Guild Wars 2

Krag.6210:

I know it’s a non-issue but it’s been bothering me ever since I first saw it.

What do you think of the new Scrapper icon?
I feel that it doesn’t really fit the Scrapper, sure it’s got a hammer, but the icon doesn’t feel engi-like at all. I liked the sawblade icon from the beta much better plus other specializations have a more thematic icon and not just one focused on their new weapon.

It reminds me of a judges hammer. :p Maybe a little sharper edges would make it better.

How about instead of bounty based on rank theres a significant bounty based on how long you’ve stayed alive/not died through out the time you’ve been online.

Atm there’s sucha system where you get higher wvw exp from players that havent died for a while, like a killing spree. (atleast there was such a system, don’t know if it’s still there)

That would be kinda interesting for roamers tbh.
On the other hand it would prob. make the bounty players feel the need to stay with larger groups. Then again roamers are pretty good at picking people off

Apparantly rangers can shoot through walls too now. Taking out siege and killing players.
Had two rangers down at QL pushing us off the walls so we couldnt defend, also taking out siege we placed inside.

I am pretty sure they once said in a live stream that they’ll prioritize wvw pop balance and focus on wvw once HoT was done.
Haven’t heard anything since though

As the title says, I’m curious how these accessories are made. I’ve found the vendor that sell both armour and wep recipes with the commander stats (pow,prec/tough,conce)
The vendor also sells a jewel recipe.

However, I haven’t found any info about accessories at all. And I’m not able to “discover” any new items at the crafting table using the new component either.

Does anyone know anything about this?

Zetox.4201:

is there any way to split the button for interact and activating function gyro ? because when stomping people in PVP when the function gyro is available it will always be used whenever it is available and it is kinda a waste because sometimes it just die fast being cleaved others

Function Gyro won’t activate unless you’re targeting the person you wanna stomp/rez

Argon.1563:

So far, im unsure where the ascended ones come from, but you can craft Exotic Commander’s trinkets using Maguuma Burls.

I’m not very good with crafting yet, but how do you do that without a recipe?

I know there are recipes for armour and jewels with Commander’s stats after the Dragon Stand event, but I havent found any info about trinkets with thse stats.

Does anyone know if there are any in the game atm?

I havetn played a SD build in wvw for a while now, but quite recently tried it out on my scrapper. And I was quite surprised by the low dmg.
I was critting for 500 on normal mobs, where I used to crit for 1,5k the last time I tried it.

Did they reduce the dmg on it? :/

I thought I was just making it up in my mind. I’m pretty sure rocket charge was affected by cripple an chill last time I played.
This was supposed to be fixed aafter bwe3

These oilpots dont reach down to the floor below, and they ard kinda hard to reach.
Has any1 else gotten them to work?

Punter.7648:

I hope this is not intended.

I dont think it is intended, thatd be pretty weird imo.
Besides I’ve seen this bug once before! Pretty sure after some balance patch.

When shooting up on tower walls to hit players, npcs or siege the mortar shell just dissapears without any explosion or dmg. This happens most of the time, if not everytime

Just wanted to check if anyone else has experienced the same?

I can’t find the specific post, but I’m sure I read some dev say their top prio after HoT launch will be to fix wvw balance among other things.

Just to clarify, does this mean mini-pets will start to take reduced dmg from mobs?

babazhook.6805:

Sneak Gyro and use turrets. Hey damage from hiding!!! Need salt!

Turrets cant be stealthed

I have a feeling the high dmg and the gyros revealing us on death is somehow related :O

afaik detonating turrets doesnt reveal u (might be wrong)

Nice changes, I have to admit I was a little dissapointed in the scrapper at the start of the beta, but after a while I started to like and then loved it.

I think alot of the feed back people have given on gyros and the other things are rly good and constructive (most of it atleast), and so I believe these changes are a very good start.

(y) thumbs up

Soon.5240:

Interesting how your skills and toolbelt skills are mapped to your keyboard. Can you explain some benefits?

Also, nice to see an HGH build using Travelers Runes. Much more affordable.

I’d believe it’s just what’s most comfy for him. It’s very individual what feels best when it comes to key bindings.
Some have larger hands/fingers some have smaller, some are used to certain key bindings from other games/classes.

IKR! I feel like a dog whose owner is gone for 3 weeks

I’d love it if the asura were running around with an oversized hammer.

Take two of my experience on scrapper.

I’ve started to get a hang of it now. The hammer (apart from the the clunkiness) is actually rly good. I like it alot for wvw – roaming/zerging/1v1.

What alot of people have said that I agree on is that the sneak gyro needs a speedboost, n dpossibly an AI boost of some sort, so that it doesn’t run off when I need it.

