Guild Wars 2

How can any class or build be ‘cheesy’ if it’s provided by ANet in this game? They give us these tools to use. If you can’t counter it… ya well then…

lol.. oh that was you? hehe.. .I take it as a badge of honour when people rage quit like that. If you fall because I shot you down after almost falling myself, then ALT+F4 to deny me my kill… whether or not I get credit for the kill at that point I don’t even care because I’m laughing too hard at the “gamer” that forgot it was ‘just a game’! sigh

ah the loot system… hey I get more ascended drops on my alt account with very low magic find (around 70 I think), than I do on my main account with over 220 magic find… and I even play my main more, obviously. I really don’t understand how this ‘drop’ system is determined… and definitely think that the magic find percentage is smoke and mirrors and doesn’t give you any real chance of anything better than the new players. From what I’ve seen we all get equal chance of garbage AND good stuff… but mostly garbage.

sigh ok I see people are right.. ANet has fallen totally silent on this one… not gonna get an answer… will file this in the stack of straws on the not happy pile…. Even the camel had limits. :P

Dailies get done by me mostly by accident… The ones that I do manage to do just happen to coincide with whatever I might be doing at the time. Mostly WvW… maybe mapping and PvE stuff if a friend is on, otherwise PvE isn’t fun. PvP only for dailies.

I see that many people come in specifically to do the dailies.. ugh.. for me it’s just ugh.. if they get done cool, if not then also cool. idc either way. Sadly since megaserver, and now wvw server linking my commitment to things in this game has dropped a lot. If friends aren’t online then I’m in and out after maybe gathering from the nodes in my guild hall and home instance…. If gathering happens to be a daily in the zone my home instance is on then that’s just a bonus..

One of the big issues I have with the new LA is not the look, I like the look.. but it takes SO LONG to load that I never go there anymore. I can get all I need everywhere else and nothing takes as long to load as the new LA does.. :P

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

They are “newly added” to the list. The items might not be new, but they fact that they are available is “new”.

I suppose they could use two labels:

• “New to the game”
• “Newly returned”

But I don’t think it’s worth ANet’s time to worry about — anyone who uses English should be aware that the language is full of linguistic ambiguity, double meanings, and is generally confusing for native, fluent, and as-a-second-language speakers.

It’s just marketing, I get that. But it’s a pain to go through the big list of things just to see that I have most or have at least seen them for at least two months already.

Yes gemstore. And no… Most were not removed. Especially the armor. I am in that place every day. Meh nm. Was just curious. I wouldn’t have asked if I didn’t know they weren’t new.

omg.. it’s not even NEW… They never left the gemstore! sheesh

maybe, must maybe a couple of the things did but almost all of the ‘new’ things have been in there for many months… some even a couple years.

They weren’t added. They never left. All the armor, outfits, tools etc. How can they be new when they’ve been there for many many months?!

I have to ask… What’s with all these “new” items in the TP that have been there for many many months now… some even a couple years… I truly don’t understand why you are calling them NEW when they definitely are not.

not looking for hard numbers.. just the ratio.. simple…

Dawdler.8521:

Balthazzarr.1349:

A lot of innuendo is flying around about outnumbered ratio. Chris… Considering that there is no real good reason to keep it a secret, can you please just tell us outright what the ratio is that’s used to determine the outnumbered state?

Good luck haha. I mean they wont even tell us exactly how many players can be on a map when we could visually count them and say the number if we really wanted…

Either way outnumbered do behave oddly at times anyway. Sometimes you can have outnumbered buff but the guy next to you dont have it.

They might… at the very least it would be nice to be told one way or the other if that information will be released. Respectfully speaking, to just ignore a direct request is truly nothing short of rude… so we’ll see how it goes… still hoping for some sort of decent response.

Yes, a squad has nothing to do with the pop in the map of course. It’s a nice indication of how many people you have following you but that’s it. Of course many people prefer not to join squads; prefer roaming; small havoc groups; Rangers who are typically not wanted in squads etc etc.. many reasons. Bottom line is that the squad count isn’t a true indicator of the count of people in a map.

Ever hear the one about chicken little?

A lot of innuendo is flying around about outnumbered ratio. Chris… Considering that there is no real good reason to keep it a secret, can you please just tell us outright what the ratio is that’s used to determine the outnumbered state?

Well, one thing I’ve seen more of is actual fights and not so much karma/capping… I know it still exists for sure, but today in our bl it was all about the fights for this one group especially. I mean they would even leave the tower wide open just to invite us in to fight them. Lots of fun for me since I like the fights and don’t care a tiny bit about score.

