Guild Wars 2

Dungeons – msg has to be 14 chars or longer.
More precisely DoA, FOW, UW, Urgoz, Deep – these places still exist- why can’t we go there?

The loot was too OP – so they had to nerf it.p for players that organised guild portals .
A net wants you to jump it properly as its now part of guild missions (sometimes).

Hi Anet,

For the love of PVE – please, pretty please work out some technical giggerypokery to allow EU/NA Server players to play together.

Even if its an ‘international’ guesting which points everyone to a special server.
Its annoying to not be able to play with friends who have moved to EU or NA – vice versa etc.

ITs like loosing a limb.

If anything can be done to allow EU/NA PvE together – please do

Thanks

So now – its bros fault.
I wonder if that’s made up.

Try downloading the drivers directly from nvidias site.
http://www.geforce.com/drivers

You can select ‘manual’ to find your card/etc – get the big download file from your OS.
There is no connection required once the file has been downloaded.

All the Medallions: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Medallion
All the Crests: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Crest
All the Seals: http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Seal

These are upgrade components – which are on par with materials such as black diamonds. There is no reason why these items should not be having a mat slot.

I’m managing to make about 50g/hour with this build.

Its awesome- please do not nerf it.

Red bull gives you wings !

No in all seriousness we’ll get a big blog about it probably from ANET.
It could be honestly a flying boss with flying combat using new skills only – leave you weapons at the door.

Or even more exciting it could be completely underwater bucket of tears themed with sharks, jellyfish and piranhas – that would make me excited.

We might have a beast master who’s pets we have to lure into a cage before we can do dmg – the possibilities are endless.

Maybe a labyrinth you get ported around (a maze) with adds enroute for you to get back to the boss.

There are new mechanics that are honestly fun that they have been implementing.
Looking forward to see what fiendish things are coming up next.

Red bull gives you wings !

No in all seriousness we’ll get a big blog about it probably from ANET.
It could be honestly a flying boss with flying combat using new skills only – leave you weapons at the door.

Or even more exciting it could be completely underwater bucket of tears themed with sharks, jellyfish and piranhas – that would make me excited.

We might have a beast master who’s pets we have to lure into a cage before we can do dmg – the possibilities are endless.

Maybe a labyrinth you get ported around (a maze) with adds enroute for you to get back to the boss.

There are new mechanics that are honestly fun that they have been implementing.
Looking forward to see what fiendish things are coming up next.

Yup- but at least this way – people cant complain not playing with their friends.

Hi All,

Okay- here is a BIG Suggestion:
If two people are in a team: Legendary + Amber.

The System translates both people as the highest level for match making – e.g. Legendary.
If the TEAM Wins – the Amber person gains more pips than the legendary person (as its based on MMR for the win).

This does not solve the horrible que times – but this should help stop smurfs (which we know is a big problem).

I’m seeing Diamonds+ Amber / Emeralds (and we all know why this is happening) – so they can progress up the ladder with much more ease.

Something needs to be done to fix it – and the above is the best I can come up with.

Thanks for reading.

How about just ban eating ?

Its an exploit – I mean come on players – get real.
This food is expensive.

We know this is not working as intended – so fix it !

Hi All,

Okay we know that higher league players teamed with ambers are more likely to get matches to there advantage – especially if all the players are good players.

It goes like this:
1) Buy new HOT Account (your friends)
2) Team with friends (one who is legendary/rest ambers)
3) Play PVP (Metabuilds/exp players are on amber where they are diamonds or above)
4) Win
5) Swap to your new Amber account – help friends
6) Progress quickly with +2 Pip wins as you are with Amber players who you know
7) Go to step ¹ repeat.

I honestly dont see any way of stopping this kind of thing – but it does seem pay to win to progress up the legendary tier. I am starting to see lots of this behaviour which needs to be stopped.

What do you think ?

The bit out of the quote *’PvP leagues will give players of all skill levels regular goals, better matchmaking, and unique rewards, and they’ll provide a better system for ranked play in Guild Wars 2.’ *

What is the joke in that quote?
Better Matchmaking.

I’m about to die laughing – why ?
We're seeing match making manipulation, afk'rs, bad plays all to progress through the tiers for unique rewards. IT gets funnier as *NOTHING* is being done to stop this - Its all _cheap talk_ right now until we see something definitive happen to stop this.

Just to clarify – everyone in our side was a solo-Q person.

Hi All,

I just lost a pip on a match which started and ended as a 4v5 – person DC’d before the match started and did not return. [This resulted in at least one other player deciding it wasnt worth playing and AFK’d the rest of the match – we lost 64v500]

Is this still a thing which is not yet fixed?

Can anyone confirm this is still happening?

Thanks,

I hope it stays – it allows people to practice rotation underwater for PVE !

