Guild Wars 2

Oresh.4729:

anyone remembering db bragging about becoming the new t1? and once month later their guilds bandwagon to bg …

And some of them got kitten, came to this thread, spread false rumours hoping the same thing would happen to JQ too. I mean how low can they go

Nice try, we will see

Calvin.5380:

Is JQ going to implode now that they’ve dropped down to T2?

From what I know, our community is stable. Unless someone here tried to spread false rumours according to the rating, JQ is still t1.

NeGGY.4127:

zastari.1730:

NeGGY.4127:

When TC drops back down possibly this week, are you guys going to QQ that they are also going to kitten you week after week.

Fighting TC would be the best thing ever. We got tons of open field fights and GvGs from them. Much better than the tower hugging and sad forum posturing we’re getting from JQ.

TC is the new T1. JQ needs to accept this and get ready for it when their SEA decides to pull a Kaineng.

Well then if they are the new tier 1 then weeeeeee for us we are running out of cups for your tears.

Lol

Xirin.8593:

Diehard.1432:

Xirin.8593:

Diehard.1432:

Xirin.8593:

Diehard.1432:

how good your individual PvP skills are; of which we don’t care about?

Only in GW2 would PvP players not care about their PvP skills.

Maybe you are slow but what I mean is I don’t care how good YOU are to the point when you had to boast it here.

Maybe you are slow, but the “goodness” is being used as a comparative metric between servers.

That’s subjective, isn’t it? Unlike sPvP, coverage matters more in WvW. The scorepoint is evident. Your ‘goodness’ won’t help win this match.

Thank you for showing the accuracy of my original response.

Sure

Bovinity.8610:

The server with the lowest coverage in a matchup ALWAYS talks about how they’re “more skilled, just smaller”.

Seriously, it’s the same every time. JQ does the same when it’s BG/SoR/JQ.

I guess we’ll have to wait until maguuma has more coverage/population than ours so that we can also brag on how we are more skilled than them heh..

Xirin.8593:

Diehard.1432:

Xirin.8593:

Diehard.1432:

how good your individual PvP skills are; of which we don’t care about?

Only in GW2 would PvP players not care about their PvP skills.

Maybe you are slow but what I mean is I don’t care how good YOU are to the point when you had to boast it here.

Maybe you are slow, but the “goodness” is being used as a comparative metric between servers.

That’s subjective, isn’t it? Unlike sPvP, coverage matters more in WvW. The scorepoint is evident. Your ‘goodness’ won’t help win this match.

shimmerless.4560:

just popping in to say that the level of sportsmanship and class displayed by both jade quarry and dragonbrand (particularly the latter) has been pretty terrible so far. for players never seen outside of zergs/full guilds they’re sure fond of the /emote commands.

I got that a lot /emote and I never whined about it in the forum. I agree that it could be annoying sometimes, but this is online game, just soak it and MAN UP

Here’s a better look of this beauty.

Bring on the katana Anet! Preferably as greatsword since Katana is wielded with 2 hands

To the TC Engineer who was at TC BL near the bay-garrison sentry, I salute you. I dont know what build/setup you are running but to survive 6 of JQs with the HP never depleted under half is quite impressive.

I prefer skirmishing to marksmanship so….

If you noticed, all three servers have their respective [Pro] guild XD; The Provoked, The protectorate, and Pro baddies.

RANGERS! BEHOLD THE INCOMING QQs!

^ meh..too imbalance. JQ/DB/TC is my ideal matchup

REBIRTH OF THE MIGHTY LONGBOW!

ALL HAIL THE LONGBOW!

Cempa.5619:

Radmage.3741:

I’m new to ranger and have never liked being focused on pets (EG: I use a spectral power necro instead of minionmancer.) is there a build that uses great sword that doesn’t rely on pets, it is nice to have the pet for sure because it is added damage and is fun to have that extra threat besides just your character, but I don’t want to be totally dependent on it for my gameplay.

