Guild Wars 2

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This is the build Ive used for quite awhile when I am focused in helping group play.

Has great group CC with Muddy Terrain, wolf howl and entangle. Provides for a group full condi cleanse. Also has a group heal.( you can change traits to have 2 group heals)

This build also provides power and condi damage.

Aoe damage is in the form of muddy terrain, then entangle and then torch 5…Ive caught 3 people in that combo and have won a 3v1 using that rotation.

Sebrent.3625:

I don’t think it’s so much “easy payouts” as it is an imbalance in the tradeoffs paid by the classes.

Look at what an Elementalist gains by running the classic tourney build with Dagger/Dagger:

• Single target damage (power and condition)
• Cleave damage (power and condition)
• Mobility
• Healing (self and team)
• Cleanse (self and team)
• Crowd Control
• Boon stacking (self and team)

The only thing they don’t have is “long range” and that isn’t really a problem when talking about Conquest given that contesting a point puts you quite close to each other … in fact, their abundance of AOE is well-suited for that little circle.

What exactly are they missing? Unless you can boon strip them, they aren’t even really squishy. If you do, they have the mobility to get away and reset.

All valid points. However i see more and more rangers owning d/d eles. Myself i can take down most D/D eles. Yes its not about 1v1s.

Rangers are good grouped as well.

High single target damage (more so than an ele)
High aoe damage(could be moreso than an ele…depends on ele build)
They have crazy good CC
They too can cure condis on group
They also have group heal
Great mobility
Condi damage second to none (on up to 5 people)
Spirit ranger has crazy team buffs as well. Although i think spirit rangers lacks a lot from other ranger builds.

Rangers were just in such a bad place for so long…they got a bad rep for being useless in Teams. They are far from that NOW.

silvermember.8941:

Invoker.5462:

silvermember.8941:

SYPHA.9283:

TexZero.7910:

As someone who does PvP both solo and on a team, i’ll give you my view on VoIP.

It’s not needed.

The only thing one needs to improve is basic teamwork. IE not falling victim to common misconceptions like (dont push far) etc.

There’s a very good quote from another product. It’s better that all 5 players follow a bad call than give 5 different calls and react to the enemies playbook.

Same thing with GW2’s arena, only the best part is you only need your minimap and UI to determine how to appropriately act.

Are voice coms nice ? Sure, but they are far from game changing. In fact most of the teams you talk about probably are sitting around on coms cracking off jokes instead of making actual calls.

lol VOIP isnt needed???

Tell that to the tournament winners. Communication is an inegral part of TEAM pvp.
Not everyone has the aptitude to type and play. I mean if it was that easy to type and play, theyd make VOIPs outlawed in tournament play.

It seems to more likely tha VoIP improves an already organized team, it won’t help against randoms because they are under no obligation to use a VoIP.

So yes VoIP works for actual teams. So go form a team.

“It won’t help against randoms” I guess you’re new to competitive gaming so ill give you a pass. That or you’re trolling pretty hard.

Give me 10 human beings. Ill sow shut the mouth of your 5 and ill keep my 5 with the ability to talk. Guess who wins? Heck ill even give you 5 players which know each other. If the mmr is even like you forum knights like to boast, then my team WILL win. Sorry but that telepathic communication you heard about on sci fi isn’t actually real.

O my, an internet tuff guy.

You should probably learn to read tuff guy. VoIP is only really effective when people use it, I played enough games to realize that a lot of pugs WILL not use it.

So all your ranting is pointless. If you care about PvP as much as you pretend to do take the initiative and form a team or not. It doesn’t make that much difference to me, I enjoy reading your angry tuff guy post.

Funny, a majority of pugs I’ve played with have no problems hopping in TS when asked. Maybe its your glaring charm that wards them away. Although to be fair, Ive only played 4k PvP matches. Im no pro like you.

I await your next misinformed, unresearched…posting from the hip response. You realize youve done a complete 180 from your original postings??? Probably not.

anduriell.6280:

Oh come on, this again?

It is stated and proven that ranger is the weakest class in the game after the necro. The idea behind the class is nice it’s execution is awful.

Too many broken mechanics in place to make this class playable in any high level game, silver wastes a perfect example, PvP no mention, WvW the same unless you play safe from 1800 units. I could write down a list but let’s not do that is being done 100 times.

That’s a fact and that’s why there are not meta rangers in PvP. Period.

