Guild Wars 2

Yeah, it’s terrible. The maps are still in beta apparently.

Maps like Temple and Legacy have been out for so long and yet people still get stuck in walls and are forced to character select and deal with 30 second respawns in ranked queue. Can we get an update on when the maps / game will be leaving beta and you can put out a product where games aren’t decided based on your poor map modelling?

This is still a bug. It has a higher chance of occurring after I’ve been commanding for a while and people use moa skills on me. Tonics seem to cause a likelihood of an issue as well.

+1, great idea.

WvW players are the red headed step child of ANET’s development team. Thank god we finally get some compensation for our years of living in the dog house.

I feel pretty comfortable speaking for my guild of 30+ people in saying that we couldn’t disagree more with you. Cannons are awful, and if anything, they should be nerfed, not buffed.

neven.3785:

Remove smc gates and remove the waypoint, the outter walls can be locked from siege placement. Put tier 3 buff a permanent reveal within smc walls

Yes. I’d take it a step further.

No walls, no gates, just an open structure with permanent reveal for the owner, and siege placement banned. T3 SMC ruins EBG, and I’m saying this as someone on Maguuma who usually has T3 SMC.

Sorry, ANET has decreed that GvGs are violations of their game mode.

It has been sayed.

As someone who has been in the GvG community for some time now, I can assure you, this would be an amazing and appreciated change.

Also, you could just make the guild hall WvW combat and with a bigger fighting area.

The problem is that it just downloads GW2Setup.exe, which just force downloads the 64-bit client.

I have a lot of issues with the 64 bit client. Reinstalls have not fixed anything, and I never had these issues with the 32 bit client. I switched computers recently so can’t just simply append the -32 to my Gw2.exe, I don’t have it anymore. Is it as easy as renaming Gw2-64.exe to Gw2.exe? How can I achieve this?

I came to support this issue and saw its genesis was in May and here we are still complaining about it.

#ArenaNet

I’m also having this issue. It happens to me quite often after someone moa’s me or inflicts some other kind of transformation. When I come out of the moa (or lich / plague / etc.) my character is invis and I have a load screen bug.

I agree, all guild halls needed to be was an instanced OS with WvW gear / features. Why they decided to make guild halls have PvE retal features and be so small, I’ll never understand. Why it’s still gone unaddressed is just classic ANET.

jamesdolla.3954:

Radioactive.1248:

jamesdolla.3954:

Radioactive.1248:

Signet of inspiration is a crime against humanity.

seen you guys using it on stream last week m8. What’s up with that?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA4XE9XaCH8

Desperate times call for desperate measures my friend.

Your boy duke came up with that boonshare method before HoT came out and said only use it when you have to it will ruin the game. A lot of people figured it out 1 year later tho. not much you can do about that.

RIP Duke. Pouring out a little of my Colt 45 for him right now.

Agreed, we used it that night because we were up against map queues who were also using it. Was a pretty controversial decision in the guild and we even had a member leave (lol). It doesn’t make the game mode better, just more cancerous. Duke’s assessment is about right.

jamesdolla.3954:

Radioactive.1248:

Signet of inspiration is a crime against humanity.

seen you guys using it on stream last week m8. What’s up with that?

Desperate times call for desperate measures my friend.

Signet of inspiration is a crime against humanity.

Ah yes,

Dragonbrand. Wagonbrand. So many renditions of the bandwagon have come and gone. That said, the fact that it is getting CRUSHED in tier 4, when it was once one of the strongest three servers (thereby warranting no server pairing) is sad. This wasn’t an implosion that took place over months, it took place over weeks. An entire server population has been ravaged.

The volatility of servers has a very sobering effect on the WvW community. Every time a server rises and falls with the magnitude of DB, we will permanently lose players from the game. My guess is that 25% of the active WvW community of DB from 1.5 months ago was not in a guild who got paid to leave, is stuck on Dragonbrand, and based on the fall in rankings, won’t bother to log on anymore since the server is a ghost town.

Honestly this is why it’s time to end servers. For good. Make simple maps of R-B-G in skirmish format, and allow people to pick a team for each skirmish. Create incentives for people to join the “losing” team with buffs like higher magic find, increased WXP, etc. Give people a dynamic WvW environment that doesn’t need to be reset every week, isn’t reliant on the politics played by 1-2 guilds, and self-balances based on buffs for people to join the losing side. Friends can still play with each other. Yes, server pride dies for good, but at this point, who cares?

