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On 7/9/2023 at 6:36 PM, BlaqueFyre.5678 said:
Why should you get rewarded for not losing anything?
How would it be a reward? By your logic, we aren't losing anything by having them strip the functionality away, then we wouldn't technically be gaining anything by having them return it.
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4 hours ago, Dibit.6259 said:
If they made it free then a lot of people who put time and effort in getting the original skyscale will be in an uproar. Implanting the bonus feature for if you have both masteries is their way of trying to soften the blow on those who already have skyscale. I don't have a issue with their being an "easier" to get skyscale but I would personally find it insulting if it was free. Where would the sense of achievement be?
How does making it easier for others make your achievement of getting it while it was more difficult any less? They've already made getting the skyscale easier from when it launched. I finished map comp the 1st time while we still had to unlock all of the poi and vista's in wvw. They made that easier too. It doesn't take away what I did. Really the problem here is people want to use the skyscale as a flex. It shouldn't be a flex though because it delivers so much utility. Anet could fix this by having cool skyscale skins locked behind achievements. Do an easy quest to unlock the basic skin and use of the mount, you have to earn the majority of the skills and cool skins. The problem with that is they want to sell the coolest skins in the gem store.
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2 hours ago, pocky.7468 said:
Hopefully we get a free legendary next expansion. You guys don't seem to mind, so why not?
Everyone has the option to obtain a 'free legendary' already with the pendant.
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I hope they do give the skyscale to new people or make it super easy and cheap for them to get. The mount is so good the Blizz copied it.
Anything to get more people in and enjoying the game is great as long as it doesn't detract from current players progression and experience. It doesn't negatively impact people who have a skyscale in anyway to give them out. If anything it will save us veteran players gold because ultimately we tend to help people get the mount.
So yes please give away the skyscale. While they are at it just make leyline gliding automatic. I'm tired of helping in raid training, making it to Xera only to have a few members have to leave because they don't have it.
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I pre-ordered with out seeing this. 😞 I'm so upset with myself for doing that now. I don't suppose there's a way to get a refund on it?
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Sounds pretty common. My guild leader got assigned to a different world from the rest of our guild. We also had other guildies assigned to other worlds. They had the guild selected as their wvw in the guild panel and also on the wvw selection menu. Anet's not fixing for people either. I don't know about the rest of you but when I play an mmo it's to be with friends. WvW is team based so 2 weeks in a beta without a driver is going to be genuinely terrible. The lack of flexibility from Anet for people that got misplaced is awful considering they are using us as guinea pigs for 2 weeks this time.
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I think my favourite part of this beta is how our guilds leader (and driver) was assigned to a different world. The absolute best part is when they filed a ticket Anet told them sorry about your luck. I think it's great gives me more time to play D4.
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2 minutes ago, yoni.7015 said:
I actually don’t care and I don’t have a real opinion about that, but I guess I wouldn’t mind. I have no use for the skirmish tickets because I am full legendary. I think WvW rewards should be better. But then again, I mainly play WvW because it’s fun and I don’t care that much about rewards.
It would be nice to have some better rewards. As someone who tends to play support the compensation for time spent can feel lacking.
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50 minutes ago, Endilbiach.4132 said:
I have to point out that your opinion on the rate of acquisition is going to be biased if that's your primary game mode, but I absolutely agree with you on the matter of achievements and skins. But then, as I've stated previously in this thread, Anet hates wvw.
Time flies when you're having fun I guess.
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As someone who has all 3 weight classes of wvw legendary armor, Warbringer and 2 Conflux I didn't mind at the amount of time it took. I was just playing the game mode I enjoy. What I do mind is that there is no achievements (ap) and also it would be nice to have an upgraded skin similar to pve.
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1 hour ago, Riba.3271 said:
It is actually simple, just fix the WvW infrastructure closer to the old one where you had strategic decisions available and were meaningful, small scalers also had more to do:
- Watchtower shouldn't activate unless contested. Watchtower limits too much map from roamers passing to danelon and Rogues and stuff. Then they just get ganked by 5 people. Circumventing that usually also means multiple enemis. It also punishes new players from exploring WvW as learning watchtowers might take a while.
