Guild Wars 2

Really sorry to hear that dear. It was hard for me even though I don’t have a disability…so I can’t imagine how hard it must be for those with disability…

papaganoosh.7908:

Good video. He speaks the truth. And Warr is deff the most balanced class, people need to be brought in line with it, not the other way around.

Sure I’ll take a 400HPS passive heal on my thief if that’s what it means to be brought in line with the warrior.

It’s called inflation guys.

Gold will be devalued if he doesn’t get nerfed.

Well all the fights before liadri are a joke anyways. I would agree that the pirates fight is harder than any other fight besides liadri though.

Vol.5241:

The exchange rate for gold/gems is not a good commodity to judge inflation.

What if Anet suddenly released an unlimited Master salvage kit? That would increase the gold/gem rate.

But that doesn’t mean gold inflation has occurred.

gold would be devalued so yes inflation has occurred.

DarksunG.9537:

Excalibur.9748:

i have an economics minor so I think I know what inflation is. the truth is…it’s already started :P and will only get worse

You have an economics minor & you’re calculating inflation based on 1 commodity? um…

well everyone’s trying to prove inflation didn’t occur based on 1-2 commodities which is basically the same thing but reverse. in order to prove inflation didn’t occur, you’d have to show that the exchange rate versus gems (which is a stable currency) is stronger.. which is impossible since it passed 4 gold/100 gems already.

I wrote foods as in more than one…so obviously more than 1 commodity. (no not endurance foods…one of them not very popular food for the QG) i didn’t go into too much depths on my methodology but I noticed some other things but I can’t be certain on the percentage they increased by so I didn’t mention. you have to be aware that there is a huge goldsink going on by way of repeated tries at the pavillion bosses so I expect the inflation will be made more transparent after people have cleared all the bosses and start FARMING them.

i have an economics minor so I think I know what inflation is. the truth is…it’s already started :P and will only get worse

Vol.5241:

Excalibur.9748:

Vol.5241:

Excalibur.9748:

considering you can ezmode farm deadeye at 20g/hour, you put 2 and 2 together and what do you get? inflation!

That would be the case if

a.) all classes could do it as efficiently
b.) everyone is doing it

well the thing is I really DONT want to take advantage of this and grind deadeye…but if this inflation keeps up i’ll be FORCED to grind deadeye for the 20gold/hour.

Considering this event lasts until september it’s just a matter of time until everyone and their mom starts doing it.

I’ll be transparent here – I didn’t know about it until you said it. And tonight I’ll try it on my zerk warrior :P

I assume you use all gambits on Deadeye? And even through buying tickets, you still profit?

we don’t need more people doing this T_T

Vol.5241:

Excalibur.9748:

considering you can ezmode farm deadeye at 20g/hour, you put 2 and 2 together and what do you get? inflation!

That would be the case if

a.) all classes could do it as efficiently
b.) everyone is doing it

well the thing is I really DONT want to take advantage of this and grind deadeye…but if this inflation keeps up i’ll be FORCED to grind deadeye for the 20gold/hour.

Considering this event lasts until september it’s just a matter of time until everyone and their mom starts doing it.

considering you can ezmode farm deadeye at 20g/hour, you put 2 and 2 together and what do you get? inflation!

Black Teagan.9215:

TheGuy.3568:

Tbh I still think D/P is OP (but there are bigger offenders on other classes) and if you do not know why it is not really about the stealth.

D/P isnt OP, but the missing intern CD of 3 sec from IoS make it very strong

what’s this intern CD of 3sec you’re talking about? LoS stands for line of sight?

mtpelion.4562:

Inflation of 20-30% over the course of a week would have caused the game’s economy to collapse.

How did you arrive at that number?

the foods I eat are 20-30% more expensive.

I noticed an inflation of 20-30% personally.

I think QG and pavilion farming needs to be nerfed, honestly.

Myself with same equip, stats, traits, weapons, skills etc

and is as good as me too!

I never got those since I use S/D and shortbow and don’t really use stealth

Yea you don’t need dodge if you know what you’re doing.

Anelyn.4593:

So long story short, if I make a video of me killing someone in WvW using only shortbow AA and nothing else, does that make SB or thief OP?

you can kill someone with just shortbow? news at 10!

I would make a few changes.

1) Use greatsword and rifle (greatsword at first, when only 1 left switch to rifle)
2) Use healing signet and 4 other signets, aka 5 signet build
3) Eat mango pie or omnomberry pie

It should now be easy, enjoy!

(Let me know if you pwned him on the next try after making these changes)

I don’t run full zerk, but I find that full zerk is the way to go for some things like the Queen’s Gauntlet. The fights are timed , 2 minutes each so not using full zerk can be a disadvantage~!

kitten ,looks like the ranger has it tough for this fight.

Fresh air

Fresh fire

Fresh water

Fresh arcane

Bank on it.

