Guild Wars 2

Easy gold…oh so easy.

Buy those gift boxes quick!

1. In-game name…several but usually Poptartz.
2. Play schedule…primetime and/or later.
3. Main class engi.
4. 1018 total tourneys played. 80-90% on the engi. (tpvp tourneys not yolo QQ)

You messaged me last night so I am doing my part by posting here.

I only play pvp (well 95% of the time). I focus enemy engi’s for one sole reason – the mere presence of a good engi can change a fight. This has nothing to do with proving myself better than them…I simply want them out of the fight. I know what they are capable of and I would much rather kill them than deal with the knock backs – this and healing turret is no joke.

If you are not Asura then you are doing it wrong.

What you might not find interesting is what I use in all pve encounters. I admit that I do not pve much these days but what I use is the basic HgH spec. You could switch to bomb/nades but in PvE I feel that you should keep your range. Having said that the best kit to keep range is grenades; bar none. Also the HgH spec grants you many “outs” – meaning that if you get into trouble you have access to invuln and stealth on demand.

The runes should be anything that increases +might duration.

Sigils are largely up to you. I would highly recommend a sigil of battle and a sigil of corruption.

As I post this I have doubts that this is the spec that you would want to run. However, I have run this spec in lvl 48 fractals with 0 AR. Agony will down/kill you if you are not observant (stage 4 is another matter) but you can essentially sit back and snipe with nades and contribute to your group.

If you want to run a condi spec then research any of of the various HgH builds and enjoy tossing grenades. These specs will reward your diligence and possibly negate any mistakes that you make.

Just my opinion.

Relentless.7023:

Plague kills people in a few seconds? What game are we talking about?

The bubonic plague took a bit longer yet interestingly enough it is classified as a “ZOOnotic disease”.

The game dates back to the late Middle Ages. I believe it was called the Black Death.

My apologies. I couldn’t resist. As you were…

I’d much rather not fight npc’s in pvp. Ever.

Having channeled areas whereby you must kill the other side in order to reach a certain goal could be interesting though.

Wonderful change and I applaud you, A-net.

Not sure if anyone has pointed this out as I didn’t read every post, BUT – if you are currently high ranked and deservedly so then a resetting of the leaderboards should only further validate you. You will have the opportunity to re-rank on a more even playing field. If you have any notion of fair play then a simple resetting of the leaderboards should not be an issue. Quite frankly I think they should be reset every 3 months or so.

One other point – I think this would only serve to encourage more people to participate in s/tpvp. Isn’t this what we all want? At this point anything that might encourage more people to play in pvp is a good thing, right?

Gracious.4279:

Absinth.6917:

Either way, I get to explore new builds. Perhaps you should do the same.

Same here with mesmer!

I may start playing mesmer for kicks and giggles.

What looks great on paper usually is not – conversely those thief nerfs…lol…thieves will be just fine. New OP thief spec inc…I assure you.

I really do not care what happens. I just want the current meta changed. The patch notes are a great step in that direction.

Learn to adapt.

edit – engi buffs? I lose perma vigor (the old version of it) and my best adept trait is moved up to master. How was I buffed again? Oh yeah…transmute right? Depends on how you look at it but I could argue that is yet another nerf. Either way, I get to explore new builds. Perhaps you should do the same.

2nd edit – per the Diamond Skin….apply direct damage to the ele before condi spamming maybe? It is not as if eles are renowned for massive health pools.

If I got an endless supply of rabbit finishers in WvW I’d most likely WvW again.

Just saying….

It is and it isn’t.

But within the grander scheme of things you are absolutely correct Archaon.

PvP and PvE/WvW are separate entities – to an extent. What you are asking is that they totally separate all skills across all classes for 2 different game modes. Why else reward the differing game modes in the same fashion? That seems to be quite the daunting task. Do you think it would be better to recognize that wvw and pvp are the same beast and let the pve’ers have their own place?

I’d venture that this is a Pandora’s box best not opened.

Justin ODell.9517:

Absinth.6917:

So why not reset everyone?

I brought this up at our Monday morning meeting, and it’s on the table.

I’d wager more would be agreeable to this as opposed to it.

Thank you for the response sir.

