Guild Wars 2

I’m your polar opposite; PvE noob veteran of the Mists.

Easy ways not to die:
- Don’t chase squirrels. Eg. if you’re with a zerg and see one or a few enemies nearby, don’t chase them down. In a lot of cases, that means they’re running back to their own zerg and you’ll turn the corner and come face to face with another 50 people.
- Listen to the commander and pay attention to their actions.
- Save havoc or roaming until you’re more experienced. For now, you want to stay with the group and learn routes and methods inside and out. Once you get how zergs flow through the map you’ll have a better idea of how to avoid them when you’re solo.
- Honestly, I don’t have any legendary gear and I’ve gone in to WvW with multiple characters and leveled them from 1 to 80 100% in WvW. Gear does make a difference, but as long as you’re staying close to the zerg you can still get lots of kills and suffer few deaths. You’re not exceptionally squishy whether you have good or bad gear so it doesn’t play a huge role. I say this just so you know that no matter how good your layout is it doesn’t mean you’re going to be any better.
- If you ever see a thief… Maybe this is just me, but I seriously recommend staying on full alert. More often than not they’re just a wuss stealthing and sneaking around not providing their server with much support. But some times they’re a force to be reckoned with and if you lag behind the group or you’re roaming solo they’ll end your life pretty fast… So if you see someone vanish don’t disregard it until at a least a few minutes pass.
- And lastly, don’t get over-confident. This was my number one biggest mistake when I discovered WvW. I was always at the front of the group, always going PvD crazy when we were attacking towers and chasing every enemy I saw into the fray. AoE’s can stack pretty fast and usually if you see an enemy solo there are others not far. Even if it isn’t a zerg it might be a havoc and they’ll appear at the worst time. So remember to stay defensive and keep your head on your shoulders until it becomes reflex. I don’t command but I know full well what I’m doing now and I die very rarely. I actually make it my duty to stay alive so I can res the downed. And if I’m solo I always make sure to look both ways when crossing a road. You’d be surprised at how many people, havoc, zerg or roamer, will stick pretty tightly to roads. So when I’m alone I try to avoid them to the best of my ability and it serves me pretty well.

I’m sure someone will quote this and tell me how everything I’ve said is wrong but I hope this helps and good luck. Friend or foe the more people in WvW the better.

Singer.8740:

Shanks R Us.2489:

Or, they could completely delete the skin & make an entirely new one that doesn’t suck.

Ooooooooooh someones buthurt cuz they got corpse trolled by a quip auto in WvW.

^ I lol’d so hard.
Small cute characters, annoying sounds and effects and stupid names = the most passive way to troll the most people.

I would like to state on behalf of all commanders (and I’ve never been one) that I appreciate your efforts and that the vast (about 90%) amount of you don’t even acknowledge someone when they’re putting you down.

Owning a pin doesn’t automatically mean you’re good. Having more than one commander can sometimes cause more trouble than it prevents, and not committing to your game plans (trying to push a zerg and running before 5 people even start to push) will only hurt team morale.

However; if you own a pin you bought it. Your money, do what you want with it. Just be prepared for the consequences if you don’t know how to do it. It’s best to state you’re new if you haven’t previously commanded so that people are aware mistakes may be made.
If there are two commanders (or more) you’re not required to follow either. You’re not REQUIRED to do anything, technically. So instead of harassing the people who are putting the most effort in to supporting your sever, choose a commander to follow (or don’t follow any if it pleases you) and continue to play. Being a jerk isn’t going to do anything other push necessary information out of the chat which people like me (who don’t use teamspeak) need in order to not get killed.
And finally, if a commander seems to have cold feet, pulling away and losing big segments of the zerg more often than attempting a push, you don’t need to rage-out. WvW, unfortunately, favors numbers. We all die and at that, most of us die quite often. Don’t have a fit over it, it costs a few silver to repair and you’re good to go. If you think your commander is bailing too often and not letting the group know, don’t follow them.

This isn’t a rant post it’s just asking people to be civil to each other and to stop putting so much pressure on the commanders. I’m glad that most of them (at least on my server, I’ve never been on others so I’m not sure how they behave elsewhere) don’t seem to be bothered by put-downs. Still, it isn’t necessary to harass the person(s) that are taking it upon themselves to command 100+ people and still have the patience to deal with the squirrel chasers.

Our server (Dragonbrand) has been doing very well this week. If anyone from that server sees this, thank you commanders and thank you team for doing a great job right now.

I don’t get what they do/how they do it but it seems like the FPS thing is a rolling problem… It never affects everyone but it always affects someone. I had 0 problems for the first month I started playing then got hit hard with lag and FPS problems for at least 2 weeks. Then after this down time everything has been fine. Thus far, anyway… Maybe it’ll resurface but I seriously hope that isn’t the case.

