Guild Wars 2

Pretty sure every class is better at ranger than ranger.

get over it

/15

Alright, soooo……
This raw data represents pages 1-4 only. I plan on continuing but this is time consuming so I’m breaking until laterish. I wanted to get this post up so no one will try and do the same thing which would equal a lot of wasted time for one of us. I will improve on the details. I combined some categories that were replicative or very nearly so. I omitted vague/ absurd/ text walls/ lists that went over 5 things. I plan on listing the categories in descending order (biggest to smallest), and grouping opposites below eachother (gliding/ no gliding). I started adding quotes halfway through page 4, for suggestions that were too lengthy to add to the list or ideas that expanded on existing suggestions in a detailed and thoughtful way.
Yeah.

autoloot/ new masteries 13

population balance/ alliances, merge
servers, dynamic map capacity 56
no alliance/ server merge, more pop caps,
free transfer to low pop servers, reduced
cost to higher 4

cc reduction/ stability buff 41

bring back alpine maps untouched 37

tone down/ remove pve content, guild gimmicks,
banners, lava, tactivators, laser,
airships on smc, chilling fog, stealth
fountain 36

reduce lag, bugs, glitches, hackers,
active gms, qol changes, fix terrain issues
and skills with poor terrain pathing,
improved collision scripting to prevent splash
damage from siege and skills, equipment templates
like gw1 15

Korgov.7645:

no gliding 6
gliding 2

more rewards/ reward track like pvp/
wvw currency buys pve stuff, wvw siege/ gear
skins for gems, wvw only legendary armor 45

separate/ improved profession balance
for wvw/ tone down elite specs, give melee
buffs vs ranged, remove 1 shots, equipment
system like pvp 25

reduce ppt/nightcap, improve ppk, change/
improve scoring system, points per capture,
divide maps into territories that can be
captured and contribute to score 33

Arricson Krei.9560:

Brown Fang Thump.9482:

reduce guild upgrade cost/ pre hot costs,
more guild rewards, +5 supply back,
reduce scribe costs 17

reward non essential tasks/ roaming groups,
scouting, dolyak escorting 9

buff defense on walls/ in siege, buff
outnumbered buff, buff camps/dolyaks 8

make desert maps smaller/less verticality,
remove gimmicks, smaller keeps,
quicker maneuverability, air+fire get
wps 30

Link.1049:

rotate the bl’s weekly, add eotm to
rotation 16
shut down eotm 4

waypoints for fully upgraded keep
/old waypoint system/ waypoints flip
with structure 9

wvw self sustained/ gathering, gear,
food, guild upgrades 15

dead must wp 2
old rally system 1

dont autorepair or upgrade, make defending
an active process of balancing supplies and
forces 7

improved commander capability/ rewards 6

more anti zerg mechanics for open
field fights/ aoe cap, zerg debuffs,
mechanics that encourage fun fights,
reduce boon spam 13

communicate to players/ sync desires to
development, stop relying on false metrics,
expand on forum specialist 15

no open field siege/ stronger structures,
less siege per tower/keep, nerf trebs,
condi/power stat doesnt scale with siege,
can crit siege 10

improved gvg arena/ add spectator option 2

fix keep/ tower lord scaling 5

a wvw spec for large amounts of wxp, wvw
special abilities 3

more incentives to contribute to server,
tournaments that happen more often, rank
specific server rewards independent of tier 19

make proof of heroics account bound 5

wvw rank display system 2

enhanced ui for team up/ to stay organized,
server wide chat channel, lfg gvg section 3

new map with strategic layout, wvw maps
designed for pvp, destructable environments 7

allow fun stuff like transform potion,
firework, broom 1

teach new players how wvw and game mechanics
work 1

buff ai for ogres, dredge and allow them to
take any undefended structure, they increase
in numbers as they take structures 1

pvp like queue that balances players according
to skill 1

impactful gfx like rain, snow, wind 1

PS- title should be consolidata?
This is not a thread to list your top 5 wvw priorities
ugh the grind

we need sounds a lot like I want

+1
Makes turrets harder to kill
Recharge starts when they are deployed not when destroyed

I dont even play engi but I would like to see this part of their skills buffed.

warrior shield is one of the most powerful offhands available.

hey man,

thanks for sharing your feels. its not always easy to put yourself out there in public, in fact it takes some courage. i agree with you in not agreeing with every decision anet makes, but hey at the end of the day its still a great game and a great community. thats what it is all about, right? anyway, i just want you to know that no matter how hard it gets theres always a sunrise the next day. i know this.

cheers~

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do not go gently into that cold night
rage, rage against the dying of the light
one of my favorite poems

Seriously, good luck. Despite my many disagreements with various things, you guys are a great company with a great product. I’ve been with you since the early days of GW1 and it meant a lot to me when I heard about the release GW2. You guys deserve a solid win.

