Guild Wars 2

I would say that sometimes you probably can get unlucky and get full team vs you ( i think it is very rare). Most of time like it been proved before it just our perception after lost fight. Ranked Arena is meant to be played in teams that is honest truth.
But system here implemented and objectives makes solo que good in my opinion.

There is always solution if you do not want to be stomped get friends and sign with them. Even one or two can make difference so you can win more often and enjoy it better.

I agree I do not see much reason to nerf turret engineer it brings something interesting and funny to PVP. I do not play or plan to play one just do not feel that they are problem. Is it easy spec to play oh well engineer need one, other ones are not that easy trust me

Only spec which can frustrating at times are hambows with their stuns except that I am happy

@Aidenwolf I understand you frustration after playing arenas for 7+ years in Wow on good level it brought me lots of frustration to play solo q in pvp both in Swtor and GW2.
I still think that ranked should be played mostly in teams but GW2 has best solo q you will find in Mmo.

Solution which I have found is play class and spec which you enjoy whatever you win or lose and be good at that. Be team player curse your team mates under your nose (found it very helpful even on teamspeak do not push talk button haha) do not write anything which is not aimed to help win a game. Also do not play too much in one go.

I really enjoy SoloQ now and sign with one friend that helps or two.

Whatever class is easier to play then other I feel is important on beginning especially that GW2 has unique system with condi, power etc builds which you will not find in other games. Power based classes are easier when you start because you know what is happening. Classes like Ranger, Warrior are easier to pick up then others like engineer.

But after playing longer you will find that every class is harder to play if you want to do it on good level. Which class is easier simple like always this which is far stronger:) because it gives you better results.

But again I would stick to class which you enjoy and build you like unless you play on tournament level for usual ranked solo every class and lots of specs are good enough you have sometimes play better to get similar results.

@Kreed That is correct you will be glass but you will not be paper that is difference
If you go for power build like ranger you do not expect to be a tank. If you want best survivability or being tank you go Spirit Ranger to get proper support. Other option I find bit lacking currently. Condi is fun but not for me.

I do not agree that Survival of the Fittest is most noob friendly because having this extra health is not what breaks or make this build and does not make it easier or harder. By running more glassy version you choose something it does not make more complicated or more skill based especially that difference is not that big.
By having high upkeep of fury you mitigated loss of damage from more glass versions so you do not loose much. You gain very good condi removal which is problem for Rangers. But for me you gain a lot defense compare to other builds but it does not make you a tank or semi tank by any means

Muddy terrain is option but I feel it is not needed because you have high enough upkeep from sharpening stones, Lighting reflex and entagle other then that it does not bring enough to justify using it. That is my personal opinion but it depends of style if you like kiting a lot then maybe but I would say is more WvW thing.

LB 3 is extremely useful (remember it needs it hit to get stealth)
- gives stealth for defense
- used for stomping
- personally love to used it for burst from GS LB3 , GS3 maul GS5, block
-used to hide rapid fire if you do not have any stuns, roots
etc
I love to use it and it is only reason to do stomping by ranger without it mostly useless.

@bloodpyrope First thing do not give up on your Ranger and Power build if you prefer it playstyle like me. I love both LB and GS they both work very well. You need to understand that you are first target and adjust. I have tried many variations of meta builds until I changed to fit my play style. I run my own version which has almost 22k health, 2 breaks stuns, condi removal from 3 skills + signet. I really do not feel weak against any class sure Hambows are annoying but that is for everyone.
Check my youtube channel I have full matches of my Ranger mostly Ranked Solo and I will keep adding more.

I also love Gs so you will see me charging to enemy Entagle and phewe signet of stone helps :P. My play style is much different then many people who use GS mostly for defense. It is great defense and offense tool.
You can use GS 3 to run or catch enemy, 4 is proper block when used on ranged but also push when used near you can push tank out of point using it. 5 is daze but also stun from behind.
I often burst my target but longbow then stealth and use GS 3 maul stun/daze , block etc.
If you have any questions about build or anything let me know on youtube or here.

Rariz

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fNAQJATRjMq0yaFLOsQ1ag+ga9CEAjNr/19AnEpdBraA-TZBFwAIOEAy3fYxRAoaZAAfAAA

@Caritas Yo mate, Ranger has been my favorite class since release after having break from Gw2 and returning I was so happy that my Longbow / GS got some love. I have tried various build around Read of Wind talent and made my own which suits my style.
It has good survivability, good health pool 22k almost and 2 stun breakers and condition removals from talents and signet. Still you got lots of burst and very high upkeep of fury (20% crit) I love this build.

