Guild Wars 2

Durzlla.6295:

Garb Cost.3718:

Also, why do we have a ‘Swine’ family. Has there ever been a functional use for the piggies? If there is and I’ve missed it, I’d love to discover it. If not, maybe they could be removed/reworked?

Very easy to imagine an aggressive skill/use for a boar. A farmyard pig, less so.

EDIT: just thought about hyenas – just pep them up a bit to make them more useful in a burst damage scenario…

The pigs are actually probably my favorite pet family, they’ve got decent damage for being a tanky pet, and they have the knockdown to end all knockdowns (3s knock down that cleaves), and their F2 gives an insane amount of utility, I mean who doesn’t like an AoE fear, a 3s invuln, 2s stun, chaos storm lite, or every boon in the game?

The problem with the pigs are, 1) their F2 is very clunky since you have to run up and pick up the item, or call them back to you so the item is nearby, and even worse enemy players can pick up the item (they never do, but they have the ability to do so). And 2) their godly knockdown has a very large windup and it hasn’t “homed in” since beta weekend event 2 (the pig would literally chase after its target until the pig was interrupted or the channel ended), which makes it very hard for the pig to land it.

I think the clunky F2 skill kills it a bit for me… purely because other pets are a lot easier to use. I would love to have a big, bristly, violent toilet brush of a Boar as a pet charging into things and knocking them down. Make that the F2 skill perhaps and you immediately have a viable option IMO!

Also, why do we have a ‘Swine’ family. Has there ever been a functional use for the piggies? If there is and I’ve missed it, I’d love to discover it. If not, maybe they could be removed/reworked?

Very easy to imagine an aggressive skill/use for a boar. A farmyard pig, less so.

EDIT: just thought about hyenas – just pep them up a bit to make them more useful in a burst damage scenario…

Consider this an official bump.

The recruitment push continues and, given our cross server nature at the moment, we will be focusing on PvE guild missions which includes bounties, puzzles, races and the like. We do have a PvX playerbase though so there is something for everyone!

Be part of something here at [Alph]

I think the requests for mounts and capes were the first on the GW2 forum. Probably before anyone had got out of the starting zones.

mbhalo.1547:

Another batch of tears into chalice.

ROFL

I believe the ‘X’ in PvX just stands for ‘everything’. So rather than typing PvE, PvP, WvWvW, Fractals etc. people put the universal moniker of ‘PvX’ in there.

Hannya Weave

Hannya being the traditional Japanese mask-wearing theatre depicting various demons and the Weave part being related to weaving in and out of time/vision

Hi there,

I’m a returning player that likes to mix things up a bit. I have 4 level 80’s that I use for different purposes:
- Guardian: Fractals
- Ranger: sPvP
- Warrior: WvWvW Blob
- Mesmer: WvWvW Roaming/Small Groups

The Guardian is my ‘Main’ although I am playing the Mesmer mostly. I’m certainly not hardcore but can hold my own… Am a little rusty at the moment though!

Ideally, I’m looking for a guild on Gandara that has a core group of players that are active. Where I don’t mind what I’m doing in-game, I’d prefer to do it with a consistent group!

Drop me a PM/Reply on here or in-game.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Mea.5491:

I agree! I really want short grass skirts and clam bras for my Sylvari girls.

Mate you’re sick – you want to make clothes out of your own people. Wow.

Ace! A comment that made me lol, “Stack for brains!”

Now I love a good ranger build outside the meta, purely for my own interest in playing it… However, “i’m able to take down any class 1 on 1 and often make it through on a 2v1 fight”. This video doesn’t show this at all. There is only 1 case where you 1v1 an engi and he only drops when someone else turns up (Yes, that’s the way it should be in PvP – only a fool enters a fair fight) and you flattening that ele is right at the end of the game when all is lost [for him] anyhow.

Regardless, this isn’t anything against you. In fact, I’d like to see more similar posts.

What stats/runes etc do you use? I can’t see in the vid.

