Guild Wars 2

Yeah Niflhel was weird yesterday. Aside from the usual post-PvE-patch lag on all maps Forest was unplayable. None of the duel servers worked properly

This post sums up what’s wrong with this game with such beauty and class that it brings tears to my eyes. When I realised I’d actually pay for some of these it made me think. #allisvain

Tip: reset your signets by reslotting them in case they’re bugged (like in the video) and have no effect.

It’s always the one with the finisher that applies the actual effect. For example: fire field + blast with might duration applies longer might. Ice field + leap with aura share will share the aura but if it’s the one providing the field that has aura share the aura will not be shared.

Choose a strong server for WvW and then guest on one of the above mentioned servers for PvP teams / discussion and one of the high pop servers for PvE.

Since EotM will be all about hard world bosses and an open world champion farming route with PvP enabled I suggest a leaderboard dedicated to: levels gained in EotM, champions slain in EotM, nr of hours spent on an upscaled in EotM, amount of karma gained in EotM and so on.

To OP in the EotM beta devs were able to transfer servers instantly by typing in a command (or w/e they use) which put them in the same exact situation as you. I suppose it still exists in the actual game and therefore can happen. You’re not a dev by any chance are you? xD
@sephiroth that occurs when your PC did not load the textures associated with the models. The game replaces the texture with placeholder graphics that appear rather funny. Usually reopening the game or even changing maps can solve it. If not, consider reinstalling / repairing client.

Question: are you guys on Instagram by any chance?

Punishes players for using game mechanics. Seems reasonable to me. In fact in the next patch I’d like to see: debuff [Stoned] deals 420 damage on jump.

Not even hot join players want skyhammer yet it’s still in solo queue… just lol

I’m sorry but that image is amazing. A bit sad but still pretty awesome that someone took the time to create that masterpiece.

They failed because they stated that they want to make GW2 tPvP an eSport. They however did not have the resources or the intents to push this to become anything that remotely resembles a competitive online game. Stop playing GW2 as if it was competitive and accept it being just a fun and nice looking game. If they wanted to push this as an eSport they should’ve done so at the start by organising high prize pool tournaments to attract actual PvP players and sponsors. Why would anyone pick up a game now – after over a year – that has not changed fundamentally even after thousands of hours worth of player feedback.

People playing PvP in a game for the first time are a reliable source of valid speculations. But seriously the GW2 PvP community is one of the friendliest on EU and I can’t tell what it’s like on NA but since this game is not very competitive chances are it’s just as cool on NA.
You all just probably forgot the trashtalk in actual PvP games.

Any nerfs to warriors makes me happier because too many people use it in tourneys whom otherwise would be a lot lower thus causing uneven matchups in higher ranked solo queue. I tend to loose a lot more games where my team has tons of warriors and the enemy team has high skill floor classes that they actually know how to play.

I’d say it’s 14/14/14/14/14 ele with divinity runes and celestial amulet, 4 signets and tornado. Dagger/focus. If you manage to win a 1v1 against any decent player you deserve multiple Noble prizes.

Considering the time it takes to match new servers you’d have 6 days to fight and 1 day to wait for reset but in the middle of primetime :P

This would force players to build for actual PvP in this game mode which by all means is a good thing but some people would prefer conquest and some tdm. This would part the PvP community which at the moment consist of a really small (around 100 ppl on EU) competitive quality players and quite a few new and inexperienced players. Problem with your idea is that it’s more fun than the current game mode and conquest would probably die, which Anet have a lot of money in.

Hey community!

I’m Fliyr, currently rank40 tournament junkie. My highest Solo Arena rating was 16 and Team Arena 91 (due to no team). I am extremely patient and love to help people. Since I finally got my new PC I decided to contribute to the community by creating PvP guides. Now I know there are already a few competitive PvP guides and commentaries but my idea is to lower the curve between top100 and lower players by making the simplest and most basic series of guides available.
I currently have a collection of ideas written down but since this would be my first guide I’d like to make it as perfect as possible.
So I’m asking:

1. First of all is there a need for a guide like this, what do you think?

2. What are the top3 things you’d like me to include?

3. Finally, where and in what format would you like to see such guides? (YouTube, Twitch – 10 × 5 minutes, 2 × 30 minutes, etc)

Any other feedback on the idea is welcome and appreciated!

