Guild Wars 2

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Dear Anet,

Please allow us to reset our WvWvW ability points on the fly.
If we are able to specc for different builds, why force us to spent ability points without the freedom to change these on the fly?

e.g: If i feel like playing a tower defense game, i don’t need to be specced for Ram Mastery, i would like to be able to reset my points and respec into Cannon Mastery.

e.g: If i want to roam with friends & cap supply camps, I do not need to be specced for Build Master, i would like to be able to respec to Guard Killer.

Furthermore, if you are new to WvWvW, i can imagine players speccing in random Mastery traits without knowing you cannot undo the points you spend.

Would be great to see this implemented.

Ty

Alex.6483:

oooops wait… we cannot.

Dear Anet,

Please allow us to reset our WvWvW ability points on the fly.
If we are able to specc for different builds, why force us to spent ability points without the freedom to change these on the fly?

e.g: If i feel like playing a tower defense game, i don’t need to be specced for Ram Mastery, i would like to be able to reset my points and respec into Cannon Mastery.

e.g: If i want to roam with friends & cap supply camps, I do not need to be specced for Build Master, i would like to be able to respec to Guard Killer.

Furthermore, if you are new to WvWvW, i can imagine players speccing in random Mastery traits without knowing you cannot undo the points you spend.

Would be great to see this implemented.

Ty

On the fly, no, but for a cost, maybe even a significant cost, yes. It should also have to be done in a city, not within WVW.

Why would that have to be done in a city? Why not simply use a trainer in EB or Borderlands? small fee would be fine, same as changing your build.

I would say no. Definitely not so easily.

It would become a constant reworking of the points depending on what you wanted to do at the moment

I’d be fine with resetting them in the same way as Traits – in LA, maybe with a limit of once-per-day.

Alex.6483:

Why would that have to be done in a city? Why not simply use a trainer in EB or Borderlands? small fee would be fine, same as changing your build.

For the same reason the person below this post said. Allowing people to do it in WVW means there is no reason to have more than say 100 rank in WVW or so. If people can constasntly, easily, reset their points within the battlegrounds, it negates the usefulness of having a high WVW rank.

@TexRob:

Actually no. It increases strategy. Imagine having a guild run. You can ensure that you have your treb person, your flame ram person, etc etc. People can spec the way they are needed for that day. It’s the same with your regular build. Good players adjust them.

Increasing strategy is always a good thing.

style.6173:

@TexRob:

Actually no. It increases strategy. Imagine having a guild run. You can ensure that you have your treb person, your flame ram person, etc etc. People can spec the way they are needed for that day. It’s the same with your regular build. Good players adjust them.

Increasing strategy is always a good thing.

No, it would mean you would never need a treb person, a flame ram person, etc.

1. Put on 1 guard stack buff, kill 5 guards
2. Swap to 2nd guard stack buff, kill 5 guards
3. Swap to supply carrying, grab supply
4. Swap to siege bunker/siege might/build master/supply master keep the rest of your points unspent

When you eventually are going to siege something you then have people instantly put in points to whatever siege type you’re going to do.

I think we should be able to respec them at the end of each season.

Have it cost 5 skill points and be done in LA

Player Character.9467:

style.6173:

@TexRob:

Actually no. It increases strategy. Imagine having a guild run. You can ensure that you have your treb person, your flame ram person, etc etc. People can spec the way they are needed for that day. It’s the same with your regular build. Good players adjust them.

Increasing strategy is always a good thing.

No, it would mean you would never need a treb person, a flame ram person, etc.

1. Put on 1 guard stack buff, kill 5 guards
2. Swap to 2nd guard stack buff, kill 5 guards
3. Swap to supply carrying, grab supply
4. Swap to siege bunker/siege might/build master/supply master keep the rest of your points unspent

When you eventually are going to siege something you then have people instantly put in points to whatever siege type you’re going to do.

Good Luck implementing that for a guild raid lol. Also everytime you die you’d have to do all that over again…

I’m ok with them not being resettable. Letting them reset takes something away, like if someone hits the shield with the cata, you know they are the best person to be using it. We were cata’ing Durios and the person hit the shield and the commander said “Nice!!!” in mumble. Probably made them feel great. Lets people be unique. Eventually we will have everything anyway so why does it need changing? Personally I took what I felt to be mandatory, then worked on getting Applied Fortitude, now I’m working on Guard Killer (27 points to go!). Lets me look forward to something.

But that’s just my take on it, I’m sure many people disagree.

Alex.6483:

oooops wait… we cannot.

Dear Anet,

Please allow us to reset our WvWvW ability points on the fly.
If we are able to specc for different builds, why force us to spent ability points without the freedom to change these on the fly?

e.g: If i feel like playing a tower defense game, i don’t need to be specced for Ram Mastery, i would like to be able to reset my points and respec into Cannon Mastery.

e.g: If i want to roam with friends & cap supply camps, I do not need to be specced for Build Master, i would like to be able to respec to Guard Killer.

Furthermore, if you are new to WvWvW, i can imagine players speccing in random Mastery traits without knowing you cannot undo the points you spend.

Would be great to see this implemented.

Ty

TLDR:

Dear Anet: Please make this game even more casual than it already is.

