Guild Wars 2

Solo que in spvp is like gvg in wvw. People are asking for it and where is it? Lets look at wvw. The guilds that were desperately looking for gvg have left. At least many of them. Will spvp end up the same?

Opinions?

You know there was somewhere i read that the more time in game equated to the more money spent on gems. Interesting indeed.

Funny you should ask. Yes. Yes I am. Severely bored. Its weird too that having a specialization from the start would have actually taken my mind off of the slow start. After about 4 hours of play i feel like i have done nothing in game. In fact I havent….due to design.

Btw I read all the comments at work (since HoT launch) of people complaining about the gated grind content and thought they were entitled whiners. I was wrong. For boredom reasons alone, give people specializations.

Kits are a strength and add to the overall feeling of an engineer. And those long cooldowns on weapon swap, no thanks.

If youre complaining about gyros theres a l2p issue. Most people are not running more than one maybe 2 for competitive play. And im using the term competitive extremely loosely

lorddarkflare.9186:

Helcor.9527:

Least of our problems. How about an increase to our access to super speed to help synergy with the rapid regeneration trait…

Our access to super speed seems pretty solid. Good enough from what they are trying to do with it.

The problem is superspeed itself. Not only does it not stack, but its inherent effect is pretty lackluster.

Also, Rapid Regeneration does not seem to scale with Healing Power. At all.

Youre right. I agree with you super speed is lack luster. Even if it scaled with rapid regeneration it would be lack luster at the expense of everything else….

Least of our problems. How about an increase to our access to super speed to help synergy with the rapid regeneration trait…

I main an engie and rarely play a thief. You need a buff. Period. Mesmers and condition anything run a muck while thieves are a mosquito in spvp and wvw. Swatted away.

After playing some builds in pvp were not that bad on damage. We are not that great in utilities though. GYROS are the main problem

I main a engie and i didnt read any of this not even OPs and i can agree…based on the title

From the top:

Hammer 1: weak and slow (boost damage and/or increase speed)
Hammer 2: great
Hammer 3: clunky and unpredictable (between leaps could be shortened. Also doesnt work that well as a gap closer)
Hammer 4: good
Hammer 5: great

Function gyro: Awkward. See link.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/Chaith-s-Idea-for-Robust-Scrapper-Identity

Stealth Gyro: If it would stay close this could be more useful. Also could use a little bit bigger radius) Tool belt skill is surprisingly more useful then i thought. Good CD too.

Purge Gyro: Didnt use. Seems lackluster. Poison field is underwhelming.

Bulwark gyro: I used this one the most .5sec of watchful eye would be better. Decent TB skill. .

Shredder gyro: Up the strike damage. Also its TB skill seems better if it could be ground targeted.

Blast gyro: Fun but way better options out there. TB skill super speed increase to 5sec. at least.

Medic gyro: Healing turret is way better. Purge gyro could have been merged with this.

Overall the scrapper is fun. Gyros are going to need some buffing. What i said above were only minor suggestions imo.

Yashuoa.9527:

I would like to ask you for two changes to the hammer.

Hammer #4:
The first press on the spell will do what it already does.
On second press, you will cancel the Shock shield block and throw a piece of electrified scrap metal at your target for x dmg. This attack has a 900 max range.
If you have not blocked any attacks when going to the second press on the spell, than the cooldown will be reduced by half.

This is the general idea.
It could be changed a bit.
Maybe something like a cripple or so added to it for example.

I like the hammer 4 idea.

Agreed. Lets make this happen.

Disagree for the following reasons.

1) Good place for new players to get some gold, items, mats, whatever

2) Good place for veteran players to stock up for HoT

3) Pretty boring grind for the rewards(Trains only)

4) The rewards from SW may not be as useful for HoT if youre stocking up. Due to time gated crafting, specific rewards for accomplishing X(whatever that may be), ascended salvaging, areas having specific materials, ect. Some of these are just guessing.

5) Good way to reward casual and hardcore players

6) The TP seems fine but thats just my opinion

If they were considering nerfing SW i would rather see them increase VW difficulty and/or increase dry top rewards.

ok thanks…………………………………………….

