Guild Wars 2

TheMightyAltroll.3485:

They can’t even balance what they already have, and they want to add more to it.

even so, i think it’s needed. other games will be coming out that offer complete customization.

to the tools that just interrupted my 1v1 with a LYSS necro, you’re not helping my faith in humanity.

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/473/feature/7597/Guild-Wars-2-ArenaNets-Master-Plan-for-2013.html

“What’s more is that the team is also working very kitten finding a way to make it so that every profession has access to every weapon and their own weapon skills for those previously locked weapons.”
Necrotic Knight, thank you very much.
thanks to the bro who posted this in the Engineer forum.

breh.5987:

lol, so a foreigner. Explains even more.

you’re sounding more and more like a xenophobe.

Vayne.8563:

Tachenon.5270:

Vayne.8563:

Those who make outlines before hand and stick to them, like Piers Anthony probably don’t fall into this trap as much but those who write by the seat of their pants, like Stephen King, probably aren’t always aware of what’s behind what they write.

/e opinion

Piers Anthony has an annoying tendency to blow the endings of his stories. As of the conclusion of The Dark Tower series, the same can be said of Stephen King. That wonderful gem of an ending cast a retroactive pall over everything he ever wrote.

Except for The Body and Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption. Maybe It.

City of Heroes had ‘guest authors’ creating missions in Mission Architect. What kind of story missions, do you suppose, would Anthony or King write for GW2? Provided such a thing was possible, of course. Anthony’s humor would probably lend itself well to GW2.

I’ve actually had a correspondence with Piers Anthony…he’s an interesting guy. He read one of my novels and commented on it for me. It was pretty cool. I was very new back then and new pretty much nothing. It showed. lol

I think Anthony would have created something not so different from some of the mini-games we see today. Look at the Apprentice-Adept series. It reminds me a bit of some of what Guild Wars 2 is today.

I know a whole lot less about Stephen King, though I did read his book about writing, and I’ve read The Stand as well, and a bunch of his short stories. Somehow I think he’d take Guild Wars 2 a bit into the macabre.

well the game has a necromancer…and it feels more like the necromancer is calling kindergarten to “circle time” instead of being the master of the dark arts that all spell casters fear to tread with.

Insane Pancakez.9182:

limbeurt.9642:

Insane Pancakez.9182:

Hey, BS, that Vagi Sil name suits you guys well, I’ve never seen someone run away so fast. Thanks for the bags right outside of your spawn, until you finally started killing some of us off, I have to give you guys credit, once you died you respawned and got back in the fight really fast!

Sorry for the GoM guys that came behind us while we were fighting Basic Skills (BS) I think that’s their guild name? Not sure. But we had to kill you off, as you could’ve interfered with our farming of ET.

Insane Pancakez.9182:

We kept you at your spawn for over 20 minutes while you all kept running back. […] the numbers were even.

Alright, time to back those claims with some proof, shall we? I even highlighted our deaths to help you keep track of how badly we got farmed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aU_OKHu3mQ

Need that not just prove everything I said? LOL. The first like 10 minutes is you running back to your legendary defenders. My mighty staff and hammer is too godly for you to handle. Nice job speeding the vid up by x2, and you proved my point that we held you at spawn for over 20 minutes. Even though the video is only seven minutes in x2, you started it late also. GJ killing us at the end, if we wanted to, we could’ve hauled kitten in our tower, but we decided we won’t pull a “BS”

why did SF just bail on our BL with their 40 man zerg. i wanted bags. you could’ve y’know, stimulated the ol’ brain and brought down a wall that was at 5%…

no love huh. okay.

Phineas Poe.3018:

Lightsbane.9012:

Phineas Poe.3018:

1. Trait for Juggernaut.
2. Equip the Flamethrower.
3. ????
4. You are now a heavy armor class.

1. no thanks, i’d rather just use the rifle
2. see above
3. ????
4. pie.

Okay. Then don’t use it. I was just establishing how little separates the armor tiers. The difference between medium armor classes and heavy armor classes is literally 147 Toughness, and many traits like Juggernaut match or exceed that difference in armor (+200 Toughness for Jugg’s case).

I just don’t see this as a change being made. I love the way my Engineer looks, and I love the way he’s soon to look with his Orrian Coat to match the Hellfire Warhelm and the soon-to-be released Magitech Boots. ArenaNet has definitely done a lot to make Engineers feel comfortable with their options at the medium armor tier. And if you’re not, then I guess that sucks for you. I don’t happen to like very much of most of the light armor in this game, but I’m not going to go around demanding that Elementalist be able to wear plate armor because of it.

