Guild Wars 2

Scepter is still too weak in my opinion to be SERIOUSLY used. I absolutely love going into an unranked match and dominating people with a S/F build… but it really stops there. Any good player is going to realize that you are using a glassy build and burst you down.

As far as warhorn goes, I believe it’s good for damage, but other than that it’s fairly weak in pvp. It works well in pve simply because it’s easy to stay alive, so the damage is nice. Talking pvp though, the focus gives you a lot of defensives that are crucial to the ele’s survival, mainly Obsidian Flesh. The 2 interupts, and the 2 forms of projectile destruction and reflection are really nice as well.

Overall, in pvp terms, S/W are too weak and offensive for the ele’s bunky play style at the moment…sadly…

If you make a GW2 efficiency account and then go to the “PvP” Section, in the upper right hand corner there will be how many levels past 80 you will be. Not entirely convenient, but it does the job

I play pvp quite a bit and my guild doesn’t need them any more. I’d be willing to join a guild and deposit my tomes for a fee for each one of them. We can discuss pricing later. If you are interested just pm me in game!

—First tryouts went great! Thanks for all that came and participated! Next one will more than likely be next Friday! Message me if you are interested!

Everyone who is trying out tonight will need to join TS
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TS INFO: meatyfrog.com:1337
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This is the old AG tourney one, but it will do. Just scroll down and find the name “Ki De Kah” and join that channel.

BeepBoopBop.5403:

We just had to mail you in game right?

Yes! I have you down for being there tonight

Tryouts are tonight! You won’t get in without an RSVP

This is pretty much the last call for people who want to tryout tomorrow. Make sure to PM me for RSVP or you wont be invited into a group.

I dont see the big deal in dropping legendary? If you are that level player then you should have to prove that you are that level of player. If you start playing stupid then you deserve to drop

Josh Davis.6015:

Some of our community organizers have shown interest in running it – and I’d certainly like to see it happen again this summer. The reward boxes from the event need to be reworked a bit before ToL4, mostly to adjust for a new single-day format.

Awesome! Great to see there is still interest!

RIP… you are right. Tol 4

Does anet have any plans on doing another one of these this summer? I think this is just what the PvP scene needs to get teams involved again! In turn this gets people excited about AGs and in turn about the Challenger Cups and Pro Leagues.

No, this is literally the opposite of what we need. Like people said above, this whole division thing isn’t to guarentee rewards for people who play in it. Not everyone is going to get that back piece, and that is how it needs to be. I can accept tier loss in amber bit after that it needs to drop

Remember, there will be no late joiners to the tryouts! You must RSVP!

We have lots of interested people!

Grim Soldier.3086:

I sent you a message in game, i play mesmer, am currently in diamond and looking for a competitive team to join. I’d love a tryout!

Hey! Thanks for the interest! Make sure to send me an in game mail to tell me a bit about yourself and if you will be able to make it Friday!

Please RSVP with me too! Wont be accepting any late joiners!

I am just going to reinstall…

I enjoyed this more than I should have

Hello all! I am back in town and can play once again! Oh and by the way you can message me in game again, and are not just restricted to posting here or PMing me on the forums!

Remember, Tryouts on Friday, April 8th starting at 9PM EST

Maybe I just want it back cause I play Elementalist, but I want some damage back…. Clerics is getting old

Am I the only one that remembers back when Stances were OP and every PvP comp had a warrior OR 2…? You guys did have your glory days. That doesn’t justify the way Anet is treating warrior, but you guys are acting like Warrior has always been bad, and it simply hasn’t. It will get better, dont worry! Might take a bit, but warrior will be Meta again one day.

Spartacus.3192:

Exciton.8942:

No no and no. Personal statistics is a terrible terrible metric to judge performance, I could argue it is even worse than personal score.

I would be ineterested to hear why not? Of course i agree that personal score is useless but thats very different to personal stats. At least if there was some intelligent way to take into account the different roles people tend to play. DPS, Bruiser, Support, Bunker, etc.

It all comes down to certain factors really. I caught myself watching some of Helseth’s videos on a car ride trip back from vacation recently, mostly as I really want to try shatter mesmer despite the fact that its not meta atm. One of the great points that Helseth had said came when he was discussing why he chooses the weapons and amulet that he does (at least at the time of making the video). At the time, he used GS/Sword, Torch, even though clearly the shield is almost better in every situation. He went on to explain other said things in his build that made it what it did.

