Guild Wars 2

ooooo kitten they fixed it.

fortunately they did not roll back the achievements.

my part 4 achievements league elite is still 1/4 so i only need to get to ruby in season 3 to clear that.

if they fixed it, it would be 0/4 as i only got to ruby in season 1 and 2 thus would need 4 more division crossings instead of 3.

kitten them for fixing this though.

hey, if it can be killed, then it is fine! XD

Trevor’s druid and Cynz’s daredevil can kill chronos so its all good.

here’s my feedback.

when is raid of the crapicorn coming back ?

Furajir.3815:

Been extensively testing new adrenal health.

Once Zerker stance goes down, after HS active as last resorts fades, still get melted by condis even with 3 stacks of Adrenal Health.

Surprise Surprise, the band aid isn’t working.

you’re suppose to kill them before zerker stance and endure pain expires.

how frequent is the cannon attack now?
it seems like non existent.

spirit watch seems to have a slower pace now but the orb is worth more now.
50 team score if delivered to owned capture point.

roamzero.9486:

Adrenal Health must be broken/bugged. It’s only supposed to proc every 3s not every 1s.

nope, its working as intended.

season 2 ended

no warning

oh well, it is tuesday, 19 april 2016 over here at gmt+8:00 anyway

09:52 am

28/30 ruby
i’m not meant for diamond i guess.

Talonblaze.3175:

There’s really no way to win this scenario. There’s only one solution that would ease such issues.

Simply check your block list and see if they are already in a game or aren’t in pvp. Then you can freely queue up without worry of being paired up with them.
Not the most elegant solution but it can help dodge them a bit more. Only way to avoid the system being abused in other facets.

we can’t see them if they are invisible.

we need to be able to see invisible blocked people if we want to avoid playing with them in pvp.

Ross Biddle.2367:

Deimos Tel Arin.7391:

Ross Biddle.2367:

Cataca.3867:

Ross Biddle.2367:

Just do what I do

WIN

Out of 56 games you had 6 losses one desertion and 49 wins, which is incredible, kudos to you. (i am not sarcastic here)
Out of 49 wins, 32 are games you won with a lead of 250 points or more, which is the best statement anyone could ever make that the matchmaking system is completely non functional.

Wouldnt you, as a player be happier if your opponents were not complete muppets either?

I am not suggesting that you got carried by your MMR or teammates, but if this is solo queue, its pretty obvious that most of those matches were decided by vastly inferior oponents, rather than player skill.

Oh, it was totally apparent to me, especially through Amber, Emerald, and Sapphire, that the opponents I was facing were vastly inferior. Not just to me, but vs my entire soloQ teams. Wins came easy, which was enjoyable. Blowouts werent so bad as they were also over very quickly. Overall I had a really enjoyable time as I could see I was being matched with players who not only knew their class, builds, and basics of Conquest, but could also communicate and follow instructions out of the gate.

Later, in Ruby, the matches got closer in points, though the victories were still pretty much ensured. The few times I lost there were clear and apparent under performers on the team, usually being countered by stronger classes/builds/comps. While the individual skill of the enemy players was more engaging for me, inevitably I see little difference between those Ruby matches overall vs the other ones. A win’s a win.

The truly unpleasant experience was those few times I had poor players on my team. Those matches stuck out like sore thumbs. Generally anything labeled with “Defeat” :p

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eh u r still in ruby ?

Where it currently stands. So 4 consecutive wins to diamond? It’s unlikely I’ll play anymore. I’m not to fussed about the climb, or playing the game anymore. This was a casual experiment for me

nuuuuuuu

could ya carry me to diamond ?
imma at 27/30 ruby.
was 28/30 ruby, needed 1 more win, then, bam, loss !

now i need 3 straight wins to diamond

or
2 wins 1 loss, rage, but +1 pip anyway
2 wins 1 loss, rage, but +1 pip anyway
2 wins 1 loss, diamond !

what is the exact time, date, season 2 ends, in gmt format ?

the in game menu just says

tuesday, 19 april 2016

which time zone ?

its gmt +8:00 where i am so its monday, 18 april 2016 now.

