Guild Wars 2

The general roles are (loosely coined terms :P )

-The Leader AKA driver AKA the guy/gal who selects the targets for assist AKA the initiator
-The Stomper (Many a times enemies get rezzed in battle because of being outnumbered) Also the rezzer. Usually thieves
-The sustain fella (Those that can sustain damage for long durations) – Dnd Eles, guards,warrs,engies, and the list goes on
-The Boon givers and healers – Guards and eles and warrs
- The death dealers aka damage class – Mesmers , thieves,etc
- Boon transfers/strippers – Necros/Thieves,etc
-Stability/etc
-Bomb squad – Hammer trains,eles and other aoes

I have tried every possible combination and its like what someone mentioned, its a big variable.

On another note, i wish anet would increase the group cap to 8 for wvw.

“The second real strong-suit of this build is an area where classic D/D often falls short. Up-front damage and kill potential. " – OP

Not sure who you are playing with but you need to find a real DnD ele sometime.

This problem has been around since Closed Beta. I think given that its been 2+ years since then , the problem isnt gonna go away.

No. Not atleast for WvW. But can a 5man live without a guardian, sure. Would be Optimal? No.

Further, staff eles are walking loot bags.

These are the tried and tested ranges for DnD eles

Pow 1800 – 2200
Crit % – 25 – 35
Crit Damage% – 160 to 190
Tuff – 1500 – 1750
Healing – 400 – 700
Vit – 16.5k – 19.5k
Boon duration – standard from 30 arc
Runes – strength since boon nerf
Food – Lemon and stones until anet fixes condi duration
sigils – the usual

I would generally say yes for staff. But at the very least you will need celestial acc. save for the backpack which is zerker.

And grab some tasty strength runes while u are at it.

Gundail.7594:

FearedbytheGods.8617:

Whether its stacking tier 1 or people moving to tier 2 for fights its all gem sales for ANet.

Either way they make money from changing absolutely nothing.

Sadly here lies a major conflict of interest for a Free to Play game. Make money now or retain players for later?

End of year financial reports are coming out. We can analyse them in due course.

They have made a lot with transfers. FOr a gem being 2 years old, they will never cut down the servers from 24 to 12.

No point getting angry. There is nothing u can replace WvWvW with right now. Folks from ESO have come back with bad reviews of it. Wildstar is not a DAOC replacement.

The only thing is when CU comes out and it allows casual players to enjoy 3 sided warfare then we shall see.

Merge servers, Release New Masteries, Release a New Class, Make changes to Glicko, Release a new Race,etc,etc. i Understand WvW is behind PvP which is Behind Pve which is Behind Making $$$ but lets instill new light into wvw.

Its going to be a PR nightmare for Anet to merge servers if they actually tuck their tails in between and admit that 24 servers is too much. Also that would kill alot of revenue from
gem transfers.

Tomas Godlewski.4086:

when we finally get to t2, it will be an anti-climax because it has been built up so much now.

DB was in the same problem. They were there for almost 3 months. Cant remember exactly. DB will have to tank if FA is to come up to T2. Unless the gods of RNG are on FAs side.

1min rule. If after 1 min , nothing really happens , i just jump up and down and ignore the other person. Sometimes people /bow. And i bow back to show respect despite it being a draw.

Updated. almost one month since seasons ended. Minor swings, nothing major.

-Fuzzball

There are the soft rules on one hand but the need to protect your realm mates.

The only 2 real Hard rules at this moment :
First—> Fight at the windmill in the BLs. You have 3 to choose from. You are likely to be safe and most WvW players know its a duel zone.
Second —> respect your ally if he says in a nice manner that they are dueling.

I strongly believe that as the game progresses like DAoC did, more duel zones will become recognized.

SkyFallsInThunder.8257:

Fuzzion.2504:

Anyone knows the expiry date of these tickets. Or is there a way to sell them on tp or a way to profit from them? I have no use for the tickets.

I don’t think they expire since ANet plans to get more seasons for WvW which will reward more such tokens, and they did say that you can keep the tokens from this season to add to those of future seasons for more rewards.

I think the only way to proffit from these tokens is to either get obby shards (300 for 600 tokens) which you can then use to craft legendary and sell/craft ascended gear, or to just buy WXP containers and rank up and hope to get some shinies out of the chests (12 ranks for 600 tokens).

