Guild Wars 2

Vayne.8563:

This is why I get more info from reddit than the official forums. Sure sometimes it’s negative as well, but there are by percentage far more posts useful to me.

This is pretty much how any official forum VS a Reddit goes pretty much. It is sort of sad I guess.

(Yes I know this is a complaining thread about complaining, this is my view)

I’m being serious.

I’ve seen this in literally all MMO environments, and in all game discussions pretty much elsewhere… Now it’s gotten to a point GW2 is nothing but this on class forums and other forums.

I know this might be “slightly” off topic, but this rant pertains to GW2 at the moment.

When you hear the forum titles “General Discussion”, and “Class Discussion” most people would think that they have good information. Well, right now… they don’t at all really, and are just people acting like the end is near.

Instead we have a slew of people mocking, trashing, and overreacting with the game.

Am I upset a little with some things in the game? Yes, I am a little. does this warrant me making a “this game is dying thread”, and trash talking the devs? No it does not.

Instead of constant trash talking, it would be nice to have more positive, and actual useful threads. Feedback is warranted, but think about how you approach doing it.

Take this how you will, I honestly expect to be flamed, or for this thread to be taken down. I just think it’s worth mentioning this.

I don’t really understand this, but it’s ok I guess? Nothing really hurt us more.

I hope the best for us all. We will see how we stand at the dawn of the patch.

May you all stay in good spirits and keep your head high.

The light is with us.

Any others? :/

The post above this has a guild way too big than I want

Thanks guys, is there any other input o.o?

I have all ascended gear but one accessory, and don’t want to get Assassin’s weapons and accessories.

Right now I have Force and Air Sigils.

Would switching Air for Accuracy be a DPS loss? I mean I am missing some Crit from traits, and this would make up for the loss a bit.

I mean I figure it would be a DPS loss to switch
Air to Accuracy, but I’m just wondering.

Thanks for any input

Looking for an LGBT Guild that’s NA and doesn’t require Representing

Oh look it’s this thread again :V

nica.5829:

When you play another game :P

Don’t say this ;n; !

Which is better for Fractals and group content?

I’m wondering if the new ones will be 100+…

Andulias.9516:

Actually Fractals are meant to take the place of dungeons, but Astralporing doesn’t seem to care about that either.

The dungeon team was dissolved years ago. Fractals are supposed to be the challenging 5-man content

Fractals are pretty soulless and empty feeling. I want a story dungeon with HoT lore :/

We need them in the HoT zones. This is the first MMO expansion I’ve played with no new dungeons

That was it… It works now

I didn’t have Eye of the North… maybe this was the issue?

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

Did you, in fact, link the 2 accounts? Did you try logging in and back out of both accounts?

Yes. It shows GW1 being active in my GW2 account settings too :/

The vendor sells nothing at the moment

Just got GW1, and tried to link it, but did not get the 3 starter points it’s supposed to give me.

Can anyone help?

Guardian

Angel Specialization

Fire angel beams everywhere to heal everyone and do insane damage to non believers

casius van.5186:

So far, the only way this has affected me is I can’t use tof to interrupt blocks from chrono, war and herald anymore. Which is fine, I guess, I just hope the other core get some fixes. Guess we’ll find out Friday.

Why Friday?

Also one small thing needs to be done. They NEED to separately balance PvE and PvP for real… They did in GW1

Gern.2978:

Kam.4092:

Peregrine Falcon.5496:

Of course Longbow damage is going to be nerfed. The devs have repeatedly shown that they don’t like it when Guardians do anything well.

That’s a really dumb comment, but ok.

It is kinda. But it’s also, unfortunately, what it feels like right now. No one want’s Guardians for raids (except to tank the first boss), no one really want’s guards for fractals (or dungeons, but that doesn’t matter since the Devs also made dungeons irrelevant.), and Guards are mediocre in PvP/WvW. They are only decent at it because of traps, and those are getting nerfed into the ground. After the balance patch Guards aren’t going to have a place in any game mode, provided the changes that A-net are proposing remain the same.

