Guild Wars 2

Thank you. Just found this thread https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/wuv/wuv/Huge-drop-down-in-WvW-population/first

Sums up my critic and as you can see, I´m not the only one.

Yeah, but if you need 4 minutes to take camp, you should uninstall Guild Wars 2(no offense) :P

Hey,

I just wanted to say thank you for this awesome game, ANet. By far my favourite MMORPG. I think I didn´t spend so much time with any other game on pc. The open world was amazing, the questsystem was revolutionary and how you could accomplish every quest with every player on the map was awesome, the (active) fightsystem is by far the best fightsystem in any MMORPG I have ever played etc. and let´s not forget about WvW which is loved by many or the fact this game doesn´t require subscription fee. THANK YOU!

However, after 2.000 hours, several characters on 80 and 2 legendaries(Bifrost and Incinerator both on my elementalist) I (sadly) have to say good bye Guild Wars 2.
Here are some reasons why:

- Endgame: there is literally no endgame in Guild Wars 2 besides getting a legendary. Fractals isn´t worth the time, because the rewards are lame. Only reason I(and friends) played fractals was because I wanted the shiny backpack.
However, WvW for me was kind of an Endgame. It´s amazing, needs skill and tactics and fighting other zergs is fun. Also WvW opened the option to go and roam, which i did a lot. But, we saw like 2(EoTM, Season 1) Updates for WvW in the last 12 months. Season 1 was amazing(full maps 24/7 and everyone´s motivated to win the matchup), EoTM was, sorry, bullkitten(there are already hundreds of posts about it, so i don´t go deeper into it). Second thing is the new matchmaking-system, I like to play versus servers on the same level, but fighting the same servers 3 weeks in a row is just boring. Our teamspeak(which is usually full) is empty(100 people) since 2 weeks and even on primetime there is no queue…which means even less players. And here is the next reason…

- Playerbase: I don´t know the playbase of Guild Wars 2(and please dont tell me: “GW 2 has a risning playerbase”, of course you have, because you cant delete your account or cancel subscription fee like in other MMORPGS so a rising playerbase is the only option ) but for an MMORPG this game feels empty. The only full maps are lions arch or maps with a farmtrain. Especially the starter areas are empty. 90% of my friends who played have (sadly) quit the game long ago(most of the time because there was no endgame). You try to keep the playerbase interested with Living Story, but…

- Living Story: I(!) was never really interested in living story, sometimes I played the released content, but after 2 days I saw everything and I started to do what I always did(run dungeons and fractals for the xxxx time,go and play WvW/PvP). The only reason I was interested in the content when there was a nice looking reward for the achievements(like the backpiece from Southsun Cuve)

- Updates: Instead of releasing content every 2 weeks you should go and read the forums or play the game you created, because there are still 4390583094 bugs and glitches in this game(perfect example is Arah – I dont think I need to say more?). ANother reason why you should stop the releasing of new content every week is the lack of good content. Lets the the flamekiss armor for example? I mean really? Like, really really? After the kittenstorm you removed and replaced it…with another recycled skin. GG Just stop for a few months and fix your game before you create new content.

- Balance: Okay, I know creating balance isn´t easy, but when there is something ANet is bad in(this is a complement), it will be balance. On this forum are literally thousands of (fair) suggestions how to balance classes from experienced players but I never saw one of them in the updates. Warriors(for example) are overpowered since 6 months(?) and you still couldn´t fix them – here is your reason why no one is playing PvP. Eles are kittened up since > 1 year and you still couldn´t fix them. Get my point? It takes to long, in this time you lose tons of players. But it´s not only classbalance when I´m talking about balance, it´s abalance in general. For example rewards, this video says it all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXDXeVoWclc

I could go on(why you change things in the game without telling us( http://funny-pictures-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/funny_obama1.jpg ) or why isn´t there a better filteroption for the TP etc,), but these are the 5 main points for me.

Long story short: thank you ANet, I really enjoyed your game but now I look forward to other games(especially Everquest). I´ am sure I´ll login again…in a few months maybe or when you finally release content which takes a kittenload of time to play through(not Living Story where you have done and seen everything after 2 days).

