Guild Wars 2

Hi,

The Harathi Meta Event is bugged on the Sea of Sorrows server, none of the events start and the Waypoint just before the giant gate is contested with no way to liberate it. This has resulted in a ghost-town effect with nobody in sight…

This was happening lastnight which resulted in the entire map becoming a ghost town.. usually it has 40+ people doing the event constantly.

Please fix.

I just love how they mention the Adam Lanza nonsense at the very bottom of the article, disgusting journalism.. Stuff.co.nz is probably the worst type of journalism, almost as bad as Fox News….

I highly doubt he killed the guy because he lost in a PvP battle, the fact that he knew where the guy lived shows they weren’t strangers on the internet and probably had a massive argument rather than some stupid PvP battle.

Anyone that thinks games turn people into a murderer is a self centered and ignorant moron.

tldr: another stupid journalist writes another stupid summary of what they believe happened, thousands of ignorant people (older generation) believe everything they see on the news and thus begins the moronic spiral of how video games are apparently “bad”

It’s not OP.. it’s like, the only viable PvP spec at the moment :\ you take that away and we’ll be number 1 most useless class again in sPvP.

Traps are easy to avoid and conditions can be removed from literally every class.

So play one? Longbow is perfectly viable in PvE, keep a long distance to take advantage of the bonus damage, grab all the longbow traits (Quickdraw is very good) and you’ll be fine.

I’m 90% of the time using longbow, the only time I switch to Sword/Warhorn is when mobs are too close or I want to run faster using the Warhorn boost.

Honestly, stack power/precision and you’ll see how viable Longbow is… most rangers i see in Orr are using longbow with piercing anyway, shortbow becomes a little boring when you have 25 stacks of condition already on the boss :\

When I first started this game everyone said “stack condition and get a shortbow”

my problem with this is the 25 stack nonsense, I feel somewhat useless when there’s 25 bleeds on a champion.

here’s my quick and simple question.

If i stack Power/Precision and use Shortbow / Axe+Warhorn – am i gimping myself? or could the fast attack speed combined with power/precision be a viable option? not to mention there’s poisons/bleeds going off, even without high amounts of condition it still adds to whatever pure damage you’re doing.

in short, power/precision on shortbow, yes or no?

thank you.

I recorded myself crafting… try and tell me this doesn’t sound erotic :\

JemL.3501:

Yes Devs, please…waste your time and resources in something like this, because remember we are playing a 6 year old game and we want a less ‘’living world’’

No need to be rude buddy, I’m not asking them to make the world less lively.. I’m asking they tone down the sexual voices… when it gets to the point where you have to mute the game so people around you don’t expect the worst, you know somethings wrong with the audio.

RELAX

Leave it alone, WoWs vote kick system is terrible.. people with immunity just troll the entire group.

It comes with complex problems, leave it alone.

You guys really need to remove the sexual moans coming from the female npcs, and I’m not even over exaggerating when I say this.

I can’t craft without having to mute my sound because every 2 seconds theres a loud and sexual moan coming from different female npcs….

I’m not the only one that has noticed this, surely…

Anet, please either tone it down or just remove it from the game.. I just had my partner ask me if I was watching a dirty video because it was repeating so badly LOL

The new patch is proving a success but I think you could really capitalize even more moving forward.

Champions are a great way to get people involved, unfortunately they don’t offer much 1 bar of exp and the off-chance of getting some decent gear.

You should make champions more interesting, this would make players more involved. Queensdale is a prime example, heaps of people level there because they know Map is spammed with Champion locations and everyone rushes there for the kill and enjoyment.

Here’s what I think.

1. Put markers on the map when a Champion is out (see RIFT)
2. Colour the markings based on difficulty and rewards (this means everyone will go the same marker)
3. Boost the EXP and make a chest drop, similar to Behemoth/Swamp

This is a great way to get people involved, making the world relevant is KEY! don’t let this game become a “sit in the city and wait for dungeons” type of game.

Hi,

Are there any permanent ranged thieves here? even without the 1200 range, what are your thoughts on the class and playstyle?

I’ve been using pistol/pistol and sometimes either shortbow or pistol/dagger as my secondary weapon set, I’m really enjoying it so far and there’s quite a few traits that make the play style viable.

I’m just curious what you guys think?

I personally think the 1200 range should be added, I do fine with 900 but it can be quite annoying at times…

also, what do you guys think ArenaNet’s thoughts are on Ranged thieves? do they want the class to be played using whatever playstyle we prefer? or do they hate the idea of a ranged only thief?

Hi

Small problem that I would like to bring to your attention please…

My girlfriend wanted to name her ranger pet “Lulu” but the game doesn’t allow it… I came to the forums a while back and most people said it was for copyright reasons, probably something to do with Final Fantasy X… which I found pretty stupid because this is the same name as our pet cat in real life…

yet…. I stumbled across this during my travels.

