Guild Wars 2

Guardians: Dear Devs, for years now we have been asking for Spirit Weapons to be fixed, can we please finally get a rework in this patch?

Devs: Here have a few seconds off Signets cooldown and shutup!

Guardians: …… thanks?

“dragonhunter elite specialization has proven to have a very solid impact in many areas of the game” -Karl McLain 2016

We need to have a serious talk about this quote.
This is a worrying sign that the developers lack awareness of the current poor state Guardians and Dragonhunters are in.

Last year before Leagues started they clearly said that if any profession under-performs during a PvP season they would make sure to address those concerns in the balance patch.

So why then has Dragonhunters been neglected?

Dragonhunter/Guardian are currently completely worthless in competitive PvP.
We are also currently completely worthless in PvE.

It has been this way since HoT launch and i refuse to spend another three months on the bench.

We deserve to know how Karl and the other devs came to this conclusion that we are having a “solid impact in many ares”? Where are they getting their information? Is this game balanced around competitive PvP? Or is it balanced around Amber players who AFK in Traps then flood the forums with immature complaints?

Half our Skills, Traits and Weapons need redesigns, fixes, or adjustments, we need the devs to read our forums and listen to our concerns. For years Guardians have been ignored, enough is enough.

This is really embarrassing for the devs, they hyped these balance patches so much and yet these list of changes are so insignificant they could have been patched in with Wintersday.

It is disgusting to try and pass this balance patch as a major feature.

Guardians desperately need major changes, i don’t want to spend the next three months worthless in PvP and PvE, we have already been worthless since HoT launch!

Where are the devs? Why are they ignoring our forums? Why is there literally ZERO communication?!

• Spirit Weapons STILL need a complete redesign.
• Signets STILL need a complete redesign.
• All our one-handed weapons need adjustments.
• Half our Traits need redesign.
• We need sustainable damage, less burst damage!
• We need a viable role to play in raids!
• We need to be competitive in high-end PvP!

Why are Guardians the number one most neglected and hated profession by the devs?

My suggestion:

Buff the Command effects. We no longer summon Spirit Weapons, the instant Command effect IS the skill. Once you use the Command effect a “lingering spirit stays with you aiding you in battle”, this will be the Spirit Weapon we know today. It will do its passive effect until killed or timer runs out. Lower the cooldown on all Spirit Skills and the cooldown starts instantly when the Command is first used.

This puts the majority of the strength of the skill in the instant Command with the Lingering Spirit Weapon an added effect.

Kinda like Mesmer Illusions except we can not control Spirit Weapons anymore, the strength is 80% in the instant command.

No longer have to waste time summoning the weapons, less worry on if they die because the instant Command carried the weight of the skill.

For example:

Bow of Truth – Summon a barrage of healing arrows at the target location healing allies and curing X condition/s. 40 second cooldown. The Bows Lingering Spirit remains healing individual allies and removing conditions for 10 seconds or until destroyed.

Sword of Justice – Instantly strike your enemy for X damage, applying vulnerability and searing a Symbol into the ground. 20 second cooldown. The Swords Lingering Spirit remains striking foes you hit applying vulnerability, remains for 15 seconds or until destroyed.

Talents could increase the Lingering Spirits duration so you could have the Sword out all the time, 20 second cooldown and 20 second Lingering Spirit, for example.

Guardians are worthless in high-end PvP.

Guardians are worthless in Raids.

Anyone saying Guardians/DH should be nerfed clearly knows nothing about balance. This game shouldn’t be balanced around noobs who get wrecked by Traps because they are unable to dodge role. DHs are the most easiest class to counter, they are super mega squishy.

The only reason, and truly the ONLY reason DH is getting nerfed, is because of noobs who can’t even make Ruby rank and AFK in Traps came to the forums and cried, they flooded the forums with tears forcing the devs to act, even tho DH are 100% useless in high-end PvP.

If core Guardian isn’t buffed, this class will be the worst in GW history. Worse then Thiefs currently are.

Saiyan.1704:

Arnath.2319:

This official confirms that Guardians will be the worst profession in game when this patch goes live.

We will be worse then Thiefs or Warriors currently are.

Traps were the single thread holding this profession from falling into the abyss, i’m not saying they didn’t deserve changes, but with zero compensation to the rest of the Guardian this profession will be the most broken in GW2 history.

We are already useless in raids, we are already useless in high-end PvP, over half of our talents/traits/weapons/skills are either broken or useless, and now they wont to remove the only semi-optimal option Guardians have left with zero compensation elsewhere?!

Whats the point in playing this game when the devs clearly have no idea what they are doing.

Overly dramatic are we?

It’s not overly dramatic when it’s factually correct.

Guardians are currently being denied raid spots and we have no place in high-end PvP, any nerfs made with no significant compensation will kill this profession completely.

I would be okay with a Trap nerf if, and only if, they do the following:

• Rework Spirit Weapons completely to make them viable.
• Improve Scepter and Sword.
• Fix/Rework all our broken/useless traits.
• Buff/fix our sustainable damage.
• Compensation to Traps to keep them viable after the nerf.

This official confirms that Guardians will be the worst profession in game when this patch goes live.

We will be worse then Thiefs or Warriors currently are.

Traps were the single thread holding this profession from falling into the abyss, i’m not saying they didn’t deserve changes, but with zero compensation to the rest of the Guardian this profession will be the most broken in GW2 history.

We are already useless in raids, we are already useless in high-end PvP, over half of our talents/traits/weapons/skills are either broken or useless, and now they wont to remove the only semi-optimal option Guardians have left with zero compensation elsewhere?!

Whats the point in playing this game when the devs clearly have no idea what they are doing.

This official confirms that Guardians will be the worst profession in game when this patch goes live.

We will be worse then Thiefs or Warriors currently are.

Traps were the single thread holding this profession from falling into the abyss, i’m not saying they didn’t deserve changes, but with zero compensation to the rest of the Guardian this profession will be the most broken in GW2 history.

We are already useless in raids, we are already useless in high-end PvP, over half of our talents/traits/weapons/skills are either broken or useless, and now they wont to remove the only semi-optimal option Guardians have left with zero compensation elsewhere?!

Whats the point in playing this game when the devs clearly have no idea what they are doing.