But if it’s not about cosmetics, and instead about “balance,” I think it’s important to remember that we have more than plenty damage mitigation traits out there; you can lower damage taken by 53% whenever you’re thrown to the ground between Protection Injection and Stabilized Armor. You can run a build where you have a 50% chance to apply a 3 second Blind every 10 when hit by a melee attack. You can receive Aegis and Protection when critically hit.

Our sustainability is incredible, even despite our middle tier health and medium armor, but only if you trait for it. A Guardian with zero points in Valor or Honor, with full Berserker is not going to be able to tank as well as one that runs 0/0/30/30/10 with full Knight gear.

It’s a needless change. You can choose to run the Rifle over the FT and then betch about your defensive attributes, but recognize you’re no different than a Warrior refusing to use his Axe and then complain that the Mace doesn’t do enough damage and that the class needs a buff.

that’s a nice wall of text but sorry bro didn’t read.
argument#1: Engineer needs to be heavy armor because of the engineer article on the gw2 wiki.

JKFlipFlop.7123:

Cameron.6450:

Tootsie.5217:

All hail Scarecrow

NO.

crow would rather sleep than join us again. He deserves no hailing.

He doesn’t want to be on NSP this week. It’s a match up with 2 zerg ball servers.

can i have one of them? my necro hasn’t gotten much playtime this matchup

Kratos.6293:

What’s wrong with rap ?

nothing, other than necromancers are beings of darkness or whatever. therefore, it’s metal or bust for a necro video. personally, i don’t want to hear a lil wayne song while a necromancer is owning in wvw.

Jayw.1045:

What’s the point in legendary weapons? I notice some have certain perks next to their damage (fire) etc.

Are these weapon’s worth the effort? I don’t know why I would want to get a legendary weapon when other weapons have higher stats? Or do legendary weapons do damage that isn’t blocked by armor I dunno what the point is can someone tell me?

to make pve players feel like they did something

Rozbuska.5263:

More weapons inc soon:-)

do you have any evidence to support this?

Myst.5783:

Sororita.3465:

BUWHAHAHAHA! you think i have an ego >.>

yeah i knew i wasnt the reason, that would be pretty silly. You guys also really wanted to fight HoD didnt you?

Yeah, we did, but I don’t think that’s going to happen here either.

so you left because you wanted to win…more. at least pick an up and coming server or something…

perhaps there could be more living events to include the WvW community?

Xom.9264:

luckywaldo.6089:

I’m actually really glad you guys tend to run more survivable builds. Some people I know still think that running zerker gear is for the highest level of skill, but I personally don’t like bursty builds. I think there is a lot to be said for people who can take a longer engagement and consistently out-perform their opponent to the end. And you guys are are great example of how that works.

That said, don’t rest easy. You have it easy now while VS is very young and new and most people are still finishing builds and training for their classes. We will be sure to only make it harder for you guys from here on out. >:D

We are not as bunker as you think, few people bunk on their guards otherwise everyone is balanced or near zerker. Bunk is a good starting point to learn a class in pvp/wvw after that depending on the class its much better to go zerk or balanced.

You have to risk losing to win, some of the people in BS that run zerker you would swear are bunkers due to really understand their classes. When they are not under heavy pressure and go all offense you see the zerker/balanced gear in action.

Keep at it, BS always had a great core but has been beat before, since then the guild has set loses strait in lopsided dramatic fashion and improved leaps and bounds over the past few months due to constantly challenging others and adapting. We know Vs with lower numbers is rolling solid ET guilds and of course the GoM folks, so when BS rolls Vs with our lesser numbers egos start to grow, we have gone sometime without losing a GvG over open field fight that were are not vastly outnumbered and could probable do with a loss or two. Until that time Vs best bet is to take a note from IoM, they admit losses and just move on to the next fight without pause.

lol didn’t read

Natronix.9827:

Anet can’t control a servers WVW so easily. I believe ET and AR are facing the same problem as FC. Maybe ask for a lockdown match up for a few weeks? Recruit more ppl? Slowly buildan active WVW guild in the server? ( for commanders) Motivate ppl every day by being optimistic on every situation?

The list goes on . Cant remember any more ideas that could help you guys.

Best of luck to FC

>locked tier matchup bad
>RNG matchup bad
now you want locked tier matchups again?

shout out to Mekanos if he ever comes back.

Petezahut.3068:

Insane Pancakez.9182:

You are a bunch of players running with Bunker, healing, small man builds.

