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Hi, Anet! o/

Blizzard won’t let of their main cash source and it’s Baby called World of Warcraft. At least probably not in next 10 years.
As they are releasing upgrade for their graphical engine, it means that it’s easier, cheaper and better to rework graphical engine, than make “WoW2”.
NCSoft did the same with Aion, tho it failed, because their High Quality engine doesn’t support AA and FXAA.

What will be with GW2?
I have no problems with performance and quality.
My PC rig isn’t top and it’s not so powerful, yet I play on max settings with limit for Character model appearance, and yet I run on stable 40~50fps during World Boss raids and zergs in EotM.

Is it really necessary to implement dx11 support for Gw2 engine? Adding libraries and ensuring their support would be nice, question is rather how much of a hassle it is, and if it’s worthy.

Gw2 atm is one of the few games newly released which provides great graphic quality and performance.

SDL is a way to go.
Supporting M$ is a no go.

No.

Figure it out by using your brain, knowledge of other classes and by fighting your opponent.

It’ll make it possible to distinguish squishiest players in group by looking at them and aim for them, instead of learning their abilities during match.

PvP is supposed to be a challange, where you show your knowledge of the game, you class and your opponent’s class.

If your idea would succeed, it’ll become a stupid way of full group jumping on squishiest group member and killing them one by one.
The first class to complain about it will be Mesmer.
because others can easily distinguish real ones from clones.

Next it’ll be something like:
- oooh, this trait is on cd, so I can do this and that w/o worrying that he’ll counter it.

I’m sorry, but that kind of thing has no problem making it into full target system games like Aion and alike.
In semi-aim semi target system like gw2 has, it’s going to cripple pvp.

My idea is to leave it as it is now.

We dont’ need shiny fancy stuff that tell you your opponent’s current rune and trait setup or even utility and elite setup.

GoogleBrandon.5073:

I just meant it like, if passive traits/runes worked this way with a visual tell, it would make combat a lot more enjoyable as the “randomness” factor is gone without hard shaving of the tools…

I don’t want people to know my rune setup and my trait setup.

Brother Grimm.5176:

Tao.5096:

How is Sword/shield Warrior crippled?

You use skill # 2…..oh…how is the BUILD crippled? Never mind……

Seriously, just because a Build / weapon combo is not as effective as you would like it to be does not make it “crippled”. I’ll be the first to agree that if you are looking to out DPS another Warrior, you shouldn’t be using a Shield build of any type, but do you actually EXPECT a shield to out damage another off-hand weapon or 2 handed weapon? Not really a reasonable expectation.

X/Shield allows you to play it safe. Going full burst mode even in pvp doesn’t really work anymore.

A skilled player with Sword/Shield can outplay high damage dealer or even a small group of other players.

What’s more, people say that Warrior’s sword is only good for conditions.
Well, bleed is good and work for condition stacking, but doesn’t mean it’s not suited for being used as pure power weapon.

Main Hand Sword(Warrior):

• good mobility with leap – allows to chase fleeing target
• cripple condition – allows to cripple target that would like to flee, or limit it’s mobility
• good single hit high damage skill – it’s slow and requires -50% of target

As many would say, Axe is far better blablabla, then I must say that it takes a considerable skill and experience how to handle sword in main hand, to be able to deal with opponents.

Notice that Warrior’s Sword leap is much bigger than Guardian’s leap on greatsword.

As reminder:

This is a Fossil of choice.
You choose which one you want, so you can work both on pvp track one and on buried lockboxes in Dry Top.

So thanks to this, you nullify the possibility of repetitive fossil coming up.

ande.2105:

I had wondered about the PVP method, but, I wasnt sure how to go about opening the relevant reward track. I’ve been playing since betas/headstarts, and have literally spent about 10 mins doing PVP, so this probably wouldnt be a very effective method for me as I have zero experience in PVP and will just spend all my time dead on the floor frustrated. But, if it continues as it is, I may have to try it anyway, reluctantly.

It’s Maguuma Wastes Reward Track which doesn’t have a pre.

Also does it matter if you lose or not? yes, winning matches speed up completion but still you can finish it within one full day or 2 evenings.

Also you get other rewards like Sand Silk or Geodes and Lockpicks.

Op is complaining about Bolt of Damask and it’s craft requirement?

It does hit Cloth users?

Well, I always thought that you use Bolt of Damask while crafting plate and leather armor parts too.

Looks like my recipes are bugged….

Opened 10 boxes – 2 fossils.

Drop rate is fine.

warherox.7943:

Just make disables not stack or overwrite and problem solved.

Fear isn’t disabling target.

what’s wrong with Corrupt Boon?

it’s a so-so skill

How is Sword/shield Warrior crippled?

Xae Isareth.1364:

It’s stuff like that which really lowers the skill ceiling of the game.

it’s only Warrior like that, not every other class.

