Guild Wars 2

They seem to have found their way into LA.

http://i.imgur.com/mbpQYIQ.jpg

In the Lion’s Arch Aerodome there are a bunch of piles of crates surrounding the waypoint, as well as a wagon with some BLTC flags laying across the top. Occasionally when jumping around on the crates, and very commonly when jumping off of the wagon, there is a movement glitch.

I have been able to replicate this glitch most reliably by jumping off the wagon from the corner nearest to the waypoint, jumping towards the waypoint. It will jerkily teleport my character to different parts of the room, sometimes temporarily and then bouncing me back to my original position, sometimes permanently leaving me at a new spot in the room. A few times it has even killed my character, leaving my body at the point of landing. One time it sent me to the very far southeast corner of the Lion’s Arch map in a normally inaccessible area, dead.

Attached is a picture of the wagon in question.

I have been playing around with a viper venomshare build on my thief and although it may not be meta, it’s a lot of fun! I have also been doing a bit of the Molten Boss farm and I noticed that the poison condition is doing much more damage than expected (up to 8k per tick). Is this normal, or should I be doing more than this?

I’m not looking for people to tell me to reroll class or go full zerker (been there, done that). I’m just wondering about how much damage poison could/should be doing. Any advice would be appreciated.

I have noticed that there are several Mayan symbols used in the HoT mastery lines. The icons for multiple different mastery lines are single or combined Mayan symbols. I have spent a few hours doing some research and I have compiled a few translations, but I’m tired and I don’t have the time to finish all of them tonight.

The following mastery lines have Mayan symbols of one form or another:
*Pact Commander 1-5
*Legendary Crafting 1-3
*Fractal Attunement 2-4
*Gliding Mastery 2-3, 4 & 6
*Itzel Lore 2-3

The other mastery line symbols don’t appear to be Mayan, but the ones I have listed are definitely based on Mayan symbols. I may have missed it, but has Anet made a statement about the use of Mayan symbology in the mastery lines? As a high school Spanish teacher and a frequent visitor of Mayan ruins in the Yucatan Peninsula, I’m extremely interested in the use of these symbols in my favorite game. If anyone knows more about this subject, or is willing to help with some research, I would appreciate it!

As a side note, all of the different types of Hylek have many similarities to the Maya and Aztec beliefs and languages. Someone at Anet is a Mesoamerican scholar!

Whatever the reason, thanks Anet!

I’m fairly certain that the swamp levels aren’t locked for the bosses. I’m almost positive that I got bloom on a level 2 run the other day. I know the wiki currently lists level 2 as mossman, but I think that was a hasty conclusion. Can anyone confirm that swamp bosses aren’t pre-determined for the swamp scales?

I just tried to throw in a Red Ring of Death [Infused] that still had my agony infusions on it. The MF didn’t recognize it. Maybe it’s just the RRoD?

Quickfoot Katana.8642:

So basically you did like it was already being done for the past year?

While also not abusing your capabilities as a Thief with Shadow Trap and Shadowstep?

And blame other pugs for not adapting?

Thanks for the constructive criticism!

edit: removed some unnecessarily obnoxious comments that I made. I was just hoping to share something that worked for me. If there are better ways, please share them here!

I recently completed Fractal Scale 59 (Cliffside) and it was a doozy. Combine the Mistlock Instability “Last Laugh” (enemies explode on death) and the new mechanic at the arm seals and it creates some headaches. I attempted this one 3 different times, and each time the whole group left but me and then refilled with new players, sometimes just to have everyone bail again due to sheer frustration. Nobody could agree on a strategy that would work, and NOBODY wanted to change gear/traits and try something different.

After spending almost as much time doing research online as I spent failing at the level, I decided that I was going to find any guides (I know it’s still early since the update). I finally found a group of pugs that was willing to experiment, and we figured something out!

This probably isn’t the best strategy, but it worked for us.

-We started by sending our whole team onto the right platform (the one closest to the exit) and we stayed there killing the mobs as soon as possible. When someone got a hammer charge they would hit right side and drop hammer.

