Guild Wars 2

GW1 definitely had the best PvP of all MMO games.
Comparing it to non-mmo games just makes no sense.

I got the windows service pack, now I’m just wondering, which driver version should I rollback to?

I’m an euro playing on american server and lag is not a problem at all. And you definitely don’t need a good reaction time in this game…
GW1 required good ping but this game just doesn’t.

I really hope they’ll merge NA and EU together, so the whole world can get along and play the video game together!

Here it is! I hope you can find the problem.

^ No, Guild Wars 1, which had the best PvP and combat system of all MMO games, didn’t have it.

Ok so I followed your instructions on how to improve the frame rate of GW2, as it was quite low even tho I had the necessary requirements. And the problem was somewhat fixed indeed, thank you for that.
However, after downloading and installing new drivers for my graphics card, the one, maybe not big, but extremely annoying problem appeared. When I try to resize a window, any window, of an instant messaging program for example, it just gets completely choppy and slow and weird (I hope you know what I mean there). It’s like the graphics card doesn’t work for that one aspect lol, I don’t know how to explain it better.

Anyway, I know it’s not your job really do deal with that, but could you please give me some advice on how to fix this thing, it’s very annoying.

Thank you

Jon, please don’t make it too grindish like the glory system. And make it competitive, so that even if you’re new and started pvping months after the system was implemented that you still have the chance to get on top. I could give you a brilliant example of an ranking system in PM if you want (not mine, just what one private DotA league uses. and the rating system itself keeps the players there, and keeps them motivated)

Can you at least give us some info about the fix progress. This is a serious issue and should be a priority. Players are just suck in their regions where they played way too many tourneys, and they can’t change.

I put endless doll, ventari, griffon, toy soldier tonics in mystic forge and I got ENDLESS GOLEM TONIC. How does that make sense? And how do I get my frames back so I can get other items please?

Dondarrion.5041:

The game came out in August…I think there’s room to improve, but raging on a free game that has sPvP, tPvP, and WvWvW at release seems a bit harsh.

Excuse me? The game is not free, it was actually quite expensive. They also sold me a completely unfinished product and I still feel ripped off. Maybe it’s just the WoW mentality and the expectations that games should have HORRIBLE monthly fees, but it’s bad and wrong.
And I think it’s definitely good idea to rage at them, that’s the only way they might ever even consider changing things.
If everyone is quiet and pretending to be happy they can’t know there is a problem and nothing good will ever happen.

You can’t really have HotM free to play. There would be multiaccount issues, and a lot of abuse.
CTF mode wouldn’t work at all. Bunkers and portal mesmers would be even stronger there.
Custom Arenas: I don’t really see any need for that.

Downed State: very unique thing, helps PvP a lot, leaves more room for tactics, they should never remove or change it

Glory: horrible system indeed, especially for me personally. I only did 3 hot join games ever, but hundreds and hundreds of tournament games. However, the only way to get high rank up fast is farming hot join games. So it’s not very fair to rank up by doing cookie cutter format rather than actual, organized, skilled (winning against portals, bunker gimmicks) pvp.

Haste: it’s just fine, cool downs are not too short

Hacks/Mods/Macros: I’m not sure what they are, maybe you could tell me how to detect them please if possible?

No DR: I don’t understand what that has to do with PvP

Patches: yeah well, developers be lazy, what can you do about it The only balance issues I see are with bunkers and portal mes, they’re just MUST HAVE in order to win against everyone. It’s funny how Anet stated there won’t be a must have profession (like healer/prot in GW1) when it’s actually even worse in this game. Thieves are cookie cutter easy to play, and quite lame actually, but they’re not that OP, no need to balance them.

All the snow effects make the FPS too low, but other than that the puzzle is fine. Not even as close as good as clock tower was tho.

Downed doesn’t mean dead. It means you’re still alive, therefore you should be able to get up. Also downed state leaves some additional room for teamplay and tactics in already braindead game. If there wasn’t a downed state, PvP would be even worse and more cookie cutter easy boring than it is now.

tPvP queues are longer and longer, the format is dying quite fast. Soon all the lower ranks will give up due to constantly being farmed by R40/50+ guilds in free tourneys (paid only pop one hour a day anyway). No newbies in = too long wait timers = everyone will give up = death of tPvP.

Also, a bit unrelated but: why not have separate ranks for tourneys and for hot join?

There is no real teamplay or necessary team composition. There is no need to use combo fields, it’s yet another fail from Anet. Combo fields are just ignored.

I am interested in joining your guild. I meet your rank requirement and I’m in an US server, not Anvil Rock tho, I hope that won’t be a problem.

I’m not actually a warrior, but I am a very brave soldier necromancer. Well, I guess I am a warrior after all.
I can play any of the roles available: I do have range DPS from my staff, it actually does a three-digit damage by each hit, which is quite impressive I think. I can also have a great sword role. Well, I’ll even improve it. Instead of having just one sword, I’ll have an axe and make it stronger by having an focus. 2 weapons are always better than one.
I think I am one of the best point holders in the game. I can stand on the point for the whole match, even if I’m dead. So, you’ll definitely want me to cover that role.
I can combine your last 2 roles into one. I will roam around a lot and initiate the enemies on each shrine. Very innovative I know. I can demonstrate it for you, how good I am at initiating the opposing teams, no matter how many they are on the certain point.

About try-outs:
I think killing the chieftain in 15 seconds is very easy. I can do it without any problem and without taking any damage. I’m willing to take it to even more extreme levels. I can kill it in 15 MINUTES without taking any damage, which I’ll prove to you when you invite me for the try-outs.

Let me know when I can start. The best way of contacting me would be leaving the message in this thread.
I look forward to seeing you soon. I’m sure we’ll master those tournaments.

