Guild Wars 2

Indeed keeping things civil is important for discussion.

There will be costs associated with adding features to the game.
To say it would greatly increase the costs of Solo-Q is an assumption. It easily could be a minimal cost to add this functionality. For now I’m going to leave this as there is no way to determine with accuracy the costs for ANET to do this.

For Solo Queue – If implemented would allow for greater coordination. As stated previously. To expect your solo queue team to do the following:

a. Have VoiP
b. Have the correct Application
c. Have the time to connect to the VoiP server

Having this expectation can be disheartening. I doubt it would work out often.

For Team Queue – This would put randoms in a better position to fight off pre-mades. Optimally solo-queuer’s will not be paired up with Team Queue but that is for another discussion.

I see adding VoiP as beneficial for the whole game, but primarily for sPvP.
Our voice is one of our greatest assets. I would love to be able to employ it in sPvP.

Indeed, as long as there is a mute option or an option not to use it, then it wouldn’t have a negative impact on those who don’t want to use it. They could simply choose not to.

pdavis.8031:

But if they aren’t using them now, there is no reason they are going to start using them if it was added in-game.

There are many players who would use this if it was added in game.

pdavis.8031:

I don’t see any reason to add it in-game.

It would encourage more players to use voice communications.

At worst it would cause lag issues, more player rage because player Y wasn’t using the voice comms and thats why the team lost, etc.

It could create lag, but then almost anything added to the game could and it’s just as possible this could be added w/o any negative performance on the game.

Some players will rage because of anything though. I don’t think potential rage is a valid argument against this. I am open to discussion on it though.

pdavis.8031:

No. If you want players to use existing methods, educate them on the importance of using voice coms, but it doesn’t need to be added in-game.

If using voice coms is important, having voice coms accessible to everyone should be equally important.

Teutos.8620:

I don’t think, I would use it. Just think about every little flamer on the map chat, that you now have to block instantly, because he is shouting in your ear…

I agree with you, it shouldn’t be forced on anyone. It should be given as an optional tool at their disposal should they want to with the ability to mute/ report anyone who abuses it.

alcopaul.2156:

client lags man. voip should have its own memory space.

Agree, I envision this VOIP to have it’s own resources that do not impact the game. So if your voice coms dropped you can continue to play and vice versa.

choovanski.5462:

i have no interest in hearing the rage of fools.

Indeed it should be optional to use this system and have the ability to mute those who abuse it. Possibly even have it’s own dishonor system.

arron.7348:

the last thing this game needs is more bandwidth being consumed, i already have many friends who can’t do wvw/world bosses because of it

no

Bandwidth? Are you certain their connection speed is hindering their WvW perforance? I often hear that it’s the processing power that is the biggest impact.

pdavis.8031:

Also how would you make it so you can…snip

These are good/ interesting questions I think would be very good to ask should we get a CDI for this topic.

@ GhOst.4019 Very good points.

pdavis.8031:

If PvP players are interested they can certainly explore these options. But if they aren’t using them now, there is no reason they are going to start using them if it was added in-game.

Convenience – people are more likely to use voice coms if it was included as part of the game.

pdavis.8031:

I don’t see any reason to add it in-game.

The reason to add it in game is to encourage / facilitate players communicating.

pdavis.8031:

it doesn’t need to be added in-game.

Does Too!

+1
I would like to second this idea. To be able to communicate with your team in real time without getting typefragged would be a great improvement.
(Voice Coms, Unique Ping Commands, etc)

Nice Run! Congratulations!

I logged in at the right time just as the game was updating and got this wahoo

I submitted a report on this.
crosses fingers

Glad to see these changing coming.
Hoping to see more changes.

Thanks for the Preview!

Yes, you can check this at any time.
I keep a chat tab labeled “What Killed Me” for just this purpose.

Condition damage is listed as buff damage. YW
Edit: Added a picture & link
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Combat_log

Thanks for the guide.
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I think it’s a fun Idea, that will have lots of unexpected consequences, really fun consequences.

Thanks for confirming KarinaCO. I have not read the patch notes and was wondering if it happened today.

OP pls stop posting false info.

Fortus.6175:

Why is this the case? Would it be THAT strong? I mean, perplexity is was pretty strong and is already in PvP, why can this one be too?

When did perplexity get added to spvp?

Deimos Tel Arin.7391:

What do you think about the gem store selling pvp reward tracks progress upgrades?

for example, each level of “PvP Reward Tracks Upgrade” will increase the pvp rewards tracks by a certain percentage, for example,

say, 100 gems to buy a “PvP Reward Tracks Upgrade” that gives a 10% increase per level per “PvP Rewards Track Upgrade”

but would it cause problems later on?

if someone who spent 10,000 gems would have a 1000% increase, they can simply get some points and afk for the rest of the game for their rewards.

i guess this can’t work out well eh.

