Guild Wars 2

Empathetic Fighter.2065:

I think we will see huge changes and improvements when CA’s will come out of the Beta-Status. Just some patience needed.

Hopefully, after reading forums and the recent updates to the game, I’m not sure if returning is that great of an idea lol. Only good thing is the game is f2p lol. But i need something to hold me out til FF XIV: ARR, ESO, or EQ NEXT comes out lol

Vayne.8563:

Crazedwolf.7652:

Vayne.8563:

Crazedwolf.7652:

Vayne.8563:

Crazedwolf.7652:

I’m trying to return too…although i’ve never had a max level character yet, but the leveling seems rather slow and boring to me, and since i’m more of a pvper i see really no reason to level unless i want to do WvW…but i’m more of a competitive arena/spvp type player. I really think they need to copy wow (though i hate saying it ) and add actual arenas… they will be balanced compared to wow’s and be a better way then Spvp. Cuz you could do 2v2 and 3v3 without the stupid capture points objectives…

Plenty of private dueling arenas have been set up now.

How would that work? Even though they are custom…they are all still capture the bases aren’t they? The match doesn’t end just cuz the team dies…

No one goes for capture points, you enter the arena and you fight. When one team dies that match is over and you can play again in the same arena. You simply ignore the score Anet gives you and you kill each other till your heart’s content.

That could work, but i much more prefer a set ruleset that ends the match the moment a team dies…not you having to do it yourself lol… but idk i guess.

What difference does it make? Plenty of people use those 1v1 2v2 arenas for just that purpose.

The difference is there could be a leaderboard for actual arena matches as well as rankings and Esport tournaments, You don’t have that with just custom arenas…not to mention the arena maps would be a bit smaller to make it for smaller team fight duels…just and idea

Vayne.8563:

Crazedwolf.7652:

Vayne.8563:

Crazedwolf.7652:

I’m trying to return too…although i’ve never had a max level character yet, but the leveling seems rather slow and boring to me, and since i’m more of a pvper i see really no reason to level unless i want to do WvW…but i’m more of a competitive arena/spvp type player. I really think they need to copy wow (though i hate saying it ) and add actual arenas… they will be balanced compared to wow’s and be a better way then Spvp. Cuz you could do 2v2 and 3v3 without the stupid capture points objectives…

Plenty of private dueling arenas have been set up now.

How would that work? Even though they are custom…they are all still capture the bases aren’t they? The match doesn’t end just cuz the team dies…

No one goes for capture points, you enter the arena and you fight. When one team dies that match is over and you can play again in the same arena. You simply ignore the score Anet gives you and you kill each other till your heart’s content.

That could work, but i much more prefer a set ruleset that ends the match the moment a team dies…not you having to do it yourself lol… but idk i guess.

Oceangrave.9657:

And why would you place a trap, then leave.

Not saying that, just saying that you place a trap at your keep to help ur guild or what ever to defend, then you have to go… there is no reason the trap should disappear, it should at least last hits full hour.

Oceangrave.9657:

If a borderlands is completely filled, and every player places down a trap at once. You can fill the almost every single part where people actually go to. Make people able to place more then one, and you have a even bigger problem.
You might think this wont happen as nobody would think about it. But Anet knows some people will think of it atleast on a few server and im assuming they did this for that reason.

I can see that, multi traps isn’t that big really i mainly mean they should at least stay there full hour if u can only place one… its not like they do THAT much… -5 supply could be annoying, but not that big if the players aren’t even on at the time lol…

Oceangrave.9657:

Supply removal sounds extremely usefull for when i see a enemy group that is attacking one of my tower, run away to a supply camp to get supplies and build siege. Just quickly place down a trap before they come back, and there, they have less supply and we have more time to rally people to counter them.

While this sounds interesting, does it state if a trap effects an area? Or just a single person? Because if its a single person then you better be kitten good at placement…

Oceangrave.9657:

In the end i think you didn’t think any of these things through and only thought of the possible negative impacts. Or you simple just don’t want to adapt.

It is possible i didn’t think them through too thoroughly as i am just returning, its just what i read, and decided to comment on.

Insidious.3720:

In before all the people telling you that you just aren’t playing the game right or in the right area to see people because, based off their experiences, people are everywhere and you are wrong.

Ok then, the population has dropped fairly significantly. There’s just no other way to say it or sugar coat it. You can try switching to a higher pop server, i.e. a server in the top 5 for wvw. Personally, I am just killing time until FFXIV is re-released. After that, I’m Outtie 5000 again.

I am with u on the FFXIV release, as well as ESO and EQ Next

But i am also thinking bout returning to GW2 for now..but not sure anymore…

Ok i mentioned this in another post, but wanted to post it in the real forums.

I know they just put CA’s in beta which is cool and all… But i personally find the capture the bases modes to be somewhat boring and I love the arena system on World of Warcraft…however before you bite my head of for mentioning the game that shall not be named… GW2 can do it better…with no emphasis on GEAR….its all skill so its more balanced and i’d like to do 2v2 or 3v3 arenas instead of having to do 5v5 capture the base matches.

and matches to the death not bases. It would allow me, my friend and my nephew to just do 3v3’s and have rankings and what not. And hopefully enter the Esport space. Would be great in my opinion.

miniL.7361:

Traps seem like a big F-ing joke and a huge middlefinger to WvW players.

