Guild Wars 2

StickerHappy.8052:

Razor.9872:

Zatoichi.1049:

FrownyClown.8402:

I can kind of agree. I’d increase the duration to around 20s to bring it in line with shortbow 5 cooldown. The skill should really be used for condi builds, but its not because the immobalize is very strong with builds that have lots of cc

who are u to say ancient seeds is a condi/shortbow trait? Shortbow is a trash weapon and every Ranger knows it, so I assume you must not play ranger. In pvp, Ancient seeds is, and has primarily been a used for its immob to lock down targets, set up bursts and decap , not the bleed. Its primary strength comes from LB point blank shot, Dazes from CA, and glyphs.

I cant believe that sheer lack of even basic understanding about the ranger class. Nerf Ancient Seeds? r u people serious?

Believe me, I find it hard to wrap my head around as well, but with the recent buffs it received shortbow is actually as strong as axe/dagger dps-wise (maybe stronger). In addition, if you do #5 quickly followed by #2 at point-blank range, you can proc 5 vines on a single target. Also #4 followed by bristle-back F2 is very strong.

I stopped reading when you said SB is as strong/er as axe/Dagger. Why? Just because of that bug?

Wow.

Not just because of the “bug” (I don’t consider it as such), it’s actually due to #2 w/ quickdraw/poisonmaster (shot-gunned). The poison is re-apply-able so quickly, it actually acts like a mini sustained burst. Also, you should have continued reading. I mentioned the synergy with bristleback.

I can’t really seem to recall when it happened, but do you remember that time just after the marauder amulet was introduced — but everyone was still running berzerker. People would blow up in seconds, and it was always a battle of initiative / hitting first. There were so many people complaining on the forums, it was crazy. But personally, I had a really fun time with it.

I decided to run a CC-y zerker gadget engi with AED. I remember it as being one of the most crazy, but fun times I’ve ever had (despite people raging that pvp was “too stressful” then.)

Zatoichi.1049:

FrownyClown.8402:

I can kind of agree. I’d increase the duration to around 20s to bring it in line with shortbow 5 cooldown. The skill should really be used for condi builds, but its not because the immobalize is very strong with builds that have lots of cc

who are u to say ancient seeds is a condi/shortbow trait? Shortbow is a trash weapon and every Ranger knows it, so I assume you must not play ranger. In pvp, Ancient seeds is, and has primarily been a used for its immob to lock down targets, set up bursts and decap , not the bleed. Its primary strength comes from LB point blank shot, Dazes from CA, and glyphs.

I cant believe that sheer lack of even basic understanding about the ranger class. Nerf Ancient Seeds? r u people serious?

Believe me, I find it hard to wrap my head around as well, but with the recent buffs it received shortbow is actually as strong as axe/dagger dps-wise (maybe stronger). In addition, if you do #5 quickly followed by #2 at point-blank range, you can proc 5 vines on a single target. Also #4 followed by bristle-back F2 is very strong.

Mea.5491:

My (not too minor) pet peeve is equippable passives (aka signets) and their whole annoying system: useless active skills most of the time, losing passives on activating, taking one utility slot away from me just because I want to run around faster. I hope one day Anet will remove them and give every profession some real passive skills and 25% movement speed to all. I can dream, right? :P

If everyone had 25% more movement speed…wouldn’t no-one have 25% more movement speed? :P

Ele is probably the safer bet, but Engi and Thief can be more fun to play imo.

Not to mention it doesn’t even work if your opponent has stability…

I just do everything

There is so much stuff to do, the variety is what appeals to me.

It seems this thread has reached pinnacle of its content. By this I mean all everyone is doing is debating in circles — repeating what has already been said.

Continue if you wish, but really, this thread is kinda dead.

Engi really only has perma swiftness with either a lot of elixirs or speedykits.

My greatest pet peeve is that the icons for the Glyphs of Empowerment and The Tides have their icons swapped when you enter Celestial Avatar form :P

Unlikely
/15Charrzookas

Sird.4536:

Then the average player must be lower than what I expected.

And herein lies the incredibly annoying but definitely necessary cause for nearly every [dumb] feature (or lack thereof) that A-net has ever implemented.

Scratch my statement on having to minimize to desktop, you can actually just CTRL+ALT+DEL to the options menu, then press cancel. As long as focus is shifted away from the client, that is what matters.

