Guild Wars 2

Im not ok with giving away Taimi’s hard work, even if its for the greater good, I would just make them with my Might. I goes against things I believe in.

Mega Messiah.1734:

FrostSpectre.4198:

full-berserker-teams, corner-exploiting and other unfair practices becomes impossible to abuse.*

Jesus Christ, my sides.

Go home everyone. Line of sighting and efficiency are exploits.

I use LoS in Pvp on real players, the real players walk around the corner to come get me..

So…. how is LoS an exploit if real ppl do it and AI does it?

If anet wanted AI to NOT stand in AoE, they would configured them to run out of aoe.

Just let us know if you still working on this and plan on giving it to us this year at least. Its one of my favorite parts of the game.

6months between is almost to slow, making it 1yr makes me very sad.

The new updates all are needed and well done, these last 4 preview up dates IMO are the most well balance ones yet, only thing I really fear is that LB ranger might be OP in pvp.

Ankas.9023:

not true I use venom thief in WvW and if you know how to trait it right its almost unbeatable 1v1. I have killed so many people with that build. Its almost crazy good. Only down side to it is no speed buff on movement and no stealth only 1 way to stealth but who needs that when your target just drops down. Oh and everything is recharged in 36 seconds.

And there are Condi guardians naked (no gear) doing 1v1’s in wvw too saying its op.

Just b.c you can beat some ppl sometimes doesnt mean its good. Its a terrible system and needs some tweaking.

Thief utilities are WAY to viable to replace with venoms, stealths, condi removal, break stun, regen vigor, etc…

A couple big problems with venoms are: Long CD’s and Limit use.

A suggestion, Make them time limit no use and just 1 condi per.
Also make them either Condi or straight dps not both.

Spider Venom: 45sec CD, last 30sec: Applies Poison for 3sec once every 5sec
Skale Venom: kitten CD, last 30sc: Applies Vulnerability for 3sec once every 5sec
Basilisk Venom: 60sc CD, last 20sec: Every 4th hit Dazes for 1/2 sec.

Traits can Lower CD’s of the casting of the skill.
Venom Share can give players a hit when you proc the hits, like press the Virtue of Justice.

Warhawk.6083:

Yo been waiting for like 2 years now to see some legendary armor lets go people!

We dont even have precursor craft/gathering, 500 cooking or jewel yet, we arnt ready for Legendary armor.

Stormcrow.7513:

At least it would give some people something to do. It would also make people with Ascended armor angry, unless that was a type of “precursor”.

Legendary armor would be like legendary weapons, same stats, but you can change you stats at anytime.

Player chose to make ascended armor, it isnt really needed, just like ascended weapons arnt, but ppl still make them weeks before legendaries sometimes.

When swimming on top the water you have no skills, if you get immob, daze/stun etc.. you cant break/condi removal, this is very annoying.

It just makes me not want to RP swim every.

+5 Agony Bugged at Account Bound. The Recipe for them makes them account bound now, where before it didnt.

Yeah Ive seen spirit weapon builds… but I feel like Im wasting viable utilities. I will play around, I just wish there was more build varieties.

The Primary.6371:

Faux.1937:

Im tired of Pvp players thinking that they lost b.c “Oh they had 2 warriors and we didnt” or “Oh they have a decap engi with a ele tag team at home” or “they must be on TS and we arnt”

NO, No and again NOOOOO, its b.c you run solo to outman fights, fight you cant handle, or your fighting off point CHASING a class faster than you… “see this way to much” simply you dont rotate.

Not saying everyone doesnt, and Honestly the sad truth, most on the forums know this and its the players that “dont” go out of there way to read an dlearn more about the game (Talking about those that dont go to the forums, reddit, guild wars guru/wiki etc.. to try and better understand).

The Picture below is an example

Was just playing a game, and this player (will not be named) say “they have better team comp” when they didnt, we did actually.

• I was at home, I call out “3 home, home lost”
• 1 player comes, and died,
• 2nd player comes again.. solo.. and died
• 2 on mid with no enemies whole time
• I start to go far, I see Inc home, I call out “Inc home, 4 home”
• the 2 dead respawn and go home… they died
• I tell Mid ppl watch out inc mid and I got the Cap far
• I ask for help at far (sense a mesmer was bouncing between mid and Home didnt want a portal on me) and to look out for inc to mid
• The 2 dead ones…. run back home an died.

