Guild Wars 2

Just re-use the code you have for supply camps … Give an active portal 5 “supply” that can be used and restock it every 5 seconds. This means that at most 5 people can come through every 5 seconds which won’t overwhelm AE attacks directed at an active portal exit point. Just make sure that each side has its own “supply” of portal charges.

This is assuming there is something wrong with portals. Many many people do not agree that there is anything wrong.

It is an exploitation of a game mechanic. If AE was unlimited then it would be self regulated, but since it isn’t then balance is mandated.

i’m sorry, what? i’m having trouble deciphering not only the validity of your complaint but the way you’re arguing it. portal isn’t an exploit. are you to blame the mesmer that other people can use his or her portal?

It’s not an exploit.

Regardless, add the limitation you suggest and we’ll just use multiple Mesmers. Doesn’t really solve the problem, does it?

Taldren.7523:

It is an exploitation of a game mechanic. If AE was unlimited then it would be self regulated, but since it isn’t then balance is mandated.

Exploit….people keep using that word. I don’t think they know what it means…

Portal is a tactic, it is also NOT the only skill to affect an unlimited amount of people (think carefully). And like ANY tactic it can be countered. Seriously all this whining about portals is so kitten old…

Ender.3508:

Exploit….people keep using that word. I don’t think they know what it means…

Portal is a tactic, it is also NOT the only skill to affect an unlimited amount of people (think carefully). And like ANY tactic it can be countered. Seriously all this whining about portals is so kitten old…

Obviously it is you that doesn’t know the proper use of the word “exploit”. In the same way that the Germans exploited the limitations of the Maginot Line, Portal is exploiting the limitations of AE in Guild Wars 2. The difference is that the Maginot Line was a limitation by one of the parties involved while the AE limitation is imposed on us by the developers. No one made the French build that wall the way it was, but a player had no design choice in how many players they could hit.

It is as much as an exploit of a game mechanic as those that found a way to take orbs from underneath. There is nothing that can be done by the afflicted party and thus it is ANets responsibility to provide a balance. If AE was unlimited then it wouldn’t matter that 30 people showed up in an area that was being carpet bombed. The fact that a random 5 people take any damage which is then spread around the pack is a design flaw, not a tactic as you ignorantly suggest.

Your so-called ‘tactic’ is spreading in much the same was as when evasive species with no natural predators is released into the wild. Its time for a culling.

Portal isn’t broken so nothing needs to be done to fix it.

Awesome.6120:

Portal isn’t broken so nothing needs to be done to fix it.

If the content of my statement was that of being non-functional, you would be correct. However, fix can also mean a solution to an issue.

Has the education system seriously degenerated to this point?

Taldren.7523:

Awesome.6120:

Portal isn’t broken so nothing needs to be done to fix it.

If the content of my statement was that of being non-functional, you would be correct. However, fix can also mean a solution to an issue.

Has the education system seriously degenerated to this point?

It has nothing to do with education you pompous prick. Stop trying to strawman an argument that has no logical foundation. The portal skill is only in the most BASE level an AoE skill in that it can take people from one area to another. These limitations you suggest are irrelevant as there are plenty of counter examples of skill that affect an unlimited number of people, veil and temporal curtain come to mind.

Maybe the only “fixing” that needs to be done is to make it a Line of Effect skill that instantly transmits people from one side to another so people like you can stop crying that its an AoE that affects more that 5 people.

Portaling 5 people in WvW is useless. It’s an abhorrent suggestion that takes away options, removes a valid strategy from the game, and further degrades the game into more PvDoor.

Ender.3508:

It has nothing to do with education you pompous prick. Stop trying to strawman an argument that has no logical foundation. The portal skill is only in the most BASE level an AoE skill in that it can take people from one area to another. These limitations you suggest are irrelevant as there are plenty of counter examples of skill that affect an unlimited number of people, veil and temporal curtain come to mind.

Maybe the only “fixing” that needs to be done is to make it a Line of Effect skill that instantly transmits people from one side to another so people like you can stop crying that its an AoE that affects more that 5 people.

Portaling 5 people in WvW is useless. It’s an abhorrent suggestion that takes away options, removes a valid strategy from the game, and further degrades the game into more PvDoor.

My argument is not only logical, but rational as well. Yours, on the other hand, is nothing more than an example of what happens when one with too little self restraint meets a medium of complete anonymity. Your emotional outburst does not counter or even address the strength of my argument.

I find it astounding that you would even address the issue of the degradation of strategy while pushing a so-called ‘tactic’ that allows sheer numbers to outweigh player skill, positioning, and … strategy.

PP: You should at least paraphrase my argument accurately. I suggested a limit of 5 people per 5 seconds based on the existing supply code already in the game.