Guild Wars 2

The pink glow is a no go, sorry but they should have thought about adding recolor options for it.

This should have been added ages ago back when HoT launched but hey we getting it so that’s awesome ! Finally WvW gets some more love !

vesica tempestas.1563:

offence.4726:

Spartacus.3192:

offence.4726:

Exciton.8942:

It is totally fine. Just playing with new elite spec should be exciting enough.

Given how they completely failed to update and support stronghold, I don’t think it is a good idea to invest in that much resource for new PvP content anymore.

Why ? The biggest part of this game envolves PvP , WvW and the PvP community make this game , this makes no sense..

There are WAAAAYYYYY more PVE dedicated players than pvp/wvw players . This game is primarily a PVE game with attached pvp/wvw modes.

Hahah PvE dedicated players ?? Doing what , Dungeons failed pre-hot and outside Living story and griding mats for making nothing but shiny weapons what do you have left ? Fractals ? be srs dude

Do you have any idea of how many players run WvW atm ? Just look at the PvP lobby’s all the juice is inside there. Everyone else left is afking by the Auction House. clueless

PVE players happily PVP and WVW, the 2 are not mutually exclusive.

Nah PvE players usually never delve into a PvP enviroment they avoid it like the plague. Next try !

Spartacus.3192:

offence.4726:

Exciton.8942:

It is totally fine. Just playing with new elite spec should be exciting enough.

Given how they completely failed to update and support stronghold, I don’t think it is a good idea to invest in that much resource for new PvP content anymore.

Why ? The biggest part of this game envolves PvP , WvW and the PvP community make this game , this makes no sense..

There are WAAAAYYYYY more PVE dedicated players than pvp/wvw players . This game is primarily a PVE game with attached pvp/wvw modes.

Hahah PvE dedicated players ?? Doing what , Dungeons failed pre-hot and outside Living story and griding mats for making nothing but shiny weapons what do you have left ? Fractals ? be srs dude

Do you have any idea of how many players run WvW atm ? Just look at the PvP lobby’s all the juice is inside there. Everyone else left is afking by the Auction House. clueless

tigirius.9014:

Let’s put it in terms that most of the other MMO developers have discovered over the years.

Out of all of the player types in these types of games, the number of open world explorers represents the highest number of players. Those that want events in which they can jump into the game with their friends during open world activities represents the majority of the playerbase. These players are generally those that do not simply rush through the game, they spend long hours playing and they are generally more concerned with social activities that keep them in these games playing longer so they represent the players who are more likely to keep coming back and buying items.

Those players who are lost in nostalgia about the way games used to be designed in the MMO genre represent 1% of the total population. These players long for dungeoneering and raiding and are of the type that generally bounce from game to game never filling the void that is caused by nostalgia. They keep trying to get something that will never come back and they usually leave games early because it’s impossible to A: please them and B: give them what they want which is a hot tub time portal to that original excitement of discovering mmo’s when they had dungeons as their main progression mechanic.

So when they look at the demographics of who they want to buy their expansions/products aiming for the widest audience, three guesses who that is.

Necrum Davengers.3519:

So this new expansion is about new maps, mounts and elite specialization.
What about:
Dungeons
WvW
Fractal
PvP
These things are not important Arena? I’ m sorry but after the HOT expansion, you continue going down to the hill.

This is probably the most well thought post i’ve read in a long time , myself being an older gamer nowdays I can see myself exactly in that description , but still that’s not an excuse for game devs. to not cater to the old school MMO-CROWD.

We afterall made this genre so popular and we contributed with alot of feedback and testing over almost 2 decades maybe.

So they catering only to the explorers and the people who seek social interactions is just going to lead to the games downfall sooner or later because these games are meant as strong RPG’s and when you have left just people who go through instanced live story modes what’s left ? How will the MMORPG genre survive ?

They are going the single player mode route.

The expansion looks amazing and the artists are one of the best in the industry imo , but we needed the content .

It’s a new expansion with a new price TAG yet it seems only like 33% of an actual expansion content. New Dungeons , New raids ? and the pvp community is in shambles again.

Exciton.8942:

It is totally fine. Just playing with new elite spec should be exciting enough.

