Guild Wars 2

When the elite glyph is just a kittenter version of retaliation on a class that doesn’t want to get hit, you know there is something wrong .

Irenio CalmonHuang.2048:

Thanks for the tremendous amount of feedback regarding the Druid. I’ll be modifying swaths of the druid (and scrapper) to fix bugs and account for your feedback this week and reviewing things like glyphs effectiveness, celestial avatar skill differentiation, astral force charging rates and some of the staff skills.

In general the Celestial Avatar form’s base heals feel a bit too high and heal coefficients didn’t feel rewarding enough to go with healpower stats. The heals themselves seemed to be working at decent values, so I’ll be tweaking the base heals down and coefficients up some in order to better reward selecting healing power stat combos as a druid.

If your taking away some base healing, should probably add dmg on most of CA and Staff so people can actually choose to spec into Healing Gear / Traits to increase their healing or pick Druid to add some variety of dmg to base Ranger

ATM Druid is just a power-clash while all other classes get to add something on top of their base classes, Druid is trying to mash two classes into one .

CandyHearts.6025:

Maikky.8526:

Inflames.8026:

Yes, I hated ranger. With passion! I dont know, it never brought anything exciting to the table. Either you sat still and put down traps. Or you pewpewed. Pvp anyway. Feel rangers are more versitile in WVW, specially since they are 1v1 gods!

Not only did I hate playing ranger, but I sort of automatically hated people who played ranger. They had to knockback in pve, they had to pewpew kite you. Anyway.

Ive tried all professions this BWE. Again. I tried Scrapper (main engie) and rev (possible main?) but the thing I enjoyed the most was druid.

I was able to keep myself up through incredible tanking. I healed my allies in small doses. I was a pain in the pooper. I dealt substain damage, so much that I chased some professions away. When the new pets are viable in pvp too! HOLY MOLY!

Just gotta say I’m 100% happy ^^

So basically a non-ranger player is happy because ranger is no longer ranger while people who liked ranger …

can still play ranger.

I meant main, people who mained ranger are feeling screwed while Anet tries to please the masses with making ranger TOO different from the base spec . Every other classes mains at least get something to supplement their base spec, Druid is basically throwing another spec that clashes .

Inflames.8026:

Yes, I hated ranger. With passion! I dont know, it never brought anything exciting to the table. Either you sat still and put down traps. Or you pewpewed. Pvp anyway. Feel rangers are more versitile in WVW, specially since they are 1v1 gods!

Not only did I hate playing ranger, but I sort of automatically hated people who played ranger. They had to knockback in pve, they had to pewpew kite you. Anyway.

Ive tried all professions this BWE. Again. I tried Scrapper (main engie) and rev (possible main?) but the thing I enjoyed the most was druid.

I was able to keep myself up through incredible tanking. I healed my allies in small doses. I was a pain in the pooper. I dealt substain damage, so much that I chased some professions away. When the new pets are viable in pvp too! HOLY MOLY!

Just gotta say I’m 100% happy ^^

So basically a non-ranger player is happy because ranger is no longer ranger while people who liked ranger …

Basically Druid has zero synergy with the base spec (which every other class has), the only trait is Natural Strides cause it makes you move faster which rangers need to not be ganged up on .

Ehecatl.9172:

Elite specializations aren’t suppose to be an upgrade to the core, they are suppose to open up a new playstyle that wasn’t there before.

Them bias

Berzerker ? Totally not a condi based melee elite, no such thing as sword!

Reaper ? Totally not a power based melee elite, no such thing as dagger!

mah fanboyssss

Just tested it, it doesn’t – Welp gg no fun builds

Like Natural Mending and Live Vic

Donari.5237:

We do, but only in beta areas. So in the HoT jungle and in the instance SW area, the mastery bar will progress, but in the live areas it will not.

What the hell is the point of doing events ?

Required time-gating ?

Wondrouswall.7169:

Works for me, but it’s not as quick to apply its effects as slotting the signet.

Wait so there is a ICD or something ? Shouldn’t it just turn on once I slot it ?

Ehecatl.9172:

Maikky, druid isn’t 100% of the build. Rangers were already quite good at producing fury, swiftness, and regen plus group precision and damage buffs that are unique to ranger. If the damage buff glyph is improved, which is likely will as no one wants it in it’s current state, then that’s a third party wide damage boost the druid gets to bring. And since Storm Spirit got buffed a lone druid can allow the team to maintain 15 vulnerability stacks on a boss from one skill.

Druid isn’t as good at boon support as Ventari/GLINT true. But Ventari/Shiro? It’s debatable.

“Rangers were already quite good at producing fury, swiftness” are you serious ?

