MokahTGS.7850

Any excuse of tech restrictions is a smoke screen. It's all about artificial scarcity. Restrict the market to make people want it more when it show back up. Disney did this for years with their movies putting them in the "Disney Vault" for a time and then trotting them out every now and then.


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> @"Svarty.8019" said:

> If you play the music in the OPPOSITE PHASE simultaneously, you won't be able to hear it.

> Hashtag NoiseCancelling.

The most complex version of a mute button I've ever heard of.

This is how I will forever explain to people how the volume button on your TV remote actually works. You're not turning down the volume...you're actually just turning up the opposite phase.

> @"Oxstar.7643" said:

> *sip*

> This thread just keeps going don't it.

Actually, with someone pointing out the custom soundtrack options GW2 has (which I had no idea was a thing) this has become one of the most useful threads on this forum in the last 5 years.

Can people please start listing music suggestions for the OP. I think we all need a good laugh.

Here's mine:

Ability to see active instances and switch to the one we want like what GW1 has.

> @"Jorhn.3926" said:

> A car horn/truck horn for the roller beetle =)

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> *Honk Honk*

vanity horns...I'd pay folding money for that.

I'm astounded at someone not having money to pay a WP fee...I think this may have happened to me once....way back in beta when I was just getting started. GW2 death system is one I actually really like, but I'm a casual gamer.

> @"ElijahFitzroy.5762" said:

> > @"MokahTGS.7850" said:

> > So I co-op play with my wife and we mainly do the story bits. I've never felt Ascended gear to be all that needed for anything other than raiding, which I don't do.

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> > I'd also suggest that you either free up a character slot to play from scratch and play through the story. If you don't have HoT and PoF, I would buy those so you have access to the best content. If you don't have the seasonal content you'll have to buy that too, but it's worth it to keep the story progression and the area meta events.

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> > Mounts are a thing, you should get them and then work for the other bonus griffon and skyscale. Both good mounts, and not too bad of a grind if you are working together.

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> > I'm in a guild (MOX) that is a group of like minded people and a casual friendly environment. (https://discord.gg/G9mE6g7)

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> > Welcome back.

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> I wouldn’t suggest skipping to PoF to get the mounts. It is a lot easier to learn the mechanics of the game if you play it through systematically. So you know how things work as they were meant to in each area.

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> I’m actually currently playing new characters with one of my friends that actually skipped ahead and got mounts. It’s a lot more fun and you see a lot more of the game if you play vanilla how it was meant to be played and HoT and eventually PoF.

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> I’m not sure if Mokah meant to imply getting mounts right away or not. I just simply wanted to advise to play the game through as it was originally intended. It makes for a more enjoyable experience.

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Did not suggest skipping content for mounts. I advised that they are important for current gameplay and should not be ignored. Although I disagree that mounts remove enjoyment of content.

On topic, biggest advice I have for Masteries (if you haven't done that yet) is to not waste points on season 3 skills, many of them only work in a particular area and some are not needed at all (I'm looking at you music mastery line)

As far as Mordremoth fight in the story is to make sure everyone has break bar skills and knows how to use them. Without breaking his bar you can get stuck in an endless loop with an unkillable boss. This is something I did with a Valkyrie Reaper build...he couldn't kill me and I couldn't break the bar so we were stuck in a stalemate. Mordremoth...I've come to bargain...

So I co-op play with my wife and we mainly do the story bits. I've never felt Ascended gear to be all that needed for anything other than raiding, which I don't do.

I'd also suggest that you either free up a character slot to play from scratch and play through the story. If you don't have HoT and PoF, I would buy those so you have access to the best content. If you don't have the seasonal content you'll have to buy that too, but it's worth it to keep the story progression and the area meta events.

Mounts are a thing, you should get them and then work for the other bonus griffon and skyscale. Both good mounts, and not too bad of a grind if you are working together.

I'm in a guild (MOX) that is a group of like minded people and a casual friendly environment. (https://discord.gg/G9mE6g7)

Welcome back.

GW2 PR has always been weak. They have little desire to keep people updated and I don't see any evidence that it will change any time soon. The MMO market is not really the only MP game market anymore so games like NW are really just a relic of the past that haven't even been released yet. Co-op gaming is huge and takes a massive bite out of any MMO audience. EoD sales will mainly be to current GW2 players/game owners...you might gain a few but not enough to generate any buzz. PoF and HoT did virtually nothing for the main game base. The free GW2 base game did more for numbers than either expansion.

The whole point of a racial skill is that it is for a particular RACE. They already nerfed the skills to complete uselessness because they were afraid people would complain that one races skill is stronger than another...now you want to make the race choice even more meaningless?

I'm all for racial skills...but I'd want them buffed so that it actually matters what you pick.

Yup...want this! Especially with an expansion coming out. I really hate the hunt and peck method of finding that last couple mastery points/

> @"TheLadyOfTheRings.9148" said:

> Well, pandas :grin: And depending on the new ranger mechanics, I'd like to have squirrels too (especially the Japanese dwarf flying squirrel, they're beyond cute).

Squirrels would be fun, but mechanically they would have to be huge to not get lost in all the visual mess. If they flew off your shoulder and returned there after their attack run, I would pay extra.

