Guild Wars 2

Rather than that, I would like to know which paths I have made for the day before reset.

Often times I do a dungeon out of my daily rotation and cant tell apart if i did it or not, often resulting in me doing a dungeon twice for no reason at all.

mini.6018:

I am always afraid of eles.Every time i see one in my team i just panic.

specially when it is 2 of them….

Im guessing you saw a screen shot of that in WvW.

Here is the trick; balls to the wall zerker staff 30/20/0/0/20, can also do 30/20/0/10/10 for more damage. Cast meteor shower, stay in fire, cast tornado.

Tornado actually doubles your amount of power, so a 6k meteor will hit 12k, I have personally hit 13k on what im guessing was an upleveled toon or some poor squishy.

Traits to focus are 10% on fire attunement, 20% more damage to <33% hp targets, 10% crit damage increase on arcane, 10% damage above 90% hp coupled with scholar runes, blasting staff.

Im guessing you saw a screen shot of that in WvW.

Here is the trick; balls to the wall zerker staff 30/20/0/0/20, can also do 30/20/0/10/10 for more damage. Cast meteor shower, stay in fire, cast tornado.

Tornado actually doubles your amount of power, so a 6k meteor will hit 12k, I have personally hit 13k on what im guessing was an upleveled toon or some poor squishy.

Traits to focus are 10% on fire attunement, 20% more damage to <33% hp targets, 10% crit damage increase on arcane, 10% damage above 90% hp coupled with scholar runes, blasting staff.

Minus having one in your team, when was it?

Im genuinely intrigued when was the last time you thought twice about fighting an ele in any situation, given that afraid doesnt mean fear but rather caution.

It strikes me as very odd that we cannot wear all of our spirit weapons, specifically the longbow.

Are there any plans to give us this weapons and solve our long range deficiency problem as well?

I always use the ebonawke thing, and still bought the pass, since I had 1000 gems laying around and didnt know what else to get. The only thing I would love for the royal place would be if it had a retrait thing and was instanced

For me is Shiverpeaks, 172/175……cant find it for the love of me…..

While many people would be happy about it, I dont imagine humans ever going extinct considering most (all hopefully!) people playing this game as humans. I dont think Anet will ever remove humans considering how ost people lack the imagination to play anything else.

But as far as lore goes, humans should’ve been gone by now, who knows, perhaps Anet gives us a pleasant surprise for GW3!

Anyways, Im glad the dull, boring, overused human race isnt as influential in this game, it actually does open some room for fantasy

apocalyps.7106:

make it an instance like HoM, faster load times, and we could use the “teleport back to original place” like hom/ wvw does to the char when it leaves the area

Nabuko Darayon.9645:

Seriously I’m too lazy to wp away and refund my traits… I don’t feel special anymore soobs

I was actually kinda expecting this, was slightly disappointed when I saw that it wasnt :/

And I approve this message

I dont think the “condition” in the tittle was needed though…

Should have included in the ele part:

Elementalist: Out of all the classes, this one effectively lowers your chances of winning.

No.

Currently there is little to nothing you can do to a warrior who already bolts across WvW faster than Usain.

It is fine the way it is, in fact, it is there specifically and purposely to counter stability.

Hope that helps. /cheers

I found out a wall of reflection and shield of the avenger can take care of it, most of the time I dont even use the shield, I have wall with me at all times when I open the boxes. Reflections are pretty good vs them, which ever one you have, the reason is because they have a low hp pool but their projectiles hurt a lot, specially to themselves.

It has been mentioned plenty of times in the suggestion forums and there was mention on it in a video, they said it would be implemented first in PvP then maybe in PvE, its called templates.

After countless tries, in the ranged of 400+, I decided to buy it off TP. Best decision taken, worth it. I wish I had done it from the start, could have bough several of them.

Nope, I like to look to people’s AP, I dont judge much based on it, but I just like to do it, just as much as I like people looking at mine. 9k is nothing impressive, but I have been called out for it before, and It made me feel good, made me feel….accomplished ingame.

