SoR had some huge numbers last night on EB. Where ever JQ would go they would be met by an SoR zerg and then flanked by another SoR zerg. It was crazy. We lost Stonemist and then about an hour later we took it back and we weren’t with any opposition by SoR except a single AFK player in the lords room. It’ was weird
Have you ever tried going full berserker gear instead of soldier? I know you probably go soldier for the survivability right? Were you ever curious how much damage you could be doing with full berserker?
I’ve been playing dual dagger elementalist since the game was released and I haven’t been able to get into another character at all. I’d like to have an alt but I just can’t find anything that I find as fun as d/d elementalist.
I thought maybe some friendly people of the community could help me out with their experience with professions and weapon sets. My preferences in play is that I really enjoy melee combat a lot more than ranged. I also like defensive builds with lots of health and armor. I want to be able to charge into fights and not worry about dying easily. I don’t need to dish out tons of damage to be happy, even if i can just support the group I am happy.
I’m just looking for a fun build…I’ve tried a lot of them but haven’t spent much time on any certain build so I can’t really get a read on how end game builds would be. Hopefully I can get some suggestions based on my preferences.
Awesome I’m really liking all the input! I guess I will have to decide between sword/off-hand or a greatsword.
Does anyone have any links to these builds you are talking about? You know with like perma regen/protection or like someone said bunker beastmaster? Looking for a good trait setup and run combination
No I’m looking for help from ranger players because I love pets in games like this but I don’t want to be completely useless due to my preferences. Other people gave some nice tips, not sure why you had to respond like that.
I’ve always wanted to play a ranger because I like the idea of having a pet following me around. However, I just don’t really know what weapon set to use. I will definitely be using longbow as one of my weapon sets but I don’t know what else to use. I’m one of those people that likes to build more defensively so that is why I am so hesitant to build I ranger because I’ve never really heard of a defensively built Ranger. I also prefer melee combat…
Do my preferences work in some way without gimping a ranger? Or would I just be better off forgetting about having a pet and playing a guardian or something?
Personally I only do Zone 1 and Zone 2 because I don’t like Zone 3 and the Frog fight. I can create a character, do the quest, get to the box, run zone 1 and zone 2 in less than 10 minutes. That’s good enough for me.
Why are people looking for groups if all they are interested in speed? More people will only make your runs take longer. Do they just want to play with other people or do they actually think it goes faster with more people?
Can you get the achievements to collect all baubles in infantile mode? Would just seem easier to do it in that mode but I don’t want to waste my time if it won’t count
Do the collecting baubles achievements include the baubles you get from the chests you need to open with a key?
I do not know since I never skipped those chests. I always made sure to grab them. I’m sure someone will try that eventually and have an answer though.
I kind of assume they do include those baubles since doesn’t it also include the baubles in the hidden rooms and such?
So let’s say I buy an amulet with Laurels. Does that amulet not give agony resistance as is? What I would then need to do is put in one of the fine infusions to get agony resistance? But then if I want to upgrade the amulet to an infused amulet it will destroy my fine infusion and give me 5 agony resistance from the amulet itself? Then if I put another fine infusion in I will get another 5 agony resistance?
I was waiting for the update to make me play again GW2, now I am totally disappointed.
I have 4 chars playing WvW and now I know all of them will stay forever mediocre or I should invest 10000 hours just to make them equal.
Since I wont invest so many hours I will play only one or two, they will bore me to death and I will play GW2 even less. Good job devs!
if you are really not going to play the game again because of passive abilities that barely do anything then you really weren’t waiting to play this game again. Claiming that one of your characters will be “mediocre” because they don’t have a slight damage boost against NPCs or wall is just looking for excuses to not play this game.
First add an option to turn the titles of players on/off. I’m talking about the “Master Crafter” and such titles. Then abbreviate the server name. That should do wonders for the clutter.
This was an amazing update…I guess there will always be the people who can never be satisfied.
There are those of us out there who care little to nothing about titles or skins. We just want to win. Making wvw less about winning and more about capping everything as fast as possible is really annoying to people who play to win
Yep because that is all this update did for WvW…Add titles and skins. It’s amazing how people on the internet always leave out details to further their own points.
JQ had 60+ SoR had 60+ BG ddin’t even have 40 ya perfect sense attack blue that at that time was 40ppt. Then you look at the map JQ was Green, SoR was Red, EBG was all Green/Red perfect sense for 160 players to go after 1 blue keep? Doesn’t matter, but to the players that come here and are saying there isn’t coop going really are amazing me.
JQ these days dominates the #1 position in Tier 1 “last week excluded of course”. Not only did BG beat us last week, many ppl from BG disrespected our server more than normal on the forums and by guesting to our server to troll. JQ as a server has never really been that way to others. We are making sure BG are paid back for the disrespect in these cases. Though it was only a select several that were this way. Their actions represent their server and their server will pay the price for it.