Rangers are outclassed in boon production by nearly half the classes . Guard, War, Ele ect and even then we do sub-par dmg as compared to those classes as well

Your saying spirits like they are actually even usable .

Knighthonor.4061:

Maikky.8526:

Terra.8571:

anduriell.6280:

And the revenant Ventari/Shiro will be the healers that are going to raids or PvE. Druid will not.

Ummm, Ventari/Shiro is worse at boons than druids. Shiro is a very selfish legend and only offers quickness/ personal dps. Ventari has very little boons (gets them from traits mainly, usually in Glint). If Rev’s come as healers, they’ll most likely come as Ventari/ Glint.

Anyways, as someone who is torn between maining Druid and Herald, in terms of healing Druid is 100x better. More sustain (if you can heal 90% of the time that’s sustain to me) and a hell of a lot more burst – no other profession in the game can pull off 16k burst heals (in 1s) every 20s (Guardian’s elite can do 100% heal but is on a 3min cd).

The one thing I do agree with is outside of healing, where the kitten is the dps, particularly on CA form?

What are you even on – Druid doesn’t even have boons unless you count stealth and superspeed when you get out of shroud

Anywhere where you need heals that “big” are in situations where your going to get 1 or 2 shooted anyway so it doesn’t matter .

Boons > Heal always

yeah with that logic that’s why necromancers use minion heal. Sinxe Since heals arent important. ..

So basically other classes can keep themselves alive so we need Druids ? Makes sense

Terra.8571:

anduriell.6280:

And the revenant Ventari/Shiro will be the healers that are going to raids or PvE. Druid will not.

Ummm, Ventari/Shiro is worse at boons than druids. Shiro is a very selfish legend and only offers quickness/ personal dps. Ventari has very little boons (gets them from traits mainly, usually in Glint). If Rev’s come as healers, they’ll most likely come as Ventari/ Glint.

Anyways, as someone who is torn between maining Druid and Herald, in terms of healing Druid is 100x better. More sustain (if you can heal 90% of the time that’s sustain to me) and a hell of a lot more burst – no other profession in the game can pull off 16k burst heals (in 1s) every 20s (Guardian’s elite can do 100% heal but is on a 3min cd).

The one thing I do agree with is outside of healing, where the kitten is the dps, particularly on CA form?

What are you even on – Druid doesn’t even have boons unless you count stealth and superspeed when you get out of shroud

Anywhere where you need heals that “big” are in situations where your going to get 1 or 2 shooted anyway so it doesn’t matter .

Boons > Heal always

I feel quicker when I have my Signet in then when I spec into NS .

Anyone who thinks that Druid (as is) will be good or even useful or even usable (as opposed to other elites) in any form of content besides Raiding (we don’t even know that right now cause raids may not even need heals) is beyond help .

Druid is the worst of all the elites (why am I not surprised) anyone who thinks differently has rose-tinted glasses on .

“BUT OUR HEALING SO GOOD!” that’s because we’re the only class that’s entire elite doesn’t synergize with any other traits and makes us just roam healbots, “BUT YOU SWITCH TO A DPS WEAPON BETWEEN HEALING AND DPS” and make our class even more sub-par .

Your basically adding another handi-cap onto yourself when you switch to healing mode as you don’t get tags when you heal people, why would I put myself into a mode that is worst then all other elites and not even get rewarded for it .

There needs to be at least small dmg / scaling on all celestial abilities, 40% of the kit is basically if I’m not in a group or near other people, this is useless .

Walkure.9056:

Maikky.8526:

These should be changed to include Pets when you say Allies .

I’m pretty sure “allies” include your pet (and yourself) as well just like all other professions on gw2.

If it does, my mistake, when it says a allies one assumes other players .

TJgalon.5012:

So, how did it play. In use between solo and team battle, did you feel like you were not doing well, or swapping weapon to say your bow or sword? I just wondering if maybe you picked the wrong traits?

“Wrong Traits”

You are LOCKED into Lived Viciously and Natural Mender when you pick Druid, if these were optional traits then there would be no problem .

There no option to just pick these traits if I wanted to do group content vs. solo content, when you pick Druid being in a group or around other players is needed or else these two traits are pointless .

Ever other elite spec’s traits are good for both solo/teamplay while Druid is stuck with stuff like “Live Vicariously” and “Natural Mender” which basically means these are useless in any kind of play where you’re not around other people .

These should be changed to include Pets when you say Allies .

The Celestial Form spells (I know 5 has dmg) should have some form of dmg effect or hit effect no matter how small .

You’re basically making an Elite Spec have to either choose to play in a group or sacrifice 30 – 40% of it’s kit while every other spec has a choose to have fun and do whatever in both environments .

