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Damn, this is very serious. Hope ArenaNet can solve this out. I haven't gotten any email authentications.............................yet.

I hope I don't get into this mess.

Me neither. This "hacking" is just getting ridiculous.

 

[Ken]

Not only do Dolyaks give xp, they give stupids amount of karma and silver too.

What's Dolyaks?

BTW is it worth running AC SM repeatedly? Is the EXP still as good as the first time around (I got about 12k exp the first time or something, but wasn't sure if that was for the achievement or for clearing the dungeon.)

 

[flashburn2012]

What's the deal with crafting? It seems like once you hit about skill level 25 it becomes insanely hard to level it up. Everything turns grey except for the final production step. So it takes like 10x more resources to level up. Also I'm getting Tier 2 materials at around level 15, yet I need 75 skill to use it?! Seems like I'd have to grind the hell out of the lower level areas to get enough materials.

 

[Dreavus]

So far the Renown Hearts seem like a step back from modern WoW quests. All of them seem to boil down to kill this or click this. I think the 'click this' is where I have a problem with it. Light a torch, destroy artifacts, collect items, etc all boil down to walking up to something and then clicking on it where in WoW they have added all sorts of interesting quest specific items/vehicles and what have you that you need to use.

The dynamic events can be amazing at times, when they aren't an escort, but the really cool ones are pretty rare (Caledon Forest worm was awesome).

I'm just finding it hard to get excited about the PvE in this game.

I have not played WoW, but there are many hearts that use specific item mechanics in this game. Have you done the one where you are turned into a pig? Or opening the imp portals with a weird alchemical raygun? Or capturing drakes with a special rifle/net launcher?

That's not to say there aren't more basic hearts, but there are a bunch that have you doing neat things.

 

[Perfect Cha0s]

I'm hoping ANet will put in an option to tone down ability effects other than your own (similar to WoW's). There wasn't even that many people here but I'll be damned if the whole fight the boss wasn't in a cloud of everyone else's ability effects... making it nearly impossible for me to watch his animations... not that the dude was hard or anything - but triple the amount of people on a harder boss and I don't dig melee range XD

I hope they let you zoom the camera out more as well. It makes it harder to "size-up" the battlefield from a glance when you're so zoomed in you can't see much beyond the target - especially with the particle-effect-overkill cocktail that's currently going on.

 

[Ken]

What's the deal with crafting? It seems like once you hit about skill level 25 it becomes insanely hard to level it up. Everything turns grey except for the final production step. So it takes like 10x more resources to level up. Also I'm getting Tier 2 materials at around level 15, yet I need 75 skill to use it?! Seems like I'd have to grind the hell out of the lower level areas to get enough materials.

Discovery!

 

[RadicalVelocity]

For anybody in the GAF overflow (or any guild) who can't get the represent button to work, you might try teleporting into a different zone first. I was having trouble with one of my characters being unable to join the guild, and after teleporting into the black citadel, it finally worked. Might be unrelated, might not be, of course.

 

[Kai Dracon]

What's the deal with crafting? It seems like once you hit about skill level 25 it becomes insanely hard to level it up. Everything turns grey except for the final production step. So it takes like 10x more resources to level up. Also I'm getting Tier 2 materials at around level 15, yet I need 75 skill to use it?! Seems like I'd have to grind the hell out of the lower level areas to get enough materials.

Are you using discovery to level up crafting? That's where the big crafting exp is.

Edit: Beaten by the Anti Shadow Weapon System with the cheesecake!

 

[FinKL]

Pro-tip: You can get the other 2 on the opposite side of the map as well for 4x event XP.

Is there a specific spot? I've been doing the 2 with good success but not 2 more on the opposite side.

 

[schwupp]

whole day no tournaments - wtf anet

 

[Ken]

Escorting Dolyaks in WvW is considered an event, and gives good exp rewards for completing it. If you want to mind numbingly grind your way to level 80 by basically doing nothing, that's the easiest way.

What level do you have to be to do this? Never done WvW but I could always use easy exp.

 

[Audioboxer]

Cmon ArenaNet, sort your email verification servers out...

Some of us only really get to play at the weekend.

 

[FinKL]

What level do you have to be to do this? Never done WvW but I could always use easy exp.