Don’t know what you folks did with that maintenance but my game is working properly again. I had already said in I believe two threads that FPS and lag had become a plague since the seasonal was released. But something must have been fixed with your tinkering last night and I appreciate that everything is running smoothly again.

Love every minute. New friends, new foes. New partners in crime, new people to faceroll.

Yes people probably would pull some perv moves but in all seriousness how many people do you think would do it on a regular basis. I understand everyone is a bit of a pervert whether they want to admit it or not but give us a LITTLE credit :P. I don’t think hiding the chest piece is a necessary option but I would just like to say for the record that I really doubt you’d see a dramatic increase in half naked women. There are plenty of revealing sets as is and if you’ve ever gone to the beach at Southsun Cove the sudden removal of clothing makes you feel pretty awkward… Or maybe that’s just me but… I avoid that area. It just seems creepy whether it’s a male or female character to me.

I feel similarly with what some people have said about community. I’ve suffered losses and tasted victory with my server and I’ve given my life to res 10+ people before being left behind to watch them reach safety countless times. That said, I’d risk my quote-un-quote “life” for a downed soldier so that they can rejoin the fight. I may not know the first thing about half of these people but they make me laugh in chat and they’re my family.

+1 for the OP. I made a thread something like this awhile back and although some of my opinions have changed the core ones have stayed the same. And that’s that Guild Wars 2 is one of if not the single best and most beautifully designed games I’ve played.

Also, one of the problems with the community is that many people play for loot not for enjoyment. They play to farm and to get what, as you’ve said, they feel they deserve. Which isn’t how you’re supposed to play a game. You play it because you enjoy it and the reward comes from the experience not the material counterparts. Games like Dark Souls are a perfect example of no loot but still amazing because it grants a feeling of accomplishment. If people would stop whining they haven’t gotten what they wanted and learned to embrace the fun the game provides there would be a lot less griping.
This comes from someone who does nothing but WvW and 98% of the time only gets blue and green loot rewards. But I don’t even pay mind to the loot I get until my inventory is full because I’m having too much fun playing. Valuable loot is supposed to be a bonus, not an objective.

Cachu.9067:

SpellOfIniquity.1780:

Cachu.9067:

If you do care, your left with just a few options, work with those individuals attempting to do the jumping puzzle, calling for guild support, or going it alone, braving the player sharks that may or may not lurk inside.

I may have misunderstood this but I’d just like to say for the record; WvW is almost exclusively what I do in GW2, and I contribute my efforts 110%. The only time I’ve done the puzzles is to get them out of the way because I’m a completionist and like to 100% areas as soon as possible. Every time I’ve done, and any time I happen to in the future, I always do them alone. Because losing one player won’t kill the server especially considering I’m not commander material.
But if what you’ve said is positive and not negative, then yeah. If you’re going to do a jumping puzzle in WvW don’t try to bring a group with you. Do it on your own time and if you run in to a friendly so be it, if you run in to an enemy so be it. Get it done and get back to the fight.

Not a critique just an observation of PvE in PvP areas having impact on the wvw environment.

Ah okay I apologize. I felt like I was being called out or something and I was like O__O. But yeah, it definitely does have an impact. Infact, I’ve seen our entire zerg vanish into Obsidian Sanctum before which left us totally defenseless for over an hour…

I imagine it’s just downtime and optimizations as people have said. Don’t fuss, take a poop, eat some pickles and watch Pokemon. All will be well again soon my dear children.

I like this idea. I’m a big fan of emotes, makes things fun when people are down or just to add a bit of extra personality to your character.
I think they did a pretty good job with emotes considering a lot of games that have them don’t include vocalizations. Eg. the laugh, cry, dance etc. all have voices included which makes them feel a lot more realistic rather than looking like your character is a mime.
If I were to request more emotes though I’d probably want;
/flex
/flirt
/ashamed
/taunt
/impatient

Racial emotes
Charr: (as someone has mentioned which would be great) /purr

Sylvari: /bloom (something similar to a stretch but maybe they temporarily grow flowers for the duration of the animation)

Asura: /invent /create /tinker (something to that effect where they might sit down and look as though they’re building a simple toy)

Norn: (also as someone suggested) /drink (and maybe they look a bit wobbly after)

Human: /phone (for teh lolz. Make it look like they’re on a cellphone)

Also, the /surprised emote is literally the only game emote that as ever made me actually “lol.” The speed of it is so inhuman and comical I love it.