Carpboy.7145:

Why does longbow apply vulnerability? Applying conditions is the shortbows job.

I think the LB should just be removed in favor of dual-wielding shortbows

^—- lolwut. Amazing.

Kaiser.8504:

You can tell how big a character is compared to another of a different race by the size of their greatswords.

“Greatswords” …

Hello all,

STAR is glad to announce that we will transition from being a PvX guild to a WvWvW guild!

We will remain true to our core values of offering a friendly, mature and casual environment while we refocus our efforts as a guild and a proud member of the Blacktide community.

In order to increase our contribution to our community, we have thus far:
1) Been a key member in the creation of the Blacktide Union and an ongoing feature of its success.
2) Formed unofficial but close ties with other guilds operating under the same premise as ourselves, consisting of traditional Blacktide guilds and newcomers that have recently transferred.
3) Forced our fearless leader Raugool to take some commanding lessons… he’s really quite good at it now you know!

What does all this mean though?

It means we want to step things up a notch!
It means we want to continue to transform the reputation of Blacktide!
It means we want to be feared when people see Blacktide in their matchup! … or at least no longer laughed at.
It means we want you!

At the moment, we have approximately 17 members but are looking to increase this to 30, 40 or maybe 50. The key aim is to have around 10-15 active members online at any one time so the next step is to increase our numbers to realise the dream.

We will be sticking with our policy of 3 ‘tryouts’ at any given time so if you do get in touch and we already have 3 tryouts, we will put you on our waiting list and will come back to you ASAP.

If you are interested in finding a home where you can enjoy WvWvW in a serious capacity, amongst a relaxed group of like minded people then please do whisper or mail Vaugh.7193, Ryno.3891 or myself Garb Cost.3718 in-game for more information.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Hi all,

First off – struggled to find a recent post re: beastmaster spec. May be a good reason for that but apologies if spamming.

Always been a fan of the Ranger – especially considering they get a lot of kitten and people moan about them so easily. I perhaps have an underdog complex maybe?

Anyway, I’ve been PvPing a lot lately and have been tinkering with various specs:

1) Spirit Build: standard, easy to play, can be boring.
2) Trapper: Dangerous! Often surprises enemies which is fun but I struggle to survive on it.
3) Longbow/Power: Not the best for PvP, can be effective though.

This variety led me to try out a spec I hadn’t really gone for previously: something pet focused.

To my surprise, I found it quite fun. Given the poor AI and the fact that pets struggle with moving targets, I loaded up on cripple and survivability (mainly so I can take a few hits while the pet unloads).

Yes, it’s not cookie cutter (by a long shot) but I find that I play better on builds I am comfortable with – makes sense I guess – and so the team benefits. Generally, I can one on one pretty well and, therefore, hold a node while also being able to cause problems to people in a melee, while surviving – provided I am sensible.

Anyhoo, I wanted to hear peoples opinons on a beastmastery focused spec and to share the ones they use (if at all!). I will post mine later on but am at work at the minute…

TL;DR Toying with a beastmastery spec, want to hear peoples opinions on it and the situations they use it in.

I played a trap Ranger for a bit and yes, they can hit really hard. I always found that I struggled to survive on it but I’m not that good I guess so to those that can; you don’t want to meet them!

leungclj.4915:

Deimos Tel Arin.7391:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Aegis
as for aegis, a boon, the text reads:
“Block the next incoming attack; stacks duration.”

it states there block the next incoming attack.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Attack
“An attack is an action intended to cause Damage on a specific target or area.”

Fear Me! does not cause damage so it should not be blocked !!!

Good catch, I give you that~!

Yea, i found it funny that if you are blind, you can “miss” your shout, LOL

Perhaps you’d just end up shouting at some pigeons because you can’t see who you should be shouting at?

Also, I agree with OP – Warriors need more CC.

