Guild Wars 2

Nike.2631:

Consider the possibility some of us are experts .

:)

Shatters.7315:

DarkSyze.8627:

Something about a car race in poor english which i couldnt fully understand

Only thing you are forgetting is the fact that stealth users cant attack. Compare stealth to, for example, a shoutbow warrior.

Thief regens ~300hp/second, excluding his heal skill. Thief cant attack but can still get damage by any player that has half a brain.

Warrior regens ~400HP/second, excluding shouts. Warrior can still attack and damage the thief.

While in stealth, the thief (or other classes with stealth) CANT DO ANYTHING besides positioning himself better. He can still get hit very easly, and it doesnt require much to drop a thief.

English is my 2nd language: obviously

You can not compare a warrior to a thief. Warrior have responsibility and duty for them-self and for the team/party. Warrior duty and responsibility is to sacrifice their life for the party and team. That is why majority of commanders are warriors: they stay behind and die for their team and party.

That is why i agree with warrior having high regens and high damage.

In the moment: i do not see what responsibility and duty thief have because all they do is stealth and instant kill and run away and restart fight over again with no risk or consequence but reward only for hiding while like the other profession take risk for them-self and others while visible except for elementalists profession and engineer profession

Suggestion: Remove all skills, mechanics and traits conditions while thief in stealth.

In my opinion: thief is a selfish profession: not a team player profession and that need to change.

-Thief should have been one of the most challenging and fun profession in the game-

-see

It Is Fair!!

First of all, it make no sense to do 1 thing and another thing in the same time. Stealth is stealth Period!! Not do something inside stealth or do something while inside stealth! It make no sense at all!

That is another big problem with Arena net design of stealth for thief profession: everything happen in stealth in result make stealth a very poor design and most important: make stealth no challenge-free reward-reward only-no risk requirement.

Thief stealth can heal conditions, can do everything.. do that make sense to you for a challenge and fun game? while other profession have to work very hard to do all this while visible?

Example: requirement race-pit stop

Cars that are damage go to the pit stop to repair tires and change tires… with only exception 1 car.

Why exception to this 1 car? Is race requirement for damage is to go to pit stop for damage tires? Again, why make 1 exception to this 1 car that do not require it?

See how other professions take risk and be reward after like pit stop? Now compare this to the 1 car that is exceptional to them? Now compare this 1 car that is still racing? Now compare the result of the race of this exception car to the other cars?

Who is the one Guarantee to win the race?

Thief Stealth Guarantee The Thief Profession To Not Require Any Challenge

Thief Stealth Guarantee The Thief Profession To Be Exception To Risk

Thief Stealth Guarantee The Thief Profession To Be Exception To Everything/Anything

Thief Stealth Guarantee The The Thief Profession To Win

Is that fair?

Thief Stealth Must Change!

Suggestion: remove all traits, skills and mechanics that reward thief while in stealth

“We play fair and we play hard. If we win the game we win, if we lose the game, we lose”

why is this hidden thief free reward to begin with?

Crapgame.6519:

DarkSyze.8627:

I will continiously say again and again: hackers use tools that is already exploit in the game. Why do you think majority of hackers are thief and mesmer and use Permanant-Teleports , Permanent-Stealth and rewards only?

Obviously!

Can you really blame them?

I do not agree with hackers but when us players complain about these problems already in the game being problematic-exploits, we are always ignored and are called, “noob and L2P”

Well! the hackers are “noob and L2P” than, correct?

Of course! they are, so why complaint against them if we are treated the same?

Again! i do not agree with hackers but are we not being treated the same way as them for reporting the same professions who abuse and exploit the same tools they are using in the game?

I thought all hackers played Rangers, using bears, and only pressed 2 (aka. rapid fire).
Because, well, we all know that takes no skill, challenge, and is OP.

You are correct but can not forget other professions who takes no skills, challenge and Op too

I have something for you too read: I find this funny and you will laugh too

Ranger “-66% cd on next skill after weapon swap”

godofcows.2451:

DarkSyze.8627:

apharma.3741:

A lot of hackers roll Mesmer or thief to make it hard to tell if they just stealthed or portalled etc.

However this is not the case here. These two flip an entire border in 15 mins. They reappear seconds after you kill them. Yesterday they were even flying golems into a fully upgraded and defending SM. Yes, flying, not even hiding it.

Moraxxo, I believe there’s a person to contact in game called proheals, there may be a few more devs that are on and can help too. He can swap to that server and check or ours when it’s happening.

For these hackers..

This remind me of mesmers and thieves hiding in keeps after the keep is captured by opposite server. I suspect they abusing that same code. That is why alot of player suggested before; once a keep is captured, all the enemy server players who are hiding will be kick out- like thief and mesmer.

And the only way a keep can be captured is to break gates and wall. So why Arena net refuse these suggestions?

If Arena net write codes to enforce that, none of this would ever happen or would be very hard for hackers to do.

Suggestion:

Example: not a coder or programmer

code 1- Entrance to keep is restricted only by destruction of gate and walls.
code 2- All entrance to keep will automatically be ground targeted “weigh down” -no jumping.
code 3- all entrance to keeps will be ground level.
code 4- limit portal and stealth access inside all keeps
code 5- restrict all stealths and portals once inside lords keep
code 6- Enforce a strong security system in all keeps: example; like a security system in a car- any disturbance or force entrance will call immediate attention.
code 7-Alll keep lords and guards will have full permission to instant kill any threats and disturbance and ban them automatically temp. until Arena net investigate.
code 8- give all lords and guards “true sight” abilities and “true sound” abilities to spot hackers and any threats.

True sight- Ability to see invisible like stealth
True sound-Ability to hear the smallest noise

Example: if no wall or gate is down and there is noise inside keep, security alarm will activate. If no wall or gate is down and there is invisibility inside keep, security alarm will activate.

code 9- once keep is captured, restrict all port and invisibility access include lords and inside keep.

are you saying that we can’t legit ninja a keep via a mesmer again? you idea will also push the meta of closing all the gates immediately regardless of how many enemies are inside the keep as closing the gates will trigger lord’s instant kill function. it will also instant ban all of the enemies trapped inside the keep regardless of how they got in making the keep instantly saved from a legit attack.

