Guild Wars 2

TheFug.5278:

CD never had Titan Alliance. A lot of it is due to transfers. A lot of our PVP’ers transfered out, while the server remains full because of all of the PVE’ers so nobody can transfer in.

We don’t have any guilds that want to claim / upgrade / defend our keeps in our own BG (except Kwisatz Haderach), so we just have people going back and forth between CD and EB reclaiming the empty keeps they lost.

I still see EMDW and their affiliates out there though (was the main WvW guild I saw in our last matchup too). Thanks for the clarification.

Nevertheless it’s been great kicking CD’s butt this week, truly satisfying, hope you guys bounce back stronger (like TC did).

Ranger here,

This was what was teased at (note the date) by Jon Peters 23 days ago:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/ranger/Ranger-update/first

Poof! Someone called and I am here. We made some ranger changes this patch, but had to go back on them because of risk factor. There are some bugs being fixed and quality of life improvements coming in the next patch, as well as some other significant ranger improvements. I would Literally tell you but I think it would be considered a bit of a spoiler so you will have to be patient.

While we work hard to keep updates going on all professions, not very build us going to contain fixes for everyone due to the nature of software development. One problem with rangers is the lack of build diversity created by a number of sub par utility skills. Many signets, a shout or two, and spirits are all a bit lackluster. That is the first place to expect improvements. Second is trying to improve the feel/ pacing on some weapons.

Ok I can’t type more with tiny phone finger keypad. See you in game!

Jon

These are the changes with the latest patch:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/ranger/General-Patch-Discussion-merged/first

Hi Anders, I’m totally not here so skip this post and read on…

We made the improvements we had time to test. There are still more ranger improvements but when our time is limited we have to focus on things we know we can fix. Signets and shouts are still on the docket, and I suspect some of each of these will get some love in the next time around. As you can see a lot changed in this build for every profession and we have to test these changes as well.

I do still believe ranger is the profession in most need of improvement after this patch and we will continue to make those improvements. If we could fix everything at one time we would, but the reality is there are a limited # of hours to make changes.

I see a lot of talk about ranger weapons, but I don’t think that is the real problem. I think sword and longbow are both good weapons, which is why the changes take longer. The problems are deeper, in pets ability to hit moving targets, trait lines with not enough viable choices and skills that are often too specialized to really compliment the weapon builds. These aren’t things we can change overnight. The change to Greatsword block was in fact a very difficult change, but we made it because we knew it was the right thing to do.

There are >500 skills in this game, 480 traits, and 2 designers working on this. Even then often we are bottle necked by other issues. I’m not going to say we are not working on these things, nor can I say there are things we could have changed but just ran out of time on, but this was a patch that contained ranger improvements and it will not be the last one that does so. Maybe you want more than honesty but that is what I currently have to offer.

Jon

Feedback? Disappointed. Besides the very welcome changes Jon was talking about (vast majority of the Rangers posting in the first thread were excited as heck) .. the actual changes are extremely lacklustre. And also it appears that ANET only has 2 designers working on these issues. I am sure Jon and the design team are working hard .. but it seems like there just isn’t enough resources available to churn out quality fixes (not to mention the collection of Ranger Bugs compiled in the GW2 Ranger section)

Appreciate the honesty Jon but I must say I am extremely disappointed with this patch. Judging by your first post I was anticipating way more fixes. Also it seems quite troubling that you only have 2 designers working on all these issues .. it seems like a manpower issue more than sluggishness or unwillingness on you and your teams part.

Looks like the whole free to play concept is truly bittersweet …

I just want to parrot everyone in saying its been the best match up I’ve been part of since release.

I remember TC getting smashed by CD a few weeks back but the tables have turned, anybody from CD willing to share why they think this is so? I’m playing from Singapore so have a few friends playing on CD .. but when I ask them if it is due to server transfers they say no, that it is due to the breaking down of the Titan Alliance .. just curious is all if anybody wants to share.

Overall had a great time against YB and looking forward to playing against you guys next week too.

Hopefully the Lost Shores expansion doesn’t result in too many peeps staying away from WvW this week as was the case with the Halloween event!

Absolutely love it – far more balanced .. gives servers who are lagging in points a fair shot at regaining territory and ticking points.

Makes WvW more about coverage, which is better imo.

Create a siege puzzle of rams .. then man em all and hold 2 (the fire ability), enemies who can make it through the maze the furthest win, lol

This week may have not started as the best 3 way matchup, but I love how it’s turning out – HoD/CD have this never die attitude, attempting objectives when odds are not in their favor and even sometimes succeeding at getting some great momentum going ..