Totally support this

I have to agree with OP – get the basics down first. Had a game last night where we smashed them at the initial mid fight and were farming them as they ran in individually. Then 1 guy on our team leaves mid to go far because it was empty. Kinda makes sense but then this meant I had to fight longer at mid while rotating with close (as someone else went far to help with respawns) resulting in mid and close being neutralised. this went on for a bit longer until the opposition managed to get a few people that had respawned together and push on.

It basically lost us the game then I got raged at because I wasn’t simultaneously holding mid and close.

Far should have just been left… lock down 2 nodes and farm the kills. Sure it was empty, but only for a little bit. People can’t think ahead and understand the consequences of their actions – much like children which, based on the rage I was subjected to, confirmed the maturity level of the individual in question.

I don’t really get the thief rage… I don’t necessarily struggle against thieves in sPvP (I play guradian/ranger) but I do get smashed by a good one every now and then – This makes me roll my thief and get destroyed because, despite being nearly 80, I clearly don’t have the patience to properly learn how to play it.

Essentially, kudos to those good thieves in sPvP – a lot of the time you just see morons spamming “2” (which is probably what I do on the rare chance I play my thief) or taking on 3 people because they think they are better than they are.

Having said the above, a stealthed thief in sPvP means I get the node so maybe that’s why I don’t get the rage going on.

Misleading topic name is misleading.

What I have noticed is that people only quote whatever rank or leaderboard position they are when things are going really badly. Especially when it is them doing badly.

Someone mentioned PvP being about skill – I think that is true to an extent but if you don’t understand how node cap works and the fact that you need to keep 2 nodes from the start to win (generally speaking) you can have all the kitten skill you want and not make the slightest contribution to the team…

Same for me – only had to do it once for my account…

Tribio.8531:

exinax.2178:

But whether or not, flaming and insulting players just because of their rank or even their bad gameplay is not an option and unacceptable. I just wanted to make clear why some “higher” players behave that way. It’s often because they’re just frustrated because the thing’s i described just happen way too often.

That I can totally understand, but as mentioned: I don’t think my gameplay was bad. I held my point, killed in 95% of the time the players trying to take it from me, and I reacted on teamchat and map pings..
Also, our team won, so I don’t see why they (teammembers and opponents) would feel the need to bash that low ranked player who, as far as he could tell, did a good job during the match..

Oh well, I’m sure there is still a lot to learn for me, but if they won’t let me learn (“don’t queue anymore, noob”), how will I ever?

Quite – what more can you do? If I’m teamed with someone that does the above (reacts in team chat, pings etc.) but they just aren’t good at PvP – which could be for very legitimate reasons – then getting mad isn’t going to help. Furthermore, as mentioned in my earlier post, I’m still learning too so balance what I think I should do vs what people are telling me to do.

Get back in those queues Tribio and stick at it! I feel that we are very much similar in our approach. Unless you are on the other team, in which case, give me your node you noob, l2p and lol at your rank and build … just kidding

PvP is always a bit of a hotbed for hostility – I sometimes get incredibly frustrated by it myself but that’s when I log off. You are, unfortunately, always going to encounter this.

When I first started PvP (which was about 2 months ago, maybe more). I’d always avoided it because of not knowing how it works until I played with a guildie. They talked me through it but I quickly realised it’s very much like any other PvP – once you get a basic understanding of the tactics, you will be an asset. Learning class mechanics etc. will always take time.

What drives me crazy is when you try to help other people and they just flat out ignore it. Just because you are not fighting someone, doesn’t mean you aren’t contributing… deterring them from a node is often important! Fighting them in the middle of nowehere (generally) isn’t.

I’m nowhere near a pro of course, and don’t claim to be, however I had to shrug off an amusing comment the other day when someone said, “anyone below rank 40 should just log off”. The team composition was 20-35 with the individual making the comment being rank 42.

I try to stick with a few people that make PvP fun for me… if you find them, hold onto them!

