Guild Wars 2

Marduh.4603:

I take off all the conditions almost immediately. But the necromancer casts Epidemic and I die in 2 seconds.

Arenanet balance

Lol, what? Epidemic kills you in 2 seconds? Utter blasphemy that is, no skill should kill you in 2 seconds… Oh, wait Epidemic doesn’t do damage? Epidemic copies conditions from target to those nearby? Ehm… Yeah… Right… Sorry I’ll just take my leave.

Charrs unite under the Banner of Evon Gnashblade! Lets support our fellow Charr and show those humans we still hold a grudge for Ascalon!

Also a Vote for Evon is a vote for Safer Black Lion Trading Post!

#TeamGnashblade

What people are missing here is Kiel is a puppet, she is of the Lionguard and there for already owe her allegiance to the Captain’s Council.

Now Evon on the other hand, He’s the head of the Black Lion Trading Market. That would also including the Trading Post, just so you know who’ll sabotage your TP sales if you don’t vote for him.

Kiel, has been taking credit from us for far too long. South Sun, than Dragon Bash, n latest the Aetherblade Investigation.

Evon, he’s merchant most likely the richest merchant in Tyria. Not only that he’s a cutthroat merchant who won’t stop at anything to secure safe trading on the Trading Post or safe purchases from the Black Lion Trading Market for his costumers!

Kiel got no right to be able to lower Waypoint Costs, for the Waypoints fall under ownership of the Asuran Council, which means her promise of cheaper costs can be seen as false for has anyone heard word from the Asuras on this matter?

Thaumanova Reactor is purely Asuran business, same with Abbadon being a Human god, we Charr got no love for the humans nor their gods! Nor does the disaster of unstable Asuran reactors concern us either! Evon change your promise from Fall of Abbadon to “Fall of Ascalon” n you’ll have the vote of every Charr!

#TeamGnashblade

All I’m reading here is basically “Necro went from free kills to fighting chance they’re OP”

Oh, well I was playing MM Dagger Necro n killing people just as easily for 3 months pre-patch as I am now. They Tweaked n people got a new meta build to use. Pre-patch you’d see most necros running with Nemesis terror build. Now they’re running around with MM Dagger n suddenly their survivability shots through the sky n they’re no longer free kills. Pff AoE’s still kill minions easy as heck n without minions a bad necro is just as dead as pre-patch.

Condi-necro’s have always been annoying if you don’t have tons of Condition removal, all they got other than a few duration tweaks was a way to transfer an extra condition which was a bug (Blind is a condition there for it should transfer) along with being able to cause burning on Crit. Now whenever I play for conditions I don’t go for Crit chance, cause conditions can’t crit so might as well go for survivability.

Ooooh, well a few weeks more and I guess Engi’s will be over powered cause of a few tweaks here n there along with some new build finding its way into the world n people refusing to adapt.

Ezrael Curzeblood signing off since time to hit bed.

Ezrael Curzeblood checking in with what my Necro name would be in a perfect world.

Dedlaw.9130:

Elshagan.6342:

Now despite what my claims where who are you to tell me who’s a PvE’r or not when everyone basically has the same label on them? If you attack back you agree to PvP n I’ll enjoy killing you. If you don’t than there’s no fun in killing you. I’ve seen hardcore PvP’rs back out of fights n not fight back inside of OS. So just cause someone doesn’t fight back doesn’t make them a PvE’er.

So if you’re in there at same time I am n fight back? Well guess what I’ll do my best to kill you cause in my eyes be you a PvE’er or a PvP’er you’ll only be a “Server name” Invader or Assaulter or whatever.

“if you attack back” implies your attacking me first, so if I fight back I’m fare game, If I don’t I’m a free kill?

And I never attempted to tell you who is PvE and who is PvP. I’m not the one that labeled them. I made it clear that I don’t think PvP inside OS is wrong, I do it myself when necessary. What I dislike about you is your self-proclaimed enjoyment derived from making other people miserable, that you would drive people to rage-quitting merely for your own amusement.

Sure, every player from another server just shows up as “server name Invader”. That does not mean you are under an obligation to be a kitten towards them. But I guess common courtesy is a rare thing these days

Did you even read half of what I wrote? IF you don’t fight back there’s no fun in killing you so might as well leave you alone. Besides making people rage-quit in OS is nothing new people do it on a daily basis.

