Guild Wars 2

Signet use was 2 while ago, was changed at the initiative update, when they change the based ini regen and decreased most of the ini gain trait.

Have no idea why or can’t remember if they gave reason, I personally never had a problem with ini regen or traiting for it before then.

I wrote this analogy couple of months ago, after the last preview update. Will admit it doesn’t make sense in places, but I think it still mostly applies the current state of venom. It’s worth a cringe worthy laugh

Don’t know about anyone else, but I’m just not a fan of the mechanics of venoms. And these little update are not really convincing me otherwise. At this point I’m not using venoms out of spite more than anything.

With this preview, seeing the change to venomous aura and having it being talk about again reminded me of when they add Skelk Venom.
One of the devs (karl i think) said on a stream back then that “Venom’s were almost there”.
I would to say they are not almost there, they have no idea where they are going, they are just as lost as the day they started.
They are being driven around in a thing called venomous aura. They wish they had their own vehicle but they can’t afford it, and it’s better than walking.
Skelk venom didn’t change anything when he joined, it has no idea either. A bit slow in the head, but at least he brought drinks and snacks.
They have Basilisk Venom driving, who is a fast driver, and that has gotten him ticketed a few times.
Last time they got pulled over his hot girlfriend Lyssa got arrested, so now he is kittened.
These updates are basically pit stop for gas, which allows them to let people know they still exist. When they ask where they are, no one really talks to them.
When someone does give them any direction, they get long lengthy instructions which they soon forget as they get back into the car.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/thief/Venom-Road-Trip/first#post4281070

Pirlipat.2479:

The only Option we have is to be tolerant. I mean if someone can’t stand seeing other languages in his/her Chat then just block the people but I can’t see how it is considered to be polite to brag about that in public Chat.

It’s not meant to be polite, it’s more of a statement saying “speak English darn it”.
Personally I don’t care in map chat, ( I have it off 80% of the time anyways). But when it comes to being in parties, I do ask those not speaking English to please do so. Communication is bad enough already in parties with out team speak,

I do somewhat like the medium monument armour, except the stripes throw me off :p

Back on topic, I was kinda disappointed that the medium named set is the way it is,
Male verison would look great on my female engi, while the female version wouldn’t be bad if looked like this on a male.
http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Gallery_of_male_assassin_Exotic_armor.
I own a male thief norn, and I want to show off his tattoos, but really don’t like the cultural stuff.

Red Queen.7915:

BobbyT.7192:

Red Queen.7915:

Dude, you are completely igoring the second half of both the “women shopping men’s clothes” and the “Red Sonja’s boobs-and-butt shots” argument. That is taking the first hlaves of those statements out of context.

And I do read better comics. I just don’t find many of those. Which is the problem.
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kitten, I swore I was done arguing with this guy -.-

But doesn’t both those arguments come down to “go where the money is”?

So you’re saying, because I tend to avoid buying stuff that feeds into the old tropes of bikini armour and damsels in distress, but instead choose to wait for something that doesn’t demean a fundamental part of my identity, I have no money?

Besides, “Sex sells” is a myth. Except when you’re selling sex. There’s a rather recent study that shows that when people – and that includes heterosexual men – watch commercials loaded with sexual imagery, they tend to remember that imagery, but not the product the commercial was for, and there are countless articles coming to that exact same conclusion. If you are selling something sexual, by all means, go for the sex. If you are trying to sell me a car, don’t drape a naked person over it. If you are trying to sell me food, don’t put it on someone’s naked butt. That is unsanitary.

Pls don’t put words in my mouth, i am not implying that your poor just because you don’t want a product thats more widely presented. Strawmens are evil things.
I’m not saying you can’t get what you want, you should absolutely get it. But that’s not going to stop others liking something or the people supplying what you don’t like.

Now I’m not going disagree on those articles or studies, I would agree that using sex to sell something non sexual won’t get you far. I do wonder what kind of product and the form/amount of sexual material were used in those studies. I wouldn’t remember the information of an otherwise boring bank commercial if there porno along with it. But I would remember a body spray commercial with women chasing a guy across town or a guy with chiseled abs playing a guitar filled with puppies.

