Guild Wars 2

Ben Phongluangtham.1065:

Seems reasonable. I’ll see when I can get that in.

This guy delivers

Phantaram.4816:

An item that takes pvp boxes and churns them into gold.

That item already exists. It’s called a mouse.

Sounds like a revenant main is throwing in the QQ towel a bit prematurely. Wait to see what happens before you flood the forum with complaints.

I’m not on board with the 1v1 notion because I can only imagine the complaints of OP builds. But, I will say that when the 2v2 weekly ESL weeklies existed, that was the most fun I’ve had in the game hands down when it comes to pvp. All you would really need to do is no class stacking and only one supportive/defensive amulet allowed per team like the rules were in the weekly.

Why stop here?!? Why aren’t pvp’rs asking “why am I not allowed to do high level fractals because ascended armor and agony resistance is time/gold gated?!?” /s

It honestly isn’t that bad as others stated above, just play the game and within a few days you can unlock quite a few pieces from dailies/reward tracks. This is a very poor excuse for something being pay to win – there’s no credit card necessary to unlock things, just play the game. There are quite a few other games that truly are pay to win and gw2 sure isn’t one.

MethaneGas.8357:

Faux Play.6104:

They probably wit until queue pops to get a drink or snack because they have a known amount of time to get that done.

Even if you’re facing the same people over and over?
I get that people do that, but I doubt they get a snack and drink after every 10-15 min game.

Mountain Dew and Doritos aren’t going to refill themselves now are they?

Kraljevo.2801:

I like the ‘excellent’ votes. I wonder how much you got paid.

Technically I don’t know the exact amount. I got “paid” lots of gems (and some cash) because I’m actually good at the game and played on a competitive team that won tournaments. So yeah, I’m pretty happy with the game. Is it perfect? No. Is it “abysmal”? Absolutely not.

Obtena.7952:

Dante.1508:

Obtena.7952:

Dante.1508:

Chaotic.9742:

Learning and overcoming something is part of a fun game experience,

No it is not.

That said my hands shake very badly and i have arthritis, my hand eye coordination will never get better, i’m personally ok with never getting a legendary, they are ugly as sin to me, but forcing such content to pass it is extremely unfair on those in my condition that ever did want them.

What ever happened to the original fun experience GW2 released as..

Oh how far we gamers have fallen. Did I actually read someone disagreeing that gaming is about learning and overcoming things? That’s a sad commentary on the state of gaming if that’s a common view.

I don’t play games for challenging content or feel the need to over come great issues, i play games casually to lay back and just go with the flow, games for me are for removing frustrations and tension not adding to it.

Do you watch a movie for a challenge and grind?

No, but games aren’t movies either so … #badcomparison

Maybe YOU don’t play games for those reasons but that is the whole premise of almost any game I can think of. I mean, I won’t get deep into game theory but … rules, challenge and interaction … fundamental elements of what defines something being a game. Redefining what you think a game should be to make your point is not going to make your point any better.

I mean, you have some limitation that prevents you from being successful in this game. i don’t understand why anyone would see fit to complain about it. I’m probably not good at tennis, but I’m not going to pay to join a tennis club, complain the rules and mechanics make it too hard for me to win, then appeal to the club to make tennis easier for me to play so I can succeed at it. That’s silly … and that’s what I’m seeing happen here.

Glad someone else shares my mindset. I was thinking I was the crazy one. All I can think of is when I played NES games and you literally had to figure everything out – no YouTube guides, no online forums, nothing. Just you (and your friends possibly) figuring things out and you couldn’t petition the game developers to make things easier/harder – you got what was made and that was it.

Dante.1508:

Chaotic.9742:

Watch a video guide of how to complete it. Mimic the movements. Learn the jumps. I’m not sure why you think you need god like reflexes – it’s silver, not gold. Just practice and you’ll get it.

You do realise some people no matter what they watch or how many tries they do ever get some things completed?

