Guild Wars 2

Missy.6803:

Not sure why in WvW section . . .

Unless you want guild halls limited by WvW points and have queues out your ends with people grinding for that, not paying attention to commanders and kill WvW all together. Be a way in WvW to get it for WvW guilds, sure, but my thought is it’s going to be linked to that G button, influence/whatever they do with that/another upgrade like Missions is/was.

yah if your guild isnt following the commander your not capping points or getting kills so your guild isnt getting a hall and also Q’s dont happen until your severely outnumbering your opponents. who would also be trying to earn a guild hall thus would also be logging into WvW in attempts to take your keep.

DeeSystm.1256:

Azrael.4960:

Rangerdeity.5847:

They should only be able to be made out of the corpses of our fallen enemies force the peasants to fight for our amusement. Link them indisputably with WvW achievements and foreever bring back the games true endgame once and for all.

And that would be?

Literally stacking the body count highest, preferably into the shape of a hall.

he’s right you know

Mishi.7058:

Rangerdeity.5847:

these little 2-10% bonuses could act as bigger incentives to get players to participate in WvW. if you implement them in a different way.

Not everyone gets them only players that play WvW get them and the amount of WvW you play dictates how much of it you get. instead of making it based on points make it based on player kills that happen while you are in any of the WvW maps yes ill include EoTM because that is still technically WvW and this change would reduce the k-training there as well.

make going afk on siege effect your time out counter simple as that

ZhouFusion.1826:

What you suggest makes Blobbing more important because 80vs80 1 side will kill those 80 and have there Bonus.

A Guy who escorts dollies and upgrades keeps and tower and scouts all day but makeing non to almost no kills at all gets nothing but does a lot more then Join 1 blob for 1 hour who rolls over an other blob for 1hour.

This aint a solution.

if you are in WvW when the kill happens you get the point to your passive bonuses read my good man.

You will have people who set themselves afk on AC’s for kills, or ballista’s in choke points, and that’s about the extent of that.

the demand for dual pistols is really more for the fact that players want an additional 2 main hands one for condi and one for power builds and they want one weapon set for ranged kitey fights and the other for the melee smash and grab. i personally would use pistol/focus sword/pistol for WvW

Kelthien.8593:

Rangerdeity.5847:

They clearly showed a mesmer wielding a sword and shield in the trailer unless you think that mantra symbol he slammed on the ground was the new class stealing our class design

They showed the sword+shield, but that doesn’t mean shield is the only new weapon. Always a possibility that MH Pistol is an option and they just didn’t show it. Or that the specialization unlocks shield AND changes some/all of the skills on existing weapons. A new batch of skills on sword is just as good as a new weapon choice!

the specifically said each class will receive A new weapon that can only be obtained via specialization. That is it that is all I think you overestimate the scope of this expac

these little 2-10% bonuses could act as bigger incentives to get players to participate in WvW. if you implement them in a different way.

Not everyone gets them only players that play WvW get them and the amount of WvW you play dictates how much of it you get. instead of making it based on points make it based on player kills that happen while you are in any of the WvW maps yes ill include EoTM because that is still technically WvW and this change would reduce the k-training there as well.

Why the hate on phantasms triumphant distortion and you can deal epic aoe damage in WvW with them. and then go immune to all damage for 3 seconds at a time.

They clearly showed a mesmer wielding a sword and shield in the trailer unless you think that mantra symbol he slammed on the ground was the new class stealing our class design

They should only be able to be made out of the corpses of our fallen enemies force the peasants to fight for our amusement. Link them indisputably with WvW achievements and foreever bring back the games true endgame once and for all.

I was happy with the games current UI now you went and made it look like a piece of kitten thank -_- now everyday ill be annoyed by not seeing the info i want to see on my guild list

as long as they stay outa my WvW its all good nothing would suck more than being able to hanglide my way into a keep

Bhawb.7408:

They specifically said that staff will only be available to rangers who specialize into druid. But if there is only one specialization, that means nothing, every ranger will specialize into druid and everyone will have staff. It implies that there will be multiple, otherwise what they said makes little sense.

aka you dont just get it you have to go thru your quests and kittens to specialize into druid aka all rangers have the potential to upgrade to druid but when you do become a druid you get your weapon utilities and what nots oh but your still a ranger dont forget it ya lil kitten

So yet another mesmer offhand a pretty nice looking one at that. so what if i want to run power i need to run sword/shield sword/focus? Can i just give up my skill#3 and have Focus/Shield Sword/Pistol?

