Guild Wars 2

Byakhee.8652:

Well, I can see it now.
“The City Authorities, in order to enforce health and safety regime requires all users of gliders to register their use, to the sum of 1 gold a minute, while using these unregulated articles in the city. "

“Rata Sum is organising a glide from the top competition, we have provided golems to test your skills at evading enemies, use our powered Air Veteran Elemental Gliders (AVEG), four wings are better than two! These short and stubby wings are high tech conversions based on the insect world. For extra gold you can even make a buzzing sound that will inspire all Bokkahs. Just avoid too much wear on the shields holding the Air Veteran Elemental, otherwise it will escape, and gravity is the least of your worries then”

And, are you really sure you want to glide in FrostGorge and become a mid-air snack for Journmag?

Doesn’t it sound fun though? Exploring Mount Maelstrom and seeing an event in the distance and gliding down to attack and join in? As it stands double clicking the closest Waypoint and looking at a loading screen is the only alternative to running and being to late for the event. Wahoo come on people this thread isn’t about (its too hard to implement) its about what would be more fun for everyone playing?

PlatinumMember.5274:

I doubt Arena net cares about breaking the map or trivilizing the previous. I think they just don’t want non-HOT players to expect they will be getting gliders. By making it HOT only they is a more justifiable reason why the old content doesn’t have gliders.

Theres no reason the NPC selling gliders or glider skills couldn’t be on a HoT map. Stops access for anyone that hasn’t bought the expac so not much a=of an argument really.

seems a bit unfair on the fans to drop the HoT prepurchase and include all Beta testing then go silent about any upcoming test’s for a few weeks…..sigh… back to daily’s and standing around the new LA I suppose.

CodeHavoc.7926:

I see it as getting around the map and hard to reach areas on said map. As far as other maps, I don’t think it will be a feature there. It kinda works like Aion in which certain areas let you fly around…on a limited amount of time of course.

That would be fine but I really disagree with the idea they could not be used in any area outright. Restrictions in game’s are not a positive thing in any excuse. If they are not restricted to zones think about how much they will add to the content ingame, people will be rolling every map looking for cool launch spots or they could be just a way of jumping from heights without dying in a few area’s. which will be more popular?

Just a flesh wound.3589:

XYLUM.7286:

Just a flesh wound.3589:

It would mean reworkng all the maps to apply the invisible walls, strong currents, icy winds, etc. it would mean spending time going over each and every map looking for way to break out of the maps and checking JPs from different approaches. All this would take hours of work and Dev time they currently don’t have. The reason the HoM bug hasn’t been fixed in months is because they’ve said the bug came at a time their resources were stretched to the limit (that expansion they are doing, you know). If they don’t have the time/manpower to fix that bug then they most certainly don’t have the time/manpower to rework all the vanilla maps.

So in other words if it = work for devs to do right, then the answer is just rush through and half kitten it because gw2 players don’t care if they get half finished content, or design choices that make next to no sense… is that what you are saying?

Either do things right, or don’t do them at all.

In other words, they should work on this instead of getting the expansion out in a timely manner after people have spent $50 to $100 on getting the expansion.

Sounds good to me.

So are you guessing presuming the boundary’s are not in place as we have seen some are in the water regions or do you know this as fact? Do you know the work load or what is being worked on in regards to the maps and gliders or again presumptions? Is it in you/me and Anets best interests to release content that doesn’t make sense at all and has no storyline reason not to be implemented in the core maps? I’ve been playing since first beta and my GW1 account is 7 years old. I’m not looking at this from the point of a WoW fan complaining about it not being right. I’m looking at it as a wtf from a veteran perspective. Imo its no different to having zones that greatswords cant be used or a diving platform with goggles and an invisible wall stopping you actually jumping off. That is content failure to me.

That’s your opinion and nothing more. Try swim out of the map in one of the Ore area’s then explain to my why this could not or hasn’t been implemented to the rest of the maps? Trivialize WP’s? how? I haven’t seen a map in game that is big enough you couldn’t run from side to side in under a minute or 2? At least someone on a glider would still be looking at the game and not a loading screen. And lastly yes gliders could make some JP’s a bit easier in some parts but Gliders are trained and levelled from what I believe so why not reap the rewards for your effort? Its not like jp’s don’t reset daily so people wont exactly be farming them now will they? That’s a very weak argument you put forward so instead of defending content that’s being added with a huge fail handbreak connected see it for what it is or at the very least understand both sides.

