Guild Wars 2

I have been playing since the beginning and many times I hear in map chat or even talking with friends they wish we had a trade system so we can trade and sell stuff to guildies or friends instead of just in the auction. I think adding cod to the mail system is fairly simple and would allow people to trade amongst friends.

They just need to put thief back to the way it was on day one. I am tired of respecking and rerolling a class that was great that is now kitten.

All I was saying is I am not doing the massive damage I was doing before against the same mobs and as a thief I spend allot of time in the downed state due to being 1 or 2 shot by mobs in dungeons and usually the trash mobs give me the most trouble. i soloed my entire storyline just a week after release I have farmed orr and other lvl 80 places but since patch even those places have gotten harder and when pugs refuse to take a class into dungeons you know that there is something wrong with that class. Anet should have left the thief alone or as much as I hate to say it made the skills different for pvp and pve.

I have played a thief since day one and constantly had to change armor and stats to switch between pvp, wvw and pve. Before the nerf of the thief it was very lacking in pve compaired to many other classes but was great in pvp and wvw. Now with the nerfs it is nearly impossible to do any of the dungeon content with a thief I am lvl 80 and I have maxed gear. The nerfs were way to much it makes the thief class almost worthless. I have spent every dime I had re-specking over and over trying to find a build that will work in dungeons ones i use to run with guildies before and yes may have had some difficulties but now i cant do anything and feel totally useless. I even tried to get into a pug and people didnt want me in their group because I was a thief.

I want to say with the few numbers of players all three servers are putting on the maps this seems like one of the most fair fights dragonbrand has been in in a while. i can personally say it has been one of the funnest. We may have lost a few guilds at the beginning of this match but our night crew is still strong. and our morning crew manages to hold.

Best of luck to everyone. Lets have a good clean fight no hitting below the belt, and let the good times roll.
Darkhaven takes early lead followed by Maguuma and Dragonbrand.

Great match this week Guys and Gals good fights all the way around. but yeah FA you guys need to send someone to the lake just south of the island and report those botters i lead a zerg over to report them but as soon as they die i cant report them. So I think you guys in fa can report them easier.

Brunners.7251:

I have personally seen a mesmer successfully hide in a keep for an hour and a half waiting for the opportune time to portal a zerg in.

Don’t under estimate how willing to hide those guys are.

I have hidden as a thief in a tower for 2 hours and took out a gate from the inside.

Lets keep in mind this is a fantasy based game adding to much modern warfare items will pull it away from that. however more siege items would be nice, I think just keep them simple tho like add racial siege weapons. Same weapons that we have now but add new skins and skills. would be amazing to have racial upgrades at the towers and keeps too. upgrade that stack.

some towers and keeps you can jump up the outer walls to get in drop portal and wam everyone is in, i watched a mesmer do it a couple weeks ago reported them and submitted ss and a vid.

3 words, About freakin time

Gallrvaghn.4921:

This is some sort of a rant/QQ post but I need to express how I feel.

All of the events for this Halloween were wicked! I had so much fun doing almost all of it (even though I’m still trying to beat the Clocktower. haha) But when it came to the most recent act, the dungeon in Lion’s Arch, I can’t help but feel very very unwanted by most people looking for strictly level 80 for parties. I mean, I know every minute counts so most of these pathetic dudes want to farm as fast as they can to loot exotics so they wanted maxed stats/gears on all party members and all. And not having a level 80 toon kind of sucks even though Anet made it so even a level 2 can enter the dungeon.

I don’t have any solution to this other than forming a group with fellow non-level 80 toons. But man, these people kicking me out of groups because I am NOT level 80 just kind of spoils the fun for me and maybe for other non-level 80 players, too.

I fear that this may also be the case in other non-event dungeons like COF, etc. but good thing I’ve decided not to do those dungeons yet and explore the rest of the game til I reach level 80. It’s just sad that for this limited time event, I don’t get to enjoy it as much if only I had a level 80 character, but well, the blame is on me for not rushing everything in the first place. Guess I’ll have to post the “LFG MK level 80” on the map chat next year. :/

I have found the opposite I had people asking if they can bring lower lvl alts I always said sure then I started just running my “at the time” lvl 6 necro and people took me just fine now after only doing MK it is lvl 15. Now I do notice several wanting only lvl 80s because supposedly they are speed clearing it, but every time I have done it full 5 man 80s only me and a guildy 60 and 80, and a 5 man mixed levels it only takes 10-15 minutes. I dont think it should be done faster.

Here are a few I Have taken since the beginning of act1

I wish the toilet paper when thrown would last at least 5-10 seconds the tp stand disappears almost as soon as it is thrown making it impossible to tp anything.