Boysenberry.1869:

Unfortunately…join the club. Tons of people with high end computers who never used to crash are now crashing all the time since HoT was released. I don’t think Anet is really saying much about it. Hopefully that means they are busy working on it. Hoping.

This.

If this was a gem store issue it would have been fixed over night.

Hey ArenaNet, fix the crashes and i will promise to buy gems.

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—> Trace <—
Pc:0069d92f Fr:05d5f040 Rt:007e803b Arg:00000000 00000000 0134cc5c 00000062
Pc:007e803b Fr:05d5f068 Rt:00fef6b7 Arg:0003c3c0 00000040 894e1690 00000033
Pc:00fef6b7 Fr:05d5f340 Rt:00fef42e Arg:00000001 060338f0 00000001 05d5f3d4
Pc:00fef42e Fr:05d5f3e8 Rt:00ff0dae Arg:00000001 675cf880 51bcb3d0 00000000
Pc:00ff0dae Fr:05d5f58c Rt:00fa2412 Arg:05d5f600 05d5f600 517e40fc 00000001
Pc:00fa2412 Fr:05d5f650 Rt:00fa249d Arg:00000019 66969630 6481f114 00000001
Pc:00fa249d Fr:05d5f678 Rt:774e3491 Arg:66969610 9f1cd780 05d5f6e8 00000001
Pc:774e3491 Fr:05d5f6d4 Rt:774cad6d Arg:00fa2460 66969610 00000000 00010003
Pc:774cad6d Fr:05d5fa30 Rt:0069e58d Arg:000002f4 00000028 00000001 047f3550
Pc:0069e58d Fr:05d5fa58 Rt:0069ef78 Arg:007f07dc 0232f380 00000000 05d5faa4
Pc:0069ef78 Fr:05d5fa6c Rt:007f0730 Arg:047f3550 e9399d7f 007f07dc 0232f380
Pc:007f0730 Fr:05d5faa4 Rt:007f0858 Arg:007f07dc 05d5fac4 758b3744 0232f380
Pc:007f0858 Fr:05d5fab0 Rt:758b3744 Arg:0232f380 758b3720 9ddcf782 05d5fb0c
Pc:758b3744 Fr:05d5fac4 Rt:774ba064 Arg:0232f380 9f1cda58 00000000 00000000
Pc:774ba064 Fr:05d5fb0c Rt:774ba02f Arg:ffffffff 774dd7d1 00000000 00000000
Pc:774ba02f Fr:05d5fb1c Rt:00000000 Arg:007f07dc 0232f380 00000000 00000000

—> Thread registers <—
eax=05d5eba8 ebx=05d5effc ecx=00000000 edx=05d5effc esi=758b9ec0 edi=00000000
eip=0069d92f esp=05d5efd8 ebp=05d5f040
cs=0023 ss=002b ds=002b es=002b fs=0053 gs=002b efl=00000246

eax-32 05D5EB88 7f800000 7f800000 ff800000 ff800000
eax-16 05D5EB98 ff800000 05d5ec04 77323e28 05d5eba8
eax 0 05D5EBA8 80000003 00000000 00000000 77323e28
eax16 05D5EBB8 00000000 7f800000 ff800000 ff800000
eax+32 05D5EBC8 ff800000 7f800000 7f800000 7f800000
eax+48 05D5EBD8 ff800000 ff800000 ff800000 7f800000
ebx-32 05D5EFDC 0134cc5c 00000062 00000000 0003c3c0
ebx-16 05D5EFEC 51bcb454 00000187 00000000 00000008
ebx 0 05D5EFFC 70616548 7962202c 3d736574 37363432
ebx16 05D5F00C 00003832 0183aca4 05d5f044 006a2736
ebx+32 05D5F01C 060337f0 0069da8f 05d5f4e4 00000008
ebx+48 05D5F02C 060c4c90 00f9f2f0 00000078 00000040
edx-32 05D5EFDC 0134cc5c 00000062 00000000 0003c3c0
edx-16 05D5EFEC 51bcb454 00000187 00000000 00000008
edx 0 05D5EFFC 70616548 7962202c 3d736574 37363432
edx16 05D5F00C 00003832 0183aca4 05d5f044 006a2736
edx+32 05D5F01C 060337f0 0069da8f 05d5f4e4 00000008
edx+48 05D5F02C 060c4c90 00f9f2f0 00000078 00000040
esi-32 758B9EA0 0010c25d 850ff685 fffffcc6 ddebc033
esi-16 758B9EB0 cccccccc cccccccc cccccccc cccccccc
esi 0 758B9EC0 031c25ff cccc7592 cccccccc cccccccc
esi16 758B9ED0 8b55ff8b 00a151ec 33759500 fc4589c5
esi+32 758B9EE0 08358b56 85759508 cc850ff6 33000148
esi+48 758B9EF0 fc4d8bc0 e85ecd33 0000b9e8 c25de58b

—> Code <—
0069D90F 806a2f01 8d45bc6a 4050e8e2 68ffff83 .j/..E.j@P..h…
0069D91F c4108d55 bcb90500 00006a00 ff751453 …U……j..u.S
0069D92F e85c9400 008b55b4 8b45b88d 5a178b75 .\….U..E..Z..u
0069D93F 1883e3f0 8bcb8843 fa8ac32a c2668973 …….C…*.f.s
0069D94F f88843fb 0fb6c02b c8897bfc 3bca7414 ..C….+..{.;.t.
0069D95F 68e50300 00bafc69 2f01b990 6a2f01e8 h……i/…j/..

