Guild Wars 2

2300 power, 28% crit damage, 5 might.

Lenador.1436:

Dontcare Aboutnames.9284:

Looks about even to me not our fault when randoms follow us :/

It is, you got to loose those pugs; wp—-jupe —back pedeal- the almight sentry trap
make it happen

Sneaking off while pubbies are trying to cap a sentry is a dirty cheater’s trick.

Khisanth.2948:

mjharrison.3209:

Caffynated.5713:

DevonCarver.5370:

There are some updates coming soon, quite soon even, that hopefully will dispel this. Say bye-bye to the Quaggan.

How about all that unused skritt/centaur territory?

Skritt/Centaur Mastery are next year’s content.

Hopefully not before Dolyak Mastery.

Dolyak Mastery would be wicked sick:

1 +1% duration when you apply swiftness to a Dolyak
3 +2% duration when you apply swiftness to a Dolyak
6 +3% duration when you apply swiftness to a Dolyak
10 +4% duration when you apply swiftness to a Dolyak
15 +5% duration when you apply swiftness to a Dolyak
25 Swiftness duration you apply now also affects Dolyak NPC guards
40 +7% duration total
60 Gain Protection for 5 seconds when you successfully escort a Dolyak
85 +10% duration total
115 Gain 1 stack of Dolyak’s Fortitude every time you escort a Dolyak. Dolyak’s Fortitude: Each stack grants +1% swiftness duration. Max 5 stacks

Can’t wait to grind for a couple of weeks to get that.

Rerroll.9083:

Who wins? (use popular builds)

Ele vs ele: =
Ele vs guardian: -
Ele vs ranger: -
Ele vs necro: -
Ele vs thief: -
Ele vs engineer: -
Ele vs mesmer: =
Ele vs warrior: +

I saw the thread title and thought bag slots were going on sale.

/sadface

It’s funny. When you read back over the old “n3rfz teh 3l3” threads, most of the complaints are about being able to consistently defeat an ele, but they can always run away. So, ANet responded by nerfing the ele’s ability to run away… and their ability to stay and fight against people who were saying they could already easily defeat an ele and make them run.

Now they wonder why people think ele isn’t viable.

They need to homogenize the loot tables and remove grey loot. The last time I junked I had 14 different kinds of loot bags, 5 kinds of scrap metal, 4 kinds of scrap leather, 3 different kinds of claws and an assortment of random meat cluttering up my inventory from WvW. All loot dropped in WvW should be level 80, and there should be simple coin drops instead of junk loot.

You can see your ping in windows resource monitor.

start -> search “resmon” -> network tab

I’m not difficult to please. I want:

1. Balanced matchups that take not just total points into account, but when those points are accumulated. A strong NA server with no SEA presence should never face a weak NA server with strong SEA presence. PvDoor is the worst part of WvW, yet the current matchup system creates it constantly by mismatching servers that should never face each other.

2. Fair and balanced gameplay without grinding. Nobody asked to have to grind out 231 WXP ranks for 100 power, 100 condi damage and 250 vitality to be on even footing with all of the zerglings. WvW is moving in the same direction as WAR: grind your face off for rr80 and Sov gear; faceroll. It’s not there yet, but we haven’t seen any sign that WXP isn’t going to keep giving advantages in fights.

3. Better maps that make forming up into one giant queue zerg and rolling around the map (or even multiple maps) no longer the most effective way to play. When you can bring a queue zerg from one side of the BL to the other in <2 minutes, it’s a problem. Small groups can’t exist and be competitive when that is happening.

4. Fix the skill lag. Seriously.

There are some other smaller changes that I would like to see, but these are the big ones.

You people can’t be serious.

Bug fixes, NPCs, grind and PvE hand-me-downs are what you’re happy with? Most of the things you guys are listing are largely viewed as negative and a step away from what WvW players want.

Stronger ACs? Advantages for grinding your face off (on every character because sharing WXP wouldn’t be face meltingly grindy enough)? Unbalanced matchups?

lordkrall.7241:

Caffynated.5713:

The rest of the game’s map changes:

At least be fair when you are making lists like that.
You are ignoring quite a few things added in WvW.

Please point them out.

Caffynated.5713:

The rest of the game’s map changes:

Caffynated.5713:

map changes

The rest of the game’s map changes:

4 Halloween zones
Southsun cove
4 Christmas zones
3 New dungeon instances
A large Jumping puzzle in an existing zone
3 New sPvP maps
Dragon ball
Some additions I probably missed
The Queen’s Pavilion/gauntlet
Countless changes to Lion’s Arch
Bazaar of the Four Winds
Sanctum Sprint
*edit – and of course fractals. How could I forget that grindy piece of fail?

