Guild Wars 2

Charak.9761:

I need it on crit, not swap

YES ! More power creep, plz

Petition threads are against CoC. Deletion inc.

Mimir.4690:

As someone with a currently low rank in pvp, I like seeing all the high ranks I manage to kill during the match. People will rage at at a bad player regardless of rank – they rage because they’re bad.

What? Try to make sense, please oO

What? scepter/dagger has not been nerfed. Are you high?

Could you rephrase that?

Balthazar ofc, you can reach such a long burn duration it’s preposterous.

Some experienced players still liked it so…yeah. You could have tried 5v5 and tPvP even if there was 8v8.

Blizt.3086:

Uhtameit.2413:

You can’t buy the game and PvP as you would like, too. With that being said, most of the new GM traits are garbage so it’s almost okay.

And why not? There are people who buy GW2 and purely just play PvE, or WvWvW, who is to say one can’t buy the game simply to play GW2 only?

I have a number of friends who are close to purely play PvP now, because PvE doesn’t interest them, while I’m not as extreme, there are definitely times like for weeks I would log on only for PvP.

And whether the traits are garbage or not, that is not the point. (not to mention in one’s eyes they may be garbage, in another’s eyes they’re awesome)

I’m not saying it’s okay. I’m just stating everyone is no longer on an equal footing and that sucks. And no, most traits definitely are garbage in PvP.

Xista.7391:

Uhtameit.2413:

You can’t buy the game and PvP as you would like, too. With that being said, most of the new GM traits are garbage so it’s almost okay.

You used to.

I…know. That’s why I mentioned it.

You can’t buy the game and PvP as you would like, too. With that being said, most of the new GM traits are garbage so it’s almost okay.

In their defense, there was nothing In-game. ArenaNet really is bad at communicating.

Yep, it’s the new patch. Read the patch notes and the QQ threads, you’ll get it.

Static.9841:

Seifer Thalaen.7869:

Rezz.8019:

This is my biggest and the only disappointment I’ve had in this game (counting both GW1 and GW2).

Having phoenix in gw1 (Got it after 4 years…….READ AGAIN ANET….4…kittenING…YEARS AND NOONE EVER COMPLAINED BOUT DAT) my only goal was to get it in gw2 too, and i was r69 (10k to 69 exactly) almost getting my beloved bird after thousands of tournaments and hours spent going through this crap pvp. And now every random nab around is spamming dragons everywhere…as i already wrote to grouch: Thank you anet, playing gw since gw1 beta….never wanted to leave (Even is pvp was totally hopeless) but you made me quit in just one patch after 9 years on gw…gratz. I just hope all of this game to sink down now bringing all your awesome ideas with it…and it’s coming..very soon.

Don’t you quit in every complaint thread you post in?

Don’t you mock him, he’s in the process of quitting. It takes quite a long time, I’ll have you know !

The other amulets aren’t increased at all, they’ve been fused with the jewels. Celestial has been increased though.

Risingashes.8694:

What about not being unable to differentiate traits between pve/pvp?

I’ve mentioned that PvP and PvE share builds, aye

Simon.3794:

KarinaCO.6948:

Simon.3794:

Justin ODell.9517:

JinDaVikk.7291:

How about the missing armor sets? Without a list available to me from old version How am I to know all the armor sets now missing? Thanks for stealing from me.

:edit

They were gem bought sets.

You can see your entire skin collection from the bank, it’s a new tab. You should check out this thread for better answers and discussion.

The skins we bought from gem store and converted to PvP gears are deleted and we have to pay extra charges to have them back, while PvEers get to keep their gemstore skins on their gear.

Why is that, why don’t you delete ascended gears and have PvEer pay extra fees to have them back.

I have all the skins that I converted to PvP, clearly you’re doing something wrong.

How, when i log on, im in my PvE looks, and if i want to get my Zodiac PvP look back, i have to pay transmutation charges, tell me what i’m doing wrong, explain, please don’t just say whatever because YoLo.

