The balcony overlooking mid on Forest, which skills can move up?
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
ANet has made class dailies for over 6 weeks now without responding to numerous compalints. ANet does not seem to care about how class dailies impact PvP.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
I have never played with a steady PvP team, or with a team of experienced players. I’d like to watch a video of a good team with voice comms. I’d like to see which events are worth telling the other team members, how they call stuff, etc.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
Before the leaderboard ranked by MMR so I could compare myself to other people. Now it seems that LB rank is based on points which depends on how much I play. So my question is is there any way to check my MMR or my skill like before?
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
I’d like to talk about the connection between these two things. If PvP is going to have more modes besides conquest, it’s vital that players be able to adapt their builds to the type of match they’re in. There is already an example of why we need this, and it is Courtyard. When Courtyard comes up in unranked, it causes havoc for builds and team comps. Lots of builds that fulfill specific Conquest roles are ineffective in Team Deathmatch. AI type builds like Turret Engis and MM necros come to mind, but so do 1v1 and side point builds like condi ranger. Other builds like spirit ranger and bunkers become paramount. Being able to swap builds quickly and easily is important, and it will be more important with Stronghold (and other game modes).
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
Grim is right server population issues need to be addressed and made more transparent.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
Add a special clause to the EULA stating that The Abjured cannot play unranked as a premade.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
Mouseheart pretty much sums up the whole problem.
It’s very powerful 1v1 and if they don’t move, they can be ignored. Sadly, the better ones actually move where their team needs them. At this point the fight generally turns into a “stability or get dead” scenario. At least that’s what happens when I run it. Only a bunker guard with blocks and stability lives, really.
In the meantime, it’s terrible in WvW and situational at best in PvE. Weird design choice. I’d vote for squishier turrets with a lower cooldown if they’re picked up. That way a fast nuke in PvP will deal with them, wheras a skilled engie can try to save them if they get low.
Will also help being more usefull in PvE because you can place them down faster if they not killed. They won’t be viable in WvW ever I think, simply due to the burst.
You had nothing better to add? I don’t get people who spam this message and assume that explains everything. I play a turret engie. And it’s not fun nor balanced.
Turrets are very strong for one thing: bloodlust nodes. I fought a turret engi on Yak’s Bend and got lucky because I was using a condi build, he was genuinely bunkering the node and holding it.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
Seriously I need to know! I can’t win without being carried by an OP build!
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
That’s what unranked is for, you can’t fault them.
No I believe that’s what hotjoin is for, there is no excuse for doing exactly what I advise them not to do because they’re clueless. I played 1500 hotjoin games before going to solo/team queue, someone should play at least 100 hotjoin matches before playing legit PvP.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
Solo pugging unranked is terrible right now because of all the new players that got GW2 for $10. Some of the things I’ve noticed:
1. Double capping home
2. Fighting in roads while 2-3 capped, opposite of spawn camping.
3. Killing animal at the beginning when enemy team has a thief. (when I tell my team not to)
4. Lord rush before 350 or while we are ahead.
5. Not calling targets or focusing targets, not stomping/reviving.
6. Zerging orb with 3-4 players while we get 3 capped. Ignoring advice to focus on holding points and treating orb as a secondary mechanic.
7. Complaining about needing the daily PvP achievement and not knowing their class.
Anyone else noticed the same thing.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
The situation is getting close to a resolution, the point spread between T2 and T3 is getting so massive that point gains are almost impossible. However all three T2 servers enjoy significant off hours advantages. Only DB would potentially see a large exodus of guilds, but even then I’m not sure.
The real resolution will be he new maps, the new scoring system, and potentially a new tourney. With defense and hold time being weighted more all but guarantees YB will be going to T1 and there will be massive shuffling in that case. Also DB does not have a defensive culture so they are wobbly as well.
DB could have a large exodus of guilds after SoS lost FUN, Syn, II, EK, Rx, and Rs? Explain how.
I am an SoS and admittedly we have the short end of the stick at the moment.
But I am also a member of Rx and I can tell you we are still on SoS. So please be more accurate with your information.
