Guild Wars 2

Bhawb.7408:

Greatsword a la Trahearne kthx.

It caught me by surprise when I saw that Traheane was a necro with a greatsword. It would be pretty cool.

Travlane.5948:

and now going back down to 3 secs. they over did themselves bc they compensated for the lag loss

Good to note, thanks for the info =)

gimmethegepgun.1284:

Causic.3798:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=zCUvIrH2BlU#t=3514s
According to this Thieves will always be revealed when coming out of stealth. Been gone for a while but has this taken effect yet?
Thanks.

No they decided to increase Revealed to 4s instead.

Oh ok thanks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=zCUvIrH2BlU#t=3514s
According to this Thieves will always be revealed when coming out of stealth. Been gone for a while but has this taken effect yet?
Thanks.

I would like to add that clones also do not get the mesmers title.
This should be fixed as well.

Yeah I agree, the only talking going on is usually “Thank you” when I revive someone, or ill say it to them if they revive me. Chatting in WvW is also frowned upon because some people feel the chat can be used for things that are more productive. I would love to have a friends chat.

Red Falcon.8257:

Considering how Warrior is UP in PvP I wouldn’t mind some PvP love in return for some PvE hate.

100% for this idea!
I wouldn’t mind trading in being good at PvE for being good a PvP

silvershadez.8421:

You don’t need stealth to stay alive. I could beat a warrior with ease without stealth at any day. Just pick a D/D condi spec and time your evasive moves right. Theres nothing the warrior can do about it.

Lmao this made my day
So funny he thinks so.
A “Volley” and “Kill Shot” both landing will kill you, if you dodge one of them then Whirlwind Attack takes away atleast 25% hp. As soon as I see the reveal buff I can take um down,
So no I seriously doubt a thief without stealth can beat me

I’m a guy and I play a male asura.
I love the T3 cultural armor for them

So for those of us with no Agony Resistance at all would you recommend doing FotM 10-12 over and over till a ring drops? I’ve ran 12 a couple of times already with no luck so i’d like to know what you guys recommend

havoc.6814:

Danepher.5263:

AoE is not a problem, havoc. If you don’t know how to play, don’t write. Some AoE does more than a single opponent skills, it is fair enough. Lower damage skills have some other bonuses mostly to compensate for lower damage, if you don’t use them properly, your fault. A field is a field, almost always you can go out of that area, if you are not thinking to move, it is again your fault. AoE damage meant to deal a bit lower damage than single target skills but across an area, and many of them for some reason limited for number of players, and such are not “real area of effect”. I’ve seen that a lot when an AoE based skill doesn’t affect the whole area (sometimes for some reason opponents fields or skills wouldn’t damage me either).
Also, if you are not moving away, it is your problem, the game is not played by the model of : “Hack,slash,buckle buckle”. Unlike other games, here you need to think a bit more, and by the way the devs nerf the game, we will not have to plan or think about anything soon. Planning of the actions and how to utilize my skills to make the most of them, was one of the best things in game.
For example, plant a field against 1 player, us that field to increase the output damage or increasing defense or just healing, and continue spamming SINGLE -TARGET SKILLS on the opponent. 1) if you are not moving away from the field, your fault. Some AoE skills do damage but they have other effects as well, using them for the effect only against single enemy, not because of damage (but +10 damage is already something, so why not use it?)
Also, havoc, if you are standing in field, and one player attacks while other supports the opponent – it is called co-operation. And such thing should be prized, because it is rare in our days, and it makes people like you cry, which in turn makes me happy. That somebody got kitten. also most of the time players are buffed, geared diffidently and some even make their build to output as much damage as possible while sacrificing defense, health and such. Aoe is not a problem. Devs should play more with the players and not with themselves (that’s what makes it so funny, get it?) in the studio.

This is exactly what I expected. Scream L2P in rediculous defense of your abuse of an OP tactic. If you knew how to play, you wouldn’t need this crutch, so right back at you.

I completely agree with this, AoE is a crutch that requires no skill.
AoE-ing a door just aiming at the floor requires no skill. They don’t have to decide who to targer and how to CC them to keep them from coming it. Attacking the door already does that.
Improve staff eles 1 vs 1 and necro staffs 1 vs 1 so they will be on par with others as well to make up for it.

