Guild Wars 2

Durzlla.6295:

ya, see, the problem is they’re traps, not grenades, in no scenario do you ever “throw” a trap, it’s something you set up preemptively and lure your enemy into.

I’m sorry, but this is the dumbest reason ever for getting rid of a mechanic:

1) You can just call them something else if it’s beyond your imagination to think of a thrown trap.
2) A thrown trap isn’t even impossible or out of the question. Just think of a little ball that rolls out when you throw it, laying down a trap. It’s a whole lot more possible than 90% of the abilities in this game.
3) Even as they are you don’t “set up” a trap. You run around and they appear on the ground.

Can we stop pretending like this has anything to do with consistency or real life usage of traps… because it doesn’t.

The one thing that makes me sad is the removal of throw-able traps. I’m no high level sPvP player, but it is what I enjoy the most, and my favorite build was condi ranger. It seems pretty impossible to play now without throwable traps, not the fun way it used to be anyway.

I just came back to the game today to check out the new update, and the first build I went to make was my condi ranger for sPvP. Lo and behold, I find out that they completely destroyed my favorite build by taking away throw-able traps. It honestly took a lot of my excitement for coming back away I’m now doubting whether I want to even buy HoT when I can’t even play my favorite build anymore.

I mean, it’s not even different… the build just doesn’t exist anymore. Now you have to stand there and die in order to do any damage.

I’ve personally been fairly frustrated lately because of the bad matchmaking. Many, many times I’ve been put up against dragon and phoenix level players (I just barely reached dolyak) who absolutely destroy my team. When one side wins 500 to 15 you know it’s more than one side just playing a good game.

In the end: the matchmaking SEEMS completely random. Whether my team absolutely dominates, gets dominated, or has a fun fair game doesn’t seem to follow any pattern. They all happen regularly. It makes PvP more of a dice roll than a skill competition.

The worst part is that I WANT to love PvP, but at this point the MMR system and terrible final rewards on the new tracks are really holding it back.

So, I started playing WvWvW a bit more lately… and this problem is so ridiculous it completely ruins the entire purpose of the game mode. I was standing within 50 feet of over 30 enemies and couldn’t see any of them… how the hell am I supposed to defend a castle when the entire enemy force is invisible.

This isn’t just a small oops… this is a game breaking problem.