People seem oblivious to the fact that between 2 players with equal skill, the one who has the better gear will perform better.
People seem oblivious to the fact that no 2 player will hardly ever have the same equal skill. People also seem oblivious to the fact that player skill across the entire player base will have varying skill levels.
but just stating the obvious bro. in an ideal scenario, the discrepancy exists between sucky gear and good gear – that one is sucky and one is good.
you could throw the skill level card all you want provided that the gears are statless. but the case is not. numbers are numbers. high is high and low is low.
skill discrepancy can be gauged though if they have both the same gear and same build choices. the ones who kills fast and die less is obviously skilled.
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People seem oblivious to the fact that between 2 players with equal skill, the one who has the better gear will perform better.
also depends on the build and what they’re aiming for. You can put out the same amount of damage as a berserker, however whether you’ll burst once every 10 seconds or whether you’ll do continuous damage that’s the difference between most damage builds.
Then also you’ll probably never find two people wanting to party up with you that have the exact same skill level.
i think i missed something.
The one with the better gear will perform better if they have the same skill level and build choices.
This is a hypothetical ideal scenario that stresses out performance differences between better gear and sucky gear.
I bet in the world of NPC Tyria, thick skinned-ness is a common trait.
People seem oblivious to the fact that between 2 players with equal skill, the one who has the better gear will perform better.
Need 1 more guy to fill our roster, regards.
/inspect option would be just like interviewing for a big company and having your boss physically look over all the tags on your clothing (your armor) and thumbing through everything in your briefcase and wallet (build) to decide if you’re worthy of working with them rather than them evaluating by your actual skill and experience at the job. Wouldn’t you feel like your privacy was invaded a bit? And honestly… is there anyone that really wants to play with a person who acts like this? Really?
but in the game, the gear you wear is an essential part of how well you will perform, right (how about you try wearing all white items and go to a dungeon to feel what im saying)? irl, your clothes are just worn to cover your naked body.
Someone posted this on one of my YouTube videos and it really hurt my feelings. :’(
the maple story part killed it.
the arena.net dev guild is based on SBI. so hacks will be first hand experience to them if they occurred and it will be dealt promptly hopefully.
Puppy punchers Maguuma is now puppy punched by Dragonbrand.
Karma? I loled.
The current matchup is balanced, imo.
overreaction that leads to unnecessary nerfs. sounds like guild wars 1.
This is bad.
Fun thing about WvWvW is the guild rivalry. Studying enemies tactics and ways to defeat their zerg only happens if the matchup takes some time.
it’s called paid advertising. Your guild name or your name will be posted on global server’s list, making you visible among all players.
paid advertising would be putting up blank sheets of paper on buildings and guilds paying money to have their name there.
This is making you rent basic features in PvP.
you rent a custom arena and post your name or your guild name as the name of the arena. and as long as you feeding your arena with tokens, your guild name or name stays on global list.
Same concept basically.
it’s called paid advertising. Your guild name or your name will be posted on global server’s list, making you visible among all players.
can i join [OP]? Besides leeching the tag, I can be your forum warrior. I would create buzz and rumors about the guild. I’ll be your PR man.
that is if you consider.
is this the same john smith, the arena.net resident economist who defended the measly rate of Gems to Gold ratio (That was 100 gems = some silver) months ago.
I bought lots of gems back then and swallowed the very low exchange rate. i got ripped for sure but its ok coz i don’t give a kitten.
one indicator of skill is if you win a lot vs good teams.
You can inspect now (finally some site uploaded option) since API was released. Thank you Arenanet, finally.
link?
RE should pull an IRON and transfer to a T1 Eu server.
At least the server will actually have an NA presence and their presence will be significantly felt.
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you can build your character for zerg/group support or 1vs1.
it’s a team game. WvWvW is gaining points for your server. sPvP, get your team to win.
Discovering things that have been discovered by other people first is redundant.
Just as a test for those who want the /inspect function – say there’s a new dungeon instance for the living story which is pretty tough, but supposedly upscales everyone to do it. You get there and there are two groups waiting to get a fifth person (because it’s one of those, forced 5 man things) – also you have the inspect function and can see that:
One team is full of level 80s decked out in full exotics.
One team is composed of under level 30s that have maybe greens at best.
You have never met anyone in either of the teams before.First question: This is your first time running the dungeon. Which group do you join?
Second question: You have run it before and got all the achievements but it’s a pretty good farm. Which group do you join?Common sense is common sense. But I don’t want to make the group carry me. I must do my part also. I must make my level 80 character geared to perform optimally in the dungeon so all the members in our party are in equal footing.
And they could /inspect that for all they want. At least I did my part.
