Guild Wars 2

I think this patch was a in-betweener. I bet we see a class bugfix update at the end of the month.

It’s like this with most if not bundles AFAIK. It’s the same with grenades and bombs on my Engineer for example.

Thank you for this. I thought about doing the same tests using my Ele but just haven’t had the time. The fact that Jon Peters saw this is great news for Necros. Hopefully they get it figured out soon.

Also, it’s most definitely not happening only when downleveled. I do everything possible to avoid going down in WvW, including running away when I really shouldn’t be, just so I’m not rally fodder for the enemy, because I know if I go down I’m dead.

I’m fairly new to the Necro, but this is what I’m running right now in WvW for rolling with the zerg. The #9 utility slot is swapped out depending on the situation. Alternatives often include Spectral Walk, Corrupt Boon and Spectral Wall. Gear is almost 100% Rabid stats, with a couple Carrion earrings. Those will likely move to Acended Rabid stat Earrings at some point assuming I decide to stick with my Necro.

Build link: http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=V00;3kHFJ0D4RIkJ0;9;5TJJ;212814-57;2a-F4aN1-NX8aNX8aPtF81-NYUsb-VEVJWOXU2_Zf49eWPV-7;0Rk06R;9;9;1F;9;9;9;17s5O

Copy and paste the link into a new browser window. You’ll get a bad link message clicking it from this forum.

Omg it’s only Sunday and this discussion is actually taking place. There’s no hope for some folks I swear.

Execrable.1064:

Jon Peters mentioned in response my question on a Twitch stream today that he and Powerr tested the downstate health in sPvP, Pve and WvW yesterday May 10th and they felt there was no bug with our downstate heath. That may be the end of the issue as far as ArenaNet is concerned.

How is this even possible? The difference in down state health between my Necro and Ele, another light armor class, is like night and day. It’s not even close. My Ele can take 2 to 3 times more damage when downed than my Necro.

Maybe you guys being here will bring Smokee and some retired HB back. Quick someone send out the bat signal!

JQ will be fine. You you don’t spend the majority the the game’s existence in T1 without having “that certain something”. The strife in game and on TS is probably commanders and players that haven’t had to battle out manned in a long time. Frustration sometimes brings out the worst in people. The first stage is anger, the second is acceptance, and the third is recovery. Blackgate has been through similar periods under varying circumstances, and always came out of it better and stronger, mainly due to an unwillingness to give up and a bit of luck. I have no doubt JQ will do the same.

See you all out there!

Yep. Been happening since the patch as far as I can tell. You fall down, take no damage, then fall again after a few steps and the damage registers. Pretty annoying bug but not game breaking.

Aurust.8961:

All your base are belong to us!

My base! Noooooooooooo!

/fetalposition

It didn’t make the patch notes, but Devon commented on it already.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/wuvwuv/WvW-chests-Once-per-account

Dramen Maidria.1034:

We fought the best and beat the best? We don’t have anything left to do in this game? I have to say, what is this dribble? I don’t really want to be rude but I have to throw down the bullski flag on that one. There is finally real competition for 1st place in T1, hopefully soon it’ll be a real 3 way competition, and you JQ forum warriors disgrace your server by spouting out this nonsense? You guys are trivializing the efforts your real WvW players put in day in and day out. The truth is you finally really have to work to be the top server and a bunch of you don’t want to put in the effort Blackgate is putting in, as if its beneath you or something. You’re reflecting badly on Jade Quarry as a whole, and honestly should be ashamed of yourselves for what you’re posting now that it seems imminent Jade Quarry will take 2nd place again. True Jade Quarry WvW players please don’t take this as an attack on your efforts to represent your server, Blackgate as a whole has nothing but respect for you and the work you do. Those of you spitting out this “oh well we were on top a long time we’re done with the game now, its boring” maybe Jade Quarry is better off without you if you’re going to find an excuse to do something else when your server faces a real challenge for its dominance.

Burl.9567:

If anyone dies 1v1 to an ele with a staff, it is time to reroll another class.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=y7tbSdNDnt0

1:52min mark. Epic Staff Ele 1v1 action. Warning: The comments from the peanut gallery are better than the fight.

Ahh SF never fails to deliver the laughs. Thanks guys.

Ultimaistanza.4793:

Score update with Pain Train Choo [Choo], some BG Dragonriders [DR], and Tempest Wolves [TW]

Lol that looks like a break dance circle. Those DR guys must gave been busting some moves.

I ran a Staff Ele in WvW for the past 6 months, and I’m now getting settled into a Necro. Just keep in mind that the grass tends to be greener on the other side.

