Guild Wars 2

Dude, sweet !

I would love to see a bard class added to GW2. It could work in a similar way to how engineers and eles work, but instead of kits/auras, you would have instruments with skill sets for each. I think having a class that could mez, interrupt and stun would be interesting in WvW. Perhaps a berserk song , where the target would attack whoever is nearest, friend or foe. A short duration charm for ambient creatures could be cool. Thoughts?

I need a new class to level up anyway, I’ve maxed out and geared up the current ones :-)

—Ash

Played 2 hours this morning and got 5 disconnects and many lag spikes on DB BL. This seems to be the standard now for this game. Ruined several nice fights. And why is the DB BL always showing as queued when it’s not. A fix needs to be patched.

In wvw, my pets are dying much quicker than they did before this last patch, even with constant micro management.

Also, some F2 abilities still take 1.5 seconds of windup before firing.

Thanks

Concerned Ranger

Not a success for me either, 1 hour plus in a queue and still waiting. Do they think WvW players will keep playing their game if they can not get on a WvW map?

At least put an audible alarm when travel to WvW is available so I can go watch tv and listen out for the alert. I have no desire to craft or PvE.

@Dragin: Was the necro using any speed buffs, like from warhorn or staff? If not, that is really, really sad.

To be honest, I am not sure sick-em does anything. I’ve tried it and it doesn’t seem to help the pet close the gap on runners. Makes me wonder if the 30% pet speed trait is working.

If the ranger pet could get some work regarding AI, pathing, pet to hit and pet survivability, we would be a really solid wvw class.

AR Defender

Here is my take on needs for the Ranger class from a WvW perspective:

-Longbow 1 needs to be quicker
-Longbow should have a 1500 range without having to spend a trait
-Shortbow 2 needs all the darts to travel in the same line so you can hit stealthers and have control
-Axe 1 needs a dps increase
-Pet bar needs more commands, i need to be to able to trigger, with an appropriate cooldown, things like:
dodge
protection
reflect
damage shield
-The best pet traits are not in the BM line, you have to almost max two trait lines to get a decent pet
-BM traits should effect all pets, not just a couple types
-Using Guard to attack siege or attack players from a keep should work for pets that can fly

Adding wvw titles would be a great start. I have over 1600 kills from playing 2 to 3 hours a night, every night for the past two months and still no title.

How about earning wvw only weapon and armor skins?

I’ve earned only 300 badges, that drop rate is terrible IMHO. My guess is it must be tied to who does the most dps to a killed player and my defensive guardian doesn’t burst for a lot. If you don’t want to bump the rate of badge drops, lower the prices on wvw gear.

Have you tried an in-game Vent like feature. EQ2 has a great one, I think that would encourage more talking in PuGs.

Wouldn’t hurt to make a bit more coin in wvw to help pay for siege. I personally don’t pve at all unless I am broke :-).

The server matcher needs some work. Are you counting everyone on a server or just those participating in wvw?

Thief by far. Just put invis on a 1 minute cool down when a thief enters combat. They could still run away if things go bad, but at least they would not be able to stay in the same area making repeated invis runs at a player who can’t fight them back.

I’ve a fair amount of experience in wvw. I would like to discuss a couple items from a Guardian point of view.

Even if you spec/gear for max mitigation, hps and defense, the glass cannons can chop you up MUCH better than my character can mitigate. What this leads to is everyone having to change to a glass cannon themselves to survive. I expected my guardian to be like an EQ Paladin but that is not the case, healing is weak and mitigation doesn’t seem to matter squat as you get chopped up fast no matter how much you have.

Another thing that irks me about my guardian in wvw is range combat. Quite often you have to be at range and the scepter and staff are sad, attacks slow and easily dodged and often obstructed when shooting up or down from a keep.

I love the concept of a guardian, but the implementation needs some tweeks.

SB of AR

I find it sad that one can be level 80, have accomplished much, and not have a single title available. For example, you might think that after 1300 wvw kills you might have a title of some such, but you would be wrong as far as GW2 is concerned.

I remember playing LotRO and having many titles by level 10. Can this area be revisited by the game designers?

Thanks – SB of AR