Guild Wars 2

Zefrost.3425:

Brigg.6189:

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Also remember this moment because it’s probably the last time NA beats CN

Don’t be too pessimistic, man! PvP will be alive at least another year. In another 12+ months we will get another balance patch and balance might finally be achieved in time for the next esports.

yeah…i remember ppl saying that one year ago…

Here you are…..

4 months 1184 replies and still not even ONE answer from anet.

REALLY?

kirito.4138:

Lux.7169:

kirito.4138:

bring back skyhammer to teamq too.

China has skyhammer in tQ.

They also don’t have a solo Q.

Moving to china!

Don’t come back xD

Meanwhile Dota2 international has 10 millions dollars prize pool…

evilapprentice.6379:

I haven’t played much since the Sigil/runes update, and have a question.

When and how is the -20% condition duration 6 piece effect of Hoelbrak runes applied?

Let’s pretend an opponent is hitting me with vital shot (base 4s Bleed), with 75% additional bleed duration. Is the 20% based on the skill at base, or the fully extended skill? example below

A) Hoelbrak turns 7 second bleed into 5.6s bleed (7s – 20%)
B) Hoelbrak turned 7 second bleed into 6.2s bleed (4s-20%)

funny thing is when you’re running dogged march too on warrior…bye bye cc

http://www.twitch.tv/thelordhelseth/b/556634878?t=59m38s

Landing half of your skills……

….ok…..

Give me “almighty ultimate swagging paragorn” title already then…..

Liewec.2896:

Q: what direction is this class taking?

A: unload, unload, UNLOAD, UNLOAD, UNLOAD, UNLOAD!

Love the gif xD

Thief new mid bunker ofc…since ppl also started playing esl without guardian lol

welns.3245:

Seriously this game is broken in pvp aspect they should do something like rebalance skill only in pvp.

We’re asking for balance since realease….and they gave us skyhammer…

Is there someone out there still watching tol anyway?

Considering running some RAs too…is LS Monk still viable?

Like helseth said on another stream “Skyhammer just makes ppl quit this game”

There are no positive points on this map…NO EVEN ONE

(Keep in mind dat being able to win because even if you are terribad you can still kill ppl with cheese specs IT’S NOT a good point)

http://www.twitch.tv/thelordhelseth/c/4877505

Long answer short: just look at the stats..do the maths, you’ll get your answer about celestial amulet’s positions compared to others.

Mrbig.8019:

Just played 3-4 matches, 3/4 got people double capping on a point HJ style.

Delete solo q, i’m tired of carrying scrubs, i want good matches and i want to enjoy the game.

You’re really tryharding to make people uninstall.

One scrub it’s all you can carry in soloq…if more than one don’t even know wtf are they doing you lost already…expec if you get matched vs decent ppl..ppl joining for achievments, hj still up while not teaching how to play decently at all (That should be primary focus for new players going hj) and ofc reterded matchmaking pairing randoms with good players ending up with good players obviously insulting lows (While not even their fault…more likely anet’s) + afkers, leavers…ppl not even entering match, skykitten and gaywatch…and so on and on and on..

Wolfey.3407:

It would be nice if they Rank Capped Solo Queue
Something like Dolyak to enter?

With Team Queue having no rank limit since you’re suppose to have a team compiled before you enter to begin with.

No point it their dolyak comes from hj farming…that’s why rank points should be given in tournaments only…

because esportz!

SoLeciTO.3490:

Killthehealersffs.8940:

Atleast Skyhammer had 17-18k k views on youtube and more ppl playing that particular era , than any cutom arena+observer mode+ leaderboard feature :P

…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3jb6jFW4DQ&list=UUP_FgMqOxp_VsM0UfrL-DxA

So?

Diablo III set a new record for fastest-selling PC game by selling over 3.5 million copies in the first 24 hours of its release.

And it is a game that destroyed the entire saga to their fans.

