Guild Wars 2

Reading through the rev traits leads me to believe this class isn’t going to be my cup of tea.

I feel like the only archetype the game didn’t have was a “true” tank ie. taunt. I’m concerned that they’re pushing the “holy trinity” a bit with the into of taunts and the recent buffs to healing we’ve seen to give this new class a place.

It’s still missing trait lines and far from done so I will hold my judgement, but from what I’ve seen…

:S

I know I’m necroing an old thread, but this caught my eye and I’m a little shocked it never sparked Anet’s attention.

Very impressive turnout. I hope Anet will ride the wave on this kind of enthusiasm of their playerbase in the future.

I LOVE deathmatch and Courtyard is my favorite map. Why is it so unpopular?

It seems that anyone that likes deathmatch already seeks it out through GvG, which guild halls will be officially introducing with HOT.

With new the Stronghold map introducing strongholds as a new match-type, do you think SH will be popular? Could they push deathmatch as a match-type too?

While they have stated the Ascended gear is the definite top tier for gear progression, they haven’t said anything about the progression of infusions lately. Infusions are clearly another avenue for unlimited progression.

Infusions provide a reward for top tier players who have very limited options to spend excess resources while the incremental improvements are too small for lower tier players to worry about.

Where do you see infusions going with HOT? Do you think they will take this opportunity to improve and expand the infusion system?

Personally, I’m waiting to infuse anything else before we get more info. Infusions serve two main purposes currently: agony resists and stat improvements. We’ve seen the agony infusion increased to 15 and many are expecting advances coming to FOTM with an FOTM-specific mastery track and a possible increase to FOTM levels.

It’s easy to speculate the FOTM mastery to provide an exclusive NPC merchant to sell more infusions (Fractal Attunement Mastery—Recursive Resourcing). Alternately, the FOTM mastery could provide an innate account-based agony resist that would remove the need to slot AR, and open up those slots for more stat improvements (Fractal Attunement Mastery—Agony Channeler). Other FOTM masteries could remove the Mistlock Singularity debuff from you (Fractal Attunement Mastery—Mistlock Singularities, Essential Singularities, Hyperactive Singularities).

Rings and back pieces can be infused for an additional infusion slot, but that infused tier has never been offered for amulets and accessories. Armor and weapons could even be infused for a second slot as well, though unlikely.

Currently, stat infusions cap at 5, but as agony was increased from 5 to 15, it’s possible for stat increases to be treated similarly. I’d expect another kitten storm if stat infusions increased to 15 considering what happened when ascended (and all other gear level) stats were increased with the recent patch. Boosting stat infusions which already cost as much or more than the armor pieces themselves would bring about another mutiny.

On the other side of things, when you have enough gold and you’re already fully ascended, there really is not much left in the game on which to spend your resources..

Thank you everyone who have responded!

Edit You can’t say ‘who + responded" without the + because of the ’kitten’ censoring system. Lol.

Like many of you, I am excited for the new mastery system, even though we’ve heard very little about it. New flavor and new content is always welcome.

And like many more of you, I play multiple characters—all 8 of them (and soon 9—gear and tomes awaiting the revonant) and in all types of content PvP, WvW, PvE…

With new masteries coming out, will we be forced into “maining” one character to be able to progress their mastery enough to reach the new content? If maxing a mastery is too fast, we’ll just speed run and blow through everything and end up bored. If it’s too slow, we’ll have to pick a favorite to progress it to the end, leaving many alts behind.

Will mastery be similar to WvW Rank where it’s account-shared, yet you can spend your points differently on each character? This would be the best case scenario.

They could have just brought back Tribal skin through the PvP reward track and it would have been better than Glorious. Glorious just looks like a remixed AC armor set.

Personally, I was saddened that the PvP-exclusive armor (Glorious) … kinda looks like crap.

PvP-exclusive armor should be worth wearing.. Since this armor is so unpopular, it’s doubtful we’ll see another set any time soon..