1. are you saying that we can’t legit ninja a keep via a mesmer again?

Yes

2. you idea will also push the meta of closing all the gates immediately regardless of how many enemies are inside the keep as closing the gates will trigger lord’s instant kill function?

Adjustment can be made like a timer. Example: downstate timer to wp. Difference is, timer in keep will be invisible to all enemy players inside keep.
Timer can be adujusted to 3-5 minute.

3. it will also instant ban all of the enemies trapped inside the keep regardless of how they got in making the keep instantly saved from a legit attack?

Again from number 2: there will be a adjusted timer: 3-5 minute to recapture lord keep or to leave keep. If past 3-5 min, all enemies trapped inside will be instant killed.

The ban system can be adjusted after keep is secured from enemies presence.

apharma.3741:

A lot of hackers roll Mesmer or thief to make it hard to tell if they just stealthed or portalled etc.

However this is not the case here. These two flip an entire border in 15 mins. They reappear seconds after you kill them. Yesterday they were even flying golems into a fully upgraded and defending SM. Yes, flying, not even hiding it.

Moraxxo, I believe there’s a person to contact in game called proheals, there may be a few more devs that are on and can help too. He can swap to that server and check or ours when it’s happening.

For these hackers..

This remind me of mesmers and thieves hiding in keeps after the keep is captured by opposite server. I suspect they abusing that same code. That is why alot of player suggested before; once a keep is captured, all the enemy server players who are hiding will be kick out- like thief and mesmer.

And the only way a keep can be captured is to break gates and wall. So why Arena net refuse these suggestions?

If Arena net write codes to enforce that, none of this would ever happen or would be very hard for hackers to do.

Suggestion:

Example: not a coder or programmer

code 1- Entrance to keep is restricted only by destruction of gate and walls.
code 2- All entrance to keep will automatically be ground targeted “weigh down” -no jumping.
code 3- all entrance to keeps will be ground level.
code 4- limit portal and stealth access inside all keeps
code 5- restrict all stealths and portals once inside lords keep
code 6- Enforce a strong security system in all keeps: example; like a security system in a car- any disturbance or force entrance will call immediate attention.
code 7-Alll keep lords and guards will have full permission to instant kill any threats and disturbance and ban them automatically temp. until Arena net investigate.
code 8- give all lords and guards “true sight” abilities and “true sound” abilities to spot hackers and any threats.

True sight- Ability to see invisible like stealth
True sound-Ability to hear the smallest noise

Example: if no wall or gate is down and there is noise inside keep, security alarm will activate. If no wall or gate is down and there is invisibility inside keep, security alarm will activate.

code 9- once keep is captured, restrict all port and invisibility access include lords and inside keep.

I will continiously say again and again: hackers use tools that is already exploit in the game. Why do you think majority of hackers are thief and mesmer and use Permanant-Teleports , Permanent-Stealth and rewards only?

Obviously!

Can you really blame them?

I do not agree with hackers but when us players complain about these problems already in the game being problematic-exploits, we are always ignored and are called, “noob and L2P”

Well! the hackers are “noob and L2P” than, correct?

Of course! they are, so why complaint against them if we are treated the same?

Again! i do not agree with hackers but are we not being treated the same way as them for reporting the same professions who abuse and exploit the same tools they are using in the game?

I have very strong feeling Lishtenbird. might be right.

I want to share this by a engineer player and want to say: this “turret nerf” will not solve the problem at all. Like i say to many times; the main problem is in their traits: not only in their turrets.

See here as evidence: A true engineer will laugh at this “turret nerf”as a joke and they know it.

No Celestial adjustments: nerf, no change to Engineer being OP.

Good Luck to Turret Engineer “nerf”

that was a surprise

I see your evidence with all professions: I have 1 question to ask you Arena net: RubiBayer: Do Arena net have any plans to adjust the not challenge professions to make them challenge and fun? Like adjust their traits?

tronjeremy.5820:

Josh Davis.6015:

• Engineer turrets will be able to be critically hit. (Edit for clarity: this change means the turrets can take critical hits against them, but they still cannot deal critical hits themselves.)
• Engineer turrets will be able to be affected by conditions.

Crits and Condis! Wowowow. This is a game changer! Going to see a lot of homeless engies in the mists!

Humor lol

I will say again for the last time: the main problem is in the traits: not only Engineer profession but including the other professions that are not challenging.

Example: if you want to make adjustment to a fast car; changing the car parts-wheels will not fix it. But their engines: the main part of the car.

The traits are the engines-the main parts for the professions. Weapons, sigil, runes etc… are the car parts.

That is why i suggested for the traits of the not challenging professions to be adjusted: they are too powerful!

So why not make adjustments-fix to the engines:traits?

Would that not be a wise thing to do?

I do not understand why this is being ignored??

I give honor to Ohoni for making this very strong post. Everyone is entitle to their opinion but many players who disagree with Ohoni fail to understand: similar thing is happening to wvw game mode include players where Wvw is being Forced treated by PvP mode: obviously is very too late for that. Yes! that is correct! Did you forget about that? so what do you do after? you get angry at a Pve player who see the same treatment of Pve game mode being Forced treatment by the same enemy game mode: Pvp?

Do you see what is happening? The same enemy game mode is doing the same thing to another game mode that do not want to be treated the same as you. This same enemy game mode is the reason why wvw game mode is dead this way. Do you feel better now? Do you not have any conscience for being treated bad? Instead of protecting this vulnerable game mode: pve, you make fun of them and chase them away to your same enemy.

Respect is all this vulnerable game mode is asking for before it is too late: like you: wvw. So why not all of us players stand by pve side and make this enemy game mode know, “enough is enough”!

