If oceanics truly want more enemies to fight, then maybe they shouldn’t be so consumed with their need to have so many friends first.
God forbid in an mmo that a player wants to have other people to play with
That works fine in PvE.
In WvW we’re gonna need you to fight each other a lil bit
No, In PVE you have NPCs to play with/ against. IN wvw You actually have to have players to have someone to play with/ against. Soloing keeps is only entertaining for so long. AT some times, you can log into servers and have not only No team to play with at all, you have no one to fight against . Thought it was supposed to be a PVP game mode. For it to be a PVP game mode you have to have people to play with/ against 24/7 otherwise the game is either dead or broken. And.. NO, you should not take a game developers recommendation for “the best server for you” to then be told after you have to pay more to actually have players to fight with / against, that is just seriously messed up.
Seeing all the angry posts from JQ and BG players warms my heart.
You’re not supposed to like this, it’s targeted specifically at you. It’s a long awaited solution to the problem OF you. Packing more and more people on to very few servers isn’t a good thing, we know you like winning. You’ll continue to win for quite some time.
But you’re done stacking.
I am not worried about us winning.. I am on the server that is in the best position to be locked. LOL I am more concerned about the game dying due to new players coming in and having no one to play with and leaving due to there being no coverage on lowest tiers, and no sign of that changing due to the actual number of players who play outside of NA prime. I am more concerned about players being able to play with their friends, families and guilds, people play many mmorpgs together, their guilds play multiple games, if they are unable to play with their guilds, their friends, they will just play a game they are able to do so.
It isn’t " stacking" to play with your guild, friends and family, it is called enjoying the game during the time you are able to play it. Why would people play a game where they are unable to spend quality time with their friends and family? Oh yea they don’t.
Instead of making it so players have people to play with and against whenever they log in, they are making a game that actually prevents them from doing so.
You’ve contributed several thousand words to this thread. All of which are verbose repetitions of the same argument.
Philibustering doesn’t work on forums
I was not aware sharing thoughts on the forum would be participating in a legislature. Did you mean Filibustering as I was not aware that Philibustering was a word?
The forums exist to share thoughts on ways to improve the game, that is exactly what I was using them for. I want an environment that allows for vets and new players to enjoy the game together, allowing for everyone to have a chance to enjoy playing with others and against them rather than PVD in coverage wars.
Disconnecting wvw from servers would probably be the best way to accomplish that long term allowing players to play with and against different players regularly and provide variety to game play rather than implement poorly thought out restraints that cause more problems than it solves.
Grammar policing is akin to conceding defeat.
You can keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better. The rest of us will go back to playing with friends on this game if they allow us to, or on another if they do not since most games actually let you play with friends.
You and the five people that agree with you in this thread? Vocal minority is still minority.
Seeing all the angry posts from JQ and BG players warms my heart.
You’re not supposed to like this, it’s targeted specifically at you. It’s a long awaited solution to the problem OF you. Packing more and more people on to very few servers isn’t a good thing, we know you like winning. You’ll continue to win for quite some time.
But you’re done stacking.
I am not worried about us winning.. I am on the server that is in the best position to be locked. LOL I am more concerned about the game dying due to new players coming in and having no one to play with and leaving due to there being no coverage on lowest tiers, and no sign of that changing due to the actual number of players who play outside of NA prime. I am more concerned about players being able to play with their friends, families and guilds, people play many mmorpgs together, their guilds play multiple games, if they are unable to play with their guilds, their friends, they will just play a game they are able to do so.
It isn’t " stacking" to play with your guild, friends and family, it is called enjoying the game during the time you are able to play it. Why would people play a game where they are unable to spend quality time with their friends and family? Oh yea they don’t.
Instead of making it so players have people to play with and against whenever they log in, they are making a game that actually prevents them from doing so.
You’ve contributed several thousand words to this thread. All of which are verbose repetitions of the same argument.
Philibustering doesn’t work on forums
I was not aware sharing thoughts on the forum would be participating in a legislature. Did you mean Filibustering as I was not aware that Philibustering was a word?
The forums exist to share thoughts on ways to improve the game, that is exactly what I was using them for. I want an environment that allows for vets and new players to enjoy the game together, allowing for everyone to have a chance to enjoy playing with others and against them rather than PVD in coverage wars.
Disconnecting wvw from servers would probably be the best way to accomplish that long term allowing players to play with and against different players regularly and provide variety to game play rather than implement poorly thought out restraints that cause more problems than it solves.
Seeing all the angry posts from JQ and BG players warms my heart.
You’re not supposed to like this, it’s targeted specifically at you. It’s a long awaited solution to the problem OF you. Packing more and more people on to very few servers isn’t a good thing, we know you like winning. You’ll continue to win for quite some time.
But you’re done stacking.
I am not worried about us winning.. I am on the server that is in the best position to be locked. LOL I am more concerned about the game dying due to new players coming in and having no one to play with and leaving due to there being no coverage on lowest tiers, and no sign of that changing due to the actual number of players who play outside of NA prime. I am more concerned about players being able to play with their friends, families and guilds, people play many mmorpgs together, their guilds play multiple games, if they are unable to play with their guilds, their friends, they will just play a game they are able to do so.
It isn’t " stacking" to play with your guild, friends and family, it is called enjoying the game during the time you are able to play it. Why would people play a game where they are unable to spend quality time with their friends and family? Oh yea they don’t.
Instead of making it so players have people to play with and against whenever they log in, they are making a game that actually prevents them from doing so.
You’ve contributed several thousand words to this thread. All of which are verbose repetitions of the same argument.
Seeing all the angry posts from JQ and BG players warms my heart.
