Guild Wars 2

I had more fun doing dailies nowadays.
Log in just to chat with a few of my pals that are still here and
Log out to my previous mmo.
Thats my dailies nowadays

Mostly in GW1.
In GW2 its more of an Oh No feeling.

Ahh its so easy.
Because there are 2 words in it —> Guild & Wars
So its Guild Wars 2

saye.9304:

this game is not RIFT the game i left exactly because of hard core gear grind.

Play the game your way. <— This is what RIFT is and they dont have to say it, people know when they play.
Hardcore gear grind yes.
BUT..
The grind is for doing things you like most.
If you love Dungeons grind it all out and you’ll maxed it out without even touching Pvp.
If you love Pvp then Warfronts/Conquest it is to max out your pvp stats where no one in BiS Pve Gear could kill you in Open World Pvp.

Its all about what you like doing most and not forced to do what you hate.

Just to clear things out. Not promoting.

Chuo.4238:

OP,

I applaud your enthusiasm, but mate, I’m under no delusion whatsoever that anyone at ArenaNet cares about this. They keep their thoughts close, and only ever comment on very, very positive, sunshiney threads.

Yes indeed.
What was said, WILL be implemented.
No matter what we discuss, it will just be forgotten or faded in time.
Even for threads that go for miles and miles.

In short its like saying No Discussion Needed but We are Happy to hear your voice.
GW2 Forum is like having a meeting but everything had been finalised before the meeting.

Smooth Penguin.5294:

I had way too much Karma, that I was running out of things to use it on. Over 7 million from the start of the game until now. And that’s only a fraction of the Karma gains of some players.

I’m glad they reduced the output. With Karma being so easy to get, it made it less desirable to get. Plus, now that there’s no Karma gain from failed events, that gives more incentive to people to actually succeed for the awards.

I say “Good Job” Anet. A well welcomed change.

lol i really pity those new players. Srsly.

moonstarmac.4603:

Anyway, everything this game was promised to be has continuously been steered away from, and everything promised NOT to be in the game is being added constantly.

Exactly.
It IS as easy as saying Level 100 was intended during Launch but did not go Live.
yes as easy as that tbh.

SpehssMehreen.5897:

If you wanna have fun in the game or any Mmo for that matter, STAY AWAY from the forums, it will not only spoil your fun but people will try to convince you to feel the same way they do, please please please stay away from here and go enjoy and explore the game yourself, take the time to learn and not to roll through with guides and eventually join a guild, make sure to try all aspects of gw2 such as pvp and wvw.

GLHF

Not to worry. OP will know what GW2 is all about in time, he dont need to browse through GW2 Forum at all. He WILL know.

Since its Account Bound so yes players like us gotta level up our Crafting which is more like playing the game Their Way isnt it.
And loots? lolz just lolz!
Since launch i got only 2 exotics loot. Yes sir and i aint kidding.

NoodllZ.8376:

This always shows up, “Legendary Armor”. I don’t think that Anet will make an entire kit of legendary armor, maybe a back piece but a six piece armor set, no way.

Yes way. It should be implemented at Launch just like Ascended

When Ascended Accessories and Backpiece was announced, the community was in rage.

And the usual replies:
1) The stats are so minimal.
2) You could do to any content with only Exotics
3) Ascended stats are only for FoTM for the Agony Resistance (AR)
4) Skill is better than Gear (By always assuming all those with Ascended are Noobs and those without are Pros)
5) Legendaries are only for skins. (O really? Not anymore). Oops sry wrong topic for this one. My bad.
6) Play the game for fun fun fuuuuun!
lol bet you people remember all those.

Moving Forward to the present…..

The upcoming Ascended Weapons and in the near future Ascended Gears gonna be introduced to the game.
Now compare Full Exotics & Full Ascended (Accessories/Backpiece/Weapons/GEARS).
I bet the stats are not so minimal no more isn’t it?

History WILL repeat itself.
Why?
Cause it doesnt matter if all these Ascended threads gonna hit a thousand page, they will still implement it. We should know by now. Once they announced it…
They WILL do it!

This IS GuildWars 2.
So stop trying to visualise this game as GuildWars. Cause it is NOT The Legend we once knew.
Now start Grinding!! lol!