Hammer #3 seems to be affected by cripple and chill.

Hammer #3

Smoothen the last hit abit so it doesn’t lock us in place. It’s part of why it’s so hard to use as a gap closer.

Hammer #3 is currently affected by cripple and chill. The leap decreases in range when affected by the condis.

Just wanted to poitn out that the function gyro stop finishing or ressing ur target if u move away from it abit… complete garbage.

First impressions of the hammer in a 1v1 / roaming situation= very difficult to get to work

Trying out the hammer in duels with different builds to see what the hammer can accomplish to a signle target. The idea wasnt to see how well it preformes in a 1v1, but rather how well it handles being pressured and pressure.

It’s increadibly hard to stick to the target due to the extreme lack of soft/hard cc in most engineer skills. The damage does NOT weigh up for this, instead the low dmg output makes it even worse to pressure… forcing us into using kits… again…

The zig zagging on the leap is increadibly annoying. Makeing me fly all over the place missing everything I do, and miss placing me every time.

I’ve got alot more testijng to do, especially in wvw and larger fights.

So far, not so good

The problem I’ve had with engie in wvw isn’t about the role. It’s such a versatile class, you can change adapt easy to the situation.

However, the fact that the current engineer almost only uses projectiles makes it so hard to bring anything to larger fights where everything you do wilkl get reflected by mesmers and guardians.

I’m really glad we get the hammer, its going to be interesting to see what we’ll be able to do.

Your allies have to be within a radius of 150 of the enemy being hit by your proj. finisher :/ It’s rly bad imho

I can’t find the post but I think devs have stated in other threads that it’s actually not possible to create an option for NA and EU players to visit eachothers worlds

:/ which is abit sad

Isn’t there a dragon in the sea too? That forced away the creatures living there.

Any1 else hacing trouble with Death’s Charge with no target selected? For me the character decides to turn the opposite direction at the end of the charge.

Guys! Some of you need to calm down. You’re overreacting and making false claims about alot of things.

Also this is not my personal agenda, and I did not, in any post, tell you what to think.
If this is how you guys react every time someone brings the subject up then you got a problem. And I recommend you work with it.

In my opening post I cleary suggest that Anet consider making future gear and outfits a little more gender neutral. Not removing the existing one. Appealing to a bigger audience.
This has been talked about many of times on other forums, but most of of the time people tend to stay away from speaking their opinions because of people like some of those trolls posting in this thread, calling names and making a big mess about it.

If you think it’s worth defending not having this option and are going to scream “femikitten” everytime someone brings the subject up, you might aswell keep quite in the first place. It’s not harder than that.

Vesuvius.9874:

Ovalkvadratcylinder.9365:

It does not mean that people are being discriminated by intent. However there’s obvious reason to question the ideas and inspiration of the armour and outfits of each gender.
Extremely feminine gear that can not be worn by male characters and vice versa. Most of the gear styles of today’s games spring from rather outdated ideals of how women and men should look and what they should wear. More important, the fact that it suggests that a man that wants to wear women clothing can not do so, and the other way around.
By not allowing for cross-gender outfits or gear you further strengthen these ideals, and by doing so you start to discriminate people whether it’s intended or not.

I wanted to raise a debate about this because I feel like it’s an important issue. As I stated in anoher post I want everyone to feel welcome in the Gw2 universe, and that people should be able to relate to the game.

I’m curious why you picked the wedding dress outfit of all things in the game? The issue you’re highlighting holds true for every armor set in the game, so why specifically single out the wedding dress outfit for this?

I have been thinking of this at several moments. While inspecting gear such as the Magitech armour or many light armour sets, but I never really got a good way of putting it.
With these outfits being released I was actually reminded of this, and thought I’d give it a shot.

Wildkitten.3872:

Ovalkvadratcylinder.9365:

bladex.9502:

You’re so ignorant and attention-craving…
Stop complaining about issues that aren’t there.
Either deal with it, or move on with your life and find a game that does cater your needs.
After all, you aren’t forced to play this game.

People with an attitude like you shine a bad light on the LGBT community, or any “minority” for that sake.
Everything that isn’t exactly relative to your lifestyle is seen as discriminating and oppressive in your eyes, so you expect other people to go out of their own way, away from their own lifestyle, just so you don’t feel oppressed anymore.
If anyone is oppressing other people here, its you, and you make me feel not welcome in the “gw2 universe”

Actually I started this thread with a very laid back attitude in mind, you on the other hand had some rather rude things to say. If you feel like you’re unable to take part of a discussion you’re more than welcome to leave.
To shed some light on what I belive is your problem, since I get the feeling you think I’m some “attention craving LGBT person”. I’m not. I’m neither attention craving or LGBT. I’m just some dufe who feel like everyone should be able feel like this game speaks to an audience of 2015. Not 1850.