On the other hand you ask for common courtesy in PvP? PvP is PvP, you go in n you might die. Simple as that.

Sarie.1630:

Elshagan.6342:

New life Goal: Kill PvE’rs in Obsidian Sanctum enough so they Rage Quit.

Elshagan.6342:

^This I only go there for the siege. Free siege equipment.

Changing your story every time you get forum-attacked ftw.

I don’t see how that’s changing my story. Since the free siege is only reason I even go to OS to begin with. Doesn’t change what I might do while inside or what I’ll do once I got my free siege. Not once did I say I’ll spend an entire day in there. ;P

Dedlaw.9130:

MinorDetail.9204:

Dedlaw.9130:

MinorDetail.9204:

Fact to the matter is, Pvp’ers, like Elshagan said, are forced to PvE if they want to participate in the new content.

The difference being the PvE’ers don’t try and kill him when he does

In one of his messages he did say he would leave them alone. But rather after some arguments on the forums he made it his new goal. I do PvP within Obsidium Sanctum too, but only when threatened or attacked first. But once I do have to attack, anyone in sight at that point in time is dead. It’s the way it works in WvW or PvP, you have to look out for yourself.

And if PvE’ers don’t fight back, ofcourse they don’t stand a chance. See the story below, everyone within Obsidium Sanctum, 1v1 as equal chances of winning. So mostly ‘griefing’ is out of the picture already, unless the guys is camping you on purpose, and only you.

Oh and, I actually got killed once by a new player to WvW cause he thought I was gonna attack him. So don’t go and say this is all griefers, sometimes it might even be new people defending themselves since they can’t see or hear what your intentions are. (I got killed by being pushed off a rock xD lol never forget that epic moment)

Yes, in a later message he said he would not attack unless attacked first, bu in his initial post he made it perfectly clear he what his intentions were -

Until the day I do you PvE’rs can just keep quiet n endure the fact that I’ll enjoy killing every single one of you as you struggle in Obsidian Sanctum. ^^

New life Goal: Kill PvE’rs in Obsidian Sanctum enough so they Rage Quit.

So honestly I don’t care what his subsequent claims are. He made it clear he enjoys making others miserable so I see no reason to even try and see it from his point of view.

As for PvPing inside OS, I have no issue with it. I’ve done it myself, helping friends/guildies through. If players let us be, we let them be. More often than not we would have to push through campers to get it done. If you are forced into it, so be it. It’s WvW after all.

My problem is with people like him that do it purely out of spitefulness and taking pleasure out of other people’s suffering. I do not and never will condone that.

Now despite what my claims where who are you to tell me who’s a PvE’r or not when everyone basically has the same label on them? If you attack back you agree to PvP n I’ll enjoy killing you. If you don’t than there’s no fun in killing you. I’ve seen hardcore PvP’rs back out of fights n not fight back inside of OS. So just cause someone doesn’t fight back doesn’t make them a PvE’er.

So if you’re in there at same time I am n fight back? Well guess what I’ll do my best to kill you cause in my eyes be you a PvE’er or a PvP’er you’ll only be a “Server name” Invader or Assaulter or whatever.

Pixelpumpkin.4608:

I don’t play PvE because the monsters are easier kills (in fact, I enjoy a bit of sPvP here and there). I play it because I am interested in the world, the lore, the story. I talk to the NPCs and immerse myself in Tyria. Players who spend 95% of their time in PvP and WvW are obviously more interested in combat and mechanics than story and dialogue. And that’s fine. But living story is living story. Why would you suddenly want to be included when you’ve already chosen to stay out of the world story?

Not for the story, but for the reward of what could possibly be a good looking back skin, weapon skin or what not.

Katz.5143:

CorneliusCoffin.3169:

Elshagan.6342:

SynfulChaot.3169:

Hit the nail on the head there, Dan. I do so love the excuses bad PvPers make for trying to legitimize their behaviour.

I love the excuses PvE’rs make to try n legitimize their behaviour. You don’t wanna PvP? Than fine don’t get the achievement but don’t complain about it.

The point is, that puzzle is not proper PvP. People who’re genuinley interested in PvP don’t go there. When it’s not filled with incentives to lure defenseless PvE players in, it’s usually empty enough to hear a pin drop. It’s just a jumping puzzle that has PvP enabled which is causing players who aren’t good enough to win PvP against regulars to offload their frustration on PvE players.

