Shiva.2059

I have not the many years of experience to draw from although have learned from following these posts. A number of different yet valid points have been made, and yes agree we all make a decision on weather the grind for Legendary Armor is worthwhile to us. Without a monthly player fee, it seems very reasonable to me to support the game via Updates and Black Lion. Perhaps I am mistaken but yes the cost and or grind seems excessive and a little too reliant on the one expansion rather than the game in it's entirety. Would I undertake this for a skin, for me... the answer would be a resounding NO. WvW armor requires a ranking of 500 and as it is Open World Legendary Armor, would rather see a point cap (mastery or achievement) with a little less emphasis on the grind and yes, am aware that this would seem unreasonable to some. I guess like all things, you can only please some of the people, some of the time and would have, could have, should have is of no consequence now. Although.. with some surety the Black Lion will certainly be in the black.

Thank you for your response you certainly have a greater understanding. I guess what got me a little bothered is recently witnessing some tragic convergences and some meta squad stats. But no doubt, weather by intent or lack of class understanding will obtain the desired result. You are right there are a number of items that need to be earned rather than purchased. Masteries may not have been intended that way although have found I cannot progress in certain area's without them.

Ah thank you, in keeping up to date I missed that one, seems to be a cake walk when you consider the 536 points available. I am sure they had their reasons 😄

That is a well worded and thoughtful response. Would you have any insight as to why there does not seem to be a mastery level requirement when this is a method used consistently throughout PVE content to meter eligibility?

I was surprised at the ease in obtaining this set, I expected that there might be a 500 mastery requirement or something similar... that makes more sense to me... So now we come to the obvious, many of the newer gw2 people caught up in the hype are absolutely being carried and handed these sets when realistically they are not as yet versed in class skills.

Mount Mazama, I absolutely agree and have discussed this with those that feel as you do. The only option open to you seems to be reporting them which can leave a bitter after taste on top of everything else. Yes this type of person does have issues and it seems the only way to relieve themselves is to torment others. There will always be those who run blindly into unwinable situations and abuse others for not following suit. The imbalance for those striving for a place on the ladder is I imagine...difficult. It must be frustrating when other team members are not at their level and lack general understanding or are outright leaching i.e. running into a corner the entire encounter. However is there a working fix for this, how long would they have to queue if waiting to team with a similar skill level? It seems a no win situation when those who will eventually attain the necessary skill level decide not to continue because of the disturbed few.

Yes, a couple of game freezes, so checked that my vid card was up to date. Today for the first time a black screen all requiring computer reboot.

I think generally if you are feeling guilty about behaving poorly, there's a good reason for that. Yes you were tired and yes you probably would not be feeling the need to write about this had you signed out earlier, but hey many people probably feel that they should have signed out prior to an incident. Way too many people think that this is ok. After all, we are a much friendlier and better community than WoW here..... arn't we?

Hey Dadnir, Thanks for your comments, this may be my idiosyncrasy for sure. It is not that I find it annoying as much as a tad... well... I guess absurd really. You are taking damage, healing where possible while kindergarten caring for spirits and using your main heal to keep them viable in order to apply buffs. Its just not something I have seen in a healing build before and not something I would want to be a part of. Its not that I would see this utility removed but rather as you mention, provided for in a different way.

Druid I enjoy my Ranger playstyle once I understood that bow's were not your dps weapon of choice and having healed in various MMO's decided to build a Druid after reading the recent patch info. I agree totally with comments made and find that there is just the one decent heal. If you expected to find another in Celestial... hmmm... in for a bit of a disappointment there. But it is the Druid Spirit Kindergarten that really had my jaw dropping, three up, constantly moved, healed and kept alive for alacrity in between the one decent heal that really needs to land on top of the spirits... it's seems um.... sort of pre-schoolish. For me the update seems a missed opportunity to perhaps replace that mechanic entirely, not for me at this stage.

I have been strong for a long while and not purchased any keys after receiving rubbish and feeling absolutely ripped off. Well... yes.... I was foolish enough to buy 5 keys and basically received dyes that I already had and other rubbish.... I would have been happy with a snowflake glider... many people do worse.... the Black Lion Chests are the worst in any mmo that I have played and often just leave you with a feeling of emptiness or anger. I have a key now sitting in my bank, because I don't want those feeling with a game intended for enjoyment.

Guardian is not my main and am as yet inexperienced but enjoy it a lot in Pve and intend to learn more, could easily compete with my main character down the track, loads of fun times. I can understand the rational behind the decisions made, and see how changes could be beneficial. I am unsure if its just me not flowing to well at the moment or issues with the class as it seems a little hit and miss, Tomes sometimes open when triggered and pages within seem to work on occasion, some skills using two pages, I am yet to fully understand the how of it, but seems to be a little inconsistent momentarily, I have a satellite connection so it could easily be a latency issue, however was not in evidence prior to the changes made. Have every faith that it will sort in time.

I am over two thirds of the way through the "Return To" Achievement for my LI. I was checking on my progress today and noted that the listing had changed in the "Side Stories" section and is now as clear as mud. Am I to understand that you can no longer expect to receive your LI upon completion? or is there another area where you can check the progress? Edit.... Ahhh.... I see "Seasons of the Dragons" located in the "Current Events" section of the index. Thank goodness!!!