Guild Wars 2

Bubi.5237:

DeceiverX.8361:

Every class except for the warrior has a method of interrupting or disrupting stealth stomping..

Necros? Engis? Rangers (if no npc nearby)? You can’t target a stealthed player and you need a target for the necro/ranger skills.. and engi’s skill has the same behavior as warrior’s (maybe a bit more reliable at longer distances).
Warriors seems to think they’re alone in this department..

Engi’s have the blast knockback and rangers have pets who can either fear the finisher away or taunt them to the pet instead. Necro yah your a little screwed but on average it’s no big deal (and yes I play necro quite a bit before anyone calls me put for not knowing the class lol).

Necrotize.2974:

Not to mention I can tell you first hand that just because your team has 5 mesmers doesn’t mean you’re gonna win.

Glad some people realize this lol. Seen plenty of pvp teams with 3+ Mesmers lose, it is not an instant win lol.

Lol more and more ridiculous threads every day. Ele’s have mist form, engi has elixir S, ranger has signet of stone, guardians and warriors stability, etc etc etc. At least your still able to knockback t/m even in stealth, rather than throwing your skills at a target you can see and having them do nothing. It’s part of the game, always has been, and it’s always been fine so as far as I’m concerned there’s nothing to fix.

-sighs-
Man I’m gonna hate myself when I look at my empty bank later lol. Mind me grabbing those two open slots for my 5th and 6th commissions lol? X3

Lol all the people who hate them always talk like everyone hates them and shares their opinion. Bc human logic, if I don’t like it no one else must like it either. X3

Gonna be lazy here and just quote one of my old posts on this lol. Sadly the only race I ever see being playable is the Tengu (can expand on why if asked) and while it’s a fun idea neither Quaggan or Kodan are really viable. =/

Moonlit.6421:

Aaron Ansari.1604:

Out of curiosity, why they you say the kodan are too much like norn? I’ve heard that several times, but save in height never seen it myself.

One of the main reasons is just like the above said, the two’s stories are just to similar. Also lore wise Norn and Kodan are thought to be related as distant cousins by many scholars, Norn supposedly being a regressed form from a tribe of Kodan lost long ago, which could explain why the Norn are similar in size and why they are so attuned with the spirits and able to transform into beasts, perhaps a lasting remnant of their ancestry.

Moonlit.6421:

Lol another one of these? At least this ones more about what you’d like to see rather than reasons “this or that” should be added lol. Okay lets sift through these by section;

Tengu:
Okay first off lets take a look at the sentient avian race known as the tengu, the most viable option. Note that I say the most viable not because this race is my favorite or even because I want to see them added but because its the most feasible of all the potential races. Unlike many of the other races often suggested Tengu are seen throughout GW1 and GW2, have their own sophisticated version of society, contain classes that include warriors and spellcasters, and are probably the easiest to apply the current armor choices to. They already have a platform from which to go off of in that they’ve sealed themselves off from most other cultures after a rocky history with humans and have recently begun to venture out more now that the elder dragons have risen, helping in the charge against Zhaitan. Despite this they are still rather xenophobic at the moment but their lore is set that they could emerge at any time.

Centaur:
[Insert joke about mounts here]. Lol that aside the centaur race will likely never come to pass for a number of reasons. For one overall they are a belligerent race with a fierce hatred for humans after years of war and enslavement and much of the race now fights fiercely in an effort to reclaim the land lost to the humans. As of recently with Jormag awakening and pushing other races out even further the centaurs have also come into contact with the norn and the results were as expected, they soon started fighting as well. I will say that there are peaceful tribes of Centaurs as well and that in many ways they are similar to the charr who also had a fierce hate for humans however I still don’t see it happening, especially with what they’d have to do to armor to make it work.