> @"VocalThought.9835" said:

> > @"MokahTGS.7850" said:

> > Pretty sure they misspoke...new weapons meaning skins. Balancing of 30 skills per class is not something they drop in a smaller patch. Expansion 3...maybe. Why would they lose the monetary gain of selling point for the expansion. Adding nunchucks to the game is a pretty good bullet point for an expansion sales pitch.

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> > In the trailer it says "Weapons & Skins" which most likely means weapon skins and other skins (backpacks, mounts, armor, etc.) The proceeded to show the very skins they are talking about in the next few seconds...none of which were on a new weapon.

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> So you think they would misquote after showing someone threw a spear? Okay...

Yes, I do. I also think the fan base will continually be mistaken about things they think they see.

Spoilers if you weren't paying attention. I've known this was coming for years and I haven't played any of the new living world story.

Pretty sure they misspoke...new weapons meaning skins. Balancing of 30 skills per class is not something they drop in a smaller patch. Expansion 3...maybe. Why would they lose the monetary gain of selling point for the expansion. Adding nunchucks to the game is a pretty good bullet point for an expansion sales pitch.

In the trailer it says "Weapons & Skins" which most likely means weapon skins and other skins (backpacks, mounts, armor, etc.) The proceeded to show the very skins they are talking about in the next few seconds...none of which were on a new weapon.

The difference in bling is pretty funny. I would think my characters from 2012 would look the same, but I don't seem to have older pics...

Again...I bought a commander tag for this very reason. I log in, tag up if there isn't a commander in that area and in under 5 min I have a full train. You don't have to buy a tag, BTW. There is the free tag that you can use (the apple training one) that people will follow if you use it and post to LFG. I did that for a long time before I just bit the bullet and bought my own tag.

> @"Jilora.9524" said:

> Were you in squad? The low damage is for being in squad because you need less damage then if you out in front solo tagging stuff you might not be getting credit. Also on my alts I have the 80 boost defensive gear exotics and having no issue but get less loot because they don;t have auto loot so if the mob doesn't die fast then my loot sits on the ground even as I spam f all the time thru but I just do daily kill 40 mobs type thing so not like I'm farming for a couple hours. So if you don't have auto loot then that could of been the issue too

yup...always squad up when doing the Lab. Run builds that can tag. Bags galore...

> @"Mouse.7382" said:

> > @"MokahTGS.7850" said:

> > considering that the casino is never going to reveal win rates fixed into it's slot machines, the only way to know is to give a good sample size (1000 or more) and post the stats. Doing this also favors the casino.

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> I work in a casino as a Slot Technician...I do know the 'hold' of various vendors with par sheets. House always wins

Ain't that the truth...

Yeah, this has been a problem for years. I bought a commander tag specifically for this problem so that during Halloween, I could just start my own runs on empty maps. Usually in 5 min, I had a full train and map. Then I just handed it off to someone else when I was done.

considering that the casino is never going to reveal win rates fixed into it's slot machines, the only way to know is to give a good sample size (1000 or more) and post the stats. Doing this also favors the casino.

> @"Tukaram.8256" said:

> > @"MokahTGS.7850" said:

> > While I understand and empathize with people outside of the US, ANet has ZERO ways of changing what you pay outside of the US. They set their sales price, and other countries add their taxes. Them making it cheaper for other countries actually would only hurt ANet's bottom line which in turn defeats the purpose of a paid expansion.

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> > It's the cost of doing business in a world economy.

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> > As far as the idea of cheaper goods for poor people...um...computer games are not essentials. It is a luxury item. It costs a fixed amount. Pay that or don't. Can't afford it? Perhaps save money. Can't save money? Perhaps find a cheaper hobby, get a job, or a better one. Subsidizing luxury goods for "poor" people is a broken idea. There are far more important things in this world to be sad about. GW2's price tag is not one of them.

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> Actually, no. ANet has as much control over their pricing as they want to have. Many games do have regional pricing, so ANet certainly could - if they chose to do so. As I said earlier, I am an American living in the Philippines. There have been multiple times I was going to buy some downloadable content, and when I entered my US credit car number... the price tripled. Many games have regional pricing. It is not hard to do, if they want to do it.

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> If ANent did do regional pricing I would likely still pay US prices because all my banking and credit cards are still done from the US. I have no dog in this race, but do feel for the locals here who cannot afford the game at US prices. I feel that if ANet offered regional pricing it would open up whole new markets for them. They apparently disagree.

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> Such is life,

Actually no to your no. The pricing is tripled by trade deals and tariffs. Trade deals and tariffs that Anet does not control. Even if they did do regional pricing, it would be at a disadvantage to their bottom line, which is also not controlled by ANet...it's controlled by NCSoft.

While I understand and empathize with people outside of the US, ANet has ZERO ways of changing what you pay outside of the US. They set their sales price, and other countries add their taxes. Them making it cheaper for other countries actually would only hurt ANet's bottom line which in turn defeats the purpose of a paid expansion.

It's the cost of doing business in a world economy.

As far as the idea of cheaper goods for poor people...um...computer games are not essentials. It is a luxury item. It costs a fixed amount. Pay that or don't. Can't afford it? Perhaps save money. Can't save money? Perhaps find a cheaper hobby, get a job, or a better one. Subsidizing luxury goods for "poor" people is a broken idea. There are far more important things in this world to be sad about. GW2's price tag is not one of them.