Life good bros

Same problem here. Seems like Anet dont care…

PvE: Awesome. Even without the FGS bug ele still outputs the highest damage in the game(proven several times by users, videos and speedrun guilds). However you need some “help” from other members to survive because you are squishy. You are a might stack machine too.

PvP: Dont even try it.

WvW: Awesome. Really awesome.

4 crashes in 5 minutes. GG ANet!

I understand that with a new patch come new bugs, but this happens on EVERY SINGLE UPDATE on this game…

Acerola.6407:

It’s a huge zerg fest. But I guess that comes with the fact that this game still has too many players.

You really think Guild Wars 2 has much players? Because I don´t…

Yeah. Remove AoE from the game – PAINTRAINMETA FTW! GG!

Seriously: AoE is the only thing while there are other classes than warriros and guardains in WvW. AoE is fine as it is. Stop complaining.

Just ignore it. ANet wont do anything about it. ANet is lying since months, like “We´ll look into dredge fractal”…nothing happend. It doesn´t matter how fast you´ll rush through this dumb fractal(-design), in the same time you can do a whole fractalrun.

Paintrain Meta, that´s why. Guardians deliver stability, protection and condition remove. Warriors have warbanners and blastfinishers. Both classes are heavy and eat damage like it´s nothing.

Fix Aoe Cap and things will change…at least in WvW.

Meteor Shower has a horrible casttime, cooldown and an AOE cap. It does good damage, but that´s it.

Try to play against good guilds like RG or GD and you wont even hit one single meteor because their movement is close to perfect.

Hey,

I am rank 11 or 12 on PvP right now and it´s fun so far(and boring too, because PvP in this game looks like a BETA, only one gamemode, lame rewards etc.)

However I have some questions:

- when will conditions be fixed? They are ridiculously overpowered.

- when will immobilize be fixed? Here´s an example(not from me): http://www.twitch.tv/phantaram/c/3674092

- when will we receive some new maps? Are there any maps right now WITHOUT dumb mechanics like trebuchets etc. I JUST WANT TO FIGHT and not get spammed to death from a guy sitting 4980572390 feet away from me.

- any plans so far on the reward system?

Thanks and see you on the battlefield

ErazorZ.5209:

Fasyx.9347:

ErazorZ.5209:

20K meteors are only possible if you use tornado.
blank meteors are NOT 20k. You try to hit 20k meteors in a zerg when ur lowarmor gets insta sniped and killed when you even start casting meteor shower, let alone, run ammock in a zerg with tornado on. and this is expecting people dont just.. get out of the shower since its VERY easy to get out of.

Also wvw ‘zergs’ are nothing but a numbers game, the one who has the biggest zerg or best commander wins, NOT the classes races or whatever. (except thief zergs cuz constant invisible rezzing should be nerfed)

Tornado is an elite skill, tell me WHY you should not use it? It´s the same thing as might for, lets say, a warrior. Do you think warriors could output high numbers without might or vulnerability on the enemy?

As I already mentioned above, GO AND PLAY SOME WvW and come back. There are guilds like Good Old Days(GD) or Red Guard(RG) which destroy zergs two times there size. Numbers dont matters, classes do!(usually every top guild will run warriors, guardians and elementalists + a few necros and mesmers).

Did you just .. not read what i typed out?

Before your Meteor shower is done casting your already instantly targetted.
If you want to go run in a ZERG being focussed when your casting Tornado youll be dead before the first meteor hits.

And this is also implying that people STAY in meteor showers. I really do hope you read this. People DONT stay in meteor showers. If you do, im sorry to tell you but, YOU need to go play some more WvW then.

Maybe you´ll get insta targetted, because you have a bad movement. Chemso(Red Guard) wrote himself a guide, that a good staffele will go down only when your frontline is already dead. And that´s my experience in WvW too(I play his build).

Did you just .. not saw what I linked to youtube? Now tell me again, people dont stay in meteor showers, lavafonts and frostbow 4th skill…rolleyes

Your arguments are invalid and rediculous.

