Guild Wars 2

Papaj.9035:

Cleansing Flame, Armor of Earth, Mist Form, Lightning Flash, Magnetic Aura, Swirling Winds, Burning Retreat, Fiery Whirl (and those are just the Elementalist abilities). He will pause , then raise one hand above his head and move the other off to his side/back, he will glow while doing this. You have about one and a half seconds to react.

Stun breakers, stability, projectile reflect/destruction, every man’s best friend.

This.

The next move after this is a spin move so dodge out then jump in.

My numerous experiences in dealing w/ PUG (I have 2 toons with fully equipped exotics armors & weapons from dungeons tokens) could be condensed into this anecdotal observation:
1) Number of thoughtful & kindness experience players is very rare. On a scale 1-10 of occurence, they are around 1.
2) Number of players with minimum skill and minimum knowledge, acting on their own and caused hardship to a whole party is rare but more than #1. On a scale 1-10, they are about 2-3.
3) Number of elitists, abrasive players is also more than # 2. On a scale 1-10, they are about 3-4. They only cause trouble if somehow they mix in with group 5.
4) Number of experienced players skill is average and above, patience and not abrasive, willing to explain when asked is about the same as #3. Many of them are not assertive when 2,3,4 & 5 mixing together even the majority of their party comprised of group 4 & 5.
5) Number of inexperienced players, some skills, willing to learn, nice people and will adapt and have a better performance if the run is repeated, is in overwhelming quantity. Many of them are shy, not communicative & assertive. With guidance, they will perform well. On a scale 1-10, they are around 6-7.

What people need to learn is matching the wrong group together could result a lasting impression on each other, so I recommend group 4 & 5 people advertise yourself correctly when looking for group, especially those in group 5. Say something like limited exp, but did homework and you will see your problem solved. For people in group 4, you have no problem in any group but if you are a party leader of a party filled in w/ players in group 5, please take control of your party. I would normally announce my rule when I’m a party leader running with my guild members & filled in such as

1) No skip or skip where (instructions followed)
2) Play together and don’t run ahead of your party.
3) Tips if possible if newbies are in the group.

Let group 2 & 3 play together because they deserve each other.
TL:DR: Don’t read it.

BTW, level of player is not an indication of player’s skill, but most often than not, a low level player (not an ALT) is mostly a player not familiar with their profession’s skill set. And I’ve also seen plenty of level 80s players playing like … ugh.

wads.5730:

Jinks.2057:

Ebay the server Mag wishes they could be!

pretty much, except for the constant guild drama

The fact is that because you haven’t seen New Dehli with your own eyes, it doesn’t mean it isn’t there.
Plain English translation: You don’t have server website like ours so there are no place to flame except burning it inside. You also have abrasive players & guilds like ours (or others), what makes you think that your server are immune to that type of behavior?

kKagari.6804:

Robert Hrouda.1327:

Thanks for the headsup on this. I’ll be sure to let our items folks know about the rune being soul bound. That seems odd to me!

So hows this coming along btw?

That’s about 3 mos ago. And that’s how it’s coming along.

This happened to me once at AC entrance several days ago. I was looking for 1 more to our party and could not add the player in front of me (text or click, there is no option there) & he said he isn’t in any party. I have to ask my party member to add that player in. I no longer report any bug unless I happen to see a bug report here.

Bullfrog.1324:

I always advertise on map chat “LFM AC exp all paths, I don’t care what level you are :P” and I usually get a complete party in under two minutes. Even faster if I post on GW2LFG.
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Coolest idea so far. Don’t CopyRight it because I am going to use it.

Obviously, this bug wasn’t born yesterday. Give it sometimes, many of us will start seeing it.
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Unable-to-mouse-click-on-any-targets-walls-or-even-NPC-s

kmc.7681:

This is sad. I’m fortunate enough to be in a guild that makes regular runs through AC (and others) and they always ask the entire guild “Anyone in for…?” …

Indeed, it’s very sad. We ran regular ACs and others with our guild members. AC runs are usually an introduction to dungeons for our newbies so we normally run with 2 80s and 3 under 50s (sometimes 3 in 35s with lousy gears). Great learning experiences for our members.

Hmm, I thought it’s weird that I had this problem today & restarting the game making it works again. Obviously, I’m not the only one. The worst part of it is I realized something wasn’t right when I was in a dungeon with mobs around.

TA is a perfect example of the mantra “You shall not skip.”. The lacking of WP is also annoying. Combining with skipping mobs → needless deaths.

It’s not that simple as it looks because when you change gears, your power is also changed. Unless you keep your power constant when changing gears, you will need 15% increased in critical damage to make up for 5% lost in critical chance. You definitely need a spreadsheet to calculate the total damage with those variables being changed.

His attacks has always been wide 240-270 deg. The animation wasn’t correct so they fixed the animation to show the true attacking angle.

