Currently running my mesmer again, when I stole the warrior 22 stacks of might/swiftness/fury..they lost them. When I did the same thing to the engi, they were all back up in remarkably swift time. This kinda shows even boon corrupting isn’t as useful now as boon stealing..which they can’t do at all.
Running Arcane thievery is such a waste..
Yea sure once in a while you can cleanse a few condies(3) and steal some nice boons(3), its too situational for me it’s one condi clear which can be RNG dodged evaded, or just fails to work sometimes on a high cooldown.
A lot of people prefer Decoy for their third utility… I prefer mirror images for another two clones to boon strip do Damage etc. Your other two should of course be portal and blink.. since this game is basically unplayable without those two.
I don’t think ArenaNet understand how important the problem is. It screws up the matchmaking so much.
They understand it, just don’t care enough.
They understand it, they believe it’s working as intended.
Fix’d this for you.
Storm moving through east coast NA…..
Of course nothing is final in these types of datamines, last time they promised a new pvp currency that would let you buy legendaries, that never happend.
Could this be a permanent trial system for Gw2?
So this is in one of the top voted reddit threads;
I.e Everybody knows it by now, Infarcting me for reposting it would be pointless.
So far.. what can be gleaned is……..
PvP
109792_0564 Arenas will unlock at PvP rank 9.
Trial Accounts
109792_0057 The coins do not fit in your wallet.
109792_0060 Trial Account rank too low
109792_0063 Trial Account not allowed in team
Now that we know trial accounts are coming to PVP…
Maybe you could Tell us a little bit more?
Wow really ? :o good job devs.
I was looking on the ground to check if she dropped it :/
CAN WE HAVE KATANA NOW PLZ ? :/ you can have these kitteny weapons you released just now.. I just want the katana > . <
I’m totally for making staff skills more animated. Would also be nice if staff skills were more meaningful damage-wise to compensate, since its pretty weak right now. The difference between longbow 5 and staff is that longbow 5 is actually a strong skill.
Staff is probably the necromancer’s strongest weapon..
Staff 5 deals 2k damage AoE and is 1+1/4s AoE CC (Assuming Terror)
Can be Stab’d 32sCD Can Be Blinded Can’t (?)be blocked
Can be side teleported under from.
Longbow 5 is 8k Single target, Single CC 25s CD
Can be cleansed, Can be Reflected. Can be Blinded Can Be Blocked
Auto targets so blinking behind is not an option.
(Might not be blocked because Reaper’s protection is so ridic right now, 3 and 1/4 second AOE fear AoE 4-6kDMG? if no Stunbreaks and cc protection on 60s CD
Also it’s such a kittenty 0 counter play ability, you waste a CC AND you take huge damage, Why? Because kitten you that’s why. )
I agree pindown if it lands/isn’t cleansed is probably ridiculously op..
But reflecting 8k damage and an immob onto a warrior is like the best feeling ever.
(Most of the time they’ll just Zerk stance, but you gotta love wasting 2 of their big Cooldowns)
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Back on topic;
Signet of Spite; Needs a real cast time. Not the animation loading after the cast is almost finished.
Corrupt Boon; Needs a cast time and an animation.
Lich/PowerNecro; Too efficacious for Skill put in.
Especially since people are starting to Lich for mid and switch characters right after. (Please make it so you can’t switch anymore)
Staff Skills need some animation changes; Supposedly we should be able to tell by the symbol on the mark what the skills is (LOL) How about some Blue fire on the necro’s hand for the Chill ? Some red for Staff 2? Some Black For Staff5 ? Some Green For Step4?
Look at how you fixed Longbow 5’s tell, it doesn’t have to be the longest or biggest animation, but something slight an succinct would add a lot of counter play.
Hopefully Warriors get a small shave and Sigils of air/fire get slightly shaved next patch too, and we’ll actually see something other then 2-3 warrior teams.
Usually though…… you have to win 10-12 games out of the 12 required to get on the LB …
Here this guy lost 8 games… out of his first 11.. which shouldn’t even qualify him..
Maybe not the rewards from map completion but maybe the “Gift Of Adventure” or whatever it’s called by itself, for some sort of PVP currency..
Why does dueling need a special feature ? :/
You can easily buy a custum arena, set a password, and duel to your heart’s content.
This game isn’t balanced for 1v1, it shouldn’t be made into a special game mode,
no thank you just because 80% of people in a thread want something doesn’t mean its good for the game.What SHOULD be made into a game mode is 2v2 and 3v3… Like a special button for Soloque..
