Guild Wars 2

I recall watching some of the earliest GvG tournaments in GW1. In some of those I recall seeing the entire team in a large room playing the game. I can’t remember the details, it’s been 7 years ago or so but I believe these locations were provided by Anet at the time.

This is back when the whole Guild Wars esports thing was fresh, it’s both funny and sad that after 7 years it’s far worse than better.

Vv W.7821:

I can’t really answer what the best one is, but the most fun is a clear enough answer.

Warrior with the falling trait and a shield. Jump off a tower/keep, cause a knockback, then block and run back inside.

Just what does this accomplish? Siege disabler, if your entire point is to cause disappointment in the enemy at least it will last a bit longer.

Back on topic LB Ranger brings his/her own arrow cart, can actually get kills in from up high, etc. Engi with nades, doesn’t have the burst but does have that annoying condi.

I prefer Engi over Ranger as the Engi is just as annoying when sieging and not just defending.

I think you also mean we need more encounters with 1 hit auto-down states. Yes, can’t get enough of that.

I would also suggest adding more wine. Nothing goes better with cheese.

If you really, really, REALLY think it is the game client some how, bug it or post in Technical. General will not get you any answers you obviously don’t want to hear.

I have no idea what you are complaining about here, but I won’t discredit your claims. Perhaps there is a bug or issue you have with the client interfacing your web browser that most others like myself do not experience.

Like some have mentioned though, it sounds more reasonable to credit your issue to some sort of browser-jacking virus/program you have managed to get into your “system”.

The only class that I could see making it into GW2 at some point is Monk. Doesn’t need to be a pure healer either, can be a weaponized warrior monk.

Dervish is just junk, like a Scythe weapon, or dragon mount, or any other kid candy “stuff”.

Honestly I don’t want to see ANY of the remaining GW1 classes in GW2. Dervish, Assassin (which the Thief really is, poorly renamed), Ritualist, etc. No thanks…

Moving along.

Jabronee.9465:

Wait for GuildHalls!

I hope that is sarcasm.

rapthorne.7345:

The UI is far less cluttered here than in other games (ever played wow?)

Most of the clutter you see in a WoW UI is user imposed, all the addons and crap.

WoW has one of the most modifiable UIs out there. Sadly, 100% of GW2’s UI is rigid, you can not scale or move any elements. There are extremely, EXTREMELY, few “options” to change anything with the UI beyond scaling the entire thing, slightly.

Even the target frame, at the middle top of the screen, is a complete PITA. Anyone that has played a ranged character has clicked the upper portion of the screen to drop their long range AoE only to have the Target frame interfere and cause their reticle to occur at the character’s position.

Yeah.

Artaz.3819:

Actually leave the map as is and put a long straight tunnel (with kneedeep water in it) along the same path under the tower. It is useful for positioning both offensively and defensively (especially with a zerg).

Not sure how useful that would be, but an interesting suggestion.

mango.9267:

Paper – bridge
Reinforced – no bridge
Fortified – bridge

Thanks for pointing this out, I was a slight bit confused over why some times a bridge, others, no bridge.

Seems that someone forgot to make the change uniform.

jihm.2315:

seems like even their summons

This immediately sets off alarm bells “He has never even played the engineer class”. The best way to learn how to defeat the enemy is to know the enemy.

Play an engineer, whatever build you have the most difficulty defeating. Learn it’s strengths and weakness.

Prosper, grasshopper.

Jerus.4350:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVbsUk3oLWc

Skip to 1:55 for my reaction to much of GW2’s weapon design. (or watch the whole thing, I find it funny )

and just about everything else, to include Commander tags……yeah…..

John Smith.4610:

I think this thread is pretty good evidence that the value of skins is incredibly subjective. Sometimes a cool skin is going to be basic, gritty, realistic or plain. Other times a god’s hand come from the sky to hand you a universe tearing, light sparkling, night glowing mace that may not compel awe as much as it will force other around you to dance until the stubs of their bones beat a catchy cadence for your amusement.

Indeed. Some prefer shiney, glitzy, flashy, sparkly, etc. I am in that niche that prefers worn, realistic, battered, damaged, painfully effective looking. I like the Dredge Sword, Krytan Dagger, etc.

I also have issues with Stealth turning the glitzy skins into huge shadow boxes.

