Guild Wars 2

So I was thinking about the whole “PvP game modes” thing last night, and had a good chuckle.

Can you imagine Capture the Flag in this game?

Meta: 5 mesmers with Portal, Mass Invis, veil, blink.

Chain portals to opponent’s flag, Pop mass invis when enemies are around and use MI/Veil/Blink to get past defenders to the flag. Pop portal under flag, grab it, follow portal chain back to base.

Done quickly, with a bit a communication and practice, the entire mode would be trivialized.

Can’t use skills while carrying the flag? Portals are already out.

Can’t portal while carrying the flag? Have the entire party portal to the flag with clones out, dash away in the confusion. Or shatter bomb them.

I wonder if that’s why they’re dragging their feet on new modes, some of them would be difficult to balance without neutering one class or another.

I still don’t see why this sort of information couldn’t be shared with the players, at least it’d let us know there’s activity on it…

Portals and Stealth drop flag.

Doh.

GOSU.9574:

Portals and Stealth drop flag.

Doh.

Then Mesmers/Thief fall out of that section of the meta, then buff given potential imbalance conquest. A-net have kind of painted themselves in a corner where new modes are concerned.

GOSU.9574:

Portals and Stealth drop flag.

dlonie.6547:

Can’t portal while carrying the flag? Have the entire party portal to the flag with clones out, dash away in the confusion.

Mesmer still OP

How about team death match -

5 zerker thieves/mesmers shadow refuge/mass invis
Focus one player 5 backstabs/mind wracks dead player – stealth stomp
One of our teammaters died? Shadow Refuge mass res

Conquest is the only reason everyone does not play thief/mesmer
Capture Points are the only thing holding these classes back from dominating pvp