Guild Wars 2

Yet more proof that Anet don`t play/understand their own game,
/facepalmdeskfloor

Still so many saying they don`t want spamming, yet it`s mroe then (I hope) obvious that Anet are likely to put a block all duels option in there.
Yes, some nabs may pester a few times, just ignore them, job`s a good `un etc.
Also, most will just move onto wanting to duel someone else.

GW2 & EVE online are the only MMOs I know of that do not have duelling in game, & guess what….

http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/01/17/eves-february-12th-patch-to-adding-dueling-mechanic/

Even EVE are adding it now.

Anet, your move

Stick an On or Off option in settings to accept or decline all duel requests.

The PvErs need never be bothered again.
This way the PvPers get something every other game that exists that has PvP. Hell, even in Terraria you can scrap each other
Duelling in open world could only be a pain as copious amounts of mobs all over the place, so give a small (not too small) arena room (or a few to pick from, not on rotation like that annoying sPvP mess, where players can party group into, something like Aion` Pandemonium arena room.
That place is amazing fun, one of, if not the best, places in any game I`ve spent hours in.

Sort out culling, if that isn`t done, the patch is next to pointless. If this is done, I can then log & play, rather then my current log on, do daily in WvWs, log off routine.

NPC commander. Get shot of it! Doubt they will, but if not, make it level to amount of enemy players that are trying to defend, not the kitten that it is now. Also, loot drop from it.
Also, make it only spawn if defenders aren`t stupidly out-manned.

Remove the AoE cap, having that is still one of the most kittenarded things in PvP.

Are titles necessary? Sure, I had some rare pvp ones in warcraft that both friendlies & enemy could see, but if enemy can`t see these I don`t think they matter at all.

Dolyak runners, will they get something for doing what has to be done? Bots aren`t a problem as they`re all in main zones nowadays.
Defenders get nothing right now, changes to that would help make players defend.

Loot, is that going to be equalised to normal zones? If not, remove cost of repair vendors, WP installs etc. Put them on a few minutes timer after a keep etc is taken instead. Keep repairs cost, stops silly runners kamikaze style.

Dead players spying. Remove this, either open their map or something.

Paid transfers should be held off. Few I know have stuck to quiet PvE servers because have made guilds & they lose all that influence etc. Make guilds properly movable before stuff like this kicks in.

Remove chat blocking. amount of times a Commander et al has to whisper someone else because they`ve been suppressed hinders things.

Proper WvWs sub-forums. Anyone can still see what set servesr are saying, but makes finding local info` loads easier.

Almost forgot, a less ridiculous cast time on Churning Earth.
Also if you cancel the cast, a reduction on the time until it resets.
As it stands, we need to use another skill to either lightning flash or armour of earth just to try & make use of it.

LordByron.8369:

CachoDm.4639:

Fishbait.6723:

Get rid of stun block, I mean Magnetic Grasp.
No matter how many times this has been “fixed” it`s only a matter of hours/days until it starts stunning players again.
Swap it for wtk Thief has that pulls players instead. I`ve yet to hear of a Thief cronie saying kitten it! I got stunned by my own cast!"

The magnetic gasp isnt as bad as fire grab because you need to be facing perfectly the enemy direction in the other hand magnetic gasp helps you get an enemy that is trying to escape 65% of the time. If you forumQ.Qers would stop q.q and go play and learn some techniques ask other people for help how they use them pm I can give you some names to whisper in game and ask for help!

search a big karka (vet or champion) use your magnetic grasp….
you’ll see the issue……(happens in many occasions, just with karka is 100%).
Seems your L2P suggestion wasn t that smart…….

^^ What he/she said.

Also, 65%? You think that is acceptable? lol
It shouldn`t stun the Ele` casting it at all, regardless of if it grabs the enemy or not, as they (player or mob) can just turn & splatter you & you can`t do shizz.
Length of times it stuns players is the same length of time anyone/thing else can kill them easily enough/or a Thief kill you four times over ;p

Yep, I know Fire Grab is also bad, but I never mentioned that & assumed someone would eventually.

Get rid of stun block, I mean Magnetic Grasp.
No matter how many times this has been “fixed” it`s only a matter of hours/days until it starts stunning players again.
Swap it for wtk Thief has that pulls players instead. I`ve yet to hear of a Thief cronie saying “ kitten it! I got stunned by my own cast!”

Struggled with that wall of text. Paragraphs etc are good things
The little I did grasp was sigils. Yep, those`ll go active on attunements & weapon swap, but are on a CD of their own & due to Ele` needing to attunement swap all the time, it`s unlikely that actual weapon swapping would make any difference.