There are already some voluptuous options available for body design. I believe the designers intentionally didn’t want extremes of appearance with regards to character bodies. Outside Norn Males having the option to have extremely large……..feet.

With that said there was a rather paunchy male mesmer hero in GW1.

Face smashing is not GvG. Sadly most GW2 GvG is nothing but face smashing.

Guild Wars GvG was more in line with coordinated 8v8 with objectives similar to GW2 Conquest PvP. In my opinion you need some sort of objective structure, or you just smash face ad nauseam.

Korossive.7085:

I wonder how much talent has left the company that you will never see it as it was envisioned originally… if at all

I used to proclaim the current larger portion of the dev team contains almost no one from the original GW1 team (I mean BEFORE the GW1 expansions). I proclaimed this due to the HUGE changes including ZERO GvG, between GW1 and 2. However someone would always chime in “GW2 is the game the original GW1 team wanted to make but didn’t have the time”. Yeah…

So while you compare who originally developed GW2 to who is currently working on it, consider who originally developed and designed GW1 to who is currently working on GW2.

Yeah.

Why not suggest pay-gating the forums to those who spend so much in gems per month?

Yeah, that’s just about as good an idea.

You do realize the largest brunt of criticism comes from ACTIVE players. The very extremely few that claim to have quit, being blocked, would hardly even be a drop in the complaint bucket.

Ghastly Grinning Shield

Never, ever again available other than buying it for 2.5k+ on the TP.

Obviously it’s the coveted Legendary Tinfoil Hat.

rogerwilko.6895:

@Gosu: PvE wise as the title says

Yeah, I made a brain error. I meant to say:

“If this is just a pve choice, Ranger.”

Dunno why I typed pvp in that sentence.

Thief can be traited for condi clears on stealth. Lots of On Stealth traits available.

If this is just a pve choice, Ranger. If it is for WvW as well, either. Their strengths lie in what your playstyle choice will be.

For PvP, it doesn’t matter. Can create disposable alts to PvP with, the only exception is if you want those XIII traits. That would be pricey to dispose of 3g + skill points at a whim.

Wow this thread has exploded….

I have to agree there should have been lower tier options for buying gems.

25
50
100
200
400

This would not confuse new players, if it does they are well under the age to be playing any MMO.

I hope they continue to recycle skins that were removed from the game after events. Sadly I can’t get the one shield skin I want since it was actually exclusive (only once, ever would it be available).

Well, being the owner of a few outfits, I completely realized the “Helm” limitation on the new outfit. Someone I was chatting with remarked he was considering getting the Horns to go with it, and I reminded him that doesn’t work.

Gaile Gray.6029:

I wanted you to know I went immediately to see if I could get an answer on this, and don’t worry, there was no “stealth nerfing” of gem costs. What happened is a common occurrence with new builds: A whole lot of people made exchanges when the new build went live. And as you know the conversions are market driven.

So that’s why you saw the seeming discrepancy in the exchange rate. All is well, and it will continue to ebb and flow according to the volume of exchanges, as always.

Gonna have to back Gaile up on this, whenever there is new Gem Store content like Outfits, Armor, Weapons, added, the conversion immediately skyrockets with people buying Gems for Gold.

There is a problem with this, some people actually buy cultural as levelling gear since they plan to eventually unlock the skins anyway.

Crovax.7854:

Since many people who are active on the forums don’t really read reddit, I thought I’d
post this here for anyone interested: http://www.tentonhammer.com/editorial/more-same-guild-wars-2

It basically highlights what most people here post on a daily basis: Overall good quality
of content but complete lack in terms of quantity .
I personally feel really let down by the ‘only 4-5 releases left this year’ statement.
Compared to the claim of ‘every two weeks’ this seems like a rather bad joke :/

I don’t recall anyone stating you would have fresh, new content every two weeks. That is quite a bit different than an update, some have content, some do not. The one’s that don’t generally contain bug fixes, skill tweaks, tool tip tweaks, etc.

They really should reintroduce the old pvp only skins into a reward track.

In any case since Wings of Dwayna aren’t a pvp reward, I doubt you will see this happen for that item.

Not sure where I read it or if I just assumed, but I think it’s a 4 week cycle? maybe longer, not sure but I doubt it is shorter.

