SnakeswithLasers
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I was kicked again. =|
Footpants is my name. It might be because I'm on a different server?
Footpants is my name. It might be because I'm on a different server?
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Guild Wars 2 |OT2| Funding An MMO Entirely On Quaggan Backpacks
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I saw 2 guild fractal groups struggling to find people for like 30 minutes today, at different levels, at the same time. You guys realize you can do levels below the one you've gotten to, right? I mean, the groups could have cooperated and done the lower level one in the time they spent looking for more people.
That's not why, they just kicked a ton of people. Even ones who log on every day. Msg an officer and they'll reinvite you.
Yeah, that's probably a good reason. Whisper Professor Retro or any of the other officers to get back in.
Out of curiosity, why are you on a different server?
I know that. I'm just wondering if the difficulty I had in BWE1 was because the entire game used to be tuned to level 80s, even the areas that downscaled them.
Not answering for him, but in my case, I'm playing on a different server because that's where my friends are and there's a lot of French speaking people there.
SnakeswithLasers
Member
Your server was full. =(
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
So what's the dungeon about
it's about the flame legion sacking of ascalon
and an immortal colossus chained to the rock
and dolphins
Actually our stance is that we want you to be on our server if possible. If you're not, you get kicked. If our server is full, please state your intention to move to our server as soon as possible.
Y'know with all these people getting kicked in the Guild War 2 guild because of size restrictions. Does arena.net have a official stance on it? do they have any plans to increase the cap? seems weird because I don't remember WoW having a member limit in it's guilds.
Scratch that, they actually reduced the guild size in WoW capped it at 1000 back in Cata.
Well, there is a massive performance hit when you have 500 guild members right now and open the guild list. When the guild was full before just opening the list cut your FPS in half. With the culling it eventually got to a point where opening the list was fine, but scrolling the member list still cut the FPS. With the latest cullling it's fine though, as far as I can tell.
IIRC they had a 1000 member limit in at some point, maybe it was during a BWE. I'm guessing the limit is in place because of that. I'd hate to see the performance impact of a 1000 member guild.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Fuck dolphins.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Fractal Difficulty Level: 9
Had an INCREDIBLE group.
Had an INCREDIBLE group.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Well in that case Paladins in WoW have 'RANGED WEAPONS' if specced right, if all you're going off is the fact that they can attack people a bit further away than melee range. PR speak is giving the impression of something good, but not really giving the full details (i.e the bad).
I would never suggest to anyone that Guardians had RANGED WEAPONS, leaving the impression you can stand behind the lines attacking people to the point of being a significant threat like other classes who have RANGED WEAPONS.
We have a few weapons that allows you to attack, pretty feebly, from range. The other skills are buffs and heals.
I just get the impression that anyone who has not played GW2 had seen your post, they'd be thinking 'Hmm, I can use bows and guns with a Paladin?' I know you love this game, and you want to be the best it can, but there really is no need to try and sugar coat everything. I wouldn't mention this usually, but it has been like this since Day 1. In the end it maybe that people read your posts, expecting something that isn't there, and end up NOT liking the game. Be a bit more analytical and critical is all - balanced.
"Guardians have ranged weapons, but they're not hugely influential at the moment. Decent for a Support Build, but you'd be frustrated with them if you tried to use them in PVP/WvW"
the fractal level stuff is really something else. i'm not quite sure what anet was going for with that other than a carrot on the stick. and a really poor one at that.
but yes, i think once people figure this out it'll get better.
Hmm no resets on FotM? I'm not too concerned either way but I just get the feeling I'm going to be left behind (only level 2) I appreciate that people will help others but at some point it just won't be worth the sacrifice as I assume higher levels will give more tokens and gold and better drops.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Norn should be made to wait until no one else is around to do jumping puzzles, those guys just cover too much of the screen and general view.
Sir Garbageman
Member
Can I get re-invited to the GAF guild? Hurricane Sandy knocked me out of power for close to two weeks plus Halo means I haven't been on in a while. No officers seem to be online.
GW name: Sir Garbageman
EDIT: Thanks Wallach!
GW name: Sir Garbageman
EDIT: Thanks Wallach!
Yeah, I will jump online and get you back in the guild real quick.
Mr. Luchador
Member
More jumping puzzles then I realised on the island. At least 3, 1 of which is really annoying.
Would appreciate the same thing. I started a new job and was only away for about a week.
GW: Phillip Broyles
I think it took me 90 hours to get to 80. The leveling up is really evened out, it doesn't feel like going from 75-80 is any tougher than going from 10-15. You could probably go a level an hour if you really powered through and tried to get as much EXP as possible. Crafting can also give you a huge boost. I went up like five levels in ten minutes one time with a ton of mats and a crafting booster, it was crazy.
