Guild Wars 2

Can I just say that will all of the negativity going on in WvWvW and the new matchmaking, I actually like the one reward that we will get a ticket. And that ticket can be redeemed for anything that another vendor can have in the game. Would be great if that includes the Dungeon vendors too!

Yes, I want Season 2. I actually like the competition

skullmount.1758:

Talmor.9048:

Complaining about the season BEFORE it happens will doom it to failure. Just go in and have fun!

Sorry, but whats the point in playing in something you know you won’t (can’t) win?

Do not go for the win. Go for the glory. Go to represent your server. Go for the fights. Go for the fun.

I loved the first season. It was fun going up against powerhouses even if we did not win it all. It is a fresh opportunity to learn new tactics against tougher opponents. To defy the odds!

Complaining about the season BEFORE it happens will doom it to failure. Just go in and have fun!

No issue from me Anet. Tweaking the Gift of Battle is fine.

So I bought the Metabolic Primer. The text says:

Metabolic Primer(12 h): Any food eaten while the primer is active will have the same remaining time as the primer, rounded up to the next hour. The metabolic primer does not stack.

They way I read it is that if you eat your Primer and then your food, your food will last 12 hours of game time. It is why I purchased it. It was a very convenient way of not having worry about a food buff check. A bit overpriced, but the convenience of not having to click it during a weekend of WvWvW was worth it.

The way it actually is implemented is that it buffs your food for 1 hour as long as the Primer is activated. If this is the intended result, the text should read:

“Food consumed while the primer is active have their duration rounded up to the nearest hour.”

I have no problem about this, but the wording is very misleading. I was thankful that the A-NET team refunded my gems for this purchase, but I do not want others to fall into this pitfall.

By the way, is there any food that lasts more than 1 hr?

I remember, it was chaotic but ultimately fun!

What do you guys think of having a week without consequence to PPT where every night is a new completely random matchup? It would not be a permanent arrangement. Just once every 2 to 3 months? Just to see what would happen.

I know Tier 1 vs. Tier 7 would be unfair, but who cares? Just see what would happen. Maybe you could even reduce the cost of upgrading for this event (Like half supply) to keep defending still somewhat useful.

We are only talking about one week just to see how it would go! Would be one interesting week, wouldn’t you think? And it might just shake things up a bit once in a while.

They took a break for the holidays. If their schedules holds the same, today should be their next big patch day. Enjoy!

Gotcha. Kill mob then harvest. Good to know.

Periodically with what seems like random times, my Permanent Gathering Tool will fail to harvest a node and result in a Ruined Ore or Log. Is this as intended or is this a true bug? I thought that the Permanent gathering tools would not result in this loss.

Thank you!

Ranger-2,600 Deaths, 1,300 hrs
Warrior-274 Deaths, 181 hrs

Okay, played warrior and now A-Net, please stop giving us the spiked Kool-Aid. Someone who has played both the Warrior and Ranger (and leveled them to 80), tell me how we are even remotely on par with a Warrior. I L2P on the Ranger for well over a year (since Beta) and now that I am playing a Ranger, I feel like someone switched the Easy Mode. Here is my beef:

Flip the Actives on the signets. Activating Signets should work on us and then trait to work on pets. There, problem solved. The trait can even be a lower one since it would not be as useful.

While we are on the matter of Ranged vs. Melee, why can’t Piercing Arrows be an automatic feature of all Ranged Attacks vs. being a traited one?

Also, I have seen many people talk about how to make Ranger have permanent Fury. I just did a test with my warrior and and did it with 1/10th the ease. Please give us longer Fury or better skills to do it with. I miss the Longbow Fury bug.

What about, when your pet dies, you get 20s of fury? OMG! A trait that would actually make sense!!! A ranger getting angry about their pet kicking the bucket!

A glass menagerie that has been shattered by a Warrior’s Hammer.

Why can’t we link our stats for our ranger and our pet? So when I wear PVT armor, their stats increase as well, or when I trait down a line, their stats increase too? Just giving a blanket buff to all stats from one line is fine, but I would like to specialize my pet a bit more. Even better would be the ability to add points to my pet the way I want to. You could give me bonus points from the Beastmaster line by picking it.

