Yes.
I play a lot of matches that are close, a lot like 400’s vs 500, sometimes less then 10 pts difference.
Also, on my warrior its so, ‘balanced’ that in solo q my record goes like this WLWLWLWLWLWLWLWL etc…which shows you just how good the matchmaking system is now.
The only time it alters from that is when you play at strange hours like 3am in the morning for example…then you can have completely lobsided matchups but that’s because the pool of players to matchup vs is too small. This could be your problem?
Yea, no new patch till 21st Jan, so a long time to wait for account bound wxp, sadly…
Was so hoping account bound wxp and new WvW map would be introduced this patch.
NO!
I play WvW and PvP. I am very happy with the current set up, thanks.
If they ever did this or try to balance WvW, I would probably stop playing WvW all together and so would loads and loads of other players.
The stat difference of Ascended armour vs Exotic armour is tiny, miniscule. In fact anyone who bothers crafting it, basically just wasted there time and money for a truly pathetic increase in your stats!
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Don’t see a problem, you still only need to do 4 and all the old ones are still there…
Just giving achievement point hunters the chance to aquire more and become no. 1 achievement hunter, well burning off those who can’t handle more achievement points.
Its all good and very, very funny…lol
Anyone else noticed achievement point hunters rage so much, driving them mad endless farming out those achievement points everyday..lol
The stat increase on Ascended vs Exotic armour is so tiny, miniscule that you would be MADDER, than MAD MAC MACONTISH of CLAN MADNESS who lives on MAD island to craft/spend any money to get it.
Basically everyone can pretty much ignore/pretend it does not exist unless you get it as an RNG drop, in which case its a tiny bonus.
I really like them…
It was always in the back of my mind that I was losing out gold/rewards wise by playing PvP now I am not losing out as much…
Still need to make further changes on rewards, like luck, its a joke at the moment how little luck you get compared to PvE.
Is China sending you to the moon? Or India to Mars?
Don’t you go telling me there are places on planet Earth with no internet access…shudders…
So many living story updates missed…oh well not all bad then!
This is a pure quality of life item and I have no problems with it…
Everyone can store 250 of everything for free. Now you can pay/support GW2 and store 1,000 of everything.
Don’t see a problem here…
Also, to those saying this should be free, you are aware that most countries nowadays are capitalist economys and not communist…right? Also, wages/running costs after be paid every week?
Had 100’s of rank chests and only had rares and greens. Seem to get 1 rare for every 20 greens, so 5% chance of rare?
Good to know it is a possibility…however remote…probably have all 8 characters with Legendarys though before my 1st ascended drop.
How can people say condition damage is out of control when direct crit damage does 5K -10K+ in a few secs?
Thiefs, Warriors and Mesmers can fairly easily lay down that kind of damage.
Direct crit damage kills you fast.
Condition damage kills you slow.
Isn’t it silly and pointless rating the classes before the balance patch and the effect of 8 new healing skills?
The meta’s going to be mixed up quite a bit and probably only after a week will we have a good idea which classes are the winners and which are the losers.
Honestly, conditions have never bothered me much in WvW…
As long as you make sure you have some decent condition removal then I am generally fine, if ever I feel that’s not enough (which is rare), then I use the reduce condition duration food.
I would still say in WvW, direct crit damage kills 70-80% of enemy players not conditions.
I think the problem is too many players want to max there damage output and have few if any defensive capabilities.
I can only assume that you don’t duel/roam, as the condition meta (and it is a meta) is so obvious at small scale.
Only roam on my thief, who again does not have a problem…
Play spvp a lot as well and don’t have problems with conditions there as well (play warrior/guardian/engineer mainly in spvp), of course spvp is a far more balanced area.
Honestly, conditions have never bothered me much in WvW…
As long as you make sure you have some decent condition removal then I am generally fine, if ever I feel that’s not enough (which is rare), then I use the reduce condition duration food.
I would still say in WvW, direct crit damage kills 70-80% of enemy players not conditions.
I think the problem is too many players want to max there damage output and have few if any defensive capabilities.
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Hi welcome to GW2…
Firstly I love Diablo as well, played them all and liked D3. Howerver, GW2 is a far, far better game even more so than the awesome D2/D1. So stick with it, it really is good but has more depth and its like discovering layer, after layer. My gameplay is so different from 18 months ago when I started playing GW2. By the way D3 played 500 hrs, GW2 2000+ and I am still enjoying it!
Firstly about choosing your name, you can have any name you want/like, the trick is if its taken, put a title in front of it. For example, I wanted my Charr Warrior to be called Sarak but obviously taken, I then tried Waylander but also taken, so then I tried Sarak Waylander, bingo it let me have that. Same with Goldmoon for my guardian, taken but Lady Goldmoon okay.
Secondly, try to find a friend or 2 or a join a good guild, they can show you the ropes and save you from loads of obvious mistakes.
