get one.

The Demonic Spirit.3157:

Thank you guys for you great help.
But with all crafting disciplines( tailor , weapon / armor smith , chief ,….. ), I will always get ( from selling the crafted items in TP ) more than I have paid to get the materials , right ?

Grammar isn’t very good, but I think this is the correct response:

Yes, you will pay more to get to 400 than you will selling back the items. Jewlery will get you the most money back whereas cooking will get you the least amount back. Crafting is always done at a loss, unless you gather materials yourself.

Meia.6907:

Now of course, it is tiring to be last then first then last then first. But I think that warrior being (to me) one of the most complex profession to play, it would be nice to be a bit quicker. Not much but just a bit to allow us to keep up with everyone without to always try to not hit anything with the 5 skill of the greatsword -_-’

The wariior is the most complex class to play? I have a warrior, and I find it no more than mash buttons, boom dead. Don’t like him, but I believe he is the simplest of classes.

Best way to get them is to do dungeons. Do all 3 paths of CoF, which is 180+ tokens. Buy 6 rare items that are 30 tokens a pop. Salvage them with master salvage kit to get 0-3 ectoderm per. That’s what I do.

The Demonic Spirit.3157:

Tremain.4623:

3g tops, and maxing a crafting skill gets you ten levels. That means you get a ton more exp total if you craft at 70 than at 1, because it always adds up to 10 levels. Maxing all crafting skills = lvl 80.

But I want to level up my new characters !!
Is the experience based on a percentage or it’s a basic amount ?
If I got level 20 character , how many levels will I reach by getting 400 exp in cooking ?

You gain about 10 levels by crafting to 400 in any craft. So, if you are level 20 and get 400 cooking, you will level up 10 levels to 30.

This isn’t CoD ya know. It’s Guild Wars 2. Your reward for kill streaks is the feeling of being a god amongst players. Nice troll post though, made me laugh.

They should just get rid if it as a whole. The reasoning behind it was for a good cause, but it’s very badly implemented. I can never get anything of worth because of it.

Agree with everything here

Sandman.7214:

I have a character name I love but I hate my class. I want to start a new character with the same name and discard the previous. I’d love to have a way to do this.

Take any valuables you want to keep, put in bank. Delete the character and make a new one with the same name. Problem solved. I know what you mean, but it’s much simpler to do it this way.

1. No, Magic Find is a stat a person chooses to use. “Arrogant” is the wrong word, the word you’re looking for is “selfish”, which it isn’t. If drops were better, people wouldn’t have as much incentive to use it, but they do. As Hawk said, the elitists make it hard enough as it is. If you’re so concerned, ask the player to show you the gear, but you should really let people play regardless of armor. Skill > gear.

2. No opinion, don’t know him

3. Personal stats for a legendary… Meh. It makes sense I suppose, but I don’t think it’s a major issue for the moment.

ElixireL.5190:

Cut scenes in games are 99% of the time corny, obsolete and nobody cares. They interrupt the flow.

Put all the dialogue in real time using speech bubbles. Make sure dialogue can be skipped after having been played once. Don’t spend money on voice-overs unless they’re actually GOOD.

Here, I just gave you an idea so obvious, it’s obviously brilliant.

I’m someone who likes corny cutscenes. I care, and I don’t think it interrupts anything. Cutscenes are skipable already, regardless of completion or not.

Here is my cute little engineer, Gumi The Cheerful (+5 points if you get the reference :P)

Feel free to buy it, just know you will gain no sense of accomplishment from doing so

I personally I’ll do it the cheap and fast way that way I will always be able to go back and craft any skin I want later for any reason.

Fildydarie.1496:

xCrusadentx.2784:

Hmm. Interesting notion indeed. However, stats on armor should not go party wide. Why? It doesn’t make much sense. Saying MF boost should go to all party members is like saying the toughness of someone’s rumor should go to all. It’s a stat you choose to have in place of another. IMO, it shouldn’t be touched at all, and is fine as it is. Let everyone hate on it if they will, people need to get over the obsession with it “weakening the party”. Bad players who won’t cooperate delay success, not a stat.

Lets be completely fair here: taking MF on your gear does impact your performance. It may not be by a lot, it may be almost completely insignificant (especially depending on your build), but it does have an impact.

