Guild Wars 2

MauricioCezar.2673:

What I mean here is : If this nourishment already have a different icon, shouldn’t it be usable along (together) with other foods? Just like guild banket food? (Same nourshment icon). That is how I think it worked tbh. Seens a little powerful, but its a 2-years gift anyway.

Would cause to much power creep, and a few builds are already cheese enough. However I use mine in place of regular food in PvE land before boss fights and if doing some farming. Once I enter into WvW though it gets a bit more real so I want the best i can get. Yes stacking with normal food might be nice, but a permanent 10 minute buff for events is IMO a VERY nice 2nd birthday gift even without the ability to stack it.

Randulf.7614:

I like the item, but would have preferred a unique skin rather than re-hashing Scarlets one. Perhaps one a white one with the red GW2 logo

I agree completely.

I actually had Scarlet’s Kiss drop during the final event and got a few complements on how it looked, but now everyone will just think it’s a cake dispenser .

WTB mesmer scepter.

OmaiGodman.2098:

If you want duels so badly go back to WoW and stop complaining…. I’m not waiting for having to decline duel invites every minute or so. It’s basically why I stopped playing WoW after 10 minutes.

Actually there are many MMO’s on the market besides WoW and some that are going to be released soon that will appease these players.

If Archage takes off as much as I hope it does, maybe we can get a reduction in these threads to one a month. Seeing as it is usually the same 4 or so people that make these threads it shouldn’t take much for them to migrate to newer pastures.

Sad Swordfish.9743:

Yeah.. two of my friends left the game and went back to WoW because of lack of duels. I asked them why they just didnt pvp? Apparantly they didnt enjoy the competitive aspects of WvW and sPvP.

“in duels you don’t die. its not serious. you are just having fun”.

I don’t know. I think duels would be cool but there should be an auto-ignore option!

There are a plethora of MMO’s that have the dueling feature, and afaik only one triple a rated game (this one) that doesn’t. I’m sure ANet doesn’t want to lose players like your friends there, but I’m positive they don’t want to lose the players that were drawn here for it’s more friendly co-operative atmosphere.

Also auto-ignore doesn’t work when you are being followed around by someone slandering your name in map screaming on about how you are a coward; has happened to me.

Swish.2463:

if you would like to play the class that has the highest burst potentials

stay on warrior

if you would like to play the class with the most stealth

stay on warrior anyway.

Its probably better for you to be bored on your “OP” Warrior than frustrated and sad on any other class.

/thread

LetoII.3782:

Tommyknocker.6089:

PvE = LW Gem Store

I don’t get this, why would PvE’rs spend more in the gem store then WvW’rs?
We like sweet skins.
We like finishers.
We also happen to transfer servers, which the other two groups don’t.

Yes we all like sweet skins, however I still see many more WvWers (not eotm) players that are still wearing the basic exotics than I see people in Orr with legendaries. Due to the fact that badges are easier to get and the loot in regular WvW is generally sub-par to PvE.

Finishers I will give you but I after most players buy one, they usually don’t bother with another. And I still see many using the default in WvW for reasons previously mentioned.

Transferring servers is generally done by the larger guilds before tournaments (some times paid for) so as to “stack the deck” and those guilds usually take up a collection from PvEers and others to help with the cost.

Edit: before I got into WvW myself I transferred servers a couple times due to empty areas (pre-mega server), so PvEers also transfer for their own reasons.

All the points you made, although having merit, still don’t disprove the fact that if WvW was as profitable to ANet why don’t we see as much dev love as the other two areas. Updates and patches draw the crowds, and most of those new and returning players arn’t coming for the same old WvW, just saying.

“Looking to the left of the tour bus you will see the elusive dev”. “This creature will almost never show it’s face in the public forums, so it is best to approach it with caution.”

Seriously it may well be that us necros were just chosen to be last, something we are well used to by now, but I am quickly running out of hope for our class. Even if you were to implement one good disengage, block, evade etc, I could see myself becoming more enamored by our class.

Although even you must admit that every time you mention the necro, you tend to gloss over the reasons for the changes, and it is beginning to seem as though you use a dart board to decide on what to try next for us.

If we are to be discussed in the final week, PLEASE for the love of the class put some logical reasons behind the changes and try not to gloss over it as quick as you can. Some of us play this class and would like to see that you actually care about it too.

To Assassin Zero.4628, please enjoy your ban and don’t come back now ya hear…..

Looks like they “might” have finally gotten it in their heads that we CANNOT get away, so we may as well be able to tank!!

I still hold my enthusiasms until I can actually play the new skills/utilities, but I have a glimmer of hope now.

Edit: I am referring to WvW here, PvE can still use more of a group support role than a 2 target cleave.

muerte.3842:

I know name shaming is forbidden, but this guy has done it 3 times now going to heart of the mists to avoid dying so something needs to be done… i dont care if he killed me but taking the cowards way out is pathetic.. sorry but really…

You getting an infraction because he is a coward won’t make him any braver.