Saying otherwise is BS and that’s being proven already.

Despise all that i love my ranger and i play with him all the time. I like to be able to swap between range and melee weapons although killing any champ in level 80 maps it’s really difficult to do it just myself.

When i play with a the guardian i much easier although so much boring.

Rangers are actually quite viable in competitive PvP. However, the tourney players prefer to play over the top, ridiculous OP classes and builds for easy payouts. Condi ranger is extraordinary if played corrrctly. Those that never played a condi ranger think its ezmode. I challenge you to try it and be good at it, if its soooo easy.

Point is there are a lot more easier classes to play with instawin buttons that tour players go for.

There was a tourney player that used ranger and he was owning…..

Ravenmoon.5318:

SYPHA.9283:

Ravenmoon.5318:

SYPHA.9283:

Ravenmoon.5318:

NA doesn’t deserve such leaderboard since you have NO team able to defeat Abjured. The top NA players are 5 and they play for the abjured. Case closed lulz :p

This could be easily done, but i prefer S E X and sunshine. As do most other people.

Most vets and any real serious players have since moved on. The above team found a game they were finally good and will stick to it until its dying day.

They should come to SMITE/LoL/ DoTA2 and see how they really stack up against a real PVP community. Not one based around Meta builds, Ai or FoTM. Odds are you would never even know they were playing the game.

cri mor lol

Ontopic, steamrolling any other team with 500 to 100 something means that those 5 players are better than the rest “pro” playaz listed in here.

At least over at the EU side, the WTS winners get their kitten kicked by other good players so the matches are at least interesting, because there is no certainty who would win.

You’re so cute with your Fanboiism.

No one cried, it was pure simply stated FACT.

Now take a break, remove your head from inside their bums and breathe.

Maybe get a GF or goto a beach.

I don’t even like the Abjured. But facts are facts. Muricans can’t beat them. I’m not even from NA.

You cri.

I got a girlfriend, still too cold in my country for beach. But I will, in 2 months when I get a month off work tyvm for your concern

P.S: Dota 2/LoL do have FotM builds. Guess you don’t play these games so much to figure it out on your own :p

Every game has FoTm class. However, gw2 is the only game that I have played that thrives on it alone. All the games you mentioned have a Fotm, but you very seldom see anyone thats played more than 10 games using them.

Fotm in gw2 is used in tournaments…everyone runs to Fotm here, everyone runs to Metabattle for builds. This game is beginner level PvP at best. The game was built for sheep.

silvermember.8941:

SYPHA.9283:

Buran.3796:

VOIP greatly enhances the team performance, and would be a lot more fair if the game has this device implemented by default -specially more fair in conformed vs pugs matches-.

But we must be realistic here:

1) Integrated VOIP would be expensive to implement, and PvP is one of the parts in this game which provides the least earns to ArenaNet, due usually the players focused on competitive PvP doesn’t care as much about fancy skins or PvE commodities.

2) Taking in consideration how badly the netcode sometimes performs in this game -specially here in EU- and that VOIP chat weights a lot more than the vector data from the matches one can only guess HOW LAGGY could the game run if over the current features it would carry an extra layer of real time 5 vs 5 talk in every match.

If an old outdated game like LoTRO can implement in game voice…i certainly think a new game with an abundance of resources can.

It all about resources in business. They could but why would they? The fact you are here QQing and not playing lotro ( yes u quit and are playing smite, which doesn’t have it either) means it isn’t important to the audience. Let me put it like this. VoIP would not significantly help gw2 PvP. Teams will still use their own voip, so get a team or don’t play.

Well first of all no one is QQ. If you think its a QQ thread you need some sunshine.

As far quitting Lotro, yes I did PvP is dead. Voice comms were/are very important in that game for 12/24 man raids and especially in PvP. They were an integral part.

Smite does have voice comms its called Curse, 99% of people have it installed(that ive played with) and/or use teamspeak.

Do you even research anything before you post in forumz????

Gapaw.8674:

ITheNormalPerson.9275:

Gapaw.8674:

Safiyasha.2910:

A Ranger that knows how to play is a very very dangerous thing so keep coming for me I want you to. Ignorance is bliss.

