Guild Wars 2

@Fozee, I believe WoW and even D3 are doing much more in terms of communicating with their player base with patch previews, their goals for the game going forward and thoughtful blog posts from their lead game designers like Ghostcrawler. Everyone can improve, and I believe ANet can too.

@Streyiken, I don’t want things fixed overnight, I just want to know what options they are considering to fix certain issues, as well as their thoughts on the matter.

I believe deleted characters get to keep their name for 24 hours too.

Hello all, Ezendor of Synapse [SYN] here. I’ve seen a log of negativity on the forums, especially the WvW and class forums (especially the Ranger forum).

ANet is a great company, they created GW1, a game I loved before I moved on to WoW many many years back. There have been a few “big-name” releases this year, most notably ME3, D3 and of course GW2.

The trend seems to be that all were disappointing for various reasons and I do agree to some of them. ME3’s ending needed more closure, D3 needed an endgame, and GW2 needs more developer response.

I see 2 things that are different between Bioware/Blizzard and ANet. Firstly Bioware and Blizzard noted what their fan base was saying and wanting and communicated to them their intentions. D3 had SERIOUS flaming going on and Blizzard stepped up to the challenge to provide a game their players wanted. It may not be there yet but you can see their effort in doing so.

Secondly, Bioware/Blizzard actually did something to address the issues in their game with new endings and end game respectively. It may not have been much but the effort was shown and was appreciated.

Now, what I would like to see from my beloved ANet team is to be more communicative to their loyal player base, to provide patch previews and to have developer blogs more often to provide information to us players. D3 did a fantastic job with this, as does WoW who have been doing this for ages. Patch previews for any upcoming content/fixes, developer blogs about individual classes (a la D3) and any known issues that are currently being investigated as well as your vision of the game in much more specific terms.

The developer blogs so far have been a little lackluster as they are never specific about anything and thus provide no information whatsoever for issues that players are currently experiencing.

I believe ANet can make this game the game I was looking forward since the official announcement of GW2, and I believe that ANet wants this as well.

ANet, I’ve said my part and now it’s your turn We just need info, that’s all.

DoomBunny.2903:

Trollhammer.7439:

I am talking specifically about speed boost being negated while in combat. I am pretty sure it is the case, just wasn’t clear if it affects other professions. I know for fact you can’t use Call of the Wild to run through some mobs, speed boost simply doesn’t work. Naturally I assumed other professions have the same limitation.

The speed boost should not be negated in combat. Swiftness from CotW will work in combat, as does any other profession’s form of swiftness.

If it’s not, I’m going to assume it’s a bug, so you should add it to our lovely list of Ranger bugs at the top of the forum.

It does work, but at a lower speed. You don’t get the full speed of Swiftness when you’re in combat.

DoomBunny.2903:

Samfisher.7942:

But a ranger class in every RPG since forever is a ranged SPECIALIST. What’s so special about using ranged weapons but being worst than every other class that can use those weapons?

Incorrect, the original Ranger class from Dungeons and Dragons was a subset of the Warrior class and used melee weapons. It was based off the original fantasy Ranger, Aragorn, who used a sword.

We suck at melee even more than ranged in GW2, so yeah.

But a ranger class in every RPG since forever is a ranged SPECIALIST. What’s so special about using ranged weapons but being worst than every other class that can use those weapons?

I don’t want to ONLY fix pets so that they can hit mobile targets, but something has to be done about the damage they receive too. What’s the point of a pet which is a huge part of our DPS but can only take at most 4 hits and you’re penalized with a 20/60 sec cd to switch to your other pet.

Mindless charging from area to area relying SOLELY on numbers and not any tactical decision (or at least it was what it meant in the old days).

urtv.8791:

every commander on HoD sucks,thats why we losing so bad

You mean you don’t like Brewha, or Ursa Cleavage?? Perish the thought, after the two of them worked so, SO hard to get the KARMA FARM TRAIN going for you guys ):

Just WvW’d, seen a group of 20+ crossing a bridge and didn’t cull. Let’s see how it goes during prime time at reset.

@Rachel, I wouldn’t want barrage to be an AoE-on-target skill like the piranha attack thing on Harpoon guns. As it is every rock,stone,bush,decoration gives either a “Not in line of sight” or “Obstructed” that I wouldn’t want to deal with. Just imagine how you’re gonna hit people at the gates standing at the ramparts. Totally impossible.

Area-targeted ensures at least some of the people out of LoS can still be hit, that’s what AoE is for.

