Guild Wars 2

Haven’t found a way. The two sides are too polarizing and people are frequently too stubborn to realize what team based play entails.

Even if you show them videos, give them the math etc.. it comes down to usually 1 thing. That persons desire. It takes a special group of people to be willing to have multiple viable characters and builds. The odds of finding them in a casual guild is about as good as hitting the lottery.

I would like the option to color code them specifically to the type of attack….

Something like Red = Storm, Gold = Wells etc…

But maybe thats just me.

DeWolfe.2174:

. I’m actually really surprised how poorly a lot of WvW players responded to this week. Players already raged quit before reset even began. Other players rage quit after an hour or two after reset.

You cannot be serious with this sorta statement.

After 3 years of people saying less siege / less golem reliance you are shocked that people outright decided to walk-out on an “event” that promoted something they wanted no part in ?

Do you WvW like at all ?

origin.1496:

There was a torch as well guys.
Warrior=Torch

And you think I’m kidding? lol. Torch cosmetically looked very warrior-like in the datamine

Thief is torch

Just a thematic thing with thieves being about deception and shadows.

Much more fitting than for a warrior.

rapthorne.7345:

“… that could include you as a player character”

Could but wont as that goes contrary to Anets PvE philosophy of players working together.

atheria.2837:

Tricare.2946:

Uraoen.5640:

Well Crystal Desert seems to not tolerate our own players using the exploit.
Right now I am sitting in spawn as a Maguuma guild full of exploit users are spawn camping and near 1 shotting everyone. This is ridiculous and makes the best feature about GW2 a complete joke.

Get off your up-level and go out 1 of the other 2 exits.

You do realize that many of us are not on uplevels and there are times when all exits are blocked, right?

Are you even listening?

This event isn’t working as intended at all and it’s making a mockery of WvW.

As someone from CD.

Kindly, get off your up-level and man up.

apharma.3741:

I just don’t understand why people duel in WvW instead of PvP where stats are normalised and you both have a more fair chance.

Pride.

To some people, besting the odds is its own reward.

I find it comical that this exploit is allowed to exist, yet name any other one in recent memory (Symbolic Avenger, Grenadier, etc..) and those were taken care of in less than 3 days.

There are a plethora of other games with trinities, and imo they all are boring as dirt.

I actually enjoy gw2 combat as its emphasis is on player skill and understand rather than raw stat allocation.

Oh lord, you’re just being dense for the sake of it now.

It’s not about change. It’s about how bad an idea and how badly its implementation has gone.

We’d welcome changes if they actually ever addressed the core issues plaguing WvW. This does not do that instead it is like going to the doctor to get a splint for a broken arm and having the doctor perform a lobotomy instead.

TJgalon.5012:

See, I think your taking this a bit serious. It just a game, and it just a one week event, not any of this it sticking. That said, what did they do to wvw that makes it un beatable. Seem to me, your still able to take the building and even defend them too, so not sure. Maybe I just on the right server, but can’t golems defend just as easily as they can take too?

DiscoJacen.1590:

It takes courage to admit when you kittened up. Sadly we are not used to that with our greedy overlords. But hey there is always room to be surprised.

Don’t they do that alot., I remember reading like a week ago that a few of the trait when they switch to a new system that it mess up. they even said and null them till they could fix them, and that made people mad too, it like anet can’t win, lol.

It’s clear you’re just a casual player and this appeals to you. But for those of us that go in there week in and week out and play the mode this is the worst possible change. That was the point.

Glad you missed it, but the vast majority of these forums is filled with hatred because we do not like golems, we do not like the idea of nothing but golem zergs and we actually like using our characters for combat purposes.

TJgalon.5012:

How about just doing it, and playing it differently for the week? Try some new stragity, or just mix it up a little?

How about, No ?

It was a terrible addition for a terrible event, that only created more problems for WvW.

You know what, why don’t they do to PvE what they just did to WvW. Make it so all the world bosses cannot be completed but have 100% chance to drop precursors.

Luvpie.8350:

Fix the kitten WvW achievements before expansion hits so they can be achieved within a person’s lifetime…

They can be…..

If you dont mind wasting 30 years of your life.

My week long vacation from WvW cut short ?