WvW:

No additions or changes because it takes time (2 weeks from GW2’s 1 year anniversary if you’re counting)

Either the WvW devs are hopelessly incompetent or ANet doesn’t provide the same level of support that it does for other game modes. When mini games get more development than one of GW2’s main game types, something is wrong and ANet need to be called on it.

DevonCarver.5370:

There are some updates coming soon, quite soon even, that hopefully will dispel this. Say bye-bye to the Quaggan.

How about all that unused skritt/centaur territory?

You want a good mix of damage and survivability (more toughness and condi removal than vitality).

Ele loses long drawn out sustain fights against most other classes now, so you want enough power and crit to burst people down fast without being a glass canon. 2k power, 20% crit chance (before fury) and 70% crit damage is probably the lowest you can get away with and still have any chance to burst through all of the regen tanks running around.

Focus on getting crit damage from efficient sources (divinity runes, traits and exquisite ruby jewels) so that you don’t lose out on overall stats.

Stat point cost of 1% Crit damage on exotic gear
5 (upgrade slot of trinkets and backpack)
7 (Ruby and Beryl orb)
10 (traits)
12 (glove, shoulder and boots)
12.8 (1H weapons and amulet)
13.33 (Earring)
14.22 (2H weapons)
14.4 (Coat)
16 (Ring, helm, back and legging)

Get the buff from the shadow pools or you’ll get instagibbed.

http://dulfy.net/2013/08/06/gw2-queens-gauntlet-guide/#4

Encounters need to deal high damage on a more frequent and consistent basis instead of just one big “dodge now” burst every 5-10 seconds. When you can avoid 100% of the damage in a fight with timely dodging, defense and healing don’t matter and are even a waste of time in most cases. Casting your 1.5 second heal costs you 20k damage output.

I prefer Winter Ice over Celestial. It doesn’t wash out the detail as much and has a glossy sheen in most lighting where celestial is very flat.

I feel bad for JQQ. Their best troll attempts barely amount to “no you!”

Get on our level.

#magswag

GuardianOMS.8067:

Whoa whoa whoa, don’t say your goodbyes yet! I’ve got some awesome PvD videos from the necro minion zerg action.

MM takes SMC without siege. OMG so pro!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbvjWD0W4SU

[RET] running from the just a few necros. Scrubs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5nAqL5soWo

[Flesh] golem rush SM. Maguuma space age meta.

jcbroe.4329:

Power specs are punished with Protection/Retaliation

and weakness, and armor.

And…

Now condition meta.

There hasn’t been enough tear filled posts about JP camping in this matchup. Sure, we had that one thread that got deleted, but come on Mag, we can do better. Hammer train the JP.

You know something is screwy when you get 25 stacks out of a fight and 2 loot bags on a consistent basis.

Blix.8021:

It’s spelled “a lot.”

My average loading screen for entering a new map lasted 4-5 seconds before today. Now they’re lasting 20+.

They broke something.

Zenith.7301:

LOLOLOLOLOL

Guardian is so “balanced” every team needs one.

Guardian is the only class that can control access to a point and actively defend their teammates, but having a unique (and mandatory) skillset doesn’t make them overpowered. Other classes should get some of guardian’s toys as opposed to taking them away from or weakening guards.

Loading screens seem much longer everywhere.

Lian Olsam.9541:

but what’s the difference from hj?

You’re rated and placed against similarly rated opponents instead of a bunch of randoms from rank #1 on the leaderboards to a glory rank 1 newb playing his first game.

A few minor tweeks to my list after PAX and playing for the last 2 weeks.

S
+ Necro
= Ranger
- Thief

A
+ Engi
= Guardian
= Mesmer (S if they’re not facing condi spam, b if they are)

B
+ Warrior
- Ele

I haven’t tested it, but if they put charges on arcane retribution, that’s a nerf. It was 100% crit chance on all attacks for 5 seconds.

Not a huge issue, since now it’s just an even worse bad trait.

It’s exactly the same as solo queuing for tPvP before, except now you’ll never face a premade. What did people expect?

This patch has ruined my victory song.

RIP #Badges in the Bank

When the zerg rolls in, I get skill lag
Everyone from JQQ just dropped a loot bag
Once the battle is over, I hit F a lot
kitten , now my bank has badges in every slot

#magswag

I feel like all future numbers disputes should be handled using the Calimath Constant.

dwahvel.7356:

Caffynated.5713:

I looted Dusk off a JQQ commander. Dat T2 loot is OP.

I can’t wait to fight a real T1 server.

JQ is the third t1 server. TC might have been but a huge chunk of the wvw players are fairweather and go mia when they don’t hold a lead.

Keep telling yourself that.

I looted Dusk off a JQQ commander. Dat T2 loot is OP.

I can’t wait to fight a real T1 server.

Why is everyone on JQ so terrible at video encoding? Even on the highest available resolution, I can’t read most of the names in your Crappy Zergling Videos™ .

The game desperately needs more skillshots, not less. If anything, most other skills should be changed to not home in on their target.