We have something like this via Magic Find.
While not exactly a boost to Reward tracks it does affect the loot you get from the tracks bags / boxes / chests.

Here is a link to an old thread from Obal. I would suggest giving it a look as he has been a very reliable source for Guardian in PvE.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/guardian/Guide-DPS-Guardian-for-PVE/first

#believeinkarl

I believe!

Otaking.4675:

Case in point people getting ddos’d out of matches today due to the servers being down are getting 1.5 day bans.

This combined with the silly auto queue system is costing anet players.

It’s costing PVP’s community health when those players can’t play for days.

It’s time to fix the current victim blaming queue system and auto dishonorable Anet.

You got what you asked for, albeit Temporarily
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/pvp/Dishonor-Disabled/first#post4320980

GJ!

I suggest watching Zoose, he is quite entertaining.
http://www.twitch.tv/thundercatshoooo/profile

Here is a link to his twitch. I’m sure if you asked him he would show his panel during a stream. GL

GOSU.9574:

Forsaker.9213:

air/fire for moar damage

If you can find any videos of Tage I would suggest checking them out.
He is one of the best guardians I have ever seen, and I bet you could learn a few tricks from watching him play.

I would like you to make a guide Caed.

KilluaDarkReaper.3684:

what are the top weapon sets atm?

S/D
D/P

Other sets are usable but not “Top”

KilluaDarkReaper.3684:

I like S/D atm, but I want to get involved in D/D and even some P/P but I don’t know if their viable or not.

D/D I would consider not viable. (Has not been played in tournaments for a long time)
P/P I would consider not viable. (Has not been played in tournaments Ever?)

I hope this helps!

Super Pistol going Pew Pew Pew
http://youtu.be/s1_jyB-4Ll8

Warcry.1596:

Ive been doing this for nearly a year, why is this a thread? At least why now? Turn your body, push button :p

OP didn’t know how to do it and asked. Does that explain it?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/thief/Withdraw-forward-short-tutorial/first#post4167589

I think it’s tied to expectations players have of their team to play well and win.
When that doesn’t happen it brings out the inner child, causing them to throw a tantrum.

Exo.2965:

i could play as a celestial thief. its should be good and for pve and for www without gear changing . somth like that

1. Wearing Celestial gear would not be so detrimental to your pve experience that it would render it impossible, however to say it would be good for PvE would be false.

Personal Thoughts – It will make content take longer and give very little in return. That is the cost of convenience though you can use the same gear for power or condition, it will be a weaker choice for either, but you can sacrifice effectiveness to save gold on gear. You only want celestial gear if you are going to be utilizing 4+ stats which a thief typically doesn’t.

2. Statistically it would not be an optimal choice for WvW under most circumstances. (There are a very few niche hybrid thief builds that can be effective and do use it.)

Thief
PvE Beserker. – Proven to be the most efficient
WvW – Beserker, Valkyrie, (Soldier/Beserker Mix )*

*aka Training wheels for future full Beserker WvW Thieves

Odik.4587:

Just look at this 2 hits how i suppose to kill him after that? just instant 2 hits
http://i.imgur.com/mq5hiVv.jpg

In that image I see four hits.

1. Steal
2. Slice
3. Flame Blast
4. Lightning Strike

+5% damage in a build with 2000 power would be +100 power

It’s generally better to get as many damage % modifiers as possible and then worry about power, but I am suggesting pack because it will give you the fury. (since that’ is what you were originally after)

*Correct me if I’m wrong I’m up much later than usual at the moment.

Let me provide a third rune to consider.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Superior_Rune_of_the_Pack

I would suggest away from runes of rage primarily because that rune doesn’t have any power. Runes of the Pack will give you the same fury proc’s as rage, and give you power. The down side is slightly less fury duration. GL mate!

Unbuffed stats with Pack runes:

Power: 2113
Precision (w/o SoA): 1684 ( 41% crit chance)
Precision (w/SoA): 1864 ( 49% crit chance)
Ferocity: 447 (180% crit damage)

Let me direct you here sir.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/pvp/pvp/Suggestion-Favorite-builds-button/first#post4094307

Evan Lesh.3295:

We absolutely want to make build templates. They could work similar to GW1, but there are more components to a build now. Using the old string-code method may prove to be unwieldy.

Things that must be in a template:

• Weapons
• Sigils
• Rune
• Amulet
• Skills
• Traits

What could be in a template:

• Skins
• Dyes
• Outfit
• Finisher

Things to consider:

• Sharing (chat links? codes? urls?)
• Viewing (seeing some else’s vs. seeing your own)
• Saving (notepad vs. local vs. account vs. web)
• Building (one spot in UI vs. multiple spots)
• Websites (third-party sites should work with in-game)
• APIs (Could expose an API to third-parties)
• PvP vs PvE vs WvW (each mode requires different configuration options)

How would you like to see any/all of these work?

