Guild Wars 2

Barab_sl said:

What is Anet waiting on ? Are we going to get any details soon on the other class specialization ?

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They're supposedly going to be doing a weekly blog or something for each new specialization. Don't know when it will start.

Enjoying this game a lot right now. Just hit 32 today and its super easy to level.

What the hell is up with pant graphics though?? I look like I'm wearing a damn skirt. I even went up in levels to check out some end game armor and some of them are full on dresses, like a gown or some shit. fucking lol hideous.

What server is everyone else on started playing a month or so ago after the first 10$ sale and loving the game, im taking it slow and just enjoying leveling, but wouldn't mind playing with others some times

Xenrauk_sl said:

They're supposedly going to be doing a weekly blog or something for each new specialization. Don't know when it will start.

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I believe more indepth info should come out after they wrap up their current con presence, so probably next week ?

The team that makes the armor has/had a hardon for trenchcoats and skirts. There are very few medium armors that don't have a skirt / trenchcoat, some of the outfits you can get in their gem shop are really nice though.

Kovaks_sl said:

What server is everyone else on started playing a month or so ago after the first 10$ sale and loving the game, im taking it slow and just enjoying leveling, but wouldn't mind playing with others some times

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I'm on Fort Aspenwood. It doesn't matter for PVE since they did the megaserver thing though, even guilds are global now.

Currently playing a L50 warrior, but I'm still finding it pretty boring. Finally getting passive run speed at 36 (didn't traits used to start at 20? Wtf was the logic behind that change?) helped a bit, but axe/axe is the only weapon set I care for much. Got an engineer to about 15, bought grenade kit, saw that it's 100% ground target reticules, and said NOPE.

ANet customer support is still ridiculously slow. No response at all to my petition to fix my GW account linking after 6 days. All I need is a password reset on my @ncsoft account, ffs.

Vorph_sl said:

... Finally getting passive run speed at 36 (didn't traits used to start at 20? Wtf was the logic behind that change?) helped a bit, but axe/axe is the only weapon set I care for much. Got an engineer to about 15, bought grenade kit, saw that it's 100% ground target reticules, and said NOPE.

ANet customer support is still ridiculously slow. No response at all to my petition to fix my GW account linking after 6 days. All I need is a password reset on my @ncsoft account, ffs.

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Just a note: you can double click a ground reticule skill hotkey to cast it (i.e. basic grenade attack, hit "1" twice in a row) and you can even remove the ground reticule and cast with a single click (you can find the toggle in the game options).
For warrior, try axe/mace, it's a fun combo with the knockdown, axe#5 does shit damage anyway. Warrior is a tad boring, yes, but greatsword is a fun weapon imo.

Shit... I missed that promo. 10 bucks it totally worth this game/content.

The fact that this game was so easy to level and get around is kinda what hooked me in, but on my way up to 80 its so easy that its starting to become boring. I hate the teleportation thing, I miss running from place to place, having a mount and exploring, the feeling of being 'out there' in the world and not just a click away from anything at any time.

The gear. Its just soboring. Theres no unique items, no camping a spot for that awesome drop. I basically buy my items from heart vendors or get my upgrade from my personal story. I even went to the trade vendor and bought a whole new set of gear at 32 and I felt zero difference when out questing. The gear while leveling just means nothing and it really sucks.

The hearts/event quest grind. I've done that same thing 1-40. 40 levels of the exact same shit. Sometimes you just wanna take a break from harvesting nodes or killing 10 bad guys and go to some dungeon, and kill some tough mobs slowly for exp. No I don't want to have to find 4 other people to do an instanced dungeon.

Shit might be different at level 80, but it sure is becoming a grind to get there.

Go do some Esge of the Mists if you can, that usually breaks the monotony and try doing some jumping puzzles or just plain exploring, even if the zone isn't "appropriate" It's really hard to notice any gear progression during leveling unless you get like a full set of rare armor and weapon, but those are not worth it. There's a bump at 80 with exotic and ascended gear, where you outperform leveling people by a pretty noticeable margin, but the game doesn't really give you the WoW feeling of just steamrolling anything that stands in your way.

