Guild Wars 2

Maybe it’s just worded incorrect, but an extra 100% magic find while inside PvP maps. Shouldn’t that apply when you are in the Heart of the Mist? What’s the point of only having it in game, most people don’t open their chests on the actually maps…

manveruppd.7601:

I also find that people are nicer in team queue. Maybe the OP just got unlucky.

Soloq does seem to bring out the worst in people. I wonder why!

Oh this community….. so pathetic sometimes

Reesha.7901:

Frenk.5917:

• Don’t join at the very last second, not letting your team reroll!
• REROLL if you see you obviously NEED to reroll! (had a match with 3 thieves, I rerolled asking one or two of them to do so, I re-entered the match and they were all there).

Normally I find pugging the team queue to be a more pleasant experience than solo q, but there is always the exception….
Today, I had the honor of being teamed up with a guy that decided to lose the game on purpose, because the other thief asked if he could swap to something else.

How I wish you could block people and prevent ever being teamed up with them again.

lol some people, just don’t understand.

This is why I generally don’t ask people to swap their class, I just take it upon myself to either switch builds or class if I have to.

The first part is really annoying. I don’t know how many times I’m playing bunker Guard, and another Guard joins at the last second also bunker. With not enough time to switch to a dps or hybrid spec. cough build templates would be nice anet cough

I’ve had things like this happen before, just not against Guardians. The fight will be long over, and then out of nowhere I take a 2.5k hit.

No Nomad please, that would almost be as bad as Dire.

Roe.3679:

Harbinger.8637:

joonasp.9217:

All these have been suggested a million times. Anet just dun care.

Pretty much, I mean how hard is it to add an I’m ready button? Anet doesn’t care, and pvp is just on life support, they’re not trying to improve it what so ever. Just trying to keep the population they have.

I’m not sure an I’m ready button would help, since players currently can be pushed into a match even if they are AFK. What happens when someone is AFK, and not hitting the button? Then everyone is waiting and probably pushed back into the queue. Those people need to be weeded out before even joining the match.

Geiir.7603:

This would definitely fix solo queue! I really hope ANet see this thread and take action. Gonna keep bumping until they see ^^

Oh, and the queue pop should have a sound so that people getting their tea actually can react in time.

Appreciate the kind words! I agree though, a sound would be good, and even if the game icon could blink if you have the game minimized, which was a suggestion from another thread by another poster. Who knows how many AFKs happen because someone was in a long queue, and didnt check for 2 minutes or so? A better queue would go a long way.

That’s the whole point of the I’m ready button. Everyone has to “accept” or “ready up” for the game to start. If not everyone does, then the players get thrown back into the queue. The player(s) that didn’t “accept” or “ready up” are not put back into the queue though.

Sure it’s not the prefect solution, but it works (CSGO and Dota2 are prefect example). You’re not going to stop every AFKer because no system can, but you will stop a majority of them.

Kitt.2567:

the reason is simple, if you can determine which one is best by simply making 2 opponents dueling each others then just figure out its result, it ruins game itself actually. if you are game creator you probly dont wanna making your game look cheap by makinh dueling arena so people can find fastest way to conquer the game balance design & system itself. it should leave something abstract and undeterminable to make customer play the game longer i mean. Anet need to ban all custom dueling arena to make game their game valuable.

Idk, i just feel in this way if i try to think abkut why anet dont make dueling arena. but well do League of legend, the most famous & selling esport, have dueling arena as well?

I agree, stop focusing on all these major tournaments, and work on actually improving the pvp infrastructure. If you did this people would actually want to play pvp! Then you could have more people for your tournaments.

But whatever it’ll just fall on deaf ears, kittening in the wind as always.

#50ktournymlgesports

Tiibags Tyler.3125:

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It’s great that you take pride in what you do and enjoy building, however maybe next time you should reevaluate your initial post. It was pretty much useless with zero substance and meaning. If it was articulated better (like your later posts), this thread wouldn’t have turned out this way.

