first of all i will start saying that the existent wvw players will try to abuse the f2p system .
anyone that things that this will never happen he will lie to himself and to others.
my personal view is that i have not a single problem with f2p players . i like have them fill my server’s maps while i can not , but if there is a possibility from other wvw players abuse the f2p system , then i prefer not to have these accounts in our borderlands.
i am belonging to mmo players that love to explore and i can not say from perosnal experience if there are easy ways to level fast up to 60 level ( in my sevrer reported me that many up-l;evel their toons to 60 in 3 days and there are many ways to do it ) , but if there is a single option to do it , then all wvw maps will filled with huge number of f2p accounts from players from other servers soon. .
why to do it ? because of the benefits that will have in matchup .
one benefit is to totally block the access to their home borderlands to enemies by parking their f2p accounts to the opposite side !
other benefits are hacking, spying , trolling , botting or whatever . something that it is happening now , but limited because there are not many players out there to pay to risk loose money with bans by doing these actions.
if there is not any risk to loose money , all existent wvw players will try abuse the system , including my self ……
this will destroy the wvw as it is now .
p.s. in my home i have 3 different computers and in my work plenty and i am sure there are a lot of players out there that have at least one laptop or they are playing from internet cafe where there a lot of computers to help abuse this system !
p.ss. i have some news to share from my country . i have read from our game forums that all f2p created their toons in Seafarer Rest , desolation , piken square and gandara …. huh . if you think that f2p players will choose anything else than tier 1 you failed understand the human nature
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the only real advantage in wvw is that you learn your server players and you can create communities and friendships with people .
pve and spvp* are both megaserver based and we are just an another player one of those anonymous players that play these gamemodes .
in my wvw server i know who is running the dollies , who is covering the north towers , who is killing enemy dollies and who is slacking in any capture
.* dedicated and teamed spvp is not anonymous but the majority is
who won ?
the best bug in wvw ever
ascended armor with their +www resistance infusions became more important now
maybe it is better the new system , but it excludes all the people that still enjoy playing the role of upgrader / objective scouter .
there is some fun behind it when you succeed to implement a personal mission like manage the incoming resources and the way to upgrade a tower /keep .
if they can make it more flexible this auto upgrade and connect the claim of an object with upgrade orders i think is the best way to have both systems in the game . the old connected to claim with manual upgrades and the new for all the objectives with no claim .
p.s. many enemy guilds antagonize each other on who can keep or conquer a claimed objective and they have fun on it . let them keep this old feature
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There are some data missing. Mainly; why do you keep getting caught, and why have you not presented evidence of trying to counter this sort of play with the tools you have avaliable
nothing is missing . venom shares counter are reflection skills (https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Reflect) , but this will create the effect of ping pong the cc conditions in fights
you realize wells are not a projectile?
if wiki is correct the projectile effects from finishers are projectiles as well ( https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Projectile_finisher ) but in this page only chill is projectile and not the immobilize or the stone from basilisk .
maybe the wiki is wrong and the projectile finishers are more , including immobilize and stone from basilisk .
btw ,we tested and only wall of reflection and feedback help us against teams with venom shares
p.s. all wells are dark field : https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Dark_field
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There are some data missing. Mainly; why do you keep getting caught, and why have you not presented evidence of trying to counter this sort of play with the tools you have avaliable
nothing is missing . venom shares counter are reflection skills (https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Reflect) , but this will create the effect of ping pong the cc conditions in fights
the problem is the stab changes gave a lot of space to pirate style of fights and cc builds became OP and very hard to counter .
p.s. immob , chill and basilisk from 5 enemies needs 45 stacks of stability to not affected
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meta builds created from players that stacked specific sigils/runes to sell them in the future when the price sky rocketed
p.s. this is not 100% truth but some times happened when the meta is successfully on specific roles
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@Kasteros.9847
where is the problem to boost roamers while the game boost blobs ?
i see you got my point 
my whole thread was just to make the matchups more interest for all the the type of gw2 players and all the days of the matchup and not as it is now where the first server is never changed after the first two days .
p.s. yeah the bloodlust buff that gives points to server that have it and not give points to server that do not have it ! gg to have people to run around ruins !
