Guild Wars 2

Bring back the adorable plushy!

S/D seems fine for the most part although I wouldn’t mind a small tweak to ini costs if it did get a buff.

The one skill I would have a look at is Dancing Dagger since it just isn’t worth using over other skills in almost every situation and it would give at least some kind of buff to power D/D if it ever makes a return.

Dusty Moon.4382:

Fat Disgrace.4275:

as far as i know, it is still un evadable. same as decapitate. warriors need help i know, but now like this. even on my thief with dash i am forced in melee range to do any real dmg and can not escape it unless i use my block.

Maybe you should learn to dodge. I mean Warriors are not really used any more in WvW, unless you count gunflame.

Learn to play a thief then….

Learn to understand before calling learn to play. The skill is bugged and hits even when the attack is evaded.

Somewhat confused at what this thread is meant to say you got caught out with a zerg build against a daredevil and lost then later switched to a build better suited for 1 vs 1s and did better? Staying in melee with nothing up is suicide there is no free invuls, blocks, passive defense or second health bar to help sustain thief like every other class in the game. Reaper can dish out some silly damage, falls under the highest health bracket and that health is extended more with shroud if you are not expecting daredevil’s to use mobility to disengage when they are out of dodges not sure what to say. Smart play by the thief for knowing when to go in and when to back out props to them.

As for teleports you said they had shadowstep (1200 units), inf signet (900 units), steal (1200 units) and using sword (600 units) which makes the total ground possible to cover in a second 3900 units if you use all of them at the same time. This also allows them to teleport with ireturn (1200 units) and the return on shadowstep (1200 units) back to the spots they were used at add in getting lucky with improv and I can see a whole lot of ports. Depends if your suddenly over there means they ported back where they were or somewhere else for the whole “teleport hack” thing. If it is a hack then I don’t see the point in this thread even more considering it’s about daredevil’s mobility vs a slow pocket nuke.

Seems like the first fight was just a bad build matchup being stuck with zerg orientated utilities but at the same time if the thief made a mistake they would lose pretty fast regardless see your later example of stealing into RS5 > Blood is Power for that fine line.

“Its almost as if Reaper cannot win with GS/RS against any good DareDevil. I dont see that as fair.”

It is ok thief barely has any good matchups against even skilled players these days and Anet considers that to be fine. Thief is the last class you want to be talking about fair class matchups.

Personally would say ranger longbow could use some tweaks if anything to make them more interesting to play and fight. I see rangers a ton while roaming and most seem to just crumble when you get in melee while interrupting rapid fire. A power ranger is common but a power ranger that knows positioning, kiting and mobility to respond to melee combat is a whole lot rarer.

Currently both rapid fire and auto hits like a truck they can down someone fast if they are in a situation where they can’t control the fight through dodges, line of sight or getting in close which given how open the WvW maps are can be tricky depending on location and class. Apart from those two skills the damage on the rest of longbow isn’t all that great so why not shift damage to those skills instead by adding it to hunter’s shot and barrage? Nerfs the damage on an auto and rapid fire while balancing the weapon a bit to compensate and a buff to the rangers lackluster AoE skill.

I think it is less the damage dealt and more the way it is applied you don’t want to dodge an auto attack because you want to save it for more dangerous skills but you also don’t want to get hit by it since the damage is so high. Even a mediocre ranger can have a large impact on a fight with very little effort on their end which is why they are complained about so much. I wouldn’t call them OP but I would say they need some changes to give more counterplay and to raise the skill floor of the build. Less focus on 1 2 pew pew doing the work and more on good gameplay if you ask me.

Only thief is a cute thief.

Simple answer would be to just wait until the season hype dies down and do it then although you can do the entire JP stealthed if you really wanted it now for whatever reason. Ask a thief at spawn to use refuge so you can get out of the mess and go to a stealth shrine. Instead of complaining about PvP happening in a PvP enabled zone use your head.

Only negative right now is the increase in arena trolling for those that like dueling.

Had a lot of fun this week thanks to FR and UW for all the fights and duels!

Sorry to the deso mesmer that got trapped in the pillar at south camp was going to only let you go down to see if the downed skill would move you but got distracted for a second and went into auto spike mode when it did.

Bao Lin Nda.1042:

Shadow.9641:

Nah Bao, mate, WvW is open World PvP.

As I wrote, there is nothing bad about those PvP-skilled players running around. And I love those zergs of berserkers imploding immediatelly under attack. But it’s ridiculous to complain (v.s.) about others not waiting to get killed or running away from those players/groups. It’s every players own decision how to skill its character.

And yes, I’m really glad to see a place for GvG coming in the JP..

Nothing is wrong with running infact it can show smart play to do so. If I let someone get away it is my fault for not getting the kill unless I am on my ele then I just stare at RTL on a 40 second cooldown and cry a bit while going why Anet why over and over.