-We proceeded to clear the right side exclusively. A new player picked up the hammer, got a charge, and rushed to left side. I went along with them (on thief) and they used their sustain abilities (aegis, endure pain, etc) to get a hit on the left seal. As soon as they hit the seal I would stealth them to drop aggro, and together we headed back to the right side.

-We allowed left side to heal while focusing entirely on keeping right side from healing. By killing the mobs asap it was never too crowded or dangerous, and by stealthing away from left side we avoided drawing all the mobs into the hallway. We focused right side until it was broken, then it was a simple task to head back to left side and focus it.

-Again, we did all of our fighting on the porch. Fighting in the hallway doesn’t leave enough room to avoid the explosions, and it kept both sides of mobs from aggroing at the same time.

This worked for us, and after so many fails and angered pugs I felt that it was worth my time to explain how we were able to do it.

TL;DR
Pick a side and focus it by fighting on the porch and not in the hallway. Use stealth to break aggro when attacking far side.

To be fair, your MMR is different on each of your characters, so switching classes every few games counteracts the “50% win/loss” thing that is supposed to happen.

To be real, I feel you. I’ve definitely had those days. Take a break, do something else, it will get better (at least that’s what I tell myself)!

“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, so [ranked] would were he not [ranked] called.”

- Colin Johanson (or someone along those lines)

During a “ladder season” ranked arena keeps track of your win/loss record and ranks you on a leaderboard. As of today there is no ladder season, so as for being a “ranked” arena it is a bit misleading because you aren’t really being ranked.

For now, the only difference is that ranked doesn’t include Spirit Watch, Skyhammer, or Courtyard maps. That, and some players have unofficially decided that ranked is a bit more competitive and players have a tendency to be slightly more skillful (according to some, that’s very subjective).

Also, ranked and unranked have separate MMR ratings, so you may find your matchups vastly different depending on how you perform over time in each arena.

Looks like people are still posting about bad party comps! Keep em coming, I don’t want to feel like the only one who gets excited over weird party setups. Maybe Anet is doing it on purpose to try to show us some new meta? Or as a twisted experiment?

Anet: “Muahahaha! Let’s see what happens if all players on both teams are turned into moas at the same time!”

Ario.8964:

Didn’t take a screenshot at the time but My biggest one was a team of all thieves (my team) vs all mesmers (enemy team). Was actually a ton of fun to play but still kinda silly to get for a comp of all pugs.

Who won? That sound like a lot of fun!

Didn’t GW1 have some PvP arena where you fought a bunch of NPCs that were all the same class? Maybe I’m just making that up. That could make a fun custom lobby, though!

There have been a lot of posts lately about bad MMR, bad matchups, and bad party comps. I’m not interested in placing blame or complaining, but tonight I had a matchup so lol that I had to share it.

Share your most fail party comps and let’s all rofl together at our misfortunes, whatever the cause may be!

(Yes, I played condi PU mesmer. Mock me if you will.)

For a few days now (since patch maybe?) I have noticed that my screen locks any actions from my mouse during the “Match Ready” prompt to ready up for a PvP match. I can move my character around with wasd and use my keybinds and stuff, but nothing works with my mouse. I can’t move my view, can’t click skills, can’t open menus, nada.

Is this new, or have I just not noticed it before? Is anyone else experiencing this?

4:10 p.m. MST, seems fixed now.

4:10 p.m. MST, seems fixed now.

3:51 p.m. MST, can’t queue in PvP.
Clicking “Unranked” and “Ranked” does nothing. Haven’t tried hotjoin yet cause lol.
Every so often an error message pops up.

3:44 p.m. MST, can’t queue in PvP.

Clicking “Unranked” and “Ranked” does nothing. Haven’t tried hotjoin yet cause lol.

Every so often an error message pops up.

I would say it’s because even after the June patch which made every class hit so much harder, celestial d/d ele is still able to withstand the increased damage, bunker a point, and deal a ton of damage on its own.

Some people think it’s a faceroll build that requires no skill, but I’ll leave that to the pros to answer.

OlrunTheBlade.1486:

You got trolled.

I thought so at first, too, but it turned out that the player was just a real jerk. One of those types of players that people say makes PvP “toxic.”

He also informed me that PvE players are “cancer.”