They just gotta kill Que’s, zergs & go back to defending stuff being usefull.
The amount of offense, zerging and capping is driving me nuts.
Specially as no one bothers with the dolyaks or supply camps.

Frustrations….

I agree, i even pointed this out on general forums… I think traps and siege alike should remain up until triggered whether the players leave the map or just dont interact with them for a while… Not to mention the 2 sad excuses for the traps…

Vayne.8563:

Crazedwolf.7652:

I’m trying to return too…although i’ve never had a max level character yet, but the leveling seems rather slow and boring to me, and since i’m more of a pvper i see really no reason to level unless i want to do WvW…but i’m more of a competitive arena/spvp type player. I really think they need to copy wow (though i hate saying it ) and add actual arenas… they will be balanced compared to wow’s and be a better way then Spvp. Cuz you could do 2v2 and 3v3 without the stupid capture points objectives…

Plenty of private dueling arenas have been set up now.

How would that work? Even though they are custom…they are all still capture the bases aren’t they? The match doesn’t end just cuz the team dies…

I’m trying to return too…although i’ve never had a max level character yet, but the leveling seems rather slow and boring to me, and since i’m more of a pvper i see really no reason to level unless i want to do WvW…but i’m more of a competitive arena/spvp type player. I really think they need to copy wow (though i hate saying it ) and add actual arenas… they will be balanced compared to wow’s and be a better way then Spvp. Cuz you could do 2v2 and 3v3 without the stupid capture points objectives…

Vayne.8563:

Crazedwolf.7652:

Vayne.8563:

Well, the reason they removed the jumping puzzle from the map was so that there would be more spaces in WvW for people who want to compete, instead of doing the jumping puzzle. It really hasn’t changed at all, except that if you enter the jumping puzzle, you’re not taking an EB slot from someone else, so the queues for EB will be smaller.

As for the trap thing, I don’t really have a comment on it, but I love the EB change.

That actually makes alot of sense when you put it like that… Didn’t actually think of that…

Although i never knew anyone to join WvW just to do the jumping puzzle lol but yeah makes sense.

My main concern is how much love do they put into this game nowadays is it worth getting back into? I’m just looking for a game to hold me til ESO or something comes out

The people who go to WvW to do the jumping puzzle are often people who don’t like WvW, but like PvE and they’re working on a legendary. It’s one of the best ways to get the 500 badges of honor you need for the gift of battle.

I got most of my by killing people but to each their own.

Ah i See

Luthan.5236:

Has anyone tried what happens if you die in the puzzle? I hope they at least made it so you can respawn directly there and don’t have to go back to Lion’s Arch then go back to Battle Grounds and then reenter the puzzle.

I think it could be fun to try to go there just to kill others but only if you can respawn there if you die.

That would be fun lol

Vayne.8563:

Well, the reason they removed the jumping puzzle from the map was so that there would be more spaces in WvW for people who want to compete, instead of doing the jumping puzzle. It really hasn’t changed at all, except that if you enter the jumping puzzle, you’re not taking an EB slot from someone else, so the queues for EB will be smaller.

As for the trap thing, I don’t really have a comment on it, but I love the EB change.

That actually makes alot of sense when you put it like that… Didn’t actually think of that…

Although i never knew anyone to join WvW just to do the jumping puzzle lol but yeah makes sense.

My main concern is how much love do they put into this game nowadays is it worth getting back into? I’m just looking for a game to hold me til ESO or something comes out

Probably shoulda put this in the PvP section…o well.

Ok i’ll try to keep this civil.. I played GW2 at launch, and on and off since going from one game to the next… I have yet to actually hit max level but i have a friend who has… My main focus in MMORPG is pvp with some raiding… Now i won’t get into gear progression as there is none…not that big of a deal i guess…

But i was looking up some recent things since my friend wants me to get back in to it and to join him in pvp…. Here are some things from the most recent patch I would like to talk about…

1"Obsidian Sanctum, the jumping puzzle in the Eternal Battlegrounds, has been moved to its own WvW map. Entering the puzzle will take players out of the Eternal Battlegrounds. Leaving will take players back to Lion’s Arch."

Now first I’d like to know what the reason for this was…. Anyone know? Was there too much trolling there so no one could complete it? And who is actually gonna queue up for that just to do the puzzle?

2"Traps have been added as a new purchasable consumable utility item. Two unique variants are available. "

Now at first glance this sounds like an amazing addition to WvW…allow you to play traps on the roads and such to mess with the other team… but then you look at it…

“When placed, traps last for one hour.
Players may only have one of a given trap type deployed at a time.
Traps will disappear when a player leaves the map.”

