Guild Wars 2

Well… since this is Players Helping Players can someone help me in figuring out how PVP in this game is any good at the current state? Maybe voice some opinions on what you think would help it. I just feel like this is a great PVE game, WvWvW is fun, but PVP feels like a wonky, quick put together type thing that you’d expect in a game from PS1 or something. It just really doesn’t compare with other MMOs and I know a lot of people like me came to the game based on how hyped up the PVP seemed like it would be. Instant 80, no outgearing people, etc etc etc. I guess I expected more of a challenge and some better game play.

- Down fighting? Such a bad design, in pve this can be helpful I guess… maybe for the dungeons. In PVP it’s just rather annoying and I find myself just leaving people because I would rather get them down low on health and leave them other than them respawning since it usually takes forever to heal up all the way. When I die I don’t even bother fighting back or teleporting around. You either bursting me down in seconds with some crazy build or I got zerged. I’m not going to throw pebbles at you from a horrible camera angle.

- Game ends, score comes up…. Battle still going? It’s rather annoying trying to check your score at the end of the match and being beat on by someone. You figure once it’s over then it’s over.
- Small maps, nothing but a zergfest.
- Targeting…. Especially some classes like necro bring an entire zoo with them to fight. I’ve seen a match with 3 necros with all their minions out -_- It was like a sea of red coming at you.
- Some moves for thieves like the heartseeker (I believe that is the name) just puts you where ever sometimes, same with shadowstep. Some times it works perfect and put you on the target, some times it just wants to go wherever it wants.
- The death recap on what happened. I really don’t care, that’s just another box to click out of.
- Respawn giving instructions again. I really don’t care, that’s just another box to click out of.
- I think the scoreboard should post more information of other players. I think it’s more fun that way instead of a points race. All you need to do to earn the most points is run in the zerg when they cap, attack someone while they’re downed even if someone else got them down and the funniest thing i’ve found to do is wait until someone gets the map spawns low on health then jump in and burst them for the 25 points…. It’s just… not a challenge at all.
But these are my opinions, the few friends that I picked the game up with already quit playing and i’m still hanging in there because I know the game is new and I didn’t expect too much from such a small company, I’d just like to see some improvements for pvp (like I said, pve and WvWvW are pretty nice, I love the graphics also)- So what do you guys think? What would you like to see change to help PVP.

Well… since this is Players Helping Players can someone help me in figuring out how PVP in this game is any good at the current state? Maybe voice some opinions on what you think would help it. I just feel like this is a great PVE game, WvWvW is fun, but PVP feels like a wonky, quick put together type thing that you’d expect in a game from PS1 or something. It just really doesn’t compare with other MMOs and I know a lot of people like me came to the game based on how hyped up the PVP seemed like it would be. Instant 80, no outgearing people, etc etc etc. I guess I expected more of a challenge and some better game play.

- Down fighting? Such a bad design, in pve this can be helpful I guess… maybe for the dungeons. In PVP it’s just rather annoying and I find myself just leaving people because I would rather get them down low on health and leave them other than them respawning since it usually takes forever to heal up all the way. When I die I don’t even bother fighting back or teleporting around. You either bursting me down in seconds with some crazy build or I got zerged. Now i’m going to teleport around and throw pebbles at a horrible camera angle.

- Game ends, score comes up…. Battle still going? It’s rather annoying trying to check your score at the end of the match and being beat on by someone. You figure once it’s over then it’s over.

- Small maps, nothing but a zergfest.

- Targeting…. Especially some classes like necro bring an entire zoo with them to fight. I’ve seen a match with 3 necros with all their minions out -_- It was like a sea of red coming at you.

- Some moves for thieves like the heartseeker (I believe that is the name) just puts you where ever sometimes, same with shadowstep. Some times it works perfect and put you on the target, some times it just wants to go wherever it wants.

- The death recap on what happened. I really don’t care, that’s just another box to click out of.

- Respawn giving instructions again. I really don’t care, that’s just another box to click out of.

- I think the scoreboard should post more information of other players. I think it’s more fun that way instead of a points race. All you need to do to earn the most points is run in the zerg when they cap, attack someone while they’re downed even if someone else got them down and the funniest thing i’ve found to do is wait until someone gets the map spawns low on health then jump in and burst them for the 25 points…. It’s just… not a challenge at all.

