Guild Wars 2

^Rude Much???? And, sorry if it bruises your ego but, SoR has the greatest number of players presently playing. To think anything else is to be naive.

TY for the info! I’m kinda wow’d they do this. What if the zone is dead (like it was) and a single player wants something from the merchant? This sounds like a bad bad bad idea

ummm….. what happened to the other post between now and two hours ago??

For BG, I’m seeing what you are doing on the maps. It reminds me of a scene from the move Airplane. Where the radar guy say’s…….

For the discussion on WvW population from earlier today. It’s pretty simply it’s SoR > BG > JQ. I’m certain Anet has the numbers on total man hours per server to back up my belief.

Not really….. We, the players, by farming the heck out of Southsun are creating a very large surplus of them. Though there isn’t that much of a demand after we upgrade the two back items from the event.

Unless, Anet comes up with items that create a need for Karka Shells and Passion Flowers, the abundant supply of them will keep the items affordable.

They didn’t reduce it, they put it back to normal. I noticed immediately that one of last weeks patches jacked up the spawn rate and density.

This isn’t a problem….. Though I would like to ask if they modified the loot tables at all? RNG wasn’t very nice tonight, in general.

I got a ticket on my 5th crate, haven’t seen one since. To be honest, I really don’t want any of those skins. Which is a crying shame since I can’t sell or give it away to those in need.

I would like the mini’s. I finally got my first mini in game a few hours ago. The Reef Rider one. Not one I’ll use but, it’s a mini. In the end, the only thing we’re doing is creating the foundation supply of karka shells as the new currency

Awesome list! Now….. what button do I push for them?

Anyone else think the Dev’s got a little carried away with having 36 of them?
<—- Over tired Staff Ele wishing for more pew pew at times.
Job description: water fountain, jockey, nanny

Good Morning RE, how are you guys and gal’s doing? Have the scout’s been having fun? Are you enjoying WvW this week?

This is your thread but, there seems to be so little of you in it….

Oxide, I’ve had this hacking cough the past couple of weeks. I’ve heard it’s going around. Can’t seem to place the exact cause of it.. Though I fear something might be seriously wrong.

:)

Rastaman.9015:

DeWolfe.2174:

After looking at the Maps for the first time today I’m now thinking, why? Why are JQ and BG attacking each other?

Maybe it’s just me but, this week should be a full on 2 v 1 against SoR. They have been literally, asking for it! Let’s bring it!!!!!!

I play on the SoR server and I agree also! I remember SoR, and SoS doing this to BG way back when. So bring it on! I did notice tonight that JQ and BG attacked Stonemist at the same time. So the plan is already in action. I’m looking forward to more great fights!

I truly wish we were that bright and coordinated. That attack on SM actually wasn’t planned We just went after the next logical target. While on the south inner gate I noticed a Tailgate scout sitting on the outer wall. They were just waiting to try and back door us that’s all.

Speaking of the SM battle, I had a lot of fun annoying OL afterwards I was the staff Ele annoying the heck out of your trebber’s. I honestly couldn’t get more than one person to leave BG alone and help deal with all your treb’s.

Hopefully, as the week goes some of us will wise up

After looking at the Maps for the first time today I’m now thinking, why? Why are JQ and BG attacking each other?

Maybe it’s just me but, this week should be a full on 2 v 1 against SoR. They have been literally, asking for it! Let’s bring it!!!!!!

Thread derailing into the abyss of the egotist.

Makes me think of chocolate. Mmmm, chocolate…..

;)

WvW population should never been based off of the overall server. Stacking is a very lame attempt at making a server into a WvW only server. If you stack the most, you win.
Game over…. end of story… the end….

Stacking is one of the Vampire’s sucking the life out of WvW right now.

What we have now is fine….. Corpse time I use for a couple of reasons. One is, I usually like to see how the battle plays out. If there is time to rez and run I will but, battles don’t last very long. Thus, I’d just rather watch my teammates kick butt and hope for a rez.

