Five seconds with the trait is more than enough. Three seconds would be insanely OP in my book. This is something you have to balance against every weapon upgrade that is available. The first one that comes to mind is the guarantee crit on weapon swap upgrade. I could easily build a warrior based totally on power and survival skills. Now I no longer need crit, I can just swap my weapon every 3 seconds when I need to burst.
We are already so good at so many things but please GIVE US MORE MORE MORE.
Please go look at some of the other class boards around here. Elementalists are in sad shape and Necros have basically one viable build.
If you like the idea of the class.. Get it to 80 and park it. That is what I did. In the meantime I am leveling up alts.
I do wish they would focus more on removing problem players/bots and less on finding ways to control them. The control mechanisms are effecting to many real players at this point.
Indeed, boosters are garbage for the reasons stated above. I have saved mine and honestly wish I could sell them (bound). The diminishing returns on farming really pisses me off more than anything right now. Finding loot, selling loot and killing things is a huge part of this game. If I can’t do that without being punished I need another game to play.
Why do you have to grind something? Why do you have to farm the same area for 2-3 hours to be doing well? I understand wanting to get what you need for fancy armour/weapons/etc as soon as possible, but I really think that GW2 is discourgaing this mentality that you should be able to mechanically grind your way to success. They want you to have fun, if they want anything.
I’ve seen so many people power-level and grind their way to achieving everything in an MMO, then leave complaining loudly that there’s nothing for them to do. GW2 has no subscription. You can take your time. This is in large part personal preference though – I understand that I’m a pretty casual player.
Your pushing your definition of fun onto the masses though. Some people do not mind or even enjoy farming. I don’t think anyone should be punished for farming a particular type of world mob and I think dungeons should offer a fair and consistant reward.
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Accurate. (15 char)
To me the “endgame” of GW2 isn’t that much different from GW1. Many people were not exposed to GW1 and think that GW2 should be more like MMOs they have played. The devs and most players disagree with this minority. GW1 was a hit and continues to be popular to this day.
-Applies HOM skins to greens or rares- Looks nice and has good stats.
-Applies Gem Shop skin to greens or rares- Looks nice and has good stats.
Sure exotics are better, but it isn’t some huge gap and it is something you are suppose to slowly work toward, not have in a day or a week or even a month.
I’ve already had a few friends bow out of the pve grinding. They have opt’ed to just do Spvp until things like this are sorted out.
Do you still get rewarded for killing them?
I hit 80 on my Elementalist and then rolled a new character as well. The entire game was much more enjoyable.
Tag for home. (15 char nonsense)
It is happening constantly to me on my Human/Thief/Street/Circus. Every single personal story conversation I enter is missing at least some of the VO work.
On my first character Human/Elementalist/Noble/Parents I was not missing any. This really sounds like a recent patch broke things for a lot of people.
Depends on how you measure success. If you want to just count sales then it already has sold more than 2 million copies. GW1 sold 6 million over its lifetime. They are well on their way.
Bots? Who cares…really?
Any and everyone who cares about the health of the games economy and trade market.
I kinda had the same feeling when I was farming for Jute… Hrmp interesting.
I have only seen static bots at events and I report any that I see. I often revisit areas that I have noticed botting in before, just to report the new ones. One area had 12 bots in it at week ago and then suddenly there was only one. Hopefully Anet will continue to be diligent, because I will continue to play the part of Bot Police.
I just wanted to come here and add my voice. I know that forums (general forums even more so) are typically the land of the whine.
I just wanted to say thank you. While no game is perfect, I am still having a good time. I enjoy the events, I enjoy roaming and exploring, I enjoy WvW and I am starting to get a better grasp of the crafting.
Thanks Anet.
I can get 70+ Jute in one hour of farming. Go to any area in the game (lvls 1-15) that has a high number of bandits (or humanoid mobs). Slay said bandits and open the bags they have, this will net you mixture of all low lvl crafting components. They will also drop a considerable amount of “Shredded Garments”. These always salvage into Jute.
I have the same issue with my human thief. Missing tons of conversation audio.
I’ve got two suits for 80 wvw. Ones toughness/power/healing for roaming and another is precision/power/crit damage for keep attacking/defense. Exotic gear is not some huge jump over green gear (mines all green) and speced out for it, my aoe ticks for 1k to 3k. AOE is the only thing we are “good” at right now. It should not be hard to get to those numbers. Now actually hitting anyone with it that isn’t piled up in a zerg or beating on a door, thats a whole different trick.
Elementalist tips and my views on Elementalist (37 min video)
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I got motion sickness from that video. – hurls-
Problem is… People are starting to crunch the numbers, report the bugged skills and show real factual information as to why this class has major issues.
l2p is no longer valid here. Sorry.
Elementalist is probably the weakest class right now in spvp. Even when played to perfection other easier to uses professions will still outclass it.
I didn’t read all the replies here.
I did lvl and Elementalist to 80 though and I have WvWed alot on them. At this time I am in the process of playing alts. What I can say is.. Elementalist is a bit of a flop compared to other classes. While it is not “hard” to level, it is certainly not as easy as the other classes I have touched. So from a pve point of view, many may enjoy this.
From a WvW point of view, if you are not hanging with the zerg, aoeing from the back lines, aoeing from keep walls (basically staying where you are protected) then you are a dead duck. You are one of the hardest classes to play well in 1v1 (and small group situations) and you are one of the least effective when built for dps. Anyone who says otherwise just hasn’t played the other classes extensively.
Anet is good about making changes. They made changes to GW1 for years. They care about balance.
Having a flat line on gear progression at 80 means there’s no further progression for your character.