Given how they completely failed to update and support stronghold, I don’t think it is a good idea to invest in that much resource for new PvP content anymore.

Why ? The biggest part of this game envolves PvP , WvW and the PvP community make this game , this makes no sense..

Yea it’s quite underwhelming but ppl are already “throwing money” at the screen , eh im not surprised this is why content devs. pump less and less content while they tag it as an expansion.

Where are the new dungeons , pvp maps , wvw zones ? New raids ? next year maybe

They showed absolutely nothing except for a few mounts , zones and elite classes this feels like a DLC not an actual expansion ..

ThomasC.1056:

offence.4726:

Im playing Guild wars since vanilla and let me tell you WvW has never been in a more unbalanced state as it is now , talking about small fights and 1v1 ofc.

It’s a nightmare you only run into one trick pony’s every way you turn , broken REVs , Burn Guardians , s/d thieves who just don’t die no matter how much you chase, don’t even let me start about the condi builds.

Back in the day it was a real joy going to WvW to have duel competitions and just all around 1v2 FUN that’s a thing of the past and im pretty sure the balance is going to be even worse with more added classes to the game with the next expansion.

I read what you’re telling, and that reminds me of a very fun fight I once had. It was during HoT beta : that weekend when Druid was released. At this time, I didn’t even have a ranger and I gave it a try, so I ran a druid, and I stumbled upon a druid that probably was in the same situation.
So we were mostly doing… anything, spamming skills without being sure what the outcome would be, on toons we didn’t know, running suboptimal builds. I don’t even remember who won, but I do remember we had fun !

If you think about it, the previous traits system was trickier to use than this one, and in the beginning of GW2, I think there were less min/maxing, mostly because classes and builds were not known as good.

My impression on that is lots of players in the roaming scene run top notch min/maxed builds with perfect rotation execution, to finish fights as quick as possible. It gets obvious when you see the very same player 1 – Nuke you out of the blue when you cross him 2 – Is heavily nuked when you catch him after a fight, even a camp one, and the rotation can’t be done because of CD.

I think it’s sad, because it gives the impression that most players don’t want to bother doing a fight, and it also removes a lot of spontaneity.

^ Exactly this I mean what is the point of joining a WvW/PvP enviroment if you don’t want to actual counter-play and engage your opponents and run 2 shot builds that require literally not more then one hand on the keyboard , forget about having a mouse!

Everyone is min-maxing nowdays and every top roamer seems to be decked in full Ascended / legendaries to simply put it it’s a turn off and no wonder only the zergs/blobs still play WvW.

Thank god for the edge of the mists , the only balance left is there.

Im playing Guild wars since vanilla and let me tell you WvW has never been in a more unbalanced state as it is now , talking about small fights and 1v1 ofc.

It’s a nightmare you only run into one trick pony’s every way you turn , broken REVs , Burn Guardians , s/d thieves who just don’t die no matter how much you chase, don’t even let me start about the condi builds.

Back in the day it was a real joy going to WvW to have duel competitions and just all around 1v2 FUN that’s a thing of the past and im pretty sure the balance is going to be even worse with more added classes to the game with the next expansion.

To fix Ranked you gotta remove it from the game , scrap it alltogether . Team based games with random players never succeed or have any fun factor in them.

It’s a gamble of 50-50% or more if ur unlucky to win or lose due to n00bs.

Zephyra.4709:

Full zerk gunflame warrior in WvW = drops people in seconds before they even reach you. Most never see it coming. Block spam? Signet of Might. Gg.

Marauder when I do guild runs GS + M/SH or MH axe. Still has zerker trinks.

Currently testing commander and a few cav stats for a power based full boon duration warrior build. What are condi’s?

TLDR: You can go full zerk in either WvW or PvE but it is wise in this powercreep meta to try Marauder’s for WvW as that extra HP could mean life or death.

Yes I was curious about this myself , i just got back for HoTs after a 1.5 year brake ( I used to be a hardcore roamer / spvper ) started in vanilla gw.