Dear Justin,

I, for one, certainly appreciate the recent attention that the pvp dev’s have given us. You have given us proper explanations in regards to the future balances that we might expect. The current state of “transparency” is quite welcome even if it might, regrettably, be a tad too late.

Having said that – as far as I can tell you, the Anet staff, have virtually admitted that the current match making system is flawed. So why not reset everyone? Those who deserve to be at the top will naturally gravitate back to the top. If you look closely most at the top basically remain there because they do not PLAY.

How would resetting the current leaderboards hurt anyone?

Give everyone a clean slate and let us start over. In fact I would recommend leaderboard “seasons” and reset leaderboard ranks every 3 months or so. This would only serve to encourage everyone to play more often as opposed to making the current high ranked people quit.

Again, those who are currently high ranked will regain their previous spots and those who wish to place on the leaderboards will have a better chance to do so.

Seems like a win/win.

It is hotjoin….

To the OP – ONLY join 5v5 hotjoin matches. This will prepare you for yolo QQ and/or tpvp. Rank means nothing in this game since the Skyhammer fiasco. If you are worried about the armor skins – don’t. Just play the game and remember that you are in a hotjoin match – thus nothing matters.

Don’t fall for this people. You will only be funding OE’s mystic toilet gambling addiction.

J/k, kinda, best of luck with the stream!

Yo Anet…fix this before I relapse back into other games.

Post haste.

Stark.1350:

And here all I’m reading is “wahhh, pvp is broken/ignored” or “wahhh, my build can’t kill people in one hit.”

wahhh, my toothpick is broken. wahhh, why can’t my toothpick clean my teefs?

Sorry man, best I’ve got atm.

I fought Cruuk last night in yoloQQ. He is the real deal as is Caed ( Martin puts ya both to shame however ). The team I was on didn’t know how to deal with the burst. Bad play, bad positioning, or more likely bad matchmaking. All of the 3 were in effect. Only the latter truly determined the match. I’m ok with this as I finally got beat down by a guy I respect.

Matchmaking needs to be revamped.

Martin is better than you.

Drastically increase degredation. And how is it worse for those within the top 200? You mean those 12 wins 1 loss guys at the top might get an extra loss or 2? Oh too bad, after that 3rd loss they might not queue for another 3 months? Or maybe they will play their alts, which is what they are doing anyway….

So your basic premise is that for 10, COUNT THEM – 10, matches everything will be in flux? Is this not a good thing? Would this not encourage other people to play?

Or maybe the top 10-20 will always be the same people. Those within the top 50 will never have a chance at beating their rank. Why? Because we know that the “top” players do not play anyway!

Nice logic there scooter.

edit – ya know what i’ll play nice.

Totally randomize the queues across the board. Top 100 players and unranked vs like teams. Would you prefer that?

kirito.4138:

this is how match making algorithm works for soloq https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/pvp/Are-Anet-aware-that-solo-q-is-broken/first#post2923482

If you win your first few match starting off a fresh account, you will continue to win and have the advantage of getting the better team each time. As you move higher your chances of getting the better team increases more and more.

However, if you lose, you will be stuck in the forever pit of losing and dwell deeper and deeper. Not impossible to break out of this disadvantage, but its much harder. Suggest not re-queuing so fast after a loss because you will get the same team if they are bad, or sync queue with people of similar rating to help break out of the curse.

TL;DR system is flawed/broken.

This is pretty much the end all be all of the subject matter. The funny bit is that those within the higher ranks all know one another and due to this will be in some form of voip com’s together. It is what it is and I can deal with it.

What probably should happen is that the leaderboards be purged every month. In this way we will not have a couple of people with less than 20 matches at the top. Degredation could be amped up but truly a monthly reset of the leaderboards would encourage many to get off of their alts and play on mains or just play in general.

Either way, I am a firm believer that the leaderboards should be reset on a regular basis. Excellent players will always rise to the top regardless, average and above will fill in the gaps, and everyone else will strive to get better.

While I consider myself within the latter category I should not be penalized outright, in every match, for it. How else can one expect improvement when you are fighting top 300+ players and your team has people who are not ranked at all. Let alone the fact many who are there do their daily and be done with it.

As it stands right now there is no true flux on rank because of the disparity inherent within the matchmaking system. Fix the system and reset the ladderboards post haste.

