Guild Wars 2

They need to fix this by forcing everyone to rotate, at 25% damage each lane blocks you from continuing to damage it and you must move on to the next one. Then everyone gets rewards and the lazy people get nothing… ez pz and on the plus side everyone is forced to learn how to do all of them properly…

Hopefully they add a simple button you can just press somewhere in the inventory screen , so we don’t have to click the gear icon and then choose deposit. They don’t even have to change the location of it in this case. And it would make everything easier.

psizone.8437:

Gaile Gray.6029:

We’ve noticed that you’ve had a few questions about Wintersday, and specifically about the Wintersday Presence Collection. We’d like to share the following info with you:

• Wintersday is scheduled to end on January 12, 2016.
• We will be leaving the Festive Imbiber achievement active throughout the year.
• We will not be able to change the text that indicates it’s a Wintersday-only achievement, but you will be able to continue to imbide (in moderation, please – think of the dolyak children!) to gain that achievement.

Enjoy the festival and we’ll see you in the game!

Hey Gaile, is it possible that you guys can keep the Karma merchant available year round to exchange Karma for gifts in order to have this as a casual long term goal?

Where is this Karma merchant?

Keldash.3602:

yurdun.2501:

Does this mean we will still be able to get Winters Presence after wintersday? or is only the achievement still available? I really don’t care for the achievement I just want Winters Presence Skin…

The only achievement you can do after wintersday is over is the drinks, but yes as long as you finished everything else you can continue farming drinks all year round until you get your 10k.

And if you get the 10k you will also get Winters Presence skin?

Does this mean we will still be able to get Winters Presence after wintersday? or is only the (Festive Imbibier) achievement still available? I really don’t care for the achievement I just want Winters Presence Skin…

It should be 500 drinks max. This is a game, anet needs to remember that.

For a casual gamer spending between 1 and 3 hours gaming a day someone should be able to get the achievement within a week and actually Enjoy the gift for the remainder of Wintersday.

This is the only mmo I’ve ever played so I don’t know but has it ever been done on any other game? and did it work out well?

SAB is the most fun I’ve had in this game! I wish they would make it permanent! If anyone reads this from ANET please respond with your intentions on it. I would love to know it was coming back to stay this time.

I’d like someone from Anet to tell us if this patch was supposed to have the activity npc added to Royal terrace or if it won’t be? It seems strange that they would add a re-traiter and not the other since the airship has them both now. (maybe a bug on anets part?) I’d like to be optimistic…

Also did the release notes make any mention of the retraiter added to royal terrace? I didn’t see it anywhere, maybe I missed it… Last minute decision? idk…

I think a good fix to all this is for them to
1. apply this same feature to all unlimited picks, which gives them a small chance at sprocket, quartz crystal, or candy cane, and any other thing they decided to introduce in the future…
2. create a new in game pick “Ancient Orichalcum Infused Pick” for a couple more silver or an option to purchase with laurels or karma.

Done. We’ve fixed it! How easy…

Are you getting kicked instantly after joining? or during play? I play with high AP people and we don’t kick people unless they are unable to keep up in the dungeon and always failing to do things right even after explaining it to them. Even at 7k+ AP points when I do things for the first time I announce them and tell them to give me proper instructions so I know what to do. If you don’t know what you’re doing be honest and ask for help too. They should not change the way LFG tool works… there’s too many people out there that intentionally try to hurt the game play and I don’t want them bothering people like me that don’t have all day to play to enjoy a dungeon or 2.

Maybe there will be neutral zones where LS events are going on and where the worlds have to fight together? I really wish there was more info on the game-play for this. Either way it seems interesting. Can’t wait.

If you really think about it no one is really WINNING anything because of this. in a PvE environment it is really just you against the world… and this in no way gives you any advantage in WvW or PvP where paying for an advantage does help you win. Just give the other unlimited tools a 20% chance at something so that they can all be on par. And saying that sprockets may some day be worth something is just like a person that is good on the market can buy something cheap today and profit on it in the future. People just need to relax about the whole thing no one is gaining anything here special. and if you really want to look at it logically there is already a chance with any pick that you get a “critical” hit on the node and you get 1-3 more things out of it. so instead this one is just giving you sprockets. Things will never be so balanced and fair like everyone wants anyway (even if it were people would complain) so lets just play the game and have fun.

