Strider Pj.2193

> @"ElijahFitzroy.5762" said: > > @"Strider Pj.2193" said: > > > @"ElijahFitzroy.5762" said: > > > > @"Strider Pj.2193" said: > > > > > @"medivh.4725" said: > > > > > Yes Anet, > > > > > Ascended backpacks really expensive to craft (nearly 100 gold a piece), really hard to make as well. 200 S4 currency and 5000 unbound magic. > > > > > > > > Which one costs 100 gold? Almost all of the season 3 and 4 ones are just their currency. > > > > > > > > > Could appreciate a simple recipe to reselect stats, so we fret and stress less. And that nothing goes into waste. > > > > > > > > The bloodstone ones cost a capacitor to change and reselect. Reckon it to what you want looks wise I guess. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think they are meaning the crafting ones like the burough of mulandru, wings of lyssa and shadow of grenth. > > > > Yeah, but I mean, if you want to stay change, it’s cheaper in the long run to do Warbringer.... > > True but that’s only if you are on a server that does WvW on your time frame. If you are on a lower tiered server it takes a whole lot longer unfortunately. It really doesn’t.., flipping camps, sentries, killing yaks, and taking shrines is a very easy way to keep participation up while not needing people to help. Towers are doable, yet hard. I’ve seen solo’s cap keeps but yeah, you can’t plan for it. To me, Warbringer is easier in many ways than Warclaw.

> @"ElijahFitzroy.5762" said: > > @"Strider Pj.2193" said: > > > @"medivh.4725" said: > > > Yes Anet, > > > Ascended backpacks really expensive to craft (nearly 100 gold a piece), really hard to make as well. 200 S4 currency and 5000 unbound magic. > > > > Which one costs 100 gold? Almost all of the season 3 and 4 ones are just their currency. > > > > > Could appreciate a simple recipe to reselect stats, so we fret and stress less. And that nothing goes into waste. > > > > The bloodstone ones cost a capacitor to change and reselect. Reckon it to what you want looks wise I guess. > > > > > > > > > > I think they are meaning the crafting ones like the burough of mulandru, wings of lyssa and shadow of grenth. Yeah, but I mean, if you want to stat change, it’s cheaper in the long run to do Warbringer....

> @"subversiontwo.7501" said: > > @"Strider Pj.2193" said: > > > @"subversiontwo.7501" said: > > > > > The server population caps are different for different servers (and can be manipulated by exploiting the system while that isn't policed) > > > > > > > Not to be argumentative, but do you have a source for this? > > > > I don’t disagree that the population *levels* are different in each server ( for many reasons) > > > > But the actual *caps*? I’ve never heard that. People speculate, but never seen where the caps are different. > > > The primary source is Tyler Bearce's old Relinking announcement thread on the old forums. It states that _caps_ are changed based on host-link combinations. Granted, things do no longer have to work like that. It is an old post and there are examples to the contrary. For example, the same post states that there are counter measures against servers trying to dump population by boycotting for a week or two, but recently we have seen servers do that just fine. > > The other issue is more of a rumour, but it is established well enough to be the greatest troll in the history of the WvW forums if it isn't true. That is that BB is kept manually open because it is the only server highlighted with that language definition. So, everyone in EU could transfer there. There may be a source, but I have admittedly just heard so many different players on different servers taking it for granted by now, so I have begun to do so myself. I shouldn't ofc. > > Got it. You are likely correct, and we both know that Anet won’t publish actual pop data. I wish they WOULD publish a population hours chart again like the infamous one from a couple years ago. Just with server names, but no actual ‘numbers’.

> @"subversiontwo.7501" said: > The server population caps are different for different servers (and can be manipulated by exploiting the system while that isn't policed) > Not to be argumentative, but do you have a source for this? I don’t disagree that the population *levels* are different in each server ( for many reasons) But the actual *caps*? I’ve never heard that. People speculate, but never seen where the caps are different.

> @"kamikharzeeh.8016" said: > @"Strider Pj.2193" that fake-EWP pull is mostly done without any note by the numerous weirdo trolls. sometimes someone randomly notices and spams it on teamchat. I get it. I was only referencing the guild who did it on our server with a specific goal in mind. I’ve played a week or 400.

> @"medivh.4725" said: > Yes Anet, > Ascended backpacks really expensive to craft (nearly 100 gold a piece), really hard to make as well. 200 S4 currency and 5000 unbound magic. Which one costs 100 gold? Almost all of the season 3 and 4 ones are just their currency. > Could appreciate a simple recipe to reselect stats, so we fret and stress less. And that nothing goes into waste. The bloodstone ones cost a capacitor to change and reselect. Reckon it to what you want looks wise I guess.

