Guild Wars 2

You do know how this movie ends right?

We’re your huckleberry…

This is a great guide, and a very well put together video. I have been using this method all morning (I have no alts, nor any desire to make them) and am getting very close to my first skin, so thank you very much!

That being said, I must point out that 6000 baubles an hour is completely unfeasible in this method. In order to get 6,000 an hour you would need to complete the run, including zoning in and out and buying the bauble bubbles, in less that 3:30 sec, which is simply not possible. My fastest time was 4:15 sec, which didn’t include trading in with Moto. A more practical estimate is around 4,500 bauble and hour, which is still great for me

Hickeroar.9734:

TC guys: This is what happens when you troll the forums. Learn to keep your mouths shut and do the rest of your server a favor.

KN is pushing ONLY TC right now and basically spawn camping EB.

FA is making TC look like fools on our own BL.

Good job, TC trolls. You deserve this. The rest (read: the vast majority) of us do not, but you earned it for us anwyay. Thanks.

BREAKING NEWS!!!! – TC trolls have done the unthinkable. They now possess the ability to mass log-off an entire server causing them to be outmanned in 3/4 of the WvW maps. More at 11….

An assumption is that people want their ingroup to have a positive image relative to outgroups, and so people want to differentiate their ingroup from relevant outgroups in a desirable way. If an outgroup does not affect the ingroup’s image, then from an image preservation point of view, there is no point for the ingroup to be positively distinct from that outgroup.
People can actively create certain images for relevant outgroups by stereotyping. People do so when they see that their ingroup is no longer as clearly and/or as positively differentiated from relevant outgroups, and they want to restore the intergroup differentiation to a state that favours the ingroup

Battou.7832:

I have had some really fun and frustrating fights the past few nights. Thanks guys and keep it up, we really have a beautiful thing going on here in T2.

^ This, this, this. This matchup has by far been the most fun week I have ever had in WvW. Thank you FA and KN.

Debsylvania.7396:

Edge.4180:

Tachenon.5270:

Big tough boss fights can be fun, but without something to show for it they soon lose their appeal. For me, at least. Also, locking part of the map away until a big boss is defeated… uh, we kinda have that in Orr already with some of the skill challenges. Not a fan of Orr. Thank goodness for guesting and TC.

I really don’t see the harm in allowing players to lose interests in particular world-bosses as they exhaust the content in zones and move on to different content. For some reason I’m doubting that, when creating these encounters, ANet envisioned players farming them multiple times a day, every day, like we do now.

These events have become a joke. Nobody is there because they’re interested in the event, nobody is “saving the world”.. they’re only interested in the loot. I deserve more of a reward for completing an event like “Prevent the pirates from stealing supplies from the Priory camp” than a loot pinata like “Defeat Tequatl the Sunless”. People are attending these events for the wrong reason, a reason that sounds a lot like “I can get a rare for two minutes of work”. What a huge waste of design and potential.

You’re painting with a very broad brush. Please don’t presume to speak for everyone. I very much appreciate the presence of these world boss fights as well as the prizes doled out at the end. A rare at this stage of the game isn’t much more valuable than receiving a green, so it’s not like the rewards aren’t as over the top as you describe. The potential to win something better, a precursor for example, is part of the fun. I don’t understand why you begrudge this to so many.

Most importantly, moving these fights to someplace less accessible would be a terrible mistake. They lend so much flavor and drama to the game, it would be such a loss to see them go. IMO, there is no waste of design and potential here. On the contrary, there is an abundance of both.

Considering that most greens sell for about 2 silver, max, and yellows sell for 30 silver and give you the chance to salvage them for ectos, I would say there is a great difference in the value of greens vs. yellows. As for the “flavor and drama” I am not sure I agree with this. What flavor and drama is there in standing on a rock, auto-attacking a dragons ankle, suffering through insane lag while watching videos or reading? How heroic do you feel killing a dragon when he/she (hate to imply) will just be back in 2 1/2 hours to die, unglorified, again?

