Guild Wars 2

rainbow.4695:

Justin ODell.9517:

Can we calm this down. I was not trying to call out rainbow.4695.

We’re actually doing a decent job matching by party size, so Iwas curious if their experience could be explained by a known issue, or if it was something new.

Thank you Justin . I have been playing gw1 for 6 years and gw2 for almost 2. I am not a pro or anything like it, I just enjoy playing. I thought of posting my opinion in the forums, because I thought that it was we supposed to do. The guy who says I am a liar, I don’t get it , why would I lie? Anyway, enjoy your forums, i just remembered why i usually don’t get involved with them

This screenshot won’t provide Justin with the information he needs to investigate your problem. You should either post the account name that you played the matches on here or message it to Justin so he can help you.

There’s nothing wrong with having a second account, but if he’s going to look up your matchmaking history, he needs the account name.

Shpongle.6025:

I remember when they nerfed the ecto droprate from salvaging rares. I remember it as ‘’on the 20th’’ but I can’t remember how many months ago. I used to ALWAYS get 2-3 ectos before that. Then I salvaged 25 rares and got 0 ectos. I’ve been selling rares ever since. Never salvage.

I hate to burst your bubble, but none of that is true. Ecto salvage rates were only nerfed once, by accident, for about 3 days before they were reverted. They’re currently at the same rates as they were at launch.

Seera.5916:

Karizee.8076:

Seera.5916:

You just had a run of bad luck.

If bad luck can be defined as getting caught in a lie.

I’m talking about his reality here. The reality was he had a bad run of luck. I already commented on the lying (not outright lying, just a lie of omission).

Bad luck?
279 / 145 = 1.924 dust per ecto
Average is around 1.79 dust per ecto

Sounds like a run of good luck to me. But he thought he had salvaged an entire 250 for some reason (maybe he didn’t get as many from the TP as he thought). If he had, that would be 279 / 250 = 1.116 dust per ecto, so he came here, exaggerated how few dust he got, and then lied about his sample size by tenfold so people would listen. I guess he didn’t realize that the devs can look at the real numbers.

Exciton.8942:

Mesmers and guardians are the worst in terms of out-of-combat mobility. Both of them need runes of travelers to be viable in WvW roaming.

I command and roam on my guardian in WvW. I do use runes of the traveler, but I was fine before that too. Just bring “Save Yourselves!” and “Retreat!” with Superior Aria. Staff 3, sword 2, and greatsword 3 can also be helpful for moving faster, as long as you don’t accidentally hit something.

This is probably the name of an expansion that’ll release on August 28, 2015.

But it could just be the name of the LS season 2 soundtrack, which would make all this hype hilarious.

Pockethole.5031:

thieves, elementalists, necromancers etc. get passive signet that grants swiftness (your character runs faster).

but guardians, engingeers and warriors for example dont have that.

if other classes got that, why dont these?
of course i feel it’s a disadvantage.
and please don’t tell me alternative options. it’s slipping from the point i’m trying to make here.

this thread is about why some classes have passive swiftness and others don’t.
explain!

It’s funny that you didn’t mention mesmers, the only class that really is at a disadvantage when it comes to speed.

BrotherBelial.3094:

There great for leveling alts, and if not, they are skill point scrolls for a level 80. What’s not to like about them?

Skill points are basically useless for those of us with all of the skills, hundreds of extra skill points, and hundreds more scrolls of knowledge.

I think the beasts are fine the way they are, the problem with them is entirely because of amateur player behavior.

Newbies screw up matches by going for them when they shouldn’t all the time. Yesterday, I was helping one of my guildies learn about PvP, and after two matches, he said that he hadn’t realized people were saying things in chat. This guildie isn’t new to the game by any means, he simply hadn’t realized that communicating via chat is important, so he was doing things like going after Svanir when we knew that the enemy thief had just claimed the mine, and walking into 1v2 fights with no one around to back him up.

