Guild Wars 2

I was surprised that I actually like the DH, I just felt the bow could be a bit of faster firing.
And I think being able to throw traps ahead of you might work alot better.

Going to try all the new specs, especially Tempest to see if my Ele will stay my main.
feedback will be given: the good and the bad.

I would hope that there will be quite a bit of new armor sets for each weight.
Since most of endgame is obtaining new skins.
I could be wrong, but any mmo I have ever played has added new sets with each expansion.

I am constantly changing my appearance (usually to match new weapon sets)
I will be highly disappointed if they don’t add new skins. 3 weight classes (white, blue, green, yellow quality.

I’m not opposed to new outfits, but I would rather cash shop be more like SWTOR.
Different packs with skins, a chance at various pieces and weapon skins.

I don’t see anything in her right hand, just a storm she is calling down.

I’m not going to complain about WH until I see the mechanics of how it will work.
I’m not happy since GW2 focuses on skin collecting and WH skins for the most part are meh!

I was one of the Eles hoping for sword, not just because of the great skins, but I really wanted more of a melee ele. I already imagined sword skills changing based on attunement. Maybe even the sword appearance changing for each, similar to the rings around our wrists. I will wait patiently though to see what WH is capable of

I’m not going to trust anything until we get the mechanics of how the Tempest will work.
I am disappointed because endgame is about skins and how you look, warhorns are small and most of them just look blah! I’d be happier if we were getting swords because there are so many great skins for them.

Some people maybe happy with WH or disappointed, but it will really come down to the skills. But still I like to constantly make my character look as awesome as possible and WH just isn’t going to cut it!!

Well if rangers are getting those, then Anet I demand engineers get to summon mechagodzilla.

I know that data mined info is not 100% reliable, but I sure hope it’s sword. I know I sould have waited, I used most of my bl tickets to buy sword skins. Dumb on my part.

I feel kind of meh on the warhorn anyways.

It is all random, I haven’t spent any gold in the forge, I have never tried for a legendary. I got the chaos gun with a few exotics I got from doing SW. I do use the forge when I have my bags full of junk.

I am hoping for sword for a battle mage type. Though I think any of the weapons could make for a cool specialization.
Pistol for example could use the elements to enhance bullets.
Horn could be used to summon different elementals than the ones we have and add buffs.
Bow could be an elemental archer specialization, similar to the summoned but with attunement swap (now we don’t just have a summoned ice bow)

RNG has been good to me lately, opened around 20 chests a few days ago, got enough scraps for 1 ticket, I full ticket and the rest was meh. today I opened 1 chest and got a full ticket.

1. Full sets, not just the head, shoulder and boots.
2. Themed armor to match weapon releases.
3. Make all armor pieces hideable. (I mainly think this so males can be shirtless without losing armor stats)
4. I know it’s been asked but class specific armor. (a few random below and some that would fit certain classes)

My Ranger

Leather Shoulder
Strider Tunic
Falconer Gloves
Falconer Leggings
Vipers Boots.

Hoping for some new armor sets.

I have played since beta and I like GW2, I have supported the gem store when I have extra cash.

I noticed a few things. There has been constant content added, yes maybe it’s not what everyone wants.
The LS to me gets blown through pretty quickly.
Not everyone wants to run dungeons.
Not everyone wants to PvP.
Same with Legendary Weapons, not everyone wants to grind for them.

New elements should constantly be added within patches.

New weapon skills would be great, along with some new weapon types. When a new map is revealed there could be a trader/trainer that opens through a quest. My Ele wants Chakrams! My Warrior wants a two-handed axe!

Besides GEM purchased armors, how many new COMPLETE sets have been added since release? I myself am constantly mixing my armor up, but it’s basically the same pieces since release. Don’t get me wrong, I get excited when a new weapon/armor set skin is put in the store, but even better when something new can drop off a mob! Outfits are ok……but not as special as mixing and matching.

I think rewards and weapon/armors skins needs an overhaul, from lvl 1-80 could use a lot more set drops. Yes, to new players it’s shiny and new…to vets we have seen and probably collected most skins.

A new map opens, but once the event is done there isn’t much reason to stay. Give us reasons to revisit places.

What is going on, one day it is working fine…the next I get this. Nothing has changed with my computer I have no firewall running, AVG is not on my system. I tried restoring system to a earlier time just in case and nothing. I have tried /clientport 80 with no luck. Is ANET Working on this or do we just sit here until someone finds a work around?