Best to edit your post to remove the name and just send a PM or submit a ticket instead.

PvE = LW Gem Store = Profit
PvP = E-Sports = Profit (I suppose through sponsors)
WvW = Dead End, and we will be lucky to see any major changes to this game mode before the game is long dead.

Even the tags have now become a huge gold sink, not badges because gems to badges and badges to gems will never happen due to the abundance of badges. The only way we will get ANY real attention is is they make gem store only items exclusively for WvW.

In summary: If you want more attention given to WvW then come up with a way that (without power creep) you can make ANet any money. Any pipe dream that you may wish for will sadly never come to pass until this happens.

My only wish is that Anet give up on it’s e-sport pipe dream and put that labor to work in the rest of their game. Some areas are sorely lacking in developement.

Oh and NO to mounts.

Traveler runes and golem mastery tier 5 is the new meta!!

You heard it here first!

GreenAlien.5623:

Colored tags arent even a WvW Update… They were most likely made by a pve dev team for pve commanders.. would explain the price..

I stand corrected, so we are getting golem mastery only as an exclusive WvW skill.

yea.

Blehh.5240:

DevonCarver.5370:

The titles and achievement point values for WvW play are absolutely out of character with the rest of the game and we will be addressing that. What form that will take specifically I am not entirely sure.

Rewards in general for WvW play are out of character for the rest of the game. What do you think of having the reward track system added to WvW? It would be a great gesture.

Sorry I have to laugh. It took them over a year to give us (soon) golem mastery and colored tags what makes you think we will get any meaningful changes?

Even the age of his thread proves how little Anet thinks about us. Now if they added a WvW only cash shop I’m sure we would see more action, but until then don’t expect miracles.

On certain tiers it has already become apparent (and actively encouraged) to have “PPT Week”. Wherein we defend/zerg and basically do our best to win the week one time out of three. The other weeks we are encouraged to not bother and let the other sides have their go at it. So in essence regular WvW is becoming a EotM farm on tri-weekly basis now anyways.

I give it a year and all WvW will be is the place you go when you cannot find a good EotM megaserver to play on.

Tips to saving yourself 300 gold:

1) adjust your color scheme on your monitor to display red in place of blue (same can be done with other colors).

2) purchase cheap colored cellophane off ebay and tape it to the center of your monitor (disclaimer: may require some manual dexterity to keep the tag under it)

Seriously does ANet think that the color change is worth the added cost without added abilities? Where is the ability to only have the tag shown to squad? Where is the ability to only show tag to guildies? Without these changes I know our guild will still just target our commander as we have always done with the red target icon so as to not attract militia while we are doing our WvW training.

Didn’t know what I was expecting for WvW though with their track history, but now I’m sure pushing the e-sport aspect is their only agenda.

RuneCrimson.7380:

What does 15char mean? Cause I cannot find that anywhere.

It means that 15 char were sacrificed in the posting of the reply, the had to give up a “r” in the sacrifice. /s

Seriously it just means you need to post a minimum of 15 characters or you cannot post a reply. Those that post “15 char” are just using that as a space filler to reach the 15 character limit.

HTH

Crius.5487:

If your displayed rank was determined by player kills instead of WXP gained—those mithril ranked eotm ktrain people wouldn’t even be in bronze yet.

It would be nice if we had the option of displaying our kills as a title. Even at 69500 kills I have a long way to go for the title of Ultimate Dominator. But you can bet my gold raider rank is FAR far below any player that spends his/her time in EotM.

Prysin.8542:

ykon.8214:

You cant go wrong with a power wellomancer+staff (necro)

yes you can. If you get left behind by the zerg you are free meat.

Too true.

Warriors require VERY little skill to succeed in getting away, but necros on the other hand NEED to always be aware of their surroundings.

As the others have said a warrior with great sword/sword/war horn is the very definition of easy mode in WvW.

I could see the initial color for 300 gold so as to make the PvE commanders have something, but I would hope they make the other colors purchasable with badges/ranks.

Addendum: Though mind you badges and ranks are just as redundant as gold now that EotM is the “go to” game mode.

Just need to give it the ability to be visible to squad/guild only and I’ll be happy.

It is gonna be the new SAB rainbow level complete with pots of gold and leprechauns. /s

Seriously it is just the ability to change your commander tag as was shown here:

http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=34887

I just hope it has options other than another color such as visibility to only your squad/guild crosses fingers.

BrunoBRS.5178:

…snip
Necro
don’t bother fixing the actual problems with necros
snip…

The problem with fixing the necro is that the only forum with as many cobwebs in it is the WvW forum.

Funny how the only place you will find the good ideas for changes are in an area where players actually play a necro, but are never visited by a dev.