Hey! I take bunker very serious. :/

more like a bullseye to a necro

SeeBeyond.1486:

Well, now we know why GoM is in such a low tier with soo much coverage. They are so bad they never fight outside siege range. That is, their own siege range, and they always have tons of siege.

so use more siege. is it such a hard concept? who’s worse? the one standing behind siege or the one charging it knowing they won’t get in the gate?

SpecterMAT.7306:

I eat necros for breakfast, even without stuns.

my my, you must be quite the good warrior then. to play as a warrior and beat a necromancer, i mean.
kind of like a thief saying he beat a bad ranger.

Myst.5783:

Sororita.3465:

Myst.5783:

So its their fault for getting annoyed with someone whos attitude and actions fit directly into the defintion of a “brat”.

Two of GoMs most prevalent gif spammers take The Gate of Madness server name just a little too serious.

No its their fault for getting worked up over a video game, nothing i’ve done has resulted in the lose of territory, cant say that much when it comes to zombieland can we?

As for the first sentence could say the same of your other half.

As for the rest, if you’re refering to the karma trains, after I noticed how much they were harming, I voiced my opinion against them. Not much more I can do.

Sad really, I wanted to like you in the begining, shame it wasnt possible.

sombooooday told me that youuuuu want catapult prints on your ram sites

Phineas Poe.3018:

1. Trait for Juggernaut.
2. Equip the Flamethrower.
3. ????
4. You are now a heavy armor class.

1. no thanks, i’d rather just use the rifle
2. see above
3. ????
4. pie.

Cooltar.2608:

I’d suggest…

- removing 10 pts from Firearms and adding 10 into explosives for 3 might every 10 seconds when you use your healing ability.

- Keep your Firearm traits as Rifle 10% dmg and Improve range (or reduce rifle CD). Improve range is probably more important in WvW…If it was SPVP I’d use reduce CD.

- Adding battle sigil to your rifle (3 might every 20 seconds). I feel like this is the backbone to help keep your might stacks up.

-If you don’t want to go +10 more into explosives, I’d go 10 into tools for speedy kits for perma swiftness & +10 more crit dmg. You already have the crit chance (especially with Elixir B.)

-Adding (2 Fire, 2 Hoelbrak, 2 Strength) Might duration runes (fairly cheap on AH/TP).

- Lambchops

rifle cooldowns hurt without the trait. increased range does nothing.
proof: 1000+ hours in world vs. world without the trait and not falling on my face.

ShadowPuppet.3746:

Interesting idea, to replace a SD rifle build for a HGH rifle build. I think it will need testing to see if the might stacks outweigh the loss of SD in the damage department, my gut feeling is it won’t but at least you have decent condition removal with this build so it may actually work out for you.

this is in no way revolutionary
HGH build was ORIGINALLY ON THE RIFLE

Arkham Creed.7358:

timidobserver.7925:

I agree with this thread. I can’t really see any issue with putting Engis in heavy armor.

How about the fact that it makes no sense conceptually or thematically?

Seriously, when was the last time you saw a mechanic clocking into work in full plate armor? Or a computer tech in chain mail?

far cry 3.
heavy gunners/flamethrower. this is what engineers are meant to be.
have a good one.

Aristio.2784:

Numot.3965:

Big no, this would pretty much ruin the class.

*Increases base survivability
*No other changes
*Ruins the class

Seems legit.

ha. to further support the argument:
i just took a 9.7k backstab. i am currently running 2720 armor, 21k hp. could literally do nothing to this thief.

looked all over the wiki, still can’t find a significant back story on ventari or ronan. maybe they’re just waiting for me to finish it?

daimasei.4091:

And? Fear was exclusive to necros and thieves got a better one.

I don’t understand why someone would be surprised for thieves having better torment than any other class. I said it when torment was announced, thieves (and mesmers) will always get better access to mechanism supposedly “exclusive” to necros.

simply because of the name of it. necromancers are master of the dark arts. torment sounds like it’s a dark art. that and thief has everything but range over 900.

yes the thread is in the right spot.
as a necromancer player, i’m kind of bothered that thief has more access to torment than any other class, one of the ways they access it can be used as long as 4 initiative is available.

AggieTechGuy.4901:

Lightsbane.9012:

Tots.3056:

Thanks CORE group running the Zerg in IoJ bl. Really made me think with the tactics. DDLG enjoys fights like that so keep it up, great pug organization on your end.

you actually had trouble with that CORE group?