Yeah yeah, post-patch chaos, burst meta, etc. This isn’t a qq thread or a nerf thread. I play all classes so I try to not to have a bias.

The real issue with this crazy burst meta is that the bursting classes are mainly abusing instant cast skills (medi guard bomb, scepter ele bomb, shatter bomb, etc). At least with a lich 2 or 3-shotting you, you have a chance to dodge some hits.

Is insta burst builds what we want the meta to be?

Discuss.

(Yeah yeah 100 nades is broken, we know).

Well, it is the weekend

This doesn’t need a balance patch. It just needs a hot fix. Remove the pierce. The trait says nothing about pierce.

Yep. This month is gonna be a free for all kitten fest. Try to enjoy it and ride the waves.

WRU hotfix? Every game is 50% engis trying to out exploit each other.

Stealth + 13k dmg nades. Fun times.

We demand answers!

Cheshire.8761:

Are you going to address how you forced characters to train into builds using their hero points without their consent? :o

Really, bro? They gave you back all of the SP you previously used and much more.

If you’re going to force me to stay in a lobby map to queue, can I at least use my 400-600g (currently) item and forgesome stuff?

Is this intended?

Is it not the point of the conduit to use it in places where there is not already a MF?

Anet pls.

If you’re going to force me to stay in a lobby map to queue, can I at least use my 400-600g (currently) item and MF some stuff?

Is this intended?

Anet pls.

If 100$ makes or breaks you, you don’t need to be playing a video game.

It’s worth paying $100 just to see Braham’s mom die. Screw Braham and his mom.

You mess up defiant on the Molten boss duo multiple times and you’re on the list.

Kost.1987:

This is really expensive for HoT.
There’s not many new things, it just doesn’t worth it. And we actually don’t really know what is exactly in this expansion.
Well… And why will I need to have another core if I already have one? It makes no sense…
A little bit strange move, I think.

How are you gonna tell me there’s not enough new stuff when you odn’t even know what’s coming?

You could always wait 3 years and buy HOT on sale for $10.

Those downvoters will buy, cry as they might.

You’re sad you don’t get a discount for owning basic? Your fallacy is in comparing the value of GW2 at release with its value today. Considering the recent $10 GW2 sale, the value of GW2 in 2015 is closer to that $10.

Should it come with a slot? Yes, no, maybe, whatever, but if the price of a slot makes you sour, you have bigger problems in life.

The true value of HOT is the new content. If we are getting the same amount of content as a season pack, then I’d be unhappy paying the price tag of a true expansion for what would just be a glorified live update patch.

Also, your buying the xpac supports the game you’ve put 1000s of hours into. You may get some of this new content for free (Tuesday’s patch), but your dollar supports it all the same.

Some of you people have 5k+ hours and you don’t want to drop $50 on the game you play every day?

Haters gonna hate.

Water combat was a thing—people cried—now it’s not.

Remove water breathers. They were never fully implemented anyways. You can breathe underwater naked and the itemization is silly.

PvX
– I think they will do a lot more with infusions. Players sitting on a little wealth want to spend more for that little extra. Right now, if you aren’t an avid fractal runner and +5 isn’t worth 100-200g, infusions offer very little.

Personally, I’m holding off on getting top tier infusions until I see what comes out. I don’t want to spend 2k gold on +5s when +6 is probably right around the corner.

PvE
– ‘Random’ option for mini pets where it picks randomly every time you zone, and/or swaps every 10 minutes.

With HOT rounding the counter in the next 3-30 months, it’s time for some wild, possibly unfounded speculation. Here we go.

