Guild Wars 2

Stephane Lo Presti.7258:

We respect all opinions as long as they are expressed respectfully and this is a condition for having healthy discussions on the forums.

It’s not true. I can see at least 3 reasons which should have led to the closure of this thread.

1) This thread isn’t constructive. No idea, no propositions, nothing. Just complaints about others players.

2) insults and verbal abuse. A moderator kindly edited it, but there was something like “you’re 12yo kid". Moreover, it seems that the OP didn’t get an infraction point for that.

3) this thread is a rant, aka “coup de gueule” in my language. And guess what ? it’s not allowed on this forum. I know it, because I’ve been punished for this particular reason like 1 week ago.

And there’s a lot of other little details, like :
Use a relevant thread title that clearly expresses the subject of the thread.
Be respectful. Be pleasant to forum members, staff members, and moderators.

But hey, he is pro A-net, so I guess it’s totally fine…

P.S : nice to see you, FRENCH community manager

“All of the WvW, PvP, and Activity achievements are now located in the new Competitive achievement category.”

I’m sad. It was the perfect update to fix the WvW achievements. They’re still unreachable (except one)…

I just want to give some visibility to this awesome video from WoodenPotatoes ; 10 features from beta which have been removed.

Some of them were good, some of them were terrible. But it’s still interesting to know..

(For example, I’d love to see those “Lore books” IG )

Regina Buenaobra.6193:

Lheimroo.2947:

Regina Buenaobra.6193:

wookiee.4631:

I’ve been reading this thread and am interested in seeing the CDI’s finally return. But, I have a bit of a tangent: If CDI’s are returning, what about Dolyak Express? They were usually small, but I enjoyed that extra bit of info we got from them.

The Community Team has been discussing the return of the Dolyak Express as another means of providing information to you all.

If others are not familiar with this, it’s essentially a regular “interview”/Q&A with the development team, with questions proposed by the community on the official forums.

The Dolyak Express was then translated into the other three languages we support so that the entire Guild Wars 2 community could benefit from the information. As you know, the CDI can only take place on the English forums, since our developers only speak English. One of the advantages of the Dolyak Express is that it reaches the German, French, and Spanish communities, which are all extremely important to us as well.

How good are the european fans at summarizing communications for each other?

Not that 90% of french, german, and spanish people don’t already speak english in some capacity.. I’m sure they’ll forgive our stupid north american monolinguistic ways.

For something that is as fast-moving as a CDI, where a high volume of text is produced in a short period of time, it would be quite difficult for them. This is the case specially because there may be varying levels of English ability and comfort with the language. Mistranslations could happen. This is why the CDI format is ideal just for the English-speaking community, but a good opportunity for the development team to interact nevertheless.

I’ve made several topics about communication with the non-English speaking community, so I want to add something to this comment.

Dolyak Express is a very good idea, but I honestly think you can improve the way you do it. The first and biggest problem of Dolyak Express is -according to the feedbacks from the french forum- too many vague answers.
Many players think Dolyaks Express are useless because the dev team only says “We can’t speak about it” or “Maybe” or “in near future” or “Soon”. I understand that you can’t talk about project under development, but don’t ask questions about it then. You could maybe select the questions about topics you’re ready to speak about.
The second (and smaller) problem is the duration of the process. Sometimes it takes weeks to translate and post the answers. I don’t know how you’re doing it, but translating few questions isn’t so long for a normal person, even if the devs are busy.

Moreover, CDI isn’t the only “English-only” means of communication… What about PoI and Ready up ? It still bothers me when I have to go on reddit to find a summary of the last RU…

On a more general note, I think dev should learn to say “no, we aren’t focusing on this issue for now” or “it’s a minor issue for us, we think we have more important things to do, like XX or YY”. Please, stop answering with " Soon" or “It’s something that is absolutley on our radar” or things like that. It give false hope to players( omg they know ! it will be fixed soon for sure) and then, they’re disappointed if nothing is done quickly.
My prime example for this is the problem with engineer and legendaries (here). Colin said, a year and a half ago, “please post your ideas”. BOUM : about 1500 comments on 2 threads. And nothing done so far. Disappointment…

Chris Whiteside.6102:

Hi All,

There have been a number of questions about when the CDI will spin up again.

