Guild Wars 2

Convenant.7092:

Ever wondered why when you go to a movie theater, or a grocery store, every line is roughly the same number of people, without someone telling them to go to a specific line? Simple: the “invisible hand”, where if everybody went out to seek their own benefits (shortest line), society as a whole benefits from that (shorter average wait time).

Now apply it to WvW:

- Give REWARDS for transferring to losing/lower population servers, the lower the population, the more the rewards.
- Rewards should be dynamic and should stop when the server has reached a certain “average” population.
- Servers that have yet to reach that “average” population/level of WvW competence continues to receive transfers due to incentives.
- At the end, WvW population as a whole get’s balanaced.

It’s this or WvW dies slowly, so if you don’t have anything constructive to say, then shut up. Time to make a game-changing decision, ArenaNet. If you need specifics, let me know and I’ll give you ideas as to exactly how this can be implemented.

In reference to the original idea thread: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/wuv/wuv/Server-Mercenary-Idea-healthier-pop-distro/first#post2904563

+1

Thank you for posting this!

Johje Holan.4607:

Terrahero.9358:

Jinks.2057:

Johje Holan.4607:

I have to agree. Map changes good. Buff changes terrible.

Devon seemed to mention changes to the leagues. But honestly, the Bloodlust buff is far worse than leagues. Bloodlust buff does make people not want to play. Revert the buff Devon, for the game.

Would you give up the maps to get rid of bloodlust though?

Yes. The looks of the map changes may be nice. But now towers and keeps have so many more possible direction from which they can be sieged its so easy to build some superior cata’s and break a wall down. Bound to find a spot the defenders didnt counter-siege yet.

Yes, I would permanently give up the maps to get rid of the bloodlust. Bloodlust is that bad.

But I’m sure it wouldn’t be too hard to substitute another buff in there. Even if it means removing the maps temporarily while they code it or whatever.

Yes, I would give up the maps changes too in order to get rid of the BL Bloodlust. (Even though the maps changes are gorgeous and fun to have a small man fight in.)

Player Character.9467:

League 1 will be made up of BG/SoR/JQ/TC/FA/DB/DR/AR/FC/GoM/ET/SF
League 2 will be the remaining servers

We felt the servers in league 1 were having difficulty getting matched together under the current system in place so the leagues will help increase the variability in matchings. That is all.

Sadly, I wouldn’t doubt that what you posted (or something just as absurb) will be what is announced.

We gotta remember these are the same people that thought (and STILL think) EIGHT ranks of separation is a good number of ranks to match up servers in our current WvW match making system. LOL!

GrandmaFunk.3052:

toro toro toro.8640:

if you see a bunch of golems.. leave them alone! if they are dormant and nobody claims them, leave them alone. The persons who built them might be on another map to deal with enemies, or maybe they are somewhere building more to put them all to use later. Follow the rule, if it isn’t yours and you didn’t build it, DONT TOUCH IT!

toro toro toro.8640:

I wish there was a way to lock golems or take them over from players who go afk and put a kink in a greater plan at work.

So you don’t want players to take empty golems because their builders might be on another map, but you want to be able to kick players out of occupied golems because they might be afk?

Grandma, I agree with the OP – Golems, like any other siege (catas, ballistas, trebs, rams), should be able to be commandeered by whomever dropped the kitten thing whenever the OWNER kitten feels like it. Kitten staight! And the main reason is because we have ignorant players and/or SABOTEURS running around with nothing else better to do than to destroy useful assets. And you bet your sweet backside that if the other siege could be destroyed by these “team players”, then they would do it as well.

And the more I think about it, Golems should atleast be able to be commandeered by the owner like ALL other siege. And because Golems are mobile siege, the owner should be able to LOCK the golem and TRANSFER ownership to another player if desired. But I guess adding useful functionality to WvW is way too much to ask, eh, Anet?

meep.2601:

uh, who cares about balance? all i want to do is steamroll!!1

Yet another poorly, if at all, tested mechanic added to WvW that takes away from any sort of chance anyone, particularly the underdog, has of fighting the superior force that’s probably doped up on 3 stacks of BL Bloodlust.

