Guild Wars 2

Hello
I would start by saying I am far from a master of builds.
I did not read or try any builds on forums or web for my Ranger.

The simple logic would be: Power+Precision+Critical = High damage/second
This translates of course in low survivability and I am fine with this.

I am using full Berserker Exotic gear and full Ascended rings, amulet accessories and back quiver. All pieces using Power Precision and % Critical

What I expect from this kind of build is: kill an opponent fast if he/she is using same kind of gear as mine, try to evade as much as I can and hope I end up the last man standing.
Also. if he/she is using toughness/vitality gear, I expect do to moderate/low damage to them, but in the same time I do not expect to be put down in 2-3 hits.

In real combat, this is not the case, at least for my Ranger.
Of course, I get to take down opponents very very fast in some encounters, but as far as I can tell, those are only leveled up players with poor gear.
I am talking about level 80 players with armor in par with mine, at least in quality.

1vs1: I find a leveled up player with poor gear. I kill him/her fast. I am not satisfied because I know the fight was not equally balanced.

1vs1: I find a player geared as me, same level as me. The fight is interesting and one of us ends up victorious by luck or skill. Close call and close combat outcome. I like these kinds of fights and I am not upset if I loose

1vs1: I find a player geared as me, same level as me. He/she seems to be having a toughness/vitality build. I start shooting with my short bow as see I only do moderate to low damage. I need to dodge/evade a lot but can;t seem to get his/her health down. My cripples seem to have no effect, my bleeding seems useless. My opponent gets within melee distance, hit me 2-3 times and I am down, while his/her health is almost full.
I am lost for words in this scenario. Either you are built to take a hit and do low damage, or you are built to to deal high damage and die just as fast. But not both combined.

I am lucky enough to meet the last version of 1vs1 very often.
I do understand I am meant to to go down fast because of my gear choice. I really do.
But sacrificing survivability to be able to do high damage and seeing I suck at both, it is pretty disappointing.

My arrows miss their target very often.
My pet thinks he should play with my target instead of hitting it most of the time
My daze 5th skill on short bow last for the same amount of time as my character’s animation lasts to execute it.

I do feel like there is no balance between some of the classes.
Then again, I might do something wrong or do not see the big picture.

So, to cut the long story short:
I am wrong to think that using high damage/second gear should allow you to do high damage to an equally equipped player?
I am wrong to thing that using a high damage/second gear should not make me so squishy against a toughness/vitality geared player?

I am willing to learn, but I do not see the logic here.

Happened again in WvW EB
No lag prior to the crash.
Just turning my camera around and and froze.

Hope it can be fixed fast because it is annoying as hell

Same here
My game just froze in WvW EB
I think this is the 2nd time now since start.

Hello

Weird problem.
Today took all my arrow carts from the bank. I would say about 10 or more.
Placed one and built.
When I wanted to build a second one, I noticed I had no more arrow carts in my inventory.
Somehow placing the cart by clicking on the whole stack from my inventory, took all carts.
Location OgreWatch in Eternal Battleground.

Here we discuss about the problems some of us are facing.
For those that had the pleasure of not falling into this “noob” trap, please find some other topics to fill.

Lately, even poor Dolyaks have major lag.
While SM was being zerged by everyone, I was escorting Dolyaks far from SM
Poor creatures were doing one step then staying still for several seconds. And repeat.

Fighting in a zerg vs zerg is plain stupid and no fun for anyone. Even those not in that fight

I also bought two “unique” rings.
It is very easy to make this mistake and I think ANet should put a protection in place.
I have played MMOs that had this feature but developers of that game did not allow the player to purchase the item in the first place.
Now, in GW2 you can upgrade the item to an infused version and wear both. True.
But, for the every day player, the requirements to upgrade the item are pretty high. Even for a hardcore player can be tough, giving that some items required for upgrade can only be obtained through LUCKY DROPS in Fractals. And we all know what luck means to ANet
Fact is, this “unique” shouldn’t be in game.
Whoever came up with this non sense must be either new to MMOs or wanted to kitten off the players.

