Guild Wars 2

Bind “lock target” or wtk the thing is called.
It will clear whatever you have selected.
Beats using the more then useless escape spamming

deviller.9135:

Fishbait.6723:

Similar spot near Cliffside (& it`s various other names..)
I placed Balista far from Cliffside so could pick off players/guards.
Suddenly me & another using siege were getting hit with Ele` AoE from above.
They`d left their main borderlands WP, stood on ledges & could damage us, but we couldn`t hit them.

Bad placement. You should awarded by your own doom. Why you put ballista there anyway if you see: High terrain behind you which may conceal enemy present (invulnerable or not).

We placed it there because Cliffside was plagued with siege equipment (& some Guardian that took zero damage…/shrug).
If an eight year old game like warcraft can put a “If you can hit, you can be hit” mechanic in, then I`m sure a brand new game like GW2 should also manage ;p

http://www.ultraimg.com/images/9KU2V.gif

Only one thing I`m curious about.

Does this mean yet more UI crap top right or are you lot (Anet) going to finally give us options to turn this crap off?

I think we all know we`re just slaves for the PvErs.

We fight hours over one spot, more then likely dying loads, spending a fortune on repair bills, having to pay to even install waypoints, merchants & npcs that can be killed all too easily & for what?
To give the server a smidgen more hp/etc to help those PvErs dragon slay (cough spam one cough)

The scarlet zergs (which for some reason is now flashing up in WvWs, you could run & fill over 100 bag slots with loot & gain plenty of silver/gold over a short time.
Having to vendor/salvage whilst fighting mobs & fighting for bag space ;p

To get that in WvWs would take weeks or months.

Worse, I suffered that to get the watch-tonic, something to play with in WvWs.
But oooooooh no, we`re not allowed to use those in there.

Don`t even get me started on the fact we need years to get the WvWs achievements, whereas PvErs get new ones every two weeks :$

/sigh

Could be worse though, at least we get hundreds of grey spikes, all those in bgs get are crappy click to salvage every time items & once in a blue moon a dye.

Also, only a wvws player wanting to group/add friend/whisper/send mail to someone is only given the option to report them.

Hey folks.

Any chance of making it so that we can`t interact with npcs when in combat?
Several times I`ve been in stories/events & in a mad rush killing & looting at the same time, only to constantly have some npc nearby pop up dialogue.

That or make npcs bindable to some other key.

& I bet Moonkin was the third-top most created class in warcraft, but guess what.
They were a rarity in bgs/arena/rbgs & more so in open world & some never levelled after realising how bad things could be.

Them stating it is third most created means sod all.

Tried finding the poll where someone created it to find out classes created & played etc, but this forums search…..

P.S. Most lethal creature: Risen Thrall.
Why isn`t he in Org`!?

With all these stats, where are the real ones for WvWs?

Wow, that image (two posts above) just goes to show how abysmal this ui has become.
Here we are, one year after release of a game stated to have minimal ui, & we are plagued with what now feels like one of the worst ui of all mmos I`ve played.
Six months after daily/monthly crap added & not a word/hint or anything of any light at the end of the tunnel.

I found a slight fix, if you find some achievement you know you`ll never get, aka one of the insanely lengthy WvWs ones, click track that & it`ll go top right.

Yes, it means we`re stuck with that crap for ever, but it hides the dailies/monthlies that we`ll see in seven days in September.

Alas, it doesn`t hide all the erst of the crap :$

vesperia.6097:

I didn’t even notice the daily notice there I mean it’s so small…

I notice, bad ui decisions bug the hell out of me.
Thing is, I`ve no interest inn doing dailies, but have to to get that off of the screen.
Ever tried aiming arrow carts in tight spaces & can`t see because of dailies/monthlies etc in the way.

Hell, we can`t even click through them, let alone even hide them, like any other sensible mmo would`ve allowed us to.

nirvana.8245:

If you consider exploits/glitches, Id say Ele for sure.

What?

Definitely, never even contemplate of attempting this again.
It`s a well known fact your servers struggle when a LOT less folk are turfed out of WvWs into LA & that your software can`t handle this kind of thing at all.

