Guild Wars 2

Per the AMA they want new players to play, if group achievements are near difficult to obtain it may dissuade players from committing to the game.

Danikat.8537:

The waypoints are definitely available for me, I’ve used them several times to go to and from the map.

Well yes, but were they available to you before you visited the map the first time. That’s what he means.

He is asking why you can’t just walk into the zone from somewhere else.

Give achievement points.

Ohwait-

I like the Gold find one. It’s the only one I find worthwhile at all.

+20% magic find when you have 200-300% already doesn’t really increase it much in terms of % growth. My account gold find is around 75% so add 20% to that and I’m at 95%. The percentage of growth is higher.

As for a movespeed one, buy a cheap set of armor with the movespeed runes for you to equip. And change when you know you need to fight

zoomborg.9462:

Dont worry about Oldirtbeard man, he’s just venting his anger cause power necro is trash.

As a power necro I don’t think so =/
I do all of the content available to me very easily.

Justine.6351:

Ramoth.9064:

Then every freaking environmental object that does bleed, poison, any condition that can be buffed from a trait is an exploit.

Its kittening called synergy. It was this thing they had i GW1. Not carebears2

It isn’t the synergy, it’s the absurdity of the synergy. No one can defend 100-150 bleed stacks as legitimate play.

Liewec.2896:

Ramoth.9064:

Its kittening called synergy. It was this thing they had i GW1. Not carebears2

this^
the current Anet is a farcry from the brilliant guys who made GW1,
things like 55hp monks which utilised spells to become borderline immortal would be considered exploiting by these fakers, these shadows of Anet.

they should be encouraging people to find fun and unique synergies.

Yes because gw1 anet never ever nerfed things like,
Shadow form
Holy wrath
Spell breaker
RoJ
Protective bond
Spirit bond
Sliver armor
Ursan form

Actually if they kept Shadow Form in its original state (the current PvP version), it would have never been an issue at all. I liked how it was then.

Also, GW1 was way inferior to GW2 in most ways, but…. on topic now.

I never used it, mostly because I didn’t know it existed until just a few weeks ago, but also because of how limited it was in areas where it can be used.

General PvE: Elementalist or Engineer
Fractals: Power Necro
Raid: Power Necro
PvP: condi/corrupt necro
WvW: condi necro.

Pretty soon we will have a spin off of that one show.

19 Kids and Counting: Tyria Edition.

It costs exactly $0 to obtain the Elemental Sword, or anything in the gemstore. Invest more in game gold into your gems

Ehh, I see all kinds. I don’t really have that sort of issue though Sublimatio. I mean, the last time 100 mote was a bust for me was when it was still new, now I try to run it almost daily, usually without issue, save a wipe here and there. I don’t think player builds and skill level go hand in hand anyway. That is quite an… Odd comparison.

In Nightmare fractal challenge mote Power can solo one of the Echoes when facing Siax with around half the time left to assist others. I can’t speak for Condi, but I’ll assume it can probably a lot easier. I use that as an example because it’s really the only place DPS matters in terms of content completion regarding Fractals.

Just don’t be that person and go into a condi LFG as power because that isn’t right =/

Use what you want, don’t let others dictate how you play :p

Marxx.5021:

Warcry.1596:

ANet is listening to their players. The players voted for duo queue only. It isn’t ANets fault players voted how they voted.

Anet is not really listening. Players demanded a solo queue. So anet made a poll. But solo queue was not even an option in the poll – it was duo queue or nothing.
I think duo queue produces one sited matches just as it was before with premade teams. When player with very different skill level queue together a system based on individual MMR just fails.
Next poll was about locking classes. Player said no. But there is no reason why the match maker still creates teams with stacked classes. Even if player have the freedom to switch to any class a matchmaker should not create class stacks as starting team composition.