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Asurapult. Catapults Asura over walls to bypass defenses. Requires a Norn or Charr to activate.
that will be real funny addition
@OP take care of SY in wvw without counter to remove any condition you removed from your allies and took all of them on you
48% precision is way to much …. with 40% is just enough . same result with fury .remove some precision and add ferocity . more useful . gs hits give as weapon many criticals , you need more damage for these criticals
when i saw this build i remembered my zerg build ( 0/1/6/6/1 ) 1 1/2 years ago with gs / staff
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@OP .
i am playing 2 1/2 years the game most of the time (80%) in wvw . i have spent a lot of gold to upgrades and i am continue spending gold when it is needed .i have 6 chars 80 level , most of them leveled in wvw and with tome of knowledges and i have only 1 char geared of them in full ascended and …. I am not playing him anymore the other chars are in exotic and i really do not feel the need to make them full ascended . I am playing them every day in wvw and i full enjoy them !
the main reason is that the builds are change all the time and because the real difference between ascended and exotic is only 5% in stats and the knowledge of the game overlap the lower stats against my enemies . we can take ascended accessories easier in wvw than pve .
of course i am always using food and more of the times the 60-70 level because i don’t feel that the 1% difference can make me win all the times and it don’t .
in conclusion , exotic is still exists as gear in wvw and the food ,the tactics , the builds , the class and the cooperation in map with the allies matters more than the best gear !
p.s. in wvw tournaments i won ascended accessories for my chars , the other ascended accessories i bought them with badges and laurels from wvw merchants and i had once a hammer ascended as drop from a camp at 80 wvw rank
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@insanemaniac.2456
aoe damage is passing or not the stealth ?
when the passive stealth pop up can this help engie stay alive from aoe damage in front-line ?
as i said to play the engie is useful only in support role to protect the damage dealers ( ele , necro ,memsers . thieves) . if he try to fight with melee "ball " one mistake and he is out . nothing can save him and he can only be useful with bombs that are melee aoe weapons in fact that can blasted . i am not sure for elixir gun if it pops the retaliation . but flamethrower and grenades pop retaliation and he can’t use them as mainly weapons and pistol in main hand has very poor for raw damage . only blind is useful from pistol , fire and go away
the only real option to be real useful in guild runs is bombs and bombs had in my mind to say , one mistake and out .
P.S. and the mistake is the counting of cool-downs of course .
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Pls remove killcounter and exp from OS, ty
this could be a solution ,but there is a problem with regular players that do the jp if it gives exp / wexp after accomplish of the jp.
i remember devs had implemented a feature in the past where if a player killed from the same enemy more than one time in a short time he didn’t take any exp or loot .
when they removed it ? seems, i missed the change
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Hey guys!
First of all thanks for all the replies!
Next to that I think that engineer can be very very strong in WvW according to your replies and my own testing. The main problem is that you have to be very experienced on the engineer which is actually quite rare these days (in conparison).
I have been testing and what I found to be most useful is a zerk setup in combination with slick shoes, rocket boots and elixir S. My role was to get the stability down just before the zerg arrived. Therefore my damage came from rifle with burst (on necro bomb) fron jump shot
eng can help the guild raid but in a support role of the main GWEN group like memsers /thieves and to keep safe the light members of the main raid like ele and necro from enemy thieves .
also eng can do his own water blasts but more as an emergency water than a main water for melee group that ele give .
toss elixir b is not so important to make eng main part of the group , because stability became a useless boon …… to have it means nothing . it can very easy removed.
and yes his elites is not for group raids . the kit is easy avoidable and the elixir x with tornado is 50/50 rng . rng is not for dedicated groups .
the most important reason is that eng in a guild raid can not do mistakes . one mistake means death while the GWEN classes have more options to survive from their mistakes ( guardian aegis at 50% , war defy pain at 25%, ele armor of earth at 25% , necro death shroud )
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…. I don’t have a good idea on how to tackle the problem, but I think it needs to be adressed by the dev team.