I think the solution here to to emphasize communication and teamwork to newer players, so they can learn faster and stop making strategic mistakes like focusing on secondary objectives when help is needed at the primary objectives.

Blackwyn.8127:

So wait a second. If your odds of victory is 90%. You disconnect for 1 second, you get -3 points, then you win the match get +1 but in the end you’ll end up with -2 points for your win?

No, you only get -3 if your team loses or you exceed the grace period, which is certainly longer than 1 second.

Justin ODell.9517:

Morwath.9817:

the best way to avoid ‘build wars’ would be to hide display whos in enemy team before it starts, so you could just adjust your own setup by picking synergies in your team and counter class stacking. If you hide whos in enemy team, people won’t be able to pick ‘counters’ and ‘build wars’ won’t happen.

I really like this idea, passing it along to the team.

This would just result in players running to the other side before the match starts to see the other team’s composition. Even if you find a way to prevent that, there are other workarounds. It would also discourage having a character name that’s relevant to your class.

It’s also nice to see team compositions before the match because it can alter strategies (e.g. The enemy team has a thief, don’t attack Svanir).

ZudetGambeous.9573:

EnemyCrusher.7324:

The poison bubbles do heal it. It’s a very noticeable heal when you only have a few players doing it.

Are you sure this is not 1 or 2 players coming/leaving causing the event to rescale and his health change? This is a common problem with group events when people bounce around.

That observation was from almost two months ago, but there were 6 of us throughout the entire fight. It happened several times, but only when bubbles were popped very close to the boss.

The poison bubbles do heal it. It’s a very noticeable heal when you only have a few players doing it (around 5% total health per bubble with only 6 players). The bubbles’ heal has a short range though, probably around 200, so killing them farther away is fine.

Two days ago, about 15 of us were killing platinum. Around 80% health, I noticed that the others were using a lot of AoE, which was killing the bubbles. I told them to use single-target damage because killing the bubbles heals it, and they (surprisingly) listened. It took us less time to kill the remaining 80% health than the first 20%.

Here’s my theory:

Rytlock completes the rite of ascension, with the help of Turai Ossa, in order to speak to the human gods. They grant him the status of Envoy so that he can lead the souls of the Ascalonians to the underworld, but this comes at a great cost. Seeing the human gods causes Rytlock to go blind, and his new position as Envoy means that he can never fully return to Tyria.

What’s your theory of what Rytlock is doing in the Mists?

I agree with both of you. They’re certainly strange.

I was just thinking this yesterday after I entered three Bell Choir instances in a row (which took a while because of the bug that prevents you from leaving when you try to), all of which were starting free play when I entered.

Adding another bug that I’ve seen several times this month:

• If a player is downed between the jump pad and the non-hexagonal glass panel at point A or point C, that player’s downed skills will repeatedly refresh a short cooldown, making them unable to be used.

If a team has someone leave or quit, but then goes on to win, despite being outnumbered, what happens? (I’ve done this a few times.)

If both teams have someone disconnect, what happens?

Does it matter when in the match someone disconnects?

ainekitten.9517:

Between the bugs and the obscene AOE stealth breaks, there’s basically no way to complete this.

I think you’re doing something wrong. Note that the white vision fields can’t see you in stealth, but the orange ones can. Also, keep in mind that you break stealth for a second when you knock someone out. Golems move slowly and have circular vision fields that can detect you even in stealth. Disabling a panel will attract any nearby golems to come fix it. Most importantly, pay attention to the text on-screen. Between the green story text in the top right, the white pop-up text that tells you what’s going on, and NPC dialogue, you are told everything you need to know.

Engelsstaub.4356:

I had trouble when I needed to sabotage the fields “once more” (first time is easy). Whenever I was on 4th one, bots have already repaired the 1st. Couldn’t do it fast enough and there seemed to be nothing to prevent those mobs from repairing the shield.