Suggestion: stop playing pvp until pvp threats are remove
Suggestion: remove pvp

IPhyton.2348:

Roll a power ranger = solved!
You have to fight cheese with cheese. I win 10/10 against turret engis everyday and twice on Sunday’s.

Interesting

Gladys.3542:

They are doing There killing off all WvW play so ppl who want better wvw will leave and stop complaining. If there’s no one to complain then there’s no need to but some effort and they can fully consentrate on PVE and gem store sales.

by Hola.

What is interesting: it only took me 3 months to see it-Not 3 years. What is even more interesting: you are a new player and you already see it.

Obviously:
Why wvw requirement= no challenge, no fun, no skill, no risk, no consequence for mistakes, no effort but rewards and more rewards only for doing nothing!

Very Good Observation!!

I find this thread sad because it is not the first time players make wish list posts and threads in the forums. Yes! same wish from 2 years ago and later. So what changed? Here is the saddest part: Other mmo game company who are not even 2 years old or even 1 years old took players wish and make it happen for them and put it in their games.

Yes! same wish list in this thread include posts by players.

It make sense why the word wish is include with list. Oh well!

Go where wish come true.

serenke.4806:

A team of developers that looks like it cares about the game they are developing.

I never played Guild Wars 1 but i did alot of investigation and research about it and also read alot of post and report here of how challenge and fun it was include exact what you say.

That they tried hard to work with players to fix problems in result made the game very fun and very challenging.

-No Ignore players
-No stealth
-No Instant Kill
-No reward only
-No not have everything ready
-No not have any effort
-No not have skills
-No Blame players for fault
-No Blame Players for L2P
-No not have consequence for mistake
-No not have requirement for anything

Common Sense! and Obvious! why no

Last: see video of Guild Wars players having fun

See video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xZd3MW7OdQ

Centurion.7296:

Do the staff of Anet play gw2? And if so would the developers of the thief for example only play thief or play other classes as well?

It is obvious they play gw2. Please look at thief class before 2 years and look 2 years later: do you see any difference? Do you see any change?

hint: same problems before and after, no change before and after: there is your answer.

What happend to our feedback? Where is change from our feedback? Where is fixing from our problems from our feedback? Where is care from our feedback?:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/thief/The-thief-and-its-gameplay-Your-feedback-Merged/first

I am not interested in “Do staff play gw2”: I Am Interested In Staff Fixing Problems, I Am Interested In Staff Making Changes

Fix Problems First, Make Changes First, Than I Will Care Do Staff Play Gw2

“I don’t want to know if you’re here, i want you to show me that you’re there”

IndigoSundown.5419:

DarkSyze.8627:

silvermember.8941:

ckotoc.5421:

The second most popular mmo atm is FFXIV with 4 million subs.On b2p and f2p games you cant count the players because most of the ppl have more than one accounts for various reasons(more characters,banker characters,multibox etc).

FF14 doesn’t have 4 million subs, it has 4 million accounts

ff14+ff11+dragon quest have a combined total of 1 million subs.

So you are wrong.

sources
http://www.polygon.com/2015/1/2/7480177/square-enix-final-fantasy-14-final-fantasy-11-dragon-quest-10-subscribers
http://arcadesushi.com/square-enixs-mmos-total-under-1-million-subscribers-2015-plans/
http://www.polygon.com/2015/1/2/7480177/square-enix-final-fantasy-14-final-fantasy-11-dragon-quest-10-subscribers

what does account mean? How does FFIV account work?

Accounts work essentially the same in all MMO’s, including in GW2. You set up the account using a User ID and password. The account is then maintained in a data base. You use the User ID and password to log in to the game. In sub games, you’re blocked from accessing the game unless you’re paid up. However, the account still exists in the database, in case you come back, or the game becomes free to play.

If a company advertises “number of accounts,” they’re free to count lapsed subs, beta accounts and trial accounts, as well as paid subscribers. It’s all part of AdSpeak.

Thank You! IndigoSundown

silvermember.8941:

ckotoc.5421:

The second most popular mmo atm is FFXIV with 4 million subs.On b2p and f2p games you cant count the players because most of the ppl have more than one accounts for various reasons(more characters,banker characters,multibox etc).

FF14 doesn’t have 4 million subs, it has 4 million accounts

ff14+ff11+dragon quest have a combined total of 1 million subs.

So you are wrong.

sources
http://www.polygon.com/2015/1/2/7480177/square-enix-final-fantasy-14-final-fantasy-11-dragon-quest-10-subscribers
http://arcadesushi.com/square-enixs-mmos-total-under-1-million-subscribers-2015-plans/
http://www.polygon.com/2015/1/2/7480177/square-enix-final-fantasy-14-final-fantasy-11-dragon-quest-10-subscribers

what does account mean? How does FFIV account work?

Galen Grey.4709:

ckotoc.5421:

The second most popular mmo atm is FFXIV with 4 million subs.On b2p and f2p games you cant count the players because most of the ppl have more than one accounts for various reasons(more characters,banker characters,multibox etc).

FFXIV definitely doesnt have 4 million subs. Square Enix like to word things in such a way that they make people believe they have 4m subs when in truth they’d be quoting registered accounts for example. They were exposed by Polygon a while ago:http://www.polygon.com/2015/1/2/7480177/square-enix-final-fantasy-14-final-fantasy-11-dragon-quest-10-subscribers

when Square Enix quote 1.5m registered users for FFXIV their financials showed they had less then 1m subs between all their MMOs

Based on the financial report submitted for Dec 2014 there is very far less then 4m subs for FFXIV

http://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/news/pdf/15q3earnings.pdf

Thats the last 9 months ending Dec 2014

Revenue for all the Digital entertainment section (includes all games IE MMOs, Browser games and Non Online Games) convered to USD was $632 million… if we divide that by 9 we get an average of $70m per month which is approximately the amount of money 4m subs at $15 per month would generate.

