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Caliane
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so the new spvp mode is Heroes of the storm.
I have been playing again. the changes to SPVP are very nice. Clearly where all their attention has been since release. We kindof knew that back then.
inexplicable attention to spvp while WVW needed fixes badly.
WvW seems largely unchanged. at least the core elements that needed attention. sure the water is gone. who cares? and they made the mists map. Why?
no seriously. why? what was the point of adding a small scale mini RVR map on TOP of the 4 other maps? how is that solving the population problems? especially years after launch.
I feel like it was a giant boneheaded response to the population problems at launch. "oh people are stuck in queue? lets build an overflow map they can play on" of course, they STARTED it, after seeing the problem, and it of course took a year and a half for completion, and release.
Seriously, gw2 released aug 2012, "edge of the mists" released Jan 2014.
the map itself is a 3 way like EB, but far far better. With much more environment interactions. turrets, air raids, etc. entire areas blocked off by walls, not just the keeps themselves.
so the new spvp mode is Heroes of the storm.
I have been playing again. the changes to SPVP are very nice. Clearly where all their attention has been since release. We kindof knew that back then.
inexplicable attention to spvp while WVW needed fixes badly.
WvW seems largely unchanged. at least the core elements that needed attention. sure the water is gone. who cares? and they made the mists map. Why?
no seriously. why? what was the point of adding a small scale mini RVR map on TOP of the 4 other maps? how is that solving the population problems? especially years after launch.
I feel like it was a giant boneheaded response to the population problems at launch. "oh people are stuck in queue? lets build an overflow map they can play on" of course, they STARTED it, after seeing the problem, and it of course took a year and a half for completion, and release.
Seriously, gw2 released aug 2012, "edge of the mists" released Jan 2014.
the map itself is a 3 way like EB, but far far better. With much more environment interactions. turrets, air raids, etc. entire areas blocked off by walls, not just the keeps themselves.
Zaphid
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TLDR: Engineer mixed with Guardian sprinkled with some GW1 nostalgia
Some new conditions andTaunt.
TLDR: Engineer mixed with Guardian sprinkled with some GW1 nostalgia
Some new conditions andTaunt.
Ukerric
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Taunt is useless unless you have healers (or massive damage absorption utility).
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The way they're describing it, it's for PvP, not PvE. It's basically a disable that also forces movement towards the taunter, though you take a bit of autoattack dmg in the process. I guess it'll have use for PvE too to make sure of who's getting it to maximize defensive cooldowns and such.
Zaphid
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Baby steps, but I have a feeling it will be affected by the CC resistance all PvE champions get.
I'm in Best Buy today at the checkout register and the guy in front of me plops down a stack of $15 GW2 cards. I commented to him "that's a lot of gems". He asked me if I played and I told him I gave it a whirl at launch. Anyways, he said he was tired of relying on RNG for getting his legendary weapon precursor to drop so he said screw it he was just gonna convert the gems from the game card to gold and buy one off the auction house. He was buying at least $100 worth of cards. I guess GW2 devs are doing something right if they can get players to fork out $100 to buy stuff in game.
Randin
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So the guy waits until after they announce an expansion that'll give you a reliable way to get a precursor, and chooses that time to drop real cash to buy one off the auction house? Huh.
Big_w_powah
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Grim1
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They are making bank. Got me to buy some gold because I was tired of farming it for even simple things like exotics for my alts. It's not hard to rationalize either, especially if you make a decent living in the "real world" (also, GW2 doesn't charge a sub). Haven't spent as much as the guy you are talking about, but I understand his reasoning. The damn precursors are the hardest part to get in the legendary chain. Everything else is pretty easy for that weapon, just takes some focus and lots of time.
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Yeah I'd say if you're playing the game like any normal mmo, it's very rational to spend 15$ a month on random shit(not necessarily every month but you can add it up for when you need a bigger purchase) since there's no sub anyway. Or you can grind it out if you have the time, but overall I don't think it's a terrible problem.
And yeah game's doing fine at least based on those NCsoft profit thingies they posted from last year. GW2 crushed Wildstar very hard, it's actually making a fair bit of money, might not have the busiest population ever but a lot of people playing are inclined to spend some money here and there, and there's a lot of retar...whales dropping money to buy every fucking skin every patch(which is like once a month or whatever for skins).
And yeah game's doing fine at least based on those NCsoft profit thingies they posted from last year. GW2 crushed Wildstar very hard, it's actually making a fair bit of money, might not have the busiest population ever but a lot of people playing are inclined to spend some money here and there, and there's a lot of retar...whales dropping money to buy every fucking skin every patch(which is like once a month or whatever for skins).
Miele
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Several months ago, a legendary weapon costed several hundreds ?, up to a 1k for a few of them (iirc 3500g for a 2h sword and 20? got you 1600 gems that converted to about 70ish gold). I have no idea of the current gem/gold conversion rate, but I'm sure it's still damn expensive. Legendaries are fully retarded.
Zaphid
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They are also really cool. If it wasn't for the bullshit of precursor RNG, I'd say that they are the best implemented "ultimate" items in any MMO ever, because they are sought after without actually breaking the game. Thunderfury, looking at you.
The gem prices have been steadily inflating since launch and I actually kinda like how they balance the game economy with cash shop. Yes, they put out a lot of hats for cash and I'd throw money at them if they actually released playable content for money, but I have seen worse.
Ukerric
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Which is why the expansion is going to include collections that reward precursors.
Valderen
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Started playing this again after a very lengthy break. I always like the game. Just ran out of things to do.
I had forgotten what dying to falling damage was like. Damn did that happen a lot this weekend.
Jump off a ledge for a shortcut, doesn't look that high...dead.
Fight near the hedge of a cliff, dodge/roll off the cliff and die.
Fight near the hedge of a cliff, get knocked back off the cliff and die.
Doing a jump puzzle, and occidentally double tap the forward key to dash off the puzzle and die.
Still trying to do the jumping puzzle and just miss a jump and die(a lot).
It was a lot of fun.
The weirdest thing about the game, it's the most social and anti-social mmo at the same time.
People are constantly working together to complete events, people will rez you in battle, or after the battle.
People will come help you when they pass by and see you fight a big elite/boss mob.
It's all very social...yet not a single word is spoken. Noone ever actually group or talk to each other...but they are constantly fighting and helping each other. It's really weird.
I had forgotten what dying to falling damage was like. Damn did that happen a lot this weekend.
Jump off a ledge for a shortcut, doesn't look that high...dead.
Fight near the hedge of a cliff, dodge/roll off the cliff and die.
Fight near the hedge of a cliff, get knocked back off the cliff and die.
Doing a jump puzzle, and occidentally double tap the forward key to dash off the puzzle and die.
Still trying to do the jumping puzzle and just miss a jump and die(a lot).
It was a lot of fun.
The weirdest thing about the game, it's the most social and anti-social mmo at the same time.
People are constantly working together to complete events, people will rez you in battle, or after the battle.
People will come help you when they pass by and see you fight a big elite/boss mob.
It's all very social...yet not a single word is spoken. Noone ever actually group or talk to each other...but they are constantly fighting and helping each other. It's really weird.
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I wouldn't bother trying to figure this one out. Gems were incredibly easy to get with gold and other means (when I was playing).
A fool and their money.. as they say.