Guild Wars 2

i think that blurred frenzy need nerf yes. if u put on ur weapon that energy sigil or whatever called, that gives u +50 % endurance when u change weapon every 10 sec. + f4 + 2 + dodge dodge dodge dodge + friggin illusion kitten or decoy or w/e and decent burst i certainly think It needs a nerf. and it was 8 sec if i remember right if it was traited?

mesmer and ele best good survival, good dps, good cc and mobility and great presence in tfs, all u need.

Thieves are one trick ponies, u don’t know what the combo is? u fail. u do know what the combo is but you fail it? ur nothing…

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woho, posi gave me diz link and so true,
first it was temple of silent storm paid, and now it is forest (i think)
but before all of this happend i lost interest in this game… there is just no fun in doing the same, and having 3 maps, and qps that give nothing….
btw add me on LoL im called kireiqt xD

Lowellollipop.5817:

Pyrial.2917:

@lowell, what’s your “one shot” combo? Do you use haste or just the standard bas ven, sig, cd, steal, bs, hs combo?

basilisk, haste, cnd, steal, backstab, HS. haste just makes it basically instant.

i think thats the combo, but using haste b4 u open is just a waste, u should do basilisk, cnd steal > run around target > haste > bs (3 auto attack for poisen because they might use heal) and then finish off with a heartseeker if he dodges, so u chase him anywhere. and even ikittennow the combo, if u don’t move right u won’t 1 shot.

and the build for d/p is just different. if it had the same build as d/d (25/30/15)
i think d/p would rule over d/d. but ur going need a trait that gives u iniative when u go in stealth as d/p. the damage is actually same since heartseeker and cnd is same damage (even at 75 %+ hp)
d/p combo goes like black powder, heartseeker, steal, backstab. but the bad thing is that u won’t land basilik. but u can always save it for good timings.

waow.. logged my mesmer again. and the 0.25 feels like 0.1 second or something, its barely notice able. i think its totally fine

i can help all categories beside tactics, i got no brains, i just play !
thief from eu
P.s 1v1 god <<<

Fourth.1567:

I can’t agree with sataar. This whole thread is just full of him boasting rather than trying to progress towards a resolution. I think the only piece of advice given was keep your distance from a warrior and watch the enemy mesmer’s timewarp cd and positioning. There is also no consideration for what new players experience. Top players just saying L2P to new players is like asking the game to be guillotined from the bottom up.

what was this post about again? i just hear hqman or something, and 70 % win, and 8 of the 10 post l2p issues…
we know ur good satarcoeny, but its not good to get kitteny and call urself best and call other people l2p, instead of saying l2p, Learn people how to play. teach them tricks, how to counter what and what. what does people have issues against? what can they do to counter that? show it in a vid or something, nobody cares about ur win/lose rates lol

yes… every1 one moves in a zerg train, if Anet creates a new map, i would highly recommend to implant “a better objective” wich is way more addicting than zerging from 1 point. to another point. i don’t have any ideas yet, but i would really like another system. or atleast different type of objectives. because every map u go is like…
Capture the objective, Capture the objective. after few maps u get tired. always the same stuff.

tbh, hs isn’t always dodge able.. played my nec and it hurts to see how thief can spam heartseeker all day with a 450 range gap closer… no skill required at all… sometimes on my thief i try to shadowstep the opposite side hes facing and guess what…
he INSTANT turned with his heartseeker and kept spam it. especially for a glasscannon it hurts. i play thief myself and im not that fond of heartseeker, but oh boy it requires alot of skill to press 2222222222222222 and chases wherever he goes, u can even blindfold the player and lets see if he kills some 1…
just make heartseeker target ground skill, so atleast he has to aim a bit and that people won’t get chased ANYWHERE they go.

yes. i agreed time warp too op.. 10 second lulz make it atleast 5 sec, i think thats eneugh since its Aoe aswell, and if used correctly it can be really op. no need for downsides in my opinion.

lol, people should try out the healing per cast signet. its like 324 heal each cast. you dodge roll and you get like +1k heals and everytime u change attunement and roll. u get again 1k. + the usual skills ur using, go f3, do 2 and 3 and u get 650 heal instantly? O.O. i would say try it. thats way more op than ether renewal.