However that $631 million also includes all game sales.
They released Kingdom hearts in oct 2014, as per the report itself they mentioned a browser game and a mobile game that continued to have strong sales, they had 3 mobile game releases that had strong performances. They also mentioned strong sales on games released the previous year. Then you have box sales for FFXIV and Dragon Quest X. And what remains is money split between FFXIV and Dragon Quest X as well as what subs they still have for FFXI.

So while like everyone else I have no clue how many subs they have, whats for sure is its definitely no were near 4m because for that to be true based on their income at the end of 2014 every other property they have would need to be generating not a single dollar for them and based on the report itself thats not the case.

Here is Ckotoc evidence of FFXIV with 4 million subscribers+ from Square Enix: FFXIV main website:- “Celebrating 4 Million Accounts 02/26/2015 3:00 AM”

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/24d3c419fae62ce2771b4b0b7d01c6348ab5d5e5

I play FFIV so that is why i already agree with Ckotoc

Very Impressed! Great Job! Amax

ckotoc.5421:

The second most popular mmo atm is FFXIV with 4 million subs.On b2p and f2p games you cant count the players because most of the ppl have more than one accounts for various reasons(more characters,banker characters,multibox etc).

You are correct.

The first is WoW include last expansion: estimate- 10 million subscribers.
FFXIV will be release a expansion this year spring" , “Final Fantasy XIV’s First Expansion Will Be as Big as the Base Game” Estimate subscriptions after expansion: 8 million+.

Doflamingo i need evidence.

Here is my evidence with 2 diferent results

A. " Guild Wars 2 has sold over 3 million copies since August, 2013"
B. “By August 2013, the sales have shifted 3.5 million copies, with peak concurrency at 460,000”

A. http://www.vg247.com/2013/01/15/guild-wars-2-has-sold-over-3-million-copies-since-august-2013-content-plans-outlined/
B. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_Wars_2

In next investigation: same problem with diferent results: Guild Wars 2 numbers sold in China

There are 2 source information that do not martch: yes they are honest-valid source

1. mmosite.com, “Guild Wars 2 Has Sold 3.8 Million in China”
http://news.mmosite.com/content/2014-07-10/20140710022525720.shtml

“The launch of ArenaNet’s Guild Wars 2 in China has doubled the game’s total sales. According to new server census taken by publisher NCSoft – translated on Reddit – Guild Wars 2 has around 3.8 million players in China alone, a rate of growth that far surpasses its performance in the rest of the world”.

“Guild Wars 2 was launched in territories all over the world in August 2012, but it only hit 3.5 million sales a year later. By contrast, it has reached 3.8 million sales in China after just two months. The success of Guild Wars 2 is a vindication on two fronts. First, it is a compelling example of a game finding a significant audience with a pay-to-play model in a country where the market is dominated by free-to-play. Second, it is further evidence that the Chinese market is a lucrative untapped resource for developers in North America, Europe and elsewhere”.

2. yahoo.com, “Guild Wars 2 has sold more than 500,000 copies in China, but it could be in trouble”
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/guild-wars-2-sold-more-500-000-copies-181043168.html

“The Chinese launch of Guild Wars 2 is something we’ve been following pretty closely because of the game’s monetization scheme: a pay-up-front model that isn’t traditionally popular with Chinese MMORPG players. But the game, which officially launched in open beta on Thursday, seems to be doing pretty well. Official sources say the game sold 500,000 preorders in April alone”.

“A Netease Games editor did some counting on Taobao and its offshoot Tmall and found the game has also sold nearly 250,000 copies through those platforms since preorders began. It’s not entirely clear whether or not the official 500,000 number includes the Taobao and Tmall sales that occurred before May 1”.

“But whatever the exact sales number to date is, things certainly look bright for GW2‘s China distributor Kongzhong. Sure, Guild Wars 2 may not have yet equalled the 3.5 million units it has shipped outside China’s borders, but it took the game a year after its release to get to that number. Given that it just launched in China yesterday, and that the publisher adopted what many would consider a risky and unpopular business model for a Chinese MMO, I’d say things are off to a pretty good start”.

“There is one dark cloud on the horizon, though. A scandal involving stolen accounts has already scared some Chinese players away from the game, and likely will hurt what were originally expected to be impressive first week sales numbers. That setback should be a temporary one, but Kongzhong will have to work hard to convince players that it has improved account security measures or the issue could stunt the game’s growth potential in China permanently”.

In conclusion from investigation from each different investigation: Guild Wars 2 have not sold over 8 million copies at all.

My estimate new additional subscription to Guild Wars 2 present subscription after expansion- 300,000-700,000 subsription for united states include europe.. china-200,000 subscription

Again, I ask Doflamingo for his investigation report and i am interested to see it.

I want to also add: turret is not the main problem, the trait is. Why do you think no matter ow many “nerf” thief stealth get, it is still problematic?
Hint: it is their traits

Look at thief traits: do you see where the problems are?

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/List_of_thief_traits

Trickery- so many increase of stealings, Acrobatics- so many gains, Shadow Arts- so many stealths.

Why so many for 1 profession? Why is so many not the main problem? Why not fix source of problem first? Why not start fix in main problem first?

Same goes for all problematic professions: why after all “nerfs” they are still problematic? Again, the answer is in their traits, not their weapons, not their builds, not their skill.

Engnineer is 1 of the problematic professions: so why not nerf their traits? why not redesign their traits?

Here is Engineer traits: see if this nerf will change anything? Of course not!

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/List_of_engineer_traits

I already see 3 category traits that are responsible for them being problematic: can you see them?

Hint: it is not Tools

Why not decrease the turrets effectiveness? like decrease: their damage, condition, range? and add long cool-down to turrets recharge like mesmer clones/phant, range, ranger pets and necromancer minions?

The fix are already in the game by these class: so why not use them for engineer turrets?

I do not get this at all: we player have no problem with mesmer clones, ranger pets and engineer minion because obviously they are not that problematic like engineer turrets so why ignore the good change?

