Guild Wars 2

Thanks Crapgame. I’ve been looking for that song.

At least it doesn’t pop up whenever a scout is taken over… =) can you imagine how disturbing that would be? haha

displayname.8315:

Simon.3106:

Not at all. I just signed off but like I’ve said many times before, the population is rising slowly and it did. It is more lively today than ever (after Hot release). Most of my guildies are doing pve contents and once they’re done, they’ll be back on wvw

ArchonWing.9480:

A lot of people are grinding elites, judging by….

• The random few that do have elite specs on WvW
• Me seeing WvW frequenters in the new zones
• Me actaully BEING in the new zones doing the same thing.
• People not being able to navigate the maps
• Add in Halloween and people are very spread out
• Leads to less people in WvW to actually play WvW to farm elites, leading to even more people going to PvE to do elites
• All kinds of bugs, like not even being to log in for extended periods of times
• WvW reset being on Saturday Night
• The Guild Buffs for WvW is completely new and also, Guild halls.

:S

With posts like these are we saying any time there is content added we should quit playing GW2 for at least a month?

Or are we just explaining the cause of the problem???

Srsly I think free transfer IS the solution. Free xfers while continuing to regulate populations as Anet is currently doing. Repeat anet is actively working to regulate populations.

I’ve read most of your post, displayname. You are just a negative person overall, but I’m sure you’ll grow out of it.

I never said we should quit for a month. I’m still playing WvW and so are many other people. Just because you don’t see as much people as you used to doesn’t mean that no one else is playing it. Transfer to medium-server Ehmry Bay (I know you wouldn’t) and see for yourself. DH and SF are putting up a great fight and swarms of them are still roaming around my scouts.

This isn’t just a simple new content like the Living Story. This is an expansion. During the first 2 months of Guild Wars 2 (not HoT) release, was WvW crowded as it was a month ago? I was there and I will tell you now, no it wasn’t. Most people were doing PvE, PvP, and few WvW. I walked around the entire map and didn’t found a single fight. The current WvW map is more crowded than it was during those first two months of Guild Wars 2 release.

Free transfer is the solution? I’m sure they would do that if you are willing to pay for their cost of maintaining their server. ANet is by far more generous than most company I’ve seen. They don’t make a dime out of GW1 besides when users purchases the game (Prophecy, Faction, Nightfall, Eye of the North), and yet they are still maintaining those servers, keeping them alive. Do you pay for those? No you don’t. Free transfer is not a solution, silly bear. =) You seem more like a cheapskate than anything. You probably own dozens of those free gw2 accounts.

Not at all. I just signed off but like I’ve said many times before, the population is rising slowly and it did. It is more lively today than ever (after Hot release). Most of my guildies are doing pve contents and once they’re done, they’ll be back on wvw

Please note that I am not saying the current new BL is flawless. I do not like some of the changes as well. To point some of the following of my likes and dislikes:

1) I like the new Sentry. Very useful and the scouting system really is good for knowing how many people is at that position and if I can handle it or not. If it’s just 3, I’ll rush over to the nearest camp which they are highly likely heading to and fight them off. If it’s a zerg, I’ll rush to the nearest toward and prepare for the assault. Done this a lot recently.

2) I dislike the PvE stuff as well. I don’t enjoy it one bit. -_-

3) I dislike the wind turret that blows me off the bridge of the Palace. I do not mind it at the champion’s room though. It gives me a challenging obstacle to work around. Mind your surrounding.

4) I dislike the fact that SW tower, for example, cannot be used to treb “new bay”… sorry I hadn’t taken the time to familiarized myself with the new name.

5) I miss the simplicity of the old WvW map, but I have some “sinister” plans with the complexity of the new WvW map. Me and my crew of mischief have something in store for our next Invaders this weekend.

Dasenthal.6520:

Simon.3106:

I don’t play for rewards. I play to win. Seeing my world’s points increasing and rising higher than my enemies are rewarding enough. That’s what TRUE WvWers do. This isn’t some push-kart darbie (reference of Cool Running)! This is the WORLD!