Yeah I don’t understand why BG is acting like what is happening this week is a surprise. With the hardcore siege griefing that happened at the end of last match, JQ losing and then the taunting that happened in JQ Lion’s Arch after the match…it’s like yeah no duh we are getting our pay back.
Ya know you have a really good point. Ranks/titles are kind of supposed to be a bragging rights thing but right now the only person who knows that you have a specific rank is yourself. Even with these new titles you are still just a nameless enemy. A big aspect of bragging/showing off is people knowing WHO accomplished something. Right now that doesn’t happen
The new titles are not completely pointless though. At least you will have an idea of how experienced a player you may choose to fight could be. The higher the rank the more time they have spent in WvW and they COULD be more experienced/skilled. But other than that the whole bragging rights thing just doesn’t really exist.
I don’t see how the new titles relate to a meaningful accomplishment at all. As you say, about all they represent is how long somebody has spent in WvW, whether that time was spent doing something useful or not. I spent at least an hour last night fighting on the road between lowlands and SM in EB. There were two large groups of players pushing each other back and forth, constantly being refreshed by the nearby waypoints. It was admittedly fun but totally pointless and soon boring, and as a thief all I had to do was periodically stealth up to the front of the enemy, daggerstorm the crap out of them, stealth back out and stand at the back of our group waiting for loot bags to drop at my feet and points to stack up. Totally mindless in the context of WvW.
An accomplishment is an accomplishment. I never said anything was meaningful.
Ya know you have a really good point. Ranks/titles are kind of supposed to be a bragging rights thing but right now the only person who knows that you have a specific rank is yourself. Even with these new titles you are still just a nameless enemy. A big aspect of bragging/showing off is people knowing WHO accomplished something. Right now that doesn’t happen
The new titles are not completely pointless though. At least you will have an idea of how experienced a player you may choose to fight could be. The higher the rank the more time they have spent in WvW and they COULD be more experienced/skilled. But other than that the whole bragging rights thing just doesn’t really exist.
How come SoR is always killing me? I thought we had a truce?
I saw the SoR zerg coming and was like “Finally, reenforcements~!” and they killed me! WTF? THEN, they took our tower! It must have been a clerical error because we have a truce going on.
THEN, I hear “SoR 40 + heading to Bay.” Okay, now I’m pretty sure it’s not a paperwork mix up. These guys are really attacking us!
Did someone call off the secret agreement?
Or maybe is that 50 PPT for Balckgate because no one is playing on BG this week?
That’s because you haven’t transferred payment like we agreed to. One precursor a day for a week. You missed payment so we had to remind you.
We would never pay you guys. I don’t think we are putting any effort into it. I, myself, has not been in WvW once this week.
So what are people thoughts on the culling fix in terms of combat. It’s obviously great being able to actually see your enemies but has combat been less or more interesting/engaging?
I’ve really been enjoying the changes. I’ve found the fights to be far more interesting/engaging since the patch.
I have found the game to be unplayable for me on anything but the lowest settings though.
Lowest settings aren’t bad though. I have a PC that could handle a higher setting but I put the character quality on lowest because it just gives such a higher framerate. I have the character limit on highest but the quality on lowest and I couldn’t believe how smooth the battles were. It was 100x better than it was before. I personally don’t care what people’s gear looks like in WvW so I don’t mind at all that the models are simple colors and such
It’s an interesting case study- not in anything having to do with the game, at all, but it terms of personal psychology.
Forum traffic goes down- “fewer people are playing so they’re not posting as much.”
Forum traffic goes up- “this is how you can tell people are bored or burnt out.”
Except, the most populated/active games always have more forum traffic because of trolls, people playing, people looking to play, people bored at work looking to keep their mind on the game they enjoy. So it really isn’t an interesting case study at all because it’s 100% false.
I meant it was an interesting case study in what people will do to convince themselves of preconceived assumptions, even if the evidence appears to contradict it directly.
It’s an interesting case study- not in anything having to do with the game, at all, but it terms of personal psychology.
Forum traffic goes down- “fewer people are playing so they’re not posting as much.”
Forum traffic goes up- “this is how you can tell people are bored or burnt out.”
I’ve only seen the ingame population growing since I got the game in November. Are you guys on really servers or something?
Is it because of growth or guesting?
Must be some growth since I’m getting new people in my guild. Like complete newbies. Also a few returned people who left and said they were never coming back. They were wrong. lol
Yet after this last patch not once have I been put into overflow when after every other patch all I saw was overflow.
You really need to try harder…You are going to get less overflows because people aren’t going to every event with alts because of the recent change.
I need to try harder?
What is it with you people and your juvenile attempt at insults?
I’m honestly wondering if trying to have a conversation in this place is even possible.
