Guild Wars 2

Guardian, elementalist, mesmer, banner warrior, last slot can be whatever.

Just switch at the end.

Dredge is fine. Should nerf cliffside imo. Most time consuming as a 2nd fractal and the rewards are just bad. Dredge you get at least 30 heavy miner’s bags which is like 1g alone.

Play guardian. You can lead through kiting and tanking the majority of the hits if your party is below par.

Even if you’re a support guard you’ll grant DPS to your party members and you (Staff Empower, grant longer survivoribility to zerk classes, grouping monsters together with greatsword, etc)

A lot of dungeons goes a lot smoother with a knowledgeable guardian: CM, SE, AC, TA, HOTW, to list a few. The biggest assets a guardian have is improving DPS, pulling groups, kiting mobs, removing conditions, and reflecting projectiles. I can’t encourage enough how important Wall of Reflection is. When you’re the only guardian in a party and you’re in one of the above dungeons, PLEASE USE IT. You will see some crazy damage done while also protecting your party from getting hit by it.

I learned all my dungeon paths through guildies. You can’t expect strangers with no relations to you whatsoever to hold your hands on a dungeon run.

I remember when the LFG tool first started I was describing the “be experienced” tag in pretty much all my pickup groups. I want smooth, fast runs. This game is not “fun” for me when I have to babysit and watch 2+ players in a party get wiped just because they refused to stack in AC.

Confirm it happens.

Usually people waypoint way too fast to Reliquary Waypoint and the dialogue between Tzark and Grast stops. The bug is gamebreaking because you HAVE to start over if it does happen. Very annoying.

Basically, after the room with the 4 large Graveling Burrows, if people waypoint too fast, Tzark and Grast stop conversing and Tzark can’t blow the pathway open for people to enter. This is really easy to fix in my opinion, just make the waypoint show up later after the door have been opened.

Look at the price of linen scraps, lol.

Oyeah, I can get away fine, I’m just saying necros probably won’t.

Gold league with blobs 24/7? Sounds legit.

Perplexity engineers, perma-stealth thieves, and condition shatterer mesmers. I usually run. Now as a thief, I can run, but engineers and thieves are great chasers, so if you meet a decent one in each category, you’re probably screwed if you want to run. If you fight, you might learn something. (ie not to solo roam on a necro, lol).

Crafting had always been a chore in games. I like GW2’s system though. Discovering stuff remains rewarding since you get a bunch of EXP out of it and leveling had always been tedious in games. And the system itself is pretty intuitive.

Besides, there are craftable items that’s only created through crafting and/or mystic forge (Corrupted weapons). I think it’s fine as is.

The only one that’s pretty confusing is chef. But I never liked any cooking system in games so I dunno a better alternative.

Gnat.9405:

Mystic Forge is a very important click sink. There are far too many clicks in the game and this system is perfection in terms of sinking those clicks from the population.

lol

Hate those griefers. Gives servers a bad name and only encourage more griefing.

Pichichi.1975:

lmao Abys can only touch our lane in YBBL after most of Ark logs. Your guild has no idea what they’re doing do they.

I see the trolls have already started.

Good work all around guys. Took that yb garrison.

(We got wiped.)

Rigel.3092:

Who exactly is “a lot of others” cause I certainly have no problem with using the Mystic forge nor do I consider it tedious. Opps, my bad, it always seems that the minority speaks and gets the attention of Anet rather than the majority….

I don’t even consider myself a hardcore player. But occassionally when I have to make siege weapons, upgrade cores, RNG the runes, it IS tedious.

And it should be tedious since you’re doing the samething (just clicking) over and over again with no sense of reward.

Also, neither you or I know what is the majority’s consensus. I just know a lot of players that have problems with it. I only belong in one server, so there’s no way of me knowing what the “majority” is. But if me or someone else don’t come here to discuss it, it will never change.

So yeah, rather than flat out reject what I have to say, please use some empathy.

However, it might be an idea if you are forging the same item over and over with the same materials to have them stay in the window as long as you have sufficient quantities.

That’s what I mean. If the item requires RNG, then I can understand the repetitive mechanism. But if 2 cores always make a lodestone, why are we forced to repeat the same process?

I think I made about 2 threads in suggestions section and only got about 1-3 replies.

I guess Anet doesn’t really read that section at all.