Would Sonja be any less popular if she was dress with more clothing? Im not into comics in general so I don’t know anything about her outside of like 10min of googling. Do you think her personality currently would be enough to carry her? In regards to her sexual imagine , was her popularity a result of the makers trying to target a certain group of people, or the controversy that went along with it (people do love controversy).

And for the record, I would totally eat food off of a naked models butt.

Red Queen.7915:

Dude, you are completely igoring the second half of both the “women shopping men’s clothes” and the “Red Sonja’s boobs-and-butt shots” argument. That is taking the first hlaves of those statements out of context.

And I do read better comics. I just don’t find many of those. Which is the problem.
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kitten, I swore I was done arguing with this guy -.-

But doesn’t both those arguments come down to “go where the money is”?

If we are on the topic of wanting a certain armour set or look of the opposite gender,
Would it be possible to ask for the male version of barbaric set on my female guardian. ;P

Before anyone says anything, yes yes, put the guys in what ever thong you want, all I care about is the bewbs.

Round-house kick or riot!!!

Nerf rock, paper is fine – scissors 2014

Mesmers are op, but then so is everything else in some way,
Deal with it :/

Substance E.4852:

sminkiottone.6972:

Omg after more than 2 week there are still people who can’t figure out how to counter a LB Ranger XD it’s too funny to be true.

I miss GW1 days when the player base was just actually good and welcomed new challenges.

Hahahah lmao, good one.
You had me thinking you were serious. Lol

In all seriousness, gw1 community was just as bad. At least when it came to class balance.
Mosts mmos are like this

I usually have no problems, your normal shield and gear shield is enough to stop the damage from them. It’s pretty entertaining to throw a gear up and watch 10-15 blocks pop up.
After that it just a crowbar to the face and load up your other condi’s.

With my build, I got very little condi removal, so if I face something like a nerco, I would use my numerous knock backs, interrupts or blocks to control the target, failing that I run away.
Especially necros because they are slow as a drunk puppy.

colesy.8490:

Melody Cross.8465:

I use clerics when running supports/tanky builds. The HoT makes me feel more viable to the team as a support toon. Particularly like the higher numbers with Battle Presence.

For more solo play or dungeons, I still fall back on my PVT karma set.

I see a lotta folk sing Knights praises. I didn’t go that way for a “paladin”. I try to roll for group support or damage. Haven’t heard many complaints.

Nick.6972:

So. Should I go PVT and completely ignore Healing power altogether?
Should I be focusing more or Toughness/Armor?

I mean, There have been times were I literally have saved my team in FOTM from dying with my heals, or maybe we souldn’t have trouble in the first place if I was doing more DPS>=.

Though, I admittedly I hate the fact I can’t kill anything fast enough.
Whirl GS skill deals 3000-3500.

With Clerics gear most of my damage is coming (and I do mean most in a team) from perma-retaliation on me and almost perma on my teammates. Runes I run on it are 2 Monk 2 Water and 2 Travelers. Lets me keep my buffs up for crazy long times…and one of those buffs also happens to be regen too :p

Most of your damage … coming from … retaliation.

Oh lord.

It’s that dumb “heal = support” mentality you have which is what makes so many PUG guardians atrocious, get yourself some berserker gear, scholar runes and try actually being useful.

Ever tank Old Tom’s poison whirl attack with retal on? Pretty fun to see how fast it health drops, though I need to pop every cd I have to say alive my self.

narwhalsbend.7059:

cheshirefox.7026:

had good voice acting

He shouldn’t have any voice acting at all. GW1 Djinn weren’t “rub a lamp and Robin Williams pops out” genies, they were elemental protectors that, if I recall correctly, DO NOT talk, let alone with the voice of a game show host.

They are actually capable of speech, they just didn’t have a personality like this. http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Dasha_Vestibule

Diva.1476:

BobbyT.7192:

Boooo, not available on mobile boo!