As Coral said .. really looking forward to next weeks match too, and hopefully more 3-way action .. it truly changes the dynamics of things pretty significantly.

also .. keep the battle reports/stories coming! some from CD/HoD?

Agree great suggestion.

@Hekatombaion: I’m sorry to hear folks are just transferring off your server .. it’s something not many TC’ers can relate to, and I agree .. I doubt any server can grasp the concept of not capping everything so the other server doesn’t get demoralized and starts having guilds transferring over :p

As Rpgtabbycat said .. we really don’t care about the score, like during our previous matchup with you and BG (I think last week was a lack of numbers due to Halloween), and so far that attitude has served us well .. we’ve been taking 2 steps forward 1 step back with some of the thrashings score wise we have experienced, but slowly are building up the WvW community and coordination.

Wish CD and HoD all the best this week!

<3 u too FA, hope we meet again soon =D

I will still be on the BLs strating n attacking n defending, if at all this will make things more balanced when behind and trying to get ahead.

Im glad Anetis taking this honest approach to solve the hacking rather than keeping a broken mechanic in place.

Great solution even if temporary!

I’m using just the shoulders at the moment (with the Krytan set) and love it =D

Congrats all – just dont be hasty for the gold star in WvW, might be just me but I feel like Im always being focus fired!!

Get to level 20, then max out all six crafting professions and you will be 80. Can be done in 1-3 days and will cost ~ 50g

Subtle.4596:

The system is flawed, yes – if you don’t use it correctly.
You get your server to work together. You get your commanders to talk and get things moving in ONE direction. When get you get on a WvW map – JOIN the commander (who you like) squad – get your guild mates to join too. The Commander icon was meant to be spammed across the map. Yes eventually there will be 100’s of commanders – One for each guild but you have to learn which commanders are good – and which commanders are bad.

This, in my opinion, should be how it is:

Imagine, your commanders are organized – They log into WvW and join predefined coms with the other say 4 commanders on the map. There is ONLY those 5 in there. They jump to their map, and get their squad together. Say, each commander has 25 people in his squad – each commander is communicating via voice and relaying the plan (through /squad) to the people in his squad on what their duties are. ALL of this is done without /team or /map. Why? Because they are using /squad – the members of this squad know their duty. For those 125 people (5commanders 25per squad) the only thing that matters is WHAT their commander says. Map chat has no meaning.

As time goes on, a brand new Credit card commander joins the map, looking all cool with his blue tag and says “everyone follow me to Stonemist!” No one follows him. Your map commanders PM this guy and try to get him on board (either by turning off his tag and joining a squad OR by creating a new squad and working with the other commanders). If the commander turns out to be a kitten (we all know that type right?) then the commanders advise their respective squads, the people in the squads take note, and life moves on.

(…and as a pug zerg player you learn WHICH commanders are good and which commanders you should stay away from. Soon enough those bad commanders will turn off the tag and fade into the background because they don’t like playing alone.)

I am glad that the commander skill book is ONLY 100g (personally does not bother me if there was a badge requirement or a ‘time spent in wv3’ requirement – all I do is pvp so meh) if the bar were higher we might miss out on some good commanders. We even had one commander on our server – we pretty much promised him we would not make fun of him for doing Gems -> gold to get his. WHY? because he is a good commander – we needed the icon.

TL;DR: Get organized. Use the tools provided properly. Don’t follow/encourage bad commanders. Join commander Squads. Use Squad chat. (cuts down on spies too :P)

Commander Subtle from Yaksbend.

Daedalus.3954:

Putting everyone who uses it incorrectly in the same listing as people who use it for it’s intention simply because you had a bad experience seems kind of silly to me..

As a Commander I usually turn it off if we’re making moves that involve a level of subterfuge that the blue icon might disrupt, or if I’m not in WvW; it really is that easy. It can be just clicked off.

On Fort Aspenwood the other Commanders and I have spent every night we’ve taken our guilds into WvW getting ready in whispers to each other, some of the other Commanders have come on Unlimited’s TeamSpeak to ask what map and with how many? Whether we wanted one of the other guilds to come with us, or our thoughts on what to hit hard and what to let slide for the point gain in the long run.

I think the complaints about Commanders are situational, but following some simple common sense rules should set you straight. IF you have a blue icon and you don’t plan on making use of the group willing to follow you via the organization you have at your fingertips, turn it off.

If you see a Commander being trollsy and refusing to turn it off, ignore him and move with a different group. I find it hard to believe there’s only 1 Commander per map.

Quoted for truth. Totally agree!