Burl.9567:

Liquid.9672:

Avenge.1478:

Not going to lie, I’ve grown a tad bit of respect for the older BG players. They don’t gloat nearly as much as the bandwagoner RISE/WM/etc guilds that have flooded into BG. It’s kind of like that rookie who joins a veteran team who’s worked so hard over the years building up and whatever, only to run their mouths after one victory about how they’re the second coming of Michael Jordan’s 1990’s Bulls.

Should probably hush up a bit ;p

Well, they’re probably excited. Can’t blame them really. In the end, excitement is better than boredom and no will to play or be involved, for any of the servers in a match. I think it is fair to cut these guys a bit of slack.

Also, posts like this https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/wuvwuv/Tier-1-BG-JQ-SoR-05-03-2013/first#post1969928 have a tendency to cause a reaction when things change. Just sayin.

So it takes one post on a forum to rile up BG to start pulling all nighters and putting extra hours in to compete?

I’m quite sure that’s not what I said.

Avenge.1478:

Not going to lie, I’ve grown a tad bit of respect for the older BG players. They don’t gloat nearly as much as the bandwagoner RISE/WM/etc guilds that have flooded into BG. It’s kind of like that rookie who joins a veteran team who’s worked so hard over the years building up and whatever, only to run their mouths after one victory about how they’re the second coming of Michael Jordan’s 1990’s Bulls.

Should probably hush up a bit ;p

Well, they’re probably excited. Can’t blame them really. In the end, excitement is better than boredom and no will to play or be involved, for any of the servers in a match. I think it is fair to cut these guys a bit of slack.

Also, posts like this https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/wuvwuv/Tier-1-BG-JQ-SoR-05-03-2013/first#post1969928 have a tendency to cause a reaction when things change. Just sayin.

Esoteric.5490:

We’re HoD 3.0 now. HoD 2.0 was so 7 months ago and we saw that we weren’t stacked enough. It’s like one of those unlimited IHOP pancake stackers where we just keeping piling them on top, obviously.

Shush. Go write your silly essay so you can come play with us.

Taldek.6105:

DevonCarver.5370:

Each map has an allocation per server. So, using non-real numbers, EB can have 30 total players on it, 10 per server. If server A has ten people, they will queue regardless of how many Servers B and C have.

Ok, but is the cap the same for all three servers or is it flexible based on current map demand per server defined by the number of people who desire to play www on a specific map. I recall reading something recently regarding dynamic caps to in the interest of ensuring players are not penalized for having better coverage during specific times.

The total map cap for all three servers can be dynamic based on server load and overhead, however, each team will always have an equal cap. So for example, if the map cap is 300, each side will start queuing after 100 players from that team (server) are on a map.

VOLKON.1290:

CuddleStrike.8215:

Score Update!

On my totally confused asura toon… …. …… ..LOL

D:

That photo… all I could think of was “I see your schwartz is as big as mine.”

(If you don’t know the reference:)

You’re showing your age VOLKON. Crap so am I. Bah I don’t care!

May the schwartz be with you!

The way Anet is doing this makes the most sense. Kill them for now until they can get a toggle in. Why they didn’t have a toggle implemented in the first place is a good question, but that’s in the past. What matters now is less clutter in the nameplates, and I’m all for that.

Meh Leto. Its just the forums after all ya know? Agree or disagree is it really worth the time and energy? I mean, it’s not like the T1 threads are really going to change anyway. Things always tend to get a bit crazy around here when there’s change, and change is a good thing. I’m sure things will calm down back to the normal level of silly in a couple weeks.

Hoots.9564:

Ouch, 85 ppt during NA primetime. R.I.P BG

Who do I contact in TW to handle my funeral arrangements? I wanna go big. I’m thinking open casket, weeping widows, death bells, the whole nine.

Any class can be built for survivability with gear and trait choices. However, Guardian might be the most survivable in the game.

Mindtrick.5190:

You know the guy who would type out:

Hey this is radio JQ coming to you live with a update. keep your heads up JQ and keep fighting. One more day to take victory.

But right now it’s silence.

That’s Mance. He’s been posting in this thread, but he hasn’t done a radio announcement in awhile.

Argh more conflicting opinion. I may just do Rabid gear and weapon and full Carrion accessories when I gear my Necro soon and split the difference hehe.

Nuked.2360:

I’ll probably get trolled for this but I don’t see what the point of posting all these things that are negative about FOO. They won’t respond on public forums they will continue going about their business all you are doing is trying to slander them. It’s best to let FOO/Atm and all the mandarin guilds work their own stuff out instead of constantly posting about them on the forums. This is the one and only thing I will say about the mandarin guilds because I am doing what anyone respectable should and letting them work it out themselves.

