Guild Wars 2

You would just see meta specs anyway (ie arrowcart, cata and ram mastery) while the rest of the siege gets dropped.

Solo PvE? You can run literally anything on an ele due to high base damage, lol. I run PvE with full cleric shout heal build and staff because I’m too lazy to switch from WvW.

But other than that, just change the armor to soldiers or something and keep the rest zerker. Should give you a bit more survivability.

AoE or single target? I really cant see a dagger/dagger thief beating any of the others that just stack up mobs and cleave them down.

I’m not an ele expert, but I think the sigils kind of depend on the build and playstyle. For example, my zergling staff support tempest is 80% in water and use soothing power to achieve ~2000hp/3s passive ticks, I gain much from simply boosting healing power. So I use stacking sigil and +10%. For someone that spend more time in melee and other stances I can see water sigil being better.

Aeolus.3615:

Pupulation variables are to inconsistent to be the main factor, they change to much every day every week.

Yeah an abundance of pups in the pupulation will do that.

GW2 isnt exactly a common benchmark so we are unlikely to see controlled comparisons. While Intel pulls ahead in low res, at “normal” gaming settings on 1080p/1440p a Ryzen should keep pace with the best of Intel but reviews at the moment are all over the place. Motherboards seem to be the main culprits, with the popular Asus boards being poor while Gigabyte/MSI perform better. In terms of gaming, many reviews show poor performance, some show clearly bugged SMT and a few show excellent performance. Even ignoring GW2, it’s probably gonna be a month of bios upgrades before we get the whole picture.

Lol your complaint is exploits by getting into objectives – or as I saw as recent as last night (twice), ressing dead mesmers through doors – and the answer you come up with is rework the portals…

How about just fixing the exploits?

Obsidian Sanctum is already there. No objectives, just terrain and killing each other.

Is it popular? Do people want to play on it?

Your forehead is too big. Trim it.

Loop.8106:

It’s not the same. I can afk with squad participation.
I make twice that money in an evening selling raids.

Oh yeah? Well I make twice that selling counterfeit arrowcarts behind a shed in Foghaven!

Doesnt matter where you transfer, they are always on another server. Guilds and princesses you are trying to rescue actually have alot in common.

Shwyx.8190:

• I’m basically limited to capping camps and harassing guards / caravans
• it takes forever for the rewards track points to build up
• the rewards I do get are mediocre at best and
• (worst offender) the rewards do nothing to help me in WvW

Yes, that sounds like roaming. Its the same for newbies and veterans.

Kamara.4187:

it is a welcomed addition to address many issues with the desert map in my opinion.

In my opinion its like trying to address a .50 cal gunshot wound with a Donald Duck bandaid.

Said it before, saying it again: DBL cant be fixed. It breaks the fundamentals of WvW.

People still hate it. When ABL is home border I see like 5 people waiting to cap a camp on cooldown, just random people running about, fighting, capping. And thats just one camp, theres more on the border even in quiet periods. When DBL is home border, its miracle to find one other guy outside the few AFK in spawn waiting for EB pop.

Immobilize is easily cleansed, not to mention all the passives or CC reduction traits. Only rangers/druids are capable of immobilizing for any significant amount of time due to OP elite and traits.

To reiterate a point I have said before

Delete tier bonuses
This mess up the warscore balance far more than the 2/1/1 5/4/3 or whatever victory point test is going next week. It makes it impossible for underdogs to come back and it lets dominating servers sit in their impossible-to-cap-T3-keeps-except-with-50-man all day, raking in undeserved PPT. It promotes zerging and passive gameplay at the same time.

I find it incredibly ironic that the patch that made one of the biggest changes to clear condis with light fields (and they are incredibly abundant due to guardian being meta) pretty much ramped up condis to the max.

I am noticing more condi necros in small scale as well – of course mostly in dire/trailblazers because kitten that gear stat.

aandiarie.7195:

If it takes a server to have 2 links to be able to be able to compete in T1 they don’t belong there.

You know that it has absolutely nothing to do with competition right?

Anet has put the requirement of links on T1. It’s not like the servers have anything to say on the matter.

Lets say that population is an overstacked 100 for server 1, 80 for server 2 and 60 for server 3.
Anet goes “aha! Well we’ll just make that 80+20 and 60+40 with links to make them equal, we’re genius!”.
Now they’ve put a minimum requirement for that tier. If that first server loose people, they will get a link. And because that server get a link, the others will still need a link. And because they get links, the first server will get a new link. Etc and so on.