KorbanDallas.7389:

Yes, they are ridiculously easy with a lot of people around. Before the new drop table here, there used to be a lot less people going against the dragons at any given time, making them quite a bit tougher to deal with. Throw enough people at something, and any challenge in this game will be easy (with the exception of dungeons, which you can’t throw more than 5 at).

You are correct. I used to run dragons for a similar reason as you, I just wanted to experience the content. Dragon fights with 10 people are much different that what most people currently experience with dragons, which is standing still auto-attacking a dragon in the ankle. As for a solution to this, I don’t know. There are plenty of people here and at Anet who can come up with great ideas to fix this. If you take away the yellows, without putting them in somewhere else, the price of yellows and ectos goes back up. Probably the same result if you took the dragons off timers.

I think the people who are saying “where do you want people to farm” are dead on. ANet may not “want” farming, and may try to discourage people from doing it, but they still will and they will look for the fastest, easiest way to do it.

Well, In my opinion, they need to do something. When this game launched I remember listening to the manifesto video and developer comments about “not wanting players to play the UI” and “We want gamers to view the things they do in the game as meaningful and world changing.” Well, I’m sorry but standing in a lag fest with lord knows how many people (thank you culling) while we all repeatedly shoot a dragon in the ankle so that we can get the loot that no longer drops anywhere else (or is not a guaranteed drop) is not meaningful, fun, or engaging. Honestly, its pretty lame.

When this game came out I remember showing my friends an in-game dragon battle. Mind you this was pre-broken, so there were a decent amount of people there but not overwhelming, and the fight was tough and took a while. They all thought that was pretty cool and 2 of them went and bought the game. Now when I go to a dragon I just stand where everyone else stands, hit #1 auto attack, and read or watch videos. All I need is 1 hit and I got a guaranteed yellow. I just don’t see how this is what you do if you supposedly want to prevent people from farming. It is lame, cheap, and poor design.

YES! Maguuma, thank you for this, made my day

You are a quirky bunch, I like you!

Fight on the field, have fun on the forums.

Good luck to both Magguma and DB, looking forward to seeing you on the battlefields!

/salute

The lag on TC yesterday seems to be exactly what you all are describing. Until recently, I never had any issues with lag, and it did not matter what the size of the groups were. Maybe I’m not seeing the true # of people there now, but I could not use any skills, only auto attack.

Fix this. Nothing kills a game faster than an unplayable laggy experience.

I agree, guests on any server should be the first sent to the overflow. I have been on TC since day 1, and yesterday I actually had to guest on a different server to fight the dragons and grind some ORR missions. I would sincerely ask those even thinking about transferring here, is it worth your money to transfer if you will have to guest on other servers to do content?

Here is a quick story that may provide an analysis of the situation. When I was in college, my small group of friends started to go to a small local bar because it was quieter and more fun than the large, massively populated places. After a while, more and more of our extended friends group started to join us. Eventually, we had created an awesome place for our like minded friends to hang out. But… people started to brag about how great what we had was, and how much fun we were having at “our” bar. Within a few weeks this info had spread and pretty soon the fraternity and sorority groups that we were seeking to avoid started to show up in our new place. It wasn’t long until what we had was gone, and we had to find greener pastures.

TL;DR – be careful bragging about the great thing you have, pretty soon everyone will want it and it might become what everyone else already had.

rootnode.9546:

Over 1000 posts and they are still not saying anything at all. Communicate with us

I agree, the silence from Anet, in a thread they started, is deafening. I find it hilariously ironic that devs have enough time to post on every page of a thread about the Final Rest item, but can’t be bothered to even pop into this thread and say, “we are listening.” Couple this with the massive lag fest which was every event I tried to participate in yesterday, and I am starting to question whether Anet is purposely tanking this game.

ESO… 2013

I have to agree with the majority of the posts that have been added to this thread. I think this new guild mission system is a slap in the face to small guilds a blatant disregard to the supposed philosophy that this game was designed to implement. “Play how you want” they said, but you will have to play the way they want you to if you want to experience the content they are slowly leaking. “No gear grind” They said, as the introduce a new set of gear with higher stats. “You can access this new gear from many ways” they said, but you will need to play how we want you to play in order to get that gear.

