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arcanemacabre · Apr 30, 2007, 04:36 AM // 04:36

I can't help but laugh out loud at threads like this. I've gotten bored many times since I started playing GW. What do I do? I don't search hard for things to do in GW, the game I'm bored with, I stop playing and do something else.

Look, if slapping yourself in the face hurts, stop slapping yourself in the face.

LONGA · Apr 30, 2007, 05:36 AM // 05:36

If you own a console game like play station2.Try playig some RPG games theres a lot of game with good content.Should be a good GW break.

My reccommend list >>> Xenosaga Series,Kamatari Damacy,Kingdom Hearts,God of War series,Way of the Samurai 2

Apok Omen · Apr 30, 2007, 06:06 AM // 06:06

I and many others feel your pain, Zinger.

And if you feel that nothing is gonna change your mind yet still commited to playing GW to see any ultimate changes, here are my words to you: Don't expect any and I mean ANY updates to fulfill your dreams. Many of the updates have the players shrugging and saying "that's it?", and that IS it.

If you feel bored, then do something else. Like many are saying, play Pokemon. Fun and cool for every age "even the cool kids at my school beat up people who dis Pokemon." I stick to my Fire Red but only because I haven't enough money for a DS, let alone a Diamond or Pearl.

I have been feeling bored with this game myself, simply because I let it consume my life. Let go while you can, and Godspeed.

zakaria · Apr 30, 2007, 06:46 AM // 06:46

Tbh i don't know where the hell boredom threads come from ?!! they were accepted when we were just had GW:P for 1 year and we hadn't much things to do after we finish it, but now...we have tons of things to do.

zara · Apr 30, 2007, 07:32 AM // 07:32

I completely understand - I used to love doing pve and thought HM would add a new dimension to it and make it challenging. But instead it did neither. It is boring everything just has a permanet RaO and Glyph of Elemental power...gfg. Improved bars, meh not so much. And the AI - yikes. Finding actual people to do missions in HM is a waste. There is either no one there or whoever is doing it is utterly terrible. I got to 10/25 for Gaurdian of Tyria and it will probably stay that way. Playing with heroes just isnt fun - unless it is heroway in HA.

About all I find fun now is pvp - I practically live in HA ID1 or guest for a few friends' gvgs. I am still waiting for those ATs to come - going on 5 months late now......

Also, if anyone needs a monk for some HM missions in tyria hit me up - only requirement is the party must be people!

Cebe · Apr 30, 2007, 07:58 AM // 07:58

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Originally Posted by Zinger314

But when Hard Mode was released...it wasn't that eventful. I wanted to get Guardian everywhere. Yet, on most missions, it's impossible unless you have humans as half your party. Unfortunately, when everyone is spread across 56 missions, it's hard to get 8 people, let alone 6. From what I can tell, everyone is stuck on the Ascalon Missions and won't try anything else...

I maintain that the 4-man areas are harder than the 6 or 8 man areas. There are less options to utilise different professions and so professions need to be carefully mixed. I have also discovered that one of the best ways of surviving Hard Mode 4-man areas is to essentially work with a team of 3. the 4th player just casts Life Barrier and Life Bond on all the other 3 players and stays near the edge of the radar (flagging Tahlkora was a pain, but worth it). Negating ~75% of the damage is sooo nice.

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Originally Posted by Zinger314

Hard Mode is a gimmick. ArenaNet pronmised intelligent and efficient AI; they just boosted the attributes by a ton and multiplied the attack and casting speed. The only skill modification they made was to the sub-20 Enemies by giving them Elites. I expected more.

Yes, they gave sub-lvl-20 enemies elites...you seem to forget the fact that they move faster, they focus fire on one individual a lot more than normal mode, and that individual is, 95% of the time, the monk. They also move out of AoE EVEN faster than they used to. I was trying out my idea of using Tahlkora with Life Barrier and Life Bond in Panjiang Peninsula. Even with her flagged well out of my aggro bubble the kappas still ran past me and headed over to her. To keep her out of harms way I needed to have her flagged on the edge of the radar. I want whatever monk-detection-system the monsters have now. I detract. My point is they did a lot more than just boose the attributes...they are cleverer...granted, not to the point of actually being human, but the enemy AI is still cleverer (which is more than can be said for the henchmen).

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Originally Posted by Zinger314

ArenaNet said that they would be releasing Sunspear skills which were PvE only and class unique. Many thought that they would be with the HM update.