FlamingFoxx.1305:

Agreed. Unisex should not = male… Mens clothing is not any more unisex than womens clothing.

look at women in your work place the military or in schools they wear pants or skirts. now look at the men …. they wear pants…. pants are unisex. When women were accepted into the military the uniform they wore was the same as the mens simple as that. men simply wear unisex clothing it is not unisex clothing is mens clothing. grow up welcome to the real world where both genders wear pants and t-shirts.

That said it is very lazy for them not to make a female specific set. kitten let us crossdress while we are at it.

IndigoSundown.5419:

Comparisons are a three-edged sword.

That said, if I compare damage bonuses in other games to those in GW2, I find that:

• GW2 is the only game I’ve seen where critical chance can approach 100%
• GW2 is the only game I’ve seen where critical damage exceeds 200% of base damage
• GW2 is the only game I’ve seen where a temporary damage buff (Might, in this case) could/can approach the base damage of a max level character (Note: that’s the buff benefit by itself, not factoring in the synergistic benefits of critical chance/damage)
• GW2 is the only game I’ve seen where the trade-off for maximizing damage still leaves players with substantial defensive options — if they’re good enough to use them

(I make no guarantees that there aren’t such games, just that I’ve never seen one)

Based (purely) on a comparative analysis of damage across games, GW2 players have (and will still) enjoy a massive amount of damage boost over that afforded in other games.

I deplore the neglected state of dungeons. I understand the desire to maximize effectiveness. I understand that eking out another few seconds on a time generates a goal that 2+ year old content does not generate on its own. However, I have a hard time arguing with the change if the only thing I look at is the actual numbers.

It’s my hope that the game will provide new challenges for those who push the dungeon meta. I’m not going to hold my breath, or make any bets on it. In the meantime, y’all are in grin-and-bear-it territory. At least that should be familiar.

Neverwinter the game your looking for is neverwinter.
Also tera gives you insane defence options on low health/def character but that game in particular you cant really choose to be glassy or choose to be tanky you choose your class and your “innate” survival is pretty much based off that.
Also wildstar eden eternal warframe and more have over 100% crit damage modifiers. infact warframe you can get over 100% crit rate and if you do that you start getting red crits for like 8x your regular crits its insane yet its still balanced because damage without crits is pretty high on weapons with low crit rate while its low but with high critical damage on weapons with high crit chance.

in short we could simply take a closer look at crit chance and fury uptime in dungeons my ele has perma 100% crit rate due to assassins gear and runes of eagle and some precision food/oil this comes at a very low power cost that gets offset with sigil of might smacking an extra stack of might every single second of the run. parred up with flame sigil not even knowing the definition of uptime i deal WAY more damage than a zerker. might we look at that?

Forgotten Legend.9281:

i want to see no new ground-targetting skills until i can “fast-cast” ground-targetted skills directly onto my target. i’m a mouse clicker, and i feel discriminated against because keyboard number pushers get a fast-cast option to cast where the mouse cursor is.

go back to wow you will find no pity here

staff either cele or zerker/assassin. zerker/assassin for wrecking faces cele for healing.

if your not roaming your not using d/d people will tell me i am wrong those people are liars who honestly think a bunker d/d is as valuable as a staff zerker simply because the d/d can possibly survive given enough skill but the damage will be way down

Head: Lich
Shoulder:Lich
Shirt:Nightmare
Gloves:Hellfire
Pants:Nightmare
Boots: Koda
Weapon:Warden

small zergs have the benefit of not enough players to rally from. so once the enemy is down in the enemy zerg they are staying down

Zoid.2568:

Heart of Thorns is most likely an expansion. It’s like 99% leaning toward an expansion and not Season 3 of the LS.

What I expect we get from this expansion by looking at this forum and interviews by ArenaNet.

- GvG
- Guild Halls
- Personal Housing
- Gameplay rework (less berserker and more roles needed)
- Raids
- New weapons
- New race
- New zones
- New story
- Personal story rework
- WvW rework
- Dota SPvP
- New skills including elite skills. (with shorter cooldown)
- New class (This one is maybe not very likely but there’s a possibility)

this is your wish list it has nothing at all to do with anything ever said by the devs.
i mean really find me a single thing that the devs did to remotely hint at dota spvp

thefantasticg.3984:

Windsagio.1340:

There are pve related issues to might, namely might stacking is very powerful and in some cases greatly effects the intended difficulty of encounters.