So where does this all lead me? Well, he made the point that although the shield was better in almost every situation, that’s not what his build was built around, but rather it was built around taking unfair fights and ending them quickly. He also mentioned shortly after that his damage may be lower compared to a condi mesmer, or any other type of mesmer, but thats not what he was built for, he was built for high burst.

So once again, where does this all lead? Helseth had mentioned that his damage might not have gone over 300k in any given game, which is rather low, (I can hit that on my Clerics ele in a game), but he was built for burst, and that is what he thrived at.

So to relate this all back to the post…
I can understand how someone would think basing it off of damage or healing done would be a good idea, but it simply isn’t, mostly by the example that I just gave… Some people are simply not built for high amounts of damage or healing. To further say why this isn’t a good idea is because of say…Thieves! Well, at the moment they thrive on decaping and backcapping points. They may take 1 or 2 fights the entire game, but have they done anything wrong…no! How does one say that the thief didn’t do a good job because he didn’t have the damage that say a Rev had? This also leads me to my next point in that if the game based skill solely off of damage then it would encourage people to chase after one another and mindlessly kill each other, and we all know that this is not the way Conquest is supposed to be played and will only promote bad gameplay.

TL:DR – Basing it off of damage promotes people to play poorly, and doesnt exactly gauge skill because some people aren’t built for damage, healing, etc.

Not sure if this is where I should post this or not cause Ive never had this problem…but I cant open my game. I double click on the icon, and the launcher comes up and in the bottom right it says “Initializing…” and then it crashes. I have tried restarting my computer, logging out, and running as administrator and it still doesnt work. Ive had this issue before but a simple restart has fixed it. Do I just wait it out or what?

This is the error message I get when I expand the crash report

—> Crash <—
Assertion: Coherent host crashed
File: ..\..\..\Engine\ArenaWeb\CoherentUi\AwCohContext.cpp(234)
App: Gw2.exe
Pid: 7172
Cmdline:
BaseAddr: 00090000
ProgramId: 101
Build: 59918
Module: CoherentUI.dll
When: 2016-04-04T23:45:41Z 2016-04-04T19:45:41-04:00
Uptime: 0 days 0:00:05
Flags: 0

Any ideas?

Why? Don’t waste your gold. Season ends In about 2 weeks. If you can’t get ruby on your own, I hate to break it to you, but you won’t get the backpack. I don’t like to be that person, but there isn’t a nice way to put that

Lol no. You’d have idiots that would down voted just cause they think that you’d do something wrong in their eyes but in actuality it was them. I think we can all see how this could go….

Something similar could be put into the game, but not this way

Jourdelune.7456:

If you don’t want to fight for spam place into a forum page:
https://www.reddit.com/r/GuildWars2PvPTeams/

I did and it was removed. The post gets more attention this way anyway

My favorite time had to be when all the new Grandmasters came out in that feature pack… Last summer?? The chaos that was pvp was so much fun! Everyone was experimenting and I had the meta within minutes of the release that I had theory crafted with the exception of 1 sigil and 1 minor trait. Watching all the zerks drop to 5k burn ticks made me laugh.

Other than that my other favorite thing was back when Capricorn and PVP lockers were a thing. I still have all my old skins that can’t be unlocked anymore, which is fun explaining what and how I got them to the newer players. PVP locker gave us a way to show off how much we played!

Favorite play had to be back when revealed wasn’t a thing, or either not as powerful as it is now… Pretty much when the game first started. I was on legacy on my thief on a Yolo backstab build and I went to waterfall to decap and dragged 3 with me. Cloak and Dagger and backstabbed all 3 of them down with 10k+ backstabs within about 5 seconds and killed them all. Pure bliss!

Hey all, Im going out of town for the weekend so if anyone needs to get in contact with me about team info, PM me on the forums or post here so I can respond!

