Blanger.3162

I guess it depends on what you expect from the community, myself, I have very low expectations so I'm constantly suprised by just how nice/helpful most of the people are, of course if you have low expectations, don't wear your feeling on your shirt sleeve, and try to help others you'll probably get back from the community what you give.

I did it for the AP (I did the same leveling Scribe to 400 which cost a ton of gold lol), making ascended food is a nice benefit if you have the need, the cost wasn't for me that much since I horde lots of items, but I'm now within striking distance of the 15k AP I'm been working towards for the last month or so.

Do you have a post somewhere that I could reference? I assume your talking about GW2 on Linux? if so here you go. https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/31192/playing-guild-wars-2-on-linux-performance-optimizations-and-more/p1

The biggest issue to me with MS ending support for Win 7 is that hardware manufactures will also drop support in the form of drivers, it's not as big a deal with legacy hardware (because the drivers already exist) but if you want to build or buy a new PC on the latest hardware and run Win 7 as your OS your going to have a big problem very shortly with driver support for those nice new features you upgraded your hardware to get. Win X is of course a option and will have all the hardware driver support you would need but.... no version of Win X including Enterprise or LTSB give 100% total control over your PC OS, you can put off updates for awhile but sooner or later MS is going to force them onto your PC, it's just a fact of life. For me, with the help of others here on this forum I made the switch to Linux and have been happily running GW2 through Wine/Lutris on Linux for months, like anything it has had its moments but no worse than running GW2 on Win X IMHO..... but this too isn't a solution for everyone running Win 7 and needing compatibility with other Windows based software.

I'm also solo roamed in EBG flipping camps and killing guards, it is much harder now with the Warclaw and the few time a Warclaw has helped me escape being killed the new lance has pretty well ruined that since now I can be knocked off my mount and no amount of evasive maneuvers can get you out of that except sheer luck. Most days I don't mind becoming someones bag but it does get old rather quickly, still it is fun/enjoyable to see just how deep into enemy territory you can get, killing a few supply yaks and capping a supply camp is all the better...lol

A group I was in the other night started out just doing mobs, as the group members increased the commander asked if we wanted to do a few doors which we all agreed to do, then awhile later our group had grown to the point where we had the numbers to effectively take on all the legendary bosses including Steve mowing right through them in just a few minuets each.... it was a nice run that was able to scale up to just roll through the content, the point is that the group changed as we had the numbers to do the content without wiping.

Been there, Done that, Got the T-Shirt from WvW reward track, quick and easy.

Squads also allow the commander to see how much supplies each member, and the group as a total are carrying, this helps in knowing if enough supplies exist in the group to build the necessary siege or if a trip to a depot, keep, or tower is necessary for resupply before taking on a objective.

This ^^^^^^Sometimes is just a dead map with no activity, in that case I normally build siege, flip camps, and towers if there is enough players around. The Warclaw is really a must to get around most maps, while it doesn't really add that much of a advantage over using your feet (speed-wise) it does help with giving you more mobility. I had the very same feelings when I started in WvW as the OP has, a few other players helped me out with advice on scouting or defending, one person can make a difference if you plan ahead knowing that the opposition is going to come for your tower or keep eventually. Unfortunately it takes time to learn and that equates to a lot of deaths, after several years of playing WvW daily I have to say that even in it's current state it is my favorite thing to do in GW2 and I rarely follow a zerg unless they have a commander I like to follow. Unlike PVE the map in WvW is important to keep a eye on, after awhile you'll find yourself predicting where the opposition is going/doing by watching things flip, there is a element of strategy in playing, it just takes some time and experience to figure it out.

And don't forget no mount or gliding in EoTM either.We have a group that still runs EoTM every night, mostly to help new players get fast reward track completion for the Warclaw, most nights it takes around 30 min to cap every tower and keep if we have a mes for ports with little to no resistance except for vet NPCs so it's quick and fast....surprisingly most nights it's 20+ people in the party.

I basically think it's ok for new players to have access to mounts, but personally I think everyone should have to level their first toon naturally, or at least time gate levels so a person on their first experiences in the game can't go from lvl 1 to lvl 80 in minuets, after the first toon yes I don't think hours in-game should have a bearing on being a lvl 80.It's odd to see people in WvW chat saying they just started playing the game a few days ago...and complain that they have to jump a few hoops to get a warclaw..., wait till they want a griffon! lol

Maybe 10 most of the time in the evenings, but that is because we have a regular group that runs EToM every night, out of the 20-25 normally in the group about 10 are regulars that I try to keep track of and do other events with, I do purge people from time to time and add new people I meet but that is mostly guildies. During the daytime maybe 2 or 3 are online.

Like a lot of you....way too many to pick just one but two recent that stand out was a couple guild members crafted me four 20 slot bags for a new toon I rolled, and just last night in EB I was treb'in SMC from a blind position and someone offered to spot for me. There are lots of nice, kind, and non-toxic people playing GW2 which is why I've stayed for over 6 years.