So no, for every 1 of you who dont want achievement points out, there are plenty more who does. In fact, the top AP scores in my guild love to brag aboutit with their 12-13k AP. Im well aware it means nothing in dungeons given my dungeon experience, but who cares;

AP is a good bragging way without anything to really brag about

+1 , thats a lot of work put into it, I hope it grows bigger

-Majorly: I dont know how you made it out without a smirk on your dress
-Karmeer: You think I would bring my best dress here? This is just an illusion
-Majorly: So you mean, under that, you are …?
-Kasmeer: Naked? Yes. Is that a problem?
-Majorly: No! Not at all!!

Domo arigato gosaimasta

It isnt about the bugs, it is about class balance. Apparently we cant reach an acceptable state of balance with what we have, you cant expect them to introduce new ones without increasing the already bad problems we have.

Holy waste, dude! Thats a lot, though i havent read completely through it all, i commend you for the hard work, though I dont think many of these changes will be taken into consideration considering how strong they are. Good luck, mate!

nope, i would be happy if we first fixed what we currently have.

All resources to it.

meh, I already liked their page since day 1 I knew about it. This is coming from someone who has a “serious” facebook where I dont particularly enjoy the thought of other people knowing I play videogames. I did it simply because at the end of the day I do like the game and Im sure most people in my facebook dont give a rat’s rear end if I play video games, all I care is to be kept informed with streams, patches, fan-made stuff, and any random status it might pop up (although I refrain from posting in those too often)

I’m glad the facebook community is growing and just seeing new players running around in the game is more than enough reward for me, after all, the mai reason I play this game is to play with others.

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Hahaha, based on your constant insistence on “skilled player” and “clearly superior” denotation, i would bet you had the crab and somebody was pulling you/fearing you all the time. Sorry, but working as intended. You coulndt take a mini game.

This is coming from a guy that wins that more often than not. Learn to watch for them, there arent more than 2 rods per game, or 1 cone. Watch who has it, run erradically, dont intent to hold the crab for too long, set it up so that you can get it back quickly again, not to not lose it.

Hope that helps, that will hep you reach the highly skilled and superior status you so wish for.

/cheers

People, this is post for all you experienced players out there, I have seen a trend lately o bash new players in both dungeon and champion farming at queensdale. As many of you know, 40% game price discount happened and thus we have a great influx of new players. Because of this, new players and trying out dungeons and open world, and I have noticed very toxic behavior from some of us veteran fellows.

If a new player joins the dungeon party; kindly explain some of the most important parts, why it is necessary that they gear better with sets such as berserker in dungeons, explain why rather than force it, explain important fights or mechanics of the dungeon, give a good impression.

If a new player is lost and attempts to kill a chapion out of rotation, please explain him the reason why people are doing it, guide them, show them around, in a nice way, do not force it.

Im sure that as a community we can give a better impression! These are player that are increasing our populations, lets give them reasons to stay, not to run away!

This is simply a PSA, remember, we want to have more people to run maps and dungeons together, amkes the game more fun! :0 If you got any other suggestion please leave it here and keep it bumped so that we can create awareness!

GuildWarsPlayer.5608:

All I can suggest is prepare yourself to be kicked and if it happens do not let it bother you. It’s the nature of the beast when online gaming.

How I can tell you didnt read my post.

Please read, this isnt about me, I have dungeon master and run dungeons every day, this is for the rest of the people, hence the PSA.

Just take it upon yourself and go and watch a walkthrough video >.>

you guys really dont like reading, do you? >.>

ProphetSword.5427:

Or, find people who aren’t elitist and have fun. That’s what I do.

that IS the problem, even “non-elitists” per say are doing this nowadays, most people would rather finish their run a few mintues earlier and face the consiequences than get new potential players for future runs…

As i finished typing this I got 3 new players, lvl 4x-6x in p3 AC….it will be a long noon!

Hi there, community

EDIT since so many of you CANT read, this isnt about me, Im a dungeon master and run most dungeons daily….. this is for YOU.

