[salvaging level 50 items]

18 hours ago, Vayne.8563 said:

I assume you're doing this for convenience, but you are losing out on profit doing it this way. I assume you know that, but it never hurts to double check.

Using just one for all is very convenient and the mystic one is way cheaper than the silver fed one per use (according to wiki). 10.5 copper vs 60 copper.
And the gold to buy 500 gems to buy the silver fed kit, may make the silver fed kit a bad choice to begin with.

[salvaging level 50 items]

I use Mystic on everything. White, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange.

[WvW Defend Objective credit broken]

It's Sunday, ladies and gentlemen, and out of this week of 10 defenses, I've managed to get to 6.
SIX
Six in an entire week of daily wvw play.

Not for lack of defending. I've been defending a fair amount.

Just got back from defending a keep and 3 towers on ebg for an hour on my main account (this one) and didn't get one counted. I've stopped now and will calm down on another game because it's too frustrating.

My side had the smc plenty this week and usually the castle was my dead certain target to get the defense counter up. But I don't know what it was this week, my luck ran out.

Another account happened to get the daily defense today, I don't actually know how that happened. I can only guess since no one was left in the hills when I arrived, but on my way down, the serpentines to the camp, I ran into a couple enemies that I had to kill, and I guess one must have counted from earlier or something. I mean, they weren't even close to the archers on the walls.

 

[Have the Toys been lacking over the years to the rest of you all?]

I like the skins with as less skin as possible.
For my Charrs. And those a quite new.

And that's all the gems store should be for. Cosmetic stuff.

A game shouldn't require to hassle you and make you unlock user friendly game systems. If they get invented, all should benefit from that and not only the rich who can afford them.

[Idea for new Crafting discipline "Doctor"]

1 hour ago, Balsa.3951 said:

psychiatric with a sofa where the commander can talk about his ptsd.

There is a lot for psychiatrists to do.
The Charr race is basically a collection of traumas in fur and on 4 paws.
 

[Concerns about the future of the game for veteran players]

On 12/8/2023 at 12:48 PM, Ashantara.8731 said:

and hardcore veterans. There is nothing left to do for the latter.

Time to take a break.
Return later (or don't). A long pause can do wonders for the motivation (or for real life).

I took a break of 7 years and am not bored yet (been back for 3 years).
If I was, I'd take a break again.

I know hardcore veterans too that play something else now and only return to GW2 when asked to join some event with friends. Others found other ways to busy themselves, like extra accounts.

[Shields don't feel super defensive.]

I use shield on my holo engi in pve (similar to this: https://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Holosmith_-_Power_Holo).
Since my dmg comes from the photon forge mode anyway, I don't need an offensive offset item when out of the forge mode. (I could switch to a kit anyway if I need even more offensive skills)
I like its cc. When I need to escape because I overestimated myself or added too many enemies while fighting & moving it helps me too.

I'd like a ranged (minimum 900) main hand weapon for my warrior so I could finally get rid of the riffle, as ranged backup weapon, and switch to shield as off hand.

[Can I disable the annoying wiggle animation on the reward icons that pop up next to the minimap?]

I'm for autoclaim (in wvw those chests are spam, you claim one and four more "spawn") and disabling the chest icon above the minimap in wvw. That one is in the way 100% and has been useless to me 100% too.

[Almost invisible character, what infusions?]

On 9/17/2023 at 7:12 AM, Inculpatus cedo.9234 said:

Polyluminescent (Orange).

+

On 9/17/2023 at 11:35 AM, SoftFootpaws.9134 said:

omnomberry ghost

was it. https://i.postimg.cc/FRDWr8FH/gw114.jpg

Thank you guys.

What a shame. The food effect doesn't last long. And the poly item can only be added to exotic trinkets.

[anyone else take long brakes?]

On 10/24/2023 at 4:10 PM, trunks.5249 said:

i logged in to do some events and couldn't wait to log off .for some reason for a couple of months i cant get enough. then slowly i cant bring myself to log in. then i do not touch the game for5-6 months. then i cant get enough all over again. am i crazy or do you guys do this has well?

That's Sims 4 for me.

I play like obsessed for about 2-3 months and then suddenly lose interest and don't touch it for a year or so.

As for GW2, I belong to those who had a break for years (like 7). Been playing for 3 years again and not bored yet. And no boredom in sight.

[Why are the story quests so effing hard? Why?]

You are necro, go minion master.

And Berserker is for people who know how to survive (or how to get away if needed), not ones who get wrecked. Try marauder.

And at defending the gate you need to go to Trahearne after a while. Dont miss that point.

It is not hard at all. Or better said, if you think that is hard, then no need to proceed. HoT story will be your hell then.