When you try to have a conversation you should usually try to think about what you are saying before you say it. Claiming the population is decreasing because you don’t get as many overflows after a patch that specifically had a change that would decrease overflows is just reeking of trolling.
Don’t act like a victim here when you claim the population is decreasing while completely ignoring that basically the entire patch was going to bring more people into WvW (decreasing overflows) and stop people from doing events with alts (decreasing overflows)
>sigh<
Was just trying to have a discussion about these so-called “indicators” of game growth and point out anectdotal evidence is just that…anectdotal. Wasn’t at all claiming growth was dropping, but I guess I convinced you without even trying because apparently it made you want to jump down my throat for “trolling(?).”
You got me. (With anectdotal evidence, I might add)
Yay you.
“Acting like a victim.”
I actually laughed out loud at that here in the office.
People amaze me.
Your anecdotal evidence stems from ignorance. But what would the internet be without people purposely ignoring things that defeat their own point?
I’ve only seen the ingame population growing since I got the game in November. Are you guys on really servers or something?
Is it because of growth or guesting?
Must be some growth since I’m getting new people in my guild. Like complete newbies. Also a few returned people who left and said they were never coming back. They were wrong. lol
Yet after this last patch not once have I been put into overflow when after every other patch all I saw was overflow.
You really need to try harder…You are going to get less overflows because people aren’t going to every event with alts because of the recent change.
I need to try harder?
What is it with you people and your juvenile attempt at insults?
I’m honestly wondering if trying to have a conversation in this place is even possible.
When you try to have a conversation you should usually try to think about what you are saying before you say it. Claiming the population is decreasing because you don’t get as many overflows after a patch that specifically had a change that would decrease overflows is just reeking of trolling.
Don’t act like a victim here when you claim the population is decreasing while completely ignoring that basically the entire patch was going to bring more people into WvW (decreasing overflows) and stop people from doing events with alts (decreasing overflows)
I’ve only seen the ingame population growing since I got the game in November. Are you guys on really servers or something?
Is it because of growth or guesting?
Must be some growth since I’m getting new people in my guild. Like complete newbies. Also a few returned people who left and said they were never coming back. They were wrong. lol
Yet after this last patch not once have I been put into overflow when after every other patch all I saw was overflow.
You really need to try harder…You are going to get less overflows because people aren’t going to every event with alts because of the recent change.
Forum traffic goes up. My posts first 6 months 1-2 total. My posts this weeks 210
I never once posted on the forums when I first got this game and was kind of into it. Now I’m on the forums all the time and I’m currently addicted to the game. Sooo yeah your theory isn’t true in the slightest.
Congrats JQ for maintaining first place by being the lead server in a two server team. I solute you for your individual servers skill in Wv3. Good job manning up to your loss last week by showing such excellent strategy! =) Go “Jade Rall.” Cheer
I’m sure you’ve already tried this but have you played with the new graphic settings for WvW? Putting the character quality on lowest does absolutely amazing things for your FPS.
Well it isn’t just happening in WvW…It’s in all aspects of the game. But it seems to be happening more during the day and it gets better as the night goes on. So that is why I’m thinking it’s just a bandwidth issue on my end where my bandwidth is low because of people being you know off from school on spring break and such.
Maybe my house just isn’t getting enough internet “juice” because the service in my area is being overloaded or something.
Ever since yesterday and the patch I have been getting so many instances of really bad skill lag. I’ve also been getting complete disconnects from the game even though i’m still connected to the internet. I’m still able to visit webpages and I’m still connected to mumble while I’m getting disconnected.
Anyone else experiencing this? Or is it just my internet being wonky this week because everyone is off from school and people have spring break and people probably are on vacation from work?
Just keep in mind guys before we get too excited that possibly the new change to address culling might increase the skill lag. Lets be prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
“Culling isn’t related to skill lag, because the server has to know about all the things about all of the players, all of the time. That is pretty much a constant. The process of culling did use a bit of CPU, so we’ll get a little bit back when we stop doing it, but not so much that I think it’ll have a noticeable impact on skill lag.”
Taken directly from a dev interview. But I’m sure many people will just choose not to believe it.
My apologies, I for assuming. Now I find it funny cause like you said it happened to you 3 times, I have missed it a few times also. Although it is what it is, dailies take no longer than 20 minutes faster now you can choice, you shouldn’t need extra time. I work long long hours as a head chef, I understand working a lot but if I want the Laurel I find time, if I don’t get it then so be it, if i miss it by a minute or so I move on and complete the next day before I log off.
We just don’t need to extend the already 24 hour period, would weekly’s be cool hell yeah but between weekly and daily and monthly I think that would be to many laurels
Well… I’m not sure what the thread suggestion was exactly anymore, but I understood that particular users suggestion as weeklies would replace dailies… We’d only have weeklies and monthlies.
