Guild Wars 2

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Chrispytoast.3698:

I have an update from my friend who messaged someone at arenanet, unfortunately not the answer we are looking for

AN: it has been looked at

F: is anything going to be done about it?

AN: probably not soon

I hope this suggestion list gets so long that they can’t ignore it and just make it. I’m pretty sure anyone who knows coding can make this mod within an hour.

Tarnished Coast for USA. Piken Square for UK.

One of the selling points of the game was no holy trinity. And you can play games without one, has anyone here ever played anything other than an MMORPG?

Phantax.1369:

Esorono.1039:

No, if it takes longer than 2 minutes to figure out what 5 skills do, you’re doing something wrong. And I’d rather not be held back in combat every time I make an alt for hours because someone can’t mentally grasp five skills. It’s already annoying enough when grinding a new weapon and constantly thinking “You know, this fight would be a million times easier if I could just use (x) already!”.

Great we’ll just give you all the skills then you wont have to bother putting any effort into it at all then !

:(

I’d much rather it be like that than having one skill to work with for five hours. Just look forward to getting weapon swap at level 7 and painfully getting skill slots until 30.

No, if it takes longer than 2 minutes to figure out what 5 skills do, you’re doing something wrong. And I’d rather not be held back in combat every time I make an alt for hours because someone can’t mentally grasp five skills. It’s already annoying enough when grinding a new weapon and constantly thinking “You know, this fight would be a million times easier if I could just use (x) already!”.

So I know what the skin looks like before I buy it.

importune.7120:

I would love to see this added.

More importantly, I would love to hear the thoughts of the developers and designers on this subject. Is this even a remote possibility? (From the design standpoint, as well, is this something you would consider allowing in the game?)

Someone made a simple mod for it, that takes up almost no space. If a random person with some free time can do it, I’m positive Arena-Net can do it. Will they? We have no idea, it’s unlikely however. Arena-Net did say this and other mods are a bannable offense.

I have severe arachnophobia and the spiders in this game don’t scare me at all. In fact, I’m kind of glad to see them because nothing is more amusing than squishing a spider with a gigantic hammer. Same with Dredge, I love playing whack-a-dredge.

?_? How is this a suggestion?

There isn’t much you can do, they just steal the accounts of people stupid enough to pay for the farms to create a perpetual cycle. If one gets banned, there are at least three other accounts they can use. At best the only thing reporting does is lower the chances that the gold seller sells all their stuff to sell to other people for real money by less than 1%.

There are still technically roles you are going to need for each dungeon. Ever tried that spider boss in AC explorable mode without at least one person without a condition removal? Also a CM team without at least one person with reflect/block projectile skills is going to have a pretty bad time. Whenever we wipe to a boss, we tend to look at our builds and think of a way to customize it for the boss, like one person specializes in AoE to take out the summoned adds, while another the other three focus on heavy single target damage and evades for the boss, and the last person works as utility to boost stats and lay down protective AoE while doing damage to the boss. It’s a pretty simple example, but I’m sure you get the point. A fluid build that can adapt to many situations is going to be a lot more useful in dungeons than a rigid build that cannot.

Crusher.4708:

No change required.
The Game is perfect as it is, I don’t want a healing/tanking/ damage spec because then people start blaming both healers & tanks when they wipe because damage dealers do nothing beside doing damage nothing to pay attention to…
Beside you can still play like the trinity, keeping aggro is fairly easy, just stay close to the target and have a lot of CC. If you don’t get that you’re simply bad.

Against most dungeon bosses, that will get you killed faster than you can say “I can tank this boss, don’t worry!” Many are immune, or heavily immune to CC. Also healing alone in this game is terrible compared to the other types of support, but at least it may keep the “tank” alive for about 0.25 seconds longer.

I would like it better if all the major cities had a low, flat price to travel regardless of the distance between them.

Aphasia.1803:

Just a vanity suggestion, but i would really like to see the weapons remain the same size for every race.
I play an asura and i think it’ll be really cute to see her running around with an oversized sword :P

As someone who likes running around with a greatsword 3 times his own body size, I agree. It’s not any more immersion breaking than how we already use every single weapon in the game incorrectly in multiple ways. Besides, I need to compensate somehow and BFS are a great way to do it! )o)

Art.9367:

Has anyone tried it out in-game yet? I’m curious to see people’s reactions to how it plays and feels (mostly in a PvP environment).

