Guild Wars 2

You will need a Dev to answer that, we can only speculate. It could just be an oversight. There has been a few of those made this expansion. Cough the Rev water issues for example.

I figure because these skills would bypass any Energy costs and the mechanic that Revs need to be aware of and manage their skills based on energy. I guess they figured it could make things too easy for Revs…..or not consistent. Yet in a way it feels very sloppy and as if Revs get shafted because of this.

Big bad BUG this one. Really needs addressing as soon as possible. I know that water content is not the majority of the content here and most people avoid it like the plague. However being this is a totally new class there are many people doing map completes on it now and such. Surprise, surprise, water features there. :P

Thanks a lot KotCR, I was wondering if anyone had done so in the bugs forum. I thought surely by now someone has.

Haha I knew the Gilded Hollow would win. Everyone loves the shinies and all of those puns helped of course! Other devs need to learn how to pun more. :P

Artaz.3819:

Water combat was clearly an afterthought. Rev only has one weapon and the weapon has some majorly broken (powerful) abilities. No one talks about it because it is such a small portion of the game :/

You are right here. Skill 2 is VERY OP. I think they forgot to add an energy cost to it lol. It’s all you need to use and just spam Shiro Elite for the unused energy.

But as to the land/water issue that SERIOUSLY needs addressing and yesterday.

He’s in there somewhere but he disappears after you have spent the Influence. Well actually he disappears as soon as you drop below 10K influence as that is the minimum he takes for 50 Favour.

I am stuck at 8k Influence now with nothing to do with it.

Sorry but you have it all backwards. If you want a hardcore grind game go back to those other hardcore grind games. This is a casual dress up Barbie game. :P

Found another. Might be the same Agent just move to a different location not sure. Same items tho.

This really needs to be addressed. Can we some kind of official word on this please?

Eddie Mo.7169:

Celtic Lady.3729:

Eddie Mo.7169:

I don’t agree with you, OP. I want my legendaries the moment I buy and log into the game. All of them. I also want to have 999,999 gold on every character. Why bother grinding all that stuff? This isn’t Grind Wars 2… Just give that to us ANET.

There are so many Drama Queens of Hyperbole running around today…

It’s true though. If they complain about 10 hours of grind for those hero points, how long before they complain about not having a ascended item within the 3rd week of playing?? How long before they start complaining about not having a legendary precursor for 20 pristine fractal relics?

I mean seriously, complaining about those hero points are like buying the game and saying “hmm why am I not lvl 80 yet? it’s been a good 12 seconds.”

Sad reality is that if ANET does cater to every whim of the vocal minority, the game might really get nerfed a whole lot more.

I don’t agree here simply because people always knew that legendary and even ascended items would take a lot of time and effort. This was never misrepresented by Anet at all.

However when you look at new Elites which are sort of a watered down version of new classes of course people would expect to be able to have access to them right off the bat or with far less work required. There are 2 points that I would say gave this impression to players:

1 – Gw1 players (as well as other games who in time got new classes through exspanions or what not) got to play with new classes straight away with new expansions. Sure they did not have access to all of the skills as some were locked away behind Skill Points or challenges. But the class in general could be played with 100% of the core mechanics in place.

2 – The Betas. See the update notes on this and Anet’s view on it. Basically they never told us the amount of effort that would be required or what not. So it was assumed that with the expansion these would be a main feature to actually be able to play the bulk of the content in HOT with. Not the opposite which actually was – this is the bulk of the content or the reward for doing the bulk of the content.

Summary, another snafu on Anet’s part in communication and I guess you could say advertising of HOT. And a pretty big one at that thus the fix they are doing today. They really do need to polish this sort of thing for future. Not saying that to be rude or anything as I think they are a great company and the game is great. But not all things can be foreseen of course especially when you are working hard to bring the content out and are so excited to be able to finally release it to the players. Just have to cross those T’s and dot those I’s more is all. :P

This is not being about Casuals vs Hardcore’s or people being too lazy/useless to be able to put the work in. This is a PR/communications issue just like the pre-ording issue we had.

Unloveableone.6082:

Paulytnz.7619:

Look on the bright side, when future Elites come you will have some points already to use towards it. Those players who only grab enough HP for the current Elites will then have to grab the rest or possibly go for any new ones with any future Elites/expansions.

Bragging rights and such, people who play this game for that type of thing are playing the wrong game imo. This is not “one of those” type of games It’s about time certain players accepted this. :P

Which brings up another concern. Are we not going to have to work towards future Elite Specs anymore?
Granted, many will probably not get the rest of the HPs needed like you said.
But what happens in the future? Do those of us that unlocked this one get it basically hour one? Will they increase the HP needed for them? In turn, creating another fiasco like this?