The point was to lift the subject.

I hate to break it to you, but even now in 2015 men and women still dress differently. Even in the LGBT community, most men dress as men and most women dress as women. Being LGB or T does not make you an automatic cross dresser.

What you are asking for is Anet to cater to every possible scenario in every possible situation. A tiny bit of common sense tells you that is not even possible in a game or the game would still be in development not celebrating it’s 3rd anniversary. It’s likely if games had to cater to every possible scenario you would see a lot less games because they wouldn’t be worth the expense of making.

The reason why men dress as men and women dress as women is because there’s a norm that dicates what you should wear. And no I only ask that there’s an option to dress your male character in clothes that some would think of as feminine, and the other way around. Simple as that, you make it harder than it needs to be.

bladex.9502:

You’re so ignorant and attention-craving…
Stop complaining about issues that aren’t there.
Either deal with it, or move on with your life and find a game that does cater your needs.
After all, you aren’t forced to play this game.

People with an attitude like you shine a bad light on the LGBT community, or any “minority” for that sake.
Everything that isn’t exactly relative to your lifestyle is seen as discriminating and oppressive in your eyes, so you expect other people to go out of their own way, away from their own lifestyle, just so you don’t feel oppressed anymore.
If anyone is oppressing other people here, its you, and you make me feel not welcome in the “gw2 universe”

Actually I started this thread with a very laid back attitude in mind, you on the other hand had some rather rude things to say. If you feel like you’re unable to take part of a discussion you’re more than welcome to leave.
To shed some light on what I belive is your problem, since I get the feeling you think I’m some “attention craving LGBT person”. I’m not. I’m neither attention craving or LGBT. I’m just some dude who feel like everyone should be able feel like this game speaks to an audience of 2015. Not 1850.

The point was to lift the subject.

Wildkitten.3872:

Ovalkvadratcylinder.9365:

bladex.9502:

Stop putting yourself in a victim role.
If they made male characters able to wear dresses 90% of the community would complain, as opposed to the very small amount of people that complain now.
Just accept that the game is designed to cater the majority of the community, the majority that doesn’t wear clothes of the opposite sex

That’s exactly why we should question it in this game, jsut as much as in the real world. There are norms forcing people to wear something they actually don’t want to wear, just so they won’t get glared at. Or called things.

Remember that the gaming community aka. Nerds were once oppresed in a sense, I feel like it’s taken a wrong turn in that it is now discriminating others, and I want this to change.

Just because you can not cross dress in game does not mean you are being discriminated against.

It does not mean that people are being discriminated by intent. However there’s obvious reason to question the ideas and inspiration of the armour and outfits of each gender.
Extremely feminine gear that can not be worn by male characters and vice versa. Most of the gear styles of today’s games spring from rather outdated ideals of how women and men should look and what they should wear. More important, the fact that it suggests that a man that wants to wear women clothing can not do so, and the other way around.
By not allowing for cross-gender outfits or gear you further strengthen these ideals, and by doing so you start to discriminate people whether it’s intended or not.

I wanted to raise a debate about this because I feel like it’s an important issue. As I stated in anoher post I want everyone to feel welcome in the Gw2 universe, and that people should be able to relate to the game.

bladex.9502:

Stop putting yourself in a victim role.
If they made male characters able to wear dresses 90% of the community would complain, as opposed to the very small amount of people that complain now.
Just accept that the game is designed to cater the majority of the community, the majority that doesn’t wear clothes of the opposite sex

That’s exactly why we should question it in this game, jsut as much as in the real world. There are norms forcing people to wear something they actually don’t want to wear, just so they won’t get glared at. Or called things.

Remember that the gaming community aka. Nerds were once oppresed in a sense, I feel like it’s taken a wrong turn in that it is now discriminating others, and I want this to change.

[quote=5415096;BeckaPL.2670:

While I understand with the sentiment, I can’t agree with the suggestion that ANet don’t acknowledge same sex marriage. There are numerous same sex relationships in GW2 one of which consists of two very prominent characters (Marjory and Kasmeer). GW2 has more same sex relationships than just about any other game I know so I am just pleased that they as developers are doing something about it in general where other game developers shy away from it entirely. [/quote]

Exactly, Anet has already taken the first steps in the right direction! They jsut need to keep moving!

Zoul.1087:

What about women who don’t like that style of wedding dress? The train is too long… etc.