This is why ele’s can’t have anything nice…

Btw my engi can’t do anything while invuln either. Time to try the new troll invuln ele I guess.

ron and ensoriki are on point though. Try to knock them off of it.

Not so much a copy but a conglomeration I suppose.

I’d love to see pure deathmatches though. However I doubt Anet would ever purely go in this direction. Btw – what is original about your idea? I thought Call of Duty had that covered…

Well we can both agree that it needs to be addressed.

But that fear proc man…..

Yep – that random proc explains the faulty math.

Srsly.

Eh, let them be rank 40+.

I would recommend resetting the leader boards every 3 months.

Rank means nothing.

I agree with your assessment but how do you determine who gets that one rally? The guy closest to the stomp or the guy who did the most damage to the “stompee”?

Best way, imho, would be to give a +20% heal buff, while in downed state, to those who have reached a certain damage threshold on the target.

Yes you are right about that; great point.

Actually now that I think of it…if you pass to a good thief you deserve to be trolled :P

I recently posted this in another thread. I am reposting it for 2 reasons – 1. feedback (good or bad) 2. To promote others to give their ideas. Now I know many of you have expressed a desire for team death matches and such but perhaps expanding on that premise with a bit of creativity might give the devs something to latch on to. Yes I am being an optimist here.

Smear the…erm…person with the orb.

Quite simple really – an orb appears at the beginning of the match in the middle of the map. The object is to control the orb as long as possible. No “endzones” or objectives to reach in order to score. The player carrying the orb will take increased damage from other players so long as they hold it.

The only way to rid yourself of this “debuff” is to pass the orb. But you can only pass it to a member of the other team. Target a player and pass it. Once you have the orb you must carry it for a predetermined amount of time (15 secs maybe?) and then you can pass. After this period of time the “debuff” kicks in should you still be in possession.

All kills will be counted but bonuses would apply, of course, to the killing of the orb carrier. Should an orb be passed to a pet/minion/spirit then the orb resets back to the middle immediately. If you die while carrying the orb then it immediately resets. Should the opposing team not grab the orb after a reset then the last team to have held the ball will continue to gain points. In the case of extremely close matches the team that possess the orb at the end of time wins.

At no time would any invuln or stealth skill cause you to drop the ball. After 30 seconds or so the debuff damage should increase to a point to where you are 1 shot. Hopefully this would encourage passing.

Anyway – that is my idea. So what is yours?

adamryason.9817:

This map is an extreme version of “awareness” to the point that it sucks and is no fun what so ever. Cut it out of solo que until its fixed

I have two engi’s atm. One is specifically built for this map and the only time I play it is when Skyhammer pops. I’m fairly certain that many have builds just for this one map. For those who do not – well Skyhammer can be quite the frustrating experience.

I do agree that it should be taken out of the yoloQQ rotation. The vast majority of 4v5 matches I’ve seen have been on this one map. This fact alone makes the map unenjoyable; for me at least.

Oh, seeing that new pvp game modes are being discussed how about a game that most of us should be familiar with. Smear the….erm guy with the orb.

Two teams of 5 with a ball/orb in the middle. The trick is to grab the orb and toss it not to someone on your team but to someone on the other team. A ground targeted reticule should suffice. Once you are tagged with the orb a debuff appears where you take increasing damage from other players while you possess it.

No need to carry the orb to any predesignated area. Either stay alive or pass it. Team deathmatch with a twist I suppose.

edit – oh almost forgot. You win by getting the most orb carrier kills. Also if you “ground” the orb, meaning toss it to where no one is available the orb immediately resets.

Only stomps giving a rally is a great idea but instead I propose something quite different. Instead of a pure rally you get a 20% heal buff while remaining in the downed state yourself. You res faster but are not immediately back up on your feet. This way the overall mechanic/dynamic doesn’t need a total rework. Of course you would still need to have damaged the stomped target beforehand. Perhaps applying a higher threshold to the damage required for a rally might work as well.

Master of Timespace.2548:

MMO rule #1:
“exploit early, exploit often”

^ pretty much sums up the situation.

Truly depends on the thief build and how good they are at playing it. Top shelf thieves will never allow you to kill them unless they over commit.

Well grats to Car Crash for making it to the Pax tourney.