I think they should add a 20% chance for something on all the other unlimited tools too! then I’d be happy, I bought 9 over 3 characters and I feel cheated now!

Does that work well with GW2? Is it fun?

+1 then some… please change it… this would make the game so much better.

If its a performance issue they should of just made it that in the surrounding area you can only use “insert #” amount of them. The timer is us being forced to not use them so often like in Teq burn phases… which may be something to do with the new content too… I’m at work and don’t know what the new content is like. We have to come up with new stratagies I guess

Are you sure it didn’t say soulbound on equip? I have my armorsmith on my medium thief and make the ascended armor for my warrior and transfer it through the bank and it always worked. It’s always been account bound but I’ve never read what it says…

+1 … They need to rework it, I don’t like it being an item that can be destroyed, it should be some sort of account option now. Maybe a new icon in the mini-map window but not actually on the map. Click it and get moved straight to it. And stop kicking us when logging into it.

I think there should be a free WP to get to it from where ever you are. I’ve never bought it but thought that would be an idea for the royal pass.

I opened 50 Recently and got 1 claim ticket and 11 scraps along with some things worth 10g all together. I spent a lot of money on gems and I hope I can get some roi when they release some new content and I can sell 2 skins on the TP for a lot of gold.

I want SAB for good in the game. and then like 50 more awesome mini games like it. I think the SAB was the best content they added I just wish you could be rewarded similar loots as in pve so that when I’m actually playing and having fun I am also gathering loot, wow what a concept have fun and get mats and stuff… who would have ever thought about that in a game. I hate grinding so much but if i can play things like SAB for loot I would enjoy this game so much more. Because I wouldn’t feel like I’m grinding over and over. Why is it so hard kill a monkey loot a weapon and mats…

I think every city in the game should have a couple of these mini games (maybe a little more permanent)… how cool would a remake of “zelda” look in Divinity’s Reach, or a safari hunt game in The Grove. Or a Starfox game called Star Charr in Black Citadel, a flying game would be awesome. and I like the idea of getting upgrades in the mini games too like new weapons and upgrades for it. I would like to see things like this introduced in the game.

Silk Scrap is at 2s.58c and Bolt of silk is now 8s.75c. That’s 8.75 gold for the daily refinement … Yesterday I was thinking 5-6g was bad now were almost to 9g. I sure hope they do something about this soon. At least give us another way of getting silk… some kind of gathering or something so we don’t have to rely so much on the TP.

But then you’ll die if you have no mask… well not really but we should that would be a cool addition… and a lot more skins for those things would be great. But I think hiding it would not be “proper.” I’d rather see them make something worth looking at. Better Stats and Skins please and make them dye-able.

+1
agreed with all posts… I would love to zoom out as far as we’re allowed to on some bosses but during regular play. Even further if possible. It’s so nice to just be able to see a lot at once.

> Improved group finding mechanics
&
> Trade/inspect/duel any other players in any location.

I agree it would be nice to see this. I hear too many people saying “inspect” is bad because it makes people not want to play with you if you’re not on par. But why is this a bad thing? We all play a certain way and to always punish the people that are the hardcore players is so dumb. I’m sure the casual players that don’t want to work as hard to get the best gear have people just like them they can play with. Of course this isn’t the only thing, I often times see a player that I want to know what gear they have on because it looks “cool” and I whisper but get no response why cant we just right click on their info “inspect” and see everything they have. This would also give newer less experienced players a way to learn how to properly build their characters for certain play styles. If this is a game, we should be enjoying it, the way we consider it fun. I consider fun, getting the best gear playing with top players and doing quick runs, time is gold! Others want to take it easy and go slow and kill every hidden monster in the dungeons, I’m sure there are others too that want to do the same. Giving us options in game only makes it more enjoyable and less irritating for everyone.

> Send screenshots via mail option and view via mail as well.

Or even better and in addition to ^^, Share “Preview” Window… How cool would it be to be able to preview a friends character while hes manipulating it (with total makeover or changing dyes). I always resort to taking a screenshot of the new look, snipping it, sending it via a messenger program and then asking his opinions. Way too much work.

This is my first MMO (never played another or know how they play) and I know what you mean, I feel this game really needs rather then a straight arrow to the finish line, a sort of Circle of life methodology, where no matter where you are in the game you’re part of the bigger picture, and there is no true finish line but just a person that is achieving his next big goal. The reward system needs to be more thought out, and people should be way more interactive in the game itself.