Buffs need to happen to deadly arts and sword/dagger too. DA is used by non-stealth thieves since stealth thieves takes 30 in shadow arts. S/D is not used by stealth thieves they prefer D/P.

Hydra.9573:

I’ve gone through 4 stacks of sprockets buying nothing but tickets and I still cant beat this crap. im overwhelmed by everything thrown at me at once, if I pay attention to one thing im caught by another. It needs to be nerfed. if I cant get this kitten mini then my miniature collection is pretty much useless, guess I wont be buying any of the minis from the gem store anymore. Way to burn a repeat paying customer. hope the 10% of elites can make up for the lost miniature collectors not paying anymore.

how does not getting a miniature make your whole miniature collection useless?

The only reason I didn’t go with ele in this game is because it requires too much attument switching for me. Which is kinda weird,since there was no element attunement switch in the first game, why did they implement it in this game?

Well…still sad to see my old fav get nerfed repeatedly. Hopefully the ele will bounce back as a good solo-cap class just like it was in the first game.

I used to play an SF solo cap ele in guild wars 1 and it was really fun. Could cap any shrine by myself, even including dual monk shrines with meteor shower, firestorm, and searing flames.

In the early stages of Guild wars 2, ele was considered super squishy and in general bad for PvP. Then the D/D spec started to surface and that was basically the king of roaming builds. I remember that I had no chance in hell to take down a roaming D/D ele during their golden age.

Well….ele continues to take nerf after nerf…after nerf, so they’re pretty much not viable anymore for roaming which is kinda weird since my ele was perfectly viable for roaming and solo capping in the first game.

So pretty happy with where the thief is at atm even though we have also taken a lot of nerfs. The warrior basically replaced D/D in roaming. They got the sustain, tankiness, and mobility. They even do more damage too.

In the future we may see a meta shift towards warrior for the go-to roaming class since they get buffed every patch it seems though. They’re arguably already better than thief at roaming as is. Any more buffs will make them the best class for everything.

there’s a reason D/D isn’t really used anymore except in PvE lol. I can’t see how hard it would be dodge that.

LS suffers from the same problem too.

‘Champion of the Queen’s Gauntlet’ – defeat liadri
‘Lightbringer’ – get ‘light up the darkness’ achievement

yea a warrior makes this easy…too easy in what is otherwise a hard challenge.

+1.

Why is there not an achievement for the hardest thing in the game?

AnthonyOrdon.3926:

Sorry about the titles. This was kind of an oversight. I am nearly certain that the Gauntlet will return. Possibly as part of the activity rotation someday. Ideally we’ll extend it with more tiers of bosses, gambits, and achievements (and titles). I’m not sure if its possibly to retro-actively associate a new title with an old achievement but I will investigate. If so perhaps we can add some titles when the Gauntlet returns.

Please add a title to those who defeated liadra but don’t have that achieve too! It’s also very hard. And please do it retro-actively.

‘Champion of the Queen’s Gauntlet’ – defeat Liadria
‘Lightbringer’ – get light up the darkness achievement

Maketso.5602:

Excalibur.9748:

Cogbyrn.7283:

If I had the power to ban one person from the forums and sacrifice my ability to post in the process, it would be Excalibur.9748. And I would do it in a heartbeat.

That’s cute. All I see in your post history is you trying to get thieves nerfed. Now that someone is doing the exactly same thing you’ve been doing you call foul. How ironic.

Go back to your thief forums where you can brag about highest burst or something. You claimed this signet is most OP heal in game, okay, why dont you roll a necromancer and use the blood fiend on a half-healing build? It is on par if not better per/s health regen, as Dae has said. Secondly, if you burst a Warrior with it – their done. If you wish for Thieves to have stealth, their regen ability, AND be on par with open-field fighting of a Warrior then you should quit.

There is a huge reason why I never complained about necros even when most thieves were doing so. (or mesmers)They actually have really bad survivability in a roaming situation. Their mobility is probably the worst in the game or something. Completely different story here.

I think that Cogburn is trying to nerf thief stealth on the pretense that it’s annoying because it’s a guessing game which is true. Warrior mobility makes them annoying to catch as well. One of the most annoying thing is chasing warriors around the map. Furthermore, dying to skull crack+hundred blades is annoying because you know it takes literally no skill to land that combo in certain situations and is a kitten to get out of it. Warrior is basically as annoying as thieves now. So does being annoying and no fun to fight against equate to a broken mechanic and need a nerf?

If I roll anything, it would definately be warrior though!

Cogbyrn.7283:

Excalibur.9748:

Cogbyrn.7283:

If I had the power to ban one person from the forums and sacrifice my ability to post in the process, it would be Excalibur.9748. And I would do it in a heartbeat.

