Guild Wars 2

When we get reimbursed, are we also given the 60 from the dailies we missed our reward on yet did the event pre-5pm pst yesterday?

If we got 5 from the events, will we be given the difference?

This is important to know, as some of us are farming for a specific amount and then quitting this event.

I simply wont do the event if theres no info on updating the fact we dont get any kind of exp/karma/drops, and keep it at 5. I dont want to spend 90 hours to get toxic set, over 4 days. Thats an unrealistic amount of playtime.

More importantly, is it more than 5? 5 takes… 90 events for a 480 amount of blooms, which is all day every day of the event — with no other rewards (no gold, exp, karma, random drops)

Other classes are getting 2-3 BWEs to release it, test it, tweak it, test those tweaks under a small environment, and then re-release it for another testing (bwe) phase..

Engi and ranger will only get 1 BWE, and very little time to test it, given its not likely to happen for at least 3 more weekends from now (1 for mordrem/beta wvw, 1 for releasing info on forge, 1 for releasing info on druid, then MAYBE a BWE at the beginning of october..)

Call me a pessimist, but I dont have much faith in their internal testing.

I think you’re ridiculous. I’ll buy an extra copy to make up for you. A week “in gaming” is nothing. There’s life outside of video games. I had a blast.

Chaith.8256:

I like having increased grenade accuracy.

No complaints here

Unfortunately, melee range accuracy is actually lowered.

Unfortunately, that is how the game/dungeons are atm. Until they change that, it will be status quo. Currently, there is no use, and no desire, for a dedicated healer from groups. With the expansion, that may change.

I would suggest my reddit post, as well.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/3crj8u/fix_grenadier_please/

paladinecho.3024:

As cool as 20-30 seconds is, I did like my virtually non-existent cooldown. I like the idea of Celestial, but Clerics used to be absolutely pro for the healing engi build til this new system. Removing the physical attack power and healing bombs was pretty dreadful blow to the Healing Build. Starting to lean more towards celestial with how terrible they have made crit builds atm in comparison to condi damage. Condi damage kind of has out-dpsed all the crit builds. If not so much as out-dpsed, it also outclasses the crit build because most of the armors include toughness and conditions have a guaranteed application vs crit which only has the superior sigil of intelligence that can offer your 3 guaranteed crits. What this has to do with healing? Alot. Everything at the moment is out-doing all the healing builds you can think of for engi.

The better news is that I saw over 600 tic healing for 5 seconds per second in the mortar field (3k hp), but 30 seconds and the fact that field cannot move around with you makes it less effective. At least the bombs you could bomb with your heals right next to you all the way.

Healers still don’t get any EXP, love, or real recognition for being a healer.

They dont because theyre not needed atm, and being a healer, youre more a hindrance to the party than a blessing.

paladinecho.3024:

I went back to test the blast field and yes, it heals, but it’s heal is not enough to warrant going full cleric’s gear. None of the Engineer moves are like that anymore.

They took healing power to attack power conversion away from the tree too so you not only hit like a wet noodle, but none of your heals keeps you alive long enough in battle to be effective. At least with the power conversion instead of that lame “Energy Amplifier” you had some kind of bite to your heals. Id get rid of that “Thermoberic Detonation” thing too and replace it with something that really matters like blast radius for healing too.

Healing Combo fields disappear and have to be recovered after a certain amount of recharge. Healing bombs had virtually no long recharge and healed you. Have you seen the 30 second cooldown on your mortar round?

After current tests, you may as well run zerker or heavy condi because all the other stats do not matter in any fight long or short term. Its as if Vitality, Toughness, and Healing power no longer mean anything as stats. You put a zerker anything against people who specialize in these stats, and they will die more than likely in a fight. At least with older specs I could fight, kill, and heal without dying all the time like now. This game does not have any healer love being that healers get shafted in the EXP area because they have to damage everything on top of heal people in combat. If you do your job somehow very well, even though they have made it alot harder now, you would get nearly no exp. They really need to review this and fix something here.

