Guild Wars 2

Now I can only run back and forth from my spawn to a single tower.

Can we have a couple more NPC commanders help me take the supply camps nearby please?

Thanks!

Bunzy.8674:

I really don’t think ANET will ever listen to the community. They designed the downed state as a new and improved thing and no matter what the community say they will always love it as their own design.

If anyone from ANET is reading this I will leave you with a message:

WE HATE DOWNED STATE!

We do?

I thought I liked it?

Maybe I’m not part of the community though…who knows.

I like the downed state mechanic. It could be adjusted, but I like the overall idea.

I like how when people are bad at something, they want it removed and claim “EVERYONE WANTS IT REMOVED”.

I wish someone would let the JQ groups I run into that they’re not supposed to kill me.

Tedious.

“Breakout at Blahblahblah” Everyone runs to stop the breakout.

What’s to stop me from wanting it expanded?

“I don’t like being camped at my spawn, but now we just have one tower….can’t our breakout take more stuff?”

I’ll leave the big picture stuff to big picture people. Coverage, time zones, what pvp guilds are doing, etc…I don’t even know or care what the score is most of the time.

Last night’s fights with SBI were fantastic. North hills, south hills, north hills, south hills, over to bay back to hills….

Died dozens of times, had an awesome time.

Commander icons mean that person had 100 gold. That is all.

It takes time playing a game with people to learn who is a good leader with good knowledge of the game, and who is a doofus.

No icon, symbol, rating, number, etc will ever replace experience in that regard.

kanikani.2430:

@Niacin – Basically they are bullies. You will hear millions of justifications but at the end of the day they want unequal setting so they can be a jerk to others with little or no reprisal or consequences. Every PvP game has these kinds of griefers, we just have to live with them. And this is why PvP communities get such a bad rep.

Complaining about PVP’ers PVP’ing in a PVP zone is silly. They are not griefers.

If you want to complain at all you should be complaining about the devs who put your jump puzzle in a PVP zone surrounded by PVP’ers looking to PVP.

If there’s a separate channel, the JP campers won’t know when the JP’ers are there looking to portal a jump puzzle.

Fishbait.6723:

I`ve seen some gawd awful commanders but some good ones also.
One gave up with his “herd” one night & turned his icon off as they were following but doing dumb things, so dumb I had to go watch to believe lol

But it could be worse…..
Chat in LA.

Why didn’t you help me? I would help you with anything if you did.

Zienj.7610:

Porky.5021:

Siver.4580:

or do people just buy the commander title just for show? i swear when im playing, the commanders do not know how to lead, some will not answer back in the chat, and some will just charge into random battles when we are outnumbered, anybody have these same things?

Commander tag means one thing…you had 100 gold. It implies nothing about someone’s skill, ability, or leadership.

I feel like that is frustrating for others that are having a hard time in wvw, but at the same time there could be good non-commanders who can lead and etc.

It probably is.

It just takes time to figure out though. You run around in a WvWvW setting for a while and you’ll figure out who is a good commander and who is not.

There are commanders I will not follow anywhere. There are commanders I will follow.

That doesn’t mean that that’s all there is, though. Some of the best times I’ve had was running around with a small group led by someone who had no title but knew what he was doing.

Like most things it takes some time and effort to figure out who is who though…just like real life.

Siver.4580:

or do people just buy the commander title just for show? i swear when im playing, the commanders do not know how to lead, some will not answer back in the chat, and some will just charge into random battles when we are outnumbered, anybody have these same things?

Commander tag means one thing…you had 100 gold. It implies nothing about someone’s skill, ability, or leadership.

Olfinbedwere.5049:

The wintersday box doesn’t make sense maybe I’m just not getting it.

It’s simply a new version of online gambling.

Rayya.2591:

No
1. HIgh bursts should not win solo 3-4 ppls
2. portal bombs should not be the deciding factor
3. Small groups already got advantage of siegerazer when enter new map, they should not be buffed more

This was random.

“That thief shooting rainbows at you? That’s me.”

shakes fist

The big push on Friday by JQ was a blast and the fights last night in SM with both SBI and JQ were tons of fun.

This weekend was a lot of fun overall.

I like the downed state system.

This requires an “Everyone please read” title…why?

Bunzy.8674:

Apparently the new plan is to keep buffing thieves every patch. I mean they obviously don’t listen to the community and just do their own thing anyways.

You do know that thieves have been nerfed a few times, right?

JStyle.1423:

I think more people will realize that it isn’t the alt-F4ers that are complaining but those who get DC from things out of their control, such as a transformer blowing up and power going out. I’m sure that not everyone has a battery backup attached to their computer/modem.

If someone lives in a place where transformers are blowing up so much the person feels the need to complain on an MMO forum about their repair bill, that person should move. Seriously..it just sounds dangerous there.

yongri.8702:

Why not just let all servers go free for all against eachother?

WvWvWvWvWvWvWvW or however many servers there are….

Ahhh. I wish I’d read the whole thread before posting.

