[Do you Exchange Gems for gold?]

I have in the past when nearing the finish line for a legendary and I just want it to be done with... but its not a regular thing.   Can count on one hand how many times I've done in 12 years and still have fingers left.   

[How are the Casual players doing with their Legendary PVE Armor?]

I already had 3 sets of legendary armor made due to enjoying wvw....  that said, I am an AP hunter,  so while working on the 100 convergences for the achiev, I ended up having far too many essences clogging up my bank.  So I made the medium set as it was the only one I liked.    Being the pack rat that I am, I pretty much had everything other then the map currency from the Soto maps.     Now that my armor is made... I really have no interest in going back to Soto maps because they just aren't all that fun.   I can almost guarantee you I will have no interest in the added grind that is coming when they release the Tier 2 visuals.   The insane amount of crap needed to make the 1st tier is a tad overboard and then having to grind all over again just for some extra flash?   yeah, no thank you to that. 

[Afk Runners]

All you can do is report them for botting and move on... you won't see any quick action though.   After awhile you just kinda give up cause you will be reporting them constantly in wvw.  

[Ascended Weapon/Armor & Research Notes]

1 hour ago, TheArtOfMouts.7468 said:

As someone pointed, isn't better to get the golds with the Astral Acclaim and then do the cheapest craft for Research Notes ?
I did a super quick calculation, and it seem so.

OP didn't ask for the most cost efficient way... just asking if you could use the Armor/Weapons to make research notes.     I was simply answering that yes you could. 

[Ascended Weapon/Armor & Research Notes]

You can definitely get research notes from the ascended chests... I always pick Zojja's stat ones and have zero issues getting notes from them.. no need to mystic forge them at all.    works for both the armors and the weapons from the WV.  

[Weekly Claw of Jormag not awarding Wizard's Vault progress [Merged]]

Same issue here... its only counting as 1 event out of the 10 required for the map.. the actual meta isn't working as intended

[Defense of Amnytas: need clarification on a couple of steps]

3 hours ago, Harfang.1507 said:

Second, "Help stop the tentacles from damaging the spire below." I gather I need to shoot tentacles with my skyscale's fireballs. Where are those tentacles? I see nothing targettable

When everyone goes up top platform to fight the tentacles there are usually a handful of people who go down to fight the spire ones... you can do both parts at the same time.   If you arent seeing any targetable on the spire it means they have been cleared already.   Almost every time I have done this meta I tend to head down and to clear the spire and there are usually 3-5 other people with the same mindset so it helps speed things up a bit

[GW2 has serious design flaws]

I'm mainly a solo player and I haven't had many issues that I couldn't work through with a bit of patience or asking for help in local chat.    37.5k AP,  26 legendary weapons made, All legendary trinkets, 4 sets of legendary armor (2 sets of medium cause I liked the new one so I had to make it)  All Mounts unlocked.    Again, barely had any issue doing all of these solo... and I should also add I don't use addons like Blish or whatnot, I play the game vanilla  

Sounds to me like you just expect the game to give you stuff without you putting in any sort of effort.   This isn't a mobile game that a monkey could play.   Something gives me a sneaky suspicion that you just expected this game to be exactly like the one you came from and you're upset because its not the same at all. 

[Wizard Vault Objetives Page Bugged? [Merged]]

Still broken for me..... figured they would have fixed this by now seeing as the wizard's vault is a "new feature"   Looks bad on Anet for letting bugs like this go through.     Do they not do quality checks anymore on stuff they push out anymore?

 

[Wizard Vault Objetives Page Bugged? [Merged]]

Same here.... can't click on the end chest for completing dailies at all

[Black Lion Chest drop - star sentinel outfit]

Had 6 keys saved up from doing my weekly key farm toon.... got the armor in 3 keys.    Sometimes you get lucky... sometimes you dont... this time luck was on my side for it.    Keep in mind if you dont get the armor that it will eventually be able to buy it for 60 BL statues once it rotates on the vendors list in a few weeks if you dont manage to unlock it with keys

[When is the expansion that lets us cannon up our skiffs?]