But seriously. I encourage each and every one of you, especially my Ranger Brethren, please go into WvW with an open yet competitive mind and give it a chance; a real chance, not half azs. The changes are huge, and for me when I first walked into the new WvW, I just saw it as a new battlefield that needs to be tamed and conquered. If you all are serious WvWers, maybe you can try to take on this new challenge and conquer… LIKE ME!!!! Especially you Sich. -_-

No offense, but what’s the point of winning on a map with no opposition?

No offense taken, Dasenthal. We’re a community and we try to help each other out through tough times like this.

Through my experience these last few days (almost a week), I’ve ran into groups of invaders after groups, battling off for their tower and defending the tower til my small group and I died. I never follow zergs and almost always lead a group of 5 with me. Though it isn’t as crowded as it was before HoT release, I have to say that it is getting more and more populated compare to the first day of HoT release. Each day I am seeing more and more groups of invaders as well as my fellow comrades, commander, and friends playing in the World. So there are indeed opposition from what I am seeing, and my server is a Medium-size server, Ehmry Bay.

I don’t play for rewards. I play to win. Seeing my world’s points increasing and rising higher than my enemies are rewarding enough. That’s what TRUE WvWers do. This isn’t some push-kart darbie (reference of Cool Running)! This is the WORLD!

But seriously. I encourage each and every one of you, especially my Ranger Brethren, please go into WvW with an open yet competitive mind and give it a chance; a real chance, not half azs. The changes are huge, and for me when I first walked into the new WvW, I just saw it as a new battlefield that needs to be tamed and conquered. If you all are serious WvWers, maybe you can try to take on this new challenge and conquer… LIKE ME!!!! Especially you Sich. -_-

I don’t mind the auto upgrade of the tower. To increase the strategic gameplay of WvW, the dolyak should be required for the upgrade, yes. But I must say when I was defending a tower the other day, even without paying for the upgrades, my group and I ran out of supplies repairing the gate/walls while building artillery to counter the enemy swarm. At that moment, every supply counts, and we had to run out and capture the camp to bring some more supplies in to keep on surviving. So I really don’t mind the auto upgrade.

If I am not wrong, if the tower doesn’t get attacked for an hour or so, it gets fully upgraded no? I thought that was the case, which is why I tend to run around and ping door while hunting for fight. Some time even take the tower for myself =)

However, you guys made a great point that I didn’t realize but agree with. Thinking about it now (since I haven’t tried it recently due to guildies roaming in Maguuma), you can’t treb keeps from tower. That really is upsetting…. Is treb now useless in WvW?? I can’t see any other use of its slow, yet far range, usage if it isn’t hidden inside of a tower. In addition to that, how do you all plan to treb “New Bay” when it is underground?

You know, “Tyler”… if that is really your name, instead of responding to just fuzzyp, you can maybe respond to me too. -_- My question is, will there be seasonal changes to the WvW maps? =) I enjoy this new WvW, but am hoping maybe, if we are lucky, we’ll see more than just desert in the future?

Well, I’m sure the main point of that event is to make us think: Should I defend this tower? If I do, the invaders will get that Oasis thing and blow up our gates. If I go out there, that will leave us defenseless!

Etc… Which would you pick? What would be your priority? Are you sure this is the right move? Because the wrong move might just cost you your fortress. >=) Sounds delectable no?

Sorry Puck… i hate anything that has to do with SkyHammer. T_T thinking about it haunts me to the core.

Dino event… is that the thing in the Oasis??

Oh and Pooka… you’re a loser for accusing before giving it a chance. So no, I take it back. You’re not a ranger. You’re a loser!

Thank goodness! FInally!! Someone who actually gave it a chance like me!!!