—> Stack <—
05D5EFD8 0069d934 0134cc5c 00000062 00000000 4.i.\.4.b…….
05D5EFE8 0003c3c0 51bcb454 00000187 00000000 ….T..Q……..
05D5EFF8 00000008 70616548 7962202c 3d736574 ….Heap, bytes=
05D5F008 37363432 00003832 0183aca4 05d5f044 246728……D…
05D5F018 006a2736 060337f0 0069da8f 05d5f4e4 6’j..7….i…..
05D5F028 00000008 060c4c90 00f9f2f0 00000078 …..L......×...
05D5F038 00000040 e939979b 05d5f068 007e803b .....9.h...;.~. 05D5F048 00000000 00000000 0134cc5c 00000062 ........\.4.b... 05D5F058 000000a9 00000000 00000001 00005e29 ............)^.. 05D5F068 05d5f340 00fef6b7 0003c3c0 00000040 @...........…
05D5F078 894e1690 00000033 00000000 00000000 ..N.3………..
05D5F088 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 …………….
05D5F098 4116dacf cc3334af 01377e04 8bc16a48 …A.43..~7.Hj..
05D5F0A8 00000000 05d5f3d4 00000000 8e4dc2f0 …………..M.
05D5F0B8 00000000 0000000c 8bc1676c c210b5bc ……..lg……
05D5F0C8 00000187 0003c3c0 00000004 00000010 …………….
05D5F0D8 9e8e7c44 40be6692 000000b4 000000b4 D|…f......... 05D5F0E8 00000000 00001818 05d5f064 060338f0 ........d....8.. 05D5F0F8 05d5f052 9e8e7c38 05d5f068 00005e29 R...8|..h...)^.. 05D5F108 05d5f520 00000028 9e8e81a3 9e8e81cb ...(........... 05D5F118 05d5f400 00000001 00000080 05d5f13c ............<... 05D5F128 00000001 00000000 00000000 00000000 ................ 05D5F138 00000040 00000000 00000001 00000002 @............... 05D5F148 00000003 00000004 00000024 00000025 ........$...%... 05D5F158 00000026 00000027 00000028 00000029 &...'...(...)... 05D5F168 0000002a 0000002b 0000002c 0000002d *...+...,...-... 05D5F178 0000002e 0000002f 00000030 00000031 ..../...0...1... 05D5F188 0000001a 00000000 00000001 00000016 ................ 05D5F198 00000017 00000018 00000019 0000001a ................ 05D5F1A8 00000000 a99d4584 0000003a 0100371f .....E..:....7.. 05D5F1B8 00000000 04008200 e9814910 0000a000 .........I...... 05D5F1C8 00000000 0000000a 05d5f1f8 00818355 ............U... 05D5F1D8 04008200 e9800000 0000a000 00000001 ................ 05D5F1E8 00000000 0000a000 04008208 0000a000 ................ 05D5F1F8 e9bd1000 04008200 05d5f218 0081a2ae ................ 05D5F208 04008208 06044000 0000001f 0081d167 .....……g…
05D5F218 06044000 00000000 00001c00 00001c00 ............... 05D5F228 04ab6048 012f6b0c 00001c00 05d5f250 H`...k/.....P... 05D5F238 0081cdcf 06016000 00001c00 00000001 .....`.......... 05D5F248 05d5f29c 04ab6048 05d5f280 0080d21a ....H`.......... 05D5F258 04ab6048 00000000 00001c00 00000001 H`.............. 05D5F268 00000001 00001800 04ab6048 00000000 ........H`...... 05D5F278 00000001 00000000 05d5f2a0 0080d96c ............l... 05D5F288 04ab6048 00001818 00000001 05d5f29c H`.............. 05D5F298 00000001 00001c00 05d5f30c 006a271c .............'j. 05D5F2A8 00001818 00000040 0069d9b3 00000100 ....…..i…..
05D5F2B8 05d5f3d4 0069d9c2 06044000 00000001 ……i........ 05D5F2C8 00000011 060161b8 05d5f2e8 0080dcc6 .....a.......... 05D5F2D8 06016000 00000044 06044000 ffffe800 .`..D....……
05D5F2E8 05d5f304 0080d4c4 06016000 06044000 ………`….. 05D5F2F8 0000001f 06044000 e93994df 05d5f328 .....….9.(…
05D5F308 e93994d7 05d5f334 0082c951 00000000 ..9.4…Q…….
05D5F318 00000001 012f6b0c 00000456 0000000b …..k/.V…….
05D5F328 05d5f3d4 05d5f36c 05d5f34c 00f5fe22 ….l…L…"…
05D5F338 00c3b932 e939949b 05d5f3e8 00fef42e 2…..9………
05D5F348 00000001 060338f0 00000001 05d5f3d4 …..8……….
05D5F358 05d5f3b8 00000004 8e4dc2f0 00000001 ……….M…..
05D5F368 198e5e9f 00c3b932 20000000 00000090 .^..2…… ….
05D5F378 00c3b932 10000000 00000001 0603f010 2……………
05D5F388 00000080 0000000d 00000040 a99d7e34 …….....4~.. 05D5F398 df9e9f90 05d5f400 00000011 000001dc ................ 05D5F3A8 00000033 00c3b932 00000002 20000000 3...2.......... 05D5F3B8 00000001 894e1690 00000040 00000033 ......N.…3…
05D5F3C8 00000040 00000000 8e4dc2f0 00000100 @………M…..

—> Error Logs <—
8’: Permutation ‘nopaint’ not found, auto selecting permutation
Couldn’t find projectile effect for skill ‘KIWQR.F77q2’
Model ‘0×082243’: Failed to resolve AimIK bone indices.
Model ‘0×082245’: Failed to resolve AimIK bone indices.
Model ‘0×1284b8’: Permutation ‘nopaint’ not found, auto selecting permutation
Model ‘0×123674’: Permutation ‘boworange’ not found, auto selecting permutation
Model ‘0×1284b8’: Permutation ‘nopaint’ not found, auto selecting permutation
Debug token ‘0xeb017’: Lightning ran out of space for new bolts.
Model ‘0×1284b8’: Permutation ‘nopaint’ not found, auto selecting permutation
Model ‘0×082245’: Failed to resolve AimIK bone indices.
Model ‘0×12854e’: Permutation ‘nopaint’ not found, auto selecting permutation
Model ‘0×082245’: Failed to resolve AimIK bone indices.
Debug token ‘0xeb017’: Lightning ran out of space for new bolts.
Model ‘0×123674’: Permutation ‘boworange’ not found, auto selecting permutation
Model ‘0×1284b8’: Permutation ‘nopaint’ not found, auto selecting permutation
Model ‘0×1284b8’: Permutation ‘nopaint’ not found, auto selecting permutation
Debug token ‘0xeb017’: Lightning ran out of space for new bolts.
Model ‘0×1284b8’: Permutation ‘nopaint’ not found, auto selecting permutation
Debug token ‘0xeb017’: Lightning ran out of space for new bolts.
Model ‘0×1284b8’: Permutation ‘nopaint’ not found, auto selecting permutation
Debug token ‘0xeb017’: Lightning ran out of space for new bolts.
Model ‘0×123674’: Permutation ‘boworange’ not found, auto selecting permutation
Model ‘0×082245’: Failed to resolve AimIK bone indices.
Debug token ‘0xeb017’: Lightning ran out of space for new bolts.
Model ‘0×1284b8’: Permutation ‘nopaint’ not found, auto selecting permutation
Model ‘0×1284b8’: Permutation ‘nopaint’ not found, auto selecting permutation
Debug token ‘0xeb017’: Lightning ran out of space for new bolts.
Model ‘0×1284b8’: Permutation ‘nopaint’ not found, auto selecting permutation
Debug token ‘0xeb017’: Lightning ran out of space for new bolts.

