Fuchslein.8639

Legendarys are also just overpriced weapons-collection in my eyes.

> @"radda.8920" said: > > @"Fuchslein.8639" said: > > . And how do you know that people do not make these collections? > > GW2Efficiency, this is a good clue, almost no one has finished the first collection, it must be 0.10% of the members registered on the site > so we can already say that those who will go to the last collection, barely represent a few players > > And that's totally normal ,considering the time and money it takes for an average skin. There is regularly better in cash shop for much less golds. > Sorry, but where is gw2 effi a good benchmark for anything? Most of my friends list have never visited this site. I don't mean to say that the site is bad, quite the opposite. But a site that is run by fans is in my eyes not a decisive point for anything.

> @"Linken.6345" said: > > @"Fuchslein.8639" said: > > > @"Linken.6345" said: > > > Shame I dident see this sooner OP there is a march sale coming up maybe you should have waited with buying this. > > > > How do you know that and do you know when? Or only that it comes sometime in March? > > It usualy go on sale during the march sales every year mate, so its a good guess. Ah~ I see. Then I will keep an eye on it.

> @"Linken.6345" said: > Shame I dident see this sooner OP there is a march sale coming up maybe you should have waited with buying this. How do you know that and do you know when? Or only that it comes sometime in March?

Gw2 is actually the only MMO I've played so far that doesn't have a tutorial-popups at the beginning. Only these few lvl-up texts. And I'm personally quite happy about it, because I'm someone who always clicks away the whole stuff because it always overwhelms me at the beginning anyway and I prefer to teach myself things via the Internet, or ask people. But I can also understand if people would like that. For me personally GW2 is a super simple game. The build system and everything is super easy to understand. The synergy of meta-builds and all that, that was never a problem for me. For me personally. But I can absolutely understand if others have problems with it. However, I now believe that these people who have problems BUT want to learn are outnumbered and are very well able to use Google or just ask here in the forum (even if you get here in the forum not always the nicest answers ala look in the wiki, but that's another story). Because all the people who wildly spam their skills or do not dodge do that (in my opinion) with pure intent, or because they just do not care. For example, these are two points that you can change super easy by reading through the skills times and on the dodging you will be pointed out at the beginning not only by this dodge circle in each starter area. You also get pop-ups above the stamina bar in the beginning. Crowd control could be explored more in HOT, as it is an incredibly important tool that is hardly discussed in the game itself. But other than that, I can't think of much that you can't figure out for yourself with actual reading and trial and error if you need to. To the rest, just the thing with the guild, I personally do not quite understand what you expect from Anet. As I wrote above, too much information can also be very quickly overwhelming, even deterring. I personally like that there are no channels for advertising. Sure you see guild ads here and there in GW2, but the majority are here in the forums where you can read through everything at your leisure and write to the one that appeals to you the most, instead of just writing to everyone in guild chat until you find the right one for you. And the forum is listed on the website where you buy the game. **Of course, this is just my opinion and my experience that everyone can see differently. Because I am someone who has played many other MMO's before GW2 and generally many other games. So I know the basics so to speak and before I started GW2 I informed myself about the game anyway, like I do with every game I have to pay for. These are of course prerequisites that not everyone has and I think in a forum are people who do not have this prerequisite and therefore have a different opinion, very outnumbered. Therefore, I would not be against adapting things as long as they are, as you say, not great and disturbing.**

I still can't understand why people really buy this with gold or even worse gems. But the crowd has probably spoken. Ask me all the time how long it takes until Anet monetarizes the DPS meter.

For me personally, it was never a side MMO. I've always found it grindy since I started with just before HOT. At that point I had a lot of time and could play as much as I wanted, and I grinded everything I could. Now that I've started over and have less time I realize it's still the case for me(in my case) GW2 is and never was(to HOT) a SIde MMO unless you wanted to save years for one thing and donate thousands of dollars. I know people who play the game very little and accordingly have very little and actually only play around in the open world to find some relaxation. For these people, GW2 is of course perfect because there are no costs besides the purchase. But if you want more, you have to play the game actively (which is nothing bad). Where does the statement GW2 would be a side MMO come from? Have honestly never heard of it. Has Anet really advertised GW2 as a side project and thus play it less oo?

