Guild Wars 2

Turbotef.9203:

All of the waypoints opened up account-wide so I don’t have to go running off finding them all again for the 3rd and 4th time. So kitten tedious. :/ Would still have to explore the areas mind you just with a wee boost.

No gonna lie, I would pay $50 to unlock that on alts. Yeah yeah, giving the devs bad ideas I know.

I wouldnt mind permanently unlocking like one WP in every city / key locations, but honestly, it would kind of kill the need to play alts at all if you unlock WPs from the start.. Seeing as how the leveling can be done with tomes and stuff…

HaxTester.9816:

So Daredevil’s dodges are useless then? Rename it to DOWNDEVIL because their dodges are unreliable and will only get them downed, or CLOWNDEVIL since their dodges are something to be laughed at.

I know some skills are undodgeable btw. -.-

Wouldnt say that. Havent had any issues with dodges so far, and its unlikely to change.
Also, i cant remember ever being stunned by anything while dodging other than statics and the bloody guardian ring that i cant remember the name of.

While i enjoy this game alot, it does have a few issues that needs resolving.
This thread is dedicated to the small annoyances that i come across on a daily basis and that will annoy me to no end when they are the cause of my death…

• Smartcast/Quickcast - Holding the mouse over any UI element will make any ground targeted spell center on your character, this includes daily quests, event notifications and the current target display. It would make sense if ground targeted abilities ignored these notifications and instead hit the terrain hidden behind it, maybe even create options for being able to click through in general while in combat?
• Ability queue - A common occurance with thieves, double clicking a spell when under stress for example (Heartseeker, Infiltrators Arrow) will cause it to cast twice in succession because the game will queue the ability. This applies to most weapon skills of the thief and could be made an optional feature.
• Weapon equip - Double clicking to equip a weapon will currently automatically equip as a mainhand when possible. Maybe a key modifier similar to Diablo 3, where holding ALT will cause it to prioritize the offhand slot?
• Bars - While this isnt likely to get you killed, the absence of customizable bars (even if just one with a few slots) bothers me somewhat. I dislike having to bring up the inventory to use certain things (potions, vanity items, weapons etc). Why not add an optional, adjustable, bar with 6 slots (example) to be used for whatever you as a player wants.

Above are just a few that i could think of at the moment, i might add to it should i come up with something else, or you could add to them in the comments below.
Enjoy the anxiety…

Enrif.7359:

I call it control or support.

as a tank you take the hits and survive thanks to high health/armor/evasion, and steady healing in coming

Id call a tank anything that has aggro for a majority of time.

How can people see the new raids theme as a negative thing, we have been screaming for more challenging content, maybe not the people that play an hour a day, but the rest of us, thats invested thousands of hours on single characters.

So once they announced raids, it was all: “I cant get this because i cant do that” style of thinking – Then dont get it. You dont NEED it. Just stick with your ascended armor, enjoy the base fractal skins, enjoy the base fractal backpack.

For those of us that enjoy a challenge – We should be awarded for completing harder content, as such, unique skins and LOOKS is a perfectly acceptable reward.

Again, if you “cant” (lets face it, at some point you can but youd rather not), then dont, there is litterally no gear treadmill.

We as players wanted more content, and they cant raise the level cap because that would make their previous content outdated and useless, so they add masteries that will basically just affect your gameplay in Heart of Thorns areas of the map since they are related to mobs there along with mechanics that only exist there. So, no, if you keep your account the base-version, you are not getting a devalued game because your gear is still relevant, your damage is still relevant. The only thing might be the post 50 fractals, but those were part of the expac and thus included in the previous statement.

As for the “f2p” its more of an extended trial. If you think that amount of restrictions for a buy to play base game is fine, go ahead. Id rather spend 50 bucks on a game without monthly fee than put up with that.

As far as i know, there are no discounts for people that already own the base game.
- You get a char slot though.

Looking at the POI for Thieves Daredevil specs, i had some concerns and ideas, this is obviously very early, since im actually writing this while watching, but feel free to discuss.
Im also going to assume that the animations get reworked, as alot of them are just reused animations instead of new interesting and contextual ones (Looking at you shovel, heal, dodge, dodge, dodge) and not mention them in detail since i see that alot..

First off, the initiative costs for some evasive staff skills seem too low compared to similar abilities on, say, S/D.

The animation and design of the new heal looks too easy to interrupt, i suppose that fits the theme of everything else evading and then making yourself vulnerable while channeling, im guessing most people will just pick a different heal to further add mobility and defense.