The answer is shortly after our next Feature Pack is released.

Looking forward to collaborating with you all and having some awesome discussions.

Chris

And what happened to the WvW CDI which was announced several months ago ?

I really don’t know what A-net is doing with WvW.

You can’t become rich in WvW(if you don’t drop precursor), unlike in PvE where dungeon/fractale/farm give you a huge amount of money. I roam since beta, and I never had more than 150g….

Right now, I don’t hesitate to buy some anti-supply traps for my server. It’s quite effective, easy to use, and cheap. I don’t have much gold, but I do have tons of badges and karma.

After the update, will I still buy those traps ?
No, for sure. I’m too poor for that.
It’s a formidable gold sink, but as I said ; WvW doesn’t need it.

Tyler Bearce.3427:

• The traps we’ve added in the past, have seen low use.

Do you really think this will help ??

Cedric J.3510:

Music copyright sigh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RkZ1NcTj3E

This is an old video

ADN ! Good old times

(You should maybe post it in the FR subforum)

I don’t know if it’s because of the 7:11:3:191:101 error, but the lag is insane now in WvW, worse than ever.

The game works well when I’m alone, but as soon as I’m near a zerg, my skills are delayed by 2 seconds, I tp everywhere… unplayable.

Evan Lesh.3295:

Perhaps you should come try sPvP…

Perhaps you should come try WvW…

Xillllix.3485:

- Mist form, removed the ability to heal, cure conditions or use utilities while in mist form

And the result you have is a complete game balancing failure.
Case example from yesterday:
Zerg fight, train rushes at me, I’m at full HP…. I use Mist Form and move away (invulnerability skill).
For the next 3 seconds I am stuck in Mist form as my health is drained away by necro conditions from a pure condi zerg. I cannot heal, I cannot fight, there is nothing I can do, my invulnerability skill is now a death sentence in face of the new meta, I can only die and run all the way back.

To put it bluntly, this sucks. It’s didn’t happen before all the nerfs. The small mistake Anet made nerfing Mist form has become a complete disaster at balancing in the new condi meta. But worse than being a mistake in balancing, it makes the game LESS FUN.

What are you talking about ? All invulnerabilites should have worked that way since day 0.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Invulnerability
It does not prevent damage from existing conditions,

The fact that you were able to heal in Mist form was an unbalance by itself, since mesmers, engi, etc…. can’t.

Fire needs only 3 things : heat (magic from the caster), fuel (your body), and an oxidizing agent (not oxygen in that case, too hard to find under water). So basically, you just have to find the right oxidizing agent.
I’m not a chemist, but I think chlorate or perchlorate can do it…

And what about golems who can bleed ? Ice elementals who can be chilled ?

Merci, Stéphane !
Not really the answer I was hoping, but at least it’s an answer

In fact, I’m fine with PoI, since it’s only about LS stuff (how devs work, etc..). My biggest problem is the previews and new informations from the RU.

For example, during RU #3 you spoke about the incoming changes about critical damage, weeks before the official announcement on the forums. I watched the stream, and I decided to stop crafting my ascended zerk weapon and wait to see the changes. Meanwhile, my friends, who didn’t watch it, spent time and gold crafting zerk armor or weapons, until they saw the changes on forums. In the end, after the update, they were disappointed by the new zerk…

That’s my problem : watching or not the previews from RU creates an unbalance among the players. Watch it, and you have access to more information, and you can benefit from it (in my example, by selling your zerk stuff before the other players know the future changes).

That’s why I think an official (not through dulfy) report after the RU would be great.

nexxe.7081:

It’s a live event, and to expect them to waste time and money on this is ridiculous. I’d rather they work on other things than worry about subtitles.

It’s not a waste of money. Budgets for game developement & communication are two differents things ! It’s not because something is made for a better comunication that it directly impact the money spent on developement….
Btw why don’t you say “I’d rather they work on other things than discussing during a stream” ? After all, streaming cost money too…

Another Point of Interest, still no subtitles….

