[They ruined the game]

I don't like this expansion, but I don't hate it either. To me it's just more of the same. I dislike the change to ruins. None of the relics have come close to replacing what was lost on the 6th rune.  I was peeved that, already having the skyscale,  I felt compelled to redo all the masteries and collection gathering. Then I took one look at the list of requirements for the "free" kryptis skyscale skin, and lost all interest in acquiring it.  Will I come back to it later? I don't find it all that attractive, so I don't know if I will. 

What I do like is being able to use updrafts and ley lines with my skyscale and griffon. I always thought that they should be able to use those things.

[First chainmail bikinis and tattoo armor, now long boots? [Merged]]

Its unfortunate that the OP was disappointed with their purchase. For me the attached pant was a selling feature. I'm always looking for alternatives to the skimpy dress designs for my light armor gals. 

[So, can we finally get rid of transmutation charges?]

I enjoy playing dress up dolls with my characters so I'd love to have the transmutation charge system go away, but I don't see it happening. My biggest complaint about the charges is having to pay to use skins bought from the gem store after their first use. Purchased skins should be free to use over and over.

[Swimsuits; The Gold Standard [Merged]]

I like the new set. My berserker looks rather grand in it but a bathing suit, it is not.

[Cannot log in - stuck at loading screen [Merged]]

Same here too

 

I can log in, see my characters but get a network error when trying to launch the game. 

[So, tell me]

The first online game I played, many years ago, was a RP game. You had to be in character at all times. Being a female I wasn't comfortable RP'ing a male. Now I always play females out of habit I guess.  I personally don't care which gender folks play. Play what's fun for you because fun is what we are suppose to be having here after all.

[Decade of the Dragons achievement]

I'm not the least bit interested in PvP and that cape isn't going to tempt me. I have half a dozen capes now that none of my girls wear. I must admit that I was disappointed to see the PvP requirement to complete the achievement but PvP is part of this game and ArenaNet seems determined to get us to try it.

[Account has sms authentication activated even though I didnt authorise it and now I cant access game.]

 

Same thing happened to me a few months ago. Login crashed, then it said invalid password then it wanted SMS authentication. I had to send an email. It was sorted out fairly quickly after answering some questions to prove it was me. 

As far as I could tell my account wasn't touched.

[Fishing and it's repetitive animation + voice acting]

6 hours ago, DD39C89C-1C46-4F28-BDB7-49 said:

Too bad, they love repeating. Same thing as dialogues of NPCs which are repeated very often, especially annoying near crafting stations where you spend more time. It's trivial to make it better, but nooo, better force players to turn off sound or be annoyed.

I turn the sound off when crafting. Between the noise from some of the crafting benches and the endless repetitive NPCs it gets very annoying.

[Meta + Strike Missions = Turtle. No thank you.]

4 minutes ago, yoni.7015 said:

The turtle is not raid gated. 

Thank you for the correction.

[Meta + Strike Missions = Turtle. No thank you.]

The idea here is that one has to play the whole game or do without. It doesn't affect the way you have been playing so that's fine.

 

I don't do raids, strikes or fractals. (I have a list of reasons that no one is interested in reading.) So I have done without legendary armor, weapons and trinkets. I told myself  "oh well. I don't raid so I don't need those things. I can have all ascended stuff." Now the turtle comes along and it is strike gated. Again I tell myself  "oh well. I play solo so I don't need this mount. I probably won't use it much."

 

The thing that concerns me.... is this the direction ArenaNet is going now? Locking the shiny, new, buy the expansion toys behind this type of gameplay. I really hope not because I'm not sure how long I can keep telling myself "oh well" and continue to be happy playing this game.

 

[Why do you even want the turtle?]

44 minutes ago, Tukaram.8256 said:

My ranger is more interested in the turtle pet. I have not gotten to that part yet, I hope they are fun pets. 😎

I got the turtle pet and they are fun though occasionally mine seems to forget that it is suppose to be helping. I'm shooting like crazy and there's no pet. I look around and its off eating grass which I guess is a bug but it adds to its charm.