“intended difficulty” is the key phrase here. Not being bad can effect the “intended difficulty” so how are they going to nerf good players? Well, they tried by the universal vigor nerf and whatnot. It’s changes like this that just widen the gap between the goods and the bads.

thats a good thing in my book. when im better than another player i want to know when other players completely outclass me i want to know so i can ask them for advice. i dont want the game masking my mistakes from me just to make me think im good at a fight im really horrible at.

open world no dungeons no pve no pvp minion master necro is so easy so simple and pretty fast you can literally afk in combat. also necro dagger 1 is so powerful i love it so much. now mesmer your auto attacks they suck get used to it. your phantasms? they are a thousand times more dps heavy than minions but they dont heal you they dont cleanse conditions and they dont take damage worth a kitten plus they dont deal knockdown immob and blinds like minions do. but kitten son they hurt. focus 5 or gs 4 can one shot most trash mobs. however they also disappear if the mob you summoned them on dies. I personally would say for speedy run thru’s play mesmer because burst burst burst. for enjoying the scenery and exploring the map minion master necro is probably the best out of any class.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fhAQRAsf8dlknpMt1qxVNcrNiuBd2SMC0ljSXgA0RA-T1BGABus/AAnUhGeSBGp8DR1foSJId6fCAcA8bfjv993f/9yLv8yLvc/+7v/+7vlCgJhRA-w

is what i Command on. i do incombat portal bombs eliminates enemies ability to use AC in open field skirmishes. Plus it allows me to repeatedly wipe their ele’s and rangers. Entrance portal Mass stealth blink torch 4 drop exit portal swap to focus put up focus 4 between you and the rangers then drop f5 on an unfortunate ele and sword 2 a random close by enemy if for nothing else the 2.5 seconds of cant touch this. if allies didnt port with you take your port back to your team and rinse lather repeat. if they did gratz you just won a huge push by being an awesome mesmer

Warshade.2984:

I have some ideas, but I’m only going to mention one, (one that has been mentioned here before multiple times)…

1. Range indicator on [Mesmer] Portal.
2. Name indicator on [Mesmer] Portal

Fixed it. seriously troll mesmers ruin the integrity of portals i have such a hard time getting people to take my portal that leads to the enemies back line and ac’s even as a commander its not even funny.

Beldin.5498:

Gabby.3205:

That would make me take a break from the game until this whole thing is over :T

^^ Very much this.

I did that already in Runes of Magic (PVE Server) when our leader had the mad idea to declare a guild war. I just logged out until that crap was over.

the definition of an under experienced player. come on bro learn to live little and die a lot

yah other than bolt i hate almost every legendary.

masterdesh.8943:

Ive always thought its strange that we have two turret based elites and no kit. honestly I’d rather just have an extra utility slot than use any of our elites, to bad that’s not an option.

ele is the same way either give us arcane echo or a 4th utility elites are waste of space

Ross Biddle.2367:

Rangerdeity.5847:

Ross Biddle.2367:

Rangerdeity.5847:

Urosh Uchiha.9732:

Fay.2357:

Urosh Uchiha.9732:

Blurred Frenzy applied distortion back in the day but they nerfed it. Although I still think Masterful Reflection works on it. Not sure to be honest, but somehow I think it does. Will have to try against a pew pew ranger

It doesn’t and never has.

Yeah I just checked, and went to some old posts asking the same thing about Blurred Frenzy when it still gave Distortion. A shame really.

im more upset that i dont get reflect from the actual distortion on kill trait. that is the most effective source of distortion signets have too short of duration and the shatters CD is intense and demands 3 clones to be remotely usefull

The most reliable source of distortion is IP, and a 3 clone shatter f4 is the easiest thing to set up and most rewarding of all. Signits would be second and 1s is a really long time when you consider what can otherwise happen to you in a 1s window. Those two aside, Triumphant Distortion is the worst source of distortion as it is applied on kill, and has a 10s internal cd. So you get the benefit after the enemy is dead, which is horribly late considering. I mean, at best 3s of distortion after you’ve already killed someone? You’re just showing off.

WvW WvW WvW PVE WvW WvW PVE <—- those game modes a good player will get kills once a second your point is invalid it literally comes out 3 out of every 10 seconds are in distortion in the thick of battle where you would need distortion the most anyway you cant tell me thats not useful

The only reason to take TD in WvW zerging is for the benefits it applies to Phantasms on summon. Other than that I’m mystified as to why you’d be getting hit at all as a Mesmer and needing 3s of distortion from this trait.