5.15pm

Ross Biddle.2367:

Cataca.3867:

Ross Biddle.2367:

Just do what I do

WIN

Out of 56 games you had 6 losses one desertion and 49 wins, which is incredible, kudos to you. (i am not sarcastic here)
Out of 49 wins, 32 are games you won with a lead of 250 points or more, which is the best statement anyone could ever make that the matchmaking system is completely non functional.

Wouldnt you, as a player be happier if your opponents were not complete muppets either?

I am not suggesting that you got carried by your MMR or teammates, but if this is solo queue, its pretty obvious that most of those matches were decided by vastly inferior oponents, rather than player skill.

Oh, it was totally apparent to me, especially through Amber, Emerald, and Sapphire, that the opponents I was facing were vastly inferior. Not just to me, but vs my entire soloQ teams. Wins came easy, which was enjoyable. Blowouts werent so bad as they were also over very quickly. Overall I had a really enjoyable time as I could see I was being matched with players who not only knew their class, builds, and basics of Conquest, but could also communicate and follow instructions out of the gate.

Later, in Ruby, the matches got closer in points, though the victories were still pretty much ensured. The few times I lost there were clear and apparent under performers on the team, usually being countered by stronger classes/builds/comps. While the individual skill of the enemy players was more engaging for me, inevitably I see little difference between those Ruby matches overall vs the other ones. A win’s a win.

The truly unpleasant experience was those few times I had poor players on my team. Those matches stuck out like sore thumbs. Generally anything labeled with “Defeat” :p

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eh u r still in ruby ?

Fivedawgs.4267:

Someone proposed this:

Replace defy pain with Defiance Stance Defense trait.

On the warrior forums. And i believe that’s all we need to become viable again. It will fix whatever sustain problem warriors are dealing with.

defiance stance needs to have base 4 seconds duration, zero (0) seconds activation time, and convert all incoming damage into health.

not all incoming strikes.

Dariya.9380:

This seasons matchmaking has nothing to do with skill, contrary to what Anet is saying.. it’s noobs fighting noobs and getting to legendary. It’s a grind.

not really.

we still have plenty of people complaining that they are stuck in emerald / sapphire / ruby / diamond.

league system is fine as it is.

hmmm i have terrible luck.

26/30 ruby now.
now i need 3 straight wins.

probably gonna be very expensive.

i guess i’ll forget about diamond and be happy that i can reach this far in ruby.

have you tried playing reaper ?

haha Belial, what godsie said.

well i played 1 game yesterday and won, so my pip went from 26/30 to 27/30
so if i win another 2 more games in a row, i.e. 2 straight wins, then my pip would be 28/30 then 30/30 ruby or 0/35 diamond.

i was riding on a 18 wins streak when i hit 26/30 and only needed 2 more wins in a row to reach diamond before i hit a wall. well, i dun play a lot so i am not progressing much.

maybe i’ll try 1 more game and see how my luck fares.

add them to your block list and give them nick names so you can wait for them to enter a game first before you start to queue yours.

it is fine the way it is.

ruby and diamond is where the real action is at.

hi hi everyone,

how gold much to pay for 2 straight wins?

i’m at 27/30 ruby

need 2 more straight wins to diamond.

NA servers.

ladies and gentlemen, tender your rates !!!

p/s: just curious about everyone’s rates.

congrats !!! !!!!

hey kdaddy,
share your warrior build, play style with us could ya? XD

you’re not legendary yet?
late diamond ?

i.e. 30/35 diamond

i.e. if someone d/c right at the start of the match, didn’t come back after 2 minutes, the other 4 solo queue members will not lose a pip.

also, stop playing “close games” that ended up with your team losing 490+ vs 500+ because in the end, your team still lose.

play to rekt the other team, win with
500 vs 100+
500 vs 200+
500 vs 300+
etc

500 vs 400+ ?? won ?
your team got lucky.

in season 2, you must carry your team to rekt the other team if you wanna progress.

dun bother about “you tried your best but still lost”
500 vs 499, good game? no, you lost! try harder to rekt the other team next time!!!!!!

no. old system is terrible.

because season 1 match prediction is kitten.

in season 1, you lose 2 or 3 pips because kitten match prediction says your team should have rekt them.

in season 2, as long as you can get more wins than losses, you will progress.

in season 1, match prediction says kitten you!

