Guild Wars 2

Lordrosicky.5813:

Or this one……….our 4th player left halfway through.

you’re “lucky”, today FOUR of my team mates left after 1 minute of game -.- I was left 1vs5, and it wasn’t even a premade against us… -.-;

2 teams tournaments’ victory chest has old paid level rewards

it’s so fun to face premades all day
not.

this is a tPvP build, so no food and no comparable armor in pve/wvw (since rampager stats in pvp are different than rampager stats in pve/wvw)

hot joins are still good when you want to do those 5-10 matches to practice with a totally new class
but after that, I don’t see the real point in them.

Shoo, go away bandwagoner elementalists!

http://intothemists.com/calc/?build=;044Z;1kHkC0p3JJkJ0;9;5TJ99;116A17-2;02;0KNm6;2dZH9fgm92VI
(copy-paste if you get bad link)
depending on map, utilities might be swapped (flesh wurm is godly on Foefire for example)

this is just an example, pro necros can surely advice you better

our mesmer was hit by a 15k backstab (and 7k steal before that) by Devils Inside’s thief yesterday XD
QQ burst >.<

problem with ranks, is that it’s not tied to a class
I could play elementalist till r40, then switch to another class
does that qualify me as a r40 thief if I never played it? I think not

WoW is that way —-—→

no cast bars, thank you.

no idea about immobilize mid-flight, but I’m pretty sure you can be bounced back (like guardian shield of absorbtion or sanctuary) or stunned

I do miss frees, they were good for testing builds/classes :|

Fiontar.4695:

The “rules” as to which abilities work and which don’t seem very arbitrary. Is there really much functional different between a teleport and a “rush” ability? Why would Ride the Lightning be ok, but infiltrator’s arrow not? To me, the difference has always been style, rather than function. This may not have been the case back when teleports could actually teleport you places with no pathing, but when that ability was removed from teleport skills, they just became glorified “rush” abilities.

because you can use infiltrator arrow while immobilized (or shadowstep, lightning flash, blink, while stunned)
you cannot use ride the lightning or other leaps in those conditions

press F4 when you see basilisk venom effect on you, bam, you’re alive

we need some harsher penalties for leavers, just having one loss is not enough
something like “after 5-10 leaves, you’re banned from solo queue for 24h”, or a block list that players can use to block leavers, so they don’t get matched up with them
stuff like that :P

5 eles vs 5 eles is the way
infinite matches ending like 10-5 with all 3 points perma-uncapped.

the counter to invulnerable ressers is to knock away (guardian hammer works very well) the downed enemy
that works with necro signet ressing as well, just yesterday I made a necro waste his ress by simply updrafting the downed enemy a bit while he was casting.

let’s see if I read the OP correctly
1) you got kitten because the enemy team was so coordinated that managed to die right next to 2 friends and avoid stomping? good for them, you got outplayed. Also, if you maybe didn’t try stomping someone with 3 people together (for example), and had 2 dps doing damage on the downed (or cc the ressers, or whatever), maybe you could have the stomp down. BTW, ever tried to haste stomp? (ranger pet switch, mesmer’s time warp, thief haste after a cnd/steal/bs combo)
2) you’re not supposed to kill someone 1vs3 or 1vs2, unless they’re really bad.

btw, downed state is the only thing that keeps this game to be COMPLETELY dominated by glass cannon setups.

also, a team without any form of aoe damage? wtf were you running?
Elementalist: any build has some form of aoe (except bunkers, they do no damage anyway)
Engineer: bombs, grenades
Guardian: bunker, doesn’t count
Mesmer: shatters, blurred frenzy
Necromancer: everything is kind of aoe
Ranger: traps
Thief: cluster bomb spamming
Warrior: lol@trying to ress someone with a warrior using 100b on him

every class in this game is capable of some aoe, so what were you running, 5 guardians? XD

I think the only thing that really needs to be nerfed, is how much cleansing wave on Evasive Arcana heals
We’re talking about a 40s cd spell that can be casted every 10s with that trait…healing for about 3k every 10s is a bit too much really

just join free tournaments instead of hotjoin

problem solved.

