Ridiculous. I’ve been playing this game since early release, I’ve made over 20 Lv80s, I played enough to make 7 legendaries on my account alone, and I’ve logged thousands of games on PvP. I love playing GW2 and I still try to enjoy it when running new content with my guild but I’m just constantly bummed out by the new changes slamming my favorite class in the game on every balance patch.
What the hell? We’re not sunk low enough yet? I was already forced to give up my favorite PvP build which was S/D thief because of several direct and indirect nerfs and now I can barely do anything on my D/P thief without meeting some cheese DH or rev in the game who dishes more DPS despite having easy access to better defense mechanics. They took away every edge we had against some classes/builds to the point where even Metabattle says “AVOID 1v1” which translates to “every metabuild will most likely kill you”.
Although thief (at least bounding D/P daredevil) is still considered meta, that mostly applies only to well-organized groups or ESL teams. and only because thief is required for capping/decapping nodes. As if the role of the thief wasn’t limited enough, we’ve gone from “avoid these classes in 1v1” to “avoid almost every class in 1v1” to “avoid all 1v1”. As for the “+1” role, let’s face it, having a meta Rev or a DH meditrapper would probably yield better results than having a thief as your wingman.
…would be a great addition to the list of rewards for Raids and PvP pips system.
Even just a re-skinning of the old ones like the Rank 80 PvP dragon; something as minimal as altering the lightning color and the dragon color to black/red would give people something to strive for. Just a thought.
The transmutation stone and Pet Rock to conclude the sale does sum up this entire thing…it’s a big joke. Sell the ears and glasses for 500 gems or even 800 gems each and people would gladly buy it. Hell, make it a 12-hour event only…
If you’re having issues killing thieves at this point in the game, you are probably facing a much more skilled player, running a poorly-synergized build, and/or need a lot more training in pvp. There really shouldn’t be any reason for you to have any problems countering thieves as they are now.
Thieves in this game are sadly very low risk very high reward.
Every other class in the game, if you miss your skill rotations or simply don’t land some, you pretty much don’t recover.
But that’s why I solo roam with a Guardian, so I don’t have to deal with all of that.
Wait…so you solo roam on Guardian and call thieves Low Risk High:Very High Reward?!
Have you been paying any mind to the current balance in place? I mean, Mesmers can do a much higher and much more efficient job at doing a burst DPS now. Not to mention they have better combat mechanics in case you don’t die from the initial spike. Blind per shatter, boon rip per shatter, daze/stun (even if they are stunlocked), stealth, reflect damage, invulnerability, strong ranged pressure, strong melee range pressure. Then you have guardians that can simply rotate blind/block and spam burn I suppose. Warriors have their stances, rampage, and CC. Thieves have the most number of counters right now in-game. I kid you not, every class can counter the thief. The thief specialty has been overshadowed by other classes as well except for mobility where warriors come in at a close 2nd.
I play all classes and have 18 Lv80s atm. Based on that statement alone I can pretty much tell that you have no idea what you’re talking about.
Lol. I’m a thief player mainly and I don’t blame people for thinking this way now. Every class can outdo thief on almost every aspect of combat except for mobility..because, you know, thief always has the option of running away with mobility/stealth — such OP. You have to be a pretty good thief to match some average pvp daily casual using the current popular builds to even have a 50/50 odds of winning a fight..and that’s being generous.
if it was this easy we wouldn’t see so many QQ threads about rampage and being insta gibbed by mesmer, and burning etc. the game is a lot more punishing now and you have to play better than you used to. i like it tbh.
One of the biggest bullkitten I have ever seen on this forum, excluding obvious trolls.
PvP turned into arcade game, diversity removed, skill floor and ceiling with ,,meta’’ builds is almost equally low, and you can’t be successful without exploiting clearly OP things.
The only people who can be happy here are FoTM rerollers, people who don’t care about competitive side of PvP, and to lesser extent these whose class got ,,blessed’’ for the next few months…
This^
The skill requirement to be on a similar playing field against experienced players has now shrunk thanks to the ability to spam/exploit certain builds. Burning stacks on guards/rangers, rampage warrior, mesmer with blind/boonrip/(VERY)massive burst/daze/stun in a 2-skill combo… yes you can certainly outplay them but the amount of effort required to do it far exceeds that of someone running these crutch builds. It reminds me of the days when Turret Engineers were utilized by every scrub and some people just went “get gud / L2P / avoid them / etc” without acknowledging the glaring flaws in the build. High-Risk/Effort:High-Reward should be the center of balance in PVP mechanics but with the recent overhaul of the entire trait system and changes to condition (burning), it seems like you’re left with 2 choices: use one of the widely abused OP builds or don’t and work harder to match some imbecile facerolling a Rampage Warrior.
