Guild Wars 2

Kvothe.1467:

At least new BLs. Changes like the ruins is not what I’m talking about. I just want something completely different, maybe with a Crystal Desert feel to it or even Ring of Fire type of terrain.

Not gonna happen, mostly because of lame attitudes like the one you display.. a few devs spent weeks making the new BL edit and the general reaction is always “meh, I want more/better/different”

making new maps/zones is the least productive way anet devs can their spend time. they could spend the next 6 months on a whole new set of 4 unique maps and the reaction would still be “meh, I want more/better/different”.

SHAKA ZULU.3128:

Given that something drastic didn’t happen between then and now on your end like it did ours, you should be ranked higher than us.

Our own current rank score is immensely inflated from recent matches against servers 7+ ranks above us.. we “gained” score even when losing matches by gaps of over 250k points.

dank.3680:

You cant do damage to NSP.. We have been beaten and battered time and again, nothing ever changes, people don’t transfer in or out here for the most part. The people on this server are dedicated and like the tough fights.

Loath as I am to agree with dank, he’s more or less correct.. we haven’t had guild size movement on/off since Meow left like.. 8 months ago?

sadly, that doesn’t include drops in activity from players still on the server… which has dropped over the last month after getting roflstomped by SBI and CD (and a fair amount of general burnout and seasonal shifts in game time).

it’s not a graveyard, there’s large meta guilds organizing several teq kills every day.. they just purposefully go to an overflow with no pugs.

Ricky.4706:

am I the only one that feels GW1 was much more balanced between characters, than gw 2 ?

which is ironic since gw2 has much less choices of builds than gw1

while there’s less overall ‘choices’.. how many concurrent viable builds were there?

gw1 had way more builds but it also had way more junk builds.. the total number of builds active in either meta is not that different. (3-4 fotm, 2-3 others on the rise or dropping out)

(edit: with regards to pvp, since there’s nothing in gw1 to compare to the wvw meta)

Fordel.3208:

Caffynated.5713:

S, SW, SE, NW, NE because… complicated.

Yea, this is what I hear most of the time. Once in awhile someone says the actual ruin name and everyone goes “buuuuuuuh?”

strangely, for the ruins I’m fine with using the names, but I’ve always had the same problem as you for the towers and camps.. and I’ve resorted to the same ‘NE, SW, etc’ nomenclature.

overall population has grown but activity fluctuates(currently in a dip) and is spread out throughout more activities than before.

server-specific populations are mostly driven by WvW performance(and vice-versa) since all the PvE elements can be done on any server thanks to guesting.

Galtrix.7369:

Well, while we’re on that topic, dodging in and out while hitting people is not skill either in my opinion. Anyone can dodge, anyone can activate skills in a certain order. It takes skill to research and create builds of your own that you can show off in PvP by literally destroying everyone.

conversely, anyone can look up the flavour of the week build online, no skill required there either, right?

crafting your build and knowing how to effectively use it in combat (which does includes movement, positioning and timing) are both things you can research and practice, and both are required to truly master the combat system.

This is an action rpg, not a turn-based one. and while I absolutely love turn-based game, there’s no point trying to push this game in that particular direction when it was designed differently from the ground up.

Vick.6805:

Interesting, but you have the cause and effect reversed. You assume that Devon’s apathy is a result of the forums’ hostility.

The total disregard for the feedback WvW players have tried to offer in these forums is the cause, and the open hostility is the effect.

You’re the one viewing things in reverse, the hostility was here long before Devon took his position.

so much so that when Devon did take the position, everyone here was super nice to him and kept posting how happy they were to see WvW under a new lead, especially one that was more visible in the forums…that lasted about 2 weeks.

and then everyone went back to berating and insulting him constantly, just like they had been doing before. He quickly saw what interacting with this community got the devs and wisely chose to cut down on his participation, as any sane human would.

Plains of Ashes.5941:

I concur, instead of joining the top of the tier, go get the shovel-to-the-face experience that 80% of the WvW players are about to get: Join Devonas Reach or Anvil Rock – I guarantee that WvW would be a better place afterwards. Consider it a lessons learned exercise

assuming Devon truly plays on NSP, he’s experienced plenty of shovel-to-the-face as you call it.

we’ve had tons of throwaway matches where we can’t compete. DR/AR don’t have it any worse than we’ve had it.

elinos.7493:

Or is the unavailability of such a group the core of your problem?

