Guild Wars 2

Probably.

100% agree that this is a slap in the face to players who couldn’t participate in the last beta.

I totally believe this. I’ve always had terrible “RNG,” but after the last queen’s jubilee where I opened thousands of those things and got nothing be the cheapest, most useless item out of all of them, it became clear that I was on a cursed account. Anet shouldn’t wonder why I’m so bitter against them.

Ralanost.8913:

Pretty annoyed. If I knew they would be giving this out I would have tried harder for a beta invite. The hell? It’s like promotions isn’t talking to the dev team and vise versa. Pretty annoying to be honest.

Some of us couldn’t even sign up for the newsletter to get a chance at the beta. I tried several times and it just didn’t work. I was kind of annoyed then. Afterward I saw that beta players got a free armor set if they played a revenant. Now they get a free heroic chest….

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Which means they are doing something to get ready for the next Beta Test. Maybe, this indicates it will be sooner, rather than later. =)

It also definitively answers the question, ‘If I was in the last Beta, do I have to try for a Portal to get in the next?’ Thus, as many stated, ‘Yes, you do.’

Great. So you have to play something you don’t want to do to get a chance to participate in a beta you have no interest in on the off chance you get a reward that you do want. Meanwhile, people who just signed up for a newsletter got it for doing little more than logging in.

TexZero.7910:

Official announcement is up

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/news/Heroic-Edition-Items-Delivered-to-Beta-Participants

Wow! What a majorkittento the rest of the player base. Not only did we not get a chance to participate in the Beta (because it was random for signing up for a buggy newsletter), those that did also get extra rewards.

The way they dole out rewards has been kittening me off ever since the Karka disaster. A chosen few are rewarded and the rest get crap. When the people you know in game are running around with several legendaries and the best drop you ever got was worth 50g after playing since the early release, you start to feel like Anet just wants to kitten on certain players. Loyalty means nothing. You just have to be among the lucky few.

I will get infracted for this post, but it’s nothing compared to how rude Anet is to so many of its players pulling crap like this.

Zenos Osgorma.2936:

lol RF is more effective at 900 Range also Rf is not effected by Long range shot it will always do the same amount of Damage regardless of its range so that suggestion of yours is mute.

Then a nerf to RF range would be a good adjustment to it, because it won’t make the skill useless, while dealing with one of the major reasons it is considered OP.

also SoS and Protect me are perfectly Balanced if you can’t last out 6secs learn to kite more and take some extra toughness , its no different to Endure pain.

The concern seems to be that rangers have 2 on-demand endure pains.

I worry that the shield phantasm will be another iMage.

Nova Stiker.8396:

The point is, Pin Down has been hurting Warriors everywhere, and so many heavily rely on it instead of mastering other weapons or mastering positioning with a melee weapon.

Please tell this to rangers.

I think illusions should be invulnerable to physical attacks long enough for them to perform 1 attack. They should still be vulnerable to conditions and control effects. If their attack is interrupted, blocked, or missed, they still lose their invulnerability.

Diovid.9506:

I hope there is no shift from berserker to something else. Instead I hope that other stat combinations become as viable as berserker’s or at least somewhat more viable.

I agree with this. The increased viability of other sets shouldn’t become zero-sum.

The selfish one is the one asking for Anet to devote its time and resources solely for something they alone can use without consideration for others.

I disagree with you entirely, and find your reasoning flawed and biased.

Nike.2631:

DaShi.1368:

Why should rangers get new pets? Unless there is something for other professions too, I’m against it.

And if other professions had to COLLECT THEIR CLASS MECHANIC FROM THE LANDSCAPE you might possibly have a point to make.

Oh, but you don’t.

My point remains. Just because rangers get their pets from the “landscape” doesn’t give them a special right to get new pets. My point is clear, if rangers get new pets, then other classes should get something new too. What I’m asking for is only fair, and to ask otherwise would be selfish. There’s no need for people to be so aggressive and hostile about this.

Why should rangers get new pets? Unless there is something for other professions too, I’m against it.

So the armor set that people have been clamoring for since release is an outfit?

Khylo makes me nervous. A lot of people don’t know how to respond to the trebs. They don’t know when to be on them, when to be off. They don’t know when and who should take out the opponent’s treb.

Courtyard is short and has less opportunities for people to screw up.