Imho, separating the queues completely is a bad idea
a system that broadens your search is more beneficial to queue times, no one (soloers or full team alike) wants to be in a 10-15 minutes queue because there are no other premades or group of 5 soloers at that time

that being said, I’ll always be opposed to soloers queing for paids.

If you want to play solo, hotjoins (maybe 5vs5 maps instead of 8vs8 zerg fests) and free tournaments are that way.
You want to play paids? join a pvp guild or form a pug (and with guesting, the “my server’s mist is empty” does not apply anymore)

If you haven’t got the time, or don’t want to put a little of effort in the pvp (which makes you a casual player), stick to the casual side of pvp.

It was not cool, it was terribly unbalanced :p

Imagine an elementalist who could be able to take Powerful Auras with 10 points in water, Evasive Arcana with 10 in arcane, stability on earth attunement for just 10 points in earth, etc… (all these traits require 30 points in their lines)
Or a warrior who could take automatic endure pain with just 10 points in defense (which was actually the case back in beta)

So, current system is better XD

DiogoSilva.7089:

I think the current trait system is abit convoluted, and should be…“simplified”? (Not as in losing complexity, but at being easier to play with it). I think playing with traits at the moment is not very fun: can only be done in towns (or pvp), it’s slow, punishes you for making mistakes (ex. adding one extra point than you intended), punishes you for experimenting, etc. I really would love to see it streamlined.

However, completely open systems do not make things better. Usually, the most we see from them is new cookie cutter builds that are harder to balance, and require more unfair nerfs to keep in check.

Regardless, GW1’s system was very open, but it was also VERY fun. You could change skills lightning quick, experiment at your will, let your creativity run wild. Although the same can be done currently, it depends more on getting the right equipment, and all the hassle I mentioned above.

you do know you don’t have to press the plus button to allocate trait points? just select a minor/major trait and it will fill the tree for you.

also, cookie cutter specs will always exist as long as trait A is different/better then trait B.

there is a pretty big difference between solo queing (and ending up with an unbalanced setup, like 3 thieves 2 mesmers), and spending 5 minutes in Anvil Rock/Desolation HotM forming a balanced group (guess what, they added guesting feature!)

you don’t have the time to find a group? solo queue for frees or play hotjoin, they will be “competitive” enough.

also, you say you want to be in the “competitive scene”, and you want to do that by solo queing and playing with random people without voice comms or any strategy of whatever…it makes no sense.

This just sounds like someone whining “I want to farm copper chests for the l33t skinZ but I’m too lazy to find a group”.

/map randomclass rank whatever lfg paids

problem solved

I hope it will never be possible, if you want to play solo, there are hotjoins and free tournaments, leave paids to organized teams.

It was a needed change to bring it on par with thief/mesmer downed abilities

It is also totally on par with mesmers’ and thieves’ downed now

In my opinion, the entire 3 map tournament structure has to go (except for weekly/monthly/yearly tournament events)
Everything, frees and paids alike, should be 1 team vs 1 team (with the possibility for the teams to filter out one map, like it happens in RTS games)
I’m against splitting solo/duo queues from group queues tho, it should not be really necessary with a decent matchmaking system in place.

rpz.5364:

they had the chance to make paids pop all day long for one week but instead they decided to kill it for one week – esports here we come

qft…

I agree with the above poster, running with 3 bunkers is strong, but having no damage can hurt you in the long run.

xerca.6135:

Branded Mine did not count for me, nor did Conundrum Cubed and Professor Portmatt’s Lab. I was keeping track of the achievement and it did not update.

Confirming that Branded Mine did not count for achievement progress, even after completing it.

Daays.4317:

Dodge twice. Since HS is queued and he’s hasted, the thief will waste all init and can’t do anything about it because he’s spamming HS.

Chill.

