Guild Wars 2

Sube Dai.8496:

Ok its still there, but how are noobs ever going to find it?

Would need to modify the PvP tutorial area or add a new hint that basically points the players to the NPC.

To be fair though, the NPC has never really moved… just had a Quaggan added next to him as time moved on.

Probably should rename the mini map icon from “PvP Server Browser” to something like “Practice Arenas”.

There does need to be something added for newbies, but I don’t think adding the button back would be the way to go.

Thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions?

Keep the threads positive, and keep them constructive so I can report more of your guys ideas. Who knows, maybe your idea may be the next implemented

I sort of like this change, it does take some getting use to visually; however, everything is still there.

And make Kiel wear two eye patches while you were at it. Gnashblade is our true captain!

TheFamster.7806:

Before the June 23rd patch, it wasn’t very difficult to kill most mesmers. While the great ones usually owned me no matter what profession/build I played I felt like my loss was justified because I was outplayed. I know how and when to dodge the mirror blade and gs4 as well as sword 3 and not to walk into chaos storm. I know the cd on torch 4 is 30 seconds and the mesmer gets revealed after 3 seconds of stealth. I know how to distinguish the animation of moa and mass invisibility, and I know mesmers do remove boons including stability as well as use their shatter skills for their burst. I also know that stealth burst are completely fair game since they are predictable. I know how to distinguish real mesmer from its clones.

I am familiar with interrupt/shatter mesmers prepatch of June 23rd. In fact I strongly advocated mesmers to be buffed such as giving condi clear based on number of illusions they have and many other ways. But with their daze mantra which leads to stun if they do trait it feels as if I am punished for not random dodging. If I see a mirror blade, mesmer’s animations, leaping clones, and phantasm berserker, I will dodge most of the times. However with the daze mantra, I am constantly stun locked and then bursted. And there is no way to tell if a memser will cast mantra due to particle effects and stealth.

Now stealth is a fine game, I have no problem with that. But dazing mantra that also stunlocks me into undodgeable state, and F3 on mesmers, seems impossible for almost any class to actually use dodge against memsers. My stunbreakers are usually on 30+ sec cd, and invul skills have even longer cooldown. Also any form of stability is removed instantly as mesmers have options to remove boons in many ways.

Post patch of June 23rd, I have no idea how to dodge stunlock burst other than hoping that my teleports are always on cool down. Stun is suppose to be a powerful tool that should set up bursts like those, and I understand the role, however a class having so much access to stuns that literally prevents people from reacting even the most basic way seems a little out of the line.

What class(es) do you play?

Really can’t help out much besides telling you to dodge if we can’t suggest skills/traits/weapons/ class mechanics to counter.

Removing Practice “Hot join” will most likely not happen.

I think the other approaches are better, such as removing team swap and modifying rewards for both sides. We do need a sand box for players new and experienced to play around in without compromising unranked and ranked.

Please do keep the idea coming and try to be detail as possible

Elitist.8701:

Balance broke after the update, my expectation is that Anet will take about 6 months after the expansion to do anything.

Just quit the game like I did.

-Former best multi class NA

You lost every ounce of credibility and respect with your post when you put

“Just quit the game like I did.”

If you “quit” the game, you really shouldn’t be on the forums encouraging others to leave as well.

Hopefully todays announcement on different Queues for game modes will lead to different queues for solo and premade

Lordwafflez.4163:

It seems like almost every player in pvp is an engi or mesmer. Do they do this just to get the guaranteed extra points from winning, or do they actually enjoy the class?

This goes back to why anyone plays any class.

Roughly two three months ago I recall a similar thread just replace Engi with Ranger and Mesmer with Ele.

For the most part, it’s believed that those classes are very easy to get kills with and they feel its a guaranteed win for them. I say a minority of those players in pvp (not pve or wvw) are people that actually enjoy their classes. For the most part, it’s just the flavor of the month/ quarter.

Lordwafflez.4163:

It’s just engis running away from you and healing time after time, mesmers teleporting and going stealth infinitely, and guardians being invulnerable for 5 seconds ._. I just probably dont know what im doing, but i don’t see the fun in it. Teams being imbalanced every match, and all these annoying classes.

Sorry you are not enjoying yourself, have you tried countering some of their strategies?

Example, if an Engie is constantly running away and healing, have you tried to interrupt and save your bursts for that moment?

In regards to mesmer, I’ve found the best strategy is to place Reveal on them (Ranger Sic ‘Em) so you’re able to keep focus. I’ve also had success on my Necro by condi aoe every little spot (s)he could be.