That’s cute. All I see in your post history is you trying to get thieves nerfed. Now that someone is doing the exactly same thing you’ve been doing you call foul. How ironic.

I think the stealth mechanic is trash and could be improved. I could go into length on ideas on how I think it would be more engaging than a guessing game with AoEs without any positive feedback.

How much length can you go into on how you could change the Warrior to fix your perceived issue while still making Warrior engaging? Please, try.

There are tons of people trying to change the thief initiative system or stealth system under the pretense of trying to improve their gameplay and they all just amount to a huge nerf….so I just cringe most of the time on reading any of these “so called suggestion topics” which are just a huge nerf slapped on it. It would be a different story if it would actually improve the gameplay but they don’t. There is a reason we chose a thief in the first place, we don’t want cooldown on the skills for example. And the whole revealed mechanic just seems like a huge workaround to me, it’s very inconvenient. I am actually interested in what you have in mind to change stealth though that is not just a big nerf disguised as a ‘fix to gameplay’

That said, I do think perma stealth is holding thief from being a versatile character. Too many things are tied to that mechanic.

Ljiona.9142:

Veritas.6071:

Excalibur.9748:

Cogbyrn.7283:

If I had the power to ban one person from the forums and sacrifice my ability to post in the process, it would be Excalibur.9748. And I would do it in a heartbeat.

That’s cute. All I see in your post history is you trying to get thieves nerfed. Now that someone is doing the exactly same thing you’ve been doing you call foul. How ironic.

I think the issue is that you’re the only one who has stuck around. There have been a couple more posts here and there that have yielded productive discussion, and many of us have offered tips on how to counter the signet. However, you continue to reappear, throwing opinions around as if they are facts and express zero interest in improving your gameplay. Do you honestly think coming here and posting totally unsupported opinion sways the devs’ outlook on the game and its balance? If you watched the stream yesterday with the devs, you’d know we have more buffs incoming in the future. Does that sound like something they would say if they agreed that they’ve created an unbeatable warrior of the caliber you’re describing? You’re wasting your time… and now I’m wasting mine.

He is the same yahoo that said the leaked patch notes were fake. There was no way they could be real because he was so smart. Anyone that discussed the changes were stupid because they were fake.

I wasn’t the only one saying that, many people agreed with me. I wanted to bet money that the patch notes were fake, and noone called me on the bet , likely because they knew there was a good chance the notes were fake. In the end, there were 2 nerfs that didn’t make the patch notes due to what I and many other said. So considering everything, it worked out nicely. So in what way does that makes me a ‘yahoo’?

Cogbyrn.7283:

If I had the power to ban one person from the forums and sacrifice my ability to post in the process, it would be Excalibur.9748. And I would do it in a heartbeat.

That’s cute. All I see in your post history is you trying to get thieves nerfed. Now that someone is doing the exactly same thing you’ve been doing you call foul. How ironic.

Chamolin.4530:

Sorry. Yeah its 2 minutes. Its still tough to beat that time with my style of play.

what’s your style of play? should be possible with any gear combinations. i mean that’s just the first boss.

Hastur.6231:

I also properly learned how to use my shatter mesmer when faced with one-shot situations like Liandri. I log-out to character screen, get my guardian, buy full gear, beat Liandri, realize I’m playing the wrong class for over 1 year. Thanks Anet!

Considering that mesmer is one of the recommended classes and the easiest to do it with, you just missed out on a chance to really learn what your class is capable..and unfortunately, took the easy way out and used the faceroll guardian ez mode class.

isn’t the time limit 2 minutes though?

bhagwad.4281:

Excalibur.9748:

bhagwad.4281:

DarksunG.9537:

bhagwad.4281:

And like I said, this challenge is limited not just by aptitude but by how much gold you can pay out.

That is absolutely not true.. There is no direct causal link between the gold you pay in the tournament & winning. I’m sure there are some people good enough to get it on the 2nd & 1st try, just because they are better players.

I think we also need some perspective on things too. The way people talk about this it’s like they’ll never get to see their son again as he goes off to a Colombian prison.

The mere existence of players who got it in the first or second try does not negate the fact that there’s a connection. If I didn’t have 14g to spare, there’s no way I would have been able to afford the 150 or so tries it took for me to finally beat her.

come on cheer up, you got the mini in the end. isn’t it worth it?

It was a pretty horrible experience and not one that I’m eager to ever repeat again. Two weeks later if Anet brings out more impossible stuff like this, my obsessive need to get loot might just give me a heart attack and die.

I was able to do it this time. What if next time I can’t? Content should be tough in such a way that a dedicated player with time and patience, skill, and the inclination to observe and learn should be able to beat it eventually.

This particular challenge though…seems that some people will never be able to do it no matter what they’re willing to put in.

why do you say that even though you cleared it through patience, skill and inclination to observe and learn eventually? what makes you think others won’t be able to do the same?

oZii.2864:

Excalibur.9748:

@oZii…there’s a huge difference between a thief in stealth and a warrior not in stealth.