I was actually one of those who got it at launch…worst mistake ever…

A place where tcg can roflstomp na “all stars” while looking at them raging…

Aw yess they’re working on it!!11!11!!

Let me guess…when it’s ready?

Malediktus.9250:

make everyone a maximum sized male Norn in pvp

and then all run mesmer…how about dat?

Are there all stars in NA? Aside from phanta…

Seiishizo.7162:

-do you think arenanet is currently doing a good job for pvp in the game?(balance/rewards/update/events/community interaction wise) and why?

-what do you want for arenanet to have as #1 priority right now in pvp?

Shizo you’re just baiting them for a permaban from forums you know right? xD

More cannons and glasses on skyhammer top priority pvp 2014!

DaveGan.8065:

Archaon.9524:

holodoc.5748:

Mrbig.8019:

They’re invulns, and the main reason why warrior is so braindead AND effective.

Warriors are making the game extremely boring, along with thieves.

Berserker’s stance is a gamble because you need to use it before conditions get applied to you in order for it to be effective. It doesn’t remove conditions, just prevents new ones from being applied in the next eight seconds. After that there is a 60s cooldown during which that skill is just dead weight.

Endure pain? I don’t know any experienced sPvP player that is willing to waste a slot for a 4s invulnerability followed by a 60s cooldown. I personally main a warrior and can’t remember the last time I used it.

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQJASTjMdUFaXImhwJagqgC9iHAPg6eoxzhUbAA-TpBHwAGuAAAeAAOLDE4QAM4IAUa/BA

This is Rom’s hambow build directly from his twitch…just saying, but he’s probably not experienced enough i guess…thanks god we have those pro nonames like you coming out from nowhere showing us the way to go….just curiosity…what do you suggest in order to replace endure pain? Frenzy? xD

Signet of Stamina can very easily go into that slot. It’s a matter of personal comfort and personal preference.

Only if you’re gonna face heavy condition teams otherwise has just pretty much no use…

Yasha.5963:

DaveGan.8065:

For those who want the old 8v8’s back: the imbalance will be even worse now that people are more used to 5v5 and playing conquest.

Now this I agree on. The community back in the day was crying for 5vs5 to become the norm, for various reasons. It seems most of that crowd has left now though because all I seem to hear these days is how 8vs8 was so good.

I was one of those who, at that time, said that 8v8 was plain crap…and yes…8v8 would still be plain crap.

Just remove hotjoin and add a non-rated tpvp being exactly the same as rated except for the fact that only winning team is gonna get (Way less than rated tpvp ofc) rank points and rewards (Rewards lol…nah just give them the same, can’t even think about something less rewarding than those reterded chest full of pve crap), with no spectator, fixed specs, disonhorable debuff and so on…so maybe, just maybe, ppl would finally learn how to later play in rated stuff wihout being roflstomped by high ladder orcs and not being afraid about your worthless ladder position if you want to go just for fun.

You’re welcome.

Deimos Tel Arin.7391:

define: penta

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penta-
combining form
prefix: penta-

five; having five.
“pentagram”

define: blitz

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blitz
blits/
noun
noun: blitz; plural noun: blitzes

1.
an intensive or sudden military attack.
synonyms: bombardment, bombing, onslaught, barrage; More
attack, assault, raid, strike, blitzkrieg
“the 1940 blitz on London”
the German air raids on Britain in 1940–41.
singular proper noun: Blitz; noun: the Blitz

2.
informal
a sudden, energetic, and concerted effort, typically on a specific task.
“a major press blitz”

Introduction
- Intended to be new Hotjoin madness game mode since official 8 vs 8 is removed.

Teams
- 5 Teams: Blue, Red, Green, White, Black.
- Up to 4 players per Team.
- Max 20 players per server.

Concept
- Existing Capture Points becomes player respawn base for the additional 3 Teams.
- Team Respawn Waves every 20 seconds.
- 4 Blitz Points in each map.
- One Meditation of Ferocity randomly spawns in any Blitz Points every minute.
- New Meditation of Ferocity will not spawn in Blitz Points that already have one.
- Up to 4 Medication of Ferocity possible if existing not successful communed.