Largos:
Everyone seems to want these lol and I get it, the mysterious underwater assassin idea is a cool one, but I don’t see this happening either. For one Largos are by nature secretive and “don’t play well with others,” (such as the one in the Brisban Wildlands who was hunting a party of sylvari for sport). While I admit the underwater dragon does have an effect on them and some new features for aquatic fighting would be nice we’ve literally seen like a dozen of them throughout the entire game, that’s hardly enough to base an entire playable race off of. I know it may seem sad to hear but they just don’t fit with the lore and are perfect where they at now, a minor race that has its own cool flair. Besides, could you imagine the armor clipping with those wings? >u>

Quaggan:
Gonna give people the benefit of the doubt and hope this is a joke lol. Quaggans….yes their cute, they waddle, and they’d look amazing wearing a quaggan backpack….but that’s all they got going for them. For one their more tribal based than society, and you can hardly define the “warriors” they have as classes, heck their more like the “town watch” of modern day times, ready to rush at things with slightly pointy sticks and prolly get the living heck beat out of em. Some of them wont even fight back as their being kidnapped or killed. I know its a fun idea but lets keep it at that, an idea lol. ;3

Skritt:
Another joke I hope lol. I mean look at these guys, you gotta have like 4-5 of them in one place to do even the most basic of tasks lol. At best your guy would rush into battle and then the enemy would use its “counter” and throw a bunch of silver on the ground to distract you and kill you while your charrie was busy collecting “shinies.”

Kodan:
I will admit this is a fun idea and I can appreciate the sentiment but these guys are just far to close to norn to be considered truly viable for a new playable race. Not to mention the struggle to make armor fit on them and (not sure would like verification on this) do they even have spellcasters or is it an entirely physical based society?

Naga:
Gotta say, this is my favorite one that I’ve seen as of yet lol. Its out of the box, not something you see very much, and took the time to specify naga, not krait or forgotten. Honestly in GW1 I could have seen this happening, back before Shiro’s great wail turned all but a few dozen of them into jade and they were friendly with the humans. Now however they have been bred with a fierce hate for humans and have pursued conflict in an effort to get revenge over how they perceived themselves to be wronged. Quite a shame considering I’d love to see how armor would appear on them.

lol long post X3

The luv I feel for that picture is real <3

Lol personally I find stuff like this hilarious. I love these guys who send hate messages then insta block, or the ones who yell at their team for losing yet have the least points, and oh lets not forget the ones who call you scrubs or trash….after you just killed them. X3
It’s nice to be loved but it’s fun to be hated lol. I don’t care what anyone says about me or my play style this is a game and I’m here to have fun so as far as haters are concerned my advice is to either deal with it or get out of dodge because you better believe I’m going to enjoy coming after you once you start something.

-quietly sets up a tent at the door and fluffs pillow-
If dis ever reopen’s, gonna be first in line. >u>

Lol are you closer now then? Starting to feel like I’m not getting my ranger but just wanted to check just in case ^^"

Random.4691:

Now I know all the mesmer kiddies are going to come screaming and stomping their feet but, it’s about balancing the game so it’s enjoyable for everyone, not so it’s enjoyable for 1 class.

Actually there have been quite a few Mesmers since the patch on the Mesmer forums requesting nerfs so that the other classes would quit whining about how they were actually losing to Mesmers now lol.
And are most of these nerf threads really about balancing the game? Some are constructive I concede but many seem to be people who keep losing without adapting their build and then come on the forums to rage. Personally I’m all for balance but I dislike it when I see people who basically say they don’t like that class ____ can do ____ and want it nerfed because of it. =/

Because just because some people define them as “needed” doesn’t mean their right and there’s many varying opinions lol, as much forum discussion has shown.

Notsoperky.4291:

Is it is, most of the above suggestions would involve getting out of combat, fiddling around with stats and build and then starting the mesmer hunt- none of which rewards anything much other than plenty of frustration unless at least 3 others are around to help kill the revealed mesmer before he disappears again. Then when your done, swapping back to a sensible build and carrying on.

For me personally I’ve never really considered rewards in wvw, I think of it as more of a pride thing. I main Mesmer for instance, always have, so I pride myself on good sweeps and being able to find and flush out other Mesmers, considering it my own folly if a tower or keep I participated in sweeping still has a living Mesmer inside when I leave. In all honesty though there’s a number of things in wvw that aren’t exactly rewarding in the monetary sense. Defense for example is one of my favorite things, and I’ll spend the time and money running yaks, starting upgrades, building and refreshing siege, all often by myself and by the end of the day be in the hole a good few gold but the reward for me comes when the enemy tries to take the tower and fails,mi find it satisfying lol.