Oh well, he is my newest blocked player!

I always hear that personal score doesn’t mean anything about how a player did in a match, and in part I think that’s true. You can earn points for all kinds of stuff that don’t really contribute to a win for your team. That being said, I find it rare that a really strong player ends a match with very few points, or that a really crappy player ends with hundreds of them.

I was told in a match recently that not only does personal score not matter at all, but that, in fact, the player with the highest PS is actually the worst player on the team. The same person also told me that saying “hello team!” at the beginning of a match was the sure sign of a noob pve allstar scrub, so I take his advice with a grain of salt.

Anyway, what are your opinions about what a player’s personal score means about their gameplay and their overall contribution to the team? What are score ranges that show exceptional/subpar play? Why do we even have PS still?

So if the ladder is turned off, what is the point of having the ranked option? I know that a few of the maps are disabled, but if the rewards are the same as unranked and you aren’t actually even really being ranked at all, why not disable it until the season starts?

Pretty sure that if you look at the “Competetive > PvP” part of your achievements panel in the hero tab it will show you how many you have. Unless of course you are already max rank, but then does it really matter?

I agree that this would be very nice QoL.

If I’m not mistaken, the way it is listed now more-or-less is about Agony. Except for the 20-39 nonsense, idk why they bunched so many together.

Here we are, almost 3 years in, and I wonder: how many yaks have you slapped?

Post your numbers here!

Yaks Slapped: 2439

Bonus: Create fun new titles that could be earned along the path to 1,000,000.

Ex. 10,000 = “The Cow Tipper”

SoR has reached a new level of monsterdom!

Today I found an SoR quaggan dancing around my small havoc group. He seemed so cute and harmless that we left him alone as we sieged his tower.

Much to our surprise, he popped a Guardian tonic and called for his zerg who came and roflstomped our faces…

He claims that he used quaggan-speak to call for the zerg (KN goOoing to klooOovan), but idk those SoR quaggans are not to be trusted…

Staff thief makes me think of Xiao Long from Mace: The Dark Age. Very acro based melee staff.

http://youtu.be/rcy13L8inpg

Idk about getting matched with the same players that often, I don’t pay much attention to the names of the other players.

I am currently on a 13 game losing streak though, so there’s that. I suppose that could be called a trend, but more likely just a sign that I’m really bad. No matter where I place on the scoreboard, my team seems to find a way to lose every time lately.

There was one post last night that a dev responded to… which was promptly closed due to being “unproductive.”

A tweet was sent out that implied that they were working on it, but that has been some time ago.

A patch went up today, but no mention of the stealth glitch.

Anet, this is a serious problem that you need to address ASAP. Please communicate something to us. Don’t underestimate the power of a red post in easing the stress of your players.

I’m wondering if the bomb path on the dredge fractal is affected by this. With the way it works now, a large stack of stealth is really the only way to complete that part of the fractal. Not that having a bugged fractal means anything will be fixed, but I’m just curious how many other aspects of gameplay will be affected by this?

How about Caithe’s skills in the Living World missions?

Supreme.3164:

So…with this “bug” , thieves cannot restealth immediately after failing a backstab…and thieves players say the game is now unplayable…hmmmmmmmmmm

Entire aspects of the thief class are broken. An entire trait line is invalid due to these changes. Shadow Refuge, a staple skill, has lost over 50% of its effectiveness.

Imagine if some of these things happened:
-Mesmers now only get 2 clones
-Warriors only get 2 bars of adrenaline
-Guardians only get 2 virtues
-Elementalists only get 2 attunements

These are obvious exaggerations, but they would significantly change the entire mechanics of the classes. Entire builds and trait lines rely on class mechanics, and a change like we are seeing with stealth completely changes the thief class (as well as mesmer, ranger, and engi to a certain extent).

This is not a “qq poor thf” thread. It’s a “Anet, you broke your game, please fix it” thread.

This has been reported in the PvP forum and a dev confirmed that they know about it and will be addressing it in the morning. Unclear if it is a true bug or an upcoming patch that was prematurely added with the latest build.

If this is a real thing that will be happening, it needs some explanation. This is a MAJOR change to several classes (primarily thief) and it should not come as an unlisted ninja update. If this change is really going into effect, Anet needs to address it.