Omne.4603:

Alex.6483:

oooops wait… we cannot.

Dear Anet,

Please allow us to reset our WvWvW ability points on the fly.
If we are able to specc for different builds, why force us to spent ability points without the freedom to change these on the fly?

e.g: If i feel like playing a tower defense game, i don’t need to be specced for Ram Mastery, i would like to be able to reset my points and respec into Cannon Mastery.

e.g: If i want to roam with friends & cap supply camps, I do not need to be specced for Build Master, i would like to be able to respec to Guard Killer.

Furthermore, if you are new to WvWvW, i can imagine players speccing in random Mastery traits without knowing you cannot undo the points you spend.

Would be great to see this implemented.

Ty

TLDR:

Dear Anet: Please make this game even more casual than it already is.

You are missing the point.

It would not make WvWvW more casual, it’s about increased flexibility, increased strategy options for those that see it as such and the freedom to play how you want to play without being forced into a role and / or action for the remainder of the league.

Many players use different builds, traits, different armour and weapon sets and can change these which is a good thing. It contributes to various playstyles. Regardless of wether you do so for peronal benefit, guild benefit, experimenting etc. etc.

It would be logical to apply those principles to WvWvW ability points as well.

Agree with previous posters though in contrary to my opening post, no need to be able to change those points on the fly, just add the option to change accumulated points at an NPC either on each map or LA for a specific fee for all i care.

Omne.4603:

Alex.6483:

oooops wait… we cannot.

Dear Anet,

Please allow us to reset our WvWvW ability points on the fly.
If we are able to specc for different builds, why force us to spent ability points without the freedom to change these on the fly?

e.g: If i feel like playing a tower defense game, i don’t need to be specced for Ram Mastery, i would like to be able to reset my points and respec into Cannon Mastery.

e.g: If i want to roam with friends & cap supply camps, I do not need to be specced for Build Master, i would like to be able to respec to Guard Killer.

Furthermore, if you are new to WvWvW, i can imagine players speccing in random Mastery traits without knowing you cannot undo the points you spend.

Would be great to see this implemented.

Ty

TLDR:

Dear Anet: Please make this game even more casual than it already is.

I don’t mind it not being casual…I do mind it when playing my alts though…kitten should be account bound…that is all.

Wasn’t something said about it being reset every season anyway?

Personally I like mine spread out into the siege all over the place but for a good while I was running max siege might and 4 points into balli, drop a sup ballista, press 1, watch people get downed…

Now that 4 skill 0.o

And they nerfed arrow carts lol

Should be account bound, and resettable once a week- ie at reset for the match up for the week, u get to assign your points for that week.

Every new player that I talk to in wvw always puts points in the ‘wrong’ categories, meaning they waste 20-30 ranks before they realise and then are annoyed at the stupidity of a system that doesn’t allow any reset at all.

Resetting devalues high rank. I stand by that it should have a high cost, and only be able to be done in a city. It’s not needed to win, it’s a perk for people who put in the time, it shouldn’t be something that anyone can spec into the best stuff on a whim. Making it easy to respec would hurt WVW by removing the reason to be high rank, and keep WVWing.

Gamadorn.2659:

Omne.4603:

Alex.6483:

oooops wait… we cannot.

Dear Anet,

Please allow us to reset our WvWvW ability points on the fly.
If we are able to specc for different builds, why force us to spent ability points without the freedom to change these on the fly?

e.g: If i feel like playing a tower defense game, i don’t need to be specced for Ram Mastery, i would like to be able to reset my points and respec into Cannon Mastery.

e.g: If i want to roam with friends & cap supply camps, I do not need to be specced for Build Master, i would like to be able to respec to Guard Killer.

Furthermore, if you are new to WvWvW, i can imagine players speccing in random Mastery traits without knowing you cannot undo the points you spend.

Would be great to see this implemented.

Ty

TLDR:

Dear Anet: Please make this game even more casual than it already is.

I don’t mind it not being casual…I do mind it when playing my alts though…kitten should be account bound…that is all.

This I definitely agree with, should be account bound. Doesn’t make sense how it is.

TexRob.5183:

Resetting devalues high rank. I stand by that it should have a high cost, and only be able to be done in a city. It’s not needed to win, it’s a perk for people who put in the time, it shouldn’t be something that anyone can spec into the best stuff on a whim. Making it easy to respec would hurt WVW by removing the reason to be high rank, and keep WVWing.

It is not a perk, we have a new achievement system for that but that’s a different story.
Also, the Mastery traits are quite useful to say the least and give you an advantage over players that don’t.

And last of all, resetting the ability points would not devalue higher ranked players:

Player A has accumulated 30 ability points and Player A can re-spend 30 ability points
Player B has accumulated 95 ability points and Player B can re-spend 95 ability points

Quoting Victory here cause he has a good point : “Should be account bound, and resettable once a week- ie at reset for the match up for the week, u get to assign your points for that week.”

There you go, now let’s make it happen ^^

Could always make it a scaling price as well, for example, first time 5 silver, second time 10, third 20, forth 40 and so on and so forth. The price can be whatever so no need to post how it should cost more or less as the costs I used are example only.