I refuse to PVP so to break up the monotony I've been doing all the world bosses each day, trying to complete all the parts at each one instead of just standing with the zerg to wait for the final boss fight. Once that's done I mess around with the other daily PVE achievements and jumping puzzles. I went from 50 to 60 yesterday, which might not be the most efficient leveling but it was more interesting than just grinding hearts and events endlessly. No idea why so many people are fooled into thinking this game's leveling treadmill is different from any other MMO, but it really isn't. It took about two hours the first time I played the game in beta to realize that it was still just collecting bear asses with a different UI and presentation. Of all the unnecessary changes from GW that I hate, padding the grind with 60 more levels is second only to the removal of 7H gameplay.

That said, I'm still having fun with it. I doubt I'll ever put a couple thousand hours into it like I did GW, but it was worth getting on sale (plus buying some gems to offset the absurdly low amount of storage they give people by default).

Well, launch was even more brutal, with many events/hearts broken. They made the start a lot easier, sadly that got kinda fucked by the "new player experience". I agree though, 80 levels is dumb, if they stuck with 20 the game would be much better, which I guess was their original goal, but focus testing convinced them that players love to level up ? Maybe people would get confused as far as zone progression goes ?

I have made a point of ignoring teleports and running to everything, I also don't do hearts instead I just explore zones and usually I end up finishing the hearts anyway just running around doing things. I go wherever looks most interesting rather than following the path. Been fun so far. Also I never buy anything I just use the gear I have so that when I do hit 80 I'll have some money saved up for armor or wagons
Or eventually a legendary.

god damn, doing the living story achievements. wow some of these are intense.
Just spent like 2 hours trying to do "don't knock yourself out"

Doing hearts like a checklist feels like doing it wrong to me. Different strokes I guess, but I had a blast just exploring and doing the stuff I came across, without forcing myself to do map completion for every zone I enter. I loved finding spots likeProvernic Crypt. Wish they would have spent more time expanding the map with more of that during the last few years, instead of the whole living story circus that barely had a lasting impact on their respective areas (some exceptions like LA, obviously).

yeah. People have gotten so used to following ! around, when presented with a game that doesn't follow that, they latch on to the closest thing to it, and can't let go. Same thing has come up over and over since day 1.
The Dynamic events are the "core" questing system. And those start in a whole number of ways. some are timed, some are spawned by simple getting close. some are chained. some are started when a player talks to a specific npc(not marked) of course, they will often run up to you and call up for help as well.

Hearts are there for flavor, to guide you around the maps/waypoints. even then, the hearts come in all shapes and sizes, theres a guy on reddit leveling a "pacifistic" alt. Leveling to 80 without killing a single npc.

Game is just full of explorers things. Hidden stuff with no heart attached or near. and often not even an orange DE.
Like just doing a daily the other day and exploring Diessa Plateau. Southwest corner of the map, there is an Ascalon ruin. go inside and you can find a coffin. you can use it, but nothing will happen. but in a room over there is a Statue to Dywana. Use that, and it gives a little speech about the people that worshiped there. It gives a moderately subtle hint to kneel. /kneel in front of it. and a ghost appears, telling you the name of the Confessor buried in the tomb. go back to the coffin, use it again, and this time you can say his name to summon him. (sadly, it doesn't make you type it yourself.) He appears, you kill him, and a chest spawns in the room.
Game is full of this stuff. Admittedly, mostly the starter zones. as most of it proved too hidden.. and presumably they realized there was no point in making stuff so hidden if no one found it.

Newer hidden stuff like lost coins,llamas, etc in Silverwastes have sparkles attached, and achievements.

penalty_sl said:

The hearts/event quest grind. I've done that same thing 1-40. 40 levels of the exact same shit. Sometimes you just wanna take a break from harvesting nodes or killing 10 bad guys and go to some dungeon, and kill some tough mobs slowly for exp.

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There's a cave of veteran hylek in the sylvari newbie zone that takes you from 1-80 with an EQ-style "sit in this room and kill frogs" leveling experience. Not what the game is made for but you can do it!

Really though pretty much anything you do in this game gives xp. Just do the stuff you enjoy and the levels will come. If there's nothing you actually do enjoy, why would you even be playing. GW2 isnt doing the switcheroo to raids at cap either, nor does it have meaningful item progression. Rushing to 80 is pointless, you still have the same activities you had at 20, 40 and 60.