What’s wrong with multiple professions on a team though?
Show me stastistics where having 3+ of one profession makes your matches more or less favorable. Matches where it’s happened for me have gone either way, winning sometimes and losing sometimes, BUT It would be a scapegoat to claim I won/lost (mostly lost) due to multiple professions on a team impacted the match more than the opposing players just being better.

There is NOTHING innately wrong with a full team of one/two professions, you will win or lose based on player skill. If you think otherwise, you are probably not as skilled as you think you are and just need to blame something due to your inability to accept there just might be better players than you.

ANet is listening to their players. The players voted for duo queue only. It isn’t ANets fault players voted how they voted.

I prefer to consider the raid content as a stepping stone for high Fractals
Much more enjoyable and challenging

That’s just me though, I’m not fond of the design of the raid encounters.

mrauls.6519:

Warcry.1596:

You’re really dumb. xD Sigil of Escape is perfectly fine as it is, giving a bonus with a successful use breaks it.

Condition duration sigils are great, something in there is useful for everyone.

Sigil of Nullification has an 18 second cooldown so you cannot have one on each weapon set and constantly remove two boons every 10 seconds.

Sigil of Agility, pick one or the other, Super Speed or 3 seconds of Quickness, and that seems fair.

You really think people will use the proposed sigil of agility?? You really think some of these sigils are good?? Two boons in 10 seconds is a bad thing?? C’mon man. You may just be the dumb one

Two boons every 10 seconds is VERY strong. Especially for a profession not really able to remove them. Have a warrior strip your Resistance then condi bomb you =/

mrauls.6519:

On Hit

Sigil of Frailty
On hit: Inflict Vulnerability (10 Seconds).
(Cooldown: 2 Seconds)

Sigil of Generosity
On hit: transfer a Condition to your foe.
(Cooldown: 15 Seconds)

Sigil of Purity
On hit: Remove a Condition
(Cooldown: 10 Seconds)

Sigil of Nullification
On hit: Remove a Boon
(Cooldown: 10 Seconds)

Sigil of Strength
On hit: Gain Might (10 Seconds).
(Cooldown: 2 Second)

Stop giving On Hit sigils crazy long CDs! At the most, they should be 4 seconds. Frailty should apply 3 stacks of vulnerability!

On Swap

Sigil of Agility
Gain 5 seconds of swiftness and 1 second of quickness when you swap to this weapon while in combat.
(Cooldown: 9 Seconds)

Sigil of Battle
Gain 4 stacks of might (5 seconds) when you swap to this weapon while in combat.
(Cooldown: 9 seconds)

Sigil of Doom
Your next attack after you swap to this weapon while in combat inflicts Poison (5 seconds).
(Cooldown: 9 Seconds)

Sigil of Energy
Gain 25% of your endurance when you swap to this weapon while in combat.
(Cooldown: 9 seconds)

Sigil of Exposure
Your next attack after you swap to this weapon while in combat inflicts 5 stacks of Vulnerability (5 Seconds).
(Cooldown: 9 Seconds)

Sigil of Stagnation
Cripple nearby foes when swapping to this weapon while in combat (3 Seconds, 240 Radius).
(Cooldown: 9 Seconds)

Sigil of Intelligence
Your next three attacks after swapping to this weapon while in combat have a 100% critical chance.
(Cooldown: 9 Seconds)

Sigil of Escape
Remove movement-impairing effect from yourself when swapping to this weapon while in combat.
(Cooldown: 18 Seconds)

Sigil of Revelation
Reveal enemies around you when swapping to this weapon (1/4 seconds, 240 radius).
(Cooldown: 18 Seconds)

Sigil of Greater Nullification
Your next attack after swapping to this weapon while in combat removes 2 boons from your target.
(Cooldown: 18 Seconds)

Sigil of Cleansing
Remove 1 conditions when you swap to this weapon while in combat.
(Cooldown: 9 Seconds)

Sigil of Agility should give SUPER SPEED! The quickness should last for 3 seconds! Greater Nullification should have a 9 second CD! Sigil of Escape should break STUNS and IMMOB! It should apply super speed on a successful use. Who keeps suggesting these long CDs??? Sigil of energy might as well be Sigil of trash

Passive

Sigil of Compounding
Deal 1% extra damage per condition on your foe.

