ive also played thousands of matches and ive only ever caught people out of 10 of them within the past 2 years, 2 within the past 2 months, just to say it doesnt happen often and your only going to catch the stupid ones there are people that do stuff like that and are less obvious about it so your never going to know or they are going to pray on people like you and just hope you thought there was a lag or latency issue.
the video i had proof of showed that everyone else in the map was fine and the character in question was being targeted by an ai archer and the arrows were following him perfectly although on my screen he was moving at absurd speeds this was a ranger…(who thought no one was watching) there was no lag at play.
(i know you were probably talking to tc but just felt id comment)
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There are some people in pvp that run around with permanent +200% movement speed.
They literally run faster than a shortbow thief without teleporting or leaping.
When they do that, their running animation gets all messed up
and they remind me of my worst ex when he is about to ejaculate.
How are they doing that?
Are they using cheat program?
If there are cheat programs, this game is not worth playing.
there are multiple cheat “programs” out there i remember during the season a necro was abusing some kind of invisibility, teleporting cheat he was supposedly delt with i saw a dev mention in a redit post
i also brought video proof of someone using a speed hack in stronghold was being very obvious about it, people agreed it was a hack… i would link you to my video of it but you’ll just have to do a search yourself on youtube i was already modded for just asking for it to be looked into or the person to be warned that was abusing/using it but again the topic about it was silenced and no action was taken… just dont play the game i know i havent played it nearly as much since that incident i just do my dailies most of the time… and get off so many other games out and coming soon..
tldr: yes there is such a thing dont expect anet to do anything about it its probably been around a long time….
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I know the patch and map changes have only been out for a short time, but I really appreciate the feedback that everyone is adding to this thread.
sky hammer seems better, havent played spirit watch yet…..
#bring back kitten raid on the CAPRICORN
would be another new map for you more interesting and really unique mechanic (water combat) i know you guy didnt want to balance it but comon i want water combat in my pvp
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If he’s appearing at close point he could have prefired an infiltrators arrow and then shadowstepped… that’s a sign of a bad thief, not a hacker
I was in the game and he was using some Teleport Hack 100% ,
I mained thief untill HoT and what he did was straight impossible,
he teleported from close to far instantly after capping close.
There’s a trap with 10,000 range teleport. It’s broken AF but really good skill to take if you plan on being the decap thief.
if by broken you mean doesnt work 75% of the time i agree with you but still pretty good when it does work mesmer portal is more reliable and can teleport teammates anything a thief can do another class can do better….
on topic ive seen some hacks for the first time during this season a certain necro was using teleport and invisability hacks for over a weak but saw a dev reddit post not too long ago saying he was delt with he was being very obvious about it specially on a class that doesnt have access to those things really im sure other people abuse whatever he was doing just not as obviously.
I can outskill a thief with [Dragons Maw].
mmmm okay? whats does that have to do with what i just said and placing a maw does not equal skill maybe im not getting your sarcasm lol
playing with ALL classes keeps it fun that’s how i do it
If he’s appearing at close point he could have prefired an infiltrators arrow and then shadowstepped… that’s a sign of a bad thief, not a hacker
I was in the game and he was using some Teleport Hack 100% ,
I mained thief untill HoT and what he did was straight impossible,
he teleported from close to far instantly after capping close.
There’s a trap with 10,000 range teleport. It’s broken AF but really good skill to take if you plan on being the decap thief.
if by broken you mean doesnt work 75% of the time i agree with you but still pretty good when it does work mesmer portal is more reliable and can teleport teammates anything a thief can do another class can do better….
on topic ive seen some hacks for the first time during this season a certain necro was using teleport and invisability hacks for over a weak but saw a dev reddit post not too long ago saying he was delt with he was being very obvious about it specially on a class that doesnt have access to those things really im sure other people abuse whatever he was doing just not as obviously.
playing with ALL classes keeps it fun that’s how i do it
Whats interesting is that the scrapper playstyle is a bruiser that doesnt really need stealth in its rotation, it has so much sustain going for it outside this, and then suddenly it has a 40 sec cd ondemand aoe stealth, which even gives him a free getaway in most cases.
30sec duration 20sec cd if I’m not mistaken which is absolutely bull kitten glad it’s being nerfed next patch imo it should be 60sec cd so the person has to think of when to use it like most elites not spamable oh I’m dead let me get away oh my team mate is down oh let’s stealth Zerg to this point right now you can do one and turn right around and do another there is no chill on this skill right now.. I don’t mind Engi having stealth they always have with combo fields and elixers but those were reasonable with reasonable cd’s and thought.
Don’t forget about rune of trapper giving stealth access to classes that were strong enough without it in the first place, guards can use it to single out a target and set up burst / reposition while breaking lock if being focused or targeted (annoying when trying to keep a pug on the task at hand they forget about them lol) and Rangers (although rare and almost just didn’t mention trap rangers barely exists) can taunt and trap stealth to continuously take the lock off them not as strong with ranger but just as annoying. These are things a thief shouldn’t have to worry about going up against specially with the current meta there are already enough annoyances….
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i won this match but i had a necro on my team leave mid uncapped just to go get ferocity then went back to cap mid no one was on it ( i was watching on the map going wtf wtf wtf) diamond too leagues dont equal skill or smarts specially in this meta….
playing with ALL classes keeps it fun that’s how i do it
We’re planning on making some changes to amulets/sigils/runes available in PvP for the Winter 2016 Update (January 26). Some of these changes will greatly affect the way that PvP is played, so I wanted to take this opportunity to get the changes in front of everyone, discuss the implications as a group, and see where we net out. Most of these changes are easily reversible, so don’t view this as a “forever change”, but rather something we’ll tweak until we get PvP’s gameplay closer to our vision for it. These changes will go out prior to our next season PvP League season, so if we identify a change that isn’t accomplishing our goals we’ll have time to address it before the season begins.