[You Only Get the Skins Once? Really?]

52 minutes ago, dippy.8961 said:

For the first play through of the EoD story, you get to pick a weight class of Canthan armor skin.  I was like, "Cool!  Instead of getting rare armor that I'll just salvage for the skin, they're just giving us skins; I can't wait to play through again and get the other weights."  Silly me for thinking that we'd be able to play through for the other weight sets like expansions past.  Are we being punished?  It feels like we're being punished.  The rewards for this expac just feel...lacking.

Yes, I thought the same and had a couple of alts starting the story. When I realized that they were only getting junk as rewards I pulled them out. I've never seen so many broken lockpicks drop.

[If you beat the Dragon's End meta for the Turtle mount - your headache isn't over just yet.]

9 hours ago, Ruisen.9471 said:

 

Difficulty is pretty subjective.

As a person in my 20's, learning raid mechanics isn't hard for me.   But that's definitely not true for alot of people.   In a different MMO, I was raiding with a group that had middle aged/older people, and the things I would consider braindead easy are really difficult for them.    They could barely react to simple mechanics while playing classes where you essentially just press 11111111, and that's after weeks of practice every single day.

 

Its easy to assume that something easy for you must be easy for everyone, but that is definitely not the case.

I turned 67 the day this expansion was released. Great birthday present. I've been playing online games apparently longer than you have been alive. I don't do raids or strike missions, not because I can't learn the mechanics. Its because of this type of attitude. 

[Remove the fishing mini game]

4 hours ago, Rendalmj.3152 said:

i think maybe use mouse to move left and right rather than pressing 2 and 3 .....

I found the keyboard direction keys?...., keyboard arrow keys?... not sure what their proper name is.... work great.

[Todays nerfs prove that Anet DESPISES Solo Players]

changed my mind on commenting

[Griffon or Skyscale?]

I started Skyscale over a year ago and made the mistake of Googling the requirements, got over whelmed and shelved it. I decided to finish it this month and got my Skyscale 3 days ago. After playing with it I have to admit I wouldn't do it again. After that huge grind I'm not that impressed with it which is sad because I was really looking forward to having it.

[Can't connect to the game via launcher]

Thanks for replying, Zared. Misery loves company. lol

[Can't connect to the game via launcher]

I can't log in either. It said I had set up a SMS Authentication for access, I did not. Now I'm getting an undefined error and its saying my ArenaNet log in password is invalid.

[Anyone else getting stuck in the ground (bug? )?]

I've had a few similar issues since I've been playing. The worst ones, from a you lose point of view, is when my character got mobbed in the Silverwastes. She was pounced on so hard she was pushed below ground level. Another time she was smashed to the wrong side of a rock wall. Funny thinking about it now, though I wasn't overly amused at the time.

[What gender do you play the most?]

One of the very first online games I played, 22 or 23 years ago now (sheesh), was a very strict RP game. You had to RP the whole time you were online. As a female player I just could not RP a male. One of my many failings I guess. Anyway that has stayed with me so I still always play a female.

[How do you gear up leveling characters? (Not stats but equipment)]

I find that I get enough armor drops to keep my gals outfitted. I put an outfit on them to hide the ugly mismatching. However getting the right weapon type to drop is a little tougher. So I buy better weapons every 10 - 15 levels.

[About the people who won't get free Curious Creatures Mount Select License after the rollback]

My PC has been in the shop 3 days for repairs and I just got it back today. Seems I missed this whole thing. Not sure if I'm relieved or dissapointed.

[How would you all feel about a playable Orc Race?]

I personally wouldn't play as an orc but I have no issue with them being a playable race.

[Do you still use your raptor?]

I don't have the Skyscale or Warclaw. Of the ones I do have, the raptor is my favorite for just travelling around the map. It is the most used of all my mounts. I never use the beetle, all I do is crash the thing,