You will have to pay TC every time you want to apply skins.

Perfect answer?

Any half-decent ranger will swap pets when the pet is at 10% (or before), not to mention http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Healing_Spring will make the pet hard to damage. Pet will never die, the ranger will use conditions and do decent damage while the second pet is eating you. There is no counter. You die, end of story.

Note : I am talking about BM condi ranger, not every single ranger in existence.

revy.4320:

Nettle.9025:

(90 second cooldown)

I assume this is the ICD of the proc?

It always was 90s, yes.

Mrbig.8019:

Nettle.9025:

(90 second cooldown)

They kill you

they literally KILL YOU if by any chance you have condies on and nec has another fear to chain.

These runes need to be reverted ASAP.

Not to mention these runes actually give a 3 seconds fear once traited. Increasing the percentage? Why not? but 50% ? Thieves won’t be able to open necros xD you’ll have to use shortbow to make the rune proc then open him, it’s such a joke.

Pretty much, yes, you’re screwed. You won’t get a helmet (nor shoulders) until you reach level 10.

So I’ve been visiting all the QQ-threads that have been created recently and so far this patch has brought us quite a few issues :

• We have to pay transmutation charges every single time we want to change skins

-> If you want to avoid paying TC, you have to keep gear in your bags which may already be full with PvE gear. If you need to level-up one of your characters, you will need plenty of TC whenever you change gear. Gold/Gem sink incoming !

• 8v8 Hotjoin has been removed

-> Many will rejoice, yet they could have limited the number of servers available, I find this to be quite a pity (making up for quality players with quantity was nice, at times)

• You can’t see the spectators in the 5v5 Hotjoin games : you see 5/10 but since you don’t see the spectators, by the time you’re in the game it is full. GJ !

• TDM is only available in Player owned Custom Arenas

-> What a joke ! basically the game mode is inacessible

• You can’t see the ranks of your ennemies after a game anymore

-> You can’t spot newbies anymore, GJ !

• The weaponset is the same in PvP and PvE so if you’re waiting to get into a tournament while in PvE, you might have to switch weapons.

-> Do I even need to say why this is very bad?

• Runes will bring insane power creep : for instance Rune of the Nightmare will now fear 2s and all the % chances are now increased by a huge factor; Rune of the Nightmare was 5% chance, now it is 50% chance (the joke is here , more QQ here).

• PvP and PvE share builds

->if you want to go PvE or WvW after having played PvP, you need to rebuild. Enjoy !

• You can’t create a character and play it in PvP immediately while having all the gear you want. Though it is true you only need chests, legs and boots to have all the toughness you could get from an armor, you need to get to level 10 to get head and shoulder armor. Before that level, you can’t get those pieces of cosmetic equipement.

To quote Justin Odell

You will only be missing some cosmetic only gear, this should not be a barrier to entry in any way.

Since GW2 PvP has always been all about cosmetic, this is a huge joke.

• Grind in PvP : – You need to spend 3gold + 20skill points for each new GM trait, that’s 15g + 100SP per clas

- New sigils =6g, new amulets=20g, new rune=5g -> 31g

-> you need quite a large amount of gold that is hard to get by PvP-ing only (if you want to create another character to pvp only, you’ll have to unlock the traits all over again !)

The two changes I just mentioned are in complete contradiction with what ArenaNet used to promote and it’s a shame. If you want proof, here it is :

https://www.guildwars2.com/en/news/looking-ahead-guild-wars-2-in-2013/

The addition of new skills and traits on a regular basis will of course mean expanded variety of abilities, builds, and tactics in PvP as well. As these additional skills and traits are added, they’ll be automatically unlocked and available for competitive PvP just like all existing skills/traits work today.

Thanks for the lies !
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A few more personal complaints :

• There will be PvE players with legendary skins in PvP, good luck spotting the animations.