When you are roaming you need all the help you can get. And if your class can’t beat me it isn’t because I’m OP!

This all really cracks me up. Ranger/Druid … About the most rejected class by zergs but at least good for roaming apparently and you want nerfs…

Oh groan… Is it just me or does wvw just keep going downhill?

King Cephalopod.7942:

1. This belongs in the wvw forums. 2. No. E.g. “not the most effective” try to fight an organized 50-man squadron with a 10-man raid group out in the field and tell me how it goes.

ummm… this IS the WvW forums….. :P

Jim Hunter.6821:

Straegen.2938:

Jim Hunter.6821:

Seriously, there isn’t any OP class atm. You might run into a build that counters yours but anything can be beaten 1v1.

Overpowered isn’t defined as any class/build that has no weakness to another build or builds in a cage match. Overpowered in this context means a significant advantage against most other players of similar skill using other builds.

In this case, the current Bunker Druid builds when played by a decent player are extremely difficult to beat. They are dangerous to non-bunker builds, can stalemate most bunker builds and can typically make it to any door on a map simply by running and stealthing even with multiple players trying to kill them. They also have a fairly shallow degree of difficulty to play.

Replace druid in that paragraph with any other bunker and you get pretty much the same result.

lol, exactly what I was going to say… People can continue to say that being told to learn to play against a bunker anything is not right but those who know this game and classes well also know that it’s a true statement. I’ve played Ranger and now Druid for thousands of hours, and even with the so called best builds I’m one of those people who isn’t that hard to beat compared to some people that really know how to play and also have the action/reaction time that’s quick. I’m just too slow a lot of the time so I don’t do as well as I could. But I come up against all classes and anyone who knows what they’re doing well can beat me, or at least come very close before going down.

As Jim says, the same would go for ANY class that someone knows how to play very well. I will never get tired and never be wrong saying just l2p against whatever it is you want to beat. It can be done. It is NOT an overpowered anything for the most part. sheesh.

Coming up against Rangers with both my own Ranger and other classes the pets are the easiest thing to avoid. Frankly they’re not much to worry about if you’re aware of them. As for being overpowered… get a grip, they’re not over powered. Like any class with a good person who really knows and can play the class well, they might appear over powered.. but really that’s just because the person they are fighting hasn’t figured out how to fight a Ranger yet.

Some of you really hate this comment.. but seriously.. learn to play against a Ranger and you will see that they’re not all you think they are.

Of course it should get reset on each relinking. That only makes sense since the pug servers get tossed around to other Hosts. Keeping any sort of score for the Hosts at relinking time has no validity, and frankly applying scores, other than the weekly matchup, to Hosts that have temporary populations added to them also makes no sense. At this point it’s all smoke and mirrors that really mean nothing, and will continue to mean nothing as long as this ridiculous linking continues.

They are making a ton of money off of us… seriously has to be more than enough for this ‘fix’ to happen.

Dawdler.8521:

Balthazzarr.1349:

I have said it before in other threads… Doesn’t your machine and internet make a difference? I know that not everyone can afford it but my little gaming laptop doesn’t suffer this lag people speak of. Not even with two enemy zergs in the same spot. Am I just lucky?

Simple answer: Yes. Yes you are.

It doesnt matter whether you play on a 16 core/gtx1080/500mbps machine or a single core potato with a post-it smileyface as GPU and a cup with a string as internet, when the skill queue of an instance get swamped it chokes and cant send requests back to clients fast enough. Ie skills keep blinking even when you dont lag otherwise.

Two zergs fighting is generally not enough to cause it, try three full 80 man borderblobs fighting at once.

ok I will continue to count my lucky stars then. I’ve experienced lag you talk about twice so far this year but nothing recently… I’m currently linked to a T2 matchup but so far I haven’t been in a three way battle of blobs so maybe the lag is coming

I agree though, for the most part this has to be a server capacity issue and who knows if they can/will fix that.

I have said it before in other threads… Doesn’t your machine and internet make a difference? I know that not everyone can afford it but my little gaming laptop doesn’t suffer this lag people speak of. Not even with two enemy zergs in the same spot. Am I just lucky?

I say that and finally I get in after 8 tries. Will see how long it lasts.

Still happening… haven’t been able to stay in the game very long today.. and right now can’t get back in.

Balthazzarr.1349:

Being one if the colour blind people what I would like to see is a tag that glows if its the one I am following. Similar to what it does when you cursor over it now except it doesn’t stop glowing.

That would make it super easy to spot always.