- Dolyaks should carry less supply, escort buff should be lowered from 90%->50%, and keeps/castles should require more dolyaks. Small scalers play around camps and should be able to overcome defenders and be more meaningful. Once keeps or castles are T3, there is no scene anymore since defenders don't care about dollies at that point.
- Minstrel stat should be nerfed. You can see gods of the arena running around with 1 minstrel + 1 DPS. Only way to match them is bringing 1 minstrel player too and then neither side can kill another. Reduce concentration effectiveness in WvW. This will also fix blob fights.
- Claim buff should be reduced considerably (+120 total max).You having +100 power, +100 precision + 100 vit, +100 toughness vs enemy having it is around 15% damage and 15% survivability difference. So 2 runesets. Roaming shouldn't be just defending and dueling should be fair again. Tense rivalries between similarly skilled players should be allowed to develop instead of owner of nearest location deciding who wins..
- Shield generators should be reworked, siege vs siege damage buffed and wall/gate hp buffed. Shield gens blocking treb/cata fire makes most fight baiting or supply draining tactics obsolete. You can't even slow down enemy blob with siege anymore since siege vs siege damage was halved and wall/gate HP reduced in the past.
My solution to reviving roaming isn't balance changes but simply giving you more things to do, more enemies and making everything you do meaningful while giving you possibility of tense rivalries to incite emotions. Note that all these things were already in the game years before being made obsolete by massive HoT changes that were never revisited.
I agree with all of this. One thing that used to hold value and was a fantastic way to learn or enjoy the game mode smaller scale was scouting. There is no real point to scout with the current blob meta as all the big groups just run around capping the same stuff or running over small groups of people. Most groups don't respond to call outs so objectives just freely flip teams. Defense has always been one of my favorite aspects but it doesn't seem to matter at all now.
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On 6/26/2022 at 8:31 AM, Danger Ferret.6342 said:
I hate WvW. It's tedious and pointless. The ONLY reason I play is to get the reward tracks, and I firmly believe ANET stuck the gift of battle in WvW because otherwise no one would play. As long as you force PvE players into WvW, WvW is going to suck because most of us don't want to be there in the first place. It's like ANET goes out of its way to breed animosity among the players, and customer service refuses to take feedback, so we're forced to deal with more hostility in these forums to get the point across. STOP MAKING US DO THIS TEDIOUS BS TO AVOID A $150 Pay per Play on legendary weapons.
I hate map completion. It's tedious and pointless. The ONLY reason I do it is to get the gift of exploration, I firmly believe ANET stuck the gift of exploration in open world because otherwise no one would do it. STOP MAKING US DO THIS TEDIOUS BS TO AVOID A $150 Pay per Play on legendary weapons.
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6 hours ago, Ronin.4501 said:
Do try to remember that this beta is NOT for the players and not about giving us a glimpse of what Alliances will be like, but rather it is for Anet trying to work out some of the kinks with the Alliance system.
How exactly is this not some sort of preview for how alliances will ultimately work? The fight guilds will stack together and if you're not in one you'll end up on team punching bag. Period. A roamer or small pvx guild that can't(or doesn't want to)get in an alliance or with one of the fight guilds will have no control over where they end up. I've dealt with some pretty rough match ups in the past but takes the cake. Anet can keep their meager wvw xp buff it's not worth the frustration.
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1 hour ago, Leaa.2943 said:
You are still not adressing the issue of playing Catalyst in WvW or really any Ele spec because of the low hp. ANY other class can if they want too go full Berserker and can do high risk, great reward game play. Ele still after 10 yeas have a bit over 11 k hp. Anything in WvW can hit with 11 k. So anything can one shot a ele with berserker gear.
And then people gonna say yeah but you can use Marauder. yes we can, but why should Ele be the only class in WvW that has to use Marauder or parts of that. Why do Ele have to pick runes or sigils, infusions or build choices that will add some extra defense when no other class have to do that. They still can but they do not have too. They can pick something in the build or add some other vitality additions but ele HAVE to have this unless they don't want to get one shotted.
And yes i can go in and play berserker ele but my high risk is WAY higher then any other class. And if what was said at the very beginning still was true that ele is a glasscannon and there for low hp then i would be ok with it, but Ele in WvW have been ripped apart and are trapped in some weird cooldown situations, and Tempest that actually was usefull with their aura share have also been nerfed. Are we bad? no we are ok, but as soon as we touch up on being great we get hit hard. And buffs are weird buffs and again NO extra base hp. It is time to give Ele a higher base HP to at least be on pair with other classes who can do way higher dps and still have higher hp. Why can they be glasscannons without trade offs?