Making a one time event it`s soooo obvious that this would be one huge fail.

Lag to the extent that the second the first mobs appeared I cast my elite. Ten minutes later, it finally cast.
Spent the whole time trying & failing to cast anything & even res` players took a button mash & a dozen.

It`s a nice thought, but let`s keep it to thoughts shall we?

Meteor shower does have a red circle.
It is bugged/crappy/whatever marking though, because when they use traits to extend their AoE, it fails to also extend the red circle.

The old one may of looked bland, but it was “at a glance” easier to see what is what.
First thing I thought when I saw this was someone`s given a two year old some glow in the dark crayons or this game is being made ready for windows 8 touch screen phones.
It looks garish & cringeworthy.

P.S. Why the achievements watch? Does this mean they`re going to finally get rid of that crap top right?

Logged my level 19 scum, I mean Thief today that I made hours before they released the bomb/nerf stream.
Pratting about in EB I knew Thieves were a pain, but oh my gawd!

Some high level Guardian almost two shot me, I stealthed. For the next ten minutes, they kept trying to get me & couldn`t because of perma-stealth & knock down utility.

Poor git stood in frog camp in the end trrying to find me (or if like me, to kitten about stealth on forums) when our zerg came in & splattered it.

tbh though the class is boring as hell after maining an Ele` since the BWEs.

With any luck Anet will release their idiocy & stop this train wreck of a game…

Easy fix.
Get rid of the current stupid conjure mechanic.
Make them similar to engie kits.

Press keybind, instantly get weapon in hand, press again, ta-da, back to your basic weapon.

If folk complain we no longer drop a conjured toy for them, tell them they want so much, roll an ele & see what it is like.

anet, pay me for this soooo obvious fix.

Don`t forget to check your underwater weapon crap too.
I agree though, things should pop up once & never again, with an option to turn that kittene off permanently.

Well, judging by the Tequatl stuck permanently on the screen now, looks like anets incompetence is going full time.

/facepalmdeskfloor

Yep it has been posted for, several times.
Arenanet said pre release that if enough asked for it, it would be looked into.
tumbleweed
We`re still waiting.
Weapon swapping on a CD, lengthy as kitten if need be.

First time used staff for aaaages in WvW other night, died, got to keep & went to equip daggers.
Saw an empty slot in invis` bag & panicked. Stood there for ages going through bags trying to find what was lost.
Left WvW, 30 min` later realised was just some kitten Ori pick axe.
Screw staff from now on until they give us what every other prof` has.
Vive le daggers!!

Sticking this tidbit for those like me that don`t touch Reddit & haven`t see it get a mention anywhere in the GW2 sites

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/196tgh/jeuxonlineinfo_made_an_interview_with_mike/

Trying to throw aoe things in the gauntlet, end up clicking top right stuff (courtesy of this games kitten camera) & ta da, bloody ui opens up.

Fix this crap, we don`t care that there are bosses on lower levels/dailies to be done etc.

For 2013, this games “minimalistic ui” is both a lie & an embarrassment.

I play Dagger/dagger & whilst it`s fun (most of the time) it`s Staff play in WvWvWs (& I imagine dungeons also, not done any).
Great, you`d think, but Staff damage is kind of very low & is for throwing sparkles onto/down from walls. CCs are long casts, so also little use against players.
Get any player (or critter) in sight & they head straight for you, even if a billion players in front of you.
Staff is virtually useless when toe to toe & this is why we need weapon swap.
Fine, if they don`t want us having 40 skills to traispe through, at least add it so we don`t just have to keep doing Alt-F4 due to getting sick of being kitten`d on & have a choice when we`re heading into/being targetted in combat…

Arenanet originally said something along the lines of Elementalists don`t have weapon swap because it`s a difficult profession to start with & this`d only confuse more, but if needed it may be added.

Well, guess what…..

/grovel

It also needs to quit telling you to move at the end or it`ll DC you from the game.
2+ minutes remaining, wtf are we meant to do?

Calae.1738:

You wanna laugh?