WARNING: This build will make you lazy and will cause EVERY thief you encounter to RAGE and just about every other profession to hightail it as far as possible away from you. As long as you learn to predict incoming burst you won’t get killed by any single player. When you die, it will be from multiple players and because they chained immobilise on you.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fMQQJARTjAV91JWCWs2Bili9Eo2DN1fMxUwfGVwjE-jUyAotARfCU2LqJwhMW3KiGreBTXuoalKgLpIa1yAYOGA-w

Tried this build and I did well against d/d ele and necro, but I got beaten pretty badly by pistol thief, my damage was simply not good enough before their range/pistol wore me off; anything that I should pay attention on against those pesky thieves? :/

pot.6805:

Fannwong.3059:

Hello Pot,

I think he was using PPT as a point of reference, not as a complaint. I believe that most of us have stated once a server goes below 100-150 PPT for 2-3 consecutive hours it’s pretty much about population issues.

That said, we have some United Korea [KOR] guildies here from Kaineng and I think they are still in touch with Koreans on BG. They should be able to verify the numbers.

I’ll admit that it’s pretty tough fight most of the time but we try out best.

Do note that I am trying to give as truthful a report as possible but do verify with the rest of your BG Korean server mates.

Good hunting all,
FW

pot.6805:

morrolan.9608:

GivaBack.9328:

I agree with the ATM representative that SoR has a bigger SEA presence than JQ, I have heard as much from some of the SEA BG folks.

So why do SOR tick under 100 in SEA then? We’ve done it 4 times this week and 3 times last week when ATM are on.

SoR has been telling us for 10 months they don’t care about PPT and only da fightzzz so again why does PPT matter?

With all due respect you have plenty of SEA guilds and guilds who play during SEA including but not limited to AT, SONG, SATY, SAHP, NYS, KISS, IRON, GC, AFS, SEC, TRE, KOR.

Add [HIRE] to that list as well.

Wait… DC is no longer in JQ as well???

Titan.3472:

Thanks to Waha that just plunder his own server. Props to BG to have JQ working for them . Overall week great fights. And another great week and much fun. Good job on BG for the win. I am once again happy about this match as JQ is 3rd like always. I love JQ being last whatever is going on.
BG and SoR are both on higher level we need a 3rd server that is worth it, JQ times are over and some guilds are leaving them already, and about RATS its a fake transfered guild it has been formed in JQ to make some kind of misinformation to try to get some transfers ^^. We will keep spying JQ. Well I love wvw and JQ whines.
To explain JQ some things, I have been fighting you in BG server for long and I am doing it in SoR now. BG and SoR have some good friends on both servers to take out JQ from T1. Now you know.
:D

You used to be cool back in CD. Now not so much :/

Anet really needs to get together and wise up, instead of being idiot and listening to this noob like zoose.

Puandro.3245:

Zoose was the 1st to bring up Ranger pet damage being too strong in sPvP to the devs in a State of The Game. Doesn;t surprise me he is complaining about spirits instead of learning to play.

So who is this moose? What’s worse than him is someone who actually listened to him and implemented the changes to the rangers based on his whines.

Please make Troll Unguent and and Heal as One affect the spirits as well. Spirits themselves are too fragile and can easily be killed, so I guess the heal would make them last a bit longer.

Sigh….One of our(JQ) main Asian guild [TKG] went to BG, the timezone WHICH they’re the strongest at.. talking about imbalance now.. as for the remaining JQ..stay strong people. We’re small but we give ’em HELL!

The only idiots here are the one who don’t know how to maximize the current sword mechanics. Sorry, this had to be said and you guys started it.

However, if anet are to fix it without nerfing it, iam cool with that

Well.. I am more interested in WvW. I know rangers are solid enough in sPvP. But its a whole different story here in wvw

How does it fare against good thief? Do we have a chance to withstand their crits before they bleed/burn to death?