I’m not far in fractals, but am at scale 51+, and have never had a problem staying in a group, and staying in a group for dungeons. Currently they are just mid tier damage wise it seems. We are way too bursty, and I’d want burst nerfed a bit for more sustain.

In reality what I’d want for a guardian class is to be more about support and less about damage. It’s in the profession name “Guardian”… The whole “damage” meta is something that has always killed some of the community aspects of GW2, and even other MMOs.

I’m just hoping our support is buffed a bit.

If I was a Mesmer, I’d probably be way more upset right now. Which is a poor balance decision in the first place.

All in all, I don’t think our class is going to be thrown in the trash like so many think. This naysayer attitude is just something that’s common in MMOs.

I do have one random want though that will probably never happen though. I wish Virtue of Resolve’s trait where it went to the party was baseline and not a major trait in a tree. Symbols should also heal a little by default for allies. These wants will never happen, but to me it would help a lot.

Take my rambling how you want to, I just am someone who always tries to be chill over class changes. I played a Hunter in WoW which went through some horrible nerf patches before over the years. I played for 7 years and quit after raiding got to me. It does really suck seeing other classes doing literally everything better than you in a game, but it’s never permanent. Wish hopefully I guess? I don’t know.

tl;dr
I woke up and said a bunch of crap that probably made me sound like an idiot, but I just try to be a happy person and enjoy the game. Negativity sucks ._.

Peregrine Falcon.5496:

Of course Longbow damage is going to be nerfed. The devs have repeatedly shown that they don’t like it when Guardians do anything well.

That’s a really dumb comment, but ok.

I don’t really care if they nerf it, I’ll always use it cause I like bows

Xillllix.3485:

Kam.4092:

Xillllix.3485:

I was so happy to read today that SAB is back on track!

Yayyyy!!!!

Troll :/

I’m sorry but my intent wasn’t to troll but to try to get Anet to wake up through the means of sarcasm. I mean I get it, they have thrown the towel for SAB, but the very least they could do is re-release the old content. Personally I don’t believe Anet when they say it’s coming back neither the reason they gave for removing it. Just like I don’t believe it takes more than a year to fix WvW population issues.

SAB was more fun than the new raid content. I don’t understand why you would remove something so original and game defining, where so much work has been invested on their part.

And people who bought Infinite Coins need a compensation.

Why didn’t you just say this then o.o

Xillllix.3485:

I was so happy to read today that SAB is back on track!

Yayyyy!!!!

Troll :/

Would like to keep this up on first page. Too much negative things ._.

Seems super foggy…

I’ve not had it long but love it.

Just wondering people’s opinions on the auto attack and 2nd burst skill.

I’m hoping it stays the same and hammer gets buffed to be honest.

Cyninja.2954:

Cool story brah.

Now if only your posting history didn’t give away your trolling.

Pfffft lol this made me laugh

vVPandAVv.9241:

Coody.4076:

That’s the reason why I left after HOT.

then why are you here?

This honestly.

Diovid.9506:

To me lore/world building is missing, something GW1 did a lot better IMO. What I always felt Anet should have added is some form of codex (similar to that of Mass Effect) or at least a bestiary. The weird thing is that GW2 originally had a lore book system but this system got removed sometime before release. Another feature that I would have loved that got removed before release is the presence of lore snippets on loading screens.

GW1 Eye of the North had a great story journal added that was a really cool way to keep track of goals and objectives. Seeing that added would be cool.

It’s what your post made me think of.

Would be nice to have a new dungeon related to each HoT zone. I’ve only been to Verdant Brink, and Auric Basin so far though.

You could make a Verdant Brink dungeon center around going underground to stop future armies coming up to attack, and put a dent in the force of the Mordrem.

In Aric Basin you could make a dungeon about further exploring with The Exalted and uncovering secret ruins to gain power.

PvE simply needs more rewarding content besides EXP grinds. I enjoy events, but others may not. Having new dungeons with new weapons and armor sets would be nice.