I have been an avid ranger supporter since day 1. I have had pretty much one ton since that day and have tried everything to make Rangers work. Mind you most of my experience comes from PVE and dungeons. 6 months later it was wvwvw. I have tried most of the builds out there. But my chief issue is with wvwvw. I started playing organized wvwvw in 10 to 15 person groups but with the warrior class. Now that I am 80 with both toons I realize how handicapped the average warrior is compared to the average Ranger. Granted, there are excellent Rangers out there, but I am not one of them. It all comes down to the pet mechanic for many people.

My idea is simple. Make the pet invulnerable and untargetable. Essentially a walking banner. If you want to, go ahead and reduce the damage a bit, but frankly outside of AI not many people will go after a pet as it is. You already let warriors have a pet that can be moved and is invulnerable, so why can’t the Ranger?

And while I am at it, why in the world is the default for active signets to not work on players? Seems kinda backwards to me.

Please allow me to transfer world xp to my other toons or at the very least have shared account world xp. I am getting tired of being the butt of all wvwvw jokes with my ranger. Barely zerg, can’t 1vs1 (except against terrible opponents), can only take camps and guards. Ooooo. Everyone seems to do what we do but better. It is the reason why Jack of All Trades and the Renaissance Men have gone away. Give us something that makes us unique.

Feel free to ignore me. Just do not like my Ranger. Stuck with him way too long past his expiration date.

So I can assume that no one has heard about their presence?

Will Guild Wars 2 have a presence at the San Diego Comic Con this year? I have not seen anything on the Comic Con website. Just would love to meet some of you guys!

Thank you DB for following me in our BL tonight to take back hills and garrison. I knew I should have ninja hit Bay first though. The defense was just too tight for the PUG army!

Why does melee automatically cleave while ranged has to spec into pierce?

Is this a Learn to Play? I have a hard time in WvWvW keeping my opponent in flanking position for the bleed (or even the +10% from Hunter’s Tactics). The simple physics of the situation dictates that I either need to be right up on my enemy to maneuver properly for flank. Or I need to get them to flee from me and start plunking them from behind (Despite losing 300 range). Or, perhaps, I need to CC them (what little I have) and strafe to flanking.

Please tell me that I am just being a noob and need to learn to play. But is there anyone that is taking full advantage of the flanking possibilities?

Nope, do not want Guild Tags. One of the parts that initially drew me to WvWvW is that as a non-guild member, I could easily identify the action and get there by looking at the tag.

It segregates and alienates PUGs from Guilds too much. I for one hope that they do not have guild tags and keep the system intact as it is. But that is my opinion.

This is my set-up and it allows me to charge in and stay up for a fair amount of time in the mix. It is funny because the zerg sees a lowly ranger charging into the middle and the go oh S***, we can not let a Ranger show us up and they will be right on you.

30/0/30/10/0

Signet Mastery, Piercing Arrows, Signet of the Beastmaster

Wilderness Knowledge, Martial Mastery, Empathic Bond

Circle of Life

Weapons: Greatsword/Shortsword (Superior Sigils of Force)
Pets: Devourer/Devourer
Armor: Rabid Gear with Melandru Runes
Equipment: Power/Toughness/Vitality

Skills: Signet of Stone, Signet of the Wild, Lightning Reflexes, and Rampage as One

Pop Rampage when you want to charge in, Stone a second later, Wild a second after that and go swinging like you are an R-kitten with the Greatsword. Lots of evade. Lightning Reflexes when you are too far in and need to break stun. All of a sudden you are back in the middle of the lines and they are charging in. Hopefully not wiping

Pretty much. Been a ranger since beta and finally this afternoon started a new toon and fell in love with the warrior. Guess I will be using my ranger as a farmer!

Originally, A-Net had plans of match-ups being Monthly but reduced it to weekly at launch and never changed the plan. For the record I like the weekly format.

The question that I have is: Did they adjust the WvWvW server rewards (bonus to crafting, healing, node farming, etc.) to reflect the weekly format? Meaning that they sped up the rate of reward acquisition by 4 times. Or did they keep the numbers assuming a monthly reset that they cut us off of our potential for bonuses at the end of the week.

Hope you followed.

A few passing thoughts on Scouting and how boring it can be. Scouting is very helpful in WvWvW but ultimately thankless. What is also thankless is refreshing siege all day long!

