Guild Wars 2

Believe it or not, but BG “blobs” during prime time would only choose to blob if we are fighting blobs. Most guilds prefer to run on their own for the most part, and pugs will join if they like the commander. Even if it’s a private raid, people will follow the tag.
Our solo players still run solo a lot, but they can’t as often, especially during NA prime, because they get run over constantly. Same as any other server.

Not denying that we have pretty big blobs when they build up. But we give what we get.

BG has fought in T2 a few times relatively recently, and I always see those T2 servers posting in the cancer forums about how refreshing it is to fight us. And it’s the same for us. How nice it would be to be able to see the sun when we fight, instead of trying to outheal the 9 AC’s trained on us.

I know full well most on these forums will deny this as much as they can, but what can be done, people will always find something to complain about. If it’s not numbers overall, then it’s “You’re only winning fights because of ND” (the most common one I hear), or it’s our SEA, which was never our strongest time compared to certain other servers, or our EU (pretty sure no one has complained about BG having any EU yet though)

And lastly, yes, we have a huge population, a population that enjoys running WvW because our commanders and WvW guilds make it fun to do. Even when we’re losing, we can still get people to want to WvW with us.

For everyone against this idea: will it affect you negatively if it was done? If not, why are you arguing if not just for the sake of arguing?

I have a large enough guild that if we really wanted to, we could do em all without a fuss, but we usually don’t bother (especially with escort) during our prime times because we’re busy fighting/capping/defending. To set aside 3 or more people to do some easy missions isn’t something our commanders would want to do.

Many times, we might have people playing in their off hours, or in another map waiting for the q to pop, chances are they wont be in groups of 3 often, and even if they are, they’d probably rather focus on havoc than on escorting yaks.

Repeated tracks would work as well, probably even easier to implement, though I still get the clutter and huge list to scroll through this way lol, so maybe get both:D

Since this affects both PvP and WvW now, thought this would be the best place.

Can you allow us to disable reward tracks in the “Available” section?

Reason: I have every dungeon and map skin, and have no use for things like silverwaste or similar tracks, and when I complete a track, the track xp is automatically sent so a new track.

In pvp, it doesn’t matter as much currently because all my un-needed tracks are at 100%, so the extra xp has no where to go.
In WvW though, the tracks were added recently, so all the tracks I don’t need, but have unlocked, are at 0%, so the system just chooses whichever track to continue with after I finish one.

This would also help us with reducing clutter.

Not a big deal or anything, but I think it’d be a nice addition that probably wouldn’t take too much work to implement.

I really like the skins, and have a lot of tickets with which to get em, but I still don’t agree with the choices made with making these bound.

As far as being special, there’s no lore behind them (yet), and if they really were special, they would’ve been obtainable via gameplay, maybe associated with the little tidbits of Living World we’ve been getting.

I don’t usually think things like this are worth commenting on, but in this case, I mostly hope our opinions matter enough to prevent trends in the future.

In GW1 EotM, didn’t Drakkar Lake have a huge frozen something under the surface? Imagine if that came back to life:D (Just checked wiki, apparently it’s a champion of Jormag)

Aaron Ansari.1604:

Whoo boy. How do you guys even find these to necro? I know for a fact the search function can’t do it.

Anyway, I’m assuming you’re responding to the original question there, but nothing in that says he might still be alive. If lack of purpose bestowed immortality, half the human population would never die.

Necromancy as an art tends to find the deepest most hidden secrets of life and death

As far as Razah, only reason he’d stay alone is if he were locked somewhere. I’d imagine he plays a similar role to Ogden, except in Elona, maybe working with the Sunspears or similar.

He is/was curious about human nature, both the good, and the bad. Depending on the humans he spent the most time with, he could just as easily become a force of “evil”.

I could also see him playing a role of support to Kormir as well, though less likely.

Weren’t condi’s removed based on dmging ones first in the past? Maybe I’m just remembering wrong, but I thought cleanses were setup that way at one time.

