Guild Wars 2

I get that bigger eyes = child appearance, however Rox doesn’t look like a cute young house cat, she looks like a poster anime child creature. It really does not fit with the style of GW2, it belongs in cute asian-themed games.

Playing the game for 46 days (or roughly 1100/24) is not the same as being here the entire time. You talk about ‘wait and see’ when we have.

Sorry to say, the game keeps getting worse. You just need to get out of the honeymoon phase and realize it.

yawn. Oh another one of these.Though I do have to agree about the flame and frost update. My empathy towards the refugees is non-existent.

Heijincks.9267:

I wonder how many times these types of posts are made per day.

Does that make them any less valid? Or do you comment with genuine curiosity and agreement with the points made?

guza.6170:

I think u guys (the dedicated warriors) should come up with some good ideas of how to improve the current state of warrior, who knows maybe they actually like some ideas and implement them.

No.

We made suggestions.

They were ignored.

No one asked for a kick buff. No one asked for passive stat boosts on banners to be increased.

People have made a lot of good suggestions, but we are being ignored right now.

I’ve always been a major defender of the game because it just plays so kitten well and looks great.

But right now, I am very disappointed with the s/tPVP outlook, the laziness of actual implementation, and the downright incompetent class balancing.

Unrewarding content and more RNG is exactly where this game needs to go.

I’m not being sarcastic at all either. No, really. I’m serious.

Yes. That was snark.

I have three warriors. One is a tank. One is a MF farmer. One is a zerker.

None of them remotely needs buffed. The whole reason I picked warrior for my head to toe MF character was because warriors were way far along on the strong side of the whole tissue paper – OP continuum.

I have one engineer. I don’t play her much at all because frankly, everything she might be able to do okay, I have another class that does much better. Single target DPS-thief. Ranged AoE DPS-ranger. Easy AoE DPS-warrior. Flexibility-elementalist.

Even more support-ish roles are better in other classes. If you want to be healer, be a water spec’d elly. Want to buff teammates – guardian or shout/banners warrior.

But engineer…poor engineer. Sure, you can have some silliness with a few builds that are based on your opponent killing themself, provided a) you can find an opponent without a functioning brain and b) you don’t get killed long before finding a).

So a few people figure out that the new flamethrower tweaks make that underwhelming kit someone useful. Can’t have that. NERF DETONATION.

Heck, I know it’s prolly a bug getting fixed. I don’t really care. Engineers need a lot of love that they just aren’t getting (as do necros, but necro love might be just fixing minion AI so that they actually always fight). Instead, patch after patch they just get further and further behind the other classes.

I mean, you’re never going to see a post on gw2lfg.com saying “GLF2M Zerker Engineers Only” now are you? In fact, I don’t think I’ve seen a group actually looking for an engineer ever, nor are there ever that many people who eagerly post the fact they’re an engineer looking for an invite.

On the other hand, when I need a few quick gold, I’m all about posting “80 full zerker warr LFG”, and I think I’ve had to wait as long as 30 seconds once to find a group…at 2am…on a weekday…

Gregorius.1024:

The content isnt even done and you’re all complaining. This is part 3 of 4. It wasn’t meant to be a huge update, merely a bigger update than 1 and 2

Learn2Read.

Nobody here is talking about the story content.

Gregorius.1024:

It wasn’t meant to be a huge update, merely a bigger update than 1 and 2

Most folks aren’t even commenting on the size of the update but rather the quality of it. There’s a difference and your comment is fairly irrelevant to peoples’ concerns.

This is as ridiculous as paid tournaments. PvP feature that i must pay for in a B2P game? Unacceptable. Also, how do you expect nonsense like this to create influx of new players? If i am new player trying GW 2 SPvP or am returning after months of waiting for new features to be finally implemented, first thing i gotta do is spend real money to rent CA and 200 gems per day no less? What a joke. Even F2P games have microtransaction systems based on completely optional content. Here, if i want to duel in peace i have to pay a daily fee? Could you please give us a less cheap way to milk your players? Really, this is too obvious.
And to people who think this kind of behavior from supposedly AAA MMO title company is normal or standard or acceptable, please raise your bloody standards already, i dont care how many gems or money you have, this should be unacceptable for you as well as a matter of principle.

