Guild Wars 2

If you like traps, quit kittening around and run this setup!

Highlights: Insane stealth survival, mobility, AoE, condi + power burst, team condi clears.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vNAQJATWjMqQ5K2uCerAXLWYEMnR3I40xUAucBA4m6UtrWi0PD-TJBGABUv/AAPBgxLDY+lAAA

This build can change team fights quickly with it’s AoE skills and can fair well in most 1v1s with trap bombing / rabid fire / bristleback combo or simply out ranging your opponent while killing with longbow and pet then stealthing/evading to keep positioning (key to survival) but, as a roamer you should be matching numbers 1st, plusing fights 2nd and stealth de-capping 3rd in order to win the game.

Stealth options: 4 traps, LB #3, CA exit, CA #3 or Staff #3 into Smokescale field.

Tips: You are a glass ROAMER focus targets that are your biggest threat. Trap bomb anyone that may port to you. Leave traps on the node or in choke holds to do the same. Pre-stealth with LB #3 to annoy someone trying to target you then focus them when they get on a different target. Move onto the node to unload your AoE skills and team support then get out with Staff #3 and CA stealth super-speed try not to stealth the node if you have it capped. Use any one of the stealth to safely stomp along with pet block.

Too much burst on the other team? Just slap on Mercenary swap a couple sigils and you are good to go.

It’s an extremely fun build to run! I used it and a variation of the old meta Cele Druid to get x2 Legendary. Feel free to hit me up in game.

I absolutely love running this build but, I think Search and Rescue is going to be the best thing for a Druid/Ranger to bring in a tournament so I’ve been working on a lot of variations for that, maybe I’ll post it when I’m a bit closer to settling on one.

I agree the trait should be modded however, it does still gives 10% increase revive speed tho so not entirely useless and if someone dies at your feet you don’t need to use s&r.

It ultimately comes back to another poorly planned/designed event. The final details were announced right before the season was ending and you can’t tell in game where you stand for the cup which is also mixed in with pro-league teams because, that all makes sense…

Anet philosphy… Abjured doesn’t play Warrior and nothing OP about it at the moment so no need to change.

Anet needs to take a serious look at balancing the issue with the hybrid sustain and stop catering to their favorites.

I think it’s finally becoming obvious to the rest of the community who A.Net has been balancing the game around…

Congratulations on the no life reward! This test phase officially makes the Glorious Hero’s Armor no longer a representative of pvp skill.

What team comp won?

I understand how it works and I don’t agree with it. Currently the LB gives too much value in overall games played and lost games.

RANK 7 POINTS 27 Matt.7248 Vis Viress WINS 16 LOSSES 24 40.00%

I don’t care how many matches you played or how well you played or what the odds of your team winning were… if you have a 40% win percentage you do NOT deserve to be ranked high on the leaderboard!

I know it’s early but, I hope we don’t continue to see rankings like this…

Rank:28 Points:4 JNightmarez.3207 Enigmashruem wins1 loss6 14.29%

tichorum.2415:

Acandis.3250:

BLUna.7928:

For anyone that was in the chat room for the entirety of yesterday it was a lot more than just making fun of players. In general people were being incredibly toxic toward each other to a point where it was almost kittening me off. Everyone knows Twitch chats during large events can be bad, but the only time I have seen Twitch chats get that incredibly toxic toward each other was during other GW2 events. It’s even worse considering some high tier players are the ones instigating it in certain cases. At this point I’m just considering flicking the sub mode switch on during those events.

Or you could just ban bkpk…

Good to see more people taking initiative, thanks!

Still nothing about the WTS on guildwars2.com … so much better support on this Chinese site http://arena.kongzhong.com/gw2/wts/.. not even a peep about the results or pictures/media from the event and the winners were from this region! Even this page (that says checkback after the tournament has concluded) isn’t updated: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/events/world-tournament-series/#results

Grats to Abjured! A well deserved victory.

The coverage on the NA/EU site for the event however is terrible in comparison to China’s GW2 site. Where are the recaps, photos, interviews, etc? Can’t even watch a VoD on the GW2 main twitch channel…

This was a huge event and nothing even on the homepage today…. Where is the support for esports?

Its delayed in calculating all the players who have been afk for months that just played 1 game before the deadline to erase decay and win a reward.

I agree the mini llama reward comes across very lackluster. They’ve already been given away numerous other times. I’m sure Anet could run stats on who would receive these currently and whether they already have one. My guess is the majority already does and it doesn’t make this reward suitable. A different reward should be given. Titles would be cool but, if that can’t be done how about a finisher box or mini box?

Hopefully a waiting/pause screen while all 10 players load in.

1) What does Abjured need to do better in order to beat Absurd?

2) Do you feel Celestial Ele and Engi are balanced?
If not, what would you recommend for balance?
If so, then why are they so common in tournament play and in particular why is there little counter to Cele Ele?

3) What is the most OP/broken build or comp?

4) Should Spirit Watch and Skyhammer be tested in Team Arena rotation? If not, is there anything that you think can be done to those maps to make them more geared towards competitive play?

5) What is the crux of your team comps?

6) What do you see most teams doing wrong in playing against your comps?

7) What have you guys done to prepare for your opponents at WTS?

8) Do you have any plans while in China outside of GW2?

9) Who are some of the up and coming teams in your region and what should they do to improve?

10) What does ArenaNet need to do to make GW2 PvP a mainstream esport?

11) Is EU still in the future?

It will be interesting to see if not streaming will help or hurt (less event publicity) the amount of teams that show up.

A few clarification questions…

Does the Monthly take place the first weekend of each month and at the same times the Weekly starts?

If this is the case, will the Weekly be skipped the weekend of the Monthly? I would assume so.

From blog post…
“Those who manage to move up the competitive ranks can even set their sights on the ultimate goal of participating in the Guild Wars 2 World Tournament Series!”

Are these being used as a qualifier or seeding to the WTS Invitational?

No.. Anet has kept quiet on the whole matter.

There really needs to be an official response on the situation and disaster that occurred on Sunday from Anet.

How can A.NET justify a tournament when teams play with only 3 or 4 players and comps are built around a full team of 5?

Can’t a DDOS attack be tracked?

The whole tournament was planned extremely poorly… having a requirement for the top 8 teams from a tournament with loaded with ineligible players and teams who didn’t want to participate in WTS was a terrible decision… Only 3 teams in EU and 5 in NA competing in a qualifier to go to a LAN tournament for $50,000… so sad and embarrassing for the players of this game… and now this disaster today… ugh

No brackets yet and the tournament starts in 2 days…

E-sport?

WTS Invitational will be a joke if there aren’t 8 teams competing in each region. Maybe that’s why there aren’t brackets out yet because they don’t want to reveal how low the participation is. Seriously though its called an invitational for a reason. They could simply ask other teams who have performed well in the past.

I was thinking about this as well… I believe Courtyard is custom arena specific.. it would be nice to have it included in the cycle of maps in the official servers. I like variety but, then again it could just become a map where people leave or sit out such as Raid of Capricorn, Skyhammer, and Spirit Watch. However, I doubt it since matches on Courtyard are quick.

Chap it’s been nice getting to know you over the years of testing. Best of luck in your new adventures!

Sorel.4870:

And what do you guys think of the case where one player has a build designed especially for decapping points in 1v1, and keeping 2-3 foes on him without dying. Shouldn’t he push far all game long, while his teammates are either in numerical superiority, or with the far point capped ?

If 2-3 foes are on him then great but, the decapper doesn’t know how many they will send to deal with him or how many will be sent to his own home node.

In my opinion the safe bet is to secure home first, thus giving your team a numbers advantage at mid if the opposition sends anyone to the home node.. judge the fight at mid to see if they need support or not (cc is very helpful in team fight).. and then go far if help is not needed at mid… if he dies rinse and repeat.

In my opinion it’s not a good idea to push far with 1 person in solo queue unless your team has more sustain than the opposing team. This typically is hard to judge because you don’t know how bad your teammates are. Your role in the team needs to change based on comp and how teammates are playing. I mainly prefer to ensure you get mid and assist home if someone pushes to home.

My basic train of thought is to never trust my teammates to A ) win a fight B ) go or stay where they are supposed to or C ) play the secondary objective properly

Thank you Steve.

Why is the bracket link making me login?

Certainly appreciate the work you do Blu. I just wish we had more support.

NA ToG Finals Top 8
1. Abjured
2. Apex
3. Rough Boyz
4. Cognitive Gaming
5. Hashtag Believe
6. Blacklisted
7. Sharks with Lazers
8. Evil Villians

Overall NA Top 10
1. Abjured
2. Apex
3. Rough Boyz
4. Good Fights
5. Cognitive Gaming
6. Radioactive
7. Hashtag Believe
8. Blacklisted
9. Sharks with Lazers
10. Evil Villians

Is the finals bracket posted anywhere?

Also, how about the results for EU Q3/Q4??

This is ridiculous…
Mistpedia isn’t updated…
DPS also doesn’t have ANYTHING on their website for ToG…
Hate having to always search for this stuff, its not easily accessibly and when I do find something its not even updated!!

Pixels.6532:

Great job, as always, DPS and congratulations to the ToG (and WTS?) qualifiers:

Sharks with Lazers

Cognitive Gaming

Hashtag Believe

Collateral Damage (evil villains)

Blacklisted

The Abjured

APEX Prime

The Uncivilized Rough Boyz

Hope i spelled all that correctly. Thanks again DPS and ANET for a great tourney so far.

So we are going to have a ToG finals tournament with these 8 teams and then a WTS Invitational tournament with these same 8 teams?

Dirame.8521:

And how can you not love the Rez and Stomp in DS? That’s game changing stuff (for PvP that is).

You could already do this if you timed the actions together.. they just made it easier.

Did these guys really have to stand to play?

I’d rather have the option to create a base standard model character but, be able to make it unique through looks (skin color, face type, hair, eyes, armor, weapons, etc. just no size adjustments). This way all the gear we’ve worked for is still seen by everyone in a match.

If a modded base standard model is used this could then be shown instead when the option is selected. Otherwise anyone not using the standard model would be displayed as the default model when in a game.

Why are weapons being standardized?

Sweet! Do you have a link?

Did this past weekend get streamed?

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Like someone said earlier you can set parameters for your duel. There were typically multiple moderators on to monitor fights and make sure all set rules are followed.

I agree its better on some pets but, I’m having a worse time trying to activate bird F2 abilities.

It seems that clicking on the skill works half the time but, pressing the key hardly ever works on the first or second or third press. I’ve tried holding the key in for awhile and sometimes this works but not a guarantee. Super frustrating when I need to time the skills properly in pvp.

Someone explain how this is possible…

Top 25 with only 4 wins and almost double the losses!

NA Solo Arena Leaderboard (Updated 4/12/14 3:51 PM PST)
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19 Slushpuppy.1375 Tinyslush 4 7 36.36% Borlis Pass

Yeah hopefully the leaderboards get revisited when they create seasons.

Good idea but, sadly I think they said they will just be removing them..

I think there should be unranked queues and hotjoin should be removed.

Does this not include build templates for easy build swaps such as done in GW1?