I couldn’t agree more with a lot of points made here. S/D is pretty much the worst build there is out there. Of course you can still use it but you’d have to play with a lot more effort to make up for the lack of good traits in comparison with other builds in order to win against someone using a stronger class/build of the same skill level. I’m currently using S/P, D/D, and D/P on my thieves since I finally decided to give up on S/D a few days ago. For every major balance patch, the thief has been nerfed in ever one of them. Back then, if a Power Necro uses Lich Form or a Ranger/Warrior uses their Rampage skill, you can simply steal the stability to counter their ridiculous CC+DPS potential as a S/D thief. The number of boons ripped was even reduced by half and that was still ok. But with the current changes to the system, playing S/D thief with no might per dodge, no feline grace (or rather a terrible version of it remains), and a nerfed vigor, S/D thief is beyond horrific as far as thief builds go. The fact that every class outdoes thief in nearly everything doesn’t help either. Every class now has the potential to burst as much or even more than a thief. The only difference is that they can have a higher base HP, higher defense, access to invulnerability, stability, might stacks, and easier CC skills to land. Not to mention, Mesmers can now blind enemies and stealth much more often and easily than a thief. As for condition thieves, you might as well play ranger or necro for condi spams or stick to medi guardian burning stacks for invulnerability+raw DPS+OP burning stacks.
Just scale them down to support role with lower dps and hp. Make engineers immobile for 1 second (like when harvesting) when deploying turrets other than the healing turret. Blow turrets when engineer goes further than 1700 range. Adding all that to having them vulnerable to critical hits. If that’s too much nerfing, too bad — go learn a non-AI build.
I understand that latency issues are usually client-side problems with their private connection however, I know I’m not the only one who has been noticing sudden lag spikes during PVP matches for the past 2 weeks or so. I noticed mine started getting worse around the weekend where some games go smoothly but some cause me to either wait until the lag spike ends or reconnect to the game. A lot of times I notice skill lag and “rubberbanding” to previous positions (about 500 range or so in game terms). It’s becomes so infuriating, especially when playing a melee burst class, since there’s no way I can be sure that my attacks would land or if they even register due to lag. I’m using a fiber optics connection with 75mbps upload / 75mbps download and have no problems with it outside of GW2. I can play any other online game without any issue and I’m even to stream multiple HD videos without any hiccups/buffering. So, is this something that you guys are aware of and working to fix or do you think it’s something that’s happening on the client’s side?
(I even turned off other programs like Steam and I made sure no active updates/downloads are happening in the background — not that it mattered before)
EDIT: Also, I forgot to mention: I think it might be helpful to know that Guild Chat/Roster is having minor issues as well. It usually happens when I first log in and it takes about almost a minute before the guild chart shows people who are online. Takes about 10~20 seconds for the first guild chat messages to appear then it’s fine after that. All these issues, along with the PVP match lag, started something around last week.
With the recent announcement (and confirmation) of an expansion pack comes the introduction of secondary professions to GW2. The Trade Post has always been shaped according to changes in build meta, availability of items, and personal tastes of individuals. With the changes coming to the Necromancer class wielding a greatsword and the possibility of Engineers using hammers, what weapons and skins do you think are going to go up in price?
My speculation:
-Chiroptophobia Greatsword Skin: The theme simply fits the necromancer’s style and with the current 5 tickets per piece and a price tag of around 180G (current), I can certainly see it going up in popularity.
-Aetherized/Pact Fleet Hammer Skin: The speculation (based on the video ad) of the Engineer being able to use hammer has already affected the price of the already rare Aetherized hammer. The Pact Fleet however still remains at a relatively low price and may definitely experience an inflation in price due to high demand.
What changes do you think the GW2:HoT announcement will bring to the Trade Post market? What items will go up in price and which items will spike down? Is it all a knee-jerk reaction or will it somehow stabilize to its previous price range or will it continue to rise/plummet down?
We had a primed killshot going for us but since the adrenaline nerf, it feels so useless to even get on my Rifle warrior. Everything I can do on it, I can do much better with longer range and CC bonus via pets/skills on a zerk ranger.