XYLUM.7286:

Randulf.7614:

It’s a progression system. They don’t exist to give free access to any area in the game, the idea is you invest XP into the gliding mastery to allow you to explore a map in a new and different way that can only be accessed from tree top to tree top. Travelling across the canopy then improves the jungle “feel”, especially as Maguuma is a more broken and open jungle.

As for the rest of the world, it has no need or purpose there than being cool. Yes it would be cool, but there are gameplay disadvantages as well like trivialising waypoints, breaking map boundaries, trivialising JPs.

On balance, as cool as it would be, I think their decision is the corrct one.

Sorry, but to me, it sounds like a big fail… gliders are neat idea that falls short if they can only be used in the expansion maps. Allowing players to re-explore the rest of the map via the air is a great opportunity to breathe new life into aging content. New dimensions could be added to the jumping puzzles, strange shifting wind currents, heat and cold effective lift and hang times… so many possibilities.

If you are completing expansion content, and progressing glider mastery… then most of the WP’s on the rest of the map are going to be somewhat trivialized already and again, always room for new dynamics to be put in play…

Invisible walls already exist in most places to enforce map boundries, I don’t really see it being terrible difficult to implement something like the “strong current” warning and teleporting system employed in the water.

I am sure there is a better solution fo JP’s other then just disabling the glider mastery on the vast majority of maps.

Limiting their usage to only a few select maps kind of trivializes the glider… and makes them come across gimmicky.

This is my points, invisible walls, strong currents, icy winds etc. as for trivializing some jp’s so what if they do? people have to learn and advance the glider skill so why do they not get to use it? If you haven’t advanced your glider skill and your doing a JP that could be made easier if you had access to a glider with sufficient skill level tough luck? all the more reason to buy the expac and train in glider skills isn’kitten For me personally just the thought that realistically a glider plus elevation and air equals flying doesn’t apply in Tyria? Like I said originally it either applies to all of Tyria or is a failed content.

Just a question for the up and coming HoT expac about the gliders. Firstly I think the more features the better so I’m happy enough we’re getting the gliders even though its just like Aeon to be honest but the thing I’m hearing and will make this cool new feature into a crappy joke is,

if the gliders can only be used in certain areas? Is this extreme fail content idea true? I honestly thought it sounded great the idea that I could use it at any high point in Tyria to have a glide and birds eye view of an area. I mean really, you can jump off a cliff in the jungle and glide but try do that at mount maelstrom and see your kitten later?

What’s the story line behind gliders? Is the jungle air the only air that can support something gliding? Is it just me or does this sound pretty crappy? I get the idea behind people trying to leave maps and glitches with gliders having access to areas they shouldn’t but if you cant add content properly don’t add it at all?

Sorry I haven’t seen a glider post along these lines and wanted to get other peoples thoughts?

Hey just a call out to all NZ GW2 players, I hear there’s a lot of us but never meet any in game so thought I’d open a thread and see how many we can find, Mail me in game yakuza snowdragon.4639 if you would like to do some runs on our peak times. Thanks all and take care.

I see some valid arguments and respect that so the only way to please everyone is to remove the REPPING button so people can have multiple guilds and actually help all of those guilds they chose to join. Thanks for the feedback my friends

Uki.4725:

Schizo.1375:

Yeah but the actual reason we don’t have mounts, and I’m sure this has been brought up already, is that ANet wants us to use waypoints which act as the game’s biggest gold sink.

See! Now that’s a legitimate argument! It’s not necessarily one I like, but at least it’s better than “we wanna be different!”

So in other words they could have an upkeep tied to mounts to insure the money sink remains and lets be serious people even if they added mounts WP would still be used just as much, it would just give us the option of staying in game instead of watching a loading screen.

I decided to create this post in the hopes it would get noticed and hopefully attract the feedback needed to better the system for everyone.