Any level, at least as long as you can get into WvW, press Y i think?

 

[etiolate]

tre is the dolyak whisperer

 

[flashburn2012]

Discovery!

Explain more? I've been discovering new weapons (as Huntsman), but again, you need to dump a ton of resources just to make a single weapon. Are there like new components I can discover? How?

 

[kayos90]

If this isn't fixed within the next hour, I will r*** on GAF like no one has ever seen.

 

[f0rk]

Errr amazon.co.uk has sold out of physical copies and the official sold out of DIGITAL copies? WTF

And sites that do have digital keys are trying to sell them for £50 :/

 

[Dega]

Yeah I'm not getting any emails either. I did have to do this earlier today and everything worked fine but not this time I guess.

 

[Ken]

Explain more? I've been discovering new weapons (as Huntsman), but again, you need to dump a ton of resources just to make a single weapon. Are there like new components I can discover? How?

I'm not too knowledgeable on crafting but as armorsmith, I just made a bunch of insignias and crafting components and mixed and matched the components with different insignias until I reached the next tier of insignias and continued discovering more.

 

[Mothman91]

If this isn't fixed within the next hour, I will r*** on GAF like no one has ever seen.

Make sure to post your review when ever you have it done.

 

[Ken]

Any level, at least as long as you can get into WvW, press Y i think?

So I just queue up and..?

BTW what do support guardians prefer to use for weapons?

 

[kayos90]

Make sure to post your review when ever you have it done.

My review will not reflect connectivity issues. I feel that logging in is only an external system. Lag is different though since it really impedes on the gameplay experience. If this goes on for weeks, then yeah, I'll mention it but it won't affect the score.

 

[FinKL]

So I just queue up and..?

Queue up to 1 of the 4 WvW servers while your in Stormbluff and look for the little Yaks icon on your map.

When you are in proximity, the quest will pop up. The trick is to find a area/route where 2 come out at once so you can follow them to their split point and get exp for "escorting" them

 

[Mothman91]

My review will not reflect connectivity issues. I feel that logging in is only an external system. Lag is different though since it really impedes on the gameplay experience. If this goes on for weeks, then yeah, I'll mention it but it won't affect the score.

But will it effect how you write your review? Your anger I'm referring to.

 

[kayos90]

I"m not writing that review right now. I'm writing the Dark Souls Review.

 

[Ken]

Queue up to 1 of the 4 WvW servers while your in Stormbluff and look for the little Yaks icon on your map.

When you are in proximity, the quest will pop up. The trick is to find a area/route where 2 come out at once so you can follow them to their split point and get exp for "escorting" them

Thanks. I've queue'd up so I guess I'll just wait a bit. Can I cancel out of queue later like if I'm questing with someone and get out of queue, will I automatically be pulled in? Also is WvW = PvP/will human players try to attack the escort?

 

[Link0080]

Kind of a dumb question, How do authenticate my e-mail? I thought there was supposed to be a popup or something when I log into the launcher.

 

[Hawkian]

I"m not writing that review right now. I'm writing the Dark Souls Review.

Fucking CAPRA DEMON

FUCK

 

[falastini]

So far the Renown Hearts seem like a step back from modern WoW quests. All of them seem to boil down to kill this or click this. I think the 'click this' is where I have a problem with it. Light a torch, destroy artifacts, collect items, etc all boil down to walking up to something and then clicking on it where in WoW they have added all sorts of interesting quest specific items/vehicles and what have you that you need to use.

The dynamic events can be amazing at times, when they aren't an escort, but the really cool ones are pretty rare (Caledon Forest worm was awesome).

I'm just finding it hard to get excited about the PvE in this game.

That's an unusual criticism. There are a lot of quests where you gain special items/vehicles. I'd even say there's more in any given zone than I remember in WoW.

Sometimes it's not apparent because it's optional. You have to talk to the NPC to get the special item/vehicle, otherwise you can fill up the hearts in normal methods.

If I had any issues with PvE so far, it's that I can 100% a zone and still not be high enough for the next zone. And that's with xp from crafting and personal stories included. I know the scaling lets you go back to any zone, but I'd prefer saving those for alts.