SAtaarcoeny.8476:

nerf this nerf that?

how many good mesmers is out there truthfully that you guys are scared of?

everyone on my team beats mesmers on the other teams and you guys saying to nerf them?

how many good thifs out there truthfully that you guys are scared of?

everyone on my team beats thiefs on the other teams and you guys say nerf them?

L2P ppl its hat easy msg me in game if you need help i help everyone. i have never done finished a hotjoin match with more then 50 points in this game because i go in there to practice 1v1 and 2v2.

if you have trouble with a class find them and ask how to beat them its easy.

it took me a long time to find out how to beat hman 1v1 but once i did i havnt had to many problems with warriors in game. (secret is stay back)

this is not a 1v1 game every class has there own role in the game. i have been building teams sence day one and the reson my teams are always top teams is because not only do i know everyones role in the team but so does the team.

here is a secret i dont like to say but if it helps u kids stop qq ing here it is listen close

i am a mesmer i directly counter the other teams mesmer i watch everything he does. i know his portal time i know his cd on time warp i know were he is at all time and when i go to a group fight i destroy the mesmer to get him out of there.

L2P isnt a mean thing to say nor is newb all it means is new ppl that need to learn how this game works. some ppl are prics on this game thats fine but then there is ppl like me that will help you.

so instead of going into a match and saying “they have a cheap backstab thief” i want you saying “ok billy your job is to keep eyes on the thief all game”

TLDR : 1. stop qq ing and asking for nerfs,
2. L2P, by asking ppl for help, tips and tricks
3. figure out your and everyone in your teams role on the team
4. SAtaarcoeny is greatest mesmer (na and eu)

i actually doubt that every teammate of ur team can beat every mesmer and thief. and u can’t say ur best mesmer on eu and na. maybe on na yes. but u’ve never seen eu players so i don’t think u have the right to say that either.
and its not a issue of l2p or not.
I first said aswell, l2p it isn’t hard to dodge a thief cnd steal bs etc. i said that u were a noob if u couldn’t do it but…
i started playing some other classes and practiced it in hot joins….
a thief actually managed to kill me by spamming 2222222222 after cnd steal bs combo. its just stupid.
but i’d gladly come to na to prove that ur wrong. but on that moa thread of urs i actually agree, gw2 needs more variety. its all the same build, all the same kitten. u see a warrior? Oh my what build does he has ? a mesmer? :O its probaly not shatter. i would say, start buffing condition mesmer and condition thieves or something. thats whats gonna make the game interesting. making hard choices wich both seem viable. i think thats what is gonna make a game nice.
and not sure how na thieves play, i’ll add u and come to na with my second account from my sister

i agree. paids are way to expensive for new people that come in it. they play, get out. because no tickets. and because their being farmed by the top teams that are playing everyday. in 1 day there is just 1 to 3 tourns going on. and most of times u’ll lose against the good ones.

that devilsglare guy is challenging, saying scrubs and being a little dick?
i mean… wasn’t he 1 of the 3 helpers or something that would improve PvP? but it feels like he’s a random guy just saying stuff on the forum without thinking about his consequences and know in what for position he is?. i think xeph is a really nice guy and mannered but i haven’t seen him lately in tournaments for +4 weeks certainly. i play paid like almost everyday and haven’t seen TP in a while. but im pretty sure if xeph goes back in the game he would know what is balanced or not.
but i would like EU vs NA ^^ i’ll participate too :P
btw, no troll best thief eu <<< like danto best guardian !!!

well maxi, not 1v1 but just a private server for people to join there if they want to test or something.
most people join hotjoins for 1v1. and their getting followed by random people that disturb the duel.
but deathmatch sounds interesting ^^ +1

25/30/15 is best for D/D only for d/p etc there are better builds.
but personally i think D/D is best. since it has high instant burst
if i remember right on deadly arts u need mug, dagger training
critcal side strike, executioner, furious retliation
and trickery thrill of the crime.
6x scholar runes for 10 % extra damage as opener.
air/5 % damage
shortbow bloodlust, u change everytime ur wep when u finish
and u need some tricks aswell, to play a thief.
and btw, thiefs are good in paids lol. the 3 top teams of eu runs it ^^

if u want to see a thief build and little tricks.