Cachu.9067:

If you do care, your left with just a few options, work with those individuals attempting to do the jumping puzzle, calling for guild support, or going it alone, braving the player sharks that may or may not lurk inside.

I may have misunderstood this but I’d just like to say for the record; WvW is almost exclusively what I do in GW2, and I contribute my efforts 110%. The only time I’ve done the puzzles is to get them out of the way because I’m a completionist and like to 100% areas as soon as possible. Every time I’ve done, and any time I happen to in the future, I always do them alone. Because losing one player won’t kill the server especially considering I’m not commander material.
But if what you’ve said is positive and not negative, then yeah. If you’re going to do a jumping puzzle in WvW don’t try to bring a group with you. Do it on your own time and if you run in to a friendly so be it, if you run in to an enemy so be it. Get it done and get back to the fight.

aleaf.4901:

I do enjoy the rival servers… the server pride speaches. I love the way each bitterly grudges, and speaks ill of eachother. it makes things special. to envelope oneself in it and fight harder…you been havoc teaming for 12 hours and your body is worn out… eyes getting heavy. you fight harder because your server is behind, and you refuse to die to this specific server. not now…not ever. lol…good times…good times

Speaking of rival servers, I also enjoy the feeling when we put our differences aside in the jumping puzzles. I’ve heard talk of people being trolled in jumping puzzles but I’ve never personally experienced it and I’ve completed all of them on 3 characters. And I’m TERRIBLE at jumping puzzles, laughably terrible, so there was plenty of time for people to interfere. But I’ve never once had someone kill or even try to kill me while I’ve been in one. They just jump by or near me as though I’m one of their own and I kind of like that temporary peace. It’s like “yeah… On the battlefield I’d love to kick your face… But we both hate this sh_t so let’s just get it done.”

I agree with what some people have said about it being for the sheer pleasure of the challenge, but keep in mind that WvW is a team effort. If you want to be there to test your skills you’re welcome to do so but have the courtesy to do something other than killing a few players. It does help out but not even half as much as flipping something as minor as a sentry will. Unless you have Borderlands Bloodlust and are doing a bunch of finishers it really isn’t helping the team any.
Not complaining, just saying that if you’re going to roam for the challenge don’t consider your efforts anything other than personal enjoyment.

It may sound goofy but I just have a committed personality. If I like something enough, a genre of music, a movie, a place- I won’t phase out of it. Once I like it I like it for good. And from day one of my participation in WvW I’ve loved every minute of my time with Dragonbrand. We may not be a top server, we may not even be in the top 5, but I love the people and our strategies. And I may only feel this way because I’m a part of it but I also feel we’re a very individually strong server. So I stay with it because I like it and I don’t phase like some people will. Now that I’m connected to my server, I don’t plan to ever leave. I’m not a sore loser and if we get roflstomped there’s always next week.

I understand the gripe people feel here as when I first started playing this game a little over a month ago our server was consistently [Outnumbered]. It’s frustrating and I agree 110% that when things get lop-sided it can become extremely detrimental to server morale and will in some cases result in an outright surrender. But I just want to say that;
I’m not sure that WvW can ever be “fixed.” Technically it’s working properly. I’m not sure how we’re matched up right now but before the season began I understand that we were matched against similarly sized servers. People would often complain that it was broken and not working properly when it actually was. It matches servers on size, not WvW participation size. It wouldn’t make sense to match servers up based on how many people go in to it on a daily basis because at some random time a whole flock of people may decide to join and that would really mess things up for the other servers.
Also, there can’t really be a cap. In WvW, you can come and go as you please. There’s no time limit to how long you’re in there and you’re not required to stay for any period of time. If you want to join for 30 seconds and go you can do that. That’s why it can’t be capped. If for example Sever A has 50 people participating and Severs B and C have 50 people participating things are even. If Sever A has 20 people leave and is reduced to 30 people how can you balance it out again? By kicking 20 people from the other two servers? That’s really about the only way and I’m almost certain you’re thinking that would be a load of sh_t if that were the solution they came up with. So I’m just saying that unfortunately there isn’t any way WvW can be evened out. Well… There ARE ways, more than what I’ve mentioned, but none of which many people would enjoy. So our only real way to make things work out are by recruiting. Get more people in to WvW and treat it like a war effort, our servers are our country and we need more people to fight for the cause. No war has been won by complaining about it being unfair until the enemy says “you’re right, we’ll kick some dudes so it’s even.” So get those bodies moving and bring some new bodies in! The more opponents the better, that’s what makes WvW so awesome!

