Xbon.9086

well, my fps increased from 40 at world bosses to 80-120. speed increase is massive with an i7-8750 CPU

You can pay with gold, and steps are often worth any gold investment you put into them, a new mount in one of them for example, griffon cost 250g, a living story step is far cheaper than that.

Suggestion: If you've already done a world boss (during that daily period) on the char currently using the world boss portal device, please say so in the interface, or maybe even grey out the option. Can never remember which world boss I started on (I know that's my fault, but I think it'd be a great convenience to all.) ... and end up doing one for nothing.

> @"killermanjaro.5670" said:

> Just a bit of extra info, it doesn't teleport you if you're already somewhere else in the same map. I was mapping on an alt and a WB was about to pop at a WP in part of the map I hadn't yet 'unfogged' and it gave me a message along the lines of not possible.

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> Not an issue by any means as it's an unlikely scenario and with mounts it takes no time at all to race across the map, and I still think the device was a fantastic buy.

I believe this is to stop you from using it while you're dead for free[if you die at WB](though you still can if you tp to home instance and back, but then you might lose your spot, and/or wb might die while loading lol)

Does anyone know if this item sends you to a high population map? Every single time I've used it, even 4 minutes late to the world boss, it has been a full map, or near full.. If that's one of the benefits of this item, it's the best 400 gems I ever spent.

yeah, no multiple accounts for me. if I want new chars I just get char slots. plus, you'd have to redo all your masteries again, and all that. there's only one mastery challenge I wish I could redo, and that's the chef one in PoF

what you're describing doesn't sound like botting in the slightest. materials are a highly traded/generated commodity, even f2p can trade materials afaik. so you're talking all 300k+ concurrent ppl on have a chance to sell the material if they find it, or however many ppl play on na/eu servers

How will this work for the phantasmal defender? seems like a mega nerf... unless each phantasm will be rebalanced indivudually

I prefer random names. especially if the random name gen pool is large.

> @"mauried.5608" said:

> Most MMOs use chance as a method of making some items hard to get , so the actual rate of supply of the items into the game is very low , so the items become more desirable simply because they are hard to get.

> Most MMO players want to stand out from everyone else in some way, so having extremely hard to get items is well worth striving for, even if it means some kind of in game gambling.

> Simply selling the items in the Gem store destroys all of this.

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>

Agreed. I like having unknown chances and exclusive items to the BLC. When you get them, it feels totally badass... When I got my bank contract for example, I was so ecstatic, bound it on the spot... and still one of my most used items in the game, if you simply sell permanent bank contract in the gem store for 8000-12000 gems, that'd be silly, and would defeat the purpose.

> @"KOPPER.1458" said:

> > @"Endelon.1042" said:

> > > @"KOPPER.1458" said:

> > > > @"Endelon.1042" said:

> > > > > @"KOPPER.1458" said:

> > > > > Hard to tell right now but it seems this system doesn't bode well for those who aren't in a guild? Am I wrong?

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> > > > According to the post you will just be randomly assigned to a world for the duration of that matchup season (8 weeks). So, if you really enjoy running with a certain person or guild then you'll want to join their guild or alliance.

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> > > I don't really want to join their guilds. I'm a more casual player and this seems to hurt those people. I like to join the guilds I know now from time to time. I am not saying this is a bad idea but it seems like I'll just be thrown into a world where I don't know people and the matchup might be terrible.

> >

> > If you're a casual player that likes to join from time to time then pretty much nothing is changing for you. It would be the same thing if most of the guilds on your current server transferred off to somewhere else and you were left following totally new and different guilds that had transferred onto the server.

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> Well that isn't true. I know the commanders and people on my server. Most of whom I probably won't see when this happens. Or at least there is the potential of losing contact with those people. That is a huge loss and change for me personally.

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> For the record I realize that the 1 person like myself might just have to bear it. Just vocing my concerns that I see so far.

If you like a certain person, you can add them to your friends and join their guild/alliance.

Oh man, I absolutely love this concept and can't wait to see it implemented. It'll be sad to see dragonbrand disappearing, but in its wake a WvW worth playing and automatic restructuring sounds like the best way to go... being spawn camped and unable to play at all because you aren't playing peak hours really sucks.

repeating the same 2 minute content over and over is not good gameplay. large scale meta events and the like on the other hand that require actual teamwork and coordination, that's where it's at.

Gems are the source of income for arenanet, mount skins are just cosmetic, don't add to gameplay. they could add a 10,000 gem skin and it wouldn't matter, because it's how they keep the game up and why you can have a solid experience while playing year after year, with tons of free content updates/expansions, and so much to do.

what is "WP"? this acronym just sounds like waypoint to me

You know it's worth a gold because that's what people are willing to pay right? That means the system is working absolutely fine as is, if you make mystic coins impossible to obtain, then you'll never be able to make special skins/conversions/clovers/etc.

* Desire: Endless Repair Contract

* I always play niche/fun/gimmicky builds, and always wipe multiple times during story missions, I'd love to not have to worry about that and keep powering through the story/fractals without having to exit and have to hit up repairs every few minutes. Pretty much been my lifetime goal since it's come out, but I can never get anywhere near that amount of gold.

* Server: NA

What GW2 really needs is a new game engine that doesn't lag as much. when even i7 lags in a game like this, not too good of an engine. other than that, the actual game is great, and keeps getting better.

there's just better games out there. PvP - Dota 2, WvW - take your pick, between PUBG, Squad, and a myriad of others... GW2 excels at Open world PVE and making every encounter a welcome one even if multiple people come in and tag the same mobs you're fighting, just makes it all the much better, coming together for world bosses and big open world events.

> @Cynn.1659 said:

> * You played too much, when you believe that candy corn is "delicious"

i can eat pounds full of the stuff, it really is delicious.

> @sixshot.5798 said:

> Are retail availability of gem cards limited to whatever store willing to carry them? I already know Best Buy carries them. And Target is YMMV and spotty. GameStop, for some reason, doesn't even carry them (both physically and digitally) despite offering digital download purchases of both HoT and PoF. It's discomforting that Best Buy would be the only choice in my area and I refuse to walk into a Walmart to check. Is it possible to persuade certain stores to carry the gem cards? Or are these cards going to be phased out due to limited availability?

you refuse to walk into a walmart? that's your own fault... walmart carry everything.

> @ListenToMe.5130 said:

> 1. New players do a google search for the forums and are sent to the old one. Very confusing and disappointing. It just looks like a dead community.

> 2. New players can't figure out how to play with other people. They run around for hours being killed by Legendaries and Vets in the Halloween Labyrinth, and also Silverwastes. This is a real problem. New players have been messaging me a lot lately confused and overwhelmed and they don't understand how it works. They say the game is dead. There needs to be a better method to get new players into populated maps. The current system is flawed. These new players are unnecessarily struggling to play your game. We cannot assume/expect new players to understand how to use the LFG tool, especially when no tutorial was provided.

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> If you want this game to be more active, start by fixing these problems ASAP.

F2p can't post on old forums anyways? anyone paying should be willing to look for the reddit/new forums.

but uh... "can't figure out how to play with other people" what do you mean? it's very simple to request party?

> @CharterforGw.3149 said:

> adding black market agents, banks etc would be bad though, that would empty the cities

You say that, but that's no different than  and people still visit cities with these... (though, I mainly only visit them for events or socializing)

PoF, and each expansion after since u have all the mechanics of the previous expacs with new added expacs...... the mounts r amazing and made exploring core tyria 200% more fun

> @robotosis.4872 said:

> No, this isn't photoshopped

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why would we think it was? XD