Who is not bothered by this, either heard about this problem from other players, do not have Laurels to buy them or simply got lucky and did not purchase the same item.

It is too easy to make this mistake.

The topic is “party statistics” not DPS metter. Cmon folks, learn to read.

Gestankfaust, which server are you on and why you do not see the need for merge?
Of course, you are on a populated server, so please, go back to your game and stop writing in forums things you do not know about.

To update my status: bought 1800 gems and transferred to another server.

I guess no one has this problem ; or no one wants this fixed?

Some people need to learn that you cannot always be 1st in everything, even if the current trend is that everyone is equal.

I would love to see this implemented.
The only players who are against this, are the ones who do not know how to play in a team, are poorly geared and.or do not know the mechanics of the game, thus are afraid others might know how bad they are.
I do not see any other reason for NOT wanting this kind of feature.
Armor, upgrades to armor and such are easily obtained by 90% of player base.
The rest is up to the skill and dedication of the player.

I want to know if I am valuable to the party or not.

If others just want to tag along and get some loot and coins, by all means do that with their friends or guilds.

It is not a matter if not being able to be fairly decent as DPS, heal or tanking but a matter of not wanting to give your best.

Elitist? What is bad about it?
Many of us play to be as good as we can be.
If some of you want to slack and just…hit auto attack and than complain about not being so well looked upon by the party, please remain at dynamic events on low level areas or, give your best to be decent DPS, heal or tank.

Hello

I have had the dreaded “invulnerable” problem from time to time, but lately it seems it only got worse.
Last night in Fractals, at Cliff Side (I think that is the name of the one with the Hammer and the Seals).
Last boss fight.
After I get put in the cage (too many times if you ask me) and break out, the boss will be invulnerable for me for several seconds. Around 3-4 seconds.
At the same time, people in my party reported they do not have this problem.
If I get in the left top cage, as you look at the Giant and I try to hit the door of the cage, I am unable to break the door with normal attack. My Ranger will shoot one arrow and then will just stop. Pressing 1 will not do anything. AoE will do the trick or if I shoot at a mob through the door.
Other cages do not exhibit this behavior.
Pretty annoying.

Also, the map with lots of Harpies in an Asuran style building has been a pain recently.
Harpies on suspended stairs get invulnerable if I shoot at them from another stair, while I get hit and tossed around like a damaged doll.
The only way to do damage is to stand on the same stair as the Harpie.
This is more likely observed in the first part of the map. Pretty annoying also.

Would love a fix for this invulnerable problem.
Please, no one will farm the darn Fractals. The mobs do not re-spawn.
It makes me think that ANet cares more about the well being of mobs and their “fun”, than the player’s pleasure of playing and our fun.

I might be wrong here, but when I enter the first time I get pushed back also.
Try again and will say “Sorry Commander” and will let you in.
You might need to have your story completed.

A meter would be a nice addition.
But:
1. Make meters for
a. Direct DPS
b. Damage taken – Tank
c. Healing given
e. Condition damage
f. Conditions removed
g. Interrupts applied
h. Number of times a player got downed
f. Number of times a player rezzed another player
x. Some more stats

I think the title is wrong and because of that, many players are afraid and do not want this kind of feature.

Even if we no not have a dedicated dps, tank or healer, some stats would be nice to see where everyone excels at.

I might want to be a dedicated healer, so I will gear up for best healing.
I would like to know if I am good at that.
The same goes for DPS, tanking and all other stats.

It is not ALL about DPS.

Same here.
The conditions go away pretty fast, but still I thing it should be fixed.

After almost every big world event, in which I as well as all other participants experienced major lag, I get amazing fast speed as you can see in the video.
First 3 creatures are downed mighty fast.
At the last creature, the speed is back to normal.
This can be reproduced 99% of time and it is not a glitch.
I asked others if they experienced such behavior and so far no one reported it.
Have no idea what game “mechanic” is involved but I hope it cannot be reproduced to give someone an unfair advantage.
Also, I would hate to have my account banned for “speed hacking” or something like that when I am actually not.

http://youtu.be/eEq38jvifR8

Q:How do you break Logan Thackeray’s finger?
A:Hit him in the nose.