Jay.3284:

Red Mages are the only class that can cast two vastly different kinds of magic – white and black, making them a “jack-of-all-trades”. The disadvantage is it cannot cast very powerful magic from either color, so being proficient in many arts, it is a master of none. They can also use swords, but they are not as good at using it as a fighter.

Rangers can do good damage, but not as good as Warriors.
Rangers can cure conditions/give regeneration, but not as good as Guardians.
Rangers can evade attacks very well, but not as good as a Thief.
Rangers can put boons on themselves, but not as good as Elementalist.
Rangers can put conditions on someone, but not as good as a Necromancer.
Rangers can have diversity, but not as good as an Engineer.

A ranger can spec in a way to do all of this well, even at once, but he will never be as good as the inherent classes above.

I have a serious question,
How is a Ranger more of a Jack of all Trades than a Warrior.

Warriors can do good damage (as can most professions if specced)
Warriors can cure conditions/heal shout, but not as good as Guardians.
Warriors can evade attacks (access to vigor) very well, but not as good as a Thief.
Warriors can put boons on themselves(via shouts), but not as good as Elementalist.
Warriors can put conditions on someone, but not as good as a Necromancer.
Warriors can have diversity, but not as good as an Engineer.

I thought this game was designed so that every class can do anything is specced for it.
How does a Jack of all Trades fit in with this? Warriors can do anything Rangers can in this regards, only thing Rangers have for themselves is micromanaging (having the ability to do 2 things at once via pets). I thought that would be what ANet focuses Rangers on.
So ANet will try to make them more “Jack-of-all-Trades”-ey than any other class instead of focusing on any one thing?

Anzariel.9213:

Warriors can be awesome healers with their heal shouts!

Yup, I love our 1k heal shouts, our 15-20 second cooldown is much too low for that kinda healing!

thewanderer.8561:

For people who don’t know, Heartseeker doesn’t break stealth when it doesnt hit anything. So yeah -> I can put distance from you and break combat mode within 3 seconds of stealth and 1 or 2 shadowsteps plus speed buffs from dodge. Voila! i can wp out. No hacks needed. lol L2p op. Not everything has to be spoonfed to you. Same as any class, know your opponents.

Also, the only thing Thief classes are actually overpowered at… are BAD WvW players.

Funny.

This patch actually helped out. I’m glad they did it and other like me are probably not posting since complainers post way more than people who are satisfied. All in all, I see zergs much faster and stealth-ed people appear much faster as well.

This is why I don’t play CoD
Campers everywhere :/
But honestly they are not going anywhere so I don’t recommend you doing them on your own. Do them when you have a group (even though, since they are the ones camping they have more control. Its definitely terrible design in itself to have pvp in there).

Lofat.2406:

TNoD.8143:

As a thief who has other level 80s, I don’t have a problem with thieves because I always know what they are doing while invis and I look for the auto attack animation change on hit. Thieves are not invincible when invis which is what a lot of people tend to forget.

Conclusion: if you hate thieves, play as one, learn how they think and then you can destroy them.

Spot on! It’s a L2P issue like I’ve said all along.

Disagree, it was definitely a culling issue.
Now thieves are not nearly as menacing.
I used to have to run since they could kill me before I would see them but now I think I can take on (or at least put of a fight with) any thief that isn’t amazing :P

Use the phone app, its amazing!

Evalia.7103:

Causic.3798:

Exotic Full Knights gear – Knights accessories – 8k WvW high as 11k PvE

Full critical chance without critical damage is a waste.
Hence, low damage – you could get ascended power/toughness/critical damage new stat combo if you still want absurd toughness.