Anyways, the problem me and a lot of others have is simply how utterly tedious the Mystic Forge is. You guys made Crafting pretty streamlined, why not do the same for mystic forge?

Every weekend, it’s frustrating to click so many times to make Superior Siege weapons, Mystic clovers, lodestones, etc. Is it that hard to implement a feature similar to crafting where you can mass craft in a set number than clicking the same 4 items over and over again? It feels like a grindfest simply to make items.

Making 100 Charged Lodestones from Cores would take about, 6 clicks per lodestone, to about 600 clicks. Of course, there’s the other 100 clicks to buy one elonian wine over and over again as well. On that matter, why can’t we even mass buy items in this game from NPCs?

borrok.9267:

Also, you have stun breakers and stability.

Notsureifsrs.

I opened 500 and got both backpiece recipes and a toy sword.

I agree with the above suggestion: Punish attacks that don’t land.

And the whole get free jail thing, well, lots of other classes can do it just as well without stealth. If a thief is specced to do precisely that, then it is what it is. And no, if you’re not specced with say, 30 in Shadow Arts, using SR and pulling it off when your health is below 25% will usually kill you to a player who actually knows how to deal with SR (already explained in earlier posts).

Lastly, this so called “nerf” wasn’t really that much of a nerf. The base initiative regen have been increased so it’s more like the mechanic of stealth has slightly changed, but not really nerfed.

deathTouch.9706:

Terravos.4059:

AsmallChicken.9634:

SBI reaping what they sow from tanking into Silver League thinking they would get easy wins. Showed your true colors there as a server full of bandwagons and fairweathers.

I think you mean FA

SBI actually tried very hard to get into Gold League.

Right, a small percentage of your server tried cheating their way into Gold League by bringing SoR commanders into their TS to coordinate against SoS to fix the match.

The remaining majority of the server actively tried tanking into silver for what they thought would be an easy silver league win.

The hilarious part is, even when you got to silver, you still performed like kitten. I honestly think it would have been hilarious to watch what kind of server-wide fracturing and implosion would have happened if SBI made it into gold.

Pretty sure at this point the general consensus from most people who play this game is SBI is cesspool. Is there an NA server that actually garnishes less respect than SBI at this point?

Notsureifsrs, but there’s deep hatred from this one. I think we should all stand back and quietly reflect why players often seem to overgeneralize an entire server based on WvW performances when it’s only one portion of the game.

Mmhmm.

AsmallChicken.9634:

SBI reaping what they sow from tanking into Silver League thinking they would get easy wins. Showed your true colors there as a server full of bandwagons and fairweathers.

lol

/ragequit QQland.

Alphard fight is pretty ridiculous. The scorpion wire move, if not dodged, will pull you and instantly deal 15-30k damage on the spot, before the AoE circle ever appears. And when the AoE circle do appear, it deal another 15-30k damage. I took about 40k dmg and was instantly dead within 2 seconds from that move.

I’m not sure if it’s a bug or not. A scorpion wire move is primarily to pull you in, not instantly deal 15-30k damage. The fact that the AoE circle don’t even come up until after it downed you is quite ridiculous.

scimi.3487:

We won’t even get into the “our players are taking the week off for x/y reasons” like you did when you lost. Sorry, just isn’t that important. Have a pleasant week.

But you just did, harharhar.

Maybe go to EBG or something, Idk. Backsides can be attractive, too.

Snafu.7412:

30 guild group with KWBH won’t push a pug zerg, that’s legit. We’ll come naked next time.

Pls describe context if you want your statement to have relevance. But yes, do come naked.

Boonprot.6274:

Tachii.3506:

D/P Basilisk/Backstab/22222 is the most popular. Seen them in pretty much every server. It works so I don’t see what the problem is. And of course -thieves- will bail if it doesn’t work. Dying and losing stacks is just dumb, lol.

Using Haste is questionable though…

Except who runs haste and 2-spams after a single backstab. Also inc D/P nerf cannot wait to see the garbage thieves all disappear. Maybe seeing a thief might finally mean you’re about to fight someone decent?

It’s not that much of a nerf tbh. But I dunno why Anet want to nerf D/P when P/D is still trolly as before. I don’t think people want to see more P/D trolls.