Dear Bobby, you have got a cute account name!
And, please try the video on different browser, happened with another friend too, changing browser sorted it.

Sry, tried it on 2-3 different browsers on 2 different mobile devices, doesn’t work. though i watched it on my computer.

and my name is not cute, grrr *mean face :P

Boooo, not available on mobile boo!

whats a mac? is that like an Iphone?

Way back when, napalm use to blind target running through it as well, this was when the set had a pull as well as a push.

Hello frands! Vee Wee here, #1 Engi NA and world first rank 80!
It’s me! Vee Wee!
Wahoo! Bye frands!

Inb4 Vee Wee.

RyuDragnier.9476:

BobbyT.7192:

Chainspell.5697:

BobbyT.7192:

Chainspell.5697:

BobbyT.7192:

Nury.3062:

BobbyT.7192:

I said this once, and I’ll say it again

Rangers were never meant to have nice things

Maybe our time has come,finally!

In4b the nerfs

It’s going to happen,, no point denying it. It happens to every class

Seems to happen to Ranger more than any other class in the game. Not only that but the nerfs come quick unlike Warrior, Guardian and Thief nerfs.

Thief would disagree, they been getting nerf every balance update so far, Mesmer too, they can’t seem to do anything to the Mesmer with out something breaking,

You mean free kill vs. being able to survive a surprise zerg? I don’t think any class out there can say they’ve been nerf harder than “free kill” AKA the ranger.

Rangers were never brought down to that position, they were always like that. Can’t break what what’s already broken.

I heard Rangers were the top class in beta, before they got nerfed for the official release.

That was like 2-3 betas before release, I wouldn’t really count that.

Chainspell.5697:

BobbyT.7192:

Chainspell.5697:

BobbyT.7192:

Nury.3062:

BobbyT.7192:

I said this once, and I’ll say it again

Rangers were never meant to have nice things

Maybe our time has come,finally!

In4b the nerfs

It’s going to happen,, no point denying it. It happens to every class

Seems to happen to Ranger more than any other class in the game. Not only that but the nerfs come quick unlike Warrior, Guardian and Thief nerfs.

Thief would disagree, they been getting nerf every balance update so far, Mesmer too, they can’t seem to do anything to the Mesmer with out something breaking,

You mean free kill vs. being able to survive a surprise zerg? I don’t think any class out there can say they’ve been nerf harder than “free kill” AKA the ranger.

Rangers were never brought down to that position, they were always like that. Can’t break what what’s already broken.

Chainspell.5697:

BobbyT.7192:

Nury.3062:

BobbyT.7192:

I said this once, and I’ll say it again

Rangers were never meant to have nice things

Maybe our time has come,finally!

In4b the nerfs

It’s going to happen,, no point denying it. It happens to every class

Seems to happen to Ranger more than any other class in the game. Not only that but the nerfs come quick unlike Warrior, Guardian and Thief nerfs.

Thief would disagree, they been getting nerf every balance update so far, Mesmer too, they can’t seem to do anything to the Mesmer with out something breaking,

Nury.3062:

BobbyT.7192:

I said this once, and I’ll say it again

Rangers were never meant to have nice things

Maybe our time has come,finally!

In4b the nerfs

It’s going to happen,, no point denying it. It happens to every class

I said this once, and I’ll say it again

Rangers were never meant to have nice things

ThrottleFox.2735:

shield does have uses, I’ve his shield #5 in WvW while trebs and catapults were shooting at me and bounced them right back. I don’ know if you can still do this, but you need the timing right either way.

That’s been patches out long time ago sadly, can not block or reflect treb shots anymore.

The amount of particle effects on the screen during larger battle make them too chaotic, too be fair that still confuses me a lot even now

Retail damage from someone heavy on the power has been always been roughly around mid 300s.