But in this meta kitten going full zerk just gets you 2shot by most of the classes , so im gonna try going full marauder – zerk accesories , i just hope i don’t regret the DPS loss

Why does this come in shock for most people ? It took them 1.5 years to implement the basic features for the PvP lobby that should have been up since launch. Hoping for something big from now on is just unrealistic. They failed on too many levels

Smooth Penguin.5294:

Wolfield.9812:

Its the materials that you use when making a legendary that make it expensive. No one is willing to waste 1k gold on other stuff for a bad legendary.

What are you talking about mate? Legendary weapons are the top tier luxury items in this game. I just offered proof that Precursors are highly affordable to nearly anyone, including new players.

Romek.4201:

this precursors you posted are nothing worth cause they are useless

I beg to differ. Rodgort’s is an awesome looking Legendary. The animations are top notch. The torch head almost looks alive. And if they were so useless, then why would someone have purchased my Rodgort’s Flame listing from the TP?

Hey dude listing the most underwhelming examples you call this proof ? what about dawn / dusk / spark only to name a few all listed for over 1k ? The game’s economy is in shambles and no scavange hunt in sight try again harder next time. 1/10

sminkiottone.6972:

Theres nothing competitive in WvW, it’s just coverage lol

Best answer on this forum.
/15char

I actually made a thread about this 5 minutes ago , sorry for not posting here first , yes this is a big freakin i got back into the game 2 weeks ago last week twilight was at 2.3 now it spike to 3.5k , guyz cmon lets be serious this is a hot mess people/players shouldnt pe allowed to control the marketplace like this we have been discussing this for 2 years and nothing has been done.

People keep telling me that the game evolved and alot more players joined and stuff like that but that’s a load of cr4p since one guy has 50k atleast and buyes off everything and puts it back tripled the next morning.

I relogged after a 4 month brake and now i regret it , seeing spark at 1.2 k ? lol it’s a joke

Anet wake up.

Bro dont tell me that the players have enriched since anet basically nerfed every spot in the game besides the farm train in EOTM , yea im not out of the loop even if im on a big brake. The tp prices are obviously controlled since 2 weeks ago the prices we’re twice lower then they are now.

It puts me off the game anywayz cba with this economy

Took a 4-5 month brake just got back ,Dude this is depressing a decent precursor like spark was 500 gold now it’s 1.2k ? Every precursor and legendary price have doubled/tripled is this a joke ? Why is the economy so bad it’s pretty clear that the people who flipped and made rich control this awful situation.

Again wth happened ?

The new zone is balling even though i expected something like queensdale with hearts and stuff very good work anet

Diabetus.9874:

Utility Goggles – Reveal stealthed players + Prevents them from going back into
stealth for 3 secs.

*this would be added to the ability engineers already have

Give engineers something to counter stealth (Stealth disruptor traps don’t count.)

To anyone who flat out disagrees with this or its basic concept without giving good reason is more then likely someone who has invested a lot of time into their thief/mesmer. They don’t want their unfair advantage taken away and are just trying to prevent balance in WvW/PvP.

Thx,

Diabetus

They have devices which can re-enact ancient rituals and giant laser beams that shoot ancient dragons, but omg detecting stealthed enemies is completely baffling.

Engis besides necros are the strongest condis out there they dont need to be even more op no thanks.

chemiclord.3978:

Never.

And that’s a good thing.

It’s ok we understand that you are skill challenged —-> the zerg train is that away. Just don’t post in the name of everyone. Thank you

Also Obsidian Sanctum is the unnoficial dueling area nowdays It seems the most active part of the game atm for some of us to keep comming back.

More zones like this would solve the dueling issues , make it happen boyz.

Why is everyone talking/asking about legendary armor ? It’s been stated that maybe legendary trinkets will be on the horizon, but nobody ever said anything about legendary armor. Hope this never happens we dont need yet another huge imba grind !

Travis the Terrible.4739:

So you’re complaining because of a game mode which was never meant to be taken in any manner of seriousness (WvW) doesn’t have an even playing field? Ughhh doh? I can take a lvl1 into wvw that handicaps me and my server to begin with.

If anything build variety has increased since launch with nerfs and buffs to every class. Warriors went from complete and utter trash in PvP to a force to be reckoned over the course of a year.

