Guild Wars 2

@ANET

Words are cheap, to date your actions in regard to WvW show that it is an afterthought.

Your own devs state that people who just WvW are an “exception”.

Show us some solid and asked for WvW enhancements before HOT and we may believe you.

Right now, sorry pal, not feeling it.

On board with this as well – please allow us to mute at the very least or as someone suggested tie it to the instrument sound.

l2p
Seriously – if 5 seconds less on 1 ability “destroys” your build you have larger issues.
There will be more balance passes coming – bank on it.
All classes are still undergoing tuning.

Try different things, quit looking for an “I WIN” button.

I guess we should be happy that it is Golems and not Arrow Carts….

Stupid as hell.

So are they trying to turn WvW into MechWarrior for that week? May as well throw in some Kaijus since someone on the dev team has a Pacific Rim fetish.

If they want to do this make it a weekend event, 48-72 hours. Not the whole freak’n week.

Mmmm, salted quaggans….nom nom nom

Fudge.9527:

Josh XT.6053:

Is there anything at all you people won’t complain about? I have 9 full ascended sets, at least one of every ascended weapon, typically 2-3 of some. I’ll have to adjust my armor to make way for the new changes too, but if you farmed as hard as I had to in order to get full ascended gear, then you best believe it better be like a 10% increase. If you don’t want to farm for ascended or fight people with it, go play PvP.

This guy gets it. My question is, why stop at only 10%? If you farm much harder than everyone else, shouldn’t you be getting at least a 50% increase? I feel like if you put in the hours and 500+ gold for Ascended, you should be able to 1-shot people in Exotics. After all, that’s basically how mass pvp works in every other generic MMO, and people bought GW2 knowing it was going to follow the exact same formula. So they shouldn’t be upset.

I see what you did there.

Necro stealth lolz

My GUESS is that it will use the new Mystic Forge currency that we are getting as a replacement for excess skill points not related to Skill Challenges.

It is a quality of life improvement. The mechanics are all there – the system detects if you are in combat or not and they can manipulate the swap cooldown – one would think it would be an easy win/win.

And not just for Eles – Engies too – although they don’t swap weapons as often as your typical Ele does.

/signed
Make the runes soulbound and zero ecto recovery chance if that will maintain balance.

It is not WvW, it should be rebranded WvW Lite, all the rewards with none of the skill.

I admit I use it to knock out dead levels with a new toon but that it is.

Sometimes it just takes repetition to build that muscle memory. Yeah, it can suck getting there but take some time in “easier” zones where you can slowly work on your rotations and combos. You don’t want to jump into WvW and try to master it. Plus it strengthens your ability to use those keys for other classes as well if you are an alt-o-holic.

It’s like learning to drum or any instrument – you don’t go all Neil Peart day 1, you start slow and build up.

*for you young’ins out there, Neil Peart is the drummer for the band Rush. Arguably the best drummer out there – the dude is an octopus.

Fun is totally subjective.
My idea of fun is different from someone else’s which is different from others, etc etc…

If people are upset about this they should be contacting ANET directly – not posting on these forums since all that does is create drama and feeds trolls from both sides.

Then again, this is the internet…yay technology, gg

The stance is 5 Stacks offset by lower cool down and Swiftness – I can see what they were thinking.

This week is going to be interesting as peeps adjust and theory craft.

Gonna throw in with an /agree here.

Empower and RF animations aren’t game breaking but please throw a bone.

If you make it fun others will want to join in > more peeps mean more numbers, fresh blood, fresh talent > more victories

I’m sure eventually we’ll plateau, we may not head back to T1 but this iteration of WvW’ers is in a sweet spot – we are winning AND having fun without having to burn people out.

Speaking personally, that’s a pretty nice niche to be in.

Oh, the Cultural weapon to forge is a very nice idea, thank you…all of these are very helpful so thank you all who took the time.

Keeping it short:

Been gone 1.5 years, happy to be back – have been re-learning with all the changes but wanted to know what to do with Karma. I’m not going to do a legendary unless I get a pre-drop so I was wondering what is the main current use mainly with a focus on getting gold for it.

Thanks!

Proposed solutions -
Siege trolling – tag siege with creators name to make reporting easier, task QA staff with monitoring abusers and taking action (maybe put a cooldown on siege placement that increments if reported multiple times – a lot of suggestions on the forums already about this one).
Spy/handicaping – don’t allow transfers during league play. Can’t do anything about people who own multiple copies of the game but addressing Siege trolling would put the kabosh on most of it.

It can be fixed and I’m not on the only one raising valid concerns, or “crying” as you so quaintly put it. It’s easy to address these issues, that is why it is all the more frustrating that they are still here Seig.

