Guild Wars 2

Anet is looking for ways to discourage zergs? But if i take 5 guys into 50 in the best scenario i can only hit 25 while the other 25 own us. Why does this AoE cap exist? It obviously is beneficial to larger groups much like culling. So, does it exist only for Anets benefit for less server stress?

To me this AoE cap is the most detrimental thing to skilled small teams which in other games could roll larger numbers. I would like to see it increased at least in WvW.

Please comment and discuss

you have balls taking 5 men into a group of 50…

Not only do you have balls, but your math is wrong.

All 50 can hit your 5 at once as there is no limit to how many can hit you and 5 is within each of theirs AoE limit.

So the AoE limitation is irrelevant in this case, its the unlimited hitters that unbalance the encounter. Hitting 25 or 50 of them, you still die.

They should let us upgrade the aoe limit through WXP ranks. Make it super expensive though and cap it.

Cap needs to be removed. No reason to have this at all.

Removing AoE cap would not hurt zergs. It would hurt uncoordinated and undisciplined groups.

If AoE cap was removed you would see a massive influx of AoE based classes like eles. Well cordinated snares/stuns and massive AoE would make the more coordinated groups too dominate. Even with a 5 AoE cap limit a well coordinated group already has a huge advantage.

Removing AOE cap wouldnt prevent or hurt zergs, but it would remove some of the privileges the larger zerg has against the smaller zerg.

And it would remove those stupid zergballs because people would have to spread out. This is common practice in any other RVR based MMO for decades now.

As much as I’d love to see AN take a step back and make small groups able to deal with the Zerg, they won’t. As posted in dozens of other threads over the course of the last 72 hours, AN has built up a system that rewards larger numbers.

Right now the Zerg is the fastest way to make money, Xp, and world xp. They go from objective to objective taking them, and once a zone is cleared they move to another and rinse and repeat(Yay its Warhammer Renown farming all over again). The emphasis needs to be on fighting players not capping unmanned objectives.

Butch, I’ve thought bout having World XP unlock more AOE, but I tend to think that the Zergs would be the first people with it.

Hi everyone,

Please join this thread https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Please-Explain-the-Logic-of-the-AoE-Limit/page/5#post1772845 where we are discussing this same issue. As always we would like to ask you to be friendly and constructive.

Thanks for your understanding.
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