You (the game) actually do force her to live, she’s invuln when she’s standing at the risen in the story, you have no choice but to save her to finish it.

As for my comment on her being in the frontlines, you usually don’t want people who’d run headfirst into risen during a moment of grief/insanity. Worst case scenario, you pull off a Leroy and screw up everyone’s plans on getting the best loot:P

OP: I use the “Professor” title on my ele, with one of the scribe back skins for the scrolls

On topic though: Leaf on the Wind for finishing the goggles achievement.

Cynz.9437:

Ven Zehn.6573:

Most DH traps have a solid “trigger” time, before the actual damage or effect take place, i.e. they can be dodged after getting triggered. Ranger/Thief traps trigger instantly, which imo would be far better than what DH traps are atm.
So how bout we do that, make DH traps take a little more time to set, but get instant undodgable effects instead. Only trap that would keep instant cast would probably be the stunbreak one (few enough people use that aside from the trait anyway)

hahahahha no, just no

trap DH is cheesy cancer just like turret engi which simply shouldn’t exist on first place

i am all up for bunker or even medi guard viability but not trap dh

I know lol, people would cry even more, I said that example to show people that the DH traps really aren’t as bad as they could be. The fact they can be dodged out of, mitigating all damage and effects, makes them weaker than thief/ranger traps.

If I get hit by a spike trap, I cant dodge out, I don’t even know if you can dodge across it without getting hit.

And some of the proposed nerfs to DH traps…. like making them visible, if that’s done, it better be done to every trap in the game……

I’ve had maybe 10 loss streak at most, if I notice I keep getting crap matchups with either teams that won’t work together, or I keep getting matched against premades or people clearly higher skill levels, I take a break. Either do some unranked, go PvE/WvW, or log off. Hoping when I get back in, the matchmaker has calmed down a bit.
“Usually” when I get back, the streak is broken pretty quickly.

I notice I tend to get the worst matchups after reset, and notice the most blow outs in general during those times (whether or not I’m on the winning side). Weekends tend to be more rough as well.

And yea, if that still doesn’t seem to help, q with a skilled friend, ideally one with experience lol, since your combined mmr will likely mean tougher matches (or at least matches against higher mmr soloq’ers)

Lastly, try using a different class or build if the ones your using don’t seem to be cutting it, and be willing/ready to switch character.

Most DH traps have a solid “trigger” time, before the actual damage or effect take place, i.e. they can be dodged after getting triggered. Ranger/Thief traps trigger instantly, which imo would be far better than what DH traps are atm.
So how bout we do that, make DH traps take a little more time to set, but get instant undodgable effects instead. Only trap that would keep instant cast would probably be the stunbreak one (few enough people use that aside from the trait anyway)

Eh, we’ve had more than our fair share of siege trolls, map spies, TS spies, and now tactivator trolls, both against us, and on our side.
We as a community frown upon it’s usage, but that can only go so far, people will do what they want to do.
As for players who use it against us, we learn to work around it. If we think there’s a TS spy, we make sure people in our TS know so that either we avoid putting too much info out, or maybe we try to feed false info (rarely happens and rarely works, but hey, lol)

Or, just take pride in the fact that people feel the need to do these things to win against you.

It’s pretty much the internet, but with more toys for trolls to use aside from their words:)

There are many things Anet can try, and they have, as well as every other company that deals with similar things, but as others have mentioned, players will always find a way to abuse the system, or work around it.

That’s one thing I miss from old RPGs, flavor text.
When something was legendary, the item had the story about it in the flavor text (a lot of old Bioware games in particular), which made things fun imo, a lot more immersion.

Yep, Tonn told us it’ll be perfectly safe, after the player character voiced concerns. So up to that point, it seemed all was good (despite all the risen in the water lol).