All classes are viable roamers, it depends on your level of skill. The three most commonly listed as best for roaming are:
Thief
Engineer
Warrior
The reasons are the following:
Thief: Stealth, high mobility, if used properly very deadly in 1 on 1 combat
Engineer: High mobility, although they take more practice than most classes, extremely deadly in 1 one 1 or even 1 on 2+
Warrior: High mobility, lots of health and overall difficult to kill

The pattern here is mobility. If you’re a roamer you want to be fast so you can escape enemies if they spot you. Your purpose isn’t to kill other players, it’s to keep tabs on enemy activity and be a thorn in their side. If you can manage to kill others while you’re at it that’s just a bonus.

Your objectives should be:
Flip Camps
Kill supply caravans (Dolyaks)
Contest areas (which will draw enemy attention)
Report enemy activity
Capture Sentry’s
Refresh Siege if you’re passing through an owned tower/keep/castle
and this one is more suited for a havoc group but can be done by a roamer; claim merc camps

Roamers and Havoc groups are a lot more fun than zerging. Although you probably won’t earn as much experience it feels a lot more rewarding and contributes a lot more to the server than following the blob. Just keep in mind that zerging requires very little skill just attention while Havoc and Roaming needs a good deal of skill.
Skill 1 – 10
Zerg = 4
Havoc = 6
Roamer = 8
Commander = 10

I agree with this post as well. However, I’ve seen people say in the past that there should be some kind of system to level out lop sided matches and the problems lies in this;
It can’t really be fixed.
People can come and go as they wish from WvW. If one server suddenly has a bunch of people log off that means they’ll be outnumbered. That can’t be resolved in any way other than by kicking people out of WvW from the remaining servers. Which would obviously be unfair. So it’s really not about fixing, it’s about keeping people interested in WvW and promoting it. I like to think of The Mists (WvW) as war and our servers as our country’s. We’re fighting for our homes and if we don’t recruit and promote the war effort we’ll lose valuable people and resources. So just make sure to remind people if you see them talking about it that they should get their butts in WvW and help us out. They’re not required to, but if they have pride in their server it would do them some good to join in.

My current build for WvW is a Condition build. I’m not sure how many people use this but I’ve found it to be extremely effective as I have plenty of heals and I can stack a ton of conditions.

Weapon = Rifle
Loadout = Medpack, Elixir B, Flamethrower, Elixir Gun, Supply Crate

F1 = Heal, F4 = Healing Mist
Supply Crate = Healing Turret + Bandages
Medpack = 3 Bandages
Elixir Gun = Super Elixir (AOE heal)

And with the traits I have I think (don’t call me on it) have about a 65% chance to inflict burning/bleeding. If I hit someone more than 2 times it’s almost guaranteed I’ll apply a condition to them just by using my rifle. If I swap to Elixir Gun those conditions will stack like mad.

So, lots of healing/survivability and a good deal of damage. Imho, this is the build I’ve liked best.

All classes are pretty well equal with some minor exceptions. Engineers are the most versatile and as I understand the most difficult to master, but the practice it requires doesn’t come without reward. They hit like a train if in the right hands and if you’re a fan of WvW are probably one of if not the most scary class to run in to if you’re caught alone with one.
It all depends on how you like to play. I would say if you do decide to make one, give it an honest try. Don’t level to 10 and decide you don’t like it, either go all the way to 80 or at least get close, because mastering an Engineer can and probably will take more than 80 levels to do.

But in response to what you’ve said above, why I like my Engineer is:
Ranged combat is very effective in this game and Engineers do a very good job with it.
I love stacking conditions and next to Necro’s Engi’s are the best at this.
If you layout the right loadout Engineers have very high survivability. Med-pack = 3 heals, Elixir Gun = 1 heal (Super Elixir), Supply Drop = 2 heals (healing turret + bandages) and Healing Mist. Those aren’t all the healing abilities but that’s what I can use all in one loadout on my character. Which makes me pretty hard to take down most of the time.
And lastly, my favorite part about Engi’s, is that they almost never feel boring to play because of all their kits. Bored of a rifle? Switch to flamethrower. Flamethrower not doing it for you? Switch to toolkit and throw some nails at people. Still bored? Swap to Elixir Gun and bleed, burn, stun, cripple, chill people. It’s just an overall awesome class, lol.

Just bear in mind that Engi’s are kind of like Mesmers. They may feel a bit bland at first but the longer you play them the better you’ll like them.

Invellous.6057:

Fleaman.9864:

Mine is Nailbat Karla, she is a warrior.

8/10

Sounds like the name or nickname of a gang member, bouncer, or gladiator. Which works in my opinion for a warrior. Remind me to never get on her bad side.

