Guild Wars 2

QLi.3742:

I´m asking to put those features back on my account and server. I know it can be done.

Except that it cant be done.

But I am sure that the devs can compromise and change things specifically for your account, such as:
- No access to Lions Arch for any of your characters.
- No access to ferocity for any of your characters (no such gear can be equipped).
- No transmutation for any of your characters.
- Always put your character on a separate instance where no one else has access.

There you go, all your problems solved!

You are welcome.

Crazy.6029:

Basically it would work like this. Everyone is wiped clean and Randomly matched up in to the 4 current tiers. We would still have 3 servers (with names) but for this purpose lets just say A,B,C. Every three weeks there would be change whoever wins the best of three matches is server A, and moves up. Whoever gets second place is server B, stays the same tier. Whoever loses best of three moves down. If there is a tie between server B and C or A, B, C then it would be based off kills. I think it would promote serious competition every single week. New servers every 3 weeks. No massive gaps in glicko with stale match ups.
Feedback is welcome

New servers except in T1 where the same two servers will always be top and T4 where two servers will always be rock bottom.

Lahm.7056:

I would place Scrapper with those three, but you don’t have as many tools to deal with those difficult situations, once you’re stuck in fights without stealth, you’ll have to fight or die in most situations.

Lolwat? Scrapper has the best small scale utility in the stomp gyro. Out of your three classes, the druid is useless small scale (and what I would target first when fighting a group of those three). Tanky as kitten but with little damage or damage and glassy is the two common variants.

Nuzt.7894:

Edit: Before anyone freaks out, I am not suggesting this happens, I’m not suggesting this is a good idea, I’m only pointing out that this is the only true way to not only stop bandwagoning but also fix the damage done.

Good, because its not a good idea, its most definetly not the “only true way” to stop bandwagoning and it would cause great harm to current communities.

atticus.5284:

The only solution (abet a very unpopular one) is to put everyone servers into a pool and Anet allocates to the severs factions. No transfers allowed. Then, every few months, everyone servers goes back into the pool and gets re-allocated to smooth out the populations factions.

Fixed, while maintaining server communities. The size of the server become irrelevant.

The entire idea of punishing people into submission with money/gems is flawed. Thats not how you retain a population. Thats not how you get a happy community.

Anet already have the solution – server links. Slap together multiple groups for 3 faction warfare without being crippled by glicko rankings.

Once we unhook servers from tiered matchmaking, server bandwagoning is solved by design instead of the spiked whip.

Encouraging people to stick with their servers by giving loyalty bonuses the longer you are on that server wouldnt hurt either.

Jeknar.6184:

Simonoly.4352:

Yes my Thief is really struggling in WvW now. My Unloads only do 12-13K each against other squishes. My AoE damage with an evade skill, Vault, only seems to do 14K damage. My dagger auto-attack chain only does 7K damage in around 1.5 seconds. My unblockable distance closer, Shadow Shot, does just 6K per use. It’s a good thing that I can’t use these skills more than once in quick succession!

Also my dodge rolls seem to do just 5K AoE and my Impairing Daggers with Mug combo only seems to do 8K damage as an opener – it’s horrible. Also, my Basilisk that I was already using also happens to be applied to people around me with absolutely no investment. I can also chain multiple dodge sources with a bit of stealth to exit almost any encounter. It’s absolutely miserable and impossible to play!

This sarcasm is killing me, stop!

And sarcasm doesnt even reveal him.

A 50% damage boost will make it instakill players.

Fun fun!

Artemis Thuras.8795:

This idea would be as simple as: 3 host worlds, every other world linked to one of those 3. or 6 hosts with regional divide..

And thats why I dislike complicated 3 page suggestions.

Yes, it really is that simple. With this in place, we could can easily do perpetual WvW seasons: servers rise in ranks/tiers within their faction, get some rewards after 3 months and then the factions reshuffle and the fight begins again.

Players wouldnt game such a system at all to make servers go where they want to by transfering on purpose, oh no…

I dont think Glicko should be used to determine matchups but at least it offer some slack and reaction times when it comes to population shifts. One up one down would literally be weekly transfer heaven.

People need to be really quiet about that or Anet will get ideas.

Brutal Augus.5917:

Dawdler.8521:

Brutal Augus.5917:

Its only a matter of time before a group of players that love WvW/RvR come along and crowdfund a game that is BETTER…Oh wait thats right : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelot_Unchained

Searched on youtube, yep still at least 1-2 years away like we guessed the same 1-2 years ago, not sure why people keep bringing it up like its right around the corner.