What about guys who wear a bowtie?

Seriously you ask for too much. There are tons of outfits, transmutations and etc. If you don’t like this one outfit make a different one.

I want balthazaars outfit but with a different helmet. Will anet cater to me?

Taste of style and equality ais not the same thing mate! Just a heads up!

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

Thus, the effort far exceeds the value to the community (or at least as it exists in 2015). Since ANet is in business to make money and not to bend people’s minds, I don’t see it likely that this sort of thing will get a lot of attention.

I’d like to believe that even though they put alot of work into making this outfit look different for each race, rather than making it available for all genders, it’s still important lift the subject.
They might create a cross gender outfit in the future, or gender neutral outfits, who knows.

Anet’s goal is not solely to make monney. It’s about making players wanna stay. Making players feel like a part of this universe.

bladex.9502:

Out of all the things you can complain about, this is what you complain about?

I find it quite relevant, so yes! The gaming community in general is very good at discriminating certain genders and has always been.
I love Gw2 and because of that I want the game to be a place for all people to visit- I want everyone to be able to relate to this universe and not feel excluded.

Twilight.3872:

I’ve been bothered by this issue for a while now. I feel that it is very sexist/ heteronormative not to have an option for pants on outfits for all females. This goes for the Noble outfit as well as the new Wedding attire. And yes male characters should have the option of wearing a dress as well.

I really don’t want my Norn Woman Warrior wearing a dress and please don’t come back with the trite “then don’t buy it” response.

I completely agree! I feel like Gw2 has a chance to step the mmo-genre up to the next level, and leaving all the outdated beliefs and demands behind would be a great step in the right direction!
I’d like to believe that there are more people who’d be ok with equality among characters, or even super happy with it, in the Gw2 universe than any other game.

Sup guys!

Just wanted to check if anyone knows if the new outfits are available for each character gender and that gender only? Suit for male and dress for female?

I had hoped that the people who created these outfits would take into account that even though most of us live in heteronormative societies, society doesn’t consist of only straight men and women.

For future creations I’d love to see some outfits or gear that fall under the “manly” cathegory and “womanly” one to be available by the opposite character gender.

very love! much marriage! such wow!

If you put the skin on an ascended piece of gear it shouldnt really matter if it’s class bound.

Iluv corpse skating

Mord.9237:

addar: I never said your build wasn’t creative, and I added them to the list already, I love that you’ve taken an aspect of the class that you like and made it work, and your explanations of it tell me you’ve played it extensively with success. The PvP build looks very fun, the PvE build, it’s just as you say, an alternative, and that’s what I made the Other section for, things out of the ordinary that could be fun to try and could work for those who aren’t min-maxing. Great builds!

Ceimash: Thanks a lot, added, when’s your next stream

Oval: Very glassy for WvW, but mortars are 1500 range so you could sit back with the backline. Might I suggest Pack runes? You gain over 5% crit, your power remains the same, and you get a chance to grant might, fury and swiftness to nearby allies aka the backline and of course, the 20% swiftness duration helps keep up with the group when you’re en route. The only thing you lose is 6% crit damage. Let me know what you think, adding it as a glass cannon backline for now, with Pack Runes listed as an alternative.

Of course! The scholar runes are just a personal prefference that fits my play style, but other runes might be better :P

The general idea of the build is as you stated, a back line artillery build. The only reason why I went full berserker is because I love big numbers, but you could theoretically work some knights piece in there for extra survival.

The build is rather egocentric and brings almost nothing for support, apart from longer duration on thefields with the Mortar Trait it focuses on high area damage.

WvW zerging

Mortar zerker build

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vdAQFAUlUUhyrY9VwkLQ7FLiGUYvX1Q/S9qf9YAi+0B-TlBEABG8AAYa/R5Xb6AA4CAko6PbpEEA-w

I like the idea of a build compilation here on the forums.
I’ll check back later if I get something that’s not on the list.

Reaper’s Onslaught:

I lvoe this trait, the reset is amazingly fun in wvw zerg fights. However, as you stated, I can’t see any difference in attack speed.

Hey guys! I recently (today) preordered HoT standard edition, and I’ve read the FAQ about the xtra character slot deal, but I don’t quite understand how it works.

I’ve played since launch and as far as I understand everyone who activated the standard game before the date listed would get an xtra char slot? (correct me if I’m wrong)

And then it says everyone who prepurchase HoT after 10th of July will get it on a weekly basis. <—— This is the part I need help to translate xD

Does it mean I will get the char-slot one week from today, or is there a certain date during the week they hand out char-slots to everyone who’s prepurchased?

Thx for answering!

:DD