Maybe things like Elite Auric Weapons, and Elite Mordrem Armor. This could be a future trend similar to GW1 attire. We need more options for how a player can utilize PvE to progress their character.

The game simply needs more smaller achievable goals for players, rather they be small or big.

Currently in Fractals you have to leave and enter again to change the scale. This does waste time and has sometimes led to groups breaking up because someone loads in slower than others.

My suggestion is to make it to where you can switch Fractal scales while inside without going outside.

There is a control console where you can do this. It currently plays the cutscene again, but it could also be used to change the scale and make sense as well lore wise.

Just a small suggestion

Cevlakohn.2165:

Guild Wars 2 has Asura. No other MMO has Asura.

This

Keksmuffin.1450:

In full ascended zerker without any buffs my crit chance is 49,71% so I don’t know what you’re talking about.

You’re right btw, the difference between assasins earings and full zerker is tiny but there is one. If you don’t care about min maxing too much you can just stick to full zerker.

I said above that I was over 49%, but not at 50%

Thanks for your input though

Rukia.9860:

I think we can all agree GW2 is a great MMO but the xpac definitely destroyed any semblance of balance it had which is unfortunate… but expected.

Honestly as a main pvper I am inclined to play another game until this settles because it is really really horrible unless you play 1 of the cancer meta builds but I find ways to enjoy myself in other categories.

I would prefer pvp though…. seriously sucks that it’s in such a state.

I understand. Hope the patch after the PvP Season fixes stuff. I play a Guardian, so yeah. I’m good in lower brackets, but not higher ones :/

Rainbowsand.2438:

Kam.4092:

I’m having tons a fun ^-^

That is because someone is bored to death. The balance…

Huh? This makes no sense. I am having fun.

mrauls.6519:

Kam.4092:

I’m all Berserker at the moment with 49%ish Crit.

Is it worth it to spent Spirit Shards on Anthologies to switch my weapon stats to Assassin?

It doesn’t seem worth it to me, but wondering what others will say.

Thanks for any input. It’s appreciated

With ALL berserker you should be above 49% crit…

I am, but it’s not 50%

Keksmuffin.1450:

Having two assasins earings is considered optimal at the moment. You get them from the dungeoneer collections.

Isn’t that a lot of time?

I mean will I even notice a difference?

I’m all Berserker at the moment with 49%ish Crit.

Is it worth it to spent Spirit Shards on Anthologies to switch my weapon stats to Assassin?

It doesn’t seem worth it to me, but wondering what others will say.

Thanks for any input. It’s appreciated

Rainbowsand.2438:

He wants dps AND he wants a shield. There is a saying about two rabbits if you know it…

Well I love bunnies o.o

I’m having tons a fun ^-^

Who else is?

There have been so many that have been removed over the time of the game. Wouldn’t Arena Net make more money? I hate seeing all the past items that I’ve missed. I would buy them so quick if it were possible.

:/

Noein.1685:

Maybe with other forms of might stacking, but relying solely on str runes/sigil will only net you like 10 might.

I’ve never been a fan of scholar runes or night sigils, but that’s just me. You’re not doing anything to warrants that level of give a crap. You’re not going to sit there making spreadsheets to kill a moa .06% faster than before.

What Runes and Sigils do you use?

Keksmuffin.1450:

Well he probably means “which classes apply enough cripple on a meta build with a proper rotation”. The answer to that is necro and engi afaik.

This, thank you

Anyone know ._.?

Wanting to know because of being a DH and the Major Trait

I play the game with my Necro friend mainly, and just do PuGs in LFG for fractals and dungeons, I do events in Open World as well.

My question is that since I usually end up with groups with no might stacking or very little, would switching to Runes of Strength and Sigils of Strength benefit over Scholar and Sigils of Air for me?

Also, if so, how many might stacks would I be able to keep up if possible?

I’m playing Guardian and want to fully unlock Dragonbunter, but have not been into HoT yet. How far in the expansion would I need to go to fully unlock it?