The decision makers of WvW overall do not make sound decisions, are too slow to alter their screw ups, and are quickly digging the grave of this aspect of gw2. The Ram mastery is just another example of this.

Have there been improvements, sure. But the scale is heavily weighted on the side of disfunctionality rather than functionality when it comes to WvW’s existing features and adaptations implemented in the last 12 months.

I fear for WvW’s survival.

Faranox.4217:

Well, we’ll see how leagues go.

Hahaha…it’s gonna be worse!

Kitten 7 ranks, it’s gonna be 12 ranks difference at its worst match up in NA. You’re going to pray for only 7 ranks difference if you’re the bottom few servers in the gold or silver league.

The league is going to be a WvW disaster, espeically with the wonderful new BL Bloodlust! Can you say, ROTFLMAO_STOMP?

iAmTheDuke.6201:

Could be just me but WvW doesn’t feel the same.

I agree…. it doesn’t. It feels cheapened.

I’m curious to see if NA reset will change anything.

Junkpile.7439:

I want real PvP. I wanna go other servers and attack when they try to kill Tequila Sunset. I wanna have blob vs blob in Dredgehaunt Cliffs or capture lions arch and gank people when they try to use mystic toilet. That would be real PvP.

IKR…forget that “Scarlet is invading blah, blah, blah…”

How about… “Invaders from Stormbluff Isle have entered Divinity’s Reach. They murdered the queen, destroyed all of the crafting stations and are setting up ACs! Please send help!”

How’s that for new bi-monthly LIVING WORLD content?

AphoticEssance.7592:

I come to WvW for large scale PvP, but that is extremely broken at the moment with this Bloodlust buff….

I feel bad when I win a fight when I have the buff. My favorite game feels broken now.

Yup,WvW is the reason why I play GW2 at all. I get little to no thrill fighting predictable AI. And, yes, it really sucks when I lose or win a close fight. The BL Bloodlust takes away from the feeling of accomplishment.

AphoticEssance.7592:

I think many of us are hanging on hoping that the Bloodlust buff will get changed or removed soon. My fear is that Anet will not react soon enough and we will lose so much of our community due to frustration.

QFT! Anet responds far too slowly to things of high importance. Like the Titanic, it will react once it’s too late (if at all) and not turn swiftly enough.

Good post, Aphotic!

Zenguy.6421:

An obvious place to look for performance improvements would be buffs that simultaneously affect more than five players or that simultaneously affect players on more than one map. ;-)

+1

Heizero.9183:

AS a roamer, i gotta say this kitten sucks. Currently fighting Kain and they have all 3 bloodlust buffs. sure roaming is fun, and i can usually pull off some pretty spectacular outnumbered maneuvers, but what am i supposed to do against a group of players with +150 to all stats? Run. That’s all i can manage now. it’s pretty lame.

Heizero, I agree with you. Anet just went way over the top with the BL Bloodlust. It might be ok if it were +50 – 150 to “ONE” stat. But to all stats, c’mon man! Seriously, Anet…that’s a good idea in your book?

Someone came up with that idea and a group of you agreed that it’s a great idea? Tell us please that you have a back up plan for this failure.

Wow, Lobo! I love your idea! +1

Lobo Dela Noche.5127:

you may think zerging is the wrong way to do it, but if a server has the numbers they will brute force it all the way. Just because some pencil —-- desk jockey that doesn’t play the game didn’t plan on it being done that way doesn’t mean it won’t be done that way.

Hmmm… Mbelch, this post has been up for 9 hours. And it has very minimal people posting here.

I think the majoirity of folks do not like the WvW changes as a “whole.” I’ll agree that the Ruins area is fun as hell to fight small battles in. (I had a 2 vs 5+ man fight in the Ruins and me and Paragues kicked kitten! Very FUN!) But, if given a choice, I WOULD NOT sacrifice what WvW was before the update for what it is presently with the update. I’d roll back WvW to pre-update status due to the horrid BL Bloodlust mechanic. It would be sad to lose the new Ruins area, but I can’t play WvW against high coverage zergs with triple BL Bloodlust. (Sure, we were already getting our teeth kicked in pre-update. Now… we’re getting that plus stomped in the privates.)