I will call your bluff..Every Ranger i seen had died in 15 seconds or less. Not to mention how many i have taken out in the mist..Ranger are no good for pvp period…Just swallow your pride i probably had killed you in the mist as well..

while i’m not disagree-ing nor agreeing with you, 15 seconds is either a hyperbole or plain false. while it is rare nowadays, the condi-regen build can last a decent amount of time in 1v1’s with very little effort (not to say it doesn’t take skill).

and if you’ve played pvp for more than a week, chances are you’ve ran into a couple of these builds.

Not to mention there’s a ranger in the competitive field (i believe. i’ve never actually kept up with it)

even glassbow rangers can last a long time if you play defensively and know what you’re doing

edit: for the sake of contributing something to the topic, I think the fact that the same people who complain about all rangers being bad (and that they kill rangers “all the time” )are generally the same people that cry for ranger nerfs. that speaks for itself, imo.

Why would a ranger play defensive?Just admit the offense suxs? When it comes hand to hand combat up close they are finish ie Mist or Pvp.Further more the farther away you are the more damage you deal with a bow.(You could say that is part defense being father back). If the Bow did its Job like it should, i would not need a weak pet to make up the difference for my Bow..LOL The only thing that the Bow has good going for it is the rapid fire..Once you use the rapid fire the Ranger is dead meat and i am going to nail you to the ground with my thief.. BTW I play ranger so i know what they can and cannot do..When i play thief i never lost a fight with a ranger they are to easy.

Lmao you must fight really bad rangers. I use only melee weapons and on occassion a SB. I have no problem defeating 99% of thieves.

I do love after killing an opponent they QQ that i only spam 2…when I havent equipped an LB in close to 2 years.

Buran.3796:

VOIP greatly enhances the team performance, and would be a lot more fair if the game has this device implemented by default -specially more fair in conformed vs pugs matches-.

But we must be realistic here:

1) Integrated VOIP would be expensive to implement, and PvP is one of the parts in this game which provides the least earns to ArenaNet, due usually the players focused on competitive PvP doesn’t care as much about fancy skins or PvE commodities.

2) Taking in consideration how badly the netcode sometimes performs in this game -specially here in EU- and that VOIP chat weights a lot more than the vector data from the matches one can only guess HOW LAGGY could the game run if over the current features it would carry an extra layer of real time 5 vs 5 talk in every match.

If an old outdated game like LoTRO can implement in game voice…i certainly think a new game with an abundance of resources can.

Ravenmoon.5318:

SYPHA.9283:

Ravenmoon.5318:

NA doesn’t deserve such leaderboard since you have NO team able to defeat Abjured. The top NA players are 5 and they play for the abjured. Case closed lulz :p

This could be easily done, but i prefer S E X and sunshine. As do most other people.

Most vets and any real serious players have since moved on. The above team found a game they were finally good and will stick to it until its dying day.

They should come to SMITE/LoL/ DoTA2 and see how they really stack up against a real PVP community. Not one based around Meta builds, Ai or FoTM. Odds are you would never even know they were playing the game.

cri mor lol

Ontopic, steamrolling any other team with 500 to 100 something means that those 5 players are better than the rest “pro” playaz listed in here.

At least over at the EU side, the WTS winners get their kitten kicked by other good players so the matches are at least interesting, because there is no certainty who would win.

You’re so cute with your Fanboiism.

No one cried, it was pure simply stated FACT.

Now take a break, remove your head from inside their bums and breathe.

Maybe get a GF or goto a beach.

Ravenmoon.5318:

NA doesn’t deserve such leaderboard since you have NO team able to defeat Abjured. The top NA players are 5 and they play for the abjured. Case closed lulz :p

This could be easily done, but i prefer S E X and sunshine. As do most other people.

Most vets and any real serious players have since moved on. The above team found a game they were finally good and will stick to it until its dying day.

They should come to SMITE/LoL/ DoTA2 and see how they really stack up against a real PVP community. Not one based around Meta builds, Ai or FoTM. Odds are you would never even know they were playing the game.

Dawdler.8521:

If 5 random people are to fight a premade, TS wont help much. Good players know exactly what to do. The maps are pretty much the same and won in the same way every match. GW2 already has a couple of tools for communcations such as map ping and draw (plus chat of course).

Wrong…

I invited 4 randoms a few weeks back. We all got in my TS. We went 9wins 1 loss. And we fought 3 full premades.

Whether they were a bad premade or not is not the point. The point is I had a 5 man all randoms we grouped and used TS and dominated.