A Mesmer has more mobility than an Elementlist now. You can trait blink to 1200 range every 24 seconds.

That combined with Mesmer can now cast moa whilst running, shorter cast & Moa running away range has been lowered….

LOLOLCRY

They said that names & chatting to enemy in WvWs, wouldn`t be in the game because of harassment etc & so it would stop one player chasing after another too many times….

Then they let you do exactly that in sPvP which is much more personal then WvWs could ever be.

/go-figure…

;p

is awful, every time we wp, new zone, log in, our screen is full of this junk.

Three days & counting & we`ll all get more clutter yet again.

You`ve said that it is there for the dumb folk & no option so they don`t mess up something so simple.

Please, just give us an option to turn all this crap off.
I had to do the new flame & frost stuff just to get rid of the ui crap.
I have to do the dailies & monthlies to get rid of the ui crap.
Ever tried aiming arrow carts, AoE etc, only to have the ui blocking that tiny little angle of view you needed to fire down upon?
Happens all the bloody time!

If someone turns it off by accident, that is their problem, not every other players.
They can ask guilds, /t, /m, /s etc how to fix their own mistakes or just open the options & figure it out for themselves, it really isn`t that hard.

Almost forgot, shields…
Any chance of a timer so they disappear a few seconds after popping up?

Rant time:

If they`d of done anything to the other trait lines they`d of been used, but can anyone name me one thing decent (or anything at all) that has been done to them? (Giving us EA back after having removed it doesn`t count ;p)

If they`d stop kittening about & give us summoned weapons that were worth the sodding time, ie make them permanent/real damage etc… Elementalists would have what every other class (I`m not calling it a profession, that is crafting ;p) which is decent melee & ranged, rather than kitten about in bags.
Yes they mentioned these in the SOTG, but said it is being looked into. Aka don`t expect this for months…

If they`d given us decent hp/armour/defenses/skills that actually kittening hit things, we`d not of got so kittening kitten off of being one shot by every kittening thing & wouldn`t of had to go more bunker (of which I have fought other classes that are even more bunker then Ele` with 1/5th the key mashing & higher damage by a long shot).

Even in open world this is going to screw Ele` over big time, go fight a Karka, any basic one, you`ll see the first few cast spits it does removes average 50% of your hp. Get a Warrior or Guardian to stand there, see the difference & prepare to swear at them ;p

We have more heals, because of how squishie, to I assume make up for it, we are & come this patch I see yet another major fail from Failnet, which seeing as we`ve heard sod all from them, despite this segment of the forums going wild fires over this, will mean months down the line there`s a slim to zero chance of a minor buff. Big whoop! :$

But how the hell did they not think this wouldn`t completely kitten over staff & Scepter/dagger & scepter/focus users?

Oh that`s right, “think”…..

Almost forgot, a completely kittening useless downed state that is only of usee in one situation, near keep doors & oh of course, that alone makes us op…

Laken.4056:

Uhg. Ok I am sorry but this needs to be said.

Firstly, elementalist is not your typical MMO style mage. I honestly consider it a battle mage of sorts. You will never get away playing a single element as an elementalist. Its just not how the class works. In order to successfully play ele you need to learn to swap and use your combo barriers. If yo want a single element mage; go play rift or wow.

Second, if you are specing into full assault. Yes, you will be squishy beyond reason in pvp. Its the sacrifice for maxing out burst to be so high. Cantrip builds are absolutley superior survivability in this game as an ele. The healing power we are cabable of is nuts. Which really goes back into my first point of attun swapping. Simply swapping to water is a 2.5k heal+another 2k regen. Not counting all the defensive 33% shields we get. You can even spec into an additional arcane shield that auto procs at25%…

Third, do research before making false claims. If I had come to the forums first to check the state on elementalist. I would have never rolled one with the amount of crying on how bad they are. Luckily, I youtubed videos and came upon a player named “excala” who is absolutley amazing. Even gives guides along with high quality WvW and Spvp (non zerg)

Finally, learn your class. Stop being scrubby and constantly crying. Ele does fine when played properly. Its about managing all the stuff you get as an ele and using it at the right times. High skill ceiling is fun, ele is where its at.

