Guild Wars 2

A few players have offered the possibility to introduce some new finishers, basically the same that are available now but with different colors. The rank progression could stop at r80 but maybe it could keep stacking on some sort of achievement, at r90 you would unlock a blue rabbit, at r100 a blue deer and so on and so forth.

CntrlAltDefeat.1465:

This is a helpful thread. I do have a question regarding transmutation stones/crystal obtained via PvE content and the universal wardrobe. I keep hearing about transmute charges that may/may not be part of the reward system which I am assuming will allow one to change skins via these transmute charges, but what happens to transmutation stones/crystals. Having worked through 100% map completion for legendary purposes and leveling alts I have accumulated a large amount of T. Stones and a reasonable number of T. Crystals. Will these still be usable in a universal way for selecting/changing PvP skins, or will they only remained usable for PvE skins? either It does sound like a more stream lined system, I am just seeking clarification about what the future of T. Stones/crystals will be.

They will work pretty much the same and you’ll able to convert the transmutation thingies you have now :

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Transmutation_Charge

It is pretty weird that they’re still displayed in the UI then, don’t you think?

A fun build that relies entirely on your positioning – you die when people look at you :

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vEAQFAWnMISJD2yA2MArEGACPCghCEFso8YnYqB-TkAg0CnIqRVjrGTNyas1MEB

If you still want some survivability although you’ll still die if you’re focused :

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vEAQFAWhMM6Z25wwBr0AQ4RAMUgogFlH7MjNA-TkAg0CnIyRljLHTOycs5MEB

Chaith.8256:

silvermember.8941:

Uhtameit.2413:

Homicidal Toaster.5836:

My issue is that I do focus on point suppression, but they just leave the point briefly to kitten on me and then they cap the point while I bleed out (if they decided not to waste their sweet time stomping me).

Are you going alone vs several people? your post makes it sound that way. You need to position yourself so that the enemy doesn’t see you until it’s too late if you’re glass staff ele.

Yep. staff elementalist is only truly effective inconjuction with another player. the other player puts pressure while you stand back and do stuff. The issue with the ele is one wrong look and they drop really really fast.

Running a support Ele means that you aren’t really going to die, fyi. Still brings decent point pressure.

He said he was trying to nuke people though, I doubt you can do that with a support staff ele.

I’d like to get an answer . Isn’t anyone curious ?

Homicidal Toaster.5836:

My issue is that I do focus on point suppression, but they just leave the point briefly to kitten on me and then they cap the point while I bleed out (if they decided not to waste their sweet time stomping me).

Are you going alone vs several people? your post makes it sound that way. You need to position yourself so that the enemy doesn’t see you until it’s too late if you’re glass staff ele.

BLUna.7928:

Mists chat after the patch

That’s funny, it’s so much easier to understand you when you’re typing compared to when you’re shoutcasting xD

Homicidal Toaster.5836:

Chaith.8256:

Homicidal Toaster.5836:

So what would you guys recommend for a staff ele?

I recommend you don’t play staff Ele until April 15th. Cleansing Water is getting a revert to the old, OP version. The group condition removal you can get with Staff 5 and other water traits are out to lunch.

Lol, what? Just that ONE skill made the staff viable? Right now I try to nuke people, but even when they sit in my AOEs, I do no damage. In PvE, I completely destroy everything with the staff (except in Arah), but when I bring the same build to PvP, it does no damage at all. Needs buff?

I beg to differ, zerker ele does insane damage if people stands in the AoEs, lingering in them for 1 or 2s can prove fatal. What is your build?

Yeah it definitely is real, since then I’ve changed my internet provider so I’m unable to go there again. I have a few more screens :

http://imgur.com/a/IZqRl#10

You will notice a lot of funny graphic issues, like the linear border with water (since no one was supposed to go there, I’m guessing they didn’t bother with it). There is also a weird symbol on the rocks at some point, I have no clue what it is.

Deimos Tel Arin.7391:

Uhtameit.2413:

Deimos Tel Arin.7391:

Uhtameit.2413:

Lord Hammer Hand.4815:

you know when u get autobalanced and switch to a losing team you still will get the win bonus, thats why i alway volunteer to be switch so sure win bonus.

