Guild Wars 2

You should be able to cast spells over the ledge without having to stand on the ledge. The distance from the walls should exceed the distance that ground troops can shoot as well, granted this is a game, but anyone knows that you can get more distance on shots from higher ground and no one stands on the ledge to shoot a bow except in this game.

Where are my scaling ladders and siege towers to climb over your walls. Why can’t my trained Raven fly up there and peck you?

Durian.5419:

Where are my scaling ladders and siege towers to climb over your walls. Why can’t my trained Raven fly up there and peck you?

While I have seen countless ranger pets climb walls.. I have never actually seen the raven do it. Ironic!

Either way, I am not a huge fan of the “ledge mechanics” either. It also seems that, as a mainly Asuran player, this is exacerbated on the short ones. It could be considered a line of sight issue, but I find it strange that something like using a bow/arrow requires one to actually stand on the ledge.

Its a cause line of sight…you either apply for everyone or remove it completely. Or tweak it, may be only aoes wont require something like line of sight because you arent actually-literally aiming (in theory) to a player, instand an area.

I get line of sight issues, but I don’t think Anet ever intended for people to be doing that. One well placed arrow cart can push back 10, two can push back 20, etc. And defensively placed catapults can keep away rams. It’d be interesting if they added more depth to the take and defend mechanics—maybe new types of siege, ladders, etc.—but otherwise you having to stand at the ledge evens the score. It’s this way in pve too. If an enemy cannot hit you, you can’t hit them… they go invulnerable.

It would really help if they lower the ledges on the walls. They should just barely prevent pulling, while allowing the defenders to hit foes below.

I don’t like how I would be shooting downward and the player I’m targeting, down from me, is out of range.

Straegen.2938:

Nicolatte.5360:

I get line of sight issues, but I don’t think Anet ever intended for people to be doing that. One well placed arrow cart can push back 10, two can push back 20, etc. And defensively placed catapults can keep away rams.

Trebs negate this style of fighting in most of EB. The strong server just trebs the wall down and rushes in.

I am aware of this, they do that strategy on all tiers, especially towers near SM, it isn’t some elite strategy known only to the first few tiers. But in that situation the style of fighting the OP mentioned makes even less sense. With a wall being knocked down, line of sight issues that cause a player to stand on the ledge become a moot point so I’m not sure why you brought it up. I’m just saying that I feel Anet meant for people to use siege A LOT more than they do to defend.