Guild Wars 2

I agree that mechanic is broken, on multiple occasions I have stopped groups of 20+ players from capping a given objective from 20 seconds to 60+. While in stealth the thief/mesmer any class should not affect the capping, outside of stealth yes.

Currently on Piken there is a hot topic – should we form a new guild called Turtle Hunters.
@Abaddon`s Mouth
Guys it is funny and sad to use this tactic when you are 20 and we are 10…. on top of that to port out of the cap area thus giving us free cap…. (talking about south middle supply camp). On a second though please keep doing it we had a good laugh last night/morning.

Insanesu, there is organization between the guilds, most of the commanded are regulary speaking with each other i.e. at most of the times we know which guild is in which zone so we can reinforce or ask for help.

Please don`t nerf backstab. I love to kill backstab baddies

On a second note the backstab baddies could role a 5 signet warriors, thus making them even easier to kill and have better weapon from steal… hm dilema.

The proc haste works soooo nice with the new signet, once you see it going up pop the signet and MELT people. I tested going with P/P in WvW and oh the eles and rangers are just dropping like flies.

@Ring
You cannot compare the changing of two completly different things. 1 is utility other is “spammable” attack. One gives %dmg increase the other does direct dmg. And pistol whip nerf was required. It did hit too hard.

Oh my god… do you read the patchnotes? They actually separated a guardian skill from PvE/sPvP. So tell me how they are not doing that?

Can you please explain me do you waith 30 seconds to start killing mobs?! There are so much better things you can put on the skill bar for PvE… anyway. The change does NOT affect the PvE game as much it does the PvP one, so why it should be separated?

@Zplus
What has the server to do with the topic?!?

How many attacks will be landed depdens of the enemy and you. There is no unversal formula, in some cases you will land 0 and in some 5. Stating something like you can land only 3 attacks is stupid.

@Zplus
No offense, but don`t tell me how much attacks I can land. If you can land 3, too bad for you.

/off
I found new hobby today – read all the whines from the baddies on the thief forums
/on
@Amen please use spellcheck.

Oh this is the third topic I read about this so called nerf and it is so funny

The backstab build is BAD. It is not fun, it is stupid, it requires zero skill to do it. This build was good due to the 150% buff on an attack from the signed. The problem is not the 15k+ crit dmg but the fact that ALL baddies are doing it. So what Anet did is smart – learn to play better. Now I can start using the signet – 5 attacks +15% dmg is huge and I will not have run the kitten backstab build. Don`t get me wrong, I love stealth and sneaky kills, but the backstab glasscannon build was broken due to the large dmg otuput with zero skill required.
@Rump Buffalo your math is so wrong… I wont even comment it. Just something to think:
1×1000 + 50% buff
5×100 + 15% buff

Zid.4196:

Cal.1985:

Really?
Based on what you are assuming they are not working on WvW. Even the simplest logic shows that they are working on WvW. I believe that they tried to resolve the culling i.e. to allow us to see more people, tho it fired backwards and we see less/no people.

It doesn’t work like that; unless ANet employs Daffy Duck or something.

You are telling me that a fix cannot backfire and become a bug?! Oh so many examples of exactly that.
As I said I don`t know if this is true or not I can only guess since the invisible friendlies/enemies issue become worse after the patch.
1+1 in most cases is 2

Really?
Based on what you are assuming they are not working on WvW. Even the simplest logic shows that they are working on WvW. I believe that they tried to resolve the culling i.e. to allow us to see more people, tho it fired backwards and we see less/no people.
However the point is that they are working, sure they made a mistake this time, give them time to fix it. No point of going all negative on the forums.