And retail has always been painful for multi hit skills like barrage.

runeblade.7514:

I can’t use PvE rune in PvP

Nvm, didn’t understood the question, give is a year, they’ll add them :p

Chance in a wvw champ loot bag

Harbinger.8637:

Julie Yann.5379:

Harbinger.8637:

Julie Yann.5379:

Fashion Mage.3712:

I wish its worthless auto-attack would get buffed or reworked to be made more interesting.

Well my staff’s auto attacks crit for an average of 1200 (as high as 1500) on 5 targets. That’s a total 6000 to damage on an AA. Doesn’t seem that worthless to me.

Harbinger.8637:

Wave of Wrath is the best farming tool in the game, however I’d rather have it changed to make it more useful in other areas of the game. The staff is a more support oriented weapon, every skill besides WoW is for support. WoW is just bad design, seems like they couldn’t think of anything, so they just went with a weak spammable AoE, that doesn’t do anything for the staff.

So you want the only real damage skill to be reworked into more support?

Also, If you build right, it’s actually pretty strong.

No, I just want it to be reworked into some thing that’s actually useful.

What could be more useful than a spammable medium range AoE than can hit through walls? and like you said before, it is the #1 farming tool in the game

Yes, it’s great for farming, and I understand people love their “loot sticks” and don’t want it changed. However it’s borderline useless in almost all other areas.

PvE ( Dungeons and FoTM)- Not used

WvW- Only really used in larger fights to get more tags, so more loot (Pretty much just farming).

PvP- Only place I can see it being somewhat useful is spamming through the walls and breaking windows at CT in Kyhlo.

Not everything is meant to be 100 % useful everywhere

Show moar chest!!!!

Seriously, I forgotten what my male norm’s tattoos look like,

And it is so wrong that I want this exact look on my female human necro ?
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:Tribal_armor_human_male_front.jpg
:p

Show moar chest!!!!

Seriously, I forgotten what my male norm’s tattoos look like,

And it is so wrong that I want this exact look on my female human necro ?
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/File:Tribal_armor_human_male_front.jpg
:p

Try being an engineer with the grenade kit, and enjoy carpal

Yes :P because it’s the first option

BrunoBRS.5178:

hey, remember when you had to filter through hundred of useless skills to get to two, three meta builds that dominated everything?

barely, but i do remember some classes not even having one viable none gimmicky meta build

So basilisk venom, is slightly longer, can be covered with other condi, But doesn’t really matter when some classes can fart condi cleanses and the target can still cast them anyways?

Why?

In4b " expansion come with new class, races, skills, and watermelons rawr angry internet face!!!!!!"

Godzzila.3752:

This. In fact after 2 years of development everything that is left is a very small map (Dry Top) and a reworked map (Lion’s Arch) that presumably will be back to it’s original version some time soon. Other then that this game shows a REALLLY small amount of development.

MRA.4758:

GW2 (blatantly copied from the wiki):