I have a feeling those that have the extra HP left over from this batch may have about 50% of what’s needed for any future Elites. That’s kind of what we have now right? Well what we had if you had done world complete and were just about to start the HOT maps.

Sounds fair enough to me.

Look on the bright side, when future Elites come you will have some points already to use towards it. Those players who only grab enough HP for the current Elites will then have to grab the rest or possibly go for any new ones with any future Elites/expansions.

Bragging rights and such, people who play this game for that type of thing are playing the wrong game imo. This is not “one of those” type of games It’s about time certain players accepted this. :P

Pandaman.4758:

Didn’t this exact issue get raised when mentor tags were first announced?

Wasn’t the official response that there would be mechanisms to report people for abusing mentor tags?

Has anyone tried right-clicking the tag and seeing if there’s a report option?

You may be referring to a post that I had made a couple of months ago that was similar to this subject. I do recall that they had said in the POI there would be ways to report abuse of the system but not sure If they have come good on that tho.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/Incoming-Mentor-Track/first#post5399559

Rastel.9157:

hmm maybe the crafting yes….hmm

I can try to craft using all my mats and then see what else i need:)

I just aint gonna level normally hehe..i rather quit than play the leveling of gw2 tbo..

Lol this must be your first mmorpg. This game has the beast levelling system that there is. Many FUN options and not just “stand here on this spot and kill the same mob for hours on end”. :P

If you are gonna do it the normal way you can get to 80 on a char just doing map completes in 2 weeks. That is at 1 map a day so obviously you can go a lot faster if you do more than 1 map per day. Of course you can go the crafting route or WvW trains as well. There’s a few options really.

Atistheso.4657:

Can someone link a post or a video where Anet talks about this ?

You could look back through the POI’s before HOT release but you may have to go back a bit and watch a fair few and like I said, in the end a lot of them went for an hour.

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/

Edit: I was sure it was said in this POI:

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/pact-commander-masteries-on-points-of-interest-a-summary/

However I just re-watched some of it and can’t find it so maybe I tricked myself into believing it.

However they did say it will work if you are dead. But they did not say in WVW specifically.

Nike.2631:

Paulytnz.7619:

Nike.2631:

Actually they said it wouldn’t work in WvW long ago… and we all looked at them like they were out of their minds, WvW being THE place you need it most.

Clearly they need a bit more of the hard stare.

((stares))

I could of sworn I heard one of them saying in one of the POI’s that it would work in WvW and yes even when you are dead and an enemy you have damaged dies soon after……

Nope. Exactly the opposite. Which was when the “Are you NUTS?” stares started .

Again I could of sworn I saw and heard it as I said out loud at the time “oh hell yeah!” I would go back and try to find it but there were so many of them and all close to an hour each near the end so yeah, nah lol….

Well def keep an eye on this post tho.

Starts stare O.O

Nike.2631:

Actually they said it wouldn’t work in WvW long ago… and we all looked at them like they were out of their minds, WvW being THE place you need it most.

Clearly they need a bit more of the hard stare.

((stares))

I could of sworn I heard one of them saying in one of the POI’s that it would work in WvW and yes even when you are dead and an enemy you have damaged dies soon after……

Not sure what to tell you. I started with 38 Tyria mastery points. Have not checked where they all came from but yeah if you play the game as you normally would (or should?) you will get them I guess.

Then again I am an alt-a-holic and have beaten the story (on all of them and world completes) and do all crafts, play all content type etc, so maybe I was just lucky in that regard.

Either way, I wish you luck!

If you look in the achievement’s sections it clearly shows which achieves gives mastery points.

Just found one while questing. The rewards were:

1 – A Random Rare Crafting Recipe.
2 – Map bonus Reward. I think this gives bonus exp or reward for map complete.
3 – Celestial Pearl Crusher Recipe.

I bought the option 1 item and it gave a Celestial Emblazoned Pants (leatherwork) recipe. You can only buy 1 item per 24 hours.

I would say don’t roll another class but try some different gear or a different build perhaps. Berserker may fail you whatever class you are in these maps if you are soloing areas. If you are determined to stay in Berserker gear find a party or others to play with.

I don’t think making it harder to get will help at all. Even if they pushed the tag to the last line of the mastery in time everyone would get it because most of the game content people still want to play is in Tyria anyways.

If there are issues with these tags or will be in the future they need to look for a better solution.

All I can say is you have fair points to be sure, but tbh read my signature. :P

Edit: I did not read every reply here so if it has been said before I apologise. But you can also get transmute charges from map completes still. Easy enough to “farm” them if you need by doing city maps on alts and then delete/repeat.

Destabilizator.2789:

I went full Zerk, but “had” to slot Dolyak Runes, because kitten hurts a lot and I had to focus on dodging, evading too much, no time to enjoy the pretty animations or Entropy + Mallyx R shine :-)

Sword + Axe/Hammer

P.S.: Does Sword 3 count as “from side or behind”?

