Guild Wars 2

Ayrilana.1396:

tluv.5821:

Ayrilana.1396:

tluv.5821:

Zaron.1987:

tluv.5821:

I’ve found the Bell Choir is fantastic for me. I made between 25-30 gold last night just from doing Bell Choir. I did that for about a half hour. Granted I also got the personalized presents too, it was still much worth. I also REALLY enjoy doing bell choir. Like…. more than I should enjoy it.

so clever

same exaggerations also helped to nerf the already nerfed sw to death….

there was the same with cf where people claiming" i made 100 g in an hours. welp i do 200g in 40 min. come on i do 250 g in 20 min " and so on…. and we all know where it have end —-> NERF of death inc

?exaggerations ftw

may be this wintersday will be save but enjoy the nerfed version next year cause of this ( exaggerated) showing off

Er, I’m not exaggerating sir. So calling me a liar a false statement on your part. If you read what I said, I said I also got the personalized gifts when doing it as well. I was completing achievs.

I’d assume if you clarified that you opened all of the presents and sold the drops, this was how you reached that amount. You simply got some valuable drops which out you over what you would have gotten if you had sold the gifts themselves.

Assumptions sir. I was under the assumptions everyone was opening them, as that is the best gain due to the drinks. And I sold everything. Nothing of “great” value as you assume. It was the drinks that got me the most money.

Everyone here was selling them directly as that nets you the most gold consistently.

Really? I just see something about farming them. Nothing about selling vs opening them. I was just making a fact I got made a certain amount from a certain event. So stop with the assumptions please. And re-read the thread.

Ayrilana.1396:

tluv.5821:

Zaron.1987:

tluv.5821:

I’ve found the Bell Choir is fantastic for me. I made between 25-30 gold last night just from doing Bell Choir. I did that for about a half hour. Granted I also got the personalized presents too, it was still much worth. I also REALLY enjoy doing bell choir. Like…. more than I should enjoy it.

so clever

same exaggerations also helped to nerf the already nerfed sw to death….

there was the same with cf where people claiming" i made 100 g in an hours. welp i do 200g in 40 min. come on i do 250 g in 20 min " and so on…. and we all know where it have end —-> NERF of death inc

?exaggerations ftw

may be this wintersday will be save but enjoy the nerfed version next year cause of this ( exaggerated) showing off

Er, I’m not exaggerating sir. So calling me a liar a false statement on your part. If you read what I said, I said I also got the personalized gifts when doing it as well. I was completing achievs.

I’d assume if you clarified that you opened all of the presents and sold the drops, this was how you reached that amount. You simply got some valuable drops which out you over what you would have gotten if you had sold the gifts themselves.

Assumptions sir. I was under the assumptions everyone was opening them, as that is the best gain due to the drinks. And I sold everything. Nothing of “great” value as you assume. It was the drinks that got me the most money.

Zaron.1987:

tluv.5821:

I’ve found the Bell Choir is fantastic for me. I made between 25-30 gold last night just from doing Bell Choir. I did that for about a half hour. Granted I also got the personalized presents too, it was still much worth. I also REALLY enjoy doing bell choir. Like…. more than I should enjoy it.

so clever

same exaggerations also helped to nerf the already nerfed sw to death….

there was the same with cf where people claiming" i made 100 g in an hours. welp i do 200g in 40 min. come on i do 250 g in 20 min " and so on…. and we all know where it have end —-> NERF of death inc

?exaggerations ftw

may be this wintersday will be save but enjoy the nerfed version next year cause of this ( exaggerated) showing off

Er, I’m not exaggerating sir. So calling me a liar a false statement on your part. If you read what I said, I said I also got the personalized gifts when doing it as well. I was completing achievs.

Under the description of the OP, every expansion ever in every MMO ever is P2W. Sir, I think you need to just suck it up and by the expansion if you want to play the elite specs. I have HoT, I still run an older build. a Pre-HoT build if you well. And I do fairly well. Sounds like are just complaining (and you are complaining without any valid facts) about the imbalance issues, which won’t be fixed before the end of the PvP season.

However, to claim it is P2W. You don’t have to BUY or PAY of the expansion to win. Or get ahead. It just so happens, which the release of specializations, that the meta has them as the most easy win modes. When a balance patch comes out, it will be fixed.