But these are my opinions, the few friends that I picked the game up with already quit playing and i’m still hanging in there because I know the game is new and I didn’t expect too much from such a small company, I’d just like to see some improvements for pvp (like I said, pve and WvWvW are pretty nice, I love the graphics also)- So what do you guys think? What would you like to see change to help PVP.

You’re not alone, i’ve seen a ton of botters in the same spots for the last week, reported them and nothing has happened to them at all… So I just stopped caring, this game is broken right now and I guess they’re trying to fix other issues than people making real profit off their game with outside sources.

Anet isn’t a big company, it’s going to take them awhile to fix everything. Best bet is if it annoys you bad enough just stop playing for about a year or so until they level things out and if there is still a community come back and enjoy, either that or ignore them.

If you’ll do a little research on them they have a build that is very OP and only heavy armor will usually survive the burst. Lights drop in seconds.

Yes, very much so.

When I first started playing I made a warrior, you can make a build that is pretty much a 1-shot and it’s really no fun at all, so then I rolled a thief.

Play around with it, read the things and you’ll find it – i’m sure it’ll be leaked soon anyways and patched. Could be something like…. charging in and to stun… and popping things.

I purchased 500 gems because I liked the way a armor set looked on my thief, once I received it I noticed I couldn’t equip it because it was heavy armor (yet you allowed me a preview of what it would look like on my character, very misleading) – so I created a warrior so I could get some use out of the armor and absolutely hate it compared to my thief. I’m very unhappy about it, feel mislead and would like refund for the 500gems or at least the ability to trade the armor I purchased for the correct set.

I also think you shouldn’t allow a preview of certain armor sets equipped to characters if they can’t equip it.

I spent close to 2 gold on gems to buy an armor set for my thief because it looked awesome on the preview… ended up not being for my class so I couldn’t use it, couldn’t refund it and I made a warrior just so I could wear it and then hated how it played compared to my thief.

I feel your pain on making mistakes.

I’d really enjoy having a ground / water mount.

Not for a speed increase, but as more of a vanity type thing.

I’ve read through a lot of this because i’m not level 80 yet and was wondering the same myself… All thought i’m usually a competitive PVP player (which isn’t for this game) I’ve enjoyed the PVE content for the most part surprisingly. I think it’s sad that some of you are having to create your own end game and I fear this game may be following in the footsteps of many other “Wow killer” MMOs.

End game should be something we spend a lot of time on that we can take pride in. We want that crazy looking gear that stands out from the crowd, we want others to know how good our progress has been, we want those drops that make you go “YES!” when you see them and makes all the trouble worth it, we want to stand out above the crowd to feel better than the people surrounding you, not just another level 80 with some dyed armor like the next level 80 who will be quickly bored and move on to another game. I’m not speaking for you casual players, i’m speaking for actual gamers who will grind that out, enjoy it, get that “YES!” factor and reach the limit and enjoy it so much that they make a different character to do it with.

But for free to play at least it’ll be entertainment for a little while gamers wait on bigger titles to drop and we’ll be able to come back and enjoy the game once more content is released and some things are fixed since we’re not feeling obligated to play it paying monthly.

This PVP isn’t about a gear grind, it’s about casual players playing around with builds for fun or to see what they’ll level next.

It’s not as balanced as people are saying you’ll soon find out, there are a lot of cookie cutter builds popping up now and you’ll see a lot more players lean towards the more OP builds in the game.

Personally, i’m a pvp type person but the pvp in the game is horrible (my opinion… but I also got the game with a group of people who do the same as me and it’s been pretty mutual as are a lot of other people i’ve talked to). The PVE however is pretty nice i’ll have to admit and the WvWvW is pretty fun too.

PVE mode – you quest around, build up your player, fight mobs, do the dungeons and out gear things.
PVP mode – you zerg on a tiny map and make your character pretty as rewards.

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Virusu.6197:

Is eight players the new definition of “zerg?”

Yes it is zerg in GW2 PvP… but the 8v8 is for the casuals who don’t care and just want to jump into pvp.. Want 5v5 do free tourneys.

This game period is for casuals.