I have gotten that and rotten eggs

I do not think it has to do with low level when I first ran it I was lvl 6 lol. and on my lvl 80 I get trash drops but I am just doing it because TBH I am burnt out on the rest of the game and have nothing to do. So I hang out with friends and run this for a chance at decent loot and to try and level my alts some.

Just finished the mad king for 3rd or 4th time today, If you ask anyone I know what I complain about it would be WvW but never about drops. No I am not going to start now but i thought what i got from the chest was way to funny not to share, I have never had this happen before what do you all think. All three Worn Horns were identical names and stats.

Why does everyone want to see proof from others want proof go down and run it until you get one too lazy tough luck.

OMG more QQing about free stuff.

1. if you can craft it great you can craft several and sell them when the event is not going on and make a ton of money.

2. Look is is a Drop item right now DONT craft it get in there and try to get it as a drop. And remember it is a rare chance drop so don’t complain when you don’t get it.

3 Anet is all about fairness to ALL players in the community, Just like those that bought a ton of keys then complained they didnt get anything while others were getting them as drops. Anet stated anything in the item shop can be received as in game drops.

The chest in mad king area has diminishing return.The more you do it the less your going to get. Im in a smallish guild i went several times to help guildies by several I mean allot. The last few runs all I received was one crap green, a white bag <crafting mat bag>,rotten egg, nugget center.

I dont know if this is all the Altars, just the ones in the garrisons, or just red teams BL garrison. Lightning hits it or someone gets in and hits it and we cannot repair it. Lightning has destroyed it 4 or 5 times now and it forces orb to reset. This is a big pain with all the other issues going on in WvW please fix this and the others.

my team almost never owns the whole may. The guards are too easy they die as fast as the rabbits do. I know they are suppose to assist players but they do not assist well when 1 or 2 players can wipe out a camp in 10 seconds. Just a moment ago me and another thief took a supply camp, killed everything all guards guild lord and a player in under 5 seconds and the capping took 15 seconds so in total 2 players take a point in 20 seconds, giving no time for defenders to get there to defend it. I am an offensive person and I am saying it is to easy for me to take something it needs more and people say no. Just think defense and offensive changes effect large and small servers. If you are out manned and only own a couple supply camps dont you want it harder for the larger servers to take, and If your a larger server dont you want it harder for the smaller servers to harass your supply camps.

Theik.9340:

Take a look at this topic to see exactly why they should -not- be stronger, and in fact should most likely be weaker depending on who controls the map.

You are already at an advantage on the defending side, there is no reason to make that advantage even more unfair.

I disagree with you. I am on dragonbrand server the other servers have walked all over us past 4 weeks even when the other team has 3 orbs and out mans us if I pay attention I can solo a supply camp and so can many others. supply camps have no defenses and if you and 1 or 2 others cant take a supply camp even if the other team has 3 orbs your doing something wrong.

Ok I can solo a supply camps and I have seen several others do the same or it may take 2-3 people [depends on orbs]. To me guards in WvW are entirely to weak and need a major buff for all npc guards. adding additional guards and increasing their lvl to 82 does absolutely nothing. I can almost solo a max upgraded supply camp I say almost because if I pull more than 1 at a time I cant. I believe all the guards for supply camps should be champions and the guild claimer be a lvl 82 champion, at the least they all need 1.5x more hp, 2x more toughness and more power. Would also be nice to have walls around the supply camps even with no gates. Or maybe upgrades to add walls, gates extra guards. I have watched Npc skitt take out 2 guards at supply camps that tells me they need buffed big time when guards cant defend against a couple skritt.

Well if you want to do it the easy way before they fix it, use alts, or use wvw as Vithaar pointed out. I personally went around la found all the pumpkins then queensdale, gendarran fields, than the other starting cities and first 2-3 zones out side of them. Look for Towns, villages, farms, random houses, and outposts in the world. Here is the break down of what I found roughly.

La-20
Queens-12-17+
Gendarren- 8-12
Kessex- 6-10
Plains of Ashford 8-12
Diessa 8-12+
Wyafarer-12-17+
snowden- 10+
Celaden forest 8-12+
Metrica 8-12
Brisband 10+

Now I Know I said go to starter towns, There are NO pumpkins in the starter towns HOWEVER it is a great starting point for the zones being there are usually 3-5 pumpkins right outside of the starter zone.

One of my guildies got one skin from the first chest he opened with a key he got from a drop today so he bought another key and got an endless tonic…. lets just say the guild is not talking to him right now.

Scyntrus.2458:

claiming just puts your emblem on the flag. any guild can upgrade if they really wanted to support their server.