Something doesn’t seem right about this. Unless Edward Snowden played on TP (Curse) I seriously do not understand such an oversight by both the player and the managers of the tournament. Either way it is quite regrettable and I certainly hope future tournament organizers learn from this incident.

TP would have won it all anyway.

I believe that TW’s decision has nothing to do with TC and SoS besides the fact that they (TW) want to gvg and there is no gvg to be found in this matchup. No disrespect to our current foes and I certainly respect TW’s choice in moving out/up.

It is what it is…….nothing will change until JG/BG/SoR are at it again.

That being said I call out [Doly] this Thursday!

I dare you to even try to have a Dolyak parade!

(a dolyak parade in which i was a part of many moons ago)

Toodles!

Who cares about TW? I mean really……back to the [Doly] parade!

jeez…..

(Sounds like Indo doesn’t like what happens when he goes to grab a drink of water for 6 hours……at a supply camp no less!!!!)

I kid – hurry back TW whatever will we do without those Indo pep talks? All storm EB and miss the reset queues I suppose……..oh wait…..

Appledainty I am officially calling you and [Doly] out!

I do not care about the score. I do not care about ppt.

What I DO care about is a Dolyak parade this thursday around 8’ish server time!

All servers, no BS, just a bit of fun and yaks.

I think this match up would be better for it.

Thank you,

A kind soul from SoR.

In EB last night I was quite impressed with both SoS and TC and their willingness to not only fight but push our corner of the map relentlessly. It was clear that although SoS couldn’t field the numbers they could still be a major thorn in our side as they were intelligently capping points and making us respond. TC on the other hand actually outnumbered us as the evening wore on. They moved with coordination and it was much like encountering any other Tier 1 opponent. Hammer trains, statics, plagues and what not.

So my hat goes off to you both.

Have a great week everyone and keep up the good fights.

I, for one, am pleased that the top 3 servers and thus this match up has not changed. I find that both JQ and BG are more than worthy opponents. Heck you guys make the game fun and quite interesting for me. And let us be honest – should any of us be matched up against any of the other servers then we would certainly all be bored for 7 days. Who wants that?

Since BG has reentered tier 1 this match up has had ups and downs for each server. This is what tier 1 should be about. I enjoy fighting against all of you as you challenge me, and those I run with, on a nightly basis. This is what makes logging into GW2 worth it.

I salute all of us who are fighting the good fight. Keep it up. Best of luck. And may your bags be constantly full of loot with a summoned vendor nearby.

Prophet.1038:

Voicer.8239:

Aurust.8961:

Voicer.8239:

Aurust.8961:

Voicer.8239:

Is very cute the way SoR just cant chest thump withouth a mention to BG. Ty guys!!!
In the end, all this is bs. Weeks come and go, servers rise and fall…
Im not sure what the new sistem will bring us, but just to know that soon we will not have to deal with this overgrown egos and “forum warriors” (/angrychilds) is enough atm.
Rivalry is one thing, but some of you seem obscessed about it, and tbh doesent look very healty, especially for those who actually play the greatest MMO of all times called Real Life and come here just to have fun and not measure the size of our PPT!
Mb in the future, after u get invincible, stacked with 100% coverage and tired of chest thumping, we can have something more then:

-“My server is the strongest! The coolest”
- “No! MY server have the greatest community, we have the real warriors of WvW”
-“Oh Yeah? We have cookies!!!”
- Im gonna tell all this to my MOM!!
- Meh, ur mom is fat!
- And your mom is fat and ugly!!!
- … >.<’

/boring

There will always be forum warriors. BG has forum warriors, chest thumpers, and trolls as well. Maybe you guys just need to fight weaker servers for a little bit to get your fair weather players more involved, since obviously you can’t handle a real fight with an enemy that does not get demoralized or gives up. This is why BG always dropped to tier 2 from tier 1, before gobbling up a server to move back up.

Anyway, im satisfied that the last battle of the “old format” will result in a crushing defeat for BG.