The original complaint was aimed at Millers outnumbering them 8 vs 2 and still hiding in towers or behind guards not that one random player ran and didn’t fall over where is my kill. You then responded to that with why should anyone learn to fight outside of a zerg which is why I said it was silly as you can learn a lot in small scale where personal skill matters more and apply it to zergs. If you run full support don’t run solo nothing stops you from grouping up and being support there.

I have also been in situations this match up where I go for a camp and have a staring contest with 3 people who refuse to move away from the NPCs. to try and kill me. Perfectly viable tactic as it keeps the camp safe (well except the dollies) but it doesn’t mean I have to like it as someone who plays for fights. The complaint isn’t people running and more that they won’t fight even when odds are stacked in their favour.

Bao Lin Nda.1042:

Caedmon.6798:

Millers,please learn to fight outside of a zergball.

Why should anyone? FSP seems to have a lot of small groups running around with 2-5 PvP-like-skilled players doing nothing but farming lone players or small groups. Despite I think those players should go to PvP there is not much bad about that in WvW – but you don’t think I will stop and wait to get easily killed, don’t you?! Most players in WvW have more or less support-builds.

Seems like a rather silly responce there is much more to WvW than follow the zerg. If you forever follow the mass of bodies you will never improve when you are caught without people around and less effective as you could be when you apply lessons learned in small scale to large scale. If more people learned small scale then they wouldn’t be “farmed” as you put it a win/win for both sides resulting in fun fights for all. As for the go to SPvP comment it is also silly, players like certain things I come from Open World PvP games and hate how limiting arena style play is. Both WvW and SPvP are PvP modes some prefer the freedom of the former while others prefer the more rigid structure of SPvP.

As for this match up so far it has been a mixed bag. I can’t count the number of times I have been jumped on or emoted after dieing 1 vs x but on the flip side I have talked to many good and fun players from both servers while on my hunt for good fights! Just wish there were more solo roamers about and less people hiding in towers and guards but what can you do.

Doesn’t look like a good week for roamers, 2 vs 1 hiding behind guards and building an arrow cart at the entrance to north camp was probably the most amusing so far today. Keep it classy people I just want fun fights!

According to the schedule it will be Gandalf / FSP / AG in round 2 assuming nothing changes this makes me happy. ^^

D/D ele can still roam decently although the nerfs and class issues have really hurt, RTL being one of the biggest and basically made it 40 seconds no matter what considering how easy it is to avoid the glowy ball that sometimes still self stuns. Makes chasing and running a nightmare against some classes I get sad seeing a warrior speed away knowing even before the nerfs to RTL they had better mobility if they spec’d for it.

As for camps they are very much soloable. Some tips are use earth elemental elite to tank some of the damage and target down the scouts first to stop the cripples and blinds after they die the rest is a cakewalk. It is still doable without the elite but is more tricky. Typical “rotation” works well enough to do the aoe damage and might stacks to take them all down when they clump up. Tower lords can also be soloed in the same way but I have yet to take on a Keep lord solo to see about those.

My build is isn’t super defensive with around 1.4k vit and 1.2k toughness, boon duration runes 0/10/0/30/30 standard enough to keep me alive but also enough damage to still be a bit of a threat and keep pressure up when in combat. Going full bunker is pointless unless you just want to troll since you lack any kind of damage and on the flip side going all damage will only work for staff in zergs since ele is the lowest defense in the game with little inbuilt survivability unless spec’d. Some builds I do feel like they hard counter me a bit though s/x thief and cc warrior are both fights that give me a lot of trouble. That being said it is still my favourite class/ playstyle regardless of the fact I could play any other class and preform better for less work. ^^

Herr der Friedhoefe.2490:

WingedWolfy.5621:

Most likely me misreading in some way just confused at the concept of less zergs in WvW than dragons being a bad thing followed by a post on many blobs.

Blobbing hasn’t stopped, even though a LOT of players are out in PvE land farming basic mats, dragons, dungeons and (shudder) those kittening jumping puzzles.

Hey now don’t dis the jumping puzzles or the secret kitten army hiding in the borderland puzzles will kill you!

Herr der Friedhoefe.2490:

WingedWolfy.5621:

Herr der Friedhoefe.2490:

You know it’s a crap match up when the dragon’s have a bigger zerg than WvW.

Less blobs than dragons why is this a bad thing? Loved the small scale fights so far!

Wingy, you obviously weren’t on the RoF border last night when we (RoF) took back our Hills keep. The Ranik players were fighting you in our Bay keep but they brought their BLOB back to Hills once it looked like we could actually take it.

Fortunately we had our own BLOB-buster team there, and we actually took our own Hills back.

My thanks to Anya and TaG, and NaZ, for my most successful commander run yet. Our guild normally only runs small ninja groups, so that was quite a bit of fun for all of us.

