Guild Wars 2

Next Halloween? Not sure if i’ll still be playing then, that’s a long ways off…this Halloween however i’ve heard the Mad King content was pretty solid (never played it just got the game in april) so i’m down for that or anything new.

I just did it and we failed and it was a ton of fun. However I know how the community goes and if there aren’t any rewards then it won’t be done. If the success rewards aren’t very good then it’ll be the new karka queen

just stop defending the turrets for a few seconds, they’ll get killed off the turrets then take their spot

I would just suggest either/both

1. some sort of fix on wvw mechanics to help with lower pop servers
2. make server transfer prices based on the server population or average active wvw players (T1 would cost a kitten load to transfer too, T2 would be a tad cheaper than kitten would be free, etc.
3. not introduce leagues until these fixes are in place and the servers are more balanced.

Konrad Curze.5130:

they should just make this widespread
give a class one ability to stop:

- warriors from gaining adrenaline
- guardians from using virtues
- mesmers from creating illusions

and so on, so every class is a hard counter to another one, in a circle fashion…

those are the main class mechanics, stealth isn’t our main class mechanic, it’s steal…so if they did what you suggested it would be an ability to prevent our steal.

as a non stealth thief that has stomped countless rangers…i say….bring it

StockyCoder.1374:

Now that karma has been changed how would I go about getting large amounts of karma? I need them for Obsidian Shards. Any suggestions?

events, and there are a ton of events in wvw

Razamatazz.9628:

I wanna know who on CD I should send my dry cleaner bill to. I spent a lot of time dying that gear to look nice and now the back is covered in grass stains and the front in foot prints after spending some time in EB last night.

It’s been a while since I’ve seen groups like that crashing through our gates, you guys wereeverywhere when I showed up, nice showing. Hopefully things go better for us tonight.

/salute <3

I’m excited to watch the massive apocalypse of a fail that is on the horizon for the leagues. It will be interesting to see how Anet gets out of all the horrible PR. Glad a bunch of new games are coming out too, cause if this kills wvw i’ll have something else to fall back on.

to the dh mesmer & thief duo on EB around 12ish (central time) why didn’t you guys stay together? It was only a 2v2 or 2v3, the mesmer was quite good, if you had stuck together you woulda wiped all of us.

Just go here http://us.gw2stuff.com/en/events/us during prime time and look for the server that has a blue dot under Balthazar, then guest to that server and buy, takes 5 min tops. One tip though, be sure to port back to Lions Arch or something before you switch back to your server…otherwise your going to have a bad time when you log back in….

why not price the transfers based on the active population in wvw for each server? So for example transferring to T1 would cost significantly more than transferring to T4 or T5. Server populations only truly affects wvw in this game because pve can guest to any server. Having the lower prices might encourage players to spread out more.

Deathdom.8250:

UrMom.4205:

broken matchmaking/incoming leagues. I only started in april but how did the old matchmaking system work?

Only real difference between the old one and this one is RNG. Old matchmaking did not have it and so it usually meant static matchups. Generally same opponents and same color every week. That led to a lot of people complaining about matchups never changing and so rng was their solution.

see i would much rather have same servers if it meant for balanced and fun matchups, why not just have that and just have the colors rotate regularly

broken matchmaking/incoming leagues. I only started in april but how did the old matchmaking system work?

pantsforbirds.9032:

UrMom.4205:

excuse me for my ignorance but I must be missing something…this build seems to be like crazy glassy. I’m running this build http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYUQRAoY4alUmiO3ey4E+5Ey2DfqCJKeGOlR5fgsA-jUCB4LEa0kFBiIQjO5RQM7RZtMsIasqFYKTER1eDFRrWGA9xA-w and i have more health and more power (i know they are two different builds with different strategies) but how in the heck do you play with that low of a health pool? Share your wisdom good sir.