Like, Ceera could’ve been like: “I am still angry that Tonn is gone, but I’ve accepted that things weren’t in your control, and that Tonn did what he thought was right”, instead, we get the current Ceera who probably shouldn’t be allowed on the frontlines due to her instability.

Yea, that part is a bit out there, what with the armor n not sinking lol.

Would absolutely love an “underwater” outfit that you automatically swap to in the water.

I understand being upset, but to continually blame and hate someone for basically being there, ignoring the fact that Tonn chose to do what he believed was right, and dying in the process.
She won’t even bother listening to the whole story, for her, the only story she cares about is the one where she lost Tonn, details don’t matter:(

To me, she’s just picking the easiest target to blame/hate, and she’s letting that hate blind her when it comes to that person. So agreed, she’s one of those hysteric people that need a slap to get back to reality. (Perhaps not a slap from the player character though lol)

Yep, playing against ele’s just requires changing up your game a bit, if you can’t adapt your playstyle even that much…. I don’t know what to say. Multiple tempest? Outrotate em, stop trying to slam your face on em at mid constantly.

Ive had my fair share of matches against a team with tempest, and ours without, and we win easily enough, even in stronghold (though honestly, Id much rather have a tempest support on our team as well here lol)

and for those who made ascended ones, that can be converted to a standard head piece, so they can keep using it or salvage it (and the others would become salvageable?)

Heimlich.3065:

Ven Zehn.6573:

Like, in a real life situation, people could basically ignore the spy, or make it so that it’s more difficult for them to do.

In real life, nations hang or imprison spies and saboteurs.

A game without comparable options can’t include spying or sabotage as legitimate gameplay.

In board games or parlour games that feature spying or sabotage, there always exists some option to sideline or eliminate spies or saboteurs. Often that’s a major element of the game itself (spies and saboteurs conceal their identity, misdirect, and try to get other players to lynch innocent players as spies; investigators have spy-detecting powers; etc).

That was basically my point. Maybe I just needed to make it more clear:)

Part of that discussion is them trying to include a bit too much, like runes and sigils, even outfits and dyes.

If they limited it purely to our traits, I think it could be done a lot more easily and with a lot less coding.

As for a macro to save my traits, honestly, it’d be just as fast as me rebuilding the traitset from scratch.

Yea, I understand the need for defenses on 1 weap set due to the lack of weap swapping, but do you really not think it’s overtuned?
I’ve played scrapper a bit, though honestly, not as much as my other classes, and I find it notably easier to play with, and to deal with the various types of things we might run into.
I’m trying to not take things out of context, but can only do so much without creating a wall of text:)

If they are references to GoT, that’s pretty lazy:( At least other references are less obvious, or refer to more obscure references.
Even if they had to use references for the names, they could’ve used more than 1 source.

I agree with you on not surviving on a point long without enough defense (imagine how the rest of us feel without block and reflect:D), but…. most other classes, if theyre being defensive on a point, to survive the bomb, theyre unable to output the same damage that a scrapper can, aside from maybe DH’s, but we all know how long a DH can last.

Maybe if the damage of the hammer block was removed?
I can see why a Scrapper would get both a reflect and a block on one weap set though, since you have no weap swap, and you’re limited to pure melee if you run hammer aside from utilities.

Yep, templates existed in GW1, not sure why it cant be done in GW2. Like, what exactly makes it “more complicated than we think”?
Especially now, with traits dumbed down to the level theyre at (click 9 buttons basically, 12 if we include the traitline selection).

My only issue against scrapper is the defensive abilities of Hammer:

From 1 weap set, they get:
A full block ability on a 20s cooldown (that also does damage), a reflect on a 6s cooldown and an AoE daze
Combined with gyros, it gets out of control, since they have melee pressure, and solid anti-range abilities.
If it was a scrapper with a rifle on the other hand, they get dealt with easily enough.

Warrior’s shield is on a 25s cooldown, and only reflects if traited. Closest thing I can think of to compare to Scrapper Hammer.

