Guild Wars 2

Very true.

And the same goes to the hammer first attack.

The Revenant animations are utter junk compared to what GW2 presented.
It looks like work done NOT by the people who originally did GW2.

Hopefully Black Desert will set new standards when it comes to animations in MMOs.

I quit the game last year due to lack of expansions.

The game is amazing, but it gets boring. The only way I’d try it again would be if they open new zones, add new classes / races and maybe something revolutionary, like WoW did with the flying mounts in TBC.

Yes, I would pay for such an expansion. No, the Living World does not count as an expansion. It’s just an event, similar to the calendar events in WoW.

As a matter of fact, I’m more inclined to try WoW again, with the new expansion, simply because I have new things to experience.

I’m playing EVE Online at the moment. Amazing “game”, if it can be called that.

I simply stopped joining large scale fights. There’s just more frustration than fun.
WvW is GW2’s end game and the best part of it creates awful skill lag.

It’s a game breaker for me.
Hopefully the problem will be fixed this year.

Cantha or no Cantha, there are too few level 80 zones in the game.

I think it’s time to reveal some of that big * map.

I’m experiencing the same issue also in Lion’s Arch events. I just don’t go there anymore.
In WvW I’m looking for a deserted border, constantly swapping maps.

It’s a game breaker.

You all knew WvW was becoming increasingly popular…

Just run knights gear with zerker trinkets, hammer + mace/shield.
You will be able to mitigate loads of dmg and heal / protect your group while dpsing.

I’m not into melting mobs or seeing a cascade of numbers, I’m the one that keeps your squishy pure dps class alive.

I find no issues with retaliation at the moment.
If you’re alone and unbuffed, trying to AoE a 50 man zerg, you deserve to melt.

I’m playing several classes and no, I find no pleasure in AoEing a zerg just to see numbers. If you’re not doing it organized / focused, it’s useless.

Avoid blobs if you don’t like them or don’t have the hardware for those fights.

I’m having a blast in WvW, less QQ more pewpew.

They actually wanted to separate the gankers / “PvPers”.
The words “loot” and “noobs” makes them flood EOTM.

Trolling aside, I agree it should be the other way around.

By upgrading your PC.
Especially that slow CPU.

This is obviously the case of a failed leader. Leave that guild.

If you want to level fast, use the professions and a booster.
It’s a bit more expensive, but supposedly so is your real life time.

Bringing a low level in WvW is kind of selfish. You are obviously there to leech.
If you enjoy that… no comment.

AnTxJeTs.5186:

PvE in Gw2 is a joke.. Gotta love the bags the PvErs feed us though. So squishy I love it.

Maybe that’s why some players hate them.
Running in zerker gear with some magic dps build and +power food makes you a victim in WvW, most of the times.

Going solo and dying every 2 minutes may generate frustration for both sides, a big “gtfo” is imminent. I don’t hate PvE, it’s one of the best I’ve seen in an MMO.

WvW is not here to cater PvE players, it’s a different “game”. The sooner you adapt, the better.

If you’re one of those “I paid for this game I play however I want”, go play solo and stop whining like a little kid.

Sceinna.3561:

nirvana.8245:

Sceinna.3561:

Me and GW2 (WvW) is like a love-hate relationship.. I’ve already quit a couple of times because the whole “mass-epic-scale” is not my cup of tea. I like organised fights (not sPvP where crowd control matters more than actually wiping a group of players).

I know WvW was intended to be blobby fights.. but
1) Up until today, the engine can still not handle this
2) I personally don’t see how spamming 1 and running is a blob is skillful, all you need is the appropriate gear, build.. and you basically spam most of your skills. It’s nothing like GW1 PvP was like, the game I still praise upon this very day.. I guess it wasn’t casual enough. Casual means a bigger playerbase, naturally means more cash.. and I’m kinda sad GW2 choose that path, pvp-wise. PvE wise this game is the best game I’ve played by far. PvP it is a tragedy.
3) WvW still plays like PvE, it is SO forgiving if you run with higher numbers than your opponents, mass rally, quick ressing (cmon now, two guys can pick you up in like a second)

WvW today, no one cares about points anymore, good guilds only care about wiping blobs and having “good” fights, that is a sad evolution but it happens because your work is being wiped regardless. If servers were more balanced, it would be about the points again, you’d fight with even equipment..

All of this is my own opinion, btw.

I agree, but with one exception. You see, there alot of guilds that claim they only care about fights. The truth is they are mediocre guilds who play in their own optimal conditions. The driving force behind not fighting in your optimal conditions is PPT. You get strategically placed in a situation where you have to fight if you want that PPT. The truly good guilds in this game are both in it for the fights and the PPT.

I’m on Gunnar’s Hold right now (altho I often change servers to keep things interesting).. we often find ourselves solo at home border “defending”, 20 vs two blobs of 60+

That is WvW in a nutshell, everyday. GH obviously has blobs too but my point is, I rarely see anything skillful happen in WvW, I see less and less WvW guilds roaming about, it seems to be about gathering in a massive blob and play PvD because no one is defending anyways.