Mine is Armand Vancleef, a human Thief. That World of Warcraft reference makes it so… ‘original’ I know, not. I had no luck thinking of a last name that fit with the first that I believed worked for a suave roguish type, and did not want to go with something cliche like ‘Shadowblade’. So I settled for a reference, and even use a red mask that resembles the iconic red masks worn by the Defias Brotherhood.

8/10 I wouldn’t say originality matters, as long as it’s not something like “SuperAwethum22xxxx”

Vanity Cloud: Engineer
Vanity as in self-absorbed, Cloud as in a clouded judgement. A genius engineer who thinks of herself as a gift to the world, her inventions rivaling that of Asuran technology she often misjudges her importance and places herself higher in the food-chain than what she deserves.
So basically an arrogant b_tch, lol.

When I said combat medic I didn’t mean maining it :P. I meant doing it when it’s a zerg versus zerg battle and resing people or using some minor AOE heals to contribute more to the group.
Sometimes I’ll swap out to my medic pack and spam bandages, throw a supply drop down at a safe area, toss some Super Elixir and burst a Healing Mist when someone damaged walks by me. I don’t always do this but I’m a big fan of support roles in games so I enjoy keeping people alive from time to time.
But yeah, if built properly an Engi could probably make a pretty good medic. I seem to manage quite well with it and my main is a condition build not a boon build.
I’ve also been really getting the hang of kit swapping and have been getting a lot better in combat. So I totally agree with you Jurica, it feels more rewarding that more practice is necessary. I was debating on making a Warrior but I think I want to work on making this character as effective as possible first because I love it so much.

I read all of these and feel similarly for so many of them, lol.

Mine would have to be when you start filling multiple slots with Heavy Loot Bag stacks and realize if you unpack them all you’d probably be able to fill your entire inventory 5 times over.

Typhus.3502:

I don’t think omegas need a buff.

I pretty much agree. If anything, all they need is a speed boost and maybe reduced cooldowns. Besides that, any added attacks or defenses would just make them ridiculous.

WvW is almost exclusively what I do in this game. But it seems like I’m the only one who doesn’t get upset when there are Q’s.
Work on dailies, sell stuff, buy stuff, troll map chat, do some heart quests (unless you’ve 100%‘d Tyria) or better yet; practice your combat in the Heart Of The Mists. Never hurts to get a little better even if you’re already great.

Ogre Watch is my favorite. Not sure why, either… There really aren’t any huge benefits to it other than that pushing weak enemies back through the Ogre Camp is always fun because if you don’t kill them the Ogres might.
Also that it’s a stones throw away from supplies, another tower is just around the corner and SMC isn’t that far of a walk either.

WvW, it only happens here.

I seriously apologize for being incompetent but I don’t quite understand the format so;
Silver/7, 7 being our place but there’s also another 7th place below us. That’s what has me confused, so again, sorry \ :

But I’m loving it personally. Although I still love WvW whether we’re getting roflstomped or kicking kitten I’ve been finding this season really fun. It feels a bit more competitive and we’ve been having some really crazy wars going on in Stonemist in particular. I haven’t been around as long as some of the veterans but WvW is just about all I do so I’ve witnessed quite a bit in my time here, and since this season began the action has picked up quite a bit. Not substantially but still noticeably so and I’m excited to see how it progresses.

I would have to list the pros and cons as:

Pros:
New people, new friends
Feels like there’s more of a purpose to it
(Extremely subjective but,) feels nice for those of us who haven’t been around long that still know more about the WvW mechanics than the PvE’ers
Extra rewards are awesome
Awesome to see the server taking things more seriously

Cons:
Some of the PvE’ers are more of a burden than a help (but I’m not trying to tell them to leave, it’s their game not mine)
If your server tries to take any kind of a break the score will drop like a stone because of the higher activity
Losing really, really sucks
Q times get a bit frustrating but it’s not without it’s purpose

I agree that only being able to use pistols, rifle or shield makes you feel kind of limited. But just equip some toolkits and you’ll be happy again.

I love this class so much… I’ve read that they take more practice to get good with and that may be a part of why I enjoy them so much. I feel more attached to this character because I’ve put more effort in to understanding the mechanics. But besides that… Lots of healing, lots of swiftness, a ridiculous amount of versatility, they hit like a truck, just in general feel nice to play and imho are one of the more scary classes to run in to if you’re roaming in WvW.

No real point in this post other than to promote their awesomeness for anyone who may be undecided on what class they’d like to make next.