So you’re playing with a zerg of ~20/30/40 players, and you expect them to do what you want, to wait for you, and to capture the things you need ?

Isn’t a bit selfish ?

@GuzziHero : Dulfy is one of the “third party websites”… why don’t we have anything more official ?

Duke Nukem.6783:

english company, english game, english language, they should assimalate to our way of life or go make their own video game

So I’m asking for english subtitles at least, what’s wrong with that ?

Subtitles in other languages like french, german or spanish would be awesome for sure, but it’s a dream that won’t ever happen.. They made few videos in those languages at launch to promote their game, but now non-english communities are for A-net peaceful cows buying gems ….

I’m back with my favorite topic : the communication in GW2 !

I’ve already asked it several times, but once again :
Could you please add subtitles to the recordings of the RU and Points of Interest ?

I mean, not everyone speaks fluent English (hi german, french and spanish servers !), and even among those who do, a large amount doesn’t understand your “elegant” american accent.
So far, there were few new information during these streams, but with the concept of Point of Interest, it may change.

“Points of Interest, your source for all things Tyrian !”

To be fair, I wouldn’t care if we could find the things somewhere else (on this forum, for example), even several days after the stream.

But the fact is : if you can’t understand the stream, you don’t have access to information.
Your only choice, as a player, is to trust third-party websites, like Reddit, with a high risk of transcription errors or misleading translations…

A-net, a worldwide company, who sells games around the world, rely on amateur websites to communicate with its customers ? Really ?

From an engi playing WvW (roaming) :

Strengths :
Can apply lots of conditions with low cd
Easy access to vigor and swiftness

Weaknesses :
Little access to stability : vunerable to soft CC
Hard to master (kits management )
Ugly -> hobosacks !!! And legendaries don’t ‘fit’ with the profession (hip shot with a sniper, or use a clown pistol)

Kryptonite :
soft CC, burst of conditions

And what about the players who transfer AFTER the end of the league and who are forced to stay in Eotm ?

Will it be fix soon ?

Give engi kits like Grenade kit or Bomb kit.
—→ omg noob AoE spammer

A-net finally fix turrets, some engi start to use it efficiently in pvp
—→ omg noob afk-er playing easy build

What’s next ? “omg SD so easy no skill” ?

Btw I main engi, and without any stability or bunker build I can kill a turret afk-er… l2p ?

I think you’re right, but I think there is something more important..

The game must be technically good and solid. It means : no lags, no bugs, no exploit possible.

That’s why BF4 can’t be a real e-sport (hit box so weird). That’s why LoL is an e-sport : no cheat possible, no exploit possible, almost no lags.

And look at GW2 : they had to restart one of the match of the final in NA ToL because of technical problems. Unacceptable in esport.
Some players used a bug to gain some extra power. Unacceptable in e-sport.
A thief was stuck on the roof in Khylo. Unacceptable in e-sport.

Have you ever seen a pro player stuck in a wall after a panic flash in lol LCS ? no.

“Time spent in most cases translates into skill, or at least an understanding of”. I agree in most of the case (except for Skyhammer and arena farmers).
But the problem is :
time spent ==> Skill : yes
Skill ==> Time spent : no

For me the converse isn’t true : you might find good AND new players.

arrownin.3128:

Furthermore, I’ve been trying to find out how much water your argument holds, but I can’t seem to find you on the leaderboards for solo queue or team pvp, on EU or NA servers. Been using this:

http://www.gw2score.com/PvP

Argumentum ad hominem now ? Wow, good rhetoric…

arrownin.3128:

I get paired with rank 10s, rank 20s, rank 5s. Even if they’re the best player ever, they still don’t know the intricacies of PvP, how and when to ress, how and when to finish, how and when to dodge or stun or etc. They might be good at PvP, but they are nowhere near as experienced, which really makes the matches boring, and unsatisfying to play.
(…)

Which I might add, experienced PvPers would absolutely LOVE, if not for the fact us rank 50+ have to fight these new rank 1 players every single game.

I like how everyone agree on this forum that ranks mean nothing and are never a proof of skill, and when it comes to QQ-ing about MMR, it’s the very first argument you have….