I actually think people farm WvW again due to the dragonite ore change lol, I was surprised myself when I got 20 ores from lord. -_-

You can farm WvW in non peak hours and get stacked with this, way faster than you would in PvE.

This is happening when Jade Sea (FR) is involved, or any other overpopulated realm. They are wining just by having numbers.

I am pointing the finger because this is a matchmaking issue, not a core WvW gameplay issue.

You can’t really compete with a realm that has blobs 24/7. They have a queue at 3am.
That’s a downer for most players. Commanders included.

Memphisjz.1405:

CYB, your argument is invalid

I (almost) never lose my trebuchets of my tower and always
- drain the blobs supply
- shoot down all their siege

But guess what? Then they just melt the gate by force.
pretty much every tower i had sieged up and defended was lost to attackers that did not use (or lost their) offensive siege.

Hule.8794:

Taking down fortified wall with 2 trebs takes more time than PvD reinforced gate with 30 man group.

This. so much. And that is just wrong.
Taking down the wall should be slow. but PvD should be impossible.

Actually this is the invalid argument:
“Defending SHOULD be easy with a 5 man team.”

Against a 50 man raid? Why? Because you put alot of effort in upgrading it?

Taking out PvD will make defense easier? Blobs will ninja your tower just as fast and there will be nothing you can do about it if you don’t have numbers / help to call.

“Like Memphisjz said if the defenders kill the enemy siege then the defenders should win, because the enemy should resupply and build new siege to get in the tower/keep. "

Win what? A few minutes more?

I’m not pro PvD and I don’t really care about it, I countered many such attemps with well positioned ACs, trebs or catas and player AoE. I dont agree on that 5 vs. 50 should be in favor of the defender.
50 vs 50 is in the favor of the defender.

Are you talking about “bad game design” or unbalanced fights?

I don’t expect to keep a tower for more than a few minutes if 50 people are attacking and we are 5 inside with no reinforcements.

So take out PvD to win what?

Memphisjz.1405:

Did you even read this thread?

All i’m advocating is PvD has to go. If the defenders did all the effort to siege up a tower and put supply traps and whatnot, the attackers should be forced to use tactics as well to be able to take the tower.

Examples:
Defenders: 5 AC and Defensive Treb
Attackers: 60 man blob with no supps left after they lost their rams
= Defenders deserve to win

Defenders: 5 AC and Defensive Treb
Attackers: Notice the siege and decide to find high-ground and build a treb to clear siege, after which they can ram freely
= Attackers deserve to win

If you don’t actually read posts and are not capable of giving reasonable feedback, you shouldn’t be posting on forums. I’m doing my best to convince other players of my idea and to make it clear to Anet that PvD really has to go.

You read my previous edit?

PvD has nothing to do with the fact that you cannot hold a tower in 5 players.
Take out PvD and blobs will still destroy your hours of running supplies in 2 minutes with trebs.

And then you will come back QQing about blobs building too fast.

You are frustrated by the fact that you spend an hour running supplies and building defenses, then a blob comes and destroys everything in 2 minutes.

Taking out PvD will not change that concept, I assure you.

Memphisjz.1405:

CYB.9012:

Blobs can melt a gate? You can melt a blob with superior ACs focused fire.

Please read my follow up posts in this thread before posting. It’s nearly impossible to place a Superior AC somewhere without it getting AoE’d. And behind the gate is useless for range dps PvD.

As i said earlier. Instead of feeling safe inside your tower or on your walls, it feels more like playing a bullet hell game when defending.

Make the doors invulnerable to player damage and we will build 4 trebs in a few seconds and wipe your siege defenses. You will know you’re attacked only when the projectiles arrive.

Small groups will still be powerless against blobs.

Guardian here with Knight gear and Soldier runes.
I have no issues with thieves 1v1 using mace+shield.

They are bursty, I do feel their damage should be lowered, I had to go full bunker 3450+ armor to survive.

Blobs can melt a gate? You can melt a blob with superior ACs focused fire.

Learn to play large scale battles.

I see no problem with rally and the fact that numbers have an advantage.
We wiped groups 3 times our size with skill coordination and movement.

A big zerg has a plus with dps / aoe but it can be countered with terrain and siege help.

In the open field, it’s natural to get crushed by numbers, it’s where they can organize easily.

How is this a workaround when it looks exactly the same?

LE: This should be fixed ASAP since it’s also affecting the Gem Store. Yes, the one that brings money.

If we’re talking Medium / Low settings @1080 then that setup is OK, it can run the game no problem.

You might drop to 10-20 fps in crowded areas / WvW though.

So I upgraded to a GTX770.

And BAM! Same as above.

i7 2600K @ 4000
Asus GTX770 2GB
8 GB 1600

I would really like to see some shadow optimizations.
I feel only a slight upgrade from my old GTX460. It’s not even funny.

Not being able to choose the type of armor is a limitation. I’m wasting time and server requests browsing pages, looking for familiar icons.