Pros:
High survivability if used properly
Lots of swiftness
Lots of stackable conditions
Never boring to play thanks to all the kits
Taking up the role of combat medic in WvW makes for interesting game

Cons:
No weapon swapping (although that’s kind of negated because of all the kits)
No melee besides Wrench
Takes more time than most other classes to be effective with

Eis.6984:

Armor is probably a LOT more resource intensive to make than weapons, so if they can get money for it they’ll try.

I’d be more inclined to be buying said store armor if it were an account unlock under the achievement tab. At 10 bucks a set, they could stand to do away with the clunky transformation stone mechanic.

^ This.

Also, imho, I don’t think you should be able to completely get rid of purchased armor. Eg. if you delete armor bought from the Gem store, it goes back in to your mail.

I agree 110%. I’m a customizational fanatic and in games where you’re able to freely re-work your appearance I enjoy experimenting with different looks. But GW2 feels like it’s really lacking in that department. There are a lot of great options for hair, body and so forth, but the armors fall a bit short.
I understand that the game isn’t a fashion show, but I believe most would agree when I say that it makes you feel a lot more attached to the game when you’re satisfied with the looks of your character(s). For myself especially, I literally cannot enjoy myself with a game if I’m not happy with how my character turns out… Drives me nuts. And GW2 really hit me hard with that in the heavy classes. All the low-level heavy armors are chain or scale… And it is f_ck ugly.
So yeah, ANet, please… We all understand there are a lot of things you’re busy with but when creating new armors… How about instead of releasing them all through the Gem store, maybe you release 1 through the Gem store and another through a vendor, whether that be dungeon, karma or regular currency. Because not all of us have more gold than we know what to do with.

Oh and p.s. Seriously, with the heavy and medium armors… Put some actual thought in to the heavy armors instead of making them all a slightly different variation of chainmail. And stop making every medium set a trench coat… Thieves and Rangers are medium class, and those two would be much better suited to tighter and less clunky outfits. Thieves in particular. Maybe it’s just me but, it just doesn’t make sense to have a fast, stealthy character in a long coat…

How many times do I have to say; it was working fine for a month with no trouble what-so-ever. Nothing else on my system has had any sort of decline in quality.
Unless I have an actual professional and not some random highschool know-it-all diagnose my specs, I’ll continue to speculate toward it being a game related issue.

Note that I say speculate and not blame. So unless someone thinks they can solve this for me, stop saying “it’s your computer” ‘cause it doesn’t fix anything.

I apologize for my tone in the last post I made. It wasn’t necessary of me to be so hostile and I apologize to those I was rude to. However, I do still feel that the game is in some way unstable. It’s always a possibility that my computer can’t handle the game, but I believe I already mentioned that it had been running fine for nearly a month until very recently when many others began to experience the same issue.
Here are a few links to other threads that have popped up recently related to similar problems.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/Sudden-Permanent-FPS-Drop/first#post3103996

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/Skill-lag-lag/first#post3103648

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/Consistent-Latency-issues

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/tech/Super-Low-FPS-with-high-end-Gaming-Pc/first#post3099495

It isn’t just me and we, the consumers, would like at the very least an explanation if not a fix for the matter.
I don’t expect immediate action as this is a video game not a severed limb. But I have payed for this game as have the rest of the community and I believe we deserve some info about the sudden increase in instabilities.

Yep… Same thing happening to me. I’m not sure what the problem seems to be but for now I’m blaming the seasonal. If things continue this way after the update has been removed then I guess I/we may be screwed. For now I’m going to refrain from playing until the Halloween event is over and hope when I come back all is well and fine again.

Hm… Well I see again that there are others who have experienced similar problems. This is unfortunate and I feel for those that have had this issue. It’s a pain in the behind.
It’s an obvious possibility that it is my computer that isn’t functioning properly and not the game. However due to the high volume of others that have had the same problem and with better computers, even in some cases worse, I find so unlikely.
I don’t plan to make any alterations to my system to support the game. I’ll look further in to it and if it happens to be my computer that’s the problem then I won’t continue to complain or to attempt to play. If my computer is fine, I’ll be giving ANet a phone call. Not that me doing so will change anything, but I’d rather take some form of action than to just feel like I’ve thrown my money out the window.

This is under “View basic information about your computer.”

ASUS
Windows 8
Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-2328M CPU @ 2.20GHz 2.20GHz
Installed Memory (RAM): 6.00 GB (5.89 GB usable)
System type: 64-bit Operating System, x64-based processor
I also have 210GB free of 258 on my D drive and 144 of 186GB on my C drive which I don’t use. I had my GW2 files saved on my D drive.