Durzlla.6295:

It’s sad really… i’d play my ranger more but after i’ve started playing my other profs (who i don’t understand NEARLY as well as my ranger) and doing significantly better than my ranger… i just don’t feel right…

Yea its true.
I was kinda bored with my Ranger and tried running a Mesmer in sPvp months ago.
O boy lol! I was shock at how easy and fun it is to pvp as a Mes.
Mesmers in the hands of a highly skill Rangers are infact more deadly.

ah here’s the screenshot when i was running my mes in sPvp. The greyish Mes

tolunart.2095:

I never really got into PvP in Rift, for example, because once you reach max level you have to spend the next few months getting stomped on by geared players. You can’t even fight back until you get enough tokens to buy the gear yourself, it’s like fighting a charging rhino with a pointy stick.

Cause you choose to fight the rhino with a pointy stick.
Players could debuff, CCs, run, hide (los), support heals/buffs, capping unguarded points, distractions like attacking Boss in Scion so they might think their Boss is being attacked or ninja crucial cap points not to mainly cap but to slow them down from capping other points or kiting those dpsers away from your healers to buy your healers time to cast or for their cooldown to be up etc etc.
But most lowly geared players only wanna dps and dps is the only thing they’ll do even with a pointy stick.
Always remember.. Those highly geared players was holding the same pointy stick once.

And in RIFT pvp no one are forced to PvE to Max out in Pvp.
Thats what i called Play it your way!
Hell you cant even pvp with pve gear nowadays cause without valor(pvp stats) youre 50% dead already.

edit: I’m a Returning Veteran there.. and i’m starting to love my ex all over again lol!
Cause i dont really like to PvE to maxed out Pvp. My ascended backpiece was my last straw. And i could see where this game is heading.

ArchonWing.9480:

I’m sure WvW’ers will love being accused of lazy because they don’t want to be forced to do banal pve content in order to catch up. We should make it so that ascended armor is only available by getting materials from wvw world rank chests. That would be totally awesome.

Exactly this.
And Ascended Weapons too tbh.
………. Mega QQs incoming lol!

lol none of you guys could figure it out.
The age old GW2 question since launch.
Whats Guild Wars 2 without……………………….

GUILDHALLS!

and moving forward……………………

GvG!

Then it will be GuildWars 2.

Veteran mmo players would agree that GW2 combat is kinda slow.
For me its fast but its not that fast to pump up my adrenalin level sky high during combat unlike some other mmos i’ve been playing for years.
I’ll name GW2 combat a “Relaxing Combat”.
Even mmo with GCD seem to be much faster.

Every skills, animations and cds should be made a lil bit faster for all classes.
Then it is perfect.

Why not? Give it a shot.
But there will be no jumping and you wont fall off the edges
Tons of skills combinations for you to figure out for pve or pvp.

In short…
Play GW1 like how you want it to be played. Nuff said
Trust me if Anet continue with GW1 expansions, not many would still be around here.
Thats how Bad-S GW1 is if you understand the mechanics of that game.
Jumping, Dodging are just meh compared to the complexity of that amazing game.

Man i miss my Prot Monk casting with Kungfu moves lol!

And later on there would be GW2 Manifesto (Chinese Version).
Boy they are in for a Big Shock later on lol!

Living Open World =
1) Territorial Conquest (Players entering this zones will be flag for Pvp.)
2) GvG Hotspots Weekly (Designated random zones for GvG in the Open with Legendary Npc Guards guarding around the large perimeter. Need Pass to enter but could be viewed from outside)
3) More frequent Boss Event in all zones. Not just specific zones only.
4) Standard 30% RARE DROPS!! From those events kitten MF.
5) Blade Radio Party Giveaway!! (lol those were the days)

Just an idea :P

The day my SB can’t hit a single target below while defending keeps when my LB skills was on cd is the day i start loving my Ranger all over again from my previous mmo

edit: GW2 Ranger’s Bows = lolz

The day my SB hit at 900m max is the day i’m starting to love my Ranger on my previous mmo all over again. Ty Anet. You opened my eyes. Just spend $60 on it a moment ago

SynfulChaot.3169:

You know … I tested out that banner thing yesterday during a guild challenge. I should not do about 1.5 times more damage auto-attacking with a banner than with my GS. >.<

100 Banners incoming!

kRiza krimos.1637:

That is archer not ranger. Ripping a class from other game and saying it should be like this…well i will try to remain civil so i wont comment on it.

Well tbh ours is Beastmaster not Ranger either.

Hadrians.4567:

If we are True Rangers, why do Warriors have one of the hightest Dmg Output with Rifle ( Killshot )

In a year or so, they will Buff LB and SB in a right direction but will we still play Gw2? i am not sure.

