Guild Wars 2

Relevant: https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1pd3l/

Again no groundbreaking news. Did they explicitly mention ascended gear before? Not sure.

At least they gave us a timeframe when the new reward system will arrive. But 2017 sounds pretty vague.

I appreciate the responses, since they are obviously struggling with their current task. Developing a reward system that discourages switching to the winning servers while still being rewarding after all is definitely complicated.

But seriously all those vague statements don’t help at all. I know it’s against Anet’s communication policy, but the WvW community definitely could use some hype. Such responses make me wonder if they even have ANYTHING accomplished until now…

2017 probably means piling up some new “content” and “features” for the xpac…

I too felt disappointed in the lack of information regarding the WvW questions.

Could someone compile all the WvW questions and the answers and post them here?
Maybe if I’m bored at work I’ll give it a try but I expect to be busier than normal today.

Swamurabi.7890:

I too felt disappointed in the lack of information regarding the WvW questions.

Could someone compile all the WvW questions and the answers and post them here?
Maybe if I’m bored at work I’ll give it a try but I expect to be busier than normal today.

The link I posted should include everything. There are a few other answers, that refer to this comment or are essentially the same. Correct me if I’m wrong.

Not entirely WvW related, but the proposed Sigill changes will be PvP only, which is not a surprise.

So what have we learnt? Anet has been working on WvW as usual and of course evidently? And they are also looking at working with rewards and ascended gear, but not confirmed? There are absolutely no hints on any of their progress.

I feel like I learnt nothing and I also can’t help but think we still won’t get anything for a while.

Guess what else is planned for 2017? The next expansion.

I will bet anybody here a doughnut that these WvW fixes will be tied to purchasing the expansion. They did it to us before with the “loot in my bag” fix.

beatthedown.2651:

Swamurabi.7890:

I too felt disappointed in the lack of information regarding the WvW questions.

Could someone compile all the WvW questions and the answers and post them here?
Maybe if I’m bored at work I’ll give it a try but I expect to be busier than normal today.

The link I posted should include everything. There are a few other answers, that refer to this comment or are essentially the same. Correct me if I’m wrong.

Not entirely WvW related, but the proposed Sigill changes will be PvP only, which is not a surprise.

That’s just one thread that got two answers from Anet. There were a more responses from Anet about WvW questions but there were also a lot more WvW questions that were unanswered.

I felt that the AMA, as far as WvW is concerned, was more of a “Ask me something I am allowed to answer”, which has been my perception of how Anet responds to questions about WvW.

Probably because it was a flashpoint AMA that was just released but why have people there to answer WvW questions that can’t or won’t answer “in development” questions. I know it’s easier to answer questions about something that’s been released as opposed to answering questions about the future, but you’d think that Anet would have learned by now.

Herr der Friedhoefe.2490:

Guess what else is planned for 2017? The next expansion.

I will bet anybody here a doughnut that these WvW fixes will be tied to purchasing the expansion. They did it to us before with the “loot in my bag” fix.

Iam affraid that exactly that will happen with the asc vendor. “You want to buy asc armor? No problem, here: buy the expansion pack and activate the new Asc Vendort mastery. Have a nice day!”

Thea Cherry.6327:

Herr der Friedhoefe.2490:

Guess what else is planned for 2017? The next expansion.

I will bet anybody here a doughnut that these WvW fixes will be tied to purchasing the expansion. They did it to us before with the “loot in my bag” fix.

Iam affraid that exactly that will happen with the asc vendor. “You want to buy asc armor? No problem, here: buy the expansion pack and activate the new Asc Vendort mastery. Have a nice day!”

Maybe some Fractal tokens too since all WvW players are really into PVE.

Swamurabi.7890:

I felt that the AMA, as far as WvW is concerned, was more of a “Ask me something I am allowed to answer”, which has been my perception of how Anet responds to questions about WvW.

This is what the AMA was like period, no difficult questions were answered. It was a fluff marketing exercise nothing more, not a real attempt at communication.

Herr der Friedhoefe.2490:

Guess what else is planned for 2017? The next expansion.

Dont worry, after the expansion release surely they will put 100% focus on WvW just like what happened after HoT!

Swamurabi.7890:

I too felt disappointed in the lack of information regarding the WvW questions.

Could someone compile all the WvW questions and the answers and post them here?
Maybe if I’m bored at work I’ll give it a try but I expect to be busier than normal today.

Anet responses, basically one response and two relinks to it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1p5qm/
Any news on WvWvW improvements ?

Grant

We like Skirmishes and are looking to support this with rewards in the future. In general, for WvW, our priorities are rewards and ascended equipment.