I see. Now say the lev 80 full exotic group is full and only the other one remains, would you party with them (with your level 80 efficient killer) or just wait until more level 80s show up, because you don’t want to “carry” them (not knowing if they may actually be good players just be levelling their n-th alts)?
More broadly, would you ever party with players who you view as your “lessers” if you don’t know them?
Depends on my mood. if i’m on a fixed schedule, i might log off. if i got lots of time to burn with my hands, i might give it a shot. I’m a human being so I’m familiar with words such as compassion and understanding. I will group with them for F’s sake or for the sake of playing with other people.
I didn’t imply that i don’t want to carry them. I said i don’t want to be carried or burden my team, so i do my part of raising a character to 80 and gearing it (exotic or getting +AR) before i do dungeons. Because I’m a sensitive person. If i always die on a party, it immediately comes to my head the things that goes on to their heads, especially if they make side comments on party chat if you know what i mean.
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Just as a test for those who want the /inspect function – say there’s a new dungeon instance for the living story which is pretty tough, but supposedly upscales everyone to do it. You get there and there are two groups waiting to get a fifth person (because it’s one of those, forced 5 man things) – also you have the inspect function and can see that:
One team is full of level 80s decked out in full exotics.
One team is composed of under level 30s that have maybe greens at best.
You have never met anyone in either of the teams before.First question: This is your first time running the dungeon. Which group do you join?
Second question: You have run it before and got all the achievements but it’s a pretty good farm. Which group do you join?
Common sense is common sense. But I don’t want to make the group carry me. I must do my part also. I must make my level 80 character geared to perform optimally in the dungeon so all the members in our party are in equal footing.
And they could /inspect that for all they want. At least I did my part.
They should implement collision and body blocking so the fat bald Norns get the advantage. GG asura
these suggestions make me want to buy a commander title now before its too late.
too early for an expansion, if it comes out in 2014.
killing veteran guards give a higher chance of exotics than the chests imo.
great idea if the change applies only to elite skills.
Numbers are embedded in the gear you wear so whether you like it or not, if you’re not using the appropriate gear, it will be felt by the team. Numbers don’t lie. If you lack DPS, your team will kill slowly. It’s not magic or voodoo. It’s not even chemistry.
Elitism is misused to describe this. Common sense is the better word. If you’re not using the right gear, you’ll be likely someone to be carried, or burden your team. In games, of course, there are casuals and they probably don’t have the right stuffs. But it really depends on the leader. Befriend a leader. Be in the guild. Your gear how inferior it is, won’t matter.
But in the pugging scene, where you don’t know who will you run with personally and everything operates in a fixed time schedule (speed run coz you got better use of your time doing something in real life and games just a past time), you gotta set criteria. if you say “LFG Full Rabid ranger for Arah run” and you wish to belong to the group, you must be geared on Full Rabid. It’s english. But with no inspect, you won’t be in real time check armor changes. He prolly has magic find gear to switch after you accepted him. /inspect as i’ve said prevents dishonesty and sneakiness. If you condone dishonesty and shrewdness, i don’t know how were you raised by your parents.
that’s just me though. i may be wrong.
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I’ve ran with a d/d ele commander in WvWvW and he had full celestial ascended gear and 6/6 divinity. He’s tanky, hard to kill and does lots of damage.
2nd accounts? meant to tank rating? you decide.
/inspect leads to less people lying.
you dont perma dodge on a zerg.
Pets are a part of the game. They’re not something from outerspace that give certain people superpowers or something.
One Hundred
“99+1
is 100
99 problems
1 solution
We are geared
For revolution
Yes, we’re small
But only small things
Can cause trouble to the eye
If we are down
It’s not the final goodbye
For we will respawn
If we die
Our axes and arrows
Will fly
Towards the enemy
We don’t care how many
Loot bags from your dead bodies
Won’t be our priority
All we care
Is our fame or notoriety.”
NOTE: No Guild Missions, No Dungeons, No Fractals, No PvE. Only WvWvW.
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sup.
there’s a new guild in Kaineng. it’s called One Hundred [IOO]. And it’s WvWvW based.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_%28number%29
100% means perfection. Nobody is perfect they say, but the number 100 signifies perfection.
This recruitment has a quota for the guild is intended to be a small havoc WvWvW group. Or in time, an sPvP team. Or a small circle of friends.
5 slots available. And you must be in Kaineng, ideally with a geared level 80 character.
Send me a mail in game.
Regards,
Scout
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offense is the best defense.
what WvWvW titles you got? Anyone got the “Ultimate Chaperone” title?
I’d gone back to WoW and it’s not as bad as everyone says,
I loled.