“If a diamond plays with an Amber and they are placed in Ruby category the diamond deserves 0/-2 for w/l and the Amber deserves 3/1 for w/l. "

—> They should both be ranked at ‘diamond’ for the match. Especially if the account has not played <N Matches within the last month. Once the Account has hit N Matches for the MMR on the account to be deemed ‘stable’ with decay then it can be used to properly calculate the approx toughness for the match. There needs to be something to determine if this player is really ‘amber’ at all especially for ‘new’ accounts or accounts which have not played PVP for a very long time being paired up with much higher accounts.

Why do it this way?
—> Because the person wants to play at a higher level by teaming with a diamond player.
Its the only way to ensure that there will be fair matches.

Using multiple accounts to manipulate the match making system IMO should be made illegal.

Any ability to smurf or manipulate the outcome of a match I’m pretty certain is against the TOS.
I have no problem of people pairing up from a same IP Address – that’s not an issue at all. What I do object to is someone pairing up with a low level account (or one which has not been played for a year – so the MMR is highly variable) with a high level account (high MMR).

Switching to an alt account and pairing with the same friends – should be easily detected. Its highly unlikely at the highest level two people on the same IP will be at the same ability.

The other thing which is required is to ensure people cannot pair up with smurf accounts to boost the matchmaking.

Don’t get me started why a legendary player needs to pair up with an amber player so they can get easier wins (when we know the amber player is one of there friends on a brand new account).

People will pay real money to ensure they hit the top of the rankings.

I’m not sure what the solution is :
1) Ensure they cannot pair with too low level players for ranked matches (or enforce a low strict 1/day to help stop smurfing)
2) Do not allow Amber’s to team with Legendarys (Enforce a maximum +1 difference or +2 difference)
3) Enforce SOLO Que << This one will make a SOLO Que possible to get to legendary in a fair and consistent way.
4) PERMA-BAN All players who have been found exploiting the matchmaking system (e.g. using accounts from same IP Address and then switching to an alt gw2 account). This is something that CAN be detected easily – especially if they then pair up over a day and switch over. This will help prevent people buying multiple copies of the game – and pairing up with the same individuals. It is highly unlikely that a new player would know a legendary player for a match up. I doubt there are many legendary players who would want to pair up with complete noobs otherwise they are at risk of loosing the match.
<< Cannot talk too much about what controls they could implement to prevent pre match-maniuplation by exploiting the MMR algorithms. Something needs to be done.

>> This option of a perma-ban is not a harmful thing to PVP – the ‘PRO’ players would just create a new account as they are invested in GW2 for the prize e-sports league. They have probably already won enough real-life cash to fund a new copy of GW2 for more esports as PVP doesnt cost that much to get started.

Hi All,

Okay – I’ve started a lovely new class which I’m not familiar with – Ele.
ITs been fun until I hit over 50% win ratio – the system is now throwing me into matches which we are guaranteed to lose (or I’m having to carry hard).

Its got so bad – that the current loss streak was sitting at about 8 or so matches.
The scores were not even close (failure of matchmaking):
500v383 (win)
634v150 (Loss),*
164v500 (Loss),*
225v501 (Loss),*
376v500 (Loss),
390v500 (Loss),
208v560 (Loss),*
379v500 (Loss),
373v500 (Loss),

I consider anything around 350+ a decent enough match up.
The major losses < 250 points should not be happening – especially <200 points as frequently as they did. Many of these matches were against pre-mades or teamed up opponents.

We need to know what tier brackets we need to score to get any points before the match. Going from third tier ruby (end of) -> start of second tier ruby is not fun because the match making algorithm has decided you dont deserve and wins today.

The next couple of matches seems to have broken the loosing streak:
500v383 (win)
500v489 (win)

These involved a decent amount of fighting – not my best (as I’m warming up today – takes a few matches).
Given the leagues – the expected matchmaking result/pip needs to be transparent up-front, closer 40-60% expected win for most matches, enforce a full solo que to make games more fair for those of us who have to endure the solo q.

Thanks

Oh its fixed – I did nothing – and must have been server side as its now working.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/3wxh6o/problems_with_the_trading_post/ —ANET Techies have noticed the problems.

Its a shame they cant ever respond on the forums :_(

Teleport to a friend – best way ever !

So you are on Piken Square which is an EU Server.
Please Read the post – this is about EU Players trying to find people (and decent qualitY) on NA SErvers.

I have a theory – they pulled the trading post from working from people that actually use it.

I have the issue here – its not working.

Talk to support – they can help you.
Submit a ticket for those pre-fractured rings .

I find it takes significant time to:
(a) GEARCheck – why do we need to do this?
→ People who think PVT Gear is good as a PS War with a Vipers Greatsword [We ask for a PS War]
—> Solution Gear Inspection Tool
(b) OFF-HOURS – being on a NA Server in a EU Timezone (Less available players)
—> It is OFF-HOURS if on a NA Server in a EU Timezone – This is just a FACT.
© RAID Reset TIME
—> The Reset time is 8am Monday – This means that by the time EU gets home from work (on a NA Server) the playerbase is even smaller.
How to FIX? :: Move RESET Time to a FRIDAY Night (or SAT morning).
This would then allow EU/US/OCX to play together as the reset time is friendlier to all (Weekends allow individuals better access for scheduling than a mid-week reset).