ANET hasn’t cared about WvW in the 4 years since game launch. The best content addition that people actually like, the Obsidian Sanctum, was only given to the community because of some badmouthing dev who was kitten talking players who were GvGing in a borderland.

Why is it laughable? In a 3 way matchup, it makes no sense for SMC to be something that should be maintained by one server the entire week. It should change hands far more frequently. Honestly I’m not sure how anyone could argue that T3 SMC doesn’t ruin the fights / map fluidity in EBG.

Agreed, with the balance patch around the corner, hope this is on the top of the list to be addressed. Deployable cannon beta testing and repair hammers instead of fixing boonshare shows how out of touch you have become.

It needs to be removed because of the lag it causes not the imbalance. ANET doesn’t care enough about the lag to fix it, so they can at least mitigate it by removing some siege. This makes the map more dynamic rather than stagnant. TC is a great example of a server who with T3 SMC will not leave the walls of the castle to do anything after their group is wiped once.

We have all wanted lag fixed for a long time. Guess what, it probably won’t happen. However, there is one thing we can do in EBG to greatly improve the lag in and around SMC.

1. Prevent it from upgrading (it should always be paper)
2. Take down the doors and disable siege in and around SMC. No doors, no rams, no arrow carts, less lag, more fights.

The reality is most matchups have a stronger server that can upgrade SMC to T3 and the amount of siege as well as tactivators make taking it almost impossible these days. The fights while trying to capture it are covered in lag and siege and are not any fun for anyone. If SMC were an open keep (same as it is now, just all the gates are always open), it would be a fun thing to fight over and encourage more combat and less siege.

This would also open opportunities for smaller groups to “ninja” SMC without having to bust open two sets of gates.

This suggestion is better for all players. Let’s make it happen.

Well played ArenaNet… Thanks also for not only doing this, but having classically inconsistent policies.

You have on more than one occasion moved players into full realms, and now that half of my guild is stuck outside of JQ, you seem to have forgotten how to help. Please remedy this situation.

And howabout on the transfer screen, on the confirmation window you say…

HEY GUESS WHAT, WE ARE GOING TO LOCK THIS SERVER TOMORROW AND YOU CAN’T PLAY WITH YOUR GUILD ANYMORE HAHAHAHA WE LOVE DESTROYING GUILDS IN THE NAME OF BALANCE!!!

Nice meme, I r8 8/8.

I played 5 ranked queue games this morning. Two of them were with a friend and three were solo.

in 4 of the games, one team had multiple premades while the other team had 0. To make matters worse, so-called “esports” duo queues were getting an additional premade to be on their team.

I really don’t understand how the matchmaking system works. It’s so bad. How could there ever be situations in which TWO two-man premades are on one team, and the other team has 0? I get it if some kitteners are four-manning or five-manning, but this just makes 0 sense to me.

I love the combat in this game but every time I solo queue ranked I remember why it’s unbearable. I don’t want to 5-queue but the kittenty matchmaking system pushes me to think that’s the only way to enjoyably play.

And please, for the love of god, do not try to tell me it’s balanced because of how points are allocated after you win or lose based on whether you were favored to win. The ranking system is just as useless as the matchmaking system itself, but that’s another story. It’s hilarious how so many games from 5-10 years ago have wildly better matchmaking and ranking systems than this one.

I guess I’m back to WvW/GvG … At least I can rationalize the shortcomings of those game modes because of how little dev attention they get compared to PvP.

Hello. I own multiple accounts on Guild Wars 2 so I often will log into all of them in a row in order to get my login rewards and try to get a few basic things done like dailies on each account.

That said, lately, I’ve had to repair my game client every single time I log out. This problem has persisted across many Tuesday content patches, I would estimate it to be happening now for about a month and a half. I’ve noticed I only have two options now when I want to switch accounts, or even just relaunch the game client with the same account after closing or crashing.

1. Restart entire computer.
2. Repair data archive.

Do I need a complete reinstall? Anyone else run into this issue? Hopefully somebody can help.