I thought steam pet would be more suitable for engineers?

nice video, still would love to see how you fare against good thief tho.

JQ Dueller/scout here. I would normally look out for individual roamer to fight against while scouting for our commander at the same time. But most of the time, i would stomp hoping to get precursor out of the lootbag, of course unless we have had mutual understanding/agreement in advanced through body language (/bow, etc)

So..what happened to JQ? For the past few weeks, during Asian timezone from 9-12 pm (GMT+8), Most of the time, we got outmanned buff on 2 BLs ; only 1 BL (mostly JQ BL) and EB that have enough population to face our opponents.

I thought we used to have more population than this?

Paprikaspice.8462:

These shouts make very little sense and don’t function intuitively.

Sick’em: This shout gets over-ridden by activated pet abilities, which doesn’t make sense. It used to also get overridden by signet of the hunt, not sure if that’s been fixed. I don’t know if this applies, but sick’em should just be a buff. It should not go away on target switch, though maybe the damage bonus should only apply to one target.

Totally agree with Sick’ em. This is a total design-flaw. Sometimes, simpler is better.

Havent tested it much in PVE. However, it was a blast in WvW

I personally didnt find much difference post patch either. I can still do pretty well 1v1 in wvw (the only class that was giving me trouble is pistol thief, cant remember what was the other weapon hes using though; He kept shooting me from afar with me not being able to give significant damage because he kept cloaking)

Did they nerf other classes pretty hard as well? Maybe thats why I couldnt really feel the nerf?

jewishjoyride.4693:

Been giving this a try when I’ve had the time to get on. The bleeds are ridiculous thanks to the improved keen edge trait. I’ve been running it with full Settler’s/Forge runes, and dual spiders.

Weakness is fun.

It’s almost impossible to get the settlers set anymore. It’s unfortunate that I missed the southsun event..:(

Dante.1508:

GUFF.5692:

Tuluum.9638:

Einlanzer.1627:

People, the problem is one of asymmetry. Why should ranger 1h sword be the ONLY WEAPON IN THE ENTIRE GAME that has an autoattack skill that requires micromanagement?

I can see why it might be desirable if they didn’t have EVERY OTHER #1 SKILL IN THE GAME just autopilot with no issues, but currently, it just creates annoying asymmetry and needs to be addressed.

Plus, it’s a simple change- dodging should interrupt animations anyway, they do on most attacks. I don’t think anyone is requesting that they rework the skills entirely, like everyone seems to assume people that make this request are suggesting.

Its very simple, some people have zero issue with how it currently is. Beyond that, we are able to use it greatly to our advantage in its current form. Is it for everybody? No, it isnt. But, it does appeal to some of us who actually like to practice with their weapons to get good at even the basics.

I think a better solution, rather than satisfying one set of players at the expense of others, would be to implement MH dagger with the attributes that many are seeking with the 1h sword.

I am still flabbergasted that anyone at all thinks that the lockdown ability of the sword auto attack chain needs to be changed to fix this problem. It does not. Just simply allow the user to break the animation chain by simple ui interaction. Character movement could be one trigger (strafe left right for example). Allowing the user the initiate a dodge roll could be another. This would allow the user to keep the stick like glue ability when wanted but gives you the option to break the chain and actually pull off a defensive maneuver. It would allow the elitist sword crowd to keep their candy and the rest of us who value complete character control at all times to be very happy with this exceptional weapon. The sword is one our best weapons by far but don’t downplay poor game design just to satisfy your ego.

