Guild Wars 2

Just curious, why not just “roll back” the latest patch?

the “Wait 10-15 minutes” thing didn’t work for me:(

Come on A-Net, I believe in you!

Of course it’s not any one persons fault, what makes me miffed is that testing is done on Reset night for WVW, the one night of the week I actually look forward to:(

It’s WvW anarchy, taking out all the Commanders in one fell swoop… is it late April Fools?

“Apparently Anet just put out a post saying that if you disband your squad it will fix it.

Ahem. I. can. not. get. in. game. Therefore I can not drop my squad."

So this….

Cannot just simply change characters either, whole account is locked out.

If you were tagged up before the patch you will not be able to log back in, something to do with them disabling the Beta Squad UI.

Looks like anyone tagged up cannot get back in. love when this goes on during Reset night.

Well written, well thought out post!
All points are valid and it is very true, at least in my experience, that the guilds most likely to use said feature spend little or no time in PVE preferring to hone their skills in WvW.

Only a WvW Player knows that AC and YB mean the same thing:P

I kid…

“T3 is a bad example as it’s mostly matchfixing baddies that fall apart when they’re up against any real competition.”

Interesting take on T3.

Maguuma proud here and I don’t remember any “match fixing”…. and I can promise you, Mag has no “baddies” that will shy away from any competition.

Bring it.

I agree OP.

It seems (from the non-developer outside) that there must be an easier solution that can calculate all the maths we, as players, don’t see. I understand the frustration, all too well.

I see no problem with it. If anything it can distract one or more potential damage dealers to get one player up. Also, just bomb the downed player and watch his buddies join him:)

Well PPK will cause servers to discourage new and uplevel players. This isn’t good because the game mode needs as many players as it can get. I would suggest only activating PPK during reset, when anything goes:)

So.. you de-stack the top servers, wherever they go will utterly destroy the servers they face, because they won’t just wander their own separate ways. So then you get one power server owning 2 others. How does this help?

Good post.

Well thought out, well written. I hope it gets the attention it deserves.

OK OP, I see your points and I can only come from my guilds perspective.
We are a rather large Havoc Guild that specializes in Borderlands Annoyance, ie. if we are on your BL you will either be there all night fighting us off rather than ebg or somewhere else, or you will lose all your stuff, and we will waypoint one of your keeps cuz we can.

We do this to help our server, to direct groups back to defend rather than being offensive.

A Factions system would negate all we do in any structured format. It wouldn’t stop us doing it but…. well…

LMAO we’d do it anyway:)

So… cute cut and paste quote, fun stuff:)

What I was saying ins that the passive aggressive sniping just hinders your argument and makes it come off as petty. Like what I said above about a “nice cut and paste quote”. Cheapens everything I say from then on right?

I thought your video was really good and I was sad that you took all the wind out of your sails at the end. That is all.

I run a havoc guild, this map is made for us. Solo roamers may have issues and blobs will be easily countered. 5 man groups and 15-20 man organized groups will be the key here imo. Either way it is a game changer for wvw that I feel is sorely needed. The current meta is a push-pull with giant zergs, fight guilds and “roamers”/gankers that has become very stale. I feel this will change wvw to the point where the old guard will die off and a new breed of commanders and players will emerge. I like this:)

OK, I watched your video and thought it was pretty good… up until the end. I have to ask you, and most people that do posts, some very well thought out, why you feel the need to passive aggressive snipe at the end? It doesn’t help to rag on people or make veiled threats, and for someone like me just negates your entire argument.

Zetsumei.4975:

The issue isn’t that they’re picking streamers rather than average players to promote the game. The issue is that they are cheaply trying to promote the game in a stress test where the game is to be stressed in situations experienced players know will cause low performance. But more importantly, they themselves announced the invites would go to only the most experienced and dedicated wvw players.

^This

The lag spikes are seriously terrible.