Yeah I play ele main and a lot in wvw. It's not in a good place that said playing ele as a roamer isn't impossible but you definitely can't play full berzeker. Most classes don't run full berzeker so I wouldn't really say this is an issue. Cele gear works pretty well on tempest and I've run a few different variations with weaver you just need to be quick on the dodges and teleports.
For group comp ele kinda lost its place with the nerf to aura tempest.
Catalyst was not very appealing to me in the 1st place and I don't see it changing the meta so investing time into it seems counter productive. As such I've shelved the ele and started playing other classes with the hope I find something else I enjoy.
I just honestly can't deal with the constant carousel of nerfs to ele anymore with the amount of work and practice it takes to get rotations down it just doesn't feel worth it when I can play almost any other class with half the effort and twice the results.
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3 hours ago, shrikes.2983 said:
After trying and failing this meta 6 times, I’m exhausted and demoralized, only to be greeted by a flood of messages telling me to "git good". It's making me bitter about everything else in the game. I'm ashamed to admit that I have thought of getting to the top of a daily JP, seeing people asking for a port from their friendly neighborhood mesmer and just replying: "git good". It's the first thing that springs to mind now when I think about portaling someone. It's made me think that anyone that accepted a mesmer portal to finish their skyscale collection doesn't deserve their skyscale.
This is the first time I've told anyone about these thoughts in my head. Does this make me a horrible person?
Thinking this does not make you a horrible person. I've honestly felt the same way. People whined relentlessly about Chalice of Tears I was all too happy to help port people through for the return to event. I'm a little bitter about that now. I still haven't gotten my turtle so I can't help with that but if you are on NA I can definitely help you on the raiding front. Feel free to hit me up in game. I help with really laid back training runs every Sunday. I can save you a spot if you'd be willing to come try it out.
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Anet made their own casual player base the real final boss because that's what is making this fight hard.
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4 hours ago, Vixo.7912 said:
This one SHOULD be hard tho, its END game meta, if want an easy one choose AB and get your fun.
so far this meta isn't even hard if people understood when to CC and how to dodge.I'm fine if it's hard. In fact make it even harder. Go ahead and make it Dhuum CM hard. Just remove the turtle from it.
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1 minute ago, subgenius.7649 said:
agreed this meta event is bringing out the worst in people, I find myself loosing it a bit. Although we all know deep down the vast majority of people running this event over and over do know what they are doing. The RNG is the issue and not the very few people messing up. Map chats are toxic AF right now with people not having any real place to vent properly. Most likely monday or tuesday another change is coming that will get rid of randomization and put mechanics at staged intervals such as % completed.
Hopefully. I'm gonna vibe for a bit in Zenith because I just need some chill, positive game play right now.
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1 minute ago, Kelly.7019 said:
the problem with that is if you come back too late, the ones that have completed it probs won't be doing anymore. I mean really if i beat it once. that's it I'm done!
This is true. I've seen it happen with so many other things in the past. When people ask why the rush????...this is why. At the same time though it's not healthy. I find myself holding back from berating players in the map for not dodging or CC'ing. I'm normally pretty chill. I'm usually down to help new players. I rarely come to the forums. This just has me so tilted I know if I log on I'll try again and likely end up losing it on someone.
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6 minutes ago, kettering.6823 said:
Did everyone forget Tequatl on release? TT? Every other difficult world boss/meta? The expansion is new. People will learn how to run the meta. Right now everyone is still figuring it out. How often do you see Tequatl fail now? Almost never. I imagine this new meta will be much the same a month from now. I understand these days it's all about instant rewards, but have some patience.
I keep seeing people say this about Teq and TT. It's been a long time for me perhaps my memory isn't clear. Can you please remind me which mastery lines were gated behind successful completion of these events?
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8 minutes ago, Caitybee.3614 said:
Due to the level of anger and disappointment I've seen from the community over this meta; it is already dead. As soon as they implement a change to make it easier to obtain the egg, people will get it, and I'd say 90% won't look back. It has already guaranteed the death of this map.