I didn’t read the ones before me but pro tip: win games and gain ranks so you’ll play with players that know how to play. But if you only care about your achievment ranking then I see no problems. I only get mad when I loose ranks because of idiot team mates.

Warlord.9074:

Almost no servers have WvW ques anymore except maybe on shuffle night and thats it so how is this any useful anymore.

Lol I wish…

Btw surely this won’t allow your fellow guildies to play with you. If there are countless overflows around no way you can get in the same one as everyone else. GvG will be impossible to organise so don’t get over excited.

98k kills 0 deaths all solo.

Attack is anything that has a damage factor a.k.a puts you in combat. I believe blind description is 100% accurate. About the visual change – please just no. This is not an fps game. It will just make it more complicated to counter stuff like a thief going spin to win in a smoke field. If anything look at it as silence from mobas.

Those 4 signets and not even the correct build. Also armor looks rediculous. Also what’s up with that daggerstorm. O.o

DoYourBestBear.6810:

DanyK.3842:

Perfect example of that famous whack-a-mole balance design.

You think this is whack-a-mole, LOL. You like power creep? You like seeing a class on the line up and realizing that something you are running is not a viable option?

No but your list doesn’t make condi guardians any more viable than they are now for example. You just listed some of the most used traits and skills threw them against each other and flipped around which one counters which one. To promote build diversity they’d need to stop spam. Punish for careless gameplay and bring conditions in line with direct damage by allowing for more stats (like condi duration). Flipping the meta around will help little in that.

I don’t see why people want warriors to be gone so much. They used to be unplayable for so long that being a Champion Legionnaire used to be a joke now they’re pretty strong and are incredible in team fights which makes them op I guess so the answer is to revert them back to day1 with all the nerfs still in place? Also some of the other ones seem pretty rediculous to say the least. Perfect example of that famous whack-a-mole balance design.

Warrior’s have at most 2 forms of stability (unless traited but that’s unusual for the typical hambow warriors) just use your corrupt boon and stop complaining. A necro with half life force and a proper build should only lose to a really good warrior in a very even fight. So stop complaining and keep spamming your very balanced Dhuumfire and Signet of Spite along with your scepter autoattack.

Oh poor you. Having to explore all of the dirty WvW areas to get your precious shiney PvE weapon. Cruel design indeed. Anet pls nurf.

I actually wish they gave it an animation like Leap of Faith or an immobilise to go with hundred blades. I love greatsword and wish it was viable.

So yesterday I got killed by a spirit ranger (and a thief but everyone knows those are underpowered and don’t even do damage.
In all seriousness I think the issue with spirit ranger is not even the ridiculous amount of passive effects but the fact that they’re probably the most survivable condi bunker class with the ability to use their spirits and pet to bodyblock burst.
Yes I did make the mistake of playing shatter mesmer against a spirit ranger and while I did down him on far he got me locked while in downed state while also applying conditions on me due to spirit passives. (Burning to be precise). I know rangers are no match to proper warriors but does that mean they’re balanced? Does anyone else want to see other ranger builds viable other than spirits? (Power, bm, etc)

I’d just like to say sorry for low quality trolling that I provided which was part of the cause that led Anet to this decision. May my sins be forgotten so my e-soul can receive salvation.
Amen.

Cynz.9437:

this game should be an activity event like crab toss… not a pvp map

^This. And there should be a title for 50 wins on it called Skyham Champion.

kribre.9683:

Looking for Deso and Millers players that would like to do some duels and does not only run in groups of 5+ and if you get to be only 1 vs 1 or 2 vs 1 that dosn’t run back to the group of 10 when u get down to 70% hp.

Plz give me a PM if you would be up for some fun small scale if any of you actually exists!

Cheers!

You can whisper me when I’m on and not afk or just go to OS and you’ll find people to fight there I’m sure.

Pin Down not easily telegraphed? It’s a huge piece of wood flying slowly across your screen with gigantic rings of air following it around. It’s almost like people saying Killshot is hard to telegraph.

I’ve never seen a spirit ranger use greatsword… well I have but that guy also used pink moa and pig and had no runes in his armor. Sword and dagger have way more evades. If you play with energy sigil you’re pretty much like a thief but with condi damage.

L2carry. That’s what solo queue is about.

Taggund.8936:

My general thought has been, what if when you zoned into WvW or switched maps, your supply went to zero. Would make for an interesting reset, and no longer would you be supplying a zerg by using seigerazor on other maps. Camps would be a much more strategic target to upgrade and defend.

