Guild Wars 2

Yeah, I’d love to see more use of Boon Duration and Condition Duration, as they’re really nice stats to play around with.

As the title suggests, what stat combos are all of you guys interested in seeing in the future? Personally, I’d love to see:

• Psychopath:
  Condition Damage/Precision/Condition Duration
  This, in my opinion would serve as a condition build equivalent to the Berserker prefix.
  Like with Boon Duration on Giver’s armor, the Condition Duration would only be increased by 1% due to it being a secondary stat.
  It gives Precision because of there being a lot condition traits and sigils that give conditions on critical hits.

• Saint:
  Boon Duration/Healing Power/Power
  This would be a nice addition to support-based players, and would still benefit them offensively by providing them with a good amount of Power.
  The distribution of the stats would work similarly to Giver’s weapons, with Healing Power and Power acting as secondary stats, while Boon Duration that’s provided would be generous as the primary stat.

• Anarchist:
  Condition Damage/Precision/Power
  This is akin to Rampage, but aimed more for players wanting to solidify a good damage hybrid build.

Anyway, these are just a few that ad been sitting in my head for a while.
What about you guys? What stat combos have you guys been interested in seeing in the game?

Substance E.4852:

TriggerSad.2597:

Guys, let’s keep in mind that these might not be the final versions of the armor sets, and that the textures could be subject to change until their official release. The same can be said with how they interact with dye colors. Until then, it’s best not to judge the sets for what we currently see.

It’s unlikely that they would upload the armor to the gw.dat if it wasn’t the finished product.

Except there’s been a lot of stuff added to the gw.dat that was never released, so saying this is completed, ready to ship, armor is wrong. We have no clue how finished they are, so judging them for what we see now isn’t appropriate. At least for me it isn’t.

Nuka Cola.8520:

TriggerSad.2597:

Guys, let’s keep in mind that these might not be the final versions of the armor sets, and that the textures could be subject to change until their official release. The same can be said with how they interact with dye colors. Until then, it’s best not to judge the sets for what we currently see.

Why did they released unfinished ascended weapon textures then? this is the final version and it looks THAT bad.

1. Armor, not weapons.
2. They were data-mined, so I wouldn’t say that they were purposefully leaked.

Guys, let’s keep in mind that these might not be the final versions of the armor sets, and that the textures could be subject to change until their official release. The same can be said with how they interact with dye colors. Until then, it’s best not to judge the sets for what we currently see.

Maybe you shouldn’t have died then.

Conner.4702:

TriggerSad.2597:

It is relevant. Those achievements serve no purpose other than being extra. They don’t reward players anything at all.

Still makes it irrelevant and it’s sad that you can’t see how badly the design is for this achievement.

What’s sad is that your considering this an issue. It’s not.
It’s an extra achievement that’s flung towards you for something that’ll happen eventually. It doesn’t reward you anything at all.

I’m sure if you get upset enough, they’ll do exactly what you want them to do.

The amount of voice recording, armor modifying, model creation this would require… I doubt that would ever be possible.

a t s e.9614:

Nan, i like the LFG tool , and the merge party is quite hilarious sometimes, the other day we end up with 5 warriors party… Never again!

I’d actually like to do an all-warrior party some day. Mind you it would have to be with my guild, and over voice chat. I can’t picture a PuG handling it fairly.

I thought that ANet makes it clear on their website that this game has a stronger PvE presence than PvP. Of course, you’d actually have to look this sort of thing up before purchase, but I guess some people are incapable of doing that.

Galphar.3901:

Windu The Forbidden One.6045:

Guild Wars 2 is a PvE game, with some pvp as a bonus. Just the way I like it. But I can understand the frustration for pvp/wvw players, the game could use some more pvp/wvw content.

The game could use actual Guild Wars. GvG and HA were the top 2 features in GW and they are nonexistent in GW2.

Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2 aren’t the same game. Expecting it to be is a waist of energy, to be honest.

It is relevant. Those achievements serve no purpose other than being extra. They don’t reward players anything at all.

Kite.2510:

Old…
I made a topic about it 15 hours ago and it still has 0 posts…
Community doesn’t seem to care.

The content it self seems a bit underwhelming compare to what we’re used to, Unless there are surprises on the way.

No one posted in your thread because there was already a thread about it…

The trolling that subforum would get…

It honestly does seem the most balanced out of the three T7 materials.
I mean, you can complete all five Orr Temples and get 150 ore. Doing a few more World Bosses can earn enough players 2 ingots in a single play session. All in all, that sounds like a good rate to get them. You’ll have the five ingots you need in three days. Of course you can go about it a slower pace and spread it out to a week.