To say that you don't need XY is equivalent to saying just don't play the game in my eyes. These days even more, because new content to 90% consists only of this grind. For the Skyscale there was at least a bit of brains behind the whole grind so it was somewhat enjoyable for the story lovers. But otherwise ... meh.

But Legys are also super expensive. I don't understand the comparison. And how do you know that people do not make these collections? Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of them either. But I personally would like more diversity. And legys are not on my list of things I want to see as end-game content. I would like to see more fractals that are built like before and new raidwings that ... are built like before. New dungeons and strike missions. Up-to-date content that you can play with others. I personally don't want to grind the thousand thing and run the same events or stuff a thousand times , but play the game.

I started the game to play in groups, but then quickly switched to doing everything alone because group work in gw2 makes no sense or even complicates some things. Except raids and fractals. Although I myself have done t4 fractals as a challenge alone successfully. I enjoy e.g. fractals with friends but with randoms it is not so pleasant nowadays. I have even made the experience that many treat the game as a single player. Therefore, I usually do not even notice when someone runs by and at big events I have the person display on lowest settings.

I won't lie, gw2 is very close to a single player MMO if not exactly that. I know many people, myself included, who play it just for that reason. You don't have to rely on others, other players are often just NPC'like . If you have just a little bit of game experience, you can do just about everything in GW2 on your own. Most of the SP-games I play are harder than GW2. So maybe gw2 is just not the right MMO for you? Or you should try to approach it differently. Because I have also played the game together with my boyfriend and it was fun ... for a while. But i wouldn't find it bad if EXP and Loot is shared as in many other MMO's as long as you are in a party.

> @"Liewec.2896" said: > i always hear people saying "it takes 8 months to make an armour set!" and other such nonsense. > **how?** over a decade ago i was taking 3d classes and i made a half decent full character in less than a week, that was me, a random newbie. > (and that was back then with old tech) > IT SHOULD NOT take a massive company like Anet _[whatever hilarious timeframe people are using as an excuse]_ to make armour. > > "oh but each race/weight has different cut off points!" > so what? > thats extremely easy to do. > > then theres the "clipping" excuse, > "outfits weren't designed to mix with other parts so there would be clipping!" > yeah? so what? i could make a truly awful clipfest character right now if i wanted to > "clipping" doesn't seem like a good enough excuse when so many armour pieces in game already clip. > > there is no satisfactory excuse. > > outfits are pretty much a full set of armour already, are you really telling me it takes 8 months to chop it into bits? > rather like 8 minutes. We are here in the gw2-forum. Have you read some threads here? Do you see a pattern? :"D I am totally with you guys. But as long as people buy clothing set that anet cost less time, but bring more money there will be no change no matter what is right or wrong.

> @"Strider Pj.2193" said: > > @"Fuchslein.8639" said: > > > @"Strider Pj.2193" said: > > > > @"Fuchslein.8639" said: > > > > > @"Strider Pj.2193" said: > > > > > > @"Fuchslein.8639" said: > > > > > > How can you farm transmutation charges in PVE in the same mass like PVP or WVW without spending gems or gold? > > > > > > > > > > The same way WvW players farm gifts of Maguuma, gifts of exploration, play the mode. > > > > > > > > But how do I play PVE mode and farm as many transmutation charges as I would if I farmed WVW afk? > > > > There are only a limited number of maps you can explore per character. > > > > > > > > Or is this another, boo you must play all game modes otherwise you are not worthy. > > > > Sure, I like to AFK farm wvw. It's anyway so sparsely populated that I no longer take away anyone's place :). > > > > Of course it's a pity for the few who still take WVW seriously, if they have a bunch of people who only do the most necessary and 80% of the time just stand around. But in the forum you get to hear again and again, play wvw x). > > > > > > Yes. You need to be in WvW or sPvP. But the Neat thing is, you get them JUST FROM LOGGING ON. > > > > > > But of course you can also buy them. > > > > > > See? Four easy sources of getting them. In fact, I’d love to be able to sell the 3000+ ones I have! > > > > > > >. I hate these exhausting comparisons like taking a lollipop away from a child ... > > But yet, expecting a business to give away something they have successfully monetized isn’t childish? > Where did I say that I agree with the TE? I just wanted to know if there are other ways to get trans-charts in PVE, which I did not know yet. Since I then only got the usual p-a answers, I gave my usual p-a answer. I'm sorry I asked a question and didn't write directly what I think about the topic and whose side I'm on and didn't make a p-a comment to the te to show that I'm not on his side to show everyone that I just asked a simple question.