So good change is bad for Arena net? So borrowing good idea from something that work is bad?

Is this really what Arena net strategy is of making this game better? To Refuse what work and to Refuse what is good and Ignore them?

In the end,

I will be honest again: this new change will make this game worse. More evidence of ignoring good and positive change and accepting bad and negative change.

Very dissapointed.

Shockwave.1230:

Sunfish actually did the the most efficient thing since proving a negative is kind of hard.

You’re asking him to prove that something doesn’t happen within a timespan. The only feasible way to present evidence of that is to provide video evidence with a timer in between air procs.

Even then he can’t prove it’s not happening, he can only provide a body of evidence that favors his claim. He is bringing it up on the forums for others and the devs to verify if it’s accurate, he could just have filled out a bug report, but this is more efficient in getting turn around since the forums have higher visibility.

Whether it’s actually an issue or not is irrelevant when reality is that this is one of the best ways to deliver the message if it is an issue since you can’t prove a negative and having other players back up your claim is the best kind of evidence you could provide unless you are capable of spending time to produce a video.

Sunfish “go test it”

SobeSoul.6910:

The joke is he doesn’t understand the math behind the sigil.

The sigil has an ICD of 3s. It has a 50% of proc’ing. With a weapon set doing 1 attack/sec with a 100% crit chance, the likelihood of you successfully proc’ing every time the proc available is still only 50%. So every third time the proc is available you will fail it 50% of the time as well. If you fail it, it takes longer to proc.

There’s nothing really to see in this thread other than a gross misunderstanding of the ICD of a sigil.

It is still not joke but than you for explaining it still to Sunfish

kito.1827:

this constant QQ is good proof that the game is vital

<3

do you think so? or the same problems are still there?

Jelzouki.4128:

says sigil is broken, gets challenged, gets embarrassed and tells the readers to go test it.

lululululzzzz

The OP: Sunfhish is telling other player to test to see if same evidence. Where is the joke? I do not see it!!

Azure The Heartless.3261:

DarkSyze.8627:

Cyninja.2954:

Victuswolf.5286:

Cyninja.2954:

Victuswolf.5286:

To cut this poster off at the knees.

Black Powder uses 6 initiative. You have to recast it every 4 seconds to keep enemies in the TINY bubble blind.

Infusion of shadow only gives you 2 initiative back from stealth. Using heartseeker to get into stealth costs you 3 initiative.

You lose 7 initiative every time you pull off this combo with Infusion of shadow.

You can’t keep Black Powder up indefinitely using the tactics he described or even keep it up past 8-12 seconds. In short the original poster is lying, posting misinformation or is uninformed.

Wrong. Did you factor in the 3 second stealth which you can sit out and regenerate initiative? Just tested it myself, you actually can keep this combo up permanently or at least near permanently. OP is actually right about that.

Even if you had godlike timing and managed to use Heartseeker 3.99 seconds into Blinding powders effect and then sat in stealth for 3 seconds doing nothing to regain back 3 imitative your still losing initiative each time you do this combo.

So this tactic requires you to sit in stealth the entire 3 seconds while damaging no enemies to work?

I edited my post with the exact calculation. With lag and minor good timing it’s not that hard. Mind you, I still think the OP is wrong and this combo is fine. Still it is doable.

Why in gods name someone would willingly level like that though is beyond me. There are way faster ways, not to mention killing higher level targets is not ideal. (That said, I did run into exactly that problem since enemys 10 levels higher become immune back when I leveled my Thief alt. Hey it was 2013 and exploring was fun).

Cyninja and Honest Thief Players:

I did some investigation and found this: does it still work? Does it give thief more initiative regeneration? or less initiative regeneration? It is a High Initiative Regeneration build.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndNDJUn2XPY

Sure does work, but you hit like a wet noodle and heal just as effectively. Plus, you give up all your evasion so in the event you get interrupted, controlled or dazed, say bb to your health.

Its’ good for pve where things dont think, but anything that requires you to dodge will ruin you.

Thank You!

Cyninja.2954:

Victuswolf.5286:

Cyninja.2954:

Victuswolf.5286:

To cut this poster off at the knees.

Black Powder uses 6 initiative. You have to recast it every 4 seconds to keep enemies in the TINY bubble blind.

Infusion of shadow only gives you 2 initiative back from stealth. Using heartseeker to get into stealth costs you 3 initiative.

You lose 7 initiative every time you pull off this combo with Infusion of shadow.

You can’t keep Black Powder up indefinitely using the tactics he described or even keep it up past 8-12 seconds. In short the original poster is lying, posting misinformation or is uninformed.

Wrong. Did you factor in the 3 second stealth which you can sit out and regenerate initiative? Just tested it myself, you actually can keep this combo up permanently or at least near permanently. OP is actually right about that.

Even if you had godlike timing and managed to use Heartseeker 3.99 seconds into Blinding powders effect and then sat in stealth for 3 seconds doing nothing to regain back 3 imitative your still losing initiative each time you do this combo.

So this tactic requires you to sit in stealth the entire 3 seconds while damaging no enemies to work?

I edited my post with the exact calculation. With lag and minor good timing it’s not that hard. Mind you, I still think the OP is wrong and this combo is fine. Still it is doable.

Why in gods name someone would willingly level like that though is beyond me. There are way faster ways, not to mention killing higher level targets is not ideal. (That said, I did run into exactly that problem since enemys 10 levels higher become immune back when I leveled my Thief alt. Hey it was 2013 and exploring was fun).

Cyninja and Honest Thief Players:

I did some investigation and found this: does it still work? Does it give thief more initiative regeneration? or less initiative regeneration? It is a High Initiative Regeneration build.

Pifil.5193:

SpudMan.5041:

I am getting SO BORED doing it because everything is so easy to kill. At the same time, I can’t resist the temptation of using it to level up quickly. Please fix this so there is no longer any temptation! I am making myself get so bored of this game!