ThiBash.5634:

ErazorZ

Im talking about PLAYING a staff elementalist, not WATCH it do damage. (aka attunement dancing etc)

No, you’re talking about setting up the situation just right so your rediculous claims of ‘eles can’t deal dps’ becomes valid.

What you really mean to say is: “To me, eles do not deal enough damage in small fights for me to play them that way.”

+1
Cant agree more.

ErazorZ.5209:

20K meteors are only possible if you use tornado.
blank meteors are NOT 20k. You try to hit 20k meteors in a zerg when ur lowarmor gets insta sniped and killed when you even start casting meteor shower, let alone, run ammock in a zerg with tornado on. and this is expecting people dont just.. get out of the shower since its VERY easy to get out of.

Also wvw ‘zergs’ are nothing but a numbers game, the one who has the biggest zerg or best commander wins, NOT the classes races or whatever. (except thief zergs cuz constant invisible rezzing should be nerfed)

Tornado is an elite skill, tell me WHY you should not use it? It´s the same thing as might for, lets say, a warrior. Do you think warriors could output high numbers without might or vulnerability on the enemy?

As I already mentioned above, GO AND PLAY SOME WvW and come back. There are guilds like Good Old Days(GD) or Red Guard(RG) which destroy zergs two times there size. Numbers dont matters, classes do!(usually every top guild will run warriors, guardians and elementalists + a few necros and mesmers).

ErazorZ.5209:

Fasyx.9347:

ErazorZ.5209:

Ele do little to no reall damage in staff

You clearly never played an elementalist.

24/7 Lavafont which hits 3-4k every second + autoattack which hits for 3k every second so you deal 6k dmg/sec. Now count in meteor shower(which can hit for 20K EACH HIT combined with tornado) and you have already the highest dps in the entire game. Add water 2, earth 2, frostbow and tell me again “Ele do little to no reall damage in staff”.

And now add a group of players who knows how to stack might, vulnerability etc. and you´ll get numbers like the following: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKmo4FsMxPM

However, you are squishy as f…

Ele do no DPS.

Oh right im sorry, i thought people actually meant wvwvw since thats the only thing to do when you actually want to have fun.

Since PvEasy isnt really anything but mass mobs spamming 1.

You clearly never played wvw. where thiefs do more damage have more surivability etc.
Or warriors who can tank anything AND deal massive ammounts of damage with constant anti stun Or necro spamming who can just get twice the ammount of life while doing more tic dmg then your font can do to anyone standing still.

Rank 300 at WvW on my ele, but hey, I never played WvW

Oh and by the way: Thieves in a zerg are useless(only good for blasting fields with shortbow). When you get killed by a tanky warrior as an ele(especially d/d ele will bring down pretty much any warrior build besides condi build) it´s your fault. I think you should go and play some WvW, bro.

ErazorZ.5209:

Ele do little to no reall damage in staff

You clearly never played an elementalist.

24/7 Lavafont which hits 3-4k every second + autoattack which hits for 3k every second so you deal 6k dmg/sec. Now count in meteor shower(which can hit for 20K EACH HIT combined with tornado) and you have already the highest dps in the entire game. Add water 2, earth 2, frostbow and tell me again “Ele do little to no reall damage in staff”.

And now add a group of players who knows how to stack might, vulnerability etc. and you´ll get numbers like the following: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKmo4FsMxPM

However, you are squishy as f…

LoneWolfie.1852:

But thieves can still be beaten. Easily. Ultimately the same approach stands, just direct DPS the thief down (condition players will have trouble fighting stealth thieves). They are significantly weaker than warriors (I have even seen a ridiculous warrior who transform into a deer in wvw to run away from 20 people chasing him, while managing to down a player on his own).

Nope, there are some thieves on Piken or Kodash(PvP Guild from the tournament, I think it was “Ten Seconds To Rage Quit”) and they just killed everyone and everything in 1 vs 1 fights on the obsidian sanctum. Warriors couldn´t even touch them.

style.6173:

@OP:

lol. you clearly have never faced a GC ele or GC mesmer or pretty much GC anything. Any class has the potential to burst down another quickly if they spec that way. Of course the downside is that they die really fast too.