Agreed too.
Dev keep forgetting that even for F2P mmos people would leave if they have No Regrets leaving these kinda mmo.
Like i’ve said it before quite sometime ago that the day would come where Rangers have no regrets leaving this game. Mark my words.

Holland.9351:

Both in the direction of long range combat and beastmastery.

- Longbow 1500 range by default.
- Shortbow 1200 range by default and removal of flanking condition.

Totally agreed.
Or as some had already suggested, include Shortbow in Eagle Eye.
We are Rangers, we should be specialised for these weapons. Not other classes.

Now that’s The Ranger that was advertised before launch.

Dante.1508:

I doubt i’ll get read but i blame Anet for all this confusion of Melee and Ranged on Ranger, why? because if players had a goal and a direction given to them by Anet for what a ranger is suppose to be, i’m pretty sure they’d strive to be it.

As it is now most of us have no clue wtf rangers are suppose to bring to GW2 we aren’t dps, healing, crowd control, support etc, or if we are Anet we seriously suck at it..

If Ranger was advertised as what it is now at launch, i bet no one would ever level a Ranger. But alas it was advertised as the opposite of what it is now.

Sandpit.3467:

Serraphin Storm.2369:

I believe it would be possible to throw an ax the range of a short bow. While shooting with accuratecy one wone be able to shoot a kill a target at 35-75 yards maxium depending on the bow. While a arrow can fly 300 -400 yards with a 45 degree shot it wont kill most anything except an rabbit but chance are you wouldnt hit it anyway.

With that said it is quite possible to throw an axe the distance of 50 yards in the real world. So why is it so hard to believe it in a game.

I can’t believe there is someone that believes that you can throw an axe as far as you can shoot a bow!

lol since irl situation was mentioned, tell this someone (since we cant mentioned names) to stand facing us with his/her axe while we holding a SB on a real life Bow distance.
Or no need for SB.. just use a Slingshot armed with Spikeballs and lets see who gonna get hit.

edit: For best result let Dev be the ones holding the axe

Sandpit.3467:

Informality.1279:

I do like the range changes for shortbow however. Realistically a shortbow can not shoot as far as a longbow due to the force exerted by the string itself. So it makes sense to me (as an archer in real life).

Longbow 1500 vs Shortbow 1200, they were not equal before.

Shortbow 900 vs Axe 900 and you don’t see a problem with that?

Exactly. The distance between shooting a bow (any bows) and throwing an axe should never be of equal distance. I thought Dev of all people should know this.
And by using GS swooping to 1100m for gap closer and switch to SB to attack is a broken mechanic. It should be the other way around infact.

I bet now for the next Olympics, Archery uses Axe instead Bows. For this case SB.
Yes its a fantasy game but common logic is common logic. If not why should we run? We could just fly!

Castaliea.3156:

Jabronee.9465:

Rangers are one of the most viable class for wvw zergs.
The main reason that wvw ranger aint that effective in wvw zergs is because they are running builds for s/tPvp or Soloing builds which are highly dependable on pet dps/cc.
Remember pets are nothing in a zerg not matter how long your pet could stay alive which wont take long. Pet skills bug, pet A.I., standing in AoE, etc etc…

I used to test run couple of my s/tPvp builds and stats in wvw months ago.
I’ve own faces most of the time soloing. But i dont do that no more.
I’m running a zerging build of my mine nowadays.
Yeah most could owned me solo (most not all) but im more than useful in a zerg than ever. Believe it or not it does not matter cause i know im contributing loads for my guild or the zerg that im in.

It is understandable to get kitten ed losing 1v1 especially in wvw but if youre running soloing builds for wvw zergs you aint helping em. Just saying.

Yet not a single build was posted nor did you obviously understand my argument at all if you responded with “…if you’re running a 1v1 build…”

Go ahead. Post something that changes the entire standpoint in all of T1 WvW that Rangers are a joke.