New Teams Respawn Base
- Players are immune to all damage while inside their respawn base.
- Players cannot attack outside while inside their respawn base.
- Players are in stealth indefinitely until they leave their respawn base.
- Players cannot return to their respawn base once they leave.

Scoring
- Successful commune of Meditation of Ferocity grants 10 Team Score.
- Assists on Stomps / Bleed Outs grants 5 Team Score.
- Last Hit grants 5 Team Score
- Stomp grants 10 Team Score
- Each stack of Meditation of Ferocity gives extra 2 Team Score for Assists.
- Each stack of Meditation of Ferocity gives extra 3 Team Score for Last Hit.
- Each stack of Meditation of Ferocity gives extra 5 Team Score for Stomp.
- Killing someone with at least 2 Meditation of Ferocity gives extra 5 Team Score.

Notes on Scoring:
- More than one team can get credit for Assists on Stomps / Bleed Outs
- Only one team can score a Last Hit or Stomp.
- Basically the last team standing in a team fight will score the most points.

Rules
- 15 minutes time limit.
- First team to score 500 Team Score wins.
- Successful commune of Meditation of Ferocity gives buff to all team members.
- Meditation of Ferocity buff does not expire.
- Meditation of Ferocity buff is removed on down.
- Maps original secondary objectives removed.

Maps’ Blitz Points
Forest of Niflhel
In between Keep & Hedge
In between Keep & Mine
North of Center Bridge
South of Center Bridge

Temple of the Silent Storm
Meditation of Tranquility
Meditation of Stillness
Meditation of Ferocity (Red Base)
Meditation of Ferocity (Blue Base)

Battle of Kyhlo
Trebuchet (Red Base)
Trebuchet (Blue Base)
In between Clocktower & Mansion
In between Clocktower & Windwill

Legacy of the Foefire
In between Waterfall & Red Base
In between Waterfall & Blue Base
In between Quarry & Red Base
In between Quarry & Blue Base

Spirit Watch
North of Altar of Ascension
South of Altar of Ascension
In between Red Base & Wolf
In between Blue Base & Bear

Skyhammer
In between Point B & Point A
In between Point B & Point C
Skyhammer Cannon
Skyhammer Cannon Entrance Portal

End presentation.

Comments?

So you’re suggesting to fix hotjoin brainless zerging adding more brainless chickens into map?

Go home deimos you’re drunk

PvP already is more than conquest…we have a nice golf minigame on skyhammer…too bad noone actually asked for it…well noone wants it to be more precise

Ok i know this post is gonna end into the neverending skyhammer topic (Also called “we don’t give a kitten bout player’s feedback but we can’t delete all your posts with no reason”) in couple of hours

But…but…for GvG we’re gonna need GUILD CAPES……but they clearly said that guild capes are too hard to make in gw2 (Due to some clipping stuff i can’t remember) and we will never get them…you know it’s not like going to mars or bs like that…capes on characters are some serious business…

Clipping killed Capes…No Capes killed GvG…get over it

Not even considering those reterded (And ugly as kitten) flags pinned on your az ofc…

Gw2 pvp it’s not poorly designed…it’s just poorly developed and fixed…probably way more than just “poorly” …. saying that “They don’t give a kitten to pvp” would probably be more correct..

holodoc.5748:

Mrbig.8019:

They’re invulns, and the main reason why warrior is so braindead AND effective.

Warriors are making the game extremely boring, along with thieves.

Berserker’s stance is a gamble because you need to use it before conditions get applied to you in order for it to be effective. It doesn’t remove conditions, just prevents new ones from being applied in the next eight seconds. After that there is a 60s cooldown during which that skill is just dead weight.

Endure pain? I don’t know any experienced sPvP player that is willing to waste a slot for a 4s invulnerability followed by a 60s cooldown. I personally main a warrior and can’t remember the last time I used it.