Bottom line, I was the biggest supporter of this game until recently. I thought many of the changes they made in this game really moved MMO’s forward, however they now find themselves at a turning point. Need I point out that Elder Scrolls Online releases this year, and from what I have seen they will be incorporating many of the ideas that GW2 has introduced, except that they have the luxury of learning from Anets mistakes. , and I’m sure they are listening.

TL;DR – Look back at your manifesto, you have strayed away from it and it will be the downfall of this game.

Waage.2047:

Handin.4032:

Since CnD is not an exploit, it isn’t breaking integrity. There’s a simple way to counter a CND thief…leave some necro traps, or camp the dead bodies, and spam one. In most keeps/towers there are only a limited number of walls that can hit for damage, so just spam your 1 near there, or lay some AoE’s, and you can find the thief nice and fast!

Fyi, I don’t appreciate the ram being built on my face I even gave you Chocolate Oranges!

Well it dose help to paint your guild in a special light. IF this is how you want to act then go right ahead.

All your ideas for what we need to do is not doable in any way shape or form. We do not have time to check every wall every few secound for one kittenhief who can perma stealth. We are already stretched thin holding what we have taken and if have to use 20 mins hunting down a single thife then that is 20 mins less for supply, 20 mins less to fight, 20 mins less to try and force the fight a way.

There are many questionable things in this game, but that thing has no counter at the moment. It is not only a few walls if you do it right you can go stealth on every dam attackable wall and even when i have enough i can spread my entire army out for 20 mins on a outer wall. We would lose every thing else on the map.

Funny, I see no shortage of Blackgate players using Skale Venom and tossing gears/spiky fruit. I guess the memo on playing “honorably” didn’t get circulated enough…

I am enjoying this match-up with Blackgate and Kaineng.

/deepbow

Why do posts like these… make me think of this…

I personally do not have a toon that could use this staff, nor did I even know it existed until I stumbled upon this thread. That being said, I think what is happening here is awesome! I have no problem with this item being so rare and hard to find, I actually wish there were more items like this in the game. It is sandboxy stuff like this that often will give players a reason to log in and work together, and it is just the coolest thing to watch or be a part of. Awesome job Anet, and way to go community! This is exactly why I prefer MMO’s, if I wanted to be able to get any item, anytime I wanted, I would just go play my PS3

Is anyone else having skill delay lag tonight? I have been playing this game since launch and have never had any lag in WvW. Tonight on TCBL however, I was experiencing 3-5 seconds of lag when trying to execute skills, sometimes even longer. This makes playing near impossible. Anyone else?

I gotta say, as a thief and a avid supporter of our class, they need to remove the ability to stealth via cloak and dagger on a wall or gate. This seems like an abuse of the mechanic, and it would be great if someone from Anet could let us know whether or not this is considered exploiting. I may, or may not have tried this before, and may or may not have rezed a mesmer who was dead inside a tower so that they could portal an army inside. If I did do this, (pressing #5 repeatedly on a wall) I would feel dirty and sullied.

CassieGold.7460:

Here’s the question I would pose to you: If you could make one change to the state of crafting to make it better, what would it be?

I like this discussion, and you raise some very valid points CassieGold. First, I don’t see you as being obtuse about what to craft. If you have a few trade secrets that you have learned and wish not to share them, that’s completely understandable, but I gather what you said is more true, its a moving, ever changing target. As for the strategy you use, yes it does sound complicated, but I’m also not that smart :P I guess I can give it a shot, but it seems a lot like playing the stock market (which I don’t do either!) Your tip about the precoursers was most appreciated, and something I will be keeping an eye on.

I guess if I could make one change to crafting, it would be to make it more customizable. I am in complete agreement that not everything you craft should turn a profit, but I know I would pay good money for gear that was crafted with my name on it, personalized gear that could be bind on equip, or not, chances are I would never sell it anyway! I will break the rules and give a second change, what if crafters could mix and match stats? Like cond dam, vit, tough… or whatever combo you wanted>?

