Guild Wars 2

I just love my engi on new map, so much utility. Bdw to all ppl who says, Throw mine is waek, are wrong. If you use imbolize from pistol or bomb kit + throw mine on low cd, than orb carrier will never come up the stairs (if no help ofc). And also throw mine is epic, preventing group stomp even if you are far away, pushing bunker off the circle …. The only downside is it toolbar ability.

Infectious.4836:

Warriors useless outside of kitten blades?

Pro tip.
Take a hammer + sword and sheild/warhorn.

I also saw prety strong ones with longbow and sword with cond damage. No way war are useless.

Sorry for little sidetalk :P.
I can confirm dagger 1 being much over 3k for me too without any buffs or debuffs or food. And i am using berserker gear and 4 gear that has power vitality thoughtnes. Tho axe 1 is still very low((. But axe 2 gives me over 5k.

Is it just me or there are some ridiculous casting times on necro spells. Just for an example i barely manage to cast any spells in time on thief when he comes out of stealth and than before back in (+ his dodges), using dager/warhorn, axe/focus.
And how am i supose to interupt spells with daze (warhorn) that has that long casting time …. not to mention focus 5 skill x.x .
So is it just me or you ppl also notice this?

jportell.2197:

Working as intended. It was two mesmers most likely and they were just very well coordinated. All classes have pulls or knockbacks/downs. Engineers have a 1200 range pull as well as thieves. And it is not unfair because mesmers only have too crowd control techniques that revolve around physical crowd control.

Yes but those pulls that mesmer have also work if target is out of reach of any other normal spells or aoe spells even if they are 1200 range / or out of sight. I dont mind if would work like engi or thief one – meaning if there is obstacle between enemy and victim than spell wouldnt work.
Oh and kitten silly me, wanted to post this in WvW and ended in sPvP x.x

I was on walls of one tower far inside/no spell could hit me. Than one mesmer put down that purple line, that gives you speed if go trough, and somehow pull me 2 times (maybe 2 mesmers maybe 1) so they pulled me off the tower and i wasnt even in their sight.

Is this working as intended? If you ask me its little unfair and should be changed.

I am running power necro with axe/focus and dager/warhorn and those rangers look like counter to me. I use consum cond heal , well that truns boons to cond, and corruption that turns boons to cond and signet that transfer conditions+ golem elite. Sometimes they destroy me completely with 100% hp at end :p. But sometimes i manage to get them low but they still down me, but because my down state dmg is op i usualy kill them :p. So atm my best counter is dmg on downed state. Any tips?:P

Just to add i have similar problems with Plague Signet. And sometimes it doesnt even remove conditions from me.

Liewec.2896:

using teleports like steal or the ele cantrip are intended, stability stomping is intended,
but things like mistform stomping are’nt intended, atleast thats the way i figure it
since mistform does’nt allow you to start downing players during it.

Exactly. And you cant even counter that.
Tho dont play every class so am not sure for all those spells (like teleport with thief) if breaks casting. Sorry if i used wrong info on that :p.

Razor.6392:

Working as intended.

I fail to see how stability and quickness are “fair” but the other ones aren’t?

Sounds to me like you’re a warrior.

Actualy i am playing necro and engi in pvp.

As “fair” i didnt mean if they are overopwered or that everyone have it.
They are boons and boons are ment to stay on players for some time + usualy that spell (aka guardian shout) can be activated without interupting spell that was already casted, they dont do anything and give you just boons. Also nothing wrong with stealth stomp if as soon as you are stomped he becomes visible again (just like if doing dmg).

On the other side you have normal spells. Usualy those spells if casted interupt/stops the spell that is being cast before and wasnt finished yet. And also if its some kind of transformation spell aka mist or plagueform, they dont alow you to stomp while in them unles you start the stomp while outside of it. Those spells are not “fair” and they look like abusing bug.