Does it surprise you to learn that not every server can field zergs of comparable size?

elinos.7493:

but there is absolutely no reason why the focus should be taken away from the zerg and WvW should degenerate into a series of small squad based fights all over the map.

“degenerate” is a pretty strong and emotional word choice. it’s also pretty insulting to anyone that might happen to like such small squad based fights all over the map.

ps: your fun is not more important than my fun.

KOK.2650:

By the way, you have taken 2 confusion dmg.
Hit again and hopping for a successful crt and transfer , and eat confusion in the mean time?

yup, if your build can’t stand to soak a few confusion hits, you might want to not be made out of wet paper.

perplexity and the builds that take advantage of it are an excellent counter to spammy glass cannons.

the real balance problem with some of those perplexity builds is the perpetual stunlock, not the confusion.

elinos.7493:

stop trying to come up with dumb ideas to punish a playstyle they don’t like?

It’s less about “punishing a play style they don’t like” and more about “preventing that play style from impeding all the other play styles that ppl like”

ie: variety is awesome =)

baseballguy.4865:

Allow your guild to be the only players to get your boons.

So anyone not running with their own guild gets left out to dry?

this doesn’t punish zergs at all, just pugs/militia.

Nalexa Torch.1235:

If Anet would create an additional sep map like the JPs for GvG without buffs etcpp. then all other players could zerg/blob however they like and would not interfear with guilds seeking for good fights in that separate map. Thereof the whole discussion of zerging becomes more or less obsolete imo?

no, as there are more than just those two types of players in WvW.

Why dynamic health scaling for groups is bad:

you and 4 friends are fighting an enemy group of say 8 players, it’s a hard battle but you guys are hanging in there, downing two and getting a stomp off, most of your health bars are floating around 40-50% but you persevere and refuse to give up, this is a great fight!

Then 12 other players from your server show up to help, enter range of this health scaling mechanic and suddenly your team’s hp plummets to <10% and you all get wiped.

How much fun would that be?

What kind of exchanges do you think would go on afterwards between the first 5 players and the friendlies that showed up to “help”?

CD is a pretty strong WvW server.. but you mention a lack of low level players and it feeling empty, which sounds more like you’re talking about PvE.

The game has been out for over a year, so no matter what server you go to, you’re not going to see tons of lowbies.

Radiology.3597:

a good portion of these players playing in the off-hours for the sake of the server go to classes, have families, jobs, bills, etc.

players within the same timezone don’t all share the same off-hours, even those with jobs/school/family.

If a player chooses to prioritize game time over other responsibilities, that’s on them.

Should other players really be locked out from WvW just because their playtime window is within what you consider to be “off-hours”?

Thank yourself, as the choice to “just play the game for fun” or “run after each achievement” is made entirely inside your head.

Lokki.1092:

If direct damage deals more damage and applies the same exact utility conditions at the same effectiveness what is the point of condition builds?

same effectiveness?

if you truly believe that then there’s not much more to be said here, we’re not playing the same game apparently. /shrug

way to complain, now they buried it where no one will find it.

so.. what’s the current trick allowing to invite enemies into party?

“I don’t do as much damage as zerker dps machines” is not the same thing as “being useless”, nor are conditions strictly about damage.

Rennoko.5731:

Dungeons – Bad excuse.

If the zone is limited to 5 people, there are no performance issues with bleeds.

No, but I’m guessing they don’t want to split the entire condition system into two versions, one for small instances and one for everything else.

fragmenting the combat system even further than the small pvp/pve skill differences would be pretty bad no? do you really want core combat systems to function differently for every part of the game?

1250 stacks of bleeding on one mob sounds way more ridiculous.

it’s 25 per target(so yes, the whole group)

there’s two reasons why it’s capped: performance issues tied with having each person have it’s own cap of 25 on each target; and to prevent boss fights from being completely trivial.

Reading how adamant some players are about this makes me curious: do a lot of you actually run the exact same stat combo on 100% of your equipment?(or in this case, wish that you could?)