That aside zerg fights tend to follow a pattern. If you side is generating kills the fight will landslide in your favor. If the enemy is generating the kills it’ll landslide in theirs. If one side is getting the kills they’re also getting the rallies, eliminating the chance for kills and thus things like TD procs. In which case TD distortion on Mesmer becomes redundant as either it’s not proccing while your team is dying, or it is proccing while your team rolls over the enemy, and thus there’s no danger to you.

the words of a great sword with a second greatsword with weapon swap sigils mesmer if i am hearing that right. i however run soldiers and dive in with gs in one slot and s/f in the other surviving off distortion blur and reflects and illl tell you one thing i have a stable 5/10 seconds of invulnerability EASY making that 5/10 seconds into a reflect would be amazing

Only a WvW player shouts “water fields” at random strangers
Only a WvW player knows what a portal bomb is
Only a WvW player wishes for the death of gwen while playing gwen
Only a WvW player has 5 minutes of swiftness
Only a WvW player knows exactly how optimized gw2 really is
Only a WvW player considers anything less then 10,000 good for total character deaths
Only a WvW player considers 80% crit rate to be 100% crit rate
Only a WvW player laughs at anyone who tells you to run cele
Only a WvW player is thwarted by target caps on team support skills like mass invisibility
Only a WvW player considers warriors skill less trash
Only a WvW player looks for the legendary trails to find and target gear carried pve noobs
Only a WvW player has more game hours than achievement points
Only a WvW player has more badges than copper
Only a WvW player has more karma than satan and god combined
Only a WvW player swims at the bottom of the lake
Only a WvW player thinks a dorito a badge a sigil and a marker are all the same thing
Only a WvW player goes thru 150 salvage kits an hour
Only a WvW player would spend 300 gold for something with no cosmetic appeal or personal benifit

Novuake.2691:

Terrahero.9358:

Mortar is a racial elite that accidentally made it into the Engineer skill set. I’d ask to swap it with the charzooka but Charr players would argue it would be a nerf to Charrs. And I’d have to agree with them.

Its a “fun” skill. But the fun quickly disappears when you find it unable to even kill basic mobs in the approximate ballpark of your level before they force you off the Mortar because of its deadzone.
The skills have terrible scaling, for example they cant even crit. So all stats and traits that in any way involve critical hits are useless. Goodluck hitting anything anyway with that slow projectile. And I hope you didn’t plan on using it anywhere around tree’s or a cave, because the projectile gets caught in the overhanging branches or the cave ceiling.
Best use i’ve found for it is on guild missions when you are to get a target that does a lot of CCs. Sit on your Mortar and plink away at his health from a reasonably safe distance, until it gets destroyed because it’s made of paper.

In short;
Its terrible. It’s not even very fun because of its wonky workings.

People actually USE charzooka? Hmm. I have an Ele char so I don’t know if I ever will.

your an ele do you really have any elites that are any better than charzooka?

Do I look like a final boss yet?

necro make good power divers in WvW zergs they can wear full zerker and still be safe wading directly into the middle of the field to drop wells into the enemies retreating ground to land kills from people who would otherwise heal up then dive further in death shroud channeling 5 and 4

idk about requiring survivability your kinda the most innately survivable class. i just run full assassin zerker and i melt my way thru both zergs and small teams with wells and when i get over extended i use axe 3 death shroud and roll back to safety

focus because swiftness and highest damage phantasm also comes with a small reflect thus its good at ranger skitten

just needs more range and it will be a staple in WvW team fights but as is might as well throw nades and drop supply crate

only a WvW player feels extremely threatened by a level 2 mesmer that may or may not be in his keep

can i atleast have all my downed skills at lv 1 please?

you want a shield as a mainhand weapon roll an ele

Acien.2306:

I like the turret builds as well. Are they good PVE dps and WvW?

pve…. sorta WvW lol they either die or the team fight pushes ground and gets outa range of them. even defending a tower if you put them anywhere they have LoS hey are just gonna get painted off the walls

Ross Biddle.2367:

Rangerdeity.5847:

Urosh Uchiha.9732:

Fay.2357:

Urosh Uchiha.9732:

Blurred Frenzy applied distortion back in the day but they nerfed it. Although I still think Masterful Reflection works on it. Not sure to be honest, but somehow I think it does. Will have to try against a pew pew ranger

It doesn’t and never has.

Yeah I just checked, and went to some old posts asking the same thing about Blurred Frenzy when it still gave Distortion. A shame really.

im more upset that i dont get reflect from the actual distortion on kill trait. that is the most effective source of distortion signets have too short of duration and the shatters CD is intense and demands 3 clones to be remotely usefull

The most reliable source of distortion is IP, and a 3 clone shatter f4 is the easiest thing to set up and most rewarding of all. Signits would be second and 1s is a really long time when you consider what can otherwise happen to you in a 1s window. Those two aside, Triumphant Distortion is the worst source of distortion as it is applied on kill, and has a 10s internal cd. So you get the benefit after the enemy is dead, which is horribly late considering. I mean, at best 3s of distortion after you’ve already killed someone? You’re just showing off.