But… this part had a second option – combat. Just reveal yourself. It’s a very easy fight and when it’s done, this part is complete.

You don’t need to disable all 4 panels at once. Disabling the panels distracts the golems that protect the generators, allowing you to sabotage a generator to deactivate the boss’s shield.

Aerlen.5326:

Maybe anet should have a game that works then and isn’t a bug fest? An unfair, buggy mission is crap.

I didn’t experience any bugs when I played it.

FOX.3582:

Ah i see what is happening here… This is the “Justin ODell Show”

So so soooo many players here on the pvp forums who had great ideas. In my opinion some of those ideas would have really helped balance the pvp section of this game. But no no no, the only thing you want now is to force feed us the “Justin ODell idea spoon” so you and your team can say “look what we did”…

Want to fix pvp? Listen to your players… Some posted ideas on this forum with scripts and explanations, and it was all for nothing.

You only have to make pvp so that you can go solo (WITH OTHER SOLO PLAYERS), or you go with team (WITH OTHER TEAM MEMBERS).

You really did a great job on the balance issue! But now you want us to cheer, for something that should not have been here in the first place?!

Get a grip and just fix pvp without the show or nonsense…

They do listen to the players, just not players who post insulting comments like this. Post something constructive and maybe Anet will listen.

MithranArkanere.8957:

Suzie? What’s that? Some pet? A llama?

Susie is was their pack bull.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Susie

It still says “Beta”. It’s almost an inside joke at this point, but the “Beta” tag should probably be removed.

I just noticed that the timestamp at the top right of each forum post never displays the year, even if the post is over a year old. I suggest adding the year to the timestamp of older posts.

shion.2084:

What are you guys doing with all that Mithril? Just out of interest

Gobble D Goop.4081:

i have about 50 lumps of mithrillium for the off chance that jewelcrafting gets an update

Most of mine goes toward mitrillium too. I also use a chunk of it to upgrade siege weapons.

Linken.6345:

EnemyCrusher.7324:

I have two questions…

Are there any benefits?

Many of us already answer people’s questions, link to existing information, any generally try to share our knowledge where it can help. How would participating in this program be any different?

First question is answer in terms of conditions nr4

I will not be paid or compensated in any way for being a Guild Wars 2 Forum Specialist, or for any other game-related activities, and I acknowledge and agree that my being a Guild Wars 2 Forum Specialist will not create an employment relationship between me and ArenaNet, any of its affiliates, or any other company or organization.

Edit
Second question this is to gather info and present it to the company in report form once a week

Saying that you won’t be compensated just means that you won’t be paid or rewarded in any tangible way. The description makes it clear that this is a volunteer position. There could still be other benefits, such as an indicator below your name on your forum posts, the ability to merge threads, or any number of things.

I have two questions…

Are there any benefits?

Many of us already answer people’s questions, link to existing information, any generally try to share our knowledge where it can help. How would participating in this program be any different?

I’m enjoying the living story, as are my friends who play. I get messages most days about exciting little things they found in story instances or speculations about what’s coming next.

Crossplay.2067:

This might be due to depreciating returns. There are particular nodes I farm very often, however, if I try to farm them more than 3 times a day, I only get one strike. On top of that, I actually work the system to be on difference instances when I do the farming so it may be possible that you’re only getting one strike because you are in a map instance that you have farmed before.

One way to check this is to leave that node alone for at least 2 hours before the daily reset and then farm it. If you get all 10 strikes, it’s likely DR that was preventing you from farming it beforehand.

Diminishing returns don’t affect gathering.

It’s very specific nodes that give less than they should. There’s a mithril node that can spawn south of Stonemist Castle that only gives one hit, and a rich mithril vein that can spawn either east or north of Wildcreek tower that only gives three hits. There’s also a rich orichalcum vein that can spawn in Obsidian Sanctum that only gives three hits, and a rich mithril vein that can spawn in the Silverwastes that only gives three hits. All other nodes give their normal amounts.

