Guild Wars 2

Deniara Devious.3948:

Trajan.4953:

Bottom line is, not enough people play WvW to make it worth ANets time to bother with it.

The sooner we all accept this, the sooner we can all just move on.

There is very EASY remedy to this, but Arenanet once again missed it.

Pve players play for rewards. Arenanet brought more rewards to WvWvW, but made them to time consuming and difficult to obtain that the pve players gave up very quickly.

Desolation has a massive pve population. When the WvWvW patch hit we had long queues on all maps for few days. After 1-1,5 weeks the pve population and queues were gone.

Compared to a new PVE map the numbers are sad.

There is no money to be made from WvW, they figured this out in 2013

Bottom line is, not enough people play WvW to make it worth ANets time to bother with it.

The sooner we all accept this, the sooner we can all just move on.

Yes people still roam!

In groups of three to five thieves and maybe a chrono.

The height of skilled gameplay!

Juular.4729:

To have balance you must have a solid balanced base foundation, wvw has become boring, he who has the most condi necros wins, amazing build diversity, Amulet would fix wvw for the good, sometimes you need to think outside the box, i hope anet will just test it before hand, if it sucks it sucks.

So OP, this just shows how out of touch you really are, at least for NA. The most dangerous groups in the game right now don’t bother with necros at all. Boonshare has come full swing. GREM ftw.

This seems like a No-Brainer especially as there is a weekly cap to the amount of pips once can receive.

Allowing EOTM to grant pips pretty much cures all the gripes and complaints currently on the table with regard to the current system.

I don’t personally EOTM but it really seems built for those that only care about getting their shinies.

Or…

How about you just play WvW and if you get an Outnumbered BONUS be happy.

/m is for your current map.

/t is for trolling your server.

This is interesting. I would like to see something like this at least trialed.

Okay, ran a full raid tonight and saw no significant change in pip acquisition. I guess all you have to do is actually play the game.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

This is a case of “Be careful what you wish for”.

A loud minority of people raised a massive stink about supposed “Outnumbered Abuse” that was never an issue as it only took place during off peak times. Well now that problem, as well as the AFK farm is solved.

So the second night in a row of my raid being ruined by unplayable lag and frequent disconnects. This has been reported for over 36 hours now and nothing done.
I understand DDOS attacks or technical difficulties but regular updates from Anet would be appreciated.

Pre-linkings when server pride was a real thing.

Servers directly competed with other servers, guilds built up definitive rivalries with other guilds. This stuff was news on the servers and people gave a kitten . A big kitten at that. Server website forums and Teamspeaks (and Mumble, if anyone remembers that) were lit up all the time about whatever matchup was happening!

Server politics played a huge roll in the every day gameplay. Mercenary guilds came and went and there was always a struggle to get better and move up.

Now… sadly,

Linkings killed servers. 4 Tiers along with cheap alt accounts killed guild rivalries, we all know each other.

We still get fights, we still get to siege and PPT or whatever but it all feels like we are just going through the motions of something that was really fun Once Upon A Time.

Sorry guys n’ gals, just late night rambling thoughts:)

Much Love.

Diamond is a target. Ranks seem to go way faster with the pip system. Just play the game, the rewards will come and you may make some new friends and find a new game mode you enjoy:)

How about, and just spitballing here, Anet sold instanced versions of OS to guilds like it was done with the old sPvP system. Anet makes money, guilds get to fight each other without crappy thieves interfering. Add a spectator mode and Blammo, a whole game mode Anet doesn’t have to curate that would do nothing but good for GW2.

I expect a 15% return on any profits made from my idea. Timestamped.

Fairly sure most changes are tested in SPVP before being rolled out, especially to WvW. I’m always hopeful when I see “PvP Only” on something that looks cool.

Sweet.

Thank you.

So I waded through most of this thread and I still don’t really understand why people can’t just play the game and accept that the rewards will come in time. If you don’t enjoy what you do in this game or in life, don’t do it. It’s just a skin or a piece of gear you can get in easier ways.

We don’t pay a monthly sub here so we are not entitled to anything and, for the most part, Anet is really good at grind vs cash shop.

Just play the game.

So, just my observation from Reddit etc but the WvW hype train for easy legendary back seems to be over. Some PVE people have stayed and that is amazing but most seem to accept the grind for what it is at this point. They play, they enjoy, the game continues.

Fair to say this thread is redundant.

Famine.7915:

People still have trouble with condi? K.

Yep, he gets it.

Desert BL is garbage, stands to reason the PVE would be stronk.

