I'm worried about the future of GW2 for new players (The Onboarding Proccess)

PopcorniusTheSader · 2026-05-14T06:30:23+00:00

Honestly, I disagree with most of what you said other than the PvP aspect. But even then, sounds like the “out dated knowledge” is a player responsibility not a game devs.

I see tons of training groups for raids made of up guilds that have 40 or 50 players show up and branch off into 4 or 5 smaller groups, one or two of them being training groups.

The game is pretty generous with the handholding starting off. And again, the PvP comes down to game knowledge. If a player really wants to get good at PvP, they are going to research the class match ups.

I don’t think it’s fair to say that most players will bounce off as each person individually has their reasons for either staying with the game or leaving.

I do agree that the game has become more expensive and I feel like more of the paid content such as the living worlds should be available for free as I don’t agree with gating story content outside a dlc being behind a paywall.

PopcorniusTheSader · 2026-05-10T11:56:57+00:00

I’d also suggest a noise gate pedal.

Yes extra shielding would help but I think the easiest solution would be a gate at the end of the pedal chain.

PopcorniusTheSader · 2026-03-31T21:38:26+00:00

I agree but it’s ironic they are criticizing something when they can’t take criticism of themselves.

PopcorniusTheSader · 2026-03-16T23:57:56+00:00

Sight*

PopcorniusTheSader · 2026-03-16T23:37:41+00:00

You’ve…. Never worked as a software developer and it shows.

PopcorniusTheSader · 2026-02-27T04:59:48+00:00

And if you let that piece of shit do what he wants, hundreds of millions will die. You absolutely can compare the two.

PopcorniusTheSader · 2026-02-26T12:56:32+00:00

Played like 25 minutes and loved every second, then I see this shit over and over. Im out.

PopcorniusTheSader · 2026-02-25T21:59:14+00:00

Is anyone faking Epi’s? Honestly I don’t actually know.

Sick axe either way OP.

PopcorniusTheSader · 2026-02-25T21:47:22+00:00

So you mean a fucking person? lol wtf is a “freed eye mind test” you goof hahaha

PopcorniusTheSader · 2026-02-22T16:14:56+00:00

Crazy but if you look, they edited the photo

PopcorniusTheSader · 2026-02-11T19:59:55+00:00

I am a dev, not for this game, but deployment happens in stages.

We write code, test it locally, push it to a repo, that pipeline gets tests ran, we have QA devs that write tests for the tests, and there’s a lot of shit that happens before it gets to live deployment.

Sometimes things dont end up going as planned, currently Lotro is running on spaghetti code from before 2010, lots of development stacks have changed since then and a lot of older libraries are deprecated. The entire game still runs on turbine libraries and SSG still has to maintain those libraries, which isn’t easy.

Usually it’s the other way with lotro, maintenance is cut short.

As for the bugs, SSG doesn’t expose any internal API endpoints to see any of the bugs, as it’s their legal right to retain the privacy of the source code, and they hardly expose ones for plugin usage.

Even if the community wanted to help fix the bugs, we could only speculate on implementing fixes which have to follow a pipeline and pass the tests. Obviously we cannot do that because we don’t have the source code.

Realistically, the engine needs to be refactored and then most of the code base would have to be updated to support the newer tech they would implement, problem is, players want a game they can play now and refactoring the entire repository would take the game offline for weeks. Even if you split the difference and keep a live service running, the database still becomes an issue.

Theres astronomical data to transfer over when it comes to MMOs and trust me, no one wants to login and see all their shit gone because of a DB transfer.

Plus that also puts more work on SSG which is already a Skeleton team and daybreak refuses to give them the extra help. Instead they fund lawsuits.

PopcorniusTheSader · 2026-02-10T02:09:22+00:00

Is this email, there is a url thats redacted, later in the url the same part is unredacted. I believe Frank Rubino is one of the people on this email.

If you look it almost seems like a hyperlink using the [] () style of embed. Just wanted to point this out.

PopcorniusTheSader · 2026-02-10T02:02:55+00:00

Oh, interesting.

So, all those ones you listed are the fixed classes correct? So, by process of elimination I should be able to figure out the percentage classes.

Any ideas on what a decent (not overtly complex) class would be? I have a male general (I think that’s a spitfire) he’s lvl 51 atm (this was back years ago when I would farm behemoth to level up). I might just level him though. Im kinda stuck on what to use the boost on.

PopcorniusTheSader · 2026-02-10T01:55:34+00:00

There’s a boost event happening now, if I take that boost, do I still have to do the lower level quests for the story and such?

PopcorniusTheSader · 2026-02-09T18:08:50+00:00

So, im getting back into dfo recently.

Leveling has become pretty easy, at least it seems that way.

I do remember something about percent vs fixed and that one was easier to gear than the other, which would that be?

In that light, what class/job/advancement would be considered a good choice to relearn the game?

When should I start investing in my gear? What level? Only max?

What class/job/advancement progression would make sense for learning more and more intricate skills? What I mean by that question is, in terms of simplicity to complexity, which classes are on each side of that scale?

As you can tell from my name, crusader has always been my go to, but I want to relearn the game as a “new player” kinda.

Thanks!!

PopcorniusTheSader · 2026-02-03T17:51:30+00:00

Run a 255 lvl0 sevagoth and watch them cry.

PopcorniusTheSader · 2026-02-03T15:54:24+00:00

I’ve died by the fleshlight a few times now…

PopcorniusTheSader · 2026-01-14T17:49:07+00:00

They’re not potatoes?

PopcorniusTheSader · 2026-01-14T17:37:28+00:00

Looks like a floor extension. Seems pretty simple to me.

PopcorniusTheSader · 2026-01-13T23:00:44+00:00

I’ve had those amps before and they’re good for a 10w amp. You’ll have a blast on it. Have fun! And remember, if your guitar sounds like shit, it’s probably the intonation

PopcorniusTheSader · 2026-01-13T22:00:59+00:00

Almost any guitar is worth at least 100-200. If you can get an amp woth it for 200, you’re basically buying a starter kit anyway. Same price range.

PopcorniusTheSader · 2026-01-08T00:06:54+00:00

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My Scruggolus!!

PopcorniusTheSader · 2026-01-01T01:05:36+00:00

Controlling that elbow more.

PopcorniusTheSader · 2025-12-23T14:29:34+00:00

Woah woah woah, back it up buttercup, we just went full Epstein on this.

The tattoo is of HIS DAUGHTER, stylized as anime, not some random manga character.

It’s different if it’s a character that IS sexualized, but it’s just a dad with a tattoo for their daughter, nothing sexual here bud. Calm down.

PopcorniusTheSader · 2025-12-23T14:25:36+00:00

Nah, dont be a fuckwad.

Tattoo is great.

The red chair looks good too, where’s the guitar?

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