Dalgar.6721:

Why would they lock transfers when they can make so much money off them? Integrity of WvW be dammed, if there’s a cash grab available they’re going to go for it, and this is about as blatant as it gets.

Not to mention the hard core trolls have bought a spare copy or two of the game.

Still want to know the thought process behind this Devon.
How will siege trolling be addressed?
Why are you potentially enabling people to spy/handicap the servers they are fighting against?
How did this make sense in your morning stand ups?

DevonCarver.5370:

Your reward will be based on the server you log into the first time once the season starts. You can transfer as much as you like, but you will still get the reward from that first server.

How the heck did ANYONE on your team think this is a good idea???
There are a ton of post about siege trolls, check in with your support staff about tickets regarding the same topic with pics and such.

I really hate to sound harsh but if this is your grand plan come start of leagues you need to rethink your choice of careers because you are pretty much out of your depth.

LOCK
TRANSFERS

The server you log into WvW on day one is the server you are tied to for the duration of the match.
If you don’t log into WvW then you have the option of transfering so it doesn’t impact PvE’ers.
How hard is that to understand or implement?

I was also looking at shifting to a blind provider since the proliferation of warriors out there…and that seems to be one thing they hate (I know I do on my warrior).

This was what I am looking at – yeah, not super original I know – wish I hadn’t gotten that ascended Knights amulet previously but oh well. I think it keeps some good aoe sustain, have a hammer in the bag depending on how I feel like rolling as well as a spare GS for bloodlust stacks.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fUEQJARWlUgqCnFyvDfIFRuA7DAE7BGzYHvUkQHC-j0DBoNDRjYAgKQRL7RQMLSZtIcasVXBRNLy6FY6SJVDDwuDwaGyiG2lQZVGAztA-w

Something along these lines maybe…
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYEQNAV8YlcmCNnay9E+5EB3jkC1n6pgsjVTBNtJA-jkzAYLAMWkJCBmKAl9mGbCMIlxioxqqFk1LY6ykawht5Q2dAPuyqMALbB-w

@Meyrink – thanks for the input – that is great stuff. Gear wise since I’m on a T1 server should lean towards pvt/knights I’m guessing?

@Lanny – yeah I know, they are great at support it’s just the playstyle is kinda “meh” for me hence the search for something else. Thank you for your input as well.

Was wondering if there are any current thief zerg support builds out there?
Found a Venom share build but wondering if there were others to try.

Already have a Warrior and Guard but looking to branch out into more of a tactical role (not saying War/Guard don’t have those aspects).

Was test driving an Ele but wanted to try something with a little more mobility.

Thanks for your time…

Just wait, they aren’t going anywhere but down in price, not having it this exact second shouldn’t kill you….I hope.

…and a pony – have to have a pony.

Don’t crush Excalibur’s unfounded statements with logic, how dare you!

/sarcasm

So is it not worth it to run Soldier runes double shouts with healing at all?

I run with the zerg and am one of the few “puggies” who actually is on TS and who does pay attention to the commander. I’m not a member of one of the major WvW guilds mostly due to time constraints but I aim to be as useful as possible.

I never find conditions to be an issue just using traited warhorn/soldiers runes/shouts x2 but as pointed out I’m not working in a void.

I guess I’ll have to break down and double gear to test a Stance build with Melandru.

Question for the community-

My wife loves WvW, mainly keep/tower scouting and defense. However she is probably one of the worst at actually fighting another human being in combat. She understands this and plays to her strengths (one of the many reasons I love her).

We are looking into a classes for her to level that can fit the scouting role. My first thought was thief utilizing all the stealth tools for speed and disengages but I was wondering if there were any other thoughts on solid scouting classes with the tools to get into seiged keeps.

Thanks!

Like I said, it’s nice to dream….but this is totally bringing my Ranger back into WvW.

Apollo.7583:

Will piercing Hunters Shot de-stealth a ranger in zerg fights though?

….or will it stack duration? /drool

Hey, a guy can dream….

Don’t forget the 100blade warriors contributions….

Geiir.7603:

Valin.4527:

Eh, it’s the implementation of Stealth (in this case, it’s really invisibility) that tweaks people.

Then again pretty much invisibility in ANY PvP game ends up frustrating people – that’s just a human factor. This game is no different than others in that regard.

My only gripe is the Stealth off of gate/walls to solo contest keeps.
Kinda cheap in my mind – yes.
Game breaking – no.

It looks like thieves that move on to other professions are the only one being able to kill other thieves with that profession… Stealth is so easy to counter that it isn’t even funny. Thief is the easiest class to predict, really.

