Posts by Neutral_CH

I like Nightfall, but today I just wanted the Vabbian armor and the PvE elite for my Paragon, nothing else

For Anet, the business model is the online store. Their goal is to make content accessible to everyone, not to cater to a small elitist group whose only remaining focus is farming and extreme collections as the game’s flagship features. That’s why, in a sense, you have players like me who can’t be satisfied with this, and others who don’t see what the problem is. Neither side is wrong, in a way. But we have to admit that they’re clumsy when it comes to communication (marketing, customer service).

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if you can turn reforged mode on and off as you want, what is the point of devona requiring it?

at that point all devonas quest does is advertise reforged mode for the people who were unaware before, which i don't think can be very many by now.

If I were to echo some of the arguments made by players who oppose the critics of the Reforged mode and recent additions:

- It’s an alpha mode, so it’s normal for it to have bugs or for things to be illogical.

I’m looking forward to the beta mode! (That’s ironic, in case it needs to be pointed out).

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There are animals/pets in The Marketplace in Kaineng Center. Any news about this?

This comes from an annual event in GW2 (support of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals), which is why some GW1 players aren't familiar with it. ->

Extra Life 2025 Pet Rewards - Guild Wars Wiki (GWW)

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Do do I have to make a new character in pre to make it a reforged one?

Or can i bring my Ldoa Ele into Reforged Mode?

If the question is: Is this possible? Yes, you'll find a Shrine to Godly Accoutrements in Ascalon City.

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Its insane how everybody thinks his opinion is the most important.

This game doesnt belong to you. You are just in this extremely comfortaböe position to be able to still enjoy a 20 year old game without any costs. They even give us new Updates and even content. You are not alone in this game and those updates do not break the game in any sense. You are crying about a 5 hour window of now prenerf items dropping while bots have been flooding the market with purples for the last 10 years or more.

Yes there are "better" items now with the inscr ones, but that was the case since inscr got introduced in nf and still ppl prefer os ones. "Perfect" os purple still exist and u can still use those if u prefer that.

Stop crying and enjoy what you are getting offered.

We don't crying, we analyze and share differing opinions and perspectives on the game. Besides, as you so aptly point out, your opinion of us doesn't matter, we can easily do without it. However, if you have insightful opinions about the game, we're always interested.

Nothing to nerf the multi-chest... ok.

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Hmmm?

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Yea it's triple trouble time

Seems like you can get scrolls ...

Okay, so logically, in the same group: with one character who has the dungeon quest for the first time and another who has they’ve already unlocked Devona = 2 Adept Mullenix, 2 Charr bosses for the key on the first level, 2 crystals on the second level, and most importantly, 2 chests at the end.

So based on these screenshots, does this stack up to 2 players with the dungeon quest for the first time? Logically, we could have 3 players + another who has it by having already unlocked Devona = 3 chests at the end? (It doesn’t work if everyone has the same quest for the first time or everyone has unlocked Devona).

Okay, so in terms of frustration, this is the worst. Why would I run the dungeon again until this is fixed with an update? I mean, why run the dungeon with a group that can only drop a single chest it’s lame when I know others have multiple chests? I feel compelled to post an ad specifically targeting these groupings: LFG - Scourge only multi chests (But I already have Devona, guys, so figure out a way to get the quest for the first time, I’m not going to create a new character just for that, only to have it nerfed once it’s ready...)

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nerfed the drop possibility, sorry.

so Anet introduced perfect mods for items in pre for few hours, then make them inaccessible.
nice one guys.. nice one

The world moves fast these days, and trends don't last long!

In short, the best time of a GW update in 2026 is being there in the first few hours to take advantage of the bugs.

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Such a shame they are messing with pre.

I’m still on the fence about all this. They are adding new elements, contrary to what I’ve sometimes said on this forum, but I’m also keeping an open mind. On the other hand, they’re going about it clumsily. For example, in Pre:

- Adding inscribable weapons in Pre? That ruins the “old-school” feel of Pre. The same would apply if Reforged were to introduce inscribable weapons in the Prophecies and Factions campaigns.

- There’s now a missing merchant in Piken Place; you have to go elsewhere to sell your items. Furthermore, adding Runes of Holding wouldn’t be a luxury, given all the inscriptions and additional items currently available in Pre.

- Devona can have every skill and profession in the game. Is this a bug? A design oversight? Was it intentional? It’s just overpowered a Swiss Army knife hero who outperforms players (anti-conditions, hex, running, spirits, etc.).

- Gold and rare items. Oops! Sorry, we didn’t think of that...

- (The 4 Charr Bosses, which had been a sacred ritual in Pre for over 20 years, no longer hold any significance today).

I wonder, in the long run, if the content updates keep being this clumsy, whether it won’t end up destroying the game rather than adding anything meaningful to it. Yes, running the dungeon was fun, I’ll admit, two or three times, but after that, I move on to something else. Will people stick around and spend money in the GW store if the content can be finished so quickly? If nothing sells in the store, the business model won’t sustain Reforged or pay the employees’ salaries. So things will go downhill, and the content will too. Overall, the Reforged hype and the potential return of players are already on a downward trend. Not to mention the difficulties they’re having getting out of alpha/beta mode.

Note: I'm not complaining, it's just an observation. I hope I'm wrong, but I'm not going to wait 50 years for a train that's never going to arrive.