May all of your wishes come true. and i wish every one a healthy year ^^

now now, its been 2 months… get a solution please. and btw stop ninja patches that we have to download. and that we have no clue whats it going on about

first of all… que on prime times. i dont have any issues in eu for paids que. i get everytime a que if i que on 7 + times until 1-2;30 or longer. i would say Anet fix this chest bug if u change server. and make na pvpers come to eu to have more que pops and satisfy the na ppl. cus i hear 80 % of the na ppl qq.

Jumper.9482:

Between 8PM-12AM CST.
Does EU really pop for 6+ hours?

y, it does. if they fix the chest bug thingie i bet alot of na pvpers will come to eu. and just let the pvers stay there lol. and on somedays it pops until 2;30 or something. and if na comes they can que up when they wake up ^^ and for the nolifers in eu, they can que up when na people are starting to que. so it means that eu players still have the option to play until 6;00 in the morning.

i dont think a necromancer need any buff lol
and how come people say that power build isnt viable? it certainly is… the wells are just owning you, and the dagger damage is nice too and good for life force stacking, and if u use DS fear right on a heal/revive/stomp or w/e and staff 5 for right timings i think it rly is op. and why would a nec focus a elementalist?… pick the right targets lol.
if i play a nec i would focus a class that is really squishy to conditions. a nec has no problems in my opinion.

Kylex.5962:

Foehn.2489:

I think OP is just over-mystifying this thief video. The game is one key one action as macros are bannable. Given that there are only so many ways to mash steal-c&d-bs-hs with quickness somewhere in there.

Aside from that posting based solely upon your own experiences while using phrases like “all the thieves…” or “just one thief…” is bad reasoning to base a point off of. The point being thieves kill too fast, obviously they do. It’s not uncounterable and it comes with weaknesses. As a thief doing such combos against any well-played guardian is no easy task. I could go into details or we could play with one another. Prolly more constructive than this.

I understand your point about it only been 1 thief at the moment. but the fact is.. the bigger the game gets, the more skilled players will join the game. and what your basically saying is: if you master a thief you should be able to 1 shot anything instantly because your skilled. Which also means you would agree with EVERY class been able to do this if they are all top top players and fully mastered there class.

Arch – responce to you + the macro:
this is possible to do without macros. just change all your keybinds –
Cloak and dagger – 1
Steal – 2
Backstab 3
Heartseeker 4

and just faceroll the keyboard. so skilled.
the macro makes it 100% and the time much faster BUT a “pro” thief would eventually learn the timers legit.

and before trolls start those key binds was just an example.

wow xD keybind 1-2-3-4 the combo ur doing haha;p epic
but having normal keybinds isn’t difficult either. i guess most people have standard 1-5 the same as usual. and 6 to 0 qertc, aslong as you know the order of how its done, and when you know the order, then you have to watch the movement, and then you need to know When to press them. knowing those 3 = gg. and even good guardians having troubles dodging my burst. because everytime u see a guardian dodge, theres a 0,1-0,2 sec where he’s vulnerable and For sure hittable. if u practice on that timing and burst cd its not avoidable. u can try to dodge 2x rly fast. theres a gap where u can’t dodge and where EVery1 can hit u at that time. its only avoidable by pressing something that is instant while dodging and then u do a block or something.
and btw, i seen some thiefs on NA and… thats not called burst lol, thats called harass build.
but i’ll make some vids without editing and show u guys a little how eu players play.

who needs 2-3 seconds? i do it within 1 lol
i’ll make some thief videos around 8;00 and link it here… going show u guys how its done lol

Archaon.6245:

PowerBottom.5796:

How does a D/D-Ele come even close in DPS to a Thief?

Ever met a D/D glass cannon ele? Pretty much same dps but aoe, still having much more survivability that thief…or you’re trying to say that a thief is harder to beat than an ele? Are you trying to say that? Are you sure?