If this is a bug, it needs to be fixed ASAP. When they figured out that Mesmers couldn’t PvP, they fixed it almost immediately. This bug essentially keeps every thief build except S/D out of pvp. This is not something that should wait until morning. Go back to the office and fix your broken game.

Josh Davis.6015:

I don’t think this is intended, but I’ll need to follow-up with the skills team in the morning to be sure. Either way, I started an email chain about this. Thanks for the reports.

So you’re telling us not to bother PvPing on Thief until tomorrow…
“Fixed a bug that allowed Thieves to have a fighting chance in PvP.”

Rising Dusk.2408:

It’s much faster to simply complete a fractal L50 than to grind out 20g and buy it. Even at 10g/hour, which is pretty optimistic, a decentish L50 group can finish the whole thing in less than 2 hours. It’s only really time-saving to farm the gold if:

• …you’re incapable of finding good pubs/friends to run with.
• …you yourself are not very good.
• …you find a really cheap seller (~8g).

While it is true that gold per hour is better earned in other places, I don’t think that’s what buyers are thinking about at all.

For example, some days I have several hours to play, while other days I have ~30 min total to play. That’s not enough time to get anything significant done, especially since my playtime varies and I don’t have a static FotM speed run group. If I want to get my daily 50 clear done and I only have 30 min to do it, buying a run is worth it to me. It’s not about gold per hour, or not being capable or “skilled” enough to do it myself, it’s about getting the most out of my very limited play time.

In regards to gold per hour, though… If you get lucky and get an ascended chest, that’s approximately a 50g drop. I know that’s it’s a gamble and you won’t always (or sometimes ever) get drops that you want, but the convenience of having it done in a matter of minutes is worth the cost to some people.

Again, if you don’t like the idea of buying a Fractal run, don’t do it. Feel free to look down on those who do, but understand that when there is a demand, there will be people who will supply.

Rising Dusk.2408:

fishball.7204:

I know people pay 20g for FOTM 50 sometimes on NA. I guess people have more money than time? Or skill?

Absolutely. It’s easy to get 20g in SW and then pay your way to rewards in other content that you’re not good enough to do yourself.

Why assume buyers aren’t “good enough” to complete it themselves? While there may be a few players that do this, I would argue that more buyers are prioritizing time over money. Judge as you will, though.

I once purchased a 50 for 15g (and happened to get an ascended chest!). I did it because I have very limited time to play and I can’t afford the time it takes a fail pug group to struggle through a full set at level 50. I am at the point where the ascended chests, rare skins, and the tonic are worth paying a high price so I can do it once per day. If I have time I will do the full set pug-style, but if people are selling and I’m short on time it’s worth it to me to pay up for the RNG roll, no matter how bad the odds.

If there is a demand, people will supply regardless of how it is viewed by the community.

Also, when a group loses a player on or just before the final boss fractal, why not make a quick profit by selling the spot rather than just doing an open LFG? Seems like smart business to me. If you don’t like it, don’t buy it.

laokoko.7403:

I honestly dont’ know how hard it is for you. But I find it hard to believe people actually find it hard. I usually pug, and I dont’ see other people having problem.

Legendary imbued shaman is much harder than this boss atm even if you can’t kill the ice thing at the top.

I’m not sure what your intention is. But it’s quite comical to see people saying a dungeon is too hard just because they can’t solo it or speed clear in a few second.

As has been stated, I never claimed that the boss was hard. The problem is the mechanics of the encounter make the fight annoying and frustrating. Remember when people thought the same about dredge and the pointless mechanics were changed to something a bit more logical and, I guess, fun? That’s what I would like to see for this encounter.

Purple Miku.7032:

This won’t be fixed unless they become aware of the actual issue. So instead of complaining about them removing the ability to destroy the top, which they didn’t intentionally do, complain about structure hitboxes. If they fix them, we’ll be able to do this fractal less painfully. ^^

If you (aka the players) are aware of the real issue, it’s pretty much a given that Anet knows about it too. Allocating resources to fixing it, though…

oxtred.7658:

“we’re looking into it”
“nothing is off the table”
“this game is different, we have a rewarding and challenging endgame content”

When a widely accepted strategy involves repeatedly running in and essentially suicide bombing the boss, there is something wrong. They fixed dredge bomb hallway for that exact same mechanic.