Move alt account on enemy server. → Keep zoning in and out after taking supply. → Waste enemy server’s supply very effectively. I know there are people who’d try this.

Thanks for the good Deso’s and FSP’s for duels, fair fights, roaming n stuff. No gold giveaway on my stream, don’t even bother watching. Glhf to all.

We’ve had quite a few people apply which is amazing. Do note that I’d like to expand the list of classes we’re looking for to a guardian + any other. This is because the meta is shifting and we’re trying out new builds atm to keep up. This also potentially means that we’ll change up team comp a few times.
We’ll have tryouts this week which involves dueling and a few practice games + build discussion on TeamSpeak. Whisper me if you’re still interested and I haven’t added you yet!

I personally want adrenal regen buffed, healing signet nerfed to oblivion (again) and longbow to be perished by making other weapons more viable, like axe mainhand and greatsword. I play a warrior and I hate longbow + sig because if you play without them you’re less effective.
Also necros should not be able to “backstab” any class without condi removal by pressing 2-3 buttons. Conditions are tedious to play against in my opinion.

It’s been around for ages and I find it frustrating when I jump around to show friendliness in WvW and some anti-roleplay kid group decides to go gank me anyway and they immobilise me mid air. I can’t use some of the skills that could save me which is frustrating.
On another note Earthshaker is one of the buggiest skills in game. I had it bug out 4 times in the same game yesterday which caused me to not get my burst off and 1 time to fail to stop a res and a stomp. Although I believe this has to do with packets of information sent and received on the server side.

Do you happen to have MySpace and Instagram?
I’d like to show my support.

I’ve tested it out and the “stuck in 1 place” bug happens while using a movement skill, getting cc’d (especially stuns) and having it broken before the movement skill would normally end by a stun break that’s not your own active skill. E.g.: Savage Leap – Getting stunned + having endure pain trait trigger at once. Another one of such stunbreaks is a traited guardian Virtue of Courage. To solve it you need to /dance or use another leap skill. Afaik it can happen without an actual movement skill also but never managed to recreate it.
Edit: it’s been around since day1 you’re all just more aware now probably. Also people like to relate bugs to new patches for whatever reason.

Spirit Watch is not in Team Arena rotation and for a reason. Just play 5 bunker guards. Focus and greatsword are good weapon choices. A bunker warrior may also be able to carry orb but can’t get it solo like guardians can. Unfortunately this map, much like Skyhammer has nothing to do with personal skill. Keep in mind the orb gives more points when dragged to a capped point. Decapping is the best bet against bunker teams.

Warriors can in fact have clones by reflecting scepter autoattack3 using a traited shield, sword offhand, mace mainhand or Aegis. But don’t tell that to anyone…

Newly assembled group of experienced tPvP’ers looking for players for the following roles:

• Guardian – Mid point bunker.
• Thief / Mesmer – Bursty DPS with mobility.

No rank requirement however your abilities will be tested and you’ll be given honest feedback. Your exact role within the team will be described to you but you need to have a thourough understanding of your class. Need to be available for games in the CET / GMT primetime and a will to practice and improve is greatly valued.
Furthermore having and using TeamSpeak 3 is a must.
We offer:

• Friendly and competitive teammates.
• Own TeamSpeak server.
• People who are ready to give advice as well as taking it.
• Teammates who like to theorycraft, discuss builds and give feedback.

If you’re interested whisper me in-game or mail me on forums.
IGN: Fliyr

It’s not a bug, it’s a feature!
Also he may have been skillfree but not that good looking so the game automatically fixed this by removing the tag? Makes much sense to me.

Double press m (or whatever you map hotkey is). To revert it back to sticky just hover over minimap, drag it and then press space. I personally have no clue why but it’s been like this for a while for me.

“Perma Stealth Needs To Go”
– Aaaaand it’s gone.

Hambow was never the strongest warrior build, only the easiest one to play due to the forgivingness of 30 in defense, healing signet and for some even dolyak signet. In my eyes greatsword has much higher damage potential and more skilled play while hammer will still be an incredible cc weapon.
I didn’t even run any of the nerfed traits anyway and was still strong in solo queue and team queue.

Even though you won’t read this I’d like to thank everyone who fought my mesmer in OS. Was nice to try it out in duels for the first time and was interesting to meet the first warrior that played more passively than anyone I’ve seen so far.