Dont believe them just beause they say they are all solo. Hit the B button and see if they are grouped. You just right click on their name. If you dont have the option to invite them to a group means they are already grouped. 9/10 that many engies are at least duo grouped.

TexZero.7910:

As someone who does PvP both solo and on a team, i’ll give you my view on VoIP.

It’s not needed.

The only thing one needs to improve is basic teamwork. IE not falling victim to common misconceptions like (dont push far) etc.

There’s a very good quote from another product. It’s better that all 5 players follow a bad call than give 5 different calls and react to the enemies playbook.

Same thing with GW2’s arena, only the best part is you only need your minimap and UI to determine how to appropriately act.

Are voice coms nice ? Sure, but they are far from game changing. In fact most of the teams you talk about probably are sitting around on coms cracking off jokes instead of making actual calls.

lol VOIP isnt needed???

Tell that to the tournament winners. Communication is an inegral part of TEAM pvp.
Not everyone has the aptitude to type and play. I mean if it was that easy to type and play, theyd make VOIPs outlawed in tournament play.

If you are supposed to win the match and you dont win, then yes you get negative points. If you aren’t supposed to win and you do, you gain points. And then the point values differ, per how badly you were beaten yadda yadda.

Teutos.8620:

Feel free to look me up in the pre Dez leaderboards, where you were actually ranked my match making. Since I haven’t found you there, I know how great you are.

Every situation I was accused of hacking was during the daily in Hot-join. I don’t spent more time there. Maybe you should try that too.

btw: If you write with caps lock, nobody is taking you seriously. Try to use some of the formatting options if you want to put emphasis on something.

Pssst if you’re going to comment on someones caps use and try to troll. Please make sure your sentences at least make sense. WTF does this mean ….(I don’t spent more time there). I don’t spent much time there either. LMFAO. as a matter of fact, I don’t spent more time in GW2 at all. Smite is a much better designed game.

Nope it will stay that way. Look at past seasons. Lexicity one of the worst rangers and with a 47% win ration was ranked 1.

The LB is based on total number of points you get. Which can be earned from losing as well as winning. Being rewarded 3 points for a loss because you scored 300 points when you were supposed to lose, seems legit for a LB application.

This game has become a complete utter joke.

Takes me less than 10 secs to kill turret engie. I main a ranger. Im quite good. I dont even range the engie down. I go in use my invul and blast my AOE/CONDIS . Problem solved. Or if you prefer to meta build like 99% of the gw2 population, use an lb ranger or an staff ele or a shatter mes…the list goes on and on. If you die to turret engies you need to uninstall they arent good.

Darkness.9732:

They should nerf turret engineer.
If you are against that well you are simply a turret engineer who loves easy kills and if i can say…a kid who doesn’ t want to give up on his toy…

Or a noob that has no clue how to beat one. one word…RANGE

Dear OP as a ranger if you’re losing to either of those classes you are complaining about. PLEEZ UNINSTALL AND NEVER PLAY THIS GAME AGAIN

Teutos.8620:

SYPHA.9283:

Actually you are quite wrong. Hacking in PvP has become quite prevalent. Usually after ANET gives a 50-75% discount you see hacking from the new players for a good 6 months.

I’ll refer you to my list from above. Most of the time the situation people refer to “hacking” has other causes.

From my personal perspective I very rarely recognize someone as hacking, but that may also be due to the fact, that I’m not ranked at the entry level.

Ill refer you to my original comment. You are wrong. I witness hacking on a daily basis. I too have played the game since beta am rank 80 and am quite sure i know the diff between hacks and skills. Being ive played every class. Hacks are a very serious and real problem and it grows daily.

Its funny to see all the thieves run to this thread and call this guy a troll.

Fact is the OP is spot on. Thieves are extremely easy to play effectively and do have a very low learning curve. If you want to really kitten face, make a s/d thief.

Teutos.8620:

Hacking in SPvP is very unusual; You chance to meet someone is very rare. Things like flying or speedhack are more a problem in WvW.

Most of the time you’ll meet either:

• Players that are Lagging; that lets them port around a few steps. Most common issue here is players that appear to be kicked down an edge, but appear back above. Or a downstate player you can’t finish or rez because it tells you he is out of position.
• Bugs: Currently there is an invisible bug. Not sure how it is caused. Few days ago I met an invisible warrior. In hotjoin on Foefire you might spawn in the wrong base.
• A profession skill you just don’t know: I got accused of hacking for using Worm and Spectral Walk on my Nekromancer. Another time in Hotjoin testing a condition burst build and just obliterating someone.