I honestly don’t mind spies as much (no, I don’t do it personally, and don’t condone it for friends/guildies), it creates an interesting side of the game to play against. The only issue for me, is there’s no way to counter it really, even if you discover the spy, there’s not much you can do.
Like, in a real life situation, people could basically ignore the spy, or make it so that it’s more difficult for them to do.
But in a game, us ignoring them would actually make their jobs easier lol.
I like the idea of commanders being able to mark spies, but that can easily get abused or misused. And if a commander logs, is that mark removed? Will new commanders have to mark spies themselves?
I mean, how nice would it be if we were able to “jail” people lol. Something easier to do with a boardgame.

Flax fibers drop maybe 20% of the time from a node? and each bag requires 12 fibers (iirc). Some recipes require more than 1 bag. So it adds up quite a bit.

Removing it completely sounds like a good idea, so underwater combat just uses your head armor. And then the breather would just be a cosmetic “toy”, and if you didn’t have a skin slotted, it would just use a basic breather skin?

And yea, I miss having water combat, see it a lot less often since the pvp map and underwater areas in WvW were removed.

I only run power wars, way back in vanilla days (before the new trait system, when I could get piercing/immob on cripple/and immob removal with movement) I used sword/shield rifle a lot for pvp, brawler style. Rifle butt is the main reason why I love it so, and now, with primal burst it’s quite lovely. Granted against certain classes, I’d switch rifle out for GS or Hammer.

Bow for me, just was never very impressive, way back when the range was 900? and only hit 1200 with a trait. The attacks always felt slow, though I guess higher dmg per hit made up for it. The fire field and blinds were nice, but easily made up for imo (might build up via GS, and others usually had firefields if in PvE). At least from a power standpoint.

All in all, I like cc control in a fight, so having the shield bash and rifle butt were ideal. And that occasional f1 rifle burst when they’ve run out of dodges, or aren’t paying attention:D

So that the copper can presented in a fashionable manner?

“Here my lord, the copper you wished for. Please don’t hit me anymore!”

Cynz.9437:

Try to play vs 2 scrappers + ele = gl getting any caps.

Actually had a match against 1 Tempest, 3 Scrappers and a DD yesterday in ruby, we didn’t have our own tempest, but we won, was a tough fight initially, but in time we figured out our rotation for the most part and got through.

Just had another idea: The original LA Lion Fountain – especially since it’s no longer in LA anywhere.

Maybe to make it, you use the Lion Fountain + Gift of Exploration + grandmaster kit and more stones to create “Lions Arch Fountain”

Was running around Lornar’s Pass yesterday, when I’d occasionally get teleported. Initially, it was a short distance, and felt like lag, however I was teleported a second time (also felt like lag) except I appeared in the clouds. At first I thought everything was just loading, but then I popped my glider, and then checked my surroundings.
I ended up likely at the upper vertical limits of the map, a long way from where I was teleported from, and above and area I wouldn’t have been able to walk to.

Checked map chat, and it seems it was only happening to me.

Tempests aren’t god mode (they are strong though), and can be countered. If you’re trying to fight on 1 point with a tempest or 2 and the rest of their team, you’re doing it wrong. Out rotate, focus fire, think on your feet.
When the teams start getting multiple tempests or other bunkerish builds, it gets very annoying, and you do have to fight harder/smarter, but it’s still doable.

Mace is a weird weapon the way Anet has set it up for sure, power based attacks with a condi based primal. Remove the condi, turn it into power primal, and war will have extremely limited options if they wanted to run condi.
Change the weapon skills to have more condi and adjust the dmg of the primal accordingly, might help a bit, assuming Anet would bother looking into that big of a revamp any time soon.

What was once the B Team, is now the A Team, as such, we shall call them the Bae Team….
Just joking lol, and no I don’t ever use the term bae…..

