A very regrettable and disappointing decision. I think this epitomises an unhealthy “our way or the high way” attitude. It’s my opinion that WvW should be about players expressing innovation via siege placement, battle tactics and overall strategy. The degree to which these are actually allowed to happen is debatable, but bannering the Lord allowed for interesting methods of delaying/preventing enemy captures. I think it’s a mistake to take away fun things, especially ones that help thwart massive blobs.
Banners Hold RIP
Nobody at Anet loves WvW like Grouch loved PvP. That’s what we need, a WvW Grouch, but taller.
ArenaNet doesn’t see the whole picture with Guardian because they don’t play the profession. [..] I think it’s a great example of the pure amount of WTF that goes on with ArenaNet skill & balance team.
^^ This. The longer I live the less respect I have for those who are supposedly “experts”.
Nobody at Anet loves WvW like Grouch loved PvP. That’s what we need, a WvW Grouch, but taller.
After the Skill bar previews many complains appeared on the forums. Ofcourse I also have my opinions about it, but next to that I’dd really like to say thanks to the balancing team. We can’t expect them to fix everything, they just made a step. And actually they made some pretty important steps. Ranger and necro got some really important buffs for example. So here I go: Thanks!
Ye, thanks Arenanet, for fixing the trading post and that other fluff.
Nobody at Anet loves WvW like Grouch loved PvP. That’s what we need, a WvW Grouch, but taller.
A lot of people put a lot of work into the new TP and they deserve to get some airtime to talk about their work. I’m no expert on UI by any means.
I am excited about the new buying and selling UI the most. It’s designed to reduce information asymmetry (it’s designed to give all users easy access to more information) and I think it will be really helpful for new players or players that are less studied on prices.
Well since your not spending time on the podcast, you should test the new TP UI by taking say 200g-500g and challenging yourself to make as much profit as possible in a week (use every dirty trick you can think of to squeeze out a profit, your also testing how the market reacts to super secret commerce stuff). Post your results at the end of the week and gloat how you just emptied the market of thick leather sections(which at more than 10k gold would be insane).
This is a funny idea, but I don’t think it would endear me to the general population (or my community team).
Since when did economists care about making friends?
Nobody at Anet loves WvW like Grouch loved PvP. That’s what we need, a WvW Grouch, but taller.
Just a question here because I am curious. The idea of the Living World is that there is a storyline that you take part in, that you are involved in events that shape Tyria in permanent ways—how would you all convey the sense of progression and change without also making changes to the landscape? I see a couple of comments regarding creating things, not simply destroying. Do you all have any other ideas?
Ask your writers.
Things like construction and destruction have everything to do with the mood of the world. What do you want it to feel like?
Examples;
Do you want it to be a miserable world where doom is inevitable?
e.g. humanity are driven to the edge of the world and never get back anything and if one dragon doesn’t obliterate them, the next one might?
Do you want to offer some hope in dark times? The reconstruction/re-population of some areas/frontiers? Not too much, and always the opportunity for dark forces to wipe these bold/desperate people out.
Do you want a happy pixie elf-world where everything is reconstruction and buildypops? Oh and there’s some dragons to kitten down in certain, very specific spots (on a timer) too!
As a player, I love the idea of construction, it’s one of the reasons I played Horizons for (a short time when it came out). I like the idea of working with other players to make something, but I get depressed when that something is inevitable whether I contribute or not.
That’s your challenge.
Nobody at Anet loves WvW like Grouch loved PvP. That’s what we need, a WvW Grouch, but taller.
Funny thing though, I expect barely any significant changes to my favourite game-type (WvW). Even if Anet implement the mother of all expansions.
My guess is part of the problem is that WvW doesn’t earn ANet a lot of money in the gem store because it’s pretty self-contained. So it might help to suggest ways ANet could make money, or at least break even, improving the WvW experience.
My guild is mostly about WvW. About half of us pay for gems for novelty/superficial items. If we weren’t playing the game, Arenanet would miss out on all of those gems. We pay Arenanet and play WvW.
This is why I think it would be wrong to say WvWers don’t earn Anet a lot of money. We don’t need to “pay a different way”.
Nobody at Anet loves WvW like Grouch loved PvP. That’s what we need, a WvW Grouch, but taller.
Sorry, to clarify in regard to ‘Streamline’ I mean consolidate the number of channels of communication so we are able parse the flow of information better and in so doing connect more easily.
Chris
Could you kindly elucidate? What does this mean in practical terms? Without meaning to sound rude, your post seems like business jargon.
Please don’t infract this: It is a genuine enquiry.
Nobody at Anet loves WvW like Grouch loved PvP. That’s what we need, a WvW Grouch, but taller.