The only relation this puzzle has to wvw is the siege rewards from the chest. As far as I can tell, it is just a legitimized griefing area.

^This I only go there for the siege. Free siege equipment.

N Fiiine than remove it from the Jumping puzzle n put the achievement inside of Stone Mist Castle. Now everyone’s happy.

Dan.5416:

Elshagan.6342:

Soo… Here I am looking through this thread about PvE kittens (deliberate) being scared of the PvP zone… N than complain that one of their wonderful achievements for the event is in there. So please tell me when will I be able to get the meta reward stuff without doing the mind boggling dumb PvE content? I wanted the Sclerite backpack for PvP I ended up being forced into killing brain dead things in PvE.

I wanted the Dragon Helmet for sPvP n I was once again forced into PvE. Wanted the Holographic Wings for sPvP had to do PvE.

So here’s my counter arguement why are PvP players forced into PvE when personally I hate it with a passion, there’s no joy or fun in fighting n killing things without a brain. Where’s the challenge in that? Tactics you say? Well shame it’s the same tactics over n over n over again afterwards mobs never change they’re not humans.

So tell me when can I expect to have a way to complete the meta achievements through PvP if all I want is the skin of it? Until the day I do you PvE’rs can just keep quiet n endure the fact that I’ll enjoy killing every single one of you as you struggle in Obsidian Sanctum. ^^

New life Goal: Kill PvE’rs in Obsidian Sanctum enough so they Rage Quit.

I don’t get it. First you say about challenges of killing smart opponent and say that there is no fun in killing dumb mobs. But than you say that you enjoy killing dumb players, that never played PVP, don’t know any tactics and mostly even more easy to kill than mobs.
So I see two options:
1) You’re lying about boring PVE content, you just can’t do it, that’s why you prefer to kill defenseless players.
2) You just looking for excuses for enjoying of ruining game for same defenseless players.

1: I never said I enjoy killing DUMB PvE players. I said I’ll enjoy killing PvE players until the day I can get the rewards through PvP besides normally if you show no sign of fighting back I’ll leave you be.

2: Even a monkey could do the PvE content in GW2… Sw:ToR had more challenging PvE content that GW2 got n there I could even tank lol. On the other hand no matter what game it’s always the same tactic n method each n every time to complete a boss. Now if each boss had 10 different combat scenarios that are randomized than it would be interesting. Since each time would require different tactics, n as proof at how boring it is people are even speed running CoF for money. I’d hardly call it hard at that point.

3: N you’re looking for an excuse to prevent PvP’rs from getting the event rewards. All I want is to be able to complete it through what I enjoy PvP without having to be forced into PvE just like PvE players don’t wanna be forced into PvP.

4: Lets make more lists cause lists are fun or just continue the qoute train.

SynfulChaot.3169:

Hit the nail on the head there, Dan. I do so love the excuses bad PvPers make for trying to legitimize their behaviour.

I love the excuses PvE’rs make to try n legitimize their behaviour. You don’t wanna PvP? Than fine don’t get the achievement but don’t complain about it.

Soo… Here I am looking through this thread about PvE kittens (deliberate) being scared of the PvP zone… N than complain that one of their wonderful achievements for the event is in there. So please tell me when will I be able to get the meta reward stuff without doing the mind boggling dumb PvE content? I wanted the Sclerite backpack for PvP I ended up being forced into killing brain dead things in PvE.

I wanted the Dragon Helmet for sPvP n I was once again forced into PvE. Wanted the Holographic Wings for sPvP had to do PvE.

So here’s my counter arguement why are PvP players forced into PvE when personally I hate it with a passion, there’s no joy or fun in fighting n killing things without a brain. Where’s the challenge in that? Tactics you say? Well shame it’s the same tactics over n over n over again afterwards mobs never change they’re not humans.

So tell me when can I expect to have a way to complete the meta achievements through PvP if all I want is the skin of it? Until the day I do you PvE’rs can just keep quiet n endure the fact that I’ll enjoy killing every single one of you as you struggle in Obsidian Sanctum. ^^

New life Goal: Kill PvE’rs in Obsidian Sanctum enough so they Rage Quit.

Nay of the Ether.8913:

The thing is, they already coded this for PvE. For a little while it acted just as it does now in PvP once they made fear not bypass defiant and they fixed it so now the CC portion doesn’t affect the defiant effect but the fear damage does, it even shows up on the damage tooltips.