This is what I want;
Puma’s Photoshop skillz are op.
Too bad his world vision includes skyhammer and spirit watch in tpvp :P
Only in soloque :/ for casual fun as is the original purpose of soloque…
Lol.
You can easily buy a mansion, silver chrome mustang, a chocolate fountain, a big yacht, a personal helicopter.
200 Gold is not that much for 5 people.
I feel like necro is really strong but the fact that a lot of teams run 2 warriors ,
Sometimes even 3 for the Cheese factor, (Straight out of Mexico)
Really puts a dampener on things..
If they made some change like giving Cleansing ire’s Cleansing ability an ICD of 10 seconds (So Warriors can’t instantly cleanse 6 condies every 7 seconds.)
(God kitten it’s strong)
This will however make the Warrior a free kill for Mesmers/Thieves/Engies, so maybe not do that ? :/
All you guys are wrong. According to thief/mesmer/guardior/ele and engie necro is OP in all area’s where those professions excel and needs more nerfs especially in areas they have no clue about, like condition application, DS (Those 7k crits that never happen) all those proc skills going off every weapon swap (lawl) and not to forget Dhuumfire, it’s still op according to everyone..
Also i would like to note the necro being the easiest profession to play!
cynically laughing so hard i got a hernia now.
Necro is so easy to play even Karina can do it.
Quick Ninja Edit; Merlin do you even play PVP ? :/
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Why does dueling need a special feature ? :/
You can easily buy a custum arena, set a password, and duel to your heart’s content.
This game isn’t balanced for 1v1, it shouldn’t be made into a special game mode,
no thank you just because 80% of people in a thread want something doesn’t mean its good for the game.
What SHOULD be made into a game mode is 2v2 and 3v3… Like a special button for Soloque..
This is what I want;
Necro is strong..
Step1. Watch Noscoc’s stream.
Step2. Copy Noscoc’s Build he brought back with him from the Future(EU).
Step3. Faceroll.
Turrets shouldn’t exist in PvP. Neither should minions, spirits, or spirit weapons. Illusions and phantasms are fine for shatters and whatnot, as long as the builds aren’t based around them.
Developers should work to ensure AI-based builds are never viable in competitive modes.
This has been said for like months before Turret engi was even a thing…
Dev’s response; No Thanks, More birds for EVERYBODY !
That sucks, but uhh.. There were notifications on the GW2 twitch, Reddit, Facebook gw2 front page, gw2 forums, and some other sources… FOR MONTHS.
If you cared at all about it then you would have seen it.
So why care about it now?
I’d say suck it up.. :/ The rewards from chests sucked anyway.. and if you stockpiled 500 of em it probably means you had all the skins already, all you missed out on was like 3% magic find and carpal tunnel.
750k Glory was probably around like 400-600 gold on christmas though. and possibly Cultural armor.
I actually wanna see DoyourBestbear Cast this..
(And Rar to be the Lan/Server Technician.)
But since he’s not on the ballot, BLU casting would be awesome :O
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I know of two really good players who don’t use a mic, and have played for great teams. but not using team comms at all? That’s just a ridiculous handicap, my advice is either form your own team or stick to soloque :/ Ranting on the forums helps no one and isn’t going to change your situation at all.
Or moving it to the Ranger forum/Profession Balance area, where it belongs.
The bug occurs when you are CCed at the same instant you stun break it. You’re stuck in place, as if immobilized, until you do an emote that moves your character, such as dancing or sitting. In the middle of a fight, the time that it takes to do either can kill you, especially on a squishy class.
I’ve been playing since beta and while I’m not nearly as hardcore as some people (only bear rank), I’ve never seen this bug before, nor have I seen it mentioned on the forums before.
Should it be fixed? Sure. Does it merit people being this up in arms? I don’t think so.
If you really want to see a fix, then give the devs as many details as possible in bug reports, but I get the impression that this may be more of a venting post by the OP.
Uwotm8?
The single most annoying bug in PVP right now that’s been eviscerating the community since beta? (And has become more rampant recently)
U WOT M8? YOU DON’T THINK IT’S WORTH BEING UP IN ARMS ABOUT?
Well, that’s like, your opinion, man.
Right exactly someone might find it fun, but I see it as a mindless grind..
I guess the question is what should be rewarded, fun meaningful gameplay or Boring grindy Gameplay? AFAIK the Devs have chosen the latter.