The other usage of Corpse time is, bathroom break!

Umm…. this might sound nutty but, how about a polling system? Where we actually vote on it every week? Where in the WvW overlay we get to pick (once per account) on who we want to fight the next reset.

Think about it, do we really need to be forced by a system? What if for one week we wanted a grudge match between another server from on another tier? It’s not likely to happen by any ranking system. Unless you purposefully came in 3rd week after week to drop down.

TY for finding my idea interesting. I’d rather have it be grand to even outlandish, than a small change

Maybe if the Legion populations were listed it would help with balance. I think many would chose on their own to equally divide the Legions. Enough folks have expressed a desire to have “good” fights. Thus, even numbers are the best solution to that end.

Server binding, to me, is a burden. It punishes those with strong populations of PvE and sPvP. A Legion would have no such limitation. We can chose our server mates separate from our fellow Legionaries. As it being a separate form of game play from PvE and sPvP, it should be provisioned separately too.

I guess you could think of it like WvW guesting. Where giving the users more choice and control over themselves would work out much better in the long run.

With time I think this could be fleshed out into a better form of play than WvW is now…..

I’m wondering if having the “Worlds” competing against each other is actually the biggest problem in WvW? That maybe every player should have had the choice to join a Legion and fight for it in the Mist instead. Leaving the worlds as the place for us to hang our hats, to PvE, and our data to reside.

These Legion’s could have lore and other things to make them unique. The maps could be grander in scale too. There still would be map population capping though. Maybe the overflow system could be used? This way we could still simply bounce in and play whenever we want, then bounce out.

Coverage wars would be lessened. Honestly, does anyone actually likes stacking servers 24/7? Because server populations would no longer affect the Legion. Since Legions span all worlds.

I’m trying to think of an implementation that’s simply a place to have large scale fights and fun! Right now the Tier system breeds too much animosity and negativity.

Hey people, the weeks over….
T1, we take WvW so seriously, we can’t even stop for a minute!

I’m trying to get everyone to JQ BL S camp for yearbook shots. What the heck….

Anyone from [LOVE] please whisper. Let’s get the T1 yearbook going!

Without you though Cuddles, I don’t think it’s going to work

TY both! Figures they’d announce it everywhere but here, right?

Dulfy, noticed you in the video today.

Huge, the whole freaking MAP, groups shots with Cuddles are required before reset!!!!!!!
Let’s show them how T1 rolls!

Would love to know when these events happen. I always catch it on youtube after the fact. Does anyone know where these are announced ahead of time?

^she needs to guest to JQ and visit us often!!! :-)

Full map Zerging at 5am. Boy you sure do enjoy that PvDoor huh SoR?

….then they wonder why the WvW population continues to drop like a rock….
#smh

^For any Guilds wanting to come over, you’ll witness JQ’s community in action. As Blackouts have been scheduled before to aid in those wishing to join us.

Did it with a party of 2. Can almost solo it if not for the stacking of electro-whatever.

What little respect I’ve had, I’ve lost for SoR and BG. I don’t know whom’s the brattiest serves between them and now DB.

Get off/out JQ BL with that crap!!! Take it to your own BL’s……

Lifewaster.5912:

Its not acceptable, but the devs havent yet figured out how apply PvP ruleset to wvw without gimping thieves vs mobs/guards in wvw.

They have slowly implemented some changes such as contesting capture points while stealthed.

And, when Isaiah Cartwright say’s he runs his party with 2 Thieves and 2 Mesmers in it, don’t expect anything that might nerf his chances of capping that sentry

Even with maxed out toughness, the damage mitigation wouldn’t have prevented death. What’s the maximum damage reduction, about 40%? That would leave over 23k dmg points left. Well more than enough to take down a Mesmer, right?

I don’t know what bubble people live to not see that with Ascended gear, the multiplying effects of power scaling is too high on thieves. The skill coefficient’s need to be dropped for WvW.