It’s not an exploit so there’s nothing to fix. Your inability to “resist” it doesn’t change that: ArenaNet cannot fix your laziness for you.

Dagger/dagger and sword/dagger are both a lot more fun to play, though.

I will rewrite what you wanted to write: "It doesn’t change that: ArenaNet cannot fix thief laziness for you.

Read, read: SpudMan: “I am getting SO BORED doing it because everything is so easy to kill”

What do a player laziness have to do with a profession that do not require no effort?

Example:-Class+Exam Test: Would you blame the student in the class room for being lazy because the teacher give them answer to the test?

Offair.2563:

Kanebrake.6192:

Redg.9807:

Form, what I read you can be a forum specialist and not post in the forums.
As long as he submit his weekly report it’s all good.

Which is pretty sad because I think a lot of us thought this was an effort by Anet as a company to be more engaged with the community and to improve their image.

Guess i am one of the few that never saw a thing in having a so called specialist. I mean first thing he starts about is something we have discussed to death on these forums, unbalanced match ups. If anet really wants info on that they can easily dig up one of 100 topics regarding that issue.

Do people honestly think everything is going to change cause they assigned them?

You are correct!!

Found it: 1st-2nd report threads in the forum about unbalanced matchups:

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/wuv/WvW-matchups/first#post55210

2nd:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/wuv/Complete-dominance-of-one-world-in-WvW/first#post77604

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/wuv/This-is-what-happens-when-your-server-has-a-horrible-over-night-force/first#post112498

Svarty.8019:

Terkov.4138:

If you just walk backwards and swing your weapon in most cases thief won’t have enough stealth time to backstab you, so he will wwaste it on facestab or just run out of stealth. SA thieves are sure annoying as hell, but backstab itself should be totally fine for anyone who played thief ever once.

Why the emphasis on backstab? Just a facestabbing thief can kill you and just stealth when you try to counter him. Facestab, stealth, facestab, stealth. You die either way.

Don’t pretend there’s a punishment for missing a backstab. It hardly matters.

Azure The Heartless.3261:

There’s a team getting actual money to make sure things are balanced.

They needed to be sacked before the game got released. Stealth is the biggest mistake any game can make. I say this as a Dark Age of Camelot shadowblade (rogue) of four years.

You are correct! Did you know Guild Wars never had stealth in result: it made Guild Wars very popular, fun and risk-reward challenging? Imagine Guild Wars 2 was improve version of Guild Wars- just imagine?

I did a lot of research in Guild Wars: Assassin Profession: see for yourself how fun, challenging-risk reward this profession was? yes, again!! with no stealth and with no reward first than risk after.
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Read this:

This is Perfect Example of Arena net Thief Profession: “Stealth and Empowerment Why the —-——— are Failures”

http://www.nuclearfridge.com/2011/11/feature-stealth-and-empowerment-why.html

“My focus will be on the singleplayer modes of the —-—— – and all of the shortcomings that arise from fundamental flaws with their design philosophies”

“A child could play —-—— and probably do really well. The difficulty barrier for the games is set abysmally low – and seems to get lower with each successive game. In the earlier entries of the series, combat revolved mainly around mashing a single button and occasionally executing a two-button counter. It requires little manual dexterity and an average sense of timing”.

“To sum things up, kitten was easy. Furthermore, killing guards in the —-——- series usually results in some spectacular, over-the-top killing animations, and everybody loves these. The later entries into the series seemed to parody this, introducing killstreaks (allowing the player to instantly kill at the push of a button) and double kills (seriously, what?), making the game even easier. In short, a player only needs to input a small amount of effort in order to ensure a far greater output”.

“After reflecting on all of these considerations, we seem to see the inherent problem with the design of the —-——- series: it empowers the player far too much. While this is perfect for the action portion of the game, it makes the stealth portion of the game completely irrelevant. Good stealth means empowerment through disempowerment, such as in —-———— "

“In that game, taking guards head-on is never a good idea. Christian Bal- er, Adam Jensen is by no means a bullet sponge, no matter how many augments he gets. This is what makes stealth rewarding: while a player is not required to use it, it greatly increases the player’s chances of survival. Furthermore, stealthy takedowns are pretty kitten cool, making the player feel like something straight out of Predator. In this manner, —-———- manages to encourage players to take a stealthy approach”.

“The same take on stealth holds true in —-——-. While Batman has a high level of martial skill, he’s not infallible – bullets will put down the Bat very quickly. That’s why he – and you, the player – naturally enter stealth mode in a room filled with armed guards. Batman’s potential takedowns, combined with enemies getting increasingly frightened, are what empower and reward the player as he plays stealthily. You can fight these guards head-on, of course, but it will take a wise use of gadgets and a careful consideration of every attack you make. In this kind of situation, the player’s high input will be matched by a high output – a perfect balance”.

Anonymous- “This is exactly what i was saying! but fanboys will blindly defend the game, saying it’s perfect in all ways, and doesnt need to be fixed, i love to stealthily kill some dude in this game, but since there is little to no consequence to just head on murder them, i must annoyingly force myself to use stealth!”

erakus, Thank You! for the survey, always fun to do

I was thinking if Arena net would do same?

SHM.7628:

Khalisto.5780:

If you watch carefully you’ll see that Colin is very excited talking about the features and things, while Joe just shakes his head in agreement and says “uhum” most of the times, theres only 1 or 2 topics he seem to find decent the whole interview.

^This exactly.

He was just nodding and uhumming disingenuously durring 90% of the interview.

I just think some tougher and more relevant questions could have been asked and answered.

It make it more obvious that he is not taking the interview serious: he even said that he no longer play the game. The way i also see it, the interview include Hot interview did not even excite him to even say that he would try it or even buy it.

There is couple of videos by Angry Joe calling Guild Wars 2 a “Spam game” and he also criticize the downstate, mobility, stealth and stacking in the game as being “horrible design”, “what was Arena net thinking of” and even say “how dull the combat system is” and “how there is practickly no fun element in the game as long you stand in a circle and hit the same keys over and over” + other words i will not put here.. and made fun of it and laughed about it..