Firstly The current system gives a player the option to choose upto 3-5 guilds I believe and represent as they wish at the push of a button. This imo is completely BROKEN as rather then just providing the player with multiple options to run with as they feel like whether it be dungeons/fractals/pvp/wvw or what have you it has killed the idea behind having a guild and making new game companions.

It has been used as nothing more then a LFG tool and ultimately hurt the community it should be bringing together. Guilds and gamers with solid cores commonly from other MMO’s are able to create Guilds that will advance faster and provide more opportunity for new guild members whether they become part of the guilds core or not.

The effects this current system has towards small guilds after creation is massive. Three years into the game there are so many established community’s that it is pointless even using the Create Guild NPC because unless you brought with you a core from another game exodus you would be lucky to recruit into double digits and even as you do the lure of bigger guilds and what they offer is too much especially when people can join multiple but run with whichever they feel at the flick of a switch and when that switch is flicked the potential for the small guilds growth dies as you get no influence from all those members repping a bigger guild so they can do a dungeon or fractal.

This is so easily fixed without damage to any player which loves to roll or rep multiple guilds. Guild wars 1 had an amazing guild system that would work wonders in Guild Wars 2 without crippling and killing small guilds. Only being able to Join one guild at any one time and having a small stand down between Guilds would limit Guild hoppers and give smaller Guilds a chance to actually grow. That being said people still want less restriction which is where Alliances come into play. For those who didn’t play Guild Wars 1 they had Guild Alliances with a maximum of 10 Guilds. The main Alliance guild could join together multiple guilds under a unified Alliance each keeping their own guild as is but also being part of something bigger without the need to click a button repping someone else as they feel. You had all your chat options like you do now but you had Alliance chat so you could chat across the whole 10 guilds discussing anything that was happening eg’ Dungeons, Fractals etc.

Please if you support having a system people enjoy being a part of and that brings people together without stomping Small guilds out of existence show it. I truly see this as the most broken community dividing system online.

P’s Could a dev please take the time to show me this has been seen and noted so I can at least stop fighting this uphill battle if you don’t agree. Thanks anyone for your time.

Theres no we here bud, The new ones 10x better. stats on armor 10x better, potential for growth of paths and build options 10x better. WE don’t prefer the old system YOU do.

ColinJohanson.2394:

Lord.4270:

Hi,

We are a guild of 3 guys . We love WWW.
With Guild halls , we will have to do guild missions.

So why we have to do puzzle jump and things like this , when in this game we just love killing people on the battlefield !

Why can t we play as we want .. ??

HoT will include a solution for this for both guilds that are WvW, and PvP oriented that want to build and expand their Guild Halls and need the favor generated by guild missions. Same goes for guilds that have a mix of players interested in all three. More info down the road a bit on how this will work once we’ve got it a little more solid on our end.

Edited to add: Everyone will have to do the actual mission to capture the guild hall once per hall though no matter what. If your group online is too small, you’ll need to invite friends (or pay/beg/sing-songs-to-woo peeps in Lion’s Arch!) to come with you and help you claim the guild hall to own one. Or you could always grow your guild

Grow your Guild? That’s actually a pretty decent slap in the face, Multi guilding has killed smaller growing guilds completely, If people are not tied to a guild in some way briefly then they will never get to know the players, everyone wants all options ready and running so as for GROWING a guild easier said then done. This could be easily fixed by having 1 guild policy and having alliances like GW1.
Members get the chat and benefits of multi guilding without chopping and changing constantly using guilds like a LFG tool. This is imo by far the worst guild/clan system I have seen online to date. People will argue they want to and do roll multiple guilds for what ever reason but that is exactly what Alliances provide but without crippling the creation of guilds along the way. Arenanet needs to seriously look into this because this is after all GUILD wars.

hated the old one, love the new one!!!!! awesome

MOUNTS MOUNTS, MOUNTS , MOUNTS I"D SWAP WAY POINTS FOR MOUNTS ANY DAY!!!!! ATLEAST MOUNTS YOUR STILL IN THE GAME WHEN TRAVELING< WP = PLAYER SWARMING FAST TRAVEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the ultimate gets another slot to, from what I read it should come with 2 slots

Just forget the fact it has no ptp fee and has had countless living story updates since launch and that Anets income is on sales of the base game or black lion trader which 90% the stuff on the trader can be bought using gems paid for by ingame gold then focus on what they have shown us via video for the HoT expac with what is a low price to pay for an expac and you get plenty to complain about.