D/D Ele, various amulets, no clerics… Amber through top of Ruby
-56 Games
-5 losses
-3 d/c, Ragers and 2 groups with grouped in ambers that people were carrying
-downfalls came depending on the amulet

Can’t play it like this anymore at a consistent rate, just clerics, and sometimes Menders now

By the way, any who are interested in starting a team with me, message me! I think thats what this is going to have to turn into

Booms.2594:

pls make a team it’ll be fun if theres actually another team that does AG, it gets kinda boring

Are you in the group of people that would want to try out or are you just telling me to make a team?

Hey! Thanks for all interested! I wasnt exactly planning on starting a team, but if it comes down to it and I get enough good players together than that works too!

Ill send you guys PMs in game, for anyone else….Im still looking!

Can we use tonics and use Gliders? It just occurred to me that we could use this glider with a Quaggan tonic…Flying Quaggan in a bubble anyone? Thats what I though….
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Oh course you do!

I have recently returned from a long break a week or 2 ago, and recently learned about the april release of new stuff! So what is coming with this new update? Sorry if its readily available somewhere, I haven’t exactly look :/. If there is just throw me a link! Thanks!

Im a firm believer in warriors now that I have seen some competent ones! Generally in this meta noobs are too bad to even want to try, so people who play them are actually good

RIP
#15tomatoes

Zuko.7132:

Hey guys Im Zuko from Gems N Tonic (previously BTNA) and I just wanted to put a good word in for Anhomedog, he’s a solid ele and if u need one for ur team give him a shot.
Good Luck Ki

Thanks man!

Stand The Wall.6987:

good luck man
bring protection

I know right XD

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—First tryouts went great! Thanks for all that came and participated! Next one will more than likely be next Friday! Message me if you are interested!
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Team Requirements / Info:

Decided to provide people with info about the future team!

ALL can tryout!
Any class can tryout
Division doesn’t matter
TS REQUIRED!!!!
Please be competent (i.e. know rotations, match ups, etc.)

This is just basic stuff tbh, I am willing to try anyone out really, but I do plan on going for pro leagues next season if they are still around so I do ask that people have the same goals in mind! We will start off by doing AG amateur weekly events!

If you are interested in trying out please mail me in game, post here, or PM me on the forums with something similar to my post below! Sell yourself too me…

In no way am I asking people to be immediately pro league ready, I just ask that you know how pvp works at a better level than most!
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My Info:

So, I am an Elementalist that is looking for a competitive team for AG weekly and maybe one day the Pro League! I am currently Diamond, but very close to Legendary at the time this is posted. To tell you a bit about myself

PVP Experiences:
-Countless AG tourneys, as well as PugQuests for fun!
-Past team experience with Best Team North Africa, (Aka Gems N Tonic), and countless other teams though not as big.
-1500+ Ranked / Team Games in pvp for Ele only
-Diamond First season, almost Legendary in 2nd
-Good mechanical skills
-Good Rotations
-Good Support
-Good Communication Skills

Me as a Person:
-In general I am a very laid back, but competitive person. Nothing gets under my skin too easily and I really like to face problems head on. Generally, facing problems head on and conquering those problems forms bonds with the people you do them with, leading to better teams and better relationships!
-My biggest goal at the moment is to be in the pro leagues, which I believe with some good work put in, won’t be too difficult
-I want like minded people to be around me, meaning that I want people to have the same drive I do to hopefully be apart of the pro leagues, and if it doesnt happen then hopefully we can win a few AGs
-I am on EST time
-Available most days, and always on weekends
-I’m 18

If you are interested in asking me any questions feel free to message me either on the forums, or preferably in game!

Still Looking!!!!

I have run into a lot of warriors recently and they have all been pretty good, not gonna lie

If you are just solo queuing or even with 2 or 3 friends, any class, even warrior will do. I’ve been queued with a fair amount of warriors recently and they have done great. It’s all player skill when you get to a certain point.

Still Looking…!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TPMN.1483:

Often I will ask someone in a team on a foefire match to break a gate if we have a few spare seconds and then get back to cap.
Some people listen others don’t.

I tend to find the matches where people break a gate allow for a Lord rush unexpectedly which can turn a loosing fight into a win. This mechanic can be so important to turn those close games into Victorys.