The same reason why I’m not sure people keep pointing out that it’s still in development like it’s never going to come out. See? I can do that too, now wheres my cookie you kitten?

Your cookie failed its kickstarter goal and the money has been spent on a chocolate bar thats already been half eaten. No refunds.

Sorry.

Please fund my new project Cookie 2.0 instead, thats sure to succeed! If you pledge twice as much as for the last cookie I will throw in a half eaten chocolate bar as a preorder bonus (may or may not be available at time of release)!

Anet has put themselves in this corner by making concentration gear and the desire to keep revs OP so people buy HoT.

Simple solutions though -

1) Designate more boons as non-stack non-boons. Quickness and resistance for example would work like superspeed. It wont stack and you cant boonshare it.

2) Cap boon duration at 50%.

Done deal. Anet get to keep their super OP rev skills but people will no longer be able to stack to extremes.

While they are at it they could also cap ferocity at 50%, cut power/prec by 25%, condi dmg by 33% and cap condi duration at 50% on all gearsets while adding these stats to vitality. But hey let not get ahead of ourselves.

Brutal Augus.5917:

Its only a matter of time before a group of players that love WvW/RvR come along and crowdfund a game that is BETTER…Oh wait thats right : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelot_Unchained

Searched on youtube, yep still at least 1-2 years away like we guessed the same 1-2 years ago, not sure why people keep bringing it up like its right around the corner.

Jana.6831:

ETA: Actually, after I thought some more about this:
Remember GvG guilds which were the reason why we have Arenas in Guild Halls? Just that no one uses them – kind of sad, isn’kitten If you think some more about it: HoT destroyed GW2 – because everything that came with HoT just killed the game. In my opinion it really is the (lack of) balance that causes all the problems we have now. Back in the day open PvE was actually challenging, but we need all kinds of powercreep now so people can live through the HoT maps (nonsense, you can well do without) – which is destroying the rest of the game, but who cares, right?

You didnt think hard enough. The powercreep began long before HoT when the entire stat system changed from part build based to entirerly gear based, especially ferocity. This allowed classes to go to extremes with no sacrifices.

With sPvP changes Anet has also made it very clear that you are not allowed to be tanky/healer, you are supposed to build for damage.

Jeknar.6184:

How do you kill what is already dead?

Blunt force trauma to the brain.

If you ask such a stupid question you aint ever gonna survive the zombie apocalypse.

Going by the descriptions, I didnt even need to read that OP mains thief/dd.

Because every class except mine is always super OP even though I am super awesome and everyone I meet is a noob and suck, so their classes have to be OP by definition and carry them.

This age old problem of dps warriors still being tanky has nothing do with durability runes really. It’s the healing signet in combination with passive traits. It’s always been that.

Tier 5 mastery description: “5 Prevents damage from arrow cart fire to allies inside Force Dome”

But maybe not on siege as I said.

Fun fact that I have noticed even commanders dont know – shieldgen not only block projectiles, they make you specifically immune to AC fire. Though I havent tested if the buff extends to other siege.

Also, are US server a match for Rivercart? Record I think I have seen was 9 ACs in T1 SE tower on their border.

FrownyClown.8402:

The nerf to Wash the Pain Away was done because it over-performed in the frontline meta in wvw.

Not that much of a nerf since they also reduced the cd and boosted gains from healing power. Cleric frontline ftw (funny considering the removal of cleric in PvP).

“Alot of potential”?

Well necros have been meta and required backliners in WvW for over 4 years. Some servers run so many that they cover a 20×20 meter field in circles.

Experiment has been ongoing since 2013.

Results inconclusive.

Temporary? So… they will be buried deep down in the glicko hole the week after that again if they dont make any movement next week?

Dont quite understand that part.

Awwww I thought you wanted a new matchup tier where we dump siege humping servers.

Because a siege tier aside from normal kitten would have been awesome.

I am so disappointed right now.

Now the only thing left is to explain why there is a small destructable village there, the only one of its kind in the entire game (much like the unique south inner door on garrison, no other doors like it in WvW).

Bazompora.2635:

Strangers from large servers often don’t resurrect you either

Same strangers that can easily be Vabbi because the game makes no difference.

