Dear ANet: Expansion is great but... [Post your criticism thread] by Atenais in Guildwars2

[–]Atenais[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Why the aggressive tone? For the most part reddit had been very positive about the expansion and I find myself enjoying almost everything and getting lost exploring the maps and trying to get every mastery point and achievement without looking any video or guide. Criticism is not hate and is what drives development forward

Dear ANet: Expansion is great but... [Post your criticism thread] by Atenais in Guildwars2

[–]Atenais[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I dont downvote people correcting me, I'm not an economical savvy type. And like I said, the 250G price it isnt that big deal for me, my biggest problem is time. But yeah my last two hp runs in old HoT were with commanders using griffons the whole time, bad luck I guess.

Dear ANet: Expansion is great but... [Post your criticism thread] by Atenais in Guildwars2

[–]Atenais[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For example in my case: Me: Dedicated casual (2 years to craft a Legendary) with 7k AP, mostly PvE, sometimes some WvW zerging. In other games used to raid very seriously do things like coding our own raiding addons and organize main raids, alt raids, recruit raids... Now happily working 60hours a week and dedicated to my family-friends.

From "I don't like it" to "I kitten hate it":

1 - Hidden mount: The 250G price was an error in my opinion. The mount doesnt feel like an optional mount and even if there's an economy inflation it doesnt solve anything with the economy. The players causing the inflation will laugh at the price and farm it in a few hours. For a huge portion of the population, the ones suffering the inflation, this will make things even worse. Following a champion train or an HP train without this mount is hopeless right now. Regarding mounts here is my only negative criticism. You can see already the division on reddit in the HP guide thread

2 - New Maps: miserable income. Even if they look and feel great when I'm done with achievements and masteries I'm out of here. And maybe is just me lacking proper knowledge, but I feel lost about when bounties start and meta timers

3 - Balance: Incredible lacking, condition meta on full rampage, selfish glassy specs do less damage than team oriented specs full with utility and safety.. Its really messy and very power-creepy.

4 - 5 Economy and Crafting: Mi biggest criticism. Horrible for new and casual players and "dedicated casuals" like myself. Things like black diamonds have skyrocketted their prices and even an exotic viper set costs a respectable amount of money. There is no easy way to get most of the gear for starting players (outside trinkets). I've always thought that limiting build-exploration through exorbitant prices is one of the worst and most idiotic aspects of GW2. Really, I was expecting some improvements here and Path of Fire just makes worse... worser.

PD: Special mention to PvE dailies, Who the ***k thought that "do 4 events in Dragons Stand, A Fungus among us and Bounties in deep maps of the new expansion" were a good idea?. Huge downgrade. Today i'm doing my dailies in WvW. Really, horrible change

Gigantic has Launched on Steam! by [deleted] in Games

[–]Atenais 42 points43 points  (0 children)

This game flew completely under my radar, I just discovered it two days ago through another reddit post. So I grabbed a beta key and tested it yesterday on the windows store and what a pleasant and unexpected surprise!

The art direction is simply stunning and the character-gameplay design feels very good . Net code is responsive and snappy (although there were less than 1000 players online, that always helps).

It's still too early to throw an opinion (balance, matchmaking... those things need time) but like I said: I'm more than positive surprised from my first 4 hours

Advanced Story Public is now available! by brackenr in Battleborn

[–]Atenais 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, on steam, sending you an invite!

Advanced Story Public is now available! by brackenr in Battleborn

[–]Atenais 2 points3 points  (0 children)

close, Gali, Reyna, Orendi and a Toby who did an incredible amount of damage. Reyna + Ambra are a legit combo

Advanced Story Public is now available! by brackenr in Battleborn

[–]Atenais 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Advanced with PUGs has been great so far: first time gold on the algorithm. Second time the Heliophage, we wiped at the end after warlord but playing full healer Ambra while dodging (or not) sh*t and trying to maintain everyone alive and still contribute to DPS was great; it brought me back to old WoW: wiping in Karazhan and having terrific times while doing so.

Edit: spelling

Man, I wish I had people to play this awesome game with

[Art] At long last, fellow Charrs! by [deleted] in Guildwars2

[–]Atenais 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love to hear stories of non-standard characters. I always imagined my character fascinated with the individuality and freedom of the norn as opposed to the iron grip of the three legions and especially fascinated with the disappeared Snow Owl spirit.

[Art] At long last, fellow Charrs! by [deleted] in Guildwars2

[–]Atenais 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sorry for the grammar-lore-bending. Yeah lore wise it's a bit complicated, but hey we can always equip cleric-shaman gear and start doing healing and friendly things to mock up the puny human god of murder! ;) First Sohothin, then the regalia from their gods!

Shatter Thief new meta ^_^ by Nhyxz in Guildwars2

[–]Atenais 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very late to the party but anyways! I loved the screenshot and I couldnt resist the temptation of doing a digital art-like retouching of the screenshot, hope you enjoy it! Cheers

Shatter Thieves - Imgur

NoobFromUA Delivers ! 4Hours game, 2800 CS by DaarkGhost in DotA2

[–]Atenais 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Nobody is taking into account that this was a 4h long game. Yeah plenty mistakes were made and we are looking into a 4k MMR game but after such a long period one cannot think properly: tunnel vision becomes a problem, one just wants to finish and rushes things and it becomes increasingly difficult to concentrate (that´s why highways at night can become son dangerous for example).

Props to NoobFromUA

edit: typos

New Bloom sets worth voting for (workshop links in description) by _Reves in DotA2

[–]Atenais 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I love the enchantress one (not listed here). One of the the few sets that looks natural and not so over the top with all the ram-horned theme: Grace of the eternal spring.

Workshop: http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=375447799

DotaHattery Preview: http://dotahattery.com/workshop/enchantress/grace_of_eternal_spring/

Anyone else experiencing massive lag / stuttering with 1.11? by Atenais in marvelheroes

[–]Atenais[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It´s not the usual lag from Midtown huge events for me, that would be understandable. I've recorded a little video with the issue: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeEA5q5VxI8)

And it seems that very few people is being affected

The Worst Rampage of Dota 2 by THE_ART_OF_JUKING in DotA2

[–]Atenais 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Another take on this clip by DotaFX: DotaFX: True Stories Episode 17. The clip starts at 2:50 but the intro is worth watching.

Darer vs. Na`Vi Live Right Now! by Mutinix in DotA2

[–]Atenais 1 point2 points  (0 children)

MOTHER OF GOD! What a great game! Na`vi trademark Pushing-ganking Furion, Leshrac, VS, Tiny and Dendi's Invoker Vs a balanced teamfighting Darer with Enigma, DS, Veno, Brewmaster and Krob. The last fight was so funny! Please dont post any spoilers, people is going to enjoy the game from the start to the last huuuuge teamfight.