Guess what. The commander tag glows already. I swear it didn’t before. But all last night the tag I was following had a glow around it.

Way cooool.

I believe that EoTM doesn’t count toward WvW ranks anymore.

apharma.3741:

DeceiverX.8361:

They left.

I don’t know of a single player who was around in 2012/2013 who still plays WvW.

Didn’t get the game till about a year after launch but still sorta play WvW. This week I’m taking a break though because T1 is full of condi builds and packs of stealth gankers.

Question to those that have been here for 4 years, are you happy with the way WvW has changed over the years? What went well and what went poorly?

Frankly I think, after reading way too many of these forums, that condi has been the worst thing for WvW. I don’t know if that’s true for sure but it really does take a lot of skill out of a battle. Then there’s the boon-share and protection stuff that makes siege in keeps almost useless against big zergs so small groups of people can’t defend a keep well anymore… and the list continues.

Is it fair? Balanced? of course not… nothing in life is fair or balanced. But as far as this game goes what has changed for me is that when I come into GW2 both in PvE and in WvW I only do it to hang out with people I like. Sometimes I actually join up with a zerg but very rarely… I used to care about score but considering that winning/losing the week doesn’t get you anything more than a pat on the back by yourselves what does it matter really?

I like the roaming and fights in small groups. Sometimes defending just for the action. Especially since the server linkings. Now that my server does NOT have a “home” base anymore and is moved from host to host my ‘ownership’ of any spot in WvW doesn’t exist anymore. I simply play to hang with friends and have some fun, then leave.

…. these violins are so out of tune ….

Being one if the colour blind people what I would like to see is a tag that glows if its the one I am following. Similar to what it does when you cursor over it now except it doesn’t stop glowing.

That would make it super easy to spot always.

DeceiverX.8361:

They left.

I don’t know of a single player who was around in 2012/2013 who still plays WvW.

And now you know another one…

Not sure if you’re saying they left or stayed. :P

Mag is DBL this week and leading. So much for that theory.

Xenesis.6389:

Paavotar.3971:

Xenesis.6389:

A flat grassland with 3 towers (just straight stairs leading to a room with no walls, when you capture the tower you get a cookie). Done!

Remember that the towers shouldn’t give any PPT or any other buff, or any meaningful thing that could matter in the context of the match up. Oh and no guards and lord either.

I forgot to mention it’s a chocolate chip cookie, which you find in a box in lords room unguarded.

oh ya! Now you’re talking… and now I can attack with NO gear or weapons.. .just judo toss the lord down and step on his head. Now THAT sounds like such a FUN game!… :P

Seriously … For those people that want ‘simple’… find some game you can get the cheat codes on and win your butts off.. Otherwise LEARN to play in WvW.. It’s not near as bad as the people who can’t fight say it is. .. and hey.. I am NOT a great WvW fighter… young people kick my butt all the time because regardless of how well I know my class I still can’t react like most players can.

It’s not about the build (‘cept maybe stealthed thiefs – cheesy)… It’s more about whether or not you can actually PLAY your class properly… i m o!

Electra.7530:

I don’t find condi to be as much an issue as the stealth classes’ abilities to remain in stealth.

I have NEVER played ANY GAME where a stealth class can attack and remain in stealth. For balance purposes, no game, save this one, has ever allowed that. I’m seeing thieves with the ability to remain stealthed and attack and stomp. All other games I’ve played understood that to be verboten in terms of balance. But this game and its developers apparently do not.

Totally agree on this. It’s a cheesy way to play but since it’s been created of course people will use it. Like mesmer, the thief should be unstealthed the moment it scores a hit on a target.

LetoII.3782:

Balthazzarr.1349:

I know a few of those people and they refuse to come back and have moved on to other games… and yes you won’t find a single post from any of them in these forums.. because they were the true minority that was fed up enough to leave.

The “true minority” are the ones still hoping for improvement, bashing their heads against a wall of focus on PvE. To claim most people that were playing WvW four years ago still are defies overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

I don’t know about you but I’ve been playing WvW for over 3 years now and MOST of the people I started playing with then are still playing. I would love to see this evidence of yours. I know of two people who have completely quit this game due to the HoT expansion and the changes to WvW at the time. Other than that everyone I knew back then is still playing.. and it’s not a small number of people.

… and yes, all of us are still hoping for some things to change for even better… in the meantime we still like WvW and get what we can out of it. This, like all games, has plenty of flaws, but it also has plenty of fun for people that don’t require perfection (that will never exist).

@Soon.5240… seriously? I have to say you have amazing nerve to come out and say such ridiculous stuff when you are NOT the company. Obviously don’t work for it.. .or if you did you would be fired.

