dannywolt

Locking this thread for now as I sift through it.

I'd just like to make a general public announcement saying that this constant bickering back and forth between the same handful of people across the entire forum has got to stop. We don't care if you have criticisms of the game and want to express those, but each and every time both parties shit on almost every thread they participate in. The staff here are getting tired of it and so is the rest of the community (you guys are pretty much the only ones that get reported nowadays). And if you love the game, that's great, but you don't need to defend it as if your life depended on it. GW2 is not perfect, Anet is not perfect, and in some cases yes, they are full of it because it's their job; it's their job to sell their game.

So think to yourself: Do I want to see the game succeed? If so, am I being constructive with my criticisms (hint: this refers to both positive and negative opinions)? Can I seriously not think of anything to say other than bitch about GW2/Anet? Am I doing GW2/Anet/these forums a disservice by constantly crapping on/defending the game even when the other side has a good point? Has my own pride gotten the better of me in this argument?

And most importantly: Should I just move on already? Because if you continue along this path of crapping on every thread, we will make the decision for you.

Gerroh, on 10 May 2013 - 10:35 PM, said:

Not talking about killing a ton of crap, talking about the lack of reward from killing a ton of crap that drives people to mitigate their grind with cash->gem->gold.  Apparently people found a highly dense area that they can then kill and reap a lot of loot from and it's called 'exploiting' because they refuse to complete the event and instead farm the endless waves.

Kaboose is performing vigilantism because the system apparently isn't doing things the way he likes.

Farmers attempting to harass players by scaling the event or sending nasty tells is also a form of harassment, but as Feathermoore said, "Two wrongs don't make a right."

Kaboose's motivations are to stick it to farmers because he disagrees with them.  He's wrong.

Farmers harassing players and scaling the event up is also wrong.

Neither are right, neither together makes things right and ultimately the community is poorer for it.

Why not mediate a server that the farmers will leave alone so that the Temple can be opened up instead?

Normally I don't do this but... I watched your video and you sir are FAR FAR FAR FAR worse then any of these "exploiters".

Seriously who gives you the right to decide what is and is not an exploit? If you want to do the event you are surely free to complete the event. However in my mind completing the event PURELY because you don't like how people who paid the same money you did for this game choose to spend their time in it is simply acting like a huge ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. This is the in game equivalent of road rage. Seriously I don't get people like you. For someone who portends to "care about the community" you are acting an awful lot like a butthurt troll.

Even if this IS an "exploit" your role is to report it (as you did) and go back to playing your game. Anything else is up to Arenanet and not you. If anyone should be reported or banned it is YOU, because you are actively playing the game with the goal of bothering other people.

A wild Special Snowflake appeared!

We get it.  The game has issues and you think it's dying.  This is the same exact crap that other disgruntled players have been saying but in slightly different words.

DarkHorseKnight, on 29 April 2013 - 12:48 PM, said:

Yes and No.

yes because GW2 is a different game than GW1 and may never be like its predecesor ever again.  so you must accept it in that aspect.

and

No because considering the amount of content we've received in just this first 8 months for free?  its naive to think ANet cant add more and more and more features.  i mean guild halls and player housing is coming, these things take time.

but is april 30th make or break?  maybe for you, but hardly for the rest of us.

P4ndora, on 18 April 2013 - 11:58 AM, said:

Yea and then some other people (you know who I talk about) will proclaim it wasn't the player their fault, but Anets fault by not being clear what is an exploit and what not.

Short answer? No, not at all.

The reason: Because when we had H/Hs we always seemed to be alone. I LIKE having to depend on my fellow players. And I love sorta-grouping with people in the field to get something done.

I really like the Super Adventure Box, but I don't understand why the developers made it always-online.

You can easily solo the content, and there should be an offline mode for single-player. I would also like a friend to be able to play with a second controller offline.

It can't be that hard to program an offline version of the SAB. ANet is just the latest developer to go the always-online route.

Ragequit
"4/1/13"

El Duderino, on 24 March 2013 - 03:29 AM, said:

Just because you choose not to get in to a car crash doesn't mean car crashes don't exist.
My car crash does not exist because I did not crash. Did yours?

Just because you don't need to fly to the moon doesn't mean that astronauts don't exist.
I am not an astronaut, even though they exist. Trei, the astronaut doesn't exist because I chose not to be.

Just because you crafted your exotic armor doesn't mean grinding dungeons for other exotic armor doesn't exist.
They exist because you chose to make it happen that way, grinding is your behavior.
I am also going for some dungeon armor, but I am not all out to get them and get compelled to turn the process into a grind.

Therefore there is no grind for me in the game because I don't grind.
It is that simple.

I had to grind in WoW for my wintersaber mount, it was my choice. I do not complain about that.
I had to grind for epics in WoW because if I took my own sweet time, I would never get into raids, where a large portion of end game content could be found.

Do I have to get ascended or legendary gear to clear Arah?
Do WvW?
No.
I can get them at my own pace, and that itself eliminates grind because anytime I feel I am approaching that grindy feeling, I stop.
Then I proceed to do something else that catches my fancy at that moment.

Because I can.

If anything it takes MORE teamwork to speed run a dungeon punishing people for figuring out how to run a dungeon faster is the stupidest idea ever.

Just like with UW speed clear or trenchway DOA.  Vets of GW1 will know how ****ing ridiculous it was trying to run those maps with a "pug" type class system

Yes I realize gw1 and 2 are completely different games.

Rickter, on 21 March 2013 - 08:30 PM, said:

1. If the dungeons can be run quickly and easily, that means they don't require skill or teamwork.

2. Who are you to say how people should run dungeons? If it's what they want to do, then they should be allowed to do it. Unless, of course, you think that dungeons are somehow broken and that is what is causing your perceived problem.

Basically, either it's you or the game that has a problem. People are just doing what people do.

About the final rest...
The shadow behemoth event was bugged for a very very long time, for most servers it only worked once after a server update, then it bugged again.

That on top of the fact that drops from chest were terrible compared to now, I believe the part about it being very very rare.

Also, most people actually trying to get a Final Rest before thought it was at the zho qafa catacombs.

Also, Magic find doesn't affect chest drops.

how about you state some facts.....

Eon Lilu, on 14 February 2013 - 05:14 PM, said:

Not for nothing, but if you want to use that argument against the "optional" argument, it can certainly be part of the argument against ecto's as well. Here goes:

I knew someone would bring up the old..."ecto's are over used argument which is flawed because it is part of the game and they would not put it in the game if they did not intend for players to make these items with ectos.

You can't be picky and use that argument to defend yours while it simultaneously breaks your argument as well.

I'm not saying that you are right or wrong either, I am simply saying that choosing to dismiss someone else's argument because it is "in the game" pretty much destroys your argument as well. You need to come up with something better.

Please, let's love each other. Next time you see a dodge farmer, don't kill his monster. Bring him 10 more to speed up the farm

Sandpit, on 07 February 2013 - 09:07 PM, said:

Encouraging dodging is encouraging bad play? You're not getting in any of my dungeon parties.