Given that the bonus is 1% of what you gain if you win the game, it’s not very enticing.

what 1%? what are you talking about?
if you auto balance by volunteer or by force, you get 15 silvers win bonus and winning rank points plus any top stats rank points bonus you may have.

not 1% so what are you going on about?

however, i can relate if being shoved to the “losing team” sometimes can mean steam rolled quite badly. i had my fair share of those experiences.

does not stop me from playing in hotjoin servers though.

because that is what hotjoin is about.

same thing happens in counter strike, team fortress etc.
one dominant player in one side could make some difference.

You gain 500 glory if you win, 5 if you volunteer. If there’s any reward beside that I don’t know it.

if you volunteer, you get the win bonus of 500 rank points provided if you stay until the end of the match.

along with the minor volunteer bonus rank points.

and 15 silvers for a win in a hotjoin / custom arena game.

so did you learn something new today?

Ofc since you’ve been in both teams you will gain the 500 glory, that is not a reward for volunteering, that is the reward for winning. The 15 silver comes with the victory so same thing.

So yes, I learned that if you stayed in the winning team in the first place, you would still have those rewards. Thank you deimos !

bhagwad.4281:

Uhtameit.2413:

bhagwad.4281:

But what am I to do? I’m in this to win and a man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do!

I would suggest you are there to play a game so you probably should play what you enjoy most, regardless of victory and meta. But you know, killing the fun yourself by playing braindead specs must be a good solution too.

Oh and yeah, ofc, that’s not exactly possible in tournament. But facing braindead or becoming one is not appealing to me so I’d rather stay in HJ.

“Fun” – now there’s a loaded word. People play for different reasons. For me, the pain of playing a decap engi is obviously less than the “fun” of winning. So I’ll keep playing it till it’s changed.

And “fun” is not the only reason we play. It’s such a frivolous way of looking at things.

It’s a game, so yeah, I consider it in a frivolous perspective. Seems rather legit, don’t you think ?

Locuz.2651:

Uhtameit.2413:

But facing braindead or becoming one is not appealing to me so I’d rather stay in HJ.

So to be less braindead we should play hotjoins? Since thats where people play less cheesy builds while playing the game in an intelligent manner?

Is that what you’re saying?

Well, if I encounter hordes of people playing op builds in hotjoin, I can always pick another server. In tournament, you’re stuck and have to fight them. Needless to say, you need to play a braindead build yourself. I’m not willing to go that far to win, nor would I enjoy fighting the meta. So no tournament these days…

Static.9841:

Nary Why Irk.8150:

You won nothing here, nor in real life

So pretty much like you and those Skyhammer games then?

Run along now kiddo, Bernard Matthews is calling your name.

I don’t mean to say, but he seems to have limited abilities to read and think, don’t waste your time xD

Nary Why Irk.8150:

Uhtameit.2413:

sirflamesword.3896:

Nary Why Irk.8150:

Practice makes you raise your skill, didnt you know?

So I feel like I’m talking to a brick wall, so I just going to stop. GG you won the arguement through lack of understanding.

He won the discussion I was having with him that way, too. He’s just that good.

Fluffball.8307:

What if current rank finishers were guardian-flame-blue (for example), and forever unattainable in that color after the update.

So a blue phoenix would be “worth” way more than a (what are they currently, yellow? I’m color blind) yellow dragon.

That is a very good idea that would probably satisfy the less self-centered of us. We just have to wait for Anet to comment. They probably will, at some point

Of course I won, what I´m stating is completely true and it´s impossible to be counter argued.

Yes it is, you are also a genius and I wish I could carry your children.

With that being said, the fact that you are unable to understand and/or answer most of the points sirflamesword.3896 and I raised does not mean you can’t be countered, it just means that you ignore the flaws in your reasoning or that you have a hard time making good use of your brain cells. Sadly you are too self-centered to even consider someone else’s point of view, no matter how wrong you might be

If that’s not clear enough : you’re just one big kiddo who’s spent the past two years on his computer and thinks he alone is entitled to rewards, while the other players – that may have actually played instead of living for the game like you did – shouldn’t get any rewards. If someone asks why, your answer is “because”. Because you’re selfish as hell and that’s not gonna succeed because it’s not constructive one bit.