I have seen so many arguments on this mechanic alone and if it’s worth breaking the gate it’s so sad. The answer is always ‘it depends’ and timing is everything.
Often it’s not good to wait for 350 / pushing early in a close match may turn the game massively in your favour. I have for example pushed lords at 300-320 with double caps solo’d it down fast to get back to 1 or 0 cap and the match is 495v365 allowing us a easy win in what would have been a lost match. With a single kill or a cap for 10s to win the match denying the opposing team a Lord rush.

The answer is always ‘it depends’ on the team strengths and what they can do- and if it’s the right thing to do.

Well I do agree that it is quite situational and all, but thats not exactly the point of the thread… Story and the characters involved, the question still stands

Beliyal.7085:

Anhomedog.7968:

Back to the original question…Why don’t people take advice? I’m always up for someone telling me a helpful tip as long as it’s nicely, and I can tell they mean it in a good way. I would’ve understood why he got mad if I blamed the loss on him or something, but I made sure to word it so that it wouldn’t be taken that way.

I wonder that too, really.

I’m literally always open for advice and criticism. If it’s coherent and isn’t littered with insults, of course. But a lot of people simply cannot have a match without spewing insults in chat or not even listening to other players.

I often think it could be due to demographics, but I have no idea about the demographics of GW2. Perhaps these are hot-headed teenagers who cannot stand being criticized.

Another thing that boggles my mind are people who think they offer criticism when they scream in chat that you’re a “noob.” Sometimes I’m called a noob and with a good reason (if I make a lot of mistakes, it happens), but most often than not, it’s completely baffling to me. The other day a guy with very little contribution to the match called me a noob because we lost for a few points (don’t know why me specifically, there were other people in the team and they wasted 5 minutes fighting for stillness instead of defending mid), despite me being the most mobile player who decaped, caped, defended and rotated the most, and also took tranquility by outsmarting the opponents with my stealth, blinking and illusions. I would’ve loved if this person actually told me what I did wrong in their opinion, instead of just writing “noob.” Even if it meant messaging me after the match.

Well I don’t think that it’s exactly that they are teenage, but I myself am a teenager, but the only way that I am going to get better is by 1. Watching the people that know what they are doing (Pro Leauge, ESL, etc.), or 2. having someone tell me other wise.

I just read somewhere that there is only 4 seasons in pvp? Is that true? If so why is it stopping after 4 seasons and what will come afterwards?

I also mentioned it during the match, but I felt like he took it the wrong way so I messaged him afterwards. I wanted to clear it up afterwards just to be safe though

~~THIS IS NOT A RANT~~
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Like my title says, why dont people take advice in PvP? I understand that peoples egos can get in the way of them taking advice, but really?

I guess people just assume that you are blaming them for something…I just dont know.

I came across this thought after a match a few minutes ago. My team was ahead at the beginning of the game, maybe 200-125 or so, so not by much. On death, a guardian went to take chieftain (we were blue), and we had home. We had just taken mid and I was looking out over toward home from Keep and had saw that 2 enemies were heading towards home. So I “auto ran” back towards home and typed for the Guardian to go back home… Well he didn’t. The enemy decaped and then he came and we both died after a lengthy fight. In the end we ended up losing, and that wasn’t much a problem, you win some you lose some.

So after the match I whispered the guy and said, “I’m saying this constructively and I’m not blaming you for a loss or anything, but you really shouldn’t take beast when we are ahead cause it offsets the fights, and generally we lose something because of it”. I then said that we lost because we couldn’t win team fights and I didn’t heal as well as I should have (I’m an ele). He proceeds to tell me how he doesn’t care about what I think as well as a few other explicit words.

Anyway, this isn’t the first time this has happened, whether I am giving advice or someone else is.

Back to the original question…Why don’t people take advice? I’m always up for someone telling me a helpful tip as long as it’s nicely, and I can tell they mean it in a good way. I would’ve understood why he got mad if I blamed the loss on him or something, but I made sure to word it so that it wouldn’t be taken that way.

Not really, but it’s probably better than a lot of stuff in this meta anyways.

I’d like to see a fire type Mage mostly as fire has traditionally been a damage type class. With that I would like to see a sword as the weapon, and I do like the idea of mantras like you said. 2 damage mantras and like armor of earth or lightning flash with signet for heal would be nice. With the sword I’d also like the attacks to be pretty fast as well so that we can actually become a dps class…. That and out signet would be used again