Guild Wars 2

All this was announced while I was asleep so I’ve been reading about while having breakfast. I think my eyes were close to melting from reading some of the posts…

I think this is a great idea of theirs (in theory) and can’t wait to see how it goes. Purchasing a component that’s been missed for whatever reason, at such a cheap price, really seems to fit this game. Not in a bad way, either.

Sarrs.4831:

Also, something that I’d like to see; smaller transaction sizes available through the gem store. Paying $2.50 is nowhere near as intimidating to your wallet, compared to $10.

Also; will it be possible to gift Living World episodes to other players?

Ten bucks worth of gems is four installments worth. I think the beauty of this system is going to be, for people in your position, that the LS installments can be “saved up” if needed so one low tier gem purchase can open up a few missed episodes.

And Colin did mention the gold to gem thing as well, for those who do that. It all seems fairly win/win for many people.

I like the looks of the kit backpacks (if that’s what we’re talking about) and none of my engineers are homeless grubs. It is a bit rough having the weapons vanish into thin air though.

jokke.6239:

Just wanted to let people know that Anet have patched this :¨¨¨/
DO NOT TRY THIS METHOD ANYMORE, IT WON’T WORK.
I can’t really understand how they could prioritize this? Many people still haven’t gotten their wvw chests afaik. With all the bugs in the game it seems weird to work on one that a big part of the playerbase actually enjoy.
This was a really cool “feature” that gave some more depth to the weapons.
I really hope the reason you removed this was because you are working on more nightime effects for weapons. Many of us clearly want this , make it happen!

Aww kitten. I was going to try this out on a few things. Wish I’d seen the thread earlier.

1) Because I can.

2) Because I like it.

3) I don’t need a third reason.

Stacking in the dung corner needs fixing….

Ever thought of plumbing?

VergilDeZaniah.3295:

Just like the polearm [&AgGPcgAA], and its icon has been updated lately…

I want one!

MasterYoda.8563:

The report button I just clicked is even more awesome

More awesome, even, the report button I just clicked.

Oh, and why would anyone report this? The mods will move it in due course. It is awesome enough for here first.

Nerelith.7360:

zenleto.6179:

tigirius.9014:

Gibson.4036:

Belzebu.3912:

The thing with GW2 is that it is different.

Players that didn’t like the differences from their previous MMOs, usually hated GW2 and then they go to the Internet vent their hate towards the game, while the vast majority of the players that like GW2 just play and doesn’t show their affection on the Internet, at least that is how I see the current scenarios.

That is why you see bad comments only in forums and some community opinions, but bigger sites you hardly see any bad article about GW2.

Looks like the exact opposite from my point of view.

GW2 looked like it was going to be very different. Players that didn’t like their previous MMOs had a lot of hope for GW2, but shortly after launch ArenaNet decided to please the small group of people who wanted another status quo MMO, and abandoned many of their core design principles in favor of trying to keep as broad an audience as possible.

The reason the hate is strong is that many people who don’t like the game in its current state really loved what it was at launch, with all that it promised to become. Instead of just moving on to another game, they keep holding out a think hope that ArenaNet will return to their original vision. That hope, stretched out over an increasingly long time, and fed with small crumbs of occasional positive game changes, leads to a smoldering bitterness.

This is only magnified by ArenaNet moving from clear, bold communication about their hopes for the game to a policy of secrecy, and vague statements with room for a lot of interpretation. Any community dealing with the uncertainty caused by that kind of communication from its leadership is going to grow resentful.

Perfect. Might I also add to this discussion that it’s not whining to expect a company to fulfill it’s goals on a product, it’s called an expectation of professionalism. All of these people who trying to marginalize what people are rightly complaining about aren’t helping they are most likely the niche group you are talking about who asked for the very things we expected this game not to be, and having received what they wanted are attacking those of us who purchased the title because it was indeed supposed to be completely different than what we had seen before. Sadly it didn’t turn out that way. Now many of us are hesitant to buy anything else from the publisher because we’re afraid it will happen again, so we sit by the sidelines watching the launch of another product to see if they do some of the same things.

You can not be serious! There are threads on this first page that are so full of whiney lose that I’m surprised we can’t physically hear them. A complaint is one thing but going on and on and on and on and on…. You get the idea. If these people were doing it in a room we were in they’d be left alone after just a few minutes.