And there you still make my point.
You can still have D/D & Shortbow. Damage may be crap with SB (only tried Thief during beta, don`t recall much of their damage), but at least you have range.

Have you made the Ele` yet?

Yes it grants invulnerability, but they can still be stopped in their tracks with ease.
Immobilise them.
Anything from Guardian walls, three orb thing or wtk any other professions can use to stop a player moving also works on vapour form.
Must be magic, these things can stop a cloud of mist

Also DoT them up, these still tick & can kill them whether in cloud form or not.
Yes, this can be annoying, but they still have to wait ages to have that downed/death state reset before they can risk it again.
P.S. AoE near the door, you`ve a chance it`ll hit them.

Other then when an Ele` is near a portal, downed state is crap.

Personally, I wish they`d just either give us a suicide button or get rid of downed states once & for all, but there`s no such luck…

DamnThoseNames.8791:

I hope to see lots of great fights this week.

Have fun all !!

Peri

Nerf Mesmers!! ;p

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216893

ta da, enjoy!

i did this eons ago, never looked back

First off, wrongly assumed I haven`t tried other weapons, it even says in my rant that I have used others.
Scroll up & read again, or better still, make an Ele` & try it out in pvp, pve or wtk you want.
Attunements have sod all to do with range & as for “you get 4 attunements which is already 2 more than any other profession.” What!? No other profession has attunements, let alone two less, so I`ve (just like you) no idea wtk you`re going on about here
“If you get stuck in combat, thats your problem and everyone has that same issue if they wana swap.”.
Lol no! The CD on weapon swap for every other profession is what, 8 seconds once in combat, Zero when out? That means it`s a mere 8 or so seconds kiting & that player can go range again, or melee, their choice.
So you`re saying that the fix for every Ele`, is that they MUST go S/F or S/D to make up for lack of range/melee? hahahahaha
“Combo fields and weapon swap? Ele can do the same, read the description on your some of your skills you jibbering kitten.”
I know that already, nowhere did I say Ele` couldn`t, again, I even posted about the fact that Ele` CAN do combo fields, but everyone & their muppet says it`ll make Ele` OP. It won`t due to attunement & skill CDs of which I also stated in my post.

Hmm, Jibbering kitten. I hope that pet becomes gem store item ;D

Seriously though (more so), anyone that hasn`t got an Ele`, make one, skills level fast, go into WvWs & run with the zerg or go roaming & you`ll see exactly why this is required.
Plus side, you`ve a bank alt, also you`ll learn how/what they run like & how to counter D/D easier, because Staff & S/Anything is a free road kill.

Here we go again….(prepare for a rant & a half

;p)

First off, yes Anet said they were going to keep

an eye on this, but this was during beta & that

was what, eight or so months ago?
Not heard a dicky bird since then.

Zoooooooooom _@/ (<— that`s a snail, just fyi

;p)

Anyway, here goes deep breath

No, conjured weapons are not even close

enough to decent to count. Having to use up a

valuable skill slot for an extremely short

timed/cast weapon is not acceptable. Their

damage, even after last buff, is still laughable.

Oh, Frost bow you say? Cast/travel time that is

as bad as Longbow on Rangers (circle strafing

that still makes me cackle!), with a 900 Range.

MEH!

Ele` would be OP with 40 skills you say? What

40 skills. Attunement swapping has a lengthy

enough CD already that would prevent

anything silly/OP, along with GCDs making

this a null point.

Ah, but what about combo fields you say?
So? Mesmer can do combo fields & swap

weapons & utilise them.
Fairly sure others can do so also…
Also the fact that it`d be both short & easily

avoidable & again, Attunement swapping

would stop majority of anything strong.

Elementalist is THE ONLY profession that is

forced into either melee or range.
Loads of times I`ve been stuck on/below some

WvWs wall or the WvWs puzzle as D/D &

stood /twiddling. Same in Arah story,, got on

the zep, tried to switch to staff & got hit, one

dagger is insta-death.

Fair few times I`ve used staff (which I tend to

refuse to nowadays), gone to switch back to

D/D, been hit half way through swapping & am

either left with sod all or just one dagger

equipped.

(This game needs a huge fix re:stuck in

combat. Plenty of times I & the enemy haven`t

hit or been hit for mintues on end, but just

because we`re in the vicinity after having been

hit, we`re screwed over.)

Weapon swap out of combat is acceptable, but

only IF/WHEN they fix stuck in combat.

The solution is easy.