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fJAQJASTjMdUFaXImhwJagqgC9iHAPg6eoxzhUbAA-TpBHwAGuAAAeAAOLDE4QAM4IAUa/BA

This is Rom’s hambow build directly from his twitch…just saying, but he’s probably not experienced enough i guess…thanks god we have those pro nonames like you coming out from nowhere showing us the way to go….just curiosity…what do you suggest in order to replace endure pain? Frenzy? xD

Lordrosicky.5813:

Anyone with an immunity such as this should not be able to contest a point. It would solve:

1, The bunker meta (which is dependent on warriors filling in where required).
2, Warriors being broken machines of death that can do everything you want to do in conquest (run fast, tank a point, stomp, res, kill people, 1v1, 1v2, 2v2, 2v3, 3v3, 4v4, 5v5, 3v4)
3, Warrior being the most skill-less class in the game (there are about 100 warriors capable of playing at the top level and maybe 10-20 maximum for any other class – even thief)

This change is so obviously good for the game that it hurts my head.

Not even close to 20 really good thieves necros and eles (Even if due to celestial opness they’re rising fast) i guess….but warriorz everywhere since one year ago…

And yeah gw1 was right with one stance at time…if you pop another stance the other one should end…lol i saw many warriors 1v1 popping up everything as soon as i go close to them wtf…. (While i’m on war ofc xD)

For those saying they’re not invulns yes you’re right…but when you are in zer+endure pain you’re pretty much invulnerable can just be knocked back/down..oh wait there’s balanced too if you need…and can still contest point.

One Stance At Time…here you have your solution.

Too bad noone gives a single kitten to solve anything in this pvp…

Probably d/d ele or war…managed to stay pretty long time 2v3 on bunker guard paired with war or ele…ele can also heal guard while he is on cd…and remember that those are the only 2 with pretty much no real hardcounter, every other class can be countered by someone…if you go with mes and there’s a thief you’re gonna end up 1v2 pretty fast, if you have nec and they have war same story, engi vs condi necro….and so on….guard+ele or guard+war best imo, and if needed one of those can still leave point to bunker somewhere else while other class can’t always do…another good duo (For far push) it’s war + s/d thief (Ripping stab for you) since you can bring ppl down pretty fast if you coordinate decently…but not so good to hold something 2v3 since only war have good point presence and he’s gonna get almost all the kitten spammed on point and thieves are always vulnerable to other thieves (Probably the first one coming to backup their close)

cheese.4739:

Archaon.9524:

Deimos Tel Arin.7391:

minimal rank points must be given.
for the sake of rank progress.

Why should you be able to progress in your ranks if you’re actually doing nothing that requires even a bit of skill? Then they should give points and rewards for killing hom npcs too since many hj heroes are even easier to get down than those…

1) People keep asking for a minimum rank to enter competitive queues. If HJ gives no rank points, how on earth do you expect that to work?

2) Y’know how you still gain rank if you lose in tPvP? How it’s possible to afk in every match (and really annoy your team) but still come out of it with some loot? It’d actually be less effort to purposefully afk in teamq games than to mess about trying to win (or at least ‘qualify for winner rewards’) in soloq, and the daily caps (on rank/coin/track progress) for teamq are much higher or nonexistent.
I really hope nobody ever actually tries this (and that anyone who does is given a fun permaban for their efforts) but with current rewards it could happen!

3) Hotjoin still serves a purpose as an easy, low-commitment way for people to try out PvP. We really do need an improved tutorial, to introduce newbies to PvP – possibly something like the PvE hints system with tips coming up every couple of matches with new information, iunno – but it’s also very necessary to have an almost sandbox-y place to let people try out these techniques and learn how to play at all effectively.