What server are you on? You can transfer servers btw for free at start by deleting all your characters, useful to know at the beginning. Best get on a server you want to be on before you invest time/effort in you characters.
WvW is not mean’t to be ‘balanced’ in any way…
Its really small scale warfare 5-100 player groups vs 5-100 player groups, with solo roamers.
Just like the ‘real world wars’ it is not balanced at all. In the real world wars are won by the side with most industrial capacity, ie…produce more weapons than opponents, better technology, better co-ordinated, better use of logistics and best communication.
WvW reflects that very well.
The only part of GW2 which should be balanced is sPvP, there is no need at all to balance WvW or PvE.
Feedback for Anet so far:-
Yes: 45 (60%)
No: 30 (40%)
Players who mainly do WvW seem to view it as a nice bonus and get 70-90% of the achievements by playing normally.
Other players who don’t normally do a lot of WvW seem most disappointed.
1 out of 50.
2 problems
1. Could not actually get in EB for first 2 weeks.
2. When I did get in EB, everyone avoided the mercenary camps because of the spore events.
Zommoros appears on many different worlds, on one is alternative name is Scrooge and known to say, “Bah! Humbug”
why is the new new glory vendor OP ?
sorry i did not tune into the live stream
Where is the new glory vendor?
I asked in game and was told to read patch notes but there are no patch notes…
I think its improved overall…
But they have wasted a lot of time better spent elsewhere with the Living Story and loads of temporary content.
The, ‘no expansion’ thing has cost them loads and loads of $’s as well.
Good news with 3x the normal rank points in solo queue and hopefully more good news if the ranks are staying! Now I know what to do today.
Bit confused though, have the money rewards, new vendor been added or is that on 10th Dec or later?
Grawl jumping puzzle in Diessa Plateau.
I leave my Asura there most of the time and just kill the veteran grawl and open the grand chest.
Also, he can stay there and go play WvW or do the WvW JP’s as well, without changing locations in PvE.
Feedback for Anet so far:-
Yes: 20 (59%)
No: 14 (41%)
Majority seem happy with achievements and rewards so far, considering it a bonus for what they would normally do in WvW anyway.
I would like more trait points to spend…80-90 instead of 70 would be awesome and new weapons to unlock would be good.
So if we got those with a level increase to 90 or 100 then great.
Been sitting on all 8 classes at level 80 for ages now, so would like to gain some more levels…
Lets say in the new year Season 2 of WvW is announced, similar achievements earning a key which unlocks a chest at the end of 7 weeks. Again Anet keep the rewards TOP SECRET.
Would you do the achievements to get the key/rewards?
Yes or No?
Me personally…No.
Feedback for Anet so far:-
Yes: 45 (60%)
No: 30 (40%)
Players who mainly do WvW seem to view it as a nice bonus and get 70-90% of the achievements by playing normally.
Other players who don’t normally do a lot of WvW seem most disappointed.
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Yea, I am not bothering with WvW again this week, same matchups week after week is boring…no real competitive element anymore as well…so pointless…
Will do fractals/dungeons/wintersday stuff instead…
The only good reward was the mini dolyak…everything else was rubbish, even the finisher which has limited uses…so don’t stress about it. In all likelihood you spent your time for more productively than grinding out achievements.
Doing the achievements, mainly the dolyak/guards one probably took 40 hours for rewards that you could get in 1 hour doing dungeons, fractals, world bosses or champion train.
So any player who spent 40 hours doing those instead of WvW is 40 times richer in GW2.
Such a HUGE disparity in rewards.
Why is WvW not at all rewarding?
Doing the achievements, mainly the dolyak/guards one probably took 40 hours for rewards that you could get in 1 hour doing dungeons, fractals, world bosses or champion train.
So any player who spent 40 hours doing those instead of WvW is 40 times richer in GW2.
Such a HUGE disparity in rewards.
Why is WvW not at all rewarding?
Jt 2nd in EU gold league:
8 greens
3 yellows
1 taste of liquid wxp
mini dolyak
100 dragonite ore
100 empyreal fragments
5 scrolls of knowledge
9 tomes of knowledge
500 luck
Disappointed…thought we may have got a few exotics at least…
Well done Vizunah Square undisputed number 1 Europeon server.
Good at all aspects of WvW, attacking, defending, controlling supply, using pugs, diplomacy and manipulating other servers.
Masters of WvW in Europe.
I hope they have a office party instead…
All sensible players will understand them missing a update and enjoying the hols…
I have 8 level 80’s and the number that will have ascended weapons/armour, with the current situation is exactly ZERO…
If nothing changes in 2014, regarding ascended weapons/ armour, then unless I have extreme luck, 1 in a 1,000,000 chance with a drop, then I expect by the end of next year I will still have zero characters with ascended weapons/armour.