i like foefire if we are dominating them, murdering them where ever they go.
i hate foefire if it is a close match, scores quite close, but they got to our lord first.
no comment if we get rekt. at least it was quick.

i like forest if we are murdering them everywhere and we get our beasts.
i hate forest if we are somewhat murdering them at some places but somehow they stole all the beasts and won. #$^%#^@$^
no comment if we get rekt.

tl; dr
i prefer to play matches where my team get to rekt people.
i hate close games. especially that end up in a loss.

foefire and forest can be bad maps for close games, especially if both teams are of similar skill. that’s what i think at least.

kylo is the only map which does not have a map mechanic which speeds up the team score, actually.

forest have beasts, 25 team score per beast, respawns.
foefire have lord, 150 team score, does not respawn, teams usually get lord at 350

temple have stillness, doubles team score gain per capture point held, tranQ which captures all capture points and launches opponents off them.

kylo only have the treb, which you mainly use it to treb middle, because turning the treb to treb other points can be time consuming. and the treb can be destroyed, and it takes time to repair it.

actually, kylo is the true pvp conquest map, and the team who is better at killing, holding points, rotating, trebing will win the map.

other 3 maps have special thingie to speed up the team score gaining process.

in kylo, you only speed up the team score gaining process by quickly murdering the other team members, repeatedly, and it is quite easy to spawn camp too since the two base exits are quite near to one another, unlike the other 3 maps.

i’m 27/30 ruby now.

need 2 more wins in a row to reach diamond.

only play 1 game per day.

hopefully by next week i can reach diamond.

Shovel Face.4512:

Deimos Tel Arin.7391:

what if it can be stolen from moa-ed opponents also ?

What? No. Thieves are the master of stealth and should have an F3 skill, a profession skill, that gives them stealth. That would be like Ele could only attune to fire and had to slot air, water and earth to their utility skills. That would be ridiculous. Imagine if Engis didn’t have F# skills, no super speed or elixirs. Even Mesmers, imagine if shatters weren’t on F# skills and had to be slotted into a utility slot. LMFAO. Now imagine if DH had their F1 and F2 skills be made into utility skills. LMFAO

hmmm good point.

Vydahr.4285:

Deimos Tel Arin.7391:

Vydahr.4285:

Deimos Tel Arin.7391:

i think the four new stats will be available in the upcoming living story updates.

i think.

You hope? Because I hope. I also hope LW doesn’t take a year to get here. I need to get some sweet pally gear

yeah i hope ehhehe.

well, i think they are working on it (living story) at the moment.
since i think they kinda said they stopped work on new legendary weapons in order to focus on living story.

mercenary
paladin
menders
druid

all nice 4 stats for pve as well !

Do you have a dream build using any of those?

hmmm not really though.

Vydahr.4285:

Deimos Tel Arin.7391:

i think the four new stats will be available in the upcoming living story updates.

i think.

You hope? Because I hope. I also hope LW doesn’t take a year to get here. I need to get some sweet pally gear

yeah i hope ehhehe.

well, i think they are working on it (living story) at the moment.
since i think they kinda said they stopped work on new legendary weapons in order to focus on living story.

mercenary
paladin
menders
druid

all nice 4 stats for pve as well !

what if it can be stolen from moa-ed opponents also ?

Zenos Osgorma.2936:

i don’t see it often but people don’t neutralise a node only , they risk a full cap while thier team gets hit hard and dies.

mistake i often do, when i was matched against similar skilled or better skilled opponents.

mid match,
i respawned,
i ignore going mid to help,
i go far,
no one at far,
i decap far,
i cap far,
i think my team mates got murdered at mid,
cos as i was finishing capping far,
2 came to far and murdered me,
they decap and cap far.

if i went to help mid, things may be different.

i think the four new stats will be available in the upcoming living story updates.

i think.

seems good.

no precision, no ferocity.
no vitality.

why would it power creep ?

princode.2750:

There’s a reason 70% of player queuing up is reaper…reaper must be tone down

that’s because reaper can be easy to play at the moment.

skilled players still rekt average reapers.

reaper is okay.

players with better mechanical skills will still kill reapers very easily.

i speak from experience (getting rekted by better thieves, mesmers etc)

eva lin mcdowl.3978:

Does that actually work? I once Dc’d for a minute a few days ago and got back into the match..still won it but lost a pip for desertion and got dishonor for dc’ing.