In any case, I shall enjoy being a dragon by your side. See you in game, Dragon Darling !

bhagwad.4281:

Jaxom.7310:

Right and those players at r70+ got glory, which these r55 people won’t, and that glory could have been spent at the vendor on items such as skill point scrolls and tomes of knowledge.

Since you’ve said this “glory” stuff several times, may I ask what your rank is in PvP? Anyone who things glory/old chests is worth anything can’t be a PvP player. Have you ever got new equipment from rank up chests? Have you ever had a chance of a precursor?

Anyone who has ranked up knows the rank up chests are worthless. And glory…yeah, it’s so useful that people had millions of it and didn’t know what to do with it. Moar glory!

Try and read what was said earlier : the main reward from the new chests are the Tomes of Knowledges, which are already easily accessible with glory. That’s why his argument is pretty sound.

bhagwad.4281:

But what am I to do? I’m in this to win and a man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do!

I would suggest you are there to play a game so you probably should play what you enjoy most, regardless of victory and meta. But you know, killing the fun yourself by playing braindead specs must be a good solution too.

Oh and yeah, ofc, that’s not exactly possible in tournament. But facing braindead or becoming one is not appealing to me so I’d rather stay in HJ.

Deimos Tel Arin.7391:

Uhtameit.2413:

Lord Hammer Hand.4815:

you know when u get autobalanced and switch to a losing team you still will get the win bonus, thats why i alway volunteer to be switch so sure win bonus.

Given that the bonus is 1% of what you gain if you win the game, it’s not very enticing.

what 1%? what are you talking about?
if you auto balance by volunteer or by force, you get 15 silvers win bonus and winning rank points plus any top stats rank points bonus you may have.

not 1% so what are you going on about?

however, i can relate if being shoved to the “losing team” sometimes can mean steam rolled quite badly. i had my fair share of those experiences.

does not stop me from playing in hotjoin servers though.

because that is what hotjoin is about.

same thing happens in counter strike, team fortress etc.
one dominant player in one side could make some difference.

You gain 500 glory if you win, 5 if you volunteer. If there’s any reward beside that I don’t know it.

Lord Hammer Hand.4815:

you know when u get autobalanced and switch to a losing team you still will get the win bonus, thats why i alway volunteer to be switch so sure win bonus.

Given that the bonus is 1% of what you gain if you win the game, it’s not very enticing.

Serdoc.7261:

Sometimes I (rank 50, tend to really well) switch to the losing side just to see if I can switch the game around, and sometimes, it works

Often works for 5v5, much harder in 8v8 though.

According to : https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/big-changes-to-pvp-paid-tournaments-replaced-by-free-tournaments/

top QP earners will receive a valuable in-game prize, which will be detailed in a later blog post.

What about the other players that still have QP that have absolutely no value whatsoever? are we going to be able to trade it for something at some point?

It’s been over a year since QP were removed as a reward so it’d be nice to know.

Darksteel.8412:

I don’t get it…people with rank 55 will get the Dragon Finisher/Rank? So what does rank 49 or 50 get or 39 or 51 it’s confusing what I’m reading here…

39-55 will be changed as linear 39-80 so just do the math if you wanna know for a particular rank.

Ostricheggs.3742:

Uhtameit.2413:

Ostricheggs.3742:

Uhtameit.2413:

He makes a fair point with the glory though.

THe glory system that actually gave decent rewards was in for about four months, of which I was able to spend 300k glory on mainly skins for pvp which I will now be able to buy for 2 gold each (lol, quaggan weapons).

The chests you want so bad will mostly have Tomes of Knowledge in it, and you can buy those at the vendor with the mountains of glory you have. I’m not saying your claim is not legitimate since the old chests were very bad, but it’s a fair point nonetheless.

I didn’t have mountains of glory before the reward system came out and I don’t have mountains of glory right now, lols

I don’t know what you did with it, given the not-so-numerous possibilities you were offered, but alright \o/

SilkySmooth.1574:

i dont think it works like that?

