Guild Wars 2

Many guildies of my guild seem not able to talk in guildchat time to time.

This bug has been around for couple of days already.
Turning invis and back online does not help, neither does kicking and reinviting.

Any update on this matter?

Cheers

Info:

• EU Region
• [ZeuS] Guild

Good changes IF the matchmaking was good.

Now only matchmaking needs to be fixed, so I don’t need to face oRNG or other top teams at evening.

Thank you

skcamow.3527:

Any update coming to reflect all the various port changes?

You’re talking about Blink/Shadowsteps?

Cheers

+1 for ingame VOIP

Phase Retreat is love, Phase Retreat is LYFE!

Manifibel.8420:

Terrorsquad.2349:

Following the leaderboard, ANY EU top team is worse than randoms.

#VoteForRandomsInWTSBoston!

What I heard from Phantaram atleast is, that he dont even give the LB any attention since he still thinks it the same as last time. Could be why the pro players are not on top because they simply dont care.
And future. They allready got the rewards most likely.

Doesnt sound that weird to you, top players NOT caring about leaderboard when pre-December, it was all they had, really? (outside esports)
That’s the point I try to make :p

Archaon.9524:

If they revert it to pre-dec ladder randoms are gonna qq cause they can’t do kitten, and it’s pretty safe to say that anet loves randoms…

They gave turrets to randoms just to let them do something even if they don’t even know kitten are they doin and made ladder farm-based so this is how it’s supposed to be i guess, just stop giving kitten to ladder already…they not gonna change it anyway

Real funny thing is that they are still talkin’ about esports while just looking at first page of their official ladder you see nothing but totally unknown ppl…looks legit to me

Following the leaderboard, ANY EU top team is worse than randoms.

#VoteForRandomsInWTSBoston!

LeftyGamer.8096:

Terrorsquad.2349:

Random Weird Guy.3528:

I don’t understand what you’re talking about, the vast majority of PvP meta builds don’t require any unlocks.
Off the top of my head, I can only think of Rune of the Traveller and the Path of Corruption necro trait that require unlocks, neither of which are that common in the meta.

Survival Ranger needs XIII traits x 2 (which are 40 skill points and 4-6g, I believe)

yea but survival ranger sucks at anything over a 1v1, its not a meta build

It “quite” is in EU though

Random Weird Guy.3528:

The only reason I can come up with as to why we’re stuck with this new system is that it gives less experienced players a chance to win the rewards at the top of the leaderboard (glorious hero’s armor, mini llama), but why should this affect the only way players have of seeing where they stand in comparison to the rest of the players?

I’m fine with having some sort of reward system that rewards hard work, but please keep this separate from the real leaderboard.

Imo new/unexperienced pvp’ers should NOT belong over better, experienced and active pvp’ers on a Leaderboard by a longshot..

Either make it back pre-December 2014 LB or as mentioned above, seperate them.

Acandis.3250:

The only grandmaster traits in meta builds are:
Path of Corruption
———————————————
Read the Wind
Survival of the Fittest
(Neither of these are used in tandem.)

You forgot Poison Master, though.
It’s very strong and used alot

Random Weird Guy.3528:

I don’t understand what you’re talking about, the vast majority of PvP meta builds don’t require any unlocks.
Off the top of my head, I can only think of Rune of the Traveller and the Path of Corruption necro trait that require unlocks, neither of which are that common in the meta.

Survival Ranger needs XIII traits x 2 (which are 40 skill points and 4-6g, I believe)

Ancient.9175:

I honestly believe that nature of the system leads to a toxic community. People will be hyper-sensitive to the skill of their teammates when said teammates literally determine whether or not they get rewards for the effort they put in. New players are discouraged from joining sPvP because their presence on a team drastically affects the rewards their teammates receive.

^This. Before the major PvP changes (December, I think?) I barely saw any negative comments in a match.

This became worse with December patch, I believe.. (Solo/Team Arena being erased)
My blocklist is about to be max’ed lol…

Ithilwen.1529:

The longbow is too strong. I think that will become more and more obvious as we see premades like the group I met last night with 4 power rangers and an Ele.

Did it happen to be in EU Region? :>

#VoteForOldLeaderboard!
(Although I’m only an average player, I really liked the old leaderboard way more, even with it’s decays errors..)

Are we getting a new build ingame? Test Season should’ve started 10 minutes ago

You can add me for Shatter Double Range (staff/gs) for sPvP
Name’s Cute Denial (or just Denied in general)
This account

Denied Bomb Poo and Research Gone Wrong are mine

Harvest.2506:

I finished this Season #9 on NA with 52% MMR

That’s not possible. No1 knows his MMR.
MMR =/= Win/Loss Ratio
MMR: Match Making Rating

It’s arbitrary and hidden..

Will the new Test Season involve an updated/changed-tweaked Matchmaking system?
Or remain the same?

