Guild Wars 2

Hahaha sadly i agree with the OP on every level. But fear not these ascended weapons will save the day!!!

So you like the game up to this point but you hate combat that was in the game from the start?

Maybe it isn’t that they are bad but that they’ve have are well into the phase of experimentation. Realize this game is an attempt to “break the mould of traditional MMOs” and to do so they need to explore areas of design that developers normally do not touch.

For instance, you play chess alot and have played it enough to know most of the usual tactics… but then a specific tactic catches your eye. This tactic is not used very much but you feel as though there is potential in it. So you take the tactic, build around it, refine it and then attempt to make it practical.

THAT is where the developers are headed.

Agree with op, combat needs revamp as it is epicly boring.

Jski.6180:

So you like the game up to this point but you hate combat that was in the game from the start?

No, the combat has always sucked.

Think about it. Let’s use a D/P Thief as an example;

- The first skill is a a close-quarter combat skill. You use it to stab your opponents when they are in range.

- The second is an attack that closes the distance between you and your opponents.

- The third is basically the same as the second with an added condition.

- The fourth skill is a ranged attack that dazes your opponents, rendering the, unable to use skills for ¼ of a second.

- The fifth skill is another ranged attack which lays down a combo field.

So, if my first attack is to stab my opponent, it would stand to reason I would be in range wouldn’t it? What would be the point in using the four other attacks according to their intended game-play functionality? Unless of course, Anet’s intention was to have your toon stand there and bore the socks off of you. If that’s the case, then “BRAVO!!!”. They did it with uncanny gusto!

Really? Skills must be used in that order, not based on the situation?
Not sure if…

Paponzi.1637:

Really? Skills must be used in that order, not based on the situation?
Not sure if…

Of course not.

You can always arrange every skill you’ve acquired for each weapon your class uses and rearrange them in the skills bar…

Oh, wait… Maybe not.

aladore.3945:

Jski.6180:

So you like the game up to this point but you hate combat that was in the game from the start?

No, the combat has always sucked.

Think about it. Let’s use a D/P Thief as an example;

- The first skill is a a close-quarter combat skill. You use it to stab your opponents when they are in range.

- The second is an attack that closes the distance between you and your opponents.

- The third is basically the same as the second with an added condition.

- The fourth skill is a ranged attack that dazes your opponents, rendering the, unable to use skills for ¼ of a second.

- The fifth skill is another ranged attack which lays down a combo field.

So, if my first attack is to stab my opponent, it would stand to reason I would be in range wouldn’t it? What would be the point in using the four other attacks according to their intended game-play functionality? Unless of course, Anet’s intention was to have your toon stand there and bore the socks off of you. If that’s the case, then “BRAVO!!!”. They did it with uncanny gusto!

You mean D/P for pvp/wvw? Or your rant about pve? It’s really for multi-targets. I’ve been running a d/d stealth /w shortbow in Orr since Dec. I’ve done uncountable temples runs and had no problem getting around CS even before the nerf to Orr. Problem about that was people going there to farm with their glass cannon builds didn’t like the difficulty of the zone while they farmed so Anet listened and nerfed it for them. Now it’s more or less minimal players since farming moved elsewhere and not so challenging for the rest of us any longer.

But in wvw, if you are going against like 1v5 then best off with D/P. If 1v1 or 1v2 D/D stealth. WvW zergs with the SB gets you a stack of badges.

Oh and yes, you cant just flip a few things around to go from one weapon set to another, you would need to pay your 2g for every switch. Luckily I’m pretty happy with my build just the way it is, switching over never crosses my mind. If I could, it would just cause players w/o a thief in one of their slots to cry “OP NERF!” …more than they do already when a thief out-performs them zerg farming or whatnot.

aladore.3945:

Paponzi.1637:

Really? Skills must be used in that order, not based on the situation?
Not sure if…

Of course not.

You can always arrange every skill you’ve acquired for each weapon your class uses and rearrange them in the skills bar…

Oh, wait… Maybe not.

I don’t agree with the OP. I DO agree with this – lemme move stuff to where it makes sense for me, for goodness sake!

aladore.3945:

Jski.6180:

So you like the game up to this point but you hate combat that was in the game from the start?

No, the combat has always sucked.

Think about it. Let’s use a D/P Thief as an example;

- The first skill is a a close-quarter combat skill. You use it to stab your opponents when they are in range.

- The second is an attack that closes the distance between you and your opponents.

- The third is basically the same as the second with an added condition.

- The fourth skill is a ranged attack that dazes your opponents, rendering the, unable to use skills for ¼ of a second.

