Guild Wars 2

He said team arena

Hello

Confirmed.

It happens to me and all my friends, can’t wait to see these lagspikes in a tourney for massive riot

They should implement it into Solo Arena as well.

Why can’t Solo arena have nice things?

Skyhammer, Spirit watch, No models… cmon

Yay! it only took 4 months ;D

skyhammer is actually the best map

lol jk it’s crap

ArrDee.2573:

Hello frands! Vee Wee here, #1 Engi NA and world first rank 80!

Vee Wee remembers half a year ago a dev messaged Ostrich Eggs, #1 most vocal Skyhammer critic NA, on how to improve Skyhammer! The dev mentioned something like increasing the time it takes for the panels to disappear! That was half a year ago! Arenanet doesn’t seem to understand that a tiny change can have profound effects on the game! And not changing anything until you think it’s perfect (and it never is) means nothing is changed!

Wahoo! Bye frands!

Changing the behaviour of the panels is such a big feature it will have to come in the 1st expansion 2016

http://www.polygon.com/2013/6/8/4392552/guild-wars-2-developers-eye-esports-with-aims-to-create-the-most

June 2013

The funniest part:

“we’re constantly getting bombarded by League of Legends and StarCraft players saying they want to play the game competitively”

Sizer.5632:

- Skyhammer in solo que, does the thread about it need to reach 10000 posts before its noticed?

- Why are AI/passive based builds still so powerful, and more importantly is that the direction a game based on “active” combat is trying to go, or is it just that there hasnt been enough time to rebalance around it (a notice that its being addressed, even if its going to take another 2 years to fix would mean a lot)

- Any updates on new game modes/maps before the end of the year? (if this was stated earlier and I missed it then forget this one)

Oh you are another sizer lol

I was thinking you could ask that yourself lmao

If you want to achieve that boycot the gemstore instead

Wahoo! Bye frands!

hotfix that pls

Epidemix Revenge.4862:

Hugh Norfolk.2798:

Zelyhn Lekovitch.2867:

Hugh Norfolk.2798:

• Is that player going to stop playing PvP or GW2 all together?

I have a hard time believing this has ever been a source of concern for any developer at Arena Net, ever

No offence

:)

The question can be asked for any game type, but we have asked it.

Skyhammer…..

BOOM!!

Mind…………………..blown…

edit. Now this thread can be merged

You said the word… RIP Thread

:(

http://imgur.com/WeXTnTX

EU will be really interesting to watch, rly good players there.

NA however… we’ll always have the llamas

FOR kitten SAKE REMOVE THIS kittenING CRAP

not even mad, but rly

Trevor Boyer.6524:

Skyhammer should be added to tpvp rotation
It’s a good map that rewards cc based builds
There should even more maps designed to reward certain build types
Such as: a map that rewards very fast mobile characters
Such as: a very vertical map that rewards people who are good at JPs
Such as: a map with environmental effects that rewards bunkier characters
Such as: a map with random items to use that are laying on the ground
Such as: bringing back underwater combat, with a few balances

The game is more fun with different types of play
The thing that most people who complain about GW2 don’t understand is:
GW2 has a firm rock/paper/scissors effect in pvp
Some builds counter other builds but are weak to a certain other build
Some builds are great in some circumstances but bad in others

Skyhammer only catches grief because it is the only remaining “circumstantial” map
And players think it’s imbalanced because it rewards cc builds
Where as the other maps are plain jane and don’t really reward any particular build

Rather than removing Skyhammer, they should add more circumstantial maps
Ones that reward different types of builds, not cc builds
This would add flavor and add to the game’s dynamic

I’m trying to figure out if trolling or serious

As long as thiefs are around, amulet is not a choice.

Go celestial or go downed.

(Ele)

Im considering quiting too after an engie pulled me to death several times

The bank in pvp could also require a consumable that was extremely easy to obtain via Reward Tracks

Hugh Norfolk.2798:

These are awesome suggestions. Thanks for keeping it civil and constructive.

Marcos.3690:

ens.9854:

Okay bank just for rank 80 pvp’ers

Special hub in the mists for rank 80s. Includes trading post and bank

What are you trying to accomplish by gating this special area by player rank?