I play an elementalist myself and the dps output by thieves is ridicoulous. It´s like they completely ignore the amout of armor you have.

However, the REAL PROBLEM IS STEALTH. It´s just an OP mechanic( I dont want to get deeper into it, there are already tons of posts about stealth beeing OP). I can´t do much to my enemy when he/she is constantly going into stealthmode. Dont get me wrong, I kill a lot of thieves with my ele AND I die a lot due to thieves, but I still think thieves are unfair(they can simply spam a kittenload of DPS because they dont have cooldowns).

Following story happens sooo often: Thief is down to about 30% health, I´m about 70% and I´m ready to kill him(when visible again)…BAM…Thief just one(!!!) shotted you with backstab and/or heatseeker spam.

Empathetic Fighter.2065:

No skill required, 100% effectiveness, spammable CC, no skill ceiling at all.
Reminds me of HamBow.

I dont play an engineer but engineers(and eles) are probably the hardest classes to play with and/or to master.

Zelyhn.8069:

Hey, remember that time when they said they would release a fotm leaderboard?
And then that time when they said they were waiting to gather more data before releasing it?

Aaaah good times

Hey, remember that time when they said they will look into the dredge fractal after everyone complained about it?

Exactly, nothing happend

And I can go on with this list…

One time there was like 10 of you, some PvP players joined Obsidian Sanctum and after a minute nobody of your guild was alive

And for your information: there is other gear than only berzerker in this game

rfdarko.4639:

FGS does OP dps, but then people have been saying that for months. As wooden potatoes pointed out, they did nothing to change it when the did the big rework of elementalist conjured weapons so it’s unlikely to change anytime soon. It has zero to do with berserker gear and everything to do with a skill’s unintended (more then likely) side-effect.

This! FGS even got buffed with the last updates in terms of mobility.

- FGS isn´t overpowered! Fiery Rush isn´t overpowered!
- Fiery Rush ONLY works against a corner or a wall AND an enemy who doesn´t move
- Fiery Greatsword has a cooldown of 180 seconds
- and finally: FGS is an Elite skill, compare FGS to something like timewarp or warbanner(especially WvW/PvP). Now tell me again, that FGS is overpowered -.-

Keep in mind: FGS gets nerf will result into a “4 x warriors + 1 x mesmer” meta all day, every day.

Necros. QQing. About. Their. State. In. PvP = Priceless

corin.1298:

When Gw2 was new, this was the meta for warriors quite some time.

It still is.

Hey,

I started PvP a few days ago(rank 10 now) and I´am curios about the burst build a.k.a you´ll die in 3 seconds build. Can someone tell me about the traits? Which skills to use? Any advices?

Thanks

Arcturus.8109:

Elementalists have no love, soon you’ll become bitter and angry on spvp balance.
As for glory I suggest to buy giant wintersday gifts and sell them. That will give you nice gold income and actually is the only way to get something “real” from pvp.

Yeah, I see it now.

Warriors, warriors everywhere – cc, healing, bunker, damage etc in one build.
Conditions, are you serious ANet? I clean 5 conditions, BAM, 10 new conditions on me :/

Thanks guys.

Where can I buy the mystery boxes?

Hey,

I started PvP yesterday(I am not new to 1 vs. 1, since I roam in WvW) with my d/d ele(my last 5 matches I ended up Top 3, so share some love for elemetalists) and I love it.

However I dont know on what spend glory? I´am thinking about buying the wintersday-gifts and seeling them for some gold. Any other advices?

Finally, this sounds really awesome

Any information when the changes/patch will be released?

zamalek.2154:

Stand The Wall.6987:

That moment you see an enemy warrior using a longbow in a zerg.

That moment when you see a Warrior with 0 might stacks.

That moment when you see a warrior using hundred blades in a zerg.

Just read this, thought I´ll share it because it´s on topic: http://www.votf.net/page/index.html/_/articles/farewell-guild-wars-2-r22

Good Old Days[GD](Elona Reach) and Red Guard[RG](Piken Square).