I’ve seen many Rx tags on FA recently, I wouldn’t blame them for jumping a sinking ship.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
The situation is getting close to a resolution, the point spread between T2 and T3 is getting so massive that point gains are almost impossible. However all three T2 servers enjoy significant off hours advantages. Only DB would potentially see a large exodus of guilds, but even then I’m not sure.
The real resolution will be he new maps, the new scoring system, and potentially a new tourney. With defense and hold time being weighted more all but guarantees YB will be going to T1 and there will be massive shuffling in that case. Also DB does not have a defensive culture so they are wobbly as well.
DB could have a large exodus of guilds after SoS lost FUN, Syn, II, EK, Rx, and Rs? Explain how.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
One is -36% condi, the other is -40%. How big of a difference is this in gameplay? at which point does it make sense to shell out the extra gold for the better food? Are there any in-depth analyses on this?
Thanks guys. I personally use poultry leek and when my guild raids it uses lemongrass, I want to know if being cheap is ok in this case.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
you have too much armor, the correct amount of armor for a frontline guard is 3100-3200, with 17-18k health.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
Akeldama posted the correct answer ^, there is a 200 point rating gap because t2 doesn’t have the coverage to compete with t1, the gap between the tiers is not artificial, it’s there for good reason. Every time a t2 server competes in t1 it gets stomped, that is not a coincidence.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
If the developers need a reason to overhaul rallies in WvW the best reason I can give is inclusiveness and its counterpart, elitist behavior. Why would the most experienced players (guild groups) play with uplevels or inexperienced players if they have nothing to gain and instead have something to lose? Having inexperienced players rally enemy downs is the main reason fight guilds run tagless and in private comms, and this could be fixed by overhauling the rally mechanic.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
For winning fights against 5 other players and up to 10 unorganized pugs, making ppt based plays (sieging, desieging, using golems), and all other purposes.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
i’m just curious because the lowest tier i’ve been is t4. in t6-8 do you guys queue any maps on reset night? does the average player/guild understand melee backline bombs and regroups? what kind of action is there during off hours, is it roamers only or do you guys get a zerg? for those of you who have been in gold league, do you prefer bronze league to gold? how come?
if there’s anything else or misconceptions about bronze league that you want to clear up please do.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
on Dragonbrand it’s always been bay and hills. with the addition of some Maguuma players to DB i see EK and WK every once in a while.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
The biggest irony is pink puma is a top 100 mesmer, he must be trolling he can’t be that ignorant.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
Hi guys, i really want to make a shatter mesmer but theres a few things i need help with. i’m worried about fighting enemy condi roamers, my main concern is how much condi clear do i need. For example would -36% condi food be enough, or do i need rune of Hoelbrak/Lyssa to go with it. Is it better to have no condi clear and go ham on damage runes like Strength?
Thank guys.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
I like it when everyone works together, if a map is queued and there are only 30 people on tag, or if no one wants to scout a keep for 15 min. the group is at a disadvantage. A zerg is most successful when everyone is working with the commander to achieve the same goal.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
once you have 1400 wxp rank it doesnt matter because you have everything.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
However… High Mithril ranks through Diamond are always zerglings.. It doesn’t mean they’re definitely bad players but.. You can bet they haven’t done a lot of solo roaming.
Laurels and badges can be turned in for Taste of Liquid World Experience (5,000, which is one level). Roamers can get there too.
Buying a wxp rank with laurels costs 2 laurels per rank, if the average player gets something like 500 laurels a year and spends all of them on wxp ranks they’ll get 250 per year. Mithril starts at 5k wxp rank and Diamond starts at 6400, it’s unlikely that a roamer will ever get these ranks.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
Clearing a camp fast depends on the build. Some builds have high amounts of cleaving damage and a little bit of sustain in case thd melee NPCs snare you or the scouts live a while. The other thing is using the pull spots and balling up the guards if you have a melee build. But the biggest thing you need to quickly cap a camp is cleaving, for example a condi engi vs condi ranger the engi is faster and easier because nades and boms have easy aoe.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
does DR have the same population as the t8 days? what tier would you fall in naturally?