Rangers have been shafted since the start, making their only new spec in a new xpec only half usable in any kind of solo play is just BS .

“Your Ideas and Advice”

Laugh

MaRko.3165:

Keep in mind its fairly difficult to get a real ‘apples to apples’ compare of different computers as its almost impossible to do the exact same thing in game.

Simply looking in slightly a different direction can impact frame rates. Using the built in FPS gauge vs Fraps/Afterburner/Precision external gauge can influence what you think your getting.

Unless your thinking of dropping some $$$ on some new hardware I would not worry about what frame rates others are getting. Depending on what area your in and where you are looking this game performs poorly on very high end hardware.

You have to play with some of the settings yourself to see what works and does not work for YOU and your computer. Almost ALL of the settings can impact frame rates.

I compared every part of me and the person I’m talking abouts PC and his parts are usually on par or worse then means, and he gets A LOOOTTT better fps then me .

SolarNova.1052:

With that rig you can set all settings to max except the following.

Relfections : Terrain and Sky (you dont need to turn if Off)
Shadows : High (not Ultra)
Sampling : Native

You might be able to set sampling to supersampling, test it out yourself.

Just remember that in LA, WvW battles, And BIG pve events, you will likely drop below 30 fps due to the CPU, but everywhere else should be fine.

I get 10 to 20fps in populated areas with lower settings (no reflections, medium shadow) and in areas with just myself I go from 40 to 55fps and when people enter the frame it drops to about 30 to 40fps .

Friends (and some other places I’ve read online) play the game on high on worse specs with better fps, I don’t know what to dooo .

I did the things you told me .

Specs

CPU : AD FX-8350
GPU : Gigabyte 7850
16GB of Ram
120+ GB of Free Space
Mobo : msi 970a-g46

When I run the game, my CPU in task manager is about 30 to 40% used and my temp goes up to about 50c .

Should I be able to run at Ultra ? and what FPS ?

So I can’t control my media player when in-game (Mediamonkey), any fixes ?

Hello, I like to listen to music when I play but for some reason I can’t use my global key commands when playing GW2 (Even in the launcher) to change the music playing in the background .

Is this intentional or is there a work around ?

Example, if you use duel pistol engi and I equip x sigl on 1 hand and another on my 2nd hand, if I use my skill 1 will my off-hand trigger ?

The people saying “If you don’t like it don’t play it” are beyond help .

I paid 50-60$ for this game and it changed a lot in a 2 weeks .

That’s like saying you buy a house and then the next week your landlord demolishes, telling you, you won’t get a refund .

Is this on purpose ? Makes the point of having cool shoulder pads pointless .

The intent of the guild is to create a fun, sociable environment with a diverse spectrum of people.

We are just a lax guild but we do everything (PvX) from sPvP to Dungeon Farm Groups.

We dip in and out of trolling but we never really have any malevolent intent.

Please be intelligent while also being able to laugh at stupidity and not take everything seriously. Also be active, log on once in a while and speak in chat or vent, what’s the point of being in a guild if you’re just going to sit there and be silent, we encourage speaking your mind.

Currently we use a public vent but that could change.

We are pretty new and accepting people from any server!

I understand you want me to try different things Anet but if you’re going to make a cap for how much I can farm from doing the same mobs/event over and over, at least let me get decent rewards/items/loot for killing things that have been down-scaled (Mobs/Events/Etc)

Currently it is not worth level 80s time (money/loot-wise) to do anything BUT Explore/Events in the last zone which can get quite repetitive but w/o the anti-farm code would be a decent place to get loot when you’re level 80 . Now if you looked at the other-side, if you fixed the down-scaling system we could all be happy, holding hands and doing all the cool stuff in the lower level zones like you wanted us to .

What I’m saying is if you’re going to downscale us at least make it worth our time .

Example the 1st Minor Trait in Inventions is kind of pointless when you have Backpack Regen in the 2nd Major Trait of Alchemy .

It just feels like some of the traits do the same thing so it forces you not to want to try that combinations, so it makes you want to build into a trait that might not be so good for you but is better then wasting it .

Raven.7051:

restart the game client. Fixed it for me.

The problem is that it happens a lot and it’s rather annoying that you have to relog x amount of times until it’s fixed .

When I have over an item in TP, there is no tool-tip and when I click on sell, it says 0 gems and it doesn’t show my inva .

This happens 90% of the time but I can still trade gems/gem shop .

I use mediamonkey when I play GW2 to listen to music but all my global hot keys don’t work, I.E stuff like skip or stop or w/e .

It works in other games but not GW2 .