May I suggest if you have a slot available that you kind of start from the beginning with one? It will reintroduce you to the story, some of the beginning mechanics will come back fast. Or, you could find a toon that is level 80 and run back through some of the story., It’s hard sometimes when things feel lost to feel confident, yet, revisiting some areas may bring back a lot of the experience you are missing fairly quickly. Also, if you check your friends list and recognize someone that was helpful, that may be a good way to get back in also. Welcome back!

> @"Dawdler.8521" said: > > @"kamikharzeeh.8016" said: > > additionally, different queue priority. +4 blobsize squads, +3 guild groups of 20+ players, +2 wvw guild people and all groups of 20+ players, +1 wvw guilds outside of groups, +0 everyone else (-2 rangers and thieves kek) > And when blobs and guilds have priority, when they've asked everyone else to leave the border so that they can fight instead of PPT... they will still **demand** the thieves and rangers do their kitten job and PPT those camps. I guess you play with some real ‘young cats’ as on my server, even with the links, I have rarely seen (like twice in a year) people calling for others to leave a map. It just isn’t something I see... We did have one guild a couple years ago that would pull an EWP in a BL to get people off the map they wanted, but even that was a rarity. That was actually kind of funny.. especially as people figured it out.

> @"Kurrilino.2706" said: > lol, not a demand and supply issue..... > Many people need/want them, few are available. How is that no a demand and supply issue. > If you can't afford MC, you won't have a legendary weapon. It's that easy. > Are you guys the first day on this planet? I guess people would just log in daily, do the Ley Line anomaly daily, and maybe do WvW to amass up to 70 ish per day if I couldn’t afford them.

> @"Tukaram.8256" said: > I have some coins to sell - I keep hoping the price will go up. There is nothing I really need them for, I am glad for the free money B) Just the rise from 1.5 gold to 2 gold increased the value of the WvW skirmish track by 3 gold. (From 9 up to 12 gold just from the coins)

> @"Jwake.7013" said: > > @"Strider Pj.2193" said: > > ok, so there's no issues then I assume. At this point nope. ?

> @"Jwake.7013" said: > > @"Strider Pj.2193" said: > > Very weird, never saw/seen and image or link of any kind. It’s been removed. I believe the OP realized from my first post.

> @"Weerus.3701" said: > Hello, I'm playing since 2012, but I've been mostly focusing on fractals and what time I had left I raided or sPvP. I never basically played WvW besides initial try years ago, and I'm itching to give it another go. > > What would you suggest new WvW player like me to play. Which class? Which build? How to even go about WvW, what to do there. Some simple direction guides :P > > My main is Mirage and I recently made HFB since coming back after years of pause. I can probably create and ascended equip any class, but I would like some imput on what and how to play :) I am going to assume HFB is a heal fire brand. Likely with a tweak or two, that would be highly desired in most squads in WvW. The largest drawback is that you do low on the damage side, however as a support, you are normally needed. Depending on your server (or world) I would seek out a WvW guild after a week or two of following a commander you may find works for you. But other wise, if you can’t find a group, the mirage can be quite effective for running solo or duo in WvW. Just don’t let the salt and garbage that you will see in team chat bug you. Ignore it lol.

> @"Jwake.7013" said: > > @"Strider Pj.2193" said: > > You seem pretty dead set on not wanting people to discuss this, maybe this isn't the thread for you? Also haven't actually seen anyone name drop so not sure what you mean 'name and shame.' > Have you looked at the OP’s image? Maybe not?

> @"Eloc Freidon.5692" said: > > @"Astralporing.1957" said: > > > @"Eloc Freidon.5692" said: > > > Mystic coins have deflated and inflated between 90s and 2g since I started playing. It isn't fixed. It changes based on demand. > > While there are indeed some shortterm dips and spikes in the MC price, the overall longterm trend is visibly upward. It's **not** level. And before you say "inflation", i'll add that this trend is also upward if you compare it to the market as a whole. There's very, very few commodities on the market with such a longterm steady one-direction trend. > > > > > > "Demand" is my argument. Since Anet won't change how to get mystic coins beyond the weekly vendors and login persistence of players, demand is the only leftover factor that will make the prices go up. You forget about the 24-30 available from WvW each month, and the 28-31 available from the LLA each month. I believe that brings your potential each month to around 75. ?