I hate it when some classes can use spells while chaneling stomp without breaking it. Elementalist mist, necromancer plague and thieves teleport some sort if downed player moves away (quickness and stability from shouts is quite reasonable, since you can use them like that all the time). Ususaly they would brake casting spell, just not with stomp x.x .
So is this right to be so or anet will fix it “soon”?

My personal opinion:
-Many lvls are grind + to many zones that stay empty to compensate that jurney (dont mind few lvl to learn class and environment/lore).
-Didnt complain about exotics but ascended is grind if you want to stay compatitive (also doont complain about hard to get cosmetics).
-Dailies/monthlies are grind – since they are pointles and give you quite a lot currency (karma, laureals) to ignore them. And if you dont have much time to play you would rather do boring dailies than do something you like.
-reward system is grind (you dont get reward because you completed something hardish but you get reward after you grind it + lotery system)

And to ppl that say i dont want to work hard -> I play games because they are fun not because i have to work hard in order to be fun after that. Or i guess i cant compare to addicted ppl that are thinking playing games is work. Sorry i value my time too much.
What else do you do in game if its not repetative task? Ask LoL or BF/CoD. Forced grind is minimum but they have fun gameplay so ppl like to play it quite much.

My definition of grind: If you have to do one thing more than once to get reward in the end (+ sometimes are also some %). In WoW if i killed Arthas i expect to get proper reward (chooseable prefeared :p) not tokens or something that force me to do it again and again and again.

Dont forget there is around 8 different token – each is seperate currency.
If gw2 had good design it woud have glory, gold, karma, gems only. But this is becoming WoW v2….. Not to mention 3 different wintersday currencies doing the same thing….. (ugly trio).
This is not game that i bought at release. I will just do WvW and sPvP, the moment i will be subpar compared to others (wvw) i will leave game. So much grinding right now for ascended gear x.x .

What about releasing "pre"patch notes with sign that its not final version and anything can be changed?

Light.6095:

If this was implemented, our elite slot would basicly become a glorified second weapon slot – that’s pretty underwhelming since every other class except the elementalist has those for free.

Uhm, it doesnt swap weapon spells. It is swaping utility spells. So you pick 3 random utility spells normaly + elite that, if swaped, give you anther 3 fixed utility spells.

The Gates Assassin.9827:

Definitely not. That’d be a huge nerf to the class. The power of Engineers is kit swapping. This would make engineers completely uninteresting.

Nerf? It all depends how you buff/design those utility spells/pasive and/or main weapons …. Tho swaping still remains, just max 1 kit at the time.

I have one idea.
What if weapon kits were actualy elite skills. So you could only choose 1 and would be also easyer to balance, so our main weapons would not loose dmg/utility for that.
Beside this, kits would not change weapon spells but instead utility (3) spells + specific passive depending what kit equiped (maybe if flame kit – every hit from weapon 1 does 1 sec burning or something; or more like passive stats/regeneation…).

So engineer would have, instead of weapon swaping, utility swaping. Tho guns are engi main weapons. Crowbars, bombs, grenades … are just utility that he can use.
Wouldnt be better if flamethrower 1 (visual) would be one of utility spell from flame kit that wouldnt change his weapon into flamethrower but acted more like modification to main gun (just like grenade launcher that is attached to some modern guns)?

Whats your opinion ppl?

Guys this is not gw vs wow thread.
And please read article before posting otherwise you miss theme.

Just thinking…. WvW, you get almost no rewards there, little addictive features yet its one very played side of this game. And how many patches/expansions/extra work except balance/exploitation wvw got and how many pve side did? So yeah when thinking this way, developers benefit in long run more if they make interesting gameplay on its own rather to make it boring and put those add. features + its more fair to players and they are more satisfied.

I liked that article because it gave me nice evaluation tool if game is good or not, if its worth being played/worth my time. Would just imagine how fun would be whitout those features and see.

