Guild Wars 2

Even more server side calculations with PoF and more lag for all around!

Inb4 “Map population caps have been reduced in all World Vs. World Battlegrounds”

Getting this as well, mildly annoying. Time to go play Pubg til fixed

IMO the biggest issue with condi is the cap increase. Drop back to 25/30 in WvW would solve a few issues on them.

Chaba.5410:

IoJ should have been linked with FA just for the satire of all the mass-transfers from IoJ to FA over the life of this game.

I would have died laughing if that had actually happened, all the struggles would have really been for nothing at all xD

adrielle.2109:

We are limiting the Bottom-feeder League Spring GvG Invitational to Bronze tier only – meaning servers ranked 17th – 24th

Im pretty sure 16th is bronze, It is within the tiers you mentioned. Just because of score disparity, it doesnt make them silver if they cant win above that bracket, but do win in that bracket…

I feel like these stability changes were designed and meant for the Revenant with their aoe stab on dodge, to be with them and silly ANet decided to plop it out now.

shadowpass.4236:

I’ve commanded for a successful zergbusting guild before on a ranger, this was before all of the buffs, and it was still effective. Its been a while, but the guild was Victorious Secretz [VS] if anyone remembers.

Give me the gold and resources I need to buy the gear and I can prove rangers do have a role in zergbusting. While it may not be part of the meta currently, that can always change.

I dont remember, and probably for good reason. You werent an impact on the game or meta.

I know rangers are fine for pugging, they are fine for PLENTY of thinking.

kittening christ, Natronix above commanded on ranger for a year or more, but im sure he can explain to you why he switched and the pros and cons more then I and why he switched off.

Again rangers arent BAD, but they do NOTHING better then any of the other classes.

Fluffball.8307:

Banzie.5248:

You guys are getting personally upset over things that Arenanet and the Community have chosen to do for the class. He is not saying you cant play ranger, but he is correct in saying there is minimal to no use for ranger in organized zerg busting (Facing 1.5-2+ times your numbers) and GvGs.

He explains what supply is and what towers are. It’s the most basic intro to WvW, not an elite GvG guide. The whole GvG thing is being used as an excuse to cover the horrible bias/personal opinion of the ‘guide’.

If you read the title “Commander Compendium”. Its meant to teach players the commanders thought process as well as teach people the meaning and thoughy process of zerg busting and by extension gvgs and why guilds and your driver may be doing x and y.

Again, Get over yourselves. Ranger isnt in the META for a reason.

Rangers arent apart of the META and will not be until either Arena Fixes the class or rangers enmasse can prove they do things better then any of the other classes CONSISTENTLY.

You guys are getting personally upset over things that Arenanet and the Community have chosen to do for the class. He is not saying you cant play ranger, but he is correct in saying there is minimal to no use for ranger in organized zerg busting (Facing 1.5-2+ times your numbers) and GvGs.

If you want to attack someone, Attack the entire community and “Subset” gvg community. Or prove your worth and prove you can do things better then the other classes consistently. (Hint: Yet to happen, Hence they are out of the META)

Tl;dr: Get over yourselves, dont blame the writer.

I will agree that a majority of balance decisions are based around PvP, Though they do improve and nerf things for the other two modes as well. Just… less often and not as fast as its needed as it is when its happening in PvP

timmyf.1490:

<3 Arius. Xivor and I were just chatting last night about how we’d love GoM and DH to make it up to T3 for an NSP-GoM-DH matchup. :-)

You’re forgetting the massive T2 issue at hand still for that to become close to possible.

KN was more of an experiment of how hard offhours could carry (WM) in my opinion.

This is legitimately the most Useless and under thought balance change they’ve done in a LONG time. Its for every class too it seems. Theres nothing outside of the Might change thats really “Big”

lordkrall.7241:

Banzie.5248:

I would like to add onto this since a majority of you likely skimmed over it in your hyped up senses right now.

Quote’s taken from the link.

“A service mark differs from a trademark in that the mark is used on the advertising of the service rather than on the packaging or delivery of the service, since there is generally no “package” to place the mark on, which is the practice for trademarks."

“Under United States law, service marks have a different standard of use in order to count as a use in commerce, which is necessary to complete registration and to stop infringement by competitors. A trademark normally needs to be used on or directly in association with the sale of goods, such as on a store display. As services are not defined by a concrete product”

This will not be a boxed Expansion therefor. Will it be electronic? Possibly, but its hard to imagine them not releasing boxed version.

That doesnt mean that it wont be a large sum of content or “Expansion Like Content”. Lets not forget ANet has called all their Context Expansion like. I feel this is simply a step they are taking to monetize a part of the story yet.

Ill be hyped when I see it in actuality, until then I wont hold my breath.

Edit: In re-reading just now, I could see this as paving the way and path to an expansion later on, but not so soon, again I wont hold my breath and Ill wait to see what happens on the 24th.

