Guild Wars 2

I have the same issue. I just sent a ticket, let’s see what they say.

I totally agree.

I totally feel that a guardian is kinda useless now, it makes no difference if you are in WvW sPvP or PvE, since every other class outeverythings you: There are better buffers (like a warrior), Better healers (like an ele) Better cond stackers (like everything else in the game) Better dmg dealers (like everything else).

So yeah, devs have no idea what to do with guardians. What a shame.

9/10 nice way to combine corrupted weaps with your T3, and the scenario u chose is also great!

This is a pic of my guard and her new look, what ya think?

I’m not sure if it’s a bug or this thread should go under the suggestions section, but I can’t use it inside any dungeon, wich is a shame, I dungeon a lot and it would be nice to be able to use it anywhere.

IDK if there’s an official pronouncement about this, and I’m just curious. Why isn’t there a LATAM server? Will there ever be one?

I’m asking this cause in europe they got Baruch Bay for Spain only, and I’m sure there’s plenty of latin ppl in the game to fill in a server.

I’m latin myself, and as you might figure, linguistic barrier is not that big problem for me (not perfect English but I’m able to comunicate) but for some folks of mine is, and those who don’t like/want to speak English are forced to go to Baruch, but get messed up with the lag.

So more than a suggestion it’s mere curiosity. TY

I like that armor, I know the chest piece but I’m not familiar with those leggins, what set r they from???

I don’t like the super bow skin =(

8/10!! =D

This is my guardian, what ya think??

Norns can be sexy! ;D

The mighty Tunridae!!!! =D

A friend of mine suggedted what I believe it’s most likely to be happening right now. It’s all quaggan’s work. They are conspiring to take over Tyria and need us out of the equation.

Sorrows Furnace too, and now it’s super laggy

DUDE!! TYVM!!!!!!! =D=D=D

Yeah well, that’s a nice song too, but it’s not that one =( And Yumiko, I couldn’t find it in your playlist either =(

I noticed that the beautiful music you hear near omphalos chamber is a game feature, not exactly background music. I was wondering if this song can be found in any of the GW2 OST records, it’s just beautiful.

Hei I’m having the same issue here, the ony way I can run a dungeon is if I’m the OP. If I try to join a party, it’ll dc me. So it’s probby something to do with joining pt with a dif server than your own, IDK. Hope it gets solved soon =(

Sorry, I just wanted to add that one way to get around that “incendiary powder” issue a little bit would be making it a 15 point explosives trait. I don’t think someone would realy miss “reserve mines”
Or a 5 point explosive trait to make eng. super powerful XD

Engineer:

Incendary powder is gonna hurt! I don’t thnk that’s a good move, cause that trait is one to use in any build, now you’re expecting ppl to spend 20 points for that trait, that extra 10 points will ruin some builds IMO

The other changes are just fantastic! I would only suggest you improve f/t. What I’d suggest (and with this, the incendiary powder change wouldnt hurt that much) is to make skil 1 inflict burning with every attack, not just at the end of it, considering it’s not a great dps (you have to force its dps effectiveness with a weird combo of gear/build and sacrifice some other important things. Not worth it.) and even if you use lots of cond dmg, burning will only dmg foes once due its short duration with f/t. I’d do that or I’d include that feature in the “juggernaut” trait.

If that f/t thing is not a good idea or would be considered OP let me now why, I might be asking for too much and I don’t even notice.

LOL don’t come at me and tell me WvW is not about numbers, what kind of duma55 would actually believe that? Yes, of course strategy matters, but dude, dont be silly, I want to know what the “good strategy” is with 10 ppl vs 50-60 ppl zerg(s).

And of course server quits when facing an obviously much larger server, cause playing WvW becomes just pointless.

Elix S: Become useless for 4 secs.

Way to go!!! =D

I love the legendary gun, quip. It has a very nice design n all, but the shots sound very annoying =( it’s a shame.

pulsecodesgnl.3470:

Well it does matter, we’ve dropped from 25-30 potential points this week down to 19 right now. It looks like we might be dragged back into tier 8 for quite some time.

ET/FC do not dissapoint! If you drag us back down here only to dissapoint again in a couple weeks. I will be sad.

Well yeah, I’m kinda tired of T8 =(

I hate the fact that we don’t have a night crew. I love the fact that it doesn’t really matter =P gogo SF <3

katz.8376:

MikeRiv.4031:

katz.8376:

thanks for the good hard fights, SF guys. good practice for me! and lots of loot tonight! <3 someone even gave me some rare boots. woooooo.