The casual PvP’er is going to complain and whine till healing signet gets nerfed and roams around WvW with a lvl30 staff necro and whines when a lvl80 warrior specced to WRECK condition based builds kills him in the open field.

Your hardcore PvP’er doesn’t have to worry about having the opponent having a slight armor advantage from ascended vs exotic because THEY AREN’T IN WVW, but playing out of Heart of the Mists in which everyone has a level playing field.

Anyone who is actually into hardcore PvP isn’t playing WvW.

Sir what are you talking about ? The mists lobby is pretty much dead , in fact WvW is the only lasting good PvP mode out there. Since spvp lacks serious game modes and is basically the same 5 feet square map since game launch.

Only thing active in spvp nowdays is Hotjoin look it up.

Some funny comments up in this thread especially comming from those saying that this build requires any skill. 1 out of 4 mesmers in wvw runs this cheap build for a while now anet really needs to look into it and tone it down.

I dont have issues with this build because I play a full confusion engi. fights usually last 15 mins and nobody wins, then everyone walks their way. This PU cheese needs to be toned down , nobody deserves this much control over an opponent with so little buttons to push.

Maybe thread needs more bumps , still the rewards for WvW season 1 we’re abysmal and I hope next time around we get some better loot maybe ascended stuff atleast because it sure was a grind for little to no reward.

Yes it’s down.. no comment

/15char

Of course we would , WvW is the only quality pvp left now on the other hands the rewards could be juiced up a bit but given the lackluster rewards for WvW so far.. doubtful

xoom.4918:

There are already too much visual effects in the game, don’t need legendary effects to make it even worse.

They are already announced and will be put into the game “shortly” , it was long overdue and everyone should be able to obtain one either via pvp or via pve.

I dont remember the WvW community complaining when 10 legendaries clash why should you? lol

I dont think anyone is happy about it being added , it’s just another stat/build set your will be stuck with. Gearing 3 alts for WvW with ascended gear will cost a fortune and for some lil’ stats sheesh you can get from food buffs.

It’s gonna be a real gamble to build one set of armor so your fav build will be nerfed next month rendering your hardwork useless. gg

aspirine.6852:

Supreme.4051:

“LFP <Dungeon> full ascended only”

Well Easily answered with yes, there is no inspection in this game

Made me lol , people are required to “ping” their gear in party when entered if asked or else expect to be removed from set party. This is the inspection and yes its in the game since ever ? jeez

Is there an ETA when the “fixed” version will be available to purchase ? It’s been quite some time now..

Oghier.7419:

As a WvW thief, staff ele’s are generally roadkill. But then, I’m playing a spec focused on killing single targets, and they’re in an AoE build. D/D ele’s, on the other hand, often kill me so fast that I don’t have time to do much but wonder why I engaged a D/D ele. Stealth is invisibility, not invulnerability. Lightning Whip don’t care; lightning whip don’t give a kitten.

In short, there’s a lot of rock/ paper/ scissors stuff with specs, not just classes.

Why do people bring up things like rock/ paper/ scissors when we all know that there are certain specs like Mesmer PU which have a winrate of over 90% in all encounters if played decently.

D/D ele is the only viable 1v1 build which deals good burst dmg if you set it up , but is still very weak against condition classes.

@risenlord exactly ,

But WAIT non of this is actually going to happen , since it seems the news/info for legendaries in pvp seems to be draggin’ even more , the so called new game modes ? What happened to them ? Any news ?

This happens when you separate PvP from PvE and cater to the masses , I mean cmon Heart of the Mists is a black puddle in the abyss it’s a small zone , instanced you cant even have a proper duel on the terrain.

What is there left to do in this game , WvW is blob vs blob they should have shipped this game with PvE only.

Cant believe this is a sequel to the original Guild Wars pvp game.