Think they said they will be usable in PvE but this isn’t in place yet from what I understand. I think I will hold buying it until it is. Also not sure what form it will take: I’m assuming that it will need the transmutation crystals.

+1, nice idea. Seems pretty fair to me.

Writetyper.1985:

You heard it here folks – because you farm peoples guilds in WvW, tPvP achievments should be made easier. A flawless arguement.

Classic! I lol’d

Djemo.7153:

@Azure How about you make me.

Popcornz!

Baffled yet intrigued by this thread and what is contained within it.

The only, tiny, miniscule ray of hope for me is that if these PvE players are “forced” (which they are not of course, based on the actual definition of the word) to do more PvP, it might actually help their understanding of the game.

I’m so bored of people running around aimlessly, cleary clueless to how node capture works. NOTE: I have nothing against people new to PvP as we all were once…

Not fussed by all the QQ from a lot of the responses but definitely enjoyed a jolly good read. Nice one OP!

Alissah.9281:

• Very dragon
• Such butt
• Much blue
• Many reward
• Wow.

I want a Doge finisher that, when you stomp, has doge with somthing like “much stomp, such rank, wow” around it. Was going to post the above but you beat me to it.

Let me help you here. The following link is a secret source of information that might help you answer some of your questions but please do not share it with everyone however, as some people just are not ready for the knowledge it contains.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/

So to go full circle and back to the OP, yes it probably still is worth trying to get to R50 (assuming you deem the finisher a worthy note of someones rank)

Ah yes, it’s on the Guild Wars website: “Once ladders are implemented, ranks will be retired. To honor the effort that players have put into the rank system, existing players will be able to keep all unlocked rank finishers and will earn a special title based on your rank to show that you were there from the start. Variants of existing rank finishers will move to the ladder system and will be used to show your current standings on the ladder from season to season. The original finishers will not be earnable again.”

From what I understand, Finisher will remain but ranks will not. No source on this as I can’t find the forum post unfortunately… will check to see.

They change.3526:

Is it true Nexon bought a part of NCsoft? If this is true I can see why the community is complaining about this game becoming P2W. Well, I think I just lost motivation to continue playing. I will have nothing to do with Nexon.

Good thing no-one is jumping to conclusions.

Can I have your gold?

I have the thief hood on my ranger and just wanted to point out: when you transmute it onto a white item, at some point there is a message saying that it will make the item soulbound. To clarify, the thief hood is soulbound but putting it onto a white item does make it account bound so ignore the ‘soulbound’ message when transmuting.

Hope that makes sense and is useful.

Brutalistik.6473:

Garb Cost.3718:

Brutalistik.6473:

Garb Cost.3718:

Scoobaniec.9561:

QQ kids won… Be ready to get nerfs, im gonna join QQ train bc its easier to whine and nerf everything into ground than adapt..

Wow… I for one have never seen such outrage on forums about one particular class. Don’t get me wrong, not every thread was accurate but the complaints were consistent and, in general, I think they were pretty much right.

It baffles me when people just dig in their heels and point-blank refuse to see what is in front of them.

What is ironic is how you are moaning about people adapting yet it seems you are refusing to do this yourself before you even know what the changes are. Ironic.

I also like how the drama queens have started – “A nerf?! OH NO WE ARE GOING TO BE FREE KILLS NOW!!”

Nah they weren’t right…..it’s warcraft mentality, or just not adapting at all. If you can’t beat the warrior structure mainly for pvp then make a complaint. That seems to be the norm of every pvp mmo now & days. The complainers think X class are OP because they haven’t found any new ways to beat them nor they want to take the time.

Of course the developers will say anything to keep their (customers happy) why even bother arguing back? That’s a no brainer.

Nobody likes being CC, but no one else told you to chase down the warrior either thinking they’re free kills. Bring back up next time or does that hurts your ego?

Which is why I said that not every forum post yelling for a warrior nerf was right, but you have just gone ahead and made a generalisation. You also have a massive sweeping statement in there that the only reason a nerf is incoming is because people haven’t found ways to beat them and don’t want to spend the time trying – also grossly innaccurate.