Didn’t know that since I rarely PvE n I rarely use Terror even in PvP

yroeht.5843:

Elshagan.6342:

coding wise it would look something like this I’d recon….

If(Player.target.condimmunity != true && Player.trait.terror == true)

Haha, I’d hope not.

Well I will admit my C++ is a bit rusty, not done any coding for a year if not more. So from the sounds of it I apparently missed something if so feel free to point it out. But yeah trying to remember after a year is hard enough alone, trying to remember things at 2-3am is even worse. xD

Iceflame.5024:

Ambrecombe.4398:

Or you can corrupt his boon and turn his stability into fear to get an extra condition burst.

Let’s not get into situational discussions please, would be nice to keep it purely about the terror traited fear damage part interaction with stability from a mechanical point of view.

While situational that is a point tho.

Mechanically it should still be applied n cause damage. Now from a coding point of view they’d have to separate Terror from being an attachment to the Fear effect and make it based on the skills causing fear.

Either that or they’d have to create two different fear effects. One normal fear effect that stability grants immunity towards.

Now the second fear effect would be one that is still applied purely based on if your character has Terror n if ofc the target isn’t immune to conditions… coding wise it would look something like this I’d recon….

If(Player.target.stability == true)
{ Fear.condition.standard = false; // Basically normal effect of fear not taking effect if target has stability//
If(Player.target.condimmunity != true && Player.trait.terror == true) //Just checks to see if the target has any kind of condition immunity I do prefer != true over == false just a preference imo also checks if the player has terror…
{Fear.condition.terror = true; //New fear effect without the actual “fearing” but still applies the conditon//}}

Only got double // Comment// to show where they start n stop… :P

Edit: Just to point out with Fear Effect I am referring to the effect Fear as in the running away.

Nay of the Ether.8913:

Cempa.5619:

Nay of the Ether.8913:

Insidious.3720:

Long story short, they’re horrible and not even worth it. Your minions will be dead before they get any hits off on the enemy anyway. A dead minion is a 0 dps minion. Re-roll or go full power, avoid minions like the plague.

You obviously have never played minions to any extent. They hit like trucks. And if you know how to properly play them, you know how to make them land those hits. HP melts off like flame to wax….well except shadow fiend, yeah he won’t ever make it to the target, sorry my dark friend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riO9Mzbcbj8

I’m getting really sick of seeing this tired old video all over the forums. That guy, who plays ranger mostly and admits it, has no idea how to play with minions. Mine never do what he’s showing, also he misinforms what’s going on a good bit. Half of what is complained about is lack of experience with the class. I’ve already posted about it far too many times so I won’t beat that dead horse again.

You’re not the only one, I used minions almost exclusively and I’ve been successful with them. Oh, well if he wants to post a bad video about it than I’ll post my videos.

http://www.twitch.tv/elshagan/videos?kind=past_broadcasts

(Can’t be arsed to find a specific clip or time do note it’s also mostly only tPvP) Oh, well either people hate minions or love them. I’m among those that love them, they could be better for sure (F2 to attack anyone? :P) but they’re not half as bad as people make them out to be. Now I do know what the minions bring you can bring in other ways but then you’d have to consider the downtime for those abilities since they’re not “Passive” once active.

Well a power build is certainly viable, the kind of build you’re actually talking about is currently what I am using in game myself.

Both for sPvP and WvW/PvE only difference is I use warhorn in sPvP and Focus in WvW/PvE due to the chill and the regen you can get with it.

Now, I will admit the build I’m using is primarily dagger based and only really switch to the staff for Putrid mark (Not using Fetid Consumption) now I will admit I did consider Fetid Consumption or even Close to Death, but I stuck with Death Nova mostly because of the poison itself. Poison reduces the effective heal by 33% which might not sound a lot but it does add up specifically in my build at least with the gear I’m wearing.

I am wearing Invader WvW gear due to the fact that Sentinel Insignias are expensive as hell. 7g a pop I think it was last time I check. But I am running Sentinel Dagger n Sentinel Focus (WvW/PvE) along side with Azurite Jewelry. Runes is the Rune of the Soldier(5) and than Crests of the Soldier for even more toughness and Vitality. Got about 33k HP currently.