You are however ignoring the fact stated in the post right under it.
The fact that there are MULTIPLE trademarks registered, and only 2 of them are Service Marks, whereas two other are trademarks. One for toys and one for Applications/Games.

First one:

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Word Mark GUILD WARS 2 HEART OF THORNS
Goods and Services IC 028. US 022 023 038 050. G & S: Toys, namely, toy action figures and accessories therefor, mechanical action toys, collectible toy figures, fantasy character toys, toy weapons; toy boxes
Mark Drawing Code (0) UNKNOWN
Serial Number 86499177
Filing Date January 8, 2015
Current Basis 1B
Original Filing Basis 1B
Owner (APPLICANT) NCSOFT Corporation CORPORATION REPUBLIC OF KOREA 12, Daewangpangyo-ro 644beon-gil Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si Gyeonggi-do REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Attorney of Record Candice E. Kim
Description of Mark The color(s) green is/are claimed as a feature of the mark. The mark consists of a fanciful dragon encircling itself with its tail within concentric circles made up of thorns, and in the center of the circles are the words GUILD WARS 2 above the words HEART OF THORNS.
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE

And second one:

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Word Mark GUILD WARS 2 HEART OF THORNS
Goods and Services IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: Computer and video game software; computer software enabling users of communication devices to simultaneously access databases and global computer networks; computer game software downloadable from a global computer network; virtual reality game software; electronic game software for handheld and wireless electronic devices; computer communications software for connecting computer network users; computer and video game software for use on connectable systems for individual, peer-to peer, online and multiplayer play; computer programs for use in tracking the status of various users online interactive gaming services, and for matching online game players with players of all skill levels; downloadable computer software for mobile phones, tablets and other electronic mobile devices in the field of social media for the creation and exchange of user-generated content; downloadable mobile applications for gaming on social media platforms by one or more players; computer game software enabling users to play games with mobile phones, tablets and virtual reality devices
Mark Drawing Code (0) UNKNOWN
Serial Number 86499175
Filing Date January 8, 2015
Current Basis 1B
Original Filing Basis 1B
Owner (APPLICANT) NCSOFT Corporation CORPORATION REPUBLIC OF KOREA 12, Daewangpangyo-ro 644beon-gil Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si Gyeonggi-do REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Attorney of Record Candice E. Kim
Description of Mark The color(s) green is/are claimed as a feature of the mark. The mark consists of a fanciful dragon encircling itself with its tail within concentric circles made up of thorns, and in the center of the circles are the words GUILD WARS 2 above the words HEART OF THORNS.
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE

Ohhh, It was late last night, I thought they were all SM. I must have been clicking on the same ones multiple times or something. Ill eat my words about being wrong on that xD Ill save my hype for the 24th still to see whats announced.

Valento.9852:

I don’t intend derailing the hype train, but here’s a thing:
“On January 8 2015, NCsoft filed to trademark Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns. The type of the trademark is service mark.”

Source

I would like to add onto this since a majority of you likely skimmed over it in your hyped up senses right now.

Quote’s taken from the link.

“A service mark differs from a trademark in that the mark is used on the advertising of the service rather than on the packaging or delivery of the service, since there is generally no “package” to place the mark on, which is the practice for trademarks."

“Under United States law, service marks have a different standard of use in order to count as a use in commerce, which is necessary to complete registration and to stop infringement by competitors. A trademark normally needs to be used on or directly in association with the sale of goods, such as on a store display. As services are not defined by a concrete product”

This will not be a boxed Expansion therefor. Will it be electronic? Possibly, but its hard to imagine them not releasing boxed version.

That doesnt mean that it wont be a large sum of content or “Expansion Like Content”. Lets not forget ANet has called all their Context Expansion like. I feel this is simply a step they are taking to monetize a part of the story yet.

Ill be hyped when I see it in actuality, until then I wont hold my breath.

Edit: In re-reading just now, I could see this as paving the way and path to an expansion later on, but not so soon, again I wont hold my breath and Ill wait to see what happens on the 24th.

ComeAndGetThem.3152:

DtC.4806:

The OP is neglecting the fact that guilds run hoelbrak -20% condi, -40% condi food, that’s 60%, have good purging rotations and its -93% condi duration, essentially making most condis tick once, shout cleanse guards are useless in guild raids as I almost never feel condi pressure with the guild

L Step.8659:

Soft CC is the most important CC you need to prevent and Warrior warhorn/guardian purging flames usually provide enough removal, along with eles, and with -condi duration food. The warriors main role in a train are to lock down the enemy melee with flurry, keep the train moving with warhorn cleanses, and of course banners. Hammer Stuns are hard to get off with good stab rotations so it’s not as good as the sword so running axe isn’t optimal over the sword.