1 – definitely yes
2 – I’d make it 10 points, that should be fine, but then get svanir to be 35 maybe, guild lord 175, just to balance the things out
3 – NO! It would make the game even more brainless, at least getting downed on point makes some room for the tactic. Also, downed doesn’t mean you’re dead. You are still alive, and not invulnerable or anything, therefore you should be able to cap the point.

Guardian or ele bunker if you want the easy and lame way, even portal mes.
Honourable condition or spike build if you want to be successful and win with style
It will take way longer to master but at least you’ll know how to play.

Problem is their whole paid tournament idea failed miserably. Those organized people were supposed to play paid tourneys, and others, more casual would be on free tourneys. Yet another fail prediction from Anet.

Downstate is actually really good. But the whole idea behind the bunkers is just horrible. Bunkers are anti-fun gameplay.

Your problem is that you’re coming from a cookie cutter easy mode game called WoW. Us who played the most competitive PvP MMO game of all times called Guild Wars 1, we have no problems dealing with silly thieves 1v1. I never ever died to one of them 1v1, no matter what profession I played.

There just isn’t any variety in GW2.
A simple example would be a ranger. Here you have 2 options: condition damage or burst damage, or you can try bunkering but it’s not good enough.
GW1 ranger: RaO hammer, cripshot, r-spiker, R/D wounding strike, trapper, IA arrow pressure, R/W axe, oath shot
GW1 professions had WAY more completely different possibilities, while all of the GW2 professions have 2-3 similar options.

Jumper is definitely the best thief.
I’m not impressed with anyone elses performance with any other profession.

All guilds run the same: 2 bunkers, 1 portal mes, 1 condi pressurer, 1 burst damage
Quite said.. I miss GW1 PvP, and all the different team builds.

GW1 had thousands and thousands builds available while GW2 only has a few. FACT

Nerf bunker eles, nerf bunker guardians and everything is good!

GW1 had HA. Said enough.
HA was a perfect PvP format that no game will ever have, but they just threw it away, it’s quite sad.

You may enter alone, and you get randoms in your team. There are tournaments going on most of the time. However, sometimes wait time can be about 10 minutes. I think Anet should make it clear for people that they can enter alone.

That looks pretty serious indeed, what’s the rank requirement? If it’s r40+ I’m down.

It’s only the balance updates.. so I guess there will be nothing.
Besides 2 new maps in February there is nothing interesting coming up, but not sure if they’ll be used in tPvp anyway, but that format might even be dead before that time.

Excuse me, why was he infracted for this post? It’s a good suggestion, and a good observation of the game. I completely agree with OP.
However, I don’t mind thieves that much as bunker eles and guardians are just ridiculous, combined with portal mesmers… makes the format quite unplayable.

It will never be an esport. It’s already dead.

It’s funny how they just say: this game will be esport. It won’t.

well… some balance updates next week, and 2 new maps in february, I dont really see pvp going anywhere

1. thieves are joke
2. bunkers = no esport
3. treb = no esport
4. instant res skills no esport

They should put different maps with different objectives in tourney mode. BUT they should make it impossible to switch classes during the tourney. The class that registered should do the entire tourney. Would be quite interesting to see deathmatch, cap points, and maybe cap flag like that, and there would be more team build varieties, rather than the same thing each guild team plays now.

Nerf bunker guardians just for a bit and the game will be perfectly balanced

It really depends, sure those people are winning and everything and it looks like they’re that good, but it isn’t hard with the organized team. A really good player would carry random pugs to the victory, even teach them how to play.

+10 / -10 is a very bad system, something like trueskill rating system would be better, which would consider the ranks of each player in team. For example: r40-50 team wins against r10-20 team, they get +1 TS, and other team loses -1 TS but if that r10-20 team wins, they get +3 TS, while other team loses it.

Yeah it’s a bug, I had a warrior instantly killing me with 1 rifle shot earlier today

Well: have 2 bunkers, capture 2 shrines, and guard them without any problem. Checkmate
That’s why organized guild teams win and go to paid and everything and randoms lose, it’s not because of the skill it’s because of more organized bunkering, which is quite sad.
Even IWAY in gw1 was better and more balanced.

Quickness actually improves things, as it should be used tactically. I hope they’ll never remove it

How about… play for fun??? If the format is good it should be play for fun rather than for points.

Yeah: let’s stay afk all match not doing anything but sitting on the point and even get awarded for that anti-play. Great idea!

Bunkers should be nerfed. They should just make them weaker rather than completely removing. Other professions seem to be quite balanced, which is not that good I think. GW 2 needs the “IWAY”, it needs something that new players can play to stand a chance against experienced ones. This way the more experienced team will always win no matter what, which is quite sad.

You don’t need 5 friends to join a tournament. You can join with any number of people and press submit. Other slots will fill automatically.
Adding new game modes would stop the current bunker meta in tournaments, and people would need to have some variety. Of course here I’m talking about having maps with different objectives for each tourney round. However, problem would be people being able to change class at any time, or between rounds. That should be fixed.
Make something similar to HA and everyone will be happy

Seragi.5910:

im just a little curious as to what people mean by adding a LFG system… isnt that what is already in place… you solo queue(LFG) and matched up with other people(LFG) then your off and tourny starts. Im not sure there is anyway to improve that system.

Something like gw2lfg.com but for PvP would be desirable. Built in the game of course.

EoNxBoNx.9213:

No I am being serious, they have said you can queue in to EU teams when doing tPvP and sPvP.

Tested: it doesn’t work.

ACTUALLY, leveling is TOO FAST. In GW1 people needed years and years to reach max rank (level), and here they can do it within few months, which is bad. Where’s the challenge for them after that? What will they aim for?