I was speaking to the opinion of why people may complain about thieves…they don’t bother me much, have an 80 thief that I leveled to see what the hype was about. Fun but didn’t fit with my playstyle.

But yeah, play a thief and you’ll figure out they aren’t super uber villains of Tyria – and a really good player on a thief will be super frustrating but if looked at objectively is a work of art with what they can do.

Eh, it’s the implementation of Stealth (in this case, it’s really invisibility) that tweaks people.

Then again pretty much invisibility in ANY PvP game ends up frustrating people – that’s just a human factor. This game is no different than others in that regard.

My only gripe is the Stealth off of gate/walls to solo contest keeps.
Kinda cheap in my mind – yes.
Game breaking – no.

/facepalm @ Fact

Some people I tell ya…

GG BG, nicely done – grats on the win.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIEQNBMhJakzJ5t5RGiJOAge8VWcdKoU6BZslGA-j0DBYLERjkDQEEgkFAUBJL7RZNBSQsyqIasKGY6TJV5SQ2uDwMGySG2bQZVGAztA-w

Hard to dismiss Unsuspecting Foe – so more damage output and balanced out crit % for less waste (aiming for 100% with Fury and Unsuspecting, am just a touch over that).

A little worried about the 2.9k armor – then again this isn’t a pure tank build.

Awesome feedback – it is very much appreciated.

Took it back to the drawing board with your input. Y’all helped me realize I was missing a lot of synergy.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIEQNBMhJakzJ5t5RGiJOAge8VWbZK0T6BZslGA-j0DBYLERjkDQkFAEBgUBJL7RZNBSQsyqIasabYqTJV5SQ2uDwMGySG2bIpyAYuFA-w

I ended up losing a lot of crit chance dumping Lyssa but I make that up by swapping some of the PVT armor for Knights since I have vitality to spare. Condition removal now pure shouts/soldiers and horn. Included stance synergy for the 2 auto/1 active stances. I may have gone overkill on Stability sources but really if I get pinned down/separated it’s gonna hurt.

Keeping DfAbove for mobility mainly…chasing/evading. You are probably correct that I’ll end up nixing it but I’d like to try and keep it in the build at least as a swappable option. It’s also a touch of fun factor – gotta have some flair to enjoy. This may end up going to 10 in Arms for Unsupecting Foe next iteration.

Running to/from locations will find me with GS equiped and the default setup.

If I know I’m going to be running in the hammer train I can swap out Defy Pain for Merciless Hammer and Sure Footed for Cull the Weak, then dump Empower Allies for Leg Specialist.

By the same token in seige/defense would swap to Longbow and change Empower Allies to Stronger Bowstrings.

I think this starts addressing some of the glaring holes pointed out…maybe…

Makes perfect sense, is now updated.

Fair enough, will do – ty.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fIEQNBMhJak0J5t5x4hJSggeohVRWYK0DqC2RSBZwGA-j0DBYLERjkDQkFAEBgUBJL7hRjNBCoKqIas6FYqTJV5SQ2uDwOGySG2bQZVGAztA-w

Please feel free to be blunt – but not kitten – about feedback.

Was going for well rounded – able to provide support, cc, damage, etc. I don’t like being glass ankitten ot a super l33t 1v1er so I was aiming for flexibility.

If I need to scout an area, swap hammer for greatsword for mobility
Keep defense, longbow
Escorting yak, others are better but aoe swift never hurts…
etc, etc…

Yes, I know specialists tend to be more effective – but I know there are others out there who enjoy having flex in their builds because you don’t know exactly what you may be doing.

Have a full suite of weapons in the bag, all zerker with various runes depending on need and I swap often but the staple is Sword/Warhorn.

Thanks…

Edit – Used more current skill site.

-Resolved…had to get a piece totally damaged then unequip it and re-equip it and THEN the hint poped up.

The hint didn’t auto trigger when the gear got damaged until removed and replaced.

/facepalm

…and that wasn’t it. Guess off to create a support ticket.

If I don’t do dungeons I shouldn’t get dungeon achievements…
If you don’t do WvW you won’t get the cache achievement..
Plenty of others you can do to get the meta reward.

Working as intended.

The next hotfix is to properly sync the server clock with the notifcation service.

:)

Oh, nope…off to get a piece of cheap white armor and something to kill me in it..

Thanks.

I’m stuck on the Armor repair for Hints completion.

I’ve died, I’ve repaired armor at the Repair NPCs…but I’m not getting the hint pop up.

Is there a way to force it?

Thanks…

tyvm!

/15 char

This is awesome, will give it a try tonight.