Hi all, I’m posting here to recruit new members of all levels to The Dragon Slayers Legion, This guild was created in GW1 but within 12 months of launch all my friends went back to GW1 or other games unfortunaly. Anyway I’m friendly and helpful and would like to invite anyone wanting to be an officer and help create something cool. I can take time out to help anyone most anytime and use to teach all the HM runs in GW1. I have 8 level 80’s and my first Legendary so I’m alittle knowledgeable about the game, Our guild is based on Ehmry Bay. Please don’t be shy. Come help me make something really cool, P’s im from New Zealand. Anyway thanks for taking the time to read this and PM me in game for invite. See ya all.

Gallahad.9834:

This is the second time ive posted this, lets see if it gets deleted again… So with this new expansion it includes the core game as well as the expansion? So in other words i just paid $60 for GW2 when i could have gotten it AND the expansion for $50 if i had just waited? or is the expansion JUST the expansion and not include the core game?

You didn’t get screwed, just bad timing, did you want them to pull all sales 1-3 months before releasing the expac with free core game? bad luck build a bridge and stop posting how hard the world is to you.

I purchased through BLT and received my bonus stuff via mail, Just want to know should I have a create Beta character option at my character screen? I know it wont work unless there is a Beta event running but want to know if I should still see the option?

Hi, Just want to know or find out how I can get info about if it will be possible to solo claim a guild hall? I play mainly solo and my guild mates from GW1 that came over to GW2 left after 6-12 months but I personally really enjoy it and plan if possible on claiming my own Guild Hall. Will it scale enough or am I going to be fighting an uphill battle?

I have the same worry, I’m a solo guilder and hoping I can claim mine solo to.

Just wondering if next beta date is known.

Also I have my own guild, gave up recruiting or trying to keep it alive when so many left game 6-12 months after launch but my concern is, will I be able to solo claim my own guild? I want to be some powerful old hermit living in my own hall, is that too much to ask?

AWACS.6537:

yakuza snowdragon.4639:

Thanks Arenanet, I’m happy, I understand both arguments but sso many people don’t. CORE GAME IS FREE FOR THOSE WHO DONT ALREADY HAVE IT!!!

A lot of people understand that the core game is free for people who DO NOT have it.
That’s the main reason why people are irritated.

I get that but all that is, is people being immature, they didn’t pay for theres that’s not fair whaa whaa whaa. How about people look at it as a positive instead of feeling hard done by. Think of it like this, YAY ANET THANKS FOR GIVING SO MANY MORE PEOPLE INCENTIVE TO JOIN THE GAME! its like buying a lotto ticket at the same time as someone next to you, they win you don’t, you people don’t think good for them, you think ohhh dam wish it was me.

Mount or waypoint? hmmm I’d prefer mounts any day

Thanks Arenanet, I’m happy, I understand both arguments but sso many people don’t. CORE GAME IS FREE FOR THOSE WHO DONT ALREADY HAVE IT!!!

yeah maybe but point is if an npc can have a mount its a good sign for the future as im a major mount supporter.

It shows someone riding a dragon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want a mount!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please don’t tease, don’t have mounts in game that only npc’s can use!!!!!!!

PS’ Thanks for the presales, I brought the ultimate edition, paid $100 in support of all the work Arenanet do and continue to do and I completely disagree with the price complaints!

HAPPY AS ULTIMATE PACK, THANKS ARENANET!!!

I’m happy stop your whining, its a free base game to new players, I paid for ultimate and I’m happy. peasant’s should go back to WoW

As an account upgrade its rubbish, as a first time buyer its awesome, base game plus expac $50 or $50 with an account you don’t actually get if its an account upgrade, where’s my 2nd account code?