Its why human beings are so different, skill in a game is meaningless its hand eye coordination and ping time, if you lack in one or the other you will never ever pass certain content, which is quite unfair considering its a game, supposedly designed for fun.

To this day i’ve never been able to get a bomb to the mine entrance in dry top, after many hours of trying..

While I’m well aware everybody is different, OP was asking why he needed “fighter pilot reflexes” which I’m pointing out isn’t needed for this specific task. No, you can’t autorun a straight path to the end easily, but you also don’t need to be dodge rolling lighting bolts flashing down to kill you in .5s dodge windows or something crazy like that. Now, to your point, luckily hand eye coordination is something that can be improved (and this is what the OP is having trouble with). Will OP ever hit fighter pilot reflexes? Unlikely. Will OP be able to achieve silver or better? Absolutely! As long as they aren’t smashing their keyboard and yelling at their monitor after each failed attempt thus increasing frustration which will impact performance.

Learning and overcoming something is part of a fun game experience, I don’t want everything spoon fed to me. I remember playing games when I was young and guides/walkthroughs did not exist and you overcame something on your own through multiple trials and patience.

Watch a video guide of how to complete it. Mimic the movements. Learn the jumps. I’m not sure why you think you need god like reflexes – it’s silver, not gold. Just practice and you’ll get it.

[NA] Hey everyone! I’ll give this a shot I suppose. So, I’ve returned to the game about 2 weeks ago and being a PvP player 95% of the time, gold is a rare commodity. I’m working towards getting enough together for Shadow Abyss Dye for my thief and the going is…slow. If anyone is feeling generous to help with the dye, it would be greatly appreciated, I could even offer some PvP wisdom in return should you desire it. Thanks!

Went through diamond to legendary with this in two queue sessions:
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAoYVn8lCFOhdmCmOBkmilWCb+EuCfhelh2QKSLAcAWAA-TpxCABHfCAq4QAg3+DaVGAgHAw8HBAA

Doggie.3184:

Chaotic.9742:

Came back to game and went from amber to legendary, all soloQ in under a week. No need to pay for a carry, just stop getting ticked off at losses and practice more. Played a fair amount of thief specifically my push out of diamond to legendary.

Could be just luck + MMR though. What Teef build did you use? Also annoying that my Thief seems to be a magnet for other thieves and ends up with 2+ of them when I try to play it.

Condi thief works better than power will IMO. This is what I used:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vZAQNAoYVn8lCFOhdmCmOBkmilWCb+EuCfhelh2QKSLAcAWAA-TpxCABHfCAq4QAg3+DaVGAgHAw8HBAA

Just know how/when to rotate and abuse your mobility, don’t 1v1 unless you absolutely know you will win it, always be on the lookout for +1’ing a teammate, and keep track of enemy rez timers and keep an eye out for them so they don’t jump you without you knowing and instadown you (your team will not like this and give you the typical “you’re a bad thief” flame).

Came back to game and went from amber to legendary, all soloQ in under a week. No need to pay for a carry, just stop getting ticked off at losses and practice more. Played a fair amount of thief specifically my push out of diamond to legendary.

I came back to the game last week. 6 days have passed. I went amber —> legendary in 6 days with 3-4 hrs of play a day. MMR isn’t as bad as people make it seem. Not everyone can hit diamond/legendary so it feels like it is working as intended IMO. I had my fair share of stomps, getting stomped, and carrying my team in 5v4’s but it is by no means impossible if you have the talent and level-headedness to keep pushing onward despite your setbacks.

Just collect money first then proceed to beat them anyways. Win-win right there. They learn a lesson, you make some money.

DruidiN.2817:

Chaotic.9742:

This would never work and I pray anet doesn’t give in to trying this. Simply for the following reason:

Enemy better than you? Block him so you have a higher chance of winning next time. 5 stack beating your 5 stack? Block them so you won’t match against them. Dislike a teammate for XYZ reason. Block them. In a bad mood and somebody ticks you off. Block them.