Yes, the new map is confusing. It’ new so of course it would be! I spent two hours solo roam, knowing the inside and outs of the entire map. Now i’m using that knowledge to my advantage while i solo roam. Pooka, you must be a Ranger. If not, you’re a Ranger at heart without knowing it.

I usually don’t go for rewards honestly lol. It’s all about fun for me.

Is it still possible to roam in small bands or solo? Yes, I do it all the time. Still am doing it. I main ranger and warrior, and though my warrior always had a hard time, I’ve still managed. With my ranger, it’s a bliss. Solo camps, take out passersby, shoot/fear them off the cliff. I have also defend tower solo/with a group of 3. They defeated us on the ending with their… delicious bait. Lol. Made us chase after these three squishies while they catapult our front wall.

I am from the lower tier server. I’m from EBay (Ehmry Bay). And on our end, it has been getting livelier. Slowly yet surely.

Chaba, if you are making reference of what I am saying, please note it was a joke.

And like Chaba, I assure you all, especially all of my Ranger brethren, that this is temporary. Lots of my guildies who usually roam in WvW has been running around in PvE to explore… and farm Mastery points. They’ll be back.

Hate – the desert scenery is dull

Like- the tengu warriors and champions of the fortresses are now kitten.

I don’t mind the new Borderland since I’m adaptable, but I am hoping that we can make a constructive argument against these…. Anet fools about their decision. Let us make them regret doing this this… heinous thing to us WvW elites.

Please state ONE thing that you hate most about the new WvW or ONE thing you like most about the new WvW… or both.

is it not obvious?? People are spending time in the Maguuma! Once they are done, you will remember that I, the mighty and beautiful Simon, prophesied this! Remember me!!

Okay… in my professional opinion, now is the time to PANIC!!! The End of the WORLD (vs world hehehe) is UPON US!!!

I don’t see the problem. Out of curiostiy, how many of you solo roam or roam with small groups? I’ve always led a small group and so far, we all enjoy this new map. Is it safe for me to assume that most people who hates this new maps are Zergers?!

1) I take vertical shifts to my advantage to jump people.

2) Too large.. that’s true, but not confusing. I spent two hours roaming and knowing the entire map inside out solo. I do miss the simplicity of the old map, but this one is nice as well. The large map, I presume, ultimate goal was to encourage us to split the large zergs into smaller groups.

What?!! NooOOooo!!
self destructs with explosive effects all over body as i disappear into horizon

Wait what? You need a guild hall for the +5 now? What the hell is this? My guildies and I did not purchase HoT (waiting to see if it fails or not… hehehe), and we are now being on a disadvantage for this? Holy kitten shyet. Dam you…. Dam you all to HELL!!

Out of curiosity, besides those turrets that shoots wind and poison, what is it about the new BL that most people don’t like? Is it the fact that they are more complex? I read some people saying it’s a maze and I agree. It feels like a maze for the first two hour of me playing, which I spent running around the entire map and fortresses. After that, it’s pretty well designed… not a maze at all. I think the new map provides lots of things for us to play a different way in the world. You can zerg into the NE camp, but my group could be on top of those pillars, ready to ambush you or shoot rain of arrows down on you. It is really nice.

However! There is no denying that lots of people seems not to like it. Personally, I can’t wait to go home everyday lately to practice my bo staff and playing wvw. =) It is fun. I get into battle every so often just by conquering scouts. The scouts tell me where the swarms are and where they are heading. Then I hunt them down.

PS… I never liked EOTM. So please don’t think that I’m just EOTM fan and am being biased. (Edit this comment to add this PS after reading SleepingDragon’s comment)

I’m from Ehmry Bay… which is a medium server and I had a good share of fights with Dark Haven and SoF.

The new map is too big for the small population, true. But I can’t deny I like this new map. I miss the old map as well, but this new wvw map isn’t too bad. A very interesting twist and a new challenge in my eyes. I am enjoying it. Quit gw2 6 months ago and recently got back. I enjoy this new wvw. If population increase, you’ll see this new map rise sky high. It will be fun and I can only cross my fingers and wait.