I would be really interessted in a GvG between them.

Go full dps. Zerkergear and spec 30 into fire, you will hit sometimes for more > 10K each hit with Meteor Shower. Lava Font provides also nice damage and you can keep it up 100% of the time. Equip frostbow and kill everything, just kill everything. Use your CC(Air 5, Earth 4, Water 4) —> Lava Font + Meteor Shower --> Tornado —> frostbow. Repeat. You´ll melt everything in front of you.

If a stupid thief is trying to kill you: —> Air 3 or simply mistform through your paintrain. Thief is down.

Godmoney.2048:

Mesmer needs a buff like a fish needs a bicycle.

This!

I don´t main a lvl. 80 mesmer, but I know the basics of the class. I play an ele(when there is a class which needs buff, it´s elementalist after we got nerfed to the ground) and everytime I encounter a mesmer it´s gonna be tough. Especially the shatter builds will bring my ele down to 10% of life within two seconds [F1](it´s crazy). F1 has a 10 sec cooldown…eles defensive skills have 75 sec(mist form), 40 sec(teleport), 90 sec(armor of earth).

Mesmers are in a good, no, very good position right now.

Dont even try this as an ele.

Thief. Dont get me wrong, I was roaming today in WvW and I killed four thieves one after the other(always 1 vs 1, not 1 vs 4) and it worked out fine.

In WvW thieves are ridiculously overpowered because they can build up a lot of damage/health. Besides that they can hit npcs and animals while roaming and will go into stealth(both not possible in PvP). I´m running this build(link below) and still get hitted for 11k backstabs. See how op it is? Especially when they cast shadow refuge and you dont see it/them. If you dont cast your auras immedietly you are dead due to heatseeker spam. And lets dont forget that they can reset a fight whenever thy want.

http://de.gw2skills.net/editor/?fEAQJAoYhMmkbwx5gjDAkHm4CLiCPUeMTO2A-jEEBYgAYjgkIgUBAJfCiZPKrlhRs6KZlXBVbDT5CV7CWFTIyIGzaeI1G0QyAoPGA-w

Skenderbeu.9102:

Please I’d like to know. I’ve played a solid amount of Ele (never thief because I hate this class from the bottom of my heart

Everyone hates them. Especially when you fight 1 vs 1 and run under 50% hp, random thief will show up with their backstab. Game Over. For me(!) thieves have the lowest skill cap in the game.

However I would go with ele, because thieves are useless in PvE(compared to warriors, guardians, mesmers and eles) and WvW(Zerg ; @roaming they are kings).

style.6173:

Threads like this make me lol. The truth is that all classes have glass cannon builds that deal a lot of damage. In the past, I’ve been nearly instakilled by multiple classes including thieves, and warriors. Just last night, I got wrecked on my bunker guardian by a GC ele using meteor shower.

Morale of the story. Stop complaining.

Casttime Meteorshower: about 4 sec.(not counting in tornado, without tornado combo from the ele you should never go down as a guardian)
Casttime Heatseekerspam: BAM BAM BAM – DOWN.

Please nerf Eles, Anet! They are OP as fuark.

Nerf the insane healthpool, nerf ride the lightning on at least 60 seconds cooldown on hit(!), cast time for churning earth should be at least 7 seconds.

Ohhhh AND PLEASE nerf the ele mechanics. Combining thousands of combofields and constantly switching between attunements(while not seeing 75% of your skill colldowns)to get some might etc. is like “easymode activated”. Just go and look at classes like the warrior or thief, which can hit with random keyboard smashing for more than an elementalist with a whole combo, that actually requires skill! AND nerf our mobility, we are way to overpowered when it comes to mobility, compare us to warriors and you´ll see what I mean.

Sorry for offtopic, but: please buff warriors and necros by the way. They need it. Thank you, ANet

P.S Ignore ALL OF THE suggestions(over 1000) on the ele subforum. Just keep up the ele nerfs. https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/elementalist/1106-suggestions-pre-patch-0-were-ok

dominik.9721:

Are you guys joking? Do you really say warriors are OP because they can run away?
srsly?
Pls go back to PvE….