Relshdan.6854:

TheDaiBish.9735:

yakuza snowdragon.4639:

If Specialization was added with say ideally 3 branches to choose from it would’ve been a major hit and big crowd puller including bringing back the massive amounts of players that have left the game or on long breaks. Its not specialization if its the only option you have because it becomes a further advancement instead.

Except with Specializations, you have 5 branches to choose from (6 when HoT launches and more in the future).

Unless you mean Elite Specializations, in which more of them will be added in the future.

think the point of OP was that you shouldn’t launch elite specs until you have more than one per class. i agree. with every new GW1 expansion (not that GW1 was the standard bearer…i vastly prefer GW2) came 2 new classes…..there could/should have been 2 elite specs added to HoT, so that everyone didn’t simply flock to the singular new toy…..and the players who waited so long for an expansion had more to play with.

Thank you, point exactly. I’m not talking about traits im talking about dragon hunter or blah blah mancer etc.

Ezekel.6394:

You know you can leave anytime you want, nobody is forcing you to play GW2 or to whine on the forums about it not being the game you wanted.

I’ve been playing GW1-2 for about 7 years so voicing my opinion is more then fair and looking at your posts all you do is troll other peoples. How about go annoy someone else.

Just saying imo if your going to add something like specializations that’s great if done correctly but without choice your just killing the personalization even further. If Specialization was added with say ideally 3 branches to choose from it would’ve been a major hit and big crowd puller including bringing back the massive amounts of players that have left the game or on long breaks. Its not specialization if its the only option you have because it becomes a further advancement instead.
Please Arenanet stop wrecking what made you what you are by leaving all the great progress you have mad in GW1 behind. Example, Elementalist 3 specialization options, Shape shifter, storm caller, summoner etc, utilise the armour building options in GW1 along with skill stat point allocation so people can create in depth fully personalized characters the keep them logging in. Stop throwing around new ideas when you’ve already got the formula.

understatement! gems are ridiculously over priced!

As an armour yes as an outfit imo no. I mean who even wants outfits? I think its just a lazy option for the trader. Make them armour so you can use pieces and make sets with what you want, as for a costume which is all outfits are wtf?

Just asking those who played and know the gw1 skill system if the updates people are talking about are making the game more like the gw1 system? from what I’ve read it sort of sounds this way. I personally hope it is the case because the depth of customization is legendary if that’s the case.

Just wondering if anyone knows where the patch notes are as my client is updating since yesterday.

long spaces of boring repetitive content. that’s not even being mean that’s just what it is, I have 7 level 80’s and fractels and dailys with the odd auto attack world event is all it has to offer right now.

Seyiwaji.4082:

I hope, they will never do a solo fractal. i don’t see a good point doing this. it only favoris single playstyle. What is not the goal of this game.

The goal of this game was to cater to all gamers that enjoy mmo’s not meta end gamers actually.
The mmo’s are for group end game argument is just a joke. I enjoy playing mmo’s with others for lots of reason but when I want to do something end game I don’t want to be tied to a group of meta runners or looking for one just to achieve something at end game.
The only people End game group contents truly supports are the people the friendly side of the community don’t like because you got to cast this 3 secs into a fight and then swap to that 2,4,2,3,3 blah blah or you get booted from group and called a noob, I mean wtf man.
I’ve been playing Guild wars for at least 6 years and remember seeing this first advertised and how Anet posted they wanted to add all the things gamers love and get rig of the players fighting over drops or nodes etc. I live in New Zealand and other than ping being rubbish half the time our peak times are not the same as other larger country’s so obviously its harder to get groups together.

I cant see why having solo end game is something people have to oppose because its still drops earned by playing the game and gives people and extra option instead of looking for groups then rage quitting because you either cant find one or everyone just didn’t know what they were doing and couldn’t complete the chosen path.
Its just like everything else in game, You do it so much and it gets boring so its not like its going to hurt groups for dungeons and fractals.

Ps I’m not looking for feedback from those trolls who have gaming groups they’ve been meta battling different games for the last 10 years, I want to hear from normal Guild Wars supporters thanks.

Just wondering if Anet will ever add something like solo instanced fractals. I don’t mind doing things like fractals for my ascended gear but if I had a choice I would prefer to solo something like that. I’m not a big fan of the meta meatheads ranting about wrong build or skills etc for a group fractal or having trouble finding the right group only to fail because the team doesn’t gel. I’m like a lot of gamers out there who just plain old like to lone wolf it. What options do we have? I want fractal drops but without the group.