It does more than just puts emblem on flag, it allows your guild and your guild only to activate 1 or more 12hr buff that your guild spent influence on unlocking. Which can and does many times help decide the fate of that tower. I have seen people log into WvW and run tower to tower that we own trying to find one that is not claimed just to claim it and leave WvW without helping take or defend anything not building siege or nothing they just want their guild emblem seen. It needs to be changed how I dont know but one way would be to allow only guilds with buff to activate claim towers or keeps. I know I am in a small guild we always have the buffs to activate. We may not be able to upgrade the tower or keep to 100% every time but more times than not we do or at least get t3 walls and t3 weapons and every time drop at least 6 arrow carts 2 catas 3 balistas and depending where a treb. <we do this to every tower not just the ones we claim.> The ones we claim you can tell because team mates start calling them fort knox. Usually because we have enough siege every one on our server can man something with a few extra pieces.

All i am saying is i spent real money just like those whining, I just spent it before the event and I got a bunch of garbage too. If I am a customer that spend money on a regular basis 20-50 a month and not just 20-50 when ever there is an event. Than in Anets best interest they would cater to those regular customers over those that purchase something only when there is an event. Its call smart business.

Dragon festival FTW

“Added a Mystic Forge recipe to create Mad King Chests: 1 Piece of Candy Corn, 6 Mystery Tonics, 1 Boost (of any kind), and another Boost (of any kind).”

What about the other blue tonics i.e. owl, eagle, moa, plant wolf, ice elemental and so on.
I have 12-20 of these other tonics and only 5 mystery tonics. I bought 50+ keys at release and If I have to buy more just to get mystery tonics I won’t. I am not in a situation now to buy keys or any gems not that I want to because yeah the stuff is cool but not worth my money, If Anet wanted to do us a favor they would add holiday merchants that sold these items for karma (I have 700k karma and nothing to spend it on).

drwookie.6391:

This has been mentioned many many times here, and to my knowledge no developer has ever commented on it.

In my opinion it is an absolute joke…and I believe they aren’t commenting because there really is no rational explanation for why it is the way it is. I expect one day it will be changed in a patch with no mention ever, and they hope we will all just forget their complete and total lack of judgment.

I mean really….give a 15% stat bonus to the team that is dominating…ya that makes sense. It makes about as much sense as giving a team that is outnumbered a bonus to item drops….oh wait…

It is actually 15% more health and 150 to all stats, but I do have to agree this issue has been brought up tons of times and there has been no comment or any acknowledgement as to if they will even think of changing this or why it is. I think Anet just didnt plan out this game before starting to create it and should not have released it. So many issues with the game as a whole. They definitely should not have WvW on release with free transfers and with all the exploits and issues.

@OP and anyone else that thinks it is hard and or WvW should not be a monthly.
Maybe if you and others help your servers once and a while it wouldn’t be so bad or hard. I have heard this complaint from players on my server “Dragonbrand” and I tell them all maybe if it was more than 20-30 people total representing the server the score will be better and the WvW monthly will be easier. I also have to tell them, QUIT TAKING SUPPLIES FROM TOWERS AND KEEPS! < had to be caps i have said it 50 times today to non-WvW regulars.

They do work and you will see the icons if your in the commanders squad and they know how to use them.

I will bow/salute or pm those that are good close fights whether I win or loose. I do not do any dancing sitting or anything else that can be mistaken as unsportsmanlike, May be it is still the Army Value of respect that is instilled in me (one thing most people lack anymore). In the same sense you will never find me near an enemy spawn, the tower closest to it sure but I won’t go closer because i think it ruins the sport of WvW and IMO spawn camping is dishonorable to yourself and your server.

I have heard this allot from people that transfer almost once every other week someone post this same thing. I have never transferred nor will I. And in my personal opinion with the free transfers if you transfer you should not get bonuses from WvW until they start charging or do away with transfers. There are way to many people jumping ship or just going to the top couple tier servers to win or just for the bonuses. They should make the bonuses only for those who get involved in wvw that week not everyone on the server.

“DavidMonthen.4398
nope it doesn’t.
it helps but superior tactics/numbers/(individual-)skill is still far more important.
Desolation – [IRON]
The Iron Triangle”

No it does not mean GG as David said it helps however i disagree with his tactic/numbers/skill.

In WvW right now there is now true tactics it is zergfest and which zerg is faster and larger.. however 1v1 standpoint the orbs mean GG. I can kill any class with ease 1v1 with no orbs , with 1 orb a little more of a challenge but still fairly easy, 2 orbs depends on the class yet I can still win most. 3 orbs 1v1 I get owned.