Sigil of Exploitation
Deal 5% extra damage to targets below 50% health.

Sigil of Opportunity
Deal 5% extra damage to movement-impaired foes.

Sigil of Punishment
Deal 1% extra damage per boon on your foe.

Sigil of Separation
Deal 5% extra damage to targets more than 500 distance away.

Sigil of Paralyzation
+30% Stun duration
Deal 3% more damage versus disabled foes.

Sigil of Agony
Increased Inflicted Bleeding Duration: 25%

Sigil of Peril
Increased Inflicted Vulnerability Duration: 25%

Sigil of Smoldering
Increase Inflicted Burning Duration: 25%

Sigil of Venom
Increase Inflicted Poison Duration: 25%

Sigil of +Confusion
Increase Inflicted Confusion Duration: 25%

Sigil of +Torment
Increase Inflicted Torment Duration: 25%

…

You’re really dumb. xD Sigil of Escape is perfectly fine as it is, giving a bonus with a successful use breaks it.

Condition duration sigils are great, something in there is useful for everyone.

Sigil of Nullification has an 18 second cooldown so you cannot have one on each weapon set and constantly remove two boons every 10 seconds.

Sigil of Agility, pick one or the other, Super Speed or 3 seconds of Quickness, and that seems fair.

Grimreaper.5370:

A niche sigil like this one shouldn’t even be introduced to the game, and no I’m not a thief main.

If Arena net feels like stealth is such an issue then maybe you should just tone down stealth duration potential and compensate the thief class in other areas. Introducing a sigil that doesn’t have a use vs every class is dumb.

It works on over half.

Engineer, Thief, Ranger, Guardian and Mesmer all have access to stealth. Of those some is more readily available than others, but those professions DO have stealth access. How often will you do a match against a team consisting of only Warrior, Revenant, Elementalist and Necromancer? With one of those being duplicated.

So theoretically it can have use in 100% of every match you play.

Twisted Marionette as a boss, but scaled down to 5 players. One person per lane, with the same boss mechanics and fail criteria. Re add the achievements to said fractal.

A fractal where we assist Lornar in his stalwart defense of Beacon’s Perch against Hill Giants.

Dhuum boss fractal.

Actually you didn’t. There are no barriers preventing one team from walking straight to Lord. Sure, doing so was suicide due to the other team, but there was technically zero obligation to fight. I’ve done GvG where all we did was Lord rush as touch rangers and won that way. Zero pvp combat at all.

Stronghold has barriers needing to,be destroyed, usually met with opposition from players.

sephiroth.4217:

vesica tempestas.1563:

i was replying to the poster above who thinks Stronghold is PVE. I think Conquest is good, and stronghold offers a change of pace and strategy.

Stronghold is PvE though? Don’t get me wrong, you can PvP in the mode but it’s centric focus is killing NPCs.

GW1 GvG in a nutshell everyone.

I prefer Stronghold only because there is much more diversity in what people bring. But I also don’t hate Conquest like I used to and do play it.

NumenorLord.6539:

Coffietire.2783:

I find condi necro pretty boring

This is because you might have been playing it wrong. Once you team up with only condi damage dealers and at least 2 more necros you’ll see that Epi bounce (well executed) is one of the coolest mechanics that makes you just wipe through FotM. Viper Necros might not be the highest damage output but they’re extremely functional in the right parties and rarely go get downed, even at higher level fractals.

Coffietire.2783:

I was just wondering how well a power necro is in higher tier fractals all the way to CM 100.