Q:How do you get a one-armed Logan Thackeray out if a tree?
A:Flip him off

Ambre, you sleepy or drunk? I specified the level in my post. I blurred the area to hide the chat. Go back to sleep

My level is 71 when near the Lab.
Pandemoniac, it would be exciting if someone would actually (or did already) find a way to exploit this in WvW and get the same benefits/damage.
This is the main reason I created this topic as stated in the first topic.
The second reason, to show that we can be “Godly” so to speak And I do not mean only Rangers. All ranged profs can see the difference in damage while standing near the Lab or on top of it without any visual stats increase or buffs.

I sent a Necro friend to try this.
Same conclusion as mine.

So I went back, chose one creature and hit it while a bit outside the Lab area.
As you can see from the second video, I do “normal” damage for a Ranger.
I then move close to the Lab walls so to speak and hit the same creature (notice I did not change my target).
You can see two shots. 1st 7K+ and 2nd 8K+
Please tell me again that creature had 0 armor or something….

Part 2 video: http://youtu.be/rhODoTnmlgs

As Pandemoniac sugested, it might be the 6 levels difference. Really? 6K+ damage extra for 6 levels? I do not think so.

I am wrong many times and I like being shown that I was wrong. I am old enough to accept that.
What I do not understand or accept is why some people like to talk when they can do the walk and check for themselves?

I will stop here. Those who wish to check, please do.
Those with “100 gold” can still voice their opinion, of course. But I would rather have them check also.

I have never had this insane damage on anything but white creatures.
And I bet no Ranger ever had or has at the moment with auto attack 1.
The same type and level creatures I kill at the end of the video.
Do you see the difference in damage? Check the name and level of the mobs.
Please, stop it with the critters and go check it for yourself.

Double checked. Killed the same mobs on the ground and from that place.
There is a Veteran there also. Same situation.
You can check for yourself instead of “maybe you hit critters” or just pay attention to the video.

But, some higher power decided otherwise.

While roaming Fireheart Rise, I stumbled upon an entrance to Vexa’s Lab, but through the top of it, not the “normal” entrance.
I said: Nice!. Let’s see what is here.

After roaming a bit, I came across a place I could target some poor spiders.
I targeted and shot.
To my surprise, my damage was way higher than the damage I usually do. Like 7.000 damage per normal hit at long distance.
First thought on my mind: I was hitting some garbage mobs, like the ones that die in one hit.
But no. The mobs were normal mobs.
You can even see my pet, just as I enter the “hidden area” fighting the creatures.
Just check it’s damage output. Crazy high and fast. This only while I am inside and my pet is outside. And without any points in Beast Mastery.
At the end of the video you will see that when I get down near the creatures, my damage gets lowered a lot, to my “normal” damage rate. Welcome back to the “real world”

What I am trying to say is that I think we were meant to have this insane amount of damage, but somehow, our Father from ANet Heaven, decided mere mortals should not have this kind of power

It might also be a bug that I truly hope no one can benefit from in let’s say…WvW
I have recorded and provided the video hoping someone at ANet will check and maybe patch a bug that can affect WvW somehow

Enjoy roaming that area while it is still open.
I for one, could not find anything interesting. Maybe a Shark “swimming” in the air, but that is pretty much it.

The link to the video: http://youtu.be/-iIdeedUBE4
Part 2: http://youtu.be/rhODoTnmlgs

While the Ranger’s pet is stowed, if I issue the Search and Rescue command the pet will not come out and execute it. Will just stay stowed.

If this is how the devs intended it to work, I wish they change this behavior.

Same here.
For me, many times the target will switch to my pet for some reason.
First I thought I did something wrong, like pressing the wrong button, but it hapend to many times without me pressing any buttons, just auto attack.
Maybe there is some kind of buff a mob can give you so attack something else instead of it?
Have no clue, but it is annoying.