Not meta….ah this one i can answer with ease….

1) No stability

2) lack of back line or front line ANYTHING that another class can do better.

3) liability when playing compared to the current meta of wvw or gvg professions.

4) Redundant, but gvg in wvw will dominate. If you are not meta you are not in. And engies are not.

Can you impress and stand your own, sure. Will you last in the long run? NO. Its that simple. Engies are great roamers but not significant zerg contributing to fight type professions. You can do damage and kill and help. But you will not dominate like some. These are GvG specific professions. In other words, good engies can have fun in wvw if they haul yeah but others will get frustrated…

As a wvw mainly worried engie….pls dazzle me….HAMMER TIME

defiance…please lord Balthazar

haha were we supposed to get exploding pistol shots and if so source???

Its a maybe skill. sad really. One of our best imo.

Yeah but hgh in the right hands of an educated maniac like an engineer is fine. Its just Zhaitan propaganda. They dont want us stronger or better then them(or sexier).

Im not sure but i thought anet said something about one profession getting defiance. We’re down to two profession specializations? Thoughts or sources on this. I also remember anet talking about a spvp altering profession. I could be wrong.

I usually kitten but i will be somewhat constructive here.

Is there a site of the latest tournaments with each team, profession of the team and latest build they are using? With their names and general bio available? I like Five gauge(engineer) and follow his builds(along with wolfineer). It could help the pvp community to better hone their skills. Having a general anet daily upgraded site based on the criteria above would be helpful, who would be in favor?

Or does this already exist?

Thank you for bringing this to everyones attention. The only reason i play any other mode is because i need gold or something unique i cant get in wvw. And now that i have seen this, wvw is obviously a low priority. Definitely has impacted my choice to get HoT which was originally to get the ultimate edition.

Solori.6025:

Helcor.9527:

Good point OP. Also looking to adapt. Engie looking to join the mesmer OP train till it stops or slows down. Funny, I wonder what the people saying troll thread are using? GASP i bet its mesmer….

….Are you dense?
Did you fall off the logic train into a river of dumb.
Do you even realize how dumb that statement is?

Im glad youre smart enough to ask and not dumb enough to make an obviously stupid insult. So to put it simply, you must not get it. Have a great day Sol!

Good point OP. Also looking to adapt. Engie looking to join the mesmer OP train till it stops or slows down. Funny, I wonder what the people saying troll thread are using? GASP i bet its mesmer….

deal with it this is balance

i said this in another post but feel that it applies here….

Take pvp with a grain of salt. Seriously. Colin already stated this is balance (lol). So find the most OP build and use it. Or “meta” or OP build which is basically meta for its time.
I mean think about it, has there ever been a game to promote itself around balance…of course not….its about finding the most exploitative build and using it. AKA meta…. others will run their favorites. Then these same people will come on the forums and complain. Its the life of gaming these days.

Take pvp with a grain of salt. Seriously. Colin already stated this is balance (lol). So find the most OP build and use it. Or “meta” or OP build which is basically meta for its time.

I mean think about it, has there ever been a game to promote itself around balance…of course not….its about finding the most exploitative build and using it. AKA meta…. others will run their favorites. Then these same people will come on the forums and complain. Its the life of gaming these days.

Engineer is absolute kitten without a good team to back it at this point.

All my answers will be in regards to WVW because thats all i care about.

1) The range is terrible now. For them to do any concrete damage you have to be close and running a good damage build. That means your dead against a zerg. And you have to hump a keep wall to get your grenades to hit. Edit: been playing wvw for a while and the more i play them the worse they feel…thats including the bug. wow.

2) Mortar. Now that the range is not good with nades in wvw the mortar is basically a must if youre not looking to get eaten alive by an enemy zerg. Please don’t reduce the damage on AA this is fine now especially with all the damage in wvw right now. Not to mention after the barrage bug is fixed. Edit 2: After playing wvw more then i have touching this would be suicide for the profession.

Elixir X is still not great even with moa(even though its an awesome idea). The randomness of elixir X again means death in wvw. I think this needs a complete rework (keep moa).