You’re not supposed to like this, it’s targeted specifically at you. It’s a long awaited solution to the problem OF you. Packing more and more people on to very few servers isn’t a good thing, we know you like winning. You’ll continue to win for quite some time.
I’ve already got more PvE than I’ll ever do in this game. Living story is waste for me.
I had no idea so much of the development budget was going to go for single-use pve content. When I buy a game who’s name is synonymous with Team Fighting, I expect a mostly PvP oriented experience.
I’d really love to buy a map pack ala fps games.
50 bucks for one? Lol
50 bucks for 10? As many as you care to make, anet.
I think it was that back in 2004 Anet wanted to make a MOBA that appealed to players from other MMOs. The biggest groupings of people were called “Guilds”. Doesn’t take much to suggest to those players:
“What if you could fight players from other guilds? We’ll Call it ‘Guild Wars’”
And NCSOFT goes “Yes! Make it and sell it!”
“But what about players who don’t want to fight other players?”
“Lets hire some writers to slap together some lore and make a pve campaign on the side.”
And there you have it. Guildwars 1, the MOBA with a Pve on the side. They just use their lore as an excuse to keep calling it “Guild Wars” even though no actual battles occur between guilds, except for the stuff we make up in WvW.
Another way to look at it would be:
“Hmm…we wrote this massive and complex story, and built a game around it, but people want to fight each other….I know, since the story itself is based on “The Guild Wars” why don’t we throw in a PvP element on the side. That way the name “Guild Wars” will appeal to those players as well…"
“Sounds great!!! lets do it!”
And thus Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 was born.
And this is what’s called “bait and switch” young false advertisers in training!
I used a shield back when thieves used to be more common, flushing a shadow refuge or thwarting a CnD-backstab combo was commonplace and useful to the group.
Nowadays? In condi meta? Good luck taking out a mesmer with shield. Over torch or focus? Surely you jest.
The skill only creates one projectile per enemy in the radius when activated so there had to be atleast 5 people in range, but all 5 projectiles landing on the same person is suspect. Either they were all stacked and somehow just hit the first target in the line or something buggy is occurring.
The blades are sent to the closest five targets. They’re not really projectiles, but the wide beam much like from a whirl, but directed toward a target. If any part of the whirl beam strikes an object on the way to it’s intended target, it hits that object.
If your target has 4 additional targets close by but blocked by the target at time of beam creation (between you and the other targets)… kapow.
I’ve insta’d people with binding blade before. Have one with 5×3703 on video. https://youtu.be/JwHucNjS-Gw?t=1m10s
No, it isn’t the hardest hitting ability in the game… Ever fought a good shatter mesmer?
Duelling around SM is about exhibitionism.. Not only are they too cool for the game, they want you to notice them being too cool like 13 year old girls.
12k health is a huge risk, even at full health you’re one-shottable. Knight also offers less power as toughness is it’s primary, Assassin offers precision as it’s. Baseline power is more valuable than precision or ferocity. Same with a bit of vitality, as being dead negatively affects DPS.
A few soldier pieces will give you a bit of uh-oh factor, and add more power over knight or assassin.
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Shelter hardly needs a buff. Though I’d take a water field consecration heal, or a buffed sanctuary. Not sure how a damage based heal doesn’t belong in the DPS line :/
I don’t use them as often but sword has high mobility and damage with projectile blocking (which may proc the burn on block)
This is incorrect.
Sword 3 destroys projectiles, not the same as block. Shield 5 and Sanctuary absorb without blocking as well. Only skills that specifically say block, block.
Well, look at what we as an aggregate community have asked for. We wanted DPS, Conditions and a Bow.. Got all three, yay.
So, now we can be a Warrior that can’t Nike. A Condispammer with less effectiveness than others (Ranger, Engi). And coming soon, A wannabe power ranger…
All the while our core functionality, group buffer, has languished. We’ve asked to become a mess and Anet has granted our wish.
Speak for yourself; I didn’t ask for a bow or traps. I just want my class to not get consistently nerfed for little to no justifiable reason.
Neither did I, but look back through this subforum’s history.
“Aggregate Community”
Well, look at what we as an aggregate community have asked for. We wanted DPS, Conditions and a Bow.. Got all three, yay.
So, now we can be a Warrior that can’t Nike. A Condispammer with less effectiveness than others (Ranger, Engi). And coming soon, A wannabe power ranger…
All the while our core functionality, group buffer, has languished. We’ve asked to become a mess and Anet has granted our wish.
Well, when building for outgoing healing and using Magi’s you might have an issue with sustainability.
Your own healing is modest and with that armor you have low toughness and power. Meaning while you have a large health pool it will be burned up quickly, you’ll have a difficult time replenishing it and since you hit like a wet noodle, you’ll just have to deal with anyone who chooses to beat on you.
Personally, I’d love to see Anet impliment all the new trait changes barring the on-rails aspect.
Almost every problem arisen comes from their decision to force full trait lines and one-per-tier trait selection.
I think its interesting how dang interested people are in the “rewards” side of the game. I mean I get that too but to me, the real reward in the game is wiping some bad guys, helping your team out, etc.
I mean whats more rewarding saving a keep a few were trying desperately to defend or looping around in SW “finding” “hidden” chests?
I think the point is that it doesn’t have to be an either/or situation.
You can do something because you enjoy it and be equally rewarded.
Doesn’t have to be one, or the other.
…and in a game where gold = real money, of course people will be interested in the rewards.
I don’t really want people to come to WvW for SilverWaste style rewards….
They can graze where they are just fine
1)rewards are lets say ok
2)big servers have a lot bad pvp players but they win with more numbers
3)pve you make more gold
4)big servers have a lot more roaming teams so if you decide to roam you wont get far
so is there any reason to do wvw rather than pve and spvp that i did not discover yet?