Same here.
Spirit of Nature not reviving allies.
Pet not healing while Ranger downed, most of the time.

Please, make Ranger ONLY throw dirt at enemies.
Maybe they will die laughing.

Problem still persists.
In AC Dungeon this problems is really annoying.

Same problem.
Most of the time when I am downed, my pet will come to me but will not heal me.
I have dies many times because of this “feature”
Would love a fix

Our small Guild cannot do any new missions for the simple fact that ANet somewhow managed to reset all our guild upgrades to ZERO, twice now.
How can we get to the desired level of upgrades if we are set back all the time?
Sent a support ticket and in game report, no reply for over two weeks.
Buy influence with gold? So we can loose gold as well as time?

Would like more testing before stuff comes out.
Very disappointed.

Guild: United Kryta
Server Vabbi – (some of us transferred to Desolation)
All upgrades and points gone.

This is not the first time it happens.
We are a small guild of friends so all points do matter for us.

Sent bug report in game as well as opened a ticket.
So far no response and no fix, but I got an email about rating how well my problem was handled

Offski, it looks like this Moorta is your friend, being in the same guild and is cool to defend him. Thumbs up.
But defend him against what?
I was not “attacking” him.
Just stating the obvious.
Was not referring to his knowledge of the map, but merely to his way of talking, as in swearing and repeating himself to death.
Do you think if this was the army and had a Commander who talks like that, soldiers would look up to him?
Maybe you never served your country for real.
If you cannot understand that, by all means, defend him again.

I am more of a PvE player myself and moved to Desolation recently for WvW reasons.
To get things done, I have joined a Team Speak server provided by one of the guilds. Nice of them
Now, the part when people follow crazy, repetitive, swearing and undecided “Commanders” is beyond me.
While on Team Speak, there was a Commander, my God, 3 out of 2 word were "kitten " and 2 out of 3 were “I kill you”. All this in the worst english I ever heard.
Joining a TS server is a very good way of doing things, but if some people think that 100 gold buys them something other than a blue sign above their name…

One more thing I do not understand:
I read that Desolation, in my case, does not win because too many players play PvE instead of WvW. thus not supporting the WvW players.
Then why on earth the queue? If there is a queue that means all participant spots are taken right? Meaning even teams right?
Or I am mistaken?

That is a lousy excuse.
If the skill F2 in this case is NOT on cool down, it should fire when pressed.
It doesn’t tho, because of bad coding not anything else.

When you press any of your weapon skills that are not on cool down, do they fire? For me they do.
Should be the same for F2

Why on earth would you want your pet to attack stuff?
I should give a call to RSPCA and report you for abusing your pet!
You should know, Ranger’s pet is for display only (most of the time)

You should check:
1. Is your pet hungry?
2. Is your pet rested?
3. Is your pet happy?
4. Is your pet alive? Usually they are just “playing dead”
5. Are you a Ranger?
If all the above check as yes, change profession.

On topic: Ranger’s pet not attacking stuff is a well known problem.
Hope ANet will fix it sometime in the near future.

Happened to me also.
DO not recall the exact type of mob, but I recall wondering myself: Really? I killed that?

I noticed this also.
Game client just hangs.
In the beginning (2-3 months) I had absolutely no crash.

rootnode, you won’t
Most likely, at night time, in ANet’s offices, there is a big Gorilla jumping on the server’s keyboard messing up the code.
No one can know for sure what changed, as the Gorilla is no where to be found.

Tip: Try the hypermarket with most bananas.

Same for Slayer
Pumpkin is zero? WTH
Master of Overkill same.
ANet breaks stuff instead of fixing?

I have been a guest on Underworld.
I thought: kitten so this is how Guild Wars 2, the game, should be like?
In Orr, everywhere I looked, players, events with lots of players, places free of undead I have never ever seen free on my Vabbi server.
When someone shouts help!, at least 5 players magically appear and the problem is solved. Try that on a server with low population.
A real pleasure to play.