Lets wait a minute and take WoW into example. When Death Knights got released they were super powerful. I’m certain you needed the xpac to play a DK when it came it. Was WoW p2w then too?

Dejavu.2349:

Amen!
They gave a big middle finger to their mission statement, to what this game was that drew so many here, and to many well-paying customers like me.

Sir, you are wrong about their mission statement. Nowhere does it say anything about this being a “casual” game. Directly taken from the Wiki:

“create a state-of-the-art, interactive game network and design premier multiplayer online games for dedicated game players”

The game is incredibly casual based. I think hardcore as someone who plays once a week. There’s SO MUCH TO DO. I don’t see a grind as everyone says. And I play every kittening day. Quit your whining and complaining. Every game has it’s bugs, some more than others, but the game is a great game. It’s fantastically well-done. And definitely one of the best MMOs to date. If you disagree, you are welcome to play MapleStory. That is a casual game for you.

I don’t understand… how hard is it to turn on chat until you’ve seen it? Or better yet, just don’t log in and go watch it. It’s pretty kitten simple in my opinion. It’s also the internet, there will be spoilers for everything everywhere. Society can not cater to every individual just because you MIGHT find out something about something you didn’t know about.

And let me answer this fact, if you found out a spoiler and the whole movie, I bet you’d still go watch the movie and enjoy it.

It’s also just a movie. Regardless if you watched it or didn’t watch it, your life will not be changed. You’ll still just go work like normal. Wake up the next day like normal. And do you normal things, like normal. So relax.

I’ve found the Bell Choir is fantastic for me. I made between 25-30 gold last night just from doing Bell Choir. I did that for about a half hour. Granted I also got the personalized presents too, it was still much worth. I also REALLY enjoy doing bell choir. Like…. more than I should enjoy it.

perry.9645:

Raids are pretty much on Farm right now

What? That’s hilarious. Perhaps for your group who raids multiple times a week for several hours and have a perfect comp and competent people. This is perhaps the most ridiculous QQ post about raids I’ve read on these forums. Raids are VERY far from Farm status.

Farm status means a group can go in. Any random group, and do it without communication nearly every time.

It happens. I wouldn’t be upset. And they shouldn’t either. Just pray to RNGesus you get something good next time. I RARELY got ascended boxes when doing fotms prior to HoT, though everyone in my guild was constantly getting them. Remember, take into account their Magic Find.

Celtus.8456:

My theory is that most people don’t really enjoy playing the new maps, but they need to do so in order to level the masteries and experience any sense of progression in the game they just paid $50 for.

Your theory is flawed, as most people in my guild enjoy the new maps.

I don’t see what the problem is. Every single item ever gained in story missions is non-salvagable.

I don’t understand. What part of the game is “Pay to Win”? What items can I buy with cash that give me an absolute advantage over the rest of players who didn’t purchase it?

Rev is definately the most OP class in the game. Large amounts of CC. You can’t just spam one anymore kiddos.

No responses from anyone? This is great news!

Nurgle The Vile One.2138:

Best of lucks to the guilds chosen !

you won’t regret choosing EG anet

I see what you are doing there Nurgle

Good luck to those within the guilds that got selected! And most importantly, remember, this is a game and have fun!

MaximillianVonSchatten.6278:

The only problem I have with this is that I was able to contribute to my guild by PLAYING the game. It didn’t matter what I did, whether it was PVE or WvW events, running dungeons or doing guild missions, influence grew from PLAYING the way we wanted to PLAY.

That is out now. Now you have to grind, grind, grind. Grind mats and gold for upgrades. Grind mats and gold for scribing. Grind, grind, grind for masteries. Grind grind grind the new zones hoping for a successful meta to get a pittance of new materials needed for hall upgrades. Grind for ley line tools, grind for kegs, grind for glass mugs, grind for sand, grind for flax.

And I am in an extremely large PVx guild, I can only imagine what it is like for a small WvW focused guild who just saw their net worth plummet and their operating costs skyrocket. These guilds typically don’t touch PVE areas, but now they have to grind grind grind them just to get some rudimentary WvW upgrades from their hall.