Epidemix Revenge.4862:

I will open a new topic for every 4v5 till this is implemented or a developer gives me a good reason why it wont work

Tiibags Tyler.3125:

Harbinger.8637:

There’s a reason why people use “meta” builds, it’s because they are the best. It’s that simple. You can try to be hipster and edgy by trying something “new”. I hate to break it to you, the game has been out over two years, and pretty much every Guardian build imaginable has been thoroughly tested. Sure those unorthodox builds can work, but it doesn’t make them good.

Also by not sharing your build you just show what you really are. I agree with the other two posters, useless thread.

What! I can’t stand hipsters! I’m not saying, ‘OMG, so mianstream’, I’m just expressing my opinion that build diversity has decreased. Maybe it’s not the players fault, maybe the player is being pressured because of all the kittens saying that, for example, only Zerk Warriors are useful in dungeons, that people only try using Zerk Wariors. It’s all the elitists that think they’re the best that I don’t like. If you’re a casual and all you want to do is use a simple tried and tested build, I have no problem with that, but people who like to experiment are in short supply.

Elitists (at least in this subsection) don’t think they’re the best. Its simply giving out the most accurate advice possible. When someone comes here asking a question, you want to give them the best advice possible, it’s how the community grows and becomes better. These “meta” builds are the most effective builds known at this time, so that’s what is going to be recommended. Don’t get me wrong experimentation is great, and should be encouraged. However, just because it’s new doesn’t mean it’s the best.

Also your initial post probably ruffled some feathers. There’s so substance at all, it’s pretty much, I’m the best and I have some top secret super build that’s all mine! Very egotistic, at least that’s how it came off to me.

There’s a reason why people use “meta” builds, it’s because they are the best. It’s that simple. You can try to be hipster and edgy by trying something “new”. I hate to break it to you, the game has been out over two years, and pretty much every Guardian build imaginable has been thoroughly tested. Sure those unorthodox builds can work, but it doesn’t make them good.

Also by not sharing your build you just show what you really are. I agree with the other two posters, useless thread.

Azure The Heartless.3261:

Nope.

I have obsidian sanctum.

lol

joonasp.9217:

All these have been suggested a million times. Anet just dun care.

Pretty much, I mean how hard is it to add an I’m ready button? Anet doesn’t care, and pvp is just on life support, they’re not trying to improve it what so ever. Just trying to keep the population they have.

There’s nothing wrong with Spirit Watch, people just don’t know how to play the map. You either have the players that brawl all day at the orb or the players that completely forget about the orb.

It’s actually a very fun map if all the players are somewhat competent. Skyhammer is just a clusterkitten no matter what.

Yes it’s quite annoying, and really needs to be fixed. Shield was already a very niche weapon and all they do is just break it some more.

/before I go on a huge rant

I agree with Ken on this one, I’ve tried this build before with mix results. Biggest problem is how drastically your TTK falls, and there’s also some spec you can’t beat. For example if you run into a hambow using soldier ammy, you don’t have the dps to take them down. However, it you where running zerker, it’s very simple.

I blame conquest more than anything, engi excels in that situation. Being forced to stand on a small point against a class that has a wide variety of AoE skills is going to be a bad time.

They are good in any situation. Jack of all trades profession.

Its been over two years with the same game mode, and very little pvp improvement as a whole. Of course the game is boring. I might log in and play a game or two a day, but that’s it really. On topic, cele will probably get nerfed in +6 months, soon™.

Hopefully one day we actually get an update with some pvp content.

Nobody cares, the only reason why some people watch is to win a llama (lmfao). If there where no prizes, the viewer count would be even lower.

Seriously just stop with esports

lol that didn’t last long, maybe you should post it in the engi subsection. Probably be better received there.

mPascoal.4258:

Today I saw the ToG EU games. All teams had at least 1 Guard. One got 3 (2 DPS and 1 Bunker) and won both games

Where, in hells, are we fading away from competitive PvP?