Beldin.5498:

Mithril has a hidden counter how much you can harvest per zone, once you reached
that number you don’t get anymore and nodes also are no longer harvestable until
daily reset.

Not true. (Based on extensive experience gathering almost every day since beta.)

There are a few bugs I’ve noticed in the Skyhammer sPvP map recently:

• The asura gate sometimes warps you to the other side and then back immediately. Discomboulated (which seems to be a typo of Discombobulated) was added as an attempt to fix this, but only made players who have this happen wait even longer before passing through.

• Occasionally the cannon spawns sideways. Both times I’ve seen this happen, the console was facing point C, and the cannon was unable to hit point A.

• Sometimes players will fall through a broken panel, but not take fall damage when they hit the ground. This takes them out of the fight for longer than it should, because they have to get themselves killed by a wurm before they can start their respawn timers.

• If a player dies on a glass panel, that then breaks, and the player respawns before hitting the ground, that player will respawn in the correct location with very glitchy movement, and a few seconds later, appear on the ground where they would have landed, with full health, forced to die again to get back into the game.

cheese.4739:

EnemyCrusher.7324:

Why are these two maps still excluded anyway? At this point, they both seem well enough balanced to be included in on-season too.

PS This is a question for Justin, not an invitation for anti-skyhammer trolls to attack me.

They have one serious thing in common: a shared secondary objective that both teams will almost always need to pay attention to for the whole game.
None of the other maps have this; the closest is Temple, which has the poweful Stillness and Tranquility buffs spawning at predetermined intervals, allowing the main focus of the teams to usually still be on capping and holding points.

I’ll note here that yes, the Skyhammer is rather less brokenly powerful than it was previously… but it’s still a point-and-click nuke, which gives commanding views of the entire map, with only one (buggy) access point.

The buggy asura gate certainly is annoying, but since the latest changes to skyhammer, good teams don’t even bother manning the cannon because they can be more effective on the ground. It does give a great view of the map, but sacrificing damage and the ability to capture points typically isn’t worth a good view.

It’s not AoE, but summons contribute to the problem too when they hit targets other than the one intended. I usually use Mistfire Wolf on my guardian, so I just don’t use my elite against the copper or platinum bosses.

lordkrall.7241:

The pink moas are simply mordrem that have been transformed into moas by Kasmeers Mesmer magic (more specifically this: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Polymorph_Moa)

I did consider this, since that “moa” is next to the location where you find Kasmeer. It could be that Reginald’s hint has to do with a mesmer smuggling someone or something into Kryta as a pink moa. After all, the reason the Seraph were investigating the area in the first place is because of smugglers.

Booms.2594:

Josh Davis.6015:

The Glorious Hero’s Armor is a skill-based reward. I’d wager that the players who top the ladders are all skilled players in some regard.

If you don’t think they are, you have until Dec 2 to knock them out of the top 20.

10/20 soloq leaders dont even have 100 wins. some have less than 10. “skill players in some regard” lol

This is clearly false. Anyone can look at the leaderboards and see that no one in the top 25 on either NA or EU has less than 10 wins.

Although…I am wondering why someone with 13 wins and 15 losses is #15 in EU….

Justin ODell.9517:

To fill in the missing info, the limited maps = tournament configuration maps… meaning not Skyhammer or Spirit Watch.

Why are these two maps still excluded anyway? At this point, they both seem well enough balanced to be included in on-season too.

PS This is a question for Justin, not an invitation for anti-skyhammer trolls to attack me.

sinject.4607:

it has two stats worth of extra points compared to every other amulet. 834 more points or so. in a gamemode that has been strictly standardized in every way possible, an amulet that straight up has 834 more points shouldn’t exist.

celestial is currently the cause of the most imbalanced builds in the meta, d/d ele and rifle engie.

nobody aside from people actively exploiting the amulet wants to see this thing in play. not in it’s current state, at least.

soloq has effectively turned into “whoever has the most people using celestial amulet wins”, almost without fail.

all this and yet discussion about this amulet has remained almost entirely onesided, without a single response from any devs or staff members. quite frankly i wouldnt be surprised if it remains this way until september 2015.