Thanks to this, loads of people roll Warriors since they’re more of push 1-2-3-4-5 and it works.

The only problem occurs after this.

When a Warrior player log into forum and create a new thread called:
“Thief is OP – Nerf now!”

etc etc etc.

The Game Slayer.7632:

I would just hate to see a profession like the ele, for example, be blanket nerfed for a certain set of stats and a certain set of runes.

For example.

A zerk ele shouldn’t be punished for what a celestial ele can do.

Do I smell an idea which sound more like: remove amulets, gear stats etc, leave traits alone?

Well, OP went full kitteh?

You know what I like about some war movies, documents etc?
Yes, some of them.

Because they show how it really was.
There were slaves, there were prisoners, murderers.
Corrupted governments, monarchy.

It was in every single country.
It still exist.
It will exist.

My question then is:
- What is the point to pretend that it doesn’t exist? Why would we turn a blind eye on how things really are?

I myself am already fed up with this shiny, pony, rainbowy full of happiness crap that is being shown everywhere in order to make you believe, that cruelty doesn’t exist.

I’ll even say, that whipping prisoners, beating them and all is a little kitten compared to real deal.

For example, look how UK has it rough with snackbars.

@Silv.9207

All classes are good and hard to kill.

Depends on the one who’s playing it and how he can operate it.

Ele is a good class, but it’s hardest to master.
It’s a specific class which is dependant on boons which acquire via self Combos.
To do that, each ele must know which combo gives which boon and how to get it.

matter of practice, but like I said, it’s the hardest class to learn with high profit after learning it.

After watching this warrior video I believe they need to be boosted.

10/10 no chance against other classes

Once I reported not long after start of the match for being afk.

Reported for botting.
10 sec later player got removed from match, and new one has joined.

Previously as I played Aion, there was a huge issue for people afking in team pvp arenas.

It is indeed irritating.

What he meant is that Anet has to implement proper security measures that will not limit developers for making proper apps which will be functional with Gw2, but also won’t create openings for people who would use such opportunity to steal accounts or gain access to user accounts.

If this will work out, I am truly awaiting new apps and overlays(Overwolf) for Gw2 that will work greatly.

For example:
When Aion – The Tower of Eternity was still p2p model, it had an official website which was called MyAion.

MyAion offered features w/o logging to game:

• checking your characters level
• checking your characters gear
• checking your characters stats
• checking your characters rank
• checking your characters mailbox(you could read them)
• writing mails
• checking other players gear
• checking other players ranks
• checking other players stats

MyAion was a good feature which only asked to be expanded to next level. Unfortunately it got abandoned – only KR one work and is even better.

I assume that when Anet will complete opening API along with proper security, then we’ll sooner or later have something very similar.

Trading Posts in Starting area still are present.

in Queensdale Trading post is at Altar Brook Trading Post.

As reminder, usage of Trading Post is unlocked at level 8.
Unless something has changed again.

Same happens with Claw of Jormag.
Same happens with Tequatl the sunless – but funny is that, it’s not like he dies but runs away to sea.

The Shatterer is like this as well.

It’s also mentioned on wiki, that once the Champion of Elder dragon dies, next one will receive the title from the previous one.

During Arah MyStory Mission, while flying on a ship, you can see countless Tequatl’s, which rather have their own names.

During LA Fort attack, Plaguebearer looks the same and behaves the same as Tequatl.

etcetcetcetc

The Game Slayer.7632:

Can you stop blaming classes? And start blaming the tools every profession can use?

I blame people for being bad and refuse to improve.

Drarnor Kunoram.5180:

@Tao: No it isn’t. Reaper’s Protection has never feared the necro. That’s some other effect (Fear proccing it or Mirrored Anguish)

not sure, but I got a feeling that’s because of retaliation.

At least it happens constantly in spvp.

@Sarrs

inb4 others will post best counter eu:

- but necro has Death Shroud

what is WoW?

Ranger power build

3 auto attacks hits = downed

But you know

Ranger is OP, needs nerf.

1 auto attack hit = downed

Still OP

Nerf!

25 Laurels + 15gold just like other stuff in Laurel Merchant being available after Zephyrite events.

Let’s boost Elementalists, they’re not stronk enough

Neptune.2570:

Kahrgan.7401:

a t s e.9614:

Tao.5096:

Nerf Warrior’s hammer first, then let’s talk about Terror.

Hammer has animations, necro’s fears do not….

much passive fear such wow so skill

Did you just imply that hammer takes skill?

hhmmffkk… Hmmmffkk.. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

What’s even more hilarious is that warriors have so many passives I can actually watch youtube while in a pvp match with my warrior.

He’s not talking about skill. I can evade a warriors hammer. I can’t evade 5 and a half seconds of fear from nightmare runes/reapers protection as soon as I attack.
IMO the rest of the necro fears are fine. It’s those two that are a problem.