Actually you are quite wrong. Hacking in PvP has become quite prevalent. Usually after ANET gives a 50-75% discount you see hacking from the new players for a good 6 months.

screw meta….i run my own build and kitten most eles and engies

actually quite funny. the same build ive been using for 2 yrs on my range is very close to what they have posted on meta……funny it took someone that long to realize rangers are awesome.

Lol… eles are easily countered on a Ranger as are Engies. I suggest you lern2play.

I suggest playing SMITE. The diversity of characters and skills and builds you can make are staggering. 62 gods to chose from, each with their own 5 skills. No skills are copied and pasted. As well as chosing 6 pieces of armor per match(You have a choice of over 100). 6 different game modes, from 3v3 joust , 5v5 conquest, 5v5 arena battle on and on.

and oh ya, the graphics are much better.

It is IMO the best PvP game out.

GW2 has consistently ruined PvP.

BurrTheKing.8571:

SYPHA.9283:

Random Weird Guy.3528:

For the attention of anyone whining about turret engis being OP:

Beat a team with 2 turret engis, team was either full premade or 3+2. One of the turret engis is #1 on EU leaderboard.
Whole thing is sped up 3x, but if you’re still too lazy, there’s a moment at 2:26- when we essentially win the 2v2 with our mesmer + ele vs their turret engi + thief until the guardian appears. Even then, we are both able to simply disengage and leave the turrets in the dust.

This also shows how unjustified it is to have this guy at #1 on the EU leaderboards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7VE3SHuN64

So, what I’ve learned from this video is…..Mesmer is the easiest class to play. Watch the CDs. Most of the time just spamming 1, rarely using other skills when off of CD and rarely using Utilities.

So, to play Mesmer, spam 1 and f1-3…and run in circles.

Every play LB ranger? You don’t know what you’re talking about. Setting up Shatters properly is more difficult than using Point Blank Shot and Rapid Fire on CD. Shatter also lacks condi removal generally, some take Lyssa runes but even then that’s 5 condis every 90 seconds.

I would say CI Mes is more difficult than Shatter, but both are miles ahead in difficulty than playing Ranger.

Also, what do you even consider “hard” to play in this game that is also viable?

Ive played every class with just about everybuild. In order and these are what i personally found faceroll stupid easy to play.

1. turret engie
2. hambow
3. gs mesmer
4. lb ranger
5. fresh air ele

Random Weird Guy.3528:

For the attention of anyone whining about turret engis being OP:

Beat a team with 2 turret engis, team was either full premade or 3+2. One of the turret engis is #1 on EU leaderboard.
Whole thing is sped up 3x, but if you’re still too lazy, there’s a moment at 2:26- when we essentially win the 2v2 with our mesmer + ele vs their turret engi + thief until the guardian appears. Even then, we are both able to simply disengage and leave the turrets in the dust.

This also shows how unjustified it is to have this guy at #1 on the EU leaderboards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7VE3SHuN64

So, what I’ve learned from this video is…..Mesmer is the easiest class to play. Watch the CDs. Most of the time just spamming 1, rarely using other skills when off of CD and rarely using Utilities.

So, to play Mesmer, spam 1 and f1-3…and run in circles.

5 Revs vs 5 Revs

That will be PvP formula for 1st month or so.

JTGuevara.9018:

Thanks for the bump, Morwath.

It’s important that this message gets continously stressed, that with the merging of arenas. THIS is the one thing causing all the mismatches and what Anet needs to correct. THIS is the one thing that didn’t need to be changed.

Of course ANET needed to change it. Their precious few tournament teams didn’t have anyone to queue with for practice. No one was joining team queues because they were tired of getting rekt by the top teams. So, in anets infinite wisdom,,,lets combine the queues so the top .005% of the pvp population that is good enuff for tournaments can get some practice. **** the general population, they wanna be E-sports sooo bad, they are just going to cater to the few.

GhOst.4019:

Removing dungeons and rank grind is the worst analogy I have ever heard…

Secondly, no game creator/ developer can make 100% of people happy. I guarantee their reasoning was to get more people into PvP because some outside of it thought that rank mattered when technically, (playing wise) it does not. Then more people came in because it was more on par with getting to lvl 80 in PvE in time spent terms.