The grandmaster traits will probably need some tuning. While the idea looks interesting, the range and area of effect looks way too large.
Lowering the range of just the damaging part of the new dodge would go a long way and promote more aiming and more skillful play.

I might edit this further if i find something more, other than that, enjoy the discussion and get hyped.

Xillllix.3485:

I always knew metabattle were a step behind the real meta.
You absolutely can’t have the best team comp without a mesmer, a guard, and a warrior at the moment.
Mesmer just dominates everything in terms of utilities, condition damage and burst damage. Burning on guardian and boon support is better than on d/d ele, it has less dancing to do and more efectiveness + quickness. Warrior has the best elites, outstanding cc/s and mobility.

Best team comp is:
1 mesmer
1 guardian
1 warrior
1 ele
1 engi

Unless playing 4 eles and a thief / 5 eles. That just dominate everything else in sheer sustain and boon application, boon upkeep and condi cleanse.

Lucifer.7289:

Guild wars 2 has no business being on a respectable Esport companies list of Esport games if Arena net can’t even balance their pvp for a Esport environment.

Just my opinion……I don’t expect a game to be 100% balanced that’s impossible, but GW2 SPvp needs sooo much work to even present this game in a Esport environment.

No one is going to watch this game as an Esport in it’s current state, it’s a joke.

I told some of my Starcraft 2 buddies and moba buddies what their thoughts were on a MMO like gw2 being a Esport and having ESL back them, the face they gave me followed by the laugher….some type of new approach to class balance needs to happen if you want the mainstream Esport community to watch guild wars 2.

Just some clarification: You asked people playing MOBAS and Strategy games evaluate the PvP of an MMO (something they do not play and is totally unrelated to their genre?) and then decided that their input in any way reflects what is wrong with GW2s PvP?
Ok.

The PvP needs some work, people always say that, about every game. However, right now its in a bad spot, that is true.

That has to do with alot of things, the celestial elementalists with their sustain and the constant burn stacking builds (read guardians) for alot of people, and rightfully so.

Another reason is the odd design choice to make people have to queue from an instanced area where you cant do anything else while waiting for the queue pop.

We could add the matchmaking to this list, although that is only broken for the top-tier of players with imbalanced matchups skill-wise and long queue times (Do note that this is an issue mostly reserved for the top tier of players and it has nothing to do with losing a match, but rather about how and why it is lost. Most people reading this will not qualify for this point imo, but thats just me.)

We could also add a lack of variation, something i hope they adress in HotS, as playing the same game mode (conquest) across different maps (too few maps…) isnt fun. They could easily take inspiration from other games here.

However, that being said, i still enjoy the pvp, maybe not so much when going up against 3 eles, or 3 burn guardians, but rather when it comes to the way the game works on a mechanical level.

If you want more people to PvP, simply making you able to queue from anywhere could go a long way.
In my experience, going to HotM, joining queue, waiting around for several minutes not being able to do anything stimulating in the meantime is borderline insulting.
To have this gorgeous game with all the things to explore and then forcing me to sit in some instanced, dull, greyish zone waiting for a PvP match that doesnt even take 20 minutes is a stupid design decision that only leads to creating a wall between “PvPers” and “PvEers”.

All of the above plus:
- Reduced damage of burn condition
- ICD on ALL AoE fields applying conditions across all classes (could work in exceptions, but burns should be guaranteed, this obviously should not apply to finishers)
- LONG ICD of Cleansing Water or complete rework (This talent does not reward any form of skillful play, and yes there are plenty of other classes that have similar braindead talents, but they are currently not being brought into the 4-5 ele meta nor able to stand toe to toe with 3+ combatants)
- Blinding Ashes could have a much longer ICD

Reduce burn damage by slight amount, reduce the amount of skills applying it with a focus on re-applications from AoE effect skills.
Then switch the attention to the sustain of Elementalists while also taking a good long look at the vamp rune.
Problem solved. Or not. But its a good base to stand on for “fixing” SPvP.

Zoltar MacRoth.7146:

“We just managed to get our first reproduction in studio for this issue”….?

I’m glad.. but three days just to walk your character into the water?

This post is the textbook example of 0 understanding of how games work.
The following information could shock you, so grab hold of your table or something else that is stable:
Not everyone has the exact same computer components and installed software that you do (Gasp!).
Meaning not everyone (Like me) has or indeed has ever had that issue.
So next time, instead of the snooty response in an area where you lack expertise, try giving them your specs and describe how and where the issue occured along with any circumstances that might be relevant.
Thanks in advance

Now that there is a booster in these combined boosters that increases reward track progress, you should be able to open them while in Heart of the Mists.
Currently you can’t!

