Guild Wars 2

Thanks for the report, I will investigate this.

Kwll.1468:

So basically nothing important just secondary fluff. More we know these things are problems and we are working on them but we don’t know when they will be ready. New Amulets and map fixes whoopee. How about making your leaderboards and game enjoyment worth something by fixing match making and decay. You put in your first pass at a decay months ago and its been a fail for months. Your game punishes people for playing. Your matchmaking system frequently has people ranked in the top 500 versus people not in the top 1,000. These things should be your priorities!

They are on our priority list we just are not allowed to talk about it when we don’t have a designated release date

Thanks for the write up, it is encouraging to see this feedback as it lets us know we are headed in the right direction in the upcoming future!

We are definitely aware of the issues surrounding PvP. We’ve been generating data since we released these features and I think it’s fair to say that each will be visited by us as soon as we can get around to it. (matchmaking, decay, dishonored, ratings, rewards)

We have a lot on our plate but what you can expect to see soon is:

• Random map rotation should be working appropriately for Team Arena
• New amulets for PvP
• Temple of the Silent Storm map layout re-work (took out the water)

We started a query today for the Random Map Rotation bug on Team Arenas as this bug should currently be fixed on live. Please let us know if you are still experiencing playing one specific map much more often then the others though if the issue arises again.

Thanks,
-Powerr

Good feedback here, I especially like the “AI Clutter/gameplay too easy” section. We want to do a lot of this stuff to improve the quality of life for our players.

This is a great example of how to document feedback for us to read. It is noteworthy to mention that feedback is also much more likely to be read when not filled with hyperbole and sarcasm.

I personally have used a few of these talking points when delivering feedback to the Skills and Balance Team, not all but a few. Just remember when writing lengthy topics to establish a TL;DR at the end. We have talked about doing a lot of this stuff you wrote about so that should at least be good to hear.
Nice write-up Julius. Threads like these +1.

-Powerr

Allie Murdock.8152:

Sure, but keep in mind that most of the suggestions or feedback that is posted on this forums is either in development, on our backlog, or simply impossible to do with our game engine.

Know that I read these forums daily(many of us do), constantly refreshing the page and reading through most every thread. I’ve been passing along all good feedback to the team (you can ask them yourself how naggy I can be about it) since day one. There are even times I take your feedback and expand on it, by creating more professional documentation.

Don’t make the mistake thinking we are not aware of what is wrong with the game or that we aren’t watching the feedback you are providing. We are well aware of most everything that is going on out there, we are just busy. I think we cleared this issue up with those who attended the PAX event. It may be difficult to understand that we have it under control and know what’s going on with the obvious flaws in our system right now (matchmaking, decay, leaver penalty, rewards) but know that we are working to fix them all at the soonest possible point in time. Often times processes come in the way of releasing content as fast as the community expects it(*sigh, game development process), but know that they will be fixed.

I can try to be more visible on the forums here regarding your feedback but Allie already does a good job at that. Just know that I’m here lurking and watching over this section of the forums constantly.

<3 you all

Was a pleasure getting to meet the lot of you this past weekend. It was fantastic to get to hang out, chat and talk gw2. Hope we got to prove to you guys that we do know what’s going on and what the game needs:D

Special shout-outs to Zombify, Caed, Vyn, Twerp, Davinci, Ben, Olli, Posi, Super, Mogwow, Jsu, Muffinz, Supcutie, and Reevzy.

Here is a list of the current active Custom Arena commands. Note that some commands remove the progression of your server upon usage. This means that using a no progression command will hence forth cease your ability to gain glory and rank points for that match.

Tournament Commands: These commands were established to aid in running custom tournaments. Using any of these commands will turn off progression for the remainder of the match in which you used it. [Example: using /gamestart will not allow any players in the match to accumulate glory or rank points.]

• /gamestart – Forces the current game to start. Disables rewards and stats.
• /gameend – Ends the current game. Disables rewards and stats.
• /setscore – Sets each team’s score, and is clamped to victory score. (total points needed for victory) Example: /setscore 150 499 where the first number is red team score and second is blue. Score can be set before the match starts in the ‘waiting for players’ phase.

Administrative Commands: these commands require you to have the designated player targeted. You do not need to type that players name. Simply acquire your target and type one of these slash commands.