I guess someone might find it fun.. and it’s an interesting change of pace sometimes but I played pve :/
Dungeons? Grind
Worldbosses? Grind
MapCompletion? Not the first time.
Champ Farm? Grind
Champ Farm with Zergs and Siege weapons? Grind.
I’m totally in agreement with you that skill should be rewarded.
but what about the vast majority of players ? :/
Play the trading post :/
If you want to have fun you play pvp, if you want to make money play the TP.
Convert Skill points to gold
Sell Mats
Get Gold for winning.
You could maybe pull out a 2Gold per hour AVG… so .. only 250 hours left get farming.It’s unfortunate they give us a fraction of the gold PvErs make in an hour.
PVE is boring as kitten though :/ I’d say they’ve earned it, I don’t wanna do dungeons so I don’t do them, and Im pretty sure no one really likes doing em..
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Play the trading post :/
If you want to have fun you play pvp, if you want to make money play the TP.
Convert Skill points to gold
Sell Mats
Get Gold for winning.
You could maybe pull out a 2Gold per hour AVG… so .. only 250 hours left get farming.
99% of the time Billy the necro is too busy pveing to join the match till the Pull in.
Or put in a ready button that works, that’s also an option.
Easily eliminate all 4v5s because of Accidental AFKs in soloque.
Those who don’t ready up get Dishonor.
https://twitter.com/GuildWars2/status/486486535324196864/photo/1
This is what needs to happen, to all the rats.
PVE heros up in this thread, First the guy who was talking about thieves killing clones, or cleaving through clones , now a guy that’s talking about Clone spam Builds ?
Uw0tm8? CloneSpam builds ?
So viable at mid to high end play, OH WAIT NO THEY’RE NOT.
While shatter may be hard to play and requires group help Clonespam brings absolutely nothing to the table.
Maybe we should discuss Prismatic Understanding builds too?
wat.
How is maintaining top 100 hard with temporary decay?
1. Get into top 100 by luck.
2. Play a game every now and then and hope you win.
3. Maintain top 100.
4. Pretend you’re good.
A few of my friends do this for solo queue leaderboards and maintained top 25 easily. I myself have floated around the top 25 for team queues for over 4 months with this method, 2 of which I was inactive and only team queued when I was extremely bored.
Leaderboard means jack.
But Everyone could have gotten lucky!
Only the best players get lucky consistently.
please fix the bug where deathshroud stops regen working. And the same with heals received from team mates.
There is no reason regen shouldn’t work somehow with life force. Either to regen life force or to regen health whilst in death shroud.
Its a 2 year old bug which is lame.
Pretty sure this isn’t a bug, and actually intended design, and Im pretty sure Jon Sharp said this in a podcast (SoTG?) that it would be way too op to regen or heal DS.
I’m actually a little confused as to why the party shows it at all. It makes sense to see it if you’re fighting a necro, but… it is, ultimately, a profession mechanic – not critical information. I don’t see mesmer clones, ranger pet HP, warrior adrenaline, thief initiative, or engineer kits – and I only see ele attunements and guardian attunements in the expanded party UI because they function like buffs.
Why do I have to see death shroud? This is an inconsistency in game design, not just a little quirk.
If you did go the route of adding the the UI rather than subtracting… while I don’t like that idea because the UI is already too busy, I would like to see this display information for ALL professions. Most are straightforward enough, just a gauge(necro/war/thief/ranger) or series of blips (mesmer); for the others:
1. Elementalist/Guardian: Mesmer-like blips; if lighted, attunement/virtue can be used. Dark, it’s on cooldown. (Good for setting up healing cycles.)
2. Engineer: A little harder to pin down, but mini-gauges for turrets might not be bad? I can’t think of anything for the entire class.
Small bar or one that swaps colors for necros would be good, but the stuff you’re suggesting is like completely unimportant.
Thanks but no thanks.
Sword cleaves through clones?.. What is this.. I can’t even..
You couldn’t be more wrong.
As Benjamin already pointed out:
Thief Teleports Sustain and Burst(Sigils) and almost permanent evades and On demand stealth grant him the ability to hard counter a mesmer, also that 4 seconds of stability+allboons he steals is pretty disgusting.
Also the devs were really high when they did that podcast.
What do suggest Anet do? They already implemented a pretty decent punishment 3 day ban from tourney’s if you dc or leave from a match 3x in a day. Some players are complaining that’s to harsh.