CassieGold.7460:

1) Crafting does provide a host of skins that are not available elsewhere
2) Crafting does provide a method to completely gear a character (asside from ascended gear, but that’s a whole other thread)
3) Crafting plays a role in obtaining the most valuable items in the game (legendary)
4) Crafting can provide an income opportunity for people who learn how to craft for profit.

Given all of that, I fail to see what crafting is not doing for us that it should be….

Well, lets take a look at these.

1) agreed, crafting can provide skins that are not available elsewhere in the game.

2)True, but why on earth would you spend the resources to craft gear that you can buy on the TP for 20% of the cost of materials? If you have the mats, they are more valuable if you sell them on the TP and buy the gear, then to use them to make it yourself. While I agree, you CAN gear a toon out through crafting, its not the most efficient way by any means. You are basically wasting your money.

3)Agreed, crafting plays a role in creating legendary weapons. Of course, you would need to have a precourser in order to make any use of this benefit from crafting, and they aren’t exactly available to many, butthat is a whole different topic!

4)I guess, but if you want to make 10 copper per crafted item, you might still be better off selling the raw materials. If I need to consult a website like spidey to find out what item to craft today 1000 times in order to make 10 silver profit, I would much rather do something else with my time.

It just seems like a broken system when the only time I ever revisit the crafting station is to refine 10 items to get my daily. Of course, I could then sell those 10 items and make myself a 5 copper profit… At every step, crafting costs you money and time and provides very little benefits. I hope Anet revisits crafting in the future and gives players a reason to craft.

As many have said, GC is good for small engagements in WvW, but 1 bad AEO or CC in a big fight and you are done for! I prefer Conditions, I can survive in big battles and do very well flipping camps and slapping yaks. There is nothing more enjoyable than watching people guard a yak as it bleeds to death, while you hide in stealth!

There is a great condition build using only shadow arts, acrobatics, and trickery which will give you 100% condition duration, 1300+ condition damage, and plenty of survivability. Just need the proper runes and sigils.

Don’t do it! You will spend more time and money than it is worth. Check the prices of the materials you will need to craft items as you level. At every stage you will spend far more money than simply buying the item of the TP. You can still farm mats, but sell them and buy the product. Crafting is completely broken in GW2!!

What is wrong with crafting? In short.. just about everything! Crafting is a waste of gold and time. Most anything you would like to craft is cheaper to buy from the TP. This is at all levels. I recently tried to level crafting with an alt as I moved him to 80. The first thing I can create are level 10 blue gear. When I go to try and make the gear I realize that the components I need to use sell for about 1 silver, the finished piece sells for 18 copper.

Honestly, what is the point? I really hope that someone at Anet is aware of the fact that crafting in this game is horribly broken and a complete waste of time and money.

Everybody love Everybody!!!

Good point, I was just about to create a thread asking why is crafting so broken. I recently decided to make my first alt, I know…I’m slow. I leveled up 2 crafting skills on my first toon during the first 2 months of the game, and have not really played with crafting too much because it seemed like the raw materials were worth far more than any finished components or final pieces. On my new toon, I decided to level crafting as I gain levels, ie. make my own gear at each stage. This was a great idea for about 3 1/2 minutes until I realized that even at level 10, crafting is a money sink and quite pointless. For example, to make a level 10 weapon, I need 1 insignia which require 3 tier 1 mats. The tier 1 mats (tiny claws maybe) cost 31 copper per, and 3 are needed. The insignia they make sells for 18 copper. Thats right, 18 copper. So that means if I wanted to make my own gear, I would spend at least 5 times as much to do so. Based on this, I ask…why bother? What is the point of crafting?

One idea I have had to make crafting more fun might be to allow the crafters to custom name the items they make. If this cost issue can not be resolved, and I don’t know if I have ever seen a crafting system which places the highest value on raw materials and the value of the materials decreases at each stage of further refinement, then allowing us to put custom names on the gear we make might give crafters a reason to pay more money to make the gear. Until then, its just a waste of money, for no benefit.

For those about to YAK…..

We salute You!!!