The “Stress test” announcement was played off as something cool that we all might have a chance to participate in, however it was handed off to a streamer who as of, June 15 2015 was rank 126 in WvW to hand out invites…

No Vayne, usually I agree with you, but this is the first real chance for WvW-rs to see this BL, stress test or not. Giving it to some streamer, who as of June 15 hit WvW rank 126, to dictate who gets in is just pitiful.

Agree with OP.

This is hardly a representation of the WvW community but a marketing ploy. I am a huge fan of A-Net but this is not cool.

It’s not a Beta, it’s a promotion which they handed to a popular streamer who only plays the game when he can get views, and spends most of his time in EOTM. Nice and safe.

And bullkitten.

This “selection method” is an absolute joke. Sure it’s a good marketing ploy but I can’t think of a more useless representation of the WvW community.

All the changes mean almost nothing with the rampant lag spikes constantly, don’t know if it’s good or bad.

One would hope that even in a Stress Test they would ask all types of WvW-rs to play. Blobs, guild groups, solo roamers and havoc squads.

In a game mode where literally a fraction of a second can determine if you live or die in a fight, it does seem a little strange that this isn’t a priority.

Shelved my warrior, playing cheese ranger cuz 11211121112 is fun and engaging gameplay.

Vayne is cool, back off or I’ll sick my Bear Bow Ranger on you.

LOL you got that one:)

OMG can we stop using analogies to describe our argument. Lazy tool for a weak mind.

What “community”?

All these forums have become is a cesspool of complaints with obvious agendas. “Bring back Cantha and Elona”, “Why should I have to buy this cool thing with gems” “Nerf this class because it rolled me in WvW” and on and on and on.

A-Net is a company, pure and simple. They have to make money in order to maintain the game, bring you new content, fix bugs and generally keep us amused. Gem store items are a staple of that as well as Character slots, Transfers, and Bank slots.

They gave you 3 seasons of Living World FOR FREE (some bad, some good, some great) as well as a host of QOL things.

$50 is not unreasonable to pay for a game that will guarantee at least 50 hours of content, in a day when the average console game is $60 and gives you 8 hours at best.

Just settle down:)

I’m not sure what any of you expected with a guild of one or two. Most just use it as extra bank space……

The core game is simply bundled in with the X-pac to help the barrier to entry for new players. It is NOT something being done to mess with you it is simply value added.

No other MMO has done this with an X-pac, people need to settle down, believe it or not, this is A-Net being the Good Guy.

It is not forcing you to re-buy the game, it is simply bundling the original in with the X-Pac, something WoW never did.

Believe it or not this is not A-Net trying to mess with you but simply a value added content for new players.

Wow all this salt.

$50 is fine for an expansion at release, all you cheaper people can wait two years till it goes on sale.

I’m wondering if any of the naysayers have ever played an MMO before, or dealt with DLC.

Calm down.

OMG it’s just a way to let new players in without squeezing them like other MMO’s do.

Settle down.

Hype!

Let the tears flow.

It is not a rip off.

Entitled gamers…. lol

OMG People… any MMO worth anything has kitten base expansion, if you don’t know this you have been living under a rock, in a cave… somewhere very remote.

The upgraded ones are simply shineys that YOU DON’T ACTUALLY NEED.

Settle down.

I have to say the warrior changes seem lackluster at best, too me.

Honestly, and from only my perspective, zergs will die in the new maps.
This will be all about small groups, small defense groups and coordination from all angles. I do not think that EOTM tactic will work.
Also I think the old WvW meta will die here and a new breed of commanders and players will rise.

Easy…
Just introduce a reward track like spvp. Problem solved.

So, I have to ask…
There are many players who like to take the role of defenders and take upgrades etc under their wing… what happens to them?

Or anything

There are certain problems in WvW at the moment, on the NA side. Same stuff has been reported in other threads. I understand patches can be rough but I would hope this would all be resolved by reset?

Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.

We call them “Rat Wells”.
2 Reasons.
1. You are caught like a rat in a cage
2. Only a rat would use them.
Fair play though, if they get used then we will use them back and we can all go down
in a CC’d Pirate Ship together.

RIP fun WvW

Bring it on! I enjoy the tournaments.