Logged in after a 5 month brake just to say this :

- PvP players wanted this content when the game released it’s long over due imho
- Maps like Skyhammer ruined rankings as a whole being that random 3 month people are in their rank 60’s by farming against the rules. Remove the ranks that’s a step in the right direction.
- Bring Legendaries to PVP even faster people asked for this 2 months into the game why do we have to wait 2 years for this to be implemented ?
- PvP community forever getting the shaft , can anyone actually be happy about the future of the PvP ? This game mode was trashed and called dead since last year.
- Also PvP long term goals cant wait too see what’s this about nothing can save this game mode anymore.

Too little too late anet.

EgonVenkman.1907:

I dislike the holier-than-thou attitude those farming trains have. Just start the event as soon as they call out one of the other champs.

One of the best ways to disrupt them is to start the Champ Boar chain, and about 5/10 seconds before the boar spawns, start the Champ Troll.

Be sure to call out both events on map chat, and watch the intense hatred fly.

Remember to not respond to the intense hatred, and report for verbal abuse should the more inappropriate insults fly.

Posts like these getting upvotes just shows what’s wrong with this community

To the OP : farming these champs is the only way to get some decent gold/items/skill points these days. You should blame the devs for the design not the players for trying to finish their end-game goals which 99.99% require gold/mats and what I listed up there.
Your welcome

Lost all interest in getting another legendary after the karma nerf. Next year sounds about right for precursor crafting, We’ll see how the new legendaries look and if they are worth the effort to craft.

Beast Sos.1457:

They should also be usable in s/tpvp!

Yes this would be nice , also the account bound idea is not bad even though the new trans splitters basically do it for you .. with a cost

+1 for the OP , that sweet armor is long gone , lol im amazed people still remember/got screens of the old beta footage good stuff , make it happen anet.

These runes need a serious nerf , it’s bad enuff we are stuck in this heavy condi meta.

Worked great so far I tried it once , jumped into a lvl 10 fotm almost instantly. It’s awesome we finally got it and it works

No we dont miss it , finally people can solo-play everything not having to kiss kitten or wait hours an end for an arrogant Tank or Healer.

They look amazing indeed , it was worth the wait and the stat buff is really cool aswell.

Sol.4310:

You have to remember it’s a new Area, It’s going to be very zergy give it some time it will die down. It’s same with anything new everyone wants to try it out.

Yes this , finally us roamers can have a larger purpose in the big picture <3 loving this update.

The best content so far.. the updated WvW looks amazing , and seems to run better atleast for me <3 kudos guys

Seafarer’s rest server , also this happened last night but now it’s just impossible because you can’t use it at all anymore.. beyond frustrating

ozzieballista.8015:

No mention of a fix for the WvW lag. With out this these updates mean nothing.

This pretty much the stability of the servers in WvW is pretty bad , I have never experienced this much Skill Lag , usually WvW was running smooth even near big zergs but nowdays it’s just unplayable.

Very upsetting changes for thief , more nerfs to a class already nerfed to the ground. What’s the point of touching s/d now we dont have a good weapon set anymore.

Everything is broken/useless and we get more counters for stealth aswell. Fix Regen Warriors , Fix Perplexity Engineers and Buff Elementalists because they truly need it but leave thief alone man.

It’s like the people at HQ have no clue about roaming thieves to make such changes im fed up of seeing a full year worths of nerfs for the thief class. Where is the build diversity ? Destroy yet another tool set and see how many people will play.

I can finally take a long break from my thief , these changes are very unpleasent and I can only see them as a beggining of what is going to happen down the road.

Revealed for rangers ok , but nerfing s/d which is prolly the last not broken tool weapon set. It’s a big hit atleast for me I roam in WvW for over year.

D/D is no longer viable in wvw since everyone is running perplexity engis and regen troll warriors. Perma stealth is changing aswell with the blinding powder being a combo finisher.

Condi damage thief is sub-par to say the least in wvw and pve aspects of the game so what are we left with ? A nerfed shortbow and an useless P/P set.

Have fun playing the most broken class in history. Im out

You better believe someone sporting the title “Ransacker” or “Marauder” title will prolly best you in 90% of the cases

It’s 300k pvp points and over, you guys have no idea how long it takes you to get those points .. 95% of the actual PvE/WvW pop will never get these titles show some respect towards it.

As for the Skyhammer bug they already posted that they will take action it was a dev’s response. So expect it changed soonish.