Give Ele` weapon spaces just like everyone

else has.
Placement 1: D/D or S/F or S/D.
Placement 2: Staff (nothing else fits here).
Put a lengthy CD on it, anything from 30-60

seconds (& that is pushing extremes!)
Even use this CD when out of combat.

See how easy that was?

If they want to keep sPvP/tPvP the way it is,

they already have that in game where things in

there aren`t affected by things in the rest of

Tyria.

Anet, feel free to employ me ;p

See y`all in the pub..,.hic!

For a week or two I`ve had this happening, just seen this via Youtube & seems a few have the same bug/glitch.

Happens at 0:06.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CujZ8fUPm-k

We can use shocking Aura & the effect shows on the enemy most of the time & sometimes not on ourselves.

Never at a set time. NO idea why…
See you all in Lions Arch, prepare for your lag PvErs.

I agree, repairs should really be removed. (more so because of culling gets our bills up higher then actually playing…)
Loot in there is a hell of a lot lower then in rest of the game. Grey claws by the dozens usually.
Siege gear isn`t free.
Upgrading keeps, camps etc isn`t free.
Also, why do we have to also pay for repair vendors, waypoints? etc
Would make more sense for these to spawn in say five or ten minutes after taking over a keep.

All that or equalise the loot to what it is in the rest of the game.

Get your guesses rolling, because…..

http://www.guildwars2guru.com/topic/10199-arenanet-next-profession-reveal-confirmation/

I`m placing bets on those polar bear things.

P.S. Shame we have to rely on FB, Twitter, good forums like Guru, rather then the actual GW2 forums, but ah well….

Tested, broken, reporting.

The chickens are still there?
They gave me an out of date voucher once :$

Having to lower your brightness just to use these forums is silly don`t you think?
Second you use anything else, have to reset it again.

Solution:
If you use Firefox, grab the addon Stylish.
Then install the colour scheme from here: http://userstyles.org/styles/76247/dark-gw2-forums

If don`t want to click the link (it`s safe, i use it) once Stylish installed, bottom left of Firefox, click the Stylish icon & setting “Find more styles for this site” with the forum page open.

Enjoy!

If you open the Bug report page, ,just select any random bits ( I did earlier yesterday, no bot options there).
When they`re all in front, click the take a screenshot button.
There were loads just North of Pearl Island on Underworld farming lizards & Jellyfish.
Few hours later I logged on & they were all gone.
Can`t imagine the bots decided to flit, so a huge thanks to Anet, if you did do the booting

Worth a shot

ROFLKEK!

Were FS server a tad bored today?

P.S. Nice use of supplies ;p

BladeBraverBureba.1052:

When the only noticeable benefit from Ascended gear is that it can reduce Agony damage when infused, why should I care about it dropping in a format that does not include the Agony debuff?

Mouse hover over any Ascended gear, then over any normal similar item.
Back & forwards.
Do it again.
Did you see it?

Seen that stats?
Ascended get something like double stats to normal Exotic gear.

MarzAttakz.9608:

Plenty of them since the D/D uprising, not that many good ones though.

Oi, I resemble that comment!!

;p

Hey folks.

Seen a few saying that some Anet staff said they don`t care about WvWvW.
Thought was random rants, but seen few folk saying so.

Has anyone got a link to this interview, forum post or wtk it was?

Thanks in advance.

So, we meet again…

(strokes cat)

Was in WvWs today, we just broke into our Underworld borderlands Greenlake tower, killed the npcs in the ring you stand to cap, the second last one died, I turned & saw the npc Commander walking right in front of the door & siege was already being placed.

This is surely a bug, as we hadn`t even gotten the tower capped yet.

Hey folks.

Minor but weird bug.

Rushing about I used Ride the lightning to go through this gate, it reset my attunements to fire on the other side.

Tried this several times, only this gate & works going through both sides.

Edit: Turns out this happens at a few Asuran gates.

Hey folk.

Any chance of an option to hide the xp bar or remove it once hit 80?
It`s a glaring bright yellow that makes the already overly tiny red range cast bar tricky to see

Porky.5021:

Fishbait.6723:

I`ve seen some gawd awful commanders but some good ones also.
One gave up with his “herd” one night & turned his icon off as they were following but doing dumb things, so dumb I had to go watch to believe lol

But it could be worse…..
Chat in LA.

Why didn’t you help me? I would help you with anything if you did.