In sPvP I am wearing I think it was the Soldiers Amulet it’s the one with Power/Toughness/Vitality. Along with rune of the Dolyak (6) now the sigils are “Sigil of Force” or that one since in this build you wouldn’t have ALOT of precision at all. At most 4%…

I wish I could explain how to play it but I can’t, anyway to summarize a power build is viable…

Here’s the build: http://gw2.luna-atra.fr/skills_tool/?lang=en&code=3837004m4qih8bln10k0uk04v4v5f5r5r5u5uh2h2hche

If you want to see it in use, you can just take a look at some of the videos on my tPvP stream at http://www.twitch.tv/elshagan

Hi… Is anyone out there?

Defektive.7283:

Block bug allows a guardian to block far more than 3 attacks. Were talking nigh invulnerability for 10 seconds if done right

Eh…
Aegis: 1 attack
Mace#3: Single attack only
Focus#5: 3 attacks
Shelter: 2s all attacks

So I still don’t get it…

I’ve been seeing comments about this “Block-bug” but I don’t get it… What is the bug? That Guardians have skills that cause blocks? Cause that’s kinda normal… On my guardian I got about 3 blocks. Mace#3, Focus#5, Heal:Shelter

So what is this bug I keep hearing about? :S

Right, a solo player complaining about paid tournaments where A-net has even stated paid ones are basically for pre-mades… Pre-made per definition = Team made before joining que.

Now if you don’t have a solid team of pals or guildies than do the FREE tournaments… Yes, shocking I know that there’s a mode for casuals without solid teams… How shocking that is. Ooh, wait now I get it… You saw that shiny reward of gems n didn’t think further than “Oooh, shiny gems me want I bet there are no guild-premades.”

-.- So yeah you don’t want casual tournament… You want the free gems, else you’d be doing free-tournament.

I’d love for a counter too quickness.

I’ve played through all classes and I refuse to use quickness yet when Thiefs n Warriors kill me they usually make a comment stating “L2P nub!” my reply usually consist of them dying cause Quickness is on cooldown. xD

But yeah it’s getting bloody annoying specially in tPvP where I’m seeing teams like “War, Engi, Mesmer, Thief, Ranger” all classes with Quickness which is kinda silly stacking quickness that is… Oooh well I’ma have joy in the fact that usually they can’t play without quickness.

What the others have stated. A build designed to stay alive.

On the other hand bunkering is sadly necessary currently…

I play a bunker Engi. I’ve tried different builds but sadly I haven’t found anything capable of stopping the Backstab Thief instakill.

Immobilize = Stops you from moving, dodging basically any kind of movement. Allows you to use abilities.

Daze = Puts ALL abilities on a varied cooldown (Based on the skill causing the daze) Allows you to move

Stun… Self explanatory…

How I’d make the Rifle even better…

Nr1: Make it do more damage the closer you are.
Nr2: Make it actually hit if you’re in range
Nr3: Increase the minimum range, even wars do max dmg out to max melee… We have to literally stand ontop to do max
Nr4: It’s alright as it is
Nr5: Smoothness mate, smoooooothness.

Flamethrower, Elixir Gun, Tool Kit, Bomb Kit all got “auto attacks” it’s just that currently they’re bugged n don’t save the Auto attack setting so we gotta Ctrl +Right click everytime we switch to a kit.

That isn’t an 80 Exclusive. :P

Anyway the Rare Noble helmet (8 of each fine crafting) is a monocle.

I find myself using toolkit quite often in tPvP… The magnet is awesome for pulling someone of the point or pulling a runner back to you.

The only skill I wish was better is the NR:2 skill really a cast time on something that does virtually nothing?

The links are broken.

nomicide.5641:

“Tools let you deploy them where ever you want”

Deployable Turret doesn’t work right now.

Ooh, joy ain’t that a blast than… :S

Januk Monkeydoodle

Giving people weird smiles since 2007

Logitech G19 Lets me do everything with my left hand without moving it too much. Love it

So yeah in the end just bloody rebind instead. Also I got an MX518 mouse, anyway didn’t start using my keyboard until recently but before that I used normal buttons and had my utilities rebound. :S So yeah.

Albane.8367:

How is farming Glory easier than farming Karma or Tokens? They are all easy to get, some easier depending on your class.

Explain this statement to me, “Even if you could use glory to buy WvW gear, it would mean nothing, because you’d have to sPvP to get glory.” Are you saying that time spent running sPvP is worthless, so the rewards should be worthless?

Time spent running sPvP is worthless if you’re after a gear advantage. Anyway sPvP is supposed to be about skill there for all the “gear” in sPvP is equal and everyone got instant access to it.