Could I (we) get an explanation please?

Thanks.

So many people tell me that level 80 end game, is… well…. boring?

I’ve been playing for a long time and still don’t have an 80, you see I suffer from Rerollitus so I’m constantly trying different professions back n forth, I still enjoy the game despite low level areas being almost completely dead, I don’t even remember the last time I saw the swamp boss

Anyway…

Is there anything being done to keep people playing? because everyone I know that has high level characters with high level gear says the same thing over and over..

“I log on, stand in Lions Arch for a party.. either I find one and repeat the same RNG dungeons or i log back off…”

I think the 3 most important things in ANY mmorpg are the following.

1. Something to do.
2. Keep people coming back.
3. Make sure people are always out in the world.

lol you wanna nerf the most underpowered and least represented class in the game?

good luck there.

First of all, I love how you name 3 mainstream MMO’s then add “and so on” into the list. Let me guess, you’ve played 3-4 MMO’s in your lifetime and PvP’ed casually… am i right?

GW2 PvP isn’t perfect but it’s not the worst. They are tweaking things as they go and from what I can see, they are doing a good job.

Just because you are bad at the game, doesn’t mean ArenaNet is doing something wrong, because if they were, all the tournaments wouldn’t be played now would they? all the top-PvP players right now understand the game mechanics, and they aren’t broken as much as you say they are.

I also noticed in this thread, people saying the combat is too slow… why? because you choke when the fight has lasted 5 seconds?

Get some skill, this isn’t WoW where you can always kill someone in a matter of seconds, or even worse, a GCD.

let me guess.. this is exactly how you guys approached the announcement (well, for me anyway)

1. OMG it’s finally here, our long awaited buffs and fixes that we were promised
2. Scroll down down down down
3. Stop at Ranger tab
4. Oh……..

Hehe sorry Arch :P

It does become quite annoying, especially when they loop over and over

So I spend most of my time in Divinity’s Reach, mainly for crafting because it’s really easy to go from Market NPC to Crafting section.

One thing I’ve noticed…. and I’m sure many of you have as well.

The constant “sexual” moans.

Anet, you trolling? I was playing with the volume pretty loud and my partner came in and assumed I was upto something dodge.. lmao.

So yeah, what gives eh? :P

lol soon as I tried Rifle warrior in the beta, it felt like Anet gave Warriors the wrong skills and gave Rangers something a 10 year old thought of….

tldr: go warrior/engineer, they do “range” much better. This class is a joke, and I don’t see it being fixed anytime soon.

This doesn’t really prove anything Sol :\ most of those guys seemed clueless, especially the Mesmer and Guardians lol.

As of right now, everything a ranger can do, other classes do it better… that’s not a very good approach to the class and ArenaNet really needs to come out and say “Ok we screwed up, here are some drastic buffs”

Range build? – make a Warrior, they do it 10x better… hell, even a Thief and Rifle-build Engineer are better than Rangers at “Ranged” right now, that’s pretty sad.

Melee build? – lol… go Thief and spam 2 buttons, more results.. go Warrior and utilize the amazing GS/Hammer or GS/Axe builds…

Pets? – why kitten yourself… go play a Necromancer or even better, an easy-mode Mesmer, just pretend your images are “pets”.. pets that don’t run around like kitten AI not knowing what to do.

Ranger is probably the worst class in this game, they need to make some drastic changes.. especially in the Longbow/Shortbow and Spirits department.

Remember kids, my opinion… don’t take it personal.

If you’re losing to Warriors because of hundred blades, you must be really bad at PvP.

An ability that requires build up and CC is not an over powered ability…

move away, save your dodge for it… get some stun breakers..

stop being a noob… it’s the easiest skill in the game to avoid.

An ability that can be easily

dodged
interrupted
knock backed

even clickers with their awesome back pedaling…

yea.. not OP at all if you ask me, only if you’re a complete noob.

Not much discussion about the time zone problems….. I am still very disappointed ArenaNet.

Most people that don’t understand the situation…

The event was on at 9 AM on a Monday in New Zealand (3-6am for Asians) which means those of us with work or school simply had no choice, we couldn’t participate.

The only way oceanic players were able to join this event was to

A) pull a sickie
B) unemployed
C) not enrolled in any educational system
D) had the day off…

See my point?

It was terribly executed and I really hope they do better next time.

BurrTheKing.8571:

I use Hammer/GS in both PvE and at times PvP using a build like this:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIAQJASRjcOVvJPOP4wBAkCt46oQJmSPKDt0A;ToAA1CtoyyklILbWuskZt0YgA

It prioritizes survival over dmg but is no slouch in terms of bringing a burst of pain.
In PvE You provide support and good CC but the GS allows you to have a decent amount of dmg against camps that are mostly immune to CC.