I found on net one very interesting article to read:
5 Creepy Ways Video Games Are Trying to Get You Addicted
http://www.cracked.com/article_18461_5-creepy-ways-video-games-are-trying-to-get-you-addicted.html

This might be also reason why gw2 is not that popular as WoW, since it has less “addictive” features (tho still does). What frightens me more is that they are adding more and more of those (like said in article – achievment that makes you do pointles tasks and it gives you reward).
Tho i like GW2 (at least more than other mmorpgs), but wish there were less “addictive” features and rather makes endgame worth playing on its own, because its fun. PVE in this game would be almost non existant/boring whitout those features. Only place worth staying would be WvW and sPvP (to some extent). But those two still also needs alot improvements to be fun longterm and keep you playing.

So whats your thinking on this topic and in GW2?

Personally i would love to have more pve in wvw. It adds its dynamics and more fun. Tho i prefear more numerous npc than few npc that are champions or other (except some sort npc commanders/captains…).

I would alos like to thank anet because:
-No monthly fee,
-casual friendly, quite fast lvling andi can get almost all exotic when i come to 80 lvl and than farm skins and other things,
-open world (dinamic) events so i can jump in or out whenever i want without compromising party (like dungeon runs), so am looking forward to improve that as was mentioned. Same with WvW,
-3 way wvw (would be interesting to have even more :p, like 5),
-everyone gets rewarded if participate (no killsteal ….), tho support players who dont do so much dmg could have some more love.
-oh yea and last but not least, the combat with dodging and moving, no trinity and all, cant return anymore and play as it is in other mmos after i tried this.

I am not from gh, but must say great recruitment post. Looks like you ppl have nice community there. Compared to that ruins of surnia alliance recruitment ….

dorin.4618:

Oh well, as a ros member since the beginning, I was very happy the way things were goin’ lately. And main reason of staying here was a medium population, kind of nice ppl and fun wvw. Now with all these moves and new recruitments, fun is close to fly away.

From all servers around , why have you chosen exactly ros?

This.
I am on RoS from begining and like wvw as it was. If you want to change it to YOUR pleasure, just gtfo. If i wanted better wvw server i would transfer to someone in tier 1/2. Why not go vabbi or something? Oh and this is also PvE server so ……
Again, if you didnt understand: We play on RoS because we like it as it is. Blacktide v2 isnt here, so bye bye, you chose wrong server.

Can i ask, why is used shield/mace instead than focus/scepter? I thought those would be the best as second weapons?

Yeah i vote for overhaul. But mainly on fixing turrets (do it properly), removing weapon kits as support utilities and put tham as elite skill so you can only choose 1 (and will be more balanced and our damage wont suffer, as now, since they acuse us that we can do everything and so the dmg must be lower). Oh and elixirs so they arent so random and when you throw them area becoms like guardian symbols or necro wells or some more flashy effects. Plus buff gadgets :p .

I heared guild IMP left RoS for GH. And in my opinion best commander elnor with it :/. We had nice battle in RoS borderlands yesterday night/today morning with imp :p . Tho had to overman them to pew pew them (at least when i was playing). kitten betrayers :P .

“Engineer
The Engineer is a highly versatile class. While it doesn’t have the long range capabilities of the Ranger, or the melee capabilities of the Warrior or Guardian, they are comfortable at medium ranges in most fights. They have a lot of control, and use their boons to keep themselves (and allies) alive in a fight. They can use different kits based on the situation, but this extreme versatility comes at a cost in damage on their main hand weapons.”

Anyone else see some flaws here?
They can use diferent kits depending on situation…., keep themselves and alies alive in fight….
I have build around using only rifle because dont like kits, but they just stated that because of kits my base dmg is lower + more than half are useless for my build ….. wtf? Boons to stay alive?? If you arent elixir traited engineer, no boons will help you (except stun brakers for the cost of loosing even more dmg) – so i dont benefit from this either. Well i like to use gadgets, turets (for toolbelt skills) and only tool kit for block and pull in pvp.
My utlilities are knocks and dmg (as vertile as any other normal speced class) and you say because of 60% irelevant utilities spells i cant use (because they dont benefit me) i have to have lower dmg?
I thought kits were because of not being able to swap weapons :o . New philosophy of engies is go kits or go home??

