Guild Wars 2

stealth change in the patch, doesn’t show account names any more when you report

that wasn’t a stealth change…it is listed in the patch notes…

your sad face makes me wonder why your sad about this… did you like griefing people?

jk btw…

Hate this change. It is now a completely anonymous experience and does nothing for building a community of players who like to PvP. What would ANet have us do? Post screenshots on the forums asking people who a certain player is in the hopes of talking with them?

Why did online gaming have to become an anonymous experience?

Love the change, got tired of noobs crying/taunting.

….but I fully agree about disliking the fact it’s an anonymous experience. Player names should be over their heads or otherwise easily identified.

However, under no circumstance should anyone from the other team be able to message me when either one of us is in WvW. Make it so ANet…

…but they won’t because there is no WvW team.

Hackuuna.4085:

Why did online gaming have to become an anonymous experience?

Because the anonymity of the internet made a huge number of people realize they are kitten at heart and just never had the courage to act out on it.

Which made many other people decide that having to put up with said kitten wasn’t worth the hassle.

:)

Search your feelings, you know it to be true.

So long as being able to invite an enemy player into a party is allowed I’ll manage without the report thing. That way it requires the consent of both parties for cross server WvW contact.

Vv W.7821:

it requires the consent of both parties for cross server WvW contact.

Now that’s a good moral upstanding mentlegen!

:)

So if I see a 5 man roam that had a fantastic battle with my roam, how do I contact them?

For the people who keep talking about the anonymity of WvW, why don’t you actually ask them for their names in chat? Like, you know, talk to them instead of using some roundabout method to obtain it?

how do you talk to someone across servers, when they can’t see ANY of your chats dialogues?

I often arranged 1v1 duels with people though whispers, as well as telling someone if I was particularly impressed. these uses were far more often the case than when others would /w me with some cryfest. I’ll miss having it as an option.

People get their feelings hurt in PvP by someone knowing their name?

What the hell is going on today man, unreal.

This is a retrograde step for regular WvWers

Vv W.7821:

So long as being able to invite an enemy player into a party is allowed I’ll manage without the report thing. That way it requires the consent of both parties for cross server WvW contact.

You can only invite if you know the account name. Which using the report feature no longer gives.

Azure Prower.8701:

Vv W.7821:

So long as being able to invite an enemy player into a party is allowed I’ll manage without the report thing. That way it requires the consent of both parties for cross server WvW contact.

You can only invite if you know the account name. Which using the report feature no longer gives.

No, I’ve been able to highlight their name and then type /invite or /join for a while. I’ll have to check to see if this still works when I get home.

You should be able to see an enemy’s name after they’ve killed you 10 times.

They just used the easy way to solve problems : no chat , no problems.
Much like blizzard did with starcraft 2 and battle net, there was no chat→ outcry

So now , when someone beats you , you don’t know what skills he used , don’t know his name and can’t talk to him =/= fun

Let me see if i understood correctly:
- Invaders were easily identified by a shady way, by clicking report? No wonder it was corrected -> Not intended!

Quick list of benefits and harms about players being identified in WvW:

Benefits:
- Respect – Players will know the best!
- Combined matches 1-1 – Can be done!

Harms:
- Griefing from the ones killing ;
- Raging from the ones dying ;

So in my point of view neither of those Benefits and Harms is good for the WvW scenario. WvW need people to work for the Server by capping points, securing points and having a good strategic asset! WvW is no place to e~pens nor to arranged duels!

LHound.8964:

WvW is no place to e~pens nor to arranged duels!

Then where the hell do I go to arrange duels?

zastari.1730:

LHound.8964:

WvW is no place to e~pens nor to arranged duels!

Then where the hell do I go to arrange duels?

I Believe that ANet said they were adding this feature on one of their upcoming PvP patches/Major Updates!

I didn’t use it to taunt people.

I know people on other servers, and when I see their guildname I wanna check if it was them or not (or who else it was)

Or to just talk to people on the other side. Sometimes I had great convos

LHound.8964:

zastari.1730:

LHound.8964:

WvW is no place to e~pens nor to arranged duels!

Then where the hell do I go to arrange duels?

I Believe that ANet said they were adding this feature on one of their upcoming PvP patches/Major Updates!

Oh, so your actual answer is “Nowhere, currently.” Instead of trying to get legit 1v1s in WvW I should just go to sPvP with guildies and duel while ignoring the rest of the players in the map… That makes sense (not).

Can someone confirm whether or not you can /invite and /join enemy players? If so, I’m fine with this change. If not, this change is stupid and it’s time to hurry up and implement duels instead of making more carebear crap.