Much same dps but aoe… ur from NA !!! 100 % sure i can’t find a d/d ele that does same DPS as me (Damage per second)
maybe ele has a little more sustained dps/healing. but not the instant burst a thief has.
and btw, we talking about stealth cd… and instead of making stealth cd higher, make the stealth duration less of cnd and blind power, make it 1,5 sec or 2 sec so you don’t have to panic for 3 seconds. and if its 1.5 sec or 2 sec. and u make the reveal 3 second. i think thats eneugh.

Lorienda.1349:

ok im gonna ignore most comments and pretend i didnt see anything.
im guessing most of u from na obviously cant play for kitten(no offense)
in eu at top level against good teams this kind of thing is game changing i am eu player dont need to mention who i am .
my main is a thief and all i can say is that this thing need a fix you can do the whole combo 1 shot someone and shortbow out and the enemy can see u for like 0.5/1sec max
so please cut the bullkitten its not a l2p issue or anything close
i hope you read this anet but u need to seperate na forums from eu
cuz we dont want this scrubs around its because of na anet doesnt bother fixing obvious stuff
i challenge your top team on na anyday to eu ill record it aswell if u get more then 200 points you rae lucky.
have a nice day and please fix this anet.

i agree.
eu and na feels so different. its like that a thief works different in na than in eu does. from all those comments i hear

sorry but… shadow trap is use able now but it isn’t being used because a thief isn’t ment for bunkering a point.. and rang eof shadowstep? for 20 % bs? nty :P

Ultima.8673:

some players in europe know what the thief can do…

it is good that kirei is not streaming ^^

i will do local streaming then upload own3dtv or youtube ^^ and then na can watch lulz

Heartseeker is fine. just reduce the range it leaps.. atm its 450 make it less, around 250 or so.

man, its pointless to explain. people will never understand… coming US in future, get ready for me, i’ll make u guys change opinion. u guys need to See. then u guys believe.
cba to respond anymore, no point explaining mehh

the spvp to tournament sounds interesting, so many servers filled in spvp, if they would join free/ be interested in paid it would be nice.
but first of all how u going make that happen?
i think the main problem there isn’t many 5v5 paid teams is because people can’t find the people in their Own server.
the atmosphere in this game is… no talk in /m or /s
make people join a certain channel where all people are interested in a paid Team. from over all servers. and when all that happends. make a ladder.

i don’t think a outstanding engineer will win vs a bs thief. depends on what build the engineer ofc has, if ur a bunker u win. full cond, u lose. but engineers can 1v1 a guard too yes. and their a good roamer aswell since they have perma swiftness. but the point of a roamer is that it can escape, and kill some 1 decently fast. i think as engineer u can’t escape that good, and neither kill some 1 decently fast. there are better options for a roamer than a engineer.

Archonis, almost all the top teams in eu have a thief. but why would you say that u would prefer a ele instead of a thief? i think most teams have both?

Backstab Thief isn’t really all that desired in TPvP unless you team is synergizing arouns it.
Thats what you said…
in eu its so desired. i really hope that NA will come to EU and feel what the difference
and thief is better roamer than elementalist lol. and a thief can kill certain things what ele can’t. having no thief in team fighting against full bunker class is not do able. but maybe na thiefs are bad (i don’t know it) but im getting the impression that they think really lowly of thiefs.

uhhhh ultima, guardian not killable in 1v1? it sure is lol appearntly u never played guardian ^^

my gosh Anet please make a system where all people can gather for paid, who needs a grp etc. instead of individual servers trying to find server… All english, all german or w/e together. i remember when i had no guild, and tried to find 1 it was too hard, almost impossible, even if ur really good. it doesn’t matter. i didn’t even care if i pugged with unkown people. aslong as i could play.. but even That was not possible…
so make a system where a LFG system is or something (highly recommended)