Lastly, though population was low on HoT release… I must say from what I’m seeing… it has been increasing. See you in the World.

Hey OP, don’t forget “The Ugly” hahaha… =)

Oh.. and if they do merge it, I hope they keep the name Ehmry Bay. I like eBay…

morrolan.9608:

Simon.3106:

There are currently 24 servers right now. Most of them are medium,

Er Medium is the lowest they can be hence at least some of the medium servers have extremely low populations.

Then MErge it! Merge it all to hell and let me watch the ZERG GROW!! By the time it happens, don’t forget me, the DOOMSPEAKER! I warned you, and the end will be upon us all! And it’s all your FAULT, Mr. “ER”!

I miss the old map, no doubt about it. Simplicity is always nice.

I do, however, enjoy this new map as well. It looks more like a battlefield, even though the desert scenery makes me sleepy due to how dull it looks. The fortresses is structured in an interesting way, which makes me wonder how fun it might be for two large groups to bash each other heads off at “old bay”… whatever it is called now.

My problem is this. 4 of us tried to jump one chronomancer… that guy held off for a long while! Stun, fear me, bolas… none of them worked on him! What the hell is this?! After one shield bash that finally stun him successfully, we managed to kill him… -_- such BS

There are currently 24 servers right now. Most of them are medium, of them are full, and the others are high/very high. Reducing it down to 6 would be insane and crowded in WvW. Cut it in half would still be insane. Completely crowded, and highly likely larger Zergs…

With the current map size, large groups would probably be a great thing honestly. I’m in Ebay (medium) and it has been quiet lately after the WvW update. On the old map, I enjoyed the fact that my server were medium because I didn’t like zergs. My small group and I (5 people) take over enemy garrison (guarded to the core) using tactics, not numbers.

Overall, I wouldn’t say 6, but maybe 12-16. It would be livelier to have more people in this new huge wvw map

It can be considered one of the best expansion… not to mention the only expansion that links your gw1 account to your gw2 account for major glory and rewards. =) I personally enjoyed NightFall most. The adventure, map exploration, the STORY (holy kitten the best ever), being the hero. Nightfall is definitely number 1 to me.

For starters, I would like to note that this is not a complain-thread; just a share your opinion and perhaps some ideas regarding this specific topic.

Anyways, out of curiosity, what do you guys think about the current World Boss fights? For me, I rarely joined in these mainly because it feels lacky. The boss “usually” sits in their default place and I’ll just sit back with my ranger shooting arrows at them continuously until they die.

One of the thing that I had always hope for is a more interactive fight, like if the dragon spins around and whips its tail across the field and I get struck by it, I wouldn’t mind getting a massive knock-back… and if lucky fall down into a ravine and die. =) That sounds risky and dangerous… which makes it exciting. Or maybe a dragon snatch me and a few others up with its massive claws, bringing us close to its face, and burn us to death with its fire.

What do you think? Please share your opinion.

Hmm.. CDI for GUILD HALLS…. when is the expected release date? How long does Anet usually take for this?

Lol! Want to talk about Heavy Armor class with mobility? As illogical as it seems… I’ll counter you with female characters that wear what seems to be completely nothing being able to tank more than male characters that look like they can hold back a moving train. This is a game. Logic isn’t here, sadly.

If you can’t catch them, just know that they are the one that ran from you. Take that to your heart and just move on. I do that all the time when I fight against thieves. The moment they retreat, that’s the moment I claim victory. If they keep at it, I’ll call guildies for an ambush attack and then we celebrate around his dead body.

Hmmm have you ever seen a Thief? Try catching a pro Thief and tell me how it goes… Highly likely with you dead and they full life. Want to know how? Apply conditions on you, shadow step away… reset fight…. come back with full life while conditions still ticking off your life, then blast you again.

The Warrior class deserves this… unlike most, they have to step up to their target to strike them (unless LB or number 4 with GS). Other than that, their hundred blade won’t do anything a mile away from their target. They should be able to rush/dash in toward their enemy when desired.

