Guild Wars 2

He keeps saying his line over and over and over and over and over it makes me want to kill quaggan babies and I love quaggan! Please tell him to be quiet before we make him be quiet! PRETTY please!

What’s with the rage about a unicorn rainbow bow. I think it’s great, unique and original in stead of the usual typical ‘moar spikes, moar black and deadly flames and skulls’ type of legendaries in most games.

Everyone’s entitled to an opinion and of course if you don’t like it you don’t like it but there’s other legendaries that are the cool type so something light hearted and funny is refreshing to be honest. I like it

I was kind of expecting a lot more from this patch. Mainly because Anet is always very vague about patches and only reveal a small portion of the things that end up being implemented.

So, I didn’t expect the things they revealed would be quite so literal in amount. Still even if it isn’t a huge amount it’s still an improvement on many fronts that I can tell so I can’t complain. Plus I’m sure it took a lot of work to code all of these things and we still have February patch to look forward to.

Also, I see nothing about Guild Missions in the Patch notes :/ Also what happened to the AOE adjustments? I’m guessing they are both scheduled for February patch?

(P.S. Buff Mantra of Pain!)

Chaos Archangel.5071:

Hey Fay, do you think Lockdown builds should get their own category? They don’t really fall under any of the above.

List of Lockdown Builds

Sounds like a good idea I’ll sort it out when I have some time

Genewen.2415:

If you really spent 2000 hours on this game since it launched late August 2012, you have bigger problems than this thread is about. That’d be over 83 full days of gaming of an entirety of 184 – that’d mean you would’ve played all day 45% of the time since launch – without eating, sleeping or going to the restroom.

Why come on the forums and respond off-topic just to insult someone? If you have nothing nice or constructive to say don’t say it at all (not to mention inaccurate & judgmental).

I really hope they will fix it for you Tiger, I’d be devastated if it was me. I get the feeling they wont though so I hope you can get in touch with this person whom the leadership went to and they are willing to help.

So me and my guild attempted to do a Keg Brawl Guild event today which might I add was a complete disaster due to the inability to form our own teams. We were separated into different matches but even worse was that we got put in uneven teams 2 vs 3 might seem like nothing but it gives a huge advantage to the one with 3 people in their team.

PLEASE add a customized match making system. Barely anyone plays keg brawl because we can’t play with the friends and teams we want. This isn’t Structured PvP which demands fairness by creating random teams. This is meant to be a fun mini-game activity. This separation makes keg brawl undesirable to play for fun. I’m quite surprised this hasn’t been implemented yet.

Now as for the Keg brawl cheating issue, Somehow people are throwing the keg half way or more across the field with a huge arc. For the life of me I can’t figure out how some of these people are doing it (neither can my guild members). They sort of jump up then throw the keg really really far (See the included screenshot).

So with people cheating, unevenly matched teams, separating friends, bugged achievements there’s absolutely no reason to play Keg Brawl. It’s just not fun that way. It’s such a shame as well because I do love Keg Brawl itself but it’s just so badly implemented.

I censored the persons name who was cheating but the circle on the left is pretty much where they were standing though I’ve seen it thrown a lot further than this by several different people.

Rewards/Dungeons

Overall I’m most happy with the dungeon design in this game (fractal aside but I’ll get to that in a minute). My only gripe with dungeons is that with the current economy effort versus reward is still not where it should be. In regards to gold anyway.

The only dungeon I have issues with is Fractals, It splits people up because not everyone is on the same level. There is also the issue of ascended gear blocking progress but I believe there are fixes being made to this but to be honest it’s already too late for me because I’m bored with them (that’s saying something when I still enjoy AC after many…many runs).

I love each fractal design and fight mechanic wise but they are too short, by the time you immerse into one you get pulled into the next one. I much rather have had each fractal be a full length dungeon than feeling so rushed around. I don’t like this ‘speedrun’ feel. It discourages people from having a chat while in the instance even less.

Also to get to the more challenging fractals you have to repeat the same content over and over so that by the time it gets interesting you have done the dungeon so many times that it’s just a bit boring. There isn’t that excitement of finally reaching that end boss, not knowing what to expect because you already done it a 100 times in easy mode.

I much rather have dungeons that are hard to begin with and not a grind to the fun parts (that are being made inaccessible by the agony resistance being blocked).