We’re stuck in a kittening loop of perpetual links and point experimentation to “fix” a problem that cant be fixed with either.

False advertisment would assume they advertise WvW. They do not.

Tangled Depths WvW map and make it dark! It would totally revive WvW.

Aeolus.3615:

Actually reward tracks was a trap, it makes players accept the Anet ktrain model and thus players feel rewarded by cap empty structures and have low effort rewards.

Too bad that “ktrain model” is the only thing that keeps up the WvW pace.

If the only thing that got you points was sitting in an objective, everyone would just AFK macro in an objective or sit on 20+ arrowcarts all day, whoever bunkers the best get the rewards.

Is that supposed to be better than objectives being fought over and flipped frequently?

If I wanted to just farm by sitting still I’d go put a minion master necro in bitterfrost or something.

I found it very simple on my rabid p/p scrapper (WvW standard alchemy/firearms/traveler build, except I use ft and might+stab+quickness rather than burn on crit and fs). Two things:

- Bind your special ability (the anti-whateverthekittenitis-PvE-attack) to a key cause using the mouse to click it is too slow, you need to pop it the second it shows up.

- Run in circles, literally. As you circle, pick fragments up on the fly and toss them at him. Dont stop running until the short dps phase, then you just repeat the circling.

Protip – look down all the time because kitten that room.

(I assume this is the second fight, the first is pretty simple as well, as you only need to avoid that row of red rings and pop the ability)

onevstheworld.2419:

Dawdler.8521:

Fermi.2409:

I’d get something like this:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/r2ZCqk

I wouldn’t get a prebuilt at your price range since it’s most likely going to be terrible for the price

You can easily up that to an i5, custom cooler and 500gb SSD instead and stay within the budget.

The problem right now is that its pointless to buy anything – if all indications of AMD Ryzen performance and pricing are true, it will turn the entire CPU eco system topsy turvy within a couple of weeks.

But I suppose if you got to go you got to go…

Ryzen 7’s price to performance looks amazing, but unfortunately the 1700 is still US$470, so I doubt OP would fit a whole system in his budget. Ryzen 5 and 3 have no release date yet.

However, it has moved a whole market segment down an entire price level which means the i5/i7’s will have to get cheaper too. Some retailers have already started despite Intel not yet changing MSRP.
http://wccftech.com/intel-amd-price-war-ryzen-processors/

Eh where do you live? 1700 is $330 on Newegg (it’s the only US store I know lol). Even here in Sweden where we are taxed up the kitten its only around $410. The 1800X is the one that cost $500.

I have little doubt stores will have to put Intel CPUs on sales… Well, assuming AMD can also keep them well stocked. That’s why it’s a bad time to buy either currently if you are in dire need of a PC – AMD you cant (yet, still a week to go) and Intel is gonna be a poor buy at current prices

Wait, wait… is Piken PPT land? Because that’s pretty close to their k/d ratio.

And kitten if you are going to fake it get that PPT tick correct. It should be like 400+ since all those would be T3 keeps and towers.

CrimeMaker.8612:

Old School Best School

I think of TA as a young guild, lol. Or maybe I’m old, I dont know.

Nomads, because kittening of course.

You would probably boost your bleed damage potential by ~40% by going full rabid, replace the bleed duration sigil on the staff to corruption and use lingering curse. Whether that makes up for the loss in vitality is a personal preference I suppose. Solo, maybe the vitality is better. But in a small party necro is going to be focused first anyway – being able to survive 2 seconds longer is quite irrelevant. Being the one that comes in right after engagement and put heavy pressure is IMO better.

Yeah they are not going to give you 3D models. Thats not how gaming companies work. You are probably already violating copyright by using the art but I wont judge. If you just want something to represent a target than any generic human model should do the trick.

Svarty.8019:

arnitheking.8427:

I don’t understand why fsp and piken square got a link and seafarer’s rest and deso didn’t?
Both piken and fsp are strong enough as is and were t1 (piken admittedly with link, but fsp without link). I know I don’t have access to wvw data or anything, maybe sfr/deso showed higher activity in the last weeks? but it seems like the links make very little sense.