You’re right. Its a VERY glassy build. You really have to time your interrupts, stealths, and blinds well if you want to do well with the build. Since you don’t have very many defensive abilities you have to really pressure your opponent hard so that they begin to play defensively. And you absolutely have to interrupt key moves like heals, mass invis, evis etc.

ok gotcha, sounds intense lol I would have no chance playing this style build lol

I’ll share my story…I’m on Crystal Desert, recently for four weeks we had the following matchups: DB & SOS, FA & SOS, FA & EB, FA & TC. Now obviously we got destroyed every single week. But here is my issue with the entire system. The fact that we can lose so horribly bad and still gain points each week that it takes us from tier 4 all the way to tier 2 shows that the system is broken beyond belief. Literally if we wanted to lose points during those weeks we needed to not kill anything…in fact we should have taken the month off and have zero people in wvw to get us back to matchups that are any sort of balanced. kitten’s broken, face the facts, leagues are going to be worse.

excuse me for my ignorance but I must be missing something…this build seems to be like crazy glassy. I’m running this build http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fYUQRAoY4alUmiO3ey4E+5Ey2DfqCJKeGOlR5fgsA-jUCB4LEa0kFBiIQjO5RQM7RZtMsIasqFYKTER1eDFRrWGA9xA-w and i have more health and more power (i know they are two different builds with different strategies) but how in the heck do you play with that low of a health pool? Share your wisdom good sir.

i just call it Tequila

+1 to this idea, was roaming around and noticed a few folks following me and then thought to myself “weird wonder why these guys are following me, it’s not like they can see my rank….hmm that would be cool if i could see their ranks”

as a thief that spends 90% of his time not even using stealth….meh

I got nothing against GvG, but at the same time if they put in some sort of spvp style gvg arena wouldn’t that take a lot of players out of WvW? That would make WvW worse for a lot of players.

had some fun fights in CDBL and EB tonight, aside from the zerg karma train most of them seemed to be even numbered fights, good times like always /salute

as wish said, i’d suggest looking into travelers. You get boosts to all stats, boost to boon duration, boost to condition duration, and the big one +25% movement speed. I know for a lot of thieves Signet of Shadows is a must have. With these runes you get the benefits of SoS but without having to use it, so you essentially get a free utility slot. Me personally for my d/d + d/p build i run runes of the travler, with assassin’s signet, shadowstep, and shadow refuge.

i’d rather be the underdog against a strong server than be the underdog with the only option of capping the orbs while the stronger server is sleeping.

Stice.5204:

Ever since Arenanet changed how matchmaking works my server (Fort Aspenwood) hasn’t had a single competitive matchup. We’ve had a weeks where we were completely overmatched and got dropped down to under 50 ppt at certain times of the day and we’ve had other weeks where the opposite happened and we sit at over 500 most of the time, but there has not been a properly competitive matchup since Anet broke up the established “tiers” that used to exist.

This means that, at any time since the matchmaking change, the addition of a capturable stat buff to the borderlands maps would have been a disaster. The team with 500+ PPT would obviously own the buff in all three maps just like they own almost everything else and their players, who are already winning most of their fights thanks to overwhelming numerical advantages, would become even harder to fight, even if you managed to isolate a smaller group of them.

We already know the upcoming league seasons for North America are going to match servers against each other that are as much as 12 places apart on the ranking table. Those servers are already going to be at an extreme disadvantage during the week due to numbers alone. Now they’ll be severely outnumbered and facing the stat equivalent of wearing masterwork gear against enemies in exotics.

+1 this, this, this, and more this

Just make the buffs only apply their specific borderland. While you’re on the borderland and have the bloodlust you get the buff. Once you leave the borderland the buff goes away. That way servers can’t stack all 3 buffs at once. The buffs would be worth it but not ridiculous like the current idea is. The buffs would add a layer to the borderlands for both attackers and defenders. “Do we stop defending to go take back the bloodlust to ultimately help our defense?”. This would also keep Eternal Battlegrounds more of a neutral playing field as it was designed (all the spawns are the same distance from the castle, etc. etc.)