With Rurik tonic, the perfect match? Or just something that should have stayed a dream?:

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Hotfix

• Pre-Searing dungeon drop rarities adjusted (some gold items were dropping).

Too late noob!!

/doubletake (I think we're going to need another update.. 2x final chest and 2x drop, maybe if anyone in the group is doing this for the first time(?).

Build of Devona on Pre (..)

or(?)

And Devona have all skills (pre or not) direct: run skill equiped... hhhahaahhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa i run on pre! (finaly after +20 years) Ok now 3 players and Devona not 4 players lol

They did, however, add a little joke at the end of the list.

Balance adjustments

• Decreased cooldown for Smiter's Boon (PvP) by 1 second.

That's not a bad!   (actually, sorry, but since I had to translate it manually and it was getting on my nerves, I just picked the first answer every time :D)

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...but isn't the maximum material storage 2500?

Yes, but that wouldn't work with the maximum number of gold coins (1,000 everywhere).

That's beautiful, It's clean. [Don't touch it now..] Well, then, what's the point? ... Shhhtttt!

💦💦💦 (No, it's not semen, it's detergent, pm Mr. Clean(-Value) for more infos)

(That said, after buying more than 10–100 of each item from the merchant, the price can almost double. My advice is to buy from other players whenever possible. For example, if I buy 30–50 Sapphires, the price goes from 11k to 16k... And then I have to negotiate the price with other players, after having shot myself in the foot by raising the price at the merchant)...

Okay, I'm ashamed of myself—I'm going to recycle it and snort the dust that comes off it. Sorry.

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juicy2 UW drop

Big Sh empty your wallet

Just in case I have the budget version that I haven't been able to sell for several weeks (:D) I'm going to end up giving it away.. [Go put a scythe]

Above all, this new content (original content, not just NPCs placed in instances) needs to be strategically different.

Aside from the bosses in elite zones (and certain effects in those zones), no real strategy is required in PvE, other than “smash” enemies in one fell swoop, after positioning your group on the map so as not to aggro everyone.

Making the game harder won’t change the strategy. Don’t confuse the three types of difficulty in a video game:

- Time. (Not necessarily hard, but takes time).

- Knowledge. (Requires trials, but once figured out, it gets easier).

- Competitive. (PvP, which will remain difficult because players adapt and change strategies, unlike enemys in PvE).

I can imagine the disappointment if an elite zone or dungeon were added and most players had already run through it and created a SC after just a few hours. The rewards associated with that would then also be insignificant/common.

Unless, strategically speaking, the entire current game is overhauled in Reforged Mode. For example, all enemies could have two classes, as in War in Kryta.

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Yeah i know, but where does the ectos come from

1,000 rubies, sapphires, diamonds, and onyx gems are worth 250 platinum. At best, the others are worth 100 platinum.

Okay, I'll keep going, click, click, click...

I don't hate the players who are staying, nor do I hate Anet; what I hate is being sold something that looks amazing on paper only to see that the result is pathetic. It's that contrast that makes me hate it.

When the community reacted to the announcements about Melandru, thinking it was a new elite zone, or about Devona, expecting a new dungeon in the Pre-PvP zone.

You can really see both the players’ high expectations and the disappointment that followed when reality set in.

As for the beta-alpha modes—it’s been almost four months now? It’s a huge joke. Not to mention that the Melandru mode was created by the players. They didn’t need to hold 50 meetings to come up with that idea.

In conclusion, the game belongs to whoever wants to invest in it, and for now, aside from a few minor updates (graphics, interface), the game belongs to the players—it hasn’t belonged to Anet for nearly 13 years.

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People who came back after a long absence did so out of nostalgia. There were also a few new players.

Other than that, the game has really started to show its age. There’s a significant lack of content and wasted time without an in-game auction house or shop. You can’t swim, jump, have companions to help you get around, and so on.

Most of the players who have stuck around since the beginning are addicted. I wonder if they’d even be able to quit, even if they wanted to. The rest, aside from that, are mostly casual players who will move on to something else after a few months or it will take them 10 years to finish a campaign (I’m not judging them—to each their own pace).

That doesn’t mean I think GW is a bad game in and of itself. But these limitations have been known for a long time now. Of course, there’s still the community aspect. But Reforged won’t actually change anything about the game—at least not for those who can take a step back and look at the bigger picture.

Even the invincible Chuck Norris failed at Dhuum's Covenant! RIP (this is a bit off-topic, and I don't usually do this, but this is Chuck :p)

It's time to sell your black dyes to restock the shop... or not.

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So the lowest level obsidian armor is lvl 7?

Legitimately, yes.

With ID Dialogs = Level 2

For Level 1, as explained, you would need to travel directly to Nahpui Quarter or the FoW without any restrictions, without the server checking your character’s status. In addition to an ID Dialog. The methods players used in the past to do this are no longer available (these were more opportunities than complex elements). But that doesn't mean it's impossible that someone, through reverse engineering, might have found a flaw in GW's code.

Today, it's decided, I'm going to start working out and burn off my excess fat!

(A single mouse click burns 0.00142 calories).

"good band, bad guy"

"poor cat"

"live free or die"

No response or return from you in your first post: Price Check: req.8 Plagueborn Focus

And there's no need to create a separate thread for each weapon; you can group them together.

Just in case..

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Hey dude, I can do this run, but I charge a lot since its the hardest run in the game.

(Note: It's much easier if you perform the gate glitch on the west gate leading to the outpost instead of doing it with the mission).