Even if they did, no sane person would admit it since it is against the rules to use a mod.

Apostle.3180:

Esorono.1039:

I wish that I could tell the difference between day and night without pointing my camera in the sky.

Look at the ingame clock ????

The one that tells me what time it is where I live, or the clock that tells me what time it is at A-Net’s HQ?

I wish that I could tell the difference between day and night without pointing my camera in the sky.

Bringing this up so the thread doesn’t die, this is too good of an idea to let die.

I’ve seen many threads like this, but I love tengu, so I will agree to this one as well.

When I first heard about the fight, I was expecting something similar to this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtKh7e2ESBc I still can’t believe that was Zhaitan, Arena-Net said the elder dragons were enormous and one was even mistaken for a mountain and nearly impossible to kill. Zhaitan was just slightly larger than a champion dragon and we killed it with fireworks in an anti-climatic way. It kind of kills any feel of accomplishment.

Vorch.2985:

Official response from a forum moderator (I don’t think it’s a dev).

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/ANet-Is-this-mod-legal-Or-do-
we-get-banned-using-it/first#post124165

So keep at it let ANet know how much you want it.

The link is broken, what did it say?

Enigma.3950:

I actually live 10minutes from Bellevue in Seattle where they are located. I would gladly walk in there with the idea and information needed myself being in the game industry. That is however not possible for a walk in policy.

Can you do it anyways? Guild Wars 2 is already breaking my Mouse button 2.

Illushia.3721:

Katanas are absolute crap when used as one-handed sword. The blade is too thin and there’s not enough weight behind it to do any real damage.

They’re a two-handed sword designed to be -used- like a onehanded sword- they were for picking apart someone through the weak spots in their armor, or for hacking apart undefended people. But you needed both hands on the blade to give them any kind of power because they were so light.

Using them like a normal two-handed sword like we see ingame would just destroy your Katana. They were fairly brittle and hacking away at armor would see your sword destroyed in short order.

In short: No. Unless they get their own animations and weapon style.

We use greatswords as a slashing weapon instead of a stabbing, I think a one handed katana won’t break too many people’s immersion. Come to think about it, we use every weapon in the game incorrectly. Except staves, torches, focus, warhorns, and scepters because those aren’t real weapons.

Adine.2184:

As cool as it would be to Play a Tengu the problem you come across is that they are pretty much xenophobic isolationists in GW2 and rarely leave the walls of their city .

They aren’t xenophobic. http://i.imgur.com/5YEIFh.jpg They just want to protect themselves. http://i.imgur.com/AR7v0h.jpg And soon, they will need someone to help them protect their home. http://i.imgur.com/dR4RNh.jpg As the dragons haven’t quite started their attack on the wall yet and already they are having problems. http://i.imgur.com/LEFSTh.jpg http://i.imgur.com/7XBgGh.jpg

I don’t know about /hug or /kiss, but I know I want /throw asura. Think of the possibilities!

EDIT: Or /punt asura, that would be better than the first one!

At first I was thinking “Ugh, what type of dps meter is this guy going to show us?” Then I watched the video and now I feel like begging Arena-Net to give this to us so I can actually play the more ground targeted weapons. Also it would solve many problems I face in combat while reducing the chances I’ll get carpal tunnel dramatically.

Arken.3725:

First and foremost, aegis and resolve don’t make up for more than an 8k loss in health compared to the warrior. one miss doesn’t justify it.

They also have higher sustained damage than warriors, multiple blocks, blinds, projectile absorption, AoE buffs, combo finishers, and starters. Also untraited resolve will heal 1k damage within 10 seconds and can go up to 3k with a regen build. Don’t even get me started on how much a shout/staff/ToC/regen guardian can heal when in a group.

D I V A.6018:

SirMoogie.9263:

D I V A.6018:

eeeehm…
“Mighty Blow: Added a slight movement distance.”

THIS is it Anet? I hope this is some sort of joke, it doesn’t even address any of the problems of the hammer, did noone read what we, the community had to say? Mighty Blow was really like the only skill there was no problem with…

If this is seriously what you call so proudly “hammer love”, this is a sad day.

I’m not so sure what you were expecting. This thread had many asking for more talents for the hammer (done) and a gap closer (done). The only thing they did not do was increase the speed on symbol of protection. That they didn’t does not mean that they won’t, but even without it the hammer is now more than useful in its intended role as a control weapon.