Also please at least make an LFG chat channel with a much more reasonable ‘spam’ limit or something to help people find groups.

RNG

This is something I feel this game is starting to take too far. It was already pretty bad to begin with but more and more is being added all the time. I feel popular items should be something also obtainable through a set course of action (like collecting tokens) and not just through trading post/lucky drops/gemstore.

Especially when you add items that you can’t get in the gemstore either (choir bell, infinite hairstyle contract etc.). I want to enjoy the game not go to a casino and watch people win all around me. It’s just not fun. It causes jealousy and envy amongst players and resentment. It doesn’t help the already lack of community and activities/dungeons that fracture it even further.

As much as I think it’s okay to have random drops of rare items and them being able to be bought on the store. I also feel there should be a set way for people to gain these items through effort. I much rather grind for 1000 tokens of something and be guaranteed to get my item then to pay a fortune in gold/real money to obtain it.

Because lets be honest, you can’t realistically gain the gold required for some of these items through playing the game normally without being a trading post wiz unless you play the game for years.

You did it right with the dungeon tokens, this is the way to go. RNG is a step backwards. Nobody but those who are lucky or rich like RNG. It’s not fun, it’s not fair.

Conclusion

- Make several activities you can do with guilds and fix those where you currently can’t
- Activities should always have a way to be done in set parties/guild groups not forced randoms
- Make guild halls a stop between like Heart of the Mists
- Fix guild lack of functionalities (Roster issues, Influence, Bank functionality)
- Get rid of so much RNG and move more towards the token type systems, For every RNG/Gemstore system there should be a way to obtain it by playing the game in a guaranteed way
- Fractals was a nice idea but it didn’t work. It needs reworking.
- Make an LFG chat window or improved system like gw2lfg.com

Followedbyrocks.8751:

Fay.2735:

Actually we did the wurm fight today on Deso and won. See attachment.

I know, I’m from Deso. That post was made before today when there had been no attempts up until tonight’s.

Ah yeah, I think everyone was just busy enjoying the new patch and more people tend to be around during the weekends either way

You know how you all logged into an already destroyed Lion’s Arch and there was a cutscene showing you how it happened? Well I never got that cutscene… instead I saw how it actually got destroyed and took a screenshot:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/1ynbnq/how_lions_arch_actually_got_destroyed/

/hug then we can hug all the quaggans

Nautika.5376:

How about we simply allow a 25% passive run buff in PVE only and when we enter a PVP area it doesn’t work… Would that all make you people happy?

I am sick and tired of the people saying how well our mobility is when it is NOT. We are the ONLY class that has to give up stats and a weapon choice just to attain an semblence of 33% run speed for any decent amount of time.

I agree with you, To be honest I rather see all swiftness be equal in WvW at the very least. Just give everyone a 25% out of combat swiftness buff in WvW that doesn’t stack with the passive sigils of other professions. That way everyone is on more equal footing in regards to getting about the WvW maps.

Currently it’s balanced badly specifically for Mesmers and Guardians. Mesmers especially…

I have no issues with the swiftness in combat as such I just don’t want to be crawling around the map trying to get to the various battles when other professions can have great swiftness.

Even guardians have ‘Retreat’, On my guardian it lasts 27 seconds and Symbol of swiftness for 11 seconds (Granted I’m specced for ‘healing’ but even the base swiftness is superior to that of a mesmers).

I think what Carighan is saying is pretty much exactly how I feel, I don’t see how the additional few seconds stops enemy zergs from getting into a keep. While the only reason I ever really use portals (jumping puzzles, getting people unstuck) has just become more frustrating as I found out yesterday when I was attempting the new jumping puzzle I probably wasted a good 15 minutes just waiting on cooldowns in case I fell and to help others across.

That’s.. an interesting build name

I’m very tempted to add this to the top of the build list with the title ‘The only viable build’ but I don’t think the humour would be appreciated by anyone other than us m3sm0rz… still funny well done

I would love to have a quaggan plushy and a skritt! I think they already figured out people love them because of the mini-pet quaggan. Felt this was appropriate:

My asura is too adorable now!

Anet has been pretty good with trying their best to adjust things for colour blind people in general including as Waffler said adjusting the colours slightly. If you still have problems with some things then writing a list of all the problem areas with examples would probably be helpful.

