Guild Wars 2

Bump… /15char

Greetings Tyrians,

PugQuest EU is back again on Saturday (28/11/2015) at 14:00 GMT / 15:00 CET.

NOTE: The tournament matches start at 15:00 GMT, but check-in runs from 14:00 to 14:30 – do not turn up at 15:00 expecting to play!

Sign up here

In an attempt to improve the tournament, I’ve created a feedback form. If you have played PugQuest before, I’d be really appreciative if you could fill in this form: http://goo.gl/forms/RWc8C1NGvX

Additionally, I’ve added some more forms to the registration form so I can better gauge player skill and hopefully that will lead to improved team balance.

Thanks!

PugQuest is AspectGG’s series of weekly open tournaments aimed mainly at newer to mid tier level players in order to get their feet wet and try some competitive PvP, along with free agents looking to gain some experience playing in a team environment. This event is a 5v5 Conquest tournament in Guild Wars 2.

The way PugQuest works is a little different from other tournaments. Rather than having 5 players sign up as a team, you sign up as solo players or a duo. We then put you into semi-random teams (we do (some balancing around experience and classes). So, it’s essentially like queuing in PvP, except that you can win stuff!

We provide teams with their own TeamSpeak channels our server (ts.aspect.gg).

The event will be streamed from the semi finals (around 15:30 GMT) by myself over at twitch.tv/aspectgg

Prizes:

1st: 10,000 gems (2,000 per player)

2nd: 4,000 gems (800 per player)

Additionally, if you beat any team (BO3) you will receive a Mini Llama.

Any questions, let me know.

See you then!

Auldon

Bumpidybump… /15char

Greetings Tyrians,
PugQuest EU is back again on Saturday (14/11/2015) at 15:00 GMT / 16:00 CET.
NOTE: The tournament starts at 15:00 GMT, but check-in is from 14:00 to 14:30 – do not turn up at 15:00 expecting to play!

In an attempt to improve the tournament, I’ve created a feedback form. If you have played PugQuest before, I’d be really appreciative if you could fill in this form: http://goo.gl/forms/RWc8C1NGvX
Thanks!

Sign up here: http://battlefy.com/aspectgg/pugquest-eu-14/563f4dc9c81e0d4e00daacb4/info

PugQuest is AspectGG’s series of weekly open tournaments aimed mainly at newer to mid tier level players in order to get their feet wet and try some competitive PvP, along with free agents looking to gain some experience playing in a team environment. This event is a 5v5 Conquest tournament in Guild Wars 2.

The way PugQuest works is a little different from other tournaments. Rather than having 5 players sign up as a team, you sign up as solo players or a duo. We then put you into semi-random teams (we do some balancing around experience and classes). So, it’s essentially like queuing in PvP, except that you can win stuff!
We provide teams with their own TeamSpeak channels our server (ts.aspect.gg).

The event will be streamed from the semi finals (around 15:30 GMT) by myself over at twitch.tv/aspectgg

Prizes:
1st: 10,000 gems (2,000 per player)
2nd: 4,000 gems (800 per player)

Additionally, if you beat any team (BO3) you will receive a Mini Llama.

Any questions, let me know.
See you then!

Auldon

Shadowstep.6049:

vamp runes allowed?

No, we’re keeping vamp runes banned. We had a lot of people saying that it was much more fun without.

Hi all,
PugQuest EU is back for the ninth time this weekend (3/10/2015)! Matches start at 15:00 BST / 16:00 CEST, check in is an hour before.

You can use this website to work out what that time is for you: http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/

Sign ups/rules/more info: http://battlefy.com/aspectgg/pugquest-eu-9/560bce2559f48a440066eec5/info

PugQuest is AspectGG’s series of weekly open tournaments aimed mainly at newer to mid tier level players in order to get their feet wet and try some competitive PvP, along with free agents looking to gain some experience playing in a team environment. This event is a 5v5, BO3 conquest tournament.