Respectfully,

Sykper,

Thank you for taking the time to post your idea. I’m personally in favor of it. Good job!

Anet,

It is apparent that the people within your organization that make the WvW decisions don’t actually “play” WvW.

And, ladies and gents, come Oct 4th, whatever features that are in WvW on that date, will stay in WvW for the following 7 weeks. Because Anet has already said they won’t be making any WvW changes during the league season. So, Anet, you got two weeks (and a few days) to fix this BL bloodlust" issue."

Dude, now this is a RECRUITMENT VIDEO! I loved every second of it, especially the part where the asura mez is seen before and then after joining [JINX]. LOL! TOO FUNNY!

Well done, bro! Well done!

(If I were looking to come to BG, I’d definitely join [JINX] just because of this video! It’s that cool!)

Ferris Bewler.9706:

Check out our recruitment video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YElZJHRNUQk

I was hoping for different looking weapon sets based on the weaponsmith/designer. There’s really only ONE weapon set; the sets just vary in color. Where’s the variety in DESIGN??? Ascended is a whole new catergory for weapons for goodness sake! Look how different the ascended accessories and whatnot look. What happened to that diversity with the weapons? (And, yes, i know we only see the icons for accessories, rings, etc, but you get the point.)

This is most disappointing, and I think, overall, a lazy approach to what could have been an incredible showcase of diverse weaponry based on the designer/weaponsmith.

It’s like this: I’ll make one for the stats alone, then put a skin of something else over top of it.

OP – I agree with you, “I expected more.”

Anet,

It’s sad when your customers have to use a search engine website to search for topics on your GW2 forum page because you’re too kitten inept at coding a simple search function on your own kitten webpage. WTKitten?!!

And another thing – please DO NOT code the search box to trigger the search using the on select change event! Wait for the user to presse ENTER. (C’mon… this should be common sense!) I honestly feel you need to hire someone else for this task.

Demon King.2475:

One thing that kinda works is using google and doing "forum-en.guildwars2.com: " then what you are searching for and google will show results similar to what you searched. It may be a good temp help.

Stealth? It’s what makes a thief a thief. C’mon, seriously? People want certain aspects of that modified or removed? It’s what thieves do.

Also, last I checked, stealthed or not, a thief still takes damage when doing… whatever. Can you target them when stealthed?… No. And??? Use your AOE skills.

I love it when thieves are thieves and do what they do best – be sneaky, quick killers. I used to hate on the thief class too, but after creating one to learn how they operate, I can now handle them in most situations. All classes have their specialty. The fun part is learning how to combat them with your skills and talents!

Cheers!

PS : as many have said, if you’re downed, consider yourself dead. ;-)

2 PROBLEMS:

1) The “new blue” is too close to the green color on the map.
2) The “new blue” is almost exactly the same color as the commander tag, so quickly locating the commnaders on a map, especially when they’re in a blue area/structure and not moving is kitten difficult!

What I’ve said above has been mentioned by others and is, quite frankly, kitten obvious to most people.

Anet, screw ups like this that are easily fixed/undone, yet go unfixed and unaddressed, make you look really incompetent.

Devon, do you care to comment?

Anet,

What Jahn said below, especially the part about the commanders is killing my WvW enjoyment experience. And I think others are not having a good time of it either because it’s difficult to discern what is what when looking at the map.

For the LOVE of ALL THAT’S SACRED… tell us this color change is a PATCH GLITCH, just like when the one patch a couple months ago put blue dots on commanders which made them hard to see. You fixed that glitch, now please fix this – ASAP!

WvW is the only reason I log into GW2 these days.

Thank you!

Jahn.7019:

3 things:

1. Why? It was fine the way it was, new colors are blinding.

2. At least be uniform about it, the altars are still dark blue, the score screen is still dark blue, the banners are still dark blue. I mean why implement a change like this if you’re going to just half kitten it.

3. It’s the same color as the commander tags, they are kitten near impossible to see in any blue structure now.

Gassy pope.6934:

Kain borderlands?….Oh you mean GoM’s beachouse

Quote of the day right here! LOL!

