Just had to comment on this. Don’t tell people they do not know about the game and then post wrong info. The wvw dev team stopped centaurs from causing Argo in nwc on borderlands. If you watch they go in and nothing gets agro’d. Same thing with the skritt. They do not even stop capping from occurring anymore.. It is a valid question as town at purpose they were envisioned to do. As it stand probably 25-30 of the map is useless and no one goes to i.e. Northwest and northeast.
I already said that I’m not entirely sure but I am pretty sure that they caused white swords when they attacked while I was still in one of our camps. So not really sure what you’re accusing me of
ETA: I agree that I was rather mean, but I feel it’s sometimes neccessary as all people seem to think is “wvw = zerg” and that leads to botched mechanisms to split the zerg which makes the life for existing roamers a lot harder, like the no white sword thingy. Balancing wvw is really difficult so seeing only one side or trying to split the zerg at all costs is, well, one sided as in the end people will do what they want to do (zerg, guild roaming, solo roaming) and in EU and NA bronze/silver tier they are actually doing exactly that. And I’m pretty sure that even in gold tier servers there are a lot of roamers, people just don’t realize it, for whatever reason.
I would buff the damage siege can take but that would also mean that the server with a smaller “zerg” would have more problems to take it out, but maybe still not a bad idea, at least when it comes to ACs and cannons. Buffing outnumbered servers with something meaningful would mean that a 1 vs 1 would be really unfair, buffing keeps would mean that an enemy server with a bigger population could easily take your garrison and leave you no chance to retake it (don’t ask me how many times hills has been taken from us only to be upgraded with a WP. The last time it took two days to get it back and I think the other server I had been on didn’t have it for a whole week). So, I hope you get my point.
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coverage and bigger wvw communities still only matters . nothing changed except the more flips and that wvw seems more like eotm now.
as for tries …. you are speaking to wrong person . i don t have a video but yesterday i flipped all enemies full upgraded camps alone and i upgraded and defend them with sieges all the times , but i assure you it was not fun to kill “noobs” ( the best “noob” trap camp is the north camp ) that was coming over and over . i didn’t have any challenge and some times i bored to death . during these flips the 82 level guards coming over and over for ages without anyone try to stop me …..
i did these flips only to troll this update and to send my message as player
That was what I did with the white swords, actually that’s what I’m always doing, except for the defending part which is about as exciting as sitting in a tower – it works with white swords as well, the only time I had some trouble soloing was when I was soloing towers as that takes too long. But since the constant EU lag is preventing my wvw play anyway, I won’t test whether or not the no white swords thingy makes any sense.
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Well then let me apologize if I have ever let you die, stay dead, or will in the future.
I do believe the game has been dumbed down and fear that it will continue to be taken down that path. Regardless of how easy it is people will still continue to die. They have no reason not to. I’m not an elitist sitting back and laughing at the dead at events. I’m an old fart (aka veteran player) that has become apathetic to those dying when there is no reason to and instead of laughing at the dead, I sigh in frustration. I know the difference between someone that is glassy and someone that can take a hit before going down, or better yet knows how to dodge and use combat mechanics to stay alive. Or knows that some bosses, based on their AI and mechanics, aren’t wise to face-tank.
Am I asking too much, Jana? That people should try to succeed at an event AND stay alive at the same time? That the game be challenging enough that it requires brain function from its players? That it not be dumbed down to such a low level that people can succeed in game at many, not all I know, things by pressing one and doing other things in the background at the same time? (I have guildmates that play GW2, watch tv shows, AND play console games all at the same time — I like them but I don’t think that should be possible)
You probably did as I’ve been on IoJ, but I don’t hold a grudge But that wasn’t my point, I can understand you with that actually.
Has anything been changed in PvE lately? Since my focus is now wvw the game hasn’t been dumbed down from my point of view as nothing is harder than facing an human opponent. Thing with dungeons is that doing them without a clue is really hard as there’s always some kind of trick behind it but one can’t really get behind it in time. Once one knows the tricks it’s a piece of cake. Not sure what else you could’ve meant.
And if it’s too easy try wvw, IoJ have been really good while I was there. I will always love them for the best zergfights I ever had and probably ever will have. Maybe they’re still that good.
Edit: So while this game has become really easy for veterans it isn’t for new players, that’s because of the tricks behind everything. And maybe a lot of those who die don’t have traits or wonky gear or greens or whatever, they don’t have to be zerkers to die easily. I can die easily in soldier’s too, I think. In wvw I can.
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Hate to tell ya sport, LB#3 is the shot that makes the ranger go stealth.
It also puts a small buff on the pet, as I recall. Maybe that’s why they’re using it?
Good one!
I’m not joking, actually.
Just checked, it gives the pet Swiftness, useful when so many pets seem to have a hard time with moving targets. (Not that they hit them any better, they just catch up to them for the next swing a bit faster.) It’s also a physical projectile finisher, no “20% chance” stuff, it’s a constant finisher.
So, yes, there are reasons to fire it even when you don’t want stealth.
No, not in a situation in which the boss is already immobilized by a zerg (the pet doesn’t need to run after him as it’s already at the spot) and that was what we were talking about, I guess. It was the explanation that rangers often use every skill they don’t have on cooldown and don’t want to troll others by using knockback.
That is true in a lot of cases but the one thing a lot of them don’t get is that their maxed “damage output after knockback” is still just a tiny burst compared to what the group would’ve made without the boss being knocked out of their reach*. I had endless discussions about this.
ETA: .* By using knockback rangers (and mesmers, warriors, necros) basically not only interrupt the opponent but all their allies – and that’s no fun.
ETA²: The long distance the foe is knocked back makes it even worse with rangers though.
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Hate to tell ya sport, LB#3 is the shot that makes the ranger go stealth.
It also puts a small buff on the pet, as I recall. Maybe that’s why they’re using it?
Good one!
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Even from the, “more meaningful progression from 30 to 80,” standpoint it was a fail. They removed traits from characters within that range (reverse progression) and left a bunch of levels empty in that range. Before a trait point each level wasn’t generally a game changer, but it was at least something. With a bigger something that could be a game changer every five levels.
I know
That wasn’t my point. I know that the trait system sucks but in my opinion they didn’t introduce it to make it easier for new players, which you just kind of contradicted – I always thought they they realized that some people might struggle to learn this game afterwards and that’s why they introduced the NPE which I actually like – simply because I like this game and the depth it has but if people don’t get it the “Nerf this and that” threads won’t stop and if they don’t stop all the nice shiny stuff we have gets nerfed.