Oh look, there’s nobody to play with. Guess I’ll yell at anet for my 20+ minute queue because their mm system is trash.

He doesn’t want to be in the same team. They can be in the same queue with him but in another team.

In the good old days I added people i don’t like in my friend list just to see if they are in queue or not and wait till they join in a game to enter the queue.

Sadly that doesn’t matter as it will be abused by players. Block everyone but top tier players to increase your win chance as you will only be teamed with them.

This would never work and I pray anet doesn’t give in to trying this. Simply for the following reason:

Enemy better than you? Block him so you have a higher chance of winning next time. 5 stack beating your 5 stack? Block them so you won’t match against them. Dislike a teammate for XYZ reason. Block them. In a bad mood and somebody ticks you off. Block them.

Oh look, there’s nobody to play with. Guess I’ll yell at anet for my 20+ minute queue because their mm system is trash.

Garden of Spirits, duh

/thread

TheFantasticGman.9451:

I’m sorry, who said the TRINITY IS HERE besides you?

Reads thread title. “Dedicated healer class?”

Reads first comment. “Did Anet forget when they launched GW2 that one of their primary claims to fame was removing the “MMO Holy Trinity” of Tank, DPS, Healer?”

“Dedicated healer.” “MMO Holy Trinity of tank, DPS, healer”

Hmm… Is that not someone saying the holy trinity is being created and did Anet forget that was something they vowed to not do? Not like this is the only person saying this or anything, tons of threads on the forums are saying trinity this, trinity that and it’s getting out of hand.

So tired of all the “TRINITY IS HERE” posts… Just because Druid offers good SUPPORT, it will not be using a healing ability every global and putting out no damage (like in genuine “trinity” balanced games).

Different classes offer SUPPORT in many ways (Guard/rev will have good boon share, rev/druid can have good healing it looks, ele can even heal/boon share with tempest – this is just a few without bothering to breakdown every class).

Does this mean GW2 is following the typical “Trinity” format of many other games? No. Just no. There is not going to be people building full “Tank” to “aggro the raid bosses” while doing minor damage, full out zerker builds for dps only, and healers just healing everyone and doing no damage.

The GW2 “trinity” should be viewed as support/condi damage, support/power damage, and glass cannon. The current meta is full glass cannon which I hope isn’t possible so this game actually becomes challenging for PVE.

Sandpit.3467:

I’ve said it many times. ANet hates rangers, the devs don’t play rangers and this is why we can never have nice things.

Holy trinity is back, except NOBODY wants to be the kittenty monk. Not so much of healbot as a blamebot

I for one welcome being a staple for raids even if that means I have to run clerics/nomads/zealot/etc for my healing support. If this is what happens, MANY others will dust their ranger off to have a guaranteed raid spot in their group.

And I’m tired of people tossing “trinity” out there like there was in WoW and other games – do you really expect Druid to use every global as a healing spell? Pretty sure that isn’t going to happen at all. SUPPORT =/= HOLY TRINITY HEALER. Likewise do you expect to see full out TANK builds to “tank the boss” and everything? Come on people…stop overreacting.

Or just let him kill you because the match is over and it doesn’t matter? This lets you type, read the scoreboard, etc. while he messes around doing whatever. I don’t get the point of this I guess…

philheat.3956:

Honestly i don’t think a build without mallyx can be viable.

A Shiro/Glint, marauder amulet build is devastating in the right hands. Mallyx is great, but definitely not mandatory.

Marauder revenant will be meta if no nerfs happen. It will be glorious. It will still likely be something like thief/ele/mesmer/necro/rev. Necro can be replaced if desired and rev can go marauder or support. Let’s not forget though two classes are still to be revealed so it could shake everything up.

It’s a skill shot. Aim where your target will be or use it in choke points/downed bodies (if pvp) for easy use.