I lost all my games played in tournaments when the switch happened. 1700 tournaments played just disappeared off my stats and didn’t merge with games played. Some players it merged and some were somehow forgotten. I was a little peeved but got over it in a week. Why? Because rank & games played doesn’t prove you are a good player. Put the person in a match and then you can SEE how good they are.

It may have mattered to you and some others more than some. In the big picture, it means nothing. Look at all the people at the beginning of the game exploited and got to rank 80 in a couple weeks. Most were banned, some were missed. Then you see people in chat saying R70 lfg and the game has only been out a few weeks. Those players got ignored and no one wanted them because of their rank; knowing they hadn’t played a single match that would have contributed to them being even semi skilled.

No one said rank made you a good player. He was simply stating(ill restate it for u so u can understand) some do enjoy the rank grind, alot infact. Removing it was useless and the analogy comparing it to the dungeons was spot on.

I enjoyed the rank grind… as a matter of fact. When they updated ranks and made them so casuals could get rank easily, it made my grind (that i enjoyed) a wasted time. Some do like to see titles, some do like to grind titles. Everyone has a niche in this game they enjoy.

Just because the OP ideas and yours don’t coincide, does not make him wrong.

LMAO….with only 5-7 really competitive teams….Esports in GW2 will never happen.

turrets…yadda yadda

Sit down, put the bong away, set the crack stem down…and think long and hard. WOW JUST WOW

Reikou.7068:

Power.2957:

Alrighty, this screenshot should clear some things up. See attached image.

Sounds like a fantastic solition would be to bump the queue accecpt timer up to 1 min, and allow us to do sone other things while waiting.

Wait, so you would want an extra minute for the accept timer…AFTER already waiting from 4-10 minutes depending on time of day???? I say get rid of that kitten and go back to pre-patch…when pvp is good(BEFORE THE DEVS kitten EVERYTHING UP).

Minions are as useless as ranger pets. 1 aoe burst and they both die…..Would be nice if minions and ranger pets were as survival as a turret.

Pretty sure Lopez has no clue WTF shes talking about. Hell when asked if pet rezzed the ranger, her response was….SHE HAD NO SPIRITS.

Id bet my left kitten that the ranger was pet rezzed.

So many of these threads asking the same question. Im going to go with,“YES” the Devs are aware of them and have done nothing to prevent, discourage or punish those doing it.

FARM ON

Tao.5096:

Let’s skip condition topic, since it’s a thing that can kill any build.
In time, even Necro will die.

My sole point is:
Guardian is the only class that can hold few players w/o being kicked out of point which would lead to neutralizing it, till teammates will come and aid him in fight.
Amount of Blocks, stability, invulnerability, retaliation, protection etc is enormous.
I have met few guardians like that with good rotation and fighting them was a horrible waste of time, I find it somehow nice, that Guardian both in name and in playstyle fit together.
So yes, survivability wise and point holding wise, Guardian is far superior than Turret engineer or MM Necromancer.

The main difference between those three, is that Guardian can share his boons which make him more team supportive than engineer or necro.
And yet he’s mobile.
Well, each bunker build and class has it’s pros and cons.

A banner warrior is a far superior bunker.

Elitist.8701:

Seriously Anet..

I still play this game because I have no life. The hours that I still play I spend 1/3-1/2 of my time sitting in the mists doing nothing. Theres nothing to do in the mists, no games or activities in that incredibly large empty space. I wanna do something else but then I’d leave Queue and then what do I do? WvW? That stuff is lame man. I get a Q pop after 7-8 minutes usually. I go into game. Great we have double thief so I have to switch. I go Engi, I kill people, we win. Hooray?

I feel like there’s nothing left for me in this game anymore. Waiting for a Q is incredibly boring, I used to be able to get map completion for my legendary, not anymore. Now Ill never get a legendary. I just sit in the mists looking at the TP. I dont really have that many in game friends/teammates anymore, they’ve all ditched me to play with others and im not sure why. Not because im bad, but apparently some people are “a little better”.Whatever. I used to troll dueling arenas for fun, but I got banned from all of them. I used to enjoy the KOTH server, but thats dead because nobody wants to go in cuz they’re waiting for a Q pop.

Anet killed their own game. I really don’t understand how people still play PvP, and that includes me. I feel like its a chore, not for fun anymore. Unless something really changes I think im packing up my bags and going to Smite.

#dedgaem

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I’ve read quite a few of your posts and you keep saying the same ole crap.

