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Unplayable. 5 years in.

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I pretty much gave up on the wvw game mode earlier this week. I can’t get into many maps and roaming isn’t fun anymore, just 50 man blobs chasing one guy, clueless tags, vampire pvers, toxic team chat (on all accounts), and lag preventing game play.

Like magnuzone, I have work and housing projects to do. This game use to be a nice break from all of that but it’s too frustrating to support and play.

Lost themselves a dedicated 4+ year wvw player in me.

Please open Black Gate

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No bandwagon for you!

Looks like WvW arena is too small (sic ques)

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GOG is having a sale fyi, dragon dogma’s fun, wvw yawn blob fest.

outnumbered

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I go to the outnumbered maps only cause I finally get some roaming fights.

I do however, see multiple people just sitting at spawn collecting the +5 pips.

A better strategy for anet to implement is maybe you have to be a certain distance from spawn to get the outnumbered buff to activate? Actually be out where you can be ganked for afking punishment lol

Holy Condis Batman!

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Anet has yet to acknowledge or address the condi problems and issues in this game. They seem to avoid it at all costs.

For once AN don't cave

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With the OP, don’t give in anet. You did it right.

Pips for commander

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You can definitely tell who is a EOTM tag this week, kinda entertaining though.

Revert EOTM wxp Nerfs, Rank system unfair

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I applaud anet, no fast pass for you!

Gigantic queues

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Quite disappointed that I didn’t get to play my favourite game mode this evening. I hear the grindy stuff can take some time to get access to so I guess I’ll get back into WvW when the influx of new people have their legendary backpieces plus ascended access and leave.

Personally don’t care about rewards. Just wanted a nice bit of siege warfare before bed

Ah just wait it out, the vampires will be gone soon hopefully after they’ve sucked our game mode dry and got what they came for lol

Backpack and server-strength dilemma

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Come Tuesday, there will be a bonus given to people who tag up in WvW. If there is a commander shortage at the moment, expect to have an abundance on Tuesday.

And a shortage on wednesday again when players find out most of them suck, so they will go back to only following known names.

Speaks the truth. I’m guessing some of these pvers will come to our play ground from eotm and get farmed by roaming groups. Look forward to it actually, maybe we get some QQ from them so the game will get some balance changes.

Power mesmer VS thief

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Sounds like you need some CT FLETCHER MOTIVATION.

Yaks Bend

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LOL I just noticed that people are stacking Ferguson’s Crossing now that Yak’s Bend is full.

Lotta toxic kids on that server too, full force team chat last night lol

[Video] the state of condi necro... lol

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so bored with this meta……

Comment from a returning player

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It is a good point, these changes coming are great for wvw. The remaining issue with class balance and an out of control condi meta still exists at the end of the day. I really wish they would comment if they have any plans to tackle this challenge.

New WvW blog post June 1 2017

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I am pretty excited as a player who has hung in there since launch, at least wvw is getting some attention and love from anet.

Happy PvEr hunting!

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I think what most are missing is that pvers will most likely complain about wvw after coming to our neck of the woods. This means complaints related to condi meta, lag, and class balance.

With that said, anet really LOVES pvers, so this may be a good thing in the long run. Keep positive lol

Hey look News update for WvW.

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LFG?

Typically you just ask in team chat “any roaming groups?” and you get an answer. I’m not understanding this addition.

na nvm

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CD is a pretty nice small community from my experience.

NS, YB, and GoM all have a good core community and dedicated players.

Don’t go to mag dude lol

Are we getting new content for this mode?

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Hahahahahahaahahahahahahahahhaha!

Best joke thread ever. 10/10.

Agreed, would read again.

Megaservers, Queued Maps and full WvW?

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Match up thread, close please.

Where is everybody

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Ded game ded, condition critical. You may pull the plug nurse.

Recent patch - Nice "balance"

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And that’s /thread

Lost in the cave of wvw broken dreams. Nobody has returned EVER after entering.

Still can't understand WvW matchmaking

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Er…. I believe you are using the wrong formulas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glicko_rating_system

The math is pretty well detailed on that wiki, and it is relatively pretty simple.

Why does anet keep buffing condis?