[They are selling hero points in the gem store now]

6 minutes ago, Danikat.8537 said:

My guess is the target group is new players

I always think of new players as stingy and veteran players as the more generous ones. 😅

[Lion's Arch Exterminator - riffle equip as special action key]

2 minutes ago, idpersona.3810 said:

you can do the whole thing in 1 sitting with a guide

I know, but there are many bugs and following the wiki takes a lot of time and my motivation sinks with time. It's not fun for me. At some point I'd rather do something else, something fun and continue later.

But now, every time I go to Lion's Arch and remember that quest, I cba to go to the npc to pick up the weapon. If it was via a special action key I probably would finish it over time.

But that's just me.

The suggestion was more general. Not just for me. I think it'd be helpful.

[They are selling hero points in the gem store now]

2 minutes ago, SpyderArachnid.5619 said:

how people felt about it

I think it's fine. But I think the target group is a niche.

Who is the target group anyway?

[They are selling hero points in the gem store now]

5 minutes ago, SpyderArachnid.5619 said:

Yup. We know. This is a topic about how you can now buy them in the gem store for real money.

You think it is a rip-off since they can trade them for free anyway?

[Whats up with robbing us of movement control recently?]

I dislike this forced immobility/hard cc in wvw/pvp.

It's like I'm just sitting in front of my screen, just watching. Not able to do anything anyway.

[The Weapon Beta is bad and here is why]

I find any beta bad that steal my drops at the end.

Not touching such a system (unless it got changed, I dunno, I dont touch such a system anymore)

[They are selling hero points in the gem store now]

59 minutes ago, SpyderArachnid.5619 said:

So now apparently you can buy an item that allows you to complete a hero challenge in any expansion.

I go to wvw and buy any hero points.

No real money involved.

No gems involved.

Just go to the dude and trade your reward track stuff for hero points of your choice.

[They are selling hero points in the gem store now]

You could always buy legendary weapons from tp and buy the needed gold for real money. If 'pay to win' means just shorten gaming time for you.

7 minutes ago, Tanuki.4603 said:

After 12 years of being a dedicated consumer

Yeah sure. Dedicated my kitten.

[Lion's Arch Exterminator - riffle equip as special action key]

Hello,

I recently started this quest and realized that you need a special weapon for it, which you have to pick up from a NPC again and again.

I suggest equipping the weapon via the special action key. As long as the quest is active.

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Lion's_Arch_Exterminator

[Best use for an ascended weapon....]

But you can salvage half the tp for research notes, but only ascended weapons and armor pieces for the balls of dark energy. I favor the balls.
I wasn't amused at the idea to have to craft ascended equipment just to salvage it for balls.
Luckily I got something dropped in time to save me from that bad experience.

[Poll- Do you think a GW2 port to consoles will be good for the game?]

No and No.

I fear that the game will be disimproved in favor of console compatibility.

[Not being able to join groups without entering the discord servers in WvW]

1) I'm a woman and I didn't experience harassment towards myself, because I'm female, for years. (Which doesn't mean I didn't experience sexism in general in Guild Wars 2)

2) You don't need to talk in voice chat. It is for organising that squad. You listen to the commander. For replies you can use the squad chat in game.
I don't even have my headset plugged in most of the time. I don't speak English in voice chat, so no need.

3) Just don't run with guilds on their guild intern evenings. Look for an open squad or join a wvw guild that has own guild runs and stick to it. Guild hopping for squad joining will just get u black listed.
I mostly stick to the community guild of a server.

4) Third party software isn't against the rules per se. I use Blish HUD.
Not sure what you are talking about, being told from a guild to use third party software. I guess Arc DPS?
It's fine with the rules as well. But I understand people who do not want such a comparison meter in their face. However, everyone else sees what you do and what not anyway, with that tool. It can help to improve your game play or help deciding what you want to play if you are uncertain.

[Having both skyscales unlocked, does not increase wall leap spring distance.]

Mine has been jumping pretty much backwards since the upgrade. That in itself is a longer jump path than before, but the way back to the wall takes longer than before because of the greater distance, so there's no winning unless I was under a ledge.

[WvW Defend Objective credit broken]

On 11/14/2023 at 10:38 PM, Preppy.7046 said:

I responded to an EWP for an active defense event.  I killed 3 people right by the lord.  No credit.

Right my experience from last week defending air keep on RBL.

22 hours ago, Melok.2173 said:

It seems preposterous that you would not qualify as defending if you killed someone who merely attacked a guard (or Lord).

If you go this way, then it is just as absurd that a defense does not count as such if you build a catapult in the tower, attack the enemy under counter fire with it. Then storm their position with reinforcements, destroy their siege weapons, go back, repair the damage and as a thank you there is nothing.

I sometimes have defenses where I die myself in the enemy zone while taking apart the siege weapons, but it doesn't count as an event success because I haven't killed the 2-3 enemies that would count.

Sometimes you don't even get them anymore or they were so far away that they wouldn't have counted anyway.

Defense events should be renamed to Random Hunt Event for defenses. Because that's all it is. You have to hunt and kill something specific. Best drag it back close to the objective before you kill it. Just to be sure.