That would be interesting. Wonder if we will know

I think no one but the coders know. I got my first ascended in WvW as a drop only atn rank 300.

IsaacMolotov.9675:

Fuzzion.2504:

If i remember correctly, vikings were humans. Norns are not related to humans at all. Thats according to wiki. /Shrug

Relating to a norn ele, they are extremly rare. Mostly due to their massive size and sticking out like a sore thumb.

I understand that vikings were humans in real life However in this game the Norn culture is very obviously based off of Northern/Scandinavian Norse/Viking culture, where as the humans in this game are more based off of the medieval/renaissance English culture.

My Norn Elementalist is going to be a female, she’ll still be big but definitely not as big as my Male Norn warrior!

Im an asura. You norns scare me. ALso there should be a race specific elite for norns where i can hitch a ride on your back.

Btw, for leveling your alt, run in EB. Unless there is a Karma/xp train in one of the main three borderlands. Just note that uplevels get creamed in WvW. But doesnt matter. Its having fun that matters most.

Good luck matey

Anyone knows the expiry date of these tickets. Or is there a way to sell them on tp or a way to profit from them? I have no use for the tickets.

If i remember correctly, vikings were humans. Norns are not related to humans at all. Thats according to wiki. /Shrug

Relating to a norn ele, they are extremly rare. Mostly due to their massive size and sticking out like a sore thumb.

A trap that transforms everyone into a bull would be hilarious!

With Crit Damage nerfed
And Boon duration nerfed
Condi duration food will get nerfed very shortly.

Once condi duration gets nerfed , build diversity will increase with many other food options now becoming more viable.

It is also very possible that condi may get mitgated by other stats as well.

Spam AOEs,knockbacks,damage at said area.

Collect bags and profit

Rinse and repeat

EoTM was designed to test megaserver tech and reduce waiting times during seasons.

You must understand 2 things

1)There are much more PvE players than WvW players.

2)Anet has great ambitions to create s/t/PvP into an eSport and will not admit defeat and would rather keep pumping cash into it.

WvWvW efforts made by anet have been doubled but it is still far from the attention of pvp and pve

grifflyman.8102:

What’s really funny is that they said it’s currently really hard to change these achievements, which makes me think the coding is just such a tangled mess that we wont be seeing a change for a long, long time.

The code is a tangled mess because Anet decided to make everything from the ground up.
Which can lead to better results in years to come.

Updated. WHEREZ ME T-Shirt. Anyway good fights yall

JonathanSharp.7094:

We know food is an issue that definitely gets people passionate, so thank you for staying calm while voicing your opinions!

Awesome.

Boon Duration Nerfed
Condi Duration Upcoming Nerf woot

Spying is a breach of the ToS.

However, i think WvWvW is fun.

Anet could make an easy pile of cash by simply selling a 800gem reset stone that resets all your traits. Single use.

Kachinnggg $$$$$$$$100000 easy in the investors pocket.

Anet could learn some things from DAoC.

It also had 3 borderlands and was a 3 sided warfare.

Would be nice to have great environmental differences , some terrain changes, unique Mobs for each BL and Rain/Hailstorms/Mist,Fog.

This i believe will not take too much time from Anet map designers.

The idea was, before the creation of the map updates to the BL, to create a large “world” boss but with the placement of the ruins, that idea has been ruined :P

In DAoC there were gigantic (Something like 15 storey high) Giants which were hard to kill and dropped nothing of significant value. They were used mostly to kite the Giant into the keeps of the enemy to create havoc. Thats if u did not die first. Hilarious.

Reverence.6915:

DeWolfe.2174:

Diamond Skin say’s, “hi”

No self respecting ele will take diamond skin while roaming. It’s in a horrible trait line that needs you to sacrifice basically all your DPS and boon application.

Aye. On paper diamond skin is a cool trait. But in reality, it does not work well.

Hamster.4861:

Quick Mouse.7635:

Map creation is a developer-intensive process. My guess? Months.

However, getting new borderlands maps or even a new EBG map, and having those on rotation every week would definitely help the stagnation that is felt by most wvw players.

I’m actually writing up a proposal for this. Will have it up sometime this week.

Let me save you some time. Anet provides on a yearly basis updates to maps or creation of a new wvw map. However if you wish to get Anets attention, write your proposal and suggested improvements in a short paragraph.