Can we take a minute to discuss the Snowblind Fractal?

The Elemental Source part is pointlessly tedious. Why did they remove killing the top part of the source? Between the 1-shot ele attacks, the constant knockbacks, and the impossible-to-keep-lit fires, the thing is a nightmare.

How about a middle ground where you can kill the top part during each phase? It can respawn for each phase, but even a short time without it blasting you every which way would be nice.

Also, we still get stuck in the wall during the last boss? WTF?

“It is not about winning or want to win against thief or be fixated in killing the thief, it is about thief profession being a Exceptional Profession who take short-cuts to -attain- everything, anything for doing absolutely nothing!! While we other profession are the one is punish and suffer for taking the long way working hard to attain even the smallest thing”

So you’re saying that thieves get ahead in the game by taking short-cuts and doing very little while others have to work hard for what they get… Sounds a lot like real life! Anet nailed it on immersion! Thief is working 100% as intended.

Kousetsu.1627:

L2P

-Signed all GW2 Thieves.

^^^ /15sofstealth

We have quite a few WvW guilds on Kaineng, any of which would be glad to have you as a new member! Sacred Nectar [SN] is the largest guild and they almost always have at least 1 commander running somewhere in WvW. Other excellent WvW guilds include SIN, Owls, and KPD.

Just join in Kaineng Borderlands or Eternal Battlegrounds and look for a commander tag. You can straight up announce in map chat that you want a guild, or you can run around with different groups to get a feel for how they like to play the game.

Look me up in-game for more info!

SoR has been having a pretty good week so far. They have been giving us here at Kaineng some pretty good fights, especially when defending their own BL. Whatever you have been doing to bolster your numbers, it seems to be working! Keep it up!

T8 NA (Kaineng)

Here’s a summary of my experience so far:

*Less upgrades are happening. Players are starting to realize that things are getting flipped much more often, so it’s not worth the cost.

*More scouting is happening. I have noticed more players speaking up in map chat and reporting on enemy movement. This is tough when you have maybe 5-10 players on the whole map, but people sure seem to be stepping up to scout!

*More offense (PvD and open-field fights) and less defense is happening.

*PPT seems a bit more even. Almost all day today that I was on, all 3 worlds had ~200 ticks.

Again, just my perspective.

Do you guys do much WvW? Kaineng is looking for new guilds to join us in the mists! We have quite a few guildless roamers online most days, so KBL and EB might be good places for you to recruit. Hope to see you in game!

Jeknar.6184:

I’m sure SoR have outnumbered up more than you…

They very well may! We enjoyed playing against SoR last week, they gave us some pretty awesome fights. Many precursors were had on both sides. <3 SoR!

Kaineng is in a unique position to offer players one of the most valued and desired items in the game: a precursor!

How is this possible, you may ask? What must one do to get some of that sweet, sweet loot?

Well I’ll tell you… (dun dun “He’s going to tell!” dun dun “He’s going to tell!”)

Here at Kaineng we have discovered a nice little game-changing mechanic, and if you transfer over then you, too, can shower in the wealth that Kaineng has to offer.

Our secret: Outnumbered.

Being almost constantly outnumbered brings the game-changing buff of “Outnumbered,” blessing us with increased Magic Find % and also improved WvW Exp (more ranks = more rank chests = overflowing bank tabs filled with precursors!).

Join Kaineng today and finish that Legendary weapon that you’ve been dreaming of!

In all seriousness, though, Kaineng is an amazing world with dedicated players who will never give up on WvW. You and your guild would be welcomed with open arms if you want to test your mettle against overwhelming odds. We hope to see you soon!

xGraver.4918:

There are no hacks, glitches or bugs in that game mode. THis topic will be moderatord in 3…2..1.

First sentence is, quite obviously, false. I don’t know what world you are from, or which ones you are facing, but down in T7 & T8 there is some pretty obvious, shameless hacking going on.

Second sentence is, unfortunately, true.