> @"Strider Pj.2193" said: > > @"Fuchslein.8639" said: > > > @"Strider Pj.2193" said: > > > > @"Fuchslein.8639" said: > > > > How can you farm transmutation charges in PVE in the same mass like PVP or WVW without spending gems or gold? > > > > > > The same way WvW players farm gifts of Maguuma, gifts of exploration, play the mode. > > > > But how do I play PVE mode and farm as many transmutation charges as I would if I farmed WVW afk? > > There are only a limited number of maps you can explore per character. > > > > Or is this another, boo you must play all game modes otherwise you are not worthy. > > Sure, I like to AFK farm wvw. It's anyway so sparsely populated that I no longer take away anyone's place :). > > Of course it's a pity for the few who still take WVW seriously, if they have a bunch of people who only do the most necessary and 80% of the time just stand around. But in the forum you get to hear again and again, play wvw x). > > Yes. You need to be in WvW or sPvP. But the Neat thing is, you get them JUST FROM LOGGING ON. > > But of course you can also buy them. > > See? Four easy sources of getting them. In fact, I’d love to be able to sell the 3000+ ones I have! > Making trans-charges tradable would be a dream. Know a bunch of people who have so many because they hardly use them while someone like me, if the opportunity exists 100 per week is nothing ... I would also be someone who would actually buy more Gem-store skins if I could change them like I like. But buying something to use something already purchased? Or play modies that I find annoying for something exential in fashion-wars? Nah~, thanks no. And because I know that people would go back to it. I don't care how wvw or pvpler get their stuff. Because of me they can get everything you get in pve in their modies. I hate these exhausting comparisons like taking a lollipop away from a child ...

> @"Gorani.7205" said: > I don't think I can vote with the choices given. > I want to see less PoF "choices" of how the game threw stuff at us, that has nothing to do with "difficulty". > I want a reduced aggro range, which was horrible in PoF, because you not only aggro'ed mobs at higher range (900?), but they also alerted other mobs at a higher radius than in HoT or LS seasons before. PoF had faster respawns and pop ups on very channel (when picking up bones, opening boxes etc.). > That makes PoF maps so highly annyoing to me. I can deal with Scarabs and Sand Lions with their blind spam, when I am not constantly attacked by wandering or respawning Hydras or "Lightning plants". > PoF hearts, especially the ones in Vabbi, where you have to go back to to get "daily" Funery Incense take forever to finish. > Mob difficulty has not made PoF unenjoyable to me, that other stuff did. I wish I could give you more than 1 like. People here constantly overgeneralize everything which can be .... annoying x).

> @"Strider Pj.2193" said: > > @"Fuchslein.8639" said: > > How can you farm transmutation charges in PVE in the same mass like PVP or WVW without spending gems or gold? > > The same way WvW players farm gifts of Maguuma, gifts of exploration, play the mode. But how do I play PVE mode and farm as many transmutation charges as I would if I farmed WVW afk? There are only a limited number of maps you can explore per character. Or is this another, boo you must play all game modes otherwise you are not worthy. Sure, I like to AFK farm wvw. It's anyway so sparsely populated that I no longer take away anyone's place :). Of course it's a pity for the few who still take WVW seriously, if they have a bunch of people who only do the most necessary and 80% of the time just stand around. But in the forum you get to hear again and again, play wvw x).

How can you farm transmutation charges in PVE in the same mass like PVP or WVW without spending gems or gold?

> @"kharmin.7683" said: > > @"phokus.8934" said: > > If you die in Guild Wars, you die in real life. > > Yeah, that's not true. I've died a LOT in GW2 and I'm still here. I doubt that he meant that literally.