Its really simple.
If you join a game, you have an option to play or spectate.
You dont have a choice of what team you will be on, you dont have a choice to join a team if you enter spectate. You cannot rejoin a server until the match is over.
Something more radical: autobalance 4v5’s so that the losing side has more people.

I think this next year will be crucial for GW2.

PrinceHades.3615:

Those epic fights at bay.

underwater
that point when you realize you have white gear and dont have a clue what any of your skills do LOL
the times, they were good.

Dont know what any of you are talking about, but I want stairs + slopes the next playable race 2015. Prepare yourselves.

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drunk post please ignore

This can share a place next to the upgrade extractor.

Recently there was a poll on gw2wvw.net about the stability nerf a while back. A lot of people said they would come back if there was a complete reversion of that nerf. Regardless of your personal opinion of the site, its clear that there are a lot of people who think that stability is a big cause of wvws current status. I agree, and would like to propose some buffs to profession wide group stability that I think would be beneficial.

Warrior
Make eternal champions stunbreak effects apply to party. Possibly make dolyak sig apply stab to party as well.
Guardian
Reduce the cooldown on hallowed ground and increase stacks given.
Revenant
Increase the radius of inspiring reinforcement and increase stacks given.
Ranger
Possibly make sig of the wild apply stab to party as well. Maybe invigorating bond can give group stab as well.
Thief
Switch shadow protectors and cloaked in shadows place. Rework shadow protector to give stab to allies when blinding a foe.
Engineer
Increase throw elixirs radius. Make perfectly weighted apply stab to party as well.
Necro
Give foot in the graves stab to nearby allies as well, increase stacks.
Ele
Increase the radius, duration, and stacks of rock solid.
Mesmer
Increase the radius, duration, and stacks of mantra of concentration.

I think by now its clear that for at least stability, balance should be separated for each game mode. Its too crucial of a boon to balance in such vastly differing game modes.

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Updated some ideas for group stab.
A possible balancing act for smaller fights could be that applying stability to yourself gives you less stacks then it would if applied to an ally. Seems kinda janky at first but it could work.
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A possible balancing act for smaller fights could be that applying stability to a teammate gives them less stacks then it would if applied to yourself. (i.e. ranger+warrior signet)

Its a minor thing that goes a long way.

no dude. grow a memory. most servers were ghost towns pre links. I’m tired of ppl complaining and not using their brain to remember how bad it was.

#JustinODellCommunityRelations2014

YES. I cant believe I didnt think of this first. It is the single most unbearable thing in GW2. Some mouse options in Settings would be amazing.

Stillmoon.6894:

currently there is only 2 way to detect stealth:
- stealth trap: expensive, clunky, resource wasting and with no guaranteed result in other word utterly useless
- arrow cart skill 4: well i never actually manage to stealth out a thief (or that i know of) since you cant bring arrow cart around and in siege condition most thief dies to bleed anyway

in gw2 its to easy to abuse stealth mechanic, especially with thief (mesmer can abuse stealth but i find it as a mild annoyance compared to the thief)
they say they would nerf the perma stealth mechanic (dont dont consider moving 100% stealth to 90% stealth a nerf)
people never mention any problem with stealth because most people play warrior or guard and cant hardy notice when they are hit by backstab and their attack cleave so if the thief still linger around it can be easily hit by the auto attack.

what i suggest:
- adding a revealed state each time after you use a stealth skill (2-4 second) that way you cant spam stealth and get way with it
- especially for thief make the heal (hide in shadow) only remove one condition. this is way to annoying since they can easily stealth+heal+regen+remove condition+recover initiative while hiding and the opponent only can madly aoe
- a simple way to counter stealth in combat just add a trail of glowing foot mark when stealthed in combat this way we can know where are they going

If you bothered to pay any attention at all you would realize that there is a revealed state already in effect. Adding a glowing footmark would defeat the purpose of stealth. Please start using your brain before someone else does it for you.

a while back I think it was ben (anet staff) who said they don’t want to reward top stats because it would cause players to go after that rather then win the game.

one more reason to avoid PvP completely.

To the argument against a full defense team cheese moding everything without a timer: so what? Its going to take them an incredibly longer time, and I cant imagine anyone doing it that way would be having much fun. In which way would it impact people on a large scale? Do you think it would replace the zerk meta in its “zerk or kick” mentality? Do you really think there would be enough players willing to take that much more time in a raid for that to happen?

Logic is not comparing pve to wvw.
I and many roamers like me have and will continue to use critical damage in wvw. I’m not concerned at all.

It will be useless to those who cannot figure out or refuse to adapt to different skill chains.

dude srsly wait for the xpac to come and stop creating drama

good luck anet
may the ncsoft look favorably upon you
and the blizzard treat you with kind gusts

aww! youre of the opinion that you can do something about kitten overlords!