I have had the thief for 2 years, I have been away from the game 14 months out of those 2 years. I rarely every played thief in WvW as it just isn’t for me.

Engi has a higher skill cap than thief. I am not talking about a turret engi.

My statements stand. I wear troll repellent on the forums, your taunts do not effect me.

Rozbuska.5263:

You can try mine. Front line every day died only like 10 times in past 6 months:-)
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fdAQFAUlUUpWrlcxvLseNShxMyY6JkBMuoXfkJA-TxBDABOq+jO7PIlyPwUCCwFEQOdEC8gACAgAczbGYzbmhO0hO0hO0G6Qv5Qv5QLDAzYA-e

Thanks for posting this, I’ve been looking for a thread like this lately, having found the one class I sucked with the most initially is now my favorite WvW class. I’ve been considering frontlining vs mid-lining and was wondering if it would be better to go PvT or go Celestial.

Gonna take me a while to get this gear setup though, full Soldier with Melandru.

Renegade.6240:

Edit : Any class suggestions ?

Warrior if you like damage and sustainability. Engineer if you want something completely different.

I suck so bad on my Thief in WvW, have had her for over 2 years but I get kitten d by just about anyone if I play any burst build and if I play p/d condi every time I get blinded or dodged when using dagger 5 I just get pwned.

So my personal favorite in WvW is engi. Running a kit build in WvW has a high skill cap when roaming. More of a muscle memory cap.

[edit to add] Ranger if you just want to roflface burst with longbow.

Well maybe in a future update they will increase the UI scale settings, there is that new 5k screen just out.

Personally I have been running the game on a 42" HDTV since release, but since my eyes are 6’ away I run it in a low resolution so I can read the text in the chat box, I run the UI at mid-scale.

Never take a knife to a gun fight.

From today’s ready up, as the commentators revealed their hand wrangling and drooling over how much they LOVE trolling the cheese that is skyhammer, you can rest assured they will NEVER remove this map, ever.

They LOVE their cheese, they have gone from sharp to medium, but the cheese MUST remain.

I didn’t realize Ready Up was for marketing, it completely seemed 100% geared for the current clientele.

You will likely be infracted and the thread deleted. I recommend using reddit if you really want you opinion to not be policed unfairly.

mango.9267:

GOSU.9574:

Most of GW2’s “GvGers” never played GW1 GvG. It’s not even remotely the same right now, in GW2 it’s just a mini blob vs a mini blob. Facesmash extravaganza. In GW1 GvG you had maps like GW2’s pvp conquest mode. There were objectives, guild teams were designed and coordinated around achieving the objectives.

I guess in GW2 currently the objective is SMASHFACE.

You couldn’t sound more ignorant about GW2 GvG. I see people making this argument all the time, and they’re all wrong.

When I see something different than what I said, I will let you know. Until then GW2 GvG is a joke. It won’t change until real GvG maps are put in place.

SMASHFACE bruh.

Gaile Gray.6029:

I talked to a couple of the devs just now, and they told me this is a subject they’re still reviewing and considering how best to address. It’s part of a larger discussion, as you can imagine, and changes would necessarily involve a few elements, not just condition caps alone.

While there aren’t details on changes or a timeframe in which they would be done, you can be sure that this is being reviewed by the devs and considered as part of the big picture and potential adjustments in the future.

Thanks for taking the time to interface and reply, Gaile, can’t stress it enough (even if it is your new hat, it is still appreciated).

Most of GW2’s “GvGers” never played GW1 GvG. It’s not even remotely the same right now, in GW2 it’s just a mini blob vs a mini blob. Facesmash extravaganza. In GW1 GvG you had maps like GW2’s pvp conquest mode. There were objectives, guild teams were designed and coordinated around achieving the objectives.

I guess in GW2 currently the objective is SMASHFACE.

Krakah.3582:

DoomKnightMax.6592:

I do have friends on Jade Quarry, but I also know a large amount of amazingly high skilled players on Blackgate.

My question is, which one should I transfer to?

If you really want to come to T1. Join JQ or TC, post season morale and participation is low on both servers at the moment. Either could use more active PvP bodies.

-BG

Are you even serious? It seems after the tourney many have transferred over to TC from BG and probably JQ.

Wanze.8410:

It doesnt really matter much what players think. If this item was available on the gem store, Anet might make a little more bucks but also unpopulate lower level zones, devaluating their product for newer players.