Congrats. Thief wasted all his init doing nothing.

Chill reduces leap distance by 66%. Playing a necro in pubs, i would follow thieves around all game just to chill them and watch them hopelessly spam HS.

This one game, I got 25 bleeds on me, ran around in a circle, and died. Nerf bleeds.

I’m glad someone else got the point. Btw, if you’re full hp heartseeker does little damage, unless you’re a glass cannon necro…also a bad thing in hotjoin :|

Also, to those saying “bull rush warrior coming out of nowhere and 100b-frenzy”, if you’re running in pvp and you’re not panning your camera, you’re doing it wrong.

How about dodging twice while he spams 2 like a noob, making him waste all his initiative AND his haste buff? Just saying.

(No, I don’t play a thief.)

JonathanSharp.7094:

Just wanted to jump in and say that I’m reading this thread and taking it all in. Keep it civil (don’t get yourselves banned! ) and let those ideas flow.

I know some of you are upset with the change, but really, this is something we were planning for a while. WE MAY NOT LOCK DOWN utilities down the road, so that you can still have some adjustment when out of combat, but at the same time, we do not think weapon swapping mid-match is good for the overall health of the game. Just wanted to remind you we are here, and I am watching the forums, and your ideas are being heard.

Keep it constructive (and really, overall you guys are doing a FANTASTIC JOB OF THIS!), and carry on!

no, please, if you have to lock something (and you should.), lock everything: characters, weapons, skills, traits, amulet, armor, once the match starts.

I fail to see the skill involved in swapping Lightning Flash for Cleansing Fire (for example) when facing a condition heavy team
Mouse clicking is something my brother was able to do when he was 3 yr old.

I welcome this change. (GW1 was this way after all.)

yep, that sucks, had to play whole kyhlo without dagger offhand (as an ele) cuz I didn’t swap in time…

there is one, someone created it a couple hours ago

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/dungeons/Second-FotM-guild-for-Europe/first#post851518
^ eu fotm guild

great (15 chars blabla)

best thing is when you get to the jade maw, someone crashes, he tries to get back in and sends everyone else back to lion’s arch.

Nemui.6753:

dear americans,

please consider that you can NOT play with anyone on the EU servers and vice versa. save your own and everyone else’s time and only respond to LFG requests from you region, that’d be much appreciated.

happy hunting!

p.s.: i’ve been contacted by many people who reacted to my posts on the LFG site, only to invite them to a party and then find out they’re actually from the NA servers. if you encounter any europeans not aware of the fact that you can’t play cross region, feel free to educate them on it.

^ what he said, check if someone is from your region before inviting him

1 week and still no fix on this? :|

30-45 minute is fine

JonathanSharp.7094:

felivear.1536:

JonathanSharp.7094:

Ya….when we designed this, we were thinking that it’s very important to keep “tabs” on the opposing team when you go for an NPC kill on Forest. You want to have 1 “killer” on your team who finishes the NPC while the other people on your team stun/knockback/daze/blind/immobilize/chill/knockdown opponents to keep them from getting the last hit and winning the buff.

I think the idea in theory is great, the only problem is that a thief can go undetected and then stealth/steal/heartseaker in without any knowledge of his whereabouts. So, all of those strategies, imo, are moot for it.

Keep in mind that Thieves can’t just stealth through a trap, or a necro well, or a necro mark, or a Guardian bubble, etc. Thieves should be all about stealth and landing the perfect blow at the perfect time, but I think organized teams have found a LOT of ways to deal with them.

In pub games this is obviously harder to do than in an organized game, so I totally agree with you there.

they kinda can with CnD+Steal+Backstab burst :p

if it comes to that, you’ll have to start your own party.

he was just a noob, first try to explain him how the game works, if he still doesn’t liste, just kick him
problem solved

I’ve seen no difference in CoF that could not be because of a stronger/weaker party

Issue was resolved at around midnight gmt+1. However it started happening again 12 hours later, at 12pm