Guild Wars 2

Two Developers are working on fixes. I could give them 100 years to fix the game and it wouldn’t be enough time or man power.

Jon Peters said tonight they only have two developers working on class fixes and such. Don’t expect the moon.

They only have two developers working on bug fixes what do you people expect?

JonPeters.5630:

Hi Anders, I’m totally not here so skip this post and read on…

We made the improvements we had time to test. There are still more ranger improvements but when our time is limited we have to focus on things we know we can fix. Signets and shouts are still on the docket, and I suspect some of each of these will get some love in the next time around. As you can see a lot changed in this build for every profession and we have to test these changes as well.

I do still believe ranger is the profession in most need of improvement after this patch and we will continue to make those improvements. If we could fix everything at one time we would, but the reality is there are a limited # of hours to make changes.

I see a lot of talk about ranger weapons, but I don’t think that is the real problem. I think sword and longbow are both good weapons, which is why the changes take longer. The problems are deeper, in pets ability to hit moving targets, trait lines with not enough viable choices and skills that are often too specialized to really compliment the weapon builds. These aren’t things we can change overnight. The change to Greatsword block was in fact a very difficult change, but we made it because we knew it was the right thing to do.

There are >500 skills in this game, 480 traits, and 2 designers working on this. Even then often we are bottle necked by other issues. I’m not going to say we are not working on these things, nor can I say there are things we could have changed but just ran out of time on, but this was a patch that contained ranger improvements and it will not be the last one that does so. Maybe you want more than honesty but that is what I currently have to offer.

Jon

undo the nerf of rangers you implemented a month ago and watch this rage go away.

BroScientist.9875:

Very disheartening. This is going to put a damper on the entire weekend event for me. Seriously considering rolling a warrior, or just stop playing the game altogether.

Do the later . I am.

i knew it would be bad but this is extraordinarily bad.

If he does it will be in an out with a generic say nothing post promising more bs.

Vote with your time. Go play another game.

why quit just the ranger? im quiting the whole game.

haha they could have at least inserted some bs fluff that looked nice but did not change anything dramatically to make most of us kind happy at first but they couldnt even take the time to do that…

Anet wants us to reroll probably due to class population imbalances but jokes on them. People will just stop playing.

well this game has gone the way of swtor faster than they even did. congrats anet.

DarkWasp.7291:

These were high risk updates?

exactly wtf! remember ppl we were the only class that didnt get any fixes last major update because of quality of life bs concerns… We were lied to!

14 bullet points and many are non gameplay fixes as in text corrections…

WHY did you lead us on Anet?

I could have spent all this time lvlving a different class.

I don’t see myself playing GW2 anymore. This is a gigantic let down.

dev on twitch said patch in an hour to hour an half

i can understand the hour of the patch being up in the air due to the nature of bugs and crashes but yeah at least give us the right day rofl

I would love to know an answer to this as well

Agreed, dungeons are horrible.

I had the pleasure and luck of finding a good pug last night for ac exp. The run was successful and very smooth but that said it was boring boring boring and poorly designed.

You can find rabid vocal fan boys for anything in this world.

Yes, dungeons are horrible in this game.

Just because with hard work and a great group you can learn to get on farm mode in these dungeons does not mean that they are well design or fun. They are not.

Anet has the numbers and I’m sure there is a large large problem with dungeon participation.

You think months from now anyone is going to bother with dungeons?

swiftpaw.6397:

kKagari.6804:

I found CoE path 3 very hard about 4 days ago. 2 runs later, I find it very easy. The same people who started learning the path with me since my first run think this too.

Agreed. You cant just waltz into a dungeon with a bunch of random people with unknown traits, gear and experience and expect to streamroll everything.
You want something? Work for it.
Dungeons as they are now are great because they force you to become a better player. Everyone sucked at dungeons the first time around. Even the so called elitists got their kittens handed to them in AC when they first did it at lvl 35. Now days those who complained but months ago about it being too hard, complain about it being boring, lackluster and too easy.
They figured out the boss attacks, they figured out target priorities, they figured out their gear and traits to be beneficial in a group situation.

Get a friends list going of people know for dungeons and it gets a whole lot easier.

90 percent or so of groups are pugs. so what you are saying is pugs cannot participate in dungeons.

I agree I loved dungeons in wow and tor. Fun through and through. I can’t stand dungeons in GW2 even when things are going well its just not fun.

I think most of the people that defend GW2’s broken dungeon system run in guild groups almost if not exclusively.

Lightrayne you stat that you do not have fun in pugs but do when you play with close online friends.

I would say its safe to assume the large large majority of groups formed are pugs. If you can’t have fun in most pugs then the system is horribly broken in my mind. I’m not saying all pugs but 6 outta ten or more pugs groups should find enjoyment in their run.

agreed. it was fun.

on the other hand id rather go outside and play with a stick then go through the current GW2 dungeons.