" OMG I’m 50+ and I keep being paired with 10s… Fix MMR PLZ"

Dagins.5163:

Arena Net doesn’t ban these players, because many of them are veterans, and banning veterans means decrease in population which is already too low.

I think they’re more like new or bad player coming for easy loots and ranks….

It doesn’t really bother me, I just feel this is…. wrong. I sometimes have the urge to enter these servers and play “normally”, just for trolling purpose.

@Zirith : ……wait….. if you took time to comment this post, you too care about it…. So you’re silly as well ?

Kpz Thief stuck on the roof in Khylo……

#e-sport

@ muscarine : I agree, I just want to be sure that dev aren’t like “oh well, it’s their arena, they can do whatever they want”

@Killthehealersffs : they were full, or almost full (like 18/20)

@RoRo : read my post again.

The function “report this arena for exploit” is really doing something ?
For example, I see the same farm server since Wednesday, it’s still there…

I’ve recently started again to spvp and tpvp after a long pause in WvW…. And wtf I see on the screen ? farm servers ?

Is this allowed ? or pure exploits ?

If it’s allowed, what’s the point of ranks then ? ok, it has never been a proof of skill, but back in the days you could say “well, he is tiger, he must be doing pvp for a long time”. But now even bots can reach dragon -_-

Ok, so when it hits something like a wall or the ground, it disappears ?

Thanks, I didn’t know that

Hi guys !

I’ve noticed something strange with these 2 skills :
If you swap to a kit AND use a skill from this kit while the shield (or the wrench) is still travelling between you and your target, the shield/wrench won’t come back.

This mean, if you’re too fast (apm too high), you’ll get only ONE hit on you target instead of two with this 2 skills…. so you’re wasting half of the skill

Is it a bug or is it intended ?

EDIT : well now I can’t reproduce the “bug” anymore…..

Have you ever seen this thing ? the wrench which disappears ?

Hello darkness, my old friend
I’ve come to talk with you again
….

Blood Red Arachnid.2493:

Engineer: AKA the “ranged guardian”. Grenades can rain destruction and hellfire against zergs, doing both direct damage and condi damage. The engineer’s toolbox means that, no matter what you do, you’ll always have the tools for the job. Stealth? They got it. Blocks/invulnerability? They got it. Fire fields? They got it. Reflects, water fields, movement skills, permanent swiftness, richochet attacks, long range, AoEs, blast finishers, light fields, blind fields, stability, soft CC, hard CC? They have got it. Combine this with potent self buffing abilities, and the engi is a dangerous enemy. You have to worry about retaliation damage, though.

I lol’ed. This is true, but you need at least 9 utility skills to do what you’ve listed…. Ele is far better than Engi in zerg.

First comes the kindness :
It’s a new game, it’s totally normal if there are tons of bugs
Let’s wait and see

Then comes the “good feedback” :
I think this and that might solve this problem…
Let’s open a CDI to discuss about it

If nothing is done, then comes the rage…

I do a lot of roaming in WvW, and after the new patch I think it’s time for to change my classic bomb build.

I’m interested in the runes of aristocracy (aka rune of the noble). condition damage and +might duration (45% for the full set).

My goal is to optimize the might provided by HgH and FT thanks to these runes.
I’m thinking about something like this :
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vcAQJAqalcTp6q1ax+KseRSMqwnDVw+gUk37K6h+p8kB-zUABVhFRjFA-w

Play FT, switch to P/P to use #2#3#4, and the classic HgH to have more might. Kit refinement (I know, nobody use it..) for free burning.

Rune of the aristocracy take long time to obtain, so before farming the dungeon, I want to have your opinions.

Do you think it’s viable in roaming ? or too vulnerable ? Maybe HgH is too much.

OH, my bad.

Last time I checked http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Runes, the link with the page wasn’t created..

Thanks

This post can be deleted now ^^

I’ve discovered in the patch note a bunch of runes which were totally new to me. Like rune of Aristocracy, or Rune of Orr, or Rune of the Forgeman.
I can see them in pvp, but how can I get them for PvE ?

I got a minor rune of aristocracy in pve last time, but it was soulbound. Does it mean I have to be lucky enough to get the 6 superior runes on loots ? I can’t buy them ?