This is, without a doubt, the best counter argument I have read.

Would instant 80 be any different than instant PvP?

The cap should have been 20 like GW1, the rest is a grind fluff for BIG numbers!

I have levelled 17 characters to 80 via the ol’ grind mill, some with instant 20s though. I wouldn’t have a problem with instant 80s, it does not effect my game.

I get cloth all the time via salvaging.

Tobias Trueflight.8350:

Stop toiling for it and just do what you want to do, or just take a break and check in only for the LS2 unlocks.

Sadly I wanted the ascended medium coat for transmute so I had to level up leatherworking from 1-500. Sadly….

I don’t have full ascended ANYTHING. I have some trinkets due to having laurels, 1 piece of ascended armor and 1 ascended longbow I got from a drop box over a year ago. You see, I refuse to play the vertical gear progression game. I refuse to swallow the bait and switch that the Manifesto became at Launch.

Ah….for those who propose using WvW tokens to get things all this would do is bulk up EotM populations, not help the actual WvW. There needs to be a seperate reward setup to counter the mindless karma train that is all that EotM is.

I am on a T1 server, perhaps it is simply my perspective.

Gaile Gray.6029:

You’re right, tenklo and AP. These outfits were extremely popular in Guild Wars, and they were much requested as additions for Guild Wars 2. I understand what you’ve said, Lady Grimm, but I think as a matter of fulfilling the request — and for a sort of “cultural integrity” — it’s good that it was recreated as it was.

(And yes, I happen to be amongst those who love this set. )

So we can expect to see a female ranger clad in the Raiment dyed Purple leading the congo line around Lion’s Arch this halloween?

Does anyone else feel the rewards from WvW (not the tournament, the ongoing weekly rotation bags, chests, etc.) are satisfying?

Personally I find it very unsatisfying. If you do EotM you get a lot more of those rewards, but even those for me seem unsatisfying.

Right now, after the tournament, WvW is rather flat, at least on my server and compared to during the tournament. Sure some of that is burn out, but much of it is the lackluster rewards for WvW.

What can be done to improve the WvW rewards? Does WvW need something similar to the PvP track reward system?

It doesn’t really matter, the top 2 play the same way.

You should look beyond just the server and find some reason to join one in particular. Perhaps you have some friend(s) on this or that server.

Swagger.1459:

Here are my issues with rewards…

•Game releases and we got the “cosmetic only grind” spiel which became a statistic grind.

•You can purchase bis legendary gear off the bltc, but you can’t purchase lesser in function ascended gear.

•Ascended weapons and armor were introduced and we were told prior to release that it’s going to be "a small stat increase with the focus on zero grind. I don’t think anyone with half a brain equates “focus on zero grind” with forced crafting and massive gold sink.

•New rewards coming out are nothing more than grinding out bits and pieces so you can buy or spend more gold on crafting said item(s).

Here are my issues with the development team that provides the rewards…

•Overall, and in every area of the game, there appears to be what I would call dartboard development or intentional experimenting all at the cost of customer good will. Random and unfinished things are tossed into the game and remain incomplete while you (anet) move on to the next big random and unfinished “thing”.

•The developers come out and make a pr statement about rewards (among other things) that completely contradict what is actually under development or being implemented.

•The real issue now is that anet can’t or won’t come up with other forms of rewarding gold sinks so they tie it in with gear acquisition (aka forced gear crafting), mystic forge gambling or dangling the precursors and legendaries carrots on the bltc as an option to bypass the annoying grind. As long as these remain without other options, players will always be given an unrewarding “reward” experience and rewards.

*typed this from my phone with distractions, but I hope my points came across.

While I don’t necessarily agree with each facet of what you have said, I do share the overall sentiment.

Remember this game was sold on the Manifesto that quickly got an about face from Anet, designers/developers. It was supposed to be low grind, lateral progression. Then Ascended was introduced which anyone with half a brain saw as blatant vertical progression, gear treadmill, power creep, whatever you prefer to call it.

Now the system to try to obtain the best gear outside of legendary is the Toil system. You will TOIL to progress VERTICALLY.

You will get crap loot to grind and sell and grind and sell and then amass your massive coppers to craft………

TOIL. Not play. WORK.

The loot system in this game is abhorrently unsatisfying.