Guild Wars 2

Yeah but it’s not totally the mesmer’s fault. Just sick of so many stupid npc’s on my screen in PVP. Just getting annoying wading through all the trash to find the person hiding behind it all. Goes for a few other classes too.

I know its a mesmers class mechanic but put that with say a spirit wep guard, mm necro, and some annoying spirit ranger…. oh and dont forget about thf guild. You got yourself quite a messy screen. Mouse targeting through that can be pretty annoying.

tl;dr get rid of npc’s in pvp

The builds are out there but they are similar to a hb warrior. You build up to a specific skill and unleash it at the right time and yeah you can own someone who is busy or not paying attention.

If you f it up though…. theres the difference. A thf or a mes can literrally just get away and reset whenever they want. Both have multiple ways of doing so. Thats where people get angry.

Cant do that on a war, necro, guard, engie (kinda sorta… they have ways i guess but not as good). Ele and rangers can get away but people arent fearing them because they arent as popular as the super classes. Well ele maybe but at least they have to cycle attunements for crazy burst and its not all wrapped up in 1 or 2 skills

They are just over represented and thats why theres so much QQ about thf/mes. Not to mention they are the epitome of cheese ball classes. People dont enjoy fighting things that are hard to target and or invis. Sure you can handle one on one situations and that mostly works out ok… its when theres 4/8 or more on one team that brings on the tears, which is pretty much hotjoin atm.

Yeah hotjoin. Honestly who really cares about tournies and whatnot right now…. sure people are doing them but honestly who really cares? Freaking boring snoozefest if you ask me.

People want to kill other players and right now the two best classes at doing that are thf and mes. Low risk, high reward, instant gratification. Yeah spose you could throw war in there too but way higher risk seeing they get destroyed after they kill someone 9/10 times.

Suprised this wasnt always implemented. Wasnt that the whole idea with the 1 hotbar? If they wanted us to use every skill on a whim why wouldnt they have just gone down the path of every other mmo and given us 6 hotbars?

They promoted the idea of carefully picking your weapons and utilities before a fight. I dont see why anyone is shocked by this change (which is for the better imo)

Take them out. They are still there. I put in about 100 and it said 5. Double clicked them to pull them out and they all came back

Just found this build on gw2guru. Not sure if this is the same or a variant of it but it looks like it could be something like it.

http://www.intothemists.com/calc/index.php?build=-FF77-0-wEFx-r2NEV-0;9k23;19OT-40;038-52B;45BW0U;1PcW5PcW55BO

copy paste if its a bad link. I lose at the internet apparently

Hahaha yeah i see those posts a lot but this guy was shredding me and I couldnt even be mad about it. I was totally impressed.

He def ran with a bird but I cant remember which one. I would say our longest fight was maybe….. 15s long… maybe. The first encounter I had with him I pretty much couldnt even react. Maybe its because I was expecting the usual bleed build but instead this guy got right in my face and put the hurt down.

I got back to him kinda quick thinking ok that was a fluke. Next thing you know i see him like lunging at me and twirling around me. He was doing this just like a thief would do spamming ldb or hs which totally suprised me. I had to look twice just to make sure it was actually a ranger. I really wish I got a screen or at least his name so I could ask. Wish I had more info but thats the best I can remember after working the past 8hrs.

Like I said after the 4th time I had to head out for work but my god I wanted to cheer this dude on cause it was impressive

Edit: He also laid down the mud trap if thats any help. I had no idea what was going on. I’ve never seen a ranger play like this dude was

I play an engineer and necro for the most part and have fought plenty of rangers. They usually all run similar builds focusing on conditions and traps (I think… honestly I’m not very well versed on rangers)

Today I was playing and encountered a ranger that smoked me 4 straight times 1v1 while I was on my engi. I had no idea what hit me each time. The burst that this guy pounded into my face was insane. He def used 1h sword and a bow although I couldnt tell if it was short or long. He was spamming some crazy looking 1h attack that like lunged at me. He seriously looked like a thf.

My question is what kind of build was he running and how was he able to spam this skill on me so frequently? It seriously looked like a thf spamming hs or something.

I didnt take a screenshot of my log or death breakdown because I was only getting a quick game in before work and really didnt think about it much. Now that my shift is up and I’m sitting here in the mists getting ready to play I can’t help but remember getting my face stompped so f’ing hard by this guy. I actually like felt proud for him cause it was such an a**kicking that I rarely see being delivered from a ranger.

Have you guys played or seen a build that sounds like this? I’d love to learn more about it

For the love of God please push a fix asap. Its happening about every 4 games. So frustrating. I want to love this game but gd you are not making it easy

This has happened to me on my ele. Sometimes I will just res while in mist form. There def is no rally involved. Sometimes when you hit mist form your silhouette shows quickly. This is where it tends to happen most often because next thing you know you are up and running around again. Doesnt happen often but yes this has happened a few times while playing ele

Theres a dropdown in the upper left corner that shows the order of skills used until death. The default shows what did the most dmg to you. Theres a third option but I dont recall what it is. Next time its up click it and take a gander

edit: The option that shows the order of skills used unfortunatly doesnt show timestamps but you can always go to your log and see how fast that thf actually smashed your face in lol

Haha I’ll raise you one

Its not fair how easy it is for a necro to reset a fight!!!

I should have taken a screen shot but I thought I was going crazy… Yeah I was hit by dancing dagger the other day for 14k. That same game I was also hit with a 13k CnD. I thought I was going crazy and was just thinking the game got confused with those skills and backstab but obviously theres some bug

Haha yeah thats usually what I do. Not a tab target kinda guy. Its just annoying trying to sift through the npc’s to get to that player when its the heat of the moment and said npc’s are already pounding your face in. Meanwhile the player is just kiting/stealthing/also doing damage. I know it’s part of the game but it’s just getting a little old

All of the npc’s in pvp? Mesmer clones, thieves guild, necro minions (haha ok a stretch there, I know they suck), guardian spirit weps… Its really bothering me lately. Not only is it causing insane clutter on the screen but I also feel like it’s promoting really lazy gameplay. Just get your npc’s up in someones face and go make a sandwich. It’s not like they can target you while they sift through the garbage on the screen.

Thought this game was all about skill and using your abilities at the correct times. How does having 10 npc’s doing all the work promote skill? Even if it is spvp. Isn’t the idea behind it to get your skills/strats/timing down so that you are prepared for tpvp?

Idk… might not be a huge problem in tpvp but for spvp its getting old really fast. I’ll go out on a limb here and say a large majority of the people that are in the mists are doing spvp and I can’t imagine that they are all enjoying playing against the computer.

Pretty successful with this build holding points until backup arrives. You wont be melting any faces but you can take a ton of punishment.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/en/?fcQQJAqelspyXHwSdF17IRoHF2wCGUh8K6xj1vjB;TsAA1CtoyyklIL7VuskZN24UwEDA

meh cant get the link working…
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