They revise the needed rank points for each level. which means that some1 on rank 55 will hit rank 80 1 time. Some1 who is rank 70 has done maby 1 mill more rank points, so he will keep hitting rank 80 over and over for 1 mill/ x needed for r80?

It does work that way, I don’t have the quote but Ostrich Eggs has it somewhere on the forum. Look up his posts if you want to check it out.

Ostricheggs.3742:

Uhtameit.2413:

He makes a fair point with the glory though.

THe glory system that actually gave decent rewards was in for about four months, of which I was able to spend 300k glory on mainly skins for pvp which I will now be able to buy for 2 gold each (lol, quaggan weapons).

The chests you want so bad will mostly have Tomes of Knowledge in it, and you can buy those at the vendor with the mountains of glory you have. I’m not saying your claim is not legitimate since the old chests were very bad, but it’s a fair point nonetheless.

He makes a fair point with the glory though.

It seems they are removing it for now as keeping it would have required to put more work into the UI (3 weapons + second skillset). Besides, it is obviously unbalanced (the ranger downed state is a joke, for instance).

Maybe they’ll put the map back without water or they’ll give us the map once they’ve implemented the underwater weapons into the UI, ArenaNet has yet to comment on the matter

style.6173:

or better yet, just don’t cap PvP level at 80. There is no good reason to do so. In this scenario, people would receive the number of chests that they earned, whether it was 10 or 56.

Yes there is, to make the PvP ranks work like PvE levels so that PvE players are more attracted to PvP. That’s the theory, anyway.

Jaxom.7310:

Right and those players at r70+ got glory, which these r55 people won’t, and that glory could have been spent at the vendor on items such as skill point scrolls and tomes of knowledge.

That’s a fair point but they could argue about the gold that these items cost at the vendor. Also skill points scrolls aren’t available at the vendor.

sirflamesword.3896:

Nary Why Irk.8150:

Practice makes you raise your skill, didnt you know?

So I feel like I’m talking to a brick wall, so I just going to stop. GG you won the arguement through lack of understanding.

He won the discussion I was having with him that way, too. He’s just that good.

Fluffball.8307:

What if current rank finishers were guardian-flame-blue (for example), and forever unattainable in that color after the update.

So a blue phoenix would be “worth” way more than a (what are they currently, yellow? I’m color blind) yellow dragon.

That is a very good idea that would probably satisfy the less self-centered of us. We just have to wait for Anet to comment. They probably will, at some point

Teutos.8620:

Still hope you’d have given use at least some days to test it our ourselves prior listening to all those qqers

Since when do they give us a few days of testing then remove stuff that needs to be removed? xD besides, the QQ was perfectly justified and supported by many arguments.

You should try to be a bit more consistent, you just stated that you wanted it reworked or removed.

It’s unlikely that it will ever be removed since this game mode is based on bunkers. So I suggest you demonstrate how OP it is with arguments (I doubt you have any since the issues you encountered were mostly due to the builds).

Again, you can’t do insane damage with that amulet, you can do decent damage though. You should get started and offer some ideas as to how to fix it, otherwise this thread is pointless

Jaxom.7310:

Uhtameit.2413:

Jaxom.7310:

If the person is, say r80 vs r55, they have earned 25 more chests already than the r55 person. On top of that, they earned glory (until recently) which they were able to spend and get more chests at the vendors. But these r55 people being pushed to r80 will only get those 25 chests, they won’t get all that glory to spend on chests or whatever else at a vendor.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/PvP_Rank

The only issue is that the old chests used to give you gear from your rank, which you could already craft. The new ones are much better.

rng and gear is what it is. You can’t say they aren’t getting as many rewards are the current r55 people though.

I think there are Tomes of Knowledge and Skill Point scrolls in the chests now, which is undeniably better than getting gear you’ve already crafted.

If you think it needs to be reworked instead of removed (I fear it won’t ever be removed, Anet loves bunkers), then you should start making constructive suggestions

Jaxom.7310:

If the person is, say r80 vs r55, they have earned 25 more chests already than the r55 person. On top of that, they earned glory (until recently) which they were able to spend and get more chests at the vendors. But these r55 people being pushed to r80 will only get those 25 chests, they won’t get all that glory to spend on chests or whatever else at a vendor.
http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/PvP_Rank

The only issue is that the old chests used to give you gear from your rank, which you could already craft. The new ones are much better.