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The balance is completely out of control and anet is letting it go. It is a shame.

JQ Implosion ?

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From what I’ve seen LGN guild left, quickcry, and a few friends I got took off the for the coast from JQ.

Reverse of the bandwagon affect in action to be honest, just the way it is.

LGN moving servers is nothing new tbh. They move quire frequently. I Wonder what server they moved to this time (think I may have seen some on FA but I could be wrong).

They do seem to move around a lot but do believe they were on JQ for some quite time. If I remember right, they were running around the TC server last week in fairly large numbers.

That guild moved from JQ like 4 months ago, they leaving have nothing to do with currents implosion because they were not part of the last ‘’JQ quick rise’, they left long before links happened for start with’…dont use internet explorer

Anger management……

JQ Implosion ?

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From what I’ve seen LGN guild left, quickcry, and a few friends I got took off the for the coast from JQ.

Reverse of the bandwagon affect in action to be honest, just the way it is.

LGN moving servers is nothing new tbh. They move quire frequently. I Wonder what server they moved to this time (think I may have seen some on FA but I could be wrong).

They do seem to move around a lot but do believe they were on JQ for some quite time. If I remember right, they were running around the TC server last week in fairly large numbers.

So no big changes for WvW?

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What do you mean?

Explore a sprawling desert oasis (LOL)
Vie for control of strategic objectives (1v1 an npc)
Test yourself in challenging encounters! (pve)
Conquer unique map mechanics! (air blower thing)
Unlock tactical abilities for yourself and your allies! (they mean yourself, only guy on map)
Giant LASER BEAM DINOSAUR RAWRRRR

Loading Bug/Invisible Weapons

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Sitting on the loading screens for quite sometime myself today. Finally just closed the game fully and gave up.

JQ Implosion ?

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From what I’ve seen LGN guild left, quickcry, and a few friends I got took off the for the coast from JQ.

Reverse of the bandwagon affect in action to be honest, just the way it is.

World record: punting

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Reminds me of the days when any class with any weapons could punt…

The ending of the video pretty much sums up wvw lol

Opinions on WvW Roaming Guilds.

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In my experience, the servers that have small roaming crews were always the most successful and highly valued plus recognized. Not a lot of servers see that these days or identify them and it is about blobbing as others mentioned.

When you compile just how many camps, vets, towers, wp tapping, spikes, poking at zergs pulling them off the pug tags main objective at times, spawn camping/ganking, scouting, defending, etc you have a small group of 2-5 guys/gals that tac up a lot of ppt in the end for their home server.

The main issue I’m seeing is it the same boring meta builds now. There seemed to be a lot of diversity back then with small groups trying things out of the ordinary and pulling off wins. Join a roaming crew today “you run this build necro, we want bleed stacks”.

Red servers

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It’s a coincidence as in how….

DBL

BG is open by the way, and...

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Keep transferring so we only have one server left in the game with multitudes of people complaining that they have nobody to fight.

Exactly

Recent patch - Nice "balance"

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Yeah it’s rather obscene what Anet are doing. They are continuing to ruin combat in WvW. I just don’t get it.

They dont play the game mode.. and the very few that do (maybe 5 total that i have ever seen) dont understand the dynamics of blob v blob and wvw.

If you watch, they balance wvw by what happens in spvp because this is the game mode they are still trying to turn into an esport .

I admit that some changes to wvw were needed.. such as the nerf to ghost thief and they did well with that.. but in turn, they simply made them more single target roamers now with choking gas BUT the fact that it hits more than one target makes them OP as hell as aoe cc on engage.

They lost all the devs for wvw and none of the current ones (or one) plays the game mode so… dont expect much in the way of fixes until they new xpac hits and they at least get some money flowing in. Right now they are scraping in the money from server transfers and just using that for pve story development.. which has really fallen off too.

They only nerfed ghost thief because of the one dude soloing the raid boss tbh…..other than that it would still exist in wvw and they still wouldn’t care.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcYRgbLabeU

Kinda with ya too on story, one of the more enjoyable features to gw2 I found really immersive. But even that game mode seems…half done I guess.