> @"Decinomicon.4619" said: > > @"Strider Pj.2193" said: > > I don’t wonder why people do things like that. > > > > I also don’t know why people like to name and shame on a forum. > > > > Or why people let others get so far under their skin that they need to complain about it on a forum. > > > > But that’s really mild compared to the whispers in WvW lol. > > I wasnt complaining, I was just curious Fair enough. But you have also included their name (chat window) in the image. Via forum rules that is considered naming and shaming. As far as why you were blocked, they have to block you in a WvW mode in order to get your name to be able to whisper. Most are too childish to realize they still have you blocked to get a response. And again, like all of the internet you have people on here that get a thrill from getting a response. Like they got from you as you went to the forum and posted it. Some people take joy from that, post screenshots of reactions in personal discord’s etc. Me? I screenshot the messages like you did, and our guild enjoys a laugh about them. It’s kind of fun and therapeutic. Yet, if it truly offends, and some can be truly offensive, **block, report** and send a screenshot in a mail to the exploits mail. If seen bans for particularly offense players. But don’t give them the satisfaction of thinking they got under your skin.

> @"Oxstar.7643" said: > > @"Strider Pj.2193" said: > > I don’t wonder why people do things like that. > > > > I also don’t know why people like to name and shame on a forum. > > > > Or why people let others get so far under their skin that they need to complain about it on a forum. > > > > But that’s really mild compared to the whispers in WvW lol. > > 1. I'm scientifically interested. Sure. > 2. There have been no named actually named on the OP. The act is being condemned, not a specific person. The OP image contains their name in chat > 3. I for one wants this sort of behavior to be publically condemned. Sure. You want to name and shame > 4. Things have gotten worse in there, huh? It has been... 6 years or so since I PvP'd in WvW, and I didn't get a lot of these. No. It’s always been like this. And if you take things personally, maybe this mode isn’t for you. So you understand the only way that person can message you in a WvW mode? They HAVE to block you to get your account name to be able to whisper you. Of course what’s funny is they either don’t realize or don’t care that you can’t message back. It’s a game. Played by people between 13 (supposedly) and 65+. You’re going to get ALL kinds of behavior on this. Report, block and move on. You’re not special. ?

I don’t wonder why people do things like that. I also don’t know why people like to name and shame on a forum. Or why people let others get so far under their skin that they need to complain about it on a forum. But that’s really mild compared to the whispers in WvW lol.

> @"JTGuevara.9018" said: > > @"Strider Pj.2193" said: > > > @"JTGuevara.9018" said: > > > > @"God.2708" said: > > > > > @"JTGuevara.9018" said: > > > > > @"subversiontwo.7501" > > > > > > > > > > First off, I will just address your name. You have a massive post, so I will just address it in general. As far as my argument being "baffling", it is simple enough to me. Maybe I should reiterate it? Here it is. I'm just going to be transparent about this. > > > > > > > > > > Guilds should not be given any more power in this game. A potential influx of guilds aided by the implementation of an alliance system will not magically fix WvW, specially at this point. The fact that PUGs are toxic and mean at times are _not_ a viable argument for guilds taking control for this game mode. Period. End of. Guilds are _not_ "the server", as you claim, they are _a part_ of the server, they are _in_ the server. Guilds are no more important than PUGs and everyone else. That is ALL that I have said. > > > > > > > > > > I really cannot make this any more clearer than that. > > > > > > > > I don't think you understand what power actually is, or how it manifests itself in something like WvW. Else you would not be speaking nonsense like you are. > > > > > > My apologies! Might you explain to the rest of us what power is then if what you think I say is "nonsense"? I'll be waiting. > > > > > > @"getalifeturd.8139" > > > > > > It is massive posts like these that just drive the point home for me that any sort of guild 'alliance' system is doomed to fail. All this drama, politicking and backstabbing...for what? Stroking your e-stick to compensate for what you don't have? Doing it just for kicks? Tryharding in this manner is just sad and just drives people away from playing this game. And overall, these situations demonstrate how flawed and broken the server tier system actually is. If ya ask me, honestly, nothing short of unifying all the servers and implementing a WvW mega server with a 3-way faction system will actually address population in any meaningful way. Yes, I know _some_ people will _balk_ at this suggestion, but I honestly see no other way. With the server links that we have, we basically are halfway there. (8 to 4 tiers) However, I see that people are either too loyal to either their guild or their server (aka "guild pride" and "server pride" respectively) to actually accept meaningful changes to WvW. > > > > > > > > > > So I would assume based on the text in your posts that you feel as if ‘guilds’ have no true use in the game. I would also guess you don’t use any VOIP. > > > > And loyalty to a server or guild is bad. > > > > So... who generally tags up on your server? > > > > I’ll give you a hint: it’s normally a guild leader. Or a senior member of a guild. > > > > Many Commanders tag up because they enjoy those people In their guild and trust those members to work with them to succeed. Often the open up to others, work on training them. > > > > Of course there are buttheads out there. > > > > Your proposal would effectively eliminate ANY ability to consistently work with people you know. > > > > You want EoTM back? That exists currently: megaservered WvW. And it was a fail. There was no reason to actually engage the other ‘factions’ unless you were wanting to troll them. > > > > It was a huge circle**** that guilds were established that ran on all three colors and actively avoided each other. > > > > On the contrary. I am in a guild and I do use VOIP. > > Also, in what way does my suggestion eliminate any ability to work together consistently? If anything, it _enhances_ it. Guilds would more easily meet each other since they don't need to pay an arm and a leg in cross-server transfers. They easily can all meet up on the same world. As far as cross-faction guilds go aka. "all three colors", as you say, realistically the only way I can think of to oppose that is through implementing some sort of blacklisting system as a check and balance against that, although even that can be abused. > > And EOTM did _not_ fail because the megaserver system is bad, it failed because of two reasons: the map, and the implementation of pips. There is a reason that most people in WvW keep to Alpine BLs and Eternal BG and reject EOTM, Obsidian Sanctum. The maps suck! ANet also royally messed up the rewards between EOTM and general WvW back then. Ok.. so.. explain to me how, in a ‘megaservered’ system, you can **guarantee** you play with your guild members? Because of course, ‘servers and worlds’ would go away. Period.