Thanks

ronpierce.2760:

I still need to know what peoples’ favorite genres are so I can rig this thing to my advantage! >:O

This will 100% def give you the win, I’ll get everyone vote for you if you do this.

MailMail.6534:

You can definitely use phase retreat to get on top of the ledges at mid on Forest now. I literally SCREAMED when it happened, because everyone knows you can only get there by blinking from a tiny point on the ramp.

Arrr yes!

It indeed always has been like that, the third boon in the line will get transfered to you with Bountiful Theft + Larc Strike

Phaeton.9582:

Personally this will have no impact on my guard, but really enjoyed the use of blinks on ele mes and thief.

I’ve read somewhere ports will require LoS (China patches), which means Judge’s will be affected aswel if I understand it correctly

Larynx.2453:

Yeah but what if I bring zero stun breaks, zero condi removal, and zero stability. What then!?

Then that’s actually your fault.. Every build in Conquest should atleast have 1 condi removal and/or stunbreak.

You can’t expect going to war without a weapon and ask the enemy to change their way of warfare for you :>

VoD of first one please?

“..at the Next release” Whats the next release?
Do they mean the expansion HoT or the next following patch?

Cheers

I can put items into the guild bank, however..
I can’t put in all the gold at once, I had to Deposit 50 silver and repeat.

Cheers

hrasna.3017:

Terrorsquad.2349:

Malediktus.3740:

I believe it takes 31 days or so for the restrictions to go away completly. You can raise your current limit by playing.

Ain’t really fun playing on different region when lagging :/
Also, Im at 6 days now.. Guess I’ll just sit and wait those 31 days, then?

Can’t you put it in a guild bank and extract it with the other account?

-Chris

Good idea, actually, lemme see if guild bank works

Malediktus.3740:

I believe it takes 31 days or so for the restrictions to go away completly. You can raise your current limit by playing.

Ain’t really fun playing on different region when lagging :/
Also, Im at 6 days now.. Guess I’ll just sit and wait those 31 days, then?

bloodletting wolf.2837:

I had this problem when I started my daughters account. As soon as she got a few AP it cleared right up.

DeanBB.4268:

I think the max gold you’ve found/received plays a role as well. I sent 5g to my new account and I’ve been able to send back 1g at a time to “pay it back.” Never tried sending a larger sum.

I can’t even send 50silver…

PaxTheGreatOne.9472:

first 3 days?….

First 3 days in actual play hours or 3 days outside the game?

Really, can’t even send 50silver.. When is this gone?? PLS

Trying to send gold to my main account.. Seems even 3gold is too much (LOL)

Can’t really play on NA (which was my point) due the lag/delay it gives when playing from EU. So can’t even give the items to my main account :/

MailMail.6534:

Terrorsquad.2349:

Not sure if Phase Retreat r going to be affected, though.. Since they’re not really a targeted teleport.. hmm

I’m so worried. I’m like worried about everything.

Why is it being nerfed? It’s an appropriate way for light classes to have increased mobility. I just don’t get it.

Well Thieves are going to be hit quite hard by the next balance patch, following the Chinese Patch Notes. But I hope Phase Retreat won’t suffer from this, though

I dont even get why they put NA and EU together..
They should split NA and EU, and certainly PvP/WvW/PvE like before, was much better

#SaveTheGolems

Put Sylvaries instead, those who betrayed Tyria!

Should basically cover the most stuff

More celes = longer fights = looks balanced for viewers = looks better for Esports.. Thats how I think they’re thinking atm.. This thief nerfs r too insane..

Nephrite.6954:

Terrorsquad.2349:

Tempest.4507:

Terrorsquad.2349:

Tempest.4507:

“..don’t engage the fight unless it’s a thief or a mesmer.” This is so sad…

Might be sad but what thief would 1v1 an engi, necro, ele :/
Results mostly in a suicide :p

From Gw2Wiki – “Thieves are expert in the shadow arts. They utilize stealth and shadowstepping to surprise and to get close to their target. They’re deadly in one-on-one combat using their agility, acrobatic fighting style, and the ability to steal to overcome their enemies. They have an affinity for setting traps and using venom. As an adventurer profession, thieves wear medium armor.”

Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great guide. One that shows what a thief can do even though it’s not much and an engi or a guardian would have been a better help to your team. It’s sad what the thief has become because of all the nerfs.

I do agree thief is good 1v1, but it’s not good in 1v1 on a point, where the shadowsteps and stealth are useless :p. Thieves are good to +1 fights, quick decaps and other roaming..

Ye thief had alot to soak in from the nerfs.. Rightfully? I don’t know tbh.. S/D became quite a wet noodle due the might nerf (which was totally not needed on S/D tbh)

Yeah sadly :/ the only real threat we in have spvp is the d/p panic build which is still really effective, especially when you take more immobs like devourer venom:) mix it up with quick venom you’ll have 3 reliable locks. Devourer,basi & lastly panic strike. Oh yeah dude denied that’s my favourite build currently with shadow step(need em stun breaks) n SR.

