Guild Wars 2

The Ranger Marksmanship Minor trait “Opening Strike” does not work consistently.

I have tested various scenarios and I cannot get it to activate consistently. It seems totally random as opposed to activating upon execution of an opening strike to enter combat..

Please fix!

Duuk

No comment on this bug?

also noting some issues with signet of the hunt not applying any damage boost to critical hits with my bow.. once again using signet of the beastmaster trait.

same happens with the human female on the round shield. it does not happen with pvp awarded shields which arent round in shape..

shiels also seem to sit VERY far from the characters arm when in use.

I have found a repeatable and consistent bug for the Ranger class while under the affects of Signet of the Wild+Signet of the Beastmaster trait..

Signet of the beastmaster causes all signets used to affect the ranger as well as the pet. The signet of the wild increases size and damage as well as providing stability.

While under the effect of signet of the wild buffed by signet of the beast the ranger is unable to perform the stomp finisher. I have confirmed this on the training dummies in the mist as well as in spvp..

if you have a finsher available on a downed opponent and you activate the signet of the wild to obtain stability, the option for the down stomp vanishes and you can only attack.

without the singet of the beast master selected as a trait down kill work as per normal even with the signet of the wild active..

please fix.

Duuk

Rika.7249:

It’s perfectly fine. They’re using cooldowns to down you, that’s what’s “just not right.” It shouldn’t be necessary to land a first-try-kill.

Rika its not perfectly fine. It completely changes the whole direction of a team fight if you guy gets akittennear automatic Stomp and Rallies like 3 or 4 guys we have killed…

Pretty sure I just listed 3 very fixable issues quite clearly..

Ill admit – I just did some Tourney play and I had alot of fun. I was able to do what I designed my character to do and it was alot less chaotic..

8v8 just sucks!! 5v5 was pretty fun.. I ran some serious chain CC with tons of bleed dmg and picked some solid targets my team dropped in a hurry while they stood in 1 spot..

I went 1v1 with a guard and smoked him HARD.. I dont get why people say they are OP..

Still cannot wrap my brain around stealth and mist form Stomps.. Its just not right..

Obviously im trying to motivate them to figure out a fix like NOW and release their findings ASAP..

I spent my money on this game.. the PvE is fun.. the game looks beautiful.. There is alot of potential for endless pvp builds and class use.. Fix it fast so I dont have to go.. At least admit there is an issue and let me know a fix is coming.. I would prefer this.. hence I post clear arguments on what broken and request a fix.. FAST.

Teltae.1547:

Look again on the new talents in WoW(mop)
<<Subterfuge>>(rogue) break stealth 3 sec after u attack or get attacked
I dont see any whine there :P

Finishing should probably instantly pull you from stealth, cause not being able to do anything cause you can’t see me is pretty unfair.

Finally.. Someone who speaks honestly! Imma go play my thief!

Ergo Proxy.. The difference is there isnt 4 elementalists in every game trying to mist form auto kill me and my team every time someone gets downed and succeeding like 80% of the time.. I agree – Its a stupid mechanic in any case..

Sonho – Man… I love it when people make rediculous claims.. If you mean by play smart make em fight in your own little mini arena that it takes you 15 seconds to erect.. then yes.. Play “smart” and they die easily.. Going down in history as the worst players ever..

Wolfe – I dont have the patience to deal with you.. Anyone with half a brain can see you likely didnt pass 3rd grade.. You quote me quoting others like 4 times in a row.. Saying "yeah thief downed mechanic is broken’’… then in the very next repeated quote yer like “god! when will people stop complaining about every aspect of thieves!!”

so funny since you had just complained yourself one reply up….

I think the surest sign is the amount of times you hear L2P when as a reasonable person you say “hey WAIT! this isnt fair”

If you question balance and hear L2P L2P and you are just bad its a sure bet the class is broken and unbalanced.

Lol Snido.. you were doing so good.. Why suddenly turn into a Kitten??

Im not the only guy who isnt happy at all with this crap.. L2P got old after season 1 of LoL..

and FYI when i say stomping get me killed.. Im referring to the fact that some classes can prolong the stomping process to a painful level which exposes me to missed opportunities and additional damage from a fight I just barely won to begin with..

Im sure I can just find another game that works better than this.. Players like me are usually sought after since I run a tight ship from a leadership role in solid groups.. i doubt ill waste my time with this game unless these issues are addressed in a big hurry..

Maybe this game just isnt for me.. I dont really find much weight in all the counter arguements you guys are presenting.. Aside from the comment about finding a strong tourney group..

Snido.4827:

You are only R11, you havent played enough to really make the determination that the game is unplayable.

Most of your “broken” gameplay problems can be attributed to lack of experience and teamwork. Find a guild, play on a team, play free tourneys and enjoy the game.

I agree that most of my issues could be solved with a solid premade group.. I usually use PvP to get recruited into a strong guild after I watch how they perform in PvP. All I see right now is really not good PvP at all.. I see people exploiting broken class mechanics and calling it skill..