This is 2 days now that I am unable to connect and it’s getting old quick. Played fine until the last little patch or whatever now I can do nothing.

I played fine yesterday, now I am getting this error also!

I like the new armor, the blue shimmer effect is awesome. Astral Skin of the Gods. I don’t personally care if people can color it, is the shimmer effect going to change with dye? I doubt it, wish it would though

Do people find the pictures of naked tribes women in Nation Geographic appalling? Have you contacted them to have the images fixed? What about Adam and Eve paintings?! I mean Eve had a fig leaf covering her mid-section and breasts were exposed?

This is a fantasy based game, armor in most fantasy settings doesn’t make sense.
Conan.
Red Sonja.
Most Artwork by Boris Vallejo.

I say good job.

used mine with the Magitech armor, dyed to match glyphic pistols

I have a female engineer I based off of Elona. There is a female face that has a very regal, African look. I think she is bad kitten looking, gave her the blue/black hair with the braided, shaved looking hair. Reminds me of Tina Turner on Beyond Thunderdome

Gads….NO MORE TOWN CLOTHES.

~More armor skins would be appreciated. Leather needs an overhaul, everything is coats. I was looking at shoulder armor on TP seems the same model was basically used several times.
Where as my light armor is different every tier. (and I mean more dropped or rewarded armor.) No more re-skins for gem shop either, the flame kissed should have been new armors. Also the toxic mantle and gloves, why not a whole set? And at least 2+ Class SPECIFIC Armors.

~New skills/Weapons (Like in the sylvari story line where we got to use a whip)

~New Hair/Face styles.

~A more evolving world, though this has gotten better lately. More reasons to go back to lower lvl areas, change the heart events. If a new player starts they would never know anyways.

PVE Armor locker!!!

new 0-500 crafting recipe drops.

There has been a lot of fire items lately. Could also do a set called void or darkness and one for light.

You recently introduced the flame armor to the gem shop, why not continue with this.

Flame (which we have now)
Water (Ice with a nice frost effect) See Picture (found on the web)
Earth ( Something plant like perhaps)
Air. (Storm like effect, lightning)

Do not use the same armor skins, you have a design team, each element should have an individual look to the armor itself.

Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying take away the cute stuff, as some people do like it. And I believe I stated this in my original post.

But they are putting a lot of effort into novelty items when IMO they should be adding more skins to the game itself, not just gem store items.

I purchased all 3 armor sets from the shop, I have worked to get the armors I like that drop and are crafted. But it is hard for me to even roll a new persona as I know what all the armors look like.
The GW2 team has released some really cool skins (mostly weapons) but it is just 1 piece not whole sets (which I know takes time) and with these dragon helms it was just re-skinned for all three types. I won’t use the medium skin as it really doesn’t fit with my medium armor wearing character. I appreciate these little touches they add, but I also don’t want to wait for an expansion to get some new armor. (Think we are getting a new set in July)

A few pieces can be mixed and matched for a cool look, but I don’t feel unique. I hope they do read the suggestions and see we what people want.

I like in GW how each class had a distinct look to some of the armor (yes some were added with expansions, but still would be cool to just be put in GW2)
Elite Kurzick
Ancient
Silver Eagle
Elite Prophecies
Obsidian
Plus a slew of new and old.

locoman.1974:

I agree that more skins (specially new armor skins) would be welcome, and while there’s some cutesy stuff that has been added I don’t see it being most stuff added.

What I’d consider cutesy (that’s not town clothes, at least), the gem store backpacks and the christmas weapon skins (both on the gem store and as regular rewards) and maybe you could argue the super weapon skins (I’d disagree there, but I’ll leave for arguments sake) and the flower backpack from southsun.

In the same time we’ve gotten the halloween weapon and shoulder skins and back item (the book), the fractal weapon skins, molten weapons, jet backpack and gauntlets, braham’s weapon and shield, Rox’s quiver, the sclerite weapon skins and tentacle back item (definitively not cutesy), guild commendation weapons and backpacks and some new weapons added as drops like Final Rest (definitively not cutesy)… not sure if I missed anything

I agree with the OP. All this cute nonsense needs to die in a fire. We should all be sending the design team piles of Tim Burton movies, to give them inspiration for less cutesy stuff.

And the next person to design something quaggan-themed will be put in front of a live crossbow exercise.

As long as the shooters are wielding The Dreamer..