Dante.1763:

DaShi.1368:

In GW1, everyone could have a pet.

Not the point. most people dont even want pets in this game, so i dont see how us getting new pets affects you anyways when they are basically just skins to most.

That’s exactly the point. You want something extra for just your class. This takes time and isn’t fair to the 7 other classes that also wouldn’t mind cosmetic improvements. And if you want those pets to have new abilities, then it just gets ridiculous.

In GW1, everyone could have a pet.

I predict an August release with a price over $35 (aka overpriced), knowing Anet. However, given how little content they said this “expansion,” I reasonably expect a release as late as June and a price no more than $25.

Why should rangers get new pets? Unless there is something for other professions too, I’m against it.

They should have it put down an oil slick or something.

Simzani.4318:

There is already so few content with this dlc. If they released with less it would just be the same as the actual gw2.

This. Given the amount of content they announced and how long they said they’ve been working on it, I’d be surprised if it isn’t released before summer.

Please remove the classes and builds that directly counter mine.

Let’s have a discussion that isn’t about nerfs, but rather about skills people feel are in a good place right now.

Thank you TheBlackLeech. You expressed my concerns about the expansion after they said we’ve seen all of what they plan to release.

During the Living Story, we were assured by the white knights (yes, that is what they are because there’s been nothing but personal attacks on TheBlackLeech in this thread from them) that Anet was busy working on a big unreleased project. Now we see that that project is an expansion with the same amount of content we’ve gotten in the LS over a year. And it seems that they are taking longer to develop it. So I can understand how people are disappointed. What they will be getting is LS3 all at once (which is what some people want anyway, so not everyone will be unhappy), and not what most would consider a true expansion.

Like phys, I will probably make my final assessment based on how much they will charge us for this “expansion.”

Playing against turret engineers are becoming guaranteed wins, in my case. People are learning to rotate around them, and then destroy them as a group after wiping the rest of their team. I can see complaining when they are on your team, because they are a major liability against decent to good players.

Brother Grimm.5176:

I sure hope everyone understands this is NOT a Lefty issue….at all.

While I sympathize with the OP, Anet cannot be expected to re-write the game because your OC disorder is triggered by it. Play first person if it’s that big a deal to you.

I’m left-handed and not OCD and agree with the OP. I don’t expect it to change, but would greatly appreciate it and Anet if they added this.

What was hateful about his response? I agree, that if you remove the CD on weapon swapping for thieves, then it should cost initiative. Otherwise, it’s just too OP.

If you switch characters before the match starts, you don’t get a penalty.

Very nice. I loled.

Anything to reduce the negative consequences to teammates from Point Blank Shot would be great. Overall, I’d like to see less reliance on Longbow and an improvement of melee weapons. Getting rangers to use their melee weapons more, might make them more desirable for dungeon groups.

Congrats to everyone who got in the Beta test!

I did not, which is fine. Looking at the date and times, I wouldn’t have been able to participate anyway.

For those who are disappointed that they didn’t get it, remember the Anet ran several Beta/stress tests prior to the release of GW2. There will be more opportunities. Good luck! In the meantime, you can pester your friends who did get in for tibbits about the game.

I think few people would want to join in such a situation.

Vieux P.1238:

Henrik.7560:

The old variation was much better, I haven’t seen anyone using the new variation, it’s not bad but there’s just much better skills to take.

Well true, nobody using the new mimic. It has no place in the game. But to bring back the old is just as ridiculous. no one used the old one except to test it & find out how weak & broken it was. No no no, give us something NEW! something we can use.

I used the old mimic. It was great in Southsun. I haven’t ever used the new one.

That’s a good point. Perhaps it would be better just for the PvP dailies.

This may actually be an elegant solution to some of the daily problems. People should get different dailies. It would resolve the problem of too many players doing the same thing at the same time, which causes lag (world boss dailies), competition (events and some WvW dailies), or frustration (PvP profession dailies). You’ll still get enough people who get the same dailies to be able to group for stuff. But now you won’t get the disruptive imbalance that dailies currently cause because people will be better spread over the map, activities, and profession choices.

The only one that might be annoying is the fractal one. Because if your buddies don’t get it too, you might be forced to pug it. But if they are your buddies, they should do fractals with you anyway.