This is my first time guesting on another server so I think many players that sais: Hey, GW2 sux, I am quitting, etc must have been playing on the wrong server.
Totally different game.

Please ANet, merge some servers and offer your player base the GW2 experience.

And for people that are saying: pay for world transfer or just be a guest:
1. No rewards for Dungeons (tokens)
2. NO WvW bonuses.
3. What happens to those that are left behind on an empty server?
4. Only two transfers every 24H for guesting.
5. No sense of belonging somewhere.

I am not talking about how much it costs or about why I did not move when the free transfer was available.
I am talking about what will the left over players do after their server will be almost empty, because the majority of players moved to other servers.
I can’t imagine why on earth would someone want to play on an empty server.
This is a multiplayer game after all.
Third party websites for teams? No thank you.

Hello there.

Was fun in the beginning. Lots of players on all servers.
With the free transfers, lots of players moved to higher populated servers or just because another server used to hold more WvW points (my guess)

For me at least, on server Vabbi, it is not unusual to roam most maps and during that time to find only a handful of players. I say a handful, but I am thinking 1-2 players, if I am lucky.

Should we all gather gold and exchange it for Gems so we can also transfer to a more populated server in the hope of maybe getting a team to do Dungeons or any other “multiplayer” stuff ?
Or maybe Anet should merge some of the low populated servers to give it’s players a richer experience?

If ANet wants us to pay 1800 gems so we can transfer, ok.
But wouldn’t that make, at least for the players bound to the servers in questions, GW2 a single player kind of game?
Will ANet keep up an almost empty server?
Or, after almost all players from one server will migrate to another one, will that server be merged?

I miss seeing lots of players doing events. I feel lonely most of the time I spend in GW2.

Or, maybe it is just my imagination and all other players are playing hide and seek with me?

What is your take on this?

Hello

I don’t complain much but this one drives me nuts.
I start shooting an enemy.
IF the enemy is ranged, all is good.
If the enemy is melee, many times will reach me way faster then I can back up to a “safe distance”
And that is fine also.
But, I would say 5 out of 10 encounters, melee enemies that get close to me will just walk straight through me like I am made of air/mist.
When this happens, my Ranger will just stop shooting.
When dealing with several enemies at once, this can become a bit frustrating.
ANet wanted us to ease off on auto-attack, but how can I do that when my Ranger just stops shooting? Indeed I have several other attacks, but many times when this occurs, the other attacks are on cool down, so I have to press 1 again.
I made it a habit now to just spam auto-attack.
Is this the way it supposed to be?
There is an option called “Melee attack assist” which states that it prevents you from running through the enemy. As far as I can tell, it makes no difference.

You could say: move more, dodge more. You might be right.
But when I do Barrage, I have to stand still, moving will cause the Barrage to cancel.

To cut the story short:
It is normal for enemies/mobs to walk straight through you?

Thank you.

Having problems with this story also.
Warmaster Efut does not do anything anymore. I have to accompany him, but…
The rest of the story is finished. All enemies dead.
Someone was sleepy when coded this one.

Good question. Same boat here.
I foresee this topic getting deleted also

All I did was staring at an NPC that was blocked for 3 hours.
No reward for my server, not while I was on.
So, take your precursors or whatever they are called and shove them up…a forge or something.
Nice island, wrong timing and BAD deployment of content.
Did I mention NO LOOT from mobs on island, no space in bank for ingredients and I could go on and on.
But of course, no subscription, I should better shut my pie hole, right?

Same here, but on Vabbi
15 char limit stuff

What are you talking about. On my server the event cannot be finished
NPCs are bugged
Way to go

Same here.
Lost a lot of points. Have no clue how many, but around 500-600

Just did Arah and all quests leading to it.
I think, more than 50% of my short bow arrows were Out of range, Obstructed or Invulnerable.
Switched to Long Bow, a little better but still ….
And all this being right next to the mob, face to face and without anything in between us (not taking into consideration other players and their pets. Or should I?)

Wondering, melee has this problems also? I ask because the Ranger is my only char.
Did not play any other char