ArenaNet seem to say a lot of things. The faster people start to adopt a "I'll believe it when I see it" policy the better.

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Originally Posted by Zinger314

*Start another character: I tried starting an Elementalist and continuing my Ritualist and Ranger. Yet...they all killed significantly slower in groups than almost any build my Necromancer can play.

In my opinion, and I've noticed this a lot during Hard Mode, my first thought of how to complete something lies with an Elementalist. You say your Necro can kill things faster than any other profession you've tried. My thinking is that our favourite professions, the one we have worked on the most, is the one we naturally consider when dreaming up ways of killing something fast. My first thought on how to complete most Canthan Hard Mode missions was to load up on Elementalists, and coordinate their builds. Perhaps it's because I don't like them as much, but I find melee professions distinctly useless in hard mode.

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Originally Posted by Zinger314

What can I do to extend my Guild Wars life? I guess Pokemon Diamond was just released...

We all have different agendas. My aim on my ele is to collect titles. I've decided People Know Me is now way too common. Time to work on I'm Very Important. I've developped an obsession with Vanquisher of Cantha...and I must finish it. If you're bored of the game maybe you should go do something else and come back to it when you're bored of another game.

Longasc · Apr 30, 2007, 08:55 AM // 08:55

As I got bored with GW, I played EVE for several months... right after the release of SF and the green farming craze... returned later.

Bored people simply move on. Attention RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOs start a thread about it. It would also healthy not expect people to kiss your feet when you sacrifice yourself to help them in a mission. It is also pretty arrogant.

Really, "I am bored with GW, I need help" - my advice is to do something else and come back later when you are in the mood for GW again.

Surena · Apr 30, 2007, 09:11 AM // 09:11

Another proof on why our lifestandard is so goddamn high that people are clueless on what to do with themselves.

/nerd less, get a girlfriend, enjoy the sun or get a part-time job

Dasanko · Apr 30, 2007, 10:57 AM // 10:57

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Originally Posted by Celestial Beaver

Yes, they gave sub-lvl-20 enemies elites...you seem to forget the fact that they move faster, they focus fire on one individual a lot more than normal mode, and that individual is, 95% of the time, the monk. They also move out of AoE EVEN faster than they used to. I was trying out my idea of using Tahlkora with Life Barrier and Life Bond in Panjiang Peninsula. Even with her flagged well out of my aggro bubble the kappas still ran past me and headed over to her. To keep her out of harms way I needed to have her flagged on the edge of the radar. I want whatever monk-detection-system the monsters have now. I detract. My point is they did a lot more than just boose the attributes...they are cleverer...granted, not to the point of actually being human, but the enemy AI is still cleverer (which is more than can be said for the henchmen).

They have an innate speed buff of +50%(nevermind the +50% attack speed, the half casting time and the half skill recharging time).

They are not smarter, they are just overpowered.

Shuuda · Apr 30, 2007, 11:41 AM // 11:41

PvE, has gotten boring for, I only do to get elite skills for characters. Now that I got all the armors I like, I can play less and spend all the time I do play to PvP, which is alot more interesting to me.

If I get bored I just:

Continue on FF6 advance, Kefka needs a butt kicking.
Dream about getting Pokemon Pearl, reading this thread I really want it now.
Homework
Watch my Soaps, Yes I'm sad arn't I.

And to all the people I say A-net suck, stop playing GW, you shouldn't play a game if you don't like the people who run it. It's like if someone you don't like starts handing out cookies to people, and you go up and snatch one, just plain selfish.

Kakumei · Apr 30, 2007, 11:52 AM // 11:52

I thought you were better than this, Zinger.

When I'm bored with GW, I go play WoW, or some other game. Why search for reasons to play a game, especially one where you aren't penalized at all for not playing for a while?

Bryant Again · Apr 30, 2007, 12:21 PM // 12:21

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Originally Posted by Dasanko

They have an innate speed buff of +50%(nevermind the +50% attack speed, the half casting time and the half skill recharging time).

They are not smarter, they are just overpowered.

QTF'dness. Overpoweredness provides a challenge, sure. No fun at all, though.

I was really hoping for a "balanced" challenge, but I guess that was asking for too much?

Nonetheless, I've only been playing PvP in FA for a bit, and testing out RA some more. I'm definantly taking a break from GW for the moment.

Where'd Darksun go? I wanna know if he wants to go through Doom2 on Nightmare.