Please learn to rotate, here are some tips

• If your Out manned and/or you know you cant win the fight, Dont try it
• If you can tell (mini map) where all 5 are and CLEARLY your out manned on a point, holding 1 strong and 0 on another, go take it.
• If you have 1 point, 1 is contested and they have 1, there is a 2v2, a 2v2 and 1 enemy holding there point (not helping either fight) go support your team mates, make it a 3v2 spike them down fast then that 1 goes helps the other (IF they are still alive and you can help them win) Dont run off to the other and make it a 1v1. What will happen is you might lose a 2v2 and now your 2 man down and they are 2 men up over you.

Disclaimer Im not an amazing Pvp’er, but I would say Im above average, I may not knowall the tricks, and some of the info I do know may have a better way, so please dont tell me Im a stupid player and just give better advise, PS. Im terrible at english.

It’s pretty funny how the majority of you people are trying to disguise a “noob rage thread” by making it look like a teaching attempt.

What is with this rotate crap anyways, do you want noobs to constantly turn around or as you would type it (rotate) in a clockwise or anticlockwise fashion?

Can’t you spell it out as it is from the beginning with these points:

1. Communication
2. Experience (that’s very lol for needing experience to control giant circles)
3. Player killing knowledge
4. Survivability understanding.
5. Spec synergy

So.. your saying b.c Im trying to teach noobs (or anyone for that matter) that all my points, and reasons are invalid b.c they are noobs? yes im tired of players doing silly things, but that doesnt mean I wana Hate on them it just means I want them to learn and get better so pvp becomes for fun and we grow better as a community.

Giving an example of whats bad and teaching them why it is bad, then showing them the proper way of doing it (without using players names as an example b.c we dont wana single anyone out) is a valid way to teach.

My Name plates are showing (new string) after them. So far its only been Risen in the story mode “Brute Force”

maha.7902:

being able to evade 8 times in a row is balanced what are you talking about

Being Immune to everything is also.

BUT your forgetting, that is how thieves stay alive, evade and blind.

TheGreatA.4192:

Being in the right place at the right time pretty much separates the good players from the bad in this game mode.

There’s very little that can be done about players who don’t have the brain for positioning and cannot understand the “flow” of a game. I usually try to avoid playing games with those type of players, even if they are super duel masters. Won’t matter if they are always in the wrong freaking place.

Even one person can win a game for the team if he’s constantly making unfair 3v2s, 2v1s happen and also wins his 1on1s or decaps enemy points when they are zerging.

Had to Bold that and say +1

Im tired of Pvp players thinking that they lost b.c “Oh they had 2 warriors and we didnt” or “Oh they have a decap engi with a ele tag team at home” or “they must be on TS and we arnt”

NO, No and again NOOOOO, its b.c you run solo to outman fights, fight you cant handle, or your fighting off point CHASING a class faster than you… “see this way to much” simply you dont rotate.

Not saying everyone doesnt, and Honestly the sad truth, most on the forums know this and its the players that “dont” go out of there way to read an dlearn more about the game (Talking about those that dont go to the forums, reddit, guild wars guru/wiki etc.. to try and better understand).

The Picture below is an example

Was just playing a game, and this player (will not be named) say “they have better team comp” when they didnt, we did actually.

• I was at home, I call out “3 home, home lost”
• 1 player comes, and died,
• 2nd player comes again.. solo.. and died
• 2 on mid with no enemies whole time
• I start to go far, I see Inc home, I call out “Inc home, 4 home”
• the 2 dead respawn and go home… they died
• I tell Mid ppl watch out inc mid and I got the Cap far
• I ask for help at far (sense a mesmer was bouncing between mid and Home didnt want a portal on me) and to look out for inc to mid
• The 2 dead ones…. run back home an died.

Please learn to rotate, here are some tips

• If your Out manned and/or you know you cant win the fight, Dont try it
• If you can tell (mini map) where all 5 are and CLEARLY your out manned on a point, holding 1 strong and 0 on another, go take it.
• If you have 1 point, 1 is contested and they have 1, there is a 2v2, a 2v2 and 1 enemy holding there point (not helping either fight) go support your team mates, make it a 3v2 spike them down fast then that 1 goes helps the other (IF they are still alive and you can help them win) Dont run off to the other and make it a 1v1. What will happen is you might lose a 2v2 and now your 2 man down and they are 2 men up over you.

