Guild Wars 2

FIxed eb chart issue

Updated. There seems to be one graph not showing eb properly. WIll try to get it fixed. Sorry for delay.

GL

-Fuzzie

LordByron.8369:

Yeah strength + ele is really compensating for the damage loss with a downside….

Losing 45% fury/regen/protection is not something to ignore.

This.

Too much to give up for something that wasnt hard to reach in the first place.

Elestian.6134:

I love the Frozen Burst blast finisher. Nuff said.

Yeah i love it to. Gives more flexibility in rotation cycle as well.

Full cleric isnt fun. In my opinion

Guild was discussing the strength rune last night. May have to try it.

Ele power build is somewhat more fun now

Not sure who nike is

Sad to see that the quickness elite did not make it

0/2/2/4/6 is also a fun spec but i still like me ’ol classic spec

I have seen an increase in DnD eles yesterday and today. Maybe folks are just testing or resurrecting their eles.

Had to change to 4xmonk rune and 2x water

still 0/10/0/30/30 now 0/2/0/6/6 nothing changed

Not much difference. Nerfs from boon not as bad as initially thought. however lost total of 20%boon durations and -10%condi from rune setup.

Food still the same, sigil also still the normal power stack and might swap.

Damage : SInce we are power creepers not much change. Seems that we now hit harder

fire3 evade is awesome and a3 blast finisher is good fun. Some buffs to class

still running soldier weapons/ knight armour/ celestial accessories

Havent tested long run. Tested today in zerg, roaming and 1v1.

Overall – Neutral to changes.

Edit : Classic DnD eles, let me know what your views are.

LordByron.8369:

A D/D ele can t survive anyway for long even in bunker.
The hit to mobility was too strong long time ago.

So now we have a 25% nerf on boon duration
Celestial equip has a huge nerf to DPS
Ferocity does the rest

Hitting once again where it hurts more (that is the reasons why DD is weak).

That will only means you need to compensate pushing your burst at the cost of survivability…

Looking at patchnotes seems they buffed DD like the 8% healing signet seems a nerf…
In game its the opposite.

I know how anet “balance” the game…its not and never will be about skill…just accept that you can be killed by beginners using anet favourites professions…

Aye. the nerfs are hitting the classic wvw dnd ele in the area it hurts. Yeah individually there are numerous small nerfs and when added they hurt.

Eles got a huge nerf. If anything they seem to force DnD eles more into bunker mode than away. I thought these patches were sent for QA testing or does no one QA test patch notes?

Who do I complain to about balancing? Seriously, the number of nerfs for DnD are not fun.

We now know how they balance. All i saw were harmful nerfs for the classic DnD ele. I will just make an engie

Nothing substantial until after summer. Yes refinement from here until then. Anet works like clockwork so if anything expect 2015 for next major WvW content.

Yes. For those that want a short summary of the great wall of text above,
the cleric soldier bunker build for DnD and Staff are in theory much more group friendly.

Downed state needs a little nerf. A decrease by 30% would be reasonable.

…… 50.0431 players (Taken from the poll results from the median range of nearly 600 players)

http://www.gw2wvw.net/content/what-would-you-define-blob-closes-12th-april#comment-20453

I think the EU players have their own forum? No?

Merlin Dyfed Avalon.5046:

Is pretty much dead..
matchup threads no one cares to look at or writes about.

just wanted to put it here..

if it’s too much trouble to moderate WvW matchup threads just add a disclaimer that it will not be moderated or anything..
at least when it was on these forums you could find the people ingame, write them a pm, ask for info etc etc..

anyways.. the community is as split as ever thanks to the tools created to keep everyone out of contact.

How is it dead. Last week , the gold leagues of NA had a total of 500 posts and over 25,000 reads. We have 2000++ members, a growing gvg forum and amazing videos. Are you sure you are not referring to gw2gvg.com?

Updated to week 45 / Week 2 of season 2

-Fuzz

WvWvW was designed to have a growing cap not a shrinking cap.

Allie has left the building. Perhaps the new guy will make sure this happens

Goodluck at

http://www.motiga.com/

/salute

The best option is for anet to determine who fights who, 1 day before resets during the league.

I agree.

Occasionally, by the time you travel to your target, the target is no longer immobilized.