You’ll note that a lot of the changes below are directed at more defensive stat combos/items. Our intent is not to eradicate this type of gameplay, but simply to improve the pace of gameplay overall.
Runes
We’ll be removing the following runes from PvP:
Rune of Durability
Rune of Mercy
Sigil Changes:
Sigil of Demon Summoning: this sigil will no longer be usable in PvP.
We already removed a majority of AI summoning sigils/runes in a previous release – we’re just finishing the job.
Sigil of Energy: the functionality of this Sigil is changing slightly. Instead of granting 50 endurance on weapon swap, Sigil of Energy will instead grant 5 seconds of vigor to the player with the usual 9 second ICD. This change only applies to PvP.
Amulet Changes:
We’ll be adding the following amulets:
Mercenary’s Amulet
1050 Power
1050 Condition
560 Toughness
560 Vitality
Sage’s Amulet
1050 Power
1050 Condition
560 Healing Power
560 Vitality
Paladin’s Amulet
1050 Power
1050 Precision
560 Toughness
560 Vitality
Mender’s Amulet
1050 Power
1050 Healing Power
560 Precision
560 Vitality
We’re also removing the following amulets:
Soldier’s
Settler’s
Celestial
Sentinel
/discuss
Hmm actually don’t mind these changes but I just bought rune of durability to test a war build I’ve been using am I going to get a refund for that gold I’m poor only pvp…. Was an investment
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But if your crazy like I am you will eat their shroud and dodge the big blows and be mindful of the chill but that takes experience.. Just had a legendary reaper (probably boosted) raging at me calling thieves cheap was a good night cap.
Sword dagger, if that’s what you play, has a pretty easy time with Necros when played correctly right now. Dagger pistol seems to take a lot more timing and difficulty.
I play With everything but s/d never liked it, doesn’t flow well.. D/p / staff my usual choices sb on switch also have condi set up and believe it or not p/p set up that I’ve had success with which to be successful you need to know how to kite and when to run…
playing with ALL classes keeps it fun that’s how i do it
But if your crazy like I am you will eat their shroud and dodge the big blows and be mindful of the chill but that takes experience.. Just had a legendary reaper (probably boosted) raging at me calling thieves cheap was a good night cap.
playing with ALL classes keeps it fun that’s how i do it
I used to enjoy / actually have fun playing this game anet now I’m just forcing myself to play for winter day rewards (last day) I will be keeping an eye on what changes you bring. Used to like the game over other cause I thought it took skill but that just isn’t the case anymore.
playing with ALL classes keeps it fun that’s how i do it
Two days to lvl that much doesn’t make sense but hey if it’s balanced would be better than this I like my balanced games and who doesn’t like sexy avatars
playing with ALL classes keeps it fun that’s how i do it
Sorry dude, I was planning to reply regarding your post, But I have a 900 second post gate. I have forgotten to reply after entirely
You provide some good info although I disagree on some.
The comparison on rev is so so in general, we all know that rev is such a broken class, heavy armor, high boon uptime, high damage, decent sustain, no counterplay heal, and so on.
You can compare any damage class to revenant and that class would fail in comparison.
I do agree that thief needs higher hp since it relies on stealth on active defenses. 15 Initiative is too much, why? you wanna see evade spamming thieves even more?
About balancing for pros, everyone starts as a noob, even the pros started as noobs, I do not see why new players can’t practice to be better and we should just make everything easier in a sense.
So you guys are saying we should balance around casuals then?
Are you seriously complaing about Thief evades? Can we first put light on the fact Druids have like a 7s Invulnerability? Or the fact that every class has some form of access to protection and invulnerability? Or how every class has some form of regeneration?
If you actually read the post made after this one, I said I am actually fine by it, the one thing I am concerned about is people will complain about it here again on the forums like how everybody complains all the time then thief will get nerfed again even more on all the wrong places.
Please, everyone is talking and discussing constructively here.
PS: Druids do not have 7 seconds of invulnerability. #factcheckplease.
Sorry I just hate when people make digs when someone is slightly off its a 6sec damage mitigation big whoop on the difference there smh not saying I agree with his point but they do have that signet and another utility skill (that rangers don’t usually take) that can give then another 6 seconds of not worrying about damage plus all the cc’s Druids can output on top of being immune (although the they aren’t immune with the signet which is why I don’t fully agree with him you can still apply conditions and cc assuming they don’t have stability) but still it’s an uphill battle.
playing with ALL classes keeps it fun that’s how i do it
I’ve been using it a lot since the xpac on some of my thief builds and wondered what was holding others back so its reliability… Good there are ways to get it to work without having it bug up just have to be aware and pay attention try to have a good line of site I consider it something that still takes some skill because of this isn’t an ez mode skill like most things… Takes some thought before and after..
Ps Mesmer portal can bug up as well had this happen to me many times when laying the first portal (maybe second) on an uneven surface..
playing with ALL classes keeps it fun that’s how i do it
now im doing just fine on thief just wanted to get that out there but some things that annoy me while playing as one and this isnt really a new issue is, other classes now having stealth / reveal (this is my main issue)…
how come a engi a stronger class can have rotating stealth around him that works by itself and be able to reveal a thief without breaking stealth on himself totally anti thief…
there are other classes that have reveal too but engi having it while having access to alot of stealth and invulns and blocks with healing is just broken vs thief
at least let me put my poison field down again without breaking stealth so i can reduce thier healing
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hopefully we get our pips back but doesnt look like the case havent see a response yet?
Was an investment