I am one of the few who will admit that you are probably right. When I saw “hammer love” I expected a speed up for #1 and something to #3 like similar to the warrior’s hammer skill that cripples fows in a wave. (To be honest, a chilled version of this would have been the perfect solution) Well, Anet did fine with balancing so far, but they always underperform when “improving” a weapon.

As for myself, still not a viable weapon for PvP. Period.

It still beats the “love” scepter got when they said they would “help” it…Then proceeded to slow down Orb of Wrath and lower the damage for it.

Shimond.2478:

Esorono.1039:

Weapon traits that reduce cooldown and something else are being merged often, I’m pretty sure over time all of them will be.

I think that’s probably fair, as there seems to be a lot of traits and having to decide on which, or take both, wasn’t a particularly fun choice to make. Personally, I always went with toughness.

I always went with the cooldown since 90 toughness isn’t going to make as much of a difference to a regen/tough/vit guardian while a reduced cooldown to Shield of Judgement and Shield of Absorption gave more survivability. I still find it annoying that detonate doesn’t pop the bubble and stop the shielding animation yet however.

Shimond.2478:

Interesting, didn’t even think we needed the shield buff but I’ll take it.

Weapon traits that reduce cooldown and something else are being merged often, I’m pretty sure over time all of them will be.

Tesq.1432:

guardina hp were nerfed on bw2 and his glyps of heal too both cut of 50%.
I had 22k of life and a heal of 10k now i have a life of 12 and a heal of 4k and is th emost powerfull……….

They never changed how much hp they had, unless it was over a year ago since I didn’t even know about GW2 until last September. They just simply changed the amulet guardians had by default, you can change it for free if you want to.

As for the topic on hand, guardians have low hp because of their damage migration and passive regen. The regen is low, but it adds up in long fights quickly, and with the right build it can be doubled while still maintaining fairly high hp and damage.

D I V A.6018:

eeeehm…
“Mighty Blow: Added a slight movement distance.”

THIS is it Anet? I hope this is some sort of joke, it doesn’t even address any of the problems of the hammer, did noone read what we, the community had to say? Mighty Blow was really like the only skill there was no problem with…

If this is seriously what you call so proudly “hammer love”, this is a sad day.

Many people wanted a gap closer for hammer, I’m kind of disappointed that people are mad about it now. It also has a chance to freeze every 45 seconds which has a possibility to stack with the water rune that freezes on weapon swap, it would be brutal to be stuck in that.

nesadi.6190:

I think it’s a fair assumption that Glacial Heart will be a Valor Major trait, since one of the Valor Major traits will be missing after the merge.

Still have to agree that focus is much better than shield, which is disappointing.

The shield does synergize well with scepter though. One of my favorite combinations is scepter/shield + sword/focus, it’s a great balance between offense and defense.

tasbury.3674:

Esorono.1039:

The heal from ToC heals far more than any of the three heals from guardians, so I feel I can safely call it a heal as well. Also you have to time it so that you aren’t already dead by the time you cast it. As for the knockdown problem, guardians can apply stability before ToC, and ToC comes with a free passive protection. If timed correctly, ToC can restart your entire fight which is a lot more powerful than a 3 second block and restoring virtues.

ToC actually used to give stability throughout the entire duration, but has been nerfed and no longer does this. Even so it’s the most powerful elite skill no matter how you are set up.

I think that Renewed focus would actually be worth using if you had the ability to move and use abilities during it’s duration. Since other classes have non-elite skills that grant invulnerability that still allow them to perform actions on shorter cool-downs and longer durations the skill really needs to be looked at.

I know it doesn’t give stability anymore, which is why I suggested using a stability skill before ToC. And I still don’t think it will be worth losing ToC for even if it allowed movement, The tome is incredibly powerful under the right conditions. Don’t get me wrong, Renewed Focus is good, but ToC overshadows it.

There is an option for toggling sheath and unsheathing. It’s in Keybinds but it isn’t bound to anything to begin with.

I love the guardian’s staff and I use it more than any other weapon for guardian. It’s a monster in Dynamic Events with empower combined with Justice. And after the empower my greatsword plows through mobs like a hot knife through butter. Also it has a speed boost on it. Line of Warding has saved mykitten many times as well. Orb of light is very useful in personal story as it’s the only skill in the game I know that will only aggravate one mob so long as it’s not in a line. The wide cone hits a ton of mobs in Dynamic Events which really makes up for the low dps, and in a large group it procs Justice like crazy. In PvP, the staff melts mesmers and leaves them helpless when combined with spirit weapons. The best part is that their illusion’s on death skills won’t hit because you aren’t in range of them. When combined with stability and Altruistic Healing, it can change the tide of battle in seconds on a contested capture point. I feel staff is one of the better weapons for Guardians, just not for 1 on 1 fights unless you’re fighting a pet class.