Also the reverse is true if you’re an sPvP’r time spent in WvW is worthless if you’re just after looks to be used in sPvP since that ain’t possible.

Reason WvW share Karma and Gold with PvE is because they were assuming either people PvE lvl, WvW lvl or maybe a bit of both in which they’d earn Karma and Gold to get the gear.

While in PvE tho you got the dungeon gear you can get by farming dungeons and WvW you got badges of honor you get by farming people.

So in other words from what I understand you’re just looking for a way to avoid the current WvW zergfest and get free gear for it that lets you kill the people currently killing you most likely.

Mmh, for PvP I’d say Inventions and Tools for trait lines…

Why?

Cause Inventions buff turrets and Tools let you deploy them where ever you want. The only problem with Turrets is their targeting but other than that I have to agree they’re fun and useful.

You’re thinking of Grenades as a utility when the Kits (Flamethrower, Elixir Gun, Grenades, Bombkit etc) are to be considered our secondary weapons like a Greatsword to a War or Guardian.

So no Grenades don’t need a nerf in their current state. IF they are to add an Auto attack to it than maybe.

Mortar isn’t classified as a turret in the sense of the Engineer turrets. It’s a manned turret there for non of the “Turret” aligned traits effect it since it’s a different class of turret.

That n Turret/Gadget etc will only effect the skills with that “Heading”

Rocket Turret
Turret. Something something something

Personal Battering Ram
Gadget. Something something something

And from what I know the Mortar does NOT have a Turret detail.

ComeAndSee.1356:

I’m not sure if anyone mentioned it, but CC spam is also out of control since there’s no DR system. Too many times I’ve been 100% -> 0% by a magnitude of knock backs, dazes, and stuns and if you don’t have stability there’s nothing you can do about it. Hell, on my Guardian I can put somebody against a wall and drop Sanctuary and make it so they can’t do anything for 8 seconds straight.

SWTOR had knock back spam, but this game is worse.

Swtor with Knock backs I’d say is worse than GW2 since in Swtor they were RARELY used to keep a person alive. Most of the time they were used tokitten people off in Huttball.

Besides the knockback animation in Swtor was horrid compared to GW2 were you tumble around after a knockback. :P

Mortar I can agree with cause atm unless you’re trying to let friendlies without significant range (Necro/Guardian???) you’re wasting an Elite with a sub ranged weapon that also has a minimum range which kinda negates it’s usefulness in PvE

Currently if I’m not mistaken the trait that actually is supposed to increase the range of Mortar is bugged which again makes it a wasted Elite Slot. Having a base range of 1500-1800 sounds like a good thing and having the trait increase that to around 2000-2300.

I still use it during Keep Defenses cause it does hit hard main problem being projectile speed though. Currently if you were to pit Grenades vs Mortar…. Grenades would win constantly cause of faster projectile speed.

The speed might not sound relative but it is when you’re shooting and people have ages to move out of the target zone when you’re using mortar.

Anyway:
1: Sniper Kit
2: Shotgun
3: Turret Kit (Cause atm you can only take 2 turrets if you’re planning on actually repairing them with Toolkit)
4: Dagger Offhand (Who haven’t used a knife of any kind as an diy screwdriver?)

Other than that it’s mostly bug fixes in my opinion.

Kill points = Zergfest no matter how you look at it.

Team A and Team B are fighting it out in Tourney finals (Battle of Kyhlo). Nodes only tick once every 10 seconds. Kills are worth 10-15 points and secondary objectives gone.

Team A will continue with current strats. Take Mansion and Clocktower.
Team B will only take the Windmill than all of Team B will rush onto the ones guarding Clocktower. 1v5-3v5… At this point Team B will now be in the lead since they are steamrolling over who ever oppose them with any kind of strategy cause they’ll be roaming as a group instead of thinking about strategy.

Now please provide a proper example of how this would be avoided, also take Zerg Mentality into account.

QQ about QQ? IF so I’ll counter with QQ towards QQ about QQ

Anyway yeah, Engi got bugs so what? The class isn’t nearly as broken as some others… *cough*mesmerthiefwar*cough* We can actually do something without relying on broken mechanics.

I use it whenever I’ve done a knockback…

Overcharged shot > Jump shot > Blunderbuss

If they’re not dead I guess they’re lucky. :P

The things that effect personal story

Asura: College
Humans: How you grew up
Sylvari: Dream
Charr: Legion
Norn: Something about protecting the mist or ancestors something like that

I’ll just sing more about Quickness.