A lot of people sadly don’t consider sweeping a serious thing and therefore haven’t made much of an effort to familiarize themselves with the spots which is one reason people consider it a problem. (Not that I particularly mind because I am a portal Mesmer lol)

Zephyra.4709:

Just some tips since people seem to have left their brains switched off…

• Ranger has access to “Sic Em” – it applies Revealed
• Engineer trait has access to Revealed debuff via traits
• Stealth Disruptor Trap exists. Start using it. But first, start using your brains.
• Most PU Mesmers don’t carry much condi-cleanse, or only have 1, therefore they are weak against conditions. Immobilize them to set up a burst, CC them etc… preferably AFTER you’ve applied Revealed to them to make it easier.
• Trapper builds via thief/ranger work well against a stealthed mesmer
• Turn your sound up/on; you can hear the enemy Mesmer’s skills (stealth) going on/off CD and may help you distinguish where exactly they are

Seriously guys, get it together.

Glad to see that not everyone just see’s a Mesmer go into stealth and gives up instead of tracking them down and killing them. I mean really it’s not exactly hard to do. By now most people are aware of the general hiding places and while some mesmers have more tricks up their sleeves than others if you have a good sweeping team it’s not hard to distinguish where they might be. The best sweeping team I’ve seen thus far was a 4 man guild group consisting of a thief, engi, Mesmer, and ranger. Mesmer knew the spots, engi and ranger would reveal, then they’d burst you down. If people are actually serious about sweeping and do more than just glance around there’d be a lot less to worry about.

I have seen some rather cool light armor on charrs though I’ve never tried my hand at making a Mesmer charr (my two mesmer a are sylvari/asura). I do have a charr necro though whose look I adore. <3

His armor includes:
Magnus Shroud
Arah Shoulders
Arah Chest
Arah Gloves
Twilight arbor pants
Citadel of flame boots

That…was longer than I’d though…. ^^"

randolfcarter.6742:

TexZero.7910:

randolfcarter.6742:

and to get to another point i do often add the low level to my friends list just to see what their score is and more often than not i find they are below 4k.

There’s not even 4k ap for PvP achievements alone….so what you’re saying is the person you’ve deemed unworthy likely only PvPs.

Congrats on making the absurd statement relating AP to skill.

Also, they will never lock off PvP by level. It just wont happen as its entire design is such that anyone can join.

not really absurd. just because you may be good at one class does not mean you will be good at another. each class and pvp build must be learned to fight properly. this isn’t a hard concept to understand. only novice’s take this fact for granted.

The person you quoted didn’t say it was absurd to think someone’s good on all classes they said it was absurd to judge people, especially in pvp, based on achievement points and honestly it is, they mean virtually nothing. There’s plenty of ppl who don’t go around farming for points and have low points yet can still beat the heck out of people way higher than them. Heck aside from a few monthkittenus I’ve played this game since it first came out, came straight from GW1, and right now my highest map comp on a character is 18% and I don’t even have 5k AP lol yet that doesn’t stop me from going straight to pvp every day and killing people. Points don’t really matter lol, skill is what counts.

As for the level thing, gonna say that overall this doesn’t matter much either. Me personally when I make a new character I use tomes to level so until I get enough to level them to 80 they are going to be low. It does not make you a worse player lol. I have a necro and a Mesmer both level 11 but I also have a level 80 for both as well so being on my 11 guy doesn’t make me any worse of a player lol. I personally just like having alts because I’m to lazy to switch builds and I enjoy designing new looks lol. Point being if your going to judge someone, do it by their skill not by their points, levels, or whatever other stupid reason ppl might think of lol.

Zerothousand.3089:

Moonlit.6421:

I’ve never really had trouble with que times but I mean, nothing says you have to stand in one place watching the clock. There may not be much but you can find a few fun things to do. I’ve had coordinated dance offs with random asurans before, jumped off every spot in the mist till I found a way to die at the bottom and not be force warped back, panhandled as a Quaggan (which actually lead to another Quaggan guild being formed with random ppl lol), etc. Not to mention you can always just do productive stuff like watch the market, sell or organize your inventory, practice on NPC’s, etc. It’s not that bad

i…i cant tell if you are being sarcastic.