WvW WvW WvW PVE WvW WvW PVE <—- those game modes a good player will get kills once a second your point is invalid it literally comes out 3 out of every 10 seconds are in distortion in the thick of battle where you would need distortion the most anyway you cant tell me thats not useful

Spyritdragon.6048:

So far, i use exclusively the master race, and hence if a new class were added, i would probably still play the master race.

Rangerdeity.5847:

Trevor Bennett.3691:

Well, since I’ve already done 3 Asura master-race. I’d probably have to go with a Human. I haven’t done join the circus yet, and I hear it’s pretty good, so I’d have to check that out.

WHAT a red post that isnt an automated “behave yourselves” message?

It’s been a while since the forums have felt like this – there’s a few dedicated arenanet employees going around now, who very much interact with and listen to the community. Take a peek around the CDI, for example.

take a peek into WvW and class forums you know actual gameplay segments 90% of the community has a direct use for.

Trevor Bennett.3691:

Well, since I’ve already done 3 Asura master-race. I’d probably have to go with a Human. I haven’t done join the circus yet, and I hear it’s pretty good, so I’d have to check that out.

WHAT a red post that isnt an automated “behave yourselves” message?

Mirta.5029:

it’s either a typo (maybe it has to be 19?), or they’re making something spectacular.

Wildstar predictions makes me sad though.

This when i look at wildstar i just start scream about it being the chosen one and how it was supposed to surpass WoW then i realize nobody cares and i just wait for overwatch to quench my thirst for something new.

Urosh Uchiha.9732:

Fay.2357:

Urosh Uchiha.9732:

Blurred Frenzy applied distortion back in the day but they nerfed it. Although I still think Masterful Reflection works on it. Not sure to be honest, but somehow I think it does. Will have to try against a pew pew ranger

It doesn’t and never has.

Yeah I just checked, and went to some old posts asking the same thing about Blurred Frenzy when it still gave Distortion. A shame really.

im more upset that i dont get reflect from the actual distortion on kill trait. that is the most effective source of distortion signets have too short of duration and the shatters CD is intense and demands 3 clones to be remotely usefull

Olvendred.3027:

This sounds very similar to necro, in class mechanics and playstyle.

more half necro half guardian really. Either way i would buy a character slot to play this. I always wanted a necro that wasnt a necro and a guardian that dealt some legit damage this would fit that emptiness in my roster along with full filling one of the few class positions that isnt already taken with existing classes.

Gaile Gray.6029:

The moderators had to do a whole lot of cleanup in this thread. I think this is a valuable discussion and we’d like it to keep going, but it needs to be on topic, and participants need to be respectful to one another.

The most consistent and longest lived threads in the forums and this is what we get for dev input. Might as well be playing a korean game atleast they admit they dont know how to run a game.

fluxit.8247:

It works with shatter distortion and signet distortion trait but not triumphant distortion or blurred frenzy.

that just makes me sad triumphant distortion with masterful reflection would be so cool to use in WvW. and i dont think it would be too broken in sPvP either since you have to land the kill and you have to give up A LOT to get those two traits together. but even as it is soldiers distortion builds with sword/focus and reflect on focus and feedback slotted make amazing WvW tanks that double as anti ranger machines.

Does it work on all sources of distortion or just the shatter skill?

cillard.3986:

The OP is a ranger and is complaining everywhere in game about ele’s. He laid into me the other night in sPvP because I was playing an ele and verbally abused me the entire time because I kept killing him. I would just disregard what he is saying to be honest as it holds no value considering the game play involved.

For a little perspective, he got mad that I killed him in cele gear the first match. Then I switched to condi spec the second match, and he got mad that I killed him in ‘cele gear’. The third match I switched to soldiers for giggles and killed him again and he spent the entire time telling me I was bad and all I did was spam buttons and that d/d was easy mode. I then switched to this account to see if he was doing it to ‘any’ ele that killed him and proceeded to get verbally abused after I killed him on a scepter build because I was in cele armor. I then switched to a scepter/focus condi build and killed him again the next match I saw him in…. and you guessed it, got verbally abused.

So umm yeah….

thats actually not me…. i have a ranger but its lv 17 named pridesenvy and has only played a couple of practice matches. the only classes i have played spvp in recently is mesmer and ele

WvW roamers yes i would suggest you strap on boots but yes. also bombs with elixirs is very effective for support. but yah if you dont want to kit up then roaming with rocket boots is prolly your best idea