There is no minimum rank atm and anyway it would have no point if someone got it in hj matches…there are ppl out here with way higher ranks than 20 who farmed it in hj and sometimes you’ll rather go 4v5 than getting one of those…so you’re not giving out free kill points at least…

Yesterday night i made an engi for the lulz since this is third account and i don’t really give a kitten, 10 hj games on it just to get a bit used to keybinds and stealth combo and stuff…went soloq (Everyone around 150 ladder)…managed to hold hammer all game and we obviously won and i got like 8 kills just pulling ppl with magnet from stealth and knocking them down with rifle not even running meta build or something just put some bunkerish traits and cleric amulet, no skill required (As i said i only had 10 hj matches exp on engi so…) it’s so reterded i actually won’t use dat kitten again cause it’s just plain exploiting, actually already knew it was easy cheese on engi..but trying it i realized how really reterded it is…a monkey with no hands campering sh with engi can still carry his team i guess…i had to go warrior for tn (Used to main mesmer 1 year ago…old good times when mesmer was still able to defend a point 1v1 and not being a free kill for every thief passing by) and i always said it’s already really braindead but compared to engi on skyhammer war can be considered an epic high skill class…nough said…

Someone with 10 hj matches exp on a class MUST NOT be able to carry a team into a 100-200 ladder match…this is just wrong…remove this kitten already it has no sense

Deimos Tel Arin.7391:

minimal rank points must be given.
for the sake of rank progress.

Why should you be able to progress in your ranks if you’re actually doing nothing that requires even a bit of skill? Then they should give points and rewards for killing hom npcs too since many hj heroes are even easier to get down than those…

MightyMicah.7451:

Send a good Ranger or Ele to stop him. They have enough stability to last the fight and drop the engi.

d/d ele won’t drop a decent engi in a reasonable time, and staff is gonna be eated alive by any warrior or thief around, ranger just doesn’t work on close, now that spirit it’s nomore shortbow autos ftw rangers are dropping pretty fast 1v1 on point since there are really few good rangers who can actually keep up…all others were just braindead fotm riders who are not carried by their spec anymore…condi necros still best on side point if there’s a no brain decrap engi permatrolling your close 24/7 and cond nec can still be pretty tanky vs fast roaming classes like ele and thief..if they send hambow to kill him you still have time to backup..

Deimos Tel Arin.7391:

asking to remove rank points rewards totally from hotjoin is ridiculous and unreasonable.

it will not happen.

or maybe this will lead more ppl into tournaments since many just farm hj for rank and rewards while still being total noobs….wanna feel pro in hj? Fine..getting rewarded for it? Don’t think so..if you want rewards you should work for those not just randomly spam stuff on random ppl for the lulz..if you want those rewards you should get good first..or at least it’s how pvp should work, rewarding nabs doing nothing (Aka rewards for losers, rank rework, cheese builds that can still be quite effective while you can just pretty much afk are the main problems in gw2 pvp since start) Not even talking about soloq, there are many top 100 (Mainly on engi…guess why..) who don’t even go tpvp and know kitten bout basic rotations and stuff….if they’re there it’s so obvious this game isn’t working like it should..

remove hotjoin or at least don’t give a kitten for winning hj/custom arena’s matches…there’s no reason to reward something a monkey with no hands can easily win stacking up, swapping teams, outnumbering other team and so on (Or just roflstomping ppl 1v3 since 90% of those in hj really dunno wtf are they doing thinking they’re still fighting pve mobs or wvsw returds)….hj it’s just an unskilled trollfeast…stop rewarding trolls

in hj/custom arenas they shouldn’t give rank points at all…zerging around, swapping teams and so on…it’s not even worth as a pre-tournament training… in 2 years i never saw someone actually getting any better playing hotjoin (Well on the other hand i know ppl who stopped going competitive just to chill in hj for some weeks and actually lost so much skill), it’s just a (maybe) fun crap to test builds or trolling pve heroes…outside that should not be rewarded at all..ranks are already so easy you can go from 1 to 80 in 4 months (maybe less) without even tryharding dat much..took me one year and half, 3kk+ rank points and more than 3k hours in pvp to go from 1 to 69 before reterded 15th april patch (That just deleted 2kk rank points and around 2k hours with no returns leveling everyone at 55+ random’s level)…now i got this third account because second one is already 72 or something…just normally going tn at night not playing all day ofc….keep rewarding hj heroes to zerg around seems bit too much now with those “new” cardboard ranks..

