Guild Wars 2

Osu.6307:

Anet, can you let give players the option to run anonymous in wvw to avoid this annoying tactic that is destroying the game mode. Driver sniping has gotten completely out of hand. Wvw is no longer zerg v zerg. It’s become zerg v driver. As soon a driver gets in range of the enemy, he gets corrupted, CC’ed, pulled, etc. by every one in range. So, what could have been a fun battle, turns into a commander getting killed and his zerg scatters and waits for him to run back. Basically no fun, and no bags, for anyone.

Wouldn’t it make much more sense for wvw players to run anonymous? By anonymous, I mean when you target an enemy player, instead of a detailed headshot and rank, you see no facial detail and a rankless label like “Maguuma Invader.” At least give us the option to toggle on or off what information we want displayed to the enemy.

Have a back up driver like everyone else or beef up like other drivers if you know it’s a kitten show. I can’t count the amount of times I’ve been driver sniped by JQ and BG guilds with their little thief parties or condi dumpers. Grab contemplation of purity, stand your ground, and signet of judgement.

It’s a strategy to driver snipe. Counter playing is usually a good technique.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vVAQJASWlsAhWhY3QwRIwPEHJE1tACgDAvBhQKknh/LAB-TlhXAB0oEMUdBCu/ADKx4R9HAUeQKgMnaB-w

you’re welcome.

o/

Chaba, Thank You For Posting This.

I Believe That If Anet Encourages More Guild Centric Play That Wvw Will Be In A Much Better Position Than It Is Now.

In Recent Discussion, In The Official Wvw Discord, Someone Brought Up That Wvw Is Essentially A Gentlemen’s Game (Sorry Ladies) In That Guilds Follow A Gentlemen’s Agreement To Not Barge Into A 20v20, 15v15, 10v10, 5v5 Fight With More Players. Guilds Want To Keep Fights “fair” And “even”.

Unfortunately The Game-mode Is Currently Designed To Cater To The “casual” Player. Which Means This Player Can Join A Wvw Map, Roam Around And Flip Camps, Group Up With Friendlies To Siege An Objective, Or To Follow A Commander Tag To Engage In More Large-scale Combat (There Are Plenty Of Other Avenues This Player Can Take But Lets Just Simplify It This Way). The Game-mode Doesn’t Reward These Players For Guild-centric Play, Because They Can Achieve The Same Result By “pugging”, Much Like Open World Pve. That Said, Typically A Guild Will Yield Better Results Through Organized Play, But There’s No Incentive Past That, And That Only Goes So Far Before The Player Is Burned From Repetitive And Unrewarded Game-play.

My Personal Suggestion To Helping Encourage More Guild Centric Play Is By Introducing Battlegrounds For Guilds To Queue Into, Much Like Our Pvp Queue System. You’re Still In “wvw” But You’re Queued Up Against Guilds In A Controlled Instance. You Could Do A Lot With This, Actually Such As:

• Favor For The Realm – Winner Of The Instance Grants A Server Wide Bonus For Their Allies (Like Bloodlust).
• Favor For The Map – Winner Of The Instance Grants A Map Wide Bonus For Their Allies (Like Orbs).
• Wvw Guild Currency – Currency For Wvw Exclusive Skins, Trinkets, Ascended Weapons & Armor (Like Guild Commendations).

Anyway ….

As A Guild Leader That Once Had A 5-man Team, A 10-man Team, A 15-man Team, A 20-man Team, And A 25-man Team I Can Say With Confidence That Without Anet’s Help In Regards To Encouraging More Guild Centric Play, You Will Continue To See Your Wvw Guilds Diminish Due To Lack Of Content, Stimulating Game Play, And Competition.

Eventually Wvw Will Become Like Eotm Or Any Other Open World Pve Where You’ll Find Commanders And Puggers Zerging Down Objectives And Avoiding Combat For That Sweet Wvw Exp, Bonus Chest, Karma, And Champ Bag.

Junkpile.7439:

I don’t really see problem. You could interrupt epidemic, you could use brains and not stand close potential epi targets, you can ress downed player, you could use resistance like normal players. If i would start to whine every skill that have downed me that fast half of game dmg skills would get nerf.

If you were on the opposite side of this Necro, would you have seen this to be able to tell the following http://imgur.com/c6O86Lj (video source: https://youtu.be/Ag94iCovrww?t=15s) —

How do you propose interrupting epidemic if the animation is on the receiving end?

How do you know what targets the enemy Necros are choosing to cast epidemic on?

Have you tried resurrecting a downed player that necromancers are bouncing epidemics’ off of? I can post .gifs of this too.

Obviously you’re either a massive troll or you’re one of those players who talk the talk but have never walked the walk.

[ONE]

“One” of the best out there.

That is all.

Epidemic needs to be reworked, plain and simple.

Bandaids aren’t going to balance this issue.

The skill can be balanced and still be a powerful tool for condi-spikes and carrying out numbered fights.

