Guild Wars 2

The LFG description was probably selling the path and you did not read correctly.

@OP
Problem: “I spend too much gold”

Solution: Stop spending gold. Write down things that you impulsively want to buy and the date you discovered the item. Wait 1 week, if you still want that item, buy it.

Edit: I see people talking about his gold earning rate. This is besides the point the OP made. Their problem is not earning gold. Their problem is the lack of restraint when posed with an impulse desire.

Can confirm an increased radius on all of those bosses.

The OP is talking about mail messages. I agree, when I stream my giveaways I normally have to wait five minutes in between gifts because I get suppressed during sending. Sometimes I have to send each person in my party a dungeon potion but, since I can only send two messages before being suppressed, I have to wait.

I understand the flood control is set in place to combat gold sellers / spammers but I feel the current mechanics in place are incredibly draconian. Punishing the main player base for something a very small amount of people commit.

Active in the sense of standing still and healing through the damage?

I’d like to see the data but I don’t know what we could do to use it effectively.

You done did it now. Ban hammer time.
I doubt you will have any action taken against your account. There was this guy who stole peoples instances for like 5 months straight and only got a 3 day temp ban after the whole thing.

Strife would be proud of this thread. RIP

I would recommend tuning into my stream on Saturdays at 11AM EST. I normally do 3-4 hours of Silverwastes farm. You can use this time to study how I use meta builds to complete the content with reasonable ease. Who knows maybe we both will learn something new

I’m a little late to the party. Did anyone previously suggest that Ascended Armor only offers like a 1% increase? Ascended weapons by far are worth more of your time than the armor. Just think of Ascended Armor as your “progression”

One thing I don’t want implemented is something similar to the mail suppression mechanic. In order to combat gold sellers or spammers, the normal player is hurt by the 2 messages per some time method. When I do giveaways on my stream or need to mail more than 2 people in a short period of time, I do not like being suppressed. This type of overarching suppression to mitigate potential abusers is draconic IMO.

Jerus.4350:

Tree.3916:

IMHO I don’t think any changes need to be made to the current party system. The real problem is lack of accountability of people hijacking parties. Solution, add a “Griefing” option in the reports menu and let internal GM’s take care of the issue.

By take care do you mean slap on the wrist like it seems they have done to those who they’ve “taken care of”?

If they’d actually do something you’re absolutely right.

This thread is not about discussing potential repercussions to said actions. The people who maintain this game make the rules and we can only abide by them. If they feel a temporary 3 day ban is sufficient, who am I to say otherwise?

Regarding someone else’s post about abuse of the system, there is no way Anet can create a robust enough system to eliminate all griefing. Knowing this, we can use tools that are already in place to help mitigate current and future problems.

IMHO I don’t think any changes need to be made to the current party system. The real problem is lack of accountability of people hijacking parties. Solution, add a “Griefing” option in the reports menu and let internal GM’s take care of the issue.

Wow pure gold. 15 characters omgwtfbbqwafflesyolosweggymuffins

I am going to shamelessly plug my daily gathering guide that I use to make 10g+ a day by gathering on 8 characters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXIvBXNSjVQ

Next way to make money, craft Damask and Mithrillium (daily ascended materials)

Another way, flip items on the TP. I use this website, https://www.gw2tp.com/

If the above don’t suit your fancy, run dungeons. The end reward gives a minimum of 1g per path. It adds up quickly.

And last but not least, farm farm farm Silverwastes. Do events to get crests, use crests to buy keys, use keys to open chests. If you are lucky, you will get plenty of rares you can salvage for ecto’s that you can sell on the TP (Don’t salvage rares that can sell on the TP for more than an ecto ~30-40silver)

Hopefully this helps

Wethospu.6437:

I wonder how people managed to finish dungeons when game launched. No veterans for help. No guides to look up. Somehow we still managed.

Basically this… Some people just don’t want to read. Some people just don’t have motivation to do things better. Some people just want to run around. Some people just want to role play. Some people want to play how they want regardless of their teammates. Some people just want to play with like minded players. Some people just want to finish content in a timely manner. Some people just want to be the very best that no one ever was.

We have just what you are looking for http://www.dtguilds.com/forum/m/6563292/viewforum/4280860

That link contains our individual class profession theory crafting forums and common threads that have the spreadsheets you are looking for.

Iris Ng.9845:

Have you guys lost your mind? Do you wish to get infracted? o.0

Why would we care? As if there are some awful consequences of not being able to use these forums or flood control.

