Guild Wars 2

From the reddit ama for todays patch, which you can read up at dulfy.
http://dulfy.net/2016/07/26/gw2-out-of-the-shadows-developer-ama-on-reddit/

WvW

• The WvW team has a different release schedule than the other teams and we will continue to release outside of the quarterly releases.
• Repair hammers will be coming in the beginning of August.
  2 Alpine, 1 Desert and Scoring are tentatively coming the end of August.
  Cannons will be coming sometime after that.
  (we don’t want Cannons and Scoring going out at the same time).
• No plans to refund WvW Infusions for laurels since they are still functional.
• As for lag, it is always something we are trying to improve. There are some changes coming in early August specific to WvW that should help with lag, but we are constantly working on improving lag for WvW.

Also to note

• A glicko boost may be added for t4 servers this week July 29th.
• The new links will probably happen Aug 19th or 26th.

Xenesis.6389:

• No plans to refund WvW Infusions for laurels since they are still functional.

See this is what anet really think of WvW players.

Xenesis.6389:

From the reddit ama for todays patch, which you can read up at dulfy.
http://dulfy.net/2016/07/26/gw2-out-of-the-shadows-developer-ama-on-reddit/

WvW

• The WvW team has a different release schedule than the other teams and we will continue to release outside of the quarterly releases.
• Repair hammers will be coming in the beginning of August.
  2 Alpine, 1 Desert and Scoring are tentatively coming the end of August.
  Cannons will be coming sometime after that.
  (we don’t want Cannons and Scoring going out at the same time).
• No plans to refund WvW Infusions for laurels since they are still functional.
• As for lag, it is always something we are trying to improve. There are some changes coming in early August specific to WvW that should help with lag, but we are constantly working on improving lag for WvW.

Wow!
They forgot to talk about the WvW overhaul.

Here’s some ideas to reduce lag:

1. Nerf or remove boonshare’s sustainability. Make it require an elite skill on 60-90s cooldown or something in order to work. Fewer boons mean fewer factors required to calculate damage. Fewer factors required to calculate damage = less lag.

2. Make boon and condi durations use the same stat instead of 2 separate stats. Fewer factors required to calculate damage = less lag.

3. Players should share a health bar with all siege like they do with golems. Fewer factors required to calculate damage = less lag.

4. Remove the quickness boon and replace it with traits that increase attack speed based on the weapons equipped and/or traits. Fewer skills being cast over a certain period of time = less lag.

As for lag, it is always something we are trying to improve. There are some changes coming in early August specific to WvW that should help with lag, but we are constantly working on improving lag for WvW.

Means more lag?

I’m sure they meant reduce lag, improve performance.
It’s funny though does seem like they’ve been improving lag. XD

Ahh its been written by their chinese staff and translated with google.

There are some changes coming in early August . yes windows 10 anniversary update is coming august 2. it brings something new to the web. tcp fast open, tls false start and tls 1.3, this is suppose to make web connection faster. saving around 50 millisecond by server connection. passing from 3 round trip to make a connection to 1 round trip or 0 round trip. maybe they having something like this in mind. to solve the lag or maybe it is just hazard, that they said: There are some changes coming in early August.

maybe do some bug fixing of the game could help also. like dolyack that are graphically there but not physically there when you try to hit them, or dolyack that teleport.

also why when you get knocked back you get stuck in the floor? can that bug be fixed all ready a couple month doing that. when this happen you try to move does not work, you try to jump does not work. you try evade sometime work some other time not, you try skill that makes you move with the attack you get unstuck.

This is the best news: “Scoring are tentatively coming the end of August”. Hopefully that means skirmishes. That would be a pleasant surprise. I was fearing we’d have to wait until Oct. – Nov. for the scoring changes.

Imo the skirmishes will make the most positive difference in WvW since perhaps the culling fix. It will give a whole new purpose. New goals. New ways of playing. A new sense of satisfaction for playing.

Xenesis.6389:

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Also to note

• A glicko boost may be added for t4 servers this week July 29th.
• The new links will probably happen Aug 19th or 26th.

Well if they don’t lock the remaining T1 servers (still open BTW) until Aug 19th or 26th, we may as well all just join DB or IOJ at this point, as it appears everyone else has!

GG ANet.

P.S. Yes I’m salty, but a linked OPEN T1 server is NOT seeking balance in any way, it is simply a money grab IMO to pay for the dev time!

Tommyknocker.6089:

Xenesis.6389:

…snip
Also to note

• A glicko boost may be added for t4 servers this week July 29th.
• The new links will probably happen Aug 19th or 26th.

Well if they don’t lock the remaining T1 servers (still open BTW) until Aug 19th or 26th, we may as well all just join DB or IOJ at this point, as it appears everyone else has!

GG ANet.

P.S. Yes I’m salty, but a linked OPEN T1 server is NOT seeking balance in any way, it is simply a money grab IMO to pay for the dev time!

It’s really weird how DB is still open, AND still linked. Yes, I get it. Linkings are every two months, but it just seems like the linkings from moving up to or down from T2 should be tweaked as needed, as well as transfer options.

Something needs to be different.

I’m surprised DB is open still, but I think it’s because players have been moving to IoJ rather than DB, much cheaper transfer cost, 500 than 1800.

Xenesis.6389:

I’m surprised DB is open still, but I think it’s because players have been moving to IoJ rather than DB, much cheaper transfer cost, 500 than 1800.

Next watch they be dumpstered at T4 with other dead server like the bandwagoners from ET and Kain were.

Jeknar.6184:

Xenesis.6389:

I’m surprised DB is open still, but I think it’s because players have been moving to IoJ rather than DB, much cheaper transfer cost, 500 than 1800.

Next watch they be dumpstered at T4 with other dead server like the bandwagoners from ET and Kain were.

They will just move again, but not to t1. “If” db is still open they wont be linked anymore, why pay 1800 gems AFTER already paying 500 (I know many player/guilds were bought) – that seems silly paying 2300 versus 1800 gems.

So JQ/Mag will buy them for their server or linked server, to push T1. And the cycles continues until we all realize that the server structure has passed the expiration date of their meaning.

morrolan.9608:

Xenesis.6389:

• No plans to refund WvW Infusions for laurels since they are still functional.

See this is what anet really think of WvW players.

WvWers can end up with an extra slot for WvW infusions.

• The amulet slot is lost (now for only Enrichments).
• You can get two more ring slots (by attuning), which requires fractal mastery, but no no fractal currency: one Agonized Essence (24s), 1 philosopher stone (1/6 spirit shard), & a single +1 agony infusion (avail on the TP).

In other words, you can slot more WvW infusions now, not less. (Some start up costs.)

You can have a total of 18 infusion slots (not counting amulet). 15 if you never want to farm fractal relics.

Also, no more difference between offensive and defensive, means you can now slot power in your armor instead of toughness or vit.