Guild Wars 2

same here. when i started playing it was bad, then i got quite good and i even could participate in these large-scale fights without major problems. lags from time to time but that had to do with the bandwidth usage in our neighborhood. since the last patch my FPS drops down to 3-5 if a couple people appear on the screen. not much of a skill lag . my skills trigger but mostly i can’t see them because they seem to happen between two frames. not that cool after i was glad wvw worked fine after some time.

about the great sword changes.
i really wouldn´t appreciate it if you take away the evade from the auto attack chain.
especially if you are going to cut the vigor down. at the moment its besides the block on 4 one of the only things that makes GS reliable in melee range. especially against large mops. if its going to be removed you would go down pretty fast while countering a larger number of foes or a boss that has longer attack chains.. i just payed attention to it totay in the tower of nightmares. my screen was spamming “evade” notes and i was soooo happy about that:)..

i didn’t know there was an issue with the eyes during the time i purchased a styling kit till yesterday…25 gold for nuffn..wuaah!

i´ll run a view tests about this.. so far i could figure out if its connected to specific circumstances. if i have time i will make a video for this.

it was just an assumption resulting of this treat combined the fakt that my eyecolour changed massively after todays patch… i want these black eyes back :-/…
i really would like to know as well if other people have this problem right now, especially people that used a re-styling-kit since the last patch.

PUSH/Update..

i was about to create a new topic but then i found this and i think my issue suites this very well.
i just logged on and figured that the eyes of my char just turned light blue (image).
after reading the posts here i jumped to the following conclusion: the eyes turned dark after last patch at some players chars, and with todays patch it got fixed-wich is great btw.
BUT so this fix destroy my re-design i did last week!!!
i bought a complete-re-stylingKit (for about 25 gold!!!) because i wanted my chars eyes being totally black!… so..now.. i spent 25 gold for nothing.. what can i do against this besides buying a new styling kit( and I’m completely broke after being the first one(in game of course:)..))
greetings.

no. i never had trouble pushing back immobilized foes. but the pushback revert describes it pretty good and it happens in all situations and really often. just yesterday about 5 times in an hour of playing. i tried to find out if its related to different situations but it seems pretty universal.

i couldn´t find a fitting topic so:

i feel like theres a bug on the longbow 4 pushback attack that occurs quite often.
if an enemy (regular mobs) reaches me and i activate attack no.4 they do get pushed back but instantly disappear and immediately reappear at the point where they have been before i used my pushback to finish their attack animation. its not a huge deal but theres certainly something wrong with it.
im using the Mac Beta version By the way.
Greetings

Hello Anet, Hello jon.

for this i have to gather all my english-lesson-leftovers from ..well..middleschool i guess. at least the german equivalent. so excuse me if something doesn’t make sense due to wrong translating.

if i got this right the discussion is kinda closed. thats sad, i really would have shared some of my thought to some things i experienced with my ranger.
some of the things that crossed my mind have actually been mentioned.
ranger is a beautifully crafted class that has to deal with a bunch of internal problems.

BTW im pretty glad there are developers left that don’t only trash their products on the market and thats it. your PVE content is strong. don’t forget it for pvps sake(i actually don’t like it that much.. wvw is interesting but i only spent time there to collect vistas and stuff for the map completion.and anything else is nearly playable cause of the massiv skill lags thats propabely the fault of my computer).
and positively surprised about your idea letting the community participate in the balancing process. well. at least i hope you don’t overwhelm yourselfs because everyone wants its major class to be stronger and there are to many opinions about that.

and i know what a “one-step-forward-two-steps-back”kitten balancing can be because im studying GameDesign myself. haha.

well. i never would change my ranger to a warrior just to make more damage. im okay to play a “more complex to handle” class if it means fun to me. the great sword on ranger is awesome. i play it for the style. eventhough i feel like its week and slow.. the dodge on auto3 is so great to compensate that. the whoosh is something i really never would like to miss.and well. i run something cheesy at first. than condition-wasnt much fun- now power and crit/pres. . much more fun but lacking of power. i mean im totally cool with the fact that i have to share my DPS with my pet. but sometimes i feel like i have to share my survivability too. thats not that great cause 2 squishy ones don’t make up for one merely tough one.
what concernes me is the meta. im forced to adapt my play style heavily so i won’t get dumped in dungeons. im even okay with ranger beeing a sort of an underdog. if u know how to play ranger its strong. i you know how to burst u can do so pretty hard. but i have to play ALL of my card and u have to play them kitten right. and..well..thats just possible every 1.5 minutes or so? not really comparable to warrior 100blades.
auto attack sword mainhand is a littly tricky. i avoid sword because of this.
the thing about the meta is that the more i read about classes in forums and stuff i feel like that its true that there is some kind af a tier. and that shouldn’t be.
prop. you should balance in the basic stats first? because player adapted to their traits and skills. just bring the classes on a balanced levels so that ppl don’t start the game, choose what they like and then get trolled out of dungeon-groups ( soooo many “no ranger” group descriptions i have seen recently). so good playing still pays off.
don’t remove the dodging. its a core mechanic. its awesome. its immersive. and taking it away is not only a pain it even makes it harder. every class should be able to solo a champ if played right and you only can play right when you feel comfortable in your choices.

well im glad for that much feedback. theres a lot more id like to talk about and all in all im not sure if my english will only leave you in confusion.
i wish you guys a lot of fun while working on this.
greetings from Berlin,Germany

edit: holy s..this got longer than expected ..
edit 2.:.. so.. THATs what all these “kitten” things mean.. and i wondered for days haha