Disclaimer Im not an amazing Pvp’er, but I would say Im above average, I may not knowall the tricks, and some of the info I do know may have a better way, so please dont tell me Im a stupid player and just give better advise, PS. Im terrible at english.

So can someone give a good estimate how much % less DPS the new FT will do compare to Bombs/nades?

All condi traits…. If Sword had bleeds (even 1 stack per hit at 7s) that be good enough for a pvp/wvw build.

Azrael.4960:

An alternative to grinding ascended armour is a pretty good idea. However, you’ve overlooked a couple of points

1. You can craft up the +1’s to become higher grade infusions such that you can get enough AR using just your trinkets to play up to 49.

2. Adding in ascended weaponry and enough AR on trinkets you can actually go in to FOTM without ascended armour at all.

3. Ascended trinkets are account bound so you already have account wide AR. The base AR from ascended trinkets is 30. The back piece and rings can take more with the agony infusions. So conceivably you can make enough AR through that alone.

I honestly forgot ascended is account, well the trinkets are able to be on all classes, armors are not. Thanks for the reminder.

Any other viable DPS builds? Im tired of just the 1 dps and the 1..ish bunk, I do solo Ques for the more randomness if your wondering what I play in mostly.

I feel like guard has some of the more boring builds. I do like the Meditation build alot, just looking for another to change up the paste of things.

Phil.7903:

Current AR system is simple and works just fine, why do you feel the urge to change it?

Have you had to teach something like 400 ppl how it works? No its not fine from the “casual players” point of view and after so much teaching and talking I to dont like it.

Ettanin.8271:

Faux.1937:

I see your point and agree with it, still be nice to have more content with AR needed.

These should then be introduced in a similar system to fractals, like a version with AR needed and one without.

Anything else is vertical progression which is against the tenets of GW2.

But what about the system of AR it self. Do you like the idea?

Aguri.2896:

Personally I wouldn’t mind this system but I don’t agree with requiring AR for a new zone. One of the core parts of the game was that people wouldn’t be locked out of content because their gear isn’t good enough. Requiring AR to even play a zone would not be fair and would enrage a lot of people. At the moment fractals don’t even require AR to play because you can still do levels 1-9 without it.

I see your point and agree with it, still be nice to have more content with AR needed.

Agony Resistance is a nice way to time gate, goal working, skill based, gold sink idea, I like the way we need Agony Resistance in FOTM’s and would like a entire zone where we need it and the champions place agony on us.

I talked about it before and a Dev did comment on it in the Fotm CDI.

But 1st some pro’s/cons to the current system (I am be missions some please just add them in as you see/remember them)

PRO’s

• Gives players a goal
• Added mechanic to bosses for skill
• Adds more to the game
• A piece of gw1
• Gives us hopes for future ideas
• A experience check

Con’s

• Hard to learn/confusing for new players (Always a long talk to teach someone)
• Adding to Rings/Infused Feels “clunky”
• Another thing to keep track/craft and spend gold.
• Not Account

Proposal
Have the Ability to use the +1’s by double clicking (or just using) and add to your account, for a base AR for your whole account, keep the ability to use and add the +1’s together for Infused pieces.

An example: to gain your first +1 AR to your Account you will need to use up 10 +1’s, the 2nd one will need 14, +1’s, then 20 +1’s etc.. (I’m just giving out an example these are not actually numbers that would be used).

Pro’s

• Able to take and learn new classes into fotm without worrying about AR, also gives them a reason to try new classes in fotm’s
• Don’t have to worry about gearing and spend lots of time/gold into playing Alt characters (Over all Alt friendly)
• Give’s us another goal to work towards, I love and find the Magic find system works great.
• Gives another reason for the +1’s
• Gives new players and veteran players more incentive to do more/all fotm’s

Con’s

• My give players less reason’s to get ascended gear on alts
• This might be a pro for Anet, +1’s prices will go up and be steady at a different price.

I have a pic below as an example, Please don’t down vote this to the Underworld right away, talk about it, I would LOVE for this system to be inprove.

Please be nice to me about my grammar, I have a reading and Writing LD, Despite that everyday I am trying to improve myself. If you feel you need to correct grammar, do so nicely

YES SAB GIVE ME NOWS!

Is there anyway Possible to let us know when you plan on doing SAB, is it going to be a yearly thing now? still Bi-annual?

I love the garden Idea!