Lightrayne.7829:

On its own, I think a bunch of the dungeons need more work. The devs are checking on here frequently for our feedback, so eventually, I’m expecting it to improve.

Given that, I enjoy dungeons because I mainly play with a team of friends. We have a set time that we meet up everyday, and we discuss what dungeons we want to do. We’ve helped a lot of our friends obtain their dungeon token armor, so now, we’re on a mission to get dungeon master (patiently waiting on Arah fixes). We also want to improve our efficiency at some of the dungeons we run outside of AC.

For me, being able to make a reliable group in a short period of time eliminates a LOT of stress that comes from random PuG groups. I just look up the first 4 friends that want to do a dungeon and “bam!” group is made. My friends and I are always looking to improve our run efficiency by experimenting with different builds and strategies. Sometimes, we play other professions to learn more about them. Every time we do a run, we give each other constructive criticism if something could be done more efficiently. For us, dungeon running is a process of refining our knowledge of the dungeon, improving our use of our professions in the dungeon environment, making income (coin/karma), obtaining dungeon token gear, and most of all, having fun playing together.

i see from your post that you are organized and have friends to beat dungeons with but the question remains… are you having fun? are they as fun as other mmos dungeons?

Does anyone truthfully enjoy dungeons in this game? Next to open world pve dungeons just seem like an afterthought thrown together. Tell me how to better enjoy GW2 dungeons.

I’d like there to be some rare spawn pets that only spawn once or twice a day. I miss my Humar from the game that should not be mentioned.

So what we have to wait for late November if we are lucky for you to maybe fix our class that you broke?

Story Mode, Explorer Mode, and Path 1-5…

It’s hard enough to get a group without a Finder System but then to compete with so many different versions of one dungeon… Wow.

I don’t see any threads on this on the first page… :looks around for men in black closing threads:

What are your hopes? I hope it isn’t just Halloween fluff and there are actual game patches. Your thoughts?

The game is absolutely stunning, vast, and detailed. Each of the four races capitol cities are huge and beautiful. It seems like a lot of work was put into creating great scenic areas. I fear though that these areas at best will be viewed once, appreciated, and never visited again. I fear this game lacks recognizable “hang out” areas that players can role-play/inspect/duel/ and socialize. This is a very important component to mmos for me. Your thoughts? Are there areas I am missing out on?

Is this thread gonna hit 1,000 replies before we got another developer reply?

This is the largest thread on this entire GW2 message board.

Nkrdbl

Not having high enough pvp rank does not bar you from any content also it’s the status quo except for this game to get exp from pvp and I would say so far it’s not working with guild wars 2 system. You wonder why some people have hard times finding dungeon groups? This is part of it.

I agree. I can’t think of another MMO that doesn’t give xp for pvp. There is no downside.

Are you seeing this ANet? No one likes it.

nope that would unbalance the game /sarcasm off

It would be nice to wear pvp gear outside of pvp. Pvp right now has one mode, no community, and zero connection to the rest of the game. Might as well have released it separately from guild wars 2.

Some classes downstates are completely usless while others are more OP than any combat inbalance ever. Can we just get a suicide button so we can get into the action faster?

Anet. You messed up big here. Please rethink this. I went from enjoying my moderately capable ranger to not wanting to play the game anymore.

The Fire Marshal declares the bar is at capacity and no one else can enter and drink because the Engineer brought 4 turrets with him, the Mesmer brought 3 clones, the Thief brought two assasins, and the Necro brought 4 pets…

I’m standing outside confused…

I’ve decided to try ranged warrior because of this nerf.

1. they can apply bleeds from any direction
2. they don’t have to worry about slow buggy pets

Aside from the fun of spvp the only carrot on a stick is getting better looking gear and the gear looks great when your chilling in the mists. Once you enter battle your great looking multicolored shaded gear turns all boring red or all boring blue. Is there another alternative so we can color our gear to our liking? How about red or blue colored nameplates only? Has this been tested?

This is meant to be a constructive post.

Aesthetics? You’re either all red or all blue. The one carrot on the stick is “cool looking gear” but when its dumped with all red or all blue paint I think the cool factor is greatly diminished.

ps. I’m not all hate I do have a great time in pvp but I just feel it will get stale without some help.

DoubleUnder.9052:

Anders.6425:

10% difference from baseline-best.

This will not break balance.

Well if everyone gets 10% more than baseline you are back to where you are now.

Even Steven. And I am thankful all the gear for sPvP is cosmetic without any “pvp stat”.

everyone won’t or at least nor until they “progress” i don’t see why this would be a problem. a good newbie could still beat an average “decked out” toon.

10% difference from baseline-best.

This will not break balance.

i’d like to know this as well