Can we get some love for rifle warrior please? Maybe 1500 for all shots (just to match rangers) and at least 1800 for killshot would be excellent!
While completing Brisban Wildlands, I stumbled upon a glitch in the game that made me invisible to myself, other players, and all mobs. Red/aggro mobs ignore me even when I attack them and they simply regen back without fighting. I asked other players to confirm that I’m invisible to them and everyone said they can only see my name/title/level and mini pet.
I’m not sure if I should add the details in this post of how this happened but feel free to PM me in-game or I can PM you in the forums to give you a full report of how it happened. I will only share details if you work for Anet to prevent exploitation.
Can we just get those old PvP armor set pieces added to rewards track or even the gem store please?
It would be one thing if they actually did commemorate something like the Winter outfit and weapons being available around the Holidays and Lovestruck weapons on “sale” around Valentine’s day but PvP armor sets like Stalwarts and Tribal armor are already in the game and simply needed to be added to the pool again. It’s been done with certain back item skins that are sold via Laurel vendor and I have to say that this is one of Anet’s best implemented ideas. They might not be special but for crazy people like myself, who take pleasure in creating alts, a simple item such as Stalwart’s shoulders might just be the only thing that completes the look for me. Once you’ve got yourself set on a look you want, there is no alternative. Hell. I’ve dedicate countless weeks making legendary weapons for that purpose. I’ve gone as far as buying entire armor skin sets from the gem store just to obtain a shoulder skin or leggings from the entire set. So please, hear my plea and I’m sure I speak for a lot of people in the community when I ask: Please create a way to make those old PVP armor sets available again.
While participating in Plaver-vs-Player (PvP) gameplay, you will not participate in any form of match manipulation. Match manipulation is defined as any action taken to fix or manipulate the outcome of a match or alter or manipulate the rankings or ratings of the ladder. This also includes disrupting other people’s game experience by not actively participating in matches in good faith, a.k.a leeching.
What’s GW2’s stance on people that AFK/leech in pvp games? The ones that just stand in base and auto-rejoin the team to get rewards. The reason I ask is because I reported someone for botting after telling the player to stop being AFK in team matches and saw him rejoin the group without saying anything. He did this for at least 3 matches so I assumed it was worth looking into and sent an in-game report for botting. After I mentioned that I have reported the player, he started talking back. Whether the person was using a bot or not, it still ruins the game for everyone else while it rewards someone exploiting the system.
I know which one you’re talking about. Built on the same engine as GW2 or at least similar but lacks a lot of balance when it comes to class differences. There’s also the fact that Korean grinder MMOs are generally horrible and PVP is heavily based on gears instead of overall build and skill. There’s a lot of appealing features like vehicle mounts, gliders, naval ships, the “justice system”, and the trade system but give it about 2 weeks and these things easily lose their spark because there really isn’t much depth to any of them.
I recently left a major PVX guild from Blackgate and currently looking for a new guild along with a Lv80 Engineer. I have all 8 classes leveled to 80 and geared for PVE and WvW Roaming/Havoc/Zerg. I have a good amount of experience running with organized WvW groups and I frequently command in EOTM. We are looking for a guild that has at least some presence in WvW but also runs PVE activities.
We live in the US (East Coast) but play more during Oceanic/Nightowl hours although we also have some daytime play.
Feel free to mail/PM me in-game as well if you have room in your group for the 2 of us. Thanks and looking forward to playing with you guys.
You just have to learn how to mix-and-match armors with Charr. Minor clipping issues don’t really bother me since every race has theirs. As far as looking good as a Charr, I can say mine look pretty sweet in their wardrobe/weapon mix.
Any other players out there who went for the “light/dark” theme on their Charr?
I have my guardian, Shani Von Ducati, and my warrior, Alastor Nox. Guardian naturally strikes me as someone having a “good” aura whereas a warrior can go either way.
The paypal method now works for me, seems to be fixed. I posted yesterday about it not continuing to work even after the update, but just tried and was successful.
The window for the Paypal log-in doesn’t appear when I’m trying to purchase gems. The link for Paypal also doesn’t work when I try to click it. It was the same problem since 6/3/14.
Still waiting for mine. Finished my meta about 2 days into the tournament and frequently went to WvW/BG-TS to play. I’ve been in Blackgate all season (actually since pre-release) and my achievement says “1st Place” under the WvW tab for Spring 2014.
If Anet think of this as an exploit, why didnt they fix it since this happened in the initial Gauntlet.
After all, we used nothing more than the game provides us.