From what i see… gw2 is filled with kitten no brain. think their right. and oh my So wrong. So wrong. i actually made a thread about that moving to the left and right if its INTENDED or a BUG. but continuing like this is no point tbh. the game maker has to respond. or else this’ll go on for 24/7. and my opinion is this. remove that kitten… i realised that that bug existed when i played my dps guard. and i felt like… every attack missed. ya ya dat is balanced bro. i felt like.. in world of warcraft that there were ALOT of players like me and that ALOT people had the same mind as me, but 80 % of the people here actually don’t lol

Archonis, i agree on some parts and on some parts i don’t. im not a 70 % cake player, i know what im talking about, i play paids like almost every day and in top 10 of qp.
first of all… i play a thief as my main.
second, i actually hit 80 % of my burst to all the players, and 20 % that misses are at random dodges.
and imagine this, ur fighting at keep as a guardian, and i come. u think u can always dodge me? i doubt. and if u say thiefs are easy avoidable with haste then u probaly have just faced 90 % of the noob thieves like all others. and 10 % wich u rarely see.
And… gg warriors,mesmers,thiefs,necromancers,elementalist,guardians,rangers that get 1 shot if ur glasscannon lol and u don’t even need to be a glasscannon to get 1 shot.
and i might be just 1 of the “elitist” and if u say that i don’t know what im talking about then ok.
but in theory u might be right… but practically UGHH so hard toooo hard.
but if Anet removes thief 1 shots then i don’t know what their usefull for.

how about people check this

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/pvp/Every1-s-Opinion-about-balancing/first#post1076764
i gave few suggestions what could be better (some balance stuff)
instead of saying stuff that won’t change anything, try to say What could be better?

miku lawrence, yes 8 second traited. i don’t think actually that somebody Won’t take that trait
@ jumper i know what im talking about
and oh my this isn’t a forum where ppl diss each other, give opinion, disagree or agree, give a solid reason why,
U have a idea? tell it. and other people will give opinion. thats whats my whole thread about, not for ppl flaming to each other lol

maybe there alreay exists 1, or maybe im wrong here but…
i think we need to give some ideas to the game makers for balancing. not sure if they play the game and play it on high level but. Atm what i see with the balances is pretty much Fillers. so i would like all people to give their opinion about classes, buffs/nerfs to give some ideas for them.
heres my thougt :

Sigil of energy should be just available for 1 weapon and not 2. because it means that everytime some 1 changes, u can dodge.. and when a mesmer has 2x energy on both of his weapons or a elementalist i think its pretty much… too overpowered. Trust me this is the literally OP. i can actually become 9 second totally Not hit able.
you just open with staff, chaos storm. (dazing enemy and giving urself aegis) then just dodge twice (2 second), change weapon, number 2 (4 second) you dodge again (sigil of energy ftw) and that is 5 second. you just press f4 with 3 illusion, and oh im 9 second invulnerable. and meanwhile number 2 is ready and u use it and thats 11 second. and funny thing is, if u get below 50 % and u have the trait, thats another 4 second.

Mesmers should have a reduced damage when they Aoe mind wrack. the more it hits, the lower the aoe gets. I had a time where i got a trauma from a mesmer. it killed 3 ppl from full hp to 0 because we hugged each other. if thats not op i dunno what it is. And i think that mesmer should have 0.25 second delay on the illusions for Only mind wrack. But the mesmer itself will shatter instantly, so basicly if u see a mesmer shattering himself and he got 3 illusion up, that means u got time to respond. instead of rng dodge and hoping he misses.

The number 2 skill of mesmer should have a longer cooldown than 8 second. i think it should be around 10 second the least. because having a 8 second cd on blurred frenzy and becoming totally Invulnerable and still managing to hold a point is actually pretty stupid i think. same with F4. I’m actually wondering why a ranger’s signet of stone won’t hold a point when a mesmers number 2 and f4 will still hold a point wich is together 6 second invuleranbility. and the mesmer can do it way more often than a ranger can so i actually don’t see the point why a ranger Will get decapped if he uses it. and mesmer not? and the funny thing is, when a engineer and elementalist become invulerable by mist or elixir the point gets decapped while a mesmer can just become for 6 second invulernable and Not being decapped. and now im comparing ranger and warrior. Isnt the warrior and ranger signet of stone the same? so why does a ranger lose a point, while a warrior can stand on it with no taking no damage ?