That is a good idea although playing isn’t really working :’)

Nary Why Irk.8150:

Uhtameit.2413:

Nary Why Irk.8150:

It´s not constructive just for you. But once again, you are just a newcomer who hasn´t showed dedication in pvp and you are trying to debate our proposal against the people who has been here since release showing their effort.

Sorry mate, but no way some of us could take you into consideration. You haven´t proved any dedication or effort in this game in order to judge if our suggestion is constructive or not.

I suggest you read the other post right above yours and the post below mine : I’m not the only one thinking that way. I’ve been playing since release so I’m not entirely clueless either, despite your assuming that I am. So yes, I can judge that just saying “you are wrong, make it r70” without backing up that claim with arguments is not a proper suggestion.

Again, whether or not you take my opinion into consideration doesn’t matter : each and every single one of the players matter regardless of your personal opinion.

ArenaNet wish to diminish the difficulty of attaining r80 so that the PvE players feel more attracted by PvP : you can’t just say “Don’t do that, I’m r70 so put dragon at r70 thx” and expect anyone to take you seriously when you say you are being constructive.

Besides, your topic is currently on the 4th page of the forums : maybe it is a sign that your idea isn’t the brightest and looks very self-centered? other than that, you’ve expressed it in a thread, got answers. Why do you keep on posting that idea on threads that are offering other possibilities?

We´ve explained many times the reasons as to why upper r70 should be the real dragon. You really need to start reading over.

Sadly, you haven’t done so on this thread, nor on any thread but yours, you’ve just stated your idea is better, end of story.
You also haven’t answered any of the other points I’ve raised, including the question at the end of my posts. Please feel free to do so.

Nary Why Irk.8150:

It´s not constructive just for you. But once again, you are just a newcomer who hasn´t showed dedication in pvp and you are trying to debate our proposal against the people who has been here since release showing their effort.

Sorry mate, but no way some of us could take you into consideration. You haven´t proved any dedication or effort in this game in order to judge if our suggestion is constructive or not.

I suggest you read the other post right above yours and the post below mine : I’m not the only one thinking that way. I’ve been playing since release so I’m not entirely clueless either, despite your assuming that I am. So yes, I can judge that just saying “you are wrong, make it r70” without backing up that claim with arguments is not a proper suggestion.

Again, whether or not you take my opinion into consideration doesn’t matter : each and every single one of the players matter regardless of your personal opinion.

ArenaNet wish to diminish the difficulty of attaining r80 so that the PvE players feel more attracted by PvP : you can’t just say “Don’t do that, I’m r70 so put dragon at r70 thx” and expect anyone to take you seriously when you say you are being constructive.

Besides, your topic is currently on the 4th page of the forums : maybe it is a sign that your idea isn’t the brightest and looks very self-centered? other than that, you’ve expressed it in a thread, got answers. Why do you keep on posting that idea on threads that are offering other possibilities?

Nary Why Irk.8150:

1) Neither you decide things in this game, it is Arenanet

2) Exactly, since it is the sequel to guild wars 1, it is supposed to continue the main patterns of its prequel.

I never implied that something has to be, unlike you. So telling me that ArenaNet is in charge feels kinda pointless.

Guild Wars 2 has very little in common with Guild Wars 1 : be it lore, PvE, PvP, gameplay, playable races and so on and so forth. So no, there is no particular reason why GW2 should follow the same pattern as GW1.

Nary Why Irk.8150:

Uhtameit.2413:

Nary Why Irk.8150:

Uhtameit.2413:

Nary Why Irk.8150:

Well I just don´t want every r55 spamming the dragon. Simple as that.

As for the op proposal, it´s good, but r55 should never be dragon, rather 70

Dear sir, you are getting rather annoying.

Ostrich Eggs might have a big ego, but at least his complaint makes sense : he’s not getting as many chests as the r55 and he’s had chests filled with poor rewards instead.