The polls were requested over and over again by people here.

@ People against DBL. Suck it up.. DBL is here.. if you don’t like it, don’t play it. Frankly I see a lot of people in the DBL’s a lot of the time. .. and the other times it’s nice to roam and have small fights.. who the heck wants to zerg non-stop.. ugh.

and for the sake of your own sanity.. if you all really hate this game so much just go away! unless you actually have some constructive stuff to put in here other than EVERYONE hates this.. which obviously means everyone that agrees with you.

Frankly the DBL gives a nice bit of variety, both in map difference as well as population. Yes the huge groups prefer to blob in EB and the boooring Alpine maps… let them have them! Go blob .. there’s plenty of space for you to do that. There’s also plenty of people that love roaming that the DBL is nice for.

As for the ‘revenue generating’ comment… well DUH! What do you think they made this game for? fun? sheesh…

Well we really won’t know who will be the next to leave. After all is said and done, the ones that threaten to leave continue to play the game and complain and continue to threaten to leave. The ones that do leave just leave.

From all I’ve seen with people saying they are “done with this game”… they keep coming back to both play and whine. It is what it is..

As I said, people who have really had enough just leave. I know a few of those people and they refuse to come back and have moved on to other games… and yes you won’t find a single post from any of them in these forums.. because they were the true minority that was fed up enough to leave.

imo all games have issues with people. Can’t please them all. I really can’t stand most of the stuff that’s going on with WvW but I won’t threaten to quit because frankly even with all the pain I still like it best.

Lvl 54? What is your rank?

joneirikb.7506:

Balthazzarr.1349:

You did this last time too… where are the NA linkings?

As said above, and the “last time” they did the same. They will be posted AFTER they’ve been re-linked, so no-one knows before-hand. EU just have their reset a bunch of hours before NA, so the linking happens earlier.

Kinda hoping we get linked again, I’ve been so inactive last 2 months due to real life (and other games…) that I have barely seen you in game yet.

I guess it could be because EU is a day ahead of us?? :P

You did this last time too… where are the NA linkings?

BearCat.3286:

About titles. They will never do that, because they try to hide the fact that there was a rollback. Don’t believe me? Look at this then: https://www.guildwars2.com This page says ‘Nothing happaned, nothing at all.’

hmmm.. I don’t see where it says: “Nothing happaned”… I don’t even see it saying that Nothing Happened….

But… if you check the Forums where all these things are talked about obviously you will find all the info.

Please stop trying to make an issue where none exists… :P

Jana.6831:

No, you have to gain a rank each time to get the message a new poll is up. No idea if you can just get there from the forums – never tried it.
I usually never get the daily for ranks as I’m still mainly roaming – so it takes me quite a while to get these messages.

Yes you can get there from the forums. You don’t have to rank up to be able to take the poll. Anybody registered on the site can take the poll. What happens when you rank up in WvW is you get a message saying there is a poll… but it doesn’t matter even if you go into WvW at all.. you can still take the poll in the forums.

Galtrix.7369:

RoseofGilead.8907:

Galtrix.7369:

Phh. Apparently an ascended drop wasn’t worth replacing. Thanks guys. I think I’ll take a long break from this game.

Did you try contacting support?

Twice…. on two different subjects and I still haven’t received a response

omg… do ya think that maybe they have a LOT of tickets and requests to deal with right now? Stand in line I’m sure…. be patient, or go away, your choice.

Always gonna be whiners about compensation… for what? “lost time”? Forced to communicate with the real world for a few hours?

As a programmer I understand the pain of having to roll back something, although I haven’t had to do anything so huge. But also as a programmer I have to wonder why it is that almost every ‘update’ to this game, small or large, comes with a handful of bugs.

If there is a TEST bed for Quality Assurance Testing then I have to think that it’s not being very well utilized. Seriously, something like this soulbound bug should have been easily noticed by the testers if they were actually Playing and Testing all aspects of this game as they should be considering the bugs that are continually introduced each update.

THIS is my issue. I don’t want compensation… What I would love to see and hear is that ANet has created a solid QA team that ensures the new code is working properly and not affecting other areas in ways it shouldn’t before rolling it out to the public for “live testing”.

This isn’t anything new. That’s been floating around for a couple years now. I had forgotten about it until you posted this here. Don’t worry, I’m very sure this skin, or lack of skin, won’t be coming to GW2 anytime ever….

I like the fact that DBL is back in but sadly the apps that interface with the game to give you the BL information don’t work on the DBL’s…