Guild Wars 2

It´s not to attract new people from PVE (it could be a side-effect). It´s to attract people already interested in WvW, like me, to scout, which i never do because it´s boring and gives no reward.

Just add more mobs which drop slightly better t5 and t6 materials, like the minotaurs, around important scouting spots, or even inside them, like the water in the bay.

Hi there,
here´s a my build I am having quite a lot of fun with.
You can do nearly everything:
Take and hold close
Go into the mid for some Teamplay
Roam
Fight vs. power classes
Fight vs. condi classes
and so on

http://intothemists.com/guides/3794-bam_boula

/discuss

Hi there,
here´s a my build I am having quite a lot of fun with.
You can do nearly everything:
Take and hold close
Go into the mid for some Teamplay
Roam
Fight vs. power classes
Fight vs. condi classes
and so on

http://intothemists.com/guides/3794-bam_boula

/discuss

So here´s my voice, too!
Great encounter!!

Hello there,

I would like to know why my account name was changed to “album boa” (????). There was no notification, no warning, no communication. I just logged in an my name was this stupid one.
My previous name was “Bamboula” and I am using this for years now in all games. I allready wrote to the german customer support but they answered by auto mail or something else without relation to my question.
FYI this is Bamboula: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboula
Nothing offending!!

Regards
Bamboula

Maybe there are some ways for warriors to play a bunker, but that would be more of a close point bunker where there aren´t the heavy team fights.
I think guard, nekro and ranger are much better for mid bunkering because of their group support.
But my actual intention was to find a better use for active skills (when you pick them up) for the banners. I think only banner of tactics and banner of discipline have a usefull 3.

Hi there,
does anyone know a good mid-point bunker build for warriors?
Warrior is lacking so much for this job: Stability and protection for the group, a lot of condi remove or even aoe blinds.

Maybe Anet could consider merging few of them into the active parts of the banners?
Would make them much more usefull.

Greetz Bäm!

Hi there,

does anyone know a good mid-point bunker build for warriors?
Warrior is lacking so much for this job: Stability and protection for the group, a lot of condi remove or even aoe blinds.

Maybe Anet could consider merging few of them into the active parts of the banners?
Would make them much more usefull.

Greetz Bäm!

Great finisher for a living story. I like your new cinematic technology!

No suggestions?

Hi there,

after the Hammer nerfs I was searching for something new. As I like to play bunker in tPvP (engi bunker) I tried to build a warrior bunker.

Here it is:
http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-sF-Cx;0NKVM0U4NLkQ0;9;4J-TJ-27;208B26;26wG2W;1O;56NO

I played it in soloQ and it is okay, makes fun 1v1 and 1v2 but 1v3 you get destroyed, especially when you eat an 100sec immobilize!! No chance to bunker or to survive.

Some things I think could be improved are:
- Runes: Dolyak was my first shot but condis in this game … you know it all … Maybe good old Melandru would be nice, but this build has a lot of stab and stun breaks. Maybe Hoelbrak? Then you would lose a lot vit and tough. Dunno

- Traits: maybe 20,0,30,0,20 (I,X) for the faster weapon switch. But I like the revive support. Maybe Defense V instead of I as you have 2 blocks.

Any constructive comments are welcome

Regards Bam!

edit: http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-sF-Cx;0NKVM0U4NLkQ0;9;4J-T-J27;248B;109-6wG2W;1C;56gE feels better

I just tested the Catalyst 13.10 and the 13.9. No difference.
An official statemant would be good. Some kind of orientation.

Great artwork! Watched it for nearly 10 times now!

Aza.2105:

You ignored what I wrote to you. Its a AMD bug, which seems to only affect the r9 280x/7970 series. I have the r9 280x card and I experience it as well. No matter what driver I use the bug is still there. Initially I thought the card needed to be rma, but then I found this:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/Flickering-fractures-with-Radeon-7970-card/first#post1513575

There were other users posting the same issue. All of them had the 7970 card. The reason why it affects the r9 280x is because its only a 7970 revision. Today I decided to join amd forums and submit the bug. Hopefully a tech support reads it and send it to the guys who code the drivers so it can be squashed.

I used your picture, since it shows very well what occurs. I didn’t have any on hand personally. Anyhow you can find the thread here:

http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=443&threadid=169434&enterthread=y

I didn´t ignore your post, I was just hoping to find a better solution before I accept alt tabing all the time But now it seems I have to. Your examples are quite convincing that it´s a problem with the 7xxx chips. Many of the examples in the thread are very similar to what I experience.

This one f.e.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sJrcXakkGLw

This happens to me from time to time. But then there are bigger artifacts like the one I posted in the screenshot. They disappear when I move the camera and sometimes they even produce a shadow ingame!

The last days I was very displeased as I was thinking that my card has a malfunction and I would have to make a RMA. On the other hand I installed a few DirectX 9 games, played them for hours and hours without any problem and also ran furmark stress-test many times. Now your post makes me calm down a bit. So here the first thank.

Then my second thank for forwarding this issue to AMD.

But I think it is also working needed on Arenanets side. When this is a problem happening to many 7xxx chips, it means, that it exists for a longer time now. Then after the rebrand of the 7970 chips it will apply to even more people. Here in germany the demand on the r9 280x is very high for 2 months now, they are out-of-stock nearly everywhere, no matter which manufacturer.

So for me it´s a tough decision between a RMA without a clear evidence, where I am tending to exclude a malfunction of my card, and leaving GW2 as I am very PvP/WvW oriented and such failures take me at least 3 seks for tabbing, where my enemy will kill me. I think GW2 will lose this(((((((

zerk.9701:

That looks like a driver issue I have never had a problem with this game with my AMD card.