We may be onto something here…

Habib said "During the time it takes for players to change maps it is possible for there to be a queue even if there are less players in a map than the maximum capacity because the players taking up those empty slots are still “in flight” between maps. "

So, if I log out in WvW, perhaps the system hasn’t been able to transfer me out of WvW, thus “locking” up my spot. The spot might stay locked until I log back in, when the system can finally transfer me to Lions Arch. All I can say, and it seems like many others posting here agree, is that the population I see on reset night with a 10 minute queue is much larger that the population I see later in the week with the same 10 minute queue. It would be great if Anet could look into this as a possible reason.

Ascii.9726:

Whats going on TC? SBI have 500% more in PPT then you do. The tides are turning…

You want the truth? Can you handle the truth?

I will tell you what is going on here, we on TC are getting our rally caps on. We have spent the week viciously and meticulously preparing many ruminant tonics and are prepared to storm your borderlands in memory of Fluffyhooves the Great. You watch, we will win the week and move up to tier 1 instead of SoR. Our spirits are strong and with the good grace given to us by the almighty Dolyak, we shall overcome.

“SoR is a classy server”….. Said no one ever

Jayne.9251:

Psykoyul. They do have Anet devs in game, have seen a number of them running around our server in WvW. You get more bees with honey m’dear. The fact that Habib took the time to let us know they’ve run tests was nice — they didn’t have to do that or let us know they did. I would imagine he’ll read this thread again today and take a poke around again. But as frustrating as it may be right now, it’s probably not a great idea to go on the offensive over it .. I know if I had the option of doing something on a long list of things that need to be done, I’d be more inclined to help out the folks who are being nice in their requests.

^ this…

And… I have been thinking and feeling the same thing recently. The other day we held nothing, and a rally call for the citadel came out. 20 people tops gathered. Where else could the missing people be, there was a queue. Last night I had an idea. When someone in my group logs out inWvW, their icon persists on the map, for a long time. Is there any possible way that people who log out inside WvW somehow continue to take up spots? Like I said, just a thought, may be valid or not.

Thanks!

Sunspots.9861:

Just want to point out, this was totally my idea, so yeah pass those cookie over k?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/suggestions/Full-WvW-Rating-Reset/first#post1243450

Great, a horrible idea that will go terribly bad. Thanks

So… after the end of free transfers and 2 + weeks of blowouts and meaningless WvW, Anet decides to reset the entire thing and create 8 weeks of blowouts and meaningless matches. This is the stupidest idea ever. The rankings were starting to sort themselves out, this next weeks matches were going to be fun. Now you want to place a 1st place Tier 8 server against a 1st place Tier 1? Gee.. I wonder how that will work out.

Personally, I think Anet doesn’t have a clue, they are about to make the next 8 weeks of WvW a blowout festival while ranking resettle, to probably close to what they are now.

Oh, and thanks for pointing out that the past 4 months of WvW has been “pre-season” Excellent, thanks for letting us know that AFTER IT IS OVER. I am sure glad to have wasted money, badges, and time on the “pre-season.”

Time to take a break from GW2, maybe look for a decent game run by people who know what they are doing.

ChonieRanchito.1270:

My plan is to get 2 of each rune for the +15% bleed duration on each set. I know sigils do not stack but I was not sure if runes do or do not.

I feel silly asking this, but do the sigils that give a 10% boost to condition duration stack? So 2 sigils would equal 20% condition duration?

EDIT: Also, is there a 100% cap on condition duration, meaning anything above 100% is a waste?

Thanks for any help here, wiki is a little less than helpful!

appledainty.8127:

I have a special message from Team Dolyak for our fellow Tier 2 Servers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgxHAo1zmIw

Join the Dolyak Parade! It is open to all servers across all tiers! If you don’t have one in your server, start one today Membership is free!

Appledainty, this was quite possibly the best thing I’ve ever seen.

Thank you

Peetee.9406:

OutspokenAardvark.9781:

For the record, I would pick BG keeping us at 45 PPT for 2 weeks and learn something rather than an inflated server with an even more inflated ego that refuses to bring the hurt out of cowardice.

For the record, we’re ticking at +545 right now and have control of your entire BL. That’s with about 25% of our active population in WvW. Most of our regulars are doing fractals/dungeons or leveling alts.

Two days ago you were ticking at +405 against the same force, what happened?