Corpus Christi.2057:

Ok, since what you say is totally out of touch with reality…

You say they release tiny bits of content every two weeks which makes up for an expanion worthy content. WRONG!

Tell me, what exactly within those 2 years of game’s existence, even slightly reminded you of “expansion worthy content”? You received one map ( a tiny one ), no new dungeons except for the temporary ones + 1 path of Aetherblades, no new weapons, hardly any new skills ( please, 2 years time and an addition of less than 10 new skills? ), not to mention no new race or class. Furthermore, the balances patches and fixes ruined more than they fixed. Plus, the 99.9 % of the “new content” you say was via gem shop.

Please, be more precise and tell me one would not expect the things that were lacking in the first 2 years of the game’s existence?

Demanding/expecting those things is hardly HYPE if within 2 years time, nothing of the sort was de facto introduced.

People, seriously…

Just because a lot of it is temporary doesn’t mean it’s invalid. That is just your opinion and what your vision of what content is. Such as races and weapons and permanent content exclusively. And as much as I’d like to see those things. Guild Wars 2 has always been about the ever changing world. This means content that comes and goes. If that isn’t your thing then you are really in the wrong place.

Of course it would be nice to have more permanent content (Which I have no doubt there will be in the long run just not as quickly as ordinary MMO’s) but to say there has been no content because you’re discounting all the temporary content is a bit silly. If you include all the temporary content there has definitely been an expansion worth of content, bug fixes and overall improvement. There has been A LOT, Maybe not as much as WoW but that company is several times the size of Arenanet and so they have way more resources which people also seem to forget.

I just think you have a different vision of what you want content wise. Which is fine and I can definitely see where you are coming from. I just think in regards to GW2 you will have to be a lot more patient to see that kind of content or play something else while waiting for that content. Remember that they’re trying to do something different with the genre and so you might not like how they do things that doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t. Lots of people do enjoy the game in this way.

I’d personally rather have these frequent updates that change things and have permanent content added more slowly than have months of nothing to do but grind because you feel required to play because of a subscription fee. At least with GW2 I can pop on and have fun every couple of weeks and then for the rest I actually have time to play other games without the pressure of a subscription which I think is great! I used to play 24/7 but reality is that guild wars 2 is not a 24/7 game.

Yes please! I want SAB back I loved it.

This has been mentioned many times before since launch and I do hope it get’s fixed soon. I have almost kicked guild members numerous times and once I actually did.

There should be at the very least a confirmation box, also perhaps reword the sentence because it’s identical to kick from party. Sure it’s in a slightly different place but that’s not enough to not make the mistake very easily.

Ideally though it should only be an option in the guild roster, it shouldn’t be part of the party right-click functions at all in my opinion.

Happyfool.8951:

Great, now the Dreamer shoots my little ponies.

I think its the most awesome thing ever

The dungeon vendors on Desolation EU have been moved quite significantly this time. No idea how this is happening or how people move them but it’s tricky to find them now.

6 bauble bubbles per 15 min run of first 3 boss chests per character slot per day (8 in my case) = 48 bauble bubbles per day (+ easy to get the last 2 bubbles). That’s 1 weapon skin a day that takes me about 2 hours or so to do.

Hardly difficult, long or time consuming ‘grind’ when I think ‘grind’ I think korean type MMO where you need to kill the same things for weeks to get anything worthwhile. If you really think that’s grind try Tera for 20 levels (I swear you fight the exact same mobs at level 1 the entire way through to at least level 20 where I quit) or get a full hardcore raid set in WoW

Don’t take me the wrong way it just takes a bit of practice to get the paths down and it doesn’t really take that long to get enough baubles for skins once you do. Another tip would be opening all the chests you find in the open world while doing your daily. Drops quite a few baubles!

If speed running to the end chests isn’t your thing, going out of your way to visit secrets, dig spots and open chests will significantly increase your bauble earning. Helping your friends get achievements in the box is also a good way to get baubles without it feeling grindy.

I think prestige comes in an entire package. Titles, skins, achievement points, time played, community involvement etc. I guess the only thing about it is that you can’t really display this as people can’t see your achievements or when you earned them.

I read that new article about some sort of armory type profile page. That would be nice I wouldn’t want it to show gear though just achievements, date it was achieved, skins collected/legendaries, hours played, titles.

