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The Guild Wars 2 Thread
- Thread starter MapMan
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Would be good content if it didn't have shit MMO camera/movement/animation. FFS I hate jumping puzzles in games that obviously didn't bring in someone that had experience with player movement in platformers.
It doesn't matter how good the puzzle is, the movement and animations and feedback in the game and engine do not work for jumping puzzles, period. If you like the jumping, it's because of the content design, and the fundamental mechanics are simply a detriment whether you like to admit it or not.
We need an auto jump button, you click it and you end at end chest to pick your reward hassle free! 
Ok right, camera could use improvement when next to walls, I don't get the problem with controls though, forward ... jump ... land... what's the complication in that??.
Ok right, camera could use improvement when next to walls, I don't get the problem with controls though, forward ... jump ... land... what's the complication in that??.
Animation, feedback, timing, analog movement speed, analog movement direction, etc., etc., etc. Seriously, go play a platformer and come back to this bullshit.We need an auto jump button, you click it and you end at end chest to pick your reward hassle free!
Ok right, camera could use improvement when next to walls, I don't get the problem with controls though, forward ... jump ... land... what's the complication in that??.
SWTOR is just as bad. The point I'm making is that you don't take stock MMORPG movements and animations - made for tab targeting combat with no practical reason for jumping - and shove them into a platforming, jumping environment.
Vaarna_Aarne
Notorious Internet Vandal
Interestingly enough, the most fun I had while I played GW2 were the platformer dungeons and secrets.Animation, feedback, timing, analog movement speed, analog movement direction, etc., etc., etc. Seriously, go play a platformer and come back to this bullshit.We need an auto jump button, you click it and you end at end chest to pick your reward hassle free!
Ok right, camera could use improvement when next to walls, I don't get the problem with controls though, forward ... jump ... land... what's the complication in that??.
SWTOR is just as bad. The point I'm making is that you don't take stock MMORPG movements and animations - made for tab targeting combat with no practical reason for jumping - and shove them into a platforming, jumping environment.
Angthoron
Arcane
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Two questions.
1) Whom to contact re: joining Codex guild?
2) I have some shitty exotics that go for 80-90s. Salvage them for globs (22-23s per) and shit, or AH them off as is? Which is better, and why? I've read that glob max per item is 3, in which case, meh, 80s still trumps 60s.
1) Whom to contact re: joining Codex guild?
2) I have some shitty exotics that go for 80-90s. Salvage them for globs (22-23s per) and shit, or AH them off as is? Which is better, and why? I've read that glob max per item is 3, in which case, meh, 80s still trumps 60s.
Given that your preference in MMOs is severely biased towards settings or themes that you fanboy over outside of gaming, your opinion is not very solid.Interestingly enough, the most fun I had while I played GW2 were the platformer dungeons and secrets.Animation, feedback, timing, analog movement speed, analog movement direction, etc., etc., etc. Seriously, go play a platformer and come back to this bullshit.We need an auto jump button, you click it and you end at end chest to pick your reward hassle free!
Ok right, camera could use improvement when next to walls, I don't get the problem with controls though, forward ... jump ... land... what's the complication in that??.
SWTOR is just as bad. The point I'm making is that you don't take stock MMORPG movements and animations - made for tab targeting combat with no practical reason for jumping - and shove them into a platforming, jumping environment.
Vaarna_Aarne
Notorious Internet Vandal
There USED to be at the very least.
Of course, you can always enlist in Starfleet instead.
Of course, you can always enlist in Starfleet instead.
Cleared 20 gb of space from my SSD.
I really can't be bothered to logon just for daily.
I brought a few max levels to feel 'oK I'm done.'
The lack of subs made it easier to let it go TBH, the game didn't lack content for the first month, but like most MMOs - it grew stale very quickly.
In all my time in the battlegrounds, it never matched the same fun feeling I get when I played massive shooter games like Battlefield series due to the lag and ghosting issues.
In fact, I rather just jump on my Green Lantern powers in DCUO next month just to have a little quick fun and drop it again.
I really can't be bothered to logon just for daily.
I brought a few max levels to feel 'oK I'm done.'
The lack of subs made it easier to let it go TBH, the game didn't lack content for the first month, but like most MMOs - it grew stale very quickly.
In all my time in the battlegrounds, it never matched the same fun feeling I get when I played massive shooter games like Battlefield series due to the lag and ghosting issues.
In fact, I rather just jump on my Green Lantern powers in DCUO next month just to have a little quick fun and drop it again.
there is simply nothing there in GW2. just a huge expansive dress up doll tool.
Vaarna_Aarne
Notorious Internet Vandal
Incorrect analogy. Last time it checked it didn't even let me revisit my character's sliders. That's not expansive dress up dool tool!
It'd be nice to run an in-character playthrough of Resistance, Demonflame or Aftershock with the Codex sometime.
Zewp
Arcane
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/08/29/guild-wars-2-a-grind-by-any-other-name/
Pretty accurately reflects how I feel about the game. Except everything is so much worse now than it was back then. The absolutely horrendous diminished returns system just turns everything into such a fucking grind. I played for the first time in almost a month and I couldn't believe all the good drops I was getting. Three days later and I'm back to abysmal drop rates.
Pretty accurately reflects how I feel about the game. Except everything is so much worse now than it was back then. The absolutely horrendous diminished returns system just turns everything into such a fucking grind. I played for the first time in almost a month and I couldn't believe all the good drops I was getting. Three days later and I'm back to abysmal drop rates.
Angthoron
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What's abominable about dungeons? I can get behind the "grind is overwhelming" and "everything is tied to timers" stuff, for sure, but uhm, what's the issue with dungeon content? It's miles above the abominable WoW dungeons for last 3 expansions simply by the fact that you can actually fail, even on the trash, and it takes more than 8 minutes to complete a dungeon run with a gang of brainless retards with aimbots.
Also, no word on downscaling and being unable to meaningfully damage monsters who are 7 levels above you. Pretty mild critique.
Why have levels at all then? And you can actually meaningfully damage monsters 7 levels above from turrets, which's what I did on a few of the dragon events. Normally, yeah, but I'd like you to see soloing up a L90 mob on a L83 questgear (or even raidgear, possibly) char in WoW, and check out the "miss miss glance dodged" spam. GW2 system has a "no miss" system, so in order to emulate same results, I guess they made the hits to hurt fuck-all.
you know an MMO is shit, when the whole discussion revolves about the various degrees of shitness of its computergenerated enemies.
CrimsonAngel
Prophet
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Well i still play and i still tear shit apart in wvw. I even made somewhat of a name for my self on my server.
Still the best MMO out there.
Still the best MMO out there.
rofl
Angthoron
Arcane
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Yeah, seen some real good wvw on my server as well.
So what's raw's MMO de jour?
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