A mesmers Illusion of life needs nerf in my opinion. it has a 3/4 cast time and it has 130 second cooldown. and if you stomp some 1 it’s fully revived. i think it needs a higher cd OR a higher cast time to balance it a bit. if cast time is long, the cd is alright. if the cd gets higher. the cast time should be the same.

Thief need a bs nerf by 10-15 % and a dancing dagger iniative reduce cost or either buff the damage. because nobody is using dancing daggers, its broken. it has so silly damage
if i remember right it was a 40 % nerf. yes 40 % Each hit and it bounces x4 and if it doesn’t crit it does 500 damage. wich is silly. And thief needs a reduce range of heartseeker. the range atm is 450. make it 250. and make the shortbow bounce of number 1 get reduced by 10 % since it bounces x3.

And when ur firing a projectile (guardian number 1 of scepter. and if the enemy is holding the button A and spams d d d d the projectile will go “obstructed” it happends with ranger too not sure if it still happends on ranger becuase their attack speed was increased. and im not sure if this is a bug or if its intended but… ur making a guardian and ranger useless of enemy strafes with A and D. if ur making the attacks faster i think it’ll be fixed.

A elementalists Backdraft makes u fly like maybe 200 range. and in the middle of flying u can’t break out of the stun. so basicly if he backdrafts and you instantly teleport away, it doesnt help. u’ll be still stuck and immolized. u have to wait until ur totally standing still, then u can break out of the stun. but im not sure if this is intended or not. And i think they need a little healing nerf. no 1 in the world can kill a full bunker ele. your gonna need specific classes to kill it or else Noway. it has sustained heals, good kiting, and it can get protection up and just wait for his next attunement.

thats it ^^ i would like to hear every 1’s experiences and what they think.

yes possante, the range of heartseeker is stupid. should be reduced to 250 or something for sure. some 1 dodge? No problem. time a heartseeker when he lands. he dodges again? do the same, it can be used for damage wise and catch up wise but u won’t kill That fast with spamming just 22222

jumper, i agree lol. i think u can probaly do the 1 shot rotation like me, takes 4 buttons or 5 with shadowstep and u can do that all within 0,5 sec and with 1 hand. 67890 = qertc
and if theres a solution to prove that u don’t use macro, tell it here because it can’t be proven, its like either ur a noob and u need macro, or either ur good and u don’t need it.

mesmer too op.. i got a mesmer myself, played it a few days. and oh my im a BUNKER GLASS cannon.
learn some tricks on mesmer, adapt them, use right sigils. and trust me. i can tank 2+ for quite a time. its either i evade, or i invuleranble, or i evade, or i invulernable, or i daze u. sigils of energy atm way too op for mesmers. it certainly Needs a nerf for Sure. you can change wep and everytime you change, u can dodge. and everytime u dodge, u get a illusion. i don’t think right now that Anet knows what to do. they just listen to people. they don’t play the game, they don’t play it on top level (thats what i think). and So… they have no clue whats totally Op and whats totally silly. mesmer have such a ridicilous survivalabillity lol and sick damage

30k hs without doing anything else and x5 srry ;p i don’t believe. screen it and i will believe. btw even auto attack does more damage then heartseeker spamming.
and yes a heartseeker spam is sooo easy dodge able. especially if he has haste up and spams 222. 1 dodge takes 6 iniative away. And i doubt i will beat a really good necro by just spamming 2. actually i think its impossible even with shadow refuge etc etc etc.
and in my opinion heartseeker isn’t that good.

uhh, possante i think a mesmer with staff vs thief shortbow that mesmer will win. chaos armor, chaos storm, block gg? and ifu have chaos armor u’ll miss attacks and the illusions/phantasm hitting you too. i tried it and a thief will lose.
and btw, jumper i don’t think actually a thief got the right to complain about mesmer, cus you can 1 shot like he does and even faster probaly, ur using 1 then f1 but if u do cnd f1 1 u take like from 100 to 0 ? and do it with haste and ur making a new world record.
and narcsasis or something is saying hes an expert in dodging thief. but i doubt it tbh, what can u do if ur being zerged by a thief with haste? i don’t think u’ll survive him.