Yes… I stated that it fell short of supporting the game. But again, I see no reason for it to suddenly have such a steep decline in quality. When sending the company a ticket, I had mentioned that I thought it may be a result of the latest seasonal patch, so I’ve already taken that in to consideration.
I’ve also already mentioned that the FPS will drop no matter where I am/what I’m doing. It will work nice and steady for a period of time, sometimes a while sometimes immediately, then it will drop to 4 or 5 and stay there. Thinking it was my computer was the first thing that came to mind… But after having read all these other complaints about the same thing happening to people on all different sorts of operating systems leads me to believe it isn’t my computer.
If you all would like to continue blaming my specs though you’re very welcome to do so. I’m not the kind of person who will avoid admitting when he’s wrong, so show me something I can’t deny or bug off.

“I apologize for my tone, ANet.”

Sorry, guys! I never asked for your help. This was directed towards the company, not you. But ’preciate the input, even if it was completely useless.

It isn’t the computer. I’ve seen many, many complaints about this happening to others who are using very high end computers, some even using computers that are built specifically for gaming.
I checked before I got this game and my computer fell just short of supporting the game. I figured I’d try it anyway so a friend let me borrow his disk and I created an account when the free trials were out. It ran extremely well and I was surprised I hadn’t run in to any problems. I’m not a computer expert so I wasn’t sure whether it would barely work or not work at all but it wound up doing much better than I had anticipated.
There’s no reason the quality would just suddenly drop so steeply because of my computer. I find it unlikely that it’s coincidence that this started happening right after the Halloween update. Not to mention that everything else on the computer is working at the same rate it always has.

This is an absolute load of horsekitten. There’s nothing wrong with my computer, connection or the settings in the game. I’ve done a bunch of research, read a bunch of forums, watched some videos, sifted through files on my computer and come to the conclusion that it’s nothing but the game that’s broken.

It used to run very smoothly. Now, at completely random times, the FPS will plummet to 4 or 5 and will stay there until I restart my entire computer. Sometimes it’ll happen immediately, sometimes it won’t happen for up to an hour. But it always eventually happens. I’ve been playing for only a month and have no where near gotten my money’s worth out of this game yet… If it had broken a few months down the road I wouldn’t be so upset, but I enjoy this game very much and would like to continue playing. With this FPS drop however, I can’t do so. Combat, travelling, just about anything in the game is next to impossible because of how badly the FPS will drop even in low populated areas or when I’m not even MOVING.

I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling the game just for good measure, and that didn’t fix it. I tried the “repair” method today, and that did absolutely nothing… I’ve done all I can do and have avoided jumping to any kind of conclusions. I’ve sent in a ticket, I’ve been patient, and it’s still. kittening. Broken.

I apologize for my tone, ANet, but please… Respond to my ticket and/or this post, and help me to resolve this issue. I’m not the only one who has suffered this and it’s about time something is done.

I think what should be done is that for every enemy that hits you with an AOE or condition the damage is reduced by 5 – 10%.
Say for example I run through 10 AOE’s (which often happens when zergs clash, the ground is painted in red circles, they’re hard to avoid) for every one of those I run through the damage is reduced slightly. That way if I run through enough of them it’ll boil down to the damage of only 1 or 2 AOE’s instead of stacking to the damage of 15 to 20. Same for conditions.
That way if you want to kill the enemy you’ve gotta do it one on one or only a few against a few. Too many and it’ll wind up being less effective rather than more.

I don’t know about you guys but I’m in WvW 95% of my time in GW2… And I very rarely see golems used and even less so golem rushes. On top of that, a small zerg of ours took down a 20+ golem rush about a week ago and there were less of us than golems. It’s not impossible you just need to be organized and remember to evade, evade, evade.

I’m glad I don’t seem to be the only one experiencing this issue. Although I’m sympathetic to those who are as well, it’s a pain in the kitten .
I’ve been playing for only a month and already the game has become unstable which is no way to please a customer. I understand that there may be problems beyond Anets control at the moment but I seriously hope this is addressed some time in the near future, otherwise I’ll be forced to make a phone call.

For the time being, I’ll sit tight and hope that it has something to do with the recent Halloween update. It’s always possible that seasonal event has caused some sort of instability that will resolve itself when it’s removed. If that’s not the case, I expect the company to look in to this matter.

I’ve done a bit of research and it seems this has been an on-going issue. I hadn’t experienced it until just yesterday when my FPS dropped to 5. According to the specs of my computer I can barely handle the game as is, but prior to this it ran very smoothly. Although the highest FPS I would regularly get was 35 – 40 it didn’t seem or feel slow at all. It would drop in big zergs or in WvW but I’m aware that that is an issue everyone shares so it was something I could tolerate. Now, unfortunately, it will drop to 4 or 5 FPS no matter where I am/what I’m doing/what my settings are at. I had them set fairly low to begin with to compensate for my computer not being built for gaming and that seemed to allow me to play. Therefore I’m finding it unlikely that it has anything to do with the computer itself although I’m not ruling out the possibility.