You can reach very similar total stats by combining several types, usually leading to much more well-rounded builds.

was it guild wars? did it have a guild lord?

ppl are free to enjoy whatever pvp mode they can find and/or come up with.. but this is truly the closest thing to the original guild vs guild mode, if anything “deserves” to use that name, it’s this.

the only thing about your character that affects the composition of drops is your magic find, nothing else has any impact.

Some rewards try to stick to eq your profession can use, but for drops it doesn’t matter.

Oh I thought you meant in general. the specific armor model that that prototype ended up being just doesn’t rate the extra channel, but many others do.

so it’s not a case of “an ability that was removed from the game”.

You’re not alone in not liking underwater combat, but many others do like it.

also, Necro with trident is one of the(if not THE) strongest underwater class.

Zackie.8923:

i wonder why they removed the ability to dye the patterns in game, as shown in the picture

You can still do that, just depends on the armor piece as to how the channels are set-up

UltraHiDef.4809:

This isn’t supposed to be posted here, but in the Waste land forum. But, 8v8 isn’t a gvg, it’s sPvP.

real GvG is and always has been 8 vs 8.

the 20vs20 nonsense happening by the mill is not real GvG, ppl just started calling it that.

Zephyrus.9680:

GrandmaFunk.3052:

seeking fairness is pointless since a 1vs1 where both parties have stat equilibrium will happen just about never.

Your 2nd claim is only true after bloodlust and one of the reasons I don’t WvW anymore.

So for the first 12 months of the game, all your battles were always against L80 with full exotics, ascended trinkets, food buff and mech buff?

get real, the majority of WvW characters out on the field do not even have 100% BiS

Pretty interesting concept.

Will keep an eye on it, thanks for the heads up!

The last thing this game needs is yet another currency, especially a WvW specific one.

bad idea is bad.

If you’re not going to be getting a lot of wxp points(or get them fast) you’re probably better off going wide rather than deep.

ie: get the first ability in a few lines rather than trying to chase Applied Fortitude and the like.

I’d start by putting in 1 point each in repair and build mastery, then getting the first ability of 1-2 siege lines, whichever you already tend to use more.

Oh I get it alright, I was just trying to save you some pain and frustration. But I see what kind of player you are now, so nevermind. carry on chasing your carrots =)

Jayne.9251:

I’ve run into a number of Second Law guys who if you are out and get into a 1v1, they only hit you till downed and then run off. It so impressed me that I go out of my way to do the same any time I’m 1v1d with any of them. Was a nice standard to set and I hadn’t seen that prior to running into them.

I don’t really get that. It seems needlessly cruel.. if you weren’t there to really defeat him, let the poor guy do his thing in peace.

It’s like mugging a guy but not taking his wallet after you stab him.

Hopefully one day you will realize that doing that makes it LESS likely that any Devs takes your position seriously.

TLDR: the hundred other posts about this topic.

roaming is, in essence, the art of avoiding fights you will lose and pursuing fights you will win.

seeking fairness is pointless since a 1vs1 where both parties have stat equilibrium will happen just about never.

Is now an appropriate time to point out, yet again, that “ascended armors” do NOT exist in-game and that everyone should really shut up about it already.

someone leaked a preview code for something that’s not released yet(therefor probably not in it’s final form). there’s been several cases of “leaked preview codes” leading to absolutely nothing real.

utility > damage

Burnfall.9573:

5. Over Amplifying Numbers

“Ehhh…could probably say a lot about this but I’m going to try to keep it short.
If you have 34,000 hitpoints and the monster does 8,000 damage, isn’t that the same as if you had 340 hitpoints and the monster did 80? While larger numbers may look more impressive initially, they become annoying because it is harder to calculate and keep track of.

Larger numbers allow for better scaling and precision without resorting to decimals.

They’re actually easier to calculate.

What are you talking about exactly?

NSP: zero queues except 5-10minutes in the first 2 hours following reset (and then only on one or two maps)

kingcragus.6810:

That read as the 10th of April btw

Only for people that use an inferior date format. :P

There’s no real way to combat that kind of attitude, best thing for you is to avoid it by finding a friendly guild.