This thread should end well.

Eles are the unsung heroes of any group. In my guild we send bag donations to our healbots.

OK define “roaming”?

If it is flipping camps, curtailing supply, scouting etc then I respect that. However “Roaming” in this day and age is all about ganking and nothing more.

I stand by my statement.

Mesmer pulls are evil especially timed with plenty of icky red circles. There is a well reported glitch where Guardians Spear of Justice can pull through gates. So far nothing has been done.

kitten often is the case players report these things and they fall by the wayside.

So, correct me if I’m wrong, but this kind of stuff only really happens during off peak times right? If that is the case then who really cares?

Mass reporting during a servers main time will take care of this fairly fast.

Tyrath.3407:

HAHAHAHAH. THIS THREAD.. LMFAO. Commander’s have been doing this since the game CAME OUT. OF COURSE THEY’RE going to kick thieves and rangers….

This guy gets it.

Well at least we manged to get most of the OP’s threads into one now.

/popcorn.

Working as intended. Thieves needed buffs to solo kill raid bosses.

Because cheese classes are fun despite the fact they don’t really do anything worthwhile.

So as a Driver that sometimes Pugmands, insofar as my guild runs go, Ranger and thief is fine if I have enough for a Gank squad, other than that, sorry.

Most of you (and I say “most” not all:) ) are really bad, and you can get better with some training and research, but off the cuff, well no.

Don’t take it personally, I will pad my zerg with Rally Bait to pull out a bomb…

We that have PLAYED WvW all this time do not consider this Time Gated.

You that are new and want it right away do.

PLAY WvW or get another shiney.

Crafting?

Gah /15 chars

I feel like we are almost done with the “Pip Talk”

Hype is over, we got some new players, the rest went back to whatever they do:)

God Bless.

@Swagger

I hear ya man:)

This is a lot to process…

Some of which I agree with. The condi stuff, I think?

Vova.2640:

1. nerf condis
2. fix skill lags.
3. nerf condis again.

This guy gets it.

WvW involves many different playstyles and zergs are part of that. There is nothing really wrong with them and they are easy to avoid. There has always been blobs and there always will be blobs however what has been taken away is the ability of a well coordinated smaller group to deal with said blobs. That is the real shame IMO.

I feel like WvW Vets already know we are in for the long haul for the shinies and PVE players just don’t seem to understand the actual grind. Yeah it sucks for us Vets as much as it does for you folks coming in. The difference is we who have played this game mode for a long time are used to getting zero to no rewards so this system is fine, we will get it eventually.

Expecting to leap into a well established game mode and reap all the benefits in a “Reasonable Time Frame” is ludicrous to us and should be to you as well.

<3

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there was some kind of actual cognitive presence at Anet to watch over match’s?

The current RNG factor is actually pretty bad. Pairing overpowered servers versus much weaker servers causes player attrition and is ultimately bad for the game. It’s really time to take the “random” factor out of pairing IMO.

Oh Maguuma:)

I say Anet locks Mag, BG and JQ in forever in perpetuity. Open those servers every 4 weeks so the fair-weathers can bandwagon and forget about them for the rest of the games life.

Rotate the lower servers based on activity and time zone and have some fun.

P.S. Love it when Divynia snipes, too good.

Dawdler.8521:

Why would you ever choose badges in the chest?!
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Because those badges can be turned into Badges of Tribute that is a main component in manufacturing guild siege.

Hook, line and sinker…

I agree it is a great start. I am very happy that WvW is getting some well deserved attention and more than a little bewildered at all the negative croaking.

Some well written constructive criticism is a good thing. The rest, well I can’t imagine it doing much good.

I think it’s important for folks to remind themselves that it is very early on in this feature pack and it will take a while for some of the wrinkles to get ironed out. The sky is not, in fact, falling:)

It’s the first day of a Feature Pack, of course it’s going to be crowded. Not sure what you expected.

This update looks really good.

TY Anet.

Where is everybody?

Gone.

Matchmaking threads are not allowed on these forums.

um.. Kovu

I feel as though we are talking about different things but I respect where you are coming from and you are the OP so I will let it rest:)

Look, the issue is that WvW is filled with groups that want only fights. They may not be the majority but their actions and movements between servers definitely dictate where a server is and how competitive it is. If we can agree on that statement then what I am suggesting is simply giving those groups an area that they would like that wouldn’t involve steamrolling lesser groups just out to K-Train or re-cap their stuff while looking for an actual challenge. This is like an open air OS that uses and unused area in the game and would breathe life into a dead BL.

IMO