Guild Wars 2

Thank you for the update.

WvW only abilities based on rank?

slippery slope?

Exciting stuff, wish it could be earlier, but better late than never. Any early info on the progression system and DubVDub abilities though?

So, until March we all can stop playing.
Thank you for info.

Nerfing no cast time skills?

“quaggan sad, foo”

Sad to see that the WvW update won’t hit this month, but I’m all for polishing it up, and getting it released when it’s ready.

So you guys are finishing the PvE February update, and putting all wvw updates off until March? Or will there still be some February WvW updates that aren’t major?

Like reverting culling back to not the wintersday version.

So the march update will inform us that major updates are scheduled for June?

March? Sigh, okay.

Any word on the rejibbling of the WvW ranking math, btw?

What about the queues ? They are the most pressing WvW issue at the moment.

As i sort of expected, the WvW update will largely be a polish update, granted, it’s not like polish isn’t a good thing, and could really help WvW, but it would be great to have a bit of added content. PvE has gotten several major content additions, including one permanent one, so i was really hoping for something a bit more… substantial for this update.

New maps, if not replacements, then maps to put in a rotation, would be ideal, but just adding a new siege weapon or two to shake up the meta would be more than welcome. hopefully with an expanded WvW focused team, the game mode will start getting a bit more attention.

Either way, as dissapointed as i sound, thank you for the communication, communication is always welcome, even if it’s not something that we fans want to hear. Rock on Anet.

Thanks for the update. I’m not a big fan of “big updates” and i would rather see things implemented as they are ready in small patches ( sure, save that rewards for progression thingy for publicity purpose, but them “polishes” i would rather see them implemented ASAP.

The problem isn’t that the update has been pushed back to March, just that there isn’t any useful updates to fix the core problems like lag, culling, and fps/cpu optimizations. Hopefully ESO gets it right…

What a disappointment…

A little bit of “polish” coming months late, isn’t going to save WvW from being as boring as all get-out.

So the February update that many said would make or break WvW for them isn’t coming.

I didn’t catch this part on first read:
“discussed as a potentially large month for WvW additions”

I thought there was a post where they said it would contain a very large update, their words.

And yet this “Feb” update will be just:

“March will see the release of the WuvWuv progression system, new ranks you can earn in WvW visible to all other players, and new DubVDub specific abilities/bonuses that you can earn as you rank up.”

Really, that’s it?

@ColinJohanson

Please, can you answer me the following question:

Are we going to see any update to WvW in February by any stretch or is going to be just as it is till march?

It was originally the December balance patch which became “were totally making major changes in January”, which led naturally to two major updates in Feb/march and now march/? And will in reality be delivered just before some competitors release like every other game ever

Dropping this here:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Jumping-Puzzles-as-Norn-and-Charr/first#post1385426

Josh Foreman.8250:

Chickenshoes.6250:

Omigosh, a JP dev is cool enough to converse with us plebs.

I’m about to squee in real life.

That’s probably the massive caffeine talking though.

JPs are my favorite way of getting loot. I love them keep it up. Also don’t be afraid to make them harder!

Make sure to tell terrain design that any new WvW map should have more JPs and maybe some interesting terrain in general…. Also tell class-balance that the engineer landmine shouldn’t expire

Wow, that’s a long list, Chickenshoes. Well, I know that Tirzah is doing the new WvW map stuff (She did Hidden Garden I think) so it is SURE to be amazing.

Why is WvW still considered the red headed step child of this game? Why are we always left out of everything and our update keeps getting pushed back. Games been out for 5 months and WvW has seen almost 0 love from the Devs. I hope ESO gets it right.

WvW is not the ‘red headed stepchild’

one does not hire more developers to work on wvw if wvw is just a ‘red headed stepchild’.

Development takes time, and development takes even longer in instances where balance has to be considered.

Josh Foreman.8250:

Well, I know that Tirzah is doing the new WvW map stuff

By “map stuff” do they mean finally fixing the exploitable rocks in Bay and Hills?

Business basically. Resources have to be allocated to where they think the biggest return/growth is. It ain’t in wvw

Draygo.9473:

WvW is not the ‘red headed stepchild’

one does not hire more developers to work on wvw if wvw is just a ‘red headed stepchild’.

Development takes time, and development takes even longer in instances where balance has to be considered.

Except they didn’t say “developers”, they said “staff”. So maybe they are just hiring more forum moderators ;-)

Looking forward to these up coming updates… thank you so much ANET although some of us are being impatient including me; this is great to hear TY once again

Let’s look on the bright side here. At least ANet is providing ESO a great template of how not to do things.

Draygo.9473:

Development takes time, and development takes even longer in instances where balance has to be considered.

So tell me … what part of culling and queues involves balance? And why devote devs to adding fluff instead of having them fix core problems?

So what’s coming this month? A solution to precursors that your still active player base is asking for?

