Guild Wars 2

I watched the vid a few times but didn’t read through all the replies, I stopped after the first guy cried “macro.” The mesmer already had two clones out so all he had to do was hit 2 buttons quickly to pull this off, there was no macro used. Also, did you guys not notice the fire sigil proc, or the fact that the mesmer’s health was at like 20% right after the thief died? It was a close fight, but the luckier burst won. This is a classic “boo hoo, nerf glass cannon <signed> glass cannon” post.

I find “flesh golem” to be too suggestive. Please change it to “meat golem.” Thank you.

For someone who’s entire life is GW2 pvp, this is a huge issue people, please don’t dismiss the previous posts because you have jobs and wives. Devs please listen, a huge number of your players are kids and trust fund emos, don’t discount these players because they are different than you. Thank you.

I agree OP, this is GW2, not crips and bloods online, so tired of the red and blue. Please change it asap, this is a bigger issue than any of the qq l2p balance issues.

Shortbow mesmer so OP. Make me bleed so much and only hit 1, 1, 1. And that skinny dog is so ugly.

Yes, thank you. I’m so tired of guarding mansion then get hit by 3 phantasm from some guy in clocktower, then he port to trebuchet and that’s so crazy. That’s like one mile in real life.

I’m so tired of Thief being able to “steal” mesmer OPness. Nerf both and also elemental, because they can use so many kinds of elements, most only have 2 weapons. Guardian so OP because they look like warrior but OP like mesmer.

Mesmer clone need 2 shot? that’s 2 shot too many. So OP. Real mesmer should need 3 shot for balance.

I know, OP so right. Mesmoar is like Braveheart and Saving Private Ryan had baby, and baby raised in Sparta. So sick of getting MOAd, then time warp, then mass invisibility at same time, then I die. Mesmoar clones all look alike and hit for 5k per second. So OP.

I agree with OP completely. A handful of players are responsible for most of the thief, guardian, mesmer herpkittenposts- if you frequent this forum, you know who they are. They all just seem like sore losers who got outplayed. Maybe a better matchmaking system that pairs up people of equal skill level would have prevented some of these emo nerf posts? I’m glad Anet is taking their time with this, as most of the people who I know and have pvp’d with across multiple games think things are fine the way the are. Even the much cried about Necromancer, which I mainly play now, could at most benefit from 1 or 2 minor cd reductions-no major balancing required at all.

I think it’s funny that some people think that phantasm damage is somehow different, or less “skilled” than any other damage in the game. Heartseeker, pistol whip, hundo blades? Those take “skill” because they lack the phantasm animation? Every class has a high damage skill, get over the “phantasm does all the work” mentality. This is a simple game, don’t hurt your brains.

So I really enjoyed those pics you linked. You were one of the worst players in each of your games, rarely taking points, defending, killing etc. Try being useful to your team first, learning your class, then start with the nerf posts. Engi is one of the best classes in the game right now. This post cracks me up, I hope the devs read this stuff and chuckle.

As a mesmer, i fought an elementalist the other day who stayed in lightning attunment the entire time spamming his whip on my clones. He said “OMG OP Mesmer!”… actually, just garbage elemental. These “Mesmer OP” threads just show who is bad on the forums, which are visited by a tiny minority of the game’s pop. This is the biggest l2p issue in the game. You can mark the mesmer, but only a noob needs to. Clones don’t dodge, strafe, etc, and no competent player is making threads like this, because they always know which one is the mesmer. Btw, I play my mesmer less than my Necro (main) who wipes them with aoe, and engi. All 5 of my char’s are lvl 2 or 3 because I’m only interested in pvp, and I try to play them all each day. This game is in a good state balance wise and I hope Anet doesn’t screw it up listening to a vocal minority of baddies.

Some quick background info: I pvp on 5 different characters, enjoy them all, just hit rank 20. I’ve been enjoying this game because I feel like it’s the most balanced mmo class-wise I’ve ever played. I pvp on thief, mesmer, ele, necro, and engi. The thief is faceroll easy to play, no doubt about that, but I don’t think its overpowered at all. Most people who qq about my thief in spvp are running glass cannon builds too. If people actually trait for survival, use stun breaker utility traits, and learn to dodge, they would see thiefs as free kills. The fact is, most people don’t dodge, ever, or break out of stuns, ever.

The people who cry about my mesmer in spvp are the ones I see fighting my illusions and they’re always near the bottom of the scoreboard. If you have trouble fighting mesmers, here are some tips: the mesmer is the one not running directly towards you auto-attacking, the mesmer is the one not standing around doing nothing, the mesmer is the one strafing, the mesmer is the one that just reappeared, and lastly, the mesmer is usually the one furthest from you. Most mesmers are terrible and I consider them free kills. Mesmers and Ele’s have the highest skill cap of the 5 classes I play. I do agree that Moa is stupid though, I don’t use it.

Spec/trait for survival and you will see a big difference in your gameplay and points earned. If you are consistently having trouble, remember to try out different runes/amulets, etc. I had a friend who kept changing specs on his engi and was never satisfied, but he still had the runes/amulet he picked on day 1, he changed those and now he’s a beast. You can put up huge numbers with any class as a glass cannon, but be ready to die a lot and don’t qq when it happens.