BobbyStein.2315:

Endless Soul.5178:

I love this city.

…when will it be destroyed?

Is that a request?

It is!
More large scale changes to the world that makes the world feel alive and changing!
LA being fudged up was annoying as hell, but it wasnt directed at the devs, or game in general. I really just wanted to go kill mordrem.

Been seeing alot of these “discussions” lately.. I bought the 99$ pack, and i’ve probably spend quite a lot on gems.. Wouldnt even want to count how much over the years.
The main thing for me though is that there is no monthly fee, there is no need to buy gems for real money.
So yes, the xpac might be a bit pricey for some, and yes right now it might seem to lack content (While i personally dont agree entirely, i respect other peoples view of the situation), but consider this; had you decided to buy, say, WoW instead, you would be spending another 10$ every single month you wanted to play and let me tell you from personal experience that those months really rack up quite a count in the end. 5 months and you pass the Xpac, 10 and you pass the ultimate pack and im not even counting the base cost of the game there.
You all make a choice, it wont be the end of the world either way, but lets be realistic. The issue isnt the cost. Its something else.

Im sorry, but i consider you to be wrong.

Pleasing the masses is impossible nowdays. It really is. People grow up looking at, say, WoW. How long has that been out? How many patches? How many expansions?

They grow tired, they try a new MMO, they expect it to have the same amount of content and depth as a game thats been out for several years on release.

Also, on the subject of it “being an MMO”, you’re right. It is.
You’re also right about it catering to several different types of people. Not just you.
Note that last part: “Not just you”, you and several others have your opinion with the whole “wanting stuff right now, not willing to test or be patient” aproach.

As for me and several others that i know, we have a different one. We like the casual gameplay, we’re willing to see how this evolves and we’re patient because we are curious.

When i get bored of a game, i play another until i have an urge or reason to play the original again.
GW2 doesnt have a sub fee, so you could technically do other stuff in between the patches.

You could also voice your constructive feedback on the forum so they know what you want.
(Note that it doesnt mean “this sucks, give me that instead” but saying “Hey, next time, please focus more on these aspects”).

Cheers!

Its intended as a way to make sure AFKers doesnt get a reward. If you didnt get any personal score, the game most likely figured you were AFK and just didnt reward you for time spent.

Did you really not manage to kill a single player / cap / decap a point?!

Lowed the graphical settings – Fight went fine.
Yes, it was a big buggy, yes it was somewhat poorly designed.
Did i still enjoy it far more than other bosses in the game? – YES!, yes yes yes yes yes.
Its a good baseline.

lordkrall.7241:

rhodoc.2381:

You will make gazzilions of money from China release yet you dont hire enough people for it. That sounds wrong

Your post make no sense.
You talk about them GOING to make money, but at the same time complaining about them not hiring people for those money that they haven’t gotten yet.

Welcome to the mind of students.

They will most likely stick to the LS and open up those areas. The new dragon for example really has to come from somewhere currently off-map.

As for Ncsoft, of course they take a cut. But no one, litterally no one, is stupid enough to remove an entire culture from a game that relies heavily on said culture.
Cantha was a major part of GW1 and as such i seriously doubt it will just be “removed”.

People are never, ever, ever, ever remotely happy in games, have you noticed?

“Gee, i wish updates would release more often, i grow bored”
– Here! We’re doing smaller updates!
“Meh, everything sucks. I grow bored. Its too easy.”
- Hmmm.. Ok, lets try this!
“Wtf man, i cant beat this! Nerf it! It sucks! Also, why did you wreck LA, you suck!”
– kitten , ok, sorry, we might let you rebuild it over time though!
“Pfft, no doubt the rebuild would suck, you would just recreate it the same way it was.”
– Wasnt that what you wanted just a second ago?
“Well yes, but seriously you cant do anything right, so im going to go play a REAL mmo, like, like, like.. WoW! Yes, thats it! It will be amazing!”
– Enjoy!
“What, you aint going to stop me?! You suck!”

I generally keep a set of healing power in my inventory. Pugs are.. well.. Less than optimal sometimes. So i generally just say “F it!” and go full healing. Generally works quite well i might add and isnt really as useless as some people think. All depends on the group and situation. Fractal level 681234890618976518724 might not be the ideal place, but honestly, if people are dying in random exp dungeons, they need a healer, not more DPS.