That’s all i ask a way to break the animation, as we cannot, and on Asura the animation lasts 10 sec at least maybe more…

I’m actually more shocked at how many find this broken skill fine, when it obviously is far from it, is it used for some exploit or something because that’s how you guys seem to be coming across with your demands to keep it…..

u can cancel it between the attack chain steps , not during leaps . You buff pet and do great dps while homing in on the target, but you have to learn to time it better. It is a fair trade off and this game needs more weapons like this, not less

Asura 1 hand sword Animation is one continuous leap/spin not three like human and norns..you cannot break it in the 3 steps if you try it pulls you back to the target, Auto attack or not

Thats just low..not cool dude. Now you accuse us of exploiting the mechanics just because we are more comfortable with it? We have just as much rights as yours to demand it to stay.

Kallist.5917:

The Wolf Sage.2815:

Is anyone else in this game frustrated with how they keep giving thieves and mesmers (which were more than powerful enough to begin with) new abilities to make them more powerful?

My main is a lvl 80 ranger with all exotics and a crit build and I don’t stand a chance against thiefs, mesmers or necros with their new torment condition.

My point is, if you are going to buff those classes, than please buff all the rest as well so that the game is still fair in WvW.

It couldn’t possibly be because there are pretty much only 1-2 viable build choices, right? Or the fact that the thief has seen nothing but nerfs since beta leading all the way to April. Naa, it couldn’t have anything to do with that. And from what every ranger in my Guild has told me, you guys have gotten some very nice buffs.

The rangers in your guild are blind and delusional. The latest patch nerfed us more than buff.

To OP: Maybe its time to change your build to more viable one in WvW. Look up the ranger forum on how to utilize the latest changes to your build.

Searban.5984:

Ok, now you’ve made me laugh. I probably should ignore this, but I simply can’t.

l2p issue? Really? What, now it’s “I’m a pro player and you’re not, because I mash 1 and you only press it once”?

Thing is, the root that Sword 1 involves is a bug. It has been acknowledged as such by Anet long ago. Therefore we can, and we should, expect it to be fixed.

On the other hand, for those who has adapted the sword mechanics, we can also demand it to stay; Not saying I am pro or and you are not.

Its all up to Anet now i guess.

Dante.1508:

planetarian.9154:

Take off auto-attack and that should fix the problem.

It doesn’t at all, well at least on Asura Rangers, you’re still locked into combat for the animation and removing Auto attack causes issues when you swap to another weapon e.g. bows…

Chokolata.1870:

there is no problem, its an l2p issue

jewishjoyride.4693:

No to this thread.

Diehard.1432:

Leave sword alone.

Try using the thing on an Asura then say that, its a really broken skill, it needs fixing asap..

Before all you people say leave it alone realize that different Races have different issues with this weapons first skill, Asuras are completely broken when trying to use Sword 1 hand. You literally cannot pull away from your attacker even with no Auto attack you get pulled to the attacker, you totally lose control of you character for the Animation (which is a long time on Asura as they do spins and somersaults).
Sylvari also have issues with it.

Thats new, diff race has diff issue? O.o. I play human ranger and i would also get pulled to the attacker if i turned the autoattack on. But all that can solved with autoattack off.

Ask them about what other nerf we should be expecting for rangers.

Leave sword alone.

I know that hes trying to point out that Rangers need nerf, however by making this “extreme” claims such as facerolling 1v3 in wvw, thats just sad (surely, rangers are tough in 1 v 1). I exclusively play ranger class only since launch so i would know if this smells fishy.

Aeri.5738:

And I am dead serious.

1) BM rangers where OP, end of story. I specked BM for fun and facerolled 1 v 3 in WvW, without actually knowing what I am doing.
The nerf on Pets was needed, they were just too strong.
The Jaguars base damage wasn’T even reduced, just his F2 got a nerf and I can live with that!

2) Other Non-Pet focused builds got buffed with offhand Axe and LB damage increase
The spirit tree buffs offer some great choices for GS Warriors with Frost Spirit support (believe it or not, this build already was strong in sPVP)
Offhand Axe buff is just awesome, I was running Sw/Axe already and now I can rock even more – thanks ANet!
The Longbow buff was needed and we will see how much damage increase there will actually be. I expect not too much but still a noticable improvement.