Reaper’s Protection is fearing Necro as well.

Broken trait is broken.

OP actually stated stuff that are valuable and bring loads of gold as pure income.

Anet can’t please every single person :v

To clarify this matter.

Such rng boxes are in any MMO game and majority of them are in shops and are able to obtained only via shop where not always you can exchange ingame currency for shop currency.

Why they’re not called gambling/hazzard?
Because they’re kind of Lottery thing where despite the fact that you’ll purchase it, you’ll always receive something with significant value.

If it comes to Gw2.
You cannot grade them as gambling/hazzard thing because

• you can obtain keys to open chest in game
• you can exchange in game currency for shop currency and therefore purchase them
• each opened box always give you 3 random items

Compared to other games with different kind of models, Gw2 is the most fair one which has so far like, the lowest amount of RNG involved.

As summary
This game cannot have gambling/hazzard stuff in it because if it would have, then it couldn’t be rated as PEGI 12 and wouldn’t be accessible from many countries.

That applies to all games with similar boxes.

I rofled at OP and some other people.

tyvm

a t s e.9614:

Tao.5096:

Nerf Warrior’s hammer first, then let’s talk about Terror.

Hammer has animations, necro’s fears do not….

much passive fear such wow so skill

Warrior has loads of KD skills with bigger animations and smaller ones.

Plus, Warrior has great access to stability, where Necromancer has near to 0.
Stun breaks won’t help much, because you can be KDed again and you won’t even run away or nearly dodge.

Need to chill out.

Ranger got boosted a little bit, and it’s discussed wholly about it’s pros and cons after patch.
It’s only that, you have to forget about how rangers were in past.
Learn to counter them now and voila.

Oh, and because someone doesn’t have gap closers equipped, doesn’t mean that class has to be overpowered because you’re kited or outplayed.

Considering the story, you were simply ambushed.

no problems.

update your flash player maybe?

Not defending Deso but…

SFR has 24/7 Blobs.

Borderlands at 6pm, 9pm, 12am, 3am etc are filled with SFR blobs.

Am actually bored of it.

Nerf Warrior’s hammer first, then let’s talk about Terror.

Deadpool style.

laokoko.7403:

I haven’t have lag problem in a few weeks. Last time I have lag problem is right after September patch.

I never have DC problem with world boss before(fortunately). Might be a location or ISP issue. I’m not sure how many people are having this problem(DC at tequalt)

it’s Frequent issue which happens daily.
Maybe you’re lucky, maybe dunno, but like I have mentioned, I am checking my connection to map on which I am all the time. While issues with other world boss maps is rather something I didn’t really paid attention, maybe because I realized that my ISP was acting up – when I am getting packet drops somewhere in eu and I can see it, and I see in logs that it’s happening, then obviously am not going to blame anet.

but like I did say, I am paying attention to it, and whole route till map server – after 2nd ncsoft server there is 100% drop on ping, there are no packet losses, ping is stable on <60ms, and I can see in game that my char isn’t responding while pingplotter shows that there are no issues on the whole way, then I’m certain that Anet server dropped me, or doesn’t respond.

It’s 2nd issue which happens a lot also, as my packets are received by server, but server doesn’t send packets back.
As example, your char doesn’t respond when you’re killing a mob while pressing all skills, but when connection with server returns, mob is dead.

And I’m asking seriously, is it really that hard in PvE maps to add a rule that slot on the map which stays occupied by character for 30sec~1min when connection has been lost?
For me? It’s easy as hell.

Because thanks to that rule, may it be Anet server fault or routing problem, allow players to log back to the map they were on and participate in events they have started to participate.

Yep, that’s right, another stupid thread which was discussed thousands of times and yet I cannot see any kind of improvement from Anet side except you were dropped somewhere in the middle.

Unfortunately for Anet I have been using PingPlotter for a while and was pinging each map I was joining and each time I get disconnected, especially in Sparkfly Fen which occurs very often, and each time i disconnect it’s from their own infrastructure.
Such thing doesn’t occur to myself, since I see that tens of people are disconnected at the same time from different places in Europe and are routed differently as well, but unluckily they somehow are disconnected all together.

Anti-dc group is crap, because even if you’ll dc, you won’t join Tequatl’s map for next 2min or 3 anyway.

First time I make such topic, because I already am irritated while it happens to me since I started playing and it occurs every single day.

Like, seriously. Is it really hard to make exception for connections that even if there will be a dropout then you can join within next 30sec or 1min?
I only experience it on world boss maps, WvW/EotM/Arena maps have no such problems.
Are your network specialists really incapable of fixing or adding such rule I have mentioned?

flow.6043:

Let’s look at your build then, shall we:
You definitely don’t need Shrouded Removal when you have both a staff and an off-hand dagger.
lol @ Unholy Sanctuary.
super-lol @ Quickening Thirst.
Blood to Power when you could have an extra Soul Reaping trait instead? Yeah, not a waste at all. -_-
Mark of Evasion: please, tell me again how Weakening Shroud is a condi trait that doesn’t fit power builds?