• Dragon finisher is lack-luster, to say the least

• You can pvp using outfits (example : pirate)

-> Nice ! You can’t tell heavy armor from anything else, you can create an entire team of 5 characters that look exactly the same.

Please discuss and QQ to your satisfaction.

Most runes will lead to montrous power creep.

This thread will go awry very soon. You have been warned. Every single player who considers HJ is bad will come and troll you.

Also, there would be TP players that would be in the mists at all times, playing TP.

39-55 is now 39-80. So yeah, no wonder people r40+ got bumped and not the others.

I’m gonna explain a bit in order to not look like a prophet :p : elementalist has very few conditions that can be applied regularly, the earth auto attacks (scepter and dagger) applies bleed, sure. In fire you have Drake Breath but that is your main source of damage, once it’s cleaned (and it will be against anyone who pays attention, hell even if the ele is not condi spec I will cleanse Drake Breath asap) you won’t ever deal enough damage to take down someone.

You can’t apply enough conditions to damage the ennemy, and that’s not something that’s close to getting solved. The best would be to run something hybrid with carrion stuff imo.

Else there is tanky staff condi ele, like this http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vEAQFAWhcMacW2wwBd0AApAMjHg8BJlH7MjNA-ToAg2CuIaS1krJTTymsNN640B

It’s not fantastic but I’d take that any day over s/d or d/d or d/f condi.

Maybe for the synergy with XI in water?

Elementalists as a whole are getting buffed because the nerfs to Signet of Restoration and XI water are being reverted, plus the GM traits in earth and water look promising. Not to mention CD reduction on Earth Armor.

Next time, read the ready up notes before QQ-ing.

Nvm that, seems you think scepter is a bad weapon and you don’t like phoenix. You’re probably very new to ele, is all.

I think he means in PvP. It’s a bit of an overstatement, but yes eles need love. And they’re getting some with the patch.

Also, it might help to check out your options and to make sure you have chosen “show player ennemies” instead of “show ennemies”, something along those lines.

If you want to understand mesmer, you should probably create one for a bit.

Given that most of the traits are worthless, w/e.

Usually a condi build with nades will have no problem dealing with mesmer as they have few condition removals. You have to make sure they are poisoned.

Turret reflect looks teribad. Engineer can do nothing with quickness. Gadget boons is a joke, no one runs a gadget build. The mine on crit might have some uses.

The only one that looks good for sPvP is boon on turret.

Just so you know, condi ele in sPvP is not a thing and will probably never be a thing.

Very good? please. You’ll do the same damage as “Halting Strike” which means 3k tops if you’re full glass.

Meanwhile, Tempest Defense + Frostbow #5 and #4 will still be awesome.

Silvermember : whether you open chests or craft gear, you will need to salvage and you will get crafting materials. It is therefore impossible to both spend your glory and get rid of the materials entirely. It’s been a joke all along.

@Ashariel the wardrobe is not related to the PvP locker, everything that is PvP related in your bags/in the locker/ in your bank/on your character should end up in the wardrobe.

Nabbo.2845:

Well, it looks like they listened to you!

Everybody who logs in tomorrow gets 5 free charges :o)

Quote?

Fello.8673:

When can we expect new maps, game modes, ladders, etc. ?

Soon™

In case you don’t like that answer, I’ve got another one :

When it’s ready™

Using elementalist really isn’t a good idea, yes they have more mobility but they have a healthpool just as low as the guardians’. The lack of mobility could be justified by the heavy armor (not to be neglected, a glass guardian with meditation will usually have 2k4 armor while a glass ele will have 1k8 armor) plus the many ways guardian possesses to nullify bursts (Renewed Focus, Shield of Wrath, Shelter).

If you want moar health, ArenaNet has introduced a fantastic new GM trait : +3k hp, yay. Otherwise http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/PvP_Barbarian%27s_Amulet.

Guardians are actually pretty good.

