Guild Wars 2

I saw a dev response a few days ago that said they were aware of the “inanimate object” problem, and have some ideas in mind. Also that the bleed stack was worth investigating.

Link to the thread:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/suggestions/No-love-for-condition-builds/first

I’m a little disappointed that there was nothing about this in the last update, but it does take more than a week for these fixes to appear.

If somebody in the know sees this thread, could you let us know if this is still being investigated? If the bleed cap is here to stay then I’m rolling a new character, as the dynamic events at level 80 have no space for me.

I’d like to know if anyone has succeeded at this event?

I’ve been involved twice now. Both times each wave of risen died within a few seconds of spawning and we had to wait around a while for the next wave to spawn. The risen bar wasn’t empty when the timer ran out, but I’d say we spent 80% of the time just waiting for enemies to appear.

Of course, as soon as the event is failed we get plenty.

Twoflower.3176:

I don’t think the warband can reasonably make a reappearance — same with your krewe or hometown pals. That’s just too much possible variation to take into consideration.

You’re right about that, you couldn’t expect them to have any sort of influence on the plot. However, I don’t really need that. I’ll try to explain:

My sparring partner, Clawspur, never appeared in any cutscenes or had impact on the plot. He was right by my side for a number of personal story missions, and would occasionally make some incedental comment at the beginning. If I was sitting with a friend I’d spin my chair to them and say “That’s Clawspur! He’s like a thief/assassin dude. He’s my second in command.” I’d introduce my whole warband and explain how I’d recruited each. I was building a thing! I love that.

Their introductions tied me to their characters, the longer they fought silently by my side the stronger that bond became. (Especially when I found out I could have recruited different members!)

After joining the pact I’m having new characters thrust upon me every other mission. Good characters, mind: those two bickering Charr, I’m sure are secretly in love; that Asura with a hologram announcer fight-proxy. I could really get into those characters. However, after they’re introduced and I’m attached they’re whisked away again. I’m brought to the brink and denied the reward every time.

The only persistent character now is Trahearne. Due to this I stuck to him like a limpet. I couldn’t understand why my friend, who was further ahead than me in his storyline, couldn’t stand the gentleman scholar. As Trahearne rose to power and fame, I – like a shakespearean villain – became bitter and jealous. Friendly to him only on the surface. I feel that in a sequel, I’d be the maniacal end boss.

What really grinds my gears is that I can’t figure out how to phrase any of what I’ve said as constructive criticism, but it does bother me. It’s not really a feature that can be changed at this point. So, since I’m absolutely loving the game, and will definitely be playing any future content that comes out, I hope that this sort of complaint is acknowledged when that time comes.

Apparently not!

I’m not 100% sure, but I’d have thought that it would work only on boons that you provide. My reasoning: my runes improve condition duration, and obviously that only applies to my own skills.

Maybe someone more knowledgable can confirm this?

I love playing necromancer. I thought I’d play as a minion master, but ended up using condition damage instead. It’s no problem to aggro a handful of baddies and take them on together.

The only problem I’m finding is in the big dynamic events. In a big group the bleeds stay at 25 and I’m only doing a small portion of the damage I’m used to. (I can sustain 12 or more bleeds alone, no problem.)

That said, there’s plenty of other content for me right now (Dungeons, WvWvW, sPvP, personal story) in which I do my share.

EDIT: I forgot to say — I love that there’s a durable spell-casting class. It’s like it was made for me.

I completely agree.

I was quite excited as I found out about Destiny’s Edge and the backstory of my mentor, only to have them all immediately scuttle out of my personal story into dungeons.

Did Trahearne steal my account or something? Where did he hide my warband?

I know it’s probably too much to change now, but if the personal story is expanded in future: could my character be the main character again? And can my warband/friends reappear?

I do most of may damage through bleeds. When the eye teleports it becomes briefly invulnerable and wipes all conditions.

So, a little bleeding, then run all the way across the room and repeat. The fight isn’t difficult, but it’s going to take so long to do on my own, I’m just going to bring in some friends to take out this boss for me.