Absolutely. They would really have to have some amazing incentives to go back.
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3 minutes ago, tekhiun.8653 said:
How exactly is timegating challenging ? The skyscale was just wait for timer to reset and do boring stuff with it, and then go on several fetch quests. I do think that challenging content should be rewarding , but there is literally no reason to lock mounts behind them, as I said it would be better to put a cool skin locked behind the meta, like a void siege turtle skin. The same for the skyscale btw, let ppl just get the mount and have fun with, and put a nice skin behind a boring timegated collection, that i not challeging at all
Also it is not a matter of challenge as well with a open map meta, having to just roll enough events until you get the right map, where people know their builds, know the mechanics , then another rng check for the boss not doing iframes enough is not challenging, its just grinding a lottery roll. The collection of the siege turtle is easy, but at the moment it is impossible to finish because the event that locks out an item is bugged, is there a challenge in this? Because the only challenge I see is another roll of the dice until I get an instance that is not bugged or wait until the devs fix the issue.
If getting to the point of the story where getting one would actually make sense is not enough , then put it behind something a strike mission, then you can enter with a well coordinated group, learn the mechanics together, beat it and earn it, this is way better than having to rely on blind luck. Or just sell in a vendor for 500g, that way people can work their way up to that amount whichever the way they want by enjoyng the content.My point was doing collections can be challenging but are with in player control doing collections for Vision and Aurora come to mind. Some people had a hard time with the jump puzzles. I personally didn't and would help others through and have spent full afternoons porting people through Chalice of Tears when people were needing help with that. I don't have an issue if there is some challenge to getting the mount. I do have a problem with it being up to an rng riddled mess. It doesn't matter how much I practice if I don't roll a good map or the boss mechanic rng sucks that run it will fail. Stick the egg at the end of strike I'd be ok with that because even if we don't get it 1st roll you can practice and tweak as needed.
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40 minutes ago, Laughing Bat.1570 said:
Best thing you can do now is just not play. This is crazy hard because they want it to be something players keep doing. Doesn't matter how angry you are while doing it. If it looks like it is actually causing players to leave, they'll start trying to fix it.
Never thought a new Guild Wars expansion would cause me to just go play old Monster Hunter but here we are. 😕
Yep exactly! I give up. A bunch of other games have dropped this month that I'd like to play so I'll be off doing that. I'll pop back into GW2 for my weekly pve raid with my guild and some wvw maybe but beyond that I'm done. I was really enjoying this expansion but walling off an entire mastery line behind this event has soured me on the whole thing.
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18 minutes ago, tekhiun.8653 said:
To add insult to injury , after finally beating the event when it got nerfed (total of 18 tries, i.e 36 hours playing lottery until I got a good group with a good boss rng) now the Seitung Province meta event is bugged , kicking players 4 minutes into the 10 min boss fight, , this is the very last event I need to complete the collection of this kitten mount that seems I am not supposed to have at all.
This feels like the same kitten they pulled with the skyscale, except worst as it is not an actual time gate although it might just as well be one. Five days into the expansion and I still dont have the kitten mount that was advertised , in fact I got to play it more without paying for the expansion than I did after paying for it, is just kitten ludicrous. For once Anet should just give us the mount when we get to jade sea story point, just give it to us, let us have fun with it, thats why we paid for expansion, lock titles and skins behind collections and metas. We are the kitten hero of tyria that killed gods and dragons to save the world from destruction , cant we get a freaking mount for free ?
All I got out of this was to hate the Jade Sea meta and the certainty that I will never do it again no matter what.I don't want the mount for free. I do not think they should make the turtle free or even easy to get. I actually had no problem at all acquiring the griffin or skyscale mounts. I got my skyscale well before they nerfed the time gate stuff. I like challenging content. My problem is this is that getting the turtle egg is completely beyond my control.
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Relics Bring New Equipment to Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure
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I'm pretty disappointed by this. Over a year before I can even get the opportunity to grind out features I already obtained so that I bring my account back to the flexibility I currently have. There are other games that do vertical progression much better. One of the selling features of this game is the horizontal progression. I made the mistake if pre-ordering immediately. This will be the last time I make that mistake with Anet, I will also not be able to recommend people try this game any longer.