How do you look on that ppl? I supose good luck for those who have at least 3 kits, since all balance is around that (we rifle and turret engies are f. u. c. k. e. d.).

Thanks for videos, at some time i strugle with some tactics, so they are quite help. Looking forward to more videos about other fractals.
Just one question, since you are squishy and sometimes you stayed back or at range rather in melee doing hammer time. Isnt better for overall dps to be little more tanky so you can stay in their face, not losing dps while moving or away and do dmg with heavy weapons?
Oh and yea, gief your armour :o .

I usualy leave net shot for the moment that i can burst him to death than knockback shot if burst desnt kill him. I also have ram head for criple and even more knocks.

Was just thinking some more… Since the fight took place at trebuchet and that thief was using it before, is it possible that he damaged few players with aoe treb projectiles and when someone of those died it rallied thief?
Would that be working as intended or bug?

1. If someone is cheating like that means there must be some kind bug to exploit it. So i posted here to see that or for other to pay more attention to this.
2. There isnt any option to report “cheater”.
3. Frvwfr can you grow some mature level or just say you are kid so i can tolerate it.

I was in tournament against thief 1v1. Both downed and when he was nearlay finished he just instant ress with full hp or 80/90%. Noeone was around to rally or something. Very sportmanship must say …..

Happen too me alot, tho didnt read this thread before so didnt know about thieves/didnt give any attention . But i just played free tournament and there was thief. First and second time 3 of enemies killed me nothing special (also thief amongst them). But the third time i saw thief stomp me with haste (dont know about other spells if he had activated) and boom endless loading screen.

Thats why i suddenly see in tournaments 2 or more thives tho before you rarey saw one…..

edit: i was in bg with 2 enemy thievesand also did stomp with haste tho didnt use stealth for it but didnt get any endless loading screen.Must be other spells/traits thief use.

All i read about ascended gear from anet is how they poorly handled to us, that WE (PLAYERS) ARE WRONG, because they just did poorly comunication and stuff tho the gear that they are bringing is something everyone would love, “you are just misinformed/ignorant/stopid”.

Seriously??!! stop acting like we are all babies that cannot think for themselves. That is very humiliating from anet team. For me and some ppl, adding ascended gear/gear with higher stats is BBBBBBBBAAAAAADDDDDDDDDD! And no, no matter how many time you say that we just dont know/are badly informed about topic, adding higher stat gear is bad. PERIOD!

El Hefe.2814:

that poll is worthless seeing as you can vote an infinite amount of times.

It was designed to vote only one time, tho for me works just fine. If i want to vote again it says >We’re sorry, you’ve already voted in this poll!< and it doesnt ad any points.
Can you clarify why/how you come to that conclusion?

I was thinking, LoL is very sucesfull game. Sometimes they even release new champion or skin every week. And you could buy it with money or ingame points.
Meaning Anet could produce every month or even week(?) new weapon/armour skins (with no stats), which could be bought at LA vendor with gems or with karma.

Result from this would be, they could get more money from ppl who dont want to grind (but wont make it pay to win since its only skin) and dinamic events would be more active/maps would be more active. And ppl would be more happy with more customization/unique look/more to work for.
Improving content at same time is also very important so ppl dont get bored with acquiring whats needed.

BurnedToast.3781:

Still, ~73% against (bottom two) vs ~16% in favor (top two) is pretty kitten it’s very hard to wave a gap like that away completely.

I would interpret it little differently (asuming this is very important change):
1., 2. and 3. groups are the ones that will most likely still play this game no mater the change (diference is only how much it will improve their experiance).
4th group is the one that will have to decide how bad is it/will be (and in the end will join either 1-3 group or 5).
5th group is the one that is very likely to stop playing or wont play so often.