Give it a another week or two for the dust to settle down and pvp should be a little more enjoyable. whenever there is a massive shake up with peoples old youtube builds there is always confusion on how to do thing.

Also, if you are going to create a complaint thread please include:
1) Logical reason for your complaint
2) Your suggestion on how to properly fix it
2B) Reason why you believe your complaint is game breaking

If you can’t do those two things, the chances of your thread being marked for closure is rather high… I’ve tagged so many threads this week for people going off into flame wars and just complete off topic about another game…

Still think we should get OP a unique title on here called “Double OP”
with all of his/her threads about classes

Exile.8160:

Its not broken at all. (sarcasm Just in case) right?

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH
You got burnt!!!

That does suck though, what class are you playing as?

Flagged this to be moved over to the bugs forums, I will include this in my report however.

Look on the bright side, at least its not another “nerf ranger thread”
:)

Hey that $10 people are complaining about can buy almost two cups of coffee from Starbucks.

Hey that $10 people are complaining about can buy almost two cups of coffee from Starbucks.

Since people fail at reading I’ll answer the OPs question and request this thread to be locked.

You need the expansion in order to play the HoT content excluding the new WvW map and a couple quality of life fixes. So if you wish to play in the Jungle and play any of the new specializations you must have Heart of Thorns.

If you do not have HoT you will only be able to play new content that is added to areas you’re able to access. Examples being: Halloween, Wintersday etc. Providing both events take place in LA or DR.

I’m really amused over people complaining over $10 USD
please tell me what you’re going to do with that $10?

Going to go on Steam and buy 2-3 games that you will only play for a week before forgetting about them?

Going to go to starbucks and buy 2 cups of coffee?

Going to the movies and only have 1 lrg popcorn?

mistsim.2748:

Wolfey.3407:

mistsim.2748:

for #1 – we wouldn’t have to do a separate queue if the matchmaker had more rules to it, such as distributing profs evenly. for example, you shouldn’t be allowed to roll with 4 other rangers while the other team has none, or one.

So premade teams would not be allowed to enter queues if they have more then 1 of the same class on their team?

no. if you went in with 5 rangers, the matchmaker shouldn’t start the game for you unless the other team has at least 3 rangers, for example. so then you would wait for 3 rangers to queue up. in a mixed queue, those with a premade team should wait longer because theyre at a huge advantage.

So now you run into the issue of “queue times are too long” and “people rage quit” the rage quit coming with people not wanting to wait that long. No saying your idea is bad, just bringing up some issues that may arise in the future.

mistsim.2748:

for #1 – we wouldn’t have to do a separate queue if the matchmaker had more rules to it, such as distributing profs evenly. for example, you shouldn’t be allowed to roll with 4 other rangers while the other team has none, or one.

So premade teams would not be allowed to enter queues if they have more then 1 of the same class on their team?

For the most part, it’s not a match making issue, at least what the screenshots are showing. The problem comes from two distinct issues.

1) Full Team vs Mixed Team
My guild and I did a 5 ranger team a couple of nights ago just for fun and we got mixed teams to play against.

2) People being sore losers / stuck up elitists.

For Number 1 the only thing we can really do is seperate Queues and that’s been repeatedly reported on and beat to death…. we are just stuck on a wait and see….

Number 2 I think we should discuss a bit more on. Before, we had Dishonor but there was a serious bug with it hitting innocent people. What would you guys like to see happen with this?

Spirited Was Eceni.3869:

Really saddened right now by yet another slap in the face by ANet. Sigh.

You should have just crafted the backpiece for the skin, the item it’s self is just a bonus reward that is a big nod to the movie/ musical “Little Shop of Horrors”.

You can find more about it on youtube with the links below:

The giving blood stone dust is because the plant “Audrey II” in" Little Shop of Horrors" demands human blood as food. In return, it promises great rewards to seymore (the owner).

I’m sorry you feel ripped off; however, the content has been out for a long period of time and you should have done your research or done the basic ask in map chat to see if the bonus item is something you wanted.

You can’t blame anet on this one, just your self for not bothering to research or ask or even think this through.

Heres the full movie on it by the way for any Geeks who wana watch it or listen to it

Ah ok, when you replied I thought it was to my first response.

I have reported and requested this feature to be re-added a couple of times. To my understanding (not speaking on behalf of anet) there was an issue with it originally and it is being investigated and re-worked.

Class is pretty relevant as well is the build. It will be handy for others to assist you if we knew what your focus was. Perhaps the build you were playing is an obsolete build or needs to be fine-tuned to match the current meta.