I don’t see the grind. We all get the materials we need from natural play throughs of the game. get every resource node you see. There is no grind.

IAMANDLOVE.3095:

Here are what I think is currently wrong with Heart of Thorn.

1) mastery system, to be very honest I was hyped when I first learned to fly around and started leveling my mastery points, but after a while I ask myself the simple question, what do I get for putting all this hard work into leveling my mastery? Do i get more powerful? no! Do I get better ways to farm for gold so I can save up for another legendary item? No! Do I get to unlock secret location? Yes, and its disappointing because most of the time there are no reward and I am the only one there! I just simply don’t see a point with the mastery system and as a matter of fact I have stopped leveling it and I just simply don’t care!

So you are disappointed because you obviously didn’t read a single blog post Anet posted? Anet stated that masteries were a HORIZONTAL progression. Horizontal doesn’t mean vertical. It means you can new abilities and your skill ACTUAL SKILL will be tested. Not their fault you failed to read.

IAMANDLOVE.3095:

2) disappointed wvw, and as a matter of fact many people have stopped playing wvw, this is mainly due to the new zones being created.

Agree and disagree. WvW sunk. But not because of the new maps. WvW has been dying for months, anyone who fails to see that is blind. Since the stab changes WvW has been losing interest. The issue with WvW are rewards. It’s not fun. It’s boring now. There’s is zero reason for anyone in the game to go into WvW.

IAMANDLOVE.3095:

3) Raid, I am very hyped about raid, but after getting my feet wet I see many problem with the current state of raid!

A) no looking for raid group on the group finder! This is just stupid because even WOW allows you to atomically look for people via the Dungeon Finder!

B) the raid mechanic are stupidly easy compared to WOW, as a matter of fact the only difficulty with the raid comes from the enrage timer, I have spend over 30 hours with various pick up group and guild trying to down the very first boss Vail Guardian and we couldn’t do it. Now I am not against hard content, what I am against is only releasing hard content and not having a similar easier difficulty. The great game developer side meier said you need at least two difficulty hard and normal. Now world of warcraft made their raid difficulty correct, they have normal difficulty, heroic and mythic! I mean come on guild war 2 development team how can you kitten this up? And is very simple to have a easier difficulty just give us more time!
Hence I suggest for raid there should be 3 difficulty
Normal engage timer goes off after 15 minute
Heroic enrage timer goes off after 12 minute
Hard enrage timer goes off after 8 minute
and to make everyone happy each difficulty give different reward, for example on hard difficulty the raid give you more guild and more crafting material for your legendary, and their should be a leader board on who can beat the raid faster!

So because you can’t find a PuG group (which they were never meant to be killed by pugs…. easily… and the fact it is TOO HARD for you makes it bad? Raids are fun. The mechanics are easy, yes, but obviously people are still struggling and unable to beat it… what does that mean? Probably communication, which is something PuGs can’t do will. If you aren’t willing to find a static raid group, you’ll be constantly disappointed.

As far as the LFG tool is concerned, really it’s just people don’t know how to use it. Stop putting FOTM lfgs in Open World Content. Stop putting Story LFGs in Open World content. Learn to read.

IAMANDLOVE.3095:

4) Dungeons got destroyed, Dungeons use to be one of my favorite activities in Guild War two and it has always been a nice extra to get the gold and mats. Now they have nerfed dungeons down to nothing, I mean why would you nerf a fantstic content like Dungeons? WHy would you destroy the best part of guild war 2? now for people who crave 5 man dungeon content they will have to run Fractals over and over again! But they haven’t even added anything new to fractals! Its basically the same thing!

Dungeons did get destroyed. I would say the “best part” of GW2 is subjective. I personally enjoy open world content and find that the best. I found Fractals more entertaining than running a zerk meta through a dungeon. And fractals have changed. If they are the same thing, are you at level 100 yet?

TexZero.7910:

Kill.3458:

Since Tex enjoys being ambiguous ill just outright say that they randomly drop from chests (non-specific map chests that kind of look like small JP chests) across the Magus fall maps, they also have a VERY small drop chance from mobs

Bravo. You figured it out.

Quick, everyone to the strange areas that LOOK like jumping puzzles!

OP, the did state before HoT was launched that the Arena, or any guild hall things, would REQUIRE the Expansion. Don’t blame them for not letting you know, when they did.