All of that to Just say:

“if I can find a way of trivializing legitimate complaints, then that means the problem is them..Not the game.”

This is the discussion version of " Oh ya..well…your hair is a mess, that makes you wrong!! ha!"

No, not really.

tigirius.9014:

Gibson.4036:

Belzebu.3912:

The thing with GW2 is that it is different.

Players that didn’t like the differences from their previous MMOs, usually hated GW2 and then they go to the Internet vent their hate towards the game, while the vast majority of the players that like GW2 just play and doesn’t show their affection on the Internet, at least that is how I see the current scenarios.

That is why you see bad comments only in forums and some community opinions, but bigger sites you hardly see any bad article about GW2.

Looks like the exact opposite from my point of view.

GW2 looked like it was going to be very different. Players that didn’t like their previous MMOs had a lot of hope for GW2, but shortly after launch ArenaNet decided to please the small group of people who wanted another status quo MMO, and abandoned many of their core design principles in favor of trying to keep as broad an audience as possible.

The reason the hate is strong is that many people who don’t like the game in its current state really loved what it was at launch, with all that it promised to become. Instead of just moving on to another game, they keep holding out a think hope that ArenaNet will return to their original vision. That hope, stretched out over an increasingly long time, and fed with small crumbs of occasional positive game changes, leads to a smoldering bitterness.

This is only magnified by ArenaNet moving from clear, bold communication about their hopes for the game to a policy of secrecy, and vague statements with room for a lot of interpretation. Any community dealing with the uncertainty caused by that kind of communication from its leadership is going to grow resentful.

Perfect. Might I also add to this discussion that it’s not whining to expect a company to fulfill it’s goals on a product, it’s called an expectation of professionalism. All of these people who trying to marginalize what people are rightly complaining about aren’t helping they are most likely the niche group you are talking about who asked for the very things we expected this game not to be, and having received what they wanted are attacking those of us who purchased the title because it was indeed supposed to be completely different than what we had seen before. Sadly it didn’t turn out that way. Now many of us are hesitant to buy anything else from the publisher because we’re afraid it will happen again, so we sit by the sidelines watching the launch of another product to see if they do some of the same things.

You can not be serious! There are threads on this first page that are so full of whiney lose that I’m surprised we can’t physically hear them. A complaint is one thing but going on and on and on and on and on…. You get the idea. If these people were doing it in a room we were in they’d be left alone after just a few minutes.

Doggie.3184:

Hopefully more Skirtless Canthan stuff I can wear.

More? Do we have any?

Ake.3014:

GW2 players who get GW1 just for HoM points, what rewards are appealing to you to invest so much time in another game for? Have any of you got the game just to try to get GWAMM? If so, how much research did you do before deciding it’s for you?

For anyone who got the game just for the GW2 rewards and completed their goal, did you think the time involved was worth it?

I did plenty of research first and thought about it for maybe a year before getting it. And the time its taken me to get where I am with HoM points has been worth it so far.

They aren’t adding to it but plenty of people still play it. I’ve been playing it for a few months now and haven’t grouped with any body so I think unless you want/need to do the hardest stuff then its very soloable.

Worth and better/worse? Very subjective.

Play time is up to you. I’m only doing it for a HoM target so once I get there I’ll be leaving the game alone.

DiogoSilva.7089:

zenleto.6179:

I’ve been playing GW1 for the last few months and I find it incredible that people rely on their memories as the truth of all things. But that’s nostalgia for you.

Not everyone relies on “memories” and “nostalgia”. I was playing GW1 right until the pre-launch of GW2, so I don’t judge the first game based on “sweet, distant memories”.

Maybe you don’t…

Buk Buk Bukka.4395:

Still have not received chest.

Oh wait, Wildstar headstart has begun.

Yeah, and wasn’t that a debacle to start with.

__________

So, no chest for me either. I’m not even sure I’m supposed to get one for fourth place but the achievement is there and an open chest icon. A guy in another thread reported that he got his chest after finishing the meta after the whole thing was supposed to be over today.

Be interesting to see what happens next.

Once again…..whoooooooooosh!

Whooooooooooosh!