The sad truth is yes, nerfs are needed, but instead of starting small such as maybe RoF burning to 1-2 stack per pulse, bump blinding ashes to 10s or something, they will likely jump to the extreme and effectively kill the spec altogether. The only semi-viable build will then be staff. Remember the days where ele wasn’t even on the map for the meta? I fear that time is coming again, especially since warhorn seems very underwhelming for HoT.

Morfex.2789:

Yeah,PvP needs to be more competitive.I dont see reason why we shouldn’t have it.At the moment PvE ppl got raids and now we need something for pvp.

Silly goose! We get the super over hyped pve/pve amalgamation they call strongholds!

Hey everyone. I decided to try making youtube videos out and posted a teaser clip about 3-4 wks ago. It took me awhile to collect some good clips/learn sony vegas (and force myself to sit down and edit them all up) but it’s finally done. Let me know if you any suggestions or requests for future videos and I’ll see what I can come up with. Hope you enjoy!

Sounds like somebody just lost a match to a boss steal

Not sure if anybody else has suggested this, but the Reaper Shroud 3 should be a stun break. You shouldn’t have to pop it preemptively thinking you are at risk for a stun. What seems to happen is if you get stunned in shroud, there goes all your life force. This is from a PvP perspective at least.

style.6173:

I’m in T1 NA and roamers don’t exist, so I can’t answer your question.

[RIOT] begs to differ

Ironbars.9123:

What about full cele armor and zerk trinkets? What about weapons? Will we need to mix in some soldiers or knights?

Cele armor/zerker trinkets is a viable option as well. Honestly it all depends on how comfortable you feel with your setup. I run the zerker armor/cele everything else because with guard stacks I feel comfortable solo roaming taking on 1vX. If you feel like you’re too squishy, substitute zerker pieces for soldier/knight/etkittenil you find a good balance. I’ve even run full cele and get great results, although more of your damage will be from burning.

FrownyClown.8402:

solo roaming i find going into air instead of fire is better since lightning rod is pretty good against thieves and applying pressure in general. Group roaming you can probably build for more sustain and focus on might stacking.

As far as air vs fire, run what you like. Fire can be great in condi heavy fights whereas air is great for lightning rod for power classes. I’ve been running fire recently with pack runes to make up for my mobility with swiftness and the fury is nice too. I run this solo roaming and small scale (3-4 people). It’s also amazing for all the those PU condi mesmers. I’m invincible with fire.

I’ve been running zerk armor, cele everything else just fine. You may have some trouble in outnumbered match ups occasionally but I’m having great success with it personally after testing the limits and getting used to it.

Guardian has some of the most telegraphed burst ever…not sure why you think it needs a nerf. 15k burst? Sure, if you stand still and eat it all without trying to mitigate it. Also, in order to get that degree of damage they are going to be quite susceptible to spike damage/condi in a sustained fight. Regarding ele, if/once burning gets toned down, I think ele will take a huge hit in offensive capability. If they are still strong, then further nerfs can be looked at.

I consider chill one of the stronger conditions in the game. It literally affects EVERY cooldown. Very strong vs elementalist for that reason. It also affects movespeed which is great to prevent people from running. And with reaper being able to get damage on chill application, I’m excited to see the potential of a build such as that.

7.2k? Not too bad. My personal record is a 10.4k tail swipe.
http://www.twitch.tv/cmm5bx/c/6996813

If only they were able to be landed consistently, then that would be something to fear…

I run full celestial and enjoy it quite well (despite someone telling me that it was overkill). I used to run cele armor and mix and match soldier/zerker trinkets but decided to go full cele trinkets and I don’t see myself turning back (at least until they nerf burning on us haha). This is the build I’m using now, I’m running doom as my other sigil (use to have battle):
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vFAQJAoYhcMozhFOwyB8RM8AY0QIGsDkAwBoFWVhpwTA-T1xHwAdV/Rz+DLV+5WHwWtAzVCC4BAQKAmUGB-w

Pimsley.3681:

JoshuaRAWR.4653:

8 Deaths? what did you do, afk in mists?

That or maybe it’s his ERP character

“Kitty Kat’s on her ninth life” – OP

Depending on the build and weapon set you will be using, that will dictate your gear. If you like dag/dag, then celestial is the stat you want. If you like something like a fresh air build, focus more on soldier/zerker/valk/cavalier prefixes to find a suitable level of sustain. That’s for small scale wvw. As said above, staff ele with zerker is the large scale build.