Not sure if trolling…

or just bosh’tet

brannigan.9831:

I have two words for these types of posts Stockholme Syndrome. We are going to have another pvp season where the majority of the player base plays 3 or 4 classes because they are clearly the strongest. By all means keep shaving away. Taking 6 seconds off MOA totally balances the class yup. In another three months, which would make 9 months of Mesmers being op, maybe we will make some more changes to them. As much as I complain I just adapt and play whats strong in the end but I personally find A-nets methods to balancing totally lacking.

You misread. It was not 6 seconds that was taken off moa, it was 4 (10 → 6 = -4)

Yep, same problem here. Starting suddenly about 2-4 days ago, every time I load to a new zone (sometimes even loading in the same zone), I will get stuck in the loading screen. It’s curious that I can fix the issue by CTRL+ALT+DELing to my desktop — then it loads just fine (although, trying to ALT+TAB or WINDOWS KEY to the desktop doesn’t work.). In fact, I can minimize to my desktop right after I begin loading, and it will load just fine a few seconds later. It’s as if the client can’t load if the computer has focus on it.

Also, after loading into Verdant Brink, I started experiencing the same texture bug that the OP posted an image of. I’m wondering if there is something I can do on my end to alleviate the issue.

Windows 10 Home 64bit (10.0, Build 10586)
Intel Core i7-6700HQ CPU 2.60GHz (8 CPUs)
8192MB RAM (8GB)
Intel HD Graphics 530
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

(64bit client of gw2)

Maybe the pets could be introduced as caged animals in keeps/stonemist or some other locations in WvW? Places that are somewhat tricky to get to, but available to reach.

Druid – Zealots/Berzerkers or Vipers/Sinister

Infernia.9847:

As a level 80 ranger I would say, no. I feel like if I play smart I can survive in Orr but certainly not powerful.
If I need my fix of feeling powerful I’ll take my toon back to a low level area and harass some mobs.
At level though, I don’t think harassing multiple mobs at once is such a great idea. (it’s a mixed spec for using spirits)

Strange, I’m a lvl 80 ranger as well, and I feel OP as heck. I can afk in the middle of a zone, and come back surrounded by corpses. As a Druid, summoning astral forces and the like, I feel demi-god-ish.

Rangers begged A-net for more supportive abilities. A-net gave Rangers supportive spec option.

Case closed.

Rocknull.2986:

Aihao. I would recomend p/p with gernade then load up on defense utility. something like

marks/1-1-3 explo/1—2-2 scrapper-(1or3)-1-2

medicgyro/gernade/bulwork/your favorit here/stealth gyro

profit

I would probably have the last slot be either Elixer C or Elixer gun for condi-clear.

By having no zones to force people to, some very cheesy, and boring builds/strategies start poping up. Also, the winners of a fight are generally determined by:

A) Who has their elite skills ready
B) Which team has the strongest ranged/aoe weapons.

Since you have the lvl 80 booster, I’m assuming you have HoT? On that note, do you really want to play condi engi, or would you be ok going a sustained-power route with scrapper?

Because there are a couple really strong scrapper builds to use atm. (and in pvp, you can use them even if you don’t have it unlocked in pve)

Tim.7689:

Might want to check your gear my friend, 18k health in full zerker is… well..

Who? me? I had 12k in that screenshot.

I think it just needs bigger numbers with bug fixes. I like the idea of resistance being added, though.

grhayes.5192:

One thing I noticed with the updates a lot of zones are pretty void of players.
You would think with all that content built there it would be smart to do something to draw players back into those areas as well not just abandon them the way they appear to be.

The vast majority of players I see are ones doing the boss spawns and raids.

The game has pretty much turned into a level 80+ game rather than one people build their characters up in.

I’m not sure something like offering new loot or armor would be that good. People would go there get it if it is what they want and the place would be abandoned again. Its like every time they add some new prize everyone goes and gets in then they never return unless they decide they want to for another character.

What is needed is items that have to be replaced regularly that characters need to get a greater power level they can’t get other places. Make it so each region has its own and they can’t be traded.

That way zones would always have a reason for users to go back to.

Well, they kinda did that with map bonus rewards, and legendary quests.

It’s just something that takes time to incorporate into new systems.