Use Jalis’ Vengeful Hammers and you will have no problem hitting from side/behind.

Jeez and I still have issues of running to rez people in regular maps but before I get to them they just wp away! Yesterday was a good example. I was playing on my rev and clearing Kessex and saw a dead player on the map. I ran up to him and was just about to res him before I was jumped by the skale which chased me. So I thought I may as well take the 2 seconds to kill him as it will be quicker in the long run. As soon as I walked away from the guy’s body and he saw me attack the Skale he wped away. How rude!

Heehee what a funny concept. Why not go to the police and ask them if it’s ok to create a gang/group where you can go and rob business? Of course it can only be businesses that will allow it! Some how, I can’t see that happening. Well it could I guess, from those who want to claim insurance….. but then again we have no insurance companies here. Do you plan on starting one of those too? :P

I am not trying to be rude or anything, just had to comment because it’s posts that like these that make you think outside the box and when you do, you just have to laugh at how crazy some people’s imaginations can be. A good laugh of course “with” and not “at”!

Misguided.5139:

Paulytnz.7619:

Superior Frailty

Paulytnz, give it a try without the frailty sigil. You will find that vulnerability is being applied pretty much constantly even without that. If you like the result, that frees up that slot for something else.

I may give it a shot but I think without it it would not be so great for multiple enemies? Sure one on one with the traits are fine but I can’t recall if there is a cooldown with that. Also I like to stack as much vuln as possible so that I am doing more damage in the long run, especially for when in champ/boss fights.

I think the sigil helps a bit more for group situations especially when you have vengeful hammers going. But I will look in to it more thanks for the tip.

My Rev is fine so far with zerkers and staff/hammer. I can easily stay at 100% hp most of the time. Roll Staff with the Dwarf and spam Vengeful Hammers for the win. My build so far:

Runes: any that you prefer.
Sigils:

Superior Accuracy – +7% Crit.
Superior Frailty – 50% to cause vuln on a 2 sec cd. (This is very helpful you will see why).

Traits:

Devastation

Mutilate defences (comes free) – 25% to cause vuln for 4 secs.
Targeted Destruction (comes free) – +7% damage to foes with Vuln.
Focused Siphoning (comes free) – Siphon Hp from foes when you hit them from the side or behind.

Retribution

Anything you like for the most part except you want:

Steadfast rejuvenation – 50% chance when you are hit to heal on a 4 sec cd

Salvation

Tranquil Benediction – Swiftness/Regen from the orbs that your staff create. Rememebr to mainly just use skill 1 for staff to keep that healing up! While also having Vengeful hammers going when needed. Staff skill 4 for cond cleanse and some extra healing.

That’s the key. The rest of the Salvation line you can set up to use for Ventari for Champ/group content and being more supportive. Give it a try I am having a blast with this build!

Don’t listen to the naysayers.

Krysard.1364:

is exactly the same than other profs…

rip lore -.-

Of course it is, there were never any class specific stories only race…….
Really what were you expecting? If we are good little boys and girls tho Rytlock might offer us some more story behind the Rev once we get into the story a little further.

I main an Engi and I must say I am loving playing my new Rev. They play pretty similar really. You do have good ranged options. At the moment I am running with staff/Hammer and it works well. Staff for melee and groups, hammer for when I need to range.

I prefer Jalis/Ventari but mostly use Jalis 99% of the time. I am using zerker gear with Jalis and a few nice traits that keep me at 100% hp pretty much constantly. Hint: buy the sigil that causes vuln 50% of the time and use the trait that lets you heal off enemies with vuln on them.

For support you will want to use ventari and it works pretty nicely. I managed to use it to keep a few ppl alive in Kessex vs the champ spider. Yet to test it in serious situations tho. Well worth playing around with. If you loved Engi you can easily adapt to Rev.

gennyt.3428:

Paulytnz.7619:

Ripr.8073:

Paulytnz.7619:

I knew it would be like this from the first beta I got to try. I am really surprised this is new to people. Really, people never thought that you would have to unlock this, to go there and then unlock that to go a little further?

Not everyone played the beta.

Well maybe you should have? That was the point of them, for us to see what the content was like and if not wanted to comment on it so that it could be tailored more to what we want. Really I just don’t get some people….

Yes because everybody pre-orders their games. I mean seriously? lol

Well if you had intended to buy it why wouldn’t you being that you get extras for pre-ordering? Common logic really…..

PotatoCable.1425:

Paulytnz.7619:

Ripr.8073:

Paulytnz.7619:

I knew it would be like this from the first beta I got to try. I am really surprised this is new to people. Really, people never thought that you would have to unlock this, to go there and then unlock that to go a little further?

Not everyone played the beta.