I wont back down on the thief stomping thing.. that has to be a bug man.. its just plain dumb..

My character is designed to be the Main Assist.. I mark every target i go for.. I find it easy to pick out the real mesmer.. yes its easy.. but once my target drops and I try to reacquire Im getting really sick of mesmers running in a darn circle and jumping and dodging and making double after double and switching and thieves as well.. You cannot TAB target and there is almost no way to get a good click off..

Maybe im getting old, but ive never had a hard time clicking akittengood target and having the assist train do the work while i provide the CC and in this case heavy bleed..

Sanis.1096:

so you have just scratched the surface in pvp… the pvp in gw2 is totally new if you compare it to other mmorpgs… it takes time to adjust

I have a pretty deep background in PvP to begin with.. I realize there is a period where adjustment is required..

My post is meant to give Anet the idea that they should really hurry up with addressing these issues.. Right now these issues are game breaking for me and im warning alot of my friends away for the time being.

Im also very worried that balance may be impossible to achieve without gutting these two classes as they are built now.

The only way I can think of to balance this issue out would be to dramatically reduce the DPS that both classes put out to justify their utility.. I doubt that would go over well..

Other wise, changing the targ dropping/duplicate nature of either class really ruins their flavor..

Bottom line with regard to STOMP.. the second a stomp begins any stealth should instantly be dropped.. For this there can be no discussion.. I wont play a game where my Warrior is basically STOMP bait for any thief..

This wasnt meant to be a thief hate post..

Im mostlykitten about these 3 things really sapping the fun out of the game. I play to be competitive and win.. I feel more and more like I need to be a thief of mesmer to achieve that goal.. I cant stand it.

Its dumb that one class has a WAYYYY better chance to land a STOMP than any other class. Landing a STOMP is one of the hardest things ive found in this game.. It gets me killed more often than not.. Now I usually just sit back and blast away with my 132 bleed tick rifle shots to get a kill.. it takes FOREVER and a day..

every class has a #2 that is supposed to stop one or multiple attempts for a STOMP.. thieves negate like 50% of the classes #2.. Thats really not something I can come to terms with especially given the amount of DPS and they provide and how hard it is to STOMP them..

Mesmers ruin pvp.. Both classes are the cause of the target dropping issues which are then followed by chaotic fights with a million doubles and pets..

Lets add sharks to the mix with a mesmer in Capricorn and now im really happy when my target drops..

Wolfe.3097:

if you finish number 1 or 2 on yoru team it just means you run with the zerg and tag everything before it dies.

ive never had a problem with targetting strangely

and stealth doesnt garuantee the thief getting a execute. any non target required interrupt can hit him

This reply is so weak its absurd.. So anyone finishing in the top spot or 2 is zerging? Can be that they revive and go to points that the team has neglected.. or defend points.. or god forbid get a kill or 10 as a non thief..

Ive never had an issues with targetting til I played this game. Even SWTOR I found easy.. I also used to run as the MA merc and Warrior in my DAoC gank grps.. or MA on my fire wiz..

FYI DAoC is likely the best pvp game ever made..

This game has kitten tons of potential, but right now it just isnt fun.. Id rather go back to SWTOR or get MechWarrior Online.

6 on thief – 10 on guardian – 119 on Warrior.. im rank 11.3

My Warrior is my main.. Hes Sword+board/Rifle… Heavy heavy Bleed/control/rifle build… My build is very solid and a slight modification of some really strong builds I saw.

My PvP background is very deep gank group history in DAoC.. WAR.. SWTOR.. mostly DAOC..

Moraine – What condition is going to stop them from going into stealth and Finishing me or my downed team mate automatically?

Reality is that the sharks simply exaggerate the worst part of this game.. Its impossible to pick and hold a good target..

Thieves get auto down kills from stealth every time.. They do way too much damage and can escape way too easily..

Mesmers are OP and broken as all heck.. mostly due to targetting issues and too much dmg while being impossible to attack.

Targetting is broken.. How can I play a game where my target drops every 5 seconds and then im forced to try and tab thru 14 targets in to try and get a real target that will just drop again in 5 seconds anyway.. Or I can try to mouse click in total and complete chaos where 4 out of every 5 targets isnt even a player.. Oh and then the target will drop again anyway…

Of course when one complains about stuff like this they are told.. “its just cause yer bad” or “Thats called skill”

Its not skill.. Its called exploiting a broken class mechanic.

I feel like the pvp in this game is basically smashing my head into a wall over and over and asking for more..

Sadly its getting worse and worse as more and more people realize to compete and have fun they need to be a thief or mesmer..

I have a fun game maybe once in every 5 or 6 games..

before you guys start on the “skill” comments or that “youre just bad”

I ALWAYS FINISH #1 or #2 on my team.. like 90% of the time.

This game sucks right now.