Pvt Frosty.6973:

Both sides are true, in part.
The introduction of continuum split turned Moa into a super strong skill of a much lower cd than its original. But nerfing moa directly will result in a bigger nerf to core mes as opposed to chrono.
On the other side, yes moa can already be dodged/blinded/lo’sd etc. But both the visual and the sound queues of this elite are super difficult to make out in the middle of a fight. Try and hear or see the moa over a chaos storm. And 3 clones.
Maybe make continuum split have a cast time (I don’t really quite like that idea myself) or don’t allow for cont split to be cast during other casts or make it more visible/bigger. I dunno something along those lines.

That sounds reasonable. Or perhaps make the continuum rift left behind more visible somehow?

As a Ranger main, I completely agree that Ventari needs a good bunch of buffs.

I personally:

4 (to take advantage of quickdraw on aoe waterfield that heals for a sum of roughly 8,000)

2

3 (in the middle of the 2, for aoe retal)

4 (has generally come off cd by now, if not, throw a 1 or maybe another 2 somewhere until it comes back)

5 (if I think the situation needs it, otherwise, I just exit CA form)

That is just a standard rotation. But using the glyphs of alignment, rejuvenation, and unity while in CA form can be used for much stronger burst-healing.

If you are just entering CA form to give GofL to others, then just pop it, use 4, then exit. That likely has the highest upkeep of GofL stacks.

I know this is a bit more extreme than just giving Astral Wisp an aoe pulse, but I want to put it out there because I like the concept:

1) When wisp passes through allies, condition(s) are transfered from the touched allies to the circled enemy.

or

2) When wisp passes through allies, boon(s) are transfered from the circled enemy to touched allies.

Edit:

Hunter’s Call
Make it work like the 6th Bonus from Rune of the Mad King, but maybe lower its efficiency a little.

How madking’s bonus 6 work is that when you cast an elite skill, up to 3 enemies in a 1200 range around you will basically get the same effect from Hunter’s Call (fact in combat log its labeled as such) >> 16 hits on a target. The rune effrct cooldown is at 45 seconds

The warhorn version could be lowered to 12 hits and 900 range, could work well against stealthed enemies

Also PLEASE fix the ‘obstructed’ glitch. It was fixed at one point in history but it’s back and very annoying

I really like this idea too. WH#4, like Staff#2, really needs something extra.

Exciton.8942:

This is probably not true shot lacking damage. Rather, it is hit on some super tanky players.

Just to throw it out there:
1. tempest protection has 40% damage reduction
2. rite of great dwarf has 50% damage reduction
3. frost aura has 10% damage reduction

If some frontline party uses a proper composition, they will be very tanky.

^ This is very true, and I would also like to add to it.

The steps required to acquire those defenses need 2-4 players to accomplish (2 is min, but has low-upkeep). Now, if you are facing these odds by yourself, it is understandable that you will do little damage. However, with your own allies supporting you (giving you might, dps boosts, quickness, etc…) your own dps can also be boosted massively.

This is a team game that doesn’t try to balance around 1v1’s.

Agemnon.4608:

Razor.9872:

Moa can be dodged, blocked, and blinded.

In addition to massive telegraph.

While it normally is well telegraphed one should remember that Mesmer has stealth and can obstruct itself in teammates’ particle effects or even in bushes depending on the map.

Like a thief backstab, one should anticipate the delay between mesmer stealth and then moa.

True, it’s hard at the moment, but that is because it is relatively new (as far as widely-used is concerned) in comparison to backstabs. It’s a timing thing that we all have to acquaint to.

slamfunction.7462:

So then, let me ask one more question: Is it “merely coincidence” that John Smith has not answered me, or the community, with any explanation within 24 hours of this post being created? Since you like to pick apart my issue, let me be more specific: Is it merely coincidence that he hasn’t replied on how the involved parties (may or may not be a dev, directly) knew to begin dumping the items in question, and steadily lowering the price over the course of a month, or two?

Dude, John is a busy guy. It’s not coincidence, it’s common sense; he doesn’t have the time or priority to come here and deal with tin-hatters. He is busy working to make the game great, as he should be.

You need to contact your local reaper and chill.

Moa can be dodged, blocked, and blinded.

In addition to massive telegraph.