• Costume Brawl activity
• Modus Sceleris events, Skritt Burglar events, and dozens more
• Tribulation Caverns, Hexfoundry Unhinged, Hidden Garden and Coddler’s Cove jumping puzzles
• Forsaken Halls and Vexa’s Lab mini-dungeons and many new exploration achievements
• Southsun Cove map, including many new events and Under New Management and Skipping Stones jumping puzzles
• Fractals of the Mists dungeon consisting of several fractals, explorable chunks of reality from the Mists based on past events in Tyria’s history
• Temple of the Silent Storm map in structured PvP
• Breakout events in WvW
• Laurel currency
• Ascended gear
• Guesting
• Guild missions, along with new currencies Guild Merits and Guild Commendations
• Spirit Watch map in structured PvP
• World Experience
• Removal of culling
• Custom Arenas and Spectator Mode in structured PvP
• Crab Toss activity
• Stealth Disruptor and Supply Removal Traps in WvW
• Island Control meta event and Karka Queen boss fight
• Angvar’s Trove guild puzzle
• Dragon Bash festival with the Dragon Ball and permanent Moa Racing activities
• Not So Secret jumping puzzle
• Torment condition
• Achievement rewards
• Skyhammer map in structured PvP
• Wallet to hold all account currencie
• Champion and daily dungeon rewards
• Daily activity rotation
• Solo arena queue in structured PvP
• Magic Find account wide, Luck
• Weaponsmith, Artificer and Huntsman crafting disciplines can progress until level 500
• Defeat Tequatl the Sunless event is completely redesigned
• Ruins of Power added to the Borderlands in WvW
• Looking For Group tool added to the Contacts panel
• One of the paths in explorable Twilight Arbor is replaced by the new Aetherpath
• Antitoxin Spray healing skill available for all professions
• New fractals: Thaumanova Reactor, Molten Furnace, Aetherblade, Captain Mai Trin Boss and Molten Boss
• Mistlock Instability in higher levels of Fractals of the Mists
• Armorsmith, Leatherworker and Tailor crafting disciplines can progress until level 500 to craft ascended armor
• New healing skills for every profession
• Triple Trouble meta event, Evolved Jungle Wurm world boss to kick your kitten!
• Edge of the Mists map in WvW
• Trait system redesign, 40 new traits
• Ferocity attribute for increasing critical damage, rune and sigil effects updated
• Account-wide dye unlocks and wardrobe for armor and weapon skins
• Account-bound world experience, legendary and ascended equipment
• PvP reward tracks, PvP Locker merging with the wardrobe
• Megaserver system
• Story Journal for living world storylines
• Tangle Root meta event in Brisban Wildlands
• Dry Top, Sandstorm meta event, and dozens new events
• Ambrite weapons
• Mysterious Vine back item, Cultivated Vine, and Mawdrey + Mawdrey II scavenger hunt
• infrequent balancing updates

Yeap, small amount of development!

silvermember.8941:

If those guys are Arenanet could just make blinding ashes per target and bam they got at least a couple of new builds for the elementalist. I guess it twas too much to ask to make blinding ashes not still terrible.

I wonder who thought it was a great idea to make it like the thieves trap, it seems the new blinding ashes will only be good with staff 3 since there is not enough time to dodge the obvious ground AOE.

Not I’m not really sure if it’s going to work like I said, I’m only guess, focus fire 4 would still be better to use then a thief trap because it range, making it easier to hit multilipy targets with it, and would still be good with anything that cause aoe burning in one shot.

LordByron.8369:

Something i didn t understand …

What happens if i cast a flame wall (focus fire 4) with blinding ashes?
Players on the wall while cast will get blind but players walking into it won’t?

My best guess would be that it would work the same way as some of thieves traps.
You cast it on top of a group of people, they will all be burnt at once and receive blind at the same time (according to the update preview)
But If you cast it in front of a group and they run through it one be one, only the first person will receive the blind and the trait will go in cool down.
One of the many reasons why thieves traps are weak.

Flytrap.8075:

Erukk.1408:

It only shows that your statement appeal to a certain group of people, and it in no way shows that your statement appeals to everyone.

That’s the point.

Just as there are those that are 100% happy with the direction that ANet has gone with their development of GW2, there are others who feel like they’re not delivering on meaningful content.

Doesn’t mean they are delivering no content at all.

I could see thieves using torches, they do crawl around in some pretty dark and dank places, need some light to see, think of them as tomb raiders or something.
But rifles, throwing spears gw1 style, and scythe? That just silly.

Sir Vincent III.1286:

My idea for Hard to Catch is to break stun and instantaneously refill our endurance bar to 100% then give HtC a 60s cooldown.

Otherwise, no thank you.

I would to see a move away from those cool down based traits, not my favourite kinds of traits

I rather scrap it too, your idea, my idea, any idea really, not really picky when it comes to changing this trait

Idea I just thought of, and I want to throw it out before I stop caring.

Hard to Catch: functionality change to : Increase the distance traveled while dodging.

Currently according to the wiki you dodge a distance of 300 unit, the idea could increase the distance to 400 or 450

Thoughts?

Wouldn’t an extra character slot help more than just deleting a class?

Oh and crossbows

Off hands swords then cross bows before anything else