It has come to my attention that lately most dungeon parties I come across to seem to be adopting this trend, even if not specifically stating it on the tittle, they go tend to kick anyone who isnt lvl 80 and/or experienced with the dungeon. Now, you might say that Im typing this because it has happened to me. This is not the case, I ave had dungeon master and have run dungeons on a daily basis for many, many months, but this issue seems to be affecting the community more than you think, specially with the new horde of new players coming in.

Here is my PSA; do NOT reject those who are attempting dungeons for the first time. Its ok if it is a guy that just started yesterday and barely have any knowledge of the game, but if it is a person who has been playing for a bit, and have a clue, explain to him/her the main mechanics and spots you camp, take the time to do this now, and you will have more people to do dungeons with in the future. By driving away new players you are reducing an already decimated community due to previous episodes of this behavior. Explain to them kindly why berserker is the best gear, why it is necessary and how they can play their game when they are alone, dont kick them because they have bad gear. Explain some of the most unforgiving boss mechanics, explains the spots you go to, explain anything that might think it is very important for a successful run. Chances are, they will enjoy it, learn from it and do it again and right next time. By shoveling away these players you gain nothing and lose a lot, in a very directly way!

I hope you all have a great time, and lets increase the dungeon community, not decrease it!

GIven the "trick people’ and “useful in dungeons” part, I can tell you with all security; mesmer is the answer. It will be slightly slower to move around, but nothing that Traveler runes cant fix (I have 2 sets, one for guardian, and one for mesmer, those two need it!).

Pro:
-Very useful in PvE with tons of reflects, stealths, clones to take damage.
-Useful in WvW with veils and portals
-Dungeons; same as PvE, but better, basically Warrior/Guardian/Mesmer is the holy dungeon trinity in this game with reflects, boons doubling, incredible damage (highest in the game actually)
-PvP; tricksters, hardly ever die, lots of viable speccs, very useful.

Cons:
-Slow, will need setting up runes and weapons for that
-Thieves have ‘hards’ on for mesmers and elementalists (mostly elementalist though, but thats because of how underpowered they are and how OP backstab in this game is).
-If you dont know how to handle clones in parties you might actually get the entire party wiped, so mind your pets!

The Good

-As mentioned above thousand times; thanks for the rewards changes.
-New skills, although underpowered and cost 25 skillpoint and costs25 skill points in PvP where everyone is supposed to be in equal footing?!
-Thieves got some nice buffs, been seeing them more lately, specially in ranked. Initiative buff does incredible things although most people dont really notice that much.
-Stealth got a minor hit, although not enough it is a good step towards getting there.

The Bad

-Elementalists in the same if not worse state than before; lots of traits moved to higher tier when they didnt need to! Thanks for moving Blasting staff but the rest changes were atrocious, sorry.
-Diamond skin: useless, completely useless, but then you face a rabid necro 1v1 and it is overpowered, completely overpowered. Overall it is just useless though, the amount of niche scenarios in which it could be slightly useful does not outweight the drawbacks, specially not considering it is a grandmaster trait. I think we can do better than that!
-Thieves and backstab, just abilities out of stealth and the lack of way to block/evade/blind them witout revealing them. Either the backstabs need toning down or blocking/evading/blining should apply reveal and make the skill miss, no way around this, sorry.

The Missing

-Elementalists need a serious boost to survivavility. Passive traits will not cut it, they need to have a survival tool specific to the class: Deathshroud/fear necros, clones/stealth/chaosstorm/chaosarmor/blinks/daze mesmer, blinds/block/heals/protection/moreheals guardian, evades/spirits/regen/protection ranger, stealth/teleports/blinds/blinds/stealth thieves, etc etc etc…. you get my point, eles what do they have? Heals were nerfed into absolutely nothing, every patch since the D/D deal, which if they were to be taken at their max potential to the current meta, they would probably even struggle. Then what? Cantrips on 75-90 secs CD, which is the equivalent to elites in other classes, a guardian can get protectio and stability teamwide on 26 seconds CD, we have something that lasts about the same, selfish, on 4 times the CD….. and no, the package does not justify it, a guardian does about the same if not as much damage as ele but a guardian can survive it all, yet it has the same hp as the ele….. same base hp, ever wonder that, even a glass canon guardian, which does aout the same damage? I think eles need to be taken to the draw board, decide what do you want attunemnts to be used as, what do you want ele’s inherent defense that does not involve putting up 4 elites worth of stuff. the only boon sharing thing we had got moved to 20 points. You need to give us something to work on, there is absolutely nothing an ele can do that anybody else cant do 4x better, without the fear of blowing in one rotation.