Sorry Kain, but yesterday we had your Bay fully redecorated with a game room, including lazer tag, a workout gym, and sauna! ;-)

idk…I leveled my ranger, that’s now my main, from lvl 3 to 80 almost exclusively in WvW. Sure, your damage and defense is pretty sad until you get to lvl 60+. But you have to know your role. Oh, and what class you are seems to matter imho. (Warriors and Guardians seem to be tougher and do OK when up leveled.)

My advice – you’d do well to stick with the zerg and lend support like one person said. Stay away from 1v1 situations and always confront from a position of advantage.

Things low levels can do to help their server include: running supply to build siege, scouting (esp if you’re a thief), wall/gate repairs, crowd control in combat, killing downed players, and other stuff like that.

I think the scaling is fine in general. It gives toons something to strive for.

And, Straegen, you had me ROFL – “… because they came to a gun fight with a spoon.” IKR! I won’t lie… I kill them most of the time. But if they fought with heart, I’ll leave them downed and then salute them.

Cheers!

Moonlight Wish (ranager) – GoM

I almost passed out when I read it in the release notes: “The Outmanned buff is now hidden from enemies.”

HOT DOG! GJ!

Blackjack.2083:

Why do we not have a score board in game showing our rating as well as the current gain/loss? It might go a long way for morale if you are losing the PPT but actually doing very well with the rating gain for people to see. Why in the world do we have to use a third party site to track this? I swear A-net some of the stuff you guys do is pretty bush league to be perfectly honest.

Blackjack for PRESIDENT! Hear, Hear, brother!

The current in-game scoreboard gives the underdog one impression: they are getting their rear-end handed to them. It’s a major morale killer, and the Low Morale Monster is a serious Wv3 population slayer! (It kills more easily than the largest zerg! lol)

Anet, if you want to change how Wv3 is matched up, you have to look at making some scoreboard modifications like Blackjack said – IN GAME! I want to be able to hit my “B” button and not only see the PPT, but see how my world is doing rating wise.

Please make this happen. Thank you!

Moonlight Wish – GoM

Anet, thank you for the Moa RACES! It’s a really fun away-from-norm thing to do in Guildwars2! (Especially since right now my WvW matchup is pretty lop-sided.)

I think it would be great to have regular races with different animials each week. Maybe have them running from a predator! For instance, have the moas run thru a snow leopard cave/tunnel… hehehe. It’ll make each race very interesting.

Anyway, thank you for the FUN! Keep it UP!

Edit: oh yeah… also, we need a SCORE BOARD that shows the results of each race.

Moonlight Wish – GoM

Patience, guys… patience! Go in there and do the best you can. For now, let the new system have its time in the sun to hopefully give us more accurate data. Oh, and try to enjoy it and learn from the worlds that you’re matched up against, especially when you’re the underdog.

Playing against the bigger kids can make you better! Crystal Desert is definitely making the most of this new system. Hats off to CD!! And hang tough, DB… hang tough!

Good luck to all!

Moonlight Wish – GoM

Pavel.5192:

first, i apologize for my english ^^

please add information about commanders to “B” menu
1) i want to see names of commanders, who are on maps (EB, borders…) before i join someone (there will be everybody who is in WvW maps with commander icon turned on)
2) add small voluntary message next to the commanders name in “B” menu, what is he/she doing – message is typed by commander – max letters can be 200 (for example:
Pavel: guild action, only guild members, please
Unstoppable Gar: taking camps
Thorakiel: support Dolyaks
Stormcaller: sieging towers

---

i think it could be handy and divide ppl to more groups than 1 massive zerg
or you wont be surprised, that commander is “only” carying Dolyaks
and leaders of guild actions could go with commander icon without fear, that a lot of random ppl will follow them ^^

BUMP! Great suggestions!

But do you know what would be cool?? An NA vs EU WvWvW play-offs of sorts!

Home and Away battles (home = playing on your own Anet server group so latency is minimized), brackets, the whole 9 yards…or meters…lol!

Now that would ROCK!!! Who’s with me??

Anet, give us some of that!