Click that link and let your opinions be known.

T1 O I I I O – 2,675 (Norn)
T2 O I I I O Pvp – 290 (Asura)
T3 O I I I I I O Pvp – 40 (Sylvari- for those Asura banned tournaments)

1x – Necromancer, Elementalist, Engineer, Slot for BL key farming
2x – Mesmer, Warrior
3x – Guardian, Thief
>4k in total

Arganthium.5638:

Apparently, 2 0 0 6 6 sucked up until a month or two ago as well, and now everybody thinks it’s amazing in spite of the fact that very little changed about the build itself (outside of Runes of Strength)…

I would like to add there are other changes that affected the rise of this build that you may not have considered.

One of which is the nerf to Critical Damage.

Like best weapon set to use – Sword Pistol / Shortbow
What healing skill to use – Signet of Malice
And when i do hit level 30 what trait lines i should unlock first – Critical Strikes

I almost agree with Narkdox.1472

Use the offhand pistol 5 black poweder for a blind field and auto attack, 4 seconds later if mobs are still alive repeat. (black powder lasts 4 seconds) If you need to heal up use P-Whip and Signet of malice’s passive heal should be enough to get you back to full if you are fighting multiple mobs.

I wouldn’t suggest using both Blinding Powder and P-Whip at the same time. Vs Trash Mobs Blinding Powder will make you a god, and vs creatures with defiant time your P-whip to give you evasion frames during their most lethal attacks. GL

I consider this Sizer’s build because he made it popular. He did this by playing it, doing well, and showing others. He streams it in action (From the ToL and his personal Stream which is found here http://www.twitch.tv/sizer2654 )

You are not forced.

“Should I go with Berserkers? Valkyries? A mixture? Some other set?”

I would suggest Beserkers, if you are having trouble with that then try using a mix of beserker and soldiers until you get the hang of it.

I see you have made a post Sinister.5792 unless you just wanted to express how you feel to the players. You should look for instructions on how to make an appropriate post. I will post a link here for easy reading.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/How-to-Give-Good-Feedback

-Avoid abbreviating.-
Short, unexplained opinions are not as useful as detailed responses.

-Provide details.-
Make sure your feedback is exact and detailed (without being overly long). You don’t need to provide every detail about what you experienced and your idea for how to improve it, but you must provide more than, “Make this better,” or, “This was not fun.”
& And in this case “Remove passive play”

Emapudapus.1307:

Duno whats the deal of caring if she leaves/left? She didnt do anything, nothing changed because of her. Well she did try to be helpfull, but thats what she was paid for, not that she cared…

My deal with caring if she leaves/left is that she communicated with the general forum user to start. You saying she didn’t do anything is an abject lie. To say nothing changed because of her is also false. (read her interactions on the forums and check over the feature patch notes, then eat your words pls) Saying she didn’t care because she was paid is narrow-minded. Just because someone is paid to do something doesn’t remove care/concern. You want to slander her here, but it’s not appreciated. Allie was a great community asset and I consider her a personal friend.

They are expensive!
This is the most common reason I hear of people not using optimal/meta runes.

PS: Don’t let the cost of something stop you from enjoying the best of the best.

Officially
“Raid on the Capricorn was created to test the waters with underwater combat in PvP, but it is not something that the team would like to continue. Raid on the Capricorn has been removed from PvP along with the underwater training areas in Heart of the Mists. Underwater weapons were subsequently removed from the revamped build UI.”

Source
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Game_updates/2014-04-15

Unofficially
It’s not based on feedback from players, but rather the difficulty in starting balance on underwater skills. There was a patch where they fixed some skills that were broken underwater and much later we saw the removal of Raid on the Capricorn. This is in my opinion because it’s difficult to balance skills and even more so for underwater skills. They fixed some of the underwater skills so they could be used in PvE and then realized it would take too much time/effort/resources to fix/balance the underwater skills.

Would love to see this still fixed to animate properly. Let’s hope this gets seen and fixed in the next patch.

Well deserved thanks to DPS and crew from Strike Force!

“We’re holding the leaderboard for now to see if we can’t decide on a better way to help differentiate people on it who are all at the same tier, other than just the first who got there specifically. Once we have decided that, we’ll need to code, test, and vet it and then update the leaderboards to reflect the new tracking.”

Source
http://www.guildwars2guru.com/arenanet-tracker/topic/286014-what-happen-to-fractals-leaderboard/

Edit-
Added Date – 12/17/2013 04:18 PM
If anyone has a more current post pls add.

Tom Gore.4035:

I want Shao Khan.

+1

Nice! bhagwad.4281!

Play Team Arena with people you know and can depend on.

Playing with random people from the internet and having expectations of them is a very quick way to get frustrated and disappointed. GL

Prepare thyself for puns!