I know that CnD can be casted before the steal the OP I bet did not. I was interested based on what knowledge of the game he makes such topics “I DEMAND bla bla”

And yes either the OP is undergeared/not 80 or the thief was glass cannon. 14k HP is much for glass cannon tbh There are thiefs running with 12k health

So how 3 hits (CnD has cast time…) are made in 0.2- 0.3 secondse even with haste? PLEASE DO give combat log. Oh you don`t have one?
13k is normal for 3 “large hits” by large I mean:
1. Steal 35-45 seconds CD skill which crits for 4-5-6k depending on various things
2. CnD a 6 initiate skill WITH cast time (thief base pool is 12 with trait 15 initiate poins)
3. For dmg on backstab he must be behind you.

So he jumped you from somwhere and burst you? Were you in a big fight and the client lagged or something?

If there was no lag and anything why on earth you did not dodge when you saw the CnD casting animation?

No one is talking about story mode… Story mode is meant to be easy.
Please don`t post without reading and understanding the topic first.

Please do speed run on Arah
Some dungeons are easier some not, there are speed runs in all games despite if there is Holy Trinity or not.
If you like Holy Trinity please go play WoW, Rift or any othe MMO.

Against… ?
Short answer alot dmg.

If you want numbers please go do tests on the dummies in the sPvP lobby. Note that during more then 1v1 fight there are various buffs and debuffs.

@ecthelion
Saying nothing in your post is pointless. I asked specific question:

Which dungeon took 3 hours and which path please do tell.

@tom
Don`t post misleading information. The highest waypoint cost is from cursed shores to soundforge gorge and its less then 5 silver 4 and something. Porting around the same map is silver and some change. From lion`s to cursed is 3 something silver. I hate when people post incorrect information and whine about it.

Pro tip: you can port to lion`s for free.

I. No offense but, get better party and l2p. I did 3 runs in ~90 minutes died twice (like completly dead). Got 3×26silver 3 yellows which resulted in 4 orbs of ecto and tons of green/blue items. So i made at least 2gold. Please tell me which dungeon and path takes 3 hours?!

II. No it is cheap. You are just poor

III. Don`t care I always run with guldies.

@Tom Gore
Please don`t SPAM.

I want a reward not a punishment.

I will not get it until they make the option to hide it.

Please add an option to hide it. Like helmet or shoulders. The star is like a giant target on the players.
In addition it shows the mesmer as the clones does not have it.
In addition the start is visible through keep/tower/castles walls in WvW.

I would love to complete all maps but there is no way to run with the start next to my name. Please allow me to hide it. Thank you.

How on earth this is self entitlement?! I had no idea what the new rewards were when I posted first:
Anet – its wrong ,we fixed it.
Why I can`t get the fixed rewards?
What have you done better then me to get correct/better rewards?
It is not about the rewards it is what is fair. Read at least once with understanding.

@Kyus
It not about enjoy or experience. It is not fair simple as that. I know that 10 people will say meh get over it it is a game, however I don`t see a single logical point why people X and Y should get completly different rewards (in both usability and level usage) for doing the same exact thing.

Any update on the updated rewards for the people that completed personal story?

@Catchach
Please do not spam the topic with irrelevent things. Getting 10 badges is 1-2 20+ people fights.

My question stands still:
Will the people that got “wrong” rewards for map completition get the correct one after the patch and how.

Not sure if this is the right forum. Please feel to remove if necessary.

In the patch notes the following is stated:

Updated map completion rewards for Plains of Ashford and all World-versus-World maps to match the map level/content.

Now I have already completed all WvW Maps and I got like 20-30 copper and some green low level items lv26 if I remember correctly. Since the rewards are updated how can I get my correct rewards for the map completition on Eternal Battlegrounds and the three Borderlands. Since they are level 80 ones I assume the rewards are exotic/yellow items?

No its “exploit” – exploiting the free world transfers against the current three matched servers.

Let em transfer, the transfers between fighting servers must STOP now or at least forbid WvW for the people transfering between them. We have guys from the other server zerg guilds running alongside us for whole evenings… how fun is that to know that the enemy is next to you and saying whatever in /say /map/ /team.

Clustrbomb medicore?! It is one of the most hard hitting AOE skills in the game. Pro tip it has 1200 range not 900. People are so lazy that they are not even reading tooltips.