• /memberadd – Adds the player to the list of members for the server.
• /memberremove – Removes the player from the members list.
• /guildadd – Adds the guild of target player to guild list
• /guildremove – Removes the guild of targeted player from guild list
• /ban – Sends the targeted player back to the lobby. Adds their name to the list of banned players.
• /unban – Removes the targeted player from the ban list
• /kick – Sends the targeted player back to the lobby.
• /teamswitch – Switches the player from their current team to the other team

Hope this list helps!
Enjoy!

This is a known issue for the skills and balance team. They will get to it as soon as they can. Thanks

I forwarded this information to the skills and balance team. Thank you and if you come across any other skills that have this issue please speak up

This is unfortunately a bug right now but what I can say is that we have a fix we will get in as soon as we are able. For the time being you will have to have everyone exit your server so it can reset if your server gets stuck. Try to avoid using /gameend but you can still use /setscore

Right now players are experiencing longer loading times, we are investigating this. Sorry for the temporary inconvenience.

If you have an issue with this new quality of life improvement you are not required to use it. Go ahead and turn off ‘Effect LOD’ in the graphics settings.

GL to all participating! Can’t wait to tune in

Can’t wait to see if NA has any tricks up its sleeves for this meta.

Vena.8436:

Now here’s something I haven’t seen answered/asked:

SoloQ does the team that wins continue or have to requeue?
If the above is “continues” do they eventually get through into TeamQ, ala GW1 RA -> TA?

Your roster will disband once the match is over.

This is an intended effect for the Superior set. For balance reasoning we cannot have 3 sets of 15% boon duration.

Hello!

What is happening is you are accidentally clicking the target likely due to the slowcast/fastcast mechanic of ground target based skills.

Turning off “Right-Click and Double-Click to Attack/Interact” in the Combat/Movement options will fix this.

Forest coming up!

We will have a fix for this as soon as possible

Hello,

I’d like to investigate this issue if you happen to have answers for the following questions:

• Were you queued for PvP? Did you simply click join Sanctum Sprint and load into a PvP match?
• Did you happen to check what server it put you in?
• Was it a Custom Arena or a standard hot-join?
• Did you have any friends in the match it put you in?

We do indeed have an implemented leaderboard decay. We are keeping a close eye on things and we’ll make adjustments as we see fit.

Nice video. Demonstrations like this are very valuable when trying to build the community. Keep up the good work Jumper.

P.S. My spirit ranger build did pretty good against you (hint hint)

We are aware of Phase Retreats z-axis issues as well. As for the bug fixes on teleports, we don’t wan’t people teleporting through walls except with skills like shadow return. If you can port through a wall, then it is most likely not intended.

Thanks for the reports, we have verified that there are indeed some issues with shadowsteps right now. We are working on a fix that will be out as soon as we are comfortable with it QA wise.

This fix is being distributed in tomorrow’s hotfix.

As an avid PvP myself, I can understand the wait for Solo Q can be a frustrating process. As we’ve announced in several podcasts now, Solo Q is our top priority. Fixing matchmaking was a necessary process that did not take developer time away from Solo Q and will make our implementation of Solo Q run much more smoothly.

We want to ensure you are not experiencing:
*Drastically longer queue times
*Massive losses/gains of rating per match (check ranking fluctuations)
*Mismatches (i.e. playing a top 25 ranked team as a 400 ranked player)

An example of constructive feedback for this would be:

Response A: “I’m a 300-400 ranked player and I typically play at prime time. Since the patch my matches seem to be much more even unless I manage to face a premade who happens to sit around my ranking (I checked their ranking). My queue times seem to be consistent as to how they were pre-patch and I am no longer experiencing massive ranking losses.”

Response B: “I’m a 300-400 ranked player and I typically play non prime time hours. Since the patch I seemed to be getting mismatched quite often. After checking the rankings of players I was facing I can conclude that I’ve been getting placed in buckets much higher than expected as my team was much lower ranked than our opponents. My queue times on the other hand are quite fast.”

Keep in mind you aren’t required to post feedback. We encourage you to keep things constructive and friendly. Thanks everyone!

Hey all! Let’s make sure to remember that matchmaking is based off your rating and not your PvP rank. Players cannot currently see their ratings but our new matchmaking is much more efficient at pooling players together for matches. You should be experiencing much smaller rating deviations in games without a terrible sacrifice to queue time.

Be sure to give constructive feedback on how you feel the matchmaking is working for you.

Hello Truefaith,

At this current point in time none of our rune sets with buff durations reflect changes on utility skill tool tips. They still however should be reflecting the proper duration of boons you aquire on your buff bar. Hope this clears the air on this functionality at this current time.