I mean if it happens sure, i’d love to see them admit they only caused more issues with this than they solved and end it early. But its not likely.

joneirikb.7506:

@TexZero

So basically, don’t place the AC inside the tower ?

Because with the in-game LOS slider you can see and shoot AC’s under the roof of the supply hut, or anywhere else for that matter.

Im game for a world without AC fire.

Embrace getting down and dirty.

you fix that by not placing the AC in sight range

not a hard concept.

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

TexZero.7910:

not even going to comment on the specifics.

No event in this game should be rewarding you for failing. That in and of it self is a design flaw.

Players should be actively encouraged to do events in the world, not watch the world burn.

No event in this game rewards you for failure.

Instead, what people are trying to do is to farm the event chain that follows the failure. In effect, 3-5 post-failure events offer better loot than a single successful defense.

And the issue is that people are actively encouraged to do events. Those wanting to watch the world burn are wanting to farm. The accident of the post-failure chain offering more total rewards is what causes the conflict.

And whenever this comes up, ANet has adjust the rewards, adjusted the timing of the restarting of the chain, or both. In every case, this has removed the inherent conflict (although not necessarily in a way that makes us happy — it’s hard to manage the balance, with the amount of dev time|testing required, and still keep the rewards/hour the same).

It’s indirect, but its still rewarding you for failing to defend.

It’s that simple.

Instead of going with the design that each successful defense ramped up the challenge of the next, (ie more mobs, more loot to tag). They went the route of players per area scaling. Players per area is fine only for assault phases where you are looking to seize control. Defense should scale based on time held and players per area.

The loot and gold gain/karma gain etc… should also be far greater in defense phases to motivate more players to come do the events.

Not sure what sorta focus you mean….

The graph does not lie. We maintain our BL, Focus EB (even though we’d prefer not to, stop hugging towers and fight thanks), and push both BL’s at an equal rate.

not even going to comment on the specifics.

No event in this game should be rewarding you for failing. That in and of it self is a design flaw.

Players should be actively encouraged to do events in the world, not watch the world burn.

Grenades and Mortars pierce static targets(objects) like gates/walls in PvP doing 0 damage.

Additionally Aim assisted rocket can proc on non-crits against static targets (objects) like walls/gates.

Tested on Legacy. Didn’t record.

Bobby Digital.3190:

All three came from the TP. The fourth one will too unless I somehow get insanely lucky.

This in a nutshell.

HoT earning Precursors is the only way i’ll see one not on the trading post waiting for me.

Slapinator.4196:

Also they can stun you forever. I was against a mesmer and whenever i ccd im i got stuned, i wanted to heal i got stuned i wanted to use a skill i got stuned. When the mesmer runs out of stuns he goes invisible channels his mantra and there we go again stun.

Why are you complaining about lockdown mesmer in a thread about shatter ?

The two builds are entirely different and have different task in fights.

Come to the forums and complain, clearly that solves every problem ever.

reapex.8546:

Jayne.9251:

If they make WvW like EoTM, I will just stop playing it.

Half the beauty of WvW is creating and nurturing a team that you can rely on over time.

Its still WvW but the environment is more engaging like EoTM.

EoTM and engaging ?

The only thing EoTM does for me is bore me right to sleep.

There is never any combat, and on the off chance there is combat people moan and groan about how they can’t level or get karma.

Delete it, as it only harms the WvW atmosphere and maybe just maybe you’ll notice those borderlands aren’t as empty anymore.

Adding more Legend specific utility skills that players can pick and choose from will help diversify builds.

Whether or not that is done is another story entirely.

Holland.9351:

Snip

No.

We have both in game and they both have unique uses where 1 is more useful than the other. Leave it as such and learn not to fire blindy.

It’s action skill based combat for a reason.

Work In-Progress

zerk gear, zerk/valk hybrid trinkets / assassin weapons

you should be fairly close to marauder by doing so.

It’s a bad design choice even for a week long event.

What’s even worse is that they most likely wont disable glicko for it as they should.

It really is sad to see that this is the best they can do for WvW while we wait for HoT.
Not like there’s achievements they can go fix, bugs that are still around or anything remotely related to fixing the rewards….Nope we get Gundam, the game event.

A week where they actually fix WvW rewards and achievements.

A year with no siege.