I am hopeful of getting all 8 characters with full ascended trinkets, Amulet, 2 Rings, 2 Accessorys. I may also be able to manage 8 ascended back pieces as well. Would love ascended aqua breathers but do they actually exist?
Btw…since I am unlikely to ever get a ascended weapon/armour can Anet make ascended materials sellable on the Trading Post, otherwise they are useless to me. Equivilant to zero reward atm…
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New utility skills/traits coming in 2014…
Not sure about new weapons/weapon skills…
Give them time, a chance, they have done healing skills first. Probably a new utility skill for each profession next…
My favourites in order are:-
1) Kasmeer
2) Marjory
3) Frostbite
4) Braham
5) Rox
6) Kiel
All the others are totally forgettable or totally annoying…
Its not difficult at all to get back into the swing of GW2…just start following the latest Living Story and set your own goals.
There has been loads of new stuff btw…its just 70%+ of it was temporary for 2 weeks only, so sadly you have missed it, with no chance of ever doing it.
You can read here on all the stuff you missed the past year or so:-
Worst trait – Reanimator for the Necro.
A sick rat spawns after you kill someone and then coughs until it dies at your feet… then your character proceeds to mourn the loss off said rat.
It would be hilarious if it wasn’t a compulsory minor trait.
Its actually useful if used with the trait that leaves a mark/well when a minion dies…constant free marks/well…
Also, great for condition removal when you trait the one that transfers conditions 1 every 10 secs is it to your minions from yourself, they die even faster…
Just after take advantage of there constant dieing, which is what a necro is about surely?
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3) I’ve pitched the idea internally of having two MMRs, one account bound and the other per profession. Does any one have an opinion on this?
I would love this…
Currently, I am terrible at playing Elementalist, so I won’t ever play that class in sPvP, my Ele having her own MMR could let me play that class in sPvP.
What happens to PvP glory boosters?
I have 100’s of those, what happens to them after glory is removed from the game?
Will we be getting new and more difficult content?
This is the major flaw in raising stats and ever increasing numbers in games nowadays…its just a huge CON and more and more players know this.
So your stats increase by a 100, well guess what Anet or any other developer increase your foes stats by a 100+. So effectively that new armour you spent 100’s of hours grinding was just a big waste of your time…
Plus any players who don’t keep up get left out in the cold and give up the game/move on to another.
The constantly increasing stats and ever bigger numbers is a discredited con trick in gaming and its days are numbered…
Fortunately, Anet seem to have come to this conclusion as well, with them indicating future character progression will come via more/new skills/traits.
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This threads pointless…
It will just degenerate into trolling and a mod will close it…again…
Better not having a thread…
Nothing positive in a Viz/SFR/Piken matchup.
I think ALL players on all 3 servers should lose out on ALL league rewards. This may teach everyone a lesson in respect towards each another.
Remember ride the lightning for Eles?
Oh yeah, not used that skill since it was nerfed…
Joined Ranger shortbow when they nerfed that and all quickness skills when they nerfed and lots more skills they have nerfed…
What are we nerfing/throwing on the GW2 trash heap now?
It’s comments like these which lead MMOs to being total faceroll fests that require no skill and all grind.
Hard content is a good thing in games people……I promise.
Hard content is good…
But not at the beginning…its very unfair on new players and can put them off the game. The starting zones should be very easy to easy, to allow newcomers to find there feet…
I really wanted the original flamekissed light armour for my Norn Ele, not going to happen now I guess…
Can’t believe Anet folded on this…
I bet the re-designed flamekissed light armour will suck and not be to my tastes…
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I bought 25 transmutation crystals…Anet must make a bomb on those…its so restrictive needing them anytime you want to change your characters look…
Why don’t you post you own LFG, clearly stating its your 1st Arah run?
Doing it around primetime, it should fill up and you won’t get kicked cause everyone knows the score…
I enjoy using the LFG tool…so easy to find a group now.
4/10
Mainly due to loads and loads of bugs! Making it very hard to play!
The Tower on the other hand 8.5/10…
Different design teams…so that’s why content goes good, bad, indifferent…also no quality control…
Well some bugs have been fixed and I like the 3 new fractals, so changing it to 7.5/10 for this update, it really helps with the positive when I can actually play it…
No its not a expansion or any where near…
No new character classes
Only 1 new skill
Only 1 new zone and that does not feel as complete/well put together as all the other zones
No new dragons
Perhaps the best quality content we have had so far that is worthy of a expansion is Fractals
The LS does not give us ‘meaty’ content like you associate with a proper expansion…
I think ascended armour will be Anets gift of xmas to us…
You won’t be able to unwrap your present until the end of January because that’s how long you will after grind your kitten off 24/7 to get a full armour set…it will also cost you a arm and a leg…which is good because that’s 2 armour pieces you won’t need!