Vayne.8563:

Lord Kuru.3685:

Vayne.8563:

The 15% of the people who follow forums and reddit.

Source? Or did you make it up?

Anyone who isn’t trying to be completely disingenuous would know that I’m not talking about an exact number. We know from many many games over a very long time that somwhere between 10-20% of the player base ever visit the forums. The fact is so well known and been said so many times in so many places that I didn’t really think I needed to spell it out.

But I can if you haven’t heard it before. Most people who play games just play games. An overwhelming majority. They don’t visit forums. They don’t visit build sites. They don’t even visit Dulfy or the wiki.

We’re the small under 20%. You don’t have to believe it. But that’s what it is. Most people buy a game, play it and don’t think very deeply about the experience.

“We know from many many games over a very long time that somwhere between 10-20% of the player base ever visit the forums. The fact is so well known and been said so many times in so many places that I didn’t really think I needed to spell it out. "

Really? The “We” in your statement is false. Don’t include me and many others in your false statement. How can you be certain that “we” are the small under 20%? Just because one game’s forum has less than 20% doesn’t mean that ALL game’s forum are less than 20. -_- Check League of Legends and you’ll get the idea. I never understood why you always like to come in to every post and disagreeing with OP, especially when it is a negative post. Get over yourself and stay on topic.

Regarding the “excited” word, Anet does tend to use it. But if that’s how they feel, what can we say. I’m just not excited with the current ranger class. Wishing for the best of luck for the ranger community with this upcoming September patch.

Time to log off the forum since I, just like the rest of the 80%, don’t hang out on the forum 24/7 like some people do.

Good post Topic Creator…

Hello my fellow rangers! Just as the title says, does anyone have a clue of how to counter a condition build? I notice that I tend to get owned by condition builds and can’t think of a way to counter it. Even though I am using “Survival of the Fittest”, I’m still getting killed by numerous stacks of condition. Any suggestions? Thanks

Reading through all your messages, I am wondering now if Magic Find really works. I actually haven’t gotten a single exotic for quite some time… over 2 months already. Perhaps because I’m always in WvW?

Likewise Thorn. Maguuma was my favorite area in GW1

Seriously… season 1 is over. Why bother continuing telling the stories of the heroes who no one really gives a unholy pigtail about. -_- You can easily see that Marjory and Kas were the main focus while that Norn guy and Charr girl was forced into the picture just so “they won’t get left out”.

Thanks for the correction. Haven’t run dungeon in awhile so I’ll have to take you word for it. The last time I did, I went onto the forum and asked for “permanent pet stow”, which had already been suggested several of times.

PvE ranger build (non-dungeon) shouldn’t really matter. Play the way you want and enjoy. If you like LB, go for it. SB, then go for it. The mobs usually aims at your pet anyways so it’s not required for you to have a great build to survive. Dungeon, PvP, and WvW are all different stories though.

Dungeon, your pet get one shotted 90% of the time
WvW and PvP, nobody with a brain would chase your pet over you

Good luck, Elf Man!

Rangers are fine… though they could be better. But in all honesty, I feel they are pretty good at the moment. Even with the fact that “pets take a portion of our dps”, I think we still do pretty good damage (at a range of 1500). I play PvP almost always. When I get bored, I go and deploy my build into WvW and see how it works out.

In WvW when there is a group fight, I just stay behind or within my group and shoot through numerous of people with piercing shot and eagle eye. 25 stack of superior blood lust and my superior rune of fire… love the explosion shots. =) I’ve always been into the power build. Had 1v1 all the professions (they may have been bad) and won most of it. The ones that I was going to lose in, I manage to escape using S/D, dancing and dodging around them before crippling them with “5” dagger, leaping away with Hornet Sting, press X to flipped view 180 degrees, click away to lose target, and Monarch’s Leap away. =) The only time I ever get caught is when there are like dozens of people on my tail. So to wrap this all up… Yes, I think ranger is pretty good at the moment.