What it needed to balance this skill is that the target should be affected by 1 second cripple when the leap is activated. I would prefer 2s but that may be a little OP.

But then again devs never read our boards

1. What are advantages of DnD of PistolnDagger
2. Assuming my skill level is high , Which is more roaming friendly in a small grp of 2 to 5
3. Assuming my skill level is high, Which is more 1v1 friendly
4. Does anyone have a killer DnD build and a PnD build

ANy help is awesome

Here it is folks. The score update with the tourney scores, almost similar to how i did it last year. Hugs and gl out there

Otokomae.9356:

What a let down… I was really hoping this might mean the end of the Maplestory people (Nexon) being allowed to run the Gem Store.

Not that bad.

Btw it is tradition for anet to run an aprils fool video. Not sure what they have instore this year. I love the counter strike version hahah.

Terok.7315:

The emergency services really make great time in my area, I’ve already been rushed to the hospital for my sudden heart-attack and have scheduled an appointment with a highly recommended psychiatrist for my PTSD. Though the nightmares of norns with lightsabers and cartel coins will haunt me for the foreseeable future. Thanks OP…

No one can refuse light sabers.

Knighthonor.4061:

Fuzzion.2504:

Happy April Fools everyone

BLEEP YOU!!!

I forgot its April 1st!!!!!

;) .

Happy April Fools everyone

You mean people actually run x/D

The only two viable builds are the classic DnD ele with cantrips and the Staff ele.

This hasnt changed for along time now and i dont see any changes significant to impact those two styles.

ScaryHydra.3165:

Fuzzion.2504:

This is an email i recieved from Anet’s Techincal support on the issue

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Dear Fuzzion.2504,

Thank you for your email. The recommended specifications to run this game smoothly are :

1. A dual i7 16 core 10GHZ Nitrogen cooled Intel Haswell CPU
2. 128 GB of 2333MHZ ram running on triple buffer
3. 8x NVIDIA Titan cards
4. A G-sync Monitor

Kind Regards,
Anet Support

Gimmie them titans.
On another note, I have a Nvidia GTX 670 4GB and it runs very well for the game. I still get crazy lag in WVW when zergs collide (like 100+ players/skills on screen) and sometimes it gets to be a slideshow when all 3 zergs meet, but other than that it runs fairly well. You can always use the zerg lag as a early warning thing so you don’t turn a corner and get demolished by an entire server. On highest settings I can get about 20-30 FPS, Auto Detect 30-60 FPs, and Best Performance 90+ FPS (it literally does so well that everything goes in slow motion, it’s crazy).

i run an i7 OC to 4ghz, 2x 460gtx sli and 6bg tripple buffer ram with 128sd HD and i get the same readings as you. Maybe Anet should let another company have a look at the code. You know, get another perspective. Because its been 2 years.

This is an email i recieved from Anet’s Techincal support on the issue

Dear Fuzzion.2504,

Thank you for your email. The recommended specifications to run this game smoothly are :

1. A dual i7 16 core 10GHZ Nitrogen cooled Intel Haswell CPU
2. 128 GB of 2333MHZ ram running on triple buffer
3. 8x NVIDIA Titan cards
4. A G-sync Monitor

Kind Regards,
Anet Support

Call the FBI on cybercrime.

Grumpdogg.6910:

Official BG Statement:

“We have no queues.”

BG propaganda

“We have lost the last couple of games. We clearly will buy your help”

As for post league ranking i will do it tomorrow to see who it the ultimate winner

PS. If u would like a anything extra in season 2 let me know

They were sold off in LA before the big baddie machine came from the skies and destroyed LA. Rumor has it that Goats now live in greener pastures.

Fluffball.8307:

Vermillion.4061:

HoD had higher Q’s than SoS. lol

It was 180/70/70/120 for us.

That’s actually a bad sign since they’re all on at the same time.

I think the que system is glitched tbh. And the skill lag is astounding.

Wait for all the ESO bandwagoners to leave on the 1st.

Also every season, the first and last week are the most popular. Must be some sort of trend

MrFluffy.9307:

now that Anet has given us account bound WXP what will be the “next big thing” we whine about on the forums for months to come?