Also, for the geyser jumping puzzle in Southsun, there is actually A HUGE SHORTCUT. Ok, first you do the geyser part in the cave, then you have to do another one on the outside wall. As we all know, if you fall, you have to start ALL over. However, this is a big shortcut to bypass everything. From the waypoint, walk to the wall with the geysers. A bit beyond the "safe zone" where you can stand to do the final geyser part, against the wall there is a little step you can jump on. Jump on the step, then to the left and you can get on a geyser. Facing out, on the right side of the higher safe zone spot, you can jump up there if you spam jump. That means you can skip most of the geyser part.
28 Posts Later
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It heavily depends on your style of play. It doesn't really scale though; gaining level 31-32 takes about the same amount of time acquiring level 71-72.
I dunno if I should let you in...
Okay, I'll let you in. (Invite sent)
See? I'm always invite begging :/
Thank you
Zyrusticae
Banned
Doesn't work. Transferring the look of soulbound gear just makes the resulting gear soulbound as well.
And as I suspected (I was already told this), support can do nothing to help.
DOWN 5 GOLD FOR NOTHING! YAY!
*headdesk*
I did it the other day and it worked fine(didn't see anything in the patch notes either). You sure you transmuted to a white item of a like armor type? It will still say soulbound, but you can still re-transmute it in the end.
Zyrusticae
Banned
Blargh. It doesn't matter at this point because I already bought a second set on my intended character. Down 5 gold either way.
Nemesis121
Member
Completed the Jumping Puzzle in Southsun it's easy...
it says Soulbound, but you must be able to equip it anyway that's how it always worked
Mr. Luchador
Member
Other people made it difficult for me. Big fat Charrs and Norns taking up half the screen, while people popped Swiftness messing up jumping times!
Nemesis121
Member
The first part was annoying with dummies popping swiftness and big norn/charr blocking your way, but since the majority of them suck the second set of skipping stones is empty and on my 5th shot at the second set i was able to complete it...
Mr. Luchador
Member
Aye, pretty much the same, once I realised there was a 'rest' zone on the second part too.
br0ken_shad0w
Member
I'd imagine it's to curb superguilds from gaining bonuses too quickly.
Several people in the guild will be willing to run level 1s even several months from now. But yeah, this is something I vastly disagree with.
I can't speak for other Superguilds, but GAF knocked out pretty much everything permanent in the guild rewards system after about a month, a combination of Influence being broken and us just having a shitload of people.
I doubt there are many guilds our size outside of large communities like Reddit, SA, etc. In ANet's eyes, there's probably no need to increase the cap any further. I kind of agree; we don't have anywhere close to 500 active players, and loading up the guild menu now slows things down to a crawl.
Another officer and I were just discussing this last night, we'd really hate for parts of the guild to feel left out because there's a perceived or real sense of elitism regarding Fractal Difficulty levels. We'll try to make sure runs are happening regardless of level, and it might be cool to have regular Fractal events to teach people the fractals and net them a few Difficulty levels while their feet are still wet.
SnakeswithLasers
Member
Stormbluff Isle, right? (Is where the guild is..)
Yes, GAF is on Stormbluff Isle.
Which reminds me, remember when everyone was up in arms about which server to pick? Henge ended up under Titan Alliance (which fell apart, coincidentally) and Gate of Madness kind of floundered. We ended up on SBI almost entirely by luck, and it ended up being one of, if not the best servers in WvW and home to a really strong community.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Regarding FotM resets, it would be a terrible terrible idea if they implemented it. I have been running them pretty intensely since Friday and just got to level 9 yesterday night/this morning. It takes a LOT of time to climb the difficulty scale, and while the rewards get slightly better, it's not really noticeable because of RNG. The encounters, however, are getting harder. Enemies are hitting harder, have more health, and are generally just more aggressive. There are more of them, too.
There are going to be people who will be more than willing to help people climb the ranks. I for one, LOVE taking low difficulty people up because it increases the number of people I can run with. But, if its one of your first times in and/or you haven't done all of the fractals yet, it should be highly encouraged to have Mumble. You don't have to talk even, but being able to listen is huge.
On another note, as much as I don't mind helping people, I also enjoy the progress that I'm making. I can't and shouldn't be expected to stop doing 10+ or whatever because some people are level 3 and need a group. There is a good sense of accomplishment that comes with pushing to those higher challenges. So for those of us that are higher up, yes - we have no problems helping people out. But it's going to get a bit old to hear officers harping on us for not ONLY running the low level fractals because a number of people need it.
There are going to be people who will be more than willing to help people climb the ranks. I for one, LOVE taking low difficulty people up because it increases the number of people I can run with. But, if its one of your first times in and/or you haven't done all of the fractals yet, it should be highly encouraged to have Mumble. You don't have to talk even, but being able to listen is huge.
On another note, as much as I don't mind helping people, I also enjoy the progress that I'm making. I can't and shouldn't be expected to stop doing 10+ or whatever because some people are level 3 and need a group. There is a good sense of accomplishment that comes with pushing to those higher challenges. So for those of us that are higher up, yes - we have no problems helping people out. But it's going to get a bit old to hear officers harping on us for not ONLY running the low level fractals because a number of people need it.
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