Bad players tend to have a larger impact on a group than good players in MF gear.

Bad players will always be bad players, no matter what you do to stats. Selfish players will always be selfish players, too. Close-minded players… well, you sense the trend.

MF% is the difficulty setting. Set the level for your group before you start and trust people to comply with the request. If you have reason to believe they are not, then address the issue. Kick them from the party if you have to. But, for the love of Melandru grow a pair and talk to your groupmates like they are adults and solve your own problems before asking mom and dad to come in and force them to play nice. You don’t have to group with jerks, there are plenty more people out there that would love a spot—I recall one time where I could have finished off the last 2 spots in a group (wife and I) but we left because one person in the group was a jerk; the group chose the jerk over us, so we left, started our own group, and finished before they did.

“Selfish stats” are such a hollow argument when I don’t even have to wear gear at all. I can enter a dungeon naked if I choose to; I can wear the cheapest armor I can find, I can take off my helm and shoulders and you would never know. I can elect to not use consumables, I can run away and hide, I can bring sub-par skillsets, I can save 3g10s by not buying any trait books… you have so much power to undercontribute in ways completely unrelated to gear that the people fighting to “fix” this issue are missing the larger point—you’re ignoring the fact that you’ve chosen to approach this as a witch hunt and the only solution that will actually meet your ends will require you to interact with your group mates and trust them… and then punish them should they establish the trust was misplaced.

Being an adult is hard, isn’t it?

I’m sorry, I don’t understand what you’re saying here.
The point of this thread is to discuss the effects of MF on a party’s performance, as per the OP. A common stance taken is that this stat is the reason why groups with people who run MF gear are a hinderence to the group. I am saying that is not the case, and that a player’s skill affects it more. Which is true whether a player is good or bad, whether the impact is positive or negative. As you said, you can make things hard for your group with the list of things you said, but what I am trying to say is that MF is not this selfish mechanic that some think it is. People shouldn’t be concerned with what stats a player is using, but rather how they handle themselves In a fight, if they’ve done the instance before, and see if they need help. Not whine about how NF is the downfall of dungeon parties. That is what I am saying. If people are really that obsessed with 1 stat that slightly affects performance, then they need to grow up and learn its not the end of the world. It’s a person’s choice to roll MF if they wish. The idea that MF will spread among party members after I think about it is a good idea to reduce the idea of this “selfish stat”.

Minibiskit.6158:

I think making MF benefit the entire party would add an interesting system in which players would balance their survival, damage, and MF stats to maximize the loot gain in dungeons. Stacking MF instead of other stats makes the dungeon harder, so it works as a difficulty scaling system (which is something I’d been wanting in every dungeon outside of fractals). I think we’d be seeing the most hardcore groups going MF-heavy on their stat allocation and the casual pugs less so. Balanced properly, it would be a nice risk vs reward system for groups to consider.

@ xCrusadentx: MF seems like the only stat that would make sense to go party-wide. It is like the character’s increased ability to identify rare loot for his party, so one character’s MF could potentially increase another person’s loot rarity.

You do bring up a good point. My main point is that MF should not be removed or nullified in dungeons. It’s silly that hardcore players have absolute 0 tolerance for MF. I wouldn’t mind the party-wide buff, but removing is out of the question.

Don’t be killing my deer friends, who will I invite to my forest parties? :o

kiba.2768:

if you do ac exp runs, 1 set of all paths will earn you enough gold to lvl a craft completely(maybe not weapon/armor/jeweler, but very close to covering all the costs) not to mention you’ll get 2+ lvls just completing the dungeon

Anddd… If you manage to find an exotic that sells for at least 2g and up… You pretty much earned another 400 crafting profession

Hmm. Interesting notion indeed. However, stats on armor should not go party wide. Why? It doesn’t make much sense. Saying MF boost should go to all party members is like saying the toughness of someone’s rumor should go to all. It’s a stat you choose to have in place of another. IMO, it shouldn’t be touched at all, and is fine as it is. Let everyone hate on it if they will, people need to get over the obsession with it “weakening the party”. Bad players who won’t cooperate delay success, not a stat.