Well, this way only dedicated PvPers get the bank and TP in the mists. Otherwise anyone that never played PvP could go to the heart of the mists and use it for free

ens.9854:

Okay bank just for rank 80 pvp’ers

Special hub in the mists for rank 80s. Includes trading post and bank

They are so bad. Both of them…

Skyhammer for obvious reasons, and Spiritwatch because it’s a map with 4 objectives (3 nodes, 1 orb).

So spliting a team of 5 into 4 objectives ends up with many 1v1, and the game is not balanced for that.

Nevets Crimsonwing.5271:

Hugh Norfolk.2798:

FeelsAlright.5860:

Hugh Norfolk.2798:

Ondriam.9862:

Agreed. I would even pay a one-time (or yearly, or whatever) fee in gems to have a pass to a restricted area with a bank and a TP. Just stop making me load 2-3 maps every time i have to do something.

Do you think this would cause any uproar in the community if we did a change like this, and if it did can you think of a better way to implement it?

Wild Throw.9437:

Why complain about having a bank in the mists? I would say MOST people can just press “B” click their home BL then run right around the corner to the armorsmithing station and bam…a bank. And it is free, so just give the PvP pop a bank as well. I know I would sure love one.

Someone already put up a good argument point for this statement, that WvW isn’t always accessible. Sometimes there is a queue which for players in a hurry will cause them to spend some silver to get to a place with a bank instead of going to WvW for free.

Lolololololol someone says gems and look who shows up.

This makes me sad if nothing else. I want to start a conversation between players and developer and instead I get bad mannered. I still love you though.

Put the banker in but give him/her a waypoint fee’s worth of silver to access. Done.

win

remove
it
from
solo
queue

And do the same to Spirit watch plx

I don’t understand why this thread gets so few attention as we never have the chance to ask the devs.

I’ve got some legit questions:

- How many teams are currently working on PvP? What is each team exactly doing?
- What PvP content can we expect before 2015 hits
- What’s the current list of priorities to implement?
- A long time ago we were talked about a league/season system, what happened?
- The PvP still feels really unrewarding. Why isn’t skill rewarded at all? What happened to the living story reward tracks?

Please. Ask them. Why is Skyhammer still in soloQ?

When will we have new gamemodes?

Brigg.6189:

So I’m not a lol player, but doesn’t that game get by primarily on 1 game mode? Is the difference that their game mode is just better?

1) They have some other “fun” modes and brackets
2) Their main game mode is much better than our conquest

Make the AFK/leaver take all the MMR loss. Game didn’t count for his team mates that actually played.

It’s bad: too big, too many details, too many pillars, rocks, bridges, etc.

They should seriously copy the arena maps in world of warcraft.

JonathanSharp.7094:

@:“Is sPvP ever going to be more than Conquest?”

Yes.

@: Balance: it’s something we’re definitely keeping in mind as we experiment with different game types. Some things carry over just fine from Conquest, others become weaker, and others become stronger. It’s inherent/to be expected in having different goals in different game modes.

I can’t give out too much info, but I can let you know that we are working on a new game mode.

Can we expect any announcement soon? Maybe during the GW2 second anniversary?

What we really need is a reason to be on top of the leaderboard.

I remember a red post in this forums saying that Anet’s data showed that Skyhammer was actually a very successful map. I cannot find the link right now but if somebody shares it I’d like to include the quote here.

Anyway, that’s the thoughts from different anonymous Anet workers:

“Upper Management is poor: Some directors and design leads pay more attention to graphs and data then what people both in and outside of the studio are saying, and this often ends up with projects either being poorly prioritized, scoped beyond what a team can handle, or just driven in the wrong direction. The majority of the people driving the studio are severely out of touch with/don’t care about the people in the trenches and the players.”

“Most of the upper management seems disconnected from their employees and the customers. There are a few definite exceptions, however.”

“Advice to Senior Management – Get your nose out of your numbers and charts and graphs, and actually look at and listen to the rest of the studio”

" Upper management seems to be unable or unwilling to change, either because they are ignoring reviews like these or not seeing them. Employees certainly aren’t telling them these things, because they do not want to risk getting on someone’s bad side and losing the political game."

Other opinions that are quite interesting as well:

“Decision to move to Living World (with content updates every two weeks) was not well thought through and poorly implemented. Long hours, meddling from upper management, poor communication from the top who expected epic Hollywood production without investing in new technology or manpower.”