XD

I hope you enjoy your boots as much as we enjoy your BL painted green ;D

i enjoyed the cash i got from selling them. and hey, a green BL means i get to take it all back and get MOAR loots! i ain’t worried

Right. lol.

katz.8376:

thanks for the good hard fights, SF guys. good practice for me! and lots of loot tonight! <3 someone even gave me some rare boots. woooooo.

XD

I hope you enjoy your boots as much as we enjoy your BL painted green ;D

Sooo me and some peeps from FC were dueling and one of them had the great idea of creating a duel guild, so all those who enjoy 1v1 dueling and testing their skills can do it with ease. We are called Duelers United [Duel] and if you want to join send me or Deikun a message for invitation. =) Then invite more ppl ;D

I <3 SF =D Keep the good job, it was harder this time, and more fun of course, but eventually we domain the map ;D let’s see how things get between FC and ET, will they be able to work together or will the drama carry on?? =0

roostapro.9827:

Oh man, soon much SF blood on my hands combined with fergs blood.

Excellent defence of SM et, took SF longer than it should with triple our numbers they finally got it, but they got it at a huge cost, soooo much loot for me

So much fun…

But a net need to sort out lag in general, and skill lag, defence in lords room was getting stressful with it.

Also, we took SS of fail pbombs from SF <3

Edit: I dislike you SF, you gave me a full bag of loot and only 2 Badges of honour.

2.

You maded me a sad person

At least put an extra badge in the loot for me /cry

I’ve been wondering what could some ET celebrate or consider a success with SF ruling, and the WvW maps green. Now I know. Well, enjoy it… I guess…

SilverWF.4789:

“Are Engis Weak?”
yes, they are.

very simple way to check it – look at the class population (at high lvl locations sure) – very-very low number of Engis you’ll see around. And a tons of thieves, warriors and elems.

“Hard to learn, hard to master.”
Elems are harder to play properly, it very hard to master too.
But elem will give you a tons of proof if you are playing elem like a noob and even more – if like a pro.

You can play like a Bruce Lee with your Engi and you will be just a middle anyway.

That’s not entirely true. Engineer demands a lot of skill from the user, the learning curve is slow, but very fun, eles also require skill, but trust me, nothing needs more skill and dedication than an engineer.

When you master your engineer, you are able to adapt to certain situations, for example, you use a set of kits for dungeons, but you change it for WvW, you dont stick with a single set of skills.

I can tell you that I’ve defeated all professions in 1v1 match, I’m not saying that I’m unbeatable, but I can tell you at least I’ve won 65% of the times, and I do it a lot.

I also do fine at dungeons, I wouldn’t say contrary to what most ppl think, cause the truth is that a non skilful engi will make the dungeon a nightmare, but also people don’t really know what a good engi can do for them.

And it’s fun =D

Sooooo I party this FC and I say “Let’s duel” then he says “I don’t trust in a fair duel with a SF” then he unparties and he and another 4 guys jump on me. You now how we call that kind of ppl in my homeland?…

Kardiamond.6952:

@MikeRiv

Wow lol! Didn’t know we could play this game on a Xbox controller!

That’s a feat I think.

But I have question for you!

- How do you aim grenade ? or Any AoE targetted?
- How do you switch target vs a mesmer? With so many clone you must tab a lot!

Oh it’s quite simple.

How to use targetted AoE skills: My left trigger releases my mouse pointer so it moves normally, that’s how I can target while moving. If the target is close enough I dont even need to worry about targeting, cause my pointer is always in the middle of the screen, a bit in front of my toon, co I can even evade, turn or w/e and drop granades to enemies in front of me with no problem. If they’re farther away I just release the mouse pointer and aim while moving.

How to aim the right mesmer: When I press and hold my right bumper, it locks a target (it’s faster than you think), so I lock lock lock and when I lock the right mesmer I mark it. If I ever lose the lock, I can always lock it back again easily cause it’s been marked.

And it’s fun =D I use PGP for that btw.

I think I’ve figured what the problem is. I’ve found that an engineer is as capable as any other class to PvE, Dungeon, sPvP and WvW, 1v1, etc, if you build it correctly. The big big problem is that, in order to perform successfully, you need to puch more buttons and be more skillful player than with any other profession. Yes, it’s quite versatile, but also demands a lot of skill from the player is playing it, that’s why I still feel engineer needs to be more polished.

I can tell you, I personally feel like a successful engineer, cause I can do great in anything, and contrary to what ppl may think, I play skillfully cause I use an Xbox 360 controller, wich allows me to move, switch kits, and shoot much easier than with mouse and keyboard. The problem is that this game is supposed to be played with mouse and keyboard, so the devs are kinda missing that point.

Anyway, I’m still hoping devs polish more this fantastic profession.