Gain adren with hammer, then use Earthshaker and switch to GS and 100b to gain the benefit of Unsuspecting Foe. If before this you used backbreaker+fierce blow you not only did good dmg but when you use 100b the target could be weakened and thus Cull The Weak will have you doing 5% more dmg to them.

You won’t be insta-gibbing but I feel the utility and support are a fair trade and even though 100b may not connect with the full combo I feel that having a weapon that can deal dmg against a target with stability is useful as well.

Thank you for this! I’m assuming your 3 main stats are Power / Toughness / Vitality? I was thinking of doing the same thing.

Jasher.6580:

19k-25k hundred blades is okay… yet they nerfed pistol whip… I’m genuinely confused. Both root the character, both are channelled attacks, yet the guy with the heavy armour and high health gets to keep that ridiculous damage.

Confused.

First of all, Hundred Blades is like… the easiest ability to counter.

Dodge
Stun
Knockback
Interrupt

Hell… you can even BACK PEDAL from it, that’s how easy it is to avoid.

Warrior is probably the only class right now that’s not overpowered nor underpowered, it’s a perfect balance… something they need to do with other classes.

Thanks, I’ll keep this information with me

Hi

Loving Warrior at the moment, both PvE and PvP.

I was wondering if someone could help me out a little, preferably with the stat priorities. I know there’s your typical glass cannon Power > Precision > Critical damage but isn’t this more suited for a ranged Warrior? like some high damage Rifle build?

Anyway, I would like to play Great Sword and probably Hammer as my second weapon, mainly for CC.

My question is… what do I do with the stats? Do I ignore vitality/toughness and go straight for Power/Precision? or do I focus on Power/Precision but also try to squeeze some vitality/toughness in there too?

Halp! This is for PvE and PvP by the way, would appreciate any advice.

I should actually correct myself, we DO pay more than American players.. a lot more actually :\

I have a legitimate question for you ArenaNet.

Why did we all pay the same amount for this game? one would assume, everyone would be treated equally.. regardless of where in the world you are. If you’re going to shaft Oceanic players EVERY TIME with these stupid events and your stupid decision making, why did we pay the same as Americans?

I’m sorry but holding a one-time-only event and making it go live while everyone in the Oceanic region is either sleeping or getting ready for work/school is a disgusting and very disappointing move on your part.

The only people in our region that got to experience this were those that either don’t work, don’t attend school, had the day off, were sick or somehow exploited the overflow glitch.

This is the first time I have been really disappointed in you ArenaNet… you made an amazing game but you make some really stupid decisions.

Please, think more carefully regarding your next event…

As an Oceanic player, i find this pretty sad and disgusting.

How am I supposed to do these “one time only” events when they are ALWAYS attuned for US time zones?

Oh sure, I could wake up… not really, most of us have work on a Monday morning.. can’t exactly skip work now can i?

Please consider turning Sea of Sorrows into an Oceanic-timezoned server, I’m not asking to host servers in Australia but at least set the time zone more attuned for us, this way we can do events during our prime time (7-8pm)

this sucks….

I love how you’re speaking as though this game is dead/done/dusted….

This is not WAR, Aion, Rift or Star Wars… Guild Wars 2 won’t “die” like they did.

Game is fine and still new, thus, still developing… stop crying.

Yumiko Ishida.3769:

The dungeon and new area will be here to stay. Just the events leading up to its establishment will not be.

I knew this already, would have just been soo much smoother if the event wasn’t squashed into 3 days.

Who’s idea was it to make this event a 3 day thing? What’s wrong with making it a entire week?

With all this lag, bugs and client updates… you’re spending more time fixing the patch rather than sitting back and enjoying it.

Should have been 1 week imo.. next time you do a “one-time-only event” make it at least 1 week tbh.

Because the only real viable option is a melee build…

I wish Shortbow + Axe/Horn was powerful… or even Longbow + Sword/Horn

Longbow is boring as hell and quite lackluster, it needs to be revamped quite badly..

tldr: class is boring, underpowered and very lackluster.. which is sad because it can be fixed so easily.

buff both bows
buff and fix pets
relook at the traits, only a few need fixing
utility spells are fine for the most part, maybe tweak 2-3 that I can think of.

Hmm… some really cool suggestions here (attacking while stealthed is a bit overboard lol)

Did they break Pet threat? my bear can barely hold aggro now…

docMed.7692:

Rekuja.6318:

NaturalPortman.9562:

lol rangers counter warriors for days. You must be playing really bad rangers.

Like I said, bad warriors.

A good warrior won’t be kited in sPvP… never.

Clearly you don’t understand the mechanics of ranger pets/shortbow. Yes of course a warrior will be on you from time to time, but they are very easy to kite. Really doesn’t matter though as kiting isn’t very useful for a point control based game except for roaming scenarios.

