Guild Wars 2

dace.8019:

Belenwyn.8674:

• strong E-sports potential

Haha, yes, those were the days when we thought that too.

I still do.

I’m just waiting for them to realize it’s in 15v15 GvG and not in 5v5 sPvP. There are already good 5v5 games out there, not going to get that audience. But the large group combat market is still available for the taking.

I don’t know how to go about giving critique, feedback, and suggestions.

On one hand, they introduce leagues to promote competition and rivalries between servers. On the other hand, they remove the matchup forums and refuse to address GvG properly.

This game is full of inconsistent and paradoxical design all the way through.

It seems like a waste of time to give our vision when the dev team has no vision.

Anyone else on EU get one or just you?

Contradictory game design

They nerf zerker because DPS builds are too powerful.
A few weeks later, they’re nerfing boon duration making support builds less powerful
A few weeks later, they’re introducing indomitable making control builds worthless

They wonder why there’s so much hostility on the forums. Make up your mind and quit constantly contradicting yourselves.

Are you going to provide the funds to pay for all that coding?

Ideas are great, unless it’s free, ANet won’t do it.

Screw MERC.

Runs from us 6 days a week but comes out on Friday to roll our lowbies karma training.

The argument against farming is just stupid.

Higher supply means lower cost, you don’t have to be an eco major to understand that.

Nerfing loot hurts everyone even if you’re not interested in chasing loot. No matter who you are, you still have to interact with the people around you. If they’re in a happy mood, they will project positively towards you. If they’re kittened off because of the bad loot, they’re going to make your life miserable.

Had the pavilion given good loot, everyone would be working together, coordinating, and having a blast like the Marionette. But because it gives such terrible loot, no one will even try, and everyone is kittening on the forums.

Just my opinion,

A good video game is something you can just pick up, play and enjoy. If you have to spend more time organizing your forces than actually playing the game, it’s bad design.....loot or no loot.

I have to agree with the sentiments of others.

People wouldn’t skip trash if the loot was better. Taking an hour to clear a full dungeon path makes no sense when you can show up at a world boss for 20 seconds and get 3x the loot.

I hear that a few of the SoR original guilds on TC are planning on leaving after league. Going to Tier 2/3 because they’re tired of politics and want to focus on GvG.

We went from terrible rewards to paying for no rewards.

Sounds like a step in the right direction.

SFShinigami.2015:

Its a rumor thats probably rooted in the rogue BG players that put accounts on TC with guild names/tags similar to real ones and started doing bad things we can’t talk about here. It was obviously just a few random idiots and I doubt anyone with real power in BG, but it did happen.

To be fair, I have an account on BG that I use to follow KnT and ND around. Nothing makes me happier than getting to stomp some of my guildmates from time to time.

Its a self fulfilling prophecy.

Players leave due to lack of updates. Dev sees declining player base and lack of revenue so attention is put elsewhere. Cycle repeats.....

Let’s face it, nobody is getting attention right now. There hasn’t been a dev post of detail on any of these forums in a month. They’re focusing all resources on China release, they must consider NA/EU release to be a lost cause.

Aberrant.6749:

If you’re in T1 it’s zerg or shoot people in the back as they try to run to their zerg. Seriously… 1v3 and people are running away. Oh the skill and amazing gameplay : / I’ve never seen as bad players on other servers as I have in T1

This only happens during NA prime.

There’s very little zerging in T1 during off hours especially if you’re not in EB. Most of the guilds run about 20-30 in size and will not run from larger forces.

About the only large zerg during off hours is JQ’s EB force led by Cloud Fly. That dude runs at least 60 deep and always uses open field siege. It’s why most of TC’s off hours guilds avoid EB.

Grindy content > No content

Pay to win = okay
Play to win = not okay
#bglogic

The agreement is that TC and JQ will compete in week 9 from reset on Friday till reset on Monday. At that time the current leader in points will be considered the undeclared winner. At that time the loser will take the rest of the week off allowing SoS to finish 2nd. This will result in SoS finishing 3rd overall pushing BG to 4th.

As someone said in the other thread,

We hear your complaints, they may very well be logical and justified.

We don’t care.

Content is only new once.

Killed one angry skelk stalker, you’ve killed them all.

Habib bailed a year ago.
Allie bailed a month ago.
Devon was feared off the ledge in eotm by a necro.
Josh ate 1000 lasers trying to defend B point on skyham.
Chris was trampled by a horde of robe-wearing dolyaks.
Colin is stuck in 2013 celebrating the Hawks SB with the Doge.

There’s just nobody left. We are all alone!