I’m sure Anet is working on this issue as we speak. I’m sure it’s a bit more complex to solve than we think, so we will have to wait. Even when I’m on the winning side, I’m aware of why we domain, but don’t expect us to stop camping JP or any other location cause it’s part of the game, why do you complain about something that is supposed to happen (don’t tell me devs didn’t contemplate the possibility of players camping in JP)? we won’t quit to the obvious advantage it gives us, and I’m sure you’d be doing the same thing if you were in our position.

As of dancing on corpses, that will allways happens, no matter what server you are in, just ignore it. I’ve seen FC and ET players dance on me when they beat me a number of times, I just respawn, and guess what? to my surprise my honor is still intact =0 (lol) The only thing no one should tolerate are exploits and such.

So basically, just play the game, if you don’t like a situation avoid being part of it and wait till Anet solves the problem, I’m certain they will.

When you got elixir U, a good rifle, and a nice gear you just wait till they first regen, then with elix u u make a good damage in a fast pace, when elix u effect finishes you use an overcharged shot on them, they wont be able to do anything for a couple of secs, when they stand up they don’t usually go invisible inmediatly, it’s like another sec of runing around u, it should give u enough time to finish em. Oh, of course, supply crate.

Well, this might not be the cuttest one, but it is the classiest one ;D This is Nortec, Sorrow’s Furnace engineer =D

Zenguy.6421:

Q: What to use for levelling? Dual Pistols? Pistol & Shield? Rifle?
A: All of the above!

The Engineer doesn’t shine until its weapon abilities are combined with its many kit/utility/toolbar skills. The only way to find the combination(s) that best suits your play style is to try out as many of them as you can with each of the weapon options. And given how many options the engineer has, this will take a decent chunk of your levelling time.

(FYI, I made the mistake of finding a weapon set I liked – dual pistols – and then sticking with it while I rushed to get to L80. I wish now that I’d made more use of that time trying out other combinations. Now I’m having to go back and experiment with things I could/should have tried while I was levelling.)

I totally agree, if you want to kill mobs with just a weap, then the engineer is not for you, the engineer is about combining your resources in order to kill or control situations effectively.

I’m a lv 80 asura engineer using p/s, flamethrower, bomb kit and elixir c and I can tell you I’m very happy with that combo. Of course my gear and traits make it work, so you just have to experiment with lots of combinations unlike other professions, that’s the nice thing bout being an engineer: versatility.

Well, this is a very simple one but very annoying, I use it in WvW all the time, and it’s specially useful against melee characters. When you see a big badazz norr warrior runing straight to you with his hammer in hand ready to knock u down, you put a big old bomb, stay just where you are and with your shield cover the impact with skill 5 to stun them. So as they’re all stunt they can’t do but wait till that big bomb they’ve got in front of em blasts em and sends them flying into the air. Gives you time to prepair a propper attack or scape if you must.

And the gamestyle Anet provides is just fantastic, cause there are plenty of things to do for everyone, from casual players to obvious heavy players that can spend 10h+ per day playing. Of course, there are no life gamers that will be asking for more content since the very first month of release because their life is just gaiming, give em time to develop more features, this is a new game lol. Now, if Anet made a grinding based game, their market would reduce to only the old school mmorpgers, ppl that think grinding and grinding and grinding is fun. This kind of ppl say “Your gameplay style will make ppl drop the game and get bored” when it is actually the opposite: it brings much more ppl into the game, since most ppl are not grinders, and don’t have time for heavy gaming, that’s why this has been such a sucsessful game, and will remain that as long as they don’t follow that kind of path you’re suggesting. If you are not ok with that, you can go back to WoW or check mmo’s forums to try out any other asian grinder title, seems to suit u better.

DeWolfe.2174:

This is a suggestion to the dev’s. The concept of the new daily’s sounded great and all. Until I realized you might ram even more Dungeons, Fractals, and Jumping Puzzles, down our throats. I dislike doing any of those. Jumping Puzzles I complete and utterly will not do. With a minor exception for Zraith’s.

If daily’s and monthly’s revolve around Jumping Puzzles, then I might as well quite the game now. Because a players income is already highly stacked in the favor of them. Please, if you are serious at all about balance as you claim to be, do not place Jumping Puzzles in with daily’s.

TY

I guess you just can’t make everyone happy… dude, a lot of ppl like myself love JPs, they’re such a wonderful idea, specially if you dig all the exploring thing. This game is not only about killing mobs or hunting bosses and that’s why, in order to cover a monthly goal, you are expected to cover a bit of every area the game offers. If you don’t wanna do JP well idgaf but don’t expect them to remove JPs from the monthly goals, and specially from the game LOL

SolarNova, thx for the reply. You were right, I read the link u posted, and in part 2 they explain in a very detailed way what gear I should get in order to have a nice performance, and turns out I have a crappier gear than I thought. I wish I read that post before, so I knew where to put my money. Anyway, the example pc they put there is not what I’d call “too expensive”, and I think I’ll upgrade my equipment as soon as I’m able. You’re right, basically ignorance can be expensive, the chart with the CPU’s and GPU’s performance they link to is unveliebable if you think about how a cheaper CPU or GPU can beat a more expensive one, and how it is more expensive just cause it’s named with a higher number. Once again thank you very much.

