Are you serious?
You have never seen a decent run in your life. This is terrible even for a casual run, let alone WR. No mightstack, terrible rotations, bad movement. Furthermore, GW2 speedrunning community has been already established and has agreed on rules that all speedruns must follow. You can find the whole ruleset at http://gw2dungeons.net/Rules
Let me point out some important ones:
Full raid clears, fractals and dungeons: timer starts when any party member moves their model or begins activating a skill.
Fractal records must be at the highest possible scale.
You’ve done this on 40, probably because none of you has even done enough fractals to be able to open 90. There are reasons why people don’t speedrun 40, it’s so trivial that there would be no competition. Everything melts instantly (assuming you perform your rotations correctly, which you did not) and enemies don’t do any damage to you, so there is no danger of dying.
Do yourself a favor and have a look at some of the current world records at http://gw2dungeons.net/Records
Also I dug up this – old Molten Duo record before HoT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPP-ahmNhBY
This was done before the elite spec power creep and also under old fractals (when enemies used to hit much harder), it includes a proper timer (which starts at the beginning of the fractal as opposed to strating it somewhere in the middle) and yet the whole run is still much faster than yours. It should give you a general idea of how fractal speedrun is supposed to look like. Skillclicking and not giving any though to the team splits is not gonna earn you a WR.
My manta of pain in wvw is doing 300-500 non crits and 800 dmg crits compared to 2-3k damage after todays patch. Anyone else experiencing this ? I have full berserker/scholar gear.
The desert borderlands can’t be improved…unless it becomes something completely different similar to the alpine borderlands and at that point it would seem easier to revert the map change.
So many players have abandoned GW2 because of the state of WvW
Nobody even takes bulwark to make the f3 last for 7 seconds…and it has a massive cooldown. I rarely play my guardian now but it’s still funny seeing these threads pop up
you unlock one of the collections by completing one of the trait lines, the collection achievement itself has other stuff you need to do/collect before you get an armor piece.
I just logged in and received a mail from “Scholar Aiti” notifying me that my “God Walking Amongst Mere Mortals” title was a mistake and it had been revoked, along with 500 achievement points.
I know this is a mistake because I played GW1 for years and earned those titles and HoM rewards. So to log in and suddenly have them all removed because apparently I didn’t earn them is ridiculous. Can this be fixed, please?
direct damage can be mitigated through armour toughness and protection if the sigil was going to hit you for 2k you can mitigate it way down.
if burning is going to deal 2k damage, it is going to deal 2k damage..
You’re right. If only there were certain abilities in the game that would remove conditions before they did any damage.
Mist form on a 75 second cd (untraited) and Elixir S on a 60 second cd, if it’s used to secure a stomp then I think it’s warranted given the very high cooldowns….especially with elixir S considering it’s almost always the only stunbreak an engie will have at any time. Using it for a stomp will just make them vulnerable to any CC afterwards.
It’s not cheap, it’s blowing an important cooldown to finish off a player. Last note, you can actually stop players from finishing your allies by using stealth on them at the right moment..so it’s not exactly infallible.
I am so tired of skyhammer, does anet not realize that nobody wants it? Can we have an official response on this…it’s been requested over and over and over.
With all of the traits out there on every profession, on crit/hit % sigils, and on hit % chance runes, it sure seems particularly bias of you to single this trait out to crusade against.
Go ahead and open topics on sigil of fire / air, sharper images, etc if you think they should be reworked, and I’ll try to provide some input there as well. This thread happens to be about IP, so I shared my opinion about it. I’m really sorry bout that.
You can nit-pick all day long about stuff which has nothing to do with the topic and ignore any argument I provide, but please take note that I’ll just leave this conversation in this case, because it won’t get us any further.
It’s not nit-picking. You explicitly stated you had no problem with the trait, then you complain about not liking the functionality. So either this is about you being biased against IP or you should be making an argument about every single trait/skill/sigil that functions the same way.
So you are saying the engineers sole purpose is to proc IP during a fight and that there’s nothing else they are doing that’s killing you?
We can do the cherry picking all night long if you so desire. Let us not discuss the topic but assert some random stuff which doesn’t provide anything for both of us. To be honest I don’t have many problems with p/s + bk + ip builds while roaming in WvW, but I still think the trait sucks big time. I don’t like fighting randomness, it does not promote clever gameplay for both parties — as stated several times already.
And obviously the answer to your question would be: no.
