[Human or Norn Warrior]

There are playable races other than Asura?

[Howto: Meta achievement for normal players?]

@Blude.6812 said:And you wonder why some players want nothing to with strikes and raids and are failing to get people to join.

The people devoted to the side content (raids, fractals, PvP, etc...) being the reason no one else wants to play the side content is the tap-dancing elephant in the room.

[How would you rate the fun in gw2 on a scale of 1-9 currently?]

I think the answer depends upon how much you ignore the voice in your head telling you that you're burnt out on the game.

[[POLL] What do you like to play the most PvE mode or WvW mode or sPvP mode?]

@pointaction.4639 said:

@TheGrimm.5624 said:I think you might find some bias by posting this poll here versus in the general discussions since. But at the same time you might see some PvE bias there too.

If ANET wants to move it general discussions instead of being in the WvW section then I have no problems with that.

ANET is the only one that can move this POLL.

Or you can just ask a mod.

[CAN THE POST GROTHMAR META CHAMPIONS BE BUFFED - THEY DIE WAY TOO QUICKLY]

@Blude.6812 said:The ability for get scaling working seems to be something that Anet just can't do, which is too bad.

Their scaling up is mostly fine despite some recent meta bosses maybe having a bit too much in the way of HP. It's the scaling down they need to work on.

[In your opinion, is GW2 too hard?]

@Psycoprophet.8107 said:Why still play if u leave in disgust everytime u play

Without pointing fingers: If you watch the usernames for long enough you'll pick up that there are certain players who are very obviously losing fights in PvP/WvW on the regular and then running off to the forums and reddit to rant about toxic / OP builds, and how they're uninstalling because the game is crap, and the devs are incompetent, and the players are lazy morons, and, and, and, and, annnnnnd... we'll see them again making the same post in a few weeks.

Asking this is like asking your cat why it unrolled the toilet paper.

[DRAKKAR SIZE COMPARISONS]

@Teratus.2859 said:I do hope there is an explination for Primordus size.

It's been awake and feeding off of magic for a couple of hundred years now. The Commander has put a lot into the system as well.

[In your opinion, is GW2 too hard?]

@Dante.1763 said:The point of any game is to have fun, not be top of the food-chain all the time when it comes to skill level.

The truth has been spoken.

[[POLL] What is your favorite profession to play the most?]

@"Svarty.8019" said:What an interesting poll. It tells us what the forumgoers' professions are. This can now be compared with the whole playerbase to show us how reflective of the average person the forum players are (I'll give you a clue, it's "not very reflective").

I bet human waifu is meta for both groups.

[Tequatl mass map crash]

I've been having a similar problem with Ooze Pits. DC'ed in the middle of the fight so I haven't been able to get that final achievement fighting for Blood Legion.

[Which Elder Dragon do you like most?]

@Fueki.4753 said:I think final dragon encounters should have been raid encounters

An excellent way to ensure they'll go as unplayed as regular raids!

[In your opinion, is GW2 too hard?]

I'm not a munchkin so the game is just right for the casual style of play I do.

[CAN THE POST GROTHMAR META CHAMPIONS BE BUFFED - THEY DIE WAY TOO QUICKLY]

@MashMash.1645 said:That's great and all, but they die way, way too quickly.

When the map is empty in six months because the player base is chasing the latest shiny you will be thankful for this.

[PvE Balance, does it really matter?]

@"MikeG.6389" said:It's annoying when you don't get credit for an event in a starter zone when it's daily and everyone "one hits" the objective...

I see you had as much fun in Wayfarer today as I did trying to tag anything so I could get credit for an event.

Anyway I said "other" simply because competitive should have its own set of traits unrelated to co-op.

[I just started to play the HoT story and maps ...]

@aspirine.6852 said:The maps are nice, but for some of the mobs there I hope you get through quick. Anet seemed to be fixed on knockdowns in the first maps, they loveeeee knockdowns.

I think the encounters team had a competition to see who could make the most frustrating CC/spike damage combos

[Add some actual challange to Group Events]

@"zityz.6089" said:How many people attack the ooze without colour changing? a lot, because I'm sure most of them cannot even see the colours on the ground due to the bright intensity of the skills being spammed to kill the oozes.