(Lesson learned: never play pvp while your internet company is outside your apartment doing Who know s what! ruined my entire day)

it works, but you need to get back into the pvp map loading screen within 2 minutes.

only swap if your team is stomping them hard, say 450+ vs 200+ and holding 1 or 2 points, and your other team mates are killing them really easily and quickly.

lower your graphic options so you load faster into the map.

and no, our MMR is never reset at all.
they never did once reset our MMR.

Kilroy Stonekin legend might work though.

a 6 shouts revenant elite spec !

Krysard.1364:

I usually put my marks near the ranger body in order to farm LF, pls Anet dont fix it

ooo thanks for the tip !

Ithilwen,

do consider playing reaper ya, only one (1) F1 key, not 5 like chrono F1 F2 F3 F4 F5

not many combos like mesmer also.

Ithilwen,

have you consider playing reaper ?

for myself,
playing reaper is much easier than player mesmer.

is your left hand able to control WASD properly and 12345 keys ?

Ithilwen.1529:

As requested, here’s the video link. I show my build after the match. This is the first match I played once I had the computer set up to record, for better or for worse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5CmlAUhxRY

video is private XD

congrats!

what profession / build you used btw ?

eh you’re a fellow warrior player right ?

i think i remember your warrior buff requests topics in the forum.

Ithilwen.1529:

I did in fact make a recording of my first match, as soon as I had my recorder running. Now I just have to figure out where to send it. Some moments I’m not proud of, but it’s a good sample of how I play.

-Edit- Chaith, I would be interested and grateful to hear your feedback.

you can use some video software such as windows movie maker (basic but works) or virtual dub (a bit advanced) to decompress your video if the raw video file is too large and takes too long to upload to youtube.

your 5th member d/c or afk in base ?

if he d/c right at start and did not come back after 2 minutes, your team should not lose pip

Nex.7243:

I made an alt account which I got to legend for 2 reasons:

1. To help my friend who most certainly would have quit if I tried to get him to Legend by duo-queuing in Legend.
2. To prove that you don’t need HoT to get to Legend.

ah, what profession and build you used on your non hot account to get to legend, can share? XD

Ithilwen.1529:

If Chaith sincerely offered me constructive feedback, I would gratefully accept it. Based on our interaction so far, I seriously doubt that’s going to happen.

As to “stuborness to improve” (sic) I’ve been breaking my kitten over a period of years trying to get better at Mesmer. You’re simply wrong there.

question,

how many kills (from the end match scoreboard, including own stomps and dps assisted stomps) you have,

in games you lost,
in games you won.

and, off point fights are actually good, especially if we can kill them quickly, before they ran off to a point to help their team members.

in my last match, i went to far to check, 1 dragon hunter is camping at far, a reaper saw me, we trade blows a bit, i returned the conditions back to him, i backed off a bit.

then that reaper proceed to run to mid to help out with mid fight, i chased down the reaper, killed him before he got to mid. the 1 dragon hunter continued to afk at far.

after a while, i go to check far again, the same 1 dragon hunting camping there, so i figured i go to mid to help, suddenly i was attacked on the stairs, turned around, the druid was attacking me, so i chased down and killed that druid. the druid never got to reach mid to help out with the team fight.

well, perhaps the players are running not very effective builds or some other reasons, i get to kill them before they kill me.

people forget that we still need to kill people in order to win matches.

thanks for sharing!

yeah, a tl; dr version would be:

1. play something that can actually kill people, quickly.
2. rotate to help your team mates kill other people, quickly.

i realized this too, quickly killing people that i can kill.

in amber, emerald, i was trying out different professions, so i had more losses there.

but then i stuck to playing reaper, then after tweaking my build a bit, i can kill people more effectively, then the pips starting to come in nicely.

Urejt.5648:

they are slowing down or even stop other players in ruby or diamond.

not really.

they carry quite a number of players too while they go on their legendary journey.

i ran into booms who is on his 4th or 5th account i think.

well at least the conditions i applied while in shroud will heal when i exit shroud.

so they intended it to work this way?