ShadowbaneX.6273:

It’s not a Heal, your Heal Skill is your Heal. Renewed Focus (hopefully) buys you the time to use it. Tome of Courage requires you to get it out and then cast it. If you’ve got the time to do that, then by all means, go for it. If you’re in the middle of a fight with no time to escape or if you’re knocked on yourkitten it’s not going to be much help.

The heal from ToC heals far more than any of the three heals from guardians, so I feel I can safely call it a heal as well. Also you have to time it so that you aren’t already dead by the time you cast it. As for the knockdown problem, guardians can apply stability before ToC, and ToC comes with a free passive protection. If timed correctly, ToC can restart your entire fight which is a lot more powerful than a 3 second block and restoring virtues.

ShadowbaneX.6273:

Some of you are looking at Renewed Focus the wrong way.

Yeah, it’s not as showy as say Tornado, or Moa Morph, it’s not a Force Multiplyer like Time Warp or Battle Standard, but when you get down to low health, it can do something that no other elite can: give you time. It buys you 4 critical seconds to get more energy for dodging, to get skills to recharge to allow you to keep on fighting, to get conditions to end. You can use Virtues while you’re channeling it for extra Health, and since you’re invulnerable that’s an extra hit you can take when it ends. If you’ve got Inspired Virtues you’ll also get Regeneration & Protection which is more survivability.

Once it’s done, your passives come back so you can pop them again for more health, soaking another attack, possibly applying AoE Blind if you’ve got Blind Exposure.

Again, not as showy as most elites, not a game wrecker for damage, but if used at the right time it can save yourkitten in a way that no other elite can.

I’d rather just use the full heal from tome of courage than use Renewed Focus for stalling time so I can regen for 321 hp. It has uses, but as a heal, no.

When taking in consideration how long the burn lasts while Justice is passive and active, it only does more damage within the 30 second cooldown if there are 3+ people around or if you plan on killing whatever you are facing very quickly. Also if resolve’s passive was any stronger a defensive guardian would be more of a nightmare to kill in PvP than it is now. I can already create a guardian that heals for 190 hp a second passively and then stack on regen for 220 a second with every other skill I use healing him for small amounts.

Farzo.8410:

I would like the elite tomes to be another health bar. When you use the tome skills with like 50% of your HP left, a new HP bar will appear and slowly go down. If you get damaged the bar will go down faster, and when the elite skill is over, you will come back to your current 50% HP you had before.

Like Necromancers elite skill.

With the survivability guardians have, I would believe this would be a bit too powerful. The tomes really don’t need anymore buffs at the moment as they are already one of the stronger elites. Renewed Focus could use a few buffs here and there to make it more on par with the tomes such as being able to move while casting.

shedim.8504:

Renewed focus is pathetic, since it actually immobilizes you for three seconds and honestly, I’m not so sure if the renewed virtues on a 90 seconds cooldown is worth an elite skill. As for the tomes, well I don’t want a knight to pull out a book right in the middle of the battle and read some fairytales.

I’d gladly swap the elite skills for something else, that fits my playstyle more but unfortunately the is no such option.

Guardians are more of a battle priest/paladin/holy warrior than a knight, without the religion part of course. Warriors already fill the knight role currently. All guardian’s attacks have at least a little magic in them but not all attacks are physical, so they are actually bit more of a magic caster than a soldier.

It was changed long ago.

What is the anti-farm code?

There is also a very small chance of getting an endless tonic from the chests.

I wouldn’t mind if the guardian’s hammer skills were sped up a bit. I feel like I’m waiting a century for anything to hit when playing with it.

I love tengu very much, and I know there is already an enormously large chance of them being playable in the future. But I just wanted to ask anyways because I really want to play one ever since Guild Wars 1, and it’s been kind of depressing to me that they made a race that looks like giant humans based off Nordic mythology, and an entirely new race that’s only been alive for 25 years playable yet not the tengu.

Also slightly off topic, but does anyone know when I can see this in a cutscene? http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/4225/tengu2f.jpg I’m missing it for the tengu collection I’m making.