Heres what I’ll say. My healing seems to be relatively the same. I dont think clerics is a good armor set, and, as its currently set up, will remain that way. I know during the PoI they have said Healing/Tanking will be more important, and almost (possibly) necessary to have one. Revenant being the first of the “main healers” that have a spec for it.

Now, if you look, the others that could also be main healers are Ele (water) Engi (Inventions) and MAYBE Guardian (AH). Furthermore, before the patch, they said they wanted to give us more healing/support tools, and I think theyre doing that slowly. Medkit is poorly implemented, and will likely see a buff. The heal trees have nice traits that just need reworking.

I would suggest running Celestials instead of Clerics, and being able to do what we do best: A little bit of everything, lacking in nothing — per say. And wait for HoT info. We have no idea what our last spec is, or could be, all we know is it likely has drones and a hammer.
Also, the guy above healed for like 7k HP in about 5 seconds, and can do that probably every 20-30s. I dont know his stats, but he could have also blasted the turret for another one, and alternatively, used shield instead of rilfe. Thats not terrible healing.

evnw.9324:

people will be quick to cry nerf against classes like Ele for some reason but I honestly believe it’s one of the few classes that is in balance, viable if not optimal in all game modes and one of the most engaging and fun to play. People will complain about this or that(rightfully so at times. Cheers to the community getting through to the devs about the arcane attunement changes ) but compared to the other classes I’m very happy with where we are right now. I just hope we get sword over horn!

That is somewhat the problem. As an engineer main, and we’re a “jack of all trades” — we end up playing 2nd fiddle to ele (who is also a jack of all trades, seemingly) in every single game mode.

Pve, Fractals, speedrunning, WvW, Spvp. You guys are top tier in everything atm, and is that fair? I’m not sure. Engis certainly need a little love atm.

They still 1-2 shot you in nearly any build. They need a slight nerf.

Hows the new camera affect Char/Norn? I had to race-swap away from char due to old camera

Im a bit out of the loop, but a RL friend bought the game. He wants to play with me, in WVW especially. I am currently residing on JQ, and have been since launch day, and It doesnt seem possible for him to get on JQ, So i’d have to transfer “down” (which honestly, should be free, lol)
Can i get some info on how competitive/active these servers are? I havent played in about 6 months.
TC; FA; Yaks Bend; SoS
I remember SoS was big on aussies, but lacked people during primetime.

Those are the ones i’ve seen open/able to transfer to at some point.,

Been here a while, finally looking for a nice, larger guild!

I have a well-geared (All exotic, multiple sets, some ascended) 80 ranger. Decently gears (Mostly/all exotic, 1 set each) of Guard/Engi/Necro. I mostly play necro/ranger, though. NA playtime.

ParaldaWind.4523:

Eugenides.1274:

ParaldaWind.4523:

It’s a shame, really. There is no reason to implement this buff other than to specifically kill the GvG community.

Have fun losing 90% of your hardcore players, Anet…

Yep. Absolutely no other reason than to kill the GvG community. No other reason. Uh-huh.

/s

Why else would they add a stat bonus? The orbs were specifically removed because of two things, hacking and snowballing. The snowballing will still happen, and greatly hurt WvW. Devon was made WELL aware of this by the community, and still chose to ignore it.

The only reason that Anet would add a stat bonus is to kill GvG, and it’s that simple. GW2 has some of the best open field group PvP of any game ever, and it’s obviously completely incidental, because the devs design the worst possible systems around that combat and ruin their game.

I want Ferguson back.

Best open field pvp? No. I could name 5 MMOs with better open field in an instant.

Theyre not adding it to remove GvG, but to improve the incentive to use the new area of the map for the other 90% of the population.

Quit being selfish

I wish theyd finally buff the rangers in zerg fights!

Makes me really sad they arent talking about giving rangers tools for Zerg fights :/
Only nerfs, when everyone already thinks we’re kitten.

Bunnymancer.6901:

It sounds like it currently comes down to warriors, guardians a few elemental for good measure and a Mesmer to.

Rangers are absolutely OP if well controlled in roaming.
However, 100% kitten tier in Zergs. By far the most useless class in that.