Since you seem to think you know what my intentions are.
I run 10 20 30 0 10
Berzerkers power for 12% attack,
Deep cuts so bleeds last longer (since Precision Strikes causes 33% chance to bleed on crit), Forceful Greatsword for might on crit
Empowered (increased damage for every boon), shouts recharge faster, shouts heal
Heightened Focus (12% crit)
I may not do a lot of damage on my crits but with ~88% crit (with food and perma-fury) I get a lot of bleeds on the enemy fast and might on myself fast, without sacrificing any toughness. Not to mention healing with a 66% chance per crit (which is very often) with my Omnomberry Ghost, I think it works out very well. My build is not based on my crit damage, but the benefits I get from my crit
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Omnomberry_Ghost

GS + Rifle
Greatsword for mobility/escape.
Rifle for runners and for thieves. (Volley and Kill Shot follow them in stealth)

Exotic Full Knights gear – Knights accessories – 8k WvW high as 11k PvE

FhakE.9063:

IMO zerging is the point of WvW. If you dont like that, there’s pvp

I agree with you, WvW was made for zergs to flourish.
I think too many people expect WvW to be balanced like sPvP which is not the case.

1 on 1 Thieves are supposed to be good, so I don’t recommend attacking them unless your experienced (I don’t do it).
But I would like to add that Rifles “Volley” skill still hits thieves in stealth so try and time it to when they are about to go into stealth so you know where they are going (you can see the bullets flying in the direction he’s in).
“Kill Shot” also follows thieves in stealth so use this when they are around under at least under 50% health. Do not use it if they are in full health or else it won’t do enough damage to kill them in one hit (at least it wont for me in full knights gear).
Its so funny to see them get out of stealth on the floor, I bet they are thinking “what happened?”

TheFug.5278:

1000X better here. The only people coming here are those who are complaining – the rest of us are too busy playing.

This, I think its great, so much better than before. And I run in both zergs and solo, this has improved both.

Just came in here to say Thank You!
This is so much better than before, easier to see stealth and zergs

All of it can be done in WvW, except crafting which is quite easing considering you can mine first then craft with what you got
I just hate having to wait 30 days to get one piece. One amulet and 2 rings, each takes 30 days (1 laurel per day, and I think 10 per monthly) would amount to 70 days? Counting 60 days for 60 laurels plus 20 from the 2 monthlys is 80 plus 10 days is 70, correct me if im wrong, and this is not counting infusions.
And I also think there’s a back piece we cannot get yet, not too sure about this either.
I really hope they make a WvW alternative

I love how they fixed it!
Before they would all appear on top of me, and thieves would be stealthed forever.
Now thieves are so much easier, I guess it wasn’t a L2P issue after all
Anyways, thanks ANET for the fix!!!

Revelations.3154:

Ambush holes and caves blind corners and windy paths.

Keep campers in Call of Duty please.
Friggin campers

Wow The Predator is amazing!
It sets yourself on fire, definitely want!

I think reviving stomped players is fine as is because the game is not balanced around WvW, so some professions have an easier time killing people or groups than other classes. The ability to revive counters it. If they were to balance around WvW then by all means go ahead

I agree, no decent looking heavy armor :/ Atleast none where the person wears pants o-o
I dont want a skirt, more pants options please!

For anyone wondering what TESO is, its The Elder Scrolls Online.
And I don’t think the next few months will make or break the game, Ascended gear didn’t so I don’t think anything will.

Elementalist.
They can do great in both zergs and as solo roamers.

Omniwar.4985:

Greiger.7092:

250,000 kills huh?

24 kills per day, every day, comes out to 434 days to get the title. That does sound more than a little absurd. Especially for the more support-y and controll-y folks who aren’t set up to throw up a blanket of AoE and rake in the kills.

I would have to agree, that title at least seems like it needs some readjustment.

And as a side note to the OP, I’m not a grammar Nazi. I was always terrible at grammar, but some more well placed capital letters would do wonders in making your post both more readable, and more likely to be taken seriously.

I do belive your calculations are bit off, you are missing some 10 thousand days there. I’m not a calculation Nazi, but some more well placed numbers would do wonders in making your post both more readable, and more likely to be taken seriously.

Who even bothers to do the calculations when its past 400 days. Its not even necessary to the point he is trying to make. Also does not contribute to the thread.

Now about the thread: Does anyone else feel a little cheated that people specc-ing into pure damage get more kill count than us people specc-ing into more support? I would love for there to be titles for people who support and buff the group as opposed to those who just spam away AoEs.