ProRulez, if you think elementalist are ranged, you should play one :

-main dagger ele (d/d or d/f) is not ranged at all
-scepter ele needs to come close range to burst, otherwise it doesn’t deal that much damage
-staff ele is ranged but gets eaten by anything with teleports or ranged attacks

Oh actually nevermind, I just read the end of your message “ele will just run away spamming condi damage on the way”…condi eles, yay xDD

That alone conveys that you are quite clueless because condition elementalist is not a thing ^^

The Gates Assassin.9827:

healing turret, which is 2 condi clears per minute and transmute

Healing turret has 15 or 20s CD. More like 6 or 8 condition removals per minute. It’s okay though, you don’t have to know how to count.

Warrior with fast hands.

Guys, based on his observations and what he needs to do to report someone, I can safely conclude that he’s not talking about GW2. Wrong forum Eyia !

GinghamLion.3614:

Unless it’s possible to get 10,000 glory in one night of WvW for a level 45, I’ll be pretty sad I missed that armor skin.

Glory in WvW? what?

There is no trait that does something at 75% hp. Could be elixir C or transmute.

As for your claim that you’re fighting engineers without swiftness…xD at least 80% of engineers have Speedy Kits so I have a hard time believing you. And if they already have swiftness, you can’t tell if transmute is working.

There is another very unlikely possibility if you apply a very short cripple/immo and http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Leg_Mods gets in the way.

Nevets Crimsonwing.5271:

Static.9841:

The density of minds and self-entitlement is getting really disappointing considering all those threads about how top players deserved something for their time whilst trashing lower ranks, and now we have a thread where top teams think they deserve something whilst trashing lower rated teams. Cute.

I’m with Pyriall, the issue here is that none of this was stated from the start. If you’re going to run a tournament where the biggest draw you’re going to use in the PR machine is how anyone can join and anyone has a chance, then you kitten well shouldn’t edit this later because the top 8 teams have had a word with Blu and think they deserve a spot because “reasons” and then play the old switcharoo with the entry rules.

If it was stated from the start that 8 teams would be chosen, nobody would care and sure, if you were one of those people, you deserve it because it was a pre-requisite.
However, that was never stated, and thus you deserve no higher spot or guaranteed entry over anyone else and should take your chances like anyone else as per the original stated rules.

I think it’s hilariously stupid to be making comments on how anyone outside of the declared top 8 are going to be PvE’ers or WvW’ers thus making them a complete waste in certain people’s eyes – way to be utterly dismissive of anyone representing outside of the top 8 chosen group whilst simultaneously keeping the attitude toxic.

I agree with Static and Pyriall.

And I do, too. Although beware, if you agree with Pyriall your post might be deleted for no reason.

That would increase the need to run HT + EG, though.

a t s e.9614:

I tryed to go warr with double stability it didn’t help , went D/P thief but I had to stay on shortbow or his CC would kill me. And shortbow damage is not high enough .

Decap engis are now so OP that their CCs will kill you. Nice troll.

What is it you want exactly? a description of all the builds that were good then nerfed? that would take some time… if you want to know how the engineer is doing now though, that’s a different (and shorter) story.

In PvE : I’m not too sure, but I guess they’re doing okay.

In sPvP : -power engineer is still a bit weak but you can have fun with SD or grenade builds
-condi engineer is quite good and has some nice survivability (usually people use 30 0 0 30 10 or 30 10 0 20 10 builds with bombs/ toolkit/ grenades/ elixir gun)
-engineer is still vulnerable against conditions (and CC, to a lesser extent)

Dagger is overall more reliable to do damage than scepter. Scepter has a better burst but you can apply damage more regularly with a dagger.

Focus offers some defensive abilities which are needed because off hand dagger offers none (and dagger main hand + focus has a few ways to reach close range combat, I guess). Also main hand dagger requires you to get at close range so you can’t pressure the ennemy if you’re kited, in those situations focus may help since it’s good against projectiles.

So I guess the point is just to play something balanced with reliable damage + defensive abilities. I never tried it either because scepter, though less reliable, is way more fun.