The thief is in stealth..what is he doing? He’s regening health…or running away…he can’t do anything else.

Take a minute think about this for a second. Think about how a thief plays and what he uses stealth for. Then you will realize anybody that doesn’t have a thief will think it is hilarious that you ask this question and anyone who has a thief will also think it’s hilarious.

When a thief is in stealth he is doing what he normally does you just play normally while getting 470 hps.

so trying to get some damage off during stealth is not normal? As soon as you deal any damage at all you lose the 470 hps. whatever you do during stealth besides for running away or regening health will break the 470HPS.

While you’re running around not attacking, the warrior is attacking you AND regenning more HP than you with healing signet and adrenal health.

bhagwad.4281:

DarksunG.9537:

bhagwad.4281:

And like I said, this challenge is limited not just by aptitude but by how much gold you can pay out.

That is absolutely not true.. There is no direct causal link between the gold you pay in the tournament & winning. I’m sure there are some people good enough to get it on the 2nd & 1st try, just because they are better players.

I think we also need some perspective on things too. The way people talk about this it’s like they’ll never get to see their son again as he goes off to a Colombian prison.

The mere existence of players who got it in the first or second try does not negate the fact that there’s a connection. If I didn’t have 14g to spare, there’s no way I would have been able to afford the 150 or so tries it took for me to finally beat her.

come on cheer up, you got the mini in the end. isn’t it worth it?

Coldin.2840:

By the way, I ran Signet of Malice instead of Withdraw on my run. Since I’m constantly spamming attacks, the healing balances out the damage being taken (mostly). Though that does leave one without any evades at all in the fight, which can be trouble.

pistol whip is basically a dodge though

it’s private video

Anubarak.3012:

I think it would be better when they just fix the reflection of this skill.. Still doesnt work well

what do you mean it doesn’t work well?

SeeBeyond.1486:

I’d rather it be more like this:

Daggerstorm Elite:
90s Cooldown. 2 stages

On ability activation (stage 1) Spin clockwise instantly throwing 10 scorpion wires in random directions. 900 range. Grants 8s stability

Stage 2: Spin counterclockwise pulling targets hit by the scorpion wires to your feet, and continue spinning while throwing 5 daggers at once per second in random directions (range 900). Reflects projectiles until ability ends or is canceled. Duration 7s

Stage 1 Scorpion wire damage: 122
Stage 2 Scorpion wire pull: Applies 8s bleed @ 1100 base damage (bleeds still applied on targets that are immune to the pull)
Stage 2 Thrown daggers: 244 damage and applies 2s Cripple per dagger

Stage 1 would take 1s to complete, then stage 2 instantly activates, hence the 7s duration on stage 2.

you would get instantly pwned by the 10 warriors now clobbering at you in melee range.

@oZii…there’s a huge difference between a thief in stealth and a warrior not in stealth.

The thief is in stealth..what is he doing? He’s regening health…or running away…he can’t do anything else.

The warrior on the other hand is bloody owning everyone else , all the while regening an ungodly amounts of HP. besides it is passive so you can not deny him his heal. While the CND can miss/be easily dodged, and BP + HS costs almost all your initiative.

why you using the expensive truffle soup?

there are plenty of foods that are only 1s that are quite good!

Savish.4205:

That is like 4500 damage every 3 secs assuming you are hitting a 50% damage reduction from armor (which is over 3700+ armor) you must be getting 1500+ health regen per sec? I must be using the wrong healing signet…

it’s called dodges, endure pain, blocks etc. use it.

on topic: yes the healing signet is most op heal in the game. you don’t even have to use it even.

After lots of time theorycrafting various build, and strategies, I finally settled on a build which beat liadri. Then after that, I tried the build on all the previous bosses and schooled all of them in 1-2 tries.

Then I tried a couple of dungeons like CoF, honor of waves (first time doing it even) and found that I could now facetank mobs and even some bosses which I was never able to do before!

Thank you Gauntlet tournament, for making me a better player! I mean there was just nothing else in the game before that required me to step it up and for that I’m thankful.

hahahaha that’s funny. So it would be like endure pain but also attacks enemies. I think I like it! maybe a bit too OP though.

minbariguy.7504:

Somoe.3621:

It’s just a couple achievement points and a mini pet, so what if you’re not skilled enough to get it?

Yes, but on the other hand, it’s just a couple achievement points and a mini pet, so what if other players have them, too?

Somoe.3621:

I’m not trying to be a jerk or anything, but your post honestly just made you come across as really selfish. :/

Because wanting other people not to be able to have the same shinies you have isn’t selfish?

It’s not JUST any mini, it’s THE mini. Besides, you have like a month to get this mini if you really want it.