> @"JTGuevara.9018" said: > > @"God.2708" said: > > > @"JTGuevara.9018" said: > > > @"subversiontwo.7501" > > > > > > First off, I will just address your name. You have a massive post, so I will just address it in general. As far as my argument being "baffling", it is simple enough to me. Maybe I should reiterate it? Here it is. I'm just going to be transparent about this. > > > > > > Guilds should not be given any more power in this game. A potential influx of guilds aided by the implementation of an alliance system will not magically fix WvW, specially at this point. The fact that PUGs are toxic and mean at times are _not_ a viable argument for guilds taking control for this game mode. Period. End of. Guilds are _not_ "the server", as you claim, they are _a part_ of the server, they are _in_ the server. Guilds are no more important than PUGs and everyone else. That is ALL that I have said. > > > > > > I really cannot make this any more clearer than that. > > > > I don't think you understand what power actually is, or how it manifests itself in something like WvW. Else you would not be speaking nonsense like you are. > > My apologies! Might you explain to the rest of us what power is then if what you think I say is "nonsense"? I'll be waiting. > > @"getalifeturd.8139" > > It is massive posts like these that just drive the point home for me that any sort of guild 'alliance' system is doomed to fail. All this drama, politicking and backstabbing...for what? Stroking your e-stick to compensate for what you don't have? Doing it just for kicks? Tryharding in this manner is just sad and just drives people away from playing this game. And overall, these situations demonstrate how flawed and broken the server tier system actually is. If ya ask me, honestly, nothing short of unifying all the servers and implementing a WvW mega server with a 3-way faction system will actually address population in any meaningful way. Yes, I know _some_ people will _balk_ at this suggestion, but I honestly see no other way. With the server links that we have, we basically are halfway there. (8 to 4 tiers) However, I see that people are either too loyal to either their guild or their server (aka "guild pride" and "server pride" respectively) to actually accept meaningful changes to WvW. > > So I would assume based on the text in your posts that you feel as if ‘guilds’ have no true use in the game. I would also guess you don’t use any VOIP. And loyalty to a server or guild is bad. So... who generally tags up on your server? I’ll give you a hint: it’s normally a guild leader. Or a senior member of a guild. Many Commanders tag up because they enjoy those people In their guild and trust those members to work with them to succeed. Often the open up to others, work on training them. Of course there are buttheads out there. Your proposal would effectively eliminate ANY ability to consistently work with people you know. You want EoTM back? That exists currently: megaservered WvW. And it was a fail. There was no reason to actually engage the other ‘factions’ unless you were wanting to troll them. It was a huge circle**** that guilds were established that ran on all three colors and actively avoided each other.