Here is why:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/wuv/World-Linking-8-26-2016/page/4

Our goal with World Linking is good matches. This doesn’t necessarily mean that worlds in tier 4 are intended to be competitive with worlds in tier 1, but ideally every world in tier 4 should be competitive with the other worlds in tier 4 and likewise every world in tier 1 should be competitive with the other worlds in tier 1.

Which basicly means you are stuck in your tier because Anet will artificially keep you and the 2 other servers there.

Its pretty much the complete opposite of the original intent of WvW tiers. Anet are treating us like babies that cant handle defeat.

Swamurabi.7890:

I just don’t see how a coordinated blasted light field (stack, drop light field and no others, blast), taking in all the delays in reaction time, are going to be a counter to a coordinated condi bomb.

I seriously doubt that was the intent of the change, to give a “coordinated” counter. That’s not Anets WvW, remember? This is rather to cover the billions of guard marks – which of course have been buffed – being passively used simply by combat and spamming finishers on cooldown, reducing the overall condi overhead for the zerg.

I cant really disagree with the change though.

arnitheking.8427:

Both piken and fsp are strong enough as is and were t1 (piken admittedly with link, but fsp without link).

lolwat?!

Piken has dominated T1 for 4 weeks with zero competition from both FSP and Riverside, solely due to massive numbers.

Hopefully the links will shuffle it up a bit, otherwise we are back to the same kittening stalemate of one server to dominate them all.

Crinn.7864:

Seems defense has gone out the window. Since the patch teamfights seem to be over in seconds. Power necro basically hardcounters itself with it’s own burst. LB ranger hit me for 90% of my Demolisher Necro’s HP on his 4>2 opener, but I still managed to kill him ~10 seconds later. I mean shoot I was in a match with Nos and he went down in the first ~20seconds.

I’m seeing fights where both teams will have 2-3 dead at the same time. This isn’t PvP this is flipping murder.

Welcome to the powercreep WvW has suffered for over a year.

Enjoy.

I was about to say “lol what insane burn?” considering my WvW scrapper does 20k vs your 10k (and I’m not even maxed out condi dmg) but then I noticed the crummy PvP amulet haha.

I really question the triple kits though. You gonna be playing piano on your keyboard to the point where half the skills are probably a waste.

Lol that patch…

Adrenal Health: The amount healed by this trait has been reduced by 10% in PvP only.

Because AH isnt at all OP in WvW (also lol at 10%).

Electra.7530:

I’m wondering what “condi burst” is. My condi takes time to build up while solid zerk power builds burst me down.

I build appropriately, to survive long enough to get my conditions built up, keep stacking as long as I can before the power builds burst me down, get my shroud up asap to try to hang on a little longer while it’s being power burst down.

But, if I do stack the conditions, which is not easy, they are effective. But, I wouldn’t consider them “burst.”

So, I’m wondering what “condi burst” is so I can rework it in my build.

Ironic unless you simply dont know how to play the game.

Any condi build worth their salt will do 10-20% damage a second within a few seconds of engagement unless the target is very tanky or got condi cleanses and heals coming out its kitten .

This isnt PvE, we dont need to stack 30K dps over minutes on a lobotimized boss with a million billion hp. We only need to occupy them until the big hitters is on cd again.

A condi ele can put 20K+ burn damage instantly on a target at 1200 range with the press of a single button. What do you call that, a friendly tap on the shoulder to say “oh you… you’re so hot”?

Nova.2890:

CrimeMaker.8612:

Btw PvErs there is another game mode called WvW and balance in WvW should matter more than it matters in PvE.

I’m going to blow some player and developers mind with this idea. I hope you all are sitting down and ready for it. How do you eliminate about half of your workload when it comes to balancing?

Ready…?

Make two separate stats for gear. One stat set is PvE and the other is for PvP
When you enter a PvP area, a hidden flag is activated on your character, and the PvP attributes are turned on.

So when you want to adjust power levels, boon duration, damage modifiers, ect. you make the adjustment to the game area that you want to make the balance for, that way it leaves the other game area unaffected by the change.

Not sure why this concept has not been conceived by developers before, but it would sure go a long way to pleasing the masses on both sides of the PvE/PvP argument when it comes to “balance” changes.

Yeah and also it would be much simpler if the PvP gear only was one piece of gear (possibly a trinket)!!! I am a genius.