Get 5 players on your guild. Challenge a guild with 5 players to do sPVP on a custom arena = Guild Wars
Challenge a Guild for a “GvG” in WvWvW = Guild Wars
it will shift to ranking Guilds/Teams again. A community leaderboards/ladder based on prized tourneys is the only way to go to make an honest representation on who are the top players/guilds in the game. Though the current leaderboards are quite representative of who are in the top currently (EU leaderboards has players from MiM and TP on the top, NA scene, i still have to see a tourney but good thing that Grouch, a reputable caster, is at the top too.)
it’s hotjoin. i can go with 0/0/0/0/0 and have no runes and sigils on and still ill get glory.
wow, you’re actually proud of having abused IWAY? ^^’
Sure. Got us to rank 8 GvG and when the Koreans are still playing (aka there is actual competition) [Korean presence was the indicator of competition]. Got us to GoTW. Got us e-fame, zillion fames and the guild rings a tune up to now. Guild got the first rank 12 and people in the guild played it to get their rank wishes.
Got me from rank 1 to 10 in 1.5 months only. Not bad. (thanks Teh Pwn Machine [MATH] for leading the early groups (circa late 2005)
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the game simply must be a sublime experience. This is the first step towards what you, as well as everyone else here, wants. I would advise you stop trying to skip this step, because it will only bring failure.
It was sublime on our part (my part at least) because we used one build to build different build setups. It’s not all IWAY versus IWAY match, mind you, especially in GvG. We are the only IWAY on upper top 50s. (Highest rank that the guild got on GvG was rank 8. I just read in this old thread in our forums. Good thing that we documented our GoTW correspondences)
http://yourmathteacher.myfreeforum.org/ftopic300-0-asc-15.php
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However you sugar coat it, the only reason why you play GW1 is to be famous.
1.) If you consistently win HoH, your guild name will be posted in the general status and you open the portals to UW. Your guild will not only be seen by someone farming trolls in Shiverpeaks but also be rooted by the ones farming ectos or getting Obsidian Armor. You’ll be relevant in PvP and PvE and somehow the PvE crowd will look up on you. This is way back then of course. I bet you didn’t know about this.
2.) If your guild is on top of the ladder, you’ll be given the chance to be observed in GvG and in Tombs. TV coverage +9000 to the fame.
3.) You get two types of fame – fame for your emote and e-fame.
4.) And if you get this, you will be talked about in the lots of forums.
5.) Finally, you’ll be covered in Guild of the Week (http://www.guild-hall2.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=43482&sid=215f8ce3c289f9df77993a9b1427bfad) and your players will be interviewed in Gamer sites (http://gwvault.ign.com/View.php?view=Columns.Detail&id=52).
6.) And even after 6 years after you played, there will always be people who will remind you of the feeling when you were hot and you’re in the top.
No bullkitten things as “i play a high skill cap game and i think im better than anyone” kitten.
EDIT: Copy and paste the links coz it will resolve to “requested topic doesn’t exist” – URL resolving to kitten.
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IDK why people are countering Follidus or even have the balls to try to negate his opinion. He’s spot on. Moreover, he’s the top 3 in the NA ladder. He knows what he’s talking about.
Being good at a dead game with no competition does not validate one’s opinion.
a dead game when the rank 153 of a ladder has 1000 rating.
http://www.guildwars.com/competitive/ladder/
391st -Looking For Freedom [free] Europe 204 2932 3195
capped at 391. where’s the competition, Motoko?
i could log on guild wars 1 and get 7 RAers and lose one GvG and you’ll see Your Math Teacher[MATH] in the ladder again at rank 160s. But it’s hard to get 7 RAers, because the game is dead, obviously. But i might do it, ill get PvErs in kamadan instead.
EDIT: Oh henchies that is. So 3 players more!
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but the potential of the skill in WvWvW is immense. if tweaked and reworked.
ill be happy to thrust my charrzooka inside.
IDK why people are countering Follidus or even have the balls to try to negate his opinion. He’s spot on. Moreover, he’s the top 3 in the NA ladder. He knows what he’s talking about.
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the only thing complicated about the games particle effects is that they are all primarily white, off white, and blue white, with a smattering of red blue and orange here and there…they are all the same.
being able to distinguish two different players water fields is nigh impossible while spectating, unless you watched the player cast it. there is no “ownership” once it is in play.
makes it difficult to spectate and commentate.
hmm, one way to solve this is to have a color scheme to emphasize ownership of all the effects between two teams.. say if you’re team red, you have a set color scheme that differs from team blue, vice versa.
still varied of course. for if not, it will be not visually appealing (to the spectators!).
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