Most people around here are respectful (yes I said it). The trolls just have louder voices.

Believe me when I say the opposing OCE/SEA players definitely want a healthy FOO and JQ Chinese/SEA/OCE population. A big reason they keep coming out and playing this game hard is for the excellent competition FOO brought out each night. NA is a no brainer. There’s always going to be competition there. But it can be a different story in other time zones, and no competition can lead to boredom and to players potentially walking away from the game.

Hopefully things get cleared up relatively soon. I’m sure they will. Strong as before though? I guess time will tell, but change is good for the game.

covenn.7165:

Anyone that doesn’t list a necro in the top 3 for WvW is wrong.

Got mine to 60 yesterday crafting. Gonna finish the last 20 in WvW for karma to get geared up at 80. I still like my Staff Ele but I think I was ready for a change and this patch gave me the excuse. No more SW siege blocking took a big niche away from the Ele (for better or worse), although fields are still very valuable of course.

Kript.3291:

judging by the current ppt it looks like JQ can’t even compete with BG during SEA prime time…

guis what’s wrong with FOO and your other SEA guilds? is not being able to pvdoor really putting that much pressure on you?

Out of curiosity, what’s your beef with JQ? Assuming you have one. Maybe you just enjoy talking smack. You disappeared from the forums for 4ish months then popped up again about a month ago and have posted flames directed at JQ and FOO almost exclusively.

What’s funny is I don’t think you actually play on any of the current T1 servers.

shortcake.8659:

Sharpoon.8197:

All that picture shows is that most people have no clue about proper siege placement. You can place defensive siege at many spots where it is out of range of Dragon’s Tooth. This is a “get good” situation.

So proper siege placement should account for people using camera hacks? Great thinking.

Once again, it’s not a camera hack. It’s very possible to get siege targeted on the back of battlements, behind walls, and behind gates. If the Elementalist can get something targeted, he/she can hit it with Dragon’s Tooth as long as it’s within the range of the skill. Line of sight is not required, for now.

I’d say it depends on how they interpret the results of this “test”. If it doesn’t reduce large forces smashing together spamming skills and causing server lag in a meaningful way, I could see them rolling back some of the changes.

DevonCarver.5370:

We are not planning on adding a new currency to handle Ascended items in WvW.

Well there goes my theory. Sadly this won’t be the last time I’ll be wrong about something, but I’m man enough to admit it!

Thanks for the clarification Devon and probably killing pages worth of speculation.

ParaldaWind.4523:

Liquid.9672:

Zikory.6871:

@Devon Any reason in particular why adding ascended gear to WvW hasn’t been done yet? Maybe a reason past “you have to trust us” would give the WvW community some peace of mind.

My bet is it’s because they’re working out the details on adding another gated currency type for WvW. Currently, Ascended items are time gated with limits on fractals, guild missions and laurels, which is obviously intended to stretch out how fast players can obtain these items for each character.

Badges of Honor have no time restriction. As long as there is a player to kill in WvW there is a badge to obtain. So, they can’t just drop Ascended items on a vendor that costs badges, unless they set the cost ridiculously high, which might not matter for many players who are sitting on thousands of badges but at the same time would hurt new WvW players. I don’t see them going this route.

My take on things anyways for what it’s worth.

Badges are very time gated. It’s very rare to get more than one stack of badges per night, and as I said, that’s after 6-8 hours. I have 4k saved up, but that took me two months.

As a reference, one of my guildies has 40k kills, has never spent a single badge, and only has around 10k badges. They also have well over 1500 hours in WvW.

My point was there is no physical limit to the number you can obtain, besides the drop rate and the number of players available and possible to kill. To an extent you’re right though. Still, I see it like this … badges have a bottleneck with no hard gate, compared to laurels which has a definite hard gate (1 per day + 10 per month). Maybe it’s just a matter of them working out the right badge cost based on how fast they determine the average player can obtain badges.

Zikory.6871:

@Devon Any reason in particular why adding ascended gear to WvW hasn’t been done yet? Maybe a reason past “you have to trust us” would give the WvW community some peace of mind.

My bet is it’s because they’re working out the details on adding another gated currency type for WvW. Currently, Ascended items are time gated with limits on fractals, guild missions and laurels, which is obviously intended to stretch out how fast players can obtain these items for each character.

Badges of Honor have no time restriction. As long as there is a player to kill in WvW there is a badge to obtain. So, they can’t just drop Ascended items on a vendor that costs badges, unless they set the cost ridiculously high, which might not matter for many players who are sitting on thousands of badges but at the same time would hurt new WvW players. I don’t see them going this route.

