Guild Wars 2

Hi,

I just wanted to give some of my own feedback on my experience with Stronghold PvP and the Revenant this weekend. This is more a way for the GW2 Devs to read than individual players as it does not pertain to them. Since I don’t know of any other way of providing feedback, I’m leaving it here.

Note: I consider myself a casual player and as such, you can expect (hopefully) that the following feedback is reasonably representative of the casual player population (since it’s a “casual population,” it is unlikely that anyone would care enough to disagree). What you will not find here is the opinion of someone who is a die-hard pvper or someone who cares deeply about the interworkings of class-combat mechanics.

Stronghold:
—Personally, and this is also the case with several of my guild members, I found this game mode pretty entertaining. It has the potential to either last quite a while, or if you’re quick, the game can end much faster. This was a plus in my book. I thought that this game mode was a refreshing addition to the current pvp options and would very much like to see it flourish in HoT. As I said, I’m pretty casual and can therefore think of few suggestions as to how to make it better. If any, I really do not see the necessity of the catapults (I have yet to see anyone use them in a match).

Revenant:
—Now I know that many people had some issues with this class. I never played it in pvp. Additionally, I know that this class is unfinished, thus the “beta” weekend. Anyway, I found the profession to be pretty fun to play. I toyed with a few different builds but had a good time in PvE (doing dungeons, etc.). I’d give Legendary Dwarf Stance a 9/10 (it’s pretty darn tanky) but for the others, I had a rough time getting them to be effective. This is not really a problem because, again, the class isn’t finished. I think the revenant has some serious potential. I actually really liked the fact that the entire build was determined only by the Legend and the weapon. It’s great because the utilities are controlled by the legend and since the legend can be swapped in combat, so can the utilities. This is something that no other class can do but it’s balanced because the revenant has less flexibility with the builds (I think this is OK).

Overall, I had a pleasant experience with both Stronghold and the Revenant and I am very much looking forward to HoT.

Thanks for reading

I would like to leave my feedback here as well.

Stronghold:
Once I noticed the options for PVP ques I was very happy. Stronghold maps, in my opinion, grant a more interactive setting than simple ‘cap and kill’ conquest maps. Overall I find it more fun than chasing people around just to kill them. It requires more strategy.

Revenant:
Overall the class feels pretty good. I tested out the current weapon options: Hammer, Staff, Mace/Axe, and I liked the diversity between them. It was interesting getting used to the utility skill differences between the stances, but I think it is on the right track. Knowing that it is not complete yet, I will say that this class may be one of the most interesting to play upon completion.

Beta Weekend Overall:
Yeah this was the fun part. I watched the forums to see all of those players who tossed tons of exotics into the forge and finally got their precursor only to learn they couldn’t keep it. I found this kind of interesting, but the fact ArenaNet’s devs made it so we can play the new class in the complete game was beyond amazing.

I can hardly wait for the next BWE.

Bumping to ask if there is there an official place or questionaire where we’re supposed to give feedback? Or was ANet only wishing to receive feedback on the beta weekend through the bug report thingy in-game? Anyone know?

Clearly I shouldn’t have been waiting all this time for some kind of feedback questionaire like ESO sent out during their beta period. My bad. Now I’m late to the party.

Feedback on the Revenant should be posted in the Revenant forum. Feedback on Stronghold should be posted in the PvP forum. I have seen red posts in threads posted in the appropriate forum so it appears they are following the feedback.

Thank you bunches! So no questionnaire by email, just post it. Awesome. Lesson learned.