Guild Wars 2

Also…

Chukree.1756:

I thought this was a port nerf patch intended for how OP thief and Mesmer are combined in conquest?

And their OPness is why the thief/mesmer combo has been pushed out of the meta by the celestial meta right…?

Kagamiku.9731:

They could grab block reflect and equip shield+mace…but that’s just disgusting and sacrifices so much for a little extra ranged defense…Guardian does it so much better for much less investment.

Or you know, just line of sight like a normal person…

Archon.6480:

This seems like a really nice change, why so many upset?

Because gw2 players get upset over everything.

1v1 servers might even be better than a matched system since you can actually choose what class/build you go against, instead of constantly been matched against a build that rolls over yours or gets rolled over by yours.

Lord of Madness.2603:

Ok another way to explain it, they can make the match last however long they want, they can wait until the moment in which a threshold is met and one of the individual can get the full 500 for winning every time.

And where’s the issue here? You get 500 from losing a match in unranked arena, even if you only win 10% of games, you still get more rank points from playing unranked than you do by manipulating custom arenas.

Custom arenas is not the way to quickly get rank points no matter how hard you try.

bhagwad.4281:

There’s no need for them to be in the mists together or anything, just let them fight in the same arena. I don’t see how that would use up any significant resources since you’re not transferring anything over – just standard PvP buillds.

I don’t think you understand how the system works.

Every arena is going to be based in either EU or NA. If they mixed the arenas, then this would create a significant disadvantage for people playing in the opposing region since they would all suffer from a higher ping.

The problem is that it’s perfectly possible to grind your way to legendary with a flat 50% win ratio (or even less) just by playing lots of games. You can gain 2 pips from win streaks and losing streaks but there’s no way to lose 2 pips. This means that legendary is going to be full of people with ~50% win rate who simply have a huge amount of time on their hands.

They’re nerfing might and sigil of battle soon, which will tone down both classes.

Sagat.3285:

Everything and everyone is high.

Weed op, nerf pls.

lighter.2708:

a button to hide the chests icons please

There’s already a way to do that.
It’s called opening the chests.

I thought might stacking was the reason for the current meta? Take the double ele, double engi, s/d thief comp, every single one of them stacks might

Also…

because Consume Conditions removes all condis so it’s clearly unfair for engies.

You mean like how a thief’s superior gap closing ability is clearly unfair to mesmers. Or how a DPS guardian’s high burst and blocks/invuln is clearly unfair to thieves. Or how a d/d ele’s sustain is clearly unfair to DPS guardians. Or how a mesmer’s superior boon removal and ability to continuously kite while attacking at range is clearly unfair to d/d eles.

Or maybe it’s called a “counter” and adds a dimension of tactics to the game.

Serdoc.7261:

Just play a turn based strategy game while you are waiting, and pause it when the Queue pops.

Make a second account and roll a turret engi. That’s pretty much a turn based strategy game.

Made this suggestion a few weeks ago: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/pvp/Suggestion-Restrict-ranked-arena-access

Everything seems OP when you first start, because you don’t completely understand how they function and/or how to counter them (hence why there is literally a thread for every class complaining that it’s OP).

I like how people are blaming the game when it’s clearly only an NA issue to have one team rolling over everyone else.

You can literally get to ruby using anything, most of the players who are still in div 1-3 are still there for a reason.

Depends on whether or not you’re comparing to last season. It was definitely better than last season, but still not a complete success.

Leaderboards aren’t currently active. We don’t know when they plan to activate them again.

Ok I Did It.2854:

Agreed, came up against one today, it just stood there and soaked up the damage we got it down to about 20% health then suddenly it had every boon known and health was full, and it ran off, there is tanking then there is this.

So basically that person used the revenant equivalent of Defiant Stance. Nobody complains about defiant stance because it’s easy to work around.

As for Herald being tanky, it would have been using clerics or sentinels and I seriously doubt it’s any tankier than a staff ele using either of those amulets or even a guardian.

Why was the camera angle on the characters in the character selection screen changed to a more elevated angle? It makes all my asuras look angry, I really don’t like it.

I wouldn’t even class this as flaming, looks like he just has a really weird sense of humor.

…having more thieves on your team is a good thing

Cynz.9437:

Here is the joke: i did ask top mes how to counter them. Answer was: you can’t.

By being a better mesmer obviously.

I don’t know how everyone seems to be having such apparently horrible matchmaking, most matches I’ve had for the past few weeks have been somewhat fairly balanced regardless of soloq or teamqueuing – although I only play during peak hours since I have a regular daytime schedule.

I’m not sure why people are automatically assuming that I made this post due to not being able to beat it, I’ve beaten it on plenty of occasions.

I wrote this after playing the warrior build for a solid 2 hours yesterday to see what it was about and I literally rolled over everything with no experience with the class and won just as many (or more) games than I did with a class that I’ve played for around a year. This is a clear sign that it rewards too much for too little.

Second of all, people are only focussing on the damage aspect. I don’t have an issue with the damage, it’s the fact that it also has insane CC, perma stab, mobility and tankiness along with it.

Jaxom.7310:

TooBz.3065:

Hi Everyone,

Someone recently called me out for seeking to create unbalanced matchups. Leaping in to turn a 1 v 1 into a 2 v 1. I thought this was just part of the game. Usually when I get killed I’m getting focus fired by 2+ other people.

Is this the wrong way to think about the game? (Note this is all practice arena so idk if that makes a difference).

Thanks

i never used the practice arena button, i always just choose a server. can the practice button dump you into a dueling server? if it can, then that’s prob what happened, and why they were upset. but its an understandable mistake for you if thats what happened

No it can’t.
Duelling servers don’t use standard settings (1 player per side instead of 5, instant respawn, etc.)

So, the original poster decided to delete his post and now I look like an idiot :/

You are too crazy. This would create loads of stupidly OP builds and make balancing even more of a nightmare than it is now.

Midma.6081:

I was in my first Pvp match yesterday… We were winning by a large margin and all of a sudden. I go to click an orb to take the middle base. After I clicked the orb. It just kicks me from the match as if nothing happens. I didn’t recive credit for a win or loss.

What did I do wrong? I plan on trying again when I’m off work but. I’d really appreciate an answer if possible before I do. Thanks.

Was this in a custom server? You may have joined someone’s private server by accident and been kicked out by an admin.

Wvw golem week was buffing something that already existed in that mode. The pvp equivalent would me to make all map functionalities more effective – stillness gives triple pts per cap, ferocity gives +10 per kill, trebuchet and skills hammer strips stab on hit, forest npcs and orb give double pts and attribute bonuses, lord gives 200 points.

Also put it unranked only for sure.

Also, one time I took a portal back to the trebuchet, pressed F to use the trebuchet but used the portal again instead, the portal then disappeared and I had to run to the trebuchet just to find that someone had respawned and taken it.

Anet: Elite specs won’t be a pure upgrade, it will just offer a different way to play the class.

Gives druid new pets that are vastly superior to the non-HoT pets to the point that every druid only runs the druid pets.