You won’t be able to buy ascended or racial armor with badges.

Only the standard karma temple armor.

Patch is nothing to look forward to tbh.

Ascended are statistically superior and rely on massively time gated content.

There is a difference between character progression and player progression. WvW players want player progression. WvW is a PvP format. It was meant to be a bridge to introduce pve players to pvp. The ranks should absolutely be account based (which favors player progression) and leave the earned perks character based (favors character progression).

The fact is that Anet marketed gw2 as a no grind game. Millions of copies were bought and we devoured the content. We went through the content so quickly that Anet has decided to start adding grind to keep us busy/slow us down. Not cool.

FotM – leveling is character based to slow us down.
Laurels – dailies are account wide so we get one per day to slow us down.
WvW XP – back to character bound to slow us down.

They flip flop account wide and character specific mechanics depending on which will take us longer to acquire said item.

I’m a gw2 fanboy, but I still have to think objectively. These forums were made bc Anet wants our feedback.

In every MMO I’ve played, it’s always blown my mind that people defend even the most broken classes and their most overpowered aspects to the end.

This is indisputably broken. It’s one thing to be able to hop a few feet forward, but being able to rip through 1,200 range with no repercussion is absolutely game breaking, especially if it’s paired with two to four rolls that ignore snares.

randomfightfan.4091:

lol at you guys. Didn’t call anybody out, just told you what you’re telling the community with your msgs. If you don’t like how it sounds, then simply reword your lfg

I put up a post today that said “level 10 daily ping 2 infused rings + infused back piece for invite” it was one of the best 10 daily groups i’ve been in in a long time. Now im not saying you need 30 ar for lvl 10 daily, i didn’t use 30 i used 15 but i wanted to know that the people im playing with went threw enough fractals to have them, i didn’t care if they used them or not. I think i was around 30 when i got my 2 rings and back piece.

As soon as i put this up though two people like yourself started raging calling me a noob because i thought people needed 30 AR for lvl 10 frac’s. This was not the case at all but some people take this kitten so seriously like it is real life… like yourself. People want to play with their own skill level, if you don’t thats ok. Just leave it be and quit crying over it. THIS IS A GAME, THIS IS NOT REAL, PLAY HOW YOU WANT TO PLAY AND DON’T BOTHER WITH PEOPLE WHO DON’T WANT TO PLAY YOUR WAY.

Im sure the people (like myself) who make the posts asking for experienced players only and stuff like that don’t give a kitten about what you do, so stop giving a kitten about what they do and move on with your life.

What a crock.

I run CoE a lot and most of those runs had first timers in them and I got sick of it. I got sick of explaining every boss fight. I got sick of telling somebody to run left through a door only to have them aggro a champion. I got sick of explaining how to dodge only to see repeated failure entice group members to get themselves killed reviving on Alpha. I got sick of people not being able to hit a button at the same time even after explaining it to them.

So yeah, I look for experienced players only. Want to know the best part? Even though I post “be experienced” in lfg I still get first timers who haven’t got a clue.

In my opinion Braham doesn’t look like a norn at all. He looks like he is a character from another game with another universe. And his hair style is breaking my heart.

But I guess I’m just “old fashion”. The younger audience might like such “norn” (like charr Rox, which made me laugh and cry at the same time).

Sansar.1302:

So true, the ekstreme burst and bunker nede to be sligthly tuned down to make more builds viable.

Yup!

Also there will always be builds at the ends of the spectrum(offensive or defensive), suggestions I made were to make more builds viable in-between while still keeping both builds on the ends viable.