Bah lucky, your topic is not locked, mine got locked for almost the same thing. Rest assured the moderators have forwarded the matter to the devolopers….

I am not spamming. I request an official answer here.

I AM TIRED of seeing people from the servers which we are fighting against, giving misleading information in /map /team and spying where our force is. They even run along side with us griefing etc. !!!!
PLEASE Anet tell me what you are going to do about this. It is getting out of control

This is the second time I am posting this as the previous one was locked, without any specific reason for it.
1. Why my previous topic was locked before any further information has been requested or provided.
2. I request an official statements not an AUTO reply – yea cool I will forward.

Do you realize HOW bad this is? We are having people from other server guilds running with US and telling the opposition via VoiP EVERYTHING that we are doing. THIS is NOT acceptable.

Please at least forbid server transfers between the servers which are currently against each other.

If you lock the thread I will start a new one I guess I will be banned after that, however the ISSUE remains. I don`t care if I am banned on the forums or not. I want an solution to the problem at hand. If you want I can give you player names that are doing it.

I AM TIRED of seeing people from the servers which we are fighting against, giving misleading information in /map /team and spying where our force is. They even run along side with us griefing etc. !!!!

PLEASE Anet tell me what you are going to do about this. It is getting out of control

Hm the mobility (lets ignore the ele) class in game has alot of movement skills OMFG NERF NERF!

Going solo in WvW without organized group/guild = you die alot. Pro tip find a 15+ people with the same guild tag and run with them

Kazim.2043:

Cal.1985:

Not directly – but they suggest to have lower points gain and other things like that? So why on earth you feel that for the period from 0 to10 GMT and the period from 10 to 18 GMT people should earn different points???? (hours are completly random and irrelivent)

Time is irrelevant just as you said. It’s the participation of population.

I think it sounds pretty valid for 200 man to be able to gain more points than 40 man independent of time. Isn kitten

No, no one should limit 40 random people as they paid the same money and playing the same game. With the difference they are not playing during prime time.

The solution you are seeking for is to gain points per kills or something like that. WHICH will never happen as several issues arise:

1. Randoms will be called with so much kitten names.
2. Elitists guild will break any kind of server community due to the above.
3. If you die – all will point a finger at you and saying you gave em points. And name calling will start.

Darkeh.4539:

Night capping is lame, and it should not reward the same amount of points.
People that say other wise, are the people that have to resort to these “lame” messure’s to win or get any points at all.

Yes WvW is and should be 24/7 but the amount of points should not be the same.

Why? I am reading all post and I dont see the point.

X server has 2 times the players of Y server duing 2 to 6 AM (whatever time zone). X servers caps more things and gets more points. WHAT is wrong with that? Oh I forgot Y server got kicked by X server between 22:00 PM and 01:00 AM (same whatever time zone) and now X server feels that it is unfair to Y server to take things when they are asleep. Hm yes it is not fair. Shoud Anet do something about it – NO. It is your server population problem not broken game mechanic!!!

Kazim.2043:

Cal.1985:

Really? 5 pages of complains. You demand to forbid people play WvW when they like and how they like because you are asleep/work/doing something else? Really??

None of the posts suggested forbid people play WvW when they like.

Not directly – but they suggest to have lower points gain and other things like that? So why on earth you feel that for the period from 0 to10 GMT and the period from 10 to 18 GMT people should earn different points???? (hours are completly random and irrelivent)

Really? 5 pages of complains. You demand to forbid people play WvW when they like and how they like because you are asleep/work/doing something else? Really??

If I was moderator on this forums I would have deleted every post and topic about this stupid request.

Please explain to me what is night capping and I will prove to you that it is day capping for some part of the world.

I am so retired of whines from self entitled kittens (typed kittens manual please replace with whaterver you like). If you don`t like stop doing it. It is simple

Invader gear is so bad for a thief. Don`t even bother.

The real question is when there will be invader gear with different skins and stats? The level 20 invader looks like 80 exotic invader…

@Revenant
Bad idea, why not make all keeps then fully upgraded?