1. Say for example once you reach 80, you can choose to become an interactive part of the game by taking on roles as “dungeon guide” that guides a 5 man group through the dungeon in either story or explorer and gets a share of the earnings and is almost a ghost like character that doesn’t fight and provides quicker revives (which earn him silver) or if he wants to fight its only 4 others + him.
2. Become an actual merchant where you can gather many many mats to build a merchant stand in different maps where it would be nice to have a merchant, and he gets a percentage of the sales as profit, maybe like .02% of all sales that occur through his stand he gets back from the game(with a cap of a couple gold per day/week).
3. “Newcomer tutor” Let people actually host classes when people start and let there be a “review” system where people give him a 1-5 star rating(this can work with any thing like dungeon guide and so on) so people new to the game can find assistance at the beginning, and he gets a share of the XP earned by his group ( just like commanders have squads) this person gains something from his class of newcomers.

(I’m sure people can come up with millions of other ideas)

People that move into this interactive gaming mode after becoming 80 all have a way to be reviewed by others for their ability to do their new job/business in the world of tyria.

And they may even be sought out for their work when certain people do amazing work.

I also think crafting should be more interactive. Instead of putting all these things in the gem shop like upgrade extractor, why not have jewelers be able to do that for others and themselves.

I think things like this that make you a living part of the game is what I would want in an MMO…

How is 43 scraps for 3.5hours(when optimal) of work(play) anywhere close to enough for a daily refinement? you need 300 scraps, if they made it so you can refine it daily then they should make it achievable in a semi-casual days worth of play, which 3.5 hours I would say is about it. If we were to look at it as 43×7=301 scraps (7×3.5hours=24.5 hours of play time). This means you need just over a day of dungeons and bosses in an optimal environment to daily refine the silk.

Or we can say you play 3.5 hours a day for 7 days a week which also makes you enough for your 1 refinement. You need for example 4 just for heavy boots… So at your rate it would take approx 1 month per piece of armor, some probably more as they use more than 4. This would mean that it would take you about 6-8 months to get a character fully ascended… (By drops alone)

We can say some of what we find we sell and make a decent return and buy silk but even at this rate it would probably take 3-4 days to get 1 daily refinement. (But when selling you fall behind on other things you need)

What they need to do is change it to (2scraps = 1 bolt, if they really want us using more mats than other recipes) or (change it to requiring only 50 bolts, like the other mats)

They had their fun now I hope they fix this issue.

I think they should change the actual loot from one instead of a pc of armor or weapon it should be material used for making it one of which can be sold on the TP, like an ingot or inscription, so if you don’t want it you can easily sell it for 2 to 30+ gold depending on the item. And this also doesn’t make people who spend all this time crafting for something feel cheated for their efforts when people are getting these items for free that should really be a sign of an achievement in my opinion.

I agree this needs to be addressed soon. It’s up to 5g for 1 spool. Somewhat ridiculous in my opinion. The amount just needs to match, so make it 50. I want to be able to casually play the game for a couple hours in an evening and be able to make one daily refinement, which is not the case at this point.

It’s still in beta maybe when they think it’s ready for prime time they will enhance it with an icon of its own.

Instant Map Complete Scroll gives the ability to open everything on the map that your most complete character also has open. I understand some people love going back and redoing everything on every character but I’m not one of those people. I like having multiple characters and use them as if they are each a special weapon and I’m the one wielding them (that’s why I’m all about acct bound stuff not soulbound). For me to have to go through all that work seems boring. I have a character I like to do Jump puzzles with I have one I enjoy doing dungeons with … and so forth. Map completion is boring once done and to me a waste of my time when I can have fun doing other things. And yes I have 100% complete already on my theif. Since they are making it so you can level up characters without really having to explore the map, I see this as a good way to take some boredom out of the game.

People don’t realize the longer the game is out the easier everything becomes. They already got Tome of knowledge that grants a level. You just need glory for that. I’m sure they will sell it for other things eventually too. (I wish they sold an instant world complete too) But either way the longer the game is out the more repetitive things get and making people do the same thing over and over gets boring so they have to release ways to level quicker and such. So I don’t see this as being a problem. People will always exploit everything they can because who wants to spend 10 mins doing something that can take 1 min. Or who wants to re-fight the boss when they can pick up from where they left off. In a game that is a major time sink any quicker solution is better for me.