PS.
It better not just be something that “contributes”. It better be something amazing.

lol im in NA T1 fyi. I dont have to lie bout it
And if you mean by saying its better to be amazing in a zerg by running soloing build then i have nothing much to say. Its you game, you bought it with your money but i really pity the zerg or guild youre in. Just saying.
Anyways have fun. Cause i am

edit: Add me as friend and you will know which T1 server im in. And if you happen to be in the same server, join my guild and i’ll ping you the build that me and my fellow ranger are running in zergs. /wink

Rangers are one of the most viable class for wvw zergs.
The main reason that wvw ranger aint that effective in wvw zergs is because they are running builds for s/tPvp or Soloing builds which are highly dependable on pet dps/cc.
Remember pets are nothing in a zerg not matter how long your pet could stay alive which wont take long. Pet skills bug, pet A.I., standing in AoE, etc etc…

I used to test run couple of my s/tPvp builds and stats in wvw months ago.
I’ve own faces most of the time soloing. But i dont do that no more.
I’m running a zerging build of my mine nowadays.
Yeah most could owned me solo (most not all) but im more than useful in a zerg than ever. Believe it or not it does not matter cause i know im contributing loads for my guild or the zerg that im in.

It is understandable to get kitten ed losing 1v1 especially in wvw but if youre running soloing builds for wvw zergs you aint helping em.

edit: That is why Rangers are usually handed with scouting duties or watching keeps where Thieves could do it better by a mile. Cause they know we aint contributing much for the zerg unlike Mes Portals, Necro marks, Guard Buffs, AoE from Eles, War’s Shouts/Banners etc etc…

There IS a solution for the Winning Server weekly.
In a form of Reward. But its not Gems or anything that benefit the Winning Server.
Unbenificial Reward? Wth is that?

This —--> Medal of Champions
2 Uses.
On 1st use – Free Server Transfer to Any Servers.
On 2nd use – Re-transfer back within 6 days period.
Ofc you could just use it once if you wish to call the new server your new home.

In fact, this would help in WvW population balance tbh.
It would help the low WvW pop servers back up or put em back in the mood, while high pop servers get evenly matched while some are on the other servers within that 6 days period.

Think about it.

edit: No Transfers should be possible to the Winning Server form other servers within that 6 days period as to avoid those who transfer get blocked if they wish to return due to the winning server getting full.
Remember all these is only for the Winning Server.

Its an RvR mmo, so i guess there would be no GvG of any sorts.
Guilds vs Guilds on the same server gonna create more chaos.
It will end up with Guilds not participating against other servers.
Its fine for GW1 as there are no RvR.

There is only one solution to this —-> WvW Servers.
Only those who focus mainly in WvW should transfer.

For example:
- WvW Underworld Server, WvW Darkhaven Server etc etc.
- The only Pve is the Main Storyline for levelling up to 80.
- Better loot, silvers and gold drops for gearing up.

Pvers & Pvpers MUST be seperated.
Dont get me wrong, i’m not against either side but what is happening now IS a good example on why we should be seperated.
No matter how populated any server is and if Pvers do not wish to participate for WvW, that server gonna hurt. And there is nothing that we or developers could do bout it.
Its not all about Population. The word here is Participation.
If things gonna stay this way, trust me this will never be solved no matter if it depend on Ranking or Tiers.
And trust me, even in Tier 1 servers the ups and downs depend on Participation mainly.

2 Words —> WvW Servers. Do eeet do eet do eeet…

Pets could sniff. Illusions cant.

This awesome pet already exist in-game —→ Vampiric Bats or Cave Bats
F2 – Steal Hp for Ranger & Pet

I got infracted and message deleted for saying Moa Bird is broken lol!
To those who read my message that had beed deleted earlier on, you could see that it is just a feedback on before and after patch for Moa Bird. So no more feedbacks now?
If its not broken we wont even visit the forums tbh.

And do you know how Charrs ride the broom?
We stand on it. Imagine a mount, it gonna look like a circus ride.
So Speed Soles are the best for Charrs

Mount would be a Great Addition.
But i dont need mount cause i’m an animal, im a Charr!
If 2 legs need mounts then Charrs need speed boost items specifically for Charrs, like for example, Cheetah Charr Soles
Similar to Backpacks & Quivers, they serve the same functions.

edit: btw Charr on a Horse would look silly :P

Nightarch.2943:

Here’s a lotro screenshot, love the stars.

Agreed!
Night time should be dimmer. More dimmer so even at max brightness its still dimmer than it is now.

If anyone had played Fable 1 before, the night is so beautiful.
Like some parts are dim and some are really dark that you should carry torch to walk throught it.

Skies in the open fields should look way darker.

For now, i cant even tell if its day or night at times lol! seriously.

Hey everyone could dance in GW2.
But not eveyone could do the Boogie Woogie like i do!

Good Job Anet! Two Thumbs Up.
Wagaga wooo wegege weee!!
Stop drooling people! lol!