But still, this is exactly what we told Anet would happen before the links was even activated. Smaller linked servers would loose themselves among the larger servers when there isnt any defining feature that set them apart. The idea of an entire small server as “roaming mercenaries” is fine if they have that identity visible ingame. But without it… You may as well merge with the larger server.

Rezzet.3614:

what Anet did is what i call a Hypocrite Nerf

Scrapper sustain is considered too broken

yet Ele,Druid,Revenant,Warriors,Mesmer,Necro have just as much sustain group support ,debuff , and superior damage and Those are considered Balanced?

Yes because no other class got nerfed this patch. I’m sure all eles for example are rejoicing in their forum and snickering at the silly engies.

Reapply your claim. Patch messed it up last I checked.

Yet another change that make you wonder wtf is going on Anets minds.

Did condi need to damage siege? No. They made a choice to run cancer. The reliance on power enabled tanks and support builds to still feel usefull against siege.

Now Anet is basicly telling us go crit dps or go home.

And one of the most common complaints is power creep because certain classes can build for insane damage, lol. Anet must live in another world.

The simple answer to the having the swords making it “harder” to cap is subtract 2s per tier on the warning. the current timer is what, 30s? T3 get 24s as a upgrade boon. Simple. Take an existing system and tweak it a little. Not enough? Tweak it some more if required. Removing the delay completely because reasons is as logical as removing the contested waypoint gap because reason.

Downed state is a critical functionality in WvW small and medium scale combat, removing it would kill all the fun in the game and ruin tactical group combat.

If OP suggest this change because of PvE well kitten PvE.

tony.9425:

If things with the population stay as they are right now, the game mode will just die out faster.

Which is what people said before the links. 3 years ago. And 2 years ago. And 1 year ago. And… well we all get it.

But granted, the links hasnt really helped things. I dont think the idea is wrong, but IMO the implementation, speed of which the links change and transfers make it moot.

We still need a way to differentiate people from different links (and encourage them by giving them an identity with capped objectives by them). Links should shift considerably faster and transfers from low tier link servers to high tier link servers need to be discouraged.

The main problem remain the way matchups work. Anet can link servers now and should expand on that. If they can get proper identity working, we can remove tiers alltogether and rank servers per colored faction. IE we would see 3-4 matchups of 3 fixed factions (no more color changes) between population matched servers (some randomness will occur).

No more “oh we are rank 18 and never getting out of this glicko hell hole” bullkitten. No more tiers. Server glicko points would determine per faction ranks, not the matchups the server end up in.

It would solve server transfers by design. But it would also mean less money to Anet, so nvm scratch this completely.

In EU its usually around 18 in the evening, which is midday east coast. I’m guessing that is in the morning west coast time? Makes sense if they want to do hotfixes during the day.

Not joining a squad is pretty much setting yourself up for failure.

Its only unprofessional if they dont have +5.

Why would it open the 26th? Servers are full based on poulation, not dates. Patches dont change this.

When DBL keeps where defended they where nearly impossible to breach due to insane amounts of siege at the few viable attack positions for anything other than a 50 man group.

So glhf with that OP.

+25%/perma 33% only proliferate the ranged evasive build meta in the only gameplay mode that has large enough fields for it to actually have a major impact, WvW.

I would much rather see it removed and replaced with short swiftness bursts only available to melee builds.

But hey I’m just wierd that way.

Swagger.1459:

Dawdler.8521:

If you change it to 3 hours then hours 2-3 will be pointless instead of hours 3-4.

I fail to see the point. If you want full engagement, matchups need to be within a single reasonable sitting for all players, or around 1 hour at most.

Why would hours between 2-3 be pointless in the match?

1 hour would be too short. 4 seems a bit excessive judging by observations of the last hour. 2 hours, eh, I don’t think that’s long enough. 3 hours I’m feeling would be the sweet spot.

Thats what you feel because of 4 hour matches.

You do realize WvW is exactly the same right? Come thursday and top server is ahead 100K points, no one gonna play seriously anymore.

Not to mention sPvP. Good luck getting your team to fight if the score is 400-20.

The hours is irrelevant. The moment people realize its futile a majority will stop fighting. You can neither cut or add hours to make the last 30% of a match exiting when its unbalanced and possibly lost already.