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in a league always there is the last . the only that can dev do is to meaning nothing this position .
with an alliance system in wvw can helped all servers perform better and make the matchups more interest
devs can use the three tiers ( gold , silver , bronze ) and create alliance matchup wars and allow players to join any map of their ally server or their enemies.
the 9 alliances for europe will be as this :
1st alliance : the 1st server of current gold league , the middle tier of current silver league and the last server of current bronze league
2nd alliance : the 2nd server of current gold league , the middle+1 tier of current silver league and the first server of current bronze league
etc …. and the same for NA .in NA they can merge all servers in 7 alliances .
in this alliance war everything is doable and nobody can say that he will finish first or it matters if they are first or last .
every alliance matchup will have 3 winners and even the last server will have a change win an alliance matchup if his other 2 servers help him with points or with players . unfortunately this idea has only one requirement ….
to remove the eotm map at late nights and early mornings .
the idea behind eotm was to help wvw players do wvw while in queue in afternoon – evening times where most of the players want to play wvw . now eotm became a farming map all the day and in wvw remained only the dedicated wvw players .
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We Vanquish Worlds transferred to Aurora Glade, correct.
You made a good choice
with or without ectoplasmanz ?
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@OP if you cant create a zerg under your tag do the best you can do with the numbers you have .
map intelligence ( informations of enemies moves ) is your best advantage in wvw . ask for infos in map chat . roamers can help you to avoid traps and wipes
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There is a trait that when you are hit under 25% health pops elixir s that makes engineers invulnerable. Either way, in my opinion, you shouldn’t claim hacking without certainty. As false positives makes dealing with those who are certainly hacking, to be dealt with.
this is what i am using to my engie to avoid the pew pew easy mode rangers . i am sure i have many reports to my engie too
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Don’t want to bring my tin foil hat out or something, BUT THE STABILITEH CHANGES ARE TOO MUCH FOR THE SERVEEEEEEEEERS!
Eotm blobs are usually just happy-go-lucky upscaled characters with no use for stab! While the BL’s have bajillions of stab-using classes.
I’m not saying the changes should be reverted, but just create a rift between PvP balance, WvW balance and PvE balance.
And for the record, I’ve never seen a PvE group demolish a “Boss’s defiant stacks” to this day. You’re reasoning for the change was unfounded to say the least.
Devs can farther change the stability to help servers load and have the same result as now , easy …..
the problem with melee stab “ball” that bulldozing anything in its pass came from
1. stacking duration of stability ( 3 or 4 times i don’t remember exactly the number ) and
2. small recast time of trained “stand your ground” shout .
if devs remove from the old stability the stacking feature and increase a lot the recast trained time of “stand your ground” like 54 seconds ( more time for 5 full stab guards sharing their stabs . 5 from syg + 4 from trained virtue of courage = 9 seconds x 5 = 45 seconds stab with perfect rotation) OR limit it to less allies than 5 the sharing option with the old recast timer OR make it just personal boon like warriors stability that shares only retaliation ( i think is the best option ) , the result will be the same as now where there is not any stab melee “train” in wvw maps and it will give a small time window for organized groups to recover against bigger groups . also, the servers will do WAY LESS COMPUTATIONS for player’s boons in the same time .
Less computations and network traffic between server and clients from the past too !!!
p.s. also the hallowed ground can help for the group to create a small area of stability but this area is a static area and force the group stay in the area and not attacking anything , they can only fight in this area to defend the small area and this is the meaning of this skill and this is why i didn’t include it in the melee stab “ball” problem .
p.ss. i am hearing that nobody is using mantra ( point me a mesmer that remains inside heavies group to be my hero ) or toss elixir b for group stability . these changes can remain without creating more problems
p.sss. i am sure that there are more skills that create extra load and network traffic between servers and clients . for example the type of skills that do pulses . pulse means in every pulse time the client sends to server some extra infos about the characters and server reacting to clients . if devs focus to rework these types of skills ( there are many of them in game ) i am sure the wvw will be less laggy .
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