I like how everyone is QQ-ing about Ranger and Engineer being so OP, and when I log in, what can I see ?
Warriors and guardians everywhere….

If they’re so OP, just play with them…

I’m really happy for Augury rock.. They had a hard time last season, and this season isn’t better, but they manage to win vs VZ. Even if Vz isn’t in a good situation, that’s still impressive

Fror.2163:

Now people are trying to settle this issue by forcing people into their language of preference (usually English) as middle-ground. This is bad. People are still comfy in their chair and you are forcing them to make efforts they didn’t have to do and they now don’t want to do. So you should think about those people: why shouldn’t the other people speak their language? Oh, but everybody is making an effort to speak English, isn’t that some middle ground? No, not everybody is making an effort to speak English: Brits are the first amongst those, so they come back to their first question: why should they make any effort as well?

The main thing with the megaserver here isn’t that there is some discussion about what language to use, but rather that such a choice has to be made. ArenaNet is removing something granted for more than 1.5 years.

+100000 You’re my hero

I’m happy with all the comments I see. On another topic (here), people told me “they have to learn english, end of the story”. I’m glad some players here disagree

As for learning English at school :

You’ve learned Mathematics for years at school. Does it mean you feel comfortable with a Banach space ? Not necessarily
You’ve learned Physics for years at school. Does it mean you feel comfortable with Continuum mechanics ? Not necessarily
You’ve learned English for years at school. Does it mean you can speak English fluently or even a basic English without much effort ? Not necessarily

Btw, there is a similar topic on the french forum.
https://forum-fr.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/game/Megaserveur-et-de-ses-cons-quences-sujets-fusionn-s/page/2#post205202

We got an answer from our CM :

Stephane Lo Presti

We are listenning to your feedbacks, and we already are working on some ideas to improve the situation for french players ( german and spanish players as well). We cannot say if or when these changes will be implemented but we are aware of the problem.

Lalangamena.3694:

zergs will still run power hammer train, single roamers will continue to run condi.
people were not too much into zerker meta in WWW anyway, so i dont understand the outcry on www forums, unless they are annoying backstabbing thieves which is OK.

^^ This

Zerg will still be based on damage, don’t worry….

CC Danicia

Mortar: Added a stability skill fact. Fixed a bug that prevented mortar shots from having any effect if they directly hit certain destructible structures.

Ohhhh thank you so much A-net !!
This will definitly solve all the problems listed above… Good job !

anzenketh.3759:

If there is a common courtesy rule for speaking a common language in public should that same common courtesy be followed in map chat on the MegaServer maps? If not why?

A common courtesy rule ?
not really…

It’s better to speak english on international maps such as Megaserver maps or the former overflow maps because coordination is a lot easier. And I often speak english on chat just to avoid the typical clichés about my country -France- (frenchmen go surrender….. blabla…. white flags……).

But you can’t make it a rule… People will still use their native language. Why ?

• Gw 2 is rated Pegi 12. As a consequence, there are probably some 12-years-old players in EU. You can’t expect from them to speak fluently English.
  Even among the older players, speaking English isn’t that common.

• Some puns and play on words are actually a lot better in other languages.

• Because they can.

Engi, Engi
When will those Hobo sacks disappear?
Engi, Engi
Where will it lead us from here?
With no lovin’ in our soul and no gold in our coats
You can’t say we’re satisfied
But Engi, Engi
We can’t say A-net ever tried

Engi, you’re beautiful
But I hate that kit on your back
Engi, I still love you baby
Remember all those nights we played
All the dreams we held so close
Seemed to all go up in smoke
Let me whisper in your ear
Engi, Engi
Where will it lead us from here?

All the dreams we held so close
Seemed to all go up in smoke
Hate that kit on your back
But Engi, I still love you baby
Everywhere I look I see your kits
There ain’t a toon that comes close to you
Come on baby dry your eyes
But Engi, Engi
Ain’t it hard to be ignored
Engi, Engi, we can’t say A-net ever tried

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/engineer/Hobo-Sacks-A-Terrible-Fashion-Statement/first

Thieves lack stability. Try to bump them as much as possible.