> @"CaelestiaEmpyrea.2617" said: > The Legendary Risen High Wizard appears at the Defense event as well, allowing you to complete the collection without the Gates of Arah falling to the Risen. Yep. I believe this isn’t the only Orr event that functions this way for the collections.

> @"Sylvyn.4750" said: > > @"Mungo Zen.9364" said: > > Are there any other items in the game that have continued to gain value over the past 3-5 years the same way as MC? > > > > At a cursory glance I am seeing that most items have become cheaper over time until they flatline. Some items have notable swings up or down due to seasonal events or new content requiring specific mats or items be used, but generally most appear to be stable. > > > > The interesting thought about MC is that they have nearly doubled in price from last year at this time, which is the greatest inflation over the past 5 years (when looking year over year). As well the post Wintersday period is usually a decline for MC but this year it kept going up to it's current position. > > > > I would think, given how Anet has recently changed the drop rate for various Infusions that were super rare and overpriced as a result, that they would also monitor this situation. I doubt they would do anything yet as this is still relatively early for this new trend of continual growth, but perhaps later in the year we will hear something from them. > > > > Lastly, a thought on why this could be happening. This could be a result of players pre-purchasing and holding mass quantities of MC for new Legendary items that might come with the Expac. Not saying they will use these for themselves as I am sure there are some prospectors out there waiting for the crest, but it wouldn't surprise me if there are many hundreds or thousands of MC being held by players just to work on whatever Legendaries are coming with EoD. > > Yes, Memories of Battle are currently twice as expensive as they were a year ago, but this is also tied to when the legendary ring Conflux came out last March, which required a large sum of memories, but the side effect was that buying memories for all other WvW ascended weapons and armor became twice as expensive if you're long on skirmish tickets and short on memories and don't want to wait for them...you only earn 104 memories per week if you finish Diamond tier in the skirmish reward track, and another 15 per WvW reward track whenever you complete the 2nd and 22nd stages, yet need 250 per ascended item along with the requisite number of skirmish tickets. And the price has not come back down, as the supply in the market is currently relatively scarce: there is essentially one way (WvW) to acquire them without purchasing from the TP.

> @"Jentachs.2176" said: > > @"Neoniac.2813" said: > > it's in raid lobby so , i dont think that pvp / wvw thing is a good idea , we have npc's for pvp at lobby as well , yeah others are good , u can test attack golem in fractal lobby but its missing raid golem buffs - cd reduction , both need some improvement > > I personally think it would be easier if we just had 1 golem area for everything and as you say those other ones are lacking a lot of stuff . > I really hope anet improves the golem areas next expansion because i think they are pretty important. The guild hall has been a consistent frustration for WvW players. The arena in there is PvE. None of the build testing against other players is ‘realistic life because of this. When pressed, it was said by the devs that because the guild halls existed within the PvE area, they could not code it with a different ‘rule set’ (ie WvW, sPvP). Likely the same applies within the raid lobby, the sPvP lobby, and, Armistice Bastion. Not being involved in their code, it would appear To this layperson that their code is limited in what it can accomplish within each area. One rule set per area.

> @"maddoctor.2738" said: > You can create your own playlists and have the game play those instead of the game music. You create a folder named Music in Documents\Guild Wars 2 (where the Screenshots folder is if you take pictures), put a playlist you can create on most media players, give it proper name and voila the game will play that music. > > Unfortunately the playlists available aren't in any way comprehensive. For example, you can't have separate lists for the different zones, or cities, it was a suggestion back at release to improve this feature but it never happened. As for the thread's topic, the playlist you are looking for is called "Defeated", make your own playlist with that name, put it in the Music folder and you will listen to that instead of the vanilla sound. > > You can find more information/details on the wiki: > https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Customized_soundtrack Don’t know why the thread is still ongoing. This post should have #/thread.

> @"Mil.3562" said: > > @"Astralporing.1957" said: > > > @"vicky.9751" said: > > > ff14 lets you buy glamour prisms for free which do the same thing. I dont see why it has to be gated to daily login here or map completion. > > On the other hand, in truth FF XIV's glamour wardrobe system is vastly inferior to GW2's one. And by saying "vastly" i mean exactly that - FF XIV's system, compared to what we have here, is _very_ primitive and limited. I'd love to have in FF XIV something that would be even half as good as the wardrobe here. > > > > But we are taking about removing the cost of transmutation, not the variety or number of transmutable items available. Anyway, right from launch when fashion war is still far from being a thing, those transmutation charges were already there. But if the revenue from what charges ARE bought is funding the wardrobe and its complexity, then keeping it as is would be the way to go.