PvE
– New legendaries (I know precursor crafting is a thing, but I don’t know if HOT is dropping with new legendaries day 1)
– New dyes that cost 300-1000g
– New dungeon(s)
– New paths on old dungeons
– More FOTM Levels 51-60, etc
– New FOTM maps (Abbaddon pls)
– Fractal weapon chest
– Achievements

PvP
– Nothing (strongholds map doesn’t count)
– …. new PvP browser UI changes
– Celestial nerf

WvW
– New maps are coming
– New seasons achievos

GvG
- With guild halls coming in, there’s a good chance (0.01%) that we might see GW1 style GvG combat.

Things we want, but will probably never see:
– ‘Use Stack’ option letting you use 1-250 stacked items at once with fewer clicking.
– Better friends list features (I just want to assign people into groups, ie TPvP, FOTM, etc)
– GvG
– SAB
– New TPvP titles, Champion Phantom II, Champion Phantom III, Champion Phantom IX, etc

Add your own ideas!

Jokes aside, I’m optimistic for the xpac.

tybalt owes me $3.50. let’s kill him.

+1

Got Longbow and Pistol tonight.. in the same night.

Only the Focus alludes me. Hit me up in game!

im 1/12 on raider’s chests. fml!

If anyone’s selling, please hit me up. After farming 16/19 skins and the tonic, I’m down to just buy 50,40,30,20 every day til I finish. Like many have said before, it’s about prioritizing time over gold.

With grad school finals coming up, if I have any time to play, it’s not going to be doing in-game chores when I’d rather finish off my last few TPvP titles.

Skin drop rates are 12, 10, 4, 2% respectively. I’ll pay 15g, 13g, 7g, 4g. Make quick gold!

I’m 8×80 full geared with meta builds and of course, TS. I’m not snobby, but I do want to minimize my time running at least 50 and 40 daily.

I just have 2 more skins to unlock, and yeah, I have the tonic.

Help me win FOTM!

Whisper Gavx or mail in game might be best.

Out of around 30 TPvP games in the past 2 days, 11 were 4v5. Ranked and Unranked.

I’m about to start tallying it and making a Hall of Shame.

TPvP is broken and it has nothing to do with balance

TL/DR – Install a 24h TPvP-only ban for leavers and AFKers in TPvP along with a reporting system.

Desert 2-3 times, 24h ban, etc. They can still grief hotjoins and go about their business, but no more ruining TPvP matches and making the community more sour. You queue up, you commit to your team.

Some will say, what about people with bad internets and D/C, but you have to be a repeat offender, and if you are repeatedly D/C then you’re also screwing your team.

Also, add in a feature to the queue to scoop up someone waiting and let them replace a vacant slot.

I’ll try not to make this a QQ thread, but this is seriously broken and needs and immediate, yet simple, fix.

PS. Also, give me back my mystic forge and some crafting stations if you’re going to make me sit in HOTM to queue up now.

What about the coin from the bag itself? Does the level 80 get more coin from the bags than kitten

/necro.thread

Can’t remember the last time I caught a sale on something for the account, I mean bank slots, bag slots, etc.

On sale, I’d grab some of that, and the 500 stack of materials kinda stuff.

Make me buy.

^ Cool idea. Crazy powerful, but it could work. Doesn’t change Boss fights too much, but still. In a boss fight, right now you have to treat a phantasm like a damage spell with a shatter potential because you know your Zerker isn’t going to whirl more than once vs most bosses. Might as well stack up a bit of a shatter before he goes.

Another thing, phantasms should not compete with players for boons! If no one is around, I can put some boons on my guys. IF players are around, they’re competing. I feel that boons on the mesmer should effect their illusions since boons are only granted to 5 targets.

The only problem is that in PvP, you could easily pick the mesmer because he’s the only one with boons, but honestly, no one has a hard time identifying the real mesmer. It’s usually more the issue of targeting.

Can they put some good stuff back in the gem store or what? I’m not trying to look like 80’s Poison Ivy from the Batman comics.

Kinda hard to give you my money when all there is in the gem store is a salad jump suit and piglet mini pets.

Bring back the Raiments of the Lich and some Black Feathered Wings if you want my money. The game should be hitting 1000 days old soon. I was expecting something a little more special.