With Bloodstone Dust… You can get enough dust for five bricks in a day of champion farming… That doesn’t seem right.

Then we have the Fragments…. I mean, if you have alts this is actually a cake walk, but if you don’t then your looking at a week+ of doing Jumping Puzzles and looking for chests… Seems fine, but Jumping Puzzles can be hard for some, or tedious for others.

All in all, if it had a consistancy similar to Dragonite, I don’t think it would be that big of an issue.

There aren’t any, It’s basically looking for a needle in a haystack.
It honestly isn’t that bad if your patient and have the time, but it would’ve been nice to have some sort of hints to where they are in the zones.

If only Fragments dropped like that… Dragonite isn’t as crazy as Bloodstone Dust, but it is decent to get. All in all, I wouldn’t mind both being obtained at a similar rate as Dragonite in my opinion.

If you have the tickets in your inventory, then the NPC will give you an option to open a window where you can trade old tickets for weapons.

Umm… Where was it said that the Druids were involved in the creation of the Pale Tree’s seed? Where was this conversation even had? Last I checked, what Scarlet saw was more of an ethereal version of the Pale Tree along with the rest of Tyria and the universe around it.

I’m sorry, but If you’re going to “make clear” what it is she saw, please use actual facts. Don’t make up information for the sake of convenience for you. All it’ll do is misinform people.

I’m pretty sure Faolain abandoned Twilight Arbor, and went into hiding, after her defeat during the Story Mode version of the same dungeon. Not to mention that we clear out what’s mostly left of the Nightmare Court that were there during the Explorable Mode’s different paths.

I can see Scarlet invading Twilight Arbor, but I can’t imagine there being that many Nightmare Courtiers left to fend her off, or that Faolain’s returned there either. It is where Caithe kind of dumped her for the umpteenth time.

I’d like to agree that more sylvari armor would be a great, but a part of me hopes for an armorset that is a fusion of plant-matter and steel… Sort of have the plantlike molding itself onto the platemail. Would be neat imo.

On Overflows, Tequatl spawns ten minutes after the main serve events kicks off. At least that what I’ve come to understand how that works…

Astral Projections.7320:

Sarrs.4831:

I thought Scarlet would be getting exposure once every 6 months, not every second month. Does anyone actually like her?

Her mommy and daddy like her. That’s two people. And the ANet staff, that’s 300, for a total of 302 people.

Scarlet only has a mom, the Pale Tree, and I’m pretty sure she’s not fond of that psycho either…

Have you ever gone swimming in the northeastern section of Malchor’s Leap?
At some point, if you swim deep enough, you’ll be in pitch black waters. You can’t see anything that’s happening around you. There’s almost little to no visibility.
There are even mobs that will attack you in some sections, which you won’t be able to see until they get close enough to you.
Honestly, it’s one of the more scarier places in the game for me.

Actually, certain areas in Orr can do that to me, like the beached ship in Cursed Shore. If you get lost there for a second, be prepared to get hunted down by every Risen in there… I used to get super panicky when I first came across it… Also the catacombs in the South Western section of Straits can give off an eerie vibe. Mind you that fear is subjective, so while I found this stuff creepy and scary, other would not have felt anything at all.

Something that I just remembered, and I hope to see return if/when the Ritualist profession makes a comeback are Item Spells!
I know that warrior banners work similarly, but there’s enough of a difference I feel to warrant a return!

Oh god! Ignite Arrows was amazingly fun!
I loved combining Burning Arrow and Apply Poison for that extra special condition stacking!

Have No Faith In Me.1840:

TriggerSad.2597:

Yes! Why wasn’t the warrior given “Charge!”?
It would have been amazing to use it Wuvwub right as a way to engage enemy zergs! xD

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Charge_

… I need to start playing my warrior again…

They make these undocumented changes to charr armor, yet they still haven’t added a dye panel to the male heavy Aetherblade gauntlets, which would let us actually dye the glow section. Why is it that the female version of the armor has this, but the male/nuetral version doesn’t? Some people payed money to get this armor set you know…

Yes! Why wasn’t the warrior given “Charge!”?
It would have been amazing to use it Wuvwub right as a way to engage enemy zergs! xD

As the title says, this thread is for the Guild Wars players that are missing some of the hundreds of skills (and/or skill mechanics) we had at our disposal. This is NOT a thread to complain about limited build diversity or the ilk. This thread is to here to allow players a way to point ANet towards some nice skills we’d like to see return.
For the non-Guild Wars players, here is a link to a wiki page listing Guild Wars skills in different categories based on mechanics, campaigns, professions, etc.