Well maybe you should have? That was the point of them, for us to see what the content was like and if not wanted to comment on it so that it could be tailored more to what we want. Really I just don’t get some people….

What the… I’m so baffled by your post. Did you read it before you hit post? Whoever claims this is the nicest MMO community out there, clearly hasn’t met you.

The “beta” was behind a paywall, remember, not everyone blindly prepurchases without knowing what they get.

Yes I read his OP. Nothing in it comes close to saying that he did not purchase HOT until the last minute. Being that he has HOT I would assume that he would have pre purchased it to see what it was like or in the least read up on the forums to get an idea of if it was worth it or what issues there could be with it.

“Being Nice” does not mean having to agree with everybody all the time either you know. Feel free to go through the many posts I have made in my time here and point out any specific cases where I am usually not nice or troll or whatever. I can assure you, you may find 1 out of about 100 if even that….

Yes there was a pay wall, but again, he purchased it in the end so that can’t have been an issue now could it?

Phew glad I was not imagining this. Really needs a fix. Once done I can happily play my Rev again!

In the mean time I guess it’s low lvl map completes lol..

My guess is because they haven’t bothered to add slots for them in the collectables section yet. Another oversight that will no doubt be sorted out in time. :P

Heck they don’t even have slots for doubloons yet and they have been in the game for 3 years!

TheDovah.4027:

I have a suggestion for Revenants. Allow legendary stances to be different from land and water. I use Centaur and Dwarf on land and have to use Assassin and Demon in the water. but i have to manually change them over each time I change between water and land combat areas.

I think this is a bug or oversight and I posted as much in the Rev forum. This REALLY needs to be addressed!

So atm on land I am using Jalis/Ventari stances. Problem is, every time I enter water I have to choose different stances? The problem here is when I leave water the chosen water stances are saved and I have to change for land again – every time.

Will this get a fix? I main an engi and there are separate saved setups there for land and water why not for Rev?

jmoak.7821:

Step one: Use Jalis and mace and or hammer
Step two: Cast Inspiring Reinforcement
Step three: Blast the field with your weapons skills.
Step four: repeat this few times.

You now have perma swiftness

Staff 4 works as well.

For the PS it was level gated, I guess since they didn’t increase max level here they had to find some other way to slow us down.

Sucks but it is what it is….

Ripr.8073:

As one guy stated, apparently people have wanted it to change from first beta. Second, I never purchased the expansion until the night before due to some friends getting it so I did not have the oppurtunity to play in betas as far as I knew.

Oh right, understandable. Tbh I am surprised there has not been more on the forums leading up to the release from players that did test. Maybe everyone was just all happy to be trying out all their new elite specs. But now they have to WORK for them the reality has set in….

Shame really.

Ripr.8073:

Paulytnz.7619:

I knew it would be like this from the first beta I got to try. I am really surprised this is new to people. Really, people never thought that you would have to unlock this, to go there and then unlock that to go a little further?

Not everyone played the beta.

Well maybe you should have? That was the point of them, for us to see what the content was like and if not wanted to comment on it so that it could be tailored more to what we want. Really I just don’t get some people….

I wouldn’t complain about the game going free to new players if I were you. Why not? Because if you hold off and don’t buy HOT, when the next expansion comes YOU will get HOT for FREE along with all the other free players. So, don’t shoot yourself in the foot here…..

I knew it would be like this from the first beta I got to try. I am really surprised this is new to people. Really, people never thought that you would have to unlock this, to go there and then unlock that to go a little further?

Not saying I like it like this, but people could have brought this up months ago when they could still have done something about it, just saying….

“Soon”. No wait, “when it’s ready”.

Take your pick! :P

Runescape was a totally free game when it was first released. They managed to run it from ads on the browser window. After about a year or so they added memberships and I can say the removal of those ads and soon after being able to play in full screen mode was heaven sent. Ads here would suck big time.

We have it pretty sweet here. But please give them NO ideas. The gemstore works fine and with expansions being a paid thing it gives them an incentive to keep rolling future expansions out which of course keeps us playing longer so it’s win win.

Edit:

As for doing surveys or giving out personal info, never really a good thing. It’s bad enough that there are app games that run these models. Sharing too much info about yourself is not a good thing……

Have you upgraded to Windows 10 yet? If so this could be a factor. I have and have noticed longer map loads for some reason….

Apart from that even before I updated, Drytop and Silverwastes were always bad for me, must be all that sand and high places…

Ahh right, I was going by the guild chat so they must have gone back and asked by then.

I recall they said that you will be able to access from the guild place in LA. However they were not sure if the bankers will still be in the other cities. So there may be a good chance you have to go all the way to LA.

Blainy.4718:

I’ll get back to you when I get 120 slayer.

Haha I think you mean dungeoneering right? :P