Guild Wars 2

It’s the off hours zerging that is the most annoying. Just running from objective to objective with little or no resistance. Completely boring and I have no idea why anyone would do it. All the gold in the game would not be worth it. I think there can be fun if it’s two zergs battling it out, clashing in the open world and not hiding in towers behind countless siege.

That being said, I wouldn’t mind smaller venues, say more then pvp and less then wvw. One stonemist castle in the middle of the map and just the spawn points. Something like that, might be fun to try.

Ok so I was going to just write a bit about the tier 2 match up (I’m on FA), but then I took a look at the MOS website and I see that every first place server is 100,000 points ahead of the other two (excluding tier 1). This is going keep players out of wvw. It was starting to get busy from all the changes and now it’s going stale again. Please rethink the match up system for the sake of all of us that love wvw.

Cut down the distance of trebs so they can’t hit other keeps and towers, or take out the areas that they can be deployed that reach the same. Pretty sure they’re being macro’d and on autopilot anyway.

I would really like to hear from someone who does this sort thing. If I did something like this to another, I would feel like a real jerk, I think most people would. What is it that brings out the worst in people? Anyone brave enough to give us your side of the story?

My favorite part of wvw is random open field fights that just come out of no where. So get out of your hidey holes and come fight. It’s really more fun then just sitting in a tower.

Crapgame.6519:

Aileras.9460:

I personally don’t think a solo player should be able to easily take a camp, at least make it a bit harder. Sorry solo players but gw2 is a group game. Just my opinion.

Hmm…when I login I’m not in a group. In fact, I seem to recall earlier that I wasn’t in a group until I accepted or initiated invite.

It isn’t a requirement.

Ok group wasn’t the right word I guess. It’s a multiplayer game and wvw is a multiplayer aspect of that game. I’m not saying it should be impossible to take a camp solo, it just needs to take a little more work. If it didn’t effect scoring then I would be fine with it, but it does and one persons actions shouldn’t have that big an effect on a whole map full of players.

I personally don’t think a solo player should be able to easily take a camp, at least make it a bit harder. Sorry solo players but gw2 is a group game. Just my opinion.

I think the alpine maps are fine the way they are. Not sure about desert maps, never really played on them.

Did they change something in spvp? Thought you could pick whatever armor you wanted. I personally would like to try (in a beta test kind of situation) the pvp armor system in wvw. Would make it easier to experiment with builds.

I will probably get a lot of flack for this but I use Rabid gear with some PTV trinkets. Never been a numbers guy so I use trial and error. I’ve tried berserker and dire, but rabid gives me survivability and I can sometimes kill stuff, albeit pretty much only in groups. Just my 2 cents.

-Remove the nodes, some people just go into wvw to farm them, same problem as crafting tables.

I can see your point on this, but getting people into keeps and towers however its done seems like at least a step in the right direction and it is a good way for those of us that don’t pve to get some resources and or gold. I will scrounge those nodes in the off hours while scouting and refreshing siege. I would miss them if they were removed.

and yes I fail at making quotes :P

I’m all for trying out new stuff, in fact I wish we had the chance to try all major changes before they go live. Why dosen’t anet have a public test server? I remember everquest had one and for some players that was their home server.

As for canons, I was hoping it was only for keep walls and such. Being able to deploy them everywhere seems to OP to me (maybe if they dumbed them down a bit?) In any case worth a try I guess.

Just glad there is some form of change going on. A stagnant wvw would be a terrible idea.

Jeknar.6184:

SpellOfIniquity.1780:

I’d be happy if there was some kind of ascended food recipe that required these materials though. Food/Utility food that lasted an hour with slightly higher benefits or something. Considering just about everyone uses food buffs in WvW, it seems to me like it would be an acceptable alternative.

“There are no culinary applications for bloodstone dust!”

You might crack a tooth :P

As far as FA goes I blame the stale match up and JQ’s massive blob (please move up already) for no one logging on.

Maybe something to give people keeping watch in keeps something to do, for example spawn some critters that drop t6 mats occasionally (make them disappear when keep becomes contested, so they don’t get in the way of fights) A little silly but you get the idea.

A drop down right click menu that is on the keeps icon already, that will let you send a quick map chat message of an attack (I am a terribly slow typist).

Make refreshing siege give a little wxp and or reward participation.

also as well as a build saver add an out of combat gear/equipment switcher.

What if it was the keeps and towers that got an outnumbered buff rather then the players. Outnumbered side keeps would have more reinforcement and the opposite for the server with more players online. it would give you more time to respond to an attack and wouldn’t make fights uneven. Just a thought.

you know, if the screens didn’t take so long to load, no one would have ever noticed this. “wink”

My thinking on this, is most of the wvw players that preferred alpine stopped playing (at least a majority, I know I did) and what is left are the ones that prefer desert. We’ll just have to wait and see. Change can be a great thing but it can also be a nightmare. Hope those that voted to keep the DBL actually stay and play, if player participation drops any more it will be unplayable.

To me it didn’t seem like that big of a problem. But I’m guessing that anet, who has all the data, thought that it was. If we’re talking about non-wvw players who are just using it for a really small convenience (a few silver and a few seconds run time?) and if it impacts the wvw players game ie; lag which is a real problem that effects all of wvw. Then it needed to go, sorry to those it inconveniences. There has to be priorities pve comes first in pve areas, wvw comes first in the wvw area.

For those saying you can play on the BL of your choice and avoid the one you dislike, I really can’t see how you can avoid it, if its your home BL, accept to play on EBG. This whole idea seems absurd to me.

They could make it so a message in chat comes up “so and so has pulled the whatever it is” that way at least you’d know who the troll is.

Also seems to be some trolling with useless siege being thrown down everywhere and wasting supply. If it said who threw it down, that might curve the trolls a bit. Its the anonymous nature of this stuff that makes it so easy to do.

I would to see this for guilds as well. For a game called guild wars there really isn’t much as far as bragging rights in the guild dept.

I have to wonder, if est is the most populated time zone (game wise) Then anet may be doing it to cut down queue times.

That being said, I’m on the west coast and don’t mind it being 5-6pm but I’m retired :p

As someone said already though pst folk can get home log on and get in queue and do what you would be doing anyway ie; eating, taking a shower etc…

Just dosen’t seem like such a big deal for the west coast to give a little.

Is there an actual animation or sound that goes with crafting, I’ve never paid attention to other players at the station. I only use the crafting stations as a bank access and I’ll bet that’s what most people are doing. Never saw the need for them in wvw but I don’t think that will help with afk people at spawn.

Right on, thanks

With the map change (was it Tues. this week?) Just wondering how that will work.

just throwing this out there, having your bags fill up with whatever makes people buy gems to make more room. Food for thought.

I agree with OP, way to many clicks in this game.. just have everything drop gold and sell what we need in a store, make it simple I say.

I will add my thanks for bringing back the alpine maps and would like to encourage everyone who feels the same to please log on and fill the maps. That’s the only real way to show anet what is popular and what is not.

As an old guy with poor vision, I’d like to see the option to make the icon larger. As it is now I tab-target the commander and it really helps until someone changes the target, then I’m lost again. Also a guild only tag would be helpful.

what about separate wvw servers with a set number for each team, then an overflow, also with a set number and so on. All scores would add together. I can see problems with guilds not being able to get in together, this could be solved by prioritizing guilds and parties in the cue, after all if your playing solo you would still be playing for the same team.

Think that when the OP said selfish he meant by having to take time to stop or run back to pick up the bags. This is something I fully agree with and would like to see changed. Like someone already mentioned, just give us points (like Karma) in stead of badges.