Nope entirely serious. There’s fun to be had, one only needs to look for it. ^^

I’ve never really had trouble with que times but I mean, nothing says you have to stand in one place watching the clock. There may not be much but you can find a few fun things to do. I’ve had coordinated dance offs with random asurans before, jumped off every spot in the mist till I found a way to die at the bottom and not be force warped back, panhandled as a Quaggan (which actually lead to another Quaggan guild being formed with random ppl lol), etc. Not to mention you can always just do productive stuff like watch the market, sell or organize your inventory, practice on NPC’s, etc. It’s not that bad

It only cost 300 gems which is a relatively cheap cost compared to most gemstone items and I’m guessing you’ve had it at least a year and by your post I’d also guess you’ve been using it quite a bit and it’s still technically usable as it hasn’t been disabled so personally I’d think you got your money’s worth out of it and that it’s fulfilled its purpose but considering ANET is normally rather nice with their service they’ll probably give you a refund anyways.

I think it could be really fun if it was a temporary thing that only happened every so often, that way if you needed something one the map but didn’t wish to participate you could just go in after the event was over. As for the branded event…..I can’t believe I missed that! T^T

Daroon.1736:

Actually I like your reasons too, but your wrong about the ‘my mode’ thing.
I too hate queuing, so seldom play un-ranked or ranked.

What I don’t see though when I play hotjoin, is the chill atmosphere you describe. What I see instead is the vast majority if players abusing the fact that they can choose or change sides for the whole duration of a match, quit without being penalized and sit in the queue and wait for an autobalance to join the winning side, with the root of these problems being (mainly) the professional win dailies.

I can agree with you on some of that. Every day I see people abusing the system whether it be just leaving your team or waiting until auto balance forces a switch and then joining the winning side, it’s far from rare sadly. Honestly I find it rather disappointing just because I pvp for fun so I dislike it when I see people so desperate for a win they’ll try and take advantage of things. Me personally I couldn’t care less about winning, and every time I join a match that’s already started if possible I join the losing team just because all I want to do is fight and enjoy myself and I see no reason to screw over the losing team even more so when I can just as easily fight for the losing team. The rewards are nice and the finishers cool but I’m not going to farm wins just get to more, I don’t mind slower progress as long as I can still fight an have fun whenever I want. As for dailies honestly, I don’t so them either lol. The only time I do any kind of dailies in pvp are when they just happen to be on he profession I feel like playing. ^^" While most of the pvp community don’t seem to share this sentiment I’ll agree, one reason I love hotjoin is because every so often you’ll meet someone else there to have a good time and you get the chance to fight and play with them more after the match and I find it enjoyable.

Daroon.1736:

Stebene.9275:

No removal! If you remove the rewards, it’s possible that PvP will be flooded with players that only go for the daily rewards which would make it even worse.

This seems to be a fair summary of the only main argument against removing rewards from Hotjoin and it is completely flawed.

Unranked and Ranked have matchmaking applied to them – the flood of players (if it happened) that everyone seems so concerned about, would have have very low MMR’s and would only end up playing each other. Anyone who has played unranked or ranked would be entirely unaffected as their MMR’s would be much higher.

Actually I rather liked my reasons.

No. For one I find it extremely boring to sit in the lobby and wait for a que in ranked or unranked by myself knowing I could likely be fighting a premade group. And no I’m not complaining about premades, I’m okay with them I just don’t fancy the idea of fighting them when I qued alone. Secondly I like hotjoin, it’s more fun to me. I like getting to play matches with the same people and getting a chance to chat, I like the more chill atmosphere, I like instantly being able to join. It’s just more fun to me and I don’t mind getting less reward because I enjoy it more anyways. Leave it like it is, people will play what they want to play lol.

Now see to me a fair summary of your main argument is that your upset more people don’t like your preferred game mode and since there’s a good amount of people that play hotjoin and enjoy it you think you can make your mode better by forcing hotjoin players to que up and join un/ranked games. This is a game, everyone gets fun out of it in their own way and I don’t want to nor will I be forced to play a game the way someone else wants me to just because they aren’t happy enough with their own form of play. If you want to do ranked and never go into hotjoin fine, that’s your decision, but please leave my game mode alone if you don’t like it then, thank you.