Because it’s so hard to wipe a group of 15 of us with 20-25 of you initially under cannon fire, AC fire, and then having a waypoint right around the corner during the entire fight. And if I remember correctly, 7ish of us were alive for that fight far longer than we should have been.

Not that I wouldn’t have done it exactly how you all did, but it’s not really anything to brag about.

oh really? well when i fought the CORE group it was like 15 GOM vs 20 IOJ. granted 80% of that group was puggish.

Tots.3056:

Thanks CORE group running the Zerg in IoJ bl. Really made me think with the tactics. DDLG enjoys fights like that so keep it up, great pug organization on your end.

you actually had trouble with that CORE group?

Arkham Creed.7358:

Vayne.8563:

Arkham Creed.7358:

Vayne.8563:

You’re doing a fine job. It won’t change anything, but have at it.

Given enough time a single glass of water can reshape the entire planet. Patience is a virtue I strive to master, and I’m nothing if not stubborn.

Yeah, I got that. lol

We are what we are.

Honestly I am getting to the point where I don’t really care about any engineer weapon. The only reason I want one at this stage is for a legendary, and there is only one legendary I really like and it just so happens that the engineer can’t use it. I’m told I should just wait and see if Arena Net adds more, but frankly they seem resistant to add weapons the engineer can actually use in any of their updates, and even when they do they are not themed in such a way as to look right.

Honestly at this point don’t we have enough magical swords? Can’t we get some tech themed weapons at some point? Give me something steampunk, please.

no steam punk. give me a kitten shotgun legendary that fires dragon’s breath on the blunderbuss.

Tots.3056:

And I thought IoJ was the king of arrow carts. You guys had these set up FAST.

Maybe if you had 10 more you could have held us.

maybe if we used a suppressed m9 and a bad haircut we/they would’ve held you

sephiroth.4217:

Lightsbane.9012:

sephiroth.4217:

After seeing Pacific Rim I’m caught up in Jaeger fever! And now he stands as a symbol of GoM!
:)

i guess people really did want another power rangers movie.
pacific rim is just megazords, crappy dubstep and godzilla.

Transformers on steroids! But that’s ok, some of us like action and some like yourself enjoy a good ol vampire, werewolf and human 3 way relationship. =P

yes! becuase i don’t like transformers type movies means i love twilight. Or do you mean the stoker classic where dracula was two out of the three?

sephiroth.4217:

After seeing Pacific Rim I’m caught up in Jaeger fever! And now he stands as a symbol of GoM!
:)

i guess people really did want another power rangers movie.
pacific rim is just megazords, crappy dubstep and godzilla.

Tots.3056:

styx.7294:

Legion.1569:

Tukmolytes.3467:

What I observed in this week’s matchup.

DR – [DDLG] is not what they used to be 2-3 weeks ago when we faced them. You guys looks scattered this time and twice we rolled over your zerg. I don’t know if you guys was unorganized or IoJ got the counter for you.

GoM – Common guys! Do not WP or alt-tab godkitten it! Lets fight head on. I need to use like 3 speed buffs to chase your zerg. You got the numbers, fight like a man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z8tjO3iNAA

yeah bro you diffidently wiped us. Dont worry we wiped that same zerg again 5 minutes later without the cannons.

Makin a video just to call people stupid? You do a disservice to your guild and server.

It is a public YouTube channel that is open for use by any member of DDLG. Although some choose to express their opinion in the videos they make, let it not be a reflection of the guild as a whole.

Too bad it wasn’t a GoM wipe, so that ARM would have something to suck on.

if it was a GoM wipe, ARM would’ve killed 10 of you, died, then screamed about it in map chat.

Montgomery.1986:

It’s not a nerf, because you add the extra grenade in. It’s a buff for those who don’t have the Grenadier trait, and neutral if you do.

the FIRST nerf to grenade damage is what he said. he’s not calling your idea a nerf. which in essence is what it really is. means anyone who wants the full damage of grenades to get the trait. and knowing anet, 3 grenades untraited would mean about ~150 damage per grenade.

I think this elite skill would be one of the leading choices for engineers if it was ranged :\
maybe when they invent laser pointers in tyria?

Xscyt.5463:

Which build?
Message Body length must at least be 15.

dagger/pistol.
i like cheese for the same reason i must type 15 characters.

what’s funny about thief builds is that once another one is discovered every thief i run across except in rare instances uses it
it’s like the collective mind of the skritt tinkering away trying to find more ways to …steal things, only to have the entire skritt village use the same method, and then everyone goes broke and the process repeats itself.