Well said Martin I totally agree.

Although there arw legitimate concerns eg orb bonuses, orb hacking etc these are not unique to SoR, each server has their bag eggs and have benefitted from the game mechanics. I know a dev has mentioned that spawn camping is an issue they wish to address, but it isn’t a major ‘problem’ imho.

As WvWers get more experienced they will take advantage of the situation (might require coordination eg a kamikaze group while folks spill out the side) plus there are multiple exits.

All in all kudos to SoR.

I only agree with point 3 & 4.

WvW is slowly balanving out imo. Also the recent 7 day limit to transfers will discourage bandwagoners – but I suggest this is enhanced in that once you transfer you miss the next WvW cycle before being allowed to participate.

I have a friend who has been in WvW purely since joining and last I checked is in level 70 in about 2 weeks (all of the rest of us had hit 80 via WvW/PVE so he wanted to be around friends).

The fastest is in Eternal Battlegrounds on a competitive matchup where you follow the zerg constantly flipping supply camps / sentries / towers.

I think they are fairly priced. Why? Well as mentioned. They are mobile, after taking an objective they can be ‘stored’ in a safe location (transported quickly with 2 mesmers) and used again.

I like the rating system Naerin mentioned!

This would add a community eval to Commanders. Making it guild specific I fear will limit the ability of smaller guilds who do not focus on WvW but wish to have ad hoc events with their own Commanders from participating.

Off the top of my head though there will need to be some thought to ensure the rating system isn’t ’abused’ - eg cliques forming etc.

Ultimately in the current system I feel developing a culture of simply not following bad Commanders will nullify any poor judgement they wish to impose.

Tying badges of honor to the icon might not work to me as not all Commanders focus on killing - allowing the squad to do that, instead spending time communicating at each new objective and planning the next few courses of action. Perhaps a pre req on terms of objectives completed? (However then nearly the whole Zerg might qualify).

Thanks Alyssa! Guess I can stop my obsessive repairing righht after respawn and spend that time getting back on the battlefield!

Fortunately it only makes up 0.01% of Commanders I know =D

Joining a squad of a Commander you are following erases all other icons from your map. Akso in small groups you can ctrl + T (target) whomever you decide on leading for easy Command and control without the whole map seeing – I know mtself and others on my server have begun doing this, especially for covert action.

At the end of the day though, it is your choice whether to follow or lead, with or without the icon. Generally though I think the community will weed out bad Commanders.

How do you guys know about the Ranger fix date btw?

Is it confirmed to be Nov 1st?

Really excited!

All the best on your journey and thanks for sharing.

Personally I’ve spent too much gold on exotic sets, and time in WvW to get down and on a mission for a Legendary. But I have a feeling I will be coming back to your videos in the future

First time I’m reading that damaged armour still gives full effects and that there is a limit on one-time reoair costs: could anyone clarify!

If gold is hard to come by – go for the Cultural Armour imo.

The only thing I don’t like is the map populations being limited …

I would love to see 5vW or 7vW but even larger caps and more epic maps.

The solution to WvW Q times whether due to bandwagon transfers or a growing PVE=>WvW community can only be solved with a higher player cap on these maps I feel.

I don’t thin Orbs should give a debuff to holding worlds ..

As many have said simply switching the outmanned and Orb bonuses might do the trick.

WvWers will keep defending keeps and garrison because of the switch (imho).

You don’t have to follow/listen to Commanders you feel are bad.

I personally enjoy 7 day battles. Also I’ve had fun being on the losing side (eg now vs SoR and vs BG and vs CD), and also when winning (eg last week vs FA & DB).

It’ll take time for the tiers to stabilize and WvW to have more ‘balanced’ scores – but as long as there is an opponent on the other end fighting back, I’m having lots of fun (and learning).

But OP has finished all the Skill Points …

What I did was go to each area one by one and see if I’ve finished everything using that checklist you have quoted (but the one for each i dividual map) – there definitely seems to be a few areas without skill points that you have missed, my guesses being caves.

Also you don’t need all the explorer achievements to get 100% map completion.

The vast majority of Commanders I have encountered are relatively good, in fact in my WvW playtime I can only think of one that was not ‘worthy’, but the community weeds them out.

Often Commanders on my server are open to feedback and with a quiet confidence explain if things need to be proritised (myself included) and they can’t always mobilise their squad to aid you immediately.

My advice to folks with this problem is to as folks above have said join the squad of a Commander you trust – sometimes engage the Commander if they are doing something irrational in your POV (eg trebs in arrow cart range, lol), you might be surprised: they might have an unorthordox reason for what they’re doing or at least learn something.