If you don’t have problems with it, then why are you arguing? It’s not a question of what you do or don’t like, that’s not the topic.
Why give them traits like IP when most condition and hybrid engineer builds already can reapply strong conditions faster then necros while having better access to defensive spells and boons? I don’t see how IP improves overall gameplay, player skill and fun for all players involved.
It’s so we are not forced into one specific kit to have access to burning.
I do not quite see the necessity for putting the most reliable and most efficient way of getting an opponent burnt on a trait. As I already stated there is no counter play to it like you’d have by evading / LoSing / blocking / blinding / interrupting certain skills with certain effects. IP just cannot be avoided (except for killing the engineer before he can land a single crit), thus it promotes no skilled gameplay.
So you are saying the engineers sole purpose is to proc IP during a fight and that there’s nothing else they are doing that’s killing you?
People only started whining about incendiary powder after dhuumfire was introduced and then even more after dhuumfire was changed. The only thing that needs to change are balthazar runes which could do with being split from pvp.
If we’re going to use necromancer as a reason to nerf engineer then you don’t really understand either class. Engineers have to work much harder to keep conditions on their target whereas necros are much more capable at bursting players down quickly with their massive bleed stacks and damage from terror.
…that’s why engineers get to keep incendiary powder and necros do not
ANet has finally to completely redesign the whole DUngeons so that this ridiculous selling of dungeon poaths simply finally finds an END.
Thats my opinions.
It isn’t done that they just remove one path of Twilight Arbor and exchange it with a new path.
They have to do this with ALL Paths, until all paths are so designed, that you can’t solo them.
And then Anet should implement as new Feature finally also “SOLO DUNGEONS”.
I really hope, that we will see over the coming year of 2014 more changes to the existing dungeons, especially Arah and Ascalon, the current 2 strongholds of Dungeon Path Selling that need to get removed.
If one is not using exploits, why do you care that one person can solo a dungeon?
Because Dungeons, at least the current ones were NEVER to be designed for being 1 person shows for making in very quick time ridiculous amounts of profits .
Dungeons are GROUP CONTENT and the current ones should also be played like that – as Group Content.
If people just would do them for the challenge solo, that would be just fine, but those Dungeon Sellers are like a plaque, they ruin this game, they turn the intention of playing the dungeons as a group into a ridiculous question of:
“How can I make as fast as possible insane amounts of profit from dumb people that are willing to pay me to get as fast as possible my tokens?”
People should you know – EARN their tokens as a group and not get their tokens instantly handed for absolutely no personal effort by an other player that has soloed for their lazy butts the whole dungeon.
The game definetely will profitate only from it, if Anet redesignes finally the Arah Paths and Ascalon Paths.
Especially the Arah Paths.
PS: and if this plague of people will stay in this game, then I hope at least, that once the LFG-Tools reachs finally its ripe phase of getting fully implemented, getting out of its Beta, with more improved features ect., then i eant to see a “Sell Path Filter” at least, so that I can at lease erase all this scum out of my sight …seriously
Say to me, that my view of this is very radical, I don’t care, I stand over that, its simply my true opinion. Such peopel imo don’t belong into MMO’s, they should better play Real Life Simutations or stuff like the good old Monopoly, where its the goal of the game to just profitate from others to get as rich as possible ….
A plague? It’s a simple service. It affects no one beside the buyers and sellers.
You say you don’t like the profit aspect. Do you also carry such disdain for anyone who purchases item from the tp with the intention of profiting from it? At least this actually affects you as opposed to path selling.
You also don’t like that the dungeons were “designed” for 5 man teams yet one person can solo without exploiting. Does it anger you in other mmo’s when a 12 man team completes a raid designed for 40?
you can just translate his post to “I’m jealous people can do dungeons better than I can and make money out of it”
I sell arah paths with my friend frequently, but we tend to avoid doing P2 because so many people exploit it. It sucks when people merge/kick our party to destroy our instance under the assumption that we exploited when in fact, we did it legitimately. (or they do it because they don’t like sellers in general)
You typically sell them by getting to the last boss and then lowering the bosses health to like 5% and then advertising your group. To the people that join us and try to ruin our instance, you are just ignorant, and it is up to the buyer whether or not they want to spend the gold to get easy tokens. Not you.
I played GW1 for over 6 years and sold dungeon runs and my assassin every day (and so did many others). It was common practice, this is no different and it’s about time people just accepted it. Although I wish they would fix the exploits in P2 arah.
bottom line – if no one is using exploits and they can successfully solo/duo a dungeon with the intent of selling the spots…then you have no right to screw with them and if you do, I hope you get banned.