3) SB nerf. The only thing I don’t get, but since everybody was running shortbow (if not BM specced) I can understand it somehow.

4)Trait Changes
Imho very good stuff. Some more tweeking for Signet Ranger required, but it got a lot better.
Healing on Shouts sounds fun, I will defenetly try this out.
This could become one of the best Bunker builds GW2 has seen.

TL;DR: Am I seriously the only one who thinks, the (leaked) Patch notes are a good thing for us? ANet offered 2-3 more viable builds with this by slightly nerfing the BM Bunker.

Thanks ANet!

Facerolling in 1v3 in WvW? I call BS. Either the opponents are lowlevel or they just suck. Seriously, vid or GTFO

Killtrox.2019:

Azure.8412:

Killtrox.2019:

JQ….why do you put arrow carts in the middle of zerg v zerg fights? Thought T1 was suppose to be this awesome zerg v zerg competition but as I command for RISE I can’t help but notice the disorganization from JQ and some SoR zergs. JQ’s logic – put arrow carts in the middle of fights because our skill isn’t enough, scatter everywhere to make us look like a bigger zerg, run away. I’m noticing SoR getting better with their organization so brownie points for you guys, but man was I disappointed at the competition when we xferred to BG.

I think RISE is too good for T1.. We’re all inferior to you guys.

No, for real though. Like real talk. None of this fake talk. I think SoR zergs are way more organized than JQ zergs. SoR are really skilled when it comes to open field fighting. That whole post was more of me bashing on JQ because they throw 4 ACs down before I can get to them just because they want to take advantage of this kitten buff. I’ve yet to see SoR do that which I respect.

Let me get this straight, you got kitten because JQ dropped some AC in the middle of zerg fest and you decided to bring the QQ all out in the forum. Way to go RISE, and i thought you guys were classy.

Burl.9567:

MagiKarp.8201:

We received Meow, WM, RiSE, KOR and KO

We now have similar if not equal coverage in SEA timezone, the reason we won this week was because we held onto our objectives… I know hard thing to believe that you can cap something in OC/SEA hold it through EU and then give it to NA at T3…

This is why we won, we held 300+ ppt for 3 days straight after that massive 450 ppt NA / Oceanic / SEA by JQ on Monday night (NA) Tuesday for every1 else.

JQ flipped all the maps but didnt hold onto them into NA, I went to sleep that night 260vs260 ppt woke up to 350 ppt, our EU had done a great job in holding and upgrading keeps/tower.

Reason BG has been so successful and survived is our coordination between guilds who are used to working together and the new turnover, we used to have a big gap between NA and Oceanic where JQ would capitalise and take all our stuff, now with MERC starting on the dot Oceanic timezone, eliminate your inefficiencies and win.

I for one am sick of the toxicity coming out of our opponents whenever we win / do well, maybe reflect on this as a server and think about it, maybe this was the reason WM, Meow, RiSE, KO, KOR chose BG over SoR and JQ.

BG, please let the rest of tier 1 know when you are off your pedestal and you are done preaching to us all with your “holier than though” attitude. When you win you come here preaching to us all. When you are losing you are screaming 2v1 and every other excuse that has been used by a losing server (yes this includes JQ and SoR).

Play the game and quit the preaching.

^ agree with this, act like the almighty preacher while winning and cry for 2v1 while losing.

Magikarp, BG and JQ are not much different, please keep your bullkitten up your kitten lol.

Anyway, congrats to BG for this win. The coming weeks should be more interesting

Score update brought to you by Asian prime time.

What did you do to our BL, SoR and BGs? JQBL crashed while we had outmanned buff? :S

Did Signet of the Hunt get ninja nerfed? I am sure it wasnt 30 secs cooldown before.

Nice small fight between bay and garrison with SoR thats happening right now. Much fun

BG /1515151515151515

Good fight inside garrison against BG at BGBL. its like waves after waves XD