Zumi.6384:

TeamBattleAxe.3901:

Heizero.9183:

1.Just a typical day for the majestic Quaggan in the IoJ BL:

2.Quaggans while small and adorable show no mercy for their enemies.

3.Sometimes Quaggans as others to do their bidding

4.FLEE FROM THE QUAGGAN

FOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Here’s some video!
http://youtu.be/SJSe59OCRv0

A Quaggan commander!? We shall conquer all!

Quaggan Commander? I guess that makes me G.I. Charr…

CobaltSixty.1542:

Gele.2048:

10% hahah if u got 6k i got 9k almoust i dont feel like 10% maybe cuz 40% of my friend list got the same amount :P ps its not 10%

LOL. 9k puts you in the top 500 players in NA.

Not top 10%? LOL.

LOL.

it really does. i just looked through the list…
although how many of those players are pve exclusive is probably…alot.

Amadan.9451:

but the reward system doesn’t disappear, so i don’t get what you mean when you say “in time” when you reach 6k achievement you’ll get it, no matter if it is in a week or in a month or more

oh i thought this went away with the event

i’m sure there’s quite a few people that have 6k and over achievement points, but i do believe the number of people below that mark is even more.
as someone who does not like to pve, my points are around 4.6k. and i really don’t see a way to get 1.4k achievement points in time for the radiant/hellfire mantle.

part 6, Friendship

“He said his name was Ronan?” Ventari asked.
“Yes, brother, Ronan. Why the sudden interest?” I replied, sternly.
Ventari pondered for a moment, and kicked at the ground lightly. He appeared lost in thought.
“Ventari? Are you with me, brother?” I asked, slapping him on the back.
“Oh..yes. His name is familiar, yet I cannot place why. I shall meet him anyway.”
I thought nothing of his comment, and went about my business. Moments later, I saw Ventari and Ronan struggling to have a conversation. Ventari asked what warriors were like amongst Ronan’s people. Ventari’s expression was somewhat troubled, possibly disturbed by what Ronan had told him.
I turned my attention to the cleaning of my greatsword, it had become slightly dull in my last sparring with Ventari. He was a very quick swordsman, but I felt no fisran-no feeling behind his blows. His mind was always elsewhere, on another task. I had no idea what this might be.
As for myself, I saw my only occupation and duty to be the protection of my people and tribe. I knew Ventari and I shared this ideal, as we would often talk about this at our table during feasts.
Before every meal, everyone seated at the table would join hands and pray.
“Melandru, we thank you for the meat provided by your son the cow, and your daughter the doe. May their souls find peace.” My father made a point to say this in the human tongue, as Ronan and his family were among our guests for the evening.
“Why do you have such large feasts so often, Og’Rahn?” Ronan asked, as if unaccustomed to sharing food.
“We Centaur believe that we must share everything we can, Ronan. These are gifts from the Goddess Melandru, and gifts are meant to be shared. Otherwise, what purpose has she to keep giving us gifts if we are to be selfish with them?” My father replied, with a somewhat raised voice.
Ronan nodded his head slightly, in agreement.
“Well, among my people all we do is fight for food and resources, since both are very scarce.”
“Are you not friendly with your neighbors? That is unheard of in our culture. I’ve known every Centaur in this room since birth.”
Ronan laughed, and everyone turned their heads toward him.
“I mean not to offend, it’s just that most people in Ascalon City never knew or bothered to know the people walking by them every day. With the recent war, we’re coming up shorter on friendship than ever before really.”
“Then let my brother and I be the first among the Centaur to call you friend.” I said, abruptly.
“Thank you Crowsbane and Ventari, I hope to return the favor.”

GavinGoodrich.1382:

Lightsbane.9012:

well, we all know IOJ has great night coverage. too bad i’m not from Australia or the like so i can’t enjoy it.

Yeah but…you have great everything-else coverage

sorry._.

well, we all know IOJ has great night coverage. too bad i’m not from Australia or the like so i can’t enjoy it.

Chimaster.8165:

Chill out, this class has been nerfed into oblivion.

not nearly as hard as engineer or necromancer in the past. builds were utterly destroyed on engineer. d/d bunker ele is still one of the most powerful things in the game.

there’s a reason the reward for this is gone.
20 man groups would and did farm it for hours, regardless of what was going on in the map. you must be quite new to the game to not know it was around before.

vicious.5683:

Dhuumfire is not OP
terror damage is.

yet everyone is only complaining about it now.
terror damage has always been like this.