Rusty Deth · Apr 30, 2007, 12:27 PM // 12:27

I take breaks here and there also.

But to me I always find something to do in GW. Most importantly buying loads of keys ( ussually 100 at a time )

For some reason its like gambling, you never know what you're gonna get. I still do FOW and UW in hopes of a perfect something to pop out of one of those chests.

But lately it seems I get better drops form monsters than the chests, but the luck of the draw is always there.

Other than that I do FA alot since it pays out big in the Baltazar Faction department. I notice I care less about we win when I'm just there to collect faction for unlocking more stuff.

I'd do hero battles instead for it, but its more fun with leechers, morons who open the gate, and not having to control your heroes.

Other than that Pokemon Diamond/Pearl is da bomb. Only had it for one day and already got 6 hours on it.

Cebe · Apr 30, 2007, 12:32 PM // 12:32

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Originally Posted by Dasanko

They have an innate speed buff of +50%(nevermind the +50% attack speed, the half casting time and the half skill recharging time).

They are not smarter, they are just overpowered.

How is it overpowered to move out of an AoE? I don't know about you, but when I find myself stood in a Temple Guardian's breath of fire I just move to the side...does that make me Overpowered? Granted some things have just been done to make monsters tougher to kill...but what? you were expecting an ANet employee to be playing AS the monster to give it a better sense of "realism" without being "overpowered"?

Personally I think it's a nice balance. Harder than Normal...and it's not DoA.

Matsumi · Apr 30, 2007, 12:33 PM // 12:33

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Originally Posted by Zinger314

I'm bored.

Sounds terrible. Ok, here's what you do:

1. delete all your characters

2. take a couple of aspirin

3. get a good night's rest

4. wake up and play guild wars again

boredom solved

Dasanko · Apr 30, 2007, 12:42 PM // 12:42

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Originally Posted by Celestial Beaver

How is it overpowered to move out of an AoE?

I never said that they moving out of an AoE is overpowered. Basically, what I was stating, is that they move out of them FASTER simply because they run a 50% faster than what they should, not because they're "smarter" (which they aren't).

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Originally Posted by Celestial Beaver

I don't know about you, but when I find myself stood in a Temple Guardian's breath of fire I just move to the side...does that make me Overpowered?

Well, more or less what I stated above applies to this, except in this case it would be you, and not the monsters. If you had a +50% speed movemente innate buff then yes, you could run out of Breath of Fire's range a lot faster simply because of that buff. That's being overpowered.

And well, regarding the fact that you just ignored the specific part of my post where I mentioned some of the buffs, I'll just quote and bold it for you.

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Originally Posted by Dasanko

They have an innate speed buff of +50%(nevermind the +50% attack speed, the half casting time and the half skill recharging time).

Orbberius · Apr 30, 2007, 12:50 PM // 12:50

You're 17. I'm sure you can find something to do instead of post stupid threads about how bored you are of a 2-year-old game.

Bryant Again · Apr 30, 2007, 12:52 PM // 12:52

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Originally Posted by Celestial Beaver

Personally I think it's a nice balance. Harder than Normal...and it's not DoA.

That's actually a little ironic to call it a balance, even though I know what you're referring to. Balance in PvE is something I was hoping for in Hard Mode, and it isn't what I got. Just more unfun overpoweredness that will again call for the Holy Trinity.

The only way hard mode has gotten "harder" is that now I have to use different builds. No skill, no challenge, it's just a game of "pick the right build BOOM YOU WINNN". Not fun at all. It's actually killed my interest in Guild Wars a bit.

*sigh*

Orbberius · Apr 30, 2007, 12:59 PM // 12:59

How much can you expect from AI, really? If you want to fight monsters with optimized skill bars and some bit of intelligence, try GvG.

Mournblade · Apr 30, 2007, 01:35 PM // 13:35

Zinger, you play the game a lot harder and smarter than the majority of players, surely you aren't suprised to be burned out after 2 years, right?

In between all of the negative comments there is some good advice so basically i'll just repeat - find another hobby. GW will still be here when you want to come back again. At 17, this may be your first (or one of) experience with burnout. Get used to it. Surround yourself with LOTS of things you like to do to keep you busy. Understand before you even begin what you should expect to get out of it. Enjoy yourself. Move on when you aren't satisfied anymore.

There's not much more to it than that. You have a long long way to go. No sense being unhappy with a game, is there? =)