I’ll tell you what’s happening, you guys are quitting. A lot of the SoR commanders are patronizing you because we want a decent fight to help workout our inter guild coordination. Unfortunately outside of PiNK and AL, you’re all quitting.

You don’t want to be patronized, get back in WvW and give us a decent fight.

I guess you aren’t the only server that offers fractals/dungeons and alts. TC’rs are a funny bunch, we usually like to do what gives us the most fun. Sometimes that’s WvW, sometimes its dungeons, sometimes its alts, and sometimes it RP during all of the above. Your concern for our server and its well being are duly noted and greatly appreciated. I certainly hope we can find the time in our busy schedules to provide you with the training you need for tier 1

Please, don’t tell TC’rs who come here to express their frustration over the fact that we had been excited to finally have a match-up of 3 fairly even servers, to simply man up and deal with it. The whole point here is that because a WHOLE LOT of people just joined your server because THEY could not/would not simply man up and deal what was happening on their old servers and decided to bandwagon their way to the top. This match-up is beyond pointless, outnumbered at every encounter by double, upgrading keeps or buying siege is just a flat out waste of credits when a 40+ zerg will be whipping around to take anything they want, whenever they want.

Enjoy fighting alone for awhile, many of us will be taking a break from this fiasco.

I may be mistaken, but I think SWTOR uses similar controls. Left mouse turns character, right mouse turns camera, and you hold down both for movement.

Quells.2498:

An alliance doesn’t solve a problem really. It just usurps the first place server if it’s successful. You’ll still be battling for first and second place only against a different opponent. They’re useless.

Good point, an alliance certainly doesn’t guarantee a win for anyone, but you have to think it would increase the chances of a win for the bottom 2 servers. I think it is safe to say that unless something changes dramatically in TC and SOR, there is no way either will beat BG. Wouldn’t an alliance bring BG closer to score with #2 and #3? If yes, then 1st place would be within striking distance of all 3 at the end of the week, thus serving its purpose.

First off, happy New Year everyone!
Now, on to this topic of alliances…
I myself do not play WvWvW for the points. I play for the fights, and for the past 2 weeks the fights have been awesome! My hat goes off to both BG and SOR, you are both fantastic opponents and I have very much enjoyed fighting with you and learning from you. I personally do not care whether an alliance is formed or not, I just want to keep having good fights…. but, wanted to put out a few points of logic to debate. If you DID want to play for points, then your goal is to be #1 right? (To quote the great philosopher Ricky Bobby, “If your not first, your last.”) So, if one server has such an overwhelming Asiatic presence which virtually guarantees them 1st place, the only way to beat them would be to minimize the points they can get when they are not fighting unopposed. The only way to do this in my mind (again, not saying I support this) would be for the 2nd and 3rd place teams to gang up on the 1st place team. If you think of the points in WvW as a race, then it does no good for #3 to shoot #2 in the legs. #3 will simply move to #2 and will never be #1. Now, if an alliance were formed and #1 could be brought down to an equal level as the others, then all 3 servers still have a shot at #1. The final days of the week would be a shootout for the top spot.

I can completely understand why BG would not want to face this, who would! But what reasons would those playing for points and the win from both SOR and TC have for NOT doing this? I’m not trying to get flamed or troll this thread, I think there are many people in this thread who have shown ability to have a reasonable discussion and exchange of ideas, I am just asking their opinions to help clarify my own.

I was able to quickly figure out that the sigils that give a bonus per kill indeed do not stack. The % bonus sigils however, I have been running because I thought they DID stack. How can I test this to find out? If I am wasting a sigil to try and get 10% + 10% bleed duration, I kinda need to know so I can switch one out! Thanks in advance for any info on this!

Corvindi.5734:

Raziel.1853:

And why do you think they introduced this? Because before the forums explode because wasn’t enough stuff to do in PvE.
You don’t want that gear, then don’t go for it, its not like you need it. I understand your frustration, but its players that made Anet take this decision, if people didn’t want this Anet would not introduce it to the game.