Ready button that functions; Fixed.
Devs must be scratching their heads right now,
“But I thought Ai Was good for the game?”
Seriously 17k hp? Evades? 1.5-3k crits? Constantly Up?
kitten it’s almost as good as a ranger pet.
Since last build I’ve started getting DC’s and Lock outs .. GGWP anet.
So many games thrown.
Okay well, I disagree.
Soloque punishes gameplay and rewards Sitting on Accumulated ranks.
The more matches you play; the higher the chances of going down
It rewards Match Fixing; Dodging Long Ques because of fear of Poor matchmaking mechanics, and Sync queing.
It rewards playing troll unviable builds which rely on poor communication.
As far as I’m concerned it’s a better indicator of activity rather then player skill at this point.
Knowing how to tip the factors in your favor is worth way more then player skill, and no just because the playing field is “level” it does not prove skill.
The MMR system isn’t different from other games. The problem is the competitive PvP population is too low, which can really screw up any MMR system.
I think what’s strange about this discussion is how so many people point out the so-called luck factors, like bad comps and 4 vs. 5 matches, without understanding that they become a statistical wash after dozens of matches.
Just think of it this way: Everyone has those problems. Everyone gets a match in which his or her team is just terrible or one guy isn’t even there. How is it, though, that some people manage to rise despite those problems? The answer, in general, is they’re just better. That’s what the leaderboards measure. They show players who in the long-term rise to the top because they can carry teams and overcome those luck factors, while worse players just can’t.
I feel like its 50% luck, 40% Counter comping, 10% player skill.
Some people only play their one or two classes in soloque their Warrior or their backpoint duel build.
They don’t do FOTM fun stuff like Power ranger, Zerker Staff Ele, or Deeps Guard and they only play when they know they have an advantage in ques.
Que time over 5 minutes? Time to unque.
For most people though they don’t care enough about their soloque rank, as it’s pretty meaningless at this point.
Oh By the way
Username Character Wins Loses Wins % Server
1 pssst.2507Tesmu Nanananana 10 6 62.50 Dragonbrand
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Illustrating why the soloque ranking are Completely Random;
Last weekend I decided to learn DEEPS GUARD in soloque, I was at a pretty good rank, anywhere from 50 to 350, now needless to say I lost about 7 games in a row and tanked my own rating, but I also tanked the rating of people who did not deserve to have their ratings tanked.
Now;
There’s a bunch of people with inflated rankings (people who didn’t deserve the wins) out there, Tanking the ratings of other people who don’t deserve to have their ratings tanked,
There’s also a bunch of people are Sand-bagging with rank well below what it should be. Will they come up for air? or will they get tanked further because of unquantifiable badness that happends below 300~ on the leaderboards?
How many people like me are out there that will tank people’s ratings in soloque? Hundreds.
What are the chances of you getting one or three of them on your team?
Completely random.
Thief is for sure the hardest fight and while the situation is ridiculous this game isn’t balanced for 1v1.
In fact it’s balanced so that thief ALWAYS has a good chance to win any 1v1s because of his class role.
Keksmuffin you’re clownshoes.
There needs to be a 28.2% tonedown for the birds, Just like strength runes.
Pvp as a whole is fine.
Tiny Asuras, awful balance decisions,(rip sword/x mesmer) and lack of features promised since beta (Templates) really rustle my jimmies though .
Brandon Gee in the “Asuras Animations and skill radius advantage”
Thanks for reporting this! This looks like a scaling issue where the effect is scaling the character’s size but the skill itself is not scaling. A fix for this will require some design work so I can’t say a whole lot in regards to when it could be fixed.
Come on Anet, ban asuras from TOL2
Sword mesmer is Dead in PVP.
Viva La Staff Greatsword.
Good job arenanet; thanks for adding diversity.
I demand Illusionary leap’s Clone be promoted to a higher HP due to how badly we just got kittened by arenanet :/
HIlarious nerf; Thanks Arenanet, Lets buff Ai and AOE spam classes, HURRRRRR
Illusionary Leap: Fixed a bug that allowed players to swap places with their clone after it was destroyed.
Thanks for another mesmer nerf.
This please, we all know arenanet can’t fix it’s asura problems, and we all know by banning asuras from high end pvp themselves till they fix these major gamebreaking issues they’re admitting that they exist.
So just allow BLU or MIST to ban them and claim no knowledge, no one will know, it can be our little secret.