Wut?

/15 chars

I run GS/sw+dagger over longbow and don’t regret it. So. Much. Mobility.

Alright, I think it’s time to release something I’ve been tinkering with for spvp. I enjoyed meele roaming ranger so I decided to make a spvp viable build and I think I found one that works quite well. May not be the next meta, but it’s fun and pretty viable.
http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=-JF3g;2FVx-a2JEV-0;9-8E;1Yb_;0257246157;4Xwl3L;1KJG4KJG4T0P

Bonus big hit clip I got on stream: http://www.twitch.tv/cmm5bx/c/6996813

rchu.8945:

Chaotic.9742:

If people are complaining and saying they will be boycotting watching future tournaments over that then I just don’t even… I guess you also don’t watch and NFL/NBA/NHL/etc games either because of the few professional players who talk smack about opponents in post game interviews – that’s unsportsmanlike so I assume you won’t be watching any of that as well. It’s one player who said one thing (probably more sarcasm than anything). Simple fix is turn off the chat bubbles so this won’t be shown on live stream again. Done deal, time to move on here.

I watch plenty of sports, not a single live games will show players trash talking to one another with clarity. Of course players talk trash on the field, but u think the broadcast would put emphasis on letting audience hearing all the racial/anti-gay comments by TV audience? You are out of your mind and delusional.

Last I checked, there are penalty for unsportsmanship conducts in NFL.

I’ve definitely heard some foul words exchanged on live broadcasts in sports. Sometimes microphones pick up players talking smack which can be heard under the announcer talking. Will look for youtube videos to satiate you since I’m so delusional. And I never said no penalty was needed, only that not watching more tournaments b/c of one thing is a bit of a knee jerk reaction.

Edit: Found a couple for ya, WARNING IT HAS POTTY MOUTHS SO DON’T CLICK IF YOU WILL BE OFFENDED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szSpOj3D8ps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUgGtntfHv8

If people are complaining and saying they will be boycotting watching future tournaments over that then I just don’t even… I guess you also don’t watch and NFL/NBA/NHL/etc games either because of the few professional players who talk smack about opponents in post game interviews – that’s unsportsmanlike so I assume you won’t be watching any of that as well. It’s one player who said one thing (probably more sarcasm than anything). Simple fix is turn off the chat bubbles so this won’t be shown on live stream again. Done deal, time to move on here.

To all the QQ’ers/quitters, feel free to mail me your gold/valuables when you leave. Kthx

Celtus.8456:

I think they are adding WvW golems to sPvP before WTS.

Not surprised if this comes true

As a guardian who ran bunker competitively ages ago when it was mandatory, I was skeptical hearing it was back. I gave in and said sure I’ll try it.

It’s downright disgustingly good. It is better than it was back in the old days. Your allies no longer fear condition overload (burning? Oh let me clear that for you). I have yet to lose a 1v1, 2v1 it all depends on what classes it is but you will live long enough for a teammate to come. Anyone who says it’s trash, I recommend more practice before you disregard it. It is downright viable in this meta.

nearlight.3064:

while we’re at it, an option to not have multiples of any class would be nice. Sure double ele is meta, but double ranger might not be the best.

I had a triple ranger team today. We dominated. #newmeta

Thief tier B?
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Hahahahahahahahaha, oh man, you got me so good. You’re such a riot!

Sure acrobatics isn’t as much of a thing anymore, but I’m completely fine with it, no more spamming random dodges and people complaining about it.
Condi thief in spvp? Is/was that ever a thing aside from just trolling around?? It was never a very competitive build.

Sincerely, teef player.