Power necros are underlooked. We all want them to be a thing but that’s the reality even with the GS buff. If you show up to a 100 CM pug there’s a 90% chance people will ask you to swap or vote kick you (can happen different if you’re running with guildies and/or friends).

I have never been kicked for it. I have the title and potions so beyond that people don’t care what you bring in my experiences.

I have been using power necro even before Heart of Thorns, and in high Fractals it goes prety well. I haven’t done CM 100 Since the changes to Greatsword but I would assume it probably go better than before.

I have a Charr Mesmer
Norn Necro is another I don’t see often.
I have both, both are male too.

Oldirtbeard.9834:

Okami.7049:

I’m just going to assume you’re complaining from a PvP/WvW/Raids perspective. Necro isn’t nearly as bad as Revenant at the moment but kids will be kids it seems. The class is fine, it needs some tweaks but it’s not anywhere near as bad as you’re claiming it to be. Necromancer as a class in ANY MMO is never meant to deal damage equal to that of Assassins or ‘Warriors’. Necromancers are about self-survivability and is usually the best class for soloers.

The reason why they don’t answer anything in forums anymore is because of EXACTLY how you’re acting right now. Kids constantly whine and complain to them because their ‘favorite’ class isn’t OP or God Tier. Coming from someone whose class has always been Necro throughout EVERY MMO I’ve played, ANET is doing Necro correctly. It’s weak, needs some tweaks, but it’s how Necro should be at its core. If you don’t like it, find a new class. It’s funny how the good players can still make the most out of what we’ve got, meanwhile there’s players like you who just whine, throw a tantrum, and leaves because you can’t make the most out of what we’ve got. That’s what differentiates a good Necro/Reaper from a bad one: adaptability.

Don’t go formulating your complaints off of ‘top tier’ stuff either, that’s a small percentage of the game. Reapers are still decent picks in Fractals, where I’m told yields more rewards than Raids anyways.

Clearly you’re still new to the game, GS got a nice buff in plenty of areas. Not what the general public wants, but the buffs do make a difference in GS whether you see it or not.

Finally, they will not remove Necro. It’s a core Profession, if they temporarily remove any Profession it will most likely be Revenant since it’s far more buggy, clunky and generally unfinished compared to Necro. So please, stop embarrassing yourself and take a seat. Throwing a fit won’t solve anything, it’s just unwanted drama that should remain back in High School.

So I take it you’ve had zero problems finding raid groups to take you on your Necro?

I haven’t had problems personally, but I’m also selective about what groups I prefer to join, but I think it’s best to go with my friends, even though they’re 100% inexperienced.

NotASmurf.1725:

Tfw it’s almost 50-50 and Anet can’t just shake their responsibility instead will have to embrace that they’ll royally kitten off half the playerbase.

Beautiful.

Yeah soon you’ll see protests of “not my poll result” and a “Profession Swapping March” the same day this goes live.

While I sometimes see multiple professions in one team in games, I cannot think of a time that the match was won or lost because of that. I’m willing to say 99% of my matches are due to the better team winning, more than the composition being important.

KrHome.1920:

Dear ANet: I know you like doing it the easy way. ;-)

So please add some endgame mechanics requiring massive boon corruptions. Group support added. Problem solved. No further balancing needed. Thanks!

Fractal 100 has that indirectly. Every 20 seconds things get Protection, among other boons. Having someone strip it makes the fight faster, essentially if not stripped the fight lasts 33% longer.

Why does it matter? If you want to play a necro bit the group doesn’t let you… Why join that group? There is no content that cannot be done just because a necro is in the group. The time difference between having one and bringing something with a “higher DPS benchmark” is at best, a few seconds, from what I’ve seen with first-hand experience.

Any game I have had more than 2 necros on my team I have won, I’m at about 1550 rating.

The two asuran progeny in Metrica Province going back and forth about how each other’s momma’s IQ is so low.

Ithilwen, that quote is talking about future seasons. This season is 40 games minimum to appear on the boards.

