Guild Wars 2

Arkanfel.8403:

Stat nerf is unnecessary and a cave to whiners, but the stomp change is a welcome one.

Only bad players wanted the stats to remain.
those that want to get better at this game do not want to have an unfair advantage over our opponents.

they should have removed the stat bonus all together.

AoE spells with a maximum number of targets will now count combatants that block or evade the attack towards that maximum.

GG anet.

make the xfer amount to tier1 servers 3k gems
cut the cost in half each tier lower.
t1 - 3k
t2 - 1.5k
t3 - 750
and so on

since we are on the US side of things make PPT gains through 2pm PST - 2 AM pst count for full points.
Points received from 2AM - 2pm PST will be cut in half to reduce the need to have overnight coverage and make the American "Prime time" actually matter.

flow.6043:

Brando.1374:

No dumfire should stay where its at.

…said the guy who wrote in the other thread that Dhuum/Terror is a noob build.
The only point of moving Terror to gm would be to force every conditionmancer to go 30/30/x/x/x, because no necro would take defensive traits over the damage that comes with those two.

I’m with Rennoko here, Dhuumfire needs to go.

Btw is there a reason why would you ask this question?

fear will last 50% less if they do go 30/30/x/x/x. so I think players will have to pick to go for full glass condi or mix it up a bit more.

I asked since I think its a possible change.

and

No dumfire should stay where its at.

I do agree with restoring terror to its former glory. but only if it gets moved to the grandmaster tier.

Simple question.

what do you guys think?

I always start any dual/gvg with 100% lf.
To be without any as a condi necro is just a huge disadvantage.
But good job on getting their jimmies all ruslted up by beating then.

Ashabhi.1365:

Since I am not working my way toward a legendary, I have a nub question…

Is the Gift of Exploration required for every legendary? or just certain ones?

all of them.

Our guild leader is a D/D ele and he does very well.

Gandarel.5091:

style.6173:

Gandarel.5091:

So I think it’s official, Zerg vs Zerg is considered GvG. I don’t think 20v20 can be considered GvG or PvP. I think GvG would deserved an own gamemode and a ladder, but with this, the opportunity has gone away. It should be the PvP version of guild mission.

Thoughts?

I will never call that thing GvG.

Stop trying to define GvG yourself. GvG is two guilds who agree how many people should fight and then go and fight. If they want a small number, fine. If they want 20v20, fine. There are no rules on numbers.

The problem is that’s not even PvP. In a 20v20, does individual skill matter at all, Can you watch out for a mesmer raising up his gs summoning a berserker? No. You go spam AoE skills with your PvE build and then hope for lucky crits. You can’t do anything.

And GvG was defined in the GW universe nearly 9 years ago.

Dont care what it was called 9 years ago or what it was in Gw1.
this is not gw1, this is Gw2.

GvG is now 15v15 or 20v20
if you dont like it stay in spvp and stop trying to define what we do. Only reason we even started to come to your forums was because the wvw devs make a mistake in placing a bloodlust buff in our maps.
we are now getting a new arena. we will stay as far away from spvp as possible since we are too “unskilled” for you.

andomon.8314:

Brando.1374:

Chris.3290:

Brando.1374:

Make defending things give more rewards than capping.

Give no wxp/loot/exp when someone kills a player while on an ac/ballista

Under Mutually Exclusive the definition is explained as……

get more rewards for defending, get none for manning siege.
I want to promote more actual fighting not spamming ac everywhere.

Ok lets say I am at a tower with a 5 man group then a zerg of 20 attacks the tower wall. If I man siege we could possibly hold them off until I call for reinforcements. I should not gain experience for doing so?

you get exp for defending, not manning the siege.

Chris.3290:

Brando.1374:

Make defending things give more rewards than capping.