Anet, these are some good, attractive clothing designs. Any chance of getting more armor designs like this? (I’m not really into “town clothes.” )

And btw… thank you for the havesting sickle! Got it the first day you made it available. Create the axe and it’ll be an instant seller too! I’ll have the whole set!

Thank you!

Dayra.7405:

There is just no third server that would give a Fair Match with FoW and Vabbi.
To bad, but the only ones that could change that are yourself:
make a “call to arms” to your player and guilds, organize a WvW-TS where everyone interested is welcome, focus on one borderland and/or the Ethernal-third, train your “zerg-fight skills” and skirmisher groups, support your commanders, …

GREAT RESPONSE! and gl to the OP and your server!

Lyonell.1753:

I see no point in this, badges are the only “Unique” reward we get from wvw. What they should do is remove the god kitten jumping puzzles.

AMEN, brother!

Thank goodness JPs are in a different instance now. It’s cut down on the JPers complaining about getting ganked in JP while their server is losing its keep! /facepalm

xiv.7136:

It’s kind of funny how people don’t seem to understand how broken retaliation is right now in wvw (in the maps where it hasn’ t been nerfed yet)

Simply put, if you haven’t noticed what a ridiculous amount of damage retal does, it’s because you’re not really contributing to the fight.

You’re probably doing l33t single target dps against that one guy in the 40 vs 40 fight. Then yeah, you won’t notice retal.

Actually, XIV, far from it. I’m a ranger – almost 23K HP, 1546 Toughness, 2610 Armor, and use Longbow and GS primarily. I use barrage as much as possilbe, AOEing in zergs regularly with it. I average 45 – 60 kills per hour. (I believe that’s pretty decent. Lvl 78 Major with 23,328 WvW kills atm that I’ve contributed to.) And I play on EB and the BLs.

I use healing spring, signet of stone and food to deal with damage. And, no, retaliation is not a big deal for me.

A guardian is a pin cushion just like anybody else – in a zerg or otherwise! ;-)

Moonlight Wish – GoM

To the OP,

I’m a ranger and I run with my LongBow and GS most often. And I love me some barrage… I use it regularly!! I play on EB and all the BLs, but I never have the problem of retaliation being an issue. (I run with PVT gear and have almost 23K HP w/o food.) If my hp starts to take a serious hit, I pop healing spring. If things really start to get ugly, I hit Signet of Stone (I’m traited so it affects me as well as my pet.)

I would suggest getting your HP up and toughness as well. And I don’t think you’ll really notice retaliation all that much. (16K HP is not a lot to work with as a ranger imo. At least for me it’s not.)

Cheers, brother!

Moonlight Wish – GoM

Wow… I find it very interesting how rangers are still so down-played in WvW, particularly when talking about a ranger’s usefulness in a large group. I play ranger and run with a GS and Longbow mostly, and I really love ZvZ battles. It’s where I really pincushion and cut-down many a foe. And don’t let me go dual bows… Lord help you! (I just can’t get out of trouble as easily w/o the GS equiped.)

Bottom line: you guys just keep thinking rangers suck – I don’t want to see more toons like me running around that I have to deal with in WvW.

Anet, you know what?… I THANK YOU sincerely for trying to make WvWvW better! If the new system works out, then fabulous! If not, then try again. As a regular “Wuver” as you put it…lol, I am personally STOKED to try this new system out. WOOT! ty ty

Yes, the lag is extremely out of control on Gate of Madness in WvW right now, which is pre-WvW-reset. Skill lag is so bad, I shoot an arrow and sometimes see it fly 3 seconds later. And I just got the disconnect error.

We need EMERGENCY MAINTENANCE!

WvW reset will happen in the next 15 min. I can’t imagine how kitten up it’ll be.

On Gate of Madness, we’re presently experiencing skill and movement lag like i’ve never personally expereinced in WvW. It was fine yesterday at this time, now it’s almost unplayable. (And it’s before reset!!!!) Every few minutes someone comments about the lag in map chat. WT…have you done, Anet?

Navzar.2938:

Dante.1508:

Other classes have no means of escape (Rangers) so ele now fits into that group, welcome to the gang..