Davinci.8027:

Healing and protection have already been nerfed considerably. You’re asking to nerf the bread & butter of this game.
I’m sorry, but it just sounds like you’re angry at certain mechanics of the game but dont actually understand what needs to be fixed…

If you spec into being bunker, you should expect to live and do it well. After all, deep bunker specs do no damage…

What?! Ok the point was that bunkers need a slight nerf(just as burst do), so that more builds will be useful in spvp. We have a LOT of different builds per proffesion, please do not cry when someone ask that a build at one end of the spectrum be toned down from ridiculousness to bring a little more balance to the game.

Seriously, just because I asked for a slight nerf, doesn’t mean I’m against a pure defensive build. Hell I believe that was in the disclaimer.

Edit: Also, If burst get nerfs bunkers by default get a buff of some sorts, so your point is entirely invalid. Please do not be openly biased towards one end of the spectrum over another.

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Rank requirements.
-Regardless of whether you know how to “play your class” there should be simple rank requirements before entry.
Level 10 is a good barrier because it takes around 14k rank to enter. Which gives the average player enough time to figure out what builds he likes, how to play the maps, and what are the general strategies.
Note: Anyone who comments " but my other account", guild wars 2 is set up so that rank is across your entire account. If you have mutiple accounts, it really shouldn’t be taken into consideration because there is no logical reason for Arenanet to cater to such individuals, also, its a very short amount of glory.

4v5 problem
-Punishment to leavers. I don’t care whether its intentional or not, if you are not int he match you get a small ban from tourneys(nothing big, 30min or so).
-A system that makes sure that all 5 players are in before starting the match or it doesn’t start it. LoL would be a good example.
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This sounds pretty silly but there is very little incentive outside of winning to play spvp. The armor that you unlock takes a long time later and for cosmetic purposes that is a lot of grinding

Solution:
1.Certain achievements certain armor. 100, 1k, 10k wins/plays gets a certain set each.
2. Pvp “rank” takes less.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/PvP_Rank

Thats 9 MILLION to get to the top rank. Considering each cap is 10-20, each kill is generally 15-25, that is an absurd amount just for cosmetics.
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Not saying pvp rank is absurdly long to obtain in the start, but when you hit 39-40, it will take you maybe an entire 2-3 weeks to get one level.
(lvl 39 and 40-48 take 45k EACH level).
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It is simply too much rank required for each level. Considering the amount it takes, and the time possible. If I gained 15k each week, it would take me…… over 10 years! HOLY!!!!!
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Simply put, pvp rank levle requirements are RIDICULOUS please, lower them to maybe 30K each at most after 40. Its cosmetics, not actual improvements to the player here. KEEP PEOPLE INTERESTED

These are the problems currently in spvp along with my suggested solutions. Class balance is an issue, however this is not about that. There will be parts where I mention certain classes and changes, please note that I am not calling out a certain class.

I need to put this disclaimer. This thread is about class balance, I will use certain classes as an example, but by no means am I commenting about one class being better in any way shape or form. Also, these are not 100% accurate solutions, of course they will need testing and such before implementation.
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Burst and Bunkers

Now this is a problem. There is no problem with classes going full offense or defense, its just that at both ends of the spectrum it is extreme. The reason for such is a bit contradictory.“I need bunkers to survive burst and burst to take down bunkers” The reason this is a problem is because there is just SO many builds in guild wars 2, but balanced builds are less useful because of these two extremes. A burst will down a balanced player quite easily while a bunker may outlive it forever.
Burst solution
1. Simple min/max damage and crit damage. Reduce Critical damage while increasing attack or condition damage.
Example: 30% Less crit damage and 15-20% more damage from normal attacks.
-alternative
2. Crit chance should never be above 50%, otherwise it becomes less of a critical effect mechanic and more of a mechanic that most of your attacks do X amount of “more damage” than not.
Example: Crit cap is 40% without fury. This means crit damage won’t be applied for the majority.(you’d have to increase earth runes to something like 80%)
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Bunker Solution
-Note: Boonhate may solve it.
1. Healing reduction. This is essentially why some bunkers last forever, they have healing from multiple sources. Healing should be limited in source, and healing power should scale with your normal heal better.
-Example: Healing power gives 50% more for your original heal, but other healing will be reduced by 30% or more in the spvp realm.
-Note: this is not for every proffession and would have to be selected as such. Such as necromancers “heal out of DS” vs ele’s “evasive arcana”. Certain traits give too much and certain traits give almost nothing, its all different for each profession.
2. Protection being less available. 33% less damage is a lot while put on-top of toughness reduction with other abilities such as dodge. Simple limit on time between protection or give less time with it on.
-Again, per profession. There are some classes that pay heavily to put on a short time of protection.
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Down state should not effect the capture of a point