You, on the other hand, just seem want the rewards to be solely for the r70s while you don’t even try to offer constructive solutions. Guess what : no one cares what you specifically want. If people offer solutions so that the r70 aren’t somehow harmed by the rank changes, maybe Anet will listen and use those ideas. Complaining like you do doesn’t help anyone and is starting to be particularly annoying.

Another good idea, thank you OP.

You do you have problems with reading comprehension.
The solution I´m proposing is pretty much clear: r70 being dragon.
Don´t read if your eyes bleed. These are forums, opinion is free to be expressed.
Furthermore, There are many topics asking the same than me: r70 being dragon. There are also players in game sharing this same thought.

And guess what? Arena-net is open to this kind of feedback.

No doubt there is no censorship and you are free to express your opinion, you should definitely open a thread to make that proposal instead of polluting every single thread that offers some thoughtful solutions on the matter.

ArenaNet is open to feedback, your answer is more of a “You are wrong, change it that way because I say so” while they obviously have their reasons for wanting to change the ranks that way. You are not even offering arguments to support your idea, so then again : go and create your own thread, it will probably be the 7th on the matter and probably the least interesting of all.

I already opened a thread, which has gotten plenty of views and replies. Nevertheless, I´ll continue expressing my concerns on future threads.
I don´t care what you personally think about my solution, you are no veteran neither dedicated pvper, while I am, and I have been speaking with lots of them, and they share my opinion.
Changing it to r70 is ultimately, another suggestion, whenever you want to take it by youself.

Finally, I do have lots of reasons as to why r70 should be the real dragon and for your information, the thread I made has gotten up to 1.400 views and many replies.

Definitely your opinion as a random, doesn´t really matter to me, since you haven´t dedicated much effort in this pvp, your opinion isn´t highly valuable to me.

Sadly it doesn’t matter whether my opinion is valuable to you or not, nor does it matter if I am not a pvp veteran according to you : all that matters are suggestions. Yours is far from being the most constructive and that’s all there is to it.

CMstorm.8679:

Malcastus.6240:

You can play hide & seek in HotM. Several good places to hide. Otherwise you can explore.

I challenge you to find this place (and getting there)!
http://imgur.com/gIVZdem

Easy peezy lemon squeezey. :P I would if I could, but can’t unfortunately. If some people don’t know where or how to get to that spot, then they haven’t spent enough time in Hotm lol. All u do is go to the catapult firing range, jump up on the rock ledge and go to the back of it and climb up, leap forward across that little gap and you’re up there pretty much.

I challenge you both to get to this place : http://imgur.com/JxoImuL

Tip : you need a very bad internet connection.

ghaleon.2861:

Uhtameit.2413:

ghaleon.2861:

Jelzouki.4128:

ghaleon.2861:

Nobody should be this tanky and be able to do dmg at the same time. Spirit rangers, condi warriors, and engis abuse this amulet to the fullest. It’s ridiculous you guys still have this amulet in PvP after 2 years and you can’t see the big problem. It’s okay if you want to play a support bunker role, but doing dmg at the same time in a conquest mode “NO”

This is one of the biggest reason why the meta is in such a bad state. It’s bad for the game.

this game hasn’t been out for 2 years.

imo settler’s amulet is te prhe least of the problems in pvp.

grabbing condition removal is all part of making an efficient build.

You don’t get it.

Having this amulet in a conquest mode is bad, it promotes skilless lazy play. You are able to maintain and hold a point and do insane amount of dmg. How is that right or good for the game? And before you reply I’m r68, never skyhammer farmed and never hot join, all I do is tPvP. Even Ostrich Eggs said on his stream to remove this amulet, cause he understand how bad it is for the game. If you can’t understand how broken Settler’s amulet is, then you don’t know anything about PvP in this game.

You cannot do insane damage with settler’s amulet, especially not with an engineer (you need crit to proc your passive burn, which you won’t get with settler’s). Again, you can do decent damage (the condition damage with settler’s is lower than with rabid’s, if you don’t know). If a player with settler’s amulet does insane damage on you, it means you don’t have enough condition cleanse to face him.