Does MF influence drop rate of portals? I’m assuming the portals from events are unaffected, but the portals dropped on the ground in steel chests would be under the effect of MF like all other ground dropping loot.

Everyone wants to tell you MF has no role in portal farming, but no one has a source.

Kinda sad how the awesome luck mechanic was added, yet it preceded so much content that nullifies MF (chests, champ bags, event rewards, monster’s that don’t drop loot). I can’t be the only one hoping this trend will change.

They made it and even added a link code, but never put it in. As a player with almost all the FOTM skins over a million runs, mathematically, it’s probably my only chance to finish the set.

Please care about FOTM.

I’m in. Let’s enjoy mes before our post HOT fun is nerfed back down.

PVE

Bosses kill illusions too quickly, gutting phantasm IE mesmer pve damage.

>>Give us an F5 shatter that gives all of our illusions distortion for x seconds (3~).
>> The shatter should then proc all the new shatter synergy crap they’re adding for us so Phan builts will have a use for shattering.

Mesmer’s need to offer more value to their PvE group.

>>Phalanx (from warrior) should have been a Mesmer trait. Why the kitten would they give warriors Empower Allies (+150 power to allies), banners, vuln generation, AND the ability to perma stack 25 might? All on one class?

>>Mesmer should have gotten something in GS Mastery like might on crits with GS and a GM trait sharing might to allies (IE Phalanx). I see they are giving us something similar with Illisionary Inspiration (whenever you cast a phantasm, cast signet of inspiration aka copy all boons on you to allies – Inspiration GM trait)

>>Another option is a trait that gives an effect like empower allies but based on having phantasms out. Different stats maybe per each phantasm (ie zerker gives power, dualist precision, warden gives feroc… or w/e) gives a trait-buff that stacks up to 3 times. 100 per stack, 300 total because it’s hard to keep 3 phan up.

TW

>When TW got the nerf from 100% to 50%, it should have had the cooldown reduced. Since they are making the glamour cooldown trait innate/built in, and TW is a now a glamour, I’d like to see the cooldown reduced.

Let’s hope alacrity will get us higher on the need list without making us alacrity buff bots.

I salvage a lot of rares and having to click accept many many times annoys me. Please make it a feature I can toggle on and off. It it great to have, but not all the time. The change for removing confirm from salvaging greens was amazing, please continue.

Players want to see:

Account bound World XP

Gear/trait swap ability similar to swapping to town clothes

No stat buffs for anyone, IMO.

Buff that increases PPT? Sure. 5% per stack.

This is a petition. Tag and share this post if you agree!

Remove the need to click accept from salvaging in PvP.

It was a great change for PvE, and should be a simple fix for PvP players.

- Gav

Remove “click ok” from salvaging in PVP.

A mil glory salvage will give you carpal tunnel.

Aedelric.1287:

Great change, normal mode is almost normal again thanks for the hard work Josh. No doubt more work is planned for the next SAB release as a few more areas need improved, but for now I am fine with what has been done.

I have one suggestion to silence selfish people like Gav.1425 who only care about their own enjoyment. Make a directors cut, a challenge mode made by Moto where no additional rewards beyond normal can be obtained, but can go wild with your ideas like vanilla world 2.

It was called Tribulation mode. Now that made it another easy mode.

Selfish? I just like it hard. ;-)

You said SAB would be hard. You said it wasn’t for everyone.

Now you nerf it and dumb it all down for those ‘weakest links’. Everyone who did it the hard way, I hope you enjoy the big [Moto’s finger] you just got.

ArenaNet: No newbs left behind!

I’m on JQ, but I’ve heard guesting can work. I have commander pin and world completion and will of course help or even lead as needed!

Can anyone confirm guesting working for comms?

XcmGT.3847:

Gav.1425:

DA hackusations. Lawl.

Is this English?

Hack accusations. Sorry you needed it spelled out for you.