Well that was disappointing :/

Oh well, I hope we see a balance stream anytime soon, like the old SoTG, things I would like to see:

-Elementalists and how do you plan to bring them up to par with other classes in terms of survival.

-Warriors, how to you plan to bring them down to line with everyone else.

-Necros, how do you plan to stop the mindless but too effective condition spam

-Thieves, how do you plan to bring them up to par with other and nerf backstab

feel free to add your own questions.

EDIT On a side note, loved the stream, very funny, enjoy the holidays and THANK YOU for such an amazing game, despite everything Im having incredible fun! Enjoy the holidays, you definitely deserve it.

nikitnq.7143:

At the top my head:

• Unlockable skill animations.

• Weapon dyes! But weapon dye slots have to be forged.

• Aesthetics “sockets” on items that changes their appearance slightly like a glow or sparks.

OMG THIS! Of course, knowing Anet it will be 250 ectos, 250 powerful blood vials, 250 eyes and 250 silver doubloons each part, but like the first replay said; I want Bifrost dye SO BADLY

Though personally I have never had to leave a game before it started, I can see how this could negatively affect me if the leaver was in my team, or the enemy team for that matter. I agree to this and here is my bump and +1.

Elementalist
Guard
Mesmer
——————
Bank storage.

How do you pln to bring eles up to par?

Would you consider making serious changes to traits, not moving important ones to higher tiers and making a trait that only works vs rabid necros 1v1?

Given the ele’s lack of defense, how do you plan to give a class with lowest hp, lowest armor, medium damage (excluding arcanes, you can nerf those to hell if needed if thats what it takes to bring eles up to par, and coming from a guy that runs 2 arcanes out of necessity) and no way of survival out of 75-90 seconds selfish shortlived boons tied to arcane/water traits some form of defense that doesnt involve respawning?

Are you really ok with the current state of backstab?

What are your thoughts on the 0 representation of eles as of lately in any medium to high ranking teams and players and the justified outcries of the ele community which seem to be igored for the most part?

TamTiTam.9574:

Job – o – tron
Hob -o – tron
Hoh -o -tron

Job–o–Tron: Just–a–few–basic–questions. First–question: What–is–your–occupation?
Tergvi: I’m an adventurer. I roam the globe, taking what I can find and living off the land.
Job–o–Tron: Recording–response: “Raider.”
Tergvi: I’m no raider. I kill dangerous beasts and those who do evil. I defend the innocent.
Job–o–Tron: Updating–response: “Muderous–raider–with–delusions–of–grandeur.”

OMG im dying of laughter here! Where did you find that?!

I will start:

edit: I changed my mind; hobo-tron is my favorite, or Marcello, AAAHHH, cant decide!

Marcello DiGiacomo:

Because ever since that mesmer reveal (the bart) he has been a nice humorous relief. My first real encounter with him was in Orr, where his music was “loud enough to wake up the dead, the last thing needed”, or when he was singing around LA for Halloween. Now with the entire Wintersday, cant help but feel like I want to strangle him but at the same time pity him.

(Close second is Lord Faren from Queen Jubilee)

How about you?

probably because you are adding food, or the weapons you are putting arent all of the same rarity.

As for WvW, I run with a complete zerker gear in zergs and barely ever get downed, so it is possible. If want you want is to optimize damage then full zerker is your best bet. You will most likely die in smaller encounter, that is on 5 or less, but you can still pull it off if somehow they dont look at you funny.