So buff stability and stun breaks (tsk tsk).

hear hear

/15hears

This is for those of you who know what I’m talking about. I recently came across these old gw1 templates that I thought were funny and would like to share with you. Theyre pretty nerdy so brace yourself. Let the reminiscing begin!

joke #1 – kamehamehaaaaa!
joke #2 – how to smoke weed
1 apply poison, 2 conjure flame, 3 smoldering embers, 4 breath of fire, 5 choking gas, 6 mind blast, 7 blurred vision, 8 tranquility

Sorry about the small picture size.

Two handed axes have my vote, but only if necro can use it.

+1
get it
/fifteeeeeen

good points.
this game is built for the lowest common denominator, not for the highest. its not gonna change man.

alrite a bit of cheer up

I hopped on burn guard, was niflhel
noticed another burn guard
jokingly said “burn the heretics” after we wiped enemy team
out of nowhere he says, in all caps ofc “PURGE THE UNCLEAN”

still makes me smile. burn guards just get it, man.

gliding is a new toy and yay for fun but its bringing in a ton of issues since the maps weren’t designed with it in mind.

without mobility those classes would be worthless

engi is best.

30 second respawn time? That alone would get a lot of people to stop playing eotm.

Bring back Fort Aspenwood and Jade Quary competitive missions from GW1!!

1. no guild wars in guild wars (gvg)
2. very limited trait/utility system
3. sea players dont have their own servers
4. pvp has one mode (no kdr scoreboard that every other game on this planet uses)
5. passive play (regen AND condis)
6. crystalline blade

It would be nice if pet skills activated immediately. The next best thing would be if pet skills did not go on full kittening cooldown when I try to activate their skills immediately after I switch to them in combat.

Why this has not been implemented from the start makes no sense, and is a huge factor to why I avoid ranger in PvP. I’m sure others feel the same and demand to have this simple and core mechanic fixed. If only they would speak up in threads like this.

my biggest concerns are
a] a lot more lag
b] anet keeps the movement speed bonus and makes taking stuff from bigger servers impossible
c] anet keeps the mount jump and takes forever to fix glitches / exploits
d] clutter. not a big deal to some but its really annoying to me when I turn a corner and see a ton of enemies with tons of siege, only to see that’s its server x and theyre not a threat. also prolonged engagements with tons of clutter gets tiring quickly. its already pretty bad with so many enemies. yeah in case you were wondering at the end of a zerg fight I’m gasping for air. its a condition called cluttoritis.

wow, this is the single best bit of good news evar. no sarcasm.
just made my day. such happy.

This noob class is getting worse by the day and it has got to stop.

All they do is run up, drops wells, jump in DS, that procs chill of death which takes 1/4 of my total hp away, and then I cant recover.

Its no fair, no skill spam, zerg with aoe then run away cuz I die easy.

The wells cover the whole point, I cant step out for a second, or dodge on point, its no use. Cant use cc cuz they have stability.

Slowing them down before they reach point is too hard with all the condi transfer. Too hard to sync with a team member to help. Its reached critical mass for me.

Pls nerf this class so I dont have to get better.

I had high hopes for WvW, and that has been pretty crushed. If its not player vs door, its getting run over by a 50 man zerg, or when youre running to catch up with your teammates some 5 man vulture team will pick you off, immobilize stacking, orbs/ sigil stacks, siege monkeys, no real way to tank or heal (missing the holy trinity)…
The PvE content is an absolute joke. Everything is super easy because the AI is non existant.
PvP I dont really have an interest in anymore. It was fun for a while but it lost its appeal when I started to get into WvW. Anet wants the game to be an eSport so badly I feel other aspects of the game arent getting much attention.
The biggest problem I have is the trait system and number of skills. Anyone who has played GW1 knows what I’m talking about. The trait system is one dimensional and shallow, being able to go deep into skill trees and creating new builds is the main appeal I have for mmos. The number of skills available to each profession is a joke.

i feel your pain @ yb. way back when i was on borlis pass up against wagon brand and yaks bunker, it was impossible to find anyone to fight. i would run around for 30 minutes and see little siege monkeys pop their head up from a siege heavy tower.
reminiscing about this made me laugh in pain irl.

atheria.2837:

Please, give us back our servers and watch as the populations and the queues even out and get better.

yes lets introduce cricket meta along with tumbleweed across main street meta.

but hey, queues would be fixed!!!!

on a more serious note, why would servers populations “get” better? do you have any suggestions or fixes for this? weren’t linkings introduced to improve pop in the first place lol? do you have queues on all 4 maps? maybe switching to an un-queued map is better then no queue at all aka ghost town.

edit
I just read Jaynes post above, and I realized that the OP might be talking about EU lol. I’m from NA, so… if that’s the case then it might be a good idea to specify what time zone youre talking about.

r.i.p