Yup. More models from lvl 1-80 is needed, I roll new toons because I like the game. I hate rolling new toons because I know they will end up looking the same by the end.

Yes they have given us some cool skins, but 90% is back and weapons. I love the gauntlets…..where is the rest of it?

I don’t mind them, in fact for Heavy Armor it’s great, used the light as for the medium it really doesn’t fit.

What I wish would have happened is: That each gear type would have gotten an original design istead of them all looking the same.

+22, I think that about sums it up!

I am all for a few occasional whimsy items for the game, but enough is enough.

GW2 is soon reaching a year old and I have only seen a few serious gear and weapon skins implemented. At this point there should be way more skins than are available, people are still wearing basically the same gear since start.

Implement more skins in the gem shop, as standard drops, as rares and rewards.

I thought there was a design team that only worked on these aspects, my character should look like a hero, not a muppet at this point.

Bring us some of the classic GW skins as well as some new skins.

I agree!!!!! I want new armor and weapon skins to make my character look like a hero, NOT a Muppet!

I agree they should be adding new skins to the shop for gems and as drops or rewards, it won’t be long before the game reaches a year old. Why are we only seeing a few rewards pieces?

I thought there was a design team dedicated to just this area, by this point there should have been a ton of new skins dropped in game.

Might be somewhere in the forums, but the idea of weapon/armor effcts that could be A: Bought from vendor (some from cash shop)
B: A craftable item, with each tradeskill being able to make certain effects.

I like the effect on the Gauntlets with the dripping magma, though it doesn’t really match my armor. It would be great if weapons and armor had a slot this could be added to or just a skin that could be added.

1: of course an element theme. Earth, Air, Fire, Water/Ice, lightning.
2: a light type theme
3: a dark type theme
4: simple glow effects (not overly bright, just like a slight aura)

I understand the game is still in “new” stages, but if I understood correctly there are different teams working on different areas of the game.

so updates to cosmetic items, armor and weapn skins is totally seperate from the team fixing bug, or the team fixing -insert whatever here-

glasses would be cool, for a cloth wearer. Dyes help set you apart to a small degree, but man there were so many great skins I would love to see added.

Sunspear
Elonion
Ancient. etc etc etc

I know that GW2 is fairly new, but what is with the lack of armor skins. Just my opinion but I would think with the vast amount of skins in GW1, that it would be easy to update for GW2.

Is there a team with the primary focus on new armor and weapon skins?

To some it is fluff or doesn’t matter, but for me it is a way to stand out from the crowd.
Hoping the new updates Jan/Feb will bring some new looks to the lands. Not only for level 80, but from 1-80.

Also need to add more to the cash shop, for those willing to pay.

Well I understand that sometimes you miss out on things in a game, I was looking forward to this event. Even with me moving I was excited as I will be in and settled before the event started… That is until I learned that they will not be out to connect my internet until the 19th. I am going to a small town, how are they so busy that it will take 2 weeks to get to me. Oh well, everybody who gets to participate have fun and youtube it!

Let me say I LOVE a game that has alot of options for looks and to feel unique. Some of the armor and weapon skins are great while others imo aren’t so great. It needs way more skins from 1-80.

I would love to see that all the work we do to gain achievement points were actually useful for more than a few titles.

I was thinking that perhaps you could issue different armor and weapon skins from a vendor. I don’t like seeing everyone running around with the same look as me, and I know the game is still young.

Say there are 5 different skins for each armor piece
so in total there would be 30 different pices per light, medium, heavy.
And 5 skins per weapon type.

We have X amount of points to spend and hopefully each skin is just as cool as the other so it is just a matter of taste, which in turn helps with people feeling more unique.
A step further would be every 6 months or so they are rotated out with new looks.

Another thought is to have a wardrobe slot (just for alternate look) There are a few looks I do like in game, but I don’t want to always transmute. Just a simple wardrobe slot would be helpful. I like my races tier 2 armor, but I also like the priory, I want to be able to wear either without making A. a 2nd set or B. transmuting one for the other.

And last one: more fx on weapons and armor, Greatsword of Ice for example should have an icey aura or such, maybe doing more depending on level or rarity. The icey effect would vary slightly going from a fine to legendary, the effect being way more awesome on a legendary than a fine.

sushihead.9360:

zaneber.6908:

I won’t lie it was a little difficult doing this puzzle with larger toons, but it was not their fault. It took awhile to for me to focus on what I was doing and to stop watching EVERYTHING going on around me. It was stupid mistakes on my part that caused me to fail at this jumping puzzle.