“Production doesn’t schedule teams well: Crunch time lasts far longer than it should, projects end up far out of scope, and deadlines are frequently treated as movable guidelines. Despite the desire to make quality content, a lot of teams are forced to quickly move from project to project, which has resulted in releases far below the quality they deserve.”

“Everything seems one step away from crisis mode.”

More info here:
http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/ArenaNet-Reviews-E255820.htm

Zirith.6429:

Evan Lesh.3295:

Nope, not on autopilot. Nope, not designed by one designer. I Promise features are coming eventually. I want them finished and as badly as you do!

confirmation that there are now at least 2 people on the pvp team!

The PvP is so successful that they doubled the number of PvP designers!!

jk

Too much work for Evan Lesh, cmon hire someone to help him =(

Lordrosicky.5813:

Bhawb.7408:

Great idea to go from two professions that were pretty much universally considered in need of buffs and fixes, to the two professions that are pretty much universally considered in need of nerfs. I’m looking forward to it, I hope you guys did well.

Engineers don’t need buffs. Neither do ranger really. Both are good. Nobody needs buffs really. Warriors, thieves and eles just need big nerfs.

And signet of spite too, aka signet of skill

The unranked queue should work with hidden MMR.

It would also be really cool if you could join it with any number of friends.

Mark Katzbach.9084:

Actually, we split the balance update into multiple episodes because a single, 80 minute balance show was exhausting for both the team and the viewers.

As for content previews, when we are able to talk about upcoming content, we will include it on the show. Until then, the episodes will focus on tournaments and events happening within the competitive community.

The shows talking about tournaments are great, but my point was that keeping the palyerbase in the dark is really bad for everyone.

Anyway, I’ll watch the show for sure and I appreciate your answer.

Khang.6743:

Where do you see the Guild Wars 2 in relation to eSport two years from now?

In the forums, complaining about skyhammer lol

Solentka.7530:

My question is : What du u think about what Colin said "an all-star event need an all-star shoutcaster, does it mean that Jebro & other shoutcaster are under the lvl to shoutcast the all-star tournament ? (If a remember well, it would be DE shoutcasters who shoutcast the tournament no ?)

Jebro is not good enough for sure.

This show used to be about previewing upcoming content and hyping people, but it’s not anymore.

Anet is clearly not working on anything PvP related. The last 4 ready ups have all been the same: talk about the same tournaments without adding anything new at all.

Just check the announcements of the last ready ups:

Episode 19: “…Josh will be joined by German shoutcaster ChroNick to talk about the International All-Stars Tournament taking place at gamescom next week, as well as the ongoing Tournament of Legends Qualifiers…”

Episode 18: “…Josh will cover the ongoing Tournament of Legends qualifiers and the upcoming Guild Wars 2 International All-Stars Tournament at gamescom next month…”

Episode 17: “Josh is joined by authorized shoutcaster Jebro to discuss the Tournament of Legends 2 qualifier, the International All-Stars Tournament taking place at gamescom…”

Episode 16: “I’ll be joined by TCG captain Helseth […] learn how to secure that Llama Mini in ToL2!”

They don’t know how to fill the streams anymore. They even split the balance updates in many shows because they don’t know what to talk about.

Josh Davis.6015:

We’ll be posting the information very soon. Rest assured, there will be a Ready Up this Friday.

I hope you guys talk about what’s anet working on. We have had literally zero information since the feature pach which was many months ago

Wow I thought there was a new class and i just realized that they changed the necro icon

Why 3 streams mate?

Videos shutter so hard :’(

delete the map

Just wait 9 more months bro

I don’t have a question to the european team but a petition. Guys, please. Talk to Anet devs and tell them to remove skyhammer from soloq.

We voted for you guys, don’t forget it

“First Team to reach 250 has 87% chance to win”

This is why watching conquest tournaments is so boring

1) pvp is dead
2) hotjoin is bad

Today is a day to be remembered…

The skyhammer thread has now over 1000 responses, 21 pages and 11532 views!!

During the last 4 months hundreds of players have been posting there and it has become the biggest topic in the PvP forums!

And still no dev answer

http://strawpoll.me/1666010