Guild Wars 2

Unless I’m mistaken, GW2 is the only game which doesn’t encourage team play by allowing a full team stack to queue together in a ranked game mode.

It makes no sense that in such a team and rotate based game mode that you are limited to only 2 people in a party, and even then have to play with 3 random players who may or may not communicate, can afk, and the team in general could be running a very bad comp and there in nothing you can do about it but accept defeat.

There is no synergy, proper communication and organisation at all within these pug teams, and for those who wish to actually take the mode seriously and try their best to rank as high as possible have to rely on ANet’s RNG matchmaking to give them a half decent team.

One great player is simply not enough to carry in this game mode, it takes a team, SO WHY NOT ALLOW A TEAM TO PLAY TOGETHER?

Get your stuff together, Arena Net. This is beyond a joke.

/rant over

Ventari Revenant is currently a running kitten joke.

yep, experienced the same thing when i returned. Not quite 1k ping but it was bad. Still experiencing it here and there. ANet just don’t care about us

+1 but everywhere in the game.

I have been playing this game since launch at roughly 200-250 ping (which is more or less standard AU connection to NA servers). However, I took a month or two break to return to an average of 340-370 ping? I would have originally thought maybe it is my connection however I have another Australian friend who is also averaging the same ping and he also used to get 200-250 ping.

This issue only occurs in GW2 and nothing else, so I was wondering if there was some sort of change to the GW2 servers and if this ping will improve at all?

Playing at 200+ ping has always been a disadvantage as it is, but adding over 100 on to that almost makes PvP/WvW impossible. Please fix your servers.

This is what i mean, and i’m still waiting.

Outside of PvP seasons, there is very little reason to play ranked pvp as the queues take a very long time and there isn’t really much benefit as opposed to playing unranked.

I think Arenanet should make the season rankings a full time thing, like other games where you do not have to be in the middle of a season to get a rank, and ranked play is just a part of the game instead of being in a season. (eg CSGO)

Sure the seasons are fun and all, but outside of them it is really pointless to even have ranked still there, and when you do queue unranked you get matched with players who say “its only unranked, i’m just practicing” such and such, so for us competitive players it really sucks because in order to get matched with players who are half serious and have a relatively similar skill level we have to wait 15-20m queues for ranked, which gives us no benefit.

Please do something about this.

I still want anet to fix the fps issues, its really bad.

Apparently a larger arena in a separate instance is coming in the future around the same size as OS. I hope this doesn’t take years..

a big +1 for what Chaszyrr said!

I agree ^ – Spectators can currently see red on red which is a really hard to tell what is going on.

But on top of that, spectators can see both teams in stealth. As you can imagine that is unfair when people can tell their guilds where the enemy team is in stealth.

I love the idea of the arena, i just think there are some things Anet needs to work on to perfect it.

The guild arena in the gilded hallow is way too shiny and it affects many people’s FPS dramatically. On ‘Best performance’ settings I am only getting 25-30 frames with nobody else around me (way less when my whole guild is in there), and I usually don’t have this problem anywhere else in the game for example in Obsidian Sanctum i would usually get 45-65 frames even when it is full of other players and on higher graphic settings.

I’m guessing this is due to both the shinyness of the arena and also because you have to load in the rest of the guild hall as well. So i believe the arena should become its own instance and you should no longer be able to fall out of the arena, which brings me to my next point.

The arena is simply too little for people to be able to fall off of it. A thief can very easily fall off of it using withdraw and in big group fights such as 10v10 and 15v15 there just isn’t enough space to move around without having a high chance of being knocked off of the edge. So either the arena needs to be bigger or there needs to be a barrier to prevent you from falling off without having to use the Arena Wall decorations, because that just makes the arena smaller than it already is.

Please work on some stuff, i would love to hear about it.

The aetherium boosts still aren’t working and i thought it would have been fixed after we were refunded all our influence. I just spent another 100,000 influence and it still hasn’t been fixed..

I’ve yet to play condis on the revenant, does anyone know much about it?

I haven’t played much of staff yet, gonna try it out sooner or later

@Dionan thanks for the great feedback!