So first people complain about time gating and then directly ask for more time gating? Taking away dailies and only having monthlies and weeklies is pretty much specifically saying “hey we want more time gating!” Because only giving out laurels every week and every month is making the time gating situation worse. You have 29 laurels? Oh and that thing you want to purchase costs 30 laurels? Nope you need to wait a whole week to buy it
I am sure that some people will hate it at first. Mainly the people who have adapted their entire strategy to take advantage of the current culling shortcoming. I especially look forward to this.
I’d say the first people to complain are the thieves who have been abusing culling. They will probably claim that they are now underpowered and that their stealth needs to be buffed.
They’d be laughed off the server….
They will probably try to claim that getting the best out of culling was skillful. And it took skill to master how to use the culling to it’s highest potential. Pretty much like in other games where people claim that using some exploits took skill because not everyone could do it well.
I am sure that some people will hate it at first. Mainly the people who have adapted their entire strategy to take advantage of the current culling shortcoming. I especially look forward to this.
I’d say the first people to complain are the thieves who have been abusing culling. They will probably claim that they are now underpowered and that their stealth needs to be buffed.
Yeah, I don’t think people realize how much this is going to change the face of the game.
It’s a GREAT thing, but I bet it’s gonna be jarring at first.
Yeah there really shouldn’t be any more instances where one zerg runs head on towards a “small” zerg only to find out it’s the entire opposing server running right at them. It’s going to help a lot with picking battles more carefully.
Has there been any details on what these WvW abilities will actually be? I mean I am just a bit confused. Are these going to be abilities that a player can put on their utility ability bar?
This image was taken from the recent blog on the upcoming WvW update. They’re passive WvW only abilities that a player can purchase with “rank points”.
Oh nice. They don’t seem to be that overly powerful at all. The supply one will probably be the most popular right off the bat
The only thing I am worried about is having to turn down my setting too much. I remember back when the game first came out I had a lot of trouble with frame rate in this game, especially in WvW. I took a few months off from this game and during that time I ended up upgrading my processor to an i5. The game runs so much smoother in PvE and especially in WvW but I’m not sure how much of that is due to culling. I’m hoping my new specs will be good enough to keep my WvW settings relatively high. It just bothers me when I have to turn settings down for games that I know I should be able to run perfectly fine.
Have they gone over what the new graphic settings will be for WvW?
If they change the stats on the Legendary’s then I would be voting for a higher drop rate on Lodestones.
They already have come right out and said that Legendary items will have their stats changed to always match the highest tier’s stats. So you should be voting for higher drop rate.
Has there been any details on what these WvW abilities will actually be? I mean I am just a bit confused. Are these going to be abilities that a player can put on their utility ability bar?
Also I don’t see segregation really happening in any big WvW guild. No one is going to turn away a potential new member when WvW is a lot about the number of players you have fighting with you. Yes yes I know skilled play can overcome numbers…but a huge zerg of players with varying skill levels is always going to be a powerful force. Those unskillful players are really not going to bring down your huge zerg. They are just going to add more numbers/power.
I would say 500 tokens per, this puts it on par with the gift of the dungeon. Yes it is a lot but as someone said with the RNG out of it, and multiple 80’s it is not that bad. It would still take a month or so to get the required lodestone’s, although that beats the RNG of maybe getting a Lodestone or a core. You also wouldn’t want to make them account bond at 500, it would allow you to keep them as they are.
500 is way too much. You can’t make a price assuming that everyone has multiple level 80s that they play on. You shouldn’t need to farm on alts to be able to obtain something in a semi-reasonable time.
I am not assuming people have alts, if you look what I said, I said 500 and keep the lodestones salable. This would off set the influx into the tp. Although 500 isn’t really that much, in my opinion. It is fair to say most people have at least 2 80’s, at least the ones going for legendary weapons do, you can easily obtain 1 every 2 days, 2 in 3 days. I don’t know to me 500 is no big thing.
I did see what you said. And you priced them at 500 off the the fact that with “multiple 80’s it is not that bad”…So if you don’t have multiple 80s then what? The price is absolutely ridiculous. So my point still stands that you priced them based on assuming people have level 80 alts because a price of 500 would only be helpful for those who have alts.
I would say 500 tokens per, this puts it on par with the gift of the dungeon. Yes it is a lot but as someone said with the RNG out of it, and multiple 80’s it is not that bad. It would still take a month or so to get the required lodestone’s, although that beats the RNG of maybe getting a Lodestone or a core. You also wouldn’t want to make them account bond at 500, it would allow you to keep them as they are.
500 is way too much. You can’t make a price assuming that everyone has multiple level 80s that they play on. You shouldn’t need to farm on alts to be able to obtain something in a semi-reasonable time.