I just highlighted something that I, as an experienced player, didn't pick up on the first couple of times either. I had the same trouble with the Wolverine challenge in Bjora. When I finally did notice the circles I thought they were just more things to be avoided. Ground spam is a long standing problem.

I think a far simpler "Green is good. Red is bad." alteration to the floor skills might be in order. No one really cares what the boons are doing in metas, they just want them. Keep the fancy clock animation for the Chrono themselves and let the rest of us just see a green circle.

[Yet another class advice thread]

@"Wandidar.1692" said:

• I'm 52, and my twitch reflexes definitely aren't what they used to be (I'm not glacially slow, but slow enough that I probably shouldn't be playing a class that's all twitch)
• I often heal in MMO's, because I like the responsibility of being a healer, and because I'm usually pretty good as a healer
• I have a love / hate relationship with pet classes. I always love them in theory, I sometimes love them in practice (and when I do, I really love them)
• I often perform better when I'm playing a class where I can keep things out in front of me a bit
• I solo a lot in MMO's until I feel like I'm competent enough in the mechanics of the game to feel like I won't kill a group just by being in a group.

Pity about your ambivalence towards pets because it seems like a Ranger would suit you. The pet AI in the game can generously be described as "meat shield" though. The Druid elite spec is traditionally the go-to healer for the game though I have no idea about these days.

Guardian might also work for you but it takes a bit for the profession to come into its own and can be a drag to play in early levels due to having one of the lowest health pools in the game. The Firebrand elite spec is versatile and can be used for support, healing, or setting things on fire.

Engineers do need a lot of keyboard ballet to be played at their peak, but they can also be played in a "For The Olds" method with the grenadier and/or flame thrower for the core profession and Scrapper in general for their elite specs. They do have some decent support abilities though it's not meta (AFAIK) due to other professions being much better at it. If you're looking to support other players the two above would be better methinks.

As mentioned minion Necromancer is probably the easiest thing in the game to play and the minions are numerous enough to make up for their AI. There are also some Reaper elite spec "can't die" builds, but that's something you might want to look into at a later date.

[What do you want after LS5?]

I want dungeons rolled into the PS.

[What is coming after the Icebrood Saga?]

@Drizzt.1796 said:...nothing would make since.

Or does it make so much sense that it broke your mind?

[Would you like more than 3 talent slots?]

I do want a fourth trait slot:

PvP/ WvW. It's only active in those modes and is the only trait line that can be used in those modes. Then competitive can be balanced without impacting the other game modes

[What is coming after the Icebrood Saga?]

@Drizzt.1796 said:I have a great idea then! How about whats on the other side of Thyria (Tyria, the planet)! There could be an entire new race for us to interact with! (Idh (I dont have) any suggestions on the new race if so to interact with)

Ultra Skritt. They have mastered The Way of Shiny and ascended. Be a good way to bring monks in.

[What Future skins do you hope comes to gw2]

@Gryphon.2875 said:Ordinary trousers for light armor.

I was going to say trousers in general.

[I suck at thief - need advice]

Wooden Potatoes did videos on his YouTube channel of some open world builds that have really decent sustain and his thief wasn't any different. You might want to give it a looksee.

But if you want more better advice... Go here

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/

And put the specifics of your build in. Then post up the permalink for everyone to look at.

[Expansion level content?]

@"maddoctor.2738" said

do elite specs alone make "expansion-level" content?

The mistake in asking this is that the people complaining are simply looking for excuses to complain. They'd be kvetching about any new elites because that what they did the last two times.

As the old meme goes, "I don't want an answer. I want to be angry."

[Teaching players should start at the start, not be shoehorned in today's content.]

@Inculpatus cedo.9234 said:Still, how many players repeat the Stories? Especially the Living World Stories?

I do everytime I level an alt. If only to get the notification off of my screen. But I do pick and choose the S2- S5 episodes nowadays because those bosses arent worth the effort.