The WvW team releases their content when it is ready. We have a variety of things in work, some further along, some still early in development. The team wants nothing more than to deliver great content for WvW but making changes for the game mode is rarely trivial. The team wants to make sure that large system and content changes are given proper due diligence and are in a position to have the best possible impact for WvW players.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1p8e4/
To the WvW devs.
What are you currently working on?
Is there a rough ETA? Even just an ETA of “This year” would be good enough for me.
Ascended in WvW? Are you working on it?
Legendary Backpiece?
Legendary Armor maybe?
Edit: What they’re currently working on and Ascended coming to WvW confirmed.

BenP

I’ll point you to Grant’s earlier response: https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1pd3l/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1pd1j/
Any news on WvW?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1pd3l/

No responses, quite a few legendary armor and back piece questions.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1u2s1/
Hi there,
Questions for the WvW team/devs:
Are there any plans to make communication with players better, or increase dev to player communication? I think one of the biggest issues with WvW is that it seems like devs are very detached from the game mode, and that could just be my perspective, but I’ve never really had the opportunity to talk to a dev about WvW before.

Are there any plans to bring back the adopt a dev program for WvW? I think this would help a lot, and could be a fun and good opportunity for both players and devs alike.

Are you aware of the WvW initiative, primarily led by NA WvW guild leaders, and if you are, do you plan to interact with it at all?

Overall, how do you plan to bridge this gap between the WvW player and the development team? Maybe I’m alone in seeing this, and if that is the case feel free to ignore me, but I don’t believe I am.

Hopefully I’ll get a response to at least one of these questions, either way thank you for your time, and your hard work on this game. Cheers

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1pfhl/
How close is the finishing touch of the revamped scoring or was it dropped like all ever other WvW project?!?!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1pbt4/
3 months ago we asked some WvW questions, since then nothing has really happened with the game mode. What is going on in WvW land?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1pfjv/
Is WvW getting their own Legendary Backpack in the near future?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1pxtg/
How about legendary armor for WvW players?
EDIT: Just wanted to add, rune swapping is something that benefits a WvW player as much or perhaps even more than raid players. It sucks that this functionality is tied behind content that many of those players have little interest in.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1p97q/
When can we expect some meaningful WvW changes? The last poll was over 8+ months ago and it made it sound like the easy changes were going to be made first (QoL, scoring changes, rewards) with the harder to address issues being done after. But in that time, not much has changed.
How is it each PVE Raid team can put out more content in 3 months than what the WvW team has accomplished in 1.5 years since HoT.

Cont. 600s posting delay… yay suspensions get added benefits.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1pft2/
Will there ever be a way for people who don’t do the PvE raids (for example, the majority of your WvW community) to earn the legendary armor? WvW players switch their armor stats often and this would be something very useful for us.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1qhw6/
When will WvW get legendary armor?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1qhz7/
Wheres /u/AnetMcKenna?

Also any plans to improve the gearing situation in WvW? Getting HoT stats and Ascended Armor just from WvW can be qutie frustrating. I’ve asked this in the previous AMA already.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1qti2/
Another question and yes I am still a filthy WvWer. With this upcoming balance patch in two or three weeks or within next month, will condition damage, duration and stacking be addressed? or will you guys just make it so blasting chaos field cleanses a condition like light field? or this will also be addressed in next expansion?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1relv/
Given the increased advantage owners of legendary armor will have in WvW with now not just stat swapping but free rune swapping will legendary armor be available from other sources in the future?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1ul5q/
Is anet going to stop treating WvW like a cesspool of casuals or are you going to provide an environment for guilds to get competitive in large scale combat?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1r356/
To /u/Mike-OBrien-ArenaNet:

How are you planning to reconnect/retain to large parts of you WvW playerbase? A large part of the WvW community (atleast the part I interact with) is quite unhappy with the current state of things and still have a sour taste from the last expansion launch, which was less than stellar for WvW? Lots of my friends and community members have stopped playing WvW or quit the game since they don’t believe that it will ever be as good again and get the changes it needs.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1res9/
Just want some news on wvw fam… been quit the game.. give me something just a tiny bit info to get the hope back to come back to gw2..

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1qaz8/
Okay, I am a WvWer. I will automatically get ignored but I still have the right to ask. Since with the episode 5 came the release of legendary armor. Now my question to you dear arena net is that will WvW be finally getting a legendary backpiece? or do we have to wait till next expansiom for that as well? Btw nice leaks.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1qzpn/
So got couple of question, and i know it’s not rly about the patch but i will try anyways xD.