—> DirectX Device Info <—
VendorId = 0×10de
DeviceId = 0×1080
Version = 10.18.0013.5850
Description = NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
Compat = 0×00100000
VidMem = 1536 MB

I have also seen this happen once.

Not a single problem in the years of playing GW2 and now HoT release has broken something.

Adding my support to Kylden post.

This is 100% ArenaNets problem, not a single problem for the past three years and now with HoT crashes constantly.

I have been sending all my crash reports to ArenaNet with my email attached, yet one week in and still no response.

Again ArenaNet is 100% completely utterly to blame for these crashes, there isn’t much we can do but wait for them to fix it.

I have been tolled this is an ArenaNet problem, a memory leak or something my friend told me.

Crashes are still happening, and once again this never happened before HoT launch.

• Crash <—*
  Exception: c0000005
  Memory at address 00000000 could not be written
  App: Gw2.exe
  Pid: 88476
  Cmdline:
  BaseAddr: 00BF0000
  ProgramId: 101
  Build: 54706
  Module: CoherentUI.dll
  When: 2015-10-29T16:41:30Z 2015-10-30T03:41:30+11:00
  Uptime: 0 days 1:59:30
  Flags: 0

• System <—*
  Name: SIMON-PC
  IpAddr: 192.168.0.2
  Processors: 8 [GenuineIntel:6:10:7]
  OSVersion: Windows 6.2 (64 bit)

• System Memory <—*
  Physical: 8938MB/16367MB 54%
  Paged: 9197MB/17367MB 52%
  Virtual: 181MB/ 4095MB 4%
  Load: 45%
  CommitTotal: 8170MB
  CommitLimit: 17367MB
  CommitPeak: 9902MB
  SystemCache: 9653MB
  HandleCount: 48462
  ProcessCount: 96
  ThreadCount: 1507

• Process Memory <—*
  Private: 3532MB
  WorkingSet: 3211MB
  PeakWorkingSet: 3311MB
  PageFaults: 35523665

• Memory Category Usage (Inclusive) <—*
  [Category] [Size(MB)] [Count]
  VRAM 1199.48 32603
  Root 821.70 1200322
  Programmer Data 459.68 431349
  VRAM – Prop Tex 439.49 1251
  Engine 238.99 259476
  Art Assets 224.66 13325
  VRAM – Gr Geometry 182.39 1343
  Game 135.93 113688
  Gr 125.01 168956
  Uncategorized 101.33 703373
  VRAM – Effect Geo 98.18 465
  Content 96.47 37301
  Map Assets 95.28 10204
  VRAM – Gr Postproc 91.39 20
  Prop Models 83.18 4017
  Prop Packfile 80.37 574
  VRAM – Character Geo 77.78 198
  Map 72.96 40792
  Character Models 70.31 481
  Map Zone 68.62 17301
  Collections 58.38 9865
  Dictionary 55.66 1802
  VRAM – UI Textures 53.03 1233
  VRAM – Prop Geo 48.68 117

• Memory Category Usage (Exclusive) <—*
  [Category] [Size(MB)] [Count]
  VRAM – Prop Tex 439.49 1251
  VRAM – Gr Geometry 182.39 1343
  Uncategorized 101.33 703373
  VRAM – Effect Geo 98.18 465
  Content 96.47 37301
  VRAM – Gr Postproc 91.39 20
  Prop Packfile 80.37 574
  VRAM – Character Geo 77.78 198
  Map Zone 68.62 17301
  Dictionary 55.66 1802
  VRAM – UI Textures 53.03 1233
  VRAM – Prop Geo 48.68 117
  VRAM – DDI Shader 47.38 27271
  Composite Tex Pool 41.17 82
  Gr 39.65 8471
  Anim Import Packfile 35.85 51
  Gr Umbra 33.46 3646
  Character Packfile 28.31 55
  VRAM – Terrain Tex 27.92 50
  Text 27.82 3993
  Collide Havok 16.90 42507
  Audio 16.34 2166
  Effect Packfile 15.85 167
  VRAM – Map Tex 15.29 113

• Game Context <—*
  MapId: 1052
  Flags: 0×241
  ElapsedTime: 00:53:02

• World State <—*
  <WorldState BufferCapacity="222339140" BufferUsed="83882986" DrawCalls="1841" Fps="37" EffectLights="0" Lights="206" Materials="504" Particles="14495" Submodels="1999" TextureLoadsPending="0" TextureMemory="-1291318637" Triangles="2402826" VerticesSoftwareTransformed="0" VideoMemoryTotal="393413884" CameraPos="8065.69, 9346.89, -23259.4" CameraFwd="0.214235, -0.847604, 0.48546" MapName="tboUv.7fPVN" MapNamespace="j2bpq" MapSector="IJwR+./tcAu" MapType="Public" MapFloor="2" MapId="1052" MapGuid="DF1D6153-4B94-43F4-9E30-3BF4F9EDFD11" MapTimeOfDay="1.000000" PlayerFacing="-0.898455, -0.325466, 0.294704" PlayerPos="8179.95, 8894.83, -22919.2" PlayerVelocity="0, 0, -0" />

[DbgHelp.dll is C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\dbghelp.dll]
[DbgHelp.dll version 10.0.10240.16384 (64/32-bit compatible)]