Scouting: Give points for staying inside a keep, castle or camp. Reward more experience if there is less people around you. For instance 16 pts ever 3 minutes. It cuts in half for every person within a 2000 meter radius. Obviously numbers can be tweaked including when it ticks, the radius, and how many points. You could even have a new “Scouting Banner” that gives the wearer this ability from the Tricks and Traps Merchant.

Refreshing Siege: This is a bit more tricky because it can be a bit abused, but ultimately I think the benefits out way the abuse. Siege that is refreshed at the 45 minute remaining mark give 1 xp. Siege that is refreshed at the 30 minute remaining give 2 xp. Siege at the 15 minute remaining give 3 xp. Rams give no xp.

Upgrade: Can we have some reward for upgrading a camp/tower/keep/SM? I know this is again a potential abuse since noobs who do not know any better could waste supply by purchasing a poor upgrade, but something at the end of the upgrade would be nice.

Norn shape change into Snow leopard then #4 ability. Outdistances all features in the game.

Break out the Arrow to the Knee jokes! I used to be a ranger, but I got an arrow to the knee so I cannot shoot my shortbow at all any more!!!

Culain.6495:

After this current nerf , the most logical thing would be to let the rangers charm

Mesmers, Ele’s, and Guardians
that will be the only way for the class to be viable

Can I charm another ranger? That way I am twice as bad?

I am having a hard time running with my Ranger right now too. I am lethargically looking at it and my other characters. The best alt I have is a level 50 Engineer.

Why did they touch our Shortbow. They buffed the Longbow a little and made the Shortbow kitten. That way when you look at the Longbow now you feel like you got a great weapon. All you have now is two mediocre weapons instead of one great weapon and one kitten weapon.

I WAS all fired up about making a Legendary Shortbow, but I guess I will have to put my unicorn ideas on hold.

edit note: can not spell “one” apparently

I noticed that when I use the Guard ability, my pet will get stealth until hit hits an enemy. Why does my pet loose stealth when it attacks, but no other stealth ability in the game drops stealth when it connects with attacks?

Yep. I was that kid in class that raised his hand when the teacher made the slightest mistake. Now I am a teacher, and it is payback it would seem. Oh the irony!

Anyone else notice the irony in the Patch Notes? The Patch Notes “Bug-fixes” section has a Bug!!! The irony truly made me laugh out loud. Even woke the wife up. I could not stop laughing!!! You may want to fix this A-Net So read carefully the patch notes below. Find the bug!!!

Bug-fixes

Fixed a bug with Rich Dragon Coffers where recipes were not included in the drop table. There is now a rare chance to receive the Dragon’s Revelry Starcake recipe. Dragon’s Revelry Starcakes give a 30 minute buff to all armor stats, Magic Find, and experience from kills.

All players that purchased a Rich Dragon Coffer before the fix above was added will receive 1 Dragon’s Revelry Starcake recipe via in game mail as compensation. This compensation is scheduled to be delivered in a few days.

Fixed a bug with Rich Dragon Coffers where recipes were not included in the drop table. There is now a rare chance to receive the Dragon’s Revelry Starcake recipe. Dragon’s Revelry Starcakes give a 30 minute buff to all armor stats, Magic Find, and experience from kills.

All players that purchased a Rich Dragon Coffer before the fix above was added will receive 1 Dragon’s Revelry Starcake recipe via in game mail as compensation. This compensation is scheduled to be delivered in a few days.

Could not find a definitive answer in the first few pages or the search feature.

Is there any ruling or thread of possibility regarding shared WvWvW experience? Where character X and Y pool their WvWvW experience together but Character X can choose different abilities than Character Y?

I have been reluctant to bring my alts in to WvWvW for this reason since it feels like a waste of my time to level a WvWvW alt.

It would help in my decision making for who I am going to play for the summer.

Wolfield.9812:

Thief – Stealth Stomp, blind stomp (can make a blind field) and teleport stomp
Mesmer – Invulability Stomp, stealth stomp, teleport stomp
Engineer – Mini Stomp and Stealth Stomp
Guardian – Bubble stomp, stability stomp
Warrior – Stability Stomp
Necro – Death shroud stomp (not really amazing)
Elementalist – Mist form stomp

Thief has the most stomping options and also is able to go into stealth very easily and not use up a utility slot.

You forgot Ranger. We are in the same boat as Warriors. Although we can only use one of our two stabilities since the signet of the wild is a transformation so no stompy stompy for us with that ability. We have to burn an elite (Rampage as One). To get it.