As far as a depression? I thought this would be about the state of the economy. I thought this would be about how the game is a gold sink. No, your argument only points to Guild Halls. That’s it. Yes, Ghalls are a gold sink. They are in every game. But that doesn’t make a depression. The economy is crashing super hard. It is very difficult to make money in this game now. But not because of ghalls. Your argument is flawed.

Exciton.8942:

Nyspar.6103:

Jordo.5913:

Nyspar.6103:

Mark Katzbach.9084:

without ensuring that those reading their comments were fully aware of the fact that they had been given early access.

I was under the assumption that DnT is not allowed to identify themselves as raid testers, as stated in the NDA.

you assumed wrong LOL,

my guess is once the first raid wing went live you could totally say that you tested the first raid wing…you just can’t say that you are testing the other raid wings yet

NDA’s dont end as soon as the content goes live, they are forever

NDA means testers don’t disclose the content before it goes alive.

DnT and another guild have been publicly announced to be beta testers already. It is a fact not something that is not disclosed.

So DnT’s problem is not going against NDA. It is because they are raising an unhealthy atmosphere by bragging about speed clearing w/o noting the fact that they had a lot of chance for practise for the past month.

I’ve signed other NDAs that state more than just not disclosing information. Unless you have personally signed Anet’s NDA then you can’t really comment.

Exotrax.4207:

So , I’m trying hard to grind xps doing events but since the raids came out , maps (even VB) are quite empty.
Yesterday I ran around VB trying to find a small group to do events and we were 3 people (from 8pm till 11pm).
Normally when I find no people in maps I go do some crafting ….come back after 1/2hour and than map is full again……but really lately no one doing events , so how I’m supposed to level up my mastery ?
Another thing I disagree with HoT is that now became almost impossible play solo and the only way to do meta-events and gain some good amount of xps , is to play with big group of player …..I really miss the old quest system , at least you can play solo and progress anyway.

Don’t get me wrong , I still love the game and the map design is great , is just that Anet seems more focus only to make a game for players that only play in groups and not for casual players.

Maybe I’m wrong….what’s your opinion ?

You are wrong.

1) Raids are new and exciting and brand new content. EVERY single time new content comes out, everything else empties. It always happens with every single content update for ANY game out there. So, give it time, people will come back. Rewards will eventually get fixed.

2) I’m sorry, whenever I hear people complain about the lack of “solo” content in an MMORPG makes me want to smack them. I solo’d all of the content (meaning map completion, specializations, and Story) in HoT. Not impossible, it’s a l2p issue for most. To further my points, the story does not make sense for you to solo the “Meta” event of the map. In fact, in any of the maps in the game, you can not solo the Meta Boss, but you are just now complaining because it is probably too hard. News flash, you can’t faceroll in HoT.

You can solo content in HoT. The small missions of getting the supplies, rescuing some scouts, all solo’able.

But in reality, you are wanting to play a Massively *MULTIPLAYER" Online Roleplaying Game solo. The content is going to be geared towards working with others. Always will be. If you want to play a solo game, go play Skyrim. It’s really that simple.

Also, you don’t need a “big” group. 10 people are suggested for an “group event”.

So quick crying, get better at the game, and make some friends to play with.

dragonfighter.4098:

Baamoink.4281:

Then change your guilds preference to PvE Missions, so you only get them.

why should i have too. thats the point we do pvp and wvw for legendary craftng why should we have to do more we want to play our way we paid for the game and should have that right.

So you are saying it should automatically be set to PvE? Then WvW/PvP would say the EXACT same thing you are saying.

saeleth.3915:

I will start by saying that I have thoroughly enjoyed Guild Wars 2 since its launch. This game was a breath of fresh air in a genre that is overrun with WoW clones, each throwing story and community aside in favor of rushing to the end to grind “endgame”. When ANet told us “Endgame starts at level 1” they really meant it. I can honestly say I had an AMAZING time leveling up, I made a lot of really great friends, enjoyed a really awesome and friendly community and even better there was literally always something to do even at the level cap.

Flash forward to the launch of Heart of Thorns.