• Thread 0×16380 <—*

• Trace <—*
  Pc:732fe9bc Fr:06def938 Rt:732d78e7 Arg:00000000 58f60000 001f6768 4fdb67d7
  Pc:732d78e7 Fr:06def998 Rt:732c3b40 Arg:00000000 0a6d9888 0a6d31e0 0a6d9878
  Pc:732c3b40 Fr:06def9c8 Rt:732c67d6 Arg:0000001d 00000000 00002eec 4fdb67b3
  Pc:732c67d6 Fr:06def9fc Rt:732bb3fd Arg:00000000 01704c58 05186c10 1dffdf74
  Pc:732bb3fd Fr:06defa14 Rt:0123d03f Arg:012363b2 06defaa0 0786dab8 05187854
  Pc:0123d03f Fr:06defa44 Rt:012387cf Arg:3ce7900f 010abe43 05187810 05187c60
  Pc:012387cf Fr:06defaec Rt:010a9dbe Arg:05187810 00000002 00000002 00000010
  Pc:010a9dbe Fr:06defb68 Rt:010aafd2 Arg:a9ba31c0 01d11268 c3c4a906 00000001
  Pc:010aafd2 Fr:06defba8 Rt:010a9591 Arg:04ff3d30 02b66240 00efefa8 0104feac
  Pc:010a9591 Fr:06defbc8 Rt:0104fe00 Arg:04ff3d30 c3c4aeae 0104feac 02b66240
  Pc:0104fe00 Fr:06defc00 Rt:0104ff28 Arg:0104feac 06defc20 754b3744 02b66240
  Pc:0104ff28 Fr:06defc0c Rt:754b3744 Arg:02b66240 754b3720 b767c5c8 06defc68
  Pc:754b3744 Fr:06defc20 Rt:7793a064 Arg:02b66240 b5ac11bc 00000000 00000000
  Pc:7793a064 Fr:06defc68 Rt:7793a02f Arg:ffffffff 7795d7c6 00000000 00000000
  Pc:7793a02f Fr:06defc78 Rt:00000000 Arg:0104feac 02b66240 00000000 00000000

• Thread registers <—*
  eax=00000000 ebx=0a6d9930 ecx=00000068 edx=00003ece esi=58f60000 edi=00000000
  eip=732fe9bc esp=06def92c ebp=06def938
  cs=0023 ss=002b ds=002b es=002b fs=0053 gs=002b efl=00010203

ebx-32 0A6D9910 c7c9f000 00000000 00000000 00000000
ebx-16 0A6D9920 00000000 84be810b 00000000 00000000
ebx 0 0A6D9930 58f60000 00000000 00000000 00000000
ebx16 0A6D9940 0cd33868 0cd346e0 00000008 00000000
ebx+32 0A6D9950 00000000 51868471 0a6d7268 16082748
ebx+48 0A6D9960 fea78fa3 944c80e1 00000029 0000002f
esi-32 58F5FFE0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
esi-16 58F5FFF0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
esi 0 58F60000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
esi16 58F60010 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
esi+32 58F60020 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
esi+48 58F60030 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000

• Code <—*
  732FE99C c1ea0774 65eb068d 9b000000 00660f6f …te……..f.o
  732FE9AC 06660f6f 4e10660f 6f562066 0f6f5e30 .f.oN.f.oV f.o^0
  732FE9BC 660f7f07 660f7f4f 10660f7f 5720660f f…f..O.f..W f.
  732FE9CC 7f5f3066 0f6f6640 660f6f6e 50660f6f ._0f.of@f.onPf.o
  732FE9DC 7660660f 6f7e7066 0f7f6740 660f7f6f v`f.o~pf..g@f..o
  732FE9EC 50660f7f 7760660f 7f7f708d b6800000 Pf..w`f…p…..

• Stack <—*
  06DEF92C 00000000 001f6768 0a6d9888 06def998 ….hg….m…..
  06DEF93C 732d78e7 00000000 58f60000 001f6768 .x-s…….Xhg..
  06DEF94C 4fdb67d7 00000000 0a6d9888 0a6d332c .g.O……m.,3m.
  06DEF95C 732ed655 00000000 06def9f0 776489a0 U..s……….dw
  06DEF96C c4eac662 00000000 06def990 77621138 b………..8.bw
  06DEF97C 00000002 06def9bc 00000000 4fdb67d7 ………….g.O
  06DEF98C 06def9f0 73338630 ffffffff 06def9c8 ….0.3s……..
  06DEF99C 732c3b40 00000000 0a6d9888 0a6d31e0 ;,s......m..1m. 06DEF9AC 0a6d9878 00000000 06def9c7 0a6d9888 x.m...........m. 06DEF9BC 0a6d31e0 06def9d8 002e64a2 06def9fc .1m......d...... 06DEF9CC 732c67d6 0000001d 00000000 00002eec .g,s............ 06DEF9DC 4fdb67b3 0785b050 0000001d 0000001d .g.OP........... 06DEF9EC 0a6d3394 06defb98 73336e28 00000000 .3m.....(n3s.... 06DEF9FC 06defa14 732bb3fd 00000000 01704c58 ......+s....XLp. 06DEFA0C 05186c10 1dffdf74 06defa44 0123d03f .l..t...D...?.#. 06DEFA1C 012363b2 06defaa0 0786dab8 05187854 .c#.........Tx.. 06DEFA2C 3ced9168 3ce7900f 3ce7900f 3ce7900f h..<...<...<...< 06DEFA3C 3ced9168 3ced9168 06defaec 012387cf h..<h..<......#. 06DEFA4C 3ce7900f 010abe43 05187810 05187c60 ...<C....x..`|.. 06DEFA5C 00000001 00000002 00000002 00000010 ................ 06DEFA6C 06defa84 06defa8c 05187c60 00000002 ........`|...... 06DEFA7C 06defb54 0000000c 00000000 0786dac8 T............... 06DEFA8C 00000000 05187854 00000001 05187810 ....Tx.......x.. 06DEFA9C 05187b58 0786dac4 0518784d 0106a5c7 X{......Mx...... 06DEFAAC 05187b8c 010ac1a3 05187810 00000000 .{.......x...... 06DEFABC 00000000 06defaec 06defb04 010aa45f ............_... 06DEFACC 05187810 3b28bedd 00000001 05187b58 .x....(;....X{.. 06DEFADC 00000000 06defae0 06defae1 c3c4a842 ............B... 06DEFAEC 06defb68 010a9dbe 05187810 00000002 h........x...... 06DEFAFC 00000002 00000010 06defb54 05187c60 ........T...`|.. 06DEFB0C 02b66240 00000001 3b28bedd 8dc25c2e @b........(;.\.. 06DEFB1C 000002fd 00000000 77948f2c 776213c8 ........,..w..bw 06DEFB2C 00000000 00000001 3b28bedd 7791769c ..........(;.v.w 06DEFB3C 0000000a b5ac1690 06defb5c 776230a7 ........\....0bw 06DEFB4C 02b66240 00000001 a9ba31c0 01d11268 @b.......1..h... 06DEFB5C 3b28bedd 0000001d c3c4a9c6 06defba8 ..(;............ 06DEFB6C 010aafd2 a9ba31c0 01d11268 c3c4a906 .....1..h....... 06DEFB7C 00000001 3b28bedd 02b66240 7ffe0008 ......(;b……
  06DEFB8C c0000005 06defb78 06def35c 06defbf0 ….×...\…….
  06DEFB9C 01050140 c4ef31de 00000000 06defbc8 ....1.......... 06DEFBAC 010a9591 04ff3d30 02b66240 00efefa8 ....0=..b……
  06DEFBBC 0104feac 02b66240 00000000 06defc00 ….b.......... 06DEFBCC 0104fe00 04ff3d30 c3c4aeae 0104feac ....0=.......... 06DEFBDC 02b66240 02b66240 02b66240 06defbd4 @b..b..b...... 06DEFBEC 01054d74 06defc58 01050140 c4ef1dc6 tM..X...…….
  06DEFBFC 00000000 06defc0c 0104ff28 0104feac ……..(…….
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I will make you a deal, they can nerf the damage on Traps, IF they make them instant cast and ground targetable.