I think this will be good. Doesn’t sound OP to me. I think we need to see how it plays on live. The devs have said they will change it if it borks the game, but I my fear is a 6 month wait for another feature patch before it gets fixed – but I’m getting ahead of myself, let’s see it in-game first.
Nobody at Anet loves WvW like Grouch loved PvP. That’s what we need, a WvW Grouch, but taller.
If it is too hard for you to get a legendary, you might want to consider giving it up.
If getting a legendary is the only reason you play the game. I suggest you find a new game. I seen too many people who spent all their in game time farming for legendary, and once they got there, they quit the game.
I agree with this, I’ve seen it too. It’s as though there’s nothing else going on. Crazy!
Gems, Precursors and Legendaries. The most desirable items always appreciate. Luxury goods never go down, just like IRL.
Get together with some friends and buy as many as you can with your spare money. As John Smith will doubtless attest: You are guaranteed (allegedly) to get more back when you sell.
Nobody at Anet loves WvW like Grouch loved PvP. That’s what we need, a WvW Grouch, but taller.
Been almost two years with nary a significant change to WvW game play. I think we can pretty much assume GW2 WvW will be the way it is for the life of the game.
I suspect:
Arenanet fired all those “we love DAoC” guys after launch – they were probably freelancers.
The remaining devs don’t understand WvW or which of the player suggestions would be good changes.
They are scared to change it in any significant way – if they get it wrong, they would reduce the player-base.
When you take into account:
They are busy doing gem store stuff and PvE story content.
… it’s a recipe for leaving WvW as is. Forever.
Nobody at Anet loves WvW like Grouch loved PvP. That’s what we need, a WvW Grouch, but taller.
What this says to me is that the current gold sinks are clearly not working well enough. I would have thought they would index link the price to mudflation, but that would require them to acknowledge that inflation exists and Smith is a notorious denier.
Nobody at Anet loves WvW like Grouch loved PvP. That’s what we need, a WvW Grouch, but taller.
Currently you cannot defend a tower properly. What do I mean by properly?
The real problem is:
It’s boring to sit in a tower waiting for enemies to come.
When they do come, it’s hard to get to the tower in time.
I think the solution is:
Hearthstone to a tower, then you can go roaming. If your tower gets contested (only if it is contested), a specific number of people can Hearthstone back within a pre-determined timespan. This should not be a zerg-worth of people – just 3 or 4 – enough to put up some siege.
But we’re in daydream land. The chance of Anet doing any changes to WvW are very slim. I think it will be ignored until populations are zero then removed from the game.
Nobody at Anet loves WvW like Grouch loved PvP. That’s what we need, a WvW Grouch, but taller.
see above. If people are still playing, money is still rolling in, then ignoring some perceived “problem” is exactly what they should be doing.
But seriously, this is a really frustrating part of WvW and I think there have been plenty of solutions suggested by the community in the past that are much more subtle and effective than merging servers. I can’t see them fixing it though, because if Habib couldn’t do it, nobody can! #FreeHabib
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Nobody at Anet loves WvW like Grouch loved PvP. That’s what we need, a WvW Grouch, but taller.
The problem with Gems is that they are the perfect hedge against currency devaluation (or in other words inflation). Pile your gold into gems and they are guaranteed to go up and up and up in terms of changing them back to gold again.
Of course, they have to cross a threshold to take into account the exchange rate (/gold-sink/tax, whatever you want to call it), but ultimately the price is guaranteed to do so.
Got a spare 1000 gold hanging about? Why not buy gems now and sell them when they’ve doubled in value? Because they will, because people are using them as a currency hedge.
Nobody at Anet loves WvW like Grouch loved PvP. That’s what we need, a WvW Grouch, but taller.
Again, a mechanic rendered completely useless in PVE because almost every single boss in the game has Defiant/Unshakeable.
I get mocked as being grumpy by my guildmates when I point out this enormous design flaw (in fairness it dates way back in the history of MMOs). My point still stands, though:
What’s the point in giving players abilities when the boss mobs just ignore them?
Nobody at Anet loves WvW like Grouch loved PvP. That’s what we need, a WvW Grouch, but taller.
I do it all the time. If it means the enemy might get lessfewer points, that’s a bonus. But I don’t see my character getting stomped, and that’s the main thing.
Nobody at Anet loves WvW like Grouch loved PvP. That’s what we need, a WvW Grouch, but taller.
The saddest thing of all is that the intention of what warriors should be is overpowered.
Ready Up #15 sounded like a long, “Working as intended, L2P”. Unless of course you’re a warrior, in which case you don’t have to.
Frankly, you’re not going to get a more vociferous cry of “Nerf Warriors” than you did in this thread. It’s almost surreal, laughable even, to see them asking each other, did you get a sense of what the community wanted?
Nobody at Anet loves WvW like Grouch loved PvP. That’s what we need, a WvW Grouch, but taller.
Gratz PvPers.