Also when dynamic events turn into zergfests of 20+.. takes the fun out of it.

 

[kayos90]

"Email authentication is still under investigation and causing players to be unable to login. We'll update you when you know more ^SL"

What. The. Fuck.

Seriously? Like... wow.... i just chuckled writing this. What a fucking joke.

 

[LumpOfCole]

"Email authentication is still under investigation and causing players to be unable to login. We'll update you when you know more ^SL"

What. The. Fuck.

Seriously? Like... wow.... i just chuckled writing this. What a fucking joke.

"We'll update you when you know more"

wut

 

[bogg]

Kind of a dumb question, How do authenticate my e-mail? I thought there was supposed to be a popup or something when I log into the launcher.

You should get an email sent to you. It seems to be bugged now.

 

[kayos90]

"We'll update you when you know more"

wut

Obvious mistype. Not why I'm still angry.

 

[Kai Dracon]

"Email authentication is still under investigation and causing players to be unable to login. We'll update you when you know more ^SL"

What. The. Fuck.

Seriously? Like... wow.... i just chuckled writing this. What a fucking joke.

 

[Mothman91]

"We'll update you when you know more"

wut

lmfao.

 

[Sethos]

C'mon guys chill out, watch a movie or something

 

[flashburn2012]

C'mon guys chill out, watch a movie or something

Or play Walking Dead Episode 3 like I'm doing right now. So good.

 

[jakershaker]

Don't even have GW2, only played the first but got a mail saying someone tried to change my e-mail. Didn't know my current one was tied to Arena.net at all. On the login page they just say that neither my e-mail or usual login name is used.

Whats going on?

 

[Noisy Ninj4]

C'mon guys chill out, watch a movie or something

No

Spoiler

gaming will continue until morale improves.

 

[Coolwhip]

That's an unusual criticism. There are a lot of quests where you gain special items/vehicles. I'd even say there's more in any given zone than I remember in WoW.

Sometimes it's not apparent because it's optional. You have to talk to the NPC to get the special item/vehicle, otherwise you can fill up the hearts in normal methods.

If I had any issues with PvE so far, it's that I can 100% a zone and still not be high enough for the next zone. And that's with xp from crafting and personal stories included. I know the scaling lets you go back to any zone, but I'd prefer saving those for alts.

Also when dynamic events turn into zergfests of 20+.. takes the fun out of it.

Another complaint is that for most events, with a group it all becomes trivial and you can just stand there afk, and it still completes.

 

[Teknoman]

How can you tell if you have the authentication on or not? I mean i've recieved emails about chinese ip addresses trying to log into my stuff...and then they have a link to click on whether or not you want to allow access from that IP...so I guess authentication is activated for me?


EDIT: Yup, i'm getting the same Email message now.

 

[kayos90]

C'mon guys chill out, watch a movie or something

I would like not waste my time or have my time wasted. If I allotted a time of the day to play the game for review purposes and stuff like this happens, I get frustrated. I'm sure I wouldn't be the only one too.

 

[KePoW]

I would like not waste my time or have my time wasted. If I allotted a time of the day to play the game for review purposes and stuff like this happens, I get frustrated. I'm sure I wouldn't be the only one too.

Can you not re-allot your time

 

[Audioboxer]

Or play Walking Dead Episode 3 like I'm doing right now. So good.

Not if you need to rely on the Sony EU PSN monkeys...

 

[Hawkian]

Can you not re-allot your time

He's writing his Dark Souls review, which is good because I hear that game is really relaxing

 

[kayos90]

Can you not re-allot your time

I did. However, when someone cancels on you, you don't get upset? I do.

 

[Hoo-doo]

Issues not allowing you to play the game you paid for while the rest isn't having any issues is bullshit of the highest order.
Telling people to just re-allocate their time is insulting, blame should be placed on the developers.

 

[BattleMonkey]

It's not like he isn't going to write a gushing review for it either way.

 

[kayos90]

It's not like he isn't going to write a gushing review for it either way.

LOL.

 

[Shrennin]

This seems pretty widespread. So much so, that Anet should just take down email authentication until this issue gets resolved.

I was fortunate enough to get my email right away, but my friend didn't and it's obvious a lot of you guys didn't either. :/