I have been playing since GW2 launch with my settings on max with not a single problem ever.

Now with HoT my game crashes roughly every two hours, it seems to happen in highly dense player areas such as Auric Basin, it also happened during Mad King says.

I am also getting some weird graphical bugs, for example my back item Wings of Dwayna randomly disappears sometimes, today my weapon on my back disappeared.

I have played in highly populated areas with not a single problem for years, i was even stable during that big one time Karka event near launch.

Please help?

You cant play difficult end game content in a MMO?

I think you are playing the wrong genre of game.

Because people have been begging for more difficult content since day one and now that they have it they cry like babies.

Also the map system is currently broken leaving maps with less players making them feel empty, once that is fixed it will be super easy.

No one complained when they were unlocking their character from lvl 1-80. Why should elite specs be different?

I have yet to see a single logical reason why things should be changed. All i am seeing is a mob of angry spoiled children with a mob like mentality because everything isn’t handed to them for free within the first few days of launch… over a weekend… that the devs are working overtime to keep the servers stable, how selfish and impatience can you people be?

Go play the game, even the most casual of all casual players can easily unlock the full elite spec in as little as week, i’m a casual player and i have already unlocked everything, it is super mega easy, almost too easy!

Agreed, keep it as it is!

Personally i think it is way too easy to unlock elite specs, i have been playing the last few days, casually, and i have already unlocked everything.

If the children complaining spent less time raging on these forums they would have all their elite specs unlocked within a week… then they would come back on these forums and complain that there is nothing to do because that’s the kind of people were dealing with here lol.

Defender’s Dogma should be changed to benefit Hunter’s Verdict in some way.

Fragments of Faith should be triggered from allies not enemies, fully commit to its defensive nature. Same for Purification.

These changes do nothing to make Dragon Hunter a viable PvE option.

Is the Dragon Hunter designed to be purely a PvP spec?

If so tell us so we can stop providing feedback, accept it, and then move on. Don’t drag us along with the false idea that the Dragon Hunter should be PvE viable.

Traps are still terrible, mechanically they are flawed, slapping random boons on them will not make them viable.

Adding a pull on F1 is a lazy fix to make Traps more attractive, players were already using Wings of Resolve to get into melee.

The only slightly positive change is ‘Pure of Sight’, largely because even with the Longbow we are always heavily in melee, particularly if Traps insist on staying melee. However it is still a boring trait, ‘Defenders Dogma’ needs changing too.

Overall Dragon Hunter is still a terrible elite spec (for PvE) and until Karl or other devs clarify that the Dragon Hunter is not meant to be for PvE i will continue to fight for it’s viability.

I wonder how long until this thread gets locked just like the “rip the only useful trap” thread. I’m not saying it should, but the devs don’t seem to like us talking about how unfair we are treated.

I think i will stop playing and create a Revenant instead in HoT.

For years we asked for Gardians to be fixed only for them to give everything we ever wanted to other professions, combine this with our terrible elite spec. I’m done.

xinkspillx.3914:

I have confidence that the reason we’ve yet to hear any responses by the Devs to our most recent feedback is because they’re likely taking time to really think over their decisions. Anything they now do with Dragonhunter will have to be mulled over a bit because of the history of negative reactions to this elite and the looming release date. I’m happy with waiting as long as they’re really thinking things through and not just scanning the feedback. No doubt they have an overwhelming work load right now.

I hope so.

But considering what Karl said at the beginning of this thread i doubt it, looks like they don’t want to make any changes because launch is so close.

VaaCrow.3076:

rajule.8054:

Kicast.1459:

Arnath.2319:

Just want to say that there are those who love Dragonhunter.

Traps are AWESOME! Crazy powerful.

You have already lost all credibility.

Thematically, they are similar in concept to Necromancer marks, but use Smite magic fitting for the Guardian.

Except Marks are far superior in every way.

Spear of Justice is vastly superior for a condition build.

This is proof that you do not understand this class, Spear of Justice is TERRIBLE for condi builds. To play a successful condi Guardian you go Virtue traitline and NEVER use your F1, you rely entirely on the passive effect and the traits that buff that passive.