Lol people need to get their ego boost from somewhere. One of my favorites is when people tell you that you suck and need to learn to play….after you just killed them. I honestly love it when I pvp and someone rages at me because it means that I made some random person mad irl over a game which I find hilarious. X3

They are wonderful! <3
I’ll send the gold your way as soon as I can get on! ^^

For all the people haying its a stupid idea and you liked the current faces good for you, now go back and actually read the original post. The OP never said they wanted the current faces removed or replaced, they just asked for more variety. I personally like the sylvari direction, just not how it was taken. I’d love for more plant or forest themed faces and ideas, I would, but not like the ones we have now. Overall most of the sylvari faces but like one or two I just cannot love no matter how I customize or imagine them, they just don’t look good in my opinion and I’m sure if there were statistics showing usages some are dramatically underused. Some people still like them though, so no need to trash them, but some more options would be nice.

No. For one I find it extremely boring to sit in the lobby and wait for a que in ranked or unranked by myself knowing I could likely be fighting a premade group. And no I’m not complaining about premades, I’m okay with them I just don’t fancy the idea of fighting them when I qued alone. Secondly I like hotjoin, it’s more fun to me. I like getting to play matches with the same people and getting a chance to chat, I like the more chill atmosphere, I like instantly being able to join. It’s just more fun to me and I don’t mind getting less reward because I enjoy it more anyways. Leave it like it is, people will play what they want to play lol.

Lol I was thinking bout getting another then I saw my little sylvari necro Dagdar as an example an it hooked me all over again. X3

I’d like two this time, both full bodied with colored and shading for my asura Mesmer and charr necro. <3

http://moonlit101.deviantart.com/art/Gw463-552615851
http://moonlit101.deviantart.com/art/Gw465-552615861?ga_submit_new=10%253A1439177000

Lol I don’t see where so many people already think chronomancer is so powerful and great. So far I have seen 1 person die to a chronomancer outside of being outnumbered and it was a revenant who was literally dumb enough to stand inside the gravity well. If your already having this much of a problem with chrono than your either fighting high tier mesmers who really know their class and have been waiting for this to try it out or you really need to evaluate yourself in pvp and do some hard training or give up an head over to pve. Not much else to say =/

SchmendrickTheMagician.8247:

No. Instead just let us play the game AGAIN while waiting for a queue, like we used to before the first feature patch. Also let us hotjoin while waiting.

Then won’t you just have people upset in hotjoin when their winning and suddenly a part of their teams que is up and they vanish lol?

uhohhotdog.3598:

How about not taking the game so seriously? It’s just a weekend beta.

Best post in this thread. +1

Now if only commissions were open. </3
One day…. -stares off into the distance hopefully-

I will wait for dis >:3

Blackmoon.6837:

How about some finishers for each profession type? Also hopefully with the default color themes.

I would definitely like to see more finishers but we do have some of these to an extent, such as the Grenth or grave finisher for necro’s, specter for thieves, watchwork engi, etc.

Zanshin.5379:

Missing this greatsword:

That’s one of my favorite Greatswords in the game lol, almost all of my characters are dark themed so it’s looks perfect with them, can’t wait to use it on necro to. <3

I would think that since much of the char society is based on strength and fighting that farmers would be gladiums who don’t have a warband yet still have to contribute.

I personally get my reward from stomping other players lol, but I just play pvp for the fun. Besides of they just randomly added the holiday tracks outside of their own zone it wouldn’t really make sense. Not to mention people would probably complain about being blindsided or not knowing it was going on and missing out on it.

I’ve seen it once or twice, really depends on what kind of lobby you get with the reaction. Personally I’ve never RP’ed inside guild wars but if I see it I don’t mind and I’ll normally take up for people if someone else goes after them for no reason. Best of luck to yah~

As much as I like the idea I think it would only be able to be implemented with a select few items such as the glints mask or Magnus eye patch and even then some of those could clip with other items such as masks or full helmets so I doubt they’d go through all the trouble for just a few skin combinations. It’s a cool idea but sadly one I just don’t see being implemented. =/

Sorry to bother if there’s already a similar thread (the search function hates me >>) but had a quick questions for some of the veteran guardians on here. I’ve noticed recently since the big patch that there have been a few more guardians running around using spirit weapons now in pvp and most of them have been fairly decent so I was wondering if there was some reason for this. Similar to how minion master is now a good build for necro’s are spirit weapons now applicable in pvp for guardians? I’ve never really been able to get the hang of the profession so I’ll admit when I saw this it made me kind of curious. Are spirit weapons viable now? And if so does anyone have a good build for one because it seems like something that could be fun lol.