A dps war is completely different playstyle and purpose and shouldn’t be mixed into a hybrid with the melee train warrior or you’re just gimping the build overall.

I wouldn’t run Trooper runes on guard btw.

Yeah i think i get it now. You are all basically saying that with Hoelbrak/Melandru runes and Lemongrass you don’t need more condi cleansing than what Purging Flames +WH already provide so there is no need for trooper runes and Shout Builds, therefore increasing the damage output of the group with pretty much the same survivability.

Thx guys. You ’ve been really helpful.

The only time I would every suggest melandru to a player anymore is if they were brand new to the game/wvw. In an organized group the Meta is generally Hoelbrak Frontline and Strength Backline rune wise.

As said above, Soft CC is your most dangerous thing as it can spread a group out horribly or lock you down for a half second and thats all thats needed to gain an advantage and warriors WH excels at cleansing those things. Guardian is mainly used for might uptime between the trait empowering might and empower with their stability. and like DtC said, guardians can hit quite hard. Them mighty blow trains hurt mang.

FA reset Queues
http://i.imgur.com/R8Qsot6.jpg

Source: http://www.gw2wvw.net/topic/19-ioj-nsp-fa

Full Zerk Ascended, Strength Runes, With Valk/Zerk for Trink/Am/Back Ascended and Cav weapons. 62006 with A/WH, A/F, D/F, D/WH deepening what your doing, with your mainhand Staff for the Soft CC and Condi transfer.

Edit: Armor Wise, I Sit around 1800ish and live just fine.

Im laughing so hard at people who are saying condimancer is the only viable thing anymore. You are just bad at position and setting up the damage on powermancers then. Medi Gaurds= Easy. The thing to watch for on powermancer are rangers and their 2 burst, You can handle literally any other class no issue with corrupts and well timed damage spikes, where as ranger can just out kite and cc you with their LB. Even then I have little issues with most rangers around in the game. If you cant win as condimancer (Easiest thing to do) then reroll to warrior.

Not super impressed. Its a condition Necro, On top of the condition aspect your running terrormancer while Running Perplexity which is pretty much instant win against most general players. Would be more impressed if it was a power necro and I wouldnt go as far to say your top 10 in the world. Your gameplay is impressive at times, but you’re being carried by the build here more then anything.

Would be interested if you had a power video sometime.

I have no issue getting people into teamspeak.. Maybe try to not scream, cuss, yell at, demean and demand things from people and they will WANT to get on teamspeak with you instead of avoid it. Perhaps Ask, Command without screaming (Revolutionary I know, but its possible), Avoid cussing if you can (Most of us are adults, but spewing out profanities 24/7 wont get you a following as its childish, and dont demand; All you have to do is ask and be respectful, people are there to have fun, not win. PPT is an arbitrary and moot point at this time in the game and how fast people are burning out of it each season, if you want to PPT go to T1 again.

It doesnt happen overnight either, You have to build it. Just ask you said, people in your beta server spammed it day and night, but the elitist attitude of not talking to people just because they arent in teamspeak is a toxic environment to your community and players around you and will ultimately hurt it.

HoDs match ups have been within the glicko draw rate.

Though it does feel like they’ve changed a bit. Then again.. We’ve been stuck with a T2 server for the past 2 months basically outside of one or two weeks.

Ahh completely missed those! Thank you so much

So I have run into a conundrum with my girlfriends account compared to mine, I can see chat bubbles and she can’t.

I’ve tried desperately to look through how to fix it, and when I google a fix all I get is that fiasco from launch.

Just wondering if anyone here can help ty

Wintersday is probably the only PvE patch I personally like to date. And After ANet making it so good last year I was ready for toypocalypse and to show my girlfriend how fun it is and play it with our friends. This one “Minor Inconvenience” in ANets eyes made this patch go from 8/10 to 2/10. Saved by Snowball Mayhem at least.

Oreallynow.
Which server would you say unbiasedly requires more structure during PST, pros?

Bump.

Im looking to start a PST timeslot WvW focused guild and am looking for other like minded people. I would be the driver, I am really just looking for a server that has 15-20 people in the PST slot that are willing to join, or that I can build around, or a server who knows I can build a guild there. Its a struggle on my current server because its largely guild lead. So theres almost no WvW “Pugs” or people looking for a guild.

We would be doing all aspects of WvW, PPT, Open Field, GvG. etc.

If you would like more info, or to talk to me more, or have a suggestion or think your server fits what im trying to do Whisper me in game or PM me

Filaha.1678:

Consensus.2785:

Filaha.1678:

Consensus.2785:

Myself and many others have managed world completion without “safe passage”, ANet doesn’t need to breast-feed you just because you can’t keep up with WvW.

Did you do it on a server so dead in WvW that it’s a struggle to even get a handful of people in against servers that can just blob you if you try to take something that you need for world completion? Your vitriol would be a bit more substantial if every server was equal in population and representation.