I didn’t want to belittle you at first, dear, but your trait setup is absolute garbage.

That build is for roaming.
Quickening thirst allows you to chase people you want to fight or run away from blob – as I know they stack swiftness, but still, you have a chance to flee.
Blood is Power gives you 10 stacks of Might and you don’t need target to use it, because the moment you use it you get 2 stacks of bleed + 10 stacks of might.
After this, if you’ll either go d/d or DS+ Life blast spam is a matter of choice, point is that it’ll hurt your opponent when you auto attack them with 2.8+ power.

Shrouded removal is a personal choice. Can always change it for Staff Mastery or Spiteful Vigor or even Dark armor. Yes, in this build we have 3 Channeling Skills, additional defense is nice while we don’t want to dodge because it’ll break Channeling.

Mark of evasion deals damage and put regen, and you always want to be as close to target as possible because our main attack comes from Dagger. As I know that Life Blast hit hard, but can be easily evaded, and if you’re fighting someone with Vigor boon spam, like S/D thieves which seem to spawn lately like no tomorrow, then LB is kind of useless. Not cause of only Vigor and evade spam but also because they have a nice evade in their skill set and they always aim for your back.
LB is very strong against people who are kept at range, but main purpose of this build is to hug our opponent.

Dagger can build Life force very fast.

Unholy Sanctuary – maybe you don’t know but that trait is actually great. Not only it does heal your main Health Pool but also put you in Death Shroud when your life is supposed to hit 0. At certain points it’s capable to put you in DS even if it’s on cd.

At first glance this build sure looks bad, but it’s extremely effective because it provides high Damage output along with high survival.

Vital Persistence in Soul Reaping work greatly with Unholy sanctuary because it allows us to stay in DS much longer, especially when we were supposed to be downed already.
While in DS we recover additional 3k HP, our Healing skill may come off the cooldown which makes us survive much longer to finish opponent.
Thanks to that, DS isn’t our last call for running away, or last card to kill someone or we’re dead.

@OP
Cavalier gear provides high Crit damage. Thanks to Rune of Pack set, we have almost perma Fury in combat which makes us to run on full 50% crit chance.
What’s more we also have almost perma Swiftness in combat which allow us to be faster and not allow others to run away.

SteamOS has unofficial and modified DirectX libraries, so games will run even w/o emulating them.
Problem is compatibility which Valve is working on.

If SteamOS will get more and more popular as a Free Operating System which can run Games, including newly released ones – Windows will get a headshot.

That only now depends on Valve and how they’ll update it.
In couple of years we should see other distros using DirectX libraries so people who will want to play “Windows” games, will be able to play on any distro they’ll want.

Honestly, I was waiting for that day till Windows will get shot in it’s knee.

I apologize for offending you dear, but

- Unyielding blast – useful, especially when someone is running around you and dodging all the time – good luck hitting with Life Blast. Good trait for EotM not 1v1 or 1v2.
- Path of Midnight – christ
- Near to Death – let’s camp cliffs, maybe someone will not stun break.
- Dagger Mastery – super trait, -3sec max on skills. Gonna save a day.
- Weakening Shroud – yep, let’s invest into condition for 2 seconds Weakness and before that, for a chance on crit to cause bleed.

Tim.6450:

Tao.5096:

67k from 2 stacks of Bleed in 1 min.

how is that possible? That requires like 10000 condition damage.

it’s total damage after 1min.

Bleeding conditions and some other show total damage dealt during it’s full duration.

Easy to achieve with 2 000 Condition Damage.

If target doesn’t cleanse himself from conditions, then I even rarely can stack 12~15 stacks of Bleed, since any target melt down before I reach such stack amount.

^great tips

how to waste trait points, that’s it.

So many people complain and complain and complain and keep playing everyday.
Funny mentality.

Just saying but
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fRAQNAoYWjc0Ubb1Nm3wfbinhS6HIAa2ZDhLgufA-T1CEAB+pPIKlGE8AA2SJoBnAAmUGMp6PScIAaSJWO7PAwRAgMA6bB-w

thank you for reminding me that you didn’t catch that I mentioned only 2 stacks of bleed.
What can I say?
Congratulations on being full zerk thief and procing backstab for 17k on someone with less than 1.9k armor in spvp.

I like how Bleed condition is lightly looked at if it comes to necromancer.
And I think that there are other conditions which should be main conditions than bleed.
67k from 2 stacks of Bleed in 1 min.

It makes condimancer to simply spam scepter auto attack on target. Will melt quite fast.