SE p1, then TA up finally Arah p2 All very fun and easy to learn simple tricks/mechanics to make it easier.

TA up I feel might be the easiest but also can be long. Watch some videos to help you deiced.

Titles says it all. please let us have a cactus node for our home instance.

If you use a Reflect when she Shadow shots to you, you will teleport to her.

@ Purple Miku.7032

The problem isnt its hard, the Problem is all fotm fights are at one scale and then Mai Trin is at a EXTREME scale.

As a teacher I would never jump students to that different levels of difficulty so fast for any reason.

Purple Miku.7032:

Lol

It’s a lot less forgiving now and you’ll die if you don’t block her teleport projectile attack, but I think it’s about time people have a reason to coordinate better and learn this boss’s mechanics well.

I actually think that the encounter itself is fine, but replace the stupid timegate cannon phase with something else or change it. That’s the only part that I think needs to changed because it’s just plain goofy. You can’t attack the boss at all and don’t do anything but stand outside of red circles.

Now, your last statement… “Please resolve this!”

Think about what you’re saying… you’re telling Arenanet to resolve the issue of you and your teammates not being able to beat a boss. The situation is subjective because it’s not an impossible encounter at all as plenty of groups have been able to beat it since they buffed it yesterday.

Mount Everest isnt impossible to climb the top but dont expect 90% of rock/mountain climbers to reach the top. And then dont say its easy if you can.

It my be fresh air for the 1% of players, and a good organized team might be able to do it after multi tries (I havent seen a level 50 done yet with a group). But dont expect the entire game to be elite.

Im a very good player, i can solo arah, I can solo fotms and have, but I know this is a problem and not even fun.

KNOWING you can be 1hit killed b.c another player moved slightly close than you isnt a fun idea.

What was wrong with Mai Trin anet? out of all the fotms Ive been in from all levels of 19-50, she was already scalled well, she was by far the most wiped on for pug groups compare to the others.

The TRUE Medical Ninja! Why you think we got those thief updates, Ninja armor and new Armor stats.

Go all white, with a bit of red, Stealth when rez, -50% damage when stealth, you give Regen to ally you stealth, 20k Hp 3k Armor, 1k Heal! Dont forget Mercy Runes!

GO TROLLS!

This sounds terrible, please fix ANET I dont NOT wana do fotms again for another 2 months I JUST NOW started to get my rotation back from the last crappy bug.

5/5/04/0

The Idea is 10% more damage from symbols and Symbols last longer.

Would this for Main hand hammer damage be more than other hammer damage builds?

Ive done testing and it seems like more damage to me.

I’m a-Luigi, number one!

Ark Bladesteele.2943:

It doesn’t look like this update is live yet. Perhaps wait for the patch coming later today? If you check the Black Lion Weapons Specialist, for example, Jade weapons are not yet available and Phoenix weapons are still one ticket.

edit: and hooray for one of the best-looking longbow skins back in the game! Nice!

Then dont Announce it, or at least say when it goes live.

I didnt get one either, what a waste.

Azrael.4960:

maha.7902:

ah yes, the elusive “one shotters” which nobody in the game can ever give reference to

But think of the children! (Never been one shot myself, but I thought I’d be considerate)

Well… Ive been instant downed MANY times, mostly 1 attack with multi hits, like Mossmans Gouge, it hits you 2x for 12-15k each hit.

Hammer guy from Cliffside, his Big Bash hit, 1hits me 18k+

SE p1 the 1st Champ his Tunnel attack.. 1 hit me for 25k+ damage.

Arah p3 1st Boss, you dont move you dead.

WHY WE STACK

1) Combo Fields have a small radius
2) Players boons have a Small radius
3) Melee is more damaging
4) Kitting takes longer to kill, less time Hitting the boss
5) If someone dies everyone is there to pick up fast
6) Utilities have small range (Null field, Wall of Reflect, Guardian Symblems etc…)
7) Players aoe skills and Cleve attacks have a Small range
8) Good players stack with or without corners due to the above.

Your wanting to remove LoS cornering, that is fine, if anet doesnt like us doing it they can remove it, BUT!!!! You will NEVER remove stacking in this game AS LONG AS the mechanics stay the same.

Wethospu.6437:

If you defend reflects and think you are good at this game… please think again.

Im defending Rendering Skills pointless, we need more useful skills not less.