The Dragonhunter traitline is very good.

Stop… please stop. My head hurts.

This
I am really concerned about these people feeling dh is somewhat good.
It is as if we do not play the same game.
I am mostly pvp / wvw (roaming and raid)

I have been trying kitten dh with meditation with traps or even with shouts on tanky and dps builds…everything is just a huge blast of innefficiency.
Crappy damage at the cost of loosing efficient sustain and support.
I still don’t get how people manage to get high damage on longbow 2. With the time of chanelling I have same dps landing two aa in the same time.
Virtue casting time is a massive nerf to our survivability. (remember that positionning in gw2 is of very litlle added value with all insta teleport flying around)
Rooting skills is just a nogo on any semi correct oponent.
Traps…I see one thing efficient for trap which is bad design to be honest : test of faith with 10 dh staking it it can be a zerg killer. While subpar in almost all other scenario it will be nerfed to uselessness without compensation as usual.

How on earth can people enjoy the hypothetical new content that is about to be given to us ? I really hope I am mistaken…because otherwise hot will just be a “thank you guy but reroll to enjoy”
This I am not pleased to feel forced this way and will not commit.

I can’t stand crap like this. You are perfectly welcome to not agree with his opinion or assessment of the DH, but people are allowed to enjoy things you don’t. It has no affect on how you play the class so lighten up.

This, so much this. Just because you don’t like it does not mean other people are not allowed to like it, you people need to get over yourselves, the game is not designed specifically for YOU.

@OP, glad you had fun.

Except the OP is making a thread on the official forums deliberately misleading the devs into thinking the DH is in a good place.

It is hard enough as it is to get the devs to recognize the long list of problems this profession has without these misleading threads.

The OP will still have just as much fun playing the DH when it its fixed.

so Karl finally responds to a thread…
to announce the only useful Trap is “fixed”…
after he tolled Thiefs first.

i give up.

karl clearly has no respect for us players and this profession.

Terrible video.

You can’t go up against terrible players and claim Dragon Hunter is good just because they have no idea how to play.

Symbol on Sword and Scepter.

Just want to say that there are those who love Dragonhunter.

Traps are AWESOME! Crazy powerful.

You have already lost all credibility.

Thematically, they are similar in concept to Necromancer marks, but use Smite magic fitting for the Guardian.

Except Marks are far superior in every way.

Spear of Justice is vastly superior for a condition build.

This is proof that you do not understand this class, Spear of Justice is TERRIBLE for condi builds. To play a successful condi Guardian you go Virtue traitline and NEVER use your F1, you rely entirely on the passive effect and the traits that buff that passive.

The Dragonhunter traitline is very good.

Stop… please stop. My head hurts.

Azure.8670:

Arnath.2319:

Not a single Guardian or Dragon Hunter in the world first raid kill.

I tolled you this would happen, with the constant nerfs to Guardians, the horrible Dragon Hunter, the constant power creep every other profession has received, and the new powerful elite specs others have received, there is no reason to bring us anymore to PVE content.

What is the role of the Dragon Hunter?

It offers less DPS, less group support, less healing, less everything! Our core traits, skills and virtues are far superior in every way! The only reason to go DH is if you want to roleplay or do open world zerg content.

what professions were used?

“Group comp, 4 Condi Engi (1 tankier hybrid), 3 Revenants, 1 Druid, 1 Chronomancer, 1 Warrior. Everyone was in Berserker, except the Condi Engis of course.”

Our F1 passive has to remain even when on cooldown. If you don’t do that you will have to redesign half the talents.

Also Traps are disgustingly horrifyingly disturbingly embarrassingly completely pure 100% garbage.

Ghotistyx.6942:

Adam.3716:

This isn’t monster hunter. And he isn’t wrong. There is a consensus in the community that it simply does not fit the class. There will not be a single DH build that will replace current guardian builds in any meta. You could argue that bow had some niche usages but is not optimal in any situation. Even at kiting instances id prefer getting mobility from shouts and using a scepter/focus.

You’re right, this isn’t Monster Hunter. It also isn’t Silent Hill, and yet the inspiration for the Reaper it still is. The concept of Dragonhunter works within Guild War 2’s combat system. Plenty of people have made it work.

On the subject, no, there isn’t a consensus amongst the community. To think so would be blind to almost any thread about the DH. Elite specializations aren’t designed to replace the current meta (for however long that actually lasts). So of course no DH build will replace anything. The whole idea is to add, not replace.

Except it adds nothing, by specing into DH you are actually taking away, sacrificing a far better core trait line and better virtues. You are deliberately nerfing yourself going DH.

Some people have made it work in rare circumstances in PVP, but thats it, to say “Plenty of people have made it work” is a lie.

I agree with the run speed, it should replace one of the minor traits.

As for Virtues i think some of the talents in the Virtue trait line should be made baseline, for example ‘Inspired Virtue’. The Virtue traitline needs a revamp considering the new DH Virtues have cast-times and other clashing problems.

I think the cooldown on them is okay, but i would like to see the passive effects remain even once activated. This would make some Traits viable and open up some more interesting builds/gameplay.

Not a single Guardian or Dragon Hunter in the world first raid kill.

I tolled you this would happen, with the constant nerfs to Guardians, the horrible Dragon Hunter, the constant power creep every other profession has received, and the new powerful elite specs others have received, there is no reason to bring us anymore to PVE content.

What is the role of the Dragon Hunter?

It offers less DPS, less group support, less healing, less everything! Our core traits, skills and virtues are far superior in every way! The only reason to go DH is if you want to roleplay or do open world zerg content.

I would be fine with the root on 2 if the 5 didn’t also root us for such a long cast. Combined also with the cast times on new Virtues.

I agree they need some updating.

I think the quick simple fix would be for the passive to remain even once activated.

Traps need to be ground targeted, this isn’t up for debate, in order for Traps to be even remotely viable they must be ranged.

Purification- Triggers from allies not enemies. Heals 5 allies in the blast radius, removing conditions and granting Resistance.

Fragments of Faith- Triggers from allies not enemies. Grants 5 allies aegis in the blast radius, also scatters 5 aegis fragments.

Procession of Blades- Triggers from enemies. Whirl Finisher. Hits apply bleed.