Proof of interest in this ArenaNet?

This thread has more views than the Academy Gaming Weekly PvP tournament thread and ToL 3 DPS announcement… combined. Both of those posts also have active involvement from ANET posters talking about more than “sorry I closed it”.

As Odinzu said, take a serious look at how much the community has built itself up without your endorsement or support. If you were to lend that, much would go on as usual, the community runs itself without your real involvement, and you capitalize on an untapped market. That’s what we call a win-win strategy.

Thanks mark, the community certainly appreciates this and hopefully you guys take interest in this this thread.

The best part about helping out the GvG community in this game is that we have been given so little for so long, that we have learned to make a lot out of a little. Hopefully with the new revenues coming in from HoT you can devote some resources into creating a game mode that will take full advantage of the best combat system in MMOs.

What does the title have to do with what you posted here.

With the amount of fly hacking that’s already going on in WvW I think we can already say air superiority is a factor.

Well, all of us WvW players are a neglected group. We all know it. ANET never releases any content for us, we’re not profitable, and they let us slowly die and wither away with the same content that’s been in the game since launch.

I’m not complaining, I passed the point of expecting them to care about their players long ago. I play the game because its fun and my friends play it, not because I expect them to do anything to make the game mode new or interesting, they clearly have no desire to do that.

However, we all have enjoyed the introduction of the PPK (points per kill) concept. I guess it is then fitting that since we have actually enjoyed content (if you can even call it that, I guess it really isn’t), that ANET would take it out of the game. What the hell? Do you seriously look around and then when you catch a rare glimpse of positive feedback about something you did in WvW you yank it out of the game so we can find even less fun in the game?

I get that from a company perspective it doesn’t make sense to focus on WvW, but why are you taking out content that makes people happy that you already spent the time to make? Pathetic.

We are really good at vidyagaems

We are on Sea of Sorrows

Hey all. This is not going to be a standard “we’re the best going for #1 NA/EU/Africa” post. Good Clean Fun is a former GW2 and ArcheAge PvP Guild returning to GW2 in the next 7-10 days. Our core is created primarily of former [HOPE] players (<3 you Drigan), and several other well known players from around the way. We are looking for creative, enthusiastic, and talented GvG veterans who want to help write a new chapter in the GW2 GvG book.

Current Server: Sea of Sorrows

FAQs

1. So what? Everyone is looking for “#yoloswag360noscope420blazeitkitten” eSports level players. What makes you different?

We don’t want to be just any other guild following the meta. Are we so hipster that we won’t occasionally bend to the norms of the scene? No we aren’t, but where possible, we will strive to be different. Most of us have played competitive GvG for over a year in various guilds, and we have seen just about all there is to see when it comes to the GvG / Open World experience. We know what people like, we know what people hate. Look at the scene over the past year, many guilds have come and gone due to people burning out and various guild drama. I won’t claim to have found the secret to preventing guild drama, or burnout, but I certainly have learned how to reduce it. This is a game and we will not forget that simple fact as we go through our adventures.

2. What does that mean for you?

If you’re good enough to meet our skill requirements, willing to record gameplay footage, and interested in trying new things, then you will be entitled to many things that other WvW guilds don’t offer you.

- If you main a class, but prove you are good at other ones as well, then feel free to swap between classes within reason. You may be asked to play your main in GvG but you can play other things during raids provided we have a reasonable comp.
– You won’t be expected to be on every day, or rep 100% when you are online. We’re pretty lax about rep rules. As long as when you are with us you are making yourself a valuable member of our community, then that’s all we ask.
-15v15 Focus, raids to warm up for 15v15.
– We will try many new comps in this guild. Things that people have shot down previously along the lines of “that would never work”, we might try. This doesn’t mean we’re gonna be bringing back the bear bow ranger, but you get the idea.
– A fun social environment of players who play other games together outside of GW2. We made the jump to AA then made the jump back. We have a core strong enough to hop games and play together. We know that GW2 might not be forever but we play CS:GO, League, Dota, Hearthstone, and other games together among others.
– Good Clean Fun.

3. What is your schedule of events?

- 4-5 Raid/GvG nights per week. We’ll be pretty flexible and set the tone as we go based on what people in the guild like to do.
– Expect the typical night to be an hour to warm up in a raid followed by 15v15 GvG (20v20 once we have the numbers).