UrMom.4205:

gets 114g, still complains about exotics not selling for MORE than 2 g…..wtf man i barely can keep 50g lol

lol i can barely keep 20g…

Woodsman.3461:

Windu The Forbidden One.6045:

The needs of the many outweight the needs of the few.

Oh so its all good when the unfair is biased your way, I see.

By the way, I am not trying to justify the removal of the achievements, I couldn’t care less about 500 EoL and some more silver, I just hate the way the people in this thread have reacted to a small error which for most people will actually result in more AP, and more rewards.

If you were at 3/4 and now you are at 1/4 then great! You have got 20 free achievement points. Demanding the developers fix what is essentially an insignificant loss of progress for some people is childish and immature. If you enough progress in the first 3 days to actually care about then you have still got the achievement points to show for your efforts, and now you get to do the new easy dailies and earn more.

And yes jamesrobert, I did get the Essence of Luck

No. I got some “achievements”. I didnt get the laurels.
Others get 20 laurels.
How is that fair, at all? Why should I be punished when others get free things that takes a month to get?

Kuzzi.2198:

Malpractice.7850:

So, because I dont play a TON, i lose out on 10 laurels?

You don’t lose out on anything, you can still get your 10 laurels by completing the monthly.

difens.1326:

I don’t care for laurels or achievement points, but I do care for my time.

If you managed to do a portion of the monthly in 3 days then you should have no trouble completing them in 27 days.

I lost out on 10 POTENTIAL. People can do it twice. I cant.
I only have 2 ascended gear, and Laurels are holding me back.
That makes my character weaker than someone elses who has ascended gear.

GoddessOfTheWinds.2937:

Why are people so kitten ed off? You still get 27 days to complete it!!!

Though I completed it on the first day. Will I get new laurels if I complete it again?

Im kitten ed because I cant play a ton to finish them. I have a hard time acquiring Ascended gear. And then i get a slap in the face that those who play more, get more laurels if they finish it 2×.

What can i do to help a zerg?
What can I do to collect bags like most other classes do?

Im asking the whole WvW community, since Ranger forums just want to whine. I want to know, from other classes perspectives, what Could i be doing to improve how well i perform in a WvW situation, as a ranger?

So, because I dont play a TON, i lose out on 10 laurels?
Thats honestly bullkitten.
How is this remotely fair, when ascended gear is time bound? Honestly.

Wait killas is BANE now?

Aeri.5738:

thats crap.
why would a ranger have to farm more equipement than any other class?
pet should never get it’s own equipment and if the devs know what they are doing this will gladly never come.

Oh lord, another 30g!!!! Thats 3 hours, tops, at how easy it is to get gold now days.

HatSimulator.9362:

who wants to take a necro into arah anymore?

Who wants to go to arah anymore?

ArmageddonAsh.6430:

Niebelheim.6041:

Ether renewal with the trait that gives stability when switching to earth.

So would need to spend points in a tree that i would no longer be using just to be able to use this heal?

Maybe it should be changed to something like the Ranger Healing Spring and have it remove conditions while you are inside its “spring” and have the actual heal as an instant/>1second cast.

Please no. The rangers only have ONE thing unique to them. That is their OP healing spring.
Let them die in peace, please.

RyuDragnier.9476:

Silly Ayden, we bring the most important thing when it comes to soloing camps for our country…survivability. Not to mention we’re one of the best classes to protect a tower/keep during siege when there are enemies down below.

We are far from the best classes to defend a tower/keep during a siege.
Barrage cant be done behind ramparts, Grenades can. And it has a long CD
Piercing arrow is “meh” from above, pierces into the ground.
Wells still kitten the aoe.
Warrior/Guard still hold the line.
And eles still provide the support required.

Were bottom of that barrel, too.

Basically: Small group (5-10) we’re godmode. Anything larger, we’re kitten comparatively.