In addition to that… I hate that most shoes on them don’t cover their toes… Other than cultural I think there’s one other shoe I’ve seen that doesn’t allow the toes to show, but instead it just removes their toes/fingers/nails whatever they are. I wish shoes looked right on my lil Asuran. Working on T3 cultural right now so I won’t have to worry anymore.

As long as there are templates for traits, it would be awesome. I see no reason to punish people that play this game with skill and work hard to have the best gear. They should be allowed to enter dungeons and re-trait so they work better as a team. Or they can just add a trait merchant inside the dungeons and we can pay some silver and do it at the beginning. People can already meet and re-trait before entering dungeons… so really this just becomes a convenience which I’m always for.

LouDiamond.5831:

• 2 1-h weapon changing to 2h weapon – specifically w/ ascended. the offhand gets dropped into whatever-top-bag-slot-is-open. that’s silly. we need an ascended bag type or something that helps u keep this stuff organized.

That is an issue, and I was thinking it would be nice if our main weapons were not even in our bags, It would be nice if on the hero tab where we currently put Main/Swap weapons there would instead be slots for all weapons a person can use and you can just designate which is Main/OH and Swap-M/OH. This would get rid of the ^above issue and i think it would just make it easier and more convenient for people. I would love to be able to easily switch between weapons depending on what dungeon or area I’m playing when OOC of course.

Anyone else think this is a good idea?

I didn’t even know you can play this game in 3D… I might have to set it up on my projector and try it, once this issue is fixed!

Anyone else think a full underwater map would be nice?

^^ 2 posts up, it would be cool if minis interacted with one another … like if there’s 2 sworn mini enemies they would like play fight, things like that would just be fun to watch lol there are so many options for simple interactions

I wasn’t saying to give me the ascended stats… I said to Upgrade, like say 1. pc of t3 armor, 2. inscription. 3. vision crystal, and 4. gift of ascension, all in the mystic forge/armorsmith gives you new ascended stats t3 and possibly new much cooler effects… i don’t see this as giving away stats…

Not at all I already have 2 characters geared with ascended weapons I made (and I got my mats to get going on armor) but T3 armor should be something special just because it already is imo. It seems everything that made this game great at one point is overlooked. T3 was the top level armor why not continue to treat it as something that it already is.

I think you should be able to upgrade your T3 armor to ascended in some way… with a vision crystal, and other components… I still think it’s the best looking armor in the game and I shouldn’t have to transmute it once I get ascended armor… what do others think?

^^ +1 – I would like them to be acct bound too. (I wish ascended boxes wouldn’t drop maybe an acct bound vision crystal or inscription in its place instead)

+1 would be nice and you can even give the person a toggle option for both the large map and the mini map.

+1 let it be acct bound.

I would love to see some sort of dye room with every possible combination available to test what i would like best and in different lighting conditions this would make buying the right dyes so easy. I had this problem just yesterday actually. bought the wrong one because I didn’t know the name of the “right” dye until my friend got on and said you should of tried this one! Which was cheaper too!!!

I have this same problem, a fix would be appreciated.

I think that bloodstone dust, dragonite ore and empyreal fragments should be random drops from all dungeons/champs/world events. Not just all dust comes from champs all fragments from dungeons and ore from world events or guild events. This would make it much easier to acquire the needed amount of materials and not have way more of one or the other. Either this or remove the account bound restriction so we can buy/sell it. What do others think?

I wish there were new mini games that were actually fun to play and they rewarded you with the same things you would find in dungeons and world events. Like how cool would it be to have moa races where you can actually mount on the moa and ride around. SAB is the closest thing to a real mini game that gw2 has provided but i just wish the rewards were similar to in game rewards. Or what about fishing games or hunting games where it is much more in depth and you can buy upgrades for fishing poles or hunting rifles… get me some duck hunt. I personally get bored of running dungeons, it seems like such a waste of time and it honestly isn’t “fun” give me something i can enjoy doing while earning gold/mats/weapons/armor… it’s fun to play dungeons after i have upgraded my armor/weapons and can do better but its not fun to run the same paths every day over and over to make gold.

i have never been able to loot chests using aoe loot