PS) I don’t like any of the new grandmaster traits.

Oh and one more thing. I’m sure someone is going to say “thief backstab”. Keep running in circle and they won’t ever backstab you. I always barrage on myself when a thief goes stealth. He can come in and get crippled while I run in circles. If not, “Protect me” will work (since I don’t rely on my pet too much for damage anyways; only for distraction)

They just sent me a message said I’m being too rude and to apologize. Romo, I’m sorry. <3

And as far as I know, Anet has a habit of saying things and not fulfilling it. I’m not surprised it didn’t work as they had stated it. In fact, I expected this problem to happen

You know… a company of 300 people cannot test a build that is suppose to provide a service for 1 million + (around there) people right? I know what they said; I read it since the day they posted it. You can’t expect everything to be perfect. Once you get older (I’m only in my mid 20 so I’m not that old), you might understand that. 300 people testing something that was meant for countless people is illogical. They put it out here for us so we can test it, send feedbacks, and they’ll look into it. Give them… a year to reply. Lol! Or at least several of months, I’m sure based on what I’ve been seeing with their progress of resolving issues.

And Timmyf, I like your suggestion =) I think it’s really valid, though making something more simple would be nice. Your suggestion can work by this. Lets say the cap was 100 people, and there are currently 70 people. My guild is 50, so when I send out the invite, it would pass the cap by 20, which isn’t too severe. But if it IS severe, they should automatically move my entire guild to a new instance. That be nice.

Please note that this is their first time opening the Mega Server. Think of it as a rough draft. They’ll fix these issues, I’m sure. Putting players/friends/guildies together in one server seems difficult to do though, don’t you think. I can’t imagine how to even program that. But regarding the lowering the caps, that is an easy change. So can anyone here give an example of how to bring all friends/guildies in one server without passing the map’s cap by ten fold? (example of having a super super large guild of course).

If they do it based on their “guild size”, how would they know how many of his/her guild member would be there with them? So assuming 100% of their guild would not be good. Any ideas?

Mad Queen Malafide.7512:

The Megaserver system causes huge issues for those players who host community events. One of the biggest problems is just getting players together in the same instance of a zone. Often even players that are in the same guild, or in the same party, do not end up in the right instance of a zone.

But the most important aspect of hosting community events, is simply allowing players to quickly join in on the fun. In GW1 it was pretty simple. We advertized an event for the outpost and district it was in, and both EU and US players could meet up in that district. This allowed everyone to join our events.

But in GW2 the players are separated. It was already impossible for American players to join a European community event, but we’re also split between servers, and now the mega server system makes sure that there no longer is a main instance any more. Now everyone is in an overflow, and not the same one. It is nearly impossible to get players together now. The megaserver system completely undermines that social aspect.

Please bring back the districts!

I don’t know if you know, but you can right click on the player in your party and join their instance. Just an FYI. I do it all the time when I’m roaming with my guildies

Guesting was originally meant to be able to play PvE with your friends from other servers. Now with the “Mega Server”, everyone from any server can play togehter. You ever play GW1? Think of it as districts… though you can’t change it. Just add the friend you want to play with to your party, right click, and join their district or whatever it is called.

Please correct me if I am wrong. TY =) I’ve been away for some time as well.

Did you laugh at my humor, Equilibriator? Or did it failed you?

I was kidding. It is a marvelous idea. I get stun like non-stop in WvW when I"m getting chased, but I’m sure many would disagree with this idea. Ps: I’m a Ranger, and lightning reflex can only do so much… But honestly, giving everyone a stun breaker would be not good. People usually only need one (if any at all) in PvE… and that would make the game a lot easier overall, which isn’t what some of us wants. I have to time and use my Lightning Reflex strategically. If I get one every few seconds (Endurance 100%), it would no longer be necessary for me to carry LR at all, making my favorite skill from gw1 useless.