Give no wxp/loot/exp when someone kills a player while on an ac/ballista

Under Mutually Exclusive the definition is explained as……

get more rewards for defending, get none for manning siege.
I want to promote more actual fighting not spamming ac everywhere.

andomon.8314:

Brando.1374:

Give no wxp/loot/exp when someone kills a player while on an ac/ballista

What would be the incentive of volunteering to be on a ballista or arrow cart then?

None thats the point

Make defending things give more rewards than capping.
Make a separate Map for GvG’s - JP is a good bandaid for now
Get rid of Bloodlust stat increase
debuff to zergs of 40+ players - increase skill CD by 33%/Decrease movement speed by 33%.
Give no wxp/loot/exp when someone kills a player while on an ac/ballista

Stop with your QQ.
your esports conquest wont get ignored.

Isilhgaard.4013:

So, I am required to explore all 4 maps in WvW to obtain a “gift of exploration” if I want to craft a legendary weapon. I play PVE not WvW! Why do we not have a choice to just explore the PVE world? I am not going to spend time struggling in ‘pvp’ mode to get a weapon I want to use in PVE. Note : I am not bashing WvW or the people who enjoy it.

you also need 500 badges of honor so whats your point?
follow a karma train and eventually you will reach all the maps.

CMstorm.8679:

Need I say more about this?

No, Necromancer Hammer

roamzero.9486:

If anet came up with such a thing how would you like to see it implemented? I think something like this would be good:

5pt: Players you down have 10% less downed HP
15pt: +10% movement speed out of combat
30pt: Players you down have a further 15% less downed HP (25% total)
50pt: +15% movement speed out of combat (25% total)
75pt: If enemies outnumber allies in a 600 radius, gain 1s stability and 3s quickness when stomping(5s cooldown)

I would take this just for the movement speed lol

Aieo.2815:

According to Devon, this is NOT GvG. Instead, it is called “organized, large-scale battles.” That means they’re still planning to implement the best possible GvG mode.

call it whatever you want.
Gw2 GvG will be held there.

Mathias.9657:

Way to ruin the name of GvG

I guess WvW players are more special than us, they get their own area to zerg particle effect battle.

hey dont get your jimmes all rustled, you will eventually get what you want.

Thank you.
took a bit of time and some drama for this to come around but im glad the Devs see the potential our GvG’s and the community has.

http://gw2buildcraft.com/calculator/necromancer/?5.0|b.1q.h1k.8.5q.h1n.0.0.0|6.5q.h1k.0.0.0|1q.718.1q.718.1q.718.1q.718.1q.718.1q.718|2x.d12.2x.0.3x.0.2x.0.3x.0.2w.d12|0.u479.k57.k13.0|30.d|3r.3w.3x.48.4f|e

above is what I use daily for roaming and general WvW stuff

for some serious time running/zerg busting I change things up a bit but over all same stats and 0/30/20/20/0 build just different traits and utilities.

wow, didnt mean to rustle so many jimmies with my comment.

;)

FinalPatriot.8034:

Well, if it’s a noob build, he sure made me look stupid. For a moment, I was considering deleting a character just to roll a Necro and see what the deal was.

its a noob build in the sense that any necro can run it and be decent with it.

JonathanSharp.7094:

Just to confirm, we are working on new maps. I can’t give too many details, but a few things:

1) We’re trying maps with no cap points.
2) We’re trying mechanics that focus on high risk/reward mechanics that can win to sudden wins/sudden losses.
3) We’re trying maps that focus on “big play” moments that permanently impact the map flow/map status.
4) I can’t give an ETA on when you’d see one live, because we’re trying different maps, and each of them takes time to prototype, etc.

I think that conquest is easy for new players to get into, and it’s allowed for some amazing high-level games so far! But we’d like to try some new things that get away from conquest.

Also, as many of us have said, we want to give players enough variety such that they can change what they play from time to time, while also being sure that we don’t fracture the player-base by spreading players out to too many different game types.

I know this isn’t a super exhaustive answer, but just wanted to give you guys a quick update.