Angry Joe is only 1 person and was here before me but serious! is what he is saying a lie? I am not even 1 year in this game and i already witness what he is saying as true. I investigated and found alot of old forums and post saying the same thing.. Are they lying too?

I do not think Angry Joe will even buy Hot when it come out. I have feeling Arena net will give him a free copy instead and pay him to make a good review of Hot expansion. Than he will wait for couple of months than will make another video against it.

Angry Joe is not stupid: strategy- take money, pretend, wait and back to normal.

That is what he always do when he see a game company only care about making money “cash grab” instead of fixing their game. (not saying that is what Arena net is doing but releasing a new expansion soon and making no serious fix to the game problem; will only make other people see it that way"

see
youtube- Battlefield 4 Angry Rant!

If Arena net can fix the majority of problems include our problems before Hot release: there is increase chance many player include new and old player will buy it in conclusion: more increase sale and popularity.

We players already did our job/part for reporting problems.

That is all.

Zenos Osgorma.2936:

Sure you have a point of HACKING is not allowed Server or not , and A PERSON has no control of onther person! , so yes all you can do is report/ take screenshots and Directly send them to Anet (DO NOT post them on the fourms) ok

You are correct~

Offair.2563:

Gunnars Hold does NOT support hacking so stop blaming a whole server for the actions of 1-2 persons doing this.

Servers do not just have 1-2 person but more like 1-100+ hackers. Still you are correct because can not blame all of the server for their action. So if there were more reports of GH players hackers, than would need full investigation and aggresive action but so far I do not see a lot of reports of GH hackers from my investigations in other guild wars 2 forums. (maybe there are?)

I watched the video of Angry Joe: if you listen carefuly, he say he does not play Guild Wars 2 and that he need to be convinced to buy next expansion. i am sure he read the forum and have negative experience in the game because he already quit the game. That is not a good sign at all.

It connect the same experience with CCP: Eve.

" We really do create the EVE universe in partnership with the players " – Comapany working with their players.

In result when company work with their players-

“For the moment, at least, the EVE galaxy is a little calmer. The fans are placated, and the developer learned more about its user base” .

Something happend inside CCP company: couple of important people decided to go against working with the company players. The players noticed it and went against it by many ways: the most was by them leaving: quitting the game.

Read this: Quote

“Reasons why customers leave”

1.Lack of Anticipation

“Severe competition forces companies to be on their toes when it comes to meeting the needs of their current clients. Customers can always discover a new need they didn’t even know they had and then leave for your competitor.”

2. Bad Customer Service

“When your clients call or email you for inquiries or help, do they wait excessively before being served? Is the customer relations department courteous and patient with clients? Many clients would prefer to leave and incur a higher expense with a competitor than repeatedly feel unattended to. Customer service: it has to be as good as it can be and has to place meeting customer needs as its core priority.”

3. Limited Products and Services

“Smaller companies may not offer all the bells and whistles that larger businesses do. Even if a client does not necessarily need every service being offered by a competitor, they may leave you none the less. A more extensive product and service offering can attract more clients.”

4. Not Listening to the Client

“In anticipating our client needs, we sometimes forget that it is also vital to listen to what the clients are telling us.”

5. Over Promise and Under Deliver

“This is a big one. Increasing a customers expectations before the sale may result in their dissatisfaction afterwards.”

6. Nothing Works

“Have you ever been to a website and the links do not work? Does your product tend to need repair or worse, replacement, far too often? For a customer, getting the impression (whether deserved or not) that nothing ever is working the way it should be will make them more amenable to competitor solicitations.”

7. Too Many Complications

“Customers should not have barriers placed before them or made to jump through the proverbial hoop every time they want to make you money, which is basically what they are doing when they use your service”

8. Lack of Incentives and Appreciation

“Sometimes, a client wants to feel valued. A well thought out incentive program can help in customer retention by offering recognition and tangible benefits.

Losing customers to your competition is a fact of business life. The trick is: try not to willingly give your customers any reasons for leaving."

I only play Pve game mode: sometimes would take risk to play wvw until i instant die by the same reward only no challenge classes. It is obvious why i do not play wvw and pvp.

Serious! What is the point of using all of your time for a game company who refuse to make the game fun and challenging: especially by the same classes? Yes! players do not play games because of professions but for wvw and pvp: it do matter.

There is no balance to make the classes in the game fun, challenging and risk-reward. Why would you pay anything for the same problem? why pay anything to see the same problem getting much worse? Why would you pay anything for the same ignoring our problems over and over agin? Why would you pay for anything when you report problems and wintess your problem hide and than be deleted? Why should you pay for instant death?- to always play for 1-3 seconds?

Since i join Guild Wars 2: i only pay 1 time and that was the end of it. I do not pay for problems be ignored, I pay for problems be resolve I do not pay for no fun and no challenge, I pay for fun and challenge

Lest me ask you: would you pay for problems? or would you pay for solution?

What make me surprised when i first start to read the problem in the forum: that these problems should be already resolve in Guild Wars 2 beta. Yes! beta.

Here is a short description of testers:

“Testers are responsible for checking that the game works, is easy to use, has actions that make sense, and contains fun gameplay”

Do you see what is wrong with this? Be the judge now

Nyx.7342:

DarkSyze.8627:

Fantastic.5298:

How is engineer overpowered? not saying I agree/disagree, just want to know what you guys are thinking. I haven’t seen anything op with respect to this game type for any class except Ele.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMvarJ28SYo

Isnt static discharge one of the hardest engie builds to pull off. It has super low sustain, and ofc that video is in wvw where most people suck :p

a better example of why engineer is overpowered is cele rifle or turret. Turret isnt really that OP, def not as useful in stronghold. Cele is also not really OP, but definitely needs to be fixed since you have good damage and great sustain. The problem with engies compared to other classes in this map is that you need ccs to stop channels and doorbreakers, and engies have a ton of ccs.