What has put me off is not the bugs, nor is it the poorly planned out mastery system, or some of the exploits that needed to be addressed. It is the fundamental change of direction that ANet has taken with Guild Wars 2. I loved this game so much because I didn’t need to be a hardcore anything in order to take part and enjoy. World bosses were something you showed up for and had fun with along with countless others and not once did I hear people saying “Wow this is a terrible way of doing things!”. Ascended Gear could be crafted so again, something that folks can enjoy and work on at their own pace. Nothing at all about what we were sold on this game about made it into Heart of Thorns for some reason. What Heart of Thorns DID give the community:

-A new metric for weeding out players from even being allowed into raid groups
-A new metric for telling players what gear to wear
-A new metric for telling players what build to use
-Bringing in long-time hardcore guilds as testers and then having it backfire when they throw out the good old “world first” crap, which has really helped create a divide between the elitist and casual players

See where I am going here? ANet, I am not even sure you guys know where you are trying to take this game right now. Its very clear you have abandoned your longtime supporters who have stayed with the game in favor of this new crowd that you think is going to come rushing in because of raids.

In my opinion, raids in Guild Wars 2 should have been done like how Dragon’s Stand works. Massive map with multiple objectives, tons of players take part, everyone gets rewards and has fun. Yes, I said it, everyone gets rewarded who takes part. I know thats some sort of crime these days to say on here but I’m saying it.

So for now I simply refuse to spend any more money on anything for this game. I already own the base game and HoT, if I truly want to play I guess I will be confined to playing new alts through the Central Tyria content as I do not wish to be part of the absolute mess that Heart of Thorns has introduced into this game. I would encourage any others who feel this way as well to do the same. ANet may not care what we say on the forums, but they will definitely care about what we do with our money.

You obviously do not know what they created 90% of the content in HoT. Seems you are only talk about raids, so we will talk about raids.

Raids were created for End-Game, high end content. For the hardcore players. You can not gear EVERY single content in the game towards Casuals. If you want that, go play Maple Story.

Seriously, Nobody is “requiring” a certain gear set. Sure, certain stats and certain levels of gear are going to be much more effective, but they aren’t “required”.

All I’m hearing from you, “WhaAAAA!!! They game got hard, I got faceroll my keyboard anymore”

HoT isn’t hard. It’s easy. I even ran it in full zerk. As far as DnT being kicked as you stated in your last point, DnT was invited (to my knowledge) along with ATT to give feedback on what the hardcore pve player would want. DnT abused said system. Gurantee they will no longer be invited back to anything.

I don’t see a divide between Casual PvE and Hardcore PvE. If there is, it’s a very soft line.

Nyspar.6103:

Jordo.5913:

Nyspar.6103:

Mark Katzbach.9084:

without ensuring that those reading their comments were fully aware of the fact that they had been given early access.

I was under the assumption that DnT is not allowed to identify themselves as raid testers, as stated in the NDA.

you assumed wrong LOL,

my guess is once the first raid wing went live you could totally say that you tested the first raid wing…you just can’t say that you are testing the other raid wings yet

NDA’s dont end as soon as the content goes live, they are forever

Didn’t they pubically announce DnT and ATT would be doing Raid Testing? I’m pretty sure. In fact 100% sure as the entire community knew. However, they never said which specific members where in.

Saw this on reddit as well. Upvoted there. Giving a plus 1 here.

6 hours is not casual. That’s pretty hardcore. And you are in the exact same boat that everyone else is in for how much the new items cost to make. I’ve already realized I won’t go Viper anytime soon. And I most people don’t have 1200g to begin with, even hardcore players.

They’ve stated multiple times in blog posts that WvW is in bad shape and they were going to work on “reworking” the system. However, they just floated by and it was just that, empty words.

Okay, then lets say this “Alliance” system was in place instead of the Server system since the beginning. What would you do then? You never would have had the opportunity to do what you are doing. But, you probably would have joined a guild, and had fun.

Sko.5048:

The new BL need to go. ASAP. People are dropping like flies. In the ASTC TS the other day, half the guild members there were not playing GW2, but instead playing different games. And the number of people in our server’s TS overall has drastically diminished. If this isn’t fixed soon, entire guilds will be finding new games to populate.

Granted, my guild is PvX and most don’t care about WvW, but our TS has increased in activity since HoT.