A map with no cap points………YES PLEASE!!!!

thats the Noob meta build that all bad necro’s have become reliant on in order to be competitive.

thats the terrormancer/dumbfire build.

Josh Davis.6015:

Perplexity Runes are definitely on our radar. I talked with our designers about this and you can expect some changes to this rune-set in the near future. I don’t have specific details on what changes we’ll be making, but I figured I’d let you guys know that we are looking at it.

Thanks guys!

give it a 10 sec icd

a legendary should cost more to get. Why?
Because a legendary weapon can pick and choose which stats to have at any given time.
so essentially you have multiple ascended weapons in one.

Meglobob.8620:

If they do reduce the stat buff, why will anyone go near the ruins?

Already, even with the stat buff as it is, the majority of players avoid it and stay were the loot is…you also get more fights there too…cause that’s where everyone is…

it should give a MF buff so that way farming zergs can get better drops when they kill the lords. while we get better loot when we stomp ppl.

Maestria of Strat.2974:

When faced against a necro player with ultra condition damage, an hp pool of 15k is very low.
Couple this with no stability, makes almost for a perfect 1 shot down.
Aside from getting more vitality and going defensive, is there anything is a thief can do?
Or just run away and wait for the opportune moment, in wvw, to attack necros with fellow wvw’ers?

Dodge, dodge and more dodge
avoid our marks, interrupt our heal and burst us down

Loco.4561:

How do you not instantly explode when someone decides to kill you? You have one stun break, no stability, no blocks, any decent player will make you pop that early and you will literally be down in seconds.

Also, staff as a DPS weapon?? What do you use it for? The auto-attack is so slow it’s easily avoided, the only ability that might hit hard is putrid mark, wouldn’t you do better with Axe/Focus? It has more synergy, will give you more damage, AoE Cripple, Chill and boon stripping, surely better than staff? I mean I use Staff on my mesmer power/zerk builds, but you CAN dps effectively with a mes staff, I just can’t see it with necro staff.

not sure how to explain why I can make it work, but it works for me

I get focused quite a bit and I usually dont have an issue unless 2-3 just go balls to the wall to get me down. I can usually kite them will my wells/marks.
I use staff for the condi removal and chill/psn/weakness application. regen on staff 2 is a nice addition. and getting LF when a mark is triggered is nice.

also if a decent player will make me pop my spectral armor right away that means I have yet to fight anyone decent

Mike.5091:

I’ve been running quite a similar build in sPvP too (different runes and traits) which doesn’t automatically mean it’s good. But it does work quite well for me though too.

I know right, its almost like they expect us our auto attacks to hit like a wet noodle when in reality we are hitting for 1-4k auto attacks.

knbBlackTemplar.3059:

power builds are terrible in pvp, you just will die in a seconds. You can’t evade damage like thieves, wars, engis, mesmers, and DS drop really fast.

to be honest I have never has an issue with this build.

the “condi meta” is just to boring and I am a wvw heavy condi dmg necro so I know what it is.
this power build allows me to do good dmg, and have a constant stream of LF regeneration.

I usually dont go down 1v1. 2v1 I have won a few times but it was a challange, 3v1 I doubt anyone can win and keep the point in their favor.

skullmount.1758:

I don’t expect much from it, and its not even cause its Devon (who I don’t have a problem with). Its just going to be typical Anet answers, “We can’t talk about it right now”, “Anythings possible”, etc.

or their most popular response…..“soon”

DanH.5879:

no worry, PW will be nerfed in the next patch from what i heard,
enjoy it while you still can

PW already took a 15% nerf about a year ago.
why are they going to nerf it again if anything it needs a dmg increase.

we just want to know when it will be removed.

Hexin.5603:

So basically you want a gladiator pit?

I would prefer maps that gave tactical options. Not just run in swinging and hope for the best.