E.g.

It is not a good idea to run hambow against a Power Ranger who has Rampage as One.

If a majority of your matches has a lot of Ranger and you’re playing hambow, this may be an issue as to why you’re losing a lot of games. It only takes 1-2 people not on their games to cause scores like this.

No offense intended anywhere in that statement.

I’m sorry to hear that your games haven’t been to your satisfaction; however, can you please provide a little more information?

-What class were you playing?
-Were you playing a meta build/ cheese build at the time?
-What type of match were you entering? Practice (hotjoin), Unranked, or Ranked?

If you were just playing Hotjoin, you will have horrible matches. There is nothing that can be done about it, it’s practice.

If you were playing in Ranked by your self, the only thing I can suggest is tweak your build to be more team oriented. Ideally, you should play in Ranked with a friend or two. Entering Ranked by your self is not something you can really control. The more people you have on your team and you are able to communicate with, the better your team will perform.

From my own personal experience, I think I’ve only had 4-5 games from Unranked that were in the 500: 200 range. Ranked wise ( i always go with a friend) only 1-2 games that were 500-200 range. Time frame wise, this would be roughly just this year (2015), maybe I’m just lucky.

Laraley.7695:

Wolfey.3407:

I’d rather see them enable queue out side of the mists….
I do NOT believe adding crafting stations would be a good idea….
Adding crafting stations, would just be a free convenient version of:
Royal Terrace Pass
Captains Airship Pass

Only service that I think should be RETURNED is the mystic forge.

We originally had one, but it was for PvP recipes only… Just change it to be a normal forge and put it back in its same location.

This is a topic I have reported on numerous times in the past, I’m just in the same phase as all of you…..the dreaded wait and see for a response.

The only problem is you cannot use those things from hotm, so ye.

True you can not use those items; however, I was thinking about the normal player when I posted this.

If you are a standard players who PVES & PVP there is no need to purchase any of those two items as you can teleport to the mists for free and use the same services. Providing crafting stations were added of course.

I’d rather see them enable queue out side of the mists….
I do NOT believe adding crafting stations would be a good idea….
Adding crafting stations, would just be a free convenient version of:
Royal Terrace Pass
Captains Airship Pass

Only service that I think should be RETURNED is the mystic forge.

We originally had one, but it was for PvP recipes only… Just change it to be a normal forge and put it back in its same location.

This is a topic I have reported on numerous times in the past, I’m just in the same phase as all of you…..the dreaded wait and see for a response.

ketchup.2783:

public humiliation is more than enough punishment :P

We can take it further!

C’mon Let’s Crucify their characters or hang them off the Pillars in the PvP lobby…. Or use them as target practice to constantly kill

Lordrosicky.5813:

Wolfey.3407:

We really need a Thread called “Nerf Please” for all of these threads to go into….

That would clutter up the important discussion that I start with these threads. Would be a terrible moment for gw2 pvp as a whole if this happened. I am carrying the community currently with my ideas. Sounds stupid to say that but I have been getting many messages telling me that I have done a great job with my ideas and to keep it up. One guy even said I was a hero to him

Ok so what about a thread called:

Lordrosicky’s Nerf Threads

They keep things a secret because of the way players have reacted in the past.

In a way, you guys created your own headaches and frustrations with ANET.

They gave out some things they would like to do in the future or HOPE to have completed soon. When those things were not completed, players would freak out and rage non-stop about ANET not keeping their promises or doing what they said they would.

Examples:
-Precursor Crafting
-Lore for Series 1 Legendaries & Precursors
-Improving the commander functionality
-SAB Content
ETC.

So for ANET it’s easier for them to say nothing or give very little details as possible in case something does not work out.

E.g.:
NCSOFT pulls funds for another game
Some natural disaster in the Washington State Area
Someone Dumps Coffee on the servers
etc.

We really need a Thread called “Nerf Please” for all of these threads to go into….

I believe a suiting punishment would be for their characters to be BURNT AT THE STAKE in Heart of the Mists, over the bonfire next to the wall that lists the champions.

Along with other punishments

Ignoring server names, you can make the same argument with any Sports Team irl.

Why do people hate on the New England Patriots?
Why do people double up on Brady?

Why do people hate on the Tampa Bay Lightning?
Why do people double on Stamkos or Bishop?

Comes down to a primitive nature within us, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
You don’t like X and I don’t like X so instead of helping X by beating each other, let’s bring X down.

E.g. The NFL Bounty Scandal, We don’t like Favre, the other teams definitely don’t want to face Favre, let’s target Favre and force him to sit out of any games due to injury.