EU has a different meta than NA. Some top NA teams don’t even bother running guards anymore. The last ToL was a prime example, and so where the NA ToG qualifiers.

lol peakitten, just use Peafowl to get around the censor.

joonasp.9217:

“Finally a red post” What the hell this thread is 11 months old? And still NOTHING??? ha ha. This is both funny and sad.

I was thinking the same thing.

This is for you Anet!

For support, 0/0/2/6/6 is the best possible build to go. You can also try 0/1/6/6/1, this will give you more sustain but less support. There are also other variances such as 0/0/6/6/2 and 0/0/4/6/4, however the first two I mentioned are the most common. You definitely want staff, but the other weapons can vary. I personally like going with the hammer for the CC it brings, so you can help lockdown targets for your team to burst. I’ll put links to give you a general idea on how it should look.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fVAQJAWSlsApWotCxfH8DNRCRldR8fBI2fwJkCXFAA-TlyDABMcEAkSJ2VKP6SJIAXAA80FsoqKKt/QlqVAxjAgUAmoMC-w

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fVAQJAWSlsApWotCxfH8DRRCRkjNY/dme9SwBA-TlyDABMcEAkSJ2VKP6SJIAXAA80FsoqKKt/QlqVAxjAgUAmoMC-w

I wouldn’t put thief that low, there are some really decent thieves I love seeing on my team. Out of my almost 1400 games in soloq (yes I’m a masochist), I’d say Ranger and Mesmer are the least favorable I like to have on my team. There are a couple of good ones I’m always glad to see, however most are pretty underwhelming.

Lordrosicky.5813:

If a game really is one sided it will end in around 3-5 minutes from the point where it became unbalanced.

There is no need for a surrender button in such a case.

It would instantly ruin the game as everyone would just afk and rage in chat for people to press surrender after one team fight.

I agree, all it would lead to is a lot of rage and even worse games. My last game is a perfect example. It was on Skyhammer (lol), anyways the start went horrible, pretty much anything that could go wrong went wrong. We where down 15 to +100. Ofc someone on the team was already raging; omg you guys suck, go back to pve, I’m going afk blah blah. Funny part is we actually came back to win.

Seems like so many people have defeatist attitudes and want to call it quits after the first fight.

This deserves a bump. Very will written and constructive post coming from someone fairly new to pvp. Yet Anet doesn’t seem to grasp this idea or just have completely given up on pvp.

Calazor.8364:

crono.7283:

solo queue è una gran merda, perché se dopo tanta fatica per entrare in top 1k mi metti in squadra con noobs che hanno fatto pochi match, o gente che sta al 20% di rank , è una presa per il culo e basta.

YE WHAT THIS GUY SAYS SOUNDS GOOD

Well he’s not wrong

“queue is just a big kitten, because if after so much effort to get into top 1k put me on the team with noobs who did a few matches , or people who are 20% of rank , is a jack kitten and that’s it.”

lol

The tome footage was actually pretty recent! I was testing out the new Elite Focus, and seeing if it was more viable now. Even after the patch you don’t see the tomes that much, which is disappointing because they are quite decent now.

#Skyhammer4life

So I was bored, and I found some clips from pvp on my hard drive. Most where dps guard, however a few where bunker guard. So I decided to put together a short video of some bunker guard gameplay. Majority of the videos are always dps guard, so I wanted to share something different. People usually don’t upload it because it’s seen has boring or not as fun as dps. I say nay! I find bunker guard very rewarding and also fun to play. All the clips are from soloq, and I generally bounce between 1-50 on the leaderboards, so the people I play against aren’t completely clueless. Nothing too special, just felt like sharing it.

kaikalii.4198:

Keksmuffin.1450:

Apart from being stupidly strong on classes that can make use of every single stat (ele, engi and ranger),

I’m not so sure that that justifies a nerf. By that logic, berserkers should be nerfed because thieves can make use of every single stat.

I’m pretty sure that celestial on guardian can be pretty good. Guardians have both damage and team support, and celestial stats allow them to do both equally.