Yes, burst damage of thieves is too high for my taste too. And yes, thieves are purposely build to grieve players. And yes, to be the easy button for the brattier players. Thieves should get a 30% cut in burst, minimum. Also, stealth should break with a certain amount of damage is taken.

When the dev’s themselves use the word “cry” in their live streams, you know it’s something they think is great. I’d love to say what I really feel on the subject but, I’ll get another infraction Oh.. would I love the opportunity to freely speak on here…..

This is why, at the very least, ranger pet’s should be able to hunt thieves while in stealth. Then leap attack with a knock down when caught. If anyone actually cared about balance, more authentic RP, and fun, they should agree with this.

edit: after watching this again, there should be a threshold where damage breaks stealth.

Wait… didn’t bunker Ele’s get nerfed, hmm….
Besides, were bunkers a problem in sPvP or just popular?

^ I’ll agree with you on that Funset. Out of 8 professions, the other 7 have to make a special build to counter one? That right there shows reasoning for my question.

If this is, “Uhg. Another Thief cry post.” that validates my point. You said “another” as in there must be more to many other post. Signifying an issues for many. You also said “Crying” which signifies that this one profession infuriates the other 7, right. Thus, should my question then be, how is making players cry a good thing? Aren’t they just going to stop playing?

For “Get some anti stealth traps in wvw.” So the other 7 have to spend to counter one? Meanwhile, that one already has a cost advantage by not having to pay for armor repair as often. How is that good or remotely fair for the other 7 classes?

Every way I look at it, it’s appears to be a very selfish decision to have this class in the game. It seems to only exist to be a constant thorn in peoples sides. What I can’t understand is, how is that good for a game? How is this supposed to create greater enjoyment for the majority of players? Morally, why even reward playing the label of thief with such abilities? Shouldn’t the cost come to them to reinforce the societal standards of crime doesn’t pay!

Meh… take a break or just play. When you’ve gotten enough, forge it.

How many of those 3 million are multiple accounts for one person? How many of them are bought to replace lost/stolen/hacked/banned accounts? I don’t think there are as many as it sounds. To me, it seems like the player base is shrinking. Or, at least the global number of player hours is shrinking. It is Summer time starting in NA so, it’s possible people just aren’t playing as much

I’d like to post this as a question, why would anyone design Thieves the way they are in WvW and lesser in PVP? Obviously, the whole mechanic is just to infuriate and annoy the players whom aren’t. I just don’t understand the logic in frustrating the players. They’ll just stop if it bothers them too much won’t they?

So I ask, why does this class exist at all? When they are so outside the scope of the other classes?

For me it’s pet’s, if physically possible, should always attack target’s regardless of terrain. There is nothing more annoying than watching a flying pet sit beside me instead of swooping in. There is no logic to these limitations. This was nerfed because of whine in WvW and needs to be reverted back. Especially when Engi’s can drop crates on walls and Mesmers can get illusions everywhere….

There’s 168 hours in the week. You are complaining about the 4 that’s the most used? The other 164 are most likely available and needing you

^Exactly! Saying it isn’t needed is simply misdirection. In the reverse, I was just on BG BL earlier and they had 20+ guarding Lake versus 4 of us at spawn. This situation isn’t fun either. Just like trying to run into a tower or keep when an enemy zerg has it blocked.

OMG….. this WvW is like, SO… much fun!!! May I just keep running into that enemy zerg and get boiled down in 2.4 seconds?!?!?! Yeah I can, A-OK!

You have to have active defenders already IN the property to defend it.

Anyone whom complains about anything additional to WvW is either a dueler or someone who run’s in a server with the biggest Zerg. Because rolling over people and PvDoor is fun! WvW needs way more…

SykkoB.9465:

wvw is war

There are rules of engagement in war. You’d probably rage over events like this in real life. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce Would you just run up and try to killing everyone? War isn’t just war, ever. GG noobs

Pfft… I’ll mostly be zerging in Southsun! Much more rewarding monetarily and emotionally. I’ve loved playing in WvW for 8 months. too Though fighting each other is getting tiring. Especially when far too many players seem to be digressing. I find less and less honor and much more grieving taking place.