Sorry for the delayed response. There is a charity event for cancer being held on the 19th (Pink Day in LA) and I’ve been tasked to host it on Desolation EU kind of last minute so I’m quite busy.

Chaos Archangel.5071:

Hey Fay, do you think Lockdown builds should get their own category? They don’t really fall under any of the above.

List of Lockdown Builds

I’ve added your list of lockdown builds let me know what you think and if you notice any issues

Virtuality.8351:

Suggestion: would it be better to separate the WvW builds into two section, roaming (solo or small team) and GvG (or zerg fighting, etc)? it should be easier for people to look up for the builds they need for particular circumstances.

And thanks for this post very helpful.

Feel free to point out specific GvG focused builds and I can add ‘GvG’ to the description at the end but I don’t feel there is a need for it’s own category as it’s more a play style rather than a build style.

As for zerging/roaming that is up to the builds owner to elaborate in their topic as to what the purpose of their build is. I try to keep the list concise with the bare details to keep it an easy overview. I think the dedicated gamemode of a build is enough.

LHound.8964:

Is it possible to add this build to the list?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/BUILD-Thorns-of-the-Rose-sPvP-WvW/first#post2498971

There is a lack of Scepter/Sword builds (only Pyro has a similar, that relies on a different core mechanic )

/cheers

Added the build

WitchKing.5317:

Hey fay,
Could you update the thread please? My corrupt build has changed, the name and traits but it can still stay in the mantra section.
Much appreciated
(Build in my signature)

Adjusted the build details let me know if you notice any mistakes

clay.7849:

You don’t have to believe me.

But, anyways, you agree that forums are a good way to gather useful information about a game, but if the majority of forums are negative, that doesn’t reflect on the success of the game?

Fascinating. Please tell me how that logic works again…

All MMO forums are generally mostly negative because people only tend to post if they are unhappy about something. To be honest overall the GW2 forums is a lot less negative than other MMO forums I’ve seen. The only obvious thing that is still here is people mostly complaining for the sake of complaining without any really substance (apart from maybe a couple of subjects).

For example only a couple of people of my entire guild actually post on the forums, the rest is too busy actually enjoying the game. This goes for a lot of people in game. They do not bother with the forums. The forums is only a small selection of people, the vocal minority of maybe upwards a thousand of people who post regularly. What about the other hundred thousands players?

As for the game ‘dying’ you always get these silly doom and gloom threads. The game is as busy as it’s always been except for just after launch which is to be expected. I see people everywhere and majority of people are really happy with the game and play actively. These claims of impending doom are really baseless and getting tiring.

________Mesmer Changes________
Mentioned during the 26/04/13’ State of the Game:

• Confusion reduced to PvP level in WvW (50%?) (Link covering Con/Ret)
• Retaliation reduced to PvP levels in WvW? (Retaliation will be made more obvious)
• Signet improvements – Now add 20 base, + 2 per level (Link covering Signets)
• Clones no longer aggro enemies you haven’t already aggro’d (Link covering Clones)
• Distortion no longer allows you to hold capture point (Link for rest)
• Moa cast on the move
• Moa nr 5 skill, reduced distance
• Mantra cast reduced to 2.75 (YES!)
• Illusion of Life cast time increase

(I think I have all points from the SotG down that is related to Mesmers please let me know if I missed anything)

I prefer dev’s speaking their mind in this manner. Robert is one of the few dev’s who come across on the forums as genuine people with integrity and passion for the game. (+ a good sense of humour, We still refer to you as flailing arm dev btw). I like seeing devs care about their players who try to do a good thing for the game and not let the exploiters ruin the experience for people.

Anyway, I’ve reported bugs with HotW and other dungeons before and luckily haven’t been yelled at… too badly. I can definitely see how people are put off from doing so but I think it’s important that people do. HotW has many issues at the moment it’s why I’ve not step foot in there for probably a month now :P but I don’t hate the dungeon either I like the setting and some of the ideas for bosses but… those health points makes the dungeon so dull, also lack of mechanics for the bosses in places though that might just feel that way because of the lengthy fights.

I was going to suggest an elite that spawns 10 clones you can shatter but .. the lag would be horrendous! (It would be so cool though seeing an army of you run towards the enemy!)

Xaaz.8472:

I love watching all the MF users in dungeons cry “noooooo”, “elitism”, etc. However, it’s easy enough to realize it on the first fight and kick them then.