I’m not sure how many people realize this, but rangers are actually one the most mobile professions. Greatsword’s swoop is actually better than pre nerf RTL.

I’m not sure how many people realize this, but rangers are actually one the most mobile professions. Greatsword’s swoop is actually better than pre nerf RTL.

I’m not sure if it’s GS Swoop is “better” than pre nerf RTL, but I do use GS Swoop all the time in WvW to escape those – “I should be definitely dead” situations.

To the OP, dude, that nerf on RTL is PURE EVILLLLLL! I couldn’t agree more!

Wow, Anet, that’s extreme! (I’m glad I don’t play my D/D ele much anymore.)

GL!

I can appreciate and understand the OP’s post. But for me, I just need one pick (maybe two – my fav alt needs one). It’s all about convenience for me. I hate like kitten when I run out of harvesting tools!!! On some days, I play to just run around casually digging up and chopping down nodes. And if something gets in the way of the digging up and chopping down, I knock ‘em over the head. It’s relaxing…lol.

Anet, you like money, right? Where are the other two tools, dagnabbit! I got my gems in hand! Don’t keep me waiting! ;-)

And thanks! (This is a much more useful item than those kitten town clothes!)

I see… that makes sense. Thanks for the additional info, Beorn!

Ohh ok. Thanks, guys. I was getting worried for a minute. I’ll wait and see if works after reset this Friday.

Much appreciated!

Has anybody that’s done a server transfer recently noticed that they’re not getting the World Bonuses?

I transferred servers 5 days ago and noticed that my HP is not going up with the Robust (max HP increase) world bonus, which is at 7% presently. And I assume that I’m not getting the other world bonuses either. Robust is just the easiest to perceive.

I’m an avid WvW player; it’s basically where I spend the majority of my time. So it sorta caught my attention. And right now, I’m playing kitten

Anybody else experiencing this after a server transfer?

NOTE: I didn’t have this problem before transferring servers. And I have reported it. I just wanted to see if anybody else is experiencing this.

Thanks!

Hello guys,

Unfortunately, this bug still exists. (I’m on Dragonbrand, btw.) But there is a work around that worked for me today, 12/27/12, that I gathered from other posts and added a little. Here’s what worked for me:

(And please excuse the crudity of my images; I didn’t have a lot of time.)

No.1 Image – get to this location. (For all you guys and gals that are having this problem, I’m guessing you’ll be able to find the spot where I’m standing.)

No. 2 and No. 3 Images – I’m moving to the water. Notice in image #2 where I have drawn a RED CIRCLE. This is where the shark’s name and health bar will appear. The shark itself is stuck in the wall/rocks.

To get the shark’s name to appear, move your toon COMPLETELY UNDER the water – to the point where you’re fully submerged and your underwater skills show up. Next exit the water slowly back to where I’m standing in Image #2. You should see the shark’s name in RED, health bar and level. NOTE: you WILL NOT be able to target him. (If you go in and out of the water as stated above, you should see the shark’s name re-appear.)

No. 4 Image – Face the direction where you saw the shark’s name, and go into the water – fully submerged. Use an AOE skill and use it in that direction. As you can see in image 4, I’m hitting the shark – 143 points of damage. And even although it’s not targeted, the shark IS taking damage. You CANNOT see it’s health bar, though.

Keep using your AOE skill until it’s dead. (NOTE: not all of my AOE underwater skills would hit it. Only the elementalist skill – BOIL seemed to work.)

No. 5 Image shows that I’ve succeed.

I hope this helps you guys! Good Luck!

Anet, please fix the bug. (Great game, btw! I do like it a lot! –

-Krypto

I second what Totaltank is saying. I’ve been getting lag spikes for the last few days as well. I think it’s Winterday related. I was fine b4 it went into effect. Help PLEASE!

Bump

Just got in on my main. Good luck, peeps! xD

Ditto, Derfburger. I manually logged off as well.

The toon I was using just before the patch (my main toon) is stuck on loading. My other lvl 2-ish toons can get beyond the loading screen no problem. >.<

88% and not looking back 1.3 mb/sec xD

Mine is smoking now! 48% and racing! OH YEAHH! xD