If you are down, the point can be capped regardless if you are on it. This is a problem because being downed extends the time you can sit on a point and “defend” it, but not because of that, because certain classes(who I have no issue with in this regard) can delay the cap regardless of efforts taken by the player
Example: Ele can mist before down and prolong the cap for another 5-10 seconds.
-Note: I’m not saying anything regarding Ele’s being unfair or such, other professions can do such a thing as well.

Solution:
1. Simply don’t allow down state to effect the cap. That’s it.

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Personal opinion: I do not believe down state to be a pvp mechanic. It is a PVE mechanic in all regards.
-Some people(even me) take certain utilities JUST for down state. This leads to usually one utility always saved for that purpose alone. I’d much rather use that stability in combat than save it for when I need to down someone so that he doesn’t get rallied.
Solution: Rally is taken out of spvp
-Again, this is my opinion regarding down state. It is(in my opinion) a problem with rally too , but this is not always agreed upon.

Legacy of Foefire 8/10

Double click
-Nothing Happens-

Let me try joining another room, oh I can’t join any room now.

-10 minutes later-
ERROR – This room is full blablablabla

Fix this stupid kitten please anet. I understand being slow with balance but how do you expect to balance a game when you haven’t fixed a simple bug like this in 7 months.

agree.

this mainly because crowd control is useless and raw DPS is king of the game.

so the only damage prevention is shifted from CC (as it is in other games) to blocks, two boons and reflection which are mainly available to guardians/mesmers etc

Anet have two ways to fix this:

1) make all classes have some kind of equally working damage prevention mechanic.
—> when i say " equally working" I mean that in comparison between aegis and blind which in theory should be similar, the aegis is far more effective and useful than blind, i.e. they are NOT equally working.

when every profession will have access to block and reflection, it will make the professions equally viable but this will lead to homogenization of all professions and make them dull…

2) the second way is my dream. which is harder to balance, but much better and rewarding.
this is the way that distinguish between good game that lasts years or a game which is a mere flavor of the month.
make CC useful, make CC meaningful!
don’t you see that all the classes that have CC in their design are the weak classes!? (engy, ranger, necro etc)
when CC and smart use of CC will be available, rangers will be welcomed in parties again; for their traps and roots. engineers will be welcomed in parties for the nets and sticky bombs, necroes will be sought and praised for the awesome chills and grab-wells!

immobilization, cripple, chill, they all should last 10 seconds on base duration (before traits, buffs etc)

stun and daze should start from 5 second duration.
knock up and knock down should have stun and daze as after effect.

trash mobs (read: silver mobs) should be taken out of combat by CC, allowing a smart party to kill them one by one.

bosses shouldn’t be defiant and unshakable.
bosses should be perma weakened in five men group.
bosses should be chilled, immobilized, crippled, blinded.

for the sake of all good in MMOs, why the defiant stack re- applied instantly after you used a single CC?
if the group has removed defiant stacks on boss, make it vulnerable to CC for 10 next seconds! because as the situation today:
CC —-—→ doesn’t matter,
removing defiant from bosses —-—> doesn’t matter
smart group play beside finishing others combos —-—> doesn’t matter

all that matters is 1)direct DPS 2) dodge 3) damage prevention via block or reflect.

Anet , you have the power to change! you can make this game really worthy!

Make your own group and shut up already holy crap.

You see someone putting a mes+ war/gaurd group together for CoF why does it bother you? Just make your own or join another that doesn’t care.

Stop worrying about what everyone else is doing during their play time and play the effing game my god, the QQ in these forums about what other people are doing in game is a bit over the top.