Hackuuna.4085:

Hate this change. It is now a completely anonymous experience and does nothing for building a community of players who like to PvP. What would ANet have us do? Post screenshots on the forums asking people who a certain player is in the hopes of talking with them?

Why did online gaming have to become an anonymous experience?

You can speak to everyone on your server ! and see their names !
if you really wanna speak to the enemy so badly maybe you should join their server mate !

Warfare is warfare, the enemy is there to do battle not to chat or grief !
if most of your friends are on that server and you badly nee to talk to them either join that server or use 3rd party programs to communicate !

Latinkuro.9420:

Warfare is warfare, the enemy is there to do battle not to chat or grief !
if most of your friends are on that server and you badly nee to talk to them either join that server or use 3rd party programs to communicate !

sure, that’s one way to look at it, if it’s red it’s dead, blah blah blah. but seriously, I have had a blast, learned some great tips, had some really fun duels, and made “peace” at least for a short while on some jump puzzles due to being able to communicate. I’d happily keep that option open and put up with the occasional QQ or griefy nonsense (because you can still block anyone).

zastari.1730:

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Oh, so your actual answer is “Nowhere, currently.” Instead of trying to get legit 1v1s in WvW I should just go to sPvP with guildies and duel while ignoring the rest of the players in the map… That makes sense (not).
…

Instead, is better to go to the WvW doing something else other than what the rest of players that are working hard on the map needs, and keeping a working player on the queue, because of a selfishness act, consequence of a function of the game not being yet implemented?

Yeah… u must have a point there … that i fail to see!

Gonna miss this feature, had some great conversations with peeps from other servers.

zastari.1730:

LHound.8964:

zastari.1730:

LHound.8964:

WvW is no place to e~pens nor to arranged duels!

Then where the hell do I go to arrange duels?

I Believe that ANet said they were adding this feature on one of their upcoming PvP patches/Major Updates!

Oh, so your actual answer is “Nowhere, currently.” Instead of trying to get legit 1v1s in WvW I should just go to sPvP with guildies and duel while ignoring the rest of the players in the map… That makes sense (not).

Can someone confirm whether or not you can /invite and /join enemy players? If so, I’m fine with this change. If not, this change is stupid and it’s time to hurry up and implement duels instead of making more carebear crap.

Yes you can still /join and /invite. I also encountered something which let me see the opposing server player without them accepting the invite. Going to see if I can reproduce it later today. It’s still not ideal though because if their party or your party is full then you can’t do it.

Even though it wasn’t intended. I liked the ability to communicate with the opposing servers.

Aside from emotes and the obvious. How would you even know if you’re fighting real players if they were replaced by bots?

Knowing your enemies and having rivalry is fun. Also simply chatting to them is fun. Just because they’re on a different server fighting you. Doesn’t mean they should be alienated from you.

I enjoyed it while it lasted… I had a couple of 1v1 duels, often complimented people that were actually good and had a couple of great convo’s too.

But yea, it wasn’t intended. Can’t wait for 2 things now:
-guesting
-duelling in pve

And this doesn’t change emote taunts……because those still work fine.

Game is better without it.

LHound.8964:

zastari.1730:

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Oh, so your actual answer is “Nowhere, currently.” Instead of trying to get legit 1v1s in WvW I should just go to sPvP with guildies and duel while ignoring the rest of the players in the map… That makes sense (not).
…

Instead, is better to go to the WvW doing something else other than what the rest of players that are working hard on the map needs, and keeping a working player on the queue, because of a selfishness act, consequence of a function of the game not being yet implemented?

Yeah… u must have a point there … that i fail to see!

Ahh right, I’m occupying a queue slot in Maguuma’s nonexistent queue. I guess I should also make sure that I’m working For The Greater Good when my server has been rolling +400 ppt the whole time in another snorefest blowout instead of having some fun with the outmanned servers. Better go PvDoor some more to work on those “Map Needs!!!”

zastari.1730:

LHound.8964:

zastari.1730:

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Oh, so your actual answer is “Nowhere, currently.” Instead of trying to get legit 1v1s in WvW I should just go to sPvP with guildies and duel while ignoring the rest of the players in the map… That makes sense (not).
…

Instead, is better to go to the WvW doing something else other than what the rest of players that are working hard on the map needs, and keeping a working player on the queue, because of a selfishness act, consequence of a function of the game not being yet implemented?

Yeah… u must have a point there … that i fail to see!

Ahh right, I’m occupying a queue slot in Maguuma’s nonexistent queue. I guess I should also make sure that I’m working For The Greater Good when my server has been rolling +400 ppt the whole time in another snorefest blowout instead of having some fun with the outmanned servers. Better go PvDoor some more to work on those “Map Needs!!!”

I lol’d… no point arguing…