It’s on my birfday

I’d laugh… But the raid content generally has a limit per week. So that would be doublely funny:D

And then there’s me. I think I’ve lost once or twice all season on that map, if at all. I love it.

Maybe it’s due to the fact that nobody likes it and doesn’t really know how to play on it, but I always vote for it because it’s my, for lack of a better word, free win map.

I would much rather them remove Foefire, but I know I’m in the minority with that opinion and it won’t come to fruition.

The best advice I can give you is when Skyhammer is active be ready to get up there and fight for it. The 4v4, assuming the other team only sent one, on the rest of the map is irrelevant if you cap the Skyhammer.

In pvp change Life force to 25%. Start of match especially.
I think the F1 cool down should be longer… Essentially every 10 seconds a well timed F1 becomes a full heal, or it has the power to be. Or make it consume an additional 1% Life force for every 2% max health healed… So that of it DOES fully heal, it’s at the cost of one’s entire life force.

Though honestly I like Shroud the way it is, but I like to post my thoughts about things like suggest

Pyriall.1683:

Warcry.1596:

I seldom land this skill. Know why? People can file their taxes and run a marathon before it finishes casting. It has a big tell and has a long cast time. The Times I DO land it… Yes, the fight swings in my team’s favor, but if it does land… It’s kind of deserved.

To be clear, I don’t agree with the OP. Yet, if you can’t land this skill that is entirely on you. Just like other skills with long cast times, people are just generally terrible at this game and don’t use abilities to their max potential. I don’t see how people miss this.

I was exaggerating a bit, however I have the mechanical skill of a monkey, that’s partly why. What happens a lot is I’ll receive a random blind from my Plague Signet as the channel is finishing, causing a miss. That’s the biggest issue in my experience.

I seldom land this skill. Know why? People can file their taxes and run a marathon before it finishes casting. It has a big tell and has a long cast time. The Times I DO land it… Yes, the fight swings in my team’s favor, but if it does land… It’s kind of deserved.

The disconnected person on our team was a Necro, so three of them on our team.

Match went pretty well if I say so myself

80% of the LFGs I see are just listed with the numbers. I do on occasion see “t4 condi”, but I just don’t join those, one of the problems of only having one character able to do Fractals that high. I’m out of touch with what is meta, usually because I just play the best way I can, and don’t care about how we complete content… So long as it’s completed

You can’t really make conditions uncleansable.

Besides, what happens to every other professions’ skills that apply these same conditions? Do they also become uncleansable?

Do the Living Story Episode

I love Fractal loot. Almost every set of chests from a T4 fractal I have one ascended piece of equipment. Usually a ring but I have 4/6 different armor chests of various stats from in the past two weeks.

Onslaught is good for Swamp, at least during the horde phases. Combined with Transfusion is a pretty nice heal for your allies.

I suppose that makes sense. But I guess i just never learned that way. I learned through trial and error and experimentation. I finally found something that suits me that “counters” what I face a lot of currently. By counter I mean using something people don’t expect to face. It isn’t perfect, but it has worked wonders for me since the theorycraft.

I use a custom build. But I’m no expert. Since changing to it I’ve had close to a 75% win/loss. I have never logged in to metabattle so I don’t know what exists there. I think helping players learning basics is important, but let them discover their own style of play on their own.

Teach them HOW to think, not what to think.

It’s 7 in the morning lets let them get into the office.

Challenge Mote is only available at scale 100

See, when it was released I felt it WAS what I wanted. I got my money’s worth long before changes happened.

If a million people believe something, it doesn’t make it true.

If A Net feels necessary to “better” the next expansion I won’t stop them… I just hope they don’t go backwards… If, content wise, it’s on par with HoT… I’m happy

Don’t speak for me. Heart of Thorns was everything I could ask for and more. I love it and it has a high replay value for me.

I hope the next one is on par with Heart of Thorns