That’s the same excuse people who abused the Karma→Gold exploit made during the first week of GW2. Guess what? They all got banned.
The mechanics are obviously not intended and you can convince yourself all you want that it was a legitimate move to use this “trick” (exploit) but at the end of the day, you still cheated. The point is to challenge yourself when playing a game and to get better at it. Because you can’t accept that you keep failing and making mistakes, you opted for alternative cheap exploit route.
I defeated her on my thief using life stealing venom build (with Vampiric Runes, life steal Sigil). If i had full berserker armor (i had only 3 ascended and 2 rare trinkets), i wouldnt need to get her to phase 2 at all. with my build i got her to 25% then shifted her to phase 2 and bursted her. My weapons were 2 Mystic Pistols (berserker)
The problem is with the players, not the game design. If you can’t follow something as simple as “split groups”, you need to either skip these types of content or go back to playing your Fisher-Price toys.
Buy trade items ores/logs/linen (iirc gossamer has the best trade-in value for 100 bags?) then exchange them for donut tokens. use 35 donut tokens to buy Gauntlet tokens.
Lol..no need to nerf. I can kill Liadri 1/3 times now. I almost never fail to get past phase 1 unless I make a really stupid mistake and getting through phase 2 is as easy as kiting Liadri and moving around the slow zombie clones.
I find it stupid that some people have to exploit/cheat using the Lifesteal bug to try and kill her in Phase 1. It gives me great pleasure to watch these clowns get flushed down to the floor level when the timer runs out.
It overrides the mechanics of the fight and offers an advantage to the person utilizing it. If they intended for players to be able to DPS the boss during phase 1, even with reduced damage, then most players would probably never let Liadri get into phase 2. It is an exploit.
I was watching a player do a possible exploit on the Liadri match using a certain class. According to a guildmate of the player, this can be done by 2 classes. It lets the player do damage to Liadri during the 1st phase of the fight. Since I can’t mention names and I don’t want more people abusing it, I won’t post the screenshots here but I will send them to anet if someone can please point me where to go.
If you want a fun challenge, try Queens Gauntlet and/or solo dungeon bosses for fun. Or you can play some spvp tournament or hunt down skilled roamers in wvw. Skill challenges aren’t really challenges.
LMFAO. How many good DB commanders are there anyway? The ones I’ve seen are afraid to drag their group that’s more than twice our numbers in open field zerg fights. Everytime we move in, they run back to hug their ACs and tower gates. Now they’re ramming walls as well? lol
I’d say why not but it would be unfair for everyone who crafted theirs. I wouldn’t mind if we could buy SOME ingredients for Ascended weapons/armors using badges + globs/laurels but not the item itself. I spend thousands of badges just for siege weapons and I can easily replace those by running around EOTM commanding the zerg on a k-train.
The way this works is you toss in whatever extra exotics you can spare into the MF and hope you get lucky. No sane person spends his life savings on a casino and expects that he is guaranteed to gain more money from doing so.
I can manage just fine running EOTM without VOIP but in EB/BL against other T1 or even T2 servers, knowing when and where to drop dps/water/res banner/veil/portal/dodge as a unit is very important. I’ve seen larger zergs melt like thin paper in rain because their cmd doesn’t know how to run the zerg or half their zerg doesn’t have VOIP so they go off doing their own thing in a zerg match.
T2 is not the place for some T1 servers to be. We were amused (the T1 guys) at how undefended important areas are and this is supposed to be in the Gold league. We saw gates that were never repaired, Garrisons that had full supplies and 0 upgrades — except for that 1 poor sap who tried to defend the lords room with 1 AC placed directly next to the lord champ (RIP). We’ve seen some terrible golem rushes where people just waste 10 Omegas and misuse them really badly.
I support unicorngirl.1487’s sentiment that the current mentality for EotM is ridiculous! I intend to form a guild specifically with the intent to defend points, Spectral Wall zerglings into the void, destroy bridges, and cause general mayhem and destruction for any zergling attempting to get a free ride to loot!
Viva la PvP!
Please…if you wanna go PvP, go to spvp. If you want to roam solo or in a small group to look for a challenge, then head to BL. Killing a roaming uplevel or organizing a group of Lv80s to hunt down a bunch of uplevels then going “Viva la PvP!” is ridiculous.
It’s funny when I actually bring a few of my guildies to hunt down groups of EOTM players like you until you end up looking for another overflow so you could “stomp noobs”.