One for all of them. They enemies don’t give stacks or xps and you need to run though a second time for the achievements. Maybe now that they are unlocked I’ll redo the episodes when I have nothing better to do, but for now I couldn’t be bothered.

Normal commander:

Step 1: Join EotM guild and collect the huge zerg waiting for you at spawn
Step 2: Co-ordinate with the other colors as to when to take objectives
Step 3: buy regular siege (no need for superiors; you are safe)
Step 4: Profit knowing if you run into an enemy zerg, they won’t touch you.

Non Traditional Commander:

Step 1: Be in any other guild and wait while you amass a few players
Step 2: Try to take and defend objectives, and fight enemies (sup siege helps)
Step 3: Lose all your zerglings to another multi server instance
Step 4: Repeat steps 1 to 3 for three hours or until bored

Jaded response I know, but until they make eotm more than just a large karma train, as a commander there you are only a rally marker and a siege dispenser. Players come there to karma train and if you decide to do anything other than that you will lose most of your zerg quickly. I am not saying that some players don’t come there to fight others, but those are usually guild groups and they generally run tagless so as to not attract rally bots.

runeblade.7514:

• Dueling
• Mounts

That horse you are trying to resuscitate my good man is, by now, quite dead; please move on.

And the topic is “super easy” fixes, so redesigning not only one but two complete aspects of the game does not qualify.

Mine would be to open your hero tab to default equipment panel.

Evans.6347:

Bam!
Instant prestige and rareness surpassing legendaries! (for a few more months at least)

Sunrise / Twilight / Eternity are so overdone.

I agree with you completely. Everywhere I look I see a twilight, sunrise, etc. etc.

But I have only seen 2 Xanthiums being wielded, I’ll take your legendary, and raise you one awesome looking staff, now all I need is the ability to make footprints and you can keep the other skins.

Also changing stats would be nice, but as I cannot change out my sigils, I’ll just use a charge instead.

Pandaman.4758:

You know that there are profession balances coming Soon™, right? Dulfy has a list of engineer, ranger, warrior, and thief balances mentioned in the livestream.

What I want to see is a dedicated necro stream. I’m sure the 2 minutes it would take them to gloss over whatever fixes they implement would make for an entertaining laugh. Seeing as at this point I’m sure even they don’t know what to do with us.

I could post a vid, but once you see one T1 map queue zerg running over a lone escort (or map completer) you have seen them all.

Whatever they decide to give you can count on it being nothing we have asked for and most likely something that will break an already good build option.

NeXeD.3042:

Yes, you get your duration and damage with all transfers and corrupts.

Thanks, knowing this will come in handy with my build.

When using corrupt boon, do you convert their buffs to conditions using your condition damage and duration?

Same goes for sigils such as generosity and any other ability that transfers such as staff 4.

Thank you BTW for this thread, this question has been bugging me for a while and I would like a definitive answer.

As soon as I meet a thief that won’t use his stealth until I have full life force, I will continue to kill pve mobs in order to have full LF when I enter a duel. If others want to neuter themselves voluntarily so as to promote a “fair” fight then so be it.

As for me, I’m in it to win it, and bringing a dull knife to a gun fight don’t bode to well for the guy with the knife. And if the fellow I am about to face requests I lose some LF, I just move on.

Thank you for making yet another thread to request features that have not only been requested in the past but literally beaten to death by a very vocal minority. I am grateful that you put in the request for these three features within a single thread so it makes it easier to say:

NO

Manasa Devi.7958:

Why would I want a vine on my back, purified or otherwise?

A male sylvari may not want a rose growing out of his back, especially one playing a necro. It is also purple which suits my character perfectly…. to each their own my friend; I for one will be making one asap.

goldenwing.8473:

World vs. World
•Updated the names on past WvW tournament world-placement achievements.
•The Toxic Unveiling Volley skill no longer shows up on an Arrow Cart’s skill bar until the skill has been unlocked.
•Guild Arrow Cart skill-damage tooltips now properly reflect their superior-level damage.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/updates/Game-Update-Notes-July-29-2014

-nothing more to say that hasn’t already been said before

If by improvement you are referring to the decrease in lag due to players leaving due to boredom, then YES it was improved. And as time goes buy (pun-intended) things will only get less and less laggy, so we win. /s

Domzz.1260:

Tommyknocker.6089:

A good necro in PvE is called a warrior. IMO until something is done about 25 stack limit, cleave, not being able to help your team with buffs, and generally being the most selfish kitten class, a warrior will always be the better necro.

Shut up and get out.

Firstly no need to be so rude, as I have 3500 hours maining a necro in wvw it proves my opinion is as viable as anyone elses. However feel free to prove me wrong as even a poor warrior is better at group support than a good necro in PvE.