As for, “Nobody likes being CC, but no one else told you to chase down the warrior either thinking they’re free kills. Bring back up next time or does that hurts your ego?” I have no idea what you are saying here – sorry.

I’ve been doing pvp for a long time usually when the underdog class gets something good. Everyone that doesn’t plays it and gets defeated by its new features. A uproar starts up on the forums, but mainly due to 1 vs 1 more so than teams.

If the underdog class can now beat multiple of opponents by themselves due to the new features it received then yes it should be toned down. Not because of duels or wrong team setup.

My last statement is about players with egos because they were used to owning the underdog for a long time (still do) by themselves due to great survivability or outsmarting them. However those players with a ego has a challenge now because of the features the underdog received recently. They don’t like that they’re being pressured by something they can beat without a required partner or group. So they get frustrated, use vulgar words and go on to the forums and hope their complaint gets through…..which succeeded anyway.

Trust me it’s an adapting issue because they aren’t use to it yet nor want to take the time to counter it and they don’t want support to back them up. They will ignore their team members support just to get that kill and say that they (owned you).

Aaah right – I see what you mean by your last comment now. Yes, I fully agree with you, that is a common factor. When someone is used to going, “ah! warrior, easy kill” then get spanked, they don’t like it.

While I am a strong supporter of them needing a nerf, I don’t want to see them nerfed into the ground – that won’t help anyone. I think the word ‘nerf’ has far too many negative connotations attached to it. I think they just need a little bit of tweaking and they will be fine: not a 100% nerf. The hope is that this is managed by the developers.

My personal experience is that they are just too strong at the minute – especially in terms of the ease with which they can be played. Now, I’m not putting down ANYONE who plays a warrior well here. Ele’s for example – most of the time, they aren’t a problem but every now and then, one will wipe the floor with me and, fair play, that’s obviously someone who knows how to play it.

I try and be fair in what I say, I hope that comes across. I just hate totally unrealistic arguments – for and against any point.

NOTE: I’m not an uber pro PvP player but I’m not a super noob either…

Brutalistik.6473:

Garb Cost.3718:

Scoobaniec.9561:

QQ kids won… Be ready to get nerfs, im gonna join QQ train bc its easier to whine and nerf everything into ground than adapt..

Wow… I for one have never seen such outrage on forums about one particular class. Don’t get me wrong, not every thread was accurate but the complaints were consistent and, in general, I think they were pretty much right.

It baffles me when people just dig in their heels and point-blank refuse to see what is in front of them.

What is ironic is how you are moaning about people adapting yet it seems you are refusing to do this yourself before you even know what the changes are. Ironic.

I also like how the drama queens have started – “A nerf?! OH NO WE ARE GOING TO BE FREE KILLS NOW!!”

Nah they weren’t right…..it’s warcraft mentality, or just not adapting at all. If you can’t beat the warrior structure mainly for pvp then make a complaint. That seems to be the norm of every pvp mmo now & days. The complainers think X class are OP because they haven’t found any new ways to beat them nor they want to take the time.

Of course the developers will say anything to keep their (customers happy) why even bother arguing back? That’s a no brainer.

Nobody likes being CC, but no one else told you to chase down the warrior either thinking they’re free kills. Bring back up next time or does that hurts your ego?

Which is why I said that not every forum post yelling for a warrior nerf was right, but you have just gone ahead and made a generalisation. You also have a massive sweeping statement in there that the only reason a nerf is incoming is because people haven’t found ways to beat them and don’t want to spend the time trying – also grossly innaccurate.

As for, “Nobody likes being CC, but no one else told you to chase down the warrior either thinking they’re free kills. Bring back up next time or does that hurts your ego?” I have no idea what you are saying here – sorry.

Jackums.3496:

JonathanSharp.7094:

Warriors are pretty strong right now, but will be seeing changes in an upcoming patch.