Forcing condition meta

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I find the conditions somewhat manageable at times in wvw, I don’t run condi builds anymore because I did indeed find them to be a bit brain dead and boring. Some builds you can click two skills and stand there in tank mode with your dire gear=autowin.

My biggest issue is the passives…passives..passives. Just too much. Anet should be relying on the player to know their class and skills, not give them so many passives in their build they can go autopilot.

Esports failed and I can’t name one person (been here since launch) that I know who does the raids. PVE is expected to get attention. I don’t know what the hell they are doing anymore…..but buffing condi isn’t wise. Your game becomes vanilla and they seem just fine with that. MMO players want the chocolate cake, gw2 isn’t offering it.

Why you hating on Seaweed Salad?

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I read anets explanations at times and feel like a 2 year old is trying to communicate biogeochemistry to me.

Should put that on “devs read mean tweets”

Dsrt BL hate thread # 1 million

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Reset night and disappointment example.

“Oh god…we are DBL this week”
-Every single person in Teamspeak.

Recent patch - Nice "balance"

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WvW got huge updates buddy!

-Tactivators and supply depots should now be easier to interact with.

Remarkable they state it “should”, as if it isn’t a guarantee it’s easier to interact with.

When I fix something at work I say “will function correctly now”, it’s called mad skillz yo. Separates the men from the boys.

Mega-lag all over the place on EBG

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Same here, all maps seem worse and worse. Just too much light show and numbers going around, servers can’t keep up.

Example of Match-maker Absurdities

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You see Chaba when you have a glicko………nah you’re right, it sucks.

Why does WvW feel bad?

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Like others have already stated here, the defensive tools available are miserable and oppressive (also keep in mind they’ve been nerfed down significantly from their release). Almost in their entirety they are so unbelievably poor in concept that I almost think that the dev’s were actually aiming for the troll factor.

“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”

The current WvW devs have absolutely no idea how to develop the mode, there is no expertise in large scale pvp at anet whatsoever.

Agreed and pretty obvious, they have no idea how to manage their product and that is a huge part of why wvw has failed along with esports pvp. Leave pvp to the big boys anet.

Why does WvW feel bad?

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mmmm… yep.

I think the horrendous problem this game has in any pvp is the no-balance at all. An i thought aney sold wvw as the endgame…

RodOfDeath don’t forget they also use the chants of : great improvements in wvw soon and wvw will be our primary focus

Nah… just think as soon as the new expac comes out aney will begin to work in the new new expac.

My post got deleted and infracted, thanks for recognizing it should have stayed cause it was cold hard truth lol

Why does WvW feel bad?

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In my opinion, I think the game is just 4 years in now and aged. Just your typical mmo trend.

All gw2 modes seem a little boring and not what they use to be, pve/wvw/pvp/dungeons. Next mmo will come out and people will flock to it, say its the best thing ever and gw2 killer, then the cycle will continue.

It's time to shut wvw down for good.

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I like his YouTube vids though

Mercy & Sportsmanship

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I like the commanders that spawn camp a server, then cry there is nobody to fight………WHAT?

Recent patch - Nice "balance"

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WvW got huge updates buddy!

-Tactivators and supply depots should now be easier to interact with.

Community Challenge: Server Match Ups

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Just a game…..

Hall of Fame for Retired Commanders

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47-BMS/ATK

Old Kaineng/FA

Showed no fear versus any guild, zerg, server, etc. Would take 10v50 and win. Often was seen charging into a zerg with his men/women while the so called zerg busting guilds fled.

A drunken kaineng necromancer who roams displaying the BMS tag prophesied one day 47 may return to crush the meta and all that stand in his path, my king will return.

Bounty system in WvW

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Can necromancers be excluded?

Our hamstrings are kinda absent, so we can’t run and escape like those glittery mesmers, power lifting warriors, or elegant wine drinking thief’s.

Seriously….do necros have a birth defect? I feel so slow but…..I kinda like it

What is the most OP class right now?

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I must be the only one licking my chops when I come across a condi reaper as 99% of them highly depend on the game to play for them. I love demoralizing their meta build on my power reaper. Feels oh so good

Find a player who knows how to player condi reaper, now that’s a different story. But in my experience extremely rare.