I like this. Just use all the maps in teh game. A copy of the entire world and let the servers all roam at will.

Take all the maps in the game, make a copy of them, and open them up as a giant PvP zone. WvWvW…vW

Awesomesauce.9528:

Once upon a server reset, back in the days of yore,
I pondered over many a possible epic lewts and WvW badges galore.
Yet when I tried to enter, I was shocked by what I saw, for
The EB had already been filled: room, there was no more.
Quoth the forums, “QQ moar.”

When I finally entered the EB, I’d see the brand new score
My server was in last as usual, oh happy galore.
I reasoned it was because our server was occupied with the Lost Shore.
Surely we could not be that bad at this simple game of war!
Quoth the forums, “QQ moar.”

We zerged here, we zerged there, we PvP’d the door
We capped this, we capped that; points, we tried to restore.
Yet we could do nothing against their Oceanic hardcores.
Had ANet made the game better, we would not be so sore.
Quoth the forums, “QQ moar.”

I came across a thief one day — those types I do abhor.
And before I knew what had happened the thief had already bore
Two holes into my back. Boom. I was dead on the floor.
And the tears I wept on the forums created a downpour.
Quoth the forums, “QQ moar.”

I nearly had a kill on a ranger yesterday, but not before
He decided to use a dastardly trick on me: Alt-F4.
I cried in /t, “I can’t take this anymore!
I’m leaving WvW and going back to farm in Orr!”
Quoth the forums, “QQ moar.”

So here I am today, still PvPing the door
The orders I make seem to be all but ignored.
Perhaps I shall get a blue dorito — a difficult labor.
If only ANet had lowered the price heretofore.
Quoth the forums, “QQ moar.”

That is awesome.

QQ MOAR!

I also like ice cream.

NOTE: To the mod who is about to send me an infraction for posting something useless and off topic…please consider the context.

The Master.2893:

If you are manning a seige weapon you are not likely directly being attacked and would not die if you logged out (this is usually what I do permadeath wise).

That’s a mighty high bar for permadeath you have.

Not counting all the times I’ve died, I’m also at 0 deaths.

You consider yourself a perma-death success if you use alt-f4 to escape dying?

That’s an extremely high bar that’s been set.

FourTwenty.4268:

TwoBit.5903:

and this is why there is so much QQ about stealthers in MMOs. everyone things their class is balanced(or even under powered) and all other classes are over powered.

Dear devs.

Nerf rock. Paper is good like it is.

Your’s truly,
Scissors

Happens in every game.

Whichever class just killed me.

polter.3802:

Its a shame for all WvWvW players that a guild like Omnomberries [nOm] are camping the final room in the Eternal Battlegrounds Jumping Puzzle with 7 guys.

Why are people doing this …? Others do the JP 2 hours and in the end, a guild is camping the main room on the plattform. No way to get to them.

PVP’ing in a PVP zone seems like a bug to me. Try filing a bug report.

I have a thief. I’m nowhere near as good as some of the ones I see.

I will say, I am surprised that we can stealth while in combat. I’d be fine if we lost that ability. Or put combat stealthing on a cooldown. Once every 5 or 10 mins.

The repeated stealthing in combat over and over is bizarre to me, though.

Zimlobo.3962:

Hello all,

If you’re someone who’s going for World Completion and have no interest in PvP, will you be left alone if you run the WvW zone naked with no weapons? Do you think it would be unnerving enough to be left alone if when attacked you /sleep and while laying on the ground you /s No it hurts! and Why are you doing this to me?

Admittedly these questions are a bit tongue-in-cheek

Cheers!

It’s supposed to hurt and it’s being done to you because you are in a PVP zone.

Best bet…get some friends to do the WvW area with you.

Nashaan.3160:

JP’s shouldn’t even be on wvw maps imo.

It’s fine that they’re part of WvW…but people should treat them as part of the WvW PVP zone rather than some place that deserves special treatment.

You want to do these jump puzzles? Gear up, get some friends and kill anyone who tries to stop you.

The best thing about this WvWvW setup is that anyone can contribute. Literally anyone in the game can step into WvWvW and contribute in some way if they want to.

Sell your company and hire some people to be commanders in your guild.

It’s the only solution I can see.

InfernoUk.5867:

ok so level to 10 in pve then go WvW and im nopt going to be levelling that much slower?

You’ll be fine doing it that way.

I started WvW right off the bat. You get levelled up for HP and such. Keep in mind that even though you get autolevelled to 80 you are not the same as a true 80. You’re undergeared and don’t have all the skills.

That said, I though it was fun running around in there even at level 2. I got smashed, but I still do.

Some people don’t like going into PVP situations unless they are fully geared and 100% ready to go. Some don’t care and will run around undergeared having a ball doing what they can.

If you’re the former, it may take a few weeks to a couple of months to gear up in PVE world depending on how much you can play. If you’re the latter, do a few levels in PVE to get acquainted with the basics of the game and your class, then jump into PVP a bit.