Waffler.1257:

JahRo.6432:

I thought I’d summarize my week facing CD in an artistic fashion.

LET ME MINE MY ORE, YO.

I need to make a thief one of these days, I feel like I’m missing out on the CD experience.

yeah brah come do thiefy things with us

Aeden.5896:

What have people swapped in to replace signet of shadows after switching to traveler runes? Particularly for d/p builds.

I previously ran infiltrator’s, blinding powder (or shadow refuge) and SoS.

I swapped in shadow step which was a solid upgrade.

I’m not d/p but on my d/d i ran shadowstep, shadow refuge and signet of shadows…now i run shadowstep, shadow refuge and assassin’s signet. More powaaaa

AshinDreidon.3861:

I’m so disheartened from this match-up. It seems no matter what time I log on to try to roam and flip camps, I just can’t accomplish anything without running into at least 3+ people preventing me from completing any objective.

I know the purpose of the randomized matching, but this week just seems to have destroyed morale.

welcome to how we felt for four straight weeks against DB, FA, and TC. I’m almost certain we woulda beat YB last week had we not gotten twerked for those 4 weeks. Morale was terrible and tons of people were in pve or taking a break. I’m sure we have a good amount of fair weathers out this week too.

I got no problems with the costs…most stuff is a simple 10 bucks or less and it’s all (generally speaking) want items. I’ve been playing this game since april and haven’t had the urge to play anything else….if anything this game is saving me money as i would normally be pre-ordering the FOM games at 60 a pop.

rmBossa.4621:

Dont see any problems with it.

Personally, my biggest concern is the fact that servers could stack all 3. Even if it goes according to plan the only time anyone would actually get all 3 buffs is if they completely out number the other 2 servers. So then what exactly is the point?

Just the 50 to all stats should be enough to keep the new capture points very active but not overwhelm weaker servers.

Again my personal belief is that no stat buffs are even needed (or wanted) and the addition of gaining actual PPT for stomping will be motivation enough.

I’m in the exact same boat as you, personally i would vote no to the stats buff all together, but if the devs are so set on the stat buff the three stacking seems like a bit much. I also like the dynamic of having EB still a more neutral, evenish (as much as wvw can be) playing field. All the spawns are relatively the same distance to the castle, same amount of camps, same amount of towers, three merci camps. Having the stat boost in EB also is kinda lame.

Astral Projections.7320:

It is indeed an epic journey on the way to your Legendary. Wallets are brutally emptied. Picks and axes are wielded upon hapless nodes without mercy. Many a harrowing trek is made to the furtherest reaches of the Trading Post. Virgin sacrificial weapons are flung into the hungering maw of the RNG God until grudgingly he spits out your precursor. And snickers.

All hail the Almighty Zomorros!

when you put it that way I would love to see Zomorros as a new world boss, i’m sure a ton of people have a bone to pick with him..

know why it’s light on the story? well because tons of people QQ’d during the Jubilee and Invasion about how the living story was “too much” content to keep up with and they are getting burned out and they want to quit and stuff like that

LilMcGinley.3890:

UrMom.4205:

LilMcGinley.3890:

UrMom.4205:

If you aren’t on JQ, SOR, or BG then a PvE’ers wont make a lick of difference in WvW or the leagues….

Couldn’t be farther from the truth. Those PvErs are going to be looking for any decent guild out there to leech captures and get their Meta done. Lots of guilds run without tags and actively tell ‘Pugs’ to leave them alone because they rally other people. Happens now, will happen when this comes out.

Guess you didn’t get my joke…in the gold league of the top 12 servers, any server below the top 3 don’t stand a chance at winning the league, population differences is too extreme between each server. A few pve’ers aren’t going to be the “oh kitten deciding factor” in the number 7’s chances at winning the league, they weren’t even in the running from the beginning

Actually that is incorrect. T1 servers will beat each other up when in the same match-up, even if there is a 3rd non-T1 server, because they’ll be so focused on beating them in the points. Someone did a ‘mock up’ of the last 7 weeks (not an exact replica of results/matchups) but SoS won.