A 3 year test of PPK instead of PPT

the answer is yes

Damage is now…. Well yeah

Meanwhile Damage mitigation is …. well gone.

http://dulfy.net/2015/06/23/gw2-lions-arch-exterminator-achievement-guide/#Commodores_Quarters

We defeated who now ?

Zhaitan …?

Tirien.1326:

TexZero.7910:

Zplus.4217:

TexZero.7910:

Markhov.4603:

To end this issue, they should come up with Upgrade pack from core game for existing GW2 players, cost $29.99. Case closed.

Pretty much.

Or give them the value of what they paid for the base game against the current value of the HoT bundle.

The $50 price tag IS for the upgrade, you guys need to get that fact into your heads.

Good sir, I already own the base game why would i pay for it TWICE.

While this pre-order may contain an upgrade it also contains a product i already own as part of the sale price. Meaning that i am effectively missing another product if i purchase as is currently bundled.

Get that through your head.

It’s just a bonus, it’s not actually added to the price, it’s a bonus. You ask why you should pay for the same thing twice, well, you don’t. Simple and easy.

You can call it a bonus, i’ll call it what it is a bundle.

The cost is calculated with HoT and the Core game. Hence you’re getting the core game at no cost when you buy it.

But if we already own it what we are getting is just HoT. The so called “Bonus” becomes obsolete the moment you link HoT to an existing account. No “base game”.

So why would anyone pay twice to get half the product ?
Fandom aside, while im likely to still buy it, i find this leaving an overall sour taste in my mouth.

it would also just be fair to give you the expansion since you likely paid more for the core game than the expansion at this point.

Pimsley.6087:

K. Don’t buy it. If fifty bucks is going to stress people this much, perhaps they need a break from gaming to find better jobs. It’s a steak dinner. Buy it or don’t but stop whining about it. The price is the price.

If we took this approach the majority of the world would be lacking basic rights….

Good to know that we’re going backwards, not forwards.

So please attempt to silence people who have a genuine concern about how the product is being marketed.

Zplus.4217:

TexZero.7910:

Markhov.4603:

To end this issue, they should come up with Upgrade pack from core game for existing GW2 players, cost $29.99. Case closed.

Pretty much.

Or give them the value of what they paid for the base game against the current value of the HoT bundle.

The $50 price tag IS for the upgrade, you guys need to get that fact into your heads.

Good sir, I already own the base game why would i pay for it TWICE.

While this pre-order may contain an upgrade it also contains a product i already own as part of the sale price. Meaning that i am effectively missing another product if i purchase as is currently bundled.

Get that through your head.

Behellagh.1468:

TexZero.7910:

uhohhotdog.3598:

TexZero.7910:

Uproller.1849:

No. Please god no. This will throw the gold -> gem exchange into chaos

You do realize that the Gold -> Gem ratio is artificial right ?

No it’s based on how many people are changing gold to gems and vice versa.

You keep on believing that if you want too.

And you keep believing it’s not.

That’s a good image, didnt know i had creepers following me.

Coffietire.2783:

Consider this, this is the first time Arena up right demanded money for content for years and it is the same price as WoW did for its first expansion minus a subscription.

Also, if you want to push sales for newcomers, imagine trying to sell your product by saying, “Hey! Come buy this new and exciting thing we are selling! BTW, you’ll have to fork over another $50 for this as well though.”

I see this as less of ripping off existing consumers and more about convenience for new players. $50 for an MMO expansion is nothing new or unreasonable.

Getting a better deal by waiting is also a recent practice that is common with the countless GOTY and “definitive” editions of games releasing years after initial release and GW2’s own anniversary sales.

You act like they couldn’t have done pleased both markets ?

You already own the game great the cost is discounted at the end of purchase.

You dont, well you pay the listed price.

It’s not a hard concept for them to implement. Or heck how about a second functioning base game key for those that already have the game…..

Markhov.4603:

To end this issue, they should come up with Upgrade pack from core game for existing GW2 players, cost $29.99. Case closed.

Pretty much.

Or give them the value of what they paid for the base game against the current value of the HoT bundle.

uhohhotdog.3598:

TexZero.7910:

Uproller.1849:

No. Please god no. This will throw the gold -> gem exchange into chaos

You do realize that the Gold -> Gem ratio is artificial right ?