Here are a few skills that I would love to see make a comeback in Guild Wars 2:

• Ray of Judgement
  Now, this skill already exists in the game as a guardian’s Focus skill. However, it unfortunately cannot compare to the awesomeness that was its Guild Wars predecessor. I mean, who can’t fall in love with a giant holy death beam that shot down from the sky, setting any foe that touched it on fire while dealing armor-ignoring damage to said touched foes. That right there is the epitome of epic!

• Double Dragon
  Now, Double Dragon was originally an OK skill. It was a pointblank AoE that dealt several ticks of damage to foes that were standing too close to the caster. Though, with how squishy casters were in Guild Wars, and better forms of PBAoE skills being provided to melee players, it never really got that much attention outside of gimmicky farm builds. Lucky, this skill (as well as other elementalist elite skills) was given an updated that actually made it a fun skill to carry around during a fight.
  It became a Doublecast Skill, meaning that both the caster, and a targeted ally received the effects of the skill. Imagine yourself and a friend being surrounded by a giant fire tornado that dealt decent amounts of damage that also happened to set things on fire. What’s more was the fact that the user could cast the skill onto them self, doubling the effects as a makeshift super PBAoE skill!

• Illusionary Weaponry
  Honestly, when the mesmer was first revealed, the art work used on the Guild Wars 2 website as a link to the mesmer’s page, brought forth some speculation as to whether the mesmer’s infamous elite skill, Illusionary Weaponry, would make a triumphant return as something worth using. In Guild Wars, the skill itself was fun to use, but it was never a very effective way of dealing damage to foes. with casters being given the ability to be within melee range, many had hoped that a return of Illusionary Weaponry’s mechanic would prove a very awesome means of dealing damage as a mesmer. Sadly it was not to be, but the elementalist was given a way to summon magical weapons that had their own mechanics. Still… Summoning purple weapons that dealt direct damage it still cool…

• Heal Area
  Now, Heal Area was never a viable skill for monks to bring with them. While having a powerful heal that healed everyone within range was very tempting, it literally healed everyone. If there were still some mobs surrounding the user, they would have also been healed. Meaning that it would a lot take longer to defeat a group of mobs.
  Now there are some examples of PBoE healing in Guild Wars 2. The guardian meditation, Merciful Intervention, comes to mind as well as the elementalist’s off-hand dagger skill, Cleansing Wave, are both some decent PBAoE heals with additional effects that can help their users. Though, as far as supporting allies goes, it would be nice to have some more sources of healing. Now it doesn’t have to be exactly like Heal Area (Please don’t let it be like exactly like Heal Area!), but having some more PBAoE heals would make supporting a party a bit more interesting besides spamming them with boons.

These are just a few skill that I can think of right now, but what about you guys? Are there any skills you’d like to see return? Are there skill mechanics you would love to see come back? Why?

What’s more is the fact that Condition Damage doesn’t affect Tequatl or the fingers. Meaning that they’re also stuck defending turrets from mobs.
I still think that zerkers still have a place attacking Taco because they still have a good amount of Power on them. It’s just that they aren’t as beefy.

I, myself, have been on Jade Quarry since the games launch. I love being on the server, and while we can be a bit dense and complainy (yes we can, admit it), we still know how to have a good time. I had originally hoped that we would get the coveted spot as being the first server to take down the new Tequatl, but that went to Blackgate (congratulations btw!!!). That being said, I still want to take down the Mexican Fiesta with my server, however this doesn’t seem to be possible right now. I’m hit into overflow every time I try to get into Bloodtide Coast. The few times I have been able to get in, it was because I was able to get piggybacked by a friend who was lucky enough to get a spot. Otherwise, I’m stuck not being able to get into my home world’s map.
This is fine, the Tequatl changes are new, and people want to take a slash as the beast or they at least want to complete their Meta Achievement. They have every right to the map as I do. However, I find that I’m not as interested or involved with the fight when I’m on an Overflow. More often than not, I end up leaving Bloodtide for Lion’s Arch or Orr to run Temple Metas.
It’s not that I don’t trust the people on Overflows either. I’ve gotten some pretty good groups on Overflows. It’s just that I want to do this with my fellow Jade Quarry peeps.