I would`ve but for two reasons.
1: i don`t have 100G.
2: I`d be worried what you`d do to me afterwards ;p

maddoctor.2738:

STRanger.5120:

maddoctor.2738:

Anet is very fast in fixing “overpowered” Elementalist bugs but very slow (they are still all there) in fixing important issues. Funny

Also noticed that, but it doesn’t seem fair to our proffesion, some bugs are waiting to be fixed for months

It’s also very funny how the two skills they fixed Magnetic Grasp and Ride the Lightning happen to be two of the bugged ones since beta. I wonder if with this change they also fixed the self-stun “feature” although I doubt it, they hadn’t done it in 3 months why do it now?

Nope, Mg still stuns

I`ve seen some gawd awful commanders but some good ones also.
One gave up with his “herd” one night & turned his icon off as they were following but doing dumb things, so dumb I had to go watch to believe lol

But it could be worse…..
Chat in LA.

If that doesn`t work, try Taugrim` key binds.
He uses a 2 button mouse & no F keys from what I recall.
No over-priced pieces of plastic (cough mouse) for him

http://taugrim.com/2012/06/27/guide-to-guild-wars-2-keybinds/

Shathron.5790:

By the way, thanks for indirectly reminding me of the right-click -> equip offhand thing. I’ve been drag and dropping in the hero screen which is a real PITK

You`re welcome

In that case there`s some glitch (shock horror) that lets some players do this & not others.

/shrug

Ah well, once I found out I was like – http://z0r.de/L/z0r-de_3714.swf

Wxactly what Thetreebranch said.

I`ve never had any dagger equip into off hand. Player since beta & this is first time.
I agree trying to sort bags to find that dagger is a pain in the kitten though.

Just randomly did this yesterday when sorting bags, seems we can now click both our daggers & it won`t just swap one for the other, it`ll put one in main hand & one in off hand.

Nice little addition, although would of been nice for notes to of mentioned it.

No more R`click equip off-hand any more.

/cheer

Beta finale event:

Loads running around killing mobs, some Mouse critter comes up to me.

“Ah, a Mou..” I`m dead

Oh, also:

“They`re only chickens, what har….WTK!?”

Justine.6351:

maybe try something like splakittenop?

splakittenop?

hahaha, this forum language blocking at times is hilarious!

Yep probably a lot, but cheaper by miles then those of us that paid cash
Open TP tab, gold-gems is listed on one of the left hand side tabs.

Buy gems with gold, ta-da, got your wolf.
P.S. It has a really really long cd on it, you`re safer without

wtb my Aion wings in GW2

i`m more curious why this is Explorable mode 2.
What/where is the first one?

TakeAChance.7186:

Could someone educate me on the usefullness of the fall trait? The only thing I could see it being useful for is dropping down from keeps.

Other than that, the ele doesn’t have any skills that instigate fall damage…how will it be effective?

Loads of times I`ve either ran from mass mobs or chased some randomer, meaning I had to escape/follow them over cliffs (small jumps that normally kill us or rabbits but nothing else ;p).

Majority off the time this`d mean my death yet they`d still wander off alive.

This trait is a huge bonus, looooooong overdue.

Also handy in places like MK instance etc.

Do a search for Razer.
They`ve bought Cnet` old gamebooster s`ware.
Just need to make a Razer account, install it etc.

May help you a bit, it closes all things not required for the game to play.

I`m okay(ish) with the falling trait being in water as I have that, but…
Why not put it in all lines of traits, fire, air….etc?
Do same for all other professions also just to be fair.

Having it in only one trait line is making players stick to fewer builds (& Ele` only use a very few as it is anyway).

Loading.4503:

If you look at the key bindings in the menu there’s options for target nearest player, next player, and previous player. Tab default is next target, which seems to be random most of the time, but I suggest setting a button for nearest target

I wish!

Unfortunately, there is no target nearest player except for ally.
There is target nearest enemy, but like he/she said, that could be half a trillion pets, mobs etc before you find a player ;p

Hey folks.

First off, thanks for finally giving us something everyone else had

Just been testing this in WvWs & it works, except for in water.
I can plummet but get no healing wave when I land, more like the Earth effect.

It should be activated when there is some huge gap between scores.
Say 25k (miniscule) or 50k+

Letting this start when they can have as little as 800 points (that`s what we got hit by) or even possibly one point, is just stupid.

Be a while until NPC Wars 2 is uploaded.
I`m downloading Aion again at same time lol

Edit: Just had a thought (ouch)
Costs of upgrades, are these being lowered or removed?
Players pay for these to protect places from other players, not OP guards etc

I`m sure that when someone asked if nodes etc would be in WvWs, an Anet staffie sdaid “No…”

Well, so much for that.