I run 30/20/0/0/20 for the most part, with focus on fire field giving fury, elemental attunement, staff blast, 20% more damage on >33% hp, 10% more damage on fire, 10% crit damage on arcane (usually equip one or two with the recently added healing skill arcane blast finisher for water/fire field).

Basically your job is to stay in the back, kill enemies, and give might/fury/reg/heals/CC.

Aeonblade.8709:

Upham.6137:

Suddenflame.2601:

To get to 10k Achievement points is not by any means easy, and you actually had to play to get those points.

Time consuming doesn’t mean hard, just time consuming. Most 10k AP players I see in dungeons are as bad as 1k AP players, with the difference that they have useless legendaries, expensive skins and fancy titles.

I agree with this. I think I figured out achievement points meant nothing when…achievement systems first became big.

A player is either good or bad, whether they have 1k or 10k AP. I have seen nothing to link AP amount to player skill in any game, and especially in GW2. I think most of the hate for low AP players stems from a frustration of having 10 times their AP but not being any better of a player, when they feel all the work they have invested should make them better.

Thats the first time I’ve ever heard that., So basically you are saying, that 10k AP people are jealous of 1k AP people? When I had low AP I looked up to the people with high AP and legendaries. I now have 9k AP and a legendary and I dont look down on anyone, in fact, it is usually the people with less than 5k the ones that are always bashing me as a “no lifer” for having 9k AP and a legendary, when in reality I didnt even farm those AP, they came along doing what I usually do (which is doing stuff all over the game), in fact, I have not done the meta achievments for this month because I find them all grindy and the reward isnt all that worth it, same with some of the previous LS. At this point Im going to assume you people are the ones with a problem and are reacting defensively, to hide your own “jealousy”…. it is the only possible explanation…

Darkobra.6439:

Suddenflame.2601:

rozcinana.7249:

achievement points don’t mean very much.

back to the op, it makes sense that people you block shouldn’t be able to see your lfg posts.

I agree with the OP on the first but not the 2nd point. Achievement Points do matter as it means you have played the game. To get to 10k Achievement points is not by any means easy, and you actually had to play to get those points.

Anyone can spend time in the game. A handful of them can actually learn the game.

Just because you grind dailies, jump puzzles and living stories does NOT mean you know the ins and outs of Arah. Achievement points are utterly worthless as any form of measurement of game knowledge.

But chances are, they know a whole lot more than someone with 1k AP, just for the fact that they have been around more, they might, MIGHT have experienced multiple parts of the game. Sure there are AP daily grinders, but even getting all dailies wouldn amount you to 10K that easily without trying out other parts of the game.

Dungeons is very touchy thing. There are people which I know know Arah in and out, but wipe at spider in AC. People with FoTM ascended backpacks, but cant do the rolling stones at CoF. People who can down Lupi in less than a minute, but wipe at Kohler.

It is all about exposition and interest. Not everyone is interested in the same things, not everyone run ALL dungeons on a regular basis. But like everyone has said, chances are, a person with high AP has some experience, and can learn the dungeons rather quicker that someone with 1k who just started 1 month ago.

Yenn.9185:

Fortus.6175:

Yenn.9185:

Fortus.6175:

Something you elitists dont realize is this; you are cutting you own djck by not teaching them, you are getting people thatwill lose completely all their interest in dungeons. Teach them the paths and some guideline of builds, might take a while, but chances are, it is only needed once, because next time you need to run the dungeon, you might have more people to do it with.

I would never teach player who are stubborn and insist on using their crappy builds and not take the time to get better by reading on forums/watching videos. A lot of “play how I want” players are like this. If you insist on your clerics/scepter camping/healer guardian, I will not even bother with you.

Simple then: boot him. f he rejoins then boot him again. The LFG tool has a thing that if you on a party too many times, it wont let you do it again for a while.

I dont like these kind of players either. Yes, they make runs slower, they refuse to bend to somebody else’s will, they get defensive, but at the end of the day, nobody has the right to tell him what to do. It is his own choice, and although we dont agree with it, we must respect him and boot him from our group. As simple as that.