First thing to do is make sure you have the direct X 9 updated.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34429

Down load the newest version of the non beta AND CCC http://support.amd.com/en-us/download

Use a driver sweeper to remove all the old driver and traces of it. Then install the new download.

If you still have problems go to the performance on CCC and up the power to +20 this is needed sometimes for high factory overclocks on cards.

Well,
I updated my DirectX 9 but I already have the newest version. My Catalyst drivers are the officially newest but I will search for an older one the next days.
I also tried to play the game in fullsreen window but it didn´t help.
I switched the power in the CCC to +20 and it seems to help a bit. The graphic failure happen less often. Don´t know if I can switch it to +30 or +40. I will give it a try later when I can play again.
Anyone else having an idea? Maybe the tech support? Any known troubleshooting with AMD cards?

Okay, I´ve played Warframe (DirectX 11) for the last 2 hours as it´s the newest game I have. Nothing! It runs perfectly with every setting maxed out and 120 fps.
It must be a GW2 / AMD conflict, as Aza stated.
I am very disappointed as GW2 is my favourite game and I always thought that it´s in a very healthy technical state.

AkiraZero.8514:

Having the same issues with the R9 280x Toxic edition I bought, Tried old drivers, new drivers, reinstalled GW2 and kept getting them so I’m going to send mine back for testing/replacement. Was always at random, could be when I just booted up the PC or randomly after an hour or 2 of play

Been told it could be bad memory or an unstable clock speed on it but as I’m not particularly experienced with OC’ing/UC’ing I figured Id just send it back for the retailer to decide!

Hmm,

I think it´s very unlikely that we both have the same problem with the same GPU, but from different companies, and the same game whereas there´s absolutly no entry from google about r9 280xs with memory leaks. The cards are on the market for 2 months now and i read nearly all the tests about them The problem must be somewhere else. Can someone tell me which DirectX version GW2 uses? I will try another game intensely.

sobe.4157:

Looks like a video memory leak. Where did you purchase the vid card and how long has it been?

Have you tried other games or run furmark? It really looks like a leak/failing vid memory to me though.

I bought it from one of the biggest PC vendors in germany (mindfactory) and it´s just a few days old.

Actually i have no other games installed. I just ran furmark, the 15 minute burn-in stress test with 2xAA and with 8xAA. Absolutly no problems, fan at 40%, temperature below 70°C.

Maybe it´s the beta driver from AMD? Anyone else using the 13.11 beta?

About the temperature: The Card runs at max 50°C in GW2

Hey there,

I just bought a new PC and I am quite disappointed with it in GW2. The FPS are pretty good but i am frequently getting graphic failures in WvW amd PvE. When it happens i can fix it by switching to desktop and then back into the game but that´s not a solution i can play with.
Does anyone know a better solution?
Here are a few facts about my PC
GPU: Asus r9 280x Top
CPU: i5 4670k
RAM: 8 Gb 1066 MhZ
Catalyst version: 13.11 beta
OS: Win7 prof.
PSU: bequiet! E9 480W

Regards
Bam

Thank you very much

One question is still remaining: Where are all those beautifull loading screens from the game?

NVM, just found the media section Hope it´s complete

Hello Anet,

first of all I want to say that I love this game! And just like the game I love your designs!
I am always looking forward to a new release to grab a new wallpaper.

Now my first question is if there´s a place where one can find all the wallpapers and concept arts you have released so long. And if not, would it be against the copyright to upload all the pictures i have collected until now for other players?

Regards Bam

Derps.7421:

pvp is 10% knowing your class and 90% knowing everyone else’s class.

Yes, of course, but in this game it´s also very important to know every map and how to use it to your advantage, to know the roles (roamer, bunker, etc), strategies for the maps, how to interact with comco fields, and so on.

I think this game has a bigger pvp learning curve than the average mmo pvp.

Hello,

I am also quite new to this game and it took me about a week to find enough information all over the internet to improve in spvp. There needs to be a single pvp source for new players. I like intothemists.com.

Here is an article i read in the first days and it helped me a lot with the problem you have: http://intothemists.com/articles/spvp/spvp-techniques-and-tips/

And here is a thread I made yesterday with a few other sources:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/pvp/Guidelines-that-helped-me-a-LOT-tPVP/first#post2614792

Hello there,

I am quite new to this game (I played at release, but my PC was too weak at that time) and I love it! It looks beautifull, it works great (also technically), is full of great design and breathtaking fantastic ideas, etc etc.
But my core interest in all MMOs is PVP, especially TPVP. I´ve played WOW Arena and RBG for many years.
GW2 TPVP is totally different and a lot more complicated so I wanted to share the sources which helped me a lot in the last weeks with those who also feel a bit lost:

A very good article about the roles, the synergetic and so on …
http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1emss0/pvp_guide_for_dummies_part_1_choose_the_role_you/

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1fzaaj/pvp_guide_for_dummies_part_2_ready_set_go/

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1hrm83/tpvp_build_list_up_to_date_builds_as_of_the_june/

(thanks to Dippy Tree)

My favourite site for builds
intothemists.com
they also taught me a lot

And finally three videos about gw2 PVP (hope they will make more)

Well, that´s it
I hope that this thread will help a few players to become better and that the community of this great PVP game will grow!

P.S. There are many players out there, playing the solo queues, who know nothing. Maybe one of the audience could direct them via chat to this source or one linked above.

Thank you very much

Bamboula