Gutek.1534:

A couple places you might be missing:
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Calx%27s_Hideout
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Cubular_Fells
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Dierdre%27s_Steps

Great help thanks but I’ve got those now and I’m at 99% lol this is going to do my head in, any other areas anyone can think of that may be missing?

I’m not sure how or why but my achievement for Maguuma Explorer is at 98% and I have no idea what I’m missing. I’ve cursored over all maps and have completed everyone 100%. I just have no clue as to how to find what is missing. I have 1 legendary so I completed mapping a very long time ago and went back and finished any wp’s poi added since then. Anyone else stuck on Maguuma Explorer?

Chris Cleary.8017:

I’ll go ahead and comment on this thread, as it seems to be the most recent of the HOM ones.

I’ll try to explain this without getting too technical, and some parts are probably going to have to be left out.

The bug that caused players to unlock achievements/skins/titles and achievement points was caused when the GW1 server that stores the HOM status talks to the GW2 server that controls new character creation. Basically it was sending bad data to the GW2 server, and unlocking achievements that should not have been unlocked.

This means that there were multiple problem points that need to be cleaned up. The first thing to be cleaned up was the bug that caused this to happen, and that was fixed within a few hours. However, the removal of the rewards is an entirely different problem.

We don’t have the tools to easily mass remove achievements/titles, which means it’s something that has to be developed. Unfortunately, this came at a time where our resources are tapped to the max, so it’s taking longer than we would like to fix this.

Thankfully (lol), when the HOM rewards bug was happening, the actual HOM was not accessible, and those players were not able to claim any other HOM entitlements…so the damage was somewhat limited.

We are working on this, I assure you, and we will remove the rewards from players that should not have received them. I do not have a timeframe, as modifying accounts at this type of level is not something we would ever take lightly, and as long as we keep a majority of the entitlements locked there is less for us to clean up.

Great to hear your all doing your best to rectify this issue, My only question is what can us long long term supporters of Anet with high level HoM that spent countless hours grinding in preparation of GW2 expect as added bonus’s once we receive our HoM back? sweet sweet treasure!!!???

I’m all for the GW1 system, they had alliances of a maximum of 10 guilds, its had the ally chat and everyone worked well together. I have no idea why they would leave this out of GW2

It honestly does my head in the fact that Anet could make a skill system like gw1 then make the sequel and completely dismiss what made them so popular in the first place???? Anet wake up because your stuffing it up. In gw1 there was hundreds of skills each unique and the slightest change in armour could take you from being invincible in Hard Mode to being slaughtered in seconds!!!

That is why you have loyal long term supporters Arenanet! Why the hell do you make a system 1/4 of as impressive as you already had? Fire the the simpleton that hard the idea to simplify, people already have games they can play if they want basic combat. The new system has only 1 build worth running for each class, Zerk Wars 2.

Legendary weapons are supposed to be some sort of end game achievements but there’s nothing legendary about them? Only one weapon class has more then one skin that I know of, Greatswords. How is a legendary hammer legendary when anyone using the hammer legendary has the juggernaut? 1 staff, 1 long bow, 1 mace, 1 pistol etc etc?

This is a major buzz kill that Anet should be focusing on when it comes to adding new content. With HOT if they add 1 new skin for each weapon class that will be ridiculous! Wahoo everyone grinding for the same new Legendary that’s going to over take LA with its effect.

Anet come on, think outside the boss. 1 legendary every couple of years is a joke and if you need ideas and concept art why not go back to where you should’ve from day dot, GW1 has loads of great weapons that seem to have fallen from the gw story world. Here’s and Idea, New Weapon type Spare, Effects copy paste Voltaic spare gw1 done…..

Is it just me or do others think 1 of each class other then GS is ok? hardly customizable characters imo?

Just wondering but is there any idea as to a time frame from Anet yet as to weather we can expect this next month or next years etc?

we could dye weapons in gw1 so why not add it to gw2? loved my black voltaic spear!!!