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
FGS also lets you dash and spin while holding the orb which is very very fast.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
Fuzzion, i’ve known about these graphs you published but never examined them closely, they’re fascinating, thank you for publishing them.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
This is a cool idea. I will pitch it to the team. What other things would you see going on this track? They all have a theme leading up to the end goal.
TBH it’s really hard for me to think of something that fits thematically with bag slots, the only thing that comes to mind is loot in general. Maybe make a skritt shinies reward track that gives crafting materials and generic loot, so the bag lets you store all the items? I think there is room for a reward track that does NOT give skins and instead only gives monetary items, this might fit in with that.
For the players who already have maximum storage bags and don’t need more, you could make the 18 slot bag have a small merchant value, between 20s and 50s, people who don’t need storage bags will get value from it.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
one of the things I miss from the old glory system was the cheap bag slots. Once I hit r40 I bought enough 18 slot bags for all eight of my chars because I knew it was very cheap and convenient. I’d like to see something like that again, so make a reward track that gives an 18 slot bag once per completion.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
A handful of servers went to medium, a handful went to high, most of t2 t3 and t4 is still very high, BG TC JQ SOS DB are still full. transfer price for very high went up to 2400 gems
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
Can you please explain the philosophy behind not making standard models work in solo queue? Or not letting people decide to also apply it in solo queue? Solo queue is pretty much all I play since I don’t play with a team and I want to enjoy the new feature.
Considering standard models and skyhammer at once I might as well switch to team queue………..
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
There is no double personality. You were t1.5 3 weeks ago, you’re imploding now.
lol aris, you really are clueless arent you. Imploding, still beating other servers in the tier. SoR, EBay, AR, those are implosions, right now, sos isnt
I miss seeing you and the rest of TSR, especially Whip in her omega lol. Imploding is prolly the wrong word to describe SoS, just losing 6+ guilds.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
There is no double personality. You were t1.5 3 weeks ago, you’re imploding now.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
losing 6+ raiding guilds in a span of 3 weeks = imploding, it just doesn’t show because of the instability of t2 and Mag
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
In the past few weeks these guilds have left SoS.
The Praetorians PRAE
Fugitives Creed FUG
Epic Kills EPiC
Carebear Unit CB
Night Shift NS
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
One of the hot trends has been might duration on rune sets. Hoelbrak, Strength, Pirate etc. One of the things that makes Rune of Speed bad is the swiftness duration, it overlaps with the 25% speed buff, and it doesn’t help in combat because maximum speed in combat is 25%. Buff Rune of Speed by changing the 30% swiftness duration to 30% might duration.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
FYI if you turn 41m karma into linen you have about 4k gold.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
The “sky is falling” people on this thread are not on Maguuma and I find their intelligence to be of dubious quality.
Are you gonna stay on mag and ppt in t5/6??? Or just play fights against roamers???
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
Bottom line there are no rules against being able to pick your tournament standing. Dragonbrand has had the privelege of being borderline silver/gold during season 2 and again in season 3, it has the ability to pick where it wants to compete. If DB wants to make a consensus decision and compete in silver more power to them.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
Once Mag lost most of its larger guilds, there has been an active acknowledgement by some on the server that getting locked into Gold would be a very bad thing. IMO it wouldn’t matter if the server wanted to PPT because Mag simply doesn’t have the numbers to drive the score up significantly. SoS can effectively keep the maps locked down 20 hours everyday.
No way Mag is gonna lose enough rating in two weeks to go below 6th place, you will be locked into gold for the tournament.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
So many people making the assumption that real wvw means you have to scout siege and upgrade, then concluding that eotm is better because it doesn’t have those. These are the different categories:
1. scouting sieging upgrading
2. karma training
3. avoiding fights
it’s possible to go after fights and not karma train or scout siege upgrade, there are fights guilds that play real wvw and do it all the time. Fights are the most fun part of wvw and if you avoid them you’re doing it wrong.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
Join the most organized guild on your server or transfer.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
Not a perfect solution but it respects people who didn’t deserve getting dishonor, thank you Evan.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
I think the last time it was available was september 2013, please bring it back.
Anet likely didn’t want to remove the armor stats entirely because…well,
we’ve all seen what happens in games where there’s no disadvantage to taking your pants off.
