Guild Wars 2

So once again, patch day. This problem returns. Which is unfortunate seeing as the stuff I like to do in GW2 requires pretty accurate camera control via the right mouse button.

Last time I posted about this problem happening was last patch day. The problem slowly cleared up over the last 2 weeks and haven’t had any trouble at all.

Thinking back on the problem and when it has occurred. This has always been true.

Whatever the problem is, it is somehow related to the large number of players playing at the time.

Anyone else noticing the same thing?

I definitely posed the question out my selfish desire to play less specifically to horde achievement points. I would like to play less for achievement points and more to have fun. I don’t mind achievement points being a part of that, not just all of it.

However, I do not mention what I do, because I want to maintain my lead above others. I personally could care less about keeping the additional achievement points that I’ve gained for the dailies.

I really wouldn’t mind seeing them capped retro-actively, to level the playing field a bit. That’s just me tho, but I’m sure there are others that would be irked about losing the extra’s they have gained.

My main intention was that this would help keep a better balance temporary achievement point accrual between the hardcore and the casual. You guys bring up some very valid points for things I didn’t even think of. You can’t really have this without doing other things to make things fair for everyone. (e.g past points gained)

In the end, the problem is more complicated that I thought.

Thank you for posting great feedback.

I’ll state that I like the achievement system. Everything that has been done and that is coming soon. I am glad we have so many choices for completing the daily achievements.

Being in the top 500 achievers, I dislike grinding all achievements in the daily to stay competitive with the top people in the achievement leader-boards.

I do enjoy all the variety of activities, but don’t like spending the 2-3 hours that I play just trying to get the achievement points. I like doing lots of various activities, however I end up focusing on the achievement activities rather than on things I enjoy more than others.

I’ve been thinking for a while, that it would be nice if the daily PVE achievements capped out at 5, with number required for the daily. This would definitely give me some sanity and would help even out the achievement point gain for more casual types that just want their laurels and mystic coins.

Granted, it is a choice that I make, so take this with a grain of salt. I only make this is a suggestion and to hear what peoples thoughts on it are.

What are your thoughts on this?

This latest patch really changed things up for me too. This hasn’t happened for several weeks, but once this patch hit camera control with the right mouse button is close to impossible.

My symptoms are like everyone else.

1) Right click fails 50% of the time
2) Right click and hold, prematurely releases when you don’t want it to (while panning camera)

My observations is that this occurs in pve/pvp mostly and is significantly worse in the new jumping puzzle or when there are a lot of other players around.

I’ve had problems with a MS Intellimouse Explorer in the past, but I replaced it with a Logitech G500 and the problem was significantly less with exception of yesterday.

I’ve run this dungeon with 3 pugs and 1 guild group. Some people had trouble the first time, but after they learned the mechanics it wasn’t bad.

I’m glad others are finding this challenging, and hope that the people having trouble find some way to manage.

For me, however, this dungeon is not hard enough. Please give us a real challenge!

I’ll add to the list of people saying this dungeon is a lot of fun. Thanks once again ArenaNet!

However, with everyone talking up it’s difficulty, I expected a challenge.

I have done this with 3 pug groups, and 1 guild group. The 2 boss encounters were fun, but not overly difficult. I for one, would like to see something where there was actually a challenge. Give us something really challenging!

Name: Tempest Behemoth
Account Name: Chimerael.2361
Rank: 28

This been a great week guys! I’ve been enjoying the new level of competition.

It’s nice to see Sorrows Furnace bringing some action to this tier. Until you guys moved up, we had not been challenged for a while. You had great numbers reset night, that you caught us by surprise. It even had a lot of our people losing morale, so take to it to heart that you guys are not alone in the morale challenges. Normally we are at our prime as a server on reset night, and we had the worst showing ever. You have definitely caused us to rethink how we play and it has made us better for it!

As always, Isle of Janthir, you guys are a class act and always surprise us. I hope that you guys can build up your coverage and numbers to keep up with everyone. I’ve always been rooting for you guys and I’m glad you guys are here instead of DR!

Last we played them, the tier 5 servers dominated us before they moved up from tier 6. If you guys are having troubles with us, the tier 5 servers will prove an even bigger challenge.

Don’t lose your steam! We want you guys to bring your best, and we will bring ours.

This is a great time for all of our servers to improve.

Keep on working on coverage, strategies, and tactics!

My hammer is ready to smash skulls, and I am every wary of the daggers seeking my back.

I look forward to many more battles to come!

Defense and Tactics trait trees are your tanking or healing support talent trees.

Another thread concerning a more tanking build has some information I posted about trait allocation and switching it up for hybrid dps/tank with good survivability.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/warrior/Any-other-Warriors-doing-this/first#post1137871

I run talented for tanking/survivablity but using the dps specific traits in those trees. Also using a 50/50 mix of tank gear Power/Toughness/Vitality and dps gear, my dps doesn’t suffer too much. Runes to match.

This coupled with situational awareness, learning to dodge the right boss attacks, I hardly ever am downed.

For food I only run with magic find food, as I don’t need the extra survivabilty as much. The extra boon duration really makes a difference with the boon generating abilities I use.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Chocolate_Omnomberry_Cream
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Chocolate_Raspberry_Cream

I also use sharpening stones which help provide a decent bonus to my power as I run with a lot of toughness.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Superior_Sharpening_Stone
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Hardened_Sharpening_Stone

I’ve seen other posts about in non A-Net forums, saying that it does stack, and a few builds built around this particular trait.

An example: http://www.gw2build.com/builds/wombo-combo-wombo-combo-unsuspecting-foe-5671.html

In practice, however, I have yet to test this. Sounds like it could be very devastating.

Switch over to or recruit some one from Darkhaven. We have a pretty strong PvE playerbase and CoF is almost always open.

Agreed, we need to step it up to the limit! Haha. We are starting to get our stuff together on Darkhaven. I few guilds are finally getting everyone organized. We just mostly have a huge PvE playerbase with a more casual WvW crew.

Glad the feedback helped. Cheers Salameri!

I run with the same exact trait allocation (salameri, 10/0/30/30,0) and adjust my traits depending on what I am doing. I’ve found this allocation allows for a lot of variety, that I really enjoy.

Replacing some of the traits you have with some of the more dps focused available, I maintain decent damage, good durability, and healing support. I run Exotic gear with about 50% Power/Vitality/Toughness and a mix of other with precision/crit. I prefer to run power and toughness to all other stats.

I run with dual-axes and greatsword for most pve content, just because I find them fun to play with. I’ll swap out my greatsword for more of a utility weapon, when I need it.

I swap out endure pain for my build, for ‘On my Mark’ or ‘Frenzy’, depending on whether I am in a solo/group and the number of creatures I am fighting.

Like Xanex, I do prefer “Healing Surge” over mending, as the 20s recharge on ’Shake it off" tends to be sufficent for conditional removal. If I need more conditional removal I just swap “Great Fortitude” for “Restorative Strength”.

Having adrenaline at full as much as possible really tends to benefit this build I find, and I actually swap this talent out for “Beserkers Power” for my purposes. But in respect to “Adrenal Health” passive, this makes “Healing Surge” an even better choice as a heal.

For WvW, I switch out shouts for banners (and supporting traits) which is much more effective. Rifle and mace/warhorn for group support.

I don’t really run with shield, but it’s cool to see that this works too with this trait allocation. I typically don’t run with one, since I find active dodging to be effective enough. I like to stay mobile. I tend to be able to tank things and have enough healing through shouts and healing surge to maintain myself easily. It’s in encouraging to see another built up the same way, and Ill have to try tanking using your weapons of choice.