No Pulse.2967:

Please. I beg you. Watch this video. And tell us how reflects deal(t) no damage against Malrona.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA3xTJIM1x8

Yes, I agree reflects are strong, but removing them isnt the answer, just tone done the damage and let them still work, Id be happy if it only did 10% the damage back, oh wait nvm 10% on some bosses is to much.. make it 1%, still be more useful than NONE!

maxinion.8396:

HHR LostProphet.4801:

maxinion.8396:

plz tell us how you know developers meant for bosses to be kited

kthx

If you stack in front of Malrona without any reflect, you’ll die instantly.
The reflect doesn’t hurt her but it negates her only damagesource outside of her highly telegraphed poison.

i can just dodge/evade that, without kiting her. the timing is incredibly easy to figure out. i usually run a full glass, no defense LH ele in this fight and stay entirely in melee. next?

Just b.c we dont “need” reflects in the same way many players dont “need” heals, elites, utilities DOESNT make it ok to render a skill uslless b.c we are using it the way it was made, even tho it made some encounters easier. Just fix the mechanic dont remove it.

Trevor Boyer.6524:

Ather.5091:

Don’t know what you mean, the spider queen is still pretty easy. You can still safely kill her with 3 people running dps meta assuming you bait the 1st venom spray but I am sure even that is not necessary. It’s the p2 part with Detha and the traps that concerns me when it comes to pugs in AC.

It’s supposed to be a level 35 dungeon
not a level 80 perfect berserker gear dungeon

+1 b.c your know multi big 1 hit kill aoe skills casted in a small area over and over again is a good new play mechanic.

I want to know why is the very 1st dungeon in the game for NEW players that DONT even know game mechanics yet need to fight this spider boss?

Arah would be easier to show (1st boss speaking)

Why are we not allowed to use reflects on bosses?

They are a legit skill used in the correct ways, but more and more bosses we no longer can use on.

Definace and non reflects make bosses no fun or no reason to use mechanics, just melee and zerk done before we are killed, on fighting the new AC 2 (andTA up) the more zerk the better b.c we take less damage, skills like Shield block, endure pain, guard/mesmer invul, thief/mes evades are all enough to not get hit.

IMO:
Letting CC skills and reflects be more useful but giving Bosses a MUCH higher AI and dodge mechanics would be a much more challenging fight and more fun, also will change the meta.

I thought he was going to ACTUALLY post about the problem, Chaos os Lyssa Recipe but instead he dodges the question.

Does anet want it to be Extremely rare? Does anet want the rich to have a item only they can afford? Did anet thought it was drop more due to last years Guantlet farms (even tho they was farm for gold, there is no gold in it this year so no, they wont be farmed)?

Karolis.4261:

Marcus Greythorne.6843:

I’m curious why some people have that black/white attitude. If it’s a ranger with a bow, the dungeon-run MUST last more than 1 hour, it MUST have at least 2 wipes.

I could say the same to any other profession. Mesmer, keep your clones out of aggro! Necro, those minions are the reason why we wiped again. GS-Warrior, why don’t you have banners instead of full-signets? Thieves, just get rid of sword, please! … and so on.

In truth, every profession can be played in a lot of different ways and be viable. Not necessarily speedrun-viable, but wipeless viable without doubling the run-timer.

If you want to have casual runs, great! Join casual groups, it’s all good. We want to have fast runs, we join speed-clear groups. Everyone’s happy.

The best quote in this thread imho. Every one of you can choose which group you wanna join. I wouldn’t join a speedrun-group with an experimental new build with any profession. I don’t expect others to have a certain build when doing normal runs though, you don’t turn 30 minutes into 90 minutes just because of a build, it’s the player skill that matters, and how he/she can work with the chosen skills.

You realize that sword(P) is best weapon for thief in stacks and in most situations provides best dps unless targets back is easily accessible for D/D +infusion of shadows backstab stream, right?

This is True I have done 21k PW before, (trying to get my Max) in CoE, that is ever 2.7s I can do that, With the Evade and Blind it is THE BEST stacking set for thief.

D/D is for Single fights/bosses.

Ramoth.9064:

ritualist is the engineer >_> so obvious.

Doesnt in anyway feel the same and that is what matters.

+1, 15 characters

1) Claw Weapons/Fists
2) Scythes
3) Whips/Chains/Flails (all same weapon type different looks)
4) Pole-arm on Land
5) Crossbow