Nikaido.3457:

Zelyhn Lekovitch.2867:

Ah for those who did not forget, remember the time when we could do fractals level 80 with almost no AR? Ahh the good times when skill prevailed over gear (or hammer guardians)!

But nope, now we have scripted agony.

This. Anet promised no-grind, purely skill based end game. There was a ring of truth to it, until they did this.

A WILD NIKAIDO APPEARS!!!

I never noticed this on the bosses but the mobs after the first barrier are susceptible to blinds.

Lol, we don’t swoop in after Nike posts. What does happen is someone posts, then they link it in the chat box (it isn’t private anyone with an account can view it) and we then go read it and post on our own accord. I like your conspiracy theories though

Edit* added a comma :P

We are also not mentioning that it takes 3 people to kick 1 person from a 5 person party. 2 other people did not agree with OP’s actions as well.

Edit* As per spoj’s information, it does not take a majority vote to kick someone.

I find it funny that all the arguments are off topic. The OP was asking if something of this nature can be reported. In reality anything can be reported but I doubt anything will be done about this situation.

Lol, sounds like it’s starting to get personal now hahaha

I would create a ticket and give them (Anet Support Staff) all the material you have on this matter. They totally griefed you and you have the right to report them to the authorities. Just be sure next time that all members of the party are ok with you watching the cutscene because it is not always everyone’s first time in a story mode dungeon.

PS. I know it’s lame but when dealing with others you can never be too careful.

This is not an issue with running the same path multiple times. It is an issue with running distinct paths only once a day. If you watched the video you would see that the number of tokens awarded is inconsistent with the DR model currently in place.

The mods should just close this thread. It’s over.

Einlanzer.1627:

So we all know Berserker is by far the most effective build for most PvE, …. snip.

That was your problem. Berserker is not a build. Your entire premise is invalidated by that one error.

Capitol City.4856:

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Why would I switch abilities when our parties run through the dungeon fine without doing so? That doesn’t make any sense.

Because your parties could be running through the dungeon better, faster, stronger :P

Arkinos.7245:

Tree.3916:

Reducing mob health will only make the Meta groups kill faster which would still keep it more viable than anything else.

Not if you increase NPC armor to reach the same levels of effective hp.

If NPC armor is raised then meta groups will have slower kill times but nonmeta groups will still have poor dps resulting in even slower kill times. That would not change the meta, only make nonmeta builds that much worse.

Example
Meta group 10kdps
Nonmeta group 5k dps

Lets cut the dps in half to simulate extra armor on mobs shall we ?

Meta group 5kdps
Nonmeta group 2.5k dps

Which one will get faster kill times?

We just have to accept the fact that no matter what the devs do in this game, there will ALWAYS be the “best” way to build/gear your character.

Reducing mob health will only make the Meta groups kill faster which would still keep it more viable than anything else.

I wouldn’t say it is worthless because that particular build has a use in PvP. I think it would be better to say that on the build scale from clerics to berserkers (lowest dps but max support to highest dps to lowest support) Shaman gear in tandem with any trait distribution falls short of providing the necessary group buffs such as Might, Fury and Vuln.

Edit: I use the word support loosely as the other side of the spectrum relative to dps

Berserker is not a build, it is a gear choice. Your build is defined by the traits you choose. The sooner you realize this the sooner you will find that there is no problem.

In a tour last night we froze him with Ice Bow and he wasn’t in the middle where he normally is. We just figured we froze him while he was doing his little spin move.

I love announcement days because I get to grab a bag of popcorn and watch as all the self proclaimed “economists” tell us how the market really works.

Take this example of spark prices https://www.gw2tp.com/item/29167-spark

Note during the announcement
a. Sell orders go down by 15% From 1198g to 1008g
b. Buy orders go down by 33% From 1136g to 759g

Now observe the few days after the announcement the market has stabilized after the hype and prices are relatively “normal” at
a. Sell orders are back up to 1049g for a total of 12% decrease from pre announcement.
b. Buy orders are back up to 960g for a total of 15% decrease from pre announcement.

If you look the supply and demand are static throughout the entire time. I speculate that prices will remain like this until they show a preview of what the weapons will be. If the weapons are accepted by the community, get ready for another price crash.
If the weapons are not accepted by the community, get ready for a price spike.

One thing I can tell you for certain… T6 mats WILL go up in price no matter what.