But I eventually managed to finish the puzzle with the help of a Norn nice enough to show me where I kept slipping off and what to do toward the end. (It was that half cog after you jump down) I did some kidding with the Charr and Norn toons around me, but not once was I hateful or mad at them.

As others have said it is easy to blame this or that when you are frustrated, after 100+ tries I finished.

Oh and for those who have not finished the puzzle, if you are an Ele I sugguest changing your traits to air and using air signet for the speed boost.

I tried doing this with my thief but speed boost wouldn’t hold. How do you make it hold with your elementalist?

one of the air traits is Zephyr’s Speed – Move 10% faster while attuned to air
Signet of Air – Passive: Grants a 10% increase in movement speed.
Just made sure I was attuned to air and my signet was working. I blazed through pretty quick

I won’t lie it was a little difficult doing this puzzle with larger toons, but it was not their fault. It took awhile to for me to focus on what I was doing and to stop watching EVERYTHING going on around me. It was stupid mistakes on my part that caused me to fail at this jumping puzzle.

But I eventually managed to finish the puzzle with the help of a Norn nice enough to show me where I kept slipping off and what to do toward the end. (It was that half cog after you jump down) I did some kidding with the Charr and Norn toons around me, but not once was I hateful or mad at them.

As others have said it is easy to blame this or that when you are frustrated, after 100+ tries I finished.

Oh and for those who have not finished the puzzle, if you are an Ele I sugguest changing your traits to air and using air signet for the speed boost.

Just a few I snapped

In Fact they do, it is just luck. From mining CC and selling to the children for PToT bags, I have Superior Rune of the Mad King (tailor which I have) and Major Sigil of the Night (weaponsmith which I have)recipes dropped.

Caramel Ham.4891:

zaneber.6908:

Wayshuba.5912:

zaneber.6908:

ok, so let me get this right.
RARE
1. Infrequently occurring; uncommon

GAMBLE
1. A bet, wager, or other gambling venture.
2. An act or undertaking of uncertain outcome; a risk: I took a gamble that stock prices would rise.

So people spent their money to gamble on a rare skin, knowing that the % would be very low (if everybody had one it wouldn’t be rare)
The because people complained on the forum they go back and pretty much make a new gamble using trash stuff. And again (you shouls know it is still a low %) people didn’t get what they wanted so AGAIN we complain on the forum.
Tomorrow ANet will just mail everyone a voucher for a skin or put them on the BLTC, so that EVERYONE will have this RARE skin…..
I myself spent $50 dollars on keys and didn’t get squat, I then used my tonics and boosts to make MKCs and got a few crafting mats…I moved on and am playing the game happily because I knew it was a GAMBLE to begin with.

Have we noticed the usage of RARE & GAMBLE

Please show everyone on these forums where the store or patch notes say the chance is rare. Please do. I can tell you many of my guildmates do not come to the forums at all and believe the chests are bugged – not that the chance is rare since nowhere in game does it tell anyone that, even to this day with the new Mad King Chests.

This whole fix is commonly known as “rubbing salt in the wound”.

Do people not get the concept, they are rare weapon skins that are being gambled for.
If you go to a casino and play games and they are having a drawing for say a car. You should know that the % of you actually winning money or the car is going to be low.
Gambling means that usually the odds are stacked against you. I have seen plenty of people linking that they got the skins. So the chests can’t be bugged.

Nor did I say ANet said the chance was rare, it is a rare item for a reason. If everyone could win one why post it as a rare…that is my point.

Show me where in Anets advertising of the game, including all interviews and official blogs about GW2 does it mention that GAMBLING would be part of the game. If you can’t show me that, seriously leave this thread.

Are you going to argue to me that “other” games do this also? Mainly korean/asian made mmo’s? Then Anet SHOULD make it CLEAR that it is their intention to do so. It makes it easier for everyone. Those who do NOT like it, can leave the game. Including myself.

Will you now argue to me that those are “vanity” items and not needed? Sorry to burst your bubble but those “vanity” items ARE THE ENDGAME. There is absolutely NOTHING to look forward to once you have completed all the content that you wanted to play. To summarize, in case you did not get it, you play the game in ORDER to get those vanity items. If you can’t or not allowed to, then its game over. I will bet you over 90% of current player population will tell you that they keep playing the game FOR the vanity items.