Lol @ the GvG reply..

got a link for that mockup, i’d be curious to see that.

I posted this in another thread but it got buried by responses to the ot. So i had an idea for the bloodlust buff that kind of retains it’s original idea the dev’s had but tweaking it a tad. Instead of having the buff go server wide across ALL maps, why not just have the buff apply to the map that it is acquired on? So for example you (green team) are attacking the blue borderlands (who currently has the bloodlust buff). Out the gate you have a choice, go neutralize the blue teams bloodlust (+50 stats) or start attacking towers. If you get the bloodlust buff you are slightly more powerful and that can help in taking towers and such. The blue team however are then put in the position to decide, do we need to defend more or focus on neutralizing the bloodlust. It would create a kind of tug o war battle for power. Then when you leave the borderland you would lose the buff. EB would be unable to get any sort of bloodlust buff. This would also prevent servers from stacking all three buffs at once to get +150 stats. Opinions?

Inculpatus cedo.9234:

UrMom.4205:

LilMcGinley.3890:

UrMom.4205:

If you aren’t on JQ, SOR, or BG then a PvE’ers wont make a lick of difference in WvW or the leagues….

Couldn’t be farther from the truth. Those PvErs are going to be looking for any decent guild out there to leech captures and get their Meta done. Lots of guilds run without tags and actively tell ‘Pugs’ to leave them alone because they rally other people. Happens now, will happen when this comes out.

Guess you didn’t get my joke…in the gold league of the top 12 servers, any server below the top 3 don’t stand a chance at winning the league, population differences is too extreme between each server. A few pve’ers aren’t going to be the “oh kitten deciding factor” in the number 7’s chances at winning the league, they weren’t even in the running from the beginning

But, aren’t the servers separated into groups? 3 groups for NA, and 2 for EU? I am guessing that would make some difference in each league. I could be wrong, of course. =)

NA will have two leagues, Gold and Silver, each league will have 12 servers….soo gold league will be 1-12…at some point the number 12 has to fight the number 1…
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Djemo.7153:

But they always mentioned new gear in their previews, always…
I hope im wrong and they suprise me with some kitten undead gear.
Which doesent have a 0.00012 chance to drop that is.

ascended gear on the same stat level as a legendary
precursors on the same level as exotic
so obviously ascended/legendary > precursors/exotic
precursors have 0.00012 chance to drop (exaggeration I don’t actually know the exact number but i know it’s rare as kitten)
just gunna go out on a limb here and say the drop rate of these won’t be any better than an exotic or precursor…i’d actually say the drop rate will be much worse.

colesy.8490:

UrMom.4205:

If you aren’t on JQ, SOR, or BG then a PvE’ers wont make a lick of difference in WvW or the leagues….

Because EU servers are just a myth, amirite?

sorry friend i’m not familiar with any of the EU servers no offense intended

LilMcGinley.3890:

UrMom.4205:

If you aren’t on JQ, SOR, or BG then a PvE’ers wont make a lick of difference in WvW or the leagues….

Couldn’t be farther from the truth. Those PvErs are going to be looking for any decent guild out there to leech captures and get their Meta done. Lots of guilds run without tags and actively tell ‘Pugs’ to leave them alone because they rally other people. Happens now, will happen when this comes out.

Guess you didn’t get my joke…in the gold league of the top 12 servers, any server below the top 3 don’t stand a chance at winning the league, population differences is too extreme between each server. A few pve’ers aren’t going to be the “oh kitten deciding factor” in the number 7’s chances at winning the league, they weren’t even in the running from the beginning

I had an idea and wanted to know your guys opinions. What if the bloodlust buff only affected players on the borderlands that the orbs were on? So on your home borderland you hold the orbs and your servers players on your borderland get the buff. It makes it more like “this is our turf we must protect it kinda thing” Then on the flip side if you are attacking the borderland go for the bloodlust to get a little boost to help attack their borderland. Once you leave that borderland the buff stops. This way the buff and the original idea could still be used but you wouldn’t have servers stacking all three to get 150 buff. Opinions?