It wouldn’t just negatively affect magic find users. It would also cause problems for anyone who doesn’t play x build or x playstyle that an elitist party desires and think is somehow better without knowing anything about it not even allowing a person with unique builds to show they are skilled before blocking them access or kicking them.

I for example run a lot of mantra builds, you don’t see them an awful lot and because my gear and traits are specifically designed and theorycrafted for it they aren’t what would be usually expected. Yet the build is still very effective and helpful. I don’t want to be kicked just because I play a bit different from the crowd.

We’re waiting for the event but nothing is happening on our overflow server? What’s going on?

Hello PvPers,

I just wanted to give some perspective from ‘the other side’ (whatever that mysterious place may be). I’ve played guild wars 2 since BWE1 and got around 2500 hours played since launch but I always largely stayed away from sPvP as it never really appealed to me initially.

I’ve done lots of dungeons, lots of WvW but sPvP… I dabbled a bit here and there never really got into the groove of things. Mainly because I only ever played hotjoin and hotjoin to put it blunt is awful with the uneven teams, auto-balancing, people come and go as they please. Just a big mess basically.

It really put me off sPvP for a long time and ‘Tournament’ always sounded kind of daunting to me because I expected it to all just be pre-made voice comm groups on there. So I never bothered looking properly into it all and so I never did. I did a couple of free tournament matches with a more experienced group once which went well but I still felt largely intimidated by getting into tournaments.

Then comes around the laurel monthly. I quickly jump to the opportunity like many others to grab some extra laurels so I joined into a solo tournament expecting to just deal with the bad experience and the usual name calling that comes along with the sPvP scene (another thing that put me off previously).

To my surprise however I really enjoyed it, from my experience in dungeons and WvW as well as the little I loitered around sPvP (And some keg brawl) I already had ample experience as a mesmer in various situations both pve and pvp. I knew the maps well enough from the little I played them previously and I really got into the feel of things. I was surprised to actually be doing better than I expected (Including some really nice fights versus higher ranked players).

Of course I am still learning (I’m hardly best mesmer EU), I don’t know all the tricks and special tactics of different maps but I do know my profession of by heart and so I’m making slow but steady progress and taking my first ‘baby steps’ into the oh so scary world of tournaments.

I’d also like to point out that not having played a lot of sPvP does not necessarily mean those people that haven’t are automatically bad players (as some in this thread seem to insinuate) new players are just that, new. They have to learn the ropes just like everyone else had to but some of these new players could turn out to be really good players who will stick around and refresh the sPvP scene with new competition.

As for me in just a couple of days time I gotten myself up to rank 10 (Deer) in between my other engagements and continued playing well after my monthly was done. I also seen the same thing happen in my guild suddenly a lot of people are doing tournaments and actually enjoying them, learning and enjoying the experience even after having done the monthly.

Sure some people will stop playing PvP after they have gotten their laurels but I honestly believe a lot of people will continue to play PvP and improve. This is a good thing, this makes for more people to fight competitively against, more people bringing in more people into the scene and I think this laurel mistake in the longer term will do more good than harm. I know it’s probably annoying to have so many newcomers around right now but you have to look at the big picture here.

I agree that there can be improvements in the queuing system, it’s not fun for either side if lower ranked players are put up against a 40+ pre-made party with voice com and it’s not fun for them to have such an easy time of it. But just because the queue system can do with improvement it doesn’t mean overall this isn’t a nice little boost for the sPvP scene.

Anyway, I will be enjoying tPvP more often from now on as will a lot of other people. Once the major laurel influx has worn off there will be a lot of new players still playing who will learn and get better. Just got to give us a chance and not instantly write us all off as ‘Insert various derogatory and condescending insults here’ just look forward to new teams and players to challenge you

See you in battle,

Lilyfay

Let’s all make a bug report each in their own separate topic in Game Bugs section to say that Illusionary Leap has been broken since launch maybe they will finally fix it then (Just kidding don’t do this!).

Robotsonik.4935:

hehe I have a human just because I liked their overall look (so pretty!) but I never get tired of seeing an Asura GS mesmer tossing that big blade onto their shoulder and running around. So adorable (and awesome)

You mean like me ? :P

(Older screenshot btw)

I’ve been wanting an audible sound for queues for so long. Waiting for queues sometimes takes so long especially in Tier 1 WvW servers. I like to be able to alt-tab etc. and do something while I wait and keep an ear out for a sound. I don’t like being forced to keep paying attention.