If anyone has any suggestions/has fixed this themselves in the past I would really appreciate some info. The only thing that seems to solve this is restarting my computer. And it only solves the matter for no more than 30minutes before the FPS suddenly hits a steep decline again. I’ve also checked my task manager to monitor which programs are running and whether or not there are any taking up large quantities of RAM but again, it doesn’t seem to be any trouble with the computer, just the game \ :

Would it be a good idea to attempt uninstalling and reinstalling the game maybe?

How about a dragonslayer knight class. I mean dragons are a big part of the threat to the game aren’t they?
A class that specializes in strictly heavy weapons like the greatsword, hammer and mace, has a lot of anti-condition shields that maybe reflect conditions back to it’s enemy or use them to increase the strength of their shields, or something to that effect?
It would be like a combination of the guardian class and the warrior class in the sense that it would have a lot of powerful offence but would also maintain a lot of personal defense. Instead of providing protection for others like the guardian does it would rely more heavily on protecting it self.

Dunno. Just throwing ideas out there. But as far as the Shadow Knight idea goes I could really care less. I’m not a heavy class kind of person usually.

Byega.4215:

WvWers don’t care about achievement points, we just want to play the feature we love.

^ This.

I appreciate the efforts made in regards to our characters stories and the extra dimensions it gives to the game but… Does anyone else just say “no. No that is not who my character is and their story doesn’t go like that”?
Because for me anyway… I put a lot of myself in to my characters in any game where customization is an option and the story behind my character ain’t nothin’ like what the game thinks it is, lol.

My characters story goes a little more like;
Her mother, 8months pregnant, was captured by the centaur and held prisoner in a lowland camp. Starved and tortured, suffering immense sleep deprivation and bodily sores from the rotting ground beneath, she clung to life for 20 days before her child was due. On that day a second prisoner was placed in her cage who was instantly empathetic of the woman. Offering to help her despite his wounds he delivered the child and held the woman’s hand until she passed into unconsciousness. Pouring rain, knee deep in waste and wet soil the woman drown in the earth never to see her child’s face. Knowing the likely-hood of survival was slim the man took it upon himself to save the child at all costs. Calling to the centaur that his cellmate had deceased he concealed the child and prepared to make an escape. As a guard approached and opened the cage to remove the woman he leapt forward and ran for all he was worth. Narrowly escaping the camp and suffering massive injury from the half dozen arrows he had taken in his back he immediately began searching for help but found his efforts to be fruitless. Succumbing to his wounds at a shallow stream on the outskirts of Queensdale the child was left half soaked in blood and water for nearly 18 hours before she was found by a bandit. Examining the child and the man that lay next to her she chose instead to care for the infant rather than leave it to die. Raised among a vicious clan of thieves and trained in the art of shadows from a young age it wasn’t long before she became a recognized criminal.
At only the age of 17 she had succeeded in infiltrating the castle on multiple occasions, stolen royal possessions and had created her own small organization of thieves known as the Suicides.

And blah blah blah I won’t continue because most people won’t care anyway. But to conclude she eventually discovered that her father was one of the men within her organization and was shortly after murdered by a fellow thief. Stricken with grief she attempted to take her own life at the edge of Gods Lost Swamp and was saved by a passing Sylvari. Taken to the Grove to have her wounds mended she spent nearly 6 months under the care of this stranger as she recovered. Learning to enjoy the kind nature of the people and the gentle atmosphere she made a new home among their kind. Reinventing herself to be less spiteful and instead training young warriors within the community she eventually found love with the sylvari that had saved her. And they lived happily ever after! Lol.
The end.

If anyone else has a story to share about their character(s) please share. I’m a sucker for that kind of kitten and I would love to hear what other people have come up with… And also pray to god I’m not the only person geeky enough to do this <__<

Hm… Well I appreciate the help, everyone. And that there haven’t been any rude responses which with the tone of my initial post I would kind of deserve. I’ve calmed down since but that was a really frustrating few attempts at dungeons, lol. I guess I’ll just have to get used to the community and the strategies they’ve employed to get through them.

Luke.2643:

Instead of trying to learn to do dungeons with pugs I suggest you to ask your guild for that, I’m pretty sure they’d be more willing to help you than randoms. If you state its the first time at the beginnning they’ll have no reason to be mad at you.

True -__-. I’m just concerned for being removed and getting a bad reputation. Though, I suppose pugging isn’t much better for my ego.