And about minority/majority. We cannot know 100%, nor we have any proof if this active forum represents minority or majority of specific people. If we can get high number of voters i think it would be quite accurate.

Veltoss.9135:

The poll will be heavily biased in the “freaking out” group’s favor.

In my opinion this poll has nothing to do with “freaking out” groups. Since its more about philosophy of having and adding more and more tiers of gear that has higher stats than the one we have now or will have in future, rather than just apearance or stat mixing.
As i see “freaking out” group is more about grinding, imbalances between ppl/elitism, only one place to get it atm, redundand old content….

Thanks for participating in this tho. Would be very happy if would get at least 1000 voters.

Hello ppl, i just created simple voting poll to see your opinion about this topic, just for fun ofc.

http://poll.pollcode.com/ttb2am

I cant even find ppl to do story dungeons, to be able to do explorable, tho also rarely see ppl looking for explorable dungeon :/ . All want fotm . I wish i got to 80 month before patch or something. There is no endgame for me and ppl like me now. And as promised, endgame for aesthetic is gone, now its for better gear, which kills game for me. Just wonder when they wil ad something more between legend and ascended….

I am lvl 2 ele. Few min ago i was in mists atuned to earth and when i left mists i was still attuned to earth and could use earth spells although earth is not accesible to lvl 2.

I just deleted consortium bag and scrolls((((((.

well bomb minions (dont know name) also doesnt want to attack, and when i click explode they just puff where i am and not where enemy is – should be same as mesmer shatter , that run to its target and then boom.

Actualy, my engi got buffed since i use power rifle with tool kit, which got its block and magnet improved :P. Fir ither stuffs i use gadgets or rifle turret for toolbar skill, so that didnt changed. (PVP)

Uhm where is stealth fix, or i just dont know how to read? Where is fix for free tournament play so you dont go against premade if custom team? MAybe haste/quickness or bunkers balance???

And i dont get the philosophy on makin PvP only changes. I am against seperating pvp and pve like that. Soon i will feel i play diferent char in pvp or wont know how to play it anymore.

kagemitsu.3657:

A debuff like this is needed also to prevent people from switching characters during a match in case other classes or other builds are needed to win.

That’s just lame.

Oh this makes much sense :P. I was always wondering what is that guardian doing tho didnt noticed we had one before (example). Or why ppl left and come back again.

Than now agree even more for deserter buff + other team must not see who is on enemy team before it starts – or just 1 would join and tell others so they could switch before entering.

Yeah all i hear is nerf nerf nerf rather fix as you claim.
Beside warrior and engineer have more knockbacks, but beside warrior hammer, guardian has 2 most anoying shield ability and sanctuary, which in my opinion should be changed (not talking about nerfing them).
For example shield spell should have blocking like all shields should do (blocking for few sec and each time you are hit, you party is healed) and not have staff-like spell. Sanctuary should be completely removed and we should get something more fun in return (energy storm??-last 2/3 or traited 4 sec, all affected enemies heals dmg them instead of heal them).

I was playing free tournament mach and we were in 3rd round, scores were quite matched, so we could win. Than suddenly game kicks me out back to the mists and when i tried to go back (press button “go now”) nothing happened.
Well i demand from anet my gold reward!! (as rifle engineer in custom teams is hard to get that high)
(since anet wants this to be esport these kind of stuff are unaceptable)

Please look into this (maybe other player hack?).

*when i hower with mouse over PvP icon it says: tournament is in progress round 4 of 3

I played 5 games in a row with just 4 ppl on my team (won 1 tho) x.x (free tournament)

Not for new gear/stat progression. NO!
5%-10% of ex wow players wanted more endgame to do, more grind, just like WoW, but this is not WoW. Now they are hurting 90% of true GW2 players (who like it because of its key sellingpoints we all know). kitten!

Hobo-sack :P.
Well since engineer do modifications, he could keep original weapon, just put improvements on it. So the look is the same as normal (ex.) pistol just with extra details, depending what kit you use.