However, WvW interest is at an all-time low in my guild. Nobody wants to do WvW in my guild. Took 40 minutes to get 5 people together to do a WvW guild mission in my 500 man guild. Kind of ridiculous.

joneirikb.7506:

tluv.5821:

1.) His proposal said nothing about Large vs Small Guilds. Alliances would more than likely have a “cap”. Several smaller guilds (20-30) vs a powerhouse 500 man guild would be pretty sweet in my opinion. So the comment on “large guild” is null/void.

ANet is not very likely to ever add a system that lets players make own alliances by guilds (drama). Much more likely to just convert a server -> alliance, and tumble together a random bunch of alliances into a battlegroup. Remove player manipulation, lets everyone play (as is).

tluv.5821:

2.) What is the title of this game series? Oh that’s right, GUILD WARS. And this is GUILD WARS 2.

And I absolutely hate this “argument”, simply because the name of the series has to do with lore/background. The Name Guild Wars has to do with an event leading up to Guild Wars 1, so beating on it for not having stuffed enough guilds stuff in it is just silly.

It’s like beating on WoW because it only has one World, when the title make it sound like there should be multiple. Or that it should be Strategical because it name implies it from the previous games.

Response to Point 1.) I’m sorry, have you ever been in the higher tiers of WvW. You know, Tier one or two of NA? There’s so much kittening drama on within their own servers. The Political moves are amazing. That’s what creates the passion, is the drama. There wouldn’t be “player manipulation”. There’d be a “cap” on how many players would be involved in said alliance. For example: 500 members. 1 Maxed cap powerhouse guild vs several smaller extremely skill guilds.. One of the best parts of Player vs Player combat, the politics and intrique that goes along with it. More drama happens when players CAN’T move because of real world funds (Aka xfer)

Respone to point 2.) I’m saying the actual fight between guilds, perhaps it was wrong to cap both those words. Does this make it better. It is called GUILD wars 2. Guilds are a prominant thing in the lore and the gameplay itself. Why WOULD you punish yourself currently for not joining a guild?

pdavis.8031:

Tricare.2946:

pdavis.8031:

Here’s a thought.
But perhaps since the new borderlands require HoT, a majority of HoT players are still in PvE, exploring, leveling masteries, etc.

Actually…. you don’t need HoT to play on the new borderlands maps.

They are horrible for WvW are the reason why they are empty and EBG is always full.

Really? I was under the impression that HoT was needed for the new maps…oh well…

But either way, I am sure there is a more reasonable explanation for the lack of people in the new maps, other then they are THAT terrible. But thats just me…

Go play on the maps. Come back when you do.

Dawdler.8521:

tluv.5821:

The problem really isn’t the map. Giving players a new map when they wanted new things for WvW, wasn’t really going to help the situation.

In other words, the problem is the map. If they had given us a map that was as good as alpine for focusing fights and in the same spirit of alpine (ffs name keeps hills, bay, garrison) we wouldnt be complaining much about the map itself, we would just be complaining about the autoupgrades and buffed NPCs.

The biggest complaint about the map is the size. So the say the size is reduced. To be honest WvW has been in a declining state for several years now. The new map was just a catalyst that explode the situation. You can focus all you want that it is the new map’s fault. Lets say they “bring back” the old maps. We’re going to run into the same issues we are in now, but just further down the line.

coglin.1867:

Thus destroying all the relationships they have had for 3 years. In essence, punishing them for not being in a large guild. Major strike 2 in this bad idea.

1.) His proposal said nothing about Large vs Small Guilds. Alliances would more than likely have a “cap”. Several smaller guilds (20-30) vs a powerhouse 500 man guild would be pretty sweet in my opinion. So the comment on “large guild” is null/void.

2.) What is the title of this game series? Oh that’s right, GUILD WARS. And this is GUILD WARS 2.

As far as your arguement for punishing those who don’t want to be in a guild, they are really punishing themselves. You can still be in a guild, but do the exact same thing you were doing prior with his proposal.

The problem really isn’t the map. Giving players a new map when they wanted new things for WvW, wasn’t really going to help the situation.

Please note, that this is prior to me joining a PvX guild when I was in strictly fight guilds for over a year.