> @"Nephalem.8921" said: > > @"Hannelore.8153" said: > > Deepstone and Twilight Oasis are relatively short once you know the mechanics, just a bit of slowdown from the puzzles. > > > > Shattered Observatory is always too slow because the bosses are just health sponges. If their health were reduced it'd be the perfect Fractal, because like Underground it has good mechanics otherwise. > > > Skorvald has currently <5sec phases. Artsariiv usually takes 1.40-2min in cm so like 1.30 normal. should be reasonable. Arkk lasts 1.40-2.20 which is also ok. Can be done within 8min quite casually in cm. Its the rp in normal mode that steals time. > > > @"Fuchslein.8639" said: > > I would like to have video proof please how you run fractals every day in 20 or even 15min, with random, casuals groups(no groups that have XY prerequisites). > I mentioned meta groups for the 15-20min runs. 40 should be doable. > > I play meta btw, but don't want to tell anyone what to play. I never did that and never had problems with it until my new start a few months ago. I often ran CM's 2 years ago with people who didn't run meta and weren't that good, but we still managed to do everything in a time that made "daily's" sense. > > > Most of the fractals are exactly the same. especially the 2 cms. Only power weaver got nerfed but i doubt that offmeta pugs played that. the forced rp is indeed annoying as heck but one of the worst offenders got even speed up. molten furnace was probably the longest. back then a chrono could carry all the buffs and cc. thats not possible anymore. Dps increased a lot since then thanks to diviner and buffs to warrior and all other classes. > > Two years ago this was still possible for me, because 90% of the fractals were very short and you didn't have to listen to most of the babble. > > Meanwhile, the fractals are so drawn out and so overlaid with 'mechanics' that the "Dailys", for me personally no longer makes sense. > > > Which fractals are too long? Only deepstone, sirens reef and sunqua are a bit longer. sunqua is the end of a tier and should be harder than the rest. the only problem is that sunqua can be daily and rec at the same time. "Do people actually like the new fractals?" All the new fractals. With Twilight or Observatory it started that the devs specialized more and more in long fractals with heaps of mechanics and blinbling. Then old fractals were reworked like Mai Trin, Swampland or Molten Duo as an example. As I said, I used to do the Frak dailies+req PLUS Nithgmare CM often in 30-40min with randoms, without special group requirements. Nowadays it looks different for me personally. Which is why I have lost the desire to fractals. Because as I said, it either takes a super long time, or, more likely, people simply skip many fractals and call it a day. And I don't have the time to hang on to a Frak-static anymore, because my playtimes are very different.

> @"Nephalem.8921" said: > > @"Astralporing.1957" said: > > > @"Nephalem.8921" said: > > > > @"Fuchslein.8639" said: > > > >Along with all these reworkings you can't do fractals+recs as casual within 30-40min anymore.... > > > Of course you can. As long as nobody runs pepega builds like MM necro, scourge or druid. > > "as casual". Running those builds is very much part of being casual. > > > > Casual doesnt equal bad. There are countless easy to play builds which allow for fast clears. Reaper, no kit holo and firebrand are very simple. casual is used way too often as an excuse for not having to read skills or traits. T4 is basically pve endgame. T4 shouldnt even be completeable by random builds. > a meta team can clear t4 + recs in 15min without cms. 20 with longer fracs and less optimized strats. 40 should be very doable for casuals which use decent builds. I would like to have video proof please how you run fractals every day in 20 or even 15min, with random, casuals groups(no groups that have XY prerequisites). I play meta btw, but don't want to tell anyone what to play. I never did that and never had problems with it until my new start a few months ago. I often ran CM's 2 years ago with people who didn't run meta and weren't that good, but we still managed to do everything in a time that made "daily's" sense. Two years ago this was still possible for me, because 90% of the fractals were very short and you didn't have to listen to most of the babble. Meanwhile, the fractals are so drawn out and so overlaid with 'mechanics' that the "Dailys", for me personally no longer makes sense. Of course, this is all just my experience. If you have other experiences that's fine for you, but doesn't make mine obsolete.

> @"mindcircus.1506" said: > > @"Fuchslein.8639" said: > > I have had the same experience. Needed a few bounties for collections to get simple ascended weapons, play on EU and a bounty, a djinn caused me big problems. People always came, but we could never kill him, because all People always died instant xx. > > In the end I gave up and will do it soon with some friends, without any LFG or Mentor-tagging. However, I can rely on people who have the skill to pull something like that, other don't. > > Pof maps are just annoyingly empty and in my experience, most of those running around are beginners. All the others have long since moved on to maps with better loot... > "People always came" > "Pof maps are just annoyingly empty" > Pick one. I meant that when someone came, they were not very helpful. Forgive my bad English. Because in the end, the map could also be full. If only beginners are there and they are only dying, it's like playing alone ...