Had an interesting Elite idea for the ranger trait line. Essentially you go to an area of animals and activate the skill. Upon doing so you are transformed into the animal and gain appropriate skills. However all animals treat you as friendly and will follow your lrad for a period of time.

I am thinking of like Minotaurs, elementals, centaurs, etc

ghtchill.7613:

But, I presently have a Norn female Warrior named Var Bloodstone and a Ranger named Denaris Steelborne…unfortunately I failed to consider the similarity to well known character (at least around here) Denarys Stormborn Now people call my Ranger “Mother of Dragons”…soooo not the intent!

Good names 8/10 in my opinion for them.

Mine is boring: Farstrike (Ranger) Would probably be better as a human or one of the fairy plant people. Just could not let myself do that!

Tisk tisk… I saaaaiid. No fix X thing first. And yes… After I thought about it, it sounded very Pokemonish. Just thought it would be neat to be able to mix and match your abilities.

Sharkuar ftw!

Can we please have pet Breeding in the game? You could fuse animals together to make unique breed blends. You could use the template of one of the animals, but mix and match the stats/abilities of the creature to make a unique animal.

I know there will be the complaints, “Why don’t we fix pets first before we try new ideas.” Please do not post those. What are your thoughts on breeding pets.

I know, but do you know how long it takes for you to GET to rank 100?

I have searched for it, but cannot find the link regarding the rationale for World Experience being character specific as opposed to account specific.

I wonder why they could not just have each character share the same rank and experience, but let each character choose their own points to allocate (Ideal). But at the minimum I would like to have the ranks in one character apply to another.

Its the reason why I cringe at the thought of playing an alt in WvWvW. I feel like I am just burning points!!!

For those of you wondering about this last month, see the post that was recently given below. Thank you for a good solution Arena Net!

In Summary, May 28th the Siege times will be 15 min for flame rams, 1 hr for all others.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/wuvwuv/Siege-timer-1/first#post2085613

Save ME!!! I would rather be out in the open field by myself. TC and FA on both sides armed with 10 Arrow Carts on each side. Firing on my position as 40+ zergs on me from both servers and stop to do a communal dance on my corpse. Both sides ignoring each other in what can only be described as collusion.

What am I doing right now? I am running sound for a Middle School Talent Show!!! ARRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!

Do you wanna know what has happened to Dragonbrand? The militia is out farming in Southsun. When I go there, I can pull a dozen rares and one exotic an hour. Not to mention the greens and blues and the occasional white. How can you compete with +200% to Magic Find?

We regularly have a que to get in to Dragonbrand’s Southsun instance! Now, I am not saying that TC/FA is not in the same boat. But, our militia has learned how to work together and I feel like it is one of the reason why Dragonbrand works as well as it does. We are Dragonbrands fodder. We are not afraid to charge into a zerg to die valiantly. Our repair bills are badges of honor when we see that keep flip in the distance.

To the WvWvW guilds out there, do not despair. Your militia will be back and help put us back in first. Just be patient. We are still here, we have not lost guilds or people to other servers. Think about it, we started losing when the Southsun had +200% MF. Coincidence? I do not think so.

frostshade.3617:

I don’t want pvers in my wvw just for the magic find buff

I know, I know. I just wish that I could see an exotic in the 8 or 9 months of WvWvW I have been playing. I should not be this excited about seeing a Yellow Drop once or twice a week. I do not spec for MF, but it seems a bit disproportionate.

Can we someday have a week where we got a buff in Magic Find like there is in Southsun Cove this week? It would be much more satisfying during fights. Right now in PvE centered servers, people are getting huge loot drops with minimal effort. WvWvW is fun, but does not equivilate to the drops being seen in Southsun or during dungeons.

Been playing WvWvW so long I forgot what a yellow drop was. Nevermind an Exotic!

I do thank you for the increased drops from a couple of months ago, just need to work on quality.

Vol.5241:

dun dun dun

save your badges people

Now we know why the traps cost badges! It is not only a trap for the supply in zergs and the thiefs/mesmer veil, it is ALSO a trap for your badges! They want a good reset on your badges!!! Muhahahaha! Take that badges!

I disagree with the title’s thread, BUT I do not agree with the information placed there.

Good ideas for improvement. Many have been stated, but it is a good starting point. Hopefully we can be heard