Warriors are op because they have high hp, high regeneration, high damage, condi remove, stuns, stuns…oh, and stuns…and they have insane mobility. Even with my d/d elementalist + fiery greatsword I cant catch a warrior.

I play a warrior myself and have to admit it. That´s why the WHOLE community is crying about warriors. But Anet just dont care…thats why PvP and WvW is unbalanced…

That´s what happend: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXDXeVoWclc

I started roaming a few weeks ago with my elementalist. At the beginning i had problems with thieves too, but 90% of the thieves are bad players – most of the time they will just win a 1 on 1 because tieves are super easy to play and hit like crazy. Now I win most of the fights versus thieves. There are only a few good thieves I´m struggling with.

I hate to play against mesmers. I think mesmers are probably the kings in roaming when it comes to 1 on 1(they have a big build diversity too).

With the other classes I dont have much problems(and I play the most f…ed up class for 1 on 1). I am dont counting warriors into this, warriors are the untouchable ANet Gods in this game.

Nemesis.8593:

Fasyx.9347:

It was time for Anet to do something about the overpowered condition meta(especially necros). No need to rage.

And by the way: eles are the squishiest in the game and have low armor, if you cant get them < 90% health you are in fact a bad player. Think about it…and dont tell me “But my build is based on condi dmg”. You cant have a build to counter every other class in the game, so please stop crying. Necros are already tough as hell.

Hahahaha… do you play your class with more then 4 buttons ?

If you mean “than”, then yes (dat wordplay by me, give me a cookie!)

Yeah, pretty much. Summon fgs, teleport, fiery rush. Over. That´s it! When enemy isn´t death I´ll cry “OP”
Exactly, you´ve got me bro

Hey,

I have problems fighting thiefs(especiall d/d + shortbow ) and necros.

Thief: hits like a crazy easymode machine(8k completling ignoring I have 2300 armor -.- ). When I´m closing the gap between me and him(once the thief isnt invisible -.- ) he just uses shortbow and creates a new gap.

Most of the time the thief is nearly death, goes invisible and just reset the whole fight. Or I´m about to win and the thief hits me with his backstab – BOOM, adios ele.

Necro: only struggling with the condition builds, any tipps?

I am running this build(intigo): http://bit.ly/GFueD3

Bye

It was time for Anet to do something about the overpowered condition meta(especially necros). No need to rage.

And by the way: eles are the squishiest in the game and have low armor, if you cant get them < 90% health you are in fact a bad player. Think about it…and dont tell me “But my build is based on condi dmg”. You cant have a build to counter every other class in the game, so please stop crying. Necros are already tough as hell.

I love this change <3

Now try to catch me, overpowered warriors :P

Arsus.8952:

Ok my bad

It’s just the sentence “where you got this manpower” which confuse me and the others to “transfer population”

:)

Arsus.8952:

Fasyx.9347:

You know what´s funny? No one talked about Vizunah…or transfers…only you JS guys do.

Well…

Schizophrenia?

Fasyx.9347:

20.000 points over the night? Good job, really impressive!(coming from an Elona player). However I still dont think you deserve the 3rd place in the gold league.

I´am just curious where you got this manpower from for the night? I heard some rumors about it…

Still no one talked about Vizunah, or transfers

Eh, yeah. I meant Emerald, Sapphire and Garnet Sanctum instead of Obisidan Santum of course.

Thanks for the answer, got the achievement now.

You know what´s funny? No one talked about Vizunah…or transfers…only you JS guys do.

Well…

Hey,

I´m not new to WvW, but never really cared about the JPs in WvW. I still need two achievements for the key, so I´ll probably do the JPs.

What´s the difference between the Obsidian Sanctum, Emerald Sanctum, Sapphire Sanctum? I dont get it, aren´t all the entrances the same? Last week my sever was red so I did the JP on (home)borderlands and got the achievement for completing the JP in the Obsidian Sanctum. This week my sever is blue, can I just do the same JP(same entrance) and will get another Sanctum(either Emerald or Saphire) completed?

Thank you