Guild Wars 2

TY for the replies. I’ve noticed this on My Ele and Mesmer especially. My Staff Ele should be hit perma swiftness easily. Though it hiccups and has the same bugs Mesmers do.

I’ll try Ranger and Warrior with Warhorns tomorrow. After testing on ourselves, I’ll go into WvW and try on Dolyaks too. They better be resting well overnight because they’re in for some running tomorrow!

Sometimes when attempting to stack swiftness, it may completely negate or replace the existing swiftness instead of being in addition to it. Been happening now for over a month across professions.

We are supposed to be able to stack duration. The level of suck in the game would dramatically rise by the snails pacing without swiftness. As it’s already being felt by not stacking.

I appear to be getting lag or stuck in combat for far longer than I should be. If I even just give a target one shot I have to run about 3,000 range away before it’ll unleash. This seems to be something new or bugged. Anyone else notice this?

As a Staff Ele, I couldn’t even play the game for the rest of the day after watching SotG. I can’t even say or truly express myself on the subject without getting an infraction. The shortsightedness of how this affect’s Staff is truly worrisome for the future.

What did I do the next day, I said screw it and spent 13g and a few stacks of BoH’s on new gear. Went 30-0-0-20-20 and gave the finger to the (I can’t say without infraction). Basically, I’d rather run naked and boil anyone that get’s within range than be squeezed into a little box O’ Play it this way.

btw… anyone every consider 2/3’s are playing ele because it’s simply fun? Not because it is or ins’t OP. Maybe there is something to it that lures in the better players? Not that it’s a balancing issue. I know for me run cycles, attack animations, sound effects, available armor’s, and more all affected my choice in what I play. No matter what there capacity in sPvP is. Because I do not care at all about sPvP. Which is why these changes should be limited to sPvP ONLY!

My other complaint with the RTL nerfing is that I use RTL while out of combat A LOT! Now it’s on a 40 sec cd? Why the hell should balancing for sPvP screw up my game play in PvE and WvW????

Good thread thus far! I’m in complete agreement, we staff Ele’s need more.

I firmly believe there is an immense bias in the game. Not necessarily against Ele’s per say but, against ranged combat. Everything I see and hear is about making this more and more into “Melee Wars 2”

If that be the case, how about one decent short range skill on staff? Let’s make Earth 5 a whirl attack. Something along the lines of a blend between Warrior Axe #5 and Guardian Hammer #4. Ele grab’s the base of the staff and swings it around knocking back anyone with 200 radius. Well, I’m full height Norn so it’s right for my size character

This skill could also act as a replacement for the widely unused Tornado Elite. Which, maybe it’s just me but, that elite should have an invulnerability or huge reduction from physical attacks, right?

btw… how about conjures? I rarely see them used. Heck, just this afternoon while waiting for Jormag, I loaded them all up and was using them as toys to amuse everyone standing around. No Moa’s were left standing in the area I can tell you!

yes please?

Haha… speaking of Zerg’s, here’s MERC lol

Corpse scouting is a tactic otherwise, no one would care at all.

Again, this is about choice! You have your’s and I’ll have mine. For every covered set, there should be a skimpy set. It’s called equality of choice. And, just to make a point, I’m going to run around LA in my undies now TY very much! Because again, it’s my prerogative.

btw… since people are listing they have Sylvari’s, you do realize they are a plant!

10 additional dev’s with a completely different take on the direction and stylizing the game should go in. #creativity #gamebalanced

Anyone else find it ironic that it’s “Snow White” complaining over her furry and cuddly woodland friends? More so, that she wants to be a thief instead???? :-) Too funny….

Anyway’s, the dev’s have a thing for forcing Melee. No class is going to get two long range weapons that aren’t going to be a hindrance. For Thieves, they should get nothing! IF they do, then I want IN COMBAT weapon swap on my Ele’s.

I’d go for Commander being a rank if WxP was account bound, retroactive, and able to be obtained by more than just killing/defending. Building, upgrading, repairing, and refreshing all matter in WvW too.

Lowest HP and Armor should have the highest in Burst and Mobility. It’s just logical, right? I’d say common sense but, it’s obviously not so common

This is the inherent problem. All the company appear’s to care about is vindication for their E-Sport idea. Everything else is coming in a distant second.

Maybe it’s just me but, after the State of the Game video yesterday, I just haven’t felt like playing. My play style is being nerfed and wondering if I’m the only one who’s feeling it?

TY for understanding. It’s not personal but, I really hate Thieves. I mean seriously, you are a THIEF! The underbelly of society. No moral or boundaries to really speak of yet, your class is the Dev’s fave. You’ll get polish to perfection as the uber class. Meanwhile, anything of virtue will be wiped from the map.

I wish this was an open forum for free speech. I’d really lay out what I’m thinking

Otherwise, my Staff Ele just got beaten on hard. We don’t HAVE a mobility weapon skill. I’m just going to sit in my tower and watch as I get nothing for it

After all this talk, what about Staff Ele’s? You know we do exist, right? We’re pretty much DOA the moment combat is initiated now. Mist Form is/was our one trick poney. If RTL is so vital for Ele’s, why wasn’t Staff given such a feature?