Traits also need major changes. Start with replacing ‘Defenders Dogma’ and ‘Pure of Sight’.

Defenders Dogma- Aegis applied to yourself also gives Swiftness.

Pure of Sight- Bonus damage while wielding a two-handed weapon.

Also Virtues have to be instant cast, if the cast time remains come Traits are completely useless.

Deflecting Shot needs to be slower. Symbol velocity needs to be faster. The CC on Hunters Ward need to be applied at the start not the end.

Change ‘Symbol of Energy’ to ‘Symbol of Judgment’.

Nike.2631:

Amaya.1483:

I have played every profession now til satisfaction and ever other profession besides the Berserker, which felt just ok, was amazing. The Synergy of all the new Elite traitlines was so fun, everything fits in.

Dragonhunter is shaping up and with practice will be a deadly competitor in every mode.

Except PVE.

Dragon Hunter is easily the worst elite spec out of all of them, yes other elite specs have their problems, but the Dragon Hunter is a epic train-wreck that only kinda works in PVP in rare circumstances.

People need to stop saying “Dragon Hunter will be good with practice, you’re just a noob” this has nothing to do with lack of experience, this elite spec is just pure garbage. We are educated adults who have played this game for three years, we know when something is good/viable or not.

Ghotistyx.6942:

Traps aren’t bad, and no, wells wouldn’t be better.

Traps are disgustingly bad.

The only people who have anything positive to say about the Dragon Hunter are PVP players.

I don’t’ play PVP, i only PVE, and it is overwhelmingly clear that the Dragon hunter is complete garbage.

I predict within three months of HoT launch we will be seeing “No Dragon Hunters or Guardians” in LFG.

Marks are the quicker easier fix at this point.

Sadly Karl has deliberately ignored all feedback regarding Traps, he refuses to acknowledge that there’s even a problem.

Karl McLain.5604:

There are three weeks until launch. As you can imagine, things are locking down as we work to polish, fix bugs, and tune everything. It’s quite unlikely that you’ll be seeing gigantic changes between now and then. The smaller the change suggestion, the more likely we’ll be able to discuss and action it. We’ll also continue to review and update, as necessary, after launch as well. Cheers, Karl

This upsets me.

For months now feedback has been overwhelmingly negative regarding Traps, calls for them to be complete replaced, redesigned, hundreds of posts giving wonderful constructive ideas, and yet nothing… silence.

Now mere days before launch you tell us that nothing large can be changed, knowing that Traps NEED to be replaced or redesigned.

It looks like you deliberately avoided all Trap feedback on purpose until this time where you can now use the excuse “its to late to make changes”.

I am extremely disappointing that we have been so blatantly ignored and poorly handled. The way the Guardian community has been so rudely treated in recent months is appalling.

How many times in how many different ways do we have to say it? Traps are bad!

Obtena.7952:

Azure.8670:

…. and we still have no word on trap updates or what direction they are going to take. None of the classes are 100% ready for launch (except maybe Reaper and Chrono) but I feel after BWE3, all of them will be… except DH. Of course there will still be tweaks and touch ups to all of the specs and classes after launch but I feel like we are being so left in the dark with this.

Is the DH feedback THAT negative that DH has just been pushed aside? Reading that theres basically no changes to them for BWE3 means we really have nothing to talk about. Sorry for rant. continue your day

We have no word? We have LOTS of word … go read the BWE3 stickied thread. We know we are getting trap changes and will have the opportunity to test them this weekend in BWE3. If you feel you’ve been left in the dark, just take one step out into the light. Anet HAS given us the information you think they haven’t.

Edit: Oh, nevermind … seems you’ve been posting in that thread where the ‘not-given’ information on trap updates was actually given to us by Anet in the first post. I’m going to assume you’ve missed it. I recommend you read it.

Those “changes” are laughable. They do nothing to address any of the problems Traps have.

I am with Azure, no word on fixing Traps in months. Last Beta weekend and they are still 100% useless.

Our only hope is if they have been secretly working on a revamp in the background, hopefully we will get some news on that after this beta.

DiogoSilva.7089:

Arnath.2319:

You know for a brief second i thought we might see some positive changes, but no… more nerfs, shield is still garbage.

This profession is officially dead, this is no exaggeration, with the upcoming elite specs Guardians are now 100% worthless.

Aegis on shield #4 single-handely makes shield awesome. Moving bubble is a nice extra on top of it (for PvE, it’ll be awesome in PvP).

Hardly, if anything Shield 2 is now worse then it was. If it’s only going to last 1 second it should at least make us and everyone in the bubble immune to all damage. A pathetic projectile absorb is nothing these days considering almost every profession now has access to it.

And 4 seconds of Aegis? LOL! Focus is far superior.

You know for a brief second i thought we might see some positive changes, but no… more nerfs, shield is still garbage.

This profession is officially dead, this is no exaggeration, with the upcoming elite specs Guardians are now 100% worthless.

Druid is insanely over powered and will be mandatory in all game modes, this goes against ANets goal of not sitting around waiting for that one player to log on in order for you to do content.

It will be heavily nerfed, or they might buff other classes healing capabilities to match it.

Also the upcoming profession changes segment better announce reworked shield and spirit weapons or i will riot.

Obtena.7952:

^^ I read it and it doesn’t make any sense IMO.

So change traps to marks which will MAKE them visible, then create a GM trait to make them invisible. … Because that’s somehow BETTER than having traps that are ALREADY invisible without a GM trait.

Um, no.

Marks are far superior. The only advantage Traps have is them being invisible, which is only useful in PVP, that is why i suggested making a trait making them invisible for those PVP players.

Marks are ground target-able, blast radius, instant effect, short cooldown, condi heavy skills that thematically fit this elite spec better.

Word of advice, avoid reddit, so many destructive comments from players deliberately trying to derail the discussion.

The range increase on Wings is nice, but Traps still need an urgent redesign.

I think it is time to make them Marks with an optional Grand Master trait that makes them invisible to enemies.

Karl McLain.5604:

This has been in discussion for a bit. Now’s a good time to check it out, being as there’s a lot of conversation on it here already.

-Karl

You know what else has been discussed heavily for the past two beta weekends? How garbage Traps are!