1, This is for the WvW team. So it is fair to say that Obsidian Sanctum isn’t as active as it used to be. But what are you guys thoughts on adding it to the system that edge of the mists uses (all greens work and all reds work together) you could even remove the reward for killing players and instead make the chest at the end much more rewarding so people have a reason to do it. I just wanne troll people again ;_;

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1r3zu/
Is there any word on a possible Legendary WvW flowing cape? </3

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1r504/
The new mastery is the absolute best mastery ever. We named it spiderman mastery
Anyway wanted to ask about the legendary back pack for WvW. I saw the answers already about WvW but it is a lot of humming around the legendary back pack and i was wondering if it is upcoming or still just a thought?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1r999/
What is the size of WvW team?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1rwii/
Has guild based fighting, 10-20 man battles, smaller WvW maps that work like guild missions for 1hour between guilds etc, anything to put the guild war back in guild wars? Even old school gw1 GvG would be fantastic

Cont. 600s flood posting delay.. 10mins seems a bit extreme…

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1s0b4/
When are we going to get the triumphant hero wvw armor?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1tfqn/
Will new Stats combinations released on PvE/WvW soon?
I want the PvP Mender stats on WvW T.T

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1tyoa/
Mostly PvP/WvW focused: Are there any plans to change the way balance passes are handled in the future? Many players seem to be disappointed with the scope of the current balance passes, considering how far apart they are. It feels like a huge amount of skills don’t go through multiple iterations in more than 1-2 years, despite not being in a good spot in 2 if not 3 of the game modes, and the few that do often see such small changes that they would still be considered bad skills 3+ years later at that pace.

On that note, are there any plans to expand the skills team, or separate it into a full-time balance team and a full-time new skills/tech team?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1u8gz/
What exactly happened with skirmish rewards for WvW? Its been almost a year now since we had those polls that didn’t do to well. What is the stopping force from getting those out? We keep hearing they are being worked on and worked on. Is there really just not but one or two people working on them because of living story and the expansion? It feels bad when, as a WvW player, I see people with legendary armor today and I’m still waiting on a cool backpiece to show off for my time spent. It really bums me and a lot of players out. I wish you guys could do something for us…

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh25pvf/
Can we expect to see current weapon skills be usable in the air while gliding and then having that somehow incorporated in wvw or spvp? Dying to use unload in the air or even slashing attacks…nostalgia from aion kicks jn.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1t1wl/
Will you guys have more communication in the future for PvP and WvW? I’ve seen a well written post on reddit saying that you can’t pander to all communities within WvW, but he specifically said that communication is the key. I am sure that even mentioning that changes like ascended armor are coming to WvW will keep players interested and playing, despite the very likely negative reaction from the game mode not being what some people think it should be. People get their frustration out with whining :P Same goes for PvP.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1pgv3/
Can we gliding in WvW? Cause SM bombing runs would be amazing. xD

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1vz27/
Regarding asset allocation for WvW – This is basically me complaining about the state of WvW. You may not have said much but over time a lot of your situation has come to mind. To me it seems very clear that almost all of your resources are on the living world and expansion leaving nearly none to spared for current pvp modes!

You know this better than I do but I can only want more and more and more. Can a team be allocated to wvw/pvp just like raids was? Can there be smaller server only maps set on rotation just like world bosses? Can there be smaller like courtyard with stock match instead of point match? Can there be capture the flag or juggernaut? All of those questions I can only hope for an answer. Would having a team be allocated to wvw/pvp just like raids were strive towards something such as this be something you’d consider after the expansion comes out?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1qtzb/
Uhino’s post, my bad.

i did also post question:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/68vw84/flashpoint_devs_here_ask_us_anything/dh1qtzb/
got no respons either.

Quote: We like Skirmishes and are looking to support this with rewards in the future. In general, for WvW, our priorities are rewards and ascended equipment.
The WvW team releases their content when it is ready. We have a variety of things in work, some further along, some still early in development. The team wants nothing more than to deliver great content for WvW but making changes for the game mode is rarely trivial. The team wants to make sure that large system and content changes are given proper due diligence and are in a position to have the best possible impact for WvW players./endquote.

What wvw team? There isn’t one.

Looks like we might get a few tweaks to rewards and some crazily expensive way to get ascended equipment eventually.

If they want to ensure changes have the best possible impact for players then they need players to be testing them and giving feedback…

So all we really know is that they might throw us a crumb of reward changes and maybe eventually some way of obtaining ascended equipment sometime in 2017.

So rewards and acs-gear is going to keep players in wvw?

Rambitshouse.8712:

So rewards and acs-gear is going to keep players in wvw?

Well it will keep wvw skirts ktrains active, its funny they are changed in the reward system while the game has many other serious issues.

Anet its so inovative…. not really, 0/10 atm.

They might “fix” the game temporally but that is a matter of time until they do big poop again, gw2 has been 1 steps forward, 3 steps back all this 4 years.

Aeolus.3615:

Rambitshouse.8712:

So rewards and acs-gear is going to keep players in wvw?

Well it will keep wvw skirts ktrains active, its funny they are changed in the reward system while the game has many other serious issues.

Anet its so inovative…. not really, 0/10 atm.

Not very sustainable at all…..