and instead of attacking like that, i would make adventage of the place where u was fighting. u fought at henge, u can just use shortbow, cluster and 4 and go LoS and auto attack the illusion, wihc will bounce to the real one. and u can’t expect a glass vs glass to not die instant.
tip : use haste and do the cnd rotation and try to kill people, and see if they complain about thieves

I think the paid tournaments should offer more than just different gear,qp,gems. i think i have right now all the paids gear. it doesn’t interest me anymore. and i got over 600 qp and i don’t know what to do with my gems
BUT… does that motivate me to play paid? right Now i can do nothing with qp. and i have all kind of gear and gems is just for to Re-buy tickets and if u always win u can get luxe upgrades.
So what i basicly think is that anet should have less requirements for people to play paids.
i heard that arenanet wants to get ladders on But… if theres few teams dominating and not many people playing paid, then how are ladders gonna work? i think the team that wins every game will get on top 1. and than? against who will he/she or w/e play ?. If arenanet wants a ladder. Attract the people first to play Paid.
make the ticket requirements lower. basicly Arenanet is making people limited or not being able to play paids. the big difference between Gw2 pvp and other Mmo pvp is that If you want to get ladders on, you need players. if you don’t have players you dont have a ladder. even the most scrub players should be able to play paid. but versus people with the same level. if you compare gw2 to wow (just a example).
all people are able to play arena. and the skill gets better of people the more u win. but in order that to happen u need Alot of people. i can’t imagine gw2 having ladders with 50 teams playing and 5 dominating hard.
i would atleast say 500 teams and 50 good teams.
and i think that there should be in game a channel where people search/recruit teams for Paid. its hard to get 5 people together that is stable. but thats what u need to build a ladder . a proper stable team and alot of them. gw2 should make some stuff that makes it easier to contact other players that are interested in paids. across ALL SERVERS. and not just 1 server. (if possible that is).
attracting people comes First before ladder.
just make the requirements for paids less and more addictive rewards if u want ;ladders. i would never want to play ladder with 50 teams. (wich atm is around 20).

mmh, im actually wondering why you can’t change ur amulet,utilitties, weapons. everyone can make benefit of it and if they don’t their just not making full potentional of all the skills/weps they have. before they made this change i always changed my utilities for certain circumstances.
and i actually really want to know why arenanet put this “not able to change skills” thing.
is it because they want everyone to be equal or?
i think they should’ve just left as it is. everyone can make use of the same benefits. but if the arenanet thinks that This makes everyone equal i think their mistaken. (if that is what their goal was). because everyone is equal too if they can change skills like all others. its just taking away skill in the game in my opinion.

a guardian/mesmer/elementalist/(necromancer)/X is what 95 % of the paids team have.
having no guardian means no stabillity. no stabillity means no properly stomps/revive/hold points.

having no mesmer means that u dont have a portal and that you always have a risk of being backcapped. or you need to stay on the point 24/7 wich means aswell that your team will have most of times 4 vs 5 situations in a team fight (mainly because they have a mesmer with a portal in their base) and you’ll lose ALOT if u dont have a mesmer. no time warp, no illusion of life, no shatters in a team fight that hurt for 5k + each person thats standing close to each other, and thats ALOT! a mesmer is a game changer if played right.

having no elementalist means that u can’t have a warrior in ur team because they have barely and condition cleanse and most of times the opponent has a necromancer too. so if he pumps condition on ur warrior. and u have no elementalist i think its goodgame for him. And having no elementalist means aswell that u won’t be getting sustained heal wich is really usefull aswell.

Necromancers are still being reconsidered. I don’t see them as often as guardian/mesmer/elementalist. but ofcourse necromancer is aswell in most of the teams. i would say 80 %. their usefull for removing boons then fearing and sustained aoe damage with epidemic and reviving signet wich is really nice aswell.

The X is for everyone different. alot of people have their own opinion about what class is the best for X. but in my opinion i think it would be a thief. a thief can take people really fast down and then run away. or kill lord solo.