Ofc stronghold is on its first day of testing, and i dont think we can say any classes are GROSSLY imbalanced but i have a feeling engies will be brought up again. They seem to benefit alot from this game mode.

I understand what you say and i am glad you agree that engineer is a problem and need fix. Last: other class need to benefit a lot from this game mode; not only engineer. You are also correct about engineer problems.

See this video: (not to argue)

TheFamster.7806:

DarkSyze.8627:

Jae.5138:

classes like engis (didn’t see that coming) s/d thieves are way too op, while builds like power ranger were made even stronger (crazy mobility with an even more open shooting area)

Include: ele . That is why i will not buy expansion until these class are challenge with risk-reward. Not no challenge-reward only.

There is 5 other mmo game that will release expansion this year include next year: yes they are challenge, fun with risk-reward. I will not lose anything if Arena net continue to not make these class stay the way they are.

Based on your post you lack serious understanding of gw2 active combat. It might be better for anet and everyone else not to have you in pvp/wvw because all you’re doing is whining and posting situational videos on youtube without knowing why these builds work. Feel free to not play pvp/wvw because I’m sure the community doesn’t want you anyway.

6 You don’t learn from negative customer feedback

“As Bill Gates’s famous saying goes: “Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” If you approach negative feedback with the level head and the right attitude, you’ll see a great value in it for your business. Your customers are your best critics and when they’re not happy with your products, services or customer experience with your brand, they simply show you where you need improvements. So why not use it to your advantage?”

Dirame.8521:

DarkSyze.8627:

Fantastic.5298:

How is engineer overpowered? not saying I agree/disagree, just want to know what you guys are thinking. I haven’t seen anything op with respect to this game type for any class except Ele.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMvarJ28SYo

First of all, that’s WvW, Second of all, all classes can do some variation of that.

stronghold, wvw= open field= no serious change= no serious affect on these classes.

No Change= No Seriousness. If No change to these classes, do not take anything serious.

Fantastic.5298:

How is engineer overpowered? not saying I agree/disagree, just want to know what you guys are thinking. I haven’t seen anything op with respect to this game type for any class except Ele.

Jae.5138:

classes like engis (didn’t see that coming) s/d thieves are way too op, while builds like power ranger were made even stronger (crazy mobility with an even more open shooting area)

Include: ele . That is why i will not buy expansion until these class are challenge with risk-reward. Not no challenge-reward only.

There is 5 other mmo game that will release expansion this year include next year: yes they are challenge, fun with risk-reward. I will not lose anything if Arena net continue to not make these class stay the way they are.

SoPP.7034:

Ayrilana.1396:

So if they have a bug preventing people from completing the diving achievement, they should not sell the game?

Hyperbole much? Now your just arguing extremes.

Furthermore for someone who feigns disinterest you sure are giving us a bunch of walls of text.

Why are you so upset?

Ayrilana.1396:

The purpose of the diving one was to show how small they are compared to what was released.

What a poor example.

SoPP: i disagree with you,

((Sony and many other companies was sued for doing exactly that: there is a Law against this practice))

I will defend you Ayrilana:

" So if they have a bug preventing people from completing the diving achievement, they should not sell the game ?"

I agree with you. Example: it is like buying a plan ticket and the plane do not complete the destination because something is wrong with destination. It is common sense: very simple example. Why would you buy a plane ticket without a complete destination? Why would you buy anything and than have benefit take away from you because it is not complete? How would you feel if that happen to you after you buy something and the store say, “hey, you will not get full benefit of it until it is fix”? Serious! how would you feel?

Another example:

You purchase a new car and notice some problems with it: you check in to the auto car dealership where you purchase car and tell them what is wrong. The car dealership tell you they already know there is something wrong with the car: how would you feel? The care dealership continue and tell you that it the problem is not with the whole car but with some part in the car? How would you feel after that? Would you feel dishonest treatment?

“Half A Truth Is A Whole Lie”

" The purpose of the diving one was to show how small they are compared to what was released"

This is your opinion and should be respected.

Hello Gaile,

What happen today damage Arena net (company) and us players (customers) relationship a lot. It was not nice at all: it was dishonest. So i have a suggestion that will help fix our relationship a little more: prevent us players from purchasing episodes entirely until all problems (bugs) involve are fix.

What do you think?

Interesting thread: i agree with you Jade Arkadian: Toxic Pvp Players should be taken very serious include their toxic behaviors. Toxic behaviors push players away from pvp and go somewhere else that do not tolerate it.

More examples of toxic

1. Taking everything too personally. – “People are toxic to be around when they believe that everything happening around them is a direct assault on them or is in some way all about them”

2. Lack of emotional self-control- “An inability to manage your emotions is toxic to everyone around you”.

3. Making superficial judgments about others. – “Don’t always judge a person by what they show you. Remember, what you’ve seen is oftentimes only what that person has chosen to show you, or what they were driven to show based on their inner stress and pain. Alas, when another person tries to make you suffer in some small way, it is usually because they suffer deep within themselves. Their suffering is simply spilling over. They do not need punishment or ridicule, they need help. If you can’t help them, let them be”.

4. “Cruelty (or lacking empathy and compassion). – One of the most toxic behaviors – cruelty – stems from a total lack of empathy, concern or compassion for others (name calling: stupid, kitten, idiot)”

5. "They tear people down online in a cowardly way, using their anonymity as a shield. Cruelty, backstabbing, and hurting others for any reason is toxic, and it hurts you as well. If you find yourself backstabbing and tearing someone else down, stop in your tracks. Dig deep and find compassion in your heart, and realize that we’re all in this together (teamwork) ".

6. Perfectionist/Grandiosity- “They shatter your self esteem. They beat you down mentally and keep you feeling small enough (”L2P, Noob") so that there is no reason to challenge their perceived authority".