~Thanks

style.6173:

The issue with mesmer are broader than PU. Stop defending a broken class.

Stop trying to nerf a class you fail to understand then. Then you’ll both be even.~

I’ll admit that so far I have seen a lot more mesmers on pvp lately but I’ve also noticed something else lately. In my personal experience, the team with 3 mesmers has almost always lost. It’s very rare for me personally to see a team made mainly of mesmers win.

As for portal I can sympathize with what your saying in pvp but as a main Mesmer in WvW who specializes in hiding in enemy towers and keeps I’d really not like portal to be nerfed lol, I kinda need it to work good. X3

Hope so lol, one of the skins I need is only sold during this event plus it’s my favorite of all the special events. <3

Braxton.3926:

I’m going for it.

Yay, welcome back to the family!

Wonder if this guys actually leaving or if we’ll see another one of these in a month or two….

Meh bai either way!

-sniffles-
D-does this mean…n-no commissions? T^T

DeWolfe.2174:

Yes, I know the bug is annoying. I spent most of the week whispering those using it to stop, no matter what side they were on. Though organizing a map wide “gentlemen’s agreement” has been my own fool’s errand. They’ll always be a few using it so it’s just easier to get everyone using it. Until reset, I’m simply choosing to look at it now as an extension of using food and oil. It’s a part of this weeks Meta and it would be much more fun if we all tried to adapt to it and move on.

btw, the only players whom lost there preferred play styles was a builder like myself. As there is no WP’ing a keep, no matter how hard I’ve tried. So I’m running around an open fielding instead. It’s one week, I can adapt and still have fun in ts with everyone.

Your posts are probably some if the best I’ve seen regarding the event, glad some positive people still come on forums. I’m glad to see there are other people who can stand to adapt for a week and enjoy GW2 for what it really is, a game meant for fun.

Sorry for the long delay! IRL been busy. X<
Here’s my screens though.

Millium [Mesmer]
http://moonlit101.deviantart.com/art/Gw343-548009773

Dagdar Corvid [Necromancer]
http://moonlit101.deviantart.com/art/Gw357-548009784

Sculrag Doomforge [Engineer]
http://moonlit101.deviantart.com/art/Gw409-548009795

Tavoron [Ranger]
http://moonlit101.deviantart.com/art/Gw410-548009805

Caine Hawthorne [Thief]
http://moonlit101.deviantart.com/art/Gw411-548009821

Sunflowers.1729:

3) Sword – as a main hand weapon – means there’s a 3rd choice between scepter and dagger. And it has more skills too, although 4 of them would just be the auto attack.

Quick question since I sadly haven’t gotten to play ele much but can ele’s really complain about lack of skills? I mean even an offhand weapon technically gives an ele 8 new skills due to attunement changes right not to mention the new mechanics? Or is there another reason?

yhvh.8703:

It’s actually funny seeing people reacting to this weapon with “I quit the game!” without even knowing what the hell the elite spec does and how it does. I’m actually very hyped because anet can pull out an amazing spec based on the most bland weapon. Of course I might be wrong, yeah, but why don’t we wait until the end of the week so we can ACTUALLY SEE what is coming for Elementalists?

If I remember correctly mesmer players were just like this with the incoming shield “Wth, sheild no mh pistol!?”, yet after the reveal apparently the Chronomancer is one of the most hyped elite specs.

First of all, love your view on this glad to see a few positive people still here lol.

As for Mesmer that was only a small fraction of the community, a lot of Mesmers being ecstatic that the Chronomancer they’d waited for, for so long was finally here lol. (As a main Mesmer since beta I was one of those ecstatic people lol ;3)

Regarding this thread I’m kind of confused as to why everyone’s upset to be honest. I mean my only reason for disappointment when I saw this was I dislike warhorn skins in general but I’m still curious about what will happen. Why is everyone already prepared to give up before they even know what’s happening? (And why does every class on forums seem to think they’re in a bad place lol). Another hong I saw that I’m honestly curious about is that elementalists need more melee but I mean aren’t ele’s supposed to be spellcasters first anyways? I’m honestly curious here so I’d appreciate serious responses and not just sarcastic or thinly veiled insults (which are all to common >>) thanks.