This “Red is Dead” statement has been bugging me for a long time. Are we that small minded that we can’t judge in anything but absolutes? That Anet slaps down a label and we devolve instantly? Does anyone even realize, just because we can kill each other in here, doesn’t mean you always should? Just like in real life, we all have the capacity to harm each other but, we really shouldn’t. Case in point, if I engage someone and they clearly are going for a poi or vp, I let them. It doesn’t hurt me and it helps them and that equals good! To see an SoR thief camping a VP a little while ago, it was kinda disgusting.

And, for that video, if anyone wanted to be motivational they should start by not preaching about how to be a narcissist? #smh Young people….

I would not say very easy is the correct term to describe Orr. This thread wouldn’t have been started if that was the case. Take the Baron guarding the skill point at Gallow’s Hang. He’ll down several at once. I’ve always needed someone or something to distract him. On my Warrior, my first 80) I remember using the Mistfire Wolf to distract him.

Just last night I took a new level 80 Ranger down there and got map complete in CS. If anyone is having trouble, I’ advise guesting to Jade Quarry. We still have players there. Though once the Southsun event is over, I have a feeling people will start going back to CS.

Sorry, I should have added I was already extrapolating for all 6 trinkets/accessories. And, 500 being the least amount and a non flat rate applied up to the other items.

Btw… what is a waste about it? I’m not a one dimensional player. I play multiple professions each day. Of course I’d want them all to be geared optimally. Let’s not even go into the fact that Anet has and will continue to change the meta. Requiring build changes and extra purchases per alt.

I’m excited just to see progress. Since this is about 3 months late by many of us.

For Badges, 500 per piece is pretty high. Builders, sentries, and yak whippers are quite valuable to the PPT. Yet, badges are NOT rewarded to those doing the dirty work. So let’s keep the pricing realistic!

Let’s also not attempt to price these for those whom Zerg’d 10+ hours a day on a necro or scepter guardian. People whom work and have kids and only play for 1-2 a day (normal folk) should be able to get these too. 500 badges a piece would then require 22,500 badges to gear all 5 characters across a standard account. That’s WAY too high.

There also should have been an advanced warning on this coming. Making the JP chest account bound, pushed us to start using badges for siege. Now adding this AFTERWARDS, is kinda swarmy. I’m certain some of us now wish they had the badges back.

Let the Loot Wars begin! Come Invaders, this keep’s gate is only paper. It’ll be easy picking for such a manly zerg like yours. Pay no mind to the 25 AC’s in the LR. They aren’t manned (yet) Look, we even have a tray’s of pie’s for you too….. Muahahaha

This is certainly going to be some progress in the right direction. If for nothing else than giving us more choices. Being a “builder” and loving to play a whole roster of alt’s, I’m never going to get very far with laurels, badges, or WxP. Maybe combining them all as it sounds will help up a bit now.

Don’t worry about gear so much. Eventually, they’ll all be maxed out in Ascended. Though a good build is a good build. No matter if it’s in masterwork or better.

A question is, how are you going to level this new main? Craft it up or play it? Because you might want to buy another character slot instead. Then have fun cycling new characters. Build one, take it into sPvP for some fun, then reroll. Try out all the races and professions this way. After a week of playing, pick the one you liked the most, build it, and stick with it to 80.

Either way, a Zerker Warrior is pretty much a defacto character to have. I bounce around all day from my original character a Warrior, to my Ele, then Mesmer, and lastly my Ranger. It all depends what I feel like doing. Especially in WvW as they all perform better in certain task.

For the thief comment, they are the undisputed Golden Child of the Dev’s. They never get nerfed.

For NA servers, Jade Quarry and Tarnished Coast I believe are the most popular PvE servers. You’ll also find that both have great WvW players too. For a friendly server, simply guest and see for yourself. That’s what guesting is for, to explore all of the other servers.