You should post this in the game bugs section where it will be noticed a lot faster

I seriously can’t imagine 12 groups failing at that dungeon it’s so easy at the first scaling level. I can imagine you can do it with a full level 1 group that’s scaled up who have basic knowledge of the games mechanics. It just requires half a brain to figure out the tactics.

This isn’t an issue of fail design, it’s an issue of players inability to dodge away from a red circle and it’s also the case that the dungeon is brand new, a lot of players don’t know how to play a game unless they’re told exactly how and what to do.

This has zero to do with design, The dungeon is really well and interestingly made. People said AC was too difficult when the game launched as well. Give it some time, people will learn the tactics and you can run your PuG dungeon.

Templar.3418:

God I wish we had such characters in Gw2. Strong and manly/masculine/w/e! Manly voice actors! Not skinny kitten mode like the ones we have in Gw2. God they are just so kitten weak here.

Stronger looking body options please Anet for Humans. Sick of my skinny legs.

I’m not kidding, If the characters of Wow went to war with Gw2 characters Wow would probably win through staring Gw2 down. No contest.

Everything just feels so…feminine…

Femininity doesn’t equal weakness nor does it make it a bad thing. The characters are more emotionally invested into their world and their friends. I actually find it refreshing because it makes the characters more believable than having the detached muscular big guys who are super serious and lack a depth of feeling.

While I think those kind of characters can be cool and interesting, they’ve been done to death and I kinda like seeing characters you could realistically be friends with in real life,it’s a nice change. I do agree that the overall amount of lore is not as large as it is in WoW and you definitely have to dig for it a lot more but the lore is certainly not bad, it’s just less in your face.

Which again makes the world more believable because in real life you don’t constantly read novels worth of history about every object and person you meet. Even if like me you like to learn and understand things most of the world around you is just there. In-depth explanations aren’t constantly required, especially when in the midst of a crisis where immediate actions are necessary and you can’t just stand around to read a library of books.

Sovta.4719:

Most of them are grind based now anyway. You want Legendary? Don’t bother learning the game, reroll warrior and go CoF nolife style.

As I said, it’s the entire package not just a legendary. Not everything can be bought and those who do it is plain as day to the community whether or not the player is actually any good if they care enough to find out.

Edit: Maybe on this profile page armory idea they could add how often you’ve done a dungeon path so people can see you’ve only done one of each of the others and a million of CoF.

Well let them farm Arah boss 1, Just take note of whose doing that and put them on /ignore so you don’t accidently group up with people who can’t do it.. You’ll be happy in the knowledge that you’re completing it with far more tokens in far less time and better rewards.

The problem is that she no longer takes damage in stealth but still heals a lot while in stealth. This causes issues for certain party setups that aren’t geared towards high DPS or professions who are of medium damage output, regardless of how well you do with the sparks.

You just can’t get enough DPS in to outweigh the health healed + some extra. She just needs to heal a little bit less while stealthed and it should be fine. No issues with sparks whatsoever. It’s just a balancing issue, fight mechanics are great.

So far I really like this patch I’m looking forward to the guild missions which has boost life into my guilds community and it’s nice to see the changes in dungeons. I missed that whole novelty feel of new things. So thank you Anet for the hard work!

Hugh Norfolk.2798:

I realized that this was all from the some clever Mesmer(possibly Fay my arch nemesis) trying to control my thoughts which caused me to go into a rampage.

You could always join my side It has cookies, shiny unicorns, pink butterflies, kittens and evil things! You know you want to!

There’s already an identical thread to this below this one. Anyway I posted in there already but I’ll quote myself here:

Fay.2735:

As for as I know the box was made by a separate small team that have nothing to do with the work being done on pvp. In gaming companies you rarely get the entire company working on just one thing it’s unrealistic to expect this. There are always several things being worked on at once, some content is just easier to develop and release than others.

Also have to remember that Anet is a considerably small company (300+-) for the amount of work people are expecting them to churn out. To make something new for sPvP it will take far more time to develop (such as new maps and game modes) simply because of the perfect balance they require compared to something like the box that will probably have far more freedom to move and less little details to worry about upsetting.