Panic strike is indeed strong.
Immobilize itself is strong and kinda.. broken? Sometimes when trying to perform a skill without target, it doesn’t work and needs u to spam it untill it does

Not sure if Phase Retreat r going to be affected, though.. Since they’re not really a targeted teleport.. hmm

Random Weird Guy.3528:

Terrorsquad.2349:

Bhawb.7408:

Bountiful Theft takes one “stack” of boons it steals, so you’d only receive one stack of stability, assuming that behavior transfers.

So basically starting expansion we won’t be able to interupt stomps/rezzes/banners anymore if they’re using +2 stacks of stability?

IIRC, if you use bountiful theft on someone with 25 stacks of might, they lose all 25 stacks but you only get 1 stack (otherwise an s/d thief would be able maintain a huge number of might stacks when fighting a cele engi/ele). This would be the same with the new stability, meaning that yes you would daze your target even if it had 3+ stacks of stability.

Thanks for clearifying, answers my question

So we know Stability will be divided in stacks, granted different amount of stacks for other skills.

We also know Trickery trait line for Thieves, offers them to Steal their Stability and Daze right after.

However, if we use the same skill (Steal) for might, we know it only rips off 1 stack of Might.

Question: Is Steal going to be nerfed this way (undirectly) by making Stability as stacks?
Steal traited can only steal 1 stack..
Basically, what I’m thinking is that this will effect Steal quite hard. Interupting “safestomps”, rezzing and healing won’t be possible anymore as I understand it.. Or will it?

Cheers

Mirror Blade IS unblockable, it’s in the description. (http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Mirror_Blade)

Also, shadow shot (Thief D/P 3) is ALSO unblockable, it’s in the description. (http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Shadow_Shot)

If a projectile is unblockable, it means it goes through w/e is blocking/reflecting

Cheers

Saturn.6591:

Lmao Rome; did you not see that this was like… mentioned and linked right above your post?

And well, I personally have no idea what might be affected and what not. What counts as a horizontal teleport, and what counts as a vertical one?

Kyhlo > Mid Point > Infiltrator’s Arrow to Mid Roof > Vertical

Note how it’s more about vertical teleports, rather than horizontal teleports.

I think Phase Retreat will remain fine. Blink and Shadowstep however… :<

Just did NA for the first time today and I was actually quite shocked about the difference.
Most reactions have a noticable delay (0.2 – 0.5s) and can cost you a fight.

I wont even try Thief, just playing shoutbow so I can get carried vs the delay (lel)

AnniMira.2506:

I started testing staff… when I was running in EotM, in the northest wall of the blue keep area, I surprisingly phase retreated to top of a small watch tower on the wall.

Would be nice to know all blink, sword swap, and phase retreat spots in WvW and in dungeons.

I think no1 ever tried to make a video about it, quite alot of work for research.. Cant promiss anything but Im writing this down for now (my channel is PvP focus)

Tempest.4507:

Terrorsquad.2349:

Tempest.4507:

“..don’t engage the fight unless it’s a thief or a mesmer.” This is so sad…

Might be sad but what thief would 1v1 an engi, necro, ele :/
Results mostly in a suicide :p

From Gw2Wiki – “Thieves are expert in the shadow arts. They utilize stealth and shadowstepping to surprise and to get close to their target. They’re deadly in one-on-one combat using their agility, acrobatic fighting style, and the ability to steal to overcome their enemies. They have an affinity for setting traps and using venom. As an adventurer profession, thieves wear medium armor.”

Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great guide. One that shows what a thief can do even though it’s not much and an engi or a guardian would have been a better help to your team. It’s sad what the thief has become because of all the nerfs.

I do agree thief is good 1v1, but it’s not good in 1v1 on a point, where the shadowsteps and stealth are useless :p. Thieves are good to +1 fights, quick decaps and other roaming..

Ye thief had alot to soak in from the nerfs.. Rightfully? I don’t know tbh.. S/D became quite a wet noodle due the might nerf (which was totally not needed on S/D tbh)

Red Queen.7915:

If they come, the shards come in batches of 2-3 or 10. I usually don’t run with a huge zerg, but the amount of shards you get is decent enough for me (forgot exact numbers, I haven’t done this in a while, but I also haven’t shopped for shards with the karma merchant since the Silverwastes map exists). Plus, you always get a champ bag from the chests, which in my opinion makes it totally worth it (my own horrible luck with loot from champ bags notwithstanding; other people get precursors, I drown in greens…). Plus, you’ll get karma as well from any events that happen along the way, so if you do have bad luck with the chests, you can still buy the rest from the karma merchant.

You were right, made about +30 Obby Shards in like.. 1 – 2hour max, thanks for the info!