Make Poison Volley actually worth using. The poison damage is even worse than bleeds…

Eventhough WvW is a server based system, personal rivalries can really really make a difference in the perception of “fun” in a PvP mode. I’d like people to remember me and my guild tag and I want to remember names and guild tags of people who stomp me too. Tags already visible, but I don’t think it’s enough.

Winning =/= ownership of orbs. Just seems that way cos many winning teams win by a landslide.

Zierk.4289:

@Prototype:

I don’t think many will get on to our server. Our server has been full for a while now. Should keep the bandwagon out

Don’t bet on it. HoD has been full for weeks. If bandwagoners want to move, they will find a way.

All they need is openness and acknowledging that it IS a bug and it IS being fixed, not saying BRB I’m gonna test it on live NOW and then nothing for 3-4 days..

aeroh.8930:

It’s no fun when there’s no one left to fight, because they all transferred over to your realm.

Please end free transfers soon.

Now you know how HoD felt for 3-4 weeks :P

I want ANet to put a 30 day CD for transfers. Wanna transfer? Stay the hell there and contribute before running off.

Felgor.9341:

Im on JQ, and was out in EB the entire weekend. Friday to Monday, and the longest queue time i had was 25 mins. At one point on Saturday, we had the outmaned buff, and queues were instant.

We’ve had instant ques virtually around the clock every day this week :P

@rndmize We were Med-high when TA started on the first 5 minutes of early access. Then a week or 2 into winning our matches we started getting 5 hour ques, sometimes 8 hours. JQ hasn’t got that yet xD Also server pop =/= WvW pop, which HoD had an absurd amount of transfers coming in >.<

I’d have to say Medium armor in this game is one of the ugliest out there. Heavy and Light armor get some really sweet sets, while Medium armor just looks so hideous.. Prime example would be Arah set..

I thought the countless posts about TA being a non-factor to HoD’s success were true! I was lied to???

@Coldviper, How’s it feel to have massive ques and coattail riders? xD JQ isn’t even experiencing 30% of the mobs on HoD waiting in ques..

Ranc.7192:

samfisher, you need to get your SYN guildies to start showing up, im tired of slapping SYN around like ragdolls.

looks like were not going to beat TA this week………but we are going to beat 3/4th of them

Lots are exhausted ): I think we’re playing in blue BL now, no longer EB. 6 weeks of EB only can get tiring xD

@Fixit, Tell this to the people who said TA was a non-factor to HoD I like to believe that TA inspired confidence in the militia and therefore perform better, whether TA guilds made a physical difference or not. I’m personally exhausted of WvW T.T

LB is only useful for attacking and defending keeps. Other than that the pre-nerf SB is the only viable weapon ):

Yup. Loading into Lion’s Arch on my SSD takes ages now!

Wulfrim.4793:

Yes I’ve played engineer. The point I’m trying to make is EVERY class thinks they are the worst class at everything.

Then I actually would ask you to level a ranger, cos it’s almost universally regarded as the one of the weakest WvW classes right now.

Cruzyo.7304:

I like the anonymous part aswell.

It makes pvp less personal, you dont start to hold grudges against that thief that kills you over and over again because you dont know his name, sure it takes out somewhat a social part, but to be really honest: how much interaction do you have with people from other servers beside WvWvW anyways?

That’s exactly why names SHOULD be shown. There’s a distinct of any kind of meaningful community in GW2 besides SOME people on your own server that bother to visit websites dedicated to their server, if they even have one. It’s a PvP mode, healthy rivalries should be encouraged. Being anonymous is good and all but not to the point where you don’t care who hunted you down 15 times in a row.

Alur.7510:

I’m taking a break right now cos the Ranger is way more underwhelming than I ever thought it would be. Traits are really crappy, pets are absolutely useless in WvW except bears cos they’re the only ones who can take a beating a bit, almost all our weapons are just so….meh.
I really hope they change things up though. Every RPG/MMO I’ve ever played I have played as a ranger class. I don’t want to switch ):

That they are useless in WvWvW, alright have you ever played a longbow in 1500 range? That should answer you a lot.

I’m as well angry with the SB but they said it’s being already looked into, seems noone here searches forums, complains and makes post of “I stop playing the game, I quit it” trying to drag attention, and that’s what slowly makes the community worse. Just to point out. Go out a bit, try different things..

