Guild Wars 2

Perikittenor.1892:

The only thing i can think about when hearing the “Guardians are in a good spot”

http://9gag.com/gag/a9dDwXL

Clearly we are moving into a better spot next patch.

Lol ;D
Looks about right

Judge Banks.9018:

Perikittenor.1892:

I agree with Mike O’Brien.

It is not like there is another Melee class, that have Heavy armor. With the option to have either more damage, more survivability, more group healing, more self healing, unique buffs, more self condi cleansing, more mobility. And all though that “Class” can’t have all the things mentioned, they do sacrifice less than we do to get it.

So yes, Guardians are in a “good” spot.

Uh, you do realize Warriors being the only heavy armor class has all of those things that you listed right?

My heavens. . . is this real life?

Silly egg :p
Hes being sarcastic

Warrior.
You have better heals than Guardian. Better blocks, better tank, more damage, more stability, buffs that can’t be stripped, the best mobility of any class in the game; and you can get up to 40k hp with sentinel armor. You also have AoE knock down and a ranged cripple.

Your shield can also block an indefinite amount of attacks during a limited time period; and dash, you have a heal which gives you invulnerability and exchanges all damage received into health, you can instantly rez dead legendary npcs with your elite (and downed team mates) and you have Endure Pain which grants you invulnerbility.

You also have multiple gap closers and escape skills. You can out maneuver a Guardian while walking just by using your sword + great sword & banners.

Xae Isareth.1364:

Darmikau.9413:

Doomdesire.9365:

We want more variety in builds too…

Now you can play a burning guardian :^)

And feel like I’m gimping myself?

Can’t kitten Guradians, they already are :p

They should remove Virtue of Courage since it’s really bad and replace it with a passive block when using a shield. Something like a 10~20% chance to block an attack if you have a shield. That would make our terrible HP and mobility worth it, and even make the shield viable.

Doomdesire.9365:

I thought that this was a variety update to include more builds so we don’t get bored, not a balance update? So then why use the phrase “Guardians are in a good spot” as an excuse not to update the class? We want more variety in builds too…

Whats the point of having a 33% increase in burning damage though ? You would have to compromise your tank in order to utilize the condition damage build; therefore you would be far more efficient just re-rolling a Necromancer which will deal more consistent damage, and tank far better while doing it (although you are weak to hambow warriors as you lack stability).

On the other hand; if you wanted the 3000 health increase you will lose out on virtue of justice spam, which with altruistic healing provides far more healing and tank than the 3000 health ever will. The only merit the 3000 health increase has is that it will be harder for Theives to 1 shot you. It provides no real resistance against condition classes such as Engineers & Necros as they can reapply conditions faster than you can remove them.

There is nothing at this time Guardians do well that other classes can’t do better with the exception of applying boons. Even then, our boons can be stripped off while Warrior banner buffs can’t.

Behellagh.1468:

Jesus = Son of God
Mohammed = Prophet of God

Slightly different context. Yes I know both names are in common use.

It doesn’t matter. Some people don’t believe in Jesus, others don’t believe in Mohammed. What matters is that both are religious icons and hold the same importance to people in both religions. Either block both names or don’t block any at all. Double standards is just silly.

Yea, removing Instant Trait Resets from Black Lion Chests was just that important :p

Xae Isareth.1364:

I want a profession reset scroll sometimes….

That would be nice. I partially believe that since a good number of players are Guardians. They are trying to entice other players into other classes by keeping Guardians under-powered. Once Warriors enter a plateau phase where the number of players rolling Warriors becomes constant to the other classes; they will nerf it and overpower(/balance) a new class to lure more players into that. Thats just my speculation though since I can’t make any sense of their balancing patches.

Warriors are working as intended.
Guardians are in a good spot :p

DietPepsi.4371:

Surely Jesus and Mohammed should be considered acceptable names; since people can legally have those names in real life. There are many Hispanic people called Jesus, and I’ve known a Mohammed.

I agree; but given their religious context they should also be regulated. Arenanet is not regulating them nor disallowing all of them, nor allowing all of them.

Aedelric.1287:

evilmaniac.1467:

I am an Agnostic;

But why is it that character names with “Jesus” in them considered inappropriate, and ones with “Mohammed” considered okay ?

There was me thinking it was spelled Muhammad, mind you I doubt all the many various names used for Jesus have been banned yet either.

Both spellings, Muhammed & Mohammed are allowed in the character creation screen. Anything with “Jesus” in it will immediately tell you “Inappropriate Name”

I wanted to create a Charr called Raptor Charr Jesus

Well at-least we have Aegis. 1 block every 40 seconds is worth the 20k hp reduction
oh and a shield that doesn’t block anything

Guardian needs massive work. The thing is, nothing people say here really matters. Arena Net operates with a core tester group. The core testers have their own forum and provide feedback to the dev team. Unless you have access to that forum I don’t think any feedback is read.

Ramiel.4931:

I have the feeling that it’s only the christians and muslims that actually get mad.

If I were to name my character Buddha I doubt many would care.

It’s just a sensible topic and I have the feeling this thread won’t see the light of tomorrow.

:p I wasn’t aware any topics made the light of day

Well this sounds like double standards. Disallowing the use of “Jesus” by default but not the names of iconic figures from other religions (let alone the second biggest religion) as if other people’s faiths are less important.

Turtle Dragon.9241:

evilmaniac.1467:

I can still make a character with Mohammed. Where as anything with Jesus in it does not work.

And if somebody reports you, you will have to change your character’s name in 1.5 years from now.

Thats not really true because I have had someone on my server with the name “Mohammed Big Bang” for years now (which I reported) and no action has been taken.

I can still make a character with Mohammed. Where as anything with Jesus in it does not work.

I am an Agnostic;

But why is it that character names with “Jesus” in them considered inappropriate, and ones with “Mohammed” considered okay ?

Bash.7291:

Dude, I think we have been hearing that since the start of the game, which back then was true at least, now…. just… yeah.

Nonesense ! 4 second chill every 30 seconds was a great buff. We couldn’t solo anything before that buff, and we can’t solo anything after it. It was great

“Guardians are in a good spot”
- Mike O’brien 2014

Probably; This issue is still occurring. I have to re-log in like 8~10 times until people start properly appearing on my friend list.

This problem still persists. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it does not. Additionally, I can not disband or create a squad without exiting to the character log-in screen and back.

My party list is completely empty even though people are chatting on party chat. People on my friend-list and others in guild also appear offline when they are in-fact online. Other players in the same guild have reported that they see 27 players online where-as I see only 5. There is one other person who has similar issues. The only thing in common between us is that we have NA copies of the game and are playing on an EU server.

Are they still marketing this game as a no-grind game ?