Ascended weapon chests drops fairly often I’d say in FotM. I got one with Cavalier stats, and a Dire stat from Teq. And I’ve seen guildies get them in WvW.

Like people have said already, there are other options. Fundamentally it makes crafting not a “necessity”. These are end-game challenges that certain players strive for. if you do not like it, well, we can only say “too bad”.

Ascended weapon chests drop in WvW rank ups and FotM levels. It is RNG but hey, it’s essentially free if you do either of those. So no, crafting to 500 is NOT necessary.

I imagine Ascended armor will probably be implemented in some form like that as well.

This is a great read.

And I believe 2000 attempts is good enough in terms of statistical relevance, for anyone who took stats. Should be stickied!

D/P Basilisk/Backstab/22222 is the most popular. Seen them in pretty much every server. It works so I don’t see what the problem is. And of course -thieves- will bail if it doesn’t work. Dying and losing stacks is just dumb, lol.

Using Haste is questionable though…

Pleaaaaaase make this happen.

For example: Once you made something once from the mystic forge, don’t reset the items in each slot. Make it possible to forge again using the same materials. It’s excruciating to press everything 4 times to make superior siege weapons, lodestones, and upgrading t5 mats.

Pleeeeeeease make this happen.

StealthSnake.9134:

Dat doubleteam

Lol.

Abys I don’t know how many more people you need to push a pug mag group. We’ll make it easier for you next time and bring uplevels.

We had about 30 people.

Dat ninja cap of fully upgraded Maguuma Garrison.

Agreed with both suggestions:

-Make dead players respawn in a timer or dc them.
-Make either resurrecting available during out of combat or remove it entirely.

Ascended armor is pretty much for FotM when it comes to PvE. The extra slots for more agony resistance.

And I hear the armor don’t use dragonite ore, lol.

Delvoire.8930:

The argument that SBI won on reset night or even through the weekend is weak sauce. This is like saying you won the first quarter of a basketball game. Who cares? A loss is a loss.

I wish I could see more GvG’s being set up instead of all this QQ and excuses.

Uh, that’s actually an extreme poor analogy. In a basketball game, the 1st quarter of a basketball game is when they warm up. The most crucial period, also known as “clutch time”, is actually the last 5 minutes of the game. WvW, however, it’s reset weekend where things are the most important when it comes to fights. It’s when all the serious WvW guilds show up on reset and every server has their maps queued. Whether it’s SEA or EU, people will show up and get maps queued up. When weekdays come about, it all goes to coverage. Whoever have the bigger population that can show up 24/7.

For example, DB’s SEA presence is still godly. So they usually come about sweeping all our keeps even if it’s fully upgraded. Does that mean our entire server suck? Well, uh, no. It means we lack WvWers in that period in relative to the opponent’s numbers. The samething could be said of DB when on our NA primetime. They seem to lack the population and you could obviously see it on reset weekend. They have their own players validating this statement.

PPT to most serious WvW guilds means almost nothing. They know it ultimately comes down to coverage. Bigger servers will mostly (but not definitively) stomp smaller servers. We come for the fights. Thanks for some of the FA/DB here at least that isn’t trasktalking or trolling because they’re bored.

I have no problem with the downed thief moves. They’re basically there to prolong your downed state until you can rally. It also prevents you from getting stomped pretty much all the time. You’ll usually end up bleeding out with the shadowstep/smoke downed move. Or delay yourself long enough for a rally.

Scepter guardian in open field is… comical at best, lol.

I believe it’s more of a language barrier, lul.

phys.7689:

Tachii.3506:

“Simple equation”, I chuckled. A simple equation would mean FA has an equally crappy coverage in NA time relative to our crappy SEA/EU coverage for us to “get them back” at night.

SBI had consistently gotten outnumbered status in EU times throughout the season (even when we were leading in points by several hundred thousands). So pls, be realistic.

And not even gonna start the same tired back and forth about last week’s matchups, lol.

if you think you re personal efforts, community, organization, skill dont matter, then you will never beat the servers that do, when you are closely matched.

population wise you really cant ask for a better match up than FA.

I have not yet said anything of the sort that those things you mentioned are irrelevant. But when it comes down to PPT, the things you listed can not overcome obvious differences in coverage. That’s all.

If you still think otherwise, which is probably the case, there’s not much point for me or you to repeat the same points again.