Lord Kuru.3685:

“Hello,
Please note that we do not allow Match-up threads on the Guild Wars 2 forum. You can read about our forum changes here:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Guild-Wars-2-Forum-Moderation-Updates
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/wuv/wuv/Upcoming-Forum-Changes-to-WvW-Match-ups-Sub-forum
The WvW Community has created a new space for Match-Ups and other off-topic discussion. You can find the Player Community-run site here:
http://www.GW2WvW.net”

If this patch was as amazing as some of you pretend it to be, you’d be playing the game right now and not arguing with a bunch of forum trolls.

Truth be told, every ’positive’ post on here is just vindication for the haters.

gold nerf = worse economy

While they nerfed all the ways you can make gold in game, they didn’t nerf the ability to just buy it with real money. Meaning there’s going to be an influx of gem store gold without the supply that comes from farming. You can expect all prices to rise significantly.

Thank you indeed!

Thank you for reducing coin gained from events.
Thank you for removing the FG champ train.
Thank you for nerfing crit damage by 10%. Those HP sponge dungeon bosses were dying way too quickly.
Thank you for adding fail timers to world bosses. We loved it when you did this the first time.
Thank you for not allowing PvPrs to change clothing for free anymore. Mouches!

I know when I logged in yesterday my first thought was ’this game doesn’t have enough grind’, well... Thank you for adding more.

Yeahh...............

I shall look forward to the day I may once again jump on your dead corpse.

First change they’ve made in 20 months that favors small groups over zergs.

At 10s per death, no group of 30 would ever challenge a group of 60. Everyone would just bunker behind open field siege and run in megablobs. It would be the end of guild groups, havoc groups, and roaming.

Server: Blackgate
Race: Human
Class: Warrior

Go full berserker gear with greatsword. Spam the ’2’ key.

8/10.

Would watch again, disappointed by lack of flying golems. Full BG tactics not disclosed.

SoS will finish 2nd overall.

Due to the way a swiss style tournament is designed, TC, JQ, SoS, and Mag will all be tied in score entering the final week of the tournament. TC and JQ will be paired against BG thus resulting in a 2nd + 3rd finish meanwhile SoS will play Mag and DB which will result in a 1st place finish causing them to vault over JQ and TC.

This is a guarantee, there is no other possible outcome.

About 6 hours after your normal play time.

I paid 550 gold for ’The Hunter’ strictly for its skin. The ’Dwarven Plated Sniper Rifle’ which is very common in sPvP shares the same skin. Am I upset that I paid 550 gold for a look many others will now get for free? Absolutely not.

How other people play their game does not affect me. I am still happy with the way my character looks.

Seigfried.5938:

Good to see Blackgate going strong! When it comes to map politics and server organization, JQ and TC are miles behind. BG does so well because of the hardwork of server leaders behind the scenes who don’t get much, if any, credit for all the time they put in. Seeing JQ in 3rd makes me more happy

I agree. Blackgate is the better organized server.

That being said, I do NOT want to play against dead weight Maguuma and Dragonbrand. The only way to avoid having to play those two is to team up with BG against JQ.

The Swiss style scoring system basically forces us to ignore Blackgate.

Wow these are amazing ideas!

Can’t believe no one has suggested them before.

Sounds like a good change to me.

Blackgate is just better.

They’re a better organized server with more players that are willing to dedicate their time to the cause.

azizul.8469:

it all depends on the outcome if this week’s match up. if JQ beat TC then you’ll the result as i’ve predicted… if TC beats JQ, then it will become different story…

It wouldn’t change anything, just switch TC and JQ in the model.

Buffy.9246:

Why do people assume sos will beat tc/jq?
SOS will not beat either.

You’re right. SoS will never beat TC or JQ in a matchup but they will still finish 2nd. It’s the swiss style scoring.

5 Wins and 4 Thirds beats 4 Wins and 5 Thirds.

Reverence.6915:

If TC plays hard for second place, they can pull an upset over JQ. That’s not to say it would be easy. JQ has the strongest Oceanic and SEA in T1, so trying to win over coverage like that is quite tough (continuous coverage from NA to EU). It’ll be how each server manages their PvE carebears, as we’re more or less queuing up 2-3 maps all day long

As for t2 servers, they could also pull an upset by deciding a 2v1 on a target of their choice. AGG and NS being on SoS basically means that in a JQ, BG and SoS matchup, BG is looking at a 2v1 on at least 2 maps during NA. If it’s TC, BG and SoS, it might be a little more random.

Even if TC beats JQ, it wouldn’t change anything.

BG 1st
SoS 2nd
Mag 4th
DB 6th

These are locks to happen because of the swiss style format. Between JQ/TC one of them will finish 3rd and the other finish 5th. That result will be determined by the week 9 matchup. Assuming BG doesn’t lose a matchup, the next 8 weeks are meaningless.

Julie Yann.5379:

If this turns out to be true, AWESOME!!! I can go the whole 9 weeks without the JB BG blobfest. Even better, I get to kill Mags the whole time.