They could be throwing the match. There are a few people who fight but then fail to stomp or cleave the downed.

However…
There is an advantage to not stomping immediately in a 1v1:
If you hold the point – you can effectively prevent them from healing up/and taking longer to respawn buying your team an advantage. This has a risk that they might get res’d by the enemy if they are close. Be prepared to stomp finish them off quickly as needed.

However in a group fight: NvN
There are very few excuses to stomp one or two until your team has the advantage.
It just depends how strong your team is against them as you may need to stomp to allow point capture.

The decision on when to stomp/finish a player is situational it’s not always he’s down I better stomp it now. This comes into the scenario of advanced fighting techniques.

More DPS needed to kill the gravling mounds quickly where they spawn by the group.

4 players is more than enough to kill them. (Hint: Don’t Zerg)
If needed put one person on the NPC to keep it alive- heals/stealth/blinds all work a treat to protect him.

I have beaten one multiple times on Ele and Engineer for starters.

They are pretty easy to kill in most circumstances – as many people fail to play the chronobunker well.

Stuck in Que – 30mins+ (was still in Que) after the match.

TPMN.1483

Hi All,

Joined a match – came out of the match (after it ended normally : we lost :_( )and I’m still ‘qued’ for a match: 19mins+
I cannot leave the que – gives error: The player of channel cannot be found (Code= 3008:1009:1:1719:101).

I dont know if it helps but I was solo q – and someone DC’d during the game (not me).

I am hoping this can be resolved – without experiencing a dishonour penalty as I need to log soon.
Have managed to swap toons – and its still not leaving me leave the que and exploring guild hall.

Thanks

Took me three days to break Emerald Tier 5 – was a lot of messed up teams.
There comes a point where you just cannot carry them all.

200 ms is fine for raiding/dungeons/fotm.
I would go with the REV > Guardian.

The REV is much easier to learn and once you’ve learnt every boss tell you could then move over to Guardian.

Hi all,

It’s that time of year when our pvp grinding efforts get rewarded with the winters day track…what would you like to that magic present in the possible drops this year?

Give them ideas fast – there is one week before they have to push the patch out.
My idea: Wintersday PvP SAnta Quaggan which throws out Amber, diamond, ruby,etc jewels – celebrating the pvp season ‘cause it’s the season for giving.

Have fun,

This is why your class you que up with should be the class you are going to fight with.
Otherwise people can just reroll all the time – and ANET has absolutly no chance of balancing classes/professions in a match.

What you have to remember ANET do not take classes into consideration when match making. Only a persons account based MMR.

Which makes the whole system a big joke.

They need to lock which class you roll/que in and use that to calculate class comp + individual class MMR → likelyhood of win/loss to prevent this rubbish.

Let’s keep the discussion on track about que times..
I’m now hitting 8mins (my que) vs avg time of 2 mins.

Something messed up here for the solo que person.

There is this ‘report’ function – I’m getting to use it a lot lately.

Hi All,

I know the average que is an indication of how many players are available for matches.
Consistently I’m facing 6mins que’s on average vs 2 min average que time.

I’m only Emerald Tier (4) – usually bouncing one or two pips away to getting into Saphire.
The problem I find with long ques> average is the increased likelyhood that you are going to lose the game badly or the match is unbalanced.

This means getting your 5 wins (or more wins/losses) is near impossible.

I’ve found que times which are fast or close to average increases the chance of a close match or win.

What have been your experience with que times vs likely hood of a decent match?

The thing is – its not fun.
Being at one pip away from Saphire then loosing 4 tiers – due to bad team-mates you’re being expected to carry hard – its no fun.

We’ve been talking about this and the poor quality match making ANET has had in place for so long.

Something has to get fixed – soon.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Permanent_Trading_Post_Express_Contract – 500g.
It’s a steal – just buy your own personal one from the trading post.

It’s a measure of most improved over the season.
Not a measure of an individual’s ability – especially if solo Q.

I’m also seeing people playing ‘support’ healer – exclusivly.
They are actively playing but doing no DPS for the team.

Its like the PHIW has invaded PVP: I will play a healer only – I dont need to to dmg.

Bad Design = Bad Results.
Wont say any more.

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The problem that I’m running into is I will win 2 games, gain 2 pips. Lose 1 game. Lose 2 pips. And the games that I lose I don’t just lose. I get ANNIHILATED. It is clearly individuals who tanked their MMR rating to get a good matchup. Meanwhile I try to play the game as intended and end up wasting hours getting out-exploited.

This is a broken system. Threatening to ban people that manipulate it will get nowhere. This is not an effective way to fix this clearly ineffective design. And displaying the starting ranks and potential pip win/loss will not improve the situation. It will just give a metric to track MMR tanking.[/quote]

.> Finding this too now. Its stupid how I can go down 2 pips – when I’m playing at my best. You’re too reliant on team composition vs other team comp – for if you’ll actually win or not.