Guild Wars 2

It’s on the bug forum and as such isn’t visible in the Ranger subforum, so I’m quoting this here so that people can see what is being addressed in the next round of patching for us (whenever that is).

Irenio CalmonHuang.2048:

I’ve hit some of these compiled issues (like the 150 pet stats, some offhand range items and some pet traits not working while downed) and those should be getting addressed soon-ish.

We are working heavily on HoT and trying to get to these issues whenever time allows.

I had typed up an incredibly salty comment but I’m going to try to make it more constructive. I really do like hearing that some issues are being fixed and I had noticed of couple changes already. I feel bad for the game designers right now in tbat there’s a ton of pressure from us for balance and I’m sure tons of internal pressure for making HoT. One small gripe that’s becoming worse is seeing ‘soon’ after all of these types of posts. As much as having a deadline would force them to meet it or have an uproar, not having an idea of whether that means days, weeks, or months is starting to get me decently frustrated.

singinggecko.5736:

One small gripe that’s becoming worse is seeing ‘soon’ after all of these types of posts. As much as having a deadline would force them to meet it or have an uproar, not having an idea of whether that means days, weeks, or months is starting to get me decently frustrated.

We’ve gotten “soon” for years now. I’ve played almost nothing but the GW franchise for a decade and I finally ran out of patience for good. The pace of everything in GW2 is maddeningly slow. Other than balance tweaks and UI edits every 6 months or so, have there been any changes to PvP as a game type since launch over 3 years ago?

I almost feel like the pay-to-buy model is failing them, it seems like they never have enough devs for anything, to the point of disbanding the dungeon and WvW teams. On the other hand, there is no way I’d pay a subscription fee for any game ever. Maybe there are just too many games out there right now.

Irenio CalmonHuang.2048:

some offhand range items

Finally!

As a customer I would much rather they focus on fixing the current problems instead of spending time on something that doesn’t even have a release date at the moment.

I will not be buying anything while the game is in such a broken and unbalanced state. If it’s left this way too long there is a good chance I will move on.

Yeah Finally! I hope they’re reworking the kitten spirits soon.
I’d like more build possibilites for my ranger and its puppy.
Also it would make sense to pick some spirits as a druid, another reason to make them viable again.

We knew they were busy with the expansion already, but as Puck said, I would rather they focus on fixing issues instead of an expansion. I fear that once Heart of Thorns releases, they will again be focused on releasing Living World content to expand the rest of the story, leaving more bugs at the back burner along with adding new ones.

As much as I want them to take a solid 6 months or so just fixing bugs and not dealing with creating new content, there would be another cry-out from a portion of the community (like currently) about a content-drought. Can’t win them all, but props to the Devs for dealing with it the best they can.

Wondrouswall.7169:

We knew they were busy with the expansion already, but as Puck said, I would rather they focus on fixing issues instead of an expansion. I fear that once Heart of Thorns releases, they will again be focused on releasing Living World content to expand the rest of the story, leaving more bugs at the back burner along with adding new ones.

As much as I want them to take a solid 6 months or so just fixing bugs and not dealing with creating new content, there would be another cry-out from a portion of the community (like currently) about a content-drought. Can’t win them all, but props to the Devs for dealing with it the best they can.

I’d rather delay HoT if it meant basic game functionality was largely bug free. Tacking on an expansion that promises new mechanics is just asking to break things even further. I mean, the list of bugs introduced by the 6/23 update, and those that are still being found, is a bit absurd. Hell, I wish they’d pushed back the trait/utility overhaul by a month or two and actually done QA on it. I, for one, do not particularly enjoy playing BetaWars 2.

Link to post for those interested:
http://forum-en.guildwars2.com/forum/support/bugs/Ranger-Bugs-Updated/page/2#post5305287