Seigfried.5938:

hammer.9721:

Azure.8412:

Shifty.4985:

Have BG and JQs forum Ministers logged off or something?
I’m not having as much fun as I use to :’(

You need to say something to pull them out!
Seriously, BG and JQ are no match for SoR. If only you guys had some skills like SoR. You guys can’t even beat us with a 2v1. Come @ us JQ and BG. Such bads. SoR will always be the undisputed champion of NA servers.

Sorry even our trolls joined the champ farm.You will need to vastly improve your trolling to get them to come back.I would suggest reading all of the mag threads to get some pointers.

It’s not the living story, but randomized matchups which have rendered PPT absolutely useless.

Completely “random” into having the same 3 servers fighting 3 weeks in a row, amirite?
And 4, 5, 7 in T2.
6, 8, 11 in T3.
And 13, 12, 9 in T4. (which 9 is losing)

Sounds REALLY random. Theres no margin, whatsoever, to maintain a semblance of balance. At all.

Did you know, if you click the pet (selected), then hit F2 it works ~100% of the time?

Now add in traits:
Fire bombs: Recharge 20% faster (8s timer) Larger radius, heals for 100hp.
Flame trap: Becomes 12s timer, Larger radius, is thrown, unblockable, Lasts 6s. The fact its in the critical line is AMAZING. Try using it with a nice sigil (LIke anything that procs on crit) Watch bleeds come from your flame trap. Or lightning bolts. Or confusion.

Why are you complaining? At all.

kiwituatara.6053:

Rangers are fine in pve, spvp, and dungeons. They are okay in wvw roaming.

BUT when it comes down to zvz, they are probably the most useless class out there.

Disagree.
PVE? LOL faceroll content.
Spvp? Top tier. If not #1.
Dungeons? I have no issues in any fractal.
Roaming? I dont think theres a build out there the RRRanger cant beat if you play it right. I have no fears when roaming.
WvW? We bring the best water field. We bring AoE Chill, AoE immobilize, a 3-person pull, and aoe projectile block. I have no issues in the melee train, or just outside doing traps, OR at 1800 range collecting bags. Maybe youre doing it wrong and should evaluate your playstyle.
I get as many bags on ranger as i do my necro wells build in T1 Zergs.
Pet also provides nice buffs.

Ive been really interested in making a mesmer lately, its one of the few classes ive never tried >.< And i has a few questions!

1) How well can they tag things in a zerg? I ask this, becaus ei play on JQ, and I dont want to never get bags :p I understand the whole Veil/Portal thing. But we have quite a few mesmers, usually, and want to be able to get some damage/tags in!
1b) Which skills/builds do i go to do this?

2) Can they be tanky/in the front lines? if so how?

3) With no signet for movement speed, how do you keep up with a zerg?

Aeolus.3615:

Tribio.8531:

Ranger > rest

But I might be a little prejudiced here..

Got to admit ranger are amazing even for solo altough is so rare to find good rangers.

Rangers are top tier for roaming. Decent in a zerg (at that point, it really doesnt matter what u have :p). Not so good in GvG.
I main a ranger, and they just dont bring a lot to the table, you know?

I do wish mesmers had more “punch” to their damage/aoe in large fights

Joey.2769:

Amins.3710:

World vs World is Dead.

No loot.

No Achievement Points.

No gear skins worth getting.

No chance of a Legendary.

No making of anything resembling anything close to what could be considered “decent coin”.

No new content.

Lots of unfulfilled promises.

… but hey… they fixed the culling…

+1

Funny a TC player says that.

1) Horizontal Progression, dont need loot.
2) Achievement points mean nothing. Its a game. Play for fun, not some score that wont matter in 2 years.
3) Play for fun, not for looks.
4) Ive gotten 2 ascended gear from it. Guess those dont count, eh?
5) Last night i earned 14 gold in 3 hours. I wouldnt call that “bad coin”
6) The world changes hourly in WvW, and I play different people every week utilizing different strategies. Guess you like the “content” that is facerolling skill 1 spam as guardian and not really caring what youre against.
7) Dont think a gaming company PROMISES anything. Sorry.