Have a look at the maps on gw1, they each offer various ways to play with objective in mind

Yes, we only need an open arena, no side objectives, just straight up Team death match

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fQAQNAoYWjMaV6ZaabM8JEoHvnu4MRFGGqHrD78hA-TsAg0CnI0RFkLIjOycs5MEZJysAA

as you might see I am mainly a WvW player how loves fights/GvG’s
with the recent changes with the new bloodlust in WvW I took some time off and went to try my hand at Spvp.

Above is the link of the build I found to be the easiest to be successful in spvp.
we have 3 ways to clean conditions (heal/dagger4/staff4)

we can still condi overload players so they blow their cooldowns and I can burst them down no problem.

I dont rely on fear since most classes run with some sort of stability. I can still

immobilize them and lay down the pain while they panic because they cant move.
every auto attack I have gives me LF, staff marks give me LF, being hit when spetral armor gives me lf.

DS hits like a truck, and its possible to apply 6 different conditions while in DS. (vul/bleed/chill/fear/torment/immobilize)

Now I know this isnt the best build out there but its very easy to use and you dont feel like you are going to die in seconds.

Valik Shin.9027:

There is no 20v20 arena

Not yet, Soon…..I hope

yes, they do tick for more.

whats even better are all the perplexity thieves
Yesterday I had 2 come in and just stack 15 confusion on me. I sent it back.
at the time I had around 2400 condi dmg so with 15 stacks they where killing themselves with 3.5k ticks lol

Afya.5842:

Brando.1374:

FinalPatriot.8034:

But isn’t the Necro considered the worst as a roaming class? I heard you have very limited mobility.

Also, thanks for the info on that build of yours. I know what to look out for now.

Only reason we are considered the worst roaming class is because we have no escape button. we are basically stomp or be stomped class.

We don’t stomp people.

I do

FinalPatriot.8034:

But isn’t the Necro considered the worst as a roaming class? I heard you have very limited mobility.

Also, thanks for the info on that build of yours. I know what to look out for now.

Only reason we are considered the worst roaming class is because we have no escape button. we are basically stomp or be stomped class.

condition or power build?

also you say your a condi warrior as well, we can transfer whatever condi you put on us back you plus whatever we can stack.

tom.7468:

I agree with free transfer anywhere let people go where they want without farming their kitten of first.

NO!!!
do not let people go anywhere they want. Only to Low pop servers.
Stacked servers should be closed for transfers.

I agree.
you can guest to a different server is you want to Pve with another group or guild on anther server. while you must transfer to participate in WvW.
the Big 3 dont need any more players.

Malediktus.9250:

Speak for yourself. I know many people who like the stat buff.

… who wants a stat buff to the already over populated server in a match?

Elochai.1280:

Brando.1374:

Pugs/pve/zerg players play for PPT
Gvg/roaming/zerg busting look to demonize the enemy pugs/pve/zerg players so that our servers pugs/pve/zerg players get the ppt.

how is that not helping? I think this helps our servers more since out it will make our servers job much easier.

If you are referring to me. I never said it wasn’t helping. I think they are a great asset to any server. I was simply defending those not in said guilds. Everyone contributes and is valuable. I’m simply saying those not in the guilds contribute much more than many are stating.

no it wasnt directed at you. just in general so that the whole we help more blah blah blah will stop.

Pugs/pve/zerg players play for PPT
Gvg/roaming/zerg busting look to demonize the enemy pugs/pve/zerg players so that our servers pugs/pve/zerg players get the ppt.

how is that not helping? I think this helps our servers more since out it will make our servers job much easier.

Dr Acula.3496:

Jinks.2057:

I dunno wtf is up w/ this Swag drama, but I do know that they refuse to GvG GF. They also post videos of them “roaming” which is nothing but a compilation of their guild zerging ppl down.

I’ve noticed they are pushing to become the next Mag All Stars since Ark drama

Unsure on this since Orion hasnt been on in quite awhile and we havent had a GvG since Agg.

we havent had a GvG since the Bloodlust nerf.