Lets just say i started with Ultima Online 2d and stayed through 3rd dawn.

Was talking with several people lately on many of the servers while I have been streaming WvW. Complaints range from queues way too long, one server severely out numbering the other two, rendering player, no tactics, and many many more.

Here would be my solution, < I have played over 100 mmos and I am constantly active in at least 4>

Change WvW from one WvW server/match to lets say 4, maps all the same but the maps now have a limit of 30 players from each home server. Once all 4 WvW servers are full then the queues start unless there are people on all 3 Home servers queued then will open another WvW server, you can queue up for any of the WvW servers or all of them. This will reduce queue times in the long run and will allow more even fights and a more balanced match. the total score of all the WvW servers will be added at the end to determine the winner.

This Accomplishes the following:
Shorter queue times for 90% of the community.
Even matches
Will really see who the best WvW servers are not the biggest
Gets rid of zergs and forces people to use strategy
Less if any player rendering issues
Less bickering on forums
The matches will be more fun
More people will participate in WvW
More HAPPY consumers

Possible issues this will cause:
Longer queue times for 10% of players
More bots
More work for ANET
Less people giving feed back on GW2 forums…

I cant think of any more issues that may happen.

well IMO 1 week matches are great for tier 1 and 2 servers aka the top 6. However longer matches would be better for everyone bellow them and that would only work if they found a way to fix the PoP limits/restrictions that allows one server to barely have 20 on and another with ten and the 3rd with 100.

IMO Karma and xp should be removed from WvW and the other Rewards should get better. and to op I feel your pain I set a treb up north of bay ran supplies back and forth to build it solo then knocked out outer wall didn’t have anyone protect me or help me build treb or destroy the wall. Zerge showed up rushed in claimed bay 0 reward for me.

Ok I am a level 80 Thief I have 700k+ karma with absolutely NOTHING to spend it on, unless i want a legendary which cost Way Way to much and give you 0 more stats compared to a exotic And from what I have seen the Stats on legendaries cant be changed and are not stats that any thief will use. Would have been nice to maybe bought some of the Halloween skins with karma or maybe some black lion chest keys or ToTs or something.

Agree with OP
Yet Anet says they don’t want GW2 to become a grind. If they would actually play their game without the “dev” abilities they will see everything in it is a grind.

1)read
2)listen to Npc dialog in the city
3)read again if you cant figure it out
4) if your still stuck or need a hand out check forums

However I will say as a player of GW1 for 6+ years ANET did let me down with this event. Because in GW1 everything you could get via playing the game only special design costumes<not event costumes> had to be purchased with Cash. Yet in GW2 everything needs to be purchased or partly purchased with gems. Yeah I realize i can buy gems with gold however not everyone will have 30+g every event. The drop rates are too high on ToTs yet two low on Black Lion Chest Items. BLC never have anything useful in them and need a complete over haul, I have 1 level 80 and several alts I dont play my level 80 has 700k+ karma with nothing to spend it on. I was hoping that would change with the holiday events but i guess not. Oh and the craftable holiday gear have cool skins yet require as much mats as legendaries yet are missing a 3rd stat.

Just give it time it will happen.

Same problem in all zones even WvW.

Yes and no,

No. because when you fell behind you stayed there, there was never enough time to catch back up and usually seen less players as soon as your team fell to third in the tally.

Yes because the match was over quicker which lead to less stress and bickering as well as less face rolling. There were also more people raging epic battles all over the map trying to get as many points per tally.

I am not a commander, yet I lead Zergs/ sneak attacks and have been told I am great and calling out def/attack/build for the whole map. I dont know if i would like the badge commander I know I Dont like the gold purchase now. I have seen way to many worthless commanders I have also seen good commanders. However I have gotten Random donations from people on my server I dont even know mailing me a few silver or a gold telling me to save it for my commander. To those people I thank, but with out them I would never get it because I just WvW and don’t have the funds to get commander. AND NO I do not ask for donations they just randomly appear.

Why are there 6 commanders in LA and not a one in WvW.~ Dragondbrand

well was before all of them transfered

I play a thief and i have killed all classes however i have been killed by all classes 1v1. I think it is different builds I personally never use Invis other than my heal and that is only because it heals for the most. However i have noticed ranged classes have a better chance to kill me especially if they slow or immobile me. Rangers can drop traps and spike me down. eles usually slow me then run and try to stay at their max range, mesmer clones, bubble, little speed strip are your friends use them against thieves.

This is going to be an easy win for TC Dragonbrand lost two of their largest wvw guilds when this match started. So now it is few small guilds and pugs. max number of around 30 at any given time split between all of the battle grounds.