• Describe a typical hour for you in the Alpine Borderlands in the past. For example, What size of group were you running in? What kind of tasks did you run? What activities did you do?
  15-25 man group. We ran into 40+ man groups to “zerg-bust”, because it was a fun challenge. We routinely helped capture objectives. We also performed open field fights against groups of similar size and skill away from siege or those wishing to interfere.

• Compare your experience described above with a typical hour spent in Eternal Battlegrounds, if you went there at all. Does your style of play change between the 2 maps?
  It did, sort of. We mainly went to block enemy opposition to getting to our main zerg. Again, we zerg busted. If we could slow down the main group, or preform SEAL TEAM SIX goals of sneaking around. We called Anvil and Hammer tactics.

• Compare your experiences described above with an hour spent in the new borderlands.
  The only thing one can do in the new maps is PvD (Player vs Door). The new maps are empty, people really are only going there to explore, but do not see anything going on. And since they are so huge, with so little playerbase on those maps, it gives the true impression of a desert that is empty.

• Describe the nature of combat in the borderlands in the past. How have the new borderlands impacted this paradigm for you? What style or build changes might it cause? For example, knocking people off cliffs or into lava might play a more important role.
  Please see above response

• In your experience, compare the time it takes take a structure or objective here, then it did in the past.
  In the past depends on opposition. If there was no opposition, and it was a T3 Tower, I’d say at most 5 minutes. Depends on the seige being used. I would say, it took a group of 4 of us, with regular k-mart ram less than 5 minutes to take a T1 Tower Currently.

• How is the loot and wxp for you compared to in the past? Will it be able to sustain whatever you are doing? Did it take a hit, or was it improved? If you are planning to unlock an elite specialization, do you think you were helped or hurt in these regards? Do you think you could pursue any other in-game goals just by playing WvW?
  Rewards and loot are laughable. We routinely, in the past, had to run 2-3 hours a week in PvE (which we did not know much on how to do), just to sustain food/oil costs. Not to mention build changes if the meta switched.

• How will the map change impact the long sessions (multiple hours) you spend in WvW?
  I can’t spend more than 30 minutes on those maps now. They are beautifully designed. fun to explore, but the purpose of WvW has faded with the new maps. When there’s nothing going, there aren’t coordinated efforts with people you fight with to take objectives, it’s rather boring. And it bores fast. If I wanted to play alone, I’ll go play some PvE.

• In 100 words or less, describe how the new BLs could be improved.
  Smaller, less PvE events and mechanics. Make it skill based.

• In 100 words or less, describe how the borderlands work to a new WvW player.
  N/A

• In 100 words or less, describe how the borderlands work to a veteran WvW player that is new to the maps.
  N/A

• Which map am I most likely to find you currently, if you’re on Gw2?
  IF I happened to get into WvW that day, probably Eternal Battlegrounds.

Straegen.2938:

Almost nobody complained about the previous system and everything was attainable from inside of WvW. There are four of us left in our once ten man guild and we had almost everything unlocked for our guild because we all put in thousands of WvW hours.

Basically we lost it all with the new system and no way to get it back without starting over, expanding our guild and grinding in PvE which none of us currently play. That is just a horrible design decision.

It truly is. Forcing WvW players to go do PvE is completely stupid in my opinion. If you play a certain gamemode, I thing everything should be attainable in that gamemode. Sure you could get everything across the board and make it more fun, but if you strictly play WvW or PvP, then you should be able to attain the same rewards and benefits those in PvE gain.

Shinya.2598:

TD is too difficult because you can’t really organize for it and it’s too easy to fail.
There’s no way we’ll get 80+ people on a TS

Again, my guild did it. People actually had to sit out because we had 150 people in TS, and the map caps at 90.

It is so the market doesn’t get flooded. Or for people to RUSH through everything, and then complain there’s nothing to do.

roxybudgy.8205:

albotelho.2931:

Well this may be your opinion and I understand that some people prefer things the way they are today, but I see a lot of lower tier players asking for a merge and a solution for population balance.

I have played in a lot of diffetent tiers I began in Darkhaven, passed through Crystal Desert, Enhry Bay, SoR, and now I am in YB since april 2014, so I know enough about lower tiers and high tiers to say that the majority of people want a merge.