Supply crate is still ok and the separate med kit drops makes sense. Overcharging is great too especially with and extra healing turret cleanse + blast.

3) Im not using any of these right now.

4)They do? Seems like less for wvw. I’m not saying you’re wrong maybe im just trying to find a good one.

5) Hate it. Too much separation between skills. Maybe there’s some kind of support build i don’t know of yet.

6) No. Condition cleanse. AOE heal.

7) It is lackluster. Building up hits is what you’re trying to avoid. Doesn’t make sense to me. Reduce CD at least and something else to make it good. Maybe an added effect the was streamlined kits works but when you activate a gadget.

As a side note, I really hope hammer is nothing short of AMAZING for wvw. Because all this close combat is useless unless you have warrior/guard profession stats/gear etc

necros are a huge problem now for engies mainly in pvp in general. The lack of condition cleanse is the main issues. Not necessarily saying 1v1 but the pressure on us is huge….almost to a paralyzing effect. What was up with all the complaining necros in pvp?

RabbitUp.8294:

Unless the trailer “cheated” to make the Engineer part look cooler, they are not minions.

Just playing devils advocate why couldn’t they be spiritish types?

Anymras.5729:

Then they’d better actually be useful, first off. Personally, I doubt that they’ll be Minions (given that we already have Turrets, and Turrets get treated badly to begin with) and Spirits is right out, given the theme of the Engineer being ‘no magic.’

So, they’d have to be a whole, fresh skill type…which is also unlikely, given that, as of now, I have heard of no new skill types or weapons being added. Additions seem to be ‘this class is lacking a thing in this department, let’s see what can be done,’ after all, so far.

Really, I’m just going to lean toward the Elite spec’s new mechanic being the drones, in some way, given that the Engineer already has a minionlike skillset, though I’m not sure what skills are likely to be added. Guardians get Traps, Mesmers get Wells, Necros get Shouts…maybe it’ll be Survival, Tricks or Deceptions, or maybe they’ll decide to throw in Signets or some other magical thing for reasons, and the drones will be the passive/active for that. Who knows?

true but drones could play off the magic sense of it…im just posting in hopes that this wont be it…the rage.

I said this in a different thread before seeing this but….

(sorry if someone has said this already) Anyone notice on the trailer that the engie drones blink different colors…blue, red and green.
Maybe they are just buffs….
another idea i have(could have been talked about already, sorry), each drone is a bar of defiance…..
what are your thoughts?

after comments, what if they play like …oh god…spirits…..

Anymras.5729:

They’ll probably either be representations of the new Utility skills, a product of the Elite Mechanic, or something the Hammer creates (like how Mesmer weapons create illusions, say, perhaps).

They’re unlikely to be bars of defiance (players use stability, after all, and I don’t think I’ve heard anything about that changing) or buffs, unless the buff is unique to the Elite Engineer, and I can’t really imagine anything like that happening.

but what if they act like….i can barely say it….ranger spirits…

(sorry if someone has said this already) Anyone notice on the trailer that the engie drones blink different colors…blue, red and green.

Maybe they are just buffs….

another idea i have(could have been talked about already, sorry), each drone is a bar of defiance…..

what are your thoughts?

Question: I’ll have to do map completion on all characters to get to unlock everything for all characters?

Phosphia.7813:

Will you force WvW players to do PvE content for the new class specialization?

Currently sitting on around 7 % world completion on all my characters, not very keen on the idea. Will there be an alternative like the current trait book merchants?

WvW has always been based on your PvE gear (which is good) but you have never been forced to actually do any PvE content. (which is also good)

Will it stay that way?

Map completion in WvW was recently removed from World Completion, to not force PvE players into WvW. Will you now force WvW players into PvE?

World completion for me feels like a soul sucking chore. I completely hate it. There is no other way to say it. I hope they figure something else out or this will be it for me. Map completions sucks the hardest.

ill give you a hint where they will stand…

1)where are the pug only ques?