Seems you’re the one who is not getting it.

ranger do insane dmg with this amulet spaming 11111111. If you want to play a bunker support role that’s fine but, you should not be able to do dmg. Bunker guards is a good example of how bunkers should like. Why are you defending condi bunker meta???? Do you play a spirit ranger?

I hate fighting rangers and I hate spirit rangers even more. Still, the issue does not lie with settler’s.

K U T M.4539:

Uhtameit.2413:

Since he can only remove 2 per 20s

2 per 15*

Yeah, given that the engineer doesn’t blow up the turret, which I do since I use rocket boots. 2 condi cleanse per 15s is really bad regardless.

ghaleon.2861:

Jelzouki.4128:

ghaleon.2861:

Nobody should be this tanky and be able to do dmg at the same time. Spirit rangers, condi warriors, and engis abuse this amulet to the fullest. It’s ridiculous you guys still have this amulet in PvP after 2 years and you can’t see the big problem. It’s okay if you want to play a support bunker role, but doing dmg at the same time in a conquest mode “NO”

This is one of the biggest reason why the meta is in such a bad state. It’s bad for the game.

this game hasn’t been out for 2 years.

imo settler’s amulet is te prhe least of the problems in pvp.

grabbing condition removal is all part of making an efficient build.

You don’t get it.

Having this amulet in a conquest mode is bad, it promotes skilless lazy play. You are able to maintain and hold a point and do insane amount of dmg. How is that right or good for the game? And before you reply I’m r68, never skyhammer farmed and never hot join, all I do is tPvP. Even Ostrich Eggs said on his stream to remove this amulet, cause he understand how bad it is for the game. If you can’t understand how broken Settler’s amulet is, then you don’t know anything about PvP in this game.

You cannot do insane damage with settler’s amulet, especially not with an engineer (you need crit to proc your passive burn, which you won’t get with settler’s). Again, you can do decent damage (the condition damage with settler’s is lower than with rabid’s, if you don’t know). If a player with settler’s amulet does insane damage on you, it means you don’t have enough condition cleanse to face him.

Seems you’re the one who is not getting it.

Nary Why Irk.8150:

sirflamesword.3896:

Nary Why Irk.8150:

You do you have problems with reading comprehension.
The solution I´m proposing is pretty much clear: r70 being dragon.
Don´t read if your eyes bleed. These are forums, opinion is free to be expressed.
Furthermore, There are many topics asking the same than me: r70 being dragon. There are also players in game sharing this same thought.

And guess what? Arena-net is open to this kind of feedback.

You had more time to FARM than everyone else, that’s all rank70 means. If you haven’t been able to figure that out idk what to say.

I just hope Anet doesn’t listen to all the complainers(I do agree the high ranked players deserve something be it a title or more chests), but some of use can see the good in changing ranks like this. It will FINALLY give players that can’t devote their whole lives to pvp something to go for.

I feel sorry for you mate, but Dragon Rank shouldn´t be something every casual should get. It´s meant to be for the most dedicated players. It was that way back in guild wars 1, and it has to be that way here.

No it doesn’t have to be that way here, for two reasons :

1) You are not the one who decides what “has to be”

2) This is guild wars 2, not guild wars 1. If you want to play guild wars 1, feel free to play it again

Nary Why Irk.8150:

Uhtameit.2413:

Nary Why Irk.8150:

Well I just don´t want every r55 spamming the dragon. Simple as that.

As for the op proposal, it´s good, but r55 should never be dragon, rather 70

Dear sir, you are getting rather annoying.

Ostrich Eggs might have a big ego, but at least his complaint makes sense : he’s not getting as many chests as the r55 and he’s had chests filled with poor rewards instead.

You, on the other hand, just seem want the rewards to be solely for the r70s while you don’t even try to offer constructive solutions. Guess what : no one cares what you specifically want. If people offer solutions so that the r70 aren’t somehow harmed by the rank changes, maybe Anet will listen and use those ideas. Complaining like you do doesn’t help anyone and is starting to be particularly annoying.

Another good idea, thank you OP.

