Balgorath.2604

Nothing lasts forever and Guild Wars being brought into the modern era would actually be beneficial for the Studio imo. Arena Net has done wonders keeping Guild Wars 2 alive and up to date but it is starting to show it's age. They could easily keep the same style of combat system but upgrade to a more modern arpg style and get rid of tab targeting. However, like you said, that would also most likely bring GW 2 to an end but you're not investing in the game per se. You are investing in the studio to keep a game running. What's the difference between buying the next expansion for $60 or buying a whole new Guild Wars game for $60?

You really are struggling eh? This is about suggestions. Not the devs coming up with ideas of their own out of "thin air" but players wanting their suggestion to be done out of thin air. As in asap. Demanding.

Out of thin air. Don't just cherry pick the conversation. I'm done with you people

Ya, just crazy was a slip up. Again, OP was wondering how people want things out of thin air, aka thats demanding, not suggesting so not sure how that is lost on you

Reading comprehension seems lost this day and age. The OP is baffled how people think that wild and crazy ideas are possible to be created out of thin air. Hence, demanding things get done right away. Not sure how that's so difficult to figure out

100% this. Just because something "might be easy" to implement doesn't make it a priority.

Heh, that's kind of why it's been taking me months. I'll start the grind and then get distracted with events and whatever shenanigans are happening in the zone lol

I've had amazing performance since upgrading to win11 and I'm using 22H2 with zero issues. I'm not using an AMD CPU tho. I've got an i9-9900k with a 6900XT, which I want to swap to Nvidia as I'm getting sick of "Default Radeon WattMan settings have been restored due to unexpected system failure". However, overall, Win11 has been great for me.

Awesome. Thank you so much for the response. And ya, I'm definitely not in any rush as I've been doing this grind slowly for months lol. From my understanding, the last bit I'm on is the least grindy part compared to all the earlier stuff I've done.

So it appears I was only a bounty and some plant harvesting away from completing that achievement so I go that right away. Thanks still. However, as I'm still a 9 year veteran noob to GW2, I didn't know the shards were in itself their own currency and the only description for something such as "inscribed shards" was right-click to consume, I've apparently wasted my shards as now I have to buy some tar in the Domain of Kourna, I've already done the achievement that gives the 250 inscribed shards and apparently "right-clicked to consume" them lol. Is there a fast way to get the Inscribed shards now or am I kind of screwed and now doing the grind of shame?

Probably because they are designing their GPU's for today's tech and not 10 year old games. I do agree that they are shooting themselves in the foot a little but judging from the many videos I've watched on comparison to AMD and Nvidia, Intel has a ways to go to be competitive

I'm talking about groups where players are obviously capable of doing DPS but the group decides it has to be at a higher threshold which is more than what is needed and still kick players. That is toxic and elitist behavior. To be clear, earlier in this thread I've stated that DPS meters help people tune their rotations and builds. However, DPS meters also bring out the absolute toxicity in people and groups where players make an arbitrary minimum DPS you have to bring to the group. It's also toxic of someone to expect to be carried

Yes, arbitrary. And who made 40k the pinnacle? The players or Anet? Obviously once you've hit maxed everything in gear, items trinkets, buffs ect, a player should be doing whatever DPS and obviously if a person is just auto attacking they aren't producing. It takes skills and skill to "obviously" get higher DPS.

Obviously as I've mentioned that no one cares about DPS in the open world.. My question has been, who sets what the arbitrary DPS should be?

Read the thread. There have been a few people who have already mentioned that you have to be doing 10k dps or 20k dps. What's next? 30k minimum?

There is definitely a language barrier happening with that Woof person. Segregating your community in an MMO is absolutely the wrong way to go. For one, no one in the open world is judging your DPS so just knock it off. Secondly, there's a lot of elitists responding who keep saying, well if this person isn't pumping out such and such DPS they deserve to be kicked. And who made you people god to say how much DPS someone should or shouldn't be doing? What is the supposed "average DPS" that a player should be doing?

I'm not advocating for DPS meters to not be used. I was explaining what it's mainly designed for and how it's used in the wrong way.

Oh, you're one of those who say, "It hasn't happened to me so it's not true." Conversation is done because I don't talk to those who put their fingers in their ears going, la la la la.

It's absolutely not false. People get removed from groups for A) not using a specific build and/or B) not pumping out the arbitrary DPS.

DPS meters help people tune their rotations and builds. However, DPS meters also bring out the absolute toxicity in people and groups where players make an arbitrary minimum DPS you have to bring to the group. "You must do this much damage or else, harumph!!" They also don't allow players to play how they want for the second reason stated as players get forced to play specific build or they don't get invited to the group. Not sure how this is confusing to whoever. It's pretty straight forward

No one was "ever asked", it was forced but end of the day, it turns into an addiction, like loot boxes and gambling so the players who are purchasing those games will continue to do so now because to them, loot boxes, cosmetics and shiny stuff is now considered "content" but it's just scummy developers/publishers using addiction as the new mechanic

No one is saying suggestions are bad. No one. People are saying entitled clowns who make demands, which tend to drown out the actual suggestions, are the problem as they tend to be the loudest and most obnoxious

You underestimate the power of cosmetics and shiny stuff lol

EA and Ubisoft fans would like to have a word with you lol. Also, Shadow of Mordor I believe also had a cash shop in it

Thing is, more often than not suggestions turn into, "Wtf is wrong with this dev team? Why couldn't they just add an extra hair follicle on my Charr so their hair would look more complete. Are these "insert expletive" devs "insert expletive" incompetent?" Maybe not so much here as I'm aware that the moderating team of these forums are pretty heavy handed on shutting down discontents