Then I propose the following:

Those who want this grind, go for it. Those of us who don’t should get a five minute quest involving bopping bunny rabbits on the head with a giant mallet. At the end, we get all the gear you guys get for your months of repetitive grind and hundreds and hundreds of gold.

Sound good? I bet we got a deal, right? You happy, we happy, only the bunnies, they not happy, but who cares about bunnies?

I Sir, care about the bunnies.

Mhyrria.4160:

Baladir.2736:

Greep.6394:

Baladir.2736:

lmfo. All this thread does is show that people dont’, can’t read.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/leah-rivera-on-the-new-fractals-of-the-mist-dungeon/

We don’t need to use the new gear to run the dungeon. If we run it over and over and over, it will get harder. After some point, it gets so hard that you need the new gear to offset how hard it gets. By that time, people would have gotton the drops they needed. When a group runs it, it will never run harder than that highest difficulty level of a player has successfullly attained.

This only affects people who grind. Everyone else can do all the same content many many times at increasing difficulty. I don’t see the problem.

I can read fine, but you can’t. You do know they said they’re bringing ascended to WvW right? That’s my and many other’s reasons for quitting now.

The stats are virtually the same as any other exotic. There is no measureable difference to be seen in game, maybe a few percent. So someones crit will hit for 1030 instead of 1000 for a player with exotics. Whoopee! lol.

10 people critting for 300 more damage, 100 people critting for 3000 more damage. Whoopee indeed right?

No, no whoopee at all. 300 more damage from 10 players is still nothing to worry about. My health pool is around 18K in WvW. 300 points of damage equates to .016 of my total health. That means barely 2% of my health pool for those 10 people. The numbers are the same for 100 people, but then again, if you have 100 people shooting at you, the fact they are wearing ascended gear wont be the cause of your death. People need to chillax.

All this negative talk is souring what has been, and will be, a great weeks worth of fighting. I am from TC and have never heard any mention of not fighting Yaks. I have fought many players from both servers this week, and have had some hilarious interactions from members of both servers as well. Just remember, the loudest voice isn’t always the most common voice, there are plenty of us out there who have much respect for those we are fighting on CD and Yaks. Keep up the good fights, and remember… have fun, it is just a game!

Holy cow, you would think this gear has already been released and tested with all the QQ going on in this thread. Does anyone think that waiting to see what it is, THEN QQ’ng would be a good idea? I understand the desire to not want a gear grind. I am also 100% in this boat and have no desire to get on that carousel of fail. But… I am also willing to wait until this new gear is released before slamming a game I have enjoyed so much, so far.

Strodor.6051:

Tried thief in PvP today and last night after getting annoyed with how much damage/ survivability a thief van pull off with little effort. If any of you seriously think this class is truly balanced then you’re kidding yourselves.

We’ll just wait and see what happens next patch.

I completely support the thief van nerf. Our vans are far superior to the vans of the other classes.

Thank you!!! I am getting beyond annoyed with all manner of bad players coming into our forums and complaining about getting killed by a thief in under 5 sec. Guess what… we die all the time in under 5 seconds and I never see thieves complaining on their forums about it. The fact is, most thieves understand that to get high reward we need high risk. I know the downside to playing a GC thief and accept my beatdowns as part of the job. My guess is that a majority of the players complaining about thief damage are either undergeared, improperly speced, or just plain bad.

I don’t recall Anet saying that complete balance between all specs and all professions was their goal. It is rock, paper, scissors and sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

You can buy gems with in-game gold, so you can buy a transmutation thingy. If you don’t know transmutation thingies exist, then I would wonder how you get internet in a cardboard box.

I was just looking through the runes for sale, and happened to notice the rune of the thief. I was not sure where to post this question, so hopefully this is the correct place. My question is, when I hover my cursor over this rune, 1-6 bonuses all appear blue to me. Since I am a thief, does this mean that I get all 6 bonuses by purchasing just 1 rune, or do I still need to buy 6 runes to get the 6 piece bonus. Sorry if this is confusing, but this is the only rune that has bonuses 1-6 blue when I hover my cursor over it. I would buy it and test it for myself but they are 1.5 gold each and I am poor!

Thanks for any help and please let me know if I can clarify this at all!