This is my youtube channel where I will keep adding new matches in Ranked Arena.

Most of them will be full matches so you will be able to see good and bad of ranger and of this build. There is also more information about this build.

If you have any more questions about this build or other builds let me know here or on youtube.

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?fNAQJATRjMq0yaFLOsQ1ag+ga9CEAjNr/19AnEpdBraA-TZBFwAIOEAy3fYxRAoaZAAfAAA

You are right it is harder to balance smaller scale but they already have 5v5 so it is not so far. I think they can concentrate on 5v5 with balance and it will be good enough especially if they leave it as unranked mode.
In WoW also classes are trapped in roles here you can make it more freely more options and builds. Everyone has means to survive = heal so there is no healer role which makes thing better and more interesting.

But what I would like to hear if you would welcome additional mode like that in game would you be interested in it as addition to standard mode. I would like to concentrate on that. So Anet would consider adding it to game which do not take much of work.

Decision to lock you in mist is bad if you have to wait in que for longer then 2 minutes.

Check my tread I have an idea about brining new mode to Gw2 as old it sounds 2v2, 3v3 team deathmatch. Maybe you would be interested in change of pace or different builds which will work in this mode.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/pvp/New-mode-team-deathmatch-2vs2-3vs3/first#post4778800

I was surprise in this tournament how balanced it was and how different builds people were running compare to meta and main mode.
Funny as it sounds I think there is chance you will have more option, more builds here then you have in main mode !!! Treat it like fun mode where you can use your fun build which does not work good in ranked play. So actually it will help balance because you have more option for class to exist.

This is very important do not balance game around this mode, this is not ranked play.
I would not worry to much about people running top comps because there is no ranked play in this mode . It is same as in Unranked people tend to run things which they like.

This will be all about tactics, supporting your own class and build other player. It will be fun and all about cooperation.

Look at main mode there are clearly best builds on each class and classes you can tell easily which one has better builds.

Here will be the same but there is big chance that it will be different classes and different builds. You get it we will have more options for each class.

So I have been part of PVP tournament which was 2v2 on map and what did surprise me how interesting it was: builds so much different and class combination was at their best and even weaker specs with good support of other players was thriving to my surprise I would say they were not weaker anymore.
So idea is :

1) For a start we use our team deathmatch map
We can shrink it or leave it as it is. So developers do not have to much work.

2) You can sign only in team of 2 or 3 players. You cannot sign alone, this part is very important!
This is about cooperative play, tactics and choosing good combination with your classes. If you would let people sign randomly it will just dumb it down.

3) It is only unranked and it counts towards PVP reward system
Team which wins two rounds wins a match. Amount reward counted to PVP reward system should be fair and not more then for main mode. I am fairly sure they will balance this up good.

We have good ranked play and we do not want to mess with that. We want additional option for teams to group when there is not enough team members online or try something different. That is why there will be no 5v5 it is too messy anyway.

Whole idea is to get different option to play and bring new players who are used more to deathmatch arena to game ( WoW players I am looking at you). Slowly they will get used to more objective type of PVP. I remember how hard was for me to get used to objective style of play after playing WoW arena for 7+ years.

Future ideas:
Remember how was tournament play on start we can implement this kind of system to team deathmatch. Where you play few match vs opponents for some kind reward.
It did not worked for main type of play because matches tends to be longer then in deathmatch play.

I really hope that you like this idea and remember to treat it not like exchange for main mode but like addition to what we have.
Main PVP mode stays where it is and new one would be just unranked for fun and change of pace. I would simple remove practice.

Please leave your opinion if you would welcome additional mode like that in game. Would you be interested in it as addition to standard mode.

Thank you for reading.

thanks mate, I will check it out but it looks like now it did catch up and started to download with 250kb better then nothing. I hope it will be better during night..

Hi,

I have problems downloading game ( need to download whole game) first 3GB went well 2MB (8Mbits not bad consider I got 12Mb ) now it is downloading between 0-70kb/s .
What could be a problem ?? I plan to leave it for night but want to play during weekend with this speed… I will not be able to:(
Thanks for help in advance.

Luki

Ps Don’t have problems tried few speed test they show all about 12Mb