No skill no matter what the game is should provide a 100% Attack Speed increase, cause that will always only ruin things. Specially in a game where there’s hard hitting attacks with relatively “Low” HP… (Attacks hitting for 9k when players can have ~20k)

So yeah remove quickness n all is fine n dandy. If you must have an attack speed increase make it 25% or something low not bloody 100% :S

Ps. I’m an Engi main so no I’m not trying to defend thief since I hate them myself. Just pointing out the true problem.

Rifle builds are quite viable in sPvP as long as you can avoid them.

Short version I ALWAYS have Personal Battering Ram and Rocket boots on my utility and it’s always a blast see them or me go flying.

Even better use PBR first than Rocket boots instantly after so both go flying.

That’s because of the spread if both parties are moving there’s a larger chance to hit because of being “Led” into the stray bullets.

This ain’t an FPS so we shouldn’t have to lead our shots just to make them hit. :S If I wanted that I’d be playing Planetside 2 which is an FPS. xD

Shukran.4851:

if i could list all the things people don’t like about thief, the class won’t exist or would be a weaker warrior.
if it could possible to be dangerous spamming headshot or infiltrator’s i would use more skills.
but if i use sword and pistol i have
autoattack -cost 0: can i use it ok? normal damage
infiltrator’s -cost 3 recast 2: bit damage and immobilize on target. a lot of classes has immobilize for their skills no?
pistolwhip – cost 5: main source of damage
headshot – cost 4: bit damage daze
black powder – cost 6: bit damage 3secs aoe blind.
any suggestion about using these skills in fight? remember my pool of initiative is only 12(15 if traited)

Here’s a good suggestion… No Quickness. Remove quickness and moderately lower the dmg/crit dmg of backstabs.

Fought a Thief today who refused to use Quickness… When I asked him why the reply I got was “Because Haste is only useful for people who don’t want to learn the class” which was kinda funny but no he still slaughtered me in seconds… xD Backstab build….

Pff, easiest way to reduce Thief QQ n warrior QQ for that matter is simple…

REMOVE QUICKNESS!

Over n done with.

Yep, too be fair I find this just to be quite dumb…

It’s like a 100b War missing 50-75% of the 100b hits.
Or even a Pistoldi… Pistolwhip thief missing with 50-75% of the hits… Which I wouldn’t mind but still…

I love pistol n I love conditions… But when they change the hardest hitting attack with Pistol… I’ll keep the rifle for now hope Anet changes it back sooner or later… Hopefully sooner rather than later.

Warriors: Check, Rocket boots or any other stun breaker that moves you.

Thief: Check, apply every single defensive skill even Elite (Dropping supply crate ontop of yourself when you see them disappear.

Mesmers: Knockback, Knockdown and general take akitten at them.

Guardian: Either squishy as hell against burst or squishy as hell against Conditions. Squishy against Conditions = Run if you’re burst… Squishy against Burst = Run if you’re Cond dmg. You’ll easily notice the difference.

@ErkiB using Quickening Zephyr with Shortbow? If so it’s easy and not much different from Warriors and Thiefs.

That’s how I solve those problems as an Engineer

This thread is specifically targeting sPvP and not PvP as a general cause that would also include WvW. :P

Also the features are coming when I don’t know but too be fair I’d rather wait half a year for them than to get something that’s rushed. They valued the basic gameplay to be finished and people were starting to wonder if they game was even gonna be released this year.

Besides they NEVER promoted any of it by launch. They stated even several time it won’t be ready for launch. :P

keroksi.3076:

I doubt the bigger pain part, as the game doesnt support you to even play if you dont have your friends online. So when i cant even play, i wont find the bugs either ;p

/facepalm

sPvP isn’t the only part mate. I was referring to bugs with Personal Story and PvE sadly those have priority from the looks of it.

I’m not much of a PvE’r so yeah I know it’s annoying to wait but sadly some things seem to have priority as I said.

Respawning is every 20 seconds at the timings 58, 38,18 why I have no clue.

Also Ezeriel are you burst Necro or Condition Necro? Cause depending on the guardian one or the other is useless.

On my Guardian I can’t take ALOT of burst damage but I got no way to remove conditions which usually is what kills me. Due to low HP and the fact as I said I can’t remove them with my build.