Which brings us to the OP’s point. I totally agree with his 2nd statement that the player who assembled the party should have some sort of protection. If you don’t like the party, leave and make your own. A lot of times, you can tell a bad player by his weapons/armors/utilities (signets) equipped/AP to lesser extent. When I request for a kick, it may not get seconded, or worse I’m the one who gets kicked for being “elitist.”

Then that means nobody agreed with you and thus they are in their right, since you are not a majority. Sure it is your group, and sure I would like some sort of “protection”, but the possibilities to abuse this are far greater than these scenarios. Get a friend to join your party, or a guildy, or start making a small group of known dungeon runners which happen to do similar paths to you at the same time adn which you know have good builds, like I did. We usually call each other for dungeon paths, if one is available then we try to get as many as possible, then fill in with pug. We dont kick them for the most part, but instead teach them, in a very nice and respectful manner, because chances are, if you do it in a mean way they will continue doing so out of spite.

Yenn.9185:

Fortus.6175:

Something you elitists dont realize is this; you are cutting you own djck by not teaching them, you are getting people thatwill lose completely all their interest in dungeons. Teach them the paths and some guideline of builds, might take a while, but chances are, it is only needed once, because next time you need to run the dungeon, you might have more people to do it with.

I would never teach player who are stubborn and insist on using their crappy builds and not take the time to get better by reading on forums/watching videos. A lot of “play how I want” players are like this. If you insist on your clerics/scepter camping/healer guardian, I will not even bother with you.

Simple then: boot him. f he rejoins then boot him again. The LFG tool has a thing that if you on a party too many times, it wont let you do it again for a while.

I dont like these kind of players either. Yes, they make runs slower, they refuse to bend to somebody else’s will, they get defensive, but at the end of the day, nobody has the right to tell him what to do. It is his own choice, and although we dont agree with it, we must respect him and boot him from our group. As simple as that.

Also, there seems to be a giant “misunderstanding” born of ignorance that: “People with AP and Legendaries are n00bs” when in reaity I find it all the way around. Sure, it is easy to remember bad players with big AP and legendaries, but chances are, it happens * A LOT* less often than bad players with low AP and without legendaries,. the only difference is that you dont remember because there was nothing calling your attention.

Thats what I would like to believe is happening, not that these people have some kind of hidden [not so hidden} hatred for what they’ve accomplished in the game, and the only way for them to justify it is that: “they must be failures at life”, “no lifers”, “farmers”. 9k Ap, legendary, working on a second one, dungeon master, run most dungeons on a regular basis, less than 1800 hours played, never farmed CoF, played TP or played FGC more than a week before I got bored. Just a thought.

I say no to:

ALL.

You want exclusion, I want inclusion. There is no telling what people will do, they would just block people not because they are obnoxious, but because they dont have certain specific “build”. AP means nothing. Class means nothing, I wouldnt want another idjot thinking that rangers are bad when in reality Brazil DPS test showed that rangers if played right are one of the strongest DPS in the game.

This is coming from a guy that:
>Has dungeon master
>Has all characters with zerker/scholar runes: ele/guard/mes/warrior
>9k AP
>Runs speed parties, sometimes I even make some people ping gear but let them anyways
>But also love to run runs with less experienced people and guildies to teach them, and thus increase the pool.

Something you elitists dont realize is this; you are cutting you own djck by not teaching them, you are getting people thatwill lose completely all their interest in dungeons. Teach them the paths and some guideline of builds, might take a while, but chances are, it is only needed once, because next time you need to run the dungeon, you might have more people to do it with.

funny how nobody mentions elementalists….. I think Anet actually succeeded in making them disappears it seems.

Oblivion.8307:

the kitten’s the point of playing the game if you’re not having fun? ele is fun, i play ele in soloq and I doubt the majority of ele players could give a kitten of what you thought about them playing ele. oh, and lol @ you for caring so much about soloq ranks.

How about having fun AND adding somethign to the party, contributing to the win? Is it too much to ask for this?! I think not.