@sorrow
Reveal is a 3 seconds debuff that prevents the thief to go into stealth again.

Now as I do not know all necro skils I went to the wiki and found some that will prevent direct dmg:

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Haunt
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Well_of_Darkness
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Axe#Necromancer oh the retaliation hurts
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Dagger#Necromancer immobilize, blind
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Warhorn#Necromancer daze

Now I have not bothered to list all cripple and chill effects as they are rather soft then hard counter.
Please explain me how you don`t have ANY other means to protect yourself from a backstab specced thief.

I want to make a clarification, I play a thief. I don`t use backstab (its boring). I have seen many thiefs going on me with backstab…. almost none of them killed me. Backstab for me it is easy to avoid.

I agree it is high dmg ability, maybe a bit over the top, however I think it is more play better issue then the skill itself. I don`t wont to offend anyone with this personal opinion.

@sorrow
I think you are completly ignoring the Reveal debuff. You cannot just re-stealth. No offense but If you don`t have ANY other means to avoid dmg except dodge… its your build problem, get fear, chills, slow, blind etc (not really familiar with all necro skills)

@Lilbeezy
In general I agree. Here is the problem. The skill that bursts is Backstab. No arguments here right?
This is the only burst skill in game that has so many requirements:
1. Stealth
2. Getting behind targed (in 3-4 seconds window)
3. Strike

Its a mele skill so target must stay close, the targed must not dodge or use any skill like aoe knockdown, aoe blind and so on. Hell he can put blind on you before you go to stealth assuming you are not using CnD.

I understand the cry about bursting backstab with the signed. I don`t understand WHY people don`t try to play better. It is not hard to avoid.

Please excuse my confusion but how steal + backstab + heart seeker are 2 skills?

Why on earth are you not moving/dodgin after the dmg and seeing the thief going invisible?! It is even worse if the thief uses CnD (IT HAS CAST TIME). The thief has a maximum of 4 seconds during which he can land backstab. Get a way, use blind, use knockdown use anything to prevent the thief doing dmg on your back in the for 3-4 seconds. If you manage to get away:

Steal is on at least 30 (or more? not sure with 30 in thrickery) CD or the thief lost 6 initiate due to CnD.

This build is a one trick pony. It is easy aviodable in 1v1. In group fights well its harder but still doable.

People learned to avoid bull rush + hundred blades WHY on earth you can`t learn to MOVE when you see a thief wearing a dagger in MH getting invis close to you?!

Please provide me with a good build that has all three. By all three I mean to benefit/use in synergy the stealth the mobilidy and the burst

2 Skill killing a glass cannon is normal. Move along. Stop whining about the backstab.

Let me get that straight:

The class that is build for mobility and burst should NOT have mobility and burst.

I am confused… What should thiefs to then? Please explain with examples.

Shintai.5618:

Go Mesmer, its not even a question. Thief is one of the worst in WvW due to the HP pool and limited functions. in sieges/defence all you can really do is runnign around trying to find a place where your slow moving cluster bomb can hit.

Oh my god , hm… on a second thought YES you are correct. Thiefs are the worst for WvW. Having 4+ thiefs doing dagger storm is BAD. As a matter of fact don`t ever roll a thief in WvW.

Here are some of the worst skills:
Daggers storm – completly not usable in WvW esp in big fights, very low dmg, the cripple effect is pointless and you even get stability. They need to buff that skill to give at least evade in addition to the stability
Cluster bomb – so slow fligh time and the DMG, oh its so low no point to use it.
Smoke Screen – pointless to block incomnig projectiles, do aoe stealth and spread blindness.

Any movement skill like withdraw, roll of initiative, shadowstep THEY are so bad. For example you can go inside a zerg unload dmg and then port back I mean really who would ever do that… Don`t let me even start on Sword 2 ability or the AOE dmg on the sword its so pointless.

I wish thiefs get some buffs for WvW as your statements clearly shows that thiefs are next to useless for WvW.