I guess what I’m trying to ask from everyone is;
Do you lose interest once you see you didn’t get into your server’s version of the map? If you do, is it due to server pride or lack of faith towards players on Overflows? if not, then why?

Edit: Sorry if this post sounds a bit complainy! I’m just expressing a bit of disappointment at not being able to share a Tequatl win with my server…

Stormcrow.7513:

Travis the Terrible.4739:

I already play the game with sound off. Wouldn’t do anything for me.

Anet will find a way!

They could add it to player dialog instead of music…

Stormcrow.7513:

How about Bieber or Cyrus? Can we rotate once per month in LS plz?

You know they made a colab song about twerking…

ANet, do with this info what you will…

I don’t think the NPC AI can handle ground targeted skills, and they’ll need to be able to know how with three of the turrets skills using that mechanic.

No need to worry! At least you know for next time!
Also thanks for the second link!!

And /thread

An imgur album would have worked wonders, but I’m still grateful that you posted these up for us! Thank you!

Delryn.7235:

What Anet needs to do is start actually passing along information to their playerbase within the game itself. Unless you look for info on what’s going on outside the game you can’t complete most of the “challenges” they give us.

It’s become simply annoying how little amounts of information is actually well distributed in the game. Or how well they explain new things they add within the actual game.

Fun fact; there’s an NPC that give warnings during the fight, and there are a few that explain things if you talk to them.

Nokaru.7831:

Use Powerful Potion of Undead Slaying for 10% more damage against him and 10% less damage taken.

I can see this working on the adds, but does it actually work on Tequatl itself?

Vince Ste Marie.2081:

TriggerSad.2597:

Vince Ste Marie.2081:

Allow me to clear this up.

1. The meta will be available for 2 weeks.
2. The Tequat’l fight is permanent content; Rox and the dragon clue hunts will go away after 2 weeks.
3. “Boss Week” is a Shark Week joke.

Too bad you guys didn’t release this on Shark Week. It would have been glorious! xD

Sharks and World Bosses don’t get along. :P

But what if there were a World Boss that was a shark?!?! :P

Daecollo.9578:

100% chance to drop a RANDOMLY stated ascended weapon chest.
33% chance after that to also drop his weapon.

Still a no.
Once people actually learn the encounter, and it becomes easier to do because of it, then everyone will be getting one of those weapons which will trivialize them to the ground.

Vince Ste Marie.2081:

Allow me to clear this up.

1. The meta will be available for 2 weeks.
2. The Tequat’l fight is permanent content; Rox and the dragon clue hunts will go away after 2 weeks.
3. “Boss Week” is a Shark Week joke.

Too bad you guys didn’t release this on Shark Week. It would have been glorious! xD

The thing is, even with competent turret operators, the players not on them need to do their part too. The Fingers are what spawn the poison fields, with enough of them up it can easily overwhelm turret operators trying to cleanse the area. Players not on the turrets need to destroy the fingers as fast as possible.
Not to mention the fact that the turrets are sitting ducks for the Risen that spawn in around them. They need players around to protect them from attacks.
There’s more to the turrets than just having nine players get on them and spam 2 & 3.

They also need to clear the poison field, but players not on the turrets need to destroy the fingers that are shooting them out left and right.

From what I saw during the event, people on the turrets were getting overwhelmed by everything they needed to do. Not to mention the fact that they weren’t being defended adequately.
This new version of Tequatl is a balancing act. Players need to attack as well as defend. Doing just one thing is going to fail the event big time.

General game lag aside, this update is new to all of us. Yes, we got a preview of how Tequatl was changed, but reading and watching videos does not make one an expert at something. Not to mention the fact that some people are going into this changed event blind, with no prior knowledge of the event at all. Give other players some time to improve, to learn, and to get organized. I’m sure that a month from now, we won’t be failing this event, or failing it this badly.

I’m honestly surprised that they didn’t just make the inscription available from Grenth vendor for karma. I mean, that is where you get Soldier’s trinkets from.

And that is..?

Yeah, while it would be cool to get some more use out of the engine, I don’t think that most players have computers good enough to handle it. Remember, ANet wants/needs a very large amount of people to play this game, and if they add too much then they run the risk of have an overly demanding game.
Mind you that the game could use a bit a tone down in some regard…

I’m pretty sure that there were a few faces like that scattered around the Tarnished a coast in Guild Wars 1 as well.