Lets follow Tasmanian footy rules. Oh wait….

This Game has 9 playmodes

• s/tPvP

• PvE

• GvG

• WvWvW – Zerg/Blob Warfare. Massive epic battles, keep takes and karma trains

• WvWvW – Roaming/Havoc – Small Grp Fun , <5 Players

• WvWvW – Fight Club – AKA Dueling includes solo roaming

• EoTM – Megaserver WvW tech

• Roleplaying

• PvF – Trollmastership

Take your pick and go have fun.
This game was made for you to dabble in what you like.
DO what makes you happy.

Some have better communities than others

• I do not agree. All 3 servers have good communites

Some have better coverage than others

• Yes and No. Are we talking about Weekdays or Weekends? And is there overtime played by the server players? To be honest, there are coverage gaps that have existed in certain servers for a long time. I shall not commit to what exactly is missing in what server.

Some will pay you to transfer to them

• Ask this question in the community forum www.gw2wvw.net

And Some are so enormously complex its hard to describe them in short phrases.

• I do not understand this particular question

1 year. Wow. Here yall go.

-Fuzz

Primarily because gone are the days when a person could fight 1v3 with ease if well played.

Now everyone has good gear, knows how to trait well and knows how to play their toons.

However if you really want solo fights , organise a fight club at the windmill.

But I do encourage everyone to practice solo roaming just to gain experience.

I need to make a JQ video someday.

Whats the best free video software out there, how do i make one with the new nvidia video thingy and where to host

Pre-Nerf days, ElE dnd + Guardian were Gods

Nothing OP about it.

arKRazor.8654:

Fuzzion.2504:

And that took how many years to discover ?

Season 3 should be well thought out if there is indeed one.

Solution: Crowdsource Season 3 to the Mayans and Aztecs.

Interesting proposition.

And that took how many years to discover ?

Season 3 should be well thought out if there is indeed one.

Sample poll ~ Nearly 800.

http://www.gw2wvw.net/content/anet-planning-having-season-3-your-thoughts

And I quote
“Jessica Boetigge from Anet (WvW/PvP/Skills Principle QA)
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/wuv/wuv/Modified-Swiss-system-to-f…
Thanks for this well thought out post!
It is our goal to ensure that WvW matchups are not only competitive, but also engaging and fun. Variety is essential. Constructive criticism like this helps us to improve, and we look forward to bringing you the best possible version of WvW Tournaments in the future.”

Good News. I love Them!
19% (147 votes)

Neutral. :|
21% (159 votes)

Bad News. It is a bad idea!
49% (371 votes)

Undecided.
11% (81 votes)

Total votes: 758

bob.8632:

This is why the winner moves up/loser moves down system would have been better. This is also why S2 should have been swiss-style but with no “tiers/leagues” allowing servers to move up and down the ladder over 9 weeks to actually give us some balanced matches over time.

Aye. There should be NO tiers. Season 3 needs to be a tier free , winner up, loser down system lasting no longer than 8 weeks.

Running
4.5ghz i74770k
16gb OC ram
512ssd drive
win 7 pro
780gtx OC to 1.3ghz
100mbps internet connection

Even with this setup i do drop down to 45 frames per second when there are around 150+ players in wvw

Lag is not an issue for me.

I did find connecting my PC to my Cisco router then to my internet box rather than directly to the internet box to reduce all the problems i had with lag.

In all the top notch games my CPUS run around 70 to 76 degrees and my GPU 65 to 75 whilst with GW2 i get my CPUS running 70 to 79 and my GPU 40 degrees.

Oxylus.7985:

Jessica Boettiger
WvW/PvP/Skills Principle QA

I think you mean Principal.

You’re welcome.

Thank gawd that atleast we are now finally receiving replies from Anet !

/Hugs Anet

Kopter.8126:

Fuzzion.2504:

Please help voice your concerns in this poll

http://www.gw2wvw.net/content/anet-planning-having-season-3-your-thoughts

No, thanks. This thread on an official forum with Dev is perfectly fine. Why do you keep promoting this site?

Its a poll.

And about promotion? Its our officially sanctioned community site for WvW matchups with nearly 3000 hardcore WvW/GvG members

Please help voice your concerns in this poll

http://www.gw2wvw.net/content/anet-planning-having-season-3-your-thoughts