I can definitely understand why this did this with stability. Before the stability change, these build effectively had permanent stability, while they were up. The stability stacks change meant a team could quickly use up those stacks and leave the elites defenseless. The unfortunate side effect is that it hits boon stripping rather hard.

StickerHappy.8052:

Its not as if you can’t strip other boons as well. Lol.

Who was making this claim?

TyPin.9860:

I agree with StickerHappy here. It is a change that effects balance on a larger scale. It affects all boon removal, including sigils. So in result, it could change the whole balance. How we will end up in this new balance depends on the actual implementation.

If for some skill staby is generated every 3 seconds, it would leave you the chance of boon stripping the staby and right afterwards applying the CC. If at all it requires better coordinated team play, or a better timed rotation.

These days you simply strip the staby and have ages time to apply your CC. After patch you might have only 3 seconds, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be able. And if you miss your CC and hit the new staby stack, then you reduced it still making the target potentially susceptible to further (unkoordinated) CC…

And I’ve not denied that there are ways to play around it. However, boon stripping is not less effective, making it a nerf. It’s a nerf that particularly affects mesmers.

Not sure what you are asking of me. Can you clarify?

I play standard shatter.

StickerHappy.8052:

DaShi.1368:

So you are saying a nerf that affects more than one class is no longer a nerf?

Okay dude, I don’t see what is your issue with it. You make it sound like that boonstrip is the only way to deal with the stability. You can still wait it out. You can steal it too. You can corrupt it.

I never said that it was the only way. I said that boon strip has been nerfed. In particular, it affects mesmers. Yes, they will have to use a different tactic, but they will have to because of a nerf.

I’ve seen no good argument that this isn’t a nerf.

You should put your money where you mouth is.

So you are saying a nerf that affects more than one class is no longer a nerf?

Vayne.8563:

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

Mea.5491:

CMM.6712:

Mea.5491:

GrandmaFunk.3052:

Focusing on the “fastest way to level” is the best way to ruin the game for yourself.

Fast leveling means we get through the crappy NPE quickly which actually ruins the game experience for most of us…

I do not agree with your assessment here, and reject your usage of “us”

I said most of us…

That’s still probably inaccurate, although I don’t have the data to back it up.

For what it’s worth, among people with whom I’ve discussed the NPE, everyone wishes it was the original system, especially since the gating goes away quickly and the rewards are much better. (That said, people are very unhappy with trait unlocks, which pre-dated the NPE and dislike the hack/slash changes to the personal story — and fortunately the latter is going to be fixed soon.)

I’ve never counted the trait changes as part of the NPE either and I’ve seen very very few people in my guild who have any real problem with the NPE…and many of us level alts.

So does this meant that what he said was false? Does your anecdote trump his?

StickerHappy.8052:

And your second argument is irrelevant. The sword is a nerf yes, even if not all mesmers use sword.

My second argument is a direct response to your statement: "And Why is it not a nerf? Not all mesmers carry boon-strip in pvp, "

How can it not be relevant? It’s the only part of your post that directly addressed what I’m saying.

StickerHappy.8052:

DaShi.1368:

StickerHappy.8052:

DaShi.1368:

StickerHappy.8052:

DaShi.1368:

StickerHappy.8052:

DaShi.1368:

StickerHappy.8052:

Zmodd.5427:

I’ve read it too, Lich Form came to mind… yeah… dark times are coming.

But lich form can be reflected, blinded, LoS, Dodged, and more importantly, Reflected.

And it could be boon stripped. This thread is describing a nerf.

Okay dude. I will be constructive.

That elite is 180 seconds cd. During the first 5 seconds boon strip, your team ganged up and downed the necro. What kind of elite is that? A wasted elite. It only serves right that Transformations should be powerful or maybe tide changing elites. I for one say its justified. Given the huge CD it has.

And I’m saying this without any bias to my main mesmer or other classes.

Most elites have some counter play that can waste them. Moa can be blocked, blinded, and dodged. Time warp can be nullified by cc. And these are the mesmer elites with the longer CDs.

You are forgetting that you can cast moa from stealth IIRC. And transformations are a different category. You cannot compare it with other elites. since you are replacing your entire weapon set with the elite.

Cast Moa and you still retain everything. Cast TW and you still have your shatters.

That really doesn’t change my statement that there are simple ways to make the person waste their long CD elites. I don’t see why necro elites must be the exception.

