Guild Wars 2

His name popped up in the waiting loadout.. Could it be really him..? in NA? … I just got wrecked by Sizer.. he’s in NA stomping us now.. :’(

style.6173:

I think you are someone who think ranks means something other than how much you play. Well, that or the person exploited skyhammer.

So, my opinion, who cares?

I actually agree with a few points on OP. This was a great opportunity to get a much bigger PvP crowd since it was a nice boost weekend. I did see a lot more PvP’ers this weekend and much more builds. Though the announcement for it was kind of lowkey. Not even the login screen displayed the Rank Point boost weekend. Hopefully next time they do this they can add it with a nice announcement so we get new blood in the tpvp.

What finisher is that!?!?

Hey I am trying to hunt down lore and the underwater fractal makes little sense to me. Why is the jellyfish beast there and is the lore behind it important at all or just thrown there as an old fishermens tale.

It’s also funny since we all know each other. That’s how small this community is.

Or you could copy systems like sc and LoL and create a separate leaderboards for teams and solo queue. Allow people to create teams based on guild and give that guild a rating system that moves them up the leaderboards that way we can see how much rating a win is giving and moving us up the leaderboards. It also seperates the pug stomps you get from solo queues. This is honestly the best shot to reviving a competetive nature of the gw2 pvp scene.
EDIT: display the guild name on the leaderboards and allow a tab to show the roster as well so the guild as a whole gets credit. This will bring back that guild glorious feeling that gw1 had. If we are not going to have GvG at least allow guilds to get credit.

zone.1073:

Infrastructure question:

We have seen a lot of success with free-to-play games lately. League of Legends is the largest and most successful e-sport game right now, for example. This is due to the game being more accessible to the casual gaming population. Even though it’s free-to-play, wherever there is a crowd, there is money.

What if the Heart of the Mists was made into an online downloadable free-to-play segment of the game? In order to leave the Mists, you must purchase the game. Do you see potential in this as a marketing strategy for GW2?

Balance question:

Are you aware that slows in this game not only affect regular movement, but also reduce the range of moving abilities by -50%? This makes slows much more potent than they should be. Thief’s heartseeker is affected, Warrior’s Rush, Bull’s Charge, Whirlwind, Eviscerate, etc are all affected. At the same time, some class’s moving abilities are immune to slows, like Elementalist’s Ride the Ligntning. What are the devs’ thought process behind this mechanic?

Warrior:

I noticed that a lot of effort has been put into beefing up banners. Are you aware that the #2 healing skill from Banner of Tactics heals for only 500 HP? The skill description says it should heal for almost 4k HP, but in actuality it only heals a measly 500 HP. Intended? Also, there were no changes to the Battle Standard elite. Thoughts on that?

Have never considered having this as an aspect of the game but it should definitely be considered by Anet. I don’t think they were thinking the PvP in this game has gotten to this state in which it is failing badly and needs a huge boost, but giving away a big chunk of this game for free would be tough and how would it affect the players who paid for only this feature and don’t care about the PvE? Maybe this could be the calling to revive it but its not the fix we need at the moment, what they need to do is attract the casuals who play currently and the only way to do that is make the entry level of the pvp easy. Have queues for ranked play and normal play like LoL, Have normal mode where you queue with 4 others or solo queue and get matched with others to play against bots for practice. Make this PvP both competitive and fun for those who aren’t. LoL has succeeded so well with just this mindset.

Archaon.6245:

I still go with friends and i still soloq like before ladder….how?

Just don’t give a kitten about leaderboards, if i want to go solo or with friends (Even low ranked ones) i just go as usual…going with serious guild’s premades only just for some numbers on a worthless list? No thanks…

Your view of fun in the game is different from everyone elses. His fun and many others can be the feeling of competing and racing to the top of the leaderboards so his opinion has a great point. Introduce a real ranked system and a queue system for tournament play that doesnt affect your leaderboard ratings.

I can tell your frustrated but removing solo queue will only devastate the current game where servers lack enough players standing in the mists. What they can do is introduce a system where you can solo queue but face bots and keep the solo queue until the population rises where you rarely end up playing against premades. I believe the main problem with the PvP at the moment is the small population in it which is causing the queue times to be instant if your queued as a premade and it places you against the first group of solo queuers

Hammerheart.1426:

Someone had suggested a new game type a long while back, I cant be bothered to necro the thread. Basically it was a moba style GW2 map.