And yes, 3 hours is still way too long for a normal gaming sitting if we assume same people from start to finish. People will start to drop off after an hour. Keep in mind that we also have to count partial matches. So if you join at say the 2 hour mark of a 3 hour match thats lost, sure you may go “well I lazily play until the next exiting match!”. After 2h of gaming, you’d still have 2h left in the 3h match. GG having the interest to keep fighting. Yeah I know some can play 6h straight easy, but lets count mostly normal people. There is a reason why medium scale round games (think BF) set ~30m matches.

If you change it to 3 hours then hours 2-3 will be pointless instead of hours 3-4.

I fail to see the point. If you want full engagement, matchups need to be within a single reasonable sitting for all players, or around 1 hour at most.

“Partner” is a relative term when all she did was immiedietly take off to play with higher ups and only left the children to support.

Hexinx.1872:

Next meta … WvW being transformed to PvE cannoneers. I demand the WvW galleon!

At least they aren’t mobile – and remember it’s only a test. No perma yet. There will be lots of grief

Unless… they are mobile!

We’d have a real pirate ship (well, land pirate ship).

It would be glorious.

Changing the design of the tag and more color options has been brought up many times before. There was this excellent image created by someone that I cant remember. It wasnt guild emblems though, it was just various different designs.

Not sure guild emblems would scale down well enough for the minimap, the resolution is probably too high. So unfortunetly I dont think it would work.

Sylvyn.4750:

Alternatively, if you take away more of the defensive tools, no one would want to bother defending an objective and would just go do something else, like hit an empty keep on the other side of the map, so more PvD and less PvP if that were the case.

No one bothering to defend logic would mean that all 3 sides and all their zergs are in on the idea and that no one want to fight.

So what exactly are you arguing? Everyone would do what they want. Everyone would be happy with that.

It takes just one group on one side that will go where the enemy players is to make the argument irrelevant. Especially if they dont bother defending. So much more time to find and engage the enemy open field. If they happen to be inside one of your objectives, well thats an unfortunate sideeffect.

They where so eager to further explain the functionality of hammers last vote but have said nothing about the cannons, particularly control functions, relative attack strength compared to current siege and supply costs.

Guess Anet got tired of explaining themselves.

With 3 factions on static maps you would just move the problem onto EoTM design.

You wont fix crap.

We need dynamic maps in order to adjust for a 24/7 varying population. Sure it could be a hybrid (WvW+EoTM == Multiple EBs + instanced borders) but it cant be all static because you’d have the same unbalanced population issue once the population drop so low that dedicated night cappers can roam maps with ease.

Otherwise, I think 3 factions could be just fine if Anet organized them as actual guilds. Think about it. Something like this: “The Pact” (faction of guilds) -> “Desolation” (one of 6 main guilds in this faction) -> “NoobsRUs [N00b]” (player created sub-guild). In terms of visual identification ingame, you will be seen with [N00b] tag, belong to Desolation but fight for The Pact (ie green, blue or red). Your score would be counted against both the faction and the main guild you belong too, which create a ranking of main guilds within the faction. So TL;DR we would be fighting to be the top main guild within our faction, just for the glory rather than it being part of a matchup.

But it’s just a dream. And I do think Anet gave up any idea of major design changes of WvW long ago. But hey, we’ll get cannons. Huzzah!!!

In my experience the higher up you go the worse it becomes. In kitten one see 10 man “roaming” parties running around capping camps. The amount of havok guilds also increases (well, naturally) which make solo/duo roaming considerably harder because you simply cant be effective. And not to mention the amount of meta cheese exploit builds exponentially increase (when you do meet solo roamers they are likely to be perplexity mesmers).

But hey if you simply want activity, move on up.

Could we please get a response from Anet whether deployable cannons will be the same as the roflstomp stationary stabilized and auto-aiming explosive shot artillery guns (ie “cannons”) or if they will be actual heavy duty solid shot siege cannons? Preferably before the poll ends?

Ryou.2398:

Chaba.5410:

scerevisiae.1972:

Chaba.5410:

Front/midline auramancer (tempest ele)
http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Tempest_-_Midline_Auramancer

That build sucks.

About half the people I’ve talked to about it swear by it. The other half says the same as you. Half the people run staff. The other half run dagger/focus or dagger/warhorn.

When its like that its usually a skill issue just saying.

There is a distinct split between people saying power is life and those saying support classes are usefull. The former basicly acknowledge no other stats than damage.

Personally I run a full cleric tempest and its a complete beast when it comes to keeping a zerg supplied with HP.

There are 4 WvW zones in the game. Go to another. Its really as simple as that if someone is intentionally trying to grief you.