There are waypoints like litterally one, maybe two minutes apart in every zone.
What the general F are people whining about? The only area that “needs” mounts is the WvW, and that would mess things up quite a bit since the maps are too small for that amount of a speed boost.

People seriously need to rethink the “mount issue”.

I absolutely LOVED Liadri!
Granted, she could have had some minor tweaks, i generally just got around the visual parts by lowering my graphical setting to basically minimum. Helped alot.

Also, if they add more bosses like her into dungeons, bosses with tells, real mechanics and cool effects it would be amazing.

Inb4 “omfg this boss is so hard, NERF IT SO I CAN DO IT!” <- No. Try harder.

They could just change the loot system so that the bag quality is based on the mobs level, and not the players. There easy fix. Now all the lvl 80s would go do the harder content and the lower leveled players can still level in groups.

Or if you want to be less radical, remove the exotic lootbag from the low level champions. Achieves the same thing but still gives a somewhat better reward for the higher levels.

The champ train breeds a bad mentality and it should be adressed. I too have been yelled at for playing my alt and engaging a champion with some friends.
And it wasnt really “Hey, next time, maybe you could wait until we get there so we all get the reward? Then you can tag along for some more loot!”, no. It was: “moron, idiot, noob, useless” etc.
Get rid of the train in the low level areas.

I may be wrong… But isnt that build just a regular d/d build?… Posted about a billion times already?

Its story mode for a reason. Its part of the personal story of the toon. While i understand and agree that it can be annoying to do it several times, you can technically use very simple tricks to get around it. Assuming you’ve done story atleast once on any of your toons.

As for the fractals, the problem was the old leveling system for the dungeon itself, not the actual finding of groups.

Kaleban.9834:

If I’m interpreting the screenies correctly, you wanted to apply a WvW infusion into the Agony Infusion slot.

I admit it can be confusing, but the “Unused Agony Infusion Slot” ONLY works with the +1 or greater (combined via Artificer) Agony Infusions that drop from Fractal chests. This replaced the static +5 Agony Resistance that came from infusing gear previously.

^ This

You used the wrong infusion for the slot you wanted. That slot ONLY takes the infusions that you craft using artificing. (As previously stated)

Honestly, its about kitten time that the heavy classes take the backseat for a while. So tired of bullkitten warriors and guardians.

Then again, i play an ele, so im basically dead no matter what… But still, less warriors pretty please!

(Inb4: “but, but, but warriors have always been perfectly balanced! How dare you?!”)

It isnt hard to make friends to team up with. Especially if you’re half as good as you think.

But yes, they could and prolly should add a “ranked” solo queue for the more dedicated players.

Will add that you never have to spend transmute charges for Hall of Monuments gear.
In case someone was wondering.

^ Dat autoattack!

Biohazard.7523:

1 year ago, I heard that if you have 0 characters on your account, you can transfer to any server for free.
I dont know if that still works. But you can try and delete all of your characters and transfer for free.

Going to quote the above for the information.

As for why there is a fee, there is a fee to prevent servers becoming destabilized due to mass migration.
It has little to nothing to do with them being greedy or other silly things you hear as soon as people dont get what they want for free.

It is also very possible that they will just delay the asian LS and run them on a different patch compared to EU. Similar to what usually happens when asian MMOs come to EU.
They are used to playing a certain way and as such, patchnotes for the “same” patch can have major differences between the regions.

Liewec.2896:

the biggest thing i think sucks is that the loot is based on your characters level,
get a chest on your 80? you might get exotics, i’ve even had an ascended ring,
get a chest on an alt? you’ll get a bunch of low level garbage.

do we really need to level all of our alts up to 80 in order to get decent rewards if we play them?
or even if we can open the chests on our 80 it still means we need to jump through the hoops of zoning and relogging multiple times to pass it over, loading screens, loading screens, loading screens.

Completely agree! In fact, lets remove levels completely and just set the base level to 1, so that you never ever have to level. Ever! Then you wouldnt get level appropriate gear from your reward boxes because there would only be one level!
My god, this is BRILLIANT!

No. Its not.

The problem with invisibility in this game is NOT the outgoing damage or the fact that you “dont know when its coming”. Thats the point.
The problem lies in the lack of counterplay as stated.
The easiest way to fix that would be to make the invis BREAK when you MISS, get BLOCKED or DODGED.
There, i just made counterplay an option and forced thieves to use their brain.
Enjoy.