> @"Donutdude.9582" said: > > @"Fuchslein.8639" said: > > > So the threads that I read about it again and again show me rather the opposite. > > People are stepping exactly the same on said PVE players as here in this thread on this wvw-player.(Currently, people here generally like to trample on others.) > > The thing is that PVE is played more and there are probably more people who do not like WVW and therefore want other access to some only-wvw things. I would for example defend any thread where someone demands a second way to get the GOB. While I personally don't care about WVW, since I don't like WVW, but I wouldn't care if WVW also has ways to get their stuff without having to play PVE. > > Your argument for supporting other methods for obtaining the Gift of Battle is also invalid. > > Legendary weapons were implemented with the intent of showing a mastery of each aspect of this game, with the notable exception of sPvP. Previously you required full WvWvW map completion _in addition to_ the PvE map completion, then ArenaNet removed this requirement to cater to the non-WvWvW players. > > The method for obtaining a Gift of Battle is unlikely to change so either: > > a.) Get behind it and actually play the game the way the developers intended you to play it. > > or > > b.) Don't bother with legendary weapons and go for their ascended equivalents. > > The devs have made it so that you can farm wvw paths afk without much effort so I don't really care. I just wanted to say with my contribution that pve-players here in the forum also get enough shade if their opinion is just a little bit different from the mass.

I have had the same experience. Needed a few bounties for collections to get simple ascended weapons, play on EU and a bounty, a djinn caused me big problems. People always came, but we could never kill him, because all People always died instant xx. In the end I gave up and will do it soon with some friends, without any LFG or Mentor-tagging. However, I can rely on people who have the skill to pull something like that, other don't. Pof maps are just annoyingly empty and in my experience, most of those running around are beginners. All the others have long since moved on to maps with better loot...

> @"mindcircus.1506" said: > A PvE player says they don't want to play WvW for their rewards and this community jumps in with a dozen half-baked ideas for the devs to soften the acquisition of a GoB. > "make it tradeable!" > "make it purchasable for badges of honor!" > A WvW player says they don't want to play PvE for their rewards and this community tells them... > "If you don't like it then play another game" > Thanks @"DreamyAbaddon.3265" super productive. > > There was a time not so long ago when new cosmetic rewards such as armor skins were earnable in WvW/sPvP via reward track. This is true for just about every(non gemstore) armor set released up to and including those that shipped with PoF. When a new map released we were also given an associated reward track in competitive to earn the skins. > This changed in Season 4. Players in WvW are not able to earn things like the Runic or Requiem or MistShard sets. Since Grothmar, the reward track for the current content has offered nothing but a small map currency stipend at the end of the track. No access to things like the Stormcaller, or Tengu weapons, no access to the armor skins. > > While the OP going full Karen about a an hour of PvE to unlock a reward track is pretty ridiculous, there is an actual problem here that goes to the core of the "play how you want" mantra of the original developer vision for this game. > Ignoring this and telling the player to eff off and play something else because they favor a different game mode than you is not helpful, constructive, or inclusive. So the threads that I read about it again and again show me rather the opposite. People are stepping exactly the same on said PVE players as here in this thread on this wvw-player.(Currently, people here generally like to trample on others.) The thing is that PVE is played more and there are probably more people who do not like WVW and therefore want other access to some only-wvw things. I would for example defend any thread where someone demands a second way to get the GOB. While I personally don't care about WVW, since I don't like WVW, but I wouldn't care if WVW also has ways to get their stuff without having to play PVE.

As much as I like to complain, balancing is not an easy thing. Especially because everyone wants something different (which is not to say that the balancing in GW2 is good). And most importantly, no matter how something is balanced, there will always be meta-builds. Better be happy about tools like ArcDPS. When I started with HOT, meta wasn't a build, it was a class ^^''. Later fractal meta was 4 necros+1druid. From then on we went a long way and I think Meta includes a lot of classes now. And as was said many times here in the forum, you can simply join groups that do not request such things and if people then want to bit***ing ignore or block them simply. That way you hit them the most.