Leave already. Or are you waiting for someone to beg you not to, or show you some attn. ?

Nope WAI. The devs expect you to jump arounf in circles for 3-10 minutes waiting to play. Or more likely they think if you have nothing else to do, youll visit the TP and spend money on gems to look pretty. We all know the mists is just a place most ppl go to show of their new cosmetics.

climonite.8537:

Thank you Lazaar, would that add to the reward track, and if so, how do I start ?

@SYPHA; Yes they’re good, but I don’t like the mode. I get to fight, and even although it’ll be slower when I lose, I still get better rewards then that I would get in WvW, so win/win still, just suck for my teammates.

Pretty pathetic someone is losing for their team everytime. People like this is why the PVP is dying. Outright admitting to not caring about screwing his team over.

Already been suggested….

Dumbest thing I’ve read in awhile. If the reward tracks are as “GOOD” as you say. One would think you would try to win, instead of constantly losing for your team. You know, more points for win….. you know, you get more of the “GOOD” stuff as you call it(quicker).

STILL…in a row??? youd figure with MMR supposed WAI he’d get a win somewhere.

STILL…31 LOSSES IN A ROW???

I thought SXtronghold is going to be guild only? no?

I spoke to a thief the other day. He was on a 31 game losing streak and he exclusively soloed as well.

AS far as the MMr no clue. Ive had teammates that have blown a 200 point lead, thinking they had the win and wanting to fight off caps. Ive been in matches when i say," get tranq", theyd all run to ferocity. Ive been on team, where ive held a point(im a condi ranger) longer than a guard can hold home(only fighting solos).

I have screwed up as well. Not saying I’m perfect. But. i know how to rotate and run from a fight if its a 3v1. I can out rotate a zerging team. So, if i can do these things, why get paired with kittenty players that dont even know where Tranq is. MMR supposed to stop that. I cant count the times ive lost games, due to ppl wanting to off cap fight. It boggles the mind.

Or my fav….4 ppl capping home and going for beast…while im trying to hold mid at start of a fight. After i asked the guard to go mid with me. Hes response,I need the points gotta get beast 1st.

MMR is supposed to sort out these garbage players. I dont see it happening.

It’s a garbage system, based on games played and time put in.

I personally don’t know of any other game, that gives you points towards the leader board for losing a match.

Dueling rooms are useless. A bow before every match. Your opponent having time to build a counter to your build and then there isnt that unpredictable element. When running in a match you never know what will happen.

I have witnessed many duelists that are good in the 1v1 arena, get their butts handed to them in a match 1v1….because they dont have that 1 min between duels to buff up, get ready for next fight and so on.

Dueling is for kitten measuring and most have no clue wtf to do outside of the 1v1 arena.

Prysin.8542:

Rangers have 2 big weaknesses; Stuns and bursts. Unlike almost all other classes, they got NO reliable (yes, reliable is the key here) way of healing up once being bursted.
Every other class (only one i am not sure about is necro) got a way to HEAL a small chunk without having to resolve to using the healing skill. Rangers got ZERO such options.
While some say “what about Fern Hound F2”, well that is were the reliable part comes in, it is by no means reliable considering F2’s bug out, A LOT.
Eles got on dodge and a weapon skill or two, engies can use medikit/toolbelt which has much much lower CD, thief got Mug/heal on venom use, guard got dodge roll, meditations and virtue, warrior got shouts, mesmer got mantras…..
When “Invigorating Bond” was released, i hoped it would A: scale from rangers stats and B: affect ranger. It does not, instead it is a GM that does not use ranger healing (thus it heals abysmally little, comparable to Sigil of Renewal) and it only affects allies. Meaning your allies gotta be in 360 range of pet, or it wont work and even then it is bad.
Ranger also got NO stunbreaker under 30 seconds (look all you want, the closest you get is “Hide in Plain Sight” which only make you stealth, not break the actual stun). They also got few of them that synergizes with their builds (meaning if you take 2 rather then one, in most cases that actually lowers the effectiveness of that build both defensively and offensively)

LOL LOL.

You need to investigate your traits and just your entire set up in general. Rangers have awesome regen if traited correctly.

1 word, settlers. I’ll leave it to you to figure out the entire build. The condi damage is sweet as well as regen.

There are tons of condi/stun/slow removals.

The last few 1v1s ive had, i left the fight with 3/4 or more health and a stomp.