- The fifth skill is another ranged attack which lays down a combo field.

So, if my first attack is to stab my opponent, it would stand to reason I would be in range wouldn’t it? What would be the point in using the four other attacks according to their intended game-play functionality? Unless of course, Anet’s intention was to have your toon stand there and bore the socks off of you. If that’s the case, then “BRAVO!!!”. They did it with uncanny gusto!

If combat always suxed as you put it why have you been playing for what seems to be a few months. Your coming off as if your view is every wishy washy as in something may of just changed and NOW your making excuses to say bad things about other things that is part of GW2.

kittenol…… That is all I see here….

I think it’s only gotten worse with the last 2 updates:
- queues, tickets, small arena with bad camera for guantlet
- invasions & overflow, buggy achievements, blocking progression on gauntlet, for clockwork
- now the announcement of how they’re gonna roll out Ascended

While it’s not true for all players, they are definitely changing the direction of the game from it’s initial intentions WHICH I LIKED VERY MUCH.

My advice, fix bugs and add content (the kinds that aren’t frustrating like you’ve managed to do a few times before) and stop trying to change some of these systems.

aladore.3945:

Paponzi.1637:

Really? Skills must be used in that order, not based on the situation?
Not sure if…

Of course not.

You can always arrange every skill you’ve acquired for each weapon your class uses and rearrange them in the skills bar…

Oh, wait… Maybe not.

There’s a lot of things wrong with GW2, but players unwilling to use button 3 before button 1 is not one of them.

It’s really just that there’s too few skills and customization, that’s it imo. I really hope the new skills they’re adding don’t dissapoint.

KarateKid.5648:

I don’t agree with the OP. I DO agree with this – lemme move stuff to where it makes sense for me, for goodness sake!

Don’t even need to move things around, just duplicate the keys elsewhere. I copied 5 to c, 1 to v, and 6 to e, just for my thief. Downside is it does it for all characters.

Gotta be honest, I prefer not having stupid amounts of skills to decide between. I got enough of that in GW1 and WoW. Admittedly, having more skills will be nice, so long as they don’t go overboard.

As for combat, I actually like the combat in this game. Why? Because general any monster that could be considered a boss is probably smart enough to think ‘I should beat on someone other then this tank that keeps getting healed…’.

IndigoSundown.5419:

aladore.3945:

Paponzi.1637:

Really? Skills must be used in that order, not based on the situation?
Not sure if…

Of course not.

You can always arrange every skill you’ve acquired for each weapon your class uses and rearrange them in the skills bar…

Oh, wait… Maybe not.

There’s a lot of things wrong with GW2, but players unwilling to use button 3 before button 1 is not one of them.

Heck, even I know I don’t have to press ‘1’ first every time. I even learned I don’t have to use ‘1’ for auto attack, or even use auto attack at all for that matter. I might just get crazy and press ‘4’ first sometimes. Wait I don’t press ‘4’ because that is mapped to ‘mouse 3’ now. I must be transforming into one of those ‘hardcore’ players.

Ykfox.3825:

Gotta be honest, I prefer not having stupid amounts of skills to decide between. I got enough of that in GW1 and WoW. Admittedly, having more skills will be nice, so long as they don’t go overboard.

As for combat, I actually like the combat in this game. Why? Because general any monster that could be considered a boss is probably smart enough to think ‘I should beat on someone other then this tank that keeps getting healed…’.

Then pick 8 and don’t choose anymore….

Just because you don’t want to have to think about which skills to use doesn’t mean the rest of us should suffer with super shallow customization. =/

aladore.3945:

Paponzi.1637:

Really? Skills must be used in that order, not based on the situation?
Not sure if…

Of course not.

You can always arrange every skill you’ve acquired for each weapon your class uses and rearrange them in the skills bar…

Oh, wait… Maybe not.

Wait, you mean a ‘good’ combat system should consist of going up to an enemy and rolling your face across the keys 1 to 5 in that order, every time?

Knote.2904:

Ykfox.3825:

Gotta be honest, I prefer not having stupid amounts of skills to decide between. I got enough of that in GW1 and WoW. Admittedly, having more skills will be nice, so long as they don’t go overboard.

As for combat, I actually like the combat in this game. Why? Because general any monster that could be considered a boss is probably smart enough to think ‘I should beat on someone other then this tank that keeps getting healed…’.

Then pick 8 and don’t choose anymore….

Just because you don’t want to have to think about which skills to use doesn’t mean the rest of us should suffer with super shallow customization. =/

THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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