You can get an exotic rapid spineguard after completing Cathedral of Zephyrs meta event by talking to the karma merchant. There’s also the exotic rapid backpiece from the merchant in fractal that you can buy with 1350 relics and then upgrade to ascended with 500 relics. You can make Tome of the Rubicon or Endless Quiver in the mystic forge (wiki them for the recipe). I can’t think of anymore right now but I’ll edit if I do.
edit: well yamsandjams beat me to it but his is more thorough anyway (although you did forget about the karma one so point for me!)
what is with the hype over 2v2s lately lol why not just 1v1
Because I have horrible individual skills……..
UltraHiDef where did the “proof in the attachments” go? Were you the asura engi running that 25% condi immune that we killed 3v1…. cuz you got rekt!!
Edit: pff your first post was a fail
No it’s because he can’t fight underwater. He’s a little kitten who can’t handle fighting vertically as well as as horizontally. He has an issue with saying “rofl” as well. I’d be careful around this guy. He might be contagious.
What’s with you and fighting underwater? Its not even well balanced and no one is good at it except maybe you for some odd reason. Lol.
I’m trying to get the new wave started. I’m sorry you can’t handle underwater battles. I understand that it can be diffucult for you landlubbers in Maguuma. At least TC is competent in the water. Get on my level please. Water battles are the future.
Hmm, maybe if I drag out this joke for far too long, people will forget that I refused to fight them.
Too many condition necros who think they are good.
Aww lookit you trying to represent your entire server.
AND claiming your guild is the reason you won the week?! oh my, you’re giving far too little credit to everyone else.
not to get into an argument but isn’t TC crediting holidays/vacation etc etc and not the players on FA too?
You clearly just skipped EVERY other post I’ve made, and most others have made as well. I cant speak for other guilds or the rest of my server but we’ve seen lower attendance because of them. But yeah FA pulled extra hours and put in more work to earn the win this week.
Secretly you just like getting patted on the back, dont you?
People talk about wvw as if it’s a chore.
“Pulled in extra hours, more work….”
Don’t know about you but I play when I feel like playing and stop when I don’t feel like it, and so does everyone else I know that plays wvw…. Don’t have to be so condescending in your post and I was addressing the post I quoted not your others because you contradicted yourself.
Aww lookit you trying to represent your entire server.
AND claiming your guild is the reason you won the week?! oh my, you’re giving far too little credit to everyone else.
not to get into an argument but isn’t TC crediting holidays/vacation etc etc and not the players on FA too?
sorry, when did I say that? pre-nerf perplexity with people stacking 15-25 stacks of confusion opposed to using 5/6 perplexity for a confusion tick on a class with zero interrupts outside of water combat
on that note, why are we talking about this? I’m guessing you’re still beat up about losing on your perma stealth thief.
Ohhh, Andy babe, struck a nerve?
Post more about me losing to a condi necro with perplexity on a class that has no burst condi removal. Sorry for going into a PvP map to fight people. You’ve probably never lost a fight.
There seems to be this misconception that skill can beat builds when in fact it’s the opposite. This game is not and never will be competitive, for sanity’s sake I hope that people come to realise it sooner rather than later.
I came on here hoping to have some laughs but once again that one little horrific personality trait of yours just saps out all the fun.
I think you’ve stewed in the vinegar too long, Pickle. It’s made you tremendously bitter.
Peace, girlfriend.
Don’t worry , I lose to plenty of good players. Also I’m only unkind to people who are unkind to me and my friends.
P.S try adding lyssa runes, there’s your burst condi removal
At least you KNOW that perplexity doesn’t give you bragging rights.
sorry, when did I say that? pre-nerf perplexity with people stacking 15-25 stacks of confusion opposed to using 5/6 perplexity for a confusion tick on a class with zero interrupts outside of water combat
on that note, why are we talking about this? I’m guessing you’re still beat up about losing on your perma stealth thief.
I’ll have you all know that I am the #1 RPer on Tarnished Coast and you wouldn’t know Charles D comparable literature if it smacked you on your tiny little behinds! n_n
pls. it was a joke guize. pls. pls. pls dnt evn get mad ovr a joke. srs.
