Guild Wars 2

Edit: I am aware this video had some issues with framerate, so I have updated it! It turns out when you encode a 60fps video of 42 fps gameplay in a 29fps sequence, Youtube doesn’t really like it. It should be smoother, but lag moments are now more obvious! Sorry ’bout dat!

Hi all, I have something (hopefully) a little bit different for you all today!

Sometimes PvP isn’t about what you kill, but rather what you can do to not get killed yourself.

By way of introduction, my name is Vetch, better known in-game as Saffron, and originally I Am Bunker Guard. I have played in AspectGG, ESL 2v2 and ToL to date, and I main Guardian (now Dragonhunter), having pioneered the pre-Heart of Thorns DPS Guardian build and the use of Runes of Speed with both builds. For note I run heal trap (Purification) only, so no trap spam in this video!

The video I have for you are some focal points from PvP matches between Christmas and New Year (Season 5), with Skill Highlights edited in. Hopefully the video can be useful to both new PvPers and the more experienced. Key skills I use are on the left, and key enemy skills are on the right. For full coverage you may wish to pause the video at points, as the plays and counter-plays can sometimes be quite fast. You’ll get the hang of it quite quickly. (This came about from a guildie who wanted to improve his Dragonhunter gameplay, but found straightforward gameplay videos too fast to learn from – As a result I have tried to strike a balance between learning video and gameplay video, although I’m not sure I quite managed with this one!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlPY0gL1Nl4
I’m generally not a fan of highlight videos, due to the obvious tendency to pick-and-choose only the good moments of play, so I have tried to select clips where I don’t always play perfectly (failing jumps, accidentally cancelling skills etc.) but persevere in one way or another regardless. For me, good PvP play is learning how to make the best of a bad situation.

What this video is:

- Gameplay highlights
- Skill highlights
- An admission of imperfection

What this video isn’t:

- A ‘kill vid’
- Bragging
- A put down or insult to any opponents

Anyhow, apologies for the essay! I’m re-vamping my Youtube channel, so the first introductory post is always going to be the longest! Let me know if you like the video, and/or find the Skill Highlights useful, so that I know whether to make similar videos in the future. Your feedback on anything wrong with the video is also appreciated, so I can improve the next one! I’ve tried to add some humour to stop you all getting horribly bored. Stay tuned for more (hopefully quality) content in the future!

Peace.

- Vetch

P.S. Sorry for the Widescreen format this video – This will be fixed in subsequent videos!

Hi all, I have edited the original video to make it much smoother than before. There should now no longer be any framerate issues. Lag moments are now a bit more obvious as well. Sorry for the delay, I have been busy with work!

Hey man, I have more feedback for you.

Good job at making the video 60 fps. The resolution looks stretched out – it’s weird. Did you make it at a resolution higher than your screen’s? Good job with adding the skills used by you & against you as little cut outs. I can tell you’re really good at editing. You’re also zoomed in really close. Maybe zoom out a bit.

Hey there!

Thanks for the feedback – I’m aware of the resolution issue – I’ve made mention of it on the post and on the video itself. Essentially I recorded the clips on a widescreen monitor, so it wasn’t recording in 16:9, hence it’s stretched to the monitor.

I’ve fixed this now though, so all future videos will be 16:9 ratio, I promise!

Havn’t been able to play much the last two weeks due to work, but hopefully I’ll be able to take some solo or duo clips over the next few days.

Not sure if I’ll edit in so many skill cut outs in the future, as the editing is pretty time intensive, and the reaction to them was generally lukewarm. If more people like the skill cutouts, let me know, and I’ll continue doing them though!

~Vetch

I hope to join the 21:9 masterrace soon. Check out this guys videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/DeroirGaming/videos

He records in 21:9. You don’t have to make the video 16:9 for us.

If adding skill cuts is time intensive, I don’t think it’s worth it. Put that time somewhere else

how can you let those tantalizing bouncy chests just sit there.

Mostly from the lack of inventory space. I’ll insert a trigger warning over them next time :P

lolk.

15/char