If you’re on Dragonbrand, you’re never going to face Blackgate. It’s going to Mag every week and SoS 50% of the time and the JQ/TC loser the other 50%.

I made it to lvl 4 in TESO. The combat is terribly clunky and the PvE is beyond dull.
Honestly, I didn’t make it an hour. You’re not missing anything....

azizul.8469:

based on the swiss style tournament, and ranking system, you’ll see only SoS and TC switching groups week in week out. BG will always be stuck with JQ, while Mags will always be stuck with DB.

My Prediction :

1. BG – 45 pts
2. SoS – 29pts
3. JQ – 27pts
4. Mags -27pts
5. TC – 25pts
6. DB – 9pts

assumption : winner 5pts, 2nd place 3pts, 3rd place 1 pts in every match up

Yup, you’re exactly right. Here’s the schedule:

Week 1:
BG vs JQ vs TC
SoS vs Mag vs DB

Week 2:
BG vs JQ vs SoS
TC vs Mag vs DB

Week 3:
BG vs JQ vs TC
SoS vs Mag vs DB

Week 4:
BG vs JQ vs SoS
TC vs Mag vs DB

Week 5:
BG vs JQ vs TC
SoS vs Mag vs DB

Week 6:
BG vs JQ vs SoS
TC vs Mag vs DB

Week 7:
BG vs JQ vs TC
SoS vs Mag vs DB

Week 8:
BG vs JQ vs SoS
TC vs Mag vs DB

Week 9:
BG vs JQ vs TC
SoS vs Mag vs DB

Results:

1. Blackgate (45)
2. Sea of Sorrows (29)
3. Jade Quarry (27)
4. Maguuma (27)
5. Tarnished Coast (25)
6. Dragonbrand (9)

What I expect to see:

- Different color commander icons available on the gem store
- Teq and Wurm added to the LFD tool
- Removal of rally on defeated opponent

Perhaps we should wait and see what their 3 days of ’Facilitating Friendly Play’ brings before we get the pitchforks. Might be reward improvements there.

johnnymiller.5968:

It seems to have settled down; One of the major problems were those ddos attacks.

Funny that’s its settled down for you.

I’ve had the worst lag I’ve ever had in game the last 2 days. Disconnecting every 10 minutes or so, my guildmates say that my character is warping around the screen. I’m seeing everyone else warping around. But I know it’s not my connection because other games and voice comms are perfectly fine.

Healix.5819:

Personally, I haven’t repaired since launch. I don’t even know what it costs. I repair about once a month, completely funded by repair canisters from the daily.

In general, the change is good.

The one problem I see is those bad players that lay dead until revived. Now they won’t have to pay any fees, whereas everyone else is going to waypoint. Dead people shouldn’t be revivable imo.

runeblade.7514:

I think it will have the most negative impact in WvW.

In WvW, there is no waypoint fees. Only repair cost.

It keeps psychological warfare which is routing. If they think that the zerg they are in will fail, they’ll flee. If there is only losses if they keep staying, then there is no point in fighting further. It keeps the mentally of “I don’t want to die.”

People will still run away because they don’t want to die. It’s only the people that were running away because they didn’t want to risk a fee that will now change their attitude.

Removing the repair fee is a positive for WvW. Having to pay to get zerged was a complaint I saw often. Now more people will be willing to run against the zerg and play kamikaze style.

Very much agreed. This is a great change for WvW.

Fighting a 40v14 battle is usually a lost cause so everyone would just run. Paying repair bills for a fight you can’t win was really dumb.

Now you won’t have to run and if you can pick off a few from the zerg it’s a win.

More fighting and less running is exactly what WvW needed.

No repair costs is a great change and long overdue.

There’s no reason to run from outnumbered fights in wvw anymore. You can die and not feel like you’re wasting your time.

Olba.5376:

Conditions are the big kitten in WvW anyway, so it’s not gonna be that major.

It’s more of a PvE thing, toning down the damage of the top bracket.

Arrow Carts…..

Just build more Arrow Carts….

Retsuko.2035:

It still motivates players to move over to the more stacked servers right now, simply because they don’t want to get the weapon after the 3rd tournament, but want it now.

That’s the point.

They want you to stack. They want you to transfer. They want your money.

If it was about building a better game, we’d have account bound WXP by now. But we don’t have it because it doesn’t make them money. Money money money money money…..

If you’re interested in racing, there are good racing games out there.
If you’re interested in survival, there are good survival games out there.
If you’re interested in sports, there are good sports games out there.

I don’t buy Madden with the expectation of playing Frogger.
I don’t buy MMOs with the expectation of playing Mini-games.

Its working correctly, there’s just not enough players queuing to start a match.