We like how they can be tanky, and we like how they can do DPS if they want. We also like the CC they can bring. We just don’t like them doing it all with 1 build.

And Necros? They’re the reason for the Warriors’ absurd condition resistance right now, aren’t they? They’re as much an imbalance in this meta as Warriors are.

Just as a single Warrior build should not have access to chain stun, high damage, and great tanking ability, no single Necro build should have access to chain fear, high condition damage, and great tanking ability. They’re in the same boat.

You’re right – they are getting overshadowed by the warrior at the minute (in terms of forum rage).

I don’t play an ele but I do hope they are brought up to speed having spoken to a few people who main them…

Scoobaniec.9561:

QQ kids won… Be ready to get nerfs, im gonna join QQ train bc its easier to whine and nerf everything into ground than adapt..

Wow… I for one have never seen such outrage on forums about one particular class. Don’t get me wrong, not every thread was accurate but the complaints were consistent and, in general, I think they were pretty much right.

It baffles me when people just dig in their heels and point-blank refuse to see what is in front of them.

What is ironic is how you are moaning about people adapting yet it seems you are refusing to do this yourself before you even know what the changes are. Ironic.

I also like how the drama queens have started – “A nerf?! OH NO WE ARE GOING TO BE FREE KILLS NOW!!”

Astewart.8415:

And it isn’t always something being “overpowered”. It’s like changing the size and shape of the ball in the middle of a football game.

I disagree with this. Changing the size of the ball would affect everyone on the pitch in an equal manner.

A more accurate analogy would be that one teams goalkeeper grows to 3 times the size and nearly fills the net, making it virtually impossible for the opposition to score, thus only benefitting whomever has the super-keeper on their side.

I assumed football to be soccer. If you are American then replace football with ice-hockey and the analogy still (pretty much) fits.

Personally, I don’t mind it – if it was every single mob then it would be too much but it is actually just the odd one here and there.

God forbid you have to concentrate every once in a while during a fight and make sure that the mob you put down, stays down.

You could of course just carry on with the normal auto attack function but just for a little bit longer.

Not sure why there is such an outcry but fair enough, each to their own.

King of the Hill

Flag Capture (or object – orb, flag, whatever – that you have to hold onto to tick points)

10vs10 sort of mini and balanced WvWesque scenario sounds good. Trouble I can see with this is afking and actually, minimal PvPing.

Saw someone mention a bodyguard/protect objective while the other team targets/prevents. I like this idea with maybe the teams switching roles every time a team fails or succeeds. The idea being bonus points for succeeding, counting towards a points cap.

Pushed for time, will add more detail when (if) I can. Mainly just wanted to add my opinions.

I’d be absolutely gobsmacked if the ONLY way they had to track an account was by the account name. i.e. I would imagine that every account has some sort of ID that we don’t know about (say for example, a number or combination of digits or whatever) tp prevent exactly what you mentioned… if they don’t then… well.

Also, using anagrams of names – having eight characters in an account name means there are any number of possible words. Is the original written on a scrap of paper somewhere? How is it tracked? I’m going to have stop thinking about it (or, more specifically, stop talking about it) as I actually enjoy the game and try not to get wound up by it….

I certainly don’t want to go on a crusade here, was just looking for some answers – whether I agree with them or not.

Thanks man, I really appreciate the information you posted – wasn’t aware of it. And sure, I see the reasoning behind it. Still disappointed but hey, what you can you do.

I know that I’m not an abusive player so I have no concerns about remaining ‘visible’.

Again, thank you Astral.

So I gather that it has been deemed, 8-9 months after creation, that my account name is inappropriate.

I’m not entirely sure why but fair enough – if someone took offense then I’m not going to argue it.

I am however, very disappointed that I didn’t get the opportunity to rename this myself. Yes, there is a naming policy etc. but if there is any opportunity for me to rename it, it would be appreciated.

Posting here as unclear where else to post.