2)that is all

zone.1073:

1. Queue unranked.

2. Check the box “solo” or “team”. Press accept.

3. All problems solved.

Please add this.

i +1 one’d you

this is so true….where oh no newbie will know this…nvm

Laraley.7695:

Pretty sure their reasoning for removing soloq and adding unranked was that majority of players wanted to have a place where they can play casualy with their friends and not being stressed about leaderboards. If it’s really true, that’s another thing.

Ok this is good then….actual causal players that want to try pvp can quit then for more rewarding things….thanks.

style.6173:

This is a fantastic idea. How about there be a solo queue and a team queue! Imagine if ANET had such a great idea and then didn’t change it for a poor idea.

Two points though:
1. Good teams don’t queue in unranked. It is typically new teams or those wanting to mess around with new specs.
2. The issue is the matchmaking. There should never be a PUG teams vs a 5 person premade. NEVER. I don’t care if the 5 person premade has been waiting 30 minutes. If they are not happy with the wait, then they can queue into ranked.

Right heres the thing i understand, make it so that rewards match the skill level. This will encourage the proper teams to que in there rank along with however anet chooses to decide fair teams(hopefully better).

On a random note my friend was telling me about counter strikes system for ranking…sounded good. I dont know much about it, changing would be involved and maybe its meant for a separate post but something designed for a mmo spvp design could work here….thoughts….

MailMail.6534:

Helcor.9527:

MailMail.6534:

My teams shouldn’t be punished for wanting to practice in unranked before going into ranked. It’s not our fault Anet has evidently sucked at making sure solos don’t go against premades. Instead of complaining about premades, we should be complaining that they got rid of solo q in the first place.

So you want to punish new people for trying? Seems that way bc practice has proven time and time again that its not the place for practice.

And if we were to meet on a common ground why not a practice area for teams?

Also you should understand unless youre not being truthful that people are /laugh or whatever in unranked and practice….be real at least.

I don’t want to punish new people trying. I want Anet to put solo q back in the game. In the mean time, I’m not going to hinder myself competitively because Anet wants to be ridiculous. Before I got really busy with work (before this new season), I would always play several unranked before going into ranked. This was whether I was solo or not.

Simply put, there needs to be a separate q for those wanting to solo and those wanting to go in with teams of 2-5. It’s really that simple.

I didn’t understand that last sentence of yours. Be real about what?

hey i can agree with this…friends?

MailMail.6534:

My teams shouldn’t be punished for wanting to practice in unranked before going into ranked. It’s not our fault Anet has evidently sucked at making sure solos don’t go against premades. Instead of complaining about premades, we should be complaining that they got rid of solo q in the first place.

So you want to punish new people for trying? Seems that way bc practice has proven time and time again that its not the place for practice.

And if we were to meet on a common ground why not a practice area for teams?

Also you should understand unless youre not being truthful that people are /laugh or whatever in unranked and practice….be real at least.

“hahahahahahahahaha”, is what anet thinks about that. Did you not see where they openly want this newbie, practice and nonpvp people encouraged to play????

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/pvp/AspectGG-Presents-Weekly-PUG-Quest/first

Basically get MLG, ESL, LSD whatever or forget it.

Maybe its a LoL hope…..look at twitch…..that hope is long gone.

Esporz!! L2P!!!

The whole matchmaking needs to be redesigned. Issues with it:

whole parties(probably on ts or whatever) vs all pugs

5 party guilds(obviously on ts or whatever) vs all pugs

Experienced players vs first timers(including new to professions) trying to l2p but cant bc the system sucks.

and thats just the most obvious that could change a lot.

Practice doesn’t count really because you get the same experienced players just owning people who obviously need to l2p.

Its tons of fun.

can we make a difference in correlation to zergs?

my opinion no.

Thoughts?

(meant to generate constructive interest) nothing more.

Should there be changes to engineers to make them more useful in gvg and wvw zergs?Last week when a commander was splitting up the useful classes he finally got to engineers and rangers. “Re-roll” is what he said and honestly I cant blame him. This is not the first time ive heard this. Roaming is fine and ive done plenty of that but I would like to feel like im making more of an impact in wvw then flipping camps and random fights. Any thoughts on this or anyone experience something similar?

Not only would an individual loyalty rank system be great but what about a GUILD LOYALTY RANK SYSTEM as well.