Guild Wars 2

Just an idea…
If you already have the “default build” mechanism why don’t the class dummies at heart of the mists use it?
Would be more relevant practicing on a dummy that runs the default build rather than the vanilla.

Evan Lesh.3295:

I heard a rumor that someone tried updating the dummies with HoT AI as a test and they started shreking devs.

im fairly certain a regular smokescale would beat every dev

ThatNAESLGuard.6238:

Evan Lesh.3295:

I heard a rumor that someone tried updating the dummies with HoT AI as a test and they started shreking devs.

im fairly certain a regular smokescale would beat every dev

Savage.

Not harsh if it’s true.

Why do I constantly have the feeling that devs aren’t as bad as they show on the screen?

Evan Lesh.3295:

Xanctus The Dragonslayer.2318:

Why do I constantly have the feeling that devs aren’t as bad as they show on the screen?

Often times you see us in marketing material where we have random accounts, random characters, random keybinds, etc.

I see, fair enough.

Also concerning the practice dummies, who dropped a giant boulder and killed the Thief and Warrior practice targets?

Shaogin.2679:

Also concerning the practice dummies, who dropped a giant boulder and killed the Thief and Warrior practice targets?

Probably the same dev that left a wall floating in the air.

Evan Lesh.3295:

Crinn.7864:

Shaogin.2679:

Also concerning the practice dummies, who dropped a giant boulder and killed the Thief and Warrior practice targets?

Probably the same dev that left a wall floating in the air.

Go new guy!

So HoTM is the new dev training area as well as the new pvp training area? O_O

Evan, is class stacking in matches not a concern of yours?

Why not add an npc with a selectable profession/build to duel in Special Forces Training Area style?

HotM needs a bit of rehauling anyway. It’s a bit broken. You did it with FotM lobby, can you do it with HotM lobby too now?

Partly just adding more dummies would be an improvement. HotM either needs more dummies or more instances, sometimes literally all NPCs are being attacked by another player at once. And eliminating the Thief and Warrior NPCs has compounded the problem.

I think the thief and the warrior were the best dummies to fight at the same time. You had long range burst and and melee which provided a good way to test your survivability. Now its replaced by a massive boulder.

Im trying to figure out what advantage the massive boulder brings to the PVP lobby. I’ll try training with it sometime, but i’m skeptical.

Crinn.7864:

Shaogin.2679:

Also concerning the practice dummies, who dropped a giant boulder and killed the Thief and Warrior practice targets?

Probably the same dev that left a wall floating in the air.

That’s clearly the start of a new jumping puzzle, they just released it unfinished….

It’s a bit offtopic but when they allowed gliding in heart of the mists, I thought it became allowed in arena matches.

Why would they allow gliding in an area where you are supposed to train and test your skills before going into PvP?

Yannir.4132:

HotM needs a bit of rehauling anyway. It’s a bit broken. You did it with FotM lobby, can you do it with HotM lobby too now?

Honestly I think they are. Seems like every patch the area around Obrin (sp?) gets changed.

Something is clearly afoot.

trixantea.1230:

It’s a bit offtopic but when they allowed gliding in heart of the mists, I thought it became allowed in arena matches.

Why would they allow gliding in an area where you are supposed to train and test your skills before going into PvP?

Obviously to let people have a little fun while they wait for a match? No idea why you would think they allowed gliding in PvP matches. I mean, they did explicitly explain the areas that you would and would not be able to glide in.

Crinn.7864:

Yannir.4132:

HotM needs a bit of rehauling anyway. It’s a bit broken. You did it with FotM lobby, can you do it with HotM lobby too now?

Honestly I think they are. Seems like every patch the area around Obrin (sp?) gets changed.

Something is clearly afoot.

There’s just so much stuff there that’s outdated like the cannons. And the area that’s now surrounded by a huge wall. The general gloominess of HotM could use some more cheerfulness.

The second island could be used when they implement a 10v10 gamemode where you can squad up. Although that would be an excellent selling point for a future expansion, which is why I’m not holding my breath for it now.