If anything they were very clever by using pvp holiday events to test out various systems to see how they would work in real time and how they would be received. I think this is a good sign to say they are definitely investigating their limits and possibilities.

That said of course I completely agree that sPvP is in desperate need of some love and I’m sure they will address all these problems in due time. Sometimes things that seem simple to us to fix can be extremely complex to actually make happen so we just have to be patient. At the end of the day you can always take a break and play something else till they improve sPvP up to your standards.

As far as I’m aware when the party leader leaves everyone gets kicked out of the instance. I assume this is what Uder is upset about rightfully so. I think if the leader leaves the leadership should go to the next person who joined the party rather than the entire party being kicked.

Darnis.4056:

Timewarp is a bit OP ….. 10 seconds of AoE haste? Come on, what’s the counter for hasted stomps and rezes?

I honestly don’t see the other mesmer elites as viable in spvp when compared to timewarp….

I’d love it if I could timewarp for 5 seconds and have half the cooldown….

Easy, Run away from the timewarp, Get out of their ranged abilities and their timewarp is useless. Use blocks, stuns, knockbacks etc. If timewarp was 5 seconds, it would be useless and might as well be removed. This is an issue of not knowing how to counter timewarp not an issue with timewarp itself.

I think we were fortunate with the ‘zerg’ we had, we all helped each other by rezzing best we could and people generally didn’t stand in things too much. I messed up plenty of times myself but it was a long fight so it’s hard to stay concentrated :P

Vayne.8563:

I’m very widely read in both fantasy and science fiction, and I don’t really agree with this statement. The difference between books written for game series has less to do with the “quality of the writing” and more to do with the audience you’re targeting. This was, in my opinion, what caused the biggest flaw in Edge of Destiny.

It was fine when it started, right up until the author turned it into an action flick. It felt like the Matrix. Great premise usurped by an action movie.

But I didn’t think the writing in Ghosts of Ascalon was bad, nor did I feel the writing in Sea of Sorrows was bad. However the purpose of the writing, that is filling in the missing information between Guild Wars 1 and Guild Wars 2 completely changed how those books were written.

I didn’t start reading those books expecting Lord of Light or even Game of Thrones. I expected a book to fill me in on what’s been going in in Tyria for a couple of hundred years and in that, the books succeeded.

Writing badly just because it’s a game book is not really an excuse; there are books about games that are actually well written without being on the same level as Tolkien etc. For example, the books about the Myst series of games are really quite good.

To deliberately write badly just because it’s for a game is almost insulting to the player base of that game who value the story of that universe. If it was purely as a ‘filler’ then they could have just directed players to Wikipedia. If you write an actual book, you should do it properly in my opinion, perhaps that’s just me?

Don’t get me wrong, I was not expecting the best quality ever when I picked them up. I’m not some sort of literature elitist… but it was bad enough for it to significantly put me off the story and I had to force myself to keep reading it for the sake of the story (being a fan of GW2 and all). It was just so immersion breaking and some of the worst writing I’ve ever seen in a book, apart from a couple of others I can recall off the top of my head. That said, I’m sure there are plenty of worse ones out there (my ‘to read’ list is long).

As I said, I haven’t read the last book yet. I’ve been wary picking it up with how bad the first two were but the story was overall just fine. It was just purely the writing and the delivery of the story that was off-putting. If people say that the last one is really good in comparison; I might consider it because I AM interested in the story.

It’s completely reasonable for them not to explain an exploit as it may give others ideas on how to exploit the game. Anet has no obligation to share exploit fixes. The only time this would be necessary is if the thing they fix is major enough to at least be notified of. Like the guild bank transport change, they at least told us about the changes. However there is really no need nor should they go into details about the exploit that was being used.

People are starting to become more and more elitist in this game. I always invite people regardless of level as long as they meet the recommended level. I think it’s ridiculous and selfish of the community to not allow non lvl 80’s to join lower level dungeons.

I can understand why Arenanet decided to cave and add levels to the game but it’s really firing back on itself because with the lack of being able to check for gear people resort to pathetic elitist attitudes like levels to judge whether someone is worthy to join dungeon parties.

Don’t worry though there are plenty of people out there who know that it doesn’t matter. Your best bet is to join a guild that likes dungeons and who have a friendly community.