A lot of it is understanding rotations, knowing when as well as where you should go to be the most effective, as well as working with your team (and hoping they’ll work with you)

A lot of the achievements only give 1 ap per, even for particularly time consuming or expensive achievements. Dailies don’t really need a boost imo, the permanent ones on the other hand….

Legendaries, map completion. Then there are the repeatable achievos that stop providing any AP at all after a while, like dungeon runner and such (which is fine, but there’s no reason for that to be infinitely repeatable then…)

Wars get endure pain and relatively passive heals that can be pretty easily countered, as opposed to blocks out the wazoo, short cooldown evade skills (multiple), multiple life bars, teleports, true invulns, and various other things.

Our balanced stance still gets stripped/eaten through like nothing (gotta love a necro fear fearing you off a stomp right when you pop balanced), our resistance has a high cooldown, and limited utility.

Wars are strong, stronger than they’ve been in a while, but still quite easily countered if you pay attention to what you’re doing.

Even condi wars (I don’t and never will play it, aside from raids), what they give up for in order to get that amount of condi, is the mobility and sustainability of other builds (that I’ve seen), their reach is generally pretty low. They have longbow as an option, but it’s not a great one, and doesn’t do much compared to their close range abilities.
Usually, only time I get killed by a condi war, is when they +1 a fight, and load me up with condis while I’m focused elsewhere.

I’ve been running sword/shield with either GS or Rifle, depending on enemy comp. Using paladins amulet atm, though I might try a something with more dmg output. Marauder maybe? Id still want the hp boost to buffer all the condi’s people run.
I’m at the end of sapphire, but I don’t think I’ve lost to anyone 1v1 as of yet, though some enemies I take a good amount of time to get through, particularly support tempest/druids, or better than average scrappers.

Will probably try a few matches with marauder and the toughness version of it once I hit ruby lol

I enjoy pure melee, but against classes like DH, having a range option, particularly rifle burst, helps quite a bit, otherwise they just auto you while hoping you hop into all their traps lol.

alchemyst.2165:

I love how people are just now calling broken now that thief is meta. Thief has literally the same amount of evades as it did when HoT came out, but nobody is crying until it’s meta.

I was annoyed with it when I first ran into it, easy enough to deal with usually, if I’m on a class that has the tools I’d need to do so.
D/D thieves are pretty easy to outmaneuver in my opinion.

What does annoy me still though, is staff “five” (why did 5 get censored???), hits like a truck, pretty spammable, and built in evade, I only have so many tools to counter, and even if I do, they can likely disengage before I can down them (assuming theyre good)

How many classes have resistance, and who would want to waste stab or resistance against a rune, leaving them more vulnerable to the enemies harder hitting cc’s?

Easy fix would be to allow us to Attune/Infuse more trinkets.

Well, it’d probably include more than siege if done. It would hurt the siege market if that matters to anyone, if a lot of siege was included with the track.
It would likely include plenty of materials and such too.
Maybe flax fibers, I could imagine a lot of people doin this track if we get a lot of flax fibers lol…..

But as others have noted, we get so many badges and those other tokens now, all that’s left to spend em on is pretty much siege lol.

Erm, that equilibrium scene….. they are still shooting each other (trying to) the only reason they’re in melee range is probably because they’re both masters of katas, so, aside from sheer aesthetics, that range is probably most ideal to counter another master gun kata user.
But the guns, are still used as guns, if someone else were standing in that room, 900points away, they’d still get shot by stray fire.

If mugs are done, Id want soup mug sized ones, or tall mugs, approximately the size of a 1-month old quaggan.

or rather, 50% chance to heal you, 25% chance to do nothing, 25% chance to do 25% hp dmg to you:)

Some portals would be interesting, but would likely have too many programing problems, particularly when players try to find the limits, and break the limits of the system using the portals.

I would love a portal from the central area of our Hall to more levels, instead of having to use player staircases to get to the outer reaches, but they’d have to be more like a guild upgrade, with set positioning that we can’t change/screw with.