My Sweet Lily.1952:

UnitedChaos.8364:

Eurantien.4632:

I didn’t expect someone to figure it out that fast but I was gonna add things like you don’t need precision, or that I meant by ancient seeds and 2 buttons I meant that as the ONLY trait, no runes, etc.

Entangle is 1 button press with mad king rune effect.
I still don’t see how your actual answer is correct though.

Concussion shot or Glphy = stun on up to 5 targets, fine. (0 bleeds).
Poison volley = (0) bleeds but triggers ancient seeds (5) bleeds per target, if it hits everyone simultaneously. So if you hit 3 targets concurrently it’s 15 bleeds, not 20. Unless I’m missing something.

It works even against 1 target. Hitting Poison Volley on a dazed target in melee range procs 5 roots on that 1 target, causing them to gain 5 stacks of bleed each second, which adds up to 20 fast.

Yeah, not to mention the split-blade or poison volley that originally proc’d it :P

I’m going to pray to Wolf for this not to be “fixed” (nerfed).

Understand, also, that the Dragonhunter elite spec is not designed to focus on pure support, unlike Druid, or even Tempest. It is likely the guardian will receive an elite specialization later to further boost this role.

What advice would you give a Druid? Or is Druid even a viable option for Trin lvl 100?

ronpierce.2760:

slamfunction.7462:

John Smith.4610:

Ha, I went right to urban dictionary assuming it was more…slangy? I should have searched better.

Thats great John…so what can you do about this? Its unfair on both accounts. You are the ‘economy guy’, so therefore, you are essentially the game’s “SEC”. Can you review this, and report back on what steps or actions are being done to prevent or correct it?

According to that other post in this thread, it seems to be an ongoing thing. Since real money can be involved here, i can’t stress the seriousness of this matter. Please advise.

Public PTRs and open display of PTR data mining would curb it. Not a likely route they will take though.

@Razor, I think the idea is that the secret few they allow on private test realms are subject to sensitive material they can leverage for profit on live servers, anticipating price changes.

Ok, I think I kinda get that. But isn’t that such a teeny, tiny minority that it doesn’t matter much?

Most all of this is beyond me without even more dumbed-down explanation. In the spirit of optimism and ignorance, I’m going to imagine this was all a coincidence.

I have a male Norn Ranger myself, and I have never heard that dialogue. So that cuts that demographic out of the picture.

I would just like to say to the OP:

Thank you

for asking how to improve yourself, rather than complaining about an inability or lack of desire to complete content. That is a rare trait these days. I commend you.

In addition, if you find the content too difficult, there is always the option of building for more sustain.

No one is forcing you to go full glass in the open world.

I do the same as the OP, but I’ve also tried using the Medic Gyro as well. Sure, it has a hard time following and doesn’t remove condi’s, but it’s insta-cast and comes with on-demand protect/persistent-waterfield. (something the turret is lacking).

What if it did a 0-range launch + Immob + Cripple + Vulnstacks + Boonrip?

Yes

15FurryCharrs

Healix.5819:

battledrone.8315:

but here-in the casual mmo-it is needed for “open world” content?

GW2 was meant to be casual in the sense of time, not difficulty. You can just jump in and play here and there while remaining competitive. When it comes to the difficulty, GW2 was actually intended for the more hardcore audience, as shown by the original beta. If you failed to dodge the telegraphed attacks back then, you were dead. That was all heavily nerfed however because, in short, they found that the average player needed training wheels.

Personally, I’d expect to see them continue to nerf HoT’s difficulty because it’s better for business. HoT is simply unrealistic for the more casual players which tend to play solo and make up the majority. Surely there’s a reason why almost all MMOs are incredibly easy when it comes to open world/solo content. ArenaNet has always been a niche however, so maybe they won’t.

There is a difference between casual and facerole/afk easy. I believe HoT to be on that line.

“Hi!…Oh…it’s you”

I find the disparity between people’s opinions of whether the meta is bunky or bursty comical.

I’ve personally gone the route of corruptionmancer. It is in no way a great build, but it is very efficient in dealing with this boon/condi filled meta. It solo’s strong, and can win team-fights.

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vRAQNArYWnc0AtbilbCebC0bilgBLeIuEjiRJtAQDg6KsF+VA-TpxFABAcCAS4QAYwRAAp9HKvMwxPAAA

(Soul Spiral in Corrosive Poison Cloud is awesome)