No it’s based on how many people are changing gold to gems and vice versa.

You keep on believing that if you want too.

the price is not fine…

why would anyone who owns the base game “pre-order” for another unusable copy of the base game and HoT.

I mean even looking at the price while it is less than what i payed for the base game the notion that its fine is wrong.

You know what would be perfectly fine an option without the base game for the actual price 29.99

Or just giving it to those who have been with the game for 3 years now since apparently the bulk of the cost is in the base game. So why should they have to pay again for the product they already own.

Uproller.1849:

No. Please god no. This will throw the gold -> gem exchange into chaos

You do realize that the Gold → Gem ratio is artificial right ?

Terra.8571:

TexZero.7910:

Terra.8571:

@TaxZero – they will never remove time gating. There was no time gating when making legendaries back in 2012, and within a few months people had legendaries – arenanet were shocked people ate their content that quickly (they thought it would take 6months+). As such, one of the sure fire ways to reduce this is time gating. I’m not a fan of it, but with how easy gear is to get, the time gate aspect is actually one of the harder things for impatient people (myself included).

And once upon a time ascended never existed, stuff changes and there’s plenty they should change about ascended. Like time gating which does nothing positive for the game, or its playerbase.

Umm… it stops people eating content too fast = more profit for the company. Arenanet/ NCsoft are a business, like it or not, they need to make money and for that they need people to play. Timegating may not be the funnest way (I don;t like it), but right now, it’s one of the more successful ways they have done to minimize people rushing through their content. Albeit some people use the TP to speed things up, it’s still an effective tool.

Stuff does change, but things which are profitable don;t. The reason ascended came in was because people started quitting after 4 months because they ‘beat’ the game – they had legendaries, full exotics, did all fractals (I was one of those people). Having come back, ascended took me 2 months to get, and that was because of the time gate. I still ate their content quickly, but time gating made me play for 4-6weeks more than I would have. Now I’m just waiting for HoT.

I understand your views on time gating, but with a lack of raiding or real end game content, time gating is a primary tool they are using to keep players interested. And if ascended gear is going to be 10% better than exotics, this is going to keep a significant chunk of the playerbase occupied until HoT.

Stop people from completing content to fast ? That argument loses all merit in a game where you can use items to insta level from 1-20 and use subsquent items to boost the rate at which you level, and included items to directly boost your levels.

Gear and level being the end all be all was never the point of this game, so why should this suddenly be a thing ?

If people are “bored” and you want to retain them there’s a very simple way to do so, fix core issues, not agitate the player base by making horrible design choices. There’s any number of ways to bring players back, via sales, or direct gameplay content (SAB, any festival etc).

Instead, we have the one way to not bring players back, but drive away players radical system changes that are so far out of left field it can only be described as the biggest mistake that could be made short of just making the game unplayable.

Terra.8571:

@TaxZero – they will never remove time gating. There was no time gating when making legendaries back in 2012, and within a few months people had legendaries – arenanet were shocked people ate their content that quickly (they thought it would take 6months+). As such, one of the sure fire ways to reduce this is time gating. I’m not a fan of it, but with how easy gear is to get, the time gate aspect is actually one of the harder things for impatient people (myself included).

And once upon a time ascended never existed, stuff changes and there’s plenty they should change about ascended. Like time gating which does nothing positive for the game, or its playerbase.

Smooth Penguin.5294:

Skill has always, and will always be greater than having more stats.

Except when stats make skill irrelevant. Which has happened in several games.

So please do us all a favor and just remove stat progression. Go back to the old ways of having only exotic as the BiS. Downgrade all “ascended” to exotic tier and let them keep their cute infusion slot.

Problem solved.

I’d actually like it if RI didnt exist.

That way you actually had to stay and defend and not have this arbitrary period of neutrality.

click that exclamation button.

Nokaru.7831:

Ah, the slippery-slope fallacy. You have to demonstrate this hypotentical thing will exist before concluding it’s a problem

It all started when Ascended was introduced.

Here’s a hint without that step, we wouldn’t have this one or subsequent ones.
Hence not a slippery slope. It was apt and accurate.

Fencing was never a sport that used off hand sword so why would this even be a thing.

As is you already have a fencing spec, S/D the only difference here is you dont use the OH dagger for parrying and poisoning.