TrOtskY.5927:

they are ridiculous, let’s be honest, but at least they have like zero damage output. I would say they do need a nerf, the above 2 posts are really tawdry pieces of advice that don’t help at all in the majority of situations.

Outside of extremely heavy burst in conjunction with CC and your own stability, or a coordinated condi gank, you aren’t taking these guys down, and even worse, you are losing the cap. It usually takes at least a couple players to do so, if not more. I agree that they need a slight nerf.

What we REALLY need tho is new gamemodes, point capture just focuses the game towards such a specific meta.

This was true before might stacking buff and nonsense celestial amulet rework…now they can also pressure you back while still running pretty tanky, they nerfed auto response (Thanks god at least) but they buffed both their raw and cond damage…you wont see cleric decappers anymore…you just get celestial hybrids trying to kill you while they can still chain knockback + immobilize you out of point…hoelbreak+dogged march is pretty useful vs those rats…not a sure counter to decap but at least you’ll make their work way less cheesy, or just send a condi necro to own them, signet of spite and fears after they used healing turret and they’re pretty much done…if they have one of those braindead things coming at your close 24/7 just leave a necro there and you’ll be fine, warrior can still get them but requires way more time and after you lose the point they actually won already…just keep hardcountering them until they drop those reterded builds

Again…if you want to push out decap engis from meta keep hardcountering them with condi necros, many don’t know how to manage them…the more start running engi’s hardcounters the less you’ll see them trolling around….anet is not gonna do something about this anyway…it’s up to you make them unviable.

kirito.4138:

Archaon.9524:

Well i think it’s pretty good for those exploiting it…

A common phrase nubs use as their excuse for sucking.

^ Like this

i agree with phd, maybe…just maybe..can you just make target window (Like any other window including skillbar and single elements like your hp) being movable to where you want it? …for example i would like to put the whole target (Both hp bar and boons/conds) just above my skillbar…really gw1 had more features like this 7 years ago then gw2…you can’t be serious…

(Let alone castbars…we’re just going on rocket science here i guess)

just got 3 4v5 in a row…two of those even on skyhammer crap for more trolling….

this game is broken..and noone cares as usual, instead of giving dishonorable debuff in pvp that pve heroes don’t care about just make them unable to access ANY party for dat time…including wvsw and dungeons, see what happens..but yeah you actually have to make your beloved pve carebears angry so it’s not gonna happen.

Dunno if ppl here actually trolling or they just all play engis and other skyhammer noskill oriented specs..

righteousness.6028:

It looks freaking sweet. Read the wind become useful, signet of wild gives stab without trait, quality of life changes on the weapons skills and might on autoattack bounces for ax, tangling roots lowered cooldown for using it for clearing condis with the trait. Time to dust of the ol’ ranger thanks anet!

If they nerfed ranger there was a reason anyway…i still remind bm rangers at close, then spirit rangers just autoattacking for the win all over the place…or do we want to get them back to their brainless sbow autoattack+dodge owning ppl? I don’t think so…enough braindead specs around, one less it’s always welcome..

What’s the point of PU mesmer in pvp? No seriously…it’s one of the most unuseful specs ever seen in tournaments, can’t literally do kitten…can’t kill ppl 1v1 in decent amount of time (Well once it’s clear a mesmer is running pu crap you can just sit on point and it will take forever to kill you if you just clean up condis not trying to fight him back, no point on fighting back anyway cause he permastealths and you get the point too), can’t defend points, can’t even contest…the only use for dat that comes to my mind it’s stealth ressing or stomping someone…maybe…

Well i think it’s pretty good for those exploiting it…