So whether you’re a new player or a more experienced player, come and have fun! This is an especially interesting tournament to play in, since it’s one of the first ones to run with the new balance patch, and it’s a great place to try out some fun builds.

We have a limit of 40 players (to make 8 teams), so please sign up early!

The event will be streamed from the semi-finals onwards by myself, Auldon, at twitch.tv/aspectgg.

You can also check out our past broadcasts there.

Prizes

First: 2000 gems per player
Second: 800 gems per player

Additionally, if you beat 1 other team you will receive a Mini Llama.

Any questions, let me know. Hope to see you there.

Hi all,

PugQuest EU #8 is tomorrow (26/09/2015 @ 14:30 GMT) – you all know the drill by now.

Sign ups are here: http://battlefy.com/aspectgg

You can sign up solo or with a friend, we give you a random team and away we go! Off to hopefully win gems and llamas.

The tournament will be streamed from the semi-finals onwards by myself at twitch.tv/aspectgg

See you there!

Tuomir.1830:

Rangers don’t have much in the way of hard CC, and have very limited options when it comes to dealing with conditions on them. They also can do absolutely nothing about enemy boons.

LB #4, GS #4 and #5, pet knockdown on Wolf/Drakehound autoattacks, SB #5. Nope. Not much hard CC at all.

Bark Skin, Healing Fountain, survival skills remove condis trait… That’s more CC and condi removal that most classes.

Shocking news: 50% of people will have queues times longer than the average queue time!

Also, I think after waiting 30mins, you should just exit the queue and try again, looks like something is broken.

Greek.4396:

This is why GW2 Tournaments are a joke. Too many restrictions, with age included, preventing teams from playing.

Major tournis in other games (like with Fighting games ) don’t have these ridiculous restrictions that favor specific teams.

The majority of a team being from the region they are playing in/for isn’t a stupid rule.

The age restriction is simply a health and safety thing. ANet would have to be responsible for anyone under 18 attending their tournaments, which is something they don’t want or can’t afford to be liable for (do you have any idea how much the insurance cover for that would cost Anet?).

These rules don’t favour any specific team, lmfao. They apply to all, just because a team has chosen to have illegible players (whether through age or location) is their fault. The rules haven’t suddenly changed.

abc.5790:

Anet loves:
-eles
-guards
-mesmers

Anet is neutral towards:
-thieves
-warriors

Anet hates:
-necros
-engies
-rangers

Anet doesn’t love eles, they just don’t know how to balance them properly. They either get nerfed too much or become OP. Tempest is pretty bad.

They only just buffed mesmer, this is the first time(?) mesmer ever been properly viable in a long long time.

Thief has always been in the meta and even when nerfed they still see the most love.

Engis are still good and until the recent patch were stronger than eles.

Reaper is set to be amazingly strong.

Otherwise, spot on.

Dude you’re high af.

And? Is this a complaint or just a statement?

http://i.imgur.com/91sn32Q.jpg?fb

Hi all,
Rotate to Procreate [Baby] is looking for a 5th member to complete our roster. We’re looking for an experienced, high level player to compete in ESL tournaments.

We are looking for either a mesmer, dps guardian or necro. If you’re interested, please either reply here, or whisper/mail me in-game (Auldon.1972). If you don’t play either of the aforementioned classes, we are reasonably flexible so get in touch anyway.

Thanks, Will

Uh… Look at people’s builds? CTD? Huh?

lighter.2708:

Flumek.9043:

“But we dont want all classes to feel the same”

so necro must be a 1v1 slow monster that insta dies in even 2v2 focus fire

good post, though i think the mesmer 25% speed and less criple will be huge, basicaly add 5-10% dmg from not runing traveler runes

..have to see nos and 5g in 2v2 tournament?

A good player on a class doesn’t mean the class is strong. A weak class with a very good player can still beat a less skilled player on a stronger class.

That said, I don’t think necros are as weak as the OP is suggesting.