4. Ok, so what would specifically be asked of me?

- At least 1 fully geared level 80 with substantial GvG experience or a reason why we should teach you. Fully geared means at least full exotic + ascended weapon.
– Willingness to apply on our forums and use our forums occasionally to post your footage (www.fun-guild.com)
– Willingness to record said gameplay footage (we can help you set it up if you need)
– Willingness to try new things.
– If it wasn’t clear before, be good.
– Play nice in the sandbox and don’t be socially inept.

5. How do I join?

Apply at www.fun-guild.com or PM me in game (Star Player). I hope to hear from you WvW vets looking for a Hardcore Casual Competitive guild (yes we will be the first of such variety). We have a core of about 20-25 players and are looking for about 5-10 more, especially necros and eles, but all are definitely welcome to apply.

I’m the leader of a EU guild that fields 50-60 a night during EU prime, we were set on joining SF but I guess based on your title you don’t want us.

We don’t want you on SoS if you’re NA. Thanks!

Kalkz is a true thug who has been true to the game since the beginning and stuff like that.

lol sbi such fight focus many wow

Highly recommend for anyone looking for a PPT focused environment. One of the best PPT focused guilds in the game, up there with the likes of [Tsym] and [KnT]

Loren Michael.7891:

Plenty of baddies

Wow I would have never imagined you calling somebody a baddie, OH LAWDY. Hahahaha….

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh please, I’m not even on Maguuma, I just don’t want Olaf to be two timed by one of the most uninformed server recruiters to ever play this game. I’ve been friends with Olaf for a long time and what server he is on won’t change that. Just don’t try to convince him that the community has reached any kind of consensus about him coming to SBI, because to assume you have the pulse of the SBI community is downright laughable.

On a more related note it is always fun fighting [Olaf] and crew in SEA time from the SoS perspective. Hope to see them continue to get some more recruits.

SBI talked an awful lot of kitten about Olaf on their forums to try to welcome him back on his recruitment thread. To be expected from SBI…

I mean the thing is I’m in a great guild, [HOPE] on SoS, I am WvW rank 1500+ (Gold title), I’ve been ranked in the top 100 for tPvP solo queue, I really like all aspects of the game, but it’s just getting so stale. The April feature pack didn’t really add any new features either, which was disappointing, even though the QoL improvements added were nice.

Honestly,

FoTM and the current dungeons are running their course. There is barely any new content for them. I’m a majority WvW player, but got the dungeon master title and have ran fractal 49. It just confuses me why at this stage in the game there is so little talk about new content in terms of raid dungeons and bigger 10-man, 20-man etc.

The combat in GW2 is smooth compared to most other MMOs but unless meaningful content starts to come out (Living Story is a joke hated by the vast majority of semi-hardcore/hardcore players) then people are going to continue to leave to newer MMOs with new content. Wildstar/Archeage are going to steal this games playerbase dry if we don’t start getting new content.

PvP maps are empty, I face the same 40 people in solo q every day, and solo q is still plagued with the same problems. Skyhammer still sucks, I still see plenty of 4v5s that give losses unfairly, and these problems continue to go unadresssed.

I enjoy every part of the game, but the only thing being released these days is minute improvements to current features rather than new features altogether. So basically what I’m asking is, can we expect to see new non-Living Story PvE/WvW/PvP content or should I start looking for the next game?

Best,
A player who enjoys all aspects of the game, has over 10000 AP, and is bored.

I DONT UNDASTAN, Y DIE?

I love Olaf and he is such a sexy korean.

Hey SBI’er. Thanks for asking. I’m doing well. Currently in [HOPE] on SoS and really enjoying the guild and community. Hope things are going well for you on SBI, best of luck to you guys in the leagues and thanks for the bump.

They are a guild on the rise. Will be keeping an eye out for their upcoming GvGs, if you are a skilled player on DB definitely consider [WET].

I want to bump this because I am still receiving several notes of interest from those who don’t like to post on the forums for whatever reason. I’m gonna make a guild soon and invite the initial group of people who are interested. Feel free to send me a pm or post here if you want in the initial stages.

Good luck! Hope to see FA find it’s way back to the top.