Also path 1 bug: if you stay between the door & the burrow (SE corner from where Hodgin faced the main entrance), you will be kicked out of the room when the burrow destroyed. The door is still closed and you have to run all the way back. It can be duplicated because it happens to me many times since when but I just don’t bother to report.

I was there w/ Himei and a lot of people being d/c.

The bug is still here. Especially when you’re in battle with the trolls in frost gorge Claw of Jormag area. Many times my character froze and stayed in frozen position. Sometimes movement slow & unpredictable. U died and rez at waypoint, the character is till in frozen position, until you log out & exit the game. It has been like that for a long time.

vicious.5683:

I use dagger/focus dagger/warhorn. Sigil of air on dagger, sigil of hydromancy on warhorn. If sigil of air procs -> swap weapons -> no area chill efect. Unless I wait 5 secs.

It´s like they share cooldown.

You mean, hydromancy affect will happen after 5 sec cool down?

Mik Hell.8206:

Lately I’ve been thinking about an Hydromancy sigil, getting my enemy permanently chilled sounds nasty, I’ll have to give it a try and see how it turns out.

in my case, it doesn’t seem to work w/ Bloodlust & Hydromancy whether it’s off hand or main hand. You can try it & let’s us know here.

My ele D/D used Sigil of Bloodlust & Sigil of Hydromancy. The Hydromancy doesn’t do anything in PvE whether it’s Dagger is off hand or main hand.

Spent $0 on key and $1 on a lottery ticket. Won nothing on both but I had a couple wonderful minutes of daydreaming if I won the lottery ticket. That’s the money well spent

Quite a few passing robotic recruiting contest …

1 freaking week already on Ehmry bay server and he never shows up. If it’s to hard to fix him, why don’t you guys just delete that skill point and let people move on.

@Dark,
“I read the entire thread, and that’s pretty much what I took from it – Elementalists give insufficient ROI.”

Of course, anyone who got some analytical skills & have invested some serious playing time as an Elementalist would come to that conclusion. But then, this is a game forum with all kinds of life forms.

“The Elementalist one of the more difficult classes to play, with 20 weapon skills (4×5) versus the 10 weapon skills (2×5) most other classes have. A player perfectly using 20 abilities should be able to achieve things that a player perfectly using 10 abilities cannot.”

That is if you assume the 20 abilities are qualitative match the 10 abilities from other professions. If they are not qualitative match, then it becomes a totally poor ROI as obvious as what I just quoted from you above. QED.
Of course with the exception of people who love to do dish-washing just for the love of it regardless of their poor ROI.

@Kyros
Any progress about the challenged video between you and Zazarei? Or you decide not to post after all?

Truga.5897:

Kyros, you can confirm your youtube account (it’ll send you an SMS with a code you need to put in), and then you can upload videos up to 10h long, rather than just 15 minutes.

Do eet.

I second this request. This thread has 15K view and climbing. That should tell you something.

I was expecting Kyros & Zarerei in my 1st post (without knowing Kyros also challenged others too) see each other in crunch time because I believe they are really reasonable, civil & skillful in their craft enough to prove the problem one way or another.
Why don’t you guys give each other a list of possible time that you both can meet then square 3 rounds of challenge. Even though it won’t prove all things 100% due to some variables, but it’s a step in the right direction for the benefit of the community and I thank you both (and to any other participants want to test their proof of concept with Kyros that ele is a squishy meatball). You both have my respect whether you win or lose.

No, you do just fine, Kyros.

1) The point is whether ele is at par with other class if all else is equal. Hence Zarerei challenge remained valid.
2) What is duell atm?
3) Well, what is the chance of 5 thiefs against 5 eles? Hence Zarerei challenge remain valid.

I think there is a new thread (“Here’s an idea thread”) to settle this issue in the community and I think that’s an legitimate thread to solve the issue. Unless someone settle the challenge with these possible scenarios

1) Average OTP (other profession player) against average ele.? Who will lose?
2) Good OTP against good ele? Who will lose?
3) Great OTP againts great ele? Who will lose?

the discussion of elementalist is a squishy meatball is never end.
BTW, what is the hit rate of elementalist squishy on google? A lot more than other profession and that tells you something.

The most interesting point about this thread after reading them all, is Zarerei offers a challenge and no ele hero took his. Why?
Anyone who thought their ele is at least at par at other profession should show their proof of concept, please take Zarerei’s challenge. All should agree on time & date , 3 rounds of challenge to smooth out the odd. If your ele beats the crap out of his profession, then I believe you. As a matter of fact, I would like to see a team of majority of heroes ele against other profession. That would settle all of the issues discussed here. Kyros video shows the same thing but the ele team lost. Hah.
Yes, excuse is to make people feeling better but that’s all there is.