“Simple equation”, I chuckled. A simple equation would mean FA has an equally crappy coverage in NA time relative to our crappy SEA/EU coverage for us to “get them back” at night.

SBI had consistently gotten outnumbered status in EU times throughout the season (even when we were leading in points by several hundred thousands). So pls, be realistic.

And not even gonna start the same tired back and forth about last week’s matchups, lol.

etiolate.9185:

Is the uplevel draining SBIBL garri supply a Yaks Bend player? Are they still doing that? FA doesn’t have a reason to bother with that, so I’m curious.

No idea. It could very well be a player in SBI trolling ourselves for whatever reason. But this same guy was here last week. Have a tendency to follow Abyss. :/ Now he even talks in map chat deliberately trolling us in words too.

Tyrion.5764:

SBI need to stop to trash talk thats it ^^ more coverage ?? LOL but SBI you have more coverage then us, the difference is we have better people.

And you guys do the 2vs1 since Reset, so what happen ? FA can handle that!!!

Today in SBIBL i farma TE commander all day long, until i leave the game and he can take my Bay, the only moment in the days when SBI will take their BAY is when im not online ^^ so sad, and please SBI dont drop siege in open field battle, have some pride or honor.

The hypocrisy is strong in this one.

And lol @ SBI have better coverage. Oh god.

Nice fights today in SBI BL. Didn’t take long for the same troll to waste our supplies, yet again.

Fomby.4295:

Soilder.3607:

aspirine.6852:

Chuck Zitto.2367:

Man I would love to see downed state completely removed. Or if anet refuses to remove it completely atleast get rid of all the interrupts, mists and teleports basically every #2 skill.

Downed state is fine, how else are you going to get stomps? It’s the combat and instarez that hurts more imo.

Because if a 5 man teams hit the back of a 30 man zerg and manages to down a few players, the zerg can just turn around and AoE everyone downed to prevent them from being stomped. The downed state completely throws small scale groups out the window.

I don’t mind the downed state. It’s just part of the game, and in some ways it makes sense. Strategy must be formed around the downed state (good or bad I’m not sure.) for instance, if we got rid of downed, warrior banner elite would be almost worthless. Rezzing a downed clump with a banner is very important and is a strategy(even if you don’t like the strategy).

I don’t think removing downed state would be that terrible, but at the same time, it would remove a few tactics from the game, which would suck.

Perhaps downed state can remain, but unless you have a skill that can revive downed allies, you can’t just rally off of a NPC that died in WvW.

Dem griefers throwing golems off the ledges. kitten .

Have to give props to DB’s SEA presence. Seen it two weeks before vs BP/DB and seeing it again.

Well it’s obvious we lack coverage from EU, nothing can be done about that. Gonna be another interesting night in NA prime time though. See you there. (I’ll probably be spending time with family though lol)

SBI – Silver
Season 1: Mixed.

The Good:
-Having to care about PPT is actually kind of fun. It makes every tick a bit more interesting. With people scrambling about getting camps and towers means WvW actually have a real sense of urgency. Defending camps and towers are a bit more meaningful.

The Bad
-However, the lack of coverage will hurt every small server against the bigger servers they face. And this season only emphasized it so much more. PPT, afterall, is mostly about coverage. If people come out strong in NA prime time, they’ll still lose if the other server have better SEA coverage, even if we beat then in NA time.

- Bandwagon transfers. The poor gets poorer, and the rich gets richer. It’s bad, and it made most matches roflstomps than anything really competitive.

-PPT got so serious people started “spying” on other servers and wasting supply. This is easily the most blatant unfair play I’ve seen to date. It’s bloody annoying, and having to see the same guy wasting supplies for 3+ days while many of us already reported him is troubling and well, frustrating. It’s hard to just take it when supplies IS the essence of the game.

-Achievements doesn’t favour defense. There are virtually no achievements in defense (repairing stuff is contradictory to good defense, it’s supposed to be proactive, not reactive). It also fueled a lot of PVE-ers when serious WvW guilds are stuck in queue for hours. Having an entire zerg stand in Sentries is just ridiculous. Giving up SM for more achievement sakes. The list goes on and on.

I already see the lack of coverage. Lol @ playing hard all week though.

Isn’t it ironic to still call SBI chest thumping?