Marthkus.4615:

Thaddeus.4891:

Marthkus.4615:

Not really. Mob Damage is high enough that you have to dodge the big attacks regardless of gear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2VhmwLwvrM

Wow look at that amazing video worthy achievement and team coordination with active defense/healing skill burst.

You are right perhaps dodging is not the only mark of skill.

The only 5 man zerk that is impressive are the ones setting speed records for a dungeon. Aside from that, zerk is low skill play.

Marthkus, it looks like you have it all figured out. Why don’t you showcase your prowess and knowledge by gathering two other like minded individuals and register for the upcoming Trio Dungeon Tournament and show us how wrong we really are. If what you say is true, then we will all eat our words when you win the tournament.
Registration Thread: http://www.dtguilds.com/forum/m/6563292/viewthread/18674672-guild-wars-2-trio-challenge-registration-thread
Rules Thread: http://www.dtguilds.com/forum/m/6563292/viewthread/18674461-guild-wars-2-trio-challenge-competitive-pve-tournament-official-rules
I look forward to seeing you compete.

naiasonod.9265:

snip

Nike had a good idea for normalizing stats. All gear is Celestial and trait distribution would control the stats on characters.

Zenith.7301:

Tree.3916:

Your argument is not valid and is actually an ad hominem (https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/ad-hominem).

The problem here is that there is no problem to fix. The people who balance this game are educated people with degrees in their respective fields. Are you saying that you know more than them and can offer better solutions given the restraints they work with? The fact of the matter is, non berserker builds are rewarded by being allowed to stand in one spot and soak all the damage. That not rewarding enough? Put on some berserker gear and stand in one spot.

It is really rich that someone talking about ad hominems goes on and makes an argument for authority right after talking about logical fallacies and on top of that making a circular argument.

Here is some evidence to back up my claims…
Lupicus vs 5 Full Clerics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZgRUtK7LkM
Lupicus vs 5 of the same class for each class
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OamhniesRfg&list=PLrtWAmj0-iOpWgRRX9BOyoLhrn5jGkg7P

Lupicus vs 5 Meta Group (in 2013…)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAK-QYShjro

Which one of those can you just stand and eat all attacks? I’ll give you a hint… it’s the first one.

What we see here in these videos is that content is balanced in such a way that any gear type can complete the content.

What we have here is people who think absorbing damage is not rewarding enough (with which I agree, learning active defense is the most rewarding thing in this game) and think that their “toughness” or “vitality” should contribute to their overall damage which is just absurd.

xDudisx.5914:

Tree.3916:

Your argument is not valid and is actually an ad hominem (https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/ad-hominem).

The problem here is that there is no problem to fix. The people who balance this game are educated people with degrees in their respective fields. Are you saying that you know more than them and can offer better solutions given the restraints they work with? The fact of the matter is, non berserker builds are rewarded by being allowed to stand in one spot and soak all the damage. That not rewarding enough? Put on some berserker gear and stand in one spot.

“there is no problem to fix” yeah maybe that is why we are always getting class balance updates every few months. Because everything was perfect 2.5 years ago and needed no change. It is obviously the opposite. The devs saw the problem and are always moving away from the zerker easy mode in new content and updates. New bosses that you can’t do critical hits, some bosses with more armor, etc…

I guess people are too salty today becuase of losing 125 power hahaha.

Now you are confusing gear with traits…

Your argument is not valid and is actually an ad hominem (https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/ad-hominem).

The problem here is that there is no problem to fix. The people who balance this game are educated people with degrees in their respective fields. Are you saying that you know more than them and can offer better solutions given the restraints they work with? The fact of the matter is, non berserker builds are rewarded by being allowed to stand in one spot and soak all the damage. That not rewarding enough? Put on some berserker gear and stand in one spot.

xDudisx, it looks like you have it all figured out. Why don’t you showcase your prowess and knowledge by gathering two other like minded individuals and register for the upcoming Trio Dungeon Tournament and show us how wrong we really are. If what you say is true, then we will all eat our words when you win the tournament.

Registration Thread: http://www.dtguilds.com/forum/m/6563292/viewthread/18674672-guild-wars-2-trio-challenge-registration-thread

Rules Thread: http://www.dtguilds.com/forum/m/6563292/viewthread/18674461-guild-wars-2-trio-challenge-competitive-pve-tournament-official-rules

I look forward to seeing you compete.

tigirius.9014:

Actually what some of us want is for PVE balance to be as important to the developers as SPVP seems to be.