Traps lasing for an hour…. Great. Players may only have one out at a time? Not great at all… yeah we shouldn’t be able to spam them but come on… and then the kicker… traps will disappear when a player leaves the map. Come on. It’s supposed to be LIVE WvWvW as much as i hate the fact that siege vehicles despawn if u dont “click” them i hate this even more. In a real war scenario things wouldnt just despawn cuz of inactivity that is dumb in my opinion…the rest of you disagree with me, and to each his own.

Then we have “Supply Removal Trap: Removes 5 supply from enemies affected by the trap. Stealth Disruptor Trap: Removes stealth from enemies and reveals them for 30 seconds, preventing stealth.”

Those are the only 2 traps? Seems pretty petty and not very worth it to me… Anyone have anything to add to that? lol.

TL;DR: I wont even get into the rest as it means nothing to me having been gone for a little while… But mainly I’m saying those don’t seem that good of additions and this patch (im not sure how big it was supposed to be) seems to be very lack luster to me. Now let the flaming commence

100b is not good in WvW too easy to dodge. I have no plans to ever use 2handed swords lol.

Oh ok, Hmmm Thanks for the info

I currently run Hammer and Rifle…and the build my Warrior commander gave me is a defensive hammer shout healing build.

How would one target their commanders… So far in this game i have a hard time even figuring out who i’m targeting in a big zerg. lol

Hello everyone, I am a charr warrior, just got to 50 and been doing WvW alot with my guild on Blackgate. And WvW us fun, but are warriors really any good in WvW? It seems we’re decent tanks for manning siege, but other than that when we get into the middle of a fight its either we kill them first or they kill us first, We dont have too much utility for the team. So Just curious what others thoughts are thanks.

I love it because my pc reboots instantly… And i use a 1 TB HD as my program storage.

Its not at idle…its while playing GW2

Its speedfan, far as i know its never steered me wrong. It has these for temps…
GPU: 69c
Temp1: 64c
Temp2: -128c (dont think this one is in use at all)
Temp3: 35c
HD1: 27c
Core: 69c

Not sure which fan is which except the GPU…but the 3 that are hot are GPU Temp1 and Core but no where near what they were.

Well all temps are staying around 64c thats ok right?

So i just did a more thorough check of my pc and the cpu fan was caked in dust, i used almost my whole can to clean out the entire desktop…going to try gw2 now, if this doesn’t work then i will look into reapplying the thermal compound.

I didn’t even do that myself, i had a professional do that because it was my first pc build i didn’t want to mess it up lol.

And it may take more cpu then Black Ops 2, but I don’t only play Black Ops 2… I play WoW with no problems, LOL with no problems, EVERYTHING with no problems, even Starcraft 2 and diablo 3, there is no way GW2 takes more cpu then all of them, as i said before it never used to take anymore then 50% cpu hell i was able to run it and another game with no over heating issues… I will open the case and make sure its blown out properly but i wouldn’t be able to do any reseating or compound at this time, maybe tomorrow thanks for the advice.

And I’m using the stock fan that came with cpu

Oh in case you want to know, I have a Nvidia Geforce GTX 560 SE, which is more than enough to play this game on just about max settings if i wanted, though i don’t. All drivers are updated even my bios… I have Windows 8…but it was doing this on Windows 7 before i upgraded the other day too. I have speed fan program and it shows the core and fan 1 going up to almost 100c or higher, the gpu goes to 80c. I blew out the case… have 2 fans on the side of case, one on power supply, the one(s) that come on the gpu, one on the rear of the case, one on top of the case, and one on front of case… i think thats all of them. I added the 2 on the side to be sure of the overheating issue, because my last cpu was garbage so it overheated from everything.

My cpu is AMD Phenom II X4 970 3.5 ghz and no not OC.. i don’t trust myself to do that… This is not an old rig, everything but the case is new…from around summer of 2012… Like i said up until the last patch that i keep hearing people complain about i played this game for hours and hours WVW and Questing and never had issues… None of my other games have issues so it has to be the game not the cpu. There is no way my cpu would overheat just for one game. It makes no sense.

I’ve seen people talk about this late last year… i took a break from GW2 and then i come back and now all of a sudden it heats my cpu up to 90-110c and even has caused my pc to shut down to protect itself… I’ve played GW2 since launch with no issues just bout at max settings, Why cant i now?

Also its not a dust problem as i play other games such as Black ops 2 fine with no cpu issues.. What is causing this?

I was thinking of making my guardian a burn condition guardian…but are burns really an effective condition? They dont stack dmg wise…but do the durations stack or something?

Hello, i have a 28 thief and a 14 or so guardian that i pvp with and am looking for an active guild that does WvW and S/pvp and maybe even T/pvp but also one that has fun with some pve/events. Thanks

Hello, i have a facebook fan page for a new gaming community im trying to set up called Crazed Gaming, i also have a youtube that should have 2 of the jump puzzles uploaded in a day or two, along with even more content, and should be streaming on twitch.tv shortly. Go to my facebook fan page and like it to see updates. Thanks folks, most of the content will be GW2 for the time being!

www.facebook.com/crazedgaming

Change your password to be safe…dont click the link in case the email is fake.

I have a 19 guardian, and yes they have a ranged set too, using a scepter they can be pretty lethal at ranged.