D/D elementalists that know that they are doing give me the most problems.
Condition ranged thieves are next. They always appear somewhere random and looking around for them is annoying. They stack more bleed than I can remove with shouts. I love how Rifle skills follow them even in stealth. Using volley I can track where he goes for a bit. Kill shot (I think) also follows them since I have had a few come out of stealth on the floor.
Mesmers are slow and I can outrun them

Mine started working now, check and see if yours is up too.

Yeah me too. and I wish they would tell us before posting it on social networking sites…

Haha this is hilarious!
I would not watch though :P

No I do not think there is balance but then again I feel like balance is better kept in sPvP :P
Id rather classes have different roles (and can change them depending on how they are specced), but just knowing their strengths helps in countering them
For example know that thieves and d/d eles are king of 1 on 1 so walk around in groups. And that Necros are great at flipping conditions on you so applying conditions on them could lead to your downfall.

I’m gonna save this until I learn them.
Thanks for these maps, they help a lot with orientation names!

I think it has to do with AoEs being so effective against groups.
And since WvW is all groups they benefit the most from AoEs.
Plus if they want to go solo they can swap over to Dagger Dagger and be very effective that way as well.
I do not think that they should nerf eles but instead buff other classes that are not as viable and have them all be able to contribute just as much as an ele does to the WvW setting.

Not sure if you specified if you used it for WvW or for PvE but I would not recomend it for WvW.
There are no (or few) escape abilities with it and few condition removals (just mending if thats what you use and Signet of Stamina on a 45 second cooldown). Plus they are often the first targeted since people know they have to escape abilities.
For PvE it works very well. For dungeons you could use banners or shouts to help the group a bit more, but its definately not required.
So I would say it is not terribad, unless its used in WvW (unless you run with a Rifle then it can work well at long range).

Stereotyped comments mean nothing and evidence of killing a couple of Kaineng members means nothing, don’t let it get to you. Its just a game after all

EvilSardine.9635:

Eastevil.1534:

Love how the people opposed to fixing culling are those who main thieves. I for one wont miss those groups of 3-5 thieves roaming in constant stealth.

This even worse culling method makes everyone invisible. Not just thieves. Your comment makes no sense.

Causic.3798:

It is World vs. World. Think of it in terms of nation against nation. Armies win wars, not small scouting groups (though they do help a whole lot). If smaller groups were as effective in winning WvW maps as larger ones we would see more of them. That just isn’t the case. I’m glad they are thinking of the big picture (the armies, and the majority).

No.

EDIT:
Never mind, I shouldn’t stoop to your level.
But can you explain your logic as to why you think having some enemies+some allies load is bad? Small groups can still scout, use stealth when you see an enemy.
Heck id use it if I had it if it meant that randomly appearing zergs couldn’t see me, even with the 12 second limit on it.

vanzan.1250:

Anet – your vision was to not have people run in big zergs and yet you have now addressed a problem to may encourage more people to run in zergs, have smaller groups being considered?

It is World vs. World. Think of it in terms of nation against nation. Armies win wars, not small scouting groups (though they do help a whole lot). If smaller groups were as effective in winning WvW maps as larger ones we would see more of them. That just isn’t the case. I’m glad they are thinking of the big picture (the armies, and the majority).

airstu.2579:

Answer: Grind FOTM the week you play Kaineng. You will be completely geared out, have some pocket money and will have avoided being overrun by their “skill”

Thanks, I think ill do this

fellyn.5083:

Uh huh…that’s not exactly comforting:

“Area effect mechanics have multiple possible types. For example, most melee attacks made with a sword (or larger weapons) will also hit up to 2 other (3 in total) foes if they are close enough to actual target of attack.”

So just going by those sentences alone, according to the wiki our melee attacks are considered aoe.

At least we now know.
Its much better than not knowing and being shocked at getting nerfed, now we can expect it, or at least not be as surprised.

If your adrenaline is full you can try and land a Kill Shot with the rifle to put you at an advantage (especially if your an Asura, we hardly even kneel when casting it so he wont see it comming!).
Then just rifle spam him to death

Yes!!! I’m so excited for this!

I think its ok as long as they aren’t dying all the time I don’t mind (plus why would I mind if theres really no way to know). :P