The season 2 achievement panel is still open so by all appearances you may be able to still sneak some achievement points in. No guarantee on the meta award though.

The complete opposite of the invisible girl from Buffy! All my fantasy worlds are colliding.

Well I had replied that may have made for interesting discussion but since only the first line was posted I’m just going to leave it.

phabby.8945:

darkwombat.3695:

Having played just about every MMO and RPG out there, this frail, aging 44 year old gamer still finds that to this day, there are only two online games that he has given his most time to, World of Warcraft and Guild Wars 2.

I gather you never played GW1?

The problem is all the very best parts of GW1 was left out and this has upset the dedicated GW players that put in over 7 years playing.
if you haven’t tried GW1 grab a copy and see what all the complaints are about.

I will say GW2 is a great looking game with alot of potential to be the very best, but you will understand the quote " if it ain’t broke don’t fix it" , and I am afraid the current direction has broken what GW’s is and was to alot of players.

cheers

I’ve been playing GW1 for the last few months and I find it incredible that people rely on their memories as the truth of all things. But that’s nostalgia for you.

Milferd.3780:

This was never a problem before the combining of PVP with the rest of the dailies. Reason was daily activity was always on the dailies list. I whip out my dailies fairly fast now maybe just add this daily and one more everyday. Arnet used to think using the mystic forge was helpful for reducing number of items add it somedays. Maybe bring back more of the normal dailies rotation and make it 6 of 6.
Alternative there is a monthly recycle achievement so no need to have both it and recycle every day. Make doing activity on the list every day like recycle is now.

People have always played kegbrawl like that. It’s got nothing to do with dailies and everything to do with lazy players.

It’s amazing they can organise themselves to do this and can’t deal with the Boss Blitz or Marionette.

I can’t help you there. I don’t have much interest in the recipes. Maybe wiki them before making a decision.

I was in the same boat until one night before bed I just tried it. A pleasant surprise that ended up keeping me up later!

Buy one of each type ( wind, sun, lightning) and it unlocks all the armour types for that aspect.

As long as we see the permanent opening up of new areas and nothing is a rehash of the last LS then I’ll be happy enough. Anything else will be a bonus.

It would be a decent indicator on what seasonal currencies will be useful later on. So, yes.

And it happened while I was asleep so I didn’t miss the lack of anything!

Trahearne was a scholar who was pretty much forced to become a soldier. I dislike commenting on the writing for a video game since I don’t know how difficult it is to match it to the game but I think Trahearne’s heavy reliance on our characters was quite weakly portrayed . If they’d shown his anxiety and fear a little more then it may not have been such a problem for people at the end. I remember reading on the forums once that the personal story ended up being rushed so to be ready for the game release. That could explain things.

Anet knows people’s views on this so if LS2 goes along this vein then they will have tightened things up.

ICEing, I hope you’ve learnt your lesson about trying to be subtle on a gaming forum.

Chonghao.8965:

So all in all: No one knows nothing and there is no clear answer if its official allowed to use things for pressing keys.

I’d say there’s a good chance we all know nothing.

emilithium.3741:

Witaminka.4650:

Fortune scraps probably will never come back, seller says something about old currency, and now we have the new versions of this item, if you have more than 10 > exchange, less than 10 > delete.

Can these be exchanged for the new currencies? I haven’t seen it.

Nope.

Doesn’t matter what happens to dungeon rewards I’m probably still never going to run them.

I’m not sure what I’m looking at. Is the cloth bit of the trousers hiding behind the greaves?

edit: scratch that. I was seeing the inner far side of the cloth.

Appleflower dressed up for a night out, and for a trip to the Cliffs. The top hat ^ reminded me I was going to post this the other day.

I’d say no but if you don’t try then you won’t be giving yourself an opportunity to get one. kitten ed if you do and kitten ed if you don’t. Maybe just do it in increments instead of blowing it all in one big hit. If you end up doing it at all.

….oookaaaay….

So, anyway, who’s the person who mentioned that maybe an “I quit” section could be added to the forums? I can’t find it now but I’d second this idea. It would allow the more constructive threads (as this one proved to be) to be used for discussion and would weed out the drivel without generating a lot of passion (maybe).

I wouldn’t have known you didn’t speak English as a first language if you didn’t say, OP. Its pretty good.