~ ATTUNEJAM AND THE TALE OF ANZALIAS PASS ~
a short story, by Attunejam
I saw a brave adventurer in the Battlegrounds of Eternity, running into the Pass of Anzalia! His sinful ways had to be eradicated from this fair land. I followed him silently up the treacherous staircase and into the Room of which the Lord resides! I saw his two sidekicks, poised and ready to pounce. Any other cowardly master of all four elements would have flown in terror, but not the daring Attunejam. For she is the ONE true master of all elements.
As I began to churn the earth beneath me, I took a deep breath and my brow furrowed. It was time to show all of Tyria that I truely HAD been training for this day since I was in the crib. The earth exploded with an almighty blow, impaling all those who didn’t flee when they had the chance.
As the dust settled I saw two of the brave adventurers had succumbed to their injuries. I put one out of her misery and left one just breathing, in case I also buckled under the weight of my life threatening wounds. An almighty swing of the Warrior’s axe and I was through. I finished off the second brave adventurer, and regained the will to fight.
I conjured my mighty flaming sword of fire and whirled at the warrior. He also fell to his knees. Being the merciful master of elements I was, I granted his death wish with a bovine to the face. I claimed the Pass of Anzalia for myself, and watched in glee as the three brave adventurers returned to mourn their loss.
I am Attunejam, Master of Elements.
fin~
2/10 poorly written. Please proof read and edit before handing in for marking.
it’s like he thought if he kept adding words with more than 2 syllables it would sound smarter, it just made my eyes bleed.
who are you to say that? im pretty sure the devs knew this, and they put it in the game knowing so. so the dev’s disagree with you. lol.
It’s a sign of horrible balance in a game when one trait can cancel out a whole professions build. This game isn’t suppose to be Rock, Paper, Scissors.
You can say whatever you want, but the dev’s certainly disagree. I agree that this is indeed sort of a rock-paper-scissors set-up, but fortunately its not throwing out entire professions. Run a direct dmg necro to kill d-skin eles, anything else an ele runs, run condi necro. The condi spamming necro will almost always win against a non d-skin ele. ( remember, either way, the ele isnt killing you. ) its a win-win for you. unless you call not killing something a lose. then we can argue about thieves, etc.
We already told you that Diamond skin screws over power necromancers too as we required conditions to get to you due to our terribly (intentionally designed) mobility…
though to be fair, power necro can break the 10% threshold easily
Good players don’t get face rolled by a necro. People trying to defend this because they believe necro face rolls every class is just ignorant and probably doesn’t understand necro enough to counter them properly.
People are still missing the fact that this trait could still be effective against condition builds without giving every bad player the ability to beat a condition class without any kind of skillful play if it just functioned differently. Builds aren’t supposed to hard counter other builds, this isn’t rock-paper-scissors. Please don’t confuse qqing with reasonable argument.
Does that mean it’s bad form if, you’re a solo roamer (in my case, usually because I’m just wandering around mapping), you see one guy from your server fighting another one guy and you jump in to help?
It’s just fair play if you’re in the open field and not in an unofficial/official designated dueling area. In most cases everybody is a loot bag.
you can watch if you want, although if your server mate calls for help then yeah he’s probably not trying to 1v1
The 6/6 bonus on Runes of Perplexity now have a 8 second cooldown. This was excluded from the patch notes, but we’re in the process of getting them added.
Thought you guys would like to know.
8seconds is entirely to short.
Other abilities that apply 5x confusion, actual player skills, last only 5sec baseline with a 15sec cooldown.
This will still put these runes in a position of 10sec duration on 8sec cooldown. And that is ignoring condition duration entirely. Thanks to the +confusion duration it’ll be 13sec.
Stack a bit of condition duration from traits, toxic <sharpening/focus/maintenance oil> and a foodbuff and you can easily get 20sec duration confusion. On an 8sec cooldown.
This leaves Runes of Perplexity still as the vastly superior means to apply confusion. Outclassing playerskills by a significant margin.
A mesmer build for confusion but without perplexity runes will be considerably worst at stacking and maintaining confusion then a thief that picked up nothing but perplexity runes and an offhand pistol. He could otherwise be completely untraited and have no weapon in his mainhand.
How can the developers continue to ignore this point??? – You’re better off running a naked theif with just a pistol then building a full fledged traited confusion build if confusion is what you’re aiming for.. Terrible game design.
There’s a video of a thief winning 1v1s and 1v2s with nothing but things like steal and scorpion wire + perplexity runes. All while holding fireworks. No weapons.