Having said that I do agree there should be another mechanism of earning the icon, badges of honour or community nomination sounds good to me, especially with the rate of gold inflation. Personally having spent the majority of my time in WvW following and leading without the icon, I have come to learn it isn’t at all always necessary to have your icon on, only when it is needed – as cliched as that sounds.

Lastly I would recommend folks who are confident in leading and have the strategic know how in WvW, to do so. Some of the best times in WvW for me has not only been under the leadership of competent Commanders but also with regular non-icon folks.

Tarnished Coast! High pop PVE environment

I never used waypoints and only used gear I found or that was donated by guildies on my way to 80. I also vendored/TPd many things.

At 80 I had about 15g. Eventually after getting 100% map completion I was hovering around 25g.

A lot of people speak about playing the TP flipping items etc. It isnt as complex or daunting as it sounds, do some research about buy-sell prices (I think GW2 DB has a short graph to show price changes) and start investing. You will be able to make quite a bit of gold with minimal effort alowing you to get exotic sets and splurging in WvW

Im using the Krytan set but bought the Tier 3 Shoulderpads medium cause I was transfixed – love it.

Nice pics btw!

Yeah on the bridge between the Bank and Trading Post right?

I got some trash talking and homophobia too from those RUN guys, like genuine hate and disgust .. not even the sort of trash talking that is in good fun .. poor immature fellas seemed really bored. Hope they stick around on SoR for the next matchup =D

Quote: Peetee.9406 "
I also logged on this morning and went to TC BL to help retake a couple of camps. There were 4 commanders on the map I have never seen before, I laughed and just logged on an alt."

I guess you were on SoR?

Cause on TC BL for TC the same thing was happening, we had 4 Commanders on (myself included) and we managed to get the whole map cept for the keeps (got Bay outer down) and Garrison and GL near SoR spawn for at least 2 ticks.

It was really great seeing all the guilds/squads/pugs on working together.

Our point tally didn’t last long but it was fun as hell while it lasted

Sorry but I disagree, repair costs like Gisei said are marginal if you are doing the bare minimum in WvW. It’s so little I doubt it acts as a real incentive to stay alive.

The cost of siege however is where the real gold sink is (to me), and here too I’m fine with it, it forces players to think twice and use it wisely imho.

Happens a lot in WvW too, and despite changing my message I get suppressed for ages .. hope it gets changed! If someone is really being a nuisance you can always block em

Greatsaw on Asura attached =)

Curious if anyone has screenshots of each of the Mad King items?

Can only preview when someone get’s it and posts in a chat in-game, from the TP still can’t preview =\

It’s been great clashing with SoR this matchup despite the scores, as with the thrashing we experienced with BG, I feel I am still learning and humbled at the sheer level of coordination and strategy found on SoR.

Needless to say WvW obsessed folks like me on TC will be on the battlefield day in and day out!

Also, I came across this a few weeks ago but I thought it’d be nice to share: Fellow Toasties (and perhaps those on SoR/ET too), do you know the origin behind the name Sanctum of Rall? It is quite touching : http://www.sanctumofrall.com/about/

Never met or knew Roger “Oldroar” Rall but hopefully we can all strive to be similar gamers :-)

Hi all!

Rhongomyniad

Krytan Bandana (Gem Shop)
Prototype Epaulets (Tier 3 Armour in Rata Sum)
Krytan Jerkin (Gem Shop)
Krytan Armguards (Gem Shop)
Krytan Leggings (Gem Shop)
Krytan Boots (Gem Shop)

Peacemaker’s Longbow (Tier 3 Weapon in Rata Sum)
Greatsaw Greatsword (Halloween event item; in Trading Post)

Dyes:
Redemption (the yellow/gold)
Purple
Blood

Does anyone have a good ‘closed shoe’ boots to recommend?

Also @Squealz that Svanir Masque looks so so good!! =D

Just be not allowed to join in WvW for 7 days after transfer (or 14 day when matches become fortnightly) – fixed.

Taking a break from WvW to start on Act 1 now =D

Got the Greatsaw Greatsword though and am absolutely loving the skin!

Now to go to Concordia in Timberline Falls ….

Dang no longbow/short bow =\

Thanks for the pics btw guys

Usually it one of the maps is full the game will prompt you via a pop up where you can choose to enter a Q – perhaps a support ticket in this case might help

Come to Tarnished Coast

It’s the unofficial Role Playing server so the community is naturally extremely friendly and helpful! Also we don’t do too bad in PVP (WvW – check the rankings)