Its already bad enough with the lazy people doing the bare minimal on skyscales and turtles.   If they were to implements something like this is would be the last straw for me and I would quit the game after 12 years.    If you want to be a pirate, there are several games out there (mmo and single players) that allow you to do just that... We don't need that sorta junk here.   Big ol' downvote for me on this terrible idea

 

to be quite honest... I don't know which is the worst suggestion here... combat skiff or a water WvW map  

[Game world maybe ruined]

well earned confused emoji for the OP as I am truly confused as to what this thread is all about

[PVP Rush Champion achievement not gaining points]

Same bug.... stuck at 10/100 even though I have most done. 

[What is the purpose of the Jade Bot Personal Waypoint?]

I find them incredibly useful when doing things like dailies.... you can pop it up at say a vista... then go work on something else in the map say a Heart or whatnot.. then use the wp to get back without having to walk to the vista.   As others have said its useful for those tougher metas where death means a long race to get back into the fray... saves you the legwork to get back to the fight.   

 

Could it be better?  yes of course it could ie being able to use it across different maps.. but its an EoD feature... so it wasnt super well thought out and seems like it was a rushed feature

[Kaineng Rift Hunting - Unable to get credit for T2 rifts [Merged]]

still broken I see.... hope they get this fixed before the week is up.       Who knows how long it will be before the map comes up again in the terrible rotations

[Make a better game engine]

OP you do know the game is 11 years old right?   its not going to run the same as a new game.   Be thankful its still up and getting new content this far down the road.    What you are asking is really unreasonable

[Why is Sorrow so stupid op vs Demon Knight???]

3 minutes ago, SoftFootpaws.9134 said:

its very likely most of the convergences you've had success at were being carried by the top 10% of players, similar to encounters like drakkar.

 

I'm well aware how it works... and no, I do mainly public instances... I do not coordinate with discord/guild groups or jump into groups that are tagged and properly split (those ones are even easier).   Just a group of randoms that show up come convergence time and hit the public one.  They aren't hard to do.   Most of the time  the issue would be too many people just expecting everyone else to carry them (ie skyscale fireballers).     These have been out for a good while now, so most folks should know the mechanics by now, if folks feel the need to only hit 1 and afk while they watch netflix then they really dont have my sympathy if the instance fails. 

[Why is Sorrow so stupid op vs Demon Knight???]

60+ convergences done and I dont understand why people are having issues with Sorrow.... just run orbs to zojja to keep her healed and you are golden.   I am assuming the folks having issues are in instanced with a ton of afkers or people who just fly around on the skyscales using fireballs being lazy... I haven't had one instance even come close to failing in all my 60 runs 90% of them being public ones.    /shrug

[SMS issue as of Dec 2023 (never had this issue for 10 years but now ....)]

I just had this issue for the last 2hours or so.... contacted support and had to get them to turn off the 2fa... had to reset the password etc.    Still no clue why I was not receiving the sms code,  as my phone # and pretty much everything else relating to my acct hasn't changed in forever.     Just have your friend contact support via email.     Took a bit but finally got it figured out    I am wondering if my country is part of the issue, located in Canada.. so maybe there is something going on with the sms system going between countries.    

[DRMs and Dungeon Rush [Merged]]

I have done all the dungeons once through.. and my counter is still at 8/10... 2 drms so far and neither of them counted.    What a mess this bonus event is so far.... do they even QA stuff anymore or just shove it out and hope for the best?

[Petition for Specific Player/Community Content Patch Updates and Developer Tools]

This is far from being an "important topic"   

Zero interest in all the suggestions you have made here.     

I will also like to put in,  stop trying to change this game to be like other ones.. if you want the options those other games have.. go play them!   GW2 does fine with everything it offers and doesn't need to change to "be like those other games"

[Annoying Pop Ups [Merged]]

Just adding my voice to this as it drives me nuts getting those pop ups every time I seem to move or do anything.   Really does need a toggle to turn these off.   Seems to get worse every time they release anything new these days

[Gyala Delve is a dead map [Merged]]

unfortunately... like most things Anet puts out,  if you care about the achievements its best to do them when the map is new... that's when you will have the numbers.    Gyala is such a painfully long map and pretty disjointed being split into different metas parts, that most people just don't find them worth it to do anymore because the rewards dont line up with the time/work required.    You also have to keep in mind the Halloween festival is going on now, and tons of folks would much rather be farming that then doing low reward unfun metas.  

[soto]

try hitting  Ctrl+Shift+H    Thats the default for turning the UI on and off