Cele and Guard might seem like a prefect combination, however it’s actually quite underwhelming. This is due to the way the traits are set up and how the class plays.

Pretty much you can only play at prime times. Any other time and my queues are always +10 minutes.

Relentliss.2170:

There are a few issues here. The other bunker classes provide more CC and do more damage in bunker mode than a guardian. And yet have similar amounts of sustain. Why wouldn’t a team opt for one over a guardian?

That’s the thing, teams slowly are. Guardian is still the best support hands down, some might argue staff ele, but that’s a different story. However, the meta has been changing recently. A lot of class now have all the sustain they need, so a pure support role like Guardian isn’t really needed as much. Other bunkers don’t have as much support, however they are better at 1vX, they can also bring pressure through conditions and CC.

So pretty much bunker Guard is getting faded out because of the meta. They’re still decent, just not always optimal.

I’ve been playing Destiny lately, and I really like their approach to conquest. Pretty much you have the standard three points. However the points just act like a kill modifier. So if you get a kill and your team doesn’t have any points held it’s only 50. If you have one point held then it’s 100, and etc for the more points your team holds.

I’d like to see something like this in GW2, this would put more emphasize on actually fighting and pvp, and less on standing around on points.

Comps like the one you mention are extremely difficult to handle with the standard bunker guard builds. They brings so many conditions and sustain, it doesn’t matter how many cleanses you have, you’ll eventually just get overwhelmed.

Bunker guard is in a weird spot atm. They still perform very well against most comps, however there are some comps where they are almost useless in a sense.

Only thing I can think of is maybe going hybrid builds. That way you can still bring support, however you have the added damage so you can apply pressure too.

You typical play 3-5 matches in an hour, depending on que pops and also how long those games last. So if you win them all (30s for teamq), that’s 1g 50s. That’s not factoring in the reward chests.

Entangle has always been decent, it’s just that nobody really played Ranger, so people didn’t care really. Now that you have all these Rangers around now, it’s a lot more noticeable.

This is a server side issue, the player is down but he’s not in that position on your screen. Easiest way to deal with it is, target the player and use some type of movement based skill, this will take you to the real location of the player. From there you just dps the spot to kill them.

That’s why you don’t go boss at the beginning, especially if the other team as a thief.

tichorum.2415:

All invulnerability classified skills do not capture points. An invluln is taking no physical or condition damage with one ability. Name one that captures a point.

inb4 endure pain and zerker stance!

Bunker guard is the only real place mace/shield shines. PvE is all about damage, so you’re better off going other weapons. WvW isn’t as static as PvP, so while it can be useful, most of the time the other weapon combinations will be more beneficial.

I really don’t think most top players boast about their rating, most of those posts are just from the same trolls, trying to stir things up and get attention.

If anything most of the top players know the leaderboards are pretty inaccurate and don’t really matter.

Sube Dai.8496:

Don’t have time because of university?

That is probably the most spare time I ever had in my life!

Wait till you get a job, a wife, and a kid

Seriously, I have more free time than ever. I don’t want it to end!

That’s how soloq was before, however people complained. It would take a team of top 50 players, and put them against a team of all +500 players.

The problem is the player base is just so small. It doesn’t matter how good the matchmaking is, when this amount of people are playing there will be problems.

Elitist.8701:

Do you have nothing better to do than to make these lists? These are basically lists of “well known players that I think might be best in the game”. The true best players of these classes are not as famous as these players, and I’ve seen people much better at their respective classes than some of these people. There are a lot of duelers in wvw and even king of the hill arenas that could destroy any of these guys. Pease stop posting about your little “group of pros”. It’s getting repetitive.

I don’t mean any disrespect with this post, I just think Backpack is misinformed, please dont ban me again mod.

Edit: I agree with the part about Tarcis though <3. But not Hman he cant even 1v1 me and I suck at the game.

-Teef Teef Teef Teef

NA is so dead they have nothing better to do. Never see EU doing this!