My take on things anyways for what it’s worth.

For clarifications sake, does the ICD on Cleansing Water apply to WvW? I’m still not always clear on how Anet defines “pvp”.

Reslinal.2359:

Jet.4795:

Kript.3291:

JQ 230 at the end of SEA time? where’s your FOO now?

Wheres our FOO? Has to be stupidest thing I have ever heard, FOO is still there and fighting but if you have all of BG force pushing even FOO can’t stop them all. But I would like to point out after 1 night of ppt leading against us and the point gap for 1st place decreasing. The trolls start comming out, I only have one thing to say to BG. You still have the rest of the week to keep pushing and so do we.

The guy you respond to is from SoR not BG. We have been enjoying the fight in BG so far and it seems our trolls are really just focused on SOR:)

I think it was just some pent up mad at the flurry of “Blackgate is dead. RIP Blackgate.” posts from a few weeks back that is resulting in some backlash. I didn’t care for the posts either, but I don’t take it seriously enough to get all huffy about it weeks later or feel the need to take an eye for an eye approach.

fragnstein.3486:

SFShinigami.2015:

FractalChaos.6539:

All this chest beating by everyone…

We all know that success in WvW depends on sheer numbers. It’s not even debatable. The bigger zerg wins, the more heavily stacked server wins. That’s WvW. So what is everyone bragging about? I hope we at SoR, or on Blackgate, or on Jade Quarry, are not under the impression we’re more skilled than anyone else? Please…

You disagree? Please indicate to me a server with a low, medium or heavy population that has ever beaten 2 “Very Heavy” population servers, and then climb into a higher tier. Regale me with stories of how this plucky server with next to no coverage was able to claw its way to victory through sheer skill and strategy alone.

Go ahead, it’s Sunday and I did all my housework. I’ll wait.

We just beat off the big BG zerg on BG BL

Sounds like you enjoyed yourself

Probably not nearly as much as we did. BRB need a smoke.

I run PVT armor and Zerker trinkets/weapon on my staff Ele. Along with 30 in Water it works well for me.

Renny.6571:

Oh god no. We’re blue again.

It’s okay Renny. Golems still stack just fine on the altar in Blue Garrison.

magikfox.9658:

Cuddlestrike is BG’s one redeeming quality.

What? BG can also make a mean clam chowder. I’m talking sourdough bread bowls and everything. So that’s two. Don’t sell us short bro!

Burl.9567:

I think SoR would have to lose by 250k and TC would have to win by 250k to have anyone move anywhere.

Fuzzion.2504:

Congrats to JQ for winning this week match and thanks to all the guilds that supported EMP through this hard time, you made our week awesome!

Congrats to SoR and BG for making my friday night fun and challenging.

Here is the wrap up. GN and GL

You need a vendor bro. Too many bags!

Also LOL @ the player named “Good Bean”. Silly character names always give me a good laugh. We had a little Asura named “Cheesy Poof” and I’d crack up every time I’d saw him out on a map.

esm.2584:

Waage.2047:

Aurust.8961:

Liquid.9672:

Aurust.8961:

Waage.2047:

Nice work night crew.

Also i have heard that some guy called Waage have bought choo so they are now coming to BG.

Choo is not leaving SOR.

Erm I believe you missed the joke in the post you quoted.

Joke or not, these types of posts get out of hand. Just clarifying.

So i heard WM and Choo is massing into one guild and joining TC. They are going to role play being SoR.

No, they are not joining TC, what i heard is WM and MEOW will transfer to BG by next week. Maybe anyone from BG can provide more info ?

Oh my. Case and point for Aurust eh?

CHIPS.6018:

Liquid.9672:

wish.1027:

dieing

What does dieing mean? I am dying to know!

LOL! Well played sir.

pot.6805:

Who cares? JQ came in third many times before they got coverage to win Tier 1 consistently.

I think you’re right. He’s mad about something. I don’t have the time or energy for mad. Moving on.

wish.1027:

You guys came in 3rd, 4 weeks straight. I think history is on my side. Especially since you won T1 right before that.

And that = dying? What does this week mean? Born again? Again, refer to my post above.

I wonder how long it takes for some sad soul to take issue with your guild name. Very funny though. Good luck.

wish.1027:

dieing

PredatoR.5247:

Do it the way everyone else did, we never ran with commander tag in t8 and your on SF, don’t know what your talking about

Shoulda come back to your true home. == shakes fist ==

I kid I kid.

Good luck to you guys.

Skill lag is server side. If in a large fight your framerate drops and the game becomes a slide show that is client side.