Heh..Let me guess, these WvW changes are coming the same time the Ranger ones are coming grin

I don’t think Anet understands that WvW is the only reason this game isn’t laughed off right now…

Ok so what exactly will be in February update?
You only said that you are finishing it and that major changes are moved to March. But WHAT will be in February released?
Come on, if you are finishing it, You must know what is inside.

TL;DR

WvW updates supposedly for Feb have been pushed to March.

Sorry colin but once again this feels like another WvW carrot in-front of the already frustrated WvW players. Its great you could bring out new gear and Progression(which was stated in Beta that wouldnt happen) into PvE areas, and now we all have to wait another month for any further developments. while your at it lets bring out a new valentines event and push any WvW back further.

-_- i really hope i get into the ESO beta.

When march hits, it’s gonna be the same old two step “sorry folks, we’re pushing the update back to april, but you can have this paperweight in the meantime.”

“Exploring ways to help get more people playing WvW, as well as dealing with queue issues that come with those inherent issues of player population and demand.”

Definitly the most important think to fix and not to just explore in the fews months …

Thank you for setting expectations instead of springing a surprise on people – that is a lot less “I quit WvW” whining that we won’t have to listen to in February.

The real issue that needs to be fixed in Feb is the queue time. I don’t think it is due to the servers having high populations – because the medium/low pop servers are getting queues.

JQ has always been Full or High pop and we didn’t have queues during oceanic hours – now we have queues on all 4 maps yet still retain the Full/High pop we had previously.

I queued for hours to get into EB – where previously I have never even had a queue for EB or any borderlands.

It would be wise to tell us the details of the progression system and the unique skills so we can tell you whether there are any problems we can foresee with the system you have devised.

““Exploring ways to help get more people playing WvW”
Hi Pugs! We have implemented a WvW-Daily!

this won’t help any server of the t1 and t2. this even complicate the culling and queue issue.

Anet srsly…In my opinion the WvW community is the biggest. I hope you have given the WvW mode the right priority ….

7 months = 0 www update

Ty Anet, no problem ESO coming….

Please revert the proximity culling update until March.

I’m fed up with having 30-40 enemies instantly poping on my head.

My guild and I just stop playing the game until you fix that.

Please fix

1) Queues
2) Culling

… then think about all that other stuff.

couldn’t you just fix the hundreds of bugs? is it too boring to do or why do i still have glitched spots, invulnerable spots, not working npcs, not to be seen event circles.. and more, 5 months in, on only 2 maps? nothing in this update im looking forward to, on the contrary more grind for power coming to WvW too, on a regular basis you are destroying the best thing about this game, no power grind.. every update a bit more.

“Hopefully ESO gets it right…”

First off before I say anything else.

Thank you Colin, for giving us any kind of update, this is way to rare in my opinion.

They could just as well have stayed quiet untill release.

Atleast now I know, that I can stop playing untill March.

Will we be able to purchasing ascended gear with our badges?

Sacrx.6721:

If anything you should be looking at reducing 100 cap for siege weapons to make more room in zones.

They also may prohibit to use any pets, summons, minis, turrets etc. at the WvW – it will free a lot of space, I’m sure ^^
Also, they can remove all monsters from the WvW, also as all gathering nodes too.

If all of it will not help – the last chance must be defragmentation of the server drives ^^

Please no more vertical progression. That’s all I ask.

Carrot on a stick anyone

Colin,

Thank you very much for the update. I look forward to the coming changes and hope that we all see continual changes and updates in the future beyond what you have laid out here that will make WvW more interesting and enjoyable.

One thing that I wanted to ask you about, which was not detailed above or alluded to in regards to future content changes and updates, is the Commander Badge.

Can we expect to see an overhaul of this item any time soon or at least some tweaks to make it a bit more worth the 100 gold price tag?

I for one would like to see this badge become account wide rather then bound to a single character. While I greatly enjoy playing my Elementalist in WvW (the one character I have with the Commander Badge) I find myself NOT playing WvW with my Guardian for the sole reason that I do NOT have a badge on that character.

I love WvW but it is much harder to coordinate battlefield tactics with my guild and keep everyone together while playing on my Guardian simply because I have no badge on him. And before anyone tells me…a 2nd badge is simply not something I can afford…any time soon…or even possibly ever. The badge I have on my Elementalist was given to me by my guild for Commanding via player donations.

Some changes/additions to the badge I would like to see is some more map useable icons as well as a more semi-permanent drawing option.

Being able to see ALL members of the squad on the map as a colored dot, no matter their distance from me would also be something desirable.

In addition to those suggestions, I think all commanders could benefit from the ability to ‘lock’ and ‘unlock’ the squad itself, giving us the ability invite and remove players from the squad if necessary.

Anyways, thank you again for the update. It is much appreciated.

ColinJohanson.2394:

Hey all,

March will see the release of the WuvWuv progression system, new ranks you can earn in WvW visible to all other players, and new DubVDub specific abilities/bonuses that you can earn as you rank up. Our team working on WvW will discuss this system in more detail as that date approaches.

I can not place in to words how much of my time is going to be lost to this. All of my want.