Lets see the usual whine list

1. Account bound wxp. Checked
2. Terrible drops in WvW. Checked
3. Condi damage.
4. LFG tool is bad. Checked
5. Cant kick members from a team. Checked
6. Thieves are too OP.
7. Rangers need more loving
8. Warriors never die and run like usain bolt
9. Server population problems
10. <Insert anything> is a problem but it will never be fixed

Sorry i failed to mention that gw2wvw is a WvWvW/GvG site and the poll results are predominantly from the WvW player base.

What is interesting is that results were almost identical at 250 votes and at 500 votes.

And yes I got an F on maths :P

Thank you for voting

http://www.gw2wvw.net/content/how-many-gems-do-you-average-purchase-month-closes-29thmarch#comment-16609

“The median number of gems spent per player is 1,010.95

That equates to an average of $12.50 per player.

The pollresults also show that 1/2 the population supports the other half in terms of revenue for GW2. So in conclusion the game is free to play but at an average of $12.50 per person there is good money in the free to play model

-Fuzz

LordByron.8369:

Lightning flash is not there in the hopeless situation my opponent won t evade E5.
If you read it it says magnetic grasp not churning earth…..

Is to ensure i can slow them getting in range for E3 when they start to flee and the DD ele crippled by nerfs is looking at the horizon his opponent fleeing..

(or i admit it even LF+Air5 that is really hard to dodge but i could live without it).

If your enemy is getting out of range hit the FGS elite and chase the enemy down by causing him to be in combat and then spamming SoE , drop the FGS, hit A4 a5 then f3 f5. That can work 70% of the time.

I do miss the old RTL days though.

LordByron.8369:

lightning flash + magnetic grasp is the only thing that keeps ele working (with a huge risk and lot of effort).

Also earthquake + LF

At least for me….
WIthout it as i said i would be kited forever.

You will get better and realise that the ele is versatile beast and that lf + e5,etc were all basic playstyles.

For more effective damage hit (assuming you have 10air fury trait) , go f2, f1,f5 then a3,a5 then e3,e5, LF, w4,w2,w3 and if need be, w5, then dodge and f2 f4, a4,a2 , immobolise,f4, dodge reverse while pressing E , and then e3 twice, A2,a1,a1,a1 …etc

Come to T1/JQ. A good number of ozie players are here.

DnD eles rarely rely on burst. Most DnD eles are built with power as the main attribute for damage.

Boon duration will be hit by a max of 10% ,total , so also just a minor nerf (But not something i like)

Overall the classic DnD ele is not getting buffs, but the evade and ice blast finisher are nice to have.

You see, the Classic DnD is a problem for Anet. It doesnt die easily unless bursted hard by enemies, can heal and regen well, has aoe spells, can trait for cantrips and has 2+1 CC skills with an elite that allows you to escape fast , the FGS.

So lets wait for the real patch notes and not on what Anet says because we all know what is said and what is released during patch day differs, often.

CureForLiving.5360:

Fuzzion.2504:

From gw2wvw.net

• Should Players be allowed to sell and trade Ascended Items on the trading post ? (Closes 22nd of March)

Yes 70% (326 votes)
Yes but only to Armour and/or Weapons and/or Trinkets 9% (41 votes)
Undecided 5% (23 votes)
No 16% (73 votes)

Total votes: 463

I don’t think the results are all that reliable… I think that random convenience sampling doesn’t produce a sample group that is all that representative of the playerbase.

I think the poll represents much more of the WvWvW players than the PvE players.

Having the poll from almost 500 people shows that Anet needs to address this issue, and soon. Maybe they are, maybe there will be patch, and i hope so.

Dont forget that the poll results come from a site dedicated to WvWvW so the results pertain more to the core WvW players.

Someone sent me tell asking is this it, Not it not. This is not the final outlay. I will be including charts of each league for analysis once season 2 starts

We just call them paper or reinforced keeps,doors,etc. No one says tier1 ,2,3,etc. Very rare to hear that

Last week before tourney. Have fun folks.

Natsu Dragneel.1625:

Honestly, I would rather the armour and weapons crafted be account bound like they are,

But,

I would like to be able to sell weapon/armour chests, and possibly the rings dropped in fractals.

P.S. that’s probably because I have 60+ rings and 15 chests which I would like to sell :’( id make bank, and a lot of it.

AYe, i think players wanted something done here.