Most likely me misreading in some way just confused at the concept of less zergs in WvW than dragons being a bad thing followed by a post on many blobs. I tend to avoid any kind of zerg be it on FSP or the other servers by going to more empty borderlands. Only time I stick with a zerg is if I feel lazy that night or following some guildys who want to follow a zerg so in most times I am oblivious to where zergs even are beyond scouting calls in chat and swords on the map.

Much prefer the solo roaming style and find very little reason to add +1 to an already big number that is a blob but that is personal preference. As for the small scale this match up I have had some pretty good fights with a number of people so far most are very friendly if I invite them to say thanks for the action which is an awesome thing in my book. ^^

Herr der Friedhoefe.2490:

You know it’s a crap match up when the dragon’s have a bigger zerg than WvW.

Less blobs than dragons why is this a bad thing? Loved the small scale fights so far!

Logged in for the first time in a few months to make sure I don’t get rusty if I pick up GW2 again and had some fun on AG Borderland for a lot of the night. Some fun fights sprinkled in with getting run over by a mob but it is to be expected as a solo roamer. Had some giggles using up guild catas again and solo break down tower walls. Thanks for the 2 Kale who helped on tower lords with the last 20% on the first tower and the whole tower lord on the second after the wall broke. RoS please wake up your PuG zerg that took back the 1st tower as you left my guild cata still there to take down the wall again although it still got defended by 3 people but not before the wall went away. ^^

Might play again this week just depends if I do then feel free to ask for a fight if you see a noob ele from [ID] I always enjoy a good fight. Also a shout out to the warrior and mesmer who I dueled before logging off for the night was some good fun.

Good luck have fun!

Rating has very little meaning currently with the randomness in matches. With the current matchup ranks 14, 18 and 23 in order to maintain a positive increase for FSP would require a blowout since the other two servers are lower in the overall rankings while on the flip side it is easier to get a positive gain for those two. Taking the Gandalf/DL/RoF matchup as an example Gandalf is 100k above 2nd in score with only a positive gain of 7.4, RoF are 139k score below Gandalf with 9.8 positive gain. Add on the fact the a lot of mid tiered servers don’t care about either score/ranking/evolution anymore and only care about the good fights and fun matchups puts any talks on these things somewhat silly. Rankings are mostly a show of coverage and numbers I know for a fact I prefer the lower to mid tiers than back when FSP was ranked 2nd way back when in terms of quality fights.

This week I have played more than I normally do and have to say I have liked this matchup a lot. Props to UW/AS for the good fights.

Disappointed in UW today I have been on their BL for a lot of the afternoon and can’t count the number of spam emotes / jumping when it was x vs 1. While it doesn’t bother me so much as I consider it more of a reflection of a bad player it does show a lack of sportsmanship in a server I respect due to the frequency. Try to keep it to a minimum if you can. ^^

Still looking for those good fights though win or lose had one good one vs a guard that lasted quite awhile.

The catas were kinda amusing, a guildy said we should try Hills with the 2 of us so we built a guild cata at the wall. After about a minute we had some people show up at the wall out of nowhere I guess they placed the rams. 2 more catas were put down to speed things up since we can hit both sets of walls and we took the keep. All to plan when we put down the lonely cata honest!

Although after you took it back with a massive number of people when we had outmanned you don’t seem to complain nor did you say much when I got rezzed in inner by a thief to try and duo lord to get a zerg on us. ^^

I could say something about the mesmer and perma stealth thieves in UW Bay for over an hour till we cleaned them out. Was outmanned then you decided a portal was silly and just rammed the gates but I found it kinda amusing.

Other than silliness in complaining about non issues I have found the last 2 days quite fun as a mostly solo roamer / noob in all things random. Keep up the good fights both of you. I don’t tend to play often but WvW is always fun when I do.

Wicked.5479:

no i wont keep them out, i want to know when others from my server hack aswell, so i can keep my eyes open.
and i have no other means to contact anyone from the FR server.

Suppose you are right just felt the tone was off is all. You can also invite other servers to party or guest over to FR in order to talk with the guild in question if you want to point it out to them. I just feel threads that have server x had a player that exploited into y devolve into a less friendly one.

On another note props to both FR and AM for some awesome 1 vs 1s today while I roaming between camps fun times were had. S/D ele from FR you know who you are. ^^

Keep hackers / exploiters out of the thread there is no need. We already know servers don’t approve of it and nothing can be done except reporting when it happens.

As for the matchup so far it has been fun with some great fights from both servers. I haven’t been on in awhile and always wonder why after coming to WvW for a night. Looking foward to the rest of the week.

maloki.3527:

Metixo.5086:

You are a bad person maloki, only someone cruel would kick kittens!

Okay, I wont kick kittens. I’ll just kill them… >_<

I hope you don’t find the kitty room in the BL Jumping Puzzles then.

0/10 no name given sorry Merely Vile.

Female Ele – Mako Scarlet