Going back to Guild Wars 2,

The only way you can move up is for someone to go down. If the server above you can not go down with just your own efforts, it would be logical for the enemy of your enemy to assist. It’s not to help you out, it’s to help them selves out as well. When they go down, both you and your enemy of an enemy are able to move up which is the objective.

It’s the price of being Successful in anything, you will have a bulls eye on your back and you need to hold off the competition that wants your spot.

As stated above, there would have to be a lot of fail safes in place to make this work out. It’s an interesting idea, I’m curious to see what all the counters people can think of as well as restrictions.

Congrats you two, Best of Luck!! You will need it lol.

A lot of this would be fixed simply by making it impossible to communicate with the other team. There is no reason to talk with them at all….

-Disable Say Chat
-Disable Map Chat
-Disable Whispers
-Disable /e ____

Only way to talk is via Team Chat or a VoIP

I usually start a screenshot collection and post them on my guilds website/ facebook page for my members to get a fun little laugh out of.

No, I do not blur out names, if you’re that embarrassed over it you shouldn’t have said it.

Mal.1670:

What the hell? People are seriously QQing about Stronghold when there was such a positive reaction to the first beta? Jesus Christ lol… smh.
.

Welcome to the Guild Wars 2 Forums.

People will complain about anything, really…anything.

E.g.
Precursor event? Spam the forums with complaints (Legendary Karka from SS1)

I personally think the timer should be increased by 5 minutes, and a new situation added.

If within 30 seconds (left in the game) and the lord is being attacked, the clock is frozen. If the lord goes without taking any damage within 5 seconds, the clock resumes. That way, you don’t end up with a 1 second too-late scenario. The defending team, has a chance to win the game via score if they are able to protect their lord within the dying seconds.

Just an idea.

glock.6590:

….. Pls dont try to defend stronghole.

It is bugged, please stop trying to be a bad kitten by demeaning other players when it’s proven in your own thread that it is a bug.

Lunacy Solacio.6514:

… Really? Expecting to get into queues faster just because you zerged or did EotM? I’m sorry but that is just wrong.

I’d rather have a spot taken up by someone who knows how to zerg then a person who just started the game and has no clue whats so ever to do and probably doesn’t have the gear or the skills to survive against 1 attack.

But ‘ey this ain’t my forums so ill leave now. bye bye

Please see one of these threads first before you post… they are even on page 1

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/pvp/Stronghold-Even-worst-for-PUGS-vs-Premade

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/pvp/Stronghold-PvP-Feedback

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/pvp/Been-wining-stronghold-with-same-tact

Please do not create duplicate threads, I know that you know the’re threads on this subject… you have even posted in one of them….

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/pvp/Stronghold-Even-worst-for-PUGS-vs-Premade

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/pvp/Stronghold-PvP-Feedback

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/pvp/Been-wining-stronghold-with-same-tact

All 3 points are valid, I would like to see some suggestions on ways to remedy them. If anything, I think Point 2 really should be evaluated a bit more with ideas.

Some ideas from me:

Point 1:
-Boost all common NPCS to Elite Status (silver ring around picture)
-Give all current Elite NPCS champion Status with a unique attack/ function
-Give the Lord the ability to shout revive allies within 600 Range twice.
(after two times the lord can no longer use that ability)

Point 2:
I personally think communing with a Barrack while under attack is fine; however, I do not think you should be able to commune with a champion summon while under attack.

Point 3:
-Removing the walls around the supply area and adding another shortcut from Red to Blue lanes should help introduce more player interactions and combat.

Thoughts? Ideas? remedies?

Furious.2867:

^ would you like a cookie?

Would you like to stay on topic ?

Disagree, Maybe i got lucky 3 times….

Random Pugs (verified after the first time this happened) against a premade team.
Game 1: Barely won
Game 2: Won within the first 3 minutes
Game 3: Won within the first 5 minutes

there were losses in between those games of course and rather oddities.

Fluffball.8307:

Perma stealth lord. Sounds legit.

Pretty much what I thought without even opening the thread….

sephiroth.4217:

Wolfey.3407:

Yay this thread again, I knew i forgot one on my list of topics that appear every 24 hours..

Reported on, waiting on devs response, etc. etc. etc.

Congrats on this being the 35th thread (i think) within the 2015 year. Here is your celebratory beer hat. Enjoy.

Aren’t you a lovely forum specialist….

Didn’t know I was required to kiss everyone’s behind, wipe it, shine it, polish it, and pamper it on every post. Especially when the thread its self starts off with “So What”

Please do go on though