@Jayson, yes i agree the Revenant can be difficult 1vX, but it really depends on what you are fighting. A good thief can be very annoying due to so many blinds as well as the stealth cancelling out the sword 3 attack x_x

Suggestions for future videos/guides are welcome!

Hey guys!

Wondering about the new class, its capabilities and some early tips and tricks? I made a very brief overview to give everybody an idea of my early opinions of the class!

Feedback is greatly appreciated, thank you!

My guild is a WvW and GvG focused guild. The current server we are on is very hard to recruit on during North American prime time and with HoT coming out we are considering whether or not we should stay or leave.

So my question is, which servers honestly have huge potential for growing numbers within a NA guild?

I’d also know how to server and the tier its competes in is like during NA also. Good fights? Guilds? Blobs? etc

Thank you

bumping this

Currently, there are very little to no channels which people can visit to see mind blowing competitive GW2 footage, Top plays, Funny clips, GW2 News etc.

The community is currently very spread, and with this channel I want to attempt to change that and create a place where everybody can come to if they want to watch awesome footage!

In the future when the community is built i hope to host tournaments and competitions under GW2Hub.

The video explains the rest, remember to send in any awesome clips if you have any to HubGW2@gmail.com

WATCH THE INTRODUCTION VIDEO: https://youtu.be/5RRh7aTebIU

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Noodica.5428:

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This was a really nice video! The reaper/tempestorele combo looks really powerfu since you can literally sustain the reaper with boonspam.

Yep! you caught on to it Thats exactly what the aim was.

Also did you pull one of the songs near the end from the soundtrack of xenoblade chronicles X?

No all songs were from Attack on Titan.
First song is – Counterattack Mankind
Second song is – E.M.A

Yes >.> It is extremely annoying and as you can see in that first clip it happened to me multiple times :P – I guess running armor of earth could help with that.

Thank you for all the feedback guys.

I agree that there is still a fair bit that ANet needs to work on in regards to Tempest. Although it does do well with what it is supposed to do, there are still more viable classes/builds to play. Nonetheless, it is still fun Glad you enjoyed the footage!

nearlight.3064:

This was a really nice video! The reaper/tempestorele combo looks really powerfu since you can literally sustain the reaper with boonspam.

Yep! you caught on to it Thats exactly what the aim was.

Some beta footage of me and my buddy roaming on the new specializations. I am very new to ele let alone tempest, the only ele i’ve played is a little bit of D/D in PvP. I do not own a 80 ele and there are way better players out there.

I am playing cele, the focus of the build was not to do huge spikes of damage but rather to sustain, support and do good passive damage. If you enjoy drop and like and sub for more

With the introduction of guild halls in HoT, the GvG game mode is being supported and will be growing a lot larger!

If you are in need of a experienced GvG guild then [MM] from Sea of Sorrows is the right guild. We’ve just returned from a short break and are recruiting both experienced and new players who are interested in joining a GvG guild.

Classes we currently need:
-Guardians (2-3)
-Warriors (1-2)
-Eles (2-3)
-Necros (1-2)
-Thieves (1-2)
-Mesmers (1-2)
-Ranger (1)

Things I can guarantee:
- You will experience fast paced, exciting and intense teamwork in GW2.
- You will learn many new things about the game
- We will be theory crafting for HoT
- You will have a lot of fun
- You will be joining a warm and welcoming bunch of friends who you will actually enjoy being around

Message me in game or comment if interested: Noodica.5428

+1 i’m also curious about this.

+500
Been waiting way too long for this.

If you’re a mesmer who has GvG experience, wants to get into GvG, PvP/Duels a lot and believe you can do well in a GvG/WvW guild then please hit me up in game.

You will be tested through PvP etc, if we believe you’re a good enough player for the role, we will offer you a spot and the gold to transfer to our server. Hit me up in game.

Well said.. very well said!

bumping this <3

Bumping! We need a gank squad!

You still remember me <3

Greatest server me and my guild have been on. So toxic free and friendly

Guild – Midnight Mafia Inc [MM]
Server – Sea of Sorrows (T2 NA)
Website – gw2midnightmafia.enjin.com
Leader – Noodica (Noodica.5428)
Officers – Quickslvr (Quickslvr.7910), Van Arco (VanArco.6593)

Information:
Midnight Mafia was founded about 2 years ago, starting off as PvX guild which then turned into a hardcore guild for those interested in WvW/GvG.