For me, shield is the best weapon for an engi vs a thief.

• Refuge ? -> #4 #4 -> bump out of refuge ->no stealth for him
• Condi thief with pistol ? -> #4 before his attack -> all condi on him
  (you have to practise, to get the timer… most thieves wait about 3 sec before attacking)
• Zerk thief ? -> #5 -> stun & block (and then #3 of toolkit if you have it)

Don’t talk too much about Gandara, or they’ll lock this thread … “We do not allow WvW matchup blablabla…”

I agree with the OP. The too late end of cheap transfer ruined this season.

My example would be Augury Rock. It’s basically a silver server with a strong night population, which explains why it stays 8/9th on the ladder. But now they will be stomped for 9 weeks because of these transfers.

Why would you join and PAY for a transfer to a server which will obviously lose all its Mu, when you can have an easy win for free ?

Like : Hey, we’re 9th of the ladder, we haven’t won a Mu against our future opponents for weeks/months, we finished last of the previous season, and you’ll have to pay 2400 gems to join us. But come, we have cookies !

Previews are for me part of a game…

Meanwhile, another livestream, still no subtitles. Again our CM posted something about it, but what’s the point if 80% of the players can’t understand it ?

And I would like to show you another example of this miscommunication: the lags in WvW.
Allie was looking for info about this issue here. I’m sure the problem is the same everywhere, in Na, in Eu, therefore this post didn’t need to be translated. I agree with Dee Jay.2460 on this point.

But guess what ? Now non-english speaking players are complaining about lags
They have no idea that devs are looking for a solution, they don’t know that Allie collected data about it.
I mean, posting something like “It is a known issue that is currently being investigated by our devs” was too hard ?

Jocksy.3415:

AR and Picken in EU are both more or less trying to fall to silver. But picken started 3 weeks ago, while AR just decided this week they didn’t want ti be last of Eu gold league another time…

Guess we will still have an awful long season getting facerolled for the better part of 9 weeks… (gosh… as if 7 weeks was not long enough…)

On a more positive note, glad to see some energy in NA to get in gold!

+1

The gold league in EU is so balanced that there is no hope to win against the top servers. And AR doesn’t want to experience what happened in season 1 : being stomped for weeks.

And now AR and PP try to lose, because they can have a bigger reward in Silver for less effort.

Learning or not another language isn’t the point of my thread.

This game has been sold as being fully translated in french/german/spanish.
There were no small line on the contract that said : “in order to fully enjoy the game, english is required”.

And again, if everyone must learn english to play games (according to you), why did they spend so much money in localization ? Why are there 3 other forums ?
If they’re useless, better remove them, no ?

So why not close all the three other official forums, fire the french/german/spanish teams working for A-net and tell the thousands of players in Eu : “Learn English, noobs !” ?

It was decided that 4 languages would be supported years ago, they must face the consequences now

I don’t ask for a perfect equity between all languages. Of course GW2 is a game created in US, so some things are impossible to do in french, german or spanish. FOr example, translating every red post is impossible, and a “true” CD with a dev is an utopy (devs can’t master all languages, and are already overworked by the english CD).

And what bother me is that every preview/announcement/bonus week-end seems to be advertised ONLY for the english community….

For example, most of my friends discovered the changes of zerk last week, although they were known for months …

And Gw2 isn’t like a typical Korean game. They’ve done so much work to adapt their game to differents languages -they’ve even translated the names of the NPC, and the puns !- that this miscommunication is for me a mess for the localization team work.

Wanze.8410:

GER might be a little different because half of all GW2 copies in the EU have sold in Germany.

Source ?

Anyways, there are 7 ge servers, 5 fr servers and 1 sp server, and all these players buy gems like any other players. So I don’t think money is really a problem.

And, honestly, at least making a summary of a livestream (on the forum) shouldn’t be that expensive..

Thanks for the comment, Vargamonth
You show that the problem isn’t only with the french community, and thus deserve an answer here. As a consequence, I hope this thread won’t be locked like the previous one, under the pretext that it only concerned one community.
The problem is, sadly, bigger than that.