So now it’s the server who’s at fault? They must all be working against you, collectively organizing to not play WvW and never capture anything so you can’t get world completion.

Translation: “No, I’m completely unaware that there are servers who either do not have a large presence in WvW or have peak times at times that an individual player may not play.”

Its a simple matter of map awareness and being able to read the map situation on all 4 maps to take something with no contest generally, or minimal contest.

Is a group of 5 going to take a keep in NA prime on any server? Unlikely, unless you have your servers EB team/Float Team/Guild group hitting their garrison the same time you are hitting that keep.

NEVER FEAR THOUGH PVE CAREBEARS, With the removal of white swords, All matches shall turn into a massive Ktrain unless you’re YB.

Thanks for continuing to do this snow <3

World vs. World

Fixed an issue that prevented player pets from attacking gates in Edge of the Mists.
Reduced the radius of the Siege Disabler trick from 450 to 300.
Increased the skill recharge of the Siege Disabler from 5 seconds to 45 seconds.
Decreased the duration of the Siege Disabler trick from 45 seconds to 35 seconds. The duration on Siege Golems remains unchanged.

At least something partially decent, sorta, happened.

You can PM me or Mail me in game.

600 hours, Fully geared, ready to start whenever. Mained Guard before and have 1.5k hours on him, not fully geared for WvW though.

Idc if the guild is good or bad, just striving to be better and doesnt take criticism by getting kitten.

The colors are weighted for a semi-random draw based on your servers rating and match up they draw.

Rating and match ups can be found @ http://mos.millenium.org/na/matchups

Based on the assumptions its either weighed by last weeks performance or your rating, my world should be blue regardless, however we’ve drawn red this week. So there is a small random factor.

<3

ionix.9054:

Thanks from response. From players, keep lord or WvWvW rank up? (so I can say prayers at the right time)

Any PvE Mobs (Guards/Lord/Randomkitten), Players and Rank up chests.

Bump, I need of Guardians who know how to dodge roll.

Deli.1302:

Firelysm.4967:

As respectful loyal GW1 PvP player, i’ll say this:
“As long as Guild wars 2 doesn’t have GvG, i will keep calling it just >>PVE wars 2<< "

Because game has nothing to do with Guild and Wars any more.. Concept is lost in my eyes until we get what game was meant for.

inb4 some overzealous forumer comes and tells you that the game is named after an obscure nugget of lore that is only briefly hinted at during the main storyline of the original game and not named after one of the biggest, if not the biggest, selling point of the game.

These data-mined screenshots (found after the September feature pack) look promising though!

While I wouldnt mind the gw1 format coming back, As I thoroughly enjoyed it and would again, I think there should be a balance or both the Gw1 and Gw2 Format, As I currently Enjoy the Gw2 format the players have made as well.

Did I miss this, is it in a different section or is it just not happening yet :o

Havent been keeping up too thoroughly lately but this is a CDI I would like to be apart of.

I still fail to understand scoring periods, Does coverage still not dominate with this set up? Even if less so.

Hamster.4861:

Wildchild.7502:

the tier you are on is just about right IMO. Maybe you just need to switch server. I currently play on Devonas Rest. I like the roaming there. Even tho there is a lack of good guilds and actual roaming guild on DR. I like the tier.

have you played with BOMB? they’re MY favorite DR guild, and they often roam solo or in small parties

Im pretty sure your Favorite guild is [Nite] on SBI ham

If you’re truly insistent on xferring to T1 I believe JQ always needs NA players.

Thought on IoJ there’s more then just your pld guild you can join as well.

Easy

Only player kills count for score.

If you’ve played Gw2 the last two times, you’d know they generally dont start here until the week before.

We’ve now been every color and owned SMC multiple times in every timezone. Nu Excuse!

Nefara.2186:

Banzie.5248:

Rip in pepperonis, Dont think IoJ got a single dev.

We have a few native devs

Let me rephrase.

None of the active WvW guilds got any Devs.

Rip in pepperonis, Dont think IoJ got a single dev.

Still looking to fill all positions.

[AIM] Ambition is an NA Zergbusting/GvG guild that was created on Fort Aspenwood and located on the server Isle of Janthir.

If you are interested in joining a hardcore GvG/Zergbusting guild only running 15-25 (absolute max) a night. Whisper any of the following people.

Karnaigee (Officer): Banzie.5248
Holy Rengar (Leader): Halo Smith.6049
Instakill (Leader): instakill.5361
Gold Hart (Leader): TDog.4975
Dark Death (Officer): Dark Hawkk.3215

What we are currently looking for.
Apply here: http://ambition.guildlaunch.com/

Warriors: 3-4
Guardians: 1-2
Necros: 2-3
Staff Eles: 1-2

Still need NA players! Join up for seasons!