Raids:
Raids can vary from times and days alike, however the current raid schedule is as follows:
Monday: 6pm-9pm PST
Wednesday: 6pm-9pm PST
Friday: 6pm-9pm PST
Saturday: 6pm-9pm PST

GvG:
MM is now actively accepting GvG’s again, since the roster is not fully complete it will vary in 15’s or 20’s. With the transition of getting more into the GvG scene again, MM will be focusing on team play, individual player skill and filtering those that cannot keep up.

Helpful community:
As it currently stands, MM is willing to help those who are motivated to learn and will push them to the best of their abilities in WvW/GvG play.

Rules
-No drama.
-Ability to join raids regularly.
-Teamspeak3.
-Players need to be experienced in both WvW and PvP.
- Positive attitude and mindset that will allow you to play at your best.
-NO CARE BEARS, harden up if you are to run with a hardcore guild. So that means no fair weathering.
-Competitive Spirit.
-Somebody who is willing to run guild builds and experiment new things.

Classes:
Currently recruiting all Frontline, Backline and Gank.

Please get in contact with us if you are interested.

Will tomes of knowledge still exist in the expansion and will we be able to use them on the Revenant?

Bump,
also keep being salty please ^

Looking for a serious wvw/gvg guild?
If you really are serious about improving with a team who have the same aspirations, whether you are on another server or not, we can workout a deal if we believe that you are worthy of being apart of the team.
[MM] Midnight Mafia Inc – Is beginning our ‘serious’ movement and are looking for players who are as serious about becoming the best as we are. Daily raids/scrims will be happening.

Mail me in game.

Why are servers such as Sea of Sorrows and Dragonbrand listed as “full”?

Its has been weeks now and i haven’t been able to play WvW with a couple of my friends who were looking to transfer to SoS because of this bug even though SoS is not nearly as large as the T1 servers it will be facing this tournament.

Dragonbrand is losing to Yaks Bend by a lot. SoS will get demolished against T1 servers.

It isn’t fair on either server and it isn’t fair on those who want to play with their own friends in WvW.

Great ideas and I completely support this, however keep in mind that Anet is obviously trying to make as much money off of this game as they possibly can with the gem store considering it is a subscription free game. Gems are Anets way of making money, transfers = gems, and if the mega server is put up you will see a large decrease in guilds that are paying to transfer which’ll result in less money for Arena net. Just my opinion to be honest, but I’d be buzzing if they did this!

As far as mid-tier servers go, i can guarantee that there isn’t a better place to go. Whether you’re aiming for hardcore skill groups who raid daily, a tight knit community who have weekly server meetings, one of the most stable servers the game has ever seen with many backbone guilds here since launch and forever onward, fun fights or just a new home for your own guild without massive queues but many of the other benefits high tier servers, Borlis is the server for you!

WvW, GvG, PvE, PvX, PvP, Dungeons, Missions whatever it is, Borlis has it.

my gawd, bay on EBay BL was insane today..

MM + Rekz together showed to be quite unstoppable tonight. 35 vs queues was fun :P

[MM] Is still recuriting. We are in need of a couple more Necromancers, Guardians and a Mesmer! We will help you pay for your transfer and get your gear’d the way you need to be!

Wow, YB has become even more stacked than SBI & Maguuma :\ ..
I’m sure you two are having fun farming them like crazy tho.

Thank you so much [Orb] for the awesome openfield fights and GvG we had today. I still can’t believe we pulled of the 0-2 comeback when you were on your match point, but we did and i want to let you guys know that you done awesome and the fights were intense as hell! Here’s a video i put together of our GvG – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL0zYipzIIE
Much respect!

This seems like it’d be a fun matchup.. Oh and hey Yaks.. HAAAAA!!

Oh, so thats where [DIE] went after we wiped them..

Had one good fight with EBay today in SM, then after we finally killed them and got them out.. They disappeared
Ehmry and Crystal WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU!! Boringest PvD week ever.