These are NOT endgame items people are complaining about not getting. These are event items that more then likely will make a reappearance at some point and the fact another content patch will come through and these will be old news. These are not the Legendaries people are grinding to get to at end game. Nowhere was I rude to anyone, so don’t tell me I need to leave the thread.

Wayshuba.5912:

zaneber.6908:

ok, so let me get this right.
On the other hand, nowhere in any official response did they say that the skins were guaranteed or that there was a high chance of getting them. The argument relies on the semantic assumption of what “chance” means to you, and that is actually a vague enough term to make you cautious of any assumptions. Some people consider 1/100 a low chance, and some consider it a moderate or high chance depending on the context, but you cannot say that default assumption is that it is a high or low chance.

One can safely assume that you will spend $5 – $10 on a virtual item in an MMO. That is pretty standard. However, when a person spends $100 on keys, gets nothing and then effectively puts another $50 worth for a second chance (since the forge require two chests worth of stuff) and STILL gets nothing it has long past reasonable assumption. This is simply about how do you get people to pay ten to twenty times what they would consider reasonable for a virtual item (remember the outcry in EVE over the $70 cosmetic item?).

What has happened here is simple, it’s a fleecing to try and get more cash then people would reasonably spend. Mark my words, this second chance is only going to reinforce why people will not use the cash store in the future.

I agree and I can understand people being unhappy. Yes we love vanity items, seen them in alot of games. But we are not forced to buy them nor are they important to finish the game. ANet is not a sub game, they have (IMO) done a great job at adding content and fixing content, also knowing that not everyone has disposable income to buy from they cash shop. But they get the same basic content that everyone else gets.

I am sorry that people feel they were ripped off and lost in the gamble. I guess my mind works differently.

Wayshuba.5912:

zaneber.6908:

ok, so let me get this right.
RARE
1. Infrequently occurring; uncommon

GAMBLE
1. A bet, wager, or other gambling venture.
2. An act or undertaking of uncertain outcome; a risk: I took a gamble that stock prices would rise.

So people spent their money to gamble on a rare skin, knowing that the % would be very low (if everybody had one it wouldn’t be rare)
The because people complained on the forum they go back and pretty much make a new gamble using trash stuff. And again (you shouls know it is still a low %) people didn’t get what they wanted so AGAIN we complain on the forum.
Tomorrow ANet will just mail everyone a voucher for a skin or put them on the BLTC, so that EVERYONE will have this RARE skin…..
I myself spent $50 dollars on keys and didn’t get squat, I then used my tonics and boosts to make MKCs and got a few crafting mats…I moved on and am playing the game happily because I knew it was a GAMBLE to begin with.

Have we noticed the usage of RARE & GAMBLE

Please show everyone on these forums where the store or patch notes say the chance is rare. Please do. I can tell you many of my guildmates do not come to the forums at all and believe the chests are bugged – not that the chance is rare since nowhere in game does it tell anyone that, even to this day with the new Mad King Chests.

This whole fix is commonly known as “rubbing salt in the wound”.

Do people not get the concept, they are rare weapon skins that are being gambled for.
If you go to a casino and play games and they are having a drawing for say a car. You should know that the % of you actually winning money or the car is going to be low.
Gambling means that usually the odds are stacked against you. I have seen plenty of people linking that they got the skins. So the chests can’t be bugged.

Nor did I say ANet said the chance was rare, it is a rare item for a reason. If everyone could win one why post it as a rare…that is my point.

ok, so let me get this right.
RARE
1. Infrequently occurring; uncommon

GAMBLE
1. A bet, wager, or other gambling venture.
2. An act or undertaking of uncertain outcome; a risk: I took a gamble that stock prices would rise.

So people spent their money to gamble on a rare skin, knowing that the % would be very low (if everybody had one it wouldn’t be rare)
Then because people complained on the forum they go back and pretty much make a new gamble using trash stuff. And again (you shouls know it is still a low %) people didn’t get what they wanted so AGAIN we complain on the forum.
Tomorrow ANet will just mail everyone a voucher for a skin or put them on the BLTC, so that EVERYONE will have this RARE skin…..
I myself spent $50 dollars on keys and didn’t get squat, I then used my tonics and boosts to make MKCs and got a few crafting mats…I moved on and am playing the game happily because I knew it was a GAMBLE to begin with.

Have we noticed the usage of RARE & GAMBLE

I took a gamble on chests and lost, thats life BUT I LOVE the event and the game.
Grats to Anet teams for making a great game!!