That is the point of this fix, to make your Elites worthwhile to use.

Again, this only affects certain elites. None of them mesmer elites, and it removes a way for mesmers to counter those elites. Are you claiming this is not a nerf for mesmers?

It is not a nerf for mesmers!

All i read nowadays when a change happens is : “Look a change! Its a Nerf!”

Okay, Thieves will be affected by this too. Fellow Necros are affected by this too.

And Why is it not a nerf? Not all mesmers carry boon-strip in pvp, So how do they handle lich form?

• Reflects is the best way.
• Run away and wait for the Transformation to end.
• LoS
• Blinds

What about mesmers who carry boon strip? Is it not a nerf to them?

Was the sword nerf not a nerf to mesmers because no all mesmers use sword?

StickerHappy.8052:

DaShi.1368:

StickerHappy.8052:

DaShi.1368:

StickerHappy.8052:

DaShi.1368:

StickerHappy.8052:

Zmodd.5427:

I’ve read it too, Lich Form came to mind… yeah… dark times are coming.

But lich form can be reflected, blinded, LoS, Dodged, and more importantly, Reflected.

And it could be boon stripped. This thread is describing a nerf.

Okay dude. I will be constructive.

That elite is 180 seconds cd. During the first 5 seconds boon strip, your team ganged up and downed the necro. What kind of elite is that? A wasted elite. It only serves right that Transformations should be powerful or maybe tide changing elites. I for one say its justified. Given the huge CD it has.

And I’m saying this without any bias to my main mesmer or other classes.

Most elites have some counter play that can waste them. Moa can be blocked, blinded, and dodged. Time warp can be nullified by cc. And these are the mesmer elites with the longer CDs.

You are forgetting that you can cast moa from stealth IIRC. And transformations are a different category. You cannot compare it with other elites. since you are replacing your entire weapon set with the elite.

Cast Moa and you still retain everything. Cast TW and you still have your shatters.

That really doesn’t change my statement that there are simple ways to make the person waste their long CD elites. I don’t see why necro elites must be the exception.

That is the point of this fix, to make your Elites worthwhile to use.

Again, this only affects certain elites. None of them mesmer elites, and it removes a way for mesmers to counter those elites. Are you claiming this is not a nerf for mesmers?

StickerHappy.8052:

DaShi.1368:

StickerHappy.8052:

DaShi.1368:

StickerHappy.8052:

Zmodd.5427:

I’ve read it too, Lich Form came to mind… yeah… dark times are coming.

But lich form can be reflected, blinded, LoS, Dodged, and more importantly, Reflected.

And it could be boon stripped. This thread is describing a nerf.

Okay dude. I will be constructive.

That elite is 180 seconds cd. During the first 5 seconds boon strip, your team ganged up and downed the necro. What kind of elite is that? A wasted elite. It only serves right that Transformations should be powerful or maybe tide changing elites. I for one say its justified. Given the huge CD it has.

And I’m saying this without any bias to my main mesmer or other classes.

Most elites have some counter play that can waste them. Moa can be blocked, blinded, and dodged. Time warp can be nullified by cc. And these are the mesmer elites with the longer CDs.

You are forgetting that you can cast moa from stealth IIRC. And transformations are a different category. You cannot compare it with other elites. since you are replacing your entire weapon set with the elite.

Cast Moa and you still retain everything. Cast TW and you still have your shatters.

That really doesn’t change my statement that there are simple ways to make the person waste their long CD elites. I don’t see why necro elites must be the exception.

StickerHappy.8052:

DaShi.1368:

StickerHappy.8052:

Zmodd.5427:

I’ve read it too, Lich Form came to mind… yeah… dark times are coming.

But lich form can be reflected, blinded, LoS, Dodged, and more importantly, Reflected.

And it could be boon stripped. This thread is describing a nerf.

Okay dude. I will be constructive.

That elite is 180 seconds cd. During the first 5 seconds boon strip, your team ganged up and downed the necro. What kind of elite is that? A wasted elite. It only serves right that Transformations should be powerful or maybe tide changing elites. I for one say its justified. Given the huge CD it has.

And I’m saying this without any bias to my main mesmer or other classes.

Most elites have some counter play that can waste them. Moa can be blocked, blinded, and dodged. Time warp can be nullified by cc. And these are the mesmer elites with the longer CDs.