You basically answered it yourself..

we are talking sPvP specifically.. a good warrior, like i’ve said a million times.. won’t be kited in sPvP, thus making your logic pretty flawed.

Obstacles
Snare Immunity
Gap Closers
Map Terrain not supportive for kiting..

all these things make bow rangers useless… thus, warrior kicking your kitten

NaturalPortman.9562:

lol rangers counter warriors for days. You must be playing really bad rangers.

Like I said, bad warriors.

A good warrior won’t be kited in sPvP… never.

docMed.7692:

Rekuja.6318:

Ranger – The easiest target in sPvP…

This is coming from a Warrior btw.

I destroy warriors. Carry stun breaks and they are easy mode.

Yeah maybe the bad warriors that rely on Stun/Hundred Blades… good luck in the higher tiers lol

Simple thread, maybe Anet will actually read one and take notes..

post what you TRULY believe can fix Rangers, don’t ask for crazy over the top buffs.. but what you honestly think will stop the QQ and make the class more entertaining.

I can start, mine will be simple in that I’ll only talk about 1 weapon, but feel free to discuss multiple weapons and skills.

Longbow – The weapon I’m forcing myself to love…
——————

Long Range Shot = Needs to be a little faster, period. Increase the speed by 10-20%.

Rapid Fire = Fine the way it is, increase the damage by 10% maybe.

Hunter’s Shot = Remove this spell completely.. merge the current spell with Rapid Fire and make Hunter’s Shot something completely different. Maybe a casted attack, similar to the Warriors “Kill Shot” but slightly weaker.

Point Blank Shot = Fine the way it is, maybe add a 50% snare? could use one.

Barrage = Fine the way it is, however… maybe let us cast while moving and increase teh damage by 10%.. but increase the CD to compensate.

Thoughts? Go on, share your opinions and what you believe needs to be done.

Ranger – The easiest target in sPvP…

This is coming from a Warrior btw.

Not sure if the OP is trolling.. but here goes nothing.

Kill Shot = Easiest ability to avoid… are you blind? do you have bad awareness? you see someone crouching with a rifle it’s pretty obvious what’s gonna happen.

Pro tip = Dodge….

I’ve had sooo many skilled players dodge my Kill Shots, stop coming to the forums and skill up please.

Big Kill Shots = Glass Cannon.. find a way to close the game, root/stun/etc and the Rifle Warrior dies almost instantly :\

tldr: stop crying, get better… it’s not OP, damage is all Rifle Warrior has.

need more overflow tech imo

Hi

Since you guys refuse to make one of the server time-zones set in Oceanic.. (like Sea of Sorrows for example) how will this event work for us?

Since it’s panning 3 days (16th, 17th and 18th) will the last day go for 24 hours as well?

It seems pretty unfair that the events are more tuned for US time zones, meaning this Sunday (Monday for Oceanic players) I’ll be sleeping… then straight to work all day.

TLDR: Will the 18th event, for the boss.. go for a full 24 hours? meaning I can sleep, go to work, come home and still participate? considering it’s a Monday for us.

The main reason?

Animation Speed…. I hate feeling SLOW. I understand they are big so the speed looks slower than, say.. a Human or an Asura.

Wish they could somehow make it look faster but not kitten . then I would probably make a Charr.

I will bet 10 dollars that Rifle Warrior build will still be more effective in PvP…

If they don’t change Longbow or Shortbow, I am not interested….. this quote has me a little hopeful

“Second is trying to improve the feel/ pacing on some weapons.”

No…

Hell no…

New content? Yes..
New Gear? Only cosmetic please..

where’s that promise?

You see, when I saw and read the Ranger class… they really tried to sell the whole “Marksman, master of the Bow” stereotype.

It’s even on their website “Rangers are proficient with the bow.”

Here comes Live…. nothing like that.

Yes I understand the whole “Aragorn was a ranger” nonsense but that’s not the point… and that shouldn’t even be used for this argument :\ If you want to melee that’s great, you have the option.. but if I want a hard-hitting bow class that packs a punch, Ranger should be the one…. or at least a viable option!

I still don’t have an 80 because I’m not happy with the class mechanics. I really want a Ranger but why? My Rifle-Build Warrior hits harder and has better ranged mechanics/utilities.

Anet… you really need to rework the Longbow, it’s rather… terrible :\

Tell you one thing… He’s right about Mesmers.

Every high-end PvP player right now knows that Mesmers are broken, hence why they are all playing them.

That’s like banning the name “Jack” because it’s used in Mass Effect :\

surely Lulu isn’t banned because of a Final Fantasy character, I didn’t even know that name existed in those games anyway

So I’m trying to name my cat Lulu… which btw is the name of my real cat :\

not acceptable for some reason? can someone tell me why.