JoopFOX.9510:

How and where can I see my latency?

Open Resource Monitor and GW2
Type /ip in GW2 chat
Match your GW2 server IP to the GW2 IP in resource monitor (there will be more than one).

Gah, to be young again. My old reflexes can barely break .2 these days.

Now if only I didn’t have 280ms pings to GW2.

What happened to JQueue? When I left, JQ was the strongest NA server that had a weak SEA presence. Now their NA is a notch above bad and they zerg like nobody else in SEA.

Vaught.5198:

That’s cute, he’s also the only ele to make it to the finals in a meta that’s unforgiving for eles in general.

They would have beaten TP if Mogwog wasn’t weighing them down. Even an average necro would have pushed them over the top.

I realize you’re riding the guy’s jock, but I was actually pointing out that it doesn’t matter how good the player is when the spec is that bad. A burst ele is a liability to his team and it was made abundantly clear by how much time Mogwog spent on the ground.

In PvP they don’t have names for wvw players because they simply don’t care.

Vaught.5198:

Razor.6392:

Navzar.2938:

Somoe.3621:

Navzar.2938:

The reason water and arcana feel mandatory are because of the important stats on top of nice traits.
Lowest hp bracket=need more vitality and heals= water
All builds need swapping=intelligence=arcana (except for fresh air and burst builds)

The line would still feel as mandetory tbh, this is just nerfing EA, which I feel competes with elemental surge fairly well as it is.

Who in their right mind would take Elemental Surge over Evasive Arcana…?

It’s better than EA when running arcane wave and power.

trying to fit 2 arcanes in your utilities already makes it worse.

mogwow plays 2 arcanes and that guy is undoubtedly one of the best players in europe.

He uses them in his S/D build to great effect vs Team paradigm in the recent european tour finals.

Is Mogwog the ele who got downed 40+ times against TP in the EU qualifier finals? He was more of a detriment to his team than a help. In WvW we call players like that “rally bait” because that’s about the extent of their contribution.

When you start referring to people outside of your family and friends as pubbies.

When you get hungry and your first thought is to refresh your lemon grass and sharpening stones.

When you listen to music on the radio and start imagining how it would fit into a WvW highlight video.

Leaked video of an ANet balance meeting.

You’re playing the wrong PvP format if you want golem battles.

Halo.8976:

Had some awesome duels with [REVD] ele in SoS’s Stonemist.
http://youtu.be/ZWhioHKSmNs

I guess that’s one way to farm 25 stacks. That guy put up more of a fight than most Yak’s zergs this week.

Sounds like a great idea. They should also award 15 rank/glory for every WvW kill, 50 for every lord kill, 20 for every WvW objective cap/decap, 25 for every yak kill, and of course points for spamming the treb and cannons.

Hundreds of instant dragons and thousands of phoenix who have never set foot in sPvP seems fair. Why shouldn’t they get sPvP rewards for not doing sPvP?

Navzar.2938:

JuniorSB.7089:

When playing in WvWvW you can use Tornado to massively up your damage because of the buff that Tornado gives you. You don’t even have to move in the tornado. Just find a semi safe spot, cast meteor shower and then immediately cast tornado so your meteors are buffed like crazy. >:)

Wow, thanks for posting this. I can’t believe I hadn’t realized you could use it like this before, even though I knew this works with might.

Elite transforms all act as stat bonuses. They’re especially powerful on well necros with lich form. Drop wells, hop into lich form for triple base power, and double base precision/vitality. Watch 6k damage ticks fly all over your screen every second while you do your best maniacally evil laugh. So much fun.

covenn.7165:

Caffynated.5713:

covenn.7165:

Pretty much spot on with that…. stars aligning on another player. Not in full zerker gear as I still have around 20k health with guard stacks, but umm yeah.

Meteor shower does over 50% more damage than fireball. WvW is full of uplevels.

Point missed ? Unsure

Just pointing out that a skill that hits 50% harder than the one being discussed still didn’t hit for 10k, even though it was likely against an upleveled player.

covenn.7165:

Pretty much spot on with that…. stars aligning on another player. Not in full zerker gear as I still have around 20k health with guard stacks, but umm yeah.

Meteor shower does over 50% more damage than fireball. WvW is full of uplevels.

spalt.6938:

I’m not sure how you’re achieving 9-10k crits with Staff auto-attack… Could you perhaps show a screenshot of this happening? Or better yet, a video.

People make these sort of exaggerated claims all the time. While it’s technically possible when the stars align, it’s nowhere near the kind of damage you would see in the real world. To hit a 0 toughness scholar class for over 10k with fireball, you would need 3500 power, 120% crit damage, scholar, piercing shards, vital striking, bolt to the heart, tempest defense, and a big stack of vulnerability against a stunned target below 33% health, while you’re above 90% health and attuned to water.