Um…that’s my only contribution…

Guhracie.3419:

zenleto.6179:

If it was subscription then I’d be right there with you. I still shudder at how I thought about “wasting time” whenever I was standing still in a sub game. But maybe cheer your fellow Pavilioneers on, or go do some Gauntlet.

I don’t really have any hard answers. I guess its just down to how an individual player feels about it. I also just stand around after the Flying Dollys when I could actually be hunting down more crystals. There’s players in this game that like to stand around and chat so….who knows?

Doing the gauntlet reset my credit for the events as if I’d left the zone and I didn’t get a chest for it, so that’s a no-go. Also, time is wasted just as easily in a BTP game as it is in a sub game. Time as a currency is different than money. Related, but not exactly the same.

Well that sucks. I’d been planning on doing some a bit later today while waiting. Looks like housework between Pavilion events again. There always more of that!

If it was subscription then I’d be right there with you. I still shudder at how I thought about “wasting time” whenever I was standing still in a sub game. But maybe cheer your fellow Pavilioneers on, or go do some Gauntlet.

I don’t really have any hard answers. I guess its just down to how an individual player feels about it. I also just stand around after the Flying Dollys when I could actually be hunting down more crystals. There’s players in this game that like to stand around and chat so….who knows?

Is the character called Messy Hangover?

I might trying doing to this to mine to see what I actually have and don’t have.

You’ve done your boss and now doing your service to the community by not making the other bosses that much more difficult. No problems there. If you get anything better than bronze then Bam! you’re a winner.

Azhure.1857:

zenleto.6179:

OP, I don’t know who you are and I don’t care what your reasons are. If you don’t like the game then just leave, if you have better things to do then just leave. If you want to tell Anet then send them an email or write them a letter. This sort of crap is nearly as bad as gold seller spam.

And threads about gold seller spam.

Actually these “Goodbye” threads carry weight and have meaning. Though I imagine you and ArenaNet would rather sweep them under the rug and hide the fact that players are leaving the game for good reasons.

Players speaking to ArenaNet:
“You have been weighed,
You have been measured,
and you have been found wanting.”

I’m sure they do carry some weight but, as proven every time, they do very little to foster any sort of worthwhile discussion within the forum community. Or in game for that matter. I’ve seen “I quit” announcements in map chat that degenerated into even less constructive discussion than this thread. All Anet need to do to get feedback from leavers is send them a questionnaire after a certain time. If they want to respond then good for them.

And, since you can’t possibly know me or my motives, you might want to keep your opinions on what I want to see to yourself.

They don’t even need to balance it. Put up some cages so people can fight their mates, or other random posers, with the gear they have on. They can put up a big, fat sign saying “BEWARE! We aren’t even going to pretend to balance this, you’re on your own. Good luck!”

I love idle speculation.

Azure Prower.8701:

Only if the arena drops the two people to their deaths after 5 minutes.

Because watching two bunker builds fight it out is boring.

Hmmm yes, I’d support this.

Or maybe other interesting penalties for having a draw.

It’s making me laugh just thinking about it.

Yeah I plan on having it on a “fun” build. Haven’t got around to doing it yet.

You posted it, not a dev.

Oh, are you saying we should ask the devs to post this map in the other supported languages so we can see it?

And not being all sarky over language.

Lord of Rings.5371:

An example of straightforwardness is to make a GW2 map like attached instead of the foggy “Atlas” on the web site.

What sort of example is this? How am I supposed to know what’s written here?

LOL there’s finally more than one commander in an instance I’m in and they’re arguing like a married couple. There was some organisation to start with but it all fell apart. Thought I was going to see silver.

CuRtoKy.8576:

zenleto.6179:

Looks like they do listen.

CuRtoKy.8576:

No no they weren’t buffed. It was a bug lololol :P

Love how fixing a mistake = bug fix now lmao

Its an adjustment, not a bug fix.

It was a joke :<

I’m saying for the notes they have it all under “Bug Fixes”

Oh ok, sorry. Too much forum time…

Looks like they do listen.

CuRtoKy.8576:

No no they weren’t buffed. It was a bug lololol :P

Love how fixing a mistake = bug fix now lmao

Its an adjustment, not a bug fix.