Yes I run LB/SB in WvW. LB is only ever useful for it’s auto attack ONLY at max range and for Barrage. Every other skill is used once then you switch to your SB for the damage, but then SB is now.. -_- Every other weapon is so far behind it’s not even funny.

I’m taking a break right now cos the Ranger is way more underwhelming than I ever thought it would be. Traits are really crappy, pets are absolutely useless in WvW except bears cos they’re the only ones who can take a beating a bit, almost all our weapons are just so….meh.

I really hope they change things up though. Every RPG/MMO I’ve ever played I have played as a ranger class. I don’t want to switch ):

I personally want to see names of the other dude as well, if only it promotes a sense of rivalry that keeps things interesting. I particularly want to know that asura whom I chased around a lot on the blue BL the other day, as well as that dude who was trying to outswim me when I killed him in the water, then 1 of his friend showed up and I killed him too, then another one came while the 2 were still in the downed state, and by the time I nearly killed the 3rd one, the first got back up and rezzed the 2nd one and I got smoked when a further 2 people came running over the hill T.T

@Chipster, And then your pet inevitably dies in 1-3 hits and your only really viable weapon gets nerfed.

Sidu.9708:

well Sam for in europe is mostly the same time. So not my fault that you play on europe server when ur from some other continent.

If everyone is the same time, then everyone sleeps at roughly the same time no? If they put in the hours they get the rewards. I’m on the US servers btw. Same complaints. Also please read the sticky at the top of the forum, no need to create another thread about the same thing.

Your morning is my night. Why not shut it off during MY night so you can’t capture my stuff at “night”?

I think many are missing a big part of the VO problem. The thing about the VO here is it’s painfully obvious that it was recorded in a studio whereas good VO would generally sound like it was recorded in the open or at least sound appropriate for wherever their character is at that point. Currently it sounds closed, tight, restricted.

Killjagood.7830:

I also recommend a quality brand SSD. Not even two weeks ago I was bored as hell with grinding drops and decided to try running the game from the 7200 mechanical instead just to see the difference it makes and I couldn’t believe it.

In WvW, whole models took significantly longer to appear; running some of the popular events in Orr led to periods where players sort of flickered, pop-corn style, among the spell effects; and in general, high resolution textures sort of “fuzz” into detail in comparison.

Nothing quite like what you’re experiencing right now though.

I’m on an SSD too and they still take ages to load. ANet has admitted it’s a server issue anyway.

Nah, Q’s were almost nonexistent throughout the weekend. Ques just got huge again though ):

Tombs.3952:

I would like to make three points.

First, you guys are mashing our faces in, great job.

Second, don’t get excited too much JQ, two tweeks ago HoD was much farther back on Sunday night and not only made up the ground, they dominated the end-score. We were dancing in the streets two weekends ago popping champaigne and calling for strippers to celebrate our victory and, well, come Wednesday the only thing hitting HoD holdings were tumbleweeds…

Third, if HoD comes back and wins this thing I think we can all say that Titan Alliance was a non-factor in the server winning. HoD won in spite of them, not because of them. Just sayin’. Think about it…

10/16 TA guilds are still on HoD. TA may be no more, but the guilds are still alive and kicking I personally though am taking a break from GW2 for a couple of days.

@Cold AA recruited those guilds specifically for WvW… if you didn’t already know. They just don’t show up on match nights like they’re supposed to.

Where they are that you have to ask them, just as AA has to ask their own Oceanic guilds where they are as they have not bothered to appear at all in any of HoD vs ET matches. JQ on the other hand has had A LOT of Oceanic activity in the past 4-5 days.

@Coldviper You do know that JQ has had a huge influx of Oceanic guilds from CD?

I came here expecting a STAHP meme, but I leave disappointed ):

In about 10 hours if its the usual 7am for me, but it did reset late last week I think, so might be 11 hours from now. Either way it’s at least 10 hours.

You trust any random person trolling on Guru for your info on where the TA guilds are going? Good for you I guess.

What? TA was on HoD from the very minute the game went live… And we’re not leaving. Just not fighting under TA colours anymore :P

@Anti, TA has only ever had ONE Euro guild… o.O

With the way WvW is going in a majority of matches, the winner is guaranteed pretty much after Wednesday. The only thing 2 week matchups will change (if there ever will be 2 week matchups, which I don’t think will happen) is a bigger number on the scoresheet, just like how 1 week matchups changed almost nothing.

Not usable in PvP.

Also have a place to view the WvW map updated in real time. Would be good for commanders who dual screen and for those office hours where you refresh forums in hope you find some new drama to read..