Did you see their latest youtube post?

It is just the same as the ones before all the nerfs, they were running around winding up the enemy, but not doing much else.

The thing anet seem to forget is that these clips they are running against noobs & ye gads, the ones in the latest clip were the worst.

How many times did they get stunned, immob`d etc?
tbh that clip almost looked like a set up to me lol

“Cantrip builds are absolutley superior survivability in this game as an ele”

As an ele cantrip builds may be good, but they are still sod all compared to what other tanky builds can bring.
Also the other classes are inherently better dps then ele, even more so when to survive an ele has to put full arcane & water, leaving sod all else points wise just about.

As for saying about swapping attunements, all those in pvp do, or those that don`t constantly die & re roll, the only ones that don`t are those in pve that the devs watch & comment about that.

Only a WvWs player would run around in Garrison post/mid fight spamming F to loot bags & then swear as Zomoros yet again opens the mystic toilet window.

Broadicea.8294:

It is pretty simple. Toggle button in options menu to disable right click selecting targets. Done.

^
This.

Happy customers, possibly hundreds or thousands, that may start paying for gems etc again…

I do wvws.
Won`t have enough mats for one for ages :$

The movement bug has been reported for eons to no avail.
It happens on my ele far too often, even my engie yesterday, rocket boots, land half way down stairs, stuck & had to waste another movement spell to free myself.

So, next time this game bugs you to the spot, just waste another movement cd, should work.

btw, this can happen underwater also. Had it once, had to wp to be able to mvoe as for some reason all my spells went blank, aaaaaaand…..

There are bugs & there are bugs, & then there`s gw2 ;p

“How often you die?”

Every time I see the latest patch notes.

Stealth.9324:

BlackBeard.2873:

Calae.1738:

I don’t know what you see in the focus.

You are right, it is useless on the whole, but incredibly useful when it does have an application. For instance, go to southsun cove and compare killing a karka with focus (reflect their spit attack and they basically kill themselves) vs. killing one with a dagger offhand. In other situations, where ranged damage management or reflection isn’t as mandatory, the focus performs quite poorly. Still, it does have situational uses in some endgame content where damage mitigation is key.

Why restricted yourself with a VERY situational set while you could be more diverse??

Talk about RtL, I was downed yesterday by BS after I RtL. No immobilise, no poison, yet Thief able to catch up with me 1200 range after ,in stealth and BS me???

No shock there, they could do it before the stupid nerf with ease.

RTL block not fixed or reverted until they get off of their arses & fix it.

/surprisednot

Along with that melee instant speed (as opposed to Ele slowly building speed up) you can also trait for speed on crits, so when you have ranged weapon equipped, added instant speed, courtesy of critters etc which they can hit from range, whereas we have to RTL/melee into them.

Another bonus, they can trait (bottom line) to weapon swap every four seconds, also boosting their damage bar even faster.

Remind me, why do we even bother?…..

Just traipsing through forums, when I came across this by J.Sharp:

“@ Class diversity: I’ve also seen games (referring to your pics) with a ton of Rangers, or a ton of Thieves, or too many Warriors, or a ton of bunker Guardians. In your pic of the top players, you see 6 of the 8 classes. The community also seems to feel that Warriors are in a good place right now in PvP. That’s 7 classes. You could make a case that Mesmers have a hard time in a hard condition meta, and I think a lot of people would agree with you. They have counters to conditions, but a lot of players don’t like to run those in standard Mesmer setups.”

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/pvp/Anet-Your-Plan-for-sPvp-Update-2OP-pics

I`ve not been anywhere near battlegrounds for ages because of the mess this game & ele balance is in general, but here he all but says 7/8 classes are okay (even though he counted warrior twice failol), yet doesn`t dignify any comments about the one he left out, the ele`.

Know I shouldn`t be surprised, but meh!

I recall folk complaining that tanky ele were hard to kill (imagine that, a tank, tough to kill…..) but it seems they`re al but non-existant these days.

Fingers crossed this means they know they screwed up & will revert/fix some things.

Anets incompetence strikes again.