Isnt relink soon? Probably related.

apharma.3741:

Yeah, eff those guys in serious pain who might want to drive or carry on with their otherwise uninhibited function =P

Drugs=illegal narcotics in my native language, I am not a native American speaker where drugs is essentially candy with some medicinal side-effects. Sorry, should have made that clearer.

This is the very reason WvW works (and DBL dont). Towers threaten keeps and keeps threaten towers. Thats why there is a need to secure them, which drives WvW.

Complaining about this is like complaining that drugs make you high.

CrimeMaker.8612:

He was running like 28kish armor and them dps.

Ah, the good old 28k armor build. Not only do you have 250,000+ hp, you also have 99.9% damage reduction.

1) Do a -repair
2) Failing improvements, blaim Anet

I miss the good old AGP slot. No way to make this mistake. Graphics cards went into the AGP slot, most other things went into the PCI slot and that really old kittenty thing from your dads 40mhz computer went into the ISA slot

Fermi.2409:

I’d get something like this:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/r2ZCqk

I wouldn’t get a prebuilt at your price range since it’s most likely going to be terrible for the price

You can easily up that to an i5, custom cooler and 500gb SSD instead and stay within the budget.

The problem right now is that its pointless to buy anything – if all indications of AMD Ryzen performance and pricing are true, it will turn the entire CPU eco system topsy turvy within a couple of weeks.

But I suppose if you got to go you got to go…

borgs.6103:

But aren’t all Asura bald and those with hair are just wearing wigs?

Transplanting hair from human prisoners willing donors is actually quite easy.

kappa.2036:

Necromancer
Now Regeneration heals you while in death shroud.
Death Spiral (gs #3): Now this skill block attacks for 2 seconds while striking.
Nightfall (gs #4): _Now the column of shadows grows on your feet and follows you for his entire duration. Gain life force (2%) every time a pulse strike an enemy.
Grasping Darkness (gs #5): This skill now is ground targeted (like ranger axe offhand #4). Range increased from 600 to 800.
Epidemic: Now this skill can’t be used on WvW sieges.
Spectral Walk: Reduced the recharge of this skill from 50 to 35 sec. This skill now grants 6 seconds of superspeed and 15 seconds of swiftness. Life force gained and Spectral effect remains the same.
Soul Eater: Now this trait pulse Stability (1 stack for 4 seconds every 4 seconds) while wielding a greatsword. Lifesteal from this trait has been removed.
Transfusion: Now this skill heals you aswell.

Sure you dont want to add being able to use skills in ds/rs too?

Because we dont have enough necro death trains in WvW, they need to be brought into the meta!

I think the patch should add a function for other classes to adopt orphaned pets.

When rangers/druids get killed in WvW and you see this teary eyed smokescale just standing there, nowhere to go, no one to follow… Anet you’re breaking my heart!

Or at least let us slit their throats and skin them for leather. That’ll work too.

anduriell.6280:

We felt like the Mesmer is underperforming in pve so we made some adjustments to the skills in pvp/wvw

• all clones and phantamns has their health pool increased in 500%
• clones and phantoms damage increased in a 50%
• trait Alls well that ends well make all wells to apply 5 stacks of confusion per pulse additionally.
• Trait chronophantasma create an additional phantasm each time one clone is shattered.
• confusion and torment does 30% more damage conditions ticks 50% faster when Mesmer equip a sword.
• Gain 12 seconds distorsión when under 50% health.
  .

You forgot the new 50 illusion summon limit.

Wouldnt surprise me if they add it to some useless line no one use and still wont use.

But hey as long as they dont nerf that critical passive 25% daze duration on my final salvo P/P scrapper…

What are you, a Gremlin? Man up and eyeball that screen until you are either done reading or it rotate away awkwardly.

Its just a couple of specific story missions and then you will never associate with the order again. So it really doesnt matter. If the mission are hard, level up some more.

Ah, dat reddit leak…

Engineer, now with more passive condi damage.

Because WvW really need more passives and more condi damage.

Falsk.8193:

So all Servers are equal, and we might have a good time all of us.

When all servers are equally low you mean. Cause that is all this change would do – make people leave and lower the population. You set the bar low.

A core part of WvW is that a few can do things and when they do those things, more will join. Going 20 vs 50 isnt fun no but what other incentives to bring 30 more people into WvW at that time is there? You bide your time, you handle them until you can beat them With this change, there would be no reason for more people to come to WvW.