InfernoUk.5867:

Hey guys

I just got the game yesterday and have spent all my time in spvp working out what classes I like, I think im going with thief.

So I wanted to know in reguard for WvW i see it seems to use your PvE character and then boosts dmg to max lvl? But i still need pve levels to have skills and traits etc.

So my question is, is WvW not worth doing until i have grinded PvE to max level?

Im not a big fan of questing but it seems the fastest way to level so i guess ill have to so I can be optimal in WvW?

Thanks for some guidance this game is totally overwhelming for a new player!

You can level while WvW’ing, although results may vary. PVE levelling is probably more consistent than PVP. THere are times in PVP where you may rake in XP and other times where you may get squadoosh.

You need a box, a stick, a string and a cookie.

You put the cookie on the ground. Using the stick, you prop up one end of the box. The box must be placed so that the propped up end will cover the cookie when the stick is removed.

Tie the string to the stick. Hide in a nearby bush holding the other end of the string.

When the thief comes by to take the cookie (all thieves loves cookie…it’s similar to the effect catnip has on a cat), you yank on the string, ripping the stick out from under the box, the end of the box will fall to the ground and you have a thief trapped inside.

Voila. Easy peasy lemon squeezee.

I like fighting other players. Sometimes I kill them, sometimes they kill me, sometimes we kill each other, sometimes one or both of us run away and no one dies.

Trying to kill other players is much more entertaining than mindlessly killing yet another scripted PVE mob. That is the incentive for me.

holska.4127:

Fix has been posted in a new sticky but I still want to respond to the suggestion of many players to keep your character in game for 15-30 secs.
Yes almost every mmo has it but it has always been an annoyance to me that it took relatively long to wait for your character to be logged out until you could log back in or in most games even to swap to a different character.
I love that in GW2 swapping characters is just a few clicks and back (to quickly get something out of the bags of an alt into the bank or craft something etc.) near instantly except for the very short loading screen compared to other games.
So I much prefer the solution they went for.

30 seconds is “relatively long”?

I’ve also heard thieves eat their babies.

Just throwing that out there.

LegoTechnic.5910:

Except in my experience no one really cares.

This is true.

smash, slash, hack, stab…
Player 1: Where’d he go?
Player 2: Must have combat logged.
Player 1: What a dork.

both players run off to continue fighting

Regardless of all this, I had a ball last night fighting SBI in the Bay keep on their map. That was wild. I wish it had started earlier because I had to get to bed while it was still going on.

dreztina.4820:

If I end up in a situation where your numbers are able to overcome my skill, then I have absolutely no problem using my last recourse to deny you a kill that you most certainly don’t deserve.

Why don’t they deserve the kill?

Siscast.6497:

Strang.8170:

Siscast.6497:

I meant significantly reduce it in relation to what it COULD be if it is turned on. I imagine if it’s implemented, trolls/or anyone really can easily whisper to the opposing team whatever the commander is relaying at a whim. I think this possible game breaking mechanic is not worth the features.

That goes both ways though, anything said over it can as well be false information.

This just blew my argument out of the water. I want this feature in now.

You’re alright. Not often you see people change their minds on a forum. Usually people get entrenched in their thought and refuse to consider anything else.

1. Why should you have the option force me to be in a party? If I wanted to be in a party, I would have joined one. I don’t personally feel the need for one most of the time.

2. Any server that has a TS/Vent/Whatever server setup can organize itself.

Tatania.2704:

Perhaps, additional capability of the supreme commander:
- Able to force group people who are not in party.

No. Way.

I wish they’d get rid of the Commander tag. You should be following people because they’ve proven themselves to be a good leader, not because they had 100 gold.

Both should be options.

Receive Enemy Tells should be an option. Enable it, people from the other factions can message me. If someone from Red Army is a tool, I should be able to block just him while still receiving messages from other people.

Enemy names should be a two way option to “Show my name” and “See enemy names”. If I enable Show My Name and you have See Enemy Names enabled, you should be able to see my name…otherwise if either person has is disabled, all you see is “Invader X”.

Niim.9260:

On my server we had a commander that just got the title so he could run around farming karma and experience while he and his guild leveled up. He never commanded anything, avoided fighting. By your system he would have a lot of stars and not be worth following at the same time.

I think we are over thinking the issue, imo. In past games you followed who was worth following based on how they performed in the game. The blue icon does not mean you have to follow them, and in all honesty I have a couple commanders on block.

What we should do is separate out the ability to form squads to either a guild rank or just allow anyone to create a squad. I never understood why this game had a limitation like that other then maybe as a gold sink? This way the icon is just that, folks can choose to follow or not based on that person’s reputation in game just like we always have.

I wish I had read this before posting. I completely agree with this.

People need to pay attention and take the time to learn who is worth following.

A commander tag means you had 100 gold…that is it. Anyone who thinks following a commander simply because he has a commander tag deserves to follow a tool around and get killed.

Many of the best people I found to tag along with weren’t even commanders.