PVE players these days have been ruined by wow. Everything needs gear. Games are no longer just played for fun :/

NO ONE WANTS RANGERS

GrandmaFunk.3052:

Hickeroar.9734:

The majority of committed WvW players don’t give a crap about PPT anymore. The PPT game, as it stands, is completely boring. People want fights.

WvW is just a training ground for the next GvG for most guilds.

Naw, the overwhelming majority of WvW players couldn’t care less about GvG. I doubt most players outside the top3 tiers even know it exists.

I’m not hating on the format, but it’s getting a little out of hand with all the threads claiming it’s the “real WvW”tm.. you’re a vocal minority, quit acting like you speak for everyone. This is the exact same nonsense that paxa tried to do with the “small man tier” a few months ago, and that flamed out spectacularly.

Agg are bad people and like to transfer to tier 2-4 servers. We know about it. And from the only guild we’ve seen it from, Agg, its terrible what it does to the community.

Dranul.2094:

Typical mal ^. Had a guy like you at our GvG last night. Made us delay a round that was about to get underway – he soon left when the enemy guild ran him over. He was exactly the same “F GvGs this is WvW…”

Every single GvG guild does a lot of fighting and killing for their respective servers. So what if they take an hour to themselves. Hell on all but the top tiers they aren’t even making queues on the map – think about it they could be in PVE not helping your precious scores. Instead they are tying up equal numbers of enemies that would otherwise be stopping you taking things? Half the time after or even before a GvG guilds have been raiding for hours or will do afterwards.

Learn some respect. To get respect you gotta earn it. Guilds run round killing, taking objectives, occupying the enemy for hours on end. I know of no guild that does JUST GvG and doesn’t smash stuff in WvW.

Learn some respect? Try having AGG on your server for a month and having them absolutely cause drama by ignoring everyone, sitting in EB to cause queues and laughing at anyone telling them to either help or gtfo. Then have them act like complete egotistical kittens who are elitist GvG guild with kitten-tier members individually, yet numbers to berate anyone not in their guild.

No. Ive seen no respect from GvG guilds, ever. So, i wont give any.

The fact youre trying to set rules for spectators is a joke.

Scyth.8520:

1,000,000k gold a day + 100,000k dollars every year would be a nice start (paid in advance)

i saw only one game in that list that requires skill: Starcraft.
What iccup rank?

Hickeroar.9734:

Blix.8021:

Unless this was supposed to make it easier for color blind people or something, this was the most random change I could imagine.

This is probably exactly why it was done.

I love it. I wisht here was more colorblind options.
it also takes almost no time.

Havoc.4680:

Deli.1302:

Lol this guy is from Dragonbrand. My guess is SoR or BG has approached his guild and is offering to pay them. I know SoR has been making their rounds with the oceanic/sea guilds in T2 recently, not too sure whether BG has been doing it as well (though I wouldn’t be surprised if they were).

The state of NA T1 is just plain sad.

More like the implosion of Dragonbrand

Why would DB be imploding?

How do the top servers stack up?
I mean, Its fun to be T1, but not fun to have skill lag. Its also not fun to always get stomped/be stomped :p

dunnberry.2964:

And another bandwagoner is born

I went down in tiers after SBI fell apart. I was also part of PRX.

Is it a bandwagon to want to enjoy the game?

If i want to do ember farming, on my server, i have to wait till 6pm to even get enough people to attempt it. If im lucky.
If i want to WvW with over 10 people, it has to be friday/saturday night, or MAYBE between 9pm-11pm.
Otherwise, your solo roaming or with a “huge zerg” of 10 people. We have a commander on EB maybe 30-50% of the time…

Would be better to say “best 5 utilities/elite on one toolbar” and see what combos people make

Lyndis.2584:

I’d stay away from SoS.

lol why

Nikkinella.8254:

Eles got healing, mobility, overall survivability, and already pitiful damage nerfed. So yeah, he has a right to whine about it.

Yet still in every GvG matchup, eh?

Curious! How are queue times on JQ/SoR/BG/FA/TC/DB? during afternoon/evening NA

SoS is great. We just need more NA players. Amazing community, though.