For Thieves, the true OP class in WvW since launch, Heartseeker can also do 5k! Where is that on any other mobility skill? Certainly RTL doesn’t do that.

I’m ticked about RTL because I mostly use D/D on reset to quickly bounce around to build. 40 sec c/d is a horrible idea for NON COMBAT uses!!!!

This is what happens when the game is revolving around sPvP. Keep everything sPvP out of PvE and WvW please????

a glimmer of hope!

Support really doesn’t exist’s because they designed the entire system around DPS. I think they really over stepped themselves by trying to remove the Trinity. By doing so, they only alienated two thirds of the players within the Trinity. I believe it’ll be the downfall of the game in the end really. Fore the Trinity has existed for a reason! It’s a style of play people LIKED!!!!! It made people feel good to be a support character. Now the only role to play is, “I hit things”. Followed by the subsequent elitism of, “I hit things harder.”

Devon, and I mean this nicely, how remedial are you going to make WvW? We need MORE tactics and capacity to create them, not less. Please stop removing abilities, skills, and tactics. This isn’t sPvP nor do we want it to be, “In Zerg We Trust.”

umm…. why is *p-i-c-k-" being kittened? lol

I’m curious as to how the dev’ kitten and choose what professions to balance? I hear them refer to the population numbers of builds. Which to me makes no sense at all. If it’s popular, couldn’t it simply be because we like the concept of it profession? If you continually take away what we like, won’t we end up with a game devoid of having anything we like?

Anyone have any thoughts? Is the game really revolving around sPvP numbers?

At least we get to voice our opinion before the hammer is slammed upon us again to shut it.:-) I’ll never get the concept of referring us to other “closed” threads. We want this and wish to discuss it. Thus, an open thread is required.

Honestly, combat is too fast and frenetic for me. I’ve said it before, I’d love more range and slower pacing for combat. Though out of combat, especially as a full height Norn, running feels like slow motion. It’s painful how slow it is. I wouldn’t even play the game anymore if it wasn’t for swiftness. No matter which character, I have to play with whichever weapons give swiftness. Like a warhorn or focus for example. I don’t care if I die more often. This game just feels like a slug without it. That’s why we need mounts to speed thing up.

The “Unique” sink hole strikes again! I feel for you OP. I was one of the first in the game to be bitten by this after the Lost Shores event with the Ancient Karka Shell. Unique really makes no sense at all. Especially when offensive and defensive infusions make no real difference.

It should not be 10k Badges, that’s crazy to many. That’s not promoting being a “Commander” but a Zerger. Because being a good WvW player has more to do than bags and badges. Though with this upcoming patch, Anet is dumbing down play even more. So maybe it is…

If anyone wants to bring up a morality discussion, I’m all for it. I find the lack of it in this game to be an issue too. The fact that we’re incentivized to kill and steal, well… that’s say’s a lot right there. Heck, the proliferation of tattoo’s I find to be more objectionable. Clothing has not been an issue in this regard. Because you can wear a bikini as a bathing suit and still be an angel at heart.

Choice is the ultimate winner in this discussion. We should promote more of it! Right now armor and all art it’s very narrowly focused. We should be presented with more options to appeal to a wider audience. Speaking of which, more visibility zones would be greatly appreciated. Like sleeves for example, I’m not a fan of the sleeves on a lot of items. Would it be so hard to make a check box to turn off pieces of an item? Like the choke collar’s and mesh sleeves on some tops? It just doesn’t make sense?

Oh…. and with more separation of the items into zones can bring in more options to dye them too. Choice… choice…. choice….

My Character’s are full height Norn’s. No matter how big a screen I play on, I can’t see what most players are wielding. Pfft, I can’t even tell if Asura has arms!

I’d tend to disagree with the “Fun” aspect a bit. The artistic style does not convey a sense of “Fun” is happening across the majority of Tyria. That’s been my complaint for a long time. It was good to have the dark and morbid to go with the personal story but, now it needs to evolve quickly. The game is getting long in tooth as they are milking the original content.

For the money issue, I’d love to buy a better game if they made one. Instead, with every patch they take the game down a different path than I’d like. From combat, to profession balancing, to additional art and content, I don’t like the themes. I watch the SotG video’s and what I’m saying out loud is nothing but a kitten fest. So, I’m still wanting NEW content that goes in a different direction. TY

And the person in the down position trying to fight for his life isn’t relevant?

No not burst skills, I’m referring to finishing a target in WvW Doing it in stealth is cowardly bull kitten. Man up!

My support staff Ele is no where near OP. She’s barely playable in WvW. I rarely if ever win in 1v1 situations. Now with thieves being able to steal my boons its going to be ridiculous. Mesmers Null Field was one thing, now stealing and placing stacks on top of a Thieves burst ability and it’ll be game over for me.

All I’ll be is a frustrated meat shield in WvW now.