Lordrosicky.5813:

It really isn’t that big of a deal to be honest. They played on different accounts. Get over it. If the rules were more clear cut on what constitutes a team or if this game actually had a proper competitive community then maybe this wouldn’t of happened.

Everyone knows who were the 5 players anyway so whats the big drama. Get over it people.

It wasn’t people using alternative accounts. It was other people using team-registered accounts and pretending to be them. The rules are very clear: only the owner of an account can use it.

It allowed certain people, namingnohibas, to play in both the NA and EU WTSIQ.

Ramzes.7480:

Hello, I’m Raaz, sub player for Various Artists. I have an idea what to do with gems that were suppose to be given to Majestic Capricorn players. Split them between the sub players of other teams because we are not going to be given kitten, exept of a mini llamas for past go4s and weekly tounaments, thank you in advance.

Poor Ramzes, and other subs, our silent heroes in times of need.

Laraley.7695:

While shoutbow cannot get out of it, ele is a bit more vulnerable to burst than shoutbow due to low base hp poor and armour. You can get spiked up easily. However, if such team decides to focus you, there is a high chance you will be dying no matter what you play.

The thing is ele is losing its support and answer me this: Why would you take a support spec on your team, when it lacks…you know, support?

Actually, I think shoutbows are more susceptible to burst than D/D eles. Shocking aura, protection, LF, stability, Frost Aura. Those all make an ele pretty hard to kill.

A shoutbow, if he’s running 3 shouts, doesn’t have stability, endure pain (invuln), or any form of escape.

The thief/mesmer burst can kill a shoutbow almost instantly if you get procs. And as you hinted at: if you’re getting hit for 25k.. Having 18k hp compared to 22k doesn’t matter.

Also, add in a DPS guard which will a) ring the shoutbow, so he/she can’t escape it, and if it’s a first engagement, should provide stability to allies so the Fear Me from the warrior won’t help.

Also, D/D is an off-support role, not a support role. The shoutbow is the main support, and then D/D provides secondary support, but more damage and mobility.

Ele got dropped in favour of triple zerker comps. Engis are just too important (CC, condis), shoutbow is better support/sustain, and banner is super valuable, so that stayed.

Eles are not out of the meta (arguable) because shoutbow is better, but because the role a D/D ele fulfils is no longer there.

Dulle Griet.8436:

-snip-

Uh… No… Staff is not better (in an organised team) than D/D. There’s a reason D/D has been meta for so long and staff is run by like… 2 people competitively. Honey and… Someone else, probably.

Staff is actually nicer in solo play because it’s easier to support your team, whereas it’s harder on D/D because the heals etc are much shorter range, so you need to be a bit more co-ordinated (i.e. “Stay near me for heal.”).

However, that’s like asking whether a bunker or DPS guard is better. They essentially fulfil different roles. Staff elementalist is for a more supporting role and point pressure, whereas D/D is roamer role, pushing points and 1v1s, whilst also providing some support and CC.

Because ping. 15chars.

Thanks for sharing… I guess?

Make sigils not proc on auto-attacks. Problem solved.

This doesn’t really explain the when aspect though.

A good point raised here, is that Elementalists have to do about 5 times as much as Warriors and still do less for the team.

Elemental Attunement should be baseline. If you’re going to make Illusionary Persona baseline, and let Thieves take panic strike and executioner, you need to make it baseline as well.

I mean, every single ele’ build relies on EA. Nerf EA = kill eles. It’s simple, I don’t understand what the devs are thinking.

Oh, and let’s not forget the huge nerf to the Fresh Air build with Bolt to the Heart becoming GM as well. If there’s one ele’ build that really needed a buff, it’s FA – but nope! They’re gonna nerf that as well.

I guess the thought process was “Let’s just make everything useful a GM trait, that’ll hurt”?

With the changes to might we’ve seen eles begin to fall out of the meta, with the nerf it’s pretty likely that we’re going to see it go completely.

Please, for the love of the game, don’t mess this up Anet.