Take Foefire, and add spawning creep waves that will attack each other, then the fortress walls, and eventually your lord.

Or something like that. In any case it sounded like a cool idea.

This should definitely be experimented on a weekend and such just like the Beta events had some fun pvp events at the end. They should introduce this mode and see how it goes. They have nothing to lose.

I have my deathshroud hotkeyed for incoming spikes like thiefs popping out of stealth and GS warriors charging. I have it hotkeyed to the top key on my mouse while the second one is my heal. As soon as you get stunned and start taking big burst damage like mesmers pop and such just pop it and use 3 which is your fear and laugh at them for wasting that spike on you. Save your lifeforce and just use it against big damage from those classes.

for several patches necromancers were untouched, we finally got something but nothing much still.

Maybe it is that you burnt yourself out from gaming in general. The only reason I don’t see them adding secondary professions now is because the whole game was designed for the way it is.
New skills in the future I can really see happening but not allowing mixed classes

Going to leave this here since my main class is necromancer. I play all forms of builds with necro in tPvP and sPvP and to me the funnest and most exciting yes least played build is a bunker necro and I think I do very well at it.

Thing with bunker necros are they are more of a side point bunker, you do much better in 1v1 and 1v2 situations. Life force is never a problem since that is regained quick, if anything I always have too much since I only use my life force vs spike damages and fear the heals. My utility skills have different combination of wells with corrupted always being in there at all times since it removes boons from the enemy. If a warrior, ranger or thief is coming to try and knock me out, I always set up Plague for elite and Well of Darkness and offhand dagger for the extra blinds. Now vs thiefs and warriors you will usually face high burst damage from them and necros are the best class vs these professions since you have the ultimate spike shield which is your lifeforce. As soon as you see that shadow blink from a thief you pop lifeforce and fear! the same also for warriors bull charging and using 100b. I always go dagger/dagger or dagger/focus and staff is always my second weapon set for the situational marks and the extra fear.

I have faced many good players and always come out winning my bunker, sometimes I will lose but ill be right back with different utilities and flesh golem elite for clutch knockdowns. Sometimes if a bunker guardian or ele comes I will quickly switch to corrupt boon and really just destroy them. If anything, necro bunker is way to OP, you just can’t lose vs anything if you have the right skill layout.
Now if you get zerged vs 4 you have the ultimate wells that will keep you alive for a while and your lifeforce and plague, which gives your team enough time to cap the other points or come and sweep everyone out!
In maps like legacy I excel holding waterfall and quickly running to the edge of GY and throwing down all my marks and doing good amount of damage with the staff from a safe spot, and if someone tries to run behind and cap I can get there in time to fear him away or get my point back.
Necros are the best support/bunker right now imo

It’s not an exploit but it does ruin the integrity of the game itself. People are starting to get discouraged from playing because of this

Making this post because our server can use more people to fill in the different timezones and even the peak hours! We have no queues and if there is one it will be for EBG and only lasts 15 minutes. The amount of guilds we have for WvWvW are extremely low! I can count maybe 5 and all with less then 3 party full. We are not so bad and could use much more leadership in the borderlands, our EBG map is starting to do very well during peak hours, taking SM and holding it for a while. We start to fall off when people are getting off.
This is a announcement for those guilds who are looking to be recognized for there talents and cannot get into a queue to save a life! Come enjoy queue free all day long Fergusons WvWvW!

If your also looking to join a guild since your a loner or with a small group you can message me ingame or any of our other officers/leader.
Tyrone Jackson ill
Thiole
Alexi Rominov
Vail
Snyia

We are [SANC] !

Sacrosanct [SANC] is looking for competent players for WvWvW! We currently have 250+ members and a 100 slot Mumble (upgrading if we ever reach cap during WvWvW)
While we are mostly focused on WvWvW we also do dungeons and sPvP.
We are accepting all! Only requirements are participation in WvWvW and Mumble for more organization. We have team setups for different areas on the map with defense and offense. So if your looking for a well organized, coordinated guild, transfer over or message any of the officers and leader.
We do have AoW5, Arch 5 and the rest 4

PST any of these for more info or send us mail! We love to answer any questions!
Tyrone Jackson ill (Officer)
Thiole (Leader)
Alexi Rominov (Officer)
Vail (Officer)
Snyia (Special )

Benefits coming over to Ferguson’s Crossing : Enjoy no hate, no queue, Always willing to follow WvWvW. Also a chance to claim the throne for the servers best WvWvW Guild!