100% agree

tigirius.9014:

They told us early on that they would be separating the PVP PVE balance patches so as to prevent things like nerfing classes in PVE from happening. That’s not what’s happened here.

100% agree. It would make balancing the different aspects of the game easier.

tigirius.9014:

Secondly, there has been an ongoing problem where they’ve added CC and reflects and other such abilities to the game but made them completely useless

100% agree. Why have a skill when the functionality is removed.

tigirius.9014:

or have you (Tree) forgotten how right after they gave use reflects in many a build in PVE they made certain attacks from bosses immune to reflects so they too became as useless as CC is today?

How is CC useless?
Here are examples of where CC is incredibly useful…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHKQtrOVR7w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d1-rF2Q3uw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBtFWy-ccTk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1r1bfmoI4E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5OVFXH059M

tigirius.9014:

You don’t have to have the trinity to have cerebral gameplay
you just have to give players choices multiple choices and allow them to work, that’s not what’s happening here, they’ve given us alot of choices but made most of them completely useless in the field when fighting champs and bosses and that’s where the phrase dumbing down applies.

I disagree with this. Aside from a few bosses that negate reflects or blocks, the players still have plenty of choices depending on the game mode you are playing.
http://metabattle.com/wiki/MetaBattle_Wiki

IllegalChocolate.6938:

maddoctor.2738:

IllegalChocolate.6938:

Croc.5129:

Thaddeus.4891:

IllegalChocolate.6938:

nearly invincible eh?

care to put that to the test with a solo of the entirety of the volcanic fractal on lvl50?

I don’t think that anyone that would want to debunk that will pay for a full cleric ascended gear to have enough AR to go througth a level 50 Fractals. But here what I found.

Solo lupi with cleric Warrior
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKO11Y55DTM

Arah path 2 – Group of 5 with dodge disabled
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2VhmwLwvrM

These are all part of the problem. I can tank the spider boss in AC just fine with a mace and focus, but I’m not celebrating that kind of bland gameplay.

I will second this.

Active play should be a part of every archetype regardless if you are bunker or not. The difference is the active play methods that come into play.

The only things that really comes close is playing a bunker on point is sPvP, that is what bunker should be doing in PvE, not just some training wheels, but an actual tactical choice of engagement.

Bunkers in PVP have one role, to stay alive and stall the enemy team until help arrives to help them. That’s their main purpose and they spec for defense because they need to hold points. Holding an objective can be used in certain pve encounters, but can’t be used everywhere and for all boss encounters.

I would like to see it used in a method akin to shooters like Gears of War or Army of Two where the bunker is used as an advancing bulwark to provide a better combat position outside of point defense.

Guild Wars 2 even though an MMORPG borrows heavily from these types of games, the fact that you can swing wildly at nothing, the type of acrobatics you can achieve on legacy of foefire, the fact that DOWNSTATE is straight out of these games like borderlands, gears of war, etc. GW2 needs another push into the action direction and bunker setups can fit very nicely in the picture as the “heavy” of a squad setup.

You still aren’t understanding that boss encounters define how you play. PvP encounters require a bunker to absorb tons of dmg. There are no PvE encounters that require a player to absorb tons of dmg since large wind up attacks are telegraphed and dodgeable. What you really want is an encounter that requires a tanky player to absorb damage. Unfortunately for you, that will never happen in this game as “defined roles” are non existent.

Not unless they wanted to only run PS War exclusively :P

^ Makes sense.

@OP – Where would you be using this? PvE? WvW?

#RaidHype!!!!! The new Vine Boss mechanics are fun.

Seriously? How do you know he was fired for that? How do you know he was fired at all?
Even if what you said is true, how does that invalidate what he said?

Edit: My second question got answered http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Robert_Hrouda

What do you mean “make a phalanx warrior”? You can change your build at any time so there is no need to create an entirely new character that specifically runs this build.

When I think of group compositions I think of mainly three things: Might, Fury, Vuln. As long as your comp can supply 25 stacks of Might and Vuln and keep Fury up, then everything else is just a nice bonus.

This is a good start. As Thaddeus said, people normally test their rotations over a set period of time (10s to simulate a quick fight, 30s for long fights) and calculate damage coefficients. There is some good discussion about dps calculations on DnT’s forums http://www.dtguilds.com/forum/m/6563292/viewforum/4280860 I’d recommend checking it out if you want to improve your spreadsheet. The more the merrier!