Guild Wars 2

Roo Stercogburn.9671:

Purples! Awesome.

Can’t see from sig what server you’re on, where you at and are there other ex DAoC with you?

Have lost touch with all the other purples, everyone went their own way, im at the moment on Whiteside Ridge

kitten man, nice seeing your still at it, Khaylar here, used to run with TSR and PW

Roo Stercogburn.9671:

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Roo?
From mid/pryd? o.o

Both are awesome, but both have a very high skill cap!

Truth Eretai.3129:

A server listed as ‘full’ just means it has too many people logged in at that time. A server can support infinite accounts tied to it, but a limited amount of those accounts online at once.

You just need to keep checking in at off-times, when the server status changes from full to very high. Usually it’s in the late mornings, EST.

This information is incorrect.
The server listed as “full” means the amount of accounts currently have that server as their “home server” has reached it’s cap, and the only way it will become “High” instead of “Full” is when either ANet increases the cap, which they do slowly in increments, special occassions, or when someone transfers to a different server.

I was wondering the same thing.

Kravick.4906:

Got a link? I haven’t heard it yet.

It just finished like 3 mins ago, not sure if there is a link yet

TC is NA though, any of these types of servers on the EU?

No AC’s littering the landscape actually has people gasp "fighting in the battlegrounds!
Like all over the place, best bug -ever-!

Fix eta : 12/29/2014

Kichwas.7152:

If there were dead servers they might do something, however if you look on the realm status for choosing a server, they are all at heavily impacted. We don’t even have medium servers, let alone light or dead ones.

Perhaps OP is playing out of sync with their server’s peak time, or simply lacks good social connections.

Guest on Vabbi
For those nay sayers, just go play on Vabbi, then come tell me there isnt any dead servers.

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

JoxerNL.3752:

Thank you.

You’re welcome

Sorry for the snappishness. All the pessimistic doomsayers / elitist idiots get me riled. XD

No worries man, im hardly a doom sayer which is why i simply wanted to inquire about anything from ANet about the situation.

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

Anywho, I’ve not seen anything official from Anet in regards to what they would do in the event that a server merge was needed. Probably won’t until that time comes around, if it comes around. They are usually pretty good about heads up on things like that, imo.

Thank you.

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

They claim Anvil Rock is ‘dead’ too and it’s mid tier. I play pve 90% of the time and have no issue finding people. So perception =/= truth.

You seem to be hellbent to forcing your opinion onto others, while the only thing I asked for in my “initial” post was : If there was any word from ANet about doing anything against the dead servers, I am not interested in a “debate” about which server is dead or which is not, i simply was inquiring if there was any word yet from Anet about the situation.

Your welcome to run around on some of the lowest tier servers
PvE that is, they -are- dead, ironically the best way to see it is in how well they perform in wvw, for some reason the desolate servers are at the bottom of the wvwvw listing aswell.

Also I nowhere in my initial post mentioned anything about wvw, simply said “lowest tiered” servers, and then remarked how those people have to guets to other realms to get things done, which i thought was enough “indication” i was talking about PvE.

Like the title suggests, im wondering if Anet has any plans or has put out any information towards tackeling their dead servers.
You know those poor few saps that play on the bottom tiered servers, that have to guest to different realms to get things done because there isn’t a living soul in a 4 zone radius.

Stefan.9360:

Server transfer is more like throwing a oil into the fire.

Really?
In what way exactly?
Try playing on one of the bottom ranked servers, it’s a wasteland, no living souls to be found, i should know cause I play on one.

I wouldnt mind if they changed it so the lowest bracket of servers get a cheaper character transfer, but as it is rightnow, they are either earning a quick 30$ on someone, or lose out on a life long customer because they will stop playing telling their friends who might be potential customers that the game is dead, due to their dead server.

easy fix, re-roll that same class and abuse it till they nerf it

Arganthium.5638:

ANet doesn’t care.

They do care, with their wallet, they aint going to do anything because they are hoping you will shelve out 30$ for a paid server transfer.

Sorry I dont want to be Minsc

Khailen.5031:

The new system should solve this for a little while but it’s just a short term fix I believe.

Actually the new system works only for mid and higher tier servers, the servers who are the bottom will only have a harder time due to getting slightly higher servers now as a possibility.

As someone who is on an almost dead server (next week we will be in the lowest brachet and i hardly -ever- see someone in pve and wvw other then in LA which is devoit of life mostly) i was hoping for a server transfer or merger to help the lowest brackets, but nope, just Anet catering to the top servers, forcing those on -dead- servers to shelve out cash or farm for weeks non-stop to be able to switch away from the dead server.

Pavel.5192:

Pain.3756:

I really hope the new “ranking” system fixes population balance issues.-grumpy

just leave Vabbi/FoW
500 gems isnt so much

500 gems?
I think it’s 1800 rightnow dude, go check.

What will happen for “almost dead” and “dead” servers?
I was hoping to see a merger or two, or at least free transfers

1) Make Turrets a Viable Build option rivaling the standard DPS specs (pretty self explanatory)
2) Make Grenade kit more user-friendly (I know people enjoy the higher skill cap, but this one is hurting our class abit due to making the class hard to use, the more people whom play Engineer, the more obvious certain things become (such as #1))
3) The way we use Rifles, (i’d like to see a split, give us 1 shotgun kit, and 1 Rifle Kit, with appropriate abilities for either, this way everyone is happy, and more options is never a bad thing.)