Every time the server merge issue comes up, those who support it either:
1) Can’t afford to transfer to a more populated server.
2) Are already on a more populated server but want more manpower to give them an edge over other servers.

I have never transferred servers, nor do I want to. The server I play on has had players come and go, and even large player exodus doesn’t change the core community feeling that we get. Why should people who have the option of transferring to a server that offers them what they want get to force us to choose between quitting WvW or engaging in a play style we don’t like? The day they introduce server merges for WvW is the day I quit WvW.

The topic of server merges pops up frequently, and I have never, absolutely never, seen a good explanation why a server merge is needed when players still have the ability to transfer servers.

I disagree. I am on a “full” WvW server in T2. When I run around during Mid-Late NA Prime, and I see NOBODY on an BLs, and nobody in our EBG, except a group of 10-15 (us) facing 30+, yeah, I see a population issue. Server merges need to happen. Not kitten merge. But the bottom tiers merge and combine into their own set. This would create balance in WvW population. This would create dynamic matchups. Since balance would spread out, the matchups would more frequently change week to week.

Being on SoS, we face TC Blobs most of the time. A last night, which was Monday night in NA prime, I saw nobody on any BLs, and EB was dying. WvW ded.

My guild completed the meta event last night. Ethereal Guardians. We brought Orge Pet Whistles and Fire Elementals to the fight to help with DPS in certain areas.

And if you really want to get the attention of the Devs, best place to post is Reddit apparently.

As stated in another thread complaining about the same thing, GvGs were never a focused concentration of Anet. And Arenas were never intended to be a “fix” for the OS.

Crying over a single bug, such as this is silly. Just don’t play in the HoT maps till fixed. Simple. There’s loads of other content out there.

I really don’t think the intended design of the arena was for GvGs. And as stated in previous reports, Anet never intended to focus on the unofficial gamemode. This does make me sad, but lets get this right. If they wanted to do GvGs, they would probably make it something like GW1. It would not be a death match of 15s or 20s. Do I want to see 15s GvG Game mode added into this? Hell yeah I do. But we need to go about this a different way. Working with what we have, OS and the Arenas is the only thing we have.

It’s not that 3 players won’t be “enough”. It’s that with 3 players it could take a LONG time.

I crashed in the middle of the DS event. I was leading a lane with my guild in an organized map.

Concerned if I should just complete the map or wait? I only have 2 POIs left.

bmountjoy.1423:

Why in the name of all things holy would the developers give NPC’s mounts and not players? More GW2 players have requested mounts than raids, and many players (myself included) will never ever raid, so wtf ANET?

I highly doubt that is the case OP. More people have asked for challenging group content as opposed to a cosmetic skin. There was never a need for mounts as it was fairly easy to get around without speed boosts. And you get plenty of speed boosts as it is. I can get the idea if the maps were larger and things to do were sparse. But they aren’t. Waypoints add to the lore. And you say you can’t bring yourself to log in. To log in because you don’t have a mount. This is something they’ve stated from the beginning, since before launch. So you have been logging in all this time and are just now getting upset about them NOT implementing a feature that is obviously so important to you, that’s you’re own fault.

Icewolf.3245:

As much as I enjoy Heart of Thorns, I think it feels more like a big update than an expansion.

It’s a little sad to see a whole expansion centered around events. I was kind of hoping for new hearts/quests. Places like the Silver Wastes and now this, Verdant Brink, is a map that I probably won’t come back to once my alts are level 80. Just like the Silver Wastes. I’d like a new map that feels worth coming back to with my other alts.

I wish we got some cool maps that we could take our time to explore without crashing into crazy events now and then. I do like the masteries though. But just as many of the other stuff in this expansion, it’s something I’ll level up once and never again, cause it’s not really useful outside Verdant Brink.

Ankittenhe only one that’s very disappointed with the guild halls? Why didn’t they just make like a cozy, but big building? Like those big halls in Hoelbrak! With fireplaces, mounts on the walls etc. Those we got now are so big and “cold”.

You wanted to see more hearts and quests? However, Anet never wanted the Renown Hearts to be in the future of the game. Why do you think they dwindle as you go up in zone level? And eventually disappear? Because it was supposed to be centered around events with other people.