There’s no sense of “getting more powerful”, which leads to a meh game, hence rapid lost in interest.
The success of Guild Wars (1) speaks in contrast to this statement. You are wrong. Lots of us do not want to be on a gear treadmill.
(Guild Wars sold 6 million copies and had a similar system)
Well your name fits….
People keep saying some are leaving and I am just not seeing it. Also there is basically no real way to measure it since GW and GW2 do not have subscription stats to give out (since there are none).
Spvp
Spvp Tournaments
WvW
Crafting
Achievements
Dungeons
Mystic Forge
Tons of things to collect.
If you are bored already.. I dunno what to tell you. Content will come, but there isn’t going to be some deluge of content next week (or next month).
It sounds like you are going to end up with lots of chars. So just front the change and buy yourself a few more slots..
Oh and stop deleting them!
My lvl 80 character can go to low level zones and decimate everything around her. It works when your gear is not perfect and your only a few lvls above a zone. Once you max out though and are wearing all masterful or higher gear.. You make a mess of those mobs.
Doesnt matter the gear.
Its the traits that remain.
Again, I strongly believe its fine as it is..
Are you level 80? Are you decked out in decent gear?
My lvl 80 character can go to low level zones and decimate everything around her. It works when your gear is not perfect and your only a few lvls above a zone. Once you max out though and are wearing all masterful or higher gear.. You make a mess of those mobs.
Uhhhh… I use Lava Font on my Elementalist constantly in both events and WvW. Lay that sucker down in front of everyone and watch the “Burning” combos fly. I also use water fields + arcane wave to generate my own blast combo for large AOE healing.
I adore Anet for not having a hugely tiered gear system. That is the entire point of both GW and GW2. If you don’t like it there are tons of other games that happily cater to this style of gameplay. Anyone that knew anything about GW2 or played GW knew this going into the game.
Every single thing I have seen them close has either been a repeat topic, common sense and should not need discussion or veiled trolling. I dunno what your topic was about so I can not comment. I would however, probably close a thread like this as well.
I just switched class and started using it myself. I already go into matches where half the players in there are playing the Thief profession. As time goes on Anet can monitor those numbers, if the trend continues adjustments will be made. I’m going to end up with multiple 80s anyways, then i can just ride the nerf/buff train.. Choo Choo.
So, all the people who really enjoy crafting and wish to make things mostly for themselves are kind of screwed since you level so fast as a character, you cannot keep up with crafting items for the rapidly passing character levels. The mats do NOT come fast, it takes a lot of farming to be able to get the proper materials to craft even one item. But, since you level is adjusted per zone, you still continue to get experience and so continue leveling creating the problem of even more behind in crafting level vs player level.
This… I leveled naturally to 80 with an Elementalist and now I am leveling up a thief. I salvage everything I get my hands on, but I have kept my focus on hearts. Between those two characters I still lack the Jute scraps that I need. I think tonight I will go back to the starting zone with the Elementalist and just blow up caves full of humanoids for several hours. Else I am never going to get into full swing with crafting.
this is obviusly a noob game where noobs are a priority and pros are left behind
These “noobs” that you speak of, make up the massive majority of MMO games. They are also the people that play the longest. Naturally they are going to be a priority. This is not to say some of the more sane requests should be ignored, but there should always be a form of quick join, no party, spvp for those “noobs”.
Everything I comment on on these boards I have played both sides of. I personally have played any class I comment on in both pve, wvw and spvp. Unlike other games anyone can spend a few hours in spvp as a level 80 and develop a decent grasp of any profession.
No and No and No
I’m not bored. Maybe some little forum minority is.
DPS vs DPS in a 1v1 situation. Thief wins. He has easier combos, his hits are easier to land (due to him jumping or porting to you with most of them) and he still can still have escape skills at his disposal without giving up any DPS.
Anyone that comes on here saying a Thief is underpowered should be bludgeoned to death with nerf bats.
The free tournament description explicitly tells that if you join as a partial roster, it matches you up against partial rosters. Problem solved, yes?
it either doesn’t do this, or it tries for a bit then if it cant it’ll throw you against a premade.
i know this because every day we are destroying random pugs much more than we are playing against 5 mans, and it gets really boring.
matchmaking needs a lot of work, its not fun for anyone to have 2 teams of different levels playing against each other
So the problem actually is that people aren’t playing enough with just a few friends. Ironic in a way.
Exactly, it is nice to have these type of matches, but it is not something a huge group of players is doing. Most people do Spvp (random) or WvW.. Anet is not about to let the Spvp (random) turn into a pub stomping extravaganza.
Mods this thread should be merged into the existing thread. We do not need to go over this stuff ten times. There is already an Anet reply on it.
In no way shape or form should the random Spvp matches be removed. Period, end of story. The reasons for this have been explained multiple times and you can find a thread about it on this very forum with an Anet reply in it. They do no want groups rolling over pugs. This includes full groups, half groups, etc. No you cant queue with your sister or your finance or you little brother into Spvp unless you are doing the tourny system and this is WORKING AS INTENDED FOR THE GOOD OF THE MASSES.
If Anet wants to add in some seperate party/group Spvp beyond the Tournament system they have already provided you with, so be it. It will have longer queue times so be prepared to come gripe about that if it is implemented.
Having to rotate through attuenments that trigger 1.5 second globals is what kills Elementalists. Sure you can do a lot of things, but you don’t do many of them very well. Other classes burst harder and other classes survive more easily. The only thing the Elementalist really excels at is support. The idea of this game was being able to play the way you want. Like many MMOs though certain classes are already being pidgeon holed, which is bad design.
You can rub all the brain cells you want together. You can’t change mechanics that make you slower or make you less effective.
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