Guild Wars 2

I used to really enjoy WvW, good or bad at least it was different. Now I find there is soo much blatant use of hacks and cheats, and so little seems to be done to those who employ them, that the game itself seems to be more about who can use the best/fastest hack than about tactics or teamplay.

Virtually every hour I see groups who magically enter towers that have not been damaged. Yesterday, I actually thought it was amusing that someone could completely ignore me attacking them for like 2 minutes while they finished destroying a quaggan site (never did a single point of damage to him). I still see people who use the auto-dodge.

Yeah i know it’s a free game and i can’t expect everything but it’s a good example of how something that is decent can be kittenized by those who simply don’t care about the product.

I don’t think many of you realize how bad it is in FC. People do not want to WvW because of the mass zergs they face. Often there are fewer than 5 people in WvW. People have simply lost interest in getting pounded week after week with no hope of anything ever changing. It’s understandably demoralizing and as a result we often CANNOT form a group of even 10 which makes taking anything extremely difficult. Many people on FC won’t play WvW because it is pointless. The boons arenanet gives us for being overwhelmingly outnumbered are useless to us. As I have said before, I see everyone transfering to 1 of 3 servers eventually.

When i started this game many of the servers were full. No problem many were still available. However joining a random server has been a disaster. Ferguson’s Crossing is constantly overwhelmed in WvW. Not uncommon to be facing 10:1 odds. So I have several suggestions:

1. SF is not nearly enough competition. Please move a server from Tier 1 so we can face odds of at least 100:1.
2. While ET enjoy taking our lands I also notice they do not seem to enjoy defending their own, could you send them a sticky pointing out the location of their borderlands.
3. The other 2 servers we face need better communication. On multiple occasions some of their zergs can be seen passing each other. This seems like a waste of time. Could you please give them inter-server speak.
4. It is very kind of you to give us extra karma while fighting in EB heavily outnumbered. I find this so useful when fighting 30:1 odds that I often sigh and reflect on such wonderful merits I am getting while looking at my corpse.

A special thank you for all the time and effort you took to make this game so balanced. This special gift you have given those who decided to join a server still open to new characters is a wonderful thank you for buying your game. In the future I see all characters joining 1 of 3 servers to alleviate this situation. Enjoy.

Recently I’ve noticed the use of obvious hacks has become rampant. Even from servers that outnumber another server by multiples. You already have the advantage in huge numbers do you really need another ?

As of February 21st, multiple opponents in WvW were employing the instant finishing move hack. No I don’t know the exact name. I’m not a hacker. And no I wouldn’t mention it if I did. But like everyone who does WvW i’m used to getting killed on occasion. I know the timing. But when someone finishes you off within a split second after you’ve hit the ground, no buildup, no hesitation. Something is really wrong.

There are other hacks going on. I mention this 1 because it is blatant. The speed hack is annoying but I guess some could argue that certain skills allow you to move faster. I’ve seen some peeps move maybe 5X faster that any of my chars could, and for extended periods. But oh well the skills argument is there.

Trying to get their names when you die in a large melee of scouts, veterans, team members, opponents is virtually impossible. Even the 1 warrior who hit me for 14k, dropping me to the ground in 1 hit, then did the instant finish move, was almost impossible to see his name as he was gone a second later.

I guess if you do nothing the implication is … we should all be doing this ?