Thats what Im saying!!! Ty, u just made my point! Your server got a good guild, you guys acomplished the 1st place and have the force to fight for 1st as long you keep motivated! And what makes u satisfied? That your server is winning? NO!!!
Ure glad that BG is losing!! lol
You [choo] guys are a joke, u’re the 1st to run away from a fight, then IRON go and actually fight, winning or losing, they stay classy and always come back for more. I respect that. You ppl come here to chest thump on others acomplishments something you just cant do withouth a megazerg and outnumbered opponents…
Try to focus on your server, your problems, your softness…and the next time our servers meet in the field, dont just run away and then, MB u get the respect others got in less the a month in your server. In your place, i would follow after them. Respect others to be respected.

Score Update for those who actually fight!!!

Here is a pic of BG “not” megazerging, while 20 choo are “running away”. From last night….

Never said BG dont megazerg bro, we just dont run when outnumbered. This pic proves only that you gotta run faster, or we’ll get ya! xD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hWQX8mSZcA

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Just another day….. :P

salluks.6017:

Fuzzion.2504:

Now all we need is red guard in JQ to even things up.

U think of RG will help u with coverage…lolzzzzzzzzzz
Good one.

Perhaps not but I would love to fight Red Guard in open field. I consider them top shelf.

Cover Girl.2580:

Absinth.6917:

Cover Girl.2580:

Hexxed.8023:

SoR loot is making me rich. Precursors,Abyss/Celestial dyes in one night!

Pics or I call B.S. on your clearly blatant attempt at trolling.

No no silly…..you say this…..

I sell the stacks of heavy loot bags dropped by JQ & BG corpses. I have bought 3 precursors and all of my lvl >20 alts are decked out in Abyss/Celestial dyes.

Thanx JQ & BG!!!!

DOOD I just killed a zerg of JQ and got a Legendary drop!
Thanks JQ for my brand new Dreamer that I just equipped on my Necro! it’s awesomeeee!

Much better

Cover Girl.2580:

Hexxed.8023:

SoR loot is making me rich. Precursors,Abyss/Celestial dyes in one night!

Pics or I call B.S. on your clearly blatant attempt at trolling.

No no silly…..you say this…..

I sell the stacks of heavy loot bags dropped by JQ & BG corpses. I have bought 3 precursors and all of my lvl >20 alts are decked out in Abyss/Celestial dyes.

Thanx JQ & BG!!!!

Kryyg.8576:

scootshoot.6583:

Kaimick.5109:

Then all of our NA poeople ( 70% probally ) as to what I can only suspect went on their Memorial day vacation. .

Say again? are you trying to say BG is still undermanned and needs to recruit more guilds?

btw…..24/7 “FULL” status even during long Holiday weekends

Wow, DB is FULL now too?

How the kitten is SoR not FULL with the numbers they have in WvW?

We eat the babies of our pve’rs thus they are unable to reproduce.

There once was an Aboreal Spirt
A group of Blackgate decided to kill it
Comprised of GoF and Rise
They thought it would be wise
To take a chest instead of a Keep

We concerned Rallians decided to rally
To help defend our old barkskinned ally
Once at our destination we were to find
That our Aboreal friend was doing quite fine

To our dismay and delight
The Spirit was winning the fight
Thinking what a total farce
The Old Tree knocked them on their kitten

At that moment we rushed to help
Laughing manically – to crush the whelps
How dare they choose to pve
In what has become SoR’s EB
And thus was the chest ours to keep.

Sorry for the horrible attempt at poetry but we ran across at least 50-60 BG trying to kill the Aboreal Spirt and JUST as we get into range the Spirit did a knockback. Our meager group of 30 or so proceeded to rush in and kill them all. To add insult to injury we set up siege at the chest. Of course we had to put the poor dear tree out of it’s misery. It seemed to have ruptured a taproot laughing along with us.

Thanx for the fun BG. Hell of a way to end a night in EB.

As for JQ……stay away from our Aboreal Spirit and keep doing whatever it is that you have been doing. My “f” button does not discrimate when it comes to loot bags.

Toodles!

@ Shiniorigami

^ truth….they can occasionally get 30 people each but some episodic bullkitten comes on TV and everyone leaves.

WTF is it vampires, werewolves, zombies, aliens, mormons?……seriously……I do not get it. “As the World Turns” on a weekly basis I suppose. No wonder Obamacare is so popular these days.

If it ain’t the debils foolsball on sat & sun then I want nothing to do with it.

Sorry Akamon I couldn’t resist. hehe

edit – @Geko……that looks like one extremely boring map.