You could always jump down and kill the ele! Btw…. can we talk about Mesmer’s and illusions going behind gates and ON TOP OF walls? Pot meet kettle…

This screws up the meta of WvW to a colossal extent. Not to mention how this screws EB to no end. Overlook has to have a redesign so it cannot treb Stonemist. Tower’s are fine but, it’s the only keep capable of trebbing SM.

How is WvW slow in T1???? Must be a roamer. #smh

the way Thieves are the teachers pet in the game, I’d say all of them.

The title say’s it all, “thieves must de-cloak to spike” Anything else is just plain cowardly. Why this mechanic isn’t in the game, I have no idea.

Another slap in the face to alt players in WvW. Good luck farming enough WxP for all these things across 5-8 characters. Oy….

Still, by the basic mechanics of it, WxP is not alt or builder friendly. It reinforces the Zerg/no defense mentality.

As someone with many alt’s in WvW, I’d appreciate my time in there to be accurately shown and rewarded. Not diluted down to insignificance.

Manoa.5897:

DeWolfe.2174:

Long before I rolled a Mesmer, I used to say “Don’t forget to tip your Mesmer.” There’s nothing wrong with it either.

There most certainly is if the mesmer is cluttering up /map or /team with it. If JP mesmers want to demand/beg for tips, keep it in /say.

Would you like to know why the JP bothers people, because it’s NOT about themselves. They aren’t playing by your rules. Look, the map chat is only for the things “you” want on it even.

Would you like to know what clutters map chat more? People that selfishly tout how many bags they are getting. That’s far more annoying than any communication relating to the JP. Because the one is incredibly selfish and egotistical, while the Mesmer’s are selflessly giving their time for others. Those asking for one are trying to be as quick and efficient as possible. That’s not lazy, that’s intelligent!

Hate dailies, wish they were a stack of 7 things to get done in a weekly instead.

BUT, love my alts sooooo….. I have to do dailies.
Hate FotM and dungeons, have to do dailies.

Basically, I have to do dailies

There’s is nothing wrong with inquiring. Don’t let the complainers deter you. Believe me, the JP isn’t the only thing they complain about.

As it’s been mentioned, there is a time and place for everything. If you see orange swords and frenetic chat pacing with a lot of “ON PIN NOW!” then it might not be a good time to ask.

Long before I rolled a Mesmer, I used to say “Don’t forget to tip your Mesmer.” There’s nothing wrong with it either.

I reserve the right to gripe further about this at a later date lol

My gripe for now is, now I understand why you were just asking any non EMP off of JQBL the other night Noodles. I SO wanted to plant you in the ground myself when you said that in chat. Though if you would have stated “WHY”, I would have happily logged right out for you.

btw… it also reset Maw. Really bad timing…..

Just saying, bad timing. as I was at 76% on ambient killer with 4/5 of my daily already done when it reset. Now imagine if I wasn’t kicked for your update? I would have had it easily!

Grrr… you owe me a laurel.

Onshidesigns, a very GJ!

Laughing and cheering is one thing, manipulating emotes to infer sexually explicit gestures one would think is against terms of use. The fact that folks are even using the term, means they are doing exactly that.

For me, I really don’t do anything as I’m not a crude person. Though, for those lingering a bit too long, I’ll lava font them. Cleansing the body with fire seems like the honorable end to the fallen.

Just reading the updates on the wiki and happy to read this;

“Revamping dungeons, including rebalancing them, adding new fractals, awarding more tokens, and making them “more fun to play”"

Which always intrigued me because, and I ask, what’s fun? To me, fun is more laughing and joyous. Maybe a little puzzling or something for me to have to ponder for a bit. Something that has to be cultivated and nurtured is good too. That to me is rewarding fun!

What’s not fun is a lot of stress and adrenaline brought on by frenetic pacing or too much difficulty. Being locked into something for hours, like FotM in it’’s buggier days, is not much fun for me either. I truly have a deep dislike for FotM

So, what’s your idea of fun and what isn’t? I’d love to hear some other’s point of view on what kind of fun things should be added. If anyone wants to discuss intrinsic vs extrinsic, have at it too

Why does an Ele feel like it has the slowest combat speed? Even with swiftness on, a pistol thief ran me down in about 1200-1500 range. I don’t think I’ve outrun any class on my Ele. Now, before you say it, yes a Staff Ele. RTL is a one trick pony. I’m referring to the actual combat speed.

^That’s the kind of epic “WTH?” that I paid for in this game!!!

… and no, heck wasn’t what I was going for at first

“WvW players of gw2, unite!” <—- I like that! :-) I actually have an idea to do just that. Not long term but, as our own special event for an 8 hr period before reset. Still working out the details.

Before any roamers start the whinefest, it’s only 5% of the week being used for the event. And, especially when Dueling and GvG are already a part of the plan.

Hey, if the kitten helps you be a better person in RL, then that’s Awesome!
Enjoy trying….. :-)

Ty for asking this OP. I wondered this too. I’m saving all my points for a couple of months until the dust settles on the new system.