Edit: and in the future if you are gonna quote my post at very least put a “snip…” in there to show you are just choosing what you wish to respond to, thanks.

A good necro in PvE is called a warrior. IMO until something is done about 25 stack limit, cleave, not being able to help your team with buffs, and generally being the most selfish kitten class, a warrior will always be the better necro.

If you insist on playing a necro in PvE land, power is the better option, but even I leave my main behind when i venture into PvE now.

Balkanwarrior.5132:

Dusk – x5
Dawn – x5
The Legend – x5
The Colossus – x2
The Hunter – x1
Spark – x1
Leaf of Kudzu – x1

All from the forge

So according to this limited data, the best way to get a precursor is not to:

Have traveled the world in search of every poi, vista, creature and event
Defeated many a creature in a to-the-death encounter
Played over 4000 hours in the game, defeating every dungeon, fractal, and lord.
Crafted a plethora of weapon/armor/jewelery/food etc.

BUT to voluntarily sink 1000’s of gold into an the waiting arms of an imaginary creature.

YEP seems legendary to me…. and not even a bit anti-climatic /s.

Dusty Moon.4382:

…snip
AHH- first and foremost. Companies make games to MAKE MONEY. If they can’t make money at making games, games will die. “The Suits” are there to make sure that happens.

And this I understand totally.

And IF I did primarily PvP I would be happy due to the inclusion of the tracks as it shows they are trying to improve that aspect of the game

Or IF I did primarily PvE I would be happy because even though there are still some major bugs that need squashing and some bad decisions (non-xp mobs??) it also shows they are trying to improve that aspect of the game.

BUT I primarily spend my time in WvW and even though they tried to add EoTM as a solution to queues all it did was make Queensdale train part deux. The last tournament was a badly though up joke in that fixing and spying was the theme of the tournament. The entire WvW forum is so devoid of dev presence (is there even a WvW dev anymore?) at this point even posting in there seems a futile experiment in narcissism. Also we were told that a new CDI was in the works for when the last tournament ended; another letdown.

So even though I have supported ANet in the past with money, unless something is done to answer real concerns of the WvW community at this point I will put my wallet away to vote my disapproval.

Defending, no matter the game mode is very very unprofitable. When you can kill and flip a tower/keep over and over again for karma, champ bags, greens (the occasional rare or exotic) why bother defending and get next to nothing? This is especially pronounced in EotM where there isn’t even a PPT to keep your server from ending up in the toilet.

Until they nerf the loot and/or give bonuses to defending equivalent to zerging they will not fix the problem. Players will always choose the path of least resistance hence they will fix, spy or do just about anything for the best loot.

Here in Canada, I had less of a problem with this yesterday and was able to log in and change maps. Now, however, on the off chance (10%) that I can actually get into the game it immediately gives me the error 5:11:3:159:101 whenever I attempt to change a map. I can generally get into my character select, but as I said getting into the game is a different matter.

I was playing fine this afternoon, but as of reset it is borked. Please look into this…

jspencer.3021:

…how soon can we have a race to outrun them?

Thank you, Thank you.

I opened this thread thinking it was another mount thread; SOOO very glad I was wrong.

MasterD.4790:

…snip

P.S. Now have Dev reply on page 1

Yes, but this thread is so long dead even a skilled necro couldn’t get any life out of the corpse.

pepper.6179:

wait…are we doing anet’s job?

At this point somebody should….

So from what I am seeing very few of you have a problem with not getting stacks or loot drops not once but twice. And even though there is a completion reward for doing it once you’re out of luck the second time around if you don’t get any achievement chests. You may even have to do it three of four times (again for NO loot) if you are unable to complete any of them.

It is a good thing they are optional, because I cannot see myself ever getting them, nor do I ever see myself putting on a set of thumbscrews (no reward either) just for fun.

Some of us do more than PvE, and DEEPS warriors are far from the meta in WvW and PvP.

Feel free though to try your DEEPS warrior roaming in WvW and I’ll be sure to have him say hello to my 2200 condi damage necro.

Larkir.6502:

As I said, I previously felt that the achievements were in the way of me enjoying the story on my first playthrough. Having the achievements there makes you focus on the achievements, so you can get them quick, instead of focusing on the story. It’s like when developers of a game force you to watch a cutscene the first time you get it. They do it so you’ll actually pay attention to the story. I personally feel I’m enjoying the story alot more now, mostly due to increase in quality but also due to this change.

Six of one half a dozen of another. You want immersion, awesome. You want to focus, great. But for you to have a chest pop up for doing something you didn’t know you did won’t put you out at all. And in the long run you will still do it again to grind those achievements. I on the other hand rely on my on-kill stacks and such so doing these story lines more than once to me is tedious and annoying, not to mention unrewarding.

Oh and you don’t have to focus on the achievements if you choose not to, I however have to do the same story twice, so who exactly is put out here?