I hate the idea of the stat boost so i’m for these buffs…the only one i’m not sure about is the 20s of stealth. I know it’s on a 5 min cd but 20s is a looooong time. I’d put it around 12-15s

The flat stat boost is going to be terrible for the already weekly unbalanced matchups. The heavier server will be buffed to kitten all week, which will make it even more difficult for the under popped servers to do anything about it, frustration will hit and then everyone will go to pve or play another game for the week.

it’s only a grind if you make it a grind. I play everyday and i’m still enjoying every min of it. I even have fun running a 30 min champ farm, the funny stuff the farmers talk about in /say chat is so entertaining lol

If you aren’t on JQ, SOR, or BG then a PvE’ers wont make a lick of difference in WvW or the leagues….

I never played GW1, so all the lore related reasons don’t apply. I honestly first picked a charr cause they looked kitten in the menus and character creation menu. But once I got in game and saw that they ran on all fours I logged out and deleted my toon lol.

aspirine.6852:

Randulf.7614:

Have to say, this is an exciting patch. Harder bosses all round was unexpected

Love the wallpaper too!!

Wallpaper is nice yeah. And the harder bosses, I have to wait for more info about that. Hope it’s not just more health.

since the others haven’t been advertised at all i’m guessing they just received buffed health and buffed attacks for now. Hopefully they’ll get interesting mechanics added in the future.

For my d/d build I ran the typical utility skills shadowstep, refuge, and speed signet with divinity runes. When these came out I swapped out my divinity runes for these as it allowed me to drop the speed signet for another utility. So it’s pretty much a free utility while retaining the 25% movement boost. I went with assassin’s signet so in my build i lost a tad of toughness and about 6% crit damage (still at 94%) but gained power and still have the 25% movement speed….worth it in my opinion.

Xista.7391:

I just home that this new revamped content isn’t the only content for the release.

Aside from the new LFG tool and WvW update i’m guessing that this is all the content. After the invasion the forums were flooded with QQ’ers kittening about how the living story was killing the game with too much content too fast for people to keep up. It seems like SAB and this are a little bit smaller in the content department giving those folks time to relax.

On the new changes to Tequatl…I know i’ve heard that it might drop ascended weapons, but they better make the rewards for doing the fight worth it. Otherwise no one will do it regularly.

had a couple fun 2v2’s with a warrior and a couple other random classes on EB in front of our keep. We came close but couldn’t finish the stomps. Got wiped, had a laugh. Good times

DrWhom.3105:

No to the buff, or more specifically no to a buff that effects combat. Better options are faster dolyaks, faster upgrades, more supply capacity, or any number of other sensible things that have been suggested.

But higher population (i.e. that ability to cover a larger number of capture points) should never reward higher individual combat effectiveness.

really like those ideas, faster dolyaks, faster upgrades, more supply capacity, points for stomps. If those were on the orbs i’d say yes.

Chris.3290:

I have a proposal.

We will cease complaining about leagues: if, and only if, Devon Carver agrees to do a weekly video announcing the results.

We further stipulate that he must act and sound genuinely surprised when a higher ranked server beats a lower ranked one. He should also give a list of reasons why the matches the proceeding week are interesting and the outcome is in doubt.

I want him to go on record, explaining how Crystal Desert vs Fort Aspenwood vs Jade Quarry is a competitive match and how it is anyone’s game.

If he is willing to do this, aka do to himself what he’s doing to us (insulting intelligence); then we can admit that we are all in this together and will cease pestering them on these boards.

Everyone please +1 to give this visibility.

+1 all the way