I remember the good old days of Wintergrasp, where Horde heavily outmanned Alliance on our dead server & ActiBlizz gave the outmanned players the buff, giving them a standing chance whereas they`d of just been white washed before the buffs.

But oh noes, anet decides let the heavily over populated servers have yet another helping hand via a huge buff to kitten over the other servers even more.

Wow, just wow.

Can`t say I`m remotely surprised though.

We all said/warned before release this`d happen, but they happily ignored the obvious, as per usual….

Try this as an ele, more then likely you`ll just get 1-2 stuns & die
That & the speed/gap he creates is waaaay more then RTL/Staff 4 gives you…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=anDVv6CvFTY#t=663s

that are achievements, as in Magus, Illusionist, Genius, Conqueror etc.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Title
These really should be titles, not just meagre useless achievement points.

Put something next to/or on tooltip to say if it does or doesn`t give a title.

I was flabbergasted when I heard it, had to alt tab to the stream whilst fighting, just to double take at the comment, not believing I`d heard it right.
Saw stream chat, it confirmed lol

^ what they said.
Guardians heal is sooo much higher then Ele`.
I fought some Guardian in WvWs, we were both bunker builds & even though I could heal a lot, he did a hell of a lot more damage, plus they get passive blocks. Even then, the fight went on for roughly 20 minutes with some from my server watching, until even they got bored

As for nerfing D/D bunker build, they (Anet) really need to get off of their arses & fix the rest first, before destroying one build.

It takes 1-2 stuns to completely shut down any D/D Ele` & if the enemy can`t do that, it is their fault alone. But this is exactly why they nerfed RTL by 25%, because of the QQers.

If others went bunker I`m guessing they`d be even more tanky & do more damage then any Ele` could build.

Lordryux.9785:

thats like putting a 20s cooldown on attunement switching.

don`t give them ideas, you know they`re stupid enough to go ahead with this!!!

Any news on the RTL bug fix?
I`ve just committed suicide in WvWs by pressing this.
I want a suicide button on downed state, not when in normal state! ;p

I guess you`re one of the lucky ones that enjoy the story, but personally I found it lame, especially compared to Guild Wars.

Ah well, here we are, another month of daily & monthly crap on the screen.
/sigh

Give us addons so we can turn this kitten off already!

My guess would be that WvWs turned into nothing but a zerg fest, combined with the unbelievably stupid match setups they`re currently screwing over every player over with.
(http://mos.millenium.org/eu)
spvp, all are basically the same tiny rats maze of a map, same tedious goal in each.
(this shocked me, even in warcraft I could sit in bgs from the second I logged on to second I logged off, for over 3 years, yet in this game…. /sigh)
The balance, ye gads, the abysmal balance!!
The “We don`t want a grindy game” & oh my gawd, this has turned into the most grindiest of games I`ve ever played, even worse then Aether farming in Aion lol
I play Guild Wars, not a long timer like some I know, but it just amazes me how much better that game is compared to this, hell, most of my time is spent alt tabbed.
Almost forgot. The story, it just isn`t remotely interesting.

Ah well, Wild Star inc <fingers crossed>

Jatacid.3725:

What are some tips that an ele should do/try to do in pvp?

Is ele ever going to be buffed again to a usable state or should I just not play sPvP at all?

Play Guild Wars.
Ele` in gw2 has been bent over & not even bought a drink or flowers for the pleasure.

Can`t say I was surprised you didn`t see the ele in the tournies, free kills aren`t worth taking into there.

Side note, their ele was actually playing, he had re-rolled warrior because of the state of ele that everyone, except anet, already acknowledge.

jportell.2197:

Ranger is still on more teams than mes/ele. The game has 8 classes nt 6

^ This.

Whilst I think all the maps are tedious small rats mazes, I`d like to do some pvp some time this year on my Ele & not be just a waste of a player slot.

I get the feeling Tornado will now become obsolete, seeing as most used it just for the buff.
tf for the wolf.

As for RTL, can`t wait to try this out
Would`ve liked reduced cast time on D/D Earth churning earth. Guess still have to use another utility slot to make use of that..