You do you have problems with reading comprehension.
The solution I´m proposing is pretty much clear: r70 being dragon.
Don´t read if your eyes bleed. These are forums, opinion is free to be expressed.
Furthermore, There are many topics asking the same than me: r70 being dragon. There are also players in game sharing this same thought.

And guess what? Arena-net is open to this kind of feedback.

No doubt there is no censorship and you are free to express your opinion, you should definitely open a thread to make that proposal instead of polluting every single thread that offers some thoughtful solutions on the matter.

ArenaNet is open to feedback, your answer is more of a “You are wrong, change it that way because I say so” while they obviously have their reasons for wanting to change the ranks that way. You are not even offering arguments to support your idea, so then again : go and create your own thread, it will probably be the 7th on the matter and probably the least interesting of all.

Nary Why Irk.8150:

Well I just don´t want every r55 spamming the dragon. Simple as that.

As for the op proposal, it´s good, but r55 should never be dragon, rather 70

Dear sir, you are getting rather annoying.

Ostrich Eggs might have a big ego, but at least his complaint makes sense : he’s not getting as many chests as the r55 and he’s had chests filled with poor rewards instead.

You, on the other hand, just seem want the rewards to be solely for the r70s while you don’t even try to offer constructive solutions. Guess what : no one cares what you specifically want. If people offer solutions so that the r70 aren’t somehow harmed by the rank changes, maybe Anet will listen and use those ideas. Complaining like you do doesn’t help anyone and is starting to be particularly annoying.

Another good idea, thank you OP.

Seifer Thalaen.7869:

Uhtameit.2413:

engineers will die no matter the amulet if they face a condition spec.

Yeah sure… ever heard about http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Automated_Response?

Two things :

1) it’s getting nerfed

2) if you have some decent amount of experience in PvP, you will spam conditions with long durations when the engineer reaches 30-35% hp. Since he can only remove 2 per 20s and since you have already applied several conditions with slightly shorter durations, he will die. Besides, any good engineer won’t use that sore loser trait

It’s a condition meta, get condition removals or you will die. To be honest I’m not even sure warrior benefits from settler’s, rangers certainly do and engineers don’t except if they have elixir gun which reduces their damage.

Besides, warriors are extremely difficult to kill regardless of amulet and engineers will die no matter the amulet if they face a condition spec.

Bottom line : you could whine that condition rangers with settler’s amulet can deal decent condition damage + good direct damage via pet, and that would probably be a good claim. Warrior’s OPness is unrelated to settler’s and engineer with settler’s doesn’t deal that much damage (except if he is at close and you’re trying to decap of course), but then again just get a necro or anything with conditions and you will eat the engineer.

So yes, there are problems, and no, that amulet is not part of them.

Also pistolwhip isn’t about to go down, there’s just one more ini to spend per pistolwhip.

Elementalist are doing really poorly, they aren’t just a bit weaker.

Besides that, skillless classes dominate PvP, starting with warriors (which has several immunities to direct damage, condi damage, stability and stuff, and a passive heal that is OP), Pistolwhip thieves, decap engineer (an engineer that entirely focuses on cc to push people off the point).

The incoming patch may or may not solve some of these issues.

As others have stated before in some other topics : the issue is the very existence of that single map requiring three extra pieces of equipment + sigils and a second skill set. It would have added a bunch of extra work in making the new build UI.

That is why they are removing it for now, they will probably put it back when they have the time to put the underwater weapons in the new UI. Maybe they won’t even bother with the underwater weapons and they will indeed drain it, who’s to say? Meanwhile, this is their reason for removing it.

Seems I have to explain myself : yes, you can display full servers.

And it matters, because you could see that plenty of 5v5 HJ servers are full indeed, and that’s why the ones you can join aren’t.

Question : could you display full servers, then repost a screen?

Flytrap.8075:

I think the medium armor classes just need a bit more differentiation; all of the other ones are unique enough.

If Engineer was a bright yellow, Ranger was a lime green, and Necromancer was a dark green, it’d be a lot more clear.

I realize that this is a pretty lame post when there is so much in flux with sPvP right now, but I feel like this is extremely low-hanging fruit.

Yes, but you have to realize the ones picking up the fruits are 100+ years old grandmas with hunched backs.