This need to get through cause its so obvious.
Dps decreases as target get closer but auto attack time remain the same. Thats what make it weak. Agreed.

Everyone know things take time to fix.
But Priority is the word here.
When they prioritised certain aspect of the game, it became unfair for another type of crowd who paid the same $60 for the game.

For example,
Some players have no interest in Pvp. But they could get BiS items that can be use in Pvp (WvW).
Some players have no interst in PvE. But they must PvE just to get BiS item to Pvp (WvW).
What they should had done was to make BiS items obtainable to both type of crowd.
Or never implement it at all.

Metamega.9025:

I couldn’t imagine having to read these forums. Imagine if you had 1000 people callin yiu out at work all day sayin yiu suck and did a horrible job.

Even when you are sleeping on the job?
Fixing the engine of a car when the tyres are flat?
Just sit there and stare into space when customers are asking questions?
Making productive sales report for selling cookies instead of real estates?

Just a question.
Do you post/reply to those mmo forums that you hate?
People post, reply, suggest, comment in forums cause they like the game and want it to do well. If they are not interested, they could not be bothered to read it.

Rapid Agility.5873:

Lack of changing content in WvWvW. Been playing WvW since the start, and man this got bland stupidly quick. I’ve had even taken up commanding, and dropped 100g for the tag, but quite frankly it only made the game fun for about a week or so, until you realize that it’s still the same old thing. The titles need work, as do the ranks.

REWARDS <—- That’s what we need for WvW.
People get tired of running the same content over and over and over again that’s unrewarding.

Some Reward Suggestion:
- Badges in exchange for Dungeon Tokens
- More WvW Armor/Weapon Skins.
- Random Servers match-up like before. As to avoid 2 serves teaming up against 1 server all the time.
- Elder Dragons that spawn at random times so it could change the tide of the battle. A good example are like those bosses that spawn in s/tPvp.
- Laurels

Just some examples.
Cause now its just flip camps, take keep, defend keep, zerg in zerg out over and over again. With what rewards? Loot? We get better junk running Pent/Shelt tbh.

solrik.6028:

A very bad idea…. Give the pet the movement speed signet, the 30% faster movement trait and it’s at max move speed. Letting the pets move while attacking will deal about 1k damage or more every second + the ranger. Every single weapon has a form of slowing the enemy down (excep torch and warhorn, duh), use it.

Fyi….. tons of us had been there done that thankyou.
Even in beta if you want me to be specific.

What you implying is, it is alright to be handicap, just use the crutches or wheelchair if you wanna follow us to the mall.

This is the huge problem we “Rangers” are facing since Launch!
Developer never seem to undertand sucha a broken mechanic.
When you give a Class that are being forced to use Pets to add up to the total dps,
you SHOULD NEVER have it bugged, inactive, glitchy and could not dodge or avoid damage then it would a burden rather than an asset.

Its either you get Full Focus on fixing your Pets AI or Give us a choice to not equip pet at all and let us Rangers do 100% dps by ourselves instead of sharing our dps with your broken pets.
How hard is it to understand.

Aveneo.2068:

In my opinion the moment you press F2, the pet needs to cancel everything it’s doing and perform the F2 immediately. In an active combat game you can’t have abilities that may or may not activate depending on where it is placed in the que.

Press F2 = pet executes attack. Not Press F2 = pet might execute attack when it feels like it inbetween 2-5s.

But pet abilities in general need to be looked at as it is now very annoying when you don’t even know if the pet will actually perform the F2 or not.

True. But even if it (Red Moa) is on Defence mode, it is not 100% he will activate the Fury buff even with the F2 animation. I noticed it a couple of times.

I was on a fort in WvW. I hit F2 and yes it does the animation but i did not get any fury BUT those standing beside me got the buff. I click each and every one of them just to make sure.
Just to be specific, my Red Moa was standing beside me.

And at times after hitting F2 while in Defence mode, Red Moa wont active F2 Skill, what it did is, it run and chase the target and it did F2 in front of the target.
lol seriously. Man we need the buff not the enermy!

Red Moa is really bugged now. No kidding.

Ranger’s Longbow Skill 1
Thats bout it

You hit me while i was about to log out of WvW which put me in combat.
Yes you hit a Champion

Shufflepants.9785:

What’s that? You want a large area that has pve goals but allows ganking? WvW is that way -> https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/wuvwuv

We got another one here who think WvW = Pvp Servers lmao!
Well some people take time to understand. Take your time np.