1 ability : Blast Finisher.

Grindiest MMO?
Try playing Aion, rofl

it’s silly that if I wanted to play an Archery focused character i have to roll a Warrior over a Ranger.

Pretty fun build, just ran it through my dailies, did better then expected!
Thanks for sharing!

How about they 1st focus on making the class more viable then spend resources on animations

They cant even properly balance the current professions, what gives you the idea they are ready for one more?

Anyone else notice how they (the devs) didn’t respond to people inquiring about the matchup changes?

it’s just a pathetic attempt to get people to do this crappy bad planned mini game.

Noticed that too, im unsure if this is a visual bug or something.

Yeah i agree with the general feeling here, why push this stupid minigame so hard, seriously, 3 days in a row of crab toss champion, that’s BS man…

insy.7083:

Grenth is up on Vizhu

Confirmed!
Thank you Vizunah Square!

please no mounts, this is not wow.

Supposedly opened on Borlis Pass, but it’s a US server so EU people again coming up short

Forestnator.6298:

I would never use one of those bad ideas.

Next time perhaps be abit more constructive then just put out an empty “Oh i wouldnt use it”.
There are no bad ideas, it is an idea from someone trying to help by puttin in their opinion, just like how I am puttin in my opinion towards both you and the OP.

With that out of the way, they aint bad, definatly better then the usuall option in some cases (Supply Crate) which is all people use nowadays, and i honestly think the devs should definatly adress the fact we are more or less forced to take certain skills because the rest is junk.

Michal.9058:

Any EU server with grenth up?

I wish
I been keeping an eye on this website for a week now, and to be sure i have been aksing my friends on the highest popp servers, nada

http://www.gw2dragons.com/guesting.html#/temples

Tacgnol.8079:

Wow. I was not expecting such negative feedback for a such a thread. I thought the tone of my post made obvious that the build is not meant to be taken “seriously”, but rather as a “fun” one, not all of us are going for maximum efficiency you know.

Uhm my post nowhere was ment to be negative, as i said i kind of figured you went for a thematic build, which you did, hence why i asked the question about HGH since i never see the Charr engineers (the Iron legion) chugg down any potions other then the Elixir H, i do see them use turrets though aswell as Grenades, but not sure if that’s a feasible build, but then again it’s a Thematic build, right?

LordByron.8369:

Scottikitten148:

What’s the point of having Commander icons on mini-map in PvE?

They are needed for guild missions.
They help in events

and stuff like that

Totally agree for the guild stuff, events, eh so so, honestly why does a wv3 tool get pushed into PvE players face?
If PvE players dont want to use it, they should have the option to simply not have the wv3 tool shown to them, easy fix everyone happy, right?

As the poster above me said, it’s just HGH Grenade build, i guess your trying to go for a “Thematic” Build?
If so, why go for HGH? i never seen any of the Iron Legion Chugg down Potions like an Alchemist HGH spec does.

I dont see why the non-commander folks can simply “turn it off”, if im in PvE i dont need a big blue blob on my map, certainly if they aren’t my guildleader or anything, so it’s just clutter basically, let me turn it off in PvE!

I been keeping a close eye on this and as far as i can see, the moment the Champion Risen Wraith spawns, the NPC dies within a tick or two of his AoE lifedrain, and you cant do a thing about it, it’s always inside the temple, champ risen wraith spawns and suddenly the NPC’s health just flatlines and the event fails.

Can we get a fix for this, or perhaps NOT have the Champion Risen Wraith spawn?

I have not seen Grenth up at all on any server thusfar and im keeping a close eye on it, i been Guesting trying to see if the higher population servers can get it done and same fail, Champ Risen Wraith -> Fail

Please fix this Anet.

Agreed, they should simpyl add the bonfires for another day or two, it was their mistake afteral, no reason to not put them there to correct their own mistake.

Feels like this is the hardest one in the set

It works!
Rifle turret without Rifled Turret Barrels : 532
Rifle turret with Rifled Turret Barrels : 612

The new post wasn’t there when i posted this, im heading ingame now (just had food) and will test, will post if its fixed or not.

New patch and still not fixed.
Ridiculous how a “class mechanic” stays bugged for such a long time.

In before a dev comes in and claims they are working fine :

Rifled Turret Barrels is horribly broken, i decided to make a small video about it to show it does not apply the 15% extra damage.

First Test : Rifle Turret
532 damage without Rifled Turret Barrel Trait
532 with Rifled Turret Barrel Trait

Second Test : Rocket Turret
887 damage + 328 dott without Rifled Turret Barrel Trait
887 damage + 328 dott with Rifled Turret Barrel Trait

Third Test : Flame Turret
142 damage + 328 dott without Rifled Turret Barrel Trait
142 damage + 328 dott with Rifled Turret Barrel Trait

“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMJH2Li4fx0”
Change settings to 1080p for best quality.

Conclusion, Rifled Turret Barrel Trait does not apply the 15% damage bonus.
This test was done on a naked Character, only had the standard pvp pistol to create aggro, talent spec was : 30 points in Inventions.
On tests without i put in 30 in inventions but did not choose a trait.
On tests with Rifled Turret Barrels i put in 30 in Inventions and chose the Trait.
Hope this is sufficient proof that the Trait is broken, and i hope a dev or someone sees this