LOL! That’s hilarious.

Almost no one other than eles use celestial stats because they’re barely viable. If any build is dominating solo queue right now, it’s longbow rangers.

Blackari.2051:

Make Skyhammer so player cant fall down off the map from the edge but only through the glass and it will be viable in ranked too …

It’s almost impossible to get knocked off the edge if you don’t stand next to an edge with no rim, even without stability or stun breakers.

style.6173:

I refuse to play skyhammer. If it pops, I will not join the game.

Good, then you can get dishonor and stay out of sPvP.

style.6173:

I do not get why ANET is so hard-headed about this map. If people don’t enjoy the map, why are you forcing them to play it?

Speak for yourself, there are many of us who enjoy Skyhammer.

SPOILERS AND SPECULATION! Proceed at your own risk!

This is the Mysterious Stranger…

…also known as Reginald Murcan.

He used to work for the queen, but he knows something he’s not supposed to know…

…something that has to do with a Pink Moa.
“Pink moa. I saw it, and now, they’re after me.” (Dialogue from his wiki page)

Possibly related to this ‘Pink Moa’?

Allisa Wonderland.8192:

My pinky finger is permanently mangled from holding down control with almost everything I do in Guild Wars, over the years! This is right up there with a resizeable and centering mouse cursor.

I actually swapped my Ctrl and Alt button functionalities because constantly pressing/holding Ctrl was hurting my pinky.

Those nodes have been messed up since launch. There’s actually a new Rich Mithril Node in The Silverwastes that also gives only 3 hits. It really is just like WvW!

This is an obvious bug with a 5 minute fix, so at this point I think it’s just some sort of cruel joke.

I’m suspect that E is a part of the Order of Whispers.

Any chance we’ll get a reduction in the start or match wait duration or some incentive for people to actually use the Ready button? The additional 120 seconds between the queue and the beginning of the match seems a bit excessive. 60 or even 90 seconds would be a huge improvement.

It’s Reginald Murcan

I recently put my Molten pick on my asura and thought it was that. Mine always swings 4 times too, resulting in a longer animation. You can actually cancel after the third one by moving, but it’s still a pain. This was definitely happening on platinum nodes, but I’m not sure about others.

This bug has existed at least since the 9/9 patch. I finally found Qunita in her merchant state yesterday and immediately turned on my commander tag and told everyone about it. I even stayed and organized a group for the defend event so everyone could get their shoulder spikes.

My banker golem dies immediately when summoned, but the bank window usually does appear.

ZephyrKAS.7013:

I also have an issue with mine: Never used it, but it says the time has expired.

I think the free one from the gem store a month or two ago was activated on receipt. That may be why yours is already expired.

Arleii.5304:

I’m so hyped! But a huge let down for me would be if the ladders weren’t in-game…I really hope they are in-game, looking for official game stuff outside the game is just not cool, but otherwise, I am so glad these changes are coming! Good work Anet, here, take a cookie. gives a cookie <3

I don’t really mind them being visible only outside the game, but I can understand wanting them visible in-game. If it isn’t visible in the game, a /leaderboard command would be nice, and customizations to handle /leaderboard <arg> where <arg> is either “ap”, “pvp”, or “wvw” would be even nicer.

GOSU.9574:

Enter spectate mode.

You are now paused. Everyone else finishes match.

Done.

Solo queue, not hotjoin.

Change the duration to 30m, change the 250 Bloodstone Dust to 1 Foxfire Cluster, and remove the self poison. Then I think you’ve got a great idea.

You can choose the color, but it’s expensive. You have to craft one with the stats you want and one with the appearance you want, to unlock the skin. Then use a transmutation charge to change the appearance of the one with the stats you want.