SolarNova.1052:

Firstly im affraid OP that ur PC isnt ‘good’ ..not for GW atleast.

However things u can try.
Turn reflections down to terrain and sky. Turn shadows down to High ..Turn Sampling to native.
You got 8gb RAM ..make sure ur using a 64bit OS.
Set GW2 priority in task manager to High.
OC your CPU, GW2 gets most its performance from the CPU’s single thread performance. Thus AMD cpu;s (even their best) ,specialy at stock, dont fair well in WvW and other populated areas.
A slow HDD can also cause issues, if u have 2 HDD’s the same RPM and size ..try using them in RAID0 format to boost the speed, defrag it if u havnt done so in a while. If u have a SSD, put GW2 on that.
Update or Downgrade ur current graphics drivers to see if that helps. If its factory OC’d ..try downclocking it just incase its a unstable OC.

Oh well, my pc isn’t as good as yours, but according to GW2’s system requirements is more than the recommended specs. And maybe you didn’t have the chance to read the complete post, but I stated that I narrowed my graphic settings to the minimum for best performance, and I got the same results. About the cpu, this is the first time I’ve heard about that issue, sounds legit but I’ll do some research on that. The funny thing is that I know I’m not pushing my system to the limit cause the performance monitor says I’m just using like 35% of my RAM memory and my CPU. And I’ve read about pc’s that even beat you specs and got similar issues as I do. Anyway thx for replying, I’ll try to follow some of the advice you just gave me, see if that works.

Hello. My pc specs are: ATM bulldozer FX 6 core 3.2gh, 8GB ram, Raedon 7700, and I’m able to play most games at “ultra” settings with an overall nice performance. The problem is that when I play GW2 it bounces between nice and bad fps rate, for instance: I can play 5 min with 30 to 60 fps, then I get some annoying 30 secs of 20 or less fps. If I go to WvW and I engage into battle it gets much worse: between 9 and 15 fps during the first 20 secs of battle, then when it stabilizes I get 30 fps tops. You might think that probbly im overetimating my equipment, but turns out that the same happens if I set the graphics at the lowest config. Now, I’ve followed the suggestions made by Anet on forums, but little improvement. A guy suggested there might be some sort of incompatibility with the radeon 7xxx series. Any clues on this?

Hugs sounds nice!! Well, maybe not so nice for an asura getting a hug from a male norr tho…

Yes, that’s one of the things I assume a native support would improve: precision. As I said before, I can aim very well with the joystick, but it doesn’t compare to aiming (let’s say grenades) with your mouse. Of course, a joystick is not superior to keyboar, it’s just about gaiming style. Had you even given it a try?? Trust me, it’s great. I must confess it kinda surprises me how much some players really embrace mouse and keyboard gaiming style, as if they played ALL of their games like that (BF3, CoD, etc)

Yes, of course there are more important things than this request, this is just a suggestion. And I don’t think the expectations are always like that when you buy a pc game. Actually, most pc games I’ve purchased are played with a joystick. What you’re probbly trying to say is that an mmo is supposed to be played with a mouse and keyboard, but that’s not quite true, there are some others adding this feature. I think they’ll eventually do it, ppl has to ask for it. The problem comes when by some reason other ppl oppose it, and to be honest IDK why.

BTW, Pinnacle Game Profiler is MUCH better than any other controller support for this game, makes it feel natural. But of course a native support would be just perfect.

Oh no, playing with my xbox controller is absolutely comfortable, and I use it for pvp, pve and I do kick kitten I play an engineer, wich means my game play is not what you might say “easy” or “just click” . If you are a fanboy or one of those “don’t ruin the purity of an mmo gameplay” nerd, fine with me. I just think a native joystick support would be great, and of course, if you don’t want to use it, don’t use it. And I bet half of those that claim it’d suck, will end up using it anyway LOL

Hello there. I’ve been using an xbox controller with pinnacle game profiler to set the skill buttons and it works fine! I can even ground target with ease and stuff, but of course it would be nice if arenanet created a native joystick support like other mmos have.

This if a footage of me playing my engineer with a 360 controller via pgp. I want to show how comfortable it is, contrary to what many ppl think, and that it would be a good idea to develop a native joystick support for those who preffer a joystick over the keyboard and mouse.