1st .. the “25” condition cap is broken and not working as intended, we’ve tested this, and the .gif I’ve attached in the OP is proof of this as well. This could easily follow the same condition table as Corrupt Boon https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Corrupt_Boon … and what I mean by this is – it will apply a multiplier from this table as you see it I.E. 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x what’s currently on the table, per Epidemic cast on target, if those conditions exist.

2nd .. the cooldown is way to short, cleanses to counter an EPI spike don’t share nearly the same cooldown I.E. Virtue Of Resolve (when traited, can clear up to 5-conditions on Guard, and 3-conditions on allies); this has a 30-second cooldown whereas Epidemic has a 15-20 second cooldown reduction depending if you trait for it or not. This is just one example. Other examples can be reviewed here .. https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Condition#Skills_that_remove_conditions

3rd .. there’s no clear indication that the Necromancer is channeling such an aggressive skill. A poster in this thread mentioned implementing a floater signaling Epidemic is being cast.

4th .. it’s unblockable, IMHO if you want this to remain unblockable make the core skill blockable, then make it unblockable if it’s traited for; so it doesn’t get abused by power necro specs as well.

Edit: For illuminati reasons, you should know that I mentioned my guild utilizes this skill and coordinates EPI-Spikes on targets. Even against organized groups we’re matched up against, we’re still insta-gibbing 2-3 players minimum on top of the original target. We still intend to use Epidemic after the rework, but the skill as it currently stands is overpowered because of the way it exponentially scales.

Famine.7915:

OriOri.8724:

Epidemic should get the SoI treatment lol it should transfer only 1 stack of every condition on the target.

But seriously it does need a cap. Either a cap per condi on how many stacks it can trasnfer that is substantially lower than whatever it is right now, or a total cap on how many stacks of condis it can transfer period. Both methods would have their pros and cons, but one of them needs to be implemented.

It is capped at the old condi limit.

See attached, obviously the “25” cap isn’t working. If 31 bleed stacks are being applied on one epidemic.

Welcome to The Awakening Of Immortality’s recruiting thread!

Here’s some things you should know about us before considering us as a guild:

1.) Fort Aspenwood is our home world.
2.) We’re a 20+ age guild.
3.) We currently have a roster of 6 active players (We hope to increase that number!)
4.) We’re PvP and PvE focused, so we do it all!

We welcome any, and all players, Fort Aspenwood Server or not!

We’re looking to expand, and expand quickly to build our guild into an empire. Or should I say an Awakening Of Immortality?

We’re not a fully dressed guild, but we’re in the process of developing guild missions and activities. Your contributions to our guild, by joining, and by representing us, will help us achieve that goal as soon as possible!

We’re all “IRLF” (In real life friends) in this guild, and we’re full of color and personality.

So come be a part of the Awakening, and prove to Fort Aspenwood that were as worthy as we sound.

Whisper “Warrior Lisa” (Me ; Guild Leader) , “Slippery Dan” (1st Officer), or “Leroy Assassin” (2nd Officer) for an invite! We look forward to meeting you, and don’t forget to have fun!

May Balthazar watch over you,

Brian.

I am having similar issues; can’t download the patch.

DL’s @ like 4kbps, then goes to 0, then says “Connection error(s) detected. Retrying…”

You need to math it, the 5-4-3 spread is better.

Sorry.

- Guide –

1. Enter with Axe Skill #3, to chill your foe. Continue to attack your foe with your Axe Auto-Attack to stack might. Be aware of “reflect-projectile” skills, this is crucial. If you’re not paying attention, you will end up bleeding yourself out.
   • Do not send your pet yet, keep your pet on “Do-Not-Attack”
   • The “anti-projectile” struggle is real, I like to think this is because of the influx of power rangers that have shown up in WvW & PvP since the balance update.
2. Follow with Dagger skill #5, this will apply bleeding pressure – usually the opponent will clear this off, wasting a condition clear – because it bleeds for about 418/sec.
3. Begin to approach your foe, get within melee distance.
4. Once you’re within melee distance, issue your pet to attack, then immediately apply poison to your foe with dagger #4.
   • This will set you up for your burst; and will keep your opponent from effectively healing.
5. Quickly, use “Entangle” to immobilize your foe, and stack bleed.
6. Immediately use F2, Howl, to keep your enemy in CC, leaving them completely useless.
7. Immediately use “Sharpening Stone” + Axe Skill #2 (within melee distance), this will apply 10 stacks of bleed; you should also be applying another 2-3 stacks of bleed from your critical hits.
8. Switch to your Sword + Torch
9. Initiate with Torch #5, this will apply burning, and will allow you to utilize a fire field (should you decide to use your leap finisher, Sword #2)
10. Follow up with Sword #3, this will poison your foe.
11. Auto-Attack @ your discretion, this could be both beneficial – or – consequential to your combat status.
    • At this point, you will want to have your Drake Hound activated, use F2 to keep your foe immobilized.
12. Follow through with Sword #2 (if you haven’t already), disengage your opponent (reposition), get ready to setup for another rotation if they’re not dead from your first rotation.

• If you’re having a hard time landing this combination (which may be often, depending on what type of foe you’re playing against) utilize the steps #5-#10. This is your main burst.
  • Otherwise kite your opponent, and keep the burning + poison on them.

- Closing Notes -

• Update: 10/27/14 – changed guide to reflect better combat practices.
• I’ll also occasionally use Shortbow for Axe + Dagger (updated)
• If you can’t afford the “Mad King Runes” use the “Krait” runes.
• I’ll also occasionally use Snow Owl, instead of Drake Hound.
  • Or Spiders, for immobilize.
• Practice makes perfect, It’s a difficult build to get accustomed to, but once you get it, you’ll love it.

Questions, Comments? Please share!
The only way to make this build, and guide better is through your personal experience and input.

Thank you, and Enjoy!

Hi Rabbi Rick.5941,

[DIE] is an EST Prime guild that starts @ 5:30pm PST and ends @ 7:30pm PST. We rally during the “NA PRIME” timezone in WvW and we’re located on the Fort-Aspenwood server.

We have (2) Mandatory #esports WvW raids Sunday & Monday; we require members to make these raids consistently, run our builds, join our discord / TS3, and to participate in post-raid discussions and VOD reviews to help improve as a team.

Our optional nights are Thursday (themed/fun nights) and Friday (WvW reset).

[DIE] shares a unique bond with a few “Late NA” and “PST” guilds that begin their rallies @ 8PM PST and 9PM PST … those guilds are [UNIV] (havok), [TLC] (15+ organized furrtastic WvW guild), and [HP] (15+ organized yolo-guild).

HMU if you’d like to chat! Good luck and have fun!

o/

~Haem

SniffyCube.6107:

maybe you guys should work on not standing in one place and spamming receive the light / feel my wrath

I mean, you’re probably the only guild in this game that makes it a habit to sit in one spot and take necro wells to the face. I don’t know what you’re complaining about when you lack any kind of basic skills. We’ve fought you maybe 20 times in the last two weeks and at this point if you heard TS you’d be as amazed as I am at this complaining (ps I tell everyone to stand around you and spam 1 with guardian staff until you all die)

definite l2p issue

Hey man we use other skills too. We coordinate our marks, walls of reflection, and pushes.

Maybe if ran into us last night you would have noticed us, Senpai.

[BEEP] and [eXe] saw us in action and I’m sure they can attest to our coordination and fighting ability in open field.

Chaba.5410:

Sorry Gaile, it isn’t about in-game rivalries. It’s about frustration with Anet who has a more direct hand in match-making now through manual glicko adjustments and server linking choices without taking the time to understand the community trends going on with those teams.

http://imgur.com/nqzK9io

• Edit: Thanks for replacing my OP, I’ll keep this one as evidence to the existing issue addressed in my image.

• Edit #2: I deleted my OP.

Teanti.2376:

I don’t think most of you have played the BG pin snipers. they pin snipe but lose the fight all the time. it is not a winning strategy just a losing one. By fixing pin snipers you might actually help the bad servers win a few fights.

Haematic.4913:

Have a back up driver like everyone else or beef up like other drivers if you know it’s a kitten show. I can’t count the amount of times I’ve been driver sniped by JQ and BG guilds with their little thief parties or condi dumpers.

Hi again.

Commander here.

Let’s revisit the driver sniping tactic again. It’s a tactic.
Like blobbing down 20 people with 50. Ez.

Every tactic / play has a counter-tactic / counter-play.

You could … Bulk up, Driver Snipe back, Create a back-up driver, or come up with a play that your squad is familiar with, and easy to execute (in the event you get rekt).

One of the plays I use in scenarios where … say, I get rekt b/c I’m bad, or we’re severely overwhelmed … I’ll say “roach!” like a kittenroach. Which means to disperse, scatter, and bite the enemies ankles. Having a single commander with 50+ behind his tag can’t effectively train down 1-person at a time, it will take forever and attrition will come into play. It gives my group a break and a chance to regroup at a designated location whilst continuing to wear down our enemy.

Edit: Anet y u kitten my https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kittenroach reference? y tho.

Edit (again): Here’s a video where we can pretend I got driver sniped (I actually d/c), guild members roach https://www.twitch.tv/chabatangnu/v/115069115?t=49m28s , regroup with backup tag, backup tag gets sniped (not really but he forgot stabberinno) https://www.twitch.tv/chabatangnu/v/115069115?t=52m04s .. then members find pockets and oppurtunities to wither down the group until I reconnect.

https://i.imgur.com/gWKsED3.gifv

zinkz.7045:

AdamHughes.4306:

More experimentation in the meta…

Playing in a guild, other than a very casual one, is way more restrictive than not playing in one, which is why many players don’t join WvW guilds.

Yes, that’s the current way the game-mode is. It doesn’t encourage guild-centric play.

This is why Chaba posted this ya jive kitten.

What is guild wars without the guild and the war part?