Guild Wars 2

Altoid.9104:

I don’t agree with that, I think the best (or at least most accurate) method is taking a video and manually calculating dps the hard way. Spreadsheets have their place, but I think that place gets completely lost without a meter to keep them grounded.

Both calculations are important. But they should always both be used and explained with every build. There has to be a comparison and the possibility for players to look at all of the calculations.

At least that is what I think.

Arantheal.7396:

Devils Pride.6208:

Hi everybody, I’ve been following these posts for quite a while now and there are some things that I don’t really understand.

First of all I would like to know what this context is we should use to look at the spreadsheets and the berzeker meta. Apparently it is the key to explain why the spreadsheets still explain a real DPS value of the builds. If we’d get a clear explanation of the context it could help people like me understand why both Spoj and Nemesis are right.

Second, I don’t really understand why Spoj didn’t release the different DPS values he says he already calculated. It could prove Nemesis wrong that Spoj’s spreadsheets are fake math. Unless he didn’t really calculate it. (I’ll probably never know…)

Third, I don’t really understand why Spoj doesn’t want to try explain his applied mathematics. A lot of people that play MMO’s and care to check forums do have a basic understanding of math. For Spoj it should be fun if you ask me because he likes making guides anyway. Only that guide couldn’t just be copied. You have to really understand it.

Fourth, I do hope Nemesis does realise that he has a lot of people right in his hands now. If his next build isn’t near to perfect in the situation he says it is best at, there could be a lot of consequences.

I hope someone wants to reply on my post explaining me at least one of these things.

I’m happy to help

First of, I’m not entirely sure what you mean by context. If you were refering to the basic assumptions behind the set values, then they basically just imply that, generally speaking, you’re always on full health, buffed by your group to a maximum, and the boss being debuffed by a maximum…

2nd, these are the formulas used for dmg calculations in all spreadsheets.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Damage
You can find the skill-specific coefficient on the associated wiki page of the skill you want to calculate, while weapon-stats for various tiers can be found on the wiki (or ingame) as well. The targets armor is always assumed to be 2600 (most commonly found armor value, also shared by heavy training golems in the PvP lobby). Everything beyond that is class/build specific.

3rd, no idea, I’m not him^^

4th, part of why he does that. He enjoys being in the middle of the drama, I guess. Also, please edit your post and reformulate it. It sounds like a threat, and can cause you to get infractions

Thanks for your answer.

With the context I was reffering to Spoj and some other people saying that their damage calculations should be viewed using said context. The context, from what I understand, was the context everyone was using at the time of the Berserker meta.

I hope more people can explain there view on my questions

Hi everybody, I’ve been following these posts for quite a while now and there are some things that I don’t really understand.

First of all I would like to know what this context is we should use to look at the spreadsheets and the berzeker meta. Apparently it is the key to explain why the spreadsheets still explain a real DPS value of the builds. If we’d get a clear explanation of the context it could help people like me understand why both Spoj and Nemesis are right.

Second, I don’t really understand why Spoj didn’t release the different DPS values he says he already calculated. It could prove Nemesis wrong that Spoj’s spreadsheets are fake math. Unless he didn’t really calculate it. (I’ll probably never know…)

Third, I don’t really understand why Spoj doesn’t want to try explain his applied mathematics. A lot of people that play MMO’s and care to check forums do have a basic understanding of math. For Spoj it should be fun if you ask me because he likes making guides anyway. Only that guide couldn’t just be copied. You have to really understand it.

Fourth, I do hope Nemesis does realise that he has a lot of people right in his hands now. If his next build isn’t near to perfect in the situation he says it is best at, there could be a lot of consequences.

I do not mean any of this as a threat in any way, shape or form. I’m just observing and trying to formulate a new way of looking at the problem. I love the work of Nemesis and Spoj. They both helped me understand the necromancer more.

I hope someone wants to reply on my post explaining me at least one of these things.

Exactly the same problem here. Could this be a bug from the patch yesterday?

My friend just received his code and we can finally explore maguuma together!
Thanks all!

We haven’t had response other than the “you will get a response when we have more information”. But I do think they’re working on it. Most cases take around two to three work days so yeah…

I guess we’ll just have to wait.

Please send me a link if you post anything on reddit

When did it happen to you?

He did that but we didn’t get a reply yet. I was mostly wondering if